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CONTENTS
| I.—ENGLAND | ||
| PAGE | ||
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1580). | ||
| I. | SONG OF THE ENGLISH BOWMEN | [3] |
| GEORGE PEELE (1558?-1592?). | ||
| II. | FAREWELL TO DRAKE AND NORRIS | [4] |
| MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563–1631). | ||
| III. | BALLAD OF AGINCOURT | [5] |
| IV. | THE VIRGINIAN VOYAGE | [8] |
| WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616). | ||
| V. | A PICTURE OF ENGLAND | [11] |
| VI. | ENGLAND INVINCIBLE | [11] |
| VII. | ENGLAND AT WAR | [12] |
| VIII. | WOLSEY TO CROMWELL | [17] |
| BALLADS. | ||
| IX. | BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBY (c. 1590) | [18] |
| X. | THE HONOUR OF BRISTOL (c. 1626) | [21] |
| JOHN MILTON (1608–1674). | ||
| XI. | TO THE LORD GENERAL | [24] |
| XII. | DELIVERANCE | [24] |
| ANDREW MARVELL (1620–1678). | ||
| XIII. | HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL’S RETURN FROM IRELAND | [25] |
| XIV. | SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA | [28] |
| MARTIN PARKER (ob. 1656?). | ||
| XV. | THE KING’S EXILE | [30] |
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1667). | ||
| XVI. | HERE’S A HEALTH UNTO HIS MAJESTY | [31] |
| JOHN DRYDEN (1631–1701). | ||
| XVII. | A SONG OF KING ARTHUR | [31] |
| XVIII. | LONDON IN 1666 | [32] |
| JAMES THOMSON (1700–1748). | ||
| XIX. | RULE BRITANNIA | [33] |
| JOHN DYER (c. 1708). | ||
| XX. | DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN | [34] |
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1740). | ||
| XXI. | GOD SAVE THE KING | [34] |
| DAVID GARRICK (1717–1779). | ||
| XXII. | HEARTS OF OAK | [35] |
| WILLIAM COLLINS (1721–1759). | ||
| XXIII. | THE SLEEP OF THE BRAVE | [36] |
| WILLIAM COWPER (1731–1800). | ||
| XXIV. | BOADICEA | [36] |
| XXV. | THE ROYAL GEORGE | [38] |
| CHARLES DIBDIN (1745–1814). | ||
| XXVI. | TOM BOWLING | [39] |
| XXVII. | THE TRUE ENGLISH SAILOR | [40] |
| XXVIII. | TOM TOUGH | [41] |
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1750). | ||
| XXIX. | THE BRITISH GRENADIERS | [42] |
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1758). | ||
| XXX. | THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME | [43] |
| PRINCE HOARE (1755–1834). | ||
| XXXI. | THE ARETHUSA | [44] |
| WILLIAM BLAKE (1757–1827). | ||
| XXXII. | JERUSALEM IN ENGLAND | [45] |
| WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850). | ||
| XXXIII. | ON LANDING IN ENGLAND | [46] |
| XXXIV. | DESTINY | [47] |
| XXXV. | THE MOTHERLAND | [47] |
| XXXVI. | TO THE MEN OF KENT | [48] |
| XXXVII. | THE HAPPY WARRIOR | [48] |
| XXXVIII. | AFTER WATERLOO | [50] |
| XXXIX. | MERRY ENGLAND | [50] |
| XL. | HOPE | [51] |
| SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771–1832). | ||
| XLI. | IN MEMORIAM | [51] |
| THOMAS DIBDIN (1771–1841). | ||
| XLII. | THE SNUG LITTLE ISLAND | [55] |
| XLIII. | THE MERRY SOLDIER | [57] |
| ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774–1843). | ||
| XLIV. | THE STANDARD-BEARER OF THE BUFFS | [58] |
| THOMAS CAMPBELL (1777–1844). | ||
| XLV. | YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND | [59] |
| XLVI. | THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC | [60] |
| XLVII. | MEN OF ENGLAND | [62] |
| ALLAN CUNNINGHAM (1785–1842). | ||
| XLVIII. | THE BRITISH SAILOR’S SONG | [63] |
| GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788–1824). | ||
| XLIX. | ON LEAVING ENGLAND | [64] |
| L. | THE ISLES OF GREECE | [65] |
| LI. | THE EVE OF WATERLOO | [67] |
| CHARLES WOLFE (1791–1823). | ||
| LII. | THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE | [69] |
| FELICIA HEMANS (1793–1835). | ||
| LIII. | THE BENDED BOW | [71] |
| LIV. | ENGLAND’S DEAD | [72] |
| THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD MACAULAY (1800–1859). | ||
| LV. | THE ARMADA | [74] |
| LVI. | A JACOBITE’S EPITAPH | [77] |
| RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH (1807–1886). | ||
| LVII. | THE TASK | [78] |
| LVIII. | THE UNFORGOTTEN | [78] |
| ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1809–1861). | ||
| LIX. | THE FORCED RECRUIT | [80] |
| ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809–1892). | ||
| LX. | THE ANSWER | [81] |
| LXI. | FREEDOM | [82] |
| LXII. | BATTLE SONG | [83] |
| LXIII. | VICTORIA’S REIGN | [83] |
| LXIV. | HANDS ALL ROUND | [84] |
| LXV. | BRITONS, HOLD YOUR OWN! | [85] |
| LXVI. | WELLINGTON AT ST. PAUL’S | [85] |
| LXVII. | THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE | [87] |
| LXVIII. | THE USE OF WAR | [89] |
| SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE (1810–1888). | ||
| LXIX. | THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS | [90] |
| ROBERT BROWNING (1812–1889). | ||
| LXX. | HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD | [91] |
| LXXI. | HOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA | [92] |
| CHARLES MACKAY (1814–1889). | ||
| LXXII. | A SONG OF ENGLAND | [92] |
| ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH (1819–1861). | ||
| LXXIII. | GREEN FIELDS OF ENGLAND | [93] |
| LXXIV. | THE RALLY | [94] |
| CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819–1875). | ||
| LXXV. | ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND | [94] |
| SIR HENRY YULE (1820–1889). | ||
| LXXVI. | THE BIRKENHEAD | [96] |
| WILLIAM CORY (1823–1892). | ||
| LXXVII. | SCHOOL FENCIBLES | [97] |
| WILLIAM WALSHAM HOW (1823–1897). | ||
| LXXVIII. | A NATIONAL HYMN | [99] |
| JOHN KELLS INGRAM (b. 1823). | ||
| LXXIX. | A NATION’S WEALTH | [99] |
| SIR FRANKLIN LUSHINGTON (b. 1823). | ||
| LXXX. | THE MUSTER OF THE GUARDS | [100] |
| FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE (1824–1897). | ||
| LXXXI. | ALFRED THE GREAT | [103] |
| LXXXII. | TRAFALGAR | [104] |
| SYDNEY DOBELL (1824–1874). | ||
| LXXXIII. | A SEA ADVENTURE | [108] |
| WILLIAM ALEXANDER, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH (b. 1824). | ||
| LXXXIV. | WAR | [109] |
| ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER (1825–1864). | ||
| LXXXV. | THE LESSON OF THE WAR | [112] |
| GERALD MASSEY (b. 1828). | ||
| LXXXVI. | SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE’S LAST FIGHT | [113] |
| THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830–1897). | ||
| LXXXVII. | LAND, HO! | [117] |
| BENN WILKES JONES TREVALDWYN (b. 1830). | ||
| LXXXVIII. | THE GEORGE OF LOOE | [118] |
| SIR EDWIN ARNOLD (b. 1832). | ||
| LXXXIX. | THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF THE VICTORIA CROSS | [120] |
| RICHARD GARNETT (b. 1835). | ||
| XC. | ABROAD | [121] |
| WILLIAM SCHWENK GILBERT (b. 1836). | ||
| XCI. | THE ENGLISH GIRL | [122] |
| THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON (b. 1836). | ||
| XCII. | THE BREATH OF AVON | [123] |
| XCIII. | ENGLAND STANDS ALONE | [124] |
| ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE (b. 1837). | ||
| XCIV. | ENGLAND | [125] |
| XCV. | A JACOBITE’S EXILE | [126] |
| XCVI. | NEW YEAR’S DAY | [129] |
| XCVII. | TO WILLIAM MORRIS | [129] |
| THOMAS HARDY (b. 1840). | ||
| XCVIII. | THE GOING OF THE BATTERY | [131] |
| AUSTIN DOBSON (b. 1840). | ||
| XCIX. | BALLAD OF THE ARMADA | [132] |
| C. | RANK AND FILE | [133] |
| ROBERT BRIDGES (b. 1844). | ||
| CI. | THE FAIR BRASS | [133] |
| JOHN HUNTLEY SKRINE (b. 1848). | ||
| CII. | THE GENTLE | [134] |
| CIII. | THE MOTHER AND THE SONS | [136] |
| WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (b. 1849). | ||
| CIV. | ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND | [137] |
| ERIC MACKAY (1851–1898). | ||
| CV. | A SONG OF THE SEA | [139] |
| WILLIAM SHARP (b. 1856). | ||
| CVI. | THE BALLAD OF THE RAM | [141] |
| SIR RENNELL RODD (b. 1858). | ||
| CVII. | SPRING THOUGHTS | [141] |
| WILLIAM WATSON (b. 1858). | ||
| CVIII. | ENGLAND AND HER COLONIES | [143] |
| ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (b. 1859). | ||
| CIX. | THE SONG OF THE BOW | [143] |
| CX. | A BALLAD OF THE RANKS | [144] |
| BARRY PAIN (b. 1860). | ||
| CXI. | OUR DEAD | [147] |
| HENRY NEWBOLT (b. 1862). | ||
| CXII. | ADMIRALS ALL | [147] |
| CXIII. | DRAKE’S DRUM | [149] |
| CXIV. | A TOAST | [150] |
| RUDYARD KIPLING (b. 1865). | ||
| CXV. | THE FLAG OF ENGLAND | [150] |
| CXVI. | RECESSIONAL | [154] |
| LAUCHLAN MACLEAN WATT (b. 1867). | ||
| CXVII. | THE GREY MOTHER | [155] |
| GEORGE FREDERIC STEWART BOWLES (b. 1877). | ||
| CXVIII. | THE SONG OF THE SNOTTIES | [157] |
| II.—WALES | ||
| THOMAS GRAY (1716–1771). | ||
| CXIX. | THE BARD | [161] |
| JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT (1784–1859). | ||
| CXX. | BODRYDDAN | [165] |
| FELICIA HEMANS (1793–1835). | ||
| CXXI. | THE HARP OF WALES | [166] |
| CXXII. | PRINCE MADOG’S FAREWELL | [166] |
| JOHN JONES (1810–1869). | ||
| CXXIII. | THE MARCH OF THE MEN OF HARLECH | [167] |
| SIR LEWIS MORRIS (b. 1833). | ||
| CXXIV. | LLEWELYN AP GRUFFYDD | [168] |
| RICHARD BELLIS JONES (1837–1900). | ||
| CXXV. | RHUDDLAN MARSH | [171] |
| EDMUND OSBORNE JONES (b. 1858). | ||
| CXXVI. | LIBERTY | [172] |
| CXXVII. | THE POETS OF WALES | [173] |
| III.—SCOTLAND | ||
| ALLAN RAMSAY (1686–1758). | ||
| CXXVIII. | FAREWELL TO LOCHABER | [177] |
| JEAN ELLIOT (1727–1805). | ||
| CXXIX. | THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST | [177] |
| ANNE MACIVAR GRANT (1755–1838). | ||
| CXXX. | THE HIGHLAND LADDIE | [178] |
| ROBERT BURNS (1759–1796). | ||
| CXXXI. | MY HEART’S IN THE HIGHLANDS | [180] |
| CXXXII. | BRUCE TO HIS MEN AT BANNOCKBUR | [180] |
| CXXXIII. | THE DUMFRIES VOLUNTEERS | [181] |
| CXXXIV. | THEIR GROVES O’ SWEET MYRTLE | [182] |
| SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771–1832). | ||
| CXXXV. | THE OUTCAST | [183] |
| CXXXVI. | FLODDEN FIELD | [183] |
| CXXXVII. | GATHERING-SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK | [185] |
| CXXXVIII. | OVER THE BORDER | [186] |
| CXXXIX. | BONNIE DUNDEE | [187] |
| CXL. | WAR-SONG | [189] |
| JOHN LEYDEN (1775–1811). | ||
| CXLI. | ODE ON VISITING FLODDEN | [190] |
| ALLAN CUNNINGHAM (1785–1842). | ||
| CXLII. | LOYALTY | [193] |
