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    "text": "Stand fast, Great Britain!",
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   {
    "text": "Together England, Scotland, Ireland stand",
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   {
    "text": "One in the faith that makes a mighty land⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "True to the bond you gave and will not break",
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   {
    "text": "And fearless in the fight for conscience’ sake!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Against the Giant Robber clad in steel,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "With blood of trampled Belgium on his heel,",
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    "text": "Striding through France to strike you down at last,",
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   {
    "text": "Britain, stand fast!",
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   {
    "text": "Stand fast, brave land!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "The Huns are thundering toward the citadel;",
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   {
    "text": "They prate of Culture but their path is Hell;",
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   {
    "text": "Their light is darkness, and the bloody sword",
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   {
    "text": "They wield and worship is their only Lord.",
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    "text": "O land where reason stands secure on right,",
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   {
    "text": "O land where freedom is the source of light,",
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   {
    "text": "Against the mailed Barbarians’ deadly blast,",
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   {
    "text": "Britain, stand fast!",
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    "text": "Stand fast, dear land!",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Thou island mother of a world-wide race,",
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   {
    "text": "Whose children speak thy tongue and love thy face,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Their hearts and hopes are with thee in the strife,",
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   {
    "text": "Their hands will break the sword that seeks thy life;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Fight on until the Teuton madness cease;",
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   {
    "text": "Fight bravely on, until the word of peace",
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   {
    "text": "Is spoken in the English tongue at last⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "Britain, stand fast!",
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