Poem by Henry Taylor

A Welcome

Once more we come with heart and hand,
 In warm and earnest greeting:
Once more we form in goodly band,
 A free and cordial meeting.

A meeting that has no design
 To threaten, coax, or wheedle;
To hail with glee a new "M. P."
 Or choose a parish beadle!

A meeting where no fierce debate
 Engenders "Chartist Riot;"
But leaves Queen, Parliament, and State,
 In true and loyal quiet.

1. The Eve of the Conquest
2. Art and Life
3. Dear Alice
4. Alabama
5. Athulf and Ethilda

William Browne A Welcome ("WELCOME, welcome! do I sing")

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