WrittenformySon,uponLadySantry's"Lady Bridget Santry, wife of Henry Baron Santry Governor of Londonderry."
(Tucker [1992], 215)
comingtoSchool,toseeherSon,andgettingtheScholarsaPlay-Day.SoCeres,lovelyanddivine,EagertoseeherProserpine,BlessingtheNationsasshepass'd,Reach'dthefellTyrant'sCourtatlast;AroundhershotaGleamofLight,DiffusingJoy,dispellingNight;And,whilstshegildsthedismalGloom,TheDamn'da-whileforgettheirDoom;TheDanaidsnolongerfill;AndSisyphus'sStonestoodstill;Ixionwonderswhyhestrove,WithimpiousArts,torivalJove;GrimPlutosmil'd;allHelllook'dgay;Happy,aswewereYesterday.