Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="Hearts" id="Hearts"></SPAN>HEARTS OF OAK</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>Come, cheer up, my lads, 'tis to glory we steer,<br/></span> <span>To add something more to this wonderful year,<br/></span> <span>To honour we call you, not press you like slaves,<br/></span> <span>For who are so free as the sons of the waves?<br/></span> <span>Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men,<br/></span> <span class="i3">We always are ready,<br/></span> <span class="i3">Steady, boys, steady,<br/></span> <span>We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Still Britain shall triumph, her ships plough the sea,<br/></span> <span>Her standard be justice, her watchword "Be free;"<br/></span> <span>Then, cheer up, my lads, with one heart let us sing<br/></span> <span>Our soldiers, our sailors, our statesmen, our king.<br/></span> <span>Hearts of oak are our ships, hearts of oak are our men,<br/></span> <span class="i3">We always are ready,<br/></span> <span class="i3">Steady, boys, steady,<br/></span> <span>We'll fight and we'll conquer again and again.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">David Garrick</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />