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Poems on Several Occasions

To which is added Gondibert and Birtha, A Tragedy. By William Thompson
Thompson, William (1712?-1766?)
  
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THE MORNING LARK.

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Anacreontick.

I

Feather'd Lyrick! warbling high,
Sweetly gaining on the Sky,
Op'ning with thy Matin-Lay
(Nature's Hymn!) the Eye of Day,
Teach my Soul, on early Wing,
Thus to soar, and thus to sing.

II

While the Bloom of orient Light
Gilds Thee in thy tuneful Flight,
May the Day-Spring-from-on-High,
Seen by Faith's religious Eye,
Cheer Me with his Vital Ray,
Promise of Eternal Day!
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