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TO THE QUEEN
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To her beneath whose stedfast starFrom 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;—
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To her whose patient eyes have seenMan'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:—
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Beyond, beyond their wisdom's boundThro' 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!
January 1898.
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