Together we have toiled and fought,
But gay to-day is our communion.
Britannia's helm is crowned with flowers,
Britannia's trident's wreathed with posies,
And Fancy sees in Flora's showers
Thistles and Shamrocks blent with Roses.
The Indian Lotus let us twine
With gorgeous bloom from Afric's jungles
Canadian Birch with Austral Pine.
Tape-bound Officialdom oft bungles;