1.
YE Sons of the Lyre! gay Anacreon’s train,
Now descended with him to the regions below,
While in bowers Elysian ye wake the wild strain,
And in goblets of gold bid the blushing wine flow.
2.
To the Sons of Apollo, your Brethren on Earth,
Impart a large portion of Spirits as light,
Make them famous for valour, for wisdom and worth,
May their wit be as free, and their goblets as bright.
3.
When our Vessels come freighted from Britain’s gay shore,
With effusions of Genius, and lays of the Nine,
Rejoice with us at the classical store,
And weave us gay garlands of Bacchus’s Vine.
4.
May sweet, smiling Concord be still our guest,
With her lyre of Peace and her countenance fair,
May no thoughts of rude discord impair our Zest,
For Cupid, Apollo and Bacchus are here.
5.
Then, weave us gay garlands of Bacchus’s Vine,
With the Laurel of Fame, and the myrtle of Love,
Around our brows the fair chaplet entwine,
‘Till they bloom like the flowers in the Regions above.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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