Ode On The Stability Of The British Empire Written On The Occasion Of The Coronation Of King Edward The Seventh Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Ode on the Stability of the British Empire, Written on the Occasion of the Coronation of King Edward the Seventh The mists that hide the storied past uprise, A vision of ten centuries appears: Three lines of kings appear before the eyes, That coalesce, and last a thousand years: Down through the ages to the present day, The triune line appears, and still has sway. Three nations now are one, The strife of old is done; Awake the lyre, and sing the song of peace! The enmities of yore, Entomb for evermore; Of ancient discord let there he surcease! Although a thousand years have run their race, Since royal Alfred struggled with the Dane, A king who can from Alfred clearly trace His lineage doth now in England reign: The throne of England, having for its wall The full consent of freemen, cannot fall. A hundred thrones are low, But it doth stronger grow; Ye sons of England, let your voices rise In thanks for Heaven's aid; Though realms arise and fade, The ancient realm of England never dies. Ten centuries ago the Scottish throne, By monarchs, crowned upon the lia-fail, Was held; and soon, around the ancient Stone Assembled, will the Scottish leaders hail A king, whose line come down from days of eld, A thousand years the Scottish throne has held. The king descent can trace From Scotland's royal race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.