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| Reſponſive to the cuckow's note, 
The untaught harmony of Spring: 
While whiſp' ring pleaſure as they fly, 
Cool Zephyrs thro' the clear, blue ſky 
Their gather'd fragrance fling, _ 


Where'er the oak's thiftk branches ſtretch 
1 + oY broader, browner ſhade; 


1 Were er the· rade and moſs· grown beech 5 


 Ofer-canopies the glade 921 
Beſide ſome water's ruſhy brink 

| With me the Muſe ſhall fit, and think | 
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, | Shakeſp. Midf. Night's Dream. 


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(At eaſe reclin'd in ruſtic ſtate) 
How vain the ardour of the Crowd, 


How low,. how little are the Proud;. e | 
How indigent the Great [ | 2 


Sill is the toiling band. of Care: : 
The panting herds repoſe : & 8 | 
I" hark, how thro' the peopled air EE ” 
The buſy murmur glows ! | | 
T he inſe& youth are on the wing, EE £ 
Eager to taſte the honied ſpring, 1 
And float amid the liquid noon® : 
Some lightly 0 'er the current ſkim, - _ 85 2 RES, | 
Some ſhew their gayly-gilded trim 4 


Quick-glancing to the ſun fe. RES | 
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DS. Nare- per zſtatem liquidam—“ 
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Shew to the ſun their wav'd coats dropt with _ 
: gold, 5 * Paradiſe Loft, book 7. 


24 ODE ON THE SPRING. 


To Contemplation's fober eye . 
Such is the race of Man: 5 

And they that Creep, and they that fly, 
Shall end where they began. 

Alike che Buſy and the Gay | 

But flutter thro? life“ s little day, | 

In Fortune's varying colours areſt : 
Bruſh'd by the hand of rough Miſchance, 

Or chill'd by age, their airy dance 
They leave, in duſt to reſt. 


Methinks I hear, in accents 5 
The ſportive kind reply : 
Poor moraliſt ! and what art thou? 

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Thy Joys no glittering female meets, 
No hive haſt thou of hoarded ſweets, 
No painted plumage to diſplay: 

On baſty wings thy youth is flown ; 
Thy ſun is ſet, thy ſpring is gone | 
We frolick, while 'tis May, 


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The penſive Selima reclin'd, 


Gazed on the lake below. 


20 ODE ON THE DEATH or 
Her conſcious tail her Joy declar'd ; „ 
The fair round face, the ſnowy beard, 5 » 
The velvet of her paws, | 
Her coat, that with the tortoiſe vies, 
Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, 


She ſaw; and purr'd applauſe, 


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Again ſhe ſtretch'd, again ſhe bent, 
Nor knew the gulf between. 
(Malignant fate ſat by, and ſmil'd) 


The llipp'ry verge her feet 9 
She tumbled — it. 


Eight times emerging from the flood 

She mew'd to ev 2 wat' ry God, 
Some ſpeedy aid to ſend. 

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26 ODE ON A DISTANT 


Ah happy hills, ah pleaſing _— 


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Whoſe turf, whoſe ſhade, whoſe flow'rs among 


Wanders the hoary Thames along 


His filver-winding way. 


Ah fields belov'd in vain, 8 
Where once my careleſs childhood 1 


A ſtranger yet to pain 
I feel the gales, that from you blow, 


As waving freſh their gladſome wing, 
My weary foul they ſeem to ſooth, 
And, * redolent of j joy and _ . 

To breathe a a ſecond ſpring. 


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Say, F ather Tyanes, for thou haſt ſeen - 
F ull many a ſprightly race 
Diſporting on thy margent green 15 
The paths of pleaſure trace, 
Who foremoſt now delight to cleave 
With pliant arm thy glaſſy wave? 
The captive linnet which enthrall )? 
What idle progeny ſucceed 
To chaſe the rolling cirele's ſpeed, | 
Or urge the flying ball? 


While ſome, on earneſt buſineſs beat, 

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| Gon bold adventurets An 

The limits of their little reign, 1 
And unknown regions dare. deſcry: 

Still as chey run they look behind, | 

They hear a voice in every wind, 
And ſnatch a fearful joy. 


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Leſs pleaſing when poſſeſt ; af bet e WP 

The tear forgot as ſoon as ſhed; 
The ſunſhine of the breaſt : 

| Theirs nen health of roſy hue, 

Wild wit, invention ever-new, 

And lively chear of vigour born 

The thoughtleſs day, the eaſy night, 

The ſpirits pure, the aumbers light, 
That fly th' approach of mn. 

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Alas, regardlefs of their doom, 
The little victims play! 

No ſenſe have they of ills to come, 
Nor care beyond to-day ;  -. 

Yet ſee how all around em wait 


The Miniſters of human fate, 


And black Misfortune's baleful traja't ET 
Ah, ſhew them where.in ambuſh nd 47 


To ſeize their prey the murth'rous band 
Ab, tell them, they are men! 


Theſe ſhall the fury Paſſions tear, 1 
The vultures of the mind, | 
Diſdainful Anger, pallid Fear, 
And Shame that ae behind; 


Or pineing Love ſhall waſte their youth. 


Or Jealouſy with rankling tooth, 


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Grim-viſag'd comfortleſs Deſpair, 

And Sorrow's pietcing dart, 
Ambition this ſhall tempt to riſe, 
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And grinning Infamy. 
The ſtings of Falſhood thoſe ſhall try, 
And hard Unkindneſs' alter'd eye, 

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And keen Remorſe with blood defil'd, 


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Dryden's Fable of Palamon and Arcil 


o, in che vale of years beneath 

A griſly troop are ſeen. 

The painful family of Death; 

More hideous than their Queen: 
This racks the joints, this fires the veins, 
That every labouring ſinew ſtrains, ; 
Thoſe in the deeper vitals rage: 2+ 
o, Poverty, to fill the band, | 

That numbs the ſoul with i icy —_ 


And flow-confuming Age. 
; ro each his ſuff rings: all are men, 
Condemn'd alike to * 8 
The tender for another' s pain; 
Th' unfeelinz for his 0 own. | 
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Yet, ah! why ſhould they know their fate? 


Since ſorrow never comes too late, 


And happineſs too ſwiftly flies, | 

Thought would deſtroy their paradiſe, 
No more; where ignorance is bliſs, 27 
"Tis folly to be wiſe, 


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His high-crown'd hat, and ſattin doublet, 


| Tho' Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it. 


Full oft within the ſpacious walls, 


When he had fifty winters o'er him, 


My grave * Lord Keeper led the Brawls : : 


The Seal, and Maces, danc'd before him. 


His buſhy beard, and ſhoe-ſtrings green, 


Mov'd the ſtout heart of England's Queen, 


What, in the very firſt beginning ! ; 
Shame of the verſifying tribe! : 
Your Hiſt'ry whither are you ſpinning 72 


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A Houſe there is (and that's enough} 
From whence one fatal morning iſſues 
A brace of Warriors, not in buff, ; 


But ruſtling in their ſilks and tiſſues. 


The firſt came cap-à- pie from France, 


5 Her conqu' ring deſtiny fulfilling, 
Whom meaner Beauties eye aſkance, 
And vainly ape her art of killing. 
The other Amazon kind Heaven 
Had arm'd with ſpirit, wit, and ſatire: : 
. But Conan had the poliſh given, 
. And tip'd her arrows with good- nature. 
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| To celebrate her eyes, her air—— 
Coarſe panegyricks would but teaze her, 
Meliſſa is her Nomme de Guerre. - 


Alas, who would not wiſh to pleaſe her 1 


With bonnet blue 1 capuchine, ; 

And aprons long, they hid their armour, 
And veil'd their weapons bright and keen, 
In pity to the country farmer. 1 

F ame, is the ſhape of Mr. Pm 
(By this time all the Pariſh know it) | 
Had told, that thereabouts there lurk'd- 
A wicked Imp they call a Poet, 


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Who prowl'd the country far and near, 
Bewitch'd the children of the peaſants, 


Dry d up the cows, and lam'd the deer, 
And ſuck'd the eggs, and kill'd the pheaſants. 


