Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BALLAD OF THE QUEEN'S MAJESTY, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON 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) | ||||||||
(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...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 1. 1887 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN THE WIDOW AT WINDSOR by RUDYARD KIPLING IDYLLS OF THE KING: DEDICATION by ALFRED TENNYSON IDYLLS OF THE KING: TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON CROWNED AND WEDDED by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE YOUNG QUEEN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING VICTORIA'S TEARS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING VERSES ON THE QUEEN by THOMAS CAMPBELL A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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