Dulce Domum

AN OLD LATIN ODE. SUNG ANNUALLY BY THE WlNCHESTER 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.