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I am Constantine Kanaris: / I, who lie beneath this stone, / Twice into the air in thunder / Have the Turkish galleys blown.
In my bed I died -- a Christian, / Hoping straight with Christ to be; / Yet one earthly wish is buried / Deep within the grave with me --
That upon the open ocean / When the third Armada came, / They and I had died together, / Whirled aloft on wings of flame.
Yet 'tis something that they've laid me / In a land without a stain: / Keep it thus, my God and Saviour, / Till I rise from earth again!