ENGLAND IS MINE

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS IT WAS SHAKESPEARE’S, SNEEKING SEDITION INTO RICHARD III

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS IT WAS WORDSWORTH’S, DOPED UP, AS HE WAS AND WARRING WITH THE FORCES OF REASON

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND YOU, CUSTODIANS OF MY COUNTRY,

ARE RELIEVED OF YOUR POSITIONS

FOR WHILE YOU HAVE ENGLAND,

YOU’LL NEVER HAVE ENGLAND

FOR ENGLAND IS MINE

AND YOU, DEFILERS OF MY COUNTRY

BEWARE

FOR WHILE YOU SPOIL ENGLAND

YOU’LL NEVER SPOIL ENGLAND

FOR ENGLAND IS MINE

AND YOU, WHO ARE PROUD OF MY COUNTRY

SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR FEEBLE IDENTITIES

FOR WHILE YOU INHABIT ENGLAND

YOU’LL NEVER INHABIT ENGLAND

FOR ENGLAND IS MINE

AND I CLAIM IT.

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND I CLAIM IT NOW

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS IT WAS POPE’S, SNEERING LITTLE FREAK WHO LOATHED EVERYTHING

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS IT WAS MILTON’S, DEFENDER OF THE KING, WHO WAS NOT THE KING

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND YOU WEEPING FOR ENGLAND

DO NOT WEEP

WEEP NO MORE FOR ENGLAND

AND YOU CRYING OUT FOR ENGLAND

DO NOT CRY OUT

CRY OUT NO MORE FOR ENGLAND

AND YOU DISMAYED BY ENGLAND

DO NOT BE DISMAYED

BE DISMAYED NO MORE FOR ENGLAND

FOR ENGLAND IS MINE

AND I CLAIM IT

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND I CLAIM IT

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS IT WAS WILDE’S, A FOREIGN MAN, WHO BUGGERED AND WAS IMPRISONED BY ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS IT WAS ST. GEORGE’S, WHO SLEW A DRAGON AND NEVER ONCE CAME TO ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND YOU, BIOGRAPHERS OF MY COUNTRY

ARE MY BIOGRAPHERS

AND YOU, CRITICS OF MY COUNTRY

ARE MY CRITICS

AND YOU, IDOLATORS OF MY COUNTRY

ARE MY IDOLATORS

AND YOU, LOVERS OF MY COUNTRY

ARE MY LOVERS

AND YOU, MY COUNTRY

ARE MINE

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS I DESPISE ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS EVERYTHING I REFUSE IS ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS ALL MY ENEMIES ARE OF ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS THE DRAGON IS ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND I APOLOGISE IF YOU WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION

THAT ENGLAND WAS YOURS

I UNDERSTAND

ENGLAND IS A WHORE LIKE THAT

BUT SHE HAS BEEN

IS

AND EVER SHALL BE MINE

AND DEEP DOWN,

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS THE SERPENT, SUBTLE FIEND, POSSESSOR OF THE EARTH HAD ENGLAND

ENGLAND IS MINE

AS THE DEFEAT OF THE SERPENT TOOK AN EMPIRE AND A PASSION

ENGLAND IS MINE

AND AS ENGLAND SWINGS ABOUT, ALIGNING ITS INTEREST TO THE DEAD KING, AND AS THE DEAD KING’S COURTIERS SWELL TO HIS AID, PROPPING UP THEIR LIFELESS PUPPET WITH OBSEQUIOUS ARMS, AND AS THE CRIERS FOR THE DEAD KING PROCLAIM THE NEWS THAT ENGLAND IS IN THE ARMS OF ITS LAMENTED RULER,

EVEN THEN,

ENGLAND IS MINE.

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