scepter’d isle

scepter’d isle
a phrase describing England, which appears in Shakespeare’s play Richard II, in a speech by the character John of Gaunt. It is part of a long list of well-known phrases in praise of England, beginning:
This royal throne of kings, this scepter’d isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-Paradise …

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