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WHENCE are those tranquil joys in mercy giv'n	A
To light the wilderness with beams of Heav'n	A
To sooth our cares and thro' the cloud diffuse	B
Their tempered sun shine and celestial hues	C
Those pure delights ordain'd on life to throw	D
Gleams of the bliss ethereal natures know	D
Say do they grace Ambition's regal throne	A
When kneeling myriads call the world his own	A
Or dwell with luxury in th' enchanted bow'rs	C
Where taste and wealth exert creative pow'rs	C
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Favor'd of Heav'n O Genius are they thine	A
When round thy brow the wreaths of glory shine	A
While rapture gazes on thy radiant way	E
'Midst the bright realms of clear and mental day	E
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No sacred joys 'tis yours to dwell enshrin'd	F
Most fondly cherish'd in the purest mind	F
To twine with flowers those lov'd endearing ties	C
On earth so sweet so perfect in the skies	C
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Nurs'd on the lap of solitude and shade	G
The violet smiles embosom'd in the glade	G
There sheds her spirit on the lonely gale	H
Gem of seclusion treasure of the vale	H
Thus far retir'd from life's tumultuous road	I
Domestic bliss has fix'd her calm abode	I
Where hallow'd innocence and sweet repose	C
May strew her shadowy path with many a rose	C
As when dread thunder shakes the troubled sky	J
The cherub infancy can close its eye	J
And sweetly smile unconscious of a tear	K
While viewless angels wave their pinions near	L
Thus while around the storms of discord roll	M
Borne on resistless wing from pole to pole	M
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While war's red lightnings desolate the ball	N
And thrones and empires in destruction fall	N
Then calm as evening on the silvery wave	O
When the wind slumbers in the ocean cave	O
She dwells unruffled in her bow'r of rest	P
Her empire home her throne affection's breast	P
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For her sweet nature wears her loveliest blooms	C
And softer sun shine ev'ry scene illumes	C
When spring awakes the spirit of the breeze	C
Whose light wing undulates the sleeping seas	C
When summer waving her creative wand	Q
Bids verdure smile and glowing life expand	R
Or autumn's pencil sheds with magic trace	C
O'er fading loveliness a moon light grace	C
Oh still for her thro' Nature's boundless reign	A
No charm is lost no beauty blooms in vain	A
While mental peace o'er ev'ry prospect bright	S
Throws mellowing tints and harmonizing light	S
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Lo borne on clouds in rushing might sublime	T
Stern winter bursting from the polar clime	T
Triumphant waves his signal torch on high	J
The blood red meteor of the northern sky	J
And high thro' darkness rears his giant form	T
His throne the billow and his flag the storm	T
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Yet then when bloom and sun shine are no more	U
And the wild surges foam along the shore	U
Domestic bliss thy heaven is still serene	A
Thy star unclouded and thy myrtle green	A
Thy fane of rest no raging storms invade	G
Sweet peace is thine the seraph of the shade	G
Clear thro' the day her light around thee glows	C
And gilds the midnight of thy deep repose	C
Hail sacred home where soft Affection's hand	R
With flow'rs of Eden twines her magic band	R
Where pure and bright the social ardors rise	C
Concentring all their holiest energies	C
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When wasting toil has dimm'd the vital flame	T
And ev'ry power deserts the sinking frame	T
Exhausted nature still from sleep implores	C
The charm that lulls the manna that restores	C
Thus when oppress'd with rude tumultuous cares	C
To thee sweet home the fainting mind repairs	C
Still to thy breast a wearied pilgrim flies	C
Her ark of refuge from uncertain skies	C
Bower of repose when torn from all we love	V
Thro' toil we struggle or thro' distance rove	W
To thee we turn still faithful from afar	X
Thee our bright vista thee our magnet star	X
And from the martial field the troubled sea	C
Unfetter'd thought still roves to bliss and thee	C
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When ocean sounds in awful slumber die	J
No wave to murmur and no gale to sigh	J
Wide o'er the world when peace and midnight reign	A
