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First Line: Name that has been thy nation's shield
Last Line: Victoria! Whom god preserve!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901)


(JUNE 22, 1897)

NAME that has been thy nation's shield
On many an alien shore and sea;
Name that in many a fateful field
Has taught the stubborn foe to flee;
Promise and proof of virtues three,
Valour unvaunting, vigour, verve,
We hail thy white-winged Sovereignty,
VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE!

Monarchs there are to whom men yield
Obeisance -- in a bondman's key;
Monarchs whose sceptred might doth wield
Only the rod of Tyranny;
We, in free homage, being free, --
We joy that naught can shake or curve
Thy rectitude of Royalty,
VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE!

Therefore from all our towers be pealed
The note of greeting; therefore be,
As from a thousand springs unsealed,
Outpoured the tide of mirth and glee;
For surely not to-day shall we
From sixty years' allegiance swerve,
Or shame thy twice-told Jubilee,
VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE!

ENVOY.

QUEEN! -- to whom true men bend the knee,
Our island heart and brain and nerve
Are loyal -- loyal unto thee,
VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE!





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