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THE TRIUMPHS
Pressing to view the sight their vows implor'd,
And hail their glory and their strength restor'd:
So the blest beings of this smiling scene
Flock'd round the car of their returning queen.
The radiant car, from which they now alight,
Careful she gives to a selected sprite,
A nymph of snowy vest and lovely frame,
Fidelity her fair and spotless name;
Then, happy to review her hallow'd home,
Leads her sweet guest to her celestial dome.
Gentlest of powers! for every purpose fit,
To strengthen wisdom, and embellish wit;—
Thou, whose mild arts, possess'd by thee a!one,
Can give to Virtue's voice a sweeter tone;
Allay the frost of age, or fire of youth,
And lend attraction to severest truth;
Improve e'en Beauty by thy graceful ease,
Or teach Deformity herself to please;—
Inspire the bard, whose just ambition pants
To guide weak mortals to thy heavenly haunts!
And hail their glory and their strength restor'd:
So the blest beings of this smiling scene
Flock'd round the car of their returning queen.
The radiant car, from which they now alight,
Careful she gives to a selected sprite,
A nymph of snowy vest and lovely frame,
Fidelity her fair and spotless name;
Then, happy to review her hallow'd home,
Leads her sweet guest to her celestial dome.
Gentlest of powers! for every purpose fit,
To strengthen wisdom, and embellish wit;—
Thou, whose mild arts, possess'd by thee a!one,
Can give to Virtue's voice a sweeter tone;
Allay the frost of age, or fire of youth,
And lend attraction to severest truth;
Improve e'en Beauty by thy graceful ease,
Or teach Deformity herself to please;—
Inspire the bard, whose just ambition pants
To guide weak mortals to thy heavenly haunts!
