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Thread #116994   Message #2526193
Posted By: The Sandman
28-Dec-08 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: English Culture - What is it?
Subject: RE: English Culture - What is it?
Diane,he had aspirations to be poet laureate,his bad poetry is regarded by many as amusing,and since he has graced us with his lines on such notables as William Shakespeare ,and the royal family,he can be said to part of english culture.
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.