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'The sleep that Tippoo Sahib sleeps	A
Heeds not the cry of man	B
The faith that Tippoo Sahib keeps	A
No judge on earth may scan	B
He is the lord of whom ye hold	C
Spirit and sense and limb	D
Fetter and chain are all ye gain	E
Who dared to plead with him '	F
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Baird was bonny and Baird was young	G
His heart was strong as steel	H
But life and death in the balance hung	G
For his wounds were ill to heal	H
'Of fifty chains the Sultan gave	I
We have filled but forty nine	J
We dare not fail of the perfect tale	K
For all Golconda's mine '	-
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That was the hour when Lucas first	L
Leapt to his long renown	M
Like summer rains his anger burst	L
And swept their scruples down	M
'Tell ye the lord to whom ye crouch	N
His fetters bite their fill	O
To save your oath I'll wear them both	P
And step the lighter still '	-
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The seasons came the seasons passed	Q
They watched their fellows die	R
But still their thought was forward cast	Q
Their courage still was high	R
Through tortured days and fevered nights	S
Their limbs alone were weak	T
And year by year they kept their cheer	U
And spoke as freemen speak	T
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But once a year on the fourth of June	V
Their speech to silence died	W
And the silence beat to a soundless tune	V
And sang with a wordless pride	W
Till when the Indian stars were bright	X
And bells at home would ring	Y
To the fetters' clank they rose and drank	Z
'England God save the King '	-
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The years came and the years went	A2
The wheel full circle rolled	C
The tyrant's neck must yet be bent	A2
The price of blood be told	C
The city yet must hear the roar	B2
Of Baird's avenging guns	C2
And see him stand with lifted hand	D2
By Tippoo Sahib's sons	C2
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The lads were bonny the lads were young	G
But he claimed a pitiless debt	E2
Life and death in the balance hung	G
They watched it swing and set	E2
They saw him search with sombre eyes	F2
They knew the place he sought	G2
They saw him feel for the hilted steel	H
They bowed before his thought	G2
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But he he saw the prison there	H2
In the old quivering heat	I2
Where merry hearts had met despair	H2
And died without defeat	I2
Where feeble hands had raised the cup	J2
For feebler lips to drain	E
And one had worn with smiling scorn	K2
His double load of pain	E
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'The sleep that Tippoo Sahib sleeps	A
Hears not the voice of man	B
The faith that Tippoo Sahib keeps	A
No earthly judge may scan	B
For all the wrong your father wrought	G2
Your father's sons are free	L2
Where Lucas lay no tongue shall say	M2
That Mercy bound not me '	-

Sir Henry Newbolt

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