Poems of English Heroism From Brunanburh to Lucknow: From Athelstan to ...
Poems of English Heroism From Brunanburh to Lucknow: From Athelstan to ...
Arthur Compton Auchmuty
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Forthwith a guard at every gun was placed along the wall; The beacon blazed upon the roof of Edgecumbe's lofty hall ; 64 POEMS OF ENGLISH HEROISM. Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the coast, And with loose rein and bloody spur rode inland many a post With his white hair unbonneted, the stout old sheriff comes ; Behind him march the halberdiers ; before him sound the drums ; His yeomen round the market cross make clear an ample space ; For there behoves him to set up the standard o...f Her Grace. And haughtily the trumpets peal, and gaily dance the bells, As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells. Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down. So stalked he when he turn'd to flight, on that famed Picard field, Bohemia's plume, and Genoa's bow, and Caesar's eagle shield So glared he when at Agincourt in wrath he tum'd to bay, And crush'd and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay. THE ARMADA, 65 Ho !
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