====== #1194 - Rule Britannia ======
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  *Composer:
    *++Thomas Augustine Arne|{{search>"Thomas Augustine Arne" @cobs}}++ (1710-1778), 1740
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When Britain first, at Heaven's command\\
Arose from out the azure main;\\
Arose, arose from out the azure main;\\
This was the charter, the charter of the land,\\
And guardian angels sung this strain:\\
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"Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:\\
Britons never will be slaves.\\
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:\\
Britons never will be slaves."\\
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The nations, not so blest as thee,\\
Must in their turns, to tyrants fall;\\
Must, must in their turns, to tyrants fall;\\
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,\\
The dread and envy of them all.\\
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Still more majestic shalt thou rise,\\
More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;\\
More, more dreadful, from each foreign stroke;\\
As the loud blast, loud blast that tears the skies,\\
Serves but to root thy native oak.\\
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Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame:\\
All their attempts to bend thee down,\\
All, all their attempts to bend thee down,\\
Will but arouse thy, arouse thy generous flame;\\
But work their woe, and thy renown.\\
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To thee belongs the rural reign;\\
Thy, thy cities shall with commerce shine:\\
Thy, thy cities shall with commerce shine:\\
All thine shall be, shall be the subject main,\\
And every shore it circles thine.\\
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The Muses, still with freedom found,\\
Shall to thy happy coast repair;\\
Shall, shall to thy happy coast repair;\\
Blest Isle! With matchless, with matchless beauty crown'd,\\
And manly hearts to guard the fair.\\
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    *James Thomson (1700-1748), 1740