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 England with all thy faults, I love thee still--
 My country! and, while yet a nook is left
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 England with all thy faults, I love thee still--
 My country! and, while yet a nook is left
  Where English minds and manners may be found,
   Shall be constrained to love thee. 
 England! my country, great and free!
 Heart of the world, I leap to thee!  
 England! my country, great and free!
 Heart of the world, I leap to thee! 
 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! 
 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.] 
 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! 
 Those pigmy tribes of Panton street,
 Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,
  Obedient to a tyrant's read more 
 Those pigmy tribes of Panton street,
 Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,
  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. 
 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. 
 This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only 
an organizing genius could produce a shortage read more 
 This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only 
an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at 
the same time. 
 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.