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. |
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TO THE QUEEN.
Fair Morning Star of England!—
Thou—her Beautiful—her Bright.
How her mighty heart rejoiceth
To dwell in thy clear light.
Thou—her Beautiful—her Bright.
How her mighty heart rejoiceth
To dwell in thy clear light.
Queen of the Ocean-kingdom!
Paved with coral are the halls
Where the shadow of thy greatness,
With a pomp mysterious, falls!
Paved with coral are the halls
Where the shadow of thy greatness,
With a pomp mysterious, falls!
Queen of the bannered Navies!—
That lord it o'er the deep;
Queen of the marshalled Nations,
That Fame unclouded reap!
That lord it o'er the deep;
Queen of the marshalled Nations,
That Fame unclouded reap!
The Old Sea, with all his billows,
Grows the girdle of thy state;
Of thy throne the foaming threshold—
He, the glorious and the great!
Grows the girdle of thy state;
Of thy throne the foaming threshold—
He, the glorious and the great!
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And the proud tracks are his waters,
Of thy thousand paths abroad—
Thy Lion is Leviathan
Of the Ocean's billowy road.
Of thy thousand paths abroad—
Thy Lion is Leviathan
Of the Ocean's billowy road.
Sweet Morning Star of England,
Thou, her Beautiful, her Bright;
Still her mighty heart rejoiceth
To dwell in thy fair light!
Thou, her Beautiful, her Bright;
Still her mighty heart rejoiceth
To dwell in thy fair light!
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