Her reign of sixty-three years will always be remembered in history by her name; it was the ‘Victorian Age’. Her husband was her own cousin, the wise and good Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a small State in central Germany. Edward VII, 1901–10.She was succeeded by her eldest son, Edward VI, whose too short reign closed only after this book was begun. All the Empire is still in mourning for him, the wise and prudent statesman, the peace-lover, the peacemaker of Europe, the noble English gentleman.
George V, 1910.The result of the reigns of Victoria and Edward VII has been to lift the Crown again to a position which it had not occupied in men’s minds since the death of Elizabeth. It is not with our lips only that we are loyal to King George V, it is with our hearts also. The crown is not only the ‘golden circle’ that binds the Empire together; it is the greatest thing in that Empire.
The Bells and the Queen, 1911.
To ring the Bells of London Town.’
When London Town’s asleep in bed
You’ll hear the Bells ring overhead,
In excelsis gloria!
Ringing for Victoria,
Ringing for their mighty mistress—ten years dead!
Than Gloriana guessed or Indies bring—
Than golden Indies bring. A Queen confessed,
A Queen confessed that crowned her people King.
Her people King, and crowned all Kings above,
Above all Kings have crowned their Queen their love—
Have crowned their love their Queen, their Queen their love!
