And leave us rulers of your blood
As noble till the latest day!

May children of our children say,
'She wrought her people lasting good,

'Her court was pure; her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife and Queen;

'And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to tako
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet

'By shaping some august decree,

Which kept her throne unshaken still, Broad-based upon her people's will;

And compass'd by the inviolate son.'