Triumph! Shall we not triumph who have seen

Those fifty years round on from sun to snow,

From snow to sun, since when, a girlish Queen

In that far June-tide's glow,

Your brow first felt that golden weight well-worn,

Which tried the Woman's heart, but hath not over-borne?

Fifty fair years which, like to all things fair,

Are flecked with shadow, yet whereon the sun

Hath never set in shame or in despair,