[78] Written on the occasion of the birth of Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, second son of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House, Pall Mall, 3rd June, 1865, at 1.18.


The Coming of the Belgians.[79]

Hoist, Britons, hoist the banner high!—

Blow the blithe horn! blow merrily on;

Ring out its welcome in the sky,

And herald forth to Wimbledon

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