DULCE
DOMUM
,
AN
OLD
LATIN
ODE
.
SUNG
ANNUALLY
BY
THE
WINCHESTER
BOYS
UPON
LEAVING
COLLEGE
AT
THE
VACATION
.
[
Translated
at
the
Request
of
DR.
JOSEPH
WARTON
.
]
LOV'D
Companions
,
let
us
sing
!
Wake
the
dear
according
string
—
Come
,
with
gladness
fill
the
dome
,
Pour
the
happy
song
of
Home
.
CHORUS
.
Now
,
sweet
Home
!
our
steps
are
free
;
Now
,
sweet
Home
!
we
fly
to
thee
!
Let
the
vaulted
roofs
resound
Sacred
Home
,
with
blessings
crown'd
!
Learning
,
thorny
are
thy
ways
,
Thought
is
weary
of
the
maze
;
Let
us
seek
awhile
the
goal
Where
affection
rests
her
soul
!
CHORUS
.
—
Now
,
sweet
Home
,
&c.
Now
,
O
toiling
Muse
,
repose
;
Muse
!
the
classic
volume
close
:
—
Bid
the
cares
of
study
cease
,
Give
the
vacant
hours
to
peace
!
CHORUS
.
—
Now
,
sweet
Home
,
&c.
Joyful
with
the
smiling
year
,
We
will
smile
,
for
Home
is
near
!
—
Strangers
will
our
song
repeat
—
Strangers
feel
that
Home
is
sweet
!
CHORUS
.
—
Now
,
sweet
Home
,
&c.
Bring
,
O
bring
th'
impatient
steed
,
Let
us
to
the
threshold
speed
,
Where
we
shed
the
tear
of
bliss
,
Where
we
meet
a
mother's
kiss
!
CHORUS
.
—
Now
,
sweet
Home
,
&c.
Home
of
childhood
!
swell
the
strain
,
While
we
hail
thy
gates
again
!
Why
,
Aurora
,
thus
delay
?
Slothful
goddess
,
give
the
day
!
CHORUS
.
—
Now
,
sweet
Home
,
&c.