The Poetical Works of the Right Hon. George Canning Comprising the Whole of his Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems |
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The sword we dread not: of ourselves secure,
Firm were our strength, our Peace and Freedom sure,
Let all the world confederate all its powers,
“Be they not back'd by those that should be ours,”
High on his rock shall Britain's Genius stand,
Scatter the crowded hosts, and vindicate the land.
Firm were our strength, our Peace and Freedom sure,
Let all the world confederate all its powers,
“Be they not back'd by those that should be ours,”
High on his rock shall Britain's Genius stand,
Scatter the crowded hosts, and vindicate the land.
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