Ode

1. 1Ye Gales, that of the Lark's repose
2. 2The impatient Silence break,
3. 3To yon poor Pilgrim's wearying Woes
4. 4Your gentle Comfort speak!
5. 5He heard the midnight whirlwind die,
6. 6He saw the sun-awaken'd Sky
7. 7Resume its slowly-purpling Blue:
8. 8And ah! he sigh'd--that I might find
9. 9The cloudless Azure of the Mind
10. 10And Fortune's brightning Hue!
11. 11Where'er in waving Foliage hid
12. 12The Bird's gay Charm ascends,
13. 13Or by the fretful current chid
14. 14Some giant Rock impends--
15. 15There let the lonely Cares respire
16. 16As small airs thrill the mourning Lyre
17. 17And teach the Soul her native Calm;
18. 18While Passion with a languid Eye
19. 19Hangs o'er the fall of Harmony
20. 20And drinks the sacred Balm.

1. 21Slow as the fragrant whisper creeps
2. 22Along the lilied Vale,
3. 23The alter'd Eye of Conquest weeps,
4. 24And ruthless grows pale
5. 25Relenting that his Heart forsook
6. 26Soft Concord of auspicious Look,
7. 27And Love, and social Poverty;
8. 28The Family of tender Fears,
9. 29The Sigh, that saddens and endears,
10. 30And Cares, that sweeten Joy.

1. 31Then cease, thy frantic Tumults cease,
2. 32Ambition, Sire of War!
3. 33Nor o'er the mangled Corse of Peace
4. 34Urge on thy scythéd Car.
5. 35And oh! that Reason's voice might swell
6. 36With whisper'd Airs and holy Spell
7. 37To rouse thy gentler Sense,
8. 38As bending o'er the chilly bloom
9. 39The Morning wakes its soft Perfume
10. 40With breezy Influence.