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'Never more, in hopeless anguish, 'Caus'd by thee, shall virtue languish! 'Rapture! swell the choral voice, 'Favor'd earth, rejoice, rejoice!

'Cease to flow, thou purple flood, 'Cease to fall, ye tears of blood! 'Swell no more the clarion's breath, 'Wake no more the song of death! 'Rise, ye hymns of concord, rise, 'Incense, worthy of the skies! 'Wake the Pæan, tune the voice, 'Favor'd earth, rejoice, rejoice!

'Nature, smile! thy vivid grace, 'Now no more shall war deface; 'Airs of spring, oh! sweetly breathe, 'Summer ! twine thy fairest wreath! ‘Not the warrior's bier to spread, 'Not to crown the victor's head;