Mark the day white, on which the Fates have smiled: <br />Eugenio and Egeria have a child. <br />On whom abundant grace kind Jove imparts <br />If she but copy either parent's parts. <br />Then, Muses! long devoted to her race, <br />Grant her Egeria's virtues and her face; <br />Nor stop your bounty there, but add to it <br />Eugenio's learning and Eugenio's wit.<br /><br />Ernest Christopher Dowson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-the-birth-of-a-friend-s-child/
