Causa Britannica A poem in Latin hexameters with English paraphrase in free heroic verse. By P. J. Bailey |
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Isle dear to God and man, first born o' the sea;
All thy heart bids, and mind approves, let be.
To lands less blessed, teach Freedom's joys and charms;
Teach bodily, mental, social liberty.
Thine to make men, as mine to make man, free.
Fear not the snares of peace, nor war's alarms;
And leave with Heaven the issue of—Our arms.
All thy heart bids, and mind approves, let be.
To lands less blessed, teach Freedom's joys and charms;
Teach bodily, mental, social liberty.
Thine to make men, as mine to make man, free.
Fear not the snares of peace, nor war's alarms;
And leave with Heaven the issue of—Our arms.
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