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Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a very powerful role as a government adviser, particularly on Irish issues and with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vitaï Lampada" and "Drake's Drum". Wikipedia  

✵ 6. June 1862 – 19. April 1938
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Famous Henry Newbolt Quotes

“To set the cause above renown,
To love the game above the prize.”

Henry Newbolt

The Island Race (1898).

“Drake, he's in his hammock till the great Armadas come,
(Captain, art tha sleepin' there below?)
Slung atween the roundshot, list'ning for the drum,
And dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe.”

Henry Newbolt

Song Drake's Drum (NB: the odd spelling reflects the Devon dialect).

“Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.”

Henry Newbolt

Craven.

“And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote --
'Play up! play up! and play the game!”

Henry Newbolt

Describing a game of cricket. <br class="br"> Vitai Lampada http://net.lib.byu.edu/english/wwi/influences/vitai.html

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