Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NAME OF ENGLAND, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS


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First Line: The trumpet of the battle
Last Line: O thou victorious word!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): England; English


THE trumpet of the battle
Hath a high and thrilling tone;
And the first, deep gun of an ocean-fight,
Dread music all its own.

But a mightier power, my England!
Is in that name of thine,
To strike the fire from every heart
Along the bannered line.

Proudly it woke the spirits
Of yore, the brave and true,
When the bow was bent on Cressy's field,
And the yeoman's arrow flew.

And proudly hath it floated
Through the battles of the sea,
When the red-cross flag o'er smoke-wreaths played
Like the lightning in its glee.

On rock, on wave, on bastion,
Its echoes have been known;
By a thousand streams the hearts lie low
That have answered to its tone.

A thousand ancient mountains
Its pealing note hath stirred, --
Sound on, and on, for evermore,
O thou victorious word!





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