Some blow too hot, some breathe too cold,

O'er-chill are some, and some o'er-gushing;

But the same blood-stream, warm and bold,

Through all our veins is ever rushing;

And so to all true hearts to-day

Comes "Welcome as the flowers in May!"

A Queen is with us, to evince

Imperial sympathy unfailing;

And pleasant to our genial Prince

This proof that all seems now plainsailing;