A land of settled government,
A land of just and old renown,
Where Freedom slowly broadens down
From precedent to predecent.
Source: You ask me why
-- Alfred, Lord Tennyson, (Aug 6 1809-1892), English poet; He was the Poet Laureate, 1850-92 who wrote Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 and Idylls of the King, 1885.