Bury the Great Duke

      With an empire's lamentation,

Let us bury the Great Duke

      To the noise of the mourning of a mighty nation,

Mourning when their leaders fall,

Warriors carry the warrior's pall,

And sorrow darkens hamlet and hall.

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