In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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TO ENGLAND,
On the Verge of War with Russia.
Imperial England, have thou no alarms!Not if all Europe look on thee askance,
If war be hurled by Russia, hate by France,
When, at thy first reveillée, spring to arms
Thy children unseduced by safety's charms
In far-off isles, and those who wielded lance
Against thee erst, unsummoned, now advance
To fight beneath thy flag in dusky swarms.
Old Europe grimly smiles to see each whelp,
From the bright South to frozen Labrador,
Couching to leap across the sea to help
The Lion, when he rolls his battle-roar,
And hails the art of Hannibal, in those
Who fill their armies from old Indian foes.
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