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 England is a paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy is a 
paradise for horses, hell for women.  
 England is a paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy is a 
paradise for horses, hell for women. 
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.
 Oh, to be in England,
 Now that April's there,
  And whoever wakes in England
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 Oh, to be in England,
 Now that April's there,
  And whoever wakes in England
   Sees some morning, unaware,
    That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf,
     Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf
      While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
       In England--now. 
 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
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 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
   Her home is on the deep. 
 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to read more 
 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! 
 If I should die, think only this of me:
 That there's some corner of a foreign field
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 If I should die, think only this of me:
 That there's some corner of a foreign field
  That is forever England. There shall be
   In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
    A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
     Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
      A body of England's, breathing English air,
       Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home. 
 Let Pitt then boast of his victory to his nation of 
shopkeepers--(Nation Boutiquiere).  
 Let Pitt then boast of his victory to his nation of 
shopkeepers--(Nation Boutiquiere). 
 Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire,
 Cast her ashes into the sea,--
  She shall escape, read more 
 Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire,
 Cast her ashes into the sea,--
  She shall escape, she shall aspire,
   She shall arise to make men free;
    She shall arise in a sacred scorn,
     Lighting the lives that are yet unborn,
      Spirit supernal, splendor eternal,
       England! 
 In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the 
English.
 [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont read more 
 In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the 
English.
 [Fr., Quoique leurs chapeaux sont bien laids,
  Goddam! j'aime les anglais.]