Unit 1.pdf - Southwest High School
Unit 1.pdf - Southwest High School
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S o n g<br />
Activity 1.16<br />
continued<br />
by James Thomson and Thomas<br />
Augustine Arne<br />
My Notes<br />
When Britain first at Heav’n’s command,<br />
Arose from out the azure main,<br />
Arose, arose, arose from out the azure main 1 ,<br />
This was the charter,<br />
The charter of the land,<br />
And guardian angels sang this strain:<br />
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(Chorus)<br />
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves!<br />
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.<br />
The nations not so blessed as thee,<br />
Must in their turn, to tyrants fall,<br />
Must in their turn, to tyrants fall,<br />
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish great and free,<br />
The dread and envy of them all.<br />
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(Chorus)<br />
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,<br />
More dreadful from each foreign stroke,<br />
More dreadful from each foreign stroke,<br />
As the loud blast that, loud blast that tears the skies,<br />
Serves but to root thy native oak.<br />
(Chorus)<br />
Questions for Consideration<br />
1. What does this song reveal about the attitude of the British toward<br />
Britain and the rest of the world when the song was chosen as the<br />
national anthem<br />
2. How might someone who came from one of the countries colonized<br />
by Britain view these lyrics<br />
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azure main: blue ocean<br />
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