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NO Ill on Earth we timorous Mortals fly,3.0
"With so much Dread, as abject Poverty:",2.0
"OH despicable Name! We, thee to shun,",3.0
On every other Evil blindly run.,0.0
"In tattered Rags, and starve their Bodies too,",0.0
"And still are poor, for fear of being so.",1.0
"For fear of thee, the cheating Trader vows,",1.0
"His Wares are good, although his Conscience knows,",1.0
"He has employed his utmost Skill and Care,",1.0
"To hide their Faults, and make their Beauties glare.",0.0
"The Sailor, terrified with Thoughts of thee,",0.0
Boldly attempts the Dangers of the Sea;,3.0
"From East to West, over Rocks and Quicksands steers;",4.0
"It's Poverty, and that alone, he fears;",1.0
"In Hopes of Plunder, bravely meets the War;",0.0
"To fly from Poverty, he runs on Death,",1.0
"Strange Terror of Mankind! By thee misled,",4.0
"Not Conscience, Quicksands, Rocks, or Death they dread!",1.0
"And yet thou art no formidable Foe,",2.0
"Except to little Souls, who think thee so:",0.0
Who through the Glass of Prejudice survey,1.0
"Thy Face, a thousand frightful Forms display.",0.0
"THUS Men, at Night, in foolish Fears grown old,",2.0
"Who mind the Fairy Tales their Nurses told,",0.0
"Start at a Goblin, which their Fancy made,",0.0
"And, for a Spectre, often take a Shade.",1.0
Free from the Cares unwieldy Riches bring:,0.0
At Distance both alike deceive our View;,0.0
"Nearer approached, they take another Hue.",2.0
The poor Man's Labour relishes his Meat;,2.0
"His Morsel's pleasant, and his Rest is sweet:",1.0
"Not so the Rich, who find their wearied Taste",0.0
"For what they have more than they can enjoy,",1.0
"Instead of satisfying, does but cloy.",0.0
BUT let us state the Case another way:,0.0
"Were Poverty so hideous as they say,",2.0
"It's nobler cheerfully to bear our Fate,",3.0
"That Man deserves the Praise of human Kind,",0.0
Who bears ill Fortune with a Christian Mind:,2.0
How does his great heroic Soul aspire,0.0
Above that sordid Wealth the rest admire!,0.0
His faithful Eyes survey the GOD of Love,0.0
"Not all the Snares a crafty Devil can lay,",2.0
"Can intercept, or daunt him in his Way.",0.0
"Not all the scornful Insults of the Proud,",2.0
"Not Poverty, in all her Terrors dressed,",1.0
Can shake the solid Quiet of his Breast:,1.0
"Unmoved he stands against the worst of Foes,",0.0
"And mocks the Darts, which adverse Fortune throws,",1.0
"Calm and composed, amid or Ease or Pain;",2.0
"And finds Content, which others seek in vain.",0.0
"Lashed by the foaming Surge on every Side,",0.0
Yet can't be shaken by the furious Tide.,3.0
"Since Wealth can never make the Vicious blessed,",0.0
Nor Poverty subdue the virtuous Breast;,3.0
"LORD, give me either; give me but CONTENT.",1.0
"Go, first, sweet hope! to thine own Heaven succeed,",3.0
"While here thy mother's heart must ever bleed,",0.0
"Must ever mourn, till that auspicious day",0.0
"This lonely hour my sorrows reach no ear,",1.0
My angel! thou from thy resplendent throne,2.0
"O! take this moment, it is all thine own;",1.0
"Spite of religious aid my wishes rise,",2.0
Ah! me! how weak to wish thee from the skies!,1.0
"Sometime delusion strong I see thee smile,",1.0
And fancy wandering how remote from truth,3.0
Surveys thee blooming in the pride of youth;,0.0
"Reason returns, and says, thou art no more!",2.0
"Ah! sad remembrance, why exert thy power,",0.0
"Why, why recall the past endearing hour,",0.0
And opening beauty every look disclosed?,2.0
"Each happier mother, vain of her delight,",3.0
"Still, still obtrudes her darling on my sight;",2.0
"Then in the harmless smile, the feeble cry,",0.0
"I hear the voice, I see thy languid eye:",0.0
"O! still my child, if in thy perfect state,",1.0
"Thou hast a knowledge of my suffering fate,",1.0
And bring me tidings from the realms of day;,1.0
"Tell thy sad mother when the hour draws near,",3.0
"That we shall meet, nor other parting fear;",0.0
"And Heaven, still gracious to the mourning kind,",4.0
"O! deign to send me peace, a will resigned;",1.0
"Save me from murmurs at thy high decree,",0.0
I see a distant Fleet whose towering Masts,0.0
Bold was the Man who felled the leavy Trees,0.0
"To seek for distant Isles, and Lands unknown;",0.0
"Content with Sea, and careless of the Shore.",1.0
Has told the Customs of those Sons of Earth:,1.0
Yet envious think their own too mean a Share:,3.0
"For foreign Toys they roam to every Shore,",0.0
And bring Diseases home unknown before.,0.0
And what they scorned before they now commend.,0.0
But things their Value raise by being new.,0.0
I late unseen saw from a distant Rock,2.0
Two vast Machines engage in Clouds of Smoke;,1.0
"The Winds were high, and ruffled all the Main:",0.0
"But when the Fight with louder Noise began,",0.0
The Gods afraid with drooping Wings retired;,0.0
"The Sea grew calm, and all the Sky was fair.",1.0
Oft have I punished that ambitious Wight,0.0
"Who born on Earth, yet leaves his native Glades,",0.0
And to his own prefers the watery Meads;,3.0
"Oft have I strove to burst the yielding Planks,",0.0
And force the leaky Ship on sandy Banks:,0.0
What happy Chance has pleased the smiling Boy?,0.0
The Nymph he loves is sure no longer coy.,1.0
With fiercest Rage I'd seize the trembling Fair;,0.0
"Neither her Anger nor her Tears should move,",3.0
"My Blood's on fire, and I am full of Love.",1.0
"My Head's so wondrous light, I scarcely find",0.0
Whether I move on Waves or dance on Wind.,2.0
"So altered, Triton! whence proceeds this Change,",0.0
"So unexpected, sudden, and so strange?",1.0
"A settled melancholy Gloom, but now",0.0
"Seemed, like a Storm, to hang upon your Brow;",0.0
No Herb was found to cure the fond Disease.,1.0
"If I can use my Tongue, I'll tell thee, Love,",1.0
What does my Soul to sudden Transports move:,0.0
"Meeting the scattered Ruins of a Wreck,",3.0
"As shivered Masts, Planks, and a broken Deck,",2.0
Amid the rest a floating Cask I found,0.0
"Stopped up with artful Care, and strongly bound,",0.0
"Curious to know what was within contained,",2.0
With cautious Fear I searched; my Fingers stained,0.0
Came forth all moistened with a juicy Red;,2.0
But o! the Gods never on such Nectar fed.,6.0
"Pleased with the heavenly Taste, and spicy Smell,",2.0
I quaffed full Bowls in a capacious Shell.,2.0
"You Gods! if earthy Men thus live, and drink,",1.0
"Give me the Land, the Sea's a worthless Sink.",0.0
The precious Draughts my fainting Spirits cheer;,0.0
I thus inspired no mortal Mer-man fear.,4.0
"I rule the boundless Seas, and now I reign",0.0
"Sole Lord, and mighty Monarch of the Main.",2.0
"This Oil has so inflamed my secret Fire,",1.0
I burn impatient with the fierce Desire.,1.0
"No Nymph, or old, or ugly, now I scorn;",1.0
Which feeds the happy Youth with fancied Bliss?,0.0
I long to taste the Juice that thus inspires,0.0
"AH Thou! whom Nature and thy Stars designed,",1.0
"At once the Joy and Envy of Mankind,",2.0
To thy loved Memory this Sigh I send;,3.0
"To thee a Stranger, to thy Lines a Friend:",2.0
"How blessed the Muse could she like thine aspire,",2.0
"So smooth her Accent, and sublime her Fire;",2.0
"With bright Description make the Bosom glow,",0.0
"Charm like thy Sense, and like thy Numbers flow:",0.0
"OH teach my Soul to reach the Seats divine,",1.0
And praise her Maker in a Strain like thine.,0.0
"You careless Ones, who never thought before,",0.0
"Read this grand Verse, then tremble and adore:",4.0
"Let stern Enthusiasts here be taught to know,",1.0
It's from the Heart true Piety must flow:,3.0
"Here Hope, Content, and smiling Mercy shine;",0.0
And breathe celestial through the speaking Line:,1.0
"From the still Mind its guilty Passions roll,",2.0
"Let angry Zealots quarrel for a Name,",2.0
"The good, the just, the virtuous are the same:",1.0
"Grace to no Sect, nor Virtue is confined;",4.0
"They blend with all, and spread amongst the kind;",0.0
And the pure Flame that warms the pious Breast:,2.0
Those cannot merit who condemn the rest.,0.0
"To the dark Nations when Religion came,",2.0
"All dressed in Smiles; they saw the heavenly Dame,",2.0
"Till some stern Teachers of their Office proud,",2.0
And veiled her Beauties in the mask of Rage:,0.0
Black Cruelty with fierce and flaming Eyes;,2.0
And Persecution wore the Robe of Zeal:,0.0
"Deluded Faith espoused the stronger Side,",0.0
And conquered Justice gave her Sword to Pride.,0.0
"This saw the surly discontented Mind,",0.0
By Nature haughty and to Vice inclined:,1.0
"And thence concluded all their Systems vain,",0.0
The Cant of Schools and Frenzy of the Brain:,1.0
"From hence the Sect of Libertines arose,",0.0
Who scorn what Reason or the Priests impose:,1.0
"Who give to Chance the World's that round us roll,",0.0
But thou whose Name immortal as thy Rhymes,2.0
Shall live and brighten through succeeding Times:,1.0
"Whose Lines can Wit and Virtue both inspire,",0.0
Whom future Ages shall like me admire,1.0
"Teach me between the two Extremes to glide,",2.0
Not brave the Stream nor swim with every Tide:,0.0
"But more with Charity than Zeal possessed,",1.0
"Keep my own Faith, yet not condemn the rest.",0.0
OUR Scottish dames for virtue still be famed;,0.0
"With Trojan, or with Roman matrons named.",1.0
Still to despise ' --  the man who can betray;,3.0
"And, masked in friendship, leads our minds astray!",0.0
Still to admire the brother's braver arms;,2.0
Still to despise a Paris' meaner charms.,2.0
Behold great Hector ' --  issue from the walls.,2.0
"As each bold Briton who aspires to fame,",3.0
"Still in his eye, some brave some honoured name,",1.0
But if great Hector on that fatal day,3.0
"Though in his breast his brother's deeds despise,",0.0
Behold for him a sacrifice he lies;,1.0
"Behold him stretched ' --  dragged at Achilles' car,",1.0
"Who strays from virtue, ever sure to find",0.0
Some dire disaster lags not far behind.,0.0
OH nymph divine! as opening morning fair!,3.0
Bright as the sun! yet lighter than the air!,1.0
Yet more uncertain than the whistling winds!,1.0
"Where shall we find, or fix your resting place?",0.0
"Now here, now there, eluding still the chase.",2.0
"OH it's in vain, as ancient proverbs say,",0.0
To seek a needle in a load of hay;,0.0
As vain it is to fix your certain bound:,1.0
"And yet I sought you where soft pleasure dwells,",1.0
"Pleasure, thou soft retreat! but hard to find,",2.0
And opening only to the patient mind.,3.0
"Through various alleys, perilous and dark,",3.0
"My way I shape, and every footstep mark;",1.0
"Lest through some passage, elbowed to and fro,",3.0
"Like a small skiff my little bark was hurled,",3.0
Tossed to and fro amid a laughing world;,0.0
"Yet, spite of these, I boldly ventured forth,",1.0
And bid defiance to the surly North.,1.0
"By You, my Polar Star, awhile I steer,",1.0
"There, there I land, no more of winds the sport,",2.0
And found the gallant Lovelace safe in port.,1.0
"His reckoning failing, and his compass lost,",1.0
"Some hospitable shore at length in view,",3.0
"Pushes to land, with all his jovial crew:",4.0
"What Charms You have, from what high Race You sprung,",1.0
Have been the pleasing Subjects of my Song:,1.0
"Unskilled and young, yet something still I writ,",0.0
What greater Theme Your Music can produce;,1.0
My babbling Praises I repeat no more;,2.0
"But hear, rejoice, stand silent, and adore.",2.0
"The Persians thus, first gazing on the Sun,",2.0
"But, as his Power was known, their Thoughts were raised;",3.0
"And soon They worshipped, what at first They praised.",0.0
"That as in Birth, in Beauty You excel,",1.0
"The Muse might dictate, and the Poet tell:",2.0
"Your Art no other Art can speak; and You,",1.0
"To show how well You play, must play anew:",0.0
Your Music's Power Your Music must disclose;,2.0
"For what Light is, it's only Light that shows.",0.0
"Strange Force of Harmony, that thus controls",2.0
While with it's utmost Art Your Sex could move,1.0
"Our Wonder only, or at best our Love:",1.0
You far above Both these Your GOD did place;,2.0
That Your high Power might worldly Thoughts destroy;,5.0
"That with Your Numbers You our Zeal might raise,",1.0
"And, like Himself, communicate Your Joy.",0.0
"When to Your Native Heaven You shall repair,",0.0
And with Your Presence crown the Blessings there;,2.0
"Your Lute may wind it's Strings but little higher,",0.0
To tune their Notes to that immortal Quire.,0.0
"Your Art is perfect here: Your Numbers do,",1.0
"More than our Books, make the rude Atheist know,",5.0
"As in some Piece, while Luke his Skill expressed,",0.0
"A cunning Angel came, and drew the rest:",0.0
"So, when You play, some Godhead does impart",1.0
Harmonious Aid; Divinity helps Art:,4.0
"Some Cherub finishes what You begun,",1.0
And to a Miracle improves a Tune.,2.0
"To burning Rome when frantic Nero played,",0.0
"Viewing that Face, no more He had surveyed",1.0
"The raging Flames; but struck with strange Surprise,",0.0
Confessed them less than Those of Anna's Eyes:,1.0
"But had He heard Thy Lute, He soon had found",0.0
And from Destruction called the rising Town:,1.0
Malice to Music had been forced to yield;,2.0
"With the united Glories of his Line,",2.0
"Not only Royal Tears adorn his Urn,",0.0
But you have taught the Subjects all to mourn:,1.0
"Your melting Lines, make conscious Passion vent",1.0
"Soft are thy strains as his once moving Tongue,",2.0
Fond Venus lose was less divinely Sung;,1.0
"The weeping Nymphs, all throw their Cypress down,",1.0
"You from whom Kings such Glories do receive,",1.0
"Dismissed at length, they break through all delay",0.0
To tempt the dangers of the doubtful way;,1.0
Whose walls along the neighbouring sea extend.,2.0
"Nor yet in prospect rose the distant shore,",0.0
"Scarce the hoarse waves from far were heard to roar,",3.0
When thwart the road a river rolled its flood,0.0
"Tempestuous, and all further course withstood:",2.0
"The wondrous sage: vigorous he seemed in years,",4.0
Awful his mien; low as his feet there flows,2.0
"Against the stream the waves secure he trod,",0.0
"And winter binds the floods in icy chains,",0.0
"Fearless in long excursion loves to glide,",2.0
"So moved the seer, but on no hardened plain:",2.0
The river boiled beneath and rushed towards the main.,0.0
Where fixed in wonder stood the warlike pair,1.0
His course he turned and thus relieved their care:,0.0
"' Vast, OH my friends, and difficult the toil",2.0
To seek your hero in a distant soil!,0.0
"No common helps, no common guide, you need,",2.0
Art it requires and more than winged speed.,2.0
"What length of sea remains, what various lands,",2.0
"Oceans unknown, inhospitable sands!",3.0
For adverse fate the captive chief has hurled,1.0
Beyond the confines of our narrow world.,2.0
Great things and full of wonder in your ears,1.0
"I shall unfold; but first dismiss your fears,",0.0
Nor doubt with me to tread the downward road,1.0
"That to the grotto leads, my dark abode.'",1.0
"Scarce had he said, before the warriors' eyes",0.0
"The flood on either hand its billows rears,",0.0
And in the mid a spacious arch appears.,0.0
"Their hands he seized and down the steep he led,",1.0
"Discovered half, and half concealed, their way,",0.0
The uncertain crescent gleams a sickly light.,1.0
"Of many a flood they viewed the secret source,",2.0
"The birth of rivers, rising to their course;",1.0
"Whatever with copious train its channel fills,",5.0
"Further they pass, where ripening minerals flow,",2.0
"Which soon the parent sun's warm powers refine,",3.0
"In one rich mass unite the precious store,",4.0
The parts combine and harden into over.,0.0
"Here gems break through the night with glittering beam,",3.0
And paint the margin of the costly stream.,1.0
"All stones of lustre shoot their vivid ray,",0.0
"Here the soft emerald smiles, of verdant hue,",2.0
"And rubies flame, with sapphires heavenly blue;",2.0
"The diamond there attracts the wondering sight,",3.0
Proud of its thousand dies and luxury of light.,1.0
"WHere gild my thoughts, rash inclinations stay,",1.0
"And let me think what it's you fool away,",1.0
"Stay ere it be to late, yet stay and take,",1.0
"O! stupid folly it's eternal Joy,",1.0
That I'm about to barter for a toy;,2.0
"It is my God o dreadful hazard where,",1.0
Shall I again the boundless loss repair!,1.0
"It is my Soul a Soul that cost the blood,",1.0
"And painful agonies of an humbled God,",1.0
"O blessed occasion made me stay to think,",0.0
"Ere I was hurried off the dangerous brink,",3.0
"Should I have took the charming venom in,",0.0
"And coped with all these terrors for a sin,",1.0
How equal had my condemnation been?,0.0
With fond regret; while in this last adieu,0.0
A silent tear those brilliant hours shall mourn,0.0
"For ever past. So from the pleasant shore,",1.0
"Born with the struggling bark against the wind,",0.0
The trembling pennant fluttering looks behind,2.0
With vain reluctance! Amid those woods no more,3.0
"For me the voice of pleasure shall resound,",2.0
Nor soft flutes warbling over the placid lake,3.0
"Aerial music shall for me awake,",3.0
And wrap my charmed soul in peace profound!,3.0
"Though lost to me, here still may Taste delight",1.0
"IN ancient times, some hundred winters past,",0.0
"When British dames, for conscience sake, were chaste,",0.0
"If some frail nymph, by youthful passion swayed,",1.0
From virtue's paths unhappily had strayed:,1.0
"When banished reason reassumed her place,",1.0
In decent solitude and pious tears;,0.0
"Veiled in some convent made her peace with heaven,",0.0
"Grown old in sin, and dead to amorous joy,",3.0
No acts of penance their great souls employ.,3.0
"Without a blush behold each nymph advance,",0.0
The luscious Heroine of her own romance.,1.0
"Each harlot triumphs in her loss of fame,",0.0
And boldly prints and publishes her shame.,1.0
"YOU noble few, firm fixed in virtue's cause,",1.0
"You just protectors of our sacred laws,",1.0
"Whose hearts stern avarice strove in vain to steel,",3.0
And blessed with souls disdaining not to feel;,0.0
"Let not the genial warmth, the latent fire,",0.0
"That glows in Britain's valiant sons, expire;",0.0
"But in your breasts let justice still prevail,",1.0
"Angelic maid, thy melting eye may boast",1.0
"Unhappy land, where hostile avarice reigns,",2.0
And rears her bloodstained banners over thy plains;,3.0
To burst each tender tie of social love;,0.0
Spread wide destruction over the bleeding land;,3.0
And banished far the healing balm of peace.,0.0
"Yet once on them fair Peace propitious smiled,",2.0
And social joy the tedious hour beguiled;,2.0
"On them bright Pleasure cast her fairest ray,",2.0
Soft as the rosy beam of opening day;,2.0
"Love, health, and innocence, they still possessed,",2.0
Contested tenants of the peaceful breast;,1.0
"Vindictive fate ruled over thy dreadful hour,",3.0
"Deaf to the mourning parents plaintive cry,",0.0
"The widow's fondness or the lover's sigh,",1.0
"From each fond breast the hapless victims tore,",1.0
Far from the prospect of their native shore.,1.0
"Think not, you slaves in pleasure's venal train,",3.0
The weeping orphan's tears are poured in vain;,0.0
"Awhile in soft repose you calmly rest,",0.0
Nor heed the pangs that tear each bleeding breast;,0.0
And fair the fading flowers of fortune spring;,2.0
"Yet heaven, indignant, views the impious deed",3.0
"Soon shall the voice of angry Justice call,",0.0
And bid the pointed sword of vengeance fall;,0.0
"Shall pleasure then avert the dreadful nod,",0.0
Or calm the vengeance of an angry God?,1.0
"No, in that hour reflection wakes anew,",0.0
"And calls each crime, each folly, to the view;",1.0
"Bids the lost thoughts eternity explore,",4.0
Or pause over scenes we can recall no more.,3.0
"To man superior reason's light was given,",2.0
"Unfailing beam, bright intellectual ray",3.0
Thou steady guide through errors devious way;,2.0
"Say, wert thou first by gracious heaven designed,",0.0
To stamp injustice on the human kind;,1.0
"Forbid it truth, forbid it every breast",0.0
That heaves in pity for the wretch oppressed;,1.0
Still the sad victim drags his galling chain;,3.0
"Still bows submissive to the tyrant hand,",2.0
That tore the sufferer from his native land;,1.0
"Yet, ever the arts of luxury began,",3.0
"They boasted liberty, the right of man;",1.0
"Serene, they saw each peaceful morning smile,",0.0
Joy led their hours and plenty blessed their toil;,1.0
"Daughter of Virtue! Royal Charlotte, hear!",2.0
"Sovereign, yet parent, of this happy isle,",3.0
Over whose gay plains fair Plenty deigns to smile;,2.0
"Where spotless peace extends her azure wing,",0.0
Hears not distressed misfortune plead in vain;,1.0
"Be't thine to heal pale sorrow's wounded breast,",1.0
And lull each raging passion into rest;,0.0
Let not the wretched slave in vain deplore,0.0
"Then, while Britannia hails thy sacred name,",2.0
A deed like this shall swell the trump of fame;,1.0
"Virtues like thine shall wake the sounding lyre,",0.0
"And, swelled with themes like this, the poet's page",1.0
Remain admired through each succeeding age.,0.0
"When Superstition raised her threatening hand,",0.0
Drenched in one fatal stream of martyred blood;,0.0
"Over every scene, with fell delight, she flew,",0.0
"And smiled, exulting, at the dreadful view;",0.0
"Religion's sacred truths, though once designed",0.0
"To banish error from the darkened mind,",1.0
"Availed not here; her pure celestial light,",0.0
"Drooping, beheld the fatal torrent roll",2.0
Called forth the dawn of fair religion's day;,1.0
"Cherished the genial influence as it rose,",3.0
Dispelled their errors and relieved their woes.,1.0
"Relentless, see the guiltless victim bleed;",0.0
Amid the horrors of tormenting pain,2.0
"He seeks for mercy, but he seeks in vain;",1.0
Where grim Oppression waves her tyrant hand;,0.0
"Where, to the savage herd, a harmless prey,",0.0
Sinks faint beneath the fervid beam of day;,1.0
Sunk in the deepest gloom of low despair;,0.0
"Or burning thirst and furious want, combined,",2.0
"With wild distraction fire his glowing mind,",0.0
"Till death restores to him eternal rest,",1.0
"Over foreign seas and foreign coasts to roam,",0.0
"Amid the fury of the piercing blast,",1.0
"The swelled wave circling round the shivered mast,",1.0
"And over the deck the foaming billows rise,",2.0
"Awhile in terror views the lightning glare,",0.0
"With streaming horror, through the midnight air;",2.0
"The storm once past, he gains the friendly ray",1.0
"Of hope, to guide him through the dangerous way;",3.0
"Smiling, she bids each future prospect rise,",2.0
"Not so the slave; oppressed with secret care,",0.0
He sinks the hapless victim of despair;,1.0
"Or, doomed to torments that might even move",1.0
"The steely heart, and melt it into love;",0.0
"Till worn with anguish, withering in his bloom,",1.0
He falls an early tenant of the tomb!,1.0
Deluged so oft in streams of purple gore!,2.0
"Britain, where science, peace, and plenty, smile,",2.0
"The scourge of tyrants, and the boast of time;",1.0
"Of every virtue, every worth possessed",0.0
That fires the hero's or the patriot's breast;,3.0
"There, nobly warmed with animating fire,",0.0
"There scenes of bliss immortal Milton sung,",0.0
And notes harmonious issued from his tongue;,3.0
"While genius bids, to our enchanted eyes,",1.0
"In Swift's own strains, a second Pope arise.",0.0
"When truth, perplexed in error's thorny maze,",3.0
"Threw over the world obscure and darkened rays,",3.0
"He spoke, and nature stood at once displayed.",0.0
"These were the souls that Britain once possessed,",1.0
When genuine virtue fired the patriot's breast;,6.0
"And still shall she protect fair freedom's cause,",2.0
And vindicate her violated laws;,2.0
"Waft peace and freedom to a wretched land,",2.0
And scatter blessings with a liberal hand.,1.0
"In Britain's paradise, by freedom made,",0.0
The tree of commerce spread's its ample shade;,0.0
"Unsparing plenty bends the lofty brow,",0.0
And wealth bright glitters on each golden bough;,2.0
"On some the richest gems of India shone,",2.0
And added lustre to the British throne;,1.0
The melting lustre of the sparkling eye;,1.0
Such as in gay variety might grace,2.0
The native beauties of the lovely face:,1.0
"On some the bud of health, in rosy bloom,",0.0
Called languid sickness from an early tomb;,2.0
Or bade contented labour calmly smile,0.0
Over the rich prospect of his native soil.,3.0
"One ample branch, superior to the rest,",1.0
"Rose to the view, in splendid radiance dressed;",0.0
"On every leaf the tempting manna hung,",0.0
"The flowers of brightest hue oppression named,",2.0
Yet from the tree the rank of commerce claimed;,0.0
With eager eye the slaves of avarice strayed;,2.0
That on the spreading tree of commerce grew;,0.0
"Lost in the pleasing dream, awhile the soul,",0.0
"Where avarice reigned secure from all control,",2.0
Struck deep conviction through the guilty heart;,2.0
"And bade reflection wake the feeling mind,",0.0
That turned to every scene it left behind:,0.0
There might they see the tortured wretch implore,0.0
"In silent grief, amid distraction wild,",0.0
"These scenes appear when death, in terror dressed,",0.0
Bids sharp repentance wound the shuddering breast;,3.0
And quick destruction seems to snatch the soul;,0.0
"When fast around the dreadful lightnings fall,",0.0
"Then will his wrath destroy the life he gave,",0.0
And justice snatch the soul that mercy could not save.,0.0
"Britain, be thine the glorious task to heal",2.0
The bleeding wounds thy wretched sons shall feel;,0.0
Extend thy every noble power to save,2.0
The wretch just tottering over an early grave;,4.0
"For, noble were the deed that could impart",1.0
"For, then no more the fatal branch shall bind,",0.0
"In golden ties, the lost enchanted mind;",0.0
"Tear every fibre from the verdant root,",2.0
And blast each dangerous blossom ere it shoot;,2.0
"In grateful incense, to the echoing skies;",4.0
"Thee, first in every virtue, every worth,",0.0
That gives to glory or to genius birth;,1.0
Give peace and freedom to an injured land!,2.0
"Glory be thine; and, let pale misery prove",3.0
The joys of friendship and the bliss of love;,1.0
Beam over the world one pure eternal day!,3.0
"SUre of Success, to You I boldly write,",3.0
"Love, who is justly President of Verse,",0.0
"Which all his Servants write, or else rehearse.",0.0
Phoebus however mistaken Poets dream,5.0
"Never used a Verse, till Love became his Theme.",0.0
"To his strayed Son, still as his Passion rose,",1.0
"But when in Daphne he would Love inspire,",1.0
"He wooed in Verse, set to his silver Lyre.",2.0
The Trojan Prince did powerful Numbers join,2.0
To sing of War; but Love was the Design:,1.0
"And sleeping Troy again in Flames was dressed,",0.0
"Nor ever could Poetry successful prove,",3.0
"Or touch the Soul, but when the Sense was Love.",0.0
O! could they both in Absence now impart,0.0
"Skill to my Hand, but to describe my Heart;",1.0
Then should you see impatient of your Stay,1.0
Soft Hopes contend with Fears of sad Delay;,1.0
And lively Images of You appear.,2.0
But since the Thoughts of a Poetic Mind,1.0
Will never be to Syllables confined;,1.0
"And while to fix what is conceived, we try,",1.0
The purer Parts evaporate and die:,0.0
"You must perform what they want force to do,",2.0
And think what your ARDELIA thinks of you.,3.0
"His honour posts over ITALY and FRANCE,",2.0
"Measures St. PETER'S dome, and learns to dance.",3.0
"Thence having quick through various countries flown,",3.0
"Gleaned all their follies, and exposed his own,",1.0
"He back returns, a thing so strange all over,",0.0
As never ages past produced before:,0.0
"A monster of such complicated worth,",1.0
"Half fiddler, coachman, dancer, groom, and cook.",1.0
"Next, because business now is all the vogue,",6.0
"In parliament he purchases a seat,",2.0
To make the accomplished Gentleman complete.,3.0
"Without experience, honesty, or sense,",3.0
"Unknowing in her interest, trade, or laws,",0.0
"Forth from his lips, prepared at all to rail,",0.0
"Torrents of nonsense burst; like bottled ale,",2.0
"Though shallow, muddy; brisk, though mighty dull;",0.0
"Fierce without strength; overflowing, though not full.",2.0
"Now quite a Frenchman in his garb and air,",1.0
"His neck yoked down with bag and solitaire,",2.0
"The liberty of BRITAIN he supports,",2.0
"Now in cropped greasy hair, and leather breeches,",2.0
He loudly bellows out his patriot speeches;,3.0
"King, lords, and commons ventures to abuse,",2.0
Yet dares to show those ears he ought to lose.,0.0
"From hence to WHITE'S our virtuous CATO flies,",2.0
"There sits with countenance erect, and wise,",1.0
"Plays all the night, nor doubts each law to break,",0.0
Himself unknowingly has helped to make;,1.0
"Trembling and anxious, stakes his utmost groat,",2.0
"Peeps over his cards, and looks as if he thought:",4.0
Because the fool would fain be thought a bite.,0.0
"Devoted thus to politics, and cards,",0.0
"Nor mirth, nor wine, nor women he regards;",1.0
"So far is every virtue from his heart,",1.0
That not a generous vice can claim a part;,2.0
"Nay, lest one human passion ever should move",1.0
"His soul to friendship, tenderness, or love,",1.0
"To FIGG and BROUGHTON he commits his breast,",1.0
To steel it to the fashionable test.,2.0
"Wretched alone, in crowds without a friend;",2.0
"Deaf to all merit, to all beauty blind;",1.0
"For love too busy, and for wit too grave,",3.0
"A hardened, sober, proud, luxurious knave,",2.0
"By little actions striving to be great,",1.0
"And proud to be, and to be thought a cheat.",1.0
"And yet in this so bad is his success,",1.0
"That as his fame improves, his rents grow less;",1.0
"On parchment wings his acres take their flight,",0.0
"With his estate his interest too is done,",1.0
His honest borough seeks a warmer sun.,1.0
His independent voters cease to roar:,0.0
And BRITAIN soon must want the great defence,0.0
"Of all his honesty, and eloquence,",2.0
But that the generous youth more anxious grown,2.0
"For public liberty, than for his own,",2.0
"And boldly, when his country is at stake,",1.0
"Quickly again distressed for want of coin,",2.0
"He digs no longer in the exhausted mine,",4.0
"Cringes each morn at levees, bows at court,",2.0
"And, from the hand he hates, implores support:",1.0
"The minister, well pleased at small expense",2.0
"With squeeze and whisper yields to his demands,",1.0
And on the venal list enrolled he stands;,1.0
"A ribbon and a pension buy the slave,",1.0
"This bribes the fool about him, that the knave.",0.0
"And now arrived at his meridian glory,",3.0
"He sinks apace, despised by Whig and Tory;",0.0
"Of independence now he talks no more,",1.0
Nor shakes the senate with his patriot roar;,3.0
"But silent votes, and with court trappings hung,",2.0
"Eyes his own glittering star, and holds his tongue.",2.0
"In craft political a bankrupt made,",1.0
"He sticks to gaming, as the surer trade;",1.0
"Turns downright sharper, lives by sucking blood,",2.0
"And grows, in short, the very thing he would:",0.0
"Hunts out young heirs, who have their fortunes spent,",1.0
"And lends them ready cash at cent per cent,",0.0
"Lays wagers on his own, and others lives,",2.0
"Fights uncles, fathers, grandmothers and wives,",6.0
"Till death at length, indignant to be made",1.0
"The daily subject of his sport and trade,",1.0
"His choicest blessings to mankind hath given,",2.0
The rich profusion that salutes their eyes.,0.0
But wise was he who studied every use,1.0
Of common weeds which common fields produce.,0.0
"The dock, the nettle, in each swelling vein,",0.0
A healing balm for many an ill contain:,2.0
At length is found a salutary draught.,0.0
The same creative power that first displayed,2.0
His wondrous works for our delight and aid;,1.0
"His love to mortal man still gracious shows,",1.0
"In every stream that glides, and herb that grows.",0.0
"At his command, Malvern, thy mountains rise,",6.0
And catch their dewy nectar from the skies;,1.0
"On all alike their influence freely shed,",2.0
"The wealthy squire, whose gouty limbs are laid",0.0
"On beds of down, almost of down afraid,",3.0
At this balsamic spring may soon regain,1.0
"His lavished health, and over the spacious plain",2.0
"Pursue the hare, or chase the miscreant fox",2.0
With winged speed over hills or craggy rocks.,1.0
"Here to his comfort the poor helpless swain,",2.0
"Racked with the torture of rheumatic pain,",1.0
"Obtains relief without the nauseous pill,",0.0
Or that more shocking sight the doctor's bill.,0.0
"When cloudy mists obscure the visual ray,",2.0
The mournful wretch with pleasure here may find,0.0
"A stream that heals the lame, and cures the blind.",0.0
"The pampered cit, whose high luxurious food",2.0
"With acrimonious poison loads his blood,",2.0
"Who undeserved his father's spots must wear,",0.0
As the white Syrian rose from Jordan's wave.,4.0
"The latent ulcer, and the cancer dire,",1.0
"That waste our flesh with slow consuming fire,",0.0
"Whose subtle flames still spread from part to part,",1.0
"Here checked submit, their raging fury laid,",0.0
By streams from Nature's mystic engine played.,0.0
"The stubborn evil, for whose flux impure",1.0
"Blind bigotry at first devised a cure,",2.0
Healed by these waters needs no more demand,1.0
The foolish witchcraft of a Stuart's hand;,2.0
"To reason, justice, liberty, and laws.",1.0
"Should all the virtues of this spa be told,",1.0
Its praises might be wrote in lines of gold.,0.0
But Malvern spa in loftier numbers sing;,2.0
"No more Parnassus, but the Malvern climb,",3.0
"To make their diction pure, their thoughts sublime.",0.0
"Even I at these fair fountains eased of pain,",3.0
Reveals the wonders of her secret cell:,1.0
"To you transfers the lay, whose active mind,",1.0
Explores a panacea for mankind.,2.0
"Amid the smiles of Fortune, and of youth,",1.0
Thine ear is patient of a serious song.,3.0
How deep implanted in the breast of man,0.0
The Dread of Death! I sing its sovereign cure.,0.0
Why start at Death? Where is he? Death arrived,1.0
"Receives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow.",0.0
"The deep, damp vault, the darkness, and the worm: ' --",2.0
"The terrors of the living, not the dead.",1.0
Man makes a Death which Nature never made;,1.0
"Then on the point of his own fancy falls,",1.0
And feels a thousand deaths in fearing one.,1.0
"But were Death frightful, what has Age to fear?",2.0
"If prudent, Age should meet the friendly foe,",0.0
And shelter in his hospitable gloom.,5.0
I scarce can meet a monument but holds,1.0
"My younger: every date cries, Come away.",1.0
And what recalls me? Look the world around,0.0
And tell me what: the wisest cannot tell.,0.0
Should any born of woman give his thought,0.0
Full range on just dislike's unbounded field; ' --,1.0
"Of things, the vanity; of men, the flaws;",1.0
"Flaws in the best; the many, flaw all over;",0.0
Vivacious ill; good dying immature;,0.0
"His heart, though bold, would sicken at the sight,",0.0
And spend itself in sighs for future scenes.,0.0
But grant to Life and just it is to grant,1.0
To lucky life some perquisites of joy;,1.0
"But from our comment on the comedy,",3.0
"Or hopes of plaudits from our candid Judge,",1.0
"Toss Fortune back her tinsel, and her plume,",2.0
And drop this mask of flesh behind the scene.,0.0
"With me, that time is come! my world is dead;",1.0
"A new world rises, and new manners reign:",3.0
"Foreign comedians, a spruce band, arrive,",6.0
"To push me from the scene, or hiss me there.",1.0
"What a pert race starts up! The strangers gaze,",1.0
And I at them: my neighbour is unknown;,2.0
Nor that the worst: ah me! the dire effect,1.0
"Of loitering here, of Death defrauded long!",1.0
"Of old so gracious, and let that suffice,",2.0
"Shall I dare say, peculiar is the fate?",4.0
"An object ever pressing dims the sight,",0.0
They drink it as the nectar of the great;,2.0
"And squeeze my hand, and beg me come tomorrow!",1.0
"Indulge me, nor conceive I drop my theme:",1.0
"Who cheapens life, abates the fear of death.",0.0
Ambition's ill judged effort to be rich.,2.0
Alas! Ambition makes my little less;,0.0
Wishing of all employments is the worst;,3.0
"Were I as plump as stalled Theology,",2.0
Wishing would waste me to this shade again.,2.0
Wishing is an expedient to be poor.,4.0
"Wishing, that constant hectic of a fool,",3.0
"Caught at a court; purged off by purer air,",2.0
And simpler diet; gifts of rural life!,0.0
"Blessed be the Hand Divine, which gently kid",0.0
"My heart at rest, beneath this humble shed.",0.0
"The world's a stately bark, on dangerous seas,",2.0
"With pleasure seen, but boarded at our peril.",0.0
"Here, on a single plank, thrown safe ashore,",1.0
"I hear the tumult of the distant throng,",1.0
"As that of seas remote, or dying storms;",0.0
And meditate on scenes more silent still;,0.0
"Pursue my theme, and fight the fear of Death.",0.0
"Here, like a shepherd gazing from his hut,",1.0
"Touching his reed, or leaning on his staff,",3.0
Eager Ambition's fiery chase I see;,4.0
"I see the circling hunt, of noisy men,",0.0
"Burst Law's enclosure, leap the mounds of Right,",1.0
"Pursuing, and pursued, each other's prey;",1.0
"Till Death, that mighty hunter, earth's them all.",0.0
Why all this toil for triumphs of an hour?,1.0
"What, though we wade in wealth, or soar in fame?",0.0
"Earth's highest station ends in, Here he lies:",1.0
And Dust to dust concludes her noblest song.,0.0
"If this song lives, posterity shall know",3.0
"One, though in Britain born, with courtiers bred,",3.0
Who thought even gold might come a day too late;,2.0
Nor on his subtle deathbed planned his scheme,2.0
For future vacancies in Church or State;,1.0
"Poor human ruins, tottering over the grave!",5.0
"Strike deeper their vile root, and closer cling,",3.0
"Shall our pale, withered hands be still stretched out,",4.0
"Trembling at once with eagerness and age,",2.0
With avarice and convulsions grasping hard?,3.0
Grasping at air! for what has earth beside?,2.0
Man wants but little; nor that little long:,2.0
"How soon must he resign his very dust,",1.0
Which frugal Nature lent him for an hour!,1.0
"And soon as man, expert from time, has found",5.0
"The key of life, it opens the gates of Death.",2.0
"When in this vale of years I backward look,",0.0
"And miss such numbers, numbers too of such,",0.0
"Firmer in health, and greener in their age,",2.0
"And stricter on their guard, and fitter far",1.0
"To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe",1.0
"I still survive. And am I fond of life,",1.0
Who scarce can think it possible I live?,1.0
"Alive by miracle; or, what is next,",1.0
"Alive by Mead! if I am still alive,",1.0
"Who long have buried what gives life to live, ' --",1.0
"Firmness of nerve, and energy of thought.",3.0
Life's lee is not more shallow than impure,2.0
"And vapid: Sense and Reason show the door,",0.0
"Call for my bier, and point me to the dust.",1.0
OH Thou great Arbiter of Life and Death!,4.0
"Nature's immortal, immaterial Sun!",4.0
"From darkness, teeming darkness, where I lay",0.0
"The worm's inferior, and, in rank, beneath",1.0
"The dust I tread on; high to bear my brow,",0.0
"To drink the spirit of the golden day,",1.0
No motive but my bliss; and hast ordained,2.0
"A rise in blessing! ' --  with the patriarch's joy,",2.0
Thy call I follow to the land unknown;,1.0
"I trust in Thee, and know in whom I trust:",1.0
"Or life, or death, is equal; neither weighs;",0.0
All weight in this ' --  OH let me live to Thee!,3.0
"Though Nature's terrors thus may be repressed,",0.0
Still frowns grim Death; guilt points the tyrant's spear.,7.0
And whence all human guilt? From Death forgot.,0.0
Of friendly warnings which around me flew;,0.0
"Death's admonitions, like shafts upwards shot,",2.0
"More dreadful by delay, ' --  the longer ere",1.0
"They strike our hearts, the deeper is their wound.",1.0
"OH think how deep, Lorenzo! here it stings:",1.0
Who can appease its anguish? How it burns!,2.0
"What healing hand can pour the balm of peace,",0.0
And turn my sight undaunted on the tomb?,1.0
"With joy, ' --  with grief, that healing hand I see;",0.0
Ah! too conspicuous! it is fixed on high.,1.0
Alas! how low! how far beneath the skies!,0.0
The skies it formed; and now it bleeds for me ' --,0.0
"But bleeds the balm I want, ' --  yet still it bleeds;",0.0
Draw the dire steel ' --  ah no! ' --  the dreadful blessing,0.0
"What heart or can sustain, or dares forego?",1.0
There hangs all human hope; that nail supports,0.0
"The falling universe: that gone, we drop;",0.0
"Horror receives us, and the dismal wish",3.0
Creation had been smothered in her birth ' --,0.0
"Darkness his curtain, and his bed the dust;",3.0
When stars and sun are dust beneath his throne!,0.0
In heaven itself can such indulgence dwell?,1.0
OH what a groan was there! a groan not His.,1.0
He seized our dreadful right; the load sustained;,0.0
And heaved the mountain from a guilty world.,1.0
"A thousand worlds, so bought, were bought too dear:",1.0
"Suspend their song, and make a pause in bliss.",0.0
"OH for their song, to reach my lofty theme!",0.0
"Inspire me, Night! with all thy tuneful spheres;",0.0
And show to men the dignity of man;,1.0
"Shall Pagan pages glow celestial flame,",0.0
"And Christian languish? On our hearts, not heads,",1.0
"Falls the foul infamy. My heart, awake!",4.0
"Feel the great truths, which burst the tenfold night",4.0
"Of Heathen error, with a golden flood",1.0
"Of endless day. To feel, is to be fired;",1.0
"And to believe, Lorenzo, is to feel.",2.0
"Thou most indulgent, most tremendous Power!",0.0
"Still more tremendous, for Thy wondrous love,",2.0
"That arms, with awe more awful, Thy commands;",1.0
And foul transgression dips in sevenfold guilt:,1.0
How our hearts tremble at Thy love immense!,2.0
"Thou, rather than Thy justice should be stained,",1.0
"The greatest, that Thy Dearest far might bleed.",0.0
"Bold thought! shall I dare speak it, or repress?",5.0
"Which roused such vengeance, which such love inflamed?",0.0
"Over guilt how mountainous! with outstretched arms,",4.0
"Supporting, in full majesty, thy throne,",2.0
"When seemed its majesty to need support,",1.0
"Or that, or man, inevitably lost:",1.0
"Could labour such expedient from despair,",4.0
And rescue both? Both rescue! both exalt!,1.0
OH how are both exalted by the deed!,1.0
The wondrous deed! or shall I call it more?,0.0
A wonder in Omnipotence itself!,1.0
A mystery no less to gods than men!,2.0
"Not thus our infidels the Eternal draw, ' --",3.0
"A God all over, consummate, absolute,",2.0
"They set at odds Heaven's jarring attributes,",3.0
And with one excellence another wound;,2.0
"Maim Heaven's perfection, break its equal beams,",3.0
"Bid Mercy triumph over ' --  God himself,",1.0
"A God all mercy, is a God unjust.",1.0
"The ransom was paid down; the fund of Heaven,",2.0
"Heaven's inexhaustible, exhausted fund,",2.0
"Amazing and amazed, poured forth the price,",2.0
"All price beyond: though, curious to compute,",3.0
Archangels failed to cast the mighty sum:,1.0
For ever hides and glows in the Supreme.,1.0
And was the ransom paid? It was: and paid,2.0
What can exalt the bounty more? for you.,1.0
"The Sun beheld it ' --  No, the shocking scene",0.0
Drove back his chariot: midnight veiled his face;,4.0
"Not such as this, not such as Nature makes;",1.0
A midnight Nature shuddered to behold;,2.0
"A midnight new! a dread eclipse, without",1.0
At that enormous load of human guilt,0.0
"Which bowed His blessed head, overwhelmed His cross,",1.0
"Made groan the centre, burst earth's marble womb",2.0
"With pangs, strange pangs! delivered of her dead?",2.0
Hell howled; and Heaven that hour let fall a tear;,4.0
"Heaven wept, that men might smile! Heaven bled, that man",1.0
And is devotion virtue? IT is compelled:,4.0
What heart of stone but glows at thoughts like these?,0.0
The mind still higher; nor ever glance on man,3.0
To rest from wonders? Other wonders rise;,0.0
And strike wherever they roll: my soul is caught;,2.0
"Heaven's sovereign blessings, clustering from the cross,",1.0
"Rush on her in a throng, and close her round,",0.0
The prisoner of amaze! In His blessed life,2.0
"I see the path, and in His death the price,",0.0
"And in His great ascent the proof supreme,",0.0
Of immortality. ' --  And did He rise?,1.0
"Hear, OH you nations! Hear it, OH you dead!",1.0
He rose! He rose! He burst the bars of death.,0.0
"Lift up your heads, you everlasting gates,",0.0
And give the King of Glory to come in!,2.0
Who is the King of glory? He who left,1.0
His throne of glory for the pang of death.,1.0
And give the King of glory to come in!,2.0
Who is the King of Glory? He who slew,1.0
"The King of Glory, He whose glory filled",1.0
Heaven with amazement at His love to man;,1.0
And with Divine complacency beheld,2.0
"The theme, the joy, how then shall man sustain?",0.0
"OH the burst gates, crushed sting, demolished throne,",4.0
"Last gasp, of vanquished Death! Shout, Earth and Heaven,",2.0
This sum of good to man! whose nature then,0.0
"Took wing, and mounted with Him from the tomb.",3.0
"Then, then I rose; then first humanity",1.0
"Triumphant passed the crystal ports of light,",0.0
"Stupendous guest! and seized eternal youth,",0.0
"Seized in our name. Ever since, iT is blasphemous",5.0
To call man mortal. Man's mortality,2.0
Was then transferred to Death; and Heaven's duration,3.0
"This child of dust. ' --  Man, all immortal, hail!",1.0
"Hail, Heaven, all lavish of strange gifts to man!",3.0
Thine all the glory; man's the boundless bliss.,0.0
"Where am I rapt by this triumphant theme,",1.0
"On Christian joy's exulting wing, above",0.0
"What, if to pain immortal? if extent",1.0
"Of being, to preclude a close of woe?",1.0
"Where, then, my boast of immortality?",1.0
"I boast it still, though covered over with guilt:",2.0
"For guilt, not innocence, His life He poured;",1.0
Tis guilt alone can justify His death;,1.0
"Nor that, unless His death can justify",0.0
Relenting guilt in Heaven's indulgent sight.,2.0
"If, sick of folly, I relent, He writes",1.0
My name in heaven with that inverted spear,0.0
"A spear deep dipped in blood! which pierced His side,",1.0
And opened there a font for all mankind,2.0
"Who strive, who combat crimes, to drink and live",0.0
And what is this? ' --  Survey the wondrous cure:,1.0
And at each step let higher wonder rise!,1.0
Through means that speak its value infinite!,1.0
A pardon bought with blood; with blood Divine!,0.0
With blood Divine of Him I made my foe!,1.0
"Persisted to provoke! though wooed and awed,",1.0
"Blessed and chastised, a flagrant rebel still!",2.0
"A rebel, mid the thunders of His throne!",1.0
Nor I alone; a rebel universe!,1.0
My species up in arms; not one exempt!,2.0
As if our race were held of highest rank;,1.0
"And Godhead dearer, as more kind to man!",1.0
"Bound, every heart! and every bosom, burn!",1.0
OH what a scale of miracles is here!,1.0
Its towering summit lost beyond the thought,0.0
Of man or angel! OH that I could climb,1.0
"The wonderful ascent, with equal praise!",1.0
"Praise! flow for ever, if astonishment",3.0
"Will give thee leave, my praise! for ever flow;",0.0
"Praise ardent, cordial, constant, to high Heaven",3.0
"More fragrant than Arabia sacrificed,",3.0
And all her spicy mountains in a flame.,0.0
"So dear, so due to Heaven, shall Praise descend,",0.0
"First plucked by man to tickle mortal ears,",1.0
Thus diving in the pockets of the great?,2.0
"Is Praise the perquisite of every paw,",1.0
"Though black as hell, that grapples well for gold?",0.0
"Shall Praise her odours waste on Virtue's dead,",3.0
"Embalm the base, perfume the stench of guilt,",0.0
"Removing filth, or sinking it from sight,",1.0
"A scavenger in scenes where vacant posts,",1.0
"Return, apostate Praise! thou vagabond!",1.0
"There flow redundant; like Meander, flow",0.0
Back to thy fountain; to that parent Power,1.0
"Who gives the tongue to sound, the thought to soar,",0.0
The soul to be. Men homage pay to men;,1.0
Thoughtless beneath whose dreadful eye they bow,2.0
"In mutual awe profound, of clay to clay,",2.0
"Of guilt to guilt; and turn their backs on Thee,",0.0
To prostrate angels an amazing scene!,1.0
OH the presumption of man's awe for man! ' --,4.0
"Man's Author, End, Restorer, Law, and Judge!",1.0
"Thine, all; Day thine, and thine this gloom of Night,",1.0
"With all her wealth, with all her radiant worlds.",0.0
"What night eternal, but a frown from Thee?",1.0
"What heaven's meridian glory, but Thy smile?",5.0
"And shall not praise be Thine? not human praise,",1.0
OH may I breathe no longer than I breathe,2.0
"My soul in praise to Him who gave my soul,",1.0
"And all her infinite of prospect fair,",1.0
"Cut through the shades of hell, great Love, by thee,",1.0
Where shall that praise begin which never should end?,1.0
"Wherever I turn, what claim on all applause!",2.0
How richly wrought with attributes divine!,0.0
"What wisdom shines, what love! This midnight pomp,",1.0
This gorgeous arch with golden worlds inlaid!,1.0
"For others this profusion. Thou, apart,",2.0
"Above, beyond! OH tell me, mighty Mind,",1.0
Where art thou? Shall I dive into the deep?,0.0
"Call to the sun, or ask the roaring winds,",0.0
For their Creator? Shall I question loud,1.0
"The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells?",2.0
"Or holds HE furious storms in straightened reins,",2.0
What mean these questions? ' --  Trembling I retract;,1.0
My prostrate soul adores the present God.,0.0
Praise I a distant Deity? He tunes,1.0
"My voice if tuned; the nerve that writes, sustains:",0.0
"Wrapped in His being, I resound His praise:",2.0
"But though past all diffused, without a shore,",2.0
His essence; local is His throne as meet,1.0
To gather the dispersed as standards call,1.0
"The listed from afar; to fix a point,",1.0
"A central point, collective of his sons,",1.0
Since finite every nature but his own.,2.0
"The nameless He, whose nod is Nature's birth;",1.0
"And Nature's shield, the shadow of His hand;",1.0
"Her dissolution, His suspended smile!",1.0
"By gods unseen, unless through lustre lost.",0.0
"His glory, to created glory, bright",1.0
As that to central horrors; He looks down,2.0
"Boundless Creation! what art thou? A beam,",3.0
"Mutter, in dust and sin, the theme of Heaven?",2.0
Down to the centre should I send my thought,1.0
"Through beds of glittering over, and glowing gems,",4.0
"Goes out in darkness. If, on towering wing,",1.0
I send it through the boundless vault of stars;,1.0
"The stars, though rich, what dross their gold to Thee,",0.0
"Great, good, wise, wonderful, eternal King!",3.0
"If to those conscious stars thy throne around,",1.0
"And ask their strain; they want it, more they want,",0.0
"Poor their abundance, humble their sublime,",3.0
"Indebted still, their highest rapture burns,",0.0
"Short of its mark, defective, though Divine.",1.0
"Still more, ' --  this theme is man's, and man's alone;",0.0
Their vast appointments reach it not: they see,0.0
"On earth a bounty not indulged on high,",0.0
And downward look for Heaven's superior praise!,4.0
"Firstborn of either, high in fields of light,",1.0
"View man, to see the glory of your God!",2.0
"Could angels envy, they had envied here;",1.0
"And some did envy: and the rest, though gods,",1.0
"Yet still gods unredeemed, there triumphs man,",1.0
"Tempted to weigh the dust against the skies,",2.0
"They less would feel, though more adorn, my theme.",0.0
They sung Creation for in that they shared;,1.0
How rose in melody that child of love!,1.0
"Creation's great superior, man! is thine;",2.0
Thine is Redemption. They just gave the key;,2.0
"Though human, yet Divine; for should not this",0.0
"Far more than labour, ' --  it was Death in heaven.",1.0
If not far bolder still to disbelieve.,2.0
"Here pause, and ponder. Was there death in heaven?",1.0
"What then on earth? on earth, which struck the blow?",0.0
"Who struck it? Who? ' --  OH how is man enlarged,",0.0
Seen through this medium! How the pigmy towers!,1.0
How voided his vast distance from the skies!,3.0
"How this demonstrates, through the thickest cloud",0.0
"Of guilt and clay condensed, the son of Heaven;",0.0
"The double son; the made, and the remade!",1.0
And shall Heaven's double property be lost?,1.0
Man's double madness only can destroy.,2.0
To man the bleeding Cross has promised all;,0.0
The bleeding Cross has sworn eternal grace;,0.0
"Who gave his life, what grace shall He deny?",1.0
"OH you, who from this Rock of Ages leap,",0.0
"Disdainful, plunging headlong in the deep!",1.0
"What cordial joy, what consolation strong,",0.0
"Whatever winds arise, or billows roll,",1.0
Our interest in the Master of the storm!,1.0
"Cling there, and in wrecked Nature's ruins smile,",1.0
"Man, know thyself! All wisdom centres there;",2.0
To none man seems ignoble but to man.,2.0
Angels that grandeur men overlook admire;,1.0
"How long shall human nature be their book,",0.0
"Degenerate mortal, and unread by thee?",3.0
The beam dim Reason sheds shows wonders there;,3.0
"What high contents, illustrious faculties!",3.0
"But the grand comment, which displays at full",2.0
"Our human height, scarce severed from Divine,",2.0
"By Heaven composed, was published on the cross.",1.0
"Who looks on that, and sees not in himself",0.0
"An awful stranger, a terrestrial god?",3.0
A glorious partner with the Deity,4.0
"In that high attribute, immortal life?",3.0
"If a God bleeds, he bleeds not for a worm:",3.0
"I gaze, and, as I gaze, my mounting soul",1.0
"Catches strange fire, Eternity! at thee;",4.0
"And drops the world, ' --  or rather, more enjoys.",0.0
How changed the face of Nature! how improved!,1.0
"What seemed a chaos, shines a glorious world;",2.0
"Or what a world, an Eden; heightened all!",0.0
"It is another scene, another self;",1.0
"And still another, as time rolls along;",2.0
And that a self far more illustrious still.,3.0
"Beyond long ages, yet rolled up in shades",3.0
"How Nature opens, and receives my soul",1.0
Encounter and embrace me! What new births,2.0
"Of strange adventure, foreign to the sun;",1.0
"Where what now charms, perhaps whatever exists,",4.0
"Old Time and fair Creation, are forgot!",2.0
Is this extravagant? Of man we form,2.0
"Extravagant conception, to be just:",2.0
Conception unconfined wants wings to reach him:,1.0
Beyond its reach the Godhead only more.,1.0
"He, the great Father, kindled at one flame",2.0
From Spirit's awful fountain; poured Himself,0.0
Through all their souls; but not in equal stream;,0.0
"Profuse or frugal of the inspiring God,",3.0
"As His wise plan demanded; and, when past",3.0
"Their various trials in their various spheres,",4.0
"If they continue rational, as made,",2.0
"His throne their centre, and His smile their crown.",1.0
"Why doubt we, then, the glorious truth to sing,",2.0
"Though yet unsung, as deemed, perhaps, too bold?",1.0
Angels are men of a superior kind;,5.0
"Angels are men in lighter habit clad,",2.0
High over celestial mountains winged in flight;,3.0
"And men are angels loaded for an hour,",1.0
"And slippery step, the bottom of the steep.",1.0
"Angels their failings, mortals have their praise;",2.0
"While here, of corps ethereal, such enrolled,",3.0
"And summoned to the glorious standard soon,",3.0
Which flames eternal crimson through the skies.,1.0
"Nor are our brothers thoughtless of their kin,",2.0
Yet absent; but not absent from their love.,2.0
Michael has fought our battles; Raphael sung,3.0
"Our triumphs; Gabriel on our errands flown,",1.0
"Sent by the SOVEREIGN: and are these, OH man,",2.0
"Thy friends, thy warm allies? and thou shame burn",1.0
The cheek to cinder! rival to the brute?,1.0
Religion's all. Descending from the skies,1.0
"To wretched man, the goddess in her left",0.0
"Holds out this world, and in her right the next.",0.0
Religion! the sole voucher man is man;,2.0
Supporter sole of man above himself;,0.0
"Even in this night of frailty, change, and death,",0.0
She gives the soul a soul that acts a god.,0.0
Here is firm footing; here is solid rock;,2.0
This can support us: all is sea besides;,1.0
"And bids earth roll, nor feels her idle whirl.",1.0
"As when a wretch, from thick, polluted air,",0.0
"Darkness, and stench, and suffocating damps,",2.0
"Climbs some fair eminence, where either pure",3.0
"His heart exults, his spirits cast their load;",0.0
"As if newborn, he triumphs in the change;",2.0
"So joys the soul, when, from inglorious aims,",3.0
"Of ties terrestrial, set at large, she mounts",2.0
"To Reason's region, her own element,",2.0
"Breathes hopes immortal, and affects the skies.",2.0
"Religion! thou the soul of happiness,",2.0
"And, groaning Calvary, of thee! There shine",2.0
The noblest truths; there strongest motives sting;,0.0
There sacred violence assaults the soul;,1.0
"Can love allure us, or can terror awe?",1.0
He weeps! ' --  the falling drop puts out the sun;,2.0
He sighs! ' --  the sigh earth's deep foundation shakes.,1.0
"If in His love so terrible, what then",1.0
"His wrath inflamed, His tenderness on fire?",1.0
"Can prayer, can praise avert it? ' --  Thou, my all!",1.0
"My theme, my inspiration, and my crown!",1.0
"My strength in age, my rise in low estate!",0.0
"My soul's ambition, pleasure, wealth, my world!",0.0
"My light in darkness, and my life in death!",1.0
"My boast through time, bliss through eternity!",3.0
"Eternity, too short to speak Thy praise,",2.0
Or fathom Thy profound of love to man!,1.0
"To man of men the meanest, even to me;",1.0
"My Sacrifice, my God! ' --  what things are these?",0.0
What then art THOU? By what name shall I call Thee?,1.0
"Knew I the name devout archangels use,",1.0
"Devout archangels should the name enjoy,",1.0
"None half so dear as that which, though unspoken,",2.0
Still glows at heart. OH how Omnipotence,4.0
Is lost in Love! Thou great PHILANTHROPIST!,1.0
"Father of angels, but the friend of man!",3.0
"Like Jacob, fondest of the younger born!",1.0
"From out the flames, and quench it in Thy blood!",1.0
"How art Thou pleased, by bounty to distress,",1.0
"To make us groan beneath our gratitude,",0.0
"Too big for birth! to favour, and confound!",2.0
To challenge and to distance all return!,1.0
"Of lavish love stupendous heights to soar,",0.0
And leave Praise panting in the distant vale!,1.0
"But since the naked will obtains Thy smile,",1.0
"Beneath this monument of praise unpaid,",1.0
"That noblest hymn to Heaven, for ever lie",0.0
"Entombed my Fear of Death! and every fear,",0.0
"The dread of every evil, but Thy frown.",1.0
Whom see I yonder so demurely smile?,1.0
"Laughter a labour, and might break their rest.",2.0
"Serene, of soft address! who mildly make",0.0
"An unobtrusive tender of your hearts,",1.0
But for the blessing wrestle not with Heaven!,1.0
"Think you my song too turbulent, too warm?",3.0
To touch things sacred? OH for warmer still!,1.0
"OH for an humbler heart, and prouder song!",0.0
"Which melted over doomed Salem, deign to look",3.0
"Compassion to the coldness of my breast,",2.0
And pardon to the winter in my strain.,1.0
"On such a theme, iT is impious to be calm;",3.0
"Passion is reason, transport temper, here.",2.0
"Her own for man so strongly, not disdain",0.0
"That prose of piety, a lukewarm praise?",2.0
"But when it glows, its heat is struck to heaven;",0.0
To human hearts her golden harps are strung;,0.0
High heaven's orchestra chants Amen to man.,3.0
"Hear I, or dream I hear, their distant strain,",0.0
"Sweet to the soul, and tasting strong of heaven,",0.0
"Through the vast spaces of the universe,",3.0
To cheer me in this melancholy gloom?,0.0
Admit me of their choir? OH when will Death,1.0
"Give beings, one in nature, one abode?",3.0
Great Future! glorious Patron of the Past,4.0
And Present! when shall I thy shrine adore?,1.0
"From Nature's continent, immensely wide,",1.0
"Immensely blessed, this little isle of life,",0.0
"This dark, incarcerating colony,",1.0
Divides us. Happy day that breaks our chain!,0.0
"That leads to Nature's great metropolis,",1.0
"Of elder brothers, to our Father's throne,",1.0
"Who hears our Advocate, and, through his wounds",1.0
"Beholding man, allows that tender name.",0.0
IT is this makes Christian triumph a command;,8.0
IT is this makes joy a duty to the wise:,5.0
IT is impious in a good man to be sad.,2.0
"Touched by the Cross, we live, or more than die;",0.0
That touch which touched not angels; more Divine,0.0
"Than that which touched confusion into form,",0.0
And darkness into glory: partial touch!,0.0
"Sacred to man, and sovereign through the whole",3.0
"Long golden chain of miracles, which hangs",2.0
"From heaven through all duration, and supports,",2.0
"In one illustrious and amazing plan,",4.0
"Thy welfare, Nature, and thy God's renown;",2.0
"That touch, with charm celestial, heals the soul",0.0
"Diseased, drives pain from guilt, lights life in death,",2.0
Dost ask me when? When HE who died returns!,0.0
"Returns, how changed! Where then the Man of Woe?",0.0
"And all His courts, exhausted by the tide",1.0
"Of deities triumphant in His train,",1.0
Leave a stupendous solitude in heaven;,2.0
"Replenished soon, replenished with increase",1.0
Of pomp and multitude; a radiant band,0.0
"Of angels new, of angels from the tomb.",1.0
Is this by Fancy thrown remote? and rise,1.0
Dark doubts between the promise and event?,2.0
I send thee not to volumes for thy cure;,1.0
Read Nature; Nature is a friend to truth;,2.0
"Nature is Christian; preaches to mankind,",4.0
And bids dead matter aid us in our creed.,1.0
Hast thou never seen the comet's flaming flight?,0.0
"The illustrious stranger, passing, terror sheds",3.0
"On gazing nations, from his fiery train",3.0
Of length enormous; takes his ample round,0.0
Of more than solar glory; doubles wide,0.0
"Heaven's mighty cape; and then revisits earth,",0.0
From the long travel of a thousand years.,3.0
"Thus, at the destined period, shall return",2.0
"HE, once on earth, who bids the comet blaze;",0.0
"And, with Him, all our triumph over the tomb.",3.0
"Nature is dumb on this important point,",3.0
Or Hope precarious in low whisper breathes:,3.0
"But turn, and dart into the dark again.",0.0
"Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of Death,",1.0
"To break the shock blind Nature cannot shun,",1.0
And lands Thought smoothly on the farther shore.,2.0
"Death's terror is the mountain Faith removes,",2.0
"Why disbelieve, Lorenzo? ' --  Reason bids,",1.0
Nor shalt thou want a rival in thy flame.,0.0
"Demanding praise, on earth, or earth above!",0.0
On passive Nature before Thought was born?,1.0
My birth's blind bigot! fired with local zeal!,3.0
Weighed true and false in her impartial scale;,2.0
"My heart became the convert of my head,",1.0
And made that choice which once was but my fate.,1.0
On argument alone my faith is built:,1.0
"Where proof invites, iT is Reason then no more;",1.0
"And such our proof, that or our Faith is right,",2.0
"Or Reason lies, and Heaven designed it wrong.",0.0
Absolve we this? what then is blasphemy?,1.0
"Fond as we are, and justly fond, of Faith,",1.0
"Reason, we grant, demands our first regard;",2.0
"Reason the root, fair Faith is but the flower:",4.0
"The fading flower shall die, but Reason lives",2.0
Immortal as her Father in the skies.,1.0
"When Faith is virtue, Reason makes it so.",0.0
Wrong not the Christian: think not Reason yours;,1.0
IT is Reason our great Master holds so dear;,2.0
IT is Reason's injured rights His wrath resents;,0.0
IT is Reason's voice obeyed His glories crown:,0.0
"To give lost Reason life, He poured His own.",1.0
"Believe, and show the reason of a man;",1.0
"Believe, and taste the pleasure of a God;",1.0
"Believe, and look with triumph on the tomb.",1.0
Through Reason's wounds alone thy Faith can die;,0.0
"Which, dying, tenfold terror gives to Death,",1.0
To those who push our antidote aside;,1.0
"Those boasted friends to Reason and to man,",1.0
"Whose fatal love stabs every joy, and leaves",1.0
"Death's terror heightened, gnawing on his heart.",2.0
"And vilified at once; of Reason dead,",1.0
"Then deified, as monarchs were of old;",2.0
What conduct plants proud laurels on their brow?,2.0
Spike up their inch of reason on the point,1.0
"Of philosophic wit, called Argument,",2.0
"And then, exulting in their taper, cry,",0.0
Talk they of morals? OH Thou bleeding Love!,0.0
Thou Maker of new morals to mankind!,4.0
The grand morality is love of Thee.,1.0
"As wise as Socrates, if such they were,",1.0
"Nor will they abate of that sublime renown,",1.0
"As wise as Socrates, might justly stand",0.0
The definition of a modern fool.,1.0
A CHRISTIAN is the highest style of man.,1.0
"And is there who the blessed cross wipes off,",2.0
"If angels tremble, iT is at such a sight;",1.0
More struck with grief or wonder who can tell?,0.0
You sold to sense! you citizens of earth!,1.0
"For such alone the Christian banner fly,",1.0
"Know you how wise your choice, how great your gain?",0.0
Behold the picture of earth's happiest man:,4.0
"He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back,",0.0
"And says he called another; that arrives,",0.0
Meets the same welcome; yet he still calls on;,5.0
"Till One calls him, who varies not his call,",0.0
"But holds him fast in chains of darkness bound,",0.0
"Till Nature dies, and Judgement sets him free;",0.0
A freedom far less welcome than his chain.,2.0
But grant man happy; grant him happy long;,1.0
"That hour, so late, is nimble in approach,",0.0
"That, like a post, comes on in full career.",2.0
How swift the shuttle flies that weaves thy shroud!,0.0
Where is the fable of thy former years?,1.0
Thrown down the gulf of time; as far from thee,0.0
"As they had never been thine; the day in hand,",1.0
"Like a bird struggling to get loose, is going;",6.0
"Scarce now possessed, so suddenly iT is gone;",2.0
"And each swift moment, fled, is death advanced",1.0
By strides as swift. Eternity is all;,1.0
And whose eternity? who triumphs there?,2.0
Bathing for ever in the font of bliss!,2.0
For ever basking in the Deity!,1.0
"Lorenzo, who? ' --  Thy conscience shall reply.",0.0
"While useful its advice, its accent mild.",2.0
"By the great edict, the divine decree,",3.0
Truth is deposited with man's last hour;,4.0
"An honest hour, and faithful to her trust.",1.0
"Truth, eldest daughter of the Deity!",3.0
"Truth, of his council when he made the worlds;",0.0
"Nor less, when he shall judge the worlds he made!",1.0
"Though silent long, and sleeping never so sound,",2.0
"Smothered with errors, and oppressed with toys,",3.0
"But from her cavern in the soul's abyss,",1.0
"The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame,",1.0
"Loudly convinces, and severely pains.",3.0
The keen vibration of bright Truth ' --  is hell:,2.0
"And trust, for once, a prophet and a priest:",1.0
"Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.",3.0
"Some Guardian Powers, in Pity to our Land,",5.0
Heaven will by other Means convert the West;,0.0
And you must make your native Country blessed:,1.0
Your Business there was but to serve Mankind;,3.0
"To Virtue, here, may thoughtless Souls persuade,",0.0
"Of these no Realm, from Lapland to Japan,",4.0
"Displays such Numbers, as Hibernia can.",3.0
"Haste then, OH haste! return, and bless our Eyes,",3.0
Nor more the Call of Providence despise:,1.0
"Who sacrifice their Country to their Pride,",1.0
"And squander vast Estates at Balls and Play,",0.0
"While public Debts increase, and Funds decay;",0.0
"While the starved Hind with Want distracted lives,",3.0
"Nor tastes that Plenty, which his Labour gives.",0.0
"Let those alone to foreign Countries stray,",2.0
"Who, with their Wealth, their Follies take away.",0.0
"Whatever such may act, wherever they go,",4.0
"Do thou return, to mitigate our Woe.",1.0
Our Gold may flow to Albion with each Tide;,1.0
But let them with that Gold be satisfied:,1.0
"The Want of that, we long have learnt to bear;",0.0
"But Souls like thine accomplished, cannot spate.",1.0
"And that I set no Idol up above thee,",2.0
"I Love thee more then Life or Interest,",0.0
Nor hast thou any Rival in my Breast;,0.0
"I Love thee so, that I would calmly bear;",0.0
"The Mocks of Fools, and bless my happy Ear",0.0
Let me from thee but one kind whisper hear;,3.0
"I Love thee so, that for a smile of thine,",0.0
"Might this, and all the brighter Worlds be mine,",0.0
"I would not pause, but with a noble Scorn,",1.0
At the unequal slighted offer spurn;,1.0
"Yes, I to Fools these trifles can resign,",1.0
"Nor envy them the World, while thou art mine;",1.0
"I love thee as my Centre, and can find",2.0
No Point but thee to stay my doubtful mind;,2.0
"Potent and uncontrolled its Motions were,",3.0
"Urged with a thousand specious Baits, I stood,",0.0
"Displeased, and sighing for some distant good,",1.0
To calm its genuine Dictates ' --  but betwixt,3.0
"Them all, remained suspended and unfit.",1.0
"I love thee so, it's more than Death to be,",1.0
"My Life, my Love, my all, deprived of thee;",0.0
"It's Hell, it's Horror, shades and darkness then,",0.0
"I Love thee so, I'de kiss the Dart should free",4.0
"My flattering Soul, and send her up to thee;",3.0
"She'd spread her Wings, and bid the world goodnight.",1.0
"Scarce for my bright conductors would I stay,",0.0
"But lead thy flaming Ministers the way,",1.0
In their known passage to eternal day.,3.0
"And yet the Climes of Light would not seem fair,",1.0
And coped all Heaven in his sweet embrace.,0.0
"JOIN now Apollo the harmonious strain,",4.0
"OH Muses, Graces, all you gentle train;",1.0
"Once more conspire to aid my humble lays,",3.0
"A comedy youth, young Cupid's favourite care,",3.0
"Handsome in shape, and graceful in his air:",2.0
"Can sigh, and talk, and laugh, and love with ease.",0.0
"But OH what words, what numbers can express,",1.0
"This I'll essay, although the task's severe,",2.0
While Delia drops a sympathetic tear.,0.0
"And thus it happened, on a fatal morn,",1.0
"Roused with the sound of hound and echoing horn,",2.0
"This charming youth, on rural sports intent,",0.0
With some companions to the field he went:,1.0
"Each hound he summons, they attend him there,",1.0
With eager steps pursue the timid hare.,0.0
"Pleased with their toil, over various heights they went,",4.0
Nor did the craggy cliffs their speed prevent.,0.0
"The chase now past, their late inspiring toil,",1.0
Our jovial sportsman led to rest a while.,2.0
"To the next inn with hasty steps they pass,",1.0
And quaff with social hearts the cheerful glass.,0.0
Once more he tries for pleasure on the plain.,1.0
"The scene is changed, his pleasure now is gone,",0.0
Lost and forlorn he wanders all alone.,2.0
"And in Bane's moss, alas! he lands at last.",1.0
"His trembling hand, which held the lifeless hare,",0.0
Now casts it from him as not worth his care.,2.0
"Three times he drops, three times he lifts his plaid,",2.0
Hope and despair by turns his breast invade:,2.0
"He looked for help, alas! no help was nigh,",1.0
"Am I to Death become an easy prey,",1.0
"With quivering lips methought he thus did say,",4.0
"Now farewell hope, my much loved friends, adieu;",3.0
"My dear companions, charming Delia too,",0.0
"OH wert thou near to heave a tender sigh,",0.0
Upon thy breast I would contented die:,0.0
"My race is run, life's fleeting vision over.",1.0
Till balmy sleep bestowed a short relief.,0.0
"On mossy pillows rests his drooping head,",0.0
"While azure curtains hang around his bed,",0.0
"All night extended on the turf he lay,",1.0
Nor opened his eyes till dawning of the day:,3.0
"The chilling frost his tender form had seized,",0.0
"But Phoebus' beams the captive swain released,",0.0
"Abashed, confounded, being thus confined,",0.0
To free himself part of his coat resigned;,2.0
"With tardy pace the plains he wandered over,",0.0
Some cot or village wished to see once more.,1.0
"Kind fortune now did her assistance lend,",2.0
And led him safely to a generous friend.,3.0
And at the door he knocked with all his might.,0.0
"Impatience, by repeated strokes, confessed,",1.0
"Till they with joy received the welcome guest,",1.0
"Who seemed as one from mortals long estranged,",1.0
His lost address and comely visage changed:,0.0
"Struck with amaze, they viewed his dismal case,",2.0
"Nor were they slow in rendering him solace,",2.0
"Unto the parlour fire he first is led,",2.0
"And cheer the lonely, wandering, helpless youth.",2.0
"Each friendly aid conspired to ease his pain,",2.0
"You lovely nymphs, now sing in softest strains",1.0
"You charming youths, blessed with his company,",3.0
Pray that Bane Moss he never more may see.,3.0
That Autumn brings commands thee to retreat;,1.0
"It fades the roses which thy temples bind,",0.0
And the green sandals which adorn thy feet.,2.0
"When most they love to seek the mountain side,",0.0
And mark the pomp of twilight hastening near.,1.0
"Then fairy forms around the poet throng,",0.0
On every cloud a glowing charm he sees....,0.0
"Sweet Evening, these delights to thee belong:....",3.0
"And early Night, attendant on its sway,",1.0
"You look surprised, in this deriding Age,",1.0
To find that Love dares venture on the Stage;,2.0
"Where you, of late seem nothing to approve,",2.0
"But what, in Men of Sense, Contempt must move;",0.0
You must attend a dying Lover's Woes.,0.0
In all my Height of Fortune to complain:,1.0
Alike unknowing in its Pain and Joy:,0.0
"When you despise its Happiness or Woe,",2.0
"You but your Want of Sense, or Virtue, show:",1.0
"Be humane then; be touched with Scenes refined,",0.0
"Which, while they raise the Passions, mend the Mind:",0.0
"And, by your Pity of my Woes To night,",2.0
"Or, if you scorn to hear what I advise,",2.0
Let great Examples teach you to be wise.,2.0
"Lovers are not so out of Fashion here,",2.0
As ever could each other's Heart engage;,0.0
"Endowed with every Grace of Form and Mind,",0.0
To raise the Love and Wonder of Mankind:,2.0
"Though blessed with every Gift to merit Fame,",0.0
Their highest Glory is their mutual Flame:,3.0
"A Flame, like that my tender Bosom fired;",0.0
"But ruled by Reason, and by Heaven inspired:",1.0
"Their Love like mine, but different far their Fate;",1.0
"As happy they, as I unfortunate.",3.0
"But my Distress had never reached the Stage,",1.0
Had Heaven reserved me to the present Age:,1.0
"None would have dared my Fondness to abuse,",1.0
"Had I, like her, but known a Carteret.",1.0
THE Tree of Knowledge we in Eden proved;,1.0
The Tree of Life was thence to Heaven removed:,0.0
"Hope is the growth of Earth, the only Plant,",0.0
"Which either Heaven, or Paradise could want.",0.0
"Hell knows it not, to Us alone confined,",2.0
And Cordial only to the Human Mind.,1.0
"Nor wave a Medicine, which thy God prepares.",1.0
"TO you who never the willing Verse refuse,",3.0
Thus sings an humble but a grateful Muse:,2.0
"Our Theme is Hope ' --  but of a different kind,",1.0
The Bane or Blessing of the subject Mind;,1.0
"This dawning Joy that to the Soul was given,",1.0
As a short Earnest of its future Heaven:,3.0
"To blame is not the Purpose of my Song,",1.0
But warn our Sisters not to place it wrong.,0.0
"Shun trifling Hope, that bids your Fancy roll,",1.0
The constant Torment of a restless Soul:,2.0
Sick Disappointment and the secret Tear:,2.0
Beneath the Treasures of an Indian Mine,2.0
"Much Fortune gives ' --  Yet, Give us more, they cry,",0.0
And some new Prospect lures the dazzled Eye:,1.0
"Like wanton Babes they reach at something more,",0.0
Whose Birth was humble and whose Fortune poor;,1.0
Yet you may see his roving Thoughts depend,0.0
"On some bold Venture or some wealthy Friend,",2.0
Till the lost Bankrupt drops into the Jaw,2.0
Of pale Discredit and voracious Law.,1.0
"With Store of Logic in his aching Head,",0.0
"Sees pleasing Pictures in his Bosom drawn,",1.0
The Dean's soft Cushion and the Bishop's Lawn:,2.0
"He dines with Lords and takes the highest Place,",0.0
But soon his Heart the lost Delusion mourns:,0.0
And the proud Prelate to a Curate turns,1.0
"Who talks of Men and Books he never saw,",0.0
"Now struts a Counsellor, a Sergeant now,",2.0
While the quick Turns elate his scornful Brow.,3.0
Behold the Judge in that commanding Frown:,0.0
"Cecilia soft, whose pleasing Features shine",0.0
"Still to her eyes recalls the scattered Darts,",0.0
Still hopes the Conquest of a thousand Hearts.,2.0
Wrapped in soft Visions on her Couch she lies;,3.0
"Knights, Peers, and Garters swim before her Eyes.",1.0
"She rides in triumph through her Husband's Fields,",1.0
"And hears the rattling of her Chariot Wheels,",3.0
Till her charmed Senses will contain no more;,4.0
"Then flies the Vision through its Ivory Door,",1.0
Guilt in his Breast and Wrinkles on his Brow;,1.0
"Yet points out Cloe for his charming Bride,",0.0
And fain would tempt her to his frozen Side:,1.0
"At Chapel where soft Grace and Virtue calls,",1.0
"Where Conscience warns the guilty Wretch to pray,",0.0
And beg a Blessing on his closing Day.,1.0
Grins at his Cloe with a ghastly Smile.,0.0
Some other Lesson in his gloomy School.,0.0
Blank Disappointment with its Train attends,2.0
Tinged with false Lustre by Reflection glow:,4.0
"Like its faint Rays they hardly last an Hour,",3.0
Lost in a Cloud or melted in a Shower.,0.0
"If trifling Hope has any room to plead,",0.0
It's that where Nature's simple Dictates lead:,1.0
"So the wet Hind, who travels over the Plain",4.0
Through the cold Mire and afflicting Rain;,2.0
"Though his low Roofs with trickling Showers run,",2.0
May hope next Morn to see the cheerful Sun:,0.0
Or when keen Hunger at the evening Tide,1.0
"Drives home the Shepherd to his rustic Bride,",2.0
Though he should dream of Dumpling all the way.,1.0
"To the harsh Usage of a Tyrant Spouse,",3.0
"To see his Mistress in her Woes rejoice,",0.0
"Her Fortune wasted on his guilty Choice,",1.0
Yet only answer with a silent Tear.,1.0
Though patient Wives must wait the Fate's good time;,0.0
"Yet she, I think, may hope without a Crime.",0.0
"But the grand Hope that yields perpetual Joy,",4.0
"No trifles gave, no trifles can destroy;",3.0
"With Mercy from the blessed Abode it came,",1.0
Its Birth Celestial and its End the same;,1.0
"That bids our Days in one smooth Tenor roll,",2.0
"On smarting Want it pours a healing Balm,",0.0
Makes Toil seem pleasant and Affliction calm.,3.0
"No harmony reigns here, it's discord all:",3.0
"Then why thus swell your liquid throats, to cheer",1.0
"A wretch undone, for ever lost to joy,",0.0
"And marked for ruin? Seek yonder leafy grove,",3.0
Indulgent bliss there waits you; shun this spot,0.0
"Here sigh thy woes away; unheard the groan,",0.0
Unseen the falling tear; in this lone wild,1.0
And smiles in ignorance at what he feels not.,1.0
"Yet, yet indulge not, listening winds may catch",0.0
"Coherent sighs, and waft them far away,",0.0
Where levity holds high the senseless roar,2.0
"Of laughter, and pale woe, abashed, retires.",2.0
"Or, should my woes be to the winds diffused,",1.0
"No longer mine, once past the quivering lip;",5.0
"Some might descend on the gay, grinning herd;",2.0
"But few, how few, would reach the feeling mind!",0.0
"Yet I will own thee, and bid Hope good night,",2.0
Since first I listened to her pleasing lore;,1.0
"Ah, me! how bright she painted future scenes,",0.0
And sweetly spoke of blessings yet unborn!,1.0
"Or hate thee, though we never meet again.",1.0
"With thee, Despair, must I then tread the path",2.0
"Of tedious life, nor cast one look behind,",2.0
On all the piles of bliss gay Hope had raised?,1.0
"But Heaven thought otherwise ' --  OH, generous world!",6.0
"Accept my surly thanks, and few are due",0.0
"Where little is bestowed. The reasoner raves,",3.0
"My mind, thus straying from the trodden path:",2.0
"I heed you not, nor have I time to spin",0.0
The thread of argument; yet fain would know,1.0
"The ready road to rest. Teach me, you wise,",2.0
"You who have trod the endless, endless whirl",0.0
"To find the realms of rest, for such there are,",1.0
To prove a home when the sad soul shall need it.,1.0
"Imagination wanders, while the eye",0.0
"Seems far extended, though the senseless balls",2.0
Of meditation. What's the grand result?,0.0
Unwilling to be nothing; are not you?,2.0
"Say, have you found it? can you teach the road",1.0
"Differ so far, millions of Heavens are formed;",6.0
"Each vain philosopher, by pride misled,",1.0
"Indifferent, views the group of anxious souls",0.0
"Searching the path to rest; if his they miss,",3.0
"He swears no other way can ever be found,",2.0
O! narrow notion of a God supreme!,1.0
O! barbarous portrait of a God all love!,3.0
"Bewilder not my soul; for see, the page",0.0
"Of boundless Mercy, and of Christian Faith,",1.0
"Clears up the doubtful future; all is peace,",0.0
"Hope dawns, an earnest of the perfect day.",3.0
"CELIA and I, to share the vernal Gales,",1.0
One Evening wandered over the dewy Vales;,2.0
"Still was the Soul, and every Sense was pleased,",0.0
And the cool Heart from Care and Business eased:,2.0
Round the fair Borders of a blooming Grove;,3.0
"Reclined at ease within the secret Shades,",0.0
"A lovely Bower held two fairer Maids,",1.0
"Soft Flavia one, with Cheeks of rosy Die,",2.0
And Sylvia famous for her starlike Eye.,4.0
"Sylvia, whose Wit was versed in charming Wiles,",1.0
Who often varied her Discourse with Smiles:,4.0
"Of Innocence oppressed by mightier Wrong,",3.0
And many Proofs she drew from sacred Song:,0.0
When Flavia thus ' --  behold the lingering Day,2.0
Still paints you Heavens with a silver Grey;,2.0
As if she listened to thy charming Tongue:,2.0
"The Rival Brothers, let my Sylvia tell,",2.0
"How cross they loved, and who untimely fell:",0.0
"Her Friend replied, You shall not ask in vain,",0.0
Although the Storey gives thy Sylvia Pain:,3.0
"Then on her Cheek her ivory Hand she laid,",0.0
And with a Sigh began the lovely Maid.,1.0
"Long time before our Fathers Lives began,",1.0
"There lived an ancient and a worthy Man,",1.0
Was long the Favourite of indulgent Fame;,1.0
"Just without Pride, without Reluctance kind;",3.0
"For inborn Goodness with soft Pity joined,",3.0
"His temperate Soul was never disturbed with Rage,",2.0
But graceful bore the reverend Weight of Age:,0.0
A moderate Fortune with a peaceful Mind:,3.0
"His Dwelling seated on a rising Hill,",1.0
Was watered round with many a crystal Rill:,2.0
"Gardens and Groves the smothered Buildings screen,",2.0
Which looked the Seat of some retired Queen.,0.0
"The fairest Virgin of the shining Band,",1.0
And gave her Beauties to his faithful Arms:,1.0
And left her Spouse to wail his constant Bride:,0.0
"Heaven spared one Child to crown his feeble Age,",0.0
To cheer his Spirits and his Grief assuage:,1.0
To her alone was every Wish confined:,1.0
"Nor did the Virgin less deserve his Care,",0.0
Her guiltless Soul was like her Person fair;,0.0
Her Mother's Features to her Father's Mind;,1.0
"Not opening Roses nor the bashful Day,",3.0
"Her Eyes were dazzling and her Temples fair,",1.0
And every Feature wore a smiling Air;,0.0
"For Wit and Learning she outstripped her Kind,",1.0
Nor could her Sex debase her noble Mind;,0.0
"In search of Knowledge she would spend the Day,",1.0
And Judgement walked before her guiltless Way.,0.0
"There lived a wealthy and a worthy Peer,",1.0
Loved by his Friends and to his Country dear;,1.0
"Both noble Youths and by their Friends admired,",2.0
And Thirst of Glory both their Hearts inspired:,0.0
And his bright Eyes were like a Morning Sun:,2.0
"Rays quick and fierce their subtle Lightnings fling,",1.0
His Cheeks were fresher than the dawning Spring;,1.0
Continual Passion tore his boiling Soul;,2.0
"Disdainful, proud, with an imperious Will,",2.0
Headlong he rushed on unsuspected Ill:,1.0
"Reason in vain opposed her sacred Shield,",2.0
And Virtue's self must to the Whirlwind yield:,2.0
"No rugged Storms could shake his easy Mind,",1.0
Still calm and pleasant as the Evening Skies:,2.0
"When not a Breeze through the still Region flies,",2.0
"No gloomy Frowns a sullen Heart betray,",1.0
His Brow was thoughtless and his Air was gay:,1.0
"The pleasing Mansion of their Father's Friend,",1.0
"As with her Years her rising Beauty grew,",1.0
"With airy Hopes they nursed the rival Flame,",0.0
And sought with Gifts to win the smiling Dame;,0.0
"But she too cautious to be soon betrayed,",3.0
"Their Merit balanced, and their Tempers weighed:",1.0
"His Power, Titles and his rising Fame;",1.0
"And the gay Maid beheld with early Pride,",2.0
"That way would oft her Vanity incline,",1.0
But then her Reason feared his base Design:,0.0
"Still at her Heart the sullen Doubt remains,",0.0
And put a Period to the golden Dreams:,1.0
Clear as his Face and sprightly as his Mien;,1.0
"Soft as his Voice, and like his Brow serene.",0.0
"Nor thinks of Castles, Towns, and shining Spires;",0.0
"Her changing Thoughts prefer an easy Home,",0.0
And dwell with Patience on a younger Son.,1.0
He meets Resentment and a frozen Brow:,1.0
"In vain to move the scornful Nymph he tries,",0.0
"Without Concern he met the Fair's Disdain,",0.0
Nor could her Frown disturb the haughty Swain:,0.0
"Conscious of Merit he pursued her still,",3.0
And only thought her Tongue belied her Will:,0.0
"Who bears her Arms and fans her purple Fire,",0.0
Are not regarded in the Realms above;,0.0
And Vows to Virgins but the Sport of Air;,1.0
"That Maids are Merchandise, and may be sold",1.0
For charming Eloquence and mighty Gold.,1.0
"A Grove there was, a venerable Shade,",2.0
"No hostile Iron durst her Boughs invade,",1.0
"Whose lofty Pines for several Ages grew,",0.0
And reverend Oaks a hundred Winters knew:,0.0
"A crystal River wandered halfway round,",1.0
When Sol departed to the western Sky;,1.0
"While the proud Youth who found himself despised,",3.0
"Grew wild with Love and desperate with Despair,",2.0
And vowed Destruction to the gentle Pair:,1.0
"No quiet Hour his surly Spirit knows,",1.0
Nor Rest by Daylight or at Night Repose:,2.0
"Cold to his Friends, and if they ask his Care,",1.0
He only answers with a fullen Glare.,1.0
"One Evening when the sparkling Sun withdrew,",0.0
And thirsty Flowers sipped the grateful Dew;,0.0
"When this fair Grove had put on all her Charms,",3.0
And Zephyrs played amid her curling Arms;,0.0
"To the cool Forest took her lonely Way,",2.0
"No ill she thought of, and she feared no Wrong:",3.0
"Pleased with the Glories of the smiling Year,",1.0
For guilty Minds are only taught to fear.,0.0
"Through the brown Shade, where in the Centre grew",1.0
"A Row of Laurels crowned with lasting Green,",0.0
And softer Beech and flowering Rose between:,2.0
Revenge and Love at once his Bosom fire;,0.0
His broad Eyes flash with more than mortal Fire:,1.0
"Then to his Friends the raging Hero flew,",0.0
"His Friends a thoughtless and a wanton Crew,",1.0
"In Virtue's Cause, but resolute in Ill:",0.0
"To these the Youth disclosed his rash Design,",1.0
"His glad Companions in the Adventure join,",2.0
"The Mischief pleased, yet none proposed the Way,",0.0
Though short the Time and dangerous the Delay:,3.0
"In still suspense the listening Heroes stand,",0.0
"' Within the Confines of the neighbouring Wood,",4.0
' Whose gloomy Arches seem disposed to hide,0.0
' Offended Subjects from a Tyrant's Pride.,3.0
"' And often she has lent her hostile Towers,",1.0
' The guilty Refuge of rebellious Powers:,1.0
"' Here let your Friends this peevish Girl convey,",0.0
' And keep her secret from the Face of Day.,1.0
' Those Doors with iron Eloquence shall plead,1.0
' Your mighty Passion to the scornful Maid:,1.0
"' The hasty Dictates of a rustic Mind,",2.0
"' A Mind inured to Wars and rude Alarms,",0.0
"He ceased ' --  Applause was seen in every Eye,",0.0
"Two favourite Heroes singled from the Crew,",2.0
With hostile Feet that sacred Path pursue;,0.0
"Whose winding Maze betrayed the smiling Bower,",0.0
"Where the faint Primrose spreads her Odours round,",4.0
And nodding Poppies seemed to kiss the Ground.,0.0
Their surly Figures through the parting Trees;,1.0
"But yet she rose collected in her Fear,",0.0
'Twas vain to call and no Assistance near:,1.0
And weeping turned them on the pitying Skies:,3.0
"Assist me Heaven and heavenly Power, she cries.",4.0
You Saints that hover round celestial Springs:,0.0
"OH take and wrap me in your sacred Wings,",1.0
I see black Violence come frowning on;,4.0
"And save, OH save me from a Villain's Power.",2.0
"But now a Slave whom Beauty never could charm,",1.0
Drew nigh and seized her by the ivory Arm:,2.0
A dismal Dwelling hid by waving Trees;,0.0
"So thick they scarce admit the healthy Breeze,",0.0
Whose lofty Spires hardly knew the Sun:,3.0
"His Beams never entered here, but in the Room",2.0
Perpetual Coldness and eternal Gloom:,3.0
"Here the pleased Youth his charming Prey secures,",3.0
And round his Prisoner shut the plated Doors;,0.0
"Then left the Virgin to herself, nor stayed",1.0
"Fierce as he was he, like a Coward, flies",1.0
The Rage that sparkled in her glowing Eyes;,0.0
"But when he thought the dangerous Storm was over,",2.0
"Again he sought those Eyes he fled before,",0.0
"Like some pale Wretch impatient for his Doom,",2.0
His fearful Steps approached the hallowed Room:,0.0
"For rising Conscience now her Task began,",0.0
And guilty Blushes through his Features ran:,1.0
"Unusual Horrors over his Passage hung,",2.0
At every Step the sounding Portals rung:,0.0
"Before the Door he took a silent Stand,",0.0
And the pale Taper trembled in his Hand:,2.0
And Shadows danced along the gloomy Wall:,1.0
"His haughty Spirit was at this dismayed,",2.0
"Why beats my Heart, my coward Heart, he cries;",0.0
And why this Mist before my dazzled Eyes?,0.0
"Then rushing in, the lovely Dame he found",0.0
In fullen Posture and in Thought profound;,1.0
"With Flattery first he tipped his artful Tongue,",2.0
Love was the Aggressor and be his the blame:,3.0
"Trust not thy Reason to a haughty Guide,",1.0
Nor call that Honour which is only Pride:,0.0
The Virgin's Tyrant and the Hero's Chain;,1.0
"If sparkling Wealth can please thy brighter Eyes,",0.0
The Mines of Persia at thy Feet shall rise;,0.0
"And when thy Chariot marks the dusty Fields,",2.0
Full thirty Slaves shall grace the shining Wheels:,1.0
"For thee the East shall yield her spicy Bowers,",1.0
And sweeter Baths distil from weeping Flowers;,0.0
Then smile my fair One and be timely wise;,1.0
"The Maid replied, and rolled her scornful Eyes.",0.0
How much I hate thy Person and thy Gold?,1.0
"Mistaken Nature with too nice a Care,",2.0
In vain has shaped thee in a Mould so fair:,0.0
"Vice will be Vice however it's polished over,",3.0
"Thou Villain, dare to meet my Eyes no more.",1.0
"Those gloomy Birds that love the midnight Air,",1.0
And hover round the Mansions of Despair;,1.0
"When to their Shrieks the hollow Roofs rebound,",0.0
And the hoarse Raven aids the dreadful Sound;,2.0
"Though howling Wolves should with their Voices join,",1.0
"Beyond my Hate, if yet a Thought remain,",0.0
To make thy Spirit curse the galling Chain;,0.0
"If with those Thorns that Love's soft Empire bounds,",2.0
Successful Rivals give the deepest Wounds:,0.0
"I love thy Brother, and, if that can be,",1.0
With Passion equal to my Hate for thee.,1.0
His pale Lips tremble and his Eyeballs roll:,3.0
"Three times he raised a Dagger to her Breast,",2.0
But mighty Love his daring Hand suppressed;,0.0
"And now shrill Cries invade his wondering Ears,",3.0
The noise of Battle and the clash of Spears;,1.0
"Starting he turned, nor stayed to make reply,",2.0
Though Fury sparkled in his threatening Eye:,0.0
"To Arms his Friends in mingled Voices call,",0.0
And Danger hovered over the frowning Wall.,2.0
"Was drawn by Villains from the mourning Shade,",1.0
"He reached the Bower, but he missed the Dame;",1.0
"Through balmy Paths with infant Roses bound,",0.0
Where blushing Daisies strew the painted Ground;,0.0
And often doubted to return or stay:,1.0
"By chance he turned his mournful Eye, and sees",0.0
The Youth drew nearer with an eager Pace,2.0
"This Evening restless, though I know not why,",1.0
When setting Phoebus stained the western Sky:,0.0
To share the Fragrance of declining Day:,1.0
"Alone and pensive as I wandered here,",1.0
"To yonder rude Towers I traced the sinking Sound,",5.0
Till the stilled Outcries were in distance drowned:,1.0
What think you now? I fear some threatening Ill,0.0
From headstrong Passion and imperious Will:,3.0
"Then hear my Vow, the frantic Lover cries,",0.0
And turned his Eyeballs on the glimmering Skies:,4.0
"Hear me, you Powers whose sacred Hands sustain",2.0
These Worlds of Nature in a mighty Chain;,0.0
"If my fierce Brother has presumed to bear,",2.0
"And from her Bowers force my injured Fair,",1.0
"This vengeful Rapier shall be sheathed no more,",2.0
"He said, and raging left the gloomy Shade,",0.0
Full of Resentment for his injured Maid:,3.0
"Their Friends a little, but a martial Train:",1.0
"Twice twenty Youths their General's Voice attend,",1.0
And share the Quarrel of their injured Friend.,1.0
Led his small Squadron to the hostile Towers:,4.0
"The frowning Portals well secured they found,",0.0
Were drawn to combat in a guilty Cause:,0.0
"Whose curling Locks below his Shoulders hung,",0.0
"His very Cheeks are washed with deeper Dies,",0.0
And lasting Slumber seals his swimming Eyes:,0.0
"It hissed along, but missed the Hero's Heart,",0.0
"Despairing, raging, on the Youth he flew,",1.0
While down his Forehead rolled the sultry Dew:,0.0
"Blows answer Blows, and round their Temples sing",1.0
"Aloof they fight, or now in Circles wheeled,",0.0
"Each thought to conquer; both disdain to yield,",0.0
"He drew the Weapon from his tortured Side,",1.0
The gaping Wound disgorged a purple Tide:,0.0
"His Eyes turned upward with a ghastly Roll,",2.0
Headlong he fell and sobbed away his Soul:,1.0
"Now Joy transported the victorious Throng,",4.0
"Applause and Clamour shook the trembling Ground,",3.0
"Grieved for his Friend he with the foremost pressed,",2.0
"But the strong Shield their Points at distance holds,",2.0
Where two fair Eagles spread their Wings in Gold;,1.0
"A weighty Spear his better Hand supplies,",0.0
And livid Lightnings sparkle in his Eyes.,0.0
"His tender Arm the deadly Spear arrests,",0.0
And tore his Shoulder from his ivory Breast:,1.0
"Too late his Friends to his Assistance run,",2.0
For his black Eyes no more behold the Sun.,3.0
"Now born untimely from his Father's Side,",2.0
His smiling Fortunes and his lovely Bride:,1.0
"Just at his Hip the Steel an Entrance found,",0.0
And tore his Bowels with a ghastly Wound:,0.0
"Back fell the Youth, his tinkling Arms reply;",1.0
The erring Weapon with a whistling Sound,1.0
"Flew over his Head, and ploughed the distant Ground:",3.0
"Enraged to see the bloodless Point descend,",0.0
And miss the Vengeance for his bleeding Friend;,1.0
"His shining Eyes that did with Fury glow,",0.0
"He turned, and thus defied the stronger Foe:",0.0
"Hope not for Conquest, mighty Clown, he cries,",0.0
From thy stern Visage and gigantic Size:,3.0
"A little Arm, if Heaven direct the Blow,",0.0
May send thee howling to the Shades below:,1.0
"Go, wash thy Face, and curl thy waving Hair,",1.0
Thy coward Heart belies thy daring Tongue;,0.0
"He spoke and drove his weighty Spear along,",0.0
The failing Mischief on the Buckler sung:,1.0
The speedy Vengeance reached the Hero's Heart;,0.0
"Down fell the Knight, his clanging Arms rebound,",0.0
And his proud Soul came rushing through the Wound.,5.0
Where in the Dust the mighty Soldier lay;,0.0
"Then like a Whirlwind rushed the Youth along,",1.0
And sought his Brother in the hostile Throng:,0.0
And hurled the Weapon at its Owner's Breast;,0.0
"The missive Death deceived his bloody Hand,",0.0
Its thirsty Point lay shivered in the Sand:,1.0
"Suspense and Horror held the martial Crew,",0.0
"The Stars retired from the hated Sight,",0.0
And wrapped their Glories in the Clouds of Night.,0.0
The Name of Brother wears a potent Charm:,0.0
"Our Mother did in Youth's fair Bloom expire,",1.0
And left us Infants to our tender Sire;,1.0
Our Fears were equal and our Hopes the same;,1.0
The same our Pleasures and the like our Woes;,1.0
"We slept together and as fondly rose,",1.0
"Then let, OH let not murderous Rage divide",3.0
"Our Hearts, but lay those threatening Arms aside:",0.0
"Let rancorous Hate possess our Souls no more,",4.0
"Then let her Voice our rival Cause decide,",0.0
"Base Slave, he cried, thou Child of puny Fears,",1.0
"My Mother never produced a Thing so base,",2.0
Some fairy Elf or treacherous Nurse beguiled,2.0
My sleeping Parents of their lawful Child:,1.0
And my young Brother to her Hut conveyed:,3.0
"This was thy Mother coarser than her Fate,",2.0
And thou the Son of her plebeian Mate:,2.0
"Here ceased the Youth; ' --  for Actions spoke the rest,",0.0
"His Shield received it with a smart Rebound,",1.0
The missive Weapon trembled on the Ground;,1.0
"Now hand to hand the rival Youths engage,",1.0
"Black Fury rolled in each relentless Eye,",1.0
Both fought to conquer or resolved to die;,2.0
Beneath his Arm a deep and ghastly Wound;,0.0
Staggering he dropped and grasped the bloody Ground.,1.0
"Yet as he lived, without a Groan he fell,",0.0
"Nor drew a Sigh, but only cried, It's well;",0.0
"It's well, my Fury with my Life shall end:",1.0
"Farewell, my Brother and at last my Friend;",2.0
"By our dear Parent see me quickly laid,",2.0
"My Friends, Farewell, and closed his swimming Eyes:",1.0
"The mourning Victor bending over the slain,",2.0
"His failing Arms resigned their feeble Hold,",0.0
And Drops of Horror from his Temples rolled:,1.0
"From each cold Cheek the blushing Beauty flies,",1.0
And the Ground danced before his dazzled Eyes;,2.0
"The weeping Youth, with friendly Force, divide",0.0
The gentle Mourner from his Brother's Side;,1.0
"Then Friends and Foes united gather round,",0.0
And lift the bleeding Body from the Ground;,1.0
"Some raise the drooping Head, and others pressed",0.0
Their careful Arms around his manly Breast;,0.0
"Though with black Dust and hostile Crimson stained,",2.0
"Back on his Shoulders fell his graceful Hair,",0.0
And the grand Features wore a scornful Air.,2.0
"Now all too late the rash Adventure blame,",3.0
Pale Conquest sighed and loathed her hated Name;,1.0
"From the black Towers their solemn Steps return,",4.0
And both the Victors and the Vanquished mourn.,1.0
WHY weeps the muse for England? What appears,0.0
In England's case to move the muse to tears?,0.0
"From side to side of her delightful isle,",1.0
Is she not clothed with a perpetual smile?,4.0
"Can nature add a charm, or art confer",0.0
A new found luxury not seen in her?,2.0
"Where under heaven is pleasure more pursued,",0.0
Or where does cold reflection less intrude?,0.0
Her fields a rich expanse of wavy corn,0.0
Ambrosial gardens in which art supplies,0.0
"Her peaceful shores, where busy commerce waits",0.0
"To pour his golden tide through all her gates,",0.0
Whom fiery suns that scorch the russet spice,2.0
"Of eastern groves, and oceans floored with ice;",0.0
Forbid in vain to push his daring way,0.0
"To darker climes, or climes of brighter day,",0.0
"Whom the winds waft wherever the billows roll,",5.0
From the world's girdle to the frozen pole;,3.0
"Her vaults below where every vintage meets,",0.0
"Her theatres, her revels, and her sports,",2.0
"The scenes to which not youth alone resorts,",0.0
But age in spite of weakness and of pain,1.0
"Still haunts, in hope to dream of youth again,",1.0
All speak her happy ' --  let the muse look round,1.0
"From East to West, no sorrow can be found,",2.0
"Or only what in cottages confined,",1.0
"Then wherefore weep for England, what appears",0.0
"The prophet wept for Israel, wished his eyes",0.0
Were fountains fed with infinite supplies;,1.0
"For Israel dealt in robbery and wrong,",1.0
"Oaths used as playthings or convenient tools,",3.0
"As Interest biased knaves, or fashion fools,",0.0
"The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate,",2.0
"Hypocrisy, formality in prayer,",2.0
And the dull service of the lip were there.,3.0
Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart,0.0
"To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art;",2.0
"Were just such trifles without worth or use,",5.0
"As silly pride and idleness produce,",1.0
"With feet too delicate to touch the ground,",2.0
"They stretched the neck, and rolled the wanton eye,",0.0
And sighed for every fool that fluttered by.,1.0
"He saw his people slaves to every lust,",0.0
He heard the wheels of an avenging God,1.0
Groan heavily along the distant road;,2.0
To let the military deluge pass;,0.0
"Jerusalem a prey, her glory soiled,",1.0
"Wept till all Israel heard his bitter cry,",0.0
"Pleasure is deaf when told of future pain,",2.0
And sounds prophetic are too rough to suit,2.0
Ears long accustomed to the pleasing lute;,2.0
"They scorned his inspiration and his theme,",1.0
"Pronounced him frantic and his fears a dream,",1.0
"Till the foe found them, and down fell the towers.",2.0
"Long time Assyria bound them in her chain,",3.0
"And Cyrus, with relenting pity moved,",1.0
Returned them happy to the land they loved:,1.0
"There, proof against prosperity, awhile",1.0
And had the grace in scenes of peace to show,0.0
The virtue they had learnt in scenes of woe.,1.0
But man is frail and can but ill sustain,1.0
"A long immunity from grief and pain,",1.0
"And after all the joys that plenty leads,",0.0
With tiptoe step vice silently succeeds.,3.0
"When he that ruled them with a shepherd's rod,",1.0
"In form a man, in dignity a God,",1.0
"Came not expected in that humble guise,",1.0
"He found concealed beneath a fair outside,",1.0
"Their piety a system of deceit,",2.0
"Scripture employed to sanctify the cheat,",3.0
"The pharisee the dupe of his own art,",0.0
"When nations are to perish in their sins,",1.0
It's in the church the leprosy begins:,1.0
"The priest whose office is, with zeal sincere",1.0
"To watch the fountain, and preserve it clear,",1.0
"Carelessly nods and sleeps upon the brink,",2.0
While others poison what the flock must drink;,0.0
"Or waking at the call of lust alone,",0.0
Infuses lies and errors of his own:,1.0
"His unsuspecting sheep believe it pure,",0.0
"And tainted by the very means of cure,",1.0
"Catch from each other a contagious spot,",1.0
The foul forerunner of a general rot:,2.0
"Then truth is hushed that heresy may preach,",1.0
And all is trash that reason cannot reach;,0.0
"Then God's own image on the soul impressed,",1.0
"Becomes a mockery and a standing jest,",1.0
"And faith, the root whence only can arise",1.0
"The graces of a life that wins the skies,",1.0
"Loses at once all value and esteem,",3.0
Pronounced by grey beards a pernicious dream:,2.0
"Then ceremony leads her bigots forth,",0.0
"Prepared to fight for shadows of no worth,",3.0
"While truths on which eternal things depend,",0.0
"Find not, or hardly find a single friend:",0.0
"As soldiers watch the signal of command,",1.0
"They learn to bow, to kneel, to sit, to stand,",0.0
Happy to fill religion's vacant place,2.0
With hollow form and gesture and grimace.,2.0
"Such when the teacher of his church was there,",1.0
"People and priest, the sons of Israel were,",3.0
"Stiff in the letter, lax in the design",1.0
"And import of their oracles divine,",2.0
"Their learning legendary, false, absurd,",0.0
"And yet exalted above God's own word,",4.0
"They drew a curse from an intended good,",1.0
Puffed up with gifts they never understood.,0.0
"He judged them with as terrible a frown,",2.0
"As if, not love, but wrath had brought him down,",1.0
"Yet he was gentle as soft summer airs,",2.0
"Had grace for other sins, but none for theirs.",0.0
"Rhetoric is artifice, the work of man,",2.0
"And tricks and turns that fancy may devise,",1.0
Are far too mean for him that rules the skies.,2.0
The astonished vulgar trembled while he tore,1.0
The mask from faces never seen before;,0.0
"Showed that they followed all they seemed to shun,",0.0
"Their prayers made public, their excesses kept",4.0
As private as the chambers where they slept.,1.0
Uplifted hands that at convenient times,2.0
"Could act extortion and the worst of crimes,",1.0
"Washed with a neatness scrupulously nice,",1.0
And free from every taint but that of vice.,0.0
When obstinacy once has conquered grace.,1.0
"They saw distemper healed, and life restored",0.0
"In answer to the fiat of his word,",2.0
"Confessed the wonder, and with daring tongue,",1.0
"The future tone and temper of the sky,",1.0
That sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.,3.0
"And call up evidence from every age,",1.0
Display with busy and laborious hand,3.0
"The blessings of the most indebted land,",1.0
"What nation will you find, whose annals prove",1.0
So rich an interest in almighty love?,0.0
"Where dwell they now, where dwelled in ancient day",0.0
"A people planted, watered, blessed as they?",0.0
"Their freedom purchased for them, at the cost",1.0
"Of all their hard oppressors' valued most,",5.0
"Their title to a country not their own,",1.0
"Made sure by prodigies till then unknown,",2.0
"For them, the state they left made waste and void,",2.0
"For them, the states to which they went, destroyed;",1.0
"A cloud to measure out their march by day,",1.0
"By night a fire to cheer the gloomy way,",0.0
"That moving signal summoning, when best",1.0
"Their host to move, and when it stayed, to rest.",0.0
"For them the rocks dissolved into a flood,",1.0
"The dews condensed into angelic food,",1.0
"Their very garments sacred, old yet new,",0.0
"And time forbid to touch them as he flew,",1.0
"Streams swelled above the bank, enjoined to stand,",1.0
"While they passed through to their appointed land,",1.0
"And graced with clear credentials from above,",1.0
"Themselves secured beneath the Almighty wing,",2.0
"Crowned with a thousand victories, and at last",1.0
"Lords of the conquered soil, there rooted fast,",0.0
"In peace possessing what they won by war,",0.0
Their name far published and revered as far;,2.0
"Where will you find a race like theirs, endowed",1.0
"With all that man ever wished, or Heaven bestowed?",1.0
They and they only amongst all mankind,4.0
"Received the transcript of the eternal mind,",4.0
"And constituted guardians of his cause,",1.0
"Theirs were the prophets, theirs the priestly call,",2.0
"In vain the nations that had seen them rise,",0.0
"With fierce and envious yet admiring eyes,",2.0
"Had sought to crush them, guarded as they were",1.0
"By power divine, and skill that could not err,",2.0
"Had they maintained allegiance firm and sure,",1.0
"And kept the faith immaculate and pure,",1.0
"Had found one city not to be overcome,",0.0
And the twelve standards of the tribes unfurled:,3.0
Had bid defiance to the warring world.,1.0
As richest soil the most luxuriant weeds;,2.0
"Cured of the golden calves their fathers sin,",0.0
"They set up self, that idol god within,",0.0
"Viewed a Deliverer with disdain and hate,",5.0
"Who left them still a tributary state,",0.0
"Seized fast his hand, held out to set them free",3.0
"From a worse yoke, and nailed it to the tree;",3.0
"There was the consummation and the crown,",2.0
"Their woes not yet repealed, thence date them all.",1.0
"Thus fell the best instructed in her day,",1.0
"Had poured the day, and cleared the Roman skies;",0.0
"In other climes perhaps creative art,",0.0
"With power surpassing theirs performed her part,",3.0
"Might give more life to marble, or might fill",1.0
"The glowing tablets with a juster skill,",1.0
"Might shine in fable, and grace idle themes",2.0
With all the embroidery of poetic dreams;,4.0
'Twas theirs alone to dive into the plan,2.0
"That truth and mercy had revealed to man,",0.0
"And while the world beside, that plan unknown,",0.0
"And the true God, the God of truth was theirs.",2.0
"Their glory faded, and their race dispersed,",1.0
"The last of nations now, though once the first;",0.0
"They warn and teach the proudest, would they learn,",0.0
Keep wisdom or meet vengeance in your turn:,3.0
"If we escaped not, if Heaven spared not us,",1.0
"Peeled, scattered, and exterminated thus;",2.0
If vice received her retribution due,0.0
"When we were visited, what hope for you?",1.0
"When God arises with an awful frown,",1.0
"To punish lust, or pluck presumption down;",1.0
Provoke the vengeance of his righteous hand,1.0
"To pour down wrath upon a thankless land,",0.0
"He will be found impartially severe,",2.0
"Too just to wink, or speak the guilty clear.",0.0
"O Israel, of all nations most undone!",1.0
"Thy diadem displaced, thy sceptre gone;",0.0
"Thy services once holy without spot,",5.0
"Mere shadows now, their ancient pomp forgot;",2.0
"And thou thyself over every country sown,",5.0
"Cry to the proud, the cruel and unjust,",1.0
"Knock at the gates of nations, rouse their fears,",0.0
"Say wrath is coming and the storm appears,",2.0
"What ails thee, restless as the waves that roar,",1.0
"Mistress, at least while Providence shall please,",3.0
"Why, having kept good faith, and often shown",0.0
"Thou that hast set the persecuted free,",0.0
"Countries indebted to thy power, that shine",4.0
"With light derived from thee, would smother thine;",2.0
"Thy very children watch for thy disgrace,",1.0
"A lawless brood, and curse thee to thy face:",1.0
Thy rulers load thy credit year by year,0.0
"With sums Peruvian mines could never clear,",2.0
"The cry in all thy ships is still the same,",0.0
"Speed us away to battle and to fame,",3.0
"Thy mariners explore the wild expanse,",1.0
"Impatient to descry the flags of France,",1.0
"But though they fight as thine have ever fought,",2.0
Return ashamed without the wreaths they sought:,0.0
"Thy senate is a scene of civil jar,",1.0
"Where sharp and solid, phlegmatic and light,",4.0
"Discordant atoms meet, ferment and fight,",0.0
"Where obstinacy takes his sturdy stand,",1.0
"To disconcert what policy has planned,",1.0
Where policy is busied all night long,2.0
"In setting right what faction has set wrong,",1.0
"That yields them chaff and dust, and nothing more.",0.0
"Taxed till the brow of labour sweats in vain,",0.0
"War lays a burden on the reeling state,",2.0
"And peace does nothing to relieve the weight,",1.0
And sighing millions prophecy the close.,1.0
"Is adverse providence when pondered well,",2.0
"So dimly writ or difficult to spell,",1.0
Providence adverse in events like these?,3.0
"Know then, that heavenly wisdom on this ball",3.0
"Creates, gives birth to, guides, consummates all:",4.0
Snuffs up the praise of what he seems to plan;,0.0
As a mere instrument in hands divine:,3.0
Blind to the working of that secret power,1.0
"That balances the wings of every hour,",1.0
"Frames many a purpose, and God works his own.",5.0
"States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane,",3.0
Even as his will and his decrees ordain;,3.0
"While honour, virtue, piety bear sway,",3.0
"They flourish, and as these decline, decay.",2.0
"In just resentment of his injured laws,",1.0
"He pours contempt on them and on their cause,",1.0
Strikes the rough thread of error right athwart,3.0
"The web of every scheme they have at heart,",0.0
"The pillars of support in which they trust,",1.0
And do his errand of disgrace and shame,1.0
On the chief strength and glory of the frame.,3.0
"None ever yet impeded what he wrought,",1.0
None bars him out from his most secret thought;,2.0
"Darkness itself before his eye is light,",2.0
Stand now and judge thyself ' --  hast thou incurred,2.0
"His anger who can waste thee with a word,",1.0
"Weighing them in the hollow of his hand,",2.0
And in whose awful sight all nations seem,0.0
"As grasshoppers, as dust, a drop, a dream?",4.0
Hast thou a sacrilege his soul abhors,1.0
"Claimed all the glory of thy prosperous wars,",3.0
"Proud of thy fleets and armies, stolen the gem",2.0
Of his just praise to lavish it on them?,2.0
"Hast thou not learnt what thou art often told,",1.0
"A truth still sacred, and believed of old,",2.0
That no success attends on spears and swords,0.0
"That courage is his creature, and dismay",2.0
"The post that at his bidding speeds away,",0.0
"With doleful rumour and sad presage hung,",2.0
"That he bids thousands fly when none pursue,",2.0
"Saves as he will by many or by few,",2.0
And claims for ever as his royal right,1.0
The event and sure decision of the fight.,2.0
"Exported slavery to the conquered East,",1.0
"Pulled down the tyrants India served with dread,",2.0
"And raised thyself, a greater, in their stead,",0.0
"Fed from the richest veins of the Mogul,",0.0
"A despot big with power obtained by wealth,",2.0
"With Asiatic vices stored thy mind,",0.0
"But left their virtues and thine own behind,",1.0
"And having trucked thy soul, brought home the fee,",1.0
To tempt the poor to sell himself to thee?,0.0
Hast thou by statute shoved from its design,1.0
That infidels may prove their title good,1.0
By an oath dipped in sacramental blood?,2.0
"A blot that will be still a blot, in spite",1.0
"Of all that grave apologists may write,",1.0
"And though a Bishop toil to cleanse the stain,",1.0
He wipes and scours the silver cup in vain.,2.0
"While thousands, careless of the damning sin,",1.0
Kiss the book's outside who never look within?,1.0
"Hast thou, when heaven has clothed thee with disgrace,",1.0
"And long provoked, repaid thee to thy face,",1.0
"For thou hast known eclipses, and endured",2.0
"Hast thou with heart perverse and conscience seared,",0.0
"Despising all rebuke, still persevered,",1.0
"And having chosen evil, scorned the voice",0.0
"Suggests the expedient of an yearly fast,",3.0
"In lighter diet at a later hour,",0.0
"The fast that wins deliverance, and suspends",1.0
"The stroke that a vindictive God intends,",1.0
"Is to renounce hypocrisy, to draw",2.0
"Thy life upon the pattern of the law,",1.0
"To vanquish lust, and wear its yoke no more.",1.0
Hast thou within thee sin that in old time,2.0
"Baboons are free from, upon human race?",5.0
"That fed the flocks and herds of wealthy Lot,",0.0
"Burning and scorched into perpetual dearth,",4.0
"Or in his words who damned the base desire,",0.0
Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire:,2.0
"Unveiled her blushing cheek, looked on and smiled,",2.0
"Beheld with joy the lovely scene defaced,",0.0
And praised the wrath that laid her beauties waste.,0.0
"Far be the thought from any verse of mine,",0.0
"And farther still the formed and fixed design,",0.0
"To thrust the charge of deeds that I detest,",1.0
Against an innocent unconscious breast:,2.0
"With safety to himself, is not a man:",1.0
"An individual is a sacred mark,",1.0
"Not to be pierced in play or in the dark,",0.0
"But public censure speaks a public foe,",0.0
Unless a zeal for virtue guide the blow.,0.0
"The priestly brotherhood, devout, sincere,",0.0
"Their hope in Heaven, servility their scorn,",1.0
"Their wisdom pure, and given them from above,",3.0
"Their usefulness insured by zeal and love,",1.0
Should fly the world's contaminating touch,0.0
"Where shall a teacher look in days like these,",0.0
For ears and hearts that he can hope to please?,1.0
Look to the poor ' --  the simple and the plain,1.0
Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain;,0.0
"Humility is gentle, apt to learn,",1.0
"Speak but the word, will listen and return:",1.0
"Alas, not so! the poorest of the flock",2.0
"Are proud, and set their faces as a rock,",1.0
"Denied that earthly opulence they choose,",1.0
God's better gift they scoff at and refuse.,2.0
"The rich, the produce of a nobler stem,",2.0
"Are more intelligent at least, try them:",3.0
O vain enquiry! they without remorse,3.0
"Are altogether gone a devious course,",2.0
"Where beckoning pleasure leads them, wildly stray,",2.0
Have burst the bands and cast the yoke away.,0.0
"Now born upon the wings of truth, sublime,",1.0
Review thy dim original and prime;,2.0
"The cradle that received thee at thy birth,",0.0
"Was rocked by many a rough Norwegian blast,",3.0
And sucked a breast that panted with alarms.,1.0
"Thy bones not fashioned and thy joints not knit,",1.0
"The Roman taught thy stubborn knee to bow,",0.0
Though twice a Caesar could not bend thee now:,0.0
"His victory was that of orient light,",2.0
When the sun's shafts disperse the gloom of night:,3.0
Thy language at this distant moment shows,0.0
"How much the country to the conqueror owes,",3.0
"Expressive, energetic and refined,",1.0
It sparkles with the gems he left behind:,1.0
"He brought thy land a blessing when he came,",0.0
"He found thee savage, and he left thee tame,",1.0
"And grace thy figure with a soldier's pride,",1.0
"He sowed the seeds of order where he went,",0.0
"Improved thee far beyond his own intent,",0.0
"And while he ruled thee by the sword alone,",1.0
Made thee at last a warrior like his own.,0.0
"Religion if in heavenly truths attired,",3.0
"Needs only to be seen to be admired,",2.0
Was formed to harden hearts and shock the sight:,0.0
"With fingers deeply died in human gore,",0.0
"And while the victim slowly bled to death,",0.0
Upon the tolling chords rung out his dying breath.,2.0
Who brought the lamp that with awakening beams,3.0
"Dispelled thy gloom and broke away thy dreams,",0.0
"Babbler of ancient fables, leaves a doubt:",2.0
But still light reached thee; and those gods of thine,2.0
"Fell broken and defaced at his own door,",3.0
As Dagon in Philistia long before.,2.0
"Soon raised a cloud that darkened every land,",1.0
And thine was smothered in the stench and fog,1.0
"Then priests with bulls and briefs and shaven crowns,",0.0
"And gripping fists and unrelenting frowns,",0.0
"Legates and delegates with powers from hell,",4.0
"And to this hour to keep it fresh in mind,",1.0
Some twigs of that old scourge are left behind.,1.0
"Were trained beneath his lash and knew the smack,",0.0
And when he laid them on the scent of blood:,1.0
"Lavish of life to win an empty tomb,",2.0
"That proved a mint of wealth, a mine to Rome,",1.0
"They left their bones beneath unfriendly skies,",0.0
That ever dragged a chain or tugged an oar;,0.0
"Thy monarchs arbitrary, fierce, unjust,",1.0
"Themselves the slaves of bigotry or lust,",1.0
"Disdained thy counsels, only in distress",0.0
Found thee a goodly sponge for power to press.,2.0
"Thy chiefs, the lords of many a petty fee,",2.0
"Called thee away from peaceable employ,",3.0
"Domestic happiness and rural joy,",1.0
"To waste thy life in arms, or lay it down",0.0
The sovereignty they were convened to please;,2.0
"Whatever was asked, too timid to resist,",5.0
"Complied with, and were graciously dismissed:",2.0
And if some Spartan soul a doubt expressed,1.0
"Dared to suppose the subject had a choice,",2.0
He was a traitor by the general voice.,2.0
"Verse cannot stoop so low as thy desert,",1.0
To trace thee to the date when yonder fair sea,2.0
"That clips thy shores, had no such charms for thee,",0.0
"When other nations flew from coast to coast,",0.0
"Kneel now, and lay thy forehead in the dust,",1.0
"Act but an honest and a faithful part,",1.0
"And God's disposing providence confessed,",1.0
"Then thou art bound to serve him, and to prove",1.0
Hour after hour thy gratitude and love.,0.0
"For ages safe beneath his sheltering hand,",2.0
"Given thee his blessing on the clearest proof,",2.0
And charged hostility and hate to roar,1.0
"Where else they would, but not upon thy shore?",0.0
His power secured thee when presumptuous Spain,4.0
"Her gloomy monarch, doubtful, and resigned",1.0
"To every pang that racks an anxious mind,",0.0
"Asked of the waves that broke upon his coast,",0.0
What tidings? and the surge replied ' --  all lost ' --,1.0
"And when the Stuart leaning on the Scot,",1.0
"Then too much feared and now too much forgot,",1.0
"Pierced to the very centre of thy realm,",1.0
"And hoped to seize his abdicated helm,",0.0
"'Twas but to prove how quickly with a frown,",1.0
He that had raised thee could have plucked thee down.,0.0
"Peculiar is the grace by thee possessed,",2.0
"Thy foes implacable, thy land at rest;",1.0
"Thy thunders travel over earth and seas,",0.0
"And all at home is pleasure, wealth and ease.",0.0
"It's thus, extending his tempestuous arm,",4.0
"Thy Maker fills the nations with alarm,",1.0
"While his own Heaven surveys the troubled scene,",0.0
"And feels no change, unshaken and serene.",2.0
"Freedom, in other lands scarce known to shine,",3.0
"Thou hast as bright an interest in her rays,",0.0
As ever Roman had in Rome's best days.,1.0
"True freedom is, where no restraint is known",2.0
"That scripture, justice, and good sense disown,",1.0
"Where only vice and injury are tied,",1.0
"And all from shore to shore is free beside,",0.0
Such freedom is ' --  and Windsor's hoary towers,1.0
"Stood trembling at the boldness of thy powers,",2.0
"That won a nymph on that immortal plain,",0.0
Like her the fabled Phoebus wooed in vain;,0.0
"He found the laurel only ' --  happier you,",1.0
"Now think, if pleasure have a thought to spare,",1.0
If God himself be not beneath her care;,0.0
"If business, constant as the wheels of time,",1.0
"If the new mail thy merchant's now receive,",2.0
"Or expectation of the next give leave,",2.0
"O think, if chargeable with deep arrears",1.0
"For such indulgence gilding all thy years,",1.0
"How much though long neglected, shining yet,",0.0
The beams of heavenly truth have swelled the debt.,2.0
When persecuting zeal made royal sport,1.0
"And Bonner, blithe as shepherd at a wake,",0.0
"Enjoyed the show, and danced about the stake;",0.0
"The sacred book, its value understood,",0.0
Received the seal of martyrdom in blood.,1.0
"Those holy men, so full of truth and grace,",0.0
"Seem to reflection of a different race,",3.0
"Meek, modest, venerable, wise, sincere,",2.0
"In such a cause they could not dare to fear,",0.0
Nor spare a life too short to reach the skies.,1.0
"From them to thee conveyed along the tide,",2.0
"Their streaming hearts poured freely when they died,",1.0
"Those truths which neither use nor years impair,",0.0
"Invite thee, woo thee, to the bliss they share.",1.0
What web too weak to catch a modern brain?,1.0
The moles and bats in full assembly find,0.0
"And did they dream, and art thou wiser now?",0.0
"Prove it ' --  if better, I submit and bow.",1.0
"Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.",1.0
"Before nature rose from her eternal sleep,",2.0
And this delightful earth and that fair sky,2.0
"Leaped out of nothing, called by the Most High,",1.0
"By such a change thy darkness is made light,",3.0
"Thy chaos order, and thy weakness, might,",1.0
"Who found thee nothing, formed thee for his praise.",1.0
"To praise him is to serve him, and fulfil,",2.0
"Doing and suffering, his unquestioned will,",4.0
"It's to believe what men inspired of old,",3.0
"Faithful and faithfully informed, unfold;",3.0
"Candid and just, with no false aim in view,",2.0
"To take for truth what cannot but be true,",1.0
"To learn in God's own school the Christian part,",0.0
And bind the task assigned thee to thine heart:,1.0
"Happy the man there seeking and there found,",3.0
Happy the nation where such men abound.,2.0
How shall a verse impress thee? by what name,1.0
"Directs thee to that eminence they reached,",2.0
"Heroes and worthies of days past, thy sires?",4.0
"Or his, who touched their hearts with hallowed fires?",1.0
"Their names, alas! in vain reproach an age",0.0
"Whom all the vanities they scorned, engage,",1.0
"Or serves the champion in forensic war,",2.0
To flourish and parade with at the bar.,1.0
"Pleasure herself perhaps suggests a plea,",2.0
"If interest move thee, to persuade even thee:",6.0
"By every charm that smiles upon her face,",0.0
"By joys possessed, and joys still held in chase,",1.0
"If dear society be worth a thought,",1.0
"And if the feast of freedom cloy thee not,",1.0
"Reflect that these and all that seems thine own,",1.0
"Held by the tenure of his will alone,",2.0
"Like angels in the service of their Lord,",1.0
"Remain with thee, or leave thee at his word;",1.0
That gratitude and temperance in our use,0.0
"Of what he gives, unsparing and profuse,",1.0
That thankless waste and wild abuse destroy.,0.0
"Those rights that millions envy thee, appear,",1.0
"And though resolved to risk them, and swim down",1.0
"That blessings truly sacred, and when given",1.0
"Marked with the signature and stamp of Heaven,",1.0
"The word of prophecy, those truths divine",1.0
"Which make that Heaven, if thou desire it, thine;",1.0
"Awful alternative! believed, beloved,",3.0
"Thy glory, and thy shame if unimproved,",1.0
"With cold disgust or philosophic pride,",0.0
"And that judicially withdrawn, disgrace,",1.0
Error and darkness occupy their place.,2.0
"A world is up in arms, and thou, a spot",2.0
"Not quickly found if negligently sought,",1.0
"Thy soul as ample as thy bounds are small,",1.0
And wilt thou join to this bold enterprise,2.0
"A bolder still, a contest with the skies?",1.0
"Remember, if he guard thee and secure,",2.0
"Whoever assails thee, thy success is sure;",3.0
"But if he leave thee, though the skill and power",2.0
"Of nations sworn to spoil thee and devour,",1.0
"Were all collected in thy single arm,",0.0
"That strength would fail, opposed against the push",0.0
And feeble onset of a pigmy rush.,2.0
Say not and if the thought of such defence,2.0
"Should spring within thy bosom, drive it thence",0.0
What nation amongst all my foes is free,2.0
From crimes as base as any charged on me?,0.0
Their measure filled ' --  they too shall pay the debt.,0.0
"But know, that wrath divine, when most severe,",0.0
"Makes justice still the guide of his career,",2.0
"And will not punish in one mingled crowd,",1.0
"Them without light, and thee without a cloud.",5.0
"Muse, hang this harp upon yonder aged beech,",7.0
"Still murmuring with the solemn truths I teach,",2.0
"And while, at intervals, a cold blast sings",2.0
"Through the dry leaves, and pants upon the strings,",2.0
"My soul shall sigh in secret, and lament",1.0
"A nation scourged, yet tardy to repent.",1.0
"I know the warning song is sung in vain,",0.0
"That few will hear, and fewer heed the strain:",0.0
"A blessing to my country and mankind,",3.0
"Reclaim the wandering thousands, and bring home",4.0
"A flock so scattered and so wont to roam,",1.0
"Then place it once again between my knees,",0.0
"The sound of truth will then be sure to please,",0.0
"And truth alone, wherever my life be cast,",2.0
"In scenes of plenty or the pining waste,",1.0
"Shall be my chosen theme, my glory to the last.",1.0
"HAIL, wondrous Being, who in power supreme",3.0
"Exists from everlasting, whose great name",1.0
"Deep in the human heart, and every atom",0.0
"The Air, the Earth, or azure Main contains",0.0
"IN COMPREHENSIBLE! ' --  OH what can words,",2.0
"The weak interpreters of mortal thoughts,",1.0
Or what can thoughts though wild of wing they rove,0.0
And deluged in the flood of dazzling day. ' --,0.0
"May then the youthful, uninspired Bard",0.0
Presume to hymn the Eternal; may he soar,3.0
"Resound the unceasing plaudits, and with them",3.0
In the grand Chorus mix his feeble voice?,2.0
"He may ' --  if Thou, who from the witless babe",1.0
"GREAT POET OF THE UNIVERSE, his song.",2.0
Before this earthly Planet wound her course,0.0
"Round Light's perennial fountain, before Light",3.0
"Herself began shine, and at the inspiring word",3.0
"Shot to existence in a blaze of day,",2.0
And hailed Thee Architect of countless worlds,0.0
All Wisdom and Omnipotence thou art.,2.0
At when these worlds began? Could ought retard,0.0
"Goodness, that knows no bounds, from blessing ever,",3.0
"And Bounty inconceivable, could rest",1.0
"Content, exhausted with one week of action ' --",1.0
"Ten thousand times more active than the Sun,",2.0
"Thou reigned, and with a mighty hand composed",1.0
But yet if still to more stupendous heights,0.0
"Perhaps wrapped up in contemplation deep,",2.0
The best of Beings on the noble theme,1.0
"Might ruminate at leisure, Scope immense",0.0
"The eternal Power and Godhead to explore,",5.0
And with itself the omniscient mind replete.,3.0
"This were enough to fill the boundless All,",1.0
This were a Sabbath worthy the Supreme!,2.0
"Of Spirits inferior, he might greatly plan",3.0
"The two prime Pillars of the Universe,",2.0
Creation and Redemption ' --  and a while,2.0
"Perhaps ' --  but all's conjecture here below,",0.0
Whom to describe's presumption all we can ' --,1.0
"And all we may ' --  be glorified, be praised.",1.0
"A Day shall come, when all this Earth shall perish,",0.0
Nor leave behind even Chaos; it shall come,5.0
When all the armies of the elements,2.0
"Shall war against themselves, and mutual rage,",2.0
When the capacious atmosphere above,1.0
And vanish into void; the earth beneath,0.0
"Shall sever to the centre, and devour",2.0
The enormous blaze of the destructive flames.,2.0
"You rocks, that mock the raving of the floods.",1.0
"And proudly frown upon the impatient deep,",2.0
"Where is your grandeur now? You foaming waves,",4.0
"That all along the immense Atlantic roar,",2.0
In vain you swell; will a few drops suffice,1.0
"That prop the painted chambers of the heavens,",1.0
"What, Aetna, are thy flames to these? ' --  No more",1.0
Nor shall the verdant valleys then remain,0.0
Safe in their meek submission; they the debt,1.0
Of nature and of justice too must pay.,1.0
"Yet I must weep for you, you rival fair,",1.0
Arno and Andalusia; but for thee,3.0
"More largely and with filial tears must weep,",3.0
"OH Albion, OH my country! Thou must join,",4.0
The terrors of the inevitable ruin.,4.0
"Nor thou, illustrious monarch of the day;",3.0
"Nor thou, fair queen of night; nor you, you stars,",3.0
"Though million leagues and million still remote,",0.0
"Shall yet survive that day; You must submit,",0.0
"But though the earth shall to the centre perish,",2.0
Nor leave behind even Chaos; though the air,5.0
"With all the elements must pass away,",1.0
"Vain as an idiot's dream; though the huge rocks,",3.0
"That brandish the tall cedars on their tops,",3.0
"With all her bright retinue, must be lost;",3.0
"Eternal, as thou wert: Yet still survives",2.0
"The soul of man immortal, perfect now,",1.0
He comes! He comes! the awful trump I hear;,0.0
The flaming sword's intolerable blaze,1.0
I see; He comes! the Archangel from above.,4.0
"Arise, you tenants of the silent grave,",1.0
"From east to west, from the antarctic pole",1.0
"To regions hyperborean, all you sons,",1.0
"You sons of Adam, and you heirs of Heaven ' --",1.0
"It's then, nor sooner, that the restless mind",0.0
"Shall find itself at home; and like the ark,",0.0
"Fixed on the mountain-top, shall look aloft",0.0
Over the vague passage of precarious life;,5.0
Enjoy the everlasting calm of Heaven:,0.0
Shall justly know its nature and its rise:,1.0
Praises more worthy the eternal ear.,3.0
"Yet what we can, we ought; ' --  and therefore, Thou,",3.0
"Purge Thou my heart, Omnipotent and Good!",1.0
"Purge Thou my heart with hyssop, lest like Cain",1.0
"I offer fruitless sacrifice, and with gifts",0.0
Though Gratitude were blessed with all the powers,0.0
"Her bursting heart could long for, though the swift,",1.0
Beyond Ambition's wish ' --  yet all were vain,0.0
"To speak Him as he is, who is INEFFABLE.",3.0
Yet still let reason through the eye of faith,2.0
"View Him with fearful love; let truth pronounce,",1.0
"With all the Hosts of Heaven, Cherubic forms,",0.0
"For Thou art One, the Eternal, who alone",1.0
"Exerts all goodness, and transcends all praise.",1.0
Some Cursed or Banished Fiend usurped the way,1.0
"Without which Attributes he could not be,",0.0
"Nor can Heaven sleep, though it may mourn to see",1.0
Degenerate Man utter Blasphemy.,2.0
"When from dark Chaos Heaven the World did make,",2.0
Made all things glorious it did undertake;,3.0
Then it in Eden's Garden freely placed,0.0
"All things pleasant to the Sight or Taste,",2.0
That might with Man's Celestial Nature suit:,0.0
"The World being made thus spacious and complete,",4.0
"Then Man was formed, who seemed nobly great.",3.0
"Saw Male and Female, but found Man alone,",4.0
"A barren Sex, and insignificant;",1.0
"So Heaven made Woman to supply the want,",4.0
And to make perfect what before was scant:,2.0
"Then surely she a Noble Creature is,",2.0
Whom Heaven thus made to consummate all Bliss.,3.0
In Nature should have the Supremacy;,2.0
For Man was formed out of dull senseless Earth;,2.0
But Woman she had a far nobler Birth:,2.0
"For when the Dust was purified by Heaven,",0.0
"Made into Man, and Life unto it given,",6.0
That Woman of that Species should be made:,1.0
"Which was no sooner said, but it was done,",3.0
"And not inferior, when right understood:",3.0
"To that of Man's; for both one Maker had,",0.0
Which made all good; then how could Eve be bad?,0.0
Yet in that State she did not long endure.,0.0
"It's true; but if her Fall's examined right,",1.0
We find most Men have banished Truth for spite:,0.0
Nor is she quite so guilty as some make;,2.0
For Adam did most of the Guilt partake:,1.0
For he from God's own Mouth had the Command;,2.0
But Woman she had it at second hand:,2.0
"The Devil's Strength weak Woman might deceive,",1.0
But Adam tempted only was by Eve.,1.0
"Man's knowing most, does his Sin make most large.",3.0
But though Woman Man to Sin did lead?,0.0
Yet since her Seed hath bruised the Serpent's Head:,0.0
"Why should she be made a public scorn,",0.0
Of whom the great Almighty God was born?,0.0
"Surely to speak one slighting Word, must be",2.0
But still their greatest haters do prove such,2.0
Who formerly have loved them too much:,1.0
And from the Proverb they are not exempt;,2.0
Too much Familiarity has bred Contempt;,8.0
"For they associate themselves with none,",1.0
"But such whose Virtues like their own, are gone;",1.0
"And with all those, and only those who be",1.0
Most boldly versed in their Debauchery:,2.0
"And as in Adam all Mankind did die,",2.0
"Nay, make the Name a kind of Magic Spell,",1.0
"Woman, you Powers! the very Name's a Charm,",4.0
And will my Verse against all Critics arm.,1.0
The Muses or Apollo does inspire,1.0
"Heroic Poets; but your's is a Fire,",2.0
Because we make their Hell less populous;,2.0
Or else you never had damned the Females thus:,3.0
But if so universally they are,2.0
"Disposed to Mischief, what need you declare",1.0
"Peculiar Faults, when all the World might see",0.0
With each approaching Morn a Prodigy:,1.0
Man curse dead woman; I could hear as well,3.0
The black infernal Devils curse their Hell:,0.0
"When there had been no such place we know,",0.0
If they themselves had not first made it so.,2.0
"In Lust perhaps you others have excelled,",0.0
And made all Whores that possibly would yield;,1.0
"And courted all the Females in your way,",1.0
Then did design at last to make a Prey,0.0
"Of some pure Virgins; or what's almost worse,",3.0
Make some chaste Wives to merit a Divorce.,4.0
"Therefore you call what's Virtuous, Unkind:",2.0
And Disappointments did your Soul perplex;,1.0
So in mere spite you curse the Female Sex.,2.0
"I would not judge you thus, only I find",5.0
Not only with your Pen; you higher soar;,1.0
But if all Men should of your Humour be,1.0
"And should rob Hymen of his Deity,",3.0
"Then hostile Spirits would be forced to Peace,",0.0
Because the World so slowly would increase.,0.0
"They would be glad to keep their Men at home,",0.0
And each want more to attend his Throne:,1.0
"Nay, should an English Prince resolve that he",0.0
"And this dull custom some few years maintained,",2.0
To see a Kingdom crammed into a Court.,0.0
"Sure a strange world, when one should nothing see,",1.0
"Or should this Act ere pass, woman would fly",5.0
And in dark Caves secure her Chastity.,2.0
Woman I am sure will choose to live alone.,1.0
Which chose cold death before their lovers flames.,1.0
Since we have got examples nearer home.,0.0
Witness those Saxon Ladies who did fear,2.0
The loss of Honour when the Danes were here:,0.0
And cut their Lips and Noses that they might,0.0
"Not pleasing seem, or give the Danes delight.",0.0
"Thus having done what they could justly do,",2.0
At last they fell their sacrifices too.,0.0
She him refused with hazard of her life.,2.0
"And some which I do know but will not name,",1.0
"I could say more, but History will tell",1.0
Many more things that do these excel.,2.0
In Constancy they men excel as far,1.0
A heavens bright lamp does a dull twinkling star.,4.0
"Though man is always altering of his mind,",1.0
The men have had the power of making Laws;,2.0
"For where is there that man that ever died,",1.0
But numerous trains of chaste wives expire,4.0
"With their dear Husbands, though in flames of fire:",3.0
"But this is done by Indian women, who",3.0
"Do make their Constancy immortal too,",1.0
As is their Fame: We find India yields,6.0
More glorious Phoenix than the Arabian fields.,7.0
The Germane women Constancy did show,6.0
"When Wensberg was besieged, begged they might go",3.0
"Out of the City, with no bigger Packs",3.0
Than each of them could carry on their Backs.,2.0
"Jaded with treasures from their native home,",3.0
But crossing expectation each did take,0.0
Her Husband as her burden on her back.,2.0
"So saved him from intended death, and she",1.0
At once gave him both life and liberty.,5.0
How many loving wives have often died:,0.0
Drowned in tears by their cold husbands side.,2.0
"And when a Sword was Executioner,",1.0
"the very same hath executed her,",1.0
"With her own hands; eagerly meeting death,",3.0
And scorned to live when he was void of breath.,1.0
Woman is always Constant in chaste Love.,3.0
"She well may change, I think the reason's just.",0.0
"No, she bright Star wont wander from her sphere",5.0
Of Virtue in which Female Souls do move,1.0
For she whose first espoused to virtue must,1.0
"But now the scene is altered, and those who",1.0
"were esteemed modest by a blush or two,",6.0
"Are represented quite another way,",0.0
"She that takes pious Precepts for her Rule,",3.0
They would have all bred up in Venus School.,0.0
"And when that by her speech or carriage, she",1.0
"Does seem to have sense of a Deity,",1.0
"Unless it be the little blinded Boy,",0.0
"That Childish god, Cupid, that trifling toy,",5.0
"That certain nothing, whom they feign to be",0.0
The Son of Venus daughter to the Sea.,1.0
"But were he true, none serve him as they should,",3.0
"For commonly those who adore this god,",1.0
Do't only in a melancholy mood;,1.0
"Or else a sort of hypocrites they are,",0.0
"And by him they do sacred love pretend,",1.0
"When as heaven knows, they have a baser end.",1.0
Nor is he god of love; but if I must,2.0
"Give him a title, then he is god of lust.",0.0
And surely Woman impious must be,2.0
"Unless she will believe without control,",1.0
Those that did hold a Woman had no Soul:,1.0
And then does think no obligation lies,1.0
On her to act what may be just or wise.,1.0
"And only strive to please her Appetite,",0.0
And to embrace that which does most delight.,1.0
"And when she does this paradox believe,",0.0
Whatever faith does please she may receive.,2.0
"She may be Turk, Jew, Atheist, Infidel,",4.0
"Or any thing, cause she need never fear Hell,",3.0
For if she hath no Soul what need she fear,2.0
Something she knows not what or when or where.,2.0
"But hold I think I should be silent now,",0.0
Could never damn us at the rate you do.,0.0
"What dost thou think thou hast privilege given,",0.0
"That those whom thou dost bless shall mount to heaven,",0.0
And so dost think to fill the Abyss below,3.0
"Quite full of Females, hoping there may be",3.0
"Or enter into heaven, thy weight of Sin",0.0
"It would at best but mitigate thy pain,",0.0
"Because thou hast been vile to that degree,",0.0
That thy repentance must eternal be.,1.0
For wert thou guilty of no other crime,3.0
Were enough to shut the gate of Heaven.,1.0
"But when together's put all thou do,",1.0
It will not only shut but bar it too.,1.0
For when Heaven made woman it designed,4.0
Her for the charming object of Mankind.,3.0
Nor is altered only with those who,1.0
And then what they must be we make no doubt.,1.0
It's to make heaven mistaken when you say,2.0
It meant one and it proves another way.,1.0
"For when heaven with its last and greatest care,",0.0
"Had formed a female charming bright and fair,",1.0
"Why then immediately it did decree,",3.0
"That unto man she should a blessing be,",0.0
And so should prove to all posterity.,2.0
And surely there is nothing can be worse,2.0
Than for to turn a blessing to a curse.,2.0
"And when the greatest blessing heaven ere gave,",1.0
And certainly the best that man could have.,1.0
A great affront unto heaven's Majesty.,7.0
"I must confess there are some bad, and they",1.0
All are not forced to wander in false way.,1.0
"Only some few whose dark benighted sense,",0.0
"Against those many tempting pleasures, which",0.0
Not only theirs but Masculine Souls bewitch.,3.0
"Are guilty of all crimes and you have none,",2.0
"Unless some few, which you call fools, who be",1.0
"Espoused to wives, and live in chastity.",1.0
"But the most rational, without which we",2.0
Doubtless should question your Humanity.,4.0
And I would praise them more only I fear,3.0
If I should do't it would make me appear,3.0
Unto the World much fonder than I be,3.0
"Of that same State, for I love Liberty,",4.0
Into his Ark; I would have some released,0.0
From the dear cares of that lawful State:,2.0
"Hold I'll not dictate, I'll leave all Fate.",0.0
Nor would I have the World to think that I,0.0
Through a despair do Nuptial Joys defy.,1.0
For in the World so little I have been,1.0
"Of Saturn, only I do think it best",1.0
"For those who love to contemplate at rest,",1.0
"For to live single too, and then they may",2.0
"Uninterrupted, Natures Work survey.",2.0
And had my Antagonist spent his time,3.0
"As a Female Poet, he had gained some praise,",2.0
But now his malice blasts his twig of Bays.,0.0
"I do not wish you had, for I believe",1.0
It is impossible for to deceive,3.0
"Any with what you write, because that you",1.0
"And if by supposition I may go,",2.0
"Then I'll suppose all men are wicked too,",1.0
"And because you have made Whores of all you could,",2.0
Which words do only argue guilt and spite:,0.0
All makes you cheap in every mortals sight.,0.0
And it does show that you have always been,1.0
Only with Women guilty of that Sin.,3.0
You never desired nor were you fit for those,3.0
Whose modest carriage does their minds disclose.,0.0
"The way and manner Bewley entered Hell,",0.0
As if your love for her had made you go,2.0
Down to the black infernal shades below.,1.0
"But I suppose you never was so near,",2.0
"For if you had, you scarce would have been here,",1.0
"Unless they thought when ere it was you came,",1.0
Your hot entrance might increase the flame.,2.0
"If burning Hell add to their extreme pain,",5.0
And so were glad to turn you off again.,2.0
"And likewise, also I believe beside,",2.0
That one thing more might be their haughty pride.,0.0
"And as fond mortals hate a rival, they",3.0
"Loving through Pride, were loath to let you stay,",2.0
"For fear that you might their black deeds excel,",3.0
Usurp their Seat and be the Prince of Hell.,1.0
But I believe that you will let your hate,2.0
Persuades your Subjects will be Women kind.,1.0
"But I believe when it comes the trial,",1.0
Were you but half so sure of heaven as we.,1.0
But when you are in hell if you should find,2.0
"More then I speak of, think heaven designed",3.0
"Them for a part of your Eternal Fate,",2.0
"But why you should do so I cannot tell,",0.0
Unless it's what makes you in love with hell:,0.0
Must have Antipathy against Woman too.,7.0
For virtue and they are so near allied,2.0
That none can their mutual ties divide.,2.0
"Like Light and Heat, incorporate they are,",0.0
"But I'm too dull to give my Sex due praise,",3.0
The task befits a Laureate Crowned with Bays:,2.0
"And yet all he can say, will be but small,",0.0
A Copy differs from the original.,4.0
"For should he sleep under Parnassus Hill,",6.0
Implore the Muses for to guide his Quill.,1.0
"And should they help him, yet his praise would seem",0.0
For he would come so short of what they are,1.0
His lines won't with one single Act compare.,1.0
"But to say truest, is to say that she",3.0
Is Good and Virtuous unto that degree,2.0
"Imagination, because you set no bound,",3.0
And then one certain definition is,1.0
To say that she does comprehend all Bliss.,1.0
"Heroic, constant, nay, and modest too:",0.0
"The later Virtue is a thing you doubt,",1.0
But it's because you never sought to find it out.,1.0
"A hated object, yet a stranger too.",0.0
"I'll speak like you, if such a thing there be,",1.0
I'm certain that she does not dwell with thee.,0.0
Thou art Antipodes to that and unto all,0.0
"Turned Bully Hector, and a humane Beast.",5.0
"That Beasts do speak it rarely comes to pass,",0.0
You do describe a woman so that one,1.0
Would almost think she had the Fiends outdone:,2.0
"As if at her strange birth did shine no star,",3.0
"And did conspire what mischief they should do,",3.0
"Each act his part and her with plagues pursue,",1.0
"It's false in her, yet it's summed up in you.",0.0
You almost would persuade one that you thought,1.0
That providence to a low ebb was brought;,3.0
Souls of so great extent that heaven was driven,0.0
"Into a Straight, and liberality",1.0
"Had made her void of wanting, to supply",1.0
"These later bodies, she was forced to take",1.0
"Their souls asunder, and so numbers make,",1.0
Still shift them as she finds the matters stand.,2.0
It's because they are the worst makes me believe,4.0
But I'm no Pythagorean to conclude,3.0
"Or think that heaven so bankrupt or so poor,",1.0
But that each body has one soul or more.,0.0
"I do not find our Sex so near allied,",0.0
"Either in disobedience or in pride,",3.0
"They are refined, or else were always pure",1.0
"That I must needs conceit their souls the same,",0.0
"But yet their faults only thus much infer,",5.0
That we're not made so perfect but may err;,2.0
"Which adds much lustre to a virtuous mind,",3.0
And it's her prudence makes her soul confined,1.0
"Within the bounds of Goodness, for if she",1.0
"Was all perfection, unto that degree",0.0
Why heaven not she must have the praise of this.,0.0
And without care her freedom may enthral.,5.0
"But to keep pure and free in such a case,",3.0
Argues each virtue with its proper grace.,3.0
"Most soft and gentle, she has happiness",2.0
"In that her soul is of that nature too,",1.0
"And yields to any thing that heaven will do,",0.0
"Takes an impression when it's sealed in heaven,",2.0
"Turns to a cold refusal, when it's given",0.0
And by a splendid lustre does outshine,2.0
"All masculine souls, who only seem to be",2.0
Made up of pride and their loved luxury.,3.0
So great's men ambition that he would,2.0
"Have all the wealth and power if he could,",1.0
"Of the worlds Monarchs, covets all their Crowns.",2.0
And by experience it hath been found,2.0
The word Ambition's not an empty sound.,0.0
"Man's pride, ambition and his falsehood too.",3.0
For if at any time ambitious have,1.0
"Least show of honour, then their souls grow brave,",2.0
"Grow big and restless, they are not at ease,",2.0
"Till they have a more fatal way to please,",0.0
"Look fair and true, when falsely they intend;",2.0
"So from low Subject, grow a Monarch's Friend.",4.0
"And by grave Counsels they their good pretend,",3.0
When it's guilt poison and oft works their end.,4.0
"The Son who must succeed, is too much loved,",0.0
Must be pulled down his Council is approved,1.0
"For fear he willingly should grow too great,",2.0
"Desire to rule, should mount his father's Seat.",0.0
"And then the better to secure the State,",1.0
It is but just they should receive his fate.,1.0
"So by degrees he for himself makes room,",3.0
Or would do so at least but commonly,1.0
For the known crimes makes a wise Prince take care.,3.0
Men more impious than a woman far.,2.0
So those who by their abject fortune are,1.0
"Remote from Courts no less their pride declare,",1.0
"Above them, in State, or Priority.",3.0
But it's impossible for to relate,3.0
"Their boundless Pride, or their prodigious hate,",1.0
"To all that fortune hath but smiled upon,",0.0
In a degree that is above their own.,2.0
"Which does betray a base ignoble mind,",0.0
Speaks thee nothing but a blustering wind.,3.0
"I should not enter, nor won't be implied,",1.0
"For to search out their strange and unknown crimes,",3.0
That my dull Arithmetic cannot tell,1.0
Half the sins that commonly do dwell,1.0
"In one sordid Rustic, then how can I",1.0
Define the Courts or Towns Debauchery.,1.0
Their pride in some small measure I have shown.,2.0
But theirs is running over and pressed down;,3.0
And it's impossible I should repeat,2.0
"The Crimes of men extravagantly great,",2.0
"I would not name them, but to let them see",1.0
"It's true, pride makes men great in their own eyes,",3.0
"And though Ambition still aims to be high,",3.0
Yet Lust at best is but bestiality;,2.0
"Not Pride nor Envy, etc. for this does ensnare,",4.0
"Not only those whom it at first inflamed,",2.0
"This Sin must have a partner to be shamed,",1.0
"And punished like himself. Hold, one wont do,",3.0
"He must have more, for he does still pursue",1.0
"The Agents of his Passion; it's not Wife,",2.0
That Mutual Name can regulate his Life:,2.0
"And though he for his Lust might have a shroud,",1.0
"And there might be Polygamy allowed,",2.0
"Yet all his Wives would surely be abhorred,",0.0
"Most mortally the Name of Wife they hate,",1.0
"Yet they will take one as their proper fate,",1.0
"That they may have a Child legitimate,",1.0
"To be their Heir, if they have an Estate,",2.0
"Or else to bear their Names: So, for by ends,",1.0
"They take a Wife, and satisfy their friends,",0.0
"Who are desirous that it should be so,",1.0
"And for that end, perhaps, Estates bestow;",1.0
"Which, when possessed, is spent another way;",0.0
"The Spurious Issue do the right betray,",2.0
"The Wife and Children by neglect disdained,",1.0
"Wretched and poor unto their Friends return,",4.0
"Having got nothing, unless cause to mourn.",8.0
"The Dire Effects of Lust I cannot tell,",0.0
For I suppose its Catalogue's in Hell;,1.0
"And he perhaps at last may read it there,",1.0
"Written in flames, fierce as his own while here.",1.0
"By these strange Creatures, nor is there scarce one",3.0
Of these inhumane Beasts that do not die,2.0
And Men do catch it by mere fantasy.,3.0
"Though they are chaste and honest, yet it does",1.0
"Pursue them, and some company on oath",2.0
"They have been in, and their infected breath",1.0
"As the base wretch or vain Physician please,",2.0
And then a sum of Money must be gave,0.0
"And then it's doubled, for to hide the cheat:",1.0
The Body and Estate together go.,1.0
"And then the only Objects here below,",0.0
"On which he does his charity bestow,",1.0
"Are Whores and Quacks, and perhaps Pages too",5.0
"Must have a share, or else they will reveal",1.0
That which Money does make them conceal.,2.0
"Sure trusty Stewards of extensive heaven,",2.0
When what's for common good is only given,0.0
"Unto peculiar friends of theirs, who be",2.0
"As those whose boldness turns them reprobate,",2.0
And though a Hypocrite does seem to be,1.0
"A greater sharer of Morality,",2.0
"One hides, and other tells what he hath done;",0.0
"But if one Devil's better than another,",2.0
Than one of these is better than the other:,2.0
"Hypocrisy pre-eminence should have,",3.0
"By open Custom, make the rugged way",0.0
"More take example, it's he strives to win.",1.0
"Mad Souls, to fill up Hell! But should there be",1.0
"Nothing before acted but Hypocrisy,",3.0
"Yet Man would be as wicked as he is,",1.0
And be no nearer to eternal bliss;,2.0
"Example by such Men, should never make",1.0
"Me to believe, that he was really chaste,",2.0
"And, without pattern, never had embraced:",5.0
"Such kind of sins at best such virtues weak,",0.0
"That with such a slender stress will break,",1.0
A slight temptation at the second hand:,0.0
But I believe one might as narrowly pry,3.0
And yet find none; and then if Women be,1.0
"Averse to't too, sure all's iniquity",3.0
"On this side Heaven, and it with Justice went",2.0
"Up thither, because here is found no content,",1.0
"But did regardless and neglected lie,",1.0
And with an awful distance was past by.,3.0
"Instead of hiding their prodigious Acts,",1.0
"They do reveal, brag of their horrid Facts;",2.0
"Unless it be some few who hide them, because",2.0
They would not seem to violate those laws,1.0
"Or else the Wives Relations are alive,",1.0
"Their golden wheels, that way does seem uneven,",0.0
Then the Estate most certainly is given,2.0
"Some other way, or else it's settled so",1.0
"As he may never have it to bestow,",2.0
For to have a very great esteem,0.0
For his pretended Joy; but when her friends,1.0
"Are dead, then he his cursed life defends,",2.0
"With what they leave; then the unhappy wife,",1.0
"With her dear children, lead an horrid life,",2.0
"And the Estate's put to another use,",3.0
"And should I strive their falsehood to relate,",2.0
An Instance too of Infidelity,1.0
"Who, though he under obligations were,",1.0
"The same at first, so altered words not mind,",0.0
"Which is much worse, for when that one does speak",0.0
"With a full resolution, for to break",3.0
"One's word and oath, surely it must be",4.0
"A greater crime than an inconstancy,",2.0
Which is as great failing in the soul,5.0
"As any sin that reason does control,",0.0
"But I designed for to be short, so must",2.0
Be sure for to keep firm unto the first,3.0
These faults which first I ought for to remove;,1.0
"Therefore, with Brutus, I this point will end,",2.0
"Who, though he ought to have been Caesar's friend,",0.0
"By being declared his Heir, yet it was he",3.0
Was the first actor in his tragedy:,3.0
"He was at once, nay and disloyal too:",3.0
"A thousand Instances there might be brought,",1.0
"Not far fetched, though they were dearly bought",2.0
"To prove that Man more false than Woman is,",1.0
"But these are Crimes which hell, I'm sure not heaven",1.0
"As they pretend, hath peculiar given",3.0
"Unto our Sex, but it's as false as they,",3.0
"All Pride and Lust too to our charge they lay,",2.0
As if in sin we all were so sublime,2.0
"Nay, Woman now is made the Scapegoat, and",3.0
It's she must bear sins of all the land:,1.0
"Make an atonement for one single man,",3.0
"Nay, it is well if he himself can bring",1.0
"An humble, pious heart for the offering;",0.0
A thing which ought to be inseparable,1.0
"Yet it is sometime wanting, and they be",2.0
"I must not look in my Teachers lives,",0.0
"Each Man's so eager of each fatal sin,",1.0
As if he feared he should not do't again;,1.0
"Yet still his soul is black, he is the same",1.0
"At all times, though he does not act all flame,",0.0
"Because he opportunity does want,",1.0
"Of Objects for to exercise his will,",1.0
And for to show his great and mighty skill,1.0
"In all Sciences diabolical,",3.0
But when he meets with those which we do call,0.0
"Base and unjust, why then his part he acts",2.0
"Most willingly, and then with hell contracts",1.0
"And being thus inflamed with hellish fire,",0.0
"He does to any thing it does desire,",0.0
"I am not sorry you do Females hate,",3.0
"But rather reckon we're more fortunate,",2.0
"And should you love them, I should think they were",1.0
"A growing bad, but still keep as you are:",2.0
"I need not bid you, for you must I'm sure,",1.0
And in your present wretched state endure;,0.0
"It's an impossible you should be true,",2.0
"As for a Woman to act like to you,",3.0
"Which I am sure will not accomplished be,",0.0
And when vice is virtue you shall have,1.0
"A share of that which makes most Females brave,",1.0
"So thou must lie in vast eternity,",2.0
"With prospect of thy endless misery,",2.0
"When Woman, your imagined Fiend, shall live",1.0
Blessed with the Joys that Heaven can always give.,0.0
"Schooled in the discipline of black despair,",1.0
Dares the vast treasure of her woes commend;,4.0
"Now fear forbids ' --  then hope persuades again,",1.0
"Both love and horror guide my trembling pen,",1.0
"Horror ' --  that knows not where it should begin,",1.0
"To wail the lover lost, or weep the sin;",0.0
"While love presents his beauties to my eyes,",1.0
"A dire report has lately reached my ears,",0.0
The source of these complaints and falling tears,1.0
"'Twas said ' --  I heard and fainted at the sound,",1.0
"Hoping it's false ' --  yet dreading more it's true,",2.0
A certain answer I request from you;,1.0
I'd fain believe some busy meddling friend,0.0
"May, through kind policy, his death pretend,",3.0
"Thinking how vain when I believed him lost,",3.0
"My heart would then by care no more be tossed,",1.0
"And when his death had well possessed my mind,",0.0
"Alas! how weak such artifice must prove,",1.0
How little do they know the force of love;,0.0
"Were he but living, my poor heart no more",4.0
The loss of friends or fortune would deplore;,0.0
Perhaps in time too I'd contented been,2.0
"But, o! his death is agony to bear,",2.0
"Then truly tell me, nor with flattering gloss,",3.0
"Varnish or hide the greatness of my loss,",3.0
"Tell the sad truth, by doubts I'm doubly cursed,",3.0
To doubt is ever to believe the worst.,1.0
"Art thou then gone, my daily, nightly care,",0.0
"My ALL that parents, friends or husband were,",1.0
Still must I kiss his dear unhappy name.,0.0
"Join not the world, OH be not you severe;",2.0
With Heaven's permission to some worthy lord:,3.0
"Mock not, o blame not my unhappy love,",1.0
Pity that weakness which you can't approve.,2.0
"Was there no cliff, no rock, no island near,",5.0
Did no kind plank his fainting body bear?,1.0
"Thus do I strive, thus arguments invent,",2.0
Thus are my days in fruitless wishes spent:,0.0
"Por ever gone ' --  the sea, with sullen roar,",1.0
"Denies my treasure ' --  to the friendly shore,",1.0
Or clasp his body in a last embrace.,0.0
"To seize my soul's delight, my heart's sole joy;",1.0
Ah cruel parents! but more cruel they,1.0
"To tear him from his native home away,",1.0
"Far, far away ' --  to join a horrid crew,",1.0
"And, dying, pay the debt to vengeance due.",0.0
"Dear hapless youth, beloved, bemoaned in vain,",1.0
"There ends thy hope, there ends thy every pain,",0.0
"An end to every grief, and every care,",0.0
"In youth neglected, or despised in age,",1.0
"No change of place to me brings change of mind,",3.0
No joy in sweet variety I find;,2.0
"To me all light or darkness is the same,",2.0
"My nights are horror, and my days all shame.",1.0
"Say, sister, must my tears for ever flow,",1.0
"While Heaven forgives, yet unforgiven below.",2.0
"Young as I was, ever reason taught to tame",1.0
The unruly passion that destroyed my fame;,1.0
"By slow degrees I drew the spreading fire,",0.0
"I saw the youth, and seeing must admire,",0.0
"In his sad eye the languid tale he bore,",3.0
He asked my pity ' --  then he hoped no more:,1.0
O little did I think how soon to prove,0.0
How near akin compassion is to love;,1.0
"I loved him, sister, what could weakness do?",0.0
"Though mean his state, though humble his degree,",1.0
"His soul was noble, and his heart was free,",1.0
"Fond foolish heart, by ME to ruin led,",2.0
"O, Caroline! if the kind tender name",2.0
"Teach my poor suffering heart its woes to bear,",3.0
"Teach me, though humbled, to look up to Heaven,",2.0
"To sue for grace, and hope to be forgiven,",0.0
"And injured Heaven of me requires no more,",1.0
"When every grief sinks with me to the grave,",3.0
From blasting tongues my hapless memory save;,2.0
"But ah! be careful, let there not be known",0.0
A name so wretched on the wounded stone.,1.0
"How very rare my generous friend we find,",2.0
"A woman blessed with such a virtuous mind,",3.0
"A heart which nobly dares to be sincere,",0.0
"A soul without ambition, truly great,",0.0
"Sprightly, yet wise, and witty, though sedate.",3.0
"By prudence, piety, and reason taught;",1.0
"A bosom, awed by chastity and love,",1.0
"A tongue, ordained, the hardest heart to move;",0.0
"An ear, for ever open to the poor,",1.0
"A form as spotless as her heavenly mind,",3.0
"In temper affable, polite, and kind.",1.0
"IN Gothic times, when feudal laws obtained,",0.0
"And tyranny with superstition reigned,",1.0
Mysterious rites with dazzling shows confined,2.0
To narrow bounds the darkened human mind;,0.0
And wrapped the world in shades of mental night;,0.0
"Where genius dawned it shot forth sanguine gleams,",1.0
Its fires infused ambition's frantic dreams;,0.0
"Scared by the sword, fair Freedom distant flew,",1.0
And men machines to guilty conquerors grew;,2.0
"While gloomy ignorance the earth pervades,",1.0
And science flies to deep romantic shades:,0.0
"Yet still the active mind retained some power,",0.0
"The fruit was lost, but stronger bloomed the flower;",0.0
"Poetic thoughts and deeds the brave combined,",0.0
And strong imagination seized the blind.,0.0
But when amid those superstitious days,0.0
"Some potent mind shed truth's obtrusive rays,",1.0
"The fair IANTHE, bright as rising day,",0.0
"Or the wild blossoms which unfold in May,",2.0
"Accused by priests of supernatural crimes,",2.0
"Because some rays, with native genius fired,",0.0
"Shot through her graceful eyes, and love inspired;",0.0
"While still she dared be innocent and free,",1.0
"By virtuous precepts formed, this lovely maid",3.0
"But thither chased, fled with her aged sire",1.0
"From civil feuds, and persecutions dire.",0.0
"They sought some spot where they might freely live,",1.0
And undisturbed fair Nature's gifts receive.,1.0
"OH, wanderers vain! to seek for certain good,",3.0
Though kings and priests had stained the earth with blood;,0.0
No feeling for men's miseries retain;,4.0
"Hunting for fame, they idly sport with life,",2.0
While clashing interests urge perpetual strife.,2.0
With genuine force through light on all around;,2.0
"Through her clear eyes the fires of fancy glow,",2.0
"Her nerves, with force and quick sensations strung,",0.0
"Deepened her rosy lips, and fired her trembling tongue.",4.0
"A glimpse of truth her native genius caught,",0.0
"She saw, abhorrent, persecution's rod,",0.0
And in her heart she sought the unknown GOD;,3.0
"The GOD who lights the heavens, and rules the storm,",2.0
"Mixed the pure elements, and gave them form!",4.0
"Europe was in destructive wars engaged,",2.0
The Imperial Eagle and the Pontiff raged;,4.0
"The sword vast desolation spread around,",1.0
Felt his blood freeze through his enfeebled frame;,4.0
He made the sorrows of mankind his own.,2.0
"Seeking for peace, through various realms they sped,",4.0
Still hopes of bliss like airy visions fled;,1.0
"IANTHE saw with grief her father's mind,",0.0
"While shunning ills, to Nature's blessings blind:",0.0
"Her youthful senses oft with pleasures glow,",0.0
She feels some good still mixed with human woe.,1.0
"The earth with flowers, and all creation glows,",2.0
Till vernal showers were chased by warmer gales;,2.0
Though placid peace here breathed a transient calm;,0.0
"For still he saw, with acrimonious eye,",2.0
With indignation heard the uplifted rod,2.0
"His fixed design when fair IANTHE found,",0.0
"Suffused with tears, her eyes the fields survey,",0.0
"She pressed his hand, and warmly urged his stay.",0.0
"Look round, she cried; here smiling plenty blooms,",0.0
The ambient air breathes Nature's rich perfumes.,3.0
"Stay, OH my father! at my urgent prayer,",1.0
These vales obscure our Maker's bounties share;,0.0
"The bliss we seek the world may not contain,",0.0
"We rove romantic, and our toils are vain;",1.0
Though transient joys are scattered all around.,0.0
"Ardent she spoke, while hope a ray diffused,",2.0
"But, still resolved, the restless sire refused;",2.0
"Long on life's troubled ocean he had tossed,",4.0
And now his relish of the calm was lost:,1.0
Of all the world this spot alone seemed sweet;,1.0
"Her heaving breast unusual anguish wrung,",0.0
And never so persuasive was her tongue.,2.0
Whence in her bosom did those cares arise?,0.0
Or did the heavenly music of his song,3.0
Infuse its warmth to urge her glowing tongue?,0.0
"Frequent their bland society he sought,",2.0
His genuine converse woke expanding thought;,2.0
Oft mingling lays with such transcendent art,2.0
As fired her fancy while they reached her heart.,2.0
Her bosom heaving with the parting sigh;,1.0
"With quickest sympathy he caught her smart,",1.0
While mixed emotions vibrate in his heart:,0.0
"Pervade his soul; her graceful hand he pressed,",0.0
"And, with consent, the feeble sire addressed,",3.0
"Urging their stay: with fear he rapid speaks,",2.0
While anxious feelings tinged his ardent cheeks;,0.0
"Both plead at once, strong arguments they pour,",3.0
"With anxious tears, and each persuasive power;",0.0
"His first resolves before their wishes melt,",0.0
For latent motives in their force he felt:,0.0
"He yields; ' --  young RAPHAEL points his piercing eyes,",4.0
"A sudden shower fell over her blushing cheeks,",5.0
And her delight too eloquently speaks.,3.0
"To build a humble mansion, plainly neat,",0.0
"Distant from where the feudal lords reside,",1.0
"Amid a wood, and on a hill's warm side;",2.0
"To Nature true, by purest thought refined,",0.0
No idle scorn of toil debased his mind.,1.0
"IANTHE with fine taste the flowers combines,",4.0
And round their mansion spreads the swelling vines.,0.0
"Oft RAPHAEL works beside the inspiring maid,",6.0
And tender passions all his powers invade;,2.0
"Celestial was the music of her tongue,",2.0
"He added force, and wrote the ecstatic song;",2.0
"His tuneful lays fair Nature's works disclose,",1.0
And latent truth drawn forth reflected glows;,1.0
"Mute on his burning lips love trembling hung,",1.0
While strong expression marked each feeling song;,0.0
And tremulous her warbling measures flow.,1.0
Their mutual passions as they strengthening rise;,5.0
"A parent's care hung heavy at his breast,",1.0
"Then late he felt fresh happiness to dawn,",2.0
And mid life's winter viewed one glowing morn.,1.0
"The eyes of RAPHAEL, piercing as the light,",5.0
"Spoke his whole soul, and sparkled with delight.",4.0
"IANTHE strives her transports to conceal,",1.0
"Flowed from his eyes, and mingled with the prayer.",1.0
"One eve the kindling heavens resplendent shone,",2.0
"While sinking Phoebus girds his crimson zone,",0.0
"Whose glorious beams through tracts immense were shed,",2.0
And not one cloud over heaven's vast arch was spread:,6.0
"Amongst the woods IANTHE strayed afar,",0.0
Marking the lustre of the evening star;,3.0
To Nature's God her songs enraptured flow:,0.0
"As on she wandered, fearless of alarms,",2.0
ARNO from far beheld her graceless charms:,2.0
"ARNO, the child of fortune and of fame,",3.0
Whose nervous manhood early deeds proclaim;,1.0
"A noble strength of thought his soul inspires,",0.0
But fostered passion fed vindictive fires;,0.0
"In his large eyes strong sense and feeling glow,",4.0
But anger rose like thunder on his brow:,1.0
"Vast his designs, with rising pride he strode,",2.0
And wild ambition taints his youthful blood;,0.0
"Lawless he tramples over the peasant's corn,",4.0
"At night he walks the woods, stole hours from sleep,",1.0
To give his thoughts a large unbounded sweep;,0.0
And caught their fire from his inspired tongue;,1.0
"Strong to endure, he nursed an ardent flame,",2.0
"Mistaking virtue, called it thirst of fame;",0.0
"Each generous thought his ample heart could move,",2.0
"Though violent in hate, yet boundless in his love.",2.0
"While over the fields his rolling eyes he threw,",2.0
Almost a vision of his brain she seemed,2.0
"Uncertain what she was, her path he crossed,",1.0
"He stopped, he gazed, in admiration lost.",0.0
"The fires of love seemed glancing from her eyes,",2.0
Her glowing cheeks were tinged with heavenly dies;,2.0
And mid her smiles a thousand charms portrayed.,0.0
"Entranced he gazed ' --  at once her power confessed,",2.0
And youthful transports fired his manly breast.,2.0
"The blind restored scarce feel more strong delight,",1.0
When heaven's vast orb first strikes the astonished sight.,3.0
"He caught her hand, and breathed impassioned sighs,",0.0
While fear and anger flushed her cheeks and eyes;,0.0
"Quick from his grasp her hand she trembling drew,",0.0
"And, winged with terror, swift as light she flew.",0.0
"Awed by the virtue sacred on her brow,",1.0
Unusual feelings through his bosom glow;,1.0
He saw her shoot before him as a star,1.0
"Her magic limbs he viewed, while on the wind",1.0
Her long luxuriant tresses streamed behind:,2.0
"Ardent he gazed, lost in romantic bliss,",3.0
And doomed with strong resolve IANTHE his.,1.0
"To boundless passion all his heart resigned,",0.0
"He shook each shackle from his haughty mind,",1.0
"And following quick, stung at his own delay,",2.0
Bounds over each barrier which obstructs his way:,5.0
"The woods awhile conceal the flying fair,",0.0
"Tortured he flew, more rapid from despair;",3.0
One glance he caught ' --  to sight her mansion rose;,0.0
"He saw her enter, and the portal close.",1.0
"Rash in resolve, and conscious of his power,",2.0
In fiercely rushed; ' --  but started as he viewed,1.0
"RAPHAEL, who by his loved IANTHE stood.",1.0
"Spent with her flight, she on his arm reclined,",1.0
"Smiled in his eyes, and calmed her fluttering mind.",2.0
"The tyrant saw, but scarcely stopped to look,",0.0
"Raised him from want, and crowned with living bays;",0.0
"Dare he, the admitted partner of his board,",2.0
Triumphant thwart the affections of his lord?,3.0
A threatening vengeance in his eyeballs glows;,1.0
"Flashing with its ungovernable sway,",4.0
He like an angry tempest burst away.,0.0
"IANTHE, conscious, trembled as he gazed;",1.0
"Whatever had passed with faltering lips declares,",5.0
"Spent with fatigue, and shook with rising fears.",2.0
"As RAPHAEL heard, a secret pang possessed",3.0
"But this repressing, her loved hand he took,",3.0
"Their nuptial day he urged, while inward smart",0.0
"Toned each persuasive word, and fired her heart.",3.0
"And soldiers entering, round young RAPHAEL pour;",4.0
"From ARNO sent, his stern commands they brought,",0.0
Quick to convey him where his armies fought ' --,2.0
"To distant regions, scenes to him unknown,",1.0
"Thus forced along, resistance were as vain",2.0
As if a pebble strove to stem the main.,1.0
"By early thought with fortitude endowed,",0.0
"Too deeply pierced, no longer could control",2.0
The desperate sorrow which overwhelmed his soul;,2.0
"While raving, thus with agony he spoke:",1.0
"Alas! each promised blessing torn away,",0.0
IANTHE falls the mighty victor's prey!,0.0
O! dire effect of arbitrary power!,0.0
In vain their bitter tears the wretched pour!,0.0
Thy RAPHAEL only guesses at thy sighs!,6.0
"Yet, struggling with her pangs, she powerful strove",3.0
"To calm his fears, and prove her steadfast love;",1.0
"Infused fair hope, to snatch him from despair,",2.0
And claimed protection of their Maker's care;,1.0
"Vows of eternal constancy she paid,",3.0
"He saw her virtue with such strength combined,",1.0
"That, trusting in the God who armed her mind,",0.0
He strove sublime to meet his fate resigned.,0.0
Far from his reach had born the unhappy maid;,2.0
But ruin threats him if he flies the abode,3.0
Where all his little wealth was now bestowed.,0.0
Fearless decides her father's wavering state:,4.0
"Secure within, though stung with deepest smart,",0.0
She feels resentment fire her daring heart;,0.0
"She longs the tyrant's spirit to control,",3.0
"To probe his vice, and humble his high soul;",2.0
"Secure in them, no more the despot feared.",0.0
"Impassioned ARNO, anxious to remove,",1.0
"Skilled in the world, and each seducing art,",0.0
Studies to wind around her widowed heart;,2.0
"All means he tries ' --  too well his ardent mind,",1.0
"Fertile in thought, could varying pleasures find:",2.0
"He forced a charm through every sense to steal,",0.0
And strove each baser motive to conceal;,4.0
"Yet vain his powers, no passion they impart,",4.0
Her mind despises and pervades his art.,1.0
"Till now his spirit never had born control,",2.0
"She kerbs his fires, but captivates his soul;",3.0
"Still from her rosy lips sweet music flies,",1.0
And radiant glances still escape her eyes.,0.0
"Seeking revenge, she triumphed in her power,",2.0
And taught the haughty tyrant to adore:,1.0
"Wild satire vibrates from her scornful tongue,",2.0
And pointed truths each conscious passion stung;,0.0
"The flash of wit, inspiring and severe,",1.0
"Displayed her hate, and filled him with despair.",1.0
"Baffled and angered now, he sues no more,",3.0
But asks advice of saintly THEODORE.,0.0
"Alas! replied the priest, why should my son",0.0
"Consult with me, since power is all his own?",2.0
"Nature to adorn thy name with Fortune vies,",1.0
At thy command the unyielding rebel dies;,3.0
"If such thy wishes, say what power restrains?",3.0
O! force the bliss which ignorance disdains;,1.0
"For must thy youth be blasted mid its bloom,",0.0
And all thy glories wither in the tomb? ' --,0.0
"Thus spoke the priest; impetuous he complies,",2.0
And rushing joys burst from his large black eyes.,3.0
"Vile THEODORE was early trained in sin,",1.0
"Religion's cloak close veiled an atheist breast,",3.0
"Soon a dire scheme his brain inventive laid,",0.0
"And prompt to execute, he seeks the maid;",0.0
"But soon as he beheld her glowing charms,",1.0
His own frail breast a guilty passion warms;,1.0
"Her graceful eyes, which glowed with innate fire,",3.0
Her mental powers his wondering soul inspire.,4.0
"To ARNO soon he showed an altered mind,",0.0
"And, pleading conscience, the base act resigned.",2.0
"The impassioned Baron saw the vile intent,",1.0
"Quick to perceive, and ardent to resent.",3.0
"And whence, with burning rage, aloud he cries,",0.0
This newborn conscience? whence so lately wise?,0.0
"OH, fool! to trust my secrets to a breast",2.0
"By falsehood, craft, and selfishness possessed.",2.0
"Yet guard thy actions, lest my wrath be hurled,",1.0
And all thy crimes blaze forth before the world.,1.0
"He spoke abrupt, and from his presence broke,",1.0
But stung with deep remorse in secret shook;,0.0
"Paints his own crimes, and glows throughout his frame.",0.0
"With purer thoughts again he seeks the maid,",0.0
"Passion and grief his noble breast pervade,",2.0
"Not more by beauty than her virtues fired,",1.0
And by her force and harmony inspired.,2.0
His manly bosom heaved with potent sighs;,0.0
"Spite of herself, such force his flames impart,",2.0
That all her constancy scarce saved her heart.,2.0
"Unknown of ARNO, THEODORE meanwhile",1.0
And charges him with crimes himself designed.,1.0
"IANTHE caught the alarm, with deepest smart",2.0
Trembling perceives his power pervade her heart;,3.0
"Stung to the quick, repentance wrung her breast,",0.0
"Humbled, her mind its impotence confessed;",3.0
"Blushing within, each though inflicts a wound,",3.0
And refuge oft near THEODORE she found;,0.0
"To him she flies, as an instructive friend,",2.0
In whose sage converse all her powers extend.,2.0
"ARNO repulsed, with wounded pride retires,",2.0
And sought with nobler thoughts to quench his fires;,3.0
"Too long to idle grief a willing prey,",1.0
Sought for instruction from his well stored mind:,4.0
"Her heart, for pure affections finely framed,",0.0
Seemed torpid when its tributes were unclaimed;,2.0
"Unconscious of the flame which burned his heart,",2.0
"With him she strays, her opening thoughts to impart:",4.0
"And as he hears, beneath his shadowy brow",3.0
"His eyes drank love, and swelling features glow.",1.0
"Once, in the bosom of a silent grove,",1.0
"Shocked and astonished, while she calls for aid,",2.0
With lawless force he seized the struggling maid;,0.0
In vain he strove to suffocated the sound;,2.0
Advancing feet of men and horse he hears ' --,0.0
"He starts confused, and flies, overwhelmed with fears:",3.0
"Scarcely she breathes, her cheeks with anger flush,",2.0
Over her whole frame deep spreads the crimson blush;,3.0
"From those who proffered aid, with flashing eyes,",1.0
"Confused, enraged, the trembling virgin flies.",0.0
"Of royal hunters, bounding over the plain.",2.0
"The prince commands to stop her as she flies,",1.0
And asks from whence arose those piercing cries?,0.0
"Panting and spent, the wretched nymph they caught,",2.0
And fainting to the prince and nobles brought:,1.0
"By men surrounded, pierced by curious eyes,",2.0
Her heart within her fluttering bosom dies;,2.0
"The wretch she names, his vile intention speaks,",0.0
"Her quickening pulses throb, shame dies her burning cheeks.",3.0
"Each youthful bosom, by her beauty fired,",1.0
"Touched by her wrongs, was with revenge inspired;",1.0
"But most the prince, enraged, and threatening loud,",0.0
Destruction to the wretched miscreant vowed;,3.0
"Charmed with her youth, he bade her not to fear;",0.0
Himself conducts her to her father's care:,1.0
"Her eyes beamed thanks, her cheeks spoke modesty;",3.0
"He gazed, and left her with an ardent sigh.",1.0
"By fair IANTHE into fury wrought,",0.0
The prince with eager haste the culprit sought;,0.0
"The soldiers seize him, at their lord's commands;",0.0
Humbly before the assembled court he stands.,2.0
"The priests surrounding cast a lowering eye,",2.0
Aloud the youthful lords for justice cry;,0.0
"The prince, inflamed, a faithful witness bears,",0.0
"And menacing, the vile attempt declares;",1.0
For well he knew the weakness of the throne.,1.0
"Thy will, OH GOD! be done, he cried aloud,",1.0
Then to the court with low submission bowed;,0.0
"But hear, just powers, a guiltless wretch resigned,",2.0
And guard from witchcraft the king's sacred mind;,3.0
And fierce on me the infernal poison preys.,1.0
"He said no more, but firmly raised his eyes,",1.0
And with mock prayers insults the the awful skies.,2.0
"Then amid the priests rose up a reverend sire,",2.0
"Whose rolling eyeballs flashed romantic fire,",1.0
"The visionary ROBERT, friend of song,",0.0
"Rapt in wild dreams, fanatic, rash, and strong;",3.0
"Those powers which might have formed him wise and good,",0.0
"Lost in the bigot, made him thirst for blood;",0.0
"His brother he commands to speak more plain,",1.0
And fully his mysterious words explain.,3.0
Then THEODORE his crafty bosom barred: ' --,0.0
"This heart, he cried, by innocence prepared,",1.0
"Can firmly stand the test, or bravely bleed,",0.0
Should the base arts of hell over truth succeed;,3.0
"Yet here I vow, by all my hopes in heaven,",0.0
"That by her spells to desperation driven,",0.0
"I fled before her, scorched by mad desire,",0.0
Burned by the flames of an internal fire;,1.0
"Writhed to the soul, I smart with secret pains,",0.0
For still her magic arts infest my veins.,0.0
"With trembling heart the bigot monarch hears,",0.0
"In him the slave and tyrant were combined,",1.0
"Through his own veins he felt unusual heat,",1.0
"And, as possessed, his nerves and pulses beat;",1.0
"Fearful he sat, and dared not give command.",2.0
"When ROBERT rose, to stretch a saving hand",0.0
"Over the vile priest, and bade him not to fear,",2.0
"Truth's sacred rays, he cried, shall falsehood clear;",2.0
And the just ordeal on her crimes decide.,0.0
"And quickly, with her aged father, brought;",1.0
Dawned not a ray to chase his daughter's fears;,0.0
"Over her fair breast, by many sorrows wrung,",2.0
Her long light hair in waving tresses hung;,1.0
And every action spoke superior grace.,2.0
"An universal horror fills each breast,",0.0
"Who claims the sacred ordeal to decide,",4.0
And chides their zeal with priestly art and pride:,0.0
"That pity which you feel her spells inspire,",0.0
Her eyes will pierce you with their magic fire.,1.0
Her voice was silenced when she strove to speak;,0.0
The guiltless blood ran warmly through her cheek;,2.0
"Devout, on high she raised her lucid eyes,",0.0
"Resigned, on conscious innocence relies,",1.0
For well she knew the Author of her breath,1.0
"With lengthened life might curse, or bless with death.",0.0
"Vile THEODORE each crafty engine plies,",1.0
Virtue no justice on this earth commands;,4.0
"Convicted by each trial now she stands,",1.0
"Past all dispute ' --  though grief assails each eye,",1.0
The prince condemns her as a witch to die.,1.0
"No strength from calm philosophy possessed,",2.0
"Nor from religion resignation drew,",1.0
"The hoary sire beheld her dragged along,",2.0
His rolling eyes departing sense expressed;,0.0
"Aghast he stood, his feeble brain turned round,",1.0
"High swelled his heart, his thoughts no utterance found; ' --",4.0
"Then sudden flew, like one possessed and blind,",1.0
Or withered leaves of aspen driven by wind;,2.0
"Felt not his age, with transient fury strong;",0.0
"Loud cries broke forth, with which the mountains rung:",2.0
"He climbs a clift, on his IANTHE calls,",1.0
"And, starting backward, from its summit falls.",1.0
"Confined, to solitude a lonely prey,",0.0
By ardent prayer and deep reflection strove,0.0
"From her warm heart to shake the ties of love,",2.0
"Which to the earth her sweet affections bind,",0.0
And raise in hope towards Heaven her pious mind,3.0
"Yet her young breast oft pants with inward fears,",4.0
While love and nature force impassioned tears.,0.0
All pleasures and the pomp of courts resigned;,1.0
"Strong disappointments noble lessons taught,",2.0
"His heart he learnt, and purified each thought:",0.0
"To him when rumour those dire tidings bears,",3.0
His rage relapses while aghast he hears;,0.0
"With passion fired, and wild resentment wrought,",2.0
"Through his swollen veins the blood in torrents flies,",0.0
While fury blazes from his threatening eyes;,1.0
"Convulsive passion half suppressed his breath,",0.0
Burning he rushes on to snatch the maid from death.,3.0
"Summoned, his vassals all unite around,",3.0
"Then flew impetuous, menacing from far.",1.0
He seemed struck off the chain of human kind;,2.0
"Lost in a dreary retrospect of woes,",0.0
"Of all unconscious, to the field he goes.",2.0
"ARNO impatient rushes over the plain,",4.0
And fires with fierce revenge the hostile train.,0.0
This day was fair IANTHE doomed to bleed;,0.0
The long procession to the pile proceed;,1.0
With elevated soul the maid appeared;,0.0
Amid her fears one beam of ecstasy,1.0
"Shot over her face, and lightened in her eye;",3.0
"Fired by immortal hopes, each ardent thought",1.0
"Her soul resigned, trusts that each earthly tie",1.0
Will there unite in blessed eternity.,3.0
"The prince with terror heard loud shouts from far,",1.0
And the dire sounds of unexpected war;,0.0
"Soon selfish fears his coward heart dismayed,",1.0
"With voice confused, unknowing what he said,",0.0
He bade the kindling flames to be allayed.,0.0
"ARNO rushed on to snatch her from her fate,",1.0
"When THEODORE, with quickness all his own,",0.0
"Apart to ROBERT cries, To thee alone",1.0
And see a sacrilegious foe command?,0.0
"Short is his date, austere the priest replied;",0.0
Soon shall the haughty rebel rue his pride.,0.0
"A ponderous crucifix his right hand held,",3.0
The left a sacred pompous relic filled;,0.0
"Reverend his form, mysterious his attire,",4.0
"As one inspired he rushes on the plain,",4.0
And spreads his robes before the royal train;,0.0
"Then rearing high the cross and holy band,",0.0
He hurled defiance with a fierce command.,1.0
"Foes to your mother church, ah! whither driven,",0.0
Like fallen angels would you war with Heaven?,0.0
"Tis Satan leads you on, thus proudly great;",3.0
"Death is your portion, hell your lasting fate,",0.0
"Unless you timely bow to Heaven's commands,",2.0
"Nor his high laws, nor burning vengeance feared.",2.0
"Heavens! while I speak convulsive pants my breath,",0.0
Lest GOD in wrath denounce some awful death!,0.0
Judgements await each sacrilegious foe.,2.0
"He spoke; ' --  amazed, they fling their arms away,",0.0
"Some cross their breasts, while ardently they pray;",1.0
"Some seize their chief, but, brooking no control,",0.0
He felt despair's sharp sting inflict his soul.,1.0
"Can he mid flames behold the maid expire,",2.0
And want the power to quench the hellish fire?,2.0
Wildly he raved; the priestly train advance,2.0
"To lead him captive, and to seize his lance;",1.0
"Sullen he turned, while rage and deadly smart",2.0
"Swelled his proud breast, and almost burst his heart;",4.0
"His powers, his spirit, can no aid afford,",4.0
Sudden he rushes on his desperate sword.,3.0
"Hold his rash hand! commanding ROBERT cries,",3.0
"But vain, for as he spoke the hero dies.",1.0
"A mingled murmur ran, some shout aloud,",0.0
The distant troops around their leader crowd;,0.0
"RAPHAEL indignant, amongst the rest drew nigh,",3.0
"Far in the rear, unconscious he had been,",2.0
Till now too distant to survey the scene;,2.0
"But as he looked around with dumb surprise,",1.0
"Confused, a distant spectre seemed to rise,",0.0
Wildly he flew towards the horrid shade. ' --,2.0
"By priests withheld, he rages like the wind",0.0
Within the hollow of a rock confined;,1.0
"But strong as winds, with unremitting force",0.0
"He breaks their hold, and wings his active course;",0.0
"He ran, disarmed and wounded in the fray,",0.0
And to the pile forced his intrepid way; ' --,3.0
"No spectre mocks, no empty shade descends,",2.0
In horrid certainty the vision ends.,1.0
"Bleeding and pale he gazed, with horror filled,",2.0
"His soul was shook, and every nerve was thrilled;",0.0
"Ere he can speak they tear him from the maid,",1.0
While round the pile the crackling flames invade.,0.0
She caught his eyes; ' --  her resignation shook: ' --,0.0
"She struck her breast, but the voluminous smoke",3.0
"Wild rising to the winds obscured her view,",2.0
"Bloodthirsty bigotry exulting glows,",2.0
And ROBERT shouted as the flames arose.,1.0
"Wild raged the fires, the crackling pile gives way,",2.0
"The involving smoke obscures the face of day,",1.0
And flames upon the crumbling ruins prey.,0.0
"The priests triumphant hail the Heavenly King,",2.0
"And even mid murder, songs of worship sing.",3.0
"RAPHAEL, whom virtue snatched from rash despair,",0.0
Now seemed the test of what the heart can bear:,1.0
"As he beheld the barbarous flames ascend,",3.0
"And over the pile the circling smoke extend,",2.0
All that was human in his bosom shook;,0.0
A frantic wish of death alone inspires,0.0
"To mingle souls, and rush amid the fires;",0.0
"But, ere he plunged, from pious habit raised",0.0
His heart to GOD; that sacred name impressed,0.0
The sense of duty on his rebel breast;,1.0
"He felt a power divine his rage control,",2.0
An inward voice restrain his daring soul;,0.0
Trembling he stopped; his heart with horror froze:,1.0
Can the rash suicide ever hope to join,6.0
"And as a Christian bore the deadly blow,",1.0
"Mingles amid a dreary world again,",2.0
Suffering a life of labour and of pain;,2.0
"From sorrow more sublime, more firm from thought,",0.0
And from reflection and the Gospel drew,2.0
"Strength, which on faith and hope's firm basis grew,",1.0
"And virtues pure, unmixed with bigotry,",1.0
"Which breathed forbearance, justice, charity!",1.0
"He saw their sway dissolve all human ties,",0.0
"And darkness veil the laws, and Truth's fair eyes,",1.0
Yet could impart no ray of sacred light:,1.0
So thick the mists which clouded human sight.,0.0
"Thus dark, in error wrapped, long groaned mankind,",3.0
"Pleased with vain shows, and to oppression blind;",4.0
"Till Freedom, dawning over the injured earth,",2.0
"Cleared some rank weeds, and gave true knowledge birth.",4.0
O! may we ever sanctify her fane!,2.0
And never her hallowed paths with slaughter stain;,2.0
"Love of mankind, not novelty, be ours;",4.0
For general good may man exert his powers!,0.0
"The last, CADOGAN to the grave descends:",2.0
"From his cold corpse though every friend be fled,",2.0
"Lo! Envy waits, that lover of the dead.",2.0
"Thus wept insidious, Churchill, over thy urn;",5.0
"To blast the living, give the dead their due,",0.0
"And wreaths, herself had tainted, trimmed anew.",0.0
"Thou yet unnamed to fill his empty place,",0.0
"Take every wish a British heart can frame,",1.0
"Add palm to palm, and rise from fame to fame.",1.0
"An hour must come, when thou shalt hear with rage",2.0
"Nor yet for this decline the generous strife,",3.0
"These ill, brave man, shall quit thee with thy life;",2.0
"Alive though stained by every abject slave,",0.0
"Secure of fame, and justice in the grave.",0.0
"Ah! no ' --  when once the mortal yields to fate,",0.0
"Too late to stay the spirit on its flight,",2.0
"Who hears regardless, while fond man, distressed,",1.0
"Hangs on the absent, and laments the blessed.",1.0
"Farewell then fame, ill sought through fields of blood,",2.0
Thou incense wasted on the funeral bier!,4.0
"Through life pursued in vain, by death obtained,",0.0
"When asked, denied us, and when given, disdained.",3.0
"THE Queen of Love, and PALLAS once, it's said,",0.0
Had both agreed to form a finished Maid:,0.0
"Upon a noted Day they flew to Earth,",0.0
"Both Deities employed their utmost Care,",3.0
To make their darling Lady wise and fair:,0.0
"This gave her Beauty, that a sprightly Wit,",0.0
Which rendered Soul and Body justly fit:,0.0
"Who loves his Joke, as dearly as his Life,",1.0
"Down from Olympus to his Sisters flew,",2.0
When just to Life their little Embryo grew;,1.0
And poured a little Folly in her Breast;,0.0
A little Folly leavened all the rest:,0.0
"And sometime witty, sometime quite a Fool;",2.0
"Scarce foolish now, nor witty, sprightly neither;",1.0
"But sprightly, witty, foolish, all together.",0.0
"To thee, with love! I dedicate my art;",1.0
That high respect ' --  thy virtuous mind demands.,2.0
"'TWAS under sail ' --  the barge ' --  to row them over,",1.0
There had the Muse with pleasure led the way;,0.0
"For there, in Autumn, now she loves to stray:",1.0
"There on the shore ' --  where oft the Queen at night,",1.0
Had lonely walked ' --  revolving her sad fate;,2.0
"The trees ' --  the walls ' --  the ruin, all conspire ' --",0.0
The dome sequestered ' --  wakes poetic fire:,0.0
"There oft the Queen, as the chaste dame Penelope., had wove",3.0
Her fatal storey and their fatal love;,1.0
"From cruel subjects turns her thoughts away,",0.0
"To milder scenes her fancy steals astray,",0.0
"His dog, his sheep, his crook, may there be seen,",1.0
"In well chose colours, ' --  worked each scene with ease,",4.0
As Nature taught her all the arts to please.,0.0
"Kind Nature's gifts ' --  her unmatched charms to prove,",6.0
"Tuned to the harp, the Muses oft had sung,",0.0
"In mournful strains, her storey thus begun:",0.0
The many troubles prelude to her fate;,2.0
"A fate uncommon ' --  a beheaded Queen,",1.0
And all the various scenes that intervene.,2.0
"Each pleasure wait her, with politeness crowned;",1.0
"Beloved, adored, her dawning charms expand,",0.0
And Taste and Genius lead her hand in hand.,0.0
"OH heavenly Muse! her early sorrows tell,",3.0
"Let Truth and Pity clear her injured fame,",1.0
"Which long concealed, the brighter now to shine,",0.0
To share the pleasure ' --  and the praise be thine.,1.0
"No father's care her infant years to guide,",1.0
She sought a refuge in more temperate climes.,0.0
Till Time and Wisdom civil discord lays.,0.0
"No easy task ' --  where blind mistaken zeal,",1.0
"And different tenets but increase the flame,",1.0
While mortals weak but prostitute thy name.,0.0
"And Henry, faithful, used his utmost care",1.0
"To form her mind ' --  each science to impart,",1.0
While thus our Beauty gains each youthful heart;,0.0
"Well pleased both nations mutual to entwine,",5.0
What does ambition? and aspiring Pride?,1.0
"Could not suffice ' --  assumes fair England's name,",1.0
Could never forget ' --  whose firm and cautious reign,2.0
Made it unsafe for Mary then to claim,2.0
"Her natural right, nor the young Queen be blamed,",2.0
"Must still your Queen Elisabeth. Queen ' --  resentful thus to me,",2.0
To bar my passage through the British sea.,1.0
"Unkind condolence! in a perplexing time,",2.0
Scarce had I mourned my much loved mother's death,1.0
When Henry too ' --  resigned his dying breath.,0.0
"More than a parent! I his greatest care,",1.0
"And parting sighed, for me preferred his prayer,",1.0
"AH! how unfeeling, he demands her crown,",2.0
"Her country to resign. Relentless Lindsay,",1.0
Did ever real beauty touch a heart like thine?,3.0
"Impossible ' --  to thus insult ' --  while spirit,",1.0
All fluttering round the imprisoned Queen,2.0
Yet weeping for her son! for him she dreads.,2.0
"And Winter snows, the emblem of her fate,",1.0
Which all extremes have known ' --  nor Hope ' --  nor Spring,0.0
Nor Summer Sun return. ' --  But I will plant,1.0
"A thousand shrubs and trees to shade her injured name,",0.0
"Invite the Muse! to wander with me there,",1.0
And opening gayer fields of new ideas.,2.0
"Power of the mind! Sovereign of the Soul,",5.0
OH! why denied that wondrous art to me?,1.0
"Titian ' --  Rubens ' --  Raphael ' --  finished hands,",4.0
"Over all her dying frame, as life just fled;",0.0
"From Brutus arm! behold the fate of Rome,",0.0
What differed fates! while all the world admire,0.0
"Rome by one's death ' --  from tyranny was freed,",1.0
"Of all my former ills, the Queen might say,",0.0
And soon to Nature I that debt shall pay.,1.0
My injured shade! shall mourn my blasted fame:,0.0
My son perhaps shall curse his mother's name;,0.0
"Avenge the deed ' --  if ever that name was dear,",2.0
"By these bleak mountains, and this lonely isle,",3.0
"The troubled waters, and the winds that blow,",1.0
"Or by that power superior to the storm,",4.0
Attest my innocence. Too soon the seeds,2.0
Of jealousy were sown ' --  that fatal bond;,1.0
Associate of their guilt ' --  to be deceived,0.0
"To wed his murderer! ah! had I died,",1.0
"OH! all you faithful dames for truth renowned,",0.0
Am I unworthy to be named with them?,2.0
"But here the soul! superior by her faith,",1.0
"Triumphed ' --  and for her country and her son,",2.0
"Endured, in misery, all her cruel fate,",1.0
Accursed marriage! ' --  deep laid malice. OH Mary!,8.0
And stabbed thy fame! But time shall bring to light,0.0
Their darkest deeds ' --  and heal thy wounded name.,0.0
"And thou Elisabeth, great as a Queen,",3.0
But deadly in thy hate ' --  as desperate by thy love.,1.0
"Mary and Essex, victims of thy ire,",3.0
"Bright stars that fell by thy malignant breath,",2.0
"OH they were punishment enough ' --  forgive,",1.0
Or gained so dear ' --  by those who court thee,1.0
"Only for a name, ' --  and in fair show",2.0
"Appear what they art not. Fair Rectitude,",2.0
Be thou alone my wish ' --  retired and silent.,1.0
And leave to others ' --  what? as they deserve,1.0
"A name! Shall I ever gain thee by one restless thought,",1.0
Or minded only when again to take,0.0
The little I have got. Whence is that envy,2.0
And that jealous eye? To be what? yes.,0.0
"And virtue fair, ' --  with kind benevolence,",1.0
And humblest mind reflect how poor and weak,2.0
"Come, quiet thought, and leave the giddy restless",1.0
And by yonder brook where dancing sun beams,1.0
Or catch yonder awful arch ' --  from rock to rock,2.0
"Where dashing waters burst in broken falls,",0.0
"In wild meanders stray from wood to wood,",0.0
Or listening to the evening song retired,1.0
Where scarce a breeze is whispered through the scene.,1.0
"And not adore the hand, Author of Nature,",5.0
Who in his works sublime paints out his power;,2.0
"In Wisdom all expressed, at awful distance, view",0.0
"And the powerful word ' --  And as the sun goes down,",4.0
"Come, evening mild ' --  and with thy softening dews",2.0
Mother of all the sustenance to man.,2.0
"IN vain, dear Madam, yes in vain you strive;",1.0
Alas! to make your luckless Mira thrive.,0.0
No golden Planet bent its Rays on me.,1.0
"It's twenty Winters, if it is no more;",1.0
To speak the Truth it may be Twenty four.,1.0
"As many Springs their appointed Space have run,",2.0
And the cold Fish rule the watery Sky:,3.0
"And turn the ponderous Volumes over and over,",4.0
"I find no Comfort from their Systems flow,",2.0
But am dejected more as more I know.,1.0
The Fate of all the Curious and the Wise,1.0
"For, Ah! cold Saturn triumphed on that Day,",2.0
And frowning Sol denied his golden Ray.,0.0
"You see I'm learnt, and I showed the more,",0.0
That none may wonder when they find me poor.,0.0
"Yet Mira dreams, as slumbering Poets may,",3.0
And rolls in Treasures till the breaking Day:,1.0
"While Books and Pictures in bright Order rise,",1.0
And the soft Visions move their shining Wings:,2.0
"Then Mira wakes, ' --  her Pictures are no more,",2.0
And through her Fingers slides the vanished Over.,1.0
"Convinced too soon, her Eye unwilling falls",1.0
On the blue Curtains and the dusty Walls:,3.0
"She wakes, alas! to Business and to Woes,",1.0
"To sweep her Kitchen, and to mend her Clothes.",1.0
"But see pale Sickness with her languid Eyes,",2.0
At whose Appearance all Delusion flies:,0.0
"The World recedes, its Vanities decline,",1.0
"Gay Robes no more the aching Sight admires,",1.0
"Wit grates the Ear, and melting Music tyres:",1.0
"Books please no more, and Paintings fade away:",1.0
"Yet let me still, Ah! let me grasp a Friend:",0.0
"And when each Joy, when each loved Object flies,",1.0
Be you the last that leaves my closing Eyes.,0.0
"But how will this dismantled Soul appear,",2.0
"When stripped of all it lately held so dear,",0.0
"Forced from its Prison of expiring Clay,",1.0
Afraid and shivering at the doubtful Way.,1.0
"Yet did these Eyes a dying Parent see,",0.0
"Loosed from all Cares except a Thought for me,",0.0
"Without a Tear resign her shortening Breath,",0.0
"Of Dust thou art, to Dust shalt thou return.",2.0
"Or shall I wish to stretch the Line of Fate,",0.0
"That the dull Years may bear a longer Date,",0.0
To share the Follies of succeeding Times,1.0
"Ah no ' --  though Heaven brings near the final Day,",0.0
"For such a Life I will not, dare not pray;",2.0
"But let the Tear for future Mercy flow,",0.0
And fall resigned beneath the mighty Blow.,0.0
"Nor I alone ' --  for through the spacious Ball,",2.0
With me will Numbers of all Ages fall:,2.0
"And the same Day that Mira yields her Breath,",2.0
Thousands may enter through the Gates of Death.,3.0
"YOU sister Queens, who early learnt to weep,",0.0
Though now entombed in peace your ashes sleep;,0.0
"Though now, sad pair, your gentle spirits stray,",1.0
Through the bright regions of eternal day;,3.0
"Though now your tortured souls are hushed to peace,",0.0
And gracious Heaven has bid your sorrows cease;,0.0
"Pity shall call the tear from every eye,",2.0
From every heart the sympathetic sigh:,0.0
"While they with sorrow tune the warbling lyre,",0.0
"And pour their curses on the bloody pair,",1.0
Who gave to early fate the regal fair.,0.0
"When tender virgins shall your page peruse,",0.0
"Full many a willing tear they will pensive shed,",3.0
And pay that mournful tribute to the dead.,1.0
"While truth shall boast to many a future age,",2.0
"There, injured pair, your worth shall stand confessed,",0.0
"Your fate lamented, and your memory blessed.",3.0
"WHEN flourished with their state the ATHENIAN name,",5.0
"And Learning and Politeness were the same,",2.0
Philosophy with gentle art refined,1.0
"She called the latent beams of Nature forth,",0.0
"She poised the impetuous Warrior's vengeful steel,",2.0
"Marked true Ambition from destructive Zeal,",2.0
"Pointed what lustre on that laurel blows,",3.0
Which Virtue only on her sons bestows.,1.0
"Heroes, who knew to wield the righteous spear,",2.0
And guard their native towers from foreign fear;,2.0
Or in firm bands of social Peace to bind,1.0
"Confirmed his mind beneath an empire's toil,",0.0
"Or with him to his silent villa stole,",1.0
"To woods and caves she never bade retreat,",0.0
"No lonely precepts to her sons enjoined,",3.0
"Nor taught them to be men, to shun mankind.",2.0
"CYNICS there were, an uncouth selfish race,",2.0
"Of manners foul, and boastful of disgrace:",1.0
"Whose Ignominy is their only fame,",1.0
"No hostile Trophies grace their honoured urn,",2.0
Around their tomb no sculptured Virtues mourn;,1.0
"An Art discovered, or a City saved.",1.0
"Exalt his hope, and press his young career!",0.0
"Be this the goal to which, my Friend, may you",0.0
With gentle skill direct his early view!,0.0
"Artful the various studies to dispense,",5.0
"See the pedantic Teacher, winking dull,",2.0
The lettered Tyrant of a trembling school;,1.0
"Teaching by force, and proving by a frown,",3.0
From tortured strains of eloquence he draws,1.0
And a new VANDAL tramples classic ground.,2.0
No modern custom can his thoughts engage;,2.0
"And prunes by metre the luxuriant boughs,",4.0
What scanty precepts! studies how confined!,2.0
Too mean to fill your comprehensive mind:,1.0
Unsatisfied with knowing when or where,0.0
Some Roman Bigot raised a Fane to FEAR;,0.0
"On what green medal VIRTUE stands expressed,",1.0
"Or with wise KEN judiciously define,",3.0
When Pius marks the honorary coin,0.0
"Thirsting for knowledge, but to know the right,",3.0
"Through judgement's optic guide the illusive sight,",2.0
"For this you turn the Greek and Roman page,",1.0
"Weigh the contemplative and active Sage,",3.0
And cull some useful flower from each heroic Age.,2.0
"Thence teach the Youth the necessary art,",1.0
To know the Judge's from the Critic's part;,1.0
"Show how ignoble is the passion, FEAR,",3.0
And place some patriot Roman's model near;,2.0
"Who knew no Fear, but that of doing ill.",1.0
"Tell him, it's all a cant, a trifle all,",0.0
"To know the folds that from the TOGA fall,",1.0
And every leaf that every VIRTUE crowned;,0.0
But show how brighter in each honest breast,0.0
"Than in her shrine, the Goddess stood confessed.",0.0
"Tell him, it is not the fantastic Boy,",2.0
"Elate with power and swelled with frantic joy,",2.0
"It's not a slavish Senate, fawning, base,",0.0
Can stamp with honest fame a worthless race;,0.0
"Though the false Coin proclaim him great and wise,",2.0
"The tyrant's life shall tell that Coin, it lies.",2.0
But when your early Care shall have designed,0.0
When you shall pour upon his tender Breast,0.0
"Ideas that must stand an Age's test,",0.0
O! there imprint with strongest deepest die,1.0
The lovely form of Goddess LIBERTY!,1.0
For her in Battles be he taught to bleed.,1.0
"With dashing seas, fair Freedom's honest bounds,",1.0
"And fondly triumphs over the prostrate scene,",2.0
"Cry, That is Empire! shun her baleful path,",0.0
"Her Words are Slavery, and her Touch is Death!",1.0
"Through wounds and blood the Fury drives her way,",0.0
"And murders half, to make the rest her prey.",0.0
"Thus spoke each Spartan matron, as she dressed",2.0
"Steeled with such precepts, for a cause so good,",2.0
What scanty bands the Persian host withstood!,0.0
Before the sons of Greece let Asia tell,1.0
"How fled her Xerxes. Monarch, how her Millions fell!",1.0
"When armed for LIBERTY, a Few how brave!",1.0
"How weak a Multitude, where each a Slave!",0.0
No Voice inspired of favourite Command:,5.0
"No Peasant fought for wealthy lands possessed,",1.0
No fond remembrance warmed the Parent's breast:,1.0
"They saw their lands for royal riot groan,",0.0
"And toil in vain for banquets, not their own;",0.0
"They saw their infant Race to bondage rise,",0.0
"The greatest curses any Age has known,",0.0
Have issued from the Temple or the Throne;,2.0
"Extent of ill from Kings at first begins,",0.0
"But Priests must aid, and consecrate their sins.",0.0
"The tortured Subject might be heard complain,",0.0
"When sinking under a new weight of chain,",2.0
"When taxed to dower a titled Concubine,",0.0
What conjured awe upon the people steals!,0.0
"The chosen HE adores the precious oil,",1.0
"Meekly receives the solemn charm, and while",2.0
"The Priest some blessed nothings mutters over,",3.0
Sucks in the sacred grease at every poor:,0.0
"He seems at once to shed his mortal skin,",0.0
And feels Divinity transfused within.,1.0
"The trembling Vulgar dread the royal Nod,",0.0
And worship God's anointed more than God.,0.0
Such Sanction gives the Prelate to such Kings!,1.0
So Mischief from those hallowed fountains springs.,1.0
Where King and Priest in one united reigns;,1.0
"See fair Italia mourn her holy state,",1.0
And droop oppressed beneath a papal weight:,0.0
"Where fat Celibacy usurps the soil,",5.0
And sacred Sloth consumes the peasant's toil:,0.0
And plunder by a vow of Poverty.,2.0
"The Christian Cause their lewd profession taints,",0.0
"Oppression takes Religion's hallowed name,",0.0
Behold how each enthusiastic fool,0.0
"Of ductile piety, becomes their tool:",1.0
"Some hoary Hypocrite, grown old in sin,",1.0
"Whose thoughts of heaven with his last hours begin,",3.0
"And mumbling somewhat betwixt a charm and prayer,",3.0
"Hugs a daubed image of his injured Lord,",4.0
"With cunning joy the fond repentance view,",0.0
"Pronounce Him blessed, his miracles proclaim,",1.0
"Teach the slight crowed to adore his hallowed name,",2.0
"Exalt his praise above the Saints of old,",0.0
And coin his sinking conscience into Gold.,0.0
Or when some Pontiff with imperious hand,3.0
"Sends forth his edict to excise the land,",2.0
"The tortured Hind unwillingly obeys,",1.0
And mutters curses as his mite he pays!,1.0
Asks it for holy use or venal prayers;,0.0
"A bone, a mouldy morsel, or a nail:",1.0
And in full streams the melted offerings flow.,1.0
"No pagan object, nothing too profane,",1.0
"Each Temple with new weight of idols nods,",2.0
And borrowed Altars smoke to other Gods.,1.0
And heavenly Cherubs sprout from heathen Loves;,2.0
"By holy LUKE, and dictates God's commands:",1.0
"Rewarded with a Sainthood, and an S.",3.0
"Still Queen of heaven, another and the same.",2.0
While the proud Priest the sacred Tyrant reigns,3.0
Where fettered Nature is forbid to rove,1.0
In the free commerce of productive Love:,3.0
"Behold imprisoned with her barren kind,",1.0
"Faint streams of blood, by long stagnation weak,",1.0
Scarce tinge the fading damask of her cheek;,2.0
"In vain she pines, the holy Faith withstands,",0.0
What Nature dictates and what God commands:,2.0
"But if some sanguine He, some lusty Priest",2.0
"Of jollier morals taste the tempting feast,",0.0
"From the strong grasp if some poor babe arise,",3.0
"Or poisons blasting soon the hasty joy,",0.0
"The imperfect seeds of infant life destroy,",1.0
"From thee the Muse the grosser acts must hide,",1.0
"BRITANNIA smiling, views her golding plains",2.0
"Securely quiet, innocently gay:",1.0
Each of his little tenement the King.,1.0
"Twice did usurping Rome extend her hand,",2.0
"Twice were her sable bands to battle warmed,",0.0
"With pardons, bulls, and texts, and murders armed;",0.0
Twice did the gallant Albion race repel,2.0
The Jesuit legions to the gates of hell;,3.0
"Or whatever Angel, friend to Britain, took",2.0
"Arise, young Peer! shine forth in such a cause!",3.0
"Who draws the sword for Freedom, justly draws.",0.0
Reflect how dearly was that Freedom bought;,1.0
"For that, how oft your ancestors have fought;",4.0
"Through the long series of our princes down,",4.0
How wrenched some right from each too potent Crown.,1.0
"Bow down the royal neck, and crouch the supple knee!",0.0
O! prostitution of imperial State!,3.0
And be the subjects of a subject sway;,1.0
"Heroes whose names to latest fame shall shine,",2.0
"Awed by no visions of a Right Divine,",4.0
"That bond by eastern Politicians wrought,",0.0
"Which ours have learnt, and Rabbi Doctors taught,",1.0
That great prerogative of doing ill.,1.0
"To late example and experience dead,",3.0
"Too young to govern, immature to power,",1.0
His early follies haunt his latest hour.,0.0
"His nobles injured, and his realms oppressed,",1.0
His hoary age sinks in the feeble wane,1.0
"Of an inglorious, slighted, tedious reign.",5.0
"The Muse too long with idle glories fed,",1.0
"And trained to trumpet over the warlike dead,",3.0
"The wanton fain on giddy plumes would soar,",0.0
To Gallic Loire and Jordan's humbled shore;,0.0
Romantic heroes! prodigal of blood;,1.0
Tools to a Clergy! warring but to feast,1.0
With spoils of provinces each pampered Priest.,1.0
"Be dumb, fond Maid; thy sacred ink nor spill",1.0
"On specious Tyrants, popularly ill;",1.0
"Peace lights again on the forsaken strand,",2.0
No clarion rudely breaks the bride's delights;,3.0
"The wearied arms grotesquely deck the wall,",0.0
From her exuberant horn her treasures rains:,3.0
"She deals her gifts; but in an useless hour,",0.0
To glut the iron hand of gripping Power:,0.0
Masked in the garb of antiquated Law:,0.0
"More politic than wise, more wise than great:",0.0
A legislator to enslave the state;,1.0
Coolly malicious; by design a knave;,3.0
"More mean than false, ambitious more than brave;",0.0
His contrast course of tyranny begun;,1.0
"Robust of limb, and flushed with florid grace,",0.0
In either field the vigorous monarch shone:,2.0
Marked out for riot each luxurious day,2.0
In tournaments and banquets danced away.,1.0
"But shift the scene, and view what slaughters stain",0.0
Each frantic period of his barbarous reign:,3.0
"A Tyrant to the people whom he ruled,",1.0
"Sold by one Cardinal Woolsey, minister, to all unjust;",3.0
Changing each worship that controlled the bent,2.0
"Of his adulterous will, and lewd intent;",2.0
"Big in unwieldy majesty and pride,",2.0
"And smeared with Queens and Martyrs blood, He died.",0.0
Pass we the pious Edward VI. Youth too slightly seen;,2.0
To catalogue with all those Royal bad.,0.0
"Arise, great JAMES! thy course of wisdom run!",1.0
Image of David's philosophic Son!,2.0
"Of quibbling cant and grace fanatic full,",0.0
These for six hours each weighty morning hung;,2.0
"For these each string of royal power he strained,",3.0
For these he sold whatever ELIZA gained;,4.0
For these he squandered every prudent store,1.0
"The frugal Princess had reserved before,",0.0
"Tools of his will, and minions of his joys.",2.0
"Bubbled, for these, by Spanish art at home;",1.0
"For these, to sum the blessings of his reign,",2.0
"Retire, strict Muse, and thy impartial verse",2.0
Or all his faults in blackest notes translate,0.0
To tombs where rot the authors of his fate;,1.0
Let all his acts of lawless power be laid;,1.0
And whoever made his gentle virtues err.,1.0
In vain Affliction laid her iron hand;,0.0
"Fortune, or fair or frowning, on his soul",3.0
"Could stamp no virtue, and no vice control:",3.0
"Nor learnt his ripened age, nor knew his youth;",0.0
"The care of Nations left to whores or chance,",0.0
"He lived an atheist, and a bigot died.",1.0
"The reins of Empire, or resigned or stole,",1.0
"Him, meditating to subvert the laws,",1.0
Posterity the gallant action bear.,1.0
"Thus have I tried of Kings and Priests to sing,",0.0
And all the ills that from their vices spring;,1.0
"While victor GEORGE thunders over either Spain,",3.0
"Free from the din of war and battle's roar,",0.0
Modelling precepts that may serve and please;,2.0
"Yours is the task ' --  and glorious is the plan,",2.0
"To build the Free, the Sensible, Good Man.",1.0
"WHILE over the plains stern winter bore the sway,",3.0
"And Sol from Capricorn diffused his ray,",1.0
"Nigh Bolton Gate, beneath a hawthorn shade,",2.0
"Each for an absent damsel seemed to mourn,",0.0
While throbbing breasts did sigh for sigh return.,0.0
That D ' --  h TO ' --  r was the maid beloved.,1.0
"Says D – k, OH had I these sweet hours again,",4.0
"Nor heeds my sighs, nor yet regards my moan:",0.0
"Her cruel aunts did contribute their aid,",4.0
To banish from my sight the lovely maid.,1.0
"OH little Cupid, choose two fatal darts,",2.0
"And with a vengeance, send them to their hearts;",2.0
Then let their task be leading apes below.,0.0
"Young D ' --  h was the fairest on the plain,",2.0
Admired and loved by every wondering swain.,2.0
Her charms exterior might a hero bind;,1.0
"But ah! the beauty that adorns her mind,",0.0
To paint does far exceed my Muse's skill.,0.0
"To you, dear TO – I'll now resign the quill.",0.0
"Says TO –, On her the Graces seem to wait;",1.0
"Her form, how fair! enchanting is her gait.",1.0
"Her youthful charms, no tongue could ever express;",3.0
Nor does her absence render them the less.,1.0
The soft impression with me still remains;,1.0
"I'm captive, yet I glory in my chains.",0.0
"With fond delight I retrospect the day,",0.0
"With hearts elate, to view the Scottish fair,",0.0
Loved D ' --  h sweetened all the pleasures there.,3.0
"Blessed with her company upon the road,",1.0
How charming seemed each rugged path we trodden?,0.0
Nor could the Scottish fair such charms display;,0.0
My darling reigned the empress of the day.,1.0
"But ah! reflection animates my pain,",0.0
Such happy days I'll never behold again.,2.0
Alas! I languish now in deep despair;,0.0
OH that I could forget my absent fair!,0.0
"While these two youths rehearsed their plaintive tale,",3.0
A third came stalking over a distant dale:,3.0
"R ' --  n his name, whose anxious looks did show,",1.0
His beating bosom much oppressed with woe.,0.0
"She who of late, with parson F ' --  r stayed,",1.0
Till these two charming maids return again?,2.0
Is there none else can ease your tortured mind?,2.0
"None else so fair, so virtuous and so kind?",2.0
"So may you think, and thus in sighs lament,",1.0
Than be tormented by a fractious wife.,2.0
"All Men have Follies, which they blindly trace",0.0
"But happy those, who by a prudent Care,",2.0
The eldest Sons of Wisdom were not free,1.0
From the same Failure you condemn in me;,3.0
"They loved, and by that glorious Passion led,",3.0
"Forgot what Plato, and themselves had said.",1.0
"Love triumphed over those dull pedantic Rules,",3.0
They had collected from the wrangling Schools;,1.0
"In spite of all their Learning, Art, and Wit:",0.0
Those dusty Characters he soon removed;,1.0
"For when his shining Squadrons came in view,",0.0
"Their boasted Reason murmured, and withdrew:",1.0
Unable to oppose their mighty Force,1.0
"With phlegmatic Resolves, and dry Discourse.",7.0
"If, as the wisest of the Wise, have erred,",2.0
"I go astray, and am condemned unheard;",1.0
"More like a rigid Censor, than a Friend.",1.0
"Love is the Monarch Passion of the Mind,",1.0
"Knows no Superior, by no Laws confined;",5.0
"But triumphs still, impatient of Control,",1.0
Over all the proud Endowments of the Soul.,1.0
"You owned my Delia Friend, divinely fair,",0.0
When in the Bud her native Beauties were:,1.0
"Your Praise did then her early Charms confess,",0.0
But might from thence sublime Ideas draw;,0.0
"And what she is, by what she was, conclude,",2.0
"For now she governs those, she then subdued.",1.0
"Her Aspect noble, and mature is grown,",2.0
"There we may wondering View, distinctly writ,",3.0
"The Lines of Goodness, and the Marks of Wit:",1.0
"Does justly, some peculiar Sweetness boast:",0.0
"Pride cannot hope to mend, nor envy blame.",1.0
When the immortal Beauties of the Skies,2.0
"The Apple had not fallen to Venus share,",2.0
"Had I been Paris, and my Delia there:",2.0
"In whom alone we all their Graces find,",0.0
"Cloe has Wit, but noisy, vain, and loud:",0.0
"But in my Delia all Endowments meet,",0.0
"All that is just, agreeable, or sweet;",1.0
"All that can Praise, and Admiration move;",0.0
"All that the Wisest, and the Bravest love.",1.0
And never wants something pertinent to say:,4.0
"For if the Subject's of a serious kind,",4.0
"Her Thoughts are manly, and her Sense refined,",1.0
"Good Language, joined with inoffensive Wit",1.0
"So cautious always, that she never affords",2.0
An idle Thought the Charity of Words.,1.0
"The Vices common to her Sex, can find",1.0
"No room, even in the Suburbs of her Mind.",2.0
From the mere Neighbourhood of industrious Ill;,5.0
"Therefore at distance keep the subtle Foe,",1.0
Whose near approach would formidable grow.,1.0
"While the unwary Virgin is undone,",2.0
And meets the Misery which she ought to shun.,1.0
"He Wit is penetrating, clear, and gay,",0.0
"Modestly bold, and quick to apprehend,",2.0
"Prompt in Replies, but cautious to offend.",2.0
"Her Darts are keen, but levelled with such Care,",1.0
"They never fall short, and seldom fly too far:",4.0
"For when she rallies, it's with so much Art,",1.0
"We blush with Pleasure, and with Rapture smart.",1.0
OH Celadon! you would my Flame approve,1.0
"Did you but hear her talk, and talk of Love;",0.0
That tender Passion to her Fancy brings,1.0
"The prettiest Notions, and the softest Things:",3.0
"Which are by her so movingly expressed,",2.0
They fill with Ecstasy my throbbing Breast.,1.0
It's then the Charms of Eloquence impart,1.0
"Their native Glories, unimproved by Art:",0.0
"By what she says, I measure things above,",0.0
"To the cool Bosom of a peaceful Shade,",3.0
"By some wild Beech, or lofty Poplar made,",1.0
"When Evening comes, we secretly repair,",1.0
"To breath in private, and unbend our Care:",2.0
"And, while our Flocks in fruitful Pastures feed,",0.0
"Where useful Morals, with soft Numbers joined,",2.0
"At once delight, and cultivate the Mind:",0.0
"Which are by her to more Perfection brought,",1.0
By wise Remarks upon the Poet's Thought.,0.0
"So well she knows the Stamp of Eloquence,",1.0
The empty Sound of Words from solid Sense;,0.0
"The florid Fustian of a Rhyming Spark,",1.0
"Whose random Arrow never comes never the Mark,",5.0
"Can't on her Judgement be imposed, and pass",0.0
"For Standard Gold, when it's but gilded Brass,",1.0
"Oft in the Walks of an adjacent Grove,",1.0
Where first we mutually engaged to love;,3.0
"She'd smiling ask me, whether I'd prefer,",1.0
"An humble Cottage on the Plains with her,",1.0
"Before the pompous Building of the Great,",1.0
"And find Content, in that inferior State?",2.0
"Said I, the Question you propose to me,",1.0
Perhaps a matter of Debate might be;,1.0
"Were the Degrees of my Affection less,",2.0
Than burning Martyrs to the Gods express.,1.0
"That Earth can give me, or the Gods bestow;",1.0
"And blessed with you, I know not where to find",1.0
A second Choice; you take up all my Mind.,0.0
"I'd not forsake that dear delightful Plain,",0.0
"Where charming Delia, Love and Delia reign;",0.0
"Where gaudy Fools, and busy Statesmen live.",0.0
"Though youthful Paris, when his Birth was known,",0.0
"Too fatally related to a Throne,",3.0
"For dangerous Greatness, and tumultuous Courts,",6.0
"Yet Fate should still offer its Power in vain,",6.0
For what is Power to such an humble Swain?,1.0
"I would not leave my Delia, leave my Fair,",0.0
Though half the Globe should be assigned my Share.,0.0
"And would you have me Friend, reflect again,",0.0
"Should I your Counsel in this case pursue,",0.0
You might suspect me for a Villain too:,1.0
For sure that perjured Wretch can never prove,0.0
THESE tender records of thy worth are gone;,1.0
From them thy merit shall no more be known.,2.0
"But cease my tears, thy dust regrets it not,",0.0
"Forgetting all, as all shall be forgot;",0.0
"And he alas! whose power no more could give,",1.0
Than by this marble wish thy name to live;,1.0
"Here often caused my thoughtless youth to come,",0.0
And learn a lovely pattern from thy tomb;,1.0
"He, now with thee, is here in silence laid,",1.0
Unconscious of the wrecks which Time has made.,2.0
"Let Time proceed to that important hour,",1.0
When its last victory shall conclude its power.,2.0
The doubtful plaudit of a human praise;,1.0
Though Taste and Learning here have not availed;,0.0
And even the records that they were have failed;,2.0
"If pure Devotion, and if steady Truth,",1.0
Were unremitted from thy early youth;,2.0
Then take thy mansion in yonder upper skies:,2.0
The God of truth accepts the sacrifice.,0.0
"If mindful to increase thy mental stores,",1.0
Thou diligently caught the flying hours;,1.0
"As then no stranger to the work of Heaven,",2.0
Of shining merits thou wert never vain;,1.0
"Though in thy prime cut off from earthly praise,",2.0
Wisdom has been to thee as length of days.,1.0
"If here the allotted duties of thy sphere,",2.0
"Thou deemed thy fairest praise, and dearest care;",0.0
Thou shalt arise accepted and approved:,1.0
"Though lost to earth, in Heaven thou shalt be found,",0.0
