Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BENJAMIN-CONSTANTS PORTRAIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA, by ARTHUR W. UPSON 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) | ||||||||
APART, with centuries which she doth illume, The sunset on her face, around her throne Tapestried legends and heraldic stone, Silent she sits within that gorgeous gloom. Eyes narrowed in far retrospect assume Sorrows of empire. Not her dream alone Occident glories, Orients homage-prone, But more and more of Lucknow and Khartum. Along the past with heavy-lidded eyes She looks as one who knows the vision well, A quiet woman whom stately powers compel To splendour, and to silent sacrifice For in the clare-obscure of her deep years What counter of gains hath likewise told her tears? | 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 MOTIVE OUT OF LOHENGRIN by ARTHUR W. UPSON |
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