From old foundations where the nation rears
Her darlings, came that flower of England's youth
And here in latest teens, or riper years,
Stood drinking in all nobleness and truth. (John Campbell Shairp)

From old foundations where the nation rears Her darlings, came that flower of England's youth And here in latest teens, or riper years, Stood drinking in all nobleness and truth.

John Campbell Shairp

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