Poems on Several Occasions ... To which is added, the Plague of Wealth, Occasion'd By the Author's receiving fifty Pounds from his Excellency the Lord Carteret, for the foremention'd Ode. With several Poems not in the Dublin Edition. By Matthew Pilkington. Revised by the Reverend Dr. Swift |
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ODE V.
With Wine, that blissful Joys bestows,
Let's mix the sweetly-breathing Rose,
Love's fav'rite Flow'r; and while we spread
It's blushing Beauties round the Head,
Let's drink, and laughing Cares away,
With Wine-begotten Smiles look gay.
Let's mix the sweetly-breathing Rose,
Love's fav'rite Flow'r; and while we spread
It's blushing Beauties round the Head,
Let's drink, and laughing Cares away,
With Wine-begotten Smiles look gay.
Thou fairest, all-surpassing Rose,
What Charms thy op'ning Leaves disclose!
O thou, the Spring's peculiar Care,
Whose Sweets enrich the vernal Air!
Belov'd, and courted here on Earth,
And pleasing those of heav'nly Birth!
When Love, the Child of Venus, leads
The Graces, ever-blooming Maids
In sportive Dance, thy Blossoms fair
In fragrant Wreaths adorn his Hair.
What Charms thy op'ning Leaves disclose!
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Whose Sweets enrich the vernal Air!
Belov'd, and courted here on Earth,
And pleasing those of heav'nly Birth!
When Love, the Child of Venus, leads
The Graces, ever-blooming Maids
In sportive Dance, thy Blossoms fair
In fragrant Wreaths adorn his Hair.
Then crown me while I strike the Lyre,
And wake the Notes that Mirth inspire:
O Bacchus, near thy sacred Shrine,
With blooming Virgins half-divine,
While rosy Wreaths my Temples bind,
I'll Dance, with ever-chearful Mind.
And wake the Notes that Mirth inspire:
O Bacchus, near thy sacred Shrine,
With blooming Virgins half-divine,
While rosy Wreaths my Temples bind,
I'll Dance, with ever-chearful Mind.
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