Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-04-24
Chronology of the Kings and Queens
OF England from " ili;am the Con-
GIaerer t0 Victoria.
BY ALE ED ANDREWS

Ton hundred sixty siA the ConGuerinr William
came?
Put out your fire and ightW will ever shroud
bis name
TIL throne, in twico five hundred e ghty-seyen,
We see to 'forest-rovlns' Rufus given
Time bi IS one thousand and one hundred wears
Roll on, and learned Henry's crown appears.
Next, in eleven hundred thirty fve
To hold n conquered throne see Stephen strive.
He dies; and i'll eleven hundred fifty four
A thorny crown the second Henry wore.
By Richard, in eleven hundred egh.y-nine
The Crusade banners waved in Palestine.
Twelve hundred years elnpse, excepting one,
And Eng and bushts 10. h r worthless John
In twice six hundred and sixteen the brand
of power is clutchcd by the Third Henry hand
Edwald the First We Engian0's monarch view
ThrJne1 in the year twelve hun dred seventy-two.
When thirteen hundred seven the date appears,
A bloody crown Carnarvon's Edward wears.
In thirteen hu dreG twenty-seven, his warlikc
Edward the Third, his splendid reign be gun.
THEN, to the throne tbs Second Richard given,
A yo@th in thirteen hundred venty seven
Nsurping Henry, OF the Red Rose line,
Comes next in thirteen hundred ninety nine;
In fourteen hundred and thirteen succeeds
Bold Monmcuth's Henry, famed for martial
deeds;
Then, fourteen hundred si1ty-one does history
trace
Edward the Fourth, restoring ork's brave race
In fourteen hund red, adding eighty-,hrce,
Edward The FIFTH and Richard both we see.
Enthroned in fourteen hundred, adding eighty
fvc
Henry the Seventh made sweet peace revive
Henry the Eighth in fifteen hundred nine
See Luther's torch through Papal darkness
shneI
Edward the Sixth the short-lived boon o.
heaven,
Appears in fifteen hundred and forty-seven.
In fteen hundred fty-three, the q ,me
Of bigot Jury glaru's with Mary's name.
EliAa's reign, so golden to the State,
| Begins in fifteen hundred ffty-eight;
By her bequesthed, the British sceptre claims,
! In sixteen nun. red tn &c, tn. Scottish james,
| He dies and sixteen hundred twenty five,
See At high empire the First Charles arrive.
A stormy interregnum then appears,
| And civil war for nc.rly twelve sad years.
| A space in which the b Id AMI dextrCu; hand
| or Cromwell ruled but could not calm the land
This passed. and sixteen hundret sixty came
| Gay, gracerss Charles, the second of his name.
In sixteen hlnGred cightyGvc, FORKS Duke,
Then james the Second, the oosed sceptre took
| In sixteen hundred ninety, wanting one,
William and Mary shared happy throne.
| Then over Anne in seventeen uGdred two,
| The hand of time tho regal mantle threw.
| Arrived 81 seventeen hundred and fourteen,
| On Brunswick Gc"rge's head the crown is seen
B. seventeen hundred twenty-seven the date,
And George the Second holds the reigns Of Sta e
His grandson, George h" Thru, of royal name
In seventeen hundred sixty King became.
II eighteen hundred TIVE ty &c rye the Fourth
His Corsnrt Queen by lni.lions stripped hel
worth
He dies, and eighteen hundred thirty is the dat
When sailor i.lialn mount. the th rome of State
We see, in eighteen hundred thirty seven,
| To EnYl%nd's throne the young Victoria given
! And Elk htccn hum red forty is the d.ts
| When q tecn Victoria shares tho married state
Prince ..lbcrls bes-el with Engia-d honorcC
choice
: n: i'll their Offspring may they both rejoice.
| Long may the Grown with r.ys unrvalird shine
AMI distant ages bless the tnvorlte, prospcrou: