Feels thy dread pow'r another heart afford, Whofe paffion-touch'd harmonious ftrings accord True as the circling spheres to Nature's plan; And man, the brother, lives the friend of man! "Bright as the pillar rofe at Heav'n's command, 195 When Ifrael march'd along the defert land, Blaz'd through the night on lonely wilds afar, Propitious Pow'r! when rankling cares annoy The facred home of Hymenean joy; When doom'd to Poverty's fequefter'd dell, The wedded pair of love and virtue dwell, 200 B Unpitied by the world, unknown to fame, Their woes, their wishes, and their hearts the fame Oh there, prophetic Hope! thy fmile bestow, 205 And chafe the pangs that worth fhould never knowThere, as the parent deals his fcanty store To friendlefs babes, and weeps to give no more; 210 Tell that his manly race fhall yet affuage Their father's wrongs, and shield his later age. Thefe bufy hands a lovelier cot shall build, And deck with fairer flowers his little field; And call from Heav'n propitious dews to breathe Arcadian beauty on the barren heath: 215 220 Tell, that while Love's fpontaneous smile endears The days of peace, the fabbath of his years, Health fhall prolong to many a festive hour The focial pleasures of his humble bower. Lo! at the couch where infant beauty fleeps, 225 Her filent watch the mournful mother keeps; She, while the lovely babe unconfcious lies, Smiles on her flumb'ring child with penfive eyes, And weaves a fong of melancholy joy "Sleep, image of thy father, fleep, my boy: No ling'ring hour of forrow shall be thine; No figh that rends thy father's heart and mine; In form and foul; but, ah! more bleft than he! 230 |