By him inspir'd, how shine before thy time,

And leave thy years, and leap into thy prime!

On some warm bank, thus, fortunately born,

A rose-bud opens to a summer's morn,

Full-blown ere noon her fragrant pride displays,

And shows th' abundance of her purple rays.

Wit, as her bays, was once a barren tree;

We now, surpris'd, her fruitful branches see;

Or, orange-like, till his auspicious time

It grew indeed, but shiver'd in our clime: