Chapter VI: Recessional68

God of our fathers, known of old--
Lord of our far-flung battle line--
Beneath Whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine--
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget!

The tumult and the shouting dies--
The captains and the kings depart--
Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice,
A humble and a contrite heart.
God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget!

Far-called, our navies melt away--
On dune and headland sinks the fire--
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget!

If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe--
Such boasting as the Gentiles use
Or lesser breeds without the Law--
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget--lest we forget!

For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard,
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard--
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord!

Amen.

FOOTNOTE:

[Footnote 68: By Rudyard Kipling.]

PROPER NAMES

Ad i ron'dacks

AE t[=o]'li a

Ag a mem'non

A lon'zo

A m[=e]'li a

An a t[=o]'li a

An'to ny

A pol'lo

Ar'g[=i]ve

Ar'thur

Assisi ([:a]s s[=e] z[=e])

As s[)y]r'i a

Bar'ba ra

Ba v[=a]'ri a

Ber'lin

Bevagno (ba v[=a]n'yo)

Boetia (be [=o]'sh[)i] a)

Bo'na parte

Bozzaris (bo z[)a]r'is)

Brit'ta ny

Bru'tus

Bun'yan

Bur'gun dy

Bysshe (b[)i]sh)

Ca'diz

Cal e do'ni a

Ca thay'

Cau'dle

Charn'wood

Chat ta hoo'chee

Chi[+s]'_w_ick

Col i s[=e]'um

Cop'per field

C[=o]v'er ley

Cr[=e]a'kle

Cris'sa

D[=a]'na

D[)a]n'ube

D[=a]v'en port

Delft

Domitian (do m[)i]sh'i an)

Eb en [=e]'zer

Espanola ([)e]s pan y[=o]'la)

Eu'taw

Fer nan'do

F[)e]z'z[)i] wig

Fran'cis

Gal i l[=e]'o

Get'tys burg

Gib'son

Gu[:a] n[:a] h[)a]'n[:i]

Hab'er sham

H[=a]'man

H[:a]m'elin

Har'le quin

H[)e]l'las

Hel'les pont

Hu'bert

Ja m[=a]_i_'ca

Je m[=i]'ma

John'son

Juana (hw[:a]'na)

Knick'erbock er

La n_i_[=e]r'

Lannes (l[:a]n)

Leg'horn

Locks'ley

Lor raine'

Mag ne'si a

M[)a]r'i on

Mas'sa soit

M[)i]c_h_'ael mas

Mon'mouth

Mont calm'

Mon te bel'lo

Mont g[:o]m'er y

Na p[=o]'le on

Need'wood

Nic_h_'o las

Nin'e veh

Or'e gon

O res't[=e]s

Pal'las

Phoe'bus

Pinzon (p[=e]n th[=o]n')

Pla tae'a

Po to'mac

Pro vence' (-v[)a]ns)

R[)a]ph'a el

R[)a]t'is bon

Rieti (r[=e] [)e]'t[=e])

Rog'er

Rouen (r[=o][=o] [:a]n')

Sa'lem

San'c_h_ez

San Sal va dor'

San tee'

Sar a to'ga

Sed'ley

Shel'ley

Spoun'cer

T[=o]'bit

T[=o]'phet

Tul'l[)i] ver

T[=y]re

Um'br[)i] a

V[)a]l'en t[=i]ne

Wake' field

Y[+s]'a bel

LIST OF AUTHORS

(Place of birth in parentheses. Title of one noted book in italics. Title of most famous poem in quotation marks.)

_Browning, Robert._ English poet. _The Ring and the Book._ (Born near London.) Lived in Italy. 1812-1889.

_Bryant, William Cullen._ American poet and journalist. "Thanatopsis." (Massachusetts.) New York. 1794-1878.

_Buckley, Arabella B._ (_Mrs. Fisher_). English writer on popular science. (Brighton, England.) 1840----.

_Bunyan, John._ English preacher and writer. _Pilgrim's Progress._ (Bedford.) London. 1628-1688.

_Burns, Robert._ Scottish poet. "Tam O'Shanter." (Alloway.) Dumfries. 1759-1796.

_Campbell, Thomas._ Scottish poet. "Hohenlinden." (Glasgow.) 1777-1844.

_Canton, William._ English journalist and writer. 1845----.

_Carnegie (k[:a]r n[)e]g'[)i]), Andrew._ American manufacturer and philanthropist. (Scotland.) New York. 1837----.

_Cherry, Andrew._ Irish poet and dramatist. _All for Fame._ (Ireland.) 1762-1812.

_Collins, William._ English poet. (Chichester.) 1721-1759.

_Columbus, Christopher._ The discoverer of America. (Genoa, Italy.) Spain. 1446(?)-1506.

_Cook, Eliza._ English poet. "The Old Arm-Chair." 1818-1889.

_Dickens, Charles._ English novelist. _David Copperfield._ (Portsmouth.) London. 1812-1870.

