Winteringham Poets

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Poetry by Winteringham People

The poem below was written down by the Curate (Mr Mitchell) as dictated by Ann Barratt.  A transcription is given below the scans.

Winteringham - Ann Barratt Poem to Queen Victoria as copied by Curate Mr Mitchell 1862 side 1
Winteringham - Ann Barratt Poem to Queen Victoria as copied by Curate Mr Mitchell 1862 side 2

Transcription of the above:

Lines to Queen Victoria on the death of the Prince Consort

Return dear widow’d Queen, return,
Why dwell so long in sad exile?
For thee, fair Albion’s pride, we mourn,
Come greet us with thy gracious smile.

What’s though enveloped as thou art
In sable weeds of saddest hue,
Thou dwellst in every British heart,
We are the loyal and the true.

Thy royal robes thou’st cast away,
Thy diadem of brilliant hue,
Thy sceptre now has lost its sway,
To mourn for one thou loved so true.

Couldst thou behold that starry crown
Encircled round his radiant brow,
Methinks thy sorrows would go down,
And bitter tears would cease to flow.

Come with thy royal children dear,
Father and Mother both unite (combine),
Teach them the mighty God to fear,
That they in glory all may shine.

And when thy earthly course is run,
And thou thy honours must lay down,
By faith in Jesus it is won
That great that glorious heav’nly crown.

Then may you meet above the sky,
And join that everlasting song,
Where Hallelujahs never die
In praise of the Great Three in One.

Composed by Ann Barratt, a poor woman aged 74, of Winteringham, Lincolnshire, 1862.  The words were taken down by the Curate as dictated by the old woman.
 

Ann Barratt Headstone in Winteringham Churchyard

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