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A PINDARIC ODE. 
TO SCIENCE, 
BY GEORGE DYER. 
Myc? adcov cnorer 
Ado Gasravorccoy 
Ev wyrepe, Owesvoy ar pay 
Eonuoc ds wt9ecog.  PrNDAR, Oly. O.1. 
Mark the glowing fun on high, 
Scattering round a golden ray; 
He fhines amidft the defert /kyy 
Unrivall’d Ruler of the Day. 
Laas a 
MERE are who fkim the (ream of life, 
And catch delight from every pafling gale ; 
No doleful founds their ears affail, 
Wor heed they Nature’s ftrife. 
Bright fkies illume their dawning day, 
While Mufic wakes its magic powers, 
No clouds obftrud their noon-tide ray, 
A.nd te foft meafures move their evening hours, 
Gaily its courfe the motley veffel glides, 
As Pleafure at the helm, a laughing beauty, 
guides. 
? 
D2: 
Their deftin’d courfe fome lonely bend, 
find no propitious gales attend ; 
While direful notes are heard from far, 
The {cream of woe, the din of war: 
Midit itruggling ftorms their mornings doubt-_ 
ful rife; 
Sullen and flow proceed their hours along; 
"Mid fcewling tempeits clofe their weften 
ikies, 
Nor foothes their ear the cheerful voice of 
fong. 
fi3. 
But lo! the fons of Genius ftand, 
And Science open fpreads her volume fair, 
And Friendthip waves her hand 
To check the child of Mirth, to foothe the 
child of Care ; 
Nature affumes her fmiling form, 
Like ocean refting from a ftorm : 
From diftant India’s pearly fhores, 
From myftic Egypt’s latent flores, 
Or where in Grecia’s tuneful groves 
The graces wanton’d with the loves, 
Lo! Scicnce comes, and takes her awful feat, 
While Genius glides along, her queen’s advance 
Lo; greet. 
h  Uehigh a 
_ The blooming wreath of rapturous praife, 
Now weave with vary’d fkill, and confcious 
pride, - 
As when, near Pifa’s Jaurell’d fide, 
“The Thebaa wove the living bays: 
Of brow ferene, and port fublime, 
Immortal Science, hail! To thee, 
Bright with the fpoils of ancient time, 
We yield the crown, we bend the willing 
knee, 
To thee the virtues all obedient rife, 
And Truth with unveil’d face, and clear un- 
clouded eyes. . 
ify 3. 
«( Ye fons of mirth, and fons of care, 
‘¢ I the bow’r of blifs prepare ; 
¢¢ Near me ftream ambrofial fhow’rs ; 
«¢ Near me bloom immortal flow’rs : 
“ Oh! hither then your erring courfesbe nd; 
“¢ Here Mirth’s wild crew may haply find 2 
» friend 5 
«¢ Soon near my fide fhall Care forget to grieve, 
‘© And pining Melancholy dare to liye,” 
Tey 
Thus Science {pake aloud—when, lo! 
By Fancy’s eye were feen the facred chvir, 
That taught with vivid glow 
The canvafs firft to fhine, that wak’d the 
melting lyre ; [move, 
And round and round their queen they 
Symphonious to the voice of Love. 
Nor did in vain the thrilling dart 
Of Mufic pierce the captiv’d heart, 
Till ev’ry difcord died away, 
As clouds before the folay ray. 
Through the wide earth th’ harmonic chords 
refound, [{miles around. 
While Rapture lifts her voice, and Goodnefs 
Feb, 10, 1796. 

TIoytiium. Tue Prison. 
BY DR. DARWIN, 
WELCOME, Debtor! in thefe walls 
? Thy cares, and joys, and loves forego! 
Approach ; a brother Debtor calls, 
And join the family of woe ! 
Did Fortune with her frowning brow 
Thy late and early toils withitand ? 
Or Slander {trike the fatal blow, 
Or griping Us’ry’s iron hand? 
Say, does a wife, to want confign’d, 
While weeping babes furround*her bed, 
Peep through, and fee the fetters bind 
Thofe hands, that earn’d their daily bread? 
Does fhe in vain, on knees that bend, 
The marble heart of wealth implore ? 
Breathlefs purfue fome flying friend, 
Or beat in vain the clofing door? 
Look up, and fhare our feanty meal ; 
For us fome brighter hours may flow; . 
Some angel break thefe bolts of fteel, 
For Howanrp marks, and feels our woe. 
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