"Our Queen."
A Sonnet :.y Ta Whiti
Crowned Mother of the greatest Empire known! For sixty years have passed o'er you a Queen And many Nations, Suitor, their births have seen And magic-lilce. to full est.-ito have grown Under the shadow of thy sunlight throne, Whose Glory so effulgent, long hath been The wonder of the World, and will I ween In grandeur stand when age on age has flown. Greatness await Respect and Nobleness Claims as its due a God-like reverence, And the word "Mother" knows an Eloquence, That Silence best expresseth, none the less. These attributes are all combined in thee. Long may the life of our Queen Mother be.
The following two additional verses to the National Anthem, which were used at the Queen's Jubilee service in 1887, will be sung at the service of the combined choirs in the First Church, Dunedin, on the 22nd inst: —
Lift we both heart and voice, With one accord rejoice On this glad day ; On our Queen's Jubilee Bend we to God the knee, Singing right heartily God Save the Queen. —S. Baring-Gould. God hear our nation's prayer, Safe in Thy loving care Guard Thou our Queen ; Ruler of earth and sea, Through all eternity, In one blest Jubilee, Keep Thou our Queen. —S. N. Skeffington.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 345, 11 June 1897, Page 4
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216"Our Queen." Hastings Standard, Issue 345, 11 June 1897, Page 4
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