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rsts on my ear th' indignant lay:

esit the sainted Sage, the Bard divine, e Few, whom Genius gave to shine

every

unborn age, and undiscover'd clime.

pt in celestial transport they;

hither oft a glance from high

ey send of tender sympathy

less the place, where on their opening soul st the genuine ardour stole.

s Milton struck the deep-ton'd shell, as the choral warblings round him swell, Newton's self bends from his state sublime, nods his hoary head, and listens to the rhyme.

AIR.

Ye brown o'er-arching Groves,
That Contemplation loves,

E

edom by my side, and soft-ey'd Me

choly."

RECITATIVE.

ne portals sound, and pacing forth olemn steps and slow,

ates, and Dames of royal birth, fathers in long order go:

rd, with the lilies on his brow (†) aughty Gallia torn,

atillon, on her bridal morn (s)

Great Edward with the lilies on his brow.

ird, who added the fleur de lys of France to the arms founded Trinity College.

And fad Chatillon on her bridal morn.

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tia, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Guy de Chatil. Paul in France: of whom tradition says, that her husde Valentia, Earl of Pembroke, was slain at a tournaof his nuptials. She was the foundress of Pembroke under the name of Aula Mariæ de Valentia.

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er of the Earl of Ulster, and d
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gives her the epithet of princel

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Margaret of Anjou, wife of Her
The Poet has celebrated
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abeth Widville, wife of Edwa

as being of the house of Yor
paret of Anjou.

By the Sixth and Eighth. T
(x) And either Henry
he greatest benefactor to T

That broke the bonds of Rome.
Their tears, their little triumphs o'er,
Their human passions now no more,
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All that on Granta's fruitful plain
ich streams of regal bounty pour'd,

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(u) And Anjou's Heroine, and the paler Rose.

rgaret of Anjou, wife of Henry the Sixth, foundress of Queen's ge. The Poet has celebrated her conjugal fidelity in The Bard, e 2d, Line 13th.

tabeth Widville, wife of Edward the Fourth, hence called the paler as being of the house of York. She added to the foundation of aret of Anjou.

(x) And either Henry there.

nry the Sixth and Eighth. The former the founder of King's, the the greatest benefactor to Trinity College.

QUARTETTO.

Is Grandeur, what is Power? r toil, superior pain.

the bright reward we gain?
ateful memory of the Good.

Is the breath of vernal shower,
ee's collected treasures sweet,
music's melting fall, but sweeter yet

ill small voice of Gratitude."

RECITATIVE.

nd leaning from her golden cloud erable Marg❜ret see (y)!

e, my noble Son, (she cries aloud) s, thy kindred train, and me:

The venerable Margret see.

chmond and Derby: the mother of Henry the Seventh, ohn's and Christ's Colleges.

Thy liberal heart, thy
"The flower unheeded

"And bid it round He
"The fragrance of its
#Shall raise from earth

To glitter on the dia

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Lo, Granta waits to le "Not obvious, not ol No vulgar praise, no "Nor dares with cou Profane thy inborn ro "She reveres herself With modest pride to

The Countess was a Beaufort, 3 (z) A Tudor's fire, aton of this line to the Duke mese families.

The flower unheeded shall descry,
And bid it round Heav'n's altar shed
The fragrance of its blushing head:
Shall raise from earth the latent gem
To glitter on the diadem.

RECITATIVE.

o, Granta waits to lead her blooming band, Not obvious, not obtrusive, She

o vulgar praise, no venal incense flings;
Nor dares with courtly tongue refin'd
rofane thy inborn royalty of mind:
She reveres herself and thee.

With modest pride to grace thy youthful brow,

(z) A Tudor's fire, a Beaufort's grace.

Countess was a Beaufort, and married to a Tudor: hence the ation of this line to the Duke of Grafton, who claims descent from hese families.

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