The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-27
POEMS 10 raE PRINCE OF WALES.

0uipcarilgs Of the American MISE in Hoao
Of Albert Edward,
The Prince at the Tomb OF Wilmington
Charge CT the Four Hundred-In Trinity
Church-Mr Patrick 0'Dowd to the
Prince-A Scottish 0de-Various
sonnets, Poems and Anthems
from Various Hands,
&c &C., 70
THE PRINCE.
BY AN AMERICAN.
I stood arald the throug-
eII cue amosg The million hearts which beat
ExIcclSat q rs coming
Tbs bells rang out greeting song,
Aad tn NUT asgs silent welcome waved,
WHITE ~ IA tneir brsscn mouths Tho loud voiced M
Spoke out salutaton which the hils
Took % and answered from The far OIL shores
Is canel 0, slender youth, and fair,
Around whose heaa the hao OF o mothers love
Seemed lingering still, and a. he passed
1 sought 10 trace upon his youthful brow the stamp
q something which not hore-whero all are kings
A courily, gentle manly gra;e-'the grace OF God"
me tenure Of his mother throne, great mems lams
l2s sparkling jewel GU his brow;
49, from his boy irh los unspoken breathsd
Ths kindly heart which MARKS the Christian man.
HIS eye which bnt q moment swept me BY,
Like mirrors, brought into my spirits s'ght
lde view o! "tnnt y ithin winch paA&en SNOW.
read the CONSEQUENCES Of high beheet
The knowledge that q power beyond himself
Rad placed HIM In a path which, soon or late,
Night Leaf him 10 q trust compared with within
All human ties are but as grams Of sand
read the struggling OF high intent
With 81 netting hi tho world may never Know
The ID ward battling Of Youthful heart
Agans. Itself, the arm resolve 20 live
FAN up 10 all that Fntc expects o. him,
tbs gisn, intellect which grasps the void
AID al beg end IL IN a aingc thought,
Tao mind which wrlt's itself upon the earth
For oeptuTi' ?, Tor ogil or for good;
Which bulios up thToues and mskes people free;
These are not his But luu as hign desc rs
Await .he rrinne, ~to Tor b 3 country . good
- lives that wien a ate beyond himself
shall 'erd him u a throne. hc hnfs Il bssed
Upcu biz peoples love Thrice light the GROWN
Vii seem, where nightly ns the sun goes down,
From every cottage roof add oourily hall
A grateful people ler prayers for him
upou whose brow Il happy rese.
Al Albert Edward when you h onewrd san,
lake back with you and treasure IN your soul
A rhOesomc iesson whGu sou here may learn.
You see people happy Rnt content,
knowing no higher rank than simple worth,
Ma ing their laws uud rulers ut their will.
You see a nation, which ont yesterday
Wrote It's 6rst record co the worlds great Page
giant Power, res pcctoi sid beloved
An1 ~. VIC have 10 King
We ressor hprc-we who are equals A.
upoa .oe destiny which surely watts
Bus tao fulhrneEt OF c ntlng time
ca Europe cTum5lirg thrones.
We twice the Eastern hanis9hore have seen,
From Bali'o 20 the .f'Vean shores, coo vulsed
~ the fare spirit ~hlch IN old Rome born,
tEce ruled the world tll crushed by seiash aims,
And ground into a Garth b. iron heels,
By m.tfed hieTarGhs and soeptred kings,
u slspt through centuries II srotg and dread,
Growing each year isr down beneath the soil
Made rich by martyrs blood.
Tralspla nted thence 10 flesh Coumbia's shores,
Bsaealh her iorestsnurtured, on her plains
Wet with the blood % hCroes, once again,
'Canst despotism Il made bravo head
Add here, grown 10 migbtior power than
Has ever else where on or known, speaks
Ia y04oe Of thunder TO tie lisenpg world
Oh, liheriyi thou art not all a droam
Bat y most God Ike nust people be
To ogr no other sccDiTe hero than thine
II gel4 bebo0ves tho heir 20 l.ngland's throas
To study well INTO tho hearts Of nlen,
Asa lsRn that since The oiden time
The name Of kings hag changed
'"IhC grace OF Sodh speaks through 4 people now,
A1d ~ tsai grace throne alone 10 held;
A uss .C1 sAtHied q mons rchy
Through cen uries 50 cone may sIill remain,
A const tUton lieerL ana lust
n oulwa.S o. peoples liberties
MAJ sh.cd alike people and throne.
t'od speed you, noble youth may every gale
Wbich watts you hence unto your native shores,
Be hiicd with bcncd'ctors. May the proud 4 u
which SIDE by eide With 90 lately waved
Gather aew glory In the years to come
from tcces here Albert E3wnd's name shall stand
Ii golden lett rs. on tEo dcstnless scroll
az those whose memory a people love 10 keep
knsb siued within theT Lcuts.