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listening here in Rome. "England's strong," say many speakers, "If she winks, the Czar must come, Prow and topsail, to the breakers."

"England's rich in coal and oak," Adds a Roman, getting moody, "If she shakes a travelling cloak, Down our Appian roll the scudi."