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O God, the Ruler over earth and sea,

Grant us Thy guidance in the reign to be:

Grant, that our King may make this ancient land

A realm of brothers, working, mind and hand

To make the life of man a fairer thing:

God, grant this living glory to the King.

Grant, to our Queen, the strength that lifts and shares

The Daily burden that a monarch bears:

Grant, to them both, Thy holy help to give

The hopeless, hope, the workless means to live:

The light to see, and skill to make us see,

Where ways are bad, what better ways may be:

And grace, to give to working minds the zest

To reach excellent things beyond their best:

Grant to them peace, and Thy diviner peace,

The joy of making human wars to cease:

Make wise the councils of the men who sway

The Britain here, the Britains far away:

And grant us all, that every rightness willed

In this beginning reign may be fulfilled.