Ode to the Royal Family of the British Commonwealth.

 

Blessings light on thee noble house,

May the lion and unicorn

In gladdening heraldry rouse

The spirits of the British born;

And all the admiring persons

That with an envy see thy rule

Gladd'ning our nations' orisons

Like a moonlit and starlit pool.

The embossed insignia weds

Proud countries close together stood,

Which the animous nation dreads,

And the friendly bonds with the good.

May there be no diminution

Of the thousand ties which link arms,

Like the threaded tapestry's seams,

Preserving thee from foreign harms,

And ensures the plenteous dreams

That form together the royal soul

Of this nation's traditional

Lineage, a face, and a coin

Of minted worth and blood loyal,

Right and distinction, far espied.

With the legend of ages told,

The things that sacrifice denies,

The histories in reams are scrolled.

By bulwarks guarded, life descries

The real glories that made thee kings

And queens of a commonwealth far

Spanning the oceans' tides, and brings

Prosperity in every bar.