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80 In full perfection all thy works are wrought,

And thine the sceptre o'er the realms of thought;

Before thy throne the subject passions bow,

Of subject-passions sov'reign ruler Thou;

At thy command joy rushes on the heart,

And through the glowing veins the spirits dart.

Fancy might now her silken pinions try

To rise from earth, and sweep the expanse on high;

From Tithon's bed now might Aurora rise,

Her cheeks all glowing with celestial dyes,

While a pure stream of light o'erflows the skies.

The monarch of the day I might behold,

And all the mountains tipt with radiant gold,

But I reluctant leave the pleasing views,

Which Fancy dresses to delight the Muse;

Winter austere forbids me to aspire,

And northern tempests damp the rising fire;

They chill the tides of Fancy's flowing sea,—

Cease then my song, cease then the unequal lay.

On the death of C***** E*****, an infant of twelve months. airy roads he wings his instant flight

To purer regions of celestial light;