England’s Hope.
Note.—The author takes the opportunity of stating here that, having sent of the three poems—“England’s Hope,” “Christening the Prince,” and “Our Little Brother”—to Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales (as the three incidents occurred), he had the gratification of receiving on each occasion a letter expressing their thanks for the same.
When suddenly one wintry night,
Throughout the land with ’lectric flight,
The news[58] sped far and wide,
Old England ’rose with sterling joy,
And hail’d the princely infant boy!—