And the moon trembles on the sleeping main	A
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At that still hour the sailor wakes to keep	Y
'Midst the dead calm the vigil of the deep	Y
No gleaming shores his dim horizon hound	Z
All heaven and sea and solitude around	Z
Then from the lonely deck the silent helm	T
From the wide grandeur of the shadowy realm	T
Still homeward borne his fancy unconfin'd	F
Leaving the worlds of ocean far behind	F
Wings like a meteor flash her swift career	L
To the lov'd scene so distant and so dear	L
Lo the rude whirlwind rushes from its cave	O
And danger frowns the monarch of the wave	O
Lo rocks and storms the striving bark repel	A2
And death and shipwreck ride the foaming swell	A2
Child of the ocean is thy bier the surge	B2
Thy grave the billow and the wind thy dirge	B2
Yes thy long toils thy weary conflicts o'er	C2
No storm shall wake no perils rouse thee more	U
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Yet in that solemn hour that awful strife	D2
The struggling agony for death or life	D2
E'en then thy mind embitt'ring ev'ry pain	A
Retrac'd the image so belov'd in vain	A
Still to sweet home thy last regrets were true	E2
Life's parting sigh the murmur of adieu	E2
Can war's dread scenes the hallow'd ties efface	C
Each tender thought each fond remembrance chase	C
Can fields of carnage days of toil destroy	F2
The lov'd impressions of domestic joy	F2
Ye day light dreams that cheer the soldier's breast	P
In hostile climes with spells benign and blest	P
Sooth his brave heart and shed your glowing ray	E
O'er the long march thro' desolation's way	E
Oh still ye bear him from th' ensanguin'd plain	A
Armour's bright flash and victory's choral strain	A
To that lov'd home where pure affection glows	C
That shrine of bliss asylum of repose	C
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When all is hush'd the rage of combat past	G2
And no dread war note swells the moaning blast	G2
When the warm throb of many a heart is o'er	C2
And many an eye is clos'd to wake no more	U
Lull'd by the night wind pillow'd on the ground	Z
The dewy death bed of his comrades round	Z
While o'er the slain the tears of midnight weep	Y
Faint with fatigue he sinks in slumbers deep	Y
E'en then soft visions hov'ring round portray	E
The cherish'd forms that o'er his bosom sway	E
He sees fond transport light each beaming face	C
Meets the warm tear drop and the long embrace	C
While the sweet welcome vibrates thro' his heart	H2
'Hail weary soldier never more to part '	-
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And lo at last releas'd from ev'ry toil	I2
He comes the wanderer views his native soil	I2
Then the bright raptures words can never speak	J2
Flash in his eye and mantle o'er his cheek	J2
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Then love and friendship whose unceasing pray'r	X
Implor'd for him each guardian spirit's care	K
Who for his fate thro' sorrow's lingering year	L
Had prov'd each thrilling pulse of hope and fear	L
In that blest moment all the past forget	K2
Hours of suspense and vigils of regret	K2
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And oh for him the child of rude alarms	C
Rear'd by stern danger in the school of arms	C
How sweet to change the war song's pealing note	L2
For woodland sounds in summer air that float	L2
Thro' vales of peace o'er mountain wilds to roam	T
And breathe his native gales that whisper 'Home '	-
Hail sweet endearments of domestic ties	C
Charms of existence angel sympathies	C
Tho' pleasure smile a soft Circassian queen	A
And guide her votaries thro' a fairy scene	A
Where sylphid forms beguile their vernal hours	C
With mirth and music in Arcadian bow'rs	C
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Tho' gazing nations hail the fiery car	X
That bears the son of conquest from afar	X
While Fame's loud P an bids his heart rejoice	C
And ev'ry life pulse vibrates to her voice	C
Yet from your source alone in mazes bright	S
Flows the full current of serene delight	S
On Freedom's wing that ev'ry wild explores	C
Thro' realms of space th' aspiring eagle soars	C
Darts o'er the clouds exulting to admire	M2
Meridian glory on her throne of fire	C2
Bird of the sun his keen unwearied gaze	C
Hails the full noon and triumphs in the blaze	C
But soon descending from his height sub	N2

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