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Peetry .- ~ To Lord Bywm » 427
Yet dopin the accim'd ,. should they his gespef hear , To make thejr sure damnation more severe ; Ani this a Calvin , with unblushing * face , Proclaims gtf # c £ tidings , and supernal-grace . Rejoice , dear Girl , ' twas thine , in earliest days . To lisp the Universal Father's praise i
An <) , through this varying scene , he still thy care His aid to reejc , till life ' s last fait ' ring pray V 5 And , ever , the mild , guardian influence prove , Of the glad sound from heav ' n , that God is love ; Not the vain love , like humau passion wild , That fondly greets an unrepentant child , But love ., with purpose gracious , though severe .
That kindles , hope , yet mix'd with awful fear ; That , ere his heay ' a of holy bliss begin , To save the sinner shall correct the sin : Then bid Messiah the new age unfold By truth inspir ed , by rajptur'd seers foretold y ' When death shall be no more , nor grief , nor pain , But love , o ' er all , assume an endless reign . Accept these strains , though from no
sportive lyre , Strains , that a death-like scene might well auspjre 5 And , trust me , wise was he tha . * taught to know The moral uses of the house of woe ; There be it our ' s , with happy art , to learn Life's high design , an 4 mortals' cjiief concern . J . T . R . Clapton , May 30 th , 1817 .
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See the Highland warrior rushing , Firm in danger , on the foe , TTtl the life-blood ^ warm ly gushing , Lays the plaided hero low ! His native pipe ' s accustotmM sound , * Mid wars infernal concert drownM , Cannot soothe his last adieu , Or wake his sleep on Waterloo !
Crashing o ' er the Cuirassier See the foaming charger flying , Trampling , in his wild career , . All alike , the dead and dying . See the bullets thcough his side Answer'd by the spouting tide 5 Helmet , horse , and . rider too Boll on bloody Waterloo !
Shall scenes like these the dance inspire ? Or wake th' enlivening notes of mirth ? O ! shiver'd be the recreant lyre That gave the base idea birth ! Other sounds , I ween , were there , Other music rent the air , Other waltz the warriors knew , When they closed on Waterloo .
Forbear , till time , with lenient hand * Has spoth'd the pang of recent sojrow r And let the picture distant stand s The soft ' ning hue of years to borrow . When our race has pass'd away , Hands unborn may wake the lay , And give to joy alone the view . Qf Britain ' s fame at Waterloo .
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To Lord Byron * ( Writteu in 1814 . ) O ! I ha ^ ve drunk the rapt u rous , c ^ p of joy , FilTd with the swelling- qIjsj ^ that ma ntled high ; O ! I have pour'd affection ' s hitter ttrar , When she , whom most I lov'd , hath press'd the bier . Yet , from the bitter tear affection shed Over that breast now number'd with the dead ,
E ' en from that tear a gentle comfort stole , Its cordial drops reviv'd my fainting 1 soul , Not e ' en the brimming bowl high swell'd with bliss , On memory dwells with such dejigkt as this . O ! it was sweet ' ned by the raptVous thought , That I should find the Miss she then had sought , Thai , purified from ev'ry earthly stain , Our souls should meet 110 more to part again . May eqiwl hopejs on ajl I love attend * And may we all qa beuv ' n ' s hifffa will
depen 4 , §? q death shall not our swelling hearts affright , $ trt Iea 4 vb gentjy to th » realm * of ligrbt ; So Qo 4 to eaefr the hsaVidy bibs sh » W give , A , n 4 $ vm k \ f&t U ^ eUior w ^ e shall live .
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VERSES On seeing , in a list of New Music " The Waterloo Waltz . " by a hady-( Copied ftom an Aberdeen Paper . ) A moment pause , ye British fair , While pleasure ' s phaptom ye pursue , And say , if sprightly dance or air Suit with the name of Waterloo ? Awful was the victory ! Chasten'd should the triumph be , 7 lf idst the laurels she has won , Britain mourns for many a son .
Veii'd in clouds th # nwwnjog ros « j , Nature seem / d tp uiQurn the day tyfriofc consign 4 < > b $ fbi ; s it ^ s qIo $ g TUausand * to their kiA 4 i € ; d day . Jfow W ^ - t for cpi ^ rjl ly b ^ l , Qr tJbup . gi ^ 4 y festival , Wa ^ J ^ B gri m and ghastty view ' # v& W a ning taT * W Wa ^ Jov !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1817, page 427, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2466/page/51/
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