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NATIONAL HYMNS.

Shall crime bring crime for ever, Strength aiding still the strong? Is it Thy will, O Father,

That man shall toil for wrong? " No," say Thy mountains;" No," Thy skies; Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise, And songs ascend instead of sighs. God save the people!

When wilt Thou save the people? O God of mercy, when? The people, Lord, the people,

Not thrones and crowns, but men! God save the people; Thine they are, Thy children, as Thine angels fair; From vice, oppression, and despair, God save the people!

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NATIONAL HYMNS.

I. THE THRONE.

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YOD save our gracious Queen,

God save the Queen,

Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save our Queen.

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2 Thy choicest gifts in store, On her be pleased to pour, Long may she reign. May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause

To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen.

E. Elliot.

(?) Henry Carey.