South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8)

CHAPTER I

TO QUEEN VICTORIA

"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 mak...