Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

By Songs of Greater Britain (1899). I. Red, White and Blue

Cicely Fox-Smith (1882–1954)

SONS of the seagirt land,

Strong round the banner stand,

Steadfast and true!

Honour and loyalty

Ever our watchword be!

Flutter o’er land and sea

Red, white and blue!

Red for the life-blood shed,

When for their country bled

Brave men and true!

White for our stainless name,

Blue for our faith and fame,

Guarding from every shame

Red, white and blue!

Britons, while earth endure,

Keep we our ’scutcheon pure

Centuries through!

Long may Britannia’s fame

Inviolate remain—

Ever without a stain

Red, white and blue!