Verses to Mrs. Lowther on her Marriage, from Menage

The greatest swain that treads the Arcadian groveOur shepherds envy and our virgins love,His charming nymph his softer fair obtains,The bright Diana of our flow'ry plains;He 'midst the graceful of superiour grace, 5And she the loveliest of the loveliest race.Thy fruitful influence guardian Juno shed,And crown the pleasures of the genial bed;Raise thence, their future joy, a smiling heir,Brave as the father as the mother fair. 10Well may'st thou show'r thy choicest gifts on thoseWho boldly rival thy most hated foes;The vig'rous bridegroom with Alcides vies,And the fair bride has Cytherea's eyes. 14