And glories visible shall thee surround.,2.0
"YOU dear associates of my gayer hours,",0.0
Ah! whither are you gone? on what light wing,2.0
Is Fancy fled? Mute is the dulcet string,2.0
As she was wont with glowing hand to fling,1.0
"Loading with fragrance the soft gales of Spring,",4.0
"While fondly pointing to fresh blooming bowers,",2.0
"Now faded, with each dazzling view of bright,",2.0
For in your absence I have learnt to mourn;,1.0
"To bear the torch of Truth with steady sight,",0.0
And weave the cypress for my future urn.,1.0
"A rustic lay, presented by the Muse.",1.0
And gladly would to arduous feats aspire.,2.0
"On the smooth margin of the stream reclined,",3.0
She fondly hopes to please a taste refined.,0.0
"What though she boast of no peculiar charm,",0.0
That would the critic of his force disarm?,1.0
"She humbly deprecates your doom severe,",0.0
And fain would wish to find you partial here.,0.0
"The Muse alone does this indulgence claim,",1.0
Else it were impious such a thought to frame.,2.0
"And the recesses of our castle spy,",1.0
"With aspect mild, explore the sacred page,",1.0
"Guide of her youth, and comfort of her age;",1.0
"In conduct prudent, and in counsel wise;",1.0
"Then view the pair, in bonds of Hymen blessed,",0.0
With little Cupids fluttering round their breast.,1.0
Whose social hearts partake no selfish joy.,1.0
"To please each other proves their constant aim,",0.0
"Matilda too, your notice must demand;",0.0
"To trace the radiant beauties of her mind,",1.0
Shall be a task for nobler pens assigned.,3.0
"I'd rather far her little foibles scan,",0.0
Though strict inspection finds no more than one.,1.0
"Such anxious care on others she bestows,",1.0
She quite forgets what to herself she owes.,1.0
"Her mind serene, and in her hand a book:",0.0
"Eyes, which at will, can pleasure give or pain,",0.0
"As through the hall and kitchen now you pass,",1.0
Pray deign to peep among the lower class:,1.0
"The cook's at work; but, madam, who can know",0.0
Whether her hands or tongue more swiftly go?,2.0
"One merits praise, the other disrespect.",0.0
"Poor Mary sighs beneath a load of woes,",1.0
Hard and uneasy every turn she does:,2.0
Ah! Is there not a lion in the way?,0.0
"Will seems in haste his master's boots to clean,",0.0
"Old James is driving Turkeys over the green,",3.0
Is scribbling over these senseless lines to you.,2.0
NO: I'm unmoved: nor can thy charming Muse,3.0
One tender Thought into my Breast Infuse.,0.0
I am from all those sensual motions Free;,3.0
"And you, in vain, speak pretty things to Me:",2.0
"Untouched, and careless, now I wildly rove,",0.0
"From all the Attacks of those proud Darts secure,",3.0
"Nor ought, on Earth's so delicate to move",1.0
"My Nicer Spirit, and exact my Love:",1.0
"Though armed with flames, I can at last despise;",1.0
"With all the Genuine charms and Courtly Arts,",2.0
By which your Treacherous Sex invade our Hearts:,2.0
No more those little Things contract my breast,0.0
"And, should I yield again, it dear must cost",0.0
My Victor before he shall the Conquest Boast;,2.0
And calmer Reason now Triumphant Reigns:,0.0
No more the dearest object of my sight,1.0
"Or force my lingering Blood a swifter pace,",0.0
Or Paint new Smiles and Blushes on my Face.,2.0
And banished all from thence that took his part.,0.0
No more the Smiling Beaux shall tempt me on,0.0
"To Gaze, and Sigh, and think my self undone;",0.0
"While Love, like some Fierce Torrent unconfined,",1.0
And with its black ungrateful streams control,1.0
"No, No: I will, I will no more admire,",4.0
And urge the Sparks of the now dormant Fire:,2.0
"Nor for a wild Fantastic Ecstasy,",2.0
Change the Dear Joys of this blessed Liberty;,6.0
"I meet the Noblest Forms, yet scorn to pay",0.0
Nor would I even for my late splendid Chain,4.0
Forgo this Charming Liberty again;,1.0
Which with so sweet a Calmness fill my Breast,0.0
That midnight music of the honest heart;,2.0
"These silent joys the illustrious youth possessed,",4.0
This cloudless sunshine of the unsullied breast:,4.0
"From pride of peerage, and from folly free;",1.0
Life's early morn fair Virtue gave to thee.,2.0
"The tear no longer stole from Sorrow's eye,",1.0
"And Poverty rejoiced, when he was nigh;",2.0
"Like Titus, knew the value of a day,",1.0
And Want went smiling from his gates away.,2.0
Titles and rank are borrowed from the throne:,4.0
"The warmth of gratitude that fires my heart,",0.0
"To thee, my friend, who taught the easy way",1.0
To see my destiny as clear as day!,1.0
"Nor need I now, with trembling steps and slow,",0.0
"Or hail pale Cynthia in the coming year,",2.0
"Each love petition, when the kneeling maid",0.0
"Cold ashes pours on her fantastic head,",2.0
And there invokes the goddess to unfold,2.0
"Some scroll of Destiny, by Fates enrolled,",1.0
"To be her lover, husband, fool, or lord;",0.0
"Nor need the Cake of Silence now be made,",0.0
"Saint Agnes, why such cruel fasts impose!",1.0
I ask thee not one secret to disclose;,1.0
Nor shall the apples ever be pared again,2.0
To form a letter in my lover's name.,0.0
It's done! it's done! the Bridal Cake declares,0.0
The fixed prediction of my happy stars!,1.0
"Fate lightened Fancy with her lucid beams,",2.0
"And, lo! her shadows glided over my dreams, ' --",3.0
"Sweet dreams inspired by tender nuptial ties,",3.0
How shall I paint them in their lovely dies!,0.0
And all the secrets of my dreams reveal!,1.0
"Yet shall my pen the arduous task essay,",2.0
And some faint image to thy mind convey.,2.0
"When Night's dark curtain closed Day's gilded scene,",2.0
Wrapped up in gloom and silently serene;,1.0
To Contemplation gives the silent call;,0.0
"Calm as that heart devoid of lovers' cares,",0.0
That plagues not Hymen with incessant prayers;,1.0
"Thus closed the eve, in which the Fates were kind,",1.0
And showed a presage to my wondering mind.,3.0
"When every thought of busy day was fled,",0.0
And the Ringed Cake lay beneath my dreaming head;,1.0
"Sweet sleep exerted all her magic power,",1.0
"Which when I saw, my heart with pleasure thrilled,",0.0
For there sweet Damon oft my eyes beheld.,2.0
"With joy I started, nor approached too near,",2.0
"For Love, I find, is close allied to Fear;",0.0
Then viewed the beauties of the lovely scene,1.0
"Where Nature blooms, though far across the Tweed,",0.0
"Wrapped up in reveries of my lovely youth,",1.0
"Whose heart's all softness, emblem fair of Truth;",0.0
"Whose mind's as fertile as the teeming Spring, ' --",1.0
Like Autumn rich in every virtuous thing;,2.0
"Humane as Mercy, kind as treasured Love;",0.0
"While thus enraptured, see, the youth appears,",0.0
Scarce can my telltale eyes withhold from tears!,1.0
"Strange, yet a truth, and gains upon belief,",0.0
That joy excessive hurts as much as grief.,0.0
"See, see, he comes with eager haste to meet,",1.0
And cast his heart and fortune at my feet!,0.0
"Hear me, he cried, Belinda, deign to hear",0.0
For love alone directs my captive breast;,0.0
"No rhetoric sets your happiness to view,",4.0
Or draws each prospect in chameleon hue;,2.0
"Plain is the tale, nor varnished over by art,",1.0
For I'd not steal but have thee give thy heart;,1.0
"Nor do I fancy, even if blessed with thee,",2.0
My life thus guarded should from woes be free;,1.0
"While misery clings to every mortal here,",2.0
A chain of grief the happiest man must wear:,2.0
"The gay, enchanted by romantic scenes,",1.0
"Plan out life's building in their golden dreams,",3.0
And vainly think the edifice shall stand,1.0
Firm as if reared by an immortal hand;,1.0
"But, ah! when sorrows blow, and woes descend,",0.0
He rails at Fate ' --  nor thinks his idly dreamt.,0.0
But let us not by folly still the voice,0.0
Which Reason whispers and directs the choice;,1.0
"Be not deceived by shadows of a shade,",2.0
"Through all the mazes of my changing life,",1.0
Be thou my fond companion and my wife;,1.0
"In grief, thy sympathy will ease my heart,",1.0
"In joy, new pleasure to my soul impart;",2.0
"So shall my dear, my loved Belinda find",0.0
"Dispose of me, and over my will command;",4.0
And here methought he seized my willing hand;,2.0
"Around thy finger, and become my bride,",1.0
"In holy bonds: ' --  but here away I broke,",0.0
"Ah! foolish I, and trembling thus awoke;",1.0
"OH Theron, say what means that downcast eye,",2.0
What new found grief has taught thy breast to sigh?,1.0
Has some intruding swain thy purpose crossed?,0.0
"Fresh as the spring, and fair as opening day,",2.0
"My Jessy smiled, and stole my heart away;",0.0
"But when of love I did to her complain,",1.0
"She scarcely smiled, nor answered me again:",1.0
"None ever could think, but those that feel the smart,",3.0
So fair a form could hide so hard a heart.,0.0
"Ah, silly swain! and was thy beauty made,",1.0
For the cool frowns of one false nymph to fade?,4.0
"OH Theron, Theron, scorn the power of love,",3.0
Forbid the tender impulses to move:,1.0
And leaves it for the next that comes this way.,1.0
"Must I, like fickle Jessy, learn to slight?",0.0
"Yes, ' --  what my Damon says is always right.",0.0
She looks this way; I wish she looked at me:,0.0
If ever thy Theron should his heart transfer,2.0
"From his lost Jessy, it must go to her.",3.0
"OH say no more ' --  no more of her, my friend;",2.0
For she is mine ' --  my Doris! ' --  OH suspend ' --,1.0
"Suspend thy choice, my swain, till thou hast seen",1.0
The village maids assemble on the green;,1.0
"And if you would your fickle heart transfer,",1.0
Then take your choice of all the rest but her.,0.0
"Why are you angry now, my friend, my swain!",0.0
Your own advice I'll give you back again:,0.0
"OH Damon, Damon, scorn the power of love;",3.0
And I will be the next that comes this way.,1.0
"YES, you condemn those sages too refined,",2.0
That gravely lecture ere they know mankind;,1.0
"Who while ambition's fiercer fires they blame,",0.0
It's in false estimates the folly lies;,1.0
"The passion's blameless, when the judgement's wise.",0.0
"In vain philosophers with warmth contest,",1.0
"Life's secret shade, or open walk is best:",1.0
"This calls the patriot forth, and that the muse.",2.0
"Hence not alike to all the species, heaven",1.0
An equal thirst of public fame has given:,0.0
"The haunts of silence, and the peaceful cell,",1.0
Could listening crowds now hang upon his voice?,1.0
"The distant glories of a second reign,",1.0
In exile doomed yet ages to complain.,2.0
Were high ambition still the power confessed,2.0
"That ruled with equal sway in every breast,",0.0
Say where the glories of the sacred nine?,1.0
"Where Homer's verse sublime, or, Milton, thine?",1.0
"Nor thou, sweet bard! who turned the tuneful art,",2.0
"From sound to sense, from fancy to the heart.",1.0
Nor greatly justified the laws of heaven.,0.0
"Let satire blast with every mark of hate,",1.0
"Whom love of wealth, or wild ambition's sway",0.0
"Push forward, still regardless of the way;",2.0
"High and more high who aim with restless pride,",0.0
"Where neither reason, nor fair virtue guide:",2.0
"Wise but to get, and active but to save",1.0
May scorn deserved still follow to the grave.,2.0
"But he who fond to raise a splendid name,",1.0
"On life's ambitious height would fix his fame,",0.0
Yet shuns the paths which virtue bids decline;,0.0
"To raise the oppressed, or merit to produce ' --",3.0
Shall reason's voice impartial ever condemn,2.0
The glorious purpose of so wise an aim?,3.0
"Where virtue regulates this just desire,",0.0
"Say, whence could fame supply, its force unknown",0.0
Her roll illustrious of fair renown?,1.0
What laurels prompt the hero's useful rage?,0.0
"Each public passion bound to endless frost,",0.0
Each deed of social worth for ever lost.,0.0
"OH! may the Muse inspire the love of praise,",0.0
"Raise the bright passion, but with judgement raise!",4.0
"For this she oft has tuned her sacred voice,",1.0
"Called forth the patriot, and approved his choice;",4.0
"Nor till the summit gained, her paths forsake.",1.0
Yet not success alone true fame attends;,1.0
He too shall reach it who but well intends.,0.0
"His generous efforts vain, and vain his sighs;",2.0
"Yet true to merit faithful records tell,",0.0
To distant ages how the patriot fell:,3.0
"Blessed youth! insured the sweetest voice of praise,",1.0
"Grave precepts fleeting notions may impart,",3.0
But bright example best instructs the heart:,0.0
From active life what various blessings flow.,2.0
In him a just ambition stands confessed;,0.0
"It warms, but not inflames, his equal breast.",0.0
"Truth on his lips, the public at his heart;",0.0
"There neither fears can awe, nor hopes control,",0.0
The honest purpose of his steady soul.,1.0
No mean attachments ever seduced his tongue,3.0
To gild the cause his heart suspected wrong;,0.0
"But deaf to envy, faction, spleen, his voice",0.0
"Joins here or there, as reason guides his choice.",1.0
And all his toils in Britain's interest end.,0.0
"To him each neighbour safe refers his claim,",1.0
"The right he settles, and abates the flame.",1.0
Nor unrelieved the injured ever complain.,2.0
"For him the hand unseen, are prayers preferred,",1.0
And grateful vows in distant temples heard;,0.0
"Like nature's blessings to no part confined,",2.0
"That insolence of wealth, the pomp of state",1.0
"Which crowds the mansions of the vainly great,",1.0
Flies far the limits of his modest gate.,2.0
Of aught beyond he scorns the unworthy care;,2.0
"Nor would, for all the trim that pride can show,",0.0
One single act of social aid forego;,0.0
For this he wishes to enlarge his power;,2.0
"This is his life's great purpose, end, and aim:",2.0
"Such true ambition is, and worthy fame.",1.0
"With treasure indigent, a slave with power:",1.0
"Large sums overlooking, still intent on more,",1.0
"He wasted, not enjoyed, his tasteless store.",0.0
His growing greatness raised his hopes the higher.,0.0
'Twas thus amid prosperity he pined;,2.0
"With all the wealth his avarice could receive,",2.0
"' Mid outward opulence, but inward care,",2.0
Reproach and want was all he left his heir.,0.0
"It's true, the patriot well deserves his fame,",2.0
And from his country just applause may claim.,1.0
Diffuses blessings down through all our race;,1.0
And Rome's great moralist even now shall teach.,3.0
"Averse to public noise, ambition's strife,",0.0
"And all the splendid ills of busy life,",0.0
"Through latent paths, unmarked by vulgar eye,",0.0
Are there who wish to pass unheeded by?,2.0
"Whom calm retirement's sacred pleasures move,",0.0
"The hour contemplative, or friend they love;",1.0
"Yet not by spleen, or superstition led,",0.0
"Who not inglorious spend their peaceful day,",2.0
"While science, lovely star! directs their way?",0.0
Flows there not something good from such as these?,1.0
No useful product from the men of ease?,2.0
And shall the Muse no social merit boast?,1.0
Are all her vigils to the public lost?,1.0
"Though noisy pride may scorn her silent toil,",0.0
Fair are the fruits which bless her happy soil:,0.0
"There every plant of useful produce grows,",0.0
"There science sprang, and thence instruction flows;",0.0
"There true philosophy erects her school,",1.0
"There plans her problem, and there forms her rule;",1.0
"There every seed of every art began,",0.0
"And all that eases life, and brightens man.",0.0
"'Twas hence great Newton, mighty genius! soared,",2.0
And all creation's wondrous range explored.,0.0
"Far as the Almighty stretched his utmost line,",2.0
"He pierced in thought, and viewed the vast design.",0.0
Too long had darker ages sought in vain,1.0
The secret scheme of nature to explain;,1.0
"Too long had truth escaped each sage's eye,",1.0
Or faintly shone through vain philosophy.,1.0
"Each shapely offspring of her feeble thought,",2.0
A darker veil over genuine science brought;,5.0
Still stubborn facts overthrew their fruitless toil;,4.0
For truth and fiction who shall reconcile?,0.0
But Britain's sons a surer guide pursue;,0.0
"Tread safe the maze, since Newton gave the clue.",1.0
"Wherever he turned true Science reared her head,",3.0
While far before her puzzled Ignorance fled:,2.0
"From each blessed truth these noble ends he draws,",1.0
"Use to mankind, and to their God applause.",2.0
"Taught by his rules secure the merchant rides,",0.0
When threatening seas roll high their dreadful tides;,1.0
"And either India speeds her precious stores,",2.0
' Mid various dangers safe to Britain's shores.,3.0
"His truth shall guide us, and shall last his praise.",1.0
"Yet if so just the fame, the use so great,",0.0
"Systems to poise, and spheres to regulate;",2.0
"To balance manners, and conduct the heart.",1.0
"Order without us, what imports it seen,",2.0
If all is restless anarchy within?,1.0
"Fired by this thought great Ashley, generous sage,",4.0
The scope of actions and the poise of will:,1.0
In fair proportion here described we trace,0.0
"Each mental beauty, and each moral grace;",1.0
"Each useful passion taught, its tone designed",0.0
Here public transports shall thy soul inflame.,0.0
"Virtue and Deity supremely fair,",5.0
"Too oft delineated with looks severe,",3.0
Resume their native smiles and graces here:,0.0
"Soothed into love relenting foes admire,",1.0
Such are the fruits which from retirement spring;,3.0
"Yet of the various tasks mankind employ,",3.0
"It's sure the hardest, leisure to enjoy.",1.0
What countless swarms of vain pretenders miss?,0.0
"Though each dull plodding thing, to ape the wise,",1.0
"Ridiculously grave, for leisure sighs,",1.0
His boasted wish from busy scenes to run,0.0
"Grant him that leisure, and the fool's undone.",1.0
And business now no more contracts his brow:,1.0
But thousand fancied ills his peace molest:,0.0
"The slightest trifles solid sorrows prove,",0.0
And the long lingering wheel of life scarce seems to move.,3.0
"Useless in business, yet unfit for ease,",2.0
"Nor skilled to mend mankind, nor formed to please,",1.0
Such spurious animals of worthless race,3.0
Live but the public burden and disgrace:,1.0
"Like mean attendants on life's stage are seen,",2.0
"Drawn forth to fill, but not conduct the scene.",1.0
"The mind not taught to think, no useful store",1.0
"To fix reflection, dreads the vacant hour.",0.0
"Turned on its self its numerous wants are seen,",2.0
And all the mighty void that lies within,0.0
Yet cannot wisdom stamp our joys complete;,0.0
It's conscious virtue crowns the blessed retreat.,0.0
"Who feels not that, the private path must shun.",0.0
And fly to public view to escape his own;,2.0
"In life's gay scenes uneasy thoughts suppress,",1.0
And lull each anxious care in dreams of peace.,0.0
"' Mid foreign objects not employed to roam,",1.0
"Thought, sadly active, still corrodes at home:",1.0
"A serious moment breaks the false repose,",2.0
And guilt in all its naked horror shows.,0.0
He who would know retirement's joy refined,0.0
The fair recess must seek with cheerful mind:,0.0
"No Cynic's pride, no bigot's heated brain,",2.0
"No frustrate hope, nor love's fantastic pain,",2.0
"With him must enter the sequestered cell,",2.0
Who means with pleasing solitude to dwell;,0.0
"But equal passions let his bosom rule,",0.0
"A judgement candid, and a temper cool,",1.0
"Enlarged with knowledge, and in conscience clear,",1.0
"Above life's empty hopes, and death's vain fear.",2.0
Such he must be who greatly lives alone;,0.0
"For public life with every talent born,",0.0
"Though without business never unemployed,",5.0
"And life, as more at leisure, more enjoyed:",0.0
"For who like him can various science taste,",2.0
"His mind shall never want an endless feast,",0.0
Oft friendly join in sweet society;,2.0
"Our lives like his in one smooth current flow,",1.0
"Nor swelled with tempest, nor too calmly slow,",2.0
"While he like some great sage of Rome or Greece,",3.0
"Shall calm each rising doubt and speak us peace,",0.0
"Correct each thought, each wayward wish control,",0.0
And stamp with every virtue all the soul.,0.0
Estranged from all the cheerful ways of men!,0.0
With all that whim or ignorance can suggest.,3.0
In vain for him kind nature pours her sweets;,2.0
"The visionary saint no joy admits,",1.0
"But seeks with pious spleen fantastic woes,",0.0
"And all who deviate, vainly think must err:",6.0
"And boldly drive before the flattering gale,",2.0
"Forward her dangerous ocean to explore,",5.0
Condemns as cowards those who make the shore.,1.0
"Not so my friend impartial, ' --  man he views",0.0
Useful in what he shuns as what pursues;,0.0
The hero's passion and the poet's fire;,1.0
"Each figure placed in nature's wise design,",0.0
"Sees lights and shades unite in due degree,",2.0
And form the whole with fairest symmetry.,1.0
"HEAR heaven's pure dictates, you presumptuous crowd,",5.0
"Be kind you selfish, and abashed you proud!",1.0
"Nor think the ostentatious act, which draws",0.0
"The incense of ill judging man's applause,",5.0
"Outweighs in virtue's scale, the widow's mite;",1.0
"Claim not in His divine rewards, a part,",1.0
"Who knows the motive, and who views the heart;",1.0
Be yours to hear the empty accents roll,0.0
"Of praise, rejected by the conscious soul.",1.0
"Have never paused to wish a witness nigh,",0.0
"Have mingled with your alms, the unseen tear,",4.0
The secret sigh which heaven alone could hear;,0.0
"Be yours, when life shall reach the closing scene,",0.0
To read its record with a hope serene;,1.0
"And yours to listen, while a voice of love",1.0
Proclaims your bright inheritance above.,1.0
"Since all their flight to other climes must wing,",0.0
Grieve not your Bird: for though no more his throat,0.0
"Improperly we measure life by breath,",1.0
"He ceases not to be, who tastes of death.",0.0
We only change our tenement of clay.,1.0
"The Quack, once famed for curing every ill,",1.0
"Lurks in a bolus, or informs a pill.",1.0
Hums through his next dull stage a bagpipe's drone;,1.0
"While Wits, more pert, the livelier notes become,",2.0
"The wretch, who fattened on his neighbour's spoil,",2.0
"Now crawls a spider, swollen with fraud and guile:",3.0
"A softer form the gentle mind puts on,",2.0
While hardened hearts are petrified to stone.,0.0
"Perhaps your Captive now, on wings sublime,",0.0
"Sees all his little race about him throng,",0.0
And crowded theatres confess his charms;,1.0
All but his Mistress' favours quite forgot.,3.0
"So some poor Exile, long in bondage kept,",2.0
"Dead to his friends, and even by strangers wept,",2.0
"Disdaining bondage, though in chains of gold,",1.0
"Breaks through his prison, by resentment bold:",1.0
"Yet if some generous friend, of soul sincere,",2.0
"Softened his fate, or smoothed his bed of care,",2.0
"Deep in his heart the grateful sense remains,",0.0
"And when he thinks on him, forgets his chains.",1.0
"Thy music murdered, and thy spirit gone!",1.0
"By thy false guardian left to foes at large,",4.0
OH most unworthy the important charge! ' --,2.0
"What though no solemn mutes, of ghastly shape,",2.0
"Yet shall thy Mistress' tear adorn thy hearse,",0.0
"And all the Muse can offer, Fame and Verse:",0.0
"Fresh flowers shall deck thee with their earliest bloom,",5.0
And yearly roses blossom on thy tomb.,1.0
And on thy stone these lasting notes remain;,1.0
"Beneath in silence sleeps, and ceased his song,",0.0
"A friend to harmony, a foe to strife.",1.0
"This turf his Mistress to his memory owed,",3.0
And for his songs the generous tear bestowed.,3.0
"His sole distinction money, not his wit,",0.0
And borrowed plumes to dignify the man.,1.0
"Dogs, hounds, and horses, thunder in the list;",1.0
"Averted eyes scarce see the silent youth,",1.0
And want of spirit deems his modest truth.,0.0
"Let not neglect or distance ever oppress,",3.0
Why should not fools the foolish thus caress;,0.0
"Congenial souls, attention silent pay,",0.0
Let thus your merit dignify my lay.,1.0
"Or let the Muse ' --  attend you to your home,",1.0
"Mark every deed, or every generous part,",3.0
"But hark ' --  to war the trumpet sound alarms,",0.0
"His breast to glory warms, to arms, to arms,",0.0
"Rush into life, ambition in his view,",1.0
"Thus fortune blind to merit oft we call,",1.0
"But providence, not chance, that rules the ball.",1.0
"As various minds in various paths pursue,",4.0
"With happiness ' --  fair phantom, in their view;",2.0
"Yet rather peaceful than supremely blessed,",3.0
Thames shall be equal to them all in Fame.,1.0
Hail blessed retirement! to this calm retreat,2.0
"Here hopes, and fears, and wishes, sink to rest,",0.0
"And, here, serene becomes the tortured breast;",0.0
"No anxious cares can here the mind alarm,",1.0
"No hope for pleasure, nor no dread of harm;",3.0
"Far from temptation's wiles these saints reside,",2.0
"Heaven their pursuit, and innocence their guide;",2.0
"And think these walls conceal despairing gloom,",0.0
"Approach and view the inmates of this place,",2.0
"Their peaceful manner, tranquil, smiling face;",0.0
"Approach, and learn from these so truly good,",1.0
"Where Heaven resides, nor discontents intrude,",0.0
"Where true religion, unaffected truth,",0.0
At length shall lead them to the blessed abode,1.0
"IT is a goodly sight through the clear air,",2.0
"England's vast capital in fair expanse,",4.0
St. Paul's high dome amid the vassal bands,2.0
"Of neighbouring spires, a regal chieftain stands,",2.0
"With distance softly tinted, side by side,",0.0
"In kindred grace, like twain of sisters dear,",0.0
"While, far beyond, the hills of Surrey shine",0.0
"Through thin soft haze, and show their wavy line.",1.0
"Viewed thus, a goodly sight! but when surveyed",1.0
"Through denser air when moistened winds prevail,",0.0
"In her grand panoply of smoke arrayed,",3.0
"While clouds aloft in heavy volumes sail,",0.0
"Connecting heaven and earth, ' --  a threatening sign of doom.",0.0
"With more than natural height, reared in the sky",1.0
It's then St. Paul's arrests the wondering eye;,3.0
"So far from earth removed, that well, I trow,",0.0
"Did not its form man's artful structure show,",1.0
"It might some lofty alpine peak be deemed,",1.0
"Like shoreward billows of a troubled main,",1.0
"Arrested in their rage. Through drizzly rain,",0.0
"Cataracts of tawny sheen pour from the skies,",2.0
Over the wide draping of that pictured mass.,3.0
"So shows by day this grand imperial town,",2.0
"And, when over all the night's black stole is thrown,",1.0
The distant traveller does with wonder mark,1.0
"Her luminous canopy athwart the dark,",3.0
Along her streets in many a starry line: ' --,2.0
"He wondering looks from his yet distant road,",3.0
And thinks the northern streamers are abroad.,1.0
"What hollow sound is that? approaching near,",0.0
The roar of many wheels breaks on his ear.,2.0
It is the flood of human life in motion!,1.0
It is the voice of a tempestuous ocean!,5.0
"With sad but pleasing awe his soul is filled,",0.0
"Scarce heaves his breast, and all within is stilled,",1.0
"As many thoughts and feelings cross his mind, ' --",0.0
"Thoughts, mingled, melancholy, undefined,",1.0
"Of restless, reckless man, and years gone by,",0.0
And Time fast wending to Eternity.,3.0
"And Foot to Foot, and Point to Point was set:",0.0
"An ancient Quarrel had such Hatred wrought,",0.0
"That for Revenge, as for Renown, they fought.",2.0
"Now bloody was the Day, and hard the Strife,",2.0
Wherein bold Warriors lost neglected Life:,1.0
"But as, some Errors still we must commit,",1.0
"Among the Rats some Officers appeared,",1.0
"With lofty Plumage on their Foreheads reared,",2.0
"Unthinking they, and ruined by their Pride:",2.0
"A general Rout befell, and a Retreat,",1.0
Was by the Vanquished now implored of Fate;,1.0
"To slender Crannies all repaired in haste,",0.0
Where easily the undressed Vulgar past:,6.0
"But when the Rats of Figure would have fled,",0.0
The Feather in the Cap was fatal to the Head.,1.0
"HAIL, soft Philanthropy, to thee I sing",3.0
"Blessed source, whence all our social pleasures spring;",1.0
"When every Muse bends prostrate at thy shrine,",1.0
And tunes her lyre to harmony divine;,1.0
"Bright as the beams of glory round you shine,",0.0
"Glance not contempt, you minions of the nine;",2.0
"Bold as I soar, yet never think I came,",0.0
Though oft a wanderer through the lone retreats,1.0
"Of your Parnassus, stored with balmy sweets;",2.0
In lively bloom and varied fragrance grew;,0.0
"Their winning beauties gave but short delight,",0.0
Born by superior genius from my sight;,5.0
Yet may my humble blossom find a place,0.0
"The brow of sympathy, for, oft there grows,",1.0
"On the same spot, the daisy and the rose.",3.0
Nor may the rose disdain the modest flower,1.0
That gives her beauties more distinguished power.,0.0
"What though no hand, in honour of my lay,",3.0
Or fancy raise no bright poetic dream;,1.0
Yet soft humanity inspires my theme.,1.0
"Gave me a heart, too oft indeed to blame,",1.0
Yet fraught with feelings none should blush to name.,0.0
"Long in that heart may mild compassion reign,",0.0
"Compassion, formed to weep for others pain;",0.0
"The throb of anguish ever swell my breast,",0.0
"When misery sinks, by tyranny oppressed.",3.0
"May one dire fiend far from my wishes stray,",2.0
"That vile assassin, stained with numerous crimes,",2.0
Who bears the shaft of death to distant climes;,0.0
"Whose flinty breast, unknown to social love,",0.0
"No tears, no prayers, no sufferings, ever can move.",8.0
"When he appears, behold affection bleed!",1.0
Joy flies the scene and lasting pangs succeed.,1.0
"And shall Britannia, whose maternal arms",2.0
"Clasp every virtue, dressed in heavenly charms;",3.0
"Shall she, when rival realms revere her name,",0.0
"She, pride of nations and the boast of fame,",1.0
"Welcome a guest so vile, and seek to gain",2.0
New treasures from the guiltless sufferers pain?,4.0
"When justice, fired by distant scenes explored,",2.0
High over the foes of Asia waves her sword?,3.0
No power the violated rights restore?,4.0
"To weep a child, a parent, or a friend;",1.0
"For, all that Britons feel, their souls inspire,",0.0
The same affection and the same desire;,1.0
"The mournful dame, with equal frenzy, wild,",0.0
"Laments the hapless fortune of her child,",1.0
"Torn from her arms, snatched from his native soil,",2.0
To sad captivity and painful toil!,1.0
"In vain she weeps, in vain she swells to rage,",0.0
The wretch still suffers what her fears presage.,4.0
"These scenes of woe, you son's of avarice, view,",2.0
These sorrows fill the cup of mirth for you;,0.0
"Ah! think, for you, what blessings nature pours,",1.0
While art and luxury their charms employ,1.0
To dress your hours in fascinating joy;,0.0
"While round your steps seducing sirens sing,",0.0
"Ah! think, whence do these fatal pleasures spring!",0.0
"Survey the wretch whose toil creates your joy,",0.0
No cheerful hopes his gloomy mind employ;,1.0
"If he reflects what hours in sadness flew,",1.0
The next as sadly opens to his view;,1.0
"Each sun, that rises, rises but to shed",1.0
Fresh streams of sorrow on his hapless head;,2.0
"In vain over him revolving seasons roll,",2.0
They bring no peace to his afflicted soul!,2.0
"Say, does the gallant soldier waste his breath",0.0
Amid the horrors of triumphant death?,1.0
"Deep pierced with wounds, does he the martial band",2.0
"Fearless of perils, that around him wait,",2.0
He braves the dangers of impending fate;,1.0
"Millions to him their grateful thanks avow,",1.0
Ambition unrestrained that noble flame,0.0
"That guides the hero to the heights of fame,",1.0
"Of all that record boasts, or poets sing;",0.0
"Ambition, ever anxious to aspire,",1.0
"Burns in his breast a fierce, but hopeless, fire;",0.0
"With fainting heart he sees the morning smile,",0.0
"His weakened spirits still invite repose,",0.0
And gloomy apathy his mind overflows.,4.0
"You foes of heaven, and Britain's dire disgrace,",0.0
"Unjust oppressors of an injured race,",1.0
"Tell us, who formed the slave you thus deride,",0.0
"Adore your smile, and tremble when you frown;",0.0
"At your command with servile swiftness fly,",1.0
And mark with dread the language of your eye?,1.0
"Tell, why such baleful tyranny should reign,",1.0
"Yet, you will say, surrounding foes combine",0.0
To catch advantages that we decline;,2.0
"But, sure, that impious land must deeply bleed,",3.0
"Then let them hence the guilty commerce bear,",0.0
"Once Superstition, in a fatal hour,",1.0
Over Europe raised the sceptre of her power;,1.0
"She reigned triumphant minister of death,",1.0
And peace and pleasure faded in her breath;,0.0
"Deep in monastic solitude entombed,",1.0
The bud of beauty withered ere it bloomed;,0.0
"The brilliant eye, where love had fought to dwell,",0.0
Shed all its lustre over the cloistered cell;,2.0
"The smiling lip, of bright vermilion die,",0.0
"The music floating from each tuneful tongue,",1.0
With midnight hymns the Gothic arches rung.,1.0
"Here, through reflection's eye, the pensive mind",1.0
Sought with regret for objects far behind;,2.0
"And fond remembrance, as she heaved a sigh,",1.0
Drew back the soul just soaring to the sky;,2.0
"Save where misguided zeal in peace withdrew,",1.0
"From each bright pleasure, each enchanting view.",1.0
"The still retreat pale Melancholy sought,",1.0
And found each object suited to her thought;,1.0
"Soft Sensibility might here deplore,",2.0
And feel the shaft of falsehood wound no more;,2.0
"The sport of fortune, long to comfort lost,",0.0
"With hope far banished, expectation crossed;",1.0
"Explored these scenes to weep for anguish past,",0.0
Where the swelled throbbing heart has burst at last.,2.0
"With eye averse, the sacrifice they made;",0.0
"No forced devotion found acceptance there,",2.0
No grateful incense issued from her prayer.,3.0
Thus Superstition could not fix her sway,1.0
"In heaven, but looked on earth to seize her prey;",0.0
Sought to extend the terrors of her reign.,3.0
"She saw, as on the fatal heights she stood,",1.0
Her impious altars drenched in guiltless blood;,2.0
"Where fortitude with candid virtue joined,",0.0
And sought by sacred truths to save mankind;,1.0
"There she bestowed her persecutions dire,",1.0
And close pursued with unrelenting ire;,0.0
"Nor ceased to scourge them with her vengeful rod,",1.0
"Till each, a martyred saint, embraced his God.",0.0
"But when, to grace the world, Religion shone,",0.0
In Britain first she deigned to fix her throne;,0.0
"Freedom and Charity, at her command,",4.0
Chased Superstition from the drooping land;,2.0
Beat the retiring gloom with raven wing;,2.0
"In vain Enthusiasm disdained to fly,",2.0
And rolled the livid lightning of her eye;,1.0
"In vain with frenzy wild her fetters broke,",0.0
And threatened horrid vengeance as she spoke;,1.0
"Religion bound her with her magic chain,",1.0
And fixed a period to the monster's reign;,2.0
"Yet, last of all, withdrew a blacker foe",0.0
Than ever issued from the realms below;,1.0
An aspect ever gentle and serene;,2.0
"Her tongue was fraught with many an artful lie,",2.0
"She wore the spotless robe of heavenly truth,",2.0
"Soft on her smiling lip dire falsehood hung,",2.0
And music graced the poison of her tongue.,1.0
"But soon the fell contention raged no more,",1.0
And liberty the victors garland wore:,1.0
"Yet, as the conquering goddess soared to life,",2.0
She mourned the ravage of internal strife.,1.0
"So when some furious tempest racks the night,",2.0
"To break her solemn gloom with horrid light,",0.0
"Morn smiles to show the blasted plants and flowers,",1.0
Or torn trees mingling with the shattered towers.,2.0
The dread and envy of insulting foes;,1.0
There hoary time on rapid wing might view,0.0
Immortal glories ripen as he flew;,1.0
"The gems of genius there adorn the mind,",1.0
"By science polished, and by taste refined;",1.0
"There in the beams of liberty alone,",1.0
"Nor could my Muse, did she to rapture spring,",1.0
The bright succession of those glories sing.,1.0
"In other lands if public virtue glows,",0.0
From Britain first the great example flows;,0.0
"There springs the plant, there blooms, through endless time,",0.0
To gain a conquest with oppressions fraught;,1.0
The power to conquer and the will to save;,4.0
"They boast the sympathy to soften woe,",1.0
To form the faithful friend and generous foe.,2.0
"View from that happy shore a nymph arise,",0.0
Bright as the blushes of autumnal skies;,1.0
"She comes, angelic Freedom, with her train,",2.0
Each views your injuries and your anguish feels;,1.0
"Neglect long shown, your sufferings seeks to blame,",1.0
"Amid the glories of an age refined,",1.0
"With fond attention over your sorrows pause,",2.0
"Friends of philanthropy, to you be given",4.0
The greatest bounties of indulgent heaven;,1.0
And beneath your feet eternal blessings spring;,1.0
"For, angels teach celestial joys to flow",0.0
On hearts where sympathy delights to glow;,1.0
"That peace divine, that can the soul sustain,",1.0
"When keen affliction aims the shaft of pain,",0.0
"That Power from life's dark danger formed to save,",3.0
And lift the eye of hope beyond the grave.,0.0
And haste to snatch the captive from despair;,1.0
"Before his lightened steps thy pleasures strew,",0.0
And place thy train of virtues in his view;,0.0
"Bid his unfettered inclination stray,",2.0
Where blooming industry extends her sway;,1.0
"By promised gain, to tread the rugged wild;",0.0
"Rouse every passion, wake each fond desire,",1.0
And teach his wishes greatly to aspire;,1.0
"Instruct him, goddess, on his native plain,",1.0
To sing the glories of a George's reign;,1.0
"Tell him, at his command you sought their shore,",1.0
"Their wrongs to pity, and their rights restore;",1.0
"Through the blue concave thy white flag unfurled,",3.0
And arm thy bands to prop a sinking world.,0.0
"THE Happy Muse to this high Scene preferred,",2.0
Hereafter shall in Loftier Strains be heard;,2.0
"And, soaring to transcend her usual Theme,",3.0
Shall Sing of Virtue and Heroic Fame.,1.0
"No longer shall she Toil upon the Stage,",1.0
And fruitless War with Vice and Folly wage;,0.0
"No more in mean Disguise she shall appear,",0.0
And Shapes she would reform be forced to wear:,0.0
"While Ignorance and Malice join to blame,",1.0
And break the Mirror that reflects their Shame.,0.0
"Henceforth she shall pursue a Nobler Task,",2.0
Happy her future Days! which are designed,3.0
Alone to Paint the Beauties of the Mind.,1.0
"By Just Originals to draw with Care,",1.0
And shame to Manners an incorrigible Town.,2.0
"While this Design her eager Thought pursues,",1.0
"Such various Virtues all around she views,",2.0
"She knows not where to fix, or which to choose.",0.0
"Yet still ambitious of the daring Flight,",1.0
"From that Attempt the Conscious Muse retires,",0.0
Nor to Inimitable Worth aspires;,2.0
"But secretly Applauds, and silently Admires.",2.0
Hence she reflects upon the genial Ray,2.0
That first enlivened this Auspicious Day:,1.0
"On that Bright Star, to whose Indulgent Power",1.0
We owe the Blessings of the Present Hour.,1.0
Concurring Omens of propitious Fate,1.0
"Bore, with One Sacred Birth, an equal Date;",0.0
"Whence we derive whatever we possess,",3.0
"By Foreign Conquest, or Domestic Peace.",1.0
"Then, Britain, then thy Dawn of Bliss begun!",0.0
Then broke the Morn that lighted up this Sun!,1.0
Then was it doomed whose Councils should succeed;,0.0
And by whose Arm the Christian World be freed;,1.0
"Then the fierce Foe was preordained to yield,",3.0
"Winged with diversions all her moments flew,",2.0
"Each, as it passed, presenting something new;",0.0
"Breakfasts and auctions wear the morn away,",2.0
"Each evening gives an opera, or a play;",1.0
"Then Brag's eternal joys all night remain,",0.0
And kindly usher in the morn again.,0.0
"For love no time has she, or inclination,",2.0
And the cropped ensign nuzzles in her ear.,2.0
But with most warmth her dress and airs inspire,1.0
"He bows with reverence at her sacred shrine,",1.0
"And treats her as if sprung from race divine,",1.0
"Which she returns with insolence and scorn,",2.0
Nor deigns to smile on a plebeian born.,1.0
"Ere long by friends, by cards, and lovers crossed,",1.0
"Her fortune, health, and reputation lost;",0.0
"Her fame, yet she still damned to be a maid,",2.0
"She weeps, if but a handsome thief is hung:",1.0
"But most for ready cash for play distressed,",0.0
And marries him at length in mere despair.,1.0
"Her soul, her frame incapable of joy:",1.0
"She feels no transports in the bridal bed,",1.0
"Of which so oft she has heard, so much has read;",0.0
"Then vexed, that she should be condemned alone",1.0
"To seek in vain this philosophic stone,",0.0
"To abler tutors she resolves apply,",1.0
A prostitute from curiosity:,1.0
"Hence men of every sort, and every size,",1.0
"Impatient for heaven's cordial drop, she tries;",2.0
"The ruddy templar newly on the town,",1.0
"But still malignant Fate her wish denies,",0.0
"Cards yield superior joys, to cards she flies;",3.0
"All night from rout to rout her chairmen run,",0.0
"Again she plays, and is again undone.",1.0
Behold her now in Ruin's frightful jaws!,0.0
"Bonds, judgements, executions, open their paws;",3.0
"Seize jewels, furniture, and plate, nor spare",2.0
And Tubbs conveys the wretched exile down.,2.0
"Never pressed with a more grieved or guilty load,",1.0
"And now the dreaded country first appears,",0.0
"Of distant coaches fainter by degrees,",1.0
"Silent and sullen, like some captive queen,",2.0
Until at length appears the ruined hall,0.0
"The doleful prison where for ever she,",1.0
"Her coach the curate and the tradesmen meet,",1.0
"And boys with stubble bonfires light the street,",3.0
"While bells her ears with tongues discordant grate,",0.0
Types of the nuptial ties they celebrate:,0.0
"Nor deigns she to return one awkward bow,",1.0
"But bounces in disdaining once to speak,",0.0
And wipes the trickling tear from off her cheek.,1.0
"Now see her in the sad decline of life,",1.0
"With many a real, many a fancied ail;",4.0
"Her insolence, and title only left;",1.0
And the low pastimes of a country fair:,1.0
"Too wretched to endure one lonely day,",2.0
"Too proud one friendly visit to repay,",2.0
"Too indolent to read, too criminal to pray.",4.0
"At length half dead, half mad, and quite confined,",2.0
"Shunning, and shunned by all of human kind,",2.0
"Even robbed of the last comfort of her life,",3.0
"Pride, disappointed pride, now stops her breath,",2.0
And with true scorpion rage she stings herself to death.,4.0
"Heaven gives the needful, but neglected, call.",1.0
"What day, what hour, but knocks at human hearts,",0.0
To wake the soul to sense of future scenes?,0.0
And kindly point us to our journey's end.,1.0
"I give thee joy: nor will I take my leave,",1.0
So soon to follow. Man but dives in death;,0.0
"Dives from the sun, in fairer day to rise:",0.0
The grave his subterranean road to bliss.,3.0
"Yes, infinite Indulgence planned it so:",2.0
Through various parts our glorious storey runs;,4.0
"Time gives the preface, endless Age unrolls",1.0
The volume never unrolled of human fate.,2.0
"This, Earth and Skies already have proclaimed.",0.0
The world's a prophecy of worlds to come;,1.0
Still louder than in words shall dare deny?,2.0
"If Nature's arguments appear too weak,",2.0
"Turn a new leaf, and stronger read in man.",3.0
Can he prove infidel to what he feels?,2.0
His own indictment; he condemns himself:,1.0
"Who reads his bosom, reads immortal life;",0.0
"Or Nature, there, imposing on her sons,",2.0
Has written fables; man was made a lie.,0.0
Incurable consumption of our peace!,2.0
"Who steals his whole dominion from the waste,",1.0
"Repelling winter blasts with mud and straw, ' --",0.0
"In fate so distant, in complaint so near.",0.0
Is it that things terrestrial can't content?,3.0
Deep in rich pasture will thy flocks complain?,3.0
Not so; but to their master is denied,2.0
"To share their sweet serene. Man, ill at ease",1.0
"In this, not his own place, this foreign field,",0.0
"Than was ordained his cravings to suffice,",2.0
"Poor in abundance, famished at a feast,",1.0
"Sighs on for something more, when most enjoyed.",0.0
Is Heaven then kinder to thy flocks than thee?,1.0
"Not so: thy pasture richer, but remote;",1.0
"By Sense, his Reason sleeps, nor dreams the cause.",0.0
"The cause how obvious, when his Reason wakes!",1.0
His grief is but his grandeur in disguise;,3.0
And discontent is immortality.,2.0
"Shall sons of Either, shall the blood of Heaven,",0.0
"Set up their hopes on earth, and stable here,",0.0
With brutal acquiescence in the mire?,0.0
"Lorenzo, no! They shall be nobly pained;",0.0
"The glorious foreigners, distressed, shall sigh",3.0
Man's misery declares him born for bliss:,2.0
"His anxious heart asserts the truth I sing,",0.0
And gives the sceptic in his head the lie.,0.0
"Our heads, our hearts, our passions, and our powers,",1.0
Speak the same language; call us to the skies.,4.0
Scarce rise above conjecture and mistake;,2.0
And for this land of trifles those too strong,3.0
"Tumultuous rise, and tempest human life:",3.0
"Meet objects for our passions Heaven ordained,",0.0
"Objects that challenge all their fire, and leave",0.0
No fault but in defect. Blessed Heaven! avert,2.0
OH for a bliss unbounded! Far beneath,0.0
A soul immortal is a mortal joy.,1.0
Nor are our powers to perish immature;,3.0
"But, after feeble effort here, beneath",0.0
"A brighter sun, and in a nobler soil,",1.0
"Shall flourish fair, and put forth all their bloom.",1.0
"Reason progressive, Instinct is complete:",3.0
Swift Instinct leaps; slow Reason feebly climbs.,2.0
Flows in at once; in ages they no more,2.0
"Could know, or do, or covet, or enjoy.",1.0
The patriarch pupil would be learning still;,5.0
"Men perish in advance, as if the sun",2.0
"Should set ere noon, in eastern oceans drowned;",1.0
"If fit, with dim illustrious to compare,",3.0
The sun's meridian with the soul of man.,1.0
While meaner efforts thy last hand enjoy?,2.0
"Nor reach what reach he might, why die in dread?",0.0
"Why cursed with foresight, wise to misery?",2.0
Why of his proud prerogative the prey?,1.0
Why less preeminent in rank than pain?,1.0
His immortality alone can tell;,1.0
"Full ample fund to balance all amiss,",1.0
And turn the scale in favour of the just!,0.0
His immortality alone can solve,1.0
"Of all the darkest, if at death we die.",1.0
"Hope, eager Hope, the assassin of our joy,",4.0
"All present blessings treading under foot,",0.0
Is scarce a milder tyrant than Despair.,1.0
"With no past toils content, still planning new,",2.0
Hope turns us over to Death alone for ease.,3.0
"Possession, why more tasteless than pursuit?",1.0
Why is a wish far dearer than a crown?,1.0
"That wish accomplished, why the grave of bliss?",0.0
"Because, in the great future buried deep,",2.0
"Beyond our plans of empire and renown,",1.0
"And HE who made him, bent him to the right.",2.0
"Man's heart the Almighty to the future sets,",3.0
By secret and inviolable springs;,2.0
"Man's heart eats all things, and is hungry still:",1.0
"So rages Appetite, if man can't mount,",1.0
He will descend. He starves on the possessed.,2.0
"Hence, the world's master, from Ambition's spire,",4.0
In that rank sty why wallowed Empire's son,1.0
Supreme? Because he could no higher fly;,1.0
His riot was Ambition in despair.,1.0
"Old Rome consulted birds; Lorenzo! thou,",2.0
"With more success, the flight of Hope survey;",0.0
"Of restless Hope, for ever on the wing.",1.0
To fly at all that rises in her sight;,0.0
"And, never stooping but to mount again",1.0
"Next moment, she betrays her aim's mistake,",1.0
And owns her quarry lodged beyond the grave.,0.0
"There should it fail us, it must fail us there,",1.0
"If being fails, more mournful riddles rise,",0.0
And Virtue vies with Hope in mystery.,1.0
"Why Virtue? where its praise, its being fled?",0.0
To close with all that makes him happy here.,0.0
"If Vice as sometime is our friend on earth,",2.0
Then Vice is Virtue; iT is our sovereign good.,1.0
"And what is right, but means of happiness?",1.0
No means of happiness when Virtue yields:,2.0
"That basis failing, falls the building too,",0.0
And lays in ruin every virtuous joy.,2.0
"The rigid guardian of a blameless heart,",1.0
"So long revered, so long reputed wise,",0.0
Why beats thy bosom with illustrious dreams,3.0
"Of gallant enterprise, and glorious death?",2.0
Die for thy country? ' --  Thou romantic fool!,1.0
"Seize, seize the plank thyself, and let her sink.",1.0
I speak with awe! though He should bid thee bleed?,1.0
"If, with thy blood, thy final hope is spilt,",1.0
"Nor can Omnipotence reward the blow,",2.0
Be deaf; preserve thy being; disobey.,0.0
"Nor is it disobedience: know, Lorenzo!",3.0
"His first command is this: ' --  Man, love thyself.",2.0
"If Virtue costs existence, iT is a crime,",1.0
"Bold violation of our law supreme,",3.0
"Black suicide; though nations, which consult",1.0
"Their gain at thy expense, resound applause.",2.0
"Since Virtue's recompense is doubtful here,",0.0
"If man dies wholly, well may we demand,",2.0
Why is man suffered to be good in vain?,3.0
"Why, to be good in vain, is man enjoined?",0.0
"Why, to be good in vain, is man betrayed?",0.0
"Betrayed by traitors lodged in his own breast,",1.0
Why whispers Nature lies on Virtue's part?,0.0
Or if blind Instinct which assumes the name,2.0
"Of sacred Conscience plays the fool in man,",0.0
Why Reason made accomplice in the cheat?,0.0
Why are the wisest loudest in her praise?,0.0
Can man by Reason's beam be led astray?,0.0
"Or, at his peril, imitate his God?",0.0
"Since Virtue sometime ruins us on earth,",2.0
"Or both are true, or man survives the grave.",0.0
"Or man survives the grave, or own, Lorenzo,",0.0
Thy boast supreme a wild absurdity.,1.0
"Grant man immortal, and thy scorn is just.",2.0
"The man immortal, rationally brave,",1.0
Dares rush on death ' --  because he cannot die.,1.0
"But if man loses all when life is lost,",2.0
"He lives a coward, or a fool expires.",1.0
"A daring infidel, and such there are,",1.0
"Of all Earth's madmen, most deserves a chain.",1.0
When to the grave we follow the renowned,1.0
"Enabling us to think in higher style,",1.0
Dream we that lustre of the moral world,1.0
"Why was he wise to know, and warm to praise,",0.0
"And strenuous to transcribe in human life,",3.0
"The Mind Almighty? Could it be, that Fate,",0.0
"And dawn the Deity, should snatch the draught,",1.0
"With night eternal blot it out, and give",1.0
"The Skies alarm, lest angels too might die?",0.0
"If human souls, why not angelic too",1.0
"Extinguished? and a solitary God,",1.0
"Over ghastly ruin, frowning from His throne?",1.0
Shall we this moment gaze on God in man?,0.0
"The next, lose man for ever in the dust?",1.0
"From dust we disengage, or man mistakes;",1.0
"And there, where least his judgement fears a flaw.",1.0
Wisdom and Worth how boldly he commends!,3.0
"Wisdom and Worth are sacred names; revered,",2.0
"Where not embraced; applauded, deified!",0.0
Both are calamities; inflicted both,3.0
"Acute, for what? To spy more miseries;",1.0
And Worth exalted humbles us the more.,1.0
Weakness and Vice the refuge of mankind.,4.0
"Talk never so long, in this imperfect state,",4.0
Virtue and Vice are at eternal war.,2.0
Or for precarious or for small reward?,2.0
"Would take degrees angelic here below,",1.0
"And Virtue, while they compliment, betray,",1.0
By feeble motives and unfaithful guards.,1.0
"IT is that, and that alone, can countervail",1.0
On Earth's poor pay our famished Virtue dies.,1.0
"A Bayle has preached, or a Voltaire believed!",1.0
"In man, the more we dive, the more we see",0.0
Heaven's signet stamping an immortal make.,1.0
"Dive to the bottom of his soul, the base",1.0
"Sustaining all, what find we? Knowledge, love.",0.0
"As light and heat essential to the sun,",1.0
"These to the soul. And why, if souls expire?",1.0
How little lovely here! How little known!,0.0
Small knowledge we dig up with endless toil;,3.0
While brutal are indulged their fulsome fill?,1.0
"Were then capacities Divine conferred,",1.0
"As a mock diadem, in savage sport,",2.0
"Rank insult of our pompous poverty,",1.0
Which reaps but pain from seeming claims so fair?,0.0
In future age lies no redress? and shuts,1.0
Eternity the door on our complaint?,2.0
"If so, for what strange ends were mortals made!",2.0
"The worst to wallow, and the best to weep;",1.0
"The man who merits most, must most complain.",0.0
"Can we conceive a disregard in Heaven,",1.0
"What the worst perpetrate, or best endure?",2.0
"This cannot be. To love, and know, in man",0.0
"Is boundless appetite, and boundless power:",0.0
And these demonstrate boundless objects too.,6.0
"Objects, powers, appetites, Heaven suits in all;",1.0
"Nor, Nature through, ever violates this sweet,",3.0
Eternal concord on her tuneful string.,1.0
Is man the sole exception from her laws?,1.0
"Eternity struck off from human hope,",2.0
"I speak with truth, but veneration too,",0.0
"Man is a monster, the reproach of Heaven,",1.0
"A stain, a dark impenetrable cloud",1.0
"If such is man's allotment, what is Heaven?",1.0
"Or own the soul immortal, or invert",1.0
And bow to thy superiors of the stall;,2.0
Through every scene of sense superior far:,2.0
"With doubts, fears, fruitless hopes, regrets, despairs;",1.0
Mankind's peculiar! Reason's precious dower!,1.0
Nor brothers cite to the litigious bar.,1.0
"They find a paradise in every field,",0.0
"On boughs forbidden, where no curses hang:",1.0
"By previous dread, or murmur in the rear:",2.0
Begins and ends their woe: they die but once;,0.0
"Proud man, who rules the globe, and reads the stars,",1.0
"Philosopher or hero, sighs in vain.",1.0
"No day, no glimpse of day, to solve the knot,",2.0
But what beams on it from eternity.,2.0
"The difficult, and softens the severe;",2.0
Restores bright order; casts the brute beneath;,1.0
"Of joy, even here. Admit immortal life,",2.0
"Each Virtue brings in hand a golden dower,",0.0
"Far richer in reversion; Hope exults,",1.0
"And, though much bitter in our cup is thrown,",1.0
"Predominates, and gives the taste of heaven.",0.0
OH wherefore is the Deity so kind?,3.0
Astonishing beyond astonishment!,2.0
Heaven our reward ' --  for heaven enjoyed below.,1.0
"The traitor lurks, who doubts the truth I sing.",0.0
Reason is guiltless! Will alone rebels.,3.0
"What, in that stubborn heart if I should find",1.0
"New, unexpected witnesses against thee?",2.0
"Ambition, Pleasure, and the Love of Gain!",1.0
"The slave of earth, should own her heir of heaven?",0.0
"Our immortality, should prove it sure?",1.0
"First, then, Ambition summon to the bar.",2.0
"Ambition's shame, extravagance, disgust,",1.0
"Thy soul, how passionately fond of Fame!",1.0
How anxious that fond passion to conceal!,2.0
"We blush, detected in designs on praise,",0.0
"Though for best deeds, and from the best of men;",2.0
And why? Because immortal. Art Divine,0.0
Has made the body tutor to the soul;,1.0
Heaven kindly gives our blood a moral flow;,0.0
"Bids it ascend the glowing cheek, and there",2.0
"Upbraid that little heart's inglorious aim,",3.0
Which stoops to court a character from man;,1.0
While over us in tremendous judgement sit,2.0
"Far more than man, with endless praise and blame.",0.0
The verdict of its shame. When souls take fire,2.0
"At high presumptions of their own desert,",1.0
"One age is poor applause; the mighty shout,",0.0
"The thunder by the living few begun,",1.0
"Late time must echo; worlds unborn, resound.",3.0
We wish our names eternally to live:,1.0
Wild dream! which never had haunted human thought,3.0
Had not our natures been eternal too.,0.0
Instinct points out an interest in hereafter;,0.0
But our blind Reason sees not where it lies;,2.0
"Or, seeing, gives the substance for the shade.",1.0
"Fame is the shade of immortality,",1.0
"And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught,",0.0
"Consult the ambitious, ' --  iT is ambition's cure.",5.0
"And is this all? cried Caesar, at his height,",2.0
Disgusted. This third proof Ambition brings,2.0
"Of immortality: The first in fame,",1.0
"Observe him near, your envy will abate:",1.0
"The passion and the purchase, he will sigh",2.0
"At such success, and blush at his renown.",2.0
His heart; far more illustrious glory calls;,3.0
And can Ambition a fourth proof supply?,3.0
"It can, and stronger than the former three;",2.0
Yet quite overlooked by some reputed wise.,1.0
"Though disappointments in ambition pain,",1.0
In vain we strive to pluck it from our hearts;,1.0
By Nature planted for the noblest ends.,1.0
"More praised than pondered; specious, but unsound:",1.0
"Sooner that hero's sword the world had quelled,",2.0
Than Reason his ambition. Man must soar.,1.0
"An obstinate activity within,",2.0
"In spite of Fortune's load. Not kings alone,",0.0
Each villager has his ambition too;,2.0
No sultan prouder than his fettered slave.,2.0
"Echo the proud Assyrian in their hearts,",3.0
"And cry, Behold the wonders of my might!",1.0
And why? Because immortal as their lord:,1.0
And souls immortal must for ever heave,0.0
"At something great; the glitter, or the gold;",1.0
"The praise of mortals, or the praise of Heaven.",1.0
"Nor absolutely vain is human praise,",0.0
When human is supported by Divine.,2.0
I'll introduce Lorenzo to himself:,1.0
Pleasure and Pride bad masters share our hearts.,3.0
As Love of Pleasure is ordained to guard,1.0
"And feed our bodies, and extend our race;",1.0
The Love of Praise is planted to protect,1.0
And propagate the glories of the mind.,1.0
"What is it but the Love of Praise inspires,",1.0
"Earth's happiness? From that the delicate,",3.0
"The grand, the marvellous, of civil life.",1.0
"The basis, on which Love of Glory builds.",1.0
"Nor is thy life, OH Virtue! less in debt",2.0
"To Praise, thy secret stimulating friend.",0.0
"Were men not proud, what merit should we miss!",0.0
Pride made the virtues of the Pagan world.,2.0
"Praise is the salt that seasons right to man,",0.0
Thirst of Applause is Virtue's second guard;,2.0
Reason her first; but Reason wants an aid;,2.0
"Thirst of Applause calls Public Judgement in,",3.0
"To poise our own, to keep an even scale,",0.0
And give endangered Virtue fairer play.,0.0
"Here a fifth proof arises, stronger still:",3.0
Why this so nice construction of our hearts;,1.0
This constitutional reserve of aid,1.0
"If Virtue ' --  kept alive by care and toil,",0.0
"And oft the mark of injuries on earth,",1.0
"Of disciplines and pains unpaid, ' --  must die?",1.0
"Were man to perish when most fit to live,",0.0
"OH how misspent were all these stratagems,",3.0
Where are Heaven's holiness and mercy fled?,1.0
Laughs Heaven at once at Virtue and at man?,2.0
"If not, why that discouraged, this destroyed?",1.0
Thus far Ambition. What says Avarice?,3.0
"This her chief maxim, which has long been thine:",2.0
The wise and wealthy are the same. I grant it.,1.0
"To store up treasure with incessant toil, ' --",1.0
"This is man's province, this his highest praise,",3.0
To this great end keen Instinct stings him on.,4.0
"To guide that Instinct, Reason! is thy charge;",1.0
Tis thine to tell us where true treasure lies:,1.0
"But, Reason failing to discharge her trust,",1.0
"Or to the deaf discharging it in vain,",2.0
"A blunder follows; and blind Industry,",3.0
"The course where stakes of more than gold are won,",0.0
"The jaded spirits of the present hour,",1.0
Provides for an eternity below.,2.0
"Thou shalt not covet, is a wise command;",1.0
But bounded to the wealth the sun surveys:,1.0
"Look farther, the command stands quite reversed,",3.0
And avarice is a virtue most Divine.,1.0
Is faith a refuge for our happiness?,2.0
Most sure. And is it not for reason too?,1.0
"Man, if not meant, by worth, to reach the skies,",0.0
Had wanted wing to fly so far in guilt.,0.0
"Sour grapes, I grant, ambition, avarice;",1.0
Yet still their root is immortality.,1.0
"These its wild growths so bitter, and so base,",3.0
"Pain and reproach! Religion can reclaim,",3.0
"Refine, exalt, throw down their poisonous lee,",4.0
And make them sparkle in the bowl of bliss.,0.0
"See, the third witness laughs at bliss remote,",3.0
And falsely promises an Eden here:,1.0
"Truth she shall speak for once, though prone to lie,",0.0
"A common cheat, and Pleasure is her name.",1.0
To Pleasure never was Lorenzo deaf;,1.0
"Then hear her now, now first thy real friend.",2.0
Since Nature made us not more fond than proud,0.0
"Of happiness, whence hypocrites in joy,",1.0
Why should the joy most poignant Sense affords,0.0
"Burn us with blushes, and rebuke our pride? ' --",1.0
Even in the zenith of his earthly bliss.,1.0
"Should Reason take her infidel repose,",0.0
This honest instinct speaks our lineage high:,2.0
This instinct calls on darkness to conceal,1.0
Our rapturous relation to the stalls.,2.0
"Our glory covers us with noble shame,",1.0
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.,1.0
"Thus far with thee, Lorenzo, will I close: ' --",3.0
"Pleasure is good, and man for pleasure made;",1.0
But pleasure full of glory as of joy;,1.0
"Pleasure, which neither blushes nor expires.",3.0
The witnesses are heard; the cause is over;,1.0
"Let Conscience file the sentence in her court,",1.0
Dearer than deeds that half a realm convey:,0.0
"Thus, sealed by Truth, the authentic record runs: ' --",3.0
IT is immortality your nature solves;,1.0
And opens all the mysteries of his make.,1.0
"Without it, half his instincts are a riddle;",1.0
"Without it, all his virtues are a dream.",1.0
His very crimes attest his dignity.,1.0
Declares him born for blessings infinite:,1.0
"Passions, which all on earth but more inflames?",0.0
"Stretched out, like eagles' wings, beyond our nest,",0.0
"Far, far beyond the worth of all below,",1.0
And evidence our title to the skies.,2.0
"Whose constitution dictates to your pen,",2.0
"Think not our passions from Corruption sprung,",1.0
Though to Corruption now they lend their wings;,1.0
"That is their mistress, not their mother. All",0.0
"And justly Reason deem Divine: I see,",0.0
"I feel a grandeur in the Passions too,",2.0
"Which speaks their high descent, and glorious end;",2.0
Which speaks them rays of an eternal fire.,1.0
"In Paradise itself they burned as strong,",0.0
"Ere Adam fell, though wiser in their aim.",1.0
"Like the proud Eastern, struck by Providence,",3.0
"What, though our passions are run mad, and stoop,",2.0
"With low terrestrial appetite, to graze",2.0
"On trash, on toys, dethroned from high desire?",0.0
"Yet still, through their disgrace, no feeble ray",2.0
"Of greatness shines, and tells us whence they fell:",0.0
But these like that fallen monarch when reclaimed,0.0
"Where once they soared illustrious; ere seduced,",2.0
But grant their frenzy lasts: their frenzy fails,0.0
"To disappoint one providential end,",0.0
"Were Reason silent, boundless Passion speaks",0.0
"A future scene of boundless objects too,",0.0
And brings glad tidings of eternal day.,2.0
Eternal day! IT is that enlightens all;,0.0
"And all, by that enlightened, proves it sure.",0.0
"Consider man as an immortal being,",1.0
Intelligible all; and all is great;,1.0
"A crystalline transparency prevails,",1.0
And strikes full lustre through the human sphere:,2.0
"Consider man as mortal, all is dark,",0.0
And wretched; Reason weeps at the survey.,1.0
"The learnt Lorenzo cries, And let her weep, ' --",0.0
"Weak, modern Reason! Ancient times were wise.",1.0
"Authority, that venerable guide,",2.0
Stands on my part: the famed Athenian Porch,2.0
And who for wisdom so renowned as they?,1.0
Denied this immortality to man.,1.0
"I grant it; but affirm, they proved it too.",1.0
A riddle this! ' --  Have patience; I'll explain.,2.0
"What noble vanities, what moral flights,",1.0
"Make us, at once, despise them, and admire!",1.0
They leave the extravagance of song below.,3.0
"Flesh shall not feel; or, feeling, shall enjoy",0.0
The dagger or the rack; to them alike,2.0
"A bed of roses, or the burning bull.",1.0
"In men exploding all beyond the grave,",0.0
"Strange doctrine, this! ' --  As doctrine it was strange;",3.0
"But not, as prophecy; for such it proved,",2.0
"And, to their own amazement, was fulfilled:",2.0
They feigned a firmness Christians need not feign.,0.0
The Christian truly triumphed in the flame;,0.0
"The Stoic saw, in double wonder lost,",0.0
"Wonder at them, and wonder at himself,",0.0
To find the bold adventures of his thought,1.0
"Not bold, and that he strove to lie in vain.",0.0
"Whence, then, those thoughts? those towering thoughts that flew",0.0
Such monstrous heights? ' --  From instinct and from pride.,1.0
Suggested truths they could not understand.,0.0
"Truth's system broken, scattered fragments lay:",1.0
"As light in chaos, glimmering through the gloom:",1.0
"Smit with the pomp of lofty sentiments,",1.0
"Pride, like the Delphic priestess, with a swell,",1.0
"Raved nonsense, destined to be future sense,",2.0
"When life immortal in full day should shine,",1.0
And death's dark shadows fly the gospel sun.,2.0
They spoke what nothing but immortal souls,1.0
"Could speak; and thus the truth they questioned, proved.",0.0
"Can then absurdities, as well as crimes,",1.0
Speak man immortal? All things speak him so.,2.0
Much has been urged; and dost thou call for more?,0.0
"Call; and with endless questions be distressed,",0.0
"Why life, a moment? infinite, desire?",1.0
"Our wish, eternity? our home, the grave?",1.0
Heaven's promise dormant lies in human hope;,0.0
"Who wishes life immortal, proves it too.",0.0
"Why happiness pursued, though never found?",1.0
Man's thirst of happiness declares It is;,2.0
"My Lucia, thy Clarissa, call to thought.",1.0
"Why cordial friendship riveted so deep,",1.0
If friend and friendship vanish in an hour?,0.0
Is not this Torment in the mask of Joy?,1.0
Why by Reflection marred the joys of Sense?,1.0
"Why Past and Future preying on our hearts,",1.0
And putting all our present joys to death?,0.0
"Instinct, far better; what can choose, can err:",3.0
OH how infallible the thoughtless brute!,3.0
Reason with Inclination why at war?,2.0
Why sense of guilt? Why Conscience up in arms?,1.0
"Conscience of guilt is prophecy of pain,",3.0
"Reason with Inclination never had jarred,",3.0
If nothing future paid forbearance here.,0.0
"Thus on: ' --  these, and a thousand please uncalled,",1.0
"All promise, some insure, a second scene;",0.0
"Which, were it doubtful, would be dearer far",1.0
"Than all things else most certain; were it false,",2.0
What truth on earth so precious as the lie?,1.0
"This world it gives us, let what will ensue;",1.0
"This world it gives, in that high cordial, hope;",1.0
The future of the present is the soul:,2.0
How this life groans when severed from the next!,3.0
"By dark distrust, his being, cut in two,",0.0
Sad prelude of eternity in pain!,4.0
"Our ardent wishes, how should I pour out",1.0
"My bleeding heart in anguish, new as deep!",0.0
"OH with what thoughts thy hope, and my despair,",1.0
"Abhorred Annihilation, blasts the soul,",0.0
And wide extends the bounds of human woe!,0.0
"The future vanished, and the present pained!",1.0
Strange import of unprecedented ill!,2.0
"Unequal fate: his fall, without his guilt!",0.0
"From where fond Hope built her pavilion high,",3.0
"The gods among, hurled headlong, hurled at once",2.0
"To night, to nothing! darker still than night.",0.0
Lorenzo! boastful of the name of friend!,1.0
OH for delusion! OH for error still!,2.0
Could vengeance strike much stronger than to plant,1.0
"A thinking being in a world like this,",0.0
More cursed than at the fall? ' --  The sun goes out!,2.0
The thorns shoot up! What thorns in every thought!,2.0
"Why sense? why life, if but to sigh, then sink",1.0
To what I was? Twice nothing! and much woe!,3.0
Woe from Heaven's bounties! woe from what was wont,0.0
"To flatter most, ' --  high intellectual powers.",3.0
"Thought, virtue, knowledge! blessings, by thy scheme",2.0
"All poisoned into pains. First, knowledge, once",1.0
"My soul's ambition, now her greatest dread.",0.0
"To know myself, true wisdom? No, to shun",2.0
"That shocking science. Parent of despair,",1.0
"Avert thy mirror! if I see, I die.",1.0
Know my Creator? Climb His blessed abode,2.0
"By painful speculation, pierce the veil,",0.0
"Dive in His nature, read His attributes,",0.0
"And gaze in admiration ' --  on a foe,",1.0
"From the full rivers that surround His throne,",2.0
Not letting fall one drop of joy on man:,0.0
"Man gasping for one drop, that he might cease",3.0
"To curse his birth, nor envy reptiles more!",0.0
"You sable clouds, you darkest shades of night!",0.0
"Hide Him, for ever hide Him, from my thought,",1.0
"Once all my comfort, source and soul of joy!",0.0
Know His achievements? Study His renown?,3.0
"Contemplate this amazing universe,",2.0
"Dropped from His hand, with miracles replete? ' --",1.0
"For what? Amid miracles of nobler name,",6.0
To find one miracle of misery?,2.0
"To find the being, which alone can know",0.0
"And praise His works, a blemish on His praise?",1.0
"Through Nature's ample range, in thought, to stroll,",0.0
"And start at man, the single mourner there,",1.0
"Breathing high hope, chained down to pangs and death?",1.0
Knowing is suffering: and shall Virtue share,3.0
The sigh of Knowledge? ' --  Virtue shares the sigh.,0.0
"By straining up the steep of excellent,",2.0
"By battles fought, and from Temptation won,",1.0
"What gains she, but the pang of seeing worth,",1.0
"Angelic worth, soon shuffled in the dark",2.0
"With every vice, and swept to brutal dust?",0.0
Merit is madness; virtue is a crime;,3.0
"A crime to Reason, if it costs us pain",1.0
"Unpaid: what pain, amid a thousand more,",0.0
"To think the most abandoned, after days",0.0
"Of triumph over their betters, find in death",2.0
"Duty! Religion! ' --  These, our duty done,",3.0
Imply reward. Religion is mistake.,1.0
"You cheats, away! you daughters of my Pride!",1.0
"You towering hopes, abortive energies!",1.0
"That toss and struggle in my lying breast,",0.0
"To scale the skies, and build presumptions there,",1.0
As I were heir of an eternity.,3.0
"Vain, vain ambitions! trouble me no more.",3.0
Why travel far in quest of sure defeat?,0.0
"As bounded as my being, be my wish.",1.0
"All is inverted, Wisdom is a fool.",2.0
Sense! take the rein; blind Passion! drive us on;,2.0
"And, Ignorance! befriend us on our way;",2.0
"You new, but truest patrons of our peace!",1.0
"Yes; give the Pulse full empire; live the Brute,",2.0
"Since as the Brute we die. The sum of man,",0.0
"Their revels a more poignant relish yield,",1.0
And safer too; they never poisons choose.,0.0
"Instinct, than Reason, makes more wholesome meals,",2.0
Theirs that serene the sages sought in vain:,0.0
"His all the power, and all the cause, to mourn.",1.0
Shall human eyes alone dissolve in tears?,0.0
And bleed in anguish none but human hearts?,0.0
"Surpassing sensual far, is all our own.",2.0
"In life so fatally distinguished, why",1.0
"Cast in one lot, confounded, lumped in death?",0.0
"Ere yet in being, was mankind in guilt?",2.0
"Why thundered this peculiar clause against us,",1.0
"Reasons of state, their subjects may not scan,",3.0
Nor humbly reason when they sorely sigh?,0.0
"And why see that? Why Thought? To toil and eat,",0.0
"Then make our bed in darkness, needs no thought.",1.0
"OH give eternity, or thought destroy! ' --",2.0
Its blunted edge would spare the throbbing heart;,0.0
"And therefore iT is bestowed. I thank thee, Reason,",4.0
"For aiding Life's too small calamities,",2.0
And giving being to the dread of Death!,1.0
Such are thy bounties! ' --  Was it then too much,2.0
For me to trespass on the brutal rights?,2.0
Too much for Heaven to make one emmet more?,0.0
Too much for Chaos to permit my mass,1.0
"Wretched capacity of frenzy, Though!",4.0
"Wretched capacity of dying, Life!",3.0
"Life, Thought, Worth, Wisdom, all OH foul revolt!",3.0
"Once friends to peace, gone over to the foe.",3.0
"Death, then, has changed its nature too. OH Death,",1.0
"Come to my bosom, thou best gift of Heaven!",2.0
Best friend of man! since man is Man no more.,2.0
"Why in this thorny wilderness so long,",1.0
To pay me with its honey for my stings?,2.0
If needful to the selfish schemes of Heaven,1.0
"To sting us sore, why mocked our misery?",1.0
Why this so sumptuous insult over our heads?,5.0
Why this illustrious canopy displayed?,4.0
Why so magnificently lodged Despair?,2.0
"That man may languish in luxurious scenes,",2.0
And in an Eden mourn his withered joys?,0.0
"Claim Earth and Skies man's admiration, due",2.0
For such delights? Blessed animals! too wise,4.0
"To wonder, and too happy to complain!",3.0
Our doom decreed demands a mournful scene:,0.0
Why not a dungeon dark for the condemned?,1.0
"Why not the dragon's subterranean den,",3.0
For man to howl in? Why not his abode,1.0
"A Thebes, a Babylon, at vast expense",0.0
"If, from her humble chamber in the dust,",1.0
"While proud Thought swells, and high Desire inflames,",1.0
The poor worm calls us for her inmates there;,3.0
"And, round us, Death's inexorable hand",2.0
"Once, I beheld a sun; a sun which gilded",2.0
"That sable cloud, and turned it all to gold:",0.0
A real hell to those who dreamt of heaven!,2.0
Annihilation! how it yawns before me!,1.0
"Next moment I may drop from thought, from sense,",1.0
"The privilege of angels and of worms,",2.0
"An outcast from existence! and this spirit,",3.0
"This particle of energy Divine,",2.0
"Which travels Nature, flies from star to star,",0.0
"And visits gods, and emulates their powers,",0.0
For ever is extinguished. Horror! Death!,1.0
Death of that death I fearless once surveyed!,0.0
"When horror universal shall descend,",0.0
"And Heaven's dark concave urn all human race,",3.0
"How just this verse, this monumental sigh!",0.0
"Beneath the lumber of demolished worlds,",1.0
"Deep in the rubbish of the general wreck,",1.0
Swept ignominious to the common mass,2.0
"Of matter never dignified with life,",0.0
"Here lie proud Nationals, the sons of Heaven!",2.0
"The lords of Earth, the property of worms!",1.0
"Beings of yesterday, and no tomorrow!",3.0
"Who lived in terror, and in pangs expired!",1.0
All gone to rot in chaos; or to make,1.0
"Lorenzo! hear, pause, ponder, and pronounce.",2.0
"Just is this history? If such is man,",1.0
"Mankind's historian, though Divine, might weep:",4.0
And dares Lorenzo smile? ' --  I know thee proud:,0.0
For once let Pride befriend thee: Pride looks pale,2.0
"At such a scene, and sighs for something more.",0.0
"Amid thy boasts, presumptions, and displays,",1.0
And art thou then a shadow? less than shade?,0.0
"A nothing? less than nothing? To have been,",1.0
"And not to be, is lower than unborn.",2.0
Art thou ambitious? Why then make the worm,1.0
Thine equal? Runs thy taste of pleasure high?,0.0
"Of every hope a bankrupt, and for ever?",1.0
"Ambition, Pleasure, Avarice, persuade thee",1.0
"To make that world of glory, rapture, wealth,",0.0
"They lately proved, thy soul's supreme desire.",0.0
"What art thou made of? Rather, how unmade?",1.0
"Is endless life, and happiness, despised?",1.0
"Or both wished here, where neither can be found?",2.0
"Such man's perverse, eternal war with Heaven!",0.0
"But a long train of transitory forms,",2.0
"Rising, and breaking, millions in an hour?",2.0
"Bubbles of a fantastic deity, blown up",5.0
"In sport, and then in cruelty destroyed?",1.0
"OH! for what crime, unmerciful Lorenzo,",1.0
Destroys thy scheme the whole of human race?,0.0
"Kind is fell Lucifer, compared to thee:",4.0
And vindicate the economy of Heaven.,4.0
Heaven is all love; all joy in giving joy:,0.0
It never had created but to bless:,1.0
"And shall it, then, strike off the list of life",0.0
"A being blessed, or worthy so to be?",1.0
Heaven starts at an annihilating God.,1.0
"Is that all Nature starts at, thy desire?",1.0
What is that dreadful wish? ' --  The dying groan,0.0
"Of Nature, murdered by the blackest guilt.",1.0
What deadly poison has thy nature drunk?,0.0
Nature's first wish is endless happiness;,4.0
"Annihilation is an afterthought,",1.0
"A monstrous wish, unborn till Virtue dies.",1.0
"And, OH! what depth of horror lies enclosed!",0.0
But first he wished the Deity destroyed.,1.0
"If so, what words are dark enough to draw",1.0
Thy picture true? The darkest are too fair.,2.0
"Beneath what baleful planet, in what hour",0.0
"In what infernal posture of the soul,",1.0
"All hell invited, and all hell in joy",1.0
"At such a birth, a birth so near of kin,",0.0
"And deities begun, reduced to dust?",1.0
Through Time's rough billows into Night's abyss.,1.0
"Say, in this rapid tide of human ruin,",0.0
Is there no rock on which man's tossing thought,3.0
"Can rest from terror, dare his fate survey,",0.0
And boldly think it something to be born?,1.0
"Amid such hourly wrecks of being fair,",0.0
"Which, as it called forth all things, can recall,",3.0
And force Destruction to refund her spoil?,1.0
Command the Grave restore her taken prey?,0.0
"Bid Death's dark vale its human harvest yield,",2.0
"And Earth, and Ocean, pay their debt of man,",0.0
True to the grand deposit trusted there?,1.0
"Is there no Potentate, whose outstretched arm,",5.0
"When ripening Time calls forth the appointed hour,",3.0
"Binds Present, Past, and Future to his throne?",2.0
"His throne, how glorious, thus divinely graced,",2.0
A garland worthy the Divinity!,2.0
"A throne, by Heaven's omnipotence in smiles,",3.0
Built like a Pharos towering in the waves,1.0
An ocean of communicated bliss!,1.0
"This were a God indeed. ' --  And such is man,",2.0
As here presumed: he rises from his fall.,1.0
Each blossom fair of Deity destroyed?,1.0
"Nothing is dead; nay, nothing sleeps; each soul",3.0
That ever animated human clay,0.0
"Now wakes, is on the wing; and where, OH where,",2.0
"Will the swarm settle? ' --  When the trumpet's call,",2.0
"As sounding brass, collects us round Heaven's throne,",0.0
"Had not the soul this outlet to the skies,",2.0
"In this vast vessel of the universe,",3.0
"How should we gasp, as in an empty void!",0.0
How in the pangs of famished Hope expire!,0.0
How bright my prospect shines! How gloomy thine!,1.0
A trembling world! and a devouring God!,3.0
Earth but the shambles of Omnipotence!,2.0
"Of countless millions, born to feel the pang",0.0
"Of being lost. Lorenzo, can it be?",1.0
This bids us shudder at the thoughts of life.,0.0
"Who would be born to such a phantom world,",1.0
"Where joy if joy but heightens our distress,",1.0
"So soon to perish, and revive no more?",2.0
"The greater such a joy, the more it pains.",1.0
"A world so far from great, and yet how great",0.0
"Being a shadow, consciousness a dream!",3.0
A dream how dreadful! Universal blank,0.0
"Before it and behind! Poor man, a spark",2.0
"Glittering a moment, nor that moment sure,",2.0
"Midst upper, neither, and surrounding night,",2.0
"His sad, sure, sudden, and eternal tomb!",2.0
"Lorenzo, dost thou feel these arguments?",1.0
How hast thou dared the Deity dethrone?,1.0
How dared indict Him of a world like this?,1.0
"If such the world, creation was a crime;",2.0
"For what is crime, but cause of misery?",1.0
"Of endless arguments, above, below,",1.0
"Without us, and within, the short result, ' --",1.0
"But wherefore such redundancy, such waste",2.0
Of argument? One sets my soul at rest;,1.0
"One obvious, and at hand, and OH! ' --  at heart.",1.0
His heart so pure; that or succeeding scenes,1.0
"Have palms to give, or never had he been born.",0.0
What an old tale is this! Lorenzo cries.,4.0
I grant this argument is old; but truth,1.0
"No years impair; and had not this been true,",1.0
Truth is immortal as thy soul; and fable,3.0
"As fleeting as thy joys. Be wise, nor make",1.0
Heaven's highest blessing vengeance: OH be wise!,0.0
Nor make a curse of immortality.,1.0
Behold this midnight glory: worlds on worlds!,1.0
Amazing pomp! Redouble this amaze!,1.0
"Ten thousand add, add twice ten thousand more;",3.0
Then weigh the whole: one soul outweighs them all;,1.0
"For this, believe not me; no man believe;",3.0
"Trust not in words, but deeds; and deeds no less",1.0
"Than those of the Supreme; nor His, a few;",3.0
"Consult them all. Consulted, all proclaim",0.0
Thy soul's importance: tremble at thyself;,0.0
Of Nature to this unbelieving hour.,1.0
"In this small province of His vast domain,",3.0
"All Nature bow, while I pronounce His name!",1.0
"What has God done, and not for this sole end, ' --",1.0
To rescue souls from death? The soul's high price,1.0
Is writ in all the conduct of the Skies.,1.0
"The soul's high price is the Creation's key,",2.0
The genuine cause of every deed Divine:,2.0
That is the chain of ages which maintains,0.0
"Their obvious correspondence, and unites",3.0
Most distant periods in one blessed design:,1.0
That is the mighty hinge on which have turned,0.0
"All revolutions, whether we regard",1.0
"The natural, civil, or religious world;",1.0
The former two but servants to the third;,1.0
"To that their duty done, they both expire,",0.0
"And angels ask, where once they shone so fair!",0.0
To lift us from this abject to sublime;,2.0
This flux to permanent; this dark to day;,1.0
This foul to pure; this turbid to serene;,1.0
This mean to mighty! ' --  for this glorious end,3.0
"The Almighty, rising, His long sabbath broke:",3.0
The world was made; was ruined; was restored;,1.0
Laws from the Skies were published; were repealed;,1.0
"On earth kings, kingdoms rose; kings, kingdoms fell;",2.0
Famed sages lighted up the Pagan world;,2.0
Through distant age; saints travelled; martyrs bled;,1.0
By wonders sacred Nature stood controlled;,0.0
The living were translated; dead were raised;,1.0
"Angels, and more than angels, came from heaven;",1.0
"And, OH! for this, descended lower still;",1.0
For one short moment Lucifer adored:,3.0
Lorenzo! and wilt thou do less? ' --  For this,2.0
"That hallowed page fools scoff at, was inspired,",2.0
"Fall prostrate ere you touch it, lest you die.",2.0
Nor less intensely bent infernal powers,0.0
"To mar, than those of light this end to gain.",1.0
"OH what a scene is here! ' --  Lorenzo, wake,",0.0
"Rise to the thought: exert, expand thy soul",0.0
To take the vast idea: it denies,1.0
All else the name of great. Two warring worlds!,1.0
"Of more than mortal, mounted on the wing!",1.0
"On ardent wings of energy and zeal,",1.0
"In their own cause conflicting? No; in thine,",0.0
In man's. His single interest blows the flame;,0.0
"His the sole stake; his fate the trumpet sounds,",2.0
Tumultuous swarms of deities in arms!,4.0
"Force, force opposing, till the waves run high,",3.0
And tempest Nature's universal sphere.,0.0
"Such opposites eternal, steadfast, stern,",2.0
"Such foes implacable, are Good and Ill;",1.0
"Yet man, vain man, would mediate peace between them.",4.0
Think not this fiction. There was war in heaven.,1.0
"From heaven's high crystal mountain, where it hung,",3.0
And shot His indignation at the deep:,0.0
And seems the stake of little moment still?,0.0
He sleeps. ' --  And art thou shocked at mysteries?,1.0
"The greatest, thou! How dreadful to reflect,",2.0
In breasts Divine! how little in their own!,0.0
"Wherever I turn, how new proofs pour upon me!",3.0
How happily this wondrous view supports,1.0
My former argument! How strongly strikes,1.0
Immortal life's full demonstration here!,1.0
Why this exertion? Why this strange regard,1.0
From Heaven's Omnipotent indulged to man?,3.0
"Because in man the glorious dreadful power,",2.0
"Extremely to be pained, or blessed, for ever.",1.0
Duration gives importance; swells the price.,1.0
"An angel, if a creature of a day,",2.0
What would he be? A trifle of no weight;,2.0
"Because IMMORTAL, therefore is indulged",2.0
This strange regard of deities to dust.,1.0
Hence Heaven looks down on earth with all her eyes;,1.0
Hence the soul's mighty moment in her sight;,3.0
"Hence every soul has partisans above,",2.0
And every thought a critic in the skies:,0.0
"Hence clay, vile clay, has angels for its guard,",3.0
And every guard a passion for his charge:,1.0
"Hence, from all age, the Cabinet Divine",1.0
Has held high counsel over the fate of man.,3.0
Nor have the clouds those gracious counsels hid.,0.0
And Providence came forth to meet mankind.,3.0
"In various modes of emphasis and awe,",3.0
"He spoke His will, and trembling Nature heard:",1.0
"He spoke it loud, in thunder and in storm.",1.0
"And shaken basis, owned the present God:",0.0
"Witness, you billows! whose returning tide,",2.0
"Breaking the chain that fastened it in air,",3.0
"Witness, you flames the Assyrian tyrant blew",5.0
"To sevenfold rage, as impotent as strong:",4.0
"And thou, Earth! witness, whose expanding jaws",2.0
"Has not each element, in turn, subscribed",1.0
"The soul's high price, and sworn it to the wise?",2.0
"Has not flame, ocean, either, earthquake, strove",2.0
"All is delusion; Nature is wrapped up,",3.0
"In tenfold night, from Reason's keenest eye;",1.0
"In all beneath the sun, in all above,",0.0
"As far as man can penetrate, or heaven",0.0
And shall each toy be still a match for heaven?,0.0
And full equivalent for groans below?,1.0
Who would not give a trifle to prevent,1.0
What he would give a thousand worlds to cure?,0.0
"Lorenzo, thou hast seen if thine to see",2.0
"All Nature, and her God, by Nature's course,",1.0
"And Nature's course controlled, declare for me:",0.0
The Skies above proclaim Immortal man!,0.0
"The world's a system of theology,",2.0
Read by the greatest strangers to the schools;,1.0
"If honest, learnt; and sages over a plough.",2.0
"Is not, Lorenzo, then, imposed on thee",0.0
"This hard alternative, ' --  or to renounce",2.0
"Thy reason and thy sense, or to believe?",2.0
"A strenuous enterprise: to gain it, man",2.0
"Must burst through every bar of common sense,",0.0
And what rewards the sturdy combatant?,2.0
"But wherefore infamy? ' --  For want of faith,",1.0
Down the steep precipice of wrong he slides;,3.0
"Faith in the future wanting, is, at least",1.0
"If this life's gain invites him to the deed,",3.0
"Why not his country sold, his father slain?",0.0
IT is virtue to pursue our good supreme;,1.0
"And his supreme, his only good is here.",1.0
"Ambition, Avarice, by the wise disdained,",1.0
"Is perfect wisdom, while mankind are fools,",2.0
And think a turf or tombstone covers all:,1.0
"These find employment, and provide for Sense",1.0
"A richer pasture, and a larger range;",1.0
"And Sense by right Divine ascends the throne,",0.0
Virtue no more we think the will of Heaven.,1.0
"Would Heaven quite beggar Virtue, if beloved?",4.0
Has Virtue charms? ' --  I grant her heavenly fair;,2.0
"Though that our admiration, this our choice.",1.0
The virtues grow on immortality;,1.0
"That root destroyed, they wither and expire.",1.0
Rewards and punishments make God adored;,2.0
And hopes and fears give Conscience all her power.,1.0
"As in the dying parent dies the child,",0.0
Virtue with Immortality expires.,3.0
"Who tells me he denies his soul immortal,",1.0
His duty iT is to love himself alone;,1.0
"Nor care, though mankind perish, if he smiles.",2.0
"Who thinks ere long the man shall wholly die,",1.0
And are there such? ' --  Such candidates there are,2.0
For more than death; for utter loss of being;,0.0
"Being, the basis of the Deity!",4.0
Ask you the cause? ' --  The cause they will not tell:,1.0
"They work this transformation on the soul,",1.0
"To lick the dust, and crawl in such a thought.",1.0
Is it in words to paint you? OH you fallen!,1.0
"Fallen from the wings of Reason, and of Hope!",2.0
"Erect in stature, prone in appetite!",0.0
"Patrons of pleasure, posting into pain!",2.0
"Lovers of argument, averse to sense!",3.0
"Lords of the wide creation, and the shame!",1.0
"More base than those you rule! than those you pity,",2.0
Far more undone! OH you most infamous,4.0
"Of beings, from superior dignity!",4.0
"Deepest in woe, from means of boundless bliss!",2.0
You cursed by blessings infinite! because,1.0
You motley mass of contradictions strong!,0.0
"And are you, too, convinced your souls fly off",3.0
"In exhalation soft, and die in air,",0.0
From the full flood of evidence against you?,3.0
"Your souls have quite worn out the make of Heaven,",2.0
"But though you can deform, you can't destroy;",4.0
"Lorenzo, this black brotherhood renounce:",2.0
"Ere rapt by miracle, by reason winged,",2.0
His mounting mind made long abode in heaven.,1.0
"To send the soul, on curious travel bent,",2.0
Through all the provinces of human thought;,1.0
To dart her flight through the whole sphere of man;,2.0
Of this vast universe to make the tour;,2.0
In each recess of space and time at home;,0.0
"Familiar with their wonders; diving deep,",1.0
"And, like a prince of boundless interests there,",1.0
Still most ambitious of the most remote;,2.0
To look on truth unbroken and entire;,1.0
"Truth in the system, the full orb; where truths,",2.0
"By truths enlightened and sustained, afford",1.0
"The incumbent weight of absolute, complete",1.0
"Conviction: Here the more we press, we stand",0.0
"More firm; who most examine, most believe.",0.0
"Conveys the sense, and God is understood;",0.0
Who not in fragments writes to human race:,0.0
"Read His whole volume, sceptic! then reply.",3.0
"This, this is thinking free, ' --  a thought that grasps",1.0
"Beyond a grain, and looks beyond an hour.",0.0
"Turn up thine eye, survey this midnight scene;",1.0
Of human souls one day the destined range?,0.0
"And ask more space in heaven, can roll at large",0.0
"In man's capacious thought, and still leave room",1.0
"Can such a soul contract itself, to gripe",1.0
"A point of no dimension, of no weight?",2.0
It can: it does: the world is such a point;,2.0
"How small a part ' --  of nothing, shall I say?",0.0
"Why not? ' --  Friends, our chief treasure! How they drop!",4.0
"A triple mouth; and, in an awful voice,",0.0
"Loud calls my soul, and utters all I sing.",1.0
"How the world falls to pieces round about us,",2.0
And leaves us in a ruin of our joy!,1.0
What says this transportation of my friends?,1.0
"It bids me love the place where now they dwell,",0.0
And scorn this wretched spot they leave so poor.,0.0
"There, there, Lorenzo, thy Clarissa sails.",2.0
That rock of souls immortal; cut thy cord;,0.0
Weigh anchor; spread thy sails; call every wind;,2.0
And two of death: the last far more severe.,1.0
Life animal is nurtured by the sun;,3.0
"Thrives on his bounties, triumphs in his beams,",0.0
Triumphant in His beams who made the day.,0.0
"When we leave that sun, and are left by this,",0.0
"The fate of all who die in stubborn guilt,",0.0
IT is utter darkness; strictly double death.,0.0
"We sink by no judicial stroke of Heaven,",0.0
But Nature's course; as sure as plummets fall.,0.0
"Since God or man must alter ere they meet,",0.0
"For light and darkness blend not in one sphere,",0.0
"IT is manifest, Lorenzo! who must change.",0.0
"If then that double death should prove thy lot,",0.0
Blame not the bowels of the Deity:,1.0
Man shall be blessed as far as man permits.,0.0
With an illustrious but tremendous power,4.0
To counteract its own most gracious ends;,0.0
"And this of strict necessity, not choice:",2.0
"That power denied, men, angels, were no more",5.0
"But passive engines, void of praise or blame.",0.0
A nature rational implies the power,1.0
"Of being blessed, or wretched, as we please;",1.0
And he that would be barred capacity,1.0
"Of pain, courts incapacity of bliss.",3.0
"Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom;",1.0
"Invites us ardently, but not compels;",1.0
"Heaven but persuades, almighty man decrees;",1.0
Man is the maker of immortal fates.,1.0
"Man falls by man, if finally he falls;",2.0
"And fall he must, who learns from Death alone",0.0
The dreadful secret ' --  that he lives for ever.,0.0
Why this to thee? ' --  thee yet perhaps in doubt,1.0
Of second life? But wherefore doubtful still?,0.0
Eternal life is Nature's ardent wish:,0.0
"What ardently we wish, we soon believe:",1.0
Thy tardy faith declares that wish destroyed:,0.0
What has destroyed it? ' --  Shall I tell thee what?,0.0
"When feared the future, iT is no longer wished;",4.0
Thus infidelity our guilt betrays.,2.0
"Nor that the sole detection! Blush, Lorenzo",0.0
"Blush for hypocrisy, if not for guilt.",3.0
"The future feared? ' --  An infidel, and fear!",0.0
"Fear what? a dream? a fable? How thy dread,",1.0
"Unwilling evidence, and therefore strong,",2.0
How disbelief affirms what it denies!,1.0
"It, unawares, asserts immortal life. ' --",0.0
Surprising! Infidelity turns out,2.0
"A creed, and a confession of our sins:",2.0
"Lorenzo, with Lorenzo clash no more:",2.0
"Our infidels are Satan's hypocrites,",1.0
"Pretend the worst, and at the bottom fail.",0.0
"When visited by Thought, Thought will intrude,",3.0
"Like him they serve, they tremble, and believe.",1.0
Is their hypocrisy so foul as this?,2.0
So fatal to the welfare of the world?,3.0
"And, if unpaid, be thanked for their escape",2.0
"If not for that asylum, they might find",1.0
A hell on earth; nor escape a worse below.,2.0
"With insolence and impotence of thought,",2.0
"Instead of racking fancy to refute,",1.0
"Reform thy manners, and the truth enjoy. ' --",1.0
But shall I dare confess the dire result?,0.0
Can thy proud reason brook so black a brand?,2.0
Is Nature's unavoidable ascent:,1.0
"An honest deist, where the gospel shines,",0.0
"Matured to nobler, in the Christian ends.",0.0
"When that blessed change arrives, even cast aside",5.0
This song superfluous: life immortal strikes,2.0
"Conviction, in a flood of light Divine.",0.0
Meridian Evidence puts Doubt to flight;,4.0
And ardent Hope anticipates the skies.,0.0
"Of that bright sun, Lorenzo! scale the sphere:",1.0
IT is easy; it invites thee; it descends,2.0
"From heaven to woo, and waft thee whence it came:",0.0
Read and revere the sacred page; a page,2.0
Where triumphs Immortality; a page,1.0
Which not the whole creation could produce;,0.0
Which not the conflagration shall destroy;,0.0
In Nature's ruins not one letter lost:,0.0
IT is printed in the minds of gods for ever.,0.0
"In proud disdain of what even gods adore,",0.0
Angels and men assent to what I sing;,2.0
"Wits smile, and thank me for my midnight dream.",3.0
How vicious hearts fume frenzy to the brain!.,2.0
"Parts push us on to Pride, and Pride to Shame;",2.0
To grace the brazen brow that braves the Skies;,0.0
By loss of being dreadfully secure.,1.0
"Lorenzo! if thy doctrine wins the day,",1.0
"And drives my dreams, defeated, from the field;",1.0
"If this is all, if earth a final scene,",1.0
Take heed: stand fast; be sure to be a knave;,2.0
A knave in grain; never deviate to the right:,3.0
Guilt only makes annihilation gain.,1.0
"Blessed scheme! which life deprives of comfort, Death",1.0
Of hope; and which Vice only recommends!,1.0
"If so, where, infidels, your bait thrown out",4.0
To catch weak converts? Where your lofty boast,1.0
"Of zeal for virtue, and of love to man?",1.0
"Annihilation, I confess, in these.",1.0
What can reclaim you? Dare I hope profound,1.0
Philosophers the converts of a song?,2.0
Yours be the praise to make my title good:,0.0
"Mine to bless Heaven, and triumph in your praise.",2.0
"Though sovereign is the medicine I prescribe,",4.0
As yet I'll neither triumph nor despair:,1.0
"But hope, ere long, my midnight dream will wake",2.0
"Your hearts, and teach your wisdom ' --  to be wise:",1.0
"For why should souls immortal, made for bliss,",0.0
Ever wish and wish in vain! that souls could die?,0.0
"What never can die, OH! grant to live; and crown",3.0
"The wish, and aim, and labour of the Skies;",1.0
"Increase, and enter on, the joys of heaven:",1.0
"Thus shall my title pass a sacred seal,",0.0
"Receive an imprimatur from above,",1.0
While angels shout ' --  An Infidel Reclaimed!,0.0
"To close, Lorenzo! Spite of all my pains,",0.0
This is a miracle; and that no more.,2.0
Who gave beginning can exclude an end.,1.0
Deny thou art: then doubt if thou shalt be.,0.0
A miracle with miracles enclosed,2.0
Is man: and starts his faith at what is strange?,0.0
What less than wonders from the Wonderful?,2.0
What less than miracles from God can flow?,1.0
"Admit a GOD, that mystery supreme,",1.0
Nothing is marvellous for Him to do:,4.0
Deny Him ' --  all is mystery besides;,1.0
Millions of mysteries! each darker far,3.0
Than that thy wisdom would unwisely shun.,0.0
"If weak thy faith, why choose the harder side?",0.0
We nothing know but what is marvellous;,1.0
Yet what is marvellous we can't believe.,1.0
"So weak our reason, and so great our God,",1.0
"What most surprises in the sacred page,",0.0
"Or full as strange, or stranger, must be true.",0.0
"Faith is not Reason's labour, but repose.",1.0
To Faith and Virtue why so backward man?,0.0
From hence: ' --  The Present strongly strikes us all;,0.0
"The Future, faintly: can we, then, be men?",1.0
"If men, Lorenzo! the reverse is right.",1.0
The Present is the scanty realm of Sense;,1.0
"The Future, Reason's empire unconfined:",0.0
There builds her blessings; there expects her praise;,1.0
And nothing asks of Fortune or of men.,1.0
And what is Reason? Be she thus defined:,0.0
Reason is upright stature in the soul.,3.0
OH! be a man; ' --  and strive to be a god.,0.0
No; to give heart and substance to thy joys.,4.0
She bids us quit realities for dreams;,1.0
"Safety and peace, for hazard and alarm:",3.0
"That tyrant over the tyrants of the soul, ' --",3.0
"Spurn the luxuriant branch on which it sits,",4.0
"Though bearing crowns, to spring at distant game,",0.0
And plunge in toils and dangers ' --  for repose.,1.0
"If hope precarious, and of things, when gained,",1.0
"Of little moment, and as little stay,",1.0
Can sweeten toils and dangers into joys;,0.0
"What, then, that hope, which nothing can defeat,",1.0
"Bliss past man's power to paint it; Time's, to close!",4.0
"This is man's portion, while no more than man:",3.0
"Hope, of all passions, most befriends us here;",0.0
Passions of prouder name befriend us less.,2.0
Joy has her tears; and Transport has her death:,0.0
"Hope, like a cordial, innocent, though strong,",1.0
Nor makes him pay his wisdom for his joys.,1.0
"IT is all our present state can safely bear, ' --",0.0
"Like the fair summer evening, mild and sweet!",2.0
"IT is man's full cup, his Paradise below!",1.0
"A blessed hereafter, then, or hoped, or gained,",0.0
Is all; ' --  our whole of happiness: full proof,2.0
I chose no trivial or inglorious theme.,6.0
Though quite forgotten half your Bible's praise!,0.0
"Important truths, in spite of verse, may please:",0.0
Grave minds you praise; nor can you praise too much:,3.0
"If there is weight in an Eternity,",3.0
Let the grave listen; ' --  and be graver still.,4.0
"TO sing of beauty and its power divine,",3.0
"Another theme demands my humble lays,",0.0
"To no fictitious scenes the Muse shall rove,",0.0
"Nor seek, by frenzy led, the Delphic grove;",0.0
"Alas! the mournful scenes we mean to show,",0.0
"In real, not in fancied life we know:",0.0
"The ills from Genius' source that daily spring,",0.0
My pensive Muse in plaintive strains shall sing.,0.0
All hail! you brothers of the tuneful art;,1.0
"Whether you lull the ear, or charm the heart;",2.0
Proclaim some titled Patron's fulsome praise;,0.0
And bless those numbers which to you belong.,1.0
"In early youth, when all our joys are pure,",0.0
"When, blessed, and thoughtless of our future fate,",1.0
"While tales of goblins stern, and fairies kind,",0.0
Impress with pleasing awe the infant mind;,0.0
"Even then, the hapless breast that Genius lights",0.0
With double rapture hails these first delights;,0.0
With brighter glow appears the blushing rose;,0.0
"By Nature formed to relish all her sweets,",0.0
"At length to school removed, the happy boy,",0.0
The mother's earnest of much future joy;,1.0
"The father's smile, the mother's ardent kiss;",0.0
Nor quits he yet without some falling tear,0.0
Those fields his infant joys have rendered dear.,0.0
"At first, the clamour of the buzzing schools,",0.0
And present fears his pristine joys recall;,0.0
"With kindred flame his ardent bosom glows,",0.0
His version pure the rising genius shows;,0.0
"And the pleased master sees, with flattering hope,",4.0
The early efforts of a future Pope.,1.0
"Now partial friends predict his rising fame,",1.0
At length some guardian care removes the youth,2.0
"To those blessed scenes of wisdom, and of truth,",3.0
"Where holy Science holds her peaceful reign,",0.0
Where Genius wanders over the classic plain;,2.0
"On Isis' verdant bank he shapes his way,",0.0
He pants while she unfolds her mental store;,1.0
"Ambition prompts him, and his prospects rise:",1.0
"Beside the stream, or through the nodding groves;",1.0
Each lively thought the hallowed Muse inspires;,0.0
"Big with idea, glowing with her fires,",3.0
"He gazes round. Genius adores the youth,",4.0
And leads him smiling to the shrine of Truth.,1.0
"Perchance, loved Isis, by thy gentle stream",4.0
"And as thy waves in slow succession glide,",1.0
"To mix with Ocean's undistinguished tide,",0.0
"With hopes of fame his hapless bosom glows,",0.0
"Nor more, Content, thy peaceful empire knows.",0.0
"Now glittering visions in his sleep appear,",3.0
"The splendid premium, and the patron Peer;",1.0
"By Hope deluded, and Ambition led,",1.0
The willing Muse he vows for life to wed.,0.0
"With her he seeks that splendid sink of vice,",1.0
"Where Peers, instead of Poets, have their price.",0.0
"The Drama now his constant thoughts engage,",0.0
"And hopes, like Murphy, to adorn the stage.",1.0
Though Phoebus' self the fond attempt should bless;,0.0
Yet ere his numbers meet the public eye,0.0
A thousand deaths the hapless Bard must die;,0.0
"Who cuts by patent, and may come again;",1.0
Lo! Genius struggles in his torpid chain.,1.0
"Near him Apollo veils his heavenly fires,",3.0
"At length arrives the dread, the awful night,",0.0
When the maimed infant sees the burst of light.,2.0
The boxes filled with noisy froth ' --  the pit,0.0
Replete alone with malice and with wit.,1.0
"With vulgar dissonance the galleries armed,",3.0
"In senseless clamour their huge prowess show,",3.0
And fright with noise alone the Ton below;,0.0
"Yielding rich harvest to the critic flail,",4.0
"At length to every gazing eye appears,",0.0
Who opens with Nature's key the source of tears.,2.0
"Critics, though stern, awhile their voice suspend,",2.0
"Till, charmed by Siddons, at her shrine they bend;",0.0
The sons of sordid wealth and splendid power,0.0
Feel but the sorrows of the passing hour:,1.0
Where Misery scowled not on the aspiring soul.,3.0
Know those who wept over woes his fancy framed,1.0
Triumphant marked his last expiring hour.,0.0
"Ah! who, by Genius blessed, yet cursed by Fate,",0.0
Can for his sorrow hope a shorter date?,1.0
"Yet list, you hapless sons of magic verse,",0.0
"While your deep woe my humble lays rehearse,",3.0
A shrine to which the fool shall never bend;,0.0
"Or, offering there, the god shall never befriend.",3.0
"The time may come, when England's rocky shore",0.0
When some proud victor over this happy land,3.0
"Shall impious stretch the tyrant's fated wand,",3.0
"Whenever, over Britain doomed to reign no more,",1.0
"Her shrine removing to the Western shore,",1.0
"Sweet Freedom, heavenly maid, shall wing her way,",3.0
And to new worlds disclose her lustrous day;,2.0
"The Nine loved partners of each former flight,",2.0
"Disdaining still to own a tyrant's right,",2.0
Where each shall wait the awful close of Time.,0.0
Shall to the tawny tribes your worth proclaim.,0.0
"And, while around new empires rise to view,",1.0
Their mingled praise shall still belong to you.,0.0
"By Hope inspired, nay, more, by Reason taught;",0.0
"Since, ere her pillar Fame begins to raise,",0.0
"The fated Bard thy debt, OH Nature, pays?",1.0
"When all the varied ills of life are over,",0.0
"And slighted worth is doomed to feel no more,",1.0
"Then over his grave a grateful country weeps,",2.0
"And loads with costly pile the hallowed spot,",0.0
Where all that Famine spared is doomed to rot.,0.0
"I Have, before the Time prescribed by you,",0.0
"Exposed my weak Production to your View,",1.0
"Which may, I hope, have Pardon at your Hand,",0.0
Because produced to Light by your Command,1.0
"Perhaps you might expect some finished Ode,",0.0
"Or sacred Song, to sound the Praise of God;",0.0
"A glorious Thought, and laudable! But then",3.0
Think what illiterate Poet guides the Pen:,3.0
"Ill suit such Tasks with one who holds the Plough,",2.0
Such lofty Subjects with a Fate so low.,1.0
"SIR, were your Eloquence and Learning mine,",2.0
"And I, like you, a Favourite of the Nine;",1.0
"I quickly would Parnassus' Summit climb,",4.0
And find a Hero worthy of my Rhyme:,1.0
Nor would I celebrate the Trojan Race;,0.0
"Nor any of those martial Sons of Fame,",1.0
"Far nobler Thoughts my grateful Voice should raise,",1.0
"In lofty Strains, to great MESSIAH's Praise:",1.0
"I'd joyfully resound his wondrous Birth,",2.0
"Then, with Reluctance, Horror, and Surprise,",2.0
"I'd trace the heavenly Hero to the Tree,",3.0
Sing what he suffered there for you and me;,2.0
"Next, in heroic Numbers, would I tell,",0.0
"How soon he baffled Death, and vanquished Hell,",0.0
"Subdued the Grave, and showed the glorious Way,",2.0
"From Realms of Darkness, to eternal Day.",1.0
Such noble Subjects should my Lays excite;,0.0
"And you, my Patron, would in such delight;",2.0
"BUT now I must omit MESSIAH's Praise,",1.0
Lest I degrade him with unworthy Lays;,2.0
"My Fate compels me silent to remain,",1.0
For want of Learning to improve my Strain:,1.0
"By which no Thought, though well conceived, can rise",1.0
"To full Perfection, but in Embryo dies:",2.0
"And bring forth something, though of little Use.",2.0
"THUS, in the Country, often have I found,",0.0
"Producing nothing, but some trifling Weeds.",1.0
BUT why stand I my Fate accusing so?,1.0
The Field calls me to Labour; I must go:,3.0
"Then, Sir, adieu: Accept what you did crave,",1.0
And be propitious to your humble Slave.,1.0
"And furthest send its weight athwart the field,",0.0
Let him stand forth his brawny arm to boast.',3.0
"Swift at the word, from out the gazing host",1.0
"The band around admire the mighty mass,",0.0
A slippery weight and formed of polished brass.,0.0
"And batter Cadmus' walls with stony showers,",0.0
Receive a worthier load; yonder puny ball,2.0
"He said, and scornful flung the unheeded weight",2.0
Aloof: the champions trembling at the sight,2.0
"Prevent disgrace, the palm despaired resign.",0.0
All but two youths the enormous orb decline:,2.0
These conscious shame withheld and pride of noble line.,0.0
"As bright and huge the spacious circle lay,",0.0
With doubled light it beamed against the day:,0.0
"When blazing against the sun it shines from far,",2.0
Summoned his strength and called forth all the man.,3.0
"All eyes were bent on his experienced hand,",3.0
The ponderous brass in exercise he bore:,2.0
Where flowed the widest stream he took his stand;,0.0
Nor stopped till it had cut the further strand.,1.0
"And now in dust the polished ball he rolled,",0.0
"Then grasped its weight, elusive of his hold;",1.0
"Now fitting to his grip and nervous arm,",2.0
"Suspends the crowd with animation warm,",0.0
"Nor tempts he yet the plain but, hurled upright,",0.0
"Emits the mass, a prelude of his might.",2.0
"Firmly he plants each knee and over his head,",4.0
"Collecting all his force, the circle sped.",0.0
It towers to cut the clouds; now through the skies,4.0
Sings in its rapid way and strengthens as it flies;,1.0
"Anon with slackened rage comes quivering down,",2.0
"Heavy and huge, and cleaves the solid ground.",2.0
"So from the astonished stars, her nightly train,",1.0
"The sun's pale sister, drawn by magic strain,",1.0
Their cymbals toss and sounding brass explore:,0.0
That to avoid and this to emulate.,2.0
"His vigorous arm he tried before he flung,",2.0
Pursued his cast and hurled the orb on high;,0.0
"The orb on high tenacious of its course,",1.0
"True to the mighty arm that gave it force,",0.0
Its ancient lord secure of victory.,0.0
The theatre's green height and woody wall,2.0
While vales and woods and echoing hills rebound.,2.0
The eyeless Cyclops heaved the craggy rock:,1.0
"Where ocean frets beneath the dashing oar,",0.0
"And parting surges round the vessel roar,",0.0
And scarce Ulysses escaped his giant arm.,2.0
"A tiger's pride the victor bore away,",0.0
With native spots and artful labour gay:,0.0
"A shining border round the margin rolled,",0.0
And calmed the terrors of his claws in gold.,1.0
"And tuned to pleasing Sounds the trembling Air,",0.0
And slowly drove unwilling Herd to feed.,0.0
"Attend, you Fish, and all around me throng,",0.0
While I repeat the Nymph's alternate Song.,6.0
"Think, how to day a gentle western Breeze",0.0
"With pleasing Gales danced on the circling Seas,",2.0
"It swept the calmer Surface of the Main,",1.0
And smoothed the Waters to a smiling Plain;,1.0
"Are born on Eastern Winds, and waft their blended Smells.",0.0
"The Dolphins lash the Waves with bending Tails,",0.0
And every Ship with speedy Current sails.,0.0
"Since nothing here we fixed or constant find,",0.0
"The restless Fish who left the open Sea,",0.0
"And swam to every Creek, and winding Bay,",0.0
While empty Nets deceive the fishing Swain.,0.0
"Now shortening Days are grieved by Northern Isles,",1.0
"While from increasing Cold, and snowy Wilds",1.0
The starving Birds in numerous Flocks repair,2.0
"To happier Climates, and to warmer Air.",3.0
"Though late the Tides have threatened all the Coast,",0.0
"Now, since the waning Moon her Strength has lost,",0.0
"They own their Weakness, and are heard no more,",2.0
But creeping hardly cover half the Shore:,0.0
"When she directs, the swelling Floods increase,",1.0
And sounding Waters raise the troubled Seas;,0.0
"The Waves are still, and hushed in sullen Peace.",0.0
"The conscious Fish the heavenly Motions feel,",2.0
"And thus confined within his native Shell,",0.0
"All dry and lean the mournful Oyster lies,",0.0
And Fishers then the tasteless Prey despise,0.0
"But when the Moon looks down all over bright,",2.0
"They juicy grow, nourished with heavenly Light.",7.0
Her Heart thus fixed by him should rove no more,2.0
"But when repeated Loves began to cloy,",0.0
The wiser Nymph embraced a kinder Boy.,0.0
While angry Winds opposed the rising Tide.,0.0
But spotless Virtue has a nobler Grace.,1.0
"Or break repeated Vows, or change his Love.",0.0
Where altering Scenes the fickle Mer-man please.,3.0
"For all is restless, and unsettled there;",2.0
And always smiling with an easy Calm.,1.0
"The Waters here a constant Peace maintain,",0.0
And in soft Murmurs lovingly complain.,2.0
"The Winds themselves are not uncertain here,",0.0
"But their fixed Seasons know, each circling Year.",2.0
To sweep the Ocean with a fresher Gale.,1.0
"Such is his Love; no Change it undergoes,",2.0
"By Reason fixed, and no Repentance knows.",0.0
"Thus said the Nymph; and now the Day retires,",1.0
While sparkling Waves appear like kindled Fires.,0.0
"The distant Rocks shine with deceitful Light,",2.0
And thus increase the Terrors of the Night.,1.0
Than thy rash Hand which robs this Face of Smiles;,2.0
"And does that sweet and pleasing Air control,",0.0
"I miss the Look that captivates my Heart,",3.0
"Attracts my Love, and tender Thoughts inspires;",0.0
Nor can my Breast be warmed by common Fires;,1.0
Nor can ARDELIA love but where she first admires.,3.0
When this Virago struggled in thy Brain;,2.0
"And strange it is, thou hast not made her wield",1.0
"A mortal Dart, or penetrating Shield,",0.0
"The Power, of which thou hast disarmed her Eyes:",1.0
"As if, like Amazons, she must oppose,",1.0
And into Lovers force her vanquished Foes.,0.0
"To gain her Heart, he had not lost his own;",0.0
"Nor, by the gentlest Bands of Human Life,",3.0
At once secured the Mistress and the Wife.,1.0
"And what first lightened, still upholds his Flame.",1.0
"Fain his Compassion would thy Works approve,",2.0
"Were pitying thee consistent with his Love,",4.0
Or with the Taste which Italy has wrought,2.0
"In his refined and daily heightened Thought,",1.0
"Where Poetry, or Painting find no place,",2.0
Unless performed with a superior Grace.,3.0
"Could but my Wish some Influence infuse,",1.0
Be tried by those who easily excuse:,2.0
"But strictest Censors should of either judge,",0.0
"Applaud the Artist, and despise the Drudge.",1.0
Then never would thy Colours have debased,2.0
Nor had my Pen more subject to their Laws,1.0
"A rigid Fear had kept us both in Awe,",0.0
"Nor I composed, nor thou presumed to draw;",2.0
"That Excellence, to which we never could rise,",2.0
By less Attempts we safely might have gained,0.0
"That humble Praise which neither has obtained,",0.0
"It is not given to show, or to rehearse",4.0
"A soft Endearment, and a cheerful Wit,",1.0
"O, you! whose sympathetic hearts are formed",1.0
"To woe responsive, and whose tremulous nerves",3.0
Vibrate to Sorrow's mournful airs ' --  attend!,2.0
"Who labour through the pleasures of the world,",2.0
Nor feel existence when they cease impel;,0.0
"Fell Dissipation steels, and robs your minds",1.0
Of the sweet energies bestowed by Heaven:,3.0
"But, come, you few! who love the lonely hour;",0.0
"Who know the sense refined, the charming agony,",1.0
Which Pity gives the hallowed hearts she fills;,0.0
"To you I call! o, come, and trace with me",1.0
"Behold the lawn, which opens on the left,",1.0
"With crocus bordered, aromatic thyme,",0.0
And every fragrant shrub that tempts the bee,0.0
"Down from the liquid air, to bathe in sweets.",1.0
"The opening wicket of that humble cot,",3.0
"By slow degrees, moves gently on its hinge:",2.0
"Looking a blessing on her slumbering Sire,",5.0
"The threshold quits; when, from his short repose,",2.0
"Why wilt thou wander in Night's chilly air,",1.0
And trust thy bosom to its piercing dews?,1.0
Scarcely a zephyr moves the restless aspen;,2.0
"And the clear moon, with soft inviting beam,",2.0
Looks through the foliage of the lofty pines.,1.0
A moment let me breathe the balmy air!,0.0
"Confined beneath the cottage roof by fear,",0.0
Taste Nature's blessings ' --  exercise and air.,1.0
Towards the margin of a neighbouring lake:,3.0
"But not its lucid bosom tempts her steps,",0.0
"Nor moon inviting through the lofty pines,",1.0
"Nor balmy air, nor healthful exercise;",0.0
"Where Grief, though audible, wastes her sad voice",3.0
In ambient air ' --  not torturing the ear,3.0
"Bending to earth, with eyes that penetrate",2.0
The glowing canopy of heaven; in sounds,1.0
"' --  Tender as youthful mother's lulling song,",2.0
She thus addressed Omnipotence divine:,1.0
"O, Thou! in whose eternal, boundless sight,",1.0
"The woes, or happiness, that overpower",1.0
"The mind of finite man, seem but as drops,",3.0
To form one mighty whole ' --  to Thee I pray!,1.0
"Not for myself I pray, but for my Father;",4.0
"He falls from thee; he leans not on the rock,",2.0
"The sacred rock, by which alone he stands",0.0
"O, Thou, accept my humble heart for his!",1.0
"Next for my Country, Heaven, o, hear my prayer!",0.0
Behold her struggles with a pitying eye!,3.0
"The pious Virgin's voice, with terror choked,",0.0
"Unfinished left her prayer. Forth, from the shade",0.0
"Of the surrounding thicket, rushed a Knight,",1.0
"In shining armour clad, born on a steed",2.0
"Who seemed to scorn the earth, his light heel passed,",1.0
As though his element had been the air:,2.0
"He bore his master to the spangled lake,",1.0
"In thousand glowing colours bloomed around her,",3.0
In thousand scents perfumed the tranquil air.,0.0
"Light vaulting on the ground, the Knight approached,",2.0
"And in such courteous phrase addressed the Maid,",2.0
That half her terrors ended with his words.,1.0
"Leave me, Sir Knight! with firmness she replied;",4.0
"And as she spoke, her voice, though sweet, expressed",1.0
"A custom to command. Leave me, Sir Knight!",4.0
This solitude is to Misfortune sacred;,1.0
"But those to whom the door of sweet Society,",2.0
"And Friendship's holy gate, are shut forever.",0.0
"And can the social door, and Friendship's gate,",1.0
To thee oppose their brazen locks? OH Heaven!,2.0
"The peopled world thy angels have forsook,",0.0
"And here in deserts dwell ' --  in human form,",0.0
"But in celestial beauty! Tell me, Virgin!",0.0
"' --  For sure the awe, with which thy eye inspires,",0.0
"Bespeaks thy vestal state ' --  tell me, fair Maid!",3.0
"What ills, what sore affliction, thee have driven",1.0
"To seek, in these sequestered shades, felicity",2.0
I dare not whisper to the speechless air,1.0
"Yet, from your courtesy, I must demand",1.0
"My solitude again; and, as you hope",1.0
"For blessing from the Power who hears my voice,",3.0
"Swear never to divulge, that in these glades",2.0
"A Maid you found ' --  by outward beauty graced,",0.0
"But whose sad heart, Sorrow hath called her own,",3.0
And stern Affliction long enrolled a sister!,0.0
"The Stranger paused: and then, as if to win",1.0
"Her confidence, and woo her from reserve",2.0
"By frank example, thus the Nymph addressed:",0.0
To whom should I reveal this blessed abode?,1.0
Whose feet conduct to violate your haunts?,1.0
"I, who, like you, by keen misfortunes pressed,",0.0
Seek shelter from the world; and even now,2.0
"Her purple vineyards leave, her fertile meads,",0.0
Her ever blooming fields ' --  all these I quit ' --,1.0
"And is Affliction's appetite so vast,",1.0
That daily victims can't allay her rage?,0.0
"But, gentle Knight! where will your journey end?",1.0
"What Porter waits to hear your bugle sound,",0.0
"And open the gates, with welcome in his face",2.0
Alas! sweet Maid! no hospitable gate,7.0
To Eastern climes I bend my weary course;,0.0
' --  Jerusalem the home which ends my progress.,2.0
"There let me bear your woes. Instruct me, Lady!",0.0
"And, in their stead, soft peace, and blooming joy,",1.0
"Return into your breast. That duty passed,",0.0
"' --  The sacred cause, which arms our Christian legions,",0.0
' --  In breath more fragrant than an Eastern morn:,1.0
Wilt thou remember me at Zion's gate?,3.0
"And shall my sorrows from the holy cave,",1.0
"The Stranger saw instinctive prudence rise,",0.0
And feared to give the virtue time to act.,0.0
"Yes, he rejoined, with zeal more pure and ardent",2.0
"Than converts feel, who, at the holy altar,",0.0
"Will I your sorrows pour, in that blessed spot",2.0
Where Sorrow surely cannot plead in vain.,0.0
"Struck with the piety which decked his words,",1.0
"Yet doubting still, the timid, trusting Virgin,",0.0
"A Christian Knight he is, and with his life",1.0
Now hastening to support the Christian cause.,2.0
Oceans and continents will soon divide us:,3.0
"Why then the knowledge of my woes withhold,",1.0
When blessed Benevolence demands the tale?,1.0
"Then, turning to the Stranger, meekly said",1.0
' --  Such kind persuasion confidence demands;,1.0
"Yet patience will you need, while I relate",2.0
"Events so strong, they fitter would become",0.0
"A manly tongue. Of battles I must speak,",1.0
"Of falling kingdoms, and victorious arms.",3.0
These strains accord not with a female voice;,2.0
"Yet will I strive to nerve my thoughts and language,",0.0
And raise my fancy to the lofty theme.,1.0
"But not alone of war shall I discourse,",0.0
"Of meeting armies, or contending states.",1.0
"' --  Here on this sloping bank, Sir Knight, repose;",1.0
"And I a tale ' --  for Pity ' --  will unfold,",2.0
"The Knight, with token of respect, obeyed.",1.0
' --  A woodland goddess! and her grassy seat,1.0
On her sweet features spread an air composed;,2.0
"While in Night's zenith ' --  mid her radiant court,",1.0
The crystal Moon seemed fixed in still attention:,1.0
The silent waters of the lake more silent flowed:,1.0
"The Zephyrs, drawing close their silken wings,",0.0
The wheeling bat far off her circles draws;,2.0
"While the Night's sweet musician stilled her song,",3.0
"All thus in silence wrapped, the thoughtful Maid,",0.0
"With tone sedate, begins the promised tale.",0.0
"Had late a Monarch, whom her Sons revered;",0.0
"' --  As King revered him, as a Father loved:",1.0
"He loved his People, knew no care but theirs;",1.0
"And the fond blessings, which they gave his name,",2.0
Blunted the thorns a diadem conceals.,2.0
"Peace, in this happy reign, her throne established,",0.0
And brought her proper blessings in her train;,0.0
The fertile plough subdued our sterile fields;,0.0
"From neighbouring countries, riches and renown.",3.0
Saw thankful faces and contented hearts:,2.0
"No iron taxes griped his pallid frame,",1.0
Nor tore the morsel from his children's mouths:,1.0
"Blithe as the morn he rose to healthful labour,",0.0
"Her fame, her riches, spreading to the East,",1.0
Enticed the Moors from their polluted home:,1.0
Sudden their prows invade our peaceful seas;,2.0
' --  Sudden the bold Barbarians crowd our shores;,4.0
Deep consternation spreads through every street;,1.0
"The mother grasps her child, and shrieking flies;",0.0
"While husbands, fathers, brothers, all in arms,",0.0
"Chide the dear mourners who retard their speed,",3.0
"But from the walls, what image strikes the view!",1.0
Rapid descending to the plain below.,3.0
"Upon the right advanced a mighty column,",0.0
Of armed chariots formed ' --  so thickly set,4.0
"Catching the rays of the meridian sun,",5.0
"Upon the left hand moved the tawny marksmen,",1.0
"The dreadful pomp descended to the plain,",1.0
"' --  While our scared citizens observed their works,",3.0
"Like trembling birds, who, looking from their nests",1.0
"Inevitable fate. But black despair,",1.0
Lead us! they cried ' --  lead to the Moorish camp!,2.0
"What are their numbers, single as they come?",1.0
"With us, our parents, children, lovers, laws,",1.0
"Religion, liberty ' --  all join the battle,",1.0
"' --  Brace our firm arms, and give ten thousand points,",4.0
"Ten thousand deaths, to every Christian sword.",1.0
"This holy rage, like sparks electric, flew",0.0
"From man to man. Each urged his valiant friend,",0.0
"To save their city, matrons, daughters, wives,",0.0
' --  As if on each their preservation hung.,1.0
So sure they seemed of conquest and revenge.,1.0
"Their foes' destruction only could proceed,",0.0
"The gates of every temple open threw,",0.0
"And, with humiliation deep, repaired",1.0
Before the sacred altar of our God.,1.0
"The soldiers, citizens, the nobles crowd,",1.0
And every holy roof grew instant vocal.,1.0
"Prostrate and weeping, they implored the High",3.0
"Shield us! they cried ' --  O, save thy faithful people!",0.0
Omnipotence! preserve us from the yoke,2.0
The foe prepares for our devoted necks!,1.0
"Not on thy arm, but in their own frail numbers!",1.0
To Thee! OH God of Battles! we appeal.,3.0
"Hear, hear our voice! ' --  When lo! from Heaven's bright concave,",1.0
"In gracious intimation, that their prayers,",0.0
"Wafted by guardian spirits, reached the throne,",4.0
"A mighty peal of thunder rapt their ears,",0.0
And purple lightnings quiver in the sky.,0.0
"Rushed from the temples, like impetuous flames;",0.0
"' --  Or like fierce tigers, who their destined prey",1.0
"At distance see; and pant, and foam, and rage,",0.0
With pride of certain conquest. But their prince,1.0
"Decides the fate of armies, and of kings.",1.0
"Let prudent foresight, then, direct your aims,",2.0
"The haughty Moors, contemptuous of our strength,",1.0
Doubtless expect to see our opening gates,4.0
"Receive them, masters, at the trumpet's signal:",0.0
"To aid their blindness, we will offers make,",1.0
"Of terms too humble for a state in freedom,",2.0
And yet too high for Conquerors to accept.,4.0
"Then, in the night's meridian, when no star,",2.0
"With telltale beams upon our polished mail,",1.0
"' --  Then will we rouse the lion from his den,",1.0
And prove our courage worthy of our cause.,1.0
"Like distant thunder, gaining on the ear,",1.0
"The heralds sent, and their misleading terms,",1.0
"All now prepare, for the wished hour of onset.",3.0
"The nervous archer tries his idle bow,",0.0
And gives new plumage to his missile darts.,2.0
"The matrons, virgins, catch the martial fire:",0.0
"To greet, on their return, the conquering heroes.",3.0
"Yet, amongst the virgins, one sad heart was found;",2.0
'Twas in the bosom of the royal Princess.,1.0
"He, only he, could melt her icy breast;",1.0
' --  None could so well deserve an untouched heart.,3.0
"His mind, more noble than his princely birth,",1.0
"As poets feign celestial Virtue wears,",0.0
"When visible to man. O! wonder not,",1.0
The Princess loved with strength no common flame,1.0
Could have inspired! Her soul was full of love:,2.0
Ten thousand terrors now besieged her soul;,1.0
"Ten thousand nothings, which her fancy dressed",1.0
"In colour, substance, circumstance, and form.",1.0
The tender weakness which her heart confessed.,0.0
"Shall I, she cried, a mighty kingdom's heir,",0.0
Show terrors that the humbler maids despise?,1.0
My Country rocks upon a precipice.,1.0
And amongst her dear preservers be thou Chief!,1.0
"The shades of eve advance, and from the camp",1.0
The subtle messengers return ' --  return,1.0
"With insult loaded, and contemptuous threats.",4.0
"Should yield them homage, and perpetual tribute.",3.0
"A day they grant us to resolve on slavery,",2.0
Or see our towers extended in the dust.,2.0
No terms or messengers they will receive;,3.0
"But opened gates, and crescents on our spires,",1.0
The answer they expect. This lofty menace,1.0
Less with surprise than anger was received;,3.0
' --  It spoke the spirit of the fierce invaders.,1.0
Some hours ' --  tremendous pause! were yet to pass,0.0
"Between this period, and that meant for action:",1.0
"Gloomy suspense sat brooding over the army,",5.0
And the full mind had rendered language mute.,2.0
"At this grand moment, when no thought of aid,",3.0
"' --  Of human aid, had glanced across the soul,",0.0
In from the Western gate ' --  like bees returning,0.0
"Ten thousand sons of war. At this blessed sight,",2.0
"Such transport seized the citizens, and troops,",1.0
"It seemed triumphant holiday, and joy",0.0
Would even in frolic sport ' --  so sudden the effect.,3.0
"He heard the Moors were hovering on our coasts,",1.0
"And, as a Christian king, the cause adopted.",1.0
Pour back their warriors through the Western portal:,2.0
"There, in the marshy vale, that to the North",1.0
"Extends its rich campaign, the army grew",0.0
"In form. Pardon if I, a simple Maid,",2.0
"Cannot relate, Sir Knight! in artful terms,",1.0
"How, in what order grew. I have not skill",0.0
To use the phrases chance hath given mine ear.,2.0
"Were I to speak of flank, and rear, and van,",1.0
' --  Learn then but this: the King the centre kept;,1.0
"The Stranger bowed reply, in mute respect.",0.0
"The tender Twilight, which till now had looked",1.0
"With timid eye upon the martial plain,",0.0
"Withdrew her beam, to follow distant day:",0.0
"But iron War, scornful of Nature's laws,",5.0
"Makes Rest his captive, and the ear of Silence",2.0
"Frequent invades, while from the throne of Night,",2.0
In awful pomp he takes. Balconies crowded,5.0
"Shower down their blessings as the soldiers pass,",2.0
"While thousand voices spend themselves in prayer,",0.0
And thousand ardent eyes appeal to Heaven.,0.0
"At length arrived towards the Eastern towers,",0.0
The army made a momentary halt.,0.0
"When, lo! the holy Prelate, with a train",1.0
"And holding each a crucifix, advanced.",0.0
"You more than warriors, said the Man of God,",0.0
"You Christian soldiers, think whose sword you bear!",0.0
"The barbarous nations of the earth, whose ears",3.0
"Were never blessed with sounds of Gospel Truths,",0.0
"Have yet achieved such wondrous deeds in arms,",0.0
"As will convey their names, with glory decked,",1.0
To the remotest age in Time's dark womb.,2.0
"A thousand nations have for freedom fought,",0.0
"A thousand others for revenge have armed,",1.0
And given destruction to offending foe:,3.0
"To save their matrons from the brutal rape,",1.0
All these you fight for; but you fight for MORE ' --,1.0
Torn on the racking cross! These wounds for you,0.0
Were given. This blood ' --  this sacred blood! for you,2.0
"Gushed forth, and mingled with corruption. Go then!",2.0
Are now preparing your celestial crowns:,1.0
' --  Go and achieve them! Choirs of holy angels,2.0
"Now tune their golden harps, and hymns prepare",1.0
To greet you conquerors in the gates of Heaven:,1.0
"From every mouth burst forth ' --  as if one soul,",2.0
"One voice, through all the army reigned ' --  We go!",0.0
"Inspired thus by the Priest's heroic charge,",0.0
Each seemed to press to be the earliest victim;,2.0
"Their souls on fire, were eager to depart",1.0
"The earthly sphere, and seize on their immortal crowns.",1.0
"Thus rapt, the soldiers pass; and through the gates,",2.0
Spread on the surface of the hostile plain.,1.0
"' --  Shut close for ever, on the valiant youths,",2.0
Whose feet now leave them ' --  to return no more:,3.0
"But they, by other hopes than life inspired,",1.0
March on; while Night her curtain closer draws,0.0
To hide their progress from the watchful foe.,2.0
"In vain the night her sable curtain draws,",0.0
And bids the stars keep hoodwinked in their course;,2.0
Betrayed the distant sound of pacing steps.,0.0
"From guard to guard the hasty signals fly,",0.0
And shoot like meteors through the dark expanse.,1.0
"The Infidels, alarmed, seem all in motion,",2.0
"While the faint quivering lights, that lately served",4.0
"To guide the hunters in their dangerous chase,",2.0
"Now blaze and multiply, till all the camp",1.0
"Our troops, undaunted, quicken as they tread,",1.0
And hasty marching grows to eager speed.,0.0
' --  Thirsting to drench their swords in Moorish blood!,2.0
"Silence, no longer useful, now gives way",4.0
To all the dreadful din that battle loves.,0.0
"The haughty trumpet, and the vigorous drum,",3.0
"The Moors rush forth, impetuous and confused.",2.0
"No orders thought on, and no orders heard:",3.0
"Some to the trench, some to the chariots fly",3.0
"' --  The restive steeds reject accustomed yoke,",0.0
"Dash their fierce leaders wildly to the earth,",4.0
"Our troops had gained the ditch, and to the beards",1.0
Ere the first panic left their courage calm,3.0
And all its horrors rage mature at once.,0.0
The bows are useless; throat to throat they fight;,0.0
"' --  Foes mix with foes, ranks press on hostile ranks,",2.0
"Till each are lost, and form one dreadful whole.",0.0
Death never triumphed as he triumphed now;,2.0
The fate he gives. Scarce had the armies joined,1.0
' --  Torrents of reeking gore. The blood of Moors,2.0
"And Christians forms one common flood, and rolls",0.0
Its heavy tide in stagnant streams along.,0.0
"Say, Stranger, hast thou seen the warlike sports.",2.0
"Superior to the rest, the Bull-fight claims",2.0
Glorious preeminence. Forth from their dens,3.0
"The bellowing monsters rush, and the earth rings",3.0
Runs from their churning jaws; their burnished horns,0.0
"Now raze the earth, now proudly tossed in air,",2.0
Challenge the waiting warriors to the combat:,3.0
"The waiting warriors, ardent for the sign,",1.0
Dart on their foes: the lordly beasts evade,0.0
"They gore the generous steeds, their riders crush,",2.0
Or send them clashing through the dusty air.,1.0
"Throughout the concave, sound the eager plaudits,",0.0
And boisterous admiration speaks the joy:,0.0
"At length the favourite bull ' --  he whom the keepers,",0.0
"For fire and strength, superior to the rest,",1.0
"Had long marked out, is loosed upon the plain:",1.0
All marvels cease the instant he appears;,1.0
"And what seemed wondrous but a moment since,",2.0
Has now no tongue to speak the mighty act,1.0
' --  So much beyond all thought his deeds excel,0.0
The glorious devastation of his peers.,3.0
"Wherever he moved, destruction marked his progress,",3.0
"The Night, so dreadful! lengthened out her hours,",1.0
"As though she stayed to view the battle's conflict,",1.0
Or hide its horrors from the springing day.,1.0
At length the glowing portals of the East,1.0
"Her face in humid clouds she instant wrapped,",0.0
And seemed to weep in drops of sacred pity.,0.0
"Yet Conquest ceased not, with her vigorous arm,",3.0
To plant her banners over the reeking field:,2.0
"' --  For us her banners waved ' --  for us she triumphed,",2.0
"The Moor, now seeing that his scattered host",1.0
"Had their chief leaders lost ' --  their numbers wasted,",2.0
"Like sifted corn before the driving tempest,",0.0
"For quarter calls. His troops, upon their knees,",0.0
To screen his worshippers from dreaded vengeance;,1.0
"But Christian soldiers war not for revenge,",1.0
Nor know to trample on a vanquished foe.,1.0
"Their homage is accepted, and their chiefs,",2.0
"With lowering fronts, and hearts by malice gnawed,",2.0
Follow the victors in their march triumphant.,2.0
Where from the walls the holy priests had watched,0.0
"The issue of the fight. There too, the Princess",1.0
' --  In horrors exquisite! had passed the night.,1.0
"Judge then her rapture, her exalted joy,",1.0
"When she beheld, on their victorious march,",4.0
"Her Virgins followed, and the reverend Priests,",1.0
"Led by the holy Bishop, formed her train.",0.0
The day ' --  as if she bore an active part,1.0
And gave new glories to the scene she viewed.,2.0
"The King approached ' --  the Princess, at his feet,",0.0
"Adored the mighty arm which thus restored him,",0.0
"Her valiant Lover, leading in his hand",0.0
"The Moorish Prince, with eager pace advanced,",0.0
To claim his share of her enraptured welcome.,1.0
"Receive, he cried, a conquest which your eyes,",0.0
"And not my sword, achieved. Inspired by you,",1.0
"Who could resist my arm? This princely foe,",0.0
"Who wonders acted, and whose arm deserved",1.0
"A righteous cause; by you, bright maid, subdued,",2.0
Your victim I present. The sullen Prince,1.0
"Scarce deigned to lift his eye; when, with a grace",2.0
"No fancy can portray, the gallant youth",2.0
Made to his mistress this heroic gift.,1.0
O fatal present! gift replete with woes!,0.0
Why did not heaven in its mercy send,0.0
"Its winged shafts, and at that instant strike",2.0
"The royal Maid, where, fixed with joy, she stood!",0.0
"Let me, in order, lead you to the sequel.",1.0
It needless were my storey to prolong,2.0
In painting scenes your fancy will supply:,1.0
"The joyful entry, and triumphant feasts,",1.0
"Devout procession, and heroic sports,",1.0
"All these are fruitful themes, and would demand",0.0
"A time the waning night denies. In brief,",0.0
"The captive Prince a mighty ransom offered,",0.0
With league of amity and lasting peace.,1.0
"The terms accepted, galleys were dispatched",1.0
To bring the bartered price of his redemption.,1.0
"Mean while he joined the games, and seemed to lose",0.0
His barbarous roughness in the toils of pleasure.,2.0
Alas! in other toils his mind was caught;,0.0
Whose sensual soul she touched with fiercest passion.,2.0
"He dared to speak of love, and to herself",1.0
"The day, which was to join in nuptial bands",1.0
"The marriage sports already were prepared,",1.0
"And yet the Moor, audacious! talked of love.",0.0
"' --  Repulsed with just disdain, he to the King",1.0
"I am not used, he cried, to offer crowns,",1.0
"And have them spurned, like vulgar lovers' toys.",0.0
Give me your Daughter! I'll give her a throne:,2.0
"With all its boasted fields, and blushing vineyards,",0.0
Seems but a fertile spot; so vast the country,0.0
Whose sceptre I command! The King's firm answer,2.0
"Showed the proud Infidel, his suit was vain;",3.0
"And, that a Christian Princess, to a subject",1.0
Were taught to scorn the doctrines of a CHRIST.,1.0
"At this destruction of his hopes, he seemed",2.0
No longer man ' --  His eyeballs glared with madness;,2.0
His foamy rage ' --  like a tempestuous sea,4.0
Lashing her shores in vain ' --  spared not himself:,3.0
"While his inflated bosom racked within,",1.0
"Had seized his faculties, and numbed the fire",1.0
"Which filled his torrid veins. His slaves, who oft",0.0
"Beheld their lord a victim to himself,",1.0
Bore to his couch the prostrate harmless tyrant;,0.0
"And there, with tremulous lutes and vocal harmony,",4.0
In sweet enchantment woke him from his trance.,1.0
"His haughty soul, that scorns all other laws,",0.0
Will yield to music all her boisterous passions,0.0
"' --  Hang on each strain, melt at each magic note,",1.0
And transient virtues catch from trilling airs.,0.0
"Composed, at length, or masking what he felt,",0.0
"Pardon, he cried, O Prince! a wretch undone!",2.0
"By disappointment's shocks. Nursed by prosperity,",3.0
"By fortune followed, I had learnt ' --  fond man!",2.0
"That fate, that earth, that heaven, for me combined,",1.0
And from misfortune hallowed my encircled head.,2.0
And now your Daughter's still more powerful eyes,2.0
"Master and tyrant of a thousand beauties,",3.0
"Who court my passions, live for my delight,",1.0
"I breathed, unknowing that I had a heart,",0.0
"Till cruel love, wrapped in Despair's wild torments,",3.0
Gave all its nerves a sense of cursed existence!,0.0
"I love ' --  with agony ' --  with madness, love!",1.0
"O, spare me then the horror of a sight",1.0
"My fiery brain splits but to think on! Save,",2.0
"' --  Father of her whose charms thus abject make me,",2.0
"Save from the tortures of her marriage rites,",1.0
The lingering moon has numbered all the hours,0.0
That I allotted for my fleet's return:,2.0
"Soon as the eastern wind invades their canvas,",0.0
And their red streamers blush along your shores.,2.0
"My ransom paid, I quit these hostile walls,",0.0
"Then, while I bear my woes to distant seas,",0.0
And not one wretch remain to curse the sound.,0.0
"Unable to withstand a claim so urged,",1.0
Granted his royal suitor all he asked.,2.0
"The Moor, impressed with thankfulness, retired,",1.0
"Command to kerb his warm, impetuous wishes,",0.0
Until his rival sought his native skies.,0.0
The shifting winds soon wafted to our ports,2.0
The Moorish squadron. To the capital,2.0
Meant for redemption of their captive Prince.,3.0
"Stuffs, ingots, ivory, formed their precious burden;",1.0
"Carpets of Persia, hangings wrought with gold,",2.0
"In flowers of vivid tints, and buds so prompt,",2.0
"Sabres with glittering hilts of curious art,",5.0
And sanguine rubies died; all these were born,1.0
"' --  Or bearing Turkish tents of gaudy drapery,",1.0
Whose breath upon our happy plains the Moors,0.0
"He left the city with a train of slaves,",1.0
"Shedding profusely, as they passed along,",3.0
"Rich showers of gold upon the gaping rabble,",3.0
Soon as the tidings of the Moors' departure,1.0
"Our speedy couriers brought, the word was given",2.0
To make all ready for the royal marriage.,1.0
Could scarce support the intermediate hours,2.0
"That led, with lagging steps, the nuptial morn.",0.0
"Forth from the palace to the church, through streets",1.0
The glad procession led its lengthening train.,2.0
"The King, beneath his canopy of state,",1.0
"Preceded by his guards, first object moved:",2.0
"Next to his suit the Princess, blushing, followed;",0.0
"Her train upheld by twenty noble maids,",0.0
"Whose beauty, in their snowy robes, seemed chastity",2.0
"Incarnate. Next, at distance ' --  as of rank",1.0
"That yet allowed not of a royal state,",1.0
"The King had almost reached the holy portals,",1.0
"When from the crowd a youth advanced, who caught",0.0
"Each wondering eye. His face, a mask ' --  designed",2.0
"For youthful beauty, hid. His airy form",0.0
"Seemed worthy such a face. His habit tissue,",2.0
Embossed with purple studs. His flowing hair,0.0
"With knots of pearl was tied, and on his head",1.0
"A garland bloomed. An ivory flute he held,",0.0
"Through which he breathed such melting, touching, strains,",0.0
That Harmony herself had stayed to listen.,1.0
"As he approached, the soldiers cleared his way,",1.0
Till in the front before the guards he stood.,0.0
"The Princess came, while he, with reverence low,",3.0
She passed; the Bridegroom came ' --  in quicker notes,1.0
"He bad his music flow; and, forward stepping,",0.0
"Offered, with courteous air, the tuneful pipe.",4.0
"' --  A second blow, ere thought could be recalled;",1.0
"The third, the murderer on himself bestowed,",3.0
"Astonishment usurped each vital faculty,",3.0
And rooted all who saw the bloody deed.,0.0
"The Bridegroom, sinking on assassin's corps,",2.0
Fled to the wretched Maid ' --  almost a wife.,1.0
"Not daring to demand the cause; her pulse,",1.0
And a kind stupor hid her from her woes.,3.0
"Back to the palace, now, the dying Bridegroom,",1.0
"By Knights in hymeneal robes was born,",3.0
To search for motives to the cruel deed.,1.0
"These were its words: It's not the slave, but I,",1.0
"Who give the blow. Vengeance, if not my love,",4.0
Such were the lines which bore the stamp of fate.,1.0
"The lovely victim of the Moor's revenge,",1.0
To find the object that his heart's last pulse,1.0
"Adored ' --  not seeing her, they seemed to shut",1.0
"All others out ' --  and Death, with hasty seal,",1.0
Closed their dim lids in everlasting sleep.,3.0
"Here paused the Virgin, as immersed in thought;",1.0
"The storey, fraught with woe, had cast a shade",0.0
Of deeper sorrow over her pensive brow:,2.0
And her sad mind seemed lost in one idea.,4.0
"The Knight, who eager grew to know the tale",0.0
"She promised of herself, presumed at length",1.0
To bring her recollection to the point;,1.0
"At which her rosy lips their portal closed,",0.0
And ceased to charm him with their touching accents.,1.0
"I will not, Stranger! said the fair narrator,",5.0
"The Court's distress, the sorrow of the King,",1.0
Ere comfort beamed upon her widowed heart;,1.0
"Nor then, till, at the tomb of her lost Lord,",1.0
"Her solemn vows she made, never to hear",5.0
"A lover's soothing tale; but, in virginity",1.0
"Perpetual, wait the hour that should unite",3.0
Her faithful spirit with her murdered Lord's.,1.0
"This duty paid, a dawn, like that of peace,",0.0
"Misfortune of her stings, ransacked all pleasures,",2.0
"Invented fresh delights, new joys invoked,",1.0
Brought to the great account; when from the east,1.0
Was sent to scourge the earth ' --  not glutted yet,0.0
"With all the horrid joys that wait on vengeance,",0.0
"Not yet forgiving our triumphant arms,",1.0
"Which sheared the laurels his whole life had reaped,",2.0
"' --  Again came pouring, like a mighty deluge,",1.0
To overwhelm the land in lasting ruin.,0.0
He came. ' --  Why should I lengthen out my tale?,1.0
"Our nation's force, opposed to the Moor's army,",2.0
Was kindling torches to obscure the sun.,1.0
Again we saw them hover on the hill:,1.0
"Their hosts descend, and spread upon the plain.",0.0
"No parley, as at first, they would allow:",2.0
"' --  Arrows and catapults, their killing words.",3.0
"A dreadful day our troops sustained the siege,",0.0
And filled the breaches with their slaughtered foes.,1.0
If stubbornly our citizens delayed,2.0
"The threat effected all the Moor had hoped,",0.0
"Rushed, in distraction, to his Daughter's chamber:",2.0
Fly! let us instant fly! he gasping said;,1.0
"The Moors have vanquished, and my Child's a slave.",1.0
"Their standards now insult our conquered streets,",0.0
And kill they parent with a thousand deaths!,1.0
"The Princess, whom affliction had subdued,",0.0
"And taught a firmness stranger to her years,",1.0
"Grasped her loved Father's hand ' --  Lead me, she cried,",5.0
"Shall ever follow yours, soften your path,",4.0
"And cheer, to life's last sigh, your rugged journey.",1.0
"A golden casket, as she spoke, she seized,",1.0
"That held, till now, a hoarded useless treasure;",0.0
"And through the galleries, with breathless haste,",2.0
"And step precipitate, followed the King,",5.0
' --  Unknowing to what corner of the earth,2.0
"With their adventurous flight. A faithful Lord,",3.0
The royal fugitives thus met and cheered.,2.0
That stormy fate now suffers him to pay:,2.0
"My horses wait, close to the garden walls,",2.0
With trusty knights to guide you to my castle.,1.0
"Dreading the worst, I had prepared this refuge,",2.0
When the fell Moor began his fierce assault.,3.0
"For me, I'll stay and greet, with smiles deceitful,",1.0
What further ills his malice may devise.,1.0
The noble youth ' --  and followed where he led.,0.0
"There a close chariot, harnessed and attended,",5.0
Waited to bear them from the dangerous spot.,5.0
"The flying steeds seemed conscious of their office,",2.0
And instant cleft the air with eagle swiftness.,0.0
"Mean while the Moorish troops rushed through the gates,",2.0
"No terms the citizens obtained, but those",2.0
While their chief officers were instant sworn,3.0
"Mean time, with speed, towards the royal palace,",1.0
Ask him to wed the Daughter whom he wooed,0.0
"But, when he found no Sovereign to insult,",2.0
"No Princess to affront with odious passion,",4.0
His furious transports made a thousand victims.,2.0
"Three days the search continued, when the Moor,",1.0
"Foaming with disappointed pride, made oath,",3.0
"That, if the Princess in eight days appeared not,",1.0
These dreadful tidings to the King and Princess,1.0
"He said, no longer will protect my Sovereign.",2.0
"The church itself will aid the keen pursuit,",0.0
"Should feed the lust of a detested tyrant,",1.0
Than that their holy virgins should become,0.0
"Fly then, my Prince! The loyal Knight, whose hand",0.0
"Presents this testimony of my faith,",1.0
Will to a secret spot where he himself,2.0
Asylum found attend your wandering steps;,2.0
"' --  Not wandering long! for surely Heaven, that tries",2.0
"To your lost people's arms, and rightful throne.",2.0
When at the castle GONZALES arrived.,4.0
"The royal pair, in humble weeds disguised,",0.0
"Instant forsook the hospitable roof,",7.0
"The spirits of the King, weighed down with sorrow,",3.0
"Had sunk beneath accumulated ills,",0.0
Had not wise Heaven endued his Daughter's mind,1.0
With tender talk the tedious way she shortened;,2.0
"And, when exhausted Nature asked recruit,",0.0
"The moon arose, and still they journeyed on;",1.0
"But the succeeding sun, with earliest beam,",3.0
Guided the travellers to a forest's verge.,3.0
"In envied freedom, to a neighbouring mountain,",3.0
Lest their betraying hoofs should guide pursuers,1.0
To the asylum of the hunted King.,2.0
"In the wood's centre they a cottage found,",3.0
"Two rooms it had, in each a rustic bed;",1.0
Than labour culled from the surrounding herbs;,1.0
"Or from the vines ' --  that in the desert air,",1.0
"With their delicious burdens long had swelled,",1.0
Nor found one tempted hand to ease the load.,0.0
Such the retreat the fugitives had found.,2.0
"Adieu to greatness, and unhealthful pomp!",1.0
"Since GONZALES the cottage left, and since",2.0
"No human sound, but their own pensive tones,",2.0
Have reached the Princess and her Father's ears.,1.0
What can I more? If my eventful tale,1.0
"Hath touched the chords of pity in your heart,",0.0
And swelled the sympathetic tear ' --  soft tribute!,1.0
"By gentle minds, to sorrow ever paid,",0.0
"' --  Know, it's no stranger's woes I have related;",3.0
I am the object of my own sad storey ' --,2.0
"Thus speaking, to his lips he fixed a bugle,",2.0
Whose piercing sounds ten thousand echoes bore,1.0
"On airy wings, through the surrounding woods.",1.0
"The signal heard, six Moors obeyed its voice,",1.0
And spurred their horses headlong through the glades.,2.0
"No sooner spoke his joy, than, like a fawn",1.0
Who from the neighbouring thicket hears the voice.,2.0
"Of the fierce wolf ' --  she bounding left her seat,",2.0
And fled to safer shades. A starting star,0.0
Shows on her wanton breast his lucid trail.,0.0
"Spite of his cares, had wooed to her embrace,",1.0
"Listening in vain, to hear her cheering voice,",1.0
"He started from his couch, and, robbed in haste,",1.0
Rushed forth to seek her in her favourite haunts:,1.0
Darting his fearful eye across the lawn,2.0
"On which their cottage stood, close on its edge,",2.0
' --  Panting and breathless he beheld his darling.,3.0
"With all the little strength that age had left,",0.0
He hastened to receive her. What his dread!,1.0
"When at his feet he saw the Princess drop,",0.0
"Exclaiming, as she fell, in fainting voice,",1.0
Unable from the mossy grass to raise,1.0
"Its lovely burden, sinking by her side,",1.0
"Strove by his tears, and fond paternal voice,",0.0
"To rouse her torpid sense, and wake her soul.",0.0
"Not guessing at extremity of woe,",1.0
"Which soon must burst upon his hoary head,",0.0
"He thought some frightful reptile had surprised,",0.0
"And chilled, with female fears, her timorous mind.",3.0
"But, o! how short a while his fate allowed",1.0
This soft delusion! Through the night's still air,2.0
"The sound of human voices, and the clank",1.0
"Of iron hoofs, revealed a scene at once,",0.0
That almost shook his soul from her frail tenement.,4.0
"The Gallic leader of the Moorish band,",1.0
"A Knight thus treacherous, thus completely formed",3.0
To guide a project hatched in neither hell!,0.0
Courage! he cried ' --  as the base slaves advanced:,4.0
"All our past trouble, and our long fatigues,",3.0
Found at the instant that my famished hopes,0.0
Scarce lent a ray to guide me in the chase.,1.0
"The friendly moon revealed her, hope prophetic",0.0
Should draw her veil upon the dangerous truth.,2.0
In prayer she was employed; which instant taught me,1.0
"That piety must be the bait to snare her,",1.0
"' --  So won her confidence, and read her heart.",1.0
"Allah be praised! rejoined a bearded Infidel,",2.0
"But, Christian, art thou sure thou hast beheld",0.0
We have already to our master born,1.0
"For her he sought, and scarce with life escaped,",1.0
"Fled from this spot, scared at my bugle's sound.",1.0
"I marked the road she took, and now will guide you",0.0
To those who will not hail us ' --  welcome guests.,0.0
"Thus speaking, he pushed onwards through the wood,",4.0
"In which, for seven long months, the exiled King",4.0
Had sighed his anguish to the passing winds.,1.0
"Upon the earth they saw the hoary Monarch,",0.0
Supporting on his knee the drooping head,1.0
"Of his unhappy child: his hands were clasped,",1.0
And raised towards that Heaven which now allowed,0.0
Sorrow to drain her vial on his brow.,3.0
"Skilled in deceit, and hiding a bad heart",3.0
The sad events that shut him from the world.,1.0
"The King, perhaps, had yielded for a moment",1.0
"Had not the group of Moors ' --  who yet approached not,",0.0
Explained the dreadful purport of the visit.,2.0
"Much it afflicts me that my barbarous fortune,",3.0
Had not the tyrant at his hateful nod,0.0
"Devoted Moors enough, and callous slaves,",0.0
"Used to the work of infamy and guilt,",1.0
"But I, a Christian knight, must be selected,",1.0
To guide an enterprise so cursed? ' --  O Fate!,0.0
"The King, experienced in mankind, saw through",2.0
The thin disguise of this most florid speech:,1.0
He saw the serpent in the spicy shrub;,0.0
' --  He saw the villain in the gentle eye.,0.0
"Not deigning a reply, he bent his head",1.0
"Exclaimed afflicted Prince, thy beating pulse,",0.0
Thy dear returning breath is now unwelcome.,0.0
"Rather I'd see those eyes for ever closed,",2.0
"This fluttering heart fixed by Death's potent voice,",5.0
Than thus receive thee back again to life.,0.0
"Announced themselves in fears: O! let us fly,",0.0
My Father! ' --  let us fly! she murmured forth:,0.0
We are pursued ' --  the Knight! the wiley Knight!,1.0
"Pursued, indeed! replied the weeping King;",0.0
They have us in their toils ' --  we're lost! we're lost!,0.0
"Scarce gives such horror to the shrinking sinner,",2.0
"Speechless, she hid her face, and clasped her father;",2.0
"The polished villain, who the blackest crimes",0.0
Might pour their anguish in each other's breast.,0.0
"' --  Vain were the task, to paint impassioned scene",0.0
"Which grief, and fear, and thousand racking thoughts,",0.0
"With glowing horrors, all conspired to fill.",2.0
"The courteous Knight, observing where he stood,",2.0
"That the first torrent of their grief was spent,",3.0
"Pardon, illustrious Prince! he cried, the slave,",4.0
"Whom harsh necessity, alas! compels",1.0
"The smallest breach of whose commands, the rack,",0.0
Or more inevitable death awaits ' --,1.0
"' --  Ordained, that soon as your retreat was found,",1.0
A moment to delay should not be given;,1.0
That we should bear to their forsaken home,1.0
"Unwilling Princess, and her royal Sire.",1.0
"Now, if it please you, we must leave this desert,",1.0
For haunts more fitted to your royal rank.,1.0
"This mockery of respect, returned the King,",3.0
"To those whom you command, adds points to insult.",4.0
Our masters you; then treat us as your slaves!,2.0
"The only boon I can descend to ask,",1.0
"Is, that my Daughter, in this fatal journey,",0.0
"May not be torn from me. From thee! ah, no,",1.0
"Together let us go, whatever our fate!",3.0
"Still let my filial voice my Father cheer,",3.0
And pierce the night of his collected sorrows!,1.0
"Of port superior to the rest, thus answered ' --",2.0
"It is our Sovereign's will, that you, fair Lady!",5.0
"Should hold no converse with your princely Sire,",1.0
Till your arrival in your native city.,1.0
"Doubt not, but then, each boon you ask, and all",0.0
"Your fruitful fancy can devise, our master,",1.0
"Gracious to charms like yours, will grant with rapture.",2.0
"When Beauty sues, he knows not to deny.",1.0
"The King, impatient and enraged, broke in",2.0
Nor dare thus violate my Daughter's ears!,2.0
"Or thou shalt find, that in a desert, old,",1.0
"Should hold the balance of our fate, obey",1.0
His harsh command! tear us asunder! yes!,2.0
"Drag from the old man's heart, the last sole joy",2.0
His woes had left to save him from despair.,1.0
Plunge me at once in horror's deep abyss.,2.0
"Not long ' --  not long, my friends, will you afflict me.",1.0
"A shower of tears, that down his furrowed cheeks",2.0
Ended a speech ' --  which men steeled by long use,4.0
"Sprightly Aurora looking through the clouds,",3.0
"Which blushed with pleasure at her near approach,",0.0
"' --  Who had so sweetly shone, she seemed till now",0.0
The morning's counterfeit. But O! to misery,2.0
"All, all alike, they undistinguished roll,",0.0
"When brightening day disclosed her to their view,",1.0
"One blaze of charms ' --  charms of that tender cast,",2.0
"Which sorrow did not sully, but become!",1.0
"Her air majestic, as the sailing eagle's ' --",1.0
"When amongst the fleecy clouds he gently waves,",0.0
"Her face a Raphael would have caught, to form",0.0
"A young Madonna, bending over her Child",2.0
Her locks ' --  such locks as Nature only gives,0.0
"Once in an age, to perfect some rare beauty,",2.0
"Seemed like a golden veil ' --  part hung before,",1.0
"Shading a polished neck; which looked, between",2.0
"The burnished threads, like purest ivory",0.0
"Through gilded network: part the Zephyrs snatched,",1.0
"Such was the Princess; whom a Moor now seized,",2.0
"A silken sash, held by the treacherous Knight,",4.0
"The mourning Virgin, and her deadliest foe.",3.0
Behind a guiding Moor. This was the state,1.0
"The kingdom's Monarch, and the kingdom's Heir,",1.0
"Were now constrained to use. No pompous guards,",1.0
"Their steps attend; ' --  but o! how small that grief,",1.0
"Weighed with the horrid fears, the torturing doubts,",2.0
The leafy desert ' --  which so long had seemed,0.0
"' --  They quit, with aching hearts, and heavy sighs.",0.0
"Its solitary shades ' --  how welcome, now!",0.0
"Its choral groves, they would with rapture greet,",0.0
But these they have for ever ' --  ever left;,1.0
And soon the forest's verdant roof grows dun,1.0
"Upon the distant eye. The eager Moors,",0.0
"With spur and slackened reins, kept pouring on,",2.0
Leaving whole leagues obscured with floating dust.,3.0
"The royal Prisoners, scarcely with a glance,",1.0
"Can speak a thought, much less converse, and share,",0.0
Whose savage echoes never yet had learnt,0.0
To imitate the cordial voice of man:,0.0
"' --  The churning boar, and howling midnight wolves,",1.0
Had taught them all the language that they knew.,0.0
"At length the Sun, behind the western mountains,",0.0
Hid his pervading eye: the humid Eve,2.0
"Led on her deepening shades, to quench the thirst,",0.0
"The feverish orb had left, on plants and flowers.",2.0
"To meet some woodland, or some sheltering cave,",3.0
Of some sequestered hermit; for its floor,1.0
"The chisel edge had smoothed, and its low roof",1.0
Here the sad travellers were allowed the rest,5.0
"The Princess, whose soft limbs were not inured",1.0
"To such extreme fatigue, sunk lifeless down,",3.0
Soon as her feet had touched the solid earth.,0.0
"The aged King, with scarce more strength, approached",0.0
To catch his falling Child ' --  The flinty floor,0.0
The duties of humanity performed.,2.0
"The Princess they recovered; and a spot,",2.0
"With their own garments, spread, to form a seat",1.0
"Less rigorous than the rock, for its high inmates.",3.0
"They placed, respectfully, before the King:",1.0
Exhausted Nature craved the cordial draught;,0.0
"Their heavy lids to sleep, but in rotation.",0.0
"Two, the cave's entrance guarded; and the third,",4.0
Whenever the royal Parent and his Child,3.0
Strove to beguile the melancholy hours,2.0
Should from her Father catch more fortitude,0.0
A female could possess. Celestial chastity,2.0
"He held a phantom bred from Custom's laws,",0.0
And that the magic of licentious love,1.0
Could melt its airy form ' --  for now he meant,0.0
"' --  Not on a Throne, but amongst his favourite slaves,",2.0
Constrained to silence; Sorrow's blessed physician,0.0
Stole by degrees upon their aching eyes.,2.0
"Never build thee temples? Thee, whose sweet dominion",1.0
"Boundless extends, wherever Nature breathes!",2.0
"Chill Want, the nipping blast; and wild Despair",1.0
"Finds gleams of comfort ' --  I sing Paeans to thee, Sleep!",4.0
"Brought her gay chariot to horizon's edge,",6.0
"Returning quick, they roused their torpid fellows,",0.0
"What an awakening! Touch not, OH my pen!",3.0
' --  Events more active ask thy little skill.,0.0
"Some hours they had pursued their steady course,",0.0
"An armed troop rushed forth. So quick their motion,",4.0
"Were in a circle drawn ' --  more dreadfully portentous,",1.0
Than wand of witch or wizard ever formed.,0.0
"The gallant Knight, who at his girdle wore",0.0
"Unwilling beauty, seemed at once the object.",0.0
"Destroyed the magic zone which held the Princess,",0.0
"With such dispatch was this achievement made,",2.0
' --  And at a distance from astonished troop.,1.0
"Turning, with fury, on his foes ' --  who thus",3.0
"He raised his arm, and aimed a ponderous sword,",2.0
Where guiltless it could not have fallen; when instant,3.0
"Was to the earth propelled: breathless he lay,",6.0
"And trampling steeds soon fixed him to the spot,",2.0
From whence unhappy youth never rose again.,3.0
"The Moors, undaunted at their leader's fate,",0.0
"Their prisoners and their lives should both be lost,",1.0
Or undivided kept. Two forced their way,1.0
"Towards the spot where, guarded by her Knight,",1.0
"The Princess stood; three of the foe pursued,",2.0
"And made the path which led to her, the road",1.0
To death inglorious. The remaining Saracens,4.0
"Fought as those fight, who, knowing they must die,",1.0
Resolve the victors shall buy conquest dearly.,1.0
More fiercely than the rest ' --  more madly fought.,1.0
His fellows too hemmed in the struggling Monarch;,1.0
Formed with their spears a threatening glory round him.,0.0
"When he who held him ' --  watching for the moment,",1.0
"Broke from the rest, and on the distant winds",1.0
Seemed born away. The demon who presides,1.0
"Over evil acts, and aids the deeds that most",0.0
"Partake of Hell ' --  surely his steed impelled,",5.0
"His fiery eye, darting over hills and plains,",2.0
"Scarcely outstripped his hoofs; the vales, the woods,",2.0
"His glance devoured, were in an instant left",1.0
"Behind his feathery heels, that onward pressed ' --",2.0
"While the pursuing, stretching, maddening foe,",1.0
"Beheld new hills, new plains, new woods, arise",3.0
"Those who had held her prisoner, she saw slain;",2.0
"But who are these, who risk, thus gallantly,",3.0
"Scarce had this question, in her whirl of thought,",0.0
"Had time to firm itself, ere at her side",1.0
"The magic touch of hope her bosom swelled,",0.0
"Raising the snowy veil which hid her face,",2.0
"She beamed a smile upon the loyal Knight,",0.0
That in his mind overpaid ten thousand dangers.,7.0
As at her feet he knelt and save the King!,0.0
"See where he sits, unarmed, amid his foes!",0.0
"Were he in safety, all my thoughts were peace.",1.0
"But instant horsed, spurred onward to his troop:",2.0
"Three of the band he instantly dispatched,",1.0
"The few remaining Moors, urged by despair,",2.0
"Still madly fought, preferring present death",1.0
"To the slow tortures, which they knew their Tyrant",2.0
"Would fail not to inflict, on those who lost",2.0
"Their wish they soon received, and their freed spirits",2.0
Sought the eternal shores. The Princess now,2.0
"With eager speed he sought the trembling maid,",0.0
"Who saw her Parent born over distant wilds,",3.0
And in that sight lost every newborn comfort.,1.0
"Rent Heaven, and her unconscious feet moved quick",6.0
"Towards the course, in which she saw her Father.",0.0
"To moderate her grief. Doubtless, he cried,",5.0
"The gallant youths, who now pursue the Moor,",0.0
Will not pursue the flying slave in vain.,0.0
Each secret turning ' --  and will meet the villain,1.0
"When least he can suspect his danger. Now,",1.0
Sweet Princess! to my castle let me lead you.,2.0
"There, if not happier, yet at least securely",2.0
"Your tears you may indulge, and feed your sorrows.",1.0
Allowed herself once more upon a steed,1.0
"Who through morasses, underwoods, and roads",1.0
"Almost impervious, brought his royal ward",3.0
In safety to his mansion. O! how blessed,2.0
"This moment had appeared, had the same roof",1.0
"That sheltered her, been shelter to her Father!",2.0
"That solace wanting, others lost their taste.",0.0
Events that yet could not have reached her ear.,0.0
"The faithful GONZALES, he told the Princess,",4.0
"With undiminished courage, nor confessed,",1.0
"' --  Though life was promised, and immense rewards,",1.0
"By wiles and arts, the jealous Tyrant blinded,",0.0
Who held him truest servant of the Christians.,1.0
"Thus, unsuspected, he had watched the roads",2.0
Which led towards her forest; with his life,1.0
"To rescue from the Moors the royal fugitives,",2.0
If fate malevolent should ever betray them.,3.0
Another tale in pity he withheld:,1.0
That he had formed a plot to wrest the crown.,0.0
"His family he banished, their rich lands",3.0
Confiscate made ' --  and yet the Tyrant lived!,2.0
"As the sad Princess heard, with growing horror,",2.0
Repeated acts of cruelty scarce human;,3.0
The Knights returned who had pursued her Father.,0.0
"It was enough: she saw them pass the gates,",1.0
Without the King; no circumstance was needful;,1.0
None could her anguish lessen ' --  none her woe increase.,0.0
Their tale scarce won attention. Much they talked,1.0
"Of hot pursuit, and of the villain's speed;",1.0
"' --  That once his flagging courser raised their hopes,",0.0
When sudden on a neighbouring plain appeared,3.0
"While those who followed, measured back their road,",0.0
"Knowing the ruin of their Lord inevitable,",4.0
"Should they, his faithful vassals, be discovered.",0.0
"The sweetest words, ever framed by consolation,",3.0
"Were spent upon the air. The young ELVERA,",0.0
"To cheer the royal guest; and with soft prattle,",2.0
"' --  Kissing the drowning roses on her cheek,",3.0
"But, o! her Father was a wretched captive:",2.0
What could abate the anguish of that thought?,1.0
In vain surrounding slaves watched every motion;,1.0
"In vain the ceilings rose on stately columns,",0.0
Forcing their grandeur on the awe-struck eye;,2.0
"In vain the downy beds invited rest,",0.0
"Dearer the russet pillars of the forest,",1.0
Where stood her lonely cot. O! dearer far,1.0
The humble couch on which her Father's head,0.0
Securely rested; where her ready hand,0.0
"His pillow smoothed, and filial cares excited",2.0
"To cheer, with tender voice, the lengthened day?",0.0
So spoke the heart of the unhappy Princess. ' --,1.0
"Now to the hospitable cares, her fate affords,",4.0
"We leave the Mourner, and pursue the King.",1.0
"OH Wing my shafts to reach that fair one's heart,",1.0
My fondest wishes to her soul impart.,1.0
"Where thousands miss, successful let me be,",0.0
And learn each virtue thus in loving thee.,1.0
"In thee alone, that elegance and ease,",2.0
With native sweetness joined with life to please.,0.0
"Propitious! ' --  The gods have heard my prayer,",2.0
And eager fly to catch my wounded fair.,0.0
Accept this effort of the Painter's Art.,1.0
"Such is thy Hannah's form, but who shall find",1.0
"To show Thee all her love, her anxious care,",0.0
Her fond solicitude for Thee declare?,1.0
"Those ties, which are ordained by Nature's laws,",1.0
The willing hand of Friendship closer draws;,0.0
"My Friend selected, partner of my breast,",1.0
"Thy Worth esteemed, thy Merit all confessed:",0.0
"Thy Heart in which the Virtues all are joined,",0.0
"Thy polished Manners, and thy candid mind,",1.0
"Had won my Soul to court the Worth it loves,",0.0
To seek the modest Merit it approves.,1.0
"Nor stung by Envy, nor annoyed by Strife;",1.0
"May Health still blooming on thy brow be seen,",2.0
"Nor Care, nor Sorrow make it less serene.",0.0
"Thou, Fortune! who so oft hast been the Slave,",0.0
"For once be just, ' --  endow one generous Mind,",2.0
"To grace my Sister, Friend, and Valentine!",0.0
"To you, Athenians, we again submit;",4.0
"Reward, or punish us, as you think fit.",2.0
"For Idleness, this Year, is doubly base.",1.0
For Arts and Sciences to flourish here.,1.0
"The Muses, exiled long, to Court repair;",1.0
And ' --  strange to think! are all the Fashion there.,1.0
"Who feels not now a generous Emulation,",2.0
When Merit raises to the highest Station?,1.0
"Scholars may surely hope a better Fate,",2.0
While Carteret directs the Helm of State.,1.0
"And choose a Senate, to preside over Schools;",7.0
"Honour, alone, to pay the glorious Task,",2.0
A Recompense no Foreigner would ask!,2.0
"Then kind Britannia, doubtless, would consent,",2.0
Hibernia should supply a President.,3.0
"Too oft, alas! are Talents misapplied,",1.0
"By Parents Fondness, Ignorance, and Pride.",1.0
"This Grievance then would cease, and we should be",0.0
"Regarded, as the Public's Property:",2.0
"Genius alone would be consulted then,",2.0
The only Way to make us useful Men,0.0
"And each would have his several Task assigned,",0.0
As Nature gave the Bias to his Mind.,1.0
"Boys of a brutal, cruel Disposition,",0.0
"Should go to Spain, to serve the Inquisition.",0.0
OH what a Change in Landlords would appear!,1.0
"Next Age, not one would rack his Tenants here.",1.0
"The Lads, who study but to dress and dance,",1.0
"Those who love Liberty, to Albion roam;",4.0
"But, could they bear Oppression, ' --  stay at home.",0.0
Then glorious Ancestors would cease to be,4.0
Degraded by a worthless Progeny.,2.0
"None should from noble Blood their Lineage trace,",2.0
Unless they added Lustre to their Race.,1.0
That the degenerate Offspring of the Great,2.0
Might be no more a Burden to the State;,1.0
"The Sons of Peers, with mean, ignoble Hearts,",0.0
In Holland should be taught mechanic Arts;,0.0
"See Nature, thus, the generous Juice divide;",3.0
"The Spirit rises, and the Dregs subside.",1.0
Our Isle will be revered by distant Climes:,0.0
"And, lest Posterity should think us rude,",2.0
"And lost, at once, to Shame and Gratitude;",0.0
And civic Crowns shall mingle with His Bays:,1.0
"Nor shall His Works alone His Worth proclaim,",0.0
"His Statue shall be raised in every Street,",1.0
"With proud Oppression, writhing at His Feet;",0.0
"At his Right-hand fair Liberty shall smile,",5.0
Protected by the Guardian of our Isle;,2.0
"On other Side, the Goddess Fame shall stand,",0.0
"Then shall each generous Youth, who passes by,",3.0
"And sees the Patriot's Image, placed on high,",2.0
"With Emulation feel his Bosom fired,",0.0
"And thus break forth, by Gratitude inspired.",1.0
"OH Thou, whose Genius rose, to save the State,",0.0
And snatch Thy Country from the Brink of Fate!,1.0
"When for Thy Life Hibernia sues in vain,",3.0
And Heaven no longer will Thy Crown detain;,4.0
"Her grateful Sons, already robbed in White,",0.0
"Shall hail Thee, glorious, in the Realms of Light.",1.0
"MEEK Twilight! soften the declining day,",3.0
And bring the hour my pensive spirit loves;,0.0
When over the mountain slow descends the ray,2.0
That gives to silence and to night the groves.,1.0
"Ah, let the happy court the morning still,",0.0
"She bids fresh beauty light the vale or hill,",1.0
And rapture warble in the vocal shade.,0.0
"Sweet is the odour of the morning's flower,",0.0
And rich in melody her accents rise;,1.0
Yet dearer to my soul the shadowy hour,2.0
"At which her blossoms close, her music dies:",0.0
She wakes the tear it's luxury to shed.,1.0
"Rejoice, dear nymph! enjoy your happy grove,",1.0
"Where birds and shepherd's warble strains of love,",0.0
"While banished I, alas! can nothing hear,",1.0
"Here gilded beaux fine painted belles pursue,",1.0
"And, seeing daylight, from their pillows rise;",2.0
"Then order John the chariot to prepare,",3.0
"And drive to the Park, to take the morning air.",0.0
"Then coaches rattle to the ladies rout,",1.0
"With belles within, and mimic beaux without;",0.0
"The vulgar way of counting time they scorn,",0.0
"Their noon is evening, and their evening morn.",1.0
"But what is yet more wonderful than all,",1.0
These strange disorders they do pleasures call:,1.0
"Such tinsel joys shall never my heart obtain,",2.0
"Where unmoved constancy has fixed her seat,",7.0
"And love, and friendship, make their sweet retreat.",0.0
"There lives my friend, my dear Belinda gay,",0.0
Could I with her the freshening vales survey;,1.0
"If I should see a blackbird, or a thrush,",2.0
"Sit on her nest within the hawthorn bush,",1.0
She undisturbed should hatch her little brood;,0.0
"It surely is a pity to molest,",2.0
"A little bird, when sitting on her nest.",1.0
"Should love by chance invite your friend to rove,",0.0
I'd take a trip into the silent grove;,0.0
"There if my swain should pipe, then I would sing,",2.0
And be as happy as the birds in spring;,1.0
"No title but a nymph I'd wish to know,",2.0
"Nor ever commence a belle, to win a beau.",2.0
"Just as the Gods were listening to my Strains,",1.0
"With my own radiant Hair my Harp I strung,",1.0
And in glad Consort all my Sisters Sung;,0.0
"An universal Harmony above,",1.0
"A horrid Sound dashed our immortal Mirth,",2.0
"Wafted by Sighs, from the unlucky Earth.",3.0
But by our great immortal Selves we do.,1.0
"For when the loud unwelcome Message spread,",0.0
"A sullen Gloom seized all the Gods around,",1.0
My feeble Hand no more the Lyre could sound:,1.0
"And all the soft young Loves with drooping Wings,",1.0
"Trembled themselves into a mournful Air,",2.0
Then Sight and Hushed into a sad Despair.,0.0
"He with us sacred Nymphs profusely Mourns,",1.0
With us the least desire of Respite scorns;,1.0
Entire eternal Grief our Beings seize,2.0
For him who best could us and Mankind please.,2.0
"Great Dryden, in whose vast capacious Mind,",1.0
Our utmost Power did fit Reception find;,3.0
"Which Favours he did generously dispense,",3.0
And like us too diffused his Influence;,1.0
"His Genius would such Inspiration bear,",0.0
That his Illustrious Lines did not appear,3.0
"As if our Product, but our Selves were there.",2.0
"Be blessed with so Divine, so great a Swain.",1.0
"In you no more let tuneful Mirth be found,",3.0
And every Orb stop its harmonious round:,3.0
"All Nature hush as if entranced she lay,",1.0
"With such still Horror let's our sorrows bear,",2.0
"Lest Sighs in time, harmonious should appear.",2.0
"If ever to write again is Man's intent,",2.0
"Uncalled on let us silently lament,",1.0
"And take his Works, for an Eternal President,",1.0
IS Mirth a Crime? Instruct me you that know;,1.0
Or should these Eyes with Tears eternal flow:,0.0
"No let you Powers let this Bosom find,",1.0
Life's one grand Comfort a contented Mind:,4.0
"Preserve this Heart, and may it find no room",2.0
Too well the Mischief and the Pangs we know,2.0
Of doubtful Musing and prophetic Woe.,1.0
"But now these Evils for a Moment rest,",1.0
"And brighter Visions please the quiet Breast,",0.0
"Where sprightly Health its blessed Cordial pours,",3.0
"Then let me smile, and trifle while I may,",0.0
Yet not from Virtue nor from Reason stray:,1.0
From hated Slander I would keep my Tongue;,1.0
"My Heart from Envy, and from Guilt my Song:",1.0
"Nature's large Volume with Attention read,",4.0
"Its God acknowledge, and believe my Creed:",1.0
"But love my Parent, and esteem my Friend.",1.0
If like the most my undistinguished Days,0.0
Deserve not much of Censure or of Praise:,1.0
"Nor dreadful Crime has stained its early Page,",0.0
To hoard up Terrors for reflecting Age;,1.0
"Let me enjoy the sweet Suspense of Woe,",2.0
"When Heaven strikes me, I shall own the Blow:",0.0
"Till then let me indulge one simple Hour,",2.0
Like the pleased Infant over a painted Flower:,4.0
Is spent in trifling with a harmless Rhyme.,1.0
"Heroic Virtue asks a noble Mind,",0.0
"A Judgement strong, and Passions well refined:",0.0
"But if that Virtue's measured by the Will,",2.0
It's surely something to abstain from Ill.,1.0
"SOothing his Passions with a warb'ling Sound,",3.0
"While all were moved, who their Attention lent,",1.0
"Or with the Harmony in Chorus went,",2.0
"To something less than Joy, yet more than dull Content.",0.0
"Between which two Extremes true Pleasure lies,",1.0
"But yet, a fatal Prospect to the Sea",1.0
Would often draw his greedy Sight away.,0.0
"And guessed their Wealth, then scorned his little Store,",0.0
"Then would that Little lose, or else would make it more",0.0
"To Merchandise converted is the Fold,",1.0
"The Bag, the Bottle, and the Hurdles sold;",1.0
"Whom he had fed, and taught, and loved so well.",0.0
"In vain the Phillis wept, which heretofore",0.0
"Nor courts her Smiles, nor fears the Ocean's Frown",0.0
"For smooth it lay, as if one single Wave",1.0
"Made all the Sea, nor Winds that Sea could heave;",0.0
Which blew no more than might his Sails supply,1.0
"Clear was the Air below, and Phoebus laughed on high.",0.0
"With this Adventurer every thing combines,",3.0
And Gold to Gold his happy Voyage joins;,0.0
"But not so prosperous was the next Essay,",1.0
"For rugged Blasts encountered on the way,",1.0
"Scarce could the Men escape, the Deep had all their Prey.",0.0
Our broken Merchant in the Wreck was throw,0.0
"Upon those Lands, which once had been his own",0.0
"A Servant, for small Profits, there he turns,",3.0
"Yet thrives again, and less and less he mourns;",0.0
Which sad Experience taught him now to keep.,2.0
"When from that very Bank, one Halcyon Day,",2.0
"On which he leaned, when tempted to the Sea,",1.0
"He notes a Calm; the Winds and Waves were still,",0.0
"And promised what the Winds nor Waves fulfil,",0.0
"A settled Quiet, and Conveyance sure,",1.0
"To him that Wealth, by Traffic, would procure.",1.0
"But the rough part the Shepherd now performs,",2.0
"Even thus quoth he you seemed all Rest and Ease,",2.0
"That never to be forgot, that luckless Hour,",2.0
In which I put my Fortunes in your Power;,0.0
"Quitting my slender, but secure Estate,",3.0
"My undisturbed Repose, my sweet Retreat,",0.0
"But swept my Folly, with my Goods, away.",1.0
"Then smile no more, nor these false Shows employ,",3.0
"Thou momentary Calm, thou fleeting Joy;",0.0
"No more on me shall these fair Signs prevail,",4.0
"Some other Novice may be won to Sail,",1.0
O! have I left you friendship's holy hours?,0.0
"Why are you vanished, dear inviting shades?",0.0
"Why ceased, the cheering music of your glades?",1.0
"Her sense reflective, and her taste refined;",1.0
When mid their haunts they see her graceful move;,0.0
"That which adorns the clearest, strongest sense,",0.0
"And clothes in lightest dress, the thought intense.",0.0
"THOUGH nature weigh our talents, and dispense",1.0
"To every man his modicum of sense,",1.0
"And Conversation in its better part,",0.0
"May be esteemed a gift and not an art,",0.0
"On culture, and the sowing of the soil.",2.0
"Words learnt by rote, a parrot may rehearse,",2.0
"But talking is not always to converse,",2.0
Not more distinct from harmony divine,1.0
The constant creaking of a country sign.,1.0
Sorting and puzzling with a deal of glee,3.0
"Those seeds of science called his ABC,",1.0
"So language in the mouths of the adult,",0.0
"Witness its insignificant result,",3.0
"Too often proves an implement of play,",2.0
"A toy to sport with, and pass time away.",2.0
"Collect at evening what the day brought forth,",1.0
"Compress the sum into its solid worth,",0.0
"And if it weigh the importance of a fly,",4.0
The scales are false or Algebra a lie.,1.0
"Sacred interpreter of human thought,",3.0
How few respect or use thee as they ought!,1.0
But all shall give account of every wrong,0.0
"Who prostitute it in the cause of vice,",0.0
"Who vote for hire, or point it with lampoon,",1.0
"Wrath stays him, or else God would strike them dumb;",4.0
"His wise forbearance has their end in view,",0.0
They fill their measure and receive their due.,1.0
"Names almost worthy of a Christian praise,",3.0
"Would drive them forth from the resort of men,",1.0
"O come not you near innocence and truth,",2.0
You worms that eat into the bud of youth!,0.0
"Taints in its rudiments the promised flower,",1.0
Thenceforth it's hateful for it smells of you.,2.0
Not even the vigorous and headlong rage,4.0
"Of adolescence or a firmer age,",1.0
"Affords a plea allowable or just,",1.0
"But when the breath of age commits the fault,",0.0
"So withered stumps disgrace the sylvan scene,",0.0
"No longer fruitful and no longer green,",3.0
"Oaths terminate, as Paul observes, all strife ' --",1.0
"Some men have surely then a peaceful life,",0.0
"Whatever subject occupy discourse,",5.0
Makes contradiction such an hopeless case;,2.0
"In every tale they tell, or false or true,",0.0
"Well known, or such as no man ever knew,",3.0
"With oaths like rivets forced into the brain,",0.0
"And even when sober truth prevails throughout,",2.0
"A Persian, humble servant of the sun,",1.0
"Who though devout yet bigotry had none,",2.0
"Hearing a lawyer, grave in his address,",3.0
"Supposed the man a bishop, or at least,",1.0
"God's name so much upon his lips, a priest,",1.0
"Bowed at the close with all his graceful airs,",0.0
"Go quit the rank to which you stood preferred,",1.0
"Henceforth associate in one common herd,",1.0
"Religion, virtue, reason, common sense",0.0
"A mere disguise in which a devil lurks,",0.0
Who yet betrays his secret by his works.,1.0
"You powers who rule the tongue, if such there are,",3.0
"And make colloquial happiness your care,",3.0
"Preserve me from the thing I dread and hate,",1.0
A duel in the form of a debate:,1.0
The clash of arguments and jar of words,1.0
"Worse than the mortal brunt of rival swords,",0.0
"Decide no question with their tedious length,",4.0
"For opposition gives opinion strength,",0.0
"Divert the champions prodigal of breath,",3.0
"Nor carp at every flaw you may discern,",1.0
I am not surely always in the wrong;,1.0
"It's hard if all is false that I advance,",1.0
"A fool must now and then be right, by chance.",0.0
"Not that all freedom of dissent I blame,",1.0
No ' --  there I grant the privilege I claim.,1.0
"A disputable point is no man's ground,",4.0
"Rove where you please, it's common all around,",0.0
Discourse may want an animated ' --  No ' --,2.0
"To brush the surface and to make it flow,",1.0
"But still remember if you mean to please,",1.0
To press your point with modesty and ease.,1.0
"The mark at which my juster aim I take,",0.0
Is contradiction for its own dear sake;,2.0
"Set your opinion at whatever pitch,",3.0
"Knots and impediments make something hitch,",4.0
"Adopt his own, it's equally in vain,",1.0
Your thread of argument is snapped again;,1.0
"The wrangler, rather than accord with you,",1.0
"Will judge himself deceived, and prove it too.",0.0
"A noisy man is always in the right,",0.0
"I twirl my thumbs, fall back into my chair,",1.0
"And when I hope his blunders are all out,",1.0
Reply discreetly ' --  to be sure ' --  no doubt.,2.0
Yes ' --  you may catch him tripping if you can.,1.0
He would not with a peremptory tone,3.0
Assert the nose upon his face his own;,0.0
"With hesitation admirably slow,",1.0
"His evidence, if he were called by law,",2.0
"To swear to some enormity he saw,",1.0
"For want of prominence and just relief,",1.0
Would hang an honest man and save a thief.,0.0
"He ties up all his hearers in suspense,",0.0
"Knows what he knows as if he knew it not,",1.0
"What he remembers seems to have forgot,",1.0
"His sole opinion, whatsoever befall,",2.0
"Yet though he tease and balk your listening ear,",0.0
He makes one useful point exceeding clear;,0.0
"However ingenious on his darling theme,",4.0
"A sceptic in philosophy may seem,",1.0
"Reduced to practise, his beloved rule,",1.0
"Would only prove him a consummate fool,",1.0
"Useless in him alike both brain and speech,",3.0
Fate having placed all truth above his reach;,1.0
"His ambiguities his total sum,",2.0
He might as well be blind and deaf and dumb.,0.0
"Where men of judgement creep and feel their way,",0.0
"The Positive pronounce without dismay,",1.0
Their want of light and intellect supplied,0.0
By sparks absurdity strikes out of pride:,2.0
"Without the means of knowing right from wrong,",0.0
"They always are decisive, clear and strong;",1.0
"Where others toil with philosophic force,",0.0
"Their nimble nonsense takes a shorter course,",0.0
"Flings at your head conviction in the lump,",0.0
And gains remote conclusions at a jump:,0.0
"Their own defect invisible to them,",1.0
"Seen in another they at once condemn,",2.0
Hate their own likeness in a brother's face.,0.0
"The cause is plain and not to be denied,",0.0
"The proud are always most provoked by pride,",0.0
"Few competitions but engender spite,",1.0
"And those the most, where neither has a right.",1.0
"The point of honour has been deemed of use,",0.0
To teach good manners and to kerb abuse;,1.0
"Admit it true, the consequence is clear,",1.0
"Our polished manners are a mask we wear,",1.0
"And at the bottom, barbarous still and rude,",2.0
"We are restrained indeed, but not subdued;",1.0
"The very remedy, however sure,",2.0
"Springs from the mischief it intends to cure,",1.0
"And savage in its principle appears,",1.0
"Tried, as it should be, by the fruit it bears.",1.0
It's hard indeed if nothing will defend,1.0
"Mankind from quarrels but their fatal end,",2.0
"That now and then an hero must decease,",0.0
That the surviving world may live in peace.,1.0
"Perhaps at last, close scrutiny may show",2.0
"The practise dastardly and mean and low,",1.0
"That men engage in it compelled by force,",1.0
"And fear not courage is its proper source,",1.0
"The fear of tyrant custom, and the fear",1.0
"At least to trample on our Maker's laws,",1.0
"And hazard life, for any or no cause,",2.0
"To rush into a fixed eternal state,",0.0
"Out of the very flames of rage and hate,",1.0
Or send another shivering to the bar,1.0
"With all the guilt of such unnatural war,",3.0
Am I to set my life upon a throw,1.0
Because a bear is rude and surly? No ' --,0.0
"Will not affront me, and no other can.",3.0
"A Trojan combat would be something new,",0.0
Then each might show to his admiring friends,1.0
"In honourable bumps his rich amends,",2.0
"And carry in contusions of his scull,",1.0
A satisfactory receipt in full.,1.0
A storey in which native humour reigns,1.0
"Is often useful, always entertains,",0.0
"A graver fact enlisted on your side,",1.0
"May furnish illustration, well applied;",0.0
"But sedentary weavers of long tales,",2.0
"It's the most asinine employ on earth,",1.0
"To hear them tell of parentage and birth,",1.0
"And echo conversations dull and dry,",0.0
"Embellished with, he said, and so said I.",1.0
"At every interview their rout the same,",0.0
"The repetition makes attention lame,",0.0
"We bustle up with unsuccessful speed,",1.0
And in the saddest part cry ' --  droll indeed!,1.0
"The path of narrative with care pursue,",1.0
"Still making probability your clue,",2.0
"On all the vestiges of truth attend,",1.0
And let them guide you to a decent end.,1.0
"Of all ambitions man may entertain,",0.0
"The worst that can invade a sickly brain,",1.0
"Is that which angles hourly for surprise,",1.0
And baits its hook with prodigies and lies.,1.0
Credulous infancy or age as weak,3.0
"Are fittest auditors for such to seek,",2.0
"Who to please others will themselves disgrace,",3.0
"Yet please not, but affront you to your face.",2.0
"A great retailer of this curious ware,",4.0
"Having unloaded and made many stare,",4.0
Can this be true? an arch observer cries ' --,1.0
"Yes, rather moved, I saw it with these eyes.",2.0
"Sir! I believe it on that ground alone,",3.0
"I could not, had I seen it with my own.",1.0
"A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct,",0.0
"Tell not as new what every body knows,",0.0
"And new or old, still hasten to a close,",2.0
Let all your rays of information meet:,0.0
"What neither yields us profit or delight,",1.0
"Is like a nurse's lullaby at night,",0.0
"Guy Earl of Warwick and fair Eleanore,",4.0
Makes half a sentence at a time enough;,1.0
"The dozing sages drop the drowsy strain,",0.0
"Then pause, and puff ' --  and speak, and pause again.",0.0
"Such often like the tube they so admire,",1.0
Important trifles! have more smoke than fire.,0.0
Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys,0.0
Thy worst effect is banishing for hours,1.0
"Thou art indeed the drug a gardener wants,",2.0
"To poison vermin that infest his plants,",0.0
"But are we so to wit and beauty blind,",1.0
"As to despise the glory of our kind,",2.0
And show the softest minds and fairest forms,0.0
"As little mercy, as he, grubs and worms?",1.0
"They dare not wait the riotous abuse,",1.0
"When wine has given indecent language birth,",2.0
And forced the floodgates of licentious mirth;,2.0
For sea-born Venus her attachment shows,2.0
"Still to that element from which she rose,",1.0
"And with a quiet which no fumes disturb,",2.0
Sips meek infusions of a milder herb.,2.0
The emphatic speaker dearly loves to oppose,3.0
"In contact inconvenient, nose to nose,",1.0
Touched with a magnet had attracted his.,1.0
"His whispered theme, dilated and at large,",1.0
"An extract of his diary ' --  no more,",1.0
A tasteless journal of the day before.,1.0
"He walked abroad, overtaken in the rain",6.0
"Called on a friend, drank tea, stepped home again,",2.0
"Resumed his purpose, had a world of talk",0.0
"With one he stumbled on, and lost his walk.",2.0
"I interrupt him with a sudden bow,",1.0
Adieu dear Sir! lest you should lose it now.,2.0
"I cannot talk with civet in the room,",0.0
The sight's enough ' --  no need to smell a beau ' --,1.0
"Perhaps might prosper with a swarm of bees,",1.0
"But we that make no honey though we sting,",3.0
"It's wrong to bring into a mixed resort,",0.0
Why such an one should keep himself away.,1.0
Quite as absurd though not so light as he:,2.0
"A shallow brain behind a serious mask,",2.0
"An oracle within an empty cask,",1.0
The solemn fop; significant and budge;,1.0
"A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.",5.0
"He says but little, and that little said",1.0
"Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead.",0.0
"His wit invites you by his looks to come,",1.0
But when you knock it never is at home:,1.0
"It's like a parcel sent you by the stage,",1.0
"Some handsome present, as your hopes presage,",4.0
"It's heavy, bulky, and bids fair to prove",2.0
"An absent friend's fidelity and love,",1.0
But when unpacked your disappointment groans,0.0
"To find it stuffed with brickbats, earth and stones.",1.0
"Some men employ their health, an ugly trick,",0.0
"In making known how oft they have been sick,",0.0
And give us in recitals of disease,1.0
"A doctor's trouble, but without the fees:",1.0
"Relate how many weeks they kept their bed,",0.0
"How an emetic or cathartic sped,",2.0
"Nothing is slightly touched, much less forgot,",2.0
"Nose, ears, and eyes seem present on the spot.",3.0
Now the distemper spite of draught or pill,2.0
"Victorious seemed, and now the doctor's skill;",2.0
And now ' --  alas for unforeseen mishaps!,1.0
"They thought they must have died they were so bad,",1.0
Their peevish hearers almost wish they had.,1.0
"Some fretful tempers wince at every touch,",0.0
You always do too little or too much:,3.0
"You speak with life in hopes to entertain,",0.0
Your elevated voice goes through the brain;,2.0
"You fall at once into a lower key,",0.0
"The southern sash admits too strong a light,",1.0
You rise and drop the curtain ' --  now its night.,0.0
He shakes with cold ' --  you stir the fire and strive,0.0
"Serve him with ven'son and he chooses fish,",1.0
"He takes what he at first professed to loath,",1.0
And in due time feeds heartily on both;,3.0
He does not swallow but he gulps it down.,1.0
"Your hope to please him, vain on every plan,",0.0
Himself should work that wonder if he can ' --,1.0
"He likes yours little and his own still less,",2.0
"Thus always teasing others, always teased,",1.0
His only pleasure is ' --  to be displeased.,1.0
"I pity bashful men, who feel the pain",0.0
"Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,",0.0
And bear the marks upon a blushing face,0.0
"Our sensibilities are so acute,",2.0
The fear of being silent makes us mute.,0.0
We sometime think we could a speech produce,1.0
"Much to the purpose, if our tongues were loose,",1.0
"But being tied, it dies upon the lip,",0.0
Faint as a chicken's note that has the pip:,0.0
"Few Frenchmen of this evil have complained,",1.0
It seems as if we Britons were ordained,2.0
"By way of wholesome kerb upon our pride,",0.0
"To fear each other, fearing none beside.",0.0
"The cause perhaps enquiry may descry,",3.0
"Concealed within an unsuspected part,",0.0
"For ever aiming at the world's esteem,",0.0
"In other eyes our talents rarely shown,",0.0
"Become at length so splendid in our own,",0.0
"We dare not risque them into public view,",3.0
"True modesty is a discerning grace,",3.0
"And only blushes in the proper place,",0.0
"But counterfeit is blind, and skulks through fear,",0.0
Where it's a shame to be ashamed to appear;,2.0
"Humility the parent of the first,",2.0
The last by vanity produced and nursed.,1.0
"The circle formed we sit in silent state,",0.0
"Yes ma'am, and no ma'am, uttered softly, show",2.0
Every five minutes how the minutes go;,3.0
Each individual suffering a constraint,3.0
"Poetry may, but colours cannot paint,",2.0
"As if in close committee on the sky,",2.0
"Reports it hot or cold, or wet or dry;",0.0
"We next enquire, but softly and by stealth,",3.0
"Like conservators of the public health,",1.0
"Of epidemic throats if such there are,",1.0
"That theme exhausted, a wide chasm ensues,",4.0
"Filled up at last with interesting news,",1.0
"Who danced with whom, and who are like to wed,",0.0
"And who is hanged, and who is brought to bed,",0.0
"But fear to call a more important cause,",0.0
"The visit paid, with ecstasy we come",1.0
"As from a seven years transportation, home,",3.0
"Recovering what we lost we know not how,",1.0
Expression and the privilege of thought.,2.0
"The reeking roaring hero of the chase,",1.0
I give him over as a desperate case.,1.0
"Physicians write in hopes to work a cure,",0.0
"Never, if honest ones, when death is sure;",2.0
"And though the fox he follows may be tamed,",2.0
"Some farrier should prescribe his proper course,",2.0
"Whose only fit companion is his horse,",1.0
Or if deserving of a better doom,2.0
"The noble beast judge otherwise, his groom.",1.0
"Yet even the rogue that serves him, though he stand",3.0
"If neither horse nor groom affect the squire,",0.0
"O to the club, the scene of savage joys,",1.0
The school of coarse good fellowship and noise;,0.0
There in the sweet society of those,1.0
"Whose friendship from his boyish years he chose,",1.0
"Let him improve his talent if he can,",3.0
Till none but beasts acknowledge him a man.,1.0
"Like theirs that cleave the flood or graze the field,",0.0
Given him a soul and bade him understand.,1.0
"The power to cloth that reason with his word,",3.0
"For all is perfect that God works on earth,",2.0
"And he that gives conception, adds the birth.",1.0
"If this be plain, it's plainly understood",1.0
What uses of his boon the Giver would.,1.0
The mind dispatched upon her busy toil,0.0
"Should range where Providence has blessed the soil,",1.0
"Visiting every flower with labour meet,",4.0
"And gathering all her treasures sweet by sweet,",1.0
"She should imbue the tongue with what she sips,",0.0
"And shed the balmy blessing on the lips,",1.0
"That good diffused may more abundant grow,",0.0
And speech may praise the power that bids it flow.,2.0
"That fills the listening lover with delight,",1.0
"Forget his harmony with rapture heard,",1.0
"Or make the parrot's mimicry his choice,",1.0
That odious libel on an human voice?,3.0
"Starts not aside from her Creator's plan,",3.0
The melody that was at first designed,2.0
"To cheer the rude forefathers of mankind,",3.0
"Is note for note delivered in our ears,",0.0
In the last scene of her six thousand years:,5.0
"Yet Fashion, leader of a chattering train,",3.0
"Whom man for his own hurt permits to reign,",1.0
"Who shifts and changes all things but his shape,",2.0
"The fruitful parent of abuse and wrong,",1.0
Holds an usurped dominion over his tongue:,5.0
"There sits and prompts him with his own disgrace,",1.0
"Prescribes the theme, the tone and the grimace,",0.0
"And when accomplished in her wayward school,",0.0
Calls gentleman whom she has made a fool.,3.0
It's an unalterable fixed decree,2.0
"That none could frame or ratify but she,",0.0
"That heaven and hell and righteousness and sin,",1.0
"Snares in his path and foes that lurk within,",0.0
God and his attributes a field of day,0.0
Where it's an angel's happiness to stray,1.0
"Fruits of his love and wonders of his might,",1.0
Be never named in ears esteemed polite.,0.0
"That he who dares, when she forbids, be grave,",1.0
"Shall stand proscribed, a madman or a knave,",2.0
"A close designer not to be believed,",0.0
"Or if excused that charge, at least deceived.",1.0
"O folly worthy of the nurse's lap,",1.0
Give it the breast or stop its mouth with pap!,0.0
"Is it incredible, or can it seem",3.0
"A dream to any except those that dream,",2.0
"That man should love his Maker, and that fire",1.0
Warming his heart should at his lips transpire?,2.0
"Know then, and modestly let fall your eyes,",2.0
"And vail your daring crest that braves the skies,",0.0
"That air of insolence affronts your God,",1.0
"You need his pardon, and provoke his rod,",1.0
"Now, in a posture that becomes you more",0.0
"Than that heroic strut assumed before,",0.0
"Know, your arrears with every hour accrue,",2.0
For mercy shown while wrath is justly due.,0.0
"The time is short, and there are souls on earth,",1.0
"Though future pain may serve for present mirth,",0.0
Acquainted with the woes that fear or shame,1.0
"By fashion taught, forbade them once to name,",0.0
"And having felt the pangs you deem a jest,",0.0
Have proved them truths too big to be expressed:,1.0
"Go seek on revelation's hallowed ground,",1.0
"Sure to succeed, the remedy they found,",3.0
"Touched by that power that you have dared to mock,",0.0
"That makes seas stable and dissolves the rock,",2.0
"That fools, as you have done, shall call a dream.",0.0
"Soon after He that was our surety died,",5.0
"The scene of all those sorrows left behind,",0.0
"Sought their own village, busied as they went",1.0
In musings worthy of the great event:,1.0
"They spoke of him they loved, of him whose life",2.0
"Though blameless, had incurred perpetual strife,",2.0
"Whose deeds had left, in spite of hostile arts,",0.0
"The recollection like a vein of over,",0.0
"The farther traced enriched them still the more,",0.0
"They thought him, and they justly thought him one",1.0
"Sent to do more than he appeared to have done,",1.0
"TO exalt a people, and to place them high",2.0
"Above all else, and wondered he should die.",1.0
"Before yet they brought their journey to an end,",1.0
"A stranger joined them, courteous as a friend,",1.0
"And asked them with a kind engaging air,",1.0
"What their affliction was, and begged a share.",2.0
"Informed, he gathered up the broken thread,",1.0
"And truth and wisdom gracing all he said,",0.0
"Explained, illustrated and searched so well",6.0
"The tender theme on which they chose to dwell,",0.0
"That reaching home, the night, they said, is near,",0.0
"We must not now be parted, sojourn here ' --",0.0
"The new acquaintance soon became a guest,",0.0
"And made so welcome at their simple feast,",0.0
"He blessed the bread, but vanished at the word,",0.0
"Did not our hearts feel all he deigned to say,",1.0
Did they not burn within us by the way?,1.0
"Man to maintain, and such as God approves;",3.0
"Their views indeed were indistinct and dim,",1.0
But yet successful being aimed at him.,0.0
"Christ and his character their only scope,",1.0
"Their object and their subject and their hope,",2.0
"They felt what it became them much to feel,",1.0
"And wanting him to loose the sacred seal,",1.0
"Found him as prompt as their desire was true,",1.0
To spread the newborn glories in their view.,0.0
Well ' --  what are ages and the lapse of time,1.0
Matched against truths as lasting as sublime?,4.0
"Can length of years on God himself exact,",0.0
Or make that fiction which was once a fact?,0.0
"No ' --  marble and recording brass decay,",2.0
"The works of man inherit, as is just,",1.0
Their authors frailty and return to dust;,1.0
"But truth divine for ever stands secure,",0.0
"Its head as guarded as its base is sure,",1.0
Fixed in the rolling flood of endless years,0.0
"The pillar of the eternal plan appears,",3.0
"The raving storm and dashing wave defies,",0.0
Built by that architect who built the skies.,0.0
"Hearts may be found that harbour at this hour,",0.0
"That love of Christ in all its quickening power,",2.0
"And lips unstained by folly or by strife,",1.0
"Whose wisdom drawn from the deep well of life,",2.0
"Tastes of its healthful origin, and flows",1.0
A Jordan for the ablution of our woes.,4.0
"O days of heaven and nights of equal praise,",0.0
"Serene and peaceful as those heavenly days,",3.0
"When souls drawn upward in communion sweet,",1.0
"Enjoy the stillness of some close retreat,",1.0
"Discourse as if released and safe at home,",3.0
"Of dangers past and wonders yet to come,",0.0
And spread the sacred treasures of the breast,1.0
"What always dreaming over heavenly things,",2.0
And half the night? fanatic and absurd!,1.0
"Mine be the friend less frequent in his prayers,",1.0
"Who makes no bustle with his soul's affairs,",2.0
"Content on earth in earthly things to shine,",0.0
"Who waits for heaven ever he becomes divine,",1.0
"Leaves saints to enjoy those altitudes they teach,",2.0
And plucks the fruit placed more within his reach.,1.0
"Well spoken, Advocate of sin and shame,",1.0
"Is sparkling wit the world's exclusive right,",0.0
"Can hopes of heaven, bright prospects of an hour",4.0
"That comes to waft us out of sorrow's power,",1.0
Obscure or quench a faculty that finds,1.0
"Religion kerbs indeed its wanton play,",0.0
"But gives it usefulness unknown before,",1.0
And purifying makes it shine the more.,0.0
"A Christian's wit is inoffensive light,",1.0
"A beam that aids but never grieves the sight,",0.0
"Vigorous in age as in the flush of youth,",1.0
"It's always active on the side of truth,",1.0
"Temperance and peace insure its healthful state,",1.0
And make it brightest at its latest date.,0.0
O I have seen nor hope perhaps in vain,1.0
Ever life go down to see such sights again,2.0
"A veteran warrior in the Christian field,",0.0
Who never saw the sword he could not wield;,0.0
"A man that would have foiled at their own play,",1.0
"Who when occasion justified its use,",0.0
"Had wit as bright as ready, to produce,",1.0
"Could fetch from records of an earlier age,",3.0
"His rich materials, and regale your ear",3.0
With strains it was a privilege to hear;,2.0
"Yet above all his luxury supreme,",1.0
And his chief glory was the gospel theme;,3.0
"There he was copious as old Greece or Rome,",5.0
"His happy eloquence seemed there at home,",2.0
"Ambitious, not to shine or to excel,",1.0
But to treat justly what he loved so well.,2.0
"It moves me more perhaps than folly ought,",0.0
"When some green heads as void of wit as thought,",1.0
"Though time will wear us, and we must grow old,",2.0
"Such men are not forgot as soon as cold,",0.0
"Their fragrant memory will out last their tomb,",1.0
Embalmed for ever in its own perfume:,0.0
"And to say truth, though in its early prime,",2.0
"And when unstained with any grosser crime,",0.0
"That in the valley of decline are lost,",1.0
And virtue with peculiar charms appears,1.0
Crowned with the garland of life's blooming years;,2.0
"Yet age by long experience well informed,",2.0
"Well read, well tempered, with religion warmed,",3.0
"Proud of his speed to overshoot the truth,",0.0
"As time improves the grape's authentic juice,",0.0
"And claims a reverence in its shortening day,",1.0
That it's an honour and a joy to pay.,0.0
"The fruits of age, less fair, are yet more sound,",1.0
"Than those a brighter season pours around,",1.0
"And like the stores autumnal suns mature,",0.0
"What is fanatic frenzy, scorned so much,",1.0
And dreaded more than a contagious touch?,1.0
"I grant it dangerous, and approve your fear,",3.0
"That fire is catching if you draw too near,",2.0
"But sage observers oft mistake the flame,",0.0
And give true piety that odious name.,4.0
To tremble as the creature of an hour,2.0
Ought at the view of an almighty power,1.0
"Before his presence, at whose awful throne",0.0
"All tremble in all worlds, except our own,",0.0
"Though common sense allowed a casting voice,",0.0
"And free from bias, must approve the choice,",0.0
"Convicts a man fanatic in the extreme,",2.0
And wild as madness in the world's esteem.,0.0
But that disease when soberly defined,1.0
"Is the false fire of an overheated mind,",2.0
"It views the truth with a distorted eye,",1.0
"And either warps or lays it useless by,",1.0
"It's narrow, selfish, arrogant, and draws",1.0
"Its sordid nourishment from man's applause,",1.0
"Shines in the dark, but ushered into day,",0.0
"The stench remains, the lustre dies away.",0.0
"True bliss, if man may reach it, is composed",2.0
Of hearts in union mutually disclosed:,3.0
"And, farewell else all hope of pure delight,",1.0
"Those hearts should be reclaimed, renewed, upright.",0.0
"Form, in its stead, a covenant of shame,",1.0
A dark confederacy against the laws,1.0
"Of virtue, and religion's glorious cause.",3.0
"They build each other up with dreadful skill,",1.0
"Enlarge and fortify the dread redoubt,",0.0
"Call legions up from hell to back the deed,",2.0
"And cursed with conquest, finally succeed:",1.0
But souls that carry on a blessed exchange,1.0
"Of joys they meet with in their heavenly range,",2.0
And with a fearless confidence make known,3.0
Daily derive increasing light and force,2.0
"From such communion in their pleasant course,",1.0
"Feel less the journey's roughness and its length,",2.0
"And one in heart, in interest and design,",2.0
Gird up each other to the race divine.,1.0
"But Conversation, choose what theme we may,",0.0
"And chiefly when religion leads the way,",0.0
"Should flow like waters after summer showers,",0.0
Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.,0.0
"The Christian in whose soul, though now distressed,",0.0
"Lives the dear thought of joys he once possessed,",3.0
When all his glowing language issued forth,0.0
"With God's deep stamp upon its current worth,",1.0
"Will speak without disguise, and must impart",0.0
"Abhors constraint, and dares not feign a zeal,",0.0
Or seem to boast a fire he does not feel.,0.0
Unless when rising on a joyful wing,1.0
"The soul can mix with the celestial bands,",1.0
And give the strain the compass it demands.,1.0
Strange tidings these to tell a world who treat,2.0
All but their own experience as deceit!,3.0
"Will they believe, though credulous enough",2.0
"To swallow much upon much weaker proof,",0.0
"That there are blessed inhabitants of earth,",1.0
"Their hopes, desires and purposes estranged",1.0
"From things terrestrial, and divinely changed,",3.0
Their very language of a kind that speaks,1.0
"The soul's sure interest in the good she seeks,",1.0
"Who deal with scripture, its importance felt,",1.0
"As Tully with philosophy once dealt,",3.0
"And in the silent watches of the night,",1.0
"The social walk, or solitary ride,",0.0
Keep still the dear companion at their side?,1.0
"God's work may serve an ape upon a stage,",1.0
With such a jest as filled with hellish glee,1.0
"Certain invisibles as shrewd as he,",4.0
"But veneration or respect finds none,",2.0
Save from the subjects of that work alone.,1.0
"The world grown old, her deep discernment shows,",1.0
"And finds it a mere mask of sly grimace,",3.0
"Usurps God's office, lays his bosom bare,",2.0
"And serving God herself through mere constraint,",0.0
"And yet God knows, look human nature through,",3.0
And in due time the world shall know it too,1.0
"That after man's defection laid all waste,",0.0
"Has made the newborn creature her abode,",1.0
Till the last fire burn all between the poles.,3.0
"Sincerity! Why it's his only pride,",2.0
"Weak and imperfect in all grace beside,",2.0
"He knows that God demands his heart entire,",0.0
"As having it, he deems the world's disdain;",1.0
That great defect would cost him not alone,0.0
"His birthright shaken and no longer clear,",3.0
Than while his conduct proves his heart sincere.,0.0
"Retort the charge, and let the world be told",1.0
"She boasts a confidence she does not hold,",1.0
"That conscious of her crimes, she feels instead,",1.0
"A cold misgiving, and a killing dread:",1.0
"That while in health, the ground of her support",1.0
"Is madly to forget that life is short,",1.0
"Her hope presumption, and her faith a lie.",1.0
"Her utmost reach, historical assent,",2.0
The doctrines warped to what they never meant.,0.0
That truth itself is in her head as dull,0.0
"And useless as a candle in a scull,",1.0
"And all her love of God a groundless claim,",0.0
"A trick upon the canvas, painted flame.",0.0
"Tell her again, the sneer upon her face,",2.0
"Are insincere, meant only to conceal",2.0
"A dread she would not, yet is forced to feel,",0.0
"That in her heart the Christian she reveres,",1.0
"And while she seems to scorn him, only fears.",0.0
"A poet does not work by square or line,",0.0
"At least we moderns, our attention less,",1.0
"Beyond the example of our sires, digress,",3.0
"And claim a right to scamper and run wide,",2.0
"Wherever chance, caprice, or fancy guide.",0.0
"I owed a trifle and have paid the debt,",1.0
"Perhaps, however, as some years have passed",2.0
"Since she and I conversed together last,",1.0
"And I have lived recluse in rural shades,",1.0
"Which seldom a distinct report pervades,",1.0
"Great changes and new manners have occurred,",3.0
"And blessed reforms that I have never heard,",1.0
"And she may now be as discreet and wise,",2.0
As once absurd in all discerning eyes.,0.0
"Sobriety perhaps may now be found,",1.0
"Where once intoxication pressed the ground,",0.0
"The subtle and injurious may be just,",2.0
And he grown chaste that was the slave of lust;,1.0
"Arts once esteemed may be with shame dismissed,",1.0
Forgot to curse and only kneel to pray.,0.0
"It has indeed been told me with what weight,",1.0
"How credibly, it's hard for me to state",2.0
"That fable's old that seemed for ever mute,",0.0
"Revived, are hastening into fresh repute,",0.0
"And gods and goddesses discarded long,",1.0
"Like useless lumber or a stroller's fong,",2.0
"Are bringing into vogue their heathen train,",0.0
And Jupiter bids fair to rule again.,2.0
"That certain feasts are instituted now,",0.0
"Where Venus hears the lover's tender vow,",0.0
"To consecrate our few remaining groves,",0.0
"And echo learns politely to repeat,",1.0
"The praise of names for ages obsolete,",0.0
"That having proved the weakness, it should seem,",1.0
"Of revelation's ineffectual beam,",2.0
"To bring the passions under sober sway,",0.0
"And give the moral springs their proper play,",0.0
They mean to try what may at last be done,1.0
"By stout substantial gods of wood and stone,",0.0
And whether Roman rites may not produce,0.0
The virtues of old Rome for English use.,2.0
"May much success attend the pious plan,",0.0
"May Mercury once more embellish man,",2.0
"Grace him again with long forgotten arts,",2.0
"Reclaim his taste and brighten up his parts,",1.0
"Make him athletic as in days of old,",3.0
"Divest the rougher sex of female airs,",1.0
And teach the softer not to copy theirs.,1.0
"The change shall please, nor shall it matter aught",0.0
Who works the wonder if it be but wrought.,1.0
"For us plain folks and all who side with us,",2.0
"To build our altar, confident and bold,",1.0
"And say as stern Elijah said of old,",0.0
"The strife now stands upon a fair award,",1.0
"If he be silent, faith is all a whim,",1.0
"Digression is so much in modern use,",1.0
"Thought is so rare, and fancy so profuse,",1.0
"Some never seem so wide of their intent,",1.0
As when returning to the theme they meant.,1.0
"Make every parish but their own, their home",2.0
"Though such continual zigzags in a book,",3.0
"And I had rather creep to what is true,",1.0
"Than rove and stagger with no mark in view,",2.0
"Yet to consult a little, seemed no crime,",2.0
"But now, to gather up what seems dispersed,",1.0
"And touch the subject I designed at first,",1.0
"May prove, though much beside the rules of art,",0.0
"Best for the public, and my wisest part.",1.0
And first let no man charge me that I mean,2.0
"To cloth in sables every social scene,",0.0
And give good company a face severe,1.0
As if they met around a father's bier;,1.0
"For tell some men that pleasure all their bent,",0.0
"Their wisdom bursts into this sage reply,",0.0
"Then mirth is sin, and we should always cry.",1.0
"To find the medium asks some share of wit,",2.0
And therefore it's a mark fools never hit.,3.0
"But though life's valley be a vale of tears,",2.0
"A brighter scene beyond that vale appears,",0.0
"Whose glory with a light that never fades,",1.0
"Shoots between scattered rocks and opening shades,",6.0
"And while it shows the land the soul desires,",0.0
"The language of the land she seeks, inspires.",1.0
"Thus touched, the tongue receives a sacred cure",1.0
"Of all that was absurd, profane, impure,",1.0
Held within modest bounds the tide of speech,4.0
"Pursues the course that truth and nature teach,",0.0
"The pomp of sound, or tinkle without use,",3.0
"Wherever it winds, the salutary stream",2.0
"Sprightly and fresh, enriches every theme,",2.0
"While all the happy man possessed before,",0.0
"The gift of nature or the classic store,",1.0
Is made subservient to the grand design,1.0
For which heaven formed the faculty divine.,1.0
"So should an idiot while at large he strays,",1.0
"Find the sweet lyre on which an artist plays,",2.0
"With rash and awkward force the chords he shakes,",0.0
And grins with wonder at the jar he makes;,0.0
"Once take the shell beneath his just command,",1.0
In gentle sounds it seems as it complained,1.0
"Of the rude injuries it late sustained,",3.0
"Till tuned at length to some immortal song,",0.0
"TREMBLE, thou Earth! the anointed poet said,",3.0
"At God's bright presence, tremble, all you mountains,",1.0
"Then once again, you glorious thunders roll,",2.0
"The Muse with transport hears you, once again",0.0
"Grand music of Omnipotence, the isles.",3.0
"It's thy terrific voice, thou God of Power,",1.0
It's thy terrific voice; all Nature hears it,1.0
"Awakened and alarmed; she feels its force,",1.0
And every movement of her vast machine.,1.0
"Behold! quakes Apennine, behold! recoils",1.0
"But what is this, celestial though the note,",2.0
"And proclamation of the reign supreme,",1.0
"Compared with such as, for a mortal ear",1.0
Should ocean to his congregated waves,1.0
"Call in each river, cataract, and lake,",1.0
And with the watery world down an huge rock,4.0
"Fall headlong in one horrible cascade,",2.0
"Dies on the doubting ear, if named with sounds",0.0
So mighty! so stupendous! so divine!,2.0
But not alone in the aerial vault,2.0
Does he the dread theocracy maintain;,1.0
"For oft, enraged with his intestine thunders,",1.0
And shocks the central magnet ' --  Cities then,0.0
"Totter on their foundations, stately columns,",3.0
What though in haughty eminence erect,1.0
"Stands the strong citadel, and frowns defiance",3.0
"On adverse hosts, though many a bastion jut",3.0
"Forth from the ramparts elevated mound,",1.0
"Vain the poor providence of human art,",4.0
And mortal strength how vain! while underneath,0.0
Triumphs his mining vengeance in the uproar,3.0
"Of shattered towers, riven rocks, and mountains,",0.0
"Bursting abrupt from darkness into day,",2.0
With din outrageous and destructive ire,1.0
"Augment the hideous tumult, while it wounds",2.0
"The afflicted ear, and terrifies the eye,",1.0
"Thy threatened indignation, but even Thou,",3.0
"Incensed Omnipotent, art gracious ever,",2.0
Thy goodness infinite but mildly warned us,1.0
Nor send more dire conviction! we confess,1.0
"That thou art He, the Almighty: we believe.",2.0
"For at thy righteous power whole systems quake,",3.0
For at thy nod tremble ten thousand worlds.,6.0
Which is and is not in a moment ' --  hark!,1.0
On the hurricane's tempestuous sweep he rides,3.0
"Invincible, and oaks and pines and cedars",1.0
And forests are no more. For conflict dreadful!,2.0
In his career the Hyperborean blast.,3.0
"The lordly lions shuddering seek their dens,",2.0
"And fly like timorous deer; the king of birds,",2.0
"Who dared the solar ray, is weak of wing,",0.0
Stands steadfast in the centre of the storm.,2.0
"Wherefore, you objects terrible and great,",3.0
"And boiling billows, hail! in chorus join",0.0
"To celebrate and magnify your Maker,",0.0
"Is not less manifest, is not less mighty.",2.0
"Survey the magnet's sympathetic love,",0.0
"The attractive amber's power, invisible",4.0
Even to the mental eye; or when the blow,1.0
"Sent from the electric sphere assaults thy frame,",1.0
Show me the hand that dealt it! ' --  baffled here,0.0
"By his Omnipotence, Philosophy",3.0
"Slowly her thoughts inadequate revolves,",2.0
"And stands, with all his circling wonders round her,",0.0
"If such the operations of his power,",2.0
Which at all seasons and in every place,1.0
Ruled by established laws and current nature,2.0
Arrest the attention; Who! OH Who shall tell,3.0
His acts miraculous? when his own decrees,1.0
"Repeals he, or suspends, when by the hand",2.0
"Of Moses or of Joshua, or the mouths",2.0
"Of his prophetic seers, such deeds he wrought,",1.0
That Faith was scarce a virtue. Need I sing,0.0
The fate of Pharaoh and his numerous band,3.0
"Lost in the reflux of the watery walls,",3.0
That melted to their fluid state again?,1.0
With more than mortal nerves was strung to overthrow,0.0
Idolatrous Philistia? shall I tell,2.0
"How David triumphed, and what Job sustained?",1.0
Which angels long to unfold! it's man's redemption,2.0
"That crowns thy glory, and thy power confirms,",3.0
"Shone forth the Sun of Righteousness revealed,",2.0
And on benighted reason poured the day;,1.0
Let there be peace he said and all was calm,0.0
"Amongst the warring world ' --  calm as the sea,",2.0
"When OH be still, you boisterous Winds, he cried,",0.0
"And not a breath was blown, nor murmur heard.",0.0
"His was a life of miracles and might,",2.0
"And charity and love, ever yet he taste",4.0
"The bitter draught of death, ever yet he rise",3.0
"Victorious over the universal foe,",4.0
And Death and Sin and Hell in triumph lead.,0.0
"His by the right of conquest is mankind,",3.0
And in sweet servitude and golden bonds,1.0
Were tied to him for ever. ' --  OH how easy,1.0
"It's ecstasy to bear! Him, blessed Shepherd,",4.0
His flocks shall follow through the maze of life,1.0
And as the radiant roses after fading,1.0
In fuller foliage and more fragrant breath,1.0
"Revive in smiling spring, so shall it fare",0.0
"With those that love him ' --  for sweet is their favour,",1.0
And all eternity shall be their spring.,1.0
"Then shall the gates and everlasting doors,",0.0
"At which the KING OF GLORY enters in,",0.0
"Boasts an undying bloom, where dubious hope",4.0
"Is freed from passion ' --  there we'll celebrate,",1.0
"With worthier numbers, Him, who is, and was,",4.0
"And in immortal prowess King of Kings,",0.0
Shall be the Monarch of all worlds for ever.,1.0
S' -- y thou dearest soft Retreat adieu,1.0
"You, whose safe Harbour kindly did receive,",1.0
"With Gilded Stern and Gaudy Sails I moved,",0.0
"Fraught with this Wish, be Great and be Beloved.",0.0
"No Rocks nor Wind, nor Enemies I feared:",2.0
"Young and unskilled in this unlucky Sea,",3.0
"For want of Ballast, Storms did ruin me.",1.0
Tore all my Sails and threatened sudden Death;,0.0
"There was no casting Anchor in this Storm,",2.0
That was but Ruin in another Form:,0.0
"For hope was all the lading I could boast,",1.0
Thus was I most inevitably lost.,1.0
My tattered Bark no friendly shelter finds;,1.0
"Till some kind Star dear S' -- y marked out thee,",3.0
With Masts and Tackling for the mighty Main;,1.0
"Happy defect that keeps from such extremes,",3.0
"Where no rough Winds but a safe Oar commands,",3.0
And if I please at each blessed Shade she Lands.,2.0
"There on a verdant Bank I set me down,",1.0
"At all my former daring Follies smile,",0.0
And bless the Storms that blowed me to this Isle;,1.0
"The Fortunate to me, and does contain,",2.0
"Those solid Joys, I elsewhere sought in vain.",1.0
"But ah! the Fates again do summon me,",1.0
To the loathed Ocean Popularity;,3.0
"Guard me you Gods with this one Bliss alone,",1.0
"Though I am seen, yet let me not be known.",1.0
The Picture strikes ' --  it's drawn with wondrous Art;,0.0
Well has the Poet played the Painter's Part.,0.0
"Though it's your Glory, yet, my Lord, I own,",1.0
I grieve the Features fit yourself alone.,0.0
"But know, though All agree the Picture's yours,",1.0
It's Steadiness alone your Claim secures.,1.0
"But should you from the Rules of Virtue stray,",1.0
"Should ever degrading Vice deform your Frame,",3.0
"She sighs, to think how Time will soon devour",0.0
"The lovely Bloom, which gives her now such Power:",0.0
"Be it your Glory to surpass the Paint,",1.0
And make the finished Picture look too faint.,1.0
Calls forth the Graces that adorn your Heart?,1.0
And share that Immortality they give.,1.0
"O! How his Pointed Language, like a Dart,",1.0
"Quite through my Soul the charming Accents slide,",0.0
That from his Life inspiring Portals glide;,0.0
"And while I the enchanting sound admire,",1.0
"O Son of Venus, Mourn thy baffled Arts,",0.0
For I defy the proudest of thy Darts:,2.0
And find no fatal influence accrue;,2.0
Should my bright Sun deign to approach more near;,3.0
"Thou a false Idol, he the God of Love;",3.0
"Lovely beyond Conception, he is all",3.0
"Reason, or Fancy amiable call,",3.0
"All that the most exerted thoughts can reach,",0.0
"O! altogether Charming, why in thee",0.0
Do the vain World no Form or Beauty see?,4.0
