A Hymn Of Empire

(Coronation Year, 1911)     God save England, blessed by Fate,     So old, yet ever young:     The acorn isle from which the great     Imperial oak has sprung!     And God guard Scotland's kindly soil,     The land of stream and glen,     The granite mother that has bred     A breed of granite men!     God save Wales, from Snowdon's vales     To Severn's silver strand!     For all the grace of that old race     Still haunts the Celtic land.     And, dear old Ireland, God save you,     And heal the wounds of old,     For every grief you ever knew     May joy come fifty-fold!     Set Thy guard over us,     May Thy shield cover us,     Enfold and uphold us     On land and on sea!     From the palm to the pine,     From the snow to the line,     Brothers together     And children of Thee.     Thy blessing, Lord, on Canada,     Young giant of the West,     Still upward lay her broadening way,     And may her feet be blessed!     And Africa, whose hero breeds     Are blending into one,     Grant that she tread the path which leads     To holy unison.     May God protect Australia,     Set in her Southern Sea!     Though far thou art, it cannot part     Thy brother folks from thee.     And you, the Land of Maori,     The island-sisters fair,     Ocean hemmed and lake be-gemmed,     God hold you in His care!     Set Thy guard over us,     May Thy shield cover us,     Enfold and uphold us     On land and on sea!     From the palm to the pine,     From the snow to the line,     Brothers together     And children of Thee.     God guard our Indian brothers,     The Children of the Sun,     Guide us and walk beside us,     Until Thy will be done.     To all be equal measure,     Whate'er his blood or birth,     Till we shall build as Thou hast willed     O'er all Thy fruitful Earth.     May we maintain the story     Of honest, fearless right!     Not ours, not ours the Glory!     What are we in Thy sight?     Thy servants, and no other,     Thy servants may we be,     To help our weaker brother,     As we crave for help from Thee!     Set Thy guard over us,     May Thy shield cover us,     Enfold and uphold us     On land and on sea!     From the palm to the pine,     From the snow to the line,     Brothers together     And children of Thee.