Sentence:  ... a robin red-breast, winging his way from the orange and jasmine boughs of the far sweet South, rested on the ivied wall, and poured out his happy heart in a <WSD>salutatory</WSD> to the rising sun. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (address)  A greeting; an address, speech or article of greeting; the first editorial by the new editor of a newspaper or periodical; an introduction or preface.