. My Lady heard their joint petition, 
Swore by her coronet and ermine, | 
She'd iſſue. out her high commiſſion 


To rid the manour of ſuch yermin. 


The H eroines undertook the taſk, 


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Rapp'd at the door, nor ſtay'd to aſk, 


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4 A LONG 8TORY, 


The trembling family thay daunt, 
They flirt, they ſing, they laugh, they tattle, 
Rummage his Mother, pinch his Aunt, 


And up ſtairs i in a whirlwind rattle. 


Each hole and cupboard they explore, | 
Each creek and; cranny of his chamber, 
Run hurry-ſkurry round the floor, 
And o'er the bed and taſter. clamber, 


Into the Draw'rs and China pry, 
Papers and books, a huge Imbroglio ! 
Under a ten- ef he might lie, 


Or creas'd, like dogs-ears i in a folio. 


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On the firſt marching of the troops | 
The Muſes, hopeleſs of his pardon, 
| Convey'd him nodumeath thts hoops _ | 


To a ſmall cloſet in the garden. 


So Rumour ſays. (Who will, believe) 
But that they left the door a-jarr, 
Where, ſafe and laughing in his deve, 


He heard the diſtant din of 1 war. 


Short was his joy. He little knew, 


The power of Magick was no fake, 


Out of the window, whiſk they flew, 5 47 


But left a ſpell upon the table. 


The words too eager to unriddle 


The poet felt a ſtrange diſorder : 
Tranſparent birdlime form'd the middle, 
And chains inviſible the border. 


So cunning was the apparatus, 


The powerful pot-hooks did ſo move him, 
That, will he, nill he, to the Great-houſe 


He went as if the Devil drove him, 


Yet on his way (no ſign of grace, 
For folks in fear are apt to pray) 

To Phœbus he preferr'd his caſe, 
And beg'd his aid that dreadful day. 


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| The Cod head would have back'd his quarrel, 
But wo a bluſh, on recolleſtion 
Own'd, that his . ak trained 


_ *Gainſt four ſuch eyes were. no protection. 


The Court was ſate, the Culprit there, 
Forth from their gloomy manſions creeping | 
The Lady. Janes and Joans repair, 

And from the gallery and. peeping. | 


Such as in ſilence of the night 


Come (ſweep) along ſome winding entry 
(Styack has often ſeen the fight). 
Or at the chapel-door ſtand ſentry. 1 


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The drawing-room: of fierce Queen Mary ! 


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To all the people of condition. 


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A ſudden-fit of ague ſhook him, 


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Yet ſomething he was heard to mutter, 
“How in the park beneath an old- tree 
(Without deſign to hurt the butter, 


“Or any malice to the poultry,) 


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Vet hop'd, that he might ſave his bacen : 


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With patience many a year ſhe bore: 


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Wiſdom, in ſable garb array 'd, 


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With leaden eye, that loves the ground, 
Still onthy* ſolemn ſteps attend : 


With Juſtice to herſelf ſevere, | | 
And Pity, dropping ſoft the ſadly-pleaſing tear. 


Oh, gently on thy Suppliant's head, | 

Dread Goddeſs, lay thy chaſt'ning hand ! 
Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad, 

Nor circled with the virigefal Band 


(As by the Impious thou art ſeen)  ' * 
With thund'ring voice, and threat'ning mien, 


with 


54 HYMN TO ADVERSITY. 
_ With ſcreaming Horror's funeral cry, 


Deſpair, and fell Diſeaſe, and ghaſtly Poverty. 


Thy form benign, oh, Goddeſs, wear, 
Thy milder influence impart, 
Thy philoſophic Train be there 
10 ſoften, not to 3 my heart, 
The gen'rous ſpark extinct revive, 
Teach me to love, and to forgive, 
Exact my own defects to ſcan, 
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4 PIN 1 4 4 IC ODE; 


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ADVERTISEMENT. 
When the Author firſt publiſhed this and 
the following Ode, he was adviſed, even 
by his Friends, to ſubjoin ſome few ex- 
planatory Notes; but he had too much 


reſpect for the under ſtanding of * 
Readers to take that hberty. 


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PROGRESS OF PO ESV, 


A PIN DARIC ODE. 


N A WAK E, Zolian lyre, awake, 


| ſtrings. 
From Helicon's harmonious ſprings 


A thouſand rills their mazy progreſs take: 8 


3 


. hw up my glory: awake, lute * harp. 
David's Pſalms. 
Pindar Ales his c own n with its mufical 
accompaniments, ach 
Alone 10ATH, Addr; WO Ua O e 
Kolian 3 
Tolles 18 the 1 of the Zolian flute. 
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And give to rapture all thy trembling 5 


— : 


5 THE PROGRESS OF POESY, 


1 he laughing flow? rs, that ound them blow, 
Drink life and fragrance : as they flow. 

Now the rich ſtream of muſic winds along, 
Deep, majeſtic, ſmooth, and ſtrong, 

Thro' verdant vales, and Ceres golden reign : 
Now rolling down the ſteep amain, 
Headlong, impetuous, ſee it pout : 


The rocks, and nodding groves rebellow to the 
roar, 


The fubje@ and fimile, as uſual with Pindar, 
are united. The various ſources of poetry, which 
gives life and luſtre to all it touches, are here de- 
ſcribed ; its quiet majeſtic progreſs enriching every 
ſubject (otherwiſe dry and barren) with a pomp 
of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers 
and its more rapid and irreſiſtible. courſe, when 
| ſwoln and hurried away by the conflict of tumul- 
tuous n 


parent of ſweet and ſolemn- breathing airs, | 


And drop'd his thirſty lance at thy command, 


With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing: 
| Quench'sd in dark clouds of flumber lie 


A FINDARTC „ 2 


1. 2. 


* Oh! Sovereign of the willing ſoul, 


Enchanting ſhell ! the ſullen Cares, 

And frantic Paſſions hear thy ſoft controul. 
on Thracia's hills the Lord of War, 
Has curb'd the fury of his car, 


7 Perching on the ſceptred hand « 
Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king 


The terror of his beak, and _ nings of his eye. 
Thee 


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lies of the ſoul. The thoughts are borrowed from 
the firſt Pythian Ode of Pindar, 

I This is a weak imitation of ſome incompars 
able lines in the ſame Ode. 1 


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Now in circling troops they meet: 


With arms ſublime, that float upon the air. 


6 THE PROGRESS OF POESY,. 


1. 3 
0 Thee the voice, the dance, obey, 
Temper d to thy warbled lay. 
O'er Idalia's velvet-green 
The rofy-crowned Loves are ſeen 


On Cytherea' s day, 


F riſking light 3 in frolic meaſures; ' 


Now purſuing, now retreating, 


To briſk notes in cadence beating 
+ Glance their many-twinkling feet. 


Slow melting ſtrains their gooey s approach de- 


clare: 


Where” er me turns 755 Graces homage pay. 


In gliding ſtate ſhe wins her eaſy way 2 93 
5 | 1 : O'er 


. Power of harmony to produce all the graces 
of motion in the body. 


T Mappapoyts Suro ade Davpcte x Jopd.. | 
Wy” : Homer. Od. D. 


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A PINDARIC ODE. 6, 


Ober her warm cheek, and riſing boſom, move | 


* The bloom of young Nele, and purple light of 
Love. 


II. 1 
+ Man's feeble race what Ills await, | 
Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, . 5 


Diſeaſe, and Sorrow 8 weeping train, 8 


And Death, fad refuge from the ſtorms of Fate! 


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The fond complaint, my Song, diſprove, 
And juſtify the laws of Jove: | 

Say, has he giv 'n in vain the heav' ay Muſe 7 
Night, and all her ſickly devs, 


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F ˙ 1 GT cCococanccww_A@v@_—oO_ ͤ— — a 


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Her Speares wan, and Birds of voding ery, 5 


He gives to range the dreary fky : 


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Hyperion” s march they ſpy, and * ng! ſhafts of 


War. 


