Transcribed from the 1912 Gay and Hancock edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

 

THE ENGLISHMAN AND OTHER POEMS

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

BY

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

 

GAY AND HANCOCK, LTD. 12 AND 13 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN LONDON 1912

12 AND 13 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN

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p. vPREFACE THE QUEEN’S LAST RIDE

p. v

THE QUEEN’S LAST RIDE

(Written on the day of Queen Victoria’s funeral)

The Queen is taking a drive to-day, They have hung with purple the carriage-way, They have dressed with purple the royal track Where the Queen goes forth and never comes back.

Let no man labour as she goes by On her last appearance to mortal eye; With heads uncovered let all men wait For the Queen to pass in her regal state. Army and Navy shall lead the way For that wonderful coach of the Queen’s to-day.

p. viKings and Princes and Lords of the land Shall ride behind her, a humble band; And over the city and over the world Shall the Flags of all Nations be half-mast-furled, For the silent lady of 

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