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NO SURRENDER! (VERSES WRITTEN AT A TIME OF INDUSTRIAL CRISIS), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Stand fast at last, o weary nation
Last Line: Thy fate in thine own will.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Subject(s): Class Struggle; England; Industry; English


STAND fast at last, O weary Nation,
'Gainst inward foes that plot thy fall!
Stand firm -- for that way lies salvation,
And no way else at all.

Or yield -- and be yet harder smitten!
Yield -- and then find 'twas worse than vain!
Yield -- and still yield; and in fair Britain
Let some foul Lenin reign.

Nay, yield no more, O weary Nation,
Weary, but proud and mighty still!
In thine own hands is thy salvation,
Thy Fate in thine own will.





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