<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">In the Red Dawn</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line"><span class="smallcaps">Oh</span>, my England! thou hast heard --</p><p class="line">Could the hearing leave thee cold ? --</p><p class="line">Shattered vow and shameless word,</p><p class="line">Bribe and menace and affront;</p><p class="line">Think they that thou growest old</p><p class="line">Since La Haie and Hougoumont?</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Oh, my England! thou hast seen,</p><p class="line">Not with dull or hopeless eyes,</p><p class="line">How they wait, elate, serene,</p><p class="line">For thine utter darkening;</p><p class="line">How they hover o'er the prize,</p><p class="line">Eagles red of claw and wing!</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Thou hast heard -- and they shall hear;</p><p class="line">Thou hast seen -- and they shall see;</p><p class="line">With the sun upon thy spear,</p><p class="line">And the moon upon thy helm,</p><p class="line">Thou hast spoken, thou art free --</p><p class="line">Thou shalt strike and overwhelm.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Thou art ours, and we are thine,</p><p class="line">And the circling sea is ours;</p><p class="line">In the dark immortal wine</p><p class="line">We will pledge them, though we die.</p><p class="line">For flame still upon our towers</p><p class="line">Flags of hope and victory.</p></div><p class="byline">DOROTHY MARGARET STUART</p><em>Evening Standard, August</em> 11, 1914</body></html> · Great War