THE PRINCE'S BIRTHDAY — ROME, 31ST DECEMBER, 1721

A WONDERFUL star shone forth From the frozen skies of the North Upon Rome, for an Old Year’s night: And a flower on the dear white Rose Broke, in the season of snows, To bloom for a day’s delight.

Lost is the star in the night, And the Rose of a day’s delight Fled “where the roses go”: But the fragrance and light from afar, Born of the Rose and the Star, Breathe o’er the years and the snow.