Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Narrative Poems: VIII. EnglandEngland
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)From “King John,” Act V. Sc. 7.
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Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
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Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,
If England to itself do rest but true.