Queen Victoria Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI BJBJ KLKL FFFF MIMI NONO EPEC QRRR FRFR RSRB RRRR TUTU| A Prize Birthday Poem | A |
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| We do not sing of vast domain | B |
| Empires as vast as ours are seen | C |
| And o'er their millions despots reign | B |
| We sing the virtues of our Queen | C |
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| We think of her when but a maid | D |
| The message came the King is dead | E |
| And at her feet a crown was laid | D |
| In deep distress of mind she said | E |
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| In my behalf I ask your prayers | F |
| Then falling on her knees to pray | G |
| She told the Lord her fears and cares | F |
| And sought from Him strength for her day | G |
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| He seemed to say Child do not fear | H |
| I will uphold thee with my hand | I |
| And I will make thy pathway clear | H |
| Thy throne establish in the land | I |
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| 'Twas thus began Victoria's reign | B |
| And God has made her throne secure | J |
| Her enemies will plot in vain | B |
| For it is destined to endure | J |
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| But while she sits on regal throne | K |
| And acts full well a regal part | L |
| She reigns not on the throne alone | K |
| She reigns to day in England's heart | L |
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| Her queenly heart with pity throbs | F |
| For every suffering subject's woes | F |
| In lowly cot 'midst groans and sobs | F |
| She like a ray of sunshine goes | F |
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| As sweet perfume by outward gale | M |
| Is carried far o'er sea and land | I |
| So queenly virtues never fail | M |
| To touch true hearts on every strand | I |
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| In every land her name is blest | N |
| She is beloved by old and young | O |
| From pole to pole from east to west | N |
| The song God save the Queen is sung | O |
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| Through sorrows deep her path has led | E |
| And tender ties have sundered been | P |
| Bright hopes were buried with her dead | E |
| And love has kept their memory green | C |
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| By grief secluded from the world | Q |
| Her path through lonely years she trod | R |
| And oft her life has been imperilled | R |
| But she has leaned upon her God | R |
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| And as she wept a nation's tears | F |
| In heartfelt sympathy were shed | R |
| Forgetting their own griefs and biers | F |
| They wept beside the royal dead | R |
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| With grateful hearts her natal day | R |
| We loyal Britons hail again | S |
| And join with millions as they pray | R |
| God bless our Queen Long may she reign | B |
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| And when at last life's glories fade | R |
| And robes of state are laid aside | R |
| When nature's debt to dust is paid | R |
| And charms no more earth's pomp and pride | R |
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| May angel bands her spirit bear | T |
| Up to the palace of her King | U |
| Where she a fadeless crown shall wear | T |
| And the new song with rapture sing | U |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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