Author: R. Compton Noake

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-30

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780267244119

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Excerpt from The Bivouac or Martial Lyrist: Containing Songs, Epigrams, and Poems IN the Songs of Me. Camp and barrack-room now incor porated in this volume, the author purposely abstained from introducing anything of a party or political nature, deeming it to be thetsoldier's duty to eschew politics altogether. Nor did he touch on the wrongs, real or supposed, of the soldier, or on the revilings of many of our orators, pam phleteers, and military and other writers in magazines, in their persistent cry for a better class of men. His humble endeavour and cherished ambition being to confirm the soldier in his loyalty to his Queen, his Country, and his Corps; to enhance his courage and historic pride; to ele vate him in his own estimation and in that of his country 3 to teach him to value his medal as a prize priceless beyond all other, and, by contrast, to lightly esteem the good-con duct badge, which the vilest man does, and the cowardly soldier might, wear 5 also to awaken in our youth a love for those perils and adventures which pertain to a soldier's life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Bivouac Or Martial Lyrist written by R. Compton Noake and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bivouac or Martial Lyrist: Containing Songs, Epigrams, and Poems IN the Songs of Me. Camp and barrack-room now incor porated in this volume, the author purposely abstained from introducing anything of a party or political nature, deeming it to be thetsoldier's duty to eschew politics altogether. Nor did he touch on the wrongs, real or supposed, of the soldier, or on the revilings of many of our orators, pam phleteers, and military and other writers in magazines, in their persistent cry for a better class of men. His humble endeavour and cherished ambition being to confirm the soldier in his loyalty to his Queen, his Country, and his Corps; to enhance his courage and historic pride; to ele vate him in his own estimation and in that of his country 3 to teach him to value his medal as a prize priceless beyond all other, and, by contrast, to lightly esteem the good-con duct badge, which the vilest man does, and the cowardly soldier might, wear 5 also to awaken in our youth a love for those perils and adventures which pertain to a soldier's life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.