To be the foremost bearer of the tidings,

And, in her own particular person, bring

The proof and the assurance of her safety,

Ere Rumour's tongue had magnified details!

Ah! worthy of her people's love, is she

Who thus could show the veneration due,

At such a time, to her who gave her being!

The ways of men are in the hands of One

Who cannot err; the destinies of all

On earth, peasants as well as potentates,