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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539714" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Queen's Jubilee Celebrations</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Twas in the year of 1897, and on the 22nd of June,<br>Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in London caused a great boom;<br>Because high and low came from afar to see,<br>The grand celebrations at Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">People were there from almost every foreign land,<br>Which made the scene really imposing and grand;<br>Especially the Queen's carriage, drawn by eight coloured bays,<br>And when the spectators saw it joyous shouts they did raise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh! if was a most gorgeous sight to be seen,<br>Numerous foreign magnatss were there for to see the queen;<br>And to the vast multitude there of women and men,<br>Her Majesty for two hours showed herself to them. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The head of the procession looked very grand -<br>A party of the Horse Guards with their gold-belaced band;<br>Which also headed the procession of the Colonial States,<br>While slowly they rode on until opposite the Palace gates. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the sound of the National Anthem was heard quite clear,<br>And the sound the hearts of the mighty crowd it did cheer;<br>As they heard the loyal hymning on the morning air,<br>The scene was most beautiful and surpassing fair. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the house tops thousands of people were to be seen,<br>All in eager expectation of seeing the queen;<br>And all of them seemed to be happy and gay,<br>Which enhanced the scene during the day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when Field Marshal Roberts in the procession passed by,<br>The cheers from thousands of people arose very high;<br>And to see him on his war horse was inspiring to see,<br>Because he rode his charger most splendidly. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Natal mounted troops were loudly cheered, they looked so grand,<br>And also the London Irish Emerald Isle Band;<br>Oh if was a most magnificent sight to see.<br>The Malta Militia and Artillery,<br>And the Trinidad Artillery, and also bodies of infantry,<br>And, as the crowd gazed thereon, it filled their hearts with glee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her Majesty looked well considering her years,<br>And from the vast crowd burst forth joyous cheers;<br>And Her Majesty bowed to the shouts of acclamation,<br>And smiled upon the crowd with a loving look of admiration. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His Excellency Chan Yin Hun in his carriage wan a great attraction,<br>And his Oriental garb seemed to give the people great satisfaction;<br>While the two little Battenberg's carriage, as it drove along,<br>Received from the people cheering loud and long. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the Dragoon Guards and the Huasars filed past at the walk,<br>Then loudly in their praise the people did talk;<br>And the cavalry took forty minutes to trot past,<br>While the spectators in silent wonder stood aghast. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Her Majesty the Empress Frederick a great sensation made,<br>She was one of the chief attractions in the whole cavalcade;<br>And in her carriage was the Princess Louise, the Marchioness of Lorne,<br>In a beautiful white dress, which did per person adorn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The scene in Piccadilly caused a great sensation,<br>The grand decorations there were the theme of admiration;<br>And the people in St. James Street were taken by surprise,<br>Because the lovely decorations dazzled their eyes </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The 42nd Highlanders looked very fine,<br>When they appeared and took up a position on the line;<br>And the magnificent decorations in the Strand,<br>As far east as the Griffin wets attractive and grand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the grandstand from Buckingham Palace to Temple Bar,<br>Was crowded with eager eyes from afar,<br>Looking on the floral decorations and flags unfurled,<br>Which has been the grandest spectacle ever seen in the world. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The corner building of St. James Street side was lovely to view,<br>Ornamented with pink and white bunting and a screen of blue;<br>And to the eye, the inscription thereon most beautiful seems:<br>&quot;Thou art alone the Queen of earthly Queens.&quot; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The welcome given to Commander-in-Chief Lord Wolseley was very flattering,<br>The people cheered him until the streets did ring;<br>And the foreign princes were watched with rivetted admiration,<br>And caused among the sight-seers great consternation, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And private householders seemed to vie with each other,<br>In the lavishness of their decorations, and considered it no bother;<br>And never before in the memory of man,<br>Has there been a national celebration so grand. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And in conclusion, I most earnestly do pray,<br>May God protect Her Majesty for many a day;<br>My blessing on her noble form and on her lofty head,<br>And may she wear a crown of glory hereafter when dead.</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>
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