• I
    england, i stand on thy imperial ground,
    Not all a stranger; as thy bugles blow,
    I feel within my blood old battles flow,—
    The blood whose ancient founts in thee are found.
    Still surging dark against the Christian bound
    Wide Islam presses; well its peoples know
    Thy heights that watch them wandering below;
    I think how Lucknow...

  • I.
    england, I stand on thy imperial ground
      Not all a stranger; as thy bugles blow,
      I feel within my blood old battles flow,—
    The blood whose ancient founts are in thee found
    Still surging dark against the Christian bound
      While Islam presses; well its peoples know
      Thy heights that watch them wandering below:
    I think how...