[BIRTHDAY ODE] TO THE SAME, AGED 26, A CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY IN PORTUGAL, 1798. Anne Hunter (née Home) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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[ BIRTHDAY ODE ] TO THE SAME , AGED 26 , A CAPTAIN OF INFANTRY IN PORTUGAL , 1798. THOUGH fancy and her airy train From sad experience fly away , The heart's affections still remain , And hail with joy this welcome day . Again with roses newly blown I crown the long neglected lyre , I strike the chords for thee alone , And tender thoughts the strains inspire . Through boyish days , a giddy youth , I watch'd thy course with anxious eyes , Have mark'd thy honour , virtue , truth , Grow with thy growth , to manhood rise . And now may ev'ry future year The promise of the past fulfil , While to my heart for ever dear , From absence , distance , dearer still .