972 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 

 MORAL RHAPSODIES, 



IN TWO PARTS. 



Bij Sir William Young, Bart. 

 (Never before published. J 



1st. THE MOKNING ON THE ALPS. — 1775. 



" Despicere unde gueas alius, pctssimque videre 

 " Errare, — atque viam palantes qnarerc vittr." 



Lucret. L. 2d. 



THE dawn now faintly glimmers from the east, 

 Slowly it breaks the misty web of night : 

 Rise, sluggard, rise — to Nature's noblest feast ! 

 A beauteous world unfolding to the light. 



And now the sun his orb in blushes shews; 

 And, as he speeds the chariot of the day, 

 Over yon soaring mount's eternal snows. 

 Myriads of nascent pearls adorn his way. 



And now he sfrippeth the frost-clothed leaf, 

 And the thrush grateful doth his bounty hail ; 

 Nor sight of woe is seen — nor note of grief, 

 Saddens the echoes of the distant vale. 



For now the wanton kid may safely play, 

 Brouze on the Arbutus — or sip the ilood ; 

 Sport on the rocks, or through the thickets stray, 

 Nor fear thclurking savage of the wood. 



Adown the slipp'ry clift, the rugged bear 

 Slinks from the breaking morn, and homeward hies; 

 The wolf's low growl hangs faintly on the ear, 

 And much he starts, and fears discovering eyes. 



Let murder, haunting the incautious foe, 

 Veil in the shrowd of night the vengeful deed. 

 Bid the pale moon direct the trembling blow ; 

 And scarce in conscience vie^ its victim bleed ! 



Let treach'ry prowl through the domain of sleep, 

 Unseen — unknown, but by the mischief done t 

 I^-t low-born theft nocturnal vigils keep. 

 When strength and caution all to rest are gone ! 



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