Swords and Plowshares/Ye Anglo-Saxons

​Ye Anglo-Saxons

HOW mayde ye Anglo-Saxon wights
 Theyre antient valoure knowne?
'Twas not by grasping others' rights,
 But holding faste theyre owne.

To-day, alas! ye men that beare
 Ye Anglo-Saxon name
Boaste of the golden gyves they weare
 And glory in theyre shame.

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Yet, slaves at home, they wolde enslave
 Away beyond ye sea
Far, alien peoples, proude and brave,
 A-struggling to be free.

Now come, ye Anglo-Saxon wights,
 Once more your plucke make knowne;
And not by grasping others' rights,
 But getting backe your owne!

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