The Calcutta Review, Volume 113Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Feb 1, 2012 - 374 pages Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Art. III.?IN MEMORIAM. Victoria R. Et. I. Her Court was pure; her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife and Queen. ?TENNYSON. THE Queen-Empress is gone! Her world-wide Empire is plunged into the depth of sorrow! A grand personality marked by rare virtues is now gathered to all the glory and greatness of the mighty dead. The world that was privileged to witness and admire that noble personality is in mourning. Never before was there such a loving and beloved Monarch. Never before was there an Empress so mighty in power, and yet so sweet in temper. Wielding the sceptre of the greatest Empire in the world, occupying the proudest position on earth, and foremost of the world's mighty potentates, Victoria the Great stands all alone as the embodiment of all the virtues of womanhood. And to her, rightly styled the mother of her people, millions of her devoted subjects all over the sea-girt earth vie with one another in paying reverential homage. A long and useful life of regal toil has come to a close. Deep-toned bells toll their muffled notes. The black pageant of death is abroad. If her reign was unsurpassed in length of time, her Empire was unequalled in its vastness, and her era was unparalleled in the grandeur of mighty achievements in every department of Literature, Science and Art. Her reign was a series of continuous acquisition of dominion and of the arts that contribute to increased convenience and comfort. Peace and concord at home, and honour and influence abroad ! Above all, she was, by Divine appointment, the real Sovereign of India, whose people she loved with the warmth of a mother. And this love she evinced in a thousand ways. Bound to her by bonds of love, India mourns for her ... |
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