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 Like a diamond, the whole with an atmosphere bound,

And she variously planted the earth ;

With silver, gold, jewels, she India bestow'd,

France and Spain, to rear vineyards taught she.

What suited each clime, on each clime she bestow'd,

And freedom she found flourish'd here.

Four Cardinal Virtues she left in this isle,

As guardians to cherish the root;

The blossoms of Liberty then first did smile,

And Britain's sons fed on the fruit:

Thus fed and thus bred from a bounty so rare,

O preserve it as free as ‘twas given !

We will, whilst we've breath ; nay, we'll grasp it in death,

Then return it untainted to heaven.

LOUDEN'S BONNY WOODS AND BRAES,

Louden's bonny woods and braes,

I maun lea'e them a‘, lassie ;

Wha can thole, when Britain's faes,

Would gi'e Britons law, Lassie ?

Wha would shun the field of danger,

Wha frae Fame would live a stranger ?