Sonnets written chiefly during a tour through Holland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, and Hungary. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley |
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TO THE QUEEN.
Young Sovereign Excellence!—all eyes to theeAre turned, with deepest homage in their gaze,
While every glance beams full of love and praise,
As they would learn to look, unshrinkingly,
On all that men with awe most breathless see,
And unto bright Perfection fearless raise
Their glances gladly, and adore that blaze
Of majesty and grace and triumph free!
Virtue looks lovelier than Herself, even there—
In thy sweet form, where all her graces smile,
Yea!—lovelier than her lovely self, and fair!—
There—there she casts off her severer style;
She doth thy charms, the young, the witching wear,
And thou art clad with all, her mightiest arms the while!
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