I go, compell'd by feather'd steeds, Come, Nymph, with rural honours dress'd, With charms untarnish'd, innocence Display, and Eden shall commence: When thus you come in sober fit, Which don't with giggling muscles dwell; Learning shall, with obsequious mien, Reason, her logic armour quit, And proof to mild persuasion fit; And their first league again take place; And plays with curls, instead of leaves: And flowers lean forward from their seats, To traffic in exchange of sweets; And angels bearing wreaths descend, This fane, whose deity intreats What Virtue is, we judge by you; Chymists and laws their process suit, Mark next with awe, the foundress* well * Queen Caroline. |