Tupper's Poetical Works Containing proverbial Philosophy a Thousand Lines hactenus Etc Author:Martin Farquhar Tupper General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Original Publisher: Worthington Subjects: Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy ... more »the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: RULE, BRITANNIA! A STIRRING BONO FOR PATRIOT, IN THE TEAR I860. To tlte (uite of " Who. wouldna fgM far Charlie f " Rise ! ye gallant youth of Britain ; Gather to your country's call; On your hearts her name is written Rise to help her, one and all! Cast away each feud and faction ; Brood not over wrong nor ill; Rouse your virtues into action; For we love our country still. Hail, Britannia! hail, Britannia! Raise that thrilling shout once more; Rule, Britannia! Rule, Britannia! Conqueror over sea and shore ! France is coming, full of bluster, Hot to wipe away her stain ; Therefore, brothers, here we muster Just to give it her again ! And if foemen, blind with fury, Dare to cross our ocean-gulf, Wait not then for judge nor jury, -- Shoot them as you would a wolf! 46 Rule, Biitannia' For Britannia, just Britannia, Claims our chorus as before ; Rule, Britannia ! Rule, Britannia! Conqueror over sea and shore. They may writhe, for we have galled them With our guns in every clime, -- They may hate us, for we called them Serfs and subjects in old time ! Boasting Gaul, we calmly scorn you As old jEsop's bull the frogs ; Come and welcome ! for, we warn you, We shall fling you to our dogs! For Britannia, our Britannia, Thunders with a lion's roar ; Rule, Britannia ! Rule, Britannia! Conqueror over sea and shore. See upreared our holy standard ! Crowd around it, gallant hearts! What! should Britain's fame be...« less