Sunday, 17 August 2008

The Envy of Less Happier Lands

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi paradise;
This fortress built by nature for herself,
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
from Shakespeare's Richard II

"There'll always be an England,
And England shall be free,
If England means as much to you
As England means to me."

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