For Honor’s prize each country vie;
Ho! ho! ye plains, ye hills, ye vales;
Ho! ho! my kinsmen, ho! and hail
Our brother Belgians from afar,
Who now (responsive) westward sail,
To join in modern modes of war.
Hoist, Britons, hoist the banner high! etc.
To join in modern modes of war
They came, our brother Belgians come,
But not for conquest, nor the star