The Poetry Corner

On The Death Of Leopold, King Of The Belgians[1]

By Charles Kingsley

A King is dead!Another master mind Is summoned from the world-wide council hall. Ah, for some seer, to say what links behind - To read the mystic writing on the wall! Be still, fond man:nor ask thy fate to know. Face bravely what each God-sent moment brings. Above thee rules in love, through weal and woe, Guiding thy kings and thee, the King of kings. Windsor Castle, November 10, 1865.