RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH (1807-1886). LVII. THE TASK 78 LVIII. THE UNFORGOTTEN 78 ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1809-1861). LIX. THE FORCED RECRUIT 80 ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809-1892). LX. THE ANSWER 81 LXI. FREEDOM 82 LXII. BATTLE SONG 83 LXIII. VICTORIA’S REIGN 83 LXIV. HANDS ALL ROUND 84 LXV. BRITONS, HOLD YOUR OWN! 85 LXVI. WELLINGTON AT ST. PAUL’S 85 LXVII. THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE 87 LXVIII. THE USE OF WAR 89 SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE (1810-1888). LXIX. THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS 90 ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889). LXX. HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD 91 LXXI. HOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA 92 CHARLES MACKAY (1814-1889). LXXII. A SONG OF ENGLAND 92 ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH (1819-1861). LXXIII. GREEN FIELDS OF ENGLAND 93 LXXIV. THE RALLY 94 CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875). LXXV. ODE TO THE NORTH-EAST WIND 94 SIR HENRY YULE (1820-1889). LXXVI. THE _BIRKENHEAD_ 96 WILLIAM CORY (1823-1892). LXXVII. SCHOOL FENCIBLES 97 WILLIAM WALSHAM HOW (1823-1897). LXXVIII. A NATIONAL HYMN 99 JOHN KELLS INGRAM (_b._ 1823). LXXIX. A NATION’S WEALTH 99 SIR FRANKLIN LUSHINGTON (_b._ 1823). LXXX. THE MUSTER OF THE GUARDS 100 FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE (1824-1897). LXXXI. ALFRED THE GREAT 103 LXXXII. TRAFALGAR 104 SYDNEY DOBELL (1824-1874). LXXXIII. A SEA ADVENTURE 108 WILLIAM ALEXANDER, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH (_b._ 1824). LXXXIV. WAR 109 ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER (1825-1864). LXXXV. THE LESSON OF THE WAR 112 GERALD MASSEY (_b._ 1828). LXXXVI. SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE’S LAST FIGHT 113 THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830-1897). LXXXVII. LAND, HO! 117