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Ode To Fancy.
ODE TO FANCY .
SWEET Goddess , b y no pow ' r enshrin'd . Eternal changeling of the mind , Nature and Wit ' s primxval child , Roving o ' er all their domains wild ! Now wrap .- ; th y fair ideal form In clain ' rous winter ' s direful storm
; Now climbs the mountain ' s ' rudest steep , ' And views askance the list ' ning vale ; ' Now , soaring o ' er the azure deep , Inhales Arabia ' s purest gale . Oft , in the Hermit ' s ivy'd cell , Thou tun ' st thy sweetlpensive shell
y , Tripping the Fairy ' s magic round , Along poetic Avon ' s bound 5 Restor ' st the hallow'd forms of yore , And op ' st the future ' s brighter store ; Mysterious , lead ' st the sainted heart , To sacred dreams of heavenl y bliss , Or , rous'd b y Superstition ' s art ,
Unfold ' st the caves of gloomy Dis . * Thou , in the prison ' s cheerless gloom , Canst bid the sweets of nature bloom , " O ' er brooding Penury ' s dark shed Canst Fortune ' s brightest plumage spread j Orwrapt in dnnklingSorrow ' s
, , Now teach fantastic woes to rise" ? Thro' every maze of varying Fate With pow ' r mysterious bear the soul s Oppress'd with griet—with joy elate , Thou bear ' st an unreserv'd control .
Oh ! let me feel th y soft chain bind , Inevery scene , my morbid mind ; Shield me from Grief ' s depressive hour ; And , when misfortunes round me low ' r , Oh t . let thy brilliant eye pervade , And chace the sadl y pendent shade . Thy fiow ' ry scenes alone be mine ;
Those scenes , which soothe the woe-worn breast ; Transportthe soul to joys divine , Or smile in placid lustre blest , ' Hull , August 7 , 179 5 , NEMORINA ,
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Ode To Fancy.
ODE TO FANCY .
SWEET Goddess , b y no pow ' r enshrin'd . Eternal changeling of the mind , Nature and Wit ' s primxval child , Roving o ' er all their domains wild ! Now wrap .- ; th y fair ideal form In clain ' rous winter ' s direful storm
; Now climbs the mountain ' s ' rudest steep , ' And views askance the list ' ning vale ; ' Now , soaring o ' er the azure deep , Inhales Arabia ' s purest gale . Oft , in the Hermit ' s ivy'd cell , Thou tun ' st thy sweetlpensive shell
y , Tripping the Fairy ' s magic round , Along poetic Avon ' s bound 5 Restor ' st the hallow'd forms of yore , And op ' st the future ' s brighter store ; Mysterious , lead ' st the sainted heart , To sacred dreams of heavenl y bliss , Or , rous'd b y Superstition ' s art ,
Unfold ' st the caves of gloomy Dis . * Thou , in the prison ' s cheerless gloom , Canst bid the sweets of nature bloom , " O ' er brooding Penury ' s dark shed Canst Fortune ' s brightest plumage spread j Orwrapt in dnnklingSorrow ' s
, , Now teach fantastic woes to rise" ? Thro' every maze of varying Fate With pow ' r mysterious bear the soul s Oppress'd with griet—with joy elate , Thou bear ' st an unreserv'd control .
Oh ! let me feel th y soft chain bind , Inevery scene , my morbid mind ; Shield me from Grief ' s depressive hour ; And , when misfortunes round me low ' r , Oh t . let thy brilliant eye pervade , And chace the sadl y pendent shade . Thy fiow ' ry scenes alone be mine ;
Those scenes , which soothe the woe-worn breast ; Transportthe soul to joys divine , Or smile in placid lustre blest , ' Hull , August 7 , 179 5 , NEMORINA ,