 | Odes (1894) |  |
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A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM
God save our ancient land,
God bless our noble land,
God save our land!
Yea, from war's pangs and fears,
Plague's tooth and famine's tears,
Ev'n unto latest years
God save our land!
God bless our noble land,
God save our land!
Yea, from war's pangs and fears,
Plague's tooth and famine's tears,
Ev'n unto latest years
God save our land!
God bless our reigning race!
Truth, honour, wisdom, grace,
Guide their right hand!
Yet, though we love their sway,
England is more than they:
God bless their realm, we pray,
God save our land!
Truth, honour, wisdom, grace,
Guide their right hand!
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England is more than they:
God bless their realm, we pray,
God save our land!
Too long the gulf betwixt
This man and that man fixt
Yawns yet unspanned.
Too long, that some may rest,
Tired millions toil unblest.
God lift our lowliest,
God save our land!
This man and that man fixt
Yawns yet unspanned.
Too long, that some may rest,
Tired millions toil unblest.
God lift our lowliest,
God save our land!
God save our ancient land,
God bless our noble land,
God save our land!
Earth's empires wax and wane,
Man's might is mown as grain:
God's arm our arm sustain!
God save our land!
God bless our noble land,
God save our land!
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Man's might is mown as grain:
God's arm our arm sustain!
God save our land!
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