Original Latin
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English Translation
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Scholae Stocktoniensium
Sis, O Pater, propitius;
Manus aedificet tua,
Favor tuus custodiat.
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Our Father Thee we
here confess,
And Pray that Thou our School wilt bless;
Establish it by Thine own hand,
And by Thy favour let it stand.
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Antiquo digna
oppido
Crescat novissimum decus;
Fac nos paretibus pares,
Fac nos virtute nobiles.
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All worthy of
the Town we love
May this, its latest glory, prove;
Our Fathers equals may we be,
Make virtue our nobility.
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Hic educentur
juvenes
Mites, honesti, strunui,
Verum Britannorum genus,
Urbi et patriae decus.
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May they who
shall be nurtured here
Be gentle, earnest, brave, sincere;
As pattern Englishmen to stand,
Pride of their Town and Fatherland.
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Schola egressi
foveant
Caram semper memoriam;
Scholam ornare veterem
Suis quaerant honoribus.
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And when they
leave the schools domain,
Sweet mem'ries may her sons retain;
Glad, when new honours they shall greet
To lay those honours at her feet.
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Sic omnes dulci
vinculo
Jungat communis caritas,
Unius cives oppidi,
Unius scholae pueros.
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So common love
shall join us all,
And bind us close whate'er befall,
Who in one Town knew homes sweet joys
And in one School sometimes were boys.
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Da numerum, da
gloriam,
Da fortem, pater, animum;
Da donum quodque optimum
Scholae Stocktoniensium.
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Lord, give the
increase, real and true;
The power to think great things and do!
Send every gracious blessing down
On this our School of Stockton Town!
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