Ode to Night Yalden’s Ode
Hail Reverend Monarch! Hoary Night! Extend thy ever Blissful reign, Bid jarring passions cease with Light, And Peace Lead forth thy jocund Train- Thy Loyal Subjects here we sit Beneath they ever Blest domain In Amity and Friendship met To Celebrate thy Happy Reign. Elder than light, beneath thy sway, When thy imperial flag's unfurl'd At thy Dread March-Light shrinks away And owns Thee Monarch of the World. Like some vast realm whose spacious Round The monarch's Face by Turns must Bless Thy empire by Creation bound By turns Enjoys Thy Sovereign Grace. The parched Earth oppress'd, at length Pants for thy shades and by Thee blest Quaffs thy Rich Dews, renews her strength, And with the Laborer finds rest- The soaring birds, the scaly race, Reptile and insect own thy power; The beasts crouch low-at thy approach, Bows every herb, droops every flower. At thy approach, the sons of war Unnerve the arms, bid discord cease; The clamorous mart, the noisy bar, The shrill-tongued shrew, are hushed to peace. Reclined beneath thy murky glades, Secure the secret lover plies; Shielded by thy compacted shades, The dart of scandal vainly flies. Hail reverend monarch! whilst you shed, O'er sleeping myriads ease from pain; Thy gayer mantle o'er us spread, Who wake, to celebrate thy reign. Wine, sparkling as thy starry glade- In every mantling cup infuse; Send friendship, strength'ning as thy shade, Converse, refreshing as thy dews.
Royall Tyler’s other poems:
- Convivial Song for General Morris
- The Death Song of Alknomook
- A Prologue to be Spoken by Mr. Frankley
- A Christmas Hymn Sung in the Episcopal Church at Claremont on the Anniversary of That Festival Decem
- The Widower
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