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Sir Henry John Newbolt, né le 6 juin 1862 à Bilston dans le Staffordshire et mort le 19 avril 1938 à Kensington en Londres, est un poète et écrivain anglais.

Son poème le plus connu est Vitaï Lampada . Wikipedia  

✵ 6. juin 1862 – 19. avril 1938
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Henry Newbolt: Citations en anglais

“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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Henry Newbolt

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.

“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. <br class="br"> Vitai Lampada http://net.lib.byu.edu/english/wwi/influences/vitai.html