Descend, immortal Muse, inspire my Song,
Let mournful Numbers gently flow along:
And thou, my Lyre, in solemn Notes complain,
And in sad Accents softly speak thy Pain;
Let melting Musick tremble on thy Strings,
While in concording Sounds the Goddess sings;
Sings hapless Alpeus in the gloomy Grave,
Alpeus the Gay, the Beauteous and the Brave;
Alpeus, who with the Thirst of Glory fir’d,
Couragious in his Country’s Cause expir’d.
At the dear Name a sorrowful Delight,
Recalls the Youth back to my longing Sight.
Ah, lovely Youth! once flush’d with ev’ry Grace,
A thousand Charms adorn’d thy smiling Face;
A lilly White was on thy Forehead spread,
And in thy Cheeks c
(Mather Byles)
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