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Poems By The Reverend Mr. Hoyland

Hoyland, Francis (1727-1786)

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ODES BY Mr. HOYLAND.
 I. 
ODE I. To his Guardian Angel.
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ODE II. To a Nightingale.
 III. 
ODE III. To a Friend, With a borrowed Guinea returned.
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ODE IV. On Rural Happiness.
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ODE V. To Sleep.

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ODE III. To a Friend, With a borrowed Guinea returned.

I

Auspicious Orb! whose chearful Glow
Dispells the sable Clouds of Woe;
And circling this terrestrial Ball
Like the gay Sun enlivens all;

II

Remitted to a gracious Friend,
My undissembled Love commend;
And (such the Interest Poets pay)
Chink in his Ear this moral Lay.
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III

“Lo, I return with brighter Beam!
“Beneficence refines my Gleam:
“O may I ever sacred be
“To Friendship and Humanity!

IV

“So shall my Rays, when yonder Light
“Is shaded in eternal Night,
“Above the Wreck of Nature rise,
“And glitter in immortal Eyes.”
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