Classic Poem

Chorus

What then should happy Britain do?
Blest with the gift and giver too.

On warlike enterprizes bent
To foreign fields the hero went;
The dreadful part he there perform'd
Of battles fought, and cities storm'd:
But now the drum and trumpet cease,
And wish'd success his sword has sheath'd,
To us returns, with olive wreath'd,
To practice here the milder arts of peace.

Grand chorus

Happy, happy, past expressing,
Britain, if thou know'st thy blessing;
Home-bred discord ne'er alarm thee,
Other mischief cannot harm thee.
Happy, if thou know'st thy blessing
Happy, happy, past expressing.