BY
EDWARD FRASER
They left us a kingdom none can take,
The realm of the circling sea,
To be ruled by the rightful sons of Blake
And the Rodneys yet to be.
Henry Newbolt.
As it was in the days of long ago,
And as it still shall be.
Rudyard Kipling.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
London
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