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•T JOHN. N a
A SUGGESTED
PROGRAMME
FOR
Empire Day Celebration
IN THE
Schools of New Brunswick
Presented with the Approval of the
Chief Superintendent
AND the Board of Education
BY
THE WOMEN'S CANADIAN CLUB
OF ST. JOHN, N. B.
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MOTTOES FOR BANNERS
or to Adorn School Walls or Blackboard*.
"The Empire U my Country: Canada is my Home."
" Live* of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And departing leave behind us
Footsteps on the sands of time."
" England expects that «ver^ man
This day will do his duty.'
"Whose flag has braved a thousand years
The battle and the breeze."
" We are %vatchers of a beacon
Whose light must never die."
"Whose frail barques the ocean surge defied.
And trained the race that live upon the wave."
'We sowed the seed of Empire in the furrows of the sea.'
" We've sailed wherever ship* could sail
We've founded many a state."
"The seas but join the regions they divide."
FOR EMPIRE DAY.
Empire Day is not a holiday, but it is desirable that the occasion be made
as bright, interesting and inspiring to the children as is possible.
1 he morning session should be devoted to the Geography and History of the
Empire, impressing upon the children its reality, growth, magnitude, essential
unity.and common purpose;and the privileges, responsibilitiesand di'^iesol citizenship.
If possible have the whole school assembled out of doors, open proceedings
*.'.'.** T^^ Lord's Prayer, and, if desired, a Scripture Reading; such as Deuteronomy
VI n., 6-11. If in the open air, have a flag staff in a space in the centre of the
assembly upon which the Union Jack may now be run up. If this cannot be
arranged, have the Flag displayed in some other way while all present sing:
"God Save The King."
followed by the recitation, by one of the pupils —
"The Old Flag."
It is only a small bit of bunting,
It is only an old colored rag.
But thousands have died for its honor.
And shed their best blood for the Flag.
It is charged with the cross of St. Andrew,
Which of old, Scottish heroes had led.
It carrti the cross of St. Patrick
For which Ireland's noblest have bled.
Joined to these is the old British Ensign,
St. GeoiTge's red cross on white field,
Round which, from King Richard to Wolseley,
Britons conquer or die, but ne'er yield.
It flutters triumphant o'er o»an.
As free as the wind and the wave.
And the captive from shackles unloosen'd
'Neath its shadow no longer a slave.
We hoist it to show our devotion.
To our King, to our Country and Laws,
■ It's the outward and visible emblem,
Of advancement and liberty's cause.
You may call it a small bit of bunting,
You may say it's an old colored rag.
But freedom has made it majestic.
And time has ennobled the Flag.
An appointed Orator, an invited speaker or the teacher, will then say —
"Let us reverently remember that the British Zmpire stands out
before the whole world as the fearless champion of freedom, fair
play and equal rights; that its watchwords are Responsibility, Duty,
Sympathy and Self-sacrifice, and that a special responsibility rests
with you individually to be true to the traditions and to the
mission of your race.
I also want you to remember that one day Canada will become,
if her people are faithful to their high British traditions, the
most poweriful of all the self-governing nations, not excluding the
people of the United Kingdom, which make up the British Empire,
and that it rests with each one of you, individually, to do your
utmost by your own conduct and example to make Canada not
only 'he most powerful, but the noblest of all the self-governing
natic s that are proud to owe allegiance to the King.
— Earl Crey, Late Governor-General of Canada.
"We are celebrating today the greatness of the Empire, which
'girdles the whole world,' and 'upon which the sun never sets!'
Its area covers over one-fifth of the earth's surface — Eighteen
million square miles, without Egypt and the Soudan: in this great
region are every known variety of climate, natu.'al characteristics
and products.
Its vast wheat areas, in India, Australia and Canada, developed
and undeveloped, make it the < lief source of the world's food
supply. It has the greatest and best fisheries, in every part of
the globe, and especially in Canada ; the chief woollen products of
the world, specially from the thousand plains of Australia; the
largest gold production; enormous productions of silver, nickle, iron,
and a coal production from six of its countries, totalling more than
all the other chief producers of the world combined, outside the
United StatP= and with immense possibilities for production besides.
