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SENSE, VIRTUE, WIT, and PRUDENCE, all

combin'd,

No more fhall win the reverence of mankind,

COURAGE, and WORTH, no longer honor boast, But GLORY follow whom you favor most :

• O'er BEAUTY, PAM fhall reign defpotic still, • CUPID refign his arrows to SPADILLE,

And all who bow to FASHION's dread awards, Confefs the univerfal power of CARDS.'

SHOOT,

SHOOT IN G.

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-VOLANS LIQUIDIS IN NUBIBUS ARSIT,-
SIGNAVIT QUE VIAM FLAMMIS-

VIRGIL.

E fylvan mufes! as my ftep invades

YE

Say will

The deep receffes of your hallow'd fhades,

ye bid your echoing caves prolong

The harsher cadence of your votary's song?

Not anxious now to ftrike the trembling wire,
Sweetly refponfive to your vernal choir;

Or from the treafur'd ftores of earth to bring
The fragrant produce of the rofeate fpring:
Mine the rude tafk, while fummer's fading ray
To yellow autumn yields the shortening day,

And

And all the variegated woods appear
Clad in the glories of the withering year,
With dogs and fiery weapons to profane

The peaceful fabbath of your rural reign;
Your defolated regions to explore

'Mid the wild tempeft, and the feafon frore;
Deftruction on your feather'd race to pour,
And add new horrors to the wintry hour.

"Twas thine, immortal SOMERVILLE! to trace The livelier raptures of the joyful chace, O'er hills and dales to urge, with eager speed,

The hound fagacious, and the panting fteed;

And guide the labors of the enthufiaft throng
With all the extatic energy of fong.-

Severer care these calmer lays demand,

And Fancy curb'd by fage Inftruction's hand:

Yet,

Yet, for the Mufe fome fcatter'd charms fhall gleam 'Mid the rich chaos of this copious theme;

Yet, here fhall Glory view with generous aim,

The rifing elements of martial fame.

As from the chace BRITANNIA's youth fhall learn
The docile fteed with ready hand to turn;
O'er the rude crag his bounding fteps to guide,
Or prefs his ardor down the mountain's fide,
Till, rushing to the field with fierce delight,
She fends forth other LINDSEYS to the fight:
So fhall the steady train, of careful eye,
Who wound th' aerial offspring as they fly,

Whose limbs unwearied keep the conftant way,
From morn's first opening dawn, till parting day,
Manly and firm, an unexhausted race,

With hardy frames the fhining phalanx grace;

*This gallant Officer, who was killed in one of the defcents on the coaft of France, during the war before last, was very inftrumental in first forming the Light Horfe of this

country.

With

With fteps, by labor unfubdu'd, fhall know

Inceffant to purfue the fainting foe;

Shall, 'midst the rocks and woods, with active toil

Hang o'er his march, and all his movements foil; Their close platoons, with cool and certain aim,

Shall fend deftruction forth in vollied flame:

Or o'er the field difpers'd, each fhot they pour
Shall mark fome hoftile victim's fatal hour.

Of old, ere man with imitative fkill,

Taught mimic thunders to obey his will,
Train'd by fuperior care, the elaftic yew
With finewy arm, our English bowmen drew:
The warlike art exulting ALBION faw

Protected by the foftering hand of law;

Attentive* fenates watch'd, with anxious zeal,

This martial bulwark of the general weal;

* See 33

Hen. VIII. ch. 9.

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