LEWIS MORRIS ON THE SILVER WEDDING
Mr Lewis Morris m the March number of Murray's Magazine hails the approaoh of the (silver Wedding of Thtir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales m language loyal and poetical. Mr Lewia Morris is tho coming Poat Laureate, and his lines are pleasant, tuneful, and full of poetio feeling. Speaking of the home lifo of tbo Priuce and Princesp, he saya : — The rapid tide of gliding years Flows gently by this Royal homo ; Unvoxed by clouds of grief and tears Its tranquil seasons oome. He compares the happinoss of the Prince and Princes. o£ Wales with that of '• ono us happy and raoro great, to whom came oarlier far " the swift immedicable harm, tho icy voice of Fate." In felicitious language ho speaks of the Princees Alice — Their saintly daughter, sweet and mild, Drew poison from her darling's breath. And again ol tho Crown Priacoßs of Germany :— Nay now by tho Ausonian sea, Daughter of Englond, good and wiao, Thou watohest, with Bad anxious eyes, The flower of chivalry I The head of the "fair English homo"— the Master of Marlborough flou-o and of Sandringham —is flattered by Mr Morris m this wise : — Its Lord an English Noble, strong For publio oareß for homely joys, . A Prince among the courtly throng, A brother with his boys. Who his Sire's footsteps loves to tread, In prudent schemes for popular good ; And strivoa to raise tho multitude, Bemembering the dead. And having seen how far and wide Flies England's flap, by land and sea, Would bind m willing unity Her strong sons side by Bide. The poet describes the Princess of Wales and hor welcome to England, j themes which havo bean already sung by the author of ' Sea-kingß ' daughter from over the Bea'; and finally, having first asked what fates shall m tho future befall a this gracious home," ho concludes with "poet'-j ptayer : — For these may Fortune grant again Their Sovereign's large and blameless lifo, Unmarred by oare, undimmed by strife, Less touched than hers by pain. High set above the noise and dust Of Fashion, and contented still To guide aright the popular will By sympathy and trust 1 Through oivio wisdom temperate, And forethought for the general need. Keeping midst change of politic, Qreed, A Th^ne, a People great,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1830, 2 May 1888, Page 3
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389LEWIS MORRIS ON THE SILVER WEDDING Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1830, 2 May 1888, Page 3
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