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[[Fil:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|thumb|225px|Rule, Britannia! er en populær patriotisk sang fra Storbritannien]]
[[Fil:Rule Britannia 1.png|thumb|225px|Første side af en 1890'er udgave af [[partitur]]et. [[:Fil:Rule, Britannia!.pdf|PDF udgave]].]]
[[Fil:Rule Britannia 2.png|thumb|225px|Side 2]]
'''"Rule, Britannia!"''' er en patriotisk [[sang]] fra [[Storbritannien]]. Teksten er af den skotske poet [[James Thomson (1700-1748)|James Thomson]]; melodien fra 1740 er af [[Thomas Arne]].

== Tekst ==
'''1'''
:When Britain first, at Heaven's command
:Arose from out the azure main; 
:This was the charter of the land,
:And guardian angels sang this strain:

:"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
:"Britons never will be slaves."

'''2'''
:The nations, not so blest as thee,
:Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall;
:While thou shalt flourish great and free,
:The dread and envy of them all.

:"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
:"Britons never will be slaves."

'''3'''
:Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
:More dreadful, from each foreign stroke;
:As the loud blast that tears the skies,
:Serves but to root thy native oak.

:"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
:"Britons never will be slaves."

'''4'''
:Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame:
:All their attempts to bend thee down,
:Will but arouse thy generous flame;
:But work their woe, and thy renown.

:"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
:"Britons never will be slaves."

'''5'''
:To thee belongs the rural reign;
:Thy cities shall with commerce shine:
:All thine shall be the subject main,
:And every shore it circles thine.

:"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
:"Britons never will be slaves."

'''6'''
:The Muses, still with freedom found,
:Shall to thy happy coast repair;
:Blest Isle! With matchless beauty crown'd,
:And manly hearts to guard the fair.

:"Rule, Britannia! rule the waves:
:"Britons never will be slaves."


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