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===Men of Harlech=== Men of Tanith, stop your dreaming,<br/> Can't you see their lasguns gleaming,<br/> Or their ruinous banners streaming,<br/> On this battlefield?<br/> Men of Tanith, stand ye steady!<br/> It shall not be ever said the<br/> Ghosts for battle were not ready.<br/> On you, Tanith men!<br/> From our worlds rebounding,<br/> Let this war cry sounding,<br/> Summon all at Emp'ror's call<br/> The mighty force surrounding!<br/> Oh, men of Tanith, on to glory!<br/> This shall ever be your story<br/> Keep these burning words before ye,<br/> Gaunt's Ghosts shall not yield!<br/> Tongues of las from nalwood flaring,<br/> News of traitors' deaths declaring,<br/> To heroic deeds of daring<br/> call you Tanith men!<br/> Groans of wounded Guardsmen dying,<br/> Wails of wives and children flying,<br/> for the Emp'ror's succor crying<br/> Hear you not their plight?<br/> Shall those voices wailing,<br/> Now be unavailing,<br/> You to rouse who never yet<br/> the Emperor's realm were failing?<br/> This our answer, crowds down pouring<br/> Swift as a bolter's wrath comes roaring<br/> Not in vain, His voice imploring,<br/> calls on Tanith men.<br/> Now to battle we are going,<br/> Every heart with courage glowing,<br/> Pride and passion overflowing<br/> In the glorious strife.<br/> Lo! the din of war enrages,<br/> Vengeance crowns the hate of ages,<br/> Sternly Tanith now engages<br/> the doomed Heretics!<br/> Hear the old pipes playing,<br/> And the soldiers slaying,<br/> Hot the strife while Tanith men<br/> Are lives of traitors claiming.<br/> Lasbolts fly as swift as lightning,<br/> Shout on shout the tumult height'ning,<br/> Aquila's gold wing is bright'ning,<br/> In the Emperor's name!<br/> Loud the Tanith pipes are sounding,<br/> Every guardsman's heart is pounding,<br/> As the trusted Gaunt surrounding,<br/> March you, Tanith men!<br/> Short the sleep the foes is taking,<br/> Ere the morrow's morn is breaking,<br/> They shall have a rude awakening,<br/> Wrought by Tanith men.<br/> With their lasguns flashing,<br/> And Straight Silvers slashing,<br/> Through the traitors' serried ranks<br/> The Tanith men are dashing<br/> Now the heretics are flying,<br/> Trampling on the dead and dying;<br/> Victory aloft is crying,<br/> "Gaunt's Ghosts win the field!" <br/>
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