Patriotic Song

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Compiler

Stanley, Arthur, 1873-1961

Title

Patriotic Song A book of English verse, being an anthology of the patriotic poetry of the British Empire, from the defeat of the Spanish Armada till the death of Queen Victoria

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Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Patriotic poetry, English

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52133

Release Date

May 22, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PATRIOTIC SONG
2. 2.EDITOR’S PREFACE
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.ERRATUM
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.I ENGLAND
7. 7.ANONYMOUS — I SONG OF THE ENGLISH BOWMEN
8. 8.PEELE — II FAREWELL TO DRAKE AND NORRIS
9. 9.DRAYTON — III BALLAD OF AGINCOURT — IV THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE
10. 10.SHAKESPEARE — V A PICTURE OF ENGLAND — VI ENGLAND INVINCIBLE — VII ENGLAND AT WAR — THE PREPARATION — AT SEA — KING HARRY TO HIS SOLDIERS ( At the Siege of Harfleur ) — THE EVE OF BATTLE — KING HARRY’S PRAYER — St. Crispin’s Day at Agincourt ( King Harry to his Soldiers ) — THE WELCOME HOME — VIII WOLSEY TO CROMWELL
11. 11.ANONYMOUS — IX BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBY — X THE HONOUR OF BRISTOL
12. 12.MILTON — XI TO THE LORD GENERAL — XII DELIVERANCE
13. 13.MARVELL — XIII HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL’S RETURN FROM IRELAND — XIV SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA
14. 14.PARKER — XV THE KING’S EXILE
15. 15.ANONYMOUS — XVI HERE’S A HEALTH
16. 16.DRYDEN — XVII A SONG OF KING ARTHUR — XVIII LONDON IN 1666
17. 17.THOMSON — XIX RULE BRITANNIA
18. 18.DYER — XX DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
19. 19.ANONYMOUS — XXI GOD SAVE THE KING
20. 20.GARRICK — XXII HEARTS OF OAK
21. 21.COLLINS — XXIII THE SLEEP OF THE BRAVE
22. 22.COWPER — XXIV BOADICEA — XXV THE ROYAL GEORGE
23. 23.DIBDIN — XXVI TOM BOWLING — XXVII THE TRUE ENGLISH SAILOR — XXVIII TOM TOUGH
24. 24.ANONYMOUS — XXIX THE BRITISH GRENADIERS
25. 25.ANONYMOUS — XXX THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME
26. 26.HOARE — XXXI THE ARETHUSA
27. 27.BLAKE — XXXII JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND
28. 28.WORDSWORTH — XXXIII ON LANDING IN ENGLAND — XXXIV DESTINY — XXXV THE MOTHERLAND — XXXVI TO THE MEN OF KENT ( October, 1803 ) — XXXVII THE HAPPY WARRIOR — XXXVIII AFTER WATERLOO — XXXIX MERRY ENGLAND — XL HOPE
29. 29.SCOTT — XLI IN MEMORIAM ( Nelson : Pitt : Fox )
30. 30.DIBDIN — XLII THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND — XLIII THE MERRY SOLDIER
31. 31.SOUTHEY — XLIV THE STANDARD-BEARER OF THE BUFFS
32. 32.CAMPBELL — XLV YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND — XLVI THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC — XLVII MEN OF ENGLAND
33. 33.CUNNINGHAM — XLVIII THE BRITISH SAILOR’S SONG
34. 34.BYRON — XLIX ON LEAVING ENGLAND — L THE ISLES OF GREECE — LI THE EVE OF WATERLOO
35. 35.WOLFE — LII THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE
36. 36.HEMANS — LIII THE BENDED BOW — LIV ENGLAND’S DEAD
