Cities shall sing, and vales in rich array Shall laugh, whose fruitful laps bend down with fulness. "Our sons shall rise from thrones in joy, Their daughters shall sing, surrounded with shining spears. "Liberty shall stand upon the cliffs of Albion, PROLOGUE. INTENDED FOR A DRAMATIC PIECE OF KING EDWARD THE FOURTH. H for a voice like thunder, and a tongue OH To drown the throat of war! When the senses Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness, Oh who can stand? Oh who hath caused this? J PROLOGUE TO KING JOHN. USTICE hath heaved a sword to plunge in For Albion's sins are crimson-dyed, And the red scourge follows her desolate sons. Round his majestic feet deep thunders roll; Each heart does tremble, and each knee grows slack. [war, The stars of heaven tremble; the roaring voice of The trumpet, calls to battle. Brother in brother's blood Must bathe, rivers of death. O land most hapless! O beauteous island, how forsaken ! Weep from thy silver fountains, weep from thy gentle rivers! The angel of the island weeps ; The widowed virgins weep beneath thy shades. The sucking infant lives, to die in battle ; The weeping mother feeds him for the slaughter. For Tyranny hath stretched his purple arm, And "Blood!" he cries: "The chariots and the horses, The noise of shout, and dreadful thunder of the battle heard afar !" Beware, O proud! thou shalt be humbled; I SONGS OF INNOCENCE. (ENGRAVED 1789.) INTRODUCTION. PIPING down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, "Pipe a song about a Lamb!" ་་ So I piped with merry cheer. "Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe ; Sing thy songs of happy cheer!" |