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    Songs of love and empire
    Songs of love and empire
    Songs of love and empire
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    Songs of love and empire

    By E. Nesbit

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    "Songs of love and empire" by E. Nesbit is a collection of 19th-century poetry by the author. Excerpt: "TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND [June 22, 1897] Come forth! the world's aflame with flags and flowers, The shout of bells fills full the shattered air, This is the crown of all your golden hours, More than all other hours august and fair; This did the years prepare, A triumph for our Lady and our Queen, More rich than any king in any land hath seen. Clothed are your streets with scarlet, gold, and blue, Flowers under foot and banners over head, And while your people's voice storms Heaven for you About your way are voiceless blessings shed, And over you are spread Wide wings of love, free love, tamed to your hand, Love that gold cannot buy, nor Majesty command. Not these mere visible millions only, share Your triumph—here all English hearts beat high… "
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJun 2, 2022
    ISBN8596547050902
    Songs of love and empire
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    E. Nesbit

    E. Nesbit (1858–1924) began writing for young adults after a successful career in magazines. Using her own unconventional childhood as a jumping-off point, she published novels that combined reality, fantasy, and humor. Expanded from a series of articles in the Strand Magazine, Five Children and It was published as a novel in 1902 and is the first in a trilogy that includes The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet. Together with her husband, Nesbit was a founding member of the socialist Fabian Society, and her home became a hub for some of the greatest authors and thinkers of the time, including George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells.

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