Lines addressed to a Gentleman on his Birthday with the Return of his Ingenious and Amusing Poems
1
Inspir’d by your charming lines,
Where wit resplendent ever shines,
And numerous beauties play;
I seize my pen, but half afraid,
First call the Muses to my aid,
To hail your natal day.
2
May ev’ry comfort here below,
That man can ask or God bestow,
Attend throughout your life;
Blest in your children’s rip’ning years,
May you ne’er suffer carking cares,
Blest too in such a wife.
3
Long may your verses pleasure give,
Increasing always while you live,
And swell the genial page;
May they still ever witty be,
And while they flow in number free,
Instruct and please the age.
B.R.