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'How far is St. Helena from a little child at play? ' / What makes you want to wander there with all the world between? / Oh, Mother, call your son again or else he'll run away. / (_No one thinks of winter when the grass is green! _)
'How far is St. Helena from a fight in Paris street? ' / I haven't time to answer now -- the men are falling fast. / The guns begin to thunder, and the drums begin to beat. / (_If you take the first step you will take the last! _)