Happy St Georges Day
- Thread starter Mesquite
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To all the English members on the forum
Don't forget all these folks too Steve, it's not just us English who are blessed by his patronage:
Although I'm not sure how many of them celebrate a "Saint George's Day"
Cheers,
Stuart.
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Spiffing posting dear boy, happy St George's day to you too. Now let's go bag ourselves a dragon, shell we. Toodle-pip.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
Have a good one folks.
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
Have a good one folks.
And the same to you
Also patron saint of scouts when I was in em not sure if its been scrapped since then?
Also patron saint of scouts when I was in em not sure if its been scrapped since then?
He is indeed Sam. We did lots of St George based activities last night.
Happy St George's day one and all
My little market town has our own St Georges Day celebration on the weekend nearest, so I saw him, his dragon and a damsel wandering down the high street last Saturday!
And to all the Scouts world wide!
Not worldwide I'm afraid. That would presuppose that all Scouts where not only Christian, but of those denominations have Saints. That would leave out all the Scout Troops sponsered by churches of other denominations or sponsored by secular groups with a more diverse membership.
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Sorry mate - just quoting the boss!
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295414.pdf
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/facts/pdfs/fs295414.pdf
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