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diff --git a/37154.txt b/37154.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b763294 --- /dev/null +++ b/37154.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1156 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Songs of Heroic Days, by Thomas O'Hagan + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Songs of Heroic Days + +Author: Thomas O'Hagan + +Release Date: August 21, 2011 [EBook #37154] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SONGS OF HEROIC DAYS *** + + + + +Produced by Al Haines + + + + + + + + + + +SONGS OF HEROIC DAYS + + +By + +THOMAS O'HAGAN + + +Author of + + A Gate of Flowers + In Dreamland + Songs of the Settlement + In the Heart of the Meadow + and Others + + + +Toronto: + +WILLIAM BRIGGS + +1916 + + + + +Copyright, Canada, 1916 + +by Thomas O'Hagan + + + + + TO THE BRAVE CANADIAN HEARTS + THAT BEAT AND BATTLE FOR THE + CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND THE SAFETY + OF THE EMPIRE. + + + + +PREFACE + +Nearly all these Poems have appeared during the past year in the +columns of the _Globe_ and the _Mail_ and _Empire_ of Toronto, and the +_Free Press_ of Detroit, Michigan. + +When the Author read from his poems last winter before the Women's +Press Club of Toronto one of its members suggested that an engrossed +and illuminated copy of the poem, "I Take Off My Hat to Albert," be +presented to His Majesty, King Albert of Belgium. This was done +through the kind offices and courtesy of Mr. Goor, the Belgian +Consul-General at Ottawa. + +His Majesty's gracious letter of acceptance, which the reader will find +on another page, is indeed a Royal Foreword to these poetic blossoms of +a piteous though heroic time. + +THOMAS O'HAGAN + +January 20th, 1916. + + + + +Contents + + Letter From the King of Belgium + Translation + I Take Off My Hat to Albert + The Kaiser's Favorite Poems + Louvain + The Kaiser's Bhoys + Mothers + In the Trenches + The Christ-Child + God's New Year's Gift + Trouble in the Louvre + "Bobs" of Kandahar + Song of the Zeppelin + "Sock it to 'Em" + Langemarck + The Bugle Call + His Mission + Achilles' Tomb + The Chrism of Kings + Tipperary + Gather the Harvest + The Kaiser's "Place in the Sun" + + + + +LETTER FROM THE KING OF BELGIUM + +[Illustration: Letter from the King of Belgium] + + + +TRANSLATION + + +LA PANNE, August 11th, 1915. + +OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE KING AND + QUEEN (OF BELGIUM). + +SIR: + +The very delicate words you have found to express to the King your +friendly feelings have greatly touched His Majesty. + +The Sovereign, Who has much admired the beautiful illumination adorning +the verses composed in His honor, commands me to thank you sincerely +and to say that He will be glad to keep this valuable souvenir. + +I have the honor to be + Sir + Your obedient Servant, + J. INGENBLEEK, + _Secretary._ + +To DR. THOMAS O'HAGAN, + Ottawa. + + + + + I TAKE OFF MY HAT TO ALBERT + + _Albert, King of Belgium, is the hero of the hour; + He's the greatest king in Europe, he's a royal arch and tower; + He is bigger in the trenches than the Kaiser on his Throne, + And the whole world loves him for the sorrows he has known: + So I take off my hat to Albert._ + + _Defiance was his answer to the Teuton at his gate, + Then he buckled on his armor and pledged his soul to fate; + He stood between his people and the biggest Essen gun, + For he feared not shot nor shrapnel as his little army won: + So I take off my hat to Albert._ + + _King of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, Count of Flanders, all in one; + Little Kingdom of the Belgae starr'd with honor in the sun! + You have won a place in history, of your deeds the world will sing, + But the glory of your nation is your dust-stained, fearless King: + So I take off my hat to Albert._ + + _For M. Goor._ + + + + + THE KAISER'S FAVORITE POEMS + + What are the Kaiser's favorite poems? + Well, now, you tax me hard: + I know the Kaiser's favorite drink + But do not know his bard; + I'm sure it is not Schiller + Who reigns in German homes. + Nor yet Olympian Goethe, + Who writes the Kaiser's poems. + + Perhaps that Heinrich Heine + Has touched the Kaiser's soul; + Or Arndt with his trumpet call + Like a new conscription roll; + Or, Walther von der Vogelweide + With his nest in mythic domes, + Is the author and creator + Of the Kaiser's favorite poems. + + If I saw the Kaiser's library + I'd know well what he reads-- + The color of his fancy + And the prompter of his deeds: + I'd learn the depth and wisdom + Of his theories and his gnomes, + If I got but just a glance or two + At the Kaiser's favorite poems. + + Then let us go to Essen, + Where the Kaiser's books are bound; + They are full of "steel" engravings-- + All "best sellers" there are found; + For the Prussian soul and spirit + Speaks in rhythm thro' those tomes, + And these without a question, + Are the Kaiser's favorite poems. + + _For Rt. Hon. David Lloyd-George._ + + + + + LOUVAIN + + A shrine, where saints and scholars met + And held aloft the torch of truth, + Lies smouldering 'neath fair Brabant's skies, + A ruined heap--war's prize in sooth! + The Pilates of Teutonic blood + That fired the brand and flung the bomb + Now wash their hands of evil deed, + While all the world stands ghast and dumb. + + Is this your culture, sons of Kant, + And ye who kneel 'round Goethe's throne? + To carry in your knapsacks death? + To feel for man nor ruth nor moan? + What 'vails it now your mighty guns + If God be mightier in the sky? + What 'vail your cities, walls and towers + If half your progress be a lie? + + The smoking altars, ruined arch + Of ancient church and Gothic fane + Have felt the death stings of your shells, + And speak in pity thro' Louvain. + Wheel back your guns, your howitzers melt, + Forget your "World-Power's" cursed plan + And sign in peace and not in blood + Dread Sinai's pact 'twixt God and Man. + + _For His Eminence Cardinal Merrier._ + + + + + THE KAISER'S BHOYS + + O, the Kaiser's bhoys are marching, "nach Paris" they are going, + But they've sthopped to rest a minit at the Marne and at the Meuse; + And the Gordons and the Ministers are thryin' to entertain them, + For they've every kind of "record" that the Teutons want to choose; + They have battle cries that sounded for centuries in the Highlands, + They have war cries fierce and stirring as the breath of Munster gales; + They are shoutin' to the heavens, and they're shoutin' to the Kaiser, + "_Faugh-a-ballagh!_" sons of Odin, or we'll tie you up like bales. + + O, the Kaiser's bhoys are dramin' of a naval base at Calais, + But they wakin' ivery mornin' full of sorrow and of gloom; + For the little Belgian sojers cut the dykes and flood their trenches, + And they find their dugouts only jist a bathtub or a tomb. + But they're makin' progress backward, "_nach Berlin_" they are going, + With their "_Landsturms_" and their "_Land-wehrs_," + keepin' sthep in dim grey line; + And they'll know far more of Britain and her brood of lions snarlin', + When they find themselves "_su Hause_" jist beyant + "_Die Wacht am Rhein_." + + _For John E. Redmond, M.P._ + + + + + MOTHERS + + Through the vigils deep of the sable night + A mother sits in grief alone, + For her sons have gone to the battle front + And left on the hearth a crushing stone. + Beyond the stars that burn at night + She sees God's arm in pity reach; + It counsels patience, love and faith, + Heroic hearts and souls to teach. + + The blue is spann'd and the tide goes out. + And the stars rain down a kindlier cheer; + And the mother turns from this throne of grief + To pierce the years with a joyous tear; + For duty born of a mother's heart + Fills all the rounds of our common day-- + Yea, sheds its joy in the darkest night, + And fills with light each hidden way. + + _For Miss Ina Coolbrith._ + + + + + IN THE TRENCHES + + All day the guns belched fire and death + And filled the hours with gloom; + The fateful music smote the sky + In tremulous bars of doom; + But as the evening stars came forth + A truce to death and strife, + There rose from hearts of patriot love + A tender song of life. + + A song of home and fireside + Swelled on the evening air, + And men forgot their battle line, + Its carnage and dark care; + The soldier dropp'd his rifle + And joined the choral song, + As high above the tide of war + It swept and pulsed along. + + That night while sleeping where the stars + Look down upon the Meuse, + Where Teuton valor coped with Frank, + Where rained most deadly dews, + A soldier youth, in khaki clad, + Rock'd where the maples grow, + Smiled in his dream and saw again + The blue St. Lawrence flow. + + _For Miss Julia O'Sullivan._ + + + + + THE CHRIST-CHILD + + Across the waste, across the snow, + O the pity! O the pity! + Past sentinel of friend and foe + O the pity! O the pity! + Comes the Christ-Child clad in white + Through the storm-clouds of the night. + Bearing in His lily hands + Gift of peace to warring lands, + O the pity! O the pity! + + "_Adeste fideles!