BIRTH-DAY
To
the
same
,
on
Richmond-Green
,
Soon
after
her
being
Maid
of
Honour
to
Queen
CAROLINE
.
Bring
,
bring
the
lyre
,
to
usher
in
the
morn
;
Delia
,
the
gentlest
Maid
,
to
day
was
born
:
And
tho'
she
twenty
summer
suns
has
seen
,
Tho'
now
among
the
nymphs
of
Britain's
Queen
,
Is
still
the
gentlest
Maid
upon
the
green
.
Sure
guardian
Sylphs
around
her
paths
attend
!
Without
a
foe
,
and
worthy
ev'ry
Friend
.
In
one
bright
calm
may
each
succeeding
year
Roll
guiltless
on
,
unruffled
by
a
care
!
Till
future
Maids
of
Honour
have
approv'd
The
grove
she
haunted
,
and
the
stream
she
lov'd
:
And
each
bright
Sister
,
emulous
,
proclaim
,
That
Innocence
and
Pleasure
are
the
same
.