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If nations are like sisters who choose to specialize |
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talents to the girls on either side |
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Who vie amongst themselves for the values to prize |
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Great Britain when America and France had revolutions |
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Decided she should specialize in ancient institutions |
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Leaving s** and art to the French |
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Leaving cash and power to the states |
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Leaving 'Great' in her name, but forgetting to be great |
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Which might explain why Shakespeare is still our greatest writer |
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And why Lord Byron and I thumbed our noses at the ugly sister and ran away |