27
AN ANNIVERSARY
HE
Bright, my belovèd, be thy day,
This eve of Summer's fall:
And Autumn mass his flowers gay
To crown thy festival!
SHE
I care not if the morn be bright,
Living in thy love-rays:
No flower I need for my delight,
Being crownèd with thy praise.
HE
O many years and joyfully
This sun to thee return;
Ever all men speak well of thee,
Nor any angel mourn!
SHE
For length of life I would not pray,
If thy life were to seek;
Nor ask what men and angels say
But when of thee they speak.
HE
Arise! The sky hath heard my song,
The flowers o'erhear thy praise;
And little loves are waking long
To wish thee happy days.

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28
REGINA CARA
JUBILEE-SONG, FOR MUSIC, 1897
Hark! The world is full of thy praise,
England's Queen of many days;
Who, knowing how to rule the free,
Hast given a crown to monarchy.
Honour, Truth and growing Peace
Follow Britannia's wide increase,
And Nature yield her strength unknown
To the wisdom born beneath thy throne!
In wisdom and love firm is thy fame:
Enemies bow to revere thy name:
The world shall never tire to tell
Praise of the queen that reignèd well.
O felix anima, Domina praeclara,
Amore semper coronabere
Regina cara.

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Later Poems

OCCASIONAL ODES &C.

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PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS
1. Monthly Review. February, 1903.
2. Country Life. 1906.
3. 'Volunteer Haversack.' 1902.
4. Daniel Press. Poems by A. Buckton. 1901.
5. 6. Saturday Review.
7. 'The Sheaf.' June, 1902.
8. English Review. March, 1911.
9. Academy. April 1, 1905.
10, 11. Monthly Review. June, 1904.
13. Speaker.
14. Monthly Review. March, 1902.
15. 'Wayfarer's Love.' 1904.
16. Saturday Review. April 13, 1907. Book of the Oxford Pageant. July 1907.
17, 18, 19. Published with the Music by Novello, Ewer & Co.

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