Pity. No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears, DARWIN. Content. How clad with smiles the vernal morn ! The blackbird warbles on the bough, Pleas'd Pleas'd with my little flock of sheep Tamed all my thoughts to soft content. WILLIAMS. Fame. NOR Fame I slight, nor for her favours call; O if the muse must flatter lawless sway, But the fall'n ruins of another's fame; Then teach me, Heav'n! to scorn the guilty bays, Drive from my breast that wretched thirst of praise; Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown, O grant an honest fame or grant me none! POPE. Morning Morning Sounds. BUT who the melodies of morn can tell : The wild brook babbling down the mountain's side; The cottage curs at early pilgrim bark; Crown'd with her pail the tripping milk-maid sings; BEATTIE. Candour. Candour. LET universal candour still, Clear as yon heav'n-reflecting rill, Nor this nor that man's crooked ways One sordid doubt within me raise AKENSIDE. A Wish. LET wealth, let fame, those dazzling gifts of fate Bless all the wayward sons of pomp and state; Be mine the riches of a soul refin'd, The heart benevolent, the spotless mind, To heaven's unerring will, in humble hope re. sign'd! WILLIAMS. To Leven Water. PURE stream! in whose transparent wave No torrents stain thy limpid source; No rocks impede thy dimpling course That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white, round, polish'd pebbles spread; While, lightly pois'd, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood; The springing trout in speckled pride; The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from their parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch, and groves of pine, And hedges flower'd with eglantine. Still on thy banks so gaily green, May num'rous herds and flocks be seen, And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale, And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry embrown'd with toil, And hearts resolv'd, and hands prepar'd, The blessings they enjoy to guard! SMOLLET. The |