A LATIN INSCRIPTION ON A MEDAL FOR LEWIS XIV. OF FRANCE. PROXIMUS et fimilis regnas, Ludovice, tonanti, ENGLISHED, AND APPLIED TO QUEEN ANNE. NEXT to the Thunderer let Anna ftand, In piety fupreme as in command; Fam'd for victorious arms and generous aid, 3 3 Young Auftria's refuge and fierce Bourbon's dread.. Titanian leagues in vain shall brave the Rhine, When to the Eagle you the thunder join. A MORNING HYMN. TO THE DUCHESS OF HAMILTON. AWAKE, bright Hamilton! arife, Phoebus in vain calls forth the blushing morn; G The lark, that wont with warbling throat Early to falute the skies. Or fleeps, or elfe füfpends his note, Disclaiming day till you arife. Goddefs! awake, thy beams difplay, Reftore, the universe to light: When Hamilton appears then dawns the day, Lovers, who watchful vigils keep, To offer fongs and hymns of pray'r, Ev'n life, and death, and fate, are there; Thinevitable book, was noted down The dying thould revive, the living die, As Hamilton fhall fmile, as Hamilton shall frown. 25 "Goddess of Love and of the day; "Awake, disclose thy radiant eyes, "And fhew the fun a brighter ray: 30 OF f kings dethron's, and blood of brethren fpilt, In vain, O Britain! you'd avert the guilt, If crimes which your forefathers bluth' to own, Repeated, call for heavier vengeance down, Tremble, ye People! who your kings diftrefs Tremble, ye Kings! for people you opprefs: el A Th' Eternal fees, arm'd with his forky rods.edor I The rife and fall of empire 's from the gods, FOR A FIGURE REPRESENTING THE GOD OF LOVE.” WHOE'ER thou art, thy lord and mafter fee; HER NAME. GUESS, and I'll frankly own her name, Were but faint images of her. 10 12 5 Sees nothing half fo fair or bright, Who can this be?-'Tis Howard-or Ballenden. CUPID DISARMED. TO THE PRINCESS D'AUVERGNE. CUPID, delighting to be near her, Charm'd to behold her, charm'd to hear her, Enchanted with each matchlefs grace, ΤΟ 15 18 EXPLICATION IN FRENCH. CUPIDON DESARMÉ. Fable pour Madame la Princeffe d' Auvergne." CUPIDON prenant plaifir de fe trouver toûjours aupres d'elle; charmé de la voir, charmé de l'entendre: comme il admiroit un jour fes graces inimitables, dans cette distraction de fon ame et de fes fens, il laiffa tomber ce dard fatal qui ne manque jamais de percer les cœurs. Elle le ramaffe foudain, et s'armant la belle main, "C'eftainfi," dit elle, "que je me rend maitreffe de "l'Amour: tremblez, Enfant malin, je veux vanger "tous les maux que tu as fait." Le dieu étonné, revenant de fa furprize, fe fiant a fes ailes, s'echappe, et s'envole vite comme une fleche qui rend l'air, et lui laiffe la poffeffion de toute fon artillerie. Princeffe,rendez lui fes armes, qui vous font inutiles: la Nature vous a donnée des charmes plus puiffants: les captives de l'Amour fouvent recouvrent la liberté; il n'y a que la mort feule qui puiffe affranchir les vôtres. |