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The Candlestick,
Thus the weak vine the sturdy elm supports , And the firm oak th' unstable ivy courts : . The richest metals that both Indies send , To mould my form obsequiously attend ; And gold , the fatal cause of human woes > In me its useful harmless splendor shows ; Oh ! did it all my peaceful form assume , Base avarice soon would then receive its doom ;
Then might we hope without a guilty stain , To see the golden age restor'd again . Confess the truth , ye glories of our isle , , Who court the Muses with nocturnal toil ; Has not my kind assistance in the night , Supply'd the absence of the solar light ? I for wit ' s sake rais'd my illustrious head , Half Homer , but for me , had riot been read .
What greater title can my worth commend , Than to be deem'd the sacred Muse ' s friend ? Before the sun ' s bright gems their worth conceal , Which by my milder lamp their worth reveal ; On proudest altars my rich pomp is plac'd , And regal courts are with my presence grac'd ; My ample branches Seem a splendid tree , Spread numerous as a Jewish :
progeny Branches more large for sight more graceful made , No buck in Windsor Forest e ' er display- 'd . But should at last the pow ' rful motives fail , To make the merits of my cause prevail ; One thing remains , which must yourjudgments fix , Think on the seven Sacred Candlesticks .
rffc hope lo have a continuance of this ingenious Lady ' s Correspondence . ^
The Farewell.
THE FAREWELL .
70 THE BRETHREN OF ST .. JAMES ' S LODGE , TARBOLTON , BY ROBERT BURNS . TUBE—Goodnight and joy be wi ' you a ' .
I . ADIEU ! a heart-warm , fond adieu ! Dear brothers ofthe mystic tyet Ye favour'd , ye enlighten'd few , Companions of my social joy ! Tho' I to foreign lands musthie , Pursuing fortune ' s slidd'ry ba" , With melting heart , and brimful eye , I'll min 4 you still , th , o'far a \ ya ' .
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The Candlestick,
Thus the weak vine the sturdy elm supports , And the firm oak th' unstable ivy courts : . The richest metals that both Indies send , To mould my form obsequiously attend ; And gold , the fatal cause of human woes > In me its useful harmless splendor shows ; Oh ! did it all my peaceful form assume , Base avarice soon would then receive its doom ;
Then might we hope without a guilty stain , To see the golden age restor'd again . Confess the truth , ye glories of our isle , , Who court the Muses with nocturnal toil ; Has not my kind assistance in the night , Supply'd the absence of the solar light ? I for wit ' s sake rais'd my illustrious head , Half Homer , but for me , had riot been read .
What greater title can my worth commend , Than to be deem'd the sacred Muse ' s friend ? Before the sun ' s bright gems their worth conceal , Which by my milder lamp their worth reveal ; On proudest altars my rich pomp is plac'd , And regal courts are with my presence grac'd ; My ample branches Seem a splendid tree , Spread numerous as a Jewish :
progeny Branches more large for sight more graceful made , No buck in Windsor Forest e ' er display- 'd . But should at last the pow ' rful motives fail , To make the merits of my cause prevail ; One thing remains , which must yourjudgments fix , Think on the seven Sacred Candlesticks .
rffc hope lo have a continuance of this ingenious Lady ' s Correspondence . ^
The Farewell.
THE FAREWELL .
70 THE BRETHREN OF ST .. JAMES ' S LODGE , TARBOLTON , BY ROBERT BURNS . TUBE—Goodnight and joy be wi ' you a ' .
I . ADIEU ! a heart-warm , fond adieu ! Dear brothers ofthe mystic tyet Ye favour'd , ye enlighten'd few , Companions of my social joy ! Tho' I to foreign lands musthie , Pursuing fortune ' s slidd'ry ba" , With melting heart , and brimful eye , I'll min 4 you still , th , o'far a \ ya ' .