Through the thick night I hear the whistle blow
That tells me that my 'special' waits to start.
Thou wilt stay here awhile, so be at rest;
But hither shall I never come again,
Or ever pat thy neck, or see thee more.
Good-bye!"
On the occasion of the arrival of the Princess Alexandra from Denmark in March, 1863, Tennyson wrote:—
A WELCOME TO ALEXANDRA.
SEA-KINGS' daughter from over the sea,
Alexandra!