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native part, the aftronomic allufions : they 

 are thus given : 



Rife, great Mongolfier! urge thy venturous fligh* 

 High o'er the moon's pale, ice-reflected light ; 

 High o'er the pearly ftar, whofe beamy horn 

 Hangs in the eaft, gay harbinger of morn $ 

 -Leave the red eye of Mars on rapid wing, 

 Jove's iilver guards, and Saturn's dufky ringj 

 Leave the fair beams, that, ifluing from afar, 

 Play, with new lurtre, round the Georgian ftar; 

 Shun, with ftrcng oars, the fun's attractive throne, 

 The fparkling zodiac, and the milky zone, 

 "Where headlong comets, with increafing force, 

 Through other fyflems bend their blazing courfe \ 

 For thee Caffiope her chair withdraws, 

 For thee the Bear retrads his lhaggy paws. 

 High o'er the north thy golden orb (hall roll, 

 And blaze eternal round the wondering pole. 

 So Argo, rifing from the fouthern main, 

 Lights with new fiars the blue, etherial plain ; 

 With favoring beams the mariner protects, 

 And the bold courfe, which firft it fteer'd, dire&s. 



So beautifully does this high priefl of 

 Fancy choofe to conftellate the firft ad- 

 yenturous Aeronaut. 



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