CHORUS. Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound the king grew vain; Fought all his battles o'er again; And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius, great and good; And welt'ring in his blood; The various turns of chance below; CHORUS. Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of chance below; The mighty master smiled, to see War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Take the good the gods provide thee. Who caused his care, And sigh'd and look'd, sigh'd and look'd, At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, CHORUS. The prince, unable to conceal his pain, Who caused his care, And sigh'd and look'd, sigh'd and look'd, Now strike the golden lyre again: And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Has raised up his head: As awaked from the dead, Revenge! revenge! Timotheus cries, See the furies arise! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair! And the sparkles that flash from their eyes! Each a torch in his hand! Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain, Inglorious on the plain: Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy! CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy ! Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Or both divide the crown; He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. GRAND CHORUS. At last divine Cecilia came, The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Or both divide the crown; He raised a mortal to the skies, |