Close by those meads, for ever crown'd with flow'rs, Where Thames with pride surveys his rising tow'rs, There stands a structure of majestic frame, Which from the neighb'ring Hampton takes its name
Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredo...
But anxious cares the pensive nymph oppress'd, And secret passions labour'd in her breast
Not youthful kings in battle seiz'd alive, Not scornful virgins who their charms survive, Not ardent lovers robb'd of all their bliss, Not ancient ladie...
She said: the pitying audience melt in tears, But Fate and Jove had stopp'd the Baron's ears
In vain Thalestris with reproach assails, For who can move when fair Belinda fails
Not half so fix'd the Trojan could remain, While Anna begg'd ...