Our Canadian Dominion Half a dozen ballads about a king for Canada. From the pen of Martin F. Tupper, with some prose comments |
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No. III. ALFRED, PRINCE OF CANADA.
Who shall be Canada's Head?
Who then is fittest and best
To reign for the Queen, and to rule in her stead
Our glorious Britain out-west?
Lo! a new nation to raise,—
Lo! a great people to guide,—
Who shall be chosen their pride and their praise,
To win all their hearts to his side?
Who then is fittest and best
To reign for the Queen, and to rule in her stead
Our glorious Britain out-west?
Lo! a new nation to raise,—
Lo! a great people to guide,—
Who shall be chosen their pride and their praise,
To win all their hearts to his side?
Any political Peer?
Any old Sword on the shelf?
One of the Barnacle family here,
Greedy for place and for pelf?
Shall such as this be your Chief,
As the right man for the hour,
To cherish your bud into blossom and leaf,
And bring to good fruit your glad flower?
Any old Sword on the shelf?
One of the Barnacle family here,
Greedy for place and for pelf?
Shall such as this be your Chief,
As the right man for the hour,
To cherish your bud into blossom and leaf,
And bring to good fruit your glad flower?
No! Let a Prince of the Blood,
Born in the purple of State,
Let Alfred be given, young Alfred the Good,
To match with old Alfred the Great!
Here is the Chieftain for choice;
Loyalty's life to evince,
Canada prays with her heart in her voice,
“Queen, give us Alfred for Prince!”
Born in the purple of State,
Let Alfred be given, young Alfred the Good,
To match with old Alfred the Great!
Here is the Chieftain for choice;
Loyalty's life to evince,
Canada prays with her heart in her voice,
“Queen, give us Alfred for Prince!”
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