No preface
The poems are sometimes framed by excerpts from newspapers and other publications which set the scene for the poem and give its heroic content authenticity.
The poems are mostly concerned with diligence, selflessness, (national) duty, hard work, and faith in God.
Contents
A Voice from a Cellar 5The Picket 15
Visiting-day at the Hospital 19
A Peasant Hero 24
St. Edmund 32
Vergiss mein nicht 60
The Scotch Student 64
The Sons 73
Peggy’s Thoughts 76
Death of Earl Simon 83
The Florentine Mother and the Lion 87
The Lighthouse-keeper’s Child 91
A Foster-mother’s Devotion 97
Before Zutphen’s Walls 101
Ho! For Guelderland 102
Devoir 104
A Cup of Cold Water 111
The Little Pilot 115
A Heroine from Outcast London 119
On the Green 125
Choral 127
The Bracken Dell 130
In the Marshes 132
The Cottager 133
The Simoom 135