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Alice Duer Miller: They make other...

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They make other nations seem pale and flighty,
But they do think England is God almighty,
And you must remind them now and then
That other countries breed other men.

Source: The White Cliffs, 1941.
-- Alice Duer Miller, (Jul 28 1874-1942), US poet, author; She is best remembered for White Cliffs, 1941, a long narrative poem extolling Britain's resistance during WW II; also wrote I Have Loved England.


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