A Dirge, page from Queen Victoria's Album Consolatium, 16 December, 1861. Following the death of Prince Albert, Victoria kept a book in which members of her household and visitors wrote consoling thoughts to help the queen in her grief. This poem must have appealed greatly to Victoria's self-pity, with its declaration that the Queen in her mourning was more utterly alone than the poorest peasant's wife. 'Toll, great bells of Saint Pauls! Toll through the midnight air! Bid all the people fall Upon their knees in prayer For the dear lady, left Upon her glittering throne. More utterly bereft More hopelessly alone Than the poor peasant's wife Because from her is riven The only human life That to her state was given To help, control and guide The only voice below Which had the right to chide...'
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A Dirge, page from Queen Victoria's Album Consolatium, 16 December, 1861. Following the death of Prince Albert, Victoria kept a book in which members of her household and visitors wrote consoling thoughts to help the queen in her grief. This poem must have appealed greatly to Victoria's self-pity, with its declaration that the Queen in her mourning was more utterly alone than the poorest peasant's wife. 'Toll, great bells of Saint Pauls! Toll through the midnight air! Bid all the people fall Upon their knees in prayer For the dear lady, left Upon her glittering throne. More utterly bereft More hopelessly alone Than the poor peasant's wife Because from her is riven The only human life That to her state was given To help, control and guide The only voice below Which had the right to chide...'

Date

1861

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HRM25A15_126

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Droits gérés

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51,0Mo (2,9Mo) / 28,2cm x 45,3cm / 3334 x 5346 (300dpi)

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England people library arts country sad British English royal death text location century Britain handwriting sadness message literature royalty sympathy concept mourning B&W misery British Library sentimental lettering 19th century melodramatic poem poetry black & white black and white B W pity nineteenth century book of condolence maudlin melodrama manuscript English literature Pathos Unknown Prince Albert Albert Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Queen Victoria Victoria Alexandrina Victoria Empress of India Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Consort Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Heritage Art 19th-century dirge

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