When Britain First, At Heaven's Command, Arose From Out The Azure Main, This Was The Charter Of Her Land, And Guardian Angels Sung The Strai

When Britain First, At Heaven's Command, Arose From Out The Azure Main, This Was The Charter Of Her Land, And Guardian Angels Sung The Strai

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When Britain first, at Heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of her land,
And guardian angels sung the strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
Britons never shall be slaves.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
-- Alfred, Act ii, Sc. 5

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Britannia waives the rules.
Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep
Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep....
Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honour.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII -- Act v, Sc. 5...
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the praye
Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray....
Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act i, Sc. 5...
Did therewith bury in oblivion.
-- William Browne (1590-1645) -- Britannia's Pastorals, Book ii, Song 2...
Well-languaged Daniel. -- William Browne (1590-1645) -- Britannia's Pastorals, Book ii, Song 2
There 's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Macbeth -- Act ii, Sc. 1...
Mechanic slaves With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Antony and Cleopatra -- Act v, Sc. 2...