The easy optimistic strain
And Pangloss pose must not be thine.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!
But constant warding constant watching craves.
Devotion to the needs of home,
And claims parochial, is not all.
Beware, lest shades more darkling come,
With gloomier writings on the wall.
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!
Britons to careless trust should ne'er be slaves.