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::”''There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover,''”
 
::”''There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover,''”
 
:::”''Tomorrow, just you wait and see.''”
 
:::”''Tomorrow, just you wait and see.''”
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*The Battle of Dover, fought off Dover in 1217, between English and French fleets relieved Dover Castle which was holding out against a French invasion force which controlled the rest of south-east England. It helped secure the young [[Henry III]] on the throne of England.  
 
*The Battle of Dover, fought off Dover in 1217, between English and French fleets relieved Dover Castle which was holding out against a French invasion force which controlled the rest of south-east England. It helped secure the young [[Henry III]] on the throne of England.  
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*Dover sole (solea solea) is a European flatfish, highly prized in London culinary circles – so called because its main source of supply enters England through Dover.  
 
*Dover sole (solea solea) is a European flatfish, highly prized in London culinary circles – so called because its main source of supply enters England through Dover.  
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*”Dover Beach” (1867) is a poem written by the Englishman, Matthew Arnold, concerning his despair at the lessening of religious faith in the world of his day, and the importance of personal commitment to another. [[Samuel Barber]] set it to music (1931) as a song for soloist and string quartet.  
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*”Dover Beach” (1867) is a poem written by the Englishman, Matthew Arnold, concerning his despair at the lessening of religious faith in the world of his day, and the importance of personal commitment to another. This is expounded in the final lines of the poem:
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:''Ah, love, let us be true''
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:''To one another! for the world, which seems''
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:''To lie before us like a land of dreams,''
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:''So various, so beautiful, so new,''
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:''Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,''
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:''Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;''
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:''And we are here as on a darkling plain''
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:''Where ignorant armies clash by night.''
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[[Samuel Barber]] set it to music (1931) as a song for soloist and string quartet.  
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*''"Brewer's Britain and Ireland"'' 2005 pp333/4
 
*''"Brewer's Britain and Ireland"'' 2005 pp333/4
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