Virgin celestial! to the Poet’s Vows
Thine Ear incline, consenting —
Health! Good Supreme! Offspring of Heaven! divine,
Inestimable Prize! whose Loss, nor Power,
Distinguisht Rank, nor Riches, can supply:
Thee vainly wishing for, on downy Couch,
(Now Couch of Thorns) in agonizing Pain,
The tortur’d Great Man lies: — one Smile from Thee,
Not Mines of Gold, not India’s Wealth can buy.
But, kindly humble! to the lab’ring Hind
(Whose daily Task perform’d, on some clean Straw,
Rushes, or Flocks, in balmy Slumbers lyes)
Thou givest all thy Blessings: Him, secure
From Pains and Aches, guardest: When the Morn
With rosy Blushes calls him, fresh and strong
He hastens to the Field, Thou to the Field
Attend’st Him through the Labours of the Day.
Thou, not in Palaces, where dainty Cates
Are variously compounded, to stir up
Cloy’d Appetite; not where the jovial Bowl
Moves briskly round, in smiling Circles round
Swift Time unheeded moves; where am’rous Play,
And wanton Dalliance fill the lustful Hours;
But, Thou residest in some lowly Cot,
Where humble Food, the Rasher from the Coals,
Sav’ry Repast! on homely Lunchion cut,
Affords delicious Banquet; not Rago
(Henry Baker)
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