text:  Wherefore feasts our Tsar of Wonders? Why is Petersburg so gay? Why those shouts and cannon-thunders And the fleet in war array? Is new glory dawning o'er ye Russia's Eagle Russia's Sword? Has the stern Swede fled before ye? Has the foe for peace implored? Is it Brandt's slight boat appearing On the shore that _was_ the Swede's? Through our young fleet proudly steering Like a _grandame_ she proceeds