And yet refuse their Homage to a God?,1.0
For the Dead Puddle of a narrow Urn?,3.0
O Carnal Madness! sure we falsely call,0.0
"So dull a thing as man is, rational;",0.0
"Alas, my shining Love, what can there be",1.0
"In whom the brightness of a Godhead Shines,",2.0
With all its lovely and endearing Lines;,1.0
"Thee with whose light Mortality once blessed,",3.0
Would throw off its dark Veil to be possessed;,2.0
"Then altogether Lovely, why in thee",0.0
Do the vain World no Form or Beauty see.,4.0
"Hast thou so oft the heavenly Circle run,",2.0
When scarce I thought thy radiant Course begun?,0.0
Never shall I my fleeting Time renew?,0.0
Must it all perish in one transient View?,0.0
I wish ' --  Alas! my Wishes are in vain:,1.0
Those flying Years they never can regain:,1.0
With rapid Haste Old Time the Moments drives;,1.0
And scarce a Trace of Youth in Age survives:,0.0
"So, when the wearied Mortal sinks to Rest,",0.0
And every Tumult ceases in his Breast;,0.0
Anew Creation feeds his wondering Eyes;,2.0
"Till Phoebus, rising over the spangled Plain,",2.0
"With Grief he then perceives the enchanting Sight,",2.0
The fleeting Creature of oblivious Night.,3.0
"By Nature pleasing, yet improved by Art;",0.0
And with melodious Cadence melt away;,3.0
"The faithful Echo still revives the Strain,",0.0
And sweetly charms the listening Ear again:,0.0
"But Life, once vanished, will return no more;",3.0
No mimic Thought its Presence can restore.,2.0
"Say then, my Soul, how must I now survey",0.0
"So many Years, so quickly snatched away?",0.0
What Theme shall now employ my youthful Lays?,0.0
"Say! Next to Heaven, what Subject claims my Praise?",0.0
"OH impious Question! Dare I ask the Theme,",1.0
When a loved Parent does that Duty claim?,2.0
"The Infant Tree, that, with judicious Care,",1.0
"Some Hand defended from the piercing Air,",1.0
"With cooling Streams relieved the burning Root,",0.0
"Or lopped, with tender Skill, each sickly Shoot,",0.0
"Soon as it learns the Tempest to despise,",1.0
"Gladly rewards the wearied Peasant's Pains,",2.0
And loads the Parent Hand with annual Gains.,2.0
"OH strive, though vainly, to enhance her Fame:",2.0
Those sure Attendants of an Infant Age!,1.0
"By her conducted to the Light of Truth,",2.0
The heavenly Influence of her sage Advice,3.0
Points from afar the dangerous Rocks of Vice;,4.0
"Shows, with discerning Eye, the blissful Plains,",2.0
"Where Peace, eternal, with fair Virtue reigns.",2.0
"OH Thou, whom every Grace and Worth attends,",0.0
"Thou best of Mothers, and thou best of Friends,",1.0
"May Heaven restore thee to these Eyes again,",1.0
"OH quickly to my longing Eyes repair,",2.0
And ever bless me with thy Guardian Care!,3.0
"NATURE! in all correct, thy hand we trace,",2.0
"Each have their station, all their native home,",0.0
In adverse soils and climes they find a tomb:,1.0
"Some in the open lawn, delighted seem",0.0
"While some retiring, hide the modest head,",0.0
And screen their beauties in the sheltering shade:,2.0
"Some dare the summit of the mountain's brow,",1.0
And others humbly seek the vale below:,0.0
"Some over the parched heath minutely spread,",5.0
"While some, best flourish in the watery mead;",3.0
"Deep in the soil others are firmly struck,",5.0
"Others on rocks can independent thrive,",2.0
And in rich soil alone can others live.,1.0
The gardener marks the stations they demand:,3.0
"Which marks their graces with a clearer line,",1.0
And draws each forth more pointedly to shine.,1.0
"By Providence to different lots assigned,",1.0
"A bent so various takes the human mind,",2.0
"And education marks the native worth,",0.0
"And boldly calls the leading feature forth,",0.0
"It fires the hero, or instructs the sage,",1.0
"To save his country, or reform the age;",1.0
"It leads the ambitious to the public eye,",3.0
Or fits the humble for retirement's joy;,1.0
"Refines the pleasures of the social scene,",1.0
Or teaches industry the art of gain;,1.0
"Opens the depth of science unconfined,",2.0
Researches for the philosophic mind;,1.0
"It gives the gay, more graceful to be seen,",1.0
Swim on the surface of each trifling scene;,1.0
"It can its proper views to fancy give,",1.0
And by the applause of ages bid it live.,1.0
"O happy they! whose lot through life's designed,",1.0
"To suit what nature gave, and art refined,",0.0
And courage lead him to the hostile field;,1.0
"Give sensibility its social joy,",2.0
And for life's trials arm cold apathy.,3.0
All feel the native powers of fancy free;,2.0
"This were a world of joy, scarce mixed with woe;",2.0
"But ah! full oft we see the tortured mind,",1.0
"Where without arms to oppose, stern foes invade,",3.0
And all its native virtues seem to fade;,0.0
"The feeling shed not still the tear of joy,",0.0
Nor cold disdain meets careless apathy;,2.0
Nor always free his favourite scenes to paint;,0.0
"But evils cheque the wing he lightly spread,",0.0
Then warm imagination too must fade.,0.0
"Reflection in this solitary scene,",0.0
Pained memory finds the source of many a tear.,5.0
"These banners marked with boasted feats of old,",0.0
And streamers waving with distinguished gold.,1.0
Proud hieroglyphics! where are darkly shown,1.0
"Thy brave forefathers merits, not thy own.",1.0
To names that only in thy paint can live.,0.0
"Thy colours fade near this illustrious clay,",5.0
And claims the province thy bold hand invades;,2.0
"Untimely darkness gathering round the skies,",1.0
"The sickening sun shines dim, and in the sight",1.0
"Of gazing crowds, resigns his waning light;",0.0
"How his diminished face a crescent seems,",1.0
"But as in full eclipse his light expires,",1.0
And pale confusion sits on every face.,0.0
Stray from those folds to which they would repair.,0.0
"Home to his young the raven wings his way,",0.0
"While towering larks their rival notes prolong,",0.0
They drop benighted in their morning song.,0.0
"Darkness and horror reign over earth and skies,",5.0
And nature for awhile with WHARTON dies.,1.0
Thou truest judge of what thou dost inspire!,0.0
"Since thy bright race began to measure time,",3.0
So great a genius rise? in every part,0.0
"So formed by nature, finished so by art?",1.0
"Such manly sense, with so much fire of mind?",1.0
"Judgement so strong, to wit so lively joined?",2.0
Steady to truth she pointed as her pole:,3.0
"Convinced of varying in the least degrees,",1.0
Her pliant index she reclaimed with ease.,1.0
"Early through custom's and prescription's yoke,",3.0
"Tyrants of weaker souls, his reason broke.",2.0
"Good sense revering from the meanest hand,",1.0
He durst authority in robes withstand.,1.0
"Still by new reasons, to new measures brought;",5.0
"Firm, but not stubborn; thoughtful, not involved;",0.0
Swift to perform what slowly he resolved.,3.0
Where kindling passion reason soon suppressed.,0.0
"' Mid all events his firmness he maintained,",2.0
"Thus what philosophers could only preach,",2.0
His inborn virtue did in practise reach.,1.0
Nature designed him master of address;,3.0
"None knew it more, nor seemed to know it less.",1.0
"It worked like magic on your yielding heart,",1.0
"Sure was the charm, but secret was the art.",1.0
"In human nature most exactly learnt,",0.0
"With chosen baits that every temper take,",0.0
He knew of knave or fool good use to make.,0.0
"His easy breeding free from form and rules,",0.0
"That stiffen the civility of fools,",2.0
"Of various turn, for all occasions fit,",2.0
"Was squared with judgement, and well touched with wit.",2.0
"Free of access, from affectation clean,",3.0
"Great without pride, nor when familiar, mean.",3.0
"Nor fond when kind, nor harsh when most severe,",0.0
Betwixt extremes he justly knew to steer.,0.0
In conversation wondrous was his art,1.0
"To mirth and wit he led the cheerful way,",0.0
Nor could the softest hour his secret soul betray.,0.0
"Bright as the youngest, as the oldest wise,",1.0
"In both extremes, alike he gave surprise.",0.0
"In body active, yet his sprightly mind",0.0
Within that body felt herself confined. ' --,0.0
"When thoughts important claimed no longer place,",1.0
"Then building, planting, and the speedy race,",1.0
"Paintings, and books successive took their round,",2.0
No blanks of time were in his journal sound.,1.0
"Skilled in the ends of his existence, he",2.0
"Polite his taste of arts, but vain was art",0.0
Where nature had so greatly done her part.,0.0
Through tiresome mediums we at truth arrive;,3.0
His easy knowledge seemed intuitive.,1.0
By heaven a great original designed.,1.0
"The seeds of science in his blood were sown,",0.0
"To serve his country, and avert her fate.",1.0
"Firm to her laws and liberties he stood,",1.0
Submitting private views to public good.,0.0
"Who could obsequious with the current swim,",1.0
"Whigs might be called, but tories were to him.",1.0
"Persons or parties he no longer knew,",4.0
"Oft has he stemmed the rage of impious times,",3.0
When patriot virtues bore the brand of crimes.,2.0
"To cheque proud tyrants born, and factions awe,",1.0
But most devoted to good kings and law.,1.0
"Twice his dear country was on ruin's brink,",4.0
"Resolved to save her, or with her to sink,",1.0
"His brave attempts successful twice he saw,",0.0
"Once in wise BRUNSWICK, once in great NASSAU.",6.0
No bolder champion in religion's cause;,3.0
"None fought more battles, nor with more applause.",2.0
"To arms he flew as danger pressed her home,",0.0
And snatched the hopeless prey from France and Rome.,0.0
"But as from conscience pure, religion springs,",1.0
"Coercive laws, he rightly understood,",0.0
"Might make men hypocrites, but never good.",1.0
All genuine virtue is by nature free;,3.0
"And will, when forced, no longer virtue be.",2.0
"Who justly would his eloquence declare,",1.0
Would you conceive it? see how over the sands,3.0
Fair Thames advances where Augusta stands.,1.0
"Though deep, so clear are his transparent streams,",1.0
His bottom rising to his surface seems.,1.0
"Full is his spreading current, but restrained.",1.0
And still within its flowery banks contained.,2.0
"Alternate wealth his two extremes unfold,",2.0
"Downwards he sends us bread, and upwards gold.",2.0
"Flow, sweetest river! still thy course prolong!",1.0
"Thus deep and clear, thus gentle, full and strong,",2.0
That distant ages may the image see,1.0
"So shall no torrents soil thy crystal stream,",1.0
"Thou patriot's emblem, and thou poet's theme!",3.0
"You nobles who surround the British throne,",0.0
"Reflect its lustre, and improve your own;",1.0
"You who resemble, in rich robes of state,",1.0
"That majesty august on which you wait,",3.0
"Witness how often his decisive sense,",3.0
"His wit, his art, and copious eloquence,",3.0
"Have singly won the question to his side,",1.0
"Made Oxford blush, and St. John drop his pride;",2.0
"While every ear was with his accents charmed,",1.0
"Faction was touched and felt the secret force,",2.0
"Dumb, and convicted, but without remorse,",3.0
"Envy with rage contending in her face,",2.0
To see his triumph and her just disgrace.,1.0
"Nor less in council did his weight appear,",0.0
"The ablest statesman, as the brightest peer.",1.0
"To grace our court, and raise our martial vein;",0.0
"Whose rising beams made drooping Credit thrive,",1.0
"Religion spring, fair Liberty revive:",2.0
"Say, if thy chosen ministers, who sat",1.0
"With thee to guide the great machine of state,",1.0
"A more consummate character could boast,",3.0
Than that which Britain in her WHARTON lost.,0.0
O! had kind heaven if prayers were not too late,2.0
"How would his head, his heart, his hand conspire,",0.0
To punish traitors as their crimes require!,1.0
And quell the monsters of an impious age!,4.0
"How would his bosom beat with joy to see,",0.0
Great GEORGE! the British legend true in thee!,1.0
"To see thee over the vanquished dragon ride,",2.0
And free thy kingdoms from his rage and pride!,1.0
While peace and plenty spread their golden wings,0.0
"Around the best of men, the best of kings,",0.0
"Wealth from all lands, and homage from all courts.",1.0
"But sovereign heaven, whose ways are ever wise,",0.0
I Just drew the glorious dawn before his eyes;,2.0
And for his happier son reserved the sight,3.0
"GEORGE shall in him prove honour, courage, truth,",1.0
And find the father in the pregnant youth.,0.0
"Thus the great leader of the Hebrew bands,",4.0
"Through opening billows and over burning sands,",4.0
"More was forbid; he saw, rejoiced, and died.",1.0
"By wondering shepherd's seen, to forests brown,",2.0
"Of high relief; can the long, spreading lake,",2.0
"Or vista lessening to the sight; can Stow,",1.0
"The fearful fawn the rustling leaves along,",0.0
"And the brisk squirrel sports from bough to bough,",2.0
"While from an hollow oak, whose naked roots",0.0
"Overhang a pensive rill, the busy bees",0.0
"Fair Nature's friends, sought such retreats, to charm",3.0
Sweet Echo with their songs; oft too they met,3.0
"In summer evenings, near sequestered bowers,",0.0
The moral strains she taught to mend mankind.,1.0
"Whispered him sacred laws, he listening sat",2.0
"Attentive on his urn, and hushed his waves.",1.0
"May boast a thousand fountains, that can cast",0.0
The tortured waters to the distant heavens;,1.0
"Abrupt and shaggy, whence a foamy stream,",0.0
"From the grove's bosom spires emerge, and smoke",2.0
"In bluish wreaths ascends, ripe harvests wave,",1.0
"Low, lonely cottages, and ruined tops",2.0
"Of Gothic battlements appear, and streams",1.0
"That wakes the woodman to his early task,",1.0
When first they hail the approach of laughing May.,3.0
Can Kent design like Nature? Mark where Thames,0.0
"Can the great artist, though with taste supreme",3.0
"Endued, one beauty to this Eden add?",1.0
"Though he, by rules unfettered, boldly scorns",1.0
"Formality and Method, round and square",1.0
"Disdaining, plans irregularly great.",1.0
"Creative Titian, can thy vivid strokes,",1.0
"Or thine, OH graceful Raphael, dare to vie",5.0
With the rich tints that paint the breathing mead?,2.0
"And golden crocus? ' --  Yet with these the maid,",1.0
"Phillis or Phoebe at a feast or wake,",2.0
"Her jetty locks enamels; fairer she,",1.0
"In innocence and homespun vestments dressed,",2.0
Heaved gently on her panting bosom white.,2.0
"Yonder shepherd idly stretched on the rude rock,",1.0
"The dolphin dancing over the level brine,",2.0
Amid his vessels bright with burnished gold,0.0
"And silken streamers, though his lordly nod",1.0
Than if he entered the high Capitol,4.0
"On golden columns reared, a conquered world",0.0
"Exhausted, to enrich its stately head.",1.0
"Than if a Nero, in an age refined,",1.0
Beneath a gorgeous canopy had placed,1.0
"His royal guest, and bade his minstrels sound",0.0
"To smoky cities; who in sheltering groves,",2.0
"They gathered grateful, or the acorn brown,",1.0
Or blushing berry; by the liquid lapse,1.0
"With nymphs who fondly clasped their favourite youths,",0.0
Then doors and walls were not; the melting maid,0.0
"Nor frowns of parents feared, nor husband's threats;",0.0
Nor had cursed gold their tender hearts allured:,1.0
"Then beauty was not venal. Injured love,",1.0
"While Avarice waves his golden wand around,",2.0
"Abhorred magician, and his costly cup",1.0
Who strongly painted what he boldly thought,0.0
"Or hungry lion awoke them with their howls,",3.0
"Swept off at once, nor had the raging seas",0.0
Overwhelmed the foundering bark and shrieking crew;,2.0
In vain the glassy ocean smiled to tempt,0.0
"The jolly sailor unsuspecting harm,",0.0
"For commerce never had spread her swelling sails,",2.0
"The dashing oar: then famine, want, and pine,",0.0
"Sunk to the grave their fainting limbs; but us,",0.0
"And feverish luxury destroy. In brakes,",3.0
Or marshes wild unknowingly they cropped,1.0
Herbs of malignant juice; to realms remote,2.0
"While we for powerful poisons madly roam,",2.0
From every noxious herb collecting death.,0.0
"The shapely column, and the crumbling busts",1.0
Of awful ancestors in long descent?,5.0
Yet why should man mistaken deem it nobler,0.0
"Than in God's forests, architect supreme!",1.0
"Say, is the Persian carpet, than the field's",1.0
"Or meadow's mantle gay, more richly woven;",0.0
"OH taste corrupt! that luxury and pomp,",2.0
"In specious names of polished manners veiled,",0.0
Should proudly banish Nature's simple charms!,0.0
"Oppressed, OH where shall I begin thy praise,",2.0
"Where turn the ecstatic eye, how ease my breast",2.0
That pants with wild astonishment and love!,1.0
"Dark forests, and the opening lawn, refreshed",4.0
"The playful lamb, the distant waterfall",0.0
"Now faintly heard, now swelling with the breeze,",3.0
"Betwixt the green leaves blush, the azure skies,",1.0
"Delight and health and heat; all, all conspire,",0.0
"To lift on wings of praise, to the great Sire",2.0
"Of being and of beauty, at whose nod",1.0
Creation started from the gloomy vault,1.0
"Of dreary Chaos, while the grisly king",0.0
Murmured to feel his boisterous power confined.,4.0
"What are the lays of artful Addison,",1.0
"Fair Fancy found, and bore the smiling babe",1.0
To a close cavern: still the shepherd's show,2.0
"The sacred place, whence with religious awe",1.0
"They hear, returning from the field at eve,",1.0
"Here, as with honey gathered from the rock,",1.0
"Oft soothed his wandering ears, with deep delight",3.0
"On her soft lap he sat, and caught the sounds.",2.0
"Oft near some crowded city would I walk,",0.0
"Full slowly tolling, instruments of trade,",2.0
"Or wandering near the sea, attend the sounds",1.0
"To shake the groves and mountains, would I sit,",0.0
"That wake heaven's vengeance: at such solemn hours,",1.0
"Then too, they say, in dear Egyptian wilds",0.0
The lion and the tiger prowl for prey,1.0
"But let me never fail in cloudless nights,",0.0
When silent Cynthia in her silver car,1.0
"Through the blue concave slides, when shine the hills,",3.0
"Twinkle the streams, and woods look tipped with gold,",3.0
"To seek some level mead, and there invoke",1.0
"To lift my soul above this little earth,",0.0
"That I may hear the rolling planet's song,",0.0
Shall charm me with aerial notes. ' --  As thus,2.0
"I wander musing, lo, what awful forms",0.0
"Clad in dun robes, an eagle on his wrist,",4.0
"First meets my eye; next, virgin Solitude",1.0
"Trembling, and bent with age; last Virtue's self",2.0
"Smiling, in white arrayed, who with her leads",3.0
"Sweet Innocence, that prattles by her side,",3.0
"I gaze, when Virtue thus ' -- ' Whoever thou art,",1.0
"' Mortal, by whom I deign to be beheld",1.0
' That henceforth I and my immortal train,2.0
"And as she turned, her round and rosy neck,",1.0
"Her flowing train, and long ambrosial hair,",0.0
"OH who will bear me then to western climes,",0.0
Since Virtue leaves our wretched land to fields,0.0
"The isles of innocence, from mortal view",1.0
"There fed on dates and herbs, would I despise",1.0
"The farfetched cates of Luxury, and hoards",2.0
The distant din of the tumultuous world.,4.0
"Beneath fair Thetis sits, in choral caves,",1.0
"Serenely gay, nor sinking sailors' cries",0.0
"The light fantastic dance, or for her hair",1.0
"Weave rosy crowns, or with according lutes",2.0
"None lives in this tumultuous State of things,",6.0
Where every Morning some new Trouble brings;,1.0
And gloomy Thoughts disturb his anxious Breast.,0.0
"Angelic Forms, and happy Spirits are",2.0
Above the Malice of perplexing Care:,1.0
For those who bend beneath Mortality.,2.0
If in the Body there was but one part,2.0
"Subject to Pain, and sensible of Smart,",1.0
"And but one Passion could torment the Mind,",1.0
"That Part, that Passion busy Fate would find,",0.0
"But since Infirmities in both abound,",1.0
"Since Sorrow both so many ways can wound,",0.0
It's not so great a wonder that we grieve,0.0
"Sometime, as it's a miracle we live.",3.0
"The happiest Man that ever breathed on Earth,",2.0
"With all the Glories of Estate and Birth,",1.0
Had yet some anxious Care to make him know,0.0
No Grandeur was above the reach of Woe.,2.0
"To be from all things that disquiet, free,",1.0
Is not consistent with Humanity.,2.0
"Youth, Wit, and Beauty, are such charming things,",2.0
"Over which, if Affluence spreads her gaudy Wings,",2.0
"We think the person, who enjoys so much,",0.0
"No Care can move, and no Affliction touch.",1.0
Yet could we but some secret Method find,1.0
"To view the dark Recesses of the Mind,",4.0
"We there might see the hidden Seeds of Strife,",1.0
"How some fierce Lust, or boisterous Passion, fills",1.0
"Pride, Envy, or Revenge, distract his Soul,",2.0
But if she must not be allowed to sway,1.0
"Though all without, appears serene and gay,",0.0
And poisons all the Comforts of his Days.,1.0
"External Pomp, and visible Success,",1.0
Sometime contribute to our Happiness;,3.0
"But that, which makes it genuine, refined,",1.0
"Is a good Conscience, and a Soul resigned:",2.0
"Then, to whatever End Affliction's sent,",2.0
"To try our Virtues, or for Punishment,",2.0
"We bear it calmly, though a ponderous Woe,",3.0
And still adore the Hand that gives the Blow.,0.0
"For in Misfortunes this Advantage lies,",1.0
"They make us humble, and they make us wise.",1.0
"And he that can acquire such Virtues, gains",4.0
An ample Recompense for all his Pains.,0.0
"Tempt to luxurious Ease our careless Days,",4.0
"Thus lulled into a Sleep, we dosing lie,",1.0
And find our Ruin in Security;,1.0
"Unless some Sorrow comes to our Relief,",1.0
And breaks the Enchantment by a timely Grief.,3.0
"But as we are allowed, to cheer our sight,",2.0
"So in the most dejected Hours we may,",0.0
"The secret Pleasure have, to weep and pray.",0.0
"To Heaven, which flow from an afflicted Mind:",1.0
"And while to him we open our Distress,",2.0
"Our Pains grow lighter, and our Sorrows less.",2.0
"The finest Music of the Grove, we owe",1.0
A thorny Bramble pricks her tender Breast:,0.0
"In warbling Melody she spends the Night,",1.0
And moves at once Compassion and Delight.,1.0
"No Choice had ever so happy an Event,",4.0
"But he that made it, did that Choice repent.",1.0
"So weak's our Judgement, and so short's our Sight,",1.0
We cannot level our own Wishes right:,1.0
"And if sometime we make a wise advance,",2.0
"T'our selves we little owe, but much to chance,",1.0
"So that when Providence, for secret Ends,",1.0
"We must conclude it best it should be so,",0.0
"For he that will his confidence remove,",1.0
"From boundless Wisdom, and eternal Love,",1.0
"To place it on himself, or human Aid,",1.0
"But in the keenest Agonies of Grief,",1.0
Content's a Cordial that still gives Relief.,3.0
"Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,",0.0
"But most Chastises those, whom most he likes,",1.0
"And if with humble Spirits they complain,",2.0
"Relieves the Anguish, or rewards the Pain.",1.0
"Shall so much worth in silence pass away,",0.0
And no recording muse that worth display?,0.0
"Shall public spirit like the private die,",0.0
The coward with the brave promiscuous lie?,3.0
"The hero's toils should be the muses care,",0.0
"In peace their guardian, and their shield in war:",1.0
"The Muses His, and He the Muses friend.",2.0
"To me the solemn lyre you reach in vain,",1.0
The simple warbler of some idle strain.,1.0
"What though the hero's fate the lay demands,",0.0
What though impelled and urged by your commands;,2.0
"Yet, weak of flight, in vain I prune the wing,",0.0
What dreadful slaughter on the western coast!,1.0
"How many gallant warriors Britain lost,",0.0
A British muse would willingly conceal;,1.0
"But what the muse would hide, our tears reveal.",0.0
"Pensive, we oft recall those fatal shores,",2.0
High over the deep the embattled fortress heaves,4.0
"Its awful front, its basis in the waves;",0.0
"Without impregnable by nature's care,",1.0
And armed within with all the rage of war.,0.0
"Where death, in all her horrid pomp arrayed,",0.0
All act subservient to the rage of death.,1.0
"Those whom the wave, or fiercer war would spare,",0.0
"No friend to close their eyes, no pitying guest",4.0
"To drop the silent tear, or strike the pensive breast.",0.0
"Here Douglas fell, the gallant and the brave!",1.0
"Here, early tried, and acting but too well,",2.0
"Just as the spring of life began to bloom,",0.0
When every grace grew softer on the tomb;,2.0
"In all that health and energy of youth,",1.0
"When round his head the warrior laurel sprung,",0.0
"When his full heart expanded to the goal,",4.0
"And promised victory had flushed his soul,",2.0
He fell! ' --  His country lost her earliest boast;,2.0
His family a faithful guardian lost;,3.0
"His friend a safe companion; and his wife,",1.0
"Her last resource, her happiness in life.",5.0
How well hast thou thy debt to virtue paid!,1.0
"Composed, intrepid, steady to the last.",1.0
"When half thy limbs, and more than half was lost",0.0
"And, dying, sealed it with thy purest blood.",1.0
"Say, what is Life? and wherefore was it given?",1.0
"What the design, the purpose marked by Heaven?",1.0
"Was it in luxury to dissolve the span,",4.0
"To raise the animal, and sink the man?",1.0
"In the soft bands of pleasure, idly gay,",3.0
To frolic the immortal gift away?,1.0
"Then shoot away, and leave no track behind?",1.0
Arise no duties from the social tie?,2.0
No kindred virtues from our native sky?,2.0
"No truths from reason, and the thought intense?",2.0
"Nothing result from soul, but all from sense?",2.0
"OH thoughtless reptile, Man! ' --  Born! yet ask why?",3.0
"Truly, for something serious ' --  Born to die.",4.0
"Knowing this truth, can we be wife too soon?",4.0
"And this once known, sure something's to be done ' --",5.0
"To live's to suffer; act, is to exist;",1.0
"And life, at best, a trial, not a feast:",0.0
"Our business virtue; and when that is done,",1.0
"We cannot sit too late, or rise too soon.",2.0
Virtue! ' --  What is it? ' --  Whence does it arise!,1.0
"Ask of the brave, the social, and the wife;",1.0
"Of those who studied for the general good,",2.0
"Of those who sought, and purchased it with blood;",2.0
"Of those who build, or plant, or who design,",1.0
"Even those who dig the soil, or work the mine.",1.0
"If yet not clearly seen, or understood;",0.0
"Ask the humane, the pious, and the good.",3.0
"To no one station, stage, or part confined,",0.0
"No single act of body, or of mind;",2.0
"But whatever lovely, just, or fit we call,",2.0
"The fair result, the congregate of all.",0.0
"The active mind, ascending by degrees,",1.0
"Its various ties, relations, duties sees:",2.0
"Examines parts, thence rising to the whole,",2.0
"Sees the connexion, chain, and spring of soul;",2.0
The eternal source! from whose pervading ray,1.0
"We caught the flame, and kindled into day.",0.0
"Hence the collected truths coercive rise,",2.0
"Oblige as natural, or as moral ties.",1.0
"Son, brother, country, friend demand our care;",1.0
"The common bounty all partake, must share.",0.0
"Hence virtue in its source, and in its end,",1.0
"To God as relative, to Man as friend.",1.0
OH friend to truth! to virtue! to thy kind!,2.0
OH early called to leave these ties behind!,1.0
"How shall the muse her varied tribute pay,",0.0
"Indulge the tear, and not debase the lay!",0.0
"Come, fair example of heroic truth!",2.0
"Descend, and animate the British youth:",0.0
"Now, while the trumpet sounds her shrill alarms,",0.0
And calls forth all her generous sons to arms;,3.0
"Pour all thy genius, all thy martial fire",0.0
"Over the brave youth, and every breast inspire.",2.0
"To rise from sloth, and catch the martial flame.",0.0
"To meet the call, and vindicate its worth:",1.0
"To rouse, to kindle, animate, combine,",0.0
"Go, happy shade! to where the good, and blessed",1.0
Enjoy eternal scenes of bliss and rest:,0.0
"While we below thy sudden farewell mourn,",2.0
"Collect thy virtues, weeping over the urn;",2.0
"Recall their scattered lustre as they past,",1.0
And see them all united in the last.,0.0
"And Thou! late partner of his softer hour,",3.0
"Ordained but just to meet, and meet no more;",1.0
"Say, with the virtues how each grace combined!",1.0
"How brave, yet social! how resolved, yet kind!",1.0
With manners how sincere! polite with ease!,1.0
Was he of ought but infamy afraid?,2.0
Was he not modest as the blushing maid?,2.0
"Ashamed to flatter, eager to commend;",1.0
"A generous master, and a steady friend.",3.0
"Humane to all, but warmed when virtuous grief,",2.0
"Or silent modesty, implied relief.",1.0
"Pure in his principles, unshaken, just;",1.0
"True to his God, and faithful to his trust.",1.0
"I strive the tributary dirge to pay,",0.0
And form the pinion to the hasty lay;,1.0
"Perhaps hereafter some more generous muse,",2.0
"Touched with thy fate, with genius at command,",0.0
May snatch the pencil from the female hand;,2.0
"And give the perfect portrait, bold and free,",1.0
"In numbers such as Young's, and worthy Thee.",2.0
WHAT sudden Damp has seized upon my Soul?,0.0
"Why am I sad, as is the mournful Grave?",1.0
As if I never should know Comfort more.,2.0
Sure conscious Nature gives Presage that Death.,5.0
"The Tyrant whom she most abhors, draws near.",1.0
Ah woe! it's now too plain; for a worse Death,2.0
"A Death in which the ruined World's concerned,",0.0
A Death attended with the Fate of Nations.,1.0
"Too plain, alas, I hear the doleful Sound,",1.0
"Gone is his mighty Mind, for ever flown,",0.0
"Gone the Great Soul that watched the Christian World,",3.0
As the good faithful Shepherd does his Sheep,1.0
Who shall now guard us from the bloody Foe?,2.0
"Mourn then, my Soul, the irreparable Loss,",3.0
"And with thee summon Human Kind to mourn,",1.0
With them too summon even the Immortal Powers.,3.0
"Thou first and chief, forlorn Britannia, mourn,",2.0
And with thee let thy faithful Sons keep time;,2.0
"For thou and they, and all have lost in him",1.0
"A Champion, Benefactor, Father, Friend.",2.0
"THOU next, Batavia, fallen Batavia, mourn,",6.0
"OH let thy Eyes dissolve into a Stream,",1.0
For thou hast lost ' --  OH what hast thou not lost?,1.0
"Thy Bulwark, thy Defence, thy lofty Mound",1.0
"That kept out lawless Arbitrary Power,",0.0
"Which, like the Ocean, now surrounds thy Towers,",0.0
"Thy Father, thy Defender's from thee torn,",2.0
And now the Lustful Bestial God once more,1.0
Has loudly threatened thee with shameful Rape.,1.0
"With thee let all thy Royal Sons lament,",0.0
Those martial Sons that were with WILLIAM joined,1.0
"AND thou, Celestial Charmer, LIBERTY,",2.0
"Sister of Reason, and of Sovereign Law;",3.0
To mourn thy Mighty Benefactor's Fate;,0.0
"For WILLIAM's Fate, OH Liberty, was thine:",2.0
Thou and Religion here have room no more.,2.0
"AND thou the darling Daughter of the Skies,",2.0
"Divine RELIGION, thou whose melting Eyes",1.0
Have always like perpetual Fountains streamed,2.0
OH let them pour a Deluge now of Tears,1.0
"To wail the dismal Consequence of Sin,",1.0
To mourn Great WILLIAM's and thy Flight to Heaven.,2.0
"He was thy Lover, and thy best beloved,",2.0
"He was thy Champion, and thy sole Defence",2.0
Against the Tyrants both of Earth and Hell.,0.0
"His flaming Zeal, OH Goddess, roused thy Friends,",1.0
His charming Accents gained thy very Foes,0.0
"To fight, OH Goddess, and to die for thee,",2.0
"AND you, OH ANGELS and ARCHANGELS all,",4.0
"Guardians of mighty Kingdoms, and of Kings,",2.0
"Who could your Cares on WILLIAM's Breast repose,",0.0
Who could your several Charges all to him,0.0
"Resign, while happily aloft you towered,",1.0
And cut with golden Wings your blissful Heaven;,0.0
"Now mourn his Flight to the pure Realms of Day,",3.0
And mourn your own Return to a bad World;,1.0
"For he is to your upper Regions flown,",1.0
Who equal to your selves your Cares below supplied.,1.0
"THEN mourn, OH EARTH, and mourn, you HEAVENS your Spheres",3.0
"Whose Zeal could the divided Earth unite,",2.0
"Whose wondrous Zeal united Earth and Heaven,",0.0
"As never was known for any Fate before,",2.0
"And let the Grief be general, as the Loss;",1.0
"For Human Kind has lost by WILLIAM's Death,",0.0
"He was the tender Father to his People,",2.0
A Friend and Brother to the rest of Kings;,1.0
"Alas, few Kings are Friends, or meet with Friends",0.0
A Benefactor to the Race of Men.,1.0
And out of wondrous Love to wretched Men,1.0
"For all his Lifetime, he from Place to Place",2.0
"Removed, dispensing Benefits to all;",1.0
And from their Gates the grand Destroyer drove.,1.0
"For that alone he moved, he spoke, he thought.",0.0
As if the important Business of his Life,2.0
Had been to sacrifice his own Felicity,1.0
"To that of wretched Men, his Great Design",0.0
Extended to his most inveterate Foes:,3.0
"He blessed even them, and would have done them good,",3.0
"Because his Foes were still his Fellow Creatures,",0.0
From one Divine Original derived.,2.0
His Foes his Justice and his Mercy knew;,1.0
And his inviolable Faith as firm,2.0
For though the wondrous Goodness of his Soul,2.0
And mourn and suffer in the Woes we feel;,0.0
"That answered to the Cries of the Distressed,",2.0
"And gave him Anguish, till they found Relief,",1.0
"Which was the Source of all his wondrous Deeds,",0.0
"And which distinguished his Heroic Life,",1.0
And set him far above all vulgar Heroes;,0.0
"Yet was his Word so sacred and so sure,",1.0
He would not break it to preserve a World.,1.0
"BUT when your vulgar Heroes we survey,",1.0
We find them the abhorred Reverse of this.,1.0
"They, by the Fever of Ambition fired,",2.0
"While Horror marches in their dreadful Van,",0.0
And Death and Slaughter in their bloody Rear.,0.0
"Whole Towns they plunder, lay whole Countries waste,",2.0
"With grinding Want they make vast Kingdoms pine,",1.0
"But their own Kingdoms into Deserts turn,",1.0
Where Famine lords it in its wild Domain:,0.0
"For their own Kingdoms loudest cry to Heaven,",1.0
And loudest under their Oppression groan.,1.0
"If they make doubtful Peace or hollow Truce,",2.0
"It's but for time to wage more dangerous War,",3.0
"To weaken and divide their thoughtless Foes,",1.0
And lull them by Security to Fate.,2.0
"A Sea of guiltless Blood they spill, a Sea",0.0
"Of helpless Widows and of Orphans Tears,",1.0
"Destroy their Enemies, their Subjects more:",1.0
Their Subjects chiefly feel their barbarous Hands;,2.0
"For mad with Rage, their Enemies they tear,",1.0
But their poor Subjects coolly they destroy.,5.0
OH fruitless Labour of fantastic Pride!,2.0
"For while they thus would more than Men appear,",0.0
"Their Breach of Faith, the Wrongs they do each Hour,",0.0
"Only by Fools and Impious Men admired,",4.0
"Abhorred by God, by all good Men despised.",0.0
"Too faithful Copies of their proud Original,",3.0
"The great Destroyer, and the Foe of Men,",1.0
The powerful Prince of all the infernal Powers;,3.0
Who with capacious comprehensive thought,1.0
Sits brooding over his dark and damned Design,3.0
"Of captivating all the Race of Men,",0.0
"And fixing Universal Monarchy,",1.0
"Which he sometime with Violence and Rage,",4.0
"His Foes sometime with open Force invades,",1.0
"But most with secret Practise undermines,",0.0
A dreadful and a dangerous Foe to all;,3.0
"And his Allies are lost, as are his Slaves;",2.0
Who in Infernal Pains for ever howl.,0.0
"THUS earthly Heroes copy him of Hell,",2.0
Those Tyrants whom the thoughtless World calls Heroes:,1.0
"Such was not happy WILLIAM, but a Friend",2.0
"To Men, and Servant of the most Supreme.",1.0
"Was the restoring Quiet, Order, Peace,",1.0
And Universal Happiness to Men;,1.0
And like a faithful Servant to advance,1.0
His Master's universal great Design.,0.0
"His Master would have all his Creatures blessed,",0.0
He loves the miserable Sons of Men;,1.0
"And with a Love so ardent and so high,",2.0
As never can be thought be finite Man.,2.0
"Next his was WILLIAM's Love to all his Kind,",0.0
For Fiends and Tyrants only were his Foes;,1.0
"And Tyrants he esteemed no longer Men,",2.0
"As cursed Fiends are Angels now no more,",3.0
Fallen from their Natures and their Names by Pride.,2.0
"He hated both, to both a mortal Foe,",0.0
For they make wretched all whom they make Slaves;,3.0
For what can be so dismal as to see.,1.0
"Our Lives, our Fortunes, nay our every Action,",0.0
"Nay even our Virtue and Divine Religion,",4.0
"All in a feverish frantic Tyrant's power,",4.0
And to his boundless Passions all exposed.,1.0
He looked with Indignation and Disdain,1.0
"Upon the aspiring, vain, presumptuous Wretch,",4.0
Dogs were not made to be controlled by Dogs.,0.0
"Nor Horses over Horses to insult,",1.0
They rule not one another; nor ought Man,2.0
"To control Man; but God is to command,",5.0
Who governs still by Reason and by Law.,1.0
"He loves the Sons of Men, and leaves them free,",0.0
As free as is his own Almighty Power.,1.0
"For he himself makes Reason still his Guide,",2.0
"Since our Great Maker then has left us free,",2.0
"On whom we so immediately depend,",4.0
"In whom we live, and move, and even exist,",2.0
And govern them by Reason and by Law.,2.0
"And they must die like Men: So WILLIAM ruled,",1.0
And looked with Anger and with just Disdain,1.0
"Upon the vain, the mortal, dying Wretch,",0.0
Who dares to make them Slaves whom God makes free;,1.0
"Who by his lawless boundless Passions sways,",0.0
And sacrifices to his Lust of Power,1.0
A thousand greater worthier than Himself.,3.0
For such are all the Good and truly Wise,1.0
"Which is renouncing Reason's sacred Rule,",1.0
"Subverting the Awful Government of God,",3.0
"As far as lies within a Mortal's Power,",0.0
A Christian's bound by his Baptismal Vow,1.0
Against him to denounce perpetual War.,3.0
"So WILLIAM did, and seemed designed by Fate",0.0
"TO assert the awful Government of God,",2.0
And Liberty of Man; and never did Heaven,2.0
"Nor Fate do more for mortal Man than Him,",0.0
"In giving him the Will to undertake,",2.0
And Power to execute the vast Design.,2.0
AND never was it known that mortal Man,1.0
"More Noble, more Heroic Deeds performed,",0.0
Than WILLIAM in the Cause of God and Liberty.,1.0
"The glaring Actions which the World calls Great,",1.0
"From Passion chiefly, not from Virtue flow;",0.0
And of all Passions from Ambition most.,2.0
Pride which such dangerous Ravage wrought in Heaven,2.0
"Among the Immortal Spirits of the Blessed,",3.0
"May well destroy our frail Felicity,",1.0
May well cause dreadful Revolutions here.,1.0
"To Pride the Illustrious Romans owed their Fame,",4.0
"Their Quarrels still were specious, seldom just;",0.0
"Yet not the greatest, first of Romans, Caesar,",0.0
To satisfy Ambition before performed,2.0
"Deeds which displayed such Greatness in the Man,",1.0
As what Great WILLIAM did for Liberty.,2.0
At this great Paradox I see you smile;,2.0
"But hear, you wretched Slaves to Opinion, hear,",2.0
And then determine this important Cause.,1.0
CAESAR acquired his greatest Share of Fame,4.0
"Against the Gauls, who were our WILLIAM's Foes:",1.0
"But Caesar fought with them divided, weak,",1.0
"Doubtful in Counsel, and in Action slow,",3.0
"False to each other, Traitors to themselves,",1.0
And the great Cause of dying Liberty.,3.0
"Versed in the Noble Science of the Field,",1.0
Or Ranging numerous Armies in Array;,2.0
No brave experienced Officers to form,4.0
"Their Troops, undisciplined and rude to War;",1.0
"Their Soldiers and Commanders all grown faint,",2.0
All dead and senseless to that Noble Fire,1.0
That to Illustrious Acts inflames the Brave.,3.0
"UNDER these Disadvantages lay France,",3.0
In what Condition was great Caesar then?,2.0
"Mature in Years, by long Experience Wise,",2.0
Awful for Eloquence and Martial Deeds;,3.0
"Leading the Flower of Rome's Victorious Legions,",6.0
Backed and supported by the Conquered World;,3.0
"Experienced their Commanders, Wise and Brave;",3.0
"And Soldiers and Commanders, Romans all:",1.0
"Inured to Dangers, made by Custom bold,",0.0
"Exalted, spirited with long Success,",1.0
"All eager in the burning Chase of Fame,",0.0
"All faithful and united under Caesar,",1.0
And He Supreme and Absolute over all.,6.0
Yet with all these Advantages Great Caesar,4.0
Ten tedious Years consumed in Conquering France;,5.0
"And now the Glory of his Conquest shares,",1.0
"If the Distributors of Fame are just,",2.0
"With his Wise, Valiant, his Victorious Friends,",5.0
"Nay and with Fortune, with his very Foes.",1.0
"For False and Traitors to the Common Cause,",1.0
"WE have shown what Caesar did for Pride, behold",0.0
"What WILLIAM for Fair Liberty performed,",3.0
And the Actions in an equal Balance lay.,0.0
"'TWAS in the fatal and recorded Year,",1.0
"In which Batavia, the Defence and Mound,",3.0
"Of Faith, of Right, of sinking Liberty;",1.0
"Proud of a hundred Formidable Towns,",1.0
"Are to the Storms of Arbitrary Power,",1.0
"For the wild roaring Torrent they restrain,",3.0
"Which else would deluge all the Christian World,",0.0
And leave the Earth depopulate and bare:,0.0
'Twas in the Year in which forlorn Batavia,1.0
"And by two potent Enemies attacked,",3.0
"Britannia thundering on them from the Main,",4.0
"While at the Horror of the Noise and Sight,",1.0
"Flew for Protection to the stormy Main,",3.0
Whose unrelenting Rage he most abhors:,0.0
'Twas in that fatal Year in which the States,0.0
"Their Country lost to the insulting French,",1.0
"Astonished and amazed, and stupid grown,",1.0
In dreadful expectation of their Fate.,1.0
"'Twas at this fatal Juncture that the Prince,",0.0
"Like the Offspring of the Gods, a Hero born,",2.0
"Without the advantage of a long Experience,",4.0
"Without the influence of an awful Fame,",1.0
Without courageous or instructed Troops;,1.0
His sinking Country and expiring Liberty.,2.0
HERE I'm in Rapture and Amazement lost!,1.0
"In that amazing Hurricane of Fate,",0.0
"Ever scarce the Bloom of Youth proclaimed him Man,",0.0
"When all the Heavens looked black, and all the Main",2.0
"Looked dismal, when the frantic Billows raged,",1.0
And loudly bellowed over the dreadful Deep;,2.0
"The boldest trembling, dying with the Fright;",1.0
"The sinking Vessel motionless and dead,",1.0
Abandoning to Winds and Waves their Care;,1.0
He who had never ploughed the Deep before,0.0
As is a God by destiny secured;,2.0
"As is the God of the tempestuous Deep,",5.0
When in some Storm that threatens general Wrack;,0.0
He lifts above the Waves his sacred Head,0.0
"To calm his troubled Empire of the Main,",1.0
"OR his great Conduct shall I first admire,",0.0
"Without the advantage of Experience, wise,",5.0
"Without extolling to the Stars his Fame,",1.0
"When you discern him in that dreadful Hour,",1.0
"Appearing at the Head of shameful Troops,",0.0
"A wretched Handful, antiquated most,",1.0
"Rusty with Peace, and listless with Disuse,",3.0
"The rest a vile tumultuous Crowd, in haste,",3.0
"By sad Necessity, not Choice, enrolled,",1.0
"Unfit by Nature, and untrained by Art;",1.0
"By numerous ill Successes abject made,",2.0
"Their Leaders the base Scum of all the rest,",2.0
And for that only reason uppermost;,1.0
"Raised by the boiling Ferment of the State,",1.0
And inbred Hatred to their Great Defender?,2.0
"Can you behold him at the Head of these,",1.0
"Informing, moving, animating all,",0.0
Changing their very Natures like a God;,2.0
"His Bravery kindling thousands with its Fire,",3.0
"His Spirit working like the World's Great Soul,",1.0
"Trouble, Confusion, Chaos reigned before?",2.0
"Can you see this, and not be wrapped with Wonder?",0.0
Can you behold the conquering Gauls at Bay,3.0
Already on his first Appearance stopped,1.0
"In their precipitated wild Career,",1.0
Already meditating their Retreat?,1.0
"Can even his most inveterate Foes see this,",4.0
And not exalt such wondrous Worth to Heaven?,0.0
"WHAT a Man is to hearten fainting Hounds,",0.0
"And guide them through the Mazes of the Field,",2.0
That to his drooping Countrymen was He;,1.0
Something between Divinity and them;,3.0
"A more Exalted, a Superior Being;",3.0
"Their Guardian Genius, and their God of War.",3.0
"His vast Capacity supplied their Heads,",1.0
"His martial Bravery inflamed their Hearts,",1.0
"To Noble Thoughts, and to Immortal Deeds,",1.0
"Above the Fear of Death, or foul Retreat.",0.0
"So Pallas to the fainting Greeks appeared,",1.0
"Shook her invincible, her dreadful Shield,",3.0
"BEHOLD him by a Conduct, which surprised",1.0
"The most Illustrious and the Oldest Chiefs,",1.0
The most experienced in the Art of War;,1.0
"Like the young Roman Hero so renowned,",3.0
"Forsaking his poor Country to preserve it,",3.0
And save the sinking Freedom of the World.,1.0
"The Guardian Angels of a hundred Forts,",3.0
"A hundred Towns, sit gazing to receive,",2.0
And with loud Welcomes hail their Great Defender:,2.0
"For Bona taken set Batavia free,",2.0
"To bind the Christian World; yet, under Heaven,",0.0
"Their Bravery was his, for he inspired it,",4.0
"And his their Conduct, which from him they drew:",2.0
"Or their Divisions, or their Want of Skill;",2.0
And his High Courage raised above Compare.,2.0
THE Gauls had all the advantage over Nassau,1.0
That Caesar manifestly had over Gaul.,3.0
Their warlike Chiefs experienced and renowned;,4.0
"All flushed and spirited with long Success,",1.0
All eager in the burning Chase of Glory.,0.0
"Yet WILLIAM at the Head of wretched Troops,",0.0
"Wretched at least, till raised and fired by Him,",3.0
In little more than one revolving Year,1.0
Forced his dread Foes to leave his Country free:,3.0
"When Caesar with the Flower of Roman Legions,",3.0
"In the large Compass of Ten rolling Years,",4.0
Scarce conquered barbarous divided Gaul.,2.0
"EVEN Fortune claims no share in his Renown,",2.0
Fortune that bears so visible a part,3.0
"In Human Actions, ruling all below,",0.0
"Which Providence has wisely ordered, lest",2.0
"Frail Dust should grow intolerably vain,",2.0
"And cry, upon Success, It's due to me.",0.0
"That still He brought about his vast Designs,",0.0
While she was known to assist his mortal Foes.,2.0
"Knew that his Noble Soul was truly Great,",0.0
As far above presumptuous Pride as Fear;,2.0
"So conscious of its Origin Divine,",2.0
"It never could ought but its Great Maker fear,",2.0
Never own a Man superior to it self.,1.0
"But then so mindful of its frail Condition,",1.0
"That its Dependence it could never forget,",4.0
"That him it would with trembling still approach,",0.0
"And with profound Humility adore,",2.0
"THUS Fortune and the Gauls were WILLIAM's Foes,",2.0
"Both He resisted, and He conquered both,",3.0
And brought about his great and just Designs;,0.0
"But cruel was the Conflict first, and long,",0.0
"And oft the Goddess seemingly prevailed,",1.0
"And oft at once collecting her whole Might,",2.0
"Took all Advantages of Time and Place,",2.0
"Prepared to crush him at a blow, when He",0.0
"With wondrous Art eludes that dreadful Blow,",0.0
And with fresh Force disputes the doubtful Day:,2.0
"While Heaven serene looked down with all its Eyes,",2.0
"Charmed with the greatest, noblest Sight that Earth",0.0
"A mortal Man, a Match for Fortune's Power.",0.0
"Till his Invincible, unshaken Soul,",2.0
"With Wisdom, Patience, Resignation armed,",0.0
And with a thousand Virtues that have Force,1.0
"To conquer Gods, compelled her to submit,",1.0
And own her glorious Conqueror at the last.,3.0
NOR were her Smiles more powerful over his Soul:,5.0
"Even in the worst of Times, that dreadful Hour,",0.0
"When raving as a Bacchanal, and wild,",2.0
"She to new Slaughter lashed on limping Fate,",2.0
And led the Gauls to extirpate lost Batavia.,4.0
"She offered him a Kingdom for a Bribe,",2.0
"A Kingdom with a hundred powerful Towns,",3.0
"Which he rejected with a Brave Disdain,",2.0
"And chose to perish with his Country free,",1.0
Rather than found an Empire on its Bonds.,3.0
"OH Greatness, to be found on Earth no more!",3.0
"Exalted far above all Royalty,",1.0
And far above the Rule of Fortune's Power.,0.0
"For when long after he embraced a Crown,",2.0
Justly conferred by free Consent of those,2.0
Over whom He was to reign; the Acceptance them,4.0
"Was necessary for the World, not Him,",1.0
"And for the World HE embraced it, not himself.",3.0
He wanted not a Crown to make him Great;,0.0
"His Soul possessed a Greatness of its own,",1.0
"Not like the short-lived Pomp of Fortunes Power,",1.0
"But durable, Immortal as it self;",2.0
Placed like it self above the Force of Fate.,0.0
"His Towering Soul it self was Greatness all,",0.0
"All vast Intelligence and solid Virtue,",1.0
The things which make even God and Angels Great.,3.0
"A FALSE and borrowed Lustre He despised,",2.0
"His Soul with native Lustre, native Flame",0.0
"Shone out, as glorious as the Eternal Fire,",2.0
"Which rolls his Sovereign Globe along the Sphere,",0.0
"That the Great Mover taught him at the first,",2.0
Thus while vain Pomp and tinsel Glory serve,3.0
"He charmed the bravest, wisest Men on Earth;",0.0
"Angels looked wondering on his Virtue down,",5.0
"And the Great Maker pleased, his Master-Piece surveyed.",2.0
"THUS He, despising Royalty, acquired",3.0
A more extended and a Nobler Power.,4.0
"Imperial Crowns, who saw to what a Height",2.0
"Above all Human Greatness He was raised,",1.0
"How far above all little selfish Thoughts,",0.0
Acting as if he thought he had been born,1.0
For all the World except himself alone;,0.0
"Anxious about the Safety of the World,",3.0
But utterly regardless of his own;,2.0
"Imperial Crowns convinced of this, confessed",3.0
An Excellence superior to their own;,2.0
And Kings themselves grew subject to his Sway.,2.0
"Him with Esteem and Wonder they beheld,",2.0
"Champion of God and his most Sacred Truth,",2.0
"Defender of the Liberties of Men,",2.0
And Great Protector of the Rights of Kings:,1.0
"And they who gave to mighty Nations Laws,",1.0
"Received them first from him, and justly thought",1.0
"That only He who of Mankind took care,",3.0
By Nature was designed the Lord of All.,1.0
What but the Head takes care of every Part?,1.0
"What but the Soul? What but the informing Soul,",1.0
"What runs through all, that animates them all,",0.0
And in continuous Union all maintains;,2.0
"Union, their Cause of Spirit, Health, and Force,",2.0
"And which dissolved, to all brings Fate or Woe?",1.0
"NOW He the Councils of those Kings collects,",1.0
And all their different Interests reconciles;,0.0
"Of all their thwarting, selfish, low Designs,",0.0
"One Common, Noble, Vast Design he makes,",0.0
That seemed impossible to all but Him.,1.0
"And all at least are satisfied in him,",0.0
The Tie and Bond of Union to them all.,1.0
And now behold him marching at the Head,0.0
"Of all their Squadrons, Germane, Spanish, Dutch;",5.0
"Now see them filing through thy narrow Ways,",2.0
"Now shining in the bright Records of Fame,",1.0
Among the Glories of the Eternal Roll:,3.0
"And lo the Germans and the Dutch have passed,",1.0
"And the Proud Spaniard now prepares to pass,",2.0
When lo Great Conde with his headlong Troops,2.0
"Comes pouring on them like a sounding Flood,",2.0
That by Destruction makes its noisy Way.,1.0
"Upon the Wings of Fear the Spaniards fly,",0.0
And many a Furlong leave their Pride behind;,3.0
"His awful Form still urging on their Speed,",2.0
More dreadful to them than his Numerous Host;,4.0
"His awful Form presented to their View,",1.0
"To their Remembrance calls his glorious Acts,",3.0
"Their Friends defeated, and Themselves overthrown.",7.0
The bloody Plains of Lens are in their View;,0.0
A thousand Victories and High Exploits,2.0
Encompass him with dreadful Glory round;,1.0
"About him like a Guard of Terrors march,",0.0
And arm him with Eternal Majesty.,2.0
And now the Fury of that shameful Flight,1.0
"Proves fatal to the Forces of their Friends,",3.0
And the Battalions breaks and overwhelms.,1.0
"That WILLIAM swiftly sends to their Relief,",1.0
"The French drive on and no Resistance find,",2.0
Or else Triumphant force their way through all:,0.0
"And fiercer, stronger by Obstruction grown.",1.0
But now Heroic WILLIAM thundering comes,2.0
To turn the Fortune of the bloody Day;,1.0
TO arrest his Squadrons in their headlong Flight:,2.0
Routed Battalions panting over the Plain!,4.0
Then with his flaming Sword in their Career,1.0
"He stands, his Person to them all exposed,",1.0
His Thundering Arm opposing to them all.,3.0
"The Base with Blows corrects, with Words the Brave;",0.0
"And some the sparkling Glories of his Eye,",1.0
"And some his Looks, and some his Voice inflames;",0.0
"OH whither run you? OH return, return!",1.0
"OH you who had the Looks of Soldiers once,",0.0
"I see you always had the Hearts of Slaves,",0.0
"The worst of Slaves, from Slaves themselves you run;",0.0
"You Cowards in defending Liberty,",1.0
"For me my own right Hand, or else my Foes,",2.0
My Freedom and my Glory shall secure;,1.0
For Death or Victory bring both alike.,3.0
"You few Great Souls, who Liberty and Fame",2.0
"Prefer to wretched, shameful, slavish Life.",0.0
"Come on, be Death or Victory the Word.",1.0
"THIS said, he breathing an Heroic Air,",1.0
"As great as if Eternal Fame appeared,",1.0
And to High Actions called her darling Sons.,2.0
"And now their Shame prevails upon their Fear,",0.0
"And now he leads them furious to the Charge,",1.0
"Firmly resolved to die a thousand Deaths,",2.0
And to forsake the World ever such a Leader.,6.0
"He through the firmest French Battalions breaks,",1.0
"And charging through and through their Squadrons mows,",2.0
"Their Squadrons now concealed in smoky Clouds,",0.0
"And now revealed in blazing Sheets of Fire,",0.0
And now the French grow fiercer by Despair:,2.0
"Death's Bugles in the dismal Chase of Blood,",1.0
"The Trumpets kindle Mars with fiercer Sounds,",0.0
And the tempestuous Drums with thicker Strokes,4.0
"Alarm the Foe of Nature. All the Heavens,",0.0
"And all the Air appears conflicting Fire,",0.0
"And riding at full Stretch upon the Plain,",1.0
"With hideous Outcries on each other rush,",2.0
"The rattling Plain with murdering Volleys rings,",2.0
"And to the thundering Cannons mortal roar,",3.0
That the dire Consort seems to deaf the World.,3.0
"WILLIAM, the glorious Spirit of the War,",5.0
"Is every where where Danger most prevails,",0.0
"Correcting Fortune, and confronting Fate.",1.0
"Like Mars himself, Fierce, Valiant, Raging, Young,",1.0
Among the thickest Foes his thundering Steed,2.0
"He spurs, then brandishes his fatal Sword;",1.0
"Terror severely sparkling in his Eyes,",2.0
"Death like a Falcon perched upon his Arm,",0.0
"Watching the certain Signal of his Blow,",3.0
And then like Lightning darting at his Prey.,0.0
"In Feats of Arms and mortal Rage excels,",0.0
Surpassing in amazing Actions all,0.0
"Whom Glory urges, or whom dire Despair,",1.0
The meanest Sentry less exposed than he.,0.0
"Frequent amid the hottest of the Fire,",2.0
"And oft surrounded, covered over with Flames;",2.0
"And yet in Conduct oldest Chiefs excels,",0.0
"To best Advantage every Motion makes,",0.0
"Always exactly present to himself,",2.0
"Spite of his furious executing Arm,",2.0
"Spite of the Smoke, the Tumult, and the Noise:",1.0
"The raging Trumpet and the storming Drum,",1.0
"Nay spite of Death, whom all his dreadful Guard",1.0
"Of purple Terrors through the Field attends,",1.0
"With Dust and Blood, and leaping his pale Steed",2.0
"Over slaughtered Heaps, rides dismal through the Plain.",2.0
THUS all the Day the God of Battle raged;,0.0
And the Sun sat in Horror and in Blood;,3.0
And made old Night look hideous to her View.,3.0
"NOW in their turns the mangled French recoil,",0.0
And doubt the Fortune of the dreadful Day;,1.0
"And well they may recoil, and well may doubt;",1.0
When their Great Chief the Heroic Conde doubts.,3.0
"Now Rage, Disdain, and Grief to Madness wrought,",1.0
"And the tormenting Conscience of his Worth,",3.0
"Disturb his Generous Breast, and wrack his Soul:",2.0
"He raves, He cannot bear the stabbing Thought",0.0
"But this is what torments and stings him most,",2.0
"That He, who now for thirty Glorious Years",1.0
"Has with successive Victories been crowned,",2.0
Been used to all the Wonders of the Field;,1.0
"Himself the Noblest Wonder of them all,",1.0
As force even him to admire; OH mortal Shame!,6.0
"He cries aloud, OH Death to my Renown!",2.0
That turned the Fortune of the Wondrous Day.,1.0
"Thou my Divinity, Eternal Fame,",2.0
"And Victory, thou Darling of my Soul:",2.0
"My Mistress, that for Thirty Glorious Years",1.0
Hast still been constant to my Noble Fire!,1.0
Will you desert me for a Boy at last?,1.0
Is not my Great Aspiring Soul the same?,0.0
"The same my Conduct, and my Nervous Arm?",1.0
Have I for Nassau courted you thus long?,2.0
"For him were all the desperate Fields I fought,",1.0
For him my accumulated Triumphs all;,1.0
"Which with my Loss of Quiet, and of Blood,",1.0
"With Restless Days, and Sleepless Nights I won?",0.0
"OH never, never let it be pronounced!",1.0
"First let me perish, let me perish all!",1.0
The very Name of Conde be forgot;,2.0
Be the cursed Syllables never mentioned more;,4.0
"And you vain Monuments of my Renown,",4.0
"Or may you all neglected be by Fame,",1.0
And never shine in her Eternal Roll!,1.0
"THIS said, He leads the French to certain Fate,",0.0
"For now the Allies Invincible are grown,",3.0
Such is their Hero's Conduct and his Fire:,2.0
"And now they pour a Storm of Iron Hail,",0.0
"Whose Fury makes whole Squadrons fall, while they",1.0
"Covered with Dust, and horrid all with Blood;",2.0
And take new Spirit from that dismal Sight.,2.0
"Conde resolves his Men shall perish all,",0.0
Resolves himself to perish at their Head;,0.0
"And all had fallen a Victim to Despair,",3.0
If the descending Goddess of the Night,2.0
"Had not just then withdrawn her Sickly Beams,",0.0
And Night her blackest Mantle over them thrown.,2.0
"And now the Rage and Din of Battle cease,",0.0
"Nor Noise nor Silence in the Field prevails,",0.0
"But a low, hoarse and undistinguished Sound,",2.0
A sullen hollow grumbling strikes their Ears;,0.0
"The dreadful Murmurs of declining Rage,",1.0
And the last doleful Accents of Despair.,3.0
"And now the French concealed in Night retire,",0.0
And to Victorious WILLIAM leave the Field;,3.0
And in the Height of Anguish and Despair,1.0
"What if they were not? they deserved it all,",3.0
And that was more than Victory to him:,1.0
"He nobly chose to merit Victory,",0.0
Rather than have it poorly undeserved:,1.0
And from the Height of his exalted Soul.,2.0
Descend to Triumph by inglorious Ways:,3.0
Greater and more exalted in Distress,2.0
"Than the great Monarch in his happier Hours,",3.0
"Looking with Scorn on Fortune and his Foes,",3.0
And all who prospered by ignoble Arts.,1.0
"His Conquests all were Glorious, all were Just,",2.0
"All fairly gained in the broad Eye of Heaven,",2.0
And gained while Heaven and Earth looked wondering on.,2.0
"Conquests indeed, not Robberies nor Fraud,",2.0
"Nor Purchases nor Thefts, a Conqueror he!",2.0
"No Trafficker for Countries and for Towns,",3.0
"Nor double Dealer in the Trade of War,",0.0
Nor sordid Turner of his Gold for Gain.,1.0
"A Chief with such Experience, such Renown,",4.0
And so much Conduct joined with so much Fire;,2.0
So wondrous when the God of Battle raged?,0.0
"He who against great Conde found Success,",4.0
Could never have missed it against meaner Chiefs;,6.0
"Had he not by their Numbers been oppressed,",0.0
"For to himself he always owed Success,",1.0
"To his high Conduct, and his great Example,",0.0
"His Losses to the Falsehood, or the Sloth,",3.0
"Or Impotence, or Factions of his Friends.",2.0
"He lost but what was Fortune's, not his own.",0.0
"The towering Greatness of his Soul was His,",1.0
"And that he never lost, that was Himself;",1.0
"His very self; his Troops have been subdued,",0.0
"But never He, He gained by their Defeat.",2.0
Since adverse Fortune showed him more himself,1.0
"Of deeper Conduct, and more towering Mind,",1.0
"Of Resolution never to be broke,",1.0
"Of Constancy that triumphed over Fate,",1.0
And kept Proud Fortune in severest Awe.,1.0
"'Twas this that terrified his happier Foes,",2.0
"Poorly the Glorious proffered Fight refuse,",4.0
"Afraid to trust his far more numerous Troops,",2.0
Doubting if they with Fortune's stronger Power,1.0
Could guard him all from WILLIAM's great Revenge.,0.0
"This made the Proud and Haughty Monarch stoop,",0.0
"And after all the Advantages he gained,",3.0
"With Prudence doubt the last Event of War,",0.0
And in our Hero's Country sue for Peace.,0.0
Which more than War advances boundless Sway;,0.0
"Fair Liberty sleeps on, and never dreams",3.0
"That to her Heart her Murderer's Hand's so near,",2.0
"Till it's too late to fear, too late to dream:",3.0
"For now they seize and bind Her strongest Friend,",0.0
That they may surely give the fatal Blow.,0.0
"Now the Crowns totter on a hundred Heads,",4.0
"For lo where bound forlorn Britannia lies,",2.0
And in due Poise sustained the ponderous World.,3.0
Fair Liberty shrieks out aloud for Aid;,4.0
"When WILLIAM on the Wings of all the Winds,",1.0
"Like Perseus, nobly to their Rescue flies;",3.0
"While the admiring World attentive stands,",1.0
"Trembling in Expectation of the Event,",4.0
For WILLIAM's Fate the General Fate decides:,0.0
"When with Success above what Caesar found,",1.0
"But Caesar came to enslave, and He to free",3.0
"The Happy Hero came, and conquered before he saw.",2.0
OH CONQUEST worthy Men and Angels praise!,1.0
"How poor's the Triumph for extended Sway,",1.0
"Compared to this? This Conquest over Hearts,",1.0
"This Triumph over Souls, which leaves them free,",0.0
And makes the Vanquished happier than the Victors.,1.0
"The Britons who were wretched Slaves before,",0.0
"But Life in Miseries, or Death in Flames,",1.0
"When he approached grew Happy, Free, Secure:",2.0
For hark how their tumultuous Joy grows loud!,5.0
Hark how their stormy Shouts ascend the Skies,0.0
"To unknown Worlds, transporting WILLIAM's Fame!",4.0
"Renowned Restorer of lost Freedom, hail!",2.0
"Great Patron of the Christian World, all hail!",2.0
"At thy Approach fierce Arbitrary Power,",2.0
And bloody Superstition disappear.,0.0
"At thy Approach fair Liberty returns,",3.0
"And smiling darts a lovely Glance so sweet,",0.0
As charms at once the Hearts of Gods and Men:,0.0
"While Piety looks modestly assured,",3.0
And lifts its moving melting Eyes to Heaven;,0.0
"OH Happy, Happy above Millions, Thou,",7.0
"Who hast made Millions blessed; Thee Times to come,",1.0
Thee Nations yet unborn shall Happy call:,1.0
To every Age and Nation must extend.,0.0
"Should we ever cease to celebrate thy Praise,",0.0
Should we forget the boundless Debt we owe.,1.0
"Then raise thy Voice, OH Happy Island, raise,",1.0
Till Angels catch our Great Deliverer's Praise;,0.0
"And let all Heaven attend the enchanting Song,",2.0
For you have Voices for the lofty Theme.,2.0
"You Angels, an Immortal Glorious Crown",3.0
"To recompense the Immortal Act, prepare!",2.0
"But may he wear it late, and long be ours,",1.0
"May you impatiently expect him long,",2.0
"Long may he deign to wear this earthly Crown,",0.0
"Which now we place upon his Sacred Head,",0.0
A poor and mean Return for what we owe.,0.0
"THIS was the assembled Nation's general Sense,",1.0
"OH may it never mentioned be by Fame,",0.0
Or never be believed by Times to come!,0.0
And murmured at their Great Deliverer.,1.0
"Some envied even the Crown they had bestowed,",2.0
"Others would be preserved, but not by Him;",2.0
"Alas unfortunate, mistaken Men!",1.0
Who could preserve you possibly but He?,1.0
And to Britannia cries aloud for Help.,3.0
"In vain Great Schomberg marches to her Aid,",2.0
With his own wondrous Skill in Feats of Arms;,1.0
"For Superstition and wild lawless Power,",2.0
"Stood both insulting by, and saw those Troops",2.0
"Made his Foes tremble, cheered his fainting Friends,",3.0
"Revived them like their Universal Soul,",0.0
And quickly changed that hapless Island's Fate;,0.0
"As when the Sun above the Horizon mounts,",2.0
And with his Blaze of Glory fills the World:,1.0
"Goblins, and Ghosts obscene, and Spirits damned,",2.0
That revealed by the Stars uncertain Light;,0.0
"Or the pale Glimpses of the Silver Moon,",3.0
"And disappearing take their Flight to Hell,",0.0
So when the Light of all the Christian World,0.0
"Unbounded Power soon took its headlong Flight,",4.0
Its hated Head within its gloomy Cell.,0.0
"Hibernia rescued by her Martial King,",4.0
"Made thee, Britannia, more securely free.",4.0
"Why dost thou murmur then, ungrateful Isle?",0.0
"What, dost thou envy to the Best of Kings",1.0
That Happiness which waits upon a Crown,1.0
"That thou thy self so freely hast bestowed,",0.0
So justly fixed upon his Sacred Head?,0.0
Is that thy Cause of envious Discontent?,3.0
"Alas, the Happiness is all for Thee,",1.0
And all the Toil and Misery for him!,1.0
"For thee, and not Himself He wears that Crown.",1.0
The very best of Fathers and of Kings,1.0
"Contentedly supports a wretched Life,",1.0
For William in his Kingdoms is Himself,1.0
The only Man whom his Auspicious Reign,1.0
Constrains to bear intolerable Care.,1.0
Not all the Rolls of Fame can show a King,0.0
Abroad behold a formidable Foe!,1.0
Surpassing in his Numbers and his Strength,1.0
The whole Alliance which our Hero formed;,0.0
"Then that Alliance difficult to form,",1.0
And wondrous difficult to be maintained;,1.0
And thwarting in their contrary Designs.,1.0
He was the only Man upon the Globe,1.0
"Who could at once resist the Common Foe,",0.0
"And could enforce the Weakness of his Friends,",1.0
"Quicken their Sloth, enrich their Poverty,",3.0
"Cool their Mistrusts, their Factions reconcile.",2.0
"At the same time at home, amongst his own",3.0
"Lurked his most mortal and most dangerous Foes,",3.0
"Those Sons of Darkness, who concealed in Night,",0.0
To take away the very Life of Liberty.,1.0
"More eager most each other to destroy,",1.0
Than Him their common Safety to defend.,2.0
"How few, alas, he found entirely true!",2.0
"How few in whom he could entirely trust,",2.0
Upon whose faithful Breasts he could discharge,0.0
Some part of his intolerable Load!,2.0
"For some had groundless Jealousies conceived,",1.0
And others of themselves had too much care,1.0
To be solicitous about their King.,1.0
Never had Prince such Hardships to surpass;,3.0
"For in eternal Toil He past his Hours,",0.0
"Wasted with Action, or consumed with Thought,",3.0
"And twenty times He past the Stormy Main,",0.0
While We in Peace securely slept at home;,0.0
"Past it against his Health, against his Life,",2.0
Past it for Us against his very Self:,1.0
It's what his tender Body never could bear;,1.0
"In every Passage he almost expired,",2.0
To save and to defend ungrateful Men.,1.0
"Were overcome, alas He came not home,",0.0
"Like other Conquerors, to indulge Himself",3.0
"In soft repose, or to enjoy the Fame,",1.0
Or the fair Conscience of his Noble Acts.,3.0
"For always He returned to endure new Toils,",4.0
And bear almost insufferable Pains;,2.0
"Contending with the envious Rage of some,",3.0
And with the fierce Divisions of us all.,2.0
"Beyond what Nature suffered him to bear,",1.0
"The weary Marches, and the hard Fatigues",1.0
At his return he always something found,1.0
"More difficult and grievous to be born,",2.0
"From those whom with the hazard of his Life,",1.0
Whom with the loss of Rest and Health he served;,0.0
"And yet with Patience He supported all,",1.0
Because He knew his Just Resentment shown,0.0
Would have confounded all his Great Designs.,0.0
"Therefore that just Resentment penned within,",1.0
"Like a devouring Flame that wants a Vent,",3.0
"Consumed and preyed upon his Noble Heart,",0.0
"Exhausting the best Spirits of his Blood,",3.0
And richest Purple of the Royal Flood.,1.0
Which his frail Body could endure no more:,3.0
For the Felicity of wretched Men;,2.0
"Firmly resolved, as far as fleeting Life",2.0
"Would give him leave, in spite of even our selves",2.0
To finish the great Work He had begun.,2.0
But what they did was probably the effect,1.0
"Of wild Enthusiasm and of frantic Rage,",1.0
"And sudden the Resolve, and short the Pain.",1.0
"But WILLIAM's Action was the effect of Thought,",3.0
Of a deliberate and long Design;,1.0
"For sensibly his Life consumed away,",1.0
And sunk beneath the Pressure of Affairs;,1.0
"Yet He with indefatigable Soul,",1.0
"And with almost Divine Resolve, went on,",4.0
"And knowing He or Liberty must die,",2.0
"By his eternal Care, eternal Toil,",1.0
"To support that exhausted his Best Blood,",5.0
And saved it at the expense of even his Life.,3.0
"AND if Success OH fond mistaken Men,",2.0
That judge of Human Actions by Success!,1.0
Was sometime wanting to his Great Designs;,2.0
"And greatest, when he missed it, still was found;",0.0
For then his firm and comprehensive Soul,0.0
In all the Lustre of its Virtue shone.,1.0
And near Perfection brought his own Designs;,0.0
"In spite of Losses made his Kingdom thrive,",0.0
While France with all its Fortune was undone:,1.0
"For by Himself, and not by Fortune Great,",1.0
"Great WILLIAM found us wretched, left us blessed",1.0
"In spite of all her Malice, all her Rage:",0.0
"But ill that King deserves the Name of Great,",0.0
"Who found his Subjects wealthy, easy, blessed,",0.0
"And will be sure to leave them poor, starved, cursed,",2.0
In spite of false Success and false Renown.,0.0
"AND thus to bless Mankind our Hero lived,",1.0
And great Employment of his dying Hours.,1.0
He knew he never could better die employed,2.0
"Than He had lived; he knew the very Best,",1.0
"The Greatest, Holiest of Mankind were they",3.0
Who of their Maker most resemblance bear;,0.0
"And that they best resemble the most High,",1.0
And who for future Ages best provide.,0.0
Nor could the King of Terror's awful Face,3.0
Turn his Attention from his Grand Design:,3.0
The grizzly King no Terrors had for Him;,1.0
"Calmly they met, and kindly they embraced,",3.0
As friendly Monarchs on their Frontiers meet.,5.0
"His mighty Soul was so remote from Fear,",1.0
"That He showed nothing like what's falsely Brave,",2.0
"And nothing like what's falsely Good He showed,",0.0
"No earnest vehement Devotion paid,",2.0
The effect of Terror and Astonishment;,3.0
"But calm, resigned, and charitably meek,",1.0
Briefly and mildly offered up that Soul,3.0
"To the Great Judge of Kings who knew his Heart,",2.0
And the main Spring of all his Actions saw.,0.0
"That done, again he of the World took care;",2.0
"For his Religion in his Actions lay,",1.0
And not in fruitless Words and empty Sounds:,0.0
He looked upon himself as sent by God,0.0
TO advance the Happiness of Human Kind;,2.0
"And as He past his whole Heroic Life,",1.0
He died performing his Great Master's Will;,3.0
"And as He knew no Fear, so Pain it self",2.0
Could not divert him from his Great Design.,1.0
"If we give Credit to the Sons of Art,",3.0
"His latest Hours in sharpest Pains were spent,",0.0
"And yet he showed no smallest Sign of Pain,",1.0
"Uttered no loud Complaint, nor piercing Groan;",3.0
"No Mark of Torment on his Face appeared,",3.0
"For his loved People whom he left behind,",2.0
"The best of Fathers for his Children felt,",1.0
But for himself appeared insensible.,2.0
"Yet his no fruitless vain Compassion was,",3.0
But made him eager to complete those Acts,1.0
And might our future Happiness secure.,1.0
"OH GREATNESS, never known to Man before!",1.0
Too great to be conceived by Human Thought!,1.0
"Behold a Man, who dies in sharpest Pain,",0.0
In his own Height of Misery intent,1.0
"Upon providing Happiness for all,",1.0
"Which makes the sole Employment of a God,",1.0
In perfect Ease and full Felicity:,2.0
"As much concerned for the World's Liberty,",3.0
"As if his Business ceased not with his Life,",2.0
As if our Guardian Angel had assumed,3.0
"That Royal Shape, and would not leave his Charge,",0.0
But only disappear to Mortal Eyes.,0.0
"NOT the least Trouble or Concern He showed,",3.0
"That his Great Maker called him at a Time,",2.0
When the expecting World had all its Eyes,1.0
"Intent on Him, the Darling Theme of Fame;",1.0
When all his vast Designs were just reduced,0.0
Within a certain Prospect of Success;,1.0
"When humbled Gaul, and the delivered World",1.0
"Had all advanced his Fame to such a height,",1.0
As never Human Glory rose before.,0.0
Not in the least concerned at being snatched,0.0
"From the transporting Joy, the vast Applause,",1.0
Of all the Nations happy made by Him.,0.0
"The Hero meekly bore it, though He knew",1.0
That the World judges by the last Event;,3.0
But the World's Praise was what he could contemn.,2.0
He like a faithful Servant had performed,0.0
What his Great Master destined him to do;,3.0
"And so died, pleased with this Heroic Thought,",3.0
That had that Master's absolute Decree,0.0
"Allotted him a thousand times as much,",1.0
He would with Cheerfulness have done it all.,0.0
OF all about him in that dreadful Hour,0.0
"He was alone serene, the mournful rest",1.0
"Felt all the fiercest Pangs of Grief and Fear,",0.0
Declared the inward Torments of their Souls;,2.0
Like the compassionate Spectator He.,4.0
"At last one hearty Sigh he gives for all,",0.0
"A Sigh that ended his Heroic Toils,",1.0
And brought that Rest which Virtue could not bring.,0.0
And now in loud and lamentable Wails,4.0
They vent their lawless Grief that knows no Bounds:,1.0
"Some for their Royal Patron wring their Hands,",0.0
Their Benefactor some aloud deplore;,0.0
"Some their Wise, Brave, Undaunted General;",3.0
Their Great Deliverer and Defender some;,3.0
"Their Father, like poor helpless Orphans, all.",1.0
"But turn thy View, my Soul, from that vast Grief,",1.0
Whose mortal Prospect is enough to blast,1.0
Thy strongest and thy noblest Faculties.,2.0
Yet whither must I fly to avoid that Grief?,2.0
All Europe catches the contagious Woe:,1.0
"The Greatest Men on Earth his Fate deplore,",0.0
"Kings for that Loss not only grieve, but die.",0.0
"Your loud Laments, you afflicted Nations cease;",2.0
"It's for your selves this vast Excess of Woe,",1.0
"And not for Him, for He is surely blessed.",1.0
Never a greater Subject was of Woe;,3.0
"But still excessive Grief some Weakness shows,",0.0
"But lofty Praise declares a Noble Mind,",0.0
"The best Return for mighty Benefits,",1.0
"And worthy to be offered up to Gods,",2.0
"And to good Kings, who most resemble Gods.",1.0
"Then change your Voices all with one accord,",1.0
"YOU afflicted Nations, change your mournful Notes,",1.0
And praise your mighty Benefactor's Name;,0.0
"Lift up your Voices all with one accord,",1.0
For the Great Theme requires your noblest Flights.,2.0
"WILLIAM the Great, the Good, the Just is gone;",2.0
"Yet never, never shall He die entire,",0.0
But his Immortal Memory shall last,2.0
"As long as Gratitude remains in Men,",0.0
As long as lovely Liberty remains.,1.0
"For WILLIAM was the Greatest, Best of Kings,",1.0
"That ever was sent from Heaven to rule the Earth,",2.0
Or will be sent when Golden Times return:,1.0
"Who, persecuted and oppressed by Fate,",1.0
"Deserted by some Friends, betrayed by some,",1.0
"Ill seconded by more, almost alone,",3.0
"Britannia he restored, Hibernia He reduced;",7.0
"He Superstition's bloody Progress stopped,",2.0
And checked the Rage of Arbitrary Sway;,0.0
"Religion reestablished, Right maintained,",0.0
"Supported Freedom, Property secured,",1.0
And made Oppression tremble when he frowned;,0.0
Was born and lived for the World's Happiness:,3.0
"A Hero still confessed to all the World,",0.0
And died at last as greatly as he lived;,1.0
Whose dying Arm for Liberty did more,1.0
Than if the noblest Conquest he had gained:,2.0
"And who, to sum all Praises up in one,",1.0
"Maintains even dead the Freedom of the World,",5.0
"By Him combined in mutual League, pursue;",3.0
"And by the Wisdom of that Mighty Queen,",2.0
Who now adds Lustre to the Imperial Crown:,6.0
"Her Wisdom and her Virtues are the Gifts,",2.0
Which He upon these Happy Realms bestowed.,1.0
"Had it not been for his Heroic Toils,",1.0
"The Golden Sceptre She so mildly sways,",1.0
Had been in bloody Hands an Iron Rod.,0.0
"And can we owe this Happiness to Him,",2.0
And yet refuse our Benefactor's Praise?,0.0
Where is our Honour? Where our Gratitude?,0.0
And where our boasted Loyalty to Her?,1.0
"Can we be Foes to his Immortal Name,",2.0
"Who gave us Her, who all his wondrous Steps",0.0
"Pursues, and seconds all his vast Designs?",0.0
"And may she second all, till she attains",2.0
The Happy Glorious End which He proposed.,3.0
In vain thy wish gives all thy rural hours,1.0
"To court thy pencil early at thy gates,",0.0
"Ambition knocks, and fleeting Beauty waits;",0.0
"The boastful Muse, of others fame so sure,",0.0
Implores thy aid to make her own secure;,0.0
"The great, the fair, and if ought nobler be,",1.0
Ought more beloved the Arts solicit thee.,1.0
From Europe severed by the circling main:,1.0
"Sought by the kings of every distant land,",0.0
And every hero worthy of thy hand.,1.0
Hast thou forgot that mighty Bourbon feared,1.0
"He still was mortal, till thy draught appeared;",1.0
That Cosmo chose thy glowing form to place,0.0
Amid her masters of the Lombard race?,1.0
"While Britain wins each garland from her brow,",1.0
"Her wit and freedom first, her painting now.",0.0
"Nor mean the task each breathing bust explore,",0.0
"Line after line with painful patience trace,",1.0
"This Roman grandeur, that Athenian grace;",6.0
"Vain care of parts; if, impotent of soul,",2.0
The industrious workman fails to warm the whole!,3.0
"Each theft betrays the marble whence it came,",0.0
And a cold statue stiffen in the frame.,2.0
"Thee Nature taught, nor Art her aid denied,",0.0
The kindest mistress and the surest guide,1.0
"To catch a likeness at one piercing fight,",0.0
And place the fairest in the fairest light.,0.0
"Ere yet the pencil tries her nicer toils,",0.0
"Thy careless chalk has half achieved thy art,",0.0
"A mind that grasps the whole is rarely found,",0.0
"Half learnt, half painters, and half wits abound:",4.0
"Few, like thy genius, at proportion aim,",0.0
"All great, all graceful, and throughout the same.",1.0
Such be thy life. OH since the glorious rage,3.0
"Though wealth nor fame now touch thy sated mind,",1.0
"Since after thee may rise an impious line,",4.0
"Paint on, till fate dissolve thy mortal part,",0.0
And live and die the monarch of thy art.,1.0
"It's not enough, that Wit and Beauty join;",0.0
"But, in her Face, let Sense and Judgement shine;",1.0
And solid Wisdom dignify the Whole:,0.0
"So, in thy Piece, shall each Beholder see",0.0
"A finished CELIA Her, a KNELLER Thee.",2.0
"AS once grave Pluto drove his royal Wheels,",1.0
Over the large Confines of the Stygian Fields:,2.0
"With kingly Port he sat, and by his Side,",1.0
"Rode his fair Captive, now his awful Bride;",3.0
And strikes the fainting Empress of the Shades.,1.0
"The trembling Queen is seized with sickly Yawns,",0.0
"Back to the Palace was the general Cry,",1.0
"There rests the Dame, and sought her Royal Bed,",0.0
Where the soft Pillows raised her drooping Head:,2.0
On nothing would the peevish Matron feed;,0.0
"Then useful Mercury was called with speed,",1.0
"And sent on Earth some curious Dish to frame,",2.0
Of light Digestion for the sickly Dame.,1.0
"To Earth he posted where he quickly found,",0.0
Proper Ingredients on our fertile Ground;,3.0
"The Sighs of Widowers, and blends with those",1.0
The Vows of Lovers and the Brains of Beaux;,1.0
"The Wealth of Poets, and the Tears of Heirs;",1.0
"The Frowns of Celia, when her Heart complies:",0.0
Then with a Breath along the Air he drives,0.0
"The Love of Husbands, and the Charms of Wives;",1.0
"From thence Debates and long Harangues to cull,",0.0
"And now the frothy Dish began to seem,",0.0
"To crown the rest, he met by lucky Chance",0.0
"The Wit of England, and the Truth of France.",1.0
"A Peaceful morn the sweets of spring convey,",0.0
A radiant beam to usher in the day;,0.0
"Soft as the breeze in whisper seemed to say,",0.0
"Thus raised to hope; but glides my dream away,",1.0
"Her form transparent, brighter than the day.",1.0
"What joy sublime, what innocence around,",1.0
With kind benevolence and myrtle crowned;,1.0
"Still in my ear melodious sounds I hear,",2.0
Ecstatic themes of her eternal year.,1.0
"Of all your friends, when at your last resource,",2.0
Avoid the man that deals in words of course.,0.0
"Damon's in love, he swears, with you alone;",3.0
"Another comes, his heart's not all your own.",0.0
"Yet still he swears, and still he keeps his word,",0.0
"Nor ever breaks it, till appears a third.",1.0
Alexis now was kneeling at my feet;,0.0
"It's strange, he cannot see me on the street.",1.0
"I started other day, when Willie said",0.0
"She smiled, he sneered, I stared him in the face;",0.0
"He whispered me, These words are common place.",1.0
"Curse on your folly, and your words of course!",1.0
Pushed all his interest for the vacant chair.,1.0
"No longer whine in love, and rant in rage;",1.0
"And their applause to gain, recounts his claps.",1.0
"Thus the victorious chiefs of ancient Rome,",4.0
"In pompous strain fight over the extinguished war,",2.0
And show where honour bled in every scar,3.0
BUT though bear merit might in Rome appear,2.0
"It's not the strongest plea for favour, it's not here;",0.0
We form our judgement in another way;,0.0
"And they will best succeed, who best can pay:",1.0
"Those who would gain the votes of British tribes,",0.0
"Must add to force of merit, force of bribes.",0.0
WHAT can an actor give? in every age,0.0
Cash hath been rudely banished from the stage;,1.0
"Monarchs themselves to grief of every player,",1.0
Appear as often as their image there:,2.0
"They can't, like candidate for other seat,",1.0
"Pour seas of wine, and mountains raise of meat.",1.0
Wine! they could bribe you with the world as soon;,1.0
"And of roast beef, they only know the tune.",2.0
"But what they have they give; could CLIVE do more,",0.0
Though for one million he had brought home four?,3.0
And hopes the friends of humour will be there.,0.0
For those who laughter love instead of meat.,1.0
And at the New pours water on the leaves.,2.0
"THE Town divided, each runs several ways,",1.0
"As passion, humour, interest, party sways.",3.0
"Shape of a leg, complexion brown or fair;",0.0
"A dress well chosen, or a patch misplaced,",2.0
"Seated in pit, the dwarf with aching eyes",2.0
"While to six feet the stripling vigorous grown,",5.0
Declares that GARRICK is another COAN.,1.0
"WHEN place of judgement is by whim supplied,",1.0
And our opinions have their rise in pride;,1.0
We praise and censure with an eye to self;,1.0
"In such a court, as GARRICK for the chair.",1.0
"At length agreed all squabbles to decide,",1.0
By some one judge the cause was to be tried;,1.0
"But this their squabbles did afresh renew,",1.0
Who should be judge in such a trial: ' --  Who?,1.0
"Some called for M' -- Y, but that sound soon died,",3.0
And Desert Island rang on every side:,0.0
He sickened at all triumphs but his own:,1.0
"For COLMAN many, but the peevish tongue",1.0
Of prudent age found out that he was young.,3.0
"WITH sleek appearance, and with ambling pace,",1.0
"And, type of vacant head, with vacant face,",0.0
For who like him his various powers could call,3.0
"Into so many shapes, and shine in all?",0.0
"Who could so nobly grace the motley list,",0.0
"Actor, Inspector, Doctor, Botanist.",3.0
"Knows any one so well, sure no one knows,",3.0
"At once to play, prescribe, compound, compose?",0.0
Melting like ghosts before the rising day.,2.0
"Scarce hammered out, when Nature's feeble fires",2.0
Who in mere want of fault all merit place;,1.0
"Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,",2.0
"Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules;",2.0
With solemn consequence declared that none,1.0
Could judge that cause but SOPHOCLES alone.,1.0
"Dupes to their fancied excellence, the crowd",1.0
Obsequious to the sacred dictate bowed.,2.0
"WHEN, from amid the throng a youth stood forth,",2.0
"Unknown his person, not unknown his worth;",0.0
"His looks bespoke applause; alone he stood,",0.0
Alone he stemmed the mighty critic flood.,0.0
He talked of ancients as the man became,1.0
"With noble reverence spoke of Greece and Rome,",2.0
And scorned to tear the laurel from the tomb.,1.0
"BUT more than just to other countries grown,",0.0
"Where do these words of Greece and Rome excel,",0.0
That England may not please the ear as well?,1.0
That all perfection needs must centre there?,1.0
"In states, let strangers blindly be preferred;",1.0
"In state of letters, merit should be heard.",0.0
"Genius is of no country, her pure ray",6.0
Spreads all abroad as general as the day.,2.0
"Foe to restraint, from place to place she flies,",2.0
And may hereafter even in Holland rise.,3.0
"May not, to give a pleasing fancy scope,",0.0
And cheer a patriot heart with patriot hope;,4.0
May not some great extensive genius raise,0.0
The name of Britain above Athenian praise;,4.0
"And, while brave thirst of fame his bosom warms,",1.0
Make England great in letters as in arms?,2.0
"Beyond the reach of Greece; with native fires,",0.0
While SOPHOCLES below stands trembling at his height.,2.0
"WHY should we then abroad for judges roam,",0.0
When abler judges we may find at home?,1.0
"Happy in tragic and in comic powers,",3.0
"For them, your natural judges, Britons vote;",1.0
"HE said, and conquered. ' --  Sense resumed her sway,",0.0
And disappointed pedants stalked away.,0.0
"Meantime the stranger every voice employed,",1.0
To ask or tell his name. ' --  Who is it? ' --  LLOYD.,1.0
"THUS, when the aged friends of JOB stood mute,",1.0
"ELIHU, with the decent warmth of youth,",1.0
"Boldly stood forth, the advocate of Truth;",3.0
While baffled Age stood snarling at his side.,1.0
"THE day of trial's fixed, nor any fear",0.0
Lest day of trial should be put off here.,0.0
Causes but seldom for delay can call,3.0
"In courts where forms are few, fees none at all.",1.0
"THE morning came, nor find I that the sun,",0.0
"As he on other great events hath done,",1.0
Put on a brighter robe than what he wore,0.0
To go his journey in the day before.,0.0
"FULL in the centre of a spacious plain,",1.0
"On plan entirely new, where nothing vain,",2.0
"Nothing magnificent appeared, but Art,",3.0
"With decent modesty, performed her part,",1.0
Rose a tribunal: from no other court,4.0
"It borrowed ornament, or sought support:",2.0
"No juries here were packed to kill or clear,",1.0
"No bribes were taken, nor oaths broken here:",3.0
To their own purpose tuned the pliant laws.,1.0
"Each judge was true and steady to his trust,",1.0
"As MANSFIELD wise, and as old FOSTER just.",3.0
"IN the first seat, in robe of various dies,",5.0
"A noble wildness flashing from his eyes,",1.0
For mighty wonders famed in days of yore;,0.0
"The other held a globe, which to his will",1.0
"Obedient turned, and owned the master's skill:",2.0
"Things of the noblest kind his genius drew,",0.0
And looked through Nature at a single view:,0.0
"A loose he gave to his unbounded soul,",1.0
"And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll;",2.0
"Called into being scenes unknown before,",1.0
"And, passing Nature's bounds, was something more.",0.0
"NEXT JOHNSON sat, ' --  in ancient learning trained,",0.0
"Correctly pruned each wild luxuriant thought,",2.0
"Marked out her course, nor spared a glorious fault.",2.0
"The Book of Man he read with nicest art,",0.0
And ransacked all the secrets of the heart;,2.0
And traced each passion to its proper source.,1.0
"Then, strongly marked, in liveliest colours drew,",4.0
And fools hung out their brother fools deterred.,2.0
"His comic humour kept the world in awe,",3.0
And Laughter frightened Folly more than Law.,0.0
"BUT, hark! ' --  The trumpet sounds, the crowd gives way,",1.0
And the procession comes in just array.,1.0
"Now should I, in some sweet poetic line,",0.0
"Invoke the Muse to quit her calm abode,",0.0
And waken Memory with a sleeping ode.,1.0
"For how should mortal man, in mortal verse,",1.0
"Their titles, merits, or their names rehearse?",1.0
We'll put off Genius till another time.,1.0
"FIRST, Order came, ' --  with solemn step, and slow,",1.0
In measured time his feet were taught to go.,0.0
"Behind, from time to time, he cast his eye,",0.0
"Lest This should quit his place, That step awry.",1.0
"Appearances to save, his only care;",1.0
"So things seem right, no matter what they are.",2.0
"In him his parents saw themselves renewed,",0.0
Begotten by Sir Critic on Saint Prude.,4.0
"Next, snuffer, sweeper, shifter, soldier, mute:",0.0
Legions of angels all in white advance;,2.0
"Fools, hand in hand with fools, go two by two.",2.0
Next came the treasurer of either house;,1.0
"One with full purse, other with not a sous.",2.0
"BEHIND a group of figures awe create,",0.0
"By lace and feather consecrate to fame,",0.0
Expletive kings and queens without a name.,2.0
"Loves, hates, and rages, triumphs and complains;",2.0
His easy vacant face proclaimed an heart,0.0
"Which could not feel emotions, nor impart.",1.0
Statesman all over! ' --  In plots famous grown! ' --,3.0
"He mouths a sentence, as ' --  ours mouth a bone.",2.0
"He creeps, he flies. ' --  An hero should not walk.",0.0
Planted their batteries against the skies:,3.0
"He borrowed, and made use of as his own.",4.0
"By Fortune thrown on any other stage,",0.0
"He might, perhaps, have pleased an easy age;",0.0
"But now appears a copy, and no more,",2.0
Of something better we have seen before.,1.0
"The actor who would build a solid fame,",0.0
Must Imitation's servile arts disclaim;,0.0
"Act from himself, on his own bottom stand. ' --",3.0
I hate even GARRICK thus at second hand.,2.0
"Hibernia, famed, above every other grace,",8.0
"From her his features caught the generous flame,",3.0
And bid defiance to all sense of shame:,1.0
"Tutored by all her rivals to surpass,",2.0
"When hot impatience is in full career,",1.0
"When active Fancy from the brain is sent,",1.0
"And stands on tiptoe for some wished event,",2.0
I hate those careless blunders which recall,0.0
"Suspended sense, and prove it fiction all.",0.0
"Great master in the science of Grimace,",3.0
"From Ireland ventures, favourite of the Town,",1.0
Lured by the pleasing prospect of Renown.,1.0
"His wit and humour in Distortion lie,",2.0
And all his merit enters at the eye.,0.0
"We laugh, we clap, ' --  but, on Reflection's birth,",1.0
"We wonder at ourselves, and curse our mirth.",0.0
"His walk of parts he fatally misplaced,",1.0
And Inclination fondly took for Taste.,0.0
Hence hath the Town so often seen displayed,0.0
"Merit he had, some merit in his way,",1.0
But seldom found out in what part it lay.,0.0
"BY turns transformed into all kinds of shapes,",0.0
"Now in the centre, now in van or rear,",0.0
"Are all contained in this one word, Distorted.",1.0
"With personal defects their mirth adorn,",1.0
And hang misfortunes out to public scorn.,1.0
"Even I, whom Nature cast in hideous mould,",3.0
"Whom having made, she trembled to behold,",1.0
"Beneath the load of mimicry may groan,",1.0
And find that Nature's errors are my own.,1.0
"Strange to relate, but wonderfully true,",3.0
That even shadows have their shadows too!,2.0
"With not a single comic power endued,",2.0
"The first, a mere mere mimic's mimic stood.",1.0
"The last, by Nature formed to please, who shows,",0.0
"In JOHNSON'S Stephen, which way Genius grows;",1.0
"Self quite put off, affects, with too much art,",3.0
To put on WOODWARD in each mangled part;,0.0
"Adopts his shrug, his wink, his stare; nay more,",1.0
And rests his Imitation in ' --  Defects.,0.0
"ARMS crossed, brows bent, eyes fixed, feet marching slow,",6.0
A band of malcontents with spleen overflow;,3.0
"Which Pride, like Phoebus, draws from every bog;",0.0
"They curse the Managers, and curse the Town,",1.0
Whose partial favour keeps such merit down.,4.0
"BUT if some man, more hardy than the rest,",2.0
"At once they rise with impotence of rage,",1.0
"Whet their small stings, and buzz about the stage.",3.0
It's breach of privilege! ' --  Shall any dare,2.0
"WHAT! shall Opinion then, of Nature free",0.0
"And liberal as the vagrant air, agree",1.0
"To rust in chains like these, imposed by Things",1.0
"Which, less than nothing, ape the pride of kings?",0.0
"To curse the freedom of each honest line,",1.0
"Though rage and malice dim their faded cheek,",0.0
"What the Muse freely thinks, she'll freely speak.",2.0
"With just disdain of every paltry sneer,",0.0
"Stranger alike to Flattery and Fear,",3.0
"In purpose fixed, and to herself a rule,",1.0
Public Contempt shall wait the Public Fool.,2.0
Ludicrous Nature! which at once could show,2.0
"A man so very High, so very Low.",0.0
"Ought hurtful, may I never see thee play.",1.0
"Let critics, with a supercilious air,",4.0
"Decry thy various merit, and declare,",3.0
Frenchman is still at top; ' --  but scorn that rage,2.0
"Which, in attacking thee, attacks the age.",1.0
"French follies, universally embraced,",2.0
"At once provoke our mirth, and form our taste.",0.0
"LONG from a nation, ever hardly used,",0.0
"At random censured, wantonly abused,",1.0
Have Britons drawn their sport; with partial view,0.0
Formed general notions from the rascal few;,2.0
"Condemned a people, as for vices known,",1.0
Which from their country banished seek our own.,0.0
"At length, however, the slavish chain is broke,",3.0
"And Sense, awakened, scorns her ancient yoke:",0.0
"Taught by thee, MOODY, we now learn to raise",2.0
"Mirth from their foibles; from their virtues, praise.",1.0
"Whom the Muse knows not, nor desires to know.",3.0
"Than if, till that time, arms they never bore.",2.0
"Like Westminster militia, trained to fight,",3.0
They scarcely knew the left hand from the right.,2.0
"Ashamed among such troops to show the head,",0.0
"Their chiefs were scattered, and their heroes fled.",1.0
"To separate frown from smile, and smile from frown.",0.0
Stood on her feet as fast asleep as he.,0.0
"Who wantonly transgresses Nature's bounds,",7.0
"Eager to touch up some new comic scene,",3.0
Lay happily concealed behind a screen.,2.0
"Whether he left out nonsense or put in,",4.0
"Who aimed at wit, though, levelled in the dark,",0.0
"The random arrow seldom hit the mark,",0.0
"Where, quiet as her strains, their strains do flow,",1.0
"The plan of future operations laid,",0.0
And spin out happy Folly through the year.,1.0
"Harlequin comes their chief! ' --  See, from afar,",4.0
The hero seated in fantastic car!,0.0
"Wedded to Novelty, his only arms",3.0
"On one side Folly sits, by some called Fun,",3.0
"Sense, helpless captive, drags the galling chain.",1.0
"Monsters, with tails of ice, and heads of fire;",2.0
"Each was bestrode by full as monstrous wight,",1.0
"Giant, Dwarf, Genius, Elf, Hermaphrodite.",3.0
"The Town, as usual, met him in full cry:",3.0
"The Town, as usual, knew no reason why.",3.0
"But Fashion so directs, and Moderns raise,",1.0
"NEXT, to the field a band of females draw",1.0
"Just to their worth, we female rights admit,",1.0
Nor bar their claim to Empire or to Wit.,1.0
In spite of outward blemishes she shone,1.0
"For Humour famed, and Humour all her own.",2.0
"Easy, as if at home, the stage she trod,",1.0
"Nor sought the Critic's praise, nor feared his rod.",0.0
"Original in spirit and in ease,",2.0
She pleased by hiding all attempts to please.,0.0
"No comic actress ever yet could raise,",1.0
"Among the merry troop conspicuous seen,",2.0
"See lively POPE advance in jig and trip,",1.0
"Corinna, Cherry, Honeycomb, and Snip.",1.0
"Not without Art, but yet to Nature true,",0.0
"She charms the Town with Humour just, yet new.",0.0
"Cheered by her promise, we the less deplore",1.0
The fatal time when CLIVE shall be no more.,0.0
"MIGHT Figure give a title unto Fame,",0.0
"But Justice may not partial trophies raise,",1.0
"Still, hand in hand, her words and actions go,",1.0
And the heart feels more than the features show;,1.0
We no variety of passions trace;,1.0
"Dead to the soft emotions of the heart,",1.0
No kindred softness can those eyes impart;,2.0
"The brow, still fixed in Sorrow's gloomy frame,",1.0
"Void of distinction, marks all parts the same.",2.0
Unless Deportment gives it decent grace?,0.0
"Blessed with all other requisites to please,",1.0
Some want the striking elegance of Ease;,1.0
The curious eye their awkward movement tyres;,2.0
They seem like puppets led about by wires.,0.0
"Others, like statues, in one posture still,",1.0
"Wondering, his art we praise the more we view,",1.0
And only grieve he gave not motion too.,0.0
"Weak of themselves are what we beauties call,",2.0
It is the Manner which gives strength to all.,2.0
"This teaches every beauty to unite,",2.0
And brings them forward in the noblest light.,0.0
"Happy in this, behold, amid the throng,",2.0
"FORMED for the tragic scene, to grace the stage,",0.0
"With rival excellence of Love and Rage,",1.0
To turn and wind the passions as she will;,1.0
"To melt the heart with sympathetic woe,",0.0
"Awake the sigh, and teach the tear to flow;",0.0
And freeze the soul with horror and despair;,1.0
"With just desert enrolled in endless fame,",0.0
"Struck with her grief, I catch the madness too!",0.0
My brain turns round! The headless trunk I view!,1.0
"The roof cracks, shakes, and falls! ' --  New horrors rise,",2.0
And Reason buried in the ruin lies.,0.0
"NOBLY disdainful of each slavish art,",3.0
She makes her first attack upon the heart:,0.0
"Pleased with the summons, it receives her laws;",1.0
"And all is, silence, sympathy, applause.",1.0
"BUT when, by fond Ambition drawn aside,",0.0
"Giddy with praise, and puffed with female pride,",3.0
"To comic merit, breaks down Nature's fence;",0.0
"I scarcely can believe my ears and eyes,",1.0
"PRITCHARD, by Nature for the stage designed,",3.0
"In person graceful, and in sense refined;",1.0
"Her Art as much as Nature's friend became,",0.0
Her voice as free from blemish as her fame.,1.0
"Who knows so well in majesty to please,",1.0
She comes a captive queen of Moorish race;,0.0
"When Love, Hate, Jealousy, Despair, and Rage,",2.0
Still equal to herself is Zara seen:,2.0
Her passions are the passions of a queen.,2.0
I feel Ambition rush through every vein;,0.0
"Persuasion hangs upon her daring tongue,",0.0
"My heart grows flint, and every nerve's new strung.",2.0
"IN comedy ' --  Nay, there, cries critic, hold.",4.0
"Her speech, look, action, humour, all are just;",1.0
"But then, her age and figure give disgust.",0.0
"ARE foibles then, and graces of the mind,",1.0
"In real life, to size or age confined?",1.0
In any set circumference of waist?,2.0
"As we grow old, does affectation cease,",2.0
"If in originals these things appear,",1.0
Why should we bar them in the copy here?,0.0
"The grand minute reformers of the stage,",1.0
"Slaves to propriety of every kind,",3.0
"Which, when the best of actors shall exceed,",0.0
Let it devolve to one of smaller breed.,3.0
ALL actors too upon the back should bear,0.0
"Certificate of birth; ' --  time, when; ' --  place, where.",3.0
"For how can critics rightly fix their worth,",1.0
Unless they know the minute of their birth?,1.0
"An audience too, deceived, may find, too late,",3.0
That they have clapped an actor out of date.,1.0
And harshly strike the eye's too curious sense:,3.0
"When the pure genuine flame, by Nature taught,",2.0
"Before such merit, all objections fly;",0.0
"OFT have I, PRITCHARD, seen thy wondrous skill,",0.0
"Confessed thee great, but find thee greater still.",0.0
"That worth, which shone in scattered rays before,",0.0
"Collected now, breaks forth with double power.",1.0
"The Jealous Wife! ' --  On that thy trophies raise,",0.0
Inferior only to the Author's praise.,3.0
"For mighty magic of enchanted lance,",1.0
"With which her heroes armed victorious prove,",2.0
"And, like a flood, rush over the land of Love;",3.0
By Fate in the same sentence to be joined.,3.0
"RAISED by the breath of popular acclaim,",1.0
They mounted to the pinnacle of Fame:,2.0
"There the weak brain, made giddy with the height,",5.0
Spurred on the rival chiefs to mortal fight.,0.0
"But if, from lungs more potent, there arise",2.0
"Two bubbles of a more than common size,",2.0
"Bubble meets bubble, and both sink to air.",5.0
Still kept his eye fixed on his right-hand man:,4.0
"While the mouth measures words with seeming skill,",2.0
"What the right does, the left hand shall not know.",1.0
"With studied impropriety of speech,",1.0
He soars beyond the hackney critic's reach;,0.0
"To epithets allots emphatic state,",0.0
"In ways first trodden by himself excels,",2.0
"He, she, it, and, we, you, they fright the soul.",2.0
"IN person taller than the common size,",1.0
Behold where B' -- Y draws admiring eyes!,1.0
"Convulsive rage, and struggling heave for vent;",0.0
"Spectators, with imagined terrors warm,",3.0
Anxious expect the bursting of the storm:,3.0
"But all unfit in such a pile to dwell,",1.0
His voice comes forth like Echo from her cell;,2.0
"To swell the tempest needful aid denies,",0.0
And all down the stage in feeble murmurs dies.,0.0
"WHAT man, like B' -- Y, with such pains can err",2.0
"In elocution, action, character?",1.0
"What man could give, if B' -- Y was not here,",2.0
"Who else can speak so very, very fine,",0.0
That Sense may kindly end with every line?,0.0
"SOME dozen lines before the ghost is there,",0.0
Behold him for the solemn scene prepare.,1.0
"Puts the whole body into proper trim, ' --",3.0
"From whence we learn, with no great stretch of art,",1.0
"Five lines hence comes a ghost, and, have! a start.",2.0
"WHEN he appears most perfect, still we find",2.0
"Something which jars upon, and hurts the mind.",2.0
"Whatever lights upon a part are thrown,",1.0
We see too plainly they are not his own.,2.0
"No flame from Nature ever yet he caught,",1.0
Nor knew a feeling which he was not taught:,1.0
"He raised his trophies on the base of art,",1.0
And conned his passions as he conned his part.,1.0
"Pupil of BETTERTON and BOOTH. Alone,",3.0
"Sullen he walked, and deemed the chair his own.",2.0
"For how should moderns, mushrooms of the day,",2.0
"Who never those masters knew, know how to play?",4.0
Extol the times when they themselves were young;,1.0
"Who, having lost all relish for the stage,",1.0
"See not their own defects, but lash the age,",0.0
"Received, with joyful murmurs of applause,",1.0
"Their darling chief, and lined his favourite cause.",0.0
FAR be it from the candid Muse to tread,1.0
Insulting over the ashes of the dead.,3.0
"But just to living merit, she maintains,",1.0
"Ancients, in vain, endeavour to excel,",3.0
Happily praised if they could act as well.,3.0
"BUT, though Prescription's force we disallow,",1.0
Nor to Antiquity submissive bow;,2.0
"Though we deny imaginary grace,",1.0
Founded on accidents of time and place;,3.0
"Yet real worth of every growth shall bear,",1.0
"His words bore sterling weight, nervous and strong,",6.0
In manly tides of sense they rolled along.,0.0
"To keep up Numbers, yet not forfeit Sense,",0.0
No actor ever greater heights could reach,1.0
"SPEECH! Is that all? And, shall an actor found,",0.0
An universal fame on partial ground?,0.0
"Parrots themselves speak properly by rote,",4.0
"And, in six months, my dog shall howl by note.",1.0
"I laugh at those who, when the Stage they tread,",0.0
Neglect the heart to compliment the head;,1.0
"With strict propriety, their care's confined",1.0
"To weigh out words, while Passion halts behind.",0.0
"Allow them accent, cadence, ' --  Fools may feel;",1.0
"Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.",0.0
"His eyes, in gloomy socket taught to roll,",0.0
Proclaimed the sullen habit of his soul.,1.0
"Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the Stage,",3.0
"Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage.",3.0
With the same cast of features he is seen,3.0
"To chide the Libertine, and court the Queen.",0.0
"FROM the tame scene which without passion flows,",5.0
With just desert his reputation rose.,0.0
"Nor less he pleased, when, on some surly plan,",1.0
"He was, at once, the Actor and the Man.",2.0
Small difference betwixt the Stoic and the Brute.,3.0
"IN fancied scenes, as in life's real plan,",1.0
"He could not, for a moment, sink the Man.",0.0
"In whatever cast his character was laid,",2.0
"Self still, like oil, upon the surface played.",1.0
"Nature, in spite of all his skill, crept in:",3.0
As yet unsettled in the rank of Fame.,0.0
"This, fondly lavish in his praises grown,",0.0
"Gives him all merit; That, allows him none.",0.0
"Between them both, we'll steer the middle course,",0.0
"Nor, loving Praise, rob Judgement of her force.",2.0
"JUST his conceptions, natural and great:",2.0
"His feelings strong, his words enforced with weight.",0.0
Envy would drive the colour from his cheek:,2.0
Denied the social powers of voice and face.,2.0
"Fixed in one frame of features, glare of eye,",0.0
"Passions, like Chaos, in confusion lie:",2.0
In vain the wonders of his skill are tried,1.0
To form Distinction Nature hath denied.,0.0
"His voice no touch of harmony admits,",2.0
Irregularly deep and shrill by fits:,1.0
"The two extremes appear, like man and wife,",0.0
Coupled together for the sake of strife.,3.0
"His Action's always strong, but sometime such",2.0
Why must Impatience fall three paces back?,1.0
Why paces three return to the attack?,1.0
"Why is the right leg too forbid to stir,",1.0
Unless in motion semicircular?,1.0
"Why must the Hero with the Nailor vie,",1.0
"IN Royal John, with Philip angry grown,",0.0
Inhuman tyrant! was it not a shame,1.0
To fright a king so harmless and so tame?,1.0
"BUT, spite of all defects, his glories rise;",0.0
"And Art, by Judgement formed, with Nature vies.",0.0
While in his own contending passions roll.,0.0
"View the whole scene, with critic judgement scan,",3.0
And then ' --  deny him Merit if you can.,1.0
"Where he falls short, it's Nature's fault alone;",3.0
"Where he succeeds, the Merit's all his own.",1.0
"LAST, GARRICK came. ' --  Behind him throng a train",1.0
"Of snarling critics, ignorant as vain.",1.0
Your Hero always should be tall you know. ' --,0.0
True natural greatness all consists in height. ' --,1.0
"Produce your voucher, Critic. ' --  Sergeant KYTE.",0.0
ANOTHER can't forgive the paltry arts,0.0
By which he makes his way to shallow hearts;,0.0
"Mere pieces of finesse, traps for applause. ' --",4.0
"Avant unnatural start, affected pause.",2.0
"FOR me, by Nature formed to judge with phlegm,",1.0
I can't acquit by wholesale nor condemn.,2.0
The best things carried to excess are wrong;,2.0
"The start may be too frequent, pause too long.",2.0
"But only used in proper time and place,",0.0
Severest judgement must allow them Grace.,0.0
"IF Bunglers, formed on Imitation's plan,",0.0
Just in the way that Monkeys mimic Man;,0.0
"Their copied scene with mangled arts disgrace,",0.0
And pause and start with the same vacant face;,2.0
"We join the critic laugh; those tricks we scorn,",0.0
Which spoil the scenes they mean them to adorn.,1.0
"BUT when, from Nature's pure and genuine source,",2.0
These strokes of acting flow with generous force;,2.0
"When in the features all the soul's portrayed,",0.0
To me they seem from quickest feelings caught:,1.0
"Each start, is Nature; and each pause, is Thought.",1.0
"WHEN Reason yields to Passion's wild alarms,",0.0
And the whole state of Man is up in arms;,3.0
"What, but a Critic, could condemn the Player",0.0
"For pausing here, when Cool Sense pauses there?",2.0
"While, working from the heart, the fire I trace,",1.0
And mark it strongly flaming to the face;,1.0
"While, in each sound, I hear the very man;",0.0
"I can't catch words, and pity those who can.",2.0
"LET Wits, like Spiders, from the tortured brain",2.0
"The Gods, ' --  a kindness I with thanks must pay, ' --",1.0
Have formed me of a coarser kind of clay;,1.0
"Nor stung with Envy, nor with Spleen diseased,",1.0
"A poor dull creature, still with Nature pleased:",1.0
"Hence to thy praises, GARRICK, I agree,",1.0
"And, pleased with Nature, must be pleased with Thee.",0.0
"Now might I tell how silence reigned throughout,",0.0
And deep attention hushed the rabble rout;,0.0
"How every claimant, tortured with desire,",1.0
"Was pale as ashes, or as red as fire:",1.0
"But, loose to Fame, the Muse more simply acts,",0.0
"Rejects all flourish, and relates mere facts.",2.0
"THE judges, as the several parties came,",1.0
"With Temper heard, with Judgement weighed each claim,",0.0
"And in their sentence happily agreed,",1.0
"IF Manly Sense; if Nature, linked with Art;",0.0
If thorough Knowledge of the Human Heart;,1.0
"If Powers of Acting, vast and unconfined;",2.0
"If fewest Faults, with greatest Beauties joined;",0.0
"If strong Expression, and strange Powers, which lie",3.0
Within the magic circle of the eye;,1.0
"If Feelings which few hearts, like His, can know,",1.0
And which no Face so well as His can show;,2.0
Deserve the Preference; ' --  GARRICK take the Chair;,0.0
Nor quit it ' --  till Thou place an Equal There.,2.0
"HAIL, Phillis, brighter than a Morning Sky,",2.0
"Joy of my Heart, and Darling of my Eye;",1.0
"See the kind Year her grateful Tribute yields,",3.0
"But to yonder Gardens let me lead thy Charms,",0.0
Where the curled Vine extends her willing Arms:,3.0
"Whose purple Clusters lure the longing Eye,",0.0
And the ripe Cherries show their scarlet Die.,2.0
"Not all the Sights your boasted Gardens yield,",0.0
"Are half so lovely as my Father's Field,",1.0
"Where large Increase has blessed the fruitful Plain,",0.0
"And we with Joy behold the swelling Grain,",1.0
"Whose heavy Ears towards the Earth reclined,",0.0
"But see, to emulate those Cheeks of thine,",0.0
"Beneath their Leaves the ruddy Peaches glow,",0.0
And the plump Figs compose a gallant Show.,2.0
And ruddy Pears in you Espalier twine.,1.0
"There humble Dwarfs in pleasing Order stand,",0.0
Whose golden Product seems to court thy Hand.,0.0
In vain you tempt me while our Orchard bears,0.0
While yours must grow but as their Masters please.,1.0
"The grateful Trees our Mercy well repay,",0.0
And rain us Bushels at the rising Day.,0.0
"Fair are my Gardens, yet you slight them all;",0.0
"Then let us haste to you majestic Hall,",1.0
"Where the glad Roofs shall to thy Voice resound,",2.0
Thy Voice more sweet than Music's melting Sound:,0.0
"But Art shall teach us to evade his Ray,",1.0
And the forced Fountains near the Windows play;,2.0
"There choice Perfumes shall give a pleasing Gale,",0.0
And dazzling Carpets deck the Floors below:,0.0
"OH tell me, Thou whose careless Beauties charm,",2.0
"Believe me, I can find no Charms at all",2.0
In your fine Carpets and your painted Hall.,3.0
"It's true our Parlour has an earthen Floor,",0.0
The Sides of Plaster and of Elm the Door:,1.0
"Yet the rubbed Chest and Table sweetly shines,",3.0
And the spread Mint along the Window climbs:,2.0
"An aged Laurel keeps away the Sun,",0.0
And two cool Streams across the Garden run.,1.0
Can Feasts or Music win my lovely Maid?,0.0
In both those Pleasures be her Taste obeyed.,0.0
"Then to the Roofs the swelling Notes shall rise,",0.0
"Pierce the glad Air and gain upon the Skies,",3.0
"While Ease and Rapture spreads itself around,",0.0
And distant Hills roll back the charming Sound.,1.0
"Not this will lure me, for I'd have you know",1.0
"Home to his Barns, and leave the naked Plain:",0.0
Deck the brown Board; who can desire more?,3.0
And while he plays soft Amaryllis sings.,1.0
"Then strive no more to win a simple Maid,",1.0
From her loved Cottage and her silent Shade.,3.0
"Let Phillis never, ah never let her rove",3.0
From her first Virtue and her humble Grove.,3.0
"Go seek some Nymph that equals your Degree,",2.0
WHEN CUPID first instructs his darts to fly,0.0
"The stripling raw, just entered in his teens,",0.0
"Receives the wound, and wonders what it means;",0.0
"His heart, like dripping, melts, and new desire",0.0
"Within him stirs, each time she stirs the fire;",0.0
"Trembling and blushing he the fair one views,",2.0
"And fain would speak, but can't ' --  without a MUSE.",0.0
"So, to the sacred mount he takes his way,",1.0
"Prunes his young wings, and tunes his infant lay,",3.0
"Clad, as your nymphs were always clad of yore,",0.0
"Green moss, her couch; her canopy, the skies.",2.0
"The youth, turned swain, and skilled in rustic lays,",1.0
"Waves his light wings, and serves her for a fan.",4.0
"These childish toys on Reason's altar bleed,",0.0
"Formed after some great man, whose name breeds awe,",3.0
"Whose every sentence Fashion makes a law,",0.0
"Who on mere credit his vain trophies rears,",4.0
"Then we discard the workings of the heart,",2.0
And nature's banished by mechanic art.,1.0
"Then, deeply read, our reading must be shown;",0.0
Vain is that knowledge which remains unknown.,0.0
"Then OSTENTATION marches to our aid,",1.0
"And lettered PRIDE stalks forth in full parade,",1.0
"Beneath their care behold the work refine,",0.0
"Pointed each sentence, polished every line.",2.0
"Trifles are dignified, and taught to wear",2.0
"The robes of Ancients with a Modern air,",1.0
"NONSENSE with Classic ornaments is graced,",3.0
And passes current with the stamp of TASTE.,0.0
"Sicilian muses on our mountains roam,",3.0
Easy and free as if they were at home;,3.0
"Sport in our floods, and trip it over our lawns;",2.0
"Flowers which once flourished fair in GREECE and ROME,",1.0
More fair revive in ENGLAND's meads to bloom;,0.0
Skies without cloud exotic suns adorn;,3.0
"And roses blush, but blush without a thorn;",0.0
"Landscapes, unknown to dowdy Nature, rise,",1.0
And new creations strike our wondering eyes.,2.0
"Grave without thought, and without feeling gay,",6.0
"Whose numbers in one even tenor flow,",0.0
"Attuned to pleasure, and attuned to woe,",1.0
"Who, if plain COMMON-SENSE her visit pays,",2.0
And ask the meaning of her coming there;,2.0
"In LOVE's PAGODA, shall they ever doze,",0.0
"My lord, ' --  to letters as to faith most true ' --",1.0
At once their patron and example too ' --,1.0
"Sigh with sad winds, and weep with weeping streams,",3.0
"Curious in grief, for real grief we know",4.0
Is curious to dress up the tale of woe,1.0
"From the green umbrage of some DRUID's seat,",3.0
Shall his own works in his own way repeat.,1.0
"Me, whom no muse of heavenly birth inspires,",3.0
"No judgement tempers when rash genius fires,",2.0
"Short gleams of sense, and satire out of time,",3.0
Who cannot follow where trim fancy leads,1.0
"Who often, but without success, have prayed",1.0
"Who would, but cannot, with a master's skill",1.0
"Coin fine new epithets, which mean no ill,",3.0
"Me, thus uncouth, thus every way unfit",2.0
"Thou NATURE, art my goddess ' --  to thy law",1.0
Myself I dedicate ' --  hence slavish awe,2.0
"Which bends to fashion, and obeys the rules",1.0
"Imposed at first, and since observed by fools.",0.0
"Hence those vile tricks which mar fair NATURE's hue,",4.0
"And bring the sober matron forth to view,",0.0
"With all that artificial tawdry glare,",0.0
"Of toil, which critics now mistake for taste,",0.0
"Which Art, too thinly veiled, forbids to please,",1.0
"By Nature's charms inglorious truth! subdued,",2.0
"However plain her dress, and behaviour rude,",3.0
"To northern climes my happier course I steer,",2.0
"Climes where the Goddess reigns throughout the year,",0.0
"Where, undisturbed by Art's rebellious plan,",0.0
"She rules the loyal Laird, and faithful clan.",0.0
"To that rare soil, where virtues clustering grow,",3.0
"What mighty blessings does not ENGLAND owe,",0.0
Does each revolving day import from thence?,0.0
Faith without fraud and STUARTS without end.,6.0
"Come not her generous sons, and take a share,",2.0
"And if, by some disastrous turn of fate,",1.0
"Change should ensue, and ruin seize our state,",1.0
"Shall we not find, safe in that hallowed ground,",1.0
"Such refuge, as the HOLY MARTYR found?",1.0
"Nor less our debt in SCIENCE, though denied",1.0
By the weak slaves of prejudice and pride.,3.0
"Of whom one paints, as well as other wrote;",0.0
"Thence HOME, disbanded from the sons of prayer,",2.0
"For loving plays, though no dull DEAN was there;",1.0
"To this wise town by simple patrons brought,",2.0
"In simple manner utter simple lays,",0.0
"And take, with simple pensions, simple praise.",0.0
"Where all the little loves and graces dream,",0.0
"Where slowly winding the dull waters creep,",2.0
"And seem themselves to own the power of sleep,",2.0
"Where on the surface Lead, like feathers, swims;",0.0
"As once a SYRIAN bathed in JORDAN's flood,",2.0
"Wash off my native stains, correct that blood",0.0
"Which mutinies at call of English pride,",1.0
"And, deaf to prudence, rolls a patriot tide.",2.0
"From solemn thought, which overhangs the brow",0.0
"Of patriot care, when things are ' --  God knows how;",4.0
"From nice trim points, where HONOUR, slave to rule,",4.0
"In compliment to folly, plays the fool;",1.0
"From those gay scenes, where mirth exalts his power,",2.0
And easy Humour wings the laughing hour;,3.0
"From those soft better moments, when desire",2.0
"Beats high, and all the world of man's on fire,",1.0
"More than repay us for whole years of care,",1.0
"At Friendship's summons will my WILKES retreat,",1.0
"And see, once seen before, that ancient seat,",1.0
"That ancient seat, where majesty displayed",1.0
"Mean narrow maxims, which enslave mankind,",2.0
Never from its bias warp thy settled mind.,1.0
"Not duped by party, nor opinion's slave,",1.0
"Thy honest spirit into practise brings,",0.0
"Nor courts the smile, nor dreads the frown of Kings.",0.0
Let rude licentious Englishmen comply,6.0
"Unwilling to condemn, thy soul disdains,",1.0
"To wear vile faction's arbitrary chains,",1.0
"And strictly weighs, in apprehension clear,",0.0
"Things as they are, and not as they appear.",2.0
"And Nature gave thee, open to distress,",1.0
"A heart to pity, and a hand to bless.",1.0
Oft have I heard thee mourn the wretched lot,0.0
"Of the poor, mean, despised, insulted Scot,",2.0
"Who, might calm reason credit idle tales,",1.0
"Or starves at home, or practises, through fear",2.0
"Of starving, arts which damn all conscience here.",0.0
"When Scribblers, to the charge by interest led,",1.0
"And, injured by one alien, rail at all;",3.0
"To mark the weakness of that Holy Land,",1.0
"And hang a nation up to public scorn,",1.0
"Thy generous soul condemns the frantic rage,",2.0
"The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride;",1.0
"True is the charge, nor by themselves denied.",1.0
"Are they not then in strictest reason clear,",0.0
Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?,0.0
"If by low supple arts successful grown,",2.0
"If, mean in want, and insolent in power,",1.0
"Roused by such wrongs should REASON take alarm,",0.0
And even the MUSE for public safety arm;,2.0
"But if they own, ingenuous, virtue's sway,",3.0
"And follow where true honour points the way,",3.0
"And bless the donors for their daily bread,",1.0
"Or by vast debts of higher import bound,",2.0
"Are always humble, always grateful found,",0.0
"If they, directed by PAUL's holy pen,",3.0
"Become discreetly all things to all men,",2.0
"That all men may become all things to them,",2.0
"Envy may hate, but justice can't condemn.",2.0
"Into our places, states, and beds they creep:",0.0
"Once, be the hour accursed, accursed the place,",0.0
"Into those traps, which men, called PATRIOTS, laid,",3.0
When heavenly TRUTH presents her friendly clue?,2.0
"Once plunged in ill, shall I go farther in?",3.0
"To make the oath, was rash; to keep it, sin.",0.0
"Backward I tread the paths I trod before,",2.0
And calm reflection hates what passion swore.,0.0
"Converted, blessed are the souls which know",0.0
"Those pleasures which from true conversion flow,",0.0
"Whether to reason, who now rules my breast,",3.0
"Past crimes to expiate be my present aim,",1.0
"To raise new trophies to the SCOTTISH name,",2.0
To make what can the proudest Muse do more,1.0
"Even faction's sons her brighter worth adore,",0.0
In fullest tide roll down to latest times.,2.0
"Presumptuous wretch! and shall a Muse like thine,",2.0
"An English Muse, the meanest of the nine,",1.0
Attempt a theme like this? Can her weak strain,2.0
Expect indulgence from the mighty THANE?,1.0
"Should he from toils of government retire,",1.0
"And for a moment fan the poet's fire,",1.0
"Should he, of sciences the moral friend,",1.0
"Each curious, each important search suspend,",2.0
"Leave unassisted HILL of herbs to tell,",1.0
"Having the Lord's good grace before his eyes,",2.0
"The humble brows of one in England born,",1.0
Presumptuous still thy daring must appear;,2.0
"Vain all thy towering hopes, while I am here.",1.0
"Thus spoke a form, by silken smile, and tone",1.0
"In every party found, and yet of none.",0.0
"This airy substance, this substantial shade",1.0
"Abashed I heard, and with respect obeyed.",1.0
From themes too lofty for a bard so mean,2.0
Discretion beckons to an humbler scene.,1.0
"The restless fever of ambition laid,",1.0
"Calm I retire, and seek the sylvan shade.",2.0
"Be all the glare of verse by Truth supplied,",0.0
"And if plain nature pours a simple strain,",2.0
"Whom English Infidels, MACPHERSON call,",1.0
And pensions mark me for a willing slave.,1.0
"Two boys, whose birth beyond all question springs",1.0
"From great and glorious, though forgotten, kings,",3.0
"Shepherd's of Scottish lineage, born and bred",4.0
"On the same bleak and barren mountain's head,",2.0
"To spin out life, and starve themselves and flocks,",0.0
"The mountain top with usual dullness kissed,",2.0
Dress and her vain refinements they despise.,1.0
"With freckles spotted flamed the golden down,",1.0
"With much art, could on the bagpipes play,",1.0
Even from the rising to the setting day;,2.0
"Oft at his strains, all natural though rude,",1.0
"The Highland Lass forgot her want of food,",0.0
"And, while she scratched her lover into rest,",0.0
"Far as the eye could reach, no tree was seen,",1.0
"Earth, clad in russet, scorned the lively green.",1.0
"The plague of Locusts they secure defy,",1.0
For in three hours a grasshopper must die.,4.0
"No living thing, whatever its food, feasts there,",4.0
"No birds, except as birds of passage flew,",1.0
"No bee was known to hum, no dove to coo.",2.0
"No streams as amber smooth, as amber clear,",1.0
"Were seen to glide, or heard to warble here,",0.0
"Rebellion's spring, which through the country ran,",1.0
"Furnished, with bitter draughts, the steady clan.",2.0
"No flowers embalmed the air, but one white rose,",4.0
"Which, on the tenth of June, by instinct blows,",0.0
"By instinct blows at morn, and, when the shades",0.0
"Of drizzly eve prevail, by instinct fades.",0.0
"One, and but one poor solitary cave,",4.0
That one alone hard tax on Scottish pride,2.0
Shelter at once for man and beast supplied.,2.0
"And thistles, armed against the invader's head,",3.0
"Stood in close ranks all entrance to oppose,",4.0
Thistles now held more precious than the rose.,4.0
"All Creatures, which, on nature's earliest plan,",2.0
"Were formed to loath, and to be loathed by man,",1.0
"Which owed their birth to nastiness and spite,",1.0
"Deadly to touch, and hateful to the sight,",3.0
"Creatures, which, when admitted in the ark,",2.0
"With poison's trail, here crawled the bloated Toad;",0.0
"There webs were spread of more than common size,",0.0
"Slugs, pinched with hunger, smeared the slimy wall;",1.0
The cave around with hissing serpents rung;,0.0
"And FAMINE, by her children always known,",1.0
"As proud as poor, here fixed her native throne.",0.0
"Here, for the sullen sky was overcast,",0.0
"A native blast, which armed with hail and rain",0.0
"Beat unrelenting on the naked swain,",2.0
"The boys for shelter made; behind the sheep,",0.0
"Of which those shepherd's every day take keep,",1.0
"And within ken our flocks, under the wind,",6.0
"Safe from the pelting of this perilous storm,",3.0
"Are laid among yonder thistles, dry and warm,",6.0
"Well dost thou sing, nor ill does Jockey play.",0.0
To think of songs at such a time as this.,1.0
"Sooner shall fleeces cloth these ragged flocks,",1.0
"Sooner shall want seize shepherd's of the south,",4.0
"And we forget to live from hand to mouth,",1.0
Still have I known thee for a silly swain;,1.0
"Of things past help, what boots it to complain?",2.0
Nothing but mirth can conquer fortune's spite;,2.0
"No sky is heavy, if the heart be light:",2.0
"Patience is sorrow's salve; what can't be cured,",2.0
"When with a foreign loon she stole away,",0.0
"Where was thy boasted wisdom then, when I",0.0
"Applied those proverbs, which you now apply?",0.0
OH she was bonny! all the Highlands round,0.0
More precious though that precious is to all,2.0
"Than the rare medicine, which we Brimstone call,",3.0
"Or that choice plant, so grateful to the nose,",2.0
"Which in, I know not what, far country grows,",1.0
A lass so fair should ever prove untrue.,0.0
"Whether with pipe or song to charm the ear,",2.0
Through all the land did JAMIE find a peer?,0.0
"Cursed be that year by every honest Scot,",0.0
"And in the shepherd's calendar forgot,",1.0
"That fatal year, when JAMIE, hapless swain,",0.0
"In evil hour forsook the peaceful plain,",0.0
"JAMIE, when our young Laird discreetly fled,",3.0
"Was seized, and hanged till he was dead, dead, dead.",2.0
Full sorely may we all lament that day:,2.0
For all were losers in the deadly fray.,0.0
"Five brothers had I, on the Scottish plains,",2.0
Ah! what hath shepherd's life to do with arms?,0.0
Mention it not ' --  there saw I strangers clad,1.0
"Saw the FERRARA too, our nation's pride,",2.0
Unwilling grace the awkward victor's side.,0.0
"There fell our choicest youth, and from that day",1.0
"Blessed those which fell! cursed those which still survive,",1.0
"Mixed at the birth, not abstinence could quell,",1.0
"Pale FAMINE reared the head; her eager eyes,",1.0
"Where hunger even to madness seemed to rise,",2.0
"Speaking aloud her throes and pangs of heart,",2.0
"With double rows of useless teeth supplied,",0.0
"Her mouth, from ear to ear, extended wide,",0.0
"Which, when for want of food her entrails pined,",0.0
"Making their way by force, her bones lay bare;",3.0
"Such filthy sight to hide from human view,",0.0
Over her foul limbs a tattered Plaid she threw.,2.0
"Penned in this barren corner of the isle,",1.0
Where partial fortune never deigned to smile;,0.0
"Like nature's bastards, reaping for our share",1.0
What was rejected by the lawful heir;,2.0
"Unknown amongst the nations of the earth,",1.0
Or only known to raise contempt and mirth;,0.0
"Long free, because the race of Roman braves",1.0
Thought it not worth their while to make us slaves;,0.0
"Then into bondage by that nation brought,",1.0
"Whose ruin we for ages vainly sought,",1.0
"The power of mischief lost, retain the will;",2.0
"Considered as the refuse of mankind,",4.0
"A mass till the last moment left behind,",2.0
"Which frugal nature doubted, as it lay,",1.0
"Whether to stamp with life, or throw away;",2.0
"Which, formed in haste, was planted in this nook,",0.0
But never entered in Creation's book;,0.0
"Branded as traitors, who, for love of gold,",2.0
"Would sell their God, as once their King they sold;",0.0
"Long have we born this mighty weight of ill,",0.0
"These vile injurious taunts, and bear them still,",2.0
"But times of happier note are now at hand,",2.0
And the full promise of a better land:,3.0
"There, like the Sons of Israel, having trod,",0.0
"For the fixed term of years ordained by God,",2.0
"A barren desert, we shall seize rich plains",2.0
"Where milk with honey flows, and plenty reigns.",0.0
"With some few natives joined, some pliant few,",0.0
"Who worship interest, and our track pursue,",1.0
"There shall we, though the wretched people grieve,",1.0
"Ravage at large, nor ask the owner's leave.",2.0
"For us, the earth shall bring forth her increase;",3.0
"For us, the flocks shall wear a golden fleece;",1.0
And the grape bleed a nectar yet unknown;,2.0
"For our advantage shall their harvests grow,",1.0
"For us, the sun shall climb the eastern hill;",1.0
"For us, the rain shall fall, the dew distil;",1.0
"When to our wishes NATURE cannot rise,",0.0
ART shall be tasked to grant us fresh supplies.,0.0
And for our pleasure suffer daily pain;,1.0
"TRADE shall for us exert her utmost powers,",2.0
"Hers, all the toil; and all the profit, our's;",0.0
"For us, the oak shall from his native steep",2.0
"Descend, and fearless travel through the deep,",1.0
"The sail of COMMERCE for our use unfurled,",1.0
Shall waft the treasures of each distant world;,1.0
"For us, their Statesmen plot, their Churchmen preach;",1.0
"And, mocking, new ones of our own appoint;",2.0
"Devouring WAR, imprisoned in the north,",2.0
"Shall, at our call, in horrid pomp, break forth,",1.0
"And, when, his chariot wheels with thunder hung,",2.0
"Death in the van, with Anger, Hate, and Fear,",0.0
"And Desolation stalking in the rear,",0.0
"Revenge, by Justice guided, in his train,",0.0
"He drives impetuous over the trembling plain,",2.0
"Shall, at our bidding, quit his lawful prey,",0.0
"And to meek, gentle, generous Peace give way.",5.0
"Think not, my sons, that this so blessed estate",1.0
Stands at a distance on the roll of fate;,1.0
"Already big with hopes of future sway,",0.0
Even from this cave I scent my destined prey.,1.0
"Think not, that this dominion over a race",3.0
"Whose former deeds shall time's last annals grace,",1.0
"In the rough face of peril must be sought,",3.0
And with the lives of thousands dearly bought;,1.0
"No ' --  fooled by cunning, by that happy art",2.0
"Which laughs to scorn the blundering hero's heart,",2.0
Into the snare shall our kind neighbours fall,1.0
"With open eyes, and fondly give us all.",0.0
"When ROME, to prop her sinking empire, bore",0.0
"Their choicest levies to a foreign shore,",1.0
"What if we seized, like a destroying flood,",1.0
"Their widowed plains, and filled the realm with blood,",0.0
"Gave an unbounded loose to manly rage,",2.0
"When, for our interest too mighty grown,",3.0
"Monarchs of warlike bent possessed the throne,",2.0
"What if we strove divisions to foment,",2.0
"And spread the flames of civil discontent,",1.0
"Assisted those who against their king made head,",3.0
And gave the traitors refuge when they fled;,0.0
"When restless GLORY bad her sons advance,",0.0
"And pitched her standard in the fields of France,",0.0
"What if disdaining oaths, an empty sound,",1.0
"By which our nation never shall be bound,",0.0
"Through the weak land, and brought cheap laurels home;",3.0
When the bold traitors league for the defence,3.0
"Of Law, Religion, Liberty, and Sense,",1.0
"When they against their lawful Monarch rose,",1.0
"And dared the Lord's Anointed to oppose,",1.0
"What if we still revered the banished race,",0.0
And strove the Royal Vagrants to replace?,1.0
"With fierce rebellions shook the unsettled state,",2.0
"And greatly dared, though crossed by partial fate;",0.0
"These facts, which might, where Wisdom held the sway,",0.0
"Awake the very stones to bar our way,",0.0
"There shall be nothing, nor one trace remain",1.0
"In the dull region of an English brain,",3.0
"Blessed with that Faith, which mountains can remove,",1.0
"First they shall Dupes, next Saints, last Martyrs prove.",1.0
Already is this game of fate begun,1.0
"Under the sanction of my Darling Son,",3.0
"That Son, whose nature royal as his name,",1.0
Is destined to redeem our race from shame.,1.0
"His boundless power, beyond example great,",2.0
"Shall make the rough way smooth, the crooked straight,",1.0
"Shall for our ease the raging floods restrain,",0.0
And sink the mountain level to the plain.,1.0
"DISCORD, whom in a cavern under ground",0.0
"Where her own flesh the furious Hag might tear,",2.0
"And vent her curses to the vacant air,",1.0
"Where, that she never might be heard of more,",0.0
"For better purpose shall Our Chief release,",0.0
"Disguise her for a time, and call her PEACE.",1.0
"Lured by that name, fine engine of deceit,",2.0
Shall the weak ENGLISH help themselves to cheat;,2.0
"The old adherents of the STUART race,",1.0
"For pointed out, no matter by what name,",3.0
TORIES or JACOBITES are still the same;,2.0
"Shall break the ties of truth and gratitude,",0.0
And brand with calumny their WILLIAM's name;,1.0
"To win our grace, rare argument of wit",2.0
"To our untainted faith shall they commit,",2.0
"Disdained, and still disdains, to change her side,",0.0
"That Sacred Majesty they all approve,",1.0
"Who most enjoys, and best deserves their Love.",0.0
"High from the ground the youthful warriors sprung,",0.0
"In all the mystic mazes of the dance,",1.0
"While the soft virgin panting looks behind,",2.0
"Ascends the mountains brow, and measures round",0.0
Through the dark covering of the midnight sky.,4.0
Bends with the nectar of the opening morn:,3.0
"Creep through the mead, and up the mountains shoot.",1.0
"Three times the virgin, swimming on the breeze,",2.0
Danced in the shadow of the mystic trees:,1.0
"When, like a dark cloud spreading to the view,",2.0
The firstborn sons of war and blood pursue;,1.0
Swift as the elk they pour along the plain;,0.0
Swift as the flying clouds distilling rain.,0.0
"They course around, and lengthen as they go.",1.0
"Like the long chain of rocks, whose summits rise,",3.0
Far in the sacred regions of the skies;,1.0
"While down its side the gushing torrent pours,",0.0
"Which sink in darkness, thickening and obscure,",1.0
"Impenetrable, mystic and impure;",2.0
"The flying terrors of the war advance,",1.0
"And round the sacred oak, repeat the dance.",0.0
"Furious they twist around the gloomy trees,",1.0
"Like leaves in autumn, twirling with the breeze.",1.0
Darts the red lustre of the watery way;,6.0
"The circling billows in wild eddies sink,",1.0
"Whirl furious round, and the loud bursting wave",4.0
Or makes the teeth of elephants divine.,1.0
"Where the pale children of the feeble sun,",3.0
"In search of gold, through every climate run:",0.0
"From burning heat to freezing torments go,",1.0
And live in all vicissitudes of woe.,1.0
The warriors circle the mysterious tree:,3.0
Till spent with exercise they spread around,0.0
Upon the opening blossoms of the ground.,3.0
"The priestess rising, sings the sacred tale,",0.0
And the loud chorus echoes through the dale.,3.0
Far from the lustre of the morning star;,1.0
Far from the pleasure of the holy morn;,1.0
"Laid in the dust, and numbered with the dead.",1.0
"Dear are their memories to us, and long,",2.0
"Long, shall their attributes be known in song.",0.0
Their lives were transient as the meadow flower,2.0
"Ripened in ages, withered in an hour.",2.0
And open all the prisons of the grave.,1.0
"And living but to serve his God alone,",1.0
"As to the sacred court she brought a fawn,",1.0
His sacred vestment and his mystic lot.,1.0
"Long had the mutual sigh, the mutual tear,",4.0
"Burst from the breast and scorned confinement there,",1.0
Existence was a torment! OH my breast!,2.0
Can I find accents to unfold the rest!,3.0
They plunged relentless to a watery grave;,3.0
"And falling murmured to the powers above,",3.0
"Gods! Take our lives, unless we live to love.",1.0
"Where he, poor shepherd, with his Daphne strayed;",3.0
"On Dunsmore waste, there stands a shady grove,",0.0
The sweet recess of solitude and love;,0.0
To shade the verdant path that leads between.,0.0
"The way that does with various flowers abound,",4.0
The gentle shepherd cast his eyes around;,0.0
"He sought a flower with Daphne to compare,",3.0
And thought the drooping lily seemed less fair:,1.0
"A flame as pure as that fair sacred light,",1.0
"That shines between the hazel boughs at night,",0.0
"Which, by that light, has often been confessed:",0.0
"Soft was his speech, and languishing his eye,",1.0
When he approached his Daphne with a sigh;,2.0
"No dark deceit did to his heart belong,",2.0
And flattery was as foreign to his tongue;,2.0
"I love, says he, and took her by the hand",3.0
And my poor wounded heart's at your command;,3.0
For you I'm doomed in love's fierce flames to burn;,2.0
"Thus said the swain, and paused a little while;",1.0
The fair one's answer was a silent smile:,1.0
"To see her smile, he smiled amid his pain,",0.0
And thus pursued his gentle suit again.,0.0
"How long must I be tossed betwixt hope and fear,",4.0
And tell my pain to your regardless ear?,1.0
"No more in silence hear me thus complain,",0.0
"Nor force those flattering smiles, to hide disdain;",2.0
"But say you love, and end my anxious care,",0.0
"Or frown, and let me die in sad despair.",0.0
"To hear him thus his ardent flame express,",0.0
Poor swain! she pitied him; what could she less?,3.0
"Her love, perhaps, at length may be attained,",0.0
By the dear swain that has her pity gained.,1.0
THE rising Year beheld the Imperious Gaul,4.0
"Stretch his Dominion, while a hundred Towns",2.0
Crouched to the Victor: But a steady Soul,1.0
"Stands firm on its own Base, and reigns as wide,",2.0
"As Absolute; and sways ten thousand Slaves,",1.0
We are a little Kingdom: But the Man,2.0
That chains his Rebel Will to Reasons Throne,1.0
"Forms it a large one, ATWOOD, while his Mind",1.0
"Makes Heaven its Council, from the Rolls above",2.0
"Draws his own Statutes, and with Joy obeys.",1.0
"Create a Monarch, not a Purple Robe",0.0
"Died in the Peoples Blood, not all the Crowns",0.0
A Monarch He that Conquers all his Fears,1.0
"And treads upon them; when he stands alone,",0.0
Makes his own Camp; four Guardian Virtues wait,3.0
Now dawns the Light; He ranges all his Thoughts,1.0
"In square Battalions, bold to meet the Attacks",2.0
"Of Time and Chance, himself a numerous Host,",2.0
In vain the Harlot Pleasure spreads her Charms,0.0
To lull his Thoughts in Luxuries fair Lap,2.0
"To sensual Ease, the Bane of little Kings,",2.0
"Wears its own Shape, nor can the Heavenly Form",3.0
"Of the mad Vulgar, that unthinking Herd.",2.0
"He lives above the Crowd, nor hears the Noise",0.0
"Of Wars and Triumphs, nor regards the Shouts",1.0
"Of Popular Applause, that empty Sound,",1.0
"Nor feels the flying Arrow of Reproach,",1.0
"Or Spite, or Envy. In himself secure,",0.0
"Wisdom his Tower, and Conscience is his Shield,",5.0
"His Peace all Inward, and his Joys his Own.",1.0
"Now my Ambition swells, my Wishes soar,",2.0
This be my Kingdom; sit above the Globe,0.0
And shine in Virtues Armour; Climb the height,0.0
Safe from the Smiling and the Frowning World.,1.0
Yet once a Day drop down a gentle Look,2.0
"On the great Molehill, and with pitying Eye",3.0
Crowding and Bustling in a Thousand Forms,2.0
"Of Strife and Toil, to purchase Wealth and Fame,",0.0
A Bubble or a Dust: Then call thy Thoughts,1.0
"Up to thy self to feed on Joys unknown,",1.0
"Rich without Gold, and Great without Renown.",3.0
"My Generous Muse, and sit amongst the Stars;",2.0
"There sing the Soul, that Conscious of her Birth",1.0
Lives like a Native of the Vital World,1.0
Just to her self: How nobly she maintains,1.0
"Her Character, Superior to the Flesh,",2.0
"She wields her Passions like her Limbs, and knows",0.0
The Brutal Powers were only born obey.,2.0
This is the Man whom Storms could never make,1.0
Make him talk proudly: He hath no Desire,4.0
To read his Secret Fate; yet unconcerned,0.0
And calm could meet his unborn Destiny,2.0
In all its Charming or its Frightful Shapes.,1.0
Bears the first Wound may finish all the War,3.0
"With mere Courageous Silence, and come off",2.0
Conqueror: For the Man that well conceals,1.0
The heavy Strokes of Fate he bears them well.,0.0
"He, though the Atlantic and the Midland Seas",3.0
"With adverse Surges meet, and rise on high",1.0
Mingled with Flames upon his Single Head,2.0
"And Clouds and Stars and Thunder, he would stand,",1.0
And from the lofty Castle of his Mind,2.0
Sublime look down and Joyfully Survey,3.0
The Ruins of Creation; he alone,2.0
Heir of the Dying World: A piercing Glance,0.0
Shoots upwards from between his closing Lids,2.0
"To reach his Birthplace, then without a Sigh",1.0
He bids his battered Flesh lie gently down,2.0
Amongst its Native Rubbish; while his Soul,0.0
"Breathes and flies upward, an undoubted Guest",4.0
"Thither when Fate has brought Our willing Souls,",0.0
"Or a sharp Sword that helped the Travellers on,",3.0
"And pushed us to our Home. Bear up my Friend,",2.0
"My ATWOOD, and break through the Surging Brine",2.0
"With steady Prow; Know, we shall once arrive",2.0
At the fair Haven of Eternal Bliss,3.0
To which we ever steer; whether as Kings,5.0
"With a broad Painted Fleet, or Rowed along",2.0
There let my narrow Plank shift me to Land,2.0
"And I'll be happy, thus I'll leap Ashore",1.0
"Joyful and fearless on the Immortal Coast,",5.0
"Since all I leave is Mortal, and it must be lost.",1.0
The Trojan Swain had judged the great Dispute;,0.0
"When Venus, loose in all Her naked Charms,",0.0
The wanton Goddess viewed the Warlike Maid,1.0
"Yield, Sister; Rival, yield; Naked, You see,",6.0
I vanquish: Guess how Potent I should be;,1.0
If to the Field I came in Armour dressed;,1.0
"Dreadful, like Thine, my Shield, and terrible my Crest.",1.0
The Warrior Goddess with Disdain replied;,1.0
"Thy Folly, Child, is equal to thy Pride:",1.0
"Let a brave Enemy for once advise,",4.0
And Venus if it's possible be Wise.,2.0
Thou to be strong must put off every Dress:,1.0
"And more than once, or Thou art much belied",1.0
By Mars himself That Armour has been tried.,0.0
"Go perjured Youth and court what Nymph you please,",1.0
"Your Passion now is but a dull Disease,",1.0
"Who longs to know how it's and what Men swear,",2.0
"Poor cousin Fool, she never can know the Charms",3.0
Of being first encircled in thy Arms.,0.0
"When all Love's Joys were innocent and gay,",2.0
As fresh and blooming as the newborn day.,1.0
"Your Charms did then with native Sweetness flow,",0.0
"Is but a false agreeable Design,",2.0
"But you had Innocence when you were mine,",3.0
"And all your Words, and Smiles, and Looks divine.",0.0
"In sullied Clothes, which I'd no longer wear;",2.0
"Her Bosom too with withered Flowers dressed,",0.0
Which lost their Sweets in my first chosen Breast;,2.0
"Perjured imposing Youth, cheat who you will,",3.0
Supply defect of Truth with amorous Skill;,2.0
"Yet thy Address must needs insipid be,",1.0
WHERE aged elms in many a goodly row,2.0
"Give yearly shelter to the constant crow,",2.0
"A mansion stands: ' --  long since the pile was raised,",1.0
Whose Gothic grandeur the rude hind amazed.,5.0
"For the rich ornament on every part,",3.0
"Though as the range of the wide court we tread,",3.0
"And where of old rose high the social smoke,",1.0
"Now swallows build, and lonely ravens croak.",1.0
"Though Time, whose touch each beauty can deface,",1.0
Has torn from every tower the sculptured grace;,2.0
Yet ancient state sits hovering on the walls.,2.0
"Now Silence spreads around her gloomy reign,",1.0
"Save when his hoarse bark echoes dire alarm,",1.0
"Fierce to protect the place from midnight harm,",3.0
Its only guard; no revel sounding late,1.0
Drives the night villain from the lonely gate.,4.0
An hallowed matron and her simple train,1.0
These solemn battlements alone contain;,1.0
"An hoary dowager, whose placid face",1.0
Old age has decked with lovely awful grace;,1.0
As beauty lingering left her loved abode;,0.0
"That loved abode, where joined with truth and sense",0.0
"She formed the features to mute eloquence,",3.0
"And bade them charm the still attentive throng,",0.0
Who watched the sacred lessons of her tongue.,1.0
"For not through life the dame had lived retired,",0.0
"But once had shone, even mid a court admired:",3.0
What time the loved possessor of her charms,1.0
"Returning from the war in victor arms,",1.0
"She, happy partner of each joyful hour,",1.0
Then walked serene amid the pomp of power:,0.0
While all confessed no warrior's wish could move,1.0
"Nor to that love could aught more transport yield,",1.0
But mortal bliss meets still the untimely grave:,3.0
"Over his loved ashes frequent flowed sincere,",2.0
"Each decent rite with due observance paid,",0.0
"Each solemn requiem offered to his shade,",3.0
"Placed amid the brave his urn in holy ground,",0.0
And bade his hallowed banners wave around.,0.0
"Then left the gaudy scenes of pomp and power,",0.0
"While prudence beckoned to that ancient bower,",1.0
"And those paternal fields, the sole remains",1.0
Which tyrant custom rudely tore away,0.0
"Once the blessed mansion of her happy love,",4.0
"Pleased with the thought, that memory oft would raise",2.0
A solemn prospect of those blooming days,1.0
To keep still constant to her sacred vow;,2.0
"In lonely luxury her sorrows feed,",1.0
And pass her life in widow's decent weed.,0.0
"One pledge of love her comfort still remained,",0.0
Whom in this solitude she careful trained,0.0
To virtuous lore; and while as year by year,2.0
Full many an hour unheeded she would trace,4.0
The father's semblance in the daughter's face;,0.0
"While tender sighs oft heaved her faithful breast,",1.0
And sudden tears her lasting love expressed.,0.0
"Thus long she dwelled in innate virtues great,",6.0
Amid the villagers in sacred state:,1.0
"For every grace to which submission bows,",0.0
"The power which conscious dignity bestows,",3.0
She felt superior; for from ancient race,1.0
"To every grace, each ray of sacred fire,",0.0
The mortal breast which ardent virtue warms;,0.0
Then led her to the venerable hall,2.0
"Where her successive sires adorned the wall,",1.0
Shed through the herald glow a solemn light:,0.0
Full many a hero bore a glorious scar;,5.0
"There in the civic fur the sons of peace,",0.0
"While by their side, gracing the ancient scene,",5.0
Hung gentle ladies of most comely mien.,2.0
"In what fair cause each honour had been won,",1.0
What female grace each virgin had possessed,1.0
To charm to gentle love the manly breast;,0.0
Pleased to observe how long her generous blood,4.0
Through fair and brave had passed a spotless flood.,0.0
"With emulation by each tale inspired,",1.0
In eager transport frequent breathed her prayer,0.0
The graces of her ancestry to share:,2.0
"Nor breathed in vain, her fond maternal guide",0.0
Cherished with care each spark of virtuous pride;,4.0
"And ever as she gave a lesson new,",1.0
Would point some old example to her view:,1.0
"Inflamed by this, her mind was quickly fraught",1.0
"With each sage precept, that her mother taught.",1.0
"The goodly dame thus blessed in her employ,",2.0
"Felt each soft transport of parental joy,",2.0
"And lived content, her utmost wish fulfilled",1.0
In the fair prospect of a virtuous child:,5.0
Resigned she waited now the awful hour,0.0
"Then death should raise her to that heavenly bower,",3.0
"The pleasing task, to watch with guardian care",2.0
The gracious dew of heavenly peace to shed;,2.0
Nor feared her decency of life would prove,1.0
An added bliss to all the joys above.,0.0
"Ties down each sense, and lulls to balmy rest;",0.0
"The internal power, creative Fancy oft",3.0
"Thus when no longer daily cares engage,",2.0
The busy mind pursues the darling theme;,0.0
"Hence angels whispered to the slumbering sage,",4.0
And gods of old inspired the hero's dream;,2.0
"Hence as I slept, these images arose,",1.0
"As when fair morning dries her pearly tears,",1.0
The mountain lifts over mists its lofty head;,3.0
Thus new to sight a gothic dome appears,1.0
"Here Superstition holds her dreary reign,",0.0
Or evening skirts with gold the western skies;,0.0
"To the dumb stock she bends, or sculptured wall,",2.0
"And many a cross she makes, and many a bead lets fall.",5.0
Near to the dome a magic pair reside,0.0
"Prompt to deceive, and practised to confound;",3.0
Here hoodwinked Ignorance is seen to bide,2.0
"Nor voice articulate arrests his ears,",0.0
And haunt his soul with visionary fears:,0.0
"There Error sits in borrowed white arrayed,",1.0
"A thousand glories wait her opening day,",2.0
Her beaming lustre when fair Truth imparts;,1.0
"Thus Error would pour forth a spurious ray,",4.0
"She cleaves with magic wand the liquid skies,",0.0
"Bids airy forms appear, and scenes fantastic rise.",1.0
"Sits at the gate, and lifts a liberal bowl",0.0
"With wine of wondrous power to lull the mind,",2.0
And cheque each vigorous effort of the soul:,3.0
"Whoever unawares shall ply his thirsty lip,",0.0
"Shall hapless from the cup delusion sip,",1.0
And objects see in features not their own;,0.0
"Within a various race are seen to won,",2.0
"Props of her age, and pillars of her state,",1.0
"And born to Tyranny, her grisly mate:",1.0
"The first appeared in pomp of purple pride,",0.0
Two golden keys hang dangling by his side,3.0
To lock or open the portals of the sky;,3.0
"The crowned head would bow, and lick his dusty feet.",3.0
"Heaven's gracious gift to light the wandering mind,",2.0
"To lift fallen man, and guide him to the skies!",3.0
"A man no more, a god he would be thought,",1.0
And amazed mortals blindly must obey:,5.0
"With slight of hand he lying wonders wrought,",0.0
"Strange legends would he read, and figments dire",1.0
"And to his breast close hugged the viper, Sin,",2.0
"Yet oft with brandished whip would gaul, as mad,",0.0
"With gentler aspect there Indulgence stood,",2.0
And to the needy culprit would retail;,2.0
"There too, strange merchandise! he pardons sold,",1.0
"And treason would absolve, and murder purge with gold.",0.0
With shaven crown in a sequestered cell,1.0
"No work had he, save some few beads to tell,",1.0
And indolent snore the hours away.,2.0
"The nameless joys that bless the nuptial bed,",0.0
"Impure he deems, and from them starts with dread,",1.0
"No social hopes hath he, no social fears,",3.0
But spends in lethargy devout the lingering years.,1.0
Gnashing his teeth in mood of furious ire,4.0
"Fierce Persecution sat, and with strong breath",2.0
"Wakes into living flame large heaps of fire,",2.0
"And feasts on murders, massacres, and death.",1.0
To stretch or mangle to a certain size;,1.0
"To see their writhing pains each heart must bleed,",0.0
To hear their doleful shrieks and piercing cries;,0.0
"Their writhing pains his sport, their moans his melody.",1.0
"A gradual light diffusing over the gloom,",4.0
And slow approaching with majestic pace;,1.0
"With native charms, and unaffected grace:",0.0
"Her hand a clear reflecting mirror shows,",0.0
"In which all objects their true features wear,",4.0
And on her cheek a blush indignant glows,1.0
"She snatched the volume from the tyrant's rage,",3.0
"My name is Truth, and you, each holy seer,",1.0
"That all my steps with ardent gaze pursue,",0.0
"Unveil, she said, the sacred mysteries here,",1.0
Give the celestial boon to public view.,2.0
"Shall blot your fame, and blast the generous deed,",2.0
Yet in revolving years some liberal youth,0.0
"With each historic grace, shall shine through every age.",0.0
With furious hate though fierce relentless power,2.0
Exert of torment all her horrid skill;,1.0
Though your lives meet too soon the fatal hour,4.0
"Scorching in flames, or writhing on the wheel;",3.0
"You with the Lamb shall rise to ceaseless bliss,",1.0
Then shall repay the momentary tear,0.0
"THOUGH each theatric wight, in prose or rhyme,",0.0
Condemns of course the drama of his time;,1.0
"It's better sure than when, in tilted cart",0.0
Each tragic hero mouthed his thundering part.,2.0
"The Muses then ' --  their brains a little cracked,",0.0
Were fairly subject to the Vagrant Act.,1.0
"But, mark! how greatly changed their present state!",0.0
"Victims no more of law, caprice, or fate;",0.0
Where Genius hails them with a fostering smile:,3.0
"While Spenser's princely race erect their shrine,",0.0
'Midst scenes for ever sacred to the Nine.,2.0
And Blenheim now the palm of beauty claims.,1.0
"Within this shade, as say the tales of old,",0.0
"As Hull in pensive verse hath sweetly told,",0.0
"HERE Nature's fairest rose was seen to bloom,",0.0
Till jealous rage decreed an early tomb.,0.0
"Where her cold ashes rest, let no stern prude,",4.0
"In all the pomp of vestal pride, intrude.",0.0
By mercy screened from infamy and shame.,1.0
"His lyre to strains uncouth HERE Chaucer strung,",1.0
And over THESE plains his Gothic stanzas sung.,2.0
The stern Eliza dwelled ' --  a captive maid.,0.0
"Then free from murderous deeds and crimes of state,",2.0
"Here Wilmot too, the witty and the gay,",1.0
Repentant ' --  saw the close of mortal day.,0.0
"Oft over his urn shall British Genius weep,",3.0
Nor rest on GENIUS all her hopes of fame.,0.0
Great Edward's soul the flame of glory caught.,1.0
"And HERE, when peace returned to Britain's shore,",0.0
'Twas HERE her guardian hero sought repose.,2.0
A grateful country gave THIS classic soil.,0.0
"She bade yonder dome arise, and by its name",3.0
Prolonged her mighty warrior's lasting fame;,0.0
"Bade all her brightest, greenest, laurels twine.",0.0
"And HERE, through countless ages shall they bloom,",0.0
And shed around a consecrated gloom:,0.0
"For still to Britain shall THESE scenes be dear,",0.0
Since all the milder virtues flourish HERE.,0.0
"Like vernal suns, with genial warmth they glow,",0.0
"But, sick of worthies and their fame, you fair,",1.0
Perhaps you wish to know our bill of fare.,0.0
"Who worships scholars, and who laughs at beaux!",1.0
Which of the bucks that shine in Pleasure's round,0.0
Was ever a scholar or a critic found?,3.0
"By Fashion's rule the sweets of life they cull,",0.0
They never over Homer's thundering verses poor;,2.0
"When such the charming youths our isle can boast,",0.0
What chance has Learning with a reigning toast?,1.0
"For both our sakes, you Fair, I hope our Bard",0.0
Has on the softer sex been somewhat hard:,1.0
"For, if the picture she presents be just,",2.0
"For, who the toils of Learning will pursue,",1.0
This night our laughing Muse will paint a youth,0.0
Nor kill with frown severe one harmless Liar.,0.0
"In murmuring Strains, I lately heard it Said,",2.0
"The Muse's Darling, Reverend Duck is dead.",0.0
Impartial Death by one untimely blow,1.0
"Has snatched away from Mortals here below,",0.0
"That wondrous Man, in whom alone did join",0.0
"A Thresher, Poet, Courtier, and Divine.",3.0
"The Ornament, and Grace of Poverty",2.0
Removed from his lowly Cot and called to Court.,0.0
"A Gracious Queen being charmed with the Lyre,",3.0
While Noble Peers his Natural parts Admire;,0.0
Nor ceased till the Reverend Gown he wore.,0.0
Beloved by Lords Respected by a Queen?,1.0
The sweet companion of thy Poverty?,2.0
"That true content and inward peace of mind,",0.0
Which oft does to the poor and mean retreat,1.0
"But seldom dwells among the Rich, or Great.",0.0
"The want of wit thy pleasure turned to pain,",0.0
"Thy Life a Burden, and thy Death a Stain:",1.0
"So have I Seen in a fair Summers Morn,",2.0
"With Flowers and Shrubs their fragrant Sweets display,",2.0
And Warbling Birds foretell a Cheerful Day:,0.0
"When on a Sudden some dark Clouds arise,",1.0
"The Birds are Silent, plants contract their bloom,",0.0
The Glorious Day ends in a dismal gloom.,2.0
And heaven and you alike deny relief;,1.0
"It's hard to feel the smart, and not lament the wound.",0.0
"Permit me then to sigh one last adieu,",0.0
Nor scorn a sorrow friendship owes to you:,0.0
A friendship modesty might well return;,1.0
"A sorrow, cruelty itself might mourn.",1.0
"Think how the miser, pierced with inward pain,",0.0
"Looks down with horror on the troubled main,",1.0
"Or wildly roams along the rocky coast,",0.0
TO explore his treasures in the tempest lost;,1.0
"Hates his own safety, chides the waves that rolled",0.0
"Like him afflicted, pensive, and forlorn,",2.0
I look on life and all its pomp with scorn.,0.0
You was the sweetener of each busy scene;,2.0
"You gave the joy without, the pain within.",0.0
"Pleasure and you were both so near allied,",1.0
"That when I lost the one, the other died;",1.0
Pain too has lavished all her killing store;,1.0
"Nor can she add, nor can I suffer more.",2.0
"In vain I viewed you with as chaste a fire,",1.0
"As angels mingle, or as saints admire;",1.0
"By reason prompted, passion had no part,",1.0
"In vain I sought a friendship free from fault,",0.0
Where sex and beauty were alike forgot:,1.0
"A friendship by the noblest union joined,",1.0
"The female softness, and the manly mind.",2.0
"Courage to conquer evils, or endure:",3.0
"Scandal, a busy fiend, in Truth's disguise,",2.0
"Like Fame all covered over with ears and eyes,",2.0
"Learns the fond tale, and spreads it as she flies;",4.0
"Affects to pity, though her duty blames;",1.0
But hopes the evil only in her fears;,0.0
"Pretends to weigh the fact in even scale,",0.0
"And wish, at least, that justice may prevail;",1.0
"Plays the whole hypocrite such various ways,",5.0
"That Innocence itself must suffer wrong,",1.0
"Such is my fate, so grievous my distress,",2.0
"Condemned to suffer, but denied redress:",1.0
"Too fond of joy, too sensible of pain,",3.0
"Too delicate to injure what I love,",2.0
To ask the pity fame will never approve.,2.0
"What more remains, then, but to drop my claim,",1.0
And by my conduct justify my flame?,1.0
And sacrifice my peace to purchase thine?,1.0
"As the fond mother, who delirious eyes",4.0
"Her dying babe, will scarce believe it dies;",0.0
"But strains it still with transport in her arms,",0.0
Dwells on its lips and numbers over its charms;,2.0
To see the little cherub live again:,0.0
So my torn heart must all the sorrows prove,1.0
"That torture constancy, or sadden love:",1.0
"Yet fondly follow your dear image still,",2.0
"Fancy I hear you speak, I see you smile:",2.0
And wish the shade and substance were the same.,1.0
Alas! how fruitless is the idle prayer!,1.0
"Like Adam forced his Eden to forego,",1.0
"I lose my only paradise below,",0.0
And dread the prospect of succeeding woe.,1.0
"FULL many a tedious hour, with care oppressed,",5.0
And brushed the dews of balmy sleep away.,0.0
"By Virtue's steadfast star the bark to guide,",1.0
Where ease and pleasure the frail heart divide;,2.0
If Life's short voyage undistinguished tends,1.0
"To darkness, and the land where all forgotten ends?",1.0
Shall Worth lie hid in Sorrow's baleful shade?,1.0
"And no reward shall suffering Goodness find,",0.0
"While Vice triumphant lifts her pampered head,",0.0
"Then take me, Power of Beauty, to thy arms,",3.0
"And lull, ah lull to peace my troubled soul!",0.0
"Disclose, OH God of Wine, thy purple charms,",1.0
"Against wind, and tide, let Stoic dullness sail,",4.0
"Pensive I mused, till rose the blushing Morn,",2.0
And spread her saffron mantle over the skies;,2.0
"When pitying Morpheus shook his opiate horn,",4.0
Sweet scenes of joy in liveliest hue portrayed;,5.0
"She called forth all her bright ideal train,",2.0
And pleasing truths in mystic dreams conveyed:,0.0
"O fail me not, thou fair enchanting Power,",0.0
"Born through the yielding air, methought I flew",5.0
"From this frail world, that just appeared to view,",2.0
Like the faint glimmering of a distant star.,3.0
"As gems in silver; hoary Ocean smiled,",0.0
Cheered with the pleasing sight;. Pined. and from his breast,2.0
"Sent his sweet children, breezes fresh and mild:",3.0
"No clouds nor darkness veiled the cheerful scene,",1.0
"Lo to the West a large and spacious plain,",0.0
"Where meet in concert, wood, and hill, and dale;",0.0
"Still trembling lest the sun's prolific beam,",2.0
"Too fiercely wanton, blast her virgin charms:",1.0
"Go choose some worse retreat, some less luxurious shade!",3.0
"There blooming groves, gay smiling with delight,",2.0
From her fair womb spontaneous Nature brings;,4.0
And on his musky wings the sound conveys;,1.0
"While trickling soft, each varying pause between,",2.0
And amorous Echo blends the liquid melody.,3.0
Nor there alone was charmed one scanty sense:,1.0
"Thousands of flowers their silken webs unfold,",4.0
"These beaming bright with. Pined. vegetable gold,",5.0
"There laughing sweetly red the roses glow,",0.0
While from their breathing souls celestial odours flow.,1.0
"Mould not, ah mould not then in idle cell,",0.0
But strive these rapturous mansions to attain;,3.0
"Here all the wise, the brave, the virtuous dwell,",2.0
Eternal. Ibid. ages free from care and pain;,3.0
"Live in communion blessed. Ibid., with heroes and with gods!",5.0
Eastward to this methought a different scene,3.0
"Wide spacious lawns with swelling hills between,",1.0
"And groves of bliss, and gardens of delight.",1.0
And over-arching form delicious bowers;,0.0
"Fresh bleeding myrrh and cassia shed perfume,",3.0
"In amorous mazes, on the velvet ground,",3.0
A smiling troop of virgins dance around;,0.0
"And fairer, Cypris, than thy wanton quire,",1.0
"That melt the soul to love, and kindle fierce desire.",0.0
The while some one this lovely ditty sings!,0.0
Through all my veins what thrilling transport flew,0.0
"Haste, gentle youth, for lo, the way is plain!",1.0
"Haste, gentle youth, and hear the Prophet's call!",1.0
"These are the joys that true believers gain,",1.0
Immortal joys that never know to pall.,0.0
"Come then, ah come thy weary limbs recline",0.0
"Where to thy touch compliant bows the vine,",0.0
"Where Nymphs of Paradise their charms reveal,",0.0
And with their amorous spoils thy greedy eyes regale!,3.0
"She ceased ' --  and melted with excess of joy,",1.0
Voluptuous Hope was busy in my breast:,2.0
"A pure immortal crown adorned her head,",0.0
"The book of life, and mercy was displayed,",1.0
With ruddy drops of dying martyrs stained;,0.0
"Yet beamed serene, and mild, with heaven's celestial light.",2.0
The fleeting coinage of a frenzied brain? ' --,1.0
"Some faint, some glimmering view the eye may gain",2.0
Whatever of bliss the wit of man can feign;,3.0
"Those pure delights, that flow in streams divine,",0.0
"Where thy imperial towers, OH heavenly Salem, shine!",8.0
"For know, my son, that they whose worth is tried,",1.0
"As gold by fire, by great and virtuous deeds,",2.0
"Soon as the carnal fetters are untied,",1.0
"That chain the soul, and stripped these mortal weeds;",0.0
Or the firm pillars of the earth were reared;,3.0
"There shall they live, OH happy, happy spirits!",1.0
"There shall they live removed from all the cares,",0.0
"And thousand ills, that feeble flesh inherits:",0.0
"Their undisturbed lays of pure content,",3.0
The smiling hours immortal shall employ,0.0
"In trance of holy ease, or ecstasy of joy.",1.0
"Then shall their eyes, from cloudy films secure,",0.0
"And all the thousand stars, that pave the floor",0.0
"Of heaven, with orient pearl, or living gold;",3.0
"Then floating through the boundless deep of air,",1.0
"An azure sea, like gems of richest hue,",0.0
With all their bright inhabitants to view:,1.0
"Their active minds shall traverse, quick as thought,",0.0
"And o what streams of music sweet, and clear,",1.0
Their heavenly notes each tuneful planet rolls!,2.0
"OH Lord, Almighty God, the saints' eternal king!",1.0
But not in vain the tuneful planets raise,0.0
To pure ethereal souls their voice divine;,2.0
Nor yet in vain their great Creator's praise,1.0
"No blessed spirit but hears the sacred song,",3.0
And wakes his lyre melodious part to bear,2.0
In the sweet symphony; while all the throng,3.0
"Of angels, and archangels, nay, the ear",2.0
Of God delighted listens to the strains. ' --,1.0
"But where, ah where can glowing tints be found",0.0
"Brought life, and peace, and mercy from afar!",2.0
"From thee the light, thou beaming fountain, springs,",1.0
"That guides poor mortals in their weary way,",1.0
"Through black Affliction's night, to Pleasure's endless day!",3.0
"For man's forlorn, rebellious, sinful race?",0.0
What bliss to hear the high mysterious storey;,2.0
"By all the prophets, all the apostles sung,",2.0
"And noble army of martyrs, crowned with glory;",2.0
"They drink immortal, from thy rapturous sight,",3.0
Hail saints of light! who once the patient train,1.0
"Of silent Sorrow, through the thorny road",1.0
"OH taught by them, thou man of earth, sustain",2.0
And heaven's eternal joys and transports all be thine.,2.0
Appeared: ' --  my breast the rushing impulse feels!,0.0
"I see, I see thy glittering turrets rise,",2.0
"Inlaid with gems of thousand, thousand dies!",1.0
"And lo, the everlasting gates unfold",0.0
"Full tides of glory flow, and streams of living light!",1.0
"Of light surpassing far thy glimmering ray,",2.0
"More bright, more clear, more glorious, more divine",2.0
In gaudy robes the sparkling diamonds shine;,0.0
"Though yonder fair moon to thee her lustre owes,",2.0
Gilding with borrowed light the mountain's brow;,3.0
And Iris steals from thee each tint that glows,1.0
Such peerless beams appear from Truth's eternal throne.,0.0
"Through the bright Ibid. crystal sands of gold appear,",1.0
"And heaps of pearly grain; while blooming grows,",0.0
"On either bank of dainty flowers profuse,",2.0
"The tree of life superior over the rest,",4.0
"Lo there, diffused along the sacred brink,",2.0
"Angelic choirs replete with love and joy,",1.0
"Conceive their God, and from his presence drink",1.0
"On flowering beds of balsam, cassia, nard,",4.0
"And myrrh, a wilderness of rich perfumes;",1.0
"Embalmed they lie, like that Arabian bird,",2.0
While clouds of spicy smoke in bluish wreaths aspire.,0.0
"But spare, OH spare me, heaven! ' --  My fainting soul",1.0
"Come, over my limbs thy quickening waters roll,",5.0
"And thou, fair tree, the source of all our woes,",2.0
Transplanted since to heaven thy friendly boughs,0.0
"Extend, and wrap me in the brownest shade!",0.0
"OH veil me from the Lamb's too glorious sight,",5.0
"And on the wings of sleep, more swift than wind,",1.0
"Away the fickle, fond delusions fly;",0.0
"To joys sublime, and Virtue's glorious crown!",2.0
"To reach, the heaven of heavens, where reigns the eternal God!",2.0
Being well informed we have incurred Disgrace,0.0
A Sect that have No Tails; These Presents are,2.0
"TO enjoin such Miscreants, All and singular,",3.0
"Strait to depart our Land, or on Demur,",3.0
Bon jour Monsieur! You pass for a prime Witt;,2.0
But in this Project give small Proof of it.,1.0
Of our great Cham prepare to quit the Land;,2.0
"Had Nature lent me but an Inch of Dock,",1.0
I should Presume I had no Obligation,1.0
"Thus charged, should I attempt my own Defence,",3.0
And then for want of Tail poor Reynard goes to Pot.,1.0
"YES, gentle Time, thy gradual, healing hand",3.0
"Submitting to thy skill, my passive heart",1.0
Feels that no grief can thy soft power withstand;,7.0
"And though my aching breast still heaves the sigh,",2.0
Though oft the tear swells silent in mine eye;,1.0
"Yet the keen pang, the agony is gone;",4.0
Sorrow and I shall part; and these faint throes,2.0
"As when the furious tempest is overblown,",4.0
"And when the sky has wept its violence,",1.0
"The opening heavens will oft let fall a shower,",5.0
"The poor overcharged boughs still drops dispense,",6.0
And still the loaded streams in torrents pour.,0.0
"SHall lordly man, the theme of every lay,",0.0
Usurp the Muse's tributary bay?,1.0
"Tyrant of verse, and arbiter of wit?",3.0
And view their genius with regardless eye?,1.0
Justice forbid! and every muse inspire,2.0
"Rise, rise, bold swain; and to the listening grove",3.0
Resound the praises of the sex you love;,2.0
"Tell how, adorned with every charm, they shine,",2.0
"In mind and person equally divine,",1.0
"Till man, no more to female merit blind,",2.0
"Admire the person, but adore the mind.",1.0
"Thou, who so oft with pleased, but anxious care,",0.0
"Hast watched the dawning genius of the fair,",1.0
The various graces of the female lay;,4.0
And aid the generous cause espoused by thee.,2.0
"Long over the world did Prejudice maintain,",4.0
"By sounds like these, her undisputed reign:",1.0
"Woman! she cried, to thee, indulgent Heaven",3.0
Has all the charms of outward beauty given:,0.0
"The great, the wise, the witty, and the brave;",1.0
"Be thine, to move majestic in the dance,",0.0
"To roll the eye, and aim the tender glance,",0.0
"Or touch the strings, and breathe the melting song,",0.0
"Content to emulate that airy throng,",0.0
"Who to the sun their painted plumes display,",0.0
"And gaily glitter on the hawthorn spray,",2.0
"Careless of aught but music, joy, and love.",2.0
"Heavens! could such artful, slavish sounds beguile",0.0
The freeborn sons of Britain's polished isle?,0.0
"In loathsome pomp, where eastern tyrants reign;",0.0
"Where each fair neck the yoke of slavery galls,",3.0
"And taught, that levelled with the brutal kind,",1.0
"Nor sense, nor souls to women are assigned.",1.0
"Our British nymphs with happier omens rove,",2.0
"And, as with lavish hand each sister grace",1.0
"Shapes the fair form, and regulates the face,",3.0
"Each sister muse, in blissful union joined,",0.0
Even now fond Fancy in our polished land,1.0
"Assembled shows a blooming, studious band:",2.0
"With various arts our reverence they engage,",5.0
"Some turn the tuneful, some the moral page;",0.0
"These, led by Contemplation, soar on high,",0.0
And range the Heavens with philosophic eye;,2.0
"While those, surrounded by a vocal choir,",2.0
"The canvas tinge, or touch the warbling lyre.",0.0
To dazzle and perplex our wandering sight:,3.0
"The muse each charmer singly shall survey,",0.0
And tune to each her tributary lay.,0.0
"So when, in blended tints, with sweet surprise",0.0
"Or spring, great Kneller! from a hand like thine,",2.0
"On all with pleasing awe at once we gaze,",0.0
"And, lost in wonder, know not which to praise,",0.0
"But, singly viewed, each nymph delights us more,",0.0
To chase the missed from dark opinion's eye:,0.0
"Nor mean we here to blame that father's care,",0.0
"Who guards from learnt wives his booby heir,",3.0
Since oft that heir with prudence has been known,0.0
To dread a genius that transcends his own:,0.0
"The wise themselves should with discretion choose,",1.0
"Since lettered nymphs their knowledge may abuse,",1.0
And husbands oft experience to their cost,1.0
The prudent housewife in the scholar lost:,1.0
"Their own high talents, and their sex despise,",2.0
"With haughty mien each social bliss defeat,",0.0
And sully all their learning with conceit:,1.0
"Of such the parent justly warns his son,",1.0
And such the muse herself will bid him shun.,1.0
"But lives there one, whose unassuming mind,",1.0
"Though graced by nature, and by art refined,",1.0
"Pleased with domestic excellence, can spare",3.0
"Some hours from studious ease to social care,",2.0
And with her pen that time alone employs,1.0
"Which others waste in visits, cards, and noise;",0.0
"From affectation free, though deeply read,",0.0
"With wit well natured, and with books well bred?",3.0
With such and such there are each happy day,2.0
"Must fly improving, and improved away;",1.0
"Inconstancy might fix and settle there,",2.0
"Nor need we now from our own Britain rove,",1.0
"In search of Genius, to the Lesbian grove,",3.0
"Like modest Cynthia, beaming through the night:",3.0
"Fair Friendship's lustre, undisguised by art,",1.0
"Glows in her lines, and animates her heart;",0.0
"Friendship, that jewel, which, though all confess",1.0
"Its peerless value, yet how few possess!",0.0
"Immortal fame, her praise shall ever live.",0.0
"Thy horrors, Spleen! which all, who paint, must feel?",0.0
"My praises would but wrong her sterling wit,",0.0
Since Pope himself applauds what she has writ.,1.0
"But say, what matron now walks musing forth",1.0
From the bleak mountains of her native North?,3.0
While round her brows two sisters of the Nine,2.0
Poetic wreaths with philosophic twine!,0.0
"To deck his great, successful champion's head,",2.0
And Clarke expects thee in the laurel shade.,0.0
"Though long to dark, oblivious want a prey,",2.0
"Yet Scotland now shall ever boast thy fame,",0.0
"While England mourns thy undistinguished name,",0.0
"And views with wonder, in a female mind,",1.0
"Philosopher, divine, and poet joined!",1.0
The modest muse a veil with pity throws,0.0
"Over vice's friends, and virtue's female foes;",4.0
And grieves to see one nobly born disgrace,0.0
"Her modest sex, and her illustrious race.",3.0
"Though harmony through all their numbers flowed,",1.0
"And genuine wit its every grace bestowed,",2.0
"Nor genuine wit, nor harmony, excuse",3.0
The dangerous sallies of a wanton muse:,3.0
"Nor can such tuneful, but immoral, lays",2.0
Expect the tribute of impartial praise:,1.0
Deserved applause for spotless virtue gain.,0.0
With what sweet sounds the bordering forest rings?,3.0
"Each falling accent, studious to prolong",4.0
The warbled notes of Rowe's ecstatic song.,0.0
"Old Avon pleased his reedy forehead rears,",1.0
And polished Orrery delighted hears.,1.0
"See with what transport she resigns her breath,",1.0
"Released from earth, with smiles she soars on high",0.0
"Amid her kindred spirits of the sky,",1.0
"Where faith and love those endless joys bestow,",0.0
"That warmed her lays, and filled her hopes below.",0.0
Or from the muse her modest virtues screen;,1.0
"Here, sweetly blended, to our wondering eyes,",3.0
"And though the Nine her tuneful strains inspire,",1.0
"We less her genius, than her heart, admire,",1.0
"Pleased, mid the great, one truly good to see,",1.0
And proud to tell that Somerset is she.,0.0
A grateful tribute from all female hands;,2.0
"One, who to shield them from the worst of foes,",1.0
In their just cause dared Pope himself oppose.,1.0
"Their own dark forms deceit and envy wear,",1.0
"Your empty sneers, and shock the sex no more.",1.0
"Thus bold Camilla, when the Trojan chief",1.0
"Attacked her country, flew to its relief;",1.0
"Beneath her lance the bravest warriors bled,",0.0
And fear dismayed the host which great Aeneas led.,5.0
But ah! why heaves my breast this pensive sigh?,0.0
"What breast from sighs, what eye from tears refrains,",0.0
"And who but grieves to see her generous mind,",2.0
"For nobler views and worthier guests designed,",4.0
"Admit the hateful form of black despair,",0.0
Won with the gloom of superstitious care?,0.0
"She called on Heaven to close her weary eyes,",0.0
"And, long on earth by heart-felt woes oppressed,",1.0
Was born by friendly death to welcome rest.,0.0
"From ancient Greece, where first she fixed her reign,",0.0
"To Italy, and Britain's happier plain.",3.0
And manly strength with female softness joins.,1.0
"So female charms and manly virtues grace,",1.0
"By her example formed, her blooming race,",1.0
"And, framed alike to please our ears and eyes,",0.0
"OH that you now, with genius at command,",0.0
In colours worthy of themselves and you!,2.0
"Now in ecstatic visions let me rove,",1.0
"Where still each night, by startled shepherd's seen,",0.0
Now on her darling Mira she bestows;,1.0
"The choicest fragrance of the breathing spring,",1.0
And bids each year her favourite linnet sing.,0.0
"Let cloistered pedants, in an endless round,",1.0
Tread the dull mazes of scholastic ground;,4.0
We to the natives of the sultry line,2.0
Their boasted race of parrots pleased resign:,0.0
For though on citron boughs they proudly glow,1.0
"With all the colours of the watery bow,",2.0
"Yet through the grove harsh discord they prolong,",2.0
"Though rich in gaudy plumage, poor in song.",0.0
Whose rude overhanging cliffs and barren sand,1.0
"Hail, Carter, hail! your favourite name inspires",1.0
"With you I pierce through academic shades,",1.0
"Beneath the spreading plane with Plato rove,",0.0
And hear his morals echo through the grove.,1.0
"Joy sparkles in the sage's looks, to find",1.0
His genius glowing in a female mind;,1.0
Newton admiring sees your searching eye,2.0
"Dart through his mystic page, and range the sky;",0.0
"While, undisturbed by pride, you calmly tread",0.0
"Through life's perplexing paths, by wisdom led;",0.0
"And, taught by her, your grateful muse repays",2.0
Her heavenly teacher in nocturnal lays.,2.0
"So when Prometheus from the Almighty Sire,",3.0
"As sings the fable, stole celestial fire,",0.0
"Swift through the clay the vital current ran,",0.0
"In look, in form, in speech resembling man;",0.0
"But in each eye a living lustre glowed,",0.0
That spoke the heavenly source from whence it flowed.,2.0
"To emulate her praise, and tune that lyre",0.0
Which yet no bard was able to inspire!,2.0
"With tears her suffering Virgin we attend,",1.0
"What sacred rapture in our bosom glows,",0.0
When at the shrine she offers up her vows!,1.0
Mild majesty and virtue's awful power,2.0
"Adorn her fall, and grace her latest hour.",0.0
"Transport me now to those embroidered meads,",1.0
"Haste, haste, you Nine, and hear a sister sing",1.0
"The charms of Cynthia, and the joys of spring:",1.0
See! night's pale goddess with a grateful beam,3.0
"Paints her loved image in the shadowy stream,",5.0
"A snow of blossoms, and a wild of flowers.",1.0
"OH happy nymph, though winter over thy head,",3.0
"Blind to that form, the snow of age shall shed;",0.0
"Time, though he steals the roseate bloom of youth,",0.0
"Shall spare the charms of virtue and of truth,",1.0
"And on thy mind new charms, new bloom bestow,",3.0
"The fairy ground that Philips trod before,",0.0
"Beneath her magic touch, with wondering eye,",2.0
We view vile copper with pure sterling vie;,3.0
To claim the praises of the smiling fair;,1.0
Till chuck and marble shall no more employ,1.0
The thoughtless leisure of the truant boy.,1.0
See how his waves in still attention glide!,0.0
"The balmy zephyrs, hovering over the fair,",2.0
On their soft wings the vocal accents bear;,2.0
Transported listen to the tuneful maid.,1.0
"OH may those nymphs, whose pleasing power she sings,",2.0
"Bloom to her cheek, and rapture to her heart!",1.0
"Sing on, sweet maid! thy Spenser smiles to see",3.0
"Kind Fancy shed her choicest gifts on thee,",1.0
"And bids his Edwards, on the laurel spray",1.0
"That shades his tomb, inscribe thy rural lay.",0.0
"Improving tasks her peaceful hours beguile,",0.0
"One dips the pencil, and one strings the lyre.",1.0
"OH may her life's clear current smoothly glide,",1.0
Unruffled by misfortune's boisterous tide!,6.0
So while the charmer leads her blameless days,0.0
"With that content which she so well displays,",0.0
"Her own Honoria we in her shall view,",1.0
Thus wandering wild among the golden grain,3.0
"Careless I sung, while summer's western gale",2.0
"When from a neighbouring hawthorn, in whose shade",2.0
"Pleased had she listened; and, with smiles, she cried,",1.0
"Cease, friendly swain! be this thy praise and pride,",2.0
"That thou, of all the numerous tuneful throng,",2.0
First in our cause hast framed thy generous song.,2.0
"And you, our sister choir! proceed to tread",3.0
"The flowery paths of fame, by science led!",2.0
"Employ by turns the needle and the pen,",1.0
And in their favourite studies rival men!,0.0
"May all our sex your glorious track pursue,",2.0
And keep your bright example still in view!,0.0
"These lasting beauties will in youth engage,",1.0
"Secure to bloom, unconscious of decay,",2.0
"For even when love's short triumph shall be over,",3.0
"When youth shall please, and beauty charm no more,",1.0
When man shall cease to slatter; when the eye,0.0
"Shall cease to sparkle, and the heart to sigh,",1.0
"In that dread hour, when parent dust shall claim",1.0
"The lifeless tribute of each kindred frame,",1.0
Even then shall wisdom for her chosen fair,1.0
The fragrant wreaths of virtuous fame prepare;,2.0
Beyond the reach of envy and of time;,1.0
Those names the praise and wonder shall engage,0.0
"Of every polished, wise, and virtuous age;",2.0
"To latest times our annals shall adorn,",0.0
And save from folly thousands yet unborn.,1.0
"Believe me, Rose, however this Con. may please,",3.0
"With flowing Numbers, and an easy Phrase;",1.0
"With Wit, with Humour, and with every Art,",0.0
"However his Verses are with Rapture read,",4.0
They never could spring from his poor Baby Head.,2.0
"No, no, dear Rose, his Tricks are too well known;",3.0
"They are his Mother's Verses, not his own.",1.0
Nor tempt a Character beyond thy Sphere.,1.0
Let meaner Flames thy tender Breast inspire;,1.0
Touch not a Beam of hers ' --  It's sacred Fire!,1.0
Phoebus might trust thy Mother with his Sun;,3.0
"The kindred arts to please thee shall conspire,",0.0
"One dip the pencil, and one string the lyre.",1.0
AMANDA bids; at her command again,1.0
"I seize the pencil, or resume the pen;",1.0
"No other call my willing hand requires,",1.0
"And friendship, better than a Muse inspires.",1.0
Painting and poetry are near allied;,3.0
The kindred arts two sister Muses guide;,1.0
"This charms the eye, that steals upon the ear;",0.0
There sounds are tuned; and colours blended here:,3.0
And bids a gayer brighter world arise:,0.0
"That, less allied to sense, with deeper art",0.0
Can pierce the close recesses of the heart;,4.0
"By well set syllables, and potent sound,",2.0
"To life adds motion, and to beauty soul,",2.0
And breathes a spirit through the finished whole:,1.0
"This gives Amanda's form, and that her mind.",0.0
Nor higher than the feathered tribe aspires.,1.0
Yet who the various nations can declare,3.0
That plough with busy wing the peopled air?,0.0
These cleave the crumbling bark for insect food;,1.0
Those dip their crooked beak in kindred blood:,0.0
Some bathe their silver plumage in the floods;,0.0
"Some fly to man; his household gods implore,",1.0
And gather round his hospitable door;,5.0
"Wait the known call, and find protection there",4.0
From all the lesser tyrants of the air.,1.0
The tawny EAGLE seats his callow brood,0.0
"High on the cliff, and feasts his young with blood.",0.0
The royal bird his lonely kingdom forms,0.0
"Amid the gathering clouds, and sullen storms;",2.0
Through the wide waste of air he darts his sight,2.0
And marks his destined victim from afar:,1.0
"Descending in a whirlwind to the ground,",2.0
"The fairest of the fold he bears away,",1.0
And to his nest compels the struggling prey;,1.0
"He scorns the game by meaner hunters tore,",0.0
And dips his talons in no vulgar gore.,1.0
The silver PHEASANT draws his shining train;,0.0
He spreads his plumage to the sunny gleam:,1.0
"But when the wiry net his flight confines,",0.0
"Oppressed by bondage, and our chilly spring.",1.0
That swell the music of the vernal year:,1.0
Seized with the spirit of the kindly spring,1.0
"They tune the voice, and sleek the glossy wing:",0.0
And pour out all their little souls in song.,0.0
"When winter bites upon the naked plain,",0.0
"Nor food nor shelter in the groves remain,",0.0
"By instinct led, a firm united band,",0.0
The congregated nations wing their way,0.0
"Thence spread their sails to meet the southern wind,",1.0
And leave the gathering tempest far behind;,2.0
"Pursue the circling sun's indulgent ray,",0.0
"Course the swift seasons, and overtake the day.",5.0
"Not so the Insect race, ordained to keep",1.0
And wait the influence of a kinder sky;,1.0
"Start from their trance, and burst their silken shell;",0.0
"Trembling awhile they stand, and scarcely dare",1.0
To launch at once upon the untried air:,3.0
"And leave their sordid spoils, and high in Either sail.",0.0
"So when Rinaldo struck the conscious rind,",0.0
He found a nymph in every trunk confined;,0.0
"The bursting trees the lovely births disclose,",0.0
Where late was rugged bark and lifeless wood.,0.0
"Lo! the bright train their radiant wings unfold,",3.0
On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower,3.0
They idly fluttering live their little hour;,2.0
"Their life all pleasure, and their task all play,",1.0
"All spring their age, and sunshine all their day.",1.0
"Not so the child of sorrow, wretched man,",0.0
"His course with toil concludes, with pain began:",0.0
Pleasure's the portion of the inferior kind;,5.0
"But glory, virtue, Heaven for Man designed.",0.0
What atom forms of insect life appear!,1.0
And who can follow nature's pencil here?,0.0
"Their wings with azure, green, and purple glossed,",0.0
"Studded with coloured eyes, with gems embossed,",2.0
"Inlaid with pearl, and marked with various stains",3.0
"Some shoot like living stars, athwart the night,",0.0
"And scatter from their wings a vivid light,",1.0
"To guide the Indian to his tawny loves,",1.0
As through the woods with cautious step he moves.,1.0
See the proud giant of the beetle race;,4.0
Like some stern warrior formidably bright,2.0
His steely sides reflect a gleaming light;,0.0
"On his large forehead spreading horns he wears,",2.0
And high in air the branching antlers bears;,0.0
"Over many an inch extends his wide domain,",2.0
And his rich treasury swells with hoarded grain.,4.0
"Thy friend thus strives to cheat the lonely hour,",1.0
"With song, or paint, an insect, or a flower:",2.0
"Yet if Amanda praise the flowing line,",1.0
"And bend delighted over the gay design,",2.0
"I envy not, nor emulate the fame",0.0
"Or of the painter's, or the poet's name:",2.0
"Could I to both with equal claim pretend,",0.0
"Yet far, far dearer were the name of FRIEND.",1.0
"When the pale Queen of Night exerts her Power,",3.0
To paint the Glories of thy future State;,1.0
"To show what Mansions, in the Realms divine,",0.0
"Are set apart for Souls, refined as thine?",0.0
Adas! I left thee sick: OH Shame to tell!,3.0
"But dire Necessity, relentless, swayed;",1.0
"She, stern, enjoined, unwilling I obeyed.",1.0
"Torn from thy Sight, how have I dragged the Day,",0.0
"Which, in thy Presence, flew too swift away!",1.0
How shall I pass the melancholy Night?,0.0
"When will the Post arrive, and give Delight?",0.0
Of thy returning Health when shall I hear?,1.0
"Fain would I hope, though quite depressed with Fear.",0.0
"The Stranger, and the Wretched, are her Care:",2.0
Snatch her not hence; we cannot let her go;,0.0
"Still let her be thy Substitute below,",1.0
"To raise the sinking Heart, to heal Distress;",0.0
To Her was given the Will and Power to bless.,4.0
"OH would Heaven grant me, ere I cross the Main,",0.0
"And never, never, shall behold thee more.",0.0
OF Belgian Provinces by Unions Power,1.0
"I sing the Triumph of that wondrous Field,",1.0
Which raised the Fame of pious Anna's Reign,0.0
In Natures Youth and happier Climates born.,2.0
Has brought to light this wondrous Birth of,0.0
"Celestial Guardian of this Sacred Isle,",1.0
"Genius of Warlike Britain, who awhile",3.0
"Hast, left eternal Glory and the Sway",1.0
"Of some Triumphant Hierarchy of Heaven,",5.0
To shelter and protect these happy Realms;,1.0
"Thou who with blissful Charity inspired,",1.0
"And every Soul subjected to Thy Sway,",1.0
Teaching Thy much loud Britons to subdue,4.0
The Rage of France and Hell by Love Divine;,0.0
"May with immortal Charity be fired,",2.0
"That raised to Heaven by that Celestial Fire,",0.0
"It may attain a Song of wondrous Height,",1.0
And may proclaim thy Wisdom and thy Power,2.0
And their Heroic Deeds in such a strain,2.0
As no fictitious Muse can ere inspire.,0.0
"Now was the Sun in Taurus mounted high,",0.0
And darting down his Genial Rays from Heaven,1.0
"Directly to the Bosom of the Earth,",2.0
Called forth each Plant and every tender Flower,1.0
And restored Nature and renewed the World;,6.0
"When the Confederate Troops called out by Fate,",2.0
And by their great Commanders awful Voice,1.0
"Full of that conquering Spirit they appeared,",3.0
And in their Eyes a penetrating View,0.0
"Might easily discern their Triumphs past,",1.0
And their amazing Victory to come.,2.0
"All Nature seem transported at that Sight,",0.0
"For Tyranny, Oppression, Discord, Fraud,",1.0
"Injustice, Violence, and Barbarous Rage",3.0
"Are all about to be expelled the Earth,",0.0
"And in their room Simplicity and Truth,",1.0
"Justice, Security and gentle Ease,",3.0
"And Peace and spotless Innocence, shall reign;",1.0
Therefore all Nature smiled upon that Sight,1.0
"And Gods, and Men, and Earth, and Heaven rejoiced.",0.0
"Which to infernal Torments added Stings,",2.0
"And to infernal Fury fiercer Flames,",1.0
And doubled the Damnation in his Breast.,1.0
Up through the Ocean of the Air he sails;,2.0
In the midway he stopped between the Moon's,3.0
At his great Palace there by Magic hung.,3.0
"Of Friends who now were roaming round the Earth,",0.0
In order to subject it to his Sway.,2.0
Up strait upon the Wing the Spirits sprung,0.0
"And high above the Atmosphere they flew,",0.0
"The World was in Convulsions at the Flight,",0.0
"Earth trembled, sighed the Air, the Ocean groaned,",1.0
Which barely seen had Power to look Despair,2.0
"And Death into the Hearts of wretched Men,",0.0
And wither in one moment all their strength.,0.0
"As soon as the Infernal Crew were sat,",1.0
"Up from his Throne outrageous Tyrant rose,",1.0
"That darkened all the Sky, in fixing Plagues,",0.0
"With sable Wings their flaming Eyes they veiled,",0.0
"They who eternal Torments could endure,",1.0
They could not bear their raging Tyrants Wrath,0.0
But shook like Men who frightful Fiends behold.,0.0
"Collected in himself a while he stood,",0.0
But when the horrid Silence had prepared,0.0
Thus from his Breast his Rage in Thunder broke.,0.0
Are you assembled then at my dread Call?,2.0
"So light, so despicable in your Ears",3.0
Has been of late the Tempest of my Voice.,1.0
"But you not only are assembled here,",2.0
"But what is stranger, with those cruel Looks",1.0
"And that relentless Air, with which when last",0.0
"I met you here, you vainly made your Boast",0.0
"You would subdue the World to my Fell Sway,",1.0
"Would constitute me Universal King,",0.0
"But OH dire Shame, to Hell, to me, to all!",2.0
"Your Deeds are so unworthy the great Name,",3.0
"That one would swear you were grown Friends to Men,",3.0
And Servants to my Rival of the Sky;,2.0
"That ever yonder Planet turned about the Sun,",0.0
With that he pointed to Resplendent Earth,1.0
As towards the East her Magnitude she rolled,0.0
"It a subjected Province should become,",1.0
"Like these bright Tracts of all surrounding Air,",3.0
To our black Empire of the boundless Deep?,3.0
"The Kingdom there established by Heaven's King,",3.0
Who there bears Sway wherever Reason rules?,3.0
Whose Empire is where ever Law commands?,1.0
"For Reason is his secret whispering Voice,",3.0
Can it be you who promised to extend,1.0
My Empire over all yonder spotty Globe?,2.0
"An Empire ruled by Men instead of Laws,",0.0
Where human Passion sways and human Will;,1.0
"Passion infused by us, and Will by us",4.0
"No, though your Interest and your Glory both",1.0
"Demanded it: for know Aerial Gods,",6.0
"Where humane Passion reigns, and human Will,",5.0
There we not only Reign but are Adored.,2.0
"Of this be sure Religion come from Heaven,",1.0
Will never support an Empire raised by Hell;,2.0
"Nor can the dreadful Empire raised by us,",1.0
"Where Tyrant Man instead of Law controls,",0.0
"Endure Religion that from Heaven descends,",0.0
Cast but your Eyes wherever we command;,1.0
And Man our Proxy reigns instead of Law;,0.0
"There Men adore some vegetable Power,",2.0
Or their old crazy Priest they make their God,2.0
Or madly to Fanatic Prophets fall.,1.0
There they bow down to Stocks and senseless Stones;,0.0
"That is, to Us and our Delusions bow,",2.0
And Tremble at the Gods they could create,0.0
Regardless of the grand Concern of Hell?,1.0
Or are your old seducing Arts forgot?,1.0
Or know you not my Interests or your own?,1.0
"Cast but your Eyes upon her Silver Globe,",0.0
See that peculiar People chose by Heaven,1.0
"To propagate its Empire upon Earth,",2.0
"Which they, it seems, call Liberty, call Law",3.0
See how with Hearts too large to be confined,1.0
"They pass the Limits of the boundless Deep,",1.0
And every where my Rivals Rule extend!,0.0
Survey Earth's shining Ball with sharpest Ken.,1.0
"What Portion of her Planet can you find,",2.0
"But where the Glory of the British Name,",1.0
Look what even now the Britons boldly Act,0.0
Behold the conquering Spirit in their Eyes!,2.0
"Hell! you have suffered it to rise so high,",1.0
It's irresistible by human Powers,1.0
"See yonder their accursed Commander comes,",2.0
"And yonder Conquest towering over him flies,",2.0
"Whose well known Voice, the Goddess strait obey",1.0
"As at his Master's call the Falcon stoops,",0.0
And his August Appearance is the Lure,3.0
That brings her swiftly rushing from the Skies.,1.0
"If once he joins those Squadrons we are lost,",1.0
"His high Appearance, when they once behold,",0.0
As can dismay the greatness of their Souls.,2.0
"You Hosts of Terrors, you remember well,",1.0
"The Britons, though to every human Power,",1.0
"Invincible, were forced to yield to Ours;",1.0
"But when great Marlborough came impetuous on,",4.0
And rallied them with that Heroic Air,1.0
With which he fires the Warlike Squadrons Souls:,1.0
"You Stygian Gods, what Miracles we saw,",1.0
"How they who Trembled but the Moment past,",2.0
"Before the King of Terror's awful view,",3.0
Now fought like Gods above the reach of Fate!,1.0
Their sinking Spirits and dispelled their Fears;,1.0
"His Voice, his sole Appearance made them bold.",0.0
"Though I looked on, and though I menaced high,",1.0
"But all my clamour was in Thunder drowned,",0.0
"Till French and Fiends together vanished all,",0.0
Down to our Empire of the Neither Deep.,2.0
"You know, you Stygian Gods, and oft have read,",0.0
That more amazing Wonders are reserved,1.0
Unless with all our Power we interpose.,2.0
"Lewis by me, and Destiny designed,",2.0
Above all Names that are adored on Earth;,1.0
"Lewis, the Great, the Wise, the second Hope of Hell,",2.0
"The Man, the Monarch after my own Heart;",1.0
"But makes them his Employment all the Day,",1.0
And Meditation all the watchful Night;,0.0
"He, the great Image of my self express,",3.0
"Implacable, Inexorable, False,",3.0
Even greatly and heroically False:,4.0
Who watchful as a roaring Lion roams,1.0
"With Jaws expanded to devour his Prey,",3.0
"For Cruelty, for dire Revenge, for Murder,",1.0
OH way to banish Virtue from the World!,2.0
OH great Invention envied even by me!,2.0
"And unless we support him, he must fall:",4.0
Ah no! such Merit claims that at his Need,0.0
"To guard him from our fierce insulting Foes,",1.0
"If Lewis falls, our Empire with him sinks,",1.0
"For even from Earth, for even from Dust we fall.",4.0
"OH shameful Fall for us who aspired to Heaven,",1.0
For us who made Divinity our Aim!,2.0
"Then Law and Reason will victorious reign,",3.0
Then Liberty eternal will become.,2.0
"Then odious Virtue will possess the Earth,",3.0
And every glorious Vice be driven to Hell.,4.0
Deeds worthy the Antagonists of Heaven.,3.0
Can you forget? what? utterly forget,2.0
"What once we acted, and what once we were?",1.0
"Ah no! you never can, for in your Breasts",1.0
"Our Angel minds in that Eternal Field,",0.0
Against the Empire of great Heaven we fought.,4.0
"But yet, we fought, you Stygian Gods, we fought",0.0
With Spirit equal to the vast Design.,1.0
"Fate gave our Enemy the Field, but Ours,",2.0
"Ours was the Triumph, and the Glory Ours",1.0
Who dared against the Omnipotent to War.,3.0
Can you remember this? Can you reflect,3.0
"That you for Angels were an equal Match,",1.0
"And yield at last to Man, to Woman yield?",0.0
"For it's a Woman, OH you Powers, destroys",3.0
This mighty Champion of our Cause and Us;,1.0
"For she directs, she animates, she fires",1.0
Those who over Earth the Rule of Heaven extend.,0.0
"It's she who out of pure Despite to me,",0.0
"Upon my Rival poorly to depend,",1.0
"Poorly to wear a Crown that Law may Rule,",2.0
Than be her self a Sovereign Goddess owned,0.0
And by the Kingdoms of the Earth adored.,2.0
"Had you the Spirit with which once you flamed,",1.0
There needed not this long and powerful Speech,2.0
"The Cause of Empire and Eternal Fame,",1.0
"And urge you to great Acts, though I were Mute,",2.0
"Behold yonder World, that fluctuates in the void",5.0
"Now see your Female Adversary there,",3.0
"Behold her Prostrate, Abject on her Knees,",1.0
And Trembling at that Monarch of the Sky,1.0
"No, you can never see this and not disdain",0.0
"That she should make that floating World a Heaven,",0.0
Which we so greatly strive to make a Hell.,0.0
"Now pleased, now sad, now trembling, now enraged",5.0
"With Envy wracked, or burning with disdain,",1.0
Or with desire of fierce Revenge inflamed.,1.0
"When he had done, unanimous they rent",1.0
"And to the Heaven of Heavens defiance hurled,",3.0
When suddenly a burst of Thunder broke,1.0
"Through thousands drives, and thousands lightning Blasts;",0.0
"Then as a flock of timorous Fowl takes Wing,",3.0
And the black Hemisphere and Realms of Night,2.0
"But soon their impious daring they resumed,",4.0
"Of all that fell from Heaven the fiercest Fiend,",0.0
"The fiercest and most cruel Fiend that fell,",1.0
"Discord, the Daughter of dire Lucifer,",5.0
Begot when his prodigious Lust ran high,2.0
"On Pride, when with her hottest Flames she burned;",1.0
Gigantic was her Stature and her Looks,2.0
"Her Native Country was the Heaven of Heavens,",1.0
"But Heaven, as soon as born, disclaimed the Fiend,",0.0
"With Lightnings and with Thunders drove her out,",1.0
"For Happiness still flies the raving Fiend,",2.0
And Peace and Joy with her can never dwell.,1.0
As from her Birth she was expelled from Heaven,2.0
"So by her cruel Father's dire Decree,",1.0
"She banished was from all the Bounds of Hell,",1.0
"As one who might elsewhere far better serve,",4.0
"The growing Empire of her dreadful Sire,",1.0
"But at her parting, half her Serpent Brood",0.0
"She left behind, and to the very Heart",1.0
"Her own inexorable Father stung,",2.0
That with the Torment ever since he roars.,1.0
"Thus banished from high Heaven, and driven from Hell,",5.0
"She among miserable Mortals dwells,",6.0
"A false and most inhospitable Guest,",1.0
Who all her warmest Friends torments the most:,1.0
"Though banished from her Father's Realms below,",1.0
"To others, or her self, no Rest she allows,",4.0
"Of burning Fury, and tormenting Fear,",2.0
"And sharp Remorse, with all her deadliest Stings,",2.0
To this infernal Council she was called:,2.0
"And when the Whirlwind of Applause was over,",2.0
Up rose the Subtle and the Cruel Fiend.,1.0
"As rising, her Gorgonian Head she shook,",3.0
"With all its Snakes, that from their livid Eyes,",1.0
"As a poor Swain that underneath his Feet,",2.0
Spies a fell Adder bloated with his Rage;,4.0
"And lifting up his angry Crest on high,",1.0
"Springs back, while to his Heart his Blood retires",1.0
"And none but Lucifer himself had Power,",1.0
"And he himself grew Stupid at the sight,",2.0
"That seems not fashioned by the Sculptor's Art,",1.0
"But shows a Wretch with Horror stupid grown,",0.0
"And petrified with Woe and with Despair,",1.0
"And as the hideous Hag began to Scream,",3.0
"And equal Horror hear at the last Day,",1.0
"And the bad Angels roaring drive to Hell,",2.0
Which then shall to Eternity be closed.,3.0
"And such her hideous Voice, and thus she spoke.",3.0
"Have we the Patience then of stupid Saints,",0.0
"You Gods, to hear all this without Reply?",1.0
"Nay, our insulting Tyrant to applaud,",3.0
For his unjust and barbarous Reproach?,2.0
"But this, though spoke to all, is meant to me;",1.0
"For without me, not all the Host of Hell",1.0
"Am I of want of Knowledge then accused,",1.0
OH burning Indignation! OH Disdain!,1.0
"OH slander, worthy of dire Lucifer;",4.0
"Upon this Throne of thy Imperial Power,",3.0
"Encompassed with ten Thousand Spirits round,",2.0
"By mighty Angels served, and even by me?",1.0
"From whence is all this Pomp, this Power derived?",2.0
"Before I knew thee, what wert thou in Heaven?",1.0
And flatter thy proud Arbitrary Lord.,2.0
But I an Emperor made thee of a Slave;,4.0
"The Rival and the Antagonist of him,",4.0
"Millions of Angels to thy side I drew,",3.0
I gave them Spirit to assert thy Cause,1.0
Against thy thundering Rival and his Slaves;,3.0
"In that eternal Day, which though we lost,",1.0
"For we dissolved his universal Sway,",1.0
An Empire by our overthrow we gained:,1.0
And thou a poor precarious Lord before,3.0
"I founded thy Dominion upon Earth,",4.0
I propagate in humane Hearts thy Sway:,5.0
"No, there dull Union dwells, there lazy Peace",3.0
"And Reason, and thy hated Rivals Law.",1.0
Have I not Lewis now for fifty Years,0.0
"Inspired, possessing all his mighty Soul?",2.0
I fired that Soul to all those vast Designs,2.0
"That made it worthy thee, and worthy me.",2.0
"And then performed them with this Bloody hand,",1.0
And all the European World laid bare.,1.0
In Fathers and in Brothers guiltless Blood:,1.0
A Sea of guiltless Blood this Hand has spilt:,0.0
Thy Rival's Images by Millions I,2.0
"If now he flies before victorious Anne,",2.0
Can I with Justice be condemned or blamed?,1.0
"With this Assembly here of potent Gods,",1.0
"And all the great, united Host of Hell.",0.0
"It's to that Wisdom, and that Power Divine,",4.0
"Which Day and Night on that victorious Queen,",2.0
As on the conquering Hierarchies attends;,5.0
"Is it my Fault if that Religious Queen,",1.0
"By every Action and by every Voice,",1.0
Inspires her Britons with Celestial Love?,1.0
"Great Souls by him and Destiny designed,",3.0
"Unite her Subjects first, and then Mankind?",2.0
"Am I to be condemned, if while Abroad",1.0
The thwarting Interests of the Nations joins?,1.0
"Of Factions, which for Mastery contend,",1.0
"And makes Confusion, which is weakness, yield",0.0
"To Order, which is Strength, as he Above",1.0
The Rage of warring Atoms reconciled;,0.0
"Yet Strife, where that prevails, which most agrees",0.0
"With those eternal Laws that Rule the Whole,",1.0
"Mingled the Elements, and made the World.",3.0
"I freely own, that those our Mortal Foes",1.0
Grow more pernicious to us every Hour.,2.0
"William, whose Name we Fiends with Horror hear;",2.0
"Who never shrunk from his detested side,",1.0
"To set up Liberty and pull down us,",1.0
"When France and Hell reigned Paramount on Earth,",1.0
"With these they now consult, in these confide,",2.0
And Montague himself to Germane Plains,3.0
"Is hurried, in extreme despite to me,",0.0
Where his wise Councils and his powerful Voice,5.0
"Threaten my very Being to destroy,",3.0
And menace all this dreadful Host in me.,0.0
"Therefore unless we make one last Effort,",5.0
"Britain Farewell, and Tyranny Adieu,",4.0
"Britain Unanimous as well as Free,",3.0
"Will soon Enfranchise and Unite the World,",3.0
"From Heaven, of all that own thy boundless Sway,",0.0
Dares make that horrible Attempt but I.,2.0
"And now, even now, I form the glorious Plan,",4.0
"As the Confederates by uniting Thrive,",2.0
Success continuing will Cement them more:,3.0
"But their Felicity to come, depends",2.0
Upon yonder Squadrons in the Belgian Plains;,5.0
"Should they adverse Event of Battle feel,",1.0
"All that Great Anne has done unite Mankind,",3.0
I can with Ease in one Campaign overthrow.,6.0
Yonder Squadrons I have viewed and have reviewed,1.0
With all the Inquisition of my Eyes.,1.0
"I viewed them, and I sighed, to find their Heads",1.0
Which makes them the just Terror of us all.,2.0
"Hear it you God's, who rule the unbounded Air,",2.0
You black Attendants on Eternal Night!,1.0
"Hear it you Deities, assembled here",1.0
"And thou whom all these dreadful Powers obey,",2.0
"Whose Frown makes Gods above, and God below,",1.0
"Hear me great Lucifer, while by thy self,",5.0
Thy dire inviolable self I swear,1.0
"That I with Spirit great as the Design,",1.0
"Great as the glorious Cause, and worthy me,",3.0
"I that audacious General will destroy,",1.0
"I those victorious Squadrons will overthrow,",5.0
"And still in spite of Earth, in spite of Heaven,",0.0
"Discord, and Lucifer, and Hell shall reign.",3.0
"She said, and not expecting a Reply,",1.0
Down towards the Earth she wheeled her airy Flight;,0.0
"As Westward she her Sable Chariot drives,",3.0
"Old Night the Fury places by her side,",2.0
And her black shaggy Mantle over her throws.,4.0
"As Discord sat by the dark grizzly Hag,",2.0
"Discord more hideous seemed, and Night more foul.",4.0
"As they were hurried by their coal black Steeds,",3.0
"And the soft Chariot slid through Midnight Air,",5.0
"For there flew Treason with her looks askew,",3.0
And Stygian Envy of a livid Hue;,1.0
"And yellow Jealousy with Eyes suffused,",1.0
"And ugly Slander speckled like a Toad,",0.0
With livid Spots upon a saffron Hue,0.0
"Over her Arms, her Belly, and her Thighs;",3.0
"But Serpentine her Head and deadly Eyes,",0.0
"And hideous was her Hiss, and mortal was her Sting.",2.0
"Then lame Adultery, and Incest blind,",2.0
"Came lagging in the Rear with Reverend Gown,",1.0
"And darting many a sour Grimace he flew,",4.0
"And sighed profoundly with inverted Eyes,",1.0
"But all affected was, and all was false;",1.0
"For nervous were his Limbs, and bold his Brow;",1.0
His dimpled Cheek was of Vermilion Die;,1.0
His wanton Eyeballs sparkled as they rolled;,2.0
"His pampered side was with a sevenfold Shield,",2.0
Defended of impenetrable Brawn;,2.0
"The conscious Stars withdrew their sickening fires,",0.0
"And Nature that abhorred the dismal sight,",0.0
Redoubled all the Terrors of the Dark.,1.0
"The watchful Dogs in every Village bayed,",0.0
"And hungry Wolves forsook their Prey to Howl,",0.0
"And the winged Prophets of Nocturnal Sky,",3.0
"When to the glittering Palace they approached,",3.0
Where Lewis in a restless slumber lay,0.0
"The Doors flew open with a hollow Groan,",2.0
And the Fiend entered where the Tyrant lay.,2.0
"Then throws off her immense Gigantic Form,",1.0
"And the Gorgonian Terrors of her Front,",4.0
"And she, who a fallen Angel was before,",1.0
Is a decayed affected Beauty now.,1.0
"When she the Royal Curtains drew, she saw",0.0
The Tyrant tossing on the restless Plume;,1.0
"Haughty and Stern, and thoughtful even in Sleep;",3.0
"His Forehead furrowed by an angry Frown,",1.0
And on his clouded Brow sat cruel Care.,2.0
"And now and then he gave a fearful Start,",0.0
And from his Heart drew many a guilty Groan.,4.0
"Even Discord gazed with Pleasure at that sight,",0.0
And the Fiend smiled that never smiled before.,2.0
"In which the gazing World admired thee once,",0.0
"When thou wert grown the Terror even of Kings,",2.0
And dreadful Scourge of the Worlds potent Lords!,2.0
"That Victory came panting in thy Rear,",3.0
As he sole Tyrant of the desert Sky.,3.0
"Yet in those Happy, in those glorious Days,",2.0
"No profound Sleep could ever lull thy Soul,",3.0
"And rarely, rarely Slumber closed thy Eyes.",0.0
"But all the Day, and all the live long Night,",1.0
"Care kept thee watching, to inflame the World,",2.0
And to divide and to destroy Mankind.,3.0
"Now by victorious Marlborough brought low,",6.0
"That is about to part with hideous Roar,",3.0
And all thy trembling Provinces amaze;,1.0
"Strike forty Thousand of thy Veterans dead,",2.0
"Strike even thee dead their Arbitrary Lord,",3.0
"And with thy Person kill thy very Fame,",1.0
What fatal Hour is lost in soft Repose?,0.0
"Has adverse Fortune cooled thy towering Pride,",1.0
And that aspiring Flame that raised thy Thoughts,0.0
To Affectation even of Godhead once?,3.0
"Than reigning King of Kings and Lord of Lords,",0.0
Can he a Rival bear in Empire now?,1.0
Unless thou art eternally Intent,1.0
"The few Gigantic Hunters of Mankind,",2.0
"Who universal Empire here acquired,",0.0
"All of them vast Advantages enjoyed,",1.0
Which Heaven and Nature have denied to thee.,0.0
"Young Hammon, led their conquering Troops themselves,",3.0
"And the undaunted Squadrons which they led,",1.0
"When they were Conquerors, were always free,",1.0
And could a more exalted Virtue boast,0.0
Than those who yielded to their conquering Arms.,4.0
To do thy Work by Journey men of War;,0.0
"To conquer Heroes fighting for their own,",1.0
Freeborn magnanimous Nations to overthrow;,6.0
"But Freemen never were vanquished yet by Slaves,",2.0
Nor Warlike Nations by a wanton Crew.,2.0
"Divide those Foes, and fight them with themselves,",1.0
"Then by each others Arms enslave them all,",0.0
Supply by Fraud and old notorious Arts.,2.0
"And let no Minute pass, no Moment slip,",2.0
And by dividing to confound their Power.,2.0
"Such an important Moment is This now,",2.0
"The Reins of Empire yielding up to Chance,",1.0
And dead and stupid to the Charms of Fame.,1.0
And Day and Night over thy dear Interest brood,5.0
To cherish it like tender Birds their Young.,1.0
"And now am come, thou dearest of Mankind,",2.0
"Am come to rouse Thee from thy inglorious Ease,",3.0
And my own Empire to advance in Thine.,2.0
"True, said the Tyrant, who had all this while",1.0
"Been shaking off the Downey Bands of Sleep,",1.0
"If that a strong Desire to Rule the World,",0.0
And that the Ruler of the Land and Main,1.0
May be a happier Slave and worthier Thee.,3.0
"And let the boundless Liberty you take,",1.0
"Which had been Death to any one but Thee,",1.0
Declare the Boundless Power thy wondrous Charms,2.0
Have given Thee over even my ambitious Soul.,3.0
"But why dost Thou, who hast the Power to pierce",2.0
"As I my self would all the World control,",1.0
My great Design of Universal Sway?,0.0
Can seize a towering fiery Soul like mine?,2.0
"No, never shall my Soul Abatement feel",1.0
"Of its high Passion for eternal Fame,",3.0
But as I Thee adore with fiercer Flame,2.0
"Than all that in my warmest Youth I felt,",0.0
"Even for the brightest of Thy charming Sex,",2.0
Does but augment my noble Lust of Fame;,1.0
"It's my first Principle of Life, by which",3.0
"I speak, and move, and act, and think, and am,",0.0
"And Lewis, when that fails, must be no more.",0.0
OH could I but the Weaknesses suppress,2.0
"Of this frail Flesh, and conquer the Desire",3.0
"Of my great Mind, extinguishing Remorse,",3.0
"Driving Compassion out, and stifling Shame,",3.0
Then without Interval the glorious Cares,9.0
"Of Empire should employ my Aspiring Soul,",2.0
"Under which now sometime my Nature sinks,",3.0
And I by sordid Elements are forced,2.0
"To feed the thinking Parts expiring Flame,",0.0
And seek new Life within the Arms of Death.,1.0
"But soon I shake off his dull Chains, and then",2.0
At once to Life and Glory I return.,1.0
That gave Victorious Marlborough the Day,3.0
"OH fatal Field to all my Aspiring Thoughts,",2.0
"I will forget that ever Thou hast been,",2.0
And think of Universal Sway again,0.0
"Yet to the Terror of my wondering Foes,",3.0
"I still recovered that amazing Blow,",0.0
My Loss recruited and retrieved my Power.,1.0
The Dilatory Germans on the Rhine;,1.0
"And obliged Fortune, in her own Despite,",5.0
"OH I had laid a Scheme which would have sunk,",0.0
"And utterly confounded all my Foes,",1.0
"Only with Men, and there I found Success,",3.0
"In Spain I was constrained to yield to Heaven,",1.0
And baffled my whole Providence at once;,3.0
"But whence can this transporting Fury Spring,",1.0
Or what makes this the great deciding Hour?,0.0
To whom the Fury eagerly replied:,1.0
"By that disastrous Disappointment Spain,",0.0
"The Pride for which contending Nations fight,",0.0
"Depends upon this very fatal Hour,",0.0
"Spain is in utmost Danger to be lost,",2.0
Unless Thou rousing wilt prevent the Blow.,0.0
"And Spain in Danger will deject our Friends,",1.0
And give more daring Spirit to our Foes;,1.0
"Consider how they all prepare unite,",2.0
"Both eager in a strict Embrace to meet,",1.0
And for the future like two Sisters live;,2.0
Faction has lost its Ferment and grows mild;,3.0
The Listless Germans whom thy wondrous Arts,0.0
"So nobly have divided and brought low,",2.0
"Some lucid Intervals of Concord find,",1.0
"And public Spirit and Will surely leave,",1.0
"If Spain should from thy baffled Arms be torn,",1.0
"That Loss will calm the fierce Hungarian's Rage,",0.0
And Spirit jealous Venice to declare,1.0
"No Stratagem, nor Violence, nor Art,",3.0
Can thy exhausted Treasury Supply.,2.0
"And then thy numerous Armies vanish all,",2.0
"And leave Thee to the Scorn of thy proud Foes,",2.0
Even thy own vile obsequious Slaves will rise,3.0
And take rebellious Arms against their King:,0.0
"Adieu Thy Conquests, and perhaps Thy Crown,",2.0
But a surprising and stupendous Blow,2.0
"A sudden and surprising Blow struck there,",3.0
While this the great Campaign of Fate be ¦ begins,2.0
Will give thee sure occasion to detach,1.0
"Part of thy conquering Troops to Philip's Aid,",2.0
"To push thy Advantage on astonished Rhine,",3.0
That will constrain the Empire to recall,2.0
"The new Supplies to Illustrious Eugene sent,",4.0
That fatal Blow will once again divide,0.0
"Amaze the Germans, and the Dutch confound,",1.0
Prevent that Union now designed between,0.0
"The English and the Caledonian States,",3.0
"Rouse up thy sleeping Arbitrary Friends,",0.0
"Ferment them still with more fanatic Rage,",0.0
"That our declining Empire will sustain,",2.0
"And will advance through all the Christian World,",1.0
To whom the grizzly Tyrant thus replied:,0.0
"The Serpent slumbering in my wounded Breast,",1.0
"Which when awake still gnaws my mangled Hear,",1.0
And greedily devours my vital Blood.,3.0
My Fancy rides and drives soft Sleep away;,1.0
"The very Tyrant of my ambitious Soul,",3.0
"Blast to my Hopes of Universal Sway,",0.0
And only by forgetting thee Revive.,2.0
"'Twas there by such a rash presumptuous Fight,",3.0
"That forty Thousand of my conquering Troops,",3.0
"That always conquered till that cursed Hour,",2.0
"Were, like ripe Corn in Autumn, mowed in Heaps;",1.0
"Those Heaps in Ranks extended on the Plain,",1.0
"Which broke the Hearts and Spirits of the rest,",1.0
"And interrupted all my vast Designs,",0.0
And laid my Weakness open to the World:,1.0
"For as my greatness, and my awful Power,",2.0
"Lay in Opinion more than real Strength,",2.0
"Fortune was grown Immutable as Fate,",3.0
"And always would attend my conquering Arms,",2.0
"That fatal Days Calamitous Event,",1.0
And made me grow the very Scorn of those,0.0
To whom I was most Terrible before.,2.0
"Of Battle, when thou hast thy self observed,",0.0
"That to subdue, I must divide my Foes,",1.0
"And then enslave them by each others Arms,",1.0
That warlike Nations never were Vanquished yet,3.0
"By softer Ones, nor Free born Souls by Slaves;",1.0
"I must remain, not only without Fight,",3.0
"But without War, OH Gods, for that blessed Hour!",5.0
"One short lived Truce would more advance my Fame,",1.0
"And spread my Empire, than ten Victories.",4.0
"He said, and thus the subtle Fiend replied:",0.0
I before Victory would Truce advise;,3.0
"But since thy Foes have been so oft betrayed,",0.0
"Therefore the Mischief ill Success has done,",1.0
Must be by sudden Victory repaired.,1.0
"What but Presumption grown from long Success,",1.0
"Which caused thee to abandon thy old Arts,",3.0
And vainly to rely on fancied Power;,1.0
"Perched on thy waving Streamers, when thy Troops,",0.0
"By odds of Numbers overwhelmed their Foes,",0.0
Hence the Disaster of that Fatal Day;,3.0
"But when to your old Methods you returned,",3.0
With them Success and Victory returned.,2.0
For the prevented Germans you surprised,2.0
"And both their Armies easily overthrew,",2.0
"Both by superior Numbers overwhelmed,",4.0
And in their Leaders Absence both oppressed.,0.0
"Oppressed by the same Odds, before their Chiefs",2.0
"Arrive, before their various Powers are joined.",4.0
"Then with Success return to thy old Arts,",2.0
"And by Division break their potent League,",1.0
Thy Orders strait to the Bavarian send,3.0
"Then as a Torrent to a Deluge swelled,",1.0
"Disdains its Banks, and makes its roaring way",0.0
"With dreadful Devastation, so may they,",1.0
"While Desolation marks their hideous Course,",2.0
And the surprised Confederate Forces leave,3.0
"The same eternal Monument of Power,",1.0
Think that the very next may be too late:,1.0
"This Hour great Marlborough for his Camp sets forth,",5.0
"Avoiding Marlborough, Lewis may be Great;",3.0
"Thou hast already felt his nervous Arm,",0.0
"Of thy weak Marshals, which before it Cower;",2.0
"He the great Qualities alone enjoys,",3.0
"Of all thy Chiefs who are, and who have been.",1.0
"Joined with that Presence of commanding Soul,",1.0
"That keeps entirely Master of it self,",3.0
And Master of the furious God of War;,3.0
"When with dire Looks, and with a dreadful Roar,",1.0
"He Foams, and all the God runs mad with Rage.",1.0
"And vast Capacity, and all that Skill,",1.0
"So admirable in the Art of Death,",1.0
"Which fixed inconstancy of Fortunes Will,",2.0
"Issue thy dread Commands this Moment out,",3.0
"And let the great deciding Blow be given,",0.0
E'r Destiny and Marlborough arrive.,3.0
"The Fury said, the Tyrant gave Consent,",0.0
"To the Bavarian strait his Orders sends,",3.0
"Which to the Army, through the dreary Shades,",1.0
Thence to the various Towns the impetuous Daemon bore.,3.0
"AURORA had not painted yet the World,",0.0
"With various Dies, restoring every Hue,",2.0
That Night had with her miscreant Hand expunged;,3.0
"The starry Host of Heaven, and Host of Hell;",0.0
"No Shepherd's Pipe was on the Mountains heard,",2.0
Nor Hunters Bugle in the Echoing Vales;,2.0
"When the shrill Trumpet roused up drowsy Mars,",2.0
"Death's Bugle in the Chase of Humane Blood,",4.0
"The Beasts of Nature to their Dens retired,",1.0
And the whole Forrest trembled at the sound:,2.0
"The Beasts of Nature feared, alas, in vain,",0.0
"Though Fate a solemn Hunting had prepared,",0.0
"For Man the Huntsman was, and Man the Prey.",1.0
"Before the Dawn, throughout the Belgian Plains,",0.0
"Forth from their several Fortresses they march,",1.0
"For Help, her Eyes, for Chains her Arms restrained;",0.0
"Now Beautiful, and Rich, and Great, and Gay,",2.0
"Once more with secret Pride her Sons surveys,",0.0
And once more boasts of her Immortal Race;,1.0
"That joyous lift their towry Fronts on high,",0.0
"As when kind Nature by the help of Art,",2.0
"And secret Influence of indulgent Heaven,",3.0
Throws off a long and dangerous Disease;,1.0
"Once more she to her self delightful grows,",1.0
"And once more Beauty and long absent Grace,",2.0
"And Strength and Joy, unspeakable return;",1.0
"From which the Squadrons march by several Ways,",0.0
"To reach the Camp by false Bavaria formed,",2.0
And there like Torrents in the Ocean join:,1.0
"Now a more potent numerous Host they seemed,",2.0
Or mightier Julius overcame the West.,2.0
"Confiding in their Numbers they grow Fierce,",2.0
"And their dilated Hearts distend with Pride,",1.0
"Their Lines disdaining with a Roar they pass,",1.0
Before their various Nations all are joined;,2.0
Before victorious Marlborough arrives.,3.0
"With hideous Air, and with Gigantic Stalk,",3.0
Before them the infernal Goddess strides.,1.0
"Arrived, and curses the provoking sight,",1.0
She finds that from His Presence all the Troops,1.0
"Assume Immortal Spirit, and an Air",1.0
Even her the fiercest Fiend of all the Damned.,1.0
Now Discord to the Gallic Camp returned,2.0
"Hast thou observed, how yonder Confederate Troops",4.0
"Inferior in their Numbers far to ours,",1.0
Yet carry Conquest in their flaming Eyes;,0.0
And yet their Veteran and their Boldest Troops,1.0
"Have often fled before the Gallic Power,",0.0
"Whence now this Spirit, this Superior Fire?",3.0
"From Liberty the Marshal strait replies,",1.0
"It's from the Bravery of the English Troops,",2.0
"Who with Immortal Liberty inspired,",2.0
"And with the Love of Glory all inflamed,",1.0
"Infect the Nations with Their noble Fire,",1.0
As Man was formed to Lord it over Beasts,0.0
"Freemen were preordained to vanquish Slaves,",2.0
Had but His honest Mind suspected Thee.,1.0
"To whom the Fury instantly replied,",1.0
"It's true, the English merit all our Praise,",0.0
"A Nation Fierce, Magnanimous and Free,",1.0
"Valiant from Freedom, from their Climate Brave,",3.0
"Who in their fierce Attacks with Fury made,",0.0
And in their firmness to sustain the Efforts,1.0
"Of their outrageous and their pressing Foes,",2.0
But in their Rallying Rage surpass them all.,2.0
But never yet endured the fierce Attacks,0.0
Our Germans with much Constancy sustain,2.0
The English Rally still with greater Rage,0.0
"Than they at first attack astonished Foe,",1.0
As a fierce Bull who furiously contends,5.0
"For the fair She that has his Heart subdued,",0.0
"And for the Empire of the Flowery Meads,",4.0
Recedes from his proud Rival to return,3.0
"With more impetuous Shock, more dreadful Rage",0.0
