Whilom of peace the fair domain, Or if with trembling hope she cast And grasp the spear, Yet lies her course through war's ensanguined flood; Yet must she win her way through carnage and through blood. Ah! happier Britain, o'er thy plain The storms that shake each neighbour realm with fear, Like distant thunder die upon the ear; They bless the halcyon hours that gave, To rule a people free and brave, A patriot monarch all their own, Their swords his bulwark, and their hearts his throne: And while to this auspicious day The muse devotes her tributary lay, A nation's vows in choral pæan join, And consecrate to fame a 'verse as mean as mine.' Yet not to selfish thoughts confined, Go forth, my sons, and to the world declare, When suff'ring freedom calls, Britannia's arms are there. NOTE TO THE ARTICLE QN THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. IN noticing (p. 406.) 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