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The peripatetic

or, Sketches of the heart, of nature and society; In a series of politico-sentimental journals, in verse and prose, of the eccentric excursions of Sylvanus Theophrastus; Supposed to be written by himself [by John Thelwall]

Thelwall, John (1764-1834)

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[I].

[VOL. I]

[And hence, my Stella! from thy feeling breast]

[—Immortal Sages!]

[“To calm Reflection's sober train]

[Sweet attic warbler! poet of the skies!]

[Though, loudest of the feather'd choir]

[Thee, vital beam! fair Virtue's guide!]

[Ah! keen the pang of friendless Woe]

[But come, fair Freedom, heav'n-born maid!]

[Daughters of Albion's gay enlighten'd hour!]

[Commerce! thou doubtful, and thou partial good!]

Ode to the American Republic.

[Dear social dome, from whom awhile]

[O Grief! how oft thy wizard-touch, malign]

[Thee, Queen of pensive Visions! to whose ear]

[O Reason! “first-created beam!”]

[Then hail! fair Reason's golden ray!]

[For sweet, when Morning streaks the vernal sky]

[Still asthe young Enthusiast I pursue]

[Hail, Meditation! modest maid!]

[“Then give me, Nymph! the unbought smile]

TO THE LARK.

[What needs the lofty-vaulted dome]

[Far, far away, ye little homely sheds!]

[Who can behold great Nature's awful face]

[See where the heart, life's awful reservoir?]

[Nor here forgets (as cheerful we aspire]

[If the glad heart of Friendship, or the soul]

[For here, while Phœbus sheds the radiant beam]

[Yes, Nature! yes: to my enthusiast eye]

II.

VOL. II.

III.

VOL. III.

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[Then hail! fair Reason's golden ray!]

Then hail! fair Reason's golden ray!
That, chasing Superstition's gloom,
Restores of Truth the peaceful day,
And gives each mental joy to bloom!

To thee, true Virtue's only friend!
Be my implicit reverence given:
To thee, may every Passion bend,
And own the genuine voice of Heaven!