So when the Britons from the Field retreat,1.0
They rally with no less amazing Fire.,2.0
But the great Changes of the World below,3.0
Are brought about by Heaven and not by Man;,0.0
"For it's a Jealous God who rules the Sky,",1.0
Jealous of Glory and in Love with Praise.,3.0
And when the Wonders of his Might He shows,1.0
"And brings to pass astonishing Events,",1.0
"Events which all the under World amaze,",0.0
It's not by Strength of Nations that He works,0.0
For that would look mere Human Might to all;,1.0
But by select Celestial Spirits sent,1.0
For that Design from His own Heaven and formed,1.0
"Of finer Clay, and in a nobler Mould",1.0
"Than are the vulgar Race of Mortal Men,",1.0
That when to all astonished World they appear,2.0
"With more than Human Qualities endued,",1.0
"Astonished World may be constrained to own,",0.0
"And they themselves confess, that what they do",1.0
"The noblest Nations have derived their Fame,",0.0
"And when These fail them, they are lost, undone,",1.0
"And grow the Scorn of their Insulting Foes,",1.0
"Marshal, reflect on Ancient Days, and say,",2.0
What wondrous Acts did Persians before perform,2.0
Before or after their great Cyrus reigned?,2.0
"Obscure, unworthy of the Voice of Fame?",1.0
"And when victorious Alexander died,",2.0
"The Romans owed the Glories of their State,",1.0
And vast extent of Empire to a few.,1.0
As by their noblest Writers is confessed.,2.0
"As far as now fair England's Glory flies,",1.0
What had it done before great Edward reigned?,1.0
Where was its Glory till Eliza came?,1.0
And by Her Wisdom and Heroic Mind,2.0
"With Hers even England's Life and Soul expired,",0.0
"Or turned upon it self its own inglorious Arms,",2.0
"He came, and their declining Spirits raised,",1.0
"He gave them their Religion, and their Anne,",2.0
She Freedom and the Might of Malb'rough gave.,1.0
"As William was betrayed, undone by me,",1.0
For from His Presence yonder audacious Troops,3.0
From which they flash intolerable Fire.,1.0
"Even thou thy self, for I remarked it well;",2.0
"Commanding as the Form of the first Man,",2.0
"While His great Maker's Image He retained,",3.0
"And Empire sat upon his Lordly Brow,",0.0
"The World's Imperial Ruler and his own,",3.0
Before Celestial Reason had been taught,0.0
"Her Subject Passion poorly to obey,",1.0
And the degenerating Mind debased,1.0
"When before His Troops behold that noble Form,",0.0
"All His great Actions, all His high Exploits,",3.0
"Present themselves before their wondering Minds,",2.0
"And to their view present their stately Towers,",1.0
"Carried against the Choice of all our Powers,",2.0
"And then they charge, and once again they fight",0.0
"Their Battles over, and triumph once again,",2.0
For firmly yonder audacious Troops believe,2.0
"It's not from Fortune these Successes flow,",1.0
"But from the Wisdom of their wondrous Chief,",2.0
"His vast Capacity, his flaming Zeal,",1.0
"His restless Labour and perpetual Thought,",3.0
"Indeed so just have been His great Designs,",0.0
"So exquisite His Conduct, so profound,",2.0
"Not one false step in Four renowned Campaigns,",3.0
So bright His humble Modesty has shone,1.0
"In still consulting His Illustrious Friends,",3.0
"His Counsellors so few, so justly chose,",1.0
"His Secrets kept from the most piercing Eyes,",1.0
His Constancy in executing all,1.0
"That has so well consulted been, so firm,",0.0
His Spirit as a Captain so sublime,2.0
"And as a Soldier so Invincible,",3.0
That Marshal to remove Him we must Hire,2.0
"The fiercest and most desperate of thy Men,",2.0
Or Twenty Thousand of yonder bravest Troops,2.0
Will less obstruct our great Success than He.,0.0
"In the Distress of the stupend'ous Day,",3.0
"And a most daring Combatant, supply",5.0
Each brave Battalion of His fainting Host;,1.0
"Till He brought Conquest back and won the Day,",2.0
Or else conclude this fatal Man must die.,0.0
"What Apprehension then would pierce thy Breast,",0.0
Then what Astonishment would strike thy Mind?,1.0
"For, OH the jarring Talents which appear,",0.0
Uniting all their Factions in His Soul!,0.0
"The Heat, the Cold, the Liveliness, the Weight,",1.0
"The Gravity, astonishing Dispatch,",2.0
"The Providence, the Intrepidity,",3.0
"Discharged without a Tempest on His Breast,",1.0
Or a black lowering Cloud upon His Brow!,4.0
But His great Mind immovable remains.,3.0
"And these great Qualities by turns He shows,",3.0
"Not as His Fancy, Humour, Passion call,",3.0
"As he who made this all the Seasons guides,",1.0
"And alters Hot and Dry, and Moist and Cold,",0.0
By what the changing Universe requires.,0.0
"If we this dangerous General shall destroy,",3.0
Who having these repugnant Talents joined,1.0
Talents which none besides of Human kind,2.0
Surpassing all the rest of Mortal Race.,0.0
Who the great Qualities of twenty Chiefs,3.0
"Possessing still achieves the Exploits of more,",2.0
Whose Passion for his own accursed Cause,2.0
"So flaming is, so deadly is His Hate,",2.0
"And so invincible to us and ours,",3.0
"That not content to act in His own Sphere,",1.0
"And every Hour new Wonders to perform,",4.0
"Of Foreign Generals, which with all their Thought,",0.0
They were unable to perform themselves.,2.0
Wherever the Allies appear in Arms,1.0
"With Him their noblest Actions they concert,",2.0
"He furnishes their bravest Chiefs with Troops,",1.0
Yet while to others He gives Power to act,4.0
"His Care, His Labour, His eternal Thought,",1.0
"As if all others had refused to act,",1.0
The more than Mortal Burden of the War.,1.0
Indeed whatever has been greatly done,1.0
"In Germany, or in the Belgian Plains,",1.0
Has under his Auspicious Power been done:,1.0
"For He observing with Judicious Thought,",2.0
That through a tedious War your Gallic Powers,2.0
Or owed Their Conquests to My secret Arts.,2.0
"Or by their Numbers gained their great Success,",1.0
That They the Field eternally declined,1.0
"Unless by vast Advantages sustained,",1.0
"As conscious of the Weakness of their Cause,",2.0
The Weakness of their boldest Veteran Troops,1.0
Which Two set Battles fought on equal Terms,1.0
"Would soon demonstrate to the Christian World,",1.0
That even in Fight they close Engagement shunned,2.0
Till they had tamed their most intrepid Foes,1.0
"By odds of Numbers wearied and oppressed,",1.0
"His Conduct in each Point to theirs opposed,",1.0
And changed the Form and Fortune of the War.,1.0
By His eternal Vigilance His Troops,2.0
Are still too numerous to be flanked by ours;,2.0
"His secret, His impenetrable Heart",2.0
"Defended stands from Treason's piercing Eye,",0.0
That Caution from great William's Fate he drew,2.0
Then He the fatal Hour of Combat seeks,0.0
"And finds with penetrating Thought, or makes",0.0
"Either halfway, he Bald Occasion meets,",3.0
"Or like a Hunter He pursues her Flight,",1.0
"Then in the dreadful Field assails your Powers,",0.0
Nor suffers you with Fury to assault;,2.0
For which you by the Christian World are famed.,1.0
"Nor wages then a cool and distant War,",0.0
But presses on you with redoubled Might;,2.0
And in upon your firmest Squadrons breaks,0.0
"Till with his Horse their shattered Ranks he tears,",1.0
"Nor made by Nature, nor by Climate formed",1.0
The Thunder of such Fury to sustain;,2.0
"And chiefly, which has rendered Him to us",1.0
"A dangerous and a formidable Foe,",2.0
That no Divisions fraudulently sown,1.0
So careful to augment or to maintain,2.0
Among the various Potentates abroad;,2.0
That Union which with a Celestial Voice,1.0
"He reconciles, the Interests He adjusts,",1.0
"As Streams from East and West, and North and South,",0.0
"Are mixed in Ocean's vast Abyss, and lost.",0.0
"He Nations, and their Kings, with Thoughts inspires,",1.0
"Above all little, selfish, low Designs,",0.0
And fills them with a public glorious Fire.,3.0
"In all these things the wondrous Man's concerned,",0.0
Which so destructive are to us and ours;,3.0
"With so much Zeal, with such Assiduous Thought,",2.0
"Nor any Distance of Remotest Place,",1.0
"Nor Pleasures specious and alluring Bait,",1.0
"The God like Man, alas, no Pleasure knows,",1.0
"But what the Ruler of yonder Heaven pursues,",2.0
To do great Good and Glory to acquire,1.0
"Whom Day and Night He watches to preserve,",1.0
"Nor ought that Earth, nor ought that Hell invents;",0.0
"Is able to obstruct His generous Course,",3.0
Is able to retard His noble Speed,1.0
In the Carrier of everlasting Fame.,1.0
"But with Himself He high Designs revolves,",1.0
Or those who execute those high Designs,1.0
"With that familiar Greatness He receives,",1.0
"Which makes Him the Delight of all the Good,",1.0
And the Felicity of all the Brave.,2.0
As from these wondrous Talents in Him joined,1.0
All that astonishing Success proceeds,1.0
"Which is become the Darling Theme of Fame,",1.0
So by that high Success is Malbrough grown,1.0
"The Joy of all the Happy Nations round,",0.0
"The Hope and Consolation of the Rest,",1.0
"The Confident of the most Jealous States,",2.0
And the just wonder of the Christian World.,2.0
But with the Squadrons who his Voice obey,1.0
"So sacred His Authority is grown,",2.0
"By the brave Soldier His adopted Care,",3.0
"He guards from Danger and from Want He shields,",1.0
"That when, nor Interests loud and powerful Voice,",2.0
Nor love of Glory longer can prevail,1.0
Upon their fainting Spirits to sustain,1.0
"The fierce Attacks of our Assaulting Bands,",1.0
"His potent Voice the Squadrons new creates,",0.0
"Gives them new Life, new Spirit and new Hope,",6.0
"Nay, certainty of Conquest and of Fame,",3.0
But Marshal for some Time I have observed,1.0
"Surprise, and Joy, and Wonder in thy Eyes.",0.0
"Tis true, with Joy and Wonder I have heard",2.0
Thy generous Praise of such a deadly Foe:,3.0
For when so many English have been found,0.0
His mighty Benefits as great and strong,1.0
"As ever Hero on his Country laid,",1.0
"Thou, who by force of His victorious Arm",3.0
"Art fallen from such a Height, OH whither fallen!",2.0
"Fallen from thy Empire, from thy Glory fallen,",2.0
"Of Those at which Thy vast Ambition aimed,",0.0
"And place the noble Piece in its true Light,",1.0
"As all the generous English would extol,",2.0
"The Praise I merit not, I must refuse,",0.0
"It's not a generous Frailty in my Mind,",2.0
"But great Revenge, the Attribute of Gods,",0.0
"A Merit which by all the World's extolled,",0.0
For it's with bitterest Gall that I extol,4.0
"The Hero, whom to crush I must commend.",0.0
And Slanders of the blackest hue been tried,0.0
"At once his Fame and Person to destroy,",1.0
And against Both have signified no more,6.0
"Than Morning Mists against the Julian Sun,",0.0
His rising Glory has dispelled them all;,0.0
"It's time to try what Truth may effect at last,",1.0
And on her own loud Champion turn her Arms.,4.0
"This Hero I in just proportions drew,",1.0
"Is this pernicious General to destroy,",2.0
That whole Brigades less Dangerous are than He.,3.0
"That while yonder Troops His noble Form inspires,",0.0
"They will Impenetrable still remain,",2.0
"If then our Interest's precious in our Eyes,",0.0
"If Victory has Charms for our great Minds,",3.0
"For which great Lewis steels our nervous Arms,",1.0
"Which is the Empire of the Universe,",1.0
"Can thaw our Blood, our drooping Spirits raise,",0.0
"This Formidable Hero to destroy,",2.0
Thou wilt in shameful Bonds once more be led,1.0
"As thou by Conquering Eugene wert before,",3.0
Or grow the Object of the Peoples Scorn,1.0
"And I shall from my Government be chased,",1.0
As from Bavaria I before was driven.,4.0
"And looked with Eyes unwilling to consent,",1.0
Yet fearful to deny; which when the Fiend,1.0
"Observed, she with Imperious Tone rejoined,",3.0
"Think it's thy Absolute, thy Awful Lord,",0.0
"Tis Lewis who commands thee to obey,",2.0
"To make His boundless Will His only Law,",1.0
And then examine if that Will be just?,1.0
"She said, when with prevailing Shades the Night",1.0
To execute their dire Design retired.,0.0
"The World's Almighty Ruler with that Eye,",1.0
"Are hushed, attentive to the Voice Divine,",1.0
"To which their Sounds are Discord, all the Globes",0.0
"That roll through Space Immense a Moment rest,",0.0
"A Moment their Eternal Course suspend,",1.0
And tremble while their great Creator speaks.,0.0
"Behold, he to the Filial Godhead says,",4.0
With how much Fury our outrageous Foe,2.0
"Proceeds His impious Vice-Roy to maintain,",5.0
Let us against the Raging Fiend oppose,2.0
"One of our Angels burning most with Zeal,",1.0
"And most with blissful Charity inspired,",1.0
Let Him descend and with Celestial Might,3.0
"Resist the Malice of Infernal Rage,",1.0
"That he may Conquer and that we may Reign,",2.0
"And all the Nations join in Bonds of Love,",0.0
And Quiet to the weary World return.,1.0
"And their transporting Symphonies renew,",2.0
"Immortal Transport runs through every Mind,",0.0
"Immortal Pleasure brightens every Face,",0.0
"In Circles the Angelic Bands embrace,",2.0
And rush into each others Arms with Joy,0.0
"Which Tongues of Angels never can express,",1.0
"And never can the Heart of Man conceive,",1.0
"The God of Union sings, the God of Peace.",0.0
Next to the Deity there stood an Orb,1.0
"Of glorious Seraphim, a wondrous Orb,",4.0
"Who had the Wings, the Brightness and the Power",1.0
"Of all the bright Inhabitants of Heaven,",1.0
"None burned with blissful Charity like them,",2.0
"Like Him in Human Shape they appeared in Heaven,",2.0
"Like Him they once had Bodies of frail Flesh,",2.0
"And long with Death and Dangers here they shone,",0.0
And Mortal Misery and Mortal Care,1.0
"The Nations to unite in Bonds of Peace,",2.0
And vindicate the warring Saints below,1.0
"From the abhorred usurping Reign of Hell,",2.0
"From foul Idolatry and lawless Power,",1.0
And spread Messiah's Righteous Kingdom here,6.0
"Of Sacred Liberty and Sacred Law,",1.0
"And here, when they had suffered much and long,",0.0
And swift ascended to the Heaven of Heavens,1.0
"Triumphant, there in Human likeness sat",1.0
That Human likeness which on Earth they graced,0.0
And some Resemblance of His Glory bore,1.0
As of His Sufferings they before had born.,2.0
"The Filial Godhead thus himself addressed,",3.0
You Host of Seraphim who once were Men,2.0
Who bore the Misery of Mortal Life,1.0
"Like me, and bore the cruel Pains of Death",0.0
"Unite Mankind among themselves in Love,",2.0
And spread my Father's Kingdom over Earth;,0.0
Which of you freely will descend to save,1.0
"The British Hero from impending Fate,",1.0
Him who in Charity the Nations binds,1.0
"And Pious Anna's Conquering Host commands,",2.0
"That we may triumph, and that we may reign,",2.0
Him Lucifer and Discord raging Fiends,1.0
Contrive with Hellish Fury to destroy.,1.0
Forth from the Spirits of that shining Orb,1.0
"A glorious Spirit shoots on gorgeous Wings,",2.0
"Wings with bright Purple and with Gold arrayed,",4.0
And down before the Sovereign Throne he lights.,1.0
Of what He acted and He suffered here,1.0
"Like Him, no Angel of all Heaven like Him",3.0
Breathed forth Immortal Love to Mortal Men.,1.0
"A Crown of Radiant Beams adorned His Head,",0.0
"And winged His Shoulders were, and winged His Feet,",1.0
"Lightning serene flew darting from His Eyes,",4.0
And Lightning round his radiant Temples plaid.,0.0
And in his Face there much Resemblance shone,0.0
Of Him who once this happy Island swayed.,1.0
Who moved by Charity for wretched Men,1.0
"Came flying on the Wings of all the Winds,",2.0
And rescued sinking Brittain from Her Fate.,1.0
"His Face much likeness of His Earthly Bloom,",1.0
"For now instead of Misery and Care,",1.0
"And fatal Disappointment, fatal Woe,",0.0
"And all the Frailties that on Dust attend,",0.0
"Upon His Countenance perpetual Youth,",3.0
"And Immortality appeared, and Joy",1.0
"With tuneful Shouts of Acclamation rung,",1.0
"When every Angel clapped His Golden Wings,",0.0
"And every Angel struck His wondrous Lyre,",0.0
"And could to Earth the Seat of Woe descend,",0.0
"Where he had born what never Mortal bore,",0.0
To rescue Malb'rough His adopted Care.,1.0
"It's like thy self, like thy own fervent Zeal,",1.0
"Thou good and faithful Servant, said the Son.",0.0
"With speed then to the rolling Earth descend,",1.0
"The Day for Vengeance preordained by us,",0.0
And He the Christian World will there defend.,2.0
"But before the Sun dispels the Shades of Night,",1.0
"Present thy self in Vision to His Eyes,",1.0
And with Celestial Hope His Soul inspire,1.0
"Of present Conquest, and of future Fame",1.0
"On Earth, and of Eternal Glory here.",1.0
Tell Him of Provinces by Union's Power,1.0
Lay His own Danger too before His Eyes,0.0
And may to Earth and Heaven more glorious shine.,3.0
"On it, a wondrous Birth of Fate attends,",1.0
"A wondrous change in Europe shall be wrought,",0.0
Ten thousand Terrors shall attend thy flight,1.0
And Vengeance to amaze the Impious World.,4.0
"At last is come when Satan shall no more,",1.0
But Lewis was permitted to attain,2.0
"To such uncommon Height of Lawless Power,",1.0
"To grasp the Indies in his Threatening Hand,",0.0
"And in his Thought the Empire of the Earth,",1.0
That Vengeance sent from us might pierce him more,1.0
And the Example strike the Impious World,4.0
"With greater Terror, and our Hand appear.",1.0
When He who has been fifty rolling Years,0.0
Raising the Fabric of his Power to Heaven,5.0
Shall find it in a Moment dashed to Hell,0.0
"Shall hear their Western Brother's fall, shall hear",0.0
And tremble at his Ruins hideous Sound:,2.0
When Men turned Atheists by his long Success,2.0
"Shall be confounded and turn pale and shake,",2.0
And an amazing Providence beyond,2.0
What their weak Minds have power to comprehend;,5.0
"Then Impious War shall vex the Earth no more,",2.0
"But Love Divine shall Human Hearts unite,",1.0
And Peace shall to the wearied World return.,1.0
"He ended, and the Angel bowing low",1.0
"And solemn Organs change their melting Strains,",0.0
And with fierce Warlike Symphony resound;,6.0
And when the Instruments Divine repose,1.0
Again the Thunder bellows through the Sky;,1.0
"To that the Instruments again Respond,",1.0
Alternate dreadful Sounds throughout the Sky.,2.0
Tremendous Signal of Revenge Divine,1.0
"Of Vengeance to be executed now,",1.0
And after the descending Angel fly.,1.0
"As through the Atmosphere He wheels His flight,",1.0
"And cleaves with His Eternal Plumes the Air,",1.0
"Of golden Light He draws a glorious Trail,",2.0
And all the Illustrious Horrors of the Night.,4.0
And all the winged ill Omens of the Air;,2.0
"And Care, and Pain, and Sorrow, and Despair",1.0
Fly from His Sacred Presence far away.,0.0
"Before him Peace, Tranquillity and Joy,",1.0
"Immortal Pleasures march before, behind",0.0
Like a descending Star direct He shoots,1.0
"Into the Tent where Mighty Malb'rough lay,",0.0
But even in Sleep his Passions he controls,3.0
"With Independent and with Lordly Sway,",1.0
"His very Dream was regular, serene,",1.0
Hail Champion of the Sacred Cause of Heaven!,2.0
Hail Ornament of Earth! hail Dread of Hell!,3.0
Illustrious Soul called out by me and Fate,3.0
To turn the Fortune of the Western World.,1.0
From the bright Realms of Everlasting Joy,2.0
"With Pleasure I am sent to visit Thee,",2.0
OH worthy Successor to me in Arms!,4.0
OH Care of Heaven! OH Delegate of Fate!,5.0
How have I been solicitous beyond,1.0
What is allowed to blissful Minds above,1.0
"For Anna, for Britannia, and for Thee!",3.0
And yet when I ascended up to Heaven,2.0
I neither Her nor thee entirely left;,4.0
For at my parting I left Friends below ' --,2.0
"OH Men, with whom even Angels may consult,",2.0
"And on the Firmness of their faithful Zeal,",2.0
And on their vast Capacity depend!,2.0
"For all my Friends are Anna's Friends and Thine,",0.0
"With Rage implacable thy Life pursue,",1.0
"Wounds which no length of Days can cure, but Time",3.0
No less than Ruin of their Empire here;,2.0
Therefore to Morrow all their Mortal Darts,1.0
"Will levelled be at thy Illustrious Head,",3.0
And imminent the Danger is and great.,2.0
But Danger will but raise the noble Fire,1.0
Of Thy exalted Soul intent on things,1.0
And bitterly Thy Foes lament Thy Fate;,1.0
Yet Heaven its Champion never will permit,3.0
"A wondrous Victory attends thy Arms,",1.0
"Great in it self and in its Sequel vast,",0.0
Whose echoing Sound through all the West shall run.,2.0
"Transporting the glad Nations all around,",2.0
"Who oft shall doubt, and oft suspend their Joy,",0.0
And oft imagine all an empty Dream;,0.0
"The Conqueror himself shall cry amazed,",1.0
"It's not our Work, alas we did it not,",0.0
"The Hand of God, the Hand of God is here",0.0
"For Thee, so great shall be thy high Renown,",1.0
That Fame shall think no Music like thy Name:,1.0
"Around the circling Globe it shall be spread,",0.0
And to the World's last Ages shall endure.,2.0
"Heroes of Ancient Times Thou shalt eclipse,",2.0
"And the most lofty most aspiring Man,",1.0
To ask such high Felicity and Fame,1.0
"As Heaven has freely granted Thee, yet this",1.0
"That seems so great, so glorious to Thee now",1.0
"Would look how low, how vile to Thy great Mind,",1.0
If I could set before thy astonished Eyes,3.0
That is prepared for Thy aspiring Soul,2.0
OH could embodied Mind but comprehend,1.0
"The Glories of the Intellectual World,",3.0
Or I the blissful Secret were allowed;,2.0
"But Fate forbids, to Mortals to reveal,",1.0
OH I could lay a Scene before thy Eyes,0.0
Which would distract Thee with transporting Joy;,1.0
"Fire the rich Blood in thy Illustrious Veins,",5.0
"Make every Nerve with fierce Convulsions start,",1.0
"Blast all thy Spirits and thy Life destroy,",1.0
"As one who has lived thirty tedious Years,",3.0
"And ever since his wretched Birth been Dark,",0.0
And in the Dungeon of the Body dwelled,1.0
In utter Ignorance of Nature's Works,1.0
"And Wonders of this vast material World,",3.0
"And has no Notion before conceived of Light,",3.0
"Or Colours, or the verdant Flowery Earth,",2.0
Or the stupendous prospect of the Sky;,2.0
If then he finds some Artist whose nice Hand,1.0
"Couches the Cataracts and clears his Eyes,",2.0
"And all at once a Flood of glorious Light,",2.0
"And this bright Temple of the Universe,",3.0
"Come rushing through His Eyes upon His Soul,",2.0
"He cannot bear astonishing Delight,",1.0
"But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies:",0.0
"So the vast Glories of the upper World,",3.0
If they were set before embodied Mind,1.0
Would oppress Nature and extinguish Life.,7.0
As glorious as they look to Human Eyes,1.0
"Are little, are contemptible to them,",2.0
Like glimmering Starlight to the Blaze of Day.,2.0
For Thee let this suffice the Share of Bliss,2.0
Is such as shall distinguish Thee from most:,2.0
For since the Glory of the Just in Heaven,1.0
"Is equal to their Charity on Earth,",2.0
I say not this to fortify thy Mind,1.0
"Against the Fear of Death, Thou hast no Fear,",1.0
"For Thou hast been familiar with Him long,",2.0
"And calmly looked upon His Gorgon Eye,",0.0
"That conscious is of Glory, Bliss and Life,",1.0
Unbounded all as vast Eternity.,1.0
Even I not more intrepid was on Earth,2.0
"Than Thou, nor am not more undaunted now:",1.0
"But this is said, that on this dreadful Day",2.0
And surpass Him who all the World transcends.,1.0
Thou shalt have Millions of Immortal Minds,1.0
"Glorious Spectators of thy Immortal Acts,",4.0
And towering over Thee still Thou shalt behold,2.0
"Bright Victory and me, he said, and now",2.0
"And now the Angel disappears from sight,",0.0
And His Bright Shape dissolves into the Morn.,2.0
"For when the Angel vanished from His Eyes,",1.0
"He shot half Heaven into the Heroes Mind,",1.0
"His Mind was with Immortal Hope inspired,",1.0
"Celestial Confidence, Celestial Fire,",1.0
A Flame that in his noble Breast aspired,0.0
"To things above the Greatness of this World,",1.0
"And Joy which Human Hearts can never conceive,",2.0
"Unspeakable, Transporting, yet Serene,",1.0
Prophetic of Felicity and Fame.,2.0
"And after Him in hast the Sun arose,",1.0
Impatient to behold his wondrous Deeds.,1.0
Exalted with a Dreadful Majesty;,2.0
"All but His great Contempt of Death increased,",0.0
"For that was Sovereign in His Soul before,",0.0
Ten thousand brighter Glories from the Skies,2.0
"Descended to behold, or to assist",2.0
For the Immortal Day was to decide,2.0
"No trifling small Affairs, no mean Dispute,",2.0
"The Limits of small Kingdoms, or the Bounds",3.0
"Of poor Provincial Tributary Lords,",0.0
"If God should reign over His own Works below,",4.0
"And now the dreadful Trumpet sounds to Arms,",0.0
Which to Immortal Deeds excites their Souls.,1.0
"And now in terrible Array appear,",1.0
"Awaiting their Commanders Awful Voice,",1.0
That blackening all the Sky in silence stand,0.0
"Before outrageous Wrack of Heaven begins,",0.0
Who musters sounding Storms and rules their Rage.,0.0
With pleasure He their Martial Eyes surveys,1.0
"And finds them with Heroic Rage inspired,",1.0
He finds they want no Speech to raise their Souls,1.0
"To mightiest Deeds, for in their Eyes He sees",2.0
They have already gained the glorious Day.,2.0
"Up to the Heavens His Eyes the Hero casts,",3.0
And there the Angel with His flaming Sword,2.0
And Victory with Eagles Wings He spies,1.0
And now a glorious Flame from Heaven descends,2.0
And this is the first Hour that before He found,2.0
"Its Movements difficult to be restrained,",1.0
"And now the Trumpet sounds the dreadful Charge,",0.0
"And like the last Eternal Trump it sounds,",0.0
"For now at hand the End of Time appears,",0.0
"For Hideous is the Face of Nature now,",1.0
"The warring Elements, Earth, Air and Fire",2.0
"Are raging in stupend'ous motion all,",4.0
"And Earth with Air confounded, and with Fire.",1.0
And seem to be expiring Natures Groans;,0.0
"But no swift Motion, no Impetuous Rage",1.0
"Of missive Earth, or of exploded Air,",1.0
Or of expanded Fire can equal half,1.0
Outrageous Motions of undaunted Minds,1.0
Divinely swift in Tenements of Clay.,1.0
"And clashing with amazing Fury join,",1.0
Their mighty Movements for a while suspend,1.0
"The Motions of frail Mortals to behold,",3.0
Who Transports of Immortal Fury show,2.0
Above the weak Condition of poor Dust,2.0
Above the frail Concerns of wretched Men.,0.0
While wondering they behold with all their Eyes,3.0
The whole Confederate and the Gallic Powers,0.0
Raging and working like divided Seas,2.0
"Which Adverse Storms against each other drive,",1.0
All their admiring Eyes are chiefly bent,1.0
"Next Him Argyle drew all their wondering Eyes,",3.0
"Argyle the Young, the Beautiful, the Brave,",2.0
"Fit for deep Counsels even in early Bloom,",5.0
"Of Thought profound, without Experience Wise,",2.0
Without the Ruinous Expense of Years;,1.0
"But in the Bloody Field all Rage, all Fire;",0.0
"Champion of Union in the Bloody Field,",1.0
"In Cabinets He Union too advised,",1.0
The jarring Nations to unite in Love.,2.0
"And like the fancied God of War He looked,",0.0
"And Terrors march before His Iron Carr,",0.0
And sounding Devastation comes behind.,0.0
Argyle was like the fancied God of Love,1.0
"When He contracts His Brow and bends His Bow,",1.0
And drawing his Inevitable Shafts,2.0
Wounds deeply Human Breasts unite their Hearts.,2.0
"Without their furious Britons both appear,",2.0
And Foreign Squadrons to the Charge they lead.,1.0
"But Germans, Danes and Dutch turn Britons all",1.0
"Shines out, and fires them to Immortal Deeds,",1.0
"And leads them to the Charge, unknowing to retire.",2.0
OH would some Angel give me force to paint,0.0
"Between conflicting Hosts, before her marched",0.0
"Ten thousand Terrors, Natives all of Hell,",1.0
Commanded by their grizzly Monarch Death.,1.0
"Each stride entrenched the Earth on which she strode,",0.0
"Red Lightning Dart, and Thunder was her Voice.",2.0
"As sternly she the Field of Death surveys,",1.0
And finds that Fate in every other part,0.0
"Was doubtful, but where mighty Malb'rough shined,",1.0
"There Victory, there Destiny declared;",2.0
The utmost Fortresses of Belgian Land;,2.0
"The Mountains tremble at the horrid Din,",0.0
When thus the Terrors and their grizzly King,1.0
Have you then found an overmatch at last?,0.0
To the Efforts of yonder Confederate Powers?,6.0
Over which till Malb'rough at their Head appeared,0.0
"You always have prevailed, nay now prevail",1.0
"Over Squadrons which remote from Him engage,",1.0
"But see He comes, this Thunderbolt of War!",0.0
Look how against the Storm He Headlong drives!,3.0
He unconcerned and only we amazed!,1.0
Is it then possible that one frail Man,3.0
"Can thus resist the Force of all your Powers,",0.0
And can you poorly bear extreme Affront?,1.0
"You Host of Terrors and thou grizzly Death,",1.0
"If you are Terrors armed with deadly Stings,",1.0
"If thou art Death, my cruel Offspring Death,",2.0
"O pierce Him, stab Him in the vital st Part!",1.0
To see this Briton amid all thy Powers,2.0
"This is no God, but a mere Mortal Man,",4.0
As subject to Thy Arm as the vile Slave.,2.0
Muster Thy Terrors then in dire Array!,2.0
"And scare this hitherto undaunted Brave,",1.0
"Then, then be ready with thy Fatal Dart,",1.0
Let me alone to give Thee certain aim,2.0
And so dispatching one we conquer all.,2.0
"But who, though Master of an Angel's Force,",1.0
"An Angel's Genius, and an Angel's Voice,",1.0
"Of Song Celestial, Eloquence Divine,",1.0
The fearful March of the Infernal Powers,1.0
"Into a Form Immense, then musters all",0.0
"His Terrors in astonishing Array,",1.0
"His Terrors put on their most hideous Forms,",3.0
"Forms which with Horror Nature sees and shakes,",0.0
And to the Heart its Citadel retires.,1.0
"In Phalanx then the Hero they assail,",1.0
"Considers them, disdains them and repels:",2.0
But into Madness starts the generous Steed,2.0
"At the dire sight, he flies, he bounds, he foams,",0.0
"Flashes of Lightning from his Eye-Balls fly,",4.0
And from his Nostrils curling Clouds of Smoke;,1.0
"Then groans, and floundering with his Rider falls.",1.0
"Discord returns the Roar of vast Applause,",2.0
"And all their Spirit's with their Hero fallen,",1.0
And Victory has Charms for them no more;,2.0
"The Heavenly Spirits are themselves concerned,",3.0
"And for a Moment wonder what this means,",1.0
And doubt least they mistook the Voice of Fate.,2.0
"At once an Hundred Fiery Globes discharge,",2.0
But a strong unseen Hand diverts them all.,3.0
"Then lifting brandishes His fatal Dart,",1.0
"Yet wants the power to strike but looks askew,",2.0
"When Discord cries aloud, OH strike my Son!",1.0
"Is not our dreadful Adversary fallen,",0.0
"Yes from the Pinnacle of Glory fallen,",1.0
OH foolish Sentence! Judgement falsely past!,1.0
"OH greatest Thou, he cries, of Mortal Men,",2.0
As we whom Heaven has placed above His reach!,1.0
"Then Conquest saw Thee Humble and Serene,",1.0
Which nothing can depress and nothing raise!,1.0
"Never was Mortal more severely tried,",2.0
"But now it's past, and perfect art Thou found,",1.0
For since within the very Arms of Death,0.0
Thou hast the high Security enjoyed,1.0
"Of Blissful Beings who can die no more,",1.0
"Thou shalt their high Felicity enjoy,",1.0
For thy unshaken Mind can bear it all.,1.0
"What Angels dictate, and what Angels do",2.0
Whose Words and Acts are swifter than our Thoughts,1.0
"In Moments, Mortals cannot speak in Hours.",0.0
"Down He comes shooting on His Golden Wings,",3.0
And on the Spot in all His Glory lights,1.0
Where in the Arms of Death His Malb'rough lay.,0.0
As swift as are the Wings of Lightning Bounds.,1.0
Sent down from Heaven now gives it Him once more.,2.0
The Troops are wild with ecstasy of Joy,1.0
To see their General from the Bonds of Death,1.0
And yelling Discord flies from Love Divine.,0.0
"Now the Brave Squadrons to His Aid arrive,",4.0
"And now another fiery Steed present,",2.0
And with their cries the eager Hero urge,1.0
"To lead them on to everlasting Fame,",1.0
Mounting with Him to Heaven their Spirits soar.,1.0
"The Hero mounts, but Discord while He mounts",0.0
And Death outrageous to be thus repulsed,1.0
"Level a Canon at His Sacred Head,",2.0
But from His Sacred Head the ponderous Ball,3.0
Who dies for such a Chief in such a Cause.,2.0
Through the Confederate Troops the Angel now,3.0
"The Spirit of Celestial Union spreads,",1.0
First bound the Nations in the Bonds of Love,1.0
Is sent from Heaven that Union to confirm,1.0
The Wisdom and the Force of Gods He feels.,1.0
And now He leads the shouting Squadrons on,1.0
Daring as if they were Immortal all;,2.0
"With Hearts and Souls unanimous they advance,",3.0
"United as they were one Nation all,",2.0
"One Family, Relations all, and Friends.",1.0
"One Interest have They all, one Noble Cause,",0.0
And greatly each resolves to Die for all.,0.0
"The French who brave Resistance made till now,",0.0
Now can Their fierce Attacks no longer bear.,1.0
They can no longer bear their very Eyes,2.0
"Headlong upon their Gallic Friends are diven,",1.0
"The routed Gauls Divide, Disband, Disperse,",0.0
"They fly, the Angel waves His Flaming Sword,",0.0
At which expected Signal on the Wing,1.0
And persecute and plague their broken Rear;,0.0
"Make some precipitate their shameful Flight,",1.0
"And others Trembling Faint, and Sink, and Die",0.0
Thus Discord and the Gaul were forced to yield,2.0
To Malb'rough and to Union's Sacred Power.,1.0
"A Greedy Heir long waited to fulfil,",2.0
"And to himself his Age repeated over,",1.0
To his Infirmities still adding more;,3.0
And nicely kept the Account of the expected Store:,3.0
"When Death, at last, to either gave Release,",0.0
"Making One's Pains, the Other's Longings cease;",2.0
"Who to the Grave must decently convey,",1.0
"Ere he Possession takes the kindred Clay,",2.0
"Which in a Coach was placed, wherein he rides,",0.0
"And so no Hearse, or following Train provides;",4.0
"Rejecting Russel, who would make the Charge",0.0
"Of one dull tedious Day, so vastly Large.",4.0
"When, at his Death, the humble Man declared,",0.0
He wished thus privately to be Interred.,3.0
"And now, the Luggage moves in solemn State,",0.0
"And what it wants in Number, gains in Weight.",0.0
"The happy Heir can scarce contain his Joy,",0.0
"While sundry Musings do his Thoughts employ,",0.0
"How he shall act, now Every thing's his Own,",2.0
"Where his Revenge, or Favour shall be shown;",1.0
"Then recollecting, draws a counterfeited Groan.",0.0
"The A venues, and Gardens shall be changed,",2.0
"Already he the Furniture has ranged,",2.0
"To ransack secret Drawers his Fancy flies,",1.0
Nor can the appearing Wealth his Mind suffice.,1.0
Thus he an Age runs over betwixt the Porch,3.0
"Of his Friend's House, and the adjacent Church",3.0
"While the slow Driver, who no reckoning kept",3.0
"Of what was left, indulging Nature, slept;",0.0
"Till on a Bank, so high, the Wheel was born",1.0
That in a Moment All must overturn:,0.0
While the rich Heir now finds the giving Dead,4.0
"Less weighty in his Gold, than in his Lead;",1.0
"Expelled the Soul, leaving the Corpse to rest",5.0
"In the same Grave, intended for his Friend.",4.0
Then why should We our Days in Wishes spend,0.0
"Which, ere we see fulfilled, are often at an End",0.0
HUSH! let me search before I speak aloud ' --,1.0
Is no informer skulking in the crowd!,0.0
"Malice at heart, indictments in his head,",2.0
"Prepared to levy all the legal war,",0.0
"I will a tale unfold, though strange, yet true;",1.0
The application must be made by you.,0.0
"At Athens once, fair queen of arms and arts,",1.0
There dwelled a citizen of moderate parts!,2.0
"Precise his manner, and demure his looks,",1.0
"Amorous, though old; though dull, loved repartee;",2.0
And penned a paragraph most daintily:,1.0
"He aimed at purity in all he said,",1.0
"It hath, and does, was rarely known to fail,",0.0
Himself the hero of each little tale:,1.0
"With wits and lords this man was much delighted,",0.0
And once it has been said was near being knighted.,0.0
Who never heeded grace in what he writ,0.0
"And thinking him a subject for the stage,",2.0
"Had, from the lumber, culled with curious care,",2.0
"His voice, his looks, his gesture, gait and air,",0.0
"His affectation, consequence, and mien,",1.0
And boldly launched him on the comic scene;,1.0
"All felt the satire, for all knew the man.",2.0
"Then Peter ' --  Petros was his classic name,",1.0
"Fearing the loss of dignity and fame,",3.0
"To a grave lawyer in a hurry flies,",2.0
"Opens his purse, and begs his best advice.",2.0
"The fee secured, the lawyer strokes his band,",0.0
"The case you put, I fully understand;",0.0
For rules of poetry an't rules of courts:,2.0
A libel this ' --  I'll make the mummer know it.,3.0
"Restrained the sallies of his laughing muse,",1.0
The bard appealed from this severe decree:,1.0
The indulgent public set the prisoner free;,1.0
"Greece was to him, what Dublin is to me.",2.0
"TELL me what Genius did the art invent,",0.0
The lively image of the voice to paint;,1.0
"Who first the secret how to colour sound,",2.0
"And to give shape to reason, wisely found;",2.0
"With bodies how to cloth ideas, taught;",1.0
And how to draw the picture of a thought:,2.0
"Who taught the hand to speak, the eye to hear",0.0
A silent language roving far and near;,0.0
"Whose softest noise outstrips loud thunder's sound,",2.0
And spreads her accents through the world's vast round:,2.0
"A voice heard by the deaf, spoke by the dumb,",4.0
"Whose echo reaches long, long time to come;",1.0
Which dead men speak as well as those alive ' --,2.0
Tell me what Genius did this art contrive.,0.0
"Pardon, fair Nymph, I durst exert my Power,",3.0
Invade your Rights in a facetious Hour;,1.0
"My Strength had failed had not your Forces joined,",0.0
And your own conquering Charms first struck him blind;,4.0
Or I in vain should to the Sense advance.,1.0
"All the Mysterious One I did not seize,",2.0
But spared that part which was most like to please;,0.0
"She whose diverting Tongue could entertain,",0.0
With choice Collections from each Poet's Brain:,1.0
"But see my Fetters could not bind him long,",0.0
"He humbly sues for Pardon and a Song,",1.0
"From your soft Voice which turns the Soul to Ear,",2.0
"And drowsy as I am, I'll stay to hear:",2.0
"If I with Nods should to the Tune keep time,",3.0
"It is at worst, but a complaisant Crime:",2.0
"O with what Joy! my Godhead I'd forsake,",3.0
"Might you for ever Sing, and I for ever Wake.",1.0
PALE disappointment! at thy freezing name,1.0
Chill fears in every shivering vein I prove;,3.0
"My sinking pulse almost forgets to move,",1.0
"Yet thee, relentless nymph! no more I blame:",2.0
Why do my thoughts mid vain illusions rove?,1.0
Why gild the charms of friendship and of love,1.0
"When ruffling winds have some bright fane overthrown,",1.0
"Which shone on painted clouds, or seemed to shine,",0.0
"I feel, alas! the fault is all my own,",0.0
"And ah, the cruel punishment is mine!",1.0
With luscious grapes yonder hill's romantic side;,3.0
"Vain glows this sun in cloudless glory dressed,",1.0
"My soul's best, only pleasure, LIBERTY!",2.0
When the red papal tyrant cried out ' --  Blood!,2.0
That dashed thy infants against the stones of yore.,2.0
Be warned you nations round; and trembling see,0.0
Dire superstition quench humanity!,1.0
By all the chiefs in Freedom's battles lost;,0.0
"That swiftly whirling through the walks of war,",1.0
"Dashed Roman blood, and crushed the foreign throngs:",1.0
"OH LIBERTY, my warm petition hear;",2.0
"Be ALBION still thy joy! with her remain,",3.0
And Asian youths for Scots Maria dies.,0.0
"Yes! they may die ' --  and die ' --  and die again,",0.0
"But ye's return and wed a Scottish swain,",0.0
"WHAT Ills from Want of Education flow,",0.0
From Avarice what cruel Scenes of Woe;,1.0
"I mean to sing, except the tuneful Maid",0.0
"Neglect my Numbers, and refuse her Aid.",1.0
"Say, Goddess, first, what made the Youth explore",1.0
"Say too, how on the barbarous Isle he came;",4.0
What moved the Kindness of the Negro Dame?,1.0
"A Friend, whose only Crime was loving well?",0.0
His blooming Features every Beauty graced;,0.0
"In silver Rings, his loosely flowing Hair",0.0
"Hung over his Shoulders, with a comely Air;",4.0
"Robust his Limbs, and daring was his Soul,",1.0
"His graceful Charms the Ladies oft surveyed,",0.0
And oft their Eyes an amorous Signal made;,2.0
"But never could the tender Passion move,",0.0
The stubborn Youth was still averse to Love;,0.0
"Yet, though his Breast was Proof to CUPID's Dart,",0.0
A more ignoble God enslaved his Heart.,0.0
NO Mysteries of Faith disturbed his Head;,2.0
For Mysteries of Faith he seldom read;,1.0
"That moral Law, which Nature had impressed,",0.0
"Yet in his Mind his Father's Precepts bears,",1.0
Who often rung this Lesson in his Ears:,0.0
"Would you, my Son, to Happiness aspire,",1.0
"Know, Gold alone can Happiness acquire;",2.0
"He that has Gold, is powerful as a King,",1.0
"This to obtain, your utmost Skill bestow;",2.0
"And if you gain it, be not careful how:",2.0
"If in the Court, or Camp, you take Delight,",0.0
"Then dare to flatter there, or here to fight:",1.0
"Or, should the Merchant's Life your Fancy please,",0.0
"Be bold, and bravely venture on the Seas;",1.0
"Many by Merchandise have gained Renown,",2.0
And made the Indies Wealth become their own.,0.0
"The Youth imbibed the Precepts of his Tongue,",2.0
Neglecting every Law of Right and Wrong;,0.0
"Taught by his Sire to court destructive Gain,",2.0
He burns to try his Fortune on the Main.,1.0
"WHILE other Youths, by Wit or Pleasure swayed,",0.0
"Frequent the Play, the Ball, or Masquerade;",1.0
"Learns all the Rules of Interest, Loss and Gain.",0.0
"NEXT, from an old Astronomer, he tries",1.0
To learn the Planets Journey through the Skies;,1.0
"With him, at Night, when Heaven serene appears,",1.0
He points the Quadrant at the shining Spheres;,0.0
"The HYADES, and frozen Pole surveys,",0.0
Which guide the Sailor over the distant Seas;,2.0
"Then Maps and Models of our Globe prepares,",1.0
"From East to West he views the spacious Round,",0.0
Pleased with the modern World COLUMBUS found:,0.0
"In Hope elate, the Youth impatient stands,",0.0
And seems to grasp both Indies in his Hands.,1.0
"This sees the Sire, and hastily provides",3.0
"A Vessel, proof against the Wind and Tides.",0.0
"The Youth embarks, the soft propitious Gales",0.0
"Arise, and soon expand the swelling Sails;",0.0
"The Ship glides swiftly over the liquid Plain,",3.0
"And NEPTUNE smiles, and courts him on the Main.",1.0
"BUT see, how Mortals are the Sport of Fate!",1.0
"How oft unhappy, striving to be great!",1.0
"Ere CYNTHIA twice her monthly Race had run,",3.0
An Omen of the fatal Storm begun:,1.0
"The murmuring Wind arises by degrees,",3.0
"And rocks the Ship, and sweeps the curling Seas;",0.0
"Now louder, with impetuous Force, it roars,",2.0
And shoves the swelling Surges to the Shores;,1.0
"Till rapid Rain, and Flakes of bickering Flame,",2.0
"Struck with Surprise, the timorous Merchant stands,",4.0
"Nor knows what he forbids, or what commands:",1.0
"Nor safely back, nor can he forwards go;",1.0
"But trembling waits, and fears the fatal Blow.",0.0
"LONG time the Sailors work against the Wind,",1.0
"With fruitless Toil, to gain the Port assigned;",0.0
"Till Courage, Hope, and all Provisions failed,",0.0
"And Fear, Despair, and Want their Souls assailed.",0.0
"Forced by the Storm into a winding Bay,",0.0
Their joyful Eyes an Indian Isle survey;,2.0
"When straight they quit their Ship, and gain the Shore,",0.0
And for Recruits the Savage Land explore.,1.0
"ADJOINING to the dreary Beach, there stood",1.0
"Wild Shrubs and Trees, that formed a gloomy Wood;",1.0
"Where, close obscured, the crafty Natives lay,",0.0
"And watched the wandering Crew, remote from Sea:",2.0
"Then forth they rush, and strait their Bows prepare;",0.0
"In vain the Brave engage, or Timorous fly;",2.0
"The Timorous, and the Brave, promiscuous die;",3.0
The barbarous Fields are stained with purple Gore.,2.0
"Our youthful Merchant escape, and flies alone;",2.0
"Till in the devious Wilds, remote from Foes,",2.0
"Then, on the Ground, he weeping vents his Woes,",0.0
"Oft cursed his hapless Fate, and often thought",1.0
"How, at our Birth, as different Planets rule,",0.0
"They form a Wit, or constitute a Fool;",0.0
"How, in the Maze of Life, we act as they",0.0
"Attract, retard, or force us in the Way.",0.0
Against the Stars he thus exclaiming said:,0.0
"THE Planets sure some noxious Power display,",2.0
And rule my Life with arbitrary Sway;,0.0
"Else had I never forsook my native Home,",2.0
Nor in this baleful Desert met my Doom ' --,0.0
"And yet, when I reflect, I cannot see,",1.0
How Globes insensible should influence me!,2.0
I choose my Actions; when the Choice is made.,0.0
"I nor invoke, nor yet consult their Aid.",1.0
"When Mortals act according to their Will,",1.0
Can Heaven be called the Author of their Ill?,1.0
"Too late I find, the Stars are not in Fault;",1.0
But it's that golden Wish my Sire has taught:,2.0
"Enticing Gold, that damned deceiving Guide,",0.0
Induced me first to stem the foaming Tide;,0.0
"Fallacious Charm, that led me from Repose,",1.0
Now leaves me in a Labyrinth of Woes.,1.0
The injudicious Traveller surveys,6.0
"Till, tempted over a Rock's impending Brow,",2.0
He falls to some tremendous Gulf below.,0.0
"THUS the unhappy Youth laments his Fate,",2.0
"Conscious of all the Ills, that round him wait;",1.0
"Till setting PHOEBUS leaves the blushing Sky,",0.0
And glimmering Stars a feeble Light supply:,2.0
"The Shades of Night increase his anxious Care,",0.0
And add a greater Horror to Despair.,1.0
"ALL Night in Tears the pensive Merchant lay,",0.0
"And often wished, and feared the coming Day;",0.0
"Till, on the Hills, the rising Sun displayed",1.0
"His golden Beams, and chased away the Shade:",0.0
"Harmonious Birds salute his cheerful Rays,",2.0
And hail the rosy Morn with joyful Lays;,0.0
Answering their tuneful Songs with piercing Groans.,1.0
"NOT distant far from where the Youth was laid,",0.0
"And, by the Margin of the crystal Flood,",2.0
"An Indian Princess hither daily came,",2.0
"Pleased with the grateful Shade, and cooling Stream:",0.0
"She now was walking to her loved Retreat,",1.0
And heard the mourning Youth lament his Fate:,0.0
"Fixed in Amaze, awhile she listening stood;",1.0
"Then swift approached him, rushing through the Wood.",1.0
"And timorous Looks, that testified Surprise:",2.0
"Backward he starts; the Dame, with equal Fears,",2.0
"Recedes as fast, and wonders what appears:",0.0
"Yet, bolder grown, she soon advanced again,",0.0
"His Dress, and fair Complexion, charmed her Sight;",0.0
Each glowing Feature gave her new Delight;,0.0
"While Love and Pity both arose within,",0.0
And kindled in her Soul a Flame unseen.,0.0
The native Graces of the Negro Maid:,1.0
"He viewed her Arms, with various Ribbons bound;",2.0
"Her downy Head, with painted Feathers crowned;",0.0
"AS when, in splendid Robes, a courtly Maid",0.0
Begins the Dance at Ball or Masquerade;,0.0
"The Pearls and Diamonds shine with mingled Light,",0.0
"And sparkling Gems, that decked her jetty Breast;",0.0
"Charmed with her lovely Shape, disclosed to View:",0.0
"Each Limb appears in just Proportion made,",0.0
With Elegance through every Part displayed:,1.0
"And now his Cares dissolve, new Passions move;",1.0
"And Nature intimates, the Change is LOVE.",1.0
In which the Virgin often sought a Shade:,0.0
"Thick Shrubs, and fruitful Vines, around it grew;",1.0
"And none, except herself, the Mansion knew.",0.0
"To this obscure Recess the Royal Dame,",1.0
"Rejoicing, with her lovely Captive came:",1.0
"That done, she, with her Bow, explores the Wood;",1.0
"Pierced with her Shaft, the Fowl resigns his Blood.",0.0
"Then back she hastens to her cool Retreat,",1.0
Where crystal Streams in wild Meanders stray:,0.0
"Nor lets him there, exposed to Foes, remain;",1.0
But to the Cave conducts him safe again.,1.0
She scorns the Lovers of her native Isle:,1.0
"For all the Heroes of her Country strove,",1.0
"With Emulation, to attract her Love;",1.0
"Or pierce the savage Beast in sylvan War,",0.0
"The Skins and Feathers, Trophies of their Fame,",1.0
They gave for Presents to the Royal Dame;,1.0
"The spotted Panther here she hung; and there,",0.0
"With Paws extended, frowned the shaggy Bear;",0.0
"Here gaudy Plumes appear, in Lustre bright;",0.0
There Shells and Pearls diffuse a sparkling Light.,0.0
"AS when, to grace some Royal Prince's Hall,",0.0
"Here warlike Heroes frown in Martial Arms,",1.0
There a soft Nymph displays her blushing Charms,2.0
"A pleasing Landscape next invites our Eye,",1.0
And the Room glows with sweet Variety.,3.0
"YET, still to give her Lover more Delight,",0.0
"Lest what he daily saw, should pall the Sight",0.0
"When SOL with Purple clothed the Western Sky,",0.0
"And Shades extended showed the Evening nigh,",0.0
"She to some verdant Grove the Youth conveyed,",1.0
"There oft she would his snowy Bosom bare,",0.0
Oft round her Fingers wind his silver Hair;,0.0
"Charmed with the Contrast, which their Colours made,",1.0
More pleasing than the Tulip's Light and Shade.,1.0
Nor was the Youth insensible; but soon,2.0
"Repaid her Love, by showing of his own:",1.0
Oft would his Bosom heave with speaking Sighs;,0.0
"Oft would he gaze, and languish with his Eyes:",1.0
"Now on her panting Breast his Head repose,",0.0
To meet his Head her panting Breast arose;,0.0
And her fond Arms believed they clasped a God.,2.0
"SO lived the happy Pair, observed by none,",0.0
Till both had learnt a Language of their own;,1.0
"In which the Youth, one Evening, in the Shade,",0.0
"Leans on her Breast, and, with a Kiss, betrays;",1.0
Then vents his specious Fraud in Words like these;,0.0
"WITNESS, you Gods, and all you Blessed above,",2.0
"For You can witness best, how well I love",1.0
"If ever, among our blooming Nymphs, I knew",2.0
"Such Pleasures, as my Soul receives from you!",1.0
"OH dear AMANDA! could I but, with thee,",2.0
"Once more my happy native Country see,",0.0
"You should not there in lonely Caves retreat,",0.0
Nor trace the burning Sands with naked Feet;,0.0
"Your Limbs, which now the Sun and Wind invade,",0.0
Should neatly be in softest Silks arrayed;,0.0
"In gilded Houses gaily should you ride,",0.0
"By Horses drawn, which prancing Side by Side,",0.0
"Neigh, foam, and champ the Bit with graceful Pride;",1.0
"Our Time, in Pomp and Peace, should slide away,",0.0
And blooming Pleasures crown the smiling Day;,0.0
"And, when the setting Sun forsook the Skies,",0.0
Approaching Night should but increase our Joys:,1.0
"We would not on the chilling Ground embrace,",0.0
"Nor Foes, as now, should interrupt our Peace;",0.0
"Soft, as the fleecy Down, that decks thy Head,",1.0
"Then let us carefully, my Dear, explore",1.0
"The Haven, where I first approached the Shore.",0.0
"Perhaps we shall some floating Ship survey,",0.0
Safe to conduct us over the watery Way:,6.0
Nor let the foaming Waves your Steps retard;,0.0
"I'll guard you over, and be a faithful Guard.",1.0
"How oft, alas! is Innocence betrayed,",1.0
"How could the Dame, a Stranger to Deceit,",1.0
Imagine such a heavenly Form a Cheat?,3.0
"She paused, she sighed; then, with a pensive Look,",1.0
"Half loath, and half consenting, thus she spoke:",1.0
Why would you tempt the fickle Seas again?,0.0
"To seek new Dangers, when in Safety here,",1.0
Would but provoke the Deities you fear ' --,2.0
"Yet still I guard your sacred Life secure,",0.0
And always will ' --  What can AMANDA more?,2.0
"THUS said, she clasped him in her loving Arms,",1.0
"And now both show their Passions in their Look,",1.0
While PHILOMELA sung the Nuptial Lay;,0.0
"Till soon the Youth reclined upon her Breast,",0.0
"SOON as the Sun began to gild the Day,",0.0
And on the Hills emit a trembling Ray;,1.0
"AMANDA, from her flowery Bed, awoke;",3.0
"OH Thou, on whom my Life and Love depend,",0.0
If ever AMANDA claimed the Name of Friend;,2.0
"If ever I gave thy troubled Mind Repose,",2.0
"Or hid thee, when pursued with furious Foes;",2.0
"Explain this Dream, that terrifies my Breast;",0.0
"The strangest, Fear, or Fancy, ever impressed!",2.0
METHOUGHT a God descended from the Skies;,3.0
Celestial Beauty sparkled in his Eyes;,0.0
"Like Rays of PHOEBUS shone his radiant Hair,",0.0
"His Shape like thine, like thine his graceful Air;",0.0
"His shining Lips upon my Breast he laid,",0.0
"And softly pressed my Hand, and smiling said:",0.0
"ARISE, my Dear, my loved AMANDA, rise;",0.0
An easier Lodging waits thee in the Skies:,2.0
To bear thee hence to Heaven among the Gods:,0.0
No Enemies shall there disturb thy Rest;,3.0
"There, with thy Lover, live for ever blessed.",1.0
"THUS said, he raised me from the dewy Plain,",2.0
"And bore, or seemed to bear me, over the Main:",2.0
"But soon he led me to a distant Isle,",1.0
"Where Horrors reign, and Comforts never smile:",0.0
"Thick Brakes and Brambles choked the dreary Coast,",1.0
"The only Product, which the Land could boast;",0.0
"Till a dejected, servile Race arose,",1.0
With gloomy Sadness brooding on their Brows:,1.0
"This Crowd, promiscuous, with incessant Toil,",3.0
"Or rooted up the Wood, or ploughed the Soil:",1.0
"How each performed his Task, a Tyrant viewed;",0.0
"And sternly shook his Whip, and menaced, as he stood.",1.0
"Sure not so fearful fly the trembling Bears,",0.0
"To shun our Hunters Darts, and missive Spears;",0.0
Sure not so swift our Hunters ever pursued,2.0
"The trembling Bears, when flying through the Wood;",1.0
"As from the Tyrant's Wrath they swiftly run,",3.0
"Or, as the Tyrant, swifter, urged them on.",1.0
And made me mix among the servile Train;,0.0
"Doomed with the rest to groan beneath the Yoke,",0.0
Alike I felt the dire correcting Stroke.,0.0
"But, OH! what added most to my Despair,",1.0
"As thus she spoke, confused her Looks appeared;",0.0
For still her Soul the dreadful Vision feared:,0.0
"Deciding Reason from her Seat withdrew,",1.0
And Fancy painted all the Scene anew.,0.0
When straight a Boar came rushing through the Shade;,2.0
"The crashing Woods proclaimed his rapid Force,",0.0
While two fleet Youths pursued the sylvan Course:,1.0
"The Lovers started from their flowery Seats,",3.0
"Surprised, and each a different Way retreats.",0.0
Two loving Turtles from the verdant Field;,2.0
"Both, diverse, through the wide ethereal Plain",2.0
"Fly swift; and flying, fear their Mate is slain.",1.0
"The foaming Boar between them swiftly past,",0.0
Till soon they pierce him with a mortal Wound;,1.0
"Then, from the savage War, they take their Way;",0.0
"And to their Cave, triumphant, bear the Prey.",1.0
The loving Pair concealed no longer stood;,1.0
Both trembling met upon the opening Glade:,3.0
Mute with Surprise awhile they stood; the Man,2.0
"Broke Silence first, and thus his Tale began:",1.0
OH dear AMANDA! soon we have surveyed,1.0
This mystic Vision of the Night displayed:,1.0
"These are the frowning Tyrants in thy Dream,",1.0
"That chased the Slaves, and we their flying Game.",1.0
"SOME Part, said she, resembled this, I own;",4.0
And some remains a Riddle yet unknown:,0.0
That radiant Deity! so much like You!,1.0
"And what the Fields above, which he proposed?",1.0
"Say, if the Mystery can be disclosed.",1.0
To whom the Youth: Our active Fancy seems,0.0
"For ever roving, roving most in Dreams:",0.0
"Soars high, and grows prophetic, like a God;",1.0
"Minds Things when past, as present to our View;",2.0
"And, by Allusion, knows the future too.",1.0
"Thus, when to Sleep your musing Head reclined,",0.0
She kept our Evening Converse in her Mind;,0.0
"Reflected on the Joys my Country yields,",1.0
"Joys, sweet as those in yonder azure Fields;",2.0
"Till, soaring higher, striving to discern",1.0
"Her hidden Fate, and future Fortune learn,",0.0
"Heaven showed her something like this Morning Chase,",0.0
"By trembling Slaves, who fled their Tyrant's Face;",2.0
"Perhaps, to warn us timely from our Bed;",1.0
"For, OH my dear AMANDA! had we stayed,",0.0
"I had not lived to tell this mystic Tale,",0.0
"Nor you, to hear the Secrets I reveal ' --",2.0
"But let us to my happy Country steer,",1.0
Nor longer wait impending Ruin here.,0.0
"So spoke the Youth; and, with a gracious Look,",1.0
He seemed to sanctify the Words he spoke.,1.0
"Go, she replied; go where you are inclined;",4.0
Your faithful Lover will not stay behind.,1.0
"If over the Seas you shall attempt your Way,",2.0
The Seas shall not compel me here to stay;,0.0
Nor will I fear the Surges of the Deep;,2.0
"For Surges oft, you say, assail the Ship",0.0
"Calm and composed, intrepid, will I stand,",3.0
Till you conduct me to your native Land.,1.0
Then shall some other Climate please me too.,0.0
"And when the happy destined Land we meet,",0.0
Where Providence shall fix our wandering Feet;,3.0
"With joyful Servitude, I'll still attend",0.0
"On you, my nuptial Lord, and dearest Friend.",1.0
"Soon as AURORA spreads her purple Ray,",2.0
"When you awake, to chase the nimble Prey,",1.0
"I'll also rise; and, with an equal Art,",1.0
"Display the Net, or speed the pointed Dart;",0.0
"Or search the Plains, and tasteful Herbs provide;",0.0
"Or strip the Vines, and press their juicy Pride:",0.0
Each Evening will I fondly deck your Bed,1.0
"And when, dissolved in downy Sleep, you lie,",0.0
"I'll wake, and watch if Foes approach too nigh:",1.0
"To guard your Life, all Hazards will I run;",1.0
"And, for your Safety, sacrifice my own.",1.0
TO whom the Youth: No Hazards shall you run;,1.0
"Nor, for my Safety, sacrifice your own;",1.0
Nor yet at Evening fondly deck my Bed,0.0
Nor shall AMANDA tasteful Herbs explore;,0.0
"A softer Bed, than Flowers, shall give you Rest;",2.0
"A choicer Meat, than Fruits, indulge your Taste.",0.0
"Ten thousand Things my grateful Soul shall find,",1.0
"To charm your Fancy, and delight your Mind;",1.0
"I'll vary Love a hundred different Ways,",0.0
And institute new Arts to make it please:,1.0
So shall our future Race of Children see,0.0
A constant Proverb made of you and me:,1.0
"When British Youths shall court the doubting Dame,",0.0
And want Expressions equal to their Flame;,1.0
"Then, strongly to attest it, shall be said,",1.0
"To whom AMANDA, pausing at the Name",0.0
"Has ever Youth committed such a Crime,",1.0
"Deluded first, and then forsook, the Fair?",0.0
"I cannot think, your Love will ever decline,",2.0
Nor can my radiant Angel question mine.,2.0
"By yonder bright Beams, which paint the rising Day;",3.0
"By thy bright Charms, as beautiful as they;",3.0
"By all our pleasing Hours of Love, I vow",0.0
To share your Fate through every Scene of Woe;,0.0
"Content, with you, to yield my vital Breath;",1.0
"For Life, without you, would but lengthen Death.",0.0
WITH such sweet Talk their Moments they beguile;,3.0
Both seem impatient for the destined Isle:,2.0
"He daily vows, and daily is believed;",1.0
"She daily hears, and daily is deceived.",1.0
No longer I your pleasing Joys rehearse;,2.0
A rougher Theme demands my pensive Verse;,0.0
"A Scene of Woes remains to be displayed,",0.0
Indulgent Love with Slavery repaid:,1.0
"The mighty Ills, that spring from Avarice,",1.0
"Provoke my Lays: Your Aid, you Muses, bring;",0.0
"Assist my Tragic Numbers, while I sing.",0.0
The watchful Dame beheld a floating Ship?,0.0
"She called, and beckoned to it from the Shore;",2.0
Then to the Youth the grateful Tidings bore;,0.0
"And said, I something see, like winged Trees,",1.0
Strange to behold! fly swiftly over the Seas;,5.0
Their bulky Roots upon the Billows float:,0.0
"Say, is not this the Ship, you long have sought?",0.0
"Or I mistake, or, by the Gods Command,",2.0
This comes to bear us to your native Land:,1.0
"Then hasten, see the Partner of your Heart,",1.0
"With You, her Guide, is ready to depart;",2.0
"My Father, Mother, Friends, I bid Adieu,",0.0
"Friends, Father, Mother, not so dear as You.",1.0
"To whom the Youth, with smiling Brow, replied:",0.0
OH thou true Pattern of a faithful Bride!,4.0
"And risque thy own dear Life, to rescue mine! ' --",5.0
"If I forget the Debt I owe to Thee,",1.0
May all the Gods forget their Care of Me!,0.0
In more wild Deserts let me rove again;,3.0
"Nor find a Friend, like Thee, to ease my Pain!",1.0
"There let the Vultures, Wolves, and Tigers tear",0.0
"This Body, Thou hast kindly nourished here!",1.0
"So saying, to the Beach he straight descends;",1.0
"And, by the Flag, discerns the Crew his Friends:",1.0
And now his Heart exults within his Breast;,0.0
His loving Mate an equal Joy confessed;,0.0
"She, with him, gladly ventures on the Main,",2.0
Unthinking of her future Toil and Pain.,1.0
"Till, in the Fields, urged with the piercing Goad,",2.0
THE British Bark was to Barbados bound:,1.0
"Where, safe from Danger, now the perjured Youth,",0.0
"False to his former Vows of sacred Truth,",0.0
"Reflecting, counts the Interest he had lost,",1.0
While Fate detained him on the Indian Coast:,3.0
"The frugal Thoughts suppress his amorous Flame,",2.0
And prompt him to betray the faithful Dame.,1.0
Yet scarce he can the cursed Fact pursue;,2.0
But hesitates at what he fain would do:,0.0
"For, though his Avarice moves him to the Ill,",4.0
His Gratitude within him struggles still;,0.0
"And, betwixt two Passions, neither guides his Will.",2.0
"AS when two Scales, which equal Loads suspend,",1.0
"Sway to and fro; alternate both descend,",4.0
"Nor this, nor that, the doubtful Weight decides.",1.0
SO stood the doubtful Youth awhile; nor would,0.0
"Forsake the Evil, nor pursue the Good;",1.0
"Till, as the Sailors in the Haven stay,",1.0
"To purchase Slaves, the Planters crowd the Key:",0.0
"One asks, for what the Negro may be sold;",1.0
"Then bids a Price, and shows the tempting Gold:",0.0
"Nor Oaths, nor Gratitude, can longer bind;",0.0
Her Fate he thus determines in his Mind:,0.0
SUPPOSE I should conduct this Indian over;,2.0
"And thus, instead of Gold, import a Moor ' --",0.0
"Would not my Sire, with stern contracted Brows,",2.0
"Condemn my Choice, and curse my nuptial Vows?",0.0
Was it for this I learnt the Merchant's Art?,1.0
Only to gain a doting Negro's Heart!,2.0
Was it for this the raging Seas I crossed?,1.0
No; Gold induced me to the Indian Coast;,4.0
And Gold is offered for this simple Dame;,1.0
"Shall I refuse it, or renounce my Flame? ' --",2.0
"Let amorous Fools their tiresome Joys renew,",5.0
"And dote on Love, while Interest I pursue.",1.0
"He added not; for now, intent on Gold,",0.0
"And dead to all Remorse, the Dame he sold.",0.0
"AMANDA stood confounded with Surprise,",1.0
"She often tried to speak; but when she tried,",0.0
"Her Heart swelled full, her Voice its Aid denied;",1.0
"And, when she made her faltering Tongue obey,",2.0
WHO can the mystic Ways of Fate explain?,0.0
"Am I awake, or do I dream again?",1.0
Is this the sad Reward of all my Care?,1.0
Was it for this I cheered thee in Despair?,1.0
The Gods above if any Gods there be,0.0
"Yet, if my Kindness can't thy Pity move,",0.0
Pity the Fruits of our unhappy Love:,3.0
"OH let the Infant, in my pregnant Womb,",1.0
Excite thee to revoke my threatened Doom;,1.0
"Think how the future Slave, in Climes remote,",0.0
"Shall curse the treacherous Sire, that him begot.",4.0
"SO spoke the mourning Dame, but spoke in vain;",0.0
"Not all her Kindness could his Pity move,",0.0
Nor yet the Fruits of their unhappy Love.,1.0
"But, as the Flames, which soften Wax, display",1.0
The same warm Force to harden sordid Clay;,1.0
"That Motive, which would melt another Heart,",0.0
"More hardened his, and made him act a double Villain's Part.",1.0
"He, for the Child, demands a larger Sum;",1.0
"And sells it, while an Embryo in the Womb.",0.0
"AND now he sternly takes her by the Hand,",1.0
"Then drags her on, reluctant, to the Land;",2.0
"While, as she walks, her dismal Fate she moans,",0.0
The Rocks around her echo to her Groans:,1.0
"OH base, ungrateful Youth! she loudly cries;",1.0
"OH base, ungrateful Youth! the Shore replies:",1.0
"Thy tender Infant too, an abject Slave,",0.0
"To toil, and groan, and bleed beneath the Rod?",0.0
"Fool that I was, to think thou wert a God!",2.0
Sure from some savage Tiger art thou sprung ' --,0.0
"No: Tigers feed, and fawn upon their Young:",1.0
"The Fate of Infants, and their Mother's Prayers.",1.0
IN vain she does her wretched State deplore;,0.0
"Pleased with the Gold, he gladly quits the Shore;",0.0
"The ruffling Winds dilate the Sails, the Ship",0.0
"Clear shines the Sun, and friendly blow the Gales;",1.0
"Then frowning Clouds invest the vaulted Sky,",0.0
And hollow Winds proclaim a Tempest nigh:,0.0
"Smoke the white Waves, and sound the adverse Shores;",4.0
"While, to increase the Horrors of the Main,",2.0
Descends a Deluge of impetuous Rain.,1.0
"The giddy Ship on circling Eddies rides,",0.0
"And Flames, conflicting, flash from Pole to Pole,",0.0
"Of Life despairing, though afraid to die,",1.0
One fatal Effort yet he means to try:,0.0
"While all the busy Crew, with panting Breath,",0.0
And yields up to the Fury of the Tides:,2.0
"Tossed on the boisterous Wave, the Vessel flies,",0.0
"Now sinking low, now mounting to the Skies;",3.0
"Till soon the Storm decreased, and, by degrees,",1.0
"Hushed were the Winds, and calm the ruffled Seas;",0.0
"The Sailors safely steer their Course again,",0.0
"Who landed quickly on a lonely Isle,",1.0
Where human Feet never print the baleful Soil;,3.0
"A dreary Wilderness was all appeared,",1.0
And howling Wolves the only Sound he heard;,0.0
"A thousand Deaths he views before his Eyes,",0.0
"A conscious Hell within his Bosom burns,",0.0
"And racks his tortured Soul, while thus he mourns:",0.0
"CURSED be the Precepts of my selfish Sire,",2.0
Who bad me after fatal Gold aspire!,0.0
"Cursed be myself, and doubly cursed, who sold",3.0
"A faithful Friend, to gain that fatal Gold! ' --",0.0
"OH! could these gloomy Woods my Sin conceal,",0.0
"Here would I pine my wretched Life away,",0.0
Or to the hungry Savage fall a Prey ' --,1.0
"But can the gloomy Woods conceal my Sin,",1.0
Or cooling Shadows quench the Hell within?,1.0
"No; like some Spirit banished Heaven, I find",0.0
"Terrors in every Place, to rack my Mind;",2.0
"Tormenting conscious Plagues increase my Care,",1.0
And guilty Thoughts indulge my just Despair ' --,0.0
"OH! where shall I that piercing Eye evade,",0.0
"SO saying, straight he gave a hideous Glare,",2.0
"With rolling Eyes, that witnessed strong Despair:",0.0
"Then drew his pointed Weapon from the Sheath,",1.0
And thrice his coward Arm denied its Aid:,0.0
"Meanwhile a howling Wolf, with Hunger pressed,",1.0
"Leaped on the Wretch, and seized him by the Breast;",1.0
"Tore out his Heart, and licked the purple Flood;",0.0
For Earth refused to drink the Villain's Blood.,0.0
"I sung inglorious. Now the love of arts,",2.0
And what in metal or in stone remains,1.0
"Of proud antiquity, through various realms",3.0
"And various languages and ages famed,",3.0
Where yellow Tiber his neglected wave,1.0
"Yet once again, and soar a loftier flight;",2.0
"Fallen, fallen, a silent heap; her heroes all",2.0
The throne of nations fallen; obscure in dust;,2.0
"Elates the soul, while now the rising sun",0.0
Flames on the ruins in the purer air,0.0
"Towering aloft, upon the glittering plain,",3.0
"Like broken rocks, a vast circumference;",0.0
Overwhelming; as the immense LEVIATHAN,4.0
Tremble to every wind. The pilgrim oft,2.0
"Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon:",3.0
Yet here adventurous in the sacred search,1.0
"Of ancient arts, the delicate of mind,",1.0
"Curious and modest, from all climes resort,",2.0
Grateful society! with these I raise,4.0
"Waving aloft over the big ruins brows,",7.0
"On numerous arches reared: and frequent stopped,",2.0
"The sunk ground startles me with dreadful chasm,",2.0
Breathing forth darkness from the vast profound,4.0
"Of isles and halls, within the mountain's womb.",0.0
"Nor these the neither works; all these beneath,",2.0
"And all beneath the vales and hills around,",0.0
"Each wave impure; and proud with added rains,",0.0
"Hark how the mighty billows lash their vaults,",0.0
And thunder; how they heave their rocks in vain!,1.0
Though now incessant Time has rolled around,0.0
"And yet a thousand since, the indignant floods",2.0
"Roar loud in their firm bounds, and dash and swell,",4.0
"That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapse,",2.0
"Of orient jasper, pleased I move along,",4.0
"And intermingling vines; and figured nymphs,",0.0
"Cheering the darkness; and deep empty tombs,",4.0
"A solemn wilderness! With error sweet,",1.0
"I wind the lingering step, wherever the path",2.0
"Over sculptures maimed has made; Anubis, Sphinx,",4.0
"Of Fear and Ignorance, by the sculptor's hand",2.0
"Hewn into form, and worshipped; as even now",3.0
Blindly they worship at their breathless mouths,2.0
In varied appellations: men to these,0.0
From depth to depth in darkening error fallen,0.0
At length ascribed the INAPPLICABLE NAME.,3.0
How does it please and fill the memory,1.0
"With deeds of brave renown, while on each hand",1.0
"And speaking busts! Sweet Scipio, Marius stern,",5.0
"And boundless fame; impatient for exploits,",2.0
"Above all height: and his own Brutus see,",1.0
Solicitous and sad. Thy next regard,1.0
"His outstretched arm he waves, in act to speak",4.0
"Before the silent masters of the world,",1.0
And eloquence arrays him. There behold,2.0
Prepared for combat in the front of war,0.0
The pious brothers; jealous Alba stands,0.0
"In fearful expectation of the strife,",1.0
And youthful Rome intent: the kindred foes,0.0
Fall on each other's neck in silent tears;,0.0
In sorrowful benevolence embrace ' --,2.0
"Their country calls to arms, now all in vain",1.0
Now weeps in vain; their country calls to arms.,1.0
"So rose the Roman state. Me now, of these",0.0
"Greatly to serve my country, distant land,",2.0
And build me virtuous fame; nor shall the dust,2.0
Of these fallen piles with show of sad decay,0.0
"Avert the good resolve, mean argument,",2.0
The fate alone of matter. ' --  Now the brow,0.0
"And pine, and fir, and oak: so fair a scene",0.0
"Though graceful Athens, in the vale beneath.",0.0
"Amid the towery ruins, huge, supreme,",2.0
"The enormous amphitheatre behold,",2.0
Mountainous pile! over whose capacious womb,2.0
While from the central floor the seats ascend,0.0
A circuit vast and high; nor less had held,0.0
"Imperial Rome, and her attendant realms,",3.0
"When drunk with rule she willed the fierce delight,",0.0
Before the innumerable shouting crowd,3.0
"Lions and tigers, wolves and elephants,",3.0
"And desperate men, more fell. Abhorred intent!",0.0
"By frequent converse with familiar death,",1.0
To kindle brutal daring apt for war;,0.0
"To lock the breast, and steel the obdurate heart,",0.0
Amid the piercing cries of sore distress,0.0
Impenetrable. ' --  But away thine eye;,2.0
"Perchance may now delight, while that revered The Capitol.",3.0
"In ancient days, the page alone declares,",0.0
"Appeared, as when above the morning hills",0.0
"Half the round sun ascends; and towered aloft,",2.0
Too prosperous Israel from his living strength.,4.0
"And next regard yonder venerable dome,",6.0
"Raised to her various deities, and named",3.0
Pantheon; plain and round; of this our world,3.0
"Majestic emblem; with peculiar grace,",1.0
"Before its ample orb, projected stands",0.0
"Of human skill, here, curious architect,",2.0
"On these fair walls extend the certain scale,",2.0
And turn the instructive compass: careful mark,2.0
"How far in hidden art, the noble plain",0.0
"Extends, and where the lovely forms commence",0.0
Of flowing sculpture: nor neglect to note,1.0
"How range the taper columns, and what weight",1.0
Their leafy brows sustain: fair Corinth first,1.0
Beneath an urn of some lamented nymph,0.0
"One stone enormous each, or Thebes conveyed;",0.0
The vehement orator in rent attire,2.0
"Persuasion pours, ambition sinks her crest;",0.0
"And lo the villain, like a troubled sea,",0.0
"That tosses up her mire! Ever disguised,",3.0
Shall treason walk? shall proud oppression yoke,0.0
The neck of virtue? Lo the wretch abashed;,0.0
"Parent of happiness, celestial born;",3.0
"When the first man became a living soul,",3.0
His sacred genius thou; be Britain's care;,1.0
"With her secure, prolong thy loved retreat;",1.0
"Thence bless mankind; while yet among her sons,",2.0
"Even yet there are, to shield thine equal laws,",1.0
May others more delight in tuneful airs;,0.0
Give with superior skill the living look;,4.0
"More pompous piles erect, or pencil soft",0.0
With warmer touch the visionary board:,0.0
"Be thou, thy nobler Britons teach to rule;",4.0
To quell the proud; to spread the joys of peace,0.0
And various blessings of ingenious trade.,3.0
"Be these our arts; and ever may we guard,",1.0
"Ever defend thee with undaunted heart,",3.0
Arrayed in every charm: whose hand benign,0.0
And on his various fruits inscribes the name,3.0
Of Property: OH nobly hailed of old,2.0
"By thy majestic daughters, Judah fair,",1.0
"Whose numerous towns and isles, and peopled seas,",2.0
Rejoiced around her lyre; the heroic note,2.0
And planned imperial Rome. Thy hand benign,2.0
Reared up her towery battlements in strength;,2.0
Bent her wide bridges over the swelling stream,5.0
Of Tuscan Tiber; thine those solemn domes,1.0
Devoted to the voice of humble prayer;,1.0
"In days of dearth, where tender Charity",1.0
Musical ever; while from yonder blue hills,3.0
"Dim in the clouds, the radiant aqueducts",0.0
Turn their innumerable arches over,3.0
"The spacious desert, brightening in the sun,",0.0
"Proud and more proud, in their august approach:",2.0
"Glide the soft whispering waters in the wind,",5.0
And here united pour their silver streams,0.0
"Among the figured rocks, in murmuring falls,",2.0
And what beside felicity could tell,1.0
Of human benefit: more late the rest;,1.0
"At various times their turrets chanced to rise,",2.0
Couches beneath the ruins: there of old,3.0
With arms and trophies gleamed the field of Mars:,0.0
There to their daily sports the noble youth,1.0
To vault the steed; or with the kindling wheel,1.0
"Or wrestling, cope with adverse swelling breasts,",1.0
"Strong, grappling arms, closed heads, and distant feet;",2.0
"Their ardent virtues: lo the bossy piles,",0.0
"The proud triumphal arches; all their wars,",0.0
"And see from every gate those ancient roads,",0.0
Deserve they not regard? Over whose broad flints,6.0
"Such crowds have rolled, so many storms of war;",0.0
"Yet still through mountains pierced, over valleys raised,",3.0
"In even state, to distant seas around,",0.0
"They stretch their pavements. Lo the fane of Peace,",0.0
"Was honest, the delight of human kind.",1.0
Three nodding isles remain; the rest an heap,1.0
"Of sand and weeds; her shrines, her radiant roofs",0.0
"And columns proud, that from her spacious floor,",1.0
"As from a shining sea, majestic rose",1.0
"An hundred foot aloft, like stately beech",0.0
Charming the mimic painter: on the walls,3.0
"And golden trumpets, now concealed, entombed",0.0
By the sunk roof. ' --  Over which in distant view,1.0
"The Etruscan mountains swell, with ruins crowned",1.0
"And thence in broken sculptures cast abroad,",0.0
"Rejoiced, and the green medals frequent found",2.0
"The stately pines, that spread their branches wide",0.0
Appear but tufts; as may whatever is high,4.0
"Sink in comparison, minute and vile.",2.0
"Stand in the clouds, their branches scattered round,",0.0
"From whose low base the sculptures wind aloft,",1.0
"And lead through various toils, up the rough steep,",3.0
"Whose execrable hand the city fired,",3.0
"And while the dreadful conflagration blazed,",0.0
Where now the shepherd to his nibbling sheep,1.0
"There piped the shepherd to his nibbling sheep,",1.0
Amid the thickets: so revolves the scene;,1.0
From dust again to dust. Behold that heap,0.0
Dust of the mighty the same storey tell;,2.0
"And at its base, from whence the serpent glides",0.0
"Down the green desert street, yonder hoary monk",1.0
"Laments the same, the vision as he views,",1.0
"The solitary, silent, solemn scene,",0.0
"Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,",0.0
Blended in dust together; where the slave,2.0
Resigns his power; the miser drops his hoard;,2.0
"Where human folly sleeps. ' --  There is a mood,",1.0
I sing not to the vacant and the young,2.0
"There is a kindly mood of melancholy,",1.0
"That wings the soul, and points her to the skies;",1.0
"When tribulation clothes the child of man,",0.0
"When age descends with sorrow to the grave,",1.0
"Here sitting on his throne of ruins hoar,",1.0
Cool evening comes; the setting sun displays,1.0
"His visible great round between yonder towers,",7.0
"As through two shady cliffs; away, my Muse,",2.0
"Though yet the prospect pleases, ever new",0.0
"In vast variety, and yet delight",1.0
Such antique marbles to his native land,6.0
Oft hence conveys; and every realm and state,1.0
"With Rome's august remains, heroes and gods,",9.0
Deck their long galleries and winding groves;,4.0
"Yet miss we not the innumerable thefts,",2.0
Yet still profuse of graces teems the waste.,0.0
"With weary wing, and seek the sacred rests",0.0
Grotesque and wild; the gourd and olive brown,0.0
Weave the light roof; the gourd and olive fan,3.0
"Their amorous foliage, mingling with the vine,",3.0
Who drops her purple clusters through the green.,1.0
"Here let me lie, with pleasing fancy soothed:",0.0
Here flowed his fountain; here his laurels grew;,0.0
"Here oft the meek good man, the lofty bard",0.0
"Framed the celestial song, or social walked",2.0
With Horace and the ruler of the world;,2.0
Happy Augustus! who so well inspired,2.0
"Attentive to the wise, the great of soul,",1.0
"And dignify thy mind. Thrice glorious days,",3.0
"Auspicious to the Muses! then revered,",1.0
"Or open mountain, or whatever scene",2.0
"Melodious; even the rugged sons of war,",4.0
Even the rude hinds revered the Poet's name:,2.0
"But now ' --  another age, alas! is ours ' --",0.0
"Yet will the Muse a little longer soar,",0.0
"Unless the clouds of care weigh down her wing,",2.0
"Since nature's stores are shut with cruel hand,",0.0
The thirsty pilgrim at the fountain asks,0.0
"And Phoebus' temple, nodding with its woods",1.0
Threatens huge ruin over the small rotund.,5.0
Turned her stretched neck and formed your tender limbs:,3.0
"Wrapped in their secret seeds. Each kindred soul,",0.0
"Robust and stout, you grapple to your hearts,",1.0
"And little Rome appears. Her cots arise,",0.0
Green rushes spread the roofs; and here and there,1.0
Opens beneath the rock the gloomy cave.,2.0
Elate with joy Etruscan Tiber views,0.0
Her speedy growth alarmed the states around,0.0
"Jealous, yet soon by wondrous virtue won,",2.0
They sink into her bosom. From the plough,1.0
"Rose her dictators; fought, overcame, returned,",2.0
"Yes, to the plough returned, and hailed their peers;",0.0
"For then no private pomp, no household state,",3.0
The public only swelled the generous breast.,2.0
Who has not heard the Fabian heroes sung?,2.0
Simple of life; as yet seducing wealth,2.0
"Was unexplored, and shame of poverty",1.0
Yet unimagined ' --  Shine not all the fields,0.0
"Along the flowery valleys? They, content,",3.0
"Feasted at nature's hand, indelicate,",3.0
"Blithe, in their easy taste; and only sought",0.0
"To know their duties; that their only strife,",0.0
"Their generous strife, and greatly to perform.",3.0
"They through all shapes of peril and of pain,",2.0
"Intent on honour, dared in thickest death",3.0
"In vain the thunder of the battle rolled,",1.0
The thunder of the battle they returned,2.0
"Back on his Punic shores; till Carthage fell,",0.0
And danger fled afar. The city gleamed,0.0
With precious spoils: alas prosperity!,1.0
In soft luxurious pleasures; proud desire,2.0
"Of boundless sway, and feverish thirst of gold,",2.0
"Torn from her joys, in vain with languid arm",0.0
Half raised her rusty shield; nor could avail,1.0
"The sword of Dacia, nor the Parthian dart;",3.0
"Nor yet the car of that famed British chief,",1.0
Which seven brave years beneath the doubtful wing,2.0
Over the bloody war: the Roman arms,2.0
"Triumphed, till Fame was silent of their foes.",3.0
"In proud security: the crested helm,",1.0
But on the glittering trophy to the wind.,4.0
"Dissolved in ease and soft delights they lie,",0.0
"Till every sun annoys, and every wind",0.0
"Has chilling force, and every rain offends:",0.0
"Laughs at the winter storm, and summer beam,",0.0
"Withers each nerve, and opens every poor",2.0
To painful feeling: flowery bowers they seek,4.0
Pile in the roseate air with fond expense:,0.0
"Through silver channels glide the vagrant waves,",0.0
"And fall on silver beds crystalline down,",3.0
Melodious murmuring; while luxury,4.0
"Over their naked limbs, with wanton hand,",2.0
"Necessity, and seek the splendid bribe.",1.0
"The citron board, the bowl embossed with gems,",0.0
"Of seeming ivy, by that artful hand,",1.0
"To shake Patrician thirst: for these, their rights",1.0
In the vile streets they prostitute to sale;,3.0
"Their native glorious freedom. Is there none,",3.0
"Is there no villain, that will bind the neck",2.0
Stretched to the yoke? they come; the market throngs.,0.0
But who has most by fraud or force amassed?,0.0
Who most can charm corruption with his doles?,1.0
He be the monarch of the state; and lo!,1.0
And the red arrows fill his grasp uncouth.,3.0
"OH Britons, OH my countrymen, beware,",2.0
"Gird, gird your hearts; the Romans once were free,",1.0
"Were brave, were virtuous. ' --  Tyranny however",4.0
"Deigned to walk forth awhile in pageant state,",3.0
"And with licentious pleasures fed the rout,",1.0
The thoughtless many: to the wanton sound,1.0
"Sung Caesar, great and terrible in war,",2.0
"Immortal Caesar! lo, a God, a God,",0.0
He cleaves the yielding skies! Caesar mean while,3.0
Gathers the ocean pebbles; or the gnat,3.0
Enraged pursues; or at his lonely meal,0.0
"Starves a wide province; tastes, dislikes, and flings",3.0
The flowery shades and shrines obscene return.,2.0
But see along the north the tempest swell,0.0
"Over the rough Alps, and darken all their snows!",2.0
"Sudden the Goth and Vandal, dreaded names,",2.0
"Their domes, their villa's; down the festive piles,",1.0
And roll before the storm in clouds of dust.,0.0
"Vain end of human strength, of human skill,",1.0
"Conquest, and triumph, and domain, and pomp,",3.0
"And ease and luxury! OH luxury,",3.0
"Bane of elated life, of affluent states,",4.0
"What dreary change, what ruin is not thine?",1.0
How does thy bowl intoxicate the mind!,0.0
To the soft entrance of thy rosy cave,3.0
How dost thou lure the fortunate and great!,1.0
The unfathomable gulf where Ashur lies,2.0
"And the great queen of earth, imperial ROME.",4.0
"As lately musing in a lonely shade,",0.0
"For meditation and contentment made,",1.0
"All dwelled serene within my tranquil breast,",0.0
"And sweet retirement, lulled my soul to rest:",2.0
"Delightful fancy lent her potent aid,",0.0
"And scenes of wonder, to my sense conveyed.",1.0
"Transported to a verdant blooming green,",1.0
"Where all was calm, and nature shone serene:",0.0
"The daisy painted ground, perfumed the air,",0.0
"And sweet contentment, seemed to banish care,",0.0
And each in youth and beauty strove to vie;,0.0
"Yet two shone more resplendent than the rest,",2.0
"One in a purple, airy, flowing vest;",0.0
"Her temples bound with flowers of different hue,",2.0
"The lily white, the violet azure blue,",0.0
"Her tender feet with glittering sandals bound,",2.0
Tripped lightly over the flowery painted ground.,5.0
Her golden locks flowed careless in the wind.,1.0
And her whole dress was loose and unconfined.,2.0
"The other, clad in purity, and truth,",1.0
"With all the blooming, radiant charms of youth,",0.0
"Meek her deportment, and serene her air;",3.0
"And wreaths of laurel, bound her sacred brow,",0.0
"Her friend was wisdom, who with heavenly song,",2.0
With caution lead her mistress through the throng.,1.0
"Her breath with ambient sweets perfumed the ground,",2.0
And calm serenity shone all around;,2.0
"Courted the humble, and implored the proud.",3.0
"The first was pleasure soft alluring name,",0.0
"The other virtue, surest guide to fame.",0.0
"Struck with astonishment I gazed around,",3.0
"When suddenly I heard a heavenly sound,",3.0
"A sound more sweet than the soft breath of love,",2.0
"Melodious as the pipe upon the plains,",1.0
In tender numbers these soft accents said.,2.0
"Ah! follow me, fair nymph, to my pure cell,",3.0
"It's there content, and peace alone can dwell;",1.0
"A homely fair, but a reception kind:",1.0
"Where innocence and love, delight to reign,",1.0
"There pity dwells, the muses there resort.",1.0
"Beware of vice, her pleasures soon will cloy,",0.0
"And keen repentance, follow guilty joy.",0.0
"Forsake the giddy, gay, unthinking crowd,",0.0
"By me be guided, I will lead the way,",2.0
To blissful paths of everlasting day.,0.0
"In this precarious life i'll be thy friend,",3.0
"And celebrate thy name, even to time's end;",5.0
"Take my advice, it's I alone can prove,",3.0
The heart-felt happiness of virtuous love:,4.0
In all my footsteps you will surely find.,2.0
"Thus spoke the nymph, ' --  to heaven the music floats,",1.0
And angels echo back the tuneful notes.,0.0
"Transported, and amazed, I trembling cried,",1.0
In thee alone I trust to be my guide!,1.0
"The goddess smiled, and kindly pressed my hand,",0.0
When I obedient to her wise command,2.0
"Followed her footsteps, to that blissful seat,",2.0
"Where peace, humility, and love do meet:",1.0
"To that pure cell where every earthly joy,",1.0
"Reigns uncontrolled, unmixed, without a cloy.",1.0
"The journey long, the fare was mean and coarse,",0.0
"The road was rugged, and the task was worse;",1.0
"Our gentle guides were Patience, Hope, and Truth,",0.0
The best supporters of each virtuous youth,3.0
"Each friend, by turns, soothed my adventurous heart,",4.0
"And tales of truth, and honour did impart.",2.0
"When, on a sudden, horrors spread around,",0.0
And echoed through the grove an hollow sound;,1.0
"The clouds grew black, all nature seemed to fade,",1.0
And sicken over the solemn lonely glade;,2.0
And woe fraught murmurs reigned throughout the woods.,1.0
"Confusion struck my frame, when Patience cried,",0.0
"Fear not, fair nymph, in me alone confide;",3.0
"In a short time these dreadful storms shall cease,",3.0
"And I will crown your toil, with joy, and peace.",1.0
"Ever you arrive where bliss eternal reigns,",1.0
You first must learn to scorn such trifling pains;,0.0
Must bare serenely these tempestuous storms;,6.0
"The feeling heart must many crosses know,",0.0
"In virtue's cause, ' --  where fortune proves a foe:",0.0
"Let not these trifles your soft breast alarm,",2.0
Patience will guide you free from every harm.,2.0
"Here ceased the virgin, the prophetic sound,",1.0
And gleams of heavenly light shone all around;,3.0
"The clouds dispersed, the storm and tempest ceased,",0.0
And every visionary care decreased.,0.0
"The flowers recovered their delightful hue,",3.0
And nature shone in all her bloom anew;,0.0
"No scent more fragrant does the rose exhale,",1.0
"At a small distance stood the peaceful cell,",2.0
Where innocence and harmony do dwell;,2.0
"No pompous grandeur there adorns the grove,",5.0
"No gilded columns, no gay temples rise,",2.0
There no luxurious dome invades the skies;,2.0
"Alone for peace the humble cell was made,",0.0
"And sweet contentment, reigns within the shade:",0.0
"The violet sweet, and daisy blooms beside:",0.0
Each heavenly blessing does inhabit there.,3.0
"With meek humility, with truth divine,",1.0
And every virtue bows before the shrine.,0.0
"Love, the soft moulder of the pliant soul,",4.0
Whose power our wishes and our minds control;,3.0
"Within these sacred shades serenely moved,",0.0
"By virtue guided, and by heaven approved.",1.0
"Enraptured I beheld those regions bright,",1.0
And scenes of wonder beamed upon the sight;,0.0
And soft musicians in the grove appeared:,0.0
"While thus I stood intent to see and hear,",0.0
"Like you a stranger to distress and woe,",1.0
"Possessed of all the gifts the gods bestow,",0.0
"Of all the real blessings heaven can give,",3.0
Still my fond soul for other joys did grieve.,3.0
"Once on a time by giddy fancy taught,",0.0
For idle pleasures earnestly I sought;,1.0
But pleasures lured me to the flowery plain;,3.0
"That sure destruction to the youthful mind,",1.0
"To her my frail, my willing heart inclined.",1.0
"Long time I revealed in luxurious joys,",6.0
Which every generous sentiment destroys.,3.0
"But ah! fair nymph, each pleasure quickly dies,",1.0
"Where blackened vice, fair virtue's place supplies.",1.0
"Such idle joys last but a fleeting day,",2.0
Where vice triumphant reigns with potent sway;,0.0
"Short was the time these scenes my soul possessed,",0.0
But endless are the pangs within my breast.,1.0
"No time the stings of conscience can subdue,",2.0
Wherever I fly fresh grief my steps pursue;,3.0
"Is torn with sad remorse, and robbed of rest,",0.0
"I feel, I feel, the heaving sigh renewed,",0.0
And sad remembrance on my soul intrude;,1.0
"Still must my mind with heart felt grief abound,",1.0
Till virtue's hand shall heal reflection's wound.,0.0
"Too late my blinded eyes perceived the road,",1.0
"Which lead to this celestial, blessed abode;",1.0
"Happy are you, whose youthful breast aspires,",1.0
"With genial warmth, to burn with purer fires.",0.0
"Who in the tender, early days of youth,",0.0
Trod the unsullied paths of sacred truth.,2.0
"Then hail, fair nymph, hail sweet humility,",3.0
"Enjoy, henceforth, each blessing of the blessed,",2.0
May all thy future days be crowned with rest.,0.0
"Farewell, she cried, ' --  then joined the happy throng,",1.0
Who to my listening ear addressed their song.,0.0
"Here ceased the tender, soft, alluring throng,",0.0
"And I awoke, alas! too soon to find,",2.0
'Twas only fancy that deceived my mind;,1.0
"But what a change from scenes of tranquil joy,",0.0
To momentary pleasures born to cloy.,0.0
"What cross impetuous Planets govern me,",1.0
That I'm thus hurried on to Misery;,4.0
"I thought I had been blessed, a while ago,",0.0
"But one quick push, plunged me all over in Woe.",2.0
"My cruel Fate, does act the Tyrant's part,",2.0
"And does Torment me, with a lingering smart;",1.0
"To make me sensible of greater Pain,",1.0
"Lets me take Breath, then screws the Rack again:",3.0
That for one smiling short Parenthesis;,1.0
"I must such tedious horrid Pangs endure,",2.0
"And neither State, will either kill or cure.",0.0
"With all Submission, I my Fate implore,",1.0
"Destroy me quite, or else Torment no more;",1.0
"At least let not one glimpse of Joy appear,",1.0
It only makes my Sufferings more severe.,0.0
"No, here I'll Rule, not sue to you for this,",1.0
"For when you took, my Father's love away,",0.0
"Perverse as you, I'd not let others stay:",2.0
"To hoard up Counters, when my Gold was gone.",0.0
"Plundered of all, I now forsake the Place,",1.0
"Where all my Joys, and all my Treasure was,",1.0
"Ah do not now, my wandering Footsteps Trace;",3.0
And in a lonely Village am content.,1.0
"Nor do I ask to be removed from hence,",0.0
"Though Man and Beast, are both of equal Sense:",0.0
"I had not fled, but strongly forced by you,",0.0
"In hast bid Mother, Sisters sad adieu.",1.0
"I saw them last of all I knew in Town,",0.0
Yet all alike to me are Strangers grown;,1.0
"I almost have forgot I ever was there,",2.0
And the sad Accidents that brought me here.,3.0
"Ah Fate! pursue me not in this Retreat,",1.0
Let me be quiet in this humble Seat:,0.0
"Let not my Friends know where to send to me,",1.0
Lest I grow pleased with their Civility.,4.0
"I'd fain live unconcerned, not pleased nor crossed,",1.0
And be to all the busy World as lost.,0.0
"SINCE short the busy scene of life will prove,",0.0
"To love, with passions pure as morning light,",0.0
Whose saffron beams unsullied by the night,1.0
"With rosy mantles do the Heavens streak,",0.0
The joys of Nature in her ruined state,0.0
"Have little pleasure, though the pains are great.",1.0
"Virtue and Love, when sacred bands unite,",3.0
It's then that Nature leads to true delight.,0.0
"Oft as I wander through the myrtle grove,",1.0
"A secret terror, lest I should offend",1.0
"The charming Maid on whom my joys depend,",0.0
"Informs my soul, that virtuous minds alone",2.0
"Can give a pleasure, to the vile unknown.",1.0
"But when the body charming, and the mind,",1.0
"To every virtuous christian act inclined,",2.0
"Meet in one person, Maid and Angel join;",0.0
"What worth intrinsic will that man possess,",1.0
"Swift will the minutes roll, the flying hours,",0.0
And blessings overtake the pair by showers.,0.0
"Each moment will improve upon the past,",1.0
And every day be better than the last.,1.0
"Love, means an unadulterated flame,",1.0
Though lust too oft usurps the sacred name;,2.0
It's that alone deserves the name of Love.,0.0
O was my merit great enough to find,1.0
"Then would my happiness be quite complete,",1.0
And all revolving joys as in a centre meet.,0.0
"FALLEN are thy towers, Byzantium! towers that stood",6.0
"Before the Turk's dread fury, when he came,",1.0
"The crescent sparkling amid Christian blood,",7.0
"Imperial city, the late proud remains",4.0
"Of thy brave founder's greatness, when he clothed",2.0
In worldly grandeur pure Religion's form;,5.0
"Then placed beside him, placed upon a throne,",0.0
"He, wandering then upon a Christian land,",2.0
"Stranger at home had been, nor known again",1.0
And pomp of earthly greatness........ But not long,1.0
"Lived there his name.... Science and art, farewell!",4.0
"The foe of light and love, Mohammed, comes,",0.0
"Though by your anger spared, have fallen now,",1.0
And crushed your bloody race! A mightier arm,2.0
"Than his who raised, or spared, yonder domes came forth;",8.0
"From the hot sable rolling cloud it came,",2.0
"And crumbled them to dust!.... The wind, the air,",1.0
"Seem in strict silence bound, but smiling still",2.0
"Smiling, though conscious of intended death.",3.0
While man alone is bold..... But see where now,0.0
"And sudden swells, her heaving bosom rears;",0.0
"Like the mad Pythia, when the Delphian god",3.0
A real God that world of waters moves,3.0
The Mighty One is near.... But o! when past,2.0
"His power, and those he spared raised up their heads,",3.0
Where was the eye could bear upon the waste,0.0
"To gaze, and mark the ruin stretching wide!",0.0
"O! you were blessed, you victims, you who fell",2.0
"Deep in the yawning chasm!.... Where are now,",0.0
"The sad survivor cries, my peaceful home,",0.0
"The sacred mosque I loved, the child, the wife",0.0
"I clasped but now; the city towering high,",0.0
"Proud in its strength?.... Disperse, thou gloomy cloud,",0.0
And let me gaze on them! The cloud's dispersed;,1.0
No vestige of his home: a putrid lake,2.0
"Or barren ground replace them, and proclaim,",1.0
"ENGLAND! blessed country, from such woes as these",4.0
"And.... thou hast cause to lift thy voice most high,",1.0
"But you, who wander from your native shores,",2.0
"As sunk Byzantium; you, whose eager hearts",1.0
Anticipate a glad return to scenes,0.0
"You shall behold no more, for ever swept",1.0
"From off the earth, unconscious heirs of woe;",2.0
When your own land approaches.... See the eye,0.0
Misty with tears open wide its eager lid,2.0
"Fear pales that glowing cheek, and dries that eye,",1.0
"It is our native shore,.... but where are gone",1.0
"I hear you cry. The pilot is deceived,",1.0
And hope deceived us too.... It's not our land!,0.0
"But soon the mournful certainty you guess,",1.0
And leap to shore; and there you call in vain,1.0
On all you loved.... Throughout the silent streets,0.0
"May trembling steal along, and tell the tale;",0.0
"While on the ruins some lone maniac sits,",2.0
"And, as he points to where the chasm yawned,",1.0
Boasts of the treasures earth preserves for him;,0.0
"Or, while a sudden beam of reason darts,",0.0
"Screams his discordant anguish, and commands",3.0
"Angel of woe, that from the eternal hand",3.0
"Concealed in evil's garb;.... angel of woe,",5.0
The horrid path where Madness stalks along,0.0
"In fancied majesty, or from his cell",2.0
"Sends the loud shriek, or more afflicting laugh;",3.0
"And, as I hurried from the overwhelming scene,",2.0
"Have shuddering owned thy awful presence there,....",3.0
"The silent corpse to speak again, and urge",0.0
The eyes for ever closed to open once more,0.0
And beam as they were wont:.... and I have walked,2.0
"In slow procession to the opening grave,",3.0
And seen thee triumph when the earth received,0.0
"The form beloved, and the deep bursting groan",4.0
"Bespoke affliction's forced composure over,",0.0
And agony victorious! I have gazed,2.0
"Upon the guilty wretch, when, doomed to die,",0.0
"Terror has vanquished him, and his pale cheek",4.0
"While, to his startled fancy, in the rear",0.0
"Of Death came judgement, and the world to come",2.0
"Unfolded all its horrors! There, OH there,",2.0
How on the sultry suffocating breath,1.0
"Of livid pestilence, thou, floating wide,",1.0
Hast done thy master's bidding! Vain were then,0.0
The ties of nature! from the parent's grasp,1.0
"The child has forced its once sustaining hand,",0.0
"While the fond parent, from his dying child",3.0
"But when the earthquake's varied horrors come,",1.0
"All, all thy ministers are waiting round,",1.0
"Fear, Madness, Pestilence, Pain, Famine, Death,",3.0
And all the AGONIES COMBINED are there!,1.0
"The ancient pile, and circling scenes display,",0.0
"Enthusiastic rapture fires my soul,",0.0
And admiration reigns without control.,0.0
"I see, or is it fancy that portrays?",1.0
The prospect stand before my ardent gaze:,0.0
"Surprised I see a new Elysium rise,",2.0
"In pomp august, before my wondering eyes.",5.0
"With joy I view the sweetly, varied scene,",0.0
"The winding vale, and groves of vernal green.",0.0
"The garden will my fancy long detain,",1.0
And there fair fields that wave with yellow grain.,2.0
"The blooming trees that form a sylvan shade,",0.0
And those sweet bowers for contemplation made.,4.0
"Would some propitious power but grant my boon,",2.0
"Take me aloft, and safe convey with care,",2.0
Straight to the bonny blooming banks of Air;,0.0
And all its beauties joyfully survey.,1.0
"The gothic structure, and its fair domains,",1.0
Most amply would compensate all my pains.,2.0
"With you, dear Jenny, I would pass some hours,",3.0
Amongst its shady walks and fragrant bowers.,0.0
"Of poetry and poets talk by turns,",1.0
"While Gay's unhappy Fate thy Ear attends,",0.0
"Thy generous Heart, which never learnt the Way,",2.0
"A Friend or to deceive, or to betray:",2.0
"Not Law, infectious, can pollute thy Breast:",1.0
"With Justice and Humanity endowed,",2.0
"You shine, distinguished, mid a venal Crowd.",0.0
"WEll, since in spite of all that Love can do,",0.0
I'll just grow Wise and Philosophic too:,1.0
I'll bid these tender silly things Farewell;,1.0
"And Love, with thy great Antidote, expel:",2.0
"I'll tread the same Ambitious Paths with thee,",0.0
And Glory too shall be my Deity.,1.0
"And now I'll once release my Train of Fools,",0.0
In Sheer good Nature to the Loving Souls;,1.0
Is all that ever deserved a Smile from me.,2.0
"Would not accept, though of a MONARCH's heart.",2.0
"And therefore flattering hopes, and wishes too,",3.0
No more to its Imperious Yoke I'll bow;,3.0
Pride and Resentment fortify me now.,2.0
My Inclinations are reversed; nor can,1.0
"I but abhor the Slavery of Man,",2.0
How ever the empty Lords of Nature boast,2.0
"Over me, their Fond Prerogative is lost:",2.0
"For, Uncontrolled, I thus resolve to rove,",0.0
"And hear no more of Hymen, or of Love:",2.0
No more such Wild Fantastic things shall Charm:,0.0
"No more for Farce; I'll make a Lover Creep,",0.0
In pure Revenge to their Audacious hopes;,1.0
"Though at my Feet a thousand Victims lay,",0.0
I'd proudly spurn the Whining Slaves away.,0.0
"Deaf, as the Winds, or Theron, would I prove,",0.0
"And hear no more of Hymen, or of Love.",2.0
"Like bright Diana now I'll range the Woods,",0.0
And haunt the silent Shades and silver Floods,0.0
"I'll find out the Remotest Paths I can,",1.0
"Where I'll Indulge my Liberty and Bliss,",2.0
"Now, Cupid, Mourn; the enlargement of my fate",4.0
"I could have made thy Taper burn more bright,",0.0
"'Twas I directed that successful dart,",2.0
"Yet think no more my freedom to surprise,",2.0
"And every flattering Smile, and every Grace,",2.0
My Pride and Resolutions may deface:,1.0
"For from those eyes for ever I'll remove,",2.0
To shun the Sight of what I would not love:,0.0
"To form the little angry God a dart,",0.0
I'll yet defy his rage to touch my Heart:,0.0
"For though my years compel me to disdain,",2.0
"It's yet some satisfaction to my Mind,",1.0
I for his sake abandon all Mankind.,2.0
"My Prouder Muse, to love no more a slave,",1.0
"Shall Sing the Gust, the Fortunate and Brave,",1.0
And urge my Breast with a more active fire.,1.0
"May New Successes wait upon thy Sword,",0.0
May all thou dost thy Character complete;,1.0
"And, like thy self, be loyal still and great:",0.0
"While in an equal Orb as free I move,",0.0
"And think no more of Hymen, or of Love.",2.0
"Pollio, by nature formed in courts to shine,",1.0
Wilt thou once more a kind attention lend,0.0
To thy long absent and forgotten friend;,3.0
"Who after seas and mountains wandered over,",0.0
"Returned at length to his own native shore,",1.0
Beneath the shades of his paternal seat,1.0
Has found that Happiness he sought in vain,1.0
At soft Italian sounds to melt away;,0.0
Or in the fragrant groves of myrtle stray;,0.0
Or makes the fond possessor truly blessed.,0.0
In our own breasts the source of Pleasure lies,0.0
"Still open, and still flowing to the wise;",4.0
"Beyond the bounds of nature to aspire,",1.0
But in its proper channels gliding fair;,0.0
"A common benefit, which all may share,",1.0
"Yet half mankind this easy Good disdain,",1.0
"False is their taste of bliss, and thence their search is vain.",0.0
"So idle, yet so restless are our minds,",1.0
"We climb the Alps, and brave the raging winds,",0.0
"Through various toils to seek Content we roam,",2.0
Which but with thinking right were our's at home.,0.0
For not the ceaseless change of shifted place,0.0
Can from the heart a settled grief erase;,1.0
Nor can the purer balm of foreign air,1.0
"The wretch by wild impatience driven to rove,",2.0
"From pole to pole the fatal arrow bears,",0.0
"Whose rooted point his bleeding bosom tears,",0.0
And is himself that torment which he flies.,2.0
"For how should ills, that from our passions flow,",1.0
"Or how can aught but powerful Reason cure,",3.0
What from unthinking Folly we endure?,2.0
"Happy is He, and He alone, who knows",2.0
His heart's uneasy discord to compose;,1.0
In generous love of others' good to find,2.0
The sweetest pleasures of the social mind;,1.0
To bound his wishes in their proper sphere;,0.0
"To nourish pleasing hope, and conquer anxious fear,",0.0
"This was the wisdom ancient Sages taught,",1.0
This was the sovereign good they justly sought;,1.0
"This to no place or climate is confined,",3.0
But the free native produce of the mind.,3.0
"Nor think, my Lord, that Courts to you deny",1.0
The useful practise of Philosophy:,2.0
"Horace, the wisest of the tuneful choir,",3.0
"Not always chose from Greatness to retire,",1.0
But in the palace of Augustus knew,1.0
His study and his happiness he made.,2.0
"May you, my friend, by his example taught,",2.0
View all the giddy scene with sober thought;,0.0
And in the mid of slavish forms be free;,0.0
In its own centre keep your steady mind;,0.0
"In show, in manners, act the Courtier's part,",0.0
"WHEN urged by Honour, from thy Sight I flew,",0.0
"And scarce would breath one tender soft adieu,",0.0
"From thy dear Face I turned my gazing Eyes,",2.0
"Suppressed the Tears, and checked the rising Sighs.",0.0
"I fled from you, but could not fly from Love.",1.0
"O do not then, my lovely Swain, accuse",0.0
"My Want of Truth, nor charge on me thy Woes:",1.0
"For every Pain which racks thy faithful Breast,",0.0
A thousand more my anxious Soul oppressed;,0.0
"Sorrows for which Description's all too faint,",3.0
And equal Misery alone can paint.,1.0
"My first, my last, and still my only Care.",0.0
"My hapless Flame nor Time nor Absence cures,",0.0
Still constant to the Vows which made me yours.,2.0
"Each Wish, and every fond Desire the same.",0.0
"Nor can thy Pen one piercing Woe reveal,",1.0
Which thy Ardelia does not equal feel.,2.0
"Ah, dear Idea of my lovely Swain!",1.0
"Ah, soft Remembrance of my former Pain!",1.0
Why to my anxious Breast do you return?,1.0
Why wake a Flame which must for ever burn?,0.0
"Still shall that lovely Image charm my View,",0.0
And those dear Accents all my Grief renew:,2.0
"Still must I love, though Honour Love deny,",3.0
And bids me from the dangerous Charmer fly.,3.0
"Ah then how vain, how fruitless all my Care?",0.0
"This welcome Absence, this confirmed Despair?",1.0
This cruel Contest between Love and Fame?,3.0
These endless Pangs for which I want a Name?,0.0
In all those Sorrows I alone should bear?,1.0
"All tender as thou wert, all soft and kind,",2.0
"I flew, and with thee left my Soul behind;",1.0
"Just to myself, but more unjust to you.",3.0
Why then my Image dost thou still retain?,0.0
Why for a Wretch unworthy thee complain?,1.0
"OH rather hate me, drive me from your Breast,",2.0
By Scorn and Hate be all thy Soul possessed:,0.0
"Complete thy Cure, and OH assist in mine.",0.0
Why did I love? Why did my easy Heart,0.0
"Admit the dear, but ah too dangerous Dart?",3.0
Why did I not the pleasing Torment shun?,1.0
Why fondly listen to thy soothing Tongue?,1.0
"Quick to my Heart the subtle Poison stole,",0.0
"Charmed all my Senses, and enslaved my Soul;",1.0
Then thy prevailing Eloquence could charm.,2.0
"Those tender Vows, and I'll believe them true:",1.0
"Let me once more behold those melting Eyes,",2.0
Where Love a thousand nameless Charms supplies:,0.0
"The soft Enchantment shall my Fears control,",0.0
And Love claim all his Empire in my Soul.,1.0
Ah! whether would my boundless Wishes rove?,0.0
"Still, still am I enslaved by guilty Love!",2.0
"Still shall its lawless Fires my Soul profane,",0.0
And is my boasted Virtue but a Name?,2.0
"No; I'll forget thee, drive thee from my Breast,",3.0
"Yet how forget, when every Thought is thine?",1.0
Even Life itself were easier to resign.,3.0
"To lonely Shades in vain I fly for Ease,",0.0
"There secret sigh, and feed the sweet Disease.",0.0
"On thy dear Name I call, and all around",2.0
The whispering Winds repeat the charming Sound.,2.0
"It's thus I wear the anxious Hours away,",0.0
Till Night restores the Sorrows of the Day.,1.0
Then does thy Image to my Eyes appear;,1.0
"But ah! with Looks averse, and Frowns severe;",0.0
"Still as you seem to chide me with your Eyes,",1.0
"My own in streaming Tears to yours replies,",1.0
"O stay, I cry, thou charming Phantom stay,",0.0
Or with thee take my fleeting Soul away!,1.0
And waking find the dear Delusion gone.,0.0
Does she like thee all cold and cruel seem?,0.0
"Or does the pensive Shade soft Sorrows wear,",1.0
"Heave the faint Sigh, and shed the mimic Tear?",3.0
"On thy loved Breast her painful Head recline,",2.0
And tell thee that her Torments equal thine.,2.0
Why can I not this fatal Flame remove?,0.0
"Or why, OH why is it a Crime to love?",1.0
"By Turns my Reason and my Passion sway,",1.0
"My tortured Breast conflicting Passions tear,",0.0
And Love and Virtue wage unequal War:,0.0
"Now all its sacred Precepts I pursue,",2.0
Lost for a while is every Thought of you.,0.0
"But o! again the guilty Lover burns,",1.0
And all the Woman in my Soul returns;,0.0
"Again my Bosom glows with soft Desire,",0.0
And hope returning fans the fatal Fire.,0.0
"Seas rolls between us, but the active Mind",2.0
"Still springs to thee, and leaves its load behind.",1.0
"O should some happy Chance to us unknown,",1.0
Without a Crime confirm me all thy own.,0.0
"O! let my Soul the pleasing Hope retain,",0.0
One Hour of Joy repays whole Years of Pain!,2.0
To suffering Martyrs thus such Hopes are given;,0.0
Such Views of promised Joys and future Heaven.,0.0
"For this resigned they calmly meet their Fate,",1.0
Conscious of Blessings in a happier State.,4.0
"STILL was the night, and gently rolled the wave,",0.0
"When Almond's banks a pensive poet sought,",0.0
"And free from care his rustic lay attuned,",0.0
"When, lo! by some superior power compelled,",4.0
"The silver waves in equal parts divide,",0.0
"And thence two lovely virgin forms arise,",1.0
Who thus with accent soft the bard bespeak:,1.0
"Be thine the task our hapless fate to sing,",0.0
"While we, OH Bard, thy rustic verse inspire,",3.0
"Still on these banks our pensive spirits stray,",0.0
In ages past we were for friendship famed;,1.0
"Nor love, nor death, our friendship could destroy.",0.0
"One happy youth, by both alike beloved,",0.0
While he for each with equal passion burned.,0.0
"For us, on yonder hill, a bower he built,",3.0
To meet the willing partners of his love;,1.0
"But when at once the azure skies we sought,",0.0
"Over our remains a simple tomb he reared,",1.0
"Then died, and joined us in the realms of light.",0.0
"Oh! from our tender tale this moral learn,",0.0
That real friendship lives beyond the grave;,1.0
"And when from earth removed it seeks the skies,",0.0
"It then for ever burns a flame serene,",0.0
"The Almond's willing waves again divide,",0.0
And from his sight the lovely phantoms sink.,1.0
"AS those we dearly love resign their breath,",1.0
"Living we taste the bitterness of death,",3.0
"And while life hovers over the languid frame,",3.0
Plead the strong tie to fan the expiring flame;,4.0
"Reluctant to the tomb their clay we trust,",1.0
And moisten with our tears the silent dust;,1.0
"Chained to this earth our weak ideas lie,",0.0
Nor trace the spirit to its native sky.,1.0
"Much honoured shade forgive this falling tear,",1.0
"The selfish sorrow that could wish thee here,",0.0
"From every mortal care securely free,",0.0
Thou never shalt feel what now is felt for thee.,3.0
"Death fixed his seal and stamped thy virtues true,",1.0
"Thy life's fair page the faithful Muse would view,",1.0
And there religion spread a pleasing charm;,1.0
Pure as its precepts as its prospects warm;,2.0
"There soft compassion met the tale of grief,",0.0
"How loved how valued in each social tie,",0.0
"Witness the falling tear, the heart-felt sigh:",3.0
"Thus loved, thus mourned, our comforts pass away,",2.0
Till death discloses a celestial day.,1.0
"Below the Majesty of British Verse,",1.0
"TO assist them in their great Designs, to paint",1.0
"What mortal Painter can suffice? Descend,",1.0
"OH Goddess of Celestial Imagery,",3.0
And Graces that can charm the rudest Minds.,0.0
Thy Influence makes the Pen's immortal Draught,2.0
Victorious over the Pencil's dying Toil.,4.0
"Goddess, descend then, and inspire my Song,",3.0
That it with native Majesty may rise,1.0
"High, as the sacred Spring from which it flows,",0.0
"In such a moving, such a melting Strain,",1.0
"That with Concern the listening World may hear,",1.0
"And for the greater Pomp of piercing Woe,",1.0
"Muse, show Britannia to her mournful Lyre,",2.0
"Lamenting all the Virtues of her QUEEN,",1.0
"All the great Actions of her wondrous Reign,",3.0
In which the Terror of the British Arms,1.0
Their Fame beyond the Ocean's farthest Waves.,0.0
"Then let her wring her late victorious Arms,",2.0
"Muse, paint her Woe, accompanied with Care,",2.0
"And black Mistrust, and with tormenting Fear,",2.0
"Of vile and murderous Idolatry,",2.0
Of shameful Slavery and endless Woe.,1.0
"But short, OH Goddess, be the mournful Draught,",1.0
For lo! the wondrous Hand of God appears.,0.0
"Draw what no mortal Painter ever could draw,",3.0
"And show Britannia passing in an Hour,",2.0
"From Fear to Hope, to Joy, to Ecstasy,",1.0
"TO immortal Ecstasy, from killing Woe.",2.0
"For lo! the wondrous Hand of God appears,",0.0
"Been for whole Ages into Factions rent,",2.0
"All in a Moment, by a secret Force,",1.0
"Unanimously Hearts and Hands they join,",1.0
"Unanimously, with a noble Fire",2.0
"Their rightful King, the Royal GEORGE, proclaim.",0.0
"Hark how aloud with one Accord they cry,",3.0
"Long live the Royal GEORGE, long may he live,",3.0
"And happy may he reign! Bless him, you Powers,",3.0
"Shower down your choicest Blessings on his Head,",2.0
"To happy Britain's Isle! Waft him, you Winds;",2.0
"You Billows, gently in his Passage rise,",0.0
"And gently, in Obeisance to him, fall.",3.0
"Let the calm Ocean recognise it's Lord,",3.0
And land him safely on the longing Shore.,1.0
But who can ever the impatient Longings paint,1.0
"Of Britons, all on Fire to see their King!",0.0
"See how, at his Approach, their Eyes, Voice, Hands,",2.0
The unruly Transport of their Joy declare!,2.0
"An Entertainment worthier Majesty,",3.0
"And far more pleasing to the Monarch's Soul,",2.0
"Than all the pompous Pageantry of State,",1.0
"The low Obeisance, and the prostrate Bows,",3.0
"But these the Loyal Subjects humble Love,",1.0
"And cordial Joy declare. And, lo! he comes,",0.0
"After three Centuries, return from Heaven,",4.0
To execute the vast Designs of Fate.,0.0
"Hark how the Air sounds with redoubled Shouts,",2.0
"While the shrill Trumpets, with their Silver Sounds,",3.0
Inspire a martial and heroic Joy;,1.0
"And our deep Cannons formidable Roar,",3.0
"Bears the transporting Tidings to the Skies,",3.0
And all the Spirits of the blessed rejoice;,1.0
"Chiefly the Souls of the triumphant Slain,",3.0
"Who died to compass this Auspicious Day,",1.0
"He Men and Angels in transporting Joy,",0.0
"Surpasses to behold this sacred Day,",1.0
"William's each Action, and his every Thought.",3.0
"Were destined to secure this Sacred Day,",1.0
"His daily Image, and his nightly Dream:",1.0
"For this Great William lived, and reigned, and died.",2.0
"But whither, Muse, dost thou transported rove?",1.0
"And to the King thy Eyes and Thoughts confine,",1.0
On whom the Eyes of Gods and Men are fixed:,0.0
"Behold him well with thy immortal Eyes,",1.0
"Paint him with native Majesty adorned,",1.0
"But heightened with a thousand great Exploits,",2.0
Where he for twenty Years victorious fought,2.0
Against the Foe of all the Christian World:,0.0
"Even then the Great Defender of the Faith,",1.0
"And Champion of the Almighty, under him",3.0
"Spotless Religion will be still secure,",3.0
In Spite of all the Attacks of Rome and Hell.,1.0
"Muse, Paint no Terror on his Regal Brow;",3.0
But Love and Majesty together blend;,1.0
And let him look a King resolved to rule,0.0
"Over his Subject's Hearts: Even God himself,",5.0
"The Almighty Ruler of the Universe,",2.0
"Remains unsatisfied with all his Power,",0.0
Unless he has the Hearts of those he rules.,1.0
"If they over senseless Matter only reign,",0.0
"Are but Dramatic Kings; to rule over Souls,",6.0
"Over intelligent, immortal Beings,",3.0
"Is true Dominion, true Imperial Sway.",2.0
"Muse, paint the King, a Monarch, not by Halves,",1.0
But let him reign over all his Subjects Hearts.,3.0
"A King who reigns by Parties, is a King",1.0
"Only of half his Subjects; and the Lord,",3.0
"Who has the Affections of the other half,",2.0
Is truly King of that. Let Royal GEORGE,1.0
Possess them all; let him deserve them all,2.0
"By his just, gentle, and impartial Sway.",2.0
"And that the King may rule over all our Hearts,",3.0
"Grant him, Thou God of Concord and of Love,",1.0
"Grant him the Glory to unite those Hearts,",2.0
"Heal our Divisions, and our Factions calm.",3.0
"And as thy great creating Power at first,",2.0
From warring Elements composed the World;,1.0
"So from our jarring Factions, may the King",2.0
"Form an harmonious and a glorious State,",5.0
"That Britain, like thy Heaven, serene within,",0.0
"May send its Lightning and its Thunder forth,",1.0
Exhort thy Britains to fraternal Love;,1.0
"It's our Divisions that have made us weak,",1.0
"But mutual Love will make us once more strong,",2.0
"With neighbouring Nations will retrieve our Fame,",3.0
And place the Ballance of the Christian Power,1.0
In Royal GEORGE's formidable Arm.,1.0
"Unite then, Britains, join both Hearts and Hands;",2.0
The barbarous Distinction of vile Names,3.0
"For ever be removed; be Britons all,",0.0
And look with Indignation and Disdain,1.0
"To divide those whom Heaven and Nature meant,",1.0
Should be within our selves for ever one.,1.0
"Names that debase the Majesty of Verse,",2.0
"Odious Distinctions, mean but the same Thing.",2.0
"A King by Law from doing Harm restrained,",0.0
But boundless in his Power of doing Good;,2.0
"Over all Persons, over all Things supreme,",4.0
Except Superior and Imperial Law.,5.0
"A People free, and ruled by Laws they make,",0.0
"A Church in its own Excellence secure,",2.0
"And mean Mistrusts, and vain fantastic Fears,",0.0
"Relying firmly on established Law,",1.0
"And Promises Divine, which have decreed,",1.0
"That all the Rage of Earth, and Rage of Hell,",0.0
Against its Sacred Power shall never prevail.,4.0
"And the Dissenter from established Rites,",2.0
"The sober, scrupulous, conscientious Man,",2.0
"With both the other, since they then all three",0.0
"In Interest and Principle are one,",2.0
"Let them be three by barbarous Terms no more,",2.0
"Let them all three be to each other true,",1.0
"As to the original Compact they are just,",2.0
"Let the Dissenter venerate the Church,",2.0
"Towards those who differ from her Sacred Rites,",1.0
As surely knowing nothing can create,1.0
"Danger to her, but Want of Love Divine.",1.0
And with our Frame of Government; for those,2.0
"Who would be too much bound, or too much free;",0.0
"Those let us now endeavour to reclaim,",1.0
Since they were born our Brothers and our Friends.,1.0
"Then let the few, of old Republics fond,",0.0
Can never consist with Democratic Sway;,2.0
"Would you be governed well, or governed ill?",0.0
"What Fool, what Brute, would not be governed well?",0.0
One active and beneficent required;,4.0
"And all the sounding Bog, whom Instinct taught",0.0
"The Right which Nature gave, with one Accord",1.0
"Now view the Earth from London to Japan,",2.0
"Take a Survey of its most boundless Lords,",2.0
"Let it be Sultan, Sophy, Tsar, Mogul:",3.0
"Whoever governs well, he rules by Law,",0.0
By written or eternal Law he rules;,1.0
The Law promulgated in human Hearts.,5.0
"Even the great Ruler of the Universe,",3.0
Governs by written or eternal Law;,3.0
But for observing or transgressing Law;,2.0
"But in hereditary Realms, how few",0.0
Are qualified to rule by Reason's Law?,0.0
"Perhaps not four in ten successive Kings,",0.0
"The rest must govern then by stated Rule,",0.0
"Whoever in Realms hereditary then,",2.0
"Declare for boundless Power and boundless Kings,",2.0
"They for ill Government in Terms declare,",3.0
"And are to all their Fellow Subjects Foes,",1.0
"And Traitors to their Kings; for stated Law,",1.0
"Which alone makes the Safety of the Ruled,",4.0
Makes the sole firm Security of Kings;,4.0
"And never Prince, in Kingdoms ruled by Law,",0.0
"While Law prevailed, by freeborn Subjects fell.",0.0
"But thousands, where unbounded Power prevailed,",2.0
"While feeble Principle, to Nature's Power",1.0
As Roman and as Turkish Records tell;,1.0
"Where Slaves upon unbounded Lords depend,",0.0
"Upon those Slaves the unbounded Lords depend,",2.0
"Let him then, who for boundless Power declares,",2.0
"Either recant, or own himself a Foe",2.0
"To Prince, to People, and to human Kind;",1.0
"And if he dares to own himself that Foe,",1.0
"Let him by Prince, by People, and Mankind,",2.0
"An universal Outlaw be proclaimed,",1.0
And like devoted noxious Creatures used.,0.0
"But if, repenting, he desires a King,",2.0
"A King the just Executor of Law,",1.0
"Instead of an unjust and baleful Tyrant,",1.0
The bloody Executioner of Will;,1.0
By that Desire he Royal GEORGE demands:,0.0
"For none of all our Regal Race, but he,",0.0
"Dares rule by written or eternal Law,",2.0
"And disciplined to barbarous Tyranny,",4.0
"Will scorn all Bounds, and make his Power his Law.",2.0
"But Royal GEORGE, even in his native Realm,",3.0
Where he was less restrained by written Law;,0.0
Yet there with Justice and with Mercy ruled;,1.0
His comprehensive Reason was his Law.,1.0
"To his hereditary Subjects dear,",1.0
"The common tender Father of them all,",1.0
"Who his Departure for Britannia saw,",4.0
"With the same Grief, and the same Horror struck,",4.0
"See the Departure of the Lord of Day,",3.0
"With Joy, you Britons, under such a King.",1.0
To the two ancient Kingdoms of our Isle.,3.0
"James I James gave one Monarch, Anna gave one Law;",3.0
"For GEORGE the happier Union is reserved,",3.0
The Union of Affections and of Hearts;,2.0
"That Union makes both King and People blessed,",1.0
"Makes him the greatest, most renowned of Kings,",0.0
And us a People worthy such a King.,2.0
"To bring back what is past, the present to record,",2.0
"The future to foresee, and to unite",2.0
"Whatever has been, and is, and what shall be.",2.0
"What wondrous Blessings will on Britain flow,",1.0
"Under the King united to itself,",3.0
"While he with Justice and with Mercy rules,",1.0
With Plenty we and Liberty obey.,2.0
"That Union in the King will place a Power,",0.0
"A formidable but a legal Power,",2.0
"On which our Western Tyrants will look pale,",2.0
And all his Subjects look with cheerful Hue:,0.0
"With which he sets, to each proud Tyrant, Bars,",1.0
"And says, as God does to the Ocean's Waves,",1.0
"Here fix thy Bounds, here stop thy aspiring Course;",2.0
"Will make fair Liberty immortal here,",2.0
"Will make his Subjects blessed, secure, renowned.",0.0
"Woe to that guilty Tyrant, who shall then",0.0
"Provoke him to resume the dreadful Sword,",0.0
To lead his Britons and his Germans forth,1.0
"To meet bright Victory on Belgian Plains,",2.0
"Where they have oft the radiant Goddess met,",0.0
Where oft the radiant Goddess has been pleased,0.0
To bless and crown the Union of their Arms.,1.0
What Vengeance will that impious Tyrant urge?,3.0
What hideous and amazing Ruin draw,3.0
"In vain he shall new Fortresses erect,",2.0
As Giants Mountains upon Mountains hurled,5.0
To threat Religion and assail the Skies:,1.0
"With his avenging Thunder; and his Son,",2.0
"Shall, like the God of War, among them rush,",0.0
"While Dread before him and Amazement march,",1.0
And Slaughter and Destruction stalk behind.,1.0
What numerous Triumphs shall we then behold,2.0
"Upon the Land, upon the astonished Main?",2.0
"Again Great Marlborough to the Germane Alps,",4.0
With old victorious Squadrons shall be sent;,2.0
"The Germane Alps shall tremble at his March,",5.0
And from their Summits shake the eternal Snow.,3.0
And in its Field another Emperor saved;,2.0
"And fifty Forts and Provinces entire,",1.0
"Which Perfidy, and Fraud, and impious Gold,",4.0
"Could scarce in fifty guilty Years acquire,",0.0
Shall in one Hour before the Conqueror fall.,2.0
"And make him apprehend, as at La Hogue,",1.0
TO exhaust and to devour his watery Realm.,6.0
Our impious Foes shall from all Seas be driven;,3.0
"Nor shall the Ocean, which confines the World,",0.0
"Both shall to new astonished Worlds extend,",0.0
Where on the Skies the ambitious Earth confines;,2.0
"Shall reach the Stars, and terminate in Heaven.",0.0
"Our Ships shall over the Atlantic Ocean range,",1.0
"From Florida to the far Southern Cape,",3.0
Where the two Seas their Names and Waves confound,3.0
"In Triumph the pacific Billows plough,",1.0
From California to rich Chili's Shore;,2.0
"Shall captivate the Vessels of both Floods,",2.0
"Their Forts demolish, and their Towns destroy,",1.0
"And Panama, and Royal Lima spoil;",0.0
"Confound the Hope of the aspiring Gaul,",1.0
"Return with the vast Treasure of the West,",3.0
And bring home Riches to amaze the World.,2.0
"Dreadful, alas! shall spread that War, and wide,",2.0
Infecting Sea and Land with Purple Die.,0.0
"But short shall be its transitory Rage,",0.0
"And it shall end in Victory and Fame,",2.0
Eternal Fame to Britain and her King.,1.0
"And then a glorious everlasting Peace,",2.0
"Crowned with domestic Quiet shall succeed,",2.0
"And brood over Britain with her downy Wings,",3.0
To hatch Felicity and Plenty here.,1.0
Then the wise Conduct of the best of Kings,0.0
"The Rich with flowing Plenty will overwhelm,",2.0
Employ and nourish our yet numerous Poor;,3.0
Our Manufactures will increase and raise;,1.0
"Our Commerce will improve, and will extend,",2.0
And to our Side incline the ponderous Scale;,3.0
"While he, the Ocean's undisputed Lord,",0.0
"As strictly on the rude, tempestuous Main,",4.0
"The Numbers of his Subjects he'll augment,",2.0
Diminished much by three devouring Wars;,2.0
"Extend our Culture, and improve our Soil;",1.0
"While his bold Britons plough the furrowed Deep,",2.0
And reap a plentiful and living Harvest.,1.0
"In the cool Shade of his own branching Vine,",2.0
And with its Juice make his poor Brothers glad.,4.0
But when this glorious long continued Peace,2.0
"Shall advance Commerce to its utmost Height,",6.0
"Base Poverty, and baser Passions then",5.0
For ever shall be banished from our Isle.,1.0
"The Riches of the Earth, the Joys of Heaven",1.0
The Eastern and the Western World shall vie,1.0
Which shall add most to our increasing Store.,1.0
"The Merchant shall in sparkling Ruby drink,",0.0
"The happy Shepherd, with his rural Crook,",1.0
"Shall the dumb Kingdom under him survey,",3.0
"Shall see his wanton and his fattening Flock,",1.0
"Under their ponderous Fleeces proudly pant,",4.0
And hourly multiply. The whistling Hind,0.0
"Large Interest to extort for what he lends,",2.0
"And for mild Seasons and a gentle Reign,",3.0
"Shall praise aloud the Goodness of the King,",1.0
And the indulgent Clemency of Heaven.,2.0
"Fair Liberty shall, like the British Oak,",2.0
"The long lived Oak, grow tall, and branching spread,",2.0
And Virtue under Liberty grow strong.,2.0
"For ever Property shall be secure,",1.0
The Public Credit be forever fixed.,0.0
"The busy Britons, like industrious Bees,",2.0
"Shall drive the idle Drones from forth their Hives,",0.0
And Idleness be deemed the Source of every Vice.,1.0
Pernicious Luxury shall be restrained,1.0
"That none his Patrimonial Lands may waste,",0.0
And so by dire Necessity be urged,2.0
"To sell his Country, and his King betray.",1.0
And Fraud beyond the Ocean shall be driven;,0.0
"And Faith, and every Virtue dwell secure.",0.0
Devotion to the Heaven of Heavens shall soar,2.0
"Upon the flaming Wings of Charity,",1.0
And fall again in Blessings on Mankind.,2.0
"While vile Mistrust, and vain fantastic Fear,",0.0
"And Envy, Hatred, Malice, Rage, Revenge,",0.0
"Shall take their Flight to Tyrants Courts Abroad,",0.0
"Or take their Flight to Hell, and plague the Damned.",0.0
"No Passion here but Love shall reign and Joy,",1.0
The lawful and the charming Child of Love.,1.0
"Each noble Art shall flourish, as in Days",1.0
"Of Great Augustus, or Great Alexander.",2.0
"Goddess, to Thee a Temple we'll erect,",2.0
Peace owes its noblest Ornaments: To thee,2.0
"Distinguished Merit owes its chief Reward,",0.0
And Virtues self its Immortality.,1.0
"To celebrate the Blessings, and the Joys,",1.0
Of this renowned and everlasting Peace.,1.0
"Thy noblest Sons their Transports shall employ,",0.0
Virtue and public Spirit to advance;,3.0
"And great and public Actions to record,",1.0
And to reward with everlasting Fame;,1.0
To fix on Traitors an eternal Brand;,1.0
"That with their Lies intoxicate the Crowd,",0.0
And make the Beasts run dangerously mad;,2.0
While from immortal Merit they detract,2.0
"Heroic Victories, heroic Deeds,",1.0
"To which its Happiness, their Country owes",1.0
"Its Safety, Spirit, Strength, and high Renown.",0.0
"On these a Brand eternal shall be fixed,",1.0
Eternal Laurels on our Heroes Heads.,1.0
And a peculiar Province shall be given;,1.0
"But their heroic Transports all shall join,",1.0
"To celebrate the King's auspicious Reign,",0.0
"And his immortal Name to extend as far,",3.0
"As his high Conduct brave, and just, and wise,",2.0
"GRACE said in form, which Sceptics must agree,",1.0
When they are told that Grace was said by Me;,0.0
"On the proud Landlord, and his threadbare guest;",2.0
"The King gone round, my Lady too withdrawn,",1.0
"My Lord, in usual taste, began to yawn,",2.0
"With an insipid kind of stupid stare,",1.0
"Picking his teeth, twirling his seals about ' --",4.0
"CHURCHILL, You have a Poem coming out.",2.0
"Your Muse in general is too severe,",1.0
"Her Spirit seems her interest to oppose,",1.0
"And, where She makes one friend, makes twenty foes.",1.0
But only feel it as a thing of course.,1.0
"The Man, whose hardy Spirit shall engage",0.0
"To lash the vices of a guilty age,",1.0
"At his first setting forward ought to know,",2.0
"That every rogue he meets must be his foe,",0.0
That the rude breath of Satire will provoke,4.0
"Many who feel, and more who fear the stroke.",2.0
But shall the partial rage of selfish men,0.0
"From stubborn Justice wrench the righteous pen,",0.0
"Or shall I not my settled course pursue,",0.0
"Because my foes, are foes to Virtue too?",0.0
"What is this boasted Virtue, taught in Schools,",0.0
And idly drawn from antiquated rules?,0.0
What is her Use? point out one wholesome end?,2.0
"Will She hurt foes, or can She make a Friend?",2.0
"When from long fasts fierce appetites arise,",4.0
Can this same Virtue stifle Nature's cries?,2.0
"Can She the pittance of a meal afford,",2.0
Or bid thee welcome to one great Man's board?,2.0
When Northern winds the rough December arm,0.0
"With frost and snow, can Virtue keep thee warm?",0.0
"Barely by saying, Thou art Virtue's Son?",3.0
"Or by base blundering Statesmen sent to jail,",4.0
Will MANSFIELD take this Virtue for thy bail?,2.0
"Believe it not, the Name is in disgrace,",0.0
Virtue and TEMPLE now are out of place.,3.0
"True Virtue means, let Reason use her eyes,",2.0
"Nothing with Fools, and Interest with the Wise.",3.0
Nor madly triumph in so mean a name:,0.0
And leave to Virtue poverty and scorn.,1.0
Let Prudence be thy guide; who does not know,1.0
How seldom Prudence can with Virtue go?,1.0
"To be Successful try thy utmost force,",1.0
And Virtue follows as a thing of course.,1.0
"Of that kind Master who first gave him bread,",2.0
"Breaks every public, every private band,",1.0
"Betrays a Brother, and would cheat a Son:",1.0
What mortal in his senses can endure,1.0
"By all detested live, and die forgot;",0.0
"Let him, a poor return, in every breath",0.0
"Feel all death's pains, yet be whole years in death,",1.0
Is now the general cry we all pursue;,0.0
"Let FORTUNE change, and PRUDENCE changes too,",1.0
"Supple and pliant a new system feels,",4.0
"Peace to such Men, if such Men can have peace,",0.0
"Let their Possessions, let their State increase,",2.0
"Let their base services in Courts strike root,",5.0
"And in the season bring forth golden fruit,",1.0
"I envy not; let those who have the will,",2.0
"And, with so little Spirit, so much skill,",2.0
With such vile instruments their fortunes carve;,3.0
"Rogues may grow fat, an Honest man dares starve.",4.0
"For once to real life, and quit Romance.",3.0
Starve! pretty talking! but I fain would view,2.0
"That man, that honest man would do it too.",0.0
"And dart from pole to pole thy strengthened eye,",0.0
"Through all that space You shall not view one man,",0.0
"Not one, who dares to act on such a plan.",1.0
"Cowards in calms will say, what in a storm",2.0
"The Brave will tremble at, and not perform.",0.0
"What Proof might do, what Hunger might effect,",0.0
"What famished Nature, looking with neglect",1.0
"On all She once held dear, what Fear, at strife",1.0
"With fainting Virtue for the means of life,",1.0
"Might make this coward flesh, in love with breath,",0.0
"Shuddering at pain, and shrinking back from death,",1.0
"In treason to my soul, descend to bear,",1.0
"Trusting to Fate, I neither know, nor care,",2.0
"Once, at this hour those wounds afresh I feel,",0.0
"Which nor Prosperity nor Time can heal,",2.0
"Those wounds, which Fate severely hath decreed,",0.0
"Mentioned or thought of, must for ever bleed,",2.0
"Those wounds, which humbled all that pride of Man,",0.0
Which brings such mighty aid to Virtue's plan;,0.0
"Once, awed by Fortune's most oppressive frown,",1.0
"My Credit at last gasp, my State undone,",1.0
"Trembling to meet the shock I could not shun,",1.0
"Virtue gave ground, and blank despair prevailed;",3.0
"Sinking beneath the storm, my Spirits failed,",2.0
"Like PETER's Faith, till One, a Friend indeed,",1.0
"May all distress find such in time of need,",2.0
"One kind good Man, in act, in word, in thought,",0.0
"By Virtue guided, and by Wisdom taught,",1.0
"Image of him whom Christians should adore,",1.0
"Stretched forth his hand, and brought me safe to shore.",1.0
"Since, by good fortune into notice raised,",0.0
"And for some little merit largely praised,",1.0
"Hated by Rogues, and not beloved by Fools,",2.0
"Placed above want, shall abject thirst of wealth",3.0
"So fiercely war against my Soul's dearest health,",3.0
"That, as a boon, I should base shackles crave,",1.0
"And, born to Freedom, make myself a slave;",1.0
"That I should in the train of those appear,",1.0
"Whom Honour cannot love, nor Manhood fear?",4.0
"That I no longer skulk from street to street,",2.0
"Afraid least Duns assail, and Bailiffs meet;",1.0
"Walk forth at large, and wander free as air;",1.0
"That I no longer dread the awkward friend,",2.0
"Whose very obligations must offend,",0.0
At suffering favours which I can't return;,0.0
"That, from dependence and from pride secure,",2.0
"I am not placed so high to scorn the poor,",1.0
"Nor yet so low, that I my Lord should fear,",1.0
Or hesitate to give him sneer for sneer;,0.0
"That, while sage Prudence my pursuits confirms,",2.0
I can enjoy the world on equal terms;,1.0
"That, kind to others, to myself most true,",2.0
"Feeling no want, I comfort those who do,",4.0
And with the will have power to aid distress;,3.0
"These, and what other blessings I possess,",2.0
From the indulgence of the PUBLIC rise;,2.0
All private Patronage my Soul defies.,1.0
A generous PUBLIC made me what I Am.,2.0
"All that I have, They gave; just Memory bears,",2.0
"The grateful stamp, and what I am is Theirs.",1.0
"To mouth aloud for liberties and laws,",1.0
"For Public good to bellow all abroad,",0.0
Serves well the purposes of private fraud.,2.0
"Prudence, by Public good intends her own;",2.0
"If You mean otherwise, You stand alone.",2.0
"What do we mean by Country and by Court,",1.0
"What is it to Oppose, what to Support?",2.0
"Mere words of course, and what is more absurd",1.0
Than to pay homage to an empty word!,3.0
"MAJORS and MINORS differ but in name,",3.0
Patriots and Ministers are much the same;,2.0
"The only difference, after all their rout,",0.0
"Is that the One is in, the Other out.",2.0
"Explore the dark recesses of the mind,",4.0
"In the Soul's honest volume read mankind,",3.0
"And own, in wise and simple, great and small,",0.0
The same grand leading Principle in All.,2.0
"Whatever we talk of wisdom to the wise,",4.0
"Of goodness to the good, of public ties",1.0
"Which to our country link, of private bands",0.0
"Which claim most dear attention at our hands,",0.0
"For Parent and for Child, for Wife and Friend,",1.0
"Our first great Mover, and our last great End,",3.0
"Is One, and, by whatever name we call",4.0
"The ruling Tyrant, SELF is All in All.",0.0
"This, which unwilling Faction shall admit,",0.0
"Guided in different ways a BUTE and PITT,",2.0
"Made Tyrants break, made Kings observe the law,",2.0
And gave the world a STUART and NASSAU.,0.0
Hath Nature strange and wild conceit of Pride,0.0
Distinguished thee from all her sons beside?,1.0
"Does Virtue in thy bosom brighter glow,",0.0
Or from a Spring more pure does Action flow?,1.0
Is not thy Soul bound with those very chains,2.0
"Which shackle us, or is that SELF, which reigns",2.0
"Over Kings and Beggars, which in all we see",0.0
"Most strong and sovereign, only weak in Thee?",0.0
"Fond man, believe it not; Experience tells",3.0
"It's not thy Virtue, but thy Pride rebels.",1.0
"Think, and for once lay by thy lawless pen;",2.0
"Think, and confess thyself like other men;",2.0
"Think but one hour, and, to thy Conscience led",1.0
"By Reason's hand, bow down and hang thy head;",2.0
"Think on thy private life, recall thy Youth,",0.0
"View thyself now, and own with strictest truth,",2.0
That SELF hath drawn Thee from fair Virtue's way,2.0
"Farther than Folly would have dared to stray,",2.0
And that the talents liberal Nature gave,0.0
"To make thee free, have made thee more a slave.",0.0
"Quit then, in prudence quit, that idle train",0.0
"Of toys, which have so long abused thy brain,",0.0
And captive led thy powers; with boundless will,3.0
"Let SELF maintain her state and empire still,",1.0
"But let her, with more worthy objects caught,",1.0
Strain all the faculties and force of thought,1.0
To things of higher daring; let her range,0.0
"Through better pastures, and learn how to change;",2.0
"Let her, no longer to weak faction tied,",5.0
"Wisely revolt, and join our stronger side.",2.0
"Ah! what, my Lord, hath private life to do",0.0
With things of public Nature? why to view,0.0
"Would You thus cruelly those scenes unfold,",4.0
"Which, without pain and horror to behold,",4.0
"Must speak me something more, or less than man;",0.0
"Which Friends may pardon, but I never can?",2.0
"Look back! a Thought which borders on despair,",2.0
"Which human Nature must, yet cannot bear.",0.0
"It's not the babbling of a busy world,",1.0
"Where Praise and Censure are at random hurled,",1.0
"Which can the meanest of my thoughts control,",1.0
Or shake one settled purpose of my Soul.,1.0
"Free and at large might their wild curses roam,",2.0
"If All, if All alas! were well at home.",0.0
"No ' --  it's the tale which angry Conscience tells,",0.0
When She with more than tragic horror swells,0.0
"Each circumstance of guilt; when stern, but true,",0.0
She brings bad actions forth into review;,2.0
"And, like the dread handwriting on the wall,",2.0
"Bids late Remorse awake at Reason's call,",1.0
"Armed at all points bids Scorpion Vengeance pass,",3.0
"And to the mind holds up Reflection's glass,",3.0
"The mind, which starting, heaves the heart-felt groan,",1.0
And hates that form She knows to be her own.,0.0
Enough of this ' --  let private sorrows rest ' --,2.0
As to the Public I dare stand the test;,3.0
"Dare proudly boast, I feel no wish above",2.0
"Not all the tyrant powers of earth combined,",2.0
"No, nor of hell, shall make me change my mind.",0.0
"What! herd with men my honest soul disdains,",0.0
"Men who, with servile zeal, are forging chains",0.0
"For Freedom's neck, and lend a helping hand,",0.0
To spread destruction over my native land.,2.0
"What! shall I not, even to my latest breath,",1.0
"In the full face of danger and of death,",4.0
"Exert that little strength which Nature gave,",0.0
"When I look backward for some fifty years,",3.0
And see Protesting Patriots turned to Peers;,2.0
"Hear men, most loose, for decency declaim,",2.0
"And talk of Character, without a name;",1.0
"See Infidels assert the cause of God,",2.0
"See WHITEHEAD take a place, RALPH change his pen,",3.0
"I mock the zeal, and deem the Men in sport,",0.0
"Who rail at Ministers, and curse a Court.",1.0
"Thee, haughty as Thou art, and proud in rhyme,",1.0
"When Virtue sleeps, some Sacrifice to Pride,",0.0
"Or some fair Victim, move to change thy side.",1.0
"Thee shall these eyes behold, to health restored,",0.0
"Using, as Prudence bids, bold Satire's sword,",3.0
"Galling thy present friends, and praising those,",3.0
Whom now thy frenzy holds thy greatest foes.,0.0
"May I, can worse disgrace on manhood fall?",2.0
May I though to his service deeply tied,1.0
"By sacred oaths, and now by will allied",1.0
"With false feigned zeal an injured God defend,",1.0
And use his name for some base private end;,1.0
May I that thought bids double horrors roll,2.0
"Ruin the Virtue which I held most dear,",2.0
"And still must hold; may I, through abject fear,",1.0
"Betray my Friend; may to succeeding times,",1.0
"Engraved on plates of Adamant, my crimes",1.0
"Stand blazing forth, while marked with envious blot,",3.0
Each little act of Virtue is forgot;,1.0
"Of all those evils which, to stamp men cursed,",1.0
"Hell keeps in store for vengeance, may the worst",2.0
"Light on my head, and in my day of woe,",0.0
"To make the cup of bitterness overflow,",2.0
"May I be scorned by every man of worth,",1.0
"Wander, like Cain, a vagabond on earth,",3.0
"Bearing about a Hell in my own mind,",3.0
"Or be to SCOTLAND for my life confined,",1.0
"If I am one amongst the many known,",2.0
Do you reflect what men you make your foes?,1.0
"Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,",0.0
"But not one foe, whom I would wish a friend.",1.0
One WILKES hath made a large amends for all.,0.0
"It's not the Title, whether handed down",1.0
"From age to age, or flowing from the crown",1.0
"In copious streams on recent men, who came",2.0
"From stems unknown, and sires without a name;",0.0
"It's not the STAR, which our great EDWARD gave",2.0
"To mark the virtuous, and reward the brave,",3.0
"Blazing without, while a base heart within",4.0
Is rotten to the core with filth and sin;,1.0
"It's not the tinsel grandeur, taught to wait,",5.0
"At custom's call, to mark a fool of State",0.0
"From fools of lesser note, that Soul can awe",0.0
"Whose Pride is Reason, whose Defence is Law.",0.0
"Suppose a Thing scarce possible in Art,",2.0
Were it thy Cue to play a common Part;,1.0
"Suppose thy Writings so well fenced in Law,",2.0
"That N' -- ' --  cannot find, nor make a Flaw,",3.0
"Hast thou not heard, that amongst our ancient Tribes",1.0
"By Party warped, or lulled asleep by Bribes,",0.0
"Law hath suspended stood, or changed its Course?",1.0
"Art Thou assured, that, for Destruction ripe,",2.0
"What Sanction hast Thou, frantic in thy Rhymes,",0.0
"It's not on Law, a System great and good,",0.0
"By Wisdom penned, and bought by noblest Blood,",0.0
"My Faith relies: By wicked Men and vain,",0.0
"Law, once abused, may be abused again. ' --",1.0
Who knows and guides them to their proper End;,1.0
Whose Royalty of Nature blazes out,2.0
Did Tyrant STUARTS now the Laws dispense,0.0
Blessed be the hour and hand which sent them hence,0.0
"For something, or for nothing, for a Word,",2.0
"Or Thought, I might be doomed to Death, unheard.",0.0
"Life we might all resign to lawless Power,",0.0
Nor think it worth the purchase of an hour;,1.0
But Envy never shall fix so foul a stain,2.0
"If, Slave to Party, to Revenge, or Pride,",1.0
"If, by frail human Error drawn aside,",2.0
"It's Hers to punish, and it's mine to bear,",3.0
"Nor, by the voice of Justice doomed to death,",1.0
Would I ask mercy with my latest breath.,3.0
"In which my King's, of course, is understood;",0.0
"Formed on a plan with some few Patriot friends,",2.0
"While by just means I aim at noblest ends,",0.0
My Spirits cannot sink; though from the tomb,1.0
"Though he should bring, his base designs to aid,",1.0
"Some black Attorney, for his purpose made,",1.0
"And shove, while Decency and Law retreat,",1.0
"The modest NORTON from his Maiden seat,",1.0
"Though Both, in ill Confederates, should agree,",0.0
"In damned league, to torture Law and Me,",1.0
"While GEORGE is King, I cannot fear endure;",0.0
"Not to be guilty, is to be secure.",1.0
"That day our Monarch, glorious and beloved,",3.0
"Sleeps with his Fathers, should imperious Fate",2.0
In vengeance with fresh STUARTS curse our state;,2.0
Butcher the brave to keep tame fools in awe;,3.0
"Should They, by brutal and oppressive force,",1.0
Divert sweet Justice from her even course;,2.0
"Should They, of every other means bereft,",0.0
Make my right-hand a witness against my left;,5.0
"Search out my Soul, and damn me for a thought,",1.0
"Still would I keep my course, still speak, still write,",2.0
Till Death had plunged me in the shades of Night.,0.0
"To whom our Thoughts, our Spirits open lie,",0.0
"Grant me thy strength, and in that needful hour,",0.0
"Should it ever come when Law submits to Power,",1.0
"With firm resolves my steady bosom steel,",0.0
"Bravely to suffer, though I deeply feel.",3.0
"Let Me, as hitherto, still draw my breath,",2.0
"In love with life, but not in fear of death,",0.0
"And, if Oppression brings me to the grave,",2.0
"And marks him dead, She never shall mark a slave,",2.0
"Let no unworthy marks of grief be heard,",1.0
"No wild laments, not one unseemly word;",2.0
"Let sober triumphs wait upon my bier,",1.0
I won't forgive that Friend who drops one tear.,0.0
"Or, in old age, drops like an ear of corn,",1.0
"Full ripe He falls, on Nature's noblest plan,",1.0
"Who lives to Reason, and who dies a Man.",1.0
"KIND heaven at length, successfully implored,",2.0
To Britain's arms her hero had restored:,0.0
"And now our fears removed, with loud applause",0.0
"Jointly we crowned his conduct, and his cause.",3.0
"Transporting pleasure raised each drooping tongue,",0.0
"The peasants shouted, and the poets sung.",1.0
"The poets sung, though Addison alone",1.0
"Adorns thy laurels, and maintains his own;",1.0
"In him alone, great MARLBOROUGH, is seen,",3.0
"Each action he exalts with rage divine,",1.0
And the full Danube flows in every line.,2.0
But we in vain to that sublime aspire;,1.0
"Shine without warmth: another song prepare,",3.0
My Muse; the country is the Muse's care;,1.0
"With eager verse, and keep thy theme in view.",0.0
But o! what joyful numbers can disclose,2.0
"How vales resound, how crowds collected share",1.0
"Surveying here the favourite of Fame,",2.0
"Conceive new hopes, and nurse the growing flame:",1.0
"While softer maids confess a pleasing pain,",0.0
And sighing wish he had been born a swain.,0.0
"So when the powers appeased bade discord cease,",3.0
"And Greece obtained from jarring gods a peace,",0.0
To Cyprian shades their peaceful chariot drove:,4.0
"Shepherd's and nymphs attending formed the train,",2.0
And mirth unusual revealed on the plain.,1.0
"And should the gods once more their heaven forego,",1.0
"To range on earth, and bless mankind below,",1.0
"Over all the globe no region would be found,",1.0
"Phoebus for this would change his Delphic grove,",1.0
"Olympic games no longer should delight,",1.0
But neighbouring plains afford a nobler sight.,3.0
"Where England's great Aeneas standing by,",6.0
Urged by his presence they outstrip the wind,1.0
"Involved in smoke, and leave the Muse behind.",0.0
"But see! once more returns the rival train,",1.0
"And now they stretch, now bending loose the rein,",1.0
"And fears and hopes beat high in every vein,",1.0
Till one long since successful in the field,2.0
Exerts that strength he first with art concealed;,0.0
"Then swift as lightning darted through the skies,",1.0
"By arts like these all other palms are won,",1.0
"They end with glory, who with caution run.",0.0
"We neither write, nor act, what long can last,",0.0
"But, jaded, both their short-lived mettle lose,",1.0
"The furious statesman, and the fiery Muse.",5.0
"The contest ended, night with gloomy face",0.0
"The victor, and the vanquished, quit the place:",1.0
"Sleep's friendly office is to all the same,",2.0
"His conquest he forgets, and they their shame.",2.0
"Next morning, ere the sun with sickly ray",0.0
"Over doubtful shades maintains the dawning day,",0.0
"The sprightly horn proclaims some danger near,",0.0
"Startled he leaps aside, and listening round,",2.0
"This way and that explores the hostile sound,",0.0
"Armed for that fight, which he declines with shame,",1.0
"Too fond of life, too negligent of fame;",3.0
"For Nature, to display her various art,",2.0
"Had fortified his head, but not his heart:",0.0
"Those spears, which useless on his front appeared,",1.0
On any else had been adored and feared.,0.0
"Grandeur a specious curse, when ill bestowed.",0.0
"Thus void of hope, and panting with surprise,",2.0
Of paths mysterious whether to pursue,3.0
"With speed redoubled, they the hint embrace,",1.0
While animating music warms the chase:,0.0
"Flushed are their hopes, and with one general cry",1.0
"They echo through the woods, and sound their conquest nigh.",1.0
Not so the prey; he now for safety bends,0.0
"Who to the wretched own no shelter due,",1.0
But fly more swiftly than his foes pursue.,1.0
This last disgrace with indignation fires,0.0
"His drooping soul, and generous rage inspires;",2.0
"By all forsaken, he resolves at length",1.0
To try the poor remains of wasted strength;,0.0
"With looks and mien majestic stands at bay,",0.0
"Too late alas! for, the first charge begun,",2.0
"Soon he repents what cowardice had done,",3.0
And awkwardly maintains a languid fight;,1.0
And only seems to nod upon the foe.,0.0
"So coward princes, who at war's alarm",0.0
"Start from their greatness, and themselves disarm,",1.0
With recollected forces strive in vain,0.0
"Their empire, or their honour, to regain,",3.0
"And turn to rally on some distant plain,",1.0
"While the fierce conqueror bravely urges on,",5.0
"Improves the advantage, and ascends the throne.",3.0
"Forgive, great Denham, that in abject verse,",1.0
"Thy noble chase all others does exceed,",0.0
"We read with pleasure, imitate with pain,",0.0
"Goddess, proceed; and as to relics found",3.0
"Altars we raise, and consecrate the ground,",2.0
"Pay thou thy homage to an aged seat,",1.0
"Small in itself, but in its owner great;",1.0
"Where Chaucer sacred name! whole years employed,",1.0
"Coy Nature courted, and at length enjoyed;",2.0
"Moved at his suit, the naked goddess came,",0.0
"Rome's pious king with like success, retired,",1.0
"And taught his people, what his Nymph inspired.",0.0
"Hence flow descriptions regularly fine,",2.0
And beauties such as never can decline:,2.0
"Each lively image makes the reader start,",0.0
And poetry invades the painter's art.,1.0
"Took wondrous pains to do the author wrong,",1.0
And set to modern tune his ancient song.,0.0
"His language only can his thoughts express,",1.0
"And on the inspiring theme for ever dwell,",1.0
"Did not the maid, whose wondrous beauty seen,",0.0
"Inflamed great Henry, and incensed his queen,",3.0
With pleasing sorrow move me to survey,1.0
"A neighbouring structure, awful in decay,",2.0
"For ever sacred, and in ruin blessed,",1.0
Which heretofore contained that lovely guest.,0.0
"Admiring strangers, who attentive come",0.0
"To learn the tale of this romantic dome,",1.0
"By faithful monuments instructed, view",1.0
Though time should spare what civil rage can do.,0.0
"Where landscapes once, in rich apartments high,",1.0
Through various prospects led the wandering eye:,4.0
"Where painted rivers flowed through flowery meads,",2.0
And hoary mountains reared their awful heads:,0.0
"Or where by hands of curious virgins wrought,",2.0
In rich array embroidered heroes fought:,0.0
Over ragged walls extend their baleful arms.,0.0
"Monsters obscene their poisonous roots invade,",4.0
And bloated pant beneath the gloomy shade.,0.0
"And what's well wrote alone, will always last.",1.0
"In rules exact, and greatness of design,",1.0
"Would fall a victim to devouring age,",3.0
"Had not that hand, which built, adorned the stage.",0.0
"Wit so refined without the poet's pain,",2.0
"Such artful scenes in such a flowing vein,",1.0
When Doric and Corinthian orders fail;,3.0
And sinks beneath the base on which it rose.,0.0
"You British fair, whose names but mentioned, give",0.0
"Worth to the tale, and make the poem live;",0.0
"Now big with hopes, now tortured with despair,",3.0
"Nor toils, nor pleasures, can divert his care.",1.0
"Her voice, her look, ten thousand wounds impart,",1.0
And fix the pleasing image in his heart;,0.0
"Such as if Fame has drawn the picture true,",1.0
"Her native lustre sung, nor added new",0.0
To court that beauty which himself bestowed.,0.0
"Features so wrought not Venus' self displays,",2.0
When dressed by youthful pens in vocal lays;,0.0
"Not equal charms in all the Graces join,",0.0
And only Sunderland is more divine.,1.0
"Thus fatally adorned, the hapless fair",2.0
"Receives his suit, and listens to his prayer;",1.0
"Fond of her ruin, pleased to be undone,",0.0
She reaps the conquest that her eyes had won.,0.0
"Though tongues obscure, at humble distance placed,",0.0
May censure joys which they despair to taste;,1.0
"Whenever the attack is made, all jointly own",1.0
What bright temptations sparkle from a throne:,1.0
"Could love no entrance find, ambition can,",2.0
They clasp the monarch who despise the man;,0.0
"Beyond his boldest wish the hero blessed,",0.0
Riots in joys too great to be expressed;,3.0
"And now, with caution, does the means pursue,",0.0
"As they are great, to make them lasting too.",1.0
"' Mid shades obscure, remote from vulgar eye,",1.0
"An artful edifice is reared on high,",1.0
"Lost in themselves, and end where they begun.",1.0
In curling channels wandered over the plain;,2.0
"Oft by himself overtook, himself surveyed,",8.0
"And backward turning, to his fountain strayed.",1.0
"Nor much unlike to these are mazes found,",1.0
By loitering hinds imprinted on the ground;,3.0
"Who, when released by some distinguished day,",0.0
"And on the flowery vale, or mountain's brow,",3.0
"You Sylvan Nymphs, who with a pleasing pride,",1.0
"Over shady groves, and secret vows preside,",0.0
"On this mysterious pile with care attend,",3.0
"Protect the mistress, and the prince befriend:",1.0
"With both conspire to blind the wary dame,",2.0
"We feast your altars, and your aid invoke;",1.0
"When nuptial debt's are now no longer paid,",1.0
More ways than one the rover is betrayed:,2.0
"Affected passion does no more suffice,",1.0
And awkward kindness proves a weak disguise.,0.0
"Woman, by nature armed against deceit,",2.0
With indignation smiles upon the cheat;,0.0
"Looks down with scorn, and only burns to know",0.0
The uncertain author of her certain woe.,2.0
"Struck by the hunter's hand, with furious pace",2.0
"Strides over the sands, and red with recent gore",3.0
"Yells out her pain, and makes the forest roar:",0.0
So raves the queen incensed; and loudly tells,1.0
"The restless grief that in her bosom dwells,",0.0
"For her loved lord from her embraces fled,",3.0
"Her slighted beauty, and her widowed bed.",1.0
"What dire effects her kindled fury wrought,",0.0
"Whether by pointed steel, or poisoned draught,",2.0
"The unwilling Muse declines the mournful task,",1.0
"Recoils with anguish, wounded to the soul,",1.0
"By hate implacable to shades confined,",1.0
Where still the native grandeur of her mind,2.0
"Clear and unsullied shone, with radiant grace",2.0
"No nobler gifts can heaven itself pour down,",3.0
"Than to deserve, and to despise a crown.",2.0
"In some dark room, for pompous sorrow made,",1.0
"With anxious thoughts employed on former times,",0.0
"Their various fate, their glory, and their crimes;",3.0
"Maria ' --  but forgotten be her name,",1.0
"In long oblivion lost, overlooked by fame.",2.0
"Do thou, OH Albion, from remembrance chase",5.0
"Thy persecuted sons, thy martyred race:",0.0
"And freed at length by ANNA'S milder ray,",0.0
"From furious zeal, and arbitrary sway,",2.0
"Enjoy the present, or the future scene,",1.0
"With promised blessings fraught, without one cloud serene.",0.0
"Stop, goddess, stop, recall thy daring flight,",1.0
"I cannot, must not tempt the wondrous height.",0.0
"Themes so exalted, with proportioned wing,",3.0
"While listening nations crowd the vocal lyre,",0.0
"Foretaste their bliss, and languish with desire.",1.0
"To thee thy song, thy province is assigned,",2.0
"And what should foremost stand, is yet behind.",1.0
"Silenced be all antiquity could boast,",3.0
And let old Woodstock in the new be lost.,2.0
"Their spoils of war, or monuments of peace:",1.0
"What either prince has built, and both have won.",0.0
"With admiration struck, we gaze around,",0.0
"The fancy entertain, the sense confound:",0.0
"And while our eyes over the foundation roam,",4.0
Presage the wonders of the finished dome.,3.0
Thus did our hero's early dawn display,0.0
The auspicious beams of his advancing day.,2.0
"We, who in humble cells, and learnt retreat,",0.0
"On barren cliffs of speculation thrown,",0.0
"Of all besides unknowing, and unknown,",1.0
"Pronounce our fabrics just in every part,",0.0
And scorn the poor attempts of modern art;,0.0
"Proud of his cottage so exults the swain,",1.0
"Who loves the forest, and admires the plain,",1.0
"Till here convinced, unwillingly we find",1.0
"Far as the molehill by the mountain's brow,",2.0
"Or shrubs by cedars, in whose shade they grow.",0.0
"Rise, glorious pile, the princess bids thee rise,",3.0
And claim thy title to her kindred skies:,1.0
"Where she presides all must be nobly great,",1.0
"All must be regular, and all complete;",1.0
"No other hand the mighty work requires,",1.0
"Art may inform, but she alone inspires.",2.0
"Advanced their Carthage on the destined soil,",1.0
"So sat their queen, and looked auspicious down,",1.0
Herself the Genius of the rising town.,1.0
"Thrice happy he, to whom the task shall fall,",2.0
To grace with shining images the wall;,1.0
"And in bold colours silently rehearse,",2.0
What soars above the reach of humble verse.,0.0
"No famed exploits, from musty annals brought,",2.0
"Shall share his art, or furnish out the draught;",1.0
"No foreign heroes in triumphant cars,",1.0
"Work for the pencil, harvest for the sword.",1.0
And clouds of smoke upon the canvas rise;,0.0
And wind in crimson waves the plunging host;,0.0
And Death look grim in all the pomp of woe.,1.0
"But far, o far distinguished from the rest!",1.0
"By youth, by beauty, and a waving crest,",1.0
And great Achilles' soul be shocked again.,0.0
"Successful Kneller, whose improving air",0.0
"Adds light to light, and graces to the fair,",2.0
"Thus may complete the glories of his age,",3.0
And in one piece the whole soft sex engage;,1.0
"Who shall in crowds the lovely dead surround,",0.0
And weep rich gems upon his streaming wound;,1.0
"By sad remembrance urged to fruitless moan,",0.0
"Yet artist stop not here, but boldly dare",0.0
"Next to design, what next deserves thy care.",1.0
"' Mid British squadrons awfully serene,",2.0
"On rising ground let MARLBOROUGH be seen,",2.0
Prepared to strike the great decisive blow;,0.0
"While phlegmatic allies his vengeance stay,",2.0
"By absence these, and by their presence they.",3.0
"When they in arms again the combat try,",0.0
"Again their troops in wild disorder fly,",0.0
"No usual ties of clemency shall bind,",4.0
No temper shall assuage the victor's mind:,1.0
"But heaps on heaps atone the fatal wrong,",0.0
And rage unbounded drive the storm along.,0.0
"Over prostrate mounds, to shock the power of France,",2.0
And rouse the inglorious tyrant from his cell.,5.0
"Then provinces released shall break their chain,",1.0
"Forego their bondage, and forget their pain.",1.0
"Iberia, with extended arms, shall run",3.0
"And by mild councils generously swayed,",3.0
"Own thy example, ANNA! and thy aid;",2.0
"Whole kingdoms shall be blessed, all Europe free,",1.0
"KNOW, Traveller, in this sweet, sequestered cell,",2.0
"No weeping maids, no slighted virgins dwell;",2.0
"Within these walls are found a vestal train,",0.0
"Nor yet esteem this pile a specious tomb,",0.0
"Along these walls no gloomy torches burn,",1.0
"Before no sculptured saints they prostrate weep,",1.0
Nor at their shrines the midnight vigil keep;,1.0
"Here dwell the Graces three, the Sisters nine,",0.0
And them alone these maidens deem divine;,1.0
"By fancy led, they sought these pleasing shades,",0.0
And are what vulgar mortals call Old Maids;,2.0
"Yet many a native charm they still possess,",2.0
"Still on each cheek the bloom of youth appears,",0.0
And prudence is their only proof of years.,1.0
"COME then at last, while anxious Nations weep,",0.0
Three Kingdoms staked! too precious for the deep.,3.0
"Too precious sure, for when the Trump of fame",1.0
"Your danger and your doubtful safety shown,",1.0
"Your Helm may now the Sea-born Goddess take,",1.0
"Strong, and auspicious, bee the Stars that reign,",2.0
"While on the Beach, like Billows of the Land,",1.0
In bending Crowds the Loyal English stand:,0.0
"Come then, though late, your right receive at last;",0.0
"Which Heaven preserved, in spite of Fortunes blast,",0.0
"Accept those hearts, that Offer on the Strand;",1.0
The better half of this divided Land.,1.0
"Venting their honest Souls in tears of Joy,",2.0
"They rave, and beg you would their lives employ,",0.0
"Shouting your sacred name, they drive the air,",2.0
And fill your Canvas Wings with gales of prayer.,0.0
"Come then I hear three Nations shout again,",1.0
"And, next our Charles, in every bosom reign;",0.0
"Heaven's darling Charge, the care of regal stars,",0.0
"Pledge of our Peace, and Triumph of our Wars.",1.0
"Heaven echo's Come, but come not Sir alone,",0.0
Bring the bright pregnant Blessing of the Throne.,4.0
"And if in Poets charms be force or skill,",1.0
"We charge you, OH you Waves, and Winds be still,",0.0
"Soft as a sailing Goddess bring her home,",0.0
With the expected Prince that loads her Womb;,1.0
Joy of this Age and Heir of that to come.,0.0
"Next her the Virgin Princess shines from far,",0.0
"Aurora that, and this the Morning Star.",1.0
"Hail then, all hail, They land in Charle's Armes,",1.0
"While his large Breast, the Nation's Angel warms.",3.0
Then dearly grasps the treasure of his Soul:,1.0
"Hangs on his Neck, and feeds upon his form,",0.0
"Calls him his Calm, after a tedious Storm.",6.0
"OH Brother! He could say no more, and then,",3.0
With heaving Passion clasped him close again.,0.0
"How oft he cried have I thy absence mourned,",1.0
But it's enough Thou art at last returned:,1.0
"Said I returned! OH never more to part,",3.0
Nor draw the vital warmth from Charles his heart.,0.0
"Once more, OH Heaven, I shall his Virtue prove,",2.0
"His Council, Conduct, and unshaken Love.",1.0
"My People too at last their Error see,",0.0
And make their Sovereign blessed in loving Thee.,1.0
"That give not Caesar, no nor God his due.",0.0
"Reprobate Traitors, Tyrants of their Own,",3.0
Yet Grudge to see their Monarch in his Throne.,0.0
"Their stubborn Souls with brass Rebellion barred,",0.0
"Desert the Laws, and Crimes with Treason guard.",0.0
"Whom I ' --  but there he stopped, and cried it's past,",1.0
"Then sighing said, my Soul's dear purchased rest,",1.0
"Welcome, O welcome, to my longing Brest:",3.0
"Why should I waste a tear while thou art by,",0.0
"To all extremes of Friendship let us fly,",0.0
"And mourn the Men that durst in death excel,",0.0
Their Fates were Glorious since for thee they fell.,2.0
When stubborn Rebels force him to the Field:,1.0
"So for the Loyal, who their Lives lay down,",3.0
He dares to Hazard both his Life and Crown.,0.0
Throughout the finished piece we see displayed,0.0
"Such is her wit, and such her form divine,",2.0
"This pure, as flows the style through every line,",0.0
"That, like each letter, exquisitely fine.",5.0
See with what art the sable currents stain,0.0
Thus over the meadows wrapped in silver snow,4.0
Unfrozen brooks in dark meanders flow;,0.0
"Receive new lustre from a lover's arms,",2.0
"The yielding paper's pure, but vacant breast,",0.0
"By her fair hand and flowing pen impressed,",2.0
"At every touch more animated grows,",0.0
And with new life and new ideas glows;,2.0
And shines each moment brighter from its stains.,1.0
"Let mighty love no longer boast his darts,",2.0
"CHLOE, your quill can equal wonders do,",2.0
"Wound full as sure, and at a distance too:",1.0
"Armed with your feathered weapons in your hands,",0.0
From pole to pole you send your great commands;,0.0
"To distant climes in vain the lover flies,",0.0
"Your pen overtakes him, if he escape your eyes;",2.0
"So those, who from the sword in battle run,",0.0
But perish victims to the distant gun.,1.0
But these are charms no ages can devour;,3.0
"These, far superior to the brightest face;",1.0
"Triumph alike over time, as well as space,",5.0
"When that fair form, which thousands now adore,",1.0
"These lovely lines shall future ages view,",0.0
"And eyes unborn, like ours, be charmed by you.",1.0
How oft do I admire with fond delight,1.0
"The curious piece, and wish like you to write!",3.0
"Alas, vain hope! that might as well aspire",1.0
"Even now your splendid lines before me lie,",0.0
And I in vain to imitate them try;,1.0
"To steel your hand, in hopes to steal your heart.",0.0
"Where deep despair and sad reflection reigns,",0.0
"Woes which no language ever can reveal,",3.0
"Let the distresses of a hapless maid,",3.0
Be to thy silent gloomy cell conveyed.,0.0
"Life left my heart, I felt my blood run cold,",2.0
When the sad tidings of thy fate were told:,3.0
"Then keenest anguish wrung my tortured frame,",0.0
Distraction seemed to seize my maddening brain.,0.0
"Deprived of thee, who could all pain remove,",0.0
"My heaven on earth, my happiness, my love;",1.0
"Did softest scenes of happiness, portray:",1.0
"Scenes now for ever fled! the poignant dart,",1.0
"Deep wounds my soul, and tears my bleeding heart.",1.0
"For thee, no more, I'll wait the appointed hour,",2.0
No more I'll meet thee in the peaceful bower;,0.0
"No more, enraptured, hang upon thy smile,",1.0
No more thy presence every care beguile.,0.0
Was it for me? grant support gracious heaven!,7.0
Was it for me the fatal bond was given?,1.0
Is it for me stern Justice must arise?,4.0
Is it for me he now a victim lies?,1.0
Distracting thoughts still crowd upon my mind!,1.0
OH were my restless soul to heaven resigned!,0.0
Nor add fresh anguish to the wounds you feel!,2.0
"It's vain, alas! my bursting heart overflows,",3.0
And death I feel will terminate my woes!,0.0
It was for thee alone I wished to live;,2.0
The world without thee can no pleasure give.,2.0
Now law for one rash act thy life demands,4.0
"Though pure till then thy thoughts, unstained thy hands:",0.0
"While villains hourly practised in deceit,",0.0
"At freedom range, nor dread impending fate.",0.0
"Ah! now I see thee to the scaffold walk,",1.0
I hear the gazing crowd unthinking talk.,0.0
"Farewell, my love! OH still on heaven rely,",2.0
"I can no more, I tremble, faint and die!",0.0
"OFt had I formed Ideas of Content,",1.0
But by Experience knew not what it meant.,3.0
And free my Soul by Stratagem from Cares.,1.0
"The grateful Sounds composed my Cares to sleep,",0.0
Which over me now no Watch appeared to keep.,3.0
"Thrice blessed said I this long expected Hour,",1.0
I fled; but soon was by my jealous Guard,1.0
"Pursued, overtaken, and laid again in Ward.",7.0
"Yet even this Disappointment I could bear,",3.0
Had Fate set bounds to my Misfortunes Here;,2.0
"But since my Attempt escape I suffer more,",1.0
Than in my Hardest Bondage heretofore!,0.0
"Like a Designing Captive now I'm used,",1.0
A Prisoners Common Courtesies refused;,1.0
"Pressed with more Chains, awed by a stricter Guard,",1.0
And will your Goodness never have an End?,1.0
And will you still persist to be my Friend?,1.0
"To meet me still with that engaging Air,",0.0
"Still open, ardent, generous, and sincere;",4.0
"Still to advise, to aid, to cheer, to bless;",2.0
"Still to prevent, or to dispel, Distress;",3.0
"Pleased to succeed, nor slackened when you fail;",2.0
Point out each Path to good Success from far;,0.0
"And guide me by thy Light, my happier Star!",3.0
"And sink, oppressed beneath the grievous Task;",0.0
"Hear the false Promise, or the feigned Excuse,",4.0
In Words that mean but more refined Abuse;,0.0
"Full in my View thy nobler Soul appears,",3.0
"And swells my Heart, and fills my Eyes with Tears;",0.0
"While, to prevent my Wish, your Goodness flies,",1.0
"Then let good Heaven withhold, or grant Success,",0.0
"Add to a Weight of Cares, or make it less;",0.0
How few can boast an Happiness like mine!,1.0
"A Bliss so great can Wealth, or Power, impart,",2.0
"As one fixed Friend, with such a Head, and Heart?",2.0
"In awful Pomp, and Melancholy State,",0.0
See settled Reason on the Judgement Seat:,2.0
"Around Her crowd Distrust, and Doubt, and Fear,",0.0
"And thoughtful Foresight, and tormenting Care:",3.0
"Far from the Throne, the trembling Pleasures stand,",0.0
"Chained up, or Exiled by her stern Command.",2.0
"Wretched her Subjects, gloomy sits the Queen;",2.0
Till happy Chance reverts the cruel Scene:,0.0
Of Wit and Jest disturbs the solemn Court.,0.0
"To breathe the Song, and animate the Dance.",0.0
Her Mimic Postures catch our eager Eyes:,0.0
"And in the Sights We see, and Sounds We hear.",0.0
Against our Judgement She our Sense employs:,1.0
The Laws of troubled Reason She destroys:,1.0
"Wild Schemes of Mirth, and Plans of loose Delight.",1.0
"OH Charlotte, truly pious, early wise!",1.0
"The Pleasures sought by others, you despise:",1.0
"Unmoved, you quit them to the Gay and Vain.",1.0
"But though nor Health, nor Pleasure will prevail;",2.0
"The Happiness you give, should turn the Scale.",1.0
"OH stay, and teach the Virtues of thy Breast:",2.0
Thousands by thy Example may be blessed:,4.0
"A Mind so humble, and so truly great,",1.0
So fitted to oblige in every State;,1.0
"A Manner, so engaging and discrete,",2.0
"These, and thy thousand Charms, who can express?",2.0
"Seymour, how vast a Treasure you possess!",3.0
"' --  FRench power, and weak allies, and war, and want ' --",3.0
"No more of that, my friend; you touch a string",0.0
"That hurts my ear. All politics apart,",0.0
"Except a generous wish, a glowing prayer",2.0
"For British welfare, commerce, glory, peace.",1.0
"Give party to the winds: it is a word,",3.0
"A phantom sound, by which the cunning great",0.0
"To gull the unwary, where the master stands",2.0
"Encouraging his minions, his trained birds,",3.0
See with what hollow blandishment and art,1.0
"Dined with the Thames, or bathed in crystal lakes.",0.0
"We wear no badges, no dependence own:",1.0
"Who truly loves thee, dearest Liberty,",1.0
A silken fetter will uneasy sit.,1.0
Heaven knows it is not Insolence that speaks!,2.0
The tribute of respect to greatness due,1.0
"Still, still as much of party be retained,",1.0
"As principle requires, and sense directs:",1.0
"Else our vain bark, without a rudder, floats",3.0
The scorn and pastime of each veering gale.,2.0
This gentle evening let the sun descend,0.0
"Untroubled, while it paints your ambient hills",2.0
"With faded lustre, and a sweet farewell.",2.0
"Here is our seat: that castle opposite,",0.0
"Proud of its woody brow, adorns the scene,",0.0
"Dictate, OH versed in books, and just of taste,",1.0
Dictate the pleasing theme of our discourse.,0.0
Shall we trace Science from her Eastern home,3.0
"Nursing her daughter arts, majestic stood,",2.0
And poured forth knowledge from an hundred gates?,2.0
"There first the marble learnt to mimic life,",0.0
"The pillared temple rose, and pyramids,",1.0
"Birthplace of letters, where the sun was shown",1.0
"His radiant way, and heavens were taught to roll.",2.0
"There too the Muses tuned their earliest lyre,",2.0
"Inviting, they removed with pilgrim harps,",1.0
And all their band of harmony to Greece.,1.0
"Delivered from the falcon's talon, fly",1.0
"With trembling wing to cover, and renew",1.0
"Their notes; tell every bush of their escape,",2.0
And thrill their merry thanks to Liberty.,1.0
"The tuneful tribe, pleased with their new abode,",2.0
"Polished the rude inhabitants, whence tales",3.0
"Of listening woods, and rocks that danced to sound.",0.0
"Linus and Orpheus catch the strain, and all",4.0
"A song, believe me, was no trifle then:",2.0
"Weighty the Muse's task, and wide her sway:",1.0
"Echoed her language; polity was hers,",3.0
And the world bowed to legislative verse.,2.0
"As states increased, and governments were formed,",1.0
"And shady bowers, content to teach and please.",2.0
"And Homer's epic trumpet. Happy Greece,",0.0
"Blessed in her offspring! Seat of eloquence,",2.0
Did the sun thither dart uncommon rays!,1.0
Did some presiding genius hover over,0.0
That animated soil with brooding wings!,0.0
The sad reverse might start a gentle tear ' --,0.0
"Go, search in Athens for herself, enquire",2.0
"Where are her orators, her sages now:",1.0
"Her arsenal overturned, her walls in dust,",2.0
But far less ruined than her soul decayed.,2.0
"The stone inscribed to Socrates, debased",0.0
Possessed by those who never heard her name.,1.0
Harsh tribute; on the spot where Plato taught,2.0
"His heavenly strains sublime, a stupid Turk",2.0
"Where once, as Fame reports, Augustus lived?",0.0
"What magic has transformed her, shrunk her nerves?",0.0
"Could the pure crimson tide, the noblest blood",2.0
"That ever flowed, to such a puddle turn?",1.0
"She ends, like her long Appian, in a marsh;",3.0
Or Jordan's river pouring his clear urn,2.0
"Patrons of wit, and victors of mankind,",4.0
The lazy drones are buzzing or asleep.,1.0
But we forgive the living for the dead;,2.0
Indebted more to Rome than we can pay.,1.0
"Of a long dearth prophetic, she laid in",4.0
"A feast for ages. ' --  OH thou banquet nice,",0.0
Where the soul riots with secure excess!,3.0
What felt delight! what pleasing useful hours,0.0
Repeated owe we to her lettered sons!,1.0
"Their temples trace, and share their noble games;",0.0
"Enter the crowded theatre at will,",3.0
"Go to the forum, hear the consul plead,",0.0
Are present in the thundering Capitol,3.0
When Tully speaks; at softer hours attend,0.0
"Hail, precious pages! that amuse and teach,",1.0
"Exalt the genius, and improve the breast.",1.0
"You sage historians all your stores unfold,",1.0
Reach your clear steady mirror ' --  in that glass,3.0
The forms of good and ill are well portrayed.,0.0
"But chiefly thou, divine Philosophy,",2.0
Shed thy blessed influence; with thy train appear,4.0
"Of graces mild, far be the Stoic boast,",1.0
"The Cynic's snarl, and churlish pedantry.",1.0
"Come in the lovely dress you wore, a guest",0.0
The Roman feasting his selected friends.,1.0
Tamer of pride! at thy serene rebuke,3.0
"See crouching insolence, spleen, and revenge",4.0
Before thy shining taper disappear.,0.0
"Tutor of human life, auspicious guide,",2.0
"Whose faithful clue unravels every Muse,",0.0
Whose conduct smooths the roughest paths; whose voice,0.0
"Controls each storm, and bids the roar be still:",0.0
Let me know thee ' --  the Delphic oracle,1.0
Is then obeyed ' --  and I shall know myself.,2.0
"I sing the Natives of the boundless Main,",1.0
And tell what Kinds the watery Depths contain.,2.0
"Thou, Mighty Prince, whom farthest Shores obey,",0.0
"While the Muse shows the liquid Worlds below,",3.0
Where thronged with busy Shoals the Waters flow;,0.0
Their differing Forms and Ways of Life relates;,0.0
"And sings their constant Loves, and constant Hates;",0.0
And each cold Secret of the Fishers Toil.,2.0
"Intrepid Souls! who pleasing Rest despise,",0.0
"To whirl in Eddies, and on Floods to rise;",1.0
"Who scorn the Safety of the calmer Shore,",1.0
"The Abyss they fathom, search the doubtful Way,",1.0
And through obscuring Depths pursue the Prey.,1.0
"And distant darts, or strikes the nearer Blow.",0.0
But on himself he not depends alone;,1.0
Assisting Dogs first run the Monster down.,2.0
"On the firm Continent the Assailants meet,",5.0
And unmoved Earth supports their steady Feet.,4.0
"From Winter's Snow, and from Autumnal Heat",1.0
The wearied Hunter has a kind Retreat.,0.0
"He mocks the coming Storm, and sits at ease.",0.0
"Fresh Fountains here with silver Current glide,",1.0
"Rush from the Hills, and murmur at his Side.",0.0
"Or acts his Pleasures over in painted Dreams,",2.0
"Bend from the Trees, or flourish from the Fields.",1.0
"While Fruits the Woods, and Herbs enrich the Soil,",0.0
"And Those, whose Arts the feathered World ensnare,",1.0
"Nor mighty Pain endure, nor pensive Care.",0.0
"The Birds, when out of Reach, are yet in Sight,",1.0
And hope in vain their Safety from their Flight.,1.0
Oft they are seized unthinking as they rest,1.0
"In harmless Dreams, and Slumber in their Nest.",0.0
"Oft make a treacherous Twig their fatal Seat,",3.0
While viscous Lime retains the captive Feet.,0.0
"To the drawn Net they hast, and court their Fate,",2.0
Till in the Snare enclosed they fluttering grieve too late.,3.0
"But ah! continued Doubts, returning Pains,",0.0
"Fond Hope with Dreams of fancied Gain delights,",1.0
And to new Toils their restless Minds invites.,2.0
"The Fishers labour not on certain Ground,",0.0
But in a leaky Boat are tossed around.,0.0
"Here fierce succeeding Waves tumultuous beat,",3.0
"Roar by their Sides, and swift Destruction threat.",0.0
"Now murmuring Winds disturb the careful Wight,",3.0
"They tremble, who secure from Land behold",0.0
Contending Waves in angry Conflict rolled.,0.0
When Clouds condensed in noisy Streams descend.,0.0
"No Tree from cold bleak Winds, or falling Sleet,",2.0
Here to the scented Game no Dog can guide;,1.0
"Their native Fish the circling Eddies hide,",0.0
"Besides loud threatening Storms, and sudden Winds,",1.0
"He meets vast Whales, and monstrous nameless Kinds.",1.0
Are all the Tools his constant Toil employs;,0.0
On Arms like these the Fishing Swain relies.,1.0
"But Fishers live although exposed to Harms,",1.0
"They have their Pleasures, and the Sea it's Charms.",1.0
"Long will the Princely Entertainment please,",0.0
"When on smooth Ponds, and artificial Seas",3.0
"While she her Streamers spreads, and in her Owner prides.",0.0
"Here various Kinds of dainty Fish are bred,",2.0
With constant Meals in generous Plenty fed.,2.0
Such as the Royal Pair may deign to taste.,1.0
"Here you, Dread Prince, the Waters most approve",3.0
"That bear a sullen Gloom, and slowly move.",0.0
You in the central Depth the Plummet cast.,0.0
"The willing Fish around ambitious wait,",0.0
"Fly to the Line, and fasten on the Bait.",1.0
"While You with Joy the grateful Prey receive,",0.0
And from the wounding Steel his Jaw relieve.,1.0
"Great Neptune, whose Commands control the Seas,",1.0
"Permit the Muse to tell, what Kinds obey",0.0
"Your watery Powers, and cut the liquid Way.",4.0
"May the calm Sea smile on the distant Shore,",1.0
While I discover all the hidden Store.,1.0
"To please the Sovereign Pair, and form the grateful Song.",0.0
But ah! how great the Task! for who can know,0.0
What Creatures swim in secret Depths below?,0.0
"For who with all his Skill can certain teach,",0.0
"How deep the Sea, how far the Waters reach?",0.0
"Foolish the Attempt; none can the Space define,",3.0
"The Depth retires beneath, and mocks the sinking Line.",0.0
Three hundred Fathoms sounded are the most;,2.0
To comprehend the Whole we fruitless seek;,0.0
"Our Souls are finite, and our Reason weak.",2.0
And yet we guess the Watery World exceeds,2.0
"In numerous Offspring, and in various Breeds.",4.0
"Than graze the verdant Fields, or range the Woods.",0.0
"But whether Earth or Seas in Kinds excel,",0.0
"The Gods, and sure the Gods alone, can tell.",0.0
For human Reach has certain Limits set;,0.0
"Men, who too curious search, themselves forget.",4.0
"We ought to know our Bounds, nor grasp at All,",0.0
"But kerb the Wish, and the mad Thought recall.",2.0
"Fish have no common Rule of Life assigned,",2.0
"Not to one Place, or to one Choice confined.",1.0
"The several Kinds pursue their proper Good,",0.0
"Different their Dwellings, and unlike their Food.",2.0
Some near the Shore in humble Pleasures blessed,0.0
"Approve the Sands, and on their Product feast.",1.0
And Soles on Sands their softer Bellies lay.,0.0
And with their speckled Train the Beach surround.,1.0
"Frisk on the Sands, or batten on the Weed.",1.0
But what these love the slimy Offspring hate:,1.0
"The Cod, and Whiting Kinds, the prickly Skate,",0.0
And on the yielding Bed reclines her Sides.,1.0
"In grosser Filth they pass their wanton Days,",0.0
"Close to green Shores the watery Natives feed,",5.0
Where silent Waters wash the growing Plant.,0.0
"Barbels to fresher Channels are inclined,",3.0
"Near Rivers stay, and shun the distant Seas;",0.0
The brackish Taste and pungent Salts displease.,0.0
"Mean are his Pleasures, and unclean his Food.",1.0
And to the Deep prefer the mingled Wave.,1.0
And their full Tribute to the Ocean pay;,3.0
"Here with sweet Draughts the joyful Tribes are blessed,",3.0
Washed from each Bank rich Spoils are born away;,1.0
"Sea Wolves within the River's Channels keep,",1.0
"Affect no Change, nor venture on the Deep.",2.0
"Or if they chance to roam, return again",1.0
Different the Conduct of the restless Eel;,1.0
"The fresher Streams, his native Home, forsake,",0.0
"Despise the little Brook, or standing Lake.",0.0
"Curious to sport in Depths unknown before,",1.0
"And search the Hollows of the crooked shore,",1.0
"Through secret Tracks he glides, and slimy Ways,",0.0
"Those dreadful Rocks, that rising Tides restrain,",0.0
"And mock the foamy Anger of the Main,",1.0
"Nor of one Form, nor equal Height appear;",1.0
Some to the Clouds their darkening Summits rear.,0.0
"Overlook the Seas, and distant Views command.",0.0
And form a floating Nest of slimy Weed.,0.0
"And He, unhappy in his hated Name",1.0
"Near sandy rising Shelves, at ebbing Tides",0.0
"Where moistened Cliffs are all with Herbs overgrown,",2.0
And here the Dory spends his easy Days.,0.0
"To form shrill Sounds, and strike the trembling Air.",1.0
To pensive Silence doomed no other Fish,1.0
"Can speak his Wants, or tell his secret Wish.",0.0
With Pleasure the luxurious Toil repeat.,3.0
"Within those Rocks, where clinging Oysters dwell,",0.0
And all the Natives of the wrinkled Shell;,1.0
"Vast hollow Caves their vaulted Roofs extend,",1.0
Whose Bodies long will stubborn Life retain.,0.0
"Yet dare the cruel Hand, and cutting Steel.",0.0
"Still pant, and move, and will at leisure die.",2.0
"Some scorn the Rocks, no shallow Waters please,",1.0
"They fly the Shore, and sound the lowest Seas.",0.0
While far above the troubled Surges flow.,0.0
"Fixed to their Choice, the dull unwieldy Race",0.0
"Lie in the Depths, and keep one constant Place.",0.0
"Unmoved they stretch themselves, and longing wait,",0.0
Too near approaching takes his luckless way;,1.0
They without Labour seize the weaker Prey.,5.0
"Who prudent know what Dangers to decline,",1.0
"The sickly Autumn dread, and sultry Days,",0.0
"Soon as the Fever taints the blasted Air,",0.0
They to some gloomy Covert all repair;,1.0
"Till the Brooks fill, and all the Heats assuage.",2.0
"A ruddy Fish, of kin to Barbel Kinds,",0.0
On Island Rocks uncommon Pleasure finds;,0.0
Adonis called by those who would express,1.0
The various Beauties of his painted Dress.,3.0
Who his fond Choice and fickle Temper know,3.0
"Loves the hard Earth, and courts forbidden Sleep.",3.0
No other Kind of those whose gasping Gills,2.0
"With humid Breath repeated Suction fills,",0.0
"Can bear the sultry Heat, and Summer Sky,",0.0
"Bask in the Sun, and wanton in the Dry.",0.0
"When Calms invite, and angry Storms are ceased,",0.0
"He drives the Stream, and hastens to his Rest.",1.0
Stretched on a rising Rock he sunning lies,0.0
Though cautious Fear a sounder Sleep denies;,0.0
"Lest hostile Birds should, as they distant fly,",1.0
"Observing stoop, and bear the Prey on high.",0.0
When feathered Pillagers intent on Food,1.0
"Skim by the Rocks, or over the Waters brood;",2.0
Clear Skies in vain their pleasing Warmth impart;,1.0
"Twining they leap, and antic Postures show,",2.0
"Bound from the Rock, and hast to dive below.",0.0
"To shun the Danger will forgo their Ease,",1.0
And seek the Shelter of the kinder Seas.,1.0
Food and Content from either Place receive.,2.0
To either Choice indifferent alike,1.0
"Both Kinds of Scorpions, and the slender Pike,",2.0
And unconfined approve the alternate Change.,1.0
"But on sharp Teeth, and horny Snout relies.",2.0
"No Fear the furious little Monster knows,",3.0
"With innate Courage fired, and martial Rage",7.0
The puny Warrior dares with Man engage.,0.0
"With mighty Soul in narrow Breast confined,",0.0
"Some scorn the weedy Rocks, and sandy Coast,",0.0
"Less Danger know, and greater Freedom boast;",1.0
The peaceful Waters of the Ocean seek,1.0
Where is the man not sensible of pain?,1.0
"All find, all feel it too in some degree;",0.0
It makes old Zeno fret as well as me.,1.0
"Else why not choose, for contemplation sake,",0.0
"The burning ploughshare, or the torturing rack?",3.0
"If pain's no ill, why not prefer the stone",1.0
"To velvet cushions, and to beds of down? ' --",1.0
"I grant he reasoned calmly in the gout,",0.0
"Touch but his pride, at once you make him smart:",0.0
"A stoic only, just in such a part;",1.0
"In all the rest susceptible of pain,",1.0
And feels and reasons much like other men.,0.0
"Among the intrepid breed I know there are,",2.0
"Who any hardship, any pains can bear.",0.0
"To whom less shocking is the impending sword,",4.0
"Than to the meek of soul, a slighting word.",1.0
"What hardy' squires, what soldiers daily feel,",2.0
"Yet whence is this? ' --  From reason, sir, no doubt.",2.0
"But pray, will abstract reason cure the gout?",1.0
"Too much, I fear, of reason's aid we boast,",0.0
"Where most it's wanted, there it fails us most.",1.0
It's not the soldier's reason makes him bear,0.0
"It's not the nice deduction of the' squire,",1.0
That keeps him well and warm without a fire:,0.0
"The mind does little; it's the body here,",1.0
"Those only then are truly said to bear,",0.0
"Who feel the pain, no matter what, or where.",1.0
"Suppose it of the acute, or lingering kind,",1.0
"Suppose it of the body, or the mind;",2.0
"Suppose it touch the welfare of a friend,",2.0
Suppose it only at the finger's end;,1.0
"Yet, if you feel the stroke, it's pain to you,",0.0
"For pain, as such, is neither more or less,",1.0
"From those nice touches which from sense arise,",2.0
"Or which when past, reflection oft supplies.",0.0
"In this, I grant, are infinite degrees,",1.0
But hence results our misery or ease:,1.0
"Not from the stroke, so much as from the smart,",1.0
"Not from the wound, but from the head or heart.",1.0
"But shall we flatter one, the other blame,",1.0
Because their feelings are not just the same?,1.0
"Yet quite a Wretch who feels and frets we call,",0.0
And quite a Saint who nothing feels at all.,0.0
"This too, perchance, may serve to reconcile",4.0
"The virgin's panics, and the stoic's smile.",1.0
It's this makes Charlot at a spider scream ' --,2.0
"This spite of reason, resolution, fame,",0.0
"This to a medium every station brings,",3.0
"This levels with their slaves the proudest kings,",1.0
And reconciles the unequal face of things.,2.0
"This inward sense, the feeling of the soul,",1.0
Of pain and pleasure comprehends the whole.,0.0
"In vain soft Conti warbles in my ear,",1.0
If the lax nerve convey no pleasure there.,4.0
"In vain the picture, and the splendid feast,",1.0
"If this not strike the eye, nor that the taste.",1.0
Than the rude Cobbler in his merry throat:,2.0
"He, who beneath some shattered bulk reclined,",0.0
"Smiles at the tempest, and derides the wind.",1.0
"Who hunger, dirt, and all but thirst can bear,",0.0
"To spleen a stranger, and a foe to fear.",1.0
"Nor high debates, nor falling stocks he minds,",0.0
"His awful temples, lo! a fillet binds;",3.0
"Patient he eyes the future and the past,",3.0
"And, as a king, is happy to the last.",2.0
"To me it seems, however our lot may fall,",4.0
That pain and pleasure's dealt alike to all;,3.0
"That every station has its proper ill,",0.0
"In what we fancy, or in what we feel;",1.0
"That every worldly pleasure we may gain,",1.0
Is dropped again in some attendant pain.,0.0
"Thus wisely deals the impartial hand of Heaven,",3.0
"To cheque our pride, and keep the balance even.",0.0
"Tell me, you Proud ones! who this world possess,",1.0
"Are not the high and low, the great and less,",0.0
Born with an equal plea to happiness?,1.0
"True, in your wants and wishes you succeed;",1.0
But are you better than the slaves you feed?,2.0
"Have you more virtue who of ven'son eat,",0.0
"Alas! with plenty, peace is seldom given,",0.0
"Tell me, you Poor ones! and your state explain,",2.0
"Whose patience Heaven proportions to your pain,",1.0
"To whom is wanting every earthly good,",0.0
"But quiet sleeps, and appetites subdued;",0.0
"Whose hopes to no wild summit ever pressed,",1.0
No keen sensations to disturb your breast:,2.0
"Say, why were all these wondrous blessings given,",0.0
But to convince you of the care of Heaven?,2.0
"To show how equally its gifts are lent,",1.0
"To some in Gold, to others in Content.",0.0
"Still those are restless, discontented these,",1.0
"The poor for riches sigh, the rich for ease.",0.0
"Thus Curio pines with envy at the great,",4.0
"While you, my Lord, are sick of pomp and state.",0.0
"My fate is hard, cries one overlooked! forgot!",3.0
Yet all life's comforts are my neighbour's lot.,3.0
"But I, unhappy! every blessing want;",1.0
"His life, though vile, is one luxurious treat,",3.0
"While I have virtue, but not bread to eat.",1.0
Still you have ' --  What! no reason to complain?,2.0
"Perhaps not much. However, think again.",1.0
"The outside's fair indeed, but look within;",4.0
"That cruel something, common to the rest:",1.0
"Some favourite wish too wild, or weak to own,",1.0
"Some secret pang, to all besides unknown.",0.0
"Or with his blessings, count his want of health,",1.0
"And to the pleasures, add the plagues of wealth:",1.0
"On every side the envied creature view,",0.0
"Then tell me which is happiest, He or You?",2.0
"Possessing all things, could we all enjoy,",1.0
"Would neither appetites, nor objects cloy,",0.0
"Were every sense, each pleasing passion keen,",0.0
How blessed the rich! how cursed indeed the poor!,0.0
"One to enjoy, the other to endure.",2.0
Behold the man of luxury and wine!,1.0
"His station too, it seems, is hard as thine.",0.0
And France her vines luxuriant prunes for him;,2.0
"Of loss of appetite, and want of taste;",0.0
Who hardly knows the luxury to eat.,1.0
"But what? your barns are full, your rents increase;",0.0
Sir Robert too has promised you a Place.,2.0
"Have comfort, man! let not your spirits fail!",1.0
Perhaps to morrow you may relish quail.,1.0
"Think rather of the pleasures which you share,",2.0
And learn their inconveniences to bear.,1.0
Rejoice in crayfish soup! be glad in trout!,0.0
"But pray have patience, when you feel the gout;",0.0
"Or rise, like Bethel, from the intemperate feast.",5.0
"Thus each has something to enjoy, and bear;",1.0
And none may envy much his neighbour's share.,1.0
"Envy! the source of half the wretched feel,",2.0
"And where it strikes, the hardest wound to heal.",0.0
Since I in something else am just as blessed.,0.0
To me perhaps kind heaven indulgent grants,2.0
"To me has given a quicker sense of shame,",3.0
While he feels nothing of contempt or blame:,3.0
"To me no acres of paternal ground,",3.0
To him the spleen and fifty thousand pound.,1.0
Some secret power may blunt the edge of pain:,2.0
"The keen sensation use may reconcile,",0.0
And added Hope affliction's sting beguile.,0.0
"Would you enquire, why man's to suffering born;",4.0
"To feel his frailties, and his nature mourn?",1.0
"Why each has his peculiar ill assigned,",2.0
"Some pain of body, or some plague of mind;",1.0
"Some lingering malady for years endured,",1.0
"Some hopeless passion, never to be cured:",1.0
"And why not rather temperate, wise, serene,",0.0
"Without all healthful, and all peace within?",1.0
"Know, thankless man! that He, who rules the ball,",2.0
In goodness infinite permits it all.,1.0
"For natural Evil, rightly understood,",0.0
"Works but the grand design, our moral Good;",0.0
"And he unjustly of his lot complains,",2.0
Who finds his strength proportioned to his pains.,1.0
"This life, with pain and pleasure intermixed,",0.0
Is but a state of trial for the next;,1.0
"A stage, on which amid' the varied scenes,",0.0
"May choose his part, or strut his hour again:",0.0
"Our business only through the measured span,",1.0
"To act it well, and wisely as we can.",1.0
"Pain was permitted in the various part,",4.0
"To cheque the manners, and chastise the heart;",1.0
To blunt the appetite to moral ill;,0.0
"To kerb, restrain, and rectify the will;",0.0
To call us back from every wild pursuit;,0.0
To clear the soil for virtue's plants to shoot;,0.0
"And teach us where to weep, from what we feel:",0.0
"To fix, to urge the business of our span;",1.0
"To raise the hero, and to mend the man.",1.0
"Strong trials must the headstrong temper break,",2.0
As gentler methods oft reclaim the meek.,0.0
"When lightnings flash, the most obdurate mind",0.0
And owns the terrors of a world to come.,1.0
"These are the ends for which afflictions came,",1.0
"To rouse our reason, and our passions tame;",1.0
"To set fair Virtue in her proper light,",1.0
And fix the wavering attention right.,1.0
"What though your part amid' the general scene,",0.0
"Too high or hard appear, too low or mean;",2.0
"Beset with wants, with cares and fears oppressed,",0.0
"The sport of fortune, and of men the jest:",1.0
"Yet wait awhile, whatever chance befall,",1.0
"Heaven's ways are equal, thine unequal all.",1.0
"Here but as strangers journeying for a space,",1.0
"Some perils by the way we must endure,",1.0
"The cruel robber, and the night obscure.",1.0
"Yet, armed with Patience, let us boldly dare,",0.0
"The end is certain, and the prospect fair.",1.0
"He, who proportions largely all our gain,",0.0
"Weighs every loss, and counts out every pain;",1.0
"Sees all our frailties, measures dust by dust,",0.0
"In all he gives and takes, supremely just:",1.0
"That power eternal will our steps befriend,",3.0
And guide us safely to our journey's end;,1.0
And each immortal guest subside to peace.,0.0
"To him who suffered well, will much be given,",1.0
"For you, my Lord, in various conflicts seen,",3.0
"The best of tempers, and the best of men:",1.0
"For you, alas! one trial yet remains;",1.0
OH suffer righteously these proving strains!,2.0
"And if unmoved, unruffled you can hear,",2.0
What Patience' self perchance could hardly bear;,5.0
"How ardently devout affections rise,",1.0
"Crowd on the expanding heart, and speak of thee!",1.0
"All mingling, soaring, brightening, how they shine",1.0
"In truth's strong light, and say that we are thine!",2.0
"Signs visible, wherever he turns his eyes,",4.0
That thou art good as wise and mighty; love,0.0
The active power that does through all things move.,1.0
"Adorned with forests, hills and mountains grand,",0.0
"And coped aloft with beauty, ever changing",0.0
"At day's glad waking, or at day's decline;",2.0
As full or crescent moons shine softly bright,1.0
"As stars from deepened darkness, fiercely burning",0.0
"Keep round their northern guide, for ever turning!",0.0
"Such thoughts do visit us like friends indeed,",1.0
Who help and comfort in the hour of need;,0.0
"And sacred lore repeat, even that blessed line,",5.0
"The dying soldier stretched on battle ground,",0.0
"Thinks of his home, the distant and the dear,",1.0
Then in his heart repeats these words of cheer.,0.0
"She, too, whose little flock of love are led",0.0
"To stand once more around her dying bed,",1.0
"Blesses them one by one, and when the last",2.0
"Hath from her fondly lingering vision past,",0.0
"Raises her eyes, to worship and adore,",3.0
And feels the bitterness of death is over;,1.0
"Casting behind her mortal love and fear,",2.0
"She feels that she is Thine, and thou art near.",2.0
"The man who in this mingled world of woe,",0.0
Dire warfare holds with many a galling foe;,3.0
"With poverty, disgrace, disease, and pain,",1.0
"And bravely fronting all, can still maintain,",0.0
"Let all these foes to work my woe combine,",0.0
"Living and dying, Father, I am thine.",3.0
But o! to trace what forms of mortal ill,1.0
"This thought hath conquered, baffles human skill",0.0
"Yes, we are thine, Almighty Lord and Sire,",1.0
With souls endowed to reason and aspire.,1.0
"Reason, thy gifted spark of heavenly flame,",4.0
The noblest inmate of the human frame;,2.0
"By which, in all thy works, thyself we see,",0.0
"And love, obey, adore, and worship Thee.",1.0
"WHere the fair streams of famed Euphrates stray,",3.0
"On the green borders of the silver flood,",3.0
"A pensive band, oppressed with grief severe,",0.0
For Zion's fate they shed the frequent tear;,2.0
High on the branches of the willows hung;,2.0
When lo! their enemies demand the strains,1.0
"How shall these songs, Jehovah, Sovereign King!",0.0
"Let my right hand forget the note to play,",3.0
"Let my mute tongue forget to tune the lay,",3.0
"From thee, OH Salem! and thy sacred groves:",3.0
"But, mighty Lord! remember thou their seed,",1.0
"Who bade thy city mourn, thy people bleed!",0.0
"Her haughty warriors pale and breathless lie,",0.0
"Dashed on the stones her helpless infants die,",0.0
"The woes we suffer be to her repaid,",1.0
And all her glory sunk in everlasting shade?,0.0
"FOrgo the charming Muses! No, in spite",0.0
"And for the future paint my thoughts at large,",1.0
For a collection to the Church for ink:,2.0
Besides my Muse is the most gentle thing,1.0
That ever yet made an attempt to sing:,2.0
Nor set the married world an edge for Ropes;,0.0
"My active Genius will by no means sleep,",2.0
And let it then its proper channel keep.,0.0
"That I must this, or greater mischief do;",0.0
"And let the world think me inspired, or mad,",4.0
I'll surely write while paper's to be had;,1.0
"Since Heaven to me has a Retreat assigned,",2.0
That would inspire a less harmonious mind.,2.0
"All that a Poet loves I have in view,",0.0
"Delight some Hills, refreshing Shades, and pleasant Valleys too,",0.0
"Fair spreading Valleys clothed with lasting green,",1.0
"And Sunny Banks with gilded streams between,",0.0
"Where free from sullen cares I live at case,",0.0
"Indulge my Muse, and wishes, as I please,",1.0
"Exempt from all that looks like want or strife,",0.0
"I smoothly glide along the Plains of Life,",0.0
"Besides, I'm vehemently in love to boot,",3.0
"But why for these dull Reasons do I pause,",2.0
"And that my Muse may take no counter Spell,",1.0
I fairly bid the Boarding Schools farewell:,1.0
"No Young Impertinent, shall here intrude,",2.0
And vex me from this blissful solitude.,1.0
"Spite of her heart, Old Puss shall damn no more",2.0
"While all the rest of the melodious crew,",3.0
"With the whole System of Athenians too,",5.0
"But I'to Church, shall fill her Train no more,",5.0
"Thy self for me, my dancing days are over;",1.0
"Eight Notes must for another Treble look,",3.0
In Burlesque to make Faces by the book.,5.0
"And pretty Cupid, in the Glass adieu,",0.0
"And since the dearest friends that be must part,",0.0
Old Governess farewell with all my heart.,3.0
"Now welcome all you peaceful Shades and Springs,",1.0
And welcome all the inspiring tender things;,2.0
"That please my genius, suit my make and years,",0.0
Unburdened yet with all but lovers cares.,0.0
"UNSTABLE Goddess! why, with care severe,",0.0
Still dost thou strew with thorns my rugged path?,0.0
Will crouch submissive to avert thy wrath?,1.0
"Preserve thy threats for thine unhappy slaves,",1.0
The shuddering victims of thy treacherous power;,5.0
Shall smile superior in the roughest hour.,1.0
"The combat urged by thy malicious ire,",1.0
So the bright steel beneath the hammer's blows,2.0
"More polished, more refined, and keener grows.",0.0
Since the first Man by Disobedience fell,5.0
"An easy Conquest to the Powers of Hell,",3.0
From the Insults of bold Affliction free.,1.0
"If a short respite gives us some Relief,",2.0
"And interrupts the Series of our Grief,",1.0
"So quick the Pangs of Misery return,",1.0
"We Joy by Minutes, but by Years we Mourn.",1.0
"Reason refined and to perfection brought,",3.0
"By wise Philosophy, and serious Thought,",3.0
Supports the Soul beneath the ponderous Weight,2.0
"Then is the time she should exert her Power,",0.0
And make us practise what she taught before.,0.0
"For why are such Voluminous Authors read,",3.0
"But to prepare the Mind for its defence,",2.0
That when the Storm of Misery appears,1.0
"With all its real, or fantastic Fears,",2.0
"We either may the rolling danger fly,",1.0
Or stem the Tide before it swells too high.,1.0
"With ease, what should, and what should not be done:",0.0
"Yet all the labour in the Practise lies,",0.0
"To be in more than Words, and Notion wise,",0.0
The sacred Truths of sound Philosophy,1.0
"We study early, but we late apply.",1.0
"When stubborn Anguish seizes on the Soul,",1.0
"The Pain is just, when we reject the Cure.",1.0
"For many Men, close observation finds,",1.0
"Of copious Learning, and exalted Minds;",3.0
"Who tremble at the sight of daring Woes,",0.0
As if they understood not how to be,2.0
"Or wise, or brave, but in Felicity;",1.0
"And by some Action, servile, or unjust,",2.0
Lay all their former Glories in the Dust.,0.0
"For Wisdom first the wretched Mortal flies,",0.0
And leaves him naked to his Enemies.,2.0
"So that when most his Prudence should be shown,",0.0
The most imprudent giddy things are done:,0.0
"For when the Mind's surrounded with Distress,",1.0
"Fear, or Inconstancy, the Judgement press,",3.0
And render it incapable to make,2.0
"Wise Resolutions, or good Counsels take.",2.0
"By Reason bred, and by Religion taught,",1.0
"Which, like a Rock amid the stormy Waves,",0.0
"Unmoved remains, and all Affliction braves.",0.0
"In sharp Misfortunes some will search too deep,",1.0
"What Heaven prohibits, and would secret keep:",1.0
"But those Events it's better not to know,",1.0
"Which known, serve only to increase our Woe.",2.0
"Knowledge forbid, it's dangerous to pursue,",5.0
"With Guilt begins, and ends with Ruin too.",0.0
For had our earliest Parents been content,2.0
"Not to know more, than to be innocent:",2.0
Their Ignorance of Evil had preserved,1.0
Their Joys entire; for then they had not swerved.,1.0
"But they imagined, their Desires were such,",2.0
"They knew too little, till they knew too much.",3.0
"Ever since by Folly most to Wisdom rise,",0.0
"And few are, but by sad Experience, Wise.",3.0
"Consider, Friend! who all your Blessings gave,",0.0
"What are recalled again, and what you have;",1.0
"And do not murmur, when you are bereft",1.0
"Of little, if you have abundance left.",1.0
"Consider too, how many Thousands are",1.0
"Under the worst of Miseries, Despair:",3.0
"Custom will give you Ease, or Time will cure.",2.0
"Once more consider, that the present Ill,",1.0
"Though it be great, may yet be greater still;",1.0
And be not anxious; for to undergo,1.0
"One Grief, is nothing to a numerous Woe.",3.0
But since it is impossible to be,2.0
"Human, and not exposed to Misery,",3.0
"Bear it, my Friend, as bravely as you can;",1.0
"You are not more, and be not less than Man!",0.0
"Afflictions past, can no Existence find,",0.0
But in the wild Ideas of the Mind:,1.0
"And why should we for those Misfortunes mourn,",1.0
"Which have been suffered, and can never return?",3.0
"Those that have weathered a tempestuous Night,",4.0
"And find a Calm approaching with the Light,",1.0
"Will not, unless their Reason they disown,",1.0
"Still make those Dangers present, that are gone.",1.0
"What is behind the Curtain, none can see;",1.0
"It may be Joy, suppose it Misery.",2.0
"It's future still, and that, which is not here,",0.0
"May never come, or we may never bare.",1.0
"Therefore the present Ill, alone we ought",1.0
"To view, in reason, with a troubled Thought:",1.0
"But, if we may the sacred Pages trust,",1.0
"Tell me, you daring Atheist, what's your End,",1.0
"You would be happy and secure it here,",1.0
"Your Minds scarce doubt, but Crimes Reversion fear.",1.0
Whoever knew a sober Atheist yet?,1.0
"Tis the Extravagance of floating Wit,",3.0
Buoyed up with Wine and sensual Appetite.,3.0
For they with Doubts do all their Crimes pursue;,1.0
"They are more plagued to kerb the Thoughts of Hell,",1.0
"No Man at first to Atheism inclined,",3.0
He takes that Refuge after he has sinned;,1.0
"Bold in his Crimes until he can't repent,",0.0
Then strives to think there is no Punishment:,3.0
"Lulled in lewd Pleasures from Devotion free,",3.0
"Where is the Happiness they so much boast,",2.0
Their Joys are in their Consequences lost?,0.0
"Women and Wine their greatest dear Concern,",2.0
But cheat their Hopes and make an ill Return;,0.0
O! the Delights and Bliss he centres there;,2.0
"And in carousing with lascivious Songs,",3.0
"Their Disappointments Pride and Jealousy,",2.0
Are more severe than Fast and Mortify;,0.0
"A hectoring Rival or Decease at last,",3.0
"The Pains and Qualms that wait a drunken Fit,",0.0
Severely scourge the Gust of Appetite;,0.0
As they would fain believe but cannot tell.,1.0
Our Joys no torturing Excess allow;,2.0
"Pleased and secure amid our Bliss we move,",2.0
And with just Transports hope for more above;,1.0
"In this we're blessed, and since it lasts as long",0.0
"If we mistake, whether we did or no;",6.0
"QUEEN of the Northern World, whose gentle Sway",0.0
"Invites our Love, and binds our Hearts to Obey:",2.0
Forgive the Nation's Groan when William died;,0.0
"Lo, at thy Feet in all the Loyal Pride",0.0
"Of rising Joy Three Happy Realms appear,",1.0
And William's Urn almost without a Tear,1.0
Stands; nor Complains: While from thy Gracious Tongue,3.0
Peace flows in Silver Streams amid the Throng.,1.0
"Amazing Balm, that on those Lips was found",1.0
"Transfer their Souls, and live; secure they Play",0.0
"In thy Mild Rays, and feel a growing Day.",3.0
Fainting Devotion; while in various Forms,4.0
Fair Piety shines through the British Isles:,3.0
"Here at thy Side, and in thy kindest Smiles",0.0
"Blazing in Ornamental Gold she stands,",2.0
"To Bless thy Councils, and Assist thy Hands,",1.0
And Crowds wait round her to receive Commands.,2.0
There at a Humble distance from the Throne,1.0
"Nor knows Suspicion, nor affects the Shade.",1.0
"In Words of Solemn Form, or with a freer Cry",1.0
"Warm as our Zeal for Thee, We Both address the Sky,",1.0
"Vow for thy Safety Both, and live beneath thine Eye.",0.0
"PRINCESS, the World already owns thy Name;",2.0
"Go, mount the Chariot of Immortal Fame,",4.0
Too dear is purchased by an Angels Death.,2.0
The Thunder of thy Hand with general Joy,1.0
Shall crush Rebellion and the Rival Boy:,1.0
"Thy Sounding Arms his Gallic Patron hears,",0.0
Till hard Despair wring from the Tyrant's Soul,4.0
The Iron Tears out. Let thy Frown control,0.0
"Our Angry Jars at Home, till Wrath submit",0.0
Her Bloody Banners to thine Awful Feet.,1.0
Mad Zeal and Frenzy with their Murderous Train,4.0
"Flee these Blessed Realms in thine Auspicious Reign,",3.0
"Envy expire in Rage, and Treason bite the Chain.",2.0
"Thy Thread of Life prolong our Golden Age,",0.0
Long bless the Earth: Then rise and shine on high,1.0
The fairest Glory of the Western Sky;,1.0
"There cheque the Rays of each Malignant Star,",0.0
"Heal the dire Pestilence, forbid the War,",1.0
And stretch thy Peaceful Influence to the Southern Spheres.,1.0
"SING muse if such a theme, so dark, so long,",2.0
May find a muse to grace it with a song,1.0
By what unseen and unsuspected arts,0.0
"Tell where she lurks, beneath what flowery shades,",2.0
"That not a glimpse of genuine light pervades,",2.0
"The poisonous, black, insinuating worm,",3.0
Successfully conceals her loathsome form.,1.0
"Take, if you can, you careless and supine!",2.0
Counsel and caution from a voice like mine;,3.0
"Truths that the theorist could never reach,",1.0
"And observation taught me, I would teach.",1.0
"Not all whose eloquence the fancy fills,",1.0
"Weak to perform, though mighty to pretend,",3.0
"Discern the fraud beneath the specious lure,",0.0
"Prevent the danger, or prescribe the cure.",1.0
"The clear harangue, and cold as it is clear,",1.0
"Like quicksilver, the rhetoric they display,",6.0
"Shines as it runs, but grasped at slips away.",0.0
"Placed for his trial on this bustling stage,",0.0
"Free in his will to choose or to refuse,",2.0
"Man may improve the crisis, or abuse.",3.0
"Say, to what bar amenable were man?",1.0
"And if he fell, would fall because he must;",1.0
"If love reward him, or if vengeance strike,",1.0
"His recompense in both, unjust alike.",0.0
Divine authority within his breast,1.0
"Brings every thought, word, action to the test,",3.0
"Warns him or prompts, approves him or restrains,",1.0
"As reason, or as passion, takes the reins.",1.0
"Heaven from above, and conscience from within,",2.0
"Cry in his startled ear, abstain from sin.",0.0
"The world around solicits his desire,",1.0
"While all his purposes and steps to guard,",1.0
"Peace follows virtue as its sure reward,",2.0
"And pleasure brings as surely in her train,",0.0
Remorse and sorrow and vindictive pain.,1.0
"Man thus endued with an elective voice,",2.0
Must be supplied with objects of his choice.,1.0
"Wherever he turns, enjoyment and delight,",3.0
"Or present, or in prospect, meet his sight;",1.0
Those call him loudly to pursuit of more.,1.0
"Avarice shows, and virtue is the price.",3.0
"Here, various motives his ambition raise,",3.0
"There beauty woes him with expanded arms,",1.0
"Nor these alone, whose pleasures less refined,",1.0
"Might well alarm the most unguarded mind,",0.0
"Or lead him devious from the path of truth,",1.0
"Safe in themselves, but dangerous in the excess.",3.0
"Hark! how it floats upon the dewy air,",0.0
"OH what a dying, dying close was there!",0.0
"It's harmony from yonder sequestered bower,",3.0
"His morning course, the enchantment was begun,",3.0
"And he shall gild yonder mountains height again,",1.0
Ever yet the pleasing toil becomes a pain.,0.0
"Is this the rugged path, the steep ascent",1.0
That virtue points to? Can a life thus spent,2.0
"Lead to the bliss she promises the wise,",1.0
"Detach the soul from earth, and speed her to the skies?",1.0
"You devotees to your adored employ,",1.0
"Enthusiasts, drunk with an unreal joy,",5.0
"Love makes the music of the blessed above,",2.0
Heavens harmony is universal love;,1.0
"And earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined,",0.0
"And lenient as soft opiates to the mind,",5.0
"Grey dawn appears, the sportsman and his train",2.0
"Speckle the bosom of the distant plain,",3.0
"Save that his scent is less acute than their's,",0.0
"For persevering chase, and headlong leaps,",1.0
True beagle as the staunchest hound he keeps.,2.0
"Charged with the folly of his life's mad scene,",2.0
"It's exercise, and health and length of days,",0.0
"Again impetuous to the field he flies,",1.0
"Leaps every fence but one, there falls and dies;",2.0
"You clergy, while your orbit is your place,",1.0
"Lights of the world, and stars of human race ' --",0.0
"But if eccentric the forsake your sphere,",2.0
"Prodigious, ominous, and viewed with fear.",1.0
"Your's real, and pernicious in the extreme.",4.0
With the same ease the man puts on his gown?,3.0
"Charmed by the sounds, your reverence, or your grace?",1.0
"No. But his own engagement binds him fast,",0.0
"Or if it does not, brands him to the last",2.0
"What atheists call him, a designing knave,",3.0
"A mere church juggler, hypocrite and slave.",1.0
"O laugh, or mourn with me, the rueful jest,",1.0
"Set Paul to music, he shall quote him too.",2.0
"He takes the field, the master of the pack",1.0
"Cries, well done Saint ' --  and claps him on the back.",2.0
Is this the path of sanctity? Is this,2.0
"Himself a wanderer from the narrow way,",1.0
"His silly sheep, what wonder if they stray?",1.0
"Go, cast your orders at your Bishop's feet,",1.0
"The sacred function, in your hands is made,",0.0
Sad sacrilege! No function but a trade.,4.0
"When he has prayed and preached the sabbath down,",1.0
The full concerto swells upon your ear;,0.0
"All elbows shake. Look in, and you would swear",3.0
The Babylonian tyrant with a nod,3.0
Had summoned them to serve his golden God.,1.0
"So well that thought the employment seems to suit,",2.0
"O fie! It's evangelical and pure,",1.0
"Observe each face, how sober and demure,",1.0
"Ecstasy sets her stamp on every mien,",2.0
"Still I insist, though music heretofore",2.0
"Love, joy and peace make harmony, more meet",3.0
"For sabbath evenings, and perhaps as sweet.",1.0
"Resort to this example as a rock,",2.0
There stand and justify the foul abuse,0.0
"Of sabbath hours, with plausible excuse?",1.0
If apostolic gravity be free,2.0
"To play the fool on Sundays, why not we?",1.0
"If he, the tinkling harpsichord regards",1.0
"Strike up the fiddles, let us all be gay,",0.0
"Laymen have leave to dance, if parsons play.",2.0
O Italy! Thy sabbaths will be soon,2.0
"Preaching and pranks will share the motley scene,",2.0
What says the prophet? Let that day be blessed,0.0
With holiness and consecrated rest.,1.0
"Pastime and business both it should exclude,",1.0
"And bar the door the moment they intrude,",1.0
"Nobly distinguished above all the six,",4.0
By deeds in which the world must never mix.,0.0
"Hear him again. He calls it a delight,",3.0
"When the glad soul is made heavens welcome guest,",3.0
Their answer to the call is ' --  Not at home.,1.0
"O the dear pleasures of the velvet plain,",3.0
"The painted tablets, dealt and dealt again.",0.0
"Cards with what rapture, and the polished die,",1.0
"Then to the dance, and make the sober moon",0.0
Witness of joys that shun the sight of noon.,2.0
"The snug close party, or the splendid hall,",2.0
Views constellations brighter than her own.,2.0
"It's innocent, and harmless and refined,",2.0
"The balm of care, elysium of the mind.",1.0
Innocent! O if venerable time,2.0
"Slain at the foot of pleasure, be no crime,",1.0
"Then with his silver beard and magic wand,",0.0
"Let him your rubric and your feasts prescribe,",1.0
Grand metropolitan of all the tribe.,2.0
"Of manners rough, and coarse athletic cast,",0.0
"Not of the moral, but the dancing school,",1.0
"He cannot drink five bottles, bilk the score,",1.0
"Then kill a constable, and drink five more;",2.0
"But he can draw a pattern, make a tart,",1.0
And has the ladies etiquette by heart.,1.0
"Your cause, before a bar you little dread;",0.0
"But know, the law that bids the drunkard die,",0.0
"Both baby featured and of infant size,",2.0
"Folly and innocence are so alike,",4.0
"The difference, though essential, fails to strike.",1.0
"Yet folly ever has a vacant stare,",0.0
"But innocence, sedate, serene, erect,",1.0
"Delights us, by engaging our respect.",2.0
"Man, nature's guest by invitation sweet,",1.0
"Receives from her, both appetite and treat,",2.0
"For nature, nice, as liberal to dispense,",1.0
Made nothing but a brute the slave of sense.,2.0
"Daniel ate pulse by choice, example rare!",3.0
"Heaven blessed the youth, and made him fresh and fair.",0.0
"He snuffs far off the anticipated joy,",4.0
"Turtle and ven'son all his thoughts employ,",2.0
"Prepares for meals, as jockeys take a sweat,",0.0
O nauseous! an emetic for a whet ' --,2.0
Will providence overlook the wasted good?,2.0
Temperance were no virtue if he could.,5.0
"That pleasures, therefore, or what such we call,",3.0
"Are hurtful, is a truth confessed by all.",1.0
"And some that seem to threaten virtue less,",0.0
"Still hurtful, in the abuse, or by the excess.",4.0
"Is man then only for his torment placed,",2.0
The centre of delights he may not taste?,2.0
Like fabled Tantalus condemned to hear,1.0
With prohibition and perpetual thirst?,3.0
"No, wrangler ' --  destitute of shame and sense,",1.0
"Forbids him none but the licentious joy,",1.0
"Whose fruit, though fair, tempts only to destroy.",2.0
"Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid",0.0
"In every bosom where her nest is made,",0.0
"Hatched by the beams of truth denies him rest,",0.0
And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.,1.0
No pleasure? Are domestic comforts dead?,2.0
Are all the nameless sweets of friendship fled?,0.0
"Has time worn out, or fashion put to shame",1.0
"Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame?",1.0
"All these belong to virtue, and all prove",2.0
That virtue has a title to your love.,1.0
"Have you no touch of pity, that the poor",3.0
Stand starved at your inhospitable door?,4.0
Or if yourself too scantily supplied,4.0
"Need help, let honest industry provide.",2.0
"Earn, if you want, if you abound, impart,",1.0
These both are pleasures to the feeling heart.,1.0
No pleasure? Has some sickly eastern waste,1.0
Sent us a wind to parch us at a blast?,0.0
Can British paradise no scenes afford,1.0
To please her sated and indifferent lord?,1.0
Quite to the lees? And has religion none?,0.0
And judge you from the kennel and the sty.,2.0
"Delights like these, you sensual and profane,",4.0
"Called to these crystal streams, do you turn off",0.0
"Obscene, to swill and swallow at a trough?",0.0
"Envy the beast then, on whom heaven bestows",2.0
"Your pleasures, with no curses in the close.",2.0
"Pleasure admitted in undue degree,",2.0
"It's not alone the grapes enticing juice,",0.0
"Ambition, avarice, and the lust of fame,",1.0
"And woman, lovely woman, does the same.",0.0
"The heart, surrendered to the ruling power",1.0
"Finds by degrees, the truths that once bore sway,",3.0
And all their deep impression wear away.,0.0
"So coin grows smooth, in traffic current passed,",1.0
"The breach, though small at first, soon opening wide,",3.0
In rushes folly with a full moon tide.,2.0
"Then welcome errors of whatever size,",2.0
To justify it by a thousand lies.,1.0
"As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone,",0.0
"And hides the ruin that it feeds upon,",0.0
"So sophistry, cleaves close to, and protects",3.0
"Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.",2.0
"Mortals whose pleasures are their only care,",3.0
"First wish to be imposed on, and then are.",1.0
"And lest the fulsome artifice should fail,",2.0
Not more industrious are the just and true,1.0
"To give to virtue what is virtue's due,",0.0
"And call her charms to public notice forth,",0.0
"Than vice's mean and disingenuous race,",6.0
To hide the shocking features of her face.,1.0
"Her form with dress and lotion they repair,",1.0
Then kiss their idol and pronounce her fair.,1.0
The sacred implement I now employ,1.0
"Might prove a mischief or at best a toy,",1.0
"A trifle if it move but to amuse,",2.0
"But if to wrong the judgement and abuse,",2.0
It stabs at once the morals of a land.,1.0
"You writers of what none with safety reads,",1.0
"Footing it in the dance that fancy leads,",1.0
"You novelists who mar what you would mend,",2.0
Whose corresponding misses fill the ream,0.0
Caught in a delicate soft silken net,2.0
"Steal to the closet of young innocence,",3.0
To scribble as you scribble at fifteen;,1.0
"Who kindling a combustion of desire,",2.0
"With some cold moral think to quench the fire,",1.0
"Though all your engineering proves in vain,",0.0
The dribbling stream never puts it out again;,4.0
"O that a verse had power, and could command",2.0
"Who fasten without mercy on the fair,",6.0
"And suck, and leave a craving maggot there.",1.0
"However disguised the inflammatory tale,",5.0
Such writers and such readers owe the gust,1.0
And relish of their pleasure all to lust.,1.0
"A quarry more important still than you,",0.0
"Down down the wind she swims and sails away,",1.0
Now stoops upon it and now grasps the prey.,3.0
But every tear shall scald thy memory.,1.0
"The graces too, while virtue at their shrine",0.0
"Lay bleeding under that soft hand of thine,",2.0
"Felt each a mortal stab in her own breast,",1.0
"Abhorred the sacrifice, and cursed the priest.",0.0
"Thou polished and high finished foe to truth,",2.0
"To purge and skim away the filth of vice,",0.0
"That so refined it might the more entice,",1.0
Then pour it on the morals of thy son,2.0
"To taint his heart, was worthy of thine own.",1.0
"Now while the poison all high life pervades,",1.0
"One, and one only, charged with deep regret,",1.0
"That thy worst part, thy principles live yet;",5.0
"One sad epistle thence, may cure mankind,",1.0
Of the plague spread by bundles left behind.,2.0
"It's granted, and no plainer truth appears,",2.0
"Our most important are our earliest years,",2.0
And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue,3.0
"That education gives her, false or true.",0.0
"Plants raised with tenderness are seldom strong,",2.0
"And without discipline the favourite child,",6.0
Like a neglected forester runs wild.,3.0
"But we, as if good qualities would grow",2.0
"Spontaneous, take but little pains to sow,",2.0
"Teach him to fence and figure twice a week,",0.0
"And having done we think, the best we can,",0.0
Praise his proficiency and dub him man.,3.0
"From school to Cam or Isis, and thence home,",2.0
"And thence with all convenient speed to Rome,",0.0
"With reverend tutor clad in habit lay,",0.0
"To tease for cash and quarrel with all day,",1.0
"And every post, and where the chaise broke down:",2.0
"His stock, a few French phrases got by heart,",1.0
"With much to learn, but nothing to impart,",1.0
"The youth obedient to his sire's commands,",1.0
Sets off a wanderer into foreign lands:,2.0
"Surprised at all they meet, the goslin pair",0.0
"With awkward gait, stretched neck, and silly stare,",1.0
"Discover huge cathedrals built with stone,",0.0
"And steeples towering high much like our own,",0.0
But show peculiar light by many a grin,2.0
"For men of their appearance and andress,",3.0
"With much compassion undertakes the task,",0.0
To tell them more than they have wit to ask.,1.0
"Such as when legible were never read,",2.0
"Some headless hero or some Caesar shows,",1.0
Defective only in his Roman nose;,0.0
"Exhibits elevations, drawings, plans,",0.0
"And sells them medals, which if neither rare",0.0
"Nor ancient, will be so, preserved with care.",2.0
Strange the recital! from whatever cause,4.0
"His great improvement and new lights he draws,",2.0
But teems with powers he never felt before:,2.0
"Whether increased momentum, and the force",3.0
"As axles sometime kindle as they go,",2.0
Chafed him and brought dull nature to a glow;,2.0
Or whether clearer skies and softer air,0.0
"That make Italian flowers so sweet and fair,",2.0
"Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran,",2.0
"Returning he proclaims by many a grace,",3.0
"By shrugs and strange contortions of his face,",1.0
"Accomplishments have taken virtue's place,",1.0
And wisdom falls before exterior grace;,2.0
"We slight the precious kernel of the stone,",1.0
And toil to polish its rough coat alone.,2.0
"A just deportment, manners graced with ease",0.0
"Elegant phrase, and figure formed to please,",2.0
Are qualities that seem to comprehend,1.0
"Whatever parents, guardians, schools intend;",3.0
"Though busy, trifling; empty, though refined,",1.0
"Hence all that interferes, and dares to clash",0.0
"While learning, once the man's exclusive pride,",0.0
Seems verging fast towards the female side.,2.0
Learning itself received into a mind,2.0
"By nature weak, or viciously inclined,",1.0
Serves but to lead philosophers astray,1.0
Where children would with ease discern the way.,0.0
To cheat themselves and gain the world's assent,0.0
The worst is scripture warped from it's intent.,1.0
The carriage bowls along and all are pleased,0.0
"If Tom be sober, and the wheels well greased,",2.0
"But if the rogue have gone a cup too far,",2.0
"Left out his linchpin or forgot his tar,",2.0
"It suffers interruption and delay,",1.0
And meets with hindrance in the smoothest way.,0.0
When some hypothesis absurd and vain,1.0
"Has filled with all its fumes a critic's brain,",0.0
"The text that sorts not with his darling whim,",1.0
"Though plain to others, is obscure to him.",1.0
"The will made subject to a lawless force,",0.0
"All is irregular, and out of course,",3.0
"And judgement drunk, and bribed to lose his way,",0.0
"Winks hard, and talks of darkness at noon day.",2.0
"A critic on the sacred book, should be",1.0
"Candid and learnt, dispassionate and free;",3.0
"Free from the wayward bias bigots feel,",0.0
"But above all or let the wretch refrain,",1.0
Nor touch the page he cannot but profane,1.0
"Free from the domineering power of lust,",2.0
A lewd interpreter is never just.,1.0
"How shall I speak thee, or thy power address,",2.0
"Thou God of our idolatry, the press?",2.0
"By thee, religion, liberty and laws",2.0
"Exert their influence, and advance their cause,",3.0
"By thee, worse plagues than Pharaoh's land befell,",2.0
"Diffused, make earth the vestibule of hell:",1.0
"Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise,",0.0
"Like Eden's dread probationary tree,",0.0
Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.,2.0
"No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest,",5.0
Till half mankind were like himself possessed.,1.0
"Philosophers, who darken and put out",3.0
"Eternal truth by everlasting doubt,",0.0
"Church quacks, with passions under no command,",1.0
"Who fill the world with doctrines contraband,",0.0
"Within no bounds, the blind that lead the blind,",1.0
"To streams of popular opinion drawn,",1.0
Poisoning the waters where their swarms abound;,1.0
"Employed to calculate the enormous sum,",2.0
"Is this Hyperbole? The world well known,",2.0
Your sober thoughts will hardly find it one.,0.0
Till others have the soothing tale believed.,0.0
"Hence comment after comment, spun as fine",1.0
As bloated spiders draw the flimsy line.,0.0
Is misapplied to sanctify their sway.,1.0
"If stubborn Greek refuse to be his friend,",0.0
"If languages and copies all cry, No ' --",2.0
Somebody proved it centuries ago.,2.0
"Like trout pursued, the critic in despair",0.0
Darts to the mud and finds his safety there.,1.0
"Women, whom custom has forbid to fly",2.0
The scholar's pitch the scholar best knows why,1.0
"Admire his learning, and almost adore.",2.0
"Whoever errs, the priest can never be wrong,",1.0
With such fine words familiar to his tongue.,3.0
"You ladies! for, indifferent in your cause,",1.0
I should deserve to forfeit all applause,0.0
"To virtue, delicacy, truth or sense,",1.0
"Try the criterion, it's a faithful guide",3.0
"Nor has, nor can have scripture on its side.",2.0
"None but an author knows an author's cares,",0.0
"Committed once into the public arms,",0.0
The baby seems to smile with added charms.,0.0
"Like something precious ventured far from shore,",0.0
It's valued for the dangers sake the more.,1.0
"He views it with complacency supreme,",2.0
"Solicits kind attention to his dream,",1.0
"So one, whose storey serves at least to show",1.0
"Men loved their own productions long ago,",1.0
"Wooed an unfeeling statue for his wife,",4.0
Nor rested till the Gods had given it life.,3.0
"One that still needs his leading string and bib,",1.0
"And praise his genius, he is soon repaid",1.0
"In praise applied to the same part, his head.",2.0
"For it's a rule that holds for ever true,",1.0
"Grant me discernment, and I grant it you.",3.0
"Patient of contradiction as a child,",3.0
"Such was Sir Isaac, and such Boyle and Locke,",3.0
"The creature is so sure to kick and bite,",1.0
"First appetite enlists him truth's sworn foe,",2.0
"Tell him he wanders, that his error leads",0.0
"To fatal ills, that though the path he treads",1.0
"Be flowery, and he see no cause of fear,",2.0
Death and the pains of hell attend him there;,0.0
"In vain; the slave of arrogance and pride,",1.0
He has no hearing on the prudent side.,2.0
"His still refuted quirks he still repeats,",0.0
"New raised objections with new quibbles meets,",3.0
"Till sinking in the quicksand he defends,",2.0
"He dies disputing, and the contest ends;",1.0
"Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill,",3.0
"Bend the strait rule to their own crooked will,",3.0
"And with a clear and shining lamp supplied,",1.0
"First put it out, then take it for a guide.",3.0
"Halting on crutches of unequal size,",3.0
"One leg by truth supported, one by lies,",1.0
"They sidle to the goal with awkward pace,",1.0
"Secure of nothing, but to lose the race.",1.0
"Faults in the life breed errors in the brain,",1.0
The mind and conduct mutually imprint,1.0
And stamp their image in each other's mint.,0.0
"Each, sire and dam, of an infernal race,",3.0
"None sends his arrow to the mark in view,",2.0
"Whose hand is feeble, or his aim untrue.",1.0
"For though ever yet the shaft is on the wing,",1.0
"It err but little from the intended line,",3.0
"It falls at last, far wide of his design.",2.0
"So he that seeks a mansion in the sky,",1.0
"Must watch his purpose with a steadfast eye,",2.0
"He that sips often, at last drinks it up.",2.0
"Habits are soon assumed, but when we strive",2.0
"To strip them off, it's being flayed alive.",1.0
"Called to the temple of impure delight,",1.0
"If a wish wander that way, call it home,",3.0
"He cannot long be safe, whose wishes roam.",0.0
"But if you pass the threshold, you are caught,",3.0
"Die then, if power Almighty save you not.",2.0
"There hardening by degrees, till double steeled,",1.0
"Take leave of nature's God, and God revealed,",1.0
"Then laugh at all you trembled at before,",0.0
"And joining the freethinkers brutal roar,",2.0
"Swallow the two grand nostrums they dispense,",4.0
"That scripture lies, and blasphemy is sense:",1.0
If clemency revolted by abuse,2.0
Some dream that they can silence when they will,1.0
"The storm of passion, and say, Peace, be still;",2.0
"But Thus far and no farther, when addressed",6.0
"To the wild wave, or wilder human breast,",2.0
"Implies authority that never can,",2.0
That never ought to be the lot of man.,0.0
"Hear the just law, the judgement of the skies!",1.0
He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies.,1.0
"And he that will be cheated to the last,",1.0
"Delusions, strong as hell, shall bind him fast.",0.0
"But if the wanderer his mistake discern,",4.0
"Judge his own ways, and sigh for a return,",1.0
For ever and for ever? No ' --  the cross.,1.0
"There and there only though the deist rave,",2.0
"And atheist, if earth bear so base a slave",4.0
"There and there only, is the power to save.",4.0
"No mockery meets you, no deception there.",4.0
"The spells and charms that blinded you before,",1.0
"All vanish there, and fascinate no more.",2.0
"I am no preacher, let this hint suffice,",2.0
"The cross once seen, is death to every vice:",1.0
"Else he that hung there, suffered all his pain,",0.0
"By thy averted course, that shuns the ray",1.0
"Oft on yonder cliff thy folded plumes recline,",0.0
"And drop those snowy feathers Indians twine,",2.0
Does no soft instinct in thy soul prevail?,1.0
"No sweet affection to thy bosom cling,",2.0
"OH King of Terrors, whose unbounded Sway",1.0
"All that have Life, must certainly Obey",1.0
"The King, the Priest, the Prophet, all are Thine,",0.0
Nor would even God in Flesh thy Stroke decline.,0.0
"My Name is on thy Roll, and sure I must",1.0
Increase thy gloomy Kingdom in the Dust.,0.0
"My Soul at this no Apprehension feels,",2.0
"Thy scorching Fevers, which distract the Sense",0.0
"And snatch us raving, unprepared from hence;",0.0
"At thy contagious Darts, that wound the Heads",1.0
"Of weeping Friends, who wait at dying Beds.",0.0
"Spare these, and let thy Time be when it will;",0.0
"My Business is to Die, and Thine to Kill.",2.0
"Gently thy fatal Sceptre on me lay,",3.0
"HOW fares my Son? the trembling Monarch cried,",0.0
"A Fate like his may all that hate thee feel,",1.0
"Whose Blood, alas! has stained the guilty Steel.",0.0
"He fell beneath the Hand of David's Friend,",0.0
But to my Storey let my Lord attend.,1.0
"When the pale Morning showed her languid Face,",2.0
And the dim Sun began his usual Race;,4.0
"Whose sullen Orb received a crimson Die,",0.0
"As though the Heavens wept a Mortal's Fate,",1.0
And Nature trembled at domestic Hate;,0.0
In just Array the meeting Armies stood;,0.0
"The frowning Hosts with equal Fury glow,",0.0
And each to Death defied his meeting Foe;,0.0
"All tender Thoughts were lost in horrid Rage,",0.0
And with a Shout the charging Hosts engage:,1.0
"Then Clouds of Arrows hide the darkened Sky,",0.0
Dreadful the Sight and horrid was the Cry.,3.0
"Here groaned a Steed that felt its smarting Wound,",0.0
"At length, proud Israel began to fail,",2.0
Our juster Cause could over their Strength prevail;,2.0
"The vanquished Army raised a fearful Cry,",0.0
And through the Wood their mighty Numbers fly;,1.0
"There horrid Brambles tore their Wounds anew,",0.0
And thousand Deaths their flying Heels pursue:,0.0
"Then raged our General through the dreadful Gloom,",1.0
Pale Terror hovered on his waving Plume;,2.0
"From his known Spear the shrieking Numbers run,",2.0
And from his Fury fled your conquered Son;,1.0
"Grim Danger urged him on with fatal Speed,",2.0
And through black Shades he lashed the weary Steed:,2.0
In the dark Centre of this Forest stood,3.0
"A lofty Oak, which overlooked the Wood.",0.0
"Through its thick Arms he ventured careless in,",2.0
His curling Locks among the Branches flew;,0.0
"His Spirit fails him, and his Foes pursue;",1.0
"Around in vain he cast a mournful Eye,",0.0
"And wished a Friend; for none, alas! was nigh:",0.0
And soon beneath him shone a Grove of Spears:,0.0
"Now, Traitor, fall ' --  our mighty Leader cries:",1.0
While glowing Vengeance sparkled in his Eyes,0.0
"Then stepped a Captain of the loyal Band,",1.0
And vainly strove to stay his fatal Hand.,0.0
"That cruel Arm impelled the flying Dart,",0.0
And the keen Weapon sunk within his Heart:,2.0
"Then those fair Cheeks resigned their rosy Die,",3.0
Yet Life a Moment struggled in his Eye;,0.0
"As from so fair a Mansion loath to fly,",1.0
Till the red Torrent stained his throbbing Tide;,2.0
"Hold, ' --  stop thy Storey, ' --  cries the weeping King,",1.0
Thy horrid Tale has left a mortal Sting;,0.0
"My Soul though practised in the Paths of Woe,",0.0
Grows sick and staggers at this mighty Blow:,1.0
From its cold Fountain Life forgets to run;,2.0
"O Absalom ' --  O Absalom, my Son,",2.0
Eternal Shade has sealed thy cheerful Eyes;,0.0
And on the Ground thy breathless Beauty lies:,1.0
"Cursed be the Hand that all my Hopes beguiled,",0.0
And left a Parent to lament his Child:,1.0
"Without a Tear let none his Storey tell,",1.0
But curse the Forest where my Darling fell:,0.0
"While these won Eyes with lasting Sorrows run,",3.0
"Lost to the World, and Strangers to the Sun;",1.0
"For mine will best become the closing Day,",1.0
"While round my Lyre afflicted Fathers throng,",0.0
And Orphans listen to the mournful Song.,1.0
"Farewell, my friend, good angels waft thee over,",1.0
"Propitious powers on all thy steps await,",1.0
Mild as thy gentle bosom ' --  be thy fate.,0.0
"Serene and calm be every moment past,",0.0
May each revolving day approve the last;,0.0
Pure as thyself may all thy friendships prove.,2.0
To fickle man ' --  for few alas are just.,0.0
"If at love's altar you resign your heart,",2.0
Let well tried constancy direct the dart.,3.0
"May sweet contentment crown the fleeting hours,",0.0
And strew thy paths with ever blooming flowers.,0.0
"May no unwelcome pain disturb thy rest,",0.0
No anxious cares invade thy generous breast;,3.0
"But every earthly bliss on thee attend,",1.0
And keep from insult my much honoured friend.,3.0
"When thou art landed on the distant isle,",1.0
"Think of our friendship past, and deign to smile:",0.0
"The laws of sacred virtue still protect,",0.0
Nor let my friendship meet a cold neglect.,0.0
"Let not sad absence banish from thy mind,",3.0
Those faithful vows which once our hearts did bind.,0.0
"Those generous ties of truth, ah! never resign,",4.0
For seldom love is more sincere than mine;,0.0
"Seek not the splendid cares of shining courts,",0.0
For hidden sorrow with the great resorts.,1.0
"Sweet mediocrity to thee alone,",3.0
Superior joys are most distinctly known.,2.0
"Bestow your choicest gifts you sacred nine,",0.0
On greater souls ' --  simplicity be mine.,1.0
"Hail mighty Poet, mighty Painter too,",1.0
"Since to thy strokes, his equal Lines we owe;",0.0
"The sister Arts, are now a Mystery",1.0
"The inspiring Shade, seems life itself refined,",2.0
And all Heavens goodness copy in her Mind;,0.0
"So justly each performs his nicer Part,",0.0
"As speaks their Skill, yet Beauties without Art:",2.0
This shows the Queen and that describes the Saint.,0.0
Whether the Pencil or the Pen excel.,3.0
My Muse no longer will their worth contest:,2.0
"But must to Tate yield the superior Crown,",4.0
And in his Praise reverberates his own.,0.0
"But o! what Trophies of immortal Fame,",2.0
Are justly raised to sacred Anna's Name.,0.0
"Britannia knew not she was half so blessed,",2.0
Declared what else could never have been expressed.,2.0
"Her Glory shines in thy Pathetic Lays,",1.0
While she the Crown may you the Laurel wear.,1.0
"And circling all the horrid mountain round,",0.0
Rushes impetuous to the deep profound;,3.0
Rolls over the ragged rocks with hideous yell;,5.0
Collects its waves beneath the earth's vast shell:,1.0
"There for a while in loud confusion hurled,",1.0
It crumbles mountains down and shakes the world.,1.0
Through the rent earth the bursting waves appear;,2.0
Break from the cavern and ascend the skies:,1.0
"Then lost and conquered by superior force,",3.0
Through hot Arabia holds its rapid course.,2.0
"Where, when the sun is melting in his heat,",0.0
The reeking tigers find a cool retreat;,0.0
"And wanton with their shadows in the stream,",2.0
Where in the days of old a god appeared:,0.0
"He spoke; as evening thunders bursting near,",0.0
His horrid accents broke upon the ear;,0.0
This day the sun is rising in the east;,0.0
And sunk away in a faint blaze of light.,2.0
"Swift from the branches of the holy oak,",1.0
"Horror, confusion, fear, and torment broke:",3.0
We view the wide expansion of the deep;,1.0
"See in the gilding of her watery robe,",3.0
The quick declension of the circling globe;,3.0
"From the blue sea a chain of mountains rise,",2.0
"Beyond our sight in vast extension curled,",0.0
"The cheque of waves, the guardians of the world.",1.0
When the soft earth at his appearance fled;,3.0
And rising billows played around his head:,0.0
"When a strong tempest rising from the main,",3.0
"Dashed the full clouds, unbroken on the plain.",4.0
"Held the red sword of war, and led the strong;",3.0
"From his own tribe the sable warriors came,",1.0
"Well tried in battle, and well known in fame.",3.0
"The warrior dared him, ridiculed his might,",0.0
"Bent his white bow, and summoned him to fight.",4.0
And scattered burning arrows in the sky;,0.0
"Threw down a star the armour of his feet,",1.0
To burn the air with supernatural heat;,2.0
Bid a loud tempest roar beneath the ground;,3.0
"Lifted the sea, and all the earth was drowned.",2.0
"Lifted him up, and bore him through the sea.",2.0
"The waters still ascending fierce and high,",0.0
He towered into the chambers of the sky:,3.0
"Before his seat the heavenly warrior stands,",2.0
The lightning quivering in his yellow hands.,1.0
"The god astonished dropped; hurled from the shore,",2.0
"He dropped to torments, and to rise no more.",3.0
"Headlong he falls; it's his own arms compel,",2.0
"Who led th'em battled archers to the field,",2.0
And bore a thunderbolt upon his shield:,0.0
"That shield his glorious father died to gain,",2.0
When the white warriors fled along the plain:,2.0
"When the full sails could not provoke the flood,",3.0
"Slow at the end of his robust array,",1.0
The mighty warrior pensive took his way:,0.0
Once the companion of his youthful breast.,3.0
"Strong were the passions of the son of Nair,",1.0
"Strong, as the tempest of the evening air.",1.0
"Never in feats of wickedness outdone,",4.0
"Dressed beautiful, with all the flowers of spring:",3.0
He saw and scattered poison in her eyes;,0.0
"From limb to limb, in varied forms he flies;",0.0
"Dwelled on her crimson lip, and added grace",0.0
To every glossy feature of her face.,1.0
"He saw, he loved, and burning with desire,",1.0
"Bore the soft maid from brother, sister, sire.",3.0
Like a fair aloe in its morning pride.,1.0
"This brought the warrior to the bloody mead,",1.0
He drew his army forth: O! Need I tell!,0.0
And Death sat smiling on the heaps of slain.,2.0
"The battle ended, with his reeking dart,",1.0
"And to his mourning valiant warriors cried,",1.0
"I, and my sister's ghost are satisfied.",1.0
"OLD CHIRON to his pupil thus began,",2.0
"Accomplished youth! well worthy of my pains,",2.0
"You now are free, and guide yourself the reins:",0.0
"Yet hear, Achilles, hear, before we part,",0.0
A few short precepts from a faithful heart.,1.0
"Let management a longer life supply,",2.0
"And learn, at least, to live, before you die.",0.0
"It's not from length of years our pleasures flow,",0.0
Nor to the gods alone our bliss we owe.,1.0
"Our happiness, and pain depend on us:",1.0
"Man's his own good, or evil genius.",0.0
"Great ills by art we lighten, or remove,",2.0
And art our meanest pleasures may improve:,1.0
"Think not, young prince, your elevated state,",3.0
"You know yourself to form your happiness,",1.0
"Which in the shepherd's humble hut is found,",0.0
While palaces with discord still resound.,2.0
"Fortune to industry is ever kind,",3.0
"And, though by the blind vulgar painted blind,",4.0
"Is still more equal than the crowd suppose,",1.0
Who judge of happiness by outward shows;,1.0
"She smiles on all conditions, each may be",0.0
A man of pleasure in his own degree.,0.0
"Yet few with art their happiness pursue,",1.0
"Though all mankind have happiness in view,",2.0
And every sense seems made by nature's skill,1.0
For giving pleasure and avoiding ill.,1.0
"Nature our common mother has been kind,",2.0
"And for a race of joy her sons designed,",1.0
"Who long to reach the goal, yet lazy, lag behind,",0.0
"Or wholly blind, or doubtful how to advance,",3.0
They leave the work of industry to chance.,1.0
And of those few who with more active strife,1.0
"Pursue this great, important end of life,",0.0
"Some, too impatient, know not how to wait;",1.0
Or aim at things beyond their human state:,0.0
"These last through too much delicacy fall,",1.0
And by refining rob themselves of all.,1.0
"Shun then, Achilles, shun the faults of such,",1.0
"Who still propose too little, or too much.",3.0
"Stretch not your hopes too far, nor yet despair,",1.0
"Attend to what you do, or life will seem",0.0
"But a mere vision, or fantastic dream,",3.0
"Passed in ideas of delight, at best:",2.0
While real pleasure's lost in doubtful rest.,1.0
"In short, learn when, and how to bear; in vain",2.0
"He pleasure seeks, who is afraid of pain;",1.0
"Pleasure's a serious thing, and cheaply bought",2.0
"By labour, patience, management, and thought.",1.0
"But you, aspiring youth, by nature seem",1.0
Addicted to an opposite extreme;,2.0
"And, like a generous courser, hardly tamed;",2.0
"In all things violent: but, OH! disdain,",2.0
"Brave prince, to let usurping passion reign,",2.0
In one rash moment sacrificing more,2.0
Than years of sad repentance may restore.,1.0
"So wrath, and envy, from an human breast",1.0
"Drive Halcyon peace, and banish kindly rest.",3.0
"And no security for joy is found,",1.0
"Suppress the first emotions of your ire,",1.0
And smother in its birth the kindling fire.,0.0
"Ere anger yet possesses all your soul,",1.0
"Ere yet your bosom heaves, and eyeballs roll,",1.0
"Think on the useful precepts, I have taught,",2.0
And meet the rising heat with wholesome thought.,0.0
"Or seek the sacred Muses with your lyre,",1.0
Who with sweet peace to lonely shades retire;,3.0
"Gods, and the sons of gods, the heroes, sing,",0.0
While hills and valleys with their praises ring;,1.0
"These learn to imitate, and those adore,",1.0
"And sweetly to yourself, yourself restore;",1.0
"Music, and verse, and solitude control",2.0
"Impetuous fury, and compose the soul.",1.0
"For this, I early taught you how to sing,",2.0
And formed your fingers to the trembling string;,1.0
For it's not all sweet pleasure's path to show:,1.0
The art of consolation man should know:,0.0
"Our joys are short, and broken; and in vain",1.0
To constant bliss would human race attain:,0.0
Be oft contented to be free from pain.,1.0
"There is a deity ordained by fate,",2.0
"That none on earth from sorrow should be free,",0.0
But even our blessings taste of misery.,3.0
"If fortune gives, what rarely we obtain,",1.0
"An equal share of pleasure, and of pain,",1.0
But fond ideas of the wanton mind;,1.0
And now creates imaginary woes.,0.0
"When sad, your ills examine and compare,",1.0
"Of mighty heroes, and of mighty states:",1.0
Thus real evils in their proper light,1.0
"Appear, the false thus vanish out of sight.",2.0
"Nor aim at pleasures difficult to gain,",1.0
Choose rather what you may with ease obtain.,2.0
"Who scorns to trifle, is by pride abused:",1.0
I pity him who never can be amused;,3.0
"But slighting pleasures moderate and small,",0.0
"Must live in rapture, or not live at all,",1.0
Great pleasures still are near allied to pain:,1.0
"Who quits the peaceful shore, and ploughs the main,",0.0
"Let not such fond ambition to be blessed,",1.0
The humbler pleasures in your power molest;,2.0
Taste hope; but be not fed with that alone.,1.0
"Some their whole lives in expectation spend,",3.0
"As life were not begun, or never would end;",1.0
"Fondly from day to day themselves deceive,",2.0
"Not living, but intending still to live;",1.0
"While they neglect the joys they might possess,",1.0
For empty dreams of future happiness.,1.0
"Let nature in your pleasures be your guide,",1.0
Nor suffer art her genuine charms to hide:,2.0
The truth of beauty is simplicity.,2.0
"Live not by imitation, servile state!",0.0
Nor on the fashion for your pleasures wait.,2.0
"Man, otherwise so selfish, or so proud,",2.0
"Submits his taste to the fantastic crowd,",2.0
And lives not for himself; do you pursue,2.0
"Your own desires, and to yourself be true.",1.0
"As bees extract their sweets from every flower,",0.0
"So you your joys from all things in your power,",1.0
With industry and management produce;,2.0
The meanest trifles are sometime of use.,2.0
"Yet know well what you do, and when it's done,",1.0
Nor at all hours to every pleasure run;,0.0
"But mix with art your pleasures, and your toils;",1.0
"For pleasures have their seasons, and their soils.",1.0
Thus when the earliest dawn of eastern light,2.0
"Proclaims the finished empire of the night,",1.0
"Haste to the field, Achilles, nor disdain",1.0
"To chase the foaming monster over the plain,",2.0
"Or let your car and arms your nerves prepare,",0.0
"Then, whether arts or glory fire your mind,",0.0
"Will thoughts more generous rise, or more refined;",2.0
Aurora to the Muses still is kind.,1.0
A shorter slumber in the cooling shade;,0.0
"Or sports, or past delights, or future joys.",0.0
"When Phoebus' fainting steeds forsake the skies,",0.0
"While wine, and Thais with her voice and lyre,",0.0
"Banish old sorrows, and new joys inspire.",5.0
"Thus when from toils of empire you are free,",1.0
"Nor camp, nor council claim your liberty,",1.0
The morn to labour and the Muses give;,1.0
At noon with temperance and quiet live;,1.0
Ceres' and Bacchus' gifts at evening prove;,1.0
"Nor fear the evil, till the evil day.",1.0
Far off from home the Greeks your death deplore?,0.0
"No matter where, or when; it once must be,",1.0
And nothing can revoke the firm decree.,1.0
"Eternal monarch of the realms above,",1.0
Or for an hour defer you destined fall.,1.0
Mean while a looser rein to pleasure give:,0.0
"Time flies in haste, be you in haste to live:",2.0
"Seize on the precious minutes, as they fleet;",1.0
"Your life, however short, will be complete,",1.0
"If at the fatal moment you can say,",1.0
"One precept more I fain would recommend,",1.0
"Learn, generous prince, what's little understood,",3.0
"How glorious to defend, and to bestow!",4.0
From nobler springs can human pleasure flow?,0.0
"A solid good which nothing can destroy,",1.0
The best prerogative the great enjoy.,1.0
"For this, remember, monarchs first were made,",2.0
"For this, young prince, be loved, and be obeyed,",2.0
"At once your self, and mighty nations bless,",0.0
And make humanity your happiness.,2.0
"But now Aurora ushers in the day,",0.0
"Go then, brave youth, wherever the Fates may call;",5.0
"Live with design, and fearless wait thy fall,",2.0
"Whatever space of life the gods decree,",1.0
Thy name is still immortal; for I see,1.0
"SINCE we can die but once, what matters it,",1.0
"If rope or garter, poison, pistol, sword,",0.0
"Of valve arterial in the noble parts,",1.0
Curtail the miseries of human life?,1.0
"Though varied is the Cause, the Effect's the same;",3.0
All to one common Dissolution tends.,0.0
"ACCEPT, dear Parent! from a filial pen,",4.0
The humble offering of my pensive Muse:,1.0
"She painted on my mind a Daughter's woes,",1.0
Nor could my heart the tender theme refuse.,0.0
"The rightful Patron of eventful tale,",1.0
To you I dedicate the scenes she drew;,1.0
And coloured her from what I feel for you.,1.0
The tale to you ' --  to you the bays belong;,1.0
You gave my youthful fancy wings to soar;,0.0
Its music in your ear will sweetly sound;,0.0
With half your pleasure may the world peruse!,1.0
"My muse, my vanity can ask no more.",2.0
"Dear other Parent! guiltless hold my heart,",1.0
Though unadorned my numbers with your name;,1.0
"Your worth, your goodness, in its centre lives,",0.0
And there shall perish only with my frame.,2.0
"So soon to take, what had so late been given;",0.0
"And thus our Expectations to destroy,",1.0
"Raising a Grief, where we had formed a Joy;",2.0
"Who once believed, it was the Fates Design",1.0
"In Him to double an Illustrious Line,",3.0
And in a second Channel spread that Race,0.0
"Where every Virtue shines, with every Grace.",0.0
"The Seats above required him, that each Sphere",0.0
Might soon the Offspring of such Parents share,2.0
"Resign him then to the supreme Intent,",1.0
"You, who but Flesh to that blessed Spirit lent.",1.0
"And only bear from you, amid that Choir,",1.0
"What, Precept or Example did inspire,",3.0
"A Title to Rewards, from that rich store",2.0
"Of Pious Works, which you have sent before.",1.0
"Then lay the fading Relics, which remain,",0.0
In the still Vault excluding farther Pain;,3.0
"Where Kings and Counsellors their Progress close,",2.0
Leaving the World his Benefits and Fame;,3.0
"Where his Paternal Predecessor lies,",1.0
"Once large of Thought, and ranked among the Wise;",1.0
"By WEYMOUTH, it should be in time possessed,",1.0
And strove to suit the Mansion to the Guest.,1.0
"Nor SOMERSET his Master's Sorrows weeps,",0.0
"Conveyed the Monarch, whom he could not save;",0.0
He proffered in that injured Martyr's stead.,0.0
"Who their Whole Duty taught to weaker Men,",2.0
"And of each Sex the Two best Gifts enjoyed,",2.0
"The Skill to write, the Modesty to hide;",1.0
"While none should that Performance disbelieve,",1.0
"Who led the Life, might the Directions give.",1.0
"With such as These, whence He derived his Blood,",2.0
"Great on Record, or eminently Good,",3.0
"Let Him be laid, till Death's long Night shall cease,",1.0
And breaking Glory interrupt the Peace.,0.0
"Meanwhile, you living Parents, ease your Grief",1.0
"By Tears, allowed as Nature's due Relief.",0.0
"For when we offer to the Powers above,",3.0
"Like You, the dearest Objects of our Love;",1.0
"When, with that patient Saint in Holy Writ,",0.0
"When contrite Sighs, like hallowed Incense, rise",4.0
Bearing our Anguish to the appeased Skies;,6.0
"Then may those Showers, which take from Sorrow birth,",2.0
"And still are tending towered this baleful Earth,",2.0
"For as the Wound, the Balsam too is Yours.",1.0
"In vain are Numbers, or persuasive Speech,",1.0
"What Poets write, or what the Pastors teach,",0.0
"Till You, who make, again repair the Breach.",1.0
"For when to Shades of Death our Joys are fled,",0.0
"When for a Loss, like This, our Tears are shed",1.0
"None can revive the Heart, but who can raise the Dead.",2.0
Inherent to the Solitary Tomb;,1.0
To rescue thence the Memory and Air,1.0
"Of what we lately saw so Fresh, so Fair;",0.0
Then should this Noble Youth thy Art engage,0.0
"To show the Beauties of his blooming Age,",1.0
"The pleasing Light, that from his Eyes was cast,",1.0
"Like hasty Beams, too Vigorous to last;",2.0
"Where the warm Soul, as one the Confines, lay",3.0
"Ready for Flight, and for Eternal Day.",3.0
"Gently disposed his Nature should be shown,",2.0
And all the Mother's Sweetness made his Own.,0.0
"The Father's Likeness was but faintly seen,",1.0
As ripened Fruits are figured by the Green.,1.0
"Nor could we hope, had he fulfilled his Days,",1.0
"Still One distinguished Plant each Lineage shows,",4.0
And all the rest beneath it's Stature grows.,0.0
And none like Julius from the Caesars sprung.,1.0
"Next, in his harmless Sports he should be drawn",0.0
"Urging his Courser, over the flowery Lawn;",6.0
"Sprightly Himself, as the enlivened Game,",3.0
"Bold in the Chase, and full of generous Flame;",2.0
"Yet in the Palace, Tractable and Mild,",1.0
Perfect in all the Duties of a Child;,1.0
"Which fond Reflection pleases, while it pains,",0.0
Like penetrating Notes of sad Harmonious Strains.,2.0
"Selected Friendships timely he began,",1.0
And seized in Youth that best Delight of Man.,0.0
"Leaving a growing Race to mourn his End,",2.0
Their earliest and their Ages promised Friend.,1.0
"But far away alas! that Prospect moves,",0.0
"Lost in the Clouds, like distant Hills and Groves,",0.0
While with increasing Steps we all pursue,1.0
"What Time alone can bring to nearer View,",0.0
"That Future State, which Darkness yet involves,",0.0
"Known but by Death, which every Doubt resolves.",0.0
Till urged by potent Herbs you left the Plain;,0.0
"That you were bred on Earth, you fully prove,",0.0
And thence you know to feign deceitful Love.,0.0
"How strange you looked, how awkwardly you swam.",1.0
I taught you how to plough the liquid way;,1.0
"I showed you all the Secrets of the Deep,",1.0
"I showed you Islands yet unknown to Men,",0.0
"Oft have I wound in Plaits the yielding Reed,",0.0
"Oft have I choicest Fish with Labour caught,",0.0
And the sweet Prey to you a Present brought.,2.0
While I regardless past with sullen Pride;,1.0
"And fondly ask, if I would bath with him.",1.0
"Though flat her Nose, and thin her falling Hair;",0.0
"The Nymph, whom most despise, and none admire,",0.0
"Since then I am too credulous betrayed,",5.0
I'll live no more a wretched worthless Maid;,1.0
"Since you are false, I'll leave the hated Sea,",0.0
And yield my self to Fishermen a Prey.,1.0
"I shall on Shore be as a Monster shown,",1.0
"And trumpeted for Pence through every Town,",1.0
The wanton Nymph indeed has often strove,0.0
"To bribe my Service, and engage my Love,",1.0
"With Gifts of shining Pearls, and thought to please",0.0
But still I sought the trifling Maid to shun;,0.0
Your Love preserves what first your Beauty won,0.0
"Nor shall I ever that happy Time forget,",2.0
"And how you taught me artfully to swim,",2.0
"You taught to hunt the Shark, and boldly stride",0.0
"Believe not, Fair, that I can prove untrue,",1.0
"No, first the Waves shall lose their biting Salts,",1.0
"The Winds shall cease to sound in hollow Vaults,",0.0
"And wanton Fish shall leave their native Seas,",0.0
"Let us review those Scenes of former Love,",3.0
"The Ocean has its Groves, and gloomy Shades,",0.0
"And crystal Springs below, and cooling Glades.",0.0
"Fond you once thought that nothing here could please,",3.0
"But we have fairer Meads, and taller Trees",1.0
Whose fading Beauties are too quickly lost.,2.0
The Glories of their Spring are soon defaced,1.0
"But see, the Birds in noisy Troops are joined,",0.0
I hear the distant Murmurs of the Wind.,1.0
And will ever long in sudden Spouts descend.,0.0
"The angry Waves begin their uncouth Noise,",1.0
And teeming Clouds bring down the falling Skies.,2.0
His numerous Herds; where neither Storms nor Rain,2.0
"Where unmixed Waters are as Crystal clear,",5.0
"And lets us see enough, but ' --  not be seen,",0.0
The spangled Glories of the Plain reveals,1.0
"Down to the Centre of the World, and ' --  Love.",2.0
"WHen Poets gave their God in Crete a Birth,",0.0
"Then Jupiter held Traffic with the Earth,",3.0
"And had a Farm to Let: the Fine was high,",0.0
"For much the Treasury wanted a Supply,",3.0
"But Mercury, who as Steward kept the Court,",1.0
"So racked the Rent, that all who made Resort",0.0
"Unsatisfied returned, nor could agree",0.0
"To use the Lands, or pay his secret Fee;",0.0
Through various Projects rolling in his Breast,2.0
"Consents to take it, if at his Desire",2.0
All Weathers towards his Harvest may conspire;,1.0
"The Frost to kill the Worm, the brooding Snow,",0.0
"The filling Rains may come, and Phoebus glow.",0.0
"The Terms accepted, signed and sealed the Lease,",0.0
His Neighbours Grounds afford their due Increase,2.0
The Care of Heaven; the Owner's Cares may cease.,0.0
"While the new Tenant, anxious in his Mind,",2.0
"Now asks a Shower, now craves a rustling Wind",4.0
"To raise what That had lodged, that he the Sheaves may bind.",1.0
"So often and so oddly shifts the Scene,",1.0
"While others Load, he scarce has what to Glean.",0.0
"OH Jupiter! with Famine pinched he cries,",2.0
"No more my Substance on a Project lay,",1.0
"No more a sullen Doubt I will betray,",1.0
"Let me but live to Reap, do Thou appoint the way.",1.0
"DEIGN, heavenly Muses, to assist my Song:",4.0
To heavenly Muses heavenly Themes belong.,4.0
"But chiefly Thou, OH GOD, my Soul inspire,",2.0
And touch my Lips with thy celestial Fire:,1.0
Or Jordan's Stream; from thence I crave thy Aid:,0.0
"Instruct my Tongue, and my low Accents raise,",2.0
"To sing thy Wonders, and display thy Praise:",1.0
"Thy Praise let all the Sons of Judah hear,",1.0
And to my Song the distant Tribes repair.,1.0
"The distant Tribes around her listening came,",0.0
"Moved by some heavenly Power, began the Song.",4.0
"ATTEND, you Seed of ABRAM, and give Ear,",3.0
"How Life from Death, and Joy from Sadness spring,",0.0
"If He assist the Muse, the Muse shall sing.",1.0
"His Blessings with no sparing Hand had given,",2.0
"Like faithful Stewards of our wealthy Store,",1.0
"Still lodged the Stranger, and relieved the Poor.",2.0
"And as ELISHA, by divine Command,",3.0
Came preaching Virtue to a sinful Land;,2.0
"He often deigned to lodge within our Gate,",0.0
And oft received an hospitable Treat:,5.0
A decent Chamber for him we prepared;,2.0
"And he, the generous Labour to reward,",4.0
"Which I refused, and thus my Mind disclosed:",1.0
Where he showers down his Gifts with copious Hand:,3.0
Already we enjoy an affluent Store;,3.0
Why should we be solicitous for more?,1.0
"Give Martial Camps, and Kingly Courts to them,",1.0
Who place their only Bliss in fleeting Fame:,0.0
There let them live in golden Chains of State;,0.0
"And be unhappy, only to be great.",1.0
"But let us in our native Soil remain,",0.0
Nor barter Happiness for sordid Gain.,1.0
"Here may we feed the Indigent in Peace,",1.0
"Or cloth the Bare with the superfluous Fleece,",3.0
And give the weary fainting Pilgrim Ease.,0.0
"This we prefer to Pomp, and formal Show,",1.0
Which only serve to varnish over our Woe;,2.0
Objects of Wonder to the gazing Crowd;,1.0
"Yet seldom give Content, or solid Rest,",0.0
"To the vain Man, by whom they are possessed.",3.0
"ALL Blessings, but a Child, had Heaven supplied;",1.0
"Which when the holy prescient Sage had heard,",2.0
"He said, and I before him strait appeared:",1.0
"And, as my Feet approached his awful Room,",1.0
"Not such a Wildness, and fanatic Mien,",1.0
"With which, some say, the Delphic Priests are seen;",0.0
"When they, for Mysteries of Fate, explain",1.0
"But with a grave majestic Air he stood,",1.0
While more than human in his Aspect glowed;,1.0
"Celestial Grace sat on his radiant Look,",2.0
"Then thus: Hail, generous Soul! Thy pious Cares",3.0
"Are not forgot, nor fruitless are thy Prayers:",1.0
"Propitious Heaven, thy virtuous Deeds to crown,",2.0
Shall make thy barren Womb conceive a Son.,0.0
"So spoke the Seer; and, to complete my Joy,",1.0
"As he had spoke, I bore the promised Boy.",1.0
"SOON to my Friends the welcome News was known,",0.0
"Who crowded in apace to see my Son,",0.0
"Hailing, with kind Salutes, the recent Child;",2.0
"And, with their pious Hymns, my Pain beguiled.",1.0
"When all had said, I moved my joyful Tongue;",0.0
And thus to Heaven addressed my grateful Song:,0.0
"OH GOD, what Eloquence can sing thy Praise?",2.0
Or who can fathom thy stupendous Ways?,1.0
All Things obey at thy divine Command;,1.0
"And bring forth copious Crops, if bid by Thee;",3.0
"Arabian Deserts shall with Plenty smile,",1.0
And curling Vines adorn the sterile Soil.,0.0
"As thus she spoke, her Audience raise their Voice;",2.0
"And interrupt her Song, as they rejoice:",1.0
"OH GOD, we gladly hear thy mighty Power,",1.0
With joyful Heart thy gracious Name adore:,0.0
All Nature is subservient to thy Word;,2.0
"We, for thy Servant's Joy, our Thanks express;",1.0
"As grows the Child, so may her Bliss increase:",1.0
"And may the Guardian Angels, who preside",3.0
"Over the Blessed, his future Actions guide;",2.0
"Make spotless Virtue crown his vital Date,",1.0
Then safely bear ' --  The Dame here waved her Hand;,0.0
The People straight obey her mute Command:,0.0
"All silent stand, and all attentive look,",0.0
"Waiting her Words, while thus she, mournful, spoke:",2.0
ALL Pleasures are imperfect here below;,1.0
Our sweetest Joys are mixed with bitter Woe:,0.0
"The Draught of Bliss, when in our Goblet cast,",0.0
"Is dashed with Grief; or spilt, before we taste.",0.0
"Ere twice four Years were measured by my Son,",2.0
"So soon, alas! the greatest Blessing's gone",0.0
"To view the bearded Sheaves, erect in Rows,",0.0
Like an embattled Army in the Field;,1.0
A new delightful Prospect to the Child!,1.0
But either there the scorching Sun displayed,1.0
"Or else some sudden apoplectic Pain,",0.0
"With racking Torture, seized his tender Brain;",0.0
"His Spirits failed, he straight began to faint,",0.0
And to his Father vainly made Complaint:,1.0
The glowing Rose was quickly seen to fade;,0.0
"At once his Beauty, and his Life, decayed.",1.0
"SOON, at my House, the dismal News I heard;",0.0
"Soon, at my House, the dying Child appeared:",0.0
"Embrace him I, with fond Affection, run;",1.0
"And, OH! said I, what Pain afflicts my Son?",2.0
"He tried to speak; but, faltering, gave a Groan;",2.0
No perfect Word proceeded from his Tongue;,3.0
But on his Lips the broken Accents hung.,1.0
"All Means I used, that might allay his Pain;",0.0
"All Means I used, but used them all in vain.",0.0
"Yet, while he lived, my Soul would not despair;",0.0
"Nor, till he ceased to breathe, I ceased my Prayer:",1.0
Deluding Hope now stopped the falling Tears;,1.0
Now his increasing Pains increased my Fears:,2.0
"By Hope and Fear alternate was I tossed,",3.0
"Till Hope, in a sad Certainty, was lost:",3.0
"Short, and more short, he drew his panting Breath,",0.0
Too sure Presage of his approaching Death!,4.0
He dropped his Head with a declining Bow:,1.0
"Thrice, from my Breast, to raise himself he tried,",0.0
"And thrice sunk down again; then, groaning, died.",2.0
And taught the docile Branches where to twine;,0.0
"An Eastern Gale, or some pernicious Frost,",0.0
"WITH Horror chilled, awhile I speechless stood,",0.0
"Viewing the Child, and trembling as I viewed:",3.0
"My Eyes discharged their humid Store apace,",0.0
Scarcely my Heart the Load of Grief sustained;,2.0
"At length, recovering Speech, I thus complained:",2.0
Which only for a Moment please the Mind;,1.0
"Then fly, and leave a Weight of Woes behind!",0.0
But yet in vain I thus lament and mourn;,0.0
"The Soul, once fled, shall never more return;",1.0
And the fair Body now must be conveyed,2.0
"To Earth's dark Bosom, and eternal Shade ' --",2.0
Yet let me not prescribe a Bound to Heaven;,0.0
'Twas by a Miracle the Child was given;,1.0
"Nor can I think the Wonder is more great,",2.0
Should the departed Soul resume her Seat.,1.0
"What if I to Mount Carmel haste away,",4.0
To him who did his mystic Birth display?,0.0
His powerful Word the barren fruitful made;,2.0
"His powerful Word, perhaps, may raise the Dead.",2.0
ELISHA has as wondrous Actions done.,1.0
When he to Jordan's rapid Torrent came;,0.0
"Obsequious to the Stroke, the Waves divide;",1.0
And raise a liquid Wall on either Side!,0.0
At Jericho long had the barren Soil,1.0
"Yet, at his Word, it grew a fertile Field,",0.0
And poisonous Springs did wholesome Waters yield.,1.0
Nor can he only such great Blessings send;,3.0
"But Curses, if invoked, his Call attend:",1.0
"Else how at Bethel brought he Vengeance down,",1.0
"Again, when Moab Peace with Israel broke,",0.0
And vainly strove to quit the servile Yoke;,0.0
Our powerful Kings led forth embattled Host,3.0
"Where the confederate Troops no Water found,",4.0
"Dry were the Springs, and sterile was the Ground;",1.0
When Thirst and Foes at once their Host assailed:,0.0
"The Kings to him their joint Petitions made,",1.0
And fainting Soldiers craved his timely Aid;,0.0
"Nor craved in vain: The powerful Word he spoke,",2.0
And flowing Waters formed a spacious Lake;,0.0
"The shining Streams advanced their humid Train,",0.0
Not in more Plenty did the Waters run,0.0
"And who can that amazing Deed forget,",0.0
Which he performed to pay the Widow's Debt?,1.0
Whose Quantity of Oil one Pot contained;,1.0
"Sure he, who such stupendous Acts has done,",1.0
"If GOD propitious prove, can raise my Son.",0.0
"So saying, up I caught the Child with Speed;",1.0
And laid him on the sacred Prophet's Bed;,1.0
Then called my Servant to prepare the Steed.,1.0
"Pensive and sad, my mourning Husband said,",2.0
No God Today the Prophet does inspire;,1.0
"RATHER than sink, said I, attempt to raise",4.0
"My Hopes, nor talk of Ceremonial Days;",2.0
"His God is present still, and hears him when he prays.",0.0
"Thus said, urging my Steed with eager Haste,",3.0
"Swift as a Mountain Roe, the Plains I passed;",0.0
Over Hills and Dales my Journey I pursued;,1.0
"On whose delightful Brow, in cool Retreat,",0.0
"Among the curling Vines, the Prophet sat;",0.0
Whose twining Arms a verdant Arbour made;,0.0
The verdant Arbour formed a grateful Shade;,0.0
"The fanning Zephyrs gently played around,",0.0
"And shook the trembling Leaves, and swept the Ground;",0.0
"Down humbly at his Feet I prostrate fell,",0.0
"STRIVE to compose thy anxious Soul, said he;",4.0
"We live and die, and both, as He thinks fit,",1.0
Who may command; but Mortals must submit.,1.0
"This Fate the King, as well as Peasant, finds;",0.0
"Nor is it evil, but to evil Minds ' --",2.0
"Yet if from Heaven I can my Suit obtain,",1.0
Thy lifeless Son shall yet revive again.,0.0
"THUS said, with Looks divine, his Staff he views,",1.0
As if some powerful Charm he would infuse:,3.0
"Then calls his Servant hastily, and said,",1.0
On the Child's Face let this be quickly laid.,1.0
"OH Thou, said I, on whom my Hopes depend,",0.0
Do not this Work to Servants Care commend:,0.0
"If Thou thyself with me refuse to go,",2.0
"Here, to the listening Vines, I'll vent my Woe;",0.0
"Still prostrate lie, lamenting for my Son,",2.0
Till every Hill prove vocal to my Moan.,2.0
"More had I said, but Grief the Words suppressed;",0.0
"Yet Sighs, and silent Tears, explained the rest.",0.0
"At length he from his verdant Seat arose,",1.0
The City soon appears within our View;,0.0
"And the obedient Servant, at the Gate,",3.0
"Returning sad, without Success, we met:",0.0
"Till to the House the sacred Seer was come,",1.0
"BY the dead Child, awhile, he pensive stood;",2.0
Then from the Chamber put the mourning Crowd:,0.0
"That done, to GOD he made his ardent Prayer,",0.0
And breathed upon the Child with vital Air:,0.0
And now the Soul resumes her pristine Seat;,0.0
And now the Heart again begins to beat;,0.0
"Life's purple Current over the Body spreads,",3.0
"THUS, when a prowling Wolf has stolen a Lamb,",2.0
"But if the Keeper comes, he quits his Prey,",1.0
"And lowering, with Reluctance, makes away.",3.0
"AND now the Prophet, to my longing Arms,",1.0
"The blushing Rose shone fresher in his Face,",1.0
And Beauty smiled with a superior Grace.,3.0
"SO, when Heaven's Lamp, that rules the genial Day,",0.0
Behind the sable Moon pursues his Way;,0.0
Believe him more illustrious than before.,2.0
"HERE ends the Dame; and the promiscuous Throng,",2.0
"Holy and good art Thou, Lord God of Host,",3.0
And all thy Works are wonderful and just:,1.0
Both Life and Death are in thy powerful Hand;,3.0
Both Life and Death obey thy great Command:,1.0
By thy great Power the Heavens and Earth are awed;,6.0
Then let the Heavens and Earth adore their GOD.,2.0
"Rising and setting, still advance his Praise:",2.0
"Round this terrestrial Globe, his Praise advance:",3.0
"You Seas, for ever waving to and fro,",1.0
"Praise, when you ebb, and praise him, when you flow:",0.0
"As you pursue your Course, his Praise proclaim:",1.0
"Praise, when you rise; and praise him, when you fall:",0.0
"But chiefly Israel, who dost daily view",0.0
"His powerful Works, his daily Praise renew.",2.0
"Which looks on me, on all: that Power who bids",2.0
"This midnight sentinel, with clarion shrill,",4.0
"Emblem of that which shall awake the dead,",1.0
"Rouse souls from slumber, into thoughts of heaven.",1.0
Shall I too weep? Where then is fortitude?,1.0
"And, fortitude abandoned, where is man?",0.0
I know the terms on which he sees the light:,0.0
"He that is born is listed; life is war,",0.0
"Eternal war with woe. Who bears it best,",0.0
Deserves it least. ' --  On other themes I'll dwell.,0.0
"Lorenzo! let me turn my thoughts on thee,",0.0
And thine on themes may profit; profit there,2.0
"Where most thy need: themes, too, the genuine growth",3.0
"May still befriend. ' --  What themes? Time's wondrous price,",1.0
So could I touch these themes as might obtain,0.0
"Thine ear, nor leave thy heart quite disengaged,",2.0
On my dark cloud an Iris; and from grief,3.0
' --  He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.,1.0
"Where is that thrift, that avarice of TIME,",1.0
"OH glorious avarice! thought of death inspires,",5.0
OH Time! than gold more sacred; more a load,1.0
Than lead to fools; and fools reputed wise.,0.0
What moment granted man without account?,0.0
Our wealth in days all due to that discharge.,0.0
"Insidious Death! should his strong hand arrest,",4.0
No composition sets the prisoner free.,1.0
How late I shuddered on the brink! how late,1.0
Life called for her last refuge in despair!,5.0
"That time is mine, OH Mead, to thee I owe;",2.0
Fain would I pay thee with eternity.,2.0
But ill my genius answers my desire;,1.0
"My sickly song is mortal, past thy cure.",0.0
Accept the will; ' --  it dies not with my strain.,2.0
"For what calls thy disease, Lorenzo? Not",2.0
"Youth is not rich in time, it may be poor;",1.0
"Part with it as with money, sparing; pay",1.0
No moment but in purchase of its worth;,3.0
"Part with it as with life, reluctant; big",1.0
"Of men and angels, virtue more divine.",0.0
"Is this our duty, wisdom, glory, gain?",1.0
These Heaven benign in vital union binds:,0.0
"And sport we like the natives of the bough,",1.0
When vernal suns inspire? Amusement reigns,0.0
Man's great demand: to trifle is to live:,2.0
"And is it then a trifle, too, to die?",1.0
"What, if, for once, I preach thee quite awake?",0.0
Who wants amusement in the flame of battle?,0.0
"Is it not treason to the soul immortal,",2.0
Will toys amuse when medicines cannot cure?,2.0
"When spirits ebb, when life's enchanting scenes",0.0
"Their lustre lose, and lessen in our sight,",0.0
"As lands and cities with their glittering spires,",3.0
"To the poor shattered bark, by sudden storm",2.0
"' --  Thrown off to sea, and soon to perish there,",1.0
And earth and skies seem dust upon the scale.,1.0
Redeem we time? ' --  Its loss we dearly buy.,0.0
He pleads time's numerous blanks; he loudly pleads,3.0
From whom those blanks and trifles but from thee?,1.0
"No blank, no trifle, Nature made, or meant.",2.0
This cancels thy complaint at once; this leaves,1.0
"In act no trifle, and no blank in time.",3.0
This the blessed art of turning all to gold;,0.0
This the good heart's prerogative to raise,2.0
A royal tribute from the poorest hours;,1.0
Immense revenue! every moment pays.,9.0
"If nothing more than purpose in thy power,",0.0
Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed:,1.0
"Who does the best his circumstance allows,",0.0
"Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.",2.0
"Our outward act, indeed, admits restraint;",0.0
IT is not in things over thought to domineer.,3.0
Guard well thy thought; our thoughts are heard in heaven.,1.0
"Though much, and warm, the wise have urged, the man",0.0
Is yet unborn who duly weighs an hour.,1.0
Had been an emperor without his crown;,1.0
"Of Rome? say, rather, lord of human race:",1.0
So should all speak: so Reason speaks in all.,0.0
"From the soft whispers of that god in man,",3.0
"Why fly to Folly, why to Frenzy fly,",0.0
For rescue from the blessing we possess?,2.0
"Time, the supreme! ' --  time is eternity;",5.0
Pregnant with all eternity can give;,3.0
Pregnant with all that makes archangels smile.,2.0
"Who murders time, he crushes in the birth",0.0
"A power ethereal, only not adored.",4.0
Ah! how unjust to Nature and himself,2.0
"Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man!",0.0
"Like children babbling nonsense in their sports,",0.0
We censure Nature for a span too short;,2.0
That span too short we tax as tedious too;,3.0
"To lash the lingering moments into speed,",0.0
And whirl us happy riddance! from ourselves.,1.0
Drives headlong towards the precipice of death;,2.0
"Death, most our dread; death thus more dreadful made.",1.0
OH what a riddle of absurdity!,2.0
How heavily we drag the load of life!,1.0
"Blessed leisure is our curse; like that of Cain,",2.0
It makes us wander; wander earth around,0.0
"To fly that tyrant, Thought. As Atlas groaned",0.0
"The world beneath, we groan beneath an hour.",0.0
We cry for mercy to the next amusement;,1.0
The next amusement mortgages our fields;,1.0
"Slight inconvenience! Prisons hardly frown,",1.0
From hateful time if prisons set us free.,0.0
"Yet when Death kindly tenders us relief,",2.0
"We call him cruel: years to moments shrink,",0.0
Ages to years. The telescope is turned.,1.0
To man's false optics from his folly false,2.0
"Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings,",1.0
"And seems to creep, decrepit with his age.",1.0
"Behold him, when passed by; what then is seen",0.0
"And all mankind, in contradiction strong,",1.0
"Rueful, aghast, cry out on his career.",5.0
"Leave to thy foes these errors, and these ills;",1.0
"To Nature just, their cause and cure explore.",0.0
"Not short Heaven's bounty, boundless our expense;",2.0
"We waste, not use, our time; we breathe, not live.",0.0
"Time wasted is existence, used is life.",2.0
"And bare existence man, to live ordained,",0.0
"And why? Since time was given for use, not waste,",2.0
"Enjoined to fly, with tempest, tide, and stars,",0.0
"To keep his speed, nor ever wait for man;",0.0
"Time's use was doomed a pleasure; waste, a pain;",1.0
"That man might feel his error, if unseen;",1.0
"And, feeling, fly to labour for his cure;",1.0
"Not, blundering, split on idleness for ease.",3.0
Life's cares are comforts; such by Heaven designed;,2.0
"He that has none, must make them, or be wretched.",1.0
Cares are employments; and without employ,3.0
"The soul is on a rack; the rack of rest,",1.0
To souls most adverse; action all their joy.,1.0
"Here, then, the riddle, marked above, unfolds:",0.0
"Then time turns torment, when man turns a fool.",4.0
"We rave, we wrestle with great Nature's plan;",2.0
"We thwart the Deity; and iT is decreed,",2.0
Who thwart His will shall contradict their own.,1.0
Hence our unnatural quarrel with ourselves;,5.0
"We push Time from us, and we wish him back;",3.0
Life we think long and short; Death seek and shun;,4.0
"Body and soul, like peevish man and wife,",2.0
"United jar, and yet are loath to part.",0.0
OH the dark days of vanity! while here,4.0
"How tasteless, and how terrible when gone!",2.0
"Gone! they never go; when past, they haunt us still;",0.0
"The spirit walks of every day deceased,",0.0
"And smiles an angel, or a fury frowns.",1.0
"Nor death nor life delight us. If time past,",1.0
"And time possessed, both pain us, what can please?",1.0
"That which the Deity to please ordained, ' --",1.0
"By vigorous effort, and an honest aim,",3.0
At once he draws the sting of life and death;,0.0
"He walks with Nature, and her paths are peace.",1.0
Our error's cause and cure are seen: see next,3.0
"Time's nature, origin, importance, speed;",2.0
And thy great gain from urging his career. ' --,3.0
He looks on time as nothing. Nothing else,0.0
Is truly man's: iT is Fortune's. ' --  Time's a god.,0.0
Hast thou never heard of Time's omnipotence?,1.0
"For, or against, what wonders can he do!",2.0
And will: to stand blank neuter he disdains.,3.0
Not on those terms was Time Heaven's stranger! sent,3.0
On his important embassy to man.,2.0
"From everlasting ages growing ripe,",0.0
"That memorable hour of wondrous birth,",1.0
"When the dread Sire, on emanation bent,",4.0
"And big with Nature, rising in his might,",0.0
"Called forth Creation, for then Time was born,",2.0
By Godhead streaming through a thousand worlds:,2.0
"Not on those terms, from the great days of heaven,",3.0
"Was Time cut off, and cast beneath the skies;",2.0
"The Skies, which watch him in his new abode,",0.0
Measuring his motions by revolving spheres;,2.0
"Hours, Days, and Months, and Years, his children, play",0.0
"Like numerous wings around him, as he flies:",3.0
"Or, rather, as unequal plumes, they shape",1.0
"To gain his goal, to reach his ancient rest,",0.0
And join anew Eternity his sire;,1.0
"When worlds, that count his circles now, unhinged,",0.0
"Fate the loud signal sounding, headlong rush",4.0
"To timeless Night and Chaos, whence they rose.",0.0
"Man flies from time, and time from man; too soon",2.0
In sad divorce this double flight must end;,0.0
"And then, where are we? where, Lorenzo, then",0.0
"Put on her plume, and in her rainbow shine.",1.0
"You lilies male, who neither toil, nor spin,",0.0
"As sister lilies might, if not so wise",0.0
"As Solomon, more sumptuous to the sight!",2.0
"You delicate! who nothing can support,",2.0
Yourselves most insupportable! for whom,3.0
"The winter rose must blow, the Sun put on",2.0
"And robes, and notions, framed in foreign looms!",0.0
Not made for feeble man; who call aloud,0.0
"For change of follies, and relays of joy,",2.0
To drag your patient through the tedious length,3.0
"Of a short winter's day; ' --  say, sages; say,",3.0
"Wit's oracles; say, dreamers of gay dreams!",5.0
"How will you weather an eternal night,",2.0
OH treacherous Conscience! while she seems to sleep,3.0
"On rose and myrtle, lulled with siren song;",0.0
"While she seems, nodding over her charge, to drop",4.0
"On headlong appetite the slackened rein,",1.0
"Unmarked, ' --  see, from behind her secret stand,",2.0
"The sly informer minutes every fault,",0.0
And her dread diary with horror fills.,3.0
Not the gross act alone employs her pen;,3.0
"A watchful foe! the formidable spy,",1.0
"Our dawning purposes of heart explores,",1.0
And steals our embryos of iniquity.,3.0
"Thus, with indulgence most severe, she treats",2.0
"In leaves more durable than leaves of brass,",1.0
Writes our whole history; which Death shall read,5.0
In every pale delinquent's private ear;,0.0
And Judgement publish; publish to more worlds,1.0
Than this; and endless Age in groans resound.,2.0
"Lorenzo, such that sleeper in thy breast!",1.0
Such is her slumber; and her vengeance such,3.0
For slighted counsel; such thy future peace!,1.0
But why on Time so lavish is my song?,1.0
"On this great theme kind Nature keeps a school,",4.0
To teach her sons herself. Each night we die;,0.0
Each morn are born anew: each day a life!,0.0
"And shall we kill each day? If trifling kills,",0.0
Sure vice must butcher. OH what heaps of slain,1.0
Cry out for vengeance on us! Time destroyed,1.0
"Is suicide, where more than blood is spilt.",0.0
"Hell threatens: all exerts; in effort, all;",1.0
"And is there in creation what, amid",1.0
"This tumult universal, winged dispatch,",0.0
"Man sleeps, and man alone; and man, whose fate,",1.0
"Fate irreversible, entire, extreme,",4.0
"All else is in alarm; man, the sole cause",3.0
"Of this surrounding storm! ' --  and yet he sleeps,",1.0
As the storm rocked to rest. Throw years away?,3.0
"Throw empires, and be blameless. Moments seize;",2.0
Heaven's on their wing: a moment we may wish,2.0
"When worlds want wealth to buy. Bid Day stand still,",3.0
"Lorenzo, more than miracles we want:",1.0
Lorenzo ' --  OH for yesterdays to come!,0.0
Such is the language of the man awake;,2.0
That more than miracle the gods indulge:,1.0
Today is yesterday returned; returned,0.0
And reinstate us on the rock of peace.,1.0
Let it not share its predecessor's fate;,0.0
"Nor, like its elder sisters, die a fool.",0.0
Shall it evaporate in fume? fly off,3.0
Shall we be poorer for the plenty poured?,1.0
Where shall I find him? Angels! tell me where.,0.0
You know him: he is near you: point him out:,1.0
"Shall I see glories beaming from his brow,",3.0
Or trace his footsteps by the rising flowers?,2.0
"Your golden wings, now hovering over him, shed",3.0
Protection; now are waving in applause,0.0
To that blessed Son of Foresight! Lord of Fate!,2.0
That awful Independent on Tomorrow!,2.0
Whose work is done; who triumphs in the past;,0.0
Whose yesterdays look backward with a smile;,2.0
"Nor, like the Parthian, wound him as they fly;",3.0
"If not by guilt, yet wound us by their flight,",1.0
"If folly bounds our prospect by the grave,",1.0
All relish of realities expired;,2.0
Renounced all correspondence with the skies;,1.0
Prone to the centre; crawling in the dust;,0.0
"The world, that gulf of souls, immortal souls,",0.0
"Souls elevate, angelic, winged with fire",2.0
"To reach the distant skies, and triumph there",1.0
"Though we from earth, ethereal they that fell.",2.0
"Such veneration due, OH man, to man.",1.0
"Who venerate themselves, the world despise.",0.0
Which hangs out DEATH in one eternal night?,1.0
"And wraps our thought, at banquets, in the shroud.",0.0
"Life's little stage is a small eminence,",4.0
Where dwells the multitude: we gaze around;,0.0
We read their monuments; we sigh; and while,1.0
"We sigh, we sink, and are what we deplored:",2.0
"Lamenting, or lamented, all our lot!",1.0
Is Death at distance? No: he has been on thee;,0.0
And given sure earnest of his final blow.,4.0
"Those hours that lately smiled, where are they now?",1.0
"Pallid to thought, and ghastly! drowned, all drowned",2.0
"And, dying, they bequeathed thee small renown.",1.0
The rest are on the wing: how fleet their flight!,1.0
Already has the fatal train took fire;,1.0
"A moment, and the world's blown up to thee,",3.0
"The sun is darkness, and the stars are dust.",1.0
IT is greatly wise to talk with our past hours;,1.0
"And ask them, what report they bore to Heaven;",0.0
And how they might have born more welcome news.,1.0
Their answers form what men Experience call;,2.0
"OH reconcile them! Kind Experience cries,",3.0
"The more our joy, the more we know it vain,",0.0
And by success are tutored to despair.,2.0
"Nor is it only thus, but must be so.",1.0
"Who knows not this, though grey, is still a child.",1.0
"Loose then from earth the grasp of fond desire,",0.0
Nor give thy thoughts a ply to future scenes?,0.0
"Since, by life's passing breath, blown up from earth",4.0
"Light, as the summer's dust, we take in air",0.0
"A moment's giddy flight, and fall again;",0.0
"Join the dull mass, increase the trodden soil,",3.0
And sleep till Earth herself shall be no more;,0.0
"We, sore amazed, from out earth's ruins crawl,",2.0
"And rise to fate extreme of foul or fair,",0.0
"As man's own choice, controller of the skies!",1.0
"As man's despotic will, perhaps one hour,",1.0
OH how omnipotent is time! decrees;,3.0
Should not each warning give a strong alarm?,0.0
"Warning, far less than that of bosom torn",2.0
"From bosom, bleeding over the sacred dead!",2.0
"Should not each dial strike us as we pass,",1.0
"Portentous, as the written wall, which struck,",1.0
"Over midnight bowls, the proud Assyrian pale,",3.0
"Like that the dial speaks; and points to thee,",0.0
Lorenzo! loath to break thy banquet up:,1.0
"OH man, thy kingdom is departing from thee;",3.0
"And, while it lasts, is emptier than my shade.",1.0
Thy Magi to decipher what it means.,1.0
"Know, like the Median, Fate is in thy walls:",2.0
"On her own meal, and then his nurse devours.",1.0
"But here, Lorenzo, the delusion lies;",1.0
"That solar shadow, as it measures life,",1.0
It life resembles too: life speeds away,1.0
"From point to point, though seeming to stand still.",2.0
The cunning fugitive is swift by stealth:,1.0
Too subtle is the movement to be seen;,3.0
"Yet soon man's hour is up, and we are gone.",2.0
As these are useless when the sun is set;,1.0
"So those, but when more glorious Reason shines.",3.0
"Reason should judge in all; in Reason's eye,",1.0
That sedentary shadow travels hard.,0.0
"But such our gravitation to the wrong,",2.0
"So prone our hearts to whisper what we wish,",0.0
A Wilmington goes slower than the sun:,3.0
And all mankind mistake their time of day;,1.0
Even age itself. Fresh hopes are hourly sown,1.0
"In furrowed brows. So gentle life's descent,",0.0
"We shut our eyes, and think it is a plain.",1.0
We take fair days in Winter for the Spring;,2.0
And turn our blessings into bane. Since oft,0.0
"Man must compute that age he cannot feel,",1.0
"Thus, at life's latest eve, we keep in store",2.0
"One disappointment sure, to crown the rest, ' --",0.0
The disappointment of a promised hour.,1.0
"Whose mind was moral as the Preacher's tongue,",1.0
And strong to wield all science worth the name; ' --,0.0
"How often we talked down the summer's sun,",2.0
And cooled our passions by the breezy stream!,1.0
"How often thawed and shortened winter's eve,",0.0
"By conflict kind, that struck out latent truth,",0.0
"Best found, so sought; to the recluse more coy!",2.0
"Thoughts disentangle, passing over the lip;",3.0
"Clean runs the thread; if not, iT is thrown away",1.0
Or kept to tie up nonsense for a song;,1.0
"Song, fashionably fruitless; such as stains",3.0
"As bees mixed nectar draw from fragrant flowers,",1.0
"So men, from FRIENDSHIP, wisdom and delight;",1.0
"Twins tied by Nature, if they part, they die.",2.0
"Good sense will stagnate. Thoughts shut up want air,",4.0
"And spoil, like bales unopened to the sun.",1.0
"Had thought been all, sweet speech had been denied;",1.0
"Speech, thought's canal! speech, thought's criterion too!",4.0
Thought in the mine may come forth gold or dross;,2.0
"When coined in word, we know its real worth.",1.0
"If sterling, store it for thy future use;",1.0
"IT will buy thee benefit; perhaps, renown.",1.0
"Thought, too, delivered, is the more possessed:",2.0
Teaching we learn; and giving we retain,3.0
"The births of intellect; when dumb, forgot.",0.0
"What numbers, sheathed in erudition, lie,",0.0
"Plunged to the hilts in venerable tomes,",1.0
"And rusted in; who might have born an edge,",0.0
"And played a sprightly beam, if born to speech;",0.0
If born blessed heirs of half their mother's tongue!,1.0
"IT is thought's exchange which, like the alternate push",1.0
In contemplation is his proud resource?,4.0
"Gives graceful energy, by rivals awed.",2.0
"IT is converse qualifies for solitude,",0.0
As exercise for salutary rest.,0.0
"Wisdom, though richer than Peruvian mines,",5.0
"And sweeter than the sweet ambrosial hive, ' --",1.0
What is she but the means of happiness?,2.0
"A melancholy fool, without her bells.",0.0
"Friendship, the means of wisdom, richly gives",2.0
The precious end which makes our wisdom wise.,0.0
"Nature, in zeal for human amity,",3.0
Denies or damps an undivided joy.,0.0
Joy is an import; joy is an exchange;,1.0
To social man true relish of himself.,2.0
"Full on ourselves descending in a line,",1.0
Pleasure's bright beam is feeble in delight:,1.0
Delight intense is taken by rebound;,1.0
Reverberated pleasures fire the breast.,0.0
"Celestial Happiness, whenever she stoops",3.0
"To visit earth, one shrine the goddess finds,",0.0
"And one alone, to make her sweet amends",1.0
"For absent heaven, ' --  the bosom of a friend;",1.0
Each other's pillow to repose divine.,1.0
Beware the counterfeit: in Passion's flame,0.0
"Hearts melt; but melt like ice, soon harder froze.",2.0
"True love strikes root in Reason, Passion's foe:",2.0
"Of Friendship's fairest fruits, the fruit most fair",0.0
"Is Virtue kindling at a rival fire,",0.0
OH the soft enmity! endearing strife!,4.0
And gives the rivet of eternity.,2.0
"From Friendship, which outlives my former themes,",0.0
Glorious survivor of old Time and Death!,3.0
"From Friendship, thus, that flower of heavenly seed,",4.0
"Superior wisdom, crowned with smiling joy.",2.0
"Abroad they find, who cherish it at home.",1.0
"Lorenzo, pardon what my love extorts,",0.0
"An honest love, and not afraid to frown.",0.0
"Though choice of follies fasten on the great,",1.0
"None clings more obstinate, than fancy fond",2.0
That sacred Friendship is their easy prey;,1.0
"For others' hearts, tenacious of their own;",1.0
"And we no less of ours, when such the bait.",2.0
As well mere man an angel might beget.,1.0
"Love, and love only, is the loan for love.",4.0
Lorenzo! pride repress; nor hope to find,0.0
"A friend, but what has found a friend in thee.",0.0
All like the purchase; few the price will pay;,0.0
And this makes friends such miracles below.,3.0
"What, if since daring on so nice a theme",1.0
"I show thee Friendship delicate as dear,",1.0
Of tender violations apt to die?,1.0
"Reserve will wound it, and Distrust destroy.",1.0
"But since friends grow not thick on every bough,",1.0
"Pause, ponder, sift; not eager in the choice,",1.0
"Nor jealous of the chosen: fixing, fix;",1.0
Judge before friendship; then confide till death.,2.0
A friend is worth all hazards we can run.,1.0
A world in purchase for a friend is gain.,1.0
So sung he: angels hear that angel sing!,0.0
Angels from friendship gather half their joy:,2.0
"So sung Philander, as his friend went round",1.0
"Of Bacchus, purple god of joyous wit,",0.0
He drank long health and virtue to his friend;,2.0
"His friend, who warmed him more, who more inspired.",0.0
Friendship's the wine of life; but friendship new,2.0
Not such was his is neither strong nor pure.,1.0
"OH for the bright complexion, cordial warmth,",0.0
"And elevating spirit of a friend,",1.0
For twenty summers ripening by my side;,1.0
"All social virtues rising in his soul,",0.0
"As crystal clear, and smiling as they rise!",1.0
Here nectar flows; it sparkles in our sight;,0.0
"Rich to the taste, and genuine from the heart.",1.0
On earth how lost! ' --  Philander is no more.,0.0
Am I too warm? ' --  Too warm I cannot be.,3.0
I loved him much; but now I love him more.,0.0
"Like birds, whose beauties languish, half concealed,",0.0
"Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes",1.0
"Expanded shine with azure, green, and gold;",0.0
How blessings brighten as they take their flight!,1.0
"If ever soul ascended. Had he dropped,",0.0
"That eagle genius! OH, had he let fall",1.0
"One feather as he flew, I then had wrote",1.0
"Yet what I can, I must: it were profane",2.0
"To quench a glory lighted at the skies,",0.0
And cast in shadows his illustrious close.,4.0
"Strange, the theme most affecting, most sublime,",2.0
"Momentous most to man, should sleep unsung!",0.0
By mortal hand; it merits a Divine!,1.0
"Angels should paint it, angels ever there;",3.0
"Dare I presume, then? But Philander bids;",4.0
"And glory tempts, and inclination calls.",0.0
Yet am I struck; as struck the soul beneath,0.0
Aerial groves' impenetrable gloom;,3.0
Or in some mighty ruin's solemn shade;,0.0
Or at the midnight altar's hallowed flame.,4.0
It is religion to proceed: I pause ' --,2.0
"And enter, awed, the temple of my theme.",1.0
Is it his deathbed? No: it is his shrine:,3.0
Behold him there just rising to a god.,2.0
The chamber where the good man meets his fate,1.0
Is privileged beyond the common walk,2.0
"Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.",2.0
"Fly, you profane! if not, draw near with awe,",2.0
"Receive the blessing, and adore the chance",1.0
That threw in this Bethesda your disease:,2.0
"Through Life's grimace, that mistress of the scene!",6.0
Here real and apparent are the same.,3.0
"You see the man; you see his hold on heaven,",0.0
Heaven waits not the last moment; owns her friends,2.0
"On this side death; and points them out to men,",3.0
"A lecture, silent, but of sovereign power!",1.0
"To vice, confusion; and to virtue, peace.",1.0
"Whatever farce the boastful hero plays,",1.0
Virtue alone has majesty in death;,3.0
"And greater still, the more the tyrant frowns.",0.0
No warning given! unceremonious fate!,6.0
A sudden rush from life's meridian joys!,2.0
"A wrench from all we love, from all we are!",0.0
A restless bed of pain! a plunge opaque,0.0
"Beyond conjecture, feeble Nature's dread!",0.0
Strong Reason's shudder at the dark unknown!,1.0
"A sun extinguished, a just opening grave!",3.0
"And, OH! the last, last ' --  what? can words express,",1.0
Thought reach it? the last ' --  silence of a friend!,6.0
"Where are those horrors, that amazement where,",0.0
"This hideous group of ills, which singly shock,",2.0
Demand from man? ' --  I thought him man till now.,0.0
"Through Nature's wreck, through vanquished agonies,",1.0
"Like the stars struggling through this midnight gloom,",4.0
"What gleams of joy, what more than human peace!",0.0
"Where the frail mortal, the poor abject worm?",4.0
"No, not in death the mortal to be found.",1.0
His conduct is a legacy for all;,2.0
"His comforters he comforts; great in ruin,",1.0
His soul sublime; and closes with his fate.,1.0
How our hearts burned within us at the scene!,2.0
Whence this brave bound over limits fixed to man?,1.0
His God sustains him in his final hour!,0.0
His final hour brings glory to his God!,4.0
"We gaze, we weep mixed tears of grief and joy!",1.0
"Amazement strikes, devotion bursts to flame!",0.0
"Christians adore, and infidels believe!",3.0
"As some tall tower, or lofty mountain's brow,",3.0
"With damps, and darkness, drown the spacious vale;",0.0
On the low level of the inglorious throng:,7.0
"Sweet Peace, and heavenly Hope, and humble Joy,",3.0
"Divinely beam on his exalted soul,",1.0
"Destruction gild, and crown him for the skies,",1.0
"From Scenes of Woe and dismal Shades of grief,",0.0
The pensive Muse at length attempts relief;,0.0
From Sorrow's boundless Abyss would arise,4.0
"Did not the cry of those he left behind,",1.0
To mournful Accents her Sad thoughts confine;,2.0
"To all both rich and Poor his worth was known,",1.0
"Whose heavy hearts the Public loss bemoan,",0.0
To Serve his Country and relieve the Poor:,1.0
"His noble Soul designed for liberty,",1.0
He thirty Years together bravely Stood,0.0
"When he to be elected Burgess came,",0.0
But nobly lost what others got with Shame:,0.0
In great designs his useful life did end;,0.0
While here we mourn the Patriot and the Friend;,1.0
"Whose liberal hand Supplied the Poor with bread,",0.0
Widows and Orphans on his bounty fed.,3.0
Nor mourning Elegy to speak his praise;,1.0
"Nor lofty Monument nor flattering Art,",2.0
"His Memory lives in every honest heart,",2.0
"Although his body in the Tomb must lie,",1.0
But live with Fame to late Posterity:,1.0
"While men of Virtue here his Death deplore,",0.0
To Celebrate with joy his glorious reign;,2.0
"Where he, in Consort, shall for ever Sing,",0.0
"Forever fixed in blissful realms of light,",0.0
Beyond the reach of Perjured Villains Spite:,0.0
Then let us cease our tears and bravely try,0.0
Once more to gain our Ancient liberty;,1.0
To save our freedom ended with his life.,1.0
"If ever to Friendship's call you lent an ear,",2.0
"O, Sensibility, receive my prayer!",1.0
"Attend, and pardon that I seek to know,",0.0
"If in a world so fraught with various woe,",2.0
Then fairly ask thee if thy joys repay,1.0
"Where thou art nourished as the gentlest friend,",3.0
Tears from that heart what most it loves away;,0.0
Through thee it tastes each sorrow over again;,3.0
"Thus, crushed beneath Affliction's heaviest blow,",3.0
It bears a double weight of human woe:,0.0
"Ah cruel, thus to steal into the heart,",0.0
"Come then, Indifference, thou easy guest,",2.0
"Assume the empire over my tortured breast,",2.0
"And by thy trifling, pleasing, giddy sway,",1.0
And guard my eye against the falling tear;,0.0
Nor let my heart with agitation beat;,0.0
"Be thou my champion through life's varying round,",5.0
And shield my bosom from the slightest wound.,1.0
"Yet pause awhile! and let me take a view,",0.0
Lest with the pains I lose life's pleasures too.,2.0
"Say, does not duty, love, and friendship give,",0.0
The greatest pleasures we can here receive;,1.0
"And can a heart untouched by others woe,",1.0
"The joys of friendship, love, and duty know?",0.0
"If such the purchase to be freed from pain,",2.0
"O, Sensibility, to thee again",2.0
"I turn ' --  do thou my every thought control,",1.0
"It's thine alone those feelings to bestow,",2.0
From which the source of every good does flow;,0.0
And humbly take of each the allotted share;,1.0
"To Friendship's shrine the ready tribute bring,",0.0
"Enjoy the good, against the worst provide,",0.0
"By taking Resignation for my guide,",1.0
In her safe conduct patiently submit,7.0
"To every pain, which Providence thinks fit.",2.0
"IN such a Night, when every louder Wind",0.0
Is to its distant Cavern safe confined;,1.0
"And only gentle Zephyr fans his Wings,",0.0
"Or from some Tree, famed for the Owl's delight,",1.0
"She, hollowing clear, directs the Wanderer right:",4.0
"In such a Night, when passing Clouds give place,",1.0
Or thinly vail the Heavens mysterious Face;,4.0
"When in some River, overhung with Green,",3.0
The waving Moon and trembling Leaves are seen;,0.0
"When freshened Grass now bears it self upright,",1.0
"And makes cool Banks to pleasing Rest invite,",1.0
And where the sleepy Cowslip sheltered grows;,0.0
Show trivial Beauties watch their Hour to shine;,3.0
"In perfect Charms, and perfect Virtue bright:",2.0
"When Odours, which declined repelling Day,",1.0
Through temperate Air uninterrupted stray;,5.0
"When darkened Groves their softest Shadows wear,",1.0
And falling Waters we distinctly hear;,1.0
When through the Gloom more venerable shows,1.0
"Some ancient Fabric, awful in Repose,",0.0
"When the loosed Horse now, as his Pasture leads,",1.0
"Comes slowly grazing through the adjoining Meads,",4.0
"Whose stealing Pace, and lengthened Shade we fear",0.0
Till torn up Forage in his Teeth we hear:,0.0
"When nibbling Sheep at large pursue their Food,",0.0
"Their shortlived Jubilee the Creatures keep,",1.0
"When a sedate Content the Spirit feels,",1.0
"And no fierce Light disturbs, while it reveals;",2.0
But silent Musings urge the Mind to seek,0.0
"Something, too high for Syllables to speak;",4.0
"Finding the Elements of Rage disarmed,",3.0
"Over all below a solemn Quiet grown,",0.0
"Joys in inferior World, and thinks it like her Own",3.0
"In such a Night let Me abroad remain,",2.0
"Till Morning breaks, and All's confused again;",0.0
"Or Pleasures, seldom reached, again pursued.",0.0
"TO praise, yet still with due Respect to praise,",0.0
"A Bard triumphant in immortal Bays,",0.0
"The Learnt to show, the Sensible commend,",1.0
"Yet still preserve the Province of the Friend,",1.0
What Music tune them? what Affection fire?,0.0
OH might thy Genius in my Bosom shine!,0.0
The brightest Ancients might at once agree,0.0
"To sing within my Lays, and sing of thee.",0.0
Horace himself would own thou dost excel,2.0
In candid Arts to play the Critic well.,0.0
"Whom Windsor Forest sees a gliding Stream,",0.0
She runs for ever through Poetic Ground.,1.0
Made by thy Muse the Envy of the Fair;,1.0
"Here courtly Trifles set the World at odds,",0.0
"The new Machines in Names of Ridicule,",0.0
"But know, you Fair, a Point concealed with Art,",0.0
"Peep over their Heads, and laugh behind the Scene.",3.0
"Enshrined on high the sacred Virgil sits,",0.0
To place thee near him might be fond to choose.,0.0
"How might he tune the alternate Reed with thee,",2.0
While some old Damon over the Vulgar wise,3.0
"Rapt with the Thought my Fancy seeks the Plains,",0.0
And turns me Shepherd while I hear the Strains.,0.0
"Indulgent Nurse of every tender Gale,",0.0
"Here in the cool my Limbs at ease I spread,",0.0
"Still slide thy Waters soft among the Trees,",1.0
"Smile all thy Valleys in eternal Spring,",0.0
"Be hushed, you Winds! while Pope and Virgil sing.",0.0
"Thy Homer warms with all his ancient Heat,",0.0
"He shines in Council, thunders in the Fight,",0.0
And flames with every Sense of great Delight.,0.0
"Long has that Poet reigned, and long unknown,",0.0
Like Monarchs sparkling on a distant Throne;,2.0
"In all the Majesty of Greek retired,",1.0
"Himself unknown, his mighty Name admired,",0.0
"His Language failing, wrapped him round with Night,",0.0
"Thine raised by thee, recalls the Work to light.",1.0
"So wealthy Mines, that Ages long before",0.0
"Fed the large Realms around with Golden Oar,",3.0
"When choked by sinking Banks, no more appear,",1.0
"And Shepherd's only say, The Mines were here:",0.0
"Should some rich Youth if Nature warm his Heart,",1.0
And all his Projects stand informed with Art,0.0
"Here clear the Caves, there open the leading Vein;",2.0
The Mines detected flame with Gold again.,0.0
"How vast, how copious are thy new Designs!",1.0
How every Music varies in thy Lines!,0.0
"Still as I read, I feel my Bosom beat,",0.0
"Thus in the Wood, when Summer dressed the Days,",0.0
"When Windsor lent us tuneful Hours of Ease,",0.0
"Our Ears the Lark, the Thrush, the Turtle blessed,",0.0
And Philomela sweetest over the rest:,2.0
The Shades resound with Song ' --  OH softly tread!,2.0
While a whole Season warbles round my Head.,2.0
This to my Friend ' --  and when a Friend inspires,1.0
"My silent Harp its Masters Hand requires,",0.0
"Shakes off the Dust, and makes these Rocks resound,",1.0
"Far from the Joys that with my Soul agree,",1.0
"From Wit, from Learning, ' --  far, o far from thee!",0.0
"Here half an Acre's Corn is half a Sheaf,",3.0
"Here Hills with naked Heads the Tempest meet,",0.0
"Rocks at their Side, and Torrents at their Feet,",0.0
"Or lazy Lakes unconscious of a Flood,",2.0
"Yet here Content can dwell, and Learnt Ease,",1.0
"A Friend delight me, and an Author please,",1.0
"Even here I sing, while Pope supplies the Theme,",0.0
"Show my own Love, though not increase his Fame.",0.0
On Acts of Mercy sound thy rising Fame.,0.0
Let others from frail Beauty hope Applause:,3.0
"Plead thou the Fatherless, and Widow's Cause.",1.0
Fly to your Mother; let each winning Grace,0.0
Engage Compassion for my helpless Race.,1.0
"So shall the wondering World be taught from thence,",2.0
Beauty is but your second Excellence.,2.0
"SHOULD I the language of my heart conceal,",1.0
Nor warmly paint the passion that I feel;,0.0
"My rising wish should groundless fears confine,",0.0
"Would not my prince, with nobler warmth, disdain",3.0
"That love, as languid, which could stoop to feign?",0.0
Let guilt dissemble ' --  in my faithful breast,1.0
"I give my bosom naked to thy view,",1.0
"For, what has shame with innocence to do?",1.0
"In fancy, now, I clasp thee to my heart,",1.0
"Exchange my vows, and all my joys impart.",0.0
I catch new transport from thy speaking eye; ' --,2.0
But whence this sad involuntary sigh?,0.0
Why pants my bosom with intruding fears?,1.0
Why do my hands thus tremble as I write?,2.0
Why fades thy loved idea from my sight?,1.0
"OH! art thou safe on Britain's happy shore,",0.0
"From winds that bellow, and from seas that roar?",1.0
"And has my prince ' --  O, more than mortal pain!",0.0
"Bound were those limbs, ordained alone to prove",0.0
"The toils of empire, and the sweets of love?",1.0
"Hold, hold! Barbarians of the fiercest kind!",2.0
Fear Heaven's red lightning ' --  it's a prince you bind;,5.0
"A prince, whom no indignities could hide,",1.0
"They knew, presumptuous! and the gods defied.",1.0
"Thy breast alone, when bounding over the waves",2.0
"To Freedom's climes, from slavery and slaves;",1.0
Thy breast alone the pleasing thought could frame,0.0
"Of what I felt, when thy dear letters came:",2.0
"A thousand times I held them to my breast,",1.0
A thousand times my lips the paper pressed:,0.0
"My full heart panted with a joy too strong,",3.0
"And O, my prince! died faltering on my tongue:",3.0
"Fainting I sunk, unequal to the strife,",3.0
And milder joys sustained returning life.,0.0
Delightful scenes of blessed delusion spread.,0.0
"Come, come, my prince! my charmer! haste away;",1.0
"Come, come, I cried, thy Zara blames thy stay.",1.0
"For thee, the shrubs their richest sweets retain;",1.0
"For thee, cool breezes linger in the grove,",2.0
The birds expect thee in the green alcove;,1.0
"Till thy return, the sun, the soul of all! ' --",1.0
"He comes, my maids, in his meridian charms,",3.0
"Bright as the sun, yet gentle as the dove,",1.0
"He comes, uniting majesty and love. ' --",1.0
"Too soon, alas! the blessed delusion flies;",1.0
"Care swells my breast, and sorrow fills my eyes.",1.0
Ah! why do thy fond words suggest a fear ' --,3.0
"Too vast, too numerous, those already here!",5.0
"Ah! why with doubts torment my bleeding breast,",0.0
"My heart, in all this tedious absence, knows",2.0
"No thoughts but those of seas, and storms, and foes.",2.0
Quick to the strand my feet spontaneous run:,2.0
"Of each I met, with pleading tears I sought.",0.0
"In vain I sought, some, conscious of my pain,",1.0
With horrid silence pointed to the main.,1.0
"Some with a sneer the brutal thought expressed,",0.0
And plunged the dagger of a barbarous jest.,3.0
"Day followed day, and still I wished the next,",1.0
"New hopes still flattered, and new doubts perplexed;",4.0
"Day followed day, the wished tomorrow came,",2.0
"My hopes, doubts, fears, anxieties the same.",2.0
"At length ' --  OH Power Supreme! whoever thou art,",4.0
"Thy shrine the sky, the sea, the earth, or heart;",0.0
"And hostile barks, and storms, are thy domain,",1.0
"If faithful passion can thy bounty move,",1.0
"And goodness sure must be the friend of love,",0.0
"Safe to these arms my lovely prince restore,",0.0
"OH! grant to virtue thy protecting care,",2.0
A flowery altar to thy name we'll raise;,3.0
"There, first and last, on each returning day,",0.0
To thee our vows of gratitude we'll pay.,1.0
"Fool that I was, to all my comfort blind,",1.0
"How could I fondly hope one joy to prove,",0.0
Midst all the wild anxieties of love?,1.0
"Had fate in other mould, thy Zara formed,",0.0
"And my bold breast in manly friendship warmed,",2.0
How had I glowed exulting at thy side!,0.0
How all the shafts of adverse fate defied!,1.0
"With thee, OH! had I turned a burning soil!",0.0
"In the cold prison had I lain with thee,",2.0
"In love still happy, we had still been free;",2.0
"Then fortune braved, had owned superior might,",1.0
"And pined with envy, while we forced delight.",0.0
"Thine all my thoughts have been, and still shall be.",0.0
"The curling breezes murmured as I sighed,",1.0
"And hoarse, at distance, roared my so the tide:",1.0
"Now doubts, now hopes prevailed, now joy, now pain,",4.0
"Now fixed I stand, my spirit fled to thine,",1.0
"Nor note the time, nor see the sun decline;",0.0
"Now roused I start, and winged with fear I run,",1.0
"In vain, alas! for it's myself I shun.",2.0
"When kindly sleep its lenient balm supplied,",0.0
And gave that comfort waking thought denied.,0.0
"Last night ' --  but why, ah Zara! why impart,",1.0
Heaven's awful concave round thy Zara bow;,0.0
"When sudden thence a flaming chariot flew,",2.0
"Then ' --  quick transition ' --  did thy Zara ride,",0.0
Born to the chariot ' --  wondrous ' --  by thy side:,3.0
A thousand voices sung ' --  All bliss betide,0.0
And quick aloft the car began to rise;,0.0
"Ten thousand beauties crowded on my sight,",2.0
Ten thousand glories beamed a dazzling light.,1.0
"My thoughts could bear no more, the vision fled,",1.0
And wretched Zara viewed her lonely bed. ' --,0.0
"Come, sweet interpreter, and ease my soul;",2.0
"Come to my bosom, and explain the whole.",1.0
"Alas! my prince ' --  yet hold, my struggling breast!",0.0
"Sure we shall meet again, again be blessed.",0.0
"OH! then prevent those hopes, and haste to me.",1.0
And kindly stop the torrent of her woes.,1.0
"But, that I know too well thy generous heart,",3.0
"One doubt, than all, more torment would impart:",1.0
"It's this, in Britain's happy courts to shine,",1.0
"Amid a thousand blooming maids, is thine ' --",0.0
"But thou, a thousand blooming maids among,",1.0
"Art still thyself, incapable of wrong;",1.0
"No outward charm can captivate thy mind,",1.0
Thy love is friendship heightened and refined;,1.0
"It's what my soul, and not my form inspires,",0.0
And burns with spotless and immortal fires.,1.0
"Thy joys, like mine, from conscious truth arise,",1.0
Be jealous doubts the curse of sordid minds;,0.0
"Hence, jealous doubts, I give you to the winds. ' --",2.0
"Once more, OH come! and snatch me to thy arms!",4.0
"Come, shield my beating heart from vain alarms!",1.0
"Weep pleasing tears, and be with joy distressed!",1.0
"Let me still hear, and still demand thy tale,",3.0
"And, oft renewed, still let my suit prevail!",1.0
"Much still remains to tell and to enquire,",1.0
"My hand still writes, and writing prompts desire;",1.0
"My pen denies my last farewell to write,",1.0
"Still, still, return, my wishful thoughts indite:",1.0
"OH! hear, my prince, thy love, thy mistress call,",1.0
"Think over each tender name, and hear by all.",3.0
"OH! pleasing intercourse of soul with soul,",1.0
"Thus, while I write, I see, I clasp thee whole;",0.0
"And these kind letters trembling Zara drew,",2.0
In every line shall bring her to thy view.,1.0
"Return, return, in love and truth excel;",0.0
"Return, I write; I cannot add ' --  Farewell.",1.0
"When Athens was for Arts and Arms renowned,",1.0
Olympic Wreaths uncommon Merit crowned.,0.0
"These slight Distinctions from the Learnt and Wise,",1.0
"'Twas this, the generous Love of Fame inspired,",2.0
For like Rewards like Judges we implore:,1.0
Our growing Merit with Indulgence view;,1.0
Leave Ignorance and Sloth to Scorn and Shame;,2.0
But crown the Worthy with immortal Fame;,1.0
"And Fame, conferred by you, can never fail:",1.0
"What Men have purchased, they of Right entail.",1.0
"O, my rash hand! what hast thou idly done?",1.0
Torn from its humble bank the last poor flower,1.0
"It flourished yet, and yet it might have blown,",0.0
Destroyed what many a storm and angry shower,2.0
"Had pitying spared. The pride of summer gone,",2.0
Cherish what yet in faded life can bloom;,0.0
"And if domestic love still sweetly smiles,",2.0
"Thy winter's prospect of its dreary gloom,",1.0
"WITH pleasure I your welcome letter read,",1.0
While Cupid for a little from me fled.,2.0
"With freedom write, dispel your trivial fears;",2.0
"Though strange the ideas which you now convey,",2.0
While you our lovely females thus portray.,1.0
"No doubt, there are, in the promiscuous crowd,",3.0
"The worthless fair, the virtuous and the good;",1.0
"The haughty nymph, the maid of humble mind;",0.0
"The imperious, yea, the gentle and the kind;",4.0
And furious tigers of their rage disarm.,3.0
"In all vicissitudes of human life,",1.0
Man's greatest blessing is a virtuous wife:,4.0
"Diffusing joy, while various cares molest:",2.0
"Her prudent counsel swift relief can bring,",0.0
"Nor need I thus the sacred annals trace,",0.0
In Britain's Isle they claim the highest place;,0.0
"When dire oppression, with uplifted hand,",4.0
"His yoke extended over our native land,",2.0
"Our sires to abject slavery were doomed,",1.0
Our mothers all their ancient claims resumed:,0.0
And so ascribe the cruel cause to love.,1.0
Are you alone exempt from such a guest?,2.0
Are you of every antidote possessed,1.0
"TO effect a cure, or mitigate the pain?",1.0
Then may the archer cast his shafts in vain.,0.0
But by one fatal glance the field was lost.,1.0
"While you are free of dangers, still beware;",0.0
"Be warned by me, and shun the alluring snare.",3.0
"It is by some deemed cowardice to fly,",3.0
But sure it more ignoble is to die:,1.0
"To die, I'm frantic, sir; what did I say?",0.0
Kind heaven defend us from such dire alarms;,2.0
Who would a victim fall to female charms?,1.0
"I find I'm better while your lines I read,",0.0
I'm almost from my Gallic fetters freed.,2.0
"As you alone were partner of my grief,",2.0
Pray now congratulate my quick relief.,1.0
"Thus twice detected, Con. thy Pride give over,",2.0
And hope to triumph in our School no more.,1.0
Though you speak English Verse with graceful Ease;,2.0
"Though every Motion, Air, and Accent, please;",1.0
Though every Speech a crowded Audience draws;,2.0
And every Line be echoed with Applause;,1.0
"The Muse, thy Mother, only speaks in thee.",0.0
"We knew long since, your Verse, so much admired,",1.0
By her superior Genius was inspired;,4.0
Your graceful Action too was hers alone.,1.0
"In learnt Languages had she been skilled,",3.0
Still with your Praises had our School been filled.,0.0
"Nor mourn those Ills, that must attend the Great.",0.0
For had she been with meaner Talents born;,0.0
Did no uncommon Gifts her Mind adorn;,0.0
"Whom Culture can't exalt, nor Science grace;",0.0
Phoebus had then not studied to control,1.0
The future Grandeur of her soaring Soul.,2.0
"But, when he saw each Muse, with endless Pains,",0.0
Forming the curious Texture of her Brains;,5.0
When he beheld them anxious to inspire,2.0
A double Portion of celestial Fire;,1.0
"He thus, in Anger, to the Virgins said:",1.0
To grace the Breast of this accomplished Fair:,1.0
In vain you labour to adorn her Mind,1.0
"With tuneful Numbers, and with Sense refined;",1.0
With every Elegance of Thought and Phrase:,1.0
Though she with them in all their Graces vie;,1.0
Yet I'll their universal Tongue deny.,0.0
"For if, like them, she could unfold her Mind",0.0
In Language understood by all Mankind;,1.0
Her Sex might boast would be in one outdone.,1.0
In gentle Numbers fain my Muse would sing,0.0
"That potent Monarch, whose imperial Sway",2.0
So many mighty Kingdoms did obey;,0.0
All people did submit to his Command.,1.0
"The King with Feasting, in most noble Sort",0.0
"Did entertain the Princes of his Court,",1.0
"Till Night came on, and all retired were,",2.0
Then to his Chamber did to Rest repair;,0.0
To guard his sacred Person in his Sleep:,0.0
"Among them three young Men of virtuous Mind,",3.0
"Whose Hearts to study Wisdom were inclined,",1.0
"Had privately, between themselves, agreed",1.0
"To leave in Writing, for the King to read,",1.0
"What, in their Judgements, did in Strength excel",0.0
"All other Things, for they discerned well",2.0
"What they could wish, he would on them bestow.",1.0
"The first of them, in Writing did declare,",1.0
That nothing could for Strength with Wine compare;,0.0
"The second then his Sentence in did bring,",0.0
"Nothing for might, is equal with the King;",2.0
With like Assurance did the third decree,0.0
Women do bear away the Victory,2.0
From all on Earth; but yet he knew full well,1.0
Great was the Truth that did in Heaven dwell.,0.0
"These Papers sealed, where secretly conveyed",1.0
"Beneath the Pillow where Darius laid,",0.0
"Until Aurora did her Light display,",0.0
"And Phoebus rising, ushered in the Day;",0.0
"Then they withdrew, and when the King did rise,",1.0
"His Servants on the Writings cast their Eyes,",1.0
And to his sacred Majesty made known,3.0
What in the Night had by his Guards been done.,1.0
The King was pleased on hearing the Report,1.0
How the brave Youths had acted in his Court;,2.0
Commanding all his Princes to attend;,1.0
"All his wise Men, and Captains, he did call",4.0
"The King himself in Judgement takes his Place,",0.0
And with his Presence will the Senate grace;,2.0
"His Resolution does to them declare,",1.0
Impartially to end this nice Affair.,1.0
"And now the several Writings being read,",0.0
"That with the greater Force they may proceed,",1.0
"The King commands the young Men in with Speed,",1.0
"And bids them freely speak their whole Intent,",0.0
What either of them by his Sentence meant:,2.0
"Then having Leave, the first did Silence break,",0.0
And to this Purpose he before them spoke.,2.0
Most mighty Powers! does not Wine exceed,0.0
By freely drinking many are misled;,1.0
By Wine the strongest have been conquered:,0.0
The needy Orphan it will quickly bring,1.0
To be as gay and pleasant as the King;,1.0
Makes Servants think they have their Liberty:,2.0
"The poor Man and the rich alike are found,",2.0
"Remembrance of all Evils, past and gone,",1.0
"Sorrows and Debts, no more are thought upon",2.0
"When sparkling Wine their Heart begins to cheer,",0.0
"Nor King, nor Governor they seem to fear;",1.0
"They speak at large, each would be Chief of all,",0.0
Till Friends and Brothers at Variance fall:,4.0
"Drawn Swords sometime the Power of Wine attend,",4.0
"But when it's gone, the Quarrel's at an End;",0.0
"Their Wrath forgot, their Mirth thought on no more,",3.0
Each Man is in the State he was before.,1.0
"The Force and Power of Wine, considered well,",2.0
"Must needs in Strength all other Things excel,",0.0
"He having spoke, the second did begin",0.0
Thus to declare the Power of the King.,3.0
"Most noble Lords! Of all Things that were made,",0.0
"Or ever on the Earth a Being had,",1.0
Men do excel in Strength: To their Command,2.0
"All Things are subject, both by Sea and Land:",0.0
"How strong then is the King, whose regal Sway",1.0
"They yield Obedience to his princely Will,",2.0
And ready are his Pleasure to fulfil;,2.0
"To his Dominion, High and Low submit,",1.0
He over them bears Rule as he thinks fit.,3.0
"If he in hostile Manner draws his Sword,",1.0
"Whatever he bids, they do with Heart and Hand,",3.0
"When into foreign Lands he does them send,",0.0
"They, in his Quarrel, even their Blood do spend,",2.0
And fight till Victory does on them attend;,1.0
The choicest Spoils with Homage to the King:,1.0
"While those whose Business is to till the Ground,",2.0
"With whom a Sword or Spear is seldom found,",0.0
"Manure their Land, their fruitful Vineyards dress;",0.0
"They reap their Corn, and luscious Clusters press:",0.0
"And when the Harvest does their Toil reward,",0.0
They bring their Tribute to their Sovereign Lord.,1.0
"If any hapless Wretch the King displease,",0.0
"His Neighbours never dispute, but on him seize;",5.0
"If he bid spare, they spare; if he bid kill,",3.0
They ready are his Pleasure to fulfil;,2.0
"If Cities to destroy, or Buildings burn,",1.0
They into Heaps of Ruin Kingdoms turn:,0.0
"If Clemency within his Breast take Place,",2.0
"His People all adore his princely Grace,",0.0
"And build, and plant, what late they did deface.",0.0
"Whenever he please he lays him down to sleep,",3.0
While armed Bands strict Watch do round him keep;,2.0
"Nor dare depart, nor their own Business mind,",1.0
"But serve the King, as Duty does them bind.",0.0
"Then what can equal him for Strength, I pray,",1.0
Whom in such Sort all Men on Earth obey?,0.0
"A royal Youth of David's kingly Race,",0.0
"Much nobler he than those that spoke before,",1.0
Because he did the living GOD adore,0.0
And thus his Mind and Writing did declare,0.0
"Before them all, that fate in Judgement there,",1.0
Most worthy Princes! I do freely own,1.0
The Strength of Kings throughout the World is known;,0.0
The Force of Wine all Mortals know full well;,1.0
Yet neither of them does in Might excel:,1.0
Whom all Mankind do honour and obey.,3.0
"And well they may, because from them do spring",1.0
"The Poor and Rich, the Peasant and the King;",1.0
"The greatest Heroes that the World can know,",0.0
To Women their Original must owe;,2.0
"They nourish those that plant the fruitful Vine,",1.0
From whence you vainly boast the Power of Wine:,2.0
"The Glory and the Praise of Men they are,",1.0
And make the Garment which they daily wear:,0.0
"Nay, without Women, Men can't be at all,",6.0
But soon the Species would to Ruin fall.,0.0
"When Men have gathered Gold, and Treasures great",0.0
"Of precious Things, and live in Pomp and State,",0.0
"No true Content their captive Hearts attain,",1.0
"Her Beauty to adore they are inclined,",2.0
"Her noble Virtue does attract the Mind,",0.0
"With Gold and Silver they will freely part,",1.0
To gain admission to a Female's Heart;,2.0
"For if his native Country lay at Stake,",1.0
The Husband quits it for his Spouse's Sake;,1.0
"His Parents, Friends, and Kindred he does leave;",1.0
Unto his Wife alone his Heart does cleave:,2.0
"A Consort virtuous, loving, fair, and kind;",7.0
A willing Homage he to her does pay;,2.0
"In Toil and Labour hard he spends the Day,",0.0
"To gather Wealth, that so he may provide",2.0
Treasure to bring unto his dearest Bride:,4.0
"Another boldly, with a Sword in Hand,",1.0
"Will cross the Seas, and wander on the Land;",1.0
"No horrid Dangers can procure his Stay,",2.0
He bravely dares a Lion in the Way;,0.0
"Laden with Booty to his Mistress flies,",3.0
"Some Men, for love of Women, oft we see",0.0
"Have been reduced to utmost Misery,",2.0
"And lost their Senses, if they chanced to find",1.0
"How oft have wretched Mortals been misled,",0.0
With murderous Hands their Rival's Blood to shed?,2.0
"While some as desperately have sought for Death,",1.0
"The King is strong, no People can deny",2.0
"All stand in fear of him; his Power is such,",2.0
"It's Death to strike, no less than Death to touch.",1.0
This mighty Monarch I did lately spy,1.0
"At his Right Hand this youthful Beauty bright,",3.0
"Although he did the Persian Sceptre sway,",1.0
This blooming Lady took his Crown away;,0.0
"The Diadem that on his Head was worn,",1.0
Her lovely Brows and Temples did adorn;,0.0
"Nay furthermore, when she had done this Thing,",1.0
"Yet no Displeasure did in him arise,",1.0
Who was Captive to her conquering Eyes:,3.0
"Her radiant Beauty did such Beams display,",0.0
From her he could not turn his Eyes away:,1.0
"If this illustrious Lady deigned to smile,",3.0
"If ought displeased her, then the King would try",0.0
With gentle Words the Dame to pacify.,0.0
"What mortal Strength with Women can compare,",1.0
Since crowned Heads to them obedient are?,3.0
"The King and Princes then began to gaze,",0.0
And look upon each other with Amaze;,1.0
For now they very plainly did descry,0.0
This noble Prince would have the Victory,0.0
"Who, having paused, began to speak again,",0.0
Not doubting but he should Acceptance gain.,1.0
"Women are strong, as I have made appear;",3.0
"The Earth is large, wherein all Creatures dwell;",0.0
"The glorious Sun does Heat and Light display,",2.0
And with his Beams gives every Region Day:,2.0
"How great then He, by whose divine Command,",1.0
"All Things at first were made, Earth, Sea, and Land!",1.0
"Strong is the Truth, who did create all Things;",0.0
From that blessed Fountain all Perfection springs:,1.0
"The heavenly Host with Reverence all adore,",4.0
While Men on Earth with trembling Fear implore,0.0
"Almighty Truth, which ever shall endure,",0.0
"That Kings are wicked, all wise Men agree;",1.0
Women are so we know assuredly;,2.0
"When to excessive Drinking Men incline,",1.0
The worst of Evils has been caused by Wine:,0.0
"All Men on Earth of high and low Degree,",0.0
Are subject unto Sin and Vanity;,1.0
"Destruction does on Wickedness attend,",1.0
But mighty Truth shall never know an End;,0.0
"Not only strong, but good beyond compare;",0.0
No wicked Men with Him accepted are:,3.0
"No rich Reward, no golden Bribe can buy",2.0
Fraud or Deceit in Truth we never find;,2.0
Good Men embrace it with a ready Mind:,1.0
"Whatever Thing is virtuous, good, and great,",2.0
In Truth we find it perfect and complete:,2.0
"Then praised be Truth to all Eternity,",1.0
In whom alone is Strength and Majesty!,1.0
"He having finished, the attentive Crowd,",1.0
"The Truth applauding, they, as one, agree",2.0
This brave young Prince should have the Victory:,1.0
"The King and Council did his Wisdom praise,",0.0
Affirming he had doubly won the Bays.,1.0
That Purple and fine Linen he should wear;,3.0
"That all his royal Bounty might behold,",0.0
Commanded he should eat and drink in Gold;,1.0
"A regal Chariot too he did decree,",2.0
"Adorned with Gold, at his Command should be;",1.0
And next unto himself assigns his Place:,2.0
"And to increase his Honour, after all,",3.0
Commands that they his Cousin should him call;,1.0
"And of his royal Grace he does decree,",1.0
"What he would ask, performed it should be:",0.0
"Speak what thou wilt, it shall be done for thee.",0.0
"He was not long to seek what Choice to make,",1.0
But to the King with low Submission spoke.,1.0
Behold Jerusalem in Ruins laid!,1.0
"Perform the Vow which thou thyself hast made,",1.0
"That glorious Temple, which was once the praise",2.0
"Each goodly Building now in Ashes laid,",0.0
"And all the holy Vessels to restore,",1.0
As Cyrus did design long time before;,1.0
No other Thing great Prince! do I require;,3.0
No earthly Pomp or Grandeur I desire:,5.0
"But if this one Request thou grant to me,",2.0
Immortal Honour thy Reward will be.,2.0
"The King observing how he stood inclined,",1.0
"To serve his Country with a willing Mind,",1.0
"Rose from his Seat, and in that very Place,",0.0
"Before the Council, does the Prince embrace;",0.0
"Grants his Request, and does his Letters send,",2.0
"Commanding all his Captains to attend,",1.0
"Both him and his, that so they might convey",1.0
Them to their ancient Land without Delay:,1.0
"Not only from all Tribute set them free,",1.0
But gave much Treasure to them liberally;,2.0
"The City built, the Temple up did raise,",1.0
"For solemn Worship, as in former Days.",1.0
"This brave young Man having his End obtained,",6.0
"And Liberty, beyond his Wishes gained;",1.0
"With thankful Heart, and joyful Lips, did raise",0.0
"To Thee, great God! I render Praises due,",2.0
"From whom comes Victory, and Wisdom too:",2.0
"Thy worthless Servant I myself do own,",2.0
Yet thou to me thy Strength and Might hast shown,1.0
"Thine be the Glory, now and evermore!",0.0
I thankfully thy gracious Name adore;,1.0
"Prostrate before Thee would I gladly lie,",2.0
And praise thy Name to all Eternity.,1.0
"And has all Nature, then, espoused my part?",0.0
Have I bribed Heaven and Earth to plead against thee?,3.0
And is thy soul immortal? ' --  What remains?,1.0
"All, all, Lorenzo! ' --  Make immortal blessed.",0.0
And yet Lorenzo still affects the world;,0.0
And art thou proud of that inglorious style?,2.0
"Proud of reproach? for a reproach it was,",3.0
"In ancient days; and Christian ' --  in an age,",0.0
"When men were men, and not ashamed of Heaven ' --",0.0
"Fired their ambition, as it crowned their joy.",2.0
"Thy fond attachments, fatal and inflamed,",1.0
"Point out my path, and dictate to my song:",2.0
To thee the World how fair! how strongly strikes,1.0
Ambition! and gay Pleasure stronger still!,2.0
"Thy triple bane! the triple bolt, that lays",0.0
Thy Virtue dead! Be these my triple theme;,1.0
Nor shall thy wit or wisdom be forgot.,0.0
Common the theme; not so the song; if she,2.0
"The charm that chains us to the World, her foe,",1.0
"If she dissolves, the man of earth, at once,",1.0
"Starts from his trance, and sighs for other scenes;",0.0
"Scenes, where these sparks of night, these stars, shall shine",0.0
"The blessed behold; and, in one glory, pour",0.0
Their blended blaze on man's astonished sight;,0.0
"A blaze, ' --  the least illustrious object there.",1.0
"Lorenzo! since Eternal is at hand,",1.0
To swallow Time's ambitions; as the vast,1.0
"Leviathan, the bubbles vain that ride",1.0
High on the foaming billow; what avail,0.0
"What lofty thoughts, these elements above,",1.0
"What towering hopes, what sallies from the sun,",1.0
"What grand surveys of destiny Divine,",1.0
By Him who foibles in archangels sees!,2.0
"On human hearts He bends a jealous eye,",0.0
The rise and progress of each option there;,3.0
"Sacred to doomsday! That the page unfolds,",2.0
And spreads us to the gaze of gods and men.,1.0
"And what an option, OH Lorenzo, thine!",1.0
"A world, where Lust of Pleasure, Grandeur, Gold,",3.0
"Three demons that divide its realms between them,",1.0
With strokes alternate buffet to and fro,2.0
"Man's restless heart, their sport, their flying ball;",1.0
"It pants for peace, and drops into despair.",0.0
Such is the world Lorenzo sets above,1.0
That glorious promise angels were esteemed,3.0
"Too mean to bring: a promise, their Adored",2.0
"Descended to communicate, and press,",1.0
"By counsel, miracle, life, death, on man.",2.0
And on its thorny pillow seeks repose;,1.0
"Intoxicate, but not composes; fills",0.0
"All the wild trash of sleep, without the rest;",3.0
"How frail men, things! how momentary both!",1.0
"Fantastic chase, of shadows hunting shades!",1.0
"The gay, the busy, equal, though unlike;",1.0
"Equal in wisdom, differently wise!",2.0
"Through flowery meadows, and through dreary wastes,",2.0
"One bustling, and one dancing, into death.",1.0
"Betrays some secret, that throws new reproach",1.0
"On life, and makes him sick of seeing more.",0.0
The scenes of business tell us ' --  what are men;,0.0
The scenes of pleasure ' --  what is all beside:,0.0
"There, others we despise; and here, ourselves.",1.0
"Amid disgust eternal, dwells delight?",0.0
IT is approbation strikes the string of joy.,0.0
"Stuns with the din, and chokes us with the dust,",1.0
"On Life's gay stage, one inch above the grave?",1.0
The proud run up and down in quest of eyes;,3.0
"The sensual, in pursuit of something worse;",2.0
"The grave, of gold; the politic, of power;",0.0
"And all, of other butterflies, as vain!",0.0
"As eddies draw things frivolous and light,",2.0
How is man's heart by vanity drawn in;,4.0
"On the swift circle of returning toys,",3.0
This is a beaten track. ' --  Is this a track,2.0
"Should not be beaten? Never beat enough,",0.0
Till enough learnt the truths it would inspire.,4.0
Shall Truth be silent because Folly frowns?,5.0
"Turn the world's history; what find we there,",5.0
"But Fortune's sports, or Nature's cruel claims,",0.0
It brings bad tidings! How it hourly blows,2.0
Man's misadventures round the listening world!,2.0
Man is the tale of narrative Old Time;,2.0
Sad tale! which high as Paradise begins.,1.0
"As if the toil of travel to delude,",2.0
"From stage to stage, in his eternal round,",1.0
"The Days, his daughters, ' --  as they spin our hours",1.0
"Oft, in a moment, snaps life's strongest thread, ' --",1.0
"Each, in her turn, some tragic storey tells,",0.0
And fills his chronicle with human woes.,1.0
"Time's daughters, true as those of men, deceive us;",2.0
Not one but puts some cheat on all mankind:,1.0
"While in their father's bosom, not yet ours,",0.0
They flatter our fond hopes; and promise much,2.0
Who dares to trust them; and laugh round the year,0.0
"At still confiding, still confounded man,",0.0
"Confiding, though confounded; hoping on,",2.0
"Life to the last, like hardened felons, lies;",0.0
"Nor owns itself a cheat, till it expires.",1.0
"Its little joys go out by one and one,",3.0
"And leave poor man, at length, in perfect night;",2.0
Night darker than what now involves the pole.,2.0
"OH THOU, who dost permit these ills to fall",0.0
"OH THOU, whose hand this goodly fabric framed,",0.0
"From the damp bed of Chaos, by Thy beam",3.0
"Exhaled, ordained to swim its destined hour",0.0
"In ambient air, then melt, and disappear!",2.0
"Earth's days are numbered, nor remote her doom;",2.0
"As mortal, though less transient than her sons:",3.0
"Yet they dote on her, as the world and they",1.0
"Were both eternal, solid; THOU, a dream.",1.0
"They dote! on what? Immortal views apart,",0.0
"A region of outsides, a land of shadows!",3.0
A fruitful field of flowery promises!,3.0
"A wilderness for joys, perplexed with doubts,",1.0
"And sharp with thorns! a troubled ocean, spread",0.0
"With bold adventurers, their all on board;",1.0
No second hope if here their fortune frowns:,1.0
"Frown soon it must. Of various rates they sail,",3.0
"All restless, anxious; tossed with hopes and fears",0.0
In calmest skies: obnoxious all to storm;,0.0
And stormy the most general blast of life:,1.0
All bound for happiness; yet few provide,1.0
"The chart of Knowledge, pointing where it lies;",0.0
"Or Virtue's helm, to shape the course designed.",0.0
"All, more or less, capricious Fate lament,",0.0
And farther from their wishes than before:,2.0
"All, more or less, against each other dash,",0.0
"To mutual hurt by gusts of passion driven,",2.0
And suffering more from Folly than from Fate.,1.0
"Ocean, thou dreadful and tumultuous home",6.0
"Of dangers, at eternal war with man!",0.0
"With all his chosen terrors frowning round,",0.0
Wide opening and loud roaring still for more!,5.0
Too faithful mirror! how dost thou reflect,3.0
The melancholy face of human life!,0.0
The strong resemblance tempts me farther still;,0.0
"By moral truth, in such a mirror seen,",1.0
Which Nature holds for ever at her eye.,0.0
"When young, with sanguine cheer, and streamers gay,",0.0
"We cut our cable, launch into the world,",0.0
And fondly dream each wind and star our friend;,0.0
"All, in some darling enterprise embarked:",0.0
But where is he can fathom its event?,2.0
"And puffs them wide of hope: with hearts of proof,",0.0
"Full against wind and tide, some win their way;",3.0
"And when strong Effort has deserved the port,",1.0
"And tugged it into view, iT is won! iT is lost!",0.0
"Though strong their oar, still stronger is their fate:",2.0
"They strike; and while they triumph, they expire.",1.0
"In stress of weather, most; some sink outright;",1.0
"Over them, and over their names, the billows close;",3.0
Tomorrow knows not they were ever born.,2.0
"Others a short memorial leave behind,",4.0
"It floats a moment, and is seen no more:",2.0
One Caesar lives; a thousand are forgot.,1.0
"How few, beneath auspicious planets born,",0.0
"Darlings of Providence, fond Fate's elect!",4.0
"With swelling sails make good the promised port,",1.0
"Free from misfortune, not from Nature free,",2.0
They still are men; and when is man secure?,0.0
As fatal Time as Storm! The rush of years,0.0
In ruin end: and now their proud success,0.0
But plants new terrors on the victor's brow:,2.0
"What pain to quit the world just made their own,",0.0
"Their nest so deeply downed, and built so high!",0.0
Too low they build who build beneath the stars.,1.0
"Woe then apart, if woe apart can be",1.0
"From mortal man, and Fortune at our nod,",0.0
"The gay, rich, great, triumphant, and august!",3.0
What are they? ' --  The most happy strange to say!,1.0
Convince me most of human misery:,1.0
More wretched then than ever their slave can be;,2.0
"Their treacherous blessings, at the day of need,",2.0
What aggravated impotence in power!,1.0
"High titles, then, what insult of their pain!",3.0
"If that sole anchor, equal to the waves,",2.0
"Immortal Hope! defies not the rude storm,",1.0
"Takes comfort from the foaming billow's rage,",2.0
And makes a welcome harbour of the tomb.,1.0
Is this a sketch of what thy soul admires?,1.0
Are huddled in a group. A more distinct,0.0
"Survey, perhaps, might bring thee better news.",0.0
Look on life's stages: they speak plainer still;,5.0
"The plainer they, the deeper wilt thou sigh.",1.0
Look on thy lovely boy; in him behold,1.0
The best that can befall the best on earth;,1.0
The boy has virtue by his mother's side:,1.0
"Is tender, though the man's is made of stone:",1.0
"The truth, through such a medium seen, may make",3.0
"Impression deep, and Fondness prove thy friend.",0.0
"Care full of love, and yet severe as hate!",1.0
Over thy soul's joy how oft thy fondness frowns!,2.0
"As yet, his reason cannot go alone;",0.0
But asks a sterner nurse to lead it on.,0.0
His little heart is often terrified;,0.0
The blush of morning in his cheek turns pale;,1.0
His harmless eye! and drowns an angel there.,1.0
Enjoined must discipline his early powers;,1.0
He learns to sigh ere he has known to sin;,2.0
"Guiltless, and sad! a wretch before the fall!",2.0
"Our nature such, with necessary pains",1.0
We purchase prospects of precarious peace:,3.0
"Though not a father, this might steal a sigh.",1.0
IT will sink our poor account to poorer still;,0.0
"Ripe from the tutor, proud of liberty,",1.0
"He leaps enclosure, bounds into the world:",0.0
"The world is taken, after ten years' toil,",1.0
Like ancient Troy; and all its joys his own,0.0
Alas! the world's a tutor more severe;,0.0
"Its lessons hard, and ill deserve his pains;",0.0
Or books fair Virtue's advocates! inspired.,1.0
For who receives him into public life?,0.0
"Welcome the modest stranger to their sphere,",3.0
"Which glittered long, at distance, in his sight,",0.0
And in their hospitable arms enclose:,5.0
"Men that act up to Reason's golden rule,",0.0
All weakness of affection quite subdued:,1.0
"Men that would blush at being thought sincere,",0.0
"And feign, for glory, the few faults they want;",1.0
"That love a lie, where Truth would pay as well;",0.0
"As if, to them, Vice shone her own reward.",4.0
"See the steeled files of seasoned veterans,",3.0
"Trained to the world, in burnished falsehood bright;",1.0
Deep in the fatal stratagems of peace;,1.0
All soft sensation in the throng rubbed off;,2.0
All their keen purpose in politeness sheathed;,2.0
His friends eternal ' --  during interest;,0.0
His foes implacable ' --  when worth their while;,1.0
At war with every welfare but their own;,2.0
"As wise as Lucifer, and half as good;",1.0
And by whom none but Lucifer can gain: ' --,2.0
"Naked of heart, his cruel course he runs,",2.0
"Stung out of all most amiable in life,",2.0
"Affection, as his species, wide diffused;",1.0
Noble presumptions to mankind's renown;,4.0
"Ingenuous trust, and confidence of love.",3.0
These claims to joy if mortals joy might claim,0.0
"Will cost him many a sigh, till time, and pains,",2.0
"From the slow mistress of this school, Experience,",4.0
"And her assistant, pausing, pale Distrust,",1.0
And the dark labyrinth of human hearts.,2.0
And happy if the clue shall come so cheap!,1.0
"For while we learn to fence with public guilt,",0.0
"Full oft we feel its foul contagion too,",1.0
If less than heavenly Virtue is our guard.,3.0
"Thus, a strange kind of cursed necessity",4.0
"Brings down the sterling temper of his soul,",1.0
"By base alloy, to bear the current stamp,",1.0
Below called Wisdom; sinks him into safety;,1.0
And brands him into credit with the world;,1.0
"Where specious titles dignify disgrace,",0.0
And Nature's injuries are arts of life;,1.0
"Where brighter Reason prompts to bolder crimes,",0.0
"And heavenly talents make infernal hearts, ' --",2.0
Forgot that Genius needs not go to school;,0.0
"Forgot that man, without a tutor wise,",0.0
The world's all face; the man who shows his heart,0.0
A man I knew who lived upon a smile;,0.0
"And well it fed him; he looked plump and fair,",2.0
"Lorenzo! what I tell thee, take not ill.",0.0
"And, dying, cursed the friend on whom he lived.",0.0
"In foreign realms, for thou hast travelled far,",1.0
"Studious their nests to feather in a trice,",1.0
"Playing the game of faces on each other,",3.0
In foolish hope to steal each other's trust;,0.0
"Both cheating, both exulting, both deceived;",1.0
"And, sometime, both let earth rejoice undone!",2.0
Their parts we doubt not; but be that their shame.,0.0
"Shall men of talents, fit to rule mankind,",1.0
"Stoop to mean wiles, that would disgrace a fool?",3.0
And lose the thanks of those few friends they serve?,1.0
For who can thank the man he cannot see?,0.0
Why so much cover? It defeats itself.,1.0
You that know all things! know you not men's hearts,3.0
"Are therefore known, because they are concealed?",2.0
For why concealed? ' --  The cause they need not tell.,0.0
Whose feeble nature Truth keeps still in awe:,1.0
His incapacity is his renown.,3.0
"IT is great, iT is manly, to disdain disguise;",1.0
"It shows our spirit, or it proves our strength.",1.0
"However, I grant it some small sign of grace,",4.0
Think no post needful that demands a knave.,2.0
"When late our civil helm was shifting hands,",0.0
"But this, how rare! The public path of life",1.0
Is dirty. Yet allow that dirt its due;,0.0
It makes the noble mind more noble still.,0.0
The world's no neuter; it will wound or save;,2.0
"Our virtue quench, or indignation fire.",0.0
Or make us demons long before we die.,0.0
"To show how fair the world, thy mistress, shines,",0.0
"Take either part, sure ills attend the choice:",2.0
"Sure, though not equal, detriment ensues.",1.0
Not Virtue's self is deified on earth:,2.0
"Virtue has her relapses, conflicts, foes;",2.0
Foes that never fail to make her feel their hate.,0.0
Virtue has her peculiar set of pains.,2.0
"True, friends to virtue last and least complain:",1.0
"But if they sigh, can others hope to smile?",1.0
"If Wisdom has her miseries to mourn,",1.0
How can poor Folly lead a happy life?,2.0
"And if both suffer, what has Earth to boast,",2.0
Where he most happy who the least laments?,0.0
"Where much, much patience, the most envied state;",1.0
And some forgiveness needs the best of friends?,0.0
"For friend or happy life who looks not higher,",0.0
Of neither shall he find the shadow here.,0.0
"The world's sworn advocate, without a fee,",1.0
"Lorenzo smartly, with a smile, replies:",1.0
"Thus far thy song is right; and all must own,",1.0
Virtue has her peculiar set of pains. ' --,2.0
"And joys peculiar who to Vice denies,",0.0
If Vice it is with Nature to comply?,2.0
"If Pride and Sense are so predominant,",2.0
"To cheque, not overcome, them makes a saint:",0.0
Can Nature in a plainer voice proclaim,0.0
Pleasure and glory the chief good of man?,4.0
Can Pride and Sensuality rejoice?,1.0
From purity of thought all pleasure springs;,1.0
"And from an humble spirit, all our peace.",1.0
"Ambition, pleasure! let us talk of these:",0.0
Of these the Porch and Academy talked;,5.0
"Of these, each following age had much to say:",3.0
"Who talks of these, to mankind all at once",2.0
He talks; for where the saint from either free?,0.0
"Are these thy refuge? ' --  No; these rush upon thee,",1.0
"I'll try if I can pluck thee from thy rock,",2.0
Prometheus! from this barren ball of earth:,1.0
"And first, thy Caucasus, Ambition, calls:",1.0
Mountain of torments! eminence of woes!,4.0
Of courted woes! and courted through mistake!,1.0
IT is not Ambition charms thee: iT is a cheat,1.0
"Will make thee start, as H' -- ' --  at his Moor.",0.0
"Dost grasp at greatness? First, know what it is:",1.0
"Not in the feather, wave it ever so high,",2.0
"By Fortune stuck, to mark us from the throng,",1.0
Is glory lodged: iT is lodged in the reverse;,1.0
"In that which joins, in that which equals, all,",0.0
"Unbounded prospect, and immortal kin,",1.0
"A Father God, and brothers in the skies;",0.0
"Elder, indeed, in time; but less remote",2.0
"In excellence, perhaps, than thought by man.",1.0
"Why greater what can fall, than what can rise?",0.0
"If still delirious now, Lorenzo! go;",2.0
Throw scorn around thee; cast it on thy slaves;,2.0
"Thy slaves, and equals: how scorn cast on them",2.0
"Rebounds on thee! If man is mean, as man,",2.0
"Art thou a god? If Fortune makes him so,",0.0
"Beware the consequence: a maxim that,",1.0
"Which draws a monstrous picture of mankind,",2.0
"Where, in the drapery, the man is lost;",1.0
"Thy greatest glory when disposed to boast,",0.0
Boast that aloud in which thy servants share.,1.0
We wisely strip the steed we mean to buy:,0.0
All the distinctions of this little life,2.0
"Are quite cutaneous, foreign to the man!",1.0
"When through Death's straits Earth's subtle serpents creep,",4.0
"Which wriggle into wealth, or climb renown,",0.0
"As crooked Satan the forbidden tree,",1.0
"All that now glitters, while they rear aloft",1.0
"Their brazen crests, and hiss at us below.",1.0
"Strip them of body, too; nay, closer still,",1.0
"Away with all, but moral, in their minds;",0.0
"And let what then remains impose their name,",0.0
"Pronounce them weak, or worthy! great, or mean!",0.0
"How mean that snuff of glory Fortune lights,",0.0
And Death puts out! Dost thou demand a test,4.0
A test at once infallible and short,1.0
"Of real greatness? That man greatly lives,",3.0
"Whatever his fate or fame, who greatly dies;",3.0
"If this a true criterion, many courts,",3.0
"The Almighty, from His throne, on earth surveys",2.0
"An humble heart, His residence! pronounced",1.0
His second seat; and rival to the skies.,1.0
"The private path, the secret acts of men,",0.0
"If noble, far the noblest of our lives!",1.0
The illustrious master of a name unknown;,4.0
"Life's sacred shades, where gods converse with men;",1.0
"And Peace, beyond the world's conceptions, smiles!",0.0
As thou now dark before we part shalt see.,3.0
But thy great soul this skulking glory scorns.,2.0
"And, when he shrugs at public business, lies.",0.0
"Denied the public eye, the public voice,",0.0
"As if he lived on others' breath, he dies.",1.0
Fain would he make the world his pedestal;,1.0
"Knows he that mankind praise against their will,",1.0
As well as trumpet? that his vanity,1.0
Is so much tickled from not hearing all?,2.0
"Or from an itch more sordid, when he shines,",1.0
"Taking his country by five hundred ears,",4.0
"With modest laughter lining loud applause,",0.0
Which makes the smile more mortal to his fame?,1.0
"His fame, which, like the mighty Caesar, crowned",0.0
"With laurels, in full senate, greatly falls,",1.0
"By seeming friends that honour, and destroy.",2.0
We rise in glory as we sink in pride;,1.0
"Where boasting ends, there dignity begins;",1.0
"And yet, mistaken beyond all mistake,",1.0
And dreams himself ascending in his fall.,0.0
"An eminence, though fancied, turns the brain;",1.0
"Pride loudest calls, and for the largest bowl;",2.0
"Because, all other vice unlike, it flies,",0.0
"In fact, the point in fancy most pursued.",0.0
"Who court applause, oblige the world in this:",0.0
They gratify man's passion to refuse.,2.0
"Superior honour, when assumed, is lost;",2.0
"To the world's cause, with half a face of joy,",2.0
"Lorenzo cries, ' --  Be, then, Ambition cast;",0.0
Gay Pleasure! Proud Ambition is her slave;,2.0
"For her he soars at great, and hazards ill;",1.0
"For her he fights, and bleeds or overcomes;",1.0
And paves his way with crowns to reach her smile:,0.0
"Who can resist her charms? ' --  Or, should? Lorenzo!",1.0
"What mortal shall resist, where angels yield?",0.0
Pleasure's the mistress of ethereal powers;,3.0
For her contend the rival gods above;,1.0
And well it is for man that Pleasure charms:,1.0
"How would all stagnate, but for Pleasure's ray!",2.0
How would the frozen stream of action cease!,0.0
What is the pulse of this so busy world?,1.0
"The love of Pleasure: that, through every vein,",0.0
"Throws motion, warmth; and shuts out death from life.",1.0
"Though various are the tempers of mankind,",3.0
Pleasure's gay family hold all in chains:,1.0
"Some most affect the black, and some the fair:",0.0
"Some honest pleasure court, and some obscene.",0.0
"Pleasures obscene are various, as the throng",3.0
Of passions that can err in human hearts;,0.0
"Mistake their objects, or transgress their bounds.",1.0
But when our Reason licences delight.,1.0
"Dost doubt, Lorenzo? Thou shalt doubt no more.",3.0
An ugly common harlot in the dark;,0.0
A rank adulterer with others' gold:,1.0
"And that hag, Vengeance, in a corner, charms.",1.0
"Hatred her brothel has, as well as Love,",2.0
"Whatever the motive, Pleasure is the mark!",4.0
For her the black assassin draws his sword;,1.0
"For her dark statesmen trim their midnight lamp,",3.0
To which no single sacrifice may fall;,1.0
"The Stoic proud, for pleasure, pleasure scorned;",0.0
"For her Affliction's daughters grief indulge,",1.0
"And find, or hope, a luxury in tears;",1.0
"For her, guilt, shame, toil, danger we defy;",5.0
"And, with an aim voluptuous, rush on death.",3.0
Thus universal her despotic power.,2.0
"And as her empire wide, her praise is just.",1.0
I am thy rival; pleasure I profess;,2.0
Pleasure the purpose of my gloomy song.,3.0
"I wrong her still, I rate her worth too low:",1.0
"Virtue the root, and Pleasure is the flower;",3.0
"How knits Austerity her cloudy brow,",2.0
"And blames, as bold and hazardous, the praise",1.0
You modern Stoics! hear my soft reply: ' --,0.0
Their senses men will trust; we can't impose;,0.0
"Or if we could, is imposition right?",1.0
"Own honey sweet, but, owning, add this sting, ' --",0.0
"When mixed with poison, it is deadly too.",1.0
Truth never was indebted to a lie.,3.0
Why then is health preferred before disease?,0.0
"What Nature loves is good, without our leave.",0.0
"And where no future drawback cries, Beware!",2.0
"Pleasure, though not from Virtue, should prevail.",1.0
"IT is balm to life, and gratitude to Heaven:",0.0
"Born in his cradle, living to his tomb.",1.0
"Wisdom, her younger sister, though more grave,",3.0
"Was meant to minister, and not to mar",1.0
"Imperial Pleasure, queen of human hearts.",2.0
"Attend my song, and thou shalt know them all;",2.0
And know thyself; and know thyself to be,0.0
Tell not Calista! she will laugh thee dead;,2.0
Or send thee to her hermitage with L ' --  ' -- .,2.0
"A serious thought, shalt thou dare dream of joy?",5.0
"No man ever found a happy life by chance,",1.0
Or yawned it into being with a wish;,1.0
"An art it is, and must be learnt; and learnt",1.0
"With unremitting effort, or be lost,",1.0
And leave us perfect blockheads in our bliss.,1.0
The clouds may drop down titles and estates;,1.0
Wealth may seek us; but Wisdom must be sought;,0.0
Sought before all; but how unlike all else,1.0
We seek on earth! iT is never sought in vain.,0.0
"Brought forth by Wisdom, nursed by Discipline,",2.0
"By Patience taught, by Perseverance crowned,",0.0
"She rears her head majestic; round her throne,",0.0
"Erected in the bosom of the just,",1.0
"Each Virtue, listed, forms her manly guard.",0.0
For what are Virtues? formidable name!,1.0
What but the fountain or defence of joy?,1.0
Why then commanded? Need mankind commands,1.0
At once to merit and to make their bliss? ' --,1.0
"Great Legislator, scarce so great as kind!",1.0
"If men are rational, and love delight,",1.0
In the transgression lies the penalty;,2.0
And they the most indulge who most obey.,1.0
Of Pleasure next the final cause explore;,0.0
"Its mighty purpose, its important end.",1.0
"Not to turn human brutal, but to build",3.0
"Divine on human, Pleasure came from heaven.",0.0
In aid to Reason was the goddess sent;,1.0
To call up all its strength by such a charm.,1.0
Virtue gives Pleasure an eternal reign.,4.0
"What but the pleasure of food, friendship, faith,",2.0
"Supports life natural, civil, and Divine?",2.0
IT is from the pleasure of applause we please;,2.0
IT is from the pleasure of belief we pray:,2.0
"It serves ourselves, our species, and our God;",1.0
"And to serve more, is past the sphere of man.",0.0
"Glide, then, for ever, Pleasure's sacred stream!",3.0
"Through Eden, as Euphrates ran, it runs,",1.0
And fosters every growth of happy life;,0.0
Makes a new Eden where it flows; ' --  but such,3.0
"As must be lost, Lorenzo, by thy fall.",1.0
While Pleasure's nature is at large displayed;,2.0
Already sung her origin and ends.,1.0
"Those glorious ends, by kind, or by degree,",3.0
"When Pleasure violates, iT is then a vice,",1.0
And vengeance too; it hastens into pain.,0.0
"From due refreshment, life, health, reason, joy;",1.0
"From wild excess, pain, grief, distraction, death:",1.0
"Heaven's justice this proclaims, and that her love.",1.0
"What greater evil can I wish my foe,",1.0
"Than his full draught of pleasure, from a cask",3.0
"By Temperance, by Reason unrefined?",1.0
A thousand demons lurk within the lee.,0.0
"Heaven, others, and ourselves! uninjured these,",2.0
"Drink deep; the deeper, then, the more Divine;",1.0
Angels are angels from indulgence there;,4.0
Dost think thyself a god from other joys?,0.0
A victim rather! shortly sure to bleed.,0.0
The wrong must mourn: can Heaven's appointments fail?,2.0
Can man outwit Omnipotence? strike out,3.0
"Who made us, and the world we would enjoy?",1.0
Its dissonance or harmony shall rise.,2.0
Heaven bade the soul this mortal frame inspire;,0.0
Bade Virtue's ray Divine inspire the soul,1.0
"And, without breathing, man as well might hope",5.0
"For life, as, without piety, for peace.",6.0
"Is Virtue, then, and Piety the same?",1.0
No; Piety is more; iT is Virtue's source;,2.0
"Mother of every worth, as that of joy.",2.0
Men of the world this doctrine ill digest;,0.0
They smile at Piety; yet boast aloud,1.0
Goodwill to men; nor know they strive to part,1.0
With Piety begins all good on earth:,1.0
IT is the firstborn of Rationality.,5.0
"Conscience, her first law broken, wounded lies;",3.0
"Enfeebled, lifeless, impotent to good;",1.0
A feigned affection bounds her utmost power.,1.0
A foe to God was never true friend to man;,3.0
Some sinister intent taints all he does;,2.0
On piety humanity is built;,2.0
And on humanity much happiness:,3.0
And yet still more on piety itself.,1.0
A soul in commerce with her God is heaven;,1.0
"A Deity believed, is joy begun;",1.0
"A Deity adored, is joy advanced;",1.0
"A Deity beloved, is joy matured.",1.0
Each branch of piety delight inspires;,1.0
"Faith builds a bridge from this world to the next,",1.0
"Over Death's dark gulf, and all its horror hides;",1.0
"Praise, the sweet exhalation of our joy,",4.0
"That joy exalts, and makes it sweeter still;",0.0
"Prayer ardent opens heaven, lets down a stream",0.0
Of glory on the consecrated hour,1.0
"Of man, in audience with the Deity.",2.0
"Who worships the great God, that instant joins",2.0
"The first in heaven, and sets his foot on hell.",0.0
Must take an air less solemn. She complies.,2.0
Good conscience! ' --  at the sound the world retires:,0.0
"And such as age shall heighten, not impair.",1.0
Art thou dejected? Is thy mind overcast?,6.0
"Amid her fair ones, thou the fairest choose,",2.0
"Thy gloom to chase. ' --  Go, fix some weighty truth;",1.0
Chain down some passion; do some generous good;,1.0
"Teach Ignorance to see, or Grief to smile;",2.0
Correct thy friend; befriend thy greatest foe;,0.0
"Or, with warm heart, and confidence Divine,",3.0
"Spring up, and lay strong hold on Him who made thee.",2.0
"Thy gloom is scattered, sprightly spirits flow,",0.0
"Loud mirth, mad laughter? Wretched comforters!",3.0
"Physicians, more than half of thy disease!",1.0
"Laughter, though never censured yet as sin,",2.0
"Pardon a thought that only seems severe,",2.0
"By venting spleen, or dissipating thought,",0.0
"And sins, as hurting others or ourselves.",1.0
"IT is Pride, or Emptiness, applies the straw",1.0
"Of grief approaching, the portentous sign!",1.0
The house of laughter makes a house of woe.,0.0
A man triumphant is a monstrous sight;,1.0
A man dejected is a sight as mean.,1.0
What cause for triumph where such ills abound?,0.0
Who called us into being to be blessed?,1.0
"So grieve, as conscious grief may rise to joy;",0.0
"So joy, as conscious joy to grief may fall.",0.0
"Most true, a wise man never will be sad:",2.0
"But neither will sonorous, bubbling mirth",4.0
A shallow stream of happiness betray:,1.0
This counsel strange should I presume to give: ' --,1.0
"Retire, and read thy Bible, to be gay.",1.0
There truths abound of sovereign aid to peace;,0.0
As thou and thine are apt and proud to do.,1.0
"If not inspired, that pregnant page had stood",2.0
"Time's treasure, and the wonder of the wise!",3.0
"Alas! should men mistake thee for a fool,",1.0
"What man of taste for genius, wisdom, truth,",0.0
"Though tender of thy fame, could interpose?",1.0
"Believe me, Sense here acts a double part,",0.0
And the true critic is a Christian too.,3.0
True joy in sunshine never was found at first.,4.0
"They first themselves offend, who greatly please;",0.0
And travail only gives us sound repose.,5.0
Heaven sells all pleasure; effort is the price;,1.0
The joys of conquest are the joys of man;,1.0
And Glory the victorious laurel spreads,3.0
"Over Pleasure's pure, perpetual, placid stream.",5.0
"There is a time when toil must be preferred,",1.0
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.,1.0
Thou wilt not take the trouble to be blessed.,1.0
"False joys, indeed, are born from want of thought;",1.0
"From thought's full bent and energy, the true;",2.0
"And that demands a mind in equal poise,",0.0
Remote from gloomy grief and glaring joy.,0.0
"Much joy not only speaks small happiness,",2.0
But happiness that shortly must expire.,1.0
And in a tempest can reflection live?,1.0
Can joy like thine secure itself an hour?,1.0
Or open the door to honest Poverty?,3.0
"Or talk with threatening Death, and not turn pale?",1.0
"In such a world, and such a nature, these",2.0
Are needful fundamentals of delight:,1.0
These fundamentals give delight indeed;,0.0
"Delight, pure, delicate, and durable;",3.0
"Delight, unshaken, masculine, Divine;",1.0
"A constant and a sound, but serious, joy.",3.0
Is Joy the daughter of Severity?,2.0
It is: ' --  yet far my doctrine from severe.,2.0
Rejoice for ever! it becomes a man;,1.0
"Exalts, and sets him nearer to the gods.",1.0
"Rejoice for ever, Nature cries, rejoice!",0.0
"Drinks glory, gratitude, eternal praise;",1.0
"Ill firmly to support, good fully taste,",2.0
Is the whole science of felicity.,4.0
Yet sparing pledge: her bowl is not the best,0.0
"Exertion, vigilance, a mind in arms,",1.0
"A military discipline of thought,",1.0
To foil Temptation in the doubtful field;,0.0
"IT is these first give, then guard, a cheerful heart.",4.0
"What Reason bids, God bids; by His command",2.0
Thus nothing is insipid to the wise:,3.0
To thee insipid all but what is mad;,1.0
"Joys seasoned high, and tasting strong of guilt.",1.0
"Of ancient sages proud to tread the steps,",0.0
"I follow Nature. ' --  Follow Nature still,",0.0
But look it be thine own: is Conscience then,0.0
No part of Nature? Is she not supreme?,2.0
"Then follow Nature, and resemble God.",1.0
"When, spite of Conscience, Pleasure is pursued,",1.0
Man's nature is unnaturally pleased:,3.0
And what's unnatural is painful too,1.0
"At intervals, and must disgust even thee!",6.0
Virtue's foundations with the world's were laid;,3.0
"Heaven mixed her with our make, and twisted close",1.0
Her sacred interests with the strings of life.,1.0
"Who breaks her awful mandate, shocks himself,",1.0
"His better self: and is it greater pain,",1.0
"And one, in their eternal war, must bleed.",2.0
"If one must suffer, which should least be spared?",1.0
The pains of mind surpass the pains of sense:,0.0
"Ask, then, the Gout, what torment is in guilt.",2.0
The joys of sense to mental joys are mean:,0.0
Sense on the present only feeds; the soul,0.0
On past and future forages for joy.,1.0
"IT is hers, by retrospect, through time to range;",1.0
"And, forward, Time's great sequel to survey.",2.0
"Could human courts take vengeance on the mind,",2.0
"Guard then thy mind, and leave the rest to fate.",0.0
"Lorenzo, wilt thou never be a man?",0.0
"The man is dead, who for the body lives,",1.0
"Lured, by the beating of his pulse, to list",1.0
With every lust that wars against his peace;,0.0
And sets him quite at variance with himself.,3.0
"Thyself first know, then love: a self there is",1.0
"A self there is, as fond of every vice,",1.0
While every virtue wounds it to the heart!,1.0
"Humility degrades it, Justice robs,",1.0
"Blessed Bounty beggars it, fair Truth betrays,",3.0
"This self, when rival to the former, scorn;",1.0
"When not in competition, kindly treat,",0.0
"Defend it, feed it: ' --  but when Virtue bids,",1.0
And why? IT is Love of Pleasure bids thee bleed;,0.0
A poor blind merchant buying joys too dear.,2.0
"From whom herself, and all she can enjoy.",1.0
More mortal than the malice of our foes;,2.0
"When Being cursed, Extinction loud implored,",0.0
And every thing preferred to what we are.,0.0
"And, in this choice triumphant, boasts of joy.",0.0
"How is his want of happiness betrayed,",2.0
By disaffection to the present hour!,1.0
Imagination wanders far afield:,0.0
The future pleases: why? The present pains. ' --,0.0
"And know from thee, discovered unawares.",1.0
"Thy ceaseless agitation, restless roll",0.0
"From cheat to cheat, impatient of a pause;",1.0
"What is it? ' --  Tis the cradle of the Soul,",1.0
"From Instinct sent, to rock her in disease,",0.0
"Which her physician, Reason, will not cure.",2.0
A poor expedient! yet thy best; and while,1.0
"It mitigates thy pain, it owns it too.",0.0
The weak have remedies; the wise have joys.,1.0
Superior wisdom is superior bliss.,5.0
And what sure mark distinguishes the wise?,2.0
Consistent Wisdom ever wills the same;,0.0
Thy fickle wish is ever on the wing.,1.0
A change of evils is thy good supreme;,1.0
Man's greatest strength is shown in standing still.,1.0
The first sure symptom of a mind in health,2.0
"Is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.",0.0
False Pleasure from abroad her joys imports;,2.0
"The true is fixed, and solid as a rock;",1.0
"Slippery the false, and tossing as the wave.",2.0
"This, a wild wanderer on earth, like Cain:",3.0
"She dreads an interruption from without,",1.0
Smit with her own condition; and the more,1.0
"Intense she gazes, still it charms the more.",0.0
No man is happy till he thinks on earth,2.0
There breathes not a more happy than himself:,2.0
"Then Envy dies, and Love overflows on all;",3.0
And Love overflowing makes an angel here.,2.0
"Such angels all, entitled to repose",1.0
"On Him who governs fate: though Tempest frowns,",1.0
"Though Nature shakes, how soft to lean on Heaven!",0.0
To lean on Him on whom archangels lean!,2.0
"With inward eyes, and silent as the grave,",1.0
"They stand collecting every beam of thought,",0.0
Till their hearts kindle with Divine delight;,3.0
"For all their thoughts, like angels seen of old",0.0
Hence are they studious of sequestered scenes;,3.0
While noise and dissipation comfort thee.,1.0
"Lorenzo! never man was truly blessed,",0.0
"But it composed, and gave him such a cast,",2.0
As Folly might mistake for want of joy:,0.0
A cast unlike the triumph of the proud;,1.0
"A modest aspect, and a smile at heart.",2.0
"A spring perennial, rising in the breast,",2.0
And permanent as pure! no turbid stream,2.0
"Then sink at once, and leave us in the mire.",0.0
What does the man who transient joy prefers?,0.0
"What, but prefer the bubbles to the stream?",2.0
Vain are all sudden sallies of delight;,1.0
"Joy's a fixed state; a tenure, not a start.",3.0
"That is the gem: sell all, and purchase that.",1.0
"Not gained with ease, nor safely loved, if gained?",0.0
"At good fortuitous, draw back, and pause;",2.0
"Reason perpetuates joy that Reason gives,",5.0
And makes it as immortal as herself:,2.0
"Worth, conscious Worth, should absolutely reign,",1.0
And other Joys ask leave for their approach;,2.0
Thou art all anarchy; a mob of Joys,1.0
Not the least promise of internal peace!,3.0
"Mid sands, and rocks, and storms, to cruise for pleasure;",1.0
Much pain must expiate what much pain procured.,0.0
"Fancy and Sense from an infected shore,",3.0
"Then, such thy thirst, insatiable thirst!",2.0
By fond indulgence but inflamed the more!,1.0
"Where feeble Happiness, like Vulcan, lame,",1.0
"Bids foul Ideas, in their dark recess,",1.0
"And hot as hell, which kindled the black fires,",2.0
"With wanton art, those fatal arrows form",0.0
"Which murder all thy time, health, wealth, and fame.",1.0
And form celestial armour for thy peace.,1.0
In this is seen Imagination's guilt;,6.0
But who can count her follies? She betrays thee,1.0
To think in grandeur there is something great.,2.0
"For works of curious art, and ancient fame,",1.0
And foreign climes must cater for thy taste.,1.0
"Hence, what disaster! ' --  Though the price was paid,",2.0
"That persecuting priest, the Turk of Rome,",0.0
Such is the fate of honest Protestants!,2.0
"Hence just resentment, indignation, ire! ' --",1.0
"Be pacified: if outward things are great,",0.0
"Pompous expenses, and parades august,",7.0
True happiness never entered at an eye;,3.0
True happiness resides in things unseen.,2.0
"No smiles of Fortune ever blessed the bad,",1.0
Nor can her frowns rob Innocence of joys;,3.0
"That jewel wanting, triple crowns are poor:",0.0
"Pleasure, we both agree, is man's chief good;",3.0
"Our only contest, what deserves the name.",0.0
"The authentic seal of Reason, which, like Yorke,",1.0
"Demurs on what it passes, and defies",1.0
"The tooth of Time; when passed, a pleasure still;",0.0
"Our future, while it forms our present, joy.",0.0
Some joys the future overcast; and some,0.0
"Throw all their beams that way, and gild the tomb.",0.0
Some joys endear eternity; some give,1.0
Abhorred annihilation dreadful charms.,0.0
Are rival joys contending for thy choice?,1.0
"Consult thy whole existence, and be safe;",1.0
That oracle will put all doubt to flight.,1.0
"Short is the lesson, though my lecture long:",1.0
Be good ' --  and let Heaven answer for the rest.,2.0
"Yet, with a sigh over all mankind, I grant,",7.0
"In this our day of proof, our land of hope,",0.0
The good man has his clouds that intervene;,0.0
"But never conquer: even the best must own,",2.0
Patience and Resignation are the pillars,3.0
"Of human Peace on earth. The pillars, these:",1.0
"But those of Seth not more remote from thee,",1.0
"Till this heroic lesson thou hast learnt,",2.0
"To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.",1.0
"Heaven in reversion, like the sun, as yet",0.0
"Beneath the horizon, cheers us in this world;",2.0
"It sheds, on souls susceptible of light,",1.0
The glorious dawn of our eternal day.,3.0
"This, says Lorenzo, is a fair harangue:",1.0
But can harangues blow back strong Nature's stream;,3.0
"Or stem the tide Heaven pushes through our veins,",2.0
"Which sweeps away man's impotent resolves,",2.0
And lays his labour level with the world?,1.0
Themselves men make their comment on mankind;,3.0
Thus weakness to chimera turns the truth.,2.0
Nothing romantic has the Muse prescribed.,2.0
"Above, Lorenzo saw the man of earth,",0.0
The mortal man; and wretched was the sight.,1.0
"To balance that, to comfort and exalt,",1.0
"Now see the man immortal: him, I mean,",2.0
"Leans all that way, his bias to the stars.",1.0
"The world's dark shades, in contrast set, shall raise",1.0
"His lustre more, though bright without a foil.",0.0
"Observe his awful portrait, and admire;",1.0
"Nor stop at wonder; imitate, and live.",0.0
"Some angel guide my pencil, while I draw,",0.0
"What nothing less than angel can exceed,",1.0
"A man on earth devoted to the Skies,",1.0
"Like ships in seas, while in, above, the world!",0.0
"With aspect mild, and elevated eye,",1.0
"Behold him seated on a mount serene,",1.0
"Above the fogs of Sense, and Passion's storm:",0.0
"Like harmless thunders breaking at his feet,",0.0
"Excite his pity, not impair his peace.",0.0
"A mingled mob, a wandering herd, he sees,",2.0
Bewildered in the vale; in all unlike!,0.0
His full reverse in all! What higher praise?,0.0
What stronger demonstration of the right?,1.0
The present all their care; the future his.,1.0
"When public welfare calls, or private want,",1.0
They give to fame; his bounty he conceals.,1.0
Their virtues varnish nature; his exalt.,1.0
Mankind's esteem they court; and he his own.,2.0
His the composed possession of the true.,2.0
"Alike throughout is his consistent peace,",1.0
"All of one colour, and an even thread;",0.0
"With hideous gaps between, patch up for them",4.0
He sees with other eyes than theirs: where they,0.0
"Behold a sun, he spies a Deity;",1.0
"What makes them only smile, makes him adore;",2.0
"Where they see mountains, he but atoms sees;",3.0
"An empire, in his balance, weighs a grain.",0.0
They things terrestrial worship as Divine;,3.0
"His hopes immortal blow them by as dust,",1.0
"That dims his sight, and shortens his survey,",1.0
"Which longs, in infinite, to lose all bound.",1.0
He lays aside to find his dignity;,1.0
No dignity they find in aught besides.,2.0
And nothing thinks so great in man as MAN.,0.0
"Too dear he holds his interest, to neglect",2.0
"Their interest, like a lion, lives on prey.",0.0
They kindle at the shadow of a wrong:,1.0
"Wrong he sustains with temper, looks on Heaven,",2.0
A covered heart their character defends;,1.0
A covered heart denies him half his praise.,0.0
While their broad foliage testifies their fall.,2.0
"His joys create, theirs murder, future bliss.",0.0
"To triumph in existence, his alone;",1.0
"And his alone, triumphantly to think",2.0
His true existence is not yet begun.,1.0
"His glorious course was, yesterday, complete:",2.0
Death then was welcome; yet life still is sweet.,1.0
"But nothing charms Lorenzo like the firm,",0.0
Undaunted breast. ' --  And whose is that high praise?,1.0
"They yield to pleasure, though they danger brave,",1.0
And show no fortitude but in the field;,1.0
"If there they show it, iT is for glory shown:",2.0
Nor will that cordial always man their hearts.,1.0
A cordial his sustains that cannot fail:,1.0
He shares in that Omnipotence he trusts;,1.0
Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms.,2.0
"Backward to credit what he never felt,",2.0
"Lorenzo cries, ' --  Where shines this miracle?",1.0
From what root rises this immortal man?,2.0
"The root dissect, nor wonder at the flower.",0.0
"He follows nature, not like thee! and shows us",1.0
"His appetite wears Reason's golden chain,",1.0
And finds in due restraint its luxury.,1.0
"His passion, like an eagle well reclaimed,",0.0
"His caution fearless, and his grief if grief",1.0
The gods ordain a stranger to despair.,1.0
"And why? ' --  Because affection, more than meet,",0.0
His wisdom leaves not disengaged from Heaven.,1.0
"Those secondary goods that smile on earth,",0.0
"He, loving in proportion, loves in peace.",0.0
"They most the world enjoy, who least admire.",0.0
His understanding escape the common cloud,2.0
Of fumes arising from a boiling breast.,1.0
"His head is clear, because his heart is cool,",0.0
The moderate movements of his soul admit,3.0
"Distinct ideas, and matured debate,",1.0
"An eye impartial, and an even scale:",1.0
"Thus, in a double sense, the good are wise;",0.0
What then the world? It must be doubly weak;,0.0
Strange truth! as soon would they believe the Creed.,2.0
Yet thus it is; nor otherwise can be;,1.0
So far from aught romantic what I sing.,0.0
"Bliss has no being, Virtue has no strength,",3.0
But from the prospect of immortal life.,2.0
"Who think earth all, or what weighs just the same",1.0
"Fond of its fancies, proud of its parades.",1.0
"Who thinks earth nothing, can't its charms admire;",1.0
"He can't a foe, though most malignant, hate,",0.0
Because that hate would prove his greater foe.,0.0
IT is hard for them yet who so loudly boast,0.0
Goodwill to men? to love their dearest friend;,1.0
"For may not he invade their good supreme,",2.0
Where the least jealousy turns love to gall?,4.0
"All shines to them, that for a season shines.",0.0
"Each act, each thought, he questions, What its weight,",0.0
"Its colour what, a thousand ages hence?",0.0
"And what it there appears, he deems it now.",1.0
"Hence, pure are the recesses of his soul;",2.0
"His virtue, constitutionally deep,",1.0
"Has Habit's firmness, and Affection's flame;",1.0
"Angels, allied, descend to feed the fire;",2.0
"And now, Lorenzo, bigot of this world,",1.0
Wont to disdain poor bigots caught by Heaven!,3.0
"Thy gaudy grandeur, and mere worldly worth,",5.0
"Like a broad missed, at distance strikes us most;",3.0
"And, like a missed, is nothing when at hand;",0.0
"His merit, like a mountain, on approach,",1.0
"Swells more, and rises nearer to the skies,",1.0
"By promise now, and by possession soon,",1.0
"Too soon, too much, it cannot be, his own.",1.0
"From this thy just annihilation rise,",1.0
"Lorenzo! rise to something, by reply.",1.0
"The World, thy client, listens and expects;",1.0
And longs to crown thee with immortal praise.,1.0
"And Wit talks most when least she has to say,",1.0
And Reason interrupts not her career.,1.0
"She'll say, that mists above the mountains rise;",0.0
And with a thousand pleasantries amuse.,2.0
"She'll sparkle, puzzle, flutter, raise a dust,",0.0
And fly conviction in the dust she raised.,0.0
"Wit, how delicious to man's dainty taste!",4.0
"IT is precious, as the vehicle of sense;",2.0
"But, as its substitute, a dire disease.",1.0
"Pernicious talent! flattered by the world,",1.0
"By the blind world, which thinks the talent rare.",2.0
"Wisdom is rare, Lorenzo! wit abounds;",2.0
Passion can give it; sometime wine inspires,3.0
The lucky flash; and madness rarely fails.,0.0
"Whatever cause the spirit strongly stirs,",1.0
"Confers the bays, and rivals thy renown.",1.0
"Chance often hits it; and, to pique thee more,",2.0
Shakes her sage head at the calamity,4.0
Which has exposed and let her down to thee.,1.0
"But Wisdom, awful Wisdom, which inspects,",0.0
"Discerns, compares, weighs, separates, infers,",1.0
"Seizes the right, and holds it to the last;",3.0
"Or if there found, iT is sacred to the few;",2.0
"While a lewd prostitute to multitudes,",2.0
"Frequent, as fatal, Wit: in civil life,",1.0
"Wit hates authority, commotion loves,",2.0
And thinks herself the lightning of the storm.,1.0
"In states, iT is dangerous; in religion, death:",2.0
"Shall Wit turn Christian, when the dull believe?",1.0
"Sense is our helmet, Wit is but the plume;",1.0
"The plume exposes, iT is our helmet saves.",1.0
"Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;",0.0
"When cut by Wit, it casts a brighter beam;",0.0
"Yet, Wit apart, it is a diamond still.",1.0
It hoists more sail to run against a rock.,0.0
"Whom dull fools scorn, and bless their want of wit.",1.0
"How ruinous the rock I warn thee shun,",1.0
Where Sirens sit to sing thee to thy fate!,1.0
A joy in which our reason bears no part,1.0
Which of her lovers ever found her true?,0.0
"Happy, of this bad World who little know! ' --",4.0
And yet we much must know her to be safe.,1.0
"To know the World, not love her, is thy point;",1.0
"She gives but little, nor that little long.",1.0
"There is, I grant, a triumph of the pulse,",2.0
"A dance of spirits, a mere froth of joy,",2.0
"That mantles high, that sparkles, and expires,",1.0
Leaving the soul more vapid than before;,3.0
An animal ovation! such as holds,2.0
"And when it jars ' --  thy Sirens sing no more,",1.0
"Short apotheosis! beneath the man,",2.0
"In coward gloom immersed, or fell despair.",0.0
"Art thou yet dull enough, despair to dread,",0.0
"And startle at destruction? If thou art,",1.0
"Accept a buckler, take it to the field;",1.0
A field of battle is this mortal life!,1.0
"When danger threatens, lay it on thy heart;",1.0
A single sentence proof against the world: ' --,0.0
"Soul, body, fortune! every good pertains",1.0
"Body to soul, and soul submit to God.",2.0
The inverted pyramid can never stand.,2.0
Is this truth doubtful? It outshines the sun;,3.0
"Nay, the sun shines not but to show us this,",1.0
The single lesson of mankind on earth.,2.0
"And yet ' --  Yet, what? No news! Mankind is mad!",2.0
"Such mighty numbers list against the right,",0.0
"And what can't numbers, when bewitched, achieve?",1.0
"They talk themselves to something like belief,",0.0
That all earth's joys are theirs: as Athens' fool,2.0
Grinned from the port on every sail his own.,0.0
They grin; but wherefore? and how long the laugh?,1.0
"Half ignorance their mirth, and half a lie;",2.0
"To cheat the world, and cheat themselves, they smile.",0.0
"Hard either task! The most abandoned own,",1.0
"That others, if abandoned, are undone:",2.0
"Then, for themselves, the moment Reason wakes,",1.0
"And Providence denies it long repose,",1.0
"They scarce can swallow their ebullient spleen,",1.0
"Scarce muster patience to support the farce,",2.0
And pump sad laughter till the curtain falls.,2.0
"Scarce, did I say? some cannot sit it out;",0.0
"Oft their own daring hands the curtain draw,",0.0
And show us what their joy by their despair.,1.0
Its impious fury still alive in death!,2.0
"Shut, shut the shocking scene! ' --  But Heaven denies",1.0
A cover to such guilt; and so should man.,2.0
"Look round, Lorenzo! see the reeking blade,",1.0
"The strangling cord, and suffocating stream;",0.0
From raging riot; slower suicides!,0.0
"And pride in these, more execrable still! ' --",3.0
How horrid all to thought! ' --  But horrors these,1.0
"That vouch the truth, and aid my feeble song.",0.0
"From Vice, Sense, Fancy, no man can be blessed:",3.0
Bliss is too great to lodge within an hour:,3.0
"When an immortal being aims at bliss,",1.0
Duration is essential to the name.,3.0
OH for a joy from Reason! joy from that,0.0
"And promises; that weaves, with art Divine,",1.0
The richest prospect into present peace:,0.0
A joy ambitious! joy in common held,0.0
"A joy which Death shall double, Judgement crown;",0.0
"Crowned higher, and still higher, at each stage,",3.0
Not more remote from sorrow than from Him,1.0
"Whose lavish hand, whose love stupendous, pours",0.0
So much of Deity on guilty dust!,1.0
"There, OH my Lucia! may I meet thee there,",1.0
Where not thy presence can improve my bliss!,1.0
Affects not this the sages of the world?,2.0
"Eternity depending on an hour,",2.0
"Makes serious thought man's wisdom, joy, and praise.",4.0
Nor need you blush though sometime your designs,2.0
May shun the light at your designs on heaven:,1.0
Are you not wise? ' --  You know you are: yet hear,2.0
"One truth, amid your numerous schemes, mislaid,",2.0
"Or overlooked, or thrown aside, if seen: ' --",0.0
"Our schemes to plan by this world, or the next,",0.0
Is the sole difference between wise and fool.,6.0
All worthy men will weigh you in this scale;,0.0
"What wonder, then, if they pronounce you light?",1.0
Is their esteem alone not worth your care?,1.0
Accept my simple scheme of common sense:,0.0
"Thus save your fame, and make two worlds your own.",2.0
The World replies not; ' --  but the World persists;,1.0
"And puts the cause off to the longest day,",1.0
Planning evasions for the day of doom:,3.0
"So far, at that rehearing, from redress,",1.0
They then turn witnesses against themselves.,2.0
"Hear that, Lorenzo! nor be wise tomorrow.",3.0
"Haste, haste! a man, by nature, is in haste:",2.0
For who shall answer for another hour?,1.0
IT is highly prudent to make one sure friend;,3.0
You sons of earth! nor willing to be more!,1.0
"Thus, in an age so gay, the Muse plain truths",1.0
"Truths which, at church, you might have heard in prose",0.0
"Should be forgot, if you the truths retain,",1.0
"And crown her with your welfare, not your praise.",2.0
"But praise she need not fear: I see my fate,",0.0
"Since many an ample volume, mighty tome,",2.0
Devoted page! go forth among thy foes;,1.0
"Go, nobly proud of martyrdom for truth,",2.0
"And die a double death. Mankind, incensed,",2.0
Denies thee long to live: nor shalt thou rest,0.0
When thou art dead; in Stygian shades arraigned,0.0
"By Lucifer, as traitor to his throne,",2.0
"The World, whose legions cost him slender pay,",0.0
"And, volunteers, around his banner swarm;",0.0
Prudent as Prussia in her zeal for Gaul.,2.0
"Are all, then, fools? Lorenzo cries. ' --  Yes, all,",1.0
But such as hold this doctrine new to thee:,1.0
The mother of true Wisdom is the Will;,3.0
The noblest intellect a fool without it.,0.0
"In arts and sciences, in wars and peace;",1.0
"But art and science, like thy wealth, will leave thee,",0.0
And make thee twice a beggar at thy death.,0.0
This is the most Indulgence can afford: ' --,2.0
Thy wisdom all can do but ' --  make thee wise.,0.0
Nor think this censure is severe on thee;,1.0
Smiles on the murmuring Sea with joyous Light.,2.0
"Begin the Song, while wanton Dolphins play,",0.0
"And the bright Sun, and pleasing Calms invite.",2.0
"No Nymph so nimbly swims, so graceful moves.",1.0
"When to soft Words she tunes her artful Tongue,",3.0
The Winds themselves will listen to her Song.,1.0
"Anthis I saw, and to my envied Eyes",3.0
"When Anthis smiles Joy fills the swelling Veins,",1.0
"Her rising Breasts are white as polished Shells,",0.0
And in each part a different Beauty dwells.,0.0
"When Myra frowns, though all the Sky was fair,",0.0
"The Clouds return, and thick the moistened Air;",0.0
"The smiling Heaven, when ever she looks serene,",2.0
"Puts on its Azure, and the Sea its Green.",1.0
"Pierced through my Heart, and did my Soul surprise,",0.0
"No Lightning moves so swift, or shines so bright.",1.0
And shivering Horror strikes through every Vein.,2.0
But by one distant Look from her I loved,2.0
"My Blood grew stagnate, and I stood unmoved.",3.0
"We curse the Dog, and loath the shapeless Bat",0.0
As sad Forerunners of unlucky Fate,2.0
"These, we deformed, and frightful Monsters call,",1.0
"Fondly we love, and without Reason hate,",7.0
"And worship Idols, which our selves create.",0.0
It draws with pleasing Force the willing Mind;,0.0
Beauty divine like this we seldom find:,3.0
"Few things are truly fair, though perfect in their kind.",1.0
"Who Myra loves, when Clytie appears,",2.0
"I her pale Cheeks, and languid Looks despise;",2.0
Well may she kill; for Death is in her Eyes.,0.0
Whose angry Red makes every Youth afraid:,1.0
"Such flaming Nymphs want every real Grace,",2.0
"They cool our Passion, while they burn our Face.",0.0
"Envy is pale, and pale is sad Despair.",2.0
"Can Myra then be pale, and yet be fair?",0.0
"Would Myra yield to love, would she comply,",1.0
Her Cheeks would colour with a fresher Die.,0.0
"But though even now she wants no graceful Charm,",1.0
Her Voice kills farther than her Eyes can harm.,2.0
"She sung ' --  and he with secret Pleasure heard,",1.0
"And listening smiled, and stroked his hoary Beard.",0.0
"While Doris stood afar, and jealous grew,",0.0
"With watchful Eyes she looked, and feared what might ensue.",0.0
"So have I heard one praise the chattering Pie,",2.0
And swear the Coots with artful Music cry:,0.0
But hark ' --  even now I hear some distant Song.,2.0
And in her wanton Song the easy Nymph surprise.,0.0
"Say, lovely Youth, why all this niceness shown,",1.0
"I'll not oblige too far, nor force my Charms,",1.0
"Give me but leave, with secret sighs to Gaze,",0.0
"And silent Joys, view that dear fatal Face.",2.0
"I never dressed, nor smiled, used no soft Art,",2.0
"No little Amorous cheat to win your Heart,",3.0
Nor knew in mine you had so great a Part;,1.0
"Till from my Sight you cautiously removed,",2.0
"Then, not till then, I knew how well I loved:",0.0
"'Twas my Advice, you should awhile absent,",7.0
I never designed it for a Banishment.,4.0
"But wisely you, as if you feared your Fate,",2.0
"Shun what you would not Love, and cannot hate;",0.0
"Yet spite of all your Vanity and Care,",1.0
"Know my Alexis, that I have you here:",2.0
"Here in my Breast, your dearest Image glows,",0.0
"Warms every Wish, and softens all my Vows.",1.0
"Inspires my Muse, to wanton in your Charms,",0.0
"And feast on Joys, which are denied my Arms:",1.0
"In melting strains, she shall my Passion tell,",0.0
"Describe those lovely Eyes, and Smiles so well;",0.0
"Till every Nymph who my soft Lines shall see,",2.0
"Sighs and Adores, and owns she loves like me.",2.0
"That Shape, that Mein, that dear undoing Tongue,",0.0
"With thousand unknown Charms shall fill my Song,",5.0
To glad the listening World and make it last as long.,0.0
"With an Eternal blast the trump of Fame,",1.0
"You shall this fondness of my Muse forgive,",1.0
"And though not in my Arms, in my soft numbers live:",3.0
"While warlike Heroes who are half Divine,",1.0
"Shall have their Glories sung, in meaner Lays than thine.",0.0
"The message needs no comment. Tell your master,",1.0
His mother shall obey him. Say you saw her,0.0
Yielding due reverence to his high command:,4.0
"What if you add, how she turned pale and trembled:",3.0
"You think, you spied a tear stand in her eye,",1.0
"And would have dropped, but that her pride restrained it?",0.0
Yet walks on earth: at least there are who know,1.0
"Without a spell to raise, and bid it fire",0.0
"A thousand haughty hearts, unused to shake",0.0
"When a boy frowns, nor to be lured with smiles",2.0
"To taste of hollow kindness, or partake",1.0
His hospitable board: they are aware,5.0
And the mute air are privy to your passion.,3.0
"Forgive your servant's fears, who sees the danger",0.0
Which fierce resentment cannot fail to raise,0.0
In haughty youth and irritated power.,0.0
"And dost thou talk to me, to me, of danger,",1.0
"Of haughty youth and irritated power,",0.0
"To her that gave it being, her that armed",2.0
"To aim the forked bolt; while he stood trembling,",4.0
Scared at the sound and dazzled with its brightness?,1.0
"It's like, thou hast forgot, when yet a stranger",0.0
"To adoration, to the grateful steam",1.0
"From voluntary realms, a puny boy,",1.0
Decked with no other lustre than the blood,4.0
To judge of weights and measures; scarcely dared,0.0
On expectation's strongest wing to soar,1.0
"High as the consulate, that empty shade",1.0
Opened his young eye to bear the blaze of greatness;,2.0
"Showed him where empire towered, and bade him strike",2.0
The noble quarry. Gods! then was the time,1.0
To shrink from danger; fear might then have worn,0.0
"The mask of prudence; but a heart like mine,",1.0
"A heart that glows with the pure Julian fire,",2.0
If bright ambition from her craggy seat,1.0
"Gain the rough heights, and grasp the dangerous honour.",5.0
"Through various life I have pursued your steps,",2.0
"Have seen your soul, and wondered at its daring:",0.0
Hence rise my fears. Nor am I yet to learn,2.0
How vast the debt of gratitude which Nero,0.0
To such a mother owes; the world you gave him,1.0
Suffices not to pay the obligation.,0.0
I well remember too for I was present,1.0
"When in a secret and dead hour of night,",2.0
Due sacrifice performed with barbarous rites,3.0
"Of muttered charms and solemn invocation,",0.0
You bade the Magi call the dreadful powers,0.0
"Impending over your son: their answer was,",3.0
Perish you cried the mother! reign the son!,2.0
"He reigns, the rest is heaven's; who oft has bade,",2.0
"Even when its will seemed wrote in lines of blood,",2.0
Think too how oft in weak and sickly minds,1.0
The sweets of kindness lavishly indulged,1.0
Rankle to gall; and benefits too great,4.0
"To be repaid, sit heavy on the soul,",2.0
As unrequited wrongs. The willing homage,0.0
"The riches of the earth, the train of pleasures",1.0
That wait on youth and arbitrary sway:,0.0
"These were your gift, and with them you bestowed",3.0
The very power he has to be ungrateful.,1.0
Thus ever grave and undisturbed reflection,1.0
Pours its cool dictates in the madding ear,0.0
"Of rage, and thinks to quench the fire it feels not.",0.0
And tremble at the phantom I have raised?,1.0
Carry to him thy timid counsels. He,2.0
"Perchance may heed them: tell him too, that one",2.0
"Who had such liberal power to give, may still",2.0
"With equal power resume that gift, and raise",0.0
A tempest that shall shake her own creation,0.0
"To its original atoms ' --  tell me! say,",3.0
"This mighty emperor, this dreaded hero,",1.0
Has he beheld the glittering front of war?,3.0
"Knows his soft ear the trumpet's thrilling voice,",3.0
And outcry of the battle? Have his limbs,2.0
Sweat under iron harness? Is he not,2.0
"The silken son of dalliance, nursed in ease",2.0
"And Sylla has his friends, though schooled by fear",0.0
"To bow the supple knee, and court the times",0.0
With shows of fair obeisance; and a call,4.0
Of our imperial house. Cannot my nod,3.0
"Rouse up eight hardy legions, wont to stem",3.0
That in Armenia quell the Parthian force,4.0
"Marked for their leader: these, by ties confirmed",1.0
"Of old respect and gratitude, are mine.",0.0
Have not forgot my sire: the eye of Rome,2.0
"And the Praetorian camp have long revered,",3.0
"And mother of their Caesars. Have! by Juno,",1.0
It bears a noble semblance. On this base,1.0
My great revenge shall rise; or say we sound,0.0
"The trump of liberty; there will not want,",2.0
"Even in the servile senate, ears to own",0.0
"Minds of the antique cast, rough, stubborn souls,",5.0
That struggle with the yoke. How shall the spark,1.0
"Blaze into freedom, when the idle herd",1.0
"Slaves from the womb, created but to stare",1.0
"And bellow in the Circus yet will start,",0.0
"And shake them at the name of liberty,",1.0
"Stung by a senseless word, a vain tradition,",0.0
"Teach it their grandchildren, as somewhat rare",5.0
Beyond their chronicle ' --  o! it's a cause,2.0
"Yes, we may meet, ungrateful boy, we may!",0.0
Again the buried Genius of old Rome,2.0
Roused by the shout of millions: there before,1.0
His high tribunal thou and I appear.,2.0
Let majesty sit on thy awful brow,3.0
And lighten from thy eye: around thee call,1.0
Of thy full favour; Seneca be there,2.0
With his plain soldier's oath and honest seeming.,2.0
But soft! why do I waste the fruitless hours,0.0
"These hated walls that seem to mock my shame,",0.0
And cast me forth in duty to their lord.,1.0
More deadly to the sight than is to me,2.0
The cool injurious eye of frozen kindness.,2.0
I will not meet its poison. Let him feel,1.0
"Before he sees me. Yes, I will be gone,",1.0
Whatever the frivolous tongue of giddy fame,5.0
Has spread among the crowd; things that but whispered,1.0
Have arched the hearer's brow and riveted,4.0
His eyes in fearful ecstasy: no matter,2.0
"Assassinations, poisonings; the deeper",1.0
"And you, you manes of ambition's victims,",3.0
"Enshrined Claudius, with the pitied ghosts",6.0
"You unavailing horrors, fruitless crimes!,",0.0
"If from the realms of night my voice you hear,",1.0
"Accept my vengeance. Though by me you bled,",2.0
"He was the cause. My love, my fears for him,",1.0
"Dried the soft springs of pity in my heart,",0.0
And froze them up with deadly cruelty.,1.0
"Yet if your injured shades demand my fate,",0.0
"If murder cries for murder, blood for blood,",0.0
"Let me not fall alone; but crush his pride,",0.0
And sink the traitor in his mother's ruin.,0.0
Thus far we're safe. Thanks to the rosy queen,3.0
Of amorous thefts: and had her wanton son,2.0
"Lent us his wings, we could not have beguiled",0.0
With more elusive speed the dazzled sight,0.0
"Dispel, my fair, with smiles, the timorous cloud",2.0
"That hangs on thy clear brow. So Helen looked,",2.0
"So her white neck reclined, so was she born",3.0
By the young Trojan to his gilded bark,3.0
"With fond reluctance, yielding modesty,",1.0
"And oft reverted eye, as if she knew not",1.0
Whether she feared or wished to be pursued.,2.0
"LUCIA was fair and bright as rising Day,",2.0
"Sweet as Arabia, or the Buds of May;",3.0
"Fresh as the Winds that sweep the dewy Hills,",0.0
"Whose Soul was softer than a trembling Dove,",1.0
Nor knew a Failing till she learnt to love.,1.0
"Nor Fraud nor Scandal to her Lips were known,",1.0
And thought each Bosom guiltless as her own.,1.0
"Thus only armed with Innocence and Smiles,",2.0
She fell the Victim of a Tyrant's Wiles.,3.0
"So lost from Shepherd and its mourning Dam,",1.0
"No Danger fears, but as he idly strays",2.0
"Then from his Heart the guiltless Purple flows,",0.0
A grateful Morsel to his hungry Foes:,1.0
"Thus wrapped in Sorrows wretched Lucia lies,",1.0
Whose Sighs still answer to her streaming Eyes.,2.0
No more those Lips like dewy Roses glow;,0.0
"But left to strike her pensive Breast in vain,",0.0
And curse the Author of her lasting Pain.,1.0
Her Soul of Ease has took its long Adieu:,0.0
"Hear this, you Nymphs; but hear and tremble too,",0.0
"You Fair that launch in Pleasure's tempting Sea,",3.0
"Though Fortune crowns you with a calmer Day,",1.0
And Joy's soft Gale salutes your nimble Oar:,1.0
"Yet let Reflection mark your gliding Days,",0.0
Nor drink too deeply in the Draught of Praise:,1.0
"For Flattery is ' --  So say the learnt Schools,",2.0
The Bane of Virgins and the Bait of Fools.,1.0
"How happy she whose purer Spirit knows,",1.0
"No Thought less harmless than a Saint's Repose,",3.0
"Whose guiltless Charms pursue no greater End,",1.0
But to rejoice a Parent or a Friend:,2.0
"Whose Care it is her Passions to control,",2.0
"Then this shall grace her monumental Page,",0.0
"In Youth admired, and beloved in Age.",1.0
"In the calm hour, when pleasure most prevails,",3.0
"And smooth prosperity has swelled your sails,",1.0
To join the triumph with some idle song:,1.0
"And shall she now, when nature smiles no more,",1.0
"Sit doubtful, and the serious lay refuse?",4.0
"In life's mixed scene, where various parts agree",3.0
"How few, alas! in either part can shine?",0.0
"But both to grace, what forces must combine!",0.0
"In mimic state, and proud fantastic power,",0.0
Is Fulvia crowned the Queen of half an hour?,2.0
The Queen of half an island if she please;,1.0
The wise have no debates with such as these.,1.0
"But when the rising scenes with anguish swell,",0.0
"It's Yours the higher, harder part to tell,",1.0
And dignify distress by suffering well.,0.0
"Whether the Stoic's, or the Christian's part,",3.0
"Found in the head, or working at the heart;",0.0
"Here all the kind affections, touched, comply;",0.0
There roused again to studied apathy.,1.0
"Come, false Philosophy! as proud as vain,",2.0
"Talk well of virtue, talk it over again;",3.0
And needs no eloquence to be revealed.,2.0
Yet speak! OH tell me! whence this clam of mind?,1.0
"The will obedient, and the wish resigned;",2.0
"The steady temper, and the look serene,",1.0
And all a Sister's woe in silence seen?,0.0
"That I may learn, when by misfortune pressed,",1.0
"Brave Youth! with every virtue crowned, farewell!",2.0
"He to the Tomb has led the weeping Nine,",1.0
Attend the shade of gentle Buckingham.,0.0
"Here the pale Loves, and sickening Graces mourn,",3.0
And there the Sister weeping over the Urn:,3.0
"Like some fair pillar nodding over it's base,",3.0
The last remaining ruin of her race;,1.0
"Left but to make their milder virtues known,",0.0
And fill the radiant circle with her own.,1.0
"Useless the marble, and the mournful crest,",3.0
No tomb so lovely as a sister's breast;,2.0
"There shall thy memory live, by time improved,",2.0
"And she for virtues, once thy own, be loved:",1.0
"Not such as make of Kings and Queens a Friend,",0.0
"But such as graced thy life, and blessed thy end;",1.0
"Truth unaffected, Manners void of art,",1.0
"Plain Sense, and strong Benevolence of heart.",2.0
"And burns to follow Thee, and mix again;",1.0
"Some tender friendships, some endearing ties,",0.0
"Cling round her heart, and hold her from the skies.",1.0
"A little while, and these shall all decay,",1.0
And the free soul emerge to endless day:,2.0
"Where, having long sustained the faithful part,",0.0
"The strong attraction seizing all her heart,",0.0
"Her gentler orb shall round it's centre move,",0.0
Rekindled into Harmony and Love.,1.0
"HACKNEYED in business, wearied at that oar",2.0
"Which thousands once fast chained to, quit no more,",2.0
"But which when life at ebb runs weak and low,",1.0
"All wish, or seem to wish they could forego,",0.0
"The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade,",0.0
"Pants for the refuge of some rural shade,",1.0
Where all his long anxieties forgot,1.0
"Amid the charms of a sequestered spot,",1.0
Or recollected only to gild over,2.0
"And add a smile to what was sweet before,",0.0
"He may possess the joys he thinks he sees,",1.0
"Lay his old age upon the lap of ease,",3.0
"Improve the remnant of his wasted span,",1.0
"Thus conscience pleads her cause within the breast,",1.0
"Though long rebelled against, not yet suppressed,",0.0
"And calls a creature formed for God alone,",0.0
"For heaven's high purposes and not his own,",4.0
"Calls him away from selfish ends and aims,",2.0
"From cities humming with a restless crowd,",1.0
"Sordid as active, ignorant as loud,",3.0
"Whose highest praise is that they live in vain,",0.0
"The dupes of pleasure, or the slaves of gain,",1.0
"Where works of man are clustered close around,",0.0
"And works of God are hardly to be found,",1.0
"To regions where in spite of sin and woe,",0.0
"Traces of Eden are still seen below,",4.0
"Where mountain, river, forest, field and grove,",0.0
Remind him of his Maker's power and love.,3.0
"It's well if looked for at so late a day,",0.0
"In the last scene of such a senseless play,",2.0
"True wisdom will attend his feeble call,",2.0
And grace his action ever the curtain fall.,2.0
"Souls that have long despised their heavenly birth,",2.0
"Their wishes all impregnated with earth,",5.0
"In catching smoke and feeding upon air,",3.0
"Conversant only with the ways of men,",1.0
Rarely redeem the short remaining ten.,2.0
And draining its nutritious powers to feed,3.0
"Their noxious growth, starve every better seed.",1.0
Happy if full of days ' --  but happier far,4.0
"If ever we yet discern life's evening star,",3.0
Sick of the service of a world that feeds,1.0
"We can escape from custom's idiot sway,",3.0
To serve the sovereign we were born to obey.,3.0
Then sweet to muse upon his skill displayed,0.0
Infinite skill in all that he has made!,2.0
"To trace in nature's most minute design,",0.0
"The signature and stamp of power divine,",3.0
Contrivance intricate expressed with ease,1.0
"Where unassisted sight no beauty sees,",1.0
"The shapely limb and lubricated joint,",0.0
"Within the small dimensions of a point,",1.0
"Muscle and nerve miraculously spun,",3.0
"His mighty work who speaks and it is done,",1.0
"The invisible in things scarce seen revealed,",3.0
To whom an atom is an ample field.,1.0
"To wonder at a thousand insect forms,",1.0
"These hatched, and those resuscitated worms,",1.0
"New life ordained and brighter scenes to share,",1.0
"Once prone on earth, now buoyant upon air,",5.0
"Whose shape would make them, had they bulk and size,",0.0
"More hideous foes than fancy can devise,",3.0
"Would mock the majesty of man's high birth,",2.0
"Then with a glance of fancy to survey,",1.0
"Far as the faculty can stretch away,",1.0
Ten thousand rivers poured at his command,2.0
"These like a deluge with impetuous force,",1.0
"Those winding modestly a silent course,",1.0
"Seas on which every nation spreads her sails,",0.0
"The sun, a world whence other worlds drink light,",1.0
"The crescent moon, the diadem of night,",0.0
"Stars countless, each in his appointed place,",2.0
"At such a sight to catch the poet's flame,",0.0
"And with a rapture like his own exclaim,",1.0
"These are thy glorious works, thou source of good,",3.0
"How dimly seen, how faintly understood! ' --",0.0
"Thine, and upheld by thy paternal care,",2.0
"This universal frame, thus wondrous fair;",1.0
"Thy power divine and bounty beyond thought,",3.0
Adored and praised in all that thou hast wrought.,0.0
"Instruct me, guide me to that heavenly day,",3.0
"Thy words, more clearly than thy works display,",1.0
"That while thy truths my grosser thoughts refine,",0.0
I may resemble thee and call thee mine.,2.0
O blessed proficiency! surpassing all,1.0
"That men erroneously their glory call,",3.0
"The recompense that arts or arms can yield,",0.0
You kings and rulers what have courts to show?,0.0
"Thus studied, used and consecrated thus,",1.0
"Whatever is, seems formed indeed for us,",3.0
"Fretful unless diverted and beguiled,",3.0
Much less to feed and fan the fatal fires,0.0
"Of pride, ambition or impure desires,",1.0
But as a scale by which the soul ascends,1.0
"From mighty means to more important ends,",0.0
"Securely, though by steps but rarely trod,",1.0
"Mounts from inferior beings up to God,",5.0
"And sees by no fallacious light or dim,",0.0
"Earth made for man, and man himself for him.",1.0
"Not that I mean to approve, or would enforce",2.0
A superstitious and monastic course:,1.0
"Truth is not local, God alike pervades",0.0
"And fills the world of traffic and the shades,",1.0
"And may be feared amid the busiest scenes,",3.0
Or scorned where business never intervenes.,0.0
"But it's not easy with a mind like ours,",2.0
"Conscious of weakness in its noblest powers,",2.0
And in a world where other ills apart,0.0
"The roving eye misleads the careless heart,",0.0
"To limit thought, by nature prone to stray",0.0
"Resign our own and seek our maker's will,",1.0
"To spread the page of scripture, and compare",1.0
"To measure all that passes in the breast,",0.0
"Faithfully, fairly, by that sacred test,",3.0
"To spare no passion and no favourite sin,",3.0
"And search the themes important above all,",2.0
Ourselves and our recovery from our fall.,2.0
"But leisure, silence, and a mind released",1.0
"From anxious thoughts how wealth may be increased,",0.0
"How to secure in some propitious hour,",1.0
"The point of interest or the post of power,",1.0
"A soul serene, and equally retired,",1.0
"From objects too much dreaded or desired,",1.0
At least are friendly to the great pursuit.,1.0
"Opening the map of God's extensive plan,",1.0
"We find a little isle, this life of man,",0.0
Circling around and limiting his years;,2.0
The busy race examine and explore,1.0
"Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore,",3.0
"With care collect what in their eyes excels,",0.0
"Some, shining pebbles, and some, weeds and shells,",1.0
"Thus laden dream that they are rich and great,",2.0
And happiest he that groans beneath his weight;,1.0
"The waves overtake them in their serious play,",4.0
"And every hour sweep multitudes away,",3.0
"They shriek and sink, survivors start and weep,",0.0
"Pursue their sport, and follow to the deep;",1.0
"A few forsake the throng, with lifted eyes",0.0
"Truth, wisdom, grace, and peace like that above,",1.0
Sealed with his signet whom they serve and love;,0.0
"Scorned by the rest, with patient hope they wait",0.0
"A kind release from their imperfect state,",1.0
From scenes of sorrow into glorious day.,2.0
"Nor these alone prefer a life recluse,",1.0
"Who seek retirement for its proper use,",1.0
"The love of change that lives in every breast,",0.0
"Genius, and temper, and desire of rest,",3.0
"Discordant motives in one centre meet,",0.0
Some minds by nature are averse to noise.,1.0
"And hate the tumult half the world enjoys,",0.0
"That courts display before ambitious eyes,",0.0
"The fruits that hang on pleasure's flowery stem,",5.0
"The fall of waters and the song of birds,",1.0
"And hills that echo to the distant herds,",1.0
Are luxuries excelling all the glare,1.0
"With eager step and carelessly arrayed,",1.0
"For such a cause the poet seeks the shade,",1.0
"From all he sees he catches new delight,",0.0
"The rising or the setting orb of day,",1.0
"The clouds that flit, or slowly float away,",0.0
"Nature in all the various shapes she wears,",2.0
"Frowning in storms, or breathing gentle airs,",2.0
"Her summer heats, her fruits, and her perfumes,",1.0
"All, all alike transport the glowing bard,",0.0
"Next to that power who formed thee and sustains,",3.0
"Still as I touch the lyre, do thou expand",1.0
"That I may catch a fire but rarely known,",0.0
"Give useful light though I should miss renown,",2.0
"And poring on thy page, whose every line",1.0
"Bears proof of an intelligence divine,",3.0
"May feel an heart enriched by what it pays,",0.0
That builds its glory on its Maker's praise.,1.0
"Woe to the man whose wit disclaims its use,",0.0
"Glittering in vain, or only to seduce,",2.0
"Who studies nature with a wanton eye,",1.0
"Admires the work, but slips the lesson by,",1.0
"His hours of leisure and recess employs,",1.0
"In drawing pictures of forbidden joys,",1.0
Or shoot the careless with a surer aim.,1.0
"The lover too shuns business and alarms,",2.0
"Saints offer nothing in their warmest prayers,",1.0
That he devotes not with a zeal like theirs;,2.0
"It's consecration of his heart, soul, time,",2.0
And every thought that wanders is a crime.,1.0
"In sighs he worships his supremely fair,",3.0
"Adores a creature, and devout in vain,",1.0
Wins in return an answer of disdain.,2.0
"In spiral rings ascends the trunk, and lays",0.0
"But does a mischief while she lends a grace,",0.0
"So love that clings around the noblest minds,",0.0
"Forbids the advancement of the soul he binds,",3.0
"The suitor's air indeed he soon improves,",0.0
"And forms it to the taste of her he loves,",2.0
"Teaches his eyes a language, and no less",4.0
Refines his speech and fashions his address;,1.0
"But farewell promises of happier fruits,",4.0
"Who will may pant for glory and excel,",1.0
"Her smile his aim, all higher aims farewell!",1.0
"May least offend against so pure a flame,",0.0
"Though sage advice of friends the most sincere,",0.0
"Sounds harshly in so delicate an ear,",2.0
"And lovers of all creatures, tame or wild,",1.0
"Can least brook management, however mild,",3.0
The fiercest animals with magic charms,1.0
"Risque an intrusion on thy pensive mood,",3.0
And woo and win thee to thy proper good.,1.0
"Pastoral images and still retreats,",3.0
"Sweet birds in concert with harmonious streams,",5.0
"Soft airs, nocturnal vigils, and day-dreams,",3.0
"Conspire against thy peace with one design,",3.0
And feed the fire that wastes thy powers away.,2.0
"Up ' --  God has formed thee with a wiser view,",1.0
"Not to be led in chains, but to subdue,",1.0
"Calls thee to cope with enemies, and first",1.0
"Points out a conflict with thyself, the worst.",1.0
"Woman indeed, a gift he would bestow",2.0
"When he designed a paradise below,",1.0
"The richest earthly boon his hands afford,",0.0
"Deserves to be beloved, but not adored.",0.0
"Post away swiftly to more active scenes,",5.0
"Mix with the world, but with its wiser part,",1.0
"No longer give an image all thine heart,",1.0
"Its empire is not hers, nor is it thine,",2.0
"It's God's just claim, prerogative divine.",1.0
"Attempts no task it cannot well fulfil,",1.0
"Gives melancholy up to nature's care,",2.0
And sends the patient into purer air.,0.0
"Stand close concealed, and see a statue move:",2.0
"Lips busy, and eyes fixed, foot falling slow,",4.0
"Arms hanging idly down, hands clasped below,",3.0
"Interpret to the marking eye, distress,",1.0
Such as its symptoms can alone express.,2.0
"That tongue is silent now, that silent tongue",0.0
"Could argue once, could jest or joint the song,",0.0
"Could give advice, could censure or commend,",1.0
Or charm the sorrows of a drooping friend.,1.0
"Renounced alike its office and its sport,",1.0
"Its brisker and its graver strains fall short,",2.0
This is a sight for pity to peruse,2.0
"Till she resemble faintly what she views,",1.0
"Till sympathy contract a kindred pain,",1.0
Pierced with the woes that she laments in vain.,1.0
"This of all maladies that man infest,",2.0
"Claims most compassion and receives the least,",2.0
"Job felt it when he groaned beneath the rod,",1.0
"And the barbed arrows of a frowning God,",3.0
Friends such as his for modern Jobs prepare.,1.0
"Blessed, rather cursed with hearts that never feel,",1.0
"With mouths made only to grin wide and eat,",3.0
"And minds that deem derided pain, a treat,",0.0
"With limbs of British oak and nerves of wire,",0.0
On pangs enforced with God's severest stroke.,0.0
But with a soul that ever felt the sting,1.0
"Of sorrow, sorrow is a sacred thing,",1.0
"Not to molest, or irritate, or raise",1.0
"A laugh at its expense, is slender praise;",1.0
He that has not usurped the name of man.,1.0
"Does all, and deems too little, all he can,",1.0
"It's not as heads that never ach suppose,",1.0
"Man is an harp whose chords elude the sight,",0.0
The screws reversed a task which if he please,1.0
God in a moment executes with ease,0.0
"Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose,",2.0
"Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.",2.0
"Nor view of waters turning busy mills,",0.0
"Nor gardens interspersed with flowery beds,",2.0
"Nor gales that catch the scent of blooming groves,",0.0
"Can call up life into his faded eye,",0.0
That passes all he sees unheeded by:,1.0
"No wounds like those a wounded spirit feels,",1.0
"No cure for such, till God who makes them, heals.",2.0
"And thou sad sufferer under nameless ill,",4.0
"That yields not to the touch of human skill,",1.0
"Improve the kind occasion, understand",0.0
"The purple evening and resplendent moon,",1.0
The stars that sprinkled over the vault of night,2.0
"Seem drops descending in a shower of light,",3.0
Seen through the medium of a cloud like thine:,1.0
"Yet seek him, in his favour life is found,",2.0
"All bliss beside, a shadow or a sound:",1.0
"Then heaven eclipsed so long, and this dull earth",1.0
"Shall seem to start into a second birth,",0.0
"Nature assuming a more lovely face,",3.0
"Borrowing a beauty from the works of grace,",2.0
"Shall be despised and overlooked no more,",1.0
"Impart to things inanimate a voice,",1.0
"And bid her mountains and her hills rejoice,",1.0
"The sound shall run along the winding vales,",0.0
And thou enjoy an Eden ever it fails.,3.0
You groves the statesman at his desk exclaims,0.0
Sick of a thousand disappointed aims,0.0
"My patrimonial treasure and my pride,",1.0
"Beneath your shades your grey possessor hide,",0.0
Receive me languishing for that repose,1.0
The servant of the public never knows.,1.0
You saw me once ah those regretted days,1.0
When boyish innocence was all my praise,1.0
Hour after hour delightfully allot,1.0
"To studies then familiar, since forgot,",0.0
"And cultivate a taste for ancient song,",0.0
"Nor seldom, as propitious heaven might send,",1.0
"What once I valued and could boast, a friend,",1.0
Were witnesses how cordially I pressed,2.0
"Nor guiltless of corrupting other men,",1.0
But versed in arts that while they seem to stay,0.0
"A falling empire, hasten its decay.",1.0
"To the fair haven of my native home,",3.0
"The wreck of what I was, fatigued I come,",1.0
"For once I can approve the patriot's voice,",3.0
"And make the course he recommends, my choice,",0.0
"We meet at last in one sincere desire,",1.0
His wish and mine both prompt me to retire.,3.0
"It's done ' --  he steps into the welcome chaise,",0.0
"That whirl away from business and debate,",1.0
"Ask not the boy, who when the breeze of morn",0.0
"First shakes the glittering drops from every thorn,",3.0
"Unfolds his flock, then under bank or bush",0.0
How fair is freedom? ' --  he was always free ' --,1.0
"To carve his rustic name upon a tree,",0.0
"Are life's prime pleasures in his simple view,",1.0
His flock the chief concern he ever knew:,0.0
"Escaped from office and its constant cares,",1.0
"What charms he sees in freedom's smile expressed,",0.0
"In freedom lost so long, now repossessed,",1.0
"The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands,",1.0
"Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands,",0.0
Or plead its silence as its best applause.,1.0
"He knows indeed that whether dressed or rude,",0.0
"Wild without art, or artfully subdued,",1.0
"Nature in every form inspires delight,",2.0
But never marked her with so just a sight.,1.0
"Green balks and furrowed lands, the stream that spreads",1.0
"Beauties he lately slighted as he passed,",3.0
Seem all created since he travelled last.,1.0
"Master of all the enjoyments he designed,",3.0
"No rough annoyance rankling in his mind,",1.0
"What early philosophic hours he keeps,",0.0
"How regular his meals, how sound he sleeps!",1.0
"Begins a long lookout for distant land,",1.0
"Then swift descending with a seaman's haste,",1.0
"Slips to his hammock, and forgets the blast.",1.0
"He chooses company, but not the squire's,",1.0
"Whose wit is rudeness, whose good breeding tyres;",0.0
"Nor yet the parson's, who would gladly come,",0.0
"Obsequious when abroad, though proud at home,",2.0
"Nor can he much affect the neighbouring peer,",3.0
"Whose toe of emulation treads too near,",1.0
"But wisely seeks a more convenient friend,",0.0
"With whom, dismissing forms, he may unbend,",1.0
A man whom marks of condescending grace,0.0
"Teach, while they flatter him, his proper place,",1.0
"Who comes when called, and at a word withdraws,",0.0
"Speaks with reserve, and listens with applause,",3.0
"On whom he rests well pleased his weary powers,",1.0
And talks and laughs away his vacant hours.,0.0
"The tide of life, swift always in its course,",1.0
"May run in cities with a brisker force,",1.0
"But no where with a current so serene,",2.0
Or half so clear as in the rural scene.,0.0
"Yet how fallacious is all earthly bliss,",2.0
What obvious truths the wisest heads may miss;,2.0
"Some pleasures live a month, and some a year,",0.0
"But short the date of all we gather here,",0.0
"Nor happiness is felt, except the true,",1.0
That does not charm the more for being new.,0.0
"This observation, as it chanced, not made,",1.0
"Or if the thought occurred, not duly weighed,",1.0
"He sighs ' --  for after all, by slow degrees,",0.0
The spot he loved has lost the power to please;,2.0
"Seems at the best, but dreaming life away,",0.0
"The prospect, such as might enchant despair,",1.0
"He views it not, or sees no beauty there,",2.0
"With aching heart and discontented looks,",0.0
"Returns at noon, to billiards or to books,",1.0
"But feels while grasping at his faded joys,",0.0
"A secret thirst of his renounced employs,",1.0
"He chides the tardiness of every post,",1.0
"Pants to be told of battles won or lost,",0.0
"It's criminal to leave a sinking state,",1.0
"Flies to the levee, and received with grace,",1.0
"That dread the encroachment of our growing streets,",3.0
"With all a July sun's collected rays,",1.0
"Delight the citizen, who gasping there",2.0
Breathes clouds of dust and calls it country air.,1.0
"O sweet retirement, who would balk the thought,",1.0
"That could afford retirement, or could not?",1.0
"It's such an easy walk, so smooth and strait,",1.0
"The second milestone fronts the garden gate,",1.0
"A step if fair, and if a shower approach,",3.0
You find safe shelter in the next stage-coach.,2.0
"There prisoned in a parlour snug and small,",0.0
"Like bottled wasps upon a southern wall,",0.0
"The man of business and his friends compressed,",1.0
But still it's rural ' --  trees are to be seen,1.0
"From every window, and the fields are green,",1.0
"Ducks paddle in the pond before the door,",1.0
A sense of elegance we rarely find,1.0
"The portion of a mean or vulgar mind,",1.0
"And ignorance of better things, makes man",2.0
"Who cannot much, rejoice in what he can;",0.0
And he that deems his leisure well bestowed,1.0
"Is occupied as well, employs his hours",0.0
"As wisely, and as much improves his powers,",1.0
With all the charms of an accomplished taste.,1.0
"Yet hence alas! Insolvencies, and hence",1.0
"From all his wearisome engagements freed,",1.0
"Shakes hands with business, and retires indeed.",2.0
"When health required it would consent to roam,",0.0
Else more attached to pleasures found at home.,1.0
"But now alike, gay widow, virgin, wife,",1.0
"Ingenious to diversify dull life,",2.0
"Fly to the coast for daily, nightly joys,",0.0
"And all impatient of dry land, agree",2.0
With one consent to rush into the sea. ' --,1.0
Much of the power and majesty of God.,3.0
"That shines and rests, as infants smile and sleep,",0.0
"Vast as it is, it answers as it flows",2.0
"Curling and whitening over all the waste,",2.0
"The rising waves obey the increasing blast,",2.0
"Abrupt and horrid as the tempest roars,",1.0
"Thunder and flash upon the steadfast shores,",3.0
"Till he that rides the whirlwind, cheques the rein,",2.0
"Then, all the world of waters sleeps again. ' --",0.0
"Now in the floods, now panting in the meads,",1.0
"Near barren rocks, in palaces or cells,",1.0
"O grant a poet leave to recommend,",0.0
A poet fond of nature and your friend,1.0
"Her slighted works to your admiring view,",1.0
"Her works must needs excel, who fashioned you.",1.0
"Would you, when rambling in your morning ride,",0.0
"To waste unheard the music of his strains,",1.0
"That while it courts, affronts and does you wrong.",0.0
"Mark well the finished plan without a fault,",1.0
"Earth's millions daily fed, a world employed",1.0
"In gathering plenty yet to be enjoyed,",2.0
Till gratitude grew vocal in the praise,1.0
"Of God, beneficent in all his ways,",2.0
Graced with such wisdom how would beauty shine?,1.0
You want but that to seem indeed divine.,0.0
"Anticipated rents and bills unpaid,",0.0
"Force many a shining youth into the shade,",3.0
"Not to redeem his time but his estate,",2.0
"And play the fool, but at a cheaper rate.",0.0
"There hid in loathed obscurity, removed",1.0
"From pleasures left, but never more beloved,",0.0
"He just endures, and with a sickly spleen",1.0
Sighs over the beauties of the charming scene.,4.0
"Streams tinkle sweetly in poetic chime,",1.0
"When Pope describes them, have a thousand sweets,",0.0
"He likes the country, but in truth must own,",1.0
"Most likes it, when he studies it in town.",1.0
Poor Jack ' --  no matter who ' --  for when I blame,2.0
"I pity, and must therefore sink the name,",2.0
"Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course,",0.0
"And always, ever he mounted, kissed his horse.",2.0
"The estate his sires had owned in ancient years,",1.0
"Was quickly distanced, matched against a peer's.",0.0
"Jack vanished, was regretted and forgot,",3.0
"At length, when all had long supposed him dead,",0.0
"By cold submersion, razor, rope or lead,",0.0
"Jack knew his friend, but hoped in that disguise",1.0
"He might escape the most observing eyes,",0.0
"And whistling as if unconcerned and gay,",1.0
Curried his nag and looked another way.,2.0
"Convinced at last upon a nearer view,",0.0
"'Twas he, the same, the very Jack he knew,",0.0
"Overwhelmed at once with wonder, grief and joy,",0.0
"He pressed him much to quit his base employ,",0.0
"His countenance, his purse, his heart, his hand,",1.0
"That so retired he should not wish a change,",1.0
"But knew no medium between guzzling beer,",7.0
"And his old stint, three thousand pounds a year.",4.0
"Thus some retire to nourish hopeless woe,",1.0
"Some seeking happiness not found below,",1.0
"Some to comply with humour, and a mind",1.0
"To social scenes by nature disinclined,",0.0
"Some swayed by fashion, some by deep disgust,",0.0
"But few that court Retirement, are aware",3.0
Of half the toils they must encounter there.,1.0
Lucrative offices are seldom lost,3.0
For want of powers proportioned to the post:,3.0
And he soon finds the talents it requires;,3.0
"A business with an income at its heels,",2.0
Furnishes always oil for its own wheels.,3.0
But in his arduous enterprise to close,2.0
"His active years with indolent repose,",1.0
"His utmost faculties, severe indeed.",2.0
"But not to manage leisure with a grace,",1.0
"Absence of occupation is not rest,",3.0
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.,2.0
"The veteran steed excused his task at length,",0.0
"In kind compassion of his failing strength,",1.0
"And turned into the park or mead to graze,",0.0
"Exempt from future service all his days,",0.0
"There feels a pleasure perfect in its kind,",1.0
"Ranges at liberty, and snuffs the wind.",3.0
"But when his lord would quit the busy road,",0.0
"To taste a joy like that he has bestowed,",0.0
A life of ease a difficult pursuit.,1.0
"Thought, to the man that never thinks, may seem",0.0
"As natural, as when asleep, to dream,",1.0
But reveries for human minds will act,1.0
"Specious in show, impossible in fact,",3.0
"Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought,",0.0
Attain not to the dignity of thought.,2.0
Nor yet the swarms that occupy the brain,0.0
"Where dreams of dress, intrigue, and pleasure reign,",0.0
"Nor such as useless conversation breeds,",1.0
"Or lust engenders, and indulgence feeds.",5.0
"Whence, and what are we? to what end ordained?",1.0
What means the drama by the world sustained?,1.0
"Business or vain amusement, care or mirth,",2.0
"Divide the frail inhabitants of earth,",1.0
"Is duty a mere sport, or an employ?",3.0
"Life an entrusted talent, or a toy?",3.0
"Is there as reason, conscience, scripture say,",1.0
"Cause to provide for a great future day,",4.0
"When earth's assigned duration at an end,",1.0
Man shall be summoned and the dead attend?,1.0
The trumpet ' --  will it sound? the curtain rise?,1.0
"And show the august tribunal of the skies,",3.0
"Where no prevarication shall avail,",0.0
"Where eloquence and artifice shall fail,",2.0
"The pride of arrogant distinctions fall,",1.0
And conscience and our conduct judge us all?,1.0
"Pardon me, you that give the midnight oil,",2.0
"And hold the world indebted to your aid,",1.0
"Enriched with the discoveries you have made,",2.0
"Yet let me stand excused, if I esteem",1.0
"A mind employed on so sublime a theme,",1.0
Pushing her bold enquiry to the date,3.0
"And outline of the present transient state,",2.0
"Settling at last upon eternal things,",1.0
"Far more intelligent, and better taught",2.0
"The strenuous use of profitable thought,",3.0
"Than you when happiest, and enlightened most,",4.0
"And highest in renown, can justly boast.",0.0
"The weight of subjects worthiest of her care,",1.0
"Whatever hopes a change of scene inspires,",1.0
"Must change her nature, or in vain retires.",1.0
"An idler is a watch that wants both hands,",2.0
As useless if it goes as when it stands.,1.0
"Books therefore, not the scandal of the shelves,",2.0
"Nor those in which the stage gives vice a blow,",1.0
"With what success, let modern manners show,",1.0
"Nor his, who for the bane of thousands born,",0.0
"Built God a church and laughed his word to scorn,",1.0
"A panting syllable through time and space,",1.0
"Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark,",0.0
"The friend of truth, the associate of sound sense,",3.0
"And such as in the zeal of good design,",1.0
"All such as manly and great souls produce,",2.0
"Worthy to live, and of eternal use;",3.0
"Behold in these what leisure hours demand,",1.0
Amusement and true knowledge hand in hand.,2.0
"Luxury gives the mind a childish cast,",2.0
"Habits of close attention, thinking heads,",2.0
"Become more rare as dissipation spreads,",0.0
"Till authors hear at length, one general cry,",0.0
"Tickle and entertain us, or we die.",3.0
"The loud demand from year to year the same,",0.0
"Beggars invention and makes fancy lame,",4.0
"Calls for the kind assistance of a tune,",1.0
And novels witness every month's review,1.0
Belie their name and offer nothing new.,0.0
"The mind relaxing into needful sport,",0.0
"Should turn to writers of an abler sort,",1.0
"Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,",2.0
"Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.",3.0
Friends for I cannot stint as some have done,0.0
"Too rigid in my view, that name to one,",1.0
"Though one, I grant it in the generous breast",3.0
"Will stand advanced a step above the rest,",0.0
"But one, the rose, the regent of them all",2.0
"Friends, not adopted with a schoolboy's haste,",2.0
"But chosen with a nice discerning taste,",1.0
"From vulgar minds, have honour much at heart,",0.0
And though the world may think the ingredients odd,5.0
"The love of virtue, and the fear of God!",1.0
"Such friends prevent what else would soon succeed,",0.0
"A temper rustic as the life we lead,",1.0
"And keep the polish of the manners clean,",1.0
As their's who bustle in the busiest scene;,3.0
"For solitude, however some may rave,",1.0
"Seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave,",2.0
Where all good qualities grow sick and die.,2.0
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude!",0.0
"But grant me still a friend in my retreat,",1.0
"Whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.",0.0
"Yet neither these delights, nor aught beside",1.0
"That appetite can ask, or wealth provide,",0.0
"Can save us always from a tedious day,",3.0
Or shine the dullness of still life away;,2.0
"Divine communion carefully enjoyed,",1.0
"Or sought with energy, must fill the void.",1.0
"O sacred art, to which alone life owes",1.0
"Its happiest seasons, and a peaceful close,",3.0
"Scorned in a world, indebted to that scorn",1.0
"For evils daily felt and hardly born,",0.0
"Not knowing thee, we reap with bleeding hands,",1.0
"Flowers of rank odour upon thorny lands,",8.0
"And while experience cautions us in vain,",3.0
"Grasp seeming happiness, and find it pain.",2.0
"Lost by abandoning her own relief,",3.0
"Murmuring and ungrateful discontent,",4.0
"That scorns afflictions mercifully meant,",1.0
"Which idleness and weariness beget,",2.0
These and a thousand plagues that haunt the breast,1.0
"Fond of the phantom of an earthly rest,",1.0
Divine communion chases as the day,1.0
Drives to their dens the obedient beasts of prey.,4.0
"Driven out an exile from the face of Saul,",3.0
"To distant caves the lonely wanderer flies,",2.0
To seek that peace a tyrant's frown denies.,2.0
"Hear the sweet accents of his tuneful voice,",4.0
"Hear him overwhelmed with sorrow, yet rejoice,",0.0
"No, not a moment, in his royal heart,",0.0
"Tis manly music, such as martyrs make,",2.0
"His soul exults, hope animates his lays,",1.0
"And wilds familiar with the lion's roar,",1.0
Ring with ecstatic sounds unheard before;,2.0
It's love like his that can alone defeat,2.0
"The foes of man, or make a desert sweet.",0.0
Religion does not censure or exclude,1.0
"To study culture, and with artful toil",1.0
To give dissimilar yet fruitful lands,1.0
"The grain or herb or plant that each demands,",0.0
"To cherish virtue in an humble state,",0.0
"And share the joys your bounty may create,",1.0
"That shuts within its seed the future flower,",0.0
"Bids these in elegance of form excel,",1.0
"In colour these, and those delight the smell,",1.0
"Sends nature forth, the daughter of the skies,",2.0
"To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes;",0.0
"To teach the canvas innocent deceit,",1.0
"Or lay the landscape on the snowy sheet,",2.0
"These, these are arts pursued without a crime,",1.0
That leave no stain upon the wing of time.,1.0
Me poetry or rather notes that aim,1.0
Feebly and vainly at poetic fame,2.0
"Employs, shut out from more important views,",2.0
"Content, if thus sequestered I may raise",1.0
"A monitor's, though not a poet's praise,",1.0
"And while I teach an art too little known,",1.0
"To close life wisely, may not waste my own.",2.0
"And yet how few, how very few can think!",0.0
The knack of writing is an easy trade;,1.0
But to think well requires ' --  at least a Head.,2.0
"Once in an age, one Genius may arise,",1.0
"Like some tall oak, behold his branches shoot!",1.0
"No lays, like mine, can live beneath his shade.",1.0
"Nothing but weeds, and moss, and shrubs are found.",2.0
"Cut, cut them down, why cumber they the ground?",3.0
To mend a candle when the snuff's too short?,1.0
Glorious ambition! noble thirst of same! ' --,1.0
"It's more than Pope, with all his wit can do.",0.0
"It's more than You, with wit and beauty joined,",1.0
"A pleasing from, and a discerning mind.",2.0
The world and I are no such cordial friends;,1.0
"I have my purpose, they their various ends.",3.0
"I say my prayers, and lead a sober life,",0.0
"What's fame to me, who pray, and pay my rent?",1.0
"I my friends know me honest, I'm content.",3.0
"Well, but the joy to see my works in print!",0.0
"The Preface done, the Dedication framed,",0.0
With lies enough to make a Lord ashamed!,0.0
My Patron's name? OH choose some Lord at Court.,1.0
"One that has money which he does not use,",0.0
"One you may flatter much, that is, abuse.",2.0
"Well then, to cut this mighty matter short,",0.0
"I hardly know a creature, great or small,",0.0
"Except one Maid of Honour, Honourable Miss Lovelace. worth them all.",6.0
I have no business there. Let those attend,4.0
"The courtly Levee, or the courtly Friend,",1.0
"Who more than fate allows them, dare to spend.",0.0
"Or those whose avarice, with much, craves more,",2.0
"These are the thriving Breed, the tiny Great!",1.0
"Philosophers! who calmly bear disgrace,",1.0
Patriots! who sell their country for a place.,2.0
Shall I for these disturb my brains with rhyme?,1.0
"Shall I go late to rest, and early rise,",3.0
To be the very creature I despise?,1.0
"With face unmoved, my poem in my hand,",0.0
"Cringe to the porter, with the footman stand?",1.0
"With what my lady eats, and how she rests:",1.0
"How much she gave for such a birthday gown,",2.0
"Sick at the news, impatient for my lord,",1.0
"I'm forced to hear, nay smile at every word.",1.0
"Tom raps at last, ' --  His lordship begs to know",1.0
"Your name? your business? ' --  Sir, I'm not a foe.",0.0
"With verses, soft as music of the spheres.",1.0
Verses! ' --  Alas! his lordship seldom reads:,2.0
Pedants indeed with learning stuff their heads;,2.0
"But my good lord, as all the world can tell,",1.0
"Was born a poet, though no poet bred:",2.0
I'll recommend your poetry ' --  and you.,1.0
"Pocket my poem, and in haste depart;",3.0
"Resolved no more to offer up my wit,",2.0
"Not places, pensions, ribbons can control;",1.0
"Eats not on silver, while his train are starved;",0.0
"Who though to nobles, or to kings allied,",1.0
"Dares walk on foot, while slaves in coaches ride;",1.0
"With merit humble, and with greatness free,",1.0
"Has bowed to Freeman, and has dined with Me;",1.0
"Who bred in foreign courts, and early known,",0.0
Has yet to learn the cunning of his own;,1.0
"To titles born, yet heir to no estate,",0.0
"And, harder still, to honest to be great;",1.0
"To Him I'll dedicate, for Him I'll write.",2.0
Peace to the rest. I can be no man's slave;,2.0
"I ask for nothing, though I nothing have.",1.0
"By Fortune humbled, yet not sunk so low",0.0
"To shame a friend, or fear to meet a foe.",0.0
"Meanness, in ribbons or in rags, I hate;",3.0
"And have not learnt to flatter, even the Great.",2.0
"Few friends I ask, and those who love me well;",1.0
"Of honest parents, not of great, I came;",0.0
"Not known to fortune, quite unknown to fame.",0.0
"Frugal and plain, at no man's cost they eat,",3.0
"Nor knew a baker's, or a butcher's debt.",1.0
OH be their precepts ever in my eye!,1.0
"For one has learnt to live, and one to die.",2.0
Long may her widowed age by heaven be lent,0.0
Among my blessings! and I'm well content.,1.0
"I ask no more, but in some calm retreat,",1.0
"To sleep in quiet, and in quiet eat.",1.0
No noisy slaves attending round my room;,1.0
"No orphans cheated, and no widow's curse,",3.0
"No household lord, for better or for worse.",3.0
"No monstrous sums to tempt my soul to sin,",1.0
"But just enough to keep me plain, and clean.",0.0
"And if sometime, to smooth the rugged way,",2.0
"Charlot should smile, or You approve my lay,",3.0
Enough for me. I cannot put my trust,1.0
"In lords; smile lies, eat toads, or lick the dust.",2.0
Fortune her favours much too dear may hold:,3.0
An honest heart is worth its weight in gold.,0.0
Your Doctrine to the Height I will allow:,2.0
"I who with utmost Force resist my Fate,",1.0
"In vain I strive the immutable Decree,",3.0
Has passed on my unlucky Destiny.,2.0
"With Sighs and Tears I did at first begin,",0.0
To conquer Fate as others would their Sin;,0.0
"Each Path I trod I went with Caution on,",1.0
But every Step does lead to be undone:,0.0
"And when a threatening Storm was in my View,",0.0
I from it wisely as I thought withdrew;,2.0
"But while the approaching Ills with Fear I shun,",1.0
Into some other certain Harms I run;,0.0
"So when some mighty Grief did press my Soul,",0.0
I would the uneasy Tyranny control;,2.0
"Like a distracted Man that will not bear,",2.0
Those Fetters which Discretion makes him wear;,0.0
"But frets and raves, and breaks the friendly Chain,",0.0
Which did from greater Injuries restrain;,1.0
"He'll not be barred a dangerous Liberty,",3.0
Though he to Outrages and Mischief fly.,6.0
"Thus I from one Misfortune force my Way,",1.0
By Means that does to greater still betray;,0.0
"One Sorrow seldom attends long on me,",4.0
"I have a torturing Variety,",2.0
"I change and change, yet still it's Misery.",1.0
"A Hydra Fate my Ruin does pursue,",0.0
"Cut off one ill, strait, there springs up a new,",2.0
"Nor shun the Ills by mighty Powers decreed,",2.0
"Hoodwinked by them, just as they guide we tread.",1.0
"In vain we say we this or that will do,",1.0
"The only Way to ease our Discontents,",0.0
Is to conclude they must be such Events;,2.0
"Such as the mighty hidden source of Things,",1.0
Bubbles from it's inevitable Springs.,4.0
"When conscious of no danger from below,",3.0
No thunders shook with deep intestine sound,1.0
"Her unctuous olives and her purple vines,",2.0
"The peasant's hopes, and not in vain, assured,",0.0
In peace upon her sloping sides matured.,0.0
"When on a day, like that of the last doom,",1.0
That shook the circling seas and solid earth.,0.0
"And hang their horrors in the neighbouring skies,",2.0
"While through the stygian veil that blots the day,",0.0
In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play.,0.0
"But o! what muse, and in what powers of song,",3.0
Can trace the torrent as it burns along?,1.0
"Havoc and devastation in the van,",2.0
"It marches over the prostrate works of man,",2.0
And all the charms of a Sicilian year.,3.0
"Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass,",1.0
"See it an uninformed and idle mass,",0.0
Or blade that might redeem it from despair.,1.0
Yet time at length what will not time achieve?,1.0
"Clothes it with earth, and bids the produce live,",0.0
"O bliss precarious, and unsafe retreats,",3.0
O charming paradise of short lived sweets!,1.0
"Brings to the distant ear a sullen sound,",0.0
"Again the mountain feels the imprisoned foe,",2.0
"Again pours ruin on the vale below,",2.0
That only future ages can restore.,1.0
"You monarchs, whom the lure of honour draws,",2.0
"Who write in blood the merits of your cause,",1.0
"Who strike the blow, then plead your own defence,",0.0
"Fast by the stream that bounds your just domain,",0.0
"And tells you where you have a right to reign,",0.0
"A nation dwells, not envious of your throne,",1.0
"Studious of peace, their neighbours and their own.",1.0
"Their only crime, vicinity to you!",1.0
"The trumpet sounds, your legions swarm abroad,",0.0
"Through the ripe harvest lies their destined road,",2.0
At every step beneath their feet they tread,0.0
"The life of multitudes, a nation's bread;",0.0
"Before them, and behind a wilderness;",2.0
"Famine and pestilence, her firstborn son,",4.0
"Attend to finish what the sword begun,",0.0
"And echoing praises such as fiends might earn,",3.0
"And folly pays, resound at your return.",2.0
A calm succeeds ' --  but plenty with her train,1.0
"Of heart-felt joys, succeeds not soon again,",1.0
What scourges are the gods that rule below.,1.0
"Yet man, laborious man, by slow degrees,",2.0
Such is his thirst of opulence and ease,2.0
Increasing commerce and reviving art,1.0
"Renew the quarrel on the conquerors part,",3.0
And the sad lesson must be learnt once more;,3.0
That wealth within is ruin at the door.,0.0
"Sweet nature stripped of her embroidered robe,",2.0
"Deplores the wasted regions of her globe,",1.0
"And stands a witness at truth's awful bar,",1.0
"To prove you there, destroyers as you are.",2.0
"Where peace and equity and freedom smile,",1.0
"Where no Volcano pours his fiery flood,",2.0
"No crested warrior dips his plume in blood,",1.0
"Where power secures what industry has won,",3.0
"Where to succeed is not to be undone,",1.0
"A land that distant tyrants hate in vain,",0.0
"In Britain's isle, beneath a George's reign.",0.0
"THE land that answers best the farmer's care,",0.0
And silvers to maturity the Hop:,2.0
"Under what sign to pluck the crop, and how",2.0
"To cure, and in capacious sacks enfold,",0.0
And meditate an honour to that land,0.0
"Where first I breathed, and struggled into life",0.0
"While ever near him, goddess of the green,",1.0
With vocal fascination charmed the ' --  HOM. E. Hours,1.0
"Had I such power, no peasants toil, no hops",4.0
"Should ever debase my lay: far nobler themes,",4.0
The high achievements of thy warrior kings,1.0
"Should raise my thoughts, and dignify my song.",0.0
"But I, young rustic, dare not leave my cot,",2.0
"For so enlarged a sphere ' --  ah! muse beware,",1.0
"Lest the deep drum should drown thy tender reed,",2.0
"And mar its puny joints: me, lowly swain,",0.0
"Whose fleeces, poisoned into purple, deck",1.0
"The muse demands your presence, ere she tune",0.0
And catch the wholesome dictates as they fall.,2.0
"'Midst thy paternal acres, Farmer, say",2.0
"Has gracious heaven bestowed one field, that basks",0.0
"Its loamy bosom in the midday sun,",1.0
"Emerging gently from the abject vale,",1.0
"Nor yet obnoxious to the wind, secure",1.0
"There shall thou plant thy hop. This soil, perhaps,",0.0
"But Crees, rural goddess, at the best",2.0
"And keep the soul from fainting: to enlarge,",1.0
"And wing the flagging spirits to the sky,",1.0
Require the united influence and aid,2.0
"Then on one pedestal, and hand in hand,",1.0
Stands eastward in thy field a wood? it's well.,1.0
"Esteem it as a bulwark of thy wealth,",2.0
"And cherish all its branches; though we'll grant,",1.0
"The morning rays, and envy some small share",1.0
With all his worlds of insects in thy lands,1.0
"Thy vegetable riches, then thy wood",2.0
"Shall open it's arms expansive, and embrace",3.0
"The storm reluctant, and divert its rage.",1.0
In vain: the ventilating trees oppose,0.0
Their airy march. They blacken distant plains.,0.0
"This site for thy young nursery obtained,",3.0
"Thou hast begun auspicious, if the soil",1.0
As sung before be loamy; this the hop,1.0
"Loves above others, this is rich, is deep,",5.0
"Is viscous, and tenacious of the pole.",2.0
"Still captivate the eye, while at his feet",1.0
And murmurs louder ecstasy below.,1.0
"Here let us rest awhile, pleased to behold",2.0
Far as the eagle's ken. Here towering spires,0.0
"First catch the eye, and turn the thoughts to heaven.",1.0
The lofty elms in humble majesty,1.0
"Bend with the breeze to shade the solemn groves,",0.0
Pomona absent; you mid the hoary leaves,2.0
Swell the vermilion cherry; and on you trees,3.0
"Wonder at silver bleak, and prickly perch,",2.0
That swiftly through their floating forests glide.,1.0
Of wealth and pleasure can engage my eyes,1.0
"TO overlook the lowly hawthorn, if from thence",2.0
Which Phoebus' self vaulting from yonder cloud,5.0
"But neither towering spires, nor lofty elms,",0.0
"Nor sweetly warbling thrush, with half those charms",0.0
"The muse, and to her theme the wanderer calls.",3.0
Here then with ponderous vehicles and teams,3.0
Command them bring the chalk: thence to the kiln,2.0
Over all thy lands disseminate; thy lands,0.0
"Which first have felt the softening spade, and drank",0.0
"This done, select the choicest hop, to insert",1.0
"Its various kinds, and from the effete and vile,",3.0
The eligible separate with care.,1.0
"Or Phoebus even in youth, his verdant blood",2.0
Significantly styled the Fryar: the last,3.0
"Is called the Savage, who in every wood,",0.0
"When such the merit of the candidates,",2.0
"Easy is the election; but, my friend",4.0
Where no one shall be frustrated that seeks,2.0
"Illustrious parent of the finest fruits,",3.0
