II.

Once more a fon of SPENCER waits,
A name familiar to thy gates,

Sprung from the chief b whofe prowess gain'd
The garter while thy founder reign'd.
He offer'd here his dinted fhield,

The dread of Gauls in Creffi's field,
Which in thy high-arch'd temple rais'd,
For four long centuries hath blaz'd.

III.

Thefe feats our fires, a hardy kind,
To the fierce fons of war confign'd,
The flow'r of chivalry, who drew
With finewy arm the ftubborn yew;
Or with heav'd poll-axe clear'd the field;
Or who, in joufts and tourneys skill'd,
Before their Ladies' eyes renown'd,

Threw horfe and horfeman to the ground.

Secretary of State during the reign of Queen Anne, and the first person the removed on the change of the miniftry in the year 1710. He continued in oppofition to the measures of the governing party during the remainder of her reign. On the elevation of George I. he held fucceffively the pofts of Lord Privy Seal, Secretary of State, and First Commiffioner of the Treafury, which laft he poffeffed almoft to the time of his death, which happened 21 April 1722. The installation of this Nobleman, which occafioned the above Poem, was performed with great magnificence at Windsor, on 28 May 1720.

Edward Lord Spencer, who is mentioned in our Hiftorians, for his gallant behaviour at the battle of Poitiers,

IV.

In after-times, as courts refin'd,
Our patriots in the lift were join'd,
Nor only Warwick ftain'd with blood,
Or Marlb'rough near the Danube's flood,
Have in their crimson croffes glow'd;
But, on just law-givers beftow'd,
Thefe emblems Cecil did invest,

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And gleam'd on wife Godolphin's & breast.

V.

So Greece, ere arts began to rise,
Fix'd huge Orion in the skies,
And ftern Alcides, fam'd in wars,
Befpangled with a thoufand ftars;
'Till letter'd Athens round the pole
Made gentler conftellations roll,

In the blue heavens the Lyre she ftrung,
And near the Maid the Balance hung.

VI.

Then, SPENCER, mount amid the band,
Where knights and kings promifcuous stand.

* William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, Secretary of State, and Lord High Treasurer of England, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was created a Knight of the Garter in June 1582.

Sidney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer of England in the reign of Queen Anne, was created a Knight of the Gárter, July 6, 1704.

Names of Constellations.

What

What though the hero's flame reprefs'd
Burns calmly in thy gen'rous breaft;
Yet who more dauntless to oppose
In doubtful days our home-bred foes?
Who rais'd his country's wealth so high,
Or view'd with lefs defiring eye?

VII.

The fage, who large of foul furveys
The globe, and all its empires weighs,
Watchful the various climes to guide,
Which feas, and tongues, and faiths divide,
A nobler name in Windfor's fhrine
Shall leave, if right the Mufe divine,
Than fprung of old, abhorr❜d and vain,
From ravag'd realms and myriads flain.
VIII.

Why praise we, prodigal of fame,
The rage that fets the world on flame ?
My guiltless Mufe his brow fhall bind
Whofe godlike bounty fpares mankind;
For thofe, whom bloody garlands crown,
The brafs may breathe, the marble frown;
To him, through every rescu'd land,
Ten thoufand living trophies ftand.

WHERE Kenfington high o'er the neighb'ring lands

'Midft greens and fweets, a regal fabric stands,

And fees each spring, luxuriant in her bowers,
A fnow of bloffoms, and a wild of flowers,
The dames of Britain oft in crowds repair
To groves and lawns, and unpolluted air.

The Palace to which this Garden belongs, was the feat of Lord Chancellor Finch, afterwards Earl of Nottingham, and was purchased by King William, who greatly improved it, causing a royal road to be made to it through Saint James's and Hyde Parks. Queen Mary enlarged the Gardens; her fifter, Queen Anne, improved what Queen Mary had begun, and was fo pleafed with the place, that the frequently fupped during the Summer in the green-house, which is a very beautiful one: but Queen Caroline was the perfon who compleated the defign, by extending the Gardens from the great road in Kensington to Acton ; by bringing what is called the Serpentine river into them; and by taking in fome acres out of Hyde Park, on which the caused a mount to be raifed. These Gardens are three miles and a half in compass.

Here

Here, while the town in damps and darkness lies,
They breathe in fun-shine, and see azure skies;
Each walk, with robes of various dyes befpread,
Seems from afar a moving tulip-bed,

Where rich brocades and gloffy damasks grow,
And chints, the rival of the fhow'ry bow.

Here England's daughter", darling of the land,
Sometimes, furrounded with her virgin band,

Gleams through the fhades. She, tow'ring o'er the reft,
Stands faireft of the fairer kind confefs'd,

Form'd to gain hearts, that Brunswick's caufe deny'd;
And charm a people to her Father's fide.

Long have these groves to royal guests been known,
Nor Naffau firft prefer'd them to a throne.
Ere Norman banners wav'd in British air;
Ere lordly Hubba with the golden hair
Pour'd in his Danes; ere elder Julius came;
Or Dardan Brutus gave our ifle a name;
A prince of Albion's lineage grac'd the wood,
The fcene of wars, and ftain'd with lovers' blood.

You, who through gazing crowds, your captive throng,

Throw pangs and paffions, as you move along,
Turn on the left, ye fair, your radiant eyes,

Where all unlevell'd the gay garden lies:
If generous anguish for another's pains

E'er heav'd your hearts, or shiver'd through your veins,

The Princess Caroline, afterwards Queen of Great Britain. YourI.

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