(Wordsworth)
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“My son,” said the Norman Baron,… be heir To all the broad acres in England… share When he conquered the Saxon at Ha…
If wars were won by feasting, 0r victory by song, Or safety found in sleeping sound, How England would be strong! But honour and dominion
The Doorkeepers of Zion, They do not always stand In helmet and whole armour, With halberds in their hand; But, being sure of Zion,
Abdhur Rahman, the Durani Chief,… His mercy fills the Khyber hills—… He has taken toll of the North an… And they tell the tale of his char… Before the old Peshawur Gate, whe…
Will you conquer my heart with you… Shall I fall to your hand as a vi… Have I met you and passed you alr… Shall I meet you next session at… Does the P. and O. bear you to me…
TO—DAY, across our fathers’ grav… The astonished years reveal The remnant of that desperate host Which cleansed our East with stee… Hail and farewell! We greet you h…
TAKE up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed— Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness
THE Injian Ocean sets an’ smiles So sof’, so bright, so bloomin’ bl… There aren’t a wave for miles an’… Excep’ the jiggle from the screw. The ship is swep’, the day is done…
I’m 'ere in a ticky ulster an’ a b… A—layin’ on the sergeant I don’t… My shirt’s doin’ duty for jacket,… An’ I’m learnin’ the damned old g… Back to the Army again, sergeant,
THE GULL shall whistle in his w… He shall fulfil God’s utmost will… And he shall see old planets chang… And give the gale his seaworn sail… Strong lust of gear shall drive hi…
THE WIND took off with the suns… The fog came up with the tide, When the Witch of the North took… With a little Blue Devil inside. “Sink,” she said, “or swim,” she s…
A Farmer of the Augustan Age Perused in Virgil’s golden page The story of the secret won From Proteus by Cyrene’s son— How the dank sea—god showed the sw…
When Rome was rotten-ripe to her… And the sceptre passed from her ha… The pestilent Picts leaped over t… To harry the English land. The little dark men of the mountai…
AS our mother the Frigate, bepain… Made play for her bully the Ship… So we, her bold daughters by iron… Accost and destroy to our masters’… For this is our virtue —to spy and…
Through learned and laborious year… They set themselves to find Fresh terrors and undreamed-of fea… To heap upon mankind. ALl that they drew from Heaven ab…