Battle of the Baltic, The

DESCRIPTION: "Of Nelson and the North, Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown." The British are brave and defeat the enemy, who lie "Full many a fathom deep By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore!"
AUTHOR: Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) (source: Bodleian web site; Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads)
EARLIEST DATE: 1855 (broadside Bodleian Firth c.12(37))
KEYWORDS: navy battle death patriotic
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
April 2, 1801 - First Battle of Copenhagen. Nelson commands the British fleet to destroy the outnumbered Danish forces (ignoring his superior Admiral Hyde Parker's orders against it) lest they join the anti-British alliance
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Stone-SeaSongsAndBallads 68, pp. 127-128, "The Battle of the Baltic" (1 text)
Sidgwick-BalladsPoemsIllustratingEnglishHistory, pp. 157-159, "The Battle of the Baltic" (1 text)
Roud #27999
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Firth c.12(37), "Battle of the Baltic," The Poet's Box (Glasgow), 1855
NOTES [18 words]: I have no idea why Steve Roud indexed this; it is clearly not traditional. But I follow him in indexing it. - RBW
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