A Hymn Of Empire Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEFE GHIHJKJK LLLMNNOM PQRQSTST PMUMMVUV LLLMNNOM WTLTOXUX MUMUOMOM LLLMNNOM| Coronation Year | A |
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| God save England blessed by Fate | B |
| So old yet ever young | C |
| The acorn isle from which the great | B |
| Imperial oak has sprung | C |
| And God guard Scotland's kindly soil | D |
| The land of stream and glen | E |
| The granite mother that has bred | F |
| A breed of granite men | E |
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| God save Wales from Snowdon's vales | G |
| To Severn's silver strand | H |
| For all the grace of that old race | I |
| Still haunts the Celtic land | H |
| And dear old Ireland God save you | J |
| And heal the wounds of old | K |
| For every grief you ever knew | J |
| May joy come fifty fold | K |
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| Set Thy guard over us | L |
| May Thy shield cover us | L |
| Enfold and uphold us | L |
| On land and on sea | M |
| From the palm to the pine | N |
| From the snow to the line | N |
| Brothers together | O |
| And children of Thee | M |
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| Thy blessing Lord on Canada | P |
| Young giant of the West | Q |
| Still upward lay her broadening way | R |
| And may her feet be blessed | Q |
| And Africa whose hero breeds | S |
| Are blending into one | T |
| Grant that she tread the path which leads | S |
| To holy unison | T |
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| May God protect Australia | P |
| Set in her Southern Sea | M |
| Though far thou art it cannot part | U |
| Thy brother folks from thee | M |
| And you the Land of Maori | M |
| The island sisters fair | V |
| Ocean hemmed and lake be gemmed | U |
| God hold you in His care | V |
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| Set Thy guard over us | L |
| May Thy shield cover us | L |
| Enfold and uphold us | L |
| On land and on sea | M |
| From the palm to the pine | N |
| From the snow to the line | N |
| Brothers together | O |
| And children of Thee | M |
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| God guard our Indian brothers | W |
| The Children of the Sun | T |
| Guide us and walk beside us | L |
| Until Thy will be done | T |
| To all be equal measure | O |
| Whate'er his blood or birth | X |
| Till we shall build as Thou hast willed | U |
| O'er all Thy fruitful Earth | X |
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| May we maintain the story | M |
| Of honest fearless right | U |
| Not ours not ours the Glory | M |
| What are we in Thy sight | U |
| Thy servants and no other | O |
| Thy servants may we be | M |
| To help our weaker brother | O |
| As we crave for help from Thee | M |
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| Set Thy guard over us | L |
| May Thy shield cover us | L |
| Enfold and uphold us | L |
| On land and on sea | M |
| From the palm to the pine | N |
| From the snow to the line | N |
| Brothers together | O |
| And children of Thee | M |
Arthur Conan Doyle
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