BRITANNIA.
Men deemed her changed, and lo! At word of war, unveiled. She stands, as long ago, She stood when Nelson sailed. The sea wind in her hair, The salt upon her lips, T/pon the Forelands fai» - She guards the Engl di ships. She watched the Normans land, The Golden Hind sot sail, And, touched as by a hand, The great Armada fail. She watched tho Victory Lead out the Fleet to war. And o'er the salt blue sea Eefcurn from Trafalgar. Men deemed her changed, and lo! She stands unto the end, With sword to strike the foe And .shield to guard a friend. Across the wave she rules— That lesson shall be read By foemen—and the fools Who dream that Drake is dead. —H. De Vere Stacpoole.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2463, 3 October 1914, Page 4
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