 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...manner, and that in the fields of Dunbar a decision had been awarded in favour of the English army. RULE BRITANNIA. When Britain first, at heaven's command,...the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang the strain — Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves, Britons never will be slaves. The nations,... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pages
...were darted full on such a scene of natural romance and beauty as had never before greeted my eyes. When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from...the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang the strain : — Rule, Britannia ! Britannia rules the waves ; Britons never will be slaves. The nations,... | |
 | Charles Shearer Keyser - History - 1872 - 186 pages
...was written at a meeting of the St. George's Society, September 28, 1774: — When Britain first, by Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This...guardian angels sang this strain ; Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves. Let us, your sons, by freedom warmed, Your own example... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1872 - 344 pages
...embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. BRITAIN, THE OCEAN-QUEEN. WHEN Britain first at heaven's command, Arose from...This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : Rule, Britannia 1 Britannia rule the waves, Britons never shall be slaves. The nations,... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 pages
...each attractive plant, and sucks, and swells The juicy tide; a twining mass of tubes. Rule, Britannia. Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out...This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves ; Britons never will be slaves." The nations, not... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...true poetic spirit. The above extract is from "The Seasons."] RULE BRITANNIA. 93 RULE BRITANNIA. j|HEN Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out...This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung the strain : Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves ! Britons never shall be slaves. The nations... | |
 | Walt Whitman Rostow - Business & Economics - 1990 - 328 pages
...as a whole, in the world arena of power. In March 1958 Punch published a poem which contained these When Britain first at Heaven's command Arose from out the azure main She scarcely foresaw how NATO planned To plunge her right back in again. Cool, Britannia, beneath the... | |
 | David V. Erdman - Art - 1991 - 628 pages
...awe-inspiring). There are printer's errors in PS, but "awful" suits the context and Blake's general usage. 80 See Rule, Britannia! ("When Britain first, at Heaven's command. Arose from out the azure main") and Mason's Caractacus, Act n. analysis a consistent pattern of variations on the theme of a contrast... | |
 | Linda Colley - Social Science - 2005 - 452 pages
...pragmatic and more generous form. 3 Clod Land: Benjamin West, Allegory <;/ Britannia, 1812 Protestants When Britain first at heaven's command, Arose from...This was the charter of the land. And guardian angels sung this strain: 'Rule Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves'. 1 I AMES THOMSON'S... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...OBNC; OxBS JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748) AND DAVID MALLET (1705P-1765) Alfred, A Masque: Rule Brittania 1 ear life was given, All my life's bliss is in the grave with thee. (1. 17-20) 13 And, even yet, her land, And guardian angels sung the strain-. Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves! Britons... | |
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WHEN Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : ' Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves. 
