(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...FESSEDEN'S GARDEN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN IN MEMORY OF DOCTOR DONNE by R. B. SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEA by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD LOVE AND MADNESS; AN ELEGY by THOMAS CAMPBELL SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 108 by BLISS CARMAN |