Poems on Several Occasions By Edward, Lord Thurlow. The Second Edition, considerably enlarged |
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3. ON THE DEPARTURE OF THE EARL OF MOIRA, TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
Not, India, that thy fruitful bosom glowsWith all, that of the golden Sun hath birth;
Not that the Ganges to thy Ocean flows,
Whose praises have been heard through all the Earth;
No, India, not for these, though gifts they are
Of peerless beauty, and of sacred praise,
But for what else God hath assign'd thy share,
Thy happiness above the skies I raise:
That Thou, beneath Britannia's gentle sway,
In honour, and in peace art still upheld,
Whose noblest sons thy equal balance weigh,
And wield the sword, by which thy foes are quell'd;
And chief, that now the World's fair light is gone,
To rule thee, and to make thy bliss his own!
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