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VII.Now joy, Old England, raise!For the tidings of thy might,By the festal cities' blaze,Whilst the wine-cup shines in light;And yet amidst that joy and uproar,Let us think of them that sleep,Full many a fathom deep,By thy wild and stormy steep,Elsinore!
VIII.Brave hearts! to Britain's prideOnce so faithful and so true,On the deck of fame that died;—With the gallant good Riou[1]:Soft sigh the winds of Heaven o'er their grave!While the billow mournful rollsAnd the mermaid's song condoles,Singing glory to the soulsOf the brave!—
  1. ↑ Captain Riou, justly entitled the gallant and the good, by Lord Nelson, when he wrote home his despatches.
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