PATRIOTIC SONG

PATRIOTIC SONG

A Book of English Verse

BEING AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE PATRIOTIC POETRY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, FROM THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA TILL THE DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA

SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY ARTHUR STANLEY

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE RIGHT REVEREND J. E. C. WELLDON Lord Bishop of Calcutta; late Head-Master of Harrow School

TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1901

THIS BOOK IS Sacred to the Memory OF THAT GLORIOUS COMPANY OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND’S SAKE