Monday, 1 November 2021

The Dying Patriot

Poul Anderson's title, The Fleet Of Stars, is taken from "The Dying Patriot" by James Elroy Flecker. Anderson quotes the concluding stanza. The full poem is here.

The stanzas begin:

"Day breaks in England..."

"Noon strikes on England..."

"Evening on the olden, the golden sea of Wales..."

"Sleep not, my country, though night is here..."

The poem sounds good but what does it mean?

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I read Flecker's poem, and my quickest reaction was thinking he was expressing pride in English history and hope for great things being done by the English.

Ad astra! Sean