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success to thee, Old England,
 * Success to thee, and then,

A health to those brave sons of thine,
 * The gallant Englishmen;

For warmer hearts have never throbb'd,
 * Nor braver ever been,

Than those who form in phalanx warm
 * The bulwark of thy Queen.

Then success to thee, Old England,
 * For whate'er thy errors be,

Thou still art known from zone to zone,
 * As the dauntless and the free;

And who but thee, Old England,
 * Thou merciful as brave,

Performed that heavenly mission,
 * Which gave freedom to the slave?