A few entries from the 1899 ABCs for Baby Patriots .
C is for colonies
Rightly we boast,
That of all the great nations
Great Britain has the most.
D is for daring
We show in the field
Which makes every enemy
Vanish or yield.
E is for empire
Where sun never sets;
The larger we make it
The bigger it gets.
Not to be outdone, one Thomas Stevens wrote a Babes of the Empire: An Alphabet for Young England , which begins:
A is an Australian born in the bush,
An A.1 ally when it comes to a push.
He can ride well and choose; his gun and his horse
Are the flower of the Empire’s irregular force.
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