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MINORA SIDERA
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Whether their fame centuries long should ringThey cared not over-much,But cared greatly to serve God and the king,And keep the Nelson touch;
And fought to build Britain above the tideOf wars and windy fate;And passed content, leaving to us the prideOf lives obscurely great.
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