True MEANING of RULE Britannia №1

Reading: https://greenwood.media/post/alfred-the-opera-that-spawned-rule-britannia
Rediscovering the true meaning of the song & unpacking the ritual at the yearly patriotic ceremony Last Night Proms.
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00:00 - intro
00:01:37 - RB as emergent participatory ritual at proms
00:04:39 - Reading RB
00:05:46 - Verse analysis: 'This was the charter of the land'
00:06:47 - Chorus: 'Master the Unknown'
00:11:22 - 'The nations, not so blest as thee'
00:12:18 - 'More dreadful, from each foreign stroke'
00:14:16 - 'Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame'
00:16:02 - 'To thee belongs the rural reign'
00:18:29 - 'The Muses, still with freedom found'
00:21:51 - ALWAYS sing this song

Greenwood: Exploring the heroic sagas, legends & lore that cultivate English speaking Culture. Readings and analysis of great, and esoteric, English verse, narrative, prose, and speech, to decipher their meaning and psychological value.