The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-03-15
Hiiherward the Armada steers.
There is danger near.

Engiishmen, hold fast the spear
To our kingdom and our queen,
To our soil and to our sod,
To our country's graveyards green,
To our right TO worship God,
TO our liberties and lives,
TO our churches andour affairs,
To the honor of our wives,
From the faith that never falters,
There is danger near!
Enghshmen, hold fast the spear
Hold II now with might and MAN,
Hold il now or never more!
10 the battle drums of Spain
Roll along our English shore.
In each drum be is perdition,
Ifye be not men this morn.
From the bloody Inquistion,
To your children yei unborn,
There is danger near!
Englishmen, hold fast the spear
We remember Bloody Mary
Ye her savage spouse have seen,
With his whiskerandos hairy
And his sandalled monks between:
With his Smith6eld Bishop-burnings,
And his Jesuits from Span
viii ye have his fagot-tnrnngs?
VIII ye have his Pope again,
There is danger near.
Englishmen, hold fast the spear
We have nothing now TO save you,
But your own hearts and Your hands,
And the hardihood God gave you,
And the temper of your brands.
On, then, Englishnen, for England!
on then, England, for her Grace!
None shall ever rule in England,
But our ancient English race.
There is danger near.
EnglishInen, hold fast the spear,
And If slaves your sons must be,
lie, it be to an English king,
They shall bend the servle knee
MOI to a gilded, wooden thing
Ifyour necks you must render up
Let IL be to an English rope,
Not TO the yoke of cross and cup,
Or the nod Of a Roman Pope
There is danger near!
Warder, thus we make reply
BY The mothers that us bare
BY the sires, we've not forgotten,
BY the wives, our beds who share.
By the children, we've begouen.
BY the hills, which saw our birth!
Wales, in which we hope 10 lie
BY our chainless English earth!
BY our liberal English sky!
We will do or die!
Warder, thus make reply
BY the torch in Oxford lighted
On the day when Ridley burned,
Ne'er in England TO be sighted
Or 10 heather darkness turned
BY the souls of those who persisted,
Fearless, at the fiery stake!
BY the fortunes, which thet cherished
For their Lord aud Saviours sake
We will do or die
Warder, thus we make reply
Where our royal queen is leading
With her lions in the van,
There will one and all be bleeding,
One and every Englishman.
English, ever, shall the land,
Ens5{.h shall the ocean, be. 9
BE it on the rocky strand
BE it on the rolling sea,
We will do or die.
Warder, thus we make reply
Never son of savage Spain,
Never bloody Roniish beast,
Shall bc English king again,
Shall again be English priest.
Better MahouIui's crescent wear.
Than the cross of Rome adore.
Better serve the Russian bear
Than the Babylonian who're
We will do or die.
Warder. thus we make reply
Nothing that the Pope can make,
Nothing that Don Philip can,
Shall an Englishwoman shake!
How. them shake an Enslishman?
Let them come! we do defy them,
Though their boastings be SO brave.
But whatever we deny them,
We will give an English grave.
We will do or die.
Warder, thus we make reply
We've a Raleighs glorious daring;
We've a Percy's spur Of flame;
We've Blounts chvaric bearing;
We've an OIford's noble name;
We've q Hawkins and Howard;
We've a Frobisher and Drake;
And who should he the coward,
Such commanders to forsake?
We will do or die.
Warder, thus we make reply
With a Howard for Recaldo,
With Hawkins for Tomnar,
With Drake for Prince Ubado,
With Blount for the Count Alvar
trow, that can meet them,
In the Straits, as on the Main.
trow, as we have beat them,
We can beat them yet again.
We will do or die.
Warder. pass. Our say is said!
Nought of earth can now nval us
You have heard our last reply
If our country's fortunes fail u.s.
II is only left TO die!
If Don Philips mimions dare,
Dare, 10 try the battle plain,
We will leave il, you may swear,
We will leave ii, or remain,
Conquerors, or dead.