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First Line: In grappled ships around the victory
Last Line: Soared through the fiery cloud of trafalgar.
Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante
Subject(s): Trafalgar, Battle Of


AT THE ANNIVERSARY BANQUET
21ST OCTOBER, 1'7*

IN GRAPPLED ships around The Victory,
Three boys did England's Duty with stout cheer,
While one dread truth was kept from every ear,
More dire than deafening fire that churned the sea:
For in the flag-ship's weltering cockpit, he
Who was the Battle's Heart without a peer,
He who had seen all fearful sights save Fear,
Was passing from all life save Victory.

And round the old memorial board to-day,
Three graybeards--each a warworn British Tar--
View through the mist of years that hour afar:
Who soon shall greet, 'mid memories of fierce fray,
The impassioned soul which on its radiant way
Soared through the fiery cloud of Trafalgar.





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