ORIGINAL POETRY. PRINCE EDWARD.-A LAY FOR THE NATION.
Dear is the sound of that name to the ear, Dear to our hearts, to our memories dear, Onward to death the proud war-cry might cheer, Ho! for Prince Edward! Heard has that war-cry been on a fought field — Heard 'midst sword clashing, and clanging of shield, Never to arm of a foeman did yield, Noble Prince Edward! Down went before him Bohemia's plume, There found th' Eagle* a blood-stained tomb; Soil'd was that crest where the gold lilies bloom, Soil'd by Prince Edward! God grant that blood never red thy young hand; God keep all foreign foes far from that strand, Peace—universal peace hallow the land, God grant it, Edward! Wisdom and virtue be crowns for thine head, Blessed, and blessing, live till it be said, Greater is he than those glorious dead, OUR Prince — Prince Edward! Auckland, April, 1852 * The double Eagle is the emblem of the Austrian Empire.
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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 630, 28 April 1852, Page 3
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159ORIGINAL POETRY. PRINCE EDWARD.-A LAY FOR THE NATION. New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 630, 28 April 1852, Page 3
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