When Britain first, at [bad word] Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sang this strain: [bad word]  [bad word] the waves:
«Britons never will be slaves.»
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The nations, not so blest as thee,
Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all. [bad word]  [bad word] the waves:
«Britons never will be slaves.»
3
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak. [bad word]  [bad word] the waves:
«Britons never will be slaves.»
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Thee haughty tyrants ne’er shall tame:
All their attempts to bend thee down,
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown. [bad word]  [bad word] the waves:
«Britons never will be slaves.»
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To thee belongs [bad word] reign;
Thy cities shall [bad word] shine:
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine. [bad word]  [bad word] the waves:
«Britons never will be slaves.»
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The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown’d,
And manly hearts to guard the fair. [bad word]  [bad word] the waves:
«Britons never will be slaves.»