Selected
Poems
by
Frederick George Scott
TO
ENGLAND
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O
mighty Soul of England, rise in splendour
Out of the wrack and turmoil
of the night,
And, as of old, compassionate and tender,
Uphold the cause of justice
and of right.
Thine was the consecration and devotion,
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The
world-wide vision and the world-wide trust,
Which made a pathway of the tides of ocean
And fruitful gardens of
the desert dust.
Thine was the call to face wit dauntless bearing
All high adventure, all
adversity,
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Until
thy sons by their resistless daring
Had girdled earth with realms
from sea to sea.
Now in this age when out of cruel oppression
The hearts of men are yearning
for release,
O Soul of England—England’s great
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possession—
Lead thou mankind into the
way of peace. [Page 91] |
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