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Words: The Queen's Silver Jubilee EIIR 1952 1977 May this old land revive and be Again a star set in the sea. A Kingdom fit for such as She With glories yet undreamt. JOHN MASEFIELD |
these bookmarks were issued in a special folder, the inside right panel holding the woven bookmark, the left hand panel having a poem by John Masefield, The Poet Laureate:
Note: this particular version has had additional words printed at the top of the card, viz:
CITY OF COVENTRY
FREEMEN'S GUILD 25th Annual Ball |
image of inside left hand panel having a poem
by John Masefield, The Poet Laureate: |
words printed on card
LINES ON THE CORONATION OF OUR GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN
This Lady whom we crown was born
When buds were green upon the thorn And earliest cowslips showed; When still unseen by mortal eye One cuckoo tolled his "Here am I," And over little glints of sky, In rain-pools whence the trickles flowed, The small snipe clattered wing, The swallows were upon the road, Nought but the cherry-blossom snowed, The promise was on all fields sowed Of Earth's beginning Spring. Now that we crown Her as our Queen May love keep all her pathways green, May sunlight bless her days; May the fair Spring of her beginning Ripen to all things worth the winning. The very surest of our praise That moral men attempt, May this old land revive and be Again a star set in the sea, A Kingdon fit for such as She With glories yet undreamt.
JOHN MASEFIELD
Poet Laureate
Reproduced by kind permission of The Times Newspapers, and the Society of Authors. |
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