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In climes beyond the folar 4 road, 


Where maggy forms o er ice-built mountains 
roam, 


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0 Or ſeen the Morning's ae eee Star 
Tome eee * the eaſtern hills afar. 
Cowley. 
E e nfl of poetic Genius over 
'the remoteſt and moſt uncivilized nations: its 
connection with liberty, and the virtues that na- 
turally attend on it. [See the Erſe, Norwegian, 
and Welch Fragments, the Lapland and American 
ſongs.] | 
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Tutta lontana dal camin del ſole.“ 
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A PINDARIC ODE 63 


And oft, beneath the od'rous ſhade 
Of Chili's boundlefs foreſts taid, 
She deigns to hear the favage Youth repeat 


In looſe numbers wildly fweet, 
Their feather-cinctured Chiefs, and duſky Loves. 
Her track, where'er the Goddefs roves, 


Glory purfue, and generous Shame, 
The unconquerable Mind, and F reedom's holy 


flame. | 
I. 3. 


Woods, that wave o'er Delphi's ſteep, : 
Iles, that crown th' Egzan deep, 


Fields, 


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Ame. 


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* Progreſs of Poetry from Greece to Italy, and 


from Italy to England. Chaucer was not unac- 
quainted with the writings of Dante or of Pe- 


trarch. The Earl of Surrey and Sir Tho. Wyatt | 


had travelled in Italy, and formed their taſte 
there; Spenſer imitated the Italian writers; Mil- 


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64 THE PROGRESS OP POESY, 


Fields, that cool Iliſſus laves, 


Or where Mzander's amber waves 


In lingering Lab'rinths creep, 


How do your tuneful Echos languiſh, 


Mute, but to the voice of e 2 


1 8 each MY) poetic een 


Inf piration breath'd around : : 


Ev! ry ſhade and hallow'd Fountain 


Murmur'd deep a ſolemn ſound : 
Till the ſad Nine in Ereece' s evil 1 | 


Left their Parnaſſus for the Latian plains, 


Alike they ſcorn the pomp of tyrant Pow'r, 
"Aa coward Vice, that revels in her chains, 
When Latium had her lofty ſpirit loſt,  - 


They ſought, oh Albion! next t thy ſexencircled 


„„ coaſt. e — 
f III. 1. LY 
Far from the ſun ad ſummer gale, 
In thy green lap was Nature's * Darling laid, 
| What time, where lucid Avon ſtray'd, 
To . im the mighty Mother did N . 


— 


* Shakeſpeare, 


A PINDARIC ODE. 1 


Her aweful Rees The dauntleſs Child 

Stretch d forth. his little arms, and ſmil'd. 

This pencil take (ſhe ſaid): "whoſe colours clear 
2 | Richly paint the vernal year : 


[ Thine too theſe golden keys, immortal Boy ! 


This can unlock the gates of Joy; 
Of Horrour that, and thrilling Fears, 
| Or ope the ſacred ſource of ſympathetic Tears, 


Ht. . 


Nor ſecond He *, that rod ſublime 

. Upon the ſeraph- wings of Extaſy, | 
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| T He paſs'd the flaming bounds of Place and | 

Time : | 


F The living Throne, the apple b | : | | 


Where Angels tremble, while they gaze, 
a | : Es B „ 2 „ He 


„88 on „ 
1 flammantia meœnia mundi.“ Tucretius. 
For the ſpirit of the living creature was in the | 
wheels And above the firmament, that was over 

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He ſaw ; but blaſted with exceſs of light, 


| Behold, where Dryden's leſs preſumptuous car, 


* Cloſed his eyes in endleſs night. 


Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear 


t Two Courſers of ethereal race, 


1 With necks in thunder cloath d, and long-re- 
ſounding Pace, 


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appearance of a ſapphire-ſtone,—This was the ap- 
pearance of the glory of the Lord, 

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be Aero mY * ITY d = 
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A PINDARIC ODE. 657 


III. 9. 


Hark, his els the tyre explore 
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* Thoughts that breathe,” and words that burn. 
+ But zh ! dis heard no morb 
Oh! Lyre divine, what daring Spirit 


Wakes thee 'now ? tho' he inherit 


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Words chat weep, and tears that ſpeak. 


- + We have had in our language no other odes 
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St, Cecilia's day : for Cowley (who had his merit) 
yet wanted judgment, ſtyle, and harmony, for ( 
ſuch a taſk. That of Pope is not worthy of ſo + ; 
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Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, 
1 That the Theban Eagle bear 

8 with ſupreme dominion _ * 
Thro' the azure deep of air : 


Yet oft before his infant eyes would run 


Such forms, as glitter in the Muſe's ray 


With orient hues, unborrow'd of the Sun . 
Yet ſhall he mount, and keep his diſtant way 
Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, 


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&« Nor even thy virtues, Tyrant, ſhall avail 

6 To fave thy ſecret ſoul from nightly fears, 

« F rom Cambria's curſe, from Cambria's tears ! 5 

Such were the ſounds; that o'er the + cried pride 
Of the frſt Edward ſcatter'd wild diſmay, 

As down the ſteep of 4 Snowdon's ſhaggy ſide 
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motion. 


F — The pany adder's Sk 
Dryden's Indian Queen. 


+ Snowdon was a name given by the Saxons to 
that mountainous tract, which the Welch them- 


ſelves call Craigian-eryri e it included all the high- 
lands of Caernarvonſhire and Merionethſhire, as 


far eaſt as the river Conway. R. Hygden, ſpeaking 


of the caſtle of Conway built by King Edward I. 


ſays, * Ad ortum amnis Conway ad clivum montis 
„ Erery ;” and Matthew of Weſtminſter, (ad ann. 


 1289,) © Apud Aberconway ad pedes montis - 


&« Snowdoniz fecit erigi caſtrum forte,” 


A PINDARIC ODE 23 


Stout * Glo'ſter, ſtood aghaſt in ſpeechleſs trance.: 


To arms | cried + Mortimer, and couch'd his 


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On a rock, whoſe haughty brow 
Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, 
Rob a; in the fable garb of woe, 
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+ Edmond de Mortimer, Lord of Wigmore. 


They both were Lords-Marchers, whoſe lands lay | 
on the borders of Wales, and probably GE 


nied the King 1 in this expedition. 
+ The image was taken from a well-known pic- 


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in the viſion of Ezekiel: there are two of theſe 


paintings (both believed Un! one at F lorence, 
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And with a Maſter's hand, and Prophet's ou: 


Struck the deep forrows of his tyre. ” 
1 Hark, how each giant-oak, and deſert cave, 
« Sighs to the torrent's-awful voice beneath ! 


„ Ober thee, oh King! their hundred arms my 


wave, | 
6 Revenge on thee in hoarſer murmurs breathe; 
% Vocal no more, ſince Cambria' s fatal day, 


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cold is Cadwallo's tongue. 


6 That huſh'd the ſtormy main ; 


5 Brave Urien ſleeps upon his craggy. bed: 2 


« Mountains, ye mourn in vain 


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A PENDARIC ODE. 75 
« On dreary Arvon's ſhore they lie, GY 0p oh 

e Smear'd with gore, and ghaſtly pale: 7 

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The famiſh'd + Eagle ſcreams, and paſſes by. 


© Dear loſt companions of my tuneful art, 


3 4 Dear, as the light that viſits theſe fad eyes, 


i + Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, | 
« Ye died amidſt your dying country s cries· 
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annually to build their aerie among the rocks of 
Snowdon, which from thence (as ſome think) were 

named the Welch Craigian-eryri, or the crags of 
the eagles. At this day (I am told) the higheſt 
point of Snowdon is called the eagle's neſt. That 
bird is certainly no ſtranger to this iſland, as the 
Scots, and the people of Cumberland, Weſtmore. 


land, Sc. can teſtify : it even has built its neſt in 


the Peak of Derbyſhire. See n 8 
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% No more 1 weep. They do not ſleep. 


% On yonder cliffs, a griſly band, 
< I ſee them ſit, they linger yet, 


« Avengers of their native land: 


„ With me in dreadful harmony they join, 
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„ Weave the warp, and weave the woof, 


„The winding-ſheet of Edward's race. 


ce Give ample room, and verge enough 


„ The characters of hell to trace. 5 


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A PINDARIC ODE. ”- 


« The ſhrieks of death, thro? Berkley 8 roof: that 


ring, „ 


2 Shajoks of an agonizing King! „ 


« She- Wolf of France, with unrelenting fings, 


© That tear'ſt the bowels of thy mangled Mate, 


4 From thee be born, who o'er thy country hangs 


« The ſcourge of Heav'n. What Terrors round 
him wait ! 


