 | 1925 - 1028 pagini
...feet. beyond the familiar refrain ? Yet these stirring verses are worthy to be had in remembrance : The nations not so blest as thee Must in their turns to tyrants fall. Whilst thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Still more majestic shalt... | |
 | John Cannon - 1973 - 356 pagini
...French or Spaniards, live under the sway of despots. 'No wooden shoes' was a great comfort. Though 'nations not so blest as thee must, in their turns, to tyrants fall', Britons never, never, never would be slaves. Bolingbroke, in his Dissertation on Parties, lamented... | |
 | Winston Churchill - 1948 - 782 pagini
...the reader (if he needs any) I reprint them here: 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 The Muses still, with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coasts repair; Blest isle, with matchless beauty... | |
 | Suvir Kaul - 2000 - 358 pagini
...reference home, as it were, by claiming that Britain is blessed with the absence of domestic tyranny: The nations, not so blest as thee, Must in their turns...flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. "Rule," &c. (lines 7-11) Britain's constitutional monarchy ensures national freedom and enables international... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 pagini
...became the bombast of the Scot James Thomson: 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, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.'88 At the drop of a hat, it seems,... | |
 | Colin Jones, Dror Wahrman - 2002 - 326 pagini
...ships, and men of war. Sailors jump ashore and begin to sing a specially revised version of Arne's Rule Britannia: The nations, not so blest as thee, Must...flourish great and free The dread and envy of them all The Muses still, with freedom found Shall to thy happy coasts repair, Blest isle, with matchless beauty... | |
 | Jeffrey Richards - 2001 - 548 pagini
...guardian Angels sung this strain: 'Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.' The nations, not so blest as thee, Must in their turns,...flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. 'Rule/ etc. Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful, from each foreign stroke: As the loud... | |
 | Jeffrey Richards - 2001 - 552 pagini
...guardian Angels sung this strain: 'Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves.' The nations, not so blest as thee, Must in their turns, to tyrants fall: While thou shall flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. 'Rule,' etc. Still more majestic shalt... | |
 | Kathleen Wilson - 2003 - 312 pagini
...ocean in prospect, merchant ships and men-of-war. Sailors jump ashore and begin to sing Arne's Ride Britannia: The nations, not so blest as thee, Must...flourish great and free The dread and envy of them all. The Muses still, with freedom found Shall to thy happy coasts repair, Blest isle, with matchless beauty... | |
 | George Courtauld - 2005 - 76 pagini
...this strain 'Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.' The nations, not so blest as thee, Must in their turns to tyrants fall, Whilst thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Rule, Britannia! etc. Still... | |
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Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. 
