In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
There are jewels in the crown of England's glory
And every jewel shines a thousand ways
Frankie Howerd, Noel Coward and garden gnomes
Frankie Vaughan, Kenneth Horne, Sherlock Holmes
Monty, Biggles and Old King Cole
In the pink or on the dole
Oliver Twist and Long John Silver
Captain Cook and Nelly Dean
Enid Blyton, Gilbert Harding
Malcolm Sargeant, Graham Greene (Graham Greene)
All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
Too numerous to mention, but a few
And every one could tell a different story
And show old England's glory something new
Nice bit of kipper and Jack the Ripper and Upton Park
Gracie, Cilla, Maxy Miller, Petula Clark
Winkles, Woodbines, Walnut Whips
Vera Lynn and Stafford Cripps
Lady Chatterley, Muffin the Mule
Winston Churchill, Robin Hood
Beatrix Potter, Baden-Powell
Beecham's powders, Yorkshire pud (Yorkshire pud)
With Billy Bunter, Jane Austen
Reg Hampton, George Formby
Billy Fury, Little Titch
Uncle Mac, Mr. Pastry and all
Uncle mac, Mr. Patry and all
allright england?
g’wan england
oh england
All the jewels in the crown of England's glory
Too numerous to mention, but a few
And every one could tell a different story
And show old England's glory something new
Somerset Maugham, Top Of The Form with the Boys' Brigade
Mortimer Wheeler, Christine Keeler and the Board of Trade
Henry Cooper, wakey wakey, England's labour
Standard Vanguard, spotted dick, England's workers
England's glory
Happy St Georges Day everyone.
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You are allowed to say "Happy Christmas" before 25 December and you are allowed to say "Happy St Georges Day" 6 hours before the 23 April.
Some people just don't understand fun : - )
And to all my fellow lifers, no matter where you hail from.
Flag away.
Hurrah hurrah.
The Second is Max Wall via Billericky Dicky. : - )
"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life"
Cecil Rhodes
Uknown German author - 1592.
Happy St Georges Day. First day I've worked it in 7 years :-(
Have a good day one and all. Sun's out
and all these wonderful (bullshit?) sentiments from a man (irving) who once wrote that he supports ANY team that is playing rugby AGAINST England .. unless of course irving was merely having some 'fun' when stating this .. AND of course one can wish 'Merry Christmas' before the actual 25th December as, for example, Christmas is a festival that stretches over a few days, but one does not wish another (e.g.) 'happy birthday' unless qualified by (e.g.) 'for tomorrow', for a specific anniversary ... and any poster/previewer (irving) who once considered that Yeovil's best player is the Blackpool goalkeeper should pay more attention to what he is writing .. or was this another example of the hilarious sense of irving humour? .. AND ... I wish you all loads of fun on this festive day of St George .. don't celebrate too hard now
Don't worry, was probably just farming f some early 'likes'. Some people take all that far too serious for adults
No ?
Merry Christmas @Lincsaddick