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Rome's matchless buildings, gilded domes,
And the Forum-oh, alas!
The glory then of ancient Rome
Now the glory of the past.
*The seeds of true democracy
Were by the Anglo-Saxons planted;
And the first fruit was seen at Runneymede,
And Magna Charta granted.
In the Parliament of Briton,
In spite of lords or kings, it grew;
And the Baron and the Commoner
Built better than they knew.
It was the dawning of the morning
When the Virgin Queen did reign,
And the British heart rejoiced once more
For the liberties obtained.
In modern times the British
With freedom's flag unfurled
Has preached the Gospel of God and liberty
Around the heathen world.
She rules in Africa and Egypt,
And on to India's coral strand,
And justice is her watchword
For every race of man.
*The turbid waters of the narrow Tiber
Roll on restless to the sea,
And Rome she ruled in narrowness,
And no nation then was free.
*The Tiber where Rome is situated is only 300
feet wide and where it enters into the Mediterranean,
sixteen miles distant, is only 600 feet wide.