FIRST SYLPH.

COME, let us break our leafy caskets here,
And pour the blushing beauties of the mead;
For see Luzerne, with loyal zeal, prepare
To hail the joy that crowns his master's bed.

GENIUS OF AMERICA.

Yes, strew the fragrant treasure on the ground,
Perfume the air with aromatic gales;
Go call the Naiads from their pearly bound,
And bid the Tritons come with vocal shells —
To sound across th'Atlantic's wide domain,
And greet the infant from these western shores;
Present an off'ring from Columbia's plain,
A grateful off'ring of her fruits and flow'rs.

SECOND SYLPH.

Turn, lovely infant, thy auspicious eyes,
Nor scorn the rural present that we bring;
A mighty empire from these woods shall rise,
And pay to thee , the aid they owe thy king.

GENIUS OF AMERICA.

Till then accept these emblems of our truth,
While Heav'n, invok'd by us, shall safely lead
Thy steps thro' all the slipp'ry paths of youth,
And form thee fit to be thy nation's head.
Virtue herself shall dignify thy heart,
And princely valour deck thy youthful form;
Science shall join with nature and with art,
Thy opening mind to animate and warm.

FIRST SYLPH.

And ev'ry love, and ev'ry grace shall wait,
As handmaids, to attend the darling boy;
The muses too, shall leave their calm retreat
On Pindus top, to aid the nation's joy.

SECOND SYLPH.

Turn, lovely infant, thy auspicious eyes,
Nor scorn the rural present that we bring;
A mighty empire from these woods shall rise,
And pay to thee , the aid they owe thy king.

GENIUS OF AMERICA.

Tritons, convey to Gallia's royal ear
The pleasing transport on our hearts engrav'd,
To none more dear is France's blooming heir,
Than to the people whom his father sav'd.
Oh! tell him, that my hardy gen'rous swains,
Shall annually hail this natal day;
My babes congratulate in lisping strains,
And blooming virgins tune the chearful lay.
For him their pious vows the skies ascend,
And bring down blessings on his lovely queen;
May vict'ry ever on his arms attend,
And crown his days with peace and joy serene.

EMILIA.