Fam'd for Victorious Arms and Generous Aid,
Young Austria's Refuge, and fierce Bourbon's Dread:
Titanian Leagues in vain shall brave the Rhine,
When to the Eagle YOU the Thunder join.
A Morning Hymn to Her Grace
the Dutchess of Hamilton.
AWake bright Hamilton, arise,
Goddess of Love, and of the Day,
Awake, disclose thy charming Eyes,
And show the Sun a brighter Ray:
Phœbus in vain calls forth the blushing Morn,
He but creates the Day, which you adorn.
The Lark, that wont with warbling Throat
Early to salute the Skies,
Or sleeps, or else suspends his Note,
Disclaiming Day 'till you arise.
Goddess awake, thy Beams display,
Restore the Universe to Light,
When Hamilton appears then dawns the Day,
And when she disappears, begins the Night.
Lovers, who watchful vigils keep,
(For Lovers never, never sleep!)
