Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar). It has an area of 2.6 sqmi km2 flip and is bordered to the north by Spain (Campo de Gibraltar). The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area, home to some 32,688 people (2022 estimate), primarily Gibraltarians. Quotes England, we love thee better than we know—And this I learned, when after wanderings long’Mid people of another stock and tongue,I heard again thy martial music blow,And saw thy gallant children to and froPace, keeping ward at one of those huge gates,Which like twin giants watch the Herculean straits:When first I came in sight of that brave show,It made my very heart within me dance,To think that thou thy proud foot shouldst advanceForward so far into the mighty sea;Joy was it and exultation to beholdThine ancient standard’s rich emblazonry,A glorious picture by the wind unrolled. Richard Chenevix Trench, "Gibraltar", in Poems: Collected and Arranged Anew (1865), p. 59 Variants: 7. Twin giants watching the Herculean Straits. · 9. ... the very ... Seven weeks of sea, and twice seven days of stormUpon the huge Atlantic, and once moreWe ride into still water and the calmOf a sweet evening, screen’d by either shoreOf Spain and Barbary. Our toils are o’er,Our exile is accomplish’d. Once againWe look on Europe, mistress as of yoreOf the fair earth and of the hearts of men.Ay, this is the famed rock which HerculesAnd Goth and Moor bequeath’d us. At this doorEngland stands sentry. God! to hear the shrillSweet treble of her fifes upon the breeze,And at the summons of the rock gun’s roarTo see her red coats marching from the hill! Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, "Gibraltar", in The Love Sonnets of Proteus, 3rd ed. (1882), p. 120 External links Category:Geography of the United Kingdom