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NHG-P.759.033
19 Oct 1759:41 (159)
Perth Amboy, Nassau Hall, September 27, 1759. Yesterday the
annual commencement was held here. The Revd. Mr. Samuel
Davies, lately elected President of the College of New
Jersey, delivered a [ ] oration, to the universal
applause of all his learned and numerous auditors. The
young gentlemen (about 25 in number) who were admitted to
the usual degrees in the arts, performed the accustomed
exercises with uncommon facility and correctness. The whole
ceremony concluded with the followed ode, set to music by
Mr. James Lyon, one of the students.
Chearful, fearless, and at ease,
On the dowry lap of peace,
In the gentle muses seat,
Unmov'd at war's tremendous roar,
That consternation spreads from shore to shore.
O'er solid continents, and tossing waves,
From haughty monarchs down to slaves,
Low cringing at their feet;
Far from Terror's loud alarms,
Peaceful Nassau! in thee we sing--
We sing great George upon the throne,
And Amherst brave in arms;
Amherst brave in arms;
While Bernard, in their milder charms
Makes the royal virtues known.
Chor. We sing great George, &c. &c.
The sword of the Lord and of Amherst from far,
Gleaming tremendous, determines the war,
At th' approaching vengeance struck
Gallic slaves, tho' long enur'd
To face the wide destroying sword
At a proud tyrant's word,
Now disorder'd and broke,
Despairing, confounded,
With terrors surrounded
By Amherst's name subdu'd,
By dread of vengeance close pursu'd,
Vengeance due in sacred British blood,
The useless sword they drop.
Nor dare for safety hope,
But in swift flight,
Beneath the shade of all concealing night.
We sing great George upon the throne,
And Amherst brave in arms,
Amherst brave in arms;
While Bernard, in their milder charms,
Make the royal virtues known,
Happy, happy, happy, still,
Safe from all the alarm of ill.
While George, the friend of man, adorns the throne,
And Amherst shines in arms;
While Bernard makes the royal virtues known
In all their milder charms.
Happy, &c. &c.
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