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Four hundred summers and fifty have shone on the
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ETON: AN ODE.
FOR THE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FOUNDATION OF THE COLLEGE.
I.
meadows of Thames and died
Since Eton arose in an age that was darkness, and shone
by his radiant side
As a star that the spell of a wise man's word bade live and
ascend and abide.
And ever as time's flow brightened, a river more dark
than the storm-clothed sea,
And age upon age rose fairer and larger in promise of
hope set free,
With England Eton her child kept pace as a fostress of
men to be.
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