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Page 12 - King ! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us ! God save the King!
Page 28 - Tremblez, tyrans, et vous, perfides. L'opprobre de tous les partis ; Tremblez ! vos projets parricides, Vont enfin recevoir leur prix ! Tout est soldat pour vous combattre ; S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros.
Page x - God save great George our king ! Long live our noble king! God save the king!
Page 28 - Amour sacré de la Patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs. Liberté, liberté chérie, Combats avec tes défenseurs. Sous nos drapeaux, que la Victoire Accoure à tes mâles accents : Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire ! Aux armes, citoyens ! Formez vos bataillons : Marchons, qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons.
Page 27 - Allons, enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé ; Contre nous de la tyrannie L'étendard sanglant est levé.
Page 12 - God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us! God save the King! O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall ; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: On Thee our hopes we fix — God save us all!
Page 20 - Allons, enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrive, Contre nous, de la tyrannic, L'etendard sanglant est leve, L'etendard sanglant est leve.
Page 18 - An entire body of the rebels marched off the field in order, with their pipes playing, and the pretender's standard displayed ; the rest were routed with great slaughter ; and their prince was with reluctance prevailed upon to retire. In less than thirty minutes they were totally defeated, and the field covered with the slain. The road, as far as Inverness, was strewed with dead bodies; and a great number of people, who from motives of curiosity had come to see the battle, were sacrificed to the...
Page 62 - And has done so since first the Chaldean began it, Now and then, as she counts them, and measures their years, Brings into our system and names a new planet. Yet the old and new stars, Venus, Neptune, and Mars, As they drive round the sun their invisible cars, Whether faster or slower their races are run, Are " E Pluribus Unum "—of many made one.
Bibliographic information
| Title | National hymns, how they are written |
| Author | Richard Grant White |
| Published | 1861 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Sep 2006 |
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