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;