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A Song of the English

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First published in the English Illustrated Magazine in May 1893, A Song of the English was supplemented by an additional six poems.

It is certainly a work of its time - the late-Victorian era and the British Empire. It reflects the feeling of the time - that of the special nature of the English as a chosen people. This was obviously not a new or unfamiliar concept having Biblical roots, and earlier. As the Empire spread across the globe there was growing belief that the English were someho...