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619.

[Can all her fleets and armies save]

O my father, my father, the chariot of, &c. —xiii. 14.

Can all her fleets and armies save
Britannia from her foes?
No confidence in these we have,
When Rome and hell oppose:

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What is it then that stands between,
Our nation's sure defence?
The prayers of a few righteous men,
Back'd with Omnipotence!