XLI.

And Thou , the goodliest Blossom of our Isles!
Great Frederick 's and His Augusta 's Joy,
Thy native Month approv'd with Infant-smiles,
Sweet as the smiling May , Imperial Boy!
Britannia hopes Thee for her future Lord,
Lov'd as thy Parents, only not ador'd!
Whene're a George is born, Charles is again Restor'd .

XLII.

O may his Father 's Pant for finer Fame,
And boundless Bountyhead to Humankind;
His Grandsires Glory, and his Uncles Name,
Renown'd in War! inflame his ardent Mind:
So Arts shall flourish 'neath His equal Sway,
So Arms the Hostile Nations wide affray;
The Laurel, Victory ; Apollo , wear the Bay.

XLIII.

Through kind Infusion of celestial Pow'r,
The dullard-Earth May quick'neth with Delight:
Full suddenly the Seeds of Joy recure
Elastick Spring, and Force within empight.
If senseless Elements invigorate prove
By genial May , and heavy Matter move,
Shall Shepherdesses cease, shall Shepherds fail to love?

XLIV.

Ye Shepherdesses, in a goodly Round,
Purpled with Health, as in the Greenwood-Shade,
Incontinent ye thump the echoing Ground
And defftly lead the Dance along the Glade;
(O may no Show'rs your Merry-makes affray!)
Hail at the op'ning, at the closing Day,
All hail, ye Bonnibels, to your own Season, May .

XLIV.

Nor ye absent yourselves, ye Shepherd-Swains,
But lend to Dance and Song the liberal May ,
And while in jocund Ranks you beat the Plains,
Your Flocks shall nibble and your Lambkins play,
Frisking in Glee. To May your Girlands bring,
And ever and anon her Praises sing:
The Woods shall echo May , with May the Vallies ring.

XLV.

Your May-pole deck with flow'ry Coronal;
Sprinkle the flow'ry Coronal with Wine;
And in the nimble-footed Galliard, all,
Shepherds and Shepherdesses, lively, join.
Hither from Village sweet and Hamlet fair,
From bordering Cot and distant Glenne repair:
Let Youth indulge its Sport, to Eld bequeath its Care.