d, by
special permission of their authors, from volumes previously published.

The publishers desire also to record their thanks to Mr. William
Nicholson for the design which appears on the cover.

CONTENTS

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"Wake up, England" _Robert Bridges_ 7

The Vigil _Henry Newbolt_ 9

To the Troubler of the World _William Watson_ 11

To England: To Strike Quickly _Maurice Hewlett_ 12

The Fourth of August _Laurence Binyon_ 13

The United Front _Alfred Noyes_ 15

England to the Sea _R. E. Vernede_ 18

The Hour _J. B. Fagan_ 21

The Wife of Flanders _G. K. Chesterton_ 23

The Stars in their Courses _John Freeman_ 25

Commandeered _L. G. Moberly_ 29

The Man who Keeps his Head _Harold Begbie_ 30

France _Cecil Chesterton_ 32

We Willed it Not _John Drinkwater_ 33

Pro Patria _Owen Seaman_ 35

Hymn before Action _Rudyard Kipling_ 37

Hymn in War Time _Robert Bridges_ 39

"WAKE UP, ENGLAND"

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 they that love life best
Die gladly for thee.

The Love of their mothers
Is strong to command;
The fame of their fathers
Is might to their hand.

Much suffering shall cleanse thee;
But thou through the flood
Shalt win to Salvation,
To Beauty through blood.

* * * * *

Up, careless, awake!
Ye peacemakers, fight!
ENGLAND STANDS FOR HONOUR:
GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT!

ROBERT BRIDGES,