Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!
Better that Hundred Millions than be slaves.
True, all thy statesmen say the same,
Morley hands Cobden's dictum down.
Yet Ins and Outs do play a game
That hardly adds to thy renown.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!
But Parties squabble and the Exchequer—saves!
If thou'dst maintain thine ocean reign,
And first in Commerce still would'st shine,