Ah! fair one, will it not suffice,
That I should once your victim lie;
Unless you multiply your eyes,

And strive to make me doubly die?

THE POETICAL WORKS

OF

THOMAS TICKELL.

POEMS.

ON QUEEN CAROLINE'S

REBUILDING THE LODGINGS OF THE BLACK PRINCE, AND HENRY V. AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Oxford.

WHERE bold and graceful soars, secure of fame,
The pile, now worthy great Philippa's name,
Mark that old ruin, gothic and uncouth,
Where the Black Edward pass'd his beardless
youth;

And the Fifth Henry, for his first renown,
Outstripp'd each rival in a student's gown.

In that coarse age were princes fond to dwell With meagre monks, and haunt the silent cell: Sent from the monarch's to the Muse's court, Their meals were frugal, and their sleeps were short;

Tó couch at curfew time they thought no scorn,
And froze at matins every winter-morn;
They read, an early book, the starry frame,
And lisped each constellation by its name;

Art after art still dawning to their view,
And their mind opening as their stature grew.
Yet, whose ripe manhood spread our fame so
far,

Sages in peace, and demi-gods in war!

Who, stern in fight, made echoing Cressi ring, And, mild in conquest, serv'd his captive king! Who gain'd, at Agincourt, the victor's bays; Nor took himself, but gave good Heaven, the praise!

Thy nurslings, ancient dome! to virtue form'd ; To mercy listening, whilst in fields they storm'd · Fierce to the fierce; and warm the opprest to

save;

Through life rever'd, and worshipp'd in the grave!
In tenfold pride the mouldering roofs shall shine,
The stately work of bounteous Caroline;
And blest Philippa, with unenvious eyes,
From Heaven behold her rival's fabric rise.
If still, bright saint, this spot deserves thy care,
Incline thee to the ambitious Muse's prayer:
O, could'st thou win young William's bloom to

grace

His mother's walls, and fill thy Edward's place,
How would that genius whose propitious wings
Have here twice hover'd o'er the sons of kings,
Descend triumphant to his ancient seat,
And take in charge a third Plantagenet!