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"My northern blood exults to face"

by Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin

My northern blood exults to face
The rapture of this rough embrace,
Glowing in every vein to feel
The cordial caress of steel
From spear-blue air and sword-blue sea,
Armour of England's liberty.




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