When Pallas saw commerce extend o'er the earth,
The goddess in raptures thus cried —
" O Britain! first nation for traffic and worth,
" Young Fashion with you shall reside!

" Descend, lovely nymph, and encourage the arts,
" See the banners of Science unfurl'd!
" While History proves, by her records and charts,
" That England's the pride of the world. "

She ceas'd, and the nymph at the instant obey'd,
To Britain then wing'd her descent,
And having penn'd down the researches she made,
To Minerva these tidings she sent:

" Thro' Olympus proclaim, great goddess, on high,
" Brunswick's realms are th' mansions of love;
" Where beauty, wit, knowledge, alternately vie,
" To rival celestials above. "