«& Amazement in his Van, with F light combin'd. 


« And ſorrow's faded form, and folitude behind, 


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= Mighty Victor, mighty Lord, 

„ ＋ Low on his funeral couch he lies ! 7 
« No Ning heart, no eye, afford | 
0 A tear to grace his oblequics. 1 

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* Iſabel « of France, 1 9 8 es Second's 2221 


terous Queen. 
+ Triumphs of Edward the Third i in France. 
+ Death of that King, abandoned by his Chil- 
dren, and even robbed in his laſt moments by his | 
Courtiers and his CIOs 


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9 n BARD, 


& Is the fable 9: Warrior fled 8 } 
& Thy ſon i is gone. He reſts among the Dead. 


„ The Swarm, that in _ thy noon-tide. beam were 
born ? | 


“ Gone to ſalute the riſing Morn, 


6 Fai air 1 laughs the Morn, and ſoft the Zephyr 
blows, 


„ While proudly riding o'er the azure realm 
“n lan trim the gilded Veſſel goes Bop | 4 
66 ' Youth on the prow, and Pleaſure at the helm; 
6 Regardleſs of the ſweeping Whirlwind's ſway, 


« That, huſh'd in grim repoſe, wu his even- 
ing- prey. 
II. 


Edward, the Black Prince, dead . time 
before his Father. 


+ Magnificence of Richard the en reign. 
See F roiffard and other e Writers. 


reign. 
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A PINDARIC ODE. 


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n * Fill u high the ſparkling bowl, 


«. Te rich repaſt prepare, 
40 Reft of a crown, he yet may ſhare the feall z 
„ Cloſe by the regal Chair 


« Fell. Thirſt and Famine ſcowl - 


A baleful ſmile upon their baffled Gueſt, 
«© Heard ye the din of + battle bray, 
* Lance to lance, and horſe to horle ? | 
Long years of havock urge their deſtin'd courſe, 
And thro the kindred ſquadrons mow their 
way. 


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» KRichard the Second, {as we are told by Arch- 
biſhop Scroop and the confederate Lords in their 
manifeſto, by Thomas of Walſingham, and all 


dme older Writers) was ſtarved to death. The Rory 


of his aſſaſſination by MET Piers of att wer much | 
later date. | | 


+ Ruinous wars of York and Lancaſter, 7 * 


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« Ye Tow' rs of Au, London- J lating 8 


06 With many a foul and Midnight murther fed, | 


Revere his + Conſort's faith, his Father's + fame, 


66 And ſpare the meek | Uſurper' s holy head, 
40 Above, below, the 0 roſe of ſnow, 

« Twin'd with her bluſhing foe, we Cen © : 
86 The briſtled © Boar, in infant gore, 


© Wallows beneath the thorny ſhade, 
i 5 1 Now, 


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* Henry the Sixth, George Duke of Clarence, 
Edward the Fifth, Richard Duke of York, &c. be- 


lieved to be murthered ſecretly in the Tower of 


London. The oldeſt part of that ſtructure is vul- 


garly attributed to Julius Cæſar. 

+-Margaret of Anjou, a woman of heroic ſpirit, 
who ſtruggled hard to ſave her Huſband and her 
Crown. | I 

1 Henry the Fifch. 
I Henry the Sixth very near being canoniaed. 
The line of Lancaſter had no right of inheritance 
to the Crown. 

6 The white and red roſes, devices of York and | 


Lancaſter. 


1 The filver Boar was the badge of Richard Ra 


Third; whence he was uſually known in * own 


time by the name of the Boar, 


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A PINDARIC ODE. 


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6 Now, Brothers vadivg o'er the accurſed loom, 


te Stamp we our Vengeance deep, and ratify his 
| doom. 


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60 © (Weave we the woof, The thread i is bun) 
« * Half of thy heart we conſecrate. 
(The web is wove. The work is done.)“ 
« Stay, oh ſtay! ! nor thus forlorn 


6 Leave me unbleſs'd, unpitied, here to mourn ; 


In yon bright track, that fires the weſtern _ 


6 « They alc they vaniſh from my eyes. 
| ; : 6e But, 


| 2% Elestier of Caſtile died a few years 1 the 
conqueſt of Wales. The heroic proof ſhe gave 
of her affection for her Lord is well known. The 
monuments of his regret, and ſorrow for the loſs 
of her, are ſtill to be ſeen at Northampton, Ged- 
dington, Waltham, and other Faces. | 
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But, oh! what ſolemn ſcenes on Snowdon's 
height | | 


& Deſcending flow their glitt'ring kkirts unroll? 


6 Viſions of glory, {pare my . ſight, 


«© Ye unborn Ages, crowd not on my . 


« No more our long loſt * Arthur we bewail. 


60 All- hail, + ye e Kings, Britannia's Ique 
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nation, that King Arthur was {till alive in Fairy- 
land, and ſhould return geen, 2 to reign over Bri- 
tain, 


+ Both Merlin and Talieſſin 4 oropheſied, that 
the Welch ſhould regain their ſovereignty over 


this iſland ;* which ſeemed to be accompliſbed in | 
the Houſe of Tudor, 


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« Her eye proclaims her of the Briton.line : 


« Her lyon-port®, her ave-commanding face, 


6 Attemper d feet to virgin- grace. 


2 What Holman ſymphonious tremble in the air, 


& What ſtrains of vocal tr anſport round her play ! 


« Hear from the grave, great Taliefſint, hear ; ; 


© They breathe a ſoul to animate 0 clay. 


“Bright rapture calls, and ſoaring as ſhe fings, 


e Waves in the eye of Heav'n her many-colour'd 


Vi NgS, 
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Speed, relating an audience given by Queen 
Elizabeth to Paul Dzialinſki, Ambaſſadour of Po- 


land, ſays, „And thus ſhe, lion-like riſing, 
© daunted the malapert Orator no leſs with her 
te ſtately port and majeſtical deporture, than with 
« the tartneſſe of her princelie checkes.““ 


+ Talieſſin, Chief of the Bards, flouriſhed in the 


VIth Century. His works are ſtill preſerved, and 


his memory held in high veneration among his 


Ceuntrymen. „ 


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Fierce War, and faithful Love, 
* And Truth ſevere, by fairy Fiction dreft. 


e + buſkin'd meaſures move 

5 © Pale Grief, and pleaſing Pain, 
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% And warms the nations with redoubled ray. 
te Enough for me: With z Joy 1 ſee 


«© The different doom our Fates aſign. | 


« Be thine Deſpair, and ſcepter'd Care, 


To triumph, and to die, are mine,” 


He ſpoke, and headlong from the mountain's 


height 


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night. + - 


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ORCADES of Troxxopvs Toxravs; HArxiæ, 
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ADVERTISEMENT. 


The Author once had thoughts (in concert 
with a Friend) of giving the Hiſtory of Eng- 
liſh Poetry: In the Introduction to it, 
he meant to have produced ſome ſpeci- 
mens of the Style that reigned in ancient 
times among the neighbouring nations, or 


85 


thoſe who had ſubdued the greater part 5 


of this Iſland, and were our Progenitors: 

The following three Imitations made a part 
of them. He has long ſince dropped his 
deſign, eſpecially after he had heard, that it 
was already in the hands of a Perſon well 
qualified to do it juſtice, both by his taſte, 
and his reſearches into antiquity. 


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the enemy had a greater loſs by the death of 
Brian, their King, who 


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Native of Caithneſs in Scotland ſaw at a diſ- 


tance a number of perſons on horſeback 
riding full ſpeed towards a hill, and ſeem- 
ing to enter into it. Curioſity led him to 


follow them, till looking through an open- 
ing in the rocks, he ſaw twelve gigantic 


figures reſembling women : they were all : 
employed about a loom ; and as they wove 
they ſung the following dreadful Song ; 
which when they had finiſhed, they tare the 
web into twelve pieces, and (each taking 


her portion) galloped Six to the N orth and 
as 1 to the South. 


