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i Ye «bowling Shades who break away, { Will: Well do ys fly and fhun the Purple Day. he Ev'ry Fiend and Fiend-like Form, Black and ſullen as a Storm, | Jealous Fear, and falſe/Surnmiſe,” | Danger with her dreadful Eyes, Faction, Fury, all are fled, - Ang bold Rebellion, hides her daring Head. @ Behold, thou gracious Year, behold; To whom thy Treaſures all thou ſhalt unfold, For whom thy whiter Pays were kept from times of Old | See thy GEORGE, for this is be! On his Right Hand, waiting free, Britain and fair Liberty: _ Every Good is in his Face, Every open boneſt Grace. | Thou great Play ngeust! immortal be * Race! ee io See! the Sacred Scyon fprings, See the glad Promiſe of a Line of King) © Royal Youth! what Bard Divine, Equal to a Praiſe like thine,

| Shall in ſome exalted Meaſure Sing thee, Britain's deareſt Treaſure? |

ODE for the Neu- Nar MDCcxyi. 33 Who her Joy in thee ſhall tell, Who he ſprighily Note. ſhall ſwell His Voice attemp'ring to the tuneful Shell? Thee Audenard's recorded Field, Bold in thy brave Paternal Band, beheld, And ſaw with hopeleſs Heart thy fainting Riyal yield; Troubled he, with fore Diſmay, To thy ſtronger Fate gave way, Safe beneath thy noble Scorn,; Wingy-footed was he Born, Swift as the fleeting Shades upon the golden Corn.

What Valour, what einige Worth, From thee ſhall lead the coming Ages fort? Creſted Helms and ſhining Shields © Warriors fam'd in foreign Fields; Hoary Heads with Olive bound, Kings and Lawygivers renown'd; © Crowdinog ſtill they riſe anew, Beyond the Reach of deep Prophetick View. Young AucGusTvus! Never ceaſe! Pledge of our preſent and dur future Peace, Still pour the Bleſſings forth, and give thy great mee. | All the Stock that Fate ordains- | To fupply ſucceeding Reigns, Whether Glory ſhall Inſpire 1 Gentler Arts of Martial Fire Still the fair Deſcent ſhall be Dear to Albin all, like Thee, 0 Patrons of hey Ruler; and Foes to ren.

"Ye golden Lights who ſhire on high, Ye potent Planets who aſcend the Sky, On the opning Year diſpenſe All your kindeſt Influence; Heav'nly Pow'rs be all prepar'd For our Car OL1NA's Guard; Short and eaſy be the Paint,, Which for a Nation's Weal the Heroine ſuſtains; Britannia's Angel, be thou near; The growing Race is thy peculiar Care,! Oh ſpread thy Sacred Wing above the Royal Fair. G EORGE by Thee was wafted o'er, To the long expecting Shore - j None preſuming to withſtand Thy Celeſtial armed Hand, While his Sacred Head to ſhade, The blended Croſs on bigh Thy ſilver Shield diſplay d

But oh! what other Form Divine Propitious near the Hero ſeems to ſhine! Peace of Mind, and Joy ſerene, In her ſacred Eyes are ſeen, Faith and Truth pelſde bet go, 15 With Zeal and pure Devotion bending low: / - A thouſang Billows wet beneath. har Fee, rere While 6x'd upon a Rock, ſhe keeps her Stable Seat. |

Still in ſign of ſure Defence, Truſt and mutual Confidence, Ft On the Monarch, ſtanding by, 1; 17 Still ſhe beads her gracious Eye, 4 Nor fears her * while Heav'n and He arenight |

Hence then with er'ry anxious Care! Begone pale Envy, and thou cold Deſpair! Seek ye out a. moody Cell. Where Deceit and Treaſon dwell; - There repining, raging, till FA Tb'idle Air with Curſes fill; There blaſt the pathleſs Wild, and the bleak Northern Hill; There your Exile vainly moan; There where with Murmurs horrid as your own, Beneath the ſweeping Winds, the bending Foreſts groan; But thou Hope, with ſmiling Chear, Do thou bring the ready Year; See the Hours! a choſen Band! See with jocund Looks they ſtand, All in their trim Array, and waiting for Command,

The welcome Train begins to move, Hope leads Increaſe and chaſte Connubial Love: Flora ſweet her Bounty ſpreads, Smelling Gardens, painted Meads; Ceres crowns the yellow Plain; Fan rewards the Shepherd's Pain;

I bear the Mirth, I hear the Land rejoice,

Like many Waters ſwells the pealing Noiſe, - pe to their Monarch, thus, they raiſe the publick Voice, © Father of thy Country, bail! |

Joy abounds in ey'ry Breaſt, For thee thy Fog 4 __ _ the Year is left..

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