Friday, 16 April 2021

GEORGE OF LYDDA

 

Emperor of Rome Diocletian

Persecuted people’s Christian

And in the Roman Empire wide

Were the Christian martyrs tried

 

George the champion knight

Bearer of Christendom’s light

Tried for love of Christ divine

Was put to death in Palestine

 

Seven hundred years had gone

The Crusaders holy war raged on

When defeat at Antioch was feared

A vision of Saint George appeared

 

The English soldiers rallying

Fighting brave for God and King

Against the odds with fewer men

They win victory over the Saracen

 

Champion knight of Christendom

The patron saint of our kingdom

George the saint both now and then

The patron saint of Englishmen

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