112
A NOON-DAY DREAM.
The Fourteenth Louis of French kings, His tribute to the pageant brings.
XXII.
Across the brilliant, broken waves, Bright flashing, far and wide,The Adriatic grandly comes To claim his fair Sea Bride,And bending low the water king, Bestows the precious marriage ring.
XXIII.
In peace beneath the branching trees, A praying man is found;While dark and dusky faces near In silence gather round.'T is William Penn who holds them there, Spell-bound by simple Christian prayer.
XXIV.
Then England's proudest, greatest Queen Her armies to inflameWith valor, at Tilbury Fort, Among them bravely came.
