Mr. Cooke's Original Poems with Imitations and Translations of Several Select Passages of the Antients, In Four Parts: To which are added Proposals For perfecting the English Language |
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ANACREON To the Grasshopper.
Grasshopper, we hail thee bless'd,In thy lofty shady Nest,
Happy, merry, as a King,
Siping Dew, you sip and sing.
Cast an Eye around the Field;
All is thine the Seasons yield.
Lo! the Husbandmen rejoice,
When they hear thy friendly Voice;
Mortals to thee Homage pay,
Prophet of the Summer's Day.
Fav'rite of the tuneful Throng,
Of the Nine, and God of Song,
Phœbus gives thee, such his Will,
Voice to sing so sweetly shrill.
Ever young, with Plenty bless'd,
Like the Gods thy State of Rest.
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