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Invincible, vanquished, impregnable, shattered, a sign to
her foes of fear,
A sign to the world and the stars of laughter, the fleet of
the Lord lies here.
Nay, for none may declare the place of the ruin wherein
she lies;
Nay, for none hath beholden the grave whence never a
ghost shall rise.
The fleet of the foemen of England hath found not one
but a thousand graves;
And he that shall number and name them shall number
by name and by tale the waves.

VII.
i.

Sixtus, Pope of the Church whose hope takes flight for

heaven to dethrone the sun,
Philip, king that wouldst turn our spring to winter,
blasted, appalled, undone,