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(Haſte, the loom of Hell prepare,) 


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Note -The Valtyriur were female Divinities, Ser- 
vants of Odin (or Woden) in the Gothic mythology. 
Their names ſignifies Chuſers of the flain. They were 
mounted on ſwift horſes, with drawn ſwords in 
their hands; and in the throng of battle ſelected 
ſuch as were deſtined to ſlaughter, and conducted 
them to Valkalla, the hall of Odin, or paradife of 
the Brave; where they attended the banquet, and 
ſerved the departed Heroes with horns of mead 


and ale. 


* Hew quick hits heck'd'z and a fying, b behind | 
them ſhot \ 
Sharp ſleet of "_—— ſhower: Fo 
| Milton's Parad. Regain , 
+ The * of batile hurtled in the air. 


Saleh. Jul. ee. 


Id 04 THE FATAL SISTERS -- -- 
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See the griſly texture grow, 
('Tis of human entrails made, ) 
And the weights, that play below, 


Each a gaſping Warriour's head. 


Shafts for ſhuttles, dipt in gore, 
Shoot the trembling cords along. 
Sword, that once a Monarch bore, 


Keeps the tiſſue cloſe and ſtrong. 


Mifta black, terrific Maid, 


| Sangrida, and Hilda ſee, 
Join the wayward work to aid: 


'Tis the woof of victory, 


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AW ODE #535 os 
Ere the ruddy ſun be ſet, _ _ - 

Pikes muſt ſhiver, javelins ing, 
Blade with clattering buckler meet, L 

Hauberk craſh, and helmet ring, N 


(Weave the crimſon web of war) 


Let us go, | and let us fly, 


Where our Friends the conflict ſhare, 


Where they triumph, where they die. | 


As the paths of fate we tread, 


| Wading thro? th. enſanguin'd field: 
Condula, and Geira, ſpread _ 
O'er the youthful King your ſhield, 


We the reins to daughter give, 

Ours to kill, | and ours to ſpare 2 1 
spite of danger, he ſhall live, 

| (Weave the crimſon web of war.) 


986 THE FATAL SISTERS, 


They, whom once the deſart-beach 


Pest within its blesk domain, 
Soon their ample ſway ſhall ſti etc 


O'er the plenty of the plain. 


dhe dauntlefs Fart is lid, 


| Gor'd with many a gaping wound; 


Fate demands a nobler head; 


Soon a King ſhall bite the ground. 


Long his loſs ſhall Eirin weep, . 
Ne'er again his likeneſs ſee ; | 
Long her ſtrains in ſorrow ſteep, 


Strains of Immortality! 


Horror covers all the heath, 


Clouds of carnage blot the ſun. , 


Siſters, weave the web of death; 


Siſters, cea'e, the work is done, 


91 


AN ODE. 5-06 
Hail the taſk, and hail the hands! - 
Songs of joy and triumph fing! 

Joy to the victorious bands , 


Triumph to the younger King, 


Mortal, thou that hear'ſt the tale, 
Learn the tenour of our ſong. N 

Scotland, thro? each winding vale 
Far and wide the notes prolong. 


— 


Siſters, hence with ſpurs of ſpeed: 
Each her thundering faulchion wield; 

Each beſtride her ſable iced. ; „„ 
Hurry, hurry io the eld. 


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BARTHQLINUS, de cauſis contemnendæ mort 


DESCENT OF ODIN. 


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U PROSE the King of Men with ſpeed, 
And ſaddled ſtrait his coal· black ſteed; 


Down the yawning ſteep he rode, 


That leads to“ Hera's drear abode. 


8 I 


NMNiſtheimr, the hell of the Gothic nations, con- 
fiſted of nine worlds, to which were devoted all 
ſuch as died of ſickneſs, old age, or by any other 
means than in battle: Over it preſided HELA, the 
. Goddeſs of Death, 


— 


10 THE DESCENT OF ODIN; 


Him the Dog of Darkneſs ſpy'd, = 
His ſhaggy throat he open'd wide, 


While from his jaws, with carnage fill'd, 


Foam and human gore diſtill'd: 
Hoarſe he bays with hideous din, 
Eyes that glow, and fangs that grin , 
And long purſues, with fruitleſs yell, 
The Father of the powerful ſpell, 


Onward ſtill his way he takes, 


(The groaning earth beneath him ſhakes) 


Tin full before his fearleſs eyes 


The portals nine of hell ariſe, 


Right againſt the eaſtern gate, 

Buy the molſs-grown pile he fates... 
Where long of yore to ſleep Ls laid 
The duſt of the prophetic Maid. 
Facing to the northern clime, | 


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Thrice pronounc'd, in accents dread, : : 
The thrilling verſe that wakes the Dead; 
Till from out the hullow grouhd as ot 


Slowly breath'd a ſullen ſound. N 


„What call unknown, * charms preſume | 
To break the quiet of the tomb? 
Who thus afflicts my troubled ſprite, 
And drags me from the realms of night ? 
Long on theſe mould'ring bones have beat 
The wits ſnow, the ſummer's heat, 


The drenching dews, and driving rain! 


Let me, let me ſleep again. . 
Who is he, with voice unbleſt, 
That calls me from the bed of reſt ? 


O. A Traveller, to thee unknown, | 


Is he that calls, a Warriour's Son. 


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. For * yon glu ring board i is . 
Dreſt for whom yon golden bed ? 


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His Brother fends him to the tomb.” 8 25 
Now my weary ups! 1 cloſe: 8 | 
Leave me, leave me to repoſe. © 2 

0. voorbeeh, my. Foal obey, 
once again ariſe, and ſay, 


Who th* Avenger of his guilt, 27 
By whom ſhall In be ſpilt. 


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By 0din's fierce embrace comp, 
A wond'rous Boy ſhall Rinils'vear, 
Who ne'er mall comb his raverhair; : 
Nor waſh his viſage in the Dreams” - 
Nor ſee the ſun” s departing beam; 35 


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Now my weary lips I cloſe: 


Leave me, leave me to repoſe. | 


0. Vet a while my call 8 
Propheteſs, awake, and ſay, 

What Virgins theſe, in ſpeechleſs woe, 
That bend to earth their ſolemn brow, 
That their flaxen treſſes tear, Y 
And ſnowy veils, that float in air. 

Tell me, whence their ſorrows roſe ; 5 


Then 1 leave thee to repoſe. 


Pn. Ha! no Traveller art thou, 
King of Men, I know thee now, 


Mightieſt of a mighty line 

0. No boding Maid of {kill divine 
Art thou, nor Propheteſs of good 
But Mother of the giant-brood 1 


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Px, Hie thee hence, and boaſt at — 


That never ſhall l come 


To break my iron - ſleep again : 

Till Lok has burſt his rents chain, 
Never, till ſubſtantial Night 

Has reaſſum'd her ancient fight ; 

Till wrapp'd in flames, in ruin hurl'd, 


Sinks the fabric of the world, 


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* Lok is the evil Being, who continues in chains 
till the Twilight of the Gods approaches, when he 
ſhall break his bonds ; the human race, the ſtars, 
and ſun, ſhall diſappear; the earth ſink in the 
ſeas, and fire conſume the ſkies : even Odin him- 


ſelf and his kindred deities ſhall periſh. For a 


farther explanation of this mythology, ſee Mallet's 


Introduction to the NO of Denmark, 27653 
Quarto, 


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Owzn ſwift, and Owzn ſtrong ; 

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* Gwyneth's ſhield, and Britain gem, 

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Lord of every regal art, 
Liberal hand, and . heart. 


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Bis with hoſts of mighty name, 5 
Squadrons three againſt him came 

This the force of Eirin hiding, 

Side by fide as proudly riding, 

On her ! long and gay, 

1 Lochlin plows the watry way: 

There the Norman ſails afar, ; 


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Catch the winds, and j join the war: 


Black and huge along they ſweep, 


Burthens of the angry deep. 


