Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence
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C.S. Lewis was a Christian powerhouse. He turned his intellectual and mental gifts to the defense and explanation of Christianity like few before or since. The Abolition of Man is one of
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Sir Francis Drake A Prayer. Disturb us, Lord, when We are too pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we
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Editor’s Note: David Jones was a British Veteran of World War I, and unlike most of those who survived that war and became poets, he retained his patriotism. Below is an excerpt
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Girt round with rugged mountains the fair Lake Constance lies; In her blue heart reflected, shine back the starry skies; And, watching each white cloudlet float silently and slow, You think a
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The Rising in 1776 Thomas Buchanan Read Out of the North the wild news came, Far flashing on its wings of flame, Swift as the boreal light which flies At midnight through
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Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race, by M.I. Ebbutt (published 1910) The Roland Legends CHARLES THE GREAT, King of the Franks, world-famous as Charlemagne,
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by Robert Frost Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can
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The Loss of the Birkenhead Right on our flank the crimson sun went down; The deep sea rolled around in dark repose; When, like the wild shriek from some captured town, A
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I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.And I waterd it in
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If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance
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