What do the following words in "Land of Hope and Glory" mean, "the blood a hero sire hath spent still nerves a hero son"? Is it a religious meaning?
2007-01-01 06:50:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
It has a heroic meaning. The blood which a valiant father has spilt in defending his country still courses through the veins of his son and gives him the courage to follow in his footsteps.
2007-01-01 07:12:25 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It sounds more like a battle hymn in which a father who was considered a hero was killed. The blood flows through the son to steel his nerves, continue the battle and become the next hero.
2007-01-01 15:02:21 · answer #2 · answered by mother 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no! it speaks of the 'stirrings in the Soul ' regarding freedom. I read this to be 'Land of Hope' means land of opportunities as well as the
reputation as having done an act of sacrifice for ones homeland,
family and the continuity of all free mankind. The only religious meaning I gather from it is that 'the son knows the sacrifice of the father as he is in the same place as the father and having to understand as well as perhaps make the same decisions that the 'Sire' made for him.
2007-01-01 16:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by nanatocbg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not. I believe it is refering to war maybe????
2007-01-01 14:53:27 · answer #4 · answered by tadpole 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It brash.
2007-01-02 15:10:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