Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="TO_THE_QUEEN" id="TO_THE_QUEEN"></SPAN>To the Queen</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">W</span>E send thee greetings on this morn in May,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Long live the Queen, right fervently we pray!<br/></span> <span class="i0">We daughters of this country young and fair<br/></span> <span class="i0">Join all our voices, singing songs of thee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">O may the words ring clearly on the air,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And reach the island cradled in the sea.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Our Queen! lo, at the words a thrill of pride,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of tenderness, and trust springs into life.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Our Queen, who rules so well her kingdom wide,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Our Queen, so soft in peace, so bold in strife.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Our Queen! the love of loyal hearts we give,<br/></span> <span class="i0">We join our voices and we proudly say,<br/></span> <span class="i0">God bless the sweetest Woman&mdash;and long live<br/></span> <span class="i0">The greatest Ruler in the world to-day!<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_112" id="page_112"></SPAN>{112}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />