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7 A present | deity! | 7 they shout a | round, 71

| 7 A present | deity! | 7 the | vaulted | roofs re | bound. 7| | |

7 With | ravish'd | ears 77 the | monarch | hears, 7 |

7 Assumes the | god, 7|7 af | fects to | nod, 7 |

7 And | seems to | shake the spheres. 7| | |

7 The | praise of | Bacchus, | then, 7 | '7 the | sweet mu | sician | sung: 7 |

7 Of Bacchus | ever | fair and ever | young. 71

7 The | jolly | God, 7 | 7 in | triumph, | comes;
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Sound the trumpets, | beat the drums! 7 |
| Flush'd with a purple | grace, 7 |

He 7 shews his | honest | face: 7| | | Now 7 give the | hautboys | breath; 7|7 he| comes! 77 he | cores! 7 |

Bacchus, | ever | fair and | young, 7|

Drinking | joys did | first or | dain: 7| | |
Bacchus' blessings | 7 are a | treasure, |
Drinking | 7 is the | soldier's | pleasure; | |
| Rich the treasure, | sweet the | pleasure; | |
Sweet is pleasure | after | pain. 7|| |

Sooth'd with the | sound, 7 | 7 the | king 7 | grew '7 | vain 7 |

Fought | all his | battles | o'er a | gain:7| |

7 And | thrice he | routed | all his | foes; 7 | 7 and thrice 77 he slew the | slain. 7 |||

7 The | master | | saw the | madness | rise, 7 |

7 His | glowing | cheeks, 7 | 7 his | ardent | eyes, 7 | 7 And while he | heaven and earth de | fy'd

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| Chang'd his hand, 7|7 and | check'd his | pride. 7 | | |

7 He chose a mournful | muse, 7 |

Soft 7 pity | 7 to in | fuse; 7 ||

7 He | sung Da | rius, 7 | | great, and | good! 7 | 7 By too severe a | fate, 7 |

| Fallen || fallen | | fallen | | fallen! | | | Fallen | 7 from his | high es | tate, 17 1

utmost | need, 7| |

7 And | weltering | 7 in his | blood. 7| | |
7 Deserted, | 7 at his
7 By those 7|7 his

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former | bounty | fed,

On the bare | earth, 7|7 ex | posed he | lies, 7 |

7 With ❘ not a friend 7 | 7 to | close his | eyes. 7 | | |

7 With downcast | look 77 the | joyless | victor | sate, 7 | |

7 Revolving, | 7 in his | alter'd | soul,7| | 7 The various | turns of

fate below; 7

7 And | now and | then, 7 | 7 a | sigh he | stole

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7 And tears began to | flow. 7 || |

7 The | mighty | master | smil'd 7 | 7 to | see 7 | 7 That love 77 was in the next degree. | L 'Twas but a kindred | sound to move: 7 |

| 7 For | pity | melts the | mind to | love. 7 | |
Softly sweet in | Lydian | measures |

Soon he sooth'd his | soul to | pleasures. | | |
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War, he | sung, is | toil and | trouble : |
Honor but an | empty | bubble; |

Never ending, | still beginning, |
Fighting still and | still destroying: | | |
If the world be worth thy | winning, |
Think O | think it | worth enjoying!| | |
Lovely | Thais | sits be | side thee. | | |
Take the good the | gods pro | vide thee. | | |
7 The | many | rend the | skies 7 | 7 with | loud ap
| plause: 7 | |

So 7 Love was | crown'd: 7 | | 7 but | Music | won the cause. 7| | |

7 The | prince, 7 | 7 un | able | 7 to conceal his pain, 7 | |

Gaz'd on the fair 7 |

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7 Who | caus'd his | care, 7| |

7 And | sigh'd and | look'd 7 | | sigh'd and look'd 7|| sigh'd and | look'd 7 | 7 and | sigh'd a

| gain. 7| | |

7 At | length, 7|7 with | love and | wine 7 | 7 at | once op prest, 7 |

7 The vanquish'd | victor | sunk 7 | upon her | breast. 7| | |

Now 7 | strike the | golden | lyre a |gain;7| | 7 A | louder | yet, 7 | 7 and | yet 7 | 7 a | louder | strain: 7 | | |

Break his bands of | sleep a | sunder, |

7 And rouse him | 7 with a | rattling | peal of | thunder. 7|||

Hark! 7|| hark! 7 | | 7 the | horrid | sound 7 ||

7 Has | rais'd up his | head, 7 | 7 as a | wak'd from the dead, 7|

7 And, a | maz'd he stares a round. 7| | | 7 Re | venge! 7 | 7 re | venge! 7 | 7 Ti | motheus | cries; 7 ||

See the Furies a | rise, 7 | |

See the | snakes that they | rear, 7 | |

How they hiss in the | air! 7 ||

7 And the sparkles that | flash from their | eyes! 7 | | | |

7 Be hold a ghastly | band 7 |

Each a torch in his | hand: 7 ||

These are Grecian | ghosts, 77 that in | battle

were | slain, 7 |

7 And un [bury'd re | main, 7 ||

7 In | glorious, | 7 on the | plain: 7| | |

Give the vengeance | due 77 to the | valiant | crew. 7 ||

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7 Behold how they | toss their | torches on | high!

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How they point to the | Persian a | bodes, 7 | And glittering | temples | 7 of their | hostile | gods! 7| | |

7 The princes ap | plaud 7 | 7 with a | furious | joy

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7 And the king 7 | seiz'd a | flambeau, | 7 with | zeal to destroy: 7||

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Thais led the way, 7 | 7 to | light him | 7 to his prey, 7||

7 And, | like an | other | Helen, | | fir'd another Troy. 7| | |

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| 7 Ti | motheus, | 7 to his | breathing | flute 7 | 7 And | sounding | lyre, 7| |

7 Could | swell the | soul to | rage, 7 | 7 or | kindle | soft de | sire. 7|||

7 At last, 7 7 di | vine Cecilia | came, 7 | 7 In | ventress | 7 of the | vocal | frame: 7| | 7 The sweet enthusiast, | 7 from her | sacred |

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7 En | larg'd the | former | narrow | bounds, 7 | 7 And added | length 7|7 to | solemu | sounds, 71

7. With Nature's mother | wit, 7 | 7 and arts 7 | 7 unknown before. 7 | | |

7 Let old Timotheus | yield the | prize; 7
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7 Or both divide the | crown: 7 |

| IIe 7 | rais'd a | mortal | 7 to the skies; 7 |

She 7 drew an | angel | down. 7 |

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