scepter'd isle

scepter'd isle
scepter’d isle [scepterd isle]
a phrase describing England, which appears in Shakespeare's play ↑Richard II, in a speech by the character ↑John of Gaunt. It is part of a long list of well-known phrases in praise of England, beginning: This royal throne of kings, this scepter’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 the silver sea,... This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

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