 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain • " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves j Britons never will be slaves." The nations, not so blest as thee, W ust, in their turns, to tyrants fall ; While tliou shall flourish great and free. The dread and envy... | |
 | Giuseppe Pecchio - 1833 - 554 pages
...guardian angels sung this strain — ' Rule, Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never shall be slaves ! ' " The nations not so blest as thee, Must in their turn to tyrants fall, Whilst thou shall flourish, great and free, The dread and envy of them all !... | |
 | 1841 - 596 pages
...almost as a matter of faith the sentiment so loftily expressed in our once-cherished national song : The nations not so blest as thee Must in their turns to tyrants fall : But thou shalt flourish— nourish great and free. The dread and envy of them all. Still more majestic... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of her land, And guardian angels sung this strain : ' Rule, Britannia, rule the waves,...Britons never will be slaves.' The nations, not so bless'd as thee, Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall ; Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More... | |
 | Thomas Bilby - 1836 - 154 pages
...1 • • "1 EEC • I xr , ' / — rf« • * — 9 M t 9 • p P f/n i 532= * &_ z f * 2 * * II. The nations not so blest as thee Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall ; Whilst thou shalt flourish great and free : The dread and envy of them all : Rule, Britannia, &c.... | |
 | Charles Dibdin - 1841 - 406 pages
...guardian angels sung this strain, — Rule, Britannia, Britannia rule the waves ; Britons never shall be slaves. The nations not so blest as thee Must in their turn to tyrants fall ; While thou shalt flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Rule,... | |
 | William McCarty - 1842 - 484 pages
...Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain : — ' Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves.' " To spread bright Freedom's gentle sway, Your isle too narrow for its bound, We traced wild ocean's... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...were a people; and perhaps he will refer you to the tuneful numbers of the national grand chorus ; The nations not so blest as thee Must in their turns to tyrants fall, But thou shalt flourish, great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Still more majestic shalt... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...And guardian angels sung the strain : Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves ! Britons never shall eep away the turn to tyrants fall, Whilst thou shall flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Rule... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain : " Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves ! " The nations not so blessed as thee, Must in their turns, to tyrants fall ; While thou shalt flourish great and free, The... | |
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When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: Rule, Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never will be slaves! 
