G ;ARU GRA;RH GUAU; TRAJEH ERAUH REAUTO APIH

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Hail to the great oars gathering way,
As the beach begins to slide!
Hail to the war-shields' click and play
As they lift along our side!
Hail to the first wave over the bow—
Slow for the sea-stroke! Slow!—
All the benches are grunting now:—
"Woe to the weaker—woe!"
- Rudyard Kipling, "A Departure"