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 WELCOME TO T. R. H. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES 301 Give mirth and pleasure free'st vent ; Toast both the Andrews, Sir, and Saint, And our new Viceroy, heartily, 'Mid bagpipe's strains, and thund'ring cheers Waking the rooks in Eden's bower, And echoes wild in High Court tower! ( WELCOME TO T. R. H. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.* Hail, Prince and Princess, hail to you! All welcome to this capital! Where peals of joy from cot and hall Are ringing now our homage due ! All classes, sects, and creeds, and men In nations, greet your advent here ; Your love for us will more endear To us our loved Emp'ror's reign. This,empire, Prince, will be thine own, From Himalaya to the sea; Henceforth thy Consort fair and thee We in our bosom shall enthrone. Princess, thy presence here to-day, Is theme of praise in mead and mart; May has brought May in every heart. And Winter smiles like spring-tide gay!
 * Presented to T. R. H. by the Moharaja of Cossimbazar.