ADDRESSED TO MR. AND MRS. M..............N,
Gentle Muse, awake and see
Sacred friendship waits for thee;
Tune the harp, and strike the lyre,
Friendship shall the theme inspire;
Joyful sounds, and sacred song
Do to wedded love belong.
HAIL! wedded pair, in Hymen's bands,
Since heav'n has kindly join'd your hands,
May that pow'r who reigns above,
God of grace and God of love,
From his radiant throne bestow
All can make you blest below;
Smiling on your union, shed
Choicest blessings on your head;
Constant as the rising sun,
Hastes his daily course to run:
Num'rous as distilling dews,
O'er the meads their drops diffuse,
Blessings of the upper springs,
Grace to make you priests and kings,