Poems By Anthony Pasquin [i.e. John Williams]. Second Edition |
 |
|
|
AN ODE, ON HIS MAJESTY's RECOVERY. |
|
|
|
| 1. |
| 2. |
| 3. |
 | Poems |  |
152
AN ODE, ON HIS MAJESTY's RECOVERY.
From Grief's afflictive bed uprose,
Great GEORGE resumes his sceptr'd sway;
As Fate, in pity to our woes,
Restor'd his intellectual day.
Great GEORGE resumes his sceptr'd sway;
As Fate, in pity to our woes,
Restor'd his intellectual day.
The virgin's sigh, the widow's tear,
(A sympathy to Guilt denied!)
The statesman's pang, the hero's fear,
Call'd heav'n to heal a nation's pride:
(A sympathy to Guilt denied!)
The statesman's pang, the hero's fear,
Call'd heav'n to heal a nation's pride:
See, see the rosy-finger'd Hours,
All jocund, every ill destroy;
Reason's renerv'd his mental pow'rs,
His diadem is smooth'd by Joy!
All jocund, every ill destroy;
Reason's renerv'd his mental pow'rs,
His diadem is smooth'd by Joy!
He'll like the Theban eagle soar;
He'll strike Sedition to the ground;
He'll bid the generous lion roar,
To awe embattl'd foes around!
He'll strike Sedition to the ground;
He'll bid the generous lion roar,
To awe embattl'd foes around!
153
See Faction red with rage and shame,
Blaspheming toil to burst his chain;
As patriot Virtue walks to Fame,
Unclogg'd by Dread, unsmote by Pain.
Blaspheming toil to burst his chain;
As patriot Virtue walks to Fame,
Unclogg'd by Dread, unsmote by Pain.
May Time, who blazons Honor's cause,
The gifts of Plenty only bring,
To such as bend to moral laws,
Who fear their God and love their King!
The gifts of Plenty only bring,
To such as bend to moral laws,
Who fear their God and love their King!
| Poems | |