Ballads for the Times (Now first collected,) Geraldine, A Modern Pyramid, Bartenus, A Thousand Lines, and other poems. By Martin F. Tupper. A new Edition, enlarged and revised |
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A Ballad for the Prince Alfred;
On his Birthday, August 6, 1849.
A thousand years ago,
A mighty spirit came
To earn himself through weal and woe
An everlasting name!
A mighty spirit came
To earn himself through weal and woe
An everlasting name!
The Great, the Wise, the Good,
Was Alfred in his time,
And then before his God he stood
An heir of bliss sublime!
Was Alfred in his time,
And then before his God he stood
An heir of bliss sublime!
And many changes since
And wondrous things have been,
Till in another English prince,
Again is Alfred seen.
And wondrous things have been,
Till in another English prince,
Again is Alfred seen.
Though never call'd to rule,
Nor ever forced to fight,
May he grow up in Alfred's school
A child of love and light:
Nor ever forced to fight,
May he grow up in Alfred's school
A child of love and light:
In Learning and in Grace
Exceeding great and wise,
With goodness run his happy race,
And reign beyond the skies!
Exceeding great and wise,
With goodness run his happy race,
And reign beyond the skies!
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