Where islands spot the ocean’s face,

Or where uncultured tribes have place?

O no, O no, O no, O no!

Her boundary farther yet must go.

“Where doth proud England’s boundary stand?

In Afric’s land? Columbus’ land?

Or is it marked by desert sand?

By rocks, or by the sea’s wide strand?

O no, O no, &c.

“Where doth proud England’s boundary stand