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Smeeds: English version of verse 6

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English version of verse 6

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	\|valign="top" \| ''Sixth verse found in the BGS Speech Day 1900 programme''<br/><br/>Floreat Bostona! floreat Regina!<br/>Felix domus sit tota regia!<br/>Qualis per undas stat silex marina,<br/>Immota semper stet Britannia!<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| ''Sixth verse found in the BGS Speech Day 1900 programme''<br/><br/>Floreat Bostona! floreat Regina!<br/>Felix domus sit tota regia!<br/>Qualis per undas stat silex marina,<br/>Immota semper stet Britannia!<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
	\|valign="top" \| <br/><br/>May Boston flourish! may the Queen flourish!<br/>May the whole royal house be happy!<br/>Like a sea-flint standing through the waves,<br/>May Britain always stand unmoved!<br/>May Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!		\|valign="top" \| <br/><br/>May Boston flourish! may the Queen flourish!<br/>May the whole royal house be happy!<br/>Like a sea-flint standing through the waves,<br/>May Britain always stand unmoved!<br/>May Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
	\|valign="top" \|		\|valign="top" \| <br/><br/>Hail to thee, Bostona! Hail the Good Victoria!<br/>Mother of thy people, may God bless both thine and thee!<br/>Stand, as some proud island-rock, amid thy waves, Britannia!<br/>Beacon-light of Liberty, and bulwark of the free!<br/>Hail to thee, Britannia!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!
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Smeeds: English translation

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English translation

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	\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant priores<br/>Exempla qui dedere posteris:<br/>Memores quod illi fecerint, minores<br/>Vestigiis sequamur aemulis:<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant priores<br/>Exempla qui dedere posteris:<br/>Memores quod illi fecerint, minores<br/>Vestigiis sequamur aemulis:<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
			\|valign="top" \| Let Boston flourish! let those who went before flourish<br/>Examples which they gave to posterity:<br/>Remembering what they did, o young ones<br/>Let us follow in the footsteps of our rivals:<br/>Let Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
	\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Hail to those before us,<br/>Leaving us the legacy to do as they have done!<br/>Memory shall inspire us now to join the happy chorus,<br/>Singing the victories that "Boston boys" have won!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!		\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Hail to those before us,<br/>Leaving us the legacy to do as they have done!<br/>Memory shall inspire us now to join the happy chorus,<br/>Singing the victories that "Boston boys" have won!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!
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	\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant tirones,<br/>Labore, litteris, modestia:<br/>Evadere omnes non valent Solones:<br/>At lux carebit nulla linea:<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant tirones,<br/>Labore, litteris, modestia:<br/>Evadere omnes non valent Solones:<br/>At lux carebit nulla linea:<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
			\|valign="top" \| Let Boston flourish! let the young men flourish,<br/>With labour, letters, modesty:<br/>Not all wise men are able to escape:<br/>But no line will lack light:<br/>Let Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
	\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Still in knowledge growing,<br/>Build we up, from day to day, a pure and manly youth!<br/>Great and wise all cannot be, but all may forth be showing,<br/>Greatest of all wisdom is the love of God and Truth!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!		\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Still in knowledge growing,<br/>Build we up, from day to day, a pure and manly youth!<br/>Great and wise all cannot be, but all may forth be showing,<br/>Greatest of all wisdom is the love of God and Truth!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!
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	\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant futuri!<br/>Nostrumque servent integrum decus,<br/>Faces easdem posteris daturi,<br/>Quas nos eundo rite tradimus,<br/>Floreat Bostona!!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant futuri!<br/>Nostrumque servent integrum decus,<br/>Faces easdem posteris daturi,<br/>Quas nos eundo rite tradimus,<br/>Floreat Bostona!!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
			\|valign="top" \| May Boston flourish! may the future ones flourish!<br/>And may our glory be preserved intact,<br/>May we pass on to posterity the same torches,<br/>Which we, as we go forth, duly hand down,<br/>May Boston flourish!!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
	\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! E'er may those succeeding<br/>Love the School, and hold it high in learning and in games!<br/>Handing on the lighted torch we hand to them, and speeding<br/>Ever to the goal of good, with bright, undying flames!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!		\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! E'er may those succeeding<br/>Love the School, and hold it high in learning and in games!<br/>Handing on the lighted torch we hand to them, and speeding<br/>Ever to the goal of good, with bright, undying flames!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!
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	\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant magistri!<br/>Semper virilem diligentiam<br/>Præstent fideles omnium ministri,<br/>Summo Magistro dante gratiam.<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant magistri!<br/>Semper virilem diligentiam<br/>Præstent fideles omnium ministri,<br/>Summo Magistro dante gratiam.<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
			\|valign="top" \| Let Boston flourish! let the masters flourish!<br/>May the faithful ministers of all<br/>always perform manly diligence<br/>With the grace of the Supreme Master.<br/>Let Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
	\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Faithful in your teaching,<br/>Masters, use all diligence, and quit yourselves like men!<br/>Working as God's husbandmen, His heavenly grace beseeching<br/>Faint not: what is sown in tears, in joy shall come again!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!		\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Faithful in your teaching,<br/>Masters, use all diligence, and quit yourselves like men!<br/>Working as God's husbandmen, His heavenly grace beseeching<br/>Faint not: what is sown in tears, in joy shall come again!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!
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	\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant parentes!<br/>Nostri salute et sorte prospera:<br/>Instructiores corpora atque mentes,<br/>Spe nos receptent cras domum bona.<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| Floreat Bostona! floreant parentes!<br/>Nostri salute et sorte prospera:<br/>Instructiores corpora atque mentes,<br/>Spe nos receptent cras domum bona.<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
	\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Hail to those who love us,<br/>Father, mother, dearest ones, to you be health and ~~weal~~!<br/>"Home, - sweet home!" - will greet us soon, - to-morrow's dawn above us,<br/>Best return of duty done, may we your welcome feel!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!		\|valign="top" \| May Boston flourish! may our parents flourish!<br/>To our health and prosperous fortune:<br/>More educated bodies and minds,<br/>Hope that tomorrow good things will receive us home.<br/>May Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
			\|valign="top" \| Hail to thee, Bostona! Hail to those who love us,<br/>Father, mother, dearest ones, to you be health and wealth!<br/>"Home, - sweet home!" - will greet us soon, - to-morrow's dawn above us,<br/>Best return of duty done, may we your welcome feel!<br/>Hail to thee, Bostona!<br/>Brighter be thy glories, as the years roll on!
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	\|valign="top" \| ''Sixth verse found in the BGS Speech Day 1900 programme''<br/><br/>Floreat Bostona! floreat Regina!<br/>Felix domus sit tota regia!<br/>Qualis per undas stat silex marina,<br/>Immota semper stet Britannia!<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!		\|valign="top" \| ''Sixth verse found in the BGS Speech Day 1900 programme''<br/><br/>Floreat Bostona! floreat Regina!<br/>Felix domus sit tota regia!<br/>Qualis per undas stat silex marina,<br/>Immota semper stet Britannia!<br/>Floreat Bostona!<br/>Ne cui secunda sit, laborandum!
	\|valign="top" \| <br/><br/>~~Hail to thee, Bostona~~! ~~Hail to~~ the Queen!<br/>~~Happy with~~ the whole ~~Royal family~~!<br/>~~What stands to rock~~ the waves ~~in the sea~~,<br/>~~Always stay unchanged for~~ Britain!<br/>~~Hail to thee, Bostona~~!<br/>~~Brighter~~ be ~~thy glories~~, ~~as the years roll on~~!		\|valign="top" \| <br/><br/>May Boston flourish! may the Queen flourish!<br/>May the whole royal house be happy!<br/>Like a sea-flint standing through the waves,<br/>May Britain always stand unmoved!<br/>May Boston flourish!<br/>Lest anyone be second, we must labour!
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	== Floreat Bostona Tune ==		== Floreat Bostona Tune ==

