A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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Thy viait. They, while yet the foreat-trel!a
W~ young upon the UD9iolated ea.ttb~
And yet the mOIMHit.aillJI on the rock were no.w,
Beheld thy gloriou. c¥!dbood, and rejoi~d..
BRYA!IT.

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Wao ia he that cometh, like an honour~d 1n1est,

With banner and with muaic, with sOldier ana with priest,

With a nation weet>ing, and breaking on my rest 1

Mighty aea.man, tb11 ia be · :

Wae great by land aa thou by aeL

ThiJie island love& thee well, thou famous ma.n,

Tho greatest sailor since our world began.

Now, to the roll ofmufDed tlrums,

To thee the greateet aoldier comes ;

For thia ia he

Wae great by land ruJ thou by sea;

Hia martial wisdom kept us free;

0 warrior-searu3.D, tbia ia he,

This is England's greatest son,

Worthy of our gorgeous rites,

And worthr to be laid by thee ;

He that ga•n'd a huudtoed fights,

And never lost an Engliah gun ;

He that in hie earlier d11.y ·

Against the myriads of Assaye

Olash\1 with his fiery f'ew and won:

And underneath another sun

Made the aoldier, led him on,

And ever great and greater grew,

Bentinl{ from the wuted vines

All thetr mllnlhals' bandit SWAnUII

Back to France with countless blows ;

Till t.beu· h0o1t of eaglee llew

Past the Pyrenean pines,

Follow'd up in valley and glen

With blare of bugle, claw our of men,

RoU of can.oon aud claeh of arms,

And England pouring on hot• foes.

Such a war had such a clues.