IN MEMORIAM.
VICTORIA 606 d. - (1837-1S01.) ' , ' - Hei sun i«th set.trium/pJiait, and her work remains. - .- _Np monument- of hard-enduring stone . 1 No* xequiems quaint, nor cheerless sad re- ' drains. She needs, -who left that throne. iStrange were the .sights -she' s*w,-wtt Em1 " -press ' Queen.v" _. ■ -'„_, _- Fierce .-waiis 4Bat .^firmly' init'ptir Empire . strong^ ' . -. ~ - ' • .* Eind_ vdeeflß* she^wirouglrl; that feep -her 1 "• memory- green.;" ' *. . " - -i?eajrl«ss— with 'scorn -of , .wrong. * Mother, .of s iiations-^all. .peopiea'- caEect lier f\ T iles's ," "',.-".." - "" - ' Erapr-eseoi 'lands o'er wlacli.-'J}«r stax "hath; -_--. -6©t. ' _ -' r - --.". - - . /' " .From -narth* to south -abe^svroy'i— they haar- ■ -* ; tend eastf; «nd wetrt— '' ~~- , , At' -whose word anmes met. - - * v -"■'_'--'*"'. "?' ■" The iro&ted coron«t ~ of Canada she yroxe, - And Jndia's jewlled crown — » .prioeleas :• gem. - "\ - Her £e«tß : have swept the 'seas round Aide's - ".' "shoire'; , "" t - "fex-VAxretral diadem — -. Glitter'd ' resplendent gleams «f light (Tbo-last work of - thoso ianda -bow -'-cold ■ _. ana still).. • - -<--•'- That light -is -dinun'd, «nd .in crar , darkest anight /- -* _ " • - We murnrar'a at His will. - . Tho' she is gone; onr nation's architect, Oxu- Empire still 'is Imilding stone -on stone. And, joined together, can '"the world direct, Standing alert— alone. z- - *. _ -J. 34'Idk.TJCHiAir. - ' Bound Hill. -
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 70
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182IN MEMORIAM. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 70
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