When first the vocal fhell he ftrung, To which the Mufes fung, 35 Then first the Mufes fung; melodious strains Apollo And mufick first begun by thy aufpicious aid. [play'd, Hark, hark! again Urania fings; Again Apollo ftrikes the trembling ftrings; And fee! the lift'ning deities around Attend infatiate, and devour the found. CHORUS. "Hark, hark! again Urania fings; Again Apollo frikes the trembling ftrings; "And fee! the lift'ning deities around "Attend infatiate, and devour the found." IV. Defcend, Urania! heav'nly fair! To the relief of this afflicted world repair; 40 45 Confum'd with cares, with doubts diftrefs'd, 50 Or by conflicting paffions torn. Reason in vain employs her aid, The furious Will on Fancy waits, While Reason, still by hopes or fears betray'd, 55 Mufick alone with fudden charms can bind The wand'ring fenfe, and calm the troubled mind. CHORUS. "Mufick alone with fudden charms can bind "The wand'ring fenfe, and calm the troubled mind.” V. Begin the pow'rful fong, ye facred Nine! Harmony, peace, and fweet defire, 60 In ev'ry breast inspire: Revive the melancholy drooping heart, And foft repofe to reflefs thoughts impart. To dire revenge and death inclin'd; With balmy founds his boiling blood affuage, The weary world with welcome cafe is bleft, 65 70 CHORUS. ""Tis done; and now tumultuous paffions cease, "And all is hufh'd, and all is peace: 75 "The weary world with welcome eafe is bleft, See, fee! the battle is prepar'd! Behold the hero comes! Loud trumpets with fhrill fifes are heard, 85 War, with difcordant notes and jarring noife, CHORUS. "War, with difcordant notes and jarring noise, "The harmony of Peace deftroys." VII. See the forfaken fair, with streaming eyes, Her parting lover mourn; She weeps, the fighs, defpairs, and dies, And watchful wastes the lonely livelong nights go That may no more, no, never more, return. 95 "Let victory and peace restore "Her faithful lover to her tender breast, VIII. Enough, Urania! heav'nly fair! ICS And rule again the starry sphere; To ease the world of care. Cecilia! more than all the Mufes fkill'd! 110 Phoebus himself to her muft yield, And at her feet lay down His golden harp and laurel crown. 115 The foft enervate lyre is drown'd In the deep organ's more majestick found. Who form'd the tuneful frame, Th' immortal mufick never dies. GRAND CHORUS. "Cecilia! more than all the Mufes fkill'd! 120 "Phœbus himself to her muft yield, "And at her feet lay down "His golden harp and laurel crown. 125 "The foft enervate lyre is drown'd "In the deep organ's more majestick found. "In peals the fwelling notes afcend the fkies, 130 66 86 Perpetual breath the fwelling notes fupplics, And, lafting as her name "Who form'd the tuneful frame, "Th' immortal mufick never dies." 134 Occafioned on a LADY'S Having writ VERSES IN COMMENDATION OF A POEM which was written in praife of another lady. HARD is the task, and bold the advent'rous flight, Of him who dares in praife of Beauty write, For when to that high theme our thoughts ascend, 'Tis to detract, too poorly to commend: And he who praifing Beauty, does no wrong, May boast to be fuccessful in his fong; But when the fair themselves approve his lays, And one accepts, and one vouchsafes to praise, His wide ambition knows no farther bound, Nor can his Mufe with brighter fame be crown'd. 10 VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF GRACE, LADY GETHIN, Occafioned by reading her Book, entitled RELIQUIE GETHINIANE. AFTER a painful life in study spent, The learn'd themfelves their ignorance lament; 3 |