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Upon the
Heights at
Queenston
A poem by James L. Hughes
Upon the heights at Queenston,
One dark October day,
Invading foes were marshalled
In battle's dead array;
Brave Brock looked up the rugged
steep,
And planned a bold attack,
"No foreign flag shall float" said he,
"Above the Union Jack!"
His loyal-hearted soldiers
Were ready, every one,
Their foes were thrice their
number —
But duty must be done.
They started up the fire-swept hill
With loud resounding cheers,
While Brock's inspiring voice rang
out —
"Push on York Volunteers!"
But soon a fatal bullet
Pierced through his manly breast,
And loving friends, to help him,
Around the hero pressed;
"Push on," he said, "do not mind
me,"
And ere the setting sun,
Canadians held the Queenston
Heights —
The victory was won.
Each true Canadian patriot
Laments the death of Brock.
Our country told its sorrow
In monumental rock;
And if a foe should e'er invade
Our land in future years,
His dying words will guide us still —
"Push on brave volunteers!"
Heights at
Queenston
A poem by James L. Hughes
Upon the heights at Queenston,
One dark October day,
Invading foes were marshalled
In battle's dead array;
Brave Brock looked up the rugged
steep,
And planned a bold attack,
"No foreign flag shall float" said he,
"Above the Union Jack!"
His loyal-hearted soldiers
Were ready, every one,
Their foes were thrice their
number —
But duty must be done.
They started up the fire-swept hill
With loud resounding cheers,
While Brock's inspiring voice rang
out —
"Push on York Volunteers!"
But soon a fatal bullet
Pierced through his manly breast,
And loving friends, to help him,
Around the hero pressed;
"Push on," he said, "do not mind
me,"
And ere the setting sun,
Canadians held the Queenston
Heights —
The victory was won.
Each true Canadian patriot
Laments the death of Brock.
Our country told its sorrow
In monumental rock;
And if a foe should e'er invade
Our land in future years,
His dying words will guide us still —
"Push on brave volunteers!"
BROCK POEM: Poem taken from
the book Raise the Flag and Other
Patriotic Canadian Songs and
Poems published in 1891 by Rose
Publishing Company in Toronto.
the book Raise the Flag and Other
Patriotic Canadian Songs and
Poems published in 1891 by Rose
Publishing Company in Toronto.