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Carmen Saeculare
CARMEN SAECULARE BY oH ACson VE wANDYS: LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO, Lap. PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD Igor
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Carmen Saeculare
CARMEN SAECULARE BY ST. E. A. OF M. AND S. LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. LTD. PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD 1901
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Carmen Saeculare
No stone of London soon shall stand upon another, No son of her throughout the land shall know his brother. I will destroy her who is rotten : from the face Of earth shall fail the misbegotten, root and race ; And the fair country unto them again I give, Whom in long exile men contemn : for they shall live.” Yea, they shall live ! The Celtic race ! Amen ! And I Give Praise, and close mine eyes, cover my face, and laugh— and die. 7
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Carmen Saeculare
…r That cowed the world with her malignant frown, And drove the Celt to exile and despair, Is battered now—God’s fire destroys the town ; London admits God’s air. They scorned the god that made them ; yea, they said : “ Lords of this globe, the Saxon race, are we. “ Europe before us lies, as men lie dead ; “ Britannia—ho ! Britannia rules the sea ! ” This night thy kingdom shall be finishèd, Thy soul required of thee. Hail ! France ! Because thy freedom hath rebelled Against the alien, and the golden yoke ; Because thy justice lives and reigns, …
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