Excerpt from Songs of England's Glory There has always been much disputation concerning the origin and authorship of the National Anthem. Perhaps its words are an imitation from the Domine Salvum of the Catholic Church. It is, however, asserted by Chappel, and also by Dr. Fink, a German musical antiquary, that Dr. Henry Carey, an English poet and musician (1696- 17430, was author both of the words and the melody. The anthem was composed, it is said, in honour of a birthday of George II., and was performed for the first time at a dinner given on that occasion in 1740 by the Mercer's Company in London. God save our gracious King, Long live our noble King, - 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! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.