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By John Davidson
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Basil.St. George for Greater England, then!The Boreal and the Austral men!They reverence the heroic rollOf Englishmen who sang and fought:They have a soul, a mighty soul,The soul of English speech and thought.
Sandy.And when the soul of England slept—
Basil.St. George for foolish England, then!—
Sandy.Lo! Washington and Lincoln keptAmerica for Englishmen!
Basil.Hurrah! The English people reignsAcross the wide Atlantic flood!It could not bind itself in chains,For Yankee blood is English blood!
Herbert.And here the spring is queenIn robes of white and green.

Percy.

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