And virtue cast a lustre on the throne:
That humble beauty warm’d an honest heart,
And cheer’d the labours of a faithful spouse;
That virtue form’d, for every decent part,
The healthy offspring that adorn’d their house.
18. After this verse, in Mr. Gray’s first MS. of the Poem, were the four following:—
The thoughtless world to Majesty may bow,
Exalt the brave, and idolize success;
But more to innocence their safety owe,
Than Pow’r or Genius e’er conspir’d to bless.