_" sing the choirs + O the pity! O the pity! + Lurid flame the battle fires + O the pity! O the pity! + Shepherds hear the heavenly song, + Mid the strife and piteous wrong; + Peace on earth but not of men, + Peace that knows not crime nor sin. + O the pity! O the pity! + + Lay your sceptres at His feet, + O the pity! O the pity! + Christ, the Babe of Bethlehem, greet, + O the pity! O the pity! + Legions stretched in battle line, + Saw the star and knew the sign, + Yet forgot that Christ was born + Prince of Peace, on Christmas morn, + O the pity! O the pity! + + Christmas, 1914. + + For Mrs. George McIntyre. + + + + + GOD'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT + + What shall the coming year bring forth, + O Lord, who rulest the land? + For the navies of the sea and air + Are but stubble in Thy hand. + The battalions in the field go forth; + They arm in mighty line; + Do they kneel to know Thy holy will? + Have they asked from Thee a sign? + + The kings invoke Thy holy name, + In their carnage and their strife; + But the purple gift it was Thine to give + Recks not of pity nor life: + For they're drunk with the wine of lustful power, + And seared with the sins of earth; + And their prayers and preachments now mock Thy name, + And make of Thy laws but mirth. + + January 1, 1916. + + _For Duncan Campbell Scott._ + + + + + TROUBLE IN THE LOUVRE + + When the German troops were marching with the Uhlans far ahead, + The objective point being Paris, as the Berlin wireless said, + There was trouble in the Louvre, 'mong the paintings on the walls, + There were shoutings 'cross the centuries, there were + loud artistic calls; + "Mona Lisa" ceased her smiling and "The Banker and His Wife" + Turned to Millet's "Women Gleaning"--begged protection + for their life; + While "The Gypsy Girl" of Franz Hals, fearful of impending fate, + Roused "The Shepherds in Arcadia" with "The Hun is at the Gate!" + + Then the panic spread on all sides till the battle of the Marne + Solved all danger of the looting, removed all need to warn; + Straight "The Lace Maker" from Flemish Bruges in the joyous choral led + Smiled at "Charles First of England" who had lost his crown and head; + For fear had left the Louvre when the Teutons turned in flight, + So they scanned the sky no longer for dread Zeppelins in the night. + And the paintings born of centuries touched by genius into life + Still are hanging in the Louvre 'mid war's clash and clang and strife. + + _For Edgar Guest._ + + + + + "BOBS" OF KANDAHAR + +"The body of 'Bobs' then lay in state until five o'clock, when it was +interred in a crypt near-by those containing the bodies of Nelson and +Wellington."--_Press Despatch_. + + + Who is he that cometh to join our mighty dead? + Is it "Bobs" of Kandahar the Empire's armies led? + Give him place, O Nation great! within your storied walls; + Within our heart his name shall rest, his ashes in St. Paul's. + Soldier of the Empire, Bobs of Kandahar! + Lay him near the hero of glorious Trafalgar! + Death has ta'en the shining sword he aye in duty drew; + Lay him near the Iron Duke of fateful Waterloo! + + Soldier of the Empire, well thy work was done, + Fit thy sun had setting within sound and roar of gun; + Thy soul had vision of the years fraught with danger's woe, + And counsell'd armed wisdom against a subtle foe; + Now thy task has ended, the splendor of thy sun, + Sheds its setting glory on the greater life begun, + From where the Maple stands in pride to India's torrid star, + Now, mourn an Empire's people for "Bobs" of Kandahar! + + _For Lady Aileen Mary Roberts._ + + + + + SONG OF THE ZEPPELIN + + I cleave the air through the murky night, + High o'er the forests and sleeping towns; + Below me drifts the shimmering light-- + A glorious fresco on vale and downs; + My sea hath no billows nor rocky shores, + And only the winds disturb my soul; + I care not for those who slumber in death, + For my bomb is bloody and death my goal-- + And all for the Vaterland! + + Where the currents cross and the cruisers speed + I sail towards the North in a piteous sky; + I hear the night wind's surging note + As it mingles its requiem with the widow's cry. + Above me there streams a light from heaven, + But I bow my head and veil my eyes + As I plough the fields with my fateful keel + And sow the highways with tears and sighs-- + And all for the Vaterland! + + And hate is the banner I unfurl so wide + That its blood-dripp'd folds may catch the breeze; + That e'en from the balcony of heaven on high + May be seen this banner on all the seas. + No triumph of arms is my flight by night, + It is only a part of a murderous raid: + Dropping a bomb on an innocent child + Or a crowing babe in its cradle laid-- + And all for the Vaterland! + + _For Thomas Walsh._ + + + + + "SOCK IT TO 'EM" + +"A Canadian lieutenant writes his mother from the front that what he +most needs for the winter is good warm socks."