...current British humiliations in South Africa. It was Kipling's Diamond Jubilee poem 'Recessional': The tumult and the shouting dies — The captains...kings depart — Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, A humble and a contrite heart. Far-call'd our navies melt away — On dune and headland sinks the fire...

...of earth's voices raised in Rudyard Kipling's "Recessional": God of our fathers, known of old. . . . The tumult and the shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. . . . Earth's voices singing to the skies, where never earth people had been before. Tony sprinkled...

...hints at his audience's lost faith, the poem — or hymn — prays for guidance, protection, and mercy. God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung...and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron...

...(1733) is An honest man's the noblest work of God. Robert Burns, The Cotter's Saturday Night (1784) is God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung...over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! Rudyard Kipling, Recessional (1897) 2ii God heard the embattled...

...and gas, the dumping of thousands of bodies into unmarked graves on the battle site (1996: 1077-78): The tumult and the shouting dies — The captains...and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget — lest we forget! The motto "Lest we forget!" inscribed in stone, recited at...

...sung at the end of church services and was seen as a celebration of Empire. The first stanza reads: God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung...Dominion over palm and pine Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget! But Kipling also wrote it to voice concern over the abuse of power...

...Kii'Lixo, JINGOISTIC VICTORIAN God of our fathers, known of old — Lord of our far-flung battle line — Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget. — Rudyard Kipling "Recessional" The first writer in English...

...has taken on a pastel cast. The bold colors of unfurled banners are but faded memories. Well, fine. The tumult and the shouting dies, the captains and the kings depart, and perhaps the banality of contemporary politics should be a national boast. The deflation of politics...

...imperial sentiment of the Jubilee of 1897 found its most complete expression in Kipling's Recessional: God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung...over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! • • • • If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild...

...when Kipling wrote "Recessional" as a reminder that power leads to arrogance, and arrogance to a fall. The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and...ancient sacrifice. An humble and a contrite heart. If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe, Lord God of Hosts,...