HYMN V.
To the Lark.
E arly, cheerful, mounting Lark!
L ight's gentle Usher! Morning's Clerk!
I n merry notes delighting;
S tint awhile thy song, and hark,
A nd learn my new inditing!
B ear up this Hymn! to heaven, it bear!
E ven up to heaven, and sing it there!
T o heaven, each morning bear it!
H ave it set to some sweet sphere,
A nd let the angels hear it!
R enowned Astræa, that great name!
(E xceeding great in worth and fame,
G reat worth hath so renowned it)
I t is Astræa's name, I praise!
N ow then, sweet Lark! do thou it raise;
A nd in high heaven resound it!