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INSCRIPTION FOR THE SCABBARD OF A SWORD OF HONOUR by HERBERT TRENCH

First Line: DRAW ME NOT!LET YOUR LAURELS ROUND ME WREATHE
Last Line: THE SOUL WITHIN YOU READY TO UNSHEATHE!
Subject(s): HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1795-1857); SWORDS;

DRAW me not! Let your laurels round me wreathe --
You that have kept, since you began to breathe,
The soul within you ready to unsheathe!



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