| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | The Song of the Western Men | | By Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875) |
| | | A GOOD sword and a trusty hand! | |
| A merry heart and true! | |
| King James’s men shall understand | |
| What Cornish lads can do. | |
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| And have they fix’d the where and when? | 5 |
| And shall Trelawny die? | |
| Here ’s twenty thousand Cornish men | |
| Will know the reason why! | |
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| Out spake their Captain brave and bold, | |
| A merry wight was he: | 10 |
| ‘If London Tower were Michael’s Hold, | |
| We’ll set Trelawny free! | |
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| ‘We’ll cross the Tamar, land to land, | |
| The Severn is no stay; | |
| With “One and All” and hand to hand. | 15 |
| And who shall bid us nay? | |
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| ‘And when we come to London Wall, | |
| A pleasant sight to view, | |
| Come forth, come forth, ye cowards all! | |
| Here ’s men as good as you. | 20 |
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| ‘Trelawny he ’s in keep and hold, | |
| Trelawny he may die: | |
| But here ’s twenty thousand Cornish bold | |
| Will know the reason why.’ | |
| And shall Trelawny die? | 25 |
| And shall Trelawny die? | |
| Here ’s twenty thousand Cornish men | |
| Will know the reason why! | | | | |
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