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POETRY. 



ODE /or ?/je New Year, 1805; 

 Bif Henry James Pye, Esq. Poet-Laureat. 



I. 



PORTENTOUS 'mid the stormy sky, 

 Dread when the livid meteor's glare, 

 The faded cheek, the languid eye, 



PalcTerroi's awful reign declare; 

 And as athwart the face of heaven 



The blazing coruscations fly, 

 From the green mead and pasture driven, 

 The flocks and herds affrighted hie : 

 For on the lightning's flash await 

 The fiery messengers of fate ; 

 And the loud teujpest's thundering breath 

 Wafts the texrific bolts of danger and of death. 



II. 



But when the golden orb of day 



High in the arch of heav'n appears, 

 And with its salutary ray 



The smiling face of Nature cheers, 

 Each grove a livelier verdure wears. 

 The beams the woodland gloom pervade ; 

 While shining through the dewy glade, 

 As smooth the riv'let glides along. 

 The lowing herds, in peaceful throng 

 Assembled on the rushy brink, 

 Graze on its sides, or from its bosom drink ; 

 And bursting from each parent root. 

 Myriads of embryo scions shoot. 

 Myriads of insect tribes their wings display. 

 And rise to light and life, wak'd by th' inspiring ray. 



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