Poetical works of the late F. Sayers to which have been prefixed the connected disquisitions on the rise and progress of English poetry, and on English metres, and also some biographic particulars of the author, supplied by W. Taylor |
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ODE TO BACCHUS.
Bacchus, ivy-waving king,Lead me thro' the mystic ring,
Gladly catch my shouts of glee,
And songs that waken revelry!
Son of Semele, advance,
Bromius, lead me in the dance!—
On mountain-heights thou lov'st to stray,
And guide thy loudly-jocund train,
While nymphs around thee chant their lay,
Thou swell'st the shout and frolic strain;
Echo, from her quivering shell,
Rocks, o'er tufted woods that tower,
The dark-brow'd hill, the bending dell,
Scatter wide the festive roar.
O thou, with bright-leav'd ivy crown'd,
While song and gladness burst around,
Son of Semele, advance,
Bromius, lead me in the dance.
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