Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO THE QUEEN, by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS


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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)


I

To her beneath whose stedfast star
From pole to pole in lusty play,
Her English wander, forcing far
Their world-ingathering way;—
Outsoar the Cæsar's eagle flight,
Outrun the Macedonian reign,
Flash from the flamy Northern night
Speech to the Austral main;—

II

To her whose patient eyes have seen
Man's knowledge wax thro' ebb and flow,
Till some have felt these bars between
Wind of the Spirit blow;—
Tho' some, heart-worn with doubt and strife
Would bid the doomful thunder fall,
Bind as with hands the cosmic Life,
And dream the end of all;—

III

Beyond, beyond their wisdom's bound
Thro' fairer realms the Queen shall roam,
Till soul with soul the Wife hath found
Her mystic-wedded home:—
While her long-rumoured glories stir
The blue tide's earth-engirdling wave,
With love, with life, her Prince and her
The All-Father shield and save!





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