Henry of Huntingdon on England
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“This, the most celebrated of islands, formerly called Albion, later Britain, and now England.”
“Thy own red-cross, proud England, leads me on, To fields where glory, freedom, shall be won; Fit emblem ours to consecrate the fight... Land of my sires! thy blest deliverer be, And, Christ me aiding, give thee liberty, Or lifeless on thy blood-stained soil to lie, For thee to conquer, or for thee to die.”