106
ODES.
Give me now a moment's time:
When thou shalt attain thy prime, 40
And thy bosom feel desire,
Love the likeness of thy fire,
One ordain'd, thro' life, to prove
Still thy glory, still thy love. 44
Like thy sister, and like thee,
Let thy nurtur'd daughters be:
Semblance of the fair who bore thee,
Trace the pattern set before thee. 48
Where the Liffy meets the main,
Has thy sister hear'd my strain:
From the Liffy to the Thames,
Minstrel echoes sing their names, 52
Wafting to the willing ear
Many a cadence sweet to hear,
Smooth as gently breathing gales
O'er the ocean and the vales, 56
While the vessel calmly glides
O'er the level glassy tides,
While the summer flowers are springing,
And the new fledg'd birds are singing.60
When thou shalt attain thy prime, 40
And thy bosom feel desire,
Love the likeness of thy fire,
One ordain'd, thro' life, to prove
Still thy glory, still thy love. 44
Like thy sister, and like thee,
Let thy nurtur'd daughters be:
Semblance of the fair who bore thee,
Trace the pattern set before thee. 48
Where the Liffy meets the main,
Has thy sister hear'd my strain:
From the Liffy to the Thames,
Minstrel echoes sing their names, 52
Wafting to the willing ear
Many a cadence sweet to hear,
Smooth as gently breathing gales
O'er the ocean and the vales, 56
While the vessel calmly glides
O'er the level glassy tides,
While the summer flowers are springing,
And the new fledg'd birds are singing.60
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EPIGRAMS
