 | The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq |  |
THE ODE.
BRIGHT ascending to the skies,
See Britannia's glory rise!
Cease your sorrows, cease your fears,
Night recedes and day appears;
Another George majestic fills her throne,
And glad Britannia calls him all her own.
See Britannia's glory rise!
Cease your sorrows, cease your fears,
Night recedes and day appears;
Another George majestic fills her throne,
And glad Britannia calls him all her own.
Chorus.
Let the tuneful chorus join,
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine,
The youthful monarchs praise.
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine,
The youthful monarchs praise.
Air.
Rejoicing science with each polish'd art,
Beneath his reign shall with success conspire
To form the manners, humanize the heart,
And virtuous thoughts, and virtuous deeds inspire.
Beneath his reign shall with success conspire
To form the manners, humanize the heart,
And virtuous thoughts, and virtuous deeds inspire.
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II.
The sweets of liberty shall care beguile,
And justice still her happy influence spread,
Religion cheer him with a sacred smile,
And bid the crown sit lightly on his head.
And justice still her happy influence spread,
Religion cheer him with a sacred smile,
And bid the crown sit lightly on his head.
Chorus.
Let the tuneful chorus join,
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine
The picas monarch's praise.
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine
The picas monarch's praise.
Air.
See resplendent at his side,
Joyful sits his royal bride:
Glowing youth and beauty join
To make the fair conspicuous shine:
Ev'ry virtue warms her breast—
How is Britain's monarch blest!
Unsullied bliss shall crown the royal pair,
The good and great are heav'n's peculiar care.
Joyful sits his royal bride:
Glowing youth and beauty join
To make the fair conspicuous shine:
Ev'ry virtue warms her breast—
How is Britain's monarch blest!
Unsullied bliss shall crown the royal pair,
The good and great are heav'n's peculiar care.
Chorus.
Let the tuneful chorus join,
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine
The happy monarch's praise.
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine
The happy monarch's praise.
Air.
Rough war shall humbly at his feet
Her bloody laurels lay;
Him gentle peace shall kindly greet,
And smile beneath his sway.
Her bloody laurels lay;
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And smile beneath his sway.
II.
Hail! Britain, hail! these golden days;
Illustrious shalt thou shine;
For George shall gain immortal praise,
And, Britain, George is thine.
To distant time he shall extend his name,
And give thy glories to a deathless fame.
Illustrious shalt thou shine;
For George shall gain immortal praise,
And, Britain, George is thine.
To distant time he shall extend his name,
And give thy glories to a deathless fame.
Chorus,
Let the tuneful chorus join,
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine,
The British monarch's praise.
And high their voices raise,
To celebrate in notes divine,
The British monarch's praise.
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