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Madrigal on the Birthday of Queen Victoria
Lady on the silver throne,
Like the moon thou art to me,
Something bright, august and lone,
Infinite in majesty.
How can I, a pilgrim, sing
Such a dazzling, distant thing?
Like the moon thou art to me,
Something bright, august and lone,
Infinite in majesty.
How can I, a pilgrim, sing
Such a dazzling, distant thing?
But the Moon came down to earth,
Wiping tears from human eyes;
Thou dost bend to grief and mirth,
Woman in thy smiles and sighs;
Empress, take the human praise
That a subject dares not raise.
Wiping tears from human eyes;
Thou dost bend to grief and mirth,
Woman in thy smiles and sighs;
Empress, take the human praise
That a subject dares not raise.
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