Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JUBILEE HYMN, by JOHN BETJEMAN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In days of disillusion Last Line: Ring out loud the jubilee. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Elizabeth Ii, Queen Of England; Music & Musicians; Performing Arts - Spain; Singing & Singers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Songs | ||||||||
In days of disillusion, However low we've been To fire us and inspire us God gave to us our Queen. She acceded, young and dutiful, To a much-loved father's throne; Serene and kind and beautiful, She holds us as her own. And twenty-five years later So sure her reign has been That our great events are greater For the presence of our Queen. Hers the grace the Church has prayed for, Ours the joy that she is here. Let the bells do what they're made for! Ring our thanks both loud and clear. From that look of dedication In those eyes profoundly blue We know her coronation As a sacrament and true. Chorus For our Monarch and her people, United yet and free, Let the bells from ev'ry steeple Ring out loud the jubilee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY HOW TO GET ON IN SOCIETY by JOHN BETJEMAN |
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