Poems of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in The English Bijou Almanacks, 1836-1839/Queen Victoria

by Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The English Bijou Almanack, 1838

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction, 1837, Supplement,
page 422

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA.

And has that young and graceful hand
    Empire o'er land and sea?
Yet though upon the lion's mane,
    Our little tome may be
A fitting offering, calling back
    Thy childish days to thee.

A toy—a trifle, not the less
    Our fairy volume brings
The heartfelt wishes for thy sake
    That wait on graver things;
May every hour its tablets note
    For thee wear angels' wings.