Most dauntless journal! You who are Your country's keenest shaft of wit, Despite the bitterness of war You gallantly do not permit Your words to pass the bounds of taste But cleanly-mouthed and sober-faced, This above all, you dare to do To laugh at British foibles, too! Perchance when history is writ, The bulky volumes on the shelves Will thus record the end of it: @3The English won: They had the grit@1 To laugh when (needed) at themselves! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TO THE WINDS by BERNARD BARTON SATURDAY IN Y' HOLY WEEK by JOSEPH BEAUMONT A SONNET TO HEAVENLY BEAUTY by JOACHIM DU BELLAY SHEPHERD by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |