And did the tender, captive frame release;

All seem’d intent the tidings to convey,

In notes more grateful than the whisp’ring breeze.

Some greet a patroness, all hail a friend,

Whose bosom feels seraphic virtues glow;

Nor further, madam, do your smiles extend;

Vice dreads your frown, and shuns you as a foe.

Long may you live admir’d by all, and lov’d,

The honour of a long illustrious race;

Your worth innate, by Envy’s self approv’d,