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 ODE 
 
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 MUSIC. 
 
 Performed in the 
 
 SENATE-HOUSE at CAMBRIDGE 
 
 Julyi^ 1749.
 
 ODE 
 
 Performed in tlie 
 
 SENATE-HOUSE at CAMBRIDGE 
 
 July I, 1749. 
 
 AT THE 
 
 Inftall ition of His GRACE 
 
 Thomas Holies Duke of Nezvcajlle 
 
 CHANCELLOR of the Univerfity. 
 
 canit err ant em Pennejji ad Jiumma Galium 
 
 Aonai in Monies ut duxcrit una Jororiim 
 
 Utque viro Thcebi chorus ajfurrexerit omnis. Virgil. 
 
 By Mr. MJ SON, 
 
 FELLOW of PEMBROKE-HALL. 
 Set to Mufic by 
 
 Mr. BOTCE, Compofer to His Majesty. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE, 
 
 Printed by J. BENTH AM, Printer to the Univerfity, 
 Sold by W. THURLBOURN, Bookfellcrin Cambridge; and R. Double v 
 
 in Pall- Mall, London. 
 
 M.DCC.XLIX.
 
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 ODE 
 
 
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 FOR 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 T T ERE all thy adive fires diffufe, 
 
 Thou genu in Britifi Mufe ; 
 
 Hither defccnd from yonder orient iky, 
 
 Cloth'd in thy heav'n-wovc robe of harmony. 
 Come, imperiaf queen of fong ; 
 Come with all that free-born grace, 
 Which lifts thee from the fervile throng, 
 
 Who meanly mimic thy ma'ieftic pace ; 
 That glance of dignity divine, 
 Which fpeaks thee of celeftial line ; 
 Proclaims thee inmate of the Iky, 
 Daughter of Jove and Liberty. 
 
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 Recitative. 
 
 Air I. 
 
 The
 
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 II. 
 
 Rrcitiitiii'. The elevated foul, who feels 
 
 Thy awful impulfe, walks the fragrant ways 
 Of honed unpolluted praife: 
 He with impartial juftice deals 
 The blooming chaplets of immortal lays : 
 He flys above ambition's low carreer ; 
 And nobly thron'd in Truth's meridian fphcre. 
 Thence, with a bold and heav'n-diredted aim, 
 Full on fair Virtue's (hrine he pours the rays of Fame. 
 
 III. 
 
 Air II. Goddefs ! thy piercing eye explores 
 
 The radiant range of Beauty's flores. 
 The fteep afcent of pine-clad hills, 
 The filver flope of falling rills ; 
 Catches each lively-colour'd grace, 
 The crimfon of the Wood-nymphs face. 
 The verdure of the velvet lawn. 
 The purple in the eaftern dawn. 
 Or all thofe tints, which rang'd in vivid glow 
 Mark the bold fweep of the celeftial bow. 
 
 But
 
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 IV. 
 
 But chief (he lifts her tuneful tranlports high, Recitative. 
 
 When to her intcllc6tual eye 
 The mental beauties rife in moral dignity : 
 
 The facred zeal for Freedom's caiifc, 
 
 That fires the glowing Patriot's breall ; 
 The honed: pride, that plumes the Hero's crefr, 
 When for his country's aid the fteel he draws j 
 
 Or that, the calm yet adive heat. 
 With which mild Genius warms the Sages heart, 
 To lift fair Science to a loftier feat, 
 Or ftretch to ampler bounds the wide domain of art. 
 
 Thcfe, the beft bloflbms of the virtuous mind. Air 111, 
 
 She culls with tafte rcfin'd ; 
 
 From their ambrofial bloom 
 With bee- like fkill flie draws the rich perfume. 
 
 And blends the fweets they all convey 
 In the foft balm of her mellifluous lay. 
 
 V. 
 Is there a clime, where all thefe beauties rife Recitative. 
 
 In one coUedled radiance to her Eyes?
 
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 Is there a plain, whofe genial foil inhales 
 Glory's invigorating gales. 
 Her brightefl beams where Emulation fpreads, 
 Her kindlieft dews where Science fheds, 
 Where ev'ry ftream of Genius flows. 
 Where ev'ry flower of Virtue glows? 
 Thither the Mule exulting flies^ 
 There (he loudly cries — — - 
 Chorus I. All Hail, All hail, 
 
 Majellic GRANTA! hail thy awful name 
 Dear to the Mufe, to Liberty, to Fame. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Recitative^ You too, illuftrious Train, fhe greets 
 
 Who firft in thefe infpiring feats 
 Caught the bright beams of that setherial fire. 
 Which now fublimely prompts you to afpire 
 To deeds of noblefl note : whether to fheild 
 Your country's liberties, your country's laws ; 
 
 Or in Religion's hallow'd caufe 
 To hurl the Ihafts of reafon, and to weild 
 Thofe heav'nly-temper'd arms whofe rapid force 
 Arrefts bafc Falfhood in her impious courfe, 
 And drives rebellious Vice indignant from the field. 
 
 And
 
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 VII. 
 
 And now flie tunes her plaufive fong Air IV. 
 
 To you her fiige domeftic throng; 
 
 Wlio Iiere, at Learning's richeft flirine, 
 
 Dirpencc to eacli ingenuous youth 
 
 The treafures of immortal truth. 
 
 And open Wildom's golden mine. 
 Each youth infpir'd by your perfuafive art, Recitative. 
 
 Clafps the dear form of virtue to his heart ; 
 
 And feels in his tranfported foul 
 
 Enthufiaflic raptures roil, 
 Gen'rous as thofe the Sons of Cecrops caught 
 In hoar Lycaeum's (hades from Plato's fire-clad thought. 
 
 VIII. 
 O GRANTA ! on thy happy plain Air V. 
 
 Still may thefe Attic glories reign : 
 Still mayfl thou keep thy wonted flate 
 In unaffedled grandeur great j 
 
 Great as at this illuftrious hour. Recitative. 
 
 When HE, whom GEORGE'S well-weigh'd choice 
 
 And ALBION'S gen'ral voice 
 Have lifted to the faired heights of pow'r. 
 
 When
 
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 When He appears, and deigns to fliinc 
 The leader of thy learned line ; 
 
 And bids the verdure of thy olive bough 
 Mid all his civic chaplets twine. 
 
 And add frefli glories to his honor'd brow. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Jir VI. Hafle then, and amply o'er his head 
 
 The graceful! foliage fpread ; 
 Meanwhile the Mufe fhall fnatch the trump of Fame, 
 And lift her fwelling accents high, 
 To tell the World that PELHAM's name 
 Is dear to Learning as to Liberty. 
 
 Full Chorus. 'the Mufe JJ:>all fnatch the trump of Fame ^ 
 
 And lift her fwelling accents high, . 
 'To tell the world that PELHAM's name 
 Is dear to Learning as to Liberty. 
 
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