English Poetry III: From Tennyson to Whitman.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 684. And Shall Trelawny Die? |
| | | Robert Stephen Hawker (1804–1875) |
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| A GOOD sword and a trusty hand! | |
| A merry heart and true! | |
| King James’s men shall understand | |
| What Cornish lads can do. | |
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| And have they fixed the where and when? | 5 |
| And shall Trelawny die? | |
| Here’s twenty thousand Cornish men | |
| Will know the reason why! | |
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| Out spake their captain brave and bold, | |
| A merry wight was he: | 10 |
| ’If London Tower were Michael’s hold, | |
| We’ll set Trelawny free! | |
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| ’We’ll cross the Tamar, land to land, | |
| The Severn is no stay, | |
| With “one and all,” and hand in hand, | 15 |
| And who shall bid us nay? | |
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| ’And when we come to London Wall, | |
| A pleasant sight to view, | |
| Come forth! come forth, ye cowards all, | |
| Here’s men as good as you. | 20 |
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| ’Trelawny he’s in keep and hold, | |
| Trelawny he may die; | |
| But here’s twenty thousand Cornish bold | |
| Will know the reason why!’ | |
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