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| Rule, Britannia! | |
| Dr. Arne. 1740. | |
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1.
When Britain first, at Heav'n's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sung this strain:
"Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves;
"Britons never will be slaves."
2.
The nations not so blest as thee,
Must in their turn to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
Rule, Britannia! &c.
