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Article STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Tho' high in air her floating streamers fly , . Fann'd by the prosperous breath of victory , Still must the sigh that warm affection pays , Mix with the echoing shouts of joy and praise ; For Conquest ne ' er her banners yet could rear , « - Unstain'd by blood , unsullied with a tear ; Yet thro' the tear that grateful sorrow draws
For warriors bleeding in their country ' s cause , A ray of glory gilds the fatal gloom , While Fame , exulting o ' er the hero ' s tomb , Bids her loud clarion , with eternal breath , Snatch his immortal name from transient death . But , ah I to those who with their kindred lost , Mourn ev ' ry hope of future prospects cross'd ; in from father torn
To the sad virg a , Left to the world unfriended and forlorn ; To her whose widow'd sorrows streaming flow , O ' er orphans doom'd to penury and woe ; What joys , alas ! can-glory ' s voice impart , Or how can triumphs charm a breaking heart ? Illustrious circles of the good and fair , Who soothe the weeping daughters of despair ,
Who stop with lenient hand the heartfelt sigh , And wipe the tear from pale Affliction ' s eye , ; Your generous minds the wounds of fate assuage , Disarm the battle of its fiercest rage ; And the bold seaman , who in Britain ' s right Braves the loud tempest and the louder fight , Trusting the objects of his fondest care To protection—sure of shelter there
your , Shall with redoubled ardour meet the foe , And gratitude by future conquests shew . We have subjoined two of the Songs , one written by the Duke of Leeds , the ether by Lord Mulgrave .
SONG . Mr . BANNISTER . BY TIIE DUKE OF LEEDS . O'ER the vast surface of the deep , Britain shall still her empire keep ; Her Heav ' n-descended charter , long The fav ' rite theme of Glory ' s song ,
Shall still proclaim the blest decree , That " Britons ever shall be free . " Tho' hostile bands , in fierce array , Dare to dispute her sov ' reign sway , Tho' savage Fury , nurs'd in gore , ¦ Boast to despoil her silver shore , Heav ' n still supports its blest decree ,
That " Britons ever shall be free . " ° Twas thus with Howe , illustrious name ! Still adding to a life of fame , Thro' Gallia ' s proud Armada broke , And Albion ' s wrath in thunder spoke , While Vict ' ry sanction'd the decree , That " Britons ever shall be free . " VOL . III . I
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Strictures On Public Amusements.
Tho' high in air her floating streamers fly , . Fann'd by the prosperous breath of victory , Still must the sigh that warm affection pays , Mix with the echoing shouts of joy and praise ; For Conquest ne ' er her banners yet could rear , « - Unstain'd by blood , unsullied with a tear ; Yet thro' the tear that grateful sorrow draws
For warriors bleeding in their country ' s cause , A ray of glory gilds the fatal gloom , While Fame , exulting o ' er the hero ' s tomb , Bids her loud clarion , with eternal breath , Snatch his immortal name from transient death . But , ah I to those who with their kindred lost , Mourn ev ' ry hope of future prospects cross'd ; in from father torn
To the sad virg a , Left to the world unfriended and forlorn ; To her whose widow'd sorrows streaming flow , O ' er orphans doom'd to penury and woe ; What joys , alas ! can-glory ' s voice impart , Or how can triumphs charm a breaking heart ? Illustrious circles of the good and fair , Who soothe the weeping daughters of despair ,
Who stop with lenient hand the heartfelt sigh , And wipe the tear from pale Affliction ' s eye , ; Your generous minds the wounds of fate assuage , Disarm the battle of its fiercest rage ; And the bold seaman , who in Britain ' s right Braves the loud tempest and the louder fight , Trusting the objects of his fondest care To protection—sure of shelter there
your , Shall with redoubled ardour meet the foe , And gratitude by future conquests shew . We have subjoined two of the Songs , one written by the Duke of Leeds , the ether by Lord Mulgrave .
SONG . Mr . BANNISTER . BY TIIE DUKE OF LEEDS . O'ER the vast surface of the deep , Britain shall still her empire keep ; Her Heav ' n-descended charter , long The fav ' rite theme of Glory ' s song ,
Shall still proclaim the blest decree , That " Britons ever shall be free . " Tho' hostile bands , in fierce array , Dare to dispute her sov ' reign sway , Tho' savage Fury , nurs'd in gore , ¦ Boast to despoil her silver shore , Heav ' n still supports its blest decree ,
That " Britons ever shall be free . " ° Twas thus with Howe , illustrious name ! Still adding to a life of fame , Thro' Gallia ' s proud Armada broke , And Albion ' s wrath in thunder spoke , While Vict ' ry sanction'd the decree , That " Britons ever shall be free . " VOL . III . I