<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539547" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Requisition to the Queen</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Smiths Buildings No. 19<br>Patons Lane,<br>Dundee.<br>Sept the 6th. 1877. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Most August! Empress of India, and of great Britain the Queen,<br>I most humbly beg your pardon, hoping you will not think it mean<br>That a poor poet that lives in Dundee,<br>Would be so presumptous to write unto Thee </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most lovely Empress of India, and Englands generous Queen,<br>I send you an Address, I have written on Scotlands Bard,<br>Hoping that you will accept it, and not be with me to hard,<br>Nor fly into a rage, but be as Kind and Condescending<br>As to give me your Patronage </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beautiful Empress, of India, and Englands Gracious Queen,<br>I send you a Shakespearian Address written by me.<br>And I think if your Majesty reads it, right pleased you will be.<br>And my heart it will leap with joy, if it is patronized by Thee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Most Mighty Empress, of India, and Englands beloved Queen,<br>Most Handsome to be Seen.<br>I wish you every Success.<br>And that heaven may you bless.<br>For your Kindness to the poor while they are in distress.<br>I hope the Lord will protect you while living<br>And hereafter when your Majesty is ... dead.<br>I hope the Lord above will place an eternal Crown! upon your Head.<br>I am your Gracious Majesty ever faithful to Thee,<br>William McGonagall, The Poor Poet,<br>That lives in Dundee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539547" data-title="A Requisition to the Queen de William Topaz McGonagall" data-description="Smiths Buildings No. 19 Patons Lane, Dundee. Sept the 6th. 1877. Most August! Empress of India, and of great Britain the Queen, I most humbly beg your pardon, hoping you will not think it mean That a poor poet that lives in Dundee, Would be so ..."></div> </div> </div>

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