On the grave of Augusta this garland be plac’d,
We’ll rifle the spring of its earliest bloom;
And there shall the cowslip and primrose be cast,
And the tears of her country shall water her tomb.[40]
FOOTNOTES:
[38] Mother of King George III.; she died February 8th, 1772.
[39] From Collins.
[40] Advertisement prefixed to Threnodia Augustalis:—“The following may more properly be termed a compilation than a poem. It was prepared for the composer in little more than two days; and may therefore rather be considered as an industrious effort of gratitude, than of genius. In justice to the composer, it may likewise be right to inform the public, that the music was composed in a period of time equally short.”
