Rise, my soul!
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written by Thomas Gray. A gobbet from his Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude
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English text
Rise, my soul! on wings of fire,
Rise the rapt'rous choir among;
Hark! 'tis Nature strikes the lyre,
And leads the general song:
Warm let the lyric transport flow,
Warm, as the ray that bids it glow;
And animates the vernal grove
With health, with harmony, and love.