Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Merry companion: or, Universal songster

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True as the Needle to the Pole,
j 'Or as the Dial to the Sun,
jConftant as gliding Waters roll,
Whofe fwelling Tides obey the Moofl$
ova every other Charmer free,
y Life and Love fhall follow thee.
The Lamb the flow'ry Thyme devours,
I The Dam the tender Kid purfues,
Sweet Philomel, in fhady Bowers
Of verdant Spring, her Notes renews;
I follow what they moft admire,
I purfue my Soul's Defire.
Mature muft change her beauteous Face,
And vary as the Seafbns rife \
is Winter to the Spring gives Place,
Summer the Approach of Autumn flies
change on Love the Seafbns bring",
ve only knows perpetual Spring*.
)evouring Time, with dealing Pace,
Makes lofty Oaks and Cedars feow ;
Ind Marble Towers and Walls of Brafs
.In his rude March he levels low :
: lime, destroying far and wide,
T e from the Soul can ne'er divide.
eath only with his cruel Dart
The gentle Godhead can remove,
nd drive him from the bleeding Heart
To mingle with the Bleft above,
ere known to all his kindred Train.
finds a lading Reft from Pain.
fve and his Sifter fair the Soul,
Twin-born from Heaven together came
x>ve will the Univerfe controul,
When dying Seafbns lofe their Name;
ine Abodes fhall own his Power,
1 Time and Death (hall be no more,