Breathes there the man;: Heroic ballads & poems of the English-speaking peoples

by Frank S. Meyer

Love of Country has moved poets to sing since Homer and Virgil, but no tongue is richer in poems of patriotism than our own. Herein are 136 patriotic ballads and lyrics chosen from four centuries of verse in poems of England's wars with France and of her conquests of Scotland, Ireland and all the empire; poems of the American Revolution and the war between the states from both sides; poems recalling faraway men and moments...

281 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1977

About the author

American philosopher and activist best known for his theory of "fusionism"that unites elements of libertarianism and traditionalism.

Before converting to conservatism he was a communist from 1931-1945.