Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Poem
May 24, 1802
Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
An invocation to Mirth, enlivening power and parent of genial hours, to animate a festal day amid glowing roses, blooming hawthorn, and singing linnets. Calls for jovial sports, laughter, and the radiant queen of love to join with her pleasing smiles.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
Poetry.
TO MIRTH.
HASTE thee, MIRTH, enlivening power,
Parent of the genial hour.
Sportive god, without delay,
Animate our festal day;
Here, where the roses glow,
And the hawthorn blossoms blow,
And the lively linnets sing,
Wave thy pleasure-breathing wing.
Come, inspire the tuneful strain;
Come with all thy happy train,
Jovial sports, alluring wiles,
Laughter and the dimpling smiles:
Leave awhile the Paphian grove,
Lo, the radiant queen of love,
Ever gentle, ever gay,
Hither wings her airy way.
Mark how lovely she appears!
Though a mortal form she wears;
With her unaffected ease,
And her native power to please,
And her sweetly-pensive air,
And her smiles that banish care.
TO MIRTH.
HASTE thee, MIRTH, enlivening power,
Parent of the genial hour.
Sportive god, without delay,
Animate our festal day;
Here, where the roses glow,
And the hawthorn blossoms blow,
And the lively linnets sing,
Wave thy pleasure-breathing wing.
Come, inspire the tuneful strain;
Come with all thy happy train,
Jovial sports, alluring wiles,
Laughter and the dimpling smiles:
Leave awhile the Paphian grove,
Lo, the radiant queen of love,
Ever gentle, ever gay,
Hither wings her airy way.
Mark how lovely she appears!
Though a mortal form she wears;
With her unaffected ease,
And her native power to please,
And her sweetly-pensive air,
And her smiles that banish care.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Love Courtship
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Mirth
Festal Day
Roses
Hawthorn
Queen Of Love
Paphian Grove
Laughter
Smiles
Poem Details
Title
To Mirth.
Subject
Festal Day
Key Lines
Haste Thee, Mirth, Enlivening Power,
Parent Of The Genial Hour.
Here, Where The Roses Glow,
And The Hawthorn Blossoms Blow,
Lo, The Radiant Queen Of Love,