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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:3920
AUTHOR:James Thomson (1700–1748)
QUOTATION:When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
  Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of her land,
  And guardian angels sung the strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
Britons never shall be slaves.
ATTRIBUTION:Alfred. Act ii. Sc. 5.
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
 

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