| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Song in “The Foresters” |
| | | Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron (1809–92) |
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| THERE 1 is no land like England | |
| Where’er the light of day be; | |
| There are no hearts like English hearts, | |
| Such hearts of oak as they be. | |
| There is no land like England | 5 |
| Where’er the light of day be; | |
| There are no men like Englishmen, | |
| So tall and bold as they be. | |
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| And these will strike for England | |
| And man and maid be free | 10 |
| To foil and spoil the tyrant | |
| Beneath the greenwood tree. | |
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| There is no land like England | |
| Where’er the light of day be; | |
| There are no wives like English wives, | 15 |
| So fair and chaste as they be. | |
| There is no land like England | |
| Where’er the light of day be; | |
| There are no maids like the English maids, | |
| So beautiful as they be. | 20 |
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| And these shall wed with freemen, | |
| And all their sons be free, | |
| To sing the songs of England | |
| Beneath the greenwood tree. | |
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