George Hull: Lancashire poet. (original) (raw)

To All who Fought for England
Soldiers of King Alfred's land, Faithful ones who died; Who in Holiest Presence stand, Washed in crimson tide; Even now you may have read What God hath in store For the race that Alfred led� Peerless prince of yore! You that fought and would have died Had it been God's will; You, by fiery battle tried, Who are with us still; May He bless and guide your ways, While our England's made In the swiftly coming days All that Alfred prayed!
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ENGLISH LYRICS:� PAGE
The Poet's Reward 1
The Lily-Maid of Brindle 3
The Pleasures of Toil 5
The Heart of Robert Burns 6
The Bard and the Barrister 9
A Thousand Rhymes 12
The Hour of Rest 13
The Two Noble Brothers 14
To Mary Winefride 16
To Another Mary 16
To My Old Schoolmaster 17
The Pure Heart's Prayer 18
To Tennyson 19
My Love was but a Lassie 21
Lines for "The Times" 23
To a Hospital Nurse 23
Past-Time Pictures 25
"Twenty-One" 27
The Little Thatched Cot in the Nook 27
The Angel-Bride 29
A Broken Heart 31
The Old Home in Bonnie Hoghton Lane 32
For Erin 34
Shall England be Re-conquered? 35
Gentle Mary 40
Ode to a Sister of Notre Dame 41
Our Lady of Blackburn 43
Walton-le-Dale 46
The Little Church Under the Hill 48
Cuthbert de Hoghton and Helen Macdonald 50
The "Month's Mind" of Father Thomas Bolton 51
Thomas Ashworth 53
James Watson Lonsdale M.D. 55
Thomas Shorrock 56
James Shorrock 57
Oswald Duxbury 58
Henry Neville 59
The Heroes of the Heart 60
A Christmas Carol 63
The Old Year and the New 64
The Smile of a Friend 66
To a Lark 67
Duty and Delight 69
The Fountain of Love 69
Sea and River 71
The Seven Years' War 73
The Angel-Mother 75
At the Golden Gate 76
The White-Haired Singer 79
The King's Visit 81
An Angel's Name 84
Love and Anger 86
Peace 88
Persevere 89
The Rebound 90
The Ballad of Lily-Mary 92
My Friend across the Main 96
The Evening Star 99
The Music on the Wind 100
The Toiler's Wife 102
Why Should I Fear? 103
Saint Augustine of England 105
To a Friendly Critic 107
Two judgments 108
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SONNETS AND SONNET-STANZAS:� PAGE
Faith 110
Tennyson 111
Sunshine After Gloom 111
William Billington 112
To Hendrik Conscience 113
John Critchley Prince 113
To Hope 114
Love Eternal 115
Father Richard Dunderdale 115
Hoghton Tower 116
Charles Swain 117
An Afternoon in November 118
Scandal 118
To Orby Shipley 119
"Edward the Confessor" 120
Adelaide Anne Procter 120
Theobald Mathew 121
To the Belgians. (1914.) 122
To My Son 122
Peter Lonsdale 123
To Two Alfreds 124
The Isle of Peace 124
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SONGS OF WAR AND PEACE:� PAGE
The Young Crusaders. (1914.) 126
To the Prussian War Lords 128
O Listen, Gallant Fellows! 129
The Heroes 131
The Yankees 134
Victory! 135
The Great Peace 137
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WITH THE CHILDREN:� PAGE
Two Little "Wills" Away 138
Sweet Hannah 140
At a Baby's Grave 141
The Lily and the Rose 142
The Knight and the Squire 143
A Story of King Alfred 144
A Voice from Heaven 148
Two Little Orphans 151
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G LOSSARY TO THE DIALECT POEMS

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LANCASHIRE SONGS AND BALLADS:� PAGE
Owd Betty's Dowters 167
Dicky Blue 169
Nowt for Nowt 172
Owd Pinder's Fiddle 175
Con Freddy Come? 177
When Farmin' Doesn'd Pay 180
Billy Bantam's Bride 182
Yo're Welcome, King George an' Queen Mary 188
When Rowland Coom Over the Lea 190
Yon Little Lass o' Mine 193
Yon Little Lad Next Door 195
Th' New Babby 197
Ony Good Lord Afoor Nooan 199
Jim Gradely 200
Billy an' Betty 203
Sweet Maggie 204
Johnny an' Jane 205
Owd England Needs Us O 208
God Bless Thee, Dick! 210
Come Jack, Owd Lad! 212
Th' Fost Cab 213
Th' Owd Cot I Were Born In 215
Honest Roger 217
Schoo'mates Together 219
Th' Owd Gate Deawn at th' End of Eawr Fowd 220
Deawn Bi T' Ribble Side 223
Johnny's Watch 225
The Winter's Comin' On, Mi Lass 228
When Th' Leet Fades Away 230
Owd Jemmy 231
Th' Hooam of a Lancashire Mon 233
He Couldn'd Come 235
Give Every Mon His Due 238
A Country Life For Me 240
Eawr Dick's Beawn A-Cooartin' To-Neet 242
Philosopher Bill 244
Merry Mates 246