1.
OH ! come from classic scenes, and sylvan glades,
Ye sportive nymphs who tune Parnassian lyres,
Attend my lays, ye bright celestial maids,
Who wildly warble mid Aonian choirs.
2.
Your aid l claim on this auspicious day,
Which fond affection must with rapture view,
Which Hope, illuming with a friendly ray,
Bids many a year with added joys renew.
3.
Oft has the Sun arose to gild this day;
With many a heartfelt wish, and many a prayer,
I hail’d the happy morn,–tho’ far away,
I join’d the dear domestic circle here.
4.
Oh! may kind Heaven thy valued days prolong,
And guardian Angels ever hover near!
Thou art the life of all our social throng,
Thou art the Sun which gilds our little sphere.
5.
May we, the minor Stars, inhale thy beams,
And fill our urns from thy resplendent light,
Till at the eve of life, our setting gleams,
May shine more brightly thro’ the gloom of night.
6.
To thee, my Father, all my thanks belong,
Each warm affection fondly rests on you;
Your praise should ever warble in my song,
All I possess must ever be thy due.
7.
May every blessing, every pleasure bloom,
May heavenly grace make each affection blest,
May Christian hope the night of death illume,
And angel harps attune thy soul to rest!
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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