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Poetry.
POETRY .
A CANTATA , BY BROTHER WILLIAM STOKES .
RECITATIVE . SILENT the pipe had lain negleiled long , The Muse uncourted , and the lyre unstrung ; Poetic fire sunk to a latent spark , Till rais'd by R ANCLIFFE—for its theme the Ark , ( That Ark to whom we all existence owe )
And gracious promise of the varied Bow . AIR . When , in his Ark of Gopher-wood , Noah rode buoyant on the flood , O'erwelm'd with sad despair and woe , A guilty race sunk down below .
With blest Omnipotence its guide , The mastless Ark did safely ride , And on the Mount , from danger free , Did rest the whole Fraternity . RECITATIVE . The floods decrease ; and now with joy are seen
The hills and valleys in their wonted green . The altar smokes , the fervent prayer ascends , And Heav ' n , well pleas'd , to man ' s request attends : The grand ethereal bow is form'd above , Sure token of Beneficence and love .
AIR . Look round the gay parterre Where fragrant scents arise , And beauteous ftow ' rets there Enchanting meet your eyes : Delig htful streak or shade ' In native colours glow ;
Vet is no hue display"d That shines not in the bow . Iii leafy umbrage green , Sweet blows the violet ; And in the hyacinc With deeper blue is met :
How various arc the shades That in our gardens blow ! Yet not a tint ' s display'd That slua . es riot hi the Bow .
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Poetry.
POETRY .
A CANTATA , BY BROTHER WILLIAM STOKES .
RECITATIVE . SILENT the pipe had lain negleiled long , The Muse uncourted , and the lyre unstrung ; Poetic fire sunk to a latent spark , Till rais'd by R ANCLIFFE—for its theme the Ark , ( That Ark to whom we all existence owe )
And gracious promise of the varied Bow . AIR . When , in his Ark of Gopher-wood , Noah rode buoyant on the flood , O'erwelm'd with sad despair and woe , A guilty race sunk down below .
With blest Omnipotence its guide , The mastless Ark did safely ride , And on the Mount , from danger free , Did rest the whole Fraternity . RECITATIVE . The floods decrease ; and now with joy are seen
The hills and valleys in their wonted green . The altar smokes , the fervent prayer ascends , And Heav ' n , well pleas'd , to man ' s request attends : The grand ethereal bow is form'd above , Sure token of Beneficence and love .
AIR . Look round the gay parterre Where fragrant scents arise , And beauteous ftow ' rets there Enchanting meet your eyes : Delig htful streak or shade ' In native colours glow ;
Vet is no hue display"d That shines not in the bow . Iii leafy umbrage green , Sweet blows the violet ; And in the hyacinc With deeper blue is met :
How various arc the shades That in our gardens blow ! Yet not a tint ' s display'd That slua . es riot hi the Bow .