Quote#Homeland
Be England what she will
Quote byCharles Churchill · 1731–1764
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Farewell (1764), line 27; comparable with: "England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country!", William Cowper, The Task, book ii. The Timepiece, line 206.
English (original)
Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still.
— Charles Churchill
More from Charles Churchill
Genius is of no country; her pure ray Spreads all abroad, as general as the day.
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known, Defacing first, then claiming for his own.
He sickened at all triumphs but his own.
Fashion—a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to excuse. To copy beauties, forfeits all pretence To fame—to copy faults, is want of sense.