APRIL 23 NATIONAL DAY of ENGLAND
ENGLAND my England
In England on April twenty-third
hurrahs in celebration are to be heard
the cross of St George is unfurled to fly
& the shouts of true patriots loudly cry
My England
Rainsoaked fields,pastel green,
perennial impressions
of country scenes.
Shire counties cramped
and compact,neither temperate,
changeable and in exact.
Seasons merging into one,
winters' mild,summers
of sometime sun.
Ancient,historic and
quaintly modern,
pub-grub,village greens
and cricket squares sodden.
MY ENGLAND who...
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