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 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! 
 A certain man has called us, "of all peoples the wisest in 
action," but he added, "the stupidest in read more 
 A certain man has called us, "of all peoples the wisest in 
action," but he added, "the stupidest in speech." 
 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. 
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.
We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.
We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.
 Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail,
 Our lion now will foreign foes assail.  
 Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail,
 Our lion now will foreign foes assail. 
 In England three are sixty different religions, and only one 
sauce.
 [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes read more 
 In England three are sixty different religions, and only one 
sauce.
 [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, 
et une seule sauce.] 
 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. 
 Men of England! who inherit
 Rights that cost your sires their blood.  
 Men of England! who inherit
 Rights that cost your sires their blood.