Rule, Britannia! – drugi (mniej formalny) hymn Wielkiej Brytanii. Pochodzi z wystawianej na dworze księcia Walii przez kompozytora Thomasa Augustine’a Arne’a maski (masque) Alfred w 1740 roku. Melodię podchwyciła szybko ulica i marynarze. Autorem słów jest James Thomson.
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thumb|Posąg Brytanii w pubie w Saint Helier, Jersey 1 When Britain first at Heav'n's command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain:
Rule, Britannia! 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! 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! 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!