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The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Hold up the Lion of England on high!
Shout for God and our right!

_Chorus_.--Shout for England! etc.




XXI

=National Song=

There 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
Where'er the light of day be;
There are no men like Englishmen,
So tall and bold as they be.

_Chorus_.--For the French the Pope may shrive 'em,
For the devil a whit we heed 'em,
As for the French, God speed 'em
Unto their hearts' desire,
And the merry devil drive 'em
Through the water and the fire.

_Chorus_.--Our glory is our freedom,
We lord it o'er the sea;
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