Dauntleſs on his native ſands 


+ The Dragon-Son of Mona ſtands ; 


In- glitt'ring arms and glory dreſt, 
High he rears his ruby creſt. 


| There the thund'ring ſtrokes begin, 


Talymalfra's 


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banners. | 


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Talymalfra's rocky ſhore 
Echoing to the battle's roar, 


Where his glowing eye-balls turn, 


Thouſand Banners round him burn, 


Where he points his purple ſpear, 
Haſty, haſty Rout i2 there, 
Marking with indignant eye 
F ear to ſtop, and ſhame to fly. 
There Confuſion, Terror's child, 


Conflict fierce, and Ruin wild, 


WT ENT Ty D WM 


Agony, that pants for breath, 
Deſpair and honourable Death. = 


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(SES ERERERSSSSSISSESSHSESSES 


lo | 
Aud. 1871 N quam. 1 ſonans campana 
per agros, „ 

Erato occiduam nuntiat ore diem. 

Armenta impellunt crebris mugitibus auras, 
Laſſatuſque domum ruſticus urget iter. 

Solus ego in tenebris moror, & veſtigia ſolus 
Compono tacita no&e, vacoque mihi. 

„ . . 

Omnia palleſcunt jam decedentia viſu, 

Et terra & cœlum, qua patet, omne ſilet. 


Cuncta filent, nifi muſca ſuam ſub veſpere ſero 
Rauciſonans: pigram qua rotat orbe fugam ; 

CunRa ſilent, niſi qua faciles campanula ſomnos 
8 & n murmure mulcet oves. 


. 


118 CARMEN ELEGIACUM.. 


8. 
Quaque hedera antiquas ſocia complectitur umbrã 
Turres feralis lugubre cantat avis; 
Et ſtrepit ad lunam, ſi quis ſub nocte vagetur 
Imperium violans, Cynthia Diva, tuum. 
4 
Has propter veteres ulmos, taxique ſub umbri 
Qua putris multo ceſpite turget humus, 
Dormit, in æternum dormit gens priſca colonitm, 
Quiſque ſua anguſta conditus e domo, 
5. | . 
Hos nec mane novum, Zephyrique fragrantior aura, 
Nec gallus vigili qui vocat ore diem, 
Nec circumvolitans quæ ſtridula garrit hirundo 
Stramineumque alta ſub trabe figit opus, 
Undique nec cornu vox ingeminata ſonantis 
Zterno elicient hos, repetentque toro. 
Amplids his nunquam conjux bene fida marits 
Ingeret ardenti grandia ligna foco ; 
Nec reditum expettans domini ſub veſpere ſera 
Excoquet agreſtes officioſa dapes ; 
Nec curret raptim genitoris ad oſeula proles, 
Nec reducem agnofcent æmula turba patrem, * 


Quam 


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CARMEN ELEGIACUM. 119 


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5 * 
Quam ſæpe Hi raſtris glebam fregere feracem ! 
 Szpe horum cecidit falfe reſecta ſeges. | 
Quam læti egerunt ftridentia plauſtra per agros, 
Et ſtimulis tardos increpuere boves! 
Horum ſylva vetus quam concidit icta bipenni, 
Quaque ruit late vi tremefecit humum ! 
1 i 
Ne tamen Ambitio riſu male læta maligno 
Sortemve, aut luſus, aut rude temnat opus! 
Nec fronte excipiat ventoſa Superbia torva 
Pauperis annales, hiſtoriaſque breves. 
Et generis jactatus honos, dominatio regum, 
Quicquid opes, quicquid forma dedere boni, 
Supremam ſimul hanc expectant omnia noctem: 
Scilicet ad lethum ducit honoris iter. 
„ | 
Nolite hos humiles culpz inſimulare, Superbi, 
-Quod domini oftendant nulla trophza decus, 
Qua canit amiſſum longo ordine turba patronum, 
Claroſque ingeminant clauſtra profunda ſonos. 


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An vanis inſcripta notis anguſtior urna 
Phidiacumve loquens nobile marmor opus, 
An revocent animam fatali a ſede fugacem ? 
Derque iterum vita poſſe priore frui? 
Poſſit adulantum fermo penetrare ſepulchrum ? 
Evocet aut manes laus et inanis honor? 
el . 12, 5 
Forſan in hoc, olim divino ſemine pregnans 
Ingenii, hoc aliquis ceſpite dormit adhuc. 
Neglecto hoc forſan jaceat ſub ceſpite, ſceptra 
Cujus tractärint imperioſa manus. 
Vel quales ipſo forſan vel Apolline dignæ 
Pulſarint docto pollice fila lyræ. 
| 9. 1 
Dodtrinæ horum oculis antiqua volumina pri ſcæ 
Nunquam divitias explicuere ſuas. 
Horum autem ingenium torpeſcere fecit egeſtas 
. # et anguſtæ ſors inimica domi. 
| „ . 
Multa ſub oceano pellucida gemma lateſcit, 
Et rudis ignotum fert et inane decus. 
Plurima neglectos fragrans roſa pandit odores, 
Ponit et occiduo pendula ſole caput, 
5 | _ Amulus 


CARMEN ELEGIACUM. 12 


15 
 Zmulus Hampdeni hic aliquis requieſcat agreſtis 
Quem patriæ indignans exſtimulavit amor; 
Auſus hic exiguo eſt villæ oppugnare tyranno, 
Aſſerere et forti jura paterna manu. 
Aut mutus forſan, fatoque inglorius, alter 
Hac vel Miltono par requieſcat humo. 
Dormiat aut aliquis Cromuelli hic æmulus audax 
Qui patriam poterit vel jugulaſſe ſuam. 


16. 
Eloquio arrectum prompto mulcere ſenatum, 
Exilii immoto pectore ferre minas, 
Divitias larga in patriam diffundere dextra, 
Hiſtoriam ex papuli colligere ore ſuam. 


17» 
Illorum vetuit ſors improba, —nec tamen arcto 
Tantum ad virtutem limite clauſit iter, 
Verum etiam & vitia ulterius tranſire vetabat, 
Nec dedit his magnum poſſe patrare ſcelus. 
Hos vetuit temere per ſtragem invadere regnum, 
Excipete et ſurdi ſupplicis aure preces. 


Sentire 


4 CARMEN BLEGTACUM | 


18. 
Sentire ingenuum nec dedidicere ruborem, 
Conſcia ſuffuſus quo notat ora pudor. 
Luxuria hi nunquam ſeſe immerſere ſuperba, 
Nec muſz his laudes proſtituere ſuas. 
| 295 : 
At i RR W a 3 turbe 
Spectabant propriam fobria vota domum; 
Quiſque ſibi vivens, et ſponte inglorius exuh, 
Dum tacito elabens vita tenore fluit. 5 
20. | „„ 
Hæc tamen a damn qui ſervet wes oſſa, 
En tumulus fragilem præbet amicus opem 
Et vera agreſti eliciunt ſufpiria corde 
Incultæ effigies, indocileſque mod. 
21. 
Atque locum ſupplent elegorum nomen et annr 
| Quz forma inſcribit ruſtica Muſa rudi: 
Multa etiam facri diffundit commata textls © 
Queis meditans difcat vulgus agreſte mori. 
1 rn po OO 8 
Heu, quis enim dubia hic dulcique excedere vita 
Juſſus, et zternas jam ſubiturus aquas, 
Deſcendit nigram ad noctem, cupiduſque ſupremo 
Non ſaltem occiduam refpicit ore diem? 
Decedens 


18 


CARMEN ELEGIACUM, 


123 
29. 7 
Decedens alias ſiltem mens fidit amico 
In cujus blando peftore ponit opem, 


| Fletum aliquem expoſcunt jam deficientia morte 


Lumina, amicorum qui riget imbre genas. 
Quin etiam ex tumulo, veteris not inſcia lammae,' 
N atura exclamat da, memorque ſui. 
24. 


At Ubi 1 tenut wie carmine ſortem, 


Et defunctorum ruſtica fata gemis, 
Huc olim intentus ſi quis veſtigia flectat 
Et _— qualis ſors tua forte roget. 
. 
Huic aliquis forſan ſenior reſpondeat ultro, 
Cui niveis albent tempora ſparſa comis, 


Vidimus hunc quam ſæpe micantes roribus had 


Verrentem rapido, mane rubente, gradu, 


Ad roſeum ſolis properabat ſepius ortum, 


— Summaque tendebat per juga lætus iter. 


