The old Commandments stand;—

'In patience keep your heart,

In strength lift up your hand.'

No easy hope or lies

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Shall bring us to our goal,

But iron sacrifice

Of body, will, and soul.

There is but one task for all—

One life for each to give

Who stands if Freedom fall?

Who dies if England live?

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A SONG IN STORM

Be well assured that on our side

The abiding oceans fight,

Though headlong wind and heaping tide

Make us their sport to-night.

By force of weather not of war

In jeopardy we steer,

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