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Stand fast, Great Britain! / Together England, Scotland, Ireland stand / One in the faith that makes a mighty land, / True to the bond you gave and will not break / And fearless in the fight for conscience' sake! / Against Giant Robber clad in steel, / With blood of trampled Belgium on his heel, / Striding through France to strike you down at last, / Britain, stand fast!
Stand fast, brave land! / The Huns are thundering toward the citadel; / They prate of Culture but their path is Hell; / Their light is darkness, and the bloody sword / They wield and worship is their only Lord. / O land where reason stands secure on right, / O land where freedom is the source of light, / Against the mailed Barbarians' deadly blast, / Britain, stand fast!