Conscia laetantes vidit Sabrina catervas,
Vidit, et admissis auctior ivit aquis.
Tempore non alio studiorum oblita iuventus
Dat calamo parvas ingenioqve moras:
Iustitium labor ipse petit, mirataqve pompam
Consuetum fugiens Musa reliqvit opus,
Dum veterem lustrans Mater cum Prole palaestram
Prorogat arguto tempora festa choro.
O ter fausta tua, Virgo formosa, corona!
O ter fausta tuo terra Britanna iugo!
Non melior totum regni tutela per orbem,
Non feret arx tantam, non feret ensis, opem,
Quam populus regemqve colens et cultus ab illo,
Frenaqve frenantum doctus amore pati.
Concitet Hesperios audax discordia fines,
Rixaqve cessantes mittat ad arma viros ·
Frangere seditio regnum Canadense laboret,
Iniiciens rutilas pectus in omne faces:
Haec tellus secura manet, secura manebit,
In medio cautes inlabefacta mari;
Maneqve nigrantem tenebris iraqve procellam
Gratior inseqvitur candidiorqve dies.
Magne Pater caeli, rerum suprema Potestas,
Numine sors regum statqve caditqve tuo.
Longa regat felixqve tuam Victoria gentem,
Dum, tibi qvae grata est, non timet ire viam ;
Vim tua det semper trepidae praesentia menti,
Teqve adeat fido laeta dolensve sinu.
Qvid loqvor? O careat, qvantum licet, illa dolore, O videat placidos et sine nube dies.
Laeta sit in praesens, sed non incauta futuri
Dum fruitur vita, sit qvoqve docta mori. Sic, ubi mortalem deponet fronte corollam, Cinget honoratum dia corona caput.
Pure stream, in whose transparent wave
My youthful limbs I wont to lave,
No torrents stain thy limpid source,
No rocks impede thy dimpling course :
Devolving from thy parent lake,
A charming maze thy waters make,
By bowers of birch, and groves of pine,
And hedges flower'd with eglantine.
Still on thy banks, so gaily green,
May numerous herds and flocks be seen,
And lasses chanting o'er the pail,
And shepherds piping in the dale,
And ancient faith that knows no guile,
And industry embrown'd with toil,
And hearts resolved, and hands prepared,
The blessings they enjoy to guard.
How dear to me the hour when daylight dies,
And sunbeams melt along the silent sea!
For then sweet dreams of other days arise,
And memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee.
And as I watch the line of light that plays
Along the smooth wave toward the burning west,
I long to tread that golden path of rays,
And think 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest.
Rivule, qvo memini puerum me saepe lavari,
Purior electro splendidiorqve vitro,
Tu sine montanis torrentibus et sine saxis
Curris inoffensas lubrica lympha vias;
Te primos latices de matre palude trahentem
Dulcibus inlecebris daedalus error agit,
Aut ubi betullae frondet nemus, aut ubi pinus,
Septave pensilibus luxuriosa rosis.
Sic semper tibi riparum per amoena vireta
Mile boves passim, mile vagentur oves:
Et tibi non desint nymphae ad mulctrale canentes,
Laetaqve pastorum vallis arundinibus:
Et te prisca fides et nescia fallere virtus
Et labor adsiduo sole perustus amet,
Cordaqve coniurata virum dextraeqve paratae
Custodire, qvibus iure fruuntur, opes.
Cara mihi redeunt moriturae tempora lucis,
Qvom radii in tacitas dissoluuntur aqvas;
Somnia tum lapsos reddunt mihi dulcia soles,
Teqve memor cupido pectore, vita, seqvor.
Qvodqve tremit longo dum conspicor ordine lumen,
Levis ubi Hesperiis ignibus unda rubet,
Mens avet aurato vestigia ponere tractu,
Transqve vias solis rapta qviete frui.
He on his impious foes right onward drove,
Gloomy as night: under his burning wheels
The stedfast empyrean shook throughout,
All but the throne itself of God. Full soon
Among them he arrived, in his right hand
Grasping ten thousand thunders, which he sent
Before him, such as in their souls infixed
Plagues. They, astonished, all resistance lost,
All courage; down their idle weapons dropt.
O'er shields and helms and helmed heads he rode
Of thrones and mighty seraphim prostrate,
That wished the mountains now might be again
Thrown on them as a shelter from his ire.
Nor less on either side tempestuous fell
His arrows, from the fourfold-visaged Four
Distinct with eyes, and from the living wheels
Distinct alike with multitude of eyes.
One spirit in them ruled, and every eye
Glared lightning, and shot forth pernicious fire
Among the accursed, that withered all their strength,
And of their wonted vigour left them drained,
Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen.
Yet half his strength he put not forth, but checked
His thunder in mid volley; for he meant
Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven.
The overthrown he raised; and as a herd
Of goats or timorous flock together thronged,
Drove them before him thunderstruck, pursued
With terrors and with furies to the bounds
And crystal wall of heaven, which, opening wide,
Protenus incestos atrae se noctis in hostes
Coniicit instar habens, ardescentumqve rotarum
Vi tremit ex imis radicibus ignifer aether.
Unius inconcussa suo stat robore sedes
Ipsa Dei. Tanto ruit inpete et ilicet hostem
Adseqvitur, dextraqve tonitrua vindice circum
Innumero vibrat numero, praemissaqve tela
Torqvet agens ante atqve infigit corde sub alto
Pestes. Adtoniti cessant obsistere, cessat
Robur, et e manibus procumbit inutile ferrum.
Scuta super galeasqve simul galeataqve regum
Magnanimumqve ducum pergit capita ire iacentum.
Qvam vellent iterum, diis tutamen ab iris,
Montibus urgeri: sed utrimqve haud secius urget
Tempestas telorum ac ferreus ingruit imber.
Quattuor hunc formae emittunt totidem ora ferentes,
Qvaeqve suis distincta oculis, pariterqve rotarum
Innumeris distincta oculis animataqve virtus.
Sed cunctos mens una regit, sed lumina flammis
Singula fulmineis rutilant, unde emicat ignis
Exitioqve uno sceleratorum agmina miscet.
Vis exusta perit, solitus vigor ossa reliquit,
Spemqve animumqve simul disiectaqve robora ponunt.
Sed neqve dimidias vires exercet, et ignem
Lapsu inhibet medio; neqve enim rescindere ad unum,
Sed penitus toto voluit convellere caelo.
Ille solo levat eversos; qvalesqve caprarum
Aut ovium inbelles se conglomerare catervas
Vidimus, adflatos tonitru fugat ante corusco,
Terga premente metu furiisqve seqvacibus usqve
Limen ad extremum et crystallina moenia caeli.
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