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    Poems of the Great War: Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund
    Poems of the Great War: Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund
    Poems of the Great War: Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund
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    Poems of the Great War: Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund

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    There are 17 poems in this anthology, published in aid of the Prince of Wales National Relief Fund. Some of the authors are very well-known, such as Robert Bridges (whose poems come first and last in this anthology) and G.K. Chesterton, others, less so.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 25, 2021
    ISBN4057664595911
    Poems of the Great War: Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund

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      Poems of the Great War - Good Press

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      Poems of the Great War

      Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund

      Published by Good Press, 2021

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664595911

      Table of Contents

      WAKE UP, ENGLAND

      THE VIGIL

      TO THE TROUBLER OF THE WORLD

      TO ENGLAND: TO STRIKE QUICKLY

      THE FOURTH OF AUGUST

      THE UNITED FRONT

      ENGLAND TO THE SEA

      THE HOUR

      THE WIFE OF FLANDERS

      THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES

      COMMANDEERED

      THE MAN WHO KEEPS HIS HEAD

      FRANCE

      WE WILLED IT NOT

      PRO PATRIA

      HYMN BEFORE ACTION

      YATTENDON HYMNAL NO. 54

      A SUGGESTION

      WAKE UP, ENGLAND

      Table of Contents

      Thou careless, awake!

      Thou peacemaker, fight!

      Stand, England, for honour,

      And God guard the Right!

      Thy mirth lay aside,

      Thy cavil and play:

      The foe is upon thee,

      And grave is the day.

      The monarch Ambition

      Hath harnessed his slaves;

      But the folk of the Ocean

      Are free as the waves.

      For Peace thou art armed

      Thy Freedom to hold:

      Thy Courage as iron,

      Thy Good-faith as gold.

      Through Fire, Air, and Water

      Thy trial must be:

      But

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