10th November.
God save the King! from every British heart This wish goes up to heaven all round the world This stirring prayer makes British pulses start Where'er Great Britain's banner is unfurled.
'A King worth saving! Royal, brave, and wise, Not passionless, yet dignified and strong; Who reads his warrant in his people's eyes, And Knows they mean their "May his reign be long!" A King worth loving! For we know his heart Is with his people hourly, first and last; In all their griefs and joys he takes his part, And his love for them meets a love as vast.
And Edward, King, we love you all the more For your great pluck, in those dark days of June, When Charon's boat seemed waiting at the shore "God save the King!" to-day's our only tune!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.