Queen Victoria

BY MISS E. R. SNOW.

Before leaving London, Elder Lorenzo Snow presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert; through the politeness of Sir Henry Wheatly, two neatly bound copies of the Book of Mormon, which had been donated by president Brigham Young, and left in the care of elder Snow for that purpose; which circumstance suggested the following lines:

Of all the monarchs of the earth A herald of salvation bore

That wear the robes of royalty To her, the words of endless life.

She has inherited by birth

The broadest wreath of majesty. That GIFT, however fools deride,

Is worthy of her royal care;

From her wide territorial wing She'd better lay her crown aside

The sun does not withdraw it's light; Than spurn the light reflected there.

While earth's diurnal motions bring

To other nations day and night. O would she now her influence bend-

The influence of royalty,

All earthly thrones are tottering things, Messiah's kingdom to extend,

Where lights and shadows intervene; And Zion's "nursing mother" be;

And regal honor often brings

The scaffold or the guillotine. Thus with the glory of her name

Inscrib'd on Zion's lofty spire,

But still her scepter is approv'd- She'd win a wreath of endless fame,

All nations deck the wreath she wears; To last when other wreaths expire.

Yet, like the youth whom Jesus lov'd,

On [One] thing is lacking, even there. Though over millions call'd to reign-

Herself a powerful nation's boast;

But lo! a prize possessing more 'Twould be her everlasting gain

Of worth, than gems with honor rife- To serve the king, the Lord of Hosts.

For there are crowns and thrones on high, In distant isles the sound is heard;

And kingdoms there, to be confer'd- Ye heavens rejoice! O earth give ear!

There honors wait that never die;

There fame's immortal trump is heard. The time, the time is now at hand

To give a glorious period birth;

Truth echoes-'tis Jehovah's word; The Son of God, will take command

Let kings and queens and princes hear. And rule the nations of the earth.