Posted by Sigismund on July 4, 2008, at 14:50:55
In reply to » Sigismund » Words, posted by 64Bowtie on July 4, 2008, at 3:22:03
You know what I found out/just read?
I've always enjoyed the straightforwardly paranoid quality of the third verse of what used to be our(!) national anthem before we got Advance Australia Fair. But the last verse is new to me. Starting at verse 3.
O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter thine enemies,
And make them fall:
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On thee our hopes we fix:
God save us all.Not in this land alone,
But be God's mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world over.From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!
Lord grant that Marshall Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!
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