The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd Centenary Edition. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Rev. Thomas Thomson ... Poems and Life. With Many Illustrative Engravings [by James Hogg] |
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The Jubilee.
Who will not join the lay,
And hail the auspicious day
That first gave great George the sway
Over our island?
Fifty long years are gone
Since he first fill'd the throne;
And high honours has he won
On sea and by land.
And hail the auspicious day
That first gave great George the sway
Over our island?
Fifty long years are gone
Since he first fill'd the throne;
And high honours has he won
On sea and by land.
Think on his heart of steel;
Think on his life so leal;
Think how he's watch'd our weal,
Till seiz'd with blindness!
In mercy first sent to us;
In love so long lent to us;
Grateful, let's vent our vows
For Heaven's kindness.
Think on his life so leal;
Think how he's watch'd our weal,
Till seiz'd with blindness!
In mercy first sent to us;
In love so long lent to us;
Grateful, let's vent our vows
For Heaven's kindness.
No foeman dare steer to us,
Nor tyrant come near to us;
Of all that's dear to us
He's the defender.
Raise the song! raise it loud!
Of our old king we're proud!
George the just, George the good,
Still reigns in splendour!
Nor tyrant come near to us;
Of all that's dear to us
He's the defender.
Raise the song! raise it loud!
Of our old king we're proud!
George the just, George the good,
Still reigns in splendour!
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