"The Battle of the Baltic" is a poem by

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

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

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and

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. 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.

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External links

Complete text of the poem on PoetryArchive
1801 poems British poems {{poem-stub