Arthur Christopher Benson (April 24, 1862-June 17, 1925) was an English author and educator, whose works include: The Upton Letters; From a College Window; and Walter Pater. In 1902, he wrote Land of Hope and Glory:
<Land of hope and glory, mother of the free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.> 1862AB001
1862AB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Arthur Christopher Benson, 1902, in his work titled, Land of Hope and Glory. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 699.