Poems on Several Occasions With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures |
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Recitative.
FIRST VOICE.To young Victoria's happy Fame,
Well may the Arts a Trophy raise,
Musick grows sweeter in her Praise,
And, own'd by Her, with Rapture speaks her Name.
To touch the brave Cleander's Heart,
The Graces all in Her conspire,
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Apollo with his Lyre.
AIR.
The list'ning Muses all around her,Think 'tis Phœbus' Strains they hear:
And Cupid, drawing near to wound her,
Drops his Bow, and stands to hear.
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