And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat, Or the selfis… - Henry Newbolt

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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!'

Henry Newbolt

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Sir Henry John Newbolt (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an early 20th century English poet, best known for "Vitai Lampada".

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Alternative Names: Sir Henry Newbolt • Henry John Newbolt • Sir Henry John Newbolt

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Oliver Goldsmith James Russell Lowell Rudyard Kipling John Dryden Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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.

The work of the world must still be done,
And minds are many though truth be one.

To set the cause above renown,
To love the game above the prize.

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 … - Henry Newbolt

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