| James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902. | | | | May 29 | | A Short Hymn upon the Birth of Prince Charles | | By Henry Wotton (1568–1639) |
| | | | Charles II. of England born on May 29, 1630. |
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YOU that on stars do look, | |
| Arrest not there your sight, | |
| Though Nature’s fairest book, | |
| And signed with propitious light; | |
| Our blessing now is more divine | 5 |
| Than planets that at noon did shine. | |
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| To Thee alone be praise, | |
| From whom our joy descends, | |
| Thou cheerer of our days, | |
| Of causes first, and last of ends: | 10 |
| To Thee this May we sing, by whom | |
| Our roses from the lilies bloom. | |
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| Upon this royal flower, | |
| Sprung from the chastest bed, | |
| Thy glorious sweetness shower; | 15 |
| And first let myrtles crown his head, | |
| Then palms and laurels wreathed between: | |
| But let the cypress late be seen. | |
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| And so succeeding men, | |
| When they the fulness see | 20 |
| Of this our joy, shall then | |
| In consort join, as well as we, | |
| To celebrate His praise above | |
| That spreads our land with fruits of love. | | | |
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