38 LOCKSLEY HALL
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ollow Light, and do the Right—for man can half-control his doom—Till you find the deathless Angel seated in the vacant tomb. Forward, let the stormy moment fly and minglewith the Past.I that loathed, have come to love him. Love will conquer at the last. Gone at eighty, mine own age, and I and you willbear the pall ; Then I leave thee Lord and Master, latest Lord ofLocksley Hall. THE FLEET:.! ieYou, you, zf you shall fail to understandWhat England is, and what her all-in-all,On you will come the curse of all the land,Should this old England fallWhich Nelson left so great. 1 The speaker said that ‘he should like to be assuredthat other outlying portions of the Empire, the Crowncolonies, and important coaling stations were being aspromptly and as thoroughly fortified as the various capitalsof the self-governing colonies. He was credibly informedthis was not so. It was impossible, also, not to feel somedegree of anxiety about the efficacy of present provision todefend and protect, by means of swift, well-armed cruisers,the immense mercantile fleet of the Empire, A third source
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