Front matter
Reading edition
Written and Adapted by M. A. Bonnell
Awake, sweet hope! for she who shares the throne Lends her own merit to make dulness bright, Even as Luna to the insipid drop its light. Xanthine yellow might the aster take for hue, An emerald green the clove carnation crown, Nor could fair England’s rose yet learn to frown. Diadems of humble bloom and royal fleur-de-lis, Rare crowns of love, have crowned her long ago; And ever round her noble brow more intertwined they grow.
—M. A. BONNELL
July 3rd, 1901.
The above lines accompanied the copy which was graciously accepted by Queen Alexandra.
Toronto: William Briggs.
With honest pride the rhymer sings Her ancestress’ renown,— Oh, proud the day that gave her birth! And proud her natal town! Oh, may the theme the verse redeem, Of meagre wit and rhyming loose, And win a kind indulgence still For Mary Susan Goose!
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand nine hundred, by William Briggs, at the Department of Agriculture.
Dedicated By Permission To Miss Liv Nansen