An Ode to the Queen

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.