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...THE COCK AND THE BULL by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE HERBERT THE SMACK IN SCHOOL by WILLIAM PITT PALMER ON AN ANNIVERSARY by JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE THE TRANSLATED WAY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO WISDOM by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD IN A GARDEN by PAULINE B. BARRINGTON |