Classic Poem

A VIRGIN pen would fain its homage pay,
And hail, with rapture, K — — — ll's nuptial day;
Tho' far unequal to the great design,
The pleasing theme ennobles every line;
And tho' no moving strains of rhetoric flow,
An honest warmth shall here conspicuous glow.
The naval Hero , long inur'd to arms,
From hair-breadth 'scapes, and terrible alarms,
Now takes the pleasing task of beauty's guard,
That beauty meant his valour's just reward:
O grant, indulgent heaven! the muse's pray'r,
And crown with bliss this amiable pair;
Thy best, thy choicest blessings on them pour,
And mark with health and joy each fleeting hour:
And O! may each revolving year improve
Their mutual friendship, and connubial love.