England is a green country, of fields and wooded hills;

And England is a black country, of factories and mills.

In its big and busy cities of concrete, brick, and steel,

It is hard to know the people, and what they think and feel.

Its language is a mixture of Celtic, Saxon,Greek,

With German,French an Latin, so it's difficult to speak.

It is famous for its cricket, and for its love of tea;

Thatched cottages in villages,small harbours by the sea.

It's proud of its long history, and many books are written

On the fondness of the British for clinging to tradition.

And visitors still marvel at a ceremonial scene

Like the Trooping the colour in the presence of the Queen.

(REMBOWSKA, Dilys. Sound, Sense and Rhythm. Longmans, Green and Co, 1967, p 7)