A chant of love for England, and other poems — John Shaqi
A chant of love for England, and other poemsCone, Helen Gray
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A chant of love for England, and other poems
Cone, Helen Gray
American poetry -- 20th century
FLOWER FANCIES:--
I. A Yellow Pansy 51
II. The Spring Beauties 52
III. Thisbe 53
A RHYME OF ROBIN PUCK 54
A LULLABY 56
THE PORTRAIT OF THE PRINCESS 57
LEPAGE’S JOAN OF ARC 59
A NOCTURNE OF RUBINSTEIN 61
A MEMORY OF ELLEN TERRY’S BEATRICE 64
EMELIE 65
ELSINORE 67
FIAMMETTA 70
MARINA SINGS 73
THE KING’S DIAMOND 76
“AS THE CROW FLIES” 80
THE WAYFARERS 81
A ROSE 83
THE INN OF THE STAR 84
POSIES:--
I. Friendship 86
II. Rose-Rent 86
III. Desire of Fame 86
TO-DAY 87
THE BALLAD OF CALNAN’S CHRISTMAS 88
SONNETS:--
The Immortal Word 91
The Torch-race 92
Retrospect 93
The Contrast 94
Triumph 95
A Mystery 96
The Common Street 97
ABRAHAM LINCOLN 98
A CHANT OF LOVE FOR ENGLAND
A song of hate is a song of Hell;
Some there be that sing it well.
Let them sing it loud and long,
We lift our hearts in a loftier song:
We lift our hearts to Heaven above,
Singing the glory of her we love,--
_England!_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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