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Rh Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori

HEY gave their lives for England: did not pause

To count the glorious cost, when England bade

Her sons to strive in Freedom's holy cause,

But armed to fight. Full soon they died, yet made

A name of lasting glory; gained applause

From all the brave; a fame which cannot fade.

We will not grieve for them, though when they fell

All joy seemed drowned in sorrow's seething tide,

No hope remained in Heaven, or Earth, or Hell,

And naught was left, save only that great pride

We feel in those brave deeds their comrades tell

Of them. Heroes amongst the brave they died.

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