For the loss of the Iron-clad Flag-ship Vie~ toria," rammed accidentally by her consort HM. Tamperdown," and sunk off)
Tripoli, with the loss of' Admiral Tryon and some 400 of her Crew, June 22, 1893. "Toll for the brave!" Ah! not since Cowper sang "The Royal George," when round the land there rang One universal plaint, Has sorrow stricken thus our sea-girt isle, With news that chills the glow of woman's smile, And makes the man's heart faint As though a sudden storm from Heaven's clear blue Should shock the earth unheralded, and strew The shore with hideous wreck, So England tt and grievous loss assails Our unforeboding souls, the brave cheek pales, And bows the proudest neck.
Lost, lost! Four hundred glad and gallant lives.
nce stroke! Vainly the spirit To stand against the shock.
Not summoned swift to fall in battle brave, Not, storm-confounded, whelmed beneath the wave, Or dashed upon the rock.
But dragged, from Admiral to Gunner, down To death in peaceful waters, doomed to drown Unwarned and unaware.
Qh, gallant Tryon fob groat-hearted host England's lament for English souls so lost dens the summer air!
Tryon, like Kempenfeldt, sank near the shore, And that brave crew the fated vessel bore, Stricken by friends, went down.
They led no charge, they rushed upon no foe But England mourns the loss, and she will know How to award the crown. for the brave! And let a reverent sigh lent, but most heart-felt sympathy Rise from each British breast For those whose kindred and whose comrades true Beneath the inland ocean's waters blue Sleep honoured and at rest ROWLAND'S ODONTO.—This has been known for 60 years to be the best, purest, and most fragrant tooth powder. It whitens the teeth, prevents and arrests decay, strengthens the gums, and gives a pleasing fragrance to the breath. Rowcaxp''s Macassar Ox, preserves and beautifies the hair, and is the best brilliantine for Indien' and chilaren's bait, greasy or too ing. Alsosold ina len Salon: Ask sty shornist or pectases for London. 2a Rowland's articles, of 20, Hatton Garden,
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