Peru once more a race of Kings behold,
And other Mexico's be roof'd with gold.
Exil'd by thee from earth to deepest hell,
In brazen bonds, fhall barb'rous Discord dwell:
Gigantic Pride, pale Terror, gloomy Care,
And mad Ambition fhall attend her there:
There purple Vengeance bath'd in gore retires, 415
Her weapons blunted, and extinct her fires:
There hateful Envy her own snakes shall feel,
And Perfecution mourn her broken wheel:
There Faction roar, Rebellion bite her chain,
And gasping Furies thirst for blood in vain. 420
Here cease thy flight, nor with unhallow'd lays
Touch the fair fame of Albion's golden days:
The thoughts of Gods letGRANVILLE's verfe recite,
And bring the scenes of op'ning fate to light.
My humble Muse, in unambitious strains,
Or under fouthern fkies exalt their fails,
Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales! 390
For me the balm fhall bleed, and amber flow,
The coral redden, and the ruby glow,
The pearly shell its lucid globe infold,
And Phoebus warm the rip'ning ore to gold. 394
The time fhall come, when free as feas or wind
Unbounded Thames fhall flow for all mankind,
Whole nations enter with each fwelling tide,
And feas but join the regions they divide;
Earth's diftant ends our glory fhall behold,
And the new world launch forth to feek the old.
Then ships of uncouth form shall stem the tyde,
And feather'd people croud my wealthy fide,
And naked youths and painted chiefs admire
Our speech, our colour, and our strange attire!
Oh ftretch thy reign, fair Peace! from shore to shore,
"Till Conqueft ceafe, and Slav'ry be no more; 406
"Till the freed Indians in their native groves
Reap their own fruits, and woo their fable loves,
VER. 396. Unbounded Thames, etc.] A wish that London may be made a FREE PORT. P.
Peru once more a race of Kings behold,
And other Mexico's be roof'd with gold.
Exil'd by thee from earth to deepest hell,
In brazen bonds, fhall barb'rous Difcord dwell:
Gigantic Pride, pale Terror, gloomy Care,
And mad Ambition fhall attend her there:
There purple Vengeance bath'd in gore retires, 415
weapons blunted, and extinct her fires:
There hateful Envy her own fnakes fhall feel,
And Perfecution mourn her broken wheel:
There Faction roar, Rebellion bite her chain,
And gafping Furies thirst for blood in vain. 420
Here cease thy flight, nor with unhallow'd lays
Touch the fair fame of Albion's golden days:
The thoughts of Gods letGRANVILLE's verse recite,
And bring the fcenes of op'ning fate to light.
My humble Mufe, in unambitious strains,
Paints the green forefts and the flow'ry plains,
Quo, Mufa, tendis? define pervicax
Referre fermones Deorum et
Magna modis tenuare parvis.
Where Peace descending bids her olives spring,
And scatters bleffings from her dove-like wing.
Ev'n I more sweetly pass my careless days,
Pleas'd in the filent shade with empty praise; 430
Enough for me, that to the lift'ning fwains
First in these fields I fung the fylvan strains.
|