The rival of her crown, and of her woes,
  And either Henry[7] there,
  The murder’d saint, and the majestic lord
  That broke the bonds of Rome,—­
  (Their tears, their little triumphs o’er,
  Their human passions now no more,
  Save Charity, that glows beyond the tomb,) 50
  All that on Granta’s fruitful plain
  Rich streams of regal bounty pour’d,
  And bade those awful fanes and turrets rise,
  To hail their Fitzroy’s festal morning come;
  And thus they speak in soft accord
  The liquid language of the skies: 

  V.

  ’What is grandeur, what is power? 
  Heavier toil, superior pain,
  What the bright reward we gain? 
  The grateful memory of the good. 60
  Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,
  The bee’s collected treasures sweet,
  Sweet Music’s melting fall, but sweeter yet
  The still small voice of Gratitude.’

  VI.

  Foremost, and leaning from her golden cloud,
  The venerable Margaret[8] see! 
  ‘Welcome, my noble son!’ she cries aloud,
  ’To this thy kindred train, and me: 
  Pleased, in thy lineaments we trace
  A Tudor’s[9] fire, a Beaufort’s grace. 70
  Thy liberal heart, thy judging eye,
  The flower unheeded shall descry,
  And bid it round Heaven’s altars shed
  The fragrance of its blushing head;
  Shall raise from earth the latent gem
  To glitter on the diadem.

  VII.

  ’Lo!  Granta waits to lead her blooming band;
  Not obvious, not obtrusive, she
  No vulgar praise, no venal incense flings;
  Nor dares with courtly tongue refined 80
  Profane thy inborn royalty of mind: 
  She reveres herself and thee. 
  With modest pride, to grace thy youthful brow,
  The laureate wreath[10] that Cecil wore she brings,
  And to thy just, thy gentle hand
  Submits the fasces of her sway;
  While spirits blest above, and men below,
  Join with glad voice the loud symphonious lay.

  VIII.

  ’Through the wild waves, as they roar,
  With watchful eye, and dauntless mien, 90
  Thy steady course of honour keep,
  Nor fear the rock, nor seek the shore: 
  The Star of Brunswick smiles serene,
  And gilds the horrors of the deep.’

[Footnote 1:  ‘Music:’  performed in the Senate-house, Cambridge, July 1, 1769, at the installation of his Grace, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Chancellor of the University.]

[Footnote 2:  ‘Great Edward.’  Edward III., who added the Fleur-de-lis of France to the arms of England.  He founded Trinity College.]

[Footnote 3:  ‘Chatillon:’  Mary de Valentia, Countess of Pembroke, daughter of Guy de Chatillon, Comte de St Paul, in France, who lost her husband on the day of his marriage.  She was the foundress of Pembroke College or Hall, under the name of Aula Marias de Valentia.]