What stands if Freedom fall?
Who dies if England live?

These lines frame personal sacrifice as negligible when set against the survival of a larger political community and its ideals. The rhetorical questions imply that if “Freedom” collapses, nothing else worth defending remains (“What stands…”), and that an individual’s death is rendered meaningful—or at least bearable—if the nation endures (“Who dies…”). The coupling of “Freedom” with “England” fuses an abstract principle with a concrete homeland, typical of patriotic verse that seeks to moralize military duty. The effect is to elevate collective continuity above individual life, urging courage by redefining loss as service to an enduring cause.