Who wrote the 1897 poem 'Drake's Drum'?
Drake's Drum transport. Drake’s Drum has been the title and subject of poems by Sir Henry Newbolt and the Victorian poet Norah M. Holland. Newbolt's poem was set to music by Charles Villiers Stanford as part of his Songs of the Sea, op.91 suite2. It was popularised by Peter Dawson. The setting is in the key of D minor, with a dramatic resolution to D major. The drum was also mentioned in Bernard Cornwell’s 1988 novel "Sharpe’s Rifles" as analogous to the Gonfalon of Santiago Matamoros that features heavily in the story. A composition called "Drake's Drum" can also be heard on
Henry Newbolt myth with his 1897 poem "Drake's Drum", "Drake he's in his hammock an' a thousand mile away...": The poem has been widely anthologised and has been set to both classical and folk tunes. "Drake's Drum" is the first of five poetic settings by the composer Charles Villiers Stanford. Stanford wrote two song cycles based on poems by Newbolt: "Songs of the Sea" and "Songs of the Fleet". From October 1900 through September 1904, Newbolt was the editor of the "Monthly Review". He was also a member of the Athenaeum and the Coefficients dining club. At the start of the First