WELCOME , auspicious morn,
Aurora fair adorn
Thy rising bright;
Let our proud banners stream,
Grac’d by lov’d Charlotte’s* name,
And cannon loud proclaim,
Loyal delight.
Sol, shine with genial ray,
Smile on the happy day,
Banish each frown;
For, in the fiftieth round,
Thou George the Third hast found,
With princely virtue crown’d,
On Britain’s throne.
Quick touch the viol’s string,
Let us on Pleasure’s wing,
Gaily advance;
Let every nymph and swain,
Forming a joyful train,
To the enliv’ning strain,
Trip in the dance.
Cease, dire Bellona, cease
Thy thund’ring voice to raise,
Shaking the world;
Peace, wave thy olive wand
Over our happy land,
Be, at thy mild command,
Banners unfurl’d.
But, if Fate’s sovereign will
Bid war to thunder still,
Awful and dread;
Here dwell a trusty band,
Faithful in heart and hand,
Ready, by sea and land,
Britain to aid.
For, to bleak Thul
(Margaret Chalmers)
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