Classic Poem

THIS Day that gave B ELINDA Breath ,
Has giv'n a thousand Youths their Death ;
Why then fond Youths, so wond'rous gay?
Is this a fit rejoicing Day!
As well might Priam 's Subjects load
The Altar of their Guardian-God ;
As well express untimely Joy,
On the great Birth-Day of that Boy,
Whom Fate design'd to fire their Troy.