LAND
OF HOPE & GLORY
LAND
OF HOPE & GLORY
The tune the BBC tried to ban from Last Night of the Proms, because it was too triumphalist. Not of course because they're a bunch of politically-correct cretins who wouldn't recognize patriotism if it slapped them in the face as they so deserve.
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Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned.
God make thee mightier yet!
On Sov'ran brows, beloved, renowned,
Once more thy crown is set.
Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,
Have ruled thee well and long;
By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,
Thine Empire shall be strong.
CHORUS
Land of Hope and Glory
Mother of the Free
How shall we extol thee
Who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider
Shall thy bounds be set
God, who made thee mighty
Make thee mightier yet
God, who made thee mighty
Make thee mightier yet.
Thy fame is ancient as the days,
As Ocean large and wide:
A pride that dares and heeds not praise,
A stern and silent pride:
Not that false joy that dreams content
With what our sires have won;
The blood a hero sire hath spent
Still nerves a hero son.
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