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This sceptr'd isle

for choir SATBdiv

Duration 3' 30"

Words by William Shakespeare

commissioned by the Exmoor Singers of London, 2005

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other settings of Shakespeare by Paul Ayres include:
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Fairies' Song
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So hallow'd
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Text

This royal throne of kings, this sceptr'd isle
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars
This other Eden, demi-paradise
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in a silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands;
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...

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