IN MEMORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4869, 29 June 1901, Page 3

IN MEMORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

Dedicated to the Duke and Duchess of York. I

How' swift the mournful tidings spread 1 A nation weeps— the Queen is dead ] Oar Queen beloved now lies at rest, The greatest, dearest, and the best. Her like the world baa never known To sway \he eceptre of a throne ; Born to rule by heaven's deorer, Peaoe to her soul through eternity! When first the Royal Crown she wore Her lovely eyes were brimming o'er, When hailed a Queen by millions blest She wept upon her mother's breast. Behold her robed in golden sheen Weeping beoause she was a Queen For every tear she gently shed Ten thousand blessings crowned her head* Jiotorltf, loved pf all hfer raoe, tlo^tit simplicity and grace, Pore' emblem of the ojive spray Bow beMiiiia], she led tW? way. iObmpuiiob swayed fcs* tennw hwuri \ >The b-lm'd! znerey io impart ; . . bleVt her .reign from- shore to shore, Peace glorified the crown she wore. Wisdom divine through the grace of God Illnm'd the glorious path she trod. In reverence due have nobly done Her duty both to God and man. Her life was like an open book Whereon the world might daily look ; Her noble deeds by far outshone The splendors of an earthly throne. A Queen who loved her nation's weal, With all her subjects justly deal ; With them she wept, with them she smiled, Her sympathy their woes beguiled ; Yea even though her heart did bleed Still mourning o'er her sacred dead ; She too hath wept o'er sorrow's cap When called its bitterest dregs to sefp. A loving mother, a faithful wife, Whose virtues crowned a noble life ; Tender at heart and pure of mind, ! Benevolent in her works combined, ; Her .sublime lessons will gleam afar. Nations sing of England's guiding star ; O, star of England, still o'er us shine, And guide us with thy rays divine. E. CoiiVHiLB. Lawrence, May 24th, 1901.