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This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis other Eden, demi-paradise,\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis fortress built by Nature for herself\u00a0<\/span>
\nAgainst infection and the hand of war,\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis happy breed of men, this little world,\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis precious stone set in the silver sea,\u00a0<\/span>
\nWhich serves it in the office of a wall\u00a0<\/span>
\nOr as a moat defensive to a house,\u00a0<\/span>
\nAgainst the envy of less happier lands,\u2013\u00a0<\/span>
\nThis blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.<\/span><\/p>\nWilliam Shakespeare, King Richard II<\/em>, Act 2, scene 1<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posted from London, England<\/p>\n
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