That friends by distance parted
Can yet in spirit meet!
Descent of the Dove.
The incident alluded to was represented to the writer, at the time of composition, as a natural one; but although its artificial character diminishes the poetry of the fact, it alters not the spirit of the poem.
Thousands on thousands throng
The City’s spacious street,
With loud acclaim and raptured shout
A coming Queen to greet.
Exultant cries of joy