Its tradt nd commerce are the wonder of all nations, and it
po«ssesses and controls through its central clearing house at ^ ondon,
the greater part of the money wealth of the '.«'orld.
In population (417 millions), th-^ British Empire exceeds all
Empires of the past, and aU Nations or combination of nations in
the present.
The British Empire is of modern growth, but its traditions
and foundations are a development of centuries.
From the heart of the Empire comes to the veins of th^ British
pe(,ple everywhere the record of a thousand years of struggle in
their Island home, for unity and power, for civil and religious
freedom, for commercial expansion, for control of the seas and the
defence of liberty in many lands, for the evolution of a great
literature and a powerful press, for the alleviation of poverty,
ignorance, misery, and class controversy.
All these things have merged themselves into our traditions,
they cannot be separately acquired, except under conditions that
can never recur. These traditions the United States have lost,
and can never regain — we recognize them instinctively, though not
always consciously, when we see the Union Jack flying in the
breeze. It is this which Empire Day embodies and is established
to preserve.
Recitation by a pupii —
PUCK'S SONG.
See you the dimpled track that runs
All hollow through the wheat?
O that was where thev hauled the guns
That smote King Philip's fleet.
See you our stilly woods of oak,
And the dread ditch beside?
O that was where the Saxons broke,
On the day that Harold died.
See you our pastures wide and lone.
Where the red oxen browse?
O there was a city thronzed and known.
Ere London boasted a houM.
And see you, after rain, the trace
Of mound and ditch and wall?
O that was a legion's camping-place,
When Caesar sailed from Gaul.
Trackway aiic camp and city lost,
Salt marsh where now is corn-
Old wars, old peace, old arts that cease,
And so was England born!
She is not any . 'mmon earth,
Water or woov^ or air.
But Merlin's Isle of Gramarje,
Where yoi and I will Lre.
From "Puck of Poor's Hili "—Kipling.
Orator: "At many great turning points in its history, our
race has received into its veins their best bloocl from many of the
great nations of the world, but never more acceptably than from
those who have come forth from them, to seek higher privileges
under the shelter and grandeur of our institutions and our oppor-
tunity; and have joined with those British pioneers, who with
indomitable pluck and unfailing energy have subdued the primeval
forest, and the {"imitable plain, and made them blossom forth
into priceless farmsteads, happy villages, and splendid cities.
" J^^y toiled, they strove, they perished, that you and I might see
The fair, tree lands of Britain arise in every sea."
(K poMible a Map of the Empire, colored on an outline Map of the World, ahould be shown.)
Empire Day is the "Family Festival" of the British Empir"
and we might call this "A Family Portrait" or "Picture of a
Family Group. "
"BRITANNIA AND HER CHILDREN."
< JP^ ^^ '*'" ?*"* ^ P**'*^ ^y numbe. «. the children in turn naming the Uniu
pi the tunpire as the numbers are called, and one will point out each on the man as
It is mrntioned. '^
No. I —The United Kingdom o^ Great Britain and Ireland.
THE SELF-GO""RNING BRITISH COUNTRIES.
Dominion of Canada. 4. Union of South Africa.
Commonwealth of Au.<tr«lia. 5. Dominion of New Zealand.
6. Island of Newfoundland.
2.
3.
7. Bamitoland
8. Britiah Central Africa
CROWN COLONIES.
9. Nigeria
10. Gambia
}■ Sierra Leore.
11. Gold Coast
12. Rhodesia
ISLANDS IN A' • :*N SEAS.
14. Mauritius 15.
17. St. Helena
Seychelles |6. Ascension
16. FalUand Islands.
IN ASIATIC CIRCLE.
ift 5Si*!^**a5'J*''^*"**- 22. North Borneo
20. FederatadMaUySutes. 23. Brunei
21. Hong Kong 24. Sarawak
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25. West Indies
IN AMERICAN SPHERE.
