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line 15: "Theirs but to do & die," should this have a colon at the end? "Theirs but to do & die:" in SOME versions? i wouldnt want to edit without discussion unsigned comment by 86.15.139.47 (talk) 20:52, 7 June 2007.

We want the punctuation to match the original. John Vandenberg 05:26, 1 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

The text of this poem has been verified against "The Complete Poetical Works of Tennyson" ed. Frederick Page (pub. Oxford University Press, 1953).--Poetlister 22:01, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Just to emphasise: the odd-looking "their's" is correct per the edition I checked against and Christopher Ricks' edition.--Poetlister 22:07, 4 July 2008 (UTC)Reply