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Some names there are of telling sound,

Whose voweled syllables free

Are pledge that they shall ever live renowned;

Such seem to be

A Frigate's name (by present glory spanned)—

The Cumberland.

Sounding name as ere was sung,

Flowing, rolling on the tongue—

Cumberland! Cumberland!

She warred and sunk. There's no denying

That she was ended—quelled;

And yet her flag above her fate is flying,

As when it swelled

Unswallowed by the swallowing sea: so grand—

The Cumberland.