R F Murray: His Poems with a Memoir by Andrew Lang by R.F. Murray

Author:R.F. Murray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: 2014-06-11T00:00:00+00:00

PATRIOTISM

There was a time when it was counted high

To be a patriot--whether by the zeal

Of peaceful labour for the country's weal,

Or by the courage in her cause to die:

FOR KING AND COUNTRY was a rallying cry

That turned men's hearts to fire, their nerves to steel;

Not to unheeding ears did it appeal,

A pulpit formula, a platform lie.

Only a fool will wantonly desire

That war should come, outpouring blood and fire,

And bringing grief and hunger in her train.

And yet, if there be found no other way,

God send us war, and with it send the day

When love of country shall be real again!

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