| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | March 10 | | A Welcome to Alexandra | | By Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) |
| | | | The Prince of Wales was married to Princess Alexandra of Denmark, on March 10, 1863. |
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SEA-KING’S daughter from over the sea, | |
| Alexandra! | |
| Saxon and Norman and Dane are we, | |
| But all of us Danes in our welcome of thee, | |
| Alexandra! | 5 |
| Welcome her, thunders of fort and of fleet! | |
| Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street! | |
| Welcome her, all things youthful and sweet, | |
| Scatter the blossom under her feet! | |
| Break, happy land, into earlier flowers! | 10 |
| Make music, O bird, in the new-budded bowers! | |
| Blazon your mottoes of blessing and prayer! | |
| Welcome her, welcome her, all that is ours! | |
| Warble, O bugle, and trumpet, blare! | |
| Flags, flutter out upon turrets and towers! | 15 |
| Flames, on the windy headland flare! | |
| Utter your jubilee, steeple and spire! | |
| Clash, ye bells, in the merry March air! | |
| Flash, ye cities, in rivers of fire! | |
| Rush to the roof, sudden rocket, and higher | 20 |
| Melt into stars for the land’s desire! | |
| Roll and rejoice, jubilant voice, | |
| Roll as a ground-swell dash’d on the strand, | |
| Roar as the sea when he welcomes the land, | |
| And welcome her, welcome the land’s desire, | 25 |
| The sea-king’s daughter as happy as fair, | |
| Blissful bride of a blissful heir, | |
| Bride of the heir of the kings of the sea,— | |
| O joy to the people, and joy to the throne, | |
| Come to us, love us and make us your own: | 30 |
| For Saxon or Dane or Norman we, | |
| Teuton or Celt, or whatever we be, | |
| We are each all Dane in our welcome of thee, | |
| Alexandra! | | | |
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