To wake each joylefs morn, and fearch again

The famith'd haunts of folitary men,

Whofe race, unyielding as their native ftorm,

Knows not a trace of Nature but the form;
Yet, at thy call, the hardy tar pursued,

Pale, but intrepid, fad, but unfubdued,
Pierc'd the deep woods, and, hailing from afar,
The moon's pale planet and the northern ftar;
Paus'd at each dreary cry, unheard before,

Hyænas in the wild, and mermaids on the shore ;

Till, led by thee o'er many a cliff fublime,

He found a warmer world, a milder clime,
A home to rest, a shelter to defend,

Peace and repose, a Briton and a friend! 2

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Congenial Hope! thy paffion-kindling power,

How bright, how ftrong, in youth's untroubled hour!

On yon proud height, with genius hand in hand,

I fee thee light, and wave thy golden wand.

"Go, Child of Heaven! (thy winged words proclaim)

'Tis thine to fearch the boundlefs fields of fame!

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Lo! Newton, Prieft of Nature, fhines afar,

Scans the wide world, and numbers ev'ry star!
Wilt thou, with him, mysterious rites apply,

And watch the fhrine with wonder-beaming eye?
Yes, thou fhalt mark, with magic art profound,

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The speed of light, the circling march of found;
With Franklin grasp the lightning's fiery wing,
Or yield the lyre of Heav'n another ftring. 3

"The Swedish fage admires, in yonder bow'rs, 4

His winged infects, and his rofy flow'rs;

Calls from their woodland haunts the favage train

With founding horn, and counts them on the plain-
So once, at Heav'n's command, the wand'rers came
To Eden's fhade, and heard their various name.

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"Far from the world, in yon fequefter'd clime,

Slow pafs the fons of Wisdom, more fublime;

Calm as the fields of Heav'n, his fapient eye

The lov'd Athenian lifts to realms on high,
Admiring Plato on his spotless page,

Stamps the bright dictates of the Father sage :

• Shall Nature bound to Earth's diurnal span The fire of God, th' immortal foul of man?

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"Turn, Child of Heav'n, thy rapture-lighten'd eye

To Wisdom's walks, the facred Nine are nigh:

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Hark! from bright fpires that gild the Delphian height,

From streams that wander in eternal light,

Rang'd on their hill, Harmonia's daughters fwell

The mingling tones of horn, and harp, and shell;

Deep from his vaults, the Loxian murmurs flow,
And Pythia's awful organ peals below.

"Belov'd of Heav'n! the smiling mufe fhall fhed Her moonlight halo on thy beauteous head;

Shall fwell thy heart to rapture unconfin'd,

And breathe a holy madness o'er thy mind.

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I see thee roam her guardian pow'r bencath,

And talk with fpirits on the midnight heath;

Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came,
And ask each blood-ftain'd form his earthly name;

Then weave in rapid verfe the deeds they tell,

And read the trembling world the tales of hell.

"When Venus, thron'd in clouds of rofy hue, Flings from her golden urn the vefper dew, And bids fond man her glimmering noon employ,

Sacred to love and walks of tender joy;

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A milder mood the goddess fhall recall,

And foft as dew thy tones of music fall ;
While Beauty's deeply pictur'd fmiles impart
A pang more dear than pleasure to the heart
Warm as thy fighs fhall flow the Lesbian strain,
And plead in Beauty's ear, nor plead in vain.

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