An ODE, &c.
I.
Great, good, and fair, permit an humble muſe,
To lay her duteous homage at your feet:
Such homage heav’n itſelf does not refuſe,
But praiſe, and pray’rs admits, as odours ſweet.
II.
Bleſt be forever this auſpicious day,
Which gave to ſuch tranſcendent virtue birth:
May each revolving year new joys diſplay,
Joys great as can ſupported be on earth.
III.
True heireſs of the Finch and Hatton line,
Formed by your matchleſs parents equal care
(The greateſt ſtateſman he, yet beſt divine,
She bright example of all goodneſs here).
IV.
And now incircled in the deareſt tye,
To godlike Seymour, of connubial love:
Seymour illuſtrious prince, whoſe family
Did heretofore the kingly race improve.
V.
Adorns the nation ſtill, and guards the throne,
In noble Somerſet, whoſe generous breaſt,
Concenters all his anceſtors in one,
That were in church, and ſtate, and arms profeſt.
