{"id":8400,"date":"2022-08-06T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2022-08-06T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T05:00:00","slug":"hymn-before-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/hymn-before-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn Before Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1914-08-06\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Birmingham Age Herald, August 6, 1914<\/a>. By Rudyard Kipling.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The earth is full of anger,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The seas are dark with wrath,<br\/>The Nations in their harness<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Go up against our path;<br\/>Ere yet we loose the legions\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere yet we draw the blade,<br\/>Jehovah of the Thunders,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lord God of Battles, aid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>High lust and forward bearing,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proud heart, rebellious brow\u2014<br\/>Deaf ear and soul uncaring,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We seek Thy mercy now!<br\/>The sinner that forswore Thee,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The fool that passed Thee by,<br\/>Our times are known before Thee\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lord, grant us strength to die!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>From panic, pride and terror<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Revenge that knows no reign,<br\/>Light haste and lawless error,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Protect us yet again.<br\/>Cloak Thou, our underserving,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make firm the shuddering breath;<br\/>In silence and unswerving<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To taste Thy lesser death!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>E\u2019en now the vanguard gathers,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E\u2019en now we face the fray\u2014<br\/>As Thou didst help our fathers,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Help Thou our host today!<br\/>Fulfilled of signs and wonders,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In life, in death made clear\u2014<br\/>Jehovah of the Thunders,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lord God of Battles, hear!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Birmingham Age Herald, August 6, 1914. By Rudyard Kipling. The earth is full of anger,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The seas are dark with wrath,The Nations in their harness&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Go up against our path;Ere yet we loose the legions\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere yet we draw the blade,Jehovah of the Thunders,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lord God of Battles, aid! High lust and forward bearing,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proud heart, rebellious brow\u2014Deaf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[268],"class_list":["post-8400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald","tag-rudyard-kipling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}