The Saxon then a [subject] race appear, 100
What time bold William reigned the Sovereign here.
Let Leland tell how their fair damsels stood,
Like beauty’s Goddess, as she left the wood;
When one to wife an amorous Monarch chose;
For these are tales that suit with solemn prose.
The giddy Muses must forbear to touch
On themes, when poets always tell too much.
Too much has West—but let his beauties die,
For there are those who Time and Death defy;