Chapter I: Front Matter

THE GREAT WAR IN VERSE AND PROSE

Selected and Edited by
J. E. WETHERELL, B.A.

With an Introduction by
HON. H. J. CODY, D.D., LL.D.
Minister of Education for the
Province of Ontario

RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS

Printed by Order of
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario

TORONTO
Printed and Published by A. T. WILGRESS, Printer to the
King's Most Excellent Majesty
1919

Additional copies of this book may be obtained from the Department of Education, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, for twenty cents each.

COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1919, BY
THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION FOR ONTARIO

CONTENTS

PAGE
"For All We Have and Are" Kipling, Rudyard 1
Instructions to the British Soldier Kitchener, Lord 3
Pro Patria Seaman, Sir Owen 4
Statement in House of Lords Kitchener, Lord 5
Between Midnight and Morning Seaman, Sir Owen 7
Vigil, The Newbolt, Sir Henry 7
Hour, The Fagan, James Bernard 9
Off Heligoland Middleton, J. E. 10
Call to Arms, A Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H. 11
Australia to England Strong, Archibald 15
Extract from Speech Churchill, Rt. Hon.
Winston 16
What of the Fight? Burton, Claude E. C. H. 17
Man of the Marne, The Carman, Bliss 18
Telegram from King Albert to King
George 20
India to England Nizamat Jung 21
"A Scrap of Paper" Lloyd George, Rt. Hon.
David 22
Tribute, The Begbie, Harold 27
From Speech at the Guildhall Kitchener, Lord 28
Kaiser, The Holland, Norah 30
From Debate on the Address Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H. 31
Canadian, The Middleton, J. E. 31
To Belgium in Exile Seaman, Sir Owen 33
Chant of Love for England, A Cone, Helen Gray 34
"Canadians--Canadians--That's All!" Peat, Private Harold R. 35
From "A Canadian Twilight" Trotter, Bernard Freeman 39
We Were Men of the Furrow Stead, Robert J. C. 39
Devon Men Haselden, Percy 42
Chalk and Flint "Punch" 43
Grave in Flanders, A Scott, Frederick George 45
Into Battle Grenfell, Julian 46
Christ in Flanders L. W. 48
Blind Man and His Son, The Cammaerts, Emile 50
Extract from "The War and the Soul" Campbell, Rev. R. J. 51
Guards Came Through, The Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 53
Red Poppies in the Corn Galbraith, W. Campbell 55
Extract from Lecture "How We
Stand Now" Murray, Gilbert 56
Lusitania Begbie, Harold 59
White Ships and the Red, The Kilmer, Joyce 61
From Speech at the Guildhall Borden, Rt. Hon. Sir
Robert 64
Red Cross Nurse, The Carman, Bliss 66
Finley, John 66
Seaman, Sir Owen 66
Edith Cavell Oxenham, John 67
Soldier, The Brooke, Rupert 68
From "The Meaning of War" Bergson, Henri Louis 69
To Our Dead Gosse, Edmund 71
Dead, The Brooke, Rupert 72
In a Belgian Garden Call, F. O. 72
"That Have No Doubts" "Klaxon" 74
On the Rue du Bois Scott, Frederick George 75
From "Fear God and Take Your Own
Part" Roosevelt, Theodore 77
To the Memory of Field-Marshal
Earl Kitchener Seaman, Sir Owen 79
Kitchener of Khartoum Stead, Robert J. C. 80
Kitchener's March Burr, Amelia Josephine 81
Crown of Empire, The Scott, Frederick George 83
"I Have a Rendezvous with Death" Seeger, Alan 84
In Memoriam Cone, Helen Gray 85
Guns of Verdun Chalmers, Patrick R. 86
Verdun Lloyd George, Rt. Hon.
David 87
For the Fallen Binyon, Laurence 88
In Flanders Fields McCrae, John 90
Anxious Dead, The McCrae, John 91
From Speech on Becoming Premier Lloyd George, Rt. Hon.
David 92
Subalterns Huxley, Mildred 93
Searchlights, The Noyes, Alfred 94
The Sea is His Vernède, R. E. 96
Volunteer Asquith, Herbert 98
From Message to Congress Wilson, Woodrow 99
From "Vimy Ridge" Gordon, Alfred 101
Silent Toast, The Scott, Frederick
George 102
Prospice Sullivan, Alan 103
Outer Guard, The Oxenham, John 105
Small Craft Fox-Smith, C. 106
Extract from Speech in Toronto Balfour, Rt. Hon.
Arthur J. 109
Spires of Oxford, The Letts, W. M. 110
Extract from Speech in Ottawa Viviani, Monsieur 112
Name of France, The Van Dyke, Henry 113
Extract from Speech in Montreal Joffre, Marshal 114
For the Men at the Front Oxenham, John 115
What Has Britain Done? Hodgins, Rev. F. B. 117
Extract from Speech on Third
Anniversary of Declaration of War Lloyd George, Rt.
Hon. David 118
What Has England Done? Owens, Vilda Sauvage 120
In the Morning "Klaxon" 122
Order to the Canadian Army Corps Currie, Sir Arthur W. 124
Soul of a Nation, The Seaman, Sir Owen 125
Living Line, The Begbie, Harold 126
Historic Order, An Haig, Field-Marshal
Sir Douglas 129
Guns in Sussex, The Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 130
To a Soldier in Hospital Letts, W. M. 131
Speech Delivered before August
Offensive, 1918 Currie, Sir Arthur W. 134
Air-men, The Holland, Norah 137
Extracts from Speech Taft, Wm. Howard 138
Message to the Navy King George 138
Sky Signs "Klaxon" 139
Order to the Canadians after the
Capture of Mons Currie, Sir Arthur W. 141
Tribute Huxley, Mildred 143
On the Navy Churchill, Rt. Hon.
Winston 144
Debt Unpayable, The Bourdillon, F. W. 146
Speech in Paris King George 147
Britain's Day Pershing, General J. J. 149
Gifts From the Dead Lulham, P. Habberton 150
Woman's Toll, The Duffin, Ruth 151
Pilgrims Service, Robert W. 152
Epitaphs for the Slain Edmonds, J. M. 153
Extract from Official Report Haig, Field-Marshal
Sir Douglas 154
Speech at Opening of Paris Conference Poincaré, Raymond 155
National Anthem 160

The selections contained in this book make up a sequence which records the history of the Great War from the stirring days of August, 1914, to the opening of the Peace Conference in January, 1919. These selections of verse and prose are arranged, not necessarily in chronological order, but still with a view to indicate approximately the historic succession of great events and the varying moods of those authors and speakers who have been the voices of the allied nations during the fifty-two months of warfare.

Although this anthology has been prepared for the use of schools, the plan of selection and arrangement has made it impracticable to grade the poems and extracts to suit the capacities of pupils of different ages. The judgment of the teacher must determine what is suitable for one grade and what for another. Many of the poems and some of the prose extracts will be found too difficult for young pupils.

Due acknowledgments have been made throughout the book to the authors and publishers who have generously made it possible to bring together so valuable a collection of the literature of the War. The meed of gratitude due to all the writers represented here can never be adequately paid. Special mention is made of Nizamat Jung, Native Judge of the High Court of Hyderabad, who has given expression to the wonderful loyalty of the races of teeming India, which have poured out treasure and blood without stint in defence of their Emperor-King.

_A sufficient number of copies of this book should be kept in all school libraries; and it is suggested that the poems and prose extracts should be used in the reading classes, as often as is expedient, instead of the authorized Readers._