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On Drake's return from his filibustering expedition of the Queen went on board his ship at Deptford and after partaking of a banquet conferred on him the honour of knighthood at the same time declaring herself mightily pleased with all that he had done	A
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I wish that I had flourished then	B
When ruffs and raids were in the fashion	A
When Shakespeare's art and Raleigh's pen	B
Encouraged patriotic passion	A
For though I draw my happy breath	C
Beneath a Queen as good and gracious	D
The times of Great Elizabeth	E
Were more conveniently spacious	D
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Large hearted age of cakes and ale	F
When undeterred by nice conditions	G
Good Master Drake would lightly sail	F
On little privateer commissions	G
Careering round with sword and flame	H
And no pretence of polished manners	I
He planted out in England's name	H
A most refreshing lot of banners	I
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Blest era when the reckless tar	J
Elated by a sense of duty	K
Feared not to face his country's Bar	J
But freely helped himself to booty	K
Returning home with bulging hold	L
The Queen would meet him much excited	M
Pronounce him worth his weight in gold	L
And promptly have the hero knighted	N
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No Extra Special piping hot	O
Broke out in unexpected Pyrrhics	I
No Poet Laureate on the spot	O
Composed apologetic lyrics	I
Transpiring slowly by and by	P
The act was voted one of loyalty	K
The nation winked the other eye	P
And pocketed the usual royalty	K
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Ere Reuter yet had found his range	Q
These trifles done across the ocean	A
Produced upon the Stock Exchange	Q
No preternatural emotion	A
Not yet the Kaiserlich I AM	R
Made winged words and then repented	N
He wrote as yet no telegram	R
Nor was in fact himself invented	M
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No Justice Hawkins gauged the fault	S
Of irresponsible incursions	I
The early Hawkins gallant salt	S
Knew well the charm of such diversions	I
Men never saw that moving sight	T
When legal luminaries muster	U
And very solemnly indict	T
A well conducted filibuster	U
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No Member had the hardy nerve	V
To criticise our depredations	I
As unadapted to preserve	V
The perfect comity of nations	I
No High Commissioner would doubt	W
If brigandage was quite judicial	X
Indeed we mostly did without	W
This rather eminent Official	X
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No Ministry would care a rap	Y
For theoretic arbitration	A
They simply modified the map	Y
To meet the latest annexation	A
And so without appeal to law	Z
Or other needless waste of tissue	I
The Lion where he put his paw	Z
Remained and propagated issue	I
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To day we wax exceeding fat	A2
On lands our roving fathers raided	N
And blush with holy horror at	A2
Their lawless sons who do as they did	N
No doubt the age improves a lot	O
It grows more honest more veracious	I
But as I said the times are not	O
Quite so conveniently spacious	I

Owen Seaman

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