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kindly donated by
Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
Portrait of
Princess Alexandra
ENGLAND'S WELCOME
TO THE
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
ALEXANDRA!
SAXON AND NORMAN AND DANE ARE WE,
BUT ALL OF US DANES IN OUR WELCOME OF THEE,
ALEXANDRA!
WELCOME HER, THUNDERS OF FORT AND OF FLEET
WELCOME HER, THUNDERING CHEER OF THE STREET
WELCOME HER, ALL THINGS YOUTHFUL AND SWEET
SCATTER THE BLOSSOM UNDER HER FEET
BREAK, HAPPY LAND, INTO EARLIER FLOWERS
MAKE MUSIC, O BIRD, IN THE NEW-BUDDED BOWERS
WELCOME HER, WELCOME HER, ALL THAT IS OURS
WARBLE, O BUGLE, AND TRUMPET BLARE
FLAGS, FLUTTER OUT ON TURRETS AND TOWERS
FLAMES, ON THE WINDY HEADLAND FLARE
UTTER YOUR JUBILEE, STEEPLE AND SPIRE
CLASH, YE BELLS, IN THE MERRY MARCH AIR
FLASH, YE CITIES, IN RIVERS OF FIRE
WELCOME HER, WELCOME THE LAND'S DESIRE
ALEXANDRA!
SEA-KINGS' DAUGHTER AS HAPPY AS FAIR,
BLISSFUL BRIDE OF A BLISSFUL HEIR,
BRIDE OF THE HEIR OF THE KINGS OF THE SEA,
O JOY TO THE PEOPLE AND JOY TO THE THRONE,
COME TO US, LOVE US, AND MAKE US YOUR OWN:
FOR SAXON OR DANE OR NORMAN WE,
TEUTON OR CELT, OR WHATEVER WE BE (THEE
WE ARE EACH ALL DANE IN OUR WELCOME OF
ALEXANDRA!
(TENNYSON)
