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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: VICTORIA, QUEEN OF ENGLAND (1819-1901) Matches Found: 56 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Name that has been thy nation's shield Last Line: Victoria! Whom god preserve! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) A MADRIGAL (QUEEN VICTORIA), by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who can dwell with greatness! Greatness is too high Last Line: Greater still as woman, greatest in thy tears! Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) A PRAYER FOR THE KING'S MAJESTY; 22ND JANUARY, 1901, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The queen is dead. God save the king Last Line: God, save the king! Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert Subject(s): Edward Vii, King Of England (1841-1910); Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) A REQUISITION TO THE QUEEN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Most august! Empress of india, and of great britain the queen Last Line: That lives in dundee. Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; India; Leadership; Lectures; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 1. 1887, by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From clee to heaven the beacon burns Last Line: And god will save the queen. Alternate Author Name(s): Housman, A. E. Subject(s): Napoleon I (1769-1821); Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) A SONG OF EMPIRE; JUNE 20, 1887, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: First lady of our english race Last Line: Rejoice to-day, and make our solemn jubilee!! Subject(s): Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); British Empire; England - Empire AN ODE TO THE QUEEN; ON HER JUBILEE YEAR, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sound drums and trumpets, far and near Last Line: And let her live and die in peace—is the end of my song. Subject(s): Anniversaries; Courts & Courtiers; Crowns; Leadership; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE QUEEN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: God prosper long our noble queen Last Line: Is the end of my song. Subject(s): Assassination; Courts & Courtiers; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) BENJAMIN-CONSTANTS PORTRAIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Apart, with centuries which she doth illume Last Line: What counter of gains hath likewise told her tears? Subject(s): Constant, Benjamin (1845-1902); Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) CROWNED AND WEDDED, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When last before her people's face her own fair face she bent Last Line: The blessings happy peasants have, be thine, o crowned queen!' Subject(s): Marriage; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Weddings; Husbands; Wives HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT: 1. THE SEA'S SALUTATION, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The immense life of the sea, out of remote horizons Last Line: Passing, under the clatter of wheels and of crowding feet. Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): London; Sailing & Sailors; Ships & Shipping; Tides; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT: 2. THE GREAT ROAD, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: It came up the narrow seas, as a flock it gathered thy / children Last Line: "what bearest thou?""—and the keel makes answer, ""life." Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Life; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT: 3. THE LOOM OF LONDON, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Strange far lives, manifold, each from the other Last Line: "and again whispers to the walls of the unheeding city ""life." Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): London; Seashore; Ships & Shipping; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Beach; Coast; Shore HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT: 4. THE QUEEN'S SONS, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The tide of the sea-listen, its breathing voice is triumphant Last Line: "mine are thy sons!' he calls to thee, 'queen, rejoice in my children.'" Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; Seashore; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Beach; Coast; Shore; Journeys; Trips HIGH TIDE ON THE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT: 5. THE DARK VISION, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: But the sea is immortal, he knows nothing, he cannot / divine Last Line: First he found thee and crowned thee in waste dominions a queen. Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley Subject(s): Mothers; Seashore; Ships & Shipping; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Beach; Coast; Shore IDYLLS OF THE KING: DEDICATION, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These to his memory -- since he held them dear Last Line: Till god's love set thee at his side again! Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): To The Queen;albert, Prince Consort Of England Subject(s): Albert Of Saxe-coburg-gotha (1819-1861); Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Prince Consort Of Queen Victoria IDYLLS OF THE KING: TO THE QUEEN, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O loyal to the royal in thyself Last Line: Where all of high and holy dies away. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Arthurian Legend; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Arthur, King IN MEMORY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN: 1. JANUARY 22, 1901, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The days, the years, the centuries decay Last Line: Friend! Sovereign! Mother! Oh, farewell! Farewell! Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) IN MEMORY OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN: 2. FEBRUARY 1ST AND 2ND, 1901, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forth from her palace gate Last Line: Knit close again! Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) ISLAND QUEEN: BOOK 1, SELS., by SARAH (STICKNEY) ELLIS Poem Source First Line: Work? There are millions working at the loom Last Line: And least remembered in our country's boast Subject(s): Tahiti; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Women LINES INSCRIBED IN A COPY OF HIS POEMS SENT TO THE QUEEN, by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deign, sovereign mistress! To accept a lay Last Line: And help life onward in its noblest aim Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) LINES TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, by ELIZA COOK Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, perchance my untaught strain Last Line: A nation happy, wise, and free Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) LINES, ETC., by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A woman should not rule this realm' Last Line: And guard our coeur de lion still, %in every sacred right! Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline Subject(s): Great Britain - Rulers; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Women's Rights MADRIGAL ON THE BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN VICTORIA, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lady on the silver throne Last Line: That a subject dares not raise. Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) ODE FOR THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, 1897, by FRANCIS THOMPSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Night; and the street a corpse beneath the moon Last Line: Filled with the shaven faces of the norman horde. Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) ON A SILVER WEDDING; MARCH 10, 1888, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The rapid tide of gliding years Last Line: A throne, a people great! Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) ON THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fifty times the rose has flower'd and faded Last Line: Dawns into the jubilee of the ages. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) OUR WIDOWED QUEEN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The husband of the widow care for her Last Line: Then may her husband praise. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Albert Of Saxe-coburg-gotha (1819-1861); Death; Love - Loss Of; Tears; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Widows & Widowers; Prince Consort Of Queen Victoria; Dead, The QUEEN TAKES DRAWING LESSONS, by J. PATRICK LEWIS Poem Source First Line: At buckingham palace in royal red Last Line: She smiled. 'you clevah chap!' Variant Title(s): The Queen Takes Drawing Lessons From King Lea Subject(s): Lear, Edward (1812-1888); Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) QUEEN VICTORIA, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "welcome now, victoria!" Last Line: "ladies, help me for to sing, / victoria, queen of england" Subject(s): "victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); QUEEN VICTORIA, by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: With mystic power hath played upon the heart Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Mackenzie Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Death; Dead, The QUEEN VICTORIA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Welcome now, victoria! Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) QUEEN VICTORIA'S BABY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "oh, yes, I'll sing with all my heart" Last Line: Queen victoria's baby Subject(s): "babies;birth;courts & Courtiers;victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901);" Infants;child Birth;midwifery QUEEN'S AFTER-DINNER SPEECH, by PERCY FRENCH Poem Source First Line: Me loving subjects,' sez she Last Line: And before our flag's furled,' sez she, %'we'll own the wurruld,' says she Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) SIDERA CADENTIA (ON THE DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA), by FORD MADOX FORD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When one of the old, little stars doth fall Last Line: And the ultimate change that we fear feels a little less far. Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Death; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Dead, The SONNET TO QUEEN VICTORIA, ON A PUBLIC CELEBRATION, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How art thou calm amid the storm, young queen! Last Line: The living, loving, nature of a child! Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Alas! Our noble and generous queen victoria is dead Last Line: The greatest and most virtuous queen that ever wore a crown. Subject(s): Crowns; Death; Leadership; Obituaries; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Dead, The THE DIAMOND JUBILEE; AN ODE. JUNE 20, 1897, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Rejoice, give thanks for all the centuries Last Line: And bless with heart and voice this fair auspicious day. Subject(s): Anniversaries; Great Britain - History; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); English History THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE; AN ODE, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With soaring voice and solemn music sing! Last Line: Laud them, rejoice, peal forth: worthy are they of praise! Subject(s): Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); British Empire; England - Empire THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES: BOOK 7, STANZA 7, by THOMAS COOPER Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: I saw thee on the day thou wast a bride Last Line: Was mine, -- for thee, that day, I breathed devotion leal. Alternate Author Name(s): Chartist, The Subject(s): Marriage; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Weddings; Husbands; Wives THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES: BOOK 7, STANZA 8, by THOMAS COOPER Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: And many a heart, yielding, that festive day Last Line: All gentle feelings in their way to some dire end. Alternate Author Name(s): Chartist, The Subject(s): Marriage; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Weddings; Husbands; Wives THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES: BOOK 7, STANZA 9, by THOMAS COOPER Poem Text Poet Analysis First Line: When next thou passest by whitehall, look up Last Line: Throughout thy realm -- 'queen! From the fearful past -- be wise!' Alternate Author Name(s): Chartist, The Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ave you 'eard o' the widow at windsor Last Line: (poor beggars! -- they'll never see 'ome!) Variant Title(s): The Sons Of The Widow Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) THE YOUNG QUEEN, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The shroud is yet unspread Last Line: People's voice! Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, REVISITING WALES; AUGUST 24, 1889, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Welcome, dear lady, welcome once again Last Line: Of welcome to our queen, bidding all hearts rejoice. Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) TO THE QUEEN, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Within the page, oh, royal ladye! - seeking Last Line: A nation breathes upon victoria's name! Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) TO THE QUEEN, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To her beneath whose stedfast star Last Line: The all-father shield and save! Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) TO THE QUEEN, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Revered, beloved - o you that hold Last Line: And compass'd by the inviolate sea.' Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) V.R. 1819-1901; A REVERIE, by THOMAS HARDY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mightiest moments pass uncalendered Last Line: Till ripening years have run. Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) VERSES ON THE QUEEN, by THOMAS CAMPBELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Victoria's sceptre o'er the deep Last Line: Our thoughts into idolatry. Variant Title(s): Verses On The Queen Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) VICTORIA, by MARY M. SINGLETON CURRIE Poem Text First Line: Queen of so many nations that the sun Last Line: A lonely woman, -- sable garmented. Alternate Author Name(s): Fane, Violet; Lamb, Mary Montgomerie; Singleton, Mrs. Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) VICTORIA, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now from the throne of england one is borne Last Line: The type of motherhood. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) VICTORIA (JUNE 22, 1893), by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Queen! What is this that comes Last Line: Stat matris gloria!' Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T. Subject(s): Sea; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Ocean VICTORIA (ON LEARNING THAT THE QUEEN'S CONDITION WAS HOPELESS), by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE Poem Text First Line: Her reign: the greatest that this realm hath seen Last Line: Than hers, so bravely borne! Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles Subject(s): Sickness; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); Illness VICTORIA REGINA, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL Poem Text First Line: The earth is full of tears. 'the queen is dead!' Last Line: Received into the presence of the king. Subject(s): Death; Heroism; Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901); War; Dead, The; Heroes; Heroines VICTORIA'S TEARS, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O maiden! Heir of kings! Last Line: To wear that heavenly crown! Subject(s): Victoria, Queen Of England (1819-1901) |
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