Dorinda Verses fent to a young Lady with the new edition of Shakespeare Verfes on Mrs. Crewe Rhapfody on Tafte Fitzpatrick 217 Carlisle 221 Fox 223 Carlisle 215 Elegy written in the Garden of a Friend Elegy written in a Country Church Yard Elegy on Captain Cook Death of Alico Monody to the Memory of Lady Lyttleton Mafon 227 Gray 231 Seward 237 Verfes making Part of an Epitaph on the fame Edwards 249 Lyttleton 251 ditto-35,1 XXX THE MINSTREL; O R, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS. XX A THE FIRST BOOK. H! who can tell how hard it is to climb In life's low vale remote has pined alone, II. And yet, the languor of inglorious days, Him who ne'er liften'd to the voice of praise, Health, competence, and peace. Nor higher aim Had HE, whofe fimple tale thefe artless lines pro elaim. B III. of yore, This fapient age difclaims all claffic lore; IV. Fret not yourselves, ye filken fons of pride, That a poor wanderer fhould infpire my ftrain, The mufes fortune's fickle smile deride, Nor ever bow the knee in Mammon's fane; Fftheir delights are with the village train, Whom nature's laws engage, and nature's charms They hate the fenfual, and scorn the vain; The parafite their influence never warms, Nor him whofe fordid foul the love of wealth alarms. Though richeft hues the peacock's plumes adorn, To please a tyrant, ftrain the little bill, But fing what heaven infpires, and wander where they will. VI. Liberal, not lavih, is kind nature's hand; If bleak and barren Scotia's hills arife; There plague and poifon, luft and rapine grow; Here peaceful are the vales, and pure the kies, And freedom fires the foul, and sparkles in the eyes. VII. Then grieve not, thou to whom the indulgent Mufe Nor blame the partial Fates, if they refuse VIII. Canft thou forego the pure etherial foul IX. O how canft thou renounce the boundless store O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven! X. Thefe charms fhall work thy foul's eternal health, And love, and gentlenefs, and joy impart. |