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Now they charge on amain,

Now they rally again :
The gods from above the mad labour behold,
And pity mankind, that will perish for gold.

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The fainting Saxons quit their ground,
Their trumpets languish in the sound :
They fly, they fly, they fly, they fly;
Victoria, Victoria, the bold Britons cry.

Now the victory 's won,

To the plunder we run: We return to our lasses like fortunate traders, 15 Triumphant with spoils of the vanquish'd invaders.

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MAN SINGS.

Oh sight, the mother of desires,
What charming objects dost thou yield !

'Tis sweet, when tedious night expires, To see the rosy morning gild

The mountain-tops, and paint the field !
But when Clarinda comes in sight,
She makes the summer's day more bright;
And when she goes away, 'tis night.

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CHORUS.

When fair Clarinda comes in sight, &c.

WOMAN SINGS. 'Tis sweet the blushing morn to view; And plains adorn’d with pearly dew:

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But such cheap delights to see,

Heaven and nature

Give each creature ;
They have eyes, as well as we;
This is the joy, all joys above,

To see, to see,

That only she,
That only she we love!

CHORUS.

This is the joy, all joys above, &c.

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III.

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Two daughters of this aged stream are we;
And both our sea-green locks have comb’d for thee;
Come bathe with us an hour or two,
Come naked in, for we are so :
What danger from a naked foe?
Come bathe with us, come bathe, and share
What pleasures in the floods appear;
We'll beat the waters till they bound,
And circle round, around, around,
And circle round, around.

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IV.

YE blustering brethren of the skies,

Whose breath has ruffled all the watery plain, Retire, and let Britannia rise,

In triumph o'er the main.

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Serene and calm, and void of fear,
The Queen of Islands must appear:
Serene and calm, as when the Spring
The new created world began,
And birds on boughs did softly sing
Their peaceful homage paid to man;
While Eurus did his blasts forbear,
In favour of the tender year.
Retreat, rude winds, retreat
To hollow rocks, your stormy seat ;
There swell your lungs, and vainly, vainly threat.

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V.

For folded flocks on fruitful plains,
The shepherd's and the farmer's gains,

Fair Britain all the world outvies;
And Pan, as in Arcadia, reigns,

Where pleasure mix'd with profit lies.

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Though Jason's fleece was fam'd of old,
The British wool is growing gold;

No mines can more of wealth supply;
It keeps the peasant from the cold,

And takes for kings the Tyrian dye.

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VI.

FAIREst isle, all isles excelling,

Seat of pleasures and of loves;

Venus here will choose her dwelling,

And forsake her Cyprian groves.

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Cupid from his favourite nation

Care and envy will remove; Jealousy, that poisons passion,

And despair, that dies for love.

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Gentle murmurs, sweet complaining,

Sighs, that blow the fire of love ; Soft repulses, kind disdaining,

Shall be all the pains you prove.

Every swain shall pay his duty,

Grateful every nymph shall prove; And as these excel in beauty,

Those shall be renown'd for love.

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SONG OF JEALOUSY, IN LOVE TRIUMPHANT.

WHAT state of life can be so blest
As love, that warms a lover's breast?
Two souls in one, the same desire
To grant the bliss, and to require !
But if in heaven a hell we find,
'Tis all from thee,
O Jealousy!

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'Tis all from thee,
O Jealousy!
Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind !

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All other ills, though sharp they prove,
Serve to refine, and perfect love:
In absence, or unkind disdain,
Sweet hope relieves the lover's pain.
But, ah! no cure but death we find,
To set us free
From Jealousy:
O Jealousy!
Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind !

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False in thy glass all objects are,
Some set too near, and some too far;
Thou art the fire of endless night,
The fire that burns, and gives no light.
All torments of the damn'd we find
In only thee,
O Jealousy!
Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy,
Thou tyrant of the mind !

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