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To Colonel Ian Hamilton
To you, who know the face of war,You, that for England wander far,
You, that have seen the Ghazis fly
From English lads not sworn to die;
You, that have lain where, deadly chill,
The mist crept o'er the Shameful Hill;
You that have conquered, mile by mile,
The currents of unfriendly Nile,
And cheered the march, and eased the strain
When politics made valour vain,
Ian, to you, from banks of Ken,
We send our lays of Englishmen!
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