Poems of the Love of Country (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Poems of the Love of CountryOld Andrew Fletcher's ballads are, of course, not ballads in the modern sense of the term, but rap ther national ballads, and particularly national songs. As such songs have a power beyond all others they naturally live a long and glorious life. Our British national anthem, written by an Obscure poet in honour of a royal birthday, a song destitute of poetic phrases or Of any of the subtle graces of poetry, has survived the vicissitudes of more than a century and a half, and bids fair to live for many ages. The star-span gled Banner was also the product of a special occa sion, and was written by one who wrote nothing else of permanent value, still, after nearly a hundred years it can excite an American audience to enthusiastic plaudits, or an American army to doughty deeds on the field of battle.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.