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"WAKE UP, ENGLAND"


THOU careless, awake!
    Thou peacemaker, fight!
Stand, England, for honour,
    And God guard the Right!

Thy mirth lay aside,
    They cavil and play:
The foe is upon thee,
    And grave is the day.

The monarch Ambition
    Hath harnessed his slaves;
But the folk of the Ocean
    Are free as the waves.

For Peace thou art armed
    Thy Freedom to hold:
Thy Courage as iron,
    The Good-faith as gold.

Through Fir, Air, and Water
    Thy trial must be:
But they that love life best
    Die gladly for thee.