Poems (Gifford)/A Second Welcome
A SECOND WELCOME.May 3rd, 1893.
Again we give thee welcome, Princess May! Once widowed maiden, but twice-destined queen Of England's interests, and England's sheen,And English hearts, who joy for thee to-day,And with rare unity their tribute pay, With deeper tenderness for what has been, Thy young, bright hope, thy early anguish keen,That did an empire's sympathies so sway.This, this alone, might thee to us endear, But now a new, a stronger claim we own, Since to the brother-heir of England's throneThou giv'st thy life, thy love, with freshened cheer. May each to each for long, glad years be spared! And be your happiness by millions shared!