Fix'd is his gaze, as by some magic spell, Till he hears the distant murmur, Ring, ring the bell. Chorus. Ring the bell, watchman! ring, ring, ring: Yes, yes, the good news is now on the wing; Yes, yes, they come, and with tidings to tell, Glorious and blessed tidings, Ring, ring the bell! 2 Baring his long silver locks to the breeze, First for a moment he drops on his knees; Then, with a vigour that few could excel, Answers he the welcome bidding,-Ring, ring the Ring the bell, &c. [bell. 3 Hear! from the hill-top the first signal gun Thunders the word that some great deed is done; Hear! through the valley the long echoes swell, Ever and anon repeating,-Ring, ring the bell. Ring the bell, &c. 4 Bonfires are blazing, and rockets ascendNo meagre triumphs such tokens portend; Shout, shout, my brothers, for "all, all is well," 'Tis the universal chorus,-Ring, ring the bell. Ring the bell, &c. 215 "Hurrah for England!" URRAH, hurrah for England! 3 Right joyously we're singing, 4 Then hurrah for merry England, 216 M. A. STODART "Ye Mariners of England." E mariners of England, That guard our native seas; Your glorious standard launch again, And sweep thro' the deep, While the stormy tempests blow; 2 The spirit of your fathers Shall start from every wave! For the deck it was their field of fame, As ye sweep through the deep, 3 Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves; When the stormy tempests blow; Till danger's troubled night depart, To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow; CAMPBELL. 217 W "Rule, Britannia." HEN Britain first, at Heav'n's command, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang this strain : Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves! 2 The nations not so blest as thee Must, in their turn, to tyrants fall; 3 Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful for each foreign stroke; 4 Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; 5 To thee belongs the rural reign ; Thy cities shall with commerce shine; 6 The Muses, still with freedom found, 218 Rule, Britannia, &c. National Anthem. LOD bless our native land, G JAMES THOMSON. May Heav'n's protecting hand May peace her power extend, 2 Through every changing scene, Her heart inspire and move Her throne maintain. 3 May just and righteous laws Home of the brave and free, We pray that still on thee Kind Heaven may smile. 4 And not this land alone, And form one family The wide world o'er. W. E. HICKSON. PART III. SACRED SONGS. 219 PRAISE AND PRAYER. Old Hundredth. ROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Redeemer's name be sung 2 Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord! DR. WATTS 220 Old Hundredth. ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: 2 Know that the Lord is God indeed; And for His sheep He doth us take. 3 O enter then His gates with praise; 4 For why? the Lord our God is good, His truth at all times firmly stood, HOPKINS. |