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1790). | ||
| CXLIII. | THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMIN’ | [193] |
| ROBERT GILFILLAN (1798–1850). | ||
| CXLIV. | MY AIN COUNTRIE | [194] |
| ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894). | ||
| CXLV. | IN THE HIGHLANDS | [195] |
| CXLVI. | EXILED | [196] |
| NEIL MUNRO (b. 1864). | ||
| CXLVII. | TO EXILES | [196] |
| JACOBITE SONGS | ||
| ANONYMOUS. | ||
| CXLVIII. | THE KING OVER THE WATER | [198] |
| CXLIX. | WELCOME, ROYAL CHARLIE! | [199] |
| CL. | CAM’ YE BY ATHOL? | [199] |
| CLI. | LADY KEITH’S LAMENT | [200] |
| ROBERT BURNS (1759–1796). | ||
| CLII. | O’ER THE WATER TO CHARLIE | [201] |
| CLIII. | A SONG OF EXILE | [202] |
| CLIV. | KENMURE’S MARCH | [202] |
| CLV. | A JACOBITE’S FAREWELL | [203] |
| CAROLINA, BARONESS NAIRN (1766–1845). | ||
| CLVI. | CHARLIE IS MY DARLING | [204] |
| CLVII. | WHA’LL BE KING BUT CHARLIE? | [205] |
| WILLIAM GLEN (1789–1826). | ||
| CLVIII. | WAE’S ME FOR PRINCE CHARLIE | [205] |
| HAROLD BOULTON (b. 1859). | ||
| CLIX. | SKYE BOAT-SONG | [207] |
| SARAH ROBERTSON MATHESON. | ||
| CLX. | A KISS OF THE KING’S HAND | [207] |
| IV.—IRELAND | ||
| OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1725–1774). | ||
| CLXI. | HOME | [211] |
| ANONYMOUS (c. 1798). | ||
| CLXII. | THE WEARIN’ O’ THE GREEN | [211] |
| THOMAS MOORE (1779–1852). | ||
| CLXIII. | THE MINSTREL BOY | [212] |
| CLXIV. | A SONG OF THE IRISH | [213] |
| CLXV. | DEPARTED GLORY | [213] |
| CLXVI. | THE CHOICE | [214] |
| CLXVII. | A SONG OF TRUE LOVE | [215] |
| CLXVIII. | TO ERIN | [215] |
| CLXIX. | THE MINSTREL TO HIS HARP | [216] |
| CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH TONNA (1790–1846). | ||
| CLXX. | THE MAIDEN CITY | [216] |
| JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN (1803–1849). | ||
| CLXXI. | KINCORA | [218] |
| CLXXII. | DARK ROSALEEN | [219] |
| HELEN, LADY DUFFERIN (1807–1867). | ||
| CLXXIII. | THE BAY OF DUBLIN | [222] |
| CLXXIV. | LAMENT OF THE IRISH EMIGRANT | [222] |
| SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON (1810–1886). | ||
| CLXXV. | O’BYRNE’S BARD TO THE CLANS OF WICKLOW | [224] |
| CLXXVI. | THE HILLS OF IRELAND | [225] |
| THOMAS DAVIS (1814–1845). | ||
| CLXXVII. | MY LAND | [226] |
| CLXXVIII. | THE DEAD CHIEF | [227] |
| AUBREY DE VERE (b. 1814). | ||
| CLXXIX. | THE LITTLE BLACK ROSE | [229] |
| JOHN KELLS INGRAM (b. 1823). | ||
| CLXXX. | THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD | [229] |
| CLXXXI. | NATIONAL PRESAGE | [231] |
| GEORGE SIGERSON (b. 1839). | ||
| CLXXXII. | THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS | [231] |
| CLXXXIII. | LAMENT FOR EOGHAN RUA O’NEILL | [232] |
| GEORGE FRANCIS SAVAGE-ARMSTRONG (b. 1845). | ||
| CLXXXIV. | THE OLD COUNTRY | [233] |
| ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES (b. 1846). | ||
| CLXXXV. | THE SONGS OF ERIN | [234] |
| JOHN KEEGAN CASEY (1846–1870). | ||
| CLXXXVI. | THE RISING OF THE MOON | [235] |
| THOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTON (b. 1857). | ||
| CLXXXVII. | THE DEAD AT CLONMACNOIS | [236] |
| KATHARINE TYNAN HINKSON (b. 1861). | ||
| CLXXXVIII. | SHAMROCK SONG | [237] |
| LIONEL JOHNSON (b. 1867). | ||
| CLXXXIX. | WAYS OF WAR | [239] |
| V.—CANADA | ||
| WILLIAM WYE SMITH (b. 1827). | ||
| CXC. | THE CANADIANS ON THE NILE | [243] |
| DUNCAN ANDERSON (b. 1828). | ||
| CXCI. | THE DEATH OF WOLFE | [244] |
| SARAH ANNE CURZON (1833–1898). | ||
| CXCII. | THE LOYALISTS | [246] |
| THEODORE HARDING RAND (1835–1900). | ||
| CXCIII. | THE WHITETHROAT | [247] |
| ANNIE ROTHWELL CHRISTIE (b. 1837). | ||
| CXCIV. | WELCOME HOME | [248] |
| CLIVE PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY (b. 1855). | ||
| CXCV. | THEIR TESTAMENT | [249] |
| CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS (b. 1860). | ||
| CXCVI. | CANADA | [250] |
| WILLIAM WILFRED CAMPBELL (b. 1861). | ||
| CXCVII. | ENGLAND | [252] |
| CXCVIII. | THE WORLD-MOTHER | [254] |
| FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT (b. 1861). | ||
| CXCIX. | QUEBEC | [258] |
| CC. | IN MEMORIAM | [258] |
| FRANCIS SHERMAN (b. 1871). | ||
| CCI. | A WORD FROM CANADA | [260] |
| ARTHUR STRINGER (b. 1874). | ||
| CCII. | CANADA TO ENGLAND | [262] |
| STUART LIVINGSTON (b. 1876). | ||
| CCIII. | THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS | [262] |
| VI.—INDIA | ||
| SHOSHEE CHUNDER DUTT (1824–1883). | ||
| CCIV. | THE HINDU’S ADDRESS TO THE GANGES | [267] |
| SIR ALFRED LYALL (b. 1835). | ||
| CCV. | THEOLOGY IN EXTREMIS | [268] |
| WILLIAM TREGO WEBB (b. 1847). | ||
| CCVI. | THE RESIDENCY CHURCHYARD | [272] |
| CCVII. | THE MEMORIAL WELL | [273] |
| CCVIII. | SPRING IN CALCUTTA | [274] |
| JOHN RENTON DENNING (b. 1858). | ||
| CCIX. | THE LUCKNOW GARRISON | [275] |
| CCX. | SOLDIERS OF IND | [276] |
| CCXI. | SARANSAR | [278] |
| RUDYARD KIPLING (b. 1865). | ||
| CCXII. | THE GALLEY-SLAVE | [280] |
| VII.—SOUTH AFRICA | ||
| THOMAS PRINGLE (1789–1834). | ||
| CCXIII. | THE DESOLATE VALLEY | [285] |
| WILLIAM JOHN COURTHOPE (b. 1842). | ||
| CCXIV. | ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA | [286] |
| WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY (b. 1849). | ||
| CCXV. | FOR A GRAVE IN SOUTH AFRICA | [286] |
| ARTHUR VINE HALL (b. 1862). | ||
| CCXVI. | ON LEAVING TABLE BAY | [286] |
| HILDA MARY AGNES COOK (b. 1865). | ||
| CCXVII. | THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING | [287] |
| ROBERT RUSSELL (b. 1867). | ||
| CCXVIII. | THE VANGUARD | [288] |
| VIII.—AUSTRALIA | ||
| GERALD HENRY SUPPLE (1822–1898). | ||
| CCXIX. | DAMPIER’S DREAM | [293] |
| ADAM LINDSAY GORDON (1833–1870). | ||
| CCXX. | BY FLOOD AND FIELD | [295] |
| JAMES BRUNTON STEPHENS (b. 1835). | ||
| CCXXI. | FULFILMENT | [297] |
| PERCY RUSSELL (b. 1847). | ||
| CCXXII. | THE BIRTH OF AUSTRALIA | [299] |
| HENRY LAWSON (b. 1867). | ||
| CCXXIII. | THE WAR OF THE FUTURE | [300] |
| ARTHUR MAQUARIE (b. 1876). | ||
| CCXXIV. | A FAMILY MATTER | [302] |
| ARTHUR ADAMS. | ||
| CCXXV. | THE DWELLINGS OF OUR DEAD | [303] |
| WILLIAM OGILVIE. | ||
| CCXXVI. | THE BUSH, MY LOVER | [305] |
| GEORGE ESSEX EVANS. | ||
| CCXXVII. | A FEDERAL SONG | [307] |
| JOHN BERNARD O’HARA. | ||
| CCXXVIII. | FLINDERS | [308] |
| CCXXIX. | THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH | [309] |
| IX.—NEW ZEALAND | ||
| THOMAS BRACKEN (b. 1843). | ||
| CCXXX. | NEW ZEALAND HYMN | [315] |
| ALEXANDER BATHGATE (b. 1845). | ||
| CCXXXI. | OUR HERITAGE | [316] |
| ELEANOR ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY. | ||
| CCXXXII. | TO ONE IN ENGLAND | [317] |
| CCXXXIII. | A VOICE FROM NEW ZEALAND | [318] |
| NOTES | [323] | |
| INDEX OF FIRST LINES | [357] | |