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1887.
Canada proves her devotion / To her who rules o'er land and sea, / For loyal thoughts do hearts inspire, / To make more glorious empire.
'Tis fifty years since Queen was crowned, / Her brow with golden circlet bound, / She was a girl, graceful, fair, / And has felt joy and anxious care.
Happy years of married life / She enjoyed as Albert's wife, / But Albert died, the wise and good, / And she was left in widowhood.
In her reign the power of steam / On land and sea became supreme, / And all now have strong reliance / In fresh victories of science.
For man doth lightning now employ / And uses it for message boy, / And when he wants a brilliant light, / Electric orbs do shine most bright.
Britain's empire is extending, / Truth and justice ever blending, / May strife and discord ever cease, / And jubilee inaugurate peace.