Ye mariners of England, That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze! (Thomas Campbell)

Ye mariners of England, That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!

Thomas Campbell

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