Were Princes grac'd with Souls like thine, <br />Princes had still been deem'd divine. <br />Such Merit as we find in thee, <br />First introduc'd Idolatry; <br />When an excelling Form and Mind, <br />Delighting, had misled Mankind; <br />Inspiring with an awful Sense <br />Of infinite Beneficence. <br /> <br />Were Kings elective, Realms would sue, <br />Contending to be sway'd by you. <br />Yet, tho' no regal Throne is thine, <br />Thou hast no Reason to repine; <br />Since Heav'n, that gave the Monarch's Heart, <br />Bestow'd thee far the nobler Part.<br /><br />Mary Barber<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-his-grace-the-duke-of-chandos/
