Excerpt from The Passing of Victoria: The Poets' Tribute; Containing Poems by Thomas Hardy, W. E. Henley, A. C. Benson, Sir Lewis Morris, Flora Annie Steel, Violet Fane, Etc Low to stand even for a page-length between the reader and the distinguished company of writers whose poems in memory of our beloved Queen Victoria have been gathered here, the Editor feels that a foreword of some kind is necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.