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" Recessional " is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was composed for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in 1897. "Recessional" contains five stanzas of six lines each.

Recessional (After Queen Victoria’s Jubilee) God of our fathers, known of old, Lord of our far-flung battle-line, Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine– Lord God of …

Although the phrase ‘lest we forget’ is now closely associated with Remembrance Sunday and war remembrance more generally, it actually originated in a poem written almost twenty years …

‘Recessional’ by Rudyard Kipling is a five-stanza poem that was first published in 1897 for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The stanzas are separated into sets of six lines, or sestets.

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"Recessional" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written in 1897 during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, a period that celebrated the British Empire. Composed of five stanzas, the poem …

1] Recessional: hymn sung at a service's end when the clergy and choir exit. "This poem was published on the 17th July 1897, towards the close of the celebration of Queen Victoria's …

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Feb 16, 2025 · "Recessional", in Poems That Every Child Should Know (1904), edited by Mary Elizabeth Burt "Recessional" in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918 (1919)