Henry Newbolt citations

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

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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.”

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

“The work of the world must still be done,
And minds are many though truth be one.”

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The Echo.

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

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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!”

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Describing a game of cricket.
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