Such are th' effects of ANNA's royal cares: Make ev'ry subject glad, and a whole people blest. When actions, unadorn'd, are faint and weak, "When actions, &c.] An apology, gracefully enough made, for the prosaic plan of this poem: for though the author's invention had not supplied him with a better, his true taste could not but tell him, this was defective. THE opera first Italian masters taught, No charms are wanting to thy artful song, From words so sweet new grace the notes receive, Thy style hath match'd what ancient Romans knew, Landscapes how gay the bow'ry grotto yields, |