37. 37.MACAULAY — LV THE ARMADA — LVI A JACOBITE’S EPITAPH
38. 38.TRENCH — LVII THE TASK — LVIII THE UNFORGOTTEN
39. 39.BROWNING — LIX THE FORCED RECRUIT ( Solferino, 1859 )
40. 40.TENNYSON — LX THE ANSWER — LXI FREEDOM — LXII BATTLE SONG — LXIII VICTORIA’S REIGN — LXIV HANDS ALL ROUND — LXV BRITONS, HOLD YOUR OWN! — LXVI WELLINGTON AT ST. PAUL’S — LXVII THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE — LXVIII THE USE OF WAR
41. 41.DOYLE — LXIX THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS
42. 42.BROWNING — LXX HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD — LXXI HOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA
43. 43.MACKAY — LXXII A SONG OF ENGLAND
44. 44.CLOUGH — LXXIII GREEN FIELDS OF ENGLAND — LXXIV THE RALLY
45. 45.KINGSLEY — LXXV ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND
46. 46.YULE — LXXVI THE BIRKENHEAD
47. 47.CORY — LXXVII SCHOOL FENCIBLES
48. 48.HOW — LXXVIII A NATIONAL HYMN
49. 49.INGRAM — LXXIX A NATION’S WEALTH
50. 50.LUSHINGTON — LXXX THE MUSTER OF THE GUARDS (1854)
51. 51.PALGRAVE — LXXXI ALFRED THE GREAT — LXXXII TRAFALGAR
52. 52.DOBELL — LXXXIII A SEA ADVENTURE
53. 53.ALEXANDER — LXXXIV WAR
54. 54.PROCTER — LXXXV THE LESSON OF THE WAR
55. 55.MASSEY — LXXXVI SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE’S LAST FIGHT
56. 56.BROWN — LXXXVII LAND, HO!
57. 57.TREVALDWYN — LXXXVIII THE GEORGE OF LOOE
58. 58.ARNOLD — LXXXIX THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS ( June 26, 1857 )
59. 59.GARNETT — XC ABROAD
60. 60.GILBERT — XCI THE ENGLISH GIRL
61. 61.WATTS-DUNTON — XCII THE BREATH OF AVON TO ENGLISH-SPEAKING PILGRIMS ON SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY — XCIII ENGLAND STANDS ALONE
62. 62.SWINBURNE — XCIV ENGLAND — XCV A JACOBITE’S EXILE (1746) — XCVI NEW YEAR’S DAY — XCVII TO WILLIAM MORRIS
63. 63.HARDY — XCVIII THE GOING OF THE BATTERY
64. 64.DOBSON — XCIX BALLAD OF THE ARMADA — C RANK AND FILE
65. 65.BRIDGES — CI THE FAIR BRASS
66. 66.SKRINE — CII THE GENTLE — CIII THE MOTHER AND THE SONS
67. 67.HENLEY — CIV ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND
68. 68.MACKAY — CV A SONG OF THE SEA
69. 69.SHARP — CVI THE BALLAD OF THE RAM
70. 70.RODD — CVII SPRING THOUGHTS
71. 71.WATSON — CVIII ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES
72. 72.DOYLE — CIX THE SONG OF THE BOW — CX A BALLAD OF THE RANKS
73. 73.PAIN — CXI OUR DEAD
74. 74.NEWBOLT — CXII ADMIRALS ALL A SONG OF SEA KINGS — CXIII DRAKE’S DRUM — CXIV A TOAST
75. 75.KIPLING — CXV THE FLAG OF ENGLAND — CXVI RECESSIONAL
76. 76.WATT — CXVII THE GREY MOTHER
77. 77.BOWLES — CXVIII THE SONG OF THE SNOTTIES A
78. 78.II WALES
79. 79.GRAY — CXIX THE BARD
80. 80.HUNT — CXX BODRYDDAN
81. 81.HEMANS — CXXI THE HARP OF WALES — CXXII PRINCE MADOG’S FAREWELL
82. 82.JONES — CXXIII THE MARCH OF THE MEN OF HARLECH
83. 83.MORRIS — CXXIV LLEWELYN AP GRUFFYDD
84. 84.JONES — CXXV RHUDDLAN MARSH
85. 85.JONES — CXXVI LIBERTY — CXXVII THE POETS OF WALES
86. 86.III SCOTLAND
87. 87.RAMSAY — CXXVIII FAREWELL TO LOCHABER
88. 88.ELLIOT — CXXIX THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST A LAMENT FOR FLODDEN
89. 89.GRANT — CXXX THE HIGHLAND LADDIE
