“This Royal throne of kings; this sceptred Isle;
This earth of majesty; this seat of Mars;
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This happy breed of men; this little world;
This precious stone, set in a silver sea.”
King Richard II.
“Never was isle so little, never was sea so lone,
But over the scud and the palm trees an English flag was flown.”
Rudyard Kipling.
“See what a glorious throng they come,