a ee 
a ORIGINAL POETRY. 
HYMN. tro CUPID*. 
2 Pith te 
LAL, Be fon of Venus! ea 3 
To thee our vows and incenfe rife.— 
Leave, at our call, thy native fkies, 
And in thy vot'ries’ bofoms dwell! 
IE. 
All hearts with glowing fhafts fubdue 3 
With ten-fold heat inflame each foul 5 
*Till lovers figh from pole to pole, 
And ewry knee is bent to You! | 
JIl. 
Oh! may bright Venus’ orient beam 
Soon.ufher in th’ aufpicious day, 
When thou on earth, enthron’d [apres 
‘Shalt reign with unrefifted fway ! 
IV. 
Thy councils Love and Joy fhalt guide, 
And frame thy laws to rule the land 5 
And blooming Beauty, by, thy fide,- — 
ce hy erufty 1 minifter fhall ftand. 
Y. 
ao guards fhall be the dimpling fmiles, 
And lightnings fhot from melting eyes, 
And confcious blufhes, wanton wiles, 
And whifpers foft, and am’rous fighs. 
Ova. Dea 
Gay Youth hall o’er their flutt’ring bands, 
As chief, prefide,-=attentive fill 
To watch thy nod, bear thy commands, 
And execute thy mighty will, 
VIL. 
Lo!. from thy amarantine bow’r 
Their hoft quick rufhes at his call :—= 
And foon fhall each oppofing pow’r .  — 
Before their conqw’ring deplore fall. 
Vill. 
Then, in thy. filken fetters bound, 
Earth’s various tribes, around oe throne, 
Shall captive bow their heads to ground, 
And THEE their fovereign 1 ruler OW. 
IX. 
E’en ttubborn Mars, fubdu’d, enchain’d,' 
Before thy fhrine fubmifs fhall kneel, 
Shall rend thie wreath by valour gain’d, 
’ And fighing break the murd’rous fteel. 
X. 
With his own. hand from earth he’ll tear 
His fav’rite laurel drench’d with blood, 
And in‘its place the myrtle rear, 
With nectar’s juice by thee bedew’d. 

* 'The difference, in the arrangement of 
the rhymes, between the firft two and the 
fucceeding ftanzas, arofe from cafual over 
fight, and their having been written at very 
_diftant periods from each other; the latter 
heing now added at the requeft of a friend 
Pate willed forae addition to the forimer, on 
fselng them in print. 
64 De aha 
No more nl his fhrill clarion fire 
With madd’ning notes the warrior traim 
To fate a tyrant’s ruthlefs ire, » 
And float with gory tide the plain, 
AIL, 
Himfelf, amid th’ embattied throng, 
To the foft lute fhall tune his lay, 
And Lydian meafures fweet prolong, 
"Till frowning Difcord hie away. 
AIil. 
And, lo! their louring knitted brows 
~ Gradual the adverfe hofts unbend = 
Each heart relents ; each bofom glows; 
Each hails his former foe a friend. 
>) Cae 
Now, join’d in Concord’s fiow’ry bands, 
Joyous they fhout the facred name 
Of Brother! and, uniting hands, 
Eternal peace on earth proclaim. 
Brayne’s-Row, Clerkenwell. }. Cte - 
Sa 
SUMMER. 
IMITATED FROM METASTASIO. 
ee 
IN OW Spring withdraws her milder beaming 
- ray, 
And Summer, glowing o’er the PaReDinE 
corn, 
Leads to thefe northern climes the’ bluthing 
day 
From Ethiop’s burning plains refulgent 
borne. 
Wo cloud acrofs the welkin fteers its courfe 
Upon the earth to pour itssgenial fhow’rs 5 
No fountain bubbles from its moffy fource, 
No fparkling dews refrefh the aes 
flow’ rs. 
The beech jut deck'd in April’s varied hues, 
Droops o’er its graffy feat all faint and pale; 
Its widely foreading arms their foliage loofe, 
And yield their ripening hanours to the gale. 
Beneath the golden fheaf, (his labour dene) 
The weary rea aper lays him down,to redt 5 
Whilf lovely Sy lvia thades him from the funy 
Or wipes the drops from off his brawny breatt. 
There too extended on the burning ground 
he filent cur reclines befide the pair 5. 
The happy group repote in fleep profound, 
Lull’d by the murmuring flies that fan the 
air. 
The amorous bull, that burnt with fierce de- 
fires x 
And {mote the rugged oak with angry roate— 
Languid and weak, nov» {fee him flow retire, . 
To cool his saiion on the breezy fhore. 
There as he bel'ows ’mong the echoing caves, 
And to the breeze uplifts his curly brows, 
The confcious heifer, ftanding in the waves, 
Anfwers his ardent fame with geatle lowes ~ 
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