I look'd and saw within

I look'd and saw within the Book of Fate,

Where many days did lowr

When lo one happy hour

Leapt up, and smil'd to save thy sinking State;

A day shall come, when in thy power

Thy cruel Foes shall be;

Then shall thy Land be free,

And thou in peace shalt reign.

But take, O take that opportunity,

Which once refus'd will never come again.