90. 90.BURNS — CXXXI MY HEARTS IN THE HIGHLANDS — CXXXII BRUCE TO HIS MEN AT BANNOCKBURN — CXXXIII THE DUMFRIES VOLUNTEERS — CXXXIV THEIR GROVES O’ SWEET MYRTLE
91. 91.SCOTT — CXXXV THE OUTCAST — CXXXVI FLODDEN FIELD — CXXXVII GATHERING-SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK — CXXXVIII OVER THE BORDER — CXXXIX BONNIE DUNDEE — CXL WAR-SONG
92. 92.LEYDEN — CXLI ODE ON VISITING FLODDEN
93. 93.CUNNINGHAM — CXLII LOYALTY
94. 94.ANONYMOUS — CXLIII THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMIN’
95. 95.GILFILLAN — CXLIV MY AIN COUNTRIE
96. 96.STEVENSON — CXLV IN THE HIGHLANDS — CXLVI EXILED
97. 97.MUNRO — CXLVII TO EXILES — JACOBITE SONGS
98. 98.ANONYMOUS — CXLVIII THE KING OVER THE WATER — CXLIX WELCOME, ROYAL CHARLIE! — CL CAM’ YE BY ATHOL? — CLI LADY KEITH’S LAMENT
99. 99.BURNS — CLII O’ER THE WATER TO CHARLIE — CLIII A SONG OF EXILE — CLIV KENMURE’S MARCH — CLV A JACOBITE’S FAREWELL
100. 100.NAIRN — CLVI CHARLIE IS MY DARLING — CLVII WHA’LL BE KING BUT CHARLIE?
101. 101.GLEN — CLVIII WAE’S ME FOR PRINCE CHARLIE
102. 102.BOULTON — CLIX SKYE BOAT-SONG
103. 103.MATHESON — CLX A KISS OF THE KING’S HAND
104. 104.IV IRELAND
105. 105.GOLDSMITH — CLXI HOME
106. 106.ANONYMOUS — CLXII THE WEARIN’ O’ THE GREEN
107. 107.MOORE — CLXIII THE MINSTREL BOY — CLXIV A SONG OF THE IRISH — CLXV DEPARTED GLORY — CLXVI THE CHOICE — CLXVII A SONG OF TRUE LOVE — CLXVIII TO ERIN — CLXIX THE MINSTREL TO HIS HARP
108. 108.TONNA — CLXX THE MAIDEN CITY
109. 109.MANGAN — CLXXI KINCORA ( From the Irish ) — CLXXII DARK ROSALEEN ( From the Irish )
110. 110.DUFFERIN — CLXXIII THE BAY OF DUBLIN — CLXXIV LAMENT OF THE IRISH EMIGRANT
111. 111.FERGUSON — CLXXV O’BYRNE’S BARD TO THE CLANS OF WICKLOW ( From the Irish ) — CLXXVI THE HILLS OF IRELAND ( From the Irish )
112. 112.DAVIS — CLXXVII MY LAND — CLXXVIII THE DEAD CHIEF
113. 113.DE VERE — CLXXIX THE LITTLE BLACK ROSE
114. 114.INGRAM — CLXXX THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD — CLXXXI NATIONAL PRESAGE
115. 115.SIGERSON — CLXXXII THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS ( From the Irish ) — CLXXXIII LAMENT FOR EOGHAN RUA O’NEILL ( From the Irish )
116. 116.SAVAGE-ARMSTRONG — CLXXXIV THE OLD COUNTRY
117. 117.GRAVES — CLXXXV THE SONGS OF ERIN
118. 118.CASEY — CLXXXVI THE RISING OF THE MOON (1798)
119. 119.ROLLESTON — CLXXXVII THE DEAD AT CLONMACNOIS ( From the Irish of Angus O’Gillan )
120. 120.HINKSON — CLXXXVIII SHAMROCK SONG
121. 121.JOHNSON — CLXXXIX WAYS OF WAR
122. 122.V CANADA
123. 123.SMITH — CXC THE CANADIANS ON THE NILE
124. 124.ANDERSON — CXCI THE DEATH OF WOLFE
125. 125.CURZON — CXCII THE LOYALISTS
126. 126.RAND — CXCIII THE WHITETHROAT
127. 127.CHRISTIE — CXCIV WELCOME HOME ( July 23, 1885 )
128. 128.PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY — CXCV THEIR TESTAMENT
129. 129.ROBERTS — CXCVI CANADA
130. 130.CAMPBELL — CXCVII ENGLAND — CXCVIII THE WORLD-MOTHER
131. 131.SCOTT — CXCIX QUEBEC — CC IN MEMORIAM
132. 132.SHERMAN — CCI A WORD FROM CANADA
133. 133.STRINGER — CCII CANADA TO ENGLAND
134. 134.LIVINGSTON — CCIII THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS
135. 135.VI INDIA
