FEEL GLAD TO BE ALIVE

From far-flung lands you came here

In days now long gone past,

You stayed, and now you give us

Your splendour unsurpassed.

Magnolia pure and perfect,

Your annual show’s sublime,

Though each year newly minted,

Your roots stretch back through time,

Your history is ancient,

Both ice and flood you’ve known,

As continents divided

You’ve still survived and grown.

May long you stay tenacious,

May long you ever thrive!

And may, when I see you,

Feel glad to be alive.