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Britons wept when they heard brave Nelson was wounded, / Cried aloud when they knew that a ball pierced his heart; / Yet it eas'd our distress to find him surrounded, / By those friends he loved, when compell'd to depart.
He requested to know the fate of the battle, / If t'was likely that England would conquor that day; / When they answer'd him Sir, by the weight of our metal, / More colours are struck and the reat in dismay.