III. AIR "Ye brown o'er-arching groves, That contemplation loves, Where willowy Camus° lingers with delight! I trod your level lawn, 30 Oft wooed the gleam of Cynthia° silver-bright IV. RECITATIVE But hark! the portals sound, and pacing forth 35 High potentates, and dames of royal birth,° Great Edward, with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn, And sad Chatillon,° on her bridal morn That wept her bleeding Love, and princely Clare,° And either Henry there,° The murdered saint, and the majestic lord 40 ACCOMPANIED All that on Granta's fruitful plain° Rich streams of regal bounty poured, And bade these awful fanes and turrets rise, To hail their Fitzroy's festal morning° come; And thus they speak in soft accord The liquid language of the skies: V. QUARTETTO "What is grandeur, what is power? Heavier toil, superior pain. What the bright reward we gain? 60 Sweet is the breath of vernal shower, The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet VI. RECITATIVE Foremost and leaning from her golden cloud 65 "Welcome, my noble son,° (she cries aloud,) AIR "Thy liberal heart, thy judging eye, The flower unheeded shall descry, 70 70 And bid it round heaven's altars shed VII. RECITATIVE "Lo! Granta waits to lead her blooming band, She reveres herself and thee. With modest pride to grace thy youthful brow, And to thy just, thy gentle hand, While spirits blest above and men below VIII. GRAND CHORUS 'Through the wild waves as they roar, With watchful eye and dauntless mien, Thy steady course of honor keep, Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore: The star of Brunswick smiles serene, And gilds the horrors of the deep." 85 COWPER'S POEMS THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN SHOWING HOW HE WENT FURTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN JOHN GILPIN was a citizen A trainband captain eke was he John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride On horseback after we." 5 10 15 |