HURRAH for merry England! For good Saint George hurrah! For Richard of the Lion Heart, The noble and the gay, Returns from long captivity, And 'tis a festal day. With chivalry and minstrelsy The hours shall speed along, Where meet the beauteous and the brave, The gentle and strong. (I would my @3first@1 had gazed upon The gladly loyal throng.) The warriors of Palestine, Who led my @3second@1 well When on the ranks of Saladin Like avalanche they fell, Now in the tournament alone A fancied foe repel. The Saxon serf may lay aside His clumsy @3third,@1 I trow; And leave it in the silent field, With cool and sweatless brow; For what has he to do to-day With weary spade and plough? But who is he, the Saxon youth, With royal Saxon bride, Who Saracen and Templar hath Successfully defied? He is my famous @3whole,@1 I ween, The valiant and the tried. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: 17. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER by JOHN MILTON THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 97. A SUPERSCRIPTION by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SPRING SONG by JEAN ANTOINE DE BAIF THE DESCENDANT AND THE ID (MONOLOGUE IN REGARD TO HEREDITY) by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH KUANYIN'S FLASK by HELEN BURWELL CHAPIN TO MY FRIEND THOMAS RANDOLPH, ON HIS PLAY 'THE MUSE'S LOOKING-GLASS' by ASTON COCKAYNE |