Land of Hope and Glory

"Land of Hope and Glory" is an English patriotic song. It is particularly noted for being played on the occasion of the Last Night of the Proms amidst much flag-waving.

The song is also used as the national anthem of England at the Commonwealth Games, although officially England does not have a national anthem.

The music to which the words below are set is a theme from Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1.

 Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned.
 God make thee mightier yet!
 On Sov'reign brows, beloved, renowned,
 Once more thy crown is set.
 Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,
 Have ruled thee well and long;
 By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,
 Thine Empire shall be strong. 

 Land of Hope and Glory,
 Mother of the Free,
 How shall we extol thee,
 Who are born of thee?
 Wider still and wider
 Shall thy bounds be set;
 God, who made thee mighty,
 Make thee mightier yet.

 Thy fame is ancient as the days,
 As Ocean large and wide
 A pride that dares, and heeds not praise,
 A stern and silent pride
 Not that false joy that dreams content
 With what our sires have won;
 The blood a hero sire hath spent
 Still nerves a hero son.