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Canadian Singers and Their Songs/Susanna Moodie

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Susanna Moodie3037587Canadian Singers and Their Songs — The Banner of England1919Edward S. Caswell


SUSANNA MOODIE

AUTHOR OF "ENTHUSIASM AND OTHER POEMS" AND MUCH FUGITIVE VERSE
"ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH," "LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS," ETC.

The Banner of England

The banner of old England flows
Triumphant on the breeze;
A sign of terror to our foes
The metier of the seas—
A thousand heroes bore it,
In the battle fields of old;
All nations quailed before it
Defended by the bold—


Brave Edward and his gallant sons,
Beneath its shadow bled;
And lion-hearted Britons
That flag to glory led
The sword of Kings defended,
When hostile foes were near;
The sheet whose colors blended
Memorials proud and dear—


The history of a nation
Is blazoned on its page;
A brief and bright relation
Sent down from age to age.
Bright banner of our native land
Bold hearts are knit to thee;
A fearless free determined band
Thy champions yet shall be!—

Susanna Moodie.