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Honour the brave who sleep / Where the lost "Titanic" lies, / The men who knew what a man must do / When he looks Death in the eyes.
"Women and children first," -- / Ah, strong and tender cry!
The sons whom women had borne and nursed, / Remembered, -- and dared to die.
The boats crept off in the dark: / The great ship groaned: and then, -- / O stars of the night, who saw that sight, / Bear witness, _These were men! _
November 9, 1912.