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AN IDEAL PASSION by WILLIAM WATSON

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First Line: NOT SHE, THE ENGLAND I BEHOLD
Last Line: AND EVER BREAKS HER WORD.
Subject(s): ENGLAND; ENGLISH;

NOT she, the England I behold,
My mistress is; nor yet
The England beautiful of old,
Whom Englishmen forget.

The England of my heart is she,
Long hoped and long deferred,
That ever promises to be,
And ever breaks her word.



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