"The Battle of the Baltic" is a poem by
Scottish writer
Thomas Campbell.
"The Battle of the Baltic" is an upbeat, patriotic poem written in 1801. Its subject is the naval
Battle of Copenhagen, fought earlier that year between the fleets of
Britain
Britain most often refers to:
* The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
* Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...
and
Denmark
)
, song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast")
, song_type = National and royal anthem
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark
, establish ...
.
Its first lines run:
Of Nelson and the North
Sing the glorious day's renown,
When to battle fierce came forth
All the might of Denmark's crown,
And her arms along the deep proudly shone...
British composer
Alexandra Thomson
Alexandra Thomson Studholme (24 May 1867 – 15 October 1907) was a British composer who published her music under the name Alexandra Thomson (also seen as Thompson). She is best remembered today for her work for chorus and orchestra, '' Battle of ...
wrote a setting of "The Battle of the Baltic" for orchestra and chorus, which was performed at the 1890
Hovingham Festival.
References
External links
Complete text of the poem on PoetryArchive
1801 poems
British poems
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