26. British Guiana 27. Bermuda.
28. British Honduras
PROTECTORATES.
29. BechuanaUnd 30. Somaliland 31. East Africa 32. Uganda
33. Zanzibar 34. Nyassaland 35. Soudan 36. Egypt 37. Ceylon
38. Wei-Hai-Wei
FORTRESSES.
39. Gibraltar
ISLANDS OF TtiE PACIFIC.
4a Malta
Papua
43. Australasia
41. Figi 42.
44. ISLE OF MAN 45. CHANNEL ISLANDS.
46. THE INDIAN EMPIRE.
Recitation by a pupil —
BRITONS BEYOND THE SEAS.
God made our bodies of alt the dust
That is scattered about the world,
That we might wander in search of home
Wherever the seas are hurled;
But our hearts He hath made of English dust,
And mixed it with none beside,
That we might love with an endless love
The lands where our kings abide.
And tho' we weave on a hundred shores,
And spin on a thousand quays.
And tho we're truant with all the winds.
And gypsy with all the seas.
We are touched 'o tears as the heart is touched;
By the sound of an ancient tune.
At the name of the Isle in the western seas,
With the rose on her breast of June.
Come let us walk together.
We who must follow our gleam
Come let us link our labors.
And tell each other our dreams;
Shakespeare's tongue for our counselb,
And Nelson's heart for our task —
Shall we not answer as one strong man
To the things that the people ask?
•I'arM Begbie.
To our British institutions
And traditions "Hold we fast."
"Follow r'ose to old Trafalgar
Nail the colors to the mast."
Clinch the ties that bind us to them.
Give the world no cause to think
That the Empire-chain will sever
At our firm Canadian link. — Selected
Orator: "For the safe-guarding and defence of this great
Imperial possession, we have our brave Army and oiv unequalled
Navy.
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Where is the history that can show greater deeds of valour, of
chivalry, and of mihtary achievement in face of overpowerine
dangers and difficulties and intrepid opponents, such as have been
written in blood and fire across the pages of our history bv our
gallant army under undaunted and Me leadership'
♦u r"u- ^j^ ^!^f*' bulwark of the empire, and the dominating power
that hjnds all together and protects our world-scattered homes
BriUsh N '"*'"*"°^''' °'' destroyer of peace ano prosperity, is the
It is by the power of our unrivalled Navy that our Empire has
control of the seas, that on the great waters between her man\-
possessions are great pathways for our cor icrce, and that, holding
in her hand a connected chain of great fortified naval and coaling
stations throughout the world, and great harbours and fortresses
on every shore, she is the undisputed Mistress of the waterways
of the world. '
Like all the other great pty - ssions of the Empire, this one was
evolved by the exploits of da., -g and courageous men, who knew
not the greatness they were building up, but who have left us in
possession of traditions of fighting and endurance, of confidence
and spirit, which can only come with a vast inherited experience
such as we are privileged to possess.
Recitation by a pupil.
"Effingham, Grenville, Raleigh, Drake,
Here's to the bold and free!
Benbow, ColIinaTvood, Byron, Blake,
Hail to the Kings of the sea!
Admirals all, for Britain's sake,
Honour be yours and fame!
And honour, as lonf as waves shall break,
To Nelson's peerless name!
Admirals all, for Britain's sake,
Honour be yours and fame!
And honour, as long as waves shall break.
To Nelson's peerless name.
Admirals all, they said their say
(The echoes are ringing still).
Admirals all, they went their way;
To the haven under the hill,
But they left us a kingdom none can take,
The realm of the circling sea.
To be ruled by the rightful sons of Blake,
And the Rodneys yet to ^■" -Henry Newbolt," Admirals AU."
Orator: "As you children are to-day thinking of Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa, and the many different parts of our
great Empire, so the children in each of these places, and in the
schools of the dear old Mother Countries of Great Britain are
pointing out Canada on their maps, and proudly thinking of our
great Dominion.
This is the great value of Empire Day. Its inst ution reminds
us, that we have brothers throughout the worid who would have
us think of them at times, and share with them their loftiness of
purpose, their pride in achievement and their increasing apprehension
of the great privil^es and responsibilities that are our common
heritage as citizens of one great and gltMious Empire.
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A spirit of brotherhood sweeps round the world to-day, sheltered
by the grand old flag that waves us forward to ever high and
greater things!
On the West Coast of Africa, native and white join in harmony
to render homage to Britain's King. From far away Wei-Hai-Wei
to the Falkland Islands or Figi, all share with us in the right
to claim the Empire as "Our Countiy." The voice of the little
Hindu mingles with that of the Maori; the children of the Daughter
States of Britain with strong and lusty voice bid the world remem-
ber that old though the Motherland may be, there are sons and
daughters overseas proving that not only British are they called,
but Britishers they are, by determination and deed.
And what is the magic, the wonderful meaning of this word
"British" which makes us thrill with pride, and makes every one
worthy of the name willing to "do or die" to keep it unsullied
before the world?
There was a day when there was no Empire, a time when its
power was limited and its aspiration challenged. Its glory, its
strength, its greatness were slowly and painfully built up under
the protecting favor of God by the part that Britons — noble,
self -sacrificing men and women of our race — have played in
tJie world's history, giving up ease, pleasure, ambition and often
life itself for the safety, welfare and honour of our country.
Recitation —
'OUR HEROIC DEAD.
"Ah, tia no empty fluttering of a dream,
Our flag's proud gleam;
Many and tired the fingers that have sewn it;
Seam by seam,
Staining it with life's crimson, and the blue
Of Northern skies and seas, till the winds
Have blown it
Wider than all their wonder and their dream.
"Thin red lines of pulsing lives were the threads of it,
Pulsing lives that bled away for its sake beneath the spread of it.
Till the wide seas knew it.
And the winds of the wide world blew it,
And the host of Britain followed the flag till earth trembled
Under the tread of it.
"Up with it into the sky,
Let it blow abroad, let its message fly,
Like the grey gull, over the deep,
As glad and free;
There are names of pride emblazoned on every fold,
But deeper, more dear than ever was script in gold
Names that can never sleep,
Though only the heart of love, and the eye of God can Ke."
Orator: "This Empire Day might l)e named 'All-Heroes' Day.'
Of all our 'riches' the possession in our history of these lives
and noble attainments are our most treasured, and constitute
our highest glory.
We think of the countless known and unknown hia-oes to whom
we of this great Empire owe so deep a debt, and we pray that
we may never do anything unworthy of the flag that meant to
much to them.
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As we study the history of Great Britain, may we be inspired
as we learn of the great sailors, soldiers, statesmen and philanthrop-
ists of Church and State whose lives are built into the strong founda-
tions of our Empire, to meet our difficulties with high courage,
and to give ourselves to deeds of service and self-sacrifice as truly
and nobly as did those whose memory we celebrate to-day.
Recitation— IN A CHILD'S SMALL HAND.
What will vou do for England,
Dear litt e English maid?
You may ' 3 poor, weak and obscure,
Still, you can lend your aid;
It matters so much to England
What you will try to do;
You can, if you will, make her greater still —
It lies, little child, with you.
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In a child's small hand lies the fate of our land,
It is yours to mar or save;
For a sweet child sure grows a woman pure.
To make men good and brave.
We English ne'er shall kiss the rod,
Come our foes on land or sea,
If our children be true to themselves and to God.
O great shall our England be. —Philip Trevor.
Orator: "And as we think of the heritage our fathers have
handed down to us, and this unrivalled world-wide opportunity
God has conferred upon us for high endeavor and ennobling
service, with what reverence must we cherish it, and how solemnly
ought each citizen of the Empire to determine each in his own
place to prove himself worthy of the high privilege each and every
one of us enjoys, in being a British subject.
With this in mind let us say all together with all our hearts, —
"Fear God — Honour the King, .
God Save the King."
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All Sing— THE CHILDREN'S SONG.
Cu be luoi to Huraley, Tune of " Sun of My Soul."
I^nd of our birth, we pledge to thee;
Our love and toil in the years to be.
When we are grown and take our place;
As men and women with our race.
Teach us the strength that cannot seek,
By deed or thought, to hurt the weak;
That, under Thee, we may possets
Man's strength to comfort man's distress.
Father in heaven. Who lovest all. Teach us delight in simple things,
O help thy children when they call; And mirth that has no bitter springs;
That they may build from age to age. Forgiveness free of evil done,
f^ undetiled heritage. And love to all men 'neath the sun.
SLand of our birth, our faith, our pride,
'or whow dear sake our fathers died,
O Motherland, we pledge to thee,
Head, heart, and hand through toe yean to be.)
— RMdyar4 Kiplini.
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Ceremony of Salutation of the Flag.
AM P««.t make the MUitary Sdute to the Rag. .„d while doing » «y dowly «»d
clearly in uniaon: ^ -•"•
"Emblem of Liberty, Truth and Justice.
Flag of my country, to thee I bow."
(AU bow.)
DOXOLOGY.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
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THE WAR.
(A READING.)
r.r.^}^'^ "^^ ^^'""u- ?^ *^^ wonderful opportunities of the great
works of peace which are presented to all nations of the S
S;lrBrit1sh F^'°^ ^" T*'''" '^' ^" «""« boundariS oHur
fh^t w« I S^P"^'i,°^'' ^^"^^ *™ 8ri«^«l and horrified to find
that we have been called upon to take part in a war which for tSe
numbers engaged in it. the territory over which it il waled th^
destruction of life, property, and priceless treS^ure it s Toii?."
IS the greatest war, and the most appalling calamity that hS
ever come upon the world. ^^«uiuiy uiat nas
It has come now because it had to come some time.
Under the surface of friendly associations, and apparent unitv
eL'ff^^T" 1*° ^•'** °"iy P^*^^"' opportunity TrS^r^mon
efforts to develop Science. Art. and the well-being of the wwW
the spmt of war has never slept. In some of the great naSons
other stronger forc^ have held it in check, and inSra m ™
pro^ron"o?The^i3?. ^" '^^"«^ *° '^^^^^ ^ Hghts^lndVe
of p^ce. and has for many year* armed herselffor war, and c^S
Attack ^ ^ *** '"°^''** '"'^"""' armaments against pSs^Se
When the opportunity came the German rulers threw awav
hiwiv hl°^ *b "^1r *°.^ ^!l'i^*>^" brotherhood, and st^*u^
boldly before the worid saying "Peace means inability and cowar-
Kl'^ ' ' *"" ^''''' ' "" prepared -Why should I dS
And the German people readily went to war.
" Ever since 1870. Germany has increasingly gathered to itself
undue ctunation. of its own vaUie. and goin| into the mt of ^e
world with such estimations has discovered that other citizens
of the earth have not been equally impressed with the importance
of Germany as Germany itself.
Finding that others are manufacturing goods, others are con-
ducting banks, others are building steamships, others are engaged
m commerce and transportation — Germany has taken such com-
mercial rivalries as personal affronts. Because of them, Germany
has felt hemmed in and oppressed by outside powers. In other
words the German nation has not been willing to be what is known
as 'a good sport,' has not been willing to fight fairly on free
fields of competition, and has felt that such competition is a
personal msult, and in a manner a tyranny."
Most of all has she felt this towards the competition of the
great British Empire, in whose peaceful aspirations she sees only
weakness and decadence, and in whose far-flung territory she sees
lost opportunity for the impositions upon many nations of the
world her own ideals of force and efficiency.
