(JUNE 22, 1897) NAME that has been thy nation's shield On many an alien shore and sea; Name that in many a fateful field Has taught the stubborn foe to flee; Promise and proof of virtues three, Valour unvaunting, vigour, verve, We hail thy white-winged Sovereignty, VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE! Monarchs there are to whom men yield Obeisance -- in a bondman's key; Monarchs whose sceptred might doth wield Only the rod of Tyranny; We, in free homage, being free, -- We joy that naught can shake or curve Thy rectitude of Royalty, VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE! Therefore from all our towers be pealed The note of greeting; therefore be, As from a thousand springs unsealed, Outpoured the tide of mirth and glee; For surely not to-day shall we From sixty years' allegiance swerve, Or shame thy twice-told Jubilee, VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE! ENVOY. QUEEN! -- to whom true men bend the knee, Our island heart and brain and nerve Are loyal -- loyal unto thee, VICTORIA! WHOM GOD PRESERVE! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN: THE FIRST DAY: PRELUDE. THE WAYSIDE INN by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MASKS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THEN AND NOW by JEAN JACQUES ANTOINE AMPERE SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 34. FAIRY LAND by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |