Thou noble Father of her Kings to be—

If fate so wills it, O most potent K——;

The patron once of Polo and of Poole,

Of actors and leviathan "comiques;"

Once dear to Science as to Art; once dear

To Sanscrit erudition as to either;

Dear to thy country in a double sense;

Dear to purveyors; ay, a liege, indeed,

Beyond all titles, and a household name,

Hereafter, through all times, Guelpho the Gay!