O God, the Ruler over Earth and Sea, Grant us Thy guidance in the reign to be; Grant, that our King may make this ancient land A realm of brothers, working mind and hand To make the life of man a fairer thing; God, grant this living glory to the King. Grant, to our Queen the strength that lifts and shares The daily burden that a monarch bears; Grant, to them both Thy holy help to give The hopeless, hope, the workless means to live; The light to see, and skill to make us see, Where ways are bad, what better ways may be; And grace, to give to working minds the zest To reach excelling things beyond their best; Grant to them peace, and Thy diviner peace, The joy of making human wars to cease; Make wise the councils of the men who sway The Britain here, the Britains far away; And grant us all, that every rightness willed In this beginning reign may be fulfilled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: SILENCE by THOMAS HOOD A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 48 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN AFTER MUSIC by JOSEPHINE PRESTON PEABODY THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: DEDICATORY SONNET by EDMUND SPENSER IN MEMORY OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |