II. ON THE YOUNG STATESMEN. WRITTEN IN 1680. 1 1 CLARENDON had law and sense, 2 But Sunderland, Godolphin, Lory 1, To be repeated like John Dory, 3 Protect us, mighty Providence! What would these madmen have? And without power enslave. 4 Shall free-born men, in humble awe, Submit to servile shame ; Lory. Who from consent and custom draw The same right to be ruled by law, Which kings pretend to reign? Laurence Hyde,' afterwards Earl of Rochester, is the person here called 5 The duke shall wield his conquering sword, The king shall pass his honest word, And then, come kiss my breech. 6 So have I seen a king on chess His (His rooks and knights withdrawn, III. A SONG FOR ST CECILIA'S DAY,1 1687. 1 FROM harmony, from heavenly harmony When nature underneath a heap And could not heave her head, Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry, And Music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony From harmony to harmony 1St Cecilia's Day: 22d November-birthday of St Cecilia, the patron saint of music-a Roman lady martyred in the third century, said to have been taught music by an angel. Through all the compass of the notes it ran, 2 What passion cannot Music raise and quell? 3 To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell? The trumpet's loud clangour Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal alarms. The double double double beat Cries, hark! the foes come; Charge, charge! 'tis too late to retreat. 5 The woes of hopeless lovers, Whose dirge is whisper'd by the warbling lute. Sharp violins proclaim Their jealous pangs, and desperation, Fury, frantic indignation, Depth of pains, and height of passion, For the fair, disdainful dame. 6 But oh what art can teach, What human voice can reach, The sacred organ's praise? Notes that wing their heavenly ways 7 Orpheus could lead the savage race ; And trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre: But bright Cecilia raised the wonder higher: When to her organ vocal breath was given, An angel heard, and straight appear'd, Mistaking earth for heaven. GRAND CHORUS. As from the power of sacred lays So when the last and dreadful hour IV. THE TEARS OF AMYNTA, FOR THE DEATH OF DAMON. A SONG. 1 ON a bank, beside a willow, Heaven her covering, earth her pillow, Sad Amynta sigh'd alone : From the cheerless dawn of morning Till the dews of night returning, Joys are vanish'd, Damon, my beloved, is gone! 2 Time, I dare thee to discover Murmuring blisses : Who so lived and loved as we? 3 Never shall we curse the morning, |