Jones, Henry (1721-1770)

Clifton: A Poem. In Two Cantos.

1767, 1778

"Victorious in thy march, triumphant move, / Arm'd by each grace, each virtue, and each love; / These inmates firm, these bright, these strong allies, / Reign in thy soul, and conquer in thy eyes."

Thee, Lysaght, lovely as the summer rose;
On whom, in vain, the breath of envy blows;
Thee, Lysaght, thee, the muse would justly praise,
On that high theme would fain exalt her lays:
Thy beauty rises like the rising day,
And drives the clouds of malice far away;
The shafts of rancour at thy feet see fall,
Thy beauty blunts, thy virtue spurns them all:
Victorious in thy march, triumphant move,
Arm'd by each grace, each virtue, and each love;
These inmates firm, these bright, these strong allies,
Reign in thy soul, and conquer in thy eyes:
The muse ambitious would exalt her fame,
And graft her lawrel on thy envy'd name.

Government::Rule and Subjection::Rule of Grace, Virtue, Love Population::Inmates

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Text from Clifton: A Poem. In Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By the late Henry Jones ... To Which is Added, An Ode to Shakespear, In Honor of the Jubilee. Written by the Same Author. 2nd ed. (London: Printed and Sold by T. Cocking, 1778).

See also Clifton: a Poem, in Two Cantos. Including Bristol and all its Environs. By Henry Jones (Bristol: Printed and Sold by E. Farley and Co.: sold also by the booksellers of Bristol and Bath, 1767). <Link to ECCO>

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