_Domett (d[)o]m'et), Alfred._ English poet and statesman. "Christmas Hymn." 1811-1887.

_Dumas (d[:u] m[:a]'), Alexandre._ French novelist and dramatist. _The Count of Monte Cristo._ 1802-1870.

_Eliot, George (Mrs. Mary Ann Evans Cross)._ English novelist. _The Mill on the Floss._ 1819-1880.

_Emerson, Ralph Waldo._ American philosopher and poet. _Essays._ (Boston.) 1803-1882.

_Everett, Edward._ American statesman and orator. _Orations and Speeches._ (Massachusetts.) 1794-1865.

_Fields, James T._ American publisher and author. (New Hampshire.) Massachusetts. 1817-1881.

_Giberne, Agnes._ English writer on scientific subjects.

_Goldsmith, Oliver._ English poet and novelist. _Vicar of Wakefield._ (Ireland.) 1728-1774.

_Halleck, Fitz-Greene._ American poet. "Marco Bozzaris." (Connecticut.) 1790-1867.

_Hawthorne, Nathaniel._ American novelist. _The Wonder Book._ (Massachusetts.) 1804-1864.

_Henry, Patrick._ American patriot. (Virginia.) 1736-1799.

_Herrick, Robert._ English poet. 1591-1674.

_Holmes, Oliver Wendell._ American author. _Autocrat of the Breakfast Table._ (Massachusetts.) 1809-1894.

_Hugo, Victor._ French novelist and poet. 1802-1885.

_Hunt, Leigh (James Henry Leigh Hunt)._ English essayist and poet. "Abou ben Adhem." 1784-1859.

_Irving, Washington._ American prose writer. _The Sketch Book._ (New York.) 1783-1859.

_Jerrold, Douglas William._ English humorist. _Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures._ (London.) 1803-1857.

_Jonson, Ben._ English dramatist. 1573-1637.

_Kipling, Rudyard._ English writer. _The Jungle Book._ (Bombay, India.) England. 1865----.

_Lamb, Charles._ English essayist. (London.) 1775-1834.

_Lanier, Sidney._ American musician and author. _Poems._ (Georgia.) Maryland. 1842-1881.

_Lee, Henry._ American general, father of Robert E. Lee. (Virginia.) 1756-1818.

_Lincoln, Abraham._ Sixteenth president of the United States. (Kentucky.) Illinois. 1809-1865.

_Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth._ American poet. _Poems._ (Maine.) Massachusetts. 1807-1882.

_Lowell, James Russell._ American poet and essayist. (Massachusetts.) 1819-1891.

_Macleod, Fiona (True name William Sharp)._ Scottish poet and story-writer. 1856-1905.

_Mitchell, Donald G._ American essayist. _Reveries of a Bachelor._ (Connecticut.) 1822-1908.

_Parker, Theodore._ American clergyman and author. (Massachusetts.) 1810-1860.

_Poe, Edgar Allan._ American poet and story-writer. "The Raven." (Massachusetts.) Virginia. 1809-1849.

_Pope, Alexander._ English poet. (London.) 1688-1744.

_Proctor, Richard A._ English astronomer. 1837-1888.

_Riley, James Whitcomb._ American poet. (Indiana.) 1852----.

_Rogers, Samuel._ English poet. (London.) 1763-1855.

_Ryan, Abram J._ American clergyman and poet. (Virginia.) Georgia; Kentucky. 1839-1886.

_Scott, Sir Walter._ Scottish poet and novelist. _Ivanhoe._ (Edinburgh.) 1771-1832.

_Shakespeare, William._ The greatest of English dramatists. (Stratford-on-Avon.) 1564-1616.

_Sharp, William._ See Macleod, Fiona.

_Shelley, Percy Bysshe (b[)i]sh)._ English poet. _Poems._ 1792-1822.

_Simms, William Gilmore._ American novelist and poet. (South Carolina.) 1806-1870.

_Sophocles (s[)o]f'o kl[=e]z)._ Greek tragic poet. 495-406 B.C.

_Sylvester, Joshua._ English poet. 1563-1618.

_Tennyson, Alfred._ English poet. _In Memoriam._ (Lincolnshire.) 1809-1892.

_Thackeray, William Makepeace._ English novelist and critic. (Calcutta, India.) London. 1811-1863.

_Timrod, Henry._ American poet. (South Carolina.) 1829-1867.

_Whitman, Walt._ American poet. _Leaves of Grass._ (New York.) Washington, D.C.; New Jersey. 1819-1892.

_Whittier, John Greenleaf._ American poet. _Poems._ (Massachusetts.) 1807-1892.

_Winslow, Edward._ Governor of Plymouth colony. (Worcestershire, Eng.) Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1595-1655.

_Wotton, Sir Henry._ English poet. 1568-1639.

End of Project Gutenberg's Eighth Reader, by James Baldwin and Ida C. Bender