XXII.

Yet hide the sabre's hideous glare

Whose edge is bath'd in streams of blood,

The lance that quivers high in air,

And falling drinks a purple flood;

For Britain! fear shall seize thy foes,

While freedom in thy senate glows,

While peace shall smile upon thy cultur'd plain,

With grace and beauty her attendant train.

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