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FAMOUS SONGS
" Lord, let war's tempests cease, Fold the whole world in peace
Under Thy Wings. Make all the nations one, All hearts beneath the sun, Till Thou shalt reign alone, Great King of Kings."
This seems to have a singularly appropriate application to the present period. The Prince of Wales was present with the Duke of Teck on the memorable occasion of the first public inauguration of Mr, Herbert Beerbohm Tree's handsome new theatre in the Haymarket; and after Mrs. Tree had recited the opening address, written by Mr. Alfred Austin, the poet-laureate^ prefixed by the happy line from " Measure for Measure,"
'* Very well met, and welcome,"
the national anthem was sung, as stated above, and then the play of the evening, " The Seats of the Mighty," by Gilbert Parker, was acted.
As evidence of the mere antiquity of the sentiment of invoking the protection of Provi-dence over royalty, I give the final psalm or sextett and chorus from the very first English comedy we possess, which, oddly enough, was a musical comedy, or comedy with music— " Ralph Roister Doister"—in five acts, written
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