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POETRY. | 
ODE for the Nrw Year, 1806. 
By Henry James Pye, Esq. Poet-Laureat. 
q ' 7 HEN ardent zeal for virtuous fame, 
When virtuous honour’s holy flame, 
Sit on the gen*rous warrior’s sword, 
Weak is the loudest Jay the Muse can sing, 
His deeds of yalour to record ; 
And weak the boldest flight of Fancy’s wing :-- 
Far above her high career, 
Upborne by worth th’ immortal chief shall rise, 
And to the lay-enraptur’d ear 
Of seraphs, list’ning from th’ empyreal sphere, 
Glory, her hymn divine, shall carol through the skies. 
For though the Muse in all unequal strain* 
Sung of the wreaths that Albion’s warriors bore 
From ev'ry region and from ev’ry shore, 
The naval triumphs of her George’s reign— 
Triumphs by many a valiant son 
From Gaul, Iberia, and Batavia won ; 
Or by St. Vincent’s rocky mound, 
r sluggish Texel’s shoaly sound ; 
Or Haffnia’s+ hyperborean wave, 
Or where Canopus’ billows lave 
Th’ Egyptian coast, while Albion’s genius guides 
Her dauntless hero through the fav’ring tides, 
Where rocks, nor sands, nor tempests’ roar, 
Nor batteries thund’ring from the shore, 
* Alluding toa poem called Naueratia, written by the author, and dedicated by 
permission to his majesty. SL 
+ Copenhagen. 
Arrest | 
