The meteor flag of England
Shall yet terrific burn,
Till danger's troubled night depart,
And the star of peace return.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
-- Ye Mariners of England
Shall yet terrific burn,
Till danger's troubled night depart,
And the star of peace return.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
-- Ye Mariners of England
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- Ye mariners of England,
That guard our native seas;
Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle... - Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along the steep;
Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on... - When the stormy winds do blow;
When the battle rages loud and long,
And the stormy winds do blow. -- Thomas Campbell (1777... - Loose his beard, and hoary hair
Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air.
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- The Bard, I, 2, Line... - And did those feet, in ancient times,
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the Holy Lamb of God In England's pleasant... - And did those feet, in ancient times,
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the Holy Lamb of God In England's pleasant... - Again to the battle, Achaians!
Our hearts bid the tyrants defiance!
Our land, the first garden of Liberty's tree, It has... - Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;
Our tongue is known in every clime,
our flag in every sea. -- Mary Howitt (1804-1888)... - Burn a flag for
freedom...
