In this her Jubilee,
Long may she reign!
May she be near to us,
Ever more dear to us,
Oftener appear to us,
God save the Queen!
Truth. February 17, 1887.
An Improved “National Anthem.”
At the opening of the People’s Park, Manchester, by Prince Albert, a greatly improved “National Anthem” was sung, it would make an excellent substitute for the objectionable old version. As an improved “National Anthem,” perhaps there is none more worthy than the following, by Mr. W. E. Hickson, and its adoption would be an excellent Jubilee memento:—