Illustrious parent of the best of men!,3.0
"Placidly stagnant at their fountain head,",2.0
"Splendidly rough within your native mines,",2.0
"To luxury unrefined, better far",6.0
"Than dwell a slave to passion and to wealth,",1.0
Politely paralytic in the town!,0.0
"Is all remitted, who alone possess",0.0
"Of Adam's sons fair Eden ' --  rest you here,",1.0
Nor seek an earthly good above the hop;,0.0
And almost to your very sires unknown.,2.0
In those blessed days when great Eliza reigned,3.0
"Over the adoring nation, when fair peace",2.0
"Or spread an unstained olive round the land,",5.0
"To lord it over the world, when our brave sires",3.0
"Then the hop before an interdicted plant,",0.0
"Emasculate and wine, the toils of war,",0.0
"Neglected, and to dalliance vile and sloth",3.0
"Emancipated, saw the encroaching Saxons",2.0
With unaffected eyes; his hand which ought,0.0
"TO have shook the spear of justice, soft and smooth,",0.0
Played ravishing divisions on the lyre:,3.0
Nor stopped he here; but to immense attempts,1.0
"Adventurous. He an only daughter reared,",1.0
"And fairy fiction raised above her sex,",0.0
And furnished her with thousand various wiles,3.0
"Preposterous, more than female; wondrous fair",1.0
"She was, and docile, which her pious nurse",1.0
"Observed, and early in each female fraud",1.0
"Her began initiate: well she knew to smile,",4.0
"'Twas not sincere, the fountains of her eyes",2.0
"Played artificial streams, yet so well forced",2.0
They looked like nature; for even art to her,2.0
"Soon she perceived her conquest; soon she told,",2.0
"With hasty joy transported, her old sire.",2.0
"The willing prince invited, but first bad",2.0
The nymph prepare the potions; such as fire,1.0
To love the soul. Lo! at the noon of night,1.0
The goddess stooped assent; forth from a cloud,2.0
These in a splendid cup of burnished gold,0.0
"Muttered dire exorcisms, and wished effect",3.0
"Fawning insinuation bland, that might",2.0
Shed copiously the oblique rays; her face,7.0
And with no borrowed lustre; on her brow,3.0
"Smiled Fallacy, while summoning each grace,",3.0
Kneeling she gave the cup. The prince for who!,2.0
"Drank eager, and in ecstasy devoured",3.0
The ambrosial perturbation; mad with love,1.0
"He clasped her, and in Hymeneal bands",2.0
At once the nymph demanded and obtained.,1.0
"Exterminated, and usurped his seat.",2.0
Has razed his palace walls ' --  Perchance on them,4.0
"Grows the green hop, and over his crumbled bust",5.0
"But now to plant, to dig, to dung, to weed;",0.0
Tasks how indelicate? demand the muse.,3.0
"With thy unbounded imagery; child of thought,",3.0
"The active spirits ideal, towering flights,",5.0
"Thou too be here, Experience, so shall I",1.0
Nor in smooth numbers musically err;,3.0
"But vain is Fancy and Experience vain,",3.0
"If thou, OH Hesiod! Virgil of our land,",5.0
"Whose greatness who shall imitate, save thee?",2.0
"Of that immeasurable mount, that far",0.0
With Phoebus' self thy lyre. Give me to turn,2.0
"When Phoebus looks through Aries on the spring,",1.0
"And vernal flowers promise the dulcet fruit,",2.0
Autumnal pride! delay not then thy sets,0.0
"To every root three joints indulge, and form",1.0
"Thy young plants will uplift, their virgin arms",4.0
"Expect an hopeful issue, jolly Mirth,",0.0
And tenderness of youth suffice small shoots,2.0
"Cut from the widowed willow, nor provide",2.0
Poles insurmountable as yet. It's then,2.0
"Twice the cold touch of winter's icy hand,",3.0
"Down tumble the big trees, and rushing roll",2.0
"Over the crushed crackling brake, while in his cave",2.0
Laments Sylvanus for his verdant care.,6.0
"The ash, or willow for thy use select,",2.0
"Reserve untouched; she when by time matured,",0.0
"Vernon, or Warren, shall with rapid wing",2.0
"Fly on thy foes; They, like the parted waves,",0.0
Which to the brazen beak murmuring give way,5.0
"Amazed, and roaring from the fight recede. ' --",1.0
"Averse the lordly prop. Thus, have I heard",1.0
While the infatuated lord admires,1.0
"Long days and happy hours, from every vine",1.0
"Dock the redundant branches, and once more",4.0
With the sharp spade thy numerous acres till.,5.0
"The shovel next must lend its aid, enlarge",0.0
This in that month its title which derives,0.0
From great Augustus' ever sacred name!,4.0
Sovereign of Science! master of the Muse!,3.0
Neglected Genius' firm ally! Of worth,0.0
"Well did you too in this, all glorious heroes!",3.0
And time shall bear it to eternity.,2.0
"Now bloom the florid hops, and in the stream",1.0
"Shine in their floating silver, while above",0.0
A walk impervious to the sun; the poles,1.0
In comely order stand; and while you cleave,0.0
"In comely order still their ranks preserve,",0.0
And seem to march along the extensive plain.,2.0
"In neat arrangement thus the men of Kent,",0.0
"With native oak at once adorned and armed,",0.0
Intrepid marched; for well they knew the cries,0.0
"Who as she fled, to echoing woods complained.",2.0
"Of tyranny, and William; like a god,",1.0
"He sent his looks enlivening as the sun's,",1.0
"But on his foes frowned agony, frowned death.",4.0
Wore clouds of fury! ' --  on that with plumage crowned,2.0
Of various hue sat a tremendous cone:,4.0
"Terrific beauty of nocturnal skies,",1.0
"Shoots, shoots her tremulous rays in painted streaks",3.0
"Continual, while waving to the wind",2.0
Over Night's dark veil her lucid tresses flow.,1.0
"Astounded, the proud bend lowly to the earth,",4.0
The pious matrons tremble for the world.,1.0
All innocent of fear; each face expressed,1.0
"Contemptuous admiration, while they viewed",2.0
"That drew the sword for gain. First of the van,",2.0
"With an enormous bough, a shepherd swain",1.0
Whistled with rustic notes; but such as showed,3.0
A heart magnanimous: The men of Kent,1.0
"Follow the tuneful swain, while over their heads",4.0
"The green leaves whisper, and the big boughs bend.",3.0
"The floods inspired, and taught the rocks to feel,",2.0
"The lute's soft tune! The fluttering branches wave,",3.0
And all the mighty mountain nods applause.,0.0
"The conqueror viewed them, and as one that sees",3.0
"The vast abrupt of Scylla, or as one",1.0
"Has drank eternal apathy, he stood.",1.0
His host an universal panic seized,0.0
Some to the walking wilderness gan run,2.0
"Confused, and in the inhospitable shade",2.0
Eternal shelter in the arms of death!,0.0
Thus when Aquarius pours out all his urn.,3.0
"Down on some lonesome heath, the traveller",2.0
The invitation of some spreading beech,1.0
Joyous; but soon the treacherous gloom betrays,4.0
"The unwary visitor, while on his head",3.0
The enlarging drops in double showers descend.,3.0
And now no longer in disguise the men,1.0
"Of Kent appear; down they all drop their boughs,",1.0
And shine in brazen panoply divine.,1.0
Enough ' --  Great William for full well he knew,3.0
How vain would be the contest to the sons,1.0
"And liberties secure, and to the prowess",2.0
"Caesar and William! Hail immortal worthies,",2.0
"Posterity with all her chiefs unborn,",2.0
"Ought similar, ought second has to boast,",1.0
Once more so prophecies the Muse thy sons,1.0
"Over all thy land reign Plenty, reign fair Peace.",2.0
AT length the Muse her destined task resumes,0.0
"Hush then, effeminate sobs; and thou, my heart,",4.0
"Rebel to grief no more ' --  And yet a while,",1.0
"A little while, indulge the friendly tears.",0.0
"I seek the olive peace, around me wide",0.0
"See! see! the watery waste ' --  In vain, forlorn",3.0
I call the Phoenix fair Sincerity;,1.0
"Alas! ' --  extinguished to the skies she fled,",1.0
And left no heir behind her. Where is now,1.0
The eternal smile of goodness? Where is now,1.0
"So rich in sweetness, that the classic sounds",0.0
"That flowed perennial, hardly were observed,",3.0
"Or, if observed, set off a brighter gem.",3.0
"How oft, and yet how seldom did it seem!",0.0
"Have I enjoyed his converse? ' --  When we met,",1.0
"The hours how swift they sweetly fled, and till",0.0
"Fame has not for me, though she prove most kind.",1.0
"However this verse be sacred to thy name,",4.0
"These tears, the last sad duty of a friend.",2.0
Oft i'll indulge the pleasurable pain,3.0
I'll muse on thee full pensive; while her streams,2.0
"My loud laments, shall ever and anon",1.0
"Make melancholy music to the shades,",2.0
Serpentine vines and flowing locks of gold.,3.0
"You smiling nymphs, the inseparable train",3.0
"And sing to jolly Autumn, while he stands",0.0
"And leave a while the sickle; yonder hill,",0.0
"There mighty Bacchus straddling cross the bin,",0.0
Waits your attendance ' --  There he glad reviews,3.0
"Still nearer, and with pride of heart surveys",2.0
"Obedient mortals, and the world his own.",3.0
"See! from the great metropolis they rush,",1.0
"The industrious vulgar. They, like prudent bees,",4.0
"The flowery hop, and provident to work,",3.0
"From these, such as appear the rest to excel",4.0
"In strength and young agility, select.",1.0
"Over twice three pickers, and no more, extend",3.0
"The crack of poles continual, and thine eyes",1.0
Behold unmoved the hurrying peasant tear,2.0
"Thy wealth, and throw it on the thankless ground.",1.0
But first the careful planter will consult,1.0
"His quantity of acres, and his crop,",2.0
How many and how large his kilns; and then,1.0
Proportioned to his wants the hands provide.,1.0
"But yet, of greater consequence and cost,",1.0
"One thing remains unsung, a man of faith",0.0
"And long experience, in whose thundering voice",3.0
"Lives hoarse authority, potent to quell",5.0
"Shall to the brink the measure fill, and fair",0.0
On the twin registers the work record.,3.0
To the wild brutal crew. Oft her command,4.0
"The lofty poles from ruin, and sustained,",1.0
"Like ANNA, or ELIZA, her domain,",2.0
"Even at her frown the boisterous uproar cease,",1.0
"And the mad pickers, tamed to diligence,",3.0
"That stain the sample, and its worth debase.",1.0
"All things thus settled and prepared, what now",2.0
Can let the planters purposes? Unless,1.0
"The Heavens frown dissent, and ominous winds",2.0
Howl through the concave of the troubled sky.,1.0
O! could they too prevent them storms foresee.,0.0
"The heifer towards the zenith rears her head,",0.0
And with expanded nostrils snuffs the air:,1.0
"The swallows too their airy circuits weave,",0.0
Heaves her huge eggs along the narrow way:,3.0
Athwart the cope of heaven: or sable crows,0.0
Repulsive baffle their efforts: Next hark,3.0
"How the cursed raven, with her harmful voice,",3.0
"Invokes the rain, and croaking to herself,",1.0
Struts on some spacious solitary shore.,0.0
Nor want thy servants and thy wife at home,1.0
Signs to presage the shower; for in the hall,3.0
"Beneath thy leaden tubes to fix the vase,",0.0
"To soak thy hops, and brew thy generous beer.",2.0
"But though bright Phoebus smile, and in the skies",2.0
"Though every cloud be fled, yet if the rage",1.0
"The planter has enough to cheque his hopes,",0.0
And in due bounds confine his joy; for see,1.0
"Leave not a hop behind, or at the best",0.0
"Mangle the circling vine, and intercept",2.0
"The juice nutritious: Fatal means, alas!",0.0
"Haste then, you peasants; pull the poles, the hops;",0.0
"Where are the bins? Run, run, you nimble maids,",1.0
"Move every muscle, every nerve extend,",1.0
"To save our crop from ruin, and ourselves.",1.0
"With fluttering wings, and hymns the newborn day,",2.0
"Shall rouse from sleep the rebel rout, and tune",0.0
Wisely the several stations of the bins,3.0
"By lot determine. Justice this, and this",1.0
Fair Prudence does demand; for not without,1.0
"Irrational, nor every where alike",1.0
Fair hangs the hop to tempt the picker hand.,1.0
Now see the crew mechanic might and main,1.0
"Labour with lively diligence, inspired",2.0
By appetite of gain and lust of praise:,0.0
"What mind so petty, servile, and debased,",1.0
As not to know ambition? Her great sway,2.0
From Colin Clout to Emperors she exerts.,3.0
"To err is human, human to be vain.",1.0
"It's vanity, and mock desire of fame,",1.0
"That prompts the rustic, on the steeple top",1.0
"Sublime, to mark the outlines of his shoe,",2.0
And in the area to engrave his name.,3.0
That bought the font; and I repaired the pews.,1.0
With pride like this the emulating mob,1.0
Strive for the mastery ' --  who first may fill,1.0
"Nor ought retards, unless invited out",1.0
Of shade and fragrance ' --  Then the exulting band,2.0
"Of pickers male and female, seize the fair",1.0
"Reluctant, and with boisterous force and brute,",1.0
"By cries unmoved, they bury her in the bin.",1.0
"Nor does the youth escape ' --  him too they seize,",0.0
And in such posture place as best may serve,0.0
To hide his charmer's blushes. Then with shouts,3.0
So custom has ordained a largess claim.,0.0
Thus much be sung of picking ' --  next succeeds,0.0
"The important care of curing ' --  Quit the field,",1.0
And at the kiln the instructive muse attend.,2.0
Let the green hops lie lightly; next expand,4.0
The smoothest surface with the toothy rake.,1.0
Thus far is just above; but more it boots,1.0
"The charcoal flames, which from thy corded wood,",2.0
"Or antiquated poles, with wondrous skill,",0.0
The sable priests of Vulcan shall prepare.,0.0
Constant and moderate let the heat ascend;,4.0
"Which to effect, there are, who with success",2.0
Place in the kiln the ventilating fan.,0.0
"Hail, learnt, useful Dr. Hales. man! whose head and heart",4.0
"Conspire to make us happy, deign to accept",4.0
One honest verse; and if thy industry,2.0
"This sole invention, both in use and fame,",0.0
"When the fourth hour expires, with careful hand",5.0
"Has well exhausted twice two glasses more,",1.0
"For use domestic, or for sale mature.",1.0
"There are, who in the choice of cloth t'enfold",1.0
With prodigal economy prefer:,2.0
"Besides, the planter should a bait prepare,",0.0
Shrewd Observation from her busy pry.,2.0
"When in the bag thy hops the rustic treads,",0.0
Such filthy ways for slaves in Malaga,1.0
"As the dried foreign fruit, with piercing eye,",2.0
"She culled suspicious ' --  lo! she starts, she frowns",0.0
With indignation at a negro's nail.,0.0
Be thine own factor; nor employ those drones,1.0
That thrive and fatten on the planter's toil.,2.0
What then remains unsung? unless the care,0.0
"To stack thy poles oblique in comely cones,",0.0
Lest rot or rain destroy them ' --  It's a sight,1.0
How great amid such rivals to excel!,1.0
"The birth of great Eliza. ' --  Hail, my queen!",0.0
"And yet I'll call thee by a dearer name,",2.0
"Gives fame to worlds, and makes whole ages glorious!",3.0
"These social scenes of grandeur and delight,",4.0
"Of love and veneration, let me tread.",0.0
How oft beneath you oak has amorous Prior,2.0
"While noble Sackville heard, hearing approved,",6.0
"Alas! has numbered with the illustrious dead,",5.0
And orphan merit has no guardian now!,3.0
"To narrow limits, yet can show a train",0.0
Opens her delightful prospects: Dear Fairlawn,2.0
"There, where at once at variance and agreed,",3.0
"Who fosters all their foliage ' --  These are thine,",1.0
"And if ' --  But o! ' --  and if it's no disgrace,",2.0
The birth of him who now records thy praise.,1.0
"Bids British greatness love the silent shade,",1.0
"Where piles superb, in classic elegance,",1.0
"Arise, and all is Roman, like his heart.",0.0
"Nor Chatham, though it is not thine to show",1.0
"The lofty forest or the verdant lawns,",1.0
The lofty forests by thy sons prepared,1.0
"Becomes the warlike navy, braves the floods,",1.0
And gives Sylvanus empire in the main.,4.0
"O that Britannia, in the day of war,",1.0
But also hear her wisdom! Then her oaks,0.0
"Shaped by her own mechanics, would alone",0.0
"Her island fortify, and fix her fame;",0.0
"Nor would she weep, like Rachael, for her sons,",1.0
"Whose glorious blood, in mad profusion,",2.0
In foreign lands is shed ' --  and shed in vain.,0.0
And look with scorn and triumph on proud France.,2.0
"Of yore an isthmus jutting from this coast,",2.0
"But Neptune on a day, with fury fired,",1.0
And broke the unnatural union at a blow. ' --,4.0
"Betwixt you and you, my servants and my sons,",2.0
Be there he cried eternal discord ' --  France,0.0
"And as the oak reigns lordly over the shrub,",4.0
So shall the hop have homage from the vine.,1.0
"Though gloomy Thoughts disturbed my anxious Breast,",0.0
"All the long Night, and drove away my Rest.",3.0
"Just as the dawning Day began to rise,",0.0
A grateful Slumber closed my waking Eyes:,0.0
"But active Fancy to strange Regions flew,",2.0
And brought surprising Objects to my View.,1.0
"Methought I walked in a delightful Grove,",3.0
"The soft Retreat of Gods, when Gods make Love.",1.0
And I on each with equal Wonder gazed;,1.0
"Nor knew which most delighted, all was fine,",0.0
The noble Product of some Power Divine.,3.0
"But as I traversed the obliging Shade,",2.0
I saw a person whose Celestial Face,0.0
"At first declared her, Goddess of the Place;",1.0
"But I discovered, when approaching near,",1.0
"An Aspect full of Beauty, but severe:",2.0
"Bold, and Majestic, every awful Look",2.0
Into my Soul a secret Terror struck.,0.0
"Advancing farther on, she made a stand,",1.0
"And beckoned me, I kneeling, kissed her Hand:",1.0
Then thus began ' --  bright Deity! for so,2.0
"I may intrude, but how I was conveyed",3.0
"To this strange place, or by what powerful Aid,",4.0
"I'm wholly ignorant, nor know I more,",1.0
"Or where I am, or whom I do adore,",1.0
"Instruct me then, that I no longer may",3.0
In Darkness serve the Goddess I obey.,1.0
"Youth, she replied, this place belongs to one,",2.0
"These pleasant Walks, and all these shady Bowers",0.0
Are in the Government of dangerous Powers.,3.0
"Love's the capricious Master of this Coast,",3.0
This fatal Labyrinth where Fools are lost.,0.0
"I dwell not here amid these gaudy Things,",0.0
Whose short Enjoyment no true Pleasure brings.,1.0
"But have an Empire of a nobler kind,",2.0
My regal Seat's in the celestial Mind;,1.0
"I Rule, and make those Happy, I Command.",1.0
No Stormy Passion Revels in the Breast:,1.0
"But when my Power is Despicable grown,",3.0
"And Rebel Appetites Usurp my Throne,",1.0
The Soul no longer quiet Thoughts enjoys;,1.0
"But all is Tumult, and Eternal Noise.",1.0
"Yet I'll not see my Charge, for all Mankind",1.0
Are to my Guardianship by Heaven assigned,4.0
"Into the Grasp of any Ruin run,",0.0
"That I can warn them of, and they may shun.",1.0
"Fly Youth these Guilty Shades, retreat in time",1.0
Ever your Mistake's converted to a Crime;,2.0
"For Ignorance no longer can atone,",3.0
"When once the Error, and the Fault is known.",1.0
"You thought perhaps, as Giddy Youth inclines,",0.0
"Imprudently to value all that Shines,",1.0
In these Retirements freely to possess,2.0
"True Joy, and strong substantial Happiness.",2.0
"But here Gay Folly keeps her Court, and here",1.0
"Who blindly Lavish of their Golden Days,",1.0
Consume them all in her Fallacious Ways.,1.0
"Pert Love with her, by joint Commission Rules",2.0
In this Capacious Realm of Idle Fools;,1.0
"Who by false Arts, and Popular Deceits,",4.0
"The Careless, Fond, Unthinking Mortal Cheats.",0.0
"It's easy to descend into the Snare,",1.0
By the pernicious Conduct of the Fair;,2.0
But Safely to return from this Abode,2.0
"Requires the Wit, the Prudence of a God;",1.0
"Though you, who have not tasted that Delight,",0.0
Which only at a Distance charms your Sight;,0.0
"Which lost, is subject to Eternal Smart.",1.0
"Is truly Great, nor would I make it less:",0.0
"That were to wrong Her, where she Merits most,",0.0
"But Dragons guard the Fruit, and Rocks the Coast.",0.0
"Delia has Charms I own, such Charms would move,",2.0
"Old Age, and frozen Impotence to Love;",2.0
"But do not Venture where such Danger lies,",0.0
"Avoid the Sight of those Victorious Eyes,",3.0
Whose poisonous Rays do to the Soul impart,2.0
"Delicious Ruin, and a pleasing Smart.",1.0
"And Love the Danger, which you ought to fear.",0.0
"If the light Pains, you labour under Now",2.0
"Destroy your Ease, and make your Spirits Bow?",0.0
When heavier made by an imperious Scorn.,5.0
"Nor can you hope, she will your Passion hear",2.0
"With softer Notions, or a kinder Ear,",1.0
"She rather widened, than closed up the Wound.",2.0
"But grant she should indulge your Flame, and give",0.0
"The short lived Pleasure would so quickly cloy,",1.0
"Bring such a weak, and such a feeble Joy,",1.0
The Tinsel Rapture worth the Pains it cost.,0.0
"The foolish Fears, vain Hopes, and Jealousies,",2.0
Which still attend upon this fond Disease:,0.0
"How you must cringe and bow, submit and whine,",1.0
"Call every Feature, every Look, Divine;",1.0
"Commend each Sentence with an humble Smile,",1.0
"Though Nonsense, swear it is a heavenly Style.",3.0
"Renounce your very Sense, and silent sit,",0.0
You must be made by due Correction tame,0.0
But if you can endure the nauseous Rule,2.0
"Of Woman, do, love on, and be a Fool.",2.0
"You know the Danger, your own Methods use,",1.0
"The Good, or Evil's in your power to choose;",2.0
On the declining of a Precipice:,3.0
"Where if he slips, not Fate it self can save",0.0
The falling Wretch from an untimely Grave.,1.0
We safely on your Dictates may rely.,3.0
And that which you have now so kindly pressed,0.0
"Is true, and without Contradiction best;",5.0
But with a steady Sentence to control,2.0
"While gay Temptations hover in our Sight,",0.0
"And daily bring new Objects of Delight,",2.0
"Which on us with surprising Beauty smile,",1.0
"Is difficult, but it's a noble Toil.",2.0
"The best may slip, and the most cautious fall,",1.0
"And, though fair Delia has my Soul possessed,",2.0
I'll chase her bright Idea from my Breast.,1.0
"At least I'll make one Essay, if I fail,",2.0
"Love was my Foe, and Love's a Deity.",1.0
"Then she rejoined, may you successful prove,",2.0
"In your Attempt to kerb imperious Love,",3.0
"Then will proud Passion own her rightful Lord,",2.0
"You to your self, I to my Throne restored;",2.0
"But to confirm your Courage, and inspire",2.0
"Your Resolution with a bolder Fire,",1.0
Follow me Youth! I'll show you that shall move,2.0
Your Soul to Curse the Tyranny of Love.,1.0
"Then she conveyed me to a Dismal Shade,",2.0
"Which Melancholy Yew, and Cypress made;",0.0
Where I beheld an Antiquated Pile,1.0
Of rugged Building in a Narrow Isle;,0.0
"The Water round it gave a Nauseous Smell,",0.0
"The Ruined Wall composed of Stinking Mud,",0.0
"Overgrown with Hemlock, on Supporters Stood;",2.0
As did the Roof ungrateful to the View,1.0
"'Twas both an Hospital, and Bedlam too.",6.0
"Some Skeletons entire, some lately Dead,",3.0
A little Rubbish loosely Scattered over,0.0
"No Funeral Rites, to any here, were paid,",3.0
But Dead like Dogs into the Dust conveyed.,0.0
"From Hence, by Reason's Conduct, I was brought",1.0
"But What a few dim Lamps expiring had,",1.0
Which made the Prospect more amazing Sad;,0.0
"Some Wept, Some Raved, Some Musically Mad.",2.0
"Some Swearing Loud, and Others Laughing; Some",0.0
"Were always Talking, Others always Dumb.",0.0
"Here One, a Dagger in his Breast, expires,",0.0
And quenches with his Blood his Amorous Fires;,2.0
"There Hangs a Second, and not far Removed,",1.0
"A Third lies poisoned, who false Celia Loved.",2.0
"All Sorts of Madness, every Kind of Death,",0.0
"By which Unhappy Mortals lose their Breath,",0.0
"Was there exposed before my Wondering Eyes,",3.0
"Others I saw, which were not quite bereft",2.0
"Of Sense, though very Small Remains were left,",0.0
"Cursing the fatal Folly of their Youth,",3.0
These on the Left. Upon the Right a View,1.0
"Of equal Horror, equal Misery too,",2.0
"Amazing, all employed my troubled thought,",0.0
"And with New Wonder, New Aversion brought.",2.0
There I beheld a Wretched numerous Throng,3.0
"Of Pale Lean Mortals, some lay stretched along",2.0
Others extended Naked on the Floor:,3.0
"Exiled from Human Pity, here they lie",1.0
And know no End of Misery till they Die:,2.0
But Death which comes in Gay and Prosperous Days,2.0
Too Soon; in time of Misery Delays.,2.0
"These Dreadful Spectacles had so much Power,",2.0
"I Vowed, and Solemnly, to Love no more:",2.0
"For sure that Flame is Kindled from Below,",1.0
Which breeds such Sad variety of Woe.,1.0
Then we descending by some few Degrees,2.0
From this Stupendous Scene of Miseries;,2.0
Bold Reason brought me to another Cave,2.0
"Those Villains lie, who have their Fathers slain.",0.0
"Stabbed their own Brothers, nay their Friends, to please",0.0
"Who after all their Services, preferred",1.0
"Some rugged Fellow of the brawny Herd,",1.0
In Agonies no Human Tongue can tell.,2.0
"Darkness prevents the too amazing Sight,",2.0
And you may bless the happy Want of Light.,1.0
"But my tormented Ears were filled with Sighs,",2.0
"Expiring Groans, and lamentable Cries,",4.0
"So very sad I could endure no more,",1.0
Methought I felt the Miseries they bore.,3.0
"Then to my Guide said I, for pity now",2.0
"Conduct me back, here I confirm my Vow;",1.0
"Which if I dare infringe, be this my Fate,",1.0
"To die thus wretched, and repent too late.",3.0
The Charms of Beauty I'll no more pursue;,2.0
"Delia farewell, farewell for ever too.",4.0
"Then we returned to the delightful Grove,",2.0
Where Reason still dissuaded me from Love.,1.0
"You see, she cried, what Misery attends",1.0
"On Love, and where too frequently it ends;",2.0
And let not that unwieldy Passion sway,0.0
"Your Soul, which none but whining Fools obey.",0.0
"The Masculine, brave Spirit, scorns to own",2.0
Nor with idolatrous Devotion pays,2.0
"To the false God, or Sacrifice, or Praise.",2.0
But he is ruined if he stops to hear;,2.0
"And if you listen, Love's harmonious Voice,",3.0
"As much delights, as certainly destroys.",1.0
A pleasant Taste but sends you to the Grave;,1.0
For though the Latent Poison may be still,2.0
"A while, it very seldom fails to kill.",0.0
"Within a Day, or live in Misery,",1.0
"Love's Banquets are extravagantly sweet,",4.0
"And either kill, or surfeit all that eat;",0.0
Even loath the Thoughts of what they once admired.,0.0
"Of Delia, though she courts you to her Arms;",2.0
"And sure I may your Resolution trust,",1.0
"Vows of this Nature, Youth, must not be broke,",0.0
"Would Men be Wise, and my Advice pursue;",1.0
"Love's Conquest would be small, his Triumphs few.",1.0
"For Nothing can oppose his Tyranny,",2.0
With such a Prospect of Success as I:,2.0
"Who know his Arts, and Stratagems despise;",1.0
To make himself the Deity of Fools:,1.0
"For those, who under his Wild Conduct go,",3.0
"His Charms deprive, by their strange Influence,",3.0
"The Brave of Courage, and the Wise of Sense;",1.0
In Vain Philosophy would set the Mind,1.0
"At Liberty, if once by him Confined;",2.0
"The Scholar's Learning, and the Poet's Wit",1.0
"A while may Struggle, but at last Submit:",1.0
"Well weighed Results, and Wise Conclusions seem",1.0
"His Opiates seize so strongly on the Brain,",3.0
They make all Prudent Application Vain.,0.0
"If therefore you resolve to Live at Ease,",2.0
To taste the Sweetness of Internal Peace:,1.0
"Would not for Safety to a Battle fly,",1.0
"Or choose a Shipwreck, if afraid to Die,",1.0
"Far from these pleasurable Shades remove,",1.0
And leave the Fond Inglorious Toil of Love,2.0
"This said, She Vanished, and Methought I found",4.0
"My self Transported to a Rising Ground,",1.0
From whence I did a pleasant Vale Survey;,0.0
"Large was the Prospect, Beautiful, and Gay.",1.0
"There I beheld the Apartments of Delight,",4.0
Whose curious Forms obliged the Wondering Sight.,4.0
"Some in full View upon the Champion placed,",3.0
"With lofty Walls, and cooling Streams embraced:",0.0
"Others, in Shady Groves, retired from Noise,",2.0
The Seats of Private and Exalted Joys.,1.0
At a great Distance I perceived there stood,3.0
"A Stately Building in a Spacious Wood,",0.0
"High in the Air to View the Neighbouring Meads,",2.0
Where Vulgar Lovers spent their Happy Days,0.0
In Rustic Dancing and delightful Plays.,1.0
"But while I gazed with Admiration round,",0.0
"I heard from far, Celestial Music sound,",0.0
"So Soft, so Moving; so Harmonious all,",2.0
"The Artful Charming Notes did rise and fall,",0.0
"My Soul, transported with the Grateful Airs,",1.0
"Shook off, the Pressures of its former Fears.",1.0
I felt afresh the little God begin,0.0
"To stir himself, and gently move within:",0.0
Then I repented I had vowed no more,3.0
"Why am I now condemned to Banishment,",1.0
And made an Exile by my Own Consent.,2.0
I sighing cried; why should I live in Pain,0.0
"Those fleeting Hours, which never return again?",2.0
"Inhuman to himself, and false to you.",1.0
But is not Reason partially unkind?,2.0
"Must none, that under her Dominion live,",1.0
"To Love, and Beauty, Veneration give?",0.0
Why then did Nature youthful Delia grace,0.0
"With a majestic Mien, and charming Face?",1.0
"Why did she give her that surprising Air,",0.0
"Make her so gay, so witty, and so fair?",1.0
"Mistress of all, that can Affection move;",2.0
If Reason will not suffer us to Love?,2.0
"But since it must be so, I'll haste away,",0.0
"It's Fatal to return, and Death to stay.",1.0
"From you, blessed Shades, if I may call you so",2.0
"Compelled from hence, I leave my Quiet here",0.0
"I may find Safety, but I buy it dear.",3.0
Such as of old were Messengers of Joy:,2.0
"Who art thou, or from whence? if sent, said I,",3.0
"To me, my Haste requires a quick Reply.",1.0
"I come, he cried, from yonder Celestial Grove,",2.0
Where stands the Temple of the God of Love:,1.0
"With whose important Favour you are graced,",0.0
"And, justly in his high Protection placed.",0.0
"Whose Sceptre never is changed into a Rod,",2.0
"That God to whom the haughty, and the proud,",1.0
"The bold, the bravest, nay the best have bowed:",0.0
"That God, whom all the lesser Gods adore;",0.0
"First in Existence, and the first in Power.",2.0
"From him I come on Embassy divine,",2.0
"To tell thee, Delia, Delia may be thine.",1.0
"To whom all Beauties rightful Tribute pay,",0.0
"Delia the young, the lovely, and the gay.",3.0
"If you dare push your Fortune, if you dare",3.0
"But be resolved, and press the yielding Fair.",0.0
For Fate does rarely on the Valiant frown.,1.0
"He greater Glory, and more Fame obtains,",1.0
"Who looses Delia, than who Phillis gains.",1.0
"But to prevent all Fears that may arise,",2.0
Though Fears never move the Daring and the Wise,3.0
"In the dark Volumes of eternal Doom,",3.0
"Where all things past, and present, and to come",2.0
"Are writ, I saw these Words; ' --  It is Decreed",1.0
"Love, and be happy, they decline too fast:",2.0
The mighty Transports of a generous Love.,3.0
"Before the Bliss, or gives but withered Joys;",0.0
"Youth's the best time for Action Mortals have,",3.0
"That Past, they touch the Confines of the Grave.",2.0
"Quick to the Blissful happy Mansion fly,",0.0
Where all is one continued Ecstasy.,2.0
"Delia Impatiently expects you there,",3.0
And sure you will not disappoint the Fair.,1.0
"None but the Impotent, or Old, would stay,",1.0
"When Love Invites, and Beauty calls away.",0.0
"OH, you convey, said I, dear charming Boy:",5.0
Into my Soul a Strange Disordered Joy.,0.0
"I would, but dare not your Advice pursue;",1.0
"Reason's the Rightful Empress of the Soul,",3.0
Does all Exorbitant Desires control;,1.0
"Cheques every Wild Excursion of the Mind,",2.0
"By her Wise Dictates, Happily confined.",5.0
"And he that will not her Command Obey,",1.0
Leaves a safe Convoy in a Dangerous Sea.,3.0
"True, I Love Delia to a vast Excess,",4.0
But I must try to make my Passion Less:,1.0
"Try, if I can, if Possible, I Will;",2.0
"For I have Vowed, and must that Vow fulfil.",1.0
"OH! had I not, with what a Vigorous Flight",2.0
Could I pursue the Quarries of Delight?,2.0
"How could I press Fair Delia in these Arms,",1.0
"Till I dissolved in Love, and she in Charms.",2.0
"But now no more must I her Beauties View,",2.0
Yet Tremble at the Thoughts to leave her too.,0.0
"What would I give, I might my Flame allow?",0.0
"But it's forbid by Reason, and a Vow;",2.0
Two mighty Obstacles; though Love of Old,2.0
"Has broke through greater, stronger Powers controlled,",2.0
"Should I offend, by high Example taught,",1.0
"The Crimes of Malice have found Grace above,",1.0
"And sure kind Heaven will spare the Crimes of Love,",1.0
"I might be Happy, and not break my Vow,",1.0
Or by some Subtle Art dissolve the Chain;,1.0
"Reason and Love, I know, could never Agree,",4.0
"Both would command, and both Superior be.",2.0
Reason's supported by the Sinewy Force,5.0
"Of Solid Argument, and Wise Discourse;",4.0
But Love pretends to use no other Arms,1.0
"Than Soft Impressions, and Persuasive Charms.",1.0
"One must be Disobeyed, and shall I prove",0.0
A Rebel to my Reason or to Love?,2.0
"But then suppose I should my Flame pursue,",0.0
"Reject my Passion with a Proud Disdain,",1.0
And Scorn the Love of such an Humble Swain,1.0
"Then should I labour under Mighty Grief,",0.0
"Beyond all Hopes, or Prospect of Relief:",1.0
"Right Reason, though she bears a rugged Sway,",2.0
"Than Love's soft Rule, whose Subjects undergo",1.0
"Early or late too sad a share of Woe,",3.0
"Can I so soon forget that wretched Crew,",1.0
Reason just now exposed before my View;,2.0
"If Delia should be cruel, I must be",0.0
I'm almost tempted to pursue my Love:,2.0
"For sure, no treacherous Designs should dwell",2.0
"In one that argues, and persuades so well,",1.0
For what could Love by my Destruction gain?,1.0
"Love's an immortal God, and I a Swain:",3.0
"And sure I may, without Suspicion, trust",1.0
"A God, for Gods can never be unjust.",0.0
"Right you conclude, replied the smiling Boy",2.0
"Love ruins none, it's Men themselves destroy;",1.0
"Transgressed his Rules, as well as Reason's Law.",0.0
"Nor is their Punishment so great, as just.",2.0
"For Love and Lust essentially divide,",1.0
"Like Day and Night, Humility and Pride;",1.0
"One Darkness hides, other does always shine,",5.0
"This of infernal Make, and that divine.",1.0
Reason no generous Passion does oppose;,5.0
"It's Lust, not Love and Reason, that are Foes.",0.0
"She bids you scorn a base inglorious Flame,",2.0
"Black as the gloomy Shade, from whence it came,",0.0
"In this, her Precepts should Obedience find,",3.0
But yours is not of that ignoble kind.,1.0
"You Err, in thinking she would disapprove",1.0
"Invert her Meaning, and mistake her Sense.",1.0
"She could not such insipid Counsel give,",1.0
"As not to love at all, it's not to live,",0.0
"But where bright Virtue, and true Beauty lies,",3.0
"Could you, contented, see the Angelic Maid",5.0
In old Alexis' dull Embraces laid?,0.0
"Consider, Youth, what Transports you forego,",1.0
The most entire Felicity below;,3.0
Which is by Fate alone reserved for you;,0.0
"Monarchs have been denied, for Monarchs sue.",2.0
"But there is one soft Minute, when the Mind",1.0
"Is left unguarded, waiting to be kind,",1.0
"Which the wise Lover understanding right,",2.0
Steals in like Day upon the Wings of Light.,0.0
"You urge your Vow, but can those Vows prevail",1.0
"Whose first Foundation, and whose Reason fail?",1.0
"You vowed to leave fair Delia, but you thought",2.0
"Your Passion was a Crime, your Flame a Fault;",1.0
"But since your Judgement erred, it has no Force",1.0
"To bind at all, but is dissolved of Course.",1.0
"And therefore hesitate no longer here,",2.0
But banish all the dull Remains of Fear.,0.0
"Dare you be happy Youth, but dare, and be;",0.0
I'll be your Convoy to the charming she.,3.0
"View her, and then forsake her if you will.",1.0
"I'll go, said I, once more I'll venture all,",2.0
It's brave to perish by a noble Fall.,1.0
"Laid by his Grandeur, to indulge his Love.",3.0
"Reason, if I do Err, my Crime forgive?",1.0
"Angels alone, without offending live,",2.0
"I go astray, but as the Wise have done,",1.0
"And act a Folly, which they did not shun.",0.0
"Then we, descending to a spacious Plain,",2.0
Were soon saluted by a numerous Train,3.0
"Of happy Lovers, who consumed their Hours,",0.0
There I beheld the blessed Variety,2.0
Each followed his own Fancy to Delight;,2.0
"Though all went different Ways, yet all went right,",2.0
"None erred, or missed the Happiness he sought",2.0
Love to one Centre every Twining brought.,0.0
"We past through numerous pleasant Fields, and Glades,",2.0
"By murmuring Fountains, and by peaceful Shades,",3.0
"Till we approached the Confines of the Wood,",3.0
"Where mighty Love's immortal Temple stood,",0.0
"Round the Celestial Fane in goodly Rows,",1.0
"Beneath whose Shade, expecting Lovers wait",0.0
For the kind Minute of indulgent Fate:,2.0
"Each had his Guardian Cupid, whose chief Care,",3.0
"By secret Motions was to warm the Fair,",1.0
"To kindle eager Longings for the Joy,",1.0
"To move the Slow, and to incline the Coy.",1.0
"The glorious Fabric charmed my wondering Sight,",4.0
"Of vast Extent, and of prodigious Height;",1.0
"The Case was Marble, but the polished Stone",1.0
"With such an admirable Lustre shone,",2.0
As if some Architect Divine had strove,1.0
With Diamonds of a mighty Size inlaid.,2.0
"Here stood the winged Guards in order placed,",3.0
"As we approached, they clapped their joyful Wings;",1.0
"And cried aloud, tune, tune the warbling Strings;",1.0
The grateful Youth is come to sacrifice,0.0
"With Harmony Divine his Soul inspire,",1.0
That he may boldly touch the sacred Fire.,0.0
Celestial Incense and Perfumes prepare;,2.0
"While our great God her panting Bosom warms,",3.0
Refines her Beauties and improves her Charms.,1.0
A wondrous Scene of Glory did surprise.,0.0
"The Riches, Symmetry, and Brightness, all",1.0
Did equally for Admiration call:,1.0
But the Description is a Labour fit,2.0
For none beneath a Laureate Angel's Wit.,2.0
Amid the Temple was an Altar made,1.0
"Here I performed the usual Rites with Fear,",3.0
Not daring boldly to approach too near;,2.0
Till from the God a smiling Cupid came,1.0
And bid me touch the consecrated Flame;,0.0
"Which done, my Guide my eager Steps conveyed",0.0
"Before the Entrance was her Altar raised,",1.0
On Pedestals of polished Marble placed.,1.0
"By it, her Guardian Cupid always stands,",3.0
Who Troops of missionary Loves commands.,0.0
To him with soft Addresses all repair;,1.0
Each for his Captive humbly begs the Fair;,0.0
"Would give Encouragement to none, but me.",1.0
"There stands the Youth, he cried, must taste the Bliss,",0.0
"The lovely Delia can be none, but his,",1.0
"Fate has selected him, and mighty Love",2.0
"Confirms below, what that decrees above.",0.0
"Kneel Youth, and with a grateful Mind renew",2.0
"But if you dare be false, dare perjured prove,",2.0
"Hear me, you Gods, said I, now hear me swear",3.0
"If I prove false to Delia, let me fall",2.0
"The common Obloquy, condemned by all.",1.0
"Let me the utmost of your Vengeance try,",2.0
"Then he exposed the lovely, sleeping Maid",1.0
"The blushing Colour in her Cheeks expressed,",0.0
What tender Thoughts inspired her heaving Breast.,2.0
"Sometime a Sigh half smothered stole away,",2.0
"Sometime she smiling cried, you love, it's true;",1.0
"But will you always, and be faithful too?",2.0
"Ten Thousand Graces played about her Face,",1.0
Ten Thousand Charms attended every Grace,1.0
Each admirable Feature did impart,1.0
A secret Rapture to my throbbing Heart.,1.0
"Less beautiful appeared, and yet her Eyes",2.0
Brought down that God from the neglected Skies.,1.0
"So moving, so transporting was the Sight,",2.0
"So much a Goddess Delia seemed, so bright,",0.0
Lay all dissolved in Ecstasy of Thought.,2.0
"Long time I gazed, but as I trembling drew",2.0
"Nearer, to take a more obliging View:",2.0
"It thundered loud, and the ungrateful Noise",1.0
Wear faintly morning purple on their skirts.,2.0
"The stars that full and bright shone in the west,",1.0
"But dimly twinkle to the steadfast eye,",2.0
"And seen and vanishing and seen again,",1.0
"Like dying tapers winking in the socket,",0.0
Are by degrees shut from the face of heaven;,3.0
"The fitful lightning of the summer cloud,",1.0
And every lesser flame that shone by night;,0.0
"The wandering fire that seems, across the marsh,",2.0
"A beaming candle in a lonely cot,",0.0
"Cheering the hopes of the benighted hind,",3.0
"Till, swifter than the very change of thought,",1.0
"It shifts from place to place, eludes his sight,",0.0
"That cast a doubtful glimmering over the green, ' --",4.0
"For now the sun, slow moving in his glory,",1.0
Above the eastern mountains lifts his head;,0.0
"The webs of dew spread over the hoary lawn,",3.0
"The smooth, clear bosom of the settled pool,",2.0
"The polished ploughshare on the distant field,",1.0
Catch fire from him and dart their new got beams,3.0
"Peck their soft down, and bristle out their feathers,",1.0
"Then stretch their throats and trill their morning song,",0.0
"Till in a gathered band of close array,",0.0
They take their flight to seek their daily food.,0.0
"The villager wakes with the early light,",2.0
"That through the window of his cot appears,",1.0
And quits his easy bed; then over the fields,2.0
"Bearing his spade or hoe across his shoulder,",2.0
"Seen glancing as he moves, and with good will",2.0
"With stern authority, who fain would stop",1.0
To crop the tempting bushes as they pass.,1.0
"At every open door, in lawn or lane,",0.0
"Half naked children, half awake are seen",1.0
"Scratching their heads and blinking to the light,",3.0
"Till, rousing by degrees, they run about,",1.0
Roll on the sward and in some sandy nook,0.0
"Dig caves, and houses build, full oft defaced",2.0
"And oft begun again, a daily pastime.",1.0
"The housewife, up by times, her morning cares",2.0
"From the pressed bosom of the snowy curd,",3.0
"And swelling arm, assists her. Work proceeds,",0.0
"Pots smoke, pails rattle, and the warm confusion",3.0
"Still more confused becomes, till in the mould",1.0
"So goes the morning till the powerful sun,",3.0
"High in the heavens, sends down his strengthened beams,",0.0
And all the freshness of the morn is fled.,1.0
The idle horse upon the grassy field,0.0
"Rolls on his back; the swain leaves off his toil,",2.0
"And to his house with heavy steps returns,",1.0
Where on the board his ready breakfast placed,0.0
Upon the grass no longer hangs the dew;,1.0
The rousing voice of industry is heard;,1.0
The haycock rises and the frequent rake,2.0
Sweeps on the fragrant hay in heavy wreaths.,0.0
"The old and young, the weak and strong are there,",0.0
"And, as they can, help on the cheerful work.",1.0
Nor does he fear the jeering to repay.,1.0
The village oracle and simple maid,1.0
Jest in their turns and raise the ready laugh;,0.0
All are companions in the general glee;,1.0
"Some, more advanced, raise up the lofty rick,",2.0
While on its top does stand the parish toast,0.0
In loose attire and swelling ruddy cheek.,2.0
With taunts and harmless mockery she receives,3.0
"Who, staring on her, takes his aim awry,",1.0
While half the load falls back upon himself.,1.0
"Loud is her laugh, her voice is heard afar;",0.0
"The mower busied on the distant lawn,",1.0
"The carter trudging on his dusty way,",1.0
And roar across the field to catch her notice:,0.0
"She waves her arm to them, and shakes her head,",1.0
And then renews her work with double spirit.,0.0
Thus do they jest and laugh away their toil,0.0
"Till the bright sun, now past his middle course,",4.0
Shoots down his fiercest beams which none may brave.,0.0
"But to the weary, lo ' --  there comes relief!",1.0
A troop of welcome children over the lawn,2.0
"With slow and wary steps approach, some bear",0.0
"Beneath the branches of a spreading tree,",1.0
"Or by the shady side of the tall rick,",2.0
"They spread their homely fare, and seated round,",0.0
Taste every pleasure that a feast can give.,1.0
"Each creature seeks some place of rest, some shelter",0.0
From the oppressive heat; silence prevails;,6.0
Nor low nor bark nor chirping bird are heard.,0.0
Within the narrow shadow of the cot,1.0
"The sleepy dog lies stretched upon his side,",1.0
"Nor heeds the footsteps of the passer by,",3.0
"Or at the sound but raises half an eyelid,",1.0
Then gives a feeble growl and sleeps again;,0.0
While puss composed and grave on threshold stone,1.0
"No sound is heard but humming of the bee,",2.0
"For she alone retires not from her labour,",1.0
"Heavy and slow, so pass the sultry hours,",2.0
Till gently bending on the ridge's top,1.0
"The drooping seedy grass begins to wave,",0.0
And the high branches of the aspen tree,3.0
Shiver the leaves and gentle rustling make.,2.0
"Cool breathes the rising breeze, and with it wakes",2.0
The languid spirit from its state of stupor.,1.0
The lazy boy springs from his mossy lair,0.0
"To chase the gaudy butterfly, who oft",0.0
"Lights at his feet as if within his reach,",1.0
"Spreading upon the ground its mealy wings,",2.0
"Yet still eludes his grasp, and high in air",0.0
"Takes many a circling flight, tempting his eye",8.0
"The drowsy dog, who feels the kindly air",0.0
"That passing over him lifts his shaggy ear,",2.0
He makes the village echo to his bark.,1.0
"But let us not forget the busy maid,",0.0
"Spreads out her snowy linens to the sun,",1.0
And sheds with liberal hand the crystal shower,0.0
"Over many a favourite piece of fair attire,",2.0
"Revolving in her mind her gay appearance,",0.0
"So nicely tricked, at some approaching fair.",0.0
"Her secret thoughts betray. With shiny feet,",0.0
"There, little active bands of truant boys",0.0
"Sport in the stream and dash the water round,",0.0
"Or try with wily art to catch the trout,",0.0
Or with their fingers grasp the slippery eel.,1.0
"To while away the weary lonely hours,",0.0
"Weaving with art his pointed crown of rushes,",1.0
"A guiltless easy crown, which, having made,",0.0
"He places on his head, and skips about,",1.0
"A chanted rhyme repeats, or calls full loud",1.0
"To some companion lonely as himself,",1.0
Far on the distant bank; or else delighted,0.0
"To hear the echoed sound of his own voice,",1.0
"Returning answer from some neighbouring rock,",3.0
"The shadows lengthen, and the oppressive day",4.0
With all its toil fast wearing to an end.,2.0
"The sun, far in the west, with level beam",1.0
"Gleams on the cocks of hay, on bush or ridge,",0.0
"Or tree or shrub or gate or human form,",0.0
"Upon the darkened ground. Their task is finished,",0.0
"Their rakes and scattered garments gathered up,",1.0
And all right gladly to their homes return.,2.0
"The village, lone and silent through the day,",1.0
"Receiving from the fields its merry bands,",1.0
"Sends forth its evening sound, confused but cheerful;",1.0
"And truelove ballads in no plaintive strain,",2.0
By household maid at open window sung;,1.0
"And herd's dull droning trump and tinkling bell,",1.0
Make no contemptible variety,3.0
"Upon his sweetheart's open window leans,",0.0
Diverting her with joke and harmless taunt.,1.0
"Close by the cottage door with placid mien,",0.0
The old man sits upon his seat of turf.,1.0
"His staff with crooked head laid by his side,",2.0
"And straddling over it, shows his horsemanship",3.0
"His silver locks upon his shoulders fall,",0.0
"No stranger passes him without regard,",2.0
"And neighbours stop to wish him a good even,",3.0
And ask him his opinion of the weather.,2.0
They fret not at the length of his remarks,1.0
Upon the various seasons he remembers;,3.0
For well he knows the many diverse signs,3.0
"That do foretell high winds, or rain, or drought,",1.0
Or aught that may affect the rising crops.,1.0
"Their own discourse still sweetest to their ear,",4.0
"May at the old man's lengthened storey fret,",1.0
"Impatiently, but here it is not so.",1.0
"From every chimney mounts the curling smoke,",0.0
"Muddy and grey, of the new evening fire;",4.0
"On every window smokes the family supper,",0.0
"Set out to cool by the attentive housewife,",2.0
"While cheerful groups, at every door convened,",0.0
"Bawl across the narrow lane the parish news,",0.0
And oft the bursting laugh disturbs the air.,0.0
But see who comes to set them all agape;,0.0
"Stiffly he bends beneath his bulky load,",2.0
"Covered with dust, slipshod and out at elbows;",4.0
His greasy hat set backwards on his head;,2.0
"His thin straight hair, divided on his brow,",2.0
"Hangs lank on either side his glistening cheeks,",1.0
And woe-begone yet vacant is his face.,1.0
His box he opens and displays his ware.,1.0
Full many a varied row of precious stones,3.0
"Cast forth their dazzling lustre to the light,",2.0
"And ruby rings and china buttons, stamped",0.0
"With love devices, the desiring maid",3.0
"And simple youth attract; while streaming garters,",0.0
"Aloft in air their gaudy stripes display,",0.0
And from afar the distant stragglers lure.,1.0
The children leave their play and round him flock;,0.0
Then joins with step sedate the curious throng.,2.0
"She praises much the fashions of her youth,",1.0
And scorns each useless nonsense of the day;,1.0
"Unrolled and changing hues with every fold,",0.0
Now red but languid the last beams appear,3.0
"Of the departed sun, across the lawn,",1.0
And from the openings of the distant hills,2.0
"A level brightness pouring, sad though bright;",0.0
"Like farewell smiles from some dear friend they seem,",2.0
"And only serve to deepen the low vale,",2.0
And make the shadows of the night more gloomy.,2.0
The varied noises of the cheerful village,1.0
"By slow degrees now faintly die away,",1.0
And more distinctly distant sounds are heard,0.0
"That gently steal down the river's bed,",0.0
Or through the wood come on the ruffling breeze.,3.0
"The white missed rises from the meads, and from",2.0
Looks out with steady gleam the evening star.,0.0
"Large and majestic, makes the traveller start,",4.0
"And spreads the storey of a haunted grove,",1.0
With ceaseless spite takes from his listening ear,2.0
"That, buzzing round his head, does often skim",0.0
With fluttering wings across his glowing cheek;,2.0
For all but him in quiet balmy sleep,1.0
Forget the toils of the oppressive day;,1.0
"Shut is the door of every scattered cot,",0.0
"YES, DELIA loves! My fondest vows are blessed;",1.0
Farewell the memory of her past disdain;,2.0
"One kind relenting glance has healed my breast,",0.0
And balanced in a moment years of pain.,0.0
"Over her soft cheek consenting blushes move,",2.0
And with kind stealth her secret soul betray;,2.0
"Blushes, which usher in the morn of love,",2.0
Her tender smiles shall pay me with delight,1.0
For many a bitter pang of jealous fear;,2.0
"For many an anxious day, and sleepless night,",2.0
"For many a stifled sigh, and silent tear.",2.0
"DELIA shall come, and bless my lone retreat;",2.0
She does not scorn the shepherd's lowly life;,0.0
"She will not blush to leave the splendid seat,",1.0
And own the title of a poor man's wife.,2.0
"The simple knot shall bind her gathered hair,",0.0
The russet garment clasp her lovely breast:,0.0
"DELIA shall mix amongst the rural fair,",2.0
By charms alone distinguished from the rest.,1.0
"And meek Simplicity, neglected maid,",1.0
Shall bid my fair in native graces shine:,0.0
"She, only she, shall lend her modest aid,",1.0
How sweet to muse by murmuring springs reclined;,1.0
"Or loitering careless in the shady grove,",2.0
"Indulge the gentlest feelings of the mind,",3.0
And pity those who live to aught but love!,1.0
"And over her shoulder spreads the flowing gold,",2.0
Base were the man who one bright tress would spare,2.0
"By her dear side with what content I'd toil,",2.0
Patient of any labour in her sight;,2.0
"Guide the slow plough, or turn the stubborn soil,",3.0
"Till the last, lingering beam of doubtful light.",2.0
"With welcome shade to screen the languid flowers,",0.0
"Oft will she stoop amid her evening walk,",0.0
With tender hand each bruised plant to rear;,3.0
And nurse the blossoms of the infant year.,1.0
"When beating rains forbid our feet to roam,",0.0
"We'll sheltered sit, and turn the storied page;",0.0
There see what passions shake the lofty dome,0.0
What headlong ruin oft involves the great;,1.0
What strange and sudden turns of adverse fate,1.0
"DELIA shall read, and drop a gentle tear;",2.0
"And own the fates have dealt more kindly here,",0.0
That blessed with only love our little lot.,0.0
For love has sworn I heard the awful vow,0.0
"The wavering heart shall never be his care,",2.0
That stoops at any baser shrine to bow:,3.0
"And what he cannot rule, he scorns to share.",0.0
"My heart in DELIA is so fully blessed,",1.0
It has not room to lodge another joy;,0.0
"My peace all leans upon that gentle breast,",0.0
And only there misfortune can annoy.,2.0
Our silent hours shall steal unmarked away,0.0
In one long tender calm of rural peace;,2.0
And measure many a fair unblemished day,2.0
Of cheerful leisure and poetic ease.,1.0
The proud unfeeling world their lot shall scorn,0.0
Who mid inglorious shades can poorly dwell:,2.0
"Yet if some youth, for gentler passions born,",0.0
"Shall chance to wander near our lowly cell,",0.0
His feeling breast with purer flames shall glow;,0.0
"And leaving pomp, and state, and cares behind,",0.0
Shall own the world has little to bestow,1.0
Where two fond hearts in equal love are joined.,1.0
DUll Mortals with the same preposterous breath,2.0
"We bless Love's Darts, and Curse the shafts of Death.",1.0
"The Author of our Ills, a God we style;",1.0
Yet gentle Death though rudely treated still,0.0
Persists in generous Charity to Kill,3.0
Ah should he once in just Resentment give,0.0
"Our Wishes, and permit us ever Live,",1.0
What should we do when Soul and Body jar,0.0
Can envious Fiends a Penalty invent,3.0
That shall than Loathed Embraces more Torment?,0.0
"But friendly Death absolves us from this Curse,",1.0
"And when the Parties clash, makes a Divorce.",2.0
"NO single rule's more frequently enjoined,",2.0
Than this; Observe the bias of your mind.,2.0
"However just by every one confessed,",2.0
"For mortals, to their interest blind, pursue",1.0
"'Twas long unknown, and might have been so yet:",1.0
That only thing heaven meant he never should;,1.0
"And thus his proper road to fame neglected,",0.0
"Would men but act from nature's secret call,",0.0
"Or only, where that fails, not act at all:",0.0
"Not that where some one merit is denied,",1.0
Men must be every way unqualified;,0.0
A man can't fish ' --  because he could not write.,1.0
View all the world around: each man designed,0.0
And furnished for some favourite part you find.,1.0
"That, sometime low: yet this, so small a gift,",2.0
Proves nature did not turn him quite adrift.,1.0
"'Twas never known, in men a perfect void,",2.0
Even I and Led might be well employed;,1.0
"Would we our poverty of parts survey,",1.0
And follow as our genius led the way.,1.0
What then? obedient to that turn of mind,1.0
Should men jog on to one dull path confined;,3.0
"From that small circle never dare depart,",1.0
"To strike at large, and snatch a grace from art?",0.0
At least with care forbidden paths pursue?,0.0
"Who quits the road, should keep it still in view:",0.0
From genius some few escape may be allowed;,2.0
"Still fond where he should not, he blunders on",2.0
With all that haste fools make to be undone:,1.0
"Amongst all the instances of genius crossed,",1.0
The rhyming tribe are those who err the most.,1.0
"Each piddling wretch who hath but common sense,",0.0
Thus wealth with them gives every thing beside;,6.0
As people worth so much are qualified:,0.0
All but that one ' --  some little share of wit.,0.0
"Give way, you friends, nor with fond prayers proceed",3.0
To stop the progress of a pen full speed.,3.0
"Tis heaven, incensed by some prodigious crime,",4.0
Thus for men's sins determines them to rhyme.,4.0
"Bad men, no doubt; perhaps it's vengeance due",2.0
And grievous is heaven knows! its recompense.,2.0
"At once in want of rhyme, and want of rest;",0.0
"Plagues to themselves, and to mankind a jest:",4.0
Seduced by empty forms of false delight ' --,0.0
"Such, in some men, their deadly lust to write!",0.0
"Even I, whose genius seems as much forgot,",1.0
"Mine when I write, as your's when you do not;",0.0
"Who gravely thus can others' faults condemn,",0.0
"My self allowing, what I blame in them;",0.0
"Nor the least interest in the tuneful Nine,",2.0
"With all the guilt of impotence in view,",1.0
"Grieved for past sins, but yet committing new;",3.0
"Whatever the wits may say, or wise may think,",3.0
Am fooling every way with pen and ink.,0.0
"When all who wish me best, begin to advise,",2.0
"' That being witty, is not being wise;",1.0
"' That if the voice of interest might be heard,",0.0
"' For one who wears a gown, ' --  would be preferred ' --",1.0
"If to my practise, they opposed my theme;",2.0
"And pointed, how I swam against the stream:",1.0
I'd quote them half the writers of the age;,1.0
"Who in a wrath of verse, with all their might",0.0
"Write on, however unqualified to write,",5.0
"With fairy footsteps print your grassy rings,",1.0
"Gay hopes, and amorous sorrows of the mead. ' --",4.0
"From giant Oaks, that wave their branches dark,",0.0
"To the dwarf Moss, that clings upon their bark,",2.0
"What Beaux and Beauties crowd the gaudy groves,",0.0
"Their tender tears, as over the stream they bend;",2.0
"Bow their sweet heads, and whisper to the gale;",4.0
Drinks the warm blushes of his bashful bride;,4.0
"Clasp with fond arms, and mix their kisses sweet. ' --",3.0
"Hush, whispering Winds, you rustling Leaves, be still;",3.0
"Rest, silver Butterflies, your quivering wings;",3.0
"Alight, you Beetles, from your airy rings;",1.0
"Descend, you Spiders, on your lengthened threads;",1.0
"Slide here, you horned Snails, with varnished shells;",3.0
BOTANIC MUSE! who in this latter age,0.0
"Led by your airy hand the Swedish sage,",0.0
Bad his keen eye your secret haunts explore,3.0
"On dewy dell, high wood, and winding shore;",1.0
Say on each leaf how tiny Graces dwell;,0.0
How laugh the Pleasures in a blossom's bell;,0.0
"How insect Loves arise on cobweb wings,",2.0
"Aim their light shafts, and point their little stings.",3.0
"The virtuous pair, in milder regions born,",2.0
"Round the chill fair he folds his crimson vest,",3.0
Smit with thy starry eye and radiant hair; ' --,0.0
His floating train of tresses in the waves;,0.0
"Sees his fair features paint the streams that pass,",3.0
And bends for ever over the watery glass.,4.0
"The same their features, and their forms the same,",1.0
"Knit the dark brow, and roll the unsteady eye.",4.0
"With sweet concern the pitying beauty mourns,",2.0
And ten fond brothers woo the haughty maid.,1.0
"Two knights before thy fragrant altar bend,",1.0
And hand in hand the laughing belle address;,0.0
"Alike to all, she bows with wanton air,",0.0
"Rolls her dark eye, and waves her golden hair.",3.0
Meets her fond husband with averted eye:,4.0
With soft attentions of Platonic love.,1.0
"And, like sad ELOISA, loves and mourns.",0.0
"One dome contains them, but two beds divide.",2.0
Two houses hold the fashionable pair.,2.0
"Yet with soft love a gentle belle he charms,",3.0
"Where the wide heath in purple pride extends,",3.0
"Eye the warm sun, or drink the silver rain.",3.0
"The ivy canopy, and dripping cell;",1.0
"There hid in shades clandestine rites approves,",0.0
Till the green progeny betrays her loves.,3.0
Sounds in sweet symphony thy kindred wire;,3.0
"Now, gently swept by Zephyr's vernal wings,",1.0
"And now with mingling chords, and voices higher,",0.0
Peal the full anthems of the aerial choir.,6.0
"Beneath one roof resides the virgin band,",0.0
"Flies the fond swain, and scorns his offered hand;",3.0
"Each wanton beauty, tricked in all her grace,",0.0
"In gay undress displays her rival charms,",0.0
And calls her wondering lovers to her arms.,3.0
When the young Hours amid her tangled hair,3.0
"Wove the fresh rose-bud, and the lily fair,",1.0
The blushing captives of her virgin chains. ' --,1.0
' --  When Time's rude hand a bark of wrinkles spread,1.0
The flattered victims of her wily age.,1.0
"So, in her wane of beauty, NINON WON",0.0
With fatal smiles her gay unconscious son. ' --,1.0
"Clasped in his arms she owned a mother's name, ' --",0.0
"Desist, rash youth! restrain your impious flame,",4.0
"Born by my throes, and nurtured at my breast. ' --",0.0
"Back as from death he sprung, with wild amaze",0.0
Fierce on the fair he fixed his ardent gaze;,0.0
And stole a guilty glance towards the bed;,0.0
"Then breathed from quivering lips a whispered vow,",2.0
And bent on heaven his pale repentant brow;,0.0
"Thus, thus! he cried, and plunged the furious dart,",3.0
And life and love gushed mingled from his heart.,2.0
"Skilled in destruction, spread the viscous snare.",1.0
And frowning guard the magic nets unseen. ' --,0.0
"Haste, glittering nations, tenants of the air,",4.0
"If with soft words, sweet blushes, nods, and smiles,",4.0
"The three dread Sirens lure you to their toils,",2.0
In vain the efforts of your whirring wings! ' --,1.0
"Go, seek your gilded mates and infant hives,",1.0
Nor taste the honey purchased with your lives!,1.0
"When heaven's high vault condensing clouds deform,",4.0
"Seeks with unsteady step the sheltered vale,",2.0
And turns her blushing beauties from the gale. ' --,1.0
"Six rival youths, with soft concern impressed,",1.0
"Calm all her fears, and charm her cares to rest. ' --",0.0
"Lifts its bright cross, and waves its golden vane;",3.0
"From every breeze the polished axle turns,",0.0
And high in air the dancing meteor burns.,2.0
Each grasps a thousand arrows in his hand;,0.0
A thousand steely points on every scale,0.0
And slew the wily dragon of the well. ' --,1.0
"Retort the insult, or the wound return;",3.0
Or guide in leafy wilds the wandering maid.,2.0
"Skies burst in flames, and blazing oceans dash; ' --",1.0
"Or bids in sweet repose his shades recede,",0.0
"Winds the still vale, and slopes the velvet mead;",3.0
"On the pale stream expiring Zephyrs sink,",2.0
And Moonlight sleeps upon its hoary brink.,1.0
"Over her warm cheek the blush of beauty swims,",2.0
And nerves Herculean bend her sinewy limbs;,4.0
"And shakes the meadows, as she towers along,",4.0
"With playful violence displays her charms,",1.0
And bears her trembling lovers in her arms.,0.0
And bound in rigid mail her jutting breast;,0.0
"Poised her long lance amid the walks of war,",3.0
"Greece armed in vain, her captive heroes wove",1.0
The chains of conquest with the wreaths of love.,1.0
When over the cultured lawns and dreary wastes,2.0
"Retiring Autumn flings her howling blasts,",0.0
"Bends in tumultuous waves the struggling woods,",4.0
"In withering heaps collects the flowery spoil,",4.0
And each chill insect sinks beneath the soil;,2.0
And folds her infant closer in her arms;,0.0
"In some lone cave, secure pavilion, lies,",1.0
"So, six cold moons, the Dormouse charmed to rest,",2.0
"In fields of Fancy climbs the kernel groves,",0.0
Or shares the golden harvest with his loves. ' --,1.0
But bright from earth amid the troubled air,0.0
"Warms the cold bosom of the hoary year,",4.0
"Three blushing Maids the intrepid Nymph attend,",3.0
"So shines with silver guards the Georgian star,",0.0
And drives on Night's blue arch his glittering car;,3.0
"Wades through the missed, and dances in the storm.",0.0
"Marshaled in fives each gaudy band proceeds,",2.0
"With zealous step he climbs the upland lawn,",0.0
And bows in homage to the rising dawn;,1.0
"And watches, as it moves, the orb of day.",1.0
Redundant folds of glossy silk surround,0.0
"Her slender waist, and trail upon the ground;",0.0
Or spread the floating purple to the breeze;,1.0
With each soft mandate of her moving eye.,1.0
"As with sweet grace her snowy neck she bows,",2.0
"Bright shines the silver halo, as she turns;",2.0
"And, as she steps, the living lustre burns.",1.0
And bears the Horn of Plenty in her arms.,0.0
And watch with eye askance the treasured gold.,0.0
Pleased round the Fair four rival Lords ascend,1.0
"High in the setting ray the beauty stands,",0.0
And her tall shadow waves on distant lands.,2.0
"Stay, bright inhabitant of air, alight,",2.0
"Shakes her white plume, and claps her golden wings;",3.0
And seeks amid the clouds her soaring loves!,0.0
And distant surges murmuring over her head. ' --,4.0
"High in the flood her azure dome ascends,",0.0
The crystal arch on crystal columns bends;,0.0
"Roofed with translucent shell the turrets blaze,",2.0
And far in ocean dart their coloured rays;,0.0
"Over the white floor successive shadows move,",3.0
As rise and break the ruffled waves above. ' --,0.0
And weave with orient pearl her radiant hair;,3.0
"With rapid fins she cleaves the watery way,",2.0
Shoots like a silver meteor up to day;,1.0
"Her sea-born lovers, and ascends the strand.",2.0
"Even round the pole the flames of Love aspire,",0.0
"Crops the grey coral moss, and hoary thyme,",3.0
Or laps with rosy tongue the melting rhyme;,0.0
"Eyes with mute tenderness her distant dam,",4.0
"' --  So, warm and buoyant in his oily mail,",0.0
His bulk gigantic through the troubled surge;,1.0
"With hideous yawn the flying shoals He seeks,",2.0
"Lifts over the tossing wave his nostrils bare,",3.0
"The silvery arches catch the setting beams,",2.0
And transient rainbows tremble over the streams.,3.0
From each rude touch withdraws her timid hands;,1.0
"And feels, alive through all her tender form,",0.0
The whispered murmurs of the gathering storm;,3.0
Shuts her sweet eyelids to approaching night;,3.0
And hails with freshened charms the rising light.,0.0
"Veiled, with gay decency and modest pride,",4.0
"Slow to the mosque she moves, an eastern bride;",0.0
"There her soft vows unceasing love record,",2.0
The liquid silver in its glassy tower.,0.0
"So turns the needle to the pole it loves,",1.0
All won and shivering in the leafless glade,1.0
"Grief on her cheeks had paled the roseate hue,",0.0
And her sweet eyelids dropped with pearly dew.,4.0
"' --  See, from bright regions, born on odorous gales",5.0
Thy balmy influence to my anguished heart;,1.0
"Thou, whose soft voice calls forth the tender blooms,",2.0
"Whose pencil paints them, and whose breath perfumes;",1.0
"OH chase the Fiend of Frost, with leaden mace",1.0
"Melt his hard heart, release his iron hand,",3.0
And give my ivory petals to expand.,1.0
"So may each bud, that decks the brow of spring,",1.0
Shed all its incense on thy wafting wing! ' --,1.0
"To her fond prayer propitious Zephyr yields,",2.0
"Sweeps on his sliding shell through azure fields,",0.0
"Over her fair mansion waves his whispering wand,",4.0
And gives her ivory petals to expand;,1.0
"Gives with new life her filial train to rise,",5.0
And hail with kindling smiles the genial skies.,0.0
And flings the fluttering kerchief to the gale.,3.0
"Glides the gilded Landau over the velvet lawn,",3.0
Of beaux and belles displays the glittering throng;,2.0
"And soft airs fan them, as they roll along.",2.0
Where frowning Snowden bends his dizzy brow,0.0
"Over Conway, listening to the surge below;",2.0
And' mid the airy ocean dwells alone. ' --,0.0
And dark with thunder sail the clouds beneath. ' --,0.0
"And tracks her light step over the imprinted dews,",2.0
"Delighted Hymen gives his torch to blaze,",0.0
"Sheds over their secret vows his influence chaste,",5.0
And decks with roses the admiring waste.,1.0
"High in the front of heaven when Sirius glares,",2.0
And over Britannia shakes his fiery hairs;,6.0
Fall gentle dews! the fainting nymph repeats;,1.0
"Seeks the low dell, and in the sultry shade",2.0
"Pleased from their hands with modest grace she sips,",0.0
And the cool wave reflects her coral lips.,2.0
"Warm' mid the rising steam the Beauty glows,",1.0
As blushes in a missed the dewy rose.,0.0
"Stain the white fleece, or stretch the tinted woof;",3.0
"Over Age's cheek the warmth of youth diffuse,",0.0
So when MEDEA to exulting Greece,1.0
"On the loud shore a magic pile she raised,",2.0
And warmer eddies circle round his heart;,0.0
"With softer fires his kindling eyeballs glow,",1.0
And darker tresses wanton round his brow.,0.0
"Her flushed cheek pressed upon her lily hand,",1.0
"For him she breathes the silent sight, forlorn,",1.0
Or bathe your radiant tresses in the main;,0.0
For you were witness to his parting vow! ' --,2.0
"You shelving rocks, dark waves, and sounding shore, ' --",1.0
You echoed sweet the tender words he swore! ' --,0.0
Can stars or seas the sails of love retain?,0.0
OH guide my wanderer to my arms again! ' --,2.0
"Her secret vows the Cyprian Queen approves,",2.0
"Each in his floating cradle round they throng,",0.0
"Thus over the waves, which gently bend and swell,",3.0
Fair GALATEA steers her silver shell;,1.0
"Her playful Dolphins stretch the silken rein,",0.0
"Hear her sweet voice, and glide along the main.",3.0
As round the wild meandering coast she moves,2.0
"Pleased trains of Mermaids rise from coral cells,",2.0
"Charmed over the car pursuing Cupids sweep,",3.0
"And, as the lustre of her eye she turns,",2.0
"Soft sighs the Gale, and amorous Ocean burns.",3.0
And viewed her playful image in the flood;,0.0
"To each rude rock, lone dell, and echoing grove",4.0
Sung the sweet sorrows of her secret love.,4.0
"O, stay! ' --  return! ' --  along the sounding shore",0.0
And sunk with Hesper in the skirt of night;,0.0
"No dim electric streams, the northern dawn,",1.0
To guide or light the wanderer on her way.,1.0
"Woods groan above, and waters roar below;",1.0
"She flies, ' --  she stops, ' --  she pants ' --  she looks behind,",0.0
And hears a demon howl in every wind.,0.0
Cold beats the snow upon her shuddering breast;,3.0
"Through her numbed limbs the chill sensations dart,",2.0
"I sink, I fall! o, help me, help! she cries,",0.0
Her stiffening tongue the unfinished sound denies;,2.0
"Arrest her flight, and root her to the ground;",1.0
"Seal her mute lips, and silver over her head,",5.0
"Veil her pale bosom, glaze her lifted hands,",3.0
' --  DOVE'S azure nymphs on each revolving year,1.0
"Here paused the MUSE, ' --  across the darkened pole",0.0
"Sail the dim clouds, the echoing thunders roll;",5.0
"Hang the mute lyre the laurel shade beneath,",3.0
' --  Now the light swallow with her airy brood,4.0
"Loud shrieks the lone thrush from his leafless thorn,",3.0
The alarmed beetle sounds his bugle horn;,5.0
Each pendant spider winds with singers sine,0.0
Gay Gnomes in glittering circles stand aloof,3.0
Beneath a spreading mushroom's fretted roof;,0.0
And pearly rain-drops deck the laughing flowers.,1.0
"But let Concealment, like a worm in the bud,",0.0
"Who paused on my case, and each circumstance weighed;",1.0
"Then gravely replied in return to my prayer,",4.0
That Hebe was fairest of all that were fair.,1.0
"I came to you, Reason, to find out a fault.",2.0
To find fault with Hebe would forfeit my name.,4.0
"AGAIN the Goddess strikes the golden lyre,",0.0
And tunes to wilder notes the warbling wire;,0.0
"With soft suspended step Attention moves,",0.0
And Silence hovers over the listening groves;,2.0
"Orb within orb the charmed audience throng,",5.0
And the green vault reverberates the song.,2.0
"How sweetly mutable yonder orient hues,",3.0
"How bright, when Iris blending many a ray",2.0
While from the north long threads of silver light,1.0
"Breathe soft, you Zephyrs! hear my fervent sighs,",1.0
' --  Plume over plume in long divergent lines,1.0
"Journeying on high, the silken castle glides",1.0
Bright as a meteor through the azure tides;,1.0
"Over towns and towers and temples wins its way,",2.0
Pursue the floating wonder to the clouds;,1.0
"Watch, as it rises, the diminished sphere.",1.0
' --  Now less and less! ' --  and now a speck is seen! ' --,1.0
And now the fleeting rack obtrudes between! ' --,0.0
To every shrine with mingled cries they vow. ' --,0.0
"Save Him, you Saints! who over the good preside;",2.0
"' --  The calm Philosopher in either sails,",1.0
"Views broader stars, and breathes in purer gales;",1.0
"Sees, like a map, in many a waving line",2.0
Round Earth's blue plains her lucid waters shine;,1.0
And hears innocuous thunders roar below.,2.0
"Hangs in the east, gay harbinger of morn;",2.0
"Leave the red eye of Mars on rapid wing,",3.0
"Leave the fair beams, which, issuing from afar,",6.0
"Shun with strong oars the Sun's attractive throne,",3.0
"The sparkling zodiac, and the milky zone;",0.0
Where headlong Comets with increasing force,2.0
"Through other systems bend their blazing course, ' --",0.0
"High over the North thy golden orb shall roll,",3.0
And blaze eternal round the wondering pole.,2.0
"So Argo, rising from the southern main,",1.0
"And the bold course, which first it steered, directs.",2.0
The flying shuttle through the dancing strings;,1.0
"Quick beat the reeds, the pedals fall and rise;",1.0
"Slow from the beam the lengths of warp unwind,",0.0
Immortal ISIS clothed the banks of Nile;,0.0
Found undeserved a melancholy doom. ' --,1.0
Or whirl with beaten foot the dizzy wheel.,0.0
"' --  Charmed round the busy Fair five shepherd's press,",1.0
"Praise the nice texture of their snowy dress,",4.0
"Admire the Artists, and the art approve,",1.0
"Through vaulted mountains, and a night of woods,",1.0
And warms with rosy smiles the watery God;,2.0
"With playful charms her hoary lover wins,",0.0
"And wields his trident, ' --  while the Monarch spins.",0.0
From leathery pods the vegetable wool;,4.0
"Combs the wide card, and forms the eternal line;",4.0
"Slow, with soft lips, the whirling Can acquires",4.0
"The tender skeins, and wraps in rising spires;",0.0
"With quickened pace successive rollers move,",0.0
"And these retain, and those extend the rove;",2.0
"Spread her smooth leaf, and waved her silver style.",3.0
"The sacred symbol, and the epic song,",1.0
"Unknown the character, forgot the tongue,",1.0
And infant Arts but learnt to lisp and died.,0.0
To paint in mystic colours Sound and Thought.,3.0
And mark in adamant the steps of Time.,1.0
"The fond disciples of the studious fair,",3.0
"Hear her sweet voice, the golden process prove;",4.0
"Gaze, as they learn; and, as they listen, love.",1.0
The first from Alpha to Omega joins,1.0
The lettered tribes along the level lines;,0.0
"And counts, as wheel the decimating bands,",0.0
"Marks the gay trill, the solemn pause inscribes,",3.0
And parts with bars the undulating tribes.,0.0
"Clapped their rude hands, their swarthy foreheads bowed;",4.0
"With loud acclaim a present God! they cried,",0.0
"The echoing harp, shill clarion, horn, and shell;",5.0
"Struck deeper chords, and winged the song with fire,",1.0
Then marked Astronomers with keener eyes,1.0
"Watched the swift Comets urge their blazing cars,",3.0
And weighed the Sun with his revolving Stars.,1.0
"And changing forms obeyed their waving hands,",0.0
"Her treasured gold from Earth's deep chambers tore,",1.0
"' --  Exulting Genius crowned his darling child,",0.0
"The young Arts clasped her knees, and Virtue smiled.",1.0
"Vein the green leaf, the purple petal die:",3.0
Cold Winter views amid his realms of snow,1.0
"Smooths his stern brow, delays his hoary wing,",3.0
And eyes with wonder all the blooms of spring.,0.0
"And bright CALENDULA with golden hair,",4.0
"Watch with nice eye the Earth's diurnal way,",3.0
And trace with mimic art the march of Time;,0.0
"Round his light foot a magic chain they fling,",3.0
And count the quick vibrations of his wing. ' --,1.0
First in its brazen cell reluctant rolled,0.0
Bends the dark spring in many a steely fold;,2.0
"On spiral brass is stretched the wiry thong,",0.0
"Tooth urges tooth, and wheel drives wheel along;",2.0
"In diamond eyes the polished axles flow,",0.0
"Smooth slides the hand, the balance pants below.",1.0
Live the fair trophies of the passing year.,4.0
"And dash proud Superstition from her base,",2.0
The crumbling fragments round her guilty head.,0.0
"There the gay Hours, whom wreaths of roses deck,",2.0
Plant the fair growths of Science and of Taste.,4.0
"While each light Moment, as it dances by",3.0
The callow nestlings of domestic Bliss.,1.0
"As yonder gay clouds, which canopy the skies,",4.0
"Change their thin forms, and lose their lucid dies;",3.0
"Fades in our eyes, and withers in our arms.",0.0
"' --  Bright as the silvery plume, or pearly shell,",2.0
"Warmed every Sage, and every Shepherd won. ' --",1.0
And seek with soft solicitude their hands.,0.0
"The glance divine, that lightened in their eyes;",0.0
"Cold are those lips, where smiles seductive hung,",0.0
And the weak accents linger on their tongue;,3.0
"Each roseate feature fades to livid green, ' --",0.0
' --  Disgust with face averted shuts the scene.,0.0
"So from his gorgeous throne, which awed the world,",1.0
"The mighty Monarch of the east was hurled,",1.0
By Heaven's just vengeance changed in mind and form.,2.0
"' --  Prone to the earth He bends his brow superb,",0.0
Of slow Euphrates laps the muddy tide.,0.0
"Long eagle plumes his arching neck invest,",1.0
"Steal round his arms, and clasp his sharpened breast;",0.0
"Rise over his back, and rustle in the wind,",3.0
And human hands with talons print the ground.,0.0
Pursue their monarch as he crawls along;,1.0
"Even Beauty pleads in vain with smiles and tears,",0.0
"Bend their light steps, the lucid water drink,",3.0
"Wind through the dewy rice, and nodding canes,",0.0
And shower the inebriate berries on the flood. ' --,6.0
"Stay in your crystal chambers, silver tribes!",0.0
"Turn your bright eyes, and shun the dangerous bribes;",5.0
"With less deceit, the gilded fly beneath,",0.0
"Lurks the fell hook unseen, ' --  to taste is death! ' --",3.0
"' --  Dim your slow eyes, and dull your pearly coat,",3.0
"Drunk on the waves your languid forms shall float,",0.0
"On useless fins in giddy circles play,",0.0
And Herons and Otters seize you for their prey. ' --,3.0
"In silent anguish sought the barren strand,",0.0
"High on the shattered beech sublime He stood,",0.0
Stilled with his waving arm the babbling flood;,0.0
"To Man's dull ear, He cried, I call in vain,",1.0
"Misshapen Seals approach in circling flocks,",0.0
"Torpedoes, Sharks, Rays, Porpoise, Dolphins, pour",1.0
Their twinkling squadrons round the glittering shore;,2.0
"Bless you the Lord! with thundering voice he cried,",2.0
Bless you the Lord! the bending shores replied;,0.0
"The winds and waters caught the sacred word,",0.0
And mingling echoes shouted Bless the Lord!,0.0
The listening shoals the quick contagion feel.,0.0
"Pant on the floods, inebriate with their zeal,",0.0
"Open their wide jaws, and bow their slimy heads,",2.0
And dash with frantic sins their foamy beds.,0.0
Pass the thin forms of Fancy and of Dreams;,4.0
Froze by enchantment on the velvet ground,3.0
"On crystal pedestals they seem to sigh,",1.0
"Bend the meek knee, and lift the imploring eye.",4.0
"Flushed with new life descending statues talk,",4.0
The pliant marble softening as they walk;,1.0
"With deeper sobs reviving lovers breathe,",0.0
And hovering Loves are heard on rustling wing.,0.0
' --  She waves her wand again! ' --  fresh horrors seize,1.0
"Their stiffening limbs, their vital currents freeze;",0.0
"By each cold nymph her marble lover lies,",1.0
"From the dark regions of the imprisoned dead,",5.0
Or drove in silent shoals the lingering train,0.0
"Calls up with magic voice the shapes, that sleep",0.0
Or blazing bathe in elemental fire.,0.0
"Rise the fine forms of Beauties, Graces, Loves;",3.0
"And fade or flourish, as she turns her eye.",1.0
"Called her light choir, and trod the dewy lawn;",5.0
"Hailed with rude melody the newborn May,",5.0
"Born in yonder blaze of orient sky,",1.0
Sweet MAY! thy radiant form unfold;,0.0
Light Graces dressed in flowery wreaths,3.0
"I faint, I fall! ' --  at noon the Beauty cried,",0.0
"Weep over my tomb, you Nymphs! ' --  and sunk and died.",3.0
"Drives the still snow, or showers the silver rhyme;",5.0
As the lone shepherd over the dazzling rocks,4.0
"Prints his steep step, and guides his vagrant flocks;",3.0
"Views the green holly veiled in network nice,",4.0
"Admires the lucid vales, and slumbering floods,",2.0
"Fantastic cataracts, and crystal woods,",0.0
"Transparent towns, with seas of milk between,",0.0
"If breaks the sunshine over the spangled trees,",3.0
"In liquid dews descends the transient glare,",0.0
And all the glittering pageant melts in air.,2.0
And roots his base on burning sands below;,0.0
And hung with fragrant wreaths the sacred bower;,0.0
"Each pearly sea the searched, and sparkling mine,",1.0
And piled their treasures on the gorgeous shrine;,1.0
"Sweet breathed the gale, and bright the censor blazed.",1.0
While streaming over the night with baleful glare,2.0
The star of Autumn rays his misty hair;,0.0
And wrapped in fogs descends on vampire wings;,0.0
"Before, with shuddering limbs cold Tremor reels,",3.0
"Loud claps the grinning Fiend his iron hands,",1.0
"Stamps with his marble feet, and shouts along the lands;",0.0
"The crystal mansions of the immortal gods,",3.0
"Saw the fad Nymph uplift her dewy eyes,",3.0
"Spread her white arms, and breathe her fervid sighs;",3.0
"Called to her fair associates, Youth, and Joy,",2.0
"Loose waved behind her golden train of hair,",1.0
Her sapphire mantle swam diffused in air. ' --,2.0
"With step sublime the glowing Goddess trod,",0.0
And with her smile celestial blessed the maid.,1.0
"Their mingled roots, and drink the rill beneath,",0.0
"Yield to the biting axe thy sacred wood,",0.0
And strew the bitter foliage on the flood.,1.0
"In silent homage bowed the blushing maid, ' --",0.0
"Five youths athletic hasten to her aid,",2.0
And headlong forests thunder on the ground.,2.0
"Round the dark roots, rent bark, and shattered boughs,",4.0
"' --  As the pale squadrons, bending over the brink,",4.0
"View with a sigh their altered forms, and drink;",0.0
"Over their won lips, and paints their haggard cheeks;",2.0
"Through each fine nerve rekindling transports dart,",1.0
"Light the quick eye, and swell the exulting heart.",4.0
Led to the sultry rock his murmuring bands.,2.0
And high in air the rod divine He raised. ' --,0.0
Wide yawns the cliff! ' --  amid the thirsty throng,1.0
"Rush the redundant waves, and shine along;",2.0
"With gourds and shells and helmets press the bands,",0.0
"Open their parched lips, and spread their eager hands,",2.0
"Snatch their pale infants to the exuberant shower,",8.0
"Kneel on the shattered rock, and bless the Almighty Power,",2.0
"Bolstered with down, amid a thousand wants,",3.0
"Pale Dropsy rears his bloated form, and pants;",1.0
"So bends tormented TANTALUS to drink,",2.0
"' --  Divine HYGEIA, from the bending sky",2.0
"Descending, listens to his piercing cry;",1.0
"Her ruby cheek, white neck, and raven hair;",1.0
"Four youths protect her from the circling throng,",2.0
And like the Nymph the Goddess steps along. ' --,0.0
"Cheers with her voice, and raises with her hand,",1.0
"Warms with rekindling bloom his visage won,",2.0
And charms the shapeless monster into man.,0.0
And withered Famine urged the work of death;,0.0
"With food and faith, with medicine and with prayer,",1.0
"Raised the weak head and stayed the parting sigh,",3.0
"' --  And now, PHILANTHROPY! thy rays divine",1.0
"Over each dark prison plays the cheering light,",1.0
"From realm to realm, with cross or crescent crowned,",0.0
"Wherever Mankind and Misery are found,",4.0
"Over burning sands, deep waves, or wilds of snow,",1.0
Thy HOWARD journeying seeks the house of woe.,2.0
"Down many a winding step to dungeons dank,",2.0
"Where anguish wails aloud, and fetters clank;",0.0
"And cells, whose echoes only learn to groan;",0.0
"Where no kind bars a whispering friend disclose,",3.0
"No sunbeam enters, and no zephyr blows,",4.0
"Profuse of toil, and prodigal of health;",1.0
"If not to sever, to relax the chains;",1.0
"Or guides awakened Mercy through the gloom,",1.0
"And shows the prison, sister to the tomb! ' --",1.0
To her fond husband liberty and life! ' --,3.0
"' --  The Spirits of the Good, who bend from high",1.0
"Wide over these earthly scenes their partial eye,",3.0
"When first, arrayed in VIRTUE's purest robe,",0.0
They saw her HOWARD traversing the globe;,4.0
"' --  Onward he moves! ' --  Disease and Death retire,",2.0
"And murmuring Demons hate him, and admire.",3.0
Obsequious Gnomes repose the lyre divine;,2.0
And catch the rain-drops on their shadowy wings.,4.0
"Piles the dry cedar round her silver urn,",3.0
In gaudy cups the steamy treasure pours;,0.0
Presents the fragrant quintessence of Tea.,4.0
"AND now the Goddess sounds her silver shell,",0.0
And shakes with deeper tones the enchanted dell;,2.0
"Flit the thin forms of Sorrows, and of Fears;",4.0
"Soft Sighs responsive whisper to the chords,",2.0
"And chants the numbers, which disturb the dead;",0.0
"Shakes over the holy earth her sable plume,",3.0
"Waves her dread wand, and strikes the echoing tomb!",5.0
"' --  Pale shoot the stars across the troubled night,",1.0
The timorous moon withholds her conscious light;,3.0
"Shrill scream the famished bats, and shivering owls,",3.0
And loud and long the dog of midnight howls! ' --,1.0
"Rise on broad wings, and hail the baleful queen;",3.0
"Each with dire grin salutes the potent wand,",0.0
"Onward they glide, where sheds the sickly yew",2.0
Hoarse on their hinge the ponderous portals jar;,2.0
"As through the coloured glass the moon-beam falls,",2.0
"Low murmurs creep along the hollow ground,",1.0
"By glimmering lamps, protecting saints among,",2.0
"The shrines all tremble as they pass along,",1.0
"Over the still choir with hideous laugh they move,",6.0
"Fiends yell below, and angels weep above!",1.0
"Their impious march to God's high altar bend,",3.0
With feet impure the sacred steps ascend;,0.0
"Assume the mitre, and the cope profane;",1.0
"To heaven their eyes in mock devotion throw,",0.0
"Foam on her lips, and fury in her eyes,",0.0
While twenty Priests the gorgeous shrine surround,0.0
Contending hosts and trembling nations wait,0.0
' --  She speaks in thunder from her golden throne,1.0
So on his NIGHTMARE through the evening fog,3.0
' --  Such as of late amid the murky sky,1.0
Gave to the airy phantom form and place ' --,0.0
"Back over her pillow sinks her blushing head,",3.0
"' --  Then shrieks of captured towns, and widows' tears,",0.0
"Pale lovers stretched upon their bloodstained biers,",2.0
"The headlong precipice that thwarts her flight,",2.0
"Over her fair limbs convulsive tremors fleet,",2.0
"Start in her hands, and struggle in her feet;",0.0
"In vain to scream with quivering lips she tries,",2.0
"In vain she wills to run, fly, swim, walk, creep;",2.0
"Erect, and balances his bloated shape;",1.0
Chambered in earth with cold oblivion lies;,4.0
"Mounts into air, and moves her leafy plumes.",1.0
Each in his flinty channel winds along;,0.0
Hurrying to intermix their sister tides.,1.0
Rocks reared on rocks in huge disjointed piles,1.0
"Form the tall turrets, and the lengthened ails;",4.0
"Broad ponderous piers sustain the roof, and wide",3.0
Branch the vast rainbow ribs from side to side.,4.0
While from above descends in milky streams,1.0
"One scanty pencil of illusive beams,",1.0
Saw from red altars streams of guiltless blood,3.0
"Heard dying babes in wicker prisons wail,",1.0
"While from dark caves infernal Echoes mock,",3.0
And Fiends triumphant shout from every rock!,0.0
' --  So still the Nymphs emerging lift in air,0.0
Listening the Shepherd's or the Miner's song;,2.0
"On timorous fins they circle on the wave,",3.0
"With streaming eyes and throbbing hearts recoil,",0.0
"Plunge their fair forms, and dive beneath the soil. ' --",3.0
"Closed round their heads reluctant eddies sink,",0.0
And wider rings successive dash the brink. ' --,0.0
Or seek through sullen mines their gloomy way;,0.0
"On beds of Lava sleep in coral cells,",0.0
"Or sigh over jasper fish, and agate shells.",2.0
"Through flowery meadows and impending woods,",4.0
"Pleased with light spring they leave the dreary night,",0.0
"Shake their bright locks, the widening vale pursue,",5.0
"In playful groups by towering THORP they move,",0.0
"Bound over the foaming wears, and rush into the Dove.",3.0
"Swells her pale cheeks, and brandishes her hands,",4.0
"With rage and hate the astonished groves alarms,",2.0
"Her weeping sire and beckoning friends withstood,",4.0
"While high in air the golden treasure burns,",0.0
And Love and Glory guide the prow by turns.,0.0
"While horns of triumph found, and altars burn,",0.0
And shouting nations hail their Chief's return;,0.0
"Aghast, She saw new decked the nuptial bed,",1.0
"Deride her virtues, and insult her charms;",1.0
"Saw her dear babes from fame and empire torn,",3.0
In foreign realms deserted and forlorn;,1.0
"Her love rejected, and her vengeance braved,",1.0
"By Him her beauties won, her virtues saved. ' --",1.0
"Nor Heaven, She cried, nor Earth, nor Hell can hold",0.0
A Heart abandoned to the thirst of Gold!,1.0
"' --  Slow out of earth, before the festive crowds,",0.0
"On wheels of fire, amid a night of clouds,",0.0
"Drawn by fierce fiends arose a magic car,",3.0
"Received the Queen, and hovering flamed in air. ' --",0.0
"And fear the vengeance they deserve to feel,",1.0
And thrice she clasped them to her tortured breast;,1.0
"Awhile with white uplifted eyes she stood,",5.0
"Go, kiss your sire! go, share the bridal mirth!",4.0
"She cried, and hurled their quivering limbs on earth.",2.0
Earth yawns! ' --  the crashing ruin sinks! ' --  over all,6.0
Death with black hands extends his mighty Pall;,3.0
"Their mingling gore the Fiends of Vengeance quaff,",0.0
And Hell receives them with convulsive laugh.,1.0
"Round the vexed isles where fierce tornados roar,",4.0
"Over the dim flowers, and veils the misty meads;",4.0
"Slow, over the twilight sands or leafy walks,",4.0
"If rests the traveller his weary head,",1.0
Pours the cursed venom in his tortured ear. ' --,3.0
Loads the dank pinion of the gale with death.,4.0
Yet own with tender care their kindred Loves! ' --,0.0
As the bright orb of breezy midnight pours,3.0
"Long threads of silver through her gaping towers,",2.0
"Sad over the mighty wreck in silence bends,",3.0
"Lifts her wet eyes, her tremulous hands extends. ' --",5.0
If from lone cliffs a bursting rill expands,2.0
"Its transient course, and sinks into the sands;",0.0
"The Leopard hisses, and the Panther growls;",1.0
"On quivering wing the famished Vulture screams,",2.0
"Dips his dry beak, and sweeps the gushing streams;",3.0
"With foamy jaws, beneath, and sanguine tongue,",0.0
"Laps the lean Wolf, and pants, and runs along;",3.0
"Stern stalks the Lion, on the rustling brinks",2.0
"Fold after fold, his undulating train;",1.0
"And, bending over the lake his crested brow,",2.0
Where seas of glass with gay reflections smile,0.0
"A spacious plain extends its upland scene,",0.0
"Rocks rise on rocks, and fountains gush between;",1.0
"Soft zephyrs blow, eternal summers reign,",1.0
"And showers prolific bless the soil, ' --  in vain!",2.0
"' --  No spicy nutmeg scents the vernal gales,",2.0
"No grassy mantle hides the fable hills,",1.0
"Nor tufted moss, nor leathery lichen creeps",2.0
"' --  No step retreating, on the sand impressed,",2.0
Invites the visit of a second guest;,1.0
Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath,3.0
A thousand vegetative serpents grow;,0.0
"Looks over the clouds, and hisses in the storm.",3.0
"Steeped in fell poison, as his sharp teeth part,",4.0
A thousand tongues in quick vibration dart;,0.0
"Snatch the proud Eagle towering over the heath,",5.0
"Or pounce the Lion, as he stalks beneath;",1.0
"Or strew, as marshaled hosts contend in vain,",0.0
"Rise, fluttering in the air on callow wings,",2.0
So Time's strong arms with sweeping scythe erase,1.0
"While each young Hour its sickle fine employs,",1.0
And crops the sweet buds of domestic joys!,2.0
And lulls her infant in her fondling arms;,0.0
"And guards his life, forgetful of her own.",1.0
"So wings the wounded Deer her headlong flight,",1.0
"Pierced by some ambushed archer of the night,",2.0
"Shoots to the woodlands with her bounding fawn,",1.0
"There hid in shades she shuns the cheerful day,",0.0
"Hangs over her young, and weeps her life away.",3.0
Sought with bold eye amid the bloody strife,3.0
"From hill to hill the rushing host pursued,",0.0
"And viewed his banner, or believed she viewed.",1.0
"Pleased with the distant roar, with quicker tread",0.0
And one fair girl amid the loud alarm,2.0
"While round her brows bright beams of Honour dart,",2.0
And Love's warm eddies circle round her heart.,1.0
"' --  Near and more near the intrepid Beauty pressed,",1.0
"Saw through the driving smoke his dancing crest,",0.0
"Heard the exulting shout, they run! they run!",2.0
"' --  A ball now hisses through the airy tides,",2.0
"Some Fury winged it, and some Demon guides!",1.0
"Parts the fine locks, her graceful head that deck,",3.0
"Wounds her fair ear, and sinks into her neck;",3.0
"The red stream, issuing from her azure veins,",2.0
"Dies her white veil, her ivory bosom stains. ' --",3.0
"' --  Ah me! she cried, and, sinking on the ground,",1.0
"Kissed her dear babes, regardless of the wound;",4.0
"O, cease not yet to beat, thou Vital Urn!",0.0
"Wait, gushing Life, o, wait my Love's return! ' --",1.0
"Hoarse barks the wolf, the vulture screams from far! ' --",1.0
"The angel, Pity, shuns the walks of war! ' --",0.0
"On me, on me, she cried, exhaust your rage! ' --",1.0
"Then with weak arms her weeping babes caressed,",4.0
And sighing bid them in her bloodstained vest.,1.0
"From tent to tent the impatient warrior flies,",2.0
"Fear in his heart, and frenzy in his eyes;",0.0
Eliza echoes through the canvas walls;,1.0
"Quick through the murmuring gloom his footsteps tread,",3.0
"Over groaning heaps, the dying and the dead,",1.0
"Vault over the plain, and in the tangled wood,",3.0
"' --  Soon hears his listening son the welcome sounds,",1.0
With open arms and sparkling eyes he bounds: ' --,0.0
"Speak low, he cries, and gives his little hand,",1.0
"Poor weeping Babe with bloody fingers pressed,",1.0
Alas! we both with cold and hunger quake ' --,0.0
Why do you weep? ' --  Mama will soon awake.,5.0
"' --  She'll wake no more! the hopeless mourner cried,",1.0
"Stretched on the ground awhile entranced he lay,",0.0
And pressed warm kisses on the lifeless clay;,2.0
And all the Father kindled in his heart;,0.0
"O, Heavens! he cried, my first rash vow forgive!",3.0
"These bind to earth, for these I pray to live! ' --",1.0
"Round his chill babes he wrapped his crimson vest,",3.0
And clasped them sobbing to his aching breast.,1.0
"In the meek garb of modest worth disguised,",3.0
"The eye averted, and the smile chastised,",1.0
"With sly approach they spread their dangerous charms,",2.0
And round their victim wind their wiry arms.,0.0
"Raised high his arm, and with prophetic call",2.0
To shrinking realms announced her fatal fall;,0.0
"Whirled his fierce spear with more than mortal force,",2.0
And pierced the thick ribs of the echoing horse;,4.0
"Lashing the white waves with redundant train,",4.0
"Arched their blue necks, and shook their towering crests,",3.0
And ploughed their foamy way with speckled breasts;,0.0
' --  Two daring Youths to guard the hoary sire,1.0
"Thwart their dread progress, and provoke their ire.",2.0
"Ring above ring, in many a tangled fold,",5.0
"Close and more close their writhing limbs surround,",0.0
In silent agony sustains their rage;,1.0
"While each fond Youth, in vain, with piercing cries",1.0
Bends on the tortured Sire his dying eyes.,2.0
"Green leaves and purple clusters crown her head,",1.0
"Drink deep, she carols, as she waves in air",2.0
"Fell Gout peeps grinning through the flimsy scene,",3.0
And bloated Dropsy pants behind unseen;,0.0
And silent Frenzy writhing bites his chains.,0.0
Bore the bright treasure to his Man of clay; ' --,4.0
"High on cold Caucasus by VULCAN bound,",4.0
"The lean impatient Vulture fluttering round,",1.0
His writhing limbs in vain he twists and strains,0.0
"The gluttonous bird, exulting in his pangs,",2.0
Tears his swollen liver with remorseless fangs.,1.0
Breathes over her lifeless babe the parting sigh;,3.0
"And, bending low to earth, with pious hands",0.0
"O, sleep, She cries, and rise a fairer flower!",0.0
"Shook her dank wing, and steered her murky clouds;",3.0
"While Death and Night piled up the naked throng,",2.0
"Six lovely daughters, and their father, swept",2.0
"Her tender mind, with meek Religion fraught,",0.0
Alive and listening to the whispered groan,1.0
"Of others' woes, unconscious of her own! ' --",2.0
"One smiling boy, her last sweet hope, she warms",1.0
"Hushed on her bosom, circled in her arms, ' --",0.0
"Daughter of woe! ere morn, in vain caressed,",4.0
"With feeble cries thy last sad aid required,",1.0
"Stretched its stiff limbs, and on thy lap expired! ' --",2.0
"' --  Long with wide eyelids on her Child she gazed,",1.0
Then with quick foot and throbbing heart she found,3.0
"Bore her last treasure through the midnight gloom,",5.0
And kneeling dropped it in the mighty tomb;,0.0
"I follow next! the frantic mourner said,",0.0
And living plunged amid the festering dead.,2.0
And trusts her tawny children to the floods. ' --,1.0
"And guard the beauty on her native land,",1.0
"Soft breathes the gale, the current gently moves,",1.0
' --  So the sad mother at the noon of night,2.0
From bloody Memphis stole her silent flight;,0.0
"Wrapped her dear babe beneath her folded vest,",3.0
"And clasped the treasure to her throbbing breast,",1.0
"With soothing whispers hushed its feeble cry,",0.0
"Pressed the soft kiss, and breathed the secret sigh. ' --",3.0
"Gives her white bosom to his eager lips,",4.0
The salt tears mingling with the milk he sips;,2.0
"Ambassador of Heaven, the Prophet trod;",1.0
"Wrenched the red Scourge from proud Oppression's hands,",3.0
"And broke, cursed Slavery! thy iron bands.",2.0
"Even now, even now, on yonder Western shores",3.0
"Weeps pale Despair, and writhing Anguish roars:",1.0
"Fierce SLAVERY stalks, and slips the dogs of hell;",3.0
"From vale to vale the gathering cries rebound,",2.0
And sable nations tremble at the sound! ' --,0.0
' --  YOU BANDS OF SENATORS! whose suffrage sways,1.0
"Who right the injured, and reward the brave,",1.0
"Stretch your strong arm, for you have power to save!",4.0
Inexorable CONSCIENCE holds his court.,2.0
"With still small voice the plots of Guilt alarms,",1.0
"But, wrapped in night with terrors all his own,",0.0
"He speaks in thunder, when the deed is done.",0.0
"HE, WHO ALLOWS OPPRESSION, SHARES THE CRIME.",0.0
"No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears,",1.0
"Not the bright stars, which Night's blue arch adorn,",4.0
"Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,",0.0
"Shine with such lustre as the tear, that breaks",1.0
For other's woe down Virtue's manly cheeks.,0.0
"Here ceased the MUSE, and dropped her tuneful shell,",0.0
"Tumultuous woes her panting bosom swell,",3.0
"For human guilt awhile the Goddess sighs,",0.0
And human sorrows dim celestial eyes.,0.0
"When we have laughed to see the sails conceive,",0.0
"Which she with pretty and with swimming gate,",1.0
"Following her womb, then rich with my young squire,",2.0
"Would imitate, and sail upon the land.",0.0
"And the | vast surface kind | les, as it rolls. |",4.0
For it | took up the barber a | whole afternoon.,2.0
"Pale Melancholy sits, and round her throws",1.0
"Rolls the white surf, and SHIPWRECK guards the land.",3.0
"Flames in the west, and paints the parted clouds;",0.0
' --  The tuneful Goddess on the glowing sky,1.0
Fixed in mute ecstasy her glistening eye;,3.0
"And then her lute to sweeter tones she strung,",0.0
"Long ails of Oaks returned the silver sound,",1.0
And amorous Echoes talked along the ground;,2.0
"Nymph! not for thee the radiant day returns,",1.0
"Nymph! not for thee the golden solstice burns,",1.0
"Bright as the blush of rising morn, and warms",0.0
The dull cold eye of Midnight with her charms.,3.0
"Opens her fair lips, and breathes her virgin vows;",2.0
"Their distant fires, and blaze around the Pole;",0.0
"Over Heaven's blue vault, ' --  Herself a brighter star.",3.0
' --  There as soft Zephyrs sweep with pausing airs,2.0
"Thy snowy neck, and part thy shadowy hairs,",2.0
"Glows thy warm cheek, thy polished bosom gleams.",3.0
And guard in silence the enchanted plains;,1.0
"Drop the still tear, or breathe the impassioned sigh,",4.0
And drink inebriate rapture from thine eye.,5.0
"Paints with blue shadow, and with milky light;",1.0
Loud to the echoing vales his parting song;,2.0
"With measured step the Fairy Sovereign treads,",0.0
"Shakes her high plume, and glitters over the meads;",5.0
And little footsteps mark the circled plain;,1.0
"Each haunted rill with silver voices rings,",0.0
And Night's sweet bird in livelier accents sings.,3.0
"Ere the bright star, which leads the morning sky,",3.0
"Hangs over the blushing east his diamond eye,",3.0
With amorous steps pursue the virgin light;,2.0
"Over her fair form the electric lustre plays,",4.0
"Thus over the marsh aerial lights betray,",5.0
And charm the unwary wanderer from his way.,3.0
"So when thy King, Assyria, fierce and proud,",2.0
Three human victims to his idol vowed;,2.0
Reared a vast pyre before the golden shrine,3.0
"' --  Loud roar the flames, the iron nostrils breathe,",1.0
And the huge bellows pant and heave beneath;,2.0
"Bright and more bright the blazing deluge flows,",0.0
And white with sevenfold heat the furnace glows.,3.0
And now the Monarch fixed with dread surprise,0.0
Deep in the burning vault his dazzled eyes.,0.0
"Lo! Three unbound amid the frightful glare,",1.0
"Fierce flames innocuous, as they step, retire!",2.0
And slow they move amid a world of fire!,0.0
"He spoke, ' --  to Heaven his arms repentant spread,",0.0
Their fleecy squadrons on the lawns of Tweed;,1.0
And wake his Echoes with their silver tongue;,1.0
"Or touch the reed, as gentle Love inspires,",0.0
Where this high arch overhangs the dell;,1.0
"While Night's sweet bird, from yonder high spray",2.0
"The Swans pursuing cleave the glassy deep,",0.0
From Time's remotest dawn where China brings,0.0
"Her silken palaces, and porcelain towers;",3.0
"Plants all her wilds, and peoples all her waves;",0.0
"Now to the left her ivory neck inclines,",0.0
And the fair ear the parting locks disclose;,2.0
"Now to the right with airy sweep she bends,",0.0
"Hour after hour the growing line extends,",0.0
The cradle and the coffin bound its ends;,1.0
If smiling Fortune turn the giddy wheel;,0.0
"Skein after skein celestial tints unfold,",1.0
And all the silken tissue shines with gold.,0.0
And prints with frolic step the melting snows;,0.0
"Over silent floods, white hills, and glittering meads",3.0
"Chides with her dulcet voice the tardy Spring,",0.0
"Bids slumbering Zephyr stretch his folded wing,",3.0
"Wakes the hoarse Cuckoo in his gloomy cave,",1.0
"And calls the wondering Dormouse from his grave,",2.0
"Watch her kind looks, and circle over the plain;",5.0
"Now with young wonder touch the sliding snail,",3.0
The pausing Butterfly from mead to mead;,0.0
"Join hand in hand, and in procession gay",1.0
"These, from the flaming furnace, strong and bold",1.0
Pour the red steel into the sandy mould;,3.0
"Turn with hot tongue's, and forge the dreadful dart;",3.0
And dip the point in poison for the mind;,1.0
Or strain the bow reluctant to its string.,1.0
"Those on light pinion twine with busy hands,",2.0
Or stretch from bough to bough the flowery bands;,2.0
"Scare the dark beetle, as he wheels on high,",4.0
Or catch in silken nets the gilded fly;,0.0
"Call the young Zephyrs to their fragrant bowers,",4.0
And stay with kisses sweet the Vernal Hours.,0.0
"Where, as proud Masson rises rude and bleak,",2.0
Impetuous steams in spiral columns rise,0.0
"From cliff to cliff, the liquid treasure falls;",0.0
"Over corals, shells, and crystals, winds along;",0.0
"Crusts the green mosses, and the tangled wood,",4.0
And sparkling plunges to its parent flood.,1.0
"' --  Over the warm wave a smiling youth presides,",2.0
"To amorous Echo sings his secret loves,",2.0
"Bathes his fair forehead in the misty stream,",3.0
"And with sweet breath perfumes the rising steam,",2.0
"Each morn descending, shook his dewy wings;",0.0
"Amphibious Nymph, from Nile's prolific bed",2.0
"Fair glows her virgin cheek and modest breast,",1.0
"Her quivering fins and panting gills she hides,",2.0
But spreads her silver arms upon the tides;,0.0
And shakes her golden tresses over the waves.,2.0
"Now all as one they rise with frolic spring,",1.0
And beat the wondering air on humid wing;,2.0
"Now all descending plunge beneath the main,",1.0
And lash the foam with undulating train;,0.0
"Above, below, they wheel, retreat, advance,",0.0
"Bow their quick heads, and point their diamond eyes,",3.0
"Where Andes, crested with volcanic beams,",1.0
"Calls her light car, and leaves the sultry bowers; ' --",3.0
"Love's rising ray, and Youth's seductive die,",1.0
"Bloomed on her cheek, and brightened in her eye;",0.0
"Chaste, pure, and white, a zone of silver graced",1.0
"Her tender breast, as white, as pure, as chaste; ' --",0.0
"Mounts the rude cliff, unveils her blushing charms,",3.0
And calls the panting zephyrs to her arms.,1.0
And Beauty blazes through the crystal shrine. ' --,1.0
"So from his glassy horns, and pearly eyes,",1.0
"Thus when loud thunders over Gomorrah burst,",4.0
"And heaving earthquakes shook his realms accursed,",1.0
"With shadowy hand, and warned the guiltless pair;",2.0
"Haste from these lands of sin, you Righteous! fly,",0.0
"Speed the quick step, nor turn the lingering eye! ' --",3.0
When Orpheus charmed the grisly King of Night;,2.0
"Soothed the pale phantoms with his plaintive lay,",4.0
"Wide yawned the earth, the fiery tempest flashed,",3.0
And towns and towers in one vast ruin crashed; ' --,3.0
"Onward they move, ' --  loud horror roars behind,",3.0
And shrieks of Anguish bellow in the wind.,0.0
"With many a sob, amid a thousand fears,",2.0
"' --  She turns, unconscious of the stern behest! ' --",2.0
"I faint! ' --  I fall! ' --  ah, me! ' --  sensations chill",1.0
"Shoot through my bones, my shuddering bosom thrill!",2.0
"I freeze! I freeze! just Heaven regards my fault,",0.0
"Not yet, not yet, your dying Love resign! ' --",0.0
"This last, last kiss receive! ' --  no longer thine! ' --",3.0
"She said, and ceased, ' --  her stiffened form He pressed,",0.0
"Printed with quivering lips the lifeless snow,",4.0
"And wept, and gazed the monument of woe. ' --",1.0
So when Aeneas through the flames of Troy,1.0
"Bore his pale fire, and led his lovely boy;",3.0
And Death involved her in eternal shade. ' --,0.0
"Recalls the unhappy Pair with lifted eye,",2.0
"Leans on the crystal tomb, and breathes the silent sigh.",0.0
"Trails her long lance, and nods her shadowy plumes;",5.0
And Beauty lightens through the thin disguise.,1.0
And binds the gaping whiskers on her brows;,1.0
"Plaits round her slender waist the shaggy vest,",0.0
"Next with soft hands the knotted club she rears,",3.0
"Heaves up from earth, and on her shoulder bears.",1.0
"Onward with loftier step the Beauty treads,",4.0
"With sighs and sorrows her compassion moves,",1.0
And wins the damsel to illicit loves.,1.0
Masked in the damask beauties of the bride.,1.0
"So, when the Nightingale in eastern bowers",1.0
On quivering pinion woos the Queen of flowers;,2.0
And melts with melody the blushing fair;,1.0
"Waves his thin leaves, and claps his glossy wings;",3.0
When from his golden urn the Solstice pours,0.0
"When stretched in dust her gasping panthers lie,",0.0
And writhed in foamy folds her serpents die;,0.0
"Indignant Atlas mourns his leafless woods,",0.0
Or fan with busy hands the panting maid;,0.0
"Loose wave her locks, disclosing, as they break,",2.0
The rising bosom and averted cheek;,1.0
Clasped round her ivory neck with studs of gold,0.0
"And the fair form, it seems to hide, betrays.",2.0
Where leads the northern Star his lucid train,0.0
"With milky light the white horizon streams,",0.0
And to the moon each sparkling mountain gleams. ' --,1.0
Slow over the printed snows with silent walk,3.0
Huge shaggy forms across the twilight stalk;,2.0
And ever and anon with hideous sound,3.0
"There, as old Winter flaps his hoary wing,",2.0
"Open thy sweet eyelids to the rising ray,",3.0
And hail with ruby lips returning day.,0.0
"Down the white hills dissolving torrents pour,",2.0
"Green springs the turf, and purple blows the flower;",0.0
"His torpid wing the Rail exulting tries,",0.0
"Rise, let us mark how bloom the awakened groves,",3.0
And' mid the banks of roses hide our loves.,0.0
"In vain her eyes the passing floods explore,",0.0
' --  Now dim amid the distant foam she spies,1.0
"A rising speck, ' --  it's he! it's he! she cries;",1.0
"As with firm arms he beats the streams aside,",2.0
"And cleaves with rising chest the tossing tide,",0.0
"Up-turns her glistening eyes, and spreads her hands;",0.0
"' --  It's he, it's he! ' --  My Lord, my life, my love! ' --",1.0
"Slumber, you winds; you billows, cease to move!",2.0
"Beneath his arms your buoyant plumage spread,",0.0
"' --  With eager step the boiling surf she braves,",0.0
"Loose over the flood her azure mantle swims,",3.0
And the clear stream betrays her snowy limbs.,2.0
"At parting day, and marked the dashing flood;",0.0
"While high in air, the glimmering rocks above,",2.0
"Breathes to her Goddess all her vows, and guides",0.0
"Deep, in wide caverns and their shadowy ails,",5.0
"' --  High over her couch impending diamonds blaze,",3.0
"With verdant light the modest emeralds glow,",0.0
"Blue sapphires glare, and rubies blush, below;",1.0
"Light piers of lazuli the dome surround,",4.0
In glittering threads along reflective walls,2.0
"The warm rill murmuring twinkles, as it falls;",4.0
And Echoes woo in every vaulted cell;,0.0
"While on white wings delighted Cupids play,",3.0
"Shake their bright lamps, and shed celestial day.",3.0
"Closed in an azure fig by fairy spells,",0.0
"Erodes with ivory beak the vaulted shell,",0.0
"Shakes its new plumes, and tries its tender song. ' --",3.0
"' --  And now the talisman she strikes, that charms",1.0
"With cobweb reins the flying courser guides,",1.0
Cleaves the soft air on still expanded wings;,3.0
"Darts like a sunbeam over the boundless wave,",3.0
And seeks the beauty in her secret cave.,0.0
So with quick impulse through all nature's frame,0.0
Shoots the electric air its subtle flame.,2.0
"So turns the impatient needle to the pole,",3.0
"Though mountains rise between, and oceans roll.",0.0
"Scooping with ceaseless rage the incumbent shore,",4.0
"Round the dim walls, and through the whispering ails",4.0
"Hoarse breathes the wind, the glittering water boils.",3.0
"Spreads his green sails, and braves the foaming tide;",3.0
"Light Cupids flutter round the nuptial bed,",1.0
"To win the fair he tries a thousand forms,",0.0
"She strikes the cymbal as he moves along,",1.0
And wondering Ocean listens to the song.,3.0
"And lays his velvet paw upon her breast,",0.0
Over his round face her snowy fingers strain,1.0
And proudly glides before the fanning gales;,0.0
Pleased on the flowery brink with graceful hand,2.0
She waves her floating lover to the land;,1.0
"Bright shines his sinuous neck, with crimson beak",1.0
"He prints fond kisses on her glowing cheek,",2.0
"Pair after pair, along his sacred groves",1.0
"Each smiling youth a myrtle garland shades,",0.0
And wreaths of roses veil the blushing maids;,0.0
"Light joys on twinkling feet attend the throng,",1.0
"Weave the gay dance, or raise the frolic song;",3.0
"' --  Thick, as they pass, exulting Cupids fling",0.0
Promiscuous arrows from the sounding string;,3.0
"On wings of gossamer soft Whispers fly,",2.0
"' --  As round his shrine the gaudy circles bow,",0.0
"Licentious Hymen joins their mingled hands,",0.0
"Thus where pleased VENUS, in the southern main,",2.0
"Wide over the isle her silken net she draws,",3.0
"And the Loves laugh at all, but Nature's laws.",1.0
Applauding Zephyrs swept their fluttering wings;,2.0
"Each Gnome reluctant sought his earthy cell,",0.0
"Then, on soft tiptoe, NIGHT approaching near",4.0
AWAKE! my ST. JOHN! leave all meaner things,1.0
To low Ambition and the Pride of Kings.,1.0
Let Us since Life can little more supply,0.0
"Than just to look about us, and to die",1.0
A mighty Maze! but not without a Plan;,0.0
"A Wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot,",2.0
"Or Garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.",1.0
"Together let us beat this ample field,",0.0
"Try what the open, what the covert yield;",0.0
"The latent tracts or giddy heights explore,",0.0
"Eye Nature's walks, shoot Folly as it flies,",3.0
And catch the manners living as they rise;,1.0
"Laugh where we must, be candid where we can,",0.0
But vindicate the Ways of GOD to Man.,1.0
"Say first, of God above, or Man below,",1.0
"What can we reason, but from what we know?",1.0
"Of Man, what see we but his Station here,",1.0
"From which to reason, or to which refer?",1.0
"It's ours to trace him, only in our own.",0.0
"See worlds on worlds compose one Universe,",1.0
"Observe how System into System runs,",0.0
"What other Planets, and what other Suns?",1.0
What varied Being peoples every Star?,0.0
"May tell, why Heaven has made us as we are.",1.0
"But of this frame the bearings, and the Ties,",2.0
"The strong connections, nice dependencies,",1.0
"Gradations just, has thy pervading soul",1.0
Looked through? or can a Part contain the Whole?,1.0
"Is the great Chain that draws all to agree,",3.0
"And drawn supports, upheld by God, or thee?",0.0
"Why formed so weak, so little, and so blind?",1.0
"Why formed no weaker, blinder, and no less?",3.0
"Ask of thy mother Earth, why oaks are made",0.0
Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade?,3.0
"Or ask of yonder argent fields above,",0.0
"Of Systems possible, if it's confessed",2.0
"That Wisdom infinite must form the best,",1.0
"Where all must full, or not coherent be,",0.0
"And all that rises, rise in due degree;",0.0
"Then, in the scale of life and sense, it's plain",0.0
"There must be, some where, such a rank as Man;",0.0
And all the question wrangle before so long,2.0
"Is only this, if God has placed him wrong?",1.0
"Respecting Man whatever wrong we call,",1.0
"May, must be right, as relative to All.",1.0
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;,0.0
"In God's, one single can its End produce,",1.0
Yet serves to second too some other Use.,0.0
"So Man, who here seems principal alone,",2.0
"Perhaps acts second to a Sphere unknown,",2.0
"Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal;",3.0
"It's but a part we see, and not a whole.",1.0
"When the proud Steed shall know, why Man restrains",3.0
"His fiery course, or drives him over the plains;",4.0
"Now wears a Garland, an Egyptian God;",2.0
Then shall Man's pride and dullness comprehend,1.0
"His action's, passion's, being's, Use and End;",0.0
"Why doing, suffering, checked, impelled; and why",0.0
"This hour a Slave, the next a Deity?",1.0
"Then say not Man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;",0.0
"Say rather, Man's as perfect as he ought;",3.0
"His being measured to his State, and Place,",1.0
"His time a moment, and a point his space.",1.0
"Heaven from all Creatures hides the book of Fate,",0.0
"All but the page prescribed, their present state,",0.0
Or who could suffer Being here below?,0.0
"The Lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to day,",0.0
"Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play?",0.0
"Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food,",2.0
And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.,0.0
"O blindness to the future! kindly given,",1.0
"That each may fill the Circle marked by Heaven,",0.0
"Who sees with equal eye, as God of All,",0.0
"A Hero perish, or a Sparrow fall,",1.0
"Atoms, or Systems, into ruin hurled,",2.0
"And now a Bubble burst, and now a World!",0.0
"Wait the great teacher, Death, and God adore!",3.0
"What future bliss, he gives not thee to know,",1.0
But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now.,0.0
Hope springs eternal in the human breast;,0.0
"Man never is, but always to be blessed;",3.0
"The soul uneasy, and confined at home,",1.0
"Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;",1.0
"His soul, proud Science never taught to stray",1.0
"Far as the Solar walk, or Milky way;",0.0
Yet simple Nature to his Hope has given,1.0
"Some safer world in depth of woods embraced,",0.0
"Some happier Island in the watery waste,",4.0
"Where Slaves once more their native land behold,",1.0
"No Fiends torment, no Christians thirst for Gold.",2.0
"But thinks, admitted to that equal sky,",1.0
This faithful Dog shall bear him company.,1.0
"Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense",2.0
Weigh thy Opinion against Providence:,8.0
Call Imperfection what thou fanciest such;,2.0
"Say, here he gives too little, there too much;",3.0
"Destroy all Creatures for thy sport or gust,",1.0
"Yet cry, if Man's unhappy, God's unjust,",0.0
"If Man, alone, engross not Heavens high care,",1.0
"Alone, made perfect here, immortal there;",3.0
"Snatch from his hand the Balance and the Rod,",1.0
In reasoning Pride my Friend our error lies;,2.0
"All quit their sphere, and rush into the Skies.",0.0
"Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods.",0.0
"Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell,",1.0
"Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel:",1.0
And who but wishes to invert the Laws,1.0
"Of ORDER, sins against the Eternal Cause.",2.0
Ask for what end the heavenly Bodies shine?,2.0
"Earth for whose use? Pride answers, It's for mine:",2.0
"For me kind Nature wakes her genial power,",2.0
"Annual for me the grape, the rose renew",2.0
"For me the mine a thousand treasures brings,",1.0
For me health gushes from a thousand springs;,3.0
"Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise,",1.0
"But errs not Nature from this gracious end,",1.0
"From burning Suns when livid deaths descend,",0.0
"Towns to one grave, and Nations to the Deep?",1.0
No it's replied the first Almighty Cause,2.0
"Acts not by partial, but by general Laws;",1.0
The Exceptions few; some Change since all began;,1.0
"And what created, perfect? ' --  Why then Man?",1.0
"If the great End be human Happiness,",3.0
"And Nature deviates, how can Man do less?",0.0
As much that End a constant course requires,0.0
"Of showers and sunshine, as of Man's Desires,",2.0
"As much eternal springs and cloudless skies,",0.0
"As men for ever temperate, calm, and wise.",0.0
"If Plagues or Earthquakes break not heavens design,",3.0
"From Pride, from Pride, our very reasoning springs;",1.0
"Account for moral, as for natural things:",1.0
"Why charge we heaven in those, in these acquit?",1.0
"In both, to reason right, is to submit.",1.0
"Better for us, perhaps, it might appear,",3.0
"Were there all harmony, all virtue here;",2.0
That never air or ocean felt the wind;,0.0
And Passions are the Elements of life.,2.0
"The general Order, since the whole began,",0.0
"Is kept in Nature, and is kept in Man.",1.0
"What would this Man? now upward will he soar,",2.0
"And little less than Angel, would be more;",0.0
"Now looking downward, just as grieved appears",1.0
"To want the strength of Bulls, the fur of Bears.",0.0
"Made for his use all Creatures if he call,",1.0
"Say what their use, had he the powers of all?",2.0
"Nature to these without profusion kind,",3.0
"The proper organs, proper powers assigned,",2.0
"Each seeming want compensated of course,",5.0
"All in exact proportion to the state,",1.0
"Nothing to add, and nothing to abate.",3.0
"Each Beast, each Insect, happy in its own,",1.0
"Is Heaven unkind to Man, and Man alone?",0.0
"Shall he alone, whom rational we call,",2.0
"Be pleased with nothing, if not blessed with all?",1.0
The bliss of Man could Pride that blessing find,0.0
"Is, not to think, or act, beyond Mankind;",1.0
"No powers of Body or of Soul to share,",4.0
But what his Nature and his State can bear.,1.0
Why has not Man a microscopic eye?,0.0
"For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly.",2.0
"Say what the use, were finer optics given,",0.0
"TO inspect a Mite, not comprehend the Heaven?",1.0
"Die of a Rose, in aromatic pain?",0.0
"If Nature thundered in his opening ears,",2.0
"And stunned him with the music of the Spheres,",2.0
How would he wish that Heaven had left him still,0.0
"Who finds not Providence allgood and wise,",2.0
"Alike in what it gives, and what denies?",0.0
"Far as Creation's ample range extends,",2.0
"The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends;",4.0
"Mark how it mounts to Man's imperial race,",2.0
"What modes of Sight, betwixt each wide extreme,",0.0
"Of hearing, from the Life that fills the flood,",1.0
To that which warbles through the vernal wood:,1.0
"Feels at each thread, and lives along the line:",0.0
"In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true",5.0
From poisonous herbs extracts the healing dew.,2.0
"Betwixt that, and Reason, what a nice Barrier,",4.0
"Remembrance, and Reflection, how allied;",2.0
What thin partitions Sense from Thought divide:,0.0
"And middle natures, how they long to join,",1.0
"Without this just Gradation, could they be",0.0
"Subjected these to those, or all to thee?",2.0
"The powers of all subdued by thee alone,",3.0
Is not thy Reason all those powers in one?,0.0
"See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth,",1.0
"All Matter quick, and bursting into birth.",0.0
"Above, how high progressive life may go?",0.0
Around how wide? how deep extend below?,0.0
"Vast Chain of Being! which from God began,",1.0
"Natures Ethereal, human, Angel, Man,",4.0
"Beast, bird, fish, insect; what no Eye can see,",5.0
"No Glass can reach: from Infinite to thee,",2.0
From thee to Nothing! ' --  On superior powers,4.0
"Were we to press, inferior might on ours;",2.0
"Or in the full Creation leave a Void,",0.0
"Where, one step broken, the great Scale's destroyed:",4.0
"From Nature's Chain whatever link you strike,",1.0
"Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike.",3.0
"And if each System in gradation roll,",1.0
Alike essential to the amazing Whole;,3.0
"The least confusion but in one, not all",1.0
"That System only, but the whole must fall.",1.0
"Let Earth unbalanced from her Orbit fly,",2.0
"Planets and Suns rush lawless through the sky,",4.0
"Let ruling Angels from their spheres be hurled,",2.0
"Being on Being wrecked, and World on World,",2.0
"Heavens whole foundations to their Centre nod,",1.0
"And Nature tremble, to the Throne of God.",1.0
"All this dread ORDER break ' --  For whom? for thee,",2.0
"What if the foot ordained the dust to tread,",0.0
"Or hand to toil, aspired to be the Head?",0.0
To serve mere Engines to the ruling Mind?,2.0
"Just as absurd, for any Part to claim",1.0
"To be Another, in this general Frame:",0.0
"Just as absurd, to mourn the tasks, or pains,",1.0
"All are but parts of one stupendous Whole,",1.0
"Whose Body Nature is, and God the Soul;",1.0
"That, changed through all, and yet in all the same,",0.0
"Warms in the Sun, refreshes in the Breeze,",0.0
"Glows in the Stars, and blossoms in the Trees,",0.0
"Lives through all Life, extends through all Extent,",0.0
"Spreads undivided, operates unspent,",1.0
"Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part,",0.0
"As full, as perfect, in a hair, as heart,",1.0
"As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns,",2.0
As the rapt Seraphim that sings and burns;,4.0
"To Him no high, no low, no great, no small;",4.0
"He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.",0.0
"Cease then, nor ORDER Imperfection name:",0.0
Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.,0.0
"Know thy own Point: This kind, this due degree",0.0
"Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee.",0.0
"Submit ' --  in this, or any other Sphere,",1.0
"Safe in the hand of one disposing Power,",1.0
"Or in the natal, or the mortal Hour.",1.0
"All Nature is but Art, unknown to thee;",1.0
"All Discord, Harmony not understood;",1.0
"All partial Evil, universal Good:",0.0
"And spite of Pride, in erring Reason's spite,",0.0
"One truth is clear; Whatever Is, is RIGHT.",2.0
"KNow then thyself, presume not God to scan;",1.0
The proper study of mankind is Man.,2.0
"Placed on this Isthmus of a middle state,",1.0
"A Being darkly wise, and rudely great;",0.0
"With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,",1.0
"With too much weakness for a Stoic's pride,",1.0
"He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest,",0.0
"In doubt his mind or body to prefer,",1.0
"Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;",1.0
"Alike in ignorance, his Reason such,",2.0
"Whether he thinks too little, or too much.",5.0
"Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused;",2.0
"Still by himself abused, or disabused;",3.0
"Created half to rise, and half to fall;",0.0
"Great Lord of all things, yet a Prey to all;",1.0
"Sole Judge of Truth, in endless Error hurled;",1.0
"The Glory, Jest, and Riddle of the world!",1.0
"Go, wondrous Creature! mount where Science guides,",1.0
"Go measure Earth, weigh Air, and state the Tides,",2.0
"Correct old Time, and regulate the Sun.",1.0
"To the first Good, first Perfect, and first Fair;",1.0
"And quitting Sense call Imitating God,",1.0
"As Eastern Priests in giddy circles run,",0.0
"And turn their heads, to imitate the Sun.",0.0
"Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule;",2.0
"Then drop into thyself, and be a Fool!",0.0
"Superior Beings, when of late they saw",2.0
"A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law,",0.0
"Admired such Wisdom in an earthly shape,",0.0
"And showed a NEWTON, as we show an Ape.",1.0
"Could He who taught each Planet where to roll,",0.0
"Describe, or fix, one Movement of the Soul?",1.0
"Who marked their points, to rise and to descend,",1.0
"Explain, or his Beginning, or his End?",2.0
Alas what wonder! Man's superior part,2.0
"Unchecked may rise, and climb from Art to Art;",0.0
"But when his own great work is but begun,",1.0
"What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.",1.0
Two Principles in human Nature reign;,2.0
"Nor this a good, nor that a bad we call,",1.0
"Each works its end, to move, or govern all:",0.0
And to their proper operation still,1.0
"Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill.",1.0
Reason's comparing Balance rules the whole;,2.0
"Man, but for that, no Action could attend,",1.0
"And but for this, were active to no End.",3.0
"Fixed like a Plant, on his peculiar spot,",1.0
"To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot;",0.0
"Destroying others, by himself destroyed.",1.0
"Most strength the moving Principle requires,",1.0
"Sedate and quiet the comparing lies,",1.0
Reason's at distance and in prospect lie;,3.0
"That sees immediate Good, by present sense,",1.0
"Reason the future, and the consequence;",4.0
"Thicker than Arguments, Temptations throng,",3.0
"At best more watchful this, but that more strong.",1.0
"The action of the stronger to suspend,",2.0
"Reason still use, to Reason still attend:",3.0
"Attention, Habit and Experience gains,",3.0
"More studious to divide, than to unite,",4.0
"And Grace and Virtue, Sense and Reason split,",0.0
With all the rash dexterity of Wit.,1.0
"Wits, just like fools, at war about a Name,",0.0
"Have full as oft, no meaning, or the same.",2.0
"Pain their aversion, Pleasure their desire;",3.0
"But greedy that its object would devour,",0.0
"This taste the honey, and not wound the flower.",1.0
"Pleasure, or wrong or rightly understood,",2.0
"Our greatest Evil, or our greatest Good.",1.0
"It's real Good, or seeming, moves them all:",0.0
"But since not every Good we can divide,",1.0
"And Reason bids us for our own provide,",1.0
"Passions though selfish, if their Means be fair,",3.0
"List under Reason, and deserve her care:",2.0
"Those that imparted, court a nobler aim,",1.0
"Exalt their kind, and take some Virtue's name.",0.0
In lazy Apathy let Stoics boast,2.0
Their Virtue fixed; it's fixed as in a Frost:,0.0
"But Strength of Mind is Exercise, not Rest:",0.0
"The rising tempest puts in act the soul,",0.0
"Parts it may ravage, but preserves the whole.",1.0
"Reason the Card, but Passion is the Gale:",3.0
"Nor GOD alone in the still Calm we find,",2.0
"He mounts the Storm, and walks upon the Wind.",0.0
"Passions, like Elements, though born to fight,",3.0
"Yet mixed and softened, in his work unite:",1.0
"These, it's enough to temper and employ;",2.0
"But what composes Man, can Man destroy?",0.0
"Suffice that Reason keep to Nature's road,",0.0
"Subject, compound them, follow her, and God.",1.0
"Hate, Fear, and Grief, the Family of Pain;",2.0
"These mixed with art, and to due bounds confined,",2.0
"Make, and maintain, the Balance of the Mind:",3.0
Gives all the Strength and Colour of our life.,0.0
"Pleasures are ever in our hands, or eyes,",2.0
"And when in Act they cease, in Prospect rise;",0.0
"Present to grasp, and future still to find,",0.0
The whole employ of Body and of Mind.,1.0
"All spread their charms, but charm not all alike;",0.0
"Hence different Passions more or less inflame,",1.0
"As strong, or weak, the Organs of the Frame;",1.0
"And hence one Master Passion in the breast,",0.0
"Like Aaron's Serpent, swallows up the rest.",1.0
"As Man perhaps, the moment of his breath,",1.0
"Receives the lurking Principle of death,",1.0
"The young Disease that must subdue at length,",0.0
"Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength:",1.0
"So, cast and mingled with his very Frame,",1.0
"The Mind's disease, its ruling Passion came:",0.0
"Each vital humour which should feed the whole,",0.0
"Soon flows to this, in Body and in Soul.",3.0
"Whatever warms the heart, or fills the head,",1.0
"As the mind opens, and its functions spread;",3.0
"Imagination plies her dangerous art,",1.0
"Nature its Mother, Habit is its Nurse;",3.0
"Wit, Spirit, Faculties, but make it worse;",2.0
"Reason itself but gives it edge and power,",2.0
As Heaven's blessed Beam turns Vinegar more sour.,5.0
"The ruling Passion, be it what it will,",0.0
The ruling Passion conquers Reason still.,0.0
"We, wretched subjects though to lawful sway,",1.0
"In this weak Queen, some Favourite still obey.",3.0
"Ah! if she lend not Arms as well as Rules,",0.0
"What can she more, than tell us we are Fools?",1.0
"Teach us to mourn our nature, not to mend,",0.0
"A sharp Accuser, but a helpless Friend?",1.0
"The choice we make, or justify it made?",0.0
"Proud of imagined Conquests all along,",3.0
She but removes weak Passions for the strong;,3.0
The Doctor fancies he has driven them out.,2.0
Yes; Nature's Road must ever be preferred;,1.0
"Reason is here no Guide, but still a Guard;",3.0
"It's hers to rectify, not overthrow,",1.0
And treat this Passion more as Friend than Foe:,0.0
"Like varying Winds, by other passions tossed,",2.0
This drives them constant to a certain Coast.,1.0
"Let Power or Knowledge, Gold, or Glory please,",3.0
"Or oft more strong than all the Love of ease,",0.0
"Through life it's followed, even at life's expense;",2.0
"The Monk's humility, the Hero's pride,",1.0
"All, all alike find Reason on their side.",2.0
Grafts on this Passion our best Principle:,3.0
"It's thus, the Mercury of Man is fixed,",1.0
Strong grows the Virtue with his Nature mixed;,2.0
And in one interest Body acts with Mind.,0.0
"On savage stocks inserted, learn to bear,",0.0
"The surest Virtues thus from Passions shoot,",0.0
"What Crops of Wit and Honesty appear,",1.0
"From Spleen, from Obstinacy, Hate or Fear!",1.0
"See Anger, Zeal and Fortitude supply;",1.0
Even Avarice Prudence; Sloth Philosophy;,3.0
"Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave,",2.0
Is Emulation in the Learnt and Brave:,0.0
"Nor Virtue, male or female, can we name,",2.0
"But what will grow on Pride, or grow on Shame.",0.0
Thus Nature gives us let it cheque our pride,1.0
The Virtue nearest to our Vice allied;,1.0
"Reason the Byas turns to Good from Ill,",2.0
"And Nero reigns a Titus, if he will.",1.0
"The same Ambition can destroy or save,",1.0
"And makes a Patriot, as it makes a Knave.",1.0
"This Light and Darkness, in our Chaos joined,",0.0
What shall divide? The God within the Mind.,0.0
"Extremes in nature equal ends produce,",0.0
"In man, they join to some mysterious use;",2.0
"Though oft so mixed, the difference is too nice",2.0
"Where ends the virtue, or begins the vice,",1.0
"Now this, now that the other's bound invades,",0.0
"Fools! who from hence into the notion fall,",0.0
That Vice or Virtue there is none at all.,1.0
"If white and black, blend, soften, and unite",3.0
"A thousand ways, is there no black or white?",2.0
"Ask your own Heart, and nothing is so plain;",1.0
"It's to mistake them, costs the time and pain.",1.0
"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,",1.0
"As, to be hated, needs but to be seen;",2.0
"Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,",2.0
"We first endure, then pity, then embrace.",0.0
"But where the Extreme of Vice, was never agreed;",3.0
"No creature owns it, in the first degree,",1.0
"Even those who dwell beneath her very Zone,",1.0
"Or never feel the rage, or never own;",0.0
The hard Inhabitant contends is right.,1.0
"Virtuous and vicious every man must be,",1.0
"Few in the Extreme, but all in the Degree:",2.0
"The Rogue and Fool by fits is fair and wise,",0.0
"And even the best by fits what they despise,",3.0
"It's but by Parts we follow Good or Ill,",1.0
"For, Vice or Virtue, Self directs it still;",0.0
Each Individual seeks a several goal:,2.0
That disappoints the Effect of every Vice:,2.0
"That, happy Frailties to all ranks applied,",1.0
"Shame to the Virgin, to the Matron Pride,",1.0
"To Kings Presumption, and to Crowds Belief.",1.0
"That, Virtue's Ends from Vanity can raise,",1.0
"Which seeks no interest, no reward but Praise;",1.0
"And build on Wants, and on Defects of mind,",1.0
"The Joy, the Peace, the Glory of Mankind.",2.0
"Heaven forming each on other to depend,",1.0
"A Master, or a Servant, or a Friend,",2.0
"Bids each on other for assistance call,",1.0
Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.,2.0
"Wants, Frailties, Passions, closer still ally",1.0
"The common interest, or endear the tie:",1.0
"To these we owe true Friendship, Love sincere,",2.0
"Yet from the same we learn, in its decline,",1.0
"Those joys, those loves, those interests to resign;",1.0
"Taught half by reason, half by mere decay,",1.0
"To welcome Death, and calmly pass away.",0.0
Not one will change his Neighbour with himself.,2.0
"The learnt are happy, Nature to explore;",1.0
"The fool is happy, that he knows no more;",1.0
The rich are happy in the plenty given;,0.0
The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.,1.0
"See the blind Beggar dance, the Cripple sing,",3.0
"The Sot a Hero, Lunatic a King,",0.0
The starving Chemist in his golden Views,0.0
"Supremely blessed, the Poet in his Muse.",2.0
"See! some strange Comfort every State attend,",2.0
"And Pride bestowed on all, a common Friend;",0.0
"See! some fit Passion every Age supply,",2.0
"Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die.",2.0
Those painted clouds that beautify our days;,0.0
"Each want of Happiness by Hope supplied,",1.0
These build up all that Knowledge can destroy;,1.0
"One Prospect lost, another still we gain,",0.0
And not a Vanity is given in vain:,2.0
The Scale to measure others wants by thine.,0.0
"See! and confess, one comfort still must rise,",2.0
"It's this, though Man's a Fool, yet GOD IS WISE.",1.0
"LEarn Dullness, learn! The Universal Cause",1.0
"Acts to one End, but acts by various Laws.",2.0
"In all the Madness of superfluous Health,",3.0
Let that great Truth be present night and day;,3.0
"But most be present, if thou preach, or pray.",0.0
View thy own World: behold the Chain of Love,0.0
"Combining all below, and all above.",0.0
"See, plastic Nature working to this End,",2.0
"The single Atoms each to other tend,",0.0
"Attract, attracted to, the next in place,",1.0
"See Matter next, with various life endued,",3.0
"Press to one Centre still, the General Good.",0.0
See Life dissolving vegetate again.,1.0
"All Forms that perish other forms supply,",0.0
"By turns they catch the vital breath, and die;",0.0
"Like Bubbles on the Sea of Matter born,",1.0
"They rise, they break, and to that Sea return.",1.0
Nothing is foreign: Parts relate to Whole:,2.0
"Connects each Being, greatest with the least?",1.0
"Made Beast in aid of Man, and Man of Beast;",1.0
"All served, and serving, nothing stands alone;",0.0
"The Chain holds on, and where it ends, unknown!",2.0
"Has GOD, thou Fool! worked solely for thy good,",2.0
"Thy joy, thy pastime, thy attire, thy food?",4.0
"Who for thy Table feeds the wanton Fawn,",0.0
For him as kindly spreads the flowery Lawn.,3.0
Is it for thee the Lark ascends and sings?,1.0
"Joy tunes his voice, Joy elevates his wings:",2.0
Is it for thee the Linnet pours his throat?,1.0
Shares with his Lord the pleasure and the pride.,1.0
The Birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain:,1.0
Thine the full Harvest of the golden year?,3.0
"Part pays, and justly, the deserving Steer.",2.0
"The Hog that ploughs not, nor obeys thy call,",1.0
"Know, Nature's Children all divide her care;",1.0
"The Furr that warms a Monarch, warmed a Bear.",0.0
"While Man exclaims, see all things for my use!",3.0
"See Man for mine, replies a pampered Goose:",2.0
"What care to tend, to lodge, to cram, to treat him,",0.0
"As far as Goose could judge, he reasoned right,",0.0
"But as to Man, mistook the matter quite:",1.0
"And just as short of Reason, Man will fall,",0.0
"Who thinks All made for One, not One for All.",0.0
"Grant, that the powerful still the weak control,",2.0
Be Man the Wit and Tyrant of the whole.,1.0
Nature that Tyrant cheques; He only knows,2.0
"Say will the falcon, stooping from above,",1.0
"Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove?",2.0
"Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings,",1.0
"Or hears the hawk, when Philomela sings?",0.0
"Man cares for All: to birds he gives his woods,",1.0
"To beasts his pastures, and to fish his floods;",1.0
"For some his Interest prompts him to provide,",1.0
"For more his Pleasure, yet for more his Pride:",0.0
"All feed on one vain Patron, and enjoy",3.0
The extensive blessing of his Luxury.,3.0
"That very life his learnt hunger craves,",3.0
"He saves from famine, from the savage saves;",1.0
"Nay, feasts the Animal he dooms his feast,",2.0
"And till he ends the Being, makes it blessed:",1.0
"Which sees no more the stroke, or feels the pain,",1.0
The Creature had his feast of life before;,0.0
"Thou too must perish, when thy feast is over!",0.0
"To each unthinking being Heaven a friend,",0.0
Gives not the useless knowledge of its End;,1.0
"To Man imparts it; but with such a View,",1.0
"As while he dreads it, makes him hope it too:",0.0
"The hour concealed, and so remote the fear,",1.0
"Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.",2.0
Great standing Miracle! that Heaven assigned,2.0
"Its only thinking thing, this turn of mind.",0.0
"Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blessed,",3.0
"Know, all enjoy that power which suits them best,",4.0
"To Bliss, alike, by that direction tend,",0.0
And find the means proportioned to their end.,1.0
What Pope or Council can they need beside?,1.0
"Reason, however able, cool at best,",3.0
"Cares not for service, or but serves when pressed,",1.0
"Stays till we call, and then not often near;",0.0
But honest Instinct comes a Volunteer.,0.0
"This too serves always, Reason never long;",1.0
"One must go right, the other may go wrong.",3.0
See then the acting and comparing powers,1.0
"One in their nature, which are two in ours,",0.0
"And Reason raise over Instinct, as you can;",4.0
"In this it's God directs, in that it's Man.",0.0
"Who taught the Nations of the field and wood,",1.0
"To shun their Poison, and to choose their Food?",1.0
"Build on the Wave, or arch beneath the Sand?",0.0
"Who made the Spider Parallels design,",0.0
"Heavens not his own, and worlds unknown before?",0.0
"Who calls the Council, states the certain day,",0.0
"Who forms the Phalanx, and who points the way?",1.0
"Its proper bliss, and sets its proper bounds:",0.0
"But as he framed a Whole, the whole to bless",1.0
On mutual Wants built mutual Happiness:,6.0
"So from the first Eternal ORDER ran,",1.0
"And Creature linked to Creature, Man to Man.",0.0
Or pours profuse on Earth; one Nature feeds,0.0
"The vital flame, and swells the genial seeds.",0.0
"Not Man alone, but all that roam the wood,",0.0
"Or wing the sky, or roll along the flood,",0.0
"Each loves Itself, but not itself alone,",0.0
"Each Sex desires alike, till two are one:",0.0
Nor ends the pleasure with the fierce embrace;,1.0
"They love themselves, a third time, in their Race.",1.0
"Thus beast and bird their common charge attend,",1.0
"The mothers nurse it, and the sires defend;",1.0
"The young dismissed to wander earth or air,",0.0
"There stops the Instinct, and there ends the care,",1.0
"The link dissolves, each seeks a fresh embrace,",0.0
"Another love succeeds, another race.",0.0
A longer care Man's helpless kind demands;,1.0
That longer care contracts more lasting bands:,0.0
"Reflection, Reason, still the ties improve,",0.0
"At once extend the Interest, and the Love:",1.0
"With Choice we fix, with Sympathy we burn,",1.0
Each Virtue in each Passion takes its turn;,0.0
"And still new Needs, new Helps, new Habits rise,",3.0
That grafted Benevolence on Charities.,4.0
"Still as one brood, and as another rose,",1.0
"These natural Love maintained, habitual those;",1.0
"The last scarce ripened into perfect Man,",2.0
Saw helpless Him from whom their life began:,2.0
"Memory, and Forecast, just returns engage,",2.0
"That pointed back to Youth, this on to Age;",1.0
"While Pleasure, Gratitude, and Hope combined,",0.0
"Still spread the Interest, and preserved the Kind.",2.0
"Nor think, in Nature's State they blindly trod;",0.0
The State of NATURE was the Reign of GOD:,1.0
"UNION the Bond of all things, and of Man.",2.0
"Pride then was not; nor Arts, that Pride to aid;",0.0
"Man walked with Beast, joint Tenant of the Shade;",3.0
"The same his Table, and the same his Bed;",1.0
"No murder clothed him, and no murder fed.",3.0
"In the same Temple, the resounding Wood,",3.0
"Heavens Attribute was Universal Care,",0.0
"And Man's Prerogative to rule, but spare.",1.0
Ah how unlike the man of times to come!,1.0
"Of half that live, the Butcher, and the Tomb;",1.0
"Who, foe to Nature, hears the general groan,",0.0
"Murders their species, and betrays his own.",3.0
"But just disease to luxury succeeds,",1.0
And every death its own Avenger breeds;,0.0
"And turned on Man a fiercer savage, Man.",0.0
See him from Nature rising slow to Art!,0.0
To copy Instinct then was Reason's part;,0.0
Thus then to Man the Voice of Nature spoke ' --,0.0
Go! from the Creatures thy instructions take;,1.0
"Learn from the Birds, what food the thickets yield;",0.0
Thy Arts of building from the Bee receive;,1.0
"Learn of the Mole to plough, the Worm to weave;",0.0
"Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.",3.0
"Here too all Forms of social Union find,",0.0
"And hence let Reason, late, instruct mankind:",2.0
"Here subterranean Works and Cities see,",3.0
There Towns aerial on the waving Tree.,3.0
"Learn each small people's Genius, Policies;",3.0
"The Ants Republic, and the Realm of Bees;",1.0
"How those in common all their stores bestow,",1.0
"And Anarchy without confusion know,",1.0
"And these for ever, though a Monarch reign,",2.0
Their separate Cells and Properties maintain.,1.0
"Laws wise as Nature, and as fixed as Fate.",2.0
"In vain thy Reason finer webs shall draw,",0.0
"Entangle Justice in her Net of Law,",0.0
"And Right too rigid harden into Wrong,",1.0
"Still for the strong too weak, the weak too strong.",2.0
"Yet go! and thus over all the Creatures sway,",3.0
"Thus let the wiser make the rest obey,",1.0
"As Kings shall crown them, or as Gods adore.",1.0
Great Nature spoke; observant Men obeyed;,1.0
"Cities were built, Societies were made:",3.0
Here rose one little State; another near,0.0
"Grew by like means, and joined through Love, or Fear.",0.0
"And he returned a friend, who came a foe.",1.0
"Converse and Love mankind might strongly draw,",1.0
"When Love was Liberty, and Nature Law.",1.0
"Thus States were formed; the name of King unknown,",1.0
Till common Interest placed the sway in One.,0.0
"Then VIRTUE ONLY or in Arts, or Arms,",1.0
"Diffusing blessings, or averting harms",1.0
"The same which in a Sire the Sons obeyed,",2.0
A Prince the Father of a People made.,1.0
"Till then, by Nature crowned, each Patriarch sat,",1.0
"King, Priest, and Parent of his growing State:",2.0
"On him, their second Providence, they hung,",2.0
"Their Law, his Eye; their Oracle, his Tongue.",1.0
"He, from the wondering furrow called their food,",3.0
"Taught to command the Fire, control the Flood,",2.0
"Draw forth the Monsters of the Abyss profound,",4.0
Or fetch the aerial Eagle to the ground.,3.0
"Till drooping, sickening, dying, they began",1.0
"Whom they revered as God, to mourn as Man.",1.0
"Then, looking up from Sire to Sire, explored",5.0
"One great, first Father, and that first adored.",2.0
"Or plain Tradition that this All begun,",0.0
"Conveyed unbroken Faith from Sire to Son,",2.0
"The Workman from the Work distinct was known,",1.0
And simple Reason never sought but One:,0.0
"Before Wit oblique had broke that steady light,",1.0
"Man, like his Maker, saw, that all was right,",0.0
"To Virtue in the paths of Pleasure trod,",0.0
And owned a Father when he owned a God.,0.0
"LOVE all the Faith, and all the Allegiance then;",1.0
"For Nature knew no Right Divine in Men,",1.0
No Ill could fear in God; and understood,1.0
A Sovereign Being but a Sovereign Good.,1.0
"True Faith, true Policy, united ran,",3.0
"That was but Love of God, and this of Man.",1.0
"Who first taught souls enslaved, and realms undone,",1.0
The enormous Faith of Many made for One?,1.0
"That proud Exception to all Nature's laws,",1.0
"Force first made Conquest, and that Conquest, Law;",3.0
"Till Superstition taught the Tyrant Awe,",0.0
"Then shared the Tyranny, and lent it aid,",1.0
"And Gods of Conquerors, Slaves of Subjects made:",2.0
"When rocked the Mountains, and when groaned the ground,",1.0
"She taught the weak to bend, the proud to pray",0.0
"To Power unseen, and mightier far than they.",4.0
"She, from the rending earth, and bursting skies,",1.0
"Saw Gods descend, and Fiends infernal rise;",1.0
"Fear made her Devils, and weak Hope her Gods:",3.0
"Whose Attributes were Rage, Revenge, or Lust:",0.0
"Such as the souls of Cowards might conceive,",1.0
"And formed like Tyrants, Tyrants would believe.",0.0
"Zeal then, not Charity, became the guide,",1.0
"And Hell was built on Spite, and Heaven on Pride.",0.0
Next his grim Idol smeared with human blood;,2.0
"With Heavens own Thunders shook the world below,",2.0
And played the God an Engine on his foe.,1.0
"Of what restrains him, Government and Laws.",1.0
"For what one likes if others like as well,",0.0
What serves one Will when many Wills rebel?,1.0
"How shall he keep, what sleeping or awake",1.0
"A weaker may surprise, a stronger take?",1.0
His Safety must his Liberty restrain;,1.0
All join to guard what each desires to gain.,0.0
Even Kings learnt Justice and Benevolence:,3.0
And found the private in the public Good.,0.0
"'Twas then, the studious Head, or generous Mind,",4.0
"Follo'wer of God, or Friend of Humankind,",2.0
"Poet or Patriot rose, but to restore",5.0
"The Faith and Moral, Nature gave before;",0.0
"If not God's Image, yet his Shadow drew;",1.0
"Taught Powers due use to People and to Kings,",5.0
"Taught, not to slack nor strain its tender strings;",0.0
"The Less, and Greater, set so justly true,",0.0
"That touching one must strike the other too,",1.0
And jarring Interests of themselves create,1.0
"Such is the WORLD'S great Harmony, that springs",3.0
"From Union, Order, full Consent of things!",0.0
"Where small and great, where weak and mighty made",0.0
"To serve, not suffer, strengthen, not invade,",0.0
"More powerful each as needful to the rest,",2.0
"And in proportion as it blesses, blessed,",1.0
"Draw to one point, and to one Centre bring",1.0
"Beast, Man, or Angel, Servant, Lord, or King.",1.0
"For Forms of Government let fools contest,",2.0
"Whatever is best administered, is best:",4.0
"For Modes of Faith let graceless Zealots fight,",1.0
His can't be wrong whose Life is in the right:,0.0
"All must be false, that thwart this One, great End,",1.0
"And all of God, that bless Mankind, or mend,",1.0
"Man, like the generous Vine, supported lives,",2.0
The Strength he gains is from the Embrace he gives.,1.0
"On their own Axis as the Planets run,",2.0
Yet make at once their Circle round the Sun;,0.0
"So two consistent Motions act the soul,",0.0
"And one regards Itself, and one the Whole.",2.0
"Thus God and Nature linked the general Frame,",1.0
OH HAPPINESS! our Being's End and Aim!,2.0
"Good, Pleasure, Ease, Content! whatever thy name:",3.0
"For which we bear to live, nor fear to die;",0.0
"Which still so near us, yet beyond us lies,",0.0
"Overlooked, seen double, by the fool ' --  and wise.",2.0
"Plant of Celestial seed! if dropped below,",2.0
"Or deep with diamonds in the flaming Mine,",1.0
Or reaped in Iron Harvests of the Field?,1.0
"Where grows ' --  where grows it not? ' --  If vain our toil,",0.0
"We ought to blame the Culture, not the Soil:",0.0
Fixed to no spot is Happiness sincere;,4.0
"It's no where to be found, or every where;",1.0
"It's never to be bought, but always free,",1.0
"And fled from Monarchs, ST. JOHN! dwells with thee.",2.0
"Ask of the Learnt the way, the Learnt are blind,",0.0
"This bids to serve, and that to shun mankind:",1.0
"Some place the bliss in Action, some in Ease,",0.0
"Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these:",2.0
"Who thus define it, say they more or less",0.0
"Than this, that Happiness is Happiness?",3.0
"One grants his Pleasure is but Rest from pain,",1.0
"One doubts of All, one owns even Virtue vain.",2.0
"Take Nature's path, and mad Opinion's leave,",1.0
"All States can reach it, and all Heads conceive;",1.0
"Obvious her goods, in no Extreme they dwell,",1.0
"There needs but thinking right, and meaning well;",0.0
"And mourn our various portions as we please,",3.0
"Equal is common Sense, and common Ease.",2.0
Remember Man! the Universal Cause,0.0
"And makes what Happiness we justly call,",1.0
"Subsist not in the Good of one, but all.",1.0
But some way leans and hearkens to the Kind.,2.0
"No Bandit fierce, no Tyrant mad with pride,",2.0
"Who most to shun or hate mankind pretend,",1.0
"Seek an Admirer, or would fix a Friend.",3.0
"Abstract what others feel, what others think,",0.0
"All Pleasures sicken, and all Glories sink;",1.0
"Each has his share, and who would more obtain",0.0
"Shall find, the pleasure pays not half the pain.",0.0
"ORDER is Heaven's first Law; and this confessed,",6.0
"Some are, and must be, greater than the rest,",1.0
"More rich, more wise: but who infers from hence",0.0
"That such are happier, shocks all common sense.",2.0
Heaven to mankind impartial we confess,4.0
If all are equal in their happiness:,1.0
"But mutual wants this happiness increase,",3.0
All Nature's difference keeps all Nature's peace.,0.0
"Condition, Circumstance is not the thing:",0.0
"Bliss is the same, in Subject or in King;",1.0
"In who obtain defence, or who defend;",0.0
"In him who is, or him who finds, a friend.",1.0
Heaven breathes through every member of the whole,1.0
"One common Blessing, as one common Soul:",1.0
"But Fortune's gifts if each alike possessed,",0.0
"And each were equal, must not all contest?",0.0
"If then to all men Happiness was meant,",2.0
"Fortune her gifts may variously dispose,",5.0
"And these be called unhappy, happy those;",2.0
"But Heaven's just balance equal will appear,",3.0
"While those are placed in Hope, and these in Fear:",1.0
"Not present Good or Ill, the joy or curse,",0.0
"But future views, of Better, or of Worse.",1.0
O Sons of Earth! attempt you still to rise,0.0
"By mountains piled on mountains, to the Skies?",1.0
"Heaven still with laughter the vain toil surveys,",2.0
And buries Madmen in the Heaps they raise.,0.0
"Know, all the Good that Individuals find,",2.0
"Or God and Nature meant to mere mankind,",1.0
"Reason's whole pleasures, all the joys of Sense,",3.0
"Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence.",5.0
"But Health consists with Temperance alone,",1.0
"And Peace, fair Virtue! Peace is all thy own;",1.0
The gifts of Fortune good or bad may gain;,0.0
"But these less taste them, as they worse obtain.",2.0
"Say, in pursuit of Profit or Delight,",2.0
"Who risque the most, that take wrong means, or right?",2.0
"Of Vice or Virtue, whether blessed or cursed,",0.0
"Which meets Contempt, or which Compassion first?",0.0
"Count all the advantage prosperous Vice attains,",3.0
"It's but what Virtue flies from, and disdains;",2.0
"And grant the bad what happiness they would,",1.0
"One they must want, which is, to pass for good.",1.0
"O blind to Truth, and God's whole Scheme below!",1.0
"Who fancy Bliss to Vice, to Virtue Woe:",0.0
"Who sees and follows that great Scheme the best,",1.0
"Best knows his blessing, and will most be blessed.",2.0
"But Fools the Good alone unhappy call,",0.0
For Ills or Accidents that chance to All.,1.0
"See FALKLAND falls, the virtuous and the just!",2.0
See SIDNEY bleeds amid the martial strife!,1.0
"Was this their Virtue, or Contempt of life?",2.0
"Say was it Virtue, more though Heaven never gave,",0.0
Lamented DIGBY! sunk thee to the Grave?,1.0
"Tell me, if Virtue made the Son expire,",0.0
"Why, full of Days and Honour, lives the Sire?",3.0
"Why drew Marseilles good Bishop purer breath,",0.0
"When Nature sickened, and each gale was death?",1.0
Or why so long in Life if long can be,0.0
Lent Heaven a Parent to the Poor and Me?,2.0
What makes all Physical or Moral Ill?,1.0
"There deviates Nature, and here wanders Will.",6.0
"God sends not Ill, it's Nature lets it fall",1.0
"Or Chance escape, and Man improves it all.",0.0
"We just as wisely might of Heaven complain,",0.0
"That righteous Abel was destroyed by Cain,",1.0
"As that the virtuous Son is ill at ease,",2.0
When his lewd Father gave the dire disease.,2.0
"Think we like some weak Prince the Eternal Cause,",2.0
"Shall burning Aetna, if a Sage requires,",1.0
"Forget to thunder, and recall her fires?",1.0
"On Air or Sea new motions be impressed,",1.0
OH blameless Bethel! to relieve thy breast?,2.0
"Shall Gravitation cease, if you go by?",0.0
"Or some old Temple nodding to its fall,",2.0
For Chartres head reserve the hanging Wall?,0.0
But still this World so fitted for the Knave,1.0
Contents us not. A better shall we have?,0.0
A Kingdom of the Just then let it be:,1.0
But first consider how those Just agree?,1.0
The Good must merit God's peculiar care;,0.0
"But who but God can tell us, who they are?",0.0
"One thinks on Calvin Heaven's own spirit fell,",2.0
Another deems him Instrument of Hell;,1.0
"If Calvin feel Heaven's Blessing, or its Rod,",4.0
"This cries there is, and that, there is no God.",2.0
"What shocks one part will edify the rest,",0.0
Nor with one System can they all be blessed.,2.0
"Give each a System, all must be at strife;",0.0
What different Systems for a man and wife?,1.0
"The very best will variously incline,",1.0
"And what rewards your Virtue, punish mine.",1.0
"Whatever is, is right. ' --  This world, it's true,",2.0
Was made for Caesar ' --  but for Titus too:,1.0
"And which more blessed? who chained his Country, say,",0.0
"Or he, whose Virtue sighed to lose a day?",1.0
But sometime Virtue starves while Vice is fed.,1.0
"What then? is the reward of Virtue, Bread?",1.0
"That, Vice may merit; it's the price of Toil:",1.0
"The Knave deserves it when he tempts the Main,",0.0
"Where Madness fights, for Tyrants, or for Gain.",1.0
"The good man may be weak, be indolent,",1.0
"Nor is his claim to Plenty, but Content.",2.0
"But grant him Riches, your demand is over?",1.0
"No ' --  shall the good want health, the good want Power?",2.0
"Add health and power, and every earthly thing:",3.0
Why bounded power? why private? why no King?,3.0
"Nay, why external for internal given,",2.0
"Why is not Man a God, and Earth a Heaven?",0.0
"Who ask and reason thus, will scarce conceive",0.0
God gives enough while he has more to give:,1.0
"Immense the Power, immense were the demand;",3.0
"Say, at what part of Nature will they stand?",1.0
"What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy,",1.0
"The Soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy,",4.0
And give Humility a Coach and six?,1.0
"Justice a Conqueror's sword, or Truth a Gown,",4.0
"Or Public Spirit, its great cure, a Crown?",2.0
Rewards that either would to Virtue bring,0.0
"No joy, or be destructive of the thing.",2.0
How oft by these at sixty are undone,2.0
"For Riches, can they give but to the Just,",2.0
Esteem and Love were never to be sold.,1.0
"OH Fool! to think, God hates the worthy Mind,",2.0
"The Lover, and the Love, of Human kind,",1.0
"Whose Life is healthful, and whose Conscience clear;",1.0
Because he wants a thousand pounds a year!,0.0
"Act well your part, there all the Honour lies.",2.0
"Fortune in men has some small difference made,",3.0
"One flaunts in Rags, one flutters in Brocade,",0.0
"The Fryar hooded, and the Monarch crowned.",1.0
What differ more you cry than Crown and Cowl?,0.0
"I'll tell you, friend: a Wise man and a Fool.",2.0
"Worth makes the Man, and want of it the Fellow;",2.0
"The rest, is all but Leather or Prunella.",1.0
"Stuck over with Titles, and hung round with Strings,",5.0
"Thy boasted Blood, a thousand years or so,",0.0
May from Lucretia to Lucretia flow;,2.0
"But by your Father's worth if yours you rate,",2.0
Count me those only who were good and great.,0.0
Go! if your ancient but ignoble blood,1.0
"Has crept through Scoundrels ever since the Flood,",0.0
Go! and pretend your Family is young;,3.0
Not own your Fathers have been fools so long.,0.0
"Look next on Greatness, say where Greatness lies?",0.0
"Where, but among the Heroes, and the Wise?",2.0
"Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed,",1.0
"The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find",2.0
"Or make, an Enemy of all Mankind:",2.0
"Not one looks backward, onward still he goes,",2.0
"Yet never looks forward, further than his nose.",4.0
"No less alike the Politic and wise,",1.0
"Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take,",0.0
"Nor that themselves are wise, but others weak.",0.0
"But grant that those can conquer, these can cheat,",2.0
It's phrase absurd to call a Villain great.,0.0
"Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave,",1.0
"Is but the more a fool, the more a knave.",1.0
"Who noble ends by noble means obtains,",0.0
"Or failing, smiles in Exile or in Chains,",2.0
"Like Socrates, that Man is great indeed.",0.0
What's Fame? that fancied Life in others breath!,0.0
A thing beyond us even before our death.,2.0
"Just what you hear you have, and what's unknown",0.0
All that we feel of it begins and ends,1.0
In the small circle of our foes or friends;,3.0
To all beside as much an empty Shade,0.0
"An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead,",6.0
"Alike or when or where, they shone or shine,",0.0
"Or on the Rubicon, or on the Rhine.",3.0
"A Wit's a Feather, and a Chief a Rod;",1.0
An honest man's the noblest Work of God:,0.0
"Fame but from death a Villain's name can save,",0.0
As Justice tears his body from the grave;,1.0
"When what to oblivion better were resigned,",4.0
"Is hung on high, to poison half mankind.",1.0
"All Fame is foreign, but of true desert,",1.0
"Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.",1.0
And more true joy Marcellus exiled feels,2.0
Than Caesar with a Senate at his heels.,1.0
In Parts superior what advantage lies!,2.0
Tell for You can what is it to be wise?,2.0
"It's but to know, how little can be known;",2.0
"To see all others faults, and feel our own;",0.0
Condemned in Business or in Arts to drudge,1.0
"Without a Second, or without a Judge:",1.0
"Truths would you teach, or save a sinking Land?",0.0
"All fear, none aid you, and few understand.",2.0
Painful Pre-eminence! yourself to view,4.0
"Above Life's Weakness, and its Comforts too.",2.0
"Bring then these Blessings to a strict account,",1.0
"Make fair deductions, see to what they mount?",1.0
How much of other each is sure to cost?,0.0
How each for other oft is wholly lost?,0.0
How inconsistent greater Goods with these?,0.0
"How sometime Life is risked, and always Ease?",1.0
"Think, and if still the Things thy envy call,",0.0
"To sigh for Ribbons if thou art so silly,",1.0
"Mark how they grace Lord Umbra, or Sir Billy.",3.0
Is yellow Dirt the passion of thy life?,1.0
"If Parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined,",0.0
"The wisest, brightest, meanest of Mankind:",2.0
"See Cromwell, damned to everlasting Fame!",1.0
"If all, united, thy ambition call,",1.0
From ancient Storey learn to scorn them all.,0.0
"There, in the rich, the honoured, famed, and great,",3.0
See the false Scale of Happiness complete!,4.0
"In hearts of Kings or arms of Queens who lay,",0.0
"How happy! those to ruin, these betray,",2.0
"Mark by what wretched steps their Glory grows,",0.0
From dirt and seaweed as proud Venice rose;,3.0
"In each, how Guilt and Greatness equal ran,",0.0
And all that raised the Hero sunk the Man.,0.0
"But stained with Blood, or ill exchanged for Gold:",0.0
"Then see them broke with Toils, or lost in Ease,",0.0
Or infamous for plundered Provinces.,2.0
What greater bliss attends their close of life?,0.0
"Some greedy Minion, or imperious Wife,",3.0
Compute the Morn and Evening to the Day:,1.0
The whole amount of that enormous Fame,0.0
A Tale! that blends their Glory with their Shame!,1.0
Know then this Truth enough for man to know,0.0
VIRTUE alone is Happiness below.,3.0
"The only point where human bliss stands still,",1.0
And tastes the Good without the fall to Ill:,0.0
"Where only, Merit constant pay receives,",0.0
Is blessed in what it takes and what it gives:,0.0
"And if it lose, attended with no pain:",3.0
"Without satiety, though ever so blessed,",4.0
And but more relished as the more distressed:,2.0
"The broadest Mirth unfeeling Folly wears,",0.0
Less pleasing far than Virtue's very Tears:,1.0
"Good, from each object, from each place acquired,",0.0
"Never elated, while one Man's oppressed;",2.0
"And where no wants, no wishes can remain,",3.0
"Since but to wish more Virtue, is to gain.",1.0
"See! the sole Bliss Heaven could on all bestow,",1.0
"Which who but feels, can taste, but thinks, can know:",0.0
"Yet, poor with Fortune and with Learning blind,",1.0
"Slave to no Sect, who takes no private road,",4.0
"But looks through Nature up to Nature's GOD,",1.0
"Pursues that Chain which links the immense Design,",2.0
"Joins Heaven, and Earth, and mortal, and divine;",2.0
"Sees, that no Being any Bliss can know",2.0
"But touches some above, and some below;",0.0
"Learns, from this Union of the rising Whole,",1.0
"The first, last Purpose of the human Soul;",2.0
"And knows, where Faith, Law, Morals all began,",1.0
"All end, in LOVE of GOD and LOVE of MAN.",0.0
"For him alone, Hope leads from goal to goal,",2.0
"And opens still, and opens, on his Soul,",1.0
"Till lengthened on to Faith, and unconfined,",1.0
It pours the bliss that fills up all the mind.,0.0
"He sees, why Nature plants in Man alone",0.0
"Hope of known bliss, and Faith in bliss unknown?",3.0
"Nature, whose dictates to no other Kind",3.0
"Are given in vain, but what they seek they find",2.0
Wise is the Present: she connects in this,1.0
"His greatest Virtue with his greatest Bliss,",1.0
"At once his own bright Prospect to be blessed,",2.0
And strongest Motive to assist the rest.,1.0
Is this too little for the boundless heart?,3.0
"Extend it, let thy Enemies have part!",1.0
"Grasp the whole Worlds, of Reason, Life, and Sense,",3.0
In one close System of Benevolence!,4.0
"Happier, as kinder! in whatever degree;",4.0
And height of Bliss but height of CHARITY.,1.0
GOD loves from whole to parts: but human Soul,1.0
Must rise from individual to the whole.,1.0
As the small pebble stirs the peaceful Lake;,2.0
"The Centre moved, a Circle strait succeeds,",0.0
"Another still, and still another spreads;",0.0
"Take every Creature in, of every kind;",1.0
"Earth smiles around, with boundless bounty blessed,",1.0
"Come then, my Friend! my Genius come along,",0.0
"O Master of the Poet, and the Song!",2.0
"And while the Muse now stoops, or now ascends,",1.0
"To Man's low Passions or their glorious Ends,",4.0
"Teach me like thee, in various Nature wise,",2.0
"To fall with Dignity, with Temper rise,",1.0
"Formed by thy Converse, happily to steer",1.0
"From grave to gay, from lively to severe,",1.0
"Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease,",1.0
"Intent to reason, or polite to please.",1.0
"OH! while along the stream of Time, thy Name",1.0
"Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,",0.0
"Say, shall my little Bark attendant sail,",0.0
"Pursue the Triumph, and partake the Gale?",1.0
"When Statesmen, Heroes, Kings, in dust repose,",0.0
"Whose Sons shall blush their Fathers were thy foes,",1.0
Shall then this Verse to future age pretend,0.0
"Thou wert my Guide, Philosopher, and Friend?",2.0
"That urged by thee, I turned the tuneful Art",1.0
"From Sounds to Things, from Fancy to the Heart;",1.0
For Wit's false Mirror held up Nature's Light;,1.0
"Showed erring Pride, Whatever Is, is Right;",3.0
"That Reason, Passion, answer one great Aim;",2.0
That Virtue only makes our Bliss below;,0.0
"And all our Knowledge is, Ourselves to know.",1.0
"The Village Life, and every care that reigns",0.0
"What labour yields, and what, that labour past,",0.0
"What form the real Picture of the Poor,",4.0
Demand a song ' --  the Muse can give no more.,1.0
"Fled are those times, when, in harmonious strains,",2.0
The rustic poet praised his native plains:,0.0
"No shepherd's now, in smooth alternate verse,",5.0
"Yet still for these we frame the tender strain,",1.0
"And shepherd's' boys their amorous pains reveal,",4.0
"The only pains, alas! they never feel.",0.0
"From Truth and Nature shall we widely stray,",0.0
"Where Virgil, not where Fancy, leads the way?",0.0
Because the Muses never knew their pains:,0.0
They boast their peasants' pipes; but peasants now,0.0
Resign their pipes and plod behind the plough;,0.0
"To number syllables, and play with rhyme;",1.0
"Save honest Duck, what son of verse could share",1.0
The poet's rapture and the peasant's care?,1.0
With the new peril of a poorer trade?,3.0
"From this chief cause these idle praises spring,",2.0
For no deep thought the trifling subjects ask;,1.0
To sing of shepherd's is an easy task:,1.0
"The happy youth assumes the common strain,",0.0
"A nymph his mistress, and himself a swain;",1.0
"With no sad scenes he clouds his tuneful prayer,",1.0
"But all, to look like her, is painted fair.",1.0
I grant indeed that fields and flocks have charms,0.0
But when amid such pleasing scenes I trace,0.0
"The poor laborious natives of the place,",3.0
"And see the midday sun, with fervid ray,",1.0
On their bare heads and dewy temples play;,2.0
"Deplore their fortune, yet sustain their parts ' --",0.0
Then shall I dare these real ills to hide,3.0
In tinsel trappings of poetic pride?,1.0
"No; cast by Fortune on a frowning coast,",2.0
Which neither groves nor happy valleys boast;,0.0
"Where other cares than those the Muse relates,",1.0
And other shepherd's dwell with other mates;,0.0
"By such examples taught, I paint the Cot,",1.0
"Nor you, you Poor, of lettered scorn complain,",1.0
To you the smoothest song is smooth in vain;,1.0
"Overcome by labour, and bowed down by time,",2.0
Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?,1.0
By winding myrtles round your ruined shed?,0.0
"Lo! where the heath, with withering brake grown over,",3.0
Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor;,5.0
"From thence a length of burning sand appears,",0.0
Where the thin harvest waves its withered ears;,2.0
"Rank weeds, that every art and care defy,",1.0
"Reign over the land, and rob the blighted rye:",3.0
"There thistles stretch their prickly arms afar,",0.0
And to the ragged infant threaten war;,1.0
"There poppies nodding, mock the hope of toil;",0.0
"Hardy and high, above the slender sheaf,",2.0
The slimy mallow waves her silky leaf;,0.0
"With mingled tints the rocky coasts abound,",0.0
"So looks the nymph whom wretched arts adorn,",0.0
"Betrayed by man, then left for man to scorn;",0.0
"Whose cheek in vain assumes the mimic rose,",0.0
While her sad eyes the troubled breast disclose;,3.0
With sullen woe displayed in every face;,0.0
"Who, far from civil arts and social fly,",0.0
And scowl at strangers with suspicious eye.,1.0
Here too the lawless merchant of the main,1.0
Draws from his plough the intoxicated swain;,2.0
"Want only claimed the labour of the day,",2.0
But vice now steals his nightly rest away.,1.0
With rural games played down the setting sun;,2.0
"While some huge Ajax, terrible and strong,",5.0
"Engaged some artful stripling of the throng,",1.0
"And fell beneath him, foiled, while far around",0.0
"Hoarse triumph rose, and rocks returned the sound?",1.0
"Where now are these? ' --  Beneath yonder cliff they stand,",5.0
"To load the ready steed with guilty haste,",0.0
To foil their foes by cunning or by force;,1.0
"Or, yielding part which equal knaves demand,",0.0
To gain a lawless passport through the land.,2.0
"Here, wandering long, amid these frowning fields,",2.0
I sought the simple life that Nature yields;,0.0
"And a bold, artful, surly, savage race;",2.0
"Wait on the shore, and, as the waves run high,",2.0
"On the tossed vessel bend their eager eye,",2.0
"Theirs, or the ocean's, miserable prey.",2.0
"As on their neighbouring beach yonder swallows stand,",3.0
While still for flight the ready wing is spread:,0.0
"Fled from these shores where guilt and famine reign,",0.0
"And cried, Ah! hapless they who still remain;",1.0
"Who still remain to hear the ocean roar,",0.0
Whose greedy waves devour the lessening shore;,4.0
"Till some fierce tide, with more imperious sway,",3.0
Sweeps the low hut and all it holds away;,2.0
When the sad tenant weeps from door to door;,2.0
And begs a poor protection from the poor!,1.0
But these are scenes where Nature's niggard hand,2.0
Gave a spare portion to the famished land;,4.0
"Hers is the fault, if here mankind complain",2.0
Of fruitless toil and labour spent in vain;,0.0
"But yet in other scenes more fair in view,",0.0
When Plenty smiles ' --  alas! she smiles for few ' --,0.0
"And those who taste not, yet behold her store,",1.0
Are as the slaves that dig the golden over ' --,1.0
The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.,0.0
"Or will you deem them amply paid in health,",1.0
"Go then! and see them rising with the sun,",1.0
Through a long course of daily toil to run;,2.0
When the knees tremble and the temples beat;,3.0
"The labour past, and toils to come explore;",0.0
"See them alternate suns and showers engage,",4.0
And hoard up aches and anguish for their age;,1.0
When their warm pores imbibe the evening dew;,3.0
Then own that labour may as fatal be,1.0
"To these thy slaves, as thine excess to thee.",2.0
Amid this tribe too oft a manly pride,1.0
Strives in strong toil the fainting heart to hide;,3.0
There may you see the youth of slender frame,1.0
"Contend with weakness, weariness, and shame;",1.0
"Yet, urged along, and proudly loath to yield,",0.0
He strives to join his fellows of the field:,1.0
And mutual murmurs urge the slow disease.,2.0
"Yet grant them health, it's not for us to tell,",1.0
"Or will you praise that homely, healthy fare,",1.0
"Oh! trifle not with wants you cannot feel,",1.0
As you who praise would never deign to touch.,1.0
"You gentle souls, who dream of rural ease,",0.0
Whom the smooth stream and smoother sonnet please;,3.0
"Go! if the peaceful cot your praises share,",0.0
"Go look within, and ask if peace be there;",1.0
"If peace be his ' --  that drooping weary sire,",1.0
"Or theirs, that offspring round their feeble fire;",1.0
"Or hers, that matron pale, whose trembling hand",1.0
Turns on the wretched hearth the expiring brand!,2.0
Nor yet can Time itself obtain for these,0.0
"Life's latest comforts, due respect and ease;",1.0
"For yonder see that hoary swain, whose age",0.0
Can with no cares except its own engage;,2.0
"Who, propped on that rude staff, looks up to see",1.0
"The bare arms broken from the withering tree,",4.0
"Then his first joy, but his sad emblem now.",5.0
He once was chief in all the rustic trade;,0.0
To find the triumphs of his youth allowed;,1.0
"A transient pleasure sparkles in his eyes,",0.0
"He hears and smiles, then thinks again and sighs:",0.0
For now he journeys to his grave in pain;,1.0
"The rich disdain him; nay, the poor disdain:",0.0
"Alternate masters now their slave command,",2.0
"Urge the weak efforts of his feeble hand,",4.0
"And, when his age attempts its task in vain,",0.0
"With ruthless taunts, of lazy poor complain.",0.0
"Oft may you see him, when he tends the sheep,",0.0
"His winter charge, beneath the hillock weep;",0.0
Oft hear him murmur to the winds that blow,2.0
"Over his white locks and bury them in snow,",3.0
"When, roused by rage and muttering in the morn,",1.0
"Why do I live, when I desire to be",1.0
At once from life and life's long labour free?,1.0
"Like leaves in spring, the young are blown away,",0.0
Without the sorrows of a slow decay;,1.0
"I, like yonder withered leaf, remain behind,",0.0
"Nipped by the frost, and shivering in the wind;",1.0
"There it abides till younger buds come on,",3.0
"Then, from the rising generation thrust,",0.0
"It falls, like me, unnoticed to the dust.",2.0
"These fruitful fields, these numerous flocks I see,",2.0
"Are others' gain, but killing cares to me;",0.0
"To me the children of my youth are lords,",2.0
"Cool in their looks, but hasty in their words:",0.0
Wants of their own demand their care; and who,0.0
"A lonely, wretched man, in pain I go,",0.0
"None need my help, and none relieve my woe;",0.0
"Then let my bones beneath the turf be laid,",0.0
And men forget the wretch they would not aid.,0.0
"Thus, groan the old, till, by disease oppressed,",2.0
"They taste a final woe, and then they rest.",0.0
"Theirs is yonder House that holds the parish poor,",0.0
Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door;,1.0
And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day; ' --,5.0
There children dwell who know no parents' care;,1.0
"Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there!",5.0
"Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed;",0.0
"Dejected widows with unheeded tears,",1.0
And crippled age with more than childhood fears;,1.0
"The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they!",1.0
"The moping idiot, and the madman gay.",2.0
"Here too the sick their final doom receive,",0.0
"Here brought, amid the scenes of grief, to grieve,",0.0
"Where the loud groans from some sad chamber flow,",4.0
And the cold charities of man to man:,3.0
"Whose laws indeed for ruined age provide,",0.0
And strong compulsion plucks the scrap from pride;,0.0
"But still that scrap is bought with many a sigh,",2.0
"Say, you, oppressed by some fantastic woes,",2.0
Some jarring nerve that baffles your repose;,1.0
"Who press the downy couch, while slaves advance",0.0
With timid eye to read the distant glance;,0.0
"Who with sad prayers the weary doctor tease,",3.0
"Who with mock patience dire complaints endure,",2.0
Which real pain and that alone can cure;,1.0
"How would you bear in real pain to lie,",3.0
"Despised, neglected, left alone to die?",0.0
"How would you bear to draw your latest breath,",0.0
"Such is that room which one rude beam divides,",3.0
And naked rafters form the sloping sides;,0.0
"Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen,",3.0
And lath and mud are all that lie between;,0.0
"To the rude tempest, yet excludes the day:",2.0
The drooping wretch reclines his languid head;,0.0
"For him no hand the cordial cup applies,",2.0
"No friends with soft discourse his pain beguile,",6.0
"Or promise hope, till sickness wears a smile.",0.0
"But soon a loud and hasty summons calls,",0.0
"Shakes the thin roof, and echoes round the walls;",3.0
"Anon, a figure enters, quaintly neat,",0.0
"All pride and business, bustle and conceit;",1.0
"With looks unaltered by these scenes of woe,",1.0
"With speed that, entering, speaks his haste to go,",2.0
"He bids the gazing throng around him fly,",0.0
"A potent quack, long versed in human ills,",1.0
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;,0.0
"Whose murderous hand a drowsy Bench protect,",2.0
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.,1.0
"Paid by the parish for attendance here,",1.0
"In haste he seeks the bed where Misery lies,",2.0
Impatience marked in his averted eyes;,1.0
"And, some habitual queries hurried over,",2.0
"Without reply, he rushes on the door:",1.0
"His drooping patient, long inured to pain,",0.0
He ceases now the feeble help to crave,0.0
Of man; and silent sinks into the grave.,0.0
"But ere his death some pious doubts arise,",0.0
"Some simple fears, which bold bad men despise;",1.0
Fain would he ask the parish priest to prove,0.0
His title certain to the joys above:,1.0
"For this he sends the murmuring nurse, who calls",3.0
The holy stranger to these dismal walls:,1.0
"And does not he, the pious man, appear,",0.0
"He, passing rich with forty pounds a year?",0.0
"Ah! no; a shepherd of a different stock,",1.0
"And far unlike him, feeds this little flock:",0.0
"A jovial youth, who thinks his Sunday's task",3.0
As much as God or man can fairly ask;,0.0
"To fields the morning, and to feasts the night;",1.0
"None better skilled the noisy pack to guide,",1.0
"To urge their chase, to cheer them or to chide;",1.0
"A sportsman keen, he shoots through half the day,",0.0
"Shall he sit sadly by the sick man's bed,",4.0
"To raise the hope he feels not, or with zeal",1.0
To combat fears that even the pious feel?,2.0
"Now once again the gloomy scene explore,",1.0
"Less gloomy now; the bitter hour is over,",1.0
The man of many sorrows sighs no more. ' --,1.0
"Up yonder hill, behold how sadly slow",0.0
The bier moves winding from the vale below:,2.0
"There lie the happy dead, from trouble free,",0.0
And the glad parish pays the frugal fee:,2.0
"No more, OH Death! thy victim starts to hear",3.0
"No more the farmer claims his humble bow,",0.0
"Thou art his lord, the best of tyrants thou!",1.0
"Now to the church behold the mourners come,",0.0
Sedately torpid and devoutly dumb;,1.0
"The village children now their games suspend,",0.0
To see the bier that bears their ancient friend:,0.0
"For he was one in all their idle sport,",1.0
And like a monarch ruled their little court;,0.0
"The pliant bow he formed, the flying ball,",0.0
"Him now they follow to his grave, and stand,",1.0
"Silent and sad, and gazing, hand in hand;",2.0
"While bending low, their eager eyes explore",0.0
The mingled relics of the parish poor.,1.0
"The bell tolls late, the moping owl flies round,",2.0
Fear marks the flight and magnifies the sound;,1.0
Defers his duty till the day of prayer;,1.0
"And, waiting long, the crowd retire distressed,",0.0
"No longer truth, though shown in verse, disdain,",1.0
But own the Village Life a life of pain:,0.0
"I too must yield, that oft amid these woes",0.0
"Are gleams of transient mirth and hours of sweet repose,",0.0
"Where loitering stray a little tribe of friends,",2.0
On a fair Sunday when the sermon ends:,1.0
"Then rural beaux their best attire put on,",0.0
"To win their nymphs, as other nymphs are won;",0.0
"While those long wed go plain, and by degrees,",5.0
"Like other husbands, quit their care to please.",0.0
"Some of the sermon talk, a sober crowd,",0.0
"And loudly praise, if it were preached aloud;",1.0
"Feel their own worth, and think their toil renowned;",0.0
"While some, whose hopes to no renown extend,",0.0
"Thus, as their hours glide on, with pleasure fraught",0.0
Their careful masters brood the painful thought;,0.0
"Much in their mind they murmur and lament,",1.0
That one fair day should be so idly spent;,1.0
"And think that Heaven deals hard, to tithe their store",3.0
And tax their time for preachers and the poor.,1.0
"Yet still, you humbler friends, enjoy your hour,",0.0
"This is your portion, yet unclaimed of power;",1.0
"This is Heaven's gift to weary men oppressed,",0.0
And seems the type of their expected rest:,1.0
"But yours, alas! are joys that soon decay;",1.0
"Frail joys, begun and ended with the day;",2.0
"Or yet, while day permits those joys to reign,",0.0
The village vices drive them from the plain.,1.0
Strike the bare bosom of his teeming mate!,4.0
"His naked vices, rude and unrefined,",0.0
Exert their open empire over the mind;,2.0
"But can we less the senseless rage despise,",1.0
Because the savage acts without disguise?,0.0
And Slander steals along and taints the Green:,0.0
"At her approach domestic peace is gone,",1.0
"She to the wife the husband's crime conveys,",1.0
She tells the husband when his consort strays;,3.0
"Her busy tongue, through all the little state,",0.0
"Diffuses doubt, suspicion, and debate;",1.0
"Peace, timorous goddess! quits her old domain,",3.0
In sentiment and song content to reign.,1.0
Nor are the nymphs that breathe the rural air,1.0
"These to the town afford each fresher face,",1.0
And the clown's trull receives the peer's embrace;,2.0
"From whom, should chance again convey her down,",0.0
The peer's disease in turn attacks the clown.,0.0
"How from their ponds the fish are born, and all",1.0
The ripening treasures from their lofty wall;,1.0
"How meaner rivals in their sports delight,",0.0
Just right enough to claim a doubtful right;,0.0
"Who take a licence round their fields to stray,",0.0
"And hark! the riots of the Green begin,",1.0
That sprang at first from yonder noisy inn;,0.0
"What time the weekly pay was vanished all,",0.0
And the slow hostess scored the threatening wall;,2.0
"What time they asked, their friendly feast to close,",0.0
"A final cup, and that will make them foes;",0.0
"When blows ensue that break the arm of toil,",0.0
"Save when to yonder Hall they bend their way,",0.0
Where the grave Justice ends the grievous fray;,2.0
"He who recites, to keep the poor in awe,",0.0
The law's vast volume ' --  for he knows the law: ' --,2.0
To him with anger or with shame repair,2.0
The injured peasant and deluded fair.,1.0
"Lo! at his throne the silent nymph appears,",0.0
"Frail by her shape, but modest in her tears;",0.0
"And while she stands abashed, with conscious eye,",0.0
"Some favourite female of her judge glides by,",4.0
And thanks the stars that made her keeper great:,0.0
"Near her the swain, about to bear for life",0.0
"One certain evil, doubts betwixt war and wife;",3.0
"But, while the faltering damsel takes her oath,",2.0
"Consents to wed, and so secures them both.",1.0
"Yet why, you ask, these humble crimes relate,",0.0
Why make the Poor as guilty as the Great?,1.0
"To show the great, those mightier sons of pride,",2.0
How near in vice the lowest are allied;,1.0
"Such are their natures and their passions such,",3.0
"But these disguise too little, those too much:",4.0
So shall the man of power and pleasure see,2.0
In his own slave as vile a wretch as he;,0.0
In his luxurious lord the servant find,3.0
His own low pleasures and degenerate mind:,3.0
"And each in all the kindred vices trace,",0.0
"Of a poor, blind, bewildered, erring race,",2.0
"Who, a short time in varied fortune past,",3.0
"Die, and are equal in the dust at last.",0.0
"And you, you Poor, who still lament your fate,",1.0
"And know, amid those blessings they possess,",1.0
"They are, like you, the victims of distress;",1.0
"While Sloth with many a pang torments her slave,",3.0
"Fear waits on guilt, and Danger shakes the brave.",1.0
"Oh! if in life one noble chief appears,",0.0
"Great in his name, while blooming in his years;",0.0
"Born to enjoy whatever delights mankind,",6.0
And yet to all you feel or fear resigned;,0.0
"Who gave up joys and hopes to you unknown,",1.0
For pains and dangers greater than your own:,1.0
"If such there be, then let your murmurs cease,",1.0
"Think, think of him, and take your lot in peace.",2.0
"And such there was: ' --  Oh! grief, that cheeks our pride,",4.0
"Weeping we say there was, ' --  for Manners died:",3.0
"Beloved of Heaven, these humble lines forgive,",0.0
"That sing of Thee, and thus aspire to live.",1.0
"As the tall oak, whose vigorous branches form",4.0
"An ample shade and brave the wildest storm,",0.0
"High over the subject wood is seen to grow,",3.0
The guard and glory of the trees below;,1.0
"Till on its head the fiery bolt descends,",3.0
And over the plain the shattered trunk extends;,2.0
"Yet then it lies, all wondrous as before,",1.0
"And still the glory, though the guard no more:",2.0
"So thou, when every virtue, every grace,",1.0
"Rose in thy soul, or shone within thy face;",0.0
Less by thy father's glory than thy own;,1.0
"When Honour loved and gave thee every charm,",1.0
"Then from our lofty hopes and longing eyes,",0.0
Fate and thy virtues called thee to the skies;,1.0
"Yet still we wonder at thy towering fame,",0.0
"And, losing thee, still dwell upon thy name.",2.0
"What verse can praise thee, or what work repay?",1.0
"Yet verse in all we can thy worth repays,",2.0
Nor trusts the tardy zeal of future days; ' --,0.0
"Thee in their hearts, the good, the brave shall bear;",0.0
"To deeds like thine shall noblest chiefs aspire,",1.0
"The Muse shall mourn thee, and the world admire.",1.0
The untried youth first quits a father's arms; ' --,5.0
"Oh! be like him, the weeping sire shall say;",1.0
"In danger foremost, yet in death sedate,",1.0
"Oh! be like him in all things, but his fate!",0.0
"If for that fate such public tears be shed,",1.0
That Victory seems to die now thou art dead;,2.0
"How shall a friend his nearer hope resign,",0.0
"That friend a brother, and whose soul was thine?",1.0
"By what bold lines shall we his grief express,",1.0
Or by what soothing numbers make it less?,1.0
"Nor all the powers that to the Muse belong,",0.0
"Words aptly culled, and meanings well expressed,",1.0
Can calm the sorrows of a wounded breast;,1.0
"Shall heal that bosom, Rutland, where she reigns.",0.0
"Yet hard the task to heal the bleeding heart,",0.0
"Tame the fierce grief and stem the rising sigh,",3.0
"And kerb rebellious passion, with reply;",1.0
"Calmly to dwell on all that pleased before,",2.0
And yet to know that all shall please no more; ' --,1.0
"Oh! glorious labour of the soul, to save",3.0
"Her captive powers, and bravely mourn the brave",2.0
To such these thoughts will lasting comfort give ' --,1.0
Life is not measured by the time we live:,1.0
"A life of narrow views and paltry fears,",0.0
"Grey hairs and wrinkles and the cares they bring,",2.0
That take from Death the terrors or the sting;,1.0
"But it's the generous spirit, mounting high",3.0
"Above the world, that native of the sky;",1.0
"The noble spirit, that, in dangers brave,",0.0
"Calmly looks on, or looks beyond the grave: ' --",0.0
"Such Manners was, so he resigned his breath,",2.0
"If in a glorious, then a timely death.",1.0
"Cease then that grief, and let those tears subside;",0.0
"If Passion rule us, be that passion pride;",0.0
"If Reason, reason bids us strive to raise",0.0
"Our fallen hearts, and be like him we praise;",0.0
"Or if Affection still the soul subdue,",1.0
"Bring all his virtues, all his worth in view,",0.0
And let Affection find its comfort too:,0.0
"For how can Grief so deeply wound the heart,",1.0
When Admiration claims so large a part?,0.0
Grief is a foe ' --  expel him then thy soul;,0.0
"Oh! make the age to come thy better care,",1.0
"And, as thy thoughts through streaming ages glide,",1.0
See other heroes die as Manners died:,1.0
"And from their fate, thy race shall nobler grow",2.0
As trees shoot upwards that are pruned below;,1.0
"Or as old Thames, born down with decent pride,",1.0
Sees his young streams run warbling at his side;,4.0
"Though some, by art cut off, no longer run,",3.0
And some are lost beneath the summer sun ' --,0.0
"Yet the pure stream moves on, and, as it moves,",2.0
Its power increases and its use improves;,1.0
"While plenty round its spacious waves bestow,",0.0
"Still it flows on, and shall for ever flow.",0.0
IT'S morning; and the sun with ruddy orb,1.0
Ascending fires the horizon. While the clouds,1.0
"That crowd away before the driving wind,",0.0
"More ardent as the disk emerges more,",1.0
"Resemble most some city in a blaze,",0.0
Seen through the leafless wood. His slanting ray,0.0
"Slides ineffectual down the snowy vale,",2.0
Stretches a length of shadow over the field.,4.0
In spite of gravity and sage remark,1.0
"That I myself am but a fleeting shade,",2.0
Provokes me to a smile. With eye askance,1.0
I view the muscular proportioned limb,1.0
Transformed to a lean shank. The shapeless pair,2.0
"As they designed to mock me, at my side",1.0
"Take step for step, and as I near approach",2.0
"The cottage, walk along the plastered wall",0.0
Preposterous sight! the legs without the man.,0.0
"Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine",2.0
"Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad",1.0
"And fledged with icy feathers, nod superb.",0.0
The cattle mourn in corners where the fence,0.0
"Screens them, and seem half petrified to sleep",1.0
"He from the stack carves out the accustomed load,",5.0
His broad keen knife into the solid mass.,1.0
"Smooth as a wall the upright remnant stands,",1.0
"He severs it away. No needless care,",2.0
"Deciduous, or its own unbalanced weight.",1.0
Forth goes the woodman leaving unconcerned,1.0
"The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe",0.0
From morn to eve his solitary task.,0.0
His dog attends him. Close behind his heel,0.0
"Now creeps he slow, and now with many a frisk",3.0
"With ivory teeth, or ploughs it with his snout;",1.0
Then shakes his powdered coat and barks for joy.,0.0
Moves right towards the mark. Nor stops for aught.,1.0
But now and then with pressure of his thumb,1.0
TO adjust the fragrant charge of a short tube,2.0
That fumes beneath his nose. The trailing cloud,0.0
"Now from the roost or from the neighbouring pale,",3.0
Where diligent to catch the first faint gleam,2.0
The feathered tribes domestic. Half on wing,0.0
"And half on foot, they brush the fleecy flood",0.0
"Conscious, and fearful of too deep a plunge.",4.0
"The sparrows peep, and quit the sheltering eaves",2.0
To seize the fair occasion. Well they eye,0.0
"TO escape the impending famine, often scared",3.0
"As oft return, a pert voracious kind.",0.0
"Clean riddance quickly made, one only care",1.0
"Remains to each, the search of sunny nook,",0.0
Or shed impervious to the blast. Resigned,1.0
The hills and valleys with their ceaseless songs,1.0
"Due sustenance, or where subsist they now?",2.0
That feed the thrush whatever some suppose,1.0
Afford the smaller minstrels no supply.,0.0
Thins all their numerous flocks. In chinks and holes,2.0
Ten thousand seek an unmolested end,1.0
"As instinct prompts, self buried before they die.",3.0
"The very rooks and daws forsake the fields,",0.0
Repays their labour more; and perched aloft,1.0
"By the wayside, or stalking in the path,",2.0
"Lean pensioners upon the travellers track,",4.0
Of voided pulse or half digested grain.,1.0
The streams are lost amid the splendid blank,0.0
Overwhelming all distinction. On the flood,1.0
"Not so, where scornful of a cheque it leaps",1.0
No frost can bind it there. Its utmost force,3.0
Can but arrest the light and smoky missed,1.0
That in its fall the liquid sheet throws wide.,1.0
And see where it has hung the embroidered banks,2.0
"With forms so various, that no powers of art,",4.0
"The pencil or the pen, may trace the scene!",1.0
Large growth of what may seem the sparkling trees,1.0
And shrubs of fairy land. The crystal drops,0.0
"That trickle down the branches, fast congealed",1.0
And prop the pile they but adorned before.,1.0
Here grotto within grotto safe defies,3.0
The sunbeam. There embossed and fretted wild,2.0
The growing wonder takes a thousand shapes,0.0
"Capricious, in which fancy seeks in vain",0.0
The likeness of some object seen before.,1.0
"Thus nature works as if to mock at art,",2.0
And in defiance of her rival powers;,1.0
By these fortuitous and random strokes,2.0
Performing such inimitable feats,2.0
As she with all her rules can never reach.,1.0
"Less worthy of applause though more admired,",2.0
"Because a novelty, the work of man,",1.0
"Thy most magnificent and mighty freak,",1.0
The wonder of the North. No forest fell,2.0
And make thy marble of the glassy wave.,1.0
Of his lost bees to her maternal ear.,3.0
In such a palace poetry might place,1.0
"And snow that often blinds the traveller's course,",0.0
And wraps him in an unexpected tomb.,0.0
Silently as a dream the fabric rose.,1.0
No sound of hammer or of saw was there.,2.0
"Were soon conjoined, nor other cement asked",4.0
Lamps gracefully disposed and of all hues,3.0
Illumined every side. A watery light,2.0
"Gleamed through the clear transparency, that seemed",1.0
"So stood the brittle prodigy, though smooth",1.0
Firm as a rock. Nor wanted aught within,0.0
"That royal residence might well befit,",1.0
For grandeur or for use. Long wavy wreaths,2.0
"Of flowers that feared no enemy but warmth,",4.0
Blushed on the panels. Mirror needed none,0.0
"Where all was vitreous, but in order due",1.0
Convivial table and commodious seat,5.0
"What seemed at least commodious seat were there,",2.0
"The same lubricity was found in all,",1.0
"And all was moist to the warm touch, a scene",2.0
"Of evanescent glory, once a stream,",0.0
And soon to slide into a stream again.,0.0
"Made by a monarch on her own estate,",1.0
On human grandeur and the courts of kings.,2.0
"'Twas transient in its nature, as in show",2.0
'Twas durable. As worthless as it seemed,3.0
Intrinsically precious. To the foot,2.0
"Treacherous and false, it smiled and it was cold.",2.0
Great princes have great playthings. Some have played,3.0
"At hewing mountains into men, and some",0.0
"Some have amused the dull sad years of life,",1.0
"With schemes of monumental fame, and sought",0.0
And make the sorrows of mankind their sport.,2.0
"But war's a game, which were their subjects wise,",1.0
King's should not play at. Nations would do well,0.0
TO extort their truncheons from the puny hands,2.0
"Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds",0.0
"Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil",1.0
"Because men suffer it, their toy the world.",2.0
"When Babel was confounded, and the great",2.0
Confederacy of projectors wild and vain,2.0
"Was split into diversity of tongues,",1.0
"These to the upland, to the valley those,",3.0
To all the nations. Ample was the boon,1.0
"He gave them, in its distribution fair",0.0
"And equal, and he bade them dwell in peace.",1.0
Peace was awhile their care. They ploughed and sowed,2.0
And reaped their plenty without grudge or strife.,5.0
But violence can never longer sleep,1.0
Than human passions please. In every heart,0.0
"Are sown the sparks that kindle fiery war,",2.0
"Occasion needs but fan them, and they blaze.",1.0
Cain had already shed a brother's blood;,1.0
The seeds of murder in the breast of man.,0.0
"Soon, by a righteous judgement, in the line",0.0
Of his descending progeny was found,2.0
"To a keen edge, and made it bright for war.",2.0
"Him Tubal named, the Vulcan of old times,",2.0
His art survived the waters; and before long,2.0
When man was multiplied and spread abroad,0.0
"In tribes and clans, and had begun to call",0.0
"These meadows and that range of hills his own,",2.0
The tasted sweets of property begat,1.0
Desire of more; and industry in some,1.0
"To improve and cultivate their just demesne,",2.0
Made others covet what they saw so fair.,1.0
"Thus wars began on earth. These fought for spoil,",1.0
"The onset, and irregular. At length",3.0
"One eminent above the rest, for strength,",1.0
"For stratagem or courage, or for all,",2.0
"Was chosen leader. Him they served in war,",1.0
And him in peace for sake of warlike deeds,2.0
Or who so worthy to control themselves,1.0
As he whose prowess had subdued their foes?,1.0
Thus war affording field for the display,2.0
"Of virtue, made one chief, whom times of peace,",0.0
"Which have their exigencies too, and call",5.0
"For skill in government, at length made king.",2.0
King was a name too proud for man to wear,1.0
"So dazzling in their eyes who set it on,",0.0
Was sure to intoxicate the brows it bound.,2.0
"It is the abject property of most,",2.0
"That being parcel of the common mass,",1.0
"And destitute of means to raise themselves,",0.0
They sink and settle lower than they need.,1.0
They know not what it is to feel within,1.0
A comprehensive faculty that grasps,1.0
"Great purposes with ease, that turns and wields",2.0
"Almost without an effort, plans too vast",2.0
"For their conception, which they cannot move.",1.0
Conscious of impotence they soon grow drunk,4.0
"With gazing, when they see an able man",0.0
"Build him a pedestal and say, stand there,",3.0
And be our admiration and our praise.,1.0
"They roll themselves before him in the dust,",0.0
Then most deserving in their own account,0.0
"When most extravagant in his applause,",2.0
As if exalting him they raised themselves.,2.0
"And sober judgement that he is but man,",1.0
That in due season he forgets it too.,2.0
"He gulps the windy diet, and before long",2.0
"Adopting their mistake, profoundly thinks",1.0
The world was made in vain if not for him.,0.0
"To bear his burdens, drawing in his gears",0.0
And sweating in his service. His caprice,1.0
Becomes the soul that animates them all.,0.0
He deems a thousand or ten thousand lives,2.0
Spent in the purchase of renown for him,1.0
"An easy reckoning, and they think the same.",1.0
"Thus kings were first invented, and thus kings",3.0
"Were burnished into heroes, and became",1.0
Strange that such folly as lifts bloated man,2.0
"To eminence fit only for a God,",3.0
Should ever drivel out of human lips,1.0
"Still stranger much, that when at length mankind",2.0
"Had reached the sinewy firmness of their youth,",3.0
And could discriminate and argue well,0.0
"On subjects more mysterious, they were yet",1.0
"Babes in the cause of freedom, and should fear",1.0
And quake before the Gods themselves had made.,0.0
"But above measure strange, that neither proof",5.0
"Of sad experience, nor examples set",3.0
"By some whose patriot virtue has prevailed,",2.0
"Familiar, serve to emancipate the rest!",2.0
"Such dupes are men to custom, and so prone",1.0
To reverence what is ancient and can plead,2.0
"A course of long observance for its use,",1.0
"That even servitude the worst of ills,",0.0
"Because delivered down from sire to son,",3.0
Is kept and guarded as a sacred thing.,1.0
"But is it fit, or can it bear the shock",2.0
"Of rational discussion, that a man",1.0
Compounded and made up like other men,2.0
"Of elements tumultuous, in whom lust",3.0
And folly in as ample measure meet,0.0
"Should be a despot absolute, and boast",0.0
Himself the only freeman of his land?,1.0
"Should when he pleases, and on whom he will",1.0
"Of provocation given or wrong sustained,",2.0
"That his own humour dictates, from the clutch",0.0
"Of poverty, that thus he may procure",2.0
His thousands weary of penurious life,4.0
A splendid opportunity to die?,1.0
"Say you, who with less prudence than of old",3.0
In politic convention put your trust,0.0
"IN the shadow of a bramble, and reclined",2.0
"In fancied peace beneath his dangerous branch,",2.0
"Rejoice in him and celebrate his sway,",1.0
Where find you passive fortitude? Whence springs,0.0
"To stroke the prickly grievance, and to hang",1.0
His thorns with streamers of continual praise?,3.0
We too are friends to loyalty. We love,1.0
The king who loves the law; respects his bounds,0.0
And reigns content within them. Him we serve,1.0
"Freely and with delight, who leaves us free.",3.0
"But recollecting still that he is man,",1.0
"We trust him not too far. King, though he be,",1.0
"And king in England too, he may be weak",1.0
"And vain enough to be ambitious still,",0.0
"May exercise amiss his proper powers,",0.0
Or covet more than freemen choose to grant:,0.0
"Beyond that mark is treason. He is ours,",1.0
"TO administer, to guard, to adorn the state,",4.0
"But not to warp or change it. We are his,",1.0
To serve him nobly in the common cause,0.0
"True to the death, but not to be his slaves.",0.0
"Mark now the difference, you that boast your love",2.0
"Of kings, between your loyalty and ours.",1.0
We love the man. The paltry pageant you.,1.0
We the chief patron of the Commonwealth;,3.0
You the regardless author of its woes.,2.0
"We for the sake of liberty, a king;",2.0
You chains and bondage for a tyrant's sake.,3.0
"Our love is principle, and has its root",1.0
"In reason, is judicious, manly, free.",1.0
And licks the foot that treads it in the dust.,0.0
"Were kingship as true treasure as it seems,",3.0
"Sterling, and worthy of a wise man's wish,",4.0
I would not be a king to be beloved,0.0
"Where love is mere attachment to the throne,",1.0
Not to the man who fills it as he ought.,1.0
"Of a superior, he is never free.",2.0
Who lives and is not weary of a life.,2.0
"The state that strives for liberty, though foiled",1.0
"And forced to abandon what she bravely sought,",2.0
"Deserves at least applause for her attempt,",1.0
Not often unsuccessful; power usurped,1.0
Is weakness when opposed; conscious of wrong,5.0
It's pusillanimous and prone to flight.,1.0
But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought,0.0
"Of freedom, in that hope itself possess",0.0
"All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength,",0.0
"The scorn of danger, and united hearts",1.0
"To France, than all her losses and defeats",1.0
"Old or of later date, by sea or land,",0.0
Her house of bondage worse than that of old,0.0
"You horrid towers, the abode of broken hearts,",1.0
"You dungeons and you cages of despair,",2.0
That monarchs have supplied from age to age,1.0
"With music such as suits their sovereign ears,",1.0
The sighs and groans of miserable men!,1.0
"To hear that you were fallen at last, to know",3.0
"That even our enemies, so oft employed",3.0
"In forging chains for us, themselves were free.",1.0
"For he that values liberty, confines",2.0
His zeal for her predominance within,2.0
No narrow bounds; her cause engages him,2.0
Wherever pleaded. It's the cause of man.,1.0
There dwell the most forlorn of human kind,0.0
There like the visionary emblem seen,0.0
"By him of Babylon, life stands a stump,",2.0
"Still lives, though all its pleasant boughs are gone,",1.0
"And ever as the sullen sound is heard,",1.0
"To him whose moments all have one dull pace,",2.0
Ten thousand rovers in the world at large,1.0
Account it music; that it summons some,0.0
"Its long delay, feels every welcome stroke",1.0
To fly for refuge from distracting thought,1.0
To such amusements as ingenious woe,2.0
"In staggering types, his predecessors tale,",2.0
"And bloated spider, till the pampered pest",1.0
"Is made familiar, watches his approach,",1.0
Comes at his call and serves him for a friend ' --,1.0
To wear out time in numbering to and fro,1.0
"The studs that thick emboss his iron door,",0.0
"And then alternate, with a sickly hope",0.0
By dint of change to give his tasteless task,0.0
"Some relish, till the sum exactly found",1.0
"In all directions, he begins again ' --",1.0
"With woes, which who that suffers, would not kneel",0.0
"And beg for exile, or the pangs of death?",2.0
"That man should thus encroach on fellow man,",0.0
"Abridge him of his just and native rights,",1.0
"Eradicate him, tear him from his hold",1.0
"Moves indignation. Makes the name of king,",1.0
Of king whom such prerogative can please,2.0
"Adored through fear, strong only to destroy.",2.0
It's liberty alone that gives the flower,1.0
"Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume,",1.0
"And we are weeds without it. All constraint,",1.0
"Except what wisdom lays on evil men,",0.0
"Is evil; hurts the faculties, impedes",1.0
Their progress in the road of science; blinds,1.0
"The eye sight of discovery, and begets",3.0
"In those that suffer it, a sordid mind",1.0
To to be the tenant of man's noble form.,2.0
"With all thy lose of empire, and though squeezed",1.0
"Fails for the craving hunger of the state,",1.0
"Thee I account still happy, and the chief",3.0
"Among the nations, seeing thou art free!",1.0
"All hearts to sadness, and none more than mine;",2.0
"And plausible than social life requires,",1.0
And thou hast need of discipline and art,1.0
From Nature's bounty ' --  that humane address,0.0
"And sweetness, without which no pleasure is",6.0
"In converse, either starved by cold reserve,",0.0
"Or flushed with fierce dispute, a senseless brawl;",0.0
"Yet being free, I love thee. For the sake",1.0
"Of that one feature, can be well content,",1.0
"Disgraced as thou hast been, poor as thou art,",0.0
"But once enslaved, farewell! I could endure",1.0
"Chains no where patiently, and chains at home",2.0
"Where I am free by birthright, not at all.",1.0
Then what were left of roughness in the grain,0.0
"Of British natures, wanting its excuse",1.0
"That it belongs to freemen, would disgust",1.0
And shock me. I should then with double pain,0.0
"Milder, among a people less austere,",2.0
In scenes which having never known me free,0.0
Would not reproach me with the loss I felt.,1.0
"Do I forebode impossible events,",2.0
And tremble at vain dreams? Heaven grant I may!,2.0
"But the age of virtuous politics is past,",2.0
"Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere,",2.0
And we too wise to trust them. He that takes,3.0
Deep in his soft credulity the stamp,1.0
"Of liberty, themselves the slaves of lust,",1.0
Incurs derision for his easy faith,1.0
"And lack of knowledge, and with cause enough.",1.0
For when was public virtue to be found,1.0
Where private was not? can he love the whole,2.0
Who loves no part? He be a nation's friend,1.0
"Who is, in truth, the friend of no man there?",2.0
Who slights the charities for whose dear sake,2.0
"It's therefore, sober and good men are sad",2.0
"For England's glory, seeing it wax pale",2.0
"And sickly, while her champions wear their hearts",2.0
"So loose to private duty, that no brain",1.0
"Such were not they of old, whose tempered blades",0.0
"Dispersed the shackles of usurped control,",2.0
Were sons indeed. They felt a filial heart,2.0
"Beat high within them at a mother's wrongs,",1.0
"And shining each in his domestic sphere,",1.0
Shone brighter still once called to public view.,2.0
"It's therefore, many whose sequestered lot",1.0
"Forbids their interference, looking on",1.0
Anticipate perforce some dire event;,0.0
And seeing the old castle of the state,3.0
"That promised once more firmness, so assailed",1.0
All has its date below. The fatal hour,0.0
Was registered in heaven before time began.,2.0
"We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works",2.0
"Die too. The deep foundations that we lay,",1.0
"Time ploughs them up, and not a trace remains,",2.0
"We build with what we deem eternal rock,",0.0
"A distant age asks where the fabric stood,",1.0
"And in the dust sifted and searched in vain,",5.0
But there is yet a liberty unsung,2.0
"Which monarchs cannot grant, nor all the powers",1.0
Of earth and hell confederate take away.,2.0
"A liberty, which persecution, fraud,",1.0
"Oppression, prisons, have no power to bind,",3.0
"It's liberty of heart, derived from heaven,",1.0
"Bought with HIS blood who gave it to mankind,",1.0
And sealed with the same token. It is held,3.0
"By charter, and that charter sanctioned sure",1.0
By the unimpeachable and awful oath,1.0
And promise of a God. His other gifts,1.0
"All bear the royal stamp that speaks them his,",0.0
"And are august, but this transcends them all,",3.0
"His other works, this visible display",1.0
"Are grand no doubt, and worthy of the word",2.0
That finding an interminable space,2.0
"Unoccupied, has filled the void so well,",0.0
And made so sparkling what was dark before.,0.0
"But these are not his glory. Man, it's true,",1.0
"Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene,",1.0
"Meant it eternal, had he not himself",2.0
"Pronounced it transient glorious as it is,",2.0
"And still designing a more glorious far,",3.0
"Doomed it, as insufficient for his praise.",2.0
These therefore are occasional and pass.,3.0
"Whose lying heart disputes against a God,",0.0
"That office served, they must be swept away.",0.0
"In other heavens than these that we behold,",2.0
And fade not. There is paradise that fears,1.0
"No forfeiture, and of its fruits he sends",3.0
"Of these the first in order, and the pledge",2.0
And confident assurance of the rest,2.0
Is liberty. A flight into his arms,1.0
And full immunity from penal woe.,1.0
"Chains are the portion of revolted man,",1.0
Stripes and a dungeon; and his body serves,1.0
"The triple purpose. In that sickly, foul,",0.0
Careless of their Creator. And that low,4.0
And sordid gravitation of his powers,1.0
That he at last forgets it. All his hopes,0.0
"Tend downward, his ambition is to sink,",3.0
"Of folly, plunging in pursuit of death.",0.0
"He seeks, an acquiescence of his soul",1.0
"The fatal issue to his health, fame, peace,",2.0
Fortune and dignity; the loss of all,3.0
"That can ennoble man, and make frail life",2.0
"Short as it is, supportable. Still worse,",3.0
Far worse than all the plagues with which his sins,1.0
"Ages of hopeless misery. Future death,",4.0
And death still future. Not an hasty stroke,1.0
"Like that which sends him to the dusty grave,",1.0
Scripture is still a trumpet to his fears;,3.0
"What none but bad men wish exploded, must.",1.0
That scruple cheques him. Riot is not loud,1.0
Nor drunk enough to drown it. In the mid,0.0
And he abhors the jest by which he shines.,1.0
"Falls first before his resolute rebuke,",1.0
"And seems dethroned and vanquished. Peace ensues,",0.0
"But spurious and short-lived, the puny child",4.0
"On fancied Innocence. Again he falls,",1.0
And fights again; but finds his best essay,0.0
"A presage ominous, portending still",1.0
"Till Nature, unavailing Nature foiled",0.0
"So oft, and wearied in the vain attempt,",0.0
Scoffs at her own performance. Reason now,0.0
"Takes part with appetite, and pleads the cause,",1.0
"Perversely, which of late she so condemned;",1.0
"With shallow shifts and old devices, worn",0.0
Covering his shame from his offended sight.,2.0
"Hath God indeed given appetites to man,",4.0
"To gratify the hunger of his wish,",1.0
And does he reprobate and will he damn,2.0
The use of his own bounty? making first,1.0
"So frail a kind, and then enacting laws",0.0
"So strict, that less than perfect must despair?",1.0
"Do they themselves, who undertake for hire",1.0
"The teacher's office, and dispense at large",1.0
"Their weekly dole of edifying strains,",0.0
Attend to their own music? have they faith,1.0
In what with such solemnity of tone,2.0
And gesture they propound to our belief?,2.0
Nay ' --  conduct hath the loudest tongue. The voice,0.0
Is but an instrument on which the priest,2.0
"May play what tune he pleases. In the deed,",0.0
The unequivocal authentic deed,1.0
"We find sound argument, we read the heart.",2.0
TO excuses in which reason has no part,2.0
Serve to compose a spirit well inclined,2.0
"To live on terms of amity with vice,",1.0
And sin without disturbance. Often urged,0.0
"Exhausted, he resorts to solemn themes",1.0
Of theological and grave import,1.0
Till hardened his heart's temper in the forge,2.0
"Of lust, and on the anvil of despair,",2.0
"He slights the strokes of conscience. Nothing moves,",0.0
"Or nothing much, his constancy in ill,",1.0
"Vain tampering has but fostered his disease,",3.0
"It's desperate, and he sleeps the sleep of death.",1.0
"Haste now, philosopher, and set him free.",2.0
Charm the deaf serpent wisely. Make him hear,3.0
Of rectitude and fitness; moral truth,0.0
"Consulted and obeyed, to guide his steps",1.0
Directly to the FIRST AND ONLY FAIR.,1.0
Spare not in such a cause. Spend all the powers,1.0
"Of rant and rhapsody in virtue's praise,",1.0
And with poetic trappings grace thy prose,1.0
Smitten in vain! such music cannot charm,2.0
"The eclipse that intercepts truth's heavenly beam,",4.0
The still small voice is wanted. He must speak,2.0
"Whose word leaps forth at once to its effect,",1.0
"Who calls for things that are not, and they come.",0.0
Grace makes the slave a freeman. It's a change,2.0
That turns to ridicule the turgid speech,0.0
"And stately tone of moralists, who boast,",1.0
As if like him of fabulous renown,1.0
They had indeed ability to smooth,1.0
"The shag of savage nature, and were each",1.0
An Orpheus and omnipotent in song.,4.0
But transformation of apostate man,1.0
"From fool to wise, from earthly to divine,",1.0
"Is work for Him that made him. He alone,",2.0
And he by means in philosophic eyes,1.0
"Trivial and worthy of disdain, achieves",2.0
"In the lost kind, extracting from the lips",4.0
"By weakness, and hostility by love.",2.0
"Bled nobly, and their deeds, as they deserve,",3.0
Receive proud recompense. We give in charge,1.0
"Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse,",2.0
"Proud of the treasure, marches with it down",1.0
"To latest times; and sculpture in her turn,",0.0
"But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid,",0.0
"To those who posted at the shrine of truth,",1.0
Have fallen in her defence. A patriot's blood,4.0
Well spent in such a strife may earn indeed,1.0
And for a time insure to his loved land,2.0
The sweets of liberty and equal laws;,1.0
And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed,1.0
"In confirmation of the noblest claim,",1.0
"Our claim to feed upon immortal truth,",0.0
"To walk with God, to be divinely free,",0.0
"To soar, and to anticipate the skies.",1.0
Yet few remember them. They lived unknown,1.0
Till persecution dragged them into fame,0.0
And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew,1.0
' --  No marble tells us whither. With their names,2.0
"And History, so warm on meaner themes,",1.0
"The tyranny that doomed them to the fire,",2.0
But gives the glorious sufferers little praise. See Hume.,5.0
"He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,",2.0
That hellish foes confederate for his harm,0.0
"Can wind around him, but he casts it off",1.0
He looks abroad into the varied field,0.0
"Of Nature, and though poor perhaps, compared",1.0
"With those whose mansions glitter in his sight,",1.0
"His are the mountains, and the valleys his,",3.0
And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy,4.0
"With a propriety that none can feel,",2.0
But who with filial confidence inspired,3.0
And smiling say ' --  my father made them all.,0.0
"Are they not his by a peculiar right,",1.0
"And by an emphasis of interest his,",3.0
"Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy,",0.0
"Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind",0.0
"That planned, and built, and still upholds a world",0.0
"So clothed with beauty, for rebellious man?",1.0
"Yes ' --  you may fill your garners, you that reap",1.0
"The loaded soil, and you may waste much good",1.0
In senseless riot; but you will not find,2.0
"In feast or in the chase, in song or dance",0.0
"Of usurpation and to no man's wrong,",2.0
"Appropriates nature as his father's work,",5.0
"And has a richer use of yours, than you.",1.0
He is indeed a freeman. Free by birth,1.0
"Of no mean city, planned or before the hills",3.0
"Were built, the fountains opened, or the sea,",1.0
With all his roaring multitude of waves.,0.0
"His freedom is the same in every state,",1.0
"So manifold in cares, whose every day",0.0
"Brings its own evil with it, makes it less.",1.0
"For he has wings that neither sickness, pain,",1.0
"Nor penury, can cripple or confine.",2.0
No nook so narrow but he spreads them there,2.0
"With ease, and is at large. The oppressor holds",2.0
"His body bound, but knows not what a range",0.0
"His spirit takes unconscious of a chain,",2.0
And that to bind him is a vain attempt,1.0
"Whom God delights in, and in whom he dwells.",0.0
"His works. Admitted once to his embrace,",1.0
"Thine eye shall be instructed, and thine heart",1.0
"Made pure, shall relish with divine delight",2.0
And eyes intent upon the scanty herb,0.0
"Beneath, beyond, and stretching far away",0.0
From inland regions to the distant main.,2.0
"Man views it and admires, but rests content",2.0
"With what he views. The landscape has his praise,",1.0
But not its author. Unconcerned who formed,0.0
"The paradise he sees, he finds it such,",0.0
"Not so the mind that has been touched from heaven,",0.0
And in the school of sacred wisdom taught,0.0
"To read his wonders, in whose thought the world,",0.0
"Fair as it is, existed before it was.",3.0
"Not for its own sake merely, but for his",2.0
"Much more who fashioned it, he gives it praise;",1.0
Praise that from earth resulting as it ought,1.0
"To earth's acknowledged sovereign, finds at once",0.0
Its only just proprietor in Him.,1.0
"New faculties, or learns at least to employ",4.0
"Discerns in all things, what with stupid gaze",0.0
"Of ignorance till then she overlooked,",1.0
A ray of heavenly light gilding all forms,3.0
"Terrestrial, in the vast and the minute",1.0
"Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing,",2.0
And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.,0.0
"Much conversant with heaven, she often holds",2.0
With those fair ministers of light to man,3.0
"That fill the skies nightly with silent pomp,",5.0
"Sent forth a voice, and all the sons of God",1.0
"Shouted for joy. ' --  Tell me, you shining hosts",2.0
That navigate a sea that knows no storms,1.0
"Beneath a vault unsullied with a cloud,",1.0
"If from your elevation, whence you view",1.0
"Distinctly scenes invisible to man,",1.0
And systems of whose birth no tidings yet,2.0
"Have reached this neither world, you spy a race",0.0
"And hasting to a grave, yet doomed to rise,",1.0
As one who long detained on foreign shores,1.0
"Pants to return, and when he sees afar",2.0
"From the green wave emerging, darts an eye",2.0
Radiant with joy towards the happy land;,1.0
So I with animated hopes behold,1.0
That show like beacons in the blue abyss,0.0
Ordained to guide the embodied spirit home,2.0
"That give assurance of their own success,",1.0
"And that infused from heaven, must thither tend.",1.0
So reads he nature whom the lamp of truth,0.0
"Illuminates. Thy lamp, mysterious word!",2.0
But runs the road of wisdom. Thou hast built,1.0
"With means that were not till by thee employed,",1.0
"Been less, or less benevolent than strong.",1.0
"They are thy witnesses, who speak thy power",2.0
"And goodness infinite, but speak in ears",1.0
"That hear not, or receive not their report.",2.0
In vain thy creatures testify of thee,0.0
Till thou proclaim thyself. Their's is indeed,2.0
A teaching voice; but it's the praise of thine,1.0
"That whom it teaches it makes prompt to learn,",2.0
And with the boon gives talents for its use.,3.0
"Till thou art heard, imaginations vain",1.0
"Possess the heart, and fables false as hell",0.0
"We give to chance, blind chance, ourselves as blind,",1.0
"The glory of thy work, which yet appears",1.0
"Perfect and unimpeachable of blame,",1.0
"Challenging human scrutiny, and proved",3.0
Thy providence forbids that fickle power,1.0
If power she be that works but to confound,2.0
To mix her wild vagaries with thy laws.,4.0
"Yet thus we dote, refusing while we can",0.0
"Instruction, and inventing to ourselves",2.0
"Gods such as guilt makes welcome, Gods that sleep,",1.0
"Or disregard our follies, or that sit",1.0
Amused spectators of this bustling stage.,6.0
"Thee we reject, unable to abide",2.0
"Thy purity, till pure as thou art pure,",2.0
"Made such by thee, we love thee for that cause",2.0
For which we shunned and hated thee before.,1.0
Then we are free. Then liberty like day,1.0
"Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from heaven",1.0
Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.,3.0
A voice is heard that mortal ears hear not,1.0
"Till thou hast touched them; it's the voice of song,",2.0
"Which he that hears it with a shout repeats,",1.0
And adds his rapture to the general praise.,1.0
"In that blessed moment, nature throwing wide",1.0
"Her veil opaque, discloses with a smile",1.0
"The author of her beauties, who retired",1.0
"Behind his own creation, works unseen",0.0
"By the impure, and hears his power denied.",3.0
"Thou art the source and centre of all minds,",1.0
"Their only point of rest, eternal word!",0.0
"From thee departing, they are lost and rove",2.0
"At random, without honour, hope, or peace.",3.0
"His high endeavour, and his glad success,",1.0
His strength to suffer and his will to serve.,2.0
Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown!,0.0
"And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.",2.0
"Who justly set a Value on your Charms,",1.0
"Power all your Wish, but Beauty all your Arms:",0.0
"Who over Mankind would fain exert your Sway,",3.0
And teach the lordly Tyrant to obey.,1.0
"Attend my Rules to you alone addressed,",1.0
Deep let them sink in every female Breast.,2.0
"The Queen of Love herself my Bosom fires,",0.0
"Assists my Numbers, and my Thoughts inspires.",1.0
"Me she instructed in each secret Art,",1.0
"How to enslave, and keep the vanquished Heart;",1.0
"When the stolen Sigh to heave, or drop the Tear,",0.0
"The melting Languish, the obliging Fear;",1.0
And all the various Motions of the Eyes.,3.0
To teach the Fair by different Ways to move,0.0
"The softened Soul, and bend the Heart to Love.",0.0
"Proud of her Charms, and conscious of her Face,",1.0
The haughty Beauty calls forth every Grace;,1.0
"With fierce Defiance throws the killing Dart,",0.0
"By Force she wins, by Force she keeps the Heart.",0.0
With sweet Neglect she steals into the Heart;,0.0
"Slowly she moves her swimming Eyes around,",2.0
"Her Voice is Music, and her Looks are Love.",1.0
"Though not to all Heaven does these Gifts impart,",0.0
What's theirs by Nature may be yours by Art.,2.0
"But let your Airs be suited to your Face,",1.0
Nor to a Languish tack a sprightly Grace.,1.0
"The short round Face, brisk Eyes, and auburn Hair,",1.0
Must smiling Joy in every Motion wear;,0.0
"Her quick unsettled Glances deal around,",0.0
"Hide her Design, and seem by Chance to wound.",2.0
"Dark rolling Eyes a Languish may assume,",2.0
And tender Looks and melting Airs become:,0.0
"The pensive Head upon the Hand reclined,",0.0
As if some sweet Disorder filled the Mind.,1.0
"Let the heaved Breast a struggling Sigh restrain,",3.0
And seem to stop the falling Tear with Pain.,0.0
"The Youth, who all the soft Distress believes,",0.0
Soon wants the kind Compassion which he gives.,1.0
"But Beauty, Wit, and Youth may sometime fail,",1.0
Nor always over the stubborn Soul prevail.,2.0
"Then let the fair One have recourse to Art,",1.0
"And, if not vanquish, undermine the Heart.",1.0
"First form your artful Looks with studious Care,",3.0
"From mild to grave, from tender to severe.",1.0
"Oft on the careless Youth your Glances dart,",0.0
A tender Meaning let each Look impart.,0.0
"Whenever he meets your Looks with modest Pride,",2.0
"And soft Confusion turn your Eyes aside,",0.0
"Let a soft Sigh steal out, as if by Chance,",2.0
"Then cautious turn, and steal another Glance.",0.0
"Caught by these Arts, with Pride and Hope elate,",0.0
The destined Victim rushes on his Fate:,1.0
"Pleased, his imagined Victory pursues,",3.0
And the kind Maid with softened Glances views;,2.0
"Contemplates now her Shape, her Air, her Face,",3.0
And thinks each Feature wears an added Grace;,0.0
"Till Gratitude, which first his Bosom proves,",0.0
By slow Degrees is ripened into Love.,0.0
It's harder still to fix than gain a Heart;,0.0
"What's won by Beauty, must be kept by Art.",0.0
And oft Despair the growing Flame destroys:,0.0
"Sometime with Smiles receive him, sometime Tears,",2.0
And wisely balance both his Hopes and Fears.,0.0
"Condemns your Sway, and strives to break his Chains;",0.0
"Behaves as if he now your Scorn defied,",1.0
And thinks at least he shall alarm your Pride:,0.0
"But with Indifference view the seeming Change,",1.0
And let your Eyes after new Conquests range;,5.0
"While his torn Breast with jealous Fury burns,",3.0
"He hopes, despairs, hates, and adores by Turns;",2.0
"With Anguish now repents the weak Deceit,",0.0
And powerful Passion bears him to your Feet.,3.0
"Strive not the jealous Lover to perplex,",1.0
Ill suits Suspicion with that haughty Sex;,2.0
And Love is often banished by Distrust.,1.0
"To these an open free Behaviour wear,",1.0
"Avoid Disguise, and seem at least sincere.",0.0
"Whenever you meet affect a glad Surprise,",2.0
"By some unguarded Word your Love reveal,",0.0
And anxiously the rising Blush conceal.,1.0
"By Arts like these the Jealous you deceive,",2.0
Then most deluded when they most believe.,0.0
"But while in all you seek to raise Desire,",0.0
Beware the fatal Passion you inspire:,1.0
"Not for the tender were these Rules designed,",1.0
Who in their Faces show their yielding Mind:,0.0
And vindicate the Triumph of her Eyes:,2.0
"Who over Mankind a haughty Rule maintains,",3.0
Whose Wit can manage what her Beauty gains:,0.0
"Such by these Arts their Empire may improve,",2.0
And what they lost by Nature gain by Love.,0.0
"Of Liberty, Reform, and Rights I sing,",1.0
"Freedom I mean, without or Church or King;",2.0
"Freedom to seize and keep whatever I can,",4.0
And boldly claim my right ' --  The Rights of Man,0.0
"Such is the blessed liberty in vogue,",6.0
The envied liberty to be a rogue;,1.0
The liberty to do whatever I choose;,4.0
The right to take by violence and strife,1.0
"The liberty to raise a mob or riot,",1.0
For spoil and plunder never were got by quiet;,2.0
The right to level and reform the great;,1.0
The liberty to overturn the state;,1.0
"The right to break through all the nation's laws,",0.0
And boldly dare to take rebellion's cause:,0.0
"Let all be equal, every man my brother;",0.0
"Why one have property, and not another?",1.0
Why suffer titles to give awe and fear?,2.0
There shall not long remain one British peer;,0.0
Nor shall the criminal appalled stand,2.0
Before the mighty judges of the land;,1.0
"Nor judge, nor jury shall there longer be,",0.0
"Nor any jail, but every prisoner free;",0.0
"All law abolished, and with sword in hand",1.0
We'll seize the property of all the land.,1.0
"Then hail to Liberty, Reform, and Riot!",1.0
"Adieu Contentment, Safety, Peace, and Quiet!",0.0
"SO may you Spring, and so Heavens choicest Dew,",1.0
Whilst at Your Feet I make My grassy Bed.,0.0
And Thou OH Goddess whose Obliging Womb,2.0
"Affords the Living Food, the Dead a Tomb",0.0
"Permit Me ere I die, to dig my Grave;",0.0
It's all My starved Ambition now will crave!,0.0
"I Rob Thee not; for, though My delving Spade",1.0
"For I the petty Damage shall Repay,",1.0
Filling the Vacant Ground with My own Clay.,3.0
WHAT ancient Times those Times we fancy wise,0.0
"What Morals teach it, and what Fables hide,",1.0
"What Author wrote it, how that Author died,",1.0
All these I sing. In Greece they framed the Tale,0.0
You modern Beauties! where the Poet drew,0.0
"His softest Pencil, think he dreamt of you;",0.0
"And warned by him, you wanton Pens, beware",1.0
How Heaven's concerned to vindicate the Fair.,3.0
"Some think with Meaning, some with idle Wit:",0.0
"Perhaps it's either, as the Ladies please;",1.0
"I wave the Contest, and commence the Lays.",1.0
"In days of yore, no matter where or when,",2.0
'Twas before the low Creation swarmed with Men,0.0
"That one Prometheus, sprung of heavenly Birth,",3.0
Our Author's Song can witness lived on Earth.,0.0
"He carved the Turf to mould a manly Frame,",0.0
"The sly Contrivance over Olympus ran,",2.0
When thus the Monarch of the Stars began.,1.0
O versed in Arts! whose daring Thoughts aspire,0.0
"Enjoy thy Glory past, That Gift was thine;",0.0
"The next thy Creature meets, be fairly mine:",1.0
"And such a Gift, a Vengeance so designed,",2.0
As suits the Counsel of a God to find;,1.0
"Which felt they curse, yet covet still to feel.",0.0
"He said, and Vulcan strait the Sire commands,",2.0
"In such a Shape to mould a rising Fair,",0.0
And form her Organs for a Voice divine.,1.0
'Twas thus the Sire ordained; the Power obeyed;,5.0
"And worked, and wondered at the Work he made;",0.0
"The fairest, softest, sweetest Frame beneath,",0.0
"Now made to seem, now more than seem, to breathe.",2.0
"As Vulcan ends, the cheerful Queen of Charms",0.0
"From that Embrace a fine Complexion spread,",0.0
Where mingled Whiteness glowed with softer red.,0.0
"Then in a Kiss she breathed her various Arts,",2.0
"A Mind for Love, but still a changing Mind;",0.0
"The Lisp affected, and the Glance designed;",1.0
"The sweet confusing Blush, the secret Wink,",0.0
"The Stare for Strangeness fit, for Scorn the Frown,",0.0
"For decent yielding Looks declining down,",1.0
Would own its melting in a mutual Fire;,2.0
Gay Smiles to comfort; April Showers to move;,3.0
"And all the Nature, all the Art, of Love.",0.0
"Her Touch endows her with imperious Air,",3.0
"Strong sovereign Will, and some Desire to chide:",2.0
"For which, an Eloquence, that aims to vex,",1.0
"To twirl the Spindle by the twisting Thread,",1.0
"To fix the Loom, instruct the Reeds to part,",0.0
"Cross the long Wove, and close the Web with Art,",3.0
"An useful Gift; but what profuse Expense,",0.0
"What world of Fashions, took its Rise from hence!",0.0
Her Brows encircled with his Serpent Rod:,1.0
"Then Plots and fair Excuses, filled her Brain,",0.0
"The Views of breaking amorous Vows for Gain,",2.0
That aim at Riches in Contempt of Hearts;,0.0
"And for a Comfort in the Marriage Life,",1.0
"The little, pilfering Temper of a Wife.",3.0
"Full on the Fair his Beams Apollo flung,",0.0
And fond Persuasion tipped her easy Tongue;,0.0
"He gave her Words, where oily Flattery lays",2.0
The pleasing Colours of the Art of Praise;,0.0
"And Wit, to Scandal exquisitely prone,",5.0
"Tuned all her Voice, and shed a Sweetness there,",1.0
"To make her Sense with double Charms abound,",0.0
Or make her lively Nonsense please by Sound.,0.0
"To dress the Maid, the decent Graces brought",0.0
"A Robe in all the Dies of Beauty wrought,",0.0
And placed their Boxes over a rich Brocade,2.0
Where pictured Loves on every cover plaid;,0.0
Then spread those Implements that Vulcan's Art,1.0
"To call the Locks that lightly wander, home;",0.0
"Back rolled her azure Veil with Serpent fold,",1.0
Her Robe which closely by the Girdle braced,1.0
Revealed the Beauties of a slender Waste,1.0
"Flowed to the Feet; to copy Venus Air,",0.0
"The new sprung Creature finished thus for Harms,",1.0
"With Blushes glows, or shines with lively Smiles,",0.0
"Confirms her Will, or recollects her Wiles:",1.0
"Then conscious of her Worth, with easy Pace",1.0
"Glides by the Glass, and turning views her Face.",0.0
"A finer Flax than what they wrought before,",0.0
"Through Time's deep Cave the Sister Fates explore,",1.0
"Then fix the Loom, their Fingers nimbly weave,",0.0
And thus their Toil prophetic Songs deceive.,0.0
"Flow from the Rock my Flax! and swiftly flow,",0.0
Pursue thy Thread; the Spindle runs below.,0.0
"A Creature fond and changing, fair and vain,",0.0
"The Creature Woman, rises now to reign.",0.0
"New Beauty blooms, a Beauty formed to fly;",1.0
"New Love begins, a Love produced to die;",1.0
"New Parts distress the troubled Scenes of Life,",1.0
"The fondling Mistress, and the ruling Wife.",1.0
"Men, born to Labour, all with Pains provide;",1.0
"Women have Time, to sacrifice to Pride:",2.0
"They want the Care of Man, their Want they know,",0.0
"The Show prevailing, for the Sway contend,",1.0
And make a Servant where they meet a Friend.,0.0
"A loitering Race the painful Bee supports,",2.0
"From Sun to Sun, from Bank to Bank he flies,",0.0
"With Honey loads his Bag, with Wax his Thighs,",0.0
"Fly where he will, at home the Race remain,",1.0
"Prune the silk Dress, and murmuring eat the Gain.",5.0
"Yet here and there we grant a gentle Bride,",1.0
Whose Temper betters by the Father's side;,1.0
"Unlike the rest that double humane Care,",3.0
"Fond to relieve, or resolute to share:",2.0
Happy the Man whom thus his Stars advance!,2.0
"The Curse is general, but the Blessing Chance.",1.0
"Thus sung the Sisters, while the Gods admire",1.0
To make too perfect not to gain her End:,2.0
"Then bid the Winds that fly to breath the Spring,",0.0
Return to bear her on a gentle Wing;,1.0
"With wafting Airs the Winds obsequious blow,",2.0
And land the shining Vengeance safe below.,0.0
"A golden Coffer in her Hand she bore,",0.0
"The Present treacherous, but the Bearer more",1.0
"That Gold should aid, and Pangs attend on Love.",0.0
"Her gay Descent the Man perceived afar,",0.0
Wondering he run to catch the falling Star;,1.0
"But so surprised, as none but he can tell,",2.0
"Who loved so quickly, and who loved so well.",1.0
"Over all his Veins the wandering Passion burns,",2.0
"He calls her Nymph, and every Nymph by turns.",0.0
"Her Form to lovely Venus he prefers,",1.0
Or swears that Venus must be such as hers.,1.0
"She, proud to rule, yet strangely framed to tease,",0.0
"Neglects his Offers while her Airs she plays,",0.0
"In brisk Disorder trips it up and down,",1.0
"Then hums a careless Tune to lay the Storm,",0.0
"And sits, and blushes, smiles, and yields, in Form.",0.0
"This box thy Portion, and my self thy Bride:",1.0
"Fired with the Prospect of the double Charms,",2.0
"He snatched the Box, and Bride, with eager Arms.",0.0
"Unhappy Man! to whom so bright she shone,",0.0
"The fatal Gift, her tempting self, unknown!",0.0
"The Winds were silent, all the Waves asleep,",0.0
And Heaven was traced upon the flattering Deep;,2.0
"And thinks the Water wears a stable Form,",0.0
What dreadful Din around his Ears shall rise!,0.0
What Frowns confuse his Picture of the Skies!,1.0
"At first the Creature Man was framed alone,",0.0
"Lord of himself, and all the World his own.",2.0
"For him the Nymphs in green forsook the Woods,",1.0
"For him the Nymphs in blue forsook the Floods,",1.0
They bore him Heroes in the secret Cave.,0.0
"No Care destroyed, no sick Disorder preyed,",2.0
"No bending Age his sprightly Form decayed,",1.0
"No Wars were known, no Females heard to rage,",3.0
"When Woman came, those Ills the Box confined",0.0
"Burst furious out, and poisoned all the Wind,",2.0
"From Point to Point, from Pole to Pole they flew,",0.0
"Spread as they went, and in the Progress grew:",1.0
"The Nymphs regretting left the mortal Race,",0.0
And altering Nature wore a sickly Face:,2.0
"New Terms of Folly rose, new States of Care;",2.0
"New Plagues, to suffer, and to please, the Fair!",2.0
"The Days of whining, and of wild Intrigues,",1.0
"Commenced, or finished, with the Breach of Leagues;",1.0
The sordid Matches never joined above;,0.0
"Abroad, the Labour, and at home the Noise,",1.0
Man's double Sufferings for domestic Joys,2.0
"The Curse of Jealousy; Expense, and Strife;",1.0
"Divorce, the public Brand of shameful Life;",0.0
"Disdain for Passion, Passion in Despair ' --",0.0
"These, and a thousand, yet unnamed, we find;",1.0
"Ah fear the thousand, yet unnamed behind!",0.0
"THUS on Parnassus tuneful Hesiod sung,",5.0
"The Mountain echoed, and the Valley rung,",1.0
"The sacred Groves a fixed Attention show,",0.0
"The Sky grew bright, and if his Verse be true",2.0
The Muses came to give the Laurel too.,0.0
If Love swore Vengeance for the Tales he writ?,2.0
"You fair offended, hear your Friend relate",0.0
"What heavy Judgement proved the Writer's Fate,",0.0
"Though when it happened, no Relation clears,",0.0
"It's thought in five, or five and twenty Years.",0.0
"Where, dark and silent, with a twisted Shade",1.0
"The neighbouring Woods a native Arbour made,",2.0
There oft a tender Pair for amorous Play,2.0
But swelling Nature in a fatal Hour,0.0
Betrayed the Secrets of the conscious Bower;,1.0
"The dire Disgrace her Brothers count their own,",0.0
"And track her Steps, to make its Author known.",0.0
"It chanced one Evening, 'twas the Lover's Day",0.0
Concealed in Brakes the jealous Kindred lay;,0.0
"When Hesiod wandering, mused along the Plain,",4.0
And fixed his Seat where Love had fixed the Scene:,0.0
"A strong Suspicion strait possessed their Mind,",0.0
For Poets ever were a gentle kind.,1.0
"Flung back a doubtful Look, and shot the Wood,",1.0
"Now take, at once they cry thy due Reward,",1.0
"And urged with erring Rage, assault the Bard.",0.0
His Corpse the Sea received. The Dolphins bore,0.0
'Twas all the Gods would do the Corpse to Shore.,0.0
And see the Dreams of ancient Wisdom rise;,0.0
"I see the Muses round the Body cry,",0.0
But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by;,1.0
"He wheels his Arrow with insulting Hand,",1.0
And thus inscribes the Moral on the Sand.,1.0
How far your Moral Tales incense the Fair:,0.0
Without his Quiver Cupid caused the Deed:,0.0
"He judged this Turn of Malice justly due,",0.0
And Hesiod died for Joys he never knew.,2.0
What shall I find to make the Genius smile?,0.0
"The bubbling fountains lose the power to please,",2.0
"The rocky cataracts, the shady trees,",0.0
Whose luscious virtues England never knew;,0.0
"All the rich pleasures Nature's storehouse yields,",3.0
Her name can quicken and awake the Lay;,1.0
"To live, to love, and rouse her powers to please.",2.0
It's she alone deprives us of the light;,2.0
To tell the separate beauties of her' face,1.0
"And want a more than man, to pen the line;",0.0
While from the Skies the ruddy Sun descends;,0.0
And rising Night the Evening Shade extends:,0.0
And closing Flowers reviving Odours yield;,3.0
"Let Us, beneath these spreading Trees, recite",2.0
What from our Hearts our Muses may indite.,1.0
"Nor need We, in this close Retirement, fear,",2.0
Lest any Swain our amorous Secrets hear.,2.0
To every Shepherd I would Mine proclaim;,2.0
Since fair Aminta is my softest Theme:,1.0
"A Stranger to the loose Delights of Love,",1.0
And while it's pure and sacred Fire I sing;,0.0
"Propitious God of Love, my Breast inspire",0.0
"With all Thy Charms, with all Thy pleasing Fire:",0.0
"While I Thy Darling, Thy Alexis sing;",1.0
"Alexis, as the ope'ning Blossoms fair,",1.0
"Lovely as Light, and soft as yielding Air.",2.0
For Him each Virgin sighs; and on the Plains,2.0
The happy Youth above each Rival reigns.,0.0
"Nor to the Echoing Groves, and whispering Spring,",4.0
And Phoebus the superior Song approves.,3.0
Breaking the melancholy Shades of Night.,2.0
"When She is near, all anxious Trouble flies;",0.0
And our reviving Hearts confess her Eyes.,1.0
"Young Love, and blooming Joy, and gay Desires,",1.0
And on the Plain when She no more appears;,3.0
The Plain a dark and gloomy Prospect wears.,0.0
In vain the Streams roll on: the Eastern Breeze,2.0
Dances in vain among the trembling Trees.,2.0
"In vain the Birds begin their Evening Song,",0.0
And to the silent Night their Notes prolong:,1.0
"Nor Groves, nor crystal Streams, nor verdant Field",0.0
"And in His Absence, all the pensive Day,",0.0
In some obscure Retreat I lonely stray;,0.0
"All Day to the repeating Caves complain,",1.0
"In mournful Accents, and a dying Strain.",1.0
Dear lovely Youth! I cry to all around:,1.0
Dear lovely Youth! the flattering Vales resound.,4.0
"On flowery Banks, by every murmuring Stream,",4.0
Aminta is my Muse's softest Theme:,1.0
It's She that does my artful Notes refine:,0.0
And consecrate to Him eternal Vows:,1.0
The charming Youth shall my Apollo prove:,1.0
"He shall adorn my Songs, and tune my Voice to Love.",0.0
"The curious noble Present which you make,",2.0
I with surprise and conscious Blushes take.,1.0
"Why was the gay Alexis made your choice,",0.0
Has he my private or my public Voice?,1.0
"My nicer Temper cannot that allow,",0.0
Though you have gone the way to make him so;,1.0
"Some other Friend would equal Thanks command,",0.0
To let you see him though he never sat;,1.0
"A fair Idea formed in your great Mind,",1.0
"'Twas the gay Youth in all his conquering Charms,",3.0
As might seduce a Daphne to his Arms.,1.0
"His Smiles, his Eyes, his Air each lovely Grace,",0.0
All that our Sex can wish in any Face;,0.0
An Art which none did ever express before:,2.0
"Should Nature strive for Ostentation sake,",0.0
"And would another bright Alexis make,",0.0
She'd blushing throw her long used Pencil see;,1.0
"Nay, you blessed Painters this advantage give,",4.0
Beyond what is allowed to those that live.,2.0
Draw Charms to'th' Life and make them lasting too.,2.0
And see a female Hand outdo thy own.,2.0
"The just Despair of long Posterity,",1.0
By her may with advantage finished be.,2.0
"The mighty Task can only be her Right,",0.0
Who so exactly draws at casual sight:,1.0
"I with proud Joy the lovely Present take,",2.0
"My two best Friends, Illustrious now appear,",3.0
A pleasing Form drawn by a Hand so fair;,2.0
"Charmed by your Art, I generously consent,",3.0
To own it's my Delight as well as Ornament.,2.0
A new creation blooms at her command.,1.0
"Touched into life the vivid colours glow,",2.0
"Catch the warm stream, and quicken as they flow.",4.0
"Here sink the valleys, and there rise the hills.",1.0
Than here the pictured rock astounds the sight.,0.0
Than here the wandering rivers shape their course.,2.0
"Still murmuring runs, or seems to murmur still.",3.0
Here lifts aloft its venerable head;,1.0
"There overshadowing hangs a sacred wood,",2.0
And nods inverted in the neighbouring flood.,2.0
"Each tree as in its native forest shoots,",0.0
And gives the lily fairer to our view.,1.0
"Here fruits and flowers adorn the varied year,",2.0
And paradise with all its sweets is here.,0.0
"There stooping to its fall a tower appears,",3.0
"In order rise, and fill the various scene.",2.0
"Some parts, in light magnificently dressed,",1.0
"Obtrusive enter, and stand all confessed;",2.0
"While others decently in shades are thrown,",1.0
And by concealing make their beauties known.,1.0
"Alternate thus, and mutual is their aid,",3.0
The lights owe half their lustre to the shade.,2.0
"So the bright fires that light the milky way,",2.0
Lost and extinguished in the solar ray;,2.0
"In the sun's absence pour a flood of light,",2.0
And borrow all their brightness from the night.,2.0
To cheat our eyes how well dost thou contrive!,1.0
Each object here seems real and alive.,2.0
"Not more resembling life the figures stand,",0.0
"Rush on the eye, and crowd upon the sight.",0.0
"At once our wonder and delight you raise,",1.0
"We view with pleasure, and with rapture praise.",1.0
"Whoever he be that to a Taste aspires,",1.0
"Let him read this, and be what he desires.",1.0
"In men and manners versed from life I write,",0.0
"Not what was once, but what is now polite.",0.0
"Those who of courtly France have made the tour,",0.0
Can scarce our English awkwardness endure.,1.0
"But honest men who never were abroad,",1.0
"Like England only, and its Taste applaud.",1.0
"Books or the world, the many or the few.",1.0
"True Taste to me is by this touchstone known,",3.0
"He a dramatic poet, she a scold.",2.0
His wit in boxes was my lord's delight.,1.0
"No mercenary priest ever joined their hands,",4.0
"Laws my Pindaric parents mattered not,",2.0
"My infant tears a sort of measure kept,",0.0
"No youth did I in education waste,",1.0
Happy in an hereditary Taste.,2.0
Nor barbarous birch ever brushed my tender bum.,2.0
"My guts never suffered from a college cook,",3.0
Good parts are better than eight parts of speech:,2.0
"I thank my stars, that I declined them all.",1.0
I trust to mother wit and father sense.,0.0
"Nature's my guide, all sciences I scorn,",3.0
"Pains I abhor, I was a poet born.",3.0
Notes upon books outdo the books themselves.,4.0
"To ease the body, and improve the mind.",1.0
"Swift's whims and jokes for my resentment call,",2.0
"Verse without rhyme I never could endure,",3.0
"Uncouth in numbers, and in sense obscure.",2.0
"To him as nature, when he ceased to see,",1.0
"Confirmed and settled by the nation's voice,",1.0
"Rhyme is the poet's pride, and people's choice.",0.0
"Always upheld by national support,",2.0
"Of market, university, and court:",1.0
"Thomson, write blank; but know that for that reason,",3.0
These lines shall live when thine are out of season.,1.0
As London ladies owe their shape to stays.,0.0
He for the laurel never had had my vote:,1.0
He thoroughly deserves the modern bays.,1.0
"So Britain's monarch once uncovered sat,",0.0
Long live old Curl! he never to publish fears,4.0
"The speeches, verses, and last will of peers.",2.0
"How oft has he a public spirit shown,",1.0
"And pleased our ears, regardless of his own?",1.0
"But to give merit due, though Curl's the fame,",2.0
Are not his brother booksellers the same?,5.0
"Can statutes keep the British press in awe,",0.0
"Lives of dead players my leisure hours beguile,",5.0
"So oft a mother, and not once a wife:",1.0
"She could with just propriety behave,",1.0
"Alive with peers, with monarchs in her grave:",1.0
"I travelled early, and I soon saw through",3.0
"Shame, pain, or poverty shall I endure,",3.0
When ropes or opium can my ease procure?,1.0
"When money's gone, and I no debts can pay,",2.0
"And kill myself, my daughter, and my wife.",2.0
"Burn but that Bible which the parson quotes,",0.0
And men of spirit all shall cut their throats.,0.0
"But not to writings I confine my pen,",1.0
"I have a Taste for buildings, music, men.",0.0
With superficial smattering at most.,1.0
"Not so my mind, unsatisfied with hints,",0.0
"I know the town, all houses I have seen,",1.0
"Sure wretched Wren was taught by bungling Jones,",1.0
"To murder mortar, and disfigure stones!",1.0
Who in Whitehall can symmetry discern?,2.0
"Substantial walls and heavy roofs I like,",0.0
"Such noble ruins every pile would make,",0.0
"To lofty Chelsea, or to Greenwich dome,",1.0
Soldiers and sailors all are welcomed home.,2.0
"Her poor to palaces Britannia brings,",3.0
"Buildings so happily I understand,",3.0
That for one house I'd mortgage all my land.,0.0
"From out my honest workmen, I'll select",2.0
"First bid him build me a stupendous dome,",2.0
"Which having finished, we set out for Rome;",2.0
"Take a week's view of Venice and the Brent,",4.0
"Stare round, see nothing, and come home content.",4.0
"I'll have my Villa too, a sweet abode,",0.0
Its situation shall be London road:,0.0
"I'll have my gardens in the fashion too,",0.0
For what is beautiful that is not new?,2.0
What's high to sink? and what is low to raise?,0.0
"Slopes shall ascend where once a greenhouse stood,",2.0
Expense and alteration shows a Taste.,0.0
"In curious paintings I'm exceeding nice,",3.0
And know their several beauties by their price.,1.0
"Auctions and sales I constantly attend,",3.0
Originals and copies much the same.,1.0
The picture's value is the painter's name.,1.0
"My Taste in sculpture from my choice is seen,",1.0
I buy no statues that are not obscene.,2.0
"In spite of Addison and ancient Rome,",1.0
"How oft have I with admiration stood,",1.0
Cast with propriety in gilded lead.,3.0
"O could I view through London as I pass,",1.0
"High on a pedestal, you freemen, place",1.0
"Old coins and medals I collect, it's true,",2.0
"Sir Andrew has them, and I'll have them too.",2.0
"But among friends if I the truth might speak,",3.0
"I like the modern, and despise the antique.",3.0
"Though in the drawers of my japan bureau,",5.0
"Without Italian, or without an ear,",1.0
And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.,1.0
"My soul has oft a secret pleasure found,",0.0
In the harmonious bagpipe's lofty sound.,3.0
"I'm English born, and love a grumbling noise.",0.0
"The stage should yield the solemn organ's note,",0.0
"Eager in throngs the town to Hester came,",2.0
And Oratorio was a lucky name.,1.0
"Thou, Heidegger! the English Taste hast found,",2.0
Call thy next Masquerade a Convocation.,0.0
"Bears, lions, wolves, and elephants I breed,",2.0
And Philosophical Transactions read.,1.0
"Next lodge I'll be Freemason, nothing less,",1.0
Unless I happen to be F. R. S.,2.0
"I have a palate, and as yet two ears,",2.0
Fit company for porters or for peers.,3.0
But my top talent is a bill of fare.,3.0
"Dishes I choose though little, yet genteel,",2.0
"Pigs heads with hair on, much my fancy please,",1.0
And give ten guineas for a pint of peas.,2.0
"My grace is silence, and my waiter dumb,",1.0
And of lost hospitality complain.,3.0
"Say thou that dost thy father's table praise,",0.0
I would bright honour buy with dazzling gold.,1.0
"Could I the privilege of peer procure,",1.0
"The rich I'd bully, and oppress the poor.",1.0
"I'd make the insolent mechanics stay,",1.0
And keep my ready money all for play.,0.0
"I'd try if any pleasure could be found,",0.0
"Had I whole counties, I to White's would go,",3.0
"And set land, woods, and rivers, at a throw.",1.0
"But should I meet with an unlucky run,",1.0
And at a throw be gloriously undone;,3.0
"My debts of honour I'd discharge the first,",2.0
Let all my lawful creditors be cursed:,1.0
"My title would preserve me from arrest,",1.0
And seizing hired horses is a jest.,1.0
"With gloves and hat, like my own footman, Dick.",1.0
"A footman I would be, in outward show,",1.0
"In sense, and education, truly so.",1.0
As for my head it should ambiguous wear,3.0
And dress and talk of dressing more than they.,0.0
"Without black velvet breeches, what is man?",1.0
"I will my skill in buttonholes display,",1.0
And brag how oft I shift me every day.,0.0
Shall I wear clothes in awkward England made?,3.0
"And sweat in cloth, to help the woollen trade?",0.0
In French embroidery and in Flanders lace,1.0
I'll spend the income of a treasurer's place.,4.0
I would convince the world by tawdry clothes,0.0
"That belles are less effeminate than beaux,",1.0
"To boon companions I my time would give,",1.0
"With players, pimps, and parasites I'd live.",0.0
"I would with jockeys from Newmarket dine,",2.0
And imitate his language and his coat.,1.0
"Should I perchance be fashionably ill,",3.0
"I should abhor, though in the utmost need,",1.0
"But if I found that I grew worse and worse,",3.0
"How oft when eminent physicians fail,",1.0
"Eyes she can touch, or she can syringe ears.",1.0
"Of graduates I dislike the learnt rout,",3.0
And choose a female doctor for the gout.,2.0
"Thus would I live, with no dull pedants cursed,",1.0
"Sure, of all blockheads, scholars are the worst.",1.0
"Back to your universities, you fools,",1.0
And dangle arguments on strings in schools:,1.0
"Those schools which Universities they call,",1.0
"With ease that loss the nation might sustain,",0.0
"Oxford and Cambridge are not worth one farthing,",3.0
"Quit those, you British youth, and follow these,",1.0
"Turn players all, and take your squires degrees.",3.0
"Boast not your incomes now, as heretofore,",1.0
A single Eunuch gets a larger sum.,0.0
Have some of you three hundred by the year;,5.0
Should Oxford to her sister Cambridge join,1.0
"For playhouse, opera, ball, and masquerade.",1.0
"Glad I congratulate the judging age,",2.0
"The players are the world, the world the stage.",1.0
"I am a politician too, and hate",1.0
"Of any party, ministers of state:",1.0
"Has served his king and country, lose his ears.",0.0
"Thus from my birth I'm qualified you find,",0.0
To give the laws of Taste to human kind.,0.0
"For books, and buildings, politics, and dress.",0.0
"His circling March, and human Actions viewed;",0.0
"But grieved that Virtue drooped her languid Head,",0.0
"Back, to his native Seat, he sternly flies;",0.0
"And sends an Edict through the spacious Skies,",1.0
"Upon Olympus' Top the Synod met,",0.0
"And, with a Nod, that shook the Spheres, he swore,",1.0
The Minor Gods should visit Earth no more.,1.0
"What, must your earthly Sons, MINERVA cried,",0.0
Explore their doubtful Way without a Guide?,0.0
"If PALLAS must no more to Mortals go,",1.0
"Let PALLAS beg a Substitute below,",1.0
"Worthy to rule the World, whose noble Mind",2.0
May copy out the Gods to human Kind.,1.0
"Collect the best Materials, where you will;",2.0
Selecting each Perfection of the Gods:,1.0
From MARS she warlike Strength and Courage took;,1.0
But softened them with VENUS' graceful Look:,1.0
"To these she added HERMES' Eloquence,",2.0
And crowned it with her own superior Sense:,3.0
"And, while the MUSES played, she formed a Soul.",0.0
"When thus composed the bright Ingredients lay,",2.0
She nobly dressed them in Ethereal Clay;,2.0
And vital Warmth inspired a CUMBERLAND.,3.0
THE shrinking brooks and russet meads complained,0.0
"That Summer's tyrant, fervid Sirius, reigned;",2.0
"Full west the sun from heaven descending rode,",1.0
And six the shadow on the dial showed.,1.0
"Philo, though young, to musing much inclined,",2.0
"From table sneaking with a sheepish face,",1.0
"Before the circle was dismissed with grace,",1.0
Thick clouds of incense roll around his head:,2.0
"His head, which save a quarter's growth of hair,",0.0
"His woollen cap long since scratched off, was bare:",3.0
"His beard three days had grown, of golden hue,",1.0
"Of each lean limb half hide, and half expose;",2.0
His cheek he leaned upon his hand; below,0.0
"Now with abstracted flight he climbs apace,",3.0
"High and more high, through pure unbounded space;",0.0
"Now mere privation fails the wings of thought,",1.0
Born on the surging smoke he joys to rise;,0.0
"Matter through modes and qualities pursues,",3.0
"Now caught, entranced its naked essence views;",1.0
Now wakes; the vision fading from his sight,2.0
"Leaves doubts behind, the mists of mental night:",1.0
"Existing not, but possible alone,",1.0
"He deems all substance, and suspects his own;",1.0
"Like wave by wave impelled, now questions roll ' --",1.0
"Does soul in ought subsist, or all in soul?",0.0
"Is space, extension, nothing but a name,",1.0
And mere idea Nature's mighty frame?,0.0
"All power, all forms, to intellect confined:",2.0
"Place, agent, subject, instrument combined?",2.0
"Is spirit diverse, yet from number free,",2.0
Conjoined by harmony in unity? ' --,3.0
When the ray broken takes Opinion's dies! ' --,2.0
"In vain now Philo seeks the sacred light,",1.0
"In Chaos plunged, where embryo systems fight.",4.0
"In this dark hour, unnoticed, Cloe came,",4.0
"With Nature's charms she joined the charms of art,",0.0
"Wife of his choice, and mistress of his heart;",1.0
"What on her head she wore, erect and high,",0.0
"Unnamed above, is called on earth a fly;",0.0
Her breasts beneath transparent muslin swell;,0.0
Studded with flaming gems a buckle bound,2.0
The embroidered zone her slender waist around;,1.0
Thence to her feet a vast rotund displayed,0.0
The mingling colours of the rich brocade;,0.0
"This aiding fancy, blending shame and pride,",0.0
Inflames with beauties it was meant to hide:,1.0
"With careless ease the Nymph first snapped her fan,",1.0
"Rolled round her radiant eyes, and thus began;",0.0
"Immersed in learning, nastiness, and wit?",1.0
"Clean from the chest, where various odours breathe,",2.0
"A shirt for thee, by my command, the maid",2.0
Three hours ago before the fire displayed;,1.0
"The barber, waiting to renew thy face,",1.0
"Renounce that odious pipe, this filthy cell,",2.0
"Where silence, dust, and pagan authors dwell:",0.0
Come! shall the ladies wait in vain for thee?,0.0
"Come! taste with us the charms of mirth and tea,",2.0
"As Philo heard confused the silver sound,",0.0
"His soul emerges from the dark profound,",1.0
On the bright vision full he turned his eyes;,2.0
"Touched, as he gazed, with pleasure and surprise,",1.0
"And now in act to speak, he stroked his beard,",0.0
"When from a shelf just over the fair one's head,",2.0
"Back starts the Nymph, with terror and dismay,",2.0
The Spider! o! ' --  was all that she could say.,1.0
"At this the Sage resumed the look severe,",0.0
"He said, and careful to the shelf conveyed",1.0
The hapless rival of the blue-eyed maid.,2.0
And rage the crimson on her cheek renewed.,1.0
"Must then, said she, such hideous vermin crawl",2.0
"Destroy her quickly ' --  here her life I claim,",0.0
"If not for love or decency, for shame.",1.0
"Shame be to guilt, replies the man of thought,",0.0
"To slaves of custom, never by reason taught,",2.0
"Who spare no life that touches not their own,",1.0
By fear their cruelty restrained alone.,1.0
"No blameless insect lives its destined hour,",2.0
Caught in the murdering vortex of their power.,3.0
"For me, the virtues of the mind I learn",2.0
"From her, when busy all the summer's day",1.0
"She weaves the curious woof that snares her prey,",2.0
Not daily bread on idleness bestows.,1.0
"Restores with art what accidents impair,",1.0
"The thousandth time the broken thread renews,",0.0
And one great end with fortitude pursues;,2.0
"To me her toil is never renewed in vain,",3.0
"Taught what the wise by perseverance gain,",0.0
"Warmed by example to the glorious strife,",5.0
And taught to conquer in the fight of life.,0.0
"She watchful, patient, eyes the circle round,",0.0
"I learn, when toil has well deserved success,",0.0
"With care to watch, with patience still to wait",0.0
"The golden moment, though delayed by Fate.",1.0
"Still boasting Reason's power, how weak are we!",3.0
"How blind, alas! to all we would not see!",0.0
"Else how could Philo, in a Spider's cause,",1.0
Talk thus of mercy with deserved applause?,2.0
"Or call aught virtuous industry and skill,",4.0
Exerted only to surprise and kill?,1.0
"The blameless insect, whom no murder feeds,",2.0
"For her, the victim of her cunning, bleeds;",2.0
"Cunning! which when to wisdom we compare,",1.0
"Is but to her, to men what monkeys are.",2.0
"Hold! Philo cries, and know, the same decree",1.0
"Gave her the fly, which gives the lamb to thee;",0.0
"Or why those wings adapted to the snare,",1.0
"As plain in these the precept, kill and eat,",2.0
As in thy skill to carve the living treat.,0.0
"To this, she cries, Persuade me, if you can,",2.0
"Man's lord of all, and all was made for man.",1.0
Vain thought! the child of ignorance and pride!,2.0
"Disdainful smiling, quickly he replied;",1.0
"To man, vain reptile! tell me of what use",2.0
"The nameless monsters of the swarming seas,",1.0
The pigmy nations wafted on the breeze?,1.0
"That bask in flowers, and quicken all the green?",2.0
Why live these numbers blessed in Nature's state?,0.0
Why lives this spider object of thy hate?,1.0
"Why man? but life in common to possess,",1.0
Wide to diffuse the stream of happiness;,3.0
"Blessed stream! the overflowing of the parent mind,",2.0
"Great without pride, and without weakness kind.",8.0
"With downcast eyes, and sighs, and modest air,",1.0
Thus in soft sounds replied the wily fair:,3.0
This fatal subtlety thy books impart,1.0
"For this, when Cloe goes at twelve to bed,",1.0
Till three you sit in converse with the dead:,1.0
"No wonder then, in vain my skill's employed",1.0
To prove it best that vermin be destroyed ' --,0.0
"But though you proudly triumph over my sex,",3.0
"Yet, if you loved me, to oblige your wife,",1.0
"Once to prevent my wishes Philo flew,",2.0
"But Time that alters all, has altered you.",1.0
"These tears my witness, which your pride disdains;",0.0
"These tears, at once my witness and relief.",1.0
"Here paused the fair, all eloquent in grief.",1.0
"He, who had often, and alone, overturned",7.0
Now yields to love the fortress of his soul:,2.0
"Cursed wretch, thou poisonous quintessence of ill,",4.0
"Those precious drops, unpunished, shalt thou spill?",0.0
"He said, and stooping, from his foot he drew,",1.0
"Black as his purpose, what was once a shoe;",0.0
"Now, high in air the fatal heel ascends,",1.0
Reason's last effort now the stroke suspends;,3.0
A struggling sigh her inward grief expressed.,0.0
And to his arm his utmost strength applied:,2.0
"Crushed falls the foe, one complicated wound,",1.0
"Thus to like arts a prey, as poets tell,",0.0
"By Juno loved in vain, great Dido fell.",1.0
And thus for ever Beauty shall control,0.0
"The saint's, the sage's, and the hero's soul.",1.0
And Vengeance follows with tremendous speed;,1.0
"With love of science, and with verse inspired,",1.0
"Expunged at once the philosophic theme,",0.0
All sages think and all that poets dream;,0.0
Yields him thus changed a vassal to the fair;,4.0
And forth she leads him with a victor's air:,1.0
"Dressed to her wish, he mixes with the gay,",1.0
"As much a trifle, and as vain as they;",1.0
"To fix their power, and rivet fast the chain,",2.0
They lead where Pleasure spreads her soft domain;,0.0
"Love smiles triumphant in thy groves, Vaux-hall.",2.0
"'TWAS when the Sun had his swift Progress made,",1.0
And left his Empire to the Queen of Shade;,1.0
Shot their pale Lustre over the dewy Plain:,5.0
"Sat lonely Mira with her Head reclined,",2.0
And mourned the Sorrows of her helpless Kind:,1.0
"The Nymph, whose Tale deserves a pitying Tear;",2.0
Whose early Beauties met a swift Decay;,0.0
"A Rose that faded at the rising Day,",0.0
"While Grief and Shame oppressed her tender Age,",0.0
Pursued by Famine and a Father's Rage;,1.0
Till too much Thought the aching Heart oppressed.,0.0
"Then active Fancy, with her airy Train,",1.0
Composed the Substance of the ensuing Dream.,3.0
"In a black Shade my wandering Self I found,",5.0
A Wood encircled by a thorny Bound;,1.0
"There lofty Elms the wondering Skies invade,",2.0
And the dark Cypress cast a browner Shade:,2.0
Grave Laurels there the humbler Shrubs overlook;,5.0
"There the pale Ash, and there the Poplar shook;",2.0
"Here pliant Elder whom her Fruits adorn,",0.0
Whose rugged Arms with useless Roses shine.,0.0
"A Plain was bounded with a putrid Lake,",1.0
"Formed a weak Passage over the standing Streams,",5.0
"Whose slimy Waters to its Arches clung,",1.0
"On this brown Plain surrounded by the Wood,",3.0
And the green Lake ' --  an aged Castle stood;,2.0
"Whose iron Gates were strictly shut to all,",0.0
And frowning Roofs hung over the crumbling Wall:,3.0
"Before the Portals wait a grisly Band,",0.0
Fraud with a Pencil in her shaking Hand:,0.0
"Long Scrolls of Parchment at her Feet were laid,",1.0
Behind her Shoulder stood her ghastly Maid:,0.0
"Grimly he stands, and by his Side appears",3.0
"Fierce Cruelty, all drenched in Orphans Tears;",3.0
Within attended by relentless Hate,1.0
"To these rude Doors approached with bashful Mien,",2.0
"Soft Celia once the brightest of the Plain,",2.0
"But now the Roses from her Cheeks were flown,",1.0
Nor could the Fair One by her Charms be known;,1.0
"Those Charms are now in sable Weeds arrayed,",0.0
Her Arm supported by a mournful Maid:,1.0
"From her won Eyes the Tears incessant flow,",2.0
Whose Eyeballs sparkled with disdainful Ire;,2.0
"His potent Hand the sounding Locks obey,",0.0
With grating Noise the horrid Gates gave way:,1.0
Then prostrate at his Feet the Damsel lay.,0.0
Three times to speak the lovely Mourner tried;,1.0
Thrice on her Lips the fainting Murmurs died;,0.0
"Sigh follows Sigh, and Tear succeeds to Tear:",1.0
Ah! let my Sorrows find Relief from you;,0.0
The rising Sun is Witness to my Woe:,1.0
"But who shall paint what wretched Celia feels,",0.0
While Shame and Famine hunt her flying Heels:,0.0
"The Fools deride me, and the virtuous shun,",3.0
Then to the Fields and lonely Shades I run;,0.0
"Yet find no Comfort from the lonely Shade,",2.0
At my Approach the Blossoms seem to fade:,1.0
"I fly to Wilds unknown to human Kind,",0.0
But cannot leave my hated Self behind;,0.0
And am ' --  O am I ' --  by my Parent cursed;,2.0
Of all my Woes the deepest and the worst:,1.0
"Think not by Tears this stubborn Heart to win,",0.0
Nor jar my Senses with thy hateful Din:,1.0
"Go learn of Vagrants fit Companions go,",1.0
Their Arts of Stealing and their Whine of Woe.,1.0
"Yet when before the Gate of Pride you stand,",0.0
And crave your Morsel at the Porter's Hand;,0.0
Thrown to the Dogs before thy longing Eyes:,0.0
"He ceased ' --  but Celia views no more the Sun,",1.0
For now her Sorrow with her Life was done:,1.0
"Her Eyes no more afford their lucid Streams,",1.0
Nor the Pulse struggles in her quiet Veins.,2.0
"The Tyrant viewed her with a ghastly Look,",1.0
"When lo a Spectre horrible to view,",1.0
"Strange Forms were painted on his sable Robe,",2.0
One Hand extended bore a crystal Globe;,0.0
"Where the pale Sinner might his Picture find,",2.0
"Yet not his Features, but his darker Mind:",1.0
"In vain to shun the faithful Glass he tries,",0.0
"His quick left Hand with this performed its Part,",2.0
His Right was dreadful with a poisoned Dart:,1.0
"Then with a loud and horrid Voice he cried,",0.0
"From the fair Court of Equity I came,",3.0
"Called by thy Sins, and Conscience is my Name:",1.0
And teach thy Eyes to know the melting Tear:,0.0
"Prepare thy Spirits for their Weight of Woe,",1.0
He said and struck ' --  the visionary Dart,0.0
He fell ' --  and falling raised a fearful Cry;,0.0
"Then Mira awoke, and found the Morning Sky.",2.0
"Her fool's cap wear, spite of the shaking head",3.0
"To frolic be disposed, no song she chants",1.0
"Immoral; nor one picture will she hold,",2.0
But Virtue may approve it with a smile.,2.0
You sylvan deities! awhile adieu!,1.0
Farewell! for I must leave your rich perfumes,2.0
To sing the Pin in ever sounding lays:,0.0
"But not that Pin, at whose circumference",0.0
Ponderous and vast: nor that which window bars,1.0
From thief nocturnal: nor that other called,1.0
A skittle; chiefly found where alehouse snug,1.0
Invites mechanic to the flowing cup,1.0
No ' --  it's the Pin so much by ladies used;,0.0
"Without whose aid the nymph of nicest taste,",0.0
"Hail then, thou little useful instrument!",1.0
"Though small, yet consequential. For by thee",1.0
"Beauty sets off her charms, as at the glass",0.0
"Lucy, or Phillis, best adapts thy point.",2.0
Without thy service would the ribbon flaunt,0.0
"Loose to the fanning gale, nor on the head",1.0
Of belle would stand her whimsical attire.,1.0
The kerchief from her neck of snow would fall,1.0
"With freedom bold, and leave her bosom bare.",0.0
As she her apron forms! And how the man,2.0
On nose reverted! frequent does he want,0.0
"Thy prompt assistance, to connect his scraps",1.0
And notes obliterated over. Thee oft,2.0
"In alley, path, wide square, and open street,",1.0
"The miser picks, as conscious of thy use;",1.0
"With frugal hand, accompanied with brow",1.0
"Of corrugated bent, he sticks thee safe,",0.0
"Interior on his coat; then creeps along,",1.0
Well judging thy proportion to a groat.,3.0
Through all thy different storehouses to trace,5.0
"Thy presence, either in the sculptured dome,",0.0
With points almost as various as thy heads.,2.0
"Wherever thou art, or in whatever form,",2.0
"Magnificent in silver, or in brass,",2.0
"Safe on thy cushioned bed, or kiss the locks",0.0
"Of Chloe, sleeping on the pillow's down.",2.0
"Thou whom the wise revere, the worthy praise;",0.0
"Just guardian of those laws thy voice explained,",1.0
And meriting all titles thou hast gained ' --,2.0
Though still the fairest from heaven's bounty flow;,2.0
For good and great no monarch can bestow:,2.0
"Yet thus, of health, of fame, of friends possessed,",0.0
"No fortune, Hardwicke, is sincerely blessed.",2.0
All humankind are sons of sorrow born:,0.0
"The great must suffer, and the good must mourn.",1.0
"Can Fortitude, without a sigh, resign?",0.0
"Ah no! when Love, when Reason, hand in hand,",0.0
"Over the cold urn consenting Mourners stand,",2.0
The firmest heart dissolves to softness here;,0.0
And Piety applauds the falling tear.,1.0
"Those sacred drops, by virtuous weakness shed,",2.0
"Adorn the living, while they grace the dead:",0.0
"By Heaven approved, and true to Nature's law.",0.0
"When his loved Child the Roman could not save,",3.0
"The sage, the patriot, in the parent, wept.",1.0
"And OH! by grief allied, as joined in fame,",0.0
"The same thy loss, thy sorrows are the same.",1.0
"She whom the Muses, whom the Loves deplore,",0.0
"Even she, thy pride and pleasure, is no more:",3.0
"In bloom of years, in all her virtue's bloom,",0.0
"Lost to thy hopes, and silent in the tomb.",0.0
OH Season marked by mourning and despair!,2.0
Thy blasts how fatal to the young and fair?,1.0
"For vernal freshness, for the balmy breeze,",1.0
Thy tainted winds came pregnant with disease:,2.0
"Sick Nature sunk before the mortal breath,",1.0
"That scattered fever, agony, and death!",1.0
What funerals has thy cruel ravage spread!,1.0
Here let Reflection fix her sober view:,0.0
"OH think, who suffer, and who sigh with you.",2.0
"See, rudely snatched, in all her pride of charms,",1.0
"In climes far distant, see that husband mourn;",1.0
"His arms reversed, his recent laurel torn!",0.0
"Behold again, at Fate's imperious call,",2.0
In one dread instant blooming Lincoln fall!,2.0
See her loved Lord with speechless anguish bend!,3.0
"And, mixing tears with his, thy noblest friend,",1.0
Thy Pelham turn on heaven his streaming eye:,0.0
"Again in Her, he sees a Brother die.",1.0
"And He, who long, unshaken and serene,",2.0
"Had Death, in each dire form of terror, seen,",0.0
"Through worlds unknown, over unknown oceans tossed,",11.0
"By Love subdued, now weeps a Consort lost:",4.0
"Now, sunk to fondness, all the man appears,",1.0
"His front dejected, and his soul in tears!",1.0
"Yet more: nor thou the muse's voice disdain,",1.0
Let thy calm eye survey the suffering ball:,3.0
See kingdoms round thee verging to their fall!,2.0
"What spring had promised, and what autumn yields,",1.0
"Swept to one grave, in one promiscuous fate!",2.0
Hear Europe groan! hear all her nations mourn!,2.0
And be a private wound with patience born.,0.0
Think too: and Reason will confirm the thought:,2.0
"Thy cares, for Her, are to their period brought.",3.0
"Yes, She, fair pattern to a failing age,",4.0
"With wit, chastised, with sprightly temper, sage;",0.0
"Whom each endearing name could recommend,",0.0
"Whom all became, wife, sister, daughter, friend,",1.0
"From life escaped, and safe on that calm shore",1.0
"Where sin, and pain, and error are no more,",2.0
"She now no change, nor you a fear can feel:",2.0
"Death, to her fame, has fixed the eternal seal!",2.0
"And all my senses were by Sleep possessed,",1.0
"Sweet Sleep, that soft and balmy comfort brings",1.0
"Alike to Beggars and despotic Kings,",1.0
"I dreamt of peace I never felt before,",0.0
I dreamt my Heart was lying on the floor.,1.0
"Observed it, strange to tell! with joyful eyes.",0.0
And stranger still without the least surprise.,0.0
"Elated with the sight, I smiling sat",1.0
Exulting over the victim at my feet;,2.0
But soon with words of anguish thus addressed,0.0
"Say busy, lively, trembling, hopping thing,",1.0
"What new disaster hast thou now to bring,",0.0
"To torture with thy fears my tender frame,",1.0
Who must for all her ills thee only blame?,0.0
"Speak now, and tell me why, ungrateful guest",1.0
For ten years past hast thou denied me rest?,1.0
And with my Life and with my Stature grew.,2.0
"At first so small were all thy wants, that I",0.0
Vainly imagined I could never deny,5.0
Whatever thy fancy asked ' --  Alas! but now,3.0
I find thy wants my every sense outgrow;,1.0
"And ever having, ever wanting more,",0.0
"A power to please, to give, or to adore.",3.0
"Say, why like other Hearts dost thou not bear",1.0
With callous apathy each worldly care?,1.0
"In thee Compassion, Hatred's place supplies,",1.0
Why not with malice treat malicious Men?,0.0
"Why, at the hearing of a dismal tale,",1.0
Dost thou with sorrow turn my Beauty pale?,0.0
"Why, when distress in any shape appears,",0.0
Dost thou dissolve my very soul in Tears?,1.0
Why in thy secret folds is Friendship bred?,0.0
In other hearts its very name is dead.,0.0
"Why, if keen Wit and learnt Sense draw nigh",4.0
Dost thou with emulation beat so high?,0.0
"And while approving, wish to be approved?",0.0
"And when you love, wish more to be beloved?",1.0
"Why not, in cold indifference ever clad,",0.0
"Alike, unmoved, regard the good and bad?",0.0
"Why dost thou waste my youthful bloom with care,",0.0
"And sacrifice myself, that I may share",2.0
Distress in others? why wilt thou adorn,1.0
Their days with roses and leave me a thorn?,2.0
But here I saw it heave an heavy sigh,0.0
And thus in sweetest sounds it did reply:,0.0
"Ah! cease, Eliza! cease thy speech unjust.",0.0
Thy heart has ever fulfilled its sacred trust;,2.0
"And ever will its tender mansion serve,",1.0
Nor can it from thee this reproach deserve,2.0
Against my dictates murmuring have I found,2.0
"Which thus has laid me bleeding on the Ground,",1.0
Compare thyself in this same hour deprived,2.0
"Of this soft Heart, from whence all are derived",3.0
"With me its brilliant ornaments are fled,",2.0
"And all thy features, like thy Soul, are dead.",0.0
"It's I that make thee others' pleasures share,",1.0
And in a Sister's joy forget thy care.,0.0
"It's by my dictates thou art taught to find,",1.0
"That makes thee oft relieve a Stranger's woes,",0.0
"And often fix those friends, that would be foes,",0.0
To cherish Music; and it's I appear,2.0
"In all its softest dress, when to the Hearts,",1.0
"Harmonic strains; it's not because it's fine,",0.0
"In smoothest numbers all that I indite,",1.0
"For it's I taught thy fearful hand to write,",1.0
My genius has with watchful care supplied.,0.0
What Education to thy sex denied;,1.0
"Made Sentiment and Nature all combine,",2.0
"To melt the Reader in each flowing line,",0.0
"Till they in words this feeling truth impart,",1.0
She needs no more who will consult the Heart;,2.0
"And own in reading what is writ by thee,",0.0
No study ever could improve like me.,1.0
"And when thy bloom is gone, thy beauty flown,",0.0
"And laughing Youth to wrinkled Age is grown,",0.0
"Thy actions, writings, friendship, which I gave,",0.0
Still shall remain an Age beyond the Grave.,1.0
Then do not thus displaced let me remain,2.0
But take me to thy tender breast again.,1.0
"And if I am deceived, deceive me still.",2.0
"Seduced I was in haste, then stooping low,",1.0
"Soon reinstated my sweet, pleasing foe;",3.0
"And waking, found it had nor less nor more",0.0
"Than all the Joys, the pangs it had before!",0.0
The Sea has scarce a Depth to bear the pressing Weight.,0.0
"These every Shore has seen; all Climates know,",0.0
"As far as Lands extend, or Waters flow.",0.0
"As late I heard, when near the British Coast,",0.0
"Unseen I stood, while thus a fishing Swain",0.0
"Pity, you Gods, and thaw the rigid Frost,",2.0
"My Hands are stiff, and all my Feeling lost.",0.0
"The Moon with sharpened Horns looks coldly bright,",1.0
"How cursed the Fate! How hard the Fisher's Lot,",0.0
"Mid all the Gloom, and Horrors of the Night,",1.0
"To catch the falling Ice, and hoary Frost;",0.0
While the soft Dames of the luxurious Town,6.0
"On yielding Beds are laid, and every Clown",0.0
"Then eats his fill; and thus by Heaven blessed,",0.0
"With waking Care, when we at length have caught",1.0
"The squeamish Town rejects it all with Scorn,",0.0
And empty we with fruitless Pain return.,1.0
"OH! might I live content a Shepherd Swain,",0.0
"And sit on grassy Vales, and view the circling Plain:",0.0
"How blessed were I, would me the Gods allow",0.0
"To goad the Ox, and hold the bending Plough,",0.0
Or on the rising Ridge with equal Hand,1.0
"To strow the scattered Seeds, and stock the furrowed Land.",0.0
"Thus he; But aged Sire, whose hoary Head",2.0
"Had seen more Years, with calm Experience said,",2.0
All their Fortune is of all the worst;,1.0
Each Man himself a Judge is truly cursed.,0.0
"Through Ignorance we commend a Life unknown,",3.0
"While he as much complains; is pined with Care,",0.0
And gladly would exchange his envied Share.,0.0
"The Gods on us a daily Feast bestow,",1.0
"For which no Price we pay, no Thanks we owe.",2.0
"Even when they stink, long kept and we despise.",2.0
"While on sour Herbs the Shepherd's poorly feed,",0.0
With Sighs he eats what he with Sorrow found:,1.0
"He grieves his Loss, and ever is in pain",1.0
"By snowy Winters, or by Summer's Rain.",1.0
"All do not love in clotting Fields to sweat,",0.0
"While waving Heaps are by the Zephyrs fanned,",1.0
"And wanton Gales, that whistle in the Weeds,",0.0
"Who will not gather the deserted Shells,",1.0
"Or climb steep Rocks, and search the hollow Cells",1.0
"For hidden Eggs, while all the Birds in vain",0.0
"No earthy Fumes, or noisy Insect here",2.0
"Disturb, or taint the unmolested Air.",0.0
"Venus protects the Sea, from whence she came,",2.0
And Love in Water can preserve his Flame.,1.0
"The Nymph to leavy Woods, and shady Groves",0.0
The Sea prefers; the Sea the Triton loves;,0.0
"While he defends our Isle from hostile Fleets,",1.0
The Fisher undisturbed at leisure sits;,0.0
"Or boisterous Fish, who will not be confined.",1.0
"But pleasing looks, and often hails our Boat.",0.0
"If ever he comes again, he has from me",2.0
"The choicest Spoils of all the rifled Sea,",0.0
"He said, and from him shook the falling Ice,",1.0
When to him thus enlivened Youth replies.,0.0
"No Midnight Chills can harm, nor falling Sleet;",2.0
"Though the bright Moon, and every shining Star",2.0
"Increase the Cold, and whet the piercing Air:",0.0
"And from the Shelves, and Rocks unseen defend.",1.0
Dashed in rough Storms sink down to Fish a grateful Prey.,1.0
"Would he permit, I'd leave my fishing Oars,",1.0
And venture on the Main to distant Shores.,1.0
"I am no Stranger to the Seas, and know",3.0
"What it's to dance on Waves, when Winds too rudely blow.",1.0
Fond Youth returns the Sire wilt thou compare,3.0
These rotten Boats to mighty Ships of War?,0.0
And with their Masts over-lock the flitting Clouds;,7.0
"Would loose thy Hold, and turn thy swimming Eyes.",0.0
"Ambition suits not him, whose Birth is mean;",1.0
"The Gods despise the proud, and love the humble Swain.",0.0
"I drove the Fish, and the unthinking Throng",1.0
"Press to their Boat, and fill the swelling Net;",0.0
"They joyous seize the Prey, and all their Pain forget.",0.0
"THESE, as they change, Almighty Father! these,",2.0
Are but the varied God. The rolling Year,1.0
Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring,0.0
"Thy Beauty walks, Thy Tenderness and Love.",1.0
Echo the mountains round; the forests live;,2.0
"And every sense, and every heart is joy.",0.0
"With light, and heat, severe. Prone, then thy Sun",1.0
Shoots full perfection through the swelling year.,2.0
And oft thy voice in awful thunder speaks;,0.0
"And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve,",1.0
"In Autumn unconfined. Thrown from thy lap,",2.0
"Profuse over nature, falls the lucid shower",5.0
Into the stores of sterile Winter pours.,0.0
In Winter dreadful Thou! with clouds and storms,1.0
"Around Thee thrown, tempest over tempest rolled,",3.0
And humblest nature with thy northern blast.,3.0
"Mysterious round! what skill, what force divine,",1.0
"One following one in such enchanting sort,",2.0
"And all so forming such a perfect whole,",2.0
"But wondering oft, with brute unconscious gaze,",3.0
"Man marks Thee not, marks not the mighty hand,",1.0
"Works in the secret deep; shoots, steaming, thence",1.0
Flings from the sun direct the flaming Day;,0.0
"And, as on earth this grateful change revolves,",1.0
With transport touches all the springs of life.,0.0
"Nature, attend; join every living soul,",3.0
"Beneath the spacious temple of the sky,",1.0
"In adoration join; and, ardent, raise",0.0
"An universal Hymn! to Him, you gales,",1.0
Breathe soft; whose spirit teaches you to breathe.,2.0
Fills the brown void with a religious awe.,4.0
"And you, whose bolder note is heard afar,",1.0
"Who shake the astonished world, lift high to heaven",3.0
"The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage.",1.0
And let me catch it as I muse along.,1.0
"You headlong torrents, rapid, and profound;",2.0
"You softer floods, that lead the humid maze",0.0
"Along the vale; and thou, majestic main,",1.0
"A secret world of wonders in thyself,",0.0
Sound His tremendous praise; whose greater voice,2.0
"Roll up your incense, herbs, and fruits, and flowers,",1.0
"In mingled clouds to Him; whose sun elates,",1.0
"Whose hand perfumes you, and whose pencil paints",1.0
"You forests, bend; you harvests, wave to Him:",0.0
"Homeward, rejoicing with the joyous moon.",3.0
"You that keep watch in heaven, as earth asleep",1.0
"You constellations, while your angles strike,",0.0
"Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre.",0.0
Great source of day! best image here below,2.0
"Of thy creator, ever darting wide,",1.0
"From world to world, the vital ocean round,",0.0
On nature write with every beam his praise.,0.0
The thunder rolls: be hushed the prostrate world;,0.0
While cloud to cloud returns the dreadful hymn.,0.0
"Retain the sound: the broad responsive low,",0.0
"You valleys, raise; for the great Shepherd reigns;",2.0
And yet again the golden age returns.,0.0
"Wildest of creatures, be not silent here;",2.0
"You woodlands all, awake: a general song",0.0
"Burst from the groves; and when the restless day,",0.0
"Expiring, lays the warbling world asleep,",0.0
"Sweetest of birds! sweet Philomela, charm",3.0
The listening shades; and through the midnight hour;,2.0
"That night, as well as day, may vouch His praise.",0.0
"You chief, for whom the whole creation smiles;",0.0
"At once the head, the heart, and mouth of all,",0.0
"Crown the great Hymn! in swarming cities vast,",3.0
"Concourse of men, to the deep organ join",3.0
"At solemn pauses, through the swelling base;",1.0
"Or if you rather choose the rural shade,",1.0
To find a fane in every sacred grove;,0.0
"There let the shepherd's flute, the virgin's chant,",0.0
"Still sing the God of Seasons, as they roll.",2.0
"For me, when I forget the darling theme,",2.0
"Russets the plain, delicious Autumn gleams;",2.0
"Be my tongue mute, may fancy paint no more,",4.0
"And, dead to joy, forget my heart to beat.",0.0
Should fate command me to the farthest verge,1.0
"Of the green earth, to hostile barbarous climes,",4.0
Rivers unknown to song; where first the sun,2.0
"Since God is ever present, ever felt,",0.0
"In the void waste, as in the city full;",2.0
"Rolls the same kindred Seasons round the world,",3.0
"In all apparent, wise, and good in all;",0.0
"Since He sustains, and animates the whole;",1.0
"And better thence again, and better still,",0.0
In infinite progression. ' --  But I lose,2.0
"Myself in Him, in light ineffable!",2.0
"Come then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.",1.0
"The God for ever Great, for ever King;",0.0
Arcadian therefore be Thy Birth: Great Rhea,4.0
"Holy Retreat! Since no Female hither,",4.0
"Conscious of Social Love and Nature's Rites,",2.0
"Must dare approach, from the inferior Reptile",3.0
"To Woman, Form Divine. There the blessed Parent",2.0
"The ponderous Birth: She sought a neighbouring Spring,",3.0
"To wash the recent Babe: In vain: Arcadia,",1.0
Obscure with rising Dust: the thirsty Traveller,1.0
"In vain required the Current, then imprisoned",0.0
In subterranean Caverns: Forests grew,3.0
"Thou too, OH Earth, great Rhea said, bring forth;",3.0
And short shall be thy Pangs: She said; and high,0.0
"She reared her Arm, and with her Sceptre struck",1.0
And cheered the Valleys: There the Heavenly Mother,3.0
"Bathed, mighty King, Thy tender Limbs: She wrapped them",1.0
In purple Bands: She gave the precious Pledge,0.0
"To prudent Neda, charging her to guard Thee,",1.0
Careful and secret: Neda of the Nymphs,3.0
"And Styx, the eldest. Smiling She received Thee,",1.0
"And conscious of the Grace, absolved her Trust:",1.0
Their fleecy Charge; and joyous drink her Wave.,0.0
Distilled her Honey on Thy purple Lips.,1.0
Industrious with the warlike Din to quell,2.0
"Waited Thy blooming Years: Inventive Wit,",2.0
And perfect Judgement crowned Thy youthful Act.,1.0
That Saturn's Sons received the threefold Empire,1.0
"Of Heaven, of Ocean, and deep Hell beneath,",2.0
"As the dark Urn and Chance of Lot determined,",2.0
Well nigh equivalent and neighbouring Value,4.0
"By Lot are parted: But high Heaven, Thy Share,",2.0
"In equal Balance laid against Sea or Hell,",3.0
"Flings up the adverse Scale, and shuns Proportion.",1.0
"Wherefore not Chance, but Power, above Thy Brothers",4.0
"Exalted Thee, their King. When Thy great Will",1.0
"Commands Thy Chariot forth; impetuous Strength,",2.0
"And fiery Swiftness wing the rapid Wheels,",2.0
Incessant; high the Eagle flies before Thee.,0.0
"And o! as I and mine consult Thy Augur,",2.0
Grant the glad Omen; let Thy Favourite rise,3.0
"Propitious, ever soaring from the Right.",1.0
Thou to the lesser Gods hast well assigned,1.0
Boundless and universal. Those who labour,3.0
"The sweaty Forge, who edge the crooked Scythe,",0.0
Acknowledge Vulcan's Aid. The early Hunter,0.0
"Over hanging Cliffs; who spreads his Net successful,",0.0
And guides the Arrow through the Panther's Heart.,1.0
"The Soldier from successful Camps returning,",1.0
To make his Hero and Himself Immortal.,1.0
"Who model Nations, publish Laws, announce",0.0
"Or Life or Death, and found or change the Empire.",0.0
And as their Actions tend subordinate,1.0
How They those Means employ. Each Monarch rules,1.0
"His different Realm, accountable to Thee,",1.0
Great Ruler of the World: These only have,2.0
To speak and be obeyed; to Those are given,1.0
Assistant Days to ripen the Design;,1.0
To some whole Months; revolving Years to some:,1.0
"Others, ill fated, are condemned to toil",4.0
"Their tedious Life, and mourn their Purpose blasted",2.0
"With fruitless Act, and Impotence of Council.",1.0
"Hail! greatest Son of Saturn, wise Disposer",1.0
Of every Good: Thy Praise what Man yet born,0.0
Has sung? or who that may be born shall sing?,0.0
"Again, and often hail! indulge our Prayer,",0.0
"Great Father! grant us Virtue, grant us Wealth:",1.0
"And Virtue without Wealth exerts less Power,",6.0
"And less diffuses Good. Then grant us, Gracious,",0.0
"Virtue, and Wealth; for both are of Thy Gift.",3.0
Or all the envied Gifts the Gods bestow?,0.0
"His Wisdom Folly, Length of Time a Span,",0.0
"His Life is Vanity, his Death is Woe!",1.0
"Could Wit protect, had Genius power to save,",2.0
"Did they immortal Life with Fame impart,",1.0
"Alexis never had known a dreary Grave,",2.0
Death never had drenched an Arrow in his Heart.,3.0
"Mourn, mourn, you Spirits, who delight in Mirth;",1.0
In yonder Tomb Alexis breathless lies;,0.0
"The Soul of Wit, that gave your Laughter Birth,",0.0
"Inhabits, once again, her native Skies.",0.0
How fixed those Features which so well portrayed,0.0
"How dull those Eyes that could so well upbraid,",1.0
"Weep, you who bend beneath the savage Rod",0.0
"Of stern Oppression, spurning human Laws,",0.0
"Your Champion, covered by yonder senseless Sod,",4.0
"Who dragged your dark Misdeeds to public Shame,",0.0
"Your scourge is fled, no longer shall you know",1.0
"The Eye that filled with Laughter every Face,",0.0
How ghastly now his Grin! No latent Spark,1.0
Of newfound Wit sheds Dimples over his Cheek;,4.0
No heavy Blockhead dreads himself the Mark,1.0
On whom the biting Gibe shall shortly break.,0.0
"Where now the Shouts that Theatres have rent,",1.0
While Laughter roared and begged to be relieved?,0.0
"Ah! where the Plaudits every Hand has sent,",0.0
When Humour brought forth all that Wit conceived?,1.0
In Metre melancholic let if flow;,1.0
"In Wails, and Sighs, and Tears, shrill sad and slow.",1.0
"But o! THALIA, be thy Sorrows loud,",0.0
"Ah! shed the Drop most precious over his Shroud,",2.0
For sure a Son like him deserves a Tear.,1.0
Full well he once was known thy dear Delight;,1.0
"Quit every pointed Weapon of Redress,",2.0
"No more we catch your Meaning from his Eye,",1.0
"Or guides your galling Arrows as they fly,",1.0
To strike the guilty Sinner through the Heart.,1.0
"With Freaks and Bounds in antic Circles play,",0.0
"Attend your kindred Genius to his Home,",1.0
Proclaim him welcome to the Realms of Day.,1.0
"And round the Poet's Temples Laurel twine,",0.0
"Forsake your Sports; and, if you know to weep,",1.0
"If ever your silken Lids sustain such Dew,",2.0
"Here pour your Tears, ' --  behold, in endless Sleep,",0.0
"Over Hill, over Dale, or mid the Virgin Throng;",3.0
Who sing so sweet in many a witching Song;,2.0
"And as you pass the Mountain, Mead, or Dell,",1.0
Collect the Sweets that most delight the Muse.,0.0
"Bring every Spell and Charm, each Fruit and Flower,",1.0
"Each Herb, each Plant to Poet fragrant found;",0.0
"With all due Rites erect the Cypress Bower,",1.0
"And bless the Turf, and consecrate the Ground.",0.0
"Then while coy Phoebe grants her glimmering Beam,",3.0
"And flitting Ghosts entrance the fearful Eye,",5.0
"On broken Vows while Maids, forsaken, dream,",0.0
And start and weep with many a mournful Sigh;,2.0
Your Vigils keep ' --  with shrill and sudden Shout,0.0
"Enough, fair FANCY, lightly bound away; ' --",1.0
"Advance PHILOSOPHY. Lo! TRUTH appears,",2.0
"Who, with her sober Mien, and moral Lay,",0.0
"Grasped half the Globe, and daft the Hours away;",1.0
"Crowns gave for Playthings, Slaves of Monarchs made,",3.0
Then dropped a little Lump of lifeless Clay.,0.0
"Had he not better far, in peaceful Lore,",0.0
"Turned over the moral Page, and smiled serene,",3.0
"Than, thus delighting in the Battle's Roar,",0.0
"He heeds not, hears not, RUMOUR'S fickle Blast;",3.0
And all who live to hear and read his Name,0.0
"With fancied Dignity important grown,",1.0
Man acts as though his Follies were to last;,3.0
"What melancholy Scenes salute his Eyes,",0.0
Prophetic Lessons of approaching Fate;,1.0
"Still he pursues each Phantom as it flies,",3.0
And loses Happiness in finding State.,1.0
"Blessed be the Sons of Science, Nymph sublime!",0.0
"She lures her Children to the calm Retreat,",1.0
"And solves the Problem, and suggests the Rhyme,",1.0
And to the dulcet Sound directs the Feet.,1.0
"She prompts the Song to Love, to Peace, and Joy;",0.0
"She knows no Sorrows, for she feels no Wants.",3.0
"She philosophic Temperance loves to cheer,",0.0
"And bids to shun, like Death, imagined Ills;",0.0
Who know no Medium to their wayward Wills.,2.0
Blessed be Alexis! Science loves the Name;,1.0
He well approved him of her darling Race;,1.0
"And be that Wretch accursed who damns his Fame,",0.0
Or would his little Follies backward trace!,0.0
"SWEET Peace! ah, lead me from the thorny dale,",2.0
Where desolate my wandering steps have fled;,2.0
"Far from the sunny paths which others tread,",0.0
"While youth enlivens, and while joys prevail.",1.0
"No more the fruitless tear shall love to shed,",0.0
"When pensive eve her cherished gloom has spread,",0.0
"And day's bright tints, like my short pleasures, fail!",3.0
"Yet lead me not where blooms the glowing rose,",0.0
But lead me where the cypress branches wave;,0.0
"There would my weary heart in youth repose,",0.0
Beneath the turf that shrouds an early grave.,0.0
"Hence you profane Intruders, what d'e mean,",3.0
"Your Pastor wonders at your Insolence,",1.0
It's Treason against your Ecclesiastic Prince.,4.0
"And if possessed, not questioned how obtained:",2.0
"The mighty Mysteries he so long concealed,",1.0
"Sure, the last Trumpet can't amaze him more,",3.0
For he till then had set it on the Score;,2.0
"In vain he'll to the Horns of the Altar fly,",1.0
Alias his Patron for Security:,3.0
"Had they been guided by the Patroness,",2.0
She kindly had contrived the Danger less:,0.0
For she was nobly guided by her Love:,2.0
"Thought Youth and Wit sufficient to prefer,",2.0
They were more tempting Things than Gold with her.,1.0
"But now the Favourite must his Purchase quit,",0.0
"And live, not by his Learning, but his Wit.",2.0
"IN that remote and solitary place,",0.0
"Which the seas wash, and circling hills embrace,",3.0
"Where those lone walls amid the groves arise,",3.0
"All that remains of thee, famed Williams, lies.",2.0
"The wandering Muse her pensive journey took,",2.0
"Curious to trace the statesman to his home,",2.0
"She came not, with the pilgrim, tears to shed,",1.0
"Mutter a vow, or trifle with a bead,",3.0
"But such a sadness did her thoughts employ,",1.0
"Reflecting much upon the mighty shade,",0.0
"His glories, and his miseries, she said:",2.0
"Perhaps the dust is Williams, that we tread.",0.0
"The learnt, ambitious, politic, and great,",0.0
"Statesman, and prelate, this alas! thy fate.",3.0
"Could not thy Lincoln yield her pastor room,",0.0
Could not thy York supply thee with a tomb?,1.0
"For this, thy hand over rivals could prevail,",7.0
And on aspiring Buckingham look down.,3.0
"This thy gay morn, ' --  but ere the day decline",2.0
"Clouds gather, and adversity is thine.",3.0
What had thy trembling age to do with arms?,0.0
Why was thy life protracted to be cursed?,1.0
"Thy king in chains, ' --  thyself by lawless might",0.0
"Striped of all power, and exiled from thy right.",2.0
"Awhile the venerable hero stood,",1.0
And stemmed with quivering limbs the boisterous flood;,2.0
"At length, overmatched by injuries and time,",2.0
Cambria for him with moans her region fills:,2.0
She wept his downfall from a thousand hills:,2.0
"Tender embraced her prelate though undone,",3.0
"And, when he died, received him in her breast.",0.0
"Envied Ambition! what are all thy schemes,",2.0
"But waking misery, or pleasing dreams,",1.0
Sliding and tottering on the heights of state!,3.0
The subject of this verse declares thy fate.,1.0
"Great as he was, you see how small the gain,",1.0
"A burial so obscure, a Muse so mean.",3.0
"IT'S Nature here bids pleasing scenes arise,",1.0
To veil each blemish; brighten every grace;,0.0
Yet still preserve the lovely Parent's face.,0.0
"How well the bard obeys, each valley tells;",0.0
"These lucid streams, gay meads, and lonely cells;",1.0
Where modest art in silence lurks concealed:,0.0
"While Nature shines, so gracefully revealed,",1.0
That she triumphant claims the total plan;,1.0
"And, with fresh pride, adopts the work of man.",2.0
"WHILE Night in solemn shade invests the pole,",0.0
"While Reason undisturbed asserts her sway,",0.0
This peaceful interval of sober thought.,1.0
"Here all my better faculties confine,",1.0
And be this hour of sacred silence thine.,1.0
"If by the day's illusive scenes misled,",1.0
My erring soul from Virtue's path has strayed:,0.0
"Snared by example, or by passion warmed,",3.0
"Some false delight my giddy sense has charmed,",0.0
"Deprived of this, can life one joy afford!",1.0
"But ah! how oft my lawless passions rove,",0.0
And break those awful precepts I approve!,2.0
"Pursue the fatal impulse I abhor,",1.0
And violate the Virtue I adore!,2.0
Oft when thy better spirit's guardian care,2.0
"Warmed my fond soul to shun the tempting snare,",3.0
My stubborn Will his gentle aid repressed.,1.0
"And checked the rising Goodness in my breast,",0.0
"Mad with vain hopes, or urged by false desires,",3.0
"With grief oppressed, and prostrate in the dust,",0.0
"But o! thy softer titles let me claim,",1.0
And dissipates the horrors of Despair:,1.0
From rigorous Justice steals the vengeful hour;,2.0
Softens the dreadful attribute of Power;,2.0
And teach my rebel passions to obey:,1.0
Lest lurking Folly with insidious art,2.0
"Shall every high resolve Devotion frames,",0.0
Be only lifeless sounds and specious names?,0.0
"OH rather while thy hopes and fears control,",1.0
"In this still hour each motion of my soul,",4.0
"Secure its safety by a sudden doom,",1.0
And be the soft retreat of Sleep my tomb.,0.0
"Calm let me slumber in that dark repose,",1.0
Till the last morn its orient beam disclose:,5.0
"Then, when the great Archangel's potent sound",6.0
"Shall echo through Creation's ample round,",1.0
"Excuse me, Stella, sunk in humble state,",0.0
With more than needful awe I view the great;,0.0
"No glossy diction ever can aid the thought,",3.0
"First stamped in ignorance, with error fraught.",2.0
"When first I saw them, and my mental eyes",1.0
"Shall in that heavenly rapture view them still,",2.0
For mine's a stubborn and a savage will;,2.0
"No customs, manners, or soft arts I boast,",3.0
On my rough soul your nicest rules are lost;,2.0
While Stella deigns to nurse the spark divine.,0.0
"A savage pleads ' --  let even her errors move,",3.0
And your forgiving spirit melt in love.,1.0
"Your gift, though sharpest miseries invade!",1.0
"Like his, your influence cheers wherever it's given;",4.0
"Blessed in dispensing! gentle Stella, hear",1.0
"That thy great soul may spare the rustic Muse,",3.0
"Whom Science ever scorned, and errors still abuse.",0.0
PEACE to the spot where his remains are laid;,1.0
May purest bliss await his friendly shade!,0.0
Nature by him had done her noblest part:,1.0
"She gave a head, nor yet denied a heart.",0.0
"FROM horrid mountains ever hid in snow,",0.0
"And barren lands, and dreary plains below;",0.0
"To you, dear sir, my best regards I send,",2.0
"The weakest reasoner, as the truest friend.",1.0
"Your arguments, that vainly strive to please,",1.0
"Your arts, your country, and your palaces;",2.0
What signs of Roman grandeur still remain ' --,5.0
Much you have said; and much have said in vain.,0.0
"Fine pageants these for slaves, to please the eye;",2.0
And put the neatest dress on misery!,1.0
Unhappy man! you trifle with your chain:,1.0
"But should your friend with your desires comply,",1.0
And sell himself to Rome and slavery;,1.0
Or hide the noble anguish of his heart:,1.0
"For, trust me, I should make an awkward slave.",1.0
"Falsely you blame our barren rocks and plains,",2.0
"Our peasants cheerful to the field repair,",1.0
"While yours, beneath some tree, with mournful eyes,",1.0
Sees for his haughty lord his harvests rise:,0.0
Then silent sighs; but stops his slavish breath:,0.0
"He silent sighs: for should he speak, it's death.",0.0
"Hence from our field the lazy grain we call,",0.0
"Too much for want, for luxury too small:",2.0
"In arms we breed our youth. To dart from far,",0.0
"To ward the stroke, or bear upon the foe.",0.0
"Early in hardships through the woods they fly,",3.0
"Some prowling wolf or foamy boar to meet,",0.0
And stretch the panting savage at their feet:,0.0
And show an honest pride in every scar;,0.0
"With joy the danger and the blood partake,",1.0
"But you, soft warriors, forced into the field,",2.0
"For well this universal truth you know,",0.0
"I envy not your arts, the Roman schools,",0.0
"Improved, perhaps, but to enslave your souls.",1.0
"May you to stone, or nerves or beauty give,",1.0
And teach the softening marble how to live;,1.0
"May you the passions in your colours trace,",2.0
And work up every piece with every grace;,0.0
"In airs and attitudes be wondrous wise,",0.0
"And know the arts to please, or to surprise;",1.0
"In music's softest sound consume the day,",0.0
Sounds that would melt the warrior's soul away:,0.0
"Vain efforts these, an honest fame to raise;",2.0
"Grant us more real goods, you heavenly powers!",3.0
"Virtue, and arms, and liberty be ours.",3.0
Weak are your offers to the free and brave;,1.0
No bribe can purchase me to be a slave.,2.0
"Hear me, you rocks, you mountains, and you plains,",1.0
"In thee, my country, will I fix my seat;",1.0
"Nor envy the poor wretch, that would be great:",2.0
My life and arms I dedicate to thee; ' --,0.0
"For, know, it is my interest to be free.",2.0
"Unhappy Man! who through successive Years,",1.0
From early Youth to Life's last Childhood errs;,2.0
"No sooner born, but proves a Foe to Truth;",1.0
For Infant Reason is overpowered in Youth:,3.0
The Cheats of Sense will half our Learning share;,0.0
And Pre-Conceptions all our Knowledge are.,1.0
"Reason, it's true, should over Sense preside,",2.0
"Correct our Notions, and our Judgement guide;",1.0
"But false Opinions, rooted in the Mind,",0.0
"Hoodwink the Soul, and keep our Reason blind.",1.0
"Reason's a Taper, which but saintly burns,",2.0
"A languid Flame, that glows, and dies by Turns;",0.0
"We travel by its Light, as Men by Day.",1.0
"Like Morning Stars, that never stay till Noon.",0.0
"The Soul can scarce above the Body rise,",0.0
"Life now does scarce one Glimpse of Light display,",1.0
We mourn in Darkness and despair of Day;,1.0
"That natural Light, once dressed with Orient Beams,",2.0
"Is now diminished, and a Twilight seems,",2.0
"A miscellaneous Composition made,",2.0
"Of Night, and Day, of Sunshine, and of Shade.",2.0
"Through an uncertain Medium now we look,",3.0
"And find That, Falsehood, which for Truth we took.",1.0
"So Rays projected from the Eastern Skies,",1.0
Show the false Day before the Sun can rise.,3.0
"That little Knowledge now which Man obtains,",0.0
From outward Objects and from Sense he gains;,1.0
"He like a wretched Slave, must plod and sweat,",0.0
"By Day must toil, by Night that Toil repeat;",0.0
And yet at last what little Fruit he gains?,0.0
"The Passions still predominant will rule,",1.0
"Our Understanding they with Darkness fill,",1.0
"Cause strong Corruptions, and pervert the Will;",2.0
"On these the Soul, as on some flowing Tide,",2.0
"Must sit, and on the raging Billows ride,",1.0
"Hurried away, for how can be withstood",3.0
The impetuous Torrent of the boiling Blood?,2.0
"Can we be free, where these the Rule maintain:",1.0
These are the Tools of Knowledge which we use;,1.0
"The Spirits heated, will strange things produce;",2.0
"Tell me who ever the Passions could control,",2.0
Or from the Body disengage the Soul;,2.0
"Till this is done, our best Pursuits are vain",1.0
To conquer Truth and unmixed Knowledge gain:,5.0
"Through all the bulky Volumes of the Dead,",1.0
And through those Books that modern times have bred.,1.0
"With pain we travel, as through moorish Ground,",1.0
Where scarce one useful Plant is ever found;,0.0
"Overrun with Errors which so thick appear,",0.0
"Our Search proves vain, no Spark of truth is there.",2.0
"What's all the noisy Jargon of the Schools,",1.0
"But idle Nonsense of laborious Fools,",3.0
Who fetter Reason with perplexing Rules.,1.0
"What in Aquinas, bulky Works are found",0.0
"Does not enlighten Reason, but confound.",1.0
A Cloud of Darkness rising on the Mind.,1.0
When Passion or Conceit still hurries us away?,3.0
"Thus his new Notions Sherlock would instill,",4.0
And clear the greatest Mysteries at will.,1.0
"But by unlucky Wit perplexed them more,",1.0
And made them darker than they were before.,2.0
"South soon opposed him out of Christian Zeal,",2.0
Showing how well he could dispute and rail:,2.0
"How shall we ever discover which is right,",2.0
When both so eagerly maintain the Fight?,1.0
"Each does the other's Arguments deride,",1.0
Each has the Church and Scripture on his Side.,1.0
"Both may be wrong, one perhaps errs the least:",5.0
"How shall we know which Articles are true,",1.0
"In Paths uncertain, and unsafe he treads,",1.0
Who blindly follows other's fertile Heads.,0.0
"What sure, what certain Mark have we to know,",1.0
"The right or wrong, betwixt Burgess, Wake, and Howe?",4.0
What Health can that contentious Tribe impart?,0.0
"Every Physician writes a different Bill,",1.0
And gives no other Reason but his Will.,2.0
"No longer boast your Art, you impious Race,",3.0
"Gibbons and Radcliffe do but rarely guess,",2.0
"Even Garth and Sir Richard Blackmore. Maurus sometime shall prevail,",4.0
"When Gibson, learnt Hannes, and Tyson fail:",3.0
"Missing the Gout, by chance has hit the Stone;",2.0
"The Patient does the lucky Error find,",0.0
"A Cure he works, though not the Cure designed.",0.0
"Custom, the World's great Idol we adore,",4.0
"And knowing this, we seek to know no more;",2.0
"What Education did at first receive,",0.0
Our ripened Age confirms us to believe;,1.0
"The careful Nurse, and Priest is all we need",0.0
"The Parents Precepts early are instilled,",2.0
"And spoil the Man, while they instruct the Child.",1.0
"To what hard Fate is Human kind betrayed,",1.0
When thus implicit Faith's a Virtue made?,0.0
"When Education more than Truth prevails,",0.0
"Thus from the time we first begin to know,",0.0
"We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.",0.0
Nor judge of things by universal Light;,0.0
"The Soul in Chains, and Lord it over the Mind;",2.0
"Good Heavens! that Man should thus himself deceive,",2.0
"To learn on Credit, and on Trust believe;",1.0
"Better the Mind no Notions had retained,",3.0
But still a fair unwritten Blank remained;,0.0
"For now, who Truth from Falsehood would discern,",1.0
"When once removed, will smooth the way to truth:",0.0
"To dispossess the Child the Mortal lives,",0.0
But Death approaches ever the Man arrives.,2.0
The dear bought Purchase of the Trading Mind;,2.0
"From many Dangers must themselves acquit,",0.0
"O! What an Ocean must be Voyaged over,",0.0
To gain a Prospect of the shining Shore;,1.0
And adverse Waves retard it as they roll.,2.0
"Does not that foolish Deference we pay,",1.0
"To Men that lived long since, our Passage stay?",1.0
What odd preposterous Paths at first we tread?,0.0
"And learn to walk, by stumbling on the Dead.",1.0
"First we a Blessing from the Grave implore,",1.0
"He lived long since, and must be wondrous Wise;",1.0
"Thus are we Debtors to the famous Dead,",1.0
For all those Errors which their Fancies bred;,0.0
"With those first times, nor farther was conveyed:",3.0
"While light Opinions are much lower brought,",1.0
For on the Waves of Ignorance they float;,2.0
"But solid truth scarce ever gains the Shore,",1.0
So soon it sinks and never emerges more.,1.0
"Suppose those many dreadful Dangers past,",0.0
"Will Knowledge dawn, and bless the Mind at last?",0.0
"Hides all its Charms, and undiscovered lies.",0.0
"Truth like a single Point escapes the Sight,",0.0
And claims Intention to perceive it right;,1.0
Spread like a Surface and expanded wide.,1.0
"The first Man rarely, very rarely finds",1.0
"But yet what's worse, we know not when we err;",0.0
"What Mark does truth, what bright Distinction bear?",0.0
"How do we know, that what we Know, is True,",0.0
"How shall we Falsehood Fly, and Truth Pursue;",1.0
"Let none then here, his certain Knowledge boast,",1.0
It's all but Probability at most;,1.0
"This is the easy Purchase of the Mind,",2.0
"But Truth lies hid, and ever we can explore",4.0
"The glittering Gem, our fleeting Life is over.",2.0
"THat Virtue Points our Way to Happiness,",1.0
Even the Profane in Cooler Moods Confess:,1.0
"But Because the Brave and generous are Few,",2.0
Thin Trains this Guide to Happiness pursue.,2.0
"Who' Vouch her Cause, must' bet a Suffering side",2.0
Exposed to all the Outrages of Pride.,4.0
Mean Souls desert afflicted Majesty:,2.0
But when just Heaven and sure that Time draws on,2.0
"Restores this Empress to her Starry Throne,",1.0
With Crowns She will enrich her Loyall Few.,1.0
While Shame and Vengeance Crush the Rebel Crew.,0.0
"WE wish for thee, dear friend! for summer eve",2.0
Looks of more lingering sweetness than the last.,1.0
"The slanting sun, reluctant to bereave",1.0
"Thy woods of beauty, fondly seemed to leave",0.0
"Smiles of the softest light, that slowly past",0.0
In bright succession over each charm thou hast,2.0
Thyself so oft admired. And we might grieve,1.0
Thine eye of taste should ever wander hence,0.0
Over scenes less lovely than thine own; but here,2.0
"Thou wilt return, and feel thy home more dear;",0.0
"More dear the Muses' gentler influence,",4.0
"And heart uninjured, thou hast gazed awhile.",1.0
"HEALTH to my friend, and long unbroken years,",0.0
By storms unruffled and unstained by tears:,1.0
Winged by new joys may each white minute fly;,3.0
"Spring on her cheek, and sunshine in her eye:",1.0
"Over that dear breast, where love and pity springs,",1.0
May peace eternal spread her downy wings:,0.0
And fair ideas all her fancy fill.,0.0
From glittering scenes which strike the dazzled sight,2.0
"With mimic grandeur and illusive light,",4.0
"From idle hurry, and tumultuous noise,",4.0
"From hollow friendships, and from sickly joys,",1.0
"Will DELIA, at the muse's call retire",0.0
To the pure pleasures rural scenes inspire?,2.0
"Will she from crowds and busy cities fly,",1.0
"Where wreaths of curling smoke involve the sky,",0.0
"To taste the grateful shade of spreading trees,",0.0
And drink the spirit of the mountain breeze?,1.0
"And hollow winds foretell approaching storms,",0.0
"Then Pleasure, like a bird of passage, flies",0.0
"To brighter climes, and more indulgent skies;",0.0
"Cities and courts allure her sprightly train,",2.0
From the bleak mountain and the naked plain;,3.0
"And gold and gems with artificial blaze,",0.0
Supply the sickly sun's declining rays:,0.0
But soon returning on the western gale,1.0
She seeks the bosom of the grassy vale;,1.0
And early primroses around her rise.,5.0
"We'll follow where the smiling goddess leads,",0.0
In silent glades her fairy footsteps trace:,1.0
"Small pains there needs her footsteps to pursue,",3.0
"She cannot fly from friendship, and from you.",1.0
And over her bosom breathe the western winds:,2.0
Had changed an icicle into a flower:,1.0
And winter lingers in its icy veins.,0.0
And each inferior flower of fainter hue;,4.0
"And FLORA cries exulting, See my Rose!",0.0
"The Muse invites, my DELIA haste away,",0.0
And let us sweetly waste the careless day.,0.0
Here gentle summits lift their airy brow;,0.0
"Here bathed by frequent showers cool vales are seen,",3.0
"Here smooth canals, across the extended plain,",2.0
"Stretch their long arms, to join the distant main:",3.0
The sons of toil with many a weary stroke,2.0
Scoop the hard bosom of the solid rock;,4.0
With steady patience work their gradual way;,2.0
Compel the genius of the unwilling flood,3.0
Through the brown horrors of the aged wood;,3.0
"Cross the lone waste the silver urn they pour,",3.0
And cheer the barren heath or sullen moor:,0.0
The traveller with pleasing wonder sees,1.0
"And views the altered landscape with surprise,",2.0
And doubts the magic scenes which round him rise.,0.0
"Now, like a flock of swans, above his head",0.0
Their woven wings the flying vessels spread;,0.0
"Now meeting streams in artful mazes glide,",1.0
"Now through the hidden veins of earth they flow,",0.0
"The ductile streams obey the guiding hand,",0.0
And social plenty circles round the land.,0.0
The Muses here have fixed their sacred seats.,0.0
"Mark where its simple front yonder mansion rears,",3.0
The nursery of men for future years:,1.0
"Here callow chiefs and embryo statesmen lie,",6.0
"By fame neglected, and unknown to song,",1.0
"Had crept inglorious, like a vulgar stream,",1.0
"Reflects the ascending seats with conscious pride,",2.0
And dares to emulate a classic tide.,0.0
"Soft music breathes along each opening shade,",3.0
"With mystic lines his sands are figured over,",0.0
And circles traced upon the lettered shore.,0.0
And court the fair majestic form of truth.,0.0
"Here nature opens all her secret springs,",0.0
"Too long had bigot rage, with malice swelled,",1.0
Too long to cheque her ardent progress strove:,2.0
"Hangs on her flight, restrains her towering wing,",0.0
Her rising pride shall mock the vain design;,0.0
"Where science smiles, the Muses join the train;",0.0
And gentlest arts and purest manners reign.,2.0
"You generous youth who love this studious shade,",4.0
How rich a field is to your hopes displayed!,1.0
And virtue blossoms for a better age.,1.0
What bliss did you but know that bliss were yours?,1.0
"Perception quick, and luxury of thought;",1.0
"Panting for fame, impatient of control;",3.0
"And fond enthusiastic thought, that feeds",0.0
On pictured tales of vast heroic deeds;,0.0
"And quick affections, kindling into flame",0.0
And spirits light to every joy in tune;,0.0
And friendship ardent as a summer's noon;,1.0
And generous scorn of vice's venal tribe;,4.0
And proud disdain of interest's sordid bribe;,0.0
And vivid fancy; and clear simple truth;,2.0
And all the mental bloom of vernal youth.,0.0
"Through the long perspective of distant years,",2.0
"When this, this little group their country calls",0.0
"To fix her laws, her spirit to sustain,",1.0
And light up glory through her wide domain!,1.0
"Their various tastes in different arts displayed,",2.0
"Like tempered harmony of light and shade,",1.0
"With friendly union in one mass shall blend,",0.0
"And this adorn the state, and that defend.",1.0
"These the sequestered shade shall cheaply please,",1.0
"With learnt labour, and inglorious ease:",5.0
"Rich fruits matured by glowing suns behold,",1.0
"From every land the various harvest spoil,",2.0
And bear the tribute to their native soil:,1.0
"But tell each land while every toil they share,",0.0
"Firm to sustain, and resolute to dare,",2.0
And SOULS are ripened in our northern sky.,0.0
Some pensive creep along the shelly shore;,0.0
Unfold the silky texture of a flower;,1.0
"With sharpened eyes inspect an hornet's sting,",0.0
And all the wonders of an insect's wing.,2.0
Some trace with curious search the hidden cause,2.0
"Of nature's changes, and her various laws;",3.0
And hunt her to her elemental forms:,1.0
Or prove what hidden powers in herbs are found,2.0
To quench disease and staunch the burning wound;,0.0
"With cordial drops the fainting head sustain,",0.0
"The patriot passion this shall strongly feel,",3.0
"Ardent, and glowing with undaunted zeal;",3.0
And vindicate the majesty of laws.,2.0
"This clothed with Britain's thunder, spread alarms",0.0
"Through the wide earth, and shake the pole with arms.",2.0
"That to the sounding lyre his deeds rehearse,",0.0
"Enshrine his name in some immortal verse,",0.0
"To long posterity his praise consign,",1.0
And pay a life of hardships by a line.,1.0
"While others, consecrate to higher aims,",0.0
"Love in their heart, persuasion in their tongue,",0.0
"With words of peace shall charm the listening throng,",0.0
"Draw the dread veil that wraps the eternal throne,",3.0
And launch our souls into the bright unknown.,0.0
"A master's pencil, and a poet's fire:",1.0
"Unequal far such bright designs to paint,",0.0
"My drooping Muse folds up her fluttering wing,",4.0
And hides her head in the green lap of spring.,2.0
Marshaled in even ranks the obsequious band;,6.0
While all Arcadia opened on his mind:,3.0
"But here sweet Waller breathed his amorous flame,",3.0
"Here met the Muse, while gentle Love was by,",0.0
"That tuned his lute, and wound the strings so high:",0.0
And the groves flourish in eternal Spring.,2.0
"Eternal Spring smiles in those green retreats,",1.0
"No more the Monarch's, still the Muse's seats,",1.0
"Where crowned with towers majestic Windsor stands,",2.0
And the wide world beneath her feet commands:,2.0
"There Britain's Genius fixed his awful throne,",0.0
Encircled with that glorious blaze that springs,3.0
"From conquered nations, and from captive kings:",1.0
And even the imperial dome itself shall fall:,3.0
"When those great names, the Warrior and the Sage,",4.0
Lie clouded in the dark historic page;,1.0
"Through Time's deep shades her sacred light display,",1.0
"Queen of sweet numbers and melodious strains,",6.0
If yet thou deign to visit Britain's plains;,0.0
"If yet thy hallowed haunts partake thy love,",0.0
"OH come, and range with me the aspiring glades,",2.0
"Where Leicester spreads the lawns and forms the shades,",0.0
And the tall column shoot into the skies:,2.0
"Beneath whose proud survey, extended wide,",0.0
"New scenes, new beauties charm on every side:",2.0
"Here, crowned with woods, the shaded hills ascend,",0.0
In open light there the low vales extend;,2.0
"Here in rich harvests waves the ripened grain,",1.0
"Sweetly intermixed, and lovely to behold,",1.0
"The hills between, her liquid treasures leads;",0.0
Holds the clear mirror of her crystal tides:,4.0
"Her crystal tides reflect the waving scene,",0.0
"As on the steep banks, bending over the flood,",4.0
Grotesque and wild up springs the overshadowing wood;,2.0
"Or the slope margin, with a softer rise,",3.0
"Shade above shade, and rank over rank supplies;",3.0
Its hallowed head with God's own temple crowned:,0.0
Emerging from the waves the tall tower rise;,4.0
"With transport bids the solemn structure hail,",0.0
And winged for Britain speeds the flying sail.,0.0
"In nearer view, mid the lawn's wide extent,",3.0
"In just proportion rising on the sight,",1.0
"The stately mansion lifts its towery height,",2.0
"And glitters over the groves. An oak beneath,",2.0
"That calls the cool gales through its boughs to breathe,",2.0
"Where the sun darts his fervid rays in vain,",3.0
The princely Leicester sits: the pageant pride,0.0
In these blessed bowers he plans the great design;,4.0
With heightened charms bids modest nature shine;,1.0
"Though rich, yet chaste; though splendid, not profuse;",0.0
Calls forth each beauty that from order springs;,1.0
From its loved Greece each honoured Science brings;,2.0
Over Art's fair train extends his generous care;,3.0
And bids each polished Grace inhabit here.,0.0
"Nor these alone: here Virtue loves to dwell,",1.0
"Active and warm she breathes a noble part,",2.0
"Glows in the breast, and opens all the heart;",0.0
The substitute of heaven to bless mankind;,1.0
"Pours joy, and gives neglected Worth to bloom;",1.0
"She in each bosom stills the rising sigh,",0.0
And wipes off every tear from every eye;,0.0
From toil and cares bids Age and Want remove;,1.0
"Fed by her hand, and by her bounty blessed.",1.0
"These, these are rays that round true greatness shine,",2.0
"And thine, bright Clifford! the full blaze is thine.",4.0
The violet glowing in the lap of spring;,0.0
"Each herb, each leaf of aromatic power;",0.0
"The Muse's hand shall their mixed odours spread,",1.0
And screw the ground where Clifford deigns to tread.,0.0
"In distant prospect, sinking from the eye,",1.0
Low in the tufted dales the hamlets lie;,0.0
"More distant yet the thronged commercial town,",0.0
"That makes the wealth of other worlds her own,",0.0
"Lifts her proud head, and sees with every tide",3.0
Or bids the parting vessel spread the sail,0.0
"Loose to the wind, and catch the rising gale:",0.0
"Rolls its broad wave, a world of waters, round.",3.0
In sweet astonishment the impatient Mind,3.0
"From scene to scene in rapid progress flies,",1.0
"Glances from earth to seas, from seas to skies;",2.0
"Delights to feel the great ideas roll,",0.0
"Swell on the sense, and fill up all the soul.",0.0
On the bare hill no tree was seen to spread,4.0
The graceful foliage of its waving head;,1.0
Nor hawthorn blossomed on the unsightly ground;,4.0
Joy was not here; no bird of finer note,1.0
"Lo, Leicester comes! Before his mastering hand",3.0
Flies the rude Genius of the savage land;,4.0
Starts from the wondering fields the golden ear;,2.0
"Up rise the waving woods, and haste to crown",0.0
"The hill's bare brow, and shade the sultry down:",2.0
"The sheltered traveller sees, with glad surprise,",2.0
"And, as their hospitable branches spread,",6.0
Blesses the friendly hand that formed the shade:,2.0
"Joy blooms around, and cheers the peasant's toil,",1.0
As smiling plenty decks the cultured soil;,0.0
"The brightening scenes a kinder Genius own,",0.0
And Nature finishes what Art begun.,1.0
"But can the verse, though Philomela deign",1.0
To breathe the sweet notes through the warbled strain;,2.0
"Though every Muse and every Grace should smile,",0.0
Can the verse paint like Nature? Can the power,3.0
Boast charms like hers? or the creative hand,2.0
"Though learnt Poussin gives each grace to flow,",2.0
"Yet peerless is the power of sacred song,",3.0
That bursts in transport from the Muse's tongue:,1.0
"Swells through the grove, and melts along the plain.",0.0
"Or braid your fine wreaths in the pearly caves,",1.0
"See, the fair rival of your native seats,",4.0
"Deign then, you sacred sisters! deign to tread",0.0
"The rich embroidery of yonder velvet mead,",1.0
The studious mazes of the twilight grove;,4.0
"Or, at the foot of some hoar elm reclined,",1.0
Or pensive listen to the solemn roar,1.0
Of whitening billows breaking on the shore:,1.0
"If the majestic domes, whose towery pride",3.0
"Your steps detain; yonder princely structure view,",6.0
Graced with each finer art your Athens knew!,0.0
"Each finer art to just perfection brought,",0.0
The sculptured forms that breathe along the wall;,0.0
Athenian Pallas clad in radiant arms;,2.0
Heaven's empress conscious of her slighted charms;,1.0
"Your own Apollo, on whose polished brow",1.0
"Gods, heroes, sages, an illustrious train,",4.0
"Haste then, you sacred sisters! haste, and bring",0.0
"On the choice bough a purer fragrance breathe,",2.0
INstructive Sound! I'm now convinced by Thee,0.0
Time in its Womb may bear Infinity.,1.0
What Worlds of Parts compose the rolling Hour!,0.0
The least of these a serious Care demands;,3.0
"By some great Deeds distinguished all in Heaven,",1.0
For the same End to me by Number given!,2.0
"Cease, Man, to lavish Sums thou never hast told!",2.0
"Cast round his eye of universal love,",0.0
"And saw mankind with various ills oppressed,",3.0
Nor his the power to free poor man from pain;,4.0
And the three Sisters all the gods obey;,2.0
"The web of life keeps them in close employ,",2.0
Yet the fair web they weave but to destroy;,4.0
"Lengthens by fits, and as it lengthens twirls;",3.0
"In the soft loom the silken tissue flows,",3.0
And brighter hues succeed the cloud of woes.,0.0
"But oft as the gay shuttle glides along,",2.0
"Skimming with ease the lighter shades among,",2.0
"The fatal shears the fragile threads untie,",0.0
And the cropped rose gives up her crimson die;,1.0
The distant views that dawned with early morn,0.0
Shut up their vistas ever the eve's return;,2.0
"Or sullen night her sable mantle shows,",0.0
And round the world her long dark curtain throws;,1.0
"Such is the lot of man by Fate's decree,",1.0
"But still compassion touched the mighty mind,",0.0
"Shall these poor mortals, tenants of a day,",3.0
In life's rude path but tread the thorny way?,1.0
Gay fluttering insects that beneath the sky,4.0
"Bask in the sun, and the next moment die!",1.0
"A short-lived being, whom, so proud of breath,",1.0
A weaker insect stings to instant death!,1.0
"The sport of winds, of sky, and varying showers,",2.0
The jest and pity of superior powers!,3.0
"Shall these who're doomed a thousand ills to meet,",0.0
"And seldom see one growing wish complete,",0.0
"As onward wandering to the Stygian lake,",1.0
Is there not one of all your blissful train,0.0
Prone to arrest the flying shafts of pain?,2.0
"If such compassion touch the immortal breast,",3.0
Be now the generous sentiment confessed;,3.0
"Descend to earth, and our protecting eye",1.0
Shall look with pleasure as your task you ply!,1.0
He said: while Pity round her forehead drew,0.0
Gave to the sight the meek retiring tear;,0.0
And the long sigh on a half word would dwell.,4.0
Whose mind and essence is eternal love:,1.0
For what from Pity want the happy gods?,0.0
"Not so with Man; deceived by gilded show,",0.0
"And painting happiness on scenes below,",1.0
"Gives a clear sky, till the long prospect ends,",5.0
And plants a paradise for thousand friends;,0.0
"And meek Aurora dries the tears of night,",0.0
"Yet blushing dries them, lest the god of Day",1.0
Should rudely brush the trembling drops away ' --,0.0
"Even those soft drops his absence caused to rise,",2.0
"And fall from Night's too fond despairing eyes,",1.0
"Till the storm gathers, and the sun retires",3.0
"Muffled in clouds, extinguishing his fires;",3.0
"Ever his blessed heat the breast had taught to glow,",2.0
"Or the young buds, just cherished, bolder grow;",2.0
"Then breaking forth in all his former pride,",0.0
"Hope, like a rainbow, brightens by his side;",2.0
"Thus, thus deluded Man from day to day",1.0
Hopes and despairs his lingering life away!,2.0
"And the slow growth of intermingled years,",2.0
Shall I not call forth every latent power,1.0
"Yes; balmy Friendship knows to cure the wound,",1.0
And press the bosom till it's firmly sound!,1.0
And seen her tears augment the dropping thorn;,0.0
"Have seen her wander by the lonely brook,",1.0
"The world forsaking, by the world forsook;",1.0
"Unknown her worth, they melancholy deem",0.0
This lone companion of the lonely stream;,1.0
And softly draw her hidden virtues forth;,0.0
To teach mankind the only good they share,1.0
Is Friendship strengthened by a soul sincere.,1.0
Friendship she sought amid her lonely bowers ' --,2.0
"Her silent musings and her pensive hours,",1.0
"Her tender feelings to herself best known,",2.0
"Why on these banks, she said, overhung with yew",1.0
"And weeping willows, shedding nightly dew, ' --",1.0
"Why over this stream, that deep and black appears,",2.0
"Drops the meek pearl, which some call trickling tears?",4.0
"They fall to see yonder willow bend so low,",4.0
Are not the ills to human life confined,0.0
"Enough to load thy melancholy mind,",0.0
"That thus imagined Sorrow claims her part,",0.0
And half divides thy far too tender heart?,1.0
"Haste, haste to where thy sympathy may ease",2.0
"Where patient suffering makes no plaintive moan,",1.0
Or pain extracts more than a smothered groan;,1.0
And the blue missed that rolls his damps on high;,2.0
"Blame that or this for every growing pain,",1.0
"Marking each wish the weak voice cannot frame,",3.0
And feel a want before it takes a name:,0.0
"But, above all, the drooping spirits raise,",1.0
And talk with certainty of better days;,1.0
"Nor seem to doubt, or else the nerve will start,",0.0
Spreading its tremor to the trembling heart;,3.0
"The trembling heart cold faintness shall surprise,",1.0
"And, for a moment, close the sinking eyes.",1.0
"But to preserve the needful balm of rest,",1.0
Haste to sweet Slumber; softly at her gate,3.0
"Tap with thy finger, and admittance wait;",1.0
"Quick is her ear, for even the softest tread",2.0
"Wakes every nerve, and thunders through the head;",2.0
"Sometime a fairy land invites the sight,",1.0
"Sometime she wanders through the world alone,",2.0
Or from the towering precipice is thrown;,2.0
"Or wades through waters where no shore is near,",1.0
And feels a death in every deadly fear;,0.0
"Demons and goblins point the dire abode,",2.0
And hissing snakes entwine the hideous road;,2.0
"Lions and tigers stand with open jaw,",2.0
"And flashing eyes, to fix the eager claw;",0.0
"Till cheerful Health, with all her airy train,",0.0
"Dispels the mists that settle on the brain, ' --",1.0
"Removes the poppies on her temples spread,",1.0
And from translucent springs refreshment sheds.,1.0
"Wheels off in haste, nor lets his bugle sound",0.0
When Day's sweet concert wakes the world around;,1.0
"The murmuring stream, that kept a dying fall,",2.0
"No more complains, but from the mansion all",2.0
"In secret channels hides from cheerful day,",0.0
"The mournful evergreens that crowd the door,",0.0
"And wander all the gloomy garden over,",0.0
All creep about where cheering light should stray,0.0
And boldly venture into open day;,0.0
"Through whose dark shades the lulling winds would sound,",1.0
"Kiss the tall grass, and sigh along the ground;",3.0
"The early bird, that rises with the day,",1.0
Rocked by soft zephyrs slept the morn away;,3.0
"And drizzling rain left such a weight on air,",2.0
That owls at midnight nod in ivy chair;,1.0
"These Health destroyed; for, from their bending boughs,",1.0
For those who sleep but little sleep the best:,1.0
"His sultry steam, and drinks the breath of flowers,",0.0
"Or, while in youth ' --  as ought the being young ' --",0.0
Know not that breezes rising with the morn,1.0
"As gay as larks that, warbling as they fly,",1.0
Bear the first message to the morning sky; ' --,4.0
"Fleet as the roe, that over the mountain bounds",2.0
When first his ear is threatened by the hounds; ' --,1.0
"Thus, when weak mortals feel thy power to charm,",4.0
"And the cold bosom grows a little warm,",2.0
"It's then thy influence the mind must share,",1.0
"Moulding to virtue, and the bliss of prayer, ' --",3.0
"To moral duties by Religion taught,",1.0
Till the blessed man becomes the man he ought.,2.0
"Thou, next the gods, the good of all mankind;",1.0
"Soothing thy manners, yet thy words sincere,",2.0
Speaking all truths the sickly soul can bear.,2.0
"Nor ruffle thou the spirit of the proud,",2.0
Who never yet have to instruction bowed;,1.0
"But wind about their errors as you may,",1.0
And with sweet counsel weed their faults away;,2.0
"By slow degrees Perfection must be wrought,",0.0
For slow the growth of weak bewildered Thought;,0.0
"Nor will one manner work alike with all,",1.0
Some in soft whispers thou must gently call;,2.0
"Nor censure harsh, nor mark with critic eye",0.0
Those little faults that under virtues lie.,0.0
"Others, again, thy freer speech demand,",2.0
"And the correction of a bolder hand, ' --",2.0
"Must have their vices marshaled in their view,",0.0
And every error plainly pointed to;,1.0
"Others, from seeming love, will hear thy voice,",2.0
And fondly think that virtue is their choice;,1.0
"Or seem to abate thy tender, warm regard,",2.0
"Rage would run back to all the follies past,",2.0
"Such is thy task, congenial to thy mind,",2.0
"The Friend, the Lover, of forlorn Mankind!",2.0
"Dares, unabashed, in every place appear,",1.0
"And nothing fears, but what he ought to fear.",0.0
"Him Fashion cannot tempt, him abject Need",0.0
"Cannot compel, him Pride cannot mislead",0.0
"To be the slave of greatness, to strike sail,",2.0
"When, sweeping onward with her Peacock's tail,",1.0
"QUALITY, in full plumage, passes by;",4.0
"He views her with a fixed, contemptuous eye,",3.0
"And mocks the Puppet, keeps his own due state,",1.0
And is above conversing with the great.,2.0
"Perish those Slaves, those minions of the quill,",3.0
Who have conspired to seize that sacred hill,2.0
"Where the nine Sisters pour a genuine strain,",4.0
And sunk the mountain level with the plain;,1.0
"Who, with mean, private views, and servile art,",2.0
"No spark of Virtue living in their heart,",1.0
"Their dignity of office, have disgraced,",1.0
"And caused their name to stink through all the land,",0.0
Have stooped to prostitute their venal pen,0.0
"For the support of great, but guilty men,",1.0
"Have made the Bard, of their own vile accord,",1.0
Inferior to that thing we call a Lord.,1.0
"What is a Lord? does that plain, simple word",1.0
"Contain some magic spell? as soon as heard,",0.0
"Like an Alarm Bell on Night's dull ear,",5.0
"Does It strike louder, and more strong appear",3.0
"Than other Words? whether we will or no,",4.0
Through Reason's Court does It unquestioned go,1.0
"Even on the mention, and of course transmit",2.0
"Notions of something excellent, of Wit",3.0
"Of sterling Genius with sound Judgement graced,",2.0
"Of Virtue far above temptation's Reach,",0.0
"And Honour, which not malice can impeach?",1.0
"Believe it not ' -- 'twas NATURE's first intent,",1.0
"Before their rank became their punishment,",1.0
"The blessings she bestowed ' --  She gave them eyes,",1.0
And They could see ' --  She gave them ears ' --  they heard ' --,1.0
"The Instruments of stirring, and they stirred ' --",2.0
"Like Us, they were designed to eat, to drink,",1.0
"To talk, and every now and then to think.",0.0
"Till They, by Pride corrupted, for the sake",2.0
"Of Singularity, disclaimed that make,",1.0
"Till They, disdaining Nature's vulgar mode,",1.0
"Flew off, and struck into another road,",0.0
"More fitting Quality, and to our view",2.0
"Came forth a Species altogether new,",1.0
"Something We had not known, and could not know,",1.0
"Like nothing of God's making here below,",2.0
"NATURE exclaimed with wonder ' --  Lords are Things,",2.0
"Which, never made by Me, were made by Kings.",1.0
"A Lord nor let the honest, and the brave,",1.0
"The true, Old Noble, with the Fool and Knave",2.0
"Here mix his fame; cursed be that thought of mine,",1.0
Which with a B' --  and F' --  should GRAFTON join,0.0
"My just contempt of some, abuse of all,",0.0
"And, as of late, when SODOM was my theme,",2.0
"Because she stops not, rapid in her song,",0.0
"To make exceptions as She goes along,",1.0
"Though well She hopes to find, another year,",0.0
A whole MINORITY exceptions here,1.0
"A mere, mere Lord, with nothing but the name,",2.0
"Wealth all his Worth, and Title all his Fame,",0.0
"Lives on another man, himself a blank,",2.0
"A Bard owes all to Nature, and Himself.",2.0
"Gods, how my Soul is burned up with disdain,",1.0
"When I see Men, whom PHOEBUS in his Train",3.0
"Might view with pride, lackey the heels of those",5.0
Whom Genius ranks amongst her greatest foes!,0.0
"And what's the cause? why these same sons of scorn,",2.0
"No thanks to them, were to a Title born,",2.0
"And could not help it; by Chance hither sent,",2.0
And only Deities by accident.,2.0
Had fortune on our getting chanced to shine,1.0
"'Twas a mere random stroke, and should the Throne",3.0
But FELIX never can be made a Wit.,1.0
Which Fate hath placed beyond the reach of Kings.,0.0
A Bard ' --  A Lord ' --  Why let them hand in hand,0.0
"Go forth as Friends, and travel through the land,",2.0
Observe which word the People can digest,1.0
"Most readily, which goes to market best,",1.0
"Which gets most credit, Whether Men will trust",0.0
"A Bard because they think he may be just,",0.0
"Or on a Lord will choose to risque their gains,",4.0
Though Privilege in that point still remains.,3.0
"A Bard ' --  A Lord ' --  let REASON take her Scales,",1.0
"And fairly weigh those Words, see which prevails,",1.0
"Which in the balance lightly kicks the beam,",0.0
And which by sinking We the Victor deem.,1.0
"Summons a Synod in the sacred grove,",2.0
"Gods throng with Gods to take their chairs on high,",1.0
"And sit in state, the Senate of the Sky,",1.0
"While, in a kind of parliament below,",1.0
"Men stare at those above, and want to know",3.0
"Just in the mid, a balance in her hand,",0.0
"Which over and over She tries, and finds it true;",4.0
"From either side, conducted full in view,",0.0
"A Man comes forth, of figure strange and queer;",1.0
We now and then see something like them here.,1.0
"But Nature kindly had made up in length,",2.0
"What She in breadth denied; Erect and proud,",0.0
"A head and shoulders taller than the crowd,",1.0
He deemed them pygmies all; loose hung his skin,1.0
"Over his bare bones; his Face so very thin,",2.0
"So very narrow, and so much beat out,",1.0
"Proportion lost, Expression quite forgot,",0.0
"Whether It could be called a face, or not;",1.0
Some twenty fathom length of chin appeared;,0.0
"With Legs, which we might well conceive that Fate",1.0
"Firmly he strove to tread, and with a stride",3.0
"Which showed at once his weakness and his pride,",1.0
"Shaking himself to pieces, seemed to cry,",2.0
"Observe good People, how I shake the sky.",1.0
"In his right hand a Paper did He hold,",3.0
"On which, at large, in characters of gold,",1.0
"Distinct, and plain for those who run to see,",1.0
"Saint ARCHIBALD had wrote L, OH, R, D.",3.0
"This, with an air of scorn, He from afar",2.0
"Twirled into REASON'S scales, and on that Bar,",2.0
"Which from his soul he hated, yet admired,",0.0
"Quick turned his back, and as he came retired.",2.0
The Judge to all around his name declared;,0.0
"And the whole People cried, with one accord,",3.0
"Good Heaven bless us all, is That a Lord!",0.0
"Such was the First ' --  the Second was a man,",2.0
Whom Nature built on quite a different plan;,0.0
"A Bear, whom from the moment he was born,",2.0
"A Babel, which, the power of Art outdone,",2.0
She could not finish when She had begun;,0.0
"An utter Chaos, out of which no might",1.0
But that of God could strike one spark of light.,0.0
"Broad were his shoulders, and from blade to blade",1.0
"Vast were his Bones, his Muscles twisted strong,",0.0
"His Features, though by Nature they were large,",2.0
Contentment had contrived to overcharge,0.0
"And bury meaning, save that we might spy",1.0
Sense lowering on the penthouse of his eye;,4.0
"His Arms were two twin Oaks, his Legs so stout",1.0
"That they might bear a Mansion House about,",0.0
"Nor were They, look but at his body there,",2.0
Designed by Fate a much less weight to bear.,1.0
"Over a brown Cassock, which had once been black,",2.0
"Which hung in tatters on his brawny back,",1.0
"A sight most strange, and awkward to behold",1.0
He threw a covering of Blue and Gold.,1.0
"Just at that time of life, when Man by rule,",0.0
"The Fop laid down, takes up the graver fool,",3.0
"He started up a Fop, and, fond of show,",1.0
"Looked like another HERCULES, turned Beau.",2.0
"A Subject, met with only now and then,",0.0
Much fitter for the pencil than the pen;,2.0
HOGARTH would draw him Envy must allow,1.0
"Even to the life, was HOGARTH living now.",2.0
"With such accoutrements, with such a form,",3.0
"Much like a Porpoise just before a storm,",0.0
"Onward He rolled; a laugh prevailed around,",2.0
"Nor was the cause unknown, for from his Youth",2.0
Himself he studied by the glass of Truth,1.0
"He joined their mirth, nor shall the Gods condemn",0.0
"If, while They laughed at him, he laughed at them.",1.0
"Judge REASON viewed him with an eye of grace,",2.0
"Looked through his soul, and quite forgot his face,",0.0
"And, from his hand received, with fair regard",1.0
Placed in her other scale the name of Bard.,0.0
"Then for She did as Judges ought to do,",0.0
She nothing of the case beforehand knew,2.0
"Nor wished to know, She never stretched the laws,",0.0
"Compelled Solicitors no longer free,",2.0
To show those briefs She had no right to see,1.0
"Then She with equal hand her scales held out,",2.0
"Nor did the Cause one moment hang in doubt,",0.0
She held her scales out fair to public view;,0.0
"The Lord, as sparks fly upwards, upwards flew,",1.0
"More light than air, deceitful in the weight;",0.0
"REASON approved, and with a voice, whose sound",3.0
"Shook earth, shook heaven, on the clearest ground.",2.0
"Cried ' --  Those must Honour Them, who honour Me,",0.0
"They from this present day, wherever I reign,",3.0
"In their own right, Precedence shall obtain,",3.0
"Merit rules here, Be it enough that Birth",1.0
"Intoxicate, and sways the fools of earth.",0.0
"Nor think that here, in hatred to a Lord,",1.0
Search when You will I am not now in sport,2.0
"Nor think that Envy here hath strung my lyre,",0.0
"That I depreciate what I most admire,",1.0
And look on titles with an eye of scorn,1.0
Because I was not to a title born.,0.0
"By Him that made me, I am much more proud,",2.0
"A poor, but honest Bard, who dares be free",0.0
"Amid Corruption, than to have a train",1.0
"Of flickering Levee slaves, to make me vain",2.0
"Of things I ought to blush for; to run, fly,",1.0
And live but in the motion of my eye;,1.0
And make me think that I am something more.,1.0
"Recall past times, bring back the days of old,",2.0
"And in the face of peril, when He dared",0.0
"Things which his legal Bastard, if declared,",1.0
"Might well discredit; faithful to his trust,",1.0
"True to his King, and to his Country true,",1.0
"Honest at Court, above the baits of gain,",2.0
"Plain in his dress, and in his manners plain,",0.0
"Moderate in wealth, generous but not profuse,",4.0
"Well worthy riches, for he knew their use,",2.0
"Possessing much, and yet deserving more,",0.0
"With ease to all, and in return gained fame,",1.0
"Which all men paid, because he did not claim,",1.0
"When the grim War was placed in dread array,",3.0
"Fierce as the Lion roaring for his prey,",1.0
"In Peace, as mild as the departing Sun,",1.0
"A Father of the Poor, a Friend to All,",1.0
"Recall such times, and from the grave bring back",2.0
"A Worth like this, my heart shall bend, or crack,",1.0
"My stubborn pride give way, my tongue proclaim,",1.0
"And every Muse conspire to swell his fame,",2.0
"Till Envy shall to him that praise allow,",1.0
Which She cannot deny to TEMPLE now.,2.0
"This Justice claims, nor shall the Bard forget,",0.0
"Delighted with the task, to pay that debt,",1.0
"To pay it like a Man, and in his lays,",0.0
"Sounding such worth, prove his own right to praise.",2.0
"And think that empty Titles are my Theme,",1.0
"Titles, with Me, are vain, and nothing worth,",1.0
"I reverence Virtue, but I laugh at Birth.",3.0
"I am his friend, but cannot be his slave.",1.0
Though none indeed but Blockheads would pretend,0.0
"To make a slave, where they may make a friend.",1.0
"I love his Virtues, and will make them known,",1.0
"Confess his rank, but can't forget my own.",0.0
"Give me a Lord, who, to a Title born,",1.0
"Boasts nothing else, I'll pay him scorn with scorn.",1.0
"What, shall my Pride and Pride is Virtue here",0.0
"Shall I uncovered stand, and bend my knee",1.0
"To such a shadow of Nobility,",3.0
"A Shred, a Remnant; he might rot unknown",1.0
"For any real merit of his own,",4.0
"And never had come forth to public note,",1.0
Had He not worn by chance his Father's coat?,0.0
By NATURE formed when for her Honour sake,2.0
"She something more than common strove to make,",0.0
"When, overlooking each minute defect,",0.0
"And all too eager to be quite correct,",2.0
The Bard nor think too lightly that I mean,1.0
"Of their small parts, the MURPHYS of the stage,",3.0
"And drawl out measured prose, which They call verse",1.0
"The real Bard, whom native Genius fires,",3.0
"Let him consider wherefore he was meant,",3.0
"Let him but answer Nature's great intent,",0.0
"And fairly weigh himself with other men,",0.0
"Would never debase the glories of his pen,",3.0
"Would in full state, like a true Monarch, live,",3.0
Nor bate one inch of his Prerogative.,2.0
"WINGATE may in the season be a Peer,",1.0
"Though now, against his will, of figures sick,",1.0
Who cries old Clothes to sell about the streets,1.0
I hear him cry ' --  What does this jargon mean?,0.0
Was ever such a damned dull Blockhead seen?,2.0
Majesty ' --  Bard ' --  Prerogative ' --  Disdain,3.0
"Hath got into, and turned the fellow's brain;",0.0
"A saucy Groom who trades in Reason, thus",0.0
To set himself upon a Par with us;,0.0
"May when he pleases send us all to school,",0.0
Why then our only business is outright,2.0
"To take our caps, and bid the World good night.",0.0
But nothing of this kind in him appears.,2.0
"The hand which cuffs him, and the foot which kicks,",1.0
"He fetches, and he carries, blacks my shoes,",1.0
"Nor thinks it a discredit to his Muse,",2.0
"A Creature of the right Chameleon hue,",3.0
"Just as I wear them; it's all one to him,",1.0
"Whether I change through conscience, or through whim.",3.0
"Now this is something like, on such a plan",1.0
A Bard may find a friend in a great Man;,1.0
Of this queer tribe had been like my Old PAUL.,2.0
Injurious Thought! accursed be the tongue,2.0
"On which the vile insinuation hung,",0.0
"But Me, but All, and make the very name",1.0
"Talk not of Custom ' --  it's the Coward's plea,",1.0
"Current with Fools, but passes not with me;",0.0
"An old stale trick, which guilt hath often tried",1.0
By numbers to overpower the better side.,4.0
"Why tell me then that from the birth of Rhyme,",0.0
"No matter when, down to the present time,",2.0
"As by the original decree of Fate,",2.0
"Conscious of weakness, have applied to them",2.0
"As Vines to Elms, and twining round their stem,",0.0
Flourished on high; to gain this wished support,2.0
"As to the Custom it's a point agreed,",2.0
"That Strength, which is most properly their own,",2.0
"But why, when present times my care engage,",0.0
"Why, anxious for the living, am I led",2.0
Into the mansions of the ancient dead?,1.0
"Can They find Patrons no where but at ROME,",3.0
"Name but a WINGATE, twenty Fools of note",1.0
They mention him as if to use his name,2.0
"Was in some measure to partake his fame,",1.0
"Though VIRGIL, was he living, in the street",1.0
"Might rot for them, or perish in the Fleet.",1.0
"See how They redden, and the charge disclaim ' --",1.0
"Virgil, and in the Fleet ' --  forbid it Shame.",1.0
"And ask, with blushes ask, if LLOYD is there.",0.0
"Patrons, in days of yore, were Men of Sense,",2.0
To rule in Letters ' --  Some of Them were heard,1.0
"To read off-hand, and never spell a word;",0.0
"Some of them too, to such a monstrous height",1.0
"Was Learning risen, for themselves could write,",1.0
"Do many other foolish things, for State.",0.0
"Our Patrons are of quite a different strain,",1.0
"With neither sense nor Taste, against the grain,",0.0
"And keep a Bard, just as They keep a Whore.",1.0
To name the dead was a rare proof of both.,2.0
"Some of them would be puzzled even to read,",2.0
Nor could deserve their Clergy by their Creed;,1.0
"Others can write, but such a Pagan hand",3.0
A WILLES should always at our elbow stand;,1.0
"Many, if begged, A Chancellor, of right,",3.0
Would order into keeping at first sight.,1.0
Those who stand fairest to the public view,2.0
"Take to themselves the praise to others due,",2.0
"Patrons in days of yore, like Patrons now,",2.0
Expected that the Bard should make his bow,0.0
"At coming in, and every now and then",0.0
"Hint to the world that They were more than men,",1.0
"But, like the Patrons of the present day,",1.0
They never bilked the Poet of his pay.,1.0
"VIRGIL loved rural ease, and, far from harm,",3.0
"Where he might, free from trouble, pass his days",0.0
"In his own way, and pay his rent in praise.",0.0
"HORACE loved wine, and, through his friend at Court,",2.0
Could buy it off the Key in every port;,1.0
"They met, they laughed, as GOY and I may do,",1.0
Nor in those moments paid the least regard,0.0
"To which was Minister, and which was Bard.",1.0
"Not so our Patrons ' --  grave as grave can be,",0.0
"They know themselves, They keep up dignity;",1.0
That Men of fortune rank with men of Wit;,0.0
"Wit if familiar made, will find her strength ' --",2.0
"It's best to keep her weak, and at arm's length.",1.0
"From hand to mouth, the scanty means to live.",0.0
"Such is their language, and their practise such,",3.0
"They promise little, and they give not much.",1.0
"Praise that proud SCOT, whom all good men disdain;",1.0
"What's his reward? Why, his own fame undone,",2.0
He may obtain a patent for the run,2.0
"Of his Lord's kitchen, and have ample time,",3.0
Or if he strives true Patriots to disgrace,5.0
"May at the second Table get a place,",0.0
"With somewhat greater slaves allowed to dine,",1.0
"Stand ranked as Men, who breathe in this fair Isle",2.0
"The air of Freedom, with so little gall,",1.0
"So low a Spirit, prostrate thus to fall",0.0
"Before these Idols, and without a groan",1.0
Bear wrongs might call forth murmurs from a stone?,3.0
"The sight of men, and in some cave, secure",0.0
"From all the outrages of pride, to feast",5.0
"On Nature's salads, and be free at least.",1.0
"Better though that, to say the truth, is worse",1.0
Than almost any other modern curse,1.0
"Discard all Sense, divorce the thankless Muse,",0.0
"Critics commence, and write in the Reviews,",3.0
"Write without tremor, GRIFFITHS cannot read;",4.0
"No Fool can fail, where LANGHORNE can succeed.",2.0
But not to make a brave and honest Pride,0.0
"Try those means first, She must disdain when tried",3.0
"There are a thousand ways, a thousand arts,",1.0
"By which, and fairly, Men of real parts",1.0
"May gain a living, gain what Nature craves;",0.0
"Let Those, who pine for more, live, and be slaves.",0.0
"Our real wants in a small compass lie,",4.0
"But lawless Appetite with eager eye,",0.0
"Kept in a constant Fever, more requires,",0.0
And we are burned up with our own desires.,2.0
"Hence our dependence, hence our slavery springs;",3.0
Ourselves are to Ourselves the cause of ill;,1.0
"We may be Independent, if we will.",2.0
The Man who suits his Spirit to his state,1.0
"Stands on an equal footing with the Great,",1.0
"MOGULS themselves are not more rich, and He,",2.0
"Who rules the English nation, not more free.",0.0
Chains were not forged more durable and strong,1.0
"Could They, though in their sleep, could They but know",1.0
"The blessings which from INDEPENDENCE flow,",0.0
Could They but have a short and transient gleam,0.0
"They would no more in bondage bend their knee,",0.0
"But, once made Freemen, would be always free.",1.0
"The Muse if She one moment freedom gains,",1.0
Can never more submit to sing in chains.,0.0
"The Bird repays his keeper with his song,",2.0
"But, if some playful child sets wide the door,",2.0
"Abroad he flies, and thinks of home no more,",1.0
"With love of Liberty begins to burn,",1.0
And rather starves than to his cage return.,1.0
"Hail INDEPENDENCE ' --  by true Reason taught,",3.0
"Some give Thee up for riot; Some, like Boys,",1.0
"Resign Thee, in their childish moods, for toys",0.0
"Ambition some, some Avarice misleads,",1.0
And in both cases INDEPENDENCE bleeds;,1.0
"Abroad, in quest of Thee, how many roam",1.0
Nor know They had Thee in their reach at home;,0.0
"Some, though about their paths, their beds about,",1.0
Have never had the Sense to find Thee out;,0.0
"Others, who know of what They are possessed,",3.0
"Like fearful Misers, lock Thee in a chest,",2.0
Nor have the resolution to produce,1.0
"In these bad times, and bring Thee forth for use.",3.0
"Hail, INDEPENDENCE ' --  though thy name's scarce known,",3.0
"Though Thou, Alas! art out of fashion grown,",2.0
"Though All despise Thee, I will not despise,",1.0
"Thy presence, and enjoy; by angry Fate",1.0
And made me know what life was truly worth.,0.0
"Hail, INDEPENDENCE ' --  never may my Cot,",2.0
"Till I forget Thee, be by Thee forgot;",2.0
"All thoughts, but what arise from joy, give over;",1.0
"PEACE dwells within, and LAW shall guard the door.",1.0
"The LAW of ENGLAND ' --  To control, and awe",1.0
"Those saucy hopes, to strike that Spirit dumb,",0.0
"Behold, in State, ADMINISTRATION come.",0.0
"Why let Her come, in all her terrors too;",0.0
I dare to suffer all She dares to do.,0.0
"I know her malice well, and know her pride,",0.0
"I know her strength, but will not change my side.",1.0
This melting mass of flesh She may control,1.0
"With iron ribs, She cannot chain my Soul.",0.0
"No ' --  to the last resolved her worst to bear,",0.0
"I'm still at large, and Independent there.",1.0
Where is this Minister? where is the band,2.0
"Of ready slaves, who at his elbow stand",1.0
"To hear, and to perform his wicked will?",2.0
"Why, for the first time, are they slow to ill?",2.0
"When some grand act against Law is to be done,",3.0
When He might do more precious mischief here?,0.0
Does ' --  turn tail? does He refuse to draw,4.0
"Illegal warrants, and to call them Law?",1.0
"And, his more honest rival, CATCH to cheat",1.0
Purchase a burial place where three ways meet?,5.0
"And never sleeps, when he should wake to ill;",1.0
Scorns to defraud the Hangman of his due.,3.0
OH my poor COUNTRY ' --  weak and overpowered,3.0
By thine own Sons ' --  eat to the bone ' --  devoured,1.0
"By Vipers, which, in thine own entrails bred,",1.0
"Prey on thy life, and with thy blood are fed,",1.0
"With unavailing grief thy wrongs I see,",0.0
"And, for myself not feeling, feel for Thee.",2.0
"I grieve, but can't despair ' --  for, Lo, at hand",0.0
"FREEDOM presents a choice, but faithful band",2.0
"Of Loyal PATRIOTS, Men who greatly dare",2.0
"In such a noble cause, Men fit to bear",1.0
"The weight of Empires; Fortune, Rank, and Sense,",0.0
March in their ranks; FREEDOM from file to file,5.0
"Darts her delighted eye, and with a smile",3.0
"Approves her honest Sons, while down her cheek,",1.0
"One Tear in silence creeps, one honest Tear,",0.0
"OH You brave Few, in whom we still may find",0.0
"A Love of Virtue, Freedom, and Mankind,",2.0
"Go forth ' --  in Majesty of Woe arrayed,",2.0
"And, many of her children traitors grown,",1.0
"Seeming to breathe her last in every breath,",2.0
And to your drooping Parent bring relief.,1.0
Go forth ' --  nor let the Siren voice of ease,1.0
"Go forth ' --  nor let Hypocrisy, whose tongue",2.0
"With many a fair, false, fatal art is hung,",3.0
When your great Errand brooks not of delay;,3.0
"Nor let vain Fear, who cries to all She meets,",1.0
Trembling and pale ' --  A Lion in the streets ' --,1.0
Be as One Man ' --  CONCORD success ensures ' --,1.0
"Go forth ' --  and VIRTUE, ever in your sight,",1.0
"Shall be your guide by day, your guard by night ' --",0.0
"Go forth ' --  the Champions of your native land,",2.0
And may the battle prosper in your hand ' --,1.0
"It may, it Must ' --  You cannot be withstood ' --",1.0
"Be your Hearts honest, as your Cause is good.",3.0
"Lively as soft, and innocent as fair;",3.0
Blessed with that sweet simplicity of thought,1.0
"So rarely found, and never to be taught;",1.0
Like some fair spirit from the realms of rest,2.0
With all her native heaven within her breast;,0.0
"So pure, so good, she scarce can guess at sin,",0.0
But thinks the world without like that within;,0.0
"Such melting tenderness, so fond to bless,",1.0
Her charity almost becomes excess.,2.0
"Wealth may be courted, wisdom be revered,",0.0
"And beauty praised, and brutal strength be feared;",0.0
But goodness only can affection move;,1.0
And love must owe its origin to love.,1.0
"OF gentle manners, and of taste refined,",1.0
With all the graces of a polished mind;,1.0
"Clear sense and truth still shone in all she spoke,",2.0
And from her lips no idle sentence broke.,2.0
Each nicer elegance of art she knew;,1.0
"Correctly fair, and regularly true:",1.0
Her ready fingers plied with equal skill,0.0
"The pencil's task, the needle, or the quill.",1.0
"So poised her feelings, so composed her soul,",1.0
"So subject all to reason's calm control,",0.0
"One only passion, strong, and unconfined,",0.0
Disturbed the balance of her even mind:,1.0
"One passion ruled despotic in her breast,",0.0
"In every word, and look, and thought confessed;",0.0
"But that was love, and love delights to bless",0.0
The generous transports of a fond excess.,1.0
"HAIL sweetest charmer of the rural plain,",2.0
Accept the tribute of a humble swain;,1.0
"Nor frown, though he presumptuous would essay;",3.0
All that is feigned of the fair Cyprian queen.,4.0
Here in this lovely damsel may be seen.,1.0
In her fair form is every grace combined;,3.0
Virtue and modesty adorn her mind.,3.0
"Sure it would fail, and speak but half her praise.",0.0
OH Cupid fix an arrow in her breast!,1.0
"No more I'd wish, were I of her possessed.",2.0
"WHen the intruding horrors of the night,",2.0
Had just deprived our hemisphere of light,0.0
"The blackness and confusion of my fate,",2.0
"As by a Rivers side I walked along,",1.0
"Despair and love were seated in my face,",0.0
"And down I sunk, upon the bending grass,",1.0
Cursing the spiteful Stars that ruled my fate;,2.0
"To see my tears the gentle floods swell high,",1.0
"The Rocks relent, and groan as oft as I,",0.0
"The winds less deaf, than my ungrateful Swain,",2.0
"Listen and breath over all my sighs again,",2.0
"Ah, never, never, said I with an Air;",1.0
"That poor complacent echo, grieved to hear,",0.0
"And softly fearing to increase my pain,",1.0
"No, never, never, she replied again,",2.0
"Then all things else, as trifles I despise,",2.0
"Said I, and smiling closed my wretched eyes.",0.0
And all the Beauties that surround the Seat;,0.0
Where Nature smiles in all her fertile Pride;,0.0
Scarce Eden's Garden more divinely fair;,1.0
Alike in Fragrance is thy balmy Air.,1.0
"When bowed by Sickness nigh the gloomy Grave,",0.0
"Reverend by hoary Age, and old in Fame,",1.0
Unknown its Founder's Family and Name.,1.0
The Fabric stands a venerable Seat;,1.0
Just in the Centre of a fair Estate:,1.0
"That wide its hospitable Door extends,",5.0
Capacious to receive a thousand Friends.,1.0
"The Owner's Soul, like Goodness, unconfined,",0.0
"Her generous Breast scarce other Pleasure knows,",3.0
Than what reflects from those that she bestows.,2.0
She knows with strictest Prudence how to spend;,1.0
"Still frugal to herself, and noble to her Friend.",3.0
Fair verdant Avenues the House adorn;,1.0
And double Courts the bold Intruder warn.,0.0
For great Beneficence is oft oppressed;,1.0
"And those that can't deny, can seldom rest.",1.0
"Where wait the Poor, as their Distresses call:",1.0
Nor call in vain; but of Assistance sure;,1.0
"If hungry, fed; if sick, they find a Cure.",0.0
But view the Parlour; here Description's faint:,0.0
Its Beauties languish in my lifeless Paint.,0.0
With pleasing Awe command and charm the Sight.,0.0
"Here Oliver, in Britain's Annals famed,",1.0
This Piece a Son of Spain could scarce survive;,0.0
"The Canvas speaks, it's Oliver alive.",1.0
From the broad Windows see the Scenes extend;,2.0
Till on the distant Hills the Skies descend.,1.0
"Nor less, you lovely Natives of our Isle,",1.0
"Your Scenes delight me, or your Blossoms smile.",1.0
Yet livelier Beauty in their native Soil;,2.0
"Shed sweeter Fragrance, and require less Toil.",3.0
Here hanging Gardens rich with Fruit appear;,0.0
"The golden Apple, and the mellow Pear,",1.0
"And nicer Plants, their spreading Arms extend;",0.0
To tempt the gathering Hand of every Friend.,2.0
"I walked, delighted with the lovely Scenes:",1.0
And meet in verdant Arches over the Head.,2.0
"Amid the awful Shades, from Grove to Grove,",0.0
"Whence Clouds of Birds pursue their airy Way,",0.0
When dawning Beams proclaim the rising Day;,0.0
Roused from their leafy Beds they hail the Light.,0.0
"I gaze, delighted with the Sound and Sight!",1.0
And wait their wished Return with rising Night.,0.0
Here rises on the Plain a spreading Town;,1.0
See gently gradual yonder Hills arise;,3.0
"Till blue the last, and hid among the Skies.",0.0
"Along the Side an ancient City spreads,",0.0
Churches and Gothic Spires erect their Heads.,2.0
"With vocal Woods, and Corn with golden Ear.",0.0
"Gay Plenty, with her ever smiling Face,",2.0
"And graceful Beauty, dresses all the Space.",0.0
The loaded Vessel there securely rides,1.0
"On Severn, proudly rolling back her Tides;",0.0
"Carrying our Plenty to each distant Shore,",2.0
"Exchanged for foreign Wine, and golden Oar.",0.0
"The distant River courts the wandering Eyes,",2.0
Till the wide View in ancient Cambria dies.,4.0
"Cambria; whose hardy Sons were true and bold,",1.0
"Scorned to be Slaves, their Freedom never sold;",0.0
"But chose to live on barren Cliffs their own,",0.0
Disdained more fertile Fields for Roman Masters sown.,0.0
Here view the wide extended Concave bound,0.0
"The haughty Hills, that guard the Valleys round.",0.0
What grateful Thoughts those awful Camps inspire!,0.0
"Once a dread Scene of War, and Blood, and Fire:",3.0
"When conquering Romans sat in Triumph there,",3.0
"The slaughtered Natives spread the Valleys wide,",0.0
And drenched the Meadows with a Crimson Tide.,2.0
"Now Peace her downy Wing spreads over the Scene,",4.0
"The Camps lie harmless on the level Green,",2.0
"The Noise of War is hushed, and all a sweet Serene.",0.0
"Nor Windsor Forest ever fair and gay,",0.0
"Serenely blessed, here could I fix my Seat.",0.0
But I must wander with unwilling Feet.,2.0
"Thus Adam took his last, his farewell Round,",2.0
And mourning left fair Eden's happy Ground.,1.0
"Happy and long may here the Owner live,",2.0
To taste those Pleasures which she loves to give!,0.0
"Long by her wise and fair Example show,",0.0
How Peace and Joy from silent Order flow!,0.0
"With cheerful Health and Friendship ever crowned,",0.0
And deal out Blessings to the Country round!,1.0
"Triumphant Beauty never looks so Gay,",0.0
As on the Morning of a Nuptial Day.,2.0
"Love then within a larger Circle moves,",1.0
"New Graces adds, and every Charm improves;",1.0
"While Hymen does his sacred Rites prepare,",0.0
The busy Nymphs attend the trembling Fair;,0.0
"Whose Veins are swelled with an unusual Heat,",1.0
And eager Pulses with strange Motions beat;,2.0
"Alternate Passions various Thoughts impart,",4.0
And painful Joys distend her throbbing Heart:,0.0
"Her Fears are great, and her Desires are strong,",1.0
The Minutes fly too fast ' --  yet stay too long:,2.0
"Now she is ready, ' --  the next Moment not:",1.0
All things are done ' --  then something is forgot:,1.0
"She fears, ' --  yet wishes the strange Work were done:",2.0
"Delays, ' --  yet is impatient to be gone.",2.0
"Disorders thus from every Thought arise,",0.0
"What Love persuades, I know not what denies.",0.0
And shows at once he can be wise and love;,1.0
"Because it from no spurious Passion came,",4.0
But was the Product of a noble Flame:,2.0
"Bold without Rudeness, without blazing bright,",11.0
"By just Degrees it to Perfection grew,",1.0
"So the bright Sun ascending to his Noon,",3.0
"Moves not too slowly, nor is there too soon.",4.0
"Are next, if only next, to those above:",1.0
"Thus Power Divine does with his Foes engage,",4.0
"Rewards his Virtues, and defeats their Rage;",1.0
All that a Human Creature could receive:,0.0
"Whatever can raise our Wonder or Delight,",4.0
"Transport the Soul, or gratify the Sight,",0.0
"Then in the full Perfection of her Charms,",1.0
"For in her Aspect all the Graces meet,",1.0
"All that is Noble, Beautiful, or Sweet;",1.0
"There every Charm in lofty Triumph sits,",0.0
"Scorns poor Defect, and to no Fault submits;",3.0
"There Symmetry, Complexion, Air, unite,",2.0
"So, newly finished by the Hand Divine",1.0
"Before her Fall, did the first Woman shine:",2.0
But Eve in one great Point she does excel;,2.0
"From her, Temptation in Despair withdrew,",1.0
"Nor more assaults, whom it could never subdue.",3.0
"Virtue confirmed, and regularly brought",3.0
"To full Maturity by serious Thought,",3.0
"Her Actions with a watchful Eye surveys,",1.0
"Each Passion guides, and every Motion sways:",0.0
"Not the least Failure in her Conduct lies,",2.0
"So gaily modest, and so freely wise.",1.0
"Her Judgement sure, impartial, and refined,",1.0
"Over all the Efforts of her Mind presides,",1.0
"She knows the best, and does the best pursue,",0.0
"That the weak only and the wavering lack,",5.0
She does amid ten Thousand Ways prefer,1.0
"The right, as if not capable to err.",2.0
"Her Fancy strong, vivacious, and sublime,",1.0
Seldom betrays her Converse to a Crime;,3.0
"And though it moves with a luxuriant Heat,",4.0
"It's never precipitous, but always great:",3.0
"For each Expression, every teeming Thought,",0.0
Is to the scanning of her Judgement brought;,2.0
"Which wisely separates the finest Gold,",0.0
"No trifling Words debase her Eloquence,",2.0
"But all's Pathetic, all is Sterling Sense,",0.0
"So well she knows what's understood by few,",0.0
"To time her Thoughts, and to express them too;",1.0
That what she speaks does to the Soul transmit,1.0
The fair Ideas of delightful Wit.,1.0
"Illustrious Born, and as Illustrious Bred,",5.0
By great Example to wise Actions led;,2.0
Much to the Fame her Lineal Heroes bore,2.0
"She owes, but to her own high Genius more;",2.0
"And, by a noble Emulation moved,",1.0
"Excelled their Virtues, and her own Improved,",1.0
"Till they arrived to that Celestial Height,",1.0
"Scarce Angels Greater be, or Saints so bright.",1.0
"Of Nobler Birth, or more a Deity,",3.0
"Whose Generous Soul abhors a base Disguise,",2.0
"Resolved in Action, and in Council Wise",1.0
"Too well confirmed and fortified within,",1.0
"For Threats to force, or Flattery to win.",1.0
"Unmoved, amid the Hurricane he stood,",0.0
"He dare be Guiltless, and he will be Good.",1.0
"Since the first Pair in Paradise were joined,",3.0
Two Hearts were never so Happily combined.,4.0
"He, is her Heaven, and She, is more than His,",2.0
"O, may the kindest Influence Above",2.0
"Protect their Persons, and Indulge their Love.",1.0
A weary waste expanded to the skies:,1.0
"Wherever I roam, whatever realm to see,",3.0
"Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,",0.0
Or drags at each remove a lengthening chain.,2.0
"Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend,",2.0
And round his dwelling guardian saints attend;,2.0
"Blessed be that spot, where cheerful guests retire",0.0
"To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire;",0.0
"Blessed that abode, where want and pain repair,",1.0
And every stranger finds a ready chair;,0.0
"Blessed be those feasts where mirth and peace abound,",0.0
Where all the ruddy family around,1.0
"Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail,",0.0
"Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale,",0.0
"Or press the bashful stranger to his food,",1.0
And learn the luxury of doing good.,1.0
"But me, not destined such delights to share,",2.0
My prime of life in wandering spent and care!,2.0
"Impelled, with steps unceasing, to pursue",1.0
"Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view;",1.0
"That, like the circle bounding earth and skies,",0.0
"My fortune leads to traverse realms alone,",0.0
And find no spot of all the world my own.,1.0
I sit me down a pensive hour to spend;,1.0
"And, placed on high above the storm's career,",0.0
Look downward where an hundred realms appear;,1.0
"Lakes, forests, cities, plains extended wide,",1.0
"The pomp of kings, the shepherd's humbler pride.",0.0
"When thus creation's charms around combine,",0.0
"Say, should the philosophic mind disdain",0.0
"That good, which makes each humbler bosom vain?",0.0
These little things are great to little man;,0.0
"And wiser he, whose sympathetic mind",1.0
Exults in all the good of all mankind.,1.0
"You fields, where summer spreads profusion round,",0.0
"You lakes, whose vessels catch the busy gale,",0.0
For me your tributary stores combine;,1.0
"Creation's tenant, all the world is mine.",0.0
"As some lone miser visiting his store,",2.0
"Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it over;",0.0
"Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still:",0.0
"Thus to my breast alternate passions rise,",4.0
Pleased with each good that heaven to man supplies:,0.0
"Yet oft a sigh prevails, and sorrows fall,",0.0
To see the sum of human bliss so small;,0.0
"And oft I wish, amid the scene, to find",0.0
"Some spot to real happiness consigned,",4.0
"Where my worn soul, each wandering hope at rest,",5.0
May gather bliss to see my fellows blessed.,0.0
"Yet, where to find that happiest spot below,",2.0
"Who can direct, when all pretend to know?",1.0
The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone,3.0
"Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own,",4.0
"Extols the treasures of his stormy seas,",1.0
And his long night of revelry and ease;,3.0
"The naked savage, panting at the line,",0.0
"Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave,",0.0
And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.,0.0
"Nor less the patriot's boast wherever we roam,",4.0
"His first, best country, ever is, at home.",2.0
"And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare,",1.0
And estimate the blessings which they share;,0.0
"Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find",2.0
"An equal portion dealt to all mankind,",1.0
"As different good, by Art or Nature given",0.0
"To different nations, makes their blessings even.",0.0
"Nature, a mother kind alike to all,",2.0
With food as well the peasant is supplied,1.0
"And though the rocky crested summits frown,",1.0
"These rocks, by custom, turn to beds of down.",0.0
From Art more various are the blessings sent;,1.0
"Yet these each other's power so strong contest,",2.0
That either seems destructive of the rest.,1.0
"Hence every state to one loved blessing prone,",3.0
Conforms and models life to that alone.,0.0
"Each to the favourite happiness attends,",1.0
And spurns the plan that aims at other ends;,0.0
"Till, carried to excess in each domain,",1.0
This favourite good begets peculiar pain.,0.0
"But let us try these truths with closer eyes,",0.0
And trace them through the prospect as it lies:,2.0
"Here for a while, my proper cares resigned,",0.0
Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind;,2.0
"Like yonder neglected shrub at random cast,",2.0
"That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.",0.0
"Bright as the summer, Italy extends:",1.0
"Her uplands sloping deck the mountain's side,",0.0
Woods over woods in gay theatric pride;,1.0
With venerable grandeur marks the scene.,6.0
"Could Nature's bounty satisfy the breast,",0.0
The sons of Italy were surely blessed.,1.0
"Whatever fruits in different climes are found,",1.0
That proudly rise or humbly court the ground;,0.0
"Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear,",1.0
Whose bright succession decks the varied year;,0.0
Whatever sweets salute the northern sky,1.0
With vernal lives that blossom but to die;,1.0
To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.,1.0
"But small the bliss that sense alone bestows,",0.0
And sensual bliss is all this nation knows.,2.0
"In florid beauty groves and fields appear,",0.0
Men seem the only growth that dwindles here.,1.0
"Contrasted faults through all their manners reign,",0.0
"Though poor, luxurious; though submissive, vain;",3.0
"Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue;",0.0
And even in penance planning sins anew.,2.0
"All evils here contaminate the mind,",0.0
That opulence departed leaves behind;,1.0
"For wealth was theirs; nor far removed the date,",1.0
When Commerce proudly flourished through the state;,1.0
"At her command the palace learnt to rise,",1.0
"The canvas glowed beyond even nature warm,",2.0
"But, more unsteady than the southern gale,",1.0
Soon Commerce turned on other shores her sail;,1.0
"But towns unmanned, and lords without a slave.",0.0
Yet still the loss of wealth is here supplied,0.0
"By arts, the splendid wrecks of former pride;",0.0
An easy compensation seem to find.,0.0
"Here may be seen, in bloodless pomp arrayed,",0.0
"Procession formed for piety and love,",1.0
A mistress or a saint in every grove.,1.0
"By sports like these are all their cares beguiled,",1.0
The sports of children satisfy the child;,0.0
"At sports like these, while foreign arms advance,",1.0
In passive ease they leave the world to chance.,0.0
"When noble aims have suffered long control,",0.0
"They sink at last, or feebly man the soul;",0.0
"While low delights, succeeding fast behind,",0.0
In happier meanness occupy the mind:,2.0
"As in those domes, where Caesars once bore sway,",1.0
"Defaced by time and tottering in decay,",2.0
"And, wondering man could want the larger pile,",2.0
"Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.",1.0
My soul turn from them; turn we to survey,3.0
"Where rougher climes a nobler race display,",3.0
"Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread,",3.0
And force a churlish soil for scanty bread;,0.0
"No product here the barren hills afford,",1.0
"But man and steel, the soldier and his sword.",1.0
"No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array,",1.0
But winter lingering chills the lap of May;,0.0
"Yet still, even here, content can spread a charm,",1.0
"Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small,",0.0
He sees his little lot the lot of all;,0.0
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head,3.0
To shame the meanness of his humble shed;,1.0
No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal,3.0
"But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil,",1.0
"Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.",4.0
"Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,",2.0
"Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes;",4.0
And drags the struggling savage into day.,0.0
"At night returning, every labour sped,",0.0
"He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;",2.0
"Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys",0.0
"His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;",0.0
"While his loved partner, boastful of her hoard,",3.0
Displays the cleanly platter on the board:,1.0
With many a tale repays the nightly bed.,3.0
"Thus every good his native wilds impart,",1.0
Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;,3.0
And even those hills that round his mansion rise,2.0
Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies.,0.0
"Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms,",0.0
And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms;,1.0
"And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest,",1.0
"Clings close and closer to the mother's breast,",2.0
But bind him to his native mountains more.,1.0
"These are the charms to barren states assigned,",1.0
"Their wants are few, their wishes all confined.",0.0
"Yet let them only share the praises due,",0.0
"If few their wants, their pleasures are but few;",1.0
"Since every want that stimulates the breast,",0.0
"Hence from such lands each pleasing science flies,",0.0
"That first excites desire, and then supplies;",0.0
"Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy,",3.0
To fill the languid pause with finer joy;,0.0
"Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame,",2.0
"Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.",2.0
"On some high festival of once a year,",2.0
"In wild excess the vulgar breast takes fire,",1.0
"Their morals, like their pleasures, are but low:",1.0
"For, as refinement stops, from sire to son,",3.0
"Unaltered, unimproved, their manners run;",0.0
And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart,0.0
Some sterner virtues over the mountain's breast,2.0
"May sit, like falcons cowering on the nest,",1.0
"But all the gentler morals, such as play",1.0
"Through life's more cultured walks, and charm our way,",0.0
To sport and flutter in a kinder sky.,0.0
"To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign,",0.0
We turn; and France displays her bright domain.,0.0
"Gay sprightly land of mirth and social ease,",1.0
"Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please,",2.0
"Where shading elms along the margin grew,",0.0
And freshened from the wave the zephyr flew;,1.0
"But mocked all tune, and marred the dancer's skill;",0.0
"Yet would the village praise my wondrous power,",0.0
Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days,0.0
So bright a life these thoughtless realms display;,0.0
Thus idly busy rolls their world away:,1.0
"Theirs are those arts that mind to mind endear,",1.0
For honour forms the social temper here.,2.0
"Honour, that praise which real merit gains,",3.0
"Or even imaginary worth obtains,",2.0
"Here passes current; paid from hand to hand,",0.0
It shifts in splendid traffic round the land:,0.0
"From courts to camps, to cottages it strays,",1.0
And all are taught an avarice of praise;,1.0
"They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem,",0.0
"Till, seeming blessed, they grow to what they seem.",0.0
"But while this softer art their bliss supplies,",0.0
It gives their follies also room to rise;,0.0
"For praise too dearly loved or warmly sought,",1.0
"Hence Ostentation here, with tawdry art,",1.0
Pants for the vulgar praise which fools impart;,0.0
"Here Vanity assumes her pert grimace,",4.0
And trims her robes of frieze with copper lace;,0.0
To boast one splendid banquet once a year;,0.0
"The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws,",1.0
"To men of other minds my fancy flies,",0.0
"Where the broad ocean leans against the land,",2.0
The firm connected bulwark seems to go;,0.0
"Spreads its long arms amid the watery roar,",5.0
"Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore:",4.0
"While the penned Ocean rising over the pile,",4.0
Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile;,4.0
"The crowded mart, the cultivated plain,",0.0
A new creation rescued from his reign.,1.0
"Industrious habits in each bosom reign,",2.0
And industry begets a love of gain.,1.0
"Hence all the good from opulence that springs,",1.0
"With all those ills superfluous treasure brings,",2.0
Are here displayed. Their much loved wealth imparts,1.0
"Convenience, plenty, elegance, and arts;",1.0
"But view them closer, craft and fraud appear,",0.0
Even liberty itself is bartered here.,1.0
"At gold's superior charms all freedom flies,",2.0
"The needy sell it, and the rich man buys;",2.0
"A land of tyrants, and a den of slaves,",1.0
"And calmly bent, to servitude conform,",0.0
Dull as their lakes that sleep beneath the storm.,0.0
"War in each breast, and freedom on each brow;",1.0
How much unlike the sons of Britain now!,0.0
"Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing,",0.0
And flies where Britain courts the western spring;,0.0
"Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride,",3.0
"There all around the gentlest breezes stray,",2.0
There gentle music melts on every spray;,0.0
"Creation's mildest charms are there combined,",1.0
Extremes are only in the master's mind.,0.0
"Stern over each bosom Reason holds her state,",3.0
With daring aims irregularly great;,1.0
"Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,",0.0
"I see the lords of human kind pass by,",2.0
"Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band,",0.0
"True to imagined right, above control,",2.0
"While even the peasant boasts these rights to scan,",2.0
And learns to venerate himself as man.,0.0
"Thine, Freedom, thine the blessings pictured here,",1.0
Thine are those charms that dazzle and endear;,2.0
"Too blessed, indeed, were such without alloy,",3.0
"But, fostered even by Freedom, ills annoy:",2.0
"Keeps man from man, and breaks the social tie;",1.0
All kindred claims that soften life unknown:,0.0
"Here by the bonds of nature feebly held,",0.0
"Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled;",2.0
"Ferments arise, imprisoned factions roar,",0.0
"Repressed ambition struggles round her shore,",0.0
"While overwrought, the general system feels",0.0
"Its motions stopped, or frenzy fires the wheels.",0.0
"Nor this the worst. As social bonds decay,",1.0
"Fictitious bonds, the bonds of wealth and law,",0.0
Still gather strength and force unwilling awe.,1.0
"Hence all obedience bows to these alone,",4.0
"And talent sinks, and merit weeps unknown;",0.0
"Till time may come, when stripped of all her charms,",0.0
"That land of scholars, and that nurse of arms,",1.0
"Where noble stems transmit the patriot claim,",2.0
"And monarchs toil, and poets pant for fame,",1.0
"One sink of level avarice shall lie,",1.0
"Yet think not, thus when freedom's ills I state,",0.0
"I mean to flatter kings, or court the great;",0.0
"You powers of truth that bid my soul aspire,",2.0
Far from my bosom drive the low desire!,0.0
"And thou, fair Freedom, taught alike to feel",2.0
"Thou transitory flower, alike undone",2.0
"By cold contempt, or favour's fostering sun,",5.0
I only would repress them to secure:,1.0
"For just experience tells in every soil,",2.0
That those who think must govern those that toil;,1.0
"And all that freedom's highest aims can reach,",0.0
Is but to lay proportioned loads on each;,1.0
"Much on the low, the rest, as rank supplies,",0.0
Its double weight must ruin all below.,0.0
"OH then how blind to all that truth requires,",0.0
Who think it freedom when a part aspires!,0.0
"Calm is my soul, nor apt to rise in arms,",0.0
Except when fast approaching danger warms:,0.0
"But when contending chiefs blockade the throne,",1.0
Contracting regal power to stretch their own;,4.0
To call it freedom when themselves are free;,0.0
"Each wanton judge new penal statutes draw,",1.0
"Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law;",2.0
"The wealth of climes, where savage nations roam,",0.0
Pillaged from slaves to purchase slaves at home;,2.0
"Fear, pity, justice, indignation start,",1.0
"Tear off reserve, and bare my swelling heart;",2.0
"Till half a patriot, half a coward grown,",2.0
I fly from petty tyrants to the throne.,1.0
"Yes, brother, curse with me that baleful hour,",2.0
When first ambition struck at regal power;,0.0
"And thus polluting honour in its source,",0.0
Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force.,1.0
"Have we not seen, round Britain's peopled shore,",0.0
Her useful sons exchanged for useless over?,0.0
"Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste,",1.0
Like flaring tapers brightening as they waste;,1.0
"Seen Opulence, her grandeur to maintain,",6.0
"Lead stern Depopulation in her train,",1.0
"And, over fields where scattered hamlets rose,",0.0
In barren solitary pomp repose?,0.0
"Have we not seen, at Pleasure's lordly call,",2.0
"The modest matron, and the blushing maid,",1.0
"Forced from their homes, a melancholy train,",0.0
To traverse climes beyond the western main;,0.0
"Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around,",0.0
And Niagara stuns with thundering sound?,3.0
"Even now, perhaps, as there some pilgrim strays",1.0
"Through tangled forests, and through dangerous ways;",3.0
"Where beasts with men divided empire claim,",0.0
And the brown Indian takes a deadly aim;,4.0
"There, while above the giddy tempest flies,",0.0
"The pensive exile, bending with his woe,",2.0
"To stop too fearful, and too faint to go,",3.0
"Casts a fond look where England's glories shine,",3.0
"Vain, very vain, my weary search to find",1.0
That bliss which only centres in the mind:,0.0
"Why have I strayed from pleasure and repose,",1.0
To seek a good each government bestows?,1.0
"In every government, though terrors reign,",1.0
"Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain,",0.0
"How small of all that human hearts endure,",0.0
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.,0.0
"Still to ourselves in every place consigned,",1.0
Our own felicity we make or find:,1.0
"With secret course, which no loud storms annoy,",1.0
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.,2.0
"To men remote from power but rarely known,",2.0
"Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.",1.0
SCEPTRE of ease! whose calm domain extends,2.0
Fan to repose the Southern realms. OH! whom,3.0
More slaves obey than swarm about the courts,0.0
"Thy meanest subject, often hast thou deigned",0.0
Gracious to visit. If thy poppy then,3.0
"Was ever infused into my gifted quill,",2.0
"If ever my nodding Muse was blessed with power,",2.0
To doze the reader with her opiate verse ' --,3.0
"Come, goddess; but be gentle; not as when",2.0
On studious heads attendant thou art seen,3.0
"Fast by the twinkling lamp, poring and pale",5.0
"Immersed in meditation, sleep's great foe?",1.0
Converses with the stars: In other guise,1.0
"Thy presence I invoke. Serene approach,",1.0
"Fix thy flat, musing, leaden eye: as looks",3.0
Intent on books: he when alone applies,0.0
"The needle's reparation to his hose,",1.0
Or studious slices paper. Taught by thee,2.0
"Turns over the page unread. Others more sage,",8.0
"Yet stricter their enquiry, even proceed",5.0
"To leaves within, and curious there select",3.0
"Italics, or consult the margin, pleased",1.0
"To find a hero or a tale: all else,",1.0
"The observation, maxim, inference",1.0
Disturb the brain with thought ' --  It sure were long,0.0
And all thy various haunts. Why should I speak,2.0
"Of coffeehouse? or where the eunuch plays,",0.0
"Glorious, thy incense ambergris, and time",3.0
Thy sacrifice. ' --  About thee cards and dice,0.0
"Lie scattered, and a thousand vassal beaux",2.0
Officiate at thy worship. ' --  Nor mean while,2.0
Is solitude less thy peculiar sphere;,2.0
"Your beauties, gentle Potentate; with me",0.0
By vale or brook to loiter not displeased:,0.0
"Debating, in full senate, points of state.",1.0
"My bower, my walks, my study all are thine,",2.0
"Spreads her soft lap, my waters whisper sleep.",3.0
Make inroad on thy kingdom's peace. ' --  What though,1.0
"Malicious tongues me harmless represent,",0.0
A traitor to thy throne: or that I hold,1.0
"Forbidden correspondence with the Nine,",1.0
"Plotting with Phoebus, and thy foes! What though",3.0
"Of satire they impeach me, strain severe!",2.0
"In proof accept, OH goddess, this my verse.",2.0
"That Bane of Glory, and a virtuous Name;",3.0
"Pale Envy dwells, and every Breast inspires,",1.0
"With mortal Hatred, and destructive Fires;",1.0
And deals her impious Power all around;,3.0
"Deceit, on one hand, stands with cruel Smiles,",2.0
"But, in her Hand, though half concealed, is viewed,",0.0
"Scandal, on other hand, like Fame appears,",2.0
Alike her Number both of Tongues and Ears:,0.0
"By these the fairest Reputation dies,",1.0
"And swift, and sure, the spreading Ruin flies,",0.0
"These, who to Virtue, Wit, and Beauty lost;",0.0
Here strive to blast the Fame they cannot boast;,0.0
"When Crowds they sacrifice to give thee Ease,",0.0
Rises to blast thee with an honest Fame;,3.0
Sunk in Oblivion the bright Merit dies;,5.0
If spotless Chastity to Shame betrayed;,1.0
"If charms, when blasted, in the blooming Maid,",0.0
"Deserve thy Smile, ' --  the pleasing Mischief aid.",0.0
"Still GODDESS, in our Souls thy Power increase,",2.0
And to each pointed Scandal give Success.,1.0
"Murders the Fair, the Innocent, and Young;",3.0
"With doubtful Hints a horrid Sense convey,",0.0
"Gentle her Air, but Anguish clouds her Face;",2.0
"Merit uninjured, now demands her Grief,",2.0
But future Scandal gives her Soul relief;,0.0
And her bad Prayer in Whispers is addressed:,3.0
"Goddess, who all my anxious Bosom fires,",0.0
Who every Word and every Thought inspires;,0.0
"Still while thy potent Influence I feel,",1.0
Let Friendship's soft Disguise my Aims conceal;,1.0
"And while I spread destructive Scandal round,",0.0
"It's done ' --  it's granted, fly, you virtuous Few,",1.0
Fly ever her cruel Arts your Fame pursue;,3.0
"See Justice from the foul Infection flies,",2.0
"Far from the guilty Scene averts her Sight,",0.0
Her own Philander can't retard her Flight;,3.0
"Though her bright Image, in his Breast he bears,",2.0
And all her Beauties in his Form appears;,0.0
"Though in his Soul she lights her heavenly Flame,",2.0
"ILLUSTRIOUS Prince! forgive the feeble Lay,",2.0
That now aspires to hail your Nuptial Day;,2.0
"Nor scorn a Muse, the meanest of the Nine,",1.0
Who brings her humble Offering to your Shrine.,1.0
"And you, Imperial Nymph! whose lovely Face",3.0
"Invites the Hero to your chaste Embrace,",1.0
"Harmonious Words, and pleasing Thoughts inspire,",2.0
"Soft, as your Love, and tuneful, as your Lyre:",1.0
"So shall my Numbers charm the listening Ear,",0.0
And even the glad NASSAU delighted hear.,4.0
"NASSAU has long enriched the Book of Fame,",2.0
And ANNA now adorns the noble Name.,0.0
"Nations, who saw the Light of ORANGE rise,",2.0
"Shall soon behold it with new Lustre shine,",2.0
"SO, where the flowing Sambre gently glides,",0.0
"But, when his more extended Eye surveys",0.0
The shining Torrent join the spacious Maese;,0.0
"Both Rivers, thus, with friendly Union flow,",1.0
And to the Sight superior Beauty show.,3.0
"WHENEVER the Gods a noble Race intend,",2.0
"They suit the Causes to the destined End,",1.0
Nor yoke unequal Hearts in Nuptial Love:,0.0
"Great Minds, by native Sympathy, combine,",2.0
As golden Particles the closest join.,1.0
"Paternal Virtues in their Bosom roll,",0.0
Hence Royal ANNE prefers NASSAU to Kings;,6.0
"While Britons with united Hearts rejoice,",1.0
"And willing Senators applaud the Choice,",1.0
Discharge the Debt to sacred WILLIAM due;,0.0
Immortal WILLIAM! by whose prudent Cares,1.0
We yet enjoy the Fruits of all our Wars;,0.0
"Our Laws, Religion, Liberty, and Peace,",1.0
"NOR Thou, Illustrious ORANGE! blush to own,",3.0
"Blessed with a Princess, in whose Form we trace",0.0
"Her Father's Majesty, and Mother's Grace;",1.0
"Dispel our Clouds, and beautify our Day:",0.0
"Not as the Comet, raging through the Air,",1.0
Infects the World with Pestilence and War;,1.0
"But, like the Sun, their Beams of Goodness glow,",0.0
"Inspiring Life, and cheering all below.",0.0
"Such are the glorious SIRE, and gracious DAME,",5.0
What Lion ever produced a timorous Hind?,4.0
"The Royal Eagles Royal Eagles breed,",0.0
And Heroes from heroic Sires proceed:,1.0
"Rome's Founder, thus, confessed his Race Divine;",1.0
"Thus ANNA's noble Stream of Virtue flows,",1.0
"High, as the Regal Spring, from whence it rose.",0.0
"Thrice happy Nymph, with every Grace supplied!",1.0
"Thrice happy Prince, with such a heavenly Bride!",4.0
"In whom superior Sense with Judgement joins,",2.0
"Her Beauty much, but more her Merit shines.",0.0
"How glorious! When such Worth adorns the Great,",1.0
"We hear, we see, admire, and imitate:",0.0
"Virtue, in Them, attracts remotest Eyes;",2.0
"But, in the vulgar Soul, unheeded lies.",0.0
"As radiant PHOEBUS darts superior Light,",2.0
While smaller Planets shun the watchful Sight.,0.0
"ACCOMPLISHED thus, let her Example fire",2.0
"The drooping Muse, and wake the sounding Lyre:",0.0
"Heaven justly claims the Soul, it made so fair",0.0
"To stem the Torrent of licentious Rage,",1.0
And prop the Virtues of a sinking Age;,1.0
"Exalting Science to her ancient Height,",1.0
"To raise declining Arts, and make the Rude polite:",0.0
"While great NASSAU, whom native Glory warms,",3.0
"Whenever his Country calls him forth to Arms,",2.0
"May fire the Belgians in the Field of MARS,",0.0
"Consult their Peace, or animate their Wars;",0.0
"Paint his Forefathers to their wondering Eye,",6.0
"And teach them how to conquer, or to die;",2.0
"Like him, who bravely dared to break their Chain,",0.0
Though held by all the Force and Fraud of Spain:,0.0
"For injured Liberty the Sword he draws,",1.0
"Resolved to gain, or perish in the Cause;",0.0
"And having long the doubtful Combat tried,",0.0
Though different far the Motives of their Mind;,1.0
"That fought to conquer, this to save Mankind;",2.0
"Till praised, lamented, envied, and admired,",1.0
"The Hero, Patriot, and the Prince expired.",1.0
OH! where did then the Guardian Angels hide?,2.0
Nor watched to turn the guilty Ball aside;,0.0
"When he, whom armed Hosts could not withstand,",1.0
Now falls a Victim to one Villain's Hand!,2.0
"BUT rise, you Muses, quit the pensive Lay:",0.0
Nor damp the Joys of this auspicious Day.,1.0
"Since yet the glorious Name of ORANGE stands,",2.0
Since Royal ANNA seals the Nuptial Bands;,0.0
"And be, what glorious WILLIAM was before.",3.0
"NOR shall the States invading Forces fear,",0.0
Ere pregnant Time the promised Heroes bear;,1.0
"Nor want Allies their Freedom to defend,",1.0
"As branching Oaks protect the rural Swain,",0.0
"Secure from Summer Heat, and Winter Rain;",0.0
"So shall our Monarch, with paternal Aid,",1.0
His Regal Shelter over Batavia spread:,4.0
"Long as the Sceptre fills his Royal Hand,",0.0
A true Palladium shall insure the Land.,2.0
"AND if the prescient Muses guide my Lay,",3.0
Or future Secrets PHOEBUS can display;,1.0
"The Day shall shine distinguished from the rest,",1.0
"That ANNA dignified, and HYMEN blessed;",0.0
And plans a Scheme of Union for his Son;,1.0
"Bespeaks Allies for Princes yet to come,",0.0
"New Friends to Britain, and new Foes to Rome.",3.0
"PROCEED, Great MONARCH! new Allies to gain,",1.0
And with new Nuptial Leagues our Peace maintain:,2.0
"That Safety, other Kings defend with Arms;",0.0
"They, VENUS like, could MARS himself surprise,",0.0
And awe stern Tyrants with their conquering Eyes.,4.0
"The soul indignant rushing from the wound,",1.0
"While eminent amid the gazing bands,",1.0
"Like Mars himself, the Trojan victor stands;",0.0
And every heart in every bosom dies.,0.0
"Now, fixed in earth their spears, the humbled foe",1.0
"Rest on their swords, and targets from them throw;",1.0
"Condemn the thirst of battle, and abhor",1.0
The dreaded fury of destructive war;,1.0
"Submit to all the conqueror shall impose,",2.0
And pardon crave and end of all their woes.,0.0
"As when two bulls, inflamed with martial rage,",1.0
"Impetuous in the bloody fight engage,",0.0
"To each his herd inclines, who anxious wait",0.0
"The dubious conflict, and their champion's fate;",3.0
From their foiled chief their former faith withdraw:,2.0
"They grieve indeed, but join with one accord",1.0
To share the fortunes of an happier lord.,3.0
"Though deep their sorrow for their leader dead,",1.0
Conducted by a leader so divine;,2.0
"And a firm league of lasting peace implore,",2.0
That cruel war might vex their lives no more.,1.0
"Then striding over the foe, the ghastly dead,",2.0
"That we by Heaven's appointment hither brought,",2.0
Could from our mansions be expelled by thee?,0.0
"O rash, the will celestial to oppose,",2.0
At length the utmost of thy rage is done,2.0
"Lo, future times from this instructive day",2.0
"And learn from dread example, to abhor",1.0
"The crime of kindling, without cause, a war.",5.0
Since such a price thou for Lavinia paid:,1.0
"With all his arms your hero I restore,",1.0
"That, to his hoary sire I mean to send,",2.0
Perhaps some comfort may the gift attend:,1.0
"Shall lead your legions to successful wars,",1.0
If justice wield the sword. I never sought,0.0
"To save my own the hostile steel I drew,",0.0
"Fate crowned my honest aim, and frowned on you.",1.0
The walls that hold the poor remains of Troy;,0.0
And with reproach the conquered hosts offend:,1.0
"Their shouts triumphant echo to the sky,",1.0
The pious Trojan ere he light the fire,0.0
"Due to his friends upon the sacred pyre,",0.0
"By other flames begins his just returns,",0.0
And to the gods each holy altar burns;,1.0
"Forth from each victim are the entrails torn,",1.0
"And piecemeal cut, in sacred chargers born.",1.0
"They strip the fleecy mother of her pride,",1.0
And roasting fires the attendant throngs provide:,1.0
"With grateful incense they the powers invoke,",4.0
And from each altar curls the fragrant smoke.,1.0
The choral bands the hymns appointed sing,0.0
"To thee, OH Venus, and to Heavens Great King;",4.0
Her rage abated towered the sons of Troy.,2.0
"Mars too was sung, and then the numerous host",3.0
"Bespoke the boy; At length, my only son,",0.0
"Our toils are over, the task of war is done,",2.0
"To clasp soft quiet, now within our power.",1.0
Soon as the morn shall open the gates of day,2.0
"To yonder proud walls, OH wing thy speedy way:",4.0
"Next to his friends he turned him graceful round,",0.0
"The brunt of battle, and the rage of seas",1.0
"Have been our lot, a scene of endless pain",0.0
"Involved us all, but better days remain;",0.0
"Our pangs are past, our sufferings all are over,",0.0
"For know, Lavinia shall be firmly mine,",1.0
"From whose great mixture shall a nation spring,",1.0
"To give the world one universal king,",0.0
"Whose wide domain shall stretch from pole to pole,",0.0
"Where earth is seen, or mighty oceans roll.",0.0
In peace and concord share this happy land;,0.0
"For who more just, more fit for regal sway.",0.0
This have I fixed; by me be taught to dare,1.0
"The rough approaches of invasive war,",1.0
"By me instructed, suffer as you ought,",2.0
"By heaven I swear, my friends so often tried,",0.0
"Now wanton Fortune combats on my side,",3.0
Shall meet with ample usury at last.,1.0
"So spoke the chief, revolving in his mind",0.0
"The various fortunes that attend mankind,",3.0
Rejoiced to see the objects of his care,1.0
As when a kite in many a whirling ring,2.0
"Intent on blood, comes stooping on the wing,",2.0
"The anxious hen, for her young brood in dread,",2.0
"The fell destroyer hovering over their head,",2.0
And urged by fondness conquers lawless rage;,0.0
"The tyrant flies, nor yet her fears suppressed,",0.0
"She calls each feathered wanderer to her breast,",1.0
"There shields them close, and counts them over and over,",2.0
"By former woe enhances present joy,",0.0
"The perils past of battle, land and seas,",0.0
"Are sweet remembrance to an heart at ease,",1.0
For which the hero grateful homage pays,0.0
"And the last office for the chief prepare,",3.0
Presaging fears his anxious breast divide:,2.0
"He quickly caught the epidemic woe,",0.0
"His bosom heaved, his eyes in torrents flow,",0.0
"And ordered silence to the intruding band,",3.0
To view the features of the mighty slain.,1.0
"As when the foaming boar, whom dogs surround,",0.0
"Rips up their generous chief with mortal wound,",2.0
"The howling pack about the hunter throng,",0.0
And seem to call him to avenge the wrong;,1.0
The well known signals of his hand and voice,2.0
"Reduce their tumult, and compose the noise:",1.0
And a dumb sorrow dwelled on all the plain;,2.0
"The solemn pause the good old monarch broke,",1.0
And the big drops fell from him as he spoke.,2.0
"What scenes of various ills, of care, and strife,",2.0
Await poor mortals on this sea of life;,2.0
"Pride finds in crowns her pleasures all complete,",1.0
Deluded wretch to call a poison sweet;,0.0
"Ambition hastens to the dusty field,",1.0
"Can death, can dangers soft contentment yield?",0.0
"The example now is recent to your eyes,",2.0
Beneath the glittering throne that bears a king,2.0
"Few, few alas, a monarch's cares behold,",1.0
"Controlled to act against his own intent,",0.0
"And when he sighs for peace, to war consent.",0.0
"To urge my people to the lawless fray,",1.0
"To break that knot which sacred faith had tied,",0.0
And war against those with whom the immortals side?,2.0
"'Twas with regret the sword of rage I drew,",2.0
For ah too well the consequence I knew.,2.0
"Oft have I seen thee on thy bounding steed,",1.0
"In burnished arms the willing nations lead,",0.0
As oft my prayers have soothed thee from the plain;,1.0
But sober prudence counsels rage in vain.,0.0
"My cities thinned, are nodding to their fall,",1.0
"Each useless fortress weeps her ruined wall,",0.0
"A sanguine die, once happier rivers yield,",3.0
"Grief, devastation, war, despair, and rage!",1.0
"That warmth for glory, and that awful brow?",1.0
"That pleasing face, by youth more pleasing dressed,",0.0
Now shocks the sight that once charmed every breast.,2.0
"What stings of sorrow shall his bosom tear,",0.0
"Yet soiled with dust, and grim with clotted blood,",0.0
"Cleanse the pale corpse in yonder silver flood,",3.0
"Perhaps some ease his father's heart may feel,",0.0
To know he sunk beneath an hero's steel.,0.0
"He spoke and wept, and turning to the train,",1.0
"They raise the body off the dusty plain,",1.0
A horrid present to a sire to send.,3.0
"Are born aloft, next moves the rattling car,",0.0
"Moves slowly on, and sorrow clouds his brow;",2.0
"The noble beast, who never before knew fear,",2.0
"Full oft had he his daring master led,",1.0
"Where the war thundered, and the nations bled,",3.0
"To death, to danger, never known to yield,",0.0
"The pride, the fear, the glory of the field.",1.0
"Inverted arms the following legions bear,",2.0
"Deep in his palace feels keen sorrow's sting,",1.0
"Foresees strange horrors: widows, maids, and wives,",1.0
"Young men and old, all anxious for their lives,",2.0
"Join in one shrill complaint: thus surges roar,",1.0
"When pressed by winds, they break upon the shore.",0.0
"Should cheer his age, or what his army bore",0.0
Another grief the pensive monarch calls:,0.0
"For while the Latins had engaged in fight,",0.0
"Involving flames had seized his native land,",0.0
"Beyond the stars ascending sparkles fly,",0.0
So willed the gods; perhaps the crumb'ling wall,0.0
Through flames and death pursue their dubious way;,2.0
"The shrieks of matrons witness their despair,",1.0
And clouds of smoke involve the darkening air.,0.0
"As careful ants for future wants provide,",0.0
"Where an old oak presents her riven side,",3.0
"But if the axe the sheltering timber wound,",3.0
"Among the crowd what cares tumultuous rise,",3.0
This way and that the sable cohort flies;,0.0
"Or as the tortoise broiling on the fire,",2.0
"When on her back, unable to retire,",1.0
"With head, with feet, with tail declares her pain,",0.0
And tries all strength and stratagem in vain:,1.0
"And wild confusion, no deliverance found;",0.0
When from amid the flames was seen to rise,1.0
"With clapping wings, a fowl that cuts the skies:",0.0
"With turrets crowned, and many a stately pile,",2.0
"Fixed with dismay the astonished vulgar gaze,",4.0
Nor further fly to shun the dreadful blaze;,0.0
"But who a monarch's sorrows can relate,",2.0
"Doomed tales of fresh affliction soon to know,",1.0
Doomed to a sad variety of woe.,1.0
"The solemn train approaches now too near,",1.0
Each sad attendant carries in his hand;,0.0
"A general sorrow seizes all the crowd,",0.0
"The timorous matrons, in afflictions loud,",2.0
"Pierce heavens blue arch, their flowing garments tear,",4.0
He seemed a statue fixed upon the plain:,1.0
"But soon his sorrows found a different way,",0.0
"He flies like lightning where the body lay,",0.0
"The breathless corpse he held in grapples fast,",0.0
"My son, my son! my age's last relief,",0.0
"Thy fire's late glory, now his cause of grief;",3.0
"Prop of my age, and guardian of my throne,",1.0
"Comfort no more her healing balm will shed,",0.0
Are these the trophies of thy vast renown?,2.0
Are these the glories of an added crown?,2.0
"OH Fortune, giddy as the whirling hour?",2.0
"Man builds up schemes for her to overturn,",2.0
"And thou, who, lately a whole nation's joy,",3.0
"Our hope no longer, nor the foe's dismay.",2.0
"No more that face shall charm each gazing maid,",0.0
"No more that form shall catch the admiring view,",2.0
Those eyes no more their lustre shall renew;,1.0
And every virtue withers on thy tomb.,1.0
"Urged on to war, too eager in thy hate,",1.0
"Thou rushed to sight, and halfway met thy fate.",1.0
"Strikes down the great, and lays the haughty low;",0.0
And shrink to dust when he approaches near.,1.0
"Each day over whom thy sable stole is flung,",1.0
Thy slaughtered son moves not thy quiet breast.,1.0
"Say, say, you powers! have I yet more to dread?",1.0
What drive you next on this devoted head?,1.0
"You cropped my blossom in his earliest spring,",1.0
The loss of him is every loss in one;,1.0
"Some woe superior was for me decreed,",2.0
"I have it now, and am a wretch indeed.",1.0
"When once the Fates have marked their destined prey,",0.0
Each various ill pursues him on his way;,3.0
"This way and that the fainting wretch is hurled,",0.0
"The sport of heaven, and pity of the world.",1.0
"No more he said, but down his reverend cheeks,",1.0
"Thick groans distend his breast, his eyeballs stare,",2.0
And all his looks are horror and despair.,1.0
"The hapless mother shakes with deadly fear,",0.0
"And gives what aid she can, a fruitless tear.",1.0
Now from the portals of the rosy sky,1.0
"To try the fortunes of the warlike plain,",2.0
"For his pale legions shuddered at the word,",2.0
"He much revolved of former breach of vows,",0.0
"At length a solemn embassy is sent,",1.0
A thousand men select for that intent;,0.0
"Commissioned these the virtuous chief implore,",3.0
"To quiet hostile rage amongst the bands,",0.0
"Well skilled to plead, and princes stand before:",1.0
"Instructed to declare their king's desire,",1.0
"Should flow commingled in one common flood,",0.0
"He yielded gladly to their wise decree,",1.0
"Relates his measures, and his pious view;",1.0
"And all prepare to meet the sons of Troy,",0.0
"Not in the plain in warfare to contend,",2.0
But as to meet a brother or a friend.,2.0
"The royal court is decked with double care,",0.0
Worthy the chief who shall be shortly there.,3.0
"The appointed envoys reach the camp designed,",1.0
"Of peace the token, and their tongues no less",2.0
Of friendly talk the full intent profess.,0.0
With kind demeanour welcomes every one;,7.0
"In virtue first, and mightiest of the host,",1.0
"Our royal master swears by all the powers,",0.0
"Hear me, immortals, in your heavenly bowers",4.0
"That against his will the treaties sworn, he broke,",1.0
Or did to fight your valiant bands provoke;,0.0
"To give his daughter to thy longing arms,",1.0
"Lavinia, famed for virtue, as for charms.",1.0
"But if stern rage has turned his view aside,",2.0
If seas of blood have flowed on either side;,0.0
"If madding fury, reason over came,",0.0
"His busy mind disdained all peace and rest,",0.0
And floods of gall overflowed his rancorous breast.,5.0
"To lend his troops, and against his will complied:",3.0
Even then our armies wished the frantic boy,0.0
Would yield obedience to the chief of Troy.,1.0
Our monarch too requesting nations joined;,0.0
"But say, can Reason bend the stubborn mind?",0.0
"Can human reason hope for weight or force,",0.0
When not the gods could turn his impious course?,3.0
"In dire portents they spoke their will in vain,",4.0
"His rage renews, he hurries to the plain,",1.0
Contract new nuptials with some Stygian maid;,2.0
"If rage and fury still be thy delight,",1.0
Whom all our people their protector own;,1.0
"Whose ample praises are with rapture sung,",1.0
Whose glorious deeds untie the infant's tongue;,2.0
"Our youth, our sages, and each sober dame,",1.0
With one accord all celebrate thy name:,1.0
"Believe not me, but hear a nation's voice;",1.0
So shall the Italian and the Phrygian race,4.0
"Join in one stock, which time shall never efface.",2.0
"Then haste, great chief! thy conduct be our care,",1.0
"He said; the shouting bands his sense approve,",0.0
And former hate gives way to newborn love:,1.0
"To which the pious hero smiling kind,",0.0
Thus spoke the gentle dictates of his mind:,3.0
"The rage of combats, and past scenes of woe,",5.0
You and your king are guiltless of I know:,2.0
"Lavish of blood, and prodigal of life;",3.0
Too oft we find the youthful breast inflame;,1.0
"Then tell your king his will shall be obeyed,",1.0
And peace eternal swear. Nor till the powers,1.0
"But, born a king, he still shall rule these lands.",0.0
"Another city shall my Trojans found,",0.0
Where added household gods shall bless the ground;,1.0
And equal laws united bands shall own:,0.0
"May love and friendship spread through all the host,",0.0
What now remains but with a pious care,1.0
"To burn those corpses that infect the air,",0.0
"Sad victims of the war, whose ravenous hand",4.0
"That business done, tomorrow's sun shall guide",1.0
The happy lover to his blooming bride.,1.0
"He said; the attentive people round him gaze,",2.0
"His virtues charm them, and they shout his praise.",1.0
"Now see the busy legions all around,",1.0
"Trees crack'ling fall, and axes loud resound;",2.0
"With holy zeal they shape the different pyres,",0.0
And high to heaven ascend the curling fires;,0.0
"Thick clouds of smoke mount slowly to the sky,",3.0
"A thousand sheep, appointed victims, die;",0.0
And in the flames they cast the heifers slain:,0.0
"No more the field is loaded with the dead,",1.0
And noisy shouts around the plain are spread;,0.0
"At length the sun diffused his golden ray,",0.0
And all prepared to hasten on their way.,1.0
Who much bespoke the chief; the next to sight,0.0
For so the friendly leaders had decreed.,1.0
Viewed the procession moving over the plain;,4.0
"Each citizen exults with inward joy,",1.0
To think the sword no longer shall destroy.,1.0
"With chosen friends, to meet the Trojan, lay:",0.0
The mighty prince his actions all reveal;,0.0
"High over the rest in graceful pomp he trod,",3.0
Each action spoke the offspring of a god.,2.0
"Addressed the chief, and pressed his friendly hand:",0.0
"At length, thou glory of the Trojan race,",1.0
"My hope's complete, for I behold thy face.",1.0
"To me at length the happy hour is given,",1.0
To clasp the choicest favourite of heaven;,2.0
"With joy to yield to the divine decree,",1.0
That here hath fixed a resting place for thee.,0.0
"These lands, these happy lands, enjoy in peace.",0.0
"Though furious rage that knows not ever to yield,",4.0
And wildly boasted violated laws;,1.0
"Yet I, alas, unwillingly complied,",2.0
"Deceived my legions fought, and he who most,",0.0
"Now lies a carcass on the barren sand,",2.0
"Victim of heaven, and of thy mighty hand.",3.0
No more the trumpet shall awake to arms,0.0
"Some realms I have, and towns my own I call,",0.0
"Yet of all objects that my soul engage,",0.0
"She and her charms, OH mighty son, be thine,",2.0
In this embrace I the sweet maid resign.,3.0
"Dear to my soul, thy virtues I adore,",1.0
I soon conclude that battle's stubborn rage,0.0
Was never the option of thy prudent age;,3.0
"If thou hast fears, o, give them to the wind,",2.0
"In thee, o monarch, I a father find;",1.0
"Again his figure in full sight appears,",1.0
And filial duty melts me into tears.,2.0
"Maids, women, boys, and hoary sires combine",1.0
To praise the beauties of their guests divine.,1.0
"His fair demeanour, and superior size,",4.0
Attends the chief who bless with peace their days.,0.0
"As when long rains have drenched the genial plain,",1.0
In gloomy sadness sits each pensive swain;,0.0
The farmer weeps his unavailing plough:,0.0
"And pour his golden glories through the skies,",1.0
"They haste exulting to their honest care,",1.0
And wound earth's bosom with the crooked share:,2.0
And shout and revel at the approach of peace.,2.0
"Trojans, Italians, march in pomp along,",2.0
And the court brightens with a noble throng:,3.0
"By matrons circled, and by virgins led",1.0
"Her eyes like stars diffused a lustre round,",0.0
Her modest eyes she rivets to the ground.,1.0
"He gazed, he loved, and thus in secret said:",0.0
"To taste such beauties, such transcendent charms,",1.0
"Kings rouse the nations, and the world's in arms.",2.0
"The sacred priest fast by the altar stands,",2.0
And Hymeneal songs are wafted all around.,3.0
From out the camp the various presents brought.,3.0
"A collar too, whose gems emitted flame,",0.0
The gift of Priam in his happier days.,2.0
Such royal presents kings may send to kings:,0.0
"But the gay robes, and collar's radiant pride,",3.0
Are justly destined for the blooming bride.,1.0
"Now converse sweet, and joy without allay,",1.0
"The genial feast is served in sumptuous state,",2.0
"For luxury, at times, becomes the great.",1.0
"On purple couches all the nobles lie,",0.0
The taught attendants wait attentive by;,1.0
And every dainty loads the regal board.,0.0
"Bright Crees here provides her gifts divine,",1.0
And the red god bestows his choicest wine.,2.0
"With eye attentive every waiter stands,",0.0
And flies to execute each guest's commands.,0.0
"And crowds in billows seem to wave, and roll.",0.0
"Heard him with transport, and devoured each word;",2.0
The grace of feature with the worth of mind;,1.0
"His manly talk, his observations sage,",0.0
"Nor could the king withhold his honest praise,",0.0
"Take this embrace, thou wonder of thy days:",3.0
To make each son add lustre to the sire.,2.0
"The banquet ended, some their talk employ",0.0
"Who first broke through the ranks with furious force,",3.0
And through the slaughter urged his foaming horse.,1.0
And the forced earth her bounties to resign;,3.0
"By arts improved them, and with laws reclaimed.",1.0
"By his own hand, he fled across the main.",1.0
And safely settled on the Phrygian lands.,3.0
"Proud of his birth, he in his banner bore",0.0
"Much fame he won, which time shall never destroy,",2.0
The immortal founder of imperial Troy.,4.0
"The torches blaze, the minstrel sweeps the strings;",0.0
For thrice three days in revelry and joy,2.0
They drowned their cares: at length the chief of Troy,0.0
"To other tasks directs his curious eyes,",2.0
Marked out by ploughs shall destined cities rise;,0.0
"Here form they trenches, there dig ditches wide,",2.0
"When, strange to say, the Phrygian leader spied",2.0
"He stood aghast, nor knew what meant the sign;",0.0
"But thus his prayer addressed: OH king divine,",1.0
Of men and gods! if ever my Trojan bands,2.0
Still through all perils or by land or sea,1.0
"To thee have prayed, have sacrificed to thee;",1.0
"If I have led them to these pious deeds,",2.0
Explain this omen that belief exceeds.,0.0
"Ah may no dire portent our peace oppose,",3.0
"While thus he prayed, his mother lay concealed",0.0
"Behind a cloud; but, soon to sight revealed,",0.0
Interpret right the happiness in store,1.0
"The gods predict. Peace spreads her olive wand,",1.0
And buxom plenty crowns the laughing land.,0.0
"From her a mighty race of chiefs shall rise,",1.0
Whose fame immortal shall ascend the skies;,0.0
"The vanquished world with pride shall wear their chain,",0.0
Realms far divided by the seas in vain.,2.0
Fame yet reserved is marked by this portent;,1.0
Call thy new city by her happy name.,4.0
"Thy household gods, escaped from burning Troy,",1.0
Shall in these walls a double peace enjoy;,0.0
"With pious awe their kindly love revere,",0.0
For know they ever shall inhabit here.,0.0
"With such affection for these realms they burn,",2.0
That forced from hence again they shall return;,0.0
"Then, my best son, thy happiness confess.",4.0
"Over Trojan bands thy legal sway maintain,",0.0
"One common law shall bind them all in one,",0.0
"No fell division, and distinction none.",2.0
"Yet mark, OH mark, what still remains for thee,",1.0
"The gods consenting fixed the kind decree,",0.0
"Thy days spun out, thou shalt not mix with earth,",2.0
"Vanquish proud Fate, and mingle with the gods.",4.0
"She spoke, and quickly darting from the sight,",1.0
Streaked the thin either with a trail of light.,4.0
The hero stood revolving in his mind,0.0
The various bounties which the powers designed;,4.0
"The pious Trojan rules the happy state,",0.0
"Full wide extends his undisputed sway,",1.0
And all alike one common king obey;,0.0
"Their rites, their customs, and their will the same,",2.0
As citizens they share one general name.,1.0
"And now the mother of each smiling love,",1.0
Bespoke the god: Almighty sire of Heaven!,2.0
"To whom the ruling of the world is given,",1.0
"Ere yet the lips have given the secret vent,",2.0
"Thy sacred promise let a goddess claim,",0.0
A goddess pleading for the Trojan name:,1.0
To ease their sufferings by a blessed repose?,1.0
"Nor can I tax thy promise made in vain,",1.0
Three years hath peace beheld this happy plain;,0.0
There yet remains a seat in heaven to spare,0.0
"Past mortal strength his growing virtues rise,",1.0
To whom the mighty power with looks serene.,2.0
"But first he raised, and kissed the Cyprian queen:",2.0
Thy mighty son and all his powerful bands,2.0
"That much I love, bear witness sea and lands,",1.0
"My arm hath snatched them from each peril near,",1.0
"And to my grant, overcome, at length consents.",7.0
"Then it's decreed, his virtues shall prevail,",1.0
"Purge off each part that makes the mortal frail,",0.0
Then add him to the stars; should others rise,1.0
"Of equal merit, they shall share the skies.",1.0
"The gods assent, and Juno vexed no more,",1.0
Requests the boon she often crossed before.,0.0
"Quick from the starry pole fair Venus glides,",1.0
"She dips her son, and washes well away",0.0
Each grosser particle of mortal clay;,1.0
"The part divine to heaven the goddess bears,",0.0
"Him as their god the Julian race invoke,",1.0
"For him do temples rise, and sacred altars smoke.",1.0
"HAIL happy Shades, and hail thou cheerful Plain,",1.0
Where Peace and Pleasure unmolested reign;,0.0
And the cool Rivers murmur as they flow:,3.0
"Hum round the Blossoms, and extract their Dew:",1.0
And smiling Nature decks the Infant Year;,0.0
"See yonder proud Elm that shines in borrowed Charms,",5.0
"When the streaked East receives a lighter Grey,",3.0
And Larks prepare to meet the early Day;,0.0
"Through the glad Bowers the shrill Anthems run,",4.0
While the Groves glitter to the rising Sun:,3.0
"Then Phillis hastens to her darling Cow,",1.0
"Whose shining Tresses wanton on her Brow,",1.0
"While to her Cheek enlivening Colours fly,",2.0
And Health and Pleasure sparkle in her Eye.,0.0
"Unspoiled by Riches, nor with Knowledge vain,",1.0
"His Flock dismisses from their nightly Fold,",1.0
"Observes their Health, and sees their Number told.",0.0
"Pleased with its Being, see the nimble Fawn",0.0
And the dull Ox affects unwieldy Play.,2.0
"Then haste, my Friend, to yonder Sylvan Bowers,",0.0
Where Peace and Silence crown the blissful Hours;,0.0
No streaming Purple stains the guiltless Ground;,1.0
"Give a soft Pleasure, and a quiet Joy;",4.0
"Grief flies from hence, and wasting Cares subside,",1.0
While winged with Mirth the laughing Minutes glide.,0.0
"See, my fair Friend, the painted Shrubs are gay,",3.0
And round they Head ambrosial Odours play;,1.0
"At Sight of thee the swelling Buds expand,",1.0
And opening Roses seem to court thy Hand;,2.0
"Hark, the shrill Linnet charms the distant Plain,",3.0
"See those bright Lilies shine with milky Hue,",3.0
"To thee, my Fair, the cheerful Linnet sings,",1.0
And Philomela warbles over the Springs;,1.0
"For thee those Lilies paint the fertile Ground,",1.0
"Here let us rest to shun the scorching Ray,",0.0
While curling Zephyrs in the Branches play.,0.0
"In these calm Shades no ghastly Woe appears,",4.0
"Here no glossed Hate, no sainted Wolves are seen,",2.0
Nor busy Faces throng the peaceful Green;,0.0
"But Fear and Sorrow leave the careful Breast,",0.0
And the glad Soul sinks happily to Rest.,5.0
"Quite wearied with the business of the Day,",3.0
And all the Vision of my Soul was Love;,1.0
"Methought I saw a soft Celestial Youth,",2.0
"Whose Eyes speak Love, and smiles Eternal Truth:",1.0
"Gay as the Spring in all its vernal Pride,",0.0
With Amorous Joy sit panting by my side.,4.0
"I gazed with Wonder at a Form so bright,",0.0
"With equal Scruple, Zeal and Passion moved,",0.0
If he should be adored or be beloved:,1.0
"His Eyes and Smiles darted refined delight,",5.0
As if Heavens glowing Glories touched the sight;,0.0
"A thousand Charms his flowing Locks bestow,",0.0
For every Curl's inevitably so:,2.0
"His welcome Head on my kind Bosom laid,",2.0
On a soft Flute delightful Airs he played.,2.0
"Mean while such dear undoing looks he cast,",0.0
And every Note with artful Motions graced:,0.0
"No Youth ever seemed so softening and Divine,",2.0
"Sure he was made for Love, at least for mine.",0.0
As when he Played all other Music was:,1.0
His Hand more soft than down of Venus Doves.,1.0
"Her young Adonis had not half his Charms,",0.0
When he most pleasing filled her pressing Arms;,0.0
"So kind he looked, such tender things he said,",0.0
With eager Joy I grasped the lovely Shade.,0.0
"The fleeting Charmer soon dissolved in Air,",0.0
"I searched around but could not find him there,",0.0
Then to the Grove sighed Love and loud despair.,1.0
"It was Alexis form I did pursue,",1.0
My conscious Soul took the sad Omen too;,3.0
And will be never but in Dreams possessed.,2.0
"NYMPH of the desert! on this lonely shore,",1.0
"Simplicity, thy blessings still are mine,",1.0
"I ask no lavish heaps to swell my store,",1.0
And purchase pleasures far remote from thine:,0.0
"You joys, for which the race of Europe pine,",0.0
"Ah, not for me your studied grandeur pour;",4.0
"Let me where yonder tall cliffs are rudely piled,",3.0
"Where towers the Palm amid the mountain trees,",2.0
"Where pendant from the steep, with graces wild,",1.0
"The blue Liana floats upon the breeze,",0.0
"Still haunt those bold recesses, Nature's child,",6.0
Where thy majestic charms my spirit seize!,1.0
"ANgels of Light, your God and King surround",2.0
With Noble Songs; in his Exalted Flesh,1.0
He claims your Worship; while his Saints on Earth,0.0
"We bowing at his Feet, by Faith may feel",0.0
"This distant Influence, and confess his Love.",3.0
"Once I beheld his Face, when Beams Divine",2.0
"Broke from his Eyelids, and unusual Light",2.0
Wrapped me at once in Glory and Surprise.,1.0
My Joyful Heart high leaping in my Breast,1.0
"With Transport cried, This is the Christ of God;",1.0
"Then threw my Arms around in sweet Embrace,",0.0
"And clasped, and bowed Adoring low, till I was lost in him.",1.0
While he appears no other Charms can hold,2.0
"Or draw my Soul ashamed of former things,",0.0
Which no Remembrance now deserve or Name,0.0
"Though with Contempt, best in Oblivion hid.",4.0
But the bright Shine and Presence soon withdrew;,2.0
"I sought him whom I Love, but found him not;",0.0
I felt his Absence; and with strongest cries,1.0
"Proclaimed, Where Jesus is not, all is vain.",1.0
"Whether I hold him with a full Delight,",3.0
"Or seek him panting with Extreme Desire,",1.0
It's He alone can please my Wondering Soul;,3.0
To hold or seek him is my only Choice.,1.0
If he refrain on me to cast his Eye,2.0
"Down from his Palace, nor my longing Soul",2.0
With upward Look can spy my Dearest Lord,0.0
"Through his Blue Pavement, I'll behold him still",3.0
"With sweet reflection on the peaceful Cross,",1.0
"All in his Blood and Anguish, groaning deep,",0.0
"This Sight I never can loose, by it I live:",3.0
A Quickening Virtue from his Death inspired,3.0
Is Life and Breath to me; His Flesh my Food;,1.0
"His Vital Blood I drink, and hence my Strength.",0.0
"I Live, I'm Strong, and now Eternal Life",0.0
Beats quick within my Breast; my Vigorous Mind,3.0
"Spurns the dull Earth, and on her fiery Wings",4.0
"Reaches the Mount of Purposes Divine,",3.0
Counsels of Peace betwixt the Almighty Three,4.0
"Conceived at once, and Signed without Debate",0.0
In perfect Union of the Eternal Mind.,4.0
"Infinite Schemes, and Infinite Designs",3.0
Of God's own Heart in which he ever rests.,0.0
Eternity lies open to my View;,3.0
Here the Beginning and the End of all,2.0
"I can discover; Christ, the End of all,",1.0
"And Christ the great Beginning; He my Head,",1.0
"My God, my Glory, and my All in All.",1.0
"OH that the Day, the joyful Day were come",0.0
When the first Adam from his Ancient Dust,3.0
Jesus his Son and Lord; while shouting Saints,2.0
"Surround their King, and God's Eternal Son",0.0
"Shines in the mid but with Superior Beams,",3.0
And like himself; Then the Mysterious Word,3.0
Long hid behind the Letter shall appear,1.0
"All Spirit and Life, and in the fullest Light",2.0
"Stand forth to public View, and there disclose",2.0
His Father's Sacred Works and wondrous Ways:,0.0
"Then Wisdom, Righteousness and Grace Divine",1.0
Through all the Infinite Transactions past,1.0
"Strike our astonished Eyes, and ever reign",2.0
Admired and Glorious in Triumphant Light.,2.0
"Now at the Bar arraigned, in Judgement cast,",0.0
"Shall vex the Saints no more, but perfect Love",2.0
"And loudest Praises perfect Joy create,",1.0
"There dwelled, historians say, a worthy prince,",2.0
"Who to his people's good confined his care,",0.0
And fixed the basis of his empire there;,2.0
"Enlarged their trade, the liberal arts improved,",0.0
"Made nations happy, and himself beloved;",2.0
"To all the neighbouring states a terror grown,",2.0
"The dear delight, and glory of his own.",1.0
Not like those kings who vainly seek renown,0.0
"From countries ruined, and from battles won;",1.0
"Call murder but a princely exercise,",2.0
"And if one bloodless sun should steal away,",1.0
"Cry out with Titus, they have lost a day;",1.0
"Who, to be more than men, themselves debase",0.0
"Beneath the brute, their Maker's form deface,",0.0
Raising their titles by their God's disgrace.,3.0
Who scorned by less than sacrilege to live;,1.0
"On holy ruins raised a lasting name,",0.0
And in the temple's fire diffused his shame.,0.0
"Far different praises, and a brighter fame,",2.0
"For by that name the Russian king was known,",1.0
And sure a nobler never adorned the throne.,5.0
"And sought the thickest dangers of the field,",1.0
"A bold commander; but, the storm overblown,",4.0
He seemed as he were made for peace alone;,1.0
"Then was the golden age again restored,",0.0
"All needless pomp, and outward grandeur spared,",3.0
The deeds that graced him were his only guard;,1.0
No private views beneath a borrowed name;,2.0
His and the public interest were the same.,2.0
"In wealth and pleasure let the subject live,",0.0
But virtue is the king's prerogative;,2.0
And would maintain his right of doing good.,0.0
"Nor did his person less attraction wear,",0.0
Such majesty and sweetness mingled there;,2.0
"Heaven with uncommon art the clay refined,",1.0
A proper mansion for so fair a mind;,1.0
"Each look, each action bore peculiar grace,",0.0
And love itself was painted on his face.,1.0
In peaceful time he suffered not his mind,0.0
"To rust in sloth, though much to peace inclined;",0.0
"Nor wanton in the lap of pleasure lay,",0.0
"But active rising ere the prime of day,",0.0
Through woods and lonely deserts loved to stray;,0.0
"With hounds and horns to wake the furious bear,",2.0
Or rouse the tawny lion from his lair;,1.0
"To rid the forest of the savage brood,",1.0
"One day, as he pursued the dangerous sport,",3.0
"Attended by the nobles of his court,",2.0
It chanced a beast of more than common speed,0.0
"Sprang from the brake, and through the desert fled.",1.0
The ardent prince impetuous as the wind,1.0
"Rushed on, and left his lagging train behind.",0.0
"Fired with the chase, and full of youthful blood,",1.0
"Over plains, and vales, and woodland wilds he rode,",0.0
"How wasted, nor how intricate the way;",2.0
"Restrained his pace, or found himself alone.",0.0
"Missing his train, he strove to measure back",2.0
"The road he came, but could not find the track;",0.0
"Still turning to the place he left before,",2.0
"The bugle horn, which over his shoulders hung,",2.0
"So loud he winded, that the forest rung;",0.0
"In vain, no voice but Echo from the ground,",2.0
"And vocal woods, made mockery of the sound.",2.0
And now the gathering clouds began to spread,2.0
Over the dun face of night a deeper shade;,2.0
"And the hoarse thunder growling from afar,",3.0
With herald voice proclaimed the approaching war;,2.0
"Silence awhile ensued, ' --  then by degrees",3.0
A hollow wind came muttering through the trees.,2.0
Of rain and rattling hail a mingled shower;,0.0
The active lightning ran along the ground;,0.0
"The fiery bolts by fits were hurled around,",2.0
And the wide forests trembled at the sound.,2.0
Amazement seized the prince; ' --  where could he fly?,0.0
"No guide to lead, no friendly cottage nigh.",2.0
"Pensive and unresolved awhile he stood,",3.0
Beneath the scanty covert of the wood;,1.0
"As chance directed, on the dreary plain;",1.0
Constrained his melancholy way to take,0.0
"Through many a loathsome bog, and thorny brake,",2.0
"Caught in the thicket, floundering in the lake.",1.0
"Wet with the storm, and wearied with the way,",1.0
"By hunger pinched, himself to beasts a prey;",0.0
"Nor wine to cheer his heart, nor fire to burn,",0.0
"Nor place to rest, nor prospect to return.",1.0
"He bade it pass, not worth his farther care;",0.0
"When suddenly he spied a distant light,",1.0
"That faintly twinkled through the gloom of night,",1.0
"And his heart leaped for joy, and blessed the welcome sight.",2.0
"But still pressed on his steed, still kept it in his eye;",3.0
"Till, much fatigue, and many dangers past,",0.0
At a huge mountain he arrived at last.,3.0
"There lighting from his horse, on hands and knees",1.0
"The thunder rolls above, the flames around him play.",0.0
And found the rift whence sprang the friendly light.,0.0
"And here he stopped to rest his wearied feet,",0.0
And weigh the perils he had still to meet;,1.0
With caution round him to prevent surprise;,1.0
"Then summoned all the forces of his mind,",1.0
And entering boldly cast his fears behind:,2.0
"Resolved to push his way, whatever withstood,",3.0
Or perish bravely as a monarch should.,1.0
"While he the wonders of the place surveyed,",1.0
"And through the various cells at random strayed,",3.0
In a dark corner of the cave he viewed,3.0
"Somewhat, that in the shape of woman stood;",1.0
But more deformed than dreams can represent,0.0
"The midnight hag, or poet's fancy paint",1.0
She looked as nature made her to disgrace,1.0
"Her kind, and cast a blot on all the race;",0.0
Her feeble limbs with age and palsy shook;,0.0
"Bent was her body, haggard was her look.",1.0
And propped upon her crutch came tottering on.,2.0
"The prince in civil guise approached the dame,",0.0
"And till Aurora should the shades expel,",1.0
Implored a lodging in her friendly cell.,0.0
"Mortal, whoever thou art, the fiend began,",3.0
And as she spoke a deadly horror ran,1.0
"Through all his frame; his cheeks the blood forsook,",0.0
"Whoever thou art, that with presumption rude",2.0
"And without licence in our court appear,",5.0
"More by thy fortune than thy own default,",1.0
"Thy crime, though great, an easy pardon finds,",0.0
For mercy ever dwells in royal minds;,0.0
And would you learn from whose indulgent hand,0.0
"You live, and in whose awful presence stand,",0.0
"Know farther, through yonder wide extended plains",3.0
"And in this lofty palace makes abode,",0.0
"Well suited to his state, and worthy of the God.",3.0
"The various elements his empire own,",3.0
And pay their humble homage at his throne;,0.0
"And hither all the storms and clouds resort,",0.0
"Of winds arose, sweet fruit of our embrace!",2.0
"She scarce had ended, when, with wild uproar,",1.0
"And horrid din, her sons impetuous pour",0.0
And close behind them on a whirlwind rode,2.0
In clouded majesty the blustering God.,3.0
Their locks a thousand ways were blown about;,0.0
"Their boasting talk was of the feats the had done,",1.0
"Of trees uprooted, and of towns overthrown;",4.0
And when they kindly turned them to accost,1.0
"The prince, they almost pierced him with their frost.",2.0
"The gaping hag in fixed attention stood,",0.0
"And at the close of every tale cried ' --  good,",1.0
"Blessing with outstretched arms each darling son,",4.0
In due proportion to the mischief done.,1.0
"And where, said she, does little Zephyr stray?",0.0
"Know you, my sons, your brother's rout today?",0.0
In what bold deeds does he his hours employ?,1.0
Grant heaven no evil has befallen my boy!,6.0
Never was he known to linger thus before.,1.0
"Scarce had she spoke, when at the cavern door",0.0
Came lightly tripping in a form more fair,1.0
"Than the young poet's fond ideas are,",3.0
"When fired with love, he tries his utmost art",3.0
"A satin vest his slender shape confined,",0.0
"Embroidered over with flowers of every kind,",4.0
To win the little wanderer to her love.,1.0
"Of burnished silver were his sandals made,",1.0
And added grace and grandeur as he trod.,2.0
"His wings than lilies whiter to behold,",1.0
"Sprinkled with azure spots, and streaked with gold;",2.0
"So thin their form, and of so light a kind,",1.0
"That they for ever danced, and fluttered in the wind.",0.0
"Around his temples with becoming air,",1.0
And over his shoulders negligently spread;,3.0
"Such his attire, but OH! no pen can trace,",4.0
No words can show the beauties of his face;,2.0
So kind! so winning! so divinely fair!,1.0
Eternal youth and pleasure flourish there;,1.0
"There all the little loves and graces meet,",0.0
"Thou vagrant, cried the dame in angry tone,",0.0
"Well do you show your duty by your haste,",1.0
For thou of all my sons are always last;,1.0
A child less fondled would have fled more fast.,1.0
"Sure it's a curse on mothers, doomed to mourn,",0.0
"Where best they love, the least and worst return.",0.0
"My dear mamma, the gentle youth replied,",4.0
"And made a low obeisance, cease to chide,",5.0
"Nor wound me with your words, for well you know,",1.0
Your Zephyr bears a part in all your woe;,0.0
How great must be his sorrow then to learn,0.0
"But the fair princess of Felicity,",4.0
And asked by her who could refuse to stay?,1.0
"She sought the shady grove, her loved resort;",0.0
"Fresh rose the grass, the flowers were mixed between,",3.0
"Like rich embroidery on a ground of green,",1.0
"And in the mid, protected by the shade,",1.0
A crystal stream in wild meanders played;,0.0
"While in its banks, the trembling leaves among,",0.0
A thousand little birds in concert sung.,0.0
"Close by a mount with fragrant shrubs overgrown,",3.0
On a cool mossy couch she laid her down;,2.0
"Her air, her posture, all conspired to please;",2.0
"Her head, upon her snowy arm at ease",0.0
"Reclined, a studied carelessness expressed;",1.0
"Loose lay her robe, and naked heaved her breast.",1.0
"Eager I flew to that delightful place,",2.0
And poured a shower of kisses on her face;,3.0
"Now hovered over her neck, her breast, her arms,",3.0
"Like bees over flowers, and tasted all her charms;",3.0
"And then her lips, and then her cheeks I tried,",0.0
"OH Zephyr, cried the fair, thou charming boy,",1.0
Thy presence only can create me joy;,1.0
"To me thou art beyond expression dear,",1.0
Nor can I quit the place while thou art here.,1.0
"Excuse my weakness, madam, when I swear",0.0
"Such gentle words joined with so soft an air,",2.0
"Pronounced so sweetly from a mouth so fair,",1.0
"How long I stayed; or when, or where to go.",0.0
"Prattled around, and laughed the time away:",2.0
"And those in rings, beneath the greenwood shade,",2.0
Danced to the melody their fellows made.,1.0
"Some studious of themselves, employed their care",3.0
In weaving flowery wreaths to deck their hair;,2.0
While others to some favourite plant conveyed,1.0
"Refreshing showers, and cheered its drooping head.",2.0
"A joy so general spread through all the place,",0.0
"Such satisfaction dwelled on every face,",0.0
"The nymphs so kind, so lovely looked the queen,",0.0
That never eye beheld a sweeter scene.,0.0
"And, wrapped in silent wonder, gazed and heard;",0.0
"Much he admired the speech, the speaker more,",1.0
"And dwelled on every word, and grieved to find it over.",0.0
"OH gentle youth, he cried, proceed to tell,",1.0
In what fair country does this princess dwell;,1.0
"What regions unexplored, what hidden coast",0.0
"Can so much goodness, so much beauty boast?",2.0
"To whom the winged god with gracious look,",3.0
Thus answered kind ' --  These happy gardens lie,1.0
"Far hence removed, beneath a milder sky;",1.0
Their name ' --  The kingdom of Felicity.,2.0
"Sweet scenes of endless bliss, enchanted ground,",1.0
"A soil for ever sought, but seldom found;",0.0
Though in the search all human kind in vain,0.0
"Weary their wits, and waste their lives in pain.",2.0
"In different parties, different paths they tread,",0.0
"As reason guides them, or as follies lead;",1.0
"These wrangling for the place they never shall see,",2.0
"Debating those, if such a place there be;",2.0
"But not the wisest, nor the best can say",1.0
"Where lies the point, or mark the certain way.",0.0
Have sailed in sight of this delightful port;,1.0
And in their fond delirium ranked with gods.,2.0
Fruitless attempt! all avenues are kept,2.0
"By dreadful foes, sentry that never slept.",5.0
"And shakes her flaming brand, and stalks around the coast.",0.0
"These on the helpless bark their fury pour,",1.0
"Plunge in the waves, or dash against the shore;",0.0
"Teach wretched mortals they were doomed to mourn,",2.0
And never must rest but in the silent urn.,2.0
"But say, young monarch, for what name you bear",2.0
"Your mien, your dress, your person, all declare;",0.0
"And though I seldom fan the frozen north,",1.0
Swelling his breath to spread forth your renown;,4.0
"Say, would you choose to visit this retreat,",1.0
And view the world where all these wonders meet?,0.0
Wish you some friend over that tempestuous sea,4.0
To bear you safe! behold that friend in me.,0.0
"My active wings shall all their force employ,",0.0
And nimbly waft you to the realms of joy;,1.0
"As once, to gratify the god of Love,",0.0
I bore fair Psyche to the Cyprian grove;,4.0
Snatched the young Trojan trembling to the sky.,4.0
"' Escaped from the busy world, and all its care;",0.0
There in the lovely princess shalt thou find,0.0
"A mistress ever blooming, ever kind.",0.0
And to his bosom strained the little god;,1.0
"With grateful sentiments his heart overflowed,",4.0
And in the warmest words millions of thanks bestowed.,5.0
When Aeolus in surly humour broke,2.0
"Their strict embrace, and thus abruptly spoke.",0.0
Enough of compliment; I hate the sport,1.0
"Where plain and honest are discarded quite,",1.0
Where in soft speeches hypocrites impart,1.0
"In friendship's holy guise their guilt improve,",0.0
And kindly kill with specious show of love.,0.0
"For us, ' --  may subjects are not used to wait,",1.0
"They must abroad before the rising sun,",0.0
"He ended frowning, and the noisy rout,",1.0
Each to his several cell went puffing out.,2.0
"But Zephyr, far more courteous than the rest,",1.0
To his own bower conveyed the royal guest;,3.0
"There on a bed of roses neatly laid,",1.0
"Beneath the fragrance of a myrtle shade,",1.0
"His limbs to needful rest the prince applied,",0.0
His sweet companion slumbering by his side.,1.0
NO sooner in her silver chariot rose,3.0
"The ruddy morn, than sated with repose",1.0
"The prince addressed his host; the God awoke,",0.0
"And leaping from his couch, thus kindly spoke.",2.0
"This early call, my lord, that chides my stay,",0.0
"Requires my thanks, and I with joy obey.",1.0
"Like you I long to reach the blissful coast,",0.0
"Hate the slow night, and mourn the moments lost.",3.0
"What sweet rewards on all my toils attend,",0.0
Serving at once my mistress and my friend;,3.0
"Just to my love and to my duty too,",1.0
"Well paid in her, well pleased in pleasing you.",5.0
"This said, he led him to the cavern gate,",1.0
"And clasped him in his arms, and poised his weight;",0.0
"Then balancing his body here and there,",1.0
"Stretched forth his agile wings, and launched in air;",1.0
Swift as the fiery meteor from on high,3.0
"Shoots to its goal, and gleams athwart the sky.",0.0
There glide at ease along the liquid way;,0.0
Now lightly skim the plain with even flight;,1.0
Now proudly soar above the mountain's height.,1.0
"Sports with the sufferings of the good and great,",1.0
"That he, so tried in arms, whose very name",0.0
"Infused a secret panic where it came,",0.0
"Even he, as high above the clouds he flew,",1.0
"And spied the mountains lessening to the view,",1.0
"Struck with the rapid whirl, and dreadful height,",0.0
"Confessed some faint alarm, some little fright.",0.0
"The terrors that possessed his fellow's mind,",0.0
"To calm his troubled thoughts, and cheat the way,",0.0
"Described the nations that beneath them lay,",0.0
"The name, the climate, and the soil's increase,",1.0
"Their arms in war, their government in peace;",1.0
"Showed their domestic arts, their foreign trade,",2.0
"What interest they pursued, what leagues they made.",1.0
That lost in joy he had no time for fear.,1.0
"And hover for awhile, and bless the soil.",1.0
"Over the gay scene the prince delighted hung,",2.0
"And gazed in rapture, and forgot his tongue;",1.0
"Till bursting forth at length. Behold, cried he,",2.0
"The promised isle, the land I longed to see;",0.0
"Those plains, those vales, and fruitful hills declare",0.0
"My queen, my charmer must inhabit there.",1.0
"Thus raved the monarch, and the gentle guide,",2.0
"Pleased with his error, thus in smiles replied.",0.0
"I must applaud, my lord, the lucky thought;",0.0
"Even I, who know the original, am caught,",4.0
"And doubt my senses, when I view the draught,",0.0
"That mantles over its brow, the silver flood",2.0
"Wandering in mazes through the flowery mead,",4.0
"Fresh wonder in my soul, and fills with new delights:",1.0
And Art with Nature seems at strife to please.,0.0
"There Liberty, delightful goddess, reigns,",1.0
"There firmly seated may she ever smile,",1.0
And shower her blessings over her favourite isle!,4.0
"He said, and to the ocean winged his way,",1.0
"Stretching his course to climates then unknown,",2.0
Nations that swelter in the burning zone.,2.0
"There in Peruvian vales a moment stayed,",2.0
And smoothed his wings beneath the citron shade;,0.0
"Crossed the new world, and sought the Southern main;",3.0
The wished for paradise appeared at last.,0.0
With force abated now they gently sweep,0.0
Over the smooth surface of the shining deep;,3.0
And breathes his welcome in a thousand sweets.,0.0
"Nor wrath, nor foul revenge can enter there;",1.0
"All that was ever delicious to the taste,",3.0
"Sweet to the smell, or lovely to the view,",1.0
