THE Victoria Regia: A VOLUME OF ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. V P Non nebis volum. LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY EMILY FAITHFULL AND CO., GREAT CORAM STREET, W.c. Entered at Stationers' Hall. AN ENGLISH TRAVELLER SAW THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS, HE SOUGHT A NAME WHEREBY MIGHT BE EXPREST A FLOWER, A WOMAN, OR A QUEEN COULD CLAIM! SO WE THIS TITLE WITH DUE REVERENCE CHOSE FOR THIS OUR FLOWER, WHICH WE ASPIRE TO LAY AT HER DEAR FEET ROUND WHOSE DOMINION FLOWS THE PERFECT LIGHT OF UNDECLINING DAY. VICTORIA REGIA! MAY OUR BLOSSOM HOLD IN PURE WHITE LEAVES A LOYAL HEART Of gold. |