Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-02-10


mini, kaPnkdPn,
Moi Hd7odif rae alma.
Now, O Sire, the hour approaches,
Now draws near the hour we long'd for,
And the people all are waiting
To behold the ceremony,
To behold the coronation"
Casing then great Kipikona,
Bowling, back'd from out the presence
OF the royal Kalakaua,
OF the dread king, of the monarch.
Throng the people to the palace,
To the halls of Iolani,
BY the scores and by the dozens,
BY the hundreds, by the thousands
Seated in the great pavilion,
Seated on the broad verandah
OF the palace of the dread king,
Wrapt in silence and in wonder
Is the multitude of people
Till His Majesty advances
With the Queen, his royal consort,
With the officers attending,
With the train of maids in waiting,
With the crowns and with the scepter
Borne upon velvet cushion.
Then arising they remain so,
Standing in the royal presence,
In the presence of the dread king,
OF the King and Dioi1Ouhine.
Groupd about the august sovereign,
August monarch of Hawaii,
Are the chancellor of the kingdom,
The hnhina alma and
The hnhfna haiaiaina,
And the Loio Anbnni,
Also the knhind UaitOai,
And the mobiles, the ahfS.
With the brave men are fair ladies,
Ladies fair from all the islands,
All the islands of the kingdom.
Silk and satin are their vestures
Jewels sparkle on their persons.
Lend their charms both art and nature.
Beauty everywhere aboundeth,
Everywhere aboundeth beauty.
In the front of Iolani
On each side the royal party,
In long lines, both foot and mounted,
Are the soldiers-gallant soldiers,
In their uniforms from Europe,
From far Germany in Europe.
Strains OF musc-sweetest music
And the singing of the grand choir
Are upon the breezes waited,
Waited on the gentle breezes,
On the soft and tardy breezes.
Round about are banners waving
On the palace and pavilion
Overhead and all around them
Flags and streamers-full thousand
Tremble in the balmy zephyrs,
In the soft breeze, in the light breeze.
Rare indeed such scene of beauty!
Rare indeed is seen such picture
As to-day thou seest Hawaii,
As thou seest to-day, Hawaii
Hush'd the murmur now Of voices
Not sound breaks on the stiffness:
On the dais kneels the sovereign,
Kneels the Queen beside the dread King.
Stands the Chancellor before them.
In firm voice the oath is spoken,
Spoken is the oath distinctly;
Speaks asserting words the dread king,
Speaks the monarch words asserting.
Now from off the velvet cushion
Are the crowns of gold and jewels
Lifted to the dread kings forehead,
To the forehead of his consort;
Now the diadems adorn them;
Wear they now thy crowns, Hawaii.
Blessed day this blessed moment
Speaks again the voice Of cannon,
Swell again the strains of music,
Deafning are the cheers Of thousands,
OF the thousands, many thousands.
O We mountains, send the echoes
Back again to be repeated,
Der and DER to be repeated
Hail the dread king Of Hawaii
Live ye long to rule thy kingdom
Mighty monarch, live forever
Cheer on cheer again arises
From the people, all the people,
And amid the grand rejoicing,
"Ja man Re "a 0 ka
4ina i ka tono," shout theyj
+ Shout they, "Ua man ke ca
o ka ANA i ka pono."
All is over! all is ended !
Slowly now the throng dispcrses
From the palace and pavilion,
From the grounds about the palace
And the dread king with his consort,
With his consort and his courtiers,
Seeks the halls Of Iolani,
Seeks thy halls, o Iolani
Through the overarching azure
Glides the orb Of day majestic
To the open arms Of Neptune,
Stretched along the far horizon,
Where the sky is seen coquetting
With the ever restless pillows;
Moving onward and descending,
Drawing nearer, ever nearer,
To the circling line extended
Tween the realms Of day and even,
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Fring'd with gold and sparkling jewels,
Passes down the gilded stairway
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