"Land of Hope and Glory" is an English patriotic song. It is particularly noted for being played on the occasion of the Last Night of the Proms amidst much flag-waving. The tune for the song was taken from Pomp and Circumstance which is used as a graduation march in American universities. A Promenade concert in the Royal Albert Hall, 2004. ... The Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. ...

The song is also used as the anthem of England at the Commonwealth Games; England, as part of the United Kingdom, has as its anthem "God Save the Queen" (or King). A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognzed either by a nations government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... God Save the King/Queen is a patriotic song whose origin remains a matter of speculation. ...

The music to which the words below are set is the trio theme from Sir Edward Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1". Words were designed for the melody on the suggestion of King Edward VII who told Elgar he thought the melody would make a great song. When Elgar was requested to write a work for the King's coronation, he worked the suggestion into his "Coronation Ode", for which he asked well-known poet and essayist A C Benson to write the words. The seventh and last section of the Ode uses the march's melody. Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 â€“ 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. ... The Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. ... Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... A C (Arthur Christopher) Benson (1862-1925) was one of six children of Edward White Benson, a late nineteenth_century Archbishop of Canterbury. ...

Due to the King's illness, the coronation was postponed. Elgar created a separate song, which was first performed by Clara Butt in June, 1902. In fact, only the first of the seven stanzas of the Ode's final section was re-used, as the first four lines of the second stanza below. This stanza, (which accompanies the trio section of the March) is the part which is sung today, the first and third having faded into obsolescence. Clara Butt (1872-1936) was an operatic singer. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. ...

The reference to the extension of the British Empire's boundaries seems to reflect the Boer War, recently won at the time of writing, in which Britain gained further territory, endowed with considerable mineral wealth. The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... There were two Boer Wars: the First Boer War (1880-1881) the Second Boer War (1899-1902). ...

The writing of the song is precisely contemporaneous with the publication of Cecil Rhodes's will — in which the great empire builder bequeathed his considerable wealth for the specific purpose of promoting "the extension of British rule throughout the world", and added a long detailed list of territories which Rhodes wanted brought under British rule and colonised by Britons. Cecil Rhodes. ... In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ...

Text

Dear Land of Hope, thy hope is crowned.

God make thee mightier yet!

On Sov'reign brows, beloved, renowned,

Once more thy crown is set.

Thine equal laws, by Freedom gained,

Have ruled thee well and long;

By Freedom gained, by Truth maintained,

Thine Empire shall be strong.

Land of Hope and Glory,

Mother of the Free,

How shall we extol thee,

Who are born of thee?

Wider still and wider

Shall thy bounds be set;

God, who made thee mighty,

Make thee mightier yet

God, who made thee mighty,

Make thee mightier yet.

Thy fame is ancient as the days,

As Ocean large and wide

A pride that dares, and heeds not praise,

A stern and silent pride

Not that false joy that dreams content

With what our sires have won;

The blood a hero sire hath spent

Still nerves a hero son.

Guitar chords

[ G ] Dear Land of [ Em ] Hope, thy [ Asus4 ] hope is [ Am ] crowned.

[ Am7 ] God make thee [ D7 ] mightier [ G ] yet!

On [ F# ] Sov'reign [ F#7 ]brows, be-[ Bm ]-loved, re-[ Bm7 ]-nowned,

[ D ] Once more thy [ Bm ]crown is [ Em ] set. [ A ]

Thine [ G ] equal laws, by [ Em ] Freedom gained,

Have [ D ] ruled thee [ Em7 ] well and [ D ] long; [ A7 ]

By [ D ] Free-[ Bm7 ]-dom [ Bm ] gained, by [ G ] Truth [ F#m ] main-[ Em ]-tained,

Thine [ D ] Empire [ A7 ] shall be [ D ] strong. [ D7 ]

[ G ] Land of [ D ] hope and [ Em ] glo-[ G ]-ry,

[ C ] Mother [ G ] of the [ A ] free. [ D ]

[ G ] How [ A ] shall we ex-[ D ]-tol [ Bm ] thee,

[ G ] Who are [ A ] born of [ D ] thee? [ D7 ]

[ G ] Wider [ D ] still and [ Em ] wi-[ G ]-der,

[ C ] Shall thy [ G ] bounds be [ A ] set. [ D ]

[ G ] God, [ A ] who made thee [ D ] migh-[ Bm ]-ty,

[ C ] Make thee [ D ] mightier [ G ] yet. [ G7 ]

[ C ] God, [ D ] who made thee [ G ] migh-[ Em ]-ty,

[ Am7 ] Make thee [ D ] mightier [ G ] yet.

See also

• "God Save the Queen"
• "Rule Britannia" - a patriotic British anthem
• "Jerusalem" - a patriotic English anthem
• List of United Kingdom-related topics

God Save the King/Queen is a patriotic song whose origin remains a matter of speculation. ... “Rule Britannia” is a patriotic British national song, originating from the poem Rule Britannia by James Thomson, and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. ... An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... And did those feet in ancient time is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: a Poem (1804). ... An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• 1911 performance sung by Clara Butt from www.firstworldwar.com
• Audio file
• Library and Archives Canada