Hear what, tho' shame my tongue restrain,

My pen with freedom shall explain.

Say, Granville, do you not remember,

About the middle of November,

When Blenheim's hospitable lord

Received us at his cheerful board;

How fair the Ladies Spencer smiled,

Enchanting, witty, courteous, mild?

And mark'd you not, how many a glance

Across the table, shot by chance