Famous Queen Victoria Poems by Famous Poets

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An Address to the New Tay Bridge

...herefore Brooklyn Bridge cannot with thee cope;
And as you have been opened on the 20th day of June,
I hope Her Majesty Queen Victoria will visit thee very soon,
Because thou art worthy of a visit from Duke, Lord or Queen,
And strong and securely built, which is most worthy to be seen
Near by Dundee and the bonnie Magdalen Green....Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz


The Death of the Queen

...Alas! our noble and generous Queen Victoria is dead,
And I hope her soul to Heaven has fled,
To sing and rejoice with saints above,
Where ah is joy, peace, and love. 

'Twas on January 22, 1901, in the evening she died at 6.30 o'clock,
Which to the civilised world has been a great shock;
She was surrounded by her children and grandchildren dear,
And for the motherly, pious Queen they sh...Read more of this...
by McGonagall, William Topaz

The Fire Sermon

...hand,
  And puts a record on the gramophone.

  "This music crept by me upon the waters"
  And along the Strand, up Queen Victoria Street.
  O City city, I can sometimes hear
  Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,                             260
  The pleasant whining of a mandoline
  And a clatter and a chatter from within
  Where fishmen lounge at noon: where the walls
  Of Magnus Martyr hold
  Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold.

       The...Read more of this...
by Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)

The Rum Parade

...um should spoil its flavour. 


When we get to Africay we'll be landed straight away, 
And quartered with the troops of Queen Victoria; 
And we hope they'll understand that the moment that we land 
We are ready for a march upon Pretoria. 
And we'll pay off all the scores on old Kruger and his Boers, 
And just to prove our manners aren't a failure, 
And to show we are not mean, shure we'll give them the quinine, 
And drink the rum in honour of Australia....Read more of this...
by Paterson, Andrew Barton

The Waste Land

...automatic hand,
And puts a record on the gramophone.
 "This music crept by me upon the waters"
And along the Strand, up Queen Victoria Street.
O City city, I can sometimes hear
Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street, 
The pleasant whining of a mandoline
And a clatter and a chatter from within
Where fishmen lounge at noon: where the walls
Of Magnus Martyr hold
Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold.
 The river sweats
 Oil and tar
 The barges drift
 With the turnin...Read more of this...
by Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns)


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