The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton ... Fifth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. To which are now added Inscriptionum Romanarum Delectus, and An Inaugural Speech As Camden Professor of History, never before published. Together with Memoirs of his Life and Writings; and Notes, Critical and Explanatory. By Richard Mant |
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Recit.Her accents Isis' calm attention caught,
As lonesome, in her secret cell,
In ever-varying hues, as mimic fancy taught,
She rang'd the many-tinctur'd shell:
Then from her work arose the Nais mild;
Air III.
She rose, and sweetly smil'd
With many a lovely look,
That whisper'd soft consent:
Recit.
She smil'd, and gave the goddess in her flood
To dip her casque, tho' dy'd in recent blood;
While Pallas, as the boon she took,
Thus pour'd the grateful sentiment.
Air IV.
“For this, thy flood the fairest name
“Of all Britannia's streams shall glide,
“Best fav'rite of the sons of fame,
“Of every tuneful breast the pride:
“For on thy borders, bounteous queen,
“Where now the cowslip paints the green
“With unregarded grace,
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“As lonesome o'er the breezy reeds
“She bends her silent pace;
“Lo! there, to wisdom's Goddess dear,
“A far-fam'd City shall her turrets rear,
Recit.
“There all her force shall Pallas prove;
“Of classic leaf with every crown,
“Each olive, meed of old renown,
“Each ancient wreath, which Athens wove,
“I'll bid her blooming bow'rs abound;
“And Oxford's sacred seats shall tow'r
“To thee, mild Nais of the flood,
“The trophy of my gratitude!
“The temple of my pow'r!”
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