Collected there with added beauty grew.,1.0
"Their bulk immense, their leaf for ever green;",0.0
"Can never descry the deeds beneath them done,",2.0
"Their tender tops, and fan the leaves aside.",0.0
Like a smooth carpet at their feet lies spread,3.0
And on each bough the feathered choir employ,3.0
"The painted flowers exhale a rich perfume,",2.0
"The fruits are mingled with eternal bloom,",1.0
"And Spring and Autumn hand in hand appear,",0.0
"Lead on the merry months, and join to cloth the year.",0.0
"Here, over the mountain's shaggy summit poured,",2.0
"From rock to rock the tumbling torrent roared,",0.0
Paints on the rising fumes her radiant bow.,0.0
Now hid its wanderings in the myrtle shade;,2.0
"Or in a thousand veins divides its store,",0.0
"Visits each plant, refreshes every flower;",2.0
"Over gems and golden sands in murmurs flows,",0.0
"If hunger call, no sooner can the mind",2.0
"Express her will to needful food inclined,",1.0
"But in some cool recess, or opening glade,",2.0
"The seats are placed, the tables neatly laid,",0.0
And instantly conveyed by magic hand,1.0
In comely rows the costly dishes stand;,0.0
"Meats of all kinds that nature can impart,",1.0
Prepared in all the nicest forms of art.,0.0
"A troop of sprightly nymphs arrayed in green,",0.0
"With fragrant blossoms these adorn the feast,",1.0
"Beneath his feet the silken carpet spread,",0.0
Or sprinkle liquid odours over his head.,5.0
Others in ruby cups with roses bound,2.0
Delightful! deal the sparkling nectar round;,0.0
"Or weave the dance, or tune the vocal lay;",0.0
"And swell each heart, and triumph in each face.",0.0
"So when emboldened by the vernal air,",1.0
The busy bees to blooming fields repair;,0.0
"Again to different works returning home,",0.0
"And now descending from his flight, the God",1.0
On the green turf released his precious load;,2.0
"And endless friendship vowed, they part in haste;",0.0
"Zephyr impatient to behold his love,",3.0
"Now skipping on, and singing as he went,",3.0
Now stopping short to give his transports vent;,1.0
"With sudden gusts of happiness oppressed,",1.0
"Or stands entranced, or raves like one possessed;",1.0
"His mind afloat, his wandering senses quite",2.0
"Overcome with charms, and frantic with delight;",1.0
"From scene to scene by random steps conveyed,",0.0
"Admires the distant views, explores the secret shade,",0.0
"Dwells on each spot, with eager eye devours",0.0
"The woods, the lawns, the buildings, and the bowers;",1.0
"New sweets, new joys at every glance arise,",2.0
And every turn creates a fresh surprise.,0.0
"Close by the borders of a rising wood,",1.0
In a green vale a crystal grotto stood;,4.0
In broken falls a silver fountain played.,0.0
"Hither, attracted by the murmuring stream,",5.0
And on the tender grass reclining chose,1.0
"To wave his joys awhile, and take a short repose.",0.0
"The scene invites him, and the wanton breeze",1.0
"That whispers through the vale, the dancing trees,",1.0
All join their music to prolong his sleep.,1.0
The princess for her morning walk prepared;,1.0
Arrayed in all her charms appeared the fair;,0.0
"Tall was her stature, unconfined her air;",0.0
"Proportion decked her limbs, and in her face",0.0
"Lay love enshrined, lay sweet attractive grace",2.0
"Tempering the awful beams her eyes conveyed,",1.0
"No foreign aids, by mortal ladies worn,",1.0
"For grant that beauty were by gems increased,",1.0
It's rendered more suspected at the least;,0.0
"And foul defects, that would escape the sight,",0.0
"Start from the piece, and take a stronger light.",0.0
Her chestnut hair in careless rings around,1.0
"And, gathered in a silken cord behind,",0.0
"Curled to the waist, and floated in the wind;",0.0
"Over these a veil of yellow gause she wore,",1.0
Her snowy neck half naked to the view,2.0
Gracefully fell; a robe of purple hue,2.0
"Hung loosely over her slender shape, and tried",3.0
"To shade those beauties, that it could not hide.",0.0
"Frolic behind, and laugh and sport along.",2.0
The birds proclaim their queen from every tree;,0.0
"The Loves, the Pleasures, and the Graces meet",1.0
"In antic rounds, and dance before her feet.",0.0
"By whatever fancy led, it chanced that day",2.0
"They through the secret valley took their way,",1.0
The prince extended by the fountain's side.,1.0
When with the chase fatigued he quits the wood,0.0
"There sleeps secure, his careless limbs displayed",0.0
"At ease, encircled by the laurel shade;",1.0
"Beneath his head his sheaf of arrows lie,",0.0
"The slumbering prince might boast an equal grace,",2.0
"So turned his limbs, so beautiful his face.",1.0
"Waking he started from the ground in haste,",3.0
"Then, summoning his senses, ran to meet",1.0
"The queen, and laid him humbly at her feet.",0.0
"Deign, lovely princess, to behold, said he,",4.0
"One, who has traversed all the world to see",0.0
"Those charms, and worship thy divinity:",2.0
"Accept thy slave, and with a gracious smile",1.0
"Stood motionless the fair with mute surprise,",2.0
And read him over with admiring eyes;,1.0
"And while she steadfast gazed, a pleasing smart",1.0
"Ran thrilling through her veins, and reached her heart.",2.0
"Each limb she scanned, considered every grace,",0.0
"An animal like this she never had known,",3.0
And thence concluded there could be but one;,1.0
The creature too had all the phoenix' air;,0.0
None but the phoenix could appear so fair.,0.0
"The more she looked, the more she thought it true,",0.0
"And called him by that name, to show she knew.",1.0
"OH handsome phoenix, for that such you are",3.0
We know; your beauty does your breed declare;,0.0
And I with sorrow own through all my coast,1.0
No other bird can such perfection boast;,2.0
For Nature formed you single and alone:,1.0
Alas! what pity it's there is but one!,2.0
Were there a queen so fortunate to show,2.0
"An aviary of charming birds like you,",2.0
What envy would her happiness create,1.0
"In all, who saw the glories of her state!",1.0
"The prince laughed inwardly, surprised to find",2.0
"So strange a speech, so innocent a mind.",1.0
"To reason, and a little wronged her sense;",1.0
"He could not let it pass, but told his name,",0.0
"And what he was, and whence, and why he came;",1.0
And hinted other things of high concern,0.0
"For him to mention, and for her to learn;",3.0
"And she had a piercing wit, of wondrous reach",0.0
To comprehend whatever he could teach.,2.0
"Thus hand in hand they to the palace walk,",2.0
Pleased and instructed with each other's talk.,3.0
"With emerald and pearl the floors inlaid,",2.0
"A mimic heaven, and flame with gems and gold;",0.0
"Or how Felicity regales her guest,",2.0
"The wit, the mirth, the music, and the feast;",1.0
"And on each part bestow the praises due,",1.0
My amorous tale a softer path pursues:,2.0
Love and the happy pair demand my Muse.,0.0
OH could her art in equal terms express,0.0
"The lives they lead, the pleasures they possess!",1.0
"Bestowed her gifts, nor can she lavish more.",1.0
"It's heaven itself, it's ecstasy of bliss,",1.0
Mirth following mirth the moments dance away;,3.0
"Love claims the night, and friendship rules the day.",1.0
Their tender care no cold indifference knows;,1.0
No jealousies disturb their sweet repose;,2.0
"No sickness, no decay; but youthful grace,",1.0
And constant beauty shines in either face.,0.0
Flowers of a day that do but bloom and fade;,1.0
"Far different here, on them it only blows",2.0
No conquest over those radiant eyes can boast;,3.0
They like the stars shine brighter in its frost;,1.0
"All seasons are the fame, and every month is May.",1.0
Alas! how vain is happiness below!,1.0
Man soon or late must have his share of woe;,1.0
"Slight are his joys, and fleeting as the wind;",1.0
His lot distinguished from the brute appears,1.0
Less certain by his laughter than his tears;,3.0
"For ignorance too oft our pleasure breeds,",2.0
But sorrow from the reasoning soul proceeds.,3.0
"If man on earth in endless bliss could be,",0.0
"The boon, young prince, had been bestowed on thee.",1.0
"Bright shone thy stars, thy Fortune flourished fair,",1.0
"And seemed secure beyond the reach of care,",0.0
"And so might still have been, but anxious thought",1.0
"Has dashed thy cup, and thou must taste the draught.",1.0
"It so befell, as on a certain day",2.0
"This happy couple toyed their time away,",0.0
"He asked how many charming hours were flown,",0.0
Since on her slave her heaven of beauty shone.,0.0
"Should I consult my heart, cried he, the rate",3.0
"Were small, a week would be the utmost date:",1.0
"But when my mind reflects on actions past,",0.0
"And counts its joys, time must have fled more fast.",1.0
"Perhaps I might have said, three months are gone.",1.0
"Three months! replied the fair, three months alone!",2.0
"Know that three hundred years have rolled away,",2.0
Since at my feet the lovely phoenix lay.,0.0
A whole three hundred years completed since,1.0
I landed here! OH! whither then are flown,1.0
"My dearest friends, my subjects, and my throne?",1.0
"How strange, alas! how altered shall I find",0.0
"Each earthly thing, each scene I left behind!",0.0
Who knows me now? on whom shall I depend,1.0
To gain my rights? where shall I find a friend?,0.0
"My crown perhaps may grace a foreign line,",0.0
"A race of kings, that know not me nor mine;",1.0
"Who reigns may wish my death, his subjects treat",0.0
"My claim with scorn, and call their prince a cheat.",0.0
O had my life been ended as begun!,1.0
"My destined stage, my race of glory run,",0.0
I should have died well pleased; my honoured name,2.0
"Had lived, had flourished in the list of fame;",0.0
Reflecting now my mind with horror sees,0.0
"The sad survey, a scene of shameful ease,",0.0
"The odious blot, the scandal of my race,",3.0
"Scarce known, and only mentioned with disgrace.",2.0
"The fair beheld him with impatient eye,",1.0
And red with anger made this warm reply.,0.0
Ungrateful man! is this the kind return,1.0
My love deserves; and can you thus with scorn,1.0
"Surpassed all charms, and made even glory poor?",3.0
"What gifts have I bestowed, what favours shown!",2.0
"Three centuries preserved in youthful prime,",2.0
"Safe from the rage of death, and injuries of time,",1.0
Weak arguments! for glory reigns above,2.0
"The feeble ties of gratitude and love,",0.0
"I urge them not, nor would request your stay;",0.0
"The phantom glory calls, and I obey;",1.0
"All other virtues are regardless quite,",1.0
Sunk and absorbed in that superior light.,4.0
"Go then, barbarian, to thy realms return,",2.0
And show thyself unworthy my concern;,1.0
"Go, tell the world, your tender heart could give",1.0
"Death to the princess, by whose care you live.",1.0
"Cold trembling seized her limbs, her spirits fled;",1.0
"She sunk into his arms: the prince was moved,",0.0
"He sighed, he wished he could forget his throne;",0.0
"Confine his thoughts, and live for her alone;",1.0
"Was fixed within, and rankled at his heart;",0.0
"He could not hide its wounds, but pined away",0.0
"Like a sick flower, and languished in decay.",4.0
"An age no longer like a month appears,",1.0
But every month becomes a hundred years.,0.0
"Felicity was grieved, and could not bear",1.0
"A scene so changed, a sight of so much care.",1.0
"She told him with a look of cold disdain,",1.0
"And seeming ease, as women well can feign,",0.0
He might depart at will; a milder air,1.0
Would mend his health; he was no prisoner there;,3.0
"She kept him not, and wished he never might find",1.0
Cause to regret the place he left behind;,2.0
"Which once he loved, and where he still must own,",0.0
He had at least some little pleasure known.,0.0
If these prophetic words awhile destroy,1.0
"His peace, the former balance it in joy.",1.0
"He thanked her for her kind concern, but chose",1.0
"To quit the place, the rest let heaven dispose.",1.0
And first infatuates whom it means to kill.,1.0
"Aurora now, not, as she wont to rise,",1.0
"In gay attire tinged with a thousand dies,",0.0
"The sickening sun emits a feeble ray,",0.0
Some black event the threatening skies foretell.,0.0
"A curious vest the mournful princess brought,",2.0
"A shining lance with secret virtue stored,",0.0
And loaded him with gifts and good advice;,1.0
"But chief she gave, and what he most would need,",0.0
And place you safely in your native air;,0.0
"Ravage the field, and turn the doubtful fight;",2.0
"With care protect you till the danger cease,",1.0
"Your trust in war, your ornament in peace.",1.0
"But this, I warn, beware; whatever shall lay",3.0
"To intercept your course, or tempt your stay,",0.0
"Quit not your saddle, nor your speed abate,",1.0
Till safely landed at your palace gate.,0.0
"He in the softest terms repaid her love,",0.0
"And vowed, nor age, nor absence should remove",0.0
"His constant faith, and sure she could not blame",0.0
A short divorce due to his injured fame.,2.0
"The debt discharged, then should her soldier come",0.0
"Gay from the field, and flushed with conquest, home;",0.0
"He ceased, and sighing took a kind adieu;",0.0
"With rapid force outstripped the lagging wind,",0.0
"And left the blissful shores, and weeping fair behind;",0.0
"Now over the seas pursued his airy flight,",3.0
"Now scoured the plains, and climbed the mountain's height.",3.0
Thus driving on at speed the prince had run,2.0
"Near half his course, when, with the setting sun,",1.0
"As through a lonely lane he chanced to ride,",1.0
"With rocks and bushes fenced on either side,",0.0
Broke and overturned across the narrow way.,0.0
The helpless driver on the dirty road,1.0
"Lay struggling, crushed beneath the incumbent load.",3.0
Never in human shape was seen before,2.0
"A wight so pale, so feeble, and so poor.",1.0
"Comparisons of age would do him wrong,",1.0
"His limbs were naked all, and worn so thin,",0.0
"The bones seemed starting through the parchment skin,",2.0
Bald was his head; and furrowed was his cheek.,1.0
"The conscious steed stopped short in deadly fright,",1.0
"And, as he spoke, the tears ran trickling down.",3.0
"OH gentle youth, if pity ever inclined",3.0
"Thy soul to generous deeds, if ever thy mind",4.0
"Was touched with soft distress, extend thy care",0.0
"To save an old man's life, and ease the load I bear.",1.0
"So may propitious heaven your journey speed,",1.0
"Prolong your days, and all your vows succeed.",0.0
"And, prudence yielding to superior grief,",3.0
"Leaped from his steed, and ran to his relief;",1.0
"Removed the weight, and gave the prisoner breath,",0.0
"Just choked, and gasping on the verge of death.",1.0
"Then reached his hand, when lightly with a bound",1.0
"The grizzly spectre vaulting from the ground,",1.0
"Seized him with sudden gripe, the astonished prince",2.0
"OH king of Russia, with a thundering sound",4.0
"Receive the ruler of mankind, and know,",2.0
"These feet are foundered, and the wings you see",1.0
"Through all the world in vain for ages sought,",0.0
But Fate has doomed thee now; and thou art caught.,1.0
"Then round his neck his arms he nimbly cast,",0.0
"And seized him by the throat, and grasped him fast;",1.0
"Till forced at length the soul forsook its seat,",0.0
And the pale breathless corpse fell bleeding at his feet.,3.0
"Scarce had the cursed spoiler left his prey,",6.0
"When, so it chanced, young Zephyr passed that way;",1.0
"Too late his presence to assist his friend,",2.0
"A sad, but helpless witness of his end.",1.0
"He chases, and fans, and strives in vain to cure",2.0
His streaming wounds; the work was done too sure.,1.0
"The lifeless load, and bathes it in his tears;",0.0
"Then to the blissful seats with speed conveys,",0.0
And graceful on the mossy carpet lays,1.0
"With decent care, close by the fountain's side,",2.0
Where first the princess had her phoenix spied.,0.0
"And gave a parting kiss, and sighs and tears bestowed.",0.0
"To that sad solitude the weeping dame,",1.0
"Wild with her loss, and swollen with sorrow, came.",2.0
Those dear delights that must no more return.,1.0
Thither that morn with more than usual care,2.0
"She sped, but OH what joy to find him there!",0.0
"As just arrived, and weary with the way,",1.0
Retired to soft repose her hero lay.,0.0
Now near approaching she began to creep,2.0
"With careful steps, loath to disturb his sleep;",2.0
"Till quite overcome with tenderness she flew,",3.0
And round his neck her arms in transport threw.,0.0
"But, when she found him dead, no tongue can tell",1.0
"The pangs she felt; she shrieked, and swooning fell.",0.0
"Waking, with loud laments she pierced the skies,",2.0
"That fatal hour the palace gates she barred,",0.0
And fixed around the coast a stronger guard;,0.0
"Now rare appearing, and at distance seen,",2.0
With crowds of black misfortunes placed between;,0.0
"And fears, and jealousies, and dark despair.",1.0
And since that day the wretched world must own,0.0
These mournful truths by sad experience known,2.0
And every thing on earth submits to Time.,1.0
"FAIR One, to you this Monitor I send;",2.0
"You think your Conduct merits only Praise,",0.0
But outlawed Poets censure whom they please:,1.0
"Thus we begin ' --  your Servant has been told,",2.0
"That you, despising Settlements and Gold",2.0
"Determine Florio witty, young and gay,",2.0
To have and hold for ever and for ay;,1.0
"And view that Person as your mortal Foe,",1.0
Who dares object against your charming Beau;,0.0
Let us suppose Octavia may be wrong:,3.0
That even Beauties like the rest may err.,0.0
"I know, to shun, you hold it as a Rule,",1.0
"No such is Florio, he has Wit ' --  it's true,",1.0
"Enough, Octavia, to impose on you:",3.0
"It only serves to gild his Vices over,",0.0
And teach his Malice how to wound the more.,1.0
"I need not tell you, most ingenious Fair,",0.0
"That hungry Mortals are not fed with Air,",1.0
But solid Food: And this voracious Clay,1.0
Now could your Florio by his Wit inspire,1.0
"The chilly Hearth, to blaze with lasting Fire:",0.0
"Or when his Children round the Table throng,",0.0
"By an Allusion or a sprightly Song,",2.0
And not a Sage could blame the prudent Bride.,0.0
Yet or some Authors often deal in Lies,0.0
Lovers may live on Nuts and Blackberries;,5.0
"For roving Knights bewildered in their way,",0.0
Who in black Forests half a Season stray;,1.0
"Unless they find Provision on the Trees,",1.0
Must sup on Grass and breakfast on the Breeze.,1.0
Your Constitution would but hardly bear,0.0
Such Food as this: And therefore I advise,3.0
"A better Husband than your darling Rake,",1.0
"Is yet untainted, though not much refined;",1.0
Nor asks for Joys but what his Pasture yields;,0.0
"On Life's dull Cares with Patience can attend,",2.0
A gentle Master and a constant Friend;,1.0
"Who in soft Quiet spends the guiltless Days,",1.0
"Say, would you, in his happy Mansion, reign,",0.0
Toast of the Village and the rural Plain?,1.0
"With honest Friends your cheerful Days beguile,",0.0
While Peace and Plenty on your Table smile:,1.0
"And dine with Florio upon Hips and Haws,",4.0
In spite of all romantic Poets sing;,0.0
"This Gold, my Dearest, is an useful thing:",1.0
"Not that I'd have you hoard the precious Store,",0.0
For not a Wretch is like the Miser poor:,0.0
"Enjoy your Fortune with a cheerful Mind,",1.0
And let the Blessing spread amongst the Kind:,0.0
"Write Ballads both, and you may thrive ' --  Adieu.",2.0
"Seated between the sides of rising Hills,",2.0
"Whose airy Tops overlook the Gallic Seas,",3.0
To beautify the Seats that crown thy Banks.,0.0
"Through Ages passed consigned for Harbour meet,",0.0
"And Place of sweet Repose to Wanderers poor,",2.0
Which many a dangerous Borough had denied,5.0
"Nor Food was wanting to the happy Pair,",1.0
"Who with meek Aspect, and precarious Tone,",5.0
"Well suited to their Hunger and Degree,",3.0
"Had moved the Hearts of hospitable Dames,",5.0
"While more to please the swarthy Bowl appears,",0.0
And threatening Inundation over the Brim;,2.0
"Yet, ere it to the longing Lips was raised",1.0
"Of him who held it at its due Desert,",1.0
"With Song and Dance, and every jovial Prank",2.0
"Befitting buxom Crew, untied by Forms:",0.0
"As next into her tender Thoughts revolved,",0.0
"Should urge their calmer Thoughts to Iron War,",0.0
"Or force them to promote coercive Laws,",1.0
Deprives unruly Flesh of tempting Skin.,0.0
Thus kind Remembrance brought the Absent near,1.0
"To Fancies cleared by Exercise and Air,",0.0
"And gliding now through every cherished Vein,",0.0
And gives to that of Bone Precedence due.,4.0
"Thus undisguised that Form again he wears,",1.0
"Which Damsel fond had drawn from household Toils,",1.0
While farther yet his Intellects confess,0.0
"Ripe for Description, and set Turns of Speech,",4.0
Which to Conjugal Spouse were thus addressed.,2.0
"As long as mutual Love, the only Law,",2.0
"Of Hedge or Barn, can bind our easy Faiths",0.0
"Be thou observant of thy Husband's Voice,",2.0
Sole Auditor of Flights and Figures bold;,2.0
"Know, that the Valley which we hence descry",0.0
"But whether from these Walls it takes the Name,",1.0
"While such Denomination either claims,",1.0
As speaks Affinity contiguous ' --,2.0
"To Flowers promiscuous, and redundant Plants.",3.0
And Thee the weaker Vessel still denotes,1.0
With Looks erect observe the verdant Slope,0.0
"Of graceful Hills, fertile in Bush and Brake,",0.0
Shall wider Scenes display of rural Glee;,0.0
Pursue the trembling Prey impetuous;,0.0
"Which yet escaping, when the Night returns,",0.0
"And downy Beds enfold their careless Limbs,",0.0
And brings to us the Fruit of all their Toil.,1.0
"Who like to us, in Idleness and Want",2.0
"Consume fantastic Hours hither repair,",2.0
"Of Wonders, here observed but not discussed:",0.0
"Where, the White Sparrow never soiled her Plumes,",2.0
Nor the dull Russet Clothes the Snowy Mouse.,2.0
"To Helicon you might the Spring compare,",0.0
"Who, trained in Learnt School of ancient Wye,",3.0
"When mixed with Product of the Indian Cane,",3.0
"They drink delicious Draughts, and part inspired,",0.0
"Fit for the Banks of Isis, or of Cham,",1.0
"For Cham and Isis to the Bard were known,",1.0
"Though vagrant Liberty he early chose,",1.0
"Who yet, when Drunk, retained Poetic Phrase.",0.0
"Nor should quoth he that Well, overhung with Shade,",1.0
"Mysterious, deep, and hid from Mortals Kenn,",2.0
"Who thence could extricate a thousand Charms,",0.0
The stagnant Waters of the sleepy Pool.,1.0
"Thinking her Love a Sympathy confessed,",3.0
"When the Word Sleepy parted from his Lips,",3.0
"Sunk affable and easy to that Rest,",3.0
"He often told her how sincere he loved,",1.0
He walked abroad his straying steeds to find;,0.0
"Just then fair Laura went across the green,",1.0
The swain to meet her stepped across the way;,0.0
She stopped to hear what Damon had to say.,0.0
"Say, friendly maid, why wandering here alone?",3.0
"Where is thy friend, the lovely Daphne gone?",0.0
Ah! has some rival led her to the grove?,1.0
"A shepherd's favourite dog long lost has been,",1.0
Fair Daphne found him wandering on the green;,2.0
The nymph is gone the wanderer to restore.,3.0
"Ah, wretched Damon! doomed to love in vain,",0.0
"O Daphne! I'll to death thy loss deplore,",1.0
These lips shall never salute a virgin more.,2.0
"Thy vows repeated, may her pity move;",1.0
"See, up yonder hill ascends the maiden gay,",0.0
"She said, and Damon turned his eyes around,",0.0
And saw the maid ascend the rising ground;,0.0
"Swift are the feet of messengers, that bring",1.0
Glad news of conquests to their sovereign King;,3.0
"But up the steep more swiftly Damon came,",1.0
"Love, urged by fear, has swifter wings than fame.",1.0
"The lovely Daphne smiled to see him run,",0.0
And thus the swain in humble suit begun:,0.0
"Why Daphne here, from every friend apart?",0.0
What on this hill can charm thy virgin heart?,0.0
"My lovely maid, permit me to attend.",1.0
"Can such things fail to charm? but Damon say,",2.0
How did you know that I was come this way?,1.0
"I walked abroad, my straying steeds to see;",0.0
But my fond heart was still pursuing thee;,3.0
"They were my small, but thou my greater care,",2.0
"OH happy chance, that led me to my fair.",2.0
"A shepherd's dog has long been gone astray,",0.0
I found him on the green the other day;,1.0
"This favourite dog, the swain does much lament,",0.0
"I'll lead him home, and give the swain content.",0.0
"Why in such haste! the fun, my fair one, see,",0.0
Is yet as high as yonder lofty tree;,0.0
"Those verdant meadows, where fresh daisies grow,",2.0
"Invite our steps, my Daphne, shall we go?",0.0
"The maid consented, making no reply;",0.0
What maid could such a small request deny?,1.0
"A crystal stream, in gentle murmurs glides",0.0
"Along the valley, and the meads divides;",1.0
Their branches bending to the stream below;,1.0
"The tender leaves that hung on every spray,",0.0
And hawthorn blossoms showed the month was May;,1.0
"Flowers, of various hue, bedecked the shade,",4.0
"Her slender waist no gaudy a ribbon bound,",3.0
But with more softness Damon told his tale;,1.0
"The pleasing tale the maid in silence heard,",0.0
But in her heart the gentle swain preferred;,0.0
"Thus over one meadow they were quickly gone,",3.0
"Yet still by pleasant meadows tempted on,",2.0
"How soon the lovers moments pass away,",0.0
"How soon, how, soon approached the close of day,",0.0
"The sun departed, and the plains grew damp,",2.0
And rising Cynthia trimmed her silver lamp;,2.0
"No more the birds to charm the year aspired,",0.0
And wandering lovers from the plain retired;,3.0
"The swain never thought to go, his steeds to find,",2.0
The nymph forgot to leave her dog behind.,0.0
"Great D draws near ' --  the Duchess sure is come,",1.0
"Her daughters decked most daintily I see,",1.0
The dowager grows a perfect double D,3.0
E enters next and with her Eve appears.,2.0
Not like yonder dowager depressed with years:,1.0
"What ease and elegance her person grace,",1.0
Queen Esther next ' --  how fair even after death;,4.0
Then one faint glimpse of Queen Elizabeth;,4.0
"In vain you think to find them under E,",0.0
F follows fast the fair ' --  and in his rear,1.0
"All with fantastic clues, fantastic clothes,",1.0
Henry the Eighth's most monstrous majesty.,3.0
But why on such mock grandeur should we dwell?,0.0
H mounts to heaven and H descends to hell.,1.0
"As H the Hebrew found, so I the Jew:",1.0
"See Isaac, Joseph, Jacob pass in view.",1.0
"The walls of old Jerusalem appear,",1.0
"P pokes his head out, yet has not a pain:",1.0
"Like Punch he peeps, but soon pops in again.",1.0
Mortals he loves to prick and pinch and pluck.,2.0
"Now a pert prig, he perks upon your face;",3.0
"Now peers, pores, ponders with profound grimace;",7.0
"Now a proud prince, in pompous purple dressed,",3.0
"And now a player, a peer, a pimp or priest,",2.0
"A pea, a pin, in a perpetual round,",2.0
"Now seems a penny, and now shows a pound.",3.0
Like perch or pike in pond you see him come;,0.0
"He in plantations hangs like pear or plum,",1.0
"Pippin or peach, then perches on the spray,",3.0
"As K a king, Q represents a queen,",1.0
And seems small difference the sounds between.,2.0
"Behold, K struts as might a king become;",1.0
Slow follow all the quality of state:,2.0
Queer Queensberry only does refuse to wait....,1.0
"Thus great R reigns in town, while different far,",2.0
Rests in retirement little rural R;,3.0
"Remote from cities lives in lone retreat,",0.0
S sails the swan slow down the silver stream....,3.0
"A wench, a wife, a widow and a whore,",1.0
"Let Others speak your Titles, and your Blood;",2.0
Accept from Me the glorious Name of Good.,3.0
"This Honour only from fair Virtue springs,",4.0
"Ennobles Slaves, adds Dignity to Kings.",2.0
OH Born to show Nobility designed,2.0
"Not to insult, but to protect Mankind!",3.0
"Well you discern to spare, or to bestow;",3.0
"Nor waste in Riot, what to Worth you owe.",0.0
"Judgement your Bounty guides; and all agree,",2.0
"It's Praise, it's Glory, to receive from Thee.",1.0
"To spare the Blush, and doubly bind the Heart.",0.0
Though Fortune place me in a distant Scene;,0.0
"And Mountains rise, and Oceans roll between;",0.0
"Over Mountains, Oceans, Gratitude conveys",0.0
"The good Man's Act, and wide extends his Praise.",1.0
Strange! that your Judgement errs in this alone;,1.0
"Barber you bless, yet hope your Gifts unknown.",2.0
"It's Hers to bring each lovely Deed to Light,",1.0
And force unwilling Virtue to the Sight:,1.0
"It's Hers, and it's Her Muse's greatest Pride,",1.0
"Illustrious Youth! and let me style you Friend,",2.0
"Nor wait Correctness, when your Virtues call.",0.0
"Here, blessed with all that human Life requires,",0.0
"Superior to vain Fears, or low Desires;",4.0
"In cheerful Solitude, in studious Ease;",2.0
"Careful my Conscience, and my God, to please;",3.0
"I think on Thee, when Want, or Worth, implore;",1.0
"And faintly shine, not emulate her Light.",0.0
"Go, fatal Book, yet happy at the last,",1.0
"That such a Trifle, ever should be so graced.",0.0
"But your Desires, which are to me Commands,",2.0
Can charm what ever you please out of my Hands;,3.0
"I rather than neglect obliging you,",2.0
"But hope your Goodness, will one Smile bestow,",1.0
On what my tender Infant Muse did do.,0.0
"Scarce fourteen Years, when I the piece begun,",1.0
"Without design of Publication writ,",0.0
"And Innocence supplied, the want of Wit.",1.0
"But ah! my Poetry, did fatal prove,",1.0
And robbed me of a tender Father's Love;,1.0
"I thought that only Men, who writ for Fame,",0.0
"Were punished for, their proud or wanton Crime.",1.0
"The Present is but mean, which you receive,",2.0
"Yet cost me more, than all the World can give,",0.0
"That which I would, with Life itself retrieve.",0.0
"But Madam, if your Goodness condescend,",1.0
"And one kind Minute, on this trifle spend;",0.0
"It will complete my Happiness at last,",2.0
And recompense for all my Sorrows past.,0.0
"Say, dearest Villiers, poor departed Friend",1.0
Since fleeting Life thus suddenly must end,2.0
"Say, what did all thy busy Hopes avail,",0.0
Ever on thy Chin the springing Beard began,1.0
"To spread a doubtful Down, and promise Man?",1.0
"What profited thy Thoughts, and Toils, and Cares,",1.0
And march till close of Night in heavy Arms?,0.0
"To scorn the Summer Suns and Winter Snows,",0.0
And Anna's Bounty crown Her Soldier's hoary Age?,0.0
To hasten or protract the appointed Hour.,3.0
Our Term of Life depends not on our Deed:,1.0
Before our Birth our Funeral was decreed.,3.0
"Nor awed by Foresight, nor misled by Chance,",2.0
"Alike must every State, and every Age",0.0
Sustain the universal Tyrant's Rage:,2.0
"Could or repel, or pacify his Arms:",1.0
"Young Churchill fell, as Life began to bloom:",1.0
And Bradford's trembling Age expects the Tomb.,0.0
Wisdom and Eloquence in vain would plead,3.0
Judges of Writings and of Men have died;,3.0
And in their various Turns the Sons must tread,2.0
"Those gloomy Journeys, which their Sires have led.",0.0
"The ancient Sage, who did so long maintain,",0.0
"That Bodies die, but Souls return again,",0.0
"With all the Births and Deaths He had in Store,",0.0
"Went out Pythagoras, and came no more.",4.0
"And modern Al, whose capricious Thought",2.0
"Is yet with Stores of wilder Notion fraught,",0.0
"Too soon convinced, shall yield that fleeting Breath,",1.0
Which played so idly with the Darts of Death.,1.0
Some from the stranded Vessel force their Way:,0.0
"Fearful of Fate, they meet it in the Sea:",2.0
"Some who escape the Fury of the Wave,",1.0
"Sicken on Earth, and sink into a Grave:",2.0
"In Journeys or at home, in War or Peace,",1.0
"By Hardships Many, Many fall by Ease.",0.0
Each changing Season does it's Poison bring:,0.0
"Wet, Dry, Cold, Hot, at the appointed Hour,",4.0
All act subservient to the Tyrant's Power:,3.0
"And when obedient Nature knows His Will,",2.0
"In Paths unseen, over our devoted Heads;",7.0
"And on the spacious Land, and liquid Main",1.0
Variety of Deaths confirms her endless Reign.,1.0
Showed her dire Warrant to the rising Flood;,1.0
"When What I long must love, and long must mourn,",0.0
With fatal Speed was urging his Return;,1.0
"In his dear Country to disperse his Care,",3.0
And arm himself by Rest for future War;,0.0
And promise to their Joys his elder Years.,1.0
O! destined Head; and o! severe Decree:,1.0
"Nor native Country Thou, nor Friend shalt see;",2.0
"Nor War hast thou to wage, nor Year to come:",1.0
"Impending Death is thine, and instant Doom.",1.0
Hark! the imperious Goddess is obeyed:,5.0
Winds murmur; Snows descend; and Waters spread:,1.0
"O! Kinsman, Friend, ' --  OH! vain are all the Cries",2.0
Of human Voice; strong Destiny replies:,2.0
Weep You on Earth; for He shall sleep below:,1.0
Thence None return; and thither All must go.,1.0
"Whoever Thou art, whom Choice or Business leads",1.0
"To this sad River, or the neighbouring Meads;",5.0
To find the Object which This Verse deplores;,0.0
Cleanse the pale Corpse with a religious Hand,4.0
From the polluting Weed and common Sand;,1.0
Lay the dead Hero graceful in a Grave;,3.0
And fragrant Mould upon his Body throw;,0.0
Light lie the Earth; and flourish green the Bough.,1.0
So may just Heaven secure thy future Life,1.0
"From foreign Dangers, and domestic Strife:",1.0
And when the Infernal Judges dismal Power,1.0
From the dark Urn shall throw Thy destined Hour;,2.0
"When yielding to the Sentence, breathless Thou",2.0
And equal Rites perform to That which once was Thee.,0.0
"As fast as He, and be the Emperor's Match?",3.0
But while thy solitary Hours are spent,0.0
"In scribbling tedious Systems, to prevent",3.0
"The Worlds Mistakes, its Follies to Reform,",1.0
"Contrive an Engine with perpetual Motion,",3.0
"Then think how frantically thou dost devise,",1.0
"In Youth and Prime when likeliest to improve,",3.0
No Precepts this besotted World could move;,5.0
"And wilt thou at these Years begin to School,",0.0
Dull Moralist! the crazy doting Fool?,2.0
"Go dreaming Stoic, once again Retire;",1.0
And since thou art Ambitious to acquire,1.0
Repute for Judgement ' --  Set thy Works on Fire.,0.0
"NOthing, Ah nothing! Virtue only gives",2.0
Immortal praise that only ever lives:,0.0
"What pains wait Vice, what endless Worlds of Woe",1.0
"You know full well, but may you never know.",2.0
My Charms are native Innocence at most.,1.0
"Alike thy Pencil, and thy Numbers charm,",1.0
"Glad every Eye, and every Bosom warm.",1.0
"Mature in Years, if ever I chance to tread,",2.0
"Where Vice, triumphant, rears aloft her Head,",0.0
"Even there the Paths of Virtue I'll pursue,",2.0
And own my fair and kind Director You.,1.0
"WITH Ease Advice to virtuous Woe we give,",2.0
But ah! how few by Stoic Rules can live?,0.0
Virtue distressed in melting Verse appears;,2.0
But in the World it's viewed with other Eyes;,0.0
Virtue in Rags is Beauty in Disguise;,2.0
"And can no more Contempt and Scorn disarm,",2.0
"Whatever Gifts we may to Nature owe,",2.0
Success is all our Merit here below.,0.0
Without it Virtue is an empty Name.,1.0
"You climes, where genial gales incessant swell,",0.0
Where art and nature shed profusely round,0.0
"Their rival wonders ' --  Italy, farewell.",2.0
Its icy darts in vain may winter throw!,0.0
"And winged with health, I woo thy gales to blow.",0.0
"But fly the Straights, and shun the winding Creek.",0.0
"The Horsetail, and the Sword-Fish armed for War",3.0
"Through Depths unknown the Serpents curling pass,",0.0
And to their Beauty owe their awful Name.,1.0
"He the deep Seas prefers to noisy Straights,",2.0
"Who for the distant Ship impatient waits,",0.0
"Around the wanton Shoals in Order move,",0.0
"Eager press on, nor will be left behind,",1.0
Though the full Sails swell bloated with the Wind.,5.0
And drawn unwilling through the ruffling Deep.,1.0
As when some Prince returns from martial Toil,0.0
"Victorious, with a conquered Nation's Spoil;",1.0
And on the Triumph feed their dazzled Eyes;,1.0
"The Champion to his Home in Crowds attend,",1.0
"So They, while no approaching Shores displease,",1.0
Swim with the Ship tumultuous over the Seas.,5.0
"But when they conscious Scent the coming Shore,",0.0
"Avoid the nearer Land, and high again",0.0
With equal Hast to the unbounded Main.,1.0
"Pilots observe the Sign, and know the Coast",2.0
"Draws nigh, when they perceive their Comrades lost.",4.0
"Auspicious Friends, the Sailor's darling Fish,",0.0
"Laid careless on the Deck, when you appear,",3.0
The jolly Crew no sudden Dangers fear;,1.0
"But wayward laugh, or vie in wanton Tales:",0.0
"Your Presence gives clear Skies, and pleasing Gales.",1.0
But unfurled Sails expect the gentler Breeze.,4.0
Far from the Shore the wily Sucker waits,0.0
"The coming Ship, but him the Sailor hates.",1.0
"Slender his Shape, his Length a Cubit ends;",2.0
His Jaws display tenacious Rows of Hooks.,0.0
"But in strange Power the puny Fish excels,",3.0
Beyond the boasted Art of Magic Spells.,0.0
"Oft Seamen tell, but few the Tale believe,",1.0
Or own those Truths they cannot well conceive.,0.0
"Men think they know all Nature's secret Laws,",1.0
"Her Powers define, and trace each hidden Cause.",2.0
"To strange Effects, when proved, no Credit gives,",1.0
"The Master bids them give her all the Sails,",0.0
"To court the Winds, and catch the coming Gales.",0.0
"But though the Canvas bellies with the Blast,",2.0
"And boisterous Winds bend down the cracking Mast,",2.0
"The Bark stands firmly rooted in the Sea,",1.0
"And will unmoved nor Winds, nor Waves obey.",1.0
And Infant Waves scarce wrinkle on the Main.,2.0
"No Ship in Harbour moored so careless rides,",1.0
When ruffling Waters tell the flowing Tides.,0.0
"Appalled the Sailors stare, through strange Surprise",0.0
"Believe they dream, and rub their waking Eyes.",0.0
The feathered Death arrests the flying Doe;,0.0
"Struck through the dying Beast falls sudden down,",2.0
"The Parts grow Stiff, and all the Motion's gone;",1.0
"Such sudden Force the floating Captive binds,",0.0
"Though beat by Waves, and urged by driving Winds.",0.0
"No Home they know, nor can Confinement love,",2.0
But fond of hourly Change unsettled rove.,0.0
"Now choose the Rocks, now seek the wider Seas;",2.0
No Place can long the restless Wanderers please.,3.0
"They soon grow weary when they once enjoy,",1.0
"And Pleasures will, as soon as tasted, cloy.",1.0
"Near hidden Crags, and Rocks unseen below,",0.0
"Where slower Waves with silent Current flow,",0.0
But oft must stray far from their Mansion Seat.,2.0
"Voracious Appetite commands away,",0.0
"To range for Food, and find the luckless Prey.",0.0
Repeated Luxury gives no Relief.,2.0
Though not for ravenous Force by Heaven designed;,2.0
For Nature has disarmed the toothless Kind.,0.0
Some gild the Waters with a shining Red.,1.0
"A third of Hue less grateful to the Sight,",2.0
"What Mark the others bear their Name implies,",0.0
Called from the bending Arch that shades their Eyes.,0.0
"In shelly Armour wrapped, the Lobsters seek",0.0
"Safe Shelter in some Bay, or winding Creek;",1.0
"Tenacious hold, nor will the dwelling leave.",1.0
"And foreign Shores, and Seas unknown despise.",0.0
"Though cruel Hand the banished Wretch expel,",0.0
"And force the Captive from his native Cell,",1.0
"He will, if freed, return, with anxious Care",1.0
"Find the known Rock, and to his Home repair:",2.0
"No novel Customs learns in different Seas,",1.0
Fishes their Native Caves with Transport view;,2.0
"They have their Countries, and their Fondness too.",1.0
That gave us first to breath the vital Air.,0.0
How dear the first Acquaintance of our Eyes!,1.0
How rich the Soil! how beautiful the Skies!,1.0
The Name of Country fills the grateful Mind,0.0
"Ah! wretched those, who forced from what they love",1.0
"Still restless must the killing Grief renew,",1.0
"Despised by All, or pitied but by Few.",2.0
Are not so constant to their native Seas.,1.0
"Sometime the Amphibious Race the Floods disown,",4.0
Nor are the Guests to neighbouring Shores unknown.,3.0
"Their loosening Shell will soon the Body leave,",2.0
From off their rising Back the tottering Crust.,3.0
"But when their naked Bodies lie exposed,",0.0
No longer with the shelly Fence enclosed;,2.0
"They senseless seem, stretched on the sandy Bed",2.0
"All pensive lie, and deem themselves as dead;",0.0
"The tender Flesh, and stop the growing Shell.",0.0
"But when slow Nature moulds the viscous Mass,",1.0
"And Time begins to fix the hardening Case,",0.0
And suck the Sands; yet dread the hearty Meal;,0.0
Till the firm finished Work can safe endure,2.0
"The rudest Shock, and every Part secure.",0.0
"So when the Veins glow with a deeper Red,",2.0
"The prudent Leech prescribes a wholesome Fast,",0.0
Forbids the noxious Pleasures of the Taste.,1.0
"While the slow Pulse with equal Motion beats,",3.0
"He cautious fears to raise the sinking Flood,",0.0
And gives with sparing Hand the slender Food.,0.0
"Till perfect Health restores her former Grace,",1.0
"Strength to the Limbs, and Beauty to the Face.",1.0
The secret Caverns of the Ocean seek.,1.0
"But curious oft to neighbouring Shores repair,",4.0
And taste the Breezes of the cooler Air.,1.0
The Rustic often hath with wonder seen,0.0
And the gay Authors of the Purple Pride.,3.0
"The Cockle, spiral Whirl, and hardy Mice,",0.0
"With Wilks of various Shell, and quaint Device.",2.0
"All stuck with Spikes, prefer the sandy Coast.",0.0
"Should you with Knives their prickly Bodies wound,",0.0
Till the crude Morsels pant upon the Ground;,2.0
"You may even then, when Motion seems no more,",1.0
Departing Sense and fleeting Life restore.,0.0
"If in the Sea the mangled Parts you cast,",0.0
The conscious Pieces to their Fellows hast;,1.0
"Again they aptly join, their Whole compose;",0.0
"Helpless, and weak, grow strong by harmless Theft.",3.0
"Or such as empty lie, and deck the Shore,",1.0
Whose first and rightful Owners are no more.,2.0
"They make glad Seizure of the vacant Room,",2.0
And count the borrowed Shell their native Home;,1.0
"Screw their soft Limbs to fit the winding Case,",3.0
And boldly herd with the Crustaceous Race.,1.0
Careless they enter the first empty Cell;,4.0
"The Wilk's etched Coat is most with Pleasure worn,",1.0
"Wide in Extent, and yet but lightly born.",1.0
"But when they growing more than fill the Place,",0.0
"Compelled they quit the Roof they loved before,",0.0
"Till a commodious roomy Seat be found,",3.0
Such as the larger Cockles living owned.,1.0
"Oft cruel Wars contending Hermits wage,",1.0
And long for the disputed Shell engage.,1.0
"Power gives him Right, and All the Claim confess.",0.0
"Close in their concave Shells their Bodies wrap,",0.0
"Avoid the Waves, and every Storm escape.",0.0
"When pleasing Calms have stilled the sighing Wind,",0.0
"Curious to know what Seas above contain,",1.0
"Now wanton to the changing Surface hast,",2.0
"But slow they cautious rise, and prudent fear",0.0
The upper Region of the watery Sphere.,3.0
"Backward they mount, and as the Stream overflows,",4.0
Their convex Shells to pressing Floods oppose.,1.0
"Conscious they know, that should they forward move,",2.0
"Overwhelming Waves would sink them from above,",1.0
"Fill the void Space, and with the rushing Weight",2.0
"When first arrived they feel the stronger Blast,",0.0
"The natural Barks outdo all human Art,",1.0
"Two Feet they upward raise, and steady keep,",1.0
"These are the Masts, and Rigging of the Ship.",2.0
"A Membrane stretched between supplies the Sail,",1.0
"Bends from the Masts, and swells before the Gale.",0.0
"Two other Feet hang paddling on each side,",3.0
"And serve for Oars to row, and Helm to guide.",0.0
"It's thus they sail, pleased with the wanton Game,",2.0
"The Fish, the Sailor, and the Ship the same.",1.0
"But when the Swimmers dread some Danger near,",0.0
"No more they wanton drive before the Blasts,",0.0
"But strike the Sails, and bring down all the Masts.",0.0
"The rolling Waves their sinking Shells overflow,",3.0
And dash them down again to Sands below.,1.0
"You Powers! when Man first felled the stately Trees,",3.0
And past to distant Shores on wafting Seas:,0.0
"Whether some God inspired the wondrous Thought,",4.0
"Or Chance found out, or careful Study sought;",2.0
"If humble Guess may probably divine,",1.0
And trace the Improvement to the first Design;,3.0
"Some Wight of prying Search, who wondering Stood,",2.0
"When softer Gales had smoothed the dimpled Flood,",0.0
"Observed these careless Swimmers floating move,",0.0
And how each Blast the easy Sailor drove;,1.0
Hence took the Hint; hence formed the imperfect Draught;,4.0
"Then Mortals tried the shelving Hull to slope,",0.0
"To raise the Mast, and twist the stronger Rope,",0.0
"To fix the Yards, let fly the crowded Sails;",1.0
"Sweep through the curling Waves, and court auspicious Gales.",0.0
"Prodigious Fishes, of enormous Size,",1.0
With shivering Fright pale Mariners surprise.,4.0
"Nature's strange Work, vast Whales of differing Form",4.0
"Toss up the troubled Floods, and are themselves a Storm.",1.0
"Uncouth the Sight, when They in dreadful Play",2.0
"Discharge their Nostrils, and refund a Sea;",1.0
"Or angry lash the Foam with hideous Sound,",2.0
And scatter all the watery Dust around.,2.0
"Fearless the fierce destructive Monsters roll,",2.0
"In deepest Seas these living Isles appear,",0.0
And deepest Seas can scarce the Pressure bear.,0.0
"But some will dare approach the rising Lands,",0.0
"Near highland Coasts the ravenous Shoals appear,",2.0
Fierce Rams and Panthers break the tattered Net.,1.0
"White Sharks, the Fisher's Curse, force on their Way,",3.0
"Erect their prickly Fins, and hunt for Food.",0.0
"Rounds jetting Lands, and doubles every Cape.",1.0
And spout the circling Torrents to the Sky.,1.0
And all the Inlets of the Seas explore.,2.0
From easy Softness are but falsely named.,1.0
"Pirate around, and pillage all the Coast.",2.0
"One Sort, that keeps the Seas, is ranked with Whales,",0.0
"Others deep hide, and press the slimy Vales.",3.0
Their widened Jaws a Magazine disclose,0.0
Of pointed Weapons ranged in numerous Rows.,2.0
"In Shape agreeing, and in Choice allied,",1.0
"They pad in Troops, and the rich Spoils divide.",2.0
"Kind generous Dolphins love the rocky Shore,",3.0
Where broken Waves with fruitless Anger roar.,0.0
"But though to sounding Shores they curious come,",3.0
Yet Dolphins count the boundless Sea their Home.,0.0
Neptune would grieve his melancholy Reign.,2.0
"But when the Darlings frisk in wanton Play,",0.0
"The Waters smile, and every Wave looks gay.",1.0
"Fled from the Embrace, and scorned the proffered Joy;",1.0
"In vain; the Dolphins saw, and could declare",0.0
The secret Haunts of the unwilling Fair.,1.0
They told him where She bashful hid her Charms;,0.0
"He found, and clasped her struggling in his Arms.",0.0
The Dolphins hence with just Ambition claim,0.0
"Uncommon Gifts, and more than vulgar Fame.",0.0
To the glad Finders of the Royal Bride.,3.0
"Pass over the Banks, on sandy Fallows rest,",4.0
Or seize the Covert of some absent Beast.,1.0
"Thus the mailed Tortoise, and the wandering Eel",6.0
Oft to the neighbouring Beach will silent steal.,2.0
"Their Limbs all shudder, and their Cheeks turn pale;",2.0
"While luckless Harbingers, with odious Yell,",3.0
Too sure the fixed Resolves of Fate foretell.,1.0
"So the Grand Whale will court the weedy Strand,",2.0
"Stretch out, and bask upon the wavy Sand.",0.0
And sometime dare to try the sunny Day;,1.0
"Glad to the unequal dusty Ridges creep,",1.0
Divided Streams of Entity descend,1.0
"Whether by Choice confined thy Godhead stay,",3.0
"Or art in every Part a Mundane Soul,",3.0
"The jarring Principles of Things to bind,",1.0
And reconcile their Natures to partake,1.0
"Each other's Forms, and mutual Changes make?",2.0
But middle Natures join the vast Extremes.,0.0
"Pure with less pure, and gross with grosser meet,",3.0
And thus the Commerce of the Whole complete.,1.0
Of Nature's Chain how regular the Links!,1.0
Matter by slow Gradations downward sinks;,2.0
And intermediate Changes gently pass,2.0
"Dissolving Earth in fluid Moisture glides,",0.0
And Rocks transformed flow down in silver Tides.,2.0
And sweating Seas will gild the distant Skies.,0.0
"Things only differ as condense, or rare.",2.0
"Air when too gross will falling Drops increase,",3.0
And hang in lucid Pearls on weeping Trees.,0.0
To earthly Mould; that hardening turns to Stone.,0.0
"So All is different, and yet All is One.",1.0
"The Elements, to slow themselves agreed,",1.0
"And hence Amphibious Kinds indifferent rove,",2.0
Designed as Pledges of their mutual Love.,3.0
"The Sea-born Tribes will seek the distant Mead,",1.0
"The ravenous Eagle, and the noisy Mew",3.0
"Her Nest the mournful Halcyon trusts to Seas,",2.0
"Dart from the Main, and try the aerial Way.",2.0
Their native Streams for airy Pastime leave.,1.0
"When ravenous Foes pursue, they conscious rise,",2.0
And court the kind Protection of the Skies.,1.0
And soaring high the distant Waters scorn.,0.0
"With strange Surprise we view the dubious Sight,",2.0
"Of Fish in Shape, and yet of Birds in Flight.",0.0
"Mount in their Fear, but quickly dive again.",0.0
"But cautious Hawks, though winged, will nearer keep,",0.0
And hovering over the wavy Surface sweep.,2.0
"Both Elements enjoy, and flying swim.",2.0
"Some form Societies, and friendly dwell,",1.0
"Others are ranged, unlike the huddled Drove;",2.0
In equal Files the moist Battalions move.,0.0
"With firm Platoons they stem the flowing Tide,",0.0
And regular their watery Marches guide.,3.0
Some with one Partner all their Blessings share;,0.0
The strictest Friendship centres in a Pair.,0.0
"Others, a pensive solitary Kind,",2.0
"Full of themselves the sullen Bliss commend,",2.0
"Never roam abroad, but where they live they die.",0.0
"When Winter's stormy Season is begun,",1.0
"And piercing Cold mocks the declining Sun,",2.0
"Vexed by the Winds the angry Billows rise,",0.0
And would revenge themselves upon the Skies.,0.0
"The Tempest rattles, and the Surges roar.",1.0
"Lurk in the Sands, or to the Caves repair;",1.0
"There trembling lie; or sink to Depths below,",0.0
"The distant Threats of lowering Storms despise,",2.0
Nor fear the clouded Changes of the Skies.,1.0
"The deepest Waves, and fiercest Wind that blows,",0.0
"Can't reach those Depths, or raise the settled Ooze;",1.0
"Eternal Calms protect the peaceful Plain,",0.0
"Warm in old Ocean's Lap they rest secure,",2.0
"Till stronger Rays the thawing Frost subdue,",0.0
And Nature the decaying World renew.,1.0
"When smiling Hours lead in the blooming Year,",0.0
And Groves and Meads in gayer Dress appear;,0.0
"Fishes the kinder Summons will obey,",3.0
"Throng to the Shore, and bound in joyous Play.",0.0
"So Citizens, when hostile Troops confine,",1.0
"But when kind Fate, or pressing Want oblige",1.0
"The investing Host to raise the fruitless Siege,",1.0
All Ranks and Ages crowd the noisy Street.,0.0
"The Youths and Virgins trip the joyful Round,",0.0
And guide their Motions by directing Sound.,1.0
And make amends for the suspended Kiss.,1.0
"When pleasing Heat, and fragrant Blooms inspire",0.0
"Seek out their Mates, and bill on every Spray.",0.0
"The savage Kinds a softer Rage express,",0.0
And gloating Eyes the secret Flame confess.,0.0
But none like Fishes feel the dear Disease;,0.0
For Venus doubly warms her native Seas.,0.0
"Males unconcerned their pleasing Loves repeat,",1.0
"On sandy Mounds their pressing Bellies lay,",0.0
And force the Burden of the Womb away.,1.0
Close joined the complicated Eggs remain;,1.0
To separate that Heap is racking Pain.,0.0
"Complain no more, you Fair, or partial Fate,",1.0
What Sorrows on the teeming Bride await.,1.0
"Now when the vernal Breeze has purged the Air,",0.0
To every Shore the vigorous Males repair;,2.0
"By Fear compelled, or Appetite inclined,",0.0
"To chase the weak, or fly the stronger Kind:",0.0
Nor will the amorous Females stay behind.,4.0
"No Fears or Dangers can the Bliss prevent,",2.0
"When urged by Love, and on the Joy intent,",1.0
"Their Bodies meet, the close Embraces please,",0.0
Till mingled Slime lies floating on the Seas:,2.0
And fruitful from the strange Conception breed.,1.0
"Hence the succeeding Colonies increase,",3.0
But some no lawless Liberties allow;,2.0
Whose Brides confined their private Chambers know.,0.0
"In close Retreat they guard the imprisoned Fair,",2.0
"Observe their Haunt, and watch with jealous Care,",0.0
"Lest some false Leman should invade their Right,",1.0
And wanton glory in the stolen Delight.,2.0
"All Things obey, when softer Passions move,",0.0
"They all the Pangs of jealous Fury know,",0.0
"That cursed Fiend will dive to Worlds below,",1.0
"Feel selfish Pride, Distrust, and anxious Pain,",1.0
And all the Plagues that form Love's pompous Train.,1.0
"As rival Lovers, that one Flame confess,",0.0
"All blooming Youths, whom splendid Fortunes bless,",0.0
"Still haunt the Nymph, and tell the moving Tale;",1.0
Each hopes his Wealth or Passion may prevail;,1.0
"Thus Sea-born Rivals round the She repair,",3.0
And claim the sole Enjoyment of the Fair.,1.0
"They boast no Wealth indeed to purchase Love,",1.0
No soft deluding Eloquence to move;,2.0
"But they have sharpest Teeth, and pointed Jaws,",1.0
"To own their Passion, and maintain their Cause.",1.0
Till joyful Conquest gives undoubted Right.,0.0
"The vanquished Wretch must hide in pensive Shame,",0.0
"Forego his Pleasure, and renounce his Claim.",1.0
"Some to successive Choice of Wives are kind,",1.0
Abhor the Curse of one to one confined.,2.0
"The Beetle no promiscuous Joys allows,",2.0
"True to his Vow, and grateful to his Spouse.",1.0
Propitious Hymen joins the constant Pair.,0.0
"That know no Sex, yet love the close Embrace.",1.0
"Their folded Lengths they round each other twine,",0.0
"Twist amorous Knots, and slimy Bodies join;",3.0
"Till the close Strife brings off a frothy Juice,",1.0
"Regardless They their future Offspring leave,",2.0
"That genial Bed impregnates all the Heap,",0.0
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!,0.0
"The Forms, which from the frothy Drop began,",1.0
"Stretch out immense, and eddy all the Main.",2.0
"Justly might Female Tortoises complain,",3.0
To whom Enjoyment is the greatest Pain.,1.0
"They dread the Trial, and foreboding hate",1.0
The growing Passion of the cruel Mate.,1.0
"He amorous pursues, They conscious fly",1.0
"Since partial Heaven has thus restrained the Bliss,",0.0
"The Males they welcome with a closer Kiss,",1.0
"Bite angry, and reluctant Hate declare.",2.0
"Eager they fight, but with unlike Design,",3.0
"Males to obtain, and Females to decline.",4.0
"The conflict lasts, till these by Strength overcome",2.0
"Not like a Bride, but pensive Captive, led",0.0
To the loathed Duties of an hated Bed.,3.0
"The Seal, and Tortoise copulate behind",0.0
But secret Ties the passive Couple bind.,0.0
Whose certain natural Death is only Love.,0.0
"Once, and but once, the niggard Powers allow",5.0
The luckless Pair congenial Bliss to know.,0.0
"Soon as the Male has tried the luscious Joy,",0.0
The soft repeated Pleasures never cloy.,0.0
"Excessive in Desire he won't give over,",1.0
Till strength and wasting Spirits be no more.,1.0
"When Nature drained can grant no fresh Supplies,",1.0
Stretched on the Sands all impotent he lies.,1.0
"The little Shell-Fish, late his usual Prey,",3.0
"Insult his Doom, and all his Wrongs repay;",0.0
"Their Foe, so dreadful once, no longer fear,",1.0
"He passive lies, nor feels the Power to move,",2.0
"Nor long, when once enjoyed, the Females live,",1.0
"Their Eggs lie all compact, and strait's the Way,",1.0
Which must the clustered Heaps to Life convey.,0.0
"Now when ripe Nature will the Birth constrain,",3.0
The teeming Bride feels her increasing Pain;,2.0
"Nor longer can the torturing Pressure bear,",3.0
When falling Eggs the unequal Passage tear.,2.0
"Fate stints their Life; that Term they cannot pass,",1.0
One rolling Year concludes the shortened Space.,0.0
"Has told the Days, and all his Circuit run,",0.0
Fond Suicides the dear Destruction prove,1.0
"Of luckless Marriage, and disastrous Love.",1.0
"The Lamprey, glowing with uncommon Fires,",1.0
"He no less kind makes amorous Returns,",3.0
With equal Love the grateful Serpent burns.,0.0
"Fixed on the Joy he bounding shoots along,",0.0
Now his red Eyeballs glow with doubled Fires;,4.0
"Proudly he mounts upon his folded Spires,",2.0
"Displays his glossy Coat, and speckled Side,",0.0
And meets in all his Charms the watery Bride.,2.0
"The gentle Lover will himself disarm,",1.0
"And putrid Bags, the poisonous Fund of Death.",2.0
His Mate he calls with softly hissing Sounds;,0.0
"She joyful hears, and from the Ocean bounds.",1.0
"Swift as the bearded Arrow's Hast she flies,",0.0
"To own her Love, and meet the Serpent's Joys.",0.0
"At her approach, no more the Lover bears",2.0
"Odious Delay, nor sounding Waters fears.",1.0
"Onward he moves on shining Volumes rolled,",2.0
The Foam all burning seems with wavy Gold.,0.0
"At length with equal Hast the Lovers meet,",0.0
"Sucks in his Head, and feels unknown Delights.",0.0
"When full Fruition has assuaged Desire,",0.0
And leaves his Prints on all the furrowed Sand;,0.0
"With anxious Fear seeks the close private Cleft,",3.0
Where he in Trust the important Secret left.,2.0
"From the stained Rock he sucks the poisonous Heaps,",4.0
"Feels his returning Strength, and hissing leaps;",2.0
"With brandished Tongue the distant Foe defies,",0.0
But if some Swain mean while observing spies,2.0
The cleansing Waters to the Rock conveys;,1.0
"The Serpent comes, and finds his Treasure gone,",0.0
"Curls in the Grass, or hisses in the Brakes.",0.0
"He creeps with Shame a tawdry speckled Worm,",0.0
"On the same Rock with Head reclined he lies,",2.0
"And, where he lost his Arms, despairing dies.",0.0
"Dolphins like Men perform the nuptial Debt,",2.0
Parts of like Form the vigorous Joy repeat;,2.0
"Hide, and contract unseen, till eager Love,",2.0
And conscious Hopes the powerful Fancy move.,2.0
"Thus the moist Tribes the Call of Love obey,",3.0
"Produce their Like, and people all the Sea.",0.0
"Each knows the Time, by proper Instinct drawn,",0.0
When Nature bids eject the enlivened Spawn.,2.0
"Some breed, when vernal Days the Skies renew,",0.0
And Waves each other but in Sport pursue.,1.0
And fills the tainted Air with sultry Steams.,0.0
"When wearied Titan takes a shorter Course,",0.0
And from high Mountain Tops the Autumnal Breeze,4.0
Lets fall the wafted Seeds on barren Seas.,1.0
"Some, when inclement Winter rudely blows,",0.0
To chilling Cold their tender Young expose.,0.0
"Yearly their Eggs the pregnant Females lay,",3.0
One annual Birth restores the vast Decay.,2.0
"Again the Joys, again the Pangs return.",0.0
"Three yearly Spawns the teeming Mullet bless,",1.0
"Renew the Race, and give the large Increase.",0.0
"The curling Scorpion in each Season knows,",1.0
"The glad Conception, and the wringing Throws.",1.0
Ever the swift Sun has traced his annual Round.,3.0
"But no Research the puzzling Secret finds,",0.0
"How Whitings gender, and preserve their Kinds.",1.0
"They love, and propagate by Ways unknown,",0.0
"Prepare their Beds, and wait the reckoned Day.",0.0
"There pleasant Gulfs uncommon Sweetness boast,",0.0
"With fruitful Banks, and fenced with rising Ground.",0.0
"Here all the Pleasures of the Sea they find,",1.0
"Rich Pastures, sandy Mounds, and gentle Wind.",1.0
Capes jetting from the Shores on either Side,2.0
"Elbow the Floods, and part the swelling Tide.",1.0
"Here private Ways, and dubious Caverns please,",2.0
And easy Dimples smile in broken Waves.,0.0
"No ravenous Kinds, and fierce unwelcome Guest",3.0
"Thirsting for Blood, the watery Roads infest.",4.0
No Robber comes that preys on weaker Shoals.,1.0
No Lobster on the little Captive feasts;,2.0
"Dolphins are found, but innocently tame",3.0
"These Dolphins play, and murderous Guilt disclaim.",2.0
"Peaceful they rove, and without Slaughter feed.",7.0
From every distant Sea the Strangers meet.,0.0
"Led by one Thought they feel the same Desire,",0.0
"Come at set Times, and all at once retire.",2.0
"Begin the March, and all their Forces join,",0.0
And now the coming Birth impatient wait.,0.0
"Concert their Flight, and form their airy Ranks;",0.0
When breeding Fish joy at the vernal Breeze;,1.0
"Hast to the Birth, and annual Toils repeat.",2.0
"Here their prolific Spawn they teeming lay,",1.0
"Sunk Waves supine on the smooth Surface sleep,",3.0
And Warmth impregnates all the jellied Heap.,0.0
"But when Autumnal Winds grow hoarse with Cold,",1.0
"When Mountains rise, and yawning Combs subside,",0.0
"Insulting Winds it's shallow Depth command,",0.0
And boiling Floods turn up the working Sand.,2.0
"Dashed on themselves the bandied Surges roar,",2.0
"Recruit the Tempest, and maintain the War.",1.0
"Fishes alarmed the changing Season mourn,",2.0
And with their little Fry in Throngs return.,1.0
"Backward again their hasty Course they steer,",2.0
And the free open Main to inland Seas prefer.,3.0
"The Bloodless Crusty Race, who crawling play,",0.0
Though no swollen Veins the purple Life convey;,2.0
"Arrayed in silver Scales, and spotted Pride;",0.0
"Fixed in the Concave of the pearly Shell,",1.0
"All breed alike, distil a mucous Juice",0.0
"Bring forth their Like, no shapeless clotted Mass;",2.0
"Retain the Seed within till perfect grown,",1.0
And Nature has her just Proportions shown.,0.0
"So Dolphins teem, whom Subject Fish revere,",0.0
Dolphins excel; that Race is all divine.,2.0
"Dolphins were Men, Tradition hands the Tale",2.0
"Transformed by Bacchus, and by Neptune loved,",1.0
They all the Pleasures of the Deep improved.,1.0
"Plunged in the Waves, and untried Fins displayed,",5.0
"No further Change relenting Bacchus wrought,",1.0
Nor have the Dolphins all the Man forgot;,0.0
The conscious Soul retains her former Thought.,0.0
"When painful Throws, for Twins the Dolphins bear",0.0
"And finished Time brings forth the Princely Pair,",1.0
"They round their Parent frisk, sport by her Side;",2.0
"She glad receives, with watchful Eye attends,",0.0
"Directs their Motions, and from Harm defends;",1.0
"Exulting leaps, and feels the Mother's Joy,",0.0
"Then suckling gives to each the swelling Breast,",0.0
By partial Heaven with Gifts uncommon blessed.,0.0
"But when her Young are grown to just Increase,",0.0
"And stronger Fins can wrestle with the Seas,",1.0
"She to more useful Arts directs the Way,",1.0
"And shows to vault the Waves, and chase the Prey.",0.0
"What pleasing Wonders charm the Sailor's sight,",0.0
When Calms the Dolphins to their Sports invite?,1.0
And leave their rounding Pressures on the Mead;,1.0
"So They in circling Dance, with wanton Ease",1.0
"Pursue each other round the furrowed Seas,",0.0
"With rapid Force the curling Streams divide,",0.0
"The Parent Dolphins, with suspicious Care,",1.0
"Of casual Harms, and guilty Floods beware,",0.0
"Move cautious on behind, and guard the Rear.",2.0
"So when blithe Lambs their vernal Revels keep,",1.0
"Now harmless try to butt, then race away,",2.0
"Now wearied feed, and thus consume the Day,",1.0
"Mean while the thoughtful Shepherd watching lies,",0.0
Lest sudden Onset should his Flock surprise.,1.0
"When the glad Pupil Throng to Sport inclined,",2.0
"With jealous Eyes the while their Steps observe,",0.0
Left playful Hours from steady Virtue swerve;,1.0
So Parent Dolphins on the Care intent,1.0
"Watch their gay Young, and threatened Ills prevent.",3.0
And milky Stores distend the rising Breast.,0.0
"They fly the Deep, and watery Pastures leave.",2.0
"On the dry Ground, far from the swelling Tide,",1.0
"Bring forth their Young, and on the Shores abide,",2.0
Till twice six times they see the Eastern Gleams,1.0
"Brighten the Hills, and tremble on the Streams.",3.0
"The thirteenth Morn, soon as the early Dawn",3.0
"Hangs out it's crimson Folds, or spreads it's Lawn,",0.0
"Relieved the Womb, and caught the falling Birth.",0.0
Far from the loved Abode all pensive lies;,0.0
"Hurries along, and soon devours the Way.",4.0
At length the Dame arrives; with weeping Joy,0.0
"Talks idly fond, bids him admire his Home,",3.0
And gay Amusements of each furnished Room.,1.0
"The listening Infant turns his little Eyes,",0.0
And void of reasoning Thought by smiling Looks replies.,2.0
Good Gods! how tender is the Parent Love!,1.0
"All Kinds that move in Ocean, Earth, or Air",0.0
Alike the Charms of Piety revere.,1.0
"Fondly the Savage licks her shapeless Young,",2.0
"The careful Birds bring home the hourly Feast,",1.0
"Even ravenous Fish defend their helpless Fry,",2.0
"Forewarn their Dangers, and their Wants supply.",1.0
Man can claim no Prerogative from Love.,4.0
"Hunters from far the roaring Challenge dread,",2.0
Their princely Train through all the Forrest lead.,0.0
"The Royal Dam looks round with proud Disdain,",1.0
"Lashes her Sides, and curls her flowing Mane;",2.0
"No Danger fears, but willing to engage",2.0
"With chafing Jaws she churns the frothy Rage,",0.0
"Redoubled Fires flash from her rolling Eyes,",0.0
"Still guards her Young, the Hunter's Motion thwarts,",1.0
And wrenches from her Sides the reeking Darts.,1.0
"But when Death hovers over her swimming Eyes,",3.0
"And clotted on the Ground Life's wasted Treasure lies,",2.0
When doubtful Staggers own the killing Wound;,0.0
"Regardless of her self She looks around,",1.0
"Over the dear Cub her sinking Head reclines,",2.0
"But dreads to see the Wretch a Captive made,",0.0
"To hear him roar, and call in vain for Aid,",0.0
"Uneasy grins, and frets at every Noise;",0.0
"Familiar once, but now with growling Threats",0.0
"When the lone Cow repeats her daily Moan,",3.0
A soft Compassion moves the sturdy Clown.,0.0
From lowing Vales the undulating Air,0.0
To every Mountain tells the Dam's Despair.,0.0
"Where on the Bank She pressed the yielding Grass,",0.0
"Or the calm Shelter of the cooler Wood,",3.0
"Then restless walks, and rounds the Hedge again,",0.0
"Looks over the Gate, and eyes the winding Lane.",3.0
"Oft have the listening Streams the Osprey heard,",0.0
When to the whispering Reeds the injured Bird,2.0
"The Mother Nightingale, when childless made,",1.0
With mournful Music fills the lonely Glade.,0.0
"What pungent Sorrows must the Parent feel,",0.0
They thoughtless from the Nest the Brood convey;,1.0
"She in sad murmuring pines the tedious Day,",5.0
At Night the melancholy Strain renews;,0.0
"How passionate the Swallow tells her Wrong,",1.0
"When some fell Serpent has devoured her Young,",3.0
"Full of the tender Thought, with anxious Care",0.0
"The Dolphins watch, and guard their Infant Pair,",0.0
"While they in nimble Race the Tail expand,",0.0
"Insult the Waves, and Subject Seas command.",0.0
"Each Parent Fish her Young in Danger hides,",0.0
"Nurtures the Fry, and in her Likeness prides.",2.0
While She her Young from dreaded Harm secures.,0.0
Within her Womb the Dam receives again,0.0
"The pressing Burden, and renews her Pain.",1.0
"To the known Place, when struck with sudden Fear,",2.0
Those tender Parts; safe in the close Retreat,1.0
"Escape their Dangers, and their Fears forget;",1.0
"Again, when all's secure, the Womb release,",0.0
"Force out their Way, and venture on the Seas.",1.0
"The same fond Care commends the thorny Skate,",1.0
When ravenous Shoals the Prey impatient wait.,2.0
"She distant Waters eyes with kind Distrust,",0.0
"Knows when all's safe, and when her Fears are just.",2.0
Nor will her Womb again her Offspring hide;,2.0
"Two spacious Cavities, on either Side",2.0
"Below her Gills, the trembling Fry receive,",0.0
When guilty Seas the careful Parent grieve.,0.0
"While the fierce Foes unguarded Shoals surprise,",3.0
"In safe Recess the prickly Darling lies,",0.0
"No Dangers fears, though rolling Waters swell,",1.0
And angry Hast of coming Monsters tell.,0.0
"Others, when ought disturbs the ravaged Seas,",2.0
"And trembling Young their conscious Fears express,",0.0
"Extend their Jaws, and show the safer Way;",0.0
"Within the concave Roof uninjured rest,",0.0
Within their widened Mouths their Young enclose.,0.0
"Beneath the circling Arch they fearless hide,",0.0
Though bulky Forms drive on the rising Tide.,2.0
"Of all Oviparous Kinds that throng the Seas,",2.0
With what Concern they wait the teeming Mass!,0.0
"What anxious Fears confess their secret Love,",0.0
Lest the Birth failing should abortive prove!,2.0
"While most their Eggs to Chance regardless leave,",0.0
"They watch their Spawn, the slow Formation grieve,",0.0
"Nature's faint Progress in the Work accuse,",0.0
Till ripening Hours the vigorous Life infuse.,2.0
"Observe their Motions, and restrain their Course,",1.0
"Eye every Wave, and show the doubtful Way,",1.0
"Teach where to hunt, and where to find the Prey.",0.0
"When big with secret Guilt the Waters heave,",0.0
They in their Mouths their sheltered Young receive.,0.0
"But when the Waves at their own Leisure roll,",1.0
Again the Parent's pointed Jaws compressed,0.0
By Force expel them from their pleasing Rest.,1.0
"On their own Spawn, and gulp the enlivened Seed;",3.0
"Devour their Eggs, and praise the monstrous Feast.",2.0
Nor to the painful Birth their Being owe.,1.0
Some spring spontaneous from the genial Slime;,1.0
"No curious Frame, or work of slower Time",3.0
Nature on them bestows; but formed in Hast,3.0
In ready Clay the Mould is easy cast.,0.0
"In these no Difference of Sex appears,",3.0
"No Male sheds down the Spawn, nor Female bears.",2.0
"No ancient Lineage boast, or generous Kin.",5.0
"Collected Showers their falling Forces join,",2.0
"Beat on the Deep, and bubble up the Brine.",1.0
The Waves diluted with the tasteless Rain,1.0
"Vexed raise their Foam, and stir the chafing Main.",1.0
"Shine on the Waves, and brighten all the Sea.",0.0
"By unknown Loves, and Ways uncommon bred",4.0
"As constant Tides observe their stated Time,",0.0
Returning Currents raise the troubled Slime;,0.0
"That mixed is in the rolling Waters lost,",0.0
"Wafted afar, and on the Billows tossed,",3.0
"Till purging Winds the winnowed Ocean sweep,",1.0
"Force on the Draught, and form the worthless Heap.",0.0
"To every Shore the Floods their Load convey,",0.0
And leave behind the Refuse of the Sea.,2.0
And waits the Influence of warmer Skies.,1.0
"The loosened Parts, vexed with the active Heat,",2.0
And the gross Steams creep slowly round the Shore.,4.0
"Then from the teeming Filth, and putrid Heap,",0.0
"Devoured by All the passive Curse they own,",1.0
"Oppressed by every Kind, but injure none.",0.0
"Harmless they live, nor murderous Hunger know,",4.0
But to themselves their mutual Pleasures owe;,3.0
"Each other lick, and the close Kiss repeat;",2.0
"Thus loving thrive, and praise the luscious Treat.",1.0
"When they in Throngs a safe Retirement seek,",2.0
"Where pointed Rocks the rising Surges break,",0.0
"Or where calm Waters in their Bason sleep,",1.0
And shining Tracks inform their wandering Way.,2.0
"As when soft Snows, brought down by Western Gales,",1.0
Silent descend and spread on all the Vales;,2.0
"Add to the Plains, and on the Mountains shine,",1.0
While in changed Fields the starving Cattle pine;,1.0
"Nature bears all one Face, looks coldly bright,",1.0
"And mourns her lost Variety in White,",1.0
"Unlike themselves the Objects glare around,",0.0
And with false Rays the dazzled Sight confound:,2.0
"What Food they seek, what Pastures they approve;",1.0
"Soft Loves repeat, and form the new Increase.",1.0
But whence could Man the wondrous Secret know?,0.0
"To some kind Power he must the Blessing owe,",2.0
"Who to his View the hidden Depths exposed,",0.0
"Uncovered all the Abyss, and the vast Scene disclosed.",4.0
For what great Work has Man unaided wrought?,1.0
"Heaven gives the Means, and Heaven inspires the Thought.",0.0
Did not assisting Influence from above,3.0
"With unseen Force the passive Agents move,",4.0
"The Body could no more it's Parts command,",1.0
"Nor Stir the rooted Foot, nor stretch the stiffened Hand.",0.0
"Without superior Aid, the sleeping Eyes",2.0
"Again behold; but when the Guardian bids,",2.0
The Gods do all; from Heaven our Actions guide,0.0
"Distant yet Near, and over our Wills preside.",2.0
"We must the grand Necessity obey,",1.0
Unwilling shall pursue the destined Way.,0.0
"The unruly Colt may champ the frothy Bit,",1.0
At length he must obey the turning Rein.,0.0
"When Heaven commands, it's Folly to deny;",1.0
"The Gods will govern, and the Wise comply,",1.0
"Nor strive to deviate from the allotted Course,",1.0
"They hear the sounding Lash, and bleeding feel",0.0
To those indulgent Powers Mankind below,4.0
"All gainful Arts, and useful Science owe.",0.0
"The Gods, distinguished hence by awful Names,",0.0
"Declare their Office, and assert their Claims.",1.0
And thus derived each sacred Title shows,0.0
"Crees described the Farmer's annual Toil,",2.0
What artful Rules improve the barren Soil.,0.0
"She taught to yoke the unwilling Ox, to sow",2.0
"To guide the brightened Share with steady Hands,",0.0
"Hence rising Fields their yellow Harvest bear,",1.0
And wavy Autumn crowns the ripened Year.,0.0
"To carve the Pillar, and the Dome to raise",1.0
"Pallas first taught, and Pallas claims the Praise.",3.0
"She too the gainful Secret did reveal,",0.0
"To draw the Woof, and twirl the murmuring Wheel.",2.0
"Men curious tried, by her Assistance led,",4.0
"To fix the Loom, and weave the thwarting Thread.",0.0
"Apollo, and the sacred Nine inspire",1.0
"Strains worthy them, and fan the Poet's Fire.",2.0
But subtle Hermes smooths the oily Tongue,0.0
"He taught Athletic Slights, and dusty Toil,",0.0
"To ward the Blow, and give the inglorious Foil.",4.0
"Vulcan first taught to mould the stubborn Mass,",3.0
"To form the sparkling Steel, and flowing Brass.",0.0
Mankind with all their Search could never know,1.0
What Natives glide in Liquid Worlds below.,0.0
"That blessed immortal Power to Man revealed,",2.0
Where Rivers glide beneath the reedy Shade;,0.0
"Who distant Bounds to rolling Waves assigned,",0.0
"And scattered Fluids in one Void confined,",0.0
"Who lofty raised the rocky Barriers round,",1.0
And with the sandy Brim encircled Waters crowned.,1.0
"Whether that God the Name of Neptune bears,",2.0
"Whatever Names the Deities approve,",2.0
"May all agree, Immortal Powers above,",2.0
"Demons of Earth, Those that Aerial fly,",4.0
"Their sinewy Arms, and shake their dropping Head,",2.0
"May all propitious guard the Royal Pair,",0.0
"Thee, Mighty Prince, and the World's growing Heir.",2.0
"May they protect the Nations, nor refuse",2.0
"To hear the Song, and aid the aspiring Muse.",2.0
"Over all the Seas their Food they ravenous seek,",2.0
And stronger Kinds feast on the injured weak.,2.0
"Selfish alike each minds his private Good,",2.0
"All in their Turns pursue, and are pursued.",1.0
Some on mere Force depend; they nimble sweep,3.0
"Through parting Floods, and eddy all the Deep.",0.0
Their wider Jaws a Magazine disclose,0.0
"Of pointed Teeth, that shine in double Rows.",0.0
And in close Cells the noxious Treasures hide.,1.0
"Others with sharpened Spikes are armed around,",2.0
"Erect the Spears, and strike the killing Wound.",0.0
"Weak puny Forms unequal War decline,",1.0
"By wily Fraud they act, and close Design.",0.0
Such Prudence oft over thoughtless Strength prevails;,3.0
"Force may, but well laid Cunning seldom fails.",1.0
"Though soft their Bodies, and their Motion slow.",1.0
"Unseen, foreboding Chance of future Prey,",0.0
"Stretched from each Side they point their magic Wands,",0.0
Whose icy Touch the strongest Fin commands;,0.0
"Quick through the whole it shoots the rushing Pain,",0.0
"Freezes the Blood, and thrills in every Vein;",2.0
"Strikes all that dare approach with strange Surprise,",0.0
"Conscious of secret Power, a Gift divine,",4.0
"Thus careless stretched a wide Destruction makes,",1.0
And wandering Shoals without her Labour takes.,2.0
Fixed sudden they the numbing Torpor feel;,2.0
"The Parts contract, the Fluids all congeal.",0.0
No more the busy Messengers of Sense,1.0
"Motion around, and conscious Life dispense;",2.0
"Nor flowing Streams the circling Heat diffuse,",0.0
But the chilled parts forget their former Use.,2.0
"In active Course, and curling Streams divide,",0.0
"They lifeless stretch by sudden Pains confined,",0.0
And secret Chains the fettered Captives bind.,0.0
"No more they wanton dive, or giddy roam,",0.0
"Vault on the Seas, and vex the rising Foam;",0.0
"Nor backward can retreat, nor forward move.",1.0
"As when in Dreams imagined Forms appear,",0.0
"When dreaded Sounds we distant seem to hear,",0.0
"Or shady Ghosts with silent Horror rise,",0.0
"Fearful of coming Ills we sweating lie,",2.0
And willing would from fancied Dangers fly:,0.0
"Rooted we stand, the Heart incessant beats,",2.0
And hasty Strokes the quicker Pulse repeats.,0.0
While ponderous Clogs the struggling Feet retain.,2.0
"The swiftest Fish, and strikes with dizzy Maze.",0.0
"One Touch of hers dams up the vital Flood,",0.0
"Contracts the Nerves, and clots the stagnate Blood.",1.0
Hid in the Slime the Toad of Form uncouth,1.0
That Fish is all one vast extended Mouth,0.0
"Her tender Body wraps, on Prey intent,",0.0
And silent there concerts the great Event.,1.0
"What softer Skin, and slower Pace deny,",0.0
Wise Foresight and successful Frauds supply.,3.0
"Within her Jaws a fleshy Fibre lies,",0.0
"Whose Whiteness, grateful Scent, and Wormlike Size",1.0
"Attract the Shoals, and charm their longing Eyes.",0.0
She to allure oft shakes the tempting Bait;,2.0
"They eager press, and hurry on their Fate.",1.0
"But as they near approach, with subtle Art",1.0
The wily Toad contracts the inviting Part;,2.0
Within the Circle of her widened Jaws.,1.0
"The busy Flocks peck up the scattered Seed,",2.0
Nor mid their Joy the fatal Engine heed;,0.0
"Till with loud Clap the tilted Cover falls,",2.0
"Stretched at full Length the mimic Carcass lies,",3.0
"The Teeth are set, and fixed the closing Eyes;",0.0
"The Hypocrite low draws his silent Breath,",1.0
Expressing well the leaden Sleep of Death.,0.0
The quiet harmless Posture of the Fox.,1.0
To distant Flocks she sings the pleasing Tale;,0.0
"All glad descend, and hover over the Vale,",2.0
"Oft whet the Bill, oft turn the busy Head,",2.0
And with vain Pride insult the seeming dead.,2.0
"He watches, as they move, with guilty Eyes,",1.0
Ah luckless Wretch! thy Death is too sincere.,0.0
While downy Flakes lie scattered on the Ground.,2.0
Parts aptly formed preserve the Cuttle-Fish,1.0
"Long Fibres numerous branch around his Head,",3.0
"With these the subtle Angler patient waits,",1.0
"The jetting Cliff, nor quit the safer Hold.",0.0
"Less fears the driving Storms, and beating Tides.",1.0
"The little Prawn, though armed with pointed Spears,",0.0
"Yet weak and slow, unequal Combat fears.",0.0
He with the Means of sweet Revenge is blessed.,1.0
"Within his Jaws enclosed he furious bounds,",2.0
"Strikes at the Roof, and leaves the killing Wounds.",0.0
The careless Wolf of tasteful Prey possessed,0.0
"Regards no Pain, but gluttons on the Feast.",2.0
"Till soon through all the deadly Gangrene spreads,",0.0
And putrid Bane the fretting Ulcer feeds.,0.0
From rankled Sores the gnawing Pains increase;,0.0
"And now the Wretch his destined End foresees,",0.0
"Despairing pines, and racking Torture feels:",0.0
No friendly Hand the growing Ulcer heals.,1.0
"Oft has the Wolf the bearded Squadrons sought,",0.0
And oft the luscious Food too dearly bought.,1.0
"No Pity to the shelly Race was shown,",2.0
'Twas therefore just their Fate should prove his own.,1.0
"They wound with Pain, what they with Pleasure fill,",1.0
"Subdue their Conqueror, and dying kill.",1.0
"Unarmed their Body, though with monstrous Size",1.0
And bulky Form they strike the wondering Eyes.,2.0
"Few are their Teeth, unfit for martial Toil,",0.0
"Thin set, nor made to seize the doubtful Spoil.",1.0
And by superior Fraud even Man subdue.,3.0
"Man is their choicest Food, and when possessed",0.0
"Of a fat Corpse, they scorn the meaner Feast.",2.0
"They mark, when daring Mortals plunge below,",0.0
"Where Pearls are hid, and Coral Branches grow;",0.0
"Then hover over the Place, and float at ease,",2.0
"Stretch on the Waves, and shade the covered Seas.",0.0
"With patient Hope unmoved their Station keep,",0.0
Till from the secret Chambers of the Deep,2.0
"Laden with Spoils the Diver mounts again,",2.0
Nor can the Surface reach with all his Pain.,1.0
But over his Head the unwelcome Pressure stays.,3.0
"Poised on the Floods the Ceiling hangs above,",0.0
No human Force the vaulted Roof can move.,1.0
In vain the pressing Lid his Shoulder heaves;,0.0
"His weaker Trust the stubborn Weight withstands,",0.0
And backward sinks him down to lowest Sands.,1.0
"If he swims forward, and the Surface leaves,",3.0
The subtle Fish the vain Attempt perceives;,0.0
"Still hangs aloof, and over his pensive Head",3.0
"But faintly strike, and catch the yielding Ooze.",0.0
As when the falling Lid with quick Surprise,0.0
"Close in the Trap confines the unwary Mice,",2.0
"Hurry despairing, and impatient bound;",3.0
"As well they might the fruitless Labour cease,",0.0
No friendly Gap affords a kind Release;,1.0
"Till wanton Boys the trembling Wretch relieve,",0.0
"Free from Confinement, but of Life bereave.",3.0
"The floating Roof, and push the pressing Weight.",0.0
"Stretched on the watery Plain unmoved it lies,",2.0
"Till swallowed Waves an easy Passage find,",0.0
And in it's latest Breath Life mingles with the Wind.,2.0
Thus proud of her Success the spreading Ray,2.0
By Stratagem obtains the noblest Prey.,1.0
As in some mossy Cave the Fishing Swain,0.0
"At Leisure sits, and views the wavy Main,",0.0
And wait the Motions of the shelly Heap.,1.0
But cannot long their juicy Stores conceal;,0.0
"Moisture they seek, and then no longer hid",3.0
"Loosened they gape, and heave the upper Lid.",2.0
"The Crab observes, and to the sandy Mounds,",1.0
"Where polished Stones the whirling Eddy rounds,",0.0
From the loose Heap the flinty Pebble draws.,2.0
"Thus burdened, silent to the Oyster steals,",2.0
And wedges fast the Stone between the Shells.,0.0
"Divided thus no more the Parts are closed,",1.0
But all the luscious Sweets must lie exposed.,0.0
"By prosperous Fraud he gains the envied Meal,",2.0
And drags the panting Captive from his Cell.,1.0
"The prickly Star creeps on with like Deceit,",2.0
To force the Oyster from his close Retreat.,1.0
"When gaping Lids their widened Void display,",0.0
"The watchful Star thrusts in a pointed Ray,",1.0
Of all its Treasure spoils the rifled Case;,0.0
"A stupid Wretch, and void of thoughtful Care,",0.0
"He forms no Bait, nor lays the tempting Snare.",1.0
Whose busy Eyes the coming Prey attend.,0.0
One Room contains them; and the Partners dwell,1.0
Beneath the Convex of one sloping Shell.,2.0
"Deep in the watery Vast the Comrades rove,",3.0
And mutual Interest binds their constant Love.,2.0
"That wiser Friend the lucky Juncture tells,",0.0
When in the Circuit of his gaping Shells,1.0
Fish wandering enter; then the bearded Guide,3.0
"Warns the dull Mate, and pricks his tender Side.",3.0
"He knows the Hint, nor at the Treatment grieves,",0.0
"But hugs the Advantage, and the Pain forgives.",3.0
And betwixt the pressing Sides his Prey confines.,1.0
"Thus fed by mutual Aid, the friendly Pair",3.0
"Divide their Gains, and all the Plunder share.",0.0
Men are not all with equal Knowledge blessed;,0.0
"Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.",1.0
The prudent Mind by studious Labour taught,2.0
"Wise Schemes pursues, and fines the ruder Draught.",1.0
Or give to brutal Joys the cheated Day.,0.0
Are not with equal Shares of Wit endowed;,0.0
Heaven has unlike the partial Gift bestowed.,0.0
Some on the Cares of future Life intent,0.0
"Consult their Welfare, and their Ills prevent;",2.0
"While worthless Numbers take their giddy Way,",0.0
"Cumber the Seas, and only serve for Prey.",2.0
"Wedded to Sense, and fixed on mean Delights.",2.0
"The Sea's dull Sleeper bids, that shortlived Fish,",2.0
In Time to kerb your yet unbounded Wish.,0.0
"Think on his Conduct, and remark his Fate,",1.0
"In sensual Joys he squanders Life away,",4.0
Fixed backward on his Head the rolling Eyes,2.0
"Look up, and might behold the distant Skies;",0.0
"Mid these his Mouth it's spacious Chasm displays,",2.0
"Of brightened Skies, and fond of gloomy Shade.",0.0
"And midnight Breezes rock the murmuring Floods,",3.0
"When darkened Billows sound with deeper Roar,",0.0
Roused from Repose he quits the weedy Shore:,2.0
But the lewd Wretch of ready Meals possessed,2.0
"Feeds on, in mid of Plenty most accursed,",0.0
Motion and Strength the unwieldy Load denies;,3.0
"Till Death's last Pains to fatal Treats succeed,",1.0
Till his swollen Maw with useless Lumber stowed,0.0
Bursting at length discharge the nauseous Load.,2.0
"The Throat to tickle, and indulge the Taste.",1.0
"But future Pain the lawless Joy begets,",0.0
A Train of Ills succeeds the transient Sweets.,0.0
"Continued Meals improve the hid Disease,",0.0
And treasure up their Ills in tainted Blood.,1.0
"The Spirits clog, and cloud the languid Eyes.",0.0
"Ridges of Fat the manly Form disgrace,",2.0
And too much Fuel chokes the smothered Fires.,0.0
"Men too unwise let go the slackened Rein,",2.0
"But they who think will lewd Desires restrain,",1.0
"Cheque the Emotion, and the Wish control,",1.0
And shun the Fate of the luxurious Owl.,3.0
"Foresight and Art the prickly Urchins boast,",1.0
"To keep the Seas, and shun the rocky Coast.",0.0
"When teeming Clouds the infant Tempest form,",0.0
"And whispering Winds concert the future Storm,",2.0
"They careful fear, lest forced to distant Lands",0.0
"They dash on Rocks, or bulge on rising Sands.",0.0
Too light themselves their Motions to control,2.0
"When the tenth Billows over their Fellows roll,",4.0
"They Ballast seek, with busy Eyes explore",0.0
"The various Pebbles of the winding Shore,",3.0
"Choose out the Stone, and with that steady Weight",1.0
"Fixed on their Backs, the raging Waters meet.",0.0
"Thus poised they careless keep their destined Way,",1.0
Nor the rude Shock of thwarting Floods obey.,2.0
"How clung to Rocks, when coming Dangers threat,",0.0
"New Forms they take, and wear a borrowed Dress,",2.0
Or raise the clouded Azure of the Flint:,1.0
"As the Rock looks, they take a different Stain,",2.0
"Perceive the Cheat, or find the false Disguise.",0.0
"Thus they concealed the dreaded Danger shun,",2.0
"By borrowed Shapes obscured, and lost in seeming Stone.",1.0
But when with near Approach the weaker Prey,0.0
"Invites, her waning Colours all decay;",2.0
"And Clouds hang low with ripened Storms overgrown,",4.0
Close in the Shelter of some vaulted Cave,1.0
"But forced by Want, while rougher Seas they dread,",0.0
Nature the growing Parts anew supplies.,2.0
"Twine to the Rocks, or paddle in the Deep.",0.0
"Doubtless the God, whose Will commands the Seas,",3.0
"Whom liquid Worlds, and watery Natives please,",2.0
Had taught the Fish by tedious Wants oppressed,2.0
"Life to preserve, and be himself the Feast.",2.0
"Thus, when the Clouds their snowy Burden drop,",0.0
"And rising Heaps improve the Mountain's Top,",0.0
"And creeping Ice confines the lessened Streams,",0.0
"Hides in his Den, nor hunts abroad for Prey:",0.0
"Sullen he lays him down, with busy Toil",3.0
"Licks his large Feet, and sucks the fattening Oil.",3.0
"Till with fresh Sap the withered Plant revives,",2.0
"Till lengthened Days the Bands of Winter loose,",0.0
"Then he to Woods returns, with tender Feet",0.0
"In Wars alternate, with embittered Rage,",3.0
"Mutual their Fate, reciprocal the Wound;",2.0
"By Turns they kill, and scatter Deaths around.",0.0
"Each to the other is a grateful Feast,",1.0
Successively they treat the unwelcome Guest.,3.0
Must to hereditary Hate succeed.,1.0
"From the moist Crannies, or the winding Cave",3.0
"Roaming abroad for Prey, the Lamprey sees",2.0
"Rapt with glad Hopes she feeds her wistful Eyes,",3.0
Now from the rising Beach he listening hears,0.0
"The rolling Floods, now shuddering looks around,",3.0
When troubled Waves with nearer Murmurs sound.,0.0
"The joyful Lamprey winds along the Flood,",0.0
And in glad Thought enjoys the coming Food:,1.0
Bounding she mounts all eager on the Chase;,3.0
Escape her Rage; He must unwilling try,0.0
"War's doubtful Chance, and with hard Doom comply.",3.0
Born on high Waves the slippery Foe commands,3.0
"The nearer Shore, and darts on yielding Sands.",0.0
"No Time to fly, no Hopes of coming Aid,",2.0
While murderous Teeth his tender Flesh invade.,2.0
"Down her wide Throat, now round her Tail they fold,",1.0
"To force her back, and break the fastened hold.",0.0
All Parts in vain are tried; her slippery Train,0.0
"Eludes his Touch, and mocks the fruitless Pain.",0.0
So when contending Wrestlers twine around,0.0
"In close Embrace, and beat the trampled Ground,",0.0
And grasp the adverse Arm with dusty Hand;,1.0
"Their cautious Feet incessant tread the Round,",0.0
"Meet in rude Shock, and undistinguished sound;",3.0
"With various Shifts each others Skill perplex,",2.0
But less indulgent Fate Success denies.,0.0
"Remorseless Teeth, and give the cruel Joy.",0.0
"Along the Sands the panting Pieces reek,",0.0
And even in Death a Shelter seem to seek.,2.0
"So when the Stag breathes on the guilty Heaps,",2.0
"Where hid from Cold the wily Serpent sleeps,",0.0
"That wondrous Spell will rouse the crested Snake,",0.0
"His speckled Form, and hides his secret Fears.",0.0
"Resolved the Stag his fixed Design pursues,",0.0
"Gripes fast the Wretch, and gives the killing Bruise.",1.0
"The Snake impatient winds his twisted Train,",0.0
And knotted Wreaths express the wringing Pain.,0.0
Now on his Neck the glossy Circle shines.,0.0
And hide in borrowed Forms the Fishy Shape.,1.0
All are besides deceived; to her alone,2.0
Whom most he dreads his Artifice is known;,1.0
"Her curious Thought the mimic Secret learns,",2.0
"With scornful Smile the Lamprey seems to speak,",0.0
"TO elude my Wish, and cheat observing Eyes?",1.0
"Since you so well express the rocky Hue,",0.0
Enter within and there securely hide;,3.0
"Or let the Rock it's craggy Summit bend,",0.0
"But since in changing Forms you vainly pride,",0.0
Learn Wretch in meaner Cunning to confide.,2.0
"Thus said, her spiral Circles on she bears,",2.0
"Hangs to the Cliff, nor will the Jetting leave.",1.0
"When other Parts are lost, the branching Feet",0.0
"Maintain their Hold, and grasp the rocky Seat.",0.0
"So when sacked Towns to hostile Fury yield,",1.0
"And mournful Streets with slaughtered Heaps are filled,",0.0
The raving Mother strains with close Embrace,0.0
"Her darling Babe, and hides his little Face:",0.0
The Parent's Neck his clinging Arms enfold;,0.0
"Fear gives him Strength, and knits the firmer Hold.",1.0
"Divide the Pair, and loose their mutual Bands.",2.0
"The Dame, mid the wild Transports of Despair,",4.0
"With Conquest flushed new Wars the Lamprey breathes,",1.0
In prouder State her silver Volumes wreaths:,0.0
"But urged by partial Hopes, and vain Conceit,",0.0
In her last Duel will the Lobster meet.,3.0
"Nor fears her pointed Teeth, nor winding Tail.",0.0
"Close by the Cave, where in the silent Shade",0.0
"The feasted Lamprey sinks her easy Head,",0.0
"He shakes his bearded Front, with Scorn extends",0.0
"His wrinkled Horns, and thus the Challenge sends.",0.0
"As, when two adverse Hosts encamped delay",2.0
"The destined Fight, and wait the coming Day,",0.0
"Impatient of Repose, some bolder Chief",1.0
"Regrets lost Time, and feeds his inward Grief,",1.0
"Thus dreadful pleases, and with Terror charms:",2.0
"To Action calls, and blames inglorious Rest.",2.0
"With taunting Language, and disdainful Eyes",1.0
The boldest Champion to the Plain defies.,1.0
"While adverse Troops the haughty Menace hear,",1.0
Nor will the hostile Youth such Insult bear;,2.0
"Accepts the Challenge, and the Scorn returns.",1.0
"Enraged she comes, darts sudden from her Cell,",2.0
"Seizes the Foe, and fixes on the Shell.",3.0
From the hard Crust the baffled Teeth recoil.,2.0
"No Entrance there the blunted Weapons find,",2.0
At length provoked the bearded Lobster ends,0.0
"Drives back the Blood, and all the Mass divides.",1.0
"The Parts all bruised in racking Torture swell,",0.0
By cruel Gripe the passive Wretch compressed,0.0
"No Rest the Lobster gives, nor quits his hold;",1.0
"Restless she moves, nor can her Pains conceal,",3.0
"Clings to her Foe, and hugs the pointed Shell.",0.0
"The piercing Lancets prick each tender Vein,",0.0
"Over his rough Back she twists the fatal Round,",2.0
"Tears her soft Skin, and gives her self the Wound.",3.0
"And barbarous Sports the gazing Throng invites,",2.0
First by rude Din the sullen Beast prepares.,3.0
"Grins at the Crowd, and mocks the shining Spear.",0.0
And wrinkled Lips exert their dreadful Rows.,0.0
"While grinning Jaws their open Void display,",0.0
Down the flung Spear takes swift it's destined Way.,4.0
"The yawning Beast a ready Passage gives,",0.0
And sheathed within his Throat the whizzing Steel receives.,0.0
"The imprudent Lamprey, urged by fierce Despite,",1.0
"Thus aids the Foe, and tries the fruitless Bite.",1.0
And from rude Touch the tender Parts defend.,2.0
Nor fears the rising Spikes that closely set,0.0
Over the hard Shell their pointed Terrors threat:,2.0
"Such is the Combat, when in lone Retreats",1.0
Of silent Woods the crested Serpent meets,0.0
The Urchin's secret Track: by Nature they,1.0
The fierce Impulse of mutual Hate obey.,2.0
"Approaching War the Urchin soon perceives,",0.0
And hears the distant Rustle of the Leaves.,1.0
"Close in her own Embrace she sheltered hides,",0.0
"Contracts her Feet, and rounds her prickly Sides:",0.0
From every Part the thorny Bristles rise;,0.0
"The rounding Ball, and furious Onset makes;",3.0
"With angry Jaws the ungrateful Morsel chews,",2.0
While the safe Urchin mocks his weaker Bruise.,2.0
"Enraged the Foe exerts his utmost Strength,",1.0
"Resolved he curls, and with a rough Embrace",1.0
"Squeezes the Ball, and binds the prickly Case.",2.0
"While oft the Urchin turns, and rolling gives",0.0
"Lost in his glossy Slough, and speckled Side,",0.0
Their sharpened Tops the piercing Needles hide.,0.0
"Hangs on the drooping Herb, and stains the blasted Ground.",0.0
"Racking the Pain, but firm the Serpent holds,",2.0
"His twisted Spires, or stretch his lengthened Train,",0.0
Till dying both are from their Pains released.,1.0
"But oft the Urchin, by the Serpent bruised,",1.0
"Escapes with Hurt, and from the Prison loosed",1.0
"Creeps weakened over the Bank with sickly Pace,",3.0
"While fleshy Trophies on his Sides are born,",1.0
"Like is the Event of the unkind Embrace,",2.0
"Wounds to her self by thoughtless Rage she gives,",0.0
"But though firm Mail the vigorous Lobster shields,",4.0
"Beneath the Rock, where eating Eddies round",0.0
"The shelving Cave, and plain in murmuring Sound,",2.0
"As void of Care the bearded Lobster lies,",0.0
"Behind with wary Steps he softly creeps,",0.0
And on the sounding Armour sudden leaps;,1.0
Spreads all his knotty Arms; they close entwined,0.0
"With stubborn Squeeze the tortured Parts constrain,",0.0
And with firm Braces fix the rounding Chain.,2.0
"His straightened Jaws the throttling Ties compress,",0.0
"Dam up the Way, and make the Channel less.",0.0
"His Mouth choked up no flitting Blast receives,",6.0
"Life's Vehicle denied, the Lobster dies,",2.0
"For Fishes too must yield to chilling Death,",0.0
When ought shall stop the constant Flux of Breath.,0.0
Alternate Gusts maintain the vital Fire.,2.0
"But long, before spent with Toil, the Lobster strives,",2.0
"Now vigorous shoots away, or sudden dives,",3.0
"Plies his broad Tail, and cuts the rolling Flood,",3.0
"Oft heaves his Back, and shakes the pressing Load;",1.0
"Now wearied stays, and weaker Efforts tries,",1.0
"Now pants despairing, and now bursting dies.",3.0
Nor pressing Arms their close Embrace remit.,0.0
"When stretched on Sands the Lobster breathless lies,",0.0
"And, like the busy Infant at the Breast,",0.0
Sucks from the shelly Pipes the luscious Feast.,0.0
"As the cursed Wretch, in hardy Mischief proved,",2.0
"Untouched with Pity, and with Guilt unmoved,",1.0
"Hid in the narrow Turn of winding Streets,",0.0
Dozed with the circling Pledge of unmixed Wines:,3.0
In faltering Accents hums a broken Song;,2.0
"Fumes cloud the Brain, and sink the nodding Head,",1.0
"When sudden starting from his guilty Shades,",1.0
"The Thief behind with hardy Grasp invades,",0.0
"Back pulls him down, and gives the gushing Wound;",2.0
"He groaning falls, and dying bites the Ground.",0.0
"With Hast the Villain, fearful of Delay,",1.0
"Strips the warm Dead, and bears the Spoils away.",3.0
"Thus when the Lobster, lulled by murmuring Seas,",2.0
"Clings to the Rock reclined in thoughtless Ease,",0.0
And all his branching Arms around the Captive flings.,0.0
"These, of all Kinds that curl the wrinkled Waves,",1.0
"That press the Sands, or hide in dropping Caves,",0.0
"Impartial Foes, as if they Kindness meant,",1.0
By mutual Hate each others Wrongs resent.,2.0
"Successive Deaths the fatal Circle tread,",0.0
"Attend the Victor, and avenge the Dead.",1.0
Their hated Mouths the noxious Secret hoard.,0.0
"The deadly Juice drops in the wounded Part,",1.0
"Him most the Fishers dread, in hideous Form",2.0
"And Name agreeing with that reptile Worm,",1.0
"Whose Sides a double Row of Legs display,",0.0
That print a thousand Footsteps on the Clay.,2.0
Like him the Sea-born Monster over the Main,3.0
With numerous Feet rows on his waving Train.,2.0
"Through unseen Wounds injects the stinging Grief,",4.0
"In Spots around the scarlet Venom spreads,",0.0
"So touched by them, we feel the burning Pains",1.0
"Itch in the Skin, and tingle in the Veins.",0.0
"A dreaded Foe to those who dive below,",1.0
"Where on hard Beds the porous Sponges grow,",3.0
"From it's loved Moisture bear the Heap away,",2.0
And bring the rancid Substance to the Day.,1.0
"When the gay Shoals perceive the prying Guest,",3.0
"Envious they throng, and all his Search molest;",1.0
"Bite every Part, and suck the pleasing Wound.",1.0
"Oft struck they can't forego the tempting Food,",1.0
Such is their ardent Thirst of human Blood.,1.0
"So when full Ears scarce hold the ripened Grains,",2.0
"And of rude Gales the whispering Field complains,",4.0
The buzzing Squadrons scent the grateful Sweat;,0.0
"On every Part they light, roam busy round,",1.0
"Tickle the Face, and raise the ruddy Wound.",2.0
"The Peasant fans them off, but they again",2.0
"Wanton return, and strike the itching Pain.",2.0
"Nor will the restless Swarms their Sport forego,",1.0
Till dead they fall pressed by the quicker Blow;,2.0
And shun the Cool of the declining Day.,1.0
Injected Poison fires the wounded Veins.,0.0
"Soft Cuttle-Fish, that stain the flowing Tide",1.0
"With inky Streams, more dreaded Moisture hide.",0.0
Nor small the Wound like that the Rainbow gives;,1.0
But raging Pain the glowing Member grieves.,0.0
"From their cursed Mouths the dropping Fires distil,",2.0
"Inflame the Blood, and shed the spreading Ill.",0.0
"The prickly Gudgeon, that alternate dwells.",3.0
"Or vault above, or glide unseen beneath;",0.0
"Weavers, whose March the timorous Shoals obey,",4.0
"Divide their Ranks, and humbly give the Way;",0.0
"Or poised in Air, or born on grosser Seas;",0.0
Whose piercing Bristles multiply the Wound;,0.0
"And, as they prick, inject the flowing Bane.",1.0
And hardy Sword-Fish wield the threatening Blade.,1.0
"Nature and Time the growing Part produce,",2.0
"Finish it's Length, and teach the murderous Use.",4.0
"Nor burnished Steel, nor Plates of flaming Brass",0.0
In solid Work the fishy Snout surpass.,0.0
"Struck with it's Point, the sounding Stone gives Way,",1.0
And shattered Rocks their secret Veins display.,0.0
"Murderous alike they ravage all the Sea,",1.0
"First give the mortal Wound, then seize the Prey.",1.0
"In this they differ; when the Sword-Fish dies,",1.0
"Despised and harmless now, the worthless Bone",0.0
"No longer boasts the Sword, but useless grown",1.0
Henceforth it's martial Nature must disown.,1.0
"The dying Fish, and in it's Venom lives.",0.0
"Man killing Arts has too industrious sought,",3.0
And murderous Science to Perfection brought.,3.0
"For guilty Hands designed, the sooty Trade",0.0
"Mix cursed Herbs, and deadly Juice ferment.",1.0
"Too curious Search Death's hidden Stores reveals,",4.0
How Fate in Plants and poisonous Powder dwells.,2.0
"But of all Ills, that Art from Nature steals,",1.0
"That Seas produce, or Earth's dark Womb conceals,",1.0
"No dreaded Stroke, no killing wound like hers.",2.0
"All Things must yield; the dire Infection's such,",1.0
The solid Flint would moulder at the Touch.,0.0
"When rising Shrubs their spreading Branches shoot,",0.0
"Pride in their Leaves, or joy in ripening Fruit,",0.0
"But grate the Root, or prick the tender Rind,",0.0
"The Leaves shrink in, and all the Glories fade,",1.0
Rich Sap no more is through the Pipes conveyed;,2.0
"No kind Supplies flow round the porous Stem,",2.0
"Cast a bright Green, and swell the smiling Gem,",3.0
"But killing Juices all the Fibres taint,",1.0
"Dry Stalks now rustle on the Ground reclined,",3.0
Where Shades once trembled at the wanton Wind.,1.0
"Or washed by Seas, or nourished by the Dew,",1.0
Mid all the deadly Treasures of her Art,1.0
To it's long taper Shaft the fishy Spoil,2.0
"The Goddess joins, and fits for martial Toil.",0.0
"Describes it's Use, and the hid Venom shows.",2.0
"He sought his Sire, till led by doubtful Fame",2.0
To rocky Coasts of Ithaca he came.,1.0
Here on his Father's Goats with youthful Pride,0.0
His fatal Spear the wanton Warrior tried;,0.0
"Around the Plain contagious Slaughters made,",0.0
And on rank Heaps the bearded Victims laid.,2.0
"While careless he the pleasing Sport pursues,",1.0
The flying Herdsmen tell the unwelcome News,2.0
"The Chief incensed recalls his youthful Hast,",1.0
"Assaults his Sire, and wounds his aged Breast.",2.0
"Through boiling Veins the glowing Poisons roll,",0.0
And with dire Pains expel the lingering Soul.,0.0
"Thus He, who dared the Dangers of the Main,",1.0
And the fierce Sword-Fish rolls the calmer Deep.,4.0
"Though swift their Pace, though Fate attends their Strokes,",0.0
A worthless Fly the mighty Fish provokes.,0.0
"When the cursed Dog begins the sultry Days,",3.0
"Beneath the sheltering Fin the Insects hide,",3.0
And goad with poisonous Sting the tender Side.,2.0
"Ride over the foaming Seas, with Torture rave,",3.0
"Bound into Air, and dash the smoking Wave.",1.0
"Oft with imprudent Hast they fly the Main,",2.0
"And seek in Death a kind Release from Pain,",0.0
"Vault on some Ship, or to the Shores repair,",1.0
And gasp away their hated Lives in Air.,0.0
So when from reeking Vales Autumnal Days,0.0
"With circling Tail, and wild distorted Eyes",0.0
While far behind the hollowing Peasant sweats.,2.0
"Nor Fence of twisted Hedge, nor slimy Dikes",0.0
Retain the Beast; but over the shelving Steep,2.0
"Nor breezy Caves, nor Meads invite her Stay,",0.0
"Though Banks obstruct, and Rivers cross the Way.",0.0
"She fords the Stream, and climbs the rising Mound;",0.0
"Dolphins, by all the liquid Realms revered,",1.0
"Command the Seas, and rule the floating Herd.",0.0
"The willing Tribes their native Lord obey,",0.0
"Confess his Power, and own the rightful Sway.",1.0
"None can in Force with furious Dolphins vie,",2.0
"Dolphins as swift their rapid Course pursue,",2.0
"Fires sparkle in their Eyes, and gleaming Rays",0.0
"Brighten the watery Shade, and clear the gloomy Ways.",4.0
When Fishes with vain Hopes their trembling Heads,2.0
"Or wrap in Slime, or roll in sandy Beds,",0.0
"Mid the dark Shade they form a sudden Day,",3.0
And all the Secrets of the Depth survey.,1.0
"When Lions roar, the Beasts with Terror hear,",0.0
And by their Silence own their passive Fear.,1.0
"Birds distant view, when Eagles soar on high,",1.0
And humbly give the Freedom of the Sky.,1.0
"In shining Tracks, and taint the gilded Air,",0.0
"Silent below the meaner Serpent creeps,",2.0
"Nor dares to hiss, but hides in weedy Heaps.",0.0
Over the unbounded Empire of the Main.,2.0
"While over the Floods the wanton Dolphin rolls,",2.0
"All give the Sea, and drive their mingled Shoals.",0.0
Nor on their dreaded Monarch steady gaze.,1.0
Passive they turn their Eyes; with servile Fear,2.0
"But when the Sovereign hungry seeks his Prey,",0.0
From the known Tyrant all the meaner Slaves,2.0
"From the mixed Heaps will noblest Captives choose,",2.0
"Let go the tasteless Prey, and vulgar Treats refuse.",1.0
"But hardy Troops are found, and they alone",1.0
"That brave the Dolphin, and his Sway disown;",1.0
"With equal Scorn the Tyrant's Wrong repay,",2.0
Nor passive will the lawless Force obey:,1.0
"Nor wield the Sword, nor dart the poisonous Spear;",2.0
"That ready strike, and give the certain Wound.",0.0
"Engage their Monarch, nor his Threats' regard.",1.0
"When wanton Dolphins from their Fellows stray,",1.0
"And the lone Wanderers take their private Way,",4.0
"None dread the Danger, or the Toil excuse:",2.0
"With firm Consent the Summons all obey,",0.0
"Press to the Charge, and throng the straightened Way.",0.0
"So when the Hopes of Fame, and hostile Spoils",0.0
To glorious Hazard push the embattled Files.,4.0
"Resolved they move, and all the Danger court,",0.0
"Scale the high Wall, and raze the battered Fort:",3.0
War to the truly brave is only Sport.,0.0
"Allied to One united Force oppose,",1.0
"Nor royal Birth, nor ancient Fame forgets;",0.0
"But mocks the Invaders, and their Onset meets:",4.0
"Feeds with Revenge, and tastes the double Sweets",2.0
"Of slaughtered Rebels, and of grateful Treats.",1.0
"But when around the rallying Troops appear,",2.0
"Rush in the Front, and thicken in the Rear,",0.0
Rebellion worthy all the Monarch's Rage.,1.0
Fearless of Danger they at once surround,3.0
"The Princely Fish, and all the Dolphin wound.",0.0
With Rage inveterate the restless Shoals,1.0
"Make at his Head, and on his azure Jowls",1.0
"Remorseless fasten; on his Back they ride,",1.0
"Hang on his Gills, and tear his bleeding Side.",0.0
"Some glide beneath, others behind him press,",5.0
"Burden the Tail, and all the Fish distress.",2.0
"Yet vigorous shoots, and all the Ocean rounds.",2.0
"Vexed with Disgrace, and Sense of various Pain",4.0
Now swift as sunny Gleams the Dolphin leaps,1.0
"Through flying Mists, and over the Surface sweeps.",2.0
"Where silent Waves, and stiller Waters flow.",0.0
"Remove the Foes, nor give the Sovereign Ease.",0.0
"They still unmoved their fastened Hold retain,",0.0
"Drive with their Guide, and round the troubled Main.",0.0
"Wherever he moves, unwelcome they attend,",3.0
"And born by him, with him as swift descend",1.0
"To lowest Seas, as swift again pursue",0.0
"Repeated Tracks, and clearer Day review.",1.0
"Thus joined they all one monstrous Fish appear,",1.0
And to known Shapes no certain Likeness bear.,4.0
"Fishers amazed long fix their steady Eyes,",3.0
While blended Kinds their real Form disguise.,3.0
As when the stagnate Blood corrupting breeds,1.0
"The putrid Sore, and glowing Ulcer feeds;",0.0
And give new Motion to the clotted Blood;,2.0
"Curl up their Backs, and swell their bloated Sides,",0.0
And by strong Suction force the streaming Tides;,2.0
"But when the long continued Pleasures cloy,",0.0
"Senseless they fall, and dizzy with the Joy.",3.0
"Rivet their Teeth, nor will the Part resign.",3.0
When fed the weary Dolphin they release;,1.0
"Disperse themselves, and drive along the Seas.",0.0
"The Royal Fish, from hostile Numbers freed,",0.0
"Furious he dashes round the broken Waves,",1.0
Devours whole Shoals and grinds the gasping Slaves.,3.0
And blushing Waves their smiling Azure lose.,0.0
"Flight or Resistance now no longer save,",3.0
But in Return they feel the Wounds they gave.,0.0
When prowling Troops of Wolves some wandering Deer,2.0
In numerous Concert hunt; she winged with Fear,2.0
The furious Wolves with more than equal Pace,2.0
"Reach to the Wound, and gain upon the Chase;",0.0
"From her fat Sides the reeking Morsels tear,",2.0
"Their harmless Prey securely they destroy,",1.0
"Void of Remorse, and insolent with Pride",3.0
"Laugh at her Groans, and all her Pains deride.",0.0
Not so the Dolphin's Foes unhurt retreat;,0.0
"A just Revenge the daring Rebels meet,",0.0
"Their former Insults of the Monarch grieve,",2.0
"And Pains for Pains, and Wounds for Wounds receive.",0.0
"Dolphins in Death their royal Birth regard,",2.0
"Act like themselves, and for the Hour prepared,",2.0
"Their Doom expecting they intrepid wait,",1.0
Even then are careful to preserve their State;,1.0
"Fate's Summons with Indifference obey,",3.0
"But fly the Depths, and leave the wider Sea.",0.0
And with rude Scorn their lifeless Sovereign treat.,2.0
"To wavy Sands they silently retire,",1.0
"On the moist Bed recline their sickly Head,",2.0
Where no base Fish insults the royal Dead;,1.0
And hope that grateful Man with pious Hand,0.0
Will give his Friend the Burial of the Sand:,1.0
At least the Waters and returning Tide,1.0
"Living they rule, and dying leave the Main;",2.0
Greatness of Soul in latest Hours appears:,2.0
"Careless of Life the thoughtless Hero fears,",2.0
And Dolphins thus in Death we must admire,0.0
Just to themselves; their Conduct is entire.,2.0
"Careful to assert their Honour, and maintain",3.0
"Their former Port, the Dolphins dying reign.",0.0
"Barbels, unlike the rest, are just and mild,",2.0
"Nor on their own, nor different Kinds they prey,",1.0
But equal Laws of common Right obey.,0.0
"Each licks his Mate; by Love the Barbel lives,",0.0
And the dear Kiss alternate Pleasure gives.,3.0
The Good and Just are Heaven's peculiar Care:,2.0
All ravenous Kinds the sacred Barbel spare;,2.0
"Nor will though hungry seize the gentle Fry,",1.0
"But give the Look, and pitying pass them by.",2.0
"The brave good Man, who scorns the selfish End,",0.0
"Will on no Rights by lawless Power intrude,",4.0
But to his own prefers the public Good.,1.0
"Even stormy Seas the juster Kinds revere,",0.0
And Fish some Respect to Virtue bear.,2.0
"But All besides, voracious and unjust,",1.0
"Obey their Passions, and indulge their Lust.",1.0
"When Hunger calls, they roam abroad for Food,",0.0
"Pursue the weaker, by the strong pursued.",1.0
"All the Night long they constant Watches keep,",3.0
Nor one unguarded Moment give to Sleep.,1.0
In grateful Intervals of soft Repose.,1.0
"In some sequestered Cell removed from Sight,",0.0
They sleep away the Dangers of the Night.,1.0
From midnight Fears the God of Slumber flies.,1.0
"Fondly we blame the Rage of warring Fish,",2.0
Who urged by Hunger must supply the Wish;,0.0
"When cruel Men, to whom their ready Food",0.0
"Kind Earth affords, yet thirst for human Blood.",1.0
"Peace, grieved by Man, to brighter Regions fled,",1.0
And angry Mars contending Nations led.,0.0
Ambitious Youths with Thirst of Glory fired,0.0
The proud Deformity of Scars admired.,1.0
"Power uncontrolled maintained the wrongful Cause,",0.0
Nor feared the weaker Force of silent Laws.,0.0
On his own Altar was a Victim made.,2.0
And in vile Heaps the sacred Rubbish cast.,1.0
"Boldly went up, and rolled their guilty Spires.",0.0
"Statues deformed lay headless on the Ground,",3.0
None knew what God the dubious Image owned.,3.0
"At length soft Peace looked back; the Troubles ceased,",2.0
And pitying Heaven gave the Kingdoms Rest.,2.0
The dying Sparks of Fury to revive.,1.0
"The proud Iberian, and the warlike Gaul",2.0
"Oft did the Rhine polluted Currents mourn,",0.0
And saw his Banks by slaughtered Legions raised.,0.0
"Till you, blessed Pair, so kinder Heaven decreed,",2.0
And steady Justice holds the impartial Scales.,2.0
"Plenty around her various Mantle spreads,",4.0
"The God of Sleep, freed from the noisy Dread,",2.0
On every Bank inclines his drowsy Head.,0.0
"Gay painted Dreams skim over the silent Plain,",4.0
And kindly hover on the slumbering Swain.,3.0
"The joyous Sun smiles on the calmer Day,",2.0
And little Loves in every Corner play.,0.0
"May the Good Gods these Halcyon Days prolong,",3.0
"Give Rust to Arms, and Leisure to the Song.",2.0
"May, through the Round of long successive Years,",1.0
Continued Peace prevent our future Fears.,0.0
"Or from the Imperial Sire, or Royal Son.",5.0
"Now humble Merit meets a just Reward,",1.0
Nor will the Court disdain the peaceful Bard.,1.0
"That throng his Throne, and on the Godhead wait,",2.0
"May all indulgent guard the Royal Pair,",0.0
"The World's great Monarch, and the blooming Heir.",2.0
"Our Wishes must succeed, our Prayers are heard,",0.0
If Piety deserves a just Reward.,1.0
"The Heavenly Powers will look propitious down,",5.0
"By sure Succession fix the established Throne,",2.0
"SINCE language never can describe my pain,",1.0
How can I hope to move when I complain?,2.0
"We love to plead, though hopeless of redress.",1.0
From whence these lines? whose message to convey?,1.0
"Mock not my grief with that feigned cold demand,",1.0
Too well you know the hapless writer's hand:,1.0
"But if you force me to avow my shame,",2.0
"Lost to the world, abandoned and forlorn,",1.0
"Exposed to infamy, reproach, and scorn,",1.0
"To mirth and comfort lost, and all for you,",0.0
"Yet lost, perhaps, to your remembrance too,",1.0
"How hard my lot! what refuge can I try,",1.0
"Weary of life, and yet afraid to die!",2.0
"By friends, by kindred, by my lover, left.",1.0
O! frail dependence of confiding fools!,1.0
"On lovers oaths, or friendship's sacred rules,",0.0
"How weak in modern heats, too late I find,",1.0
"To these reflections, each slow wearing day,",2.0
"And each revolving night a constant prey,",0.0
What madness dictates in my fond despair;,1.0
"Grudge not this short relief, too fast it flies",1.0
Nor chide that weakness I myself despise.,2.0
"One moment sure may be at least her due,",0.0
Who sacrificed her all of life for you.,0.0
"Without a frown this farewell then receive,",1.0
"For, it's the last my hapless love shall give;",1.0
"Nor this I would, if reason could command,",1.0
But what restriction reins a lover's hand?,0.0
"Nor prudence, shame, nor pride, nor interest sways,",0.0
The hand implicitly the heart obeys:,1.0
"Too well this maxim has my conduct shown,",1.0
Too well that conduct to the world is known.,1.0
"Oft have I writ, and often to the flame",1.0
"Oft in my cooler recollected thought,",0.0
"Thy beauties, and my fondness half forgot,",1.0
How short those intervals for reason's aid!,1.0
Thus to myself in anguish have I said.,3.0
"Who act the wrong, can never that wrong deplore.",2.0
"I formed thee melting, as I tell my pain.",1.0
"If not of rock thy flinty heart is made,",0.0
"Nor tigers nursed thee in the desert shade,",0.0
"Let me at least thy cold compassion prove,",0.0
That slender sustenance of greedy love:,1.0
"Though no return my warmer wishes find,",0.0
"Be to the wretch, though not the mistress, kind;",0.0
"Nor while I court my melancholy state,",0.0
The paths of pleasure; can I bear this change?,1.0
"Doomed from the world unwilling to retire,",1.0
"In bloom of life, and warm with young desire,",0.0
Condemned in distant wilds to drag the day;,0.0
"Where beasts of prey maintain their savage court,",0.0
"For none I mourn, but what I find in thee,",0.0
"There centre all my woes, thy heart estranged,",0.0
"I weep my lover, not my fortune, changed;",0.0
"Blessed with thy presence, I could all forget,",1.0
"Nor gilded palaces in huts regret,",1.0
"But exiled thence, superfluous is the rest,",2.0
"Each place the same, my hell is in my breast;",0.0
"To pleasure dead, and living but to pain,",1.0
"My only sense to suffer, and complain.",1.0
"Say, can thy pulse with equal cadence beat?",0.0
That upright delegate for secret sin;,1.0
"Is nature so extinguished in thy heart,",1.0
That not one spark remains to take my part?,0.0
"Not one repentant throb, one grateful sigh?",1.0
"Nature has formed thee of the rougher kind,",2.0
"And education more debased thy mind,",0.0
"Born in an age when guilt and fraud prevail,",0.0
"When Justice sleeps, and Interest holds the scale;",0.0
"Thy loose companions a licentious crew,",1.0
"Most to each other, all to us untrue,",1.0
"Whom chance, or habit mix, but rarely choice,",0.0
"Who indigent of honour, or of shame,",1.0
Glory in crimes which others blush to name;,2.0
"By right or wrong disdaining to be moved,",1.0
"If not their falsehood, still their boasts expose;",1.0
"Nor knows the wisest to elude the harm,",1.0
Even she whose prudence shuns the tinsel charm,1.0
"They know to slander, though they fail to warm:",1.0
"They make her languish in fictitious flame,",0.0
"Affix some specious slander on her name,",1.0
"And baffled by her virtue, triumph over her fame.",3.0
"These are the leaders of thy blinded youth,",2.0
"Morality as weakness they upbraid,",3.0
Nor even revere Religion's hallowed head;,2.0
"Alike they spurn divine and human laws,",0.0
And treat the honest like the christian cause.,0.0
Curse on that tongue whose vile pernicious art,0.0
"Delights the ear but to corrupt the heart,",1.0
"That takes advantage of the cheerful hour,",1.0
"When weakened Virtue bends to Nature's power,",0.0
"And would the goodness of the soul efface,",1.0
"With such you lose the day in false delights,",1.0
Their arguments convince because they please;,1.0
"While sophistry for reason they admit,",2.0
"And wander dazzled by the glare of wit,",1.0
"Wit that on ill a specious lustre throws,",0.0
"And in false colours every object shows,",1.0
"And hurts the judgement, while it feasts the sight;",0.0
So in the prism to the deluded eye,3.0
"Each pictured trifle takes a rainbow die,",1.0
"With borrowed charms the shining prospect glows,",1.0
"Inverted scenes in bright confusion lie,",0.0
The lawns impending over the neither sky;,2.0
"No just, no real images we meet,",2.0
But all the gaudy vision is deceit.,1.0
Oft I revolve in this distracted mind,3.0
"Each word, each look, that spoke my charmer kind;",0.0
But o! how dear their memory I pay!,2.0
What pleasures past can present cares allay?,0.0
Of all I love for ever dispossessed:,0.0
Hard disposition of unequal fate!,2.0
"Mixed are our joys, and transient are their date;",1.0
"Nor can reflection bring them back again,",1.0
"Thy fatal letters, o immoral youth,",1.0
"Those perjured pledges of fictitious truth,",1.0
"Dear as they were no second joy afford,",2.0
"My credulous heart once leaped at every word,",3.0
And floods of rapture gushed into my eyes:,0.0
"When now repeated for thy theft was vain,",1.0
Each treasured syllable my thoughts retain,1.0
"Far other passions rule, and different care,",1.0
"My joys and grief, my transports and despair.",1.0
Why dost thou mock the ties of constant love?,0.0
"They only taste the pleasures they receive,",1.0
When sure the noblest is in those we give.,2.0
"Acceptance is the heaven which mortals know,",1.0
But it's the bliss of angels to bestow.,2.0
"O! emulate, my love, that task divine,",0.0
"Be thou that angel, and that heaven be mine.",1.0
"Yes, yet relent, yet intercept my fate:",1.0
"Alas! I rave, and sue for new deceit.",0.0
"As soon the dead shall from the grave return,",1.0
"O! that I dared to act a Roman part,",0.0
"And stab thy image in this faithful heart,",0.0
"Where riveted for life secure you reign,",1.0
"A cruel inmate, author of my pain:",2.0
"Time's tardy aid, nor dare to rush on fate;",1.0
"Perhaps may linger on life's latest stage,",2.0
"Survey thy cruelties, and fall by age:",1.0
"No ' --  grief shall swell my sails, and speed me over",1.0
Despair my pilot to that quiet shore,1.0
"Where I can trust, and thou betray no more.",2.0
"Might I but once again behold thy charms,",0.0
"Might I but breathe my last in those dear arms,",1.0
"On that loved face but fix my closing eye,",1.0
"Permitted where I might not live to die,",0.0
My softened fate I would accuse no more;,1.0
But fate has no such happiness in store.,1.0
"It's past, it's done ' --  what gleam of hope behind,",0.0
"When I can never be false, nor thou be kind?",2.0
Why then this care? ' --  it's weak ' --  it's vain ' --  farewell ' --,1.0
At that last word what agonies I feel!,2.0
I faint ' --  I die ' --  remember I was true ' --,1.0
It's all I ask ' --  eternally ' --  adieu! ' --,1.0
"The western shore, with slow, and languid waves,",0.0
Thy valleys fragrant with perennial flowers;,3.0
"There, far above, the Pine unbending rose,",1.0
Along the pathway of thy mountain snows;,2.0
"The Palms fling high in air their feathered heads,",1.0
While each broad leaf an ample shadow spreads;,1.0
"The Bark, reviving shrub! Ah, not in vain",0.0
"You fostering gales around those blossoms blow,",2.0
"Affection sees new lustre light the eye,",1.0
And feels her vanished peace again is nigh.,0.0
"The Mocking-bird his varying note essays,",2.0
And charms the grove with imitative lays;,0.0
The plaintive Hummingbird unfolds his wing,0.0
Of vivid plumage to the ray of spring;,1.0
"Then sinks, soft burden, on the humid flower,",2.0
The Virtues rose unsullied and sublime;,1.0
Spreads her wide mantle over the shivering form;,7.0
His high behest the willing heart obeyed;,0.0
Whose origin from glowing suns they trace.,1.0
"Love's soft emotions now his soul possessed,",1.0
"A selfish purpose, or a thought untrue;",1.0
From mourning love the venal breast divide;,0.0
"Yet Love, if there from sordid shackles free,",1.0
One faithful bosom yet belongs to thee;,0.0
"On that fond heart the purest bliss bestow,",1.0
"Ah, never may that heart in vain deplore",1.0
The pang that tortures when beloved no more.,0.0
"And from that agony the spirit save,",2.0
When unrelenting yawns the untimely grave;,2.0
"When death dissolves the ties for ever dear,",0.0
When frantic passion pours her parting tear;,0.0
"With all the wasting pains she only feels,",0.0
Hangs on the quivering lip that silence seals;,2.0
"Views fondness struggling in the closing eye,",1.0
And marks it mingling in the faltering sigh;,2.0
"As the loved form, while folded to her breast,",3.0
Breathes the last moan that gives its struggles rest;,3.0
"Leaves her to pine in grief that none can share,",0.0
And find the world a desert to despair.,1.0
Bright was the lustre of the orient ray,2.0
"Her auburn hair spread loosely on the wind,",2.0
Seem deeper hues and richer scents to breathe.,1.0
"The gentle tribe now sought the hallowed fane,",1.0
"With love parental, to his anxious breast;",1.0
Priest of the Sun! within the sacred shrine,0.0
His fervent spirit breathed the strain divine;,0.0
"With careful hand the guiltless offering spread,",0.0
Nor vain the incense of erroneous praise,4.0
"On wings of purity behold it rise,",1.0
For soon shall burst the unrelenting storm,0.0
"Over thy mild head, and crush thy prostrate form!",2.0
"Recording Fame shall mark thy desperate fate,",0.0
And distant ages weep for ills so great!,0.0
"Now over the deep dull Night her mantle flung,",4.0
Dim on the wave the moon's faint crescent hung;,1.0
Soothed by the languid murmurs of the main;,1.0
"When sudden clamour the illusion broke,",2.0
Wild on the surface of the deep it spoke;,1.0
"A rising breeze expands her flowing veil,",0.0
"Aghast with fear, she spies a flying sail ' --",0.0
With eager eye she views her destined foe,0.0
Lead to her peaceful shores the adventurous prow;,4.0
"Trembling she knelt, with wild, disordered air,",1.0
And poured with frantic energy her prayer:,1.0
"OH, you avenging spirits of the deep!",3.0
"Mount the blue lightning's wing, over ocean sweep;",6.0
"Loud from your central caves the shell resound,",1.0
That summons death to your abyss profound;,1.0
"Call the pale spectre from his dark abode,",4.0
"To print the billow, swell the blackening flood,",0.0
"Howl in the blast, and animate the storm ' --",0.0
Relentless powers! for not one quivering breeze,3.0
Has ruffled yet the surface of the seas ' --,1.0
"Wave your black plumes, and cleave the aerial way;",5.0
"Proud in terrific force your wings expand,",1.0
"Press the firm earth, and darken all the strand;",3.0
And shun the region veiled in partial night.,0.0
"Vain hope, devoted land! I read thy doom,",1.0
My sad prophetic soul can pierce the gloom;,0.0
"Consumed, and wasted in its early prime.",0.0
"Region abhorred! be gold the tempting bane,",2.0
And luxury unnerve the sickening soul.,1.0
"Ah, not in vain she poured the impassioned tear;",2.0
"Ah, not in vain she called the powers to hear!",2.0
"Each sweet affection fled the tainted shore,",0.0
"And virtue wandered, to return no more.",2.0
"FLUSHED with impatient hope, the martial band,",2.0
"By stern PIZARRO led, approach the land;",0.0
"No terrors arm his hostile brow, for guile",1.0
To meet his latent foe on friendship's wings.,0.0
His feathered chiefs the golden throne surround;,0.0
"The waving canopy its plume displays,",1.0
Whose waving hues reflect the morning rays;,0.0
"With native grace he hails the warrior train,",0.0
"In all the savage pomp of armour dressed,",0.0
"The frowning helmet, and the nodding crest.",1.0
And charm with eloquence the simple heart;,1.0
Unfolding to the monarch's wondering thought,4.0
All that inventive arts the rude have taught.,0.0
And now he bids the musing spirit rise,0.0
Above the circle of surrounding skies;,1.0
Presents the page that sheds Religion's light,0.0
Over the dark missed of intellectual night:,4.0
"While, thrilled with awe, the monarch trembling stands,",0.0
He dropped the hallowed volume from his hands.,1.0
"And shuddering demons fan the rising fires,",2.0
"The bloody signal waves, the banners play,",0.0
The naked sabres flash their streaming ray;,0.0
"The trumpet rolls its animating sound,",0.0
"While fierce in sanguine rage, the sons of Spain",0.0
"The fiends of slaughter urged their dire career,",0.0
And virtue's guardian spirits dropped a tear!,2.0
And closed with prayer his consecrated life! ' --,0.0
"Shield their loved Prince, and bathe his robes in blood; ' --",3.0
"And high of soul, receive each fatal wound;",0.0
"Dragged from his throne, and hurried over the plain,",2.0
The wretched Monarch swells the captive train;,0.0
"With iron grasp the frantic Prince they bear,",0.0
And feel their triumph in his wild despair. ' --,0.0
"Deep in the gloomy dungeon's lone domain,",0.0
"The earth's cold bed refused oblivious rest,",3.0
And with the monarch's blends the lover's tears.,2.0
"No tear the mourner shed, she breathed no sigh,",2.0
"Her lips were mute, and closed her languid eye;",0.0
"Fainter, and slower heaved her shivering breast,",4.0
And her calmed passions seemed in death to rest. ' --,2.0
"At length revived, amid rising heaps of slain,",6.0
She pressed with hurried step the crimson plain;,0.0
"The dungeon's gloomy depth she fearless sought,",0.0
For love with scorn of danger armed her thought:,0.0
Where human vultures haste to seize their prey. ' --,0.0
"Torn from thy clinging arms, thy throbbing breast,",0.0
The fatal cord his agony suppressed! ' --,1.0
"And pours her sorrows over the form she grasps,",2.0
The murderers soon their struggling victim tear,2.0
From the lost object of her soul's despair!,0.0
"The swelling pang unable to sustain,",1.0
"They come! the mourner cried with panting breath,",0.0
"One moment more, you bloody forms, bestow,",0.0
One moment more for ever cares my woe ' --,0.0
Lo! where the purple evening sheds her light,0.0
"On blessed remains! OH! hide them, pitying night!",3.0
That shrouds with tufted grass my lover's grave;,0.0
"The murmuring gale, nor wakes his deep repose ' --",2.0
"And see, yonder hoary form still lingers there!",4.0
"Over his chilled bosom falls the winter rain,",2.0
I feel the big drops on my withered brain.,2.0
For his lost child it flows ' --  for me he weeps!,3.0
"No more the dagger's point shall pierce thy breast,",3.0
For calm and lovely is thy silent rest;,1.0
"Yet still in dust these eyes shall see thee roll,",0.0
What bleeding phantom moves along the storm?,0.0
Her fears are all for ever lost in love.,0.0
"Safe on the hanging cliff I now can rest,",0.0
And press its pointed pillow to my breast ' --,1.0
He weeps! in heaven he weeps! ' --  I feel his tear ' --,0.0
"It chills my trembling heart, yet still it's dear.",0.0
That pale look speaks of pity and of love!,2.0
"Ah come, descend in yonder bending cloud,",0.0
"As rolled her wandering glances wild around,",2.0
She snatched a reeking sabre from the ground;,1.0
"Firmly her lifted hand the weapon pressed,",2.0
And deep she plunged it in her panting breast!,0.0
It's but a few short moments that divide ' --,2.0
She faltering said ' --  then sunk on earth and died!,2.0
"Now stern PIZARRO seeks the distant plains,",1.0
"The meek Peruvians gazed in wild dismay,",2.0
"Of glory shone, foretelling day more bright,",0.0
"Where the young arts had shed unfolding flowers,",3.0
A scene of spreading desolation lowers!,0.0
"While buried deep in everlasting shade,",0.0
"And yet, devoted land, not gold alone,",0.0
"For lo! a fiercer fiend, with joy elate,",0.0
"Fanatic Fury rears her sullen shrine,",0.0
Her savage arm with purple torrents stains,0.0
"Her blazing torches flash the mounting fire,",0.0
"She grasps the sabre, and she lights the pyre;",1.0
"Her voice is thunder rending the still air,",2.0
Her glance the baleful lightning's lurid glare;,0.0
And pure Religion's sacred voice profane;,0.0
"Whose law is mercy, and whose soul is love.",1.0
"And see, fanatic Fury wakes the storm ' --",0.0
No shriek of anguish breaks its dark repose.,1.0
The temple nods ' --  an aged form appears ' --,0.0
Where his meek spirit humbly sought its God;,2.0
Two warlike youths impetuous rushed along;,2.0
While in his troubled eye sat fierce despair;,1.0
"But all in vain his erring weapon flies,",0.0
"Pierced by a thousand wounds, on earth he lies.",0.0
And on the youth in speechless anguish gazed;,1.0
"While he who fondly shared his danger flew,",0.0
Deep in my faithful bosom let me hide,0.0
"The fatal steel that would our souls divide, ' --",0.0
He quick exclaims ' --  the dying warrior cries,0.0
"The youth replied, my spirit to detain;",1.0
"From thee my soul, in childhood's earliest year,",3.0
Caught the light pleasure and the passing tear;,4.0
Thy friendship then my young affections blessed,0.0
The first pure passion of my infant breast;,2.0
"And still in death I feel its strong control,",0.0
"Its sacred impulse wings my fleeting soul,",0.0
"That only lingers here till thou depart,",1.0
Whose image lives upon my fainting heart! ' --,0.0
"In vain the generous youth, with panting breath,",2.0
Poured these last murmurs in the ear of death;,3.0
And gives to friendship his expiring sigh. ' --,1.0
And mark the vengeance rankling in his soul;,0.0
He bends his gloomy brow ' --  his lips impart,0.0
He bids the hoary priest in muttered strains,0.0
"While yet the lingering pangs of torture wait,",0.0
"Vain man, the victim cried, to hoary years",1.0
"Know death is mild, and virtue feels no fears;",2.0
"Cruel of spirit, come! let tortures prove",1.0
The power I served in life in death I love.,2.0
"He ceased ' --  with rugged cords his limbs they bound,",0.0
And drag the aged sufferer on the ground;,1.0
"They grasp his feeble frame, his tresses tear;",0.0
The sting of insult and the dart of pain!,2.0
"His steadfast spirit feels one pang alone,",1.0
"No moan she breathed, no tear had power to flow,",4.0
"Yet ah, her livid cheek, her steadfast look,",1.0
Mild victim! close not yet thy languid eyes;,1.0
Pure spirit! claim not yet thy kindred skies;,1.0
"A pitying angel comes to stay thy flight,",2.0
LAS CASAS bids thee view returning light;,1.0
"Ah, let that sacred drop, to virtue dear,",0.0
Efface thy wrongs ' --  receive his precious tear;,0.0
"See his flushed cheek with indignation glow,",3.0
While from his lips the tones of pity flow. ' --,0.0
"O, suffering Lord! he cried, whose streaming blood,",0.0
"Was poured for man ' --  earth drank the sacred flood,",1.0
Whose mercy in the mortal pang forgave,0.0
"The murderous band, Thy love alone could save;",2.0
Forgive ' --  thy goodness bursts each narrow bound,0.0
"Which feeble thought, and human hope surround;",0.0
"Forgive the guilty wretch, whose impious hand",3.0
From thy pure altar flings the flaming brand;,2.0
"The limits of thy mercy dares to scan,",1.0
"The object of thy love, his victim, ' --  man.",1.0
"While yet I linger, lo, the sufferer dies,",2.0
"Whoever controls the purpose of my heart,",3.0
First in this breast shall plunge his guilty dart.,0.0
"With hurried step he flew, with eager hands",0.0
"He broke the fetters, burst the cruel bands.",0.0
"As the fallen angel heard with awful fear,",0.0
"The cherub's grave rebuke, in grace severe,",0.0
The form of virtue as she stood confessed;,1.0
"Abashed, and followed by the hostile throng.",1.0
"At length the hoary victim, freed from chains,",0.0
LAS CASAS gently leads to safer plains;,1.0
"His searching eye explores a secret cave,",0.0
Whose shaggy sides the languid billows lave;,0.0
"There rest secure, he cried, the Christian's God",0.0
"Will hover near, will guard the lone abode.",0.0
"Oft to the gloomy cell his steps repair,",0.0
"Oft in the tones of love, the words of peace,",0.0
He bids the bitter tears of anguish cease;,0.0
"Bids drooping hope uplift her languid eyes,",6.0
And points to bliss that dwells beyond the skies.,0.0
Yet ah! in vain his pious cares would save,0.0
The aged sufferer from the opening grave;,3.0
"For deep the pangs of torture pierced his frame,",0.0
And sunk his wasted life's expiring flame;,0.0
"To his cold lip LAS CASAS' hand he pressed,",4.0
"Then cried, the God, whom now my vows adore,",0.0
"My heart through life obeyed, unknowing more;",0.0
"His mild forgiveness then my soul shall prove,",0.0
"His mercy share, LAS CASAS' God is love.",1.0
Was heard responsive to his dying groan.,1.0
"Victim of impious zeal, LAS CASAS cries,",3.0
"Accept, departed shade, a Christian's sighs;",0.0
"And thou, soft mourner, tender, drooping form,",2.0
What power shall guard thee from the fearful storm?,2.0
Soon in the sheltering earth shall find its rest;,2.0
"Seek not the victim of despair to save,",1.0
I ask but death ' --  I only wish a grave.,0.0
"Witness, thou mangled form, that earth retains,",2.0
Witness a murdered lover's cold remains;,2.0
"I bore to live, though life was all despair.",0.0
"Ah! still my lover's dying moan I hear,",0.0
In every pulse I feel his parting tear ' --,0.0
"I faint ' --  an icy coldness chills each vein,",0.0
No more these feeble limbs their load sustain;,0.0
"Spirit of pity! catch my fleeting breath,",2.0
A moment stay ' --  and close my eyes in death.,0.0
"LAS CASAS, thee thy God in mercy gave,",2.0
"She ceased, her spirit fled to purer spheres,",0.0
LAS CASAS bathes the pallid corpse with tears;,1.0
"Fly, minister of good! nor lingering shed",2.0
Those fruitless sorrows over the unconscious dead;,2.0
"I view the sanguine flood, the wasting flame,",0.0
I hear a suffering world LAS CASAS claim.,1.0
And wander amid eternal hills of snow:,2.0
Darts on the impervious ice his fervent ray;,3.0
"Cold, keen as chains the oceans of the pole,",2.0
"At length they reach luxuriant Chili's plain,",2.0
Where ends the dreary bound of winter's reign.,0.0
"Beheld the hostile sons of Spain advance,",0.0
"Their threatening sabres red with purple streams,",0.0
"With pale surprise they saw the impending storm,",2.0
Where lowering danger wore an unknown form;,5.0
"But soon their spirits, stung with generous shame,",2.0
"Renounce each terror, and for vengeance flame;",1.0
"Pant high with sacred freedom's ardent glow,",1.0
And meet intrepid the superior foe.,3.0
Their valiant tribes unequal fight maintain;,0.0
"Long victory hovered doubtful over the field,",3.0
That shook the warrior's soul with doubt and fear.,0.0
"There yet remained a youth of blooming grace,",0.0
"Who pined, the captive of relentless Spain,",1.0
"The rankling fetters, and revenge prepares.",1.0
But since his daring spirit must forego,0.0
"The hope to rush upon the tyrant foe,",0.0
"Led by his parent orb, that gives the day,",0.0
"And fierce as darts the keen meridian ray,",2.0
"He vows to bend unseen his hostile course,",0.0
"Then on the victors rise with latent force,",0.0
"As sudden from its cloud, the brooding storm,",1.0
"Bursts in the thunder's voice, the lightning's form.",3.0
"For this, from stern PIZARRO he obtains",2.0
"The boon, enlarged, to seek the neighbouring plains,",2.0
"For one blessed day, and with his friend's unite,",3.0
To crown with solemn pomp an ancient rite;,0.0
"Share the dear pleasures of the social hour,",4.0
"So spoke the Prince ' --  far other thoughts possessed,",1.0
Far other purpose animates his breast:,1.0
"To lead, with silent step, her martial bands",0.0
"Forth to the destined spot, prepared to dare",0.0
"The fiercest shock of dire, unequal war;",0.0
"While every sacred human interest pleads,",0.0
And urges the firm soul to lofty deeds.,2.0
"Rose with its dawn, and panted for the fight;",1.0
But first with fondness to his heart he pressed,1.0
"The tender CORA, partner of his breast,",1.0
"Who with her lord had sought the dungeon's gloom,",0.0
And wasted there in grief her early bloom.,1.0
"No more, he cried, no more my love shall feel",1.0
The mingled agonies I fly to heal; ' --,1.0
"I go, but soon exulting shall return,",0.0
And bid my faithful CORA cease to mourn;,0.0
"For OH, amid each pang my bosom knows,",0.0
"Sweet was the love that crowned our happier hours,",2.0
And shed new fragrance over a path of flowers:,3.0
The tie that passion seals with mutual tears!,2.0
While thus in mournful accents she replies: ' --,1.0
"Still let me feel the pressure of thy chain,",2.0
Still share the fetters which my love detain;,1.0
"The piercing iron to my soul is dear,",1.0
Nor will its sharpness wound while thou art near.,1.0
"Look on our helpless babe, in misery nursed ' --",2.0
"My child! my child, thy mother's heart will burst!",0.0
"OH, wherefore bid the raging battle rise,",1.0
Nor hear this harmless sufferers feeble cries?,2.0
"Look on those blades that pour a crimson flood,",0.0
And plunge their cruel edge in infant blood!,0.0
She could no more ' --  he sees with tender pain,0.0
"Her grief, and leads her to a sheltering fane.",3.0
"Now high in air his feathered standard waves,",1.0
And soon from shrouding woods and hollow caves,0.0
Arrest the torrent in its raging course;,0.0
And half their captive city soon regain.,0.0
"But now he shuns the Andes' frozen snows,",0.0
"As over the sultry waste they slowly move,",2.0
The keenest pang of raging thirst they prove;,0.0
That shrinks the vernal bud and dries the stream;,0.0
"While horror, as his giant stature grows,",1.0
While death oft barred the sinking warrior's way;,1.0
"At length the chief divides his martial force,",0.0
And bids ALPHONSO by a separate course,1.0
Lead over the hideous desert half his train ' --,5.0
The pains of lessened numbers may appease;,1.0
Or heaven in pity from some genial shower,1.0
On the parched lip one precious drop may pour.,2.0
"Not far the troops of young ALPHONSO went,",0.0
When sudden from a rising hill's ascent,1.0
"They view a valley fed by fertile springs,",0.0
Which Andes from his snowy summit flings;,1.0
"And wildly bloom, a waste by beauty spread.",0.0
And now ALPHONSO and his martial band,1.0
On the rich border of the valley stand;,3.0
"Then give to balmy rest the night's still hours,",1.0
Fanned by the cooling gale that shuts the flowers.,0.0
"Soon as the purple beam of morning glows,",0.0
"Refreshed from all their toils, the warriors rose;",0.0
And saw the gentle natives of the mead,1.0
"Search the clear currents for the golden seed,",4.0
Which from the mountain's height with headlong sweep,1.0
The torrents bear in many a shining heap;,2.0
"Over those fair lawns to pour a sanguine flood,",2.0
And die those lucid streams with guiltless blood.,0.0
"Thus while the hummingbird, in beauty dressed,",0.0
"Enchanting offspring of the ardent west,",2.0
"Mild as the murmurs of the morning dove,",1.0
"While his rich plumage glows with brighter hues,",2.0
"And with soft bill he sips the scented dews,",2.0
"The savage condor on terrific wings,",1.0
"And, quivering in his fangs, his helpless prey",1.0
"Drops his weak wing, and sighs his soul away.",3.0
"IN this sweet scene, to all the virtues kind,",2.0
For over his tuneful breast the heavenly muse,4.0
Shed from her sacred spring inspiring dews;,0.0
She loves to breathe her hallowed strain where art,0.0
"Has never veiled the soul, or warped the heart;",0.0
"Where fancy glows with all her native fire,",0.0
And passion lives on the exulting lyre.,1.0
"He loved the languid sigh the zephyr pours,",0.0
He loved the placid rill that feeds the flowers ' --,0.0
"But more the hollow sound the wild winds form,",1.0
When black upon the billow hangs the storm;,0.0
"The torrent rolling from the mountain steep,",1.0
Its white foam trembling on the darkened deep ' --,2.0
And oft on Andes' heights with earnest gaze,0.0
He viewed the sinking sun's reflected rays,0.0
"Rose in the vale, and languished in the bower;",0.0
"Whose song was nature, and whose theme was love.",1.0
"Ah stay, you tender hours of young delight,",0.0
"Suspend, you moments, your impatient flight;",1.0
Prolong the charm when passion's pure control,0.0
Unfolds the first affections of the soul!,1.0
Who still in wisdom and in mercy swayed.,1.0
From him the dear illusions long had fled,1.0
That over the morn of life enchantment shed;,2.0
"But virtue's calm remembrance cheered his breast,",0.0
"And life was joy serene, and death was rest:",0.0
"Bright is the blushing Summer's glowing ray,",0.0
"Roll the fierce eye, and shake the pointed lance.",3.0
The hoary chief to the dire conflict leads,0.0
While destined all the bitterness to prove,1.0
"Of anxious duty and of mourning love,",1.0
"Now pierced by wounds, and breathless from the fight,",2.0
"Her friend, the valiant OMAR, struck her sight: ' --",0.0
"OMAR, she cried, you bleed, unhappy youth!",2.0
And sure that look unfolds some fatal truth;,0.0
"Speak, pitying speak, my frantic fears forgive,",3.0
"All, all is lost! the dying OMAR said,",0.0
"I saw thy aged sire a captive bound,",2.0
"He could no more, he yields his fleeting breath,",0.0
While all in vain she seeks repose in death.,0.0
"But OH, how far each other pang above",0.0
"That woe, for which in vain would comfort shed",0.0
"Her healing balm, or time in pity spread",0.0
"The veil that throws a shade over other care,",3.0
"For here, and here alone, profound despair",0.0
"Casts over the suffering soul a lasting gloom,",3.0
And slowly leads her victim to the tomb.,1.0
"Now rude tumultuous sounds assail her ear,",4.0
"Then, as with lingering step he moved along,",0.0
She saw her father amid the captive throng;,2.0
"She saw with dire dismay, she wildly flew,",0.0
Her snowy arms around his form she threw; ' --,0.0
He bleeds! she cries; I hear his moan of pain!,0.0
My father will not bear the galling chain!,1.0
"Cruel ALPHONSO, let not helpless age",0.0
"Feel thy hard yoke, and meet thy barbarous rage;",5.0
"Or, OH, if ever mercy moved thy soul,",0.0
"If ever thou hast felt her blessed control,",1.0
"Grant my sad heart's desire, and let me share",3.0
The fetters which a father ill can bear.,0.0
"While the young warrior, as she faltering spoke,",5.0
With fixed attention and with ardent look,1.0
"Hung on her tender glance, that love inspires,",0.0
The rage of conquest yields to milder fires.,0.0
"Yet as he gazed enraptured on her form,",1.0
Her virtues awe the heart her beauties warm;,0.0
"And while impassioned tones his love reveal,",0.0
He asks with holy rites his vows to seal.,0.0
"This bleeding heart, this trembling hand to thine?",0.0
"To thine, whose ruthless heart has caused my pains,",1.0
"That pang shall death, shall death alone remove,",0.0
And cure the anguish of despairing love.,1.0
"At length, to madness stung by fixed disdain,",0.0
ALPHONSO now to fury gives the rein;,0.0
"And with relentless mandate dooms her sire,",2.0
Stretched on the bed of torture to expire;,1.0
"But OH, what form of language can impart",1.0
"When to the height of hopeless sorrow wrought,",0.0
"The fainting spirit feels a pang of thought,",0.0
"Which, never painted in the hues of speech,",0.0
"Lives at the soul, and mocks expression's reach!",0.0
"At length she faltering cried, the conflict's over,",2.0
"My heart, my breaking heart can bear no more!",1.0
"Yet spare his feeble age ' --  my vows receive,",0.0
"And OH, in mercy bid my father live!",0.0
"Yes, cruel! ' --  see, he dies! my father dies! ' --",1.0
"Save, save my father! ' --  Dear, unhappy maid,",1.0
"The charmed ALPHONSO cried, be swift obeyed ' --",0.0
"Placed near his child, thy aged sire shall share",1.0
"Our joys, still cherished by thy tender care. ' --",2.0
"No more, she cried, will fate that bliss allow;",0.0
"Before my lips shall breathe the impartial vow,",2.0
Some faithful guide shall lead his aged feet,0.0
To distant scenes that yield a safe retreat;,0.0
"Where some soft heart, some gentle hand will shed",1.0
The drops of comfort on his hoary head.,1.0
"Forgive! ' --  she ceased, and shed no more a tear.",1.0
Near the cool shelter of a waving wood;,3.0
"But now the gales that bend its foliage die,",0.0
Soft on the silver turf its shadows lie;,1.0
"While slowly wandering over the vale below,",4.0
The gazing moon looked pale as silent woe.,1.0
"The sacred shade, amid whose fragrant bowers",0.0
"Poured to the lunar orb his magic lay,",0.0
"More mild, more pensive than her musing ray,",1.0
"That shade with trembling step the mourner sought,",0.0
"And thus she breathed her tender, plaintive thought: ' --",0.0
"Ah where, dear object of these piercing pains,",0.0
"Where rests thy murdered form, thy Loved remains?",0.0
And dropped thy last cold tear upon my heart!,1.0
"A pang less bitter then would waste this breast,",1.0
That in the grave alone shall seek its rest.,0.0
Soon as some friendly hand in mercy leads,0.0
"My aged father safe to Chili's meads,",0.0
"Death shall for ever seal the nuptial tie,",0.0
The heart beloved by thee is fixed to die. ' --,1.0
"She ceased, when dimly through her flowing tears",1.0
"It's he! she cries, he moves upon the gale!",1.0
"I faint ' --  his arms receive her sinking frame, ' --",0.0
He calls his love by every tender name;,0.0
He stays her fleeting spirit ' --  life anew,0.0
"I senseless lay, some child of pity bound",0.0
"My bleeding wounds, and bore me from the plain, ' --",1.0
"But thou art lost, and I have lived in vain!",2.0
"Forgive, she cried, in accents of despair,",1.0
"The mild reproach that fills thy mournful eye,",0.0
Could I behold my aged sire endure,3.0
The pains his wretched child had power to cure?,2.0
"Still, still my father, stretched in death, I see,",1.0
His grey locks trembling while he gazed on me;,1.0
Some listening foe may pitiless deny,1.0
"This parting hour ' --  hark, sure some step I hear,",3.0
"She paused, when sudden from the sheltering wood",3.0
A venerable form before them stood:,1.0
"Fear not, soft maid, he cried, nor think I come",3.0
To seal with deeper miseries thy doom;,1.0
"Ah, not for this LAS CASAS hither bends ' --",4.0
"He comes to bid those rising sorrows cease,",0.0
To pour upon thy wounds the balm of peace.,0.0
"Through scenes of death, to Chili's verdant plain;",0.0
"Their wish to bathe that verdant plain in gore,",0.0
Then from its bosom drag the golden over:,0.0
"But mine to cheque the stream of human blood,",1.0
Or mingle drops of pity with the flood;,1.0
This languid frame was stretched upon the bed,0.0
"Of pale disease; when, helpless and alone,",1.0
"With eager fondness round my couch they drew,",0.0
"The cares of pity, and the toils of love ' --",1.0
And softly bore me over its dreary waste;,2.0
"Then parting, at my feet they bend, and clasp",0.0
These aged knees ' --  my soul yet feels their grasp!,0.0
"Now over the vale with painful step I strayed,",3.0
"And reach this sheltering grove; here, hapless maid,",2.0
"My listening ear has caught thy piercing wail,",0.0
My heart has trembled to thy moving tale. ' --,1.0
"And art thou he? the mournful pair exclaim,",1.0
"Spirit benign, who every grief can share,",2.0
"Whose pity stoops to make the wretch its care,",0.0
Weep not for us ' --  in vain thy tears shall flow,1.0
"Come, he replied, mild sufferers, to the fane",4.0
Where rests ALPHONSO with his martial train;,1.0
"My voice shall urge his soul to generous deeds,",2.0
And bid him hear when truth and nature pleads.,0.0
While in meek tones LAS CASAS thus expressed,4.0
"A dawning ray of cheering comfort streams,",0.0
But faint the hope that on her spirit beams;,1.0
"Faint as when ebbing life must soon depart,",0.0
"Before ALPHONSO now the lovers stand,",0.0
The aged sufferer joined the mournful band;,2.0
"The storey of their woes LAS CASAS told,",2.0
"Fixed in the breast, and woven in the soul?",0.0
"Ah, know, mistaken youth, thy power in vain",1.0
Would bind thy victim in the nuptial chain;,0.0
"That heart will break, that tender frame will die!",0.0
"Then, by each sacred name to nature dear,",0.0
"By all the wasting pangs that tear her breast,",0.0
"By the deep groan that gives the sufferer rest,",4.0
"Fixed was her lifted eye, and clasped her hands;",0.0
Her heart was chilled ' --  her fainting heart ' --  for there,0.0
Hope slowly sinks in cold and dark despair.,1.0
My hapless flame shall hearts like yours divide.,1.0
And all the wrongs of maddening rage forgive!,0.0
"These plains, where avarice spreads the waste of war;",2.0
"Go where pure pleasures gild the peaceful scene,",2.0
Go where mild virtue sheds her ray serene!,2.0
In vain the enraptured lovers would impart,2.0
"The rising joy that swells, that pains the heart;",0.0
"Looks on her sire and smiles, then turns and weeps;",2.0
"Then smiles again, while her flushed cheek reveals",2.0
The mingled tumult of delight she feels; ' --,1.0
"So fall the crystal showers of fragrant Spring,",2.0
Then paint the drooping clouds from which they flow,0.0
"There many a wandering wretch, condemned to roam",4.0
"By hard oppression, found a sheltering home:",2.0
Brightening the tear of anguish as it fell.,2.0
Did ever the human bosom throb with pain,2.0
"She, who can still with harmony its sighs,",1.0
And wake the sound at which affection dies!,0.0
"To pierce the hostile camp, and brave the fight;",0.0
"To the dire weapons stern IBERIA pours,",2.0
"Fierce was the unequal contest, for the soul,",2.0
"When raised by some high passion's strong control,",1.0
"New strings the nerves, and over the glowing frame",3.0
Breathes the warm spirit of heroic flame.,4.0
"But from the scene where raging slaughter burns,",1.0
The timid muse with silent horror turns;,0.0
"The blended sounds of grief she panting hears,",0.0
Where anguish dims a mother's eye with tears;,0.0
"Or where the maid, who gave to love's soft power",1.0
"Her faithful spirit, weeps the parting hour;",0.0
"And OH, till death shall ease the tender woe,",0.0
"That soul must languish, and those tears must flow;",1.0
"For never with the thrill that rapture proves,",1.0
Her voice again shall hail the youth she loves!,0.0
"Her earnest eye no more his form shall view,",1.0
Her quivering lip has breathed the last adieu!,2.0
"Now night, that poured upon the hollow gale",1.0
"The din of battle, dropped her mournful veil.",0.0
"The sun rose lovely from the sleeping flood,",2.0
And morning glittered over the field of blood;,2.0
Lay cold and senseless on the sanguine plain.,2.0
And fled indignant from the conquered field.,1.0
Who tread amid slaughtered heaps in mute despair;,4.0
"Over some loved corpse the shroud of earth to spread,",1.0
"No moan was heard, for agony suppressed",2.0
The fond complaints which ease the swelling breast;,0.0
"Each hope for ever lost, they only crave",0.0
The deep repose that wraps the sheltering grave: ' --,2.0
"So the meek lama, lured by some decoy",2.0
"Over rocks and mountains, dark and waste he goes,",0.0
"Till, worn with toil, on earth he prostrate lies,",0.0
"Heeds not the barbarous lash, and scornful dies.",2.0
"Swift over the field of death sad CORA flew,",4.0
Her infant to his mother's bosom grew;,1.0
"She seeks her wretched lord, who fled the plain",0.0
With the last remnant of his vanquished train:,3.0
"Through the long glen, or forest's gloomy shade,",2.0
"A dreary solitude, the mourner strayed;",0.0
"Her timid heart can now each danger dare,",0.0
Her drooping soul is armed by deep despair ' --,0.0
"Long, long she wandered, till oppressed with toil,",2.0
Her trembling footsteps track with blood the soil.,1.0
"Where over an ample vale a mountain rose,",2.0
Low at its base her fainting form she throws:,0.0
"And here, my child, she cried, with panting breath,",0.0
Here let us wait the hour of lingering death;,0.0
This famished bosom can no more supply,2.0
The streams that nourish life ' --  my babe must die!,0.0
"In vain I strive to cherish, for thy sake,",1.0
"When my cold bosom can no longer warm,",4.0
"My stiffening arms no more enfold thy form,",1.0
Soft on this bed of leaves my child shall sleep ' --,0.0
"Close to his mother's corpse, he will not weep!",1.0
"OH! weep not then, my tender babe ' --  though near,",1.0
"I shall not hear thy moan, nor see thy tear;",0.0
"Hope not to move me by thy mournful cry,",1.0
Nor seek with earnest look my answering eye.,2.0
Over the fair valley sudden darkness throws,2.0
A hideous horror; through the wounded air,3.0
Howled the shrill voice of nature in despair;,3.0
"The birds dart screaming through the fluid sky,",2.0
"And, dashed upon the cliff's hard surface, die;",1.0
"High over their rocky bounds the billows swell,",3.0
"Earth groaning heaves with dire convulsive throes,",1.0
While yawning gulfs its central caves disclose.,0.0
"Along the vale, and sought the mountain's base;",0.0
And shun the ruin lowering over the plain.,4.0
"They reached the spot where CORA clasped her child,",0.0
And gazed on present death with aspect wild:,1.0
"They pitying pause ' --  she lifts her mournful eye,",2.0
"He meets her looks ' --  their melting souls unite,",1.0
"At length she faintly cried, we yet must part!",0.0
"Short are these rising joys ' --  I feel my heart,",0.0
"My suffering heart is cold, and mists arise,",0.0
That shroud thy image from my closing eyes!,1.0
"OH, save my child! ' --  our helpless infant save,",1.0
"The fluttering pulse of life now ceased to play,",3.0
And in his arms a pallid corpse she lay!,0.0
"Over her dear form he hung in speechless pain,",2.0
And still on CORA called ' --  but called in vain;,0.0
Scarce could his soul in one short moment bear,3.0
The wild extremes of transport and despair.,1.0
Now over the west in melting softness streams,3.0
"A lustre, milder than the morning beams;",1.0
"A purer dawn dispelled the fearful night,",0.0
And nature glowed in all the blooms of light;,0.0
"Then first the mourner, waking from his trance,",1.0
Cast on his smiling babe an eager glance:,0.0
"The parting words he hears, or seems to hear!",0.0
That sought with anxious tenderness to save,1.0
That dear memorial from the closing grave;,1.0
And vows for him the load of life to bear.,1.0
"He journeyed over a dreary length of way,",2.0
To plains where freedom shed her hallowed ray;,0.0
His faithful band the lifeless CORA bore:,0.0
"You who never pined in sorrow's hopeless pain,",0.0
"Perchance the conscious spirit hovers near,",2.0
And love's fond tribute to the dead is dear.,2.0
Her guilty warriors press the untimely grave;,2.0
"For avarice rising from the caves of earth,",3.0
Wakes all her savage spirit into birth:,0.0
Now fierce in hostile rage each warlike train.,2.0
"While pensive on the hills, whose lofty brow",1.0
"Overhung with waving woods the vale below,",1.0
Behold the fiends of strife avenge their wrongs:,0.0
Conjure his conqueror by the holy tie,3.0
"That sealed their mutual league with sacred force,",2.0
When first to climes unknown they bent their course;,0.0
"When danger's rising horrors lowered afar,",3.0
"The storms of ocean, and the toils of war,",1.0
"The sad remains of wasted life to spare,",0.0
"Chilled by the heavy dews of night it lay,",0.0
And withered in the sultry beam of day;,0.0
Paid the last duties to a prostrate foe.,4.0
With unrelenting hate the conqueror views,2.0
Condemns the victims of his power to stray,3.0
"To pine with famine's agony severe,",1.0
And all the lingering forms of death to fear;,0.0
"Till, by despair impelled, the rival train,",1.0
Rush to the haughty victor's splendid fane;,0.0
"Swift on their foe with rage impetuous dart,",0.0
And plunge their daggers in his guilty heart.,0.0
How unavailing now the treasured over,0.0
"With ANDES' mines, the tribute of a sigh.",1.0
"Now faint with virtue's toil, LAS CASAS' soul",2.0
"Sought, with exulting hope, her heavenly goal: ' --",4.0
It's Sensibility! she stands confessed:,1.0
"With trembling step she moves, and panting breast;",0.0
"To yonder deserted grave, lo, swift she flies,",3.0
"Where her loved victim, mild LAS CASAS lies!",3.0
I see her deck the solitary haunt,0.0
"Its odours soft the simple violet shed,",2.0
The shrinking lily hung its drooping head;,0.0
"A moaning zephyr sighed within the bower,",0.0
And bent the frail stem of the pliant flower:,2.0
"Hither, she cried, her melting tone I hear,",2.0
"The transport blended with delicious tears,",1.0
"The bliss that swells to agony the breast,",1.0
The sympathy that robs the soul of rest;,1.0
"Hither, with fond devotion, pensive come,",2.0
"Kiss the pale shrine, and murmur over the tomb;",5.0
"Bend on the hallowed turf the tearful eye,",0.0
And breathe the precious incense of a sigh.,2.0
His sigh has moaned the wretch he failed to save!,0.0
"He, while conflicting pangs his bosom tear,",0.0
"Has sought the lonely cavern of despair,",1.0
"Where desolate she pined, and poured her thought",0.0
To the dread verge of wild distraction wrought.,2.0
"While drops of mercy bathed his hoary cheek,",0.0
"He poured, by heaven inspired, its accents meek;",2.0
In truth's clear mirror bade the mourner's view,2.0
"Pierce the deep veil which error darkly drew,",3.0
"And vanquished empire with a smile resign,",1.0
While brighter worlds in fair perspective shine.,0.0
She paused ' --  yet still the sweet enthusiast bends,1.0
"Over the cold turf, and still her tear descends.",2.0
"She views, as slow the years of bondage roll,",0.0
"Thy captive sons their antique garb assume,",5.0
And wake remembered images of gloom.,1.0
The mournful object of eternal tears!,1.0
"Wild over the scene indignant glances dart,",3.0
And pangs convulsive seize the throbbing heart ' --,0.0
"Distraction soon each burning breast inflames,",0.0
And from the tyrant foe a victim claims!,1.0
"A blooming Chieftain of Peruvian race,",3.0
"Whose soaring soul its high descent can trace,",0.0
And leads to glorious strife his generous train.,4.0
The gaping wounds of earth disclose no more,1.0
"The lucid silver, and the blazing over;",1.0
While Freedom breaks the rod of lawless power;,0.0
"On Andes' icy steep exulting glows,",0.0
And prints with rapid step the eternal snows;,2.0
"While, rolled in dust her graceful feet beneath,",0.0
"PERU! the timid muse who mourned thy woes,",0.0
"Whom pity robbed so long of dear repose,",0.0
"The muse whose pensive soul with anguish wrung,",0.0
Her early lyre for thee has trembling strung;,1.0
"Shed the vain tear, and breathed the powerless sigh,",5.0
Which in oblivion with her song must die;,1.0
Pants with the wish thy deeds may rise to fame;,0.0
While on the string of ecstasy it pours,1.0
"WITH such a Pulse, with such disordered Veins,",2.0
"With failing Eyes, that scarce the Light endure,",0.0
"I send thee Love: O! that I could impart,",0.0
As well my vital Spirits to thy Heart!,1.0
"That, when the fierce Distemper thine would quell,",1.0
"They might renew the Fight, and the cold Foe repel.",2.0
"When Persians through our Troops had mowed their way,",1.0
"And barbarous Shouts proclaimed the Conquest won,",2.0
Till over my Head to stop the swift Despair,2.0
"Above my Plume does his broad Wings display,",2.0
Shows to the wavering Host the auspicious Sight;,3.0
"New Courage it inspires in every Breast,",2.0
And wins at once the Empire of the East.,1.0
"Could He, but now, some kind Presage afford,",5.0
That Health might be again to Thee restored;,1.0
"Thou to my Wishes, to my fond Embrace;",2.0
"Thy Looks the same, the same Majestic Grace,",0.0
"That round thee shone, when we together went",1.0
"To cheer the Royal Captives in their Tent,",0.0
Did Alexander in thy Form adore;,0.0
"But no reviving Hope his Art allows,",0.0
"And such cold Damps invade my anxious Brows,",2.0
But Philip to my aid repaired in haste;,1.0
"And while the proffered Draught I boldly taste,",0.0
"As boldly He the dangerous Paper views,",3.0
Which of hid Treasons does his Fame accuse.,2.0
"More thy Physician's Life on Thine depends,",2.0
"And what he gives, his Own preserves, or ends.",0.0
And give strict Answer for his Errors there.,3.0
"Near thy Pavilion listening Princes wait,",1.0
Seeking from thine to learn their Monarch's State.,2.0
"Submitting Kings, that post from Day to Day,",0.0
"To keep those Crowns, which at my Feet they lay,",0.0
"Forget the ambitious Subject of their Speed,",3.0
"And here arrived, only Thy Dangers heed.",5.0
"Droop, and retire, as if their God of Day",3.0
"No more upon their early Prayers would shine,",1.0
"Or take their Incense, at his late Decline.",1.0
Lest to thy Heat it add redoubled Flame;,1.0
And in her Grief a solemn Silence keeps.,0.0
"Stretched in her Tent, upon the Floor she lies,",0.0
"So pale her Looks, so motionless her Eyes,",1.0
As when they gave thee leave at first to gaze,0.0
Upon the Charms of her unguarded Face;,1.0
"And sued to those, who more than Pity felt.",0.0
"And at thy Name alone she sighs, and moves.",0.0
"The World no Mirth, no War, no Business knows,",3.0
"But, hushed with Sorrow, stands, to favour thy Repose.",2.0
"Even I my boasted Title now resign,",1.0
"Not Ammon's Son, nor born of Race Divine,",0.0
"But Mortal all, oppressed with restless Fears,",0.0
"And wept more Drops, than the old Hero bled;",2.0
"Now my dire Arms the wretched Corpse surround,",0.0
"Now the fled Soul I woo, now rave upon the Wound.",4.0
"Yet He, for whom this mighty Grief did spring,",0.0
"Not Alexander valued, but the King.",1.0
"Then think, how much that Passion must transcend,",0.0
Which not a Subject raises but a Friend;,1.0
"An equal Partner in the vanquished Earth,",0.0
"A Brother, not imposed upon my Birth,",0.0
"Too weak a Tie unequal Thoughts to bind,",1.0
But by the generous Motions of the Mind.,4.0
"My Love to thee for Empire was the Test,",2.0
"Since him, who from Mankind could choose the best,",3.0
The Gods thought only fit for Monarch over the rest.,3.0
"Live then, my Friend; but if that must not be,",0.0
"Nor Fate will with my boundless Mind agree,",1.0
"Affording, at one time, the World and Thee;",0.0
"To the most Worthy I'll that Sway resign,",2.0
In every state and every age the same;,0.0
"With their own folly pleased the fair they toast,",1.0
"And her that seems, yet is not really lewd;",1.0
"While thus they think, and thus they vainly live,",0.0
And taste no joys but what their fancy give:,1.0
"Let this great maxim be my action's guide,",3.0
"May I never hope, though I am never denied;",3.0
"Where Pride and Luxury with meanness meets,",1.0
"A sturdy Collier pressed the empty sack,",0.0
A troop of thousands swarming on his back;,1.0
When sudden to his rapt ecstatic view,1.0
"Music spontaneously echoed from his tongue,",4.0
"And thus the Lover rather bawled, than sung.",0.0
"While locked in Cupid's amorous embrace,",1.0
"And on her nose he stamped his sable lips,",1.0
"My constant care and bright enlivening theme,",2.0
In what soft language shall the Muse declare,1.0
The fond extravagance of love sincere?,1.0
"How all those pleasing sentiments convey,",1.0
"That charm my fancy, when I think on thee?",0.0
"Nor less by Friendship, than by Genius fired.",1.0
"Then let her happier, more persuasive art",2.0
Explain the agreeing dictates of my heart:,4.0
"Sweet may her fame to late remembrance bloom,",0.0
"And everlasting laurels shade her tomb,",0.0
Whose spotless verse with genuine force expressed,2.0
The brightest passion of the human breast.,1.0
"Did thy fair form, propitious Friendship, rise?",3.0
"With mystic sense, the poet's tuneful tongue",0.0
Which wide diffused its happy influence round.,1.0
"With hands united, and with looks serene,",1.0
The attending graces hailed their newborn queen;,1.0
"The zephyrs round her waved their purple wing,",0.0
And shed the fragrance of the breathing spring:,1.0
"The rosy hours, advanced in silent slight,",0.0
"Led sparkling youth, and ever new delight.",1.0
"Soft sigh the winds, the waters gently roll,",1.0
"A purer azure vests the lucid pole,",0.0
And heaven and earth smiled conscious of the scene.,2.0
In heavenly breasts the sacred passion sprung:,2.0
As warm consenting tempers here below:,0.0
"While one attraction Mortal, Angel, binds,",1.0
"Virtue, which forms the unison of minds:",3.0
"Friendship her soft harmonious touch affords,",4.0
"And gently strikes the sympathetic chords,",0.0
"The agreeing notes in social measures roll,",1.0
And the sweet concert flows from soul to soul.,3.0
"By heaven's enthusiastic impulse taught,",2.0
His s arching fancy traced the sovereign good!,2.0
How sweet the philosophic music played!,0.0
"Through all the grove, along the flowery shore,",2.0
The charming sounds responsive echoes bore.,0.0
"Here, from the cares of vulgar life refined,",0.0
Immortal pleasures opened on his mind:,1.0
The animating powers of Beauty rise;,2.0
"On every object round, above, below,",0.0
"Yet, not to matter's shadowy forms confined,",2.0
The fair and good he sought remained behind:,0.0
"Till gradual rising through the boundless whole,",3.0
He viewed the blooming graces of the soul;,1.0
"Where, to the beam of intellectual day,",2.0
The genuine charms of moral beauty play:,2.0
With pleasing force the strong attractions move,0.0
"Each finer sense, and tune it into love.",0.0
"OH Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide,",2.0
Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide;,2.0
"To let in all the useful Beams of Day,",0.0
"TO extract from Embers by a strange Device,",2.0
Then polish fair these Flakes of solid Ice;,0.0
"To Vessels blown exceed the gloomy Bowl,",0.0
"Which did the Wine's full excellence control,",2.0
"These show the Body, while you taste the Soul.",0.0
"Though yet the Excess the Preacher warns to flee,",1.0
Lest Men at length as clearly spy through Thee.,0.0
BENEATH a Mountain's solitary Shade,0.0
"An useful Dame that every Simple knew,",0.0
And from choice Herbs exhaled a cordial Dew.,2.0
"Rude was her Dome, and hid from prying Eyes,",0.0
By lofty Hills that seemed to reach the Skies;,0.0
"Deep in a Rock the winding Cavern run,",0.0
A bending Cypress screened it from the Sun:,1.0
"From its rude Side a Fountain used to flow,",2.0
That poured incessant on the Stones below:,1.0
"This Music lulled the pensive Dame to Rest,",0.0
"No Sun was there, nor scarce a dawning Gleam,",2.0
"With Age grown rotten, and by Lightning seared;",2.0
With his wise Visage and his serious Scowl;,5.0
"But a thick Forest spread its Shade around,",2.0
"Here no glad Sound was heard nor human Tongue,",1.0
"These gloomy Shades for Grief were only made,",0.0
And howling Wolves that scampered through the Glade.,1.0
Secluded both from Envy and from Praise.,1.0
"Not so her laughing Moments used to run,",0.0
When her bright Eyes were like a Morning Sun:,2.0
Her Flock was then the fairest of the Plains:,1.0
"And she no less ' --  with Veins of sprightly Blue,",2.0
"And Cheeks like Roses wrapped in Morning Dew,",0.0
The Loves and Graces round her Features flew.,0.0
"Her Mind was cheerful as the rising Day,",1.0
Mature as Summer and as April gay;,1.0
"Yet Fate too soon eclipsed her early Joy,",1.0
The winged Boy that bears the fatal Darts:,3.0
Henceforth may Virgins better guard their Hearts.,1.0
The fairest Shepherd of the rural Train;,1.0
Long time her Pride and cooler Reason strove,1.0
"Against the Power of encroaching Love,",1.0
In vain ' --  her Cheeks and mournful Eyes declare,0.0
"The smothered Passion and the secret Care,",1.0
"While the dull Youth, whom Beauty never could please,",4.0
"Ranged over the Valleys with his darling Tray,",4.0
"All Nymphs he strove but mostly her to shun,",1.0
And to thick Shades and distant Pastures run:,2.0
"There the soft Flute his nimble Fingers plied,",2.0
While his loved Dog sat listening by his Side.,5.0
Then wept the Fair with Grief and Rage oppressed;,0.0
"She lost her Crook ' --  her Flocks no more were told,",1.0
"And her Lambs wandered from their nightly Fold,",3.0
"Till to these Shades she took her desperate Way,",1.0
And vowed no more to see the Beams of Day:,1.0
"Here the gay Roses on her Cheek expired,",3.0
And from her Eyes the laughing Loves retired:,1.0
"No flowery Wreaths her faded Temples knew,",3.0
"No silken Vestments on her Limbs were rolled,",2.0
A russet Mantle saved her from the Cold;,1.0
"A simple Cordage round her Waste she tied,",0.0
And a rude Staff her better Hand supplied.,2.0
And what the Woods and what the Mountains yield,0.0
"Of sovereign Balm, to heal a rankling Wound,",0.0
With magic Herbs she drew out festering Thorns;,2.0
"To her repaired from all the neighbouring Plains,",3.0
Nor to one Species was her Art confined;,2.0
"Her Skill was known amongst the fleecy Kind,",0.0
And limping Calves her healing Plasters knew.,0.0
"MORTAL, whenever by Contemplation led,",4.0
"Here pause awhile, and view this humble grave,",0.0
"Where no pale statues weep, no banners wave;",3.0
"Here rests, secure from every human woe,",0.0
One whose sad fate commands the tear to flow;,1.0
"Who, in the dawn of life, when all was gay,",0.0
Where ruthless rocks afford a certain grave;,0.0
Your pity now is all she means to claim;,0.0
"But, while celestial Pity, pausing here,",0.0
Shall kindly shed one tributary tear;,0.0
Disturb the dust that near this willow lies:,1.0
"For, though beneath this humble, harmless stone,",1.0
"Sleeps one to human frailty often prone,",0.0
Over all the guilt that clouds her hapless tale.,0.0
"As vernal air then breathing pure and sweet,",0.0
While radiant Hope shall fix her anchor there.,1.0
"STILL sing, bright Maid, nor cease the pleasing Charm,",2.0
"Each Soul subdue, each tender Bosom warm;",0.0
"Such magic Sweetness to thy Voice is given,",1.0
"Strange force of Harmony, whose Power controls,",4.0
"The warring Passions, and informs our Souls,",1.0
"Soft soothing Sounds, by whose enchantment blessed,",1.0
Anger and Grief forsake the tranquil Breast;,2.0
"While soft Ideas rising in the Mind,",0.0
"Bids us in Love a gentle Tyrant find,",0.0
And to his Sway the softened Soul's resigned.,1.0
The listening Beasts confessed the magic Sound:,0.0
When dancing Stones moved to the Notes he played;,2.0
"Or him, who bore by Dolphins to the Shore,",2.0
Made Winds and Waves confess his magic Power:,1.0
"Thou no less powerful over the Human Mind,",5.0
As great a Triumph from thy Songs can find;,1.0
"Love and its pleasing Pains at once inspire,",0.0
And fix in every Breast the latent Fire.,0.0
"THY sanguine hope completed in a boy,",0.0
"Of fine strange things, and miracles to be,",2.0
Expect no flattering prophecy from me.,4.0
It's Time's maturing business to call forth,2.0
"Degenerate meanness, or transmitted worth:",3.0
Under his sliding course of hours and days,2.0
"Then, let me see, what my fond wish bespoke,",2.0
"The lively colouring, and manly stroke.",1.0
"Maternal beauties, shed upon his face?",0.0
Is there the frank benevolence; the fire,2.0
"Sincere and generous, darted from his sire?",3.0
"The judging Muse, where lines like these must strike,",1.0
"Will eye the copy, ' --  own, ' --  it's very like:",0.0
"Point out each virtue, each resemblance tell",0.0
"Pleased, that the parents drew themselves so well.",0.0
"GLOOMY and still was the broad solemn deep,",4.0
"Whose rolling tides for twice a hundred years,",0.0
"Its frowning battlements overhung the sea,",2.0
"Where in the fair serene of summer days,",0.0
"Each answering Tower a neither heaven did meet,",4.0
And cast its pictured shadow on the waves.,1.0
"But now, no mild blue sky in gentle grandeur,",4.0
"Did lend its azure covering to the main,",1.0
"Softening the most majestic work of nature,",1.0
"Dull heavy clouds hung in the lower air,",2.0
"Misty and shapeless, like the humid chaos,",2.0
Ere God divided it and called it water.,2.0
"The creatures of the deep forgot their prey,",1.0
Leaving the upper waves to seek the bottom;,2.0
"A deadly calm reigned in the stately woods,",1.0
That hung aloft upon the hardy shore;,0.0
The mingled music of the forest ceased,1.0
"Yet birds of night forgot their twilight song,",1.0
"And every creature, whether fierce or tame,",0.0
Nor was that creature styled the lord of earth,1.0
"Without his fear: that secret worst of fears,",0.0
The mind unknowing what it has to dread.,0.0
"Fenced in the seeming safety of his home,",1.0
And dark uncertainty of ill unseen,1.0
"The sullen watch did lean upon their arms,",0.0
In expectation of some unknown thing.,3.0
"Each smothered in his breast his untold fears,",3.0
"And wished within himself the hours might speed,",0.0
"But that the night with tenfold horror came,",1.0
"No cheerful converse graced the evening board,",1.0
"Slow went the goblet round, each face was grave;",1.0
"And ere the first dark watch fulfilled its term,",1.0
"Sleep came, and closed full many a weary eye,",4.0
"But not that gentle kindly visitor,",1.0
More wealth than ever enjoyed his haughty lord;,2.0
Or to the couch of the dejected lover,2.0
"And cheering glances, making him by night",1.0
"Nor yet that haggard tyrant of the night,",1.0
"Tearing him from his heaps of silk and down,",1.0
"Or through the air by foul fiends goaded on,",3.0
"Bears him with dizzy, furious speed along;",2.0
"But she, stiff shrouded in her blackest weed,",2.0
"And swathed with leaden bands, awful and still,",5.0
"Who by the couch of the condemned wretch,",2.0
"Harassed and spent, before the morning breaks,",0.0
"Whose setting sun he never shall behold,",0.0
"Oft takes her stand, and scarce is known from death.",1.0
Athwart the lofty chamber of the king;,1.0
For he alone felt not her weighty power.,2.0
A load of cares lay heavy at his heart;,1.0
His thoughtful eyes were bent upon the ground;,0.0
"Had sadly sobered over his cheek of youth,",2.0
That newly blushed beneath a galling crown.,0.0
"Long had his warlike father ruled the land,",1.0
Whose vengeful bloody sword no scabbard knew.,1.0
"Wild was his fury in the field of battle,",0.0
"And dreadful was his wrath to nations round,",1.0
"But kind and glowing yearned his manly heart,",0.0
To the brave hardy sons of his blue hills.,3.0
"He owned a friend and brother of the field,",1.0
Who followed to the fight his daring steps.,1.0
And dealt them death and ruin in his love.,0.0
"Save that plain sense which nature gives to all,",3.0
Of right and wrong within the monarch's breast;,1.0
"And when no storm of passion shook his soul,",1.0
It was a court of mildest equity.,2.0
"One distant nation only in the field,",0.0
Could meet his boasted arms with equal strength.,0.0
"Impetuous, rushing from their mountains rude,",1.0
"Oft had they striven like two adverse winds,",2.0
"That bursting from their penned and narrow glens,",1.0
"On the wide desert meet, ' --  in wild contention",3.0
"Tossing aloft in air dun clouds of sand,",3.0
"Till spent their force, low growling they retire,",2.0
"And for a time within their caverns keep,",1.0
Gathering new force with which they issue forth,2.0
To rage and roar again. ' --  So held they strife.,0.0
"His spear was hung high in the somber hall,",1.0
"Whose lofty walls with darkening armour clad,",0.0
"Spoke to the valiant of departed heroes,",1.0
"A hardy people, scattered over the hills,",2.0
"Depending more upon tomorrow's chase,",1.0
"Than on the scanty produce of their fields,",2.0
"Where the proud warrior, as debased by toil,",3.0
"Throws down unwillingly his boasted weapons,",3.0
"To mar the mossy earth with his rude tillage,",2.0
Than he would plough the bosom of a foe;,2.0
"A people rude but generous now looked up,",2.0
"The son of their beloved, their only hope.",1.0
"The general burden, though but new to care,",1.0
Was laid on him. His heart within him whispered,1.0
"That he was left in rough and perilous times,",2.0
"Like elder brother of a needy race,",1.0
"To watch and care for all, and it was thoughtful;",1.0
"But never had he felt his mind so dark,",0.0
As in this heavy and mysterious hour.,3.0
"With drooping head and arms crossed over his breast,",3.0
"His spirit all collected in itself,",0.0
"As it had ceased to animate the body,",1.0
"He sat, when like penned air from a dank cave,",2.0
"He felt a cold and shivering wind pass over him,",4.0
And from his sinking bosom raised his head.,1.0
Through which the feeble lamp its blue flame showed,1.0
"Show through the night their blunted heads, enlarged,",0.0
"When, lo! a strange light, breaking through the gloom,",2.0
Struck his astonished mind with awe and wonder.,2.0
"As, seen upon the dim benighted ocean,",0.0
"By partial moon-beams through some severed cloud,",2.0
"Thick beat his fluttering heart against his breast,",3.0
"As towards him the moving light approached,",0.0
"A mighty phantom showed his awful form,",0.0
"Gigantic, far above the sons of men.",0.0
Did lightly float over his majestic limbs:,4.0
"Firm in their strength more than was ever pictured,",1.0
Of fabled heroes in their fields of war.,0.0
"As if to draw down vengeance from the skies,",2.0
"The other, spread upon his ample breast,",0.0
"Thus far to mortal eye he stood revealed,",1.0
Save that a ruddy glow did oft break through,2.0
"With hasty flash, according with the vehemence",2.0
"And agitation of the form beneath,",1.0
"Speaking the terrors of that countenance,",4.0
"A hollow muffled rumbling from beneath,",1.0
Rolled deeply in its dark and secret course.,1.0
The castle trembled on its rocky base;,1.0
"And loosened fragments from the nodding towers,",1.0
Fell on the flinty ground with hideous crash.,2.0
"The bursting gates against the portal rung,",0.0
"And as the phantom trodden, far echoing loud,",6.0
The smitten pavement gave a fearful sound.,0.0
"He stopped, the trembling walls their motion ceased,",0.0
The earth was still; he raised his awful voice.,0.0
"Thou creature, set over creatures like thyself,",3.0
"To bear the rule for an appointed season,",1.0
And visit with extreme of inward pangs,1.0
"The dark breast of the secret murderer,",3.0
"To bear the blood of thousands on thy head,",1.0
And wrongs which cry to heaven and shall be heard?,0.0
"Kings to the slaughter lead their people forth,",0.0
"Bearing to every house its share of mourning,",2.0
And call themselves the heroes of the earth.,1.0
Thy race is stained with blood: such were thy fathers:,1.0
"But they are passed away and have their place,",1.0
Therefore to thee their doom is veiled in night.,2.0
"Who gave to thee thy form of breathing flesh,",1.0
"Of such like creatures as thyself endowed,",2.0
"Although innumerable on this earth,",3.0
And will prepare his vengeance for the man,2.0
"And now he sets two paths before thy choice,",1.0
Which are permitted thee: even thou thyself,4.0
Wilt thou draw out securely on thy throne,3.0
A life of such content and happiness,2.0
"As thy wild country and rude people yield,",4.0
"Laying thee late to rest in peaceful age,",2.0
"Where thy forefathers sleep; thy name respected,",2.0
Thy children after thee to fill thy seat?,1.0
"Or wilt thou, as thy secret thoughts incline,",1.0
"Across the untried deep conduct thy bands,",5.0
"Attack the foe on their unguarded coast,",1.0
"Overcome their strength at little cost of blood,",0.0
"And raise thy trophies on a distant shore,",1.0
"Where none of all thy race have footing gained, ' --",0.0
"But not that better gain, content and happiness?",1.0
"For far from hence, upon that hostile shore,",0.0
"This is the will of Heaven: then choose thy fate,",1.0
"Weak son of earth, I leave thee to thy troubles;",2.0
"A little while shall make us more alike,",0.0
A spirit shalt thou be when next we meet.,0.0
It vanished. Black missed thickened where it stood.,1.0
"A hollow sounding wind rushed through the chamber,",2.0
And rent in twain the deep embodied darkness,0.0
"On either side, did slowly roll away,",0.0
"And now the waving banners of the castle,",1.0
"In early breath of morn began to play,",0.0
And faintly through the lofty windows looked,1.0
And lighter airy fancies of the dawn,1.0
"Till roused with fuller beams of powerful light,",2.0
"Up sprung the dreamers from their easy beds,",1.0
"And saw with a relieved and thankful heart,",1.0
"The woods, and streams, and valleys brightening gladly,",0.0
"But neither hill, nor vale, nor wood, nor stream,",0.0
"Nor yet the sun high riding in his strength,",1.0
"Who wist not when it rose, nor when it set.",0.0
Silent but troubled in his lofty chamber,2.0
"Two days he sat and shunned the searching eyes,",1.0
"Oft in his downcast eye the round tear hung,",2.0
"While by his side he clenched his trembling hand,",0.0
"His seat beneath him shook, ' --  high heaved his breast,",1.0
The changing passions of his troubled soul,1.0
Passed with dark speed across his varied face;,3.0
"Each passing shadow followed by a brother,",1.0
Like clouds across the moon in a wild storm:,1.0
"The storm subsided, calmer thoughts prevailed;",0.0
Slow wore the gloom away like morning missed;,1.0
"A gleam of joy spread over his lightened visage,",3.0
"And from his eyeballs shot that vivid fire,",2.0
When the loud trumpet calls them forth to battle.,2.0
"Gird on mine armour, said the rising youth,",0.0
"WHEN lonely Night composed the drowsy Mind,",0.0
"And hushed the Bosom of the weary Hind,",1.0
"Pleased with plain Nature and with simple Life,",4.0
"I read the Scenes of Shore's deluded Wife,",0.0
"Till my faint Spirits sought the silent Bed,",2.0
And on its Pillow dropped my aching Head;,1.0
"Then Fancy ever to her Mira kind,",1.0
Prepared her Phantoms for the roving Mind.,1.0
"Behold a Fabric rising from the Ground,",1.0
"Corinthian Pillars the vast Building hold,",4.0
Of polished Silver and Peruvian Gold;,3.0
"In four broad Arches spread the shining Doors,",1.0
The blazing Roofs enlighten all the Floors:,0.0
Beneath a sparkling Canopy that shone,1.0
"With Persian Jewels, like a Morning Sun",0.0
Whose glowing Features would in Paint beguile:,0.0
So well the Artist drew her mimic Smile;,0.0
Her shining Eyes confessed a sprightly Joy;,0.0
Upon her Knees reclined her wanton Boy;,0.0
"On the bright Walls, around her and above,",3.0
Were drawn the Statutes and the Arts of Love:,1.0
"These taught the silent Language of the Eye,",1.0
The broken Whisper and amusing Lie;,1.0
"The careless Glance peculiar to the Fair,",1.0
"And Vows for Lovers, that dissolve in Air;",0.0
"The graceful Anger, and the rolling Eyes;",1.0
"The practised Blush and counterfeit Surprise,",0.0
And fine Description for imagined Pains;,1.0
"The friendly Caution and designing Ease,",1.0
And all the Arts that ruin while they please.,0.0
"Now entered, followed by a splendid Train,",2.0
A blooming Damsel and a wealthy Swain;,1.0
"The gaudy Youth in shining Robes arrayed,",0.0
Behind him followed the unthinking Maid:,1.0
"Youth in her Cheek like opening Roses sprung,",2.0
Her careless Tresses on her Shoulders hung.,1.0
Her Smiles were cheerful as enlivening May;,2.0
"Her Dress was careless, and her Eyes were gay;",1.0
Then to soft Voices and melodious Sound,5.0
"The Board was spread, the sparkling Glasses crowned:",0.0
The sprightly Virgin in a Moment shines,0.0
In the gay Entrails of the eastern Mines;,3.0
"Then Pride comes in with Patches for the Fair,",2.0
"Rude Riot in a crimson Vest arrayed,",1.0
"Soft Pomp and Pleasure at her Elbow stand,",2.0
And Folly shakes the Rattles in her Hand.,0.0
"But now her feeble Structure seemed to shake,",0.0
Its Basis trembled and its Pillars quake;,1.0
"Then rushed Suspicion through the lofty Gate,",1.0
"And foaming Rage, to close the horrid Band,",0.0
"Now like an Earthquake shook the reeling Frame,",1.0
The Lamps extinguish in a purple Flame:,0.0
"One universal Groan was heard, and then",0.0
The Cries of Women and the Voice of Men:,1.0
"Some roar out Vengeance, some for Mercy call;",0.0
And Shrieks and Tumult fill the dreadful Hall.,0.0
Again the Lamps resumed a feeble Light;,0.0
But gloomy Walls that Mirth had never known;,0.0
"For the gay Dome where Pleasure used to dwell,",2.0
Appeared an Abbey and a doleful Cell;,1.0
"And here the sad, the ruined Nymph was found,",0.0
"Her Robe disordered and her Locks unbound,",1.0
"While from her Eyes the pearly Drops of Woe,",0.0
Washed her pale Cheek where Roses used to blow:,3.0
Her blue and trembling Lips prepared to breathe,0.0
The Sighs that made her swelling Bosom heave;,0.0
Thus stupid with her Grief she sat and pressed,2.0
Her lily Hands across her pensive Breast;,0.0
"A Group of ghastly Phantoms stood behind,",0.0
Whose Task it is to wreck the guilty Mind:,1.0
And hissing Scandal made a hideous Din;,2.0
"Remorse that darted from her deadly Wings,",1.0
"Then with pale Cheeks and with a ghastly Stare,",2.0
"Whose Hand extended bore a bleeding Heart,",0.0
And Death behind her shook his threatening Dart:,0.0
"These Forms with Horror filled my aching Breast,",0.0
And from my Eyelids drove the Balm of Rest:,2.0
"I woke and found old Night her Course had run,",1.0
And left her Empire to the rising Sun.,1.0
"Each weeping muse assist my mournful pen,",0.0
"To praise a soldier, and lament a friend;",1.0
"Lost to the world in life's gay early bloom,",1.0
"The clouds his mourners, and the deep his tomb;",1.0
"No gentle friend received his parting breath,",1.0
"Raged round his head, yet he was calm within:",1.0
"For he was pure as is the mountain snow,",2.0
Mild as the southern breezes when they blow;,0.0
"His early virtues blasted in their prime,",0.0
I'll say what truth does to his memory owe.,3.0
"Born with a noble, with a generous heart,",3.0
He knew no wish but what he might impart:,1.0
"A friend sincere, his parent's hope and pride,",0.0
His brother's comfort and his sister's guide;,1.0
"Each manly virtue graced the gentle youth,",0.0
"The soul of innocence, and pride of truth.",1.0
"An angel's form, but more angelic mind;",1.0
"With generous love his youthful bosom glowed,",2.0
With generous sentiments his heart overflowed:,6.0
His memory will to latest ages bloom:,1.0
"To youth surviving he hath left behind,",1.0
The bright example of a spotless mind;,1.0
Thou dear departed friend a long farewell!,1.0
Upon thy worth my thoughts shall ever dwell;,0.0
"Still to thy shade sweet youth I'll drop a tear,",1.0
"And ever mourn thee, with a heart sincere;",1.0
"Ever yet I close, blessed shade! if in thy power,",1.0
"My guardian be, in each eventful hour,",1.0
"From thy bright realms o! kindly condescend,",2.0
"To guard thy faithful, thy lamenting friend,",1.0
"Still watchful of thy charge, blessed spirit be!",3.0
For such an office I'd have done for thee;,2.0
"That station keep, until I reach that shore,",0.0
"Where we shall meet, and death can part no more.",1.0
"Of simplest bard; auspicious come, and prompt",0.0
The flowing numbers; so may Isis lend,1.0
Begin; what Muse to Isis shall deny,0.0
"I meditate, till Evening, matron stayed,",0.0
Her tresses dripping with ambrosial dew,1.0
"Nor cease I to reflect, how blessed are they,",1.0
"To envy blessed, that in thy peaceful haunts",0.0
Hold pleasing dalliance with the Muses' train;,3.0
"To wander thy green verge beside, shalt thou",4.0
Remain unsung; while now the hoary Cam,0.0
Teaches the breathing canvas to express,3.0
A furtive life; with wonder we behold,1.0
"Gazing, while on the border of the lip",1.0
"Stands mute Suspense, yet doubtful which may first",1.0
"Demand, which last, the tribute of applause;",1.0
"Thus, Isis, while for thee I string the lyre,",2.0
"The tongue of praise awhile forgets its purpose,",0.0
In magic wonder bound; nor knows the Muse,0.0
"Lost in the pleasing labyrinth, where to bend",0.0
"Her footstep first. ' --  Say, shall I first rehearse,",2.0
"Thy sister train among, the fairest thou",1.0
Skim the smooth surface of the glassy deep?,4.0
Have storied true to share his watery bed,2.0
Thee wooed long loving? nor in proud disdain,2.0
Upon that great solemnity repaired,1.0
The river gods: all that from crystal urn,0.0
There first advancing with imperial port,3.0
Proud Humber came; majestic as the god,2.0
Whose mighty trident Neptune. shakes the trembling earth:,0.0
The king of floods; in greenish mantle clad,0.0
"The servile neck to William's William the conqueror. galling yoke,",4.0
"At silent eve in pensive posture stretched,",0.0
"And Eden, famous stream; who hath not heard",0.0
"And ponderous shields with quaint device portrayed,",2.0
And bones enormous of gigantic size,1.0
With gaping wonder sees; then calls to mind,0.0
"The well known tale, how there by British knights",2.0
Was many a bold exploit and bloody fight,3.0
Her virgin stream. Nor on that solemn day,1.0
Though now adorned with many a glittering tower,4.0
"Thou, father Cam: that oft with kind attention",0.0
"Hast deigned awhile to listen, as I tuned",1.0
"The simple madrigal; nor jealous he,",2.0
"With musing gait; and teach the mimic nymph,",0.0
"All as she sits his flowery bank along,",2.0
To sound the praises of a sister flood: ' --,1.0
"And can I sing aught better, than thy praise,",3.0
"Should I rehearse, or those, whose bounty bad",2.0
The liquid mirror of thy glassy wave,1.0
"Yonder towery mansions to reflect; or those,",3.0
"Thy darling progeny, who burned to grasp",1.0
"Should I their names rehearse, the sun, that now",0.0
"The ragged skirt of yonder orient cloud,",1.0
"Would drink the western wave, or ever ceased",0.0
The lengthened song. ' --  These structures Bodley planned;,0.0
Bids grateful Isis still adore the shade,1.0
For he was loved of Paean to explore,2.0
The medicinal power of juicy shrub,5.0
"And healing plant, that over her verdant lap",2.0
Nor thankless he; for to the god he reared,2.0
In pious gratitude a stately fane.,0.0
Observes the budding Genius as it thrusts,1.0
Its youthful blossoms; or with conscious joy,1.0
Over Britain's peaceful land their goodly beams,0.0
"Dispense abroad: names, that to latest time",1.0
Shall shine distinguished in the rolls of Fame.,0.0
"With pleased attention, Isis, hast thou caught",0.0
"The dulcet sounds, when in yonder sacred grove,",0.0
"His lonely step to yonder aged oak,",0.0
"Deep musing, while bright Cynthia silvers over",4.0
"Or dreams he sees the Muses Nine, and glows",0.0
With inspiration strange? There Fame records,0.0
"He tuned to notes of louder pitch, and sung",0.0
To build in numbers apt the lofty song. ' --,0.0
"Whence art thou, gracious Presence? Art thou sent",0.0
"From heaven, an angel minister, to bless",1.0
Bespeaks thee more than man; in wonder wrapped,0.0
"Thus Isis cried, while on her margin green",2.0
In youthful grace how amiable! stood,1.0
"Long time she gazed unsatisfied, and marked",1.0
"With strong reflection shone, the undoubted pledge",2.0
"His ravaged crown yet mourned; nor deemed, that soon",0.0
"Would dawn the luckless day, when he must drag",1.0
"The gaze of clustering multitudes, and deck",2.0
The glorious triumph of a British boy. ' --,3.0
"Nor, while yonder fair aspiring domes adorn",0.0
"Thy verge, OH Isis, shall unmentioned pass",1.0
"Alfred, auspicious name: say, goddess say,",3.0
"Advanced, not graceful less, than on the top",1.0
"In mildest majesty: beside him went,",1.0
Of wondrous reverence; on his broad smooth front,2.0
The laurel graced his temples: in his hand,0.0
And oft with cunning finger was he wont,1.0
"To rove along the sounding strings, and lift",0.0
"To the heaven of rapture ' --  OH how sweet thy charms,",0.0
Advanced he seemed; yet on the cheek of age,1.0
"Upright he stepped in stately mien, and breathed",0.0
Amiable dignity: such seemed of yore,2.0
"He dwelled with Janus, hospitable king.",5.0
"Well knew, what was, what is, what is to come,",1.0
The reverend Sage; and wisely could he treat,0.0
"Of justice, truth, and universal love",0.0
"From man to man; and mark the limits, when",0.0
Virtue is virtue; when its mad excess,2.0
Strays headlong into vice: he too could tell,3.0
How moves the planet in harmonious dance,2.0
Its central sun around: whence Iris steals,0.0
"The bright variety of hues, that fringe",1.0
Her humid bow; how springs of night and day,0.0
The due vicissitude; why over the earth,4.0
Circling the year with grateful interchange,1.0
The wandering seasons roll; of higher things,2.0
"That beams to day, tomorrow, and for ever,",2.0
And nature's God full well could he discourse.,1.0
Him gracious Heaven in pity to mankind,2.0
"He settled, there where proud Euphrates rolls",1.0
"Long choosing, softened with refinements meet",2.0
"The savage genius of mankind, and taught",2.0
"With awful laws to kerb licentious guilt,",0.0
The peaceful league of blessed society,1.0
Him Greece from thence with open arms embraced,0.0
A welcome guest: but chief he loved to haunt,0.0
The porch of Academe; where mildly beamed,0.0
The modest wisdom of good Socrates;,1.0
Was Science honoured less; since there had come,1.0
"Over many a distant realm had stretched his search,",2.0
And climates warmed beneath another sun.,0.0
"The swelling back of Ocean, till he gained",1.0
"Can Learning thrive, if Freedom shall deny",0.0
To cherish with mild ray the rising flower;,2.0
"To Albion isle he came, what time was sheathed",2.0
"And led him forth, where through the flowery meads",3.0
The silver Isis winds her liquid maze.,0.0
When thus the royal goodness spoke benign:,0.0
Thy favourite mansion; here to latest times,0.0
Instruct thy sons nor think that Britons bear,0.0
In soft humanity thy secret stores,1.0
"To pierce with curious diligence, and snatch",3.0
"Each fair perfection, each excelling art,",0.0
"And all, that profits or delights mankind;",2.0
Here as reclining on the peaceful lap,2.0
"Of Leisure not inglorious, they delight",3.0
To muse in calm Retirement's lonely haunt,0.0
To rise from nature up to nature's God.,1.0
How happy they! whom thou shalt give to tread,3.0
"The pleasant paths of knowledge, and to weave",1.0
"He ceased, with look mild as when Phoebus sheds",2.0
His hoary reverence: With peculiar love,3.0
"Sure heaven then looks he cried on mortals down,",2.0
"When kings, like Alfred, rise; whose patriot souls",2.0
Still centre in a nation's good; who live,1.0
By glorious works to make their country great:,2.0
"With conscious pride, how far his native land",0.0
"Of polished Athens, and imperial Rome",3.0
"Shall bless the name of Alfred; and relate,",1.0
Led Science there where through the flowery meads,5.0
Her liquid maze the silver Isis winds ' --,0.0
"Nor shalt thou, hospitable flood, where now",5.0
"I stay my wandering feet, a stranger guest,",2.0
"Full oft shalt thou in silent joy behold,",1.0
"With energy of song; and sages wise,",1.0
"And statesmen, patriot souls, with merit fraught",2.0
And virtue more than Roman. ' --  Here shall rise,0.0
"Staggered the pedant's pride, and slipped the grasp",2.0
"The tenfold gloom, which darkening logic spread,",1.0
Scatter abroad the cheering beam of light. ' --,2.0
"These are the glories, that with influence sweet",3.0
"Shall gild thy shores, blessed Isis: these are they,",2.0
With homage due that each revolving year,0.0
The pledge of gratitude and filial love.,2.0
'TWAS when the Fields had shed their golden Grain.,0.0
And burning Suns had seared the russet Plain;,0.0
"No more the Rose nor Hyacinth were seen,",0.0
Nor yellow Cowslip on the tufted Green:,1.0
"But the rude Thistle reared its hoary Crown,",2.0
And the ripe Nettle showed an irksome Brown.,2.0
"In mournful Plight the tarnished Groves appear,",0.0
And Nature weeps for the declining Year.,1.0
"The Sun too quickly reached the western Sky,",1.0
"Autumnal Threads around the Branches flew,",0.0
While the dry Stubble drank the falling Dew.,2.0
"In this sick Season, at the close of Day,",2.0
The Sparkles languished in her closing Eye.,0.0
"Parched were those Lips whence Music used to flow,",0.0
"Nor more the Flute her weary Fingers know,",0.0
"Yet thrice to raise her feeble Voice she tried,",0.0
Thrice on her Tongue the fainting Numbers died;,0.0
And like the Swan expiring thus she sung.,0.0
"Farewell, you Forests and delightful Hills,",2.0
"You friendly Groves to whom we used to run,",0.0
And beg a Shelter from the burning Sun.,1.0
"Those blasted Shades all mournful now I see,",0.0
Who droop their Heads as though they wept for me.,1.0
"The pensive Linnet has forgot to sing,",0.0
The Lark is silent till returning Spring.,1.0
"Farewell, you Fields; my native Fields, adieu;",1.0
"Where, when an Infant, I was wont to stray,",1.0
"How oft has Lydia told a mournful Tale,",2.0
By the clear Lake that shines in yonder Vale;,2.0
"When she had done I sung a cheerful Lay,",0.0
While the glad Goldfinch listened on the Spray:,5.0
"Lured by my Song each jolly Swain drew near,",1.0
And rosy Virgins thronged around to hear:,0.0
"Though I unwilling leave the Streams and you,",1.0
"Still may soft Music bless your happy Shore,",3.0
"OH Lydia, thou, if wayward Tongues should blame",2.0
"My Life, and blot a harmless Maiden's Name",0.0
Although the Owner's Name I hardly knew;,1.0
"I fed it kindly with my Father's Hay,",1.0
And gave it shelter at the closing Day:,0.0
"I never stole young Pigeons from their Dams,",2.0
"Nor set my Dog to hunt their Flocks away,",0.0
That mine might graze upon the vacant Lay.,0.0
Or Colin praised young Mariana's Eyes:,1.0
My Cheek with Envy never was seen to change:,2.0
"Or walk the Forest with her darling Swain,",1.0
But hated Scandal and abhorred a Lie.,1.0
On Sundays I as Sister Sue can tell,2.0
Nor used to giggle when he bid me pray:,0.0
"When I am gone, I leave to Sister Sue",0.0
"My Gown of Jersey, and my Aprons blue.",1.0
My hoarded Apples and my winter Pears,1.0
"Be thine, OH Lydia, to reward thy Cares.",5.0
"These Nuts that late were plucked from yonder Tree,",0.0
That Basket did these dying Fingers weave:,0.0
"So shall it charm the listening Nymphs around,",0.0
For none like him can make it sweetly sound.,1.0
"In our Churchyard there grows a spreading Yew,",3.0
"Be those sad Branches over my Grave reclined,",4.0
"Mark, gentle Reader, ' --  Underneath this Tree,",1.0
"There sleeps a Maid, old Simon's Daughter she;",2.0
"Thou too, perhaps, ere many Weeks be over,",1.0
Here ends the Maid ' --  for now the Seal of Death,0.0
"Closed her pale Lips, and stopped her rosy Breath.",3.0
"Her sinking Eyeballs took their long Adieu,",1.0
And with a Sigh her harmless Spirit flew.,1.0
"In this lone hour, when angry storms descend,",3.0
And the chilled soul deplores her distant friend;,2.0
"When all her sprightly fires inactive lie,",0.0
And gloomy objects fill the mental eye;,0.0
"When hoary Winter strides the northern blast,",0.0
"Earth by the grisly tyrant desert made,",0.0
The feathered warblers quit the leafless shade;,0.0
"Quit those dear scenes where life and love began,",3.0
How mourns each tenant of the silent grove!,1.0
No soft sensation tunes the heart to love;,1.0
No strain responsive aids the water's fall.,1.0
"The Swain neglects his Nymph, yet knows not why;",0.0
"The Nymph, indifferent, mourns the freezing sky;",0.0
"Alike insensible to soft desire,",1.0
She asks no warmth ' --  but from the kitchen fire;,2.0
"Love seeks a milder zone; half sunk in snow,",2.0
And crystal streams in frozen fetters stand.,0.0
"Whose murder marks the fool with treble shame,",0.0
"Near the low cottage door, in pensive mood,",2.0
"Complains, and mourns her brothers of the wood.",1.0
All but his ruthless soul whose gun destroys.,0.0
"For this, rough clown, long pains on thee shall wait,",3.0
And freezing want avenge their hapless fate;,0.0
In outward form as savage as in mind;,1.0
"Go, be a bear of Pythagorean name,",0.0
From man distinguished by thy hideous frame.,3.0
"Though slow and pensive now the moments roll,",0.0
Successive months shall from our torpid soul,1.0
Hurry these scenes again; the laughing hours,2.0
"Advancing swift, shall strew spontaneous flowers;",2.0
"And modest violet, grace the secret wild;",0.0
And purple hyacinth together meet:,0.0
"All Nature's sweets in joyous circle move,",0.0
And wake the frozen soul again to love.,0.0
"The ruddy swain now stalks along the vale,",1.0
"He louder whistles, stretches over the green,",2.0
"The downcast look never fixes on the swain,",5.0
"They dread his eye, retire, and gaze again.",0.0
"It's mighty Love ' --  You blooming maids, beware,",0.0
Nor the lone thicket with a lover dare.,3.0
The timid virgin of the rural kind;,1.0
"No conquest of the passions ever was taught,",4.0
"To sacrifice, to govern, to restrain,",1.0
"Or to extinguish, or to hug the pain,",2.0
"Was never theirs; instead, the fear of shame",1.0
"Proves a strong bulwark, and secures their fame;",4.0
"Shielded by this, they flout, reject, deny,",1.0
With mock disdain put the fond lover by;,4.0
"Awe the poor swain, and save the trembling bride.",3.0
"As over the upland hills I take my way,",2.0
My eyes in transport boundless scenes survey:,0.0
From whence the contrite groan shall pierce the skies;,4.0
And waft that sigh which never is lost in air.,2.0
"Ah! sacred turf! here a fond Parent lies,",2.0
How my soul melts while dreadful scenes arise!,2.0
"The past! Ah! shield me, Mercy! from that thought,",1.0
"Dead! can it be?'twas here we frequent strayed,",1.0
"I marked the verse, the skulls her eye invite,",0.0
"My heart recoiled, and shunned the loathsome view;",0.0
"Start not, my child, each human thought subdue,",0.0
"She calmly said; this fate shall once be thine,",0.0
My woes pronounce that it shall first be mine.,1.0
"Abashed, I caught the awful truths she sung,",0.0
And on her firm resolves one moment hung;,1.0
"Vain boast ' --  my bulwark tumbles to the deep,",2.0
Amazed ' --  alone I climb the craggy steep;,0.0
"My shrieking soul deserted, sullen views",0.0
"The depths below, and Hope's fond strains refuse;",1.0
"I listened not ' --  She louder struck the lyre,",0.0
"And love divine, and moral truths conspire.",0.0
"Whose deeds have never swelled the Muse's strain,",0.0
"Here call for satire, would the verse avail.",1.0
"Rest, impious race! ' --  The Muse pursues her flight,",1.0
A meal penurious from the barren plain;,2.0
"The distant walk, and every hillock nigh:",0.0
"Some bask, some bound, nor terrors ever know,",0.0
"Save from the human form, their only foe.",0.0
Long have I shared with you this guiltless scene.,1.0
"It's mine to wander over the dewy lawn,",3.0
And mark the pallid streak of early dawn;,0.0
"Lo! the grey dusk that filled the vacant space,",3.0
"Now fleets, and infant light pursues the chase;",1.0
From the hill top it seeks the valley low;,2.0
"Inflamed, the cheeks of morn with blushes glow;",0.0
"It strives no more, but to the God gives way.",3.0
From the young daw; while in your rugged breast,1.0
"The chattering brood, secured by Horror, rest.",2.0
"Say, Muse, what arm the lowering brothers cleft,",3.0
And the calm stream in this low cradle left?,4.0
"Beneath those heights, lo! balmy springs The Hot Wells. arise,",4.0
"Their kindly powers life's genial heat restore,",3.0
"Here beats a livelier tune. The breezy air,",2.0
To the wild hills invites the languid fair:,2.0
"Fear not the western gale, thou timorous maid,",2.0
Nor dread its blast shall thy soft form invade;,2.0
"Though cool and strong the quickening breezes blow,",2.0
With unseen particles of health it's fraught.,6.0
"Sit not within the threshold of Despair,",3.0
Nor plead a weakness fatal to the fair;,1.0
By which we win no joy from earth or heaven.,1.0
"Foul Fiend! thou bane of health, fair Virtue's bane,",2.0
"Keen exercise shall brace the fainting soul,",1.0
And bid her slackened powers more vigorous roll.,4.0
"Blame not my rustic lay, nor think me rude,",0.0
"Whom fashion guides, in youth's first bloom shall fade;",1.0
"She seeks the cause, effect would fain elude,",0.0
And wonders why the Tyrant yet appears ' --,0.0
"Abrupt ' --  so soon ' --  Thine, Fashion, is the crime,",1.0
Fell Dissipation does the work of time.,1.0
"How thickly clothed, yonder Leigh Wood. rock of scanty soil,",4.0
"Here the deep green, and here the lively plays,",2.0
"The barren elm, the useful feeding oak,",0.0
"Of axe relentless, till twice fifty years",2.0
"Have crowned her woodland joys, and fruitful cares.",0.0
And through the helpless sleeper dart the sting;,1.0
"Here springs to light, lives long, and aged dies.",1.0
"Sucks the young dew, but shuns the bolder day.",3.0
"The timid rabbit hails impervious gloom,",2.0
"Eludes the dog's keen scent, and shuns her doom.",1.0
"Various the tenants of this tangled wood,",2.0
"Who skulk all day, all night review the flood,",1.0
"Chew the washed weed driven by the beating wave,",2.0
"Or feast on dreadful food, which hoped a milder grave.",0.0
"Hail, useful channel! Commerce spreads her wings,",1.0
From either pole her various treasure brings;,2.0
"Wafted by thee, the mariner long strayed,",3.0
Joy tunes the cry; the rocks rebound the roar;,1.0
"The merchant hears, and hails the peeping mast,",0.0
"Now love and joy the noisy crew invite,",1.0
And clumsy music crowns the rough delight.,0.0
"Yours be the vulgar dissonance, while I",1.0
"Cross the low stream, and stretch the ardent eye",3.0
"Over Nature's wilds; it's peace, it's joy serene,",0.0
The thought as pure as calm the vernal scene.,0.0
"Ah, lovely meads! my bosom lighter grows,",0.0
"Shakes off her huge oppressive weight of woes,",0.0
"And swells in guiltless rapture; ever hail,",0.0
"Low not, you herds, your lusty Masters bring",0.0
The crop of Summer; and the genial Spring,1.0
"Feels for your wants, and softens Winter's rage,",0.0
The hoarded haystack shall your woes assuage;,1.0
"Woes summed in one alone, it's Nature's call,",3.0
That secret voice which fills creation all.,0.0
Here the fair Maniac bore three Winters snows.,7.0
"Here long she shivered, stiffening in the blast,",0.0
The lightnings round their livid horrors cast;,0.0
"The thunders roar, while rushing torrents pour,",0.0
And add new woes to bleak affliction's hour;,1.0
"The heavens lour dismal while the storm descends,",3.0
No Mother's bosom the soft maid befriends;,3.0
"But, frightened, over the wilds she swiftly flies,",2.0
"These lonely woodlands, friends to sober Thought;",0.0
"While, musing, she pursued the track alone.",1.0
"OH, thou kind friend! whom here I dare not name,",1.0
"And gently drew her from the beating storm,",1.0
"Of Heaven, and justify its rigid laws;",0.0
"Yet own that human laws are harshly given,",0.0
When they extend beyond the will of Heaven.,2.0
"Say, can thy pen for that hard duty plead,",1.0
By which the meek and helpless maid's decreed,0.0
"To dire seclusion? Snatched from guiltless joys,",0.0
Where horrid silence chills the vital lamp;,0.0
"Slowly and faint the languid pulses beat,",2.0
And the chilled heart forgets its genial heat;,2.0
"The dim sunk eye, with hopeless glance, explores",1.0
"Never to be past again. ' --  Now heaves the sigh,",2.0
Now unavailing sorrows fill the eye:,1.0
"To the fond soul, in all the charms of Truth;",1.0
She welcomes the loved image; busy Thought,2.0
"Portrays the past, with guiltless pleasures fraught;",0.0
"It's momentary bliss, it's rapture high,",0.0
"The heart overflows, and all is ecstasy.",3.0
"Memory! I charge thee yet preserve the shade,",1.0
Ah! let not yet the glittering colours fade!,2.0
"When the sad soul must bid a long adieu,",3.0
Even to its fancied bliss ' --  Ah! turn not yet,1.0
"Thou wretched bankrupt, that must soon forget",0.0
"This farewell draught of joy: lo! Fancy dies,",2.0
Even the thin phantom of past pleasure flies.,4.0
Thought sinks in real woe; too poor to give,5.0
"Her present bliss, she bids the future live;",0.0
"The spirit soon quits that fond clasp, for see,",2.0
The future offers finished misery.,1.0
"Hope quite extinct, lo! frantic through the aisles",3.0
"She raves, while Superstition grimly smiles.",0.0
"The glance distracted each sad sister meets,",1.0
Runs through each various shape of sad despair;,2.0
"Now swells with gusts of hope, now sickening dies;",2.0
Alternate thoughts of death and life arise,2.0
"Within her panting soul; the firm resolve,",0.0
"The new desire, in stronger fears dissolve.",0.0
"She starts ' --  then seized the moment of her fate,",1.0
"Quits the lone cloister and the horrid grate,",4.0
While wilder horrors to receive her wait;,1.0
"Muffled, on Freedom's happy plains they stand,",2.0
And eager seize her not reluctant hand;,0.0
"Too late to these mild shores the mourner came,",4.0
For now the guilt of flight overwhelms her frame:,3.0
"Her broken vows in wild disorder roll,",0.0
And stick like serpents in her trembling soul;,0.0
"Thought, what art thou? of thee she boasts no more,",2.0
"Of lawless anarchy, which sweeps the soul,",1.0
"While her drowned faculties like pebbles roll,",3.0
And the wild glance now fills the staring eye;,4.0
"The balls, fierce glaring in their orbits move,",1.0
"Bright spheres, where beamed the sparkling fires of Love,",1.0
"Now roam for objects which once filled her mind,",2.0
"Ill starred Louisa! Memory, it's a strain,",2.0
Which fills my soul with sympathetic pain.,0.0
"Remembrance, hence, give thy vain struggles over,",3.0
Nor swell the line with forms that live no more.,1.0
"THE noble art to Cadmus owes its rise,",0.0
"Of painting words, and speaking to the eyes;",1.0
He first in wondrous magic fetters bound,0.0
"The airy voice, and stopped the flying sound:",0.0
"The various figures by his pencil wrought,",3.0
"OH THOU, whose melody the heart obeys,",1.0
"Whose notes to heaven the listening soul can raise,",0.0
"Can thrill with pity, or can melt with love!",1.0
"Happy! whom nature lent this native charm,",2.0
"Angelic tones, that shed, with magic power,",1.0
A sweeter pleasure over the social hour:,2.0
"But yet more happy, that thy life as clear",0.0
From discord as thy perfect cadence flows;,2.0
"That, tuned to sympathy, thy faithful tear",1.0
In mild accordance falls for others' woes;,0.0
"That all the tender, pure affections bind,",0.0
"In chains of harmony, thy willing mind!",1.0
"CROWNED with the sickle, and the wheaten shear,",1.0
"While Autumn, nodding over the yellow plain,",2.0
"Comes jovial on; the doric reed once more,",3.0
"Concocted strong, rush boundless now to view,",1.0
"Full, perfect all, and swell my glorious theme.",2.0
"Onslow! the muse, ambitious of thy name,",3.0
"To grace, inspire, and dignify her song,",0.0
Would from the public voice thy gentle ear,0.0
"A while engage. Thy noble cares she knows,",0.0
"Spread on thy front, and in thy conduct glow;",0.0
"A roll of periods, sweeter than her song.",3.0
"But she too pants for public virtue, she,",3.0
"Though weak of power, yet strong in ardent will,",3.0
"Whenever her country rushes on her heart,",3.0
"Assumes a bolder note, and fondly tries",0.0
To mix the patriot's with the poet's flame.,1.0
And Libra weighs in equal scales the year;,0.0
"With golden light irradiate, wide invests",3.0
"A pleasing calm; while broad, and brown, below,",0.0
Unbounded harvests hang the heavy head.,0.0
"Rich, silent, deep, they stand; for not a gale",1.0
Rolls its light billows over the bending plain;,5.0
A calm of plenty! till the ruffled air,1.0
"Falls from its poise, and gives the breeze to blow.",0.0
Rent is the fleecy mantle of the sky;,1.0
The clouds fly different; and the sudden sun,2.0
And black by fits the shadows sweep along.,1.0
"Far as the circling eye can shoot around,",0.0
These are thy blessings Industry! rough Power!,3.0
"Whom Labour still attends, and Sweat, and Pain;",0.0
"Yet the kind source of every gentle art,",3.0
And all the soft civility of life:,1.0
"Raiser of human kind! by Nature cast,",2.0
"Naked, and helpless, out amid the woods,",3.0
"And wilds, to rude inclement elements;",1.0
With various powers of deep efficiency,5.0
"Implanted, and profusely poured around",1.0
Materials infinite; but idle all.,3.0
"Slept the lethargic powers; Corruption still,",4.0
"Voracious, swallowed what the liberal hand",0.0
Of Bounty scattered over the savage year.,2.0
"And still the sad barbarian, roving, mixed",2.0
"With winter charged, let the mixed tempest fly,",3.0
Then to the shelter of the hut he fled;,1.0
"And the wild season, sordid, pined away.",2.0
For home he had not; home is the resort,1.0
"Of love, of joy, of peace, and plenty, where,",0.0
"Supporting and supported, polished friends,",1.0
And dear relations mingle into bliss.,0.0
"But this the rugged savage never felt,",1.0
"A waste of time! till Industry approached,",1.0
And roused him from his miserable sloth;,2.0
"His faculties unfolded; pointed out,",2.0
Where lavish Nature the directing hand,1.0
Of Art demanded; showed him how to raise,1.0
"His feeble force by the mechanic powers,",1.0
"To dig the mineral from the vaulted earth,",1.0
"On what to turn the piercing rage of fire,",0.0
"On what the torrent, and the gathered blast;",1.0
Gave the tall ancient forest to his axe;,4.0
"Taught him to chip the wood, and hew the stone,",0.0
Till by degrees the finished fabric rose;,1.0
"And wrapped them in the woolly vestment warm,",0.0
"Or bright in glossy silk, and flowing lawn;",0.0
"The generous glass around, inspired, to wake",4.0
"Nor stopped at barren, bare necessity;",1.0
"But still advancing bolder, led him on,",0.0
"By hardy patience, and experience slow,",3.0
"To pomp, to pleasure, elegance, and grace;",1.0
"And breathing high ambition through his soul,",1.0
"Set science, wisdom, glory in his view,",1.0
And bad him be the Lord of all below.,0.0
"Then gathering men their natural powers combined,",4.0
And formed a Public; to the general good,1.0
"Submitting, aiming, and conducting all.",1.0
"The free, and fairly represented Whole,",0.0
"For this devised the holy guardian laws,",3.0
"Distinguished orders, animated Arts,",0.0
"And with joint force Oppression chaining, set",2.0
Imperial Justice at the helm; yet still,2.0
To them accountable: nor slavish dreamt,2.0
"And all the honey of their search, to such",1.0
As for themselves alone themselves have raised.,1.0
Hence every form of cultivated life,1.0
"In order set, protected, and inspired,",1.0
"Into perfection wrought. Uniting all,",0.0
"Society grew numerous, high, polite,",4.0
And happy. Nurse of art! the city rose;,0.0
"And stretching street on street by thousands led,",0.0
"From twining woody haunts, and the tough yew",1.0
"Of clustering houses, and of mingling men,",3.0
"Restless design, and execution strong.",2.0
In every street the sounding hammer plied,0.0
"In flying touches, formed the fine machine.",0.0
Then Commerce brought into the public walk,0.0
The busy Merchant; the big warehouse built;,3.0
Raised the strong crane; choked up the loaded street,1.0
"With foreign plenty; and on thee, thou Thames,",2.0
"Large, gentle, deep, majestic, king of floods!",1.0
"Than whom no river heaves a fuller tide,",1.0
"Seized for his grand resort. On either hand,",0.0
Possessed the breezy void; the sooty hulk,0.0
Steered sluggish on; the splendid barge along,2.0
"Rowed, regular, to harmony; around,",3.0
While deep the various voice of fervent toil,2.0
"From bank to bank increased; whence ribbed with oak,",0.0
"To bear the British thunder, black, and bold,",0.0
The roaring vessel rushed into the main.,0.0
His ample roof; and Luxury within,1.0
"Poured out her glittering stores. The canvas smooth,",2.0
"Embodied rose. The statue seemed to breathe,",1.0
"And soften into flesh, beneath the touch",0.0
All is the gift of Industry; whatever,2.0
Delightful. Pensive Winter cheered by him,0.0
"Sits at the social fire, and happy hears",0.0
The excluded tempest idly rave along.,1.0
His hardened fingers deck the gaudy Spring.,0.0
Without him Summer were an arid waste;,1.0
Nor to the autumnal months could thus transmit,1.0
"These full, mature, immeasurable stores,",0.0
"That, waving round, recall my wandering song.",2.0
"In fair array; each by the lass he loves,",1.0
"To bear the rougher part, and mitigate",0.0
By nameless gentle offices her toil.,1.0
"At once they stoop, and swell the lusty sheaves;",0.0
"While, bandied round and round, the rural talk,",0.0
"The rural scandal, and the rural jest",1.0
"Fly hearty, to deceive the tedious time,",4.0
"Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks;",2.0
"And, conscious, glancing oft this way and that",0.0
"His sated eye, feels his heart heave with joy.",3.0
"Spike after spike, their sparing harvest pick.",1.0
"From the full sheaf, with charitable stealth,",3.0
"The liberal handful. Think, o grateful think!",1.0
How good the God of harvest is to you;,1.0
Who pours abundance over your flowing fields;,2.0
While these unhappy partners of your kind,2.0
And ask their humble dole. The various turns,2.0
Of fortune ponder; that your sons may want,0.0
"What now, with hard reluctance, faint, you give.",0.0
The lovely young Lavinia once had friends;,0.0
"And fortune smiled, deceitful, on her birth.",1.0
"For in her helpless years deprived of all,",0.0
"Of every stay, save innocence and Heaven,",2.0
"She with her widowed mother, feeble, old,",1.0
"And poor, lived in a cottage, lost far up",3.0
"Safe from the cruel, blasting arts of man;",0.0
"Almost on Nature's common bounty fed,",1.0
"Like the gay birds that sung them to repose,",4.0
"Content, and careless of tomorrow's fare.",2.0
"As is the lily, or the mountain snow.",2.0
"The modest virtues mingled in her eyes,",0.0
"Still on the ground deject, and darting all",0.0
Their humid beams into the blooming flowers:,0.0
"Thrilled in her thought, they, like the dewy star",0.0
"Of evening, shone in tears. A native grace",0.0
"Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,",1.0
But is when unadorned adorned the most.,1.0
Will deign their faith. And thus she went compelled,0.0
"By strong necessity, with as serene,",2.0
"And pleased a look as patience can put on,",2.0
"Who led the rural life in all its joy,",0.0
"And elegance, such as Arcadian song",5.0
"When tyrant custom had not shackled man,",0.0
And free to follow nature was the mode.,1.0
"He then, his fancy with autumnal scenes",1.0
"To walk, when poor Lavinia drew his eye;",0.0
"Unconscious of her power, and turning quick",4.0
With unaffected blushes from his gaze.,1.0
"He saw her charming, but he saw not half",1.0
The charms her downcast modesty concealed.,2.0
That very moment love and chaste desire,0.0
"Sprung in his bosom, to himself unknown;",1.0
"For still the world prevailed, and its dread laugh",1.0
"Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn,",1.0
And thus in secret to his soul he sighed.,1.0
"What pity! that so delicate a form,",1.0
"By beauty kindled, and harmonious shaped,",3.0
"Where sense sincere, and goodness seemed to dwell,",0.0
Should be devoted to the rude embrace,1.0
"Recalls that patron of my happy life,",1.0
From whom my liberal fortune took its rise;,0.0
"Now to the dust gone down; his houses, lands,",2.0
"Urged by remembrance sad, and decent pride,",2.0
"Far from those scenes which knew their better days,",0.0
His aged widow and his daughter live;,1.0
Whom yet my fruitless search could never find.,0.0
"Romantic wish, would this the daughter were!",2.0
"She was the same, the daughter of his friend,",2.0
"The mingling passion that surprised his heart,",0.0
And through his nerves in shivering transport ran?,3.0
"Then blazed his smothered flame, avowed, and bold;",0.0
"And as he run her, ardent, over and over,",3.0
"Love, gratitude, and pity wept at once.",1.0
"Confused, and frightened at his sudden tears,",0.0
"Her rising beauties flushