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FOR NOT UPON THOSE HILLS ALONE,
THE SPORT OF ENGLAND SHALL BE DOOMED
AS OVER THE BROAD FACE CREEPS THE SHADOW ON THE WALL
OUR CREEDS AND ANCIENT FAITHS THE ALTER
AND THE CROWN BEFORE THE TIDE WILL GO DOWN.
BASE CHURCH WILL MOCK THE MIGHTY HEROES
OF THE PAST. WRITTEN ON OUR SCROLLS OF TIME,
OUR RELIGION WILL BE HELD A JEST
AND PATRIOTISM A CRIME.
NO HYMNS OF PRAISE SHALL BE
ALLOWED IN THE VILLAGE SCHOOLS AS
ONLY MATERIAL INTERESTS RULE.
THE GLORY OF A THOUSAND YEARS WILL END
IN FOUL DISGRACE COARSE DEMAGOGUES REPLACE
THE STATESMEN THAT ONE RULED
TRADE AND PROFIT THE SOLE DEVICE
THE ARMY AND NAVY WILL BE CAST ASIDE,
AS BEING COSTLY THINGS AND
DEFENSE OF THE REALM AN EMPTY PRIDE,
THE FOOTSTEPS OF MILLIONS OF
INVADERS ENGLAND WILL KNOW,
AND HOME BRED TRAITORS WILL GIVE
HAND TO ALBION'S DEADLY FOES
POWERLESS AND DISARMED BEFORE THE FOREIGNER ,
THE BRITISH KNEE WILL HUMBLY BEND,
AND YIELD THE TREASURES,
'SHE LACKED THE WISDOM TO DEFEND '
BY D.W. NASH 1870
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