136. 136.DUTT — CCIV THE HINDU’S ADDRESS TO THE GANGES
137. 137.LYALL — CCV THEOLOGY IN EXTREMIS
138. 138.WEBB — CCVI THE RESIDENCY CHURCHYARD — CCVII THE MEMORIAL WELL — CCVIII SPRING IN CALCUTTA
139. 139.DENNING — CCIX THE LUCKNOW GARRISON — CCX SOLDIERS OF IND — CCXI SARANSAR
140. 140.KIPLING — CCXII THE GALLEY-SLAVE
141. 141.VII SOUTH AFRICA
142. 142.PRINGLE — CCXIII THE DESOLATE VALLEY
143. 143.COURTHOPE — CCXIV ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA (1899)
144. 144.HENLEY — CCXV FOR A GRAVE IN SOUTH AFRICA
145. 145.HALL — CCXVI ON LEAVING TABLE BAY
146. 146.COOK — CCXVII THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING
147. 147.RUSSELL — CCXVIII THE VANGUARD (1842)
148. 148.VIII AUSTRALIA
149. 149.SUPPLE — CCXIX DAMPIER’S DREAM
150. 150.GORDON — CCXX BY FLOOD AND FIELD
151. 151.STEPHENS — CCXXI FULFILMENT ( January 1, 1901 )
152. 152.RUSSELL — CCXXII THE BIRTH OF AUSTRALIA
153. 153.LAWSON — CCXXIII THE WAR OF THE FUTURE
154. 154.MAQUARIE — CCXXIV A FAMILY MATTER
155. 155.ADAMS — CCXXV THE DWELLINGS OF OUR DEAD
156. 156.OGILVIE — CCXXVI THE BUSH, MY LOVER
157. 157.EVANS — CCXXVII A FEDERAL SONG
158. 158.O’HARA — CCXXVIII FLINDERS — CCXXIX THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH
159. 159.IX NEW ZEALAND
160. 160.BRACKEN — CCXXX NEW ZEALAND HYMN
161. 161.BATHGATE — CCXXXI OUR HERITAGE
162. 162.MONTGOMERY — CCXXXII TO ONE IN ENGLAND — CCXXXIII A VOICE FROM NEW ZEALAND
163. 163.NOTES — I.—ENGLAND — I — II — III – IV — V – VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV – XXV — XXVI – XXVIII — XXIX — XXX — XXXI — XXXII — XXXIII — XXXIV – XL — XLI — XLII – XLIII — XLIV — XLV – XLVII — XLVIII — XLIX – LI — LII — LIII – LIV — LV – LVI — LVII – LVIII — LIX — LX – LXVI — LXVII – LXVIII — LXIX — LXX – LXXI — LXXII — LXXIII – LXXIV — LXXV — LXXVI — LXXVII — LXXVIII — LXXIX — LXXX — LXXXI – LXXXII — LXXXIII — LXXXIV — LXXXV — LXXXVI — LXXXVII — LXXXVIII — LXXXIX — XC — XCI — XCII – XCIII — XCIV – XCVII — XCVIII — XCIX – C — CI — CII – CIII — CIV — CV — CVI — CVII — CVIII — CIX – CX — CXI — CXII – CXIV — CXV — CXVI — CXVII — CXVIII — II.—WALES — CXIX — CXX — CXXI – CXXII — CXXIII — CXXIV — CXXV — CXXVI – CXXVII — III.—SCOTLAND — CXXVIII — CXXIX — CXXX — CXXXI – CXXXIV — CXXXV – CXXXVII — CXXXVIII – CXL — CXLI — CXLII — CXLIII — CXLIV — CXLV – CXLVI — CXLVII — JACOBITE SONGS — CXLVIII – CLI — CLII – CLV — CLVI – CLVII — CLVIII — CLIX — CLX — IV.—IRELAND — CLXI — CLXII — CLXIII – CLXIX — CLXX — CLXXI – CLXXII — CLXXIII – CLXXIV — CLXXV – CLXXVI — CLXXVII – CLXXVIII — CLXXIX — CLXXX – CLXXXI — CLXXXII – CLXXXIII — CLXXXIV — CLXXXV — CLXXXVI — CLXXXVII — CLXXXVIII — CLXXXIX — V.—CANADA — CXC — CXCI — CXCII — CXCII — CXCIV — CXCV — CXCVI — CXCVII – CXCVIII — CXCIX – CC — CCI — CCII — CCIII — VI.—INDIA — CCIV — CCV — CCVI – CCVIII — CCIX – CCXI — CCXII — VII.—SOUTH AFRICA — CCXIII — CCXIV — CCXV — CCXVI — CCXVII — CCXVIII — VIII.—AUSTRALIA — CCXIX — CCXX — CCXXI — CCXXII — CCXXIII — CCXXIV — CCXXV — CCXXVI — CCXXVII — CCXXVIII – CCXXIX — IX.—NEW ZEALAND — CCXXX — CCXXXI — CCXXXII – CCXXXIII
164. 164.INDEX OF FIRST LINES
165. 165.Transcriber’s Notes

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