and concluding with lines 29-32.


By occasion of the Young Prince his happy Birth.

[Charles II. Born May 29, 1630.]

At this glad triumph, when most poets use

Their quill, I did not bridle up my Muse

For sloth or less devotion. I am one

That can well keep my Holy-days at home;

That can the blessings of my King and State

Better in pray'r than poems gratulate;