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When Britain first, at Heav'n's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: "Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; "Britons never will be slaves."

The nations not so blest as thee, Must in their turn to tyrants fall; While thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Rule, Britannia! &c.