Sæpe ſub hac fago, radices undique circum 


Quæ varie antiquas implicat alta ſuas, | 
Stratus humi meditans medio procumberet de ſtu, 


Tuſtraretque inhians flebile murmur aquz. 
| 1 85 Sæpius 


Tien ee — 


14 CARMEN ELEGIACUM, 


5 | 7. | | : 
Szpius hae ſylvam propter, virideſque receſſus 
Urgeret meditans-plurima, lentus iter, 
Intentam hic multà oblectaret imagine mentem, 
Muſarumque frequens ſollicitaret opem, 

Jam veluti demens, tacitis errarit in agris, 

Aut cujus ſtimulat corda repulſus amor. 
| „ uo 
Mane aderat nuper, tamen hunc ner viderat arbes, 
Nec juga, nec ſaliens fons, tacitumve nemus:; 
Altera lux oritur; nec aperti hic valle videtur, 
Nec tamen ad fagum, nec prope fontis aquam. 
29. 
Tertia fticceſſit—lentoque exangue cadaver 
Ecce ſepulcrali eſt pompa ſecuta gradu. 
Tu lege, (namque e celatum in marmore Cars 
men, 
Quod juxta has Vepres . iſte . 


TO ITAPHIUM. 


9 | 30. 
—_ C Ul nunquam favit fama aut 1 ſecunda, 

Congeſto hoc juvenem ceſpite ſervat humus, 
Huic tamen arriſit jucunda Scientia vultu, 


Selegitque, habitans pectora, Cura ſibi. 


CARMEN ELEGIACUM. 125 


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| Largus opum fuit, et a peQore fretus, 
: Accepit prætium par, tribuente Deo. 
In doluit miſerans inopi, lacrymaſque profudit. 
Scilicit id, miſeris quod daret, omne fuit. 
A cœlo interea fidum acquiſivit amicum, 
Silicet id, cuperet quod magis, omne fuit. 
| 32. 5 ; 
Ne merita ati 4ofanthi exquirere Pergas, 
Nec vitia ex ſacra ſede referre petas. 
Utraque ibi trepidã pariter ſpe condita reſtant, 
In gremig Patris ſcilicet atque Dei. 


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Aura filet, nifi qua pigro ſcarabzus in orbes 


Murmure ſe volyat, nifi tintinnabula longs - 


Dent ſonitum, faciles pecori ſaadentia ſomnos; 


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Aut niſi ſola ſedens hederoſo in culmine turris 25 
Ad Lunam effundat lugubres noctua cantus, 


Viſa queri, propter ſæcretos fortè receſſus 


Si quis eat, turbetque antiqua et inhoſpita regna. 


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Hic ſubterque rudes ulmos, taxique ſab umbri, | 


Qua ſuper ingeſtus crebro tumet aggere 9 
Villarum Patres, et longa oblivia ducunt. 


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Now fades, the glimmering landſcape on the fight, 
And all the air a ſolemn ſtillneſs holds, ; 
Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, 
And drowſy tinklings lull the diſtant folds ; 
| - 
Save chat from vonder ivy-mantled tow'r | 
The mopeing owl does to the Moon complain 
* 0 ſuch, as wand'ring near her ſecret bow” * 
Moleſt her ancient ſolitary reign. | 
4. 
Beneath thoſe rugged elms, that ye w- tree 8 ſhade, 


Where heaves the turf 1 in many a mould ring 
heap, | | 


Each i in 1 his narrow cell for ever old; 


| The rude Forefathers of the hamlet lep. | 


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Non vox Auroræ croceos ſpirantis odores, 


Non que ſtramineo de tegmine ſtridit hirundo, 


Non alli tuba clara, neque hos reſonabile cornu, 


Ex humili ulterids Poterunt revocare e cubili. 


6. 


Non ili fplendente foco renovabitur j ignis, 


Sedula nec curas urzebit veſpere conjux 3 


Non patris ad reditum tenero balbutiet « ore | 


Certatimve amplexa genu petet oſcula proles, 


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7. 
Illis ſirpe ſeges matura ceſlit ariſtä, 
mmi ſepe graves fregerunt vomere glebas3 ” 
Ah! quoties let ſub plauſtra egere juvencos! 


Ah! quoties duro nemora ingemuere ſub ic! 


” „„ 
The breezy call of incenſe-breathing Morn, 


The ſwallow twitt'ring from the ſtraw-built ſhed, 


The cock's ſhrill clarion, or the echoing horn, 1 
N o more mall rouſe them from their lowly bed, 
5 6. 
rer them no more the blazing hearth hal burn, 
Or buſy houſewife ply her evening care: : 
No children run to liſp their fire's return, 5 
Or climb his knees me envied kiſs to ſhare. 


. 7. | on: 

Oft did the harveſt to their ſickle yield, | 
Their ſurrow oft the ſtubborn glebe has Wee 

How jocund did they drive their team afield! | 


How bow'd the woods beneath weir auer 
ſtroke! | | 


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Qu longos per templi aditus, laqueataque tecta 


Divinas iterare ſolent gravia organa laudes. 


Nec vitam atlibus quz incumbit provida curis, + 


Nec ſortem igriotam, ſecuraque gaudia ruris 


Rideat Ambitio, tumidove Superbia faſtu 


Annales inopum quoſcunque audite recuſet. 
= 5 


Sceptri grande decus, generoſz ſtirpis honores, 


| Quicquid opes, aut forma dedit, commune ſepul- 


chrum . 
Opprimit, et Jobs non evitabilis hora, 


Ducit laudis iter tantim ad confinia mortis, 
5 10. . | 
Parcite fic tellure fitis (ita fata volebant) 


Si nulla in Memori ſurgant Inſignia Buſto, 


„ 
Inſcriptæne valent urnæ, ſpirantiaque æra, 


Ad ſedes fugientem animam revocare relictas P 


Dicite, ſollicitet cineres fi fama repoſtos ? 


Gloria 6 gelidas Fatorum mulceat Aures ? 


Quis 


K L Ek G . 
Let not Ambition mock their uſeful toil, 
Their homely joys, and deſtiny obſcure; 
Nor Grandeur hear with a diſfdainful ſmile, 


The ſhort and ſimple annals of the Poor. | 


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The heck of heraldry, the pomp cod pow'r, | 
, 


And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave 


F 7M alike thi incvitable hour. | ; 
The paths of glory lead but to the 1 j 
_ 


Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Theſe the fault, ; 


If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raiſe, + 


Where thro” the long drawn iſle and fretted vault 


The pealing anthem ſwells the note of praiſo. 
5 5 11. 
Can floried urn or animated buſt 

Back to its manſion call the fleeting breath ? 
| Can Honour's voice provoke the ſilent duſt, 


Or Flatt'ry ſooth the dull cold ear r of Death 7 


Et vivos animi elaciavit frigore curſus 


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Quis ſcit, an hic animus neglectà in ſede quieſcat - 


Quis prove incaluit cœleſtis ſemine flammæ 7 


Quis ſcit, an hic ſceptri Manus heud: indigna re- 
cumbat, 


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Annales ſed nulla ſuos His Muſa metal, 


Dives opum variarum, et longo fertilis vo: 
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Pauperies anguſta ſacros compeſcuit ighes, ; 


| 14. 
sæpe coruſcantes puro fulgore ſub antris 


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Abdidit Oceanus, cæcoque in gurgite sen 


Neglectus ſæpe, in ſolis qui naſcitur agris, 


Flog tubet, inque aura enen diſperdit o derem. | 


15 · 
Hic aliquis forts Hampdenus, qui pedo 55 — 


Obgitit Imperio parvi in ſua rura Tyranni, 7 r 4 


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Perkins in this neglefted ſpot 1s laid 5 | | | 
Some Heart once pregnant with celeſtial fire: 
Hands, that the rod of empire might have Cray” a, 
Or wak'd to _ the 12 0 hre. | 
13. 
But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page 
Rich with the ſpoils of time did ne'er unroll ; 
Chill Penury repreſs d their noble rage, 
And froze the genial current of the ſoul, 


2} 88 
Full many a gem of pureſt ray ſerene, 


The dark unfathom'd caves of Ocean bear: 


Full many a flow'r is born to bluſh unſeen, | 


And waſte its on the deſert air. 


