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��Clive Phillips-Wolley

TO THE FRENCH CANADIANS

HENEVER a daring deed was done or a chivalrous quest

achieved, When the odds against were ten to one, and the laurels

bloodiest leaved; Whenever the fight was fiercest and honour alone not

lost, Steel to steel in the forefront, your swords and our

own were crost.

Whenever the charge was swiftest, twas a laughing

Frenchman led ; Whenever the charge was broken, it broke on our line

of red ;

The gayest hearts in battle, the stoutest hearts at sea, Followed the Leopards of England, or fought for the

Fleur de Lis.

Now this is the Law of England, and Hers is the law of

the West: The foes who fight us fairly, make the friends we love

the best; The only peers of our people are such as have dared

and died, With steady eyes on our bay net points or cheering lips

at our side.

W r e have buried our dead together, Wolfe and your

own Montcalm ; We have sung with you songs of battle, we have taught

the seas our psalm, &quot;Peace and be still,&quot; and always we have used our

blended might To give to the people freedom and to every man his

right.

This is no time to bicker. We who have tried your worth

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