But Germany has made the great mistake of underestimating
her opponent — Great Britain did not yield to her dishonorable
proposals to desert her friends and break her plighted word to
them m the day of their distress, neither would she bow her head
to the occupation of the friendly shores of her neighbor France
by the greedy hordes of Germany — and her defences by land
and sea have not crumpled up under Germany's attack. Side bv
side with her Allies, stands the British Empire to-day — bleeding
from many wounds, but bravely facing the flood and fury of the
enemy. Keeping their power and efficiency and diabolical devices
of destruction in check, while from the ends of the eaith her
sons rush to support her.
The end is not yet. The enemy is strong and determined,
the issues are enormous, inestimable. Let all our boys and girls
acquaint themselves with the causes, conduct and issues of this
great struggle, and lend their aid in some way or other with God's
help to the righteous cause, whose overthrow will spell disaster for
us all too horrible to contemplate.
MESSAGE FROM THE LATE
FIELD MARSHAL EARL ROBERTS, V.C., O.M.
TO THE CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE.
CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE:
You have .11 heard of ihe W«r: you have all heard of the fighting force,
.ent from every part of the Empire to help the Mother Country. IVhy are we
fighting? Because the British Empire does not break its promises, nor will it
allow small Nations to be bullied.
Now. the British Government promised, with all the great power, of Europe,
mdudmg Germany, that no Army should set foot on the territory of the little Nation
of Belgium without her leave; b other words, she "guaranteed the neutrJity
of Belgium."
Germany, however, was bent on war. and on dominating other Nation.
Britam did her best to keep the peace, but Germany (breaking her word) marched
her Armie. mto Belgium to try and conquer France.
Children of the Empire, this is why we are at war -to hold our promise
to help our friends, and to keep the Flag of Liberty flying, not only over our
own Empire, but ooer the whole world.
God Saoe our King and Empire.
ROBERTS. F.M.
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SalactioiM can b* mad* from these poem* for Empire Day, or other occaaione.
BRITANMIA.
Men deemed her changed, and lo!
At word of war unveiled,
She stands, as long ago,
She stood when Nelson sailed.
Th»? sea wind in her hair.
The salt upon her lips,
Upon the forelands fair
She guards the English ships.
She watched the Normans land,
The Golden Hind set sail,
And, touched as by a hand.
The great Armada fail.
She watched the Victory
Lead out the fleet to war.
And o'er the salt blue sea.
Return to Trafalgar.
Men deemed her changed, and lo!
She stands unto the end,
With sword to strike the foe.
And shield to guard a friend,
AcnMs the wave she rules.
That lesaon shall be read.
By foemen — and the fools
Who dream that Drake is dead.
—H. De Vere Stackpoole.
THE HOUR.
We've shut the gates by Dover Straits,
And North, where the tides run free,
Cheek by jowl, our watch dogs prow'l.
Grey hulks In a greyer sea.
And the prayer that England prays
to-night —
O Lord of our destiny!
As the foam of our plunging prows is
white;
We have stood for peace, and we war
for right,
God give us victory-!
Now slack, now strung, from the main-
mast flung,
The flag throbs fast in the breeze;
Strained o'er the foam, like the hearts
at home
That beat for their sons on the seas.
For mothers and wives are praying
to-night —
O LortTof our destiny!
But we've no time, for aur lips are
t^ht,
Our fists are clenched, and we're strip-
ped to fight.
God give us victory I
The west winds blow in the face of the
foe —
Old Drake is beating his drum —
They drank to "The Day," for "The
Hour" we pray,
The day and the hour have come.
The sea-strewn Empire prays tonight —
O Lord of our destiny!
Thou didst give the seas into Britain's
might,
For the freedom of thy seas we smite,
God give us victor>'!
— James Bernard Fagan,
THE TRIBUTE.
Not by the valour of Belgium, nor the
lightning sabre of France,
Not by the thunder of Britain's fleet
and the bear's unchecked advance
Not by these fears. Lord Kaiser, tho'
they shatter a Tyrant's lust,
Is your heart most darkly troubled
and your soul brought down to the
dust.
