"Pleas'd, in thy lineaments we trace

"A Tudor's † fire, a Beaufort's grace.

"Thy liberal heart, thy judging eye,

"The flower unheeded fhall defcry,

"And bid it round Heaven's altars fhed

"The fragrance of its blushing head:

"Shall raife from earth the latent gem,

"To glitter on the diadem.

The Countess was a Beaufort, and married to a Tudor: hence the application of this line to the Duke of Grafton, who claims defcent from both thefe families.

VII.

VII.

"Lo, Granta waits to lead her blooming band,

"Not obvious, not obtrufive, fhe

"No vulgar praise, no venal incenfe flings;

"Nor dares with courtly tongue refin'd

"Profane thy inborn royalty of mind:

"She reveres herself and thee.

"With modeft pride to grace thy youthful brow,

"The laureat wreath, that Cecil* wore, fhe brings,

"And, to thy juft, thy gentle hand,

"Submits the fafces of her fway,

"While fpirits bleft above, and men below,

"Join with glad voice the loud fymphonious lay.

* Lord Tre furer Burleigh was Chancellor of the University in the reign of Queen Elifabeth.

VIII.

"Thro' the wild waves as they roar,

"With watchful eye and dauntless mien,

"Thy fteady courfe of honeur keep,

"Nor fear the rocks, nor feek the shore:

"The ftar of Brunfwick fmiles ferene,

And gilds the horrors of the deep."

THE

ORCADES of THORMODUS TORFEUS; HAR

NIE, 1697, Folio; and alfo in BARTHOLINUS.

VITT ER ORPIT FYRIR VALFALLI, &C