Poems on Several Occasions With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures |
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ON THE BIRTH-DAY Of the Right Honourable The Lord Chancellor Parker .
July XXIII, MDCCXIX.
As Father Thames pours out his plenteous Urn
O'er common Tracts, with Speed his Waters flow;
But where some beauteous Palace does adorn
His Banks, the River seems to move more slow;
O'er common Tracts, with Speed his Waters flow;
But where some beauteous Palace does adorn
His Banks, the River seems to move more slow;
As if he stopp'd awhile, with conscious Pride,
Nor to the Ocean wou'd pursue his Race,
Till he reflect its Glories in his Tide,
And call the Water-Nymphs around to gaze.
Nor to the Ocean wou'd pursue his Race,
Till he reflect its Glories in his Tide,
And call the Water-Nymphs around to gaze.
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So in Time's common Flood the huddled Throng
Of Months and Hours unheeded pass away,
Unless some gen'ral Good our Joy prolong,
And mark the Moments of some Festal Day.
Of Months and Hours unheeded pass away,
Unless some gen'ral Good our Joy prolong,
And mark the Moments of some Festal Day.
Not fair July, tho' Plenty clothe his Fields,
Tho' Golden Suns make all his Mornings smile,
Can boast of aught that such a Triumph yields,
As that he gave a Parker to our Isle.
Tho' Golden Suns make all his Mornings smile,
Can boast of aught that such a Triumph yields,
As that he gave a Parker to our Isle.
Hail happy Month! secure of lasting Fame!
Doubly distinguish'd thro' the circling Year:
In Rome a Heroe gave thee first thy Name;
A Patriot's Birth makes thee to Britain dear.
Doubly distinguish'd thro' the circling Year:
In Rome a Heroe gave thee first thy Name;
A Patriot's Birth makes thee to Britain dear.
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