SHELL ON FUND
JULY 10, 1940

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

J. E. TILTON & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.

ALVORD, PRINTER.

TO THE QUEEN.

REVERED, beloved-O you that hold

A nobler office upon earth

Than arms, or power of brain, or birth

Could give the warrior kings of old,

This laurel greener from the brows

Of him that uttered nothing base;

And should your greatness, and the care
That yokes with empire, yield you time
To make demand of modern rhyme
If aught of ancient worth be there;

Then-while a sweeter music wakes,

And thro' wild March the throstle calls,

Where all about your palace-walls

The sun lit almond-blossom shakes

Take, Madam, this poor book of

song;

For tho' the faults were thick as dust
In vacant chambers, I could trust

Your kindness. May you rule us long,

And leave us rulers of your blood

As noble till the latest day!

May children of our children say, "She wrought her people lasting good;

"Her court was pure; her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed

In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen;

"And statesmen at her council met

Who knew the seasons when to take

Occasion by the hand, and make

The bounds of freedom wider yet

"By shaping some august decree,

Which kept her throne unshaken still,

Broad based upon her people's will, And compass'd by the inviolate sea."

MARCH, 1851.