Hattie Vose Hall

“ MONARCH AND THE VICEROY
BY HATTIE VOSE HALL
The Monarch and the Viceroy, they have no chairs of state,
No royal robes of purple, no ministers sedate,
No lackeys all in scarlet, no page with golden hair—
The Monarch and the Viceroy—ah! what a happy pair!
The Monarch and the Viceroy, they have no house of gold,
No chalices of silver, that choicest nectar hold,
No children swinging incense upon the summer breeze—
The Monarch and the Viceroy care naught for things like these!
The Monarch and the Viceroy float over dale and down ”