Some village Hampden, that with dauntleſs breaft 
S 4 The little Tyrant of his fields withſtood ; 


| Some mute inglorious Milton here may reſt, 
Some Cromwell guiltleſs of his country's bod 
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16. 
Eloquio attenti moderarier ora ſenards, 
Exitium ſzvique minas ridere doloris, 
Per patriam largos fortune divitis imbres 
Spargere, et in lato populi ſe agnoſcere vultu, 
is 


Hos ſag ſors vetuit ; tenuique in limite clauũt 


| Virtutes, ſceleriſque ſimul compeſcuit ortum; 
Ad ſolium curſus per czdem urgere cruentos, 


| Atque tuas vetuit, Clementia, ciaudere portas, 


18, 
Conatus premere occultos, quos conſcia Veri 


Mens fovet, ingenuique extinguere ſigna pudoris, 


. * Luxurizque focos cumulare, Ædemque ſuperbam 


Thure, quod in ſacris Muſarum adoleverat aris. 


Inſanæ 


Th- applauſe of liſt'ning ſenates to command, 
The threats of pain and ruin to deſpiſe, 

To ſcatter plenty o'er a ſmiling land, 

| And read their hiſt'ry in a nation's. eyes, 
Mw 

Their lot forbad : nor circumſcrib'd alone | 
Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; 

F orbad to wade through ſlaughter to a throne, 
And ſhut the gates of Mercy on mankind; 

| IM „ 

The — pangs of conſcious truth to hide, 
To quench t the bluſhes of ingenuous ſhame, | 

Or heap the ſhrine of Luxury and pride 

Wich incenſe kindied at the Muſe's flame. 


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19. 
Inſanz procul amotis ceitamine turb : 
Sobria nan illis dedicerunt vota vagari; 8 
Securum vitæ per iter, vallemque reduclm, | * 


Servabant placidum, curſu fallente, tenorem, + 
20. 
His tamen incautus tumulis ne. forte Wöten + 
Inſultet, videas circum monimenta caduca, 
Qua numeris incompoſitis, rudibuſque figuris Es 


Oſſa tegit lapis, et ſuſpiria poſcit euntem. 
21. 
E meſtis elegis, culto pro carmine, ſeribit 


Quicquid muſa poteſt incondita, nomen et annos; 


Multaque queis animum moriens ſoletur agreſtis 


Dogmata diſpergit ſacrai Scriptural, 


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. ar from ths madding crowd's ignoble ſtrife, 
Their ſober wiſhes never learn'd to Toy 1 * 4 "<5 
Along the cool ſequeſter'd vale of life 5 TE 
S90P WE the noiſeleſs tenor of their way. 


. —— ——— —_—— — + 


20, 
Yet ev'n theſe bones from n to ee 


Some frail memorial ſtill erected nigh, 


With uncouth rhimes and ſhapeleſs ſculpture 
deck'd, 


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Their name, their years, ele by th' unletter'd 
| muſe, 
The place of fame and logs ſupply : 
And many a holy Text around ſhe ſtrews, 


That teach the ruſtic moraliſt to die, 


Nec deſiderio cunctantia lumina flexit? 


Defcienſque oculus lacrymas, pia munera, poſcit; * 


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Sollicitæ quis enim, quis amatz dulcia Vitz {] 
Tædia, ſuſtinuit mutare ſilentibus umbris; 


Deſeruitve almæ confinia læta diei, 


23. 


Projicit in gremium ſeſe moriturus amicum, 


Quinetiam fida ex ipſo Natura ſepulchro 


Exclamat, ſolitoque relucent igne favillz. 


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For who to dumb Forgetfulneſs 1 prey, 
This Pleaſing anxious Being oer reſign” d, 
Left the warm P of the chearful ay, | 
Nor caſt one longing, ling'ring look behind? 


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. Some pious drops the cloſing eye requires; 
 Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ke 
. Ev'n in our aſhes live their. wonted fires. 1 


For 


* ® Ch'i veggio nel penſier, dolce mio fuoco, 
Fredda una lingua, & due begli occhi chiufi 
Rimaner doppo noi Pien di faville. 


Fetrarcl. Son. 1 69. 


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* Radices per humum, patulo ſab t tegmine, 


146 R L 3614 


At te, cui cuz tumulo fine honore jacentes, . x 


Incomptoque memor qui pingis agreſtia verſu | 


Si quis erit, tua qui cognato pectore quondam 


Fata roget, ſola ſecum meditatus i in umbra, 


25 
ron ae. memoret, canus ou een 


84 Mum ſæpe novo ſub Incis vidimus orta: 


* Verrentem propero matutinos pede rore, ; 


« Naſcenti | faper arva-jugoſa occurrers: Soli. 


26. | | 
« Tlic antiquas ubi torquet devia fagus 


laſſus 3 


&« Solibus >ſtivis, ſe effundere ſepe ſolebat, 


« Lumina fixa tenen, rivumque notare loquacem. a 


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For thee, wits mindful of the unhonour'd dead, 


Doſt in theſe lines their artleſs tale relate; 3 
If chance, by lonely contemplation led, 
Some kindred Spirit ſhall i inquire thy fate, 


25. 
H ay ſome hoary-headed Swain may ſay, 
« Oft have wr. ſeen him at the peep of daww 
& Bruſhing with haſty ſteps the dews away, 
To. meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. 


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20 There at the foot of vonder nodding beech 


&© That wreathes 1 its old fantaſtic roots ſo high, 


1 His liſtleſs length at noontide would he Aretch, 


bi And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 


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0 Szpe iſtara aſuetus prope ſylvam * ſu- 
perburma > . 


.4 Ridens neſcio quid; nunc md abnormia vob 
vens, 


« Aut deſperanti fimilis nunc pallidus ibat, 
&© Ut cura inſanus, miſerove agitatus Amore, 
28, 


Mane erat, et folito non ihlum i in colle vide- 
bam, : 


6 Non iltlum i in campo, nota nec in orie umbri: 


% Jamque nova eft exorta dies; neque fumina 
propter, | | 
« Nec propter ſylvam, aut arvis erat ille jugoſis. 
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| « Aiveniente ali3, portatum hunc ordine maſto 
40 Vidimus, et triſtes qua ſemita dacit ad Edem 
e Rite i ire exequias; ades huc, et perlege carmen 


40 ! (Nam potes) inſcriptum lapidi ſub vepre ve- 
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25. 
&: Hard by yon wood, now ſmiling as in ſcorn, 
«© Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, 


& Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, 


& Or craz'd with care, or croſs'd in hopeleſs love. 


; 28. 

One morn I miſs'd him on the cuſtom'd hill, 
15 ce Along the heath and near his fav'nite tree; 

Another came; nor yet beſide the rill, 


* Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood Was he v. 


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N E C fame, neque notus, h'c qurefcit, 
Fortune Fuvenis, ſuper ſilenti 

Telluris gremio caput reponens.. 

Non cunas humiles, Laremque paroum 


Contempfit pia Muſa ; flebilifque 


Juſſit Melpomene ſuum vocari. 


31. | 
Huic largum fuit, integrumque pectus, 
Et largum tulit a Deo favorem: 


Solum quod potuit dare, indigenti f 
| LTadulſt lacrymam; Deuſque Amicus | 


2 Jolum petit, dedit roganti. » 
32. 
Virtutes fuge curioſus ultra 
Scrutari ; fuge ſedibus tremendis 
Culpas eruere, in Patris Deique 
Illic mente facrd , ſunul repoſt ag 
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Fair Science  frown'd not on his humble birth, "Px 

| And e mark'd him regs her own. 

31. : 


Linh was ; his bounty, and his ſoul ſincere, 
Heav'n did a recompence as largely ſend : 

He gave to Mis ry all he had, a tear, 

gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he e a friends 

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Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, 

(* There they alike in trembling hope repoſe) 
The boſom of his Father and his God. 


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