A Shropshire Lad
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1887
From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again.
Look left, look right, the hills are bright, The dales are light between, Because ’tis fifty years to-night That God has saved the Queen.
Now, when the flame they watch not towers About the soil they trod, Lads, we’ll remember friends of ours Who shared the work with God.
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