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A PilfDAlUO ODJr.AW4~ &olian 111'8, •wake,
.And give to rapture all thy trembliDg atriags.
From Heliron's harmonioua apring.
A thousand rilla their muy progreea take :
The Ja.ughing ftowen1 that rouud them blow
Drink life and fr~raJIOO aa they Bow.
Now the rich stream of Music winda along
Deep, majestic, smooth,. and stron~,
Through verdant vales_ anti Oet-ea golden reign;
Now rollin~ down the steep am.ain,
Headlong, UI1petuous, see it pour:
Tht~ rooks and nodding groves re-bellow to tlre roar.
0 Sovereign of ihe Willing soul~
Parent of sweet and 110Iemu-breathing air11,
Enchanting shell I the sullen Cares
And frantic Paaaions hear thy sofL coutrol.
On Tht-acia's billa t.be L1wd of War
Ha.a curb'd the fuey o(hi. car.
And dropt his thintyla.noe at thy cowwowd.
Perching on the sceptred hand
Of Jove, thy magic lulls the fea.ther'd kina
With ruftled plumea, and ftaggillg wing:
Qut>nch'd in d'ark cloud's of s\uw ber lie
The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Thee the voice, the dance, obey,
Temper'd to thy warbled lay,
O'er Idalia's velvet-green.
The roey-crownM Loves are seen
Oo. Cytherea's day,
With a11tic Sport, and blue-eyed Plelli!UreS,
Frisking l~ht in frolic measures;
Now pUrBumg, now retreating,
Now in circling troops they meet;
To brisk notes in cailence beating
Gl~ce their many-twinkling feet.
Slow melting strains their Queen'a approach decla~
Where'er ehe turns the GI"aces nomage pay :
With &nru~sublime that fl.o&t upon the &ir
In gliding state she wins he;-eallY way:
O'er her Wl\rm c.heek and rising bosom move
The bloom of young Deaire and purple light of love.
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