The mariner, where'er he steers, In every clime he sees The flag that's braved a thousand years, If all unite, as once we did, To keep our flag unfurled; Old England still shall fearless bid But fast will flow the nation's tears, Should lawless hands e'er seize, The flag that's braved a thousand years, The following verse, entitled "Campbell's Address to the United States," may be sung as a finale to the foregoing : United States! your banner wears Two emblems: one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame! But what's the meaning of the stripes? The Mariners of England. Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved a thousand years, B Your glorious standard launch again And sweep through the deep, The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave! For the deck it was their field of fame, Britannia needs no bulwarks, Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy tempests blow; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy tempests blow. The meteor flag of England, Shall yet terrific burn; Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return. Then, then, ye ocean-warriors! Our song and feast shall flow, When the storm has ceased to blow; CAMPBELL. Kule Britannia. When Britain first, at Heav'n's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung the strain: Rule Britannia-Britannia rules the waves, Britons never shall be slaves! The nations not so blest as thee Must in their turn to tyrants fall, While thou shalt flourish great and free, Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke, As the loud blast that rends the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. Thee, haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; To thee belong the rural reign; Thy cities shall with commerce shine. Rule, &c. The Muses still, with freedom found, Rule, &c. THOMSON. The Maple Leaf. Oh! beauty glows in the island rose, But the fair forest land, where our free hearths stand, O'er her fresh wild woods, and her thousand floods, Rears for emblem the "Maple Leaf." Chorus. Then hurrah for the leaf, the Maple Leaf, Up Canadians, heart and hand; High in Heaven's free air, waves your emblem fair, The thistle nods forth, from the hills of the north, And hearts warm and true, and bonnets of blue, Green Erin's dell loves the shamrock well, Chorus. But hurrah, &c. REV. JOHN MCCAUL, LL.D. Hark, the Merry Bells. (FOR THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER.) Hark! the merry bells are going, To you, this day, a King was given, Ye faithful sons, then bless the hour, And with thanksgiving fill the earth. Rejoice! rejoice by love excited, The Orange flag triumphant wave, And drink with hand and heart united, WILLIAM THE GREAT! THE GOOD! THE BRAVE! |