| Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Songs of Greater Britain (1899)
II. The Colonists | | By Cicely Fox-Smith (1882–1954) |
| | | WE have heard a voice that calls us— | |
| A voice that bids us go— | |
| A voice that bids us waken | |
| From the narrow world we know. | |
| We go to do our duty, | 5 |
| Unfearing toil and pain, | |
| For the flag, the flag of England, | |
| The flag that rules the main! | |
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| There are fairer meads in England | |
| Than these, so parched and sere; | 10 |
| The wild birds’ song in England | |
| Is sweeter far than here. | |
| We may not dwell in England, | |
| For we have work to do | |
| For the land, the land of England, | 15 |
| The land we love so true! | |
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| Still, still the sons of England | |
| Pursue the onward track, | |
| Tho’ men who look not forward | |
| Strive hard to hold them back. | 20 |
| Still, still the word is “Onward!” | |
| With hearts that fear not blame, | |
| On the way, the way of Britons, | |
| The way that leads to fame! | | | | |
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