Chapter 14 of 78

ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.



We look for, and have promise to behold

A better country, such as earth has none—

Yet, England, am I still thy duteous son,

And never will this heart be dead or cold

At the relation of thy glories old,

Or of what newer triumphs thou hast won,

Where thou as with a mighty arm hast done

The work of God, quelling the tyrants bold.

Elect of nations, for the whole world’s good

Thou wert exalted to a doom so high—

To outbrave Rome’s “triple tyrant,” to confound

Every oppressor, that with impious flood

Would drown the landmarks of humanity,

The limits God hath set to nations and their bound[3].

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