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Hail!--And Farewell!

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They died that we might live,--     Hail!--And Farewell!     --All honour give     To those who, nobly striving, nobly fell,     That we might live!     That we might live they died,--     Hail!--And Farewell!     --Their courage tried,     By every mean device of treacherous hate,     Like Kings they died.     Eternal honour give,--     Hail!--And Farewell!--     --To those who died,     In that full splendour of heroic pride,     That we might live!

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