This royal throne of kings,
this sceptred isle-This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars…
WE WISH
HER MAJESTY
QUEEN ELIZABETH
A Very, Very
Happy
80th BIRTHDAY
And may she long reign over us
To celebrate on
April 21st-2006
In TRIBUTE
We go to the words of one of
our greatest some will say our greatest poet
William Shakespeare
Who is celebrated on
St.George’s
Day-April 23rd
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This royal throne of kings, this
sceptred isle
This
earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This
other Eden, demi - paradise;
This
fortress built by Nature for herself
Against
infection and the hand of war;
This
happy breed of men, this little world,
This
precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which
serves it in the office of a wall,
Or
as a moat defensive to a house,
Against
the envy of less happier lands;
This blessed plot, this earth,
this realm, this England,
This
nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings’
Feared by their breed and famous by their birth,
For
Christian service and true chivalry,
As
is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry
Of
the world’s ransom, blessed Mary’s S;
This
land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land,
Dear for her reputation through the world.’
William Shakespeare (April 23)
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What more is there to say
except that the changes over the last 53 years have seen the gradual erosion of
the tenets of the above tribute from so long ago though many loyal subjects will
not give up the fight to maintain the vision which was so truly versed those
many years ago for the illustrious forebear of the Queen.
Elizabeth I
of
ENGLAND
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