--_Press Despatch_. + + + Yes, Wilhelm, sure you'll get it, + The storm is o'er your head; + It is bursting in the trenches + And you're just as good as dead. + You put your foot on Belgium + And defied your fate and doom, + And now the whole world hates you + And the cry is "Sock it to 'em!" + + True, your Taubchens still are sailing, + But your battleships are not; + They are coop'd up in a corner + Save the submerg'd ones that fought. + You are saving time and fuel, + But you're sad and filled with gloom, + For the very winds are whispering + "Blow hard and sock it to 'em." + + You have sought more spacious realm + In the free and genial sun: + Has your sceptre widened any + With the salvo of each gun? + Your "World-Power" seems to narrow, + And your hope lies in a tomb, + While dark Fate weaves your chaplet + And whispers "Sock it to 'em!" + + _For Theodore Botrel._ + + + + + LANGEMARCK + + A glory lights the skies of Flanders + Where the blood-stained fields lie bare, + Where the clouds of war have gathered, + Built their parapets in the air; + Halted stands the Teuton army, + Checked its onslaught at a sign; + Forward roll the warlike forces, + Sons of Canada in line. + + Let them taste of Northern courage + Where the lordly maple grows; + Let them face the heroes nurtured + Where the stars have wed the snows; + We are sons of sires undaunted, + Children of the hills and plains; + Ours a courage born of duty, + Pluck and dash of many strains. + + Tell it to our children's children + How Canadians saved the day; + Write it with the pen of history, + Sing it as a fireside lay; + How at Langemarck in Flanders, + Though the odds were eight to one, + Our Canadians stood unbroken, + Sword to sword, and gun to gun. + + _For Sir Wilfrid Laurier._ + + + + + THE BUGLE CALL + + Do you hear the call of our Mother, + From over the sea, from over the sea? + The call to her children, in every land; + To her sons on Afric's far-stretch'd veldt; + To her dark-skinned children on India's shore, + Whose souls are nourish'd on Aryan lore; + To her sons of the Northland where frosty stars + Glitter and shine like a helmet of Mars; + Do you hear the call of our Mother? + + Do you hear the call of our Mother + From over the sea, from over the sea? + The call to Australia's legions strong, + That move with the might and stealth of a wave; + To the men of the camp and men of the field, + Whose courage has taught them never to yield; + To the men whose counsel has saved the State, + And thwarted the plans of impending fate; + Do you hear the call of our Mother? + + Do you hear the call of our Mother + From over the sea, from over the sea? + To the little cot on the wind-swept hill; + To the lordly mansion in the city street; + To her sons who toil in the forest deep + Or bind the sheaves where the reapers reap; + To her children scattered far East and West; + To her sons who joy in her Freedom Blest; + Do you hear the call of our Mother? + + _For Major-General Sir Sam Hughes._ + + + + + HIS MISSION + +"A German will teach Irish at the University of Illinois, beginning in +February, when Dr. Kuno E. Meyer of the University of Berlin will +become visiting professor of the Celtic language and +literature."--_Press Despatch_. + + + Go back, dear Kuno, to the Poles and Alsatians, + And teach them the language your nation has robbed; + Piece out their dreams of new glory and freedom; + Bring joy to the hearts where the children have sobbed. + We love the old Celtic tongue, vibrant with music, + As it speaks to our hearts thro' the chords of long years, + But we don't want your lessons, though laden with "_Kultur_," + From a land where Alsatians and Poles are in tears. + + Go back, Herr Professor, your mission is ended, + For, though your gifts are many, you are "_ausgespielt_"; + Go back and receive your "Kreuz von Eisen," + For we don't like the way that you're "_ausgebild't_." + The stars that burn with the true light of freedom, + In this giant new world, with its endless day, + Have nothing in common with your satellite planets, + And care not to shine on your Eagle's prey. + + _For Dr. Douglas Hyde._ + + + + + ACHILLES' TOMB + + Achilles awoke in his ancient tomb + Hard by the coast of Troy; + He rattled his armor now full of dust + And rubbed his eyes like a boy, + As he gazed on the ships of the allied fleet, + Ploughing the seas from afar, + Bent on their course to the Dardanelles + 'Neath the light of Victory's star. + + "Why, I've been asleep," Achilles said, + "On the windy plains of Troy; + Three thousand years have turned to dust + With their maddening mirth and joy; + Yet it seems but a day since Ilium fell, + Since Sinon spun out his tale, + And the Greeks returned from Tenedos + With a light and prosperous gale. + + "Three thousand years is a long, long time, + But I'll doze for a thousand more; + For I'm sick of the bluff of the Teuton hosts + And the gas from each army corps. + So lay me down in my ancient tomb, + Where the Phrygian winds sweep by, + And I'll dream of the days when heroes fought, + 'Round the lofty walls of Troy." + + _For Very Rev. W. R. Harris, D.D._ + + + + + THE CHRISM OF KINGS + + In the morn of the world, at the daybreak of time, + When Kingdoms were few and Empires unknown, + God searched for a Ruler to sceptre the land, + And gather the harvest from the seed He had sown. + He found a young Shepherd boy watching his flock + Where the mountains looked down on deep meadows of green; + He hailed the young Shepherd boy king of the land + And anointed his brow with a Chrism unseen. + + He placed in his frail hands the sceptre of power, + And taught his young heart all the wisdom of love; + He gave him the vision of prophet and priest, + And dowered him with counsel and light from above. + But alas! came a day when the Shepherd forgot + And heaped on his realm all the woes that war brings, + And bartering his purple for the greed of his heart + He lost both the sceptre and Chrism of Kings. + + _For Miss Katherine Bregy._ + + + + + TIPPERARY + + (New version.) + + I'm not going to Tipperary for I've better work to do, + I am dreaming of a new device to catch each German crew; + And when we've chased them thro' the deep, _Ach Gott!_ what + fun there'll be + Rounding up the Teuton "subs" in the blue and vasty sea. + So, good-bye, Tipperary! Farewell, Slieve-na-mon! + I leave you for a season to chase the murderous Hun; + Von Tirpitz knows their hiding-place and I'll find out, too, + So, good-bye, Tipperary, till we've caught each pirate crew. + + Then I'll go to Tipperary with its hills of emerald green, + Where the skies are full of splendor and each peasant girl a queen; + Where the men know naught but honor and where duty is their goal; + Where the shadows from the mountains are but sunlight to the soul. + So, good-bye, Tipperary, till we've rounded up each crew, + Then I'll turn my face to greet you for to you I'll e'er be true; + So I'm off to chase the pirates and the ocean aisles to sweep, + _Ach Himmel_, Tipperary! there'll be fun upon the deep. + + _For Rev. J. B. Bollard._ + + + + + GATHER THE HARVEST + + Gather the harvest though reaped in death, + Under the pale, pale moon; + For the lilies that joyed in the breath of morn + Shall know not the ardor of noon: + So, the souls that grow strong, in patriot love, + Shall be garnered on Death's dark field, + Ere the noontide rays have touched the vale + And burnished with gold life's shield. + + Gather the harvest though reaped in death, + Where the sword has struck for Right, + And cleft a way for Freedom's path, + Through the dark and tremulous night: + For the golden grain on the altar flames + And lights each pilgrim throng, + As they meet in joy 'round that altar bright + Where Justice shall right each wrong. + + _For Miss Helen Merrill._ + + + + + THE KAISER'S "PLACE IN THE SUN" + + The Kaiser is seeking "a place in the Sun" + But I fear he'll have to wait, + Till another eclipse has dulled its face + And the Allies have woven his fate: + For the "spots" on the Sun are all occupied + With a race descended from Mars; + So there's no place in the heavens for _schrecklich_ Wilhelm, + Not even among the Stars. + + What boots it, Wilhelm, that your guns are big, + And your Zeppelins soar by night, + Since against you are leagued the earth and stars + And you're sure to lose in the fight. + You have drenched the world with heroic blood, + And stained the record of Man, + But you'll presently get your "place in the Sun," + Yes, the hottest since time began, + + _For T. 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