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Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 – 1930)

Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis 1913

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Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis

Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 – 1930)

Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis 1913

Royal Archives/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Pax hominibus bonae voluntatis Royal Archives/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

This was the first Laureate poem by Robert Bridges, presented to King George V in time for Christmas 1913. It was set to music by the English composer Gerald Finzi in 1954.

Presented to King George V by Robert Bridges, 1913

RA PS/PSO/GV/C/KA/551/2

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