Poem by George Darley

Lenimina Laborum. 13. To Gloriana

To thee, bright Lady! whom all hearts confess
Their queen, as thou dost highly pace along,
Like the Night's pale and lovely sultaness
Walking the wonder-silent stars among!
Beyond my lowly hopes—take thou no wrong
It in a perilous vein of liberty,
Nymph of the splendid brow and raven tress,
This humble strain I dedicate to thee.
Cold in thy loveliness, as that fond stone
Which vainly emulates thy purity.
Standing in Beauty's temple all alone,—
Do not despise the God of Song in me;
Do not, because thou art, we justly own,
Above all praise, above all homage be! 

1. Lenimina Laborum. 55. Deep in the ocean's thundering wave
2. Lenimina Laborum. 37. The Lost One
3. My Own Epitaph
4. Lenimina Laborum. 10. Fair as the flower is, it will yet decay
5. Lenimina Laborum. 62. On the Picture of a Girl

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