All hail to the Empress of India, Great Britain's Queen! Long may she live in health, happy and serene; Loved by her subjects at home and abroad; Blest may she be when lying down To sleep, and rising up, by the Eternal God; Happy may her visions be in sleep ... And happy her thoughts in the day time; Let all loyal subjects drink to her health In a flowing bumper of Rhenish Wine. And when the final hour shall come to summon her away, May her soul be wafted to the realms of bliss, I most sincerely do pray, to sing with saints above, Where all is joy, peace and love— In Heaven, for evermore to reign, God Save the Queen. Amen. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE LOWEST PLACE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ILICET by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE SONNET: 2. FEBRUARY AFTERNOON by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS IMPRESSIONS: LES SILHOUETTES by OSCAR WILDE |