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Themes and Variations.

NEWS BY CABLE.

‘What is the news from England?
 Comes peace or war to-night?’
Eastward a dark cloud rises,
 Westward a threatening light.
The danger-signal flashes,
 The sailor shortens sail,
Our gallant ship of Empire
 Is trembling to the gale.

‘But though the thunder mutters,
 And sullen breakers form,
Our hearts are like the sea-gull
 That dances in the storm!
Through burning noon, and midnight,
 Through smoke and battle scars,
Through sun and fleeting shadow,
 We are sailing to the stars!

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