Ode To the Right Honourable the Earl of Northumberland On his being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Presented on the birth-day of Lord Warkworth. With some other Pieces. By Christopher Smart |
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TO THE Honourable Mrs. DRAPER. |
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TO THE Honourable Mrs. DRAPER.
Noble, lovely, and judicious,
Making worth thy aim and prize,
Hear the verse the muse officious
Now presents thee to revise.
Making worth thy aim and prize,
Hear the verse the muse officious
Now presents thee to revise.
Thine is exquisite discernment,
Zealous for thy country's cause
Thou hast heap'd the best preferment
On the prince of all applause.
Zealous for thy country's cause
Thou hast heap'd the best preferment
On the prince of all applause.
Thus I greet thee at a distance,
Checking love by learning awe;
Grandeur gives the muse assistance,
And the lighter thoughts withdraw.
Checking love by learning awe;
Grandeur gives the muse assistance,
And the lighter thoughts withdraw.
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All ideas are untainted
When we think on heav'nly things;
Cherubs without sex are painted,
Form'd alone of heads and wings.
When we think on heav'nly things;
Cherubs without sex are painted,
Form'd alone of heads and wings.
When of Cherubs we conjecture,
'Tis because we dwell on thee;
Looks and life thou art a lecture
On th'angelical degree.
'Tis because we dwell on thee;
Looks and life thou art a lecture
On th'angelical degree.
Take the laurel for thy frontlet,
On thy breast the myrtles place,
For young Draper wears the gauntlet
Of all chivalry and grace.
On thy breast the myrtles place,
For young Draper wears the gauntlet
Of all chivalry and grace.
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