The English, not the Saxon.
The poem was a part of "KILL THE HUN" attitude of the time (The Great War, AD 1917), and the use of "Saxon" would be awkward as connecting them to the so hated indeed continental G*rmans (including the Saxons of Saxony).
The English, not the Saxon.
The poem was a part of "KILL THE HUN" attitude of the time (The Great War, AD 1917), and the use of "Saxons" would be awkward as connecting them to the so hated indeed continental G*rmans (including the Saxons of Saxony).
English, not Saxon.
The poem was a part of "KILL THE HUN" attitude of the time (The Great War, AD 1917), and the use of "Saxons" would be awkward as connecting them to the so hated continental G*rmans (inclduing the Saxons of Saxony).