scepter'd isle
/ˌseptəd ˈaɪl/
/ˌseptərd ˈaɪl/
- 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-paradiseThis fortress built by Nature for herselfAgainst infection and the hand of war,This happy breed of men, this little world,This precious stone set in the silver sea,…This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”
莎士比亚戏剧《理查二世》中角色约翰·冈特的演讲中出现的描述英格兰的短语。它是一长串赞美英格兰的著名短语的一部分，开头是：“这个国王的王座，这个权杖岛，这个威严的地球，这个火星的座位，另一个伊甸园，半天堂这个堡垒大自然为自己建造的，抵御感染和战争之手，这个幸福的人类品种，这个小世界，这块镶嵌在银海中的宝石，……这片神圣的土地，这片土地，这片王国，这片英格兰。”