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	The tune for Foreat Bostona programmed as midi and converted to mp3.<br/>		The tune for Foreat Bostona programmed as midi and converted to mp3.<br/>
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	The music is reproduced with thanks to [[David Wright (staff)\|David Wright]]		The music is reproduced with thanks to [[David Wright (staff)\|David Wright]]

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
			*[[:Arthur Herbert Greenfield]]
	*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1937]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1937]]
	*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]

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	*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]
	*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1939]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1939]]
			*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1940]]
	*[[:Harold Chester]]		*[[:Harold Chester]]
	*[[:John Gledhill]]		*[[:John Gledhill]]

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	*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1937]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1937]]
	*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]		*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]
			*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1939]]
	*[[:Harold Chester]]		*[[:Harold Chester]]
	*[[:John Gledhill]]		*[[:John Gledhill]]

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
			*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1937]]
			*[[:Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938]]
	*[[:Harold Chester]]		*[[:Harold Chester]]
	*[[:John Gledhill]]		*[[:John Gledhill]]

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	'''Floreat Bostona''' is the school song of [[Boston Grammar School]]. It is sung in Latin by staff and pupils at key school events including [[Charter Day]] and [[Speech Day\|Prize Giving]].		'''Floreat Bostona''' is the school song of [[Boston Grammar School]]. It is sung in Latin by staff and pupils at key school events including [[Charter Day]] and [[Speech Day\|Prize Giving]].

	The ~~words to the~~ first five verses were written in 1866 by the headmaster [[George Edwin Pattenden]], who referred to it as "my school hymn". In 1887, to commemorate [[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]]'s golden jubilee year, Pattenden added a special sixth verse.		The first five verses were written in 1866 by the headmaster [[George Edwin Pattenden]], who referred to it as "my school hymn". In 1887, to commemorate [[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]]'s golden jubilee year, Pattenden added a special sixth verse.

	Within living memory, only the first three verses have been sung.		Within living memory, only the first three verses have been sung at events.

	== Lyrics ==		== Lyrics ==

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	'''Floreat Bostona''' is the school song of [[Boston Grammar School]]. It is sung in Latin by staff and pupils at key school events including [[Charter Day]] and [[Speech Day\|Prize Giving]].		'''Floreat Bostona''' is the school song of [[Boston Grammar School]]. It is sung in Latin by staff and pupils at key school events including [[Charter Day]] and [[Speech Day\|Prize Giving]].

	The ~~Latin and English~~ words to the first five verses were written in 1866 by the headmaster [[George Edwin Pattenden]], who referred to it as "my school hymn". In 1887, to commemorate [[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]]'s golden jubilee year, Pattenden added a special sixth verse.		The words to the first five verses were written in 1866 by the headmaster [[George Edwin Pattenden]], who referred to it as "my school hymn". In 1887, to commemorate [[Wikipedia:Queen Victoria\|Queen Victoria]]'s golden jubilee year, Pattenden added a special sixth verse.

	Within living memory, only the first three verses have been sung.		Within living memory, only the first three verses have been sung.

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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[:~~Timeline of BGS history~~]]		*[[:Harold Chester]]
	*[[:John Gledhill]]		*[[:John Gledhill]]
	*[[:Reginald Bosanquet Swing Band]]
	*[[:Old Bostonian Association Annual Dinner]]		*[[:Old Bostonian Association Annual Dinner]]
	*[[:~~Harold Chester~~]]		*[[:Opening of the Quadrangle buildings]]
	*[[:Speech Day 1956]]		*[[:Speech Day 1956]]
			*[[:Timeline of BGS history]]