Now let the cry, ``To Arms! To Arms!'' br Go ringing round the world; br And swift a wave-wide Empire swarms br Round Battleflag unfurled! br Wherever glitters Britain's might, br Or Britain's banner flies, br Leap up mailed myriads with the light br Of manhood in their eyes; br Calling from farmstead, mart, and strand, br ``We come! And we! And we! br That British steel may hold the land, br And British keels the sea!'' br br From English hamlet, Irish hill, br Welsh hearths, and Scottish byres, br They throng to show that they are still br Sons worthy of their sires: br That what these did, we still can do, br That what they were, we are, br Whose fathers fought at Waterloo, br And died at Trafalgar! br Shoulder to shoulder see them stand, br Wherever menace be, br To guard the lordship of the land br And the Trident of the sea. br br Nor in the parent Isle alone br Spring squadrons from the ground; br Canadian shore and Austral zone br With kindred cry resound: br ``From shimmering plain and snow-fed stream, br Across the deep we come, br Seeing the British bayonets gleam, br Hearing the British drum.