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Poems on several occasions

By H. Carey. The Third Edition, much enlarged

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THE LAUREL-GROVE;
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE LAUREL-GROVE;

OR, THE POET's Tribute TO MUSIC and MERIT.

AND FIRST, To Mr. George-Frederick Handel.

Hail unexhausted Source of Harmony,
Thou glorious Chief of Phæbus' tuneful Sons!
In whom the Knowledge of all Magick Number,
Or Sound melodious does concentred dwell.

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The Envy and the Wonder of Mankind
Must terminate, but never can thy Lays:
For when, absorb'd in Elemental Flame,
This World shall vanish, Music will exist:
Then thy sweet Strains, to native Skies returning,
Shall breathe in Songs of Seraphims and Angels,
Commixt and lost in Harmony Eternal,
That fills all Heaven! ------