ENGLAND!
A REPLY TO THE GERMAN "SONG OF HATE." We quote the following from the "Atlantic Monthly." It is the work of Helen Gray Cone, an American woman, and is a noble rejoinder to the infamous German "Song -of Hate".:— Glory'of thought and glory of deed, Glory of Hampden and Runnymede, Glory of ships that sought far goal» ; Glory of swords and glory of souls 1 Glory of' songs mounting as birds, Glory immortal of magical words; Glory of Milton,- glory of Nelson; Tragical glory of Gordon and Scott; Glorv of Shelley, glory of Sidney, Glory transcendent, that perished not — Hers is the story, hers be tho glory—■ England! Shatter her beauteous breast ye may: The Spirit of England none can slay I Dash the bomb on the dome of -St. Paul's— Deem ve the fame of the Admiral falls ? i , „ ' Pry the stone from the chancel floor— Dream yo that Shakespeare shall live no more? _ Where is the giant shot that kills Wordsworth walking the old green hills P ' J Trample the red rose on the groundlieats is Beauty while earth spins, round I Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the seaShe shall escape, she shall aspire, She shall arise to make men free; She shall arise in a sacred scorn, Lighting the lives that aro yet na born; . Spirit supernal, Splendour eternal— England!
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2431, 9 April 1915, Page 6
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231ENGLAND! Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2431, 9 April 1915, Page 6
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