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he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Itali-an!
But in spite of all temptations,
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911), British parodist, librettist. H. M. S. Pinafore.

NOBL. New Oxford Book of English Light Verse, The. Kingsley Amis, ed. (1978) Oxford University Press.

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