The Petition of An Old Uninhabited House in Penzance to its Master in Town With Hints to the Author of John Bull, A Comedy. To which is added an Appendix. Embellished with a View of the Old House. Second Edition [by C. V. Le Grice] |
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Written for a Fete at Penzance, given in celebration of the Princess Charlotte's Birthday, A.D. 1814.
In choral bands, ye festive throng,
Weave the gay dance, and raise the song,
Fill high the circulating glass,
And bid the “electric ruby” pass!—
Hush'd is each boding fear of ill,
The anxious sigh of Care is still;
Present is the promised pleasure,
Circling Suns have filled their measure,
And blest is Albion in the happy hour,
Which marks the blooming of Her fairest Flower.
Weave the gay dance, and raise the song,
Fill high the circulating glass,
And bid the “electric ruby” pass!—
Hush'd is each boding fear of ill,
The anxious sigh of Care is still;
Present is the promised pleasure,
Circling Suns have filled their measure,
And blest is Albion in the happy hour,
Which marks the blooming of Her fairest Flower.
Hail the Day! a date of glory!
Hail the Maid, whose future story
Shall rival great Eliza's name,
And mingle with an Anna's fame.
The diadem's imperial rays,
The emerald's green, and sapphire's blaze
Are wont with purer light to glow,
When radiant from a Woman's brow;
The dove-wing'd Sceptre claims an holier sway,
And proud Submission triumphs to obey.
Hail the Maid, whose future story
Shall rival great Eliza's name,
And mingle with an Anna's fame.
The diadem's imperial rays,
The emerald's green, and sapphire's blaze
Are wont with purer light to glow,
When radiant from a Woman's brow;
The dove-wing'd Sceptre claims an holier sway,
And proud Submission triumphs to obey.
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For, waiting Beauty's soft command,
Love, Awe, and Admiration stand;
Sweet influence the Graces shower,
And Virtue owns a Sister Power;
While Chivalry his gauntlet throws
In challenge vain for inmate foes,
And calls on Peace with sweet employ
Thro' cottaged vales to tune her joy;
Or, if the foreign trump of War he hear,
Uplifts his shield, and points his guardian spear.
Love, Awe, and Admiration stand;
Sweet influence the Graces shower,
And Virtue owns a Sister Power;
While Chivalry his gauntlet throws
In challenge vain for inmate foes,
And calls on Peace with sweet employ
Thro' cottaged vales to tune her joy;
Or, if the foreign trump of War he hear,
Uplifts his shield, and points his guardian spear.
So bright, O Charlotte, are the views,
Which burst on the prophetic Muse.—
Windsor, thy forest's mighty shade
Shall ne'er embower so fair a Maid,
Until—(and every Briton's prayer
Breathes wishes for the future Pair)
Until of Her high-dower'd love
United bliss the union prove,
And give th' admiring world renewed to see
Our Charlotte's virtues in Her progeny.
Which burst on the prophetic Muse.—
Windsor, thy forest's mighty shade
Shall ne'er embower so fair a Maid,
Until—(and every Briton's prayer
Breathes wishes for the future Pair)
Until of Her high-dower'd love
United bliss the union prove,
And give th' admiring world renewed to see
Our Charlotte's virtues in Her progeny.
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