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The Corporation Seal

A district in the south
On the coastline it has graced
Is a well established charter 
Ancient roots from which it’s based

The symbol of the city
Placed on the Corporation seal 
That Latin script around the edge 
Enshrines the common weal

A pair of towers at the Port 
Consolidate the fort
Allowing commerce to flow forth 
For there’s more tea to import

The glowing harbour waves 
Drift in from the sea
They travel under bridges 
Along the River Lee

Few today remember well
It was on a sunny June day 
When this city seal was embraced 
By the martyred JFK

Least we not forget
The motto that is his 
Invoked now, forever more 
‘Statio Bene Fida Carinis’

Copyright © Tadgh Quill-Manley

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