Land of Hope and Glory

Neben der britischen Nationalhymne God Save the Queen ist Land of Hope and Glory die Hymne von England.

Die Melodie stammt aus dem Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 von Edward Elgar.

Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned.

God make thee mightier yet!

On Sov'ran brows, beloved, renowned,

Once more thy crown is set.

Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,

Have ruled thee well and long;

By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,

Thine Empire shall be strong.

Chorus:

Land of Hope and Glory,

Mother of the Free,

How shall we extol thee,

Who are born of thee?

Wider still and wider

Shall thy bounds be set;

|: God, who made thee mighty,

Make thee mightier yet. :|

Thy fame is ancient as the days,

As Ocean large and wide:

A pride that dares, and heeds not praise,

A stern and silent pride.

Not that false joy that dreams content

With what our sires have won;

The blood a hero sire hath spent

Still nerves a hero son.

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