But by the great affirming of the lands
we have knit as one;
But by the love, by the passionate
loyal love, of each separate free-
born son,
Canada cries "We are coming!" and
Australasia "we come!"
And you scowl that no Boer is rising
at the beat of your German drum.
And the men of Ind bear witness — We
nave grumbled, but now no more;
We have shared your plentiful righteous
peace, we will share your righteous
war,
Trust us to guard your Honour, one
with yours is our breath;
You have dealt us an even justice, we
are yours to the gates of death.
Here in these storm-swept islands where
we fought for the things of peace.
Where we quarrelled and strove in
factions, at a stroke all factions
cease.
And there in the vast dominions, more
free than your Prussian lords,
The women are shouting for England,
and the men are drawing their
swords.
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Neva- was flag ao worid-Ioved, as the
„„ ..flag we lift on high,
While your Prussian legions muster.
while your eagle screams in the sky;
And the God of right give answer to
your blood-and-iron brag,
Whether your hand is worthy to wrest
from our hand that Hag.
— Harold Begbie.
PRO PATRIA.
England, in this great fight to which
you go,
Because, where Honour calls you. m
you must.
Be glad, whatever comes, at least to
know
You have your quarrel just.
Peace was your care; before the nations-
bar
Her cause you pleaded and her ends
you sought;
But not for her sake, being what you
Could you be bribed and bought.
Others may spurn the pledge of land
to land.
May with the brute sword stain a
To qiend oundvei, and never count the
cost,
For others' greater need.
To go our quiet ways, subdued and
sane;
To hush all vulgar clamour of the street;
With level calm to face alike the strain
Of triumph or defeat; —
This be our part, for so we serve you best.
Sso best confirm their prowess and their
pnde.
Your warrior sons, to whom in this high
test.
Our fortunes we confide.
— Owen Seaman.
BELGIUM.
rallant past;
But by the seal to which you set your
hand.
Thank God, you still stand fast!
Forth, th.il, to front that peril of the
deep.
With smiling lips and in your eyes the
hght
Steadfast and confident, of those who
keep
Their storied 'scutcheon bright.
And we, whose burden is to watch and
wait —
High-hearted ever, stro.ig in faith and
prayer.
We ask what ofiFering we may conse-
crate.
What humble service share.
To steel our souls against the lust of
ease;
To find our welfare in the general good;
lo hold together, merging all degrees
Jn one wide brotherhood;—
To teach that he who saves himself is
lost;
To bear in silence though our hearts
may bleed;
(By A. M. Belding.)
The silent fields, the ruined fanes.
The ghosto that walk the blood-wet
lanes,
The want the woe, the emptiness,
The cry of women in distress,
ci. n *" homes, the chiMren slain
— bhall ravished Belgium plead in vain?
Her sons were first where honor led
Tai.'^ ^*."' '" ****»f dreamless bedl
And shall their chUdren's waiUng cry
Unheard, unpitied, pass us by?
May God forbid! For us they died.
Who there the German hosts defied
They held in check the Uhlan lance
That thiiwed for the life of France,
The u-on heel, the iron hand
That would have scourged our English
land.
God grant diem rest for ever m e,
W'So thus the brunt of battle bore.
Till France and Bntain's gathered mirtt
v!''L •*".*'*'"*** *•>« coming bliAt.
Not their, the age-lone load of shame.
Within whose souls the anient flame
Of valor burned, with steady light.
When shadows of the awful night
fell dark upon their Fatherland.
But naked now the children stand.
And wives and mothers mourn their
dead.
And hark! The bitter cry for bread.
Above the tread of martial feet
Grows ever louder in the street.
|f««r ••«>«• of Canada, the fate
Of raviahed BeWum, soon or late.
But for the nawht of Britain's arm
To shield her children from aU harm.
Would be thine own; thy children's cr^
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Go up fnnn earth to yonder sky;
Thy temples fall, thy hopes lie dead
Beneath a tyrant's blighting tread.
The devil's hand that sacked Louvain
Would strangle thee; the scheming
brain
That planned the blow at Britain's life,
And plunged the world in deadly strife.
Had numbered thee among the spoil,
And doomed thy children to the toil
Of hateful bondage, sore opprest,
— The hapless Poland of the west.
Hear then the cry of Belgium's woe,
(For thee her sons have met the foe)
And from the wealth the harvest yields,
In thy illimitable fields,
Load full the ships; — for who shall say
That gifts alone can e'er repay
The debt we owe the men who fell
In that fierce storm of shot and shell,
— First martyrs in the noblest fight
Man ever waged for truth and right.
THE FIGHTERS.
Kitchener sat in his London den,
Silent and grim and grey,
Making his plans with an iron pen.
Just in Kitchener's way.
And he saw where the clouds rose dark
and dun
And all that it meant he knew;
"We shall want every man who can
shoulder a gun
To carry this thing right through!"
Bravo Kitchener! Say what you want,
And the world shall know, where our
bugles blow.
We've a man at the head — to-day!
Jellicoe rides on the grey north seas.
Watching the enemy's lines,
Where their lord high admirals skulk
at ease.
Inside of their hellish mines.
They have drunk too deep to the
boasted fight,
They have vowed too mad a vowl
What do they think — on the watch —
tonight?
What toast are they drinking now!
Bravo, Jellicoe! Call them again.
And whenever they take the call
Show them the way, give them their
"Day!"
And settle it once for all!
And French is facing the enemy's front
Stubbornly day by day,
Taking the odds ancl bearing the brunt.
Just in the Britishers' way,
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And he hears the meange that maka
him glad
Ring through the smoke and flame;
"Fight on. Tommy! Stick to them, lad!
Jack's at the same old game!"
Bravo, Tommy! Stand as ^ )u've stood,
And, whether r>n win or fall.
Show them you fight as gentlemen
should.
And die like gentlemen all.
So Kitchener plans in London Town
French is standing at bay, '
Jellicoe's ships rise up and down.
Holding the sea's highway.
And you that loaf where the skies are
blue
And play by a petticoat hem
These are the men who are fighting for
you!
What are you doing for them?
Bravo, then, for the men who fight!
Down with the men who play!
It's a fight to the end for honor and
friend.
It's a fight for our lives today!
— Fred. E. Weatkerly.
TO BRITANNIA.
We have loaded many a vessel with
our sea-bound hay and wheat;
We have seen the timber schooners take
the breeze,
But we've lately shipped a cargo in a
manner rather neat,
That's consigned to you — Britannia —
over seas.
It was but a small consignment — it
was merely just enough
To show the only true Canadian brand;
We can ship on shortest notice — for
we've plenty of the stuff —
It's standing ready waiting to our hand.
It's a blend of two good races — and the
best we have to give —
We made it on the "Plains" at old
Quebec;
There was death went to the making —
but the race traditions live.
United on the crowded transport's deck.
Our duty's plain before us — you have
given blood and gold
To guard us, on the land and 6n the
seas;
We know that you'd despise us, if we
needed to be told —
We'll help to "pay the piper"— if you
ptcaael
The foreign wolves are snarling — they
are howling[ with delight,
Their jaws a-dnp with venom and with
blame.
The Lion walketh lonely — for the cubs
are out of sight —
They're crouching for the onset, all the
same.
We are ready, England! ready! you
have hut to say the word!
They lied who said our loyalty was
cold;
'Twas not our voices only — but our
heartbeats that you heard —
Invite us — and we follow as of old.
—M. H. B.
C(^MANDEERED.
Last year he drew the harvest home
Along the winding upland lane;
The children twisted marigolds
Aiid clover flowers, to deck his mane.
Last year — he drew the harvest home!
To-day — with puzzled, patient face.
With ears a-droop, and weary feet.
He marches to the sound of drums,
And^ draws the gun along the street.
To-day — he draws the gui of war!
— L. G. Moberly.
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