But I hear their spirits call—

"Is our Mighty Mother hasting

To avenge her children's fall?"

'England rise! Thine ancient thunder

Humbled mightier foes than these;

Broke a whole world's bonds asunder,

Gave thee empire o'er the seas:

And while yet one rose may blossom,

Emblem of thy former bloom,

Let not age invade thy bosom—