PATRIOTIC SONG

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

SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY

ARTHUR STANLEY

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE

RIGHT REVEREND J. E. C. WELLDON

LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA

LATE HEAD-MASTER OF HARROW SCHOOL

And here the Singer for his Art
Not all in vain may plead

'The song that nerves a Nation's heart,

Is in itself a deed.'

Tennyson.

LONDON

C. ARTHUR PEARSON, Limited

PR
1195
H5M4

THIS BOOK

IS

Sacred to the Memory

OF

THAT GLORIOUS COMPANY OF MEN

WOMEN AND CHILDREN

WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES

FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE

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