Ode Performed in the Senate-House, Cambridge, on the Seventh of July 1835, M.DCCC.XXXV ::

Ode Performed in the Senate-House, Cambridge, on the Seventh of July 1835, M.DCCC.XXXV

At the First Commencement after the Installation, and in the Presence, of the Most Noble John Jeffreys, Chancellor of the University [by Christopher Wordsworth]

Wordsworth, Christopher (1807-1885)

[section]

INSTALLATION ODE.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

Collapse All | Expand All expand section

VII.

Foremost, in iron clad, a King is there
Too mighty for his quailing foes,
Too weak to vanquish Care.
He once a Son did weep untimely lost, but now,
Rear'd by himself, on Granta's holy ground,
Sons has he, Sons immortal, found.
And therefore, loosen'd from his faded brow,
With martial Lilies crown'd,
His Coronal he weaves about Thy Vessel's prow;
Next, happier Richmond , he who twin'd
The snowy with th' ensanguin'd Rose,
Brings them, a chaplet on that prow to bind,
And saintly Margaret braids her pearly flower

Solo and Chorus.

To cheer, though billows chafe, and storms around thee lower.

Edward III, father of the Black Prince, founder of King's Hall, afterwards part of Trinity College. He added the lilies of France to the arms of England.

Henry VII, and his mother, Lady Margaret of Richmond. He was a great benefactor to King's College. She founded St John's and Christ's Colleges. Her device was the flower called la belle Marguerite.

University of Virginia Library

VII.