Contents:
The Song Of The Bow
Cremona
The Storming Party
The Frontier Line
Corporal Dick's Promotion
A Forgotten Tale
Pennarby Mine
A Rover Chanty
A Ballad Of The Ranks
A Lay Of The Links
The Dying Whip
Master
H.M.S. 'Foudroyant'
The Farnshire Cup
The Groom's Story
With the Chiddingfolds
A Hunting Morning
The Old Gray Fox
'Ware Holes
The Home-coming of the 'Eurydice'
The Inner Room
The Irish Colonel
The Blind Archer
A Parable
A Tragedy
The Passing
The Franklin's Maid
The Old Huntsman
THE SONG OF THE BOW
What of the bow?
The bow was made in England:
Of true wood, of yew-wood,
The wood of English bows;
So men who are free
Love the old yew-tree
And the land where the yew-tree grows.
What of the cord?
The cord was made in England:
A rough cord, a tough cord,
A cord that bowmen love;
And so we will sing
Of the hempen string
And the land where the cord was wove.
What of the shaft?
The shaft was cut in England:
A long shaft, a strong shaft,
Barbed and trim and true;
So we'll drink all together
To the grey goose-feather
And the land where the grey goose flew.
What of the mark?
Ah, seek it not in England,
A bold mark, our old mark
Is waiting over-sea.
When the strings harp in chorus,
And the lion flag is o'er us,
It is there that our mark will be.
What of the men?
The men were bred in England:
The bowmen--the yeomen,
The lads of dale and fell.
Here's to you--and to you!
To the hearts that are true
And the land where the true hearts dwell.
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