Cupid turned volunteer In a series of prints, designed by Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth; and Engraved by W. N. Gardiner: With poetical illustrations by Thomas Park |
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CUPID SUPPLICATES PALLAS TO LET HIM BECOME
A VOLUNTEER. |
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CUPID SUPPLICATES PALLAS TO LET HIM BECOME A VOLUNTEER.
Rous'd by the threat which rouses allTo arm in Albion's patriot cause,
The vaunting threat of frantic Gaul,
That she will pare the lion's paws,
And with her locust-band despoil
Britain—the heav'n-protected isle!
Thus rous'd, e'en Love, the archer-boy
Who wings Idalian-temper'd darts
Which, while they wound, give wounds of joy,
And only pierce to rivet hearts;
Love drops the bandage from his brow,
That he may face this threatful foe;
He spurns at every boyish fear,
And the sage Goddess of the Gorgon shield
Implores, to let him try to wield
The weapons of a British Volunteer!
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