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THE PASSIONS.

Throng'd around her magic cell,
Exulting, trembling, raging, fainting,-
Possess'd beyond the muse's painting :
By turns they felt the glowing mind,
Disturb'd, delighted, rais'd, refined (1):
Till once, 'tis said, when all were fired,
Fill'd with fury, rapt (2), inspired,
From the supporting myrtles round
They snatch'd her instruments of sound;
And, as they of thad heard apart (5)
Sweet lessons of her forceful art,
Each, for madness ruled the hour,
Would prove his own expressive power.

FEAR.

First Fear, his hand, his skill to try,
Amidst the chords bewilder'd (4) laid,
And back recoil'd, he knew not why,
Ev'n at the sound himself had made.

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ANGER.

Next Anger-rushed, his eyes on fire,
In lightnings own'd (5) his secret stings (6);

(1) Lefined, adouci, perfectionné.

(2) Rapt, en extase.

(3) Apart, séparément.

(4) Bewildered, d'une manière timide, égarée.
(5) To own, avouer, confesser, démontrer.
(6) Stings, tourments, blessures.

In one rude clash (1) he struck the lyre,

And swept (2) with hurried hand the strings.

DESPAIR.

With woeful measures, wan (5) Despair-
Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled (4):
A solemn, strange and mingled air,-.
'Twas sad by fits (5), by starts 'twas wild (6).

HOPE.

But thou, Hope! with eyes so fair,-
What was thy delighted measure!
Still it whisper'd promis'd pleasure,

And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail (7):
Still would her touch the scene prolong;
And from the rocks, the woods, the vale,
She call'd on echo still through all the song;
And when her sweetest theme she chose,

A soft responsive voice was heard at every close;
And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
And longer had she sung-but, with a frown,

(1) Clash, coup affreux, choc.

(2) To sweep, effleurer rapidement, balayer.

(3) Wan, pâle, blême.

(4) To beguile, tirer. (Au propre, ce mot signifie séduire, tromper.)

(5) By fits ou by starts, par accès, par saillie.

(6) Wild, désordonné, enragé, farouche.

(7) To hail, saluer, contempler avec plaisir.

THE PASSIONS.

REVENGE impatient rose.

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He threw his blood-stain'd (1) sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look (2),

The war-denouncing trumpet took,

And blew a blast (5) so loud and dread

Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe;

And ever and anon (4) he beat

The doubling drum with furions heat:

And though sometimes each dreary pause between,

Dejected Pity (5) at his side,

Her soul-subduing voice applied,

Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien,

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While each strain'd ball of sight (6) seem'd bursting from

JEALOUSY.

Thy numbers (7), Jealousy, to nought were fix'd,
Sad proof of thy distressful state :

Of differing themes the veering song was mix'd,
And now it courted LOVE-now raving call'd on HATE.

MELANCHOLY.

With eyes uprais'd, as one inspired,

(1) Blood-stained, tache de sang.

(2) A withering look, un regard farouche, flétrissant, destructif.

(3) A blast, un coup de trompette, de vent.

(4) Ever and anon, souvent, à plusieurs reprises.

(5) Pity, compassion.

(6) Strained ball of sight, l'œil enflé, les yeux enflés. (7) Numbers, mesure musicale.

Pale Melancholy sat retired

And from her wild sequester'd (1) seat,
In notes by distance made more sweet,

Pour'd through the mellow horn (2) her pensive soul:
And dashing soft from rocks around,

Bubbling runnels (3) join'd the sound:

Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole ; Or o'er some haunted stream (4) with fond delay, Round a holy calm diffusing,

Love of peace, and lonely musing,

In hollow murmurs died away.

CHEERFULNEESS.

But oh! how alter'd was its sprightlier tone,
When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue,
Her bow across her shoulder flung,

Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew,

Blew an inspiring air that dale and thicket rung,-
The hunter's call, to Fawn and Dryad known!
The oak-crown'd sisters, and their chaste-eyed queen,
Satyrs and sylvan boys, were seen

Peeping from forth their alleys green.

Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear,

And Sport leapt up, and seiz'd his beechen spear.

(1) Sequestered, retiré.

(2) The mellow horn, le cor mélodieux.
(3) Bubbling runnels, ruisseaux murmurants.
(4) Haunted stream, ruisseau enchanté.

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Last came Joy's extatic trial;

He with viny crown advancing,

First to the lively pipe (1) his hand address'd,
But soon he took the brisk awakening viol (2)
Whose sweet entrancing voice he loved the best :-
They would have thought, who heard the strain,
They saw in Tempe's vale (3) her native maids,
Amidst the festal-sounding shades,

To some unwearied minstrel dancing;
While, as his flying fingers kiss'd the strings,
Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round (4),
Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound;
And he, amidst his frolic play,

As if he would the charming air repay,

Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.

COLLINS.

TRUE MERIT.

Begin, my Lord, in early youth,
To cherish and encourage truth:
And blame me not for disrespect,
If I the flatt'rer's style reject;
With that by menial tongues supplied

(1) The lively pipe, charmant pipeau, flageolet.

(2) The viol, la viole.

(3) Tempe's vale, Tempé, (4) A round, une danse.

vallée de Thessalie.

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