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List! list! The buds confer.

This noonday they've had news of her;

The south bank has had views of her;

The thorn shall exact his dues of her;

The willows adream

By the freshet stream

Shall ask what boon they choose of her.

Up! up! The world's astir;

The would-be green has word of her;

Root and germ have heard of her,

Coming to break

Their sleep and wake

Their hearts with every bird of her.

See! see! How swift concur

Sun, wind, and rain at the name of her,

A-wondering what became of her;

The fields flower at the flame of her;

The glad air sings

With dancing wings

And the silvery shrill acclaim of her.

Charles G. D. Roberts

ALEXANDRA

THE QUEEN MOTHER