Alix's poem letter to Ernst on his birthday, dated November 13/25, 1888

Source:

The Correspondence of the Empress Alexandra of Russia with Ernst Ludwig and Eleonore, Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse, 1878-1916, edited by Petra H. Kleinpenning, 2010

The poem letter:

I send you these lines
(with very bad rhymes)
To wish you much joy,
My own sweet old boy. —

May the new year
Into which you now tread,
Bring you good cheer
And roses all red. —

May God bless you on this day, —
Let the sky no more be grey,
From your brow all clouds depart
When you kiss your own sweetheart.

November 25th 1888
Alix

Above: Alix.

Above: Ernst.