 | 1926 - 1126 pagini
...referred to sang the National Anthem, and in the second verse — Oh Lord our God, arise, Scatter her enemies, And make them fall: Confound their politics; Frustrate their knavish tricks; when he came to the line he changed the pronoun apostrophising the Deity and sang On her our hopes... | |
 | Gilbert Keith Chesterton - 1986 - 626 pagini
...of conflict. I quote from memory, but I think the verse runs — O Lord, our God, arise. Scatter his enemies, And make them fall. Confound their politics. Frustrate their knavish tricks; On Thee our hopes we fix: God save us all. It is the only verse that begins with something like fine Biblical... | |
 | Elizabeth Hale Winkler - 1990 - 382 pagini
...national anthem has, in its littleknown second stanza, words much in the spirit of the ironic scene: O Lord our God, arise, Scatter our enemies, And make...their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks; On thee our hopes we fix: God save us all.53 Shortly afterward, the enemy bomb of reprisal explodes in... | |
 | Anthony Powell - 1995 - 748 pagini
...victorious, Happy and glorious Long to reign over us; God save the King! O Lord our God arise Scatter his enemies, And make them fall. Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On thee our hopes we fix; God save us all. Thy choicest gift in store On him be pleased to pour; Long... | |
 | Robert Middlekauff - 2023 - 292 pagini
...there were cheers, the salutes of cannon, and this song sung to the music of "God Save the King": O Lord our GOD arise, Scatter our Enemies And make them fall. Confound their politics, Frustrate such Hypocrites Franklin, on Thee we fix, GOD save us all.4: Scattering his enemies surely appealed... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1998 - 502 pagini
...second verse of the British national anthem by Henry Carey (i693?-i743): 'Confound their Politicks, / Frustrate their Knavish Tricks, / On him our Hopes we fix, / God save us all.' 237 (p. 199) Chapter 21 After CD's death Forster restored the cuts the author had made in the proofs... | |
 | Edward Royle - 2000 - 228 pagini
...XIV in 1686, the words of a later verse were explicitly loyalist: O Lord our God, arise, Scatter his enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics; Frustrate their knavish tricks; 154 On him our hopes are fix'd; O save us all.29 When Benjamin Brierley came to reconstruct in fiction... | |
 | Roger Levy, Dean Smart - 2002 - 84 pagini
...victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us God save the Queen! 0 Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies, And make them fall: Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix; God save us all! Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long... | |
 | Koigi Wa Wamwere - 2003 - 396 pagini
...victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen. O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all Every morning, we sang and prayed for our own damnation. How... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 2003 - 546 pagini
...the Third;' Miss Pross curtseyed at the name; 'and as such, my maxim is, Confound their politics,2 Frustrate their knavish tricks, On him our hopes we fix, God save the King!' Mr Cruncher, in an access of loyalty, growlingly repeated the words after Miss Pross, like... | |
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God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us! God save the King! O Lord our God, arise! Scatter his enemies, And make them fall ; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks: On Thee our hopes we fix —... 
