A Morning Hymn

TO THE DUCHESS OF HAMILTON .

Awake, bright Hamilton! arise,
Goddess of Love and of the Day;
Awake, disclose thy radiant eyes,
And shew the sun a brighter ray:
Phaebus in vain calls forth the blushing morn;
He but creates the day which you adorn.
The lark, that wont with warbling throat
Early to salute the skies,
Or sleeps, or else suspends his note,
Disclaiming day till you arise.
Goddess! awake, thy beams display,
Restore the universe to light:
When Hamilton appears then dawns the day,
And when she disappears begins the night.

Lovers, who watchful vigils keep,
(For lovers never, never sleep!)
Wait for the rising of the fair,
To offer songs and hymns of pray'r,
Like Persians to the sun:
Ev'n life, and death, and fate, are there;
For in the rolls of ancient Destiny,
Th' inevitable book, 't was noted down
The dying should revive, the living die,
As Hamilton shall smile, as Hamilton shall frown,

CHORUS .

" Awake, bright Hamilton! arise,
" Goddess of Love and of the Day;
" Awake, disclose thy radiant eyes,
" And shew the sun a brighter ray:
" Phaebus in vain calls forth the blushing morn;
" He but creates the day which you adorn, "
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