White england shouldering from the sea,
  Green England in thy rainy veil,
Old island-nest of Liberty
  And loveliest Song, all hail!

God guard thee long from scath and grief!
  Not any wish of ours would mar
One richly glooming ivy-leaf,
  One rosy daisy-star.

What! phantoms are we, spectre-thin,
  Unfathered, out of...