The Fight Of The Caroline (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
It was the good ship Caroline,That ploughed the Channel foam,All for the sake of England's fame,Of country, king, and home.Staunch ...
It was the good ship Caroline,That ploughed the Channel foam,All for the sake of England's fame,Of country, king, and home.Staunch ...
When I was a lad and went to seaIn Seventy-seven or six maybe,There was ten tall ships on MerseysideDid sail ...
In a sailormen's restaurant Rotherhithe way,Where the din of the docksides is loud all the day,And the breezes come bringing ...
When Drake sailed out from Devon to break King Phillip's pride,He had great ships at his bidding and little ones ...
From where the City's seething tide Rolls on unceasing, day by day,To yonder soaring dome aside A little turn, a ...
Ever the story liveth of the fight on the far hillside,Fraught with the ancient sorrow that is brother born of ...
This is the lot of the English; — in many a page it is written, — To weep for ...
There be poets in plenty have sung in the praiseOf the famous old names out of Old Navy days,Of Victory, ...
Flag that has flown o'er a thousand fields victorious,Flag that art first on the land and the seas,When hast thou ...
Not for the wealth of thy teeming markets, Roaring factory, thronging way,Stern strong city of toil and commerce ...
It was the old Vindictive out of Dover put to sea,And she sailed to the Lowlands low,With cruisers and with ...
Oh, sweet is life in living, And earth is fair and sweet,When limbs are strong and supple, And ...
To Arms! the maddening bugles call; Make ready-ready for the fray.Be true to Britain, one and all, We ...
Too good for the knacker, too poor for the lurry!Let him go to the army that buys in a hurry!Too ...
Long after the shadow of war is fled And the last battle is foughtMen will remember the Little ...
Great captains of the bygone days, — Whose spirits 'mid our spirits lurk, —Who fearless trod the ocean ways, Look ...
Oh, hump your swag and leave, lads, the ships are in the bay —We've got our marching orders now, it's ...
Queen of the waves of ocean, Sister to stars and dew,Flung wide to the sun and tempest, A ...
Rise up, strong men of England; On outward journeys wend,To fight the fight of heroes, And chance what Fate may ...
Majuba Day! Majuba Day!Here's a health to Bobs and his force to-day!For the wiped-out shame from Britannia's fame,And the work ...
Daughter of old England! Buckle on his sword:Forth to fight for England Goes your king and lord, —Goes ...
Fife, fife and drum, and the feet along the highway, Crying: "Follow, O my masters, to the field of ...
She took her tide and she passed the Bar with the first o' the morning light;She dipped her flag to ...
Not the encounter of navies in battle array —The roar of salvoes — the smoke-wrack that darkens the day —But ...
What have we to give To one who stands Waiting with open hands,Mother of many sons in many ...
We have heard a voice that calls us — A voice that bids us go —A voice that bids ...
No drum-beat nerved them to the fight; They heard no bugle blare:No sword or lance-point glittered bright, No ...
Sons of the seagirt land,Strong round the banner stand Steadfast and true!Honour and loyaltyEver our "watchword be!Flutter o'er land ...
The hour was near for startingEre Vimy ridge was won,And we said "Good luck" at partingAs we had often doneIn ...
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