A painting by Englishman John William Waterhouse of the Romanticism period (click to make bigger). It is from Roman mythology of Narcissus & Echo. Narcissus is a young man known for his striking beauty - much like England and the things it gave the world ;) Echo, who is a mountain nymph, falls in love with him, but she has to idly watch when he sees his own reflection in the water and falls in love with himself. Perhaps then an apt metaphor for England, where Echo reflects the world and why so often they see England as conceited and so full of itself ;)
Pomp and Circumstance was one of many military marches by English composer Edward Elgar. The most famous of these is March No. 1 in D major for ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ a patriotic song written by English poet and author Arthur Benson, in collaboration with Elgar, that is now part of the traditional Last Night of the Proms' shown live by the BBC. 'Last Night of the Proms' is the final night of part of an eight week summer season of daily classical music concerts called The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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