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The rivets clinch the iron clads, Men learn a deadlier lore; But Fame has nailed your battle flags   Your ghost it sails before: O, the navies old and oaken, O, the Temeraire no more! THE RIVETS CLINCH THE IRON CLADS MEN LEARN A DEADLIER LORE BUT FAME HAS NAILED YOUR BATTLE FLAGS YOUR GHOST IT SAILS BEFORE OH THE NAVIES OLD AND OAKEN OH THE TAMAR NO MORE
wn upon leagued France and Spain We English ran-- The freshet at your bowsprit Like the foam upon the can. Bickering, your colors Licked up the Spanish air, You flapped with flames of battle-flags-- Your challenge, Temeraire! The rear ones of our fleet They yearned to share your place, Still vying with the Victory Throughout that earnest race-- The Victory, whose Admiral, With orders nobly won, Shone in the globe of the battle glow-- The angel in that sun. Parallel in story, Lo, the stately pair, As late in grapple ranging, The foe between them there-- When four great hulls lay tiered, And the fiery tempest cleared, And your prizes twain appeared, Temeraire! But Trafalgar’ is over now, The quarter-deck undone; The carved and castled navies fire Their evening-gun. O, Tital Temeraire, Your stern-lights fade away; Your bulwarks to the years must yield, And heart-of-oak decay. A pigmy steam-tug tows you, Gigantic, to the shore-- Dismantled of your guns and spars, And sweeping wings of war. AT CHEERING DID YOU SHARE IMPULSIVE IN THE VAN WHEN DOWN UPON LEAGUED FRANCE AND SPAIN WE ENGLISH RAN THE FRESHET AT YOUR BOWSPRIT LIKE THE FOAM UPON THE CAN BICKERING YOUR COLOURS LICK'D UP THE SPANISH AIR YOU FLAPPED WITH FLAMES OF BATTLE FLAGS YOUR CHALLENGE TAMAR THE REAR ONES OF OUR FLEET THEY YEARN'D TO SHARE YOUR PLACE STILL VYING WITH THE VICTORY THROUGHOUT THAT EARNEST RACE THE VICTORY WHOSE ADMIRAL WITH ORDERS NOBLY WON SHONE IN THE GLOBE OF THE BATTLE GLOW THE ANGEL IN THAT SUN PARALLEL IN STORY LO THE STATELY PAIR AS LATE IN GRAPPLE RANGING THE FOE BETWEEN THEM THERE WHEN FOUR GREAT HULLS LAY TEAR'D AND THE FIERY TEMPEST CLEARED AND YOUR PRIZES TWAIN APPEARED TAMAR BUT TRAFALGAR IS OVER NOW THE QUARTER DECK UNDONE THE CARVED AND CASTLED NAVIES FIRE THEIR EVENING GUN O TITLE TAMAR YOUR STERN LIGHTS FADE AWAY YOUR BULWARKS TO THE YEARS MUST YIELD AND HEART OF OAK DECAY A PIGMY STEAM TUG TOWS YOU GIGANTIC TO THE SHORE DISMANTLED OF YOUR GUNS AND SPARS AND SWEEPING WINGS OF WAR
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