An ODE, presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of WALES, in Richmond Gardens, on Thursday, May 6. 1736. Stephen Duck Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T90234 K073280.000 Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756. Poems on several occasions: By Stephen Duck. London printed for the author 1736 pp. []-[]. xl,334,[2]p. ; 4⁰.

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An ODE , presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of WALES , in Richmond Gardens , on Thursday , May 6. 1736. YE Muses , hail the Royal Dame , Whose Charms Report excel ; Charms ! brighter far than sounding Fame , With all her Tongues , could tell . O glorious PRINCE ! Britannia's Pride , Welcome to Richmond Seats , Where Nature , proud to please your BRIDE , Displays her choicest Sweets . See ! fragrant Beauties deck the Green , The Branches bloom Delight ; Gay FLORA paints the verdant Scene , To charm your CONSORT's Sight . Hear ! how the feather'd warbling Throng Congratulate your FAIR ! Not more melodious was their Song To the first wedded Pair . That Pair , in Eden , ne'er repos'd , Where Groves more lovely grew ; Those Groves , in Eden , ne'er inclos'd A lovelier PAIR , than YOU . YOU ! happier than the former Two , Have nobler Tasks assign'd : 'Twas Theirs to curse the World ; but YOU Were born to bless Mankind .