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The Song of the Exiles

A scattered brotherhood, in truth,
By mount, and stream, and sea,
We chase, with all the zeal of youth,
Her Majesty's Rupee.

Exiles are we—yet, through our dreams
Old scenes and faces glide,
So that the city's murmur seems
The voice of Northam tide.

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