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TO THE PRINCESS FREDERICA ON HER MARRIAGE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: O you that were eyes and light to the king
Last Line: He blesses the wife.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Frederica Of Hanover, Princess


O YOU that were eyes and light to the King till he past away
From the darkness of life --
He saw not his daughter -- he blest her: the blind King
sees you to-day,
He blesses the wife.







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