{"id":441,"date":"2014-06-19T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/?post_type=chapter&p=441"},"modified":"2014-09-26T18:54:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T18:54:52","slug":"recessional","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/chapter\/recessional\/","title":{"raw":"Recessional","rendered":"Recessional"},"content":{"raw":"God of our fathers, known of old,\r\n\r\nLord of our far-flung battle-line,\r\n\r\nBeneath whose awful Hand we hold\r\n\r\nDominion[footnote]Supreme power or sovereignty. See Genesis 1:26, \u201cAnd God said, Let us make man in our image...and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea...and over all the earth....\u201d[\/footnote]\u00a0over palm and pine\u2014\r\n\r\nLord God of Hosts, be with us yet,\r\n\r\nLest[footnote]For fear that.[\/footnote]\u00a0we forget\u2014lest we forget[footnote]See Deuteronomy 4:9, \u201c[T]ake heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen....\u201d[\/footnote]!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe tumult and the shouting dies;\r\n\r\nThe Captains and the Kings depart:\r\n\r\nStill stands Thine ancient sacrifice,\r\n\r\nAn humble and a contrite heart.\r\n\r\nLord God of Hosts, be with us yet,\r\n\r\nLest we forget\u2014lest we forget!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFar-called, our navies melt away;\r\n\r\nOn dune and headland sinks the fire[footnote]The poem was written to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations commemorating the 60th year of Queen Victoria\u2019s reign. Bonfires or \u201cbeacons\u201d were kindled on high ground all over Britain on the night of the jubilee, just as they had also marked the occasion of Queen Victoria\u2019s 50th, or golden jubilee, in 1887. See the first poem in Housman\u2019s \u201cA Shropshire Lad.\u201d[\/footnote]:\r\n\r\nLo, all our pomp of yesterday\r\n\r\nIs one with Nineveh and Tyre[footnote]Both cities were once capitals of great empires. Ninevah had once been the largest city in the world. In 1847, Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) there rediscovered the lost palaces of Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal.[\/footnote]!\r\n\r\nJudge of the Nations, spare us yet,\r\n\r\nLest we forget\u2014lest we forget!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIf, drunk with sight of power, we loose\r\n\r\nWild tongues that have not Thee in awe,\r\n\r\nSuch boastings as the Gentiles use,\r\n\r\nOr lesser breeds without the Law[footnote]See Romans 2:14. \u201c...The Gentiles, which have not the law...are a law unto themselves.\u201d[\/footnote]\u2014\r\n\r\nLord God of Hosts, be with us yet,\r\n\r\nLest we forget\u2014lest we forget!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFor heathen heart that puts her trust\r\n\r\nIn reeking tube and iron shard,\r\n\r\nAll valiant dust that builds on dust,\r\n\r\nAnd guarding, calls not Thee to guard,\r\n\r\nFor frantic boast and foolish word\u2014\r\n\r\nThy mercy on Thy People, Lord!\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u20141897","rendered":"

God of our fathers, known of old,<\/p>\n

Lord of our far-flung battle-line,<\/p>\n

Beneath whose awful Hand we hold<\/p>\n

Dominion[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0over palm and pine\u2014<\/p>\n

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,<\/p>\n

Lest[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0we forget\u2014lest we forget[3]<\/sup><\/a>!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The tumult and the shouting dies;<\/p>\n

The Captains and the Kings depart:<\/p>\n

Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,<\/p>\n

An humble and a contrite heart.<\/p>\n

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,<\/p>\n

Lest we forget\u2014lest we forget!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Far-called, our navies melt away;<\/p>\n

On dune and headland sinks the fire[4]<\/sup><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lo, all our pomp of yesterday<\/p>\n

Is one with Nineveh and Tyre[5]<\/sup><\/a>!<\/p>\n

Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,<\/p>\n

Lest we forget\u2014lest we forget!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If, drunk with sight of power, we loose<\/p>\n

Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,<\/p>\n

Such boastings as the Gentiles use,<\/p>\n

Or lesser breeds without the Law[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,<\/p>\n

Lest we forget\u2014lest we forget!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For heathen heart that puts her trust<\/p>\n

In reeking tube and iron shard,<\/p>\n

All valiant dust that builds on dust,<\/p>\n

And guarding, calls not Thee to guard,<\/p>\n

For frantic boast and foolish word\u2014<\/p>\n

Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u20141897<\/p>\n

  1. Supreme power or sovereignty. See Genesis 1:26, \u201cAnd God said, Let us make man in our image...and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea...and over all the earth....\u201d ↵<\/a><\/li>
  2. For fear that. ↵<\/a><\/li>
  3. See Deuteronomy 4:9, \u201c[T]ake heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen....\u201d ↵<\/a><\/li>
  4. The poem was written to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations commemorating the 60th year of Queen Victoria\u2019s reign. Bonfires or \u201cbeacons\u201d were kindled on high ground all over Britain on the night of the jubilee, just as they had also marked the occasion of Queen Victoria\u2019s 50th, or golden jubilee, in 1887. See the first poem in Housman\u2019s \u201cA Shropshire Lad.\u201d ↵<\/a><\/li>
  5. Both cities were once capitals of great empires. Ninevah had once been the largest city in the world. In 1847, Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) there rediscovered the lost palaces of Sennacherib and Ashurbanipal. ↵<\/a><\/li>
  6. See Romans 2:14. \u201c...The Gentiles, which have not the law...are a law unto themselves.\u201d ↵<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["rudyard-kipling"],"pb_section_license":"public-domain"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[65],"license":[78],"class_list":["post-441","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-rudyard-kipling","license-public-domain"],"part":437,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/441\/revisions\/1890"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/437"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/441\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=441"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}