Excerpt from The Queen, and Other Poems The Century that to the grave is gone, Whose birth was fear, confusion, and lament, Parted in joy, beholding ere it went High jubilee of happy Albion. Another step of Time's long stair is won O'er widening life an ampler prospect lent; New morning streams o'er isle and continent; Where is the glorious Light that was our Sun? Yet, Britain mine, though chiefly o'er thy coasts The all-eclipsing shade broods dim and blind, And tears more sad from springs more sacred Thine is but one among the mourning hosts. Thy sorrow is the sorrow of mankind, And the wide world is darker for thy woe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.