Miscellanies in Prose and Verse By Mrs. Catherine Jemmat |
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On ALEXANDER's FEAST being performed for a distressed Family.
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On ALEXANDER's FEAST being performed for a distressed Family.
Music, that charms and elevates the soul,
Attunes your reason to the friendly bowl;
That harmonizes social joys, that move
The heart, and ev'ry faculty to love.
Love! so inspir'd, seraphic and benign,
That fills the mind with sentiments divine,
Sues for relief from ev'ry gen'rous heart,
For her aged sons, who well perform'd their part;
So often pleas'd you with their tuneful strain:
Let not my sons then sue, and sue in vain.
Attunes your reason to the friendly bowl;
That harmonizes social joys, that move
The heart, and ev'ry faculty to love.
Love! so inspir'd, seraphic and benign,
That fills the mind with sentiments divine,
Sues for relief from ev'ry gen'rous heart,
For her aged sons, who well perform'd their part;
So often pleas'd you with their tuneful strain:
Let not my sons then sue, and sue in vain.
Hibernia, still renown'd for charity,
Let not your elder sister rival thee;
Shew your true taste in arts and science too,
In those no nations should shine more than you;
Whom distant records dedicate to fame,
Secur'd of glory, and illustrious name.
Hark! who presides, and animates our land;
Dubourgh! our envy'd son, whose happy hand
Commands the science, and directs the band.
Let not your elder sister rival thee;
Shew your true taste in arts and science too,
In those no nations should shine more than you;
Whom distant records dedicate to fame,
Secur'd of glory, and illustrious name.
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Dubourgh! our envy'd son, whose happy hand
Commands the science, and directs the band.
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