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    The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; the flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. He called aloud, "Say, Father, say, If yet my task be done!" he knew not that the chieftain lay faint in death below, his voice no longer heard.

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    The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; the flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. He called aloud, "Say, Father, say, If yet my task be done!" he knew not that the chieftain lay faint in death below, his voice no longer heard.

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    SpecialGifts.com Exceptional Values. Save Big! GrandmasRemedies.com Quality Vitamins and Supplements EntrepreneurismBible.com Your bible for entrepreneurism and personal development. Home Search Holisticonline Home Inspirational Reading Healthy Recipes The Boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battles wreck Shone round him oer the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm; A creature of heroic blood, A proud though childlike form. The flames rolled on; he would not go Without his fathers word; That father, faint in death below, His voice no longer heard. He called aloud, "Say, Father, say, If yet my task be done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair, And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?" While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way. They wrapt the ship in splendour wild, They caught the flag on high, And streamed above the gallant child, Like banners in the sky. There came a burst of thunder sound; The boy, - Oh! where was he? Ask of the winds, that far around With fragments strewed the sea,With shroud and mast and pennon fair, That well had home their part,But the noblest thing that perished there Was that young, faithful heart. [More Poems]

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