England's heart! With beating nerves

It rallies for the throne,

And, like Luther, well preserves
The knee for God alone !

England's heart is sound enough,
Unshaken and serene,

Like her oak-trees, true and tough,
And old, but glad and green!

England's heart! All Europe hurl'd
To ruin, strife, and death,

Sees yet one Zoar in all the world.
The Goshen of the earth!

England's heart is sound enough,-

And--though the skies be dark,

Though winds be loud, and waves be rough

Safe as Noah's ark !

England's heart,-ay God be praised,

That thus, in patriot pride,

An English cheer can yet be raised
Above the stormy tide :

Safe enough and sound enough,
It thrills the heart to feel

A man's a bit of English stuff,

True from head to heel!

TUPPER'S Ballads and Poems.

ENGLAND AND HER QUEEN.

HURRAH! hurrah for England!
Her woods and valleys green;
Hurrah for good old England!
Hurrah for England's Queen!

In Imitation of the Hindustanee.

(17.)

AIR.-"Hilimili Ponia."-Thoongree.

Strong ships are on her waters,

Firm friends upon her shores; Peace, peace within her borders, And plenty in her stores.

Right joyously we're singing,
We're glad to make it known,

That we love the land we live in,
And our Queen upon the throne.

Then hurrah for merry England!
And may we still be seen
True to our own dear country,
And loyal to our Queen!

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M. A. STODART.

EXCELSIOR.

THE shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!