Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
A Meditation Upon the Cross of Saint George
But on his brest a bloudie Crosse he bore,
The dear remembrance of his dying Lord
-The Faerie Queene, Book I, Canto I
A cross of red upon a banner white -
The Saviour’s blood that washes clean our souls
And leaves a stainless field of eternal peace
Where all may dwell in peace in God’s good time
No demon or dragon can alienate
This sacramental flag from the unity of man
No diminuitives or false forbiddings
Can deny to any its unfailing glory
And thus
Let every man be God’s true Red Crosse Knight
Protective, brave, and humble under one true Light
