See where enthron’d in adamantine state,

Proud of her bards, imperial Windsor sits;

There chuse thy seat, in some aspiring grove 110

Fast by the slowly-winding Thames; or where

Broader she laves fair Richmond’s green retreats,

(Richmond that sees an hundred villas rise

Rural or gay.) O! from the summer’s rage

O! wrap me in the friendly gloom that hides 115

Umbrageous Ham! But if the busy town

Attract thee still to toil for power or gold,