O God, the Ruler over Earth and Sea, Grant us Thy guidance in the reign to be; Grant, that our King may make this ancient land A realm of brothers, working mind and hand To make the life of man a fairer thing; God, grant this living glory to the King. Grant, to our Queen the strength that lifts and shares The daily burden that a monarch bears; Grant, to them both Thy holy help to give The hopeless, hope, the workless means to live; The light to see, and skill to make us see, Where ways are bad, what better ways may be; And grace, to give to working minds the zest To reach excelling things beyond their best; Grant to them peace, and Thy diviner peace, The joy of making human wars to cease; Make wise the councils of the men who sway The Britain here, the Britains far away; And grant us all, that every rightness willed In this beginning reign may be fulfilled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ODE TO HIMSELF by BEN JONSON TO THE BOY by ELIZABETH CLEMENTINE DODGE KINNEY HOLYHEAD, SEPTEMBER 25, 1727 by JONATHAN SWIFT THE STRICKEN HART by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE SPRING OF THE YEAR by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN A PIPE OF TOBACCO (MR. PHILLIP'S STYLE IMITATED) by ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE |