Fair Princess Alexandra.
She, one of Europe’s daughters, meet,—
Betroth’d to England’s fairest son,—
We hail’d! and hail’d as should be done!
In joy-clothes garb’d, we went to greet
Fair Princess Alexandra.
She left her parents weepingly,—
The parting gave her bosom pain,
But hope re-cheer’d her o’er the main,
For Edward ’waited anxiously