| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1266. England |
| | | By George Edgar Montgomery |
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THE VOICE of England is a trumpet tone | |
| When that inviolate Mother wills it so: | |
| Nations may rise and fall, and tyrants go | |
| Upon their devious, darkened paths: alone | |
| England preserves her people and her throne, | 5 |
| Her ancient freedom, her perpetual flow | |
| Of broad and brightened life; time shall not show | |
| This mighty Nation pitiful and prone. | |
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II
It is the Saxon soul that speaks in her, | |
| The stanchest soul that earth has ever wrought | 10 |
| To guide humanity in faith and light. | |
| The shivering slave has been her worshipper, | |
| And with defiant courage she has taught | |
| Red Tyranny to cringe before the Right. | |
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