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England's Hope And England's Heir.

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England's Hope and England's Heir!     Head and crown of Britain's glory,     Be thy future half so fair     As her past is famed in story,     Then wilt thou be great, indeed,     Daring, where there's cause to dare;     Greatest in the hour of need,     England's Hope and England's Heir.     By her past, in acts supreme,     By her present grand endeavour,     By her future, which the gleam     Of our fond hopes brings us ever:     We can trust that thou wilt be     Worthy of a fame so rare,     Worthy of thy destiny,     England's Hope and England's Heir.     Be thy spirit fraught with hers,     Queen, whom we revere and honour;     Be thine acts love's messengers,     Brightly flashing back upon her;     Be what most her trust would deem,     Help the answer to her prayer,     Realize her holiest dream,     England's Hope and England's Heir.     Welcome, Prince! the land is wide,     Wider still the love we cherish;     Love that thou shalt find, when tried,     Is not born to droop and perish;     Welcome to our heart of hearts;     You will find no falsehood there,     But the zeal that truth imparts,     England's Hope and England's Heir.     Welcome to our woodland deeps,     To our inland lakes, and rivers,     Where the rapid roars and sweeps,     Where the brightest sunlight quivers.     Loyal souls can never fail;     Serfdom crouches in its lair;     But our British hearts are hale,     England's Hope and England's Heir.

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