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<h3> COMRADES </h3>
<p class="poem">
O mighty men of England<br/>
Who sleep on land and sea,<br/>
How swiftly you would join our ranks<br/>
If Death could set you free!<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
How gladly would they greet you,<br/>
The young—the brave—the gay,—<br/>
If you came from your long-sealed graves,<br/>
To march with them to-day.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
O you would know each other,—<br/>
And meet as friend, with friend,—<br/>
And fight, and smile, and jest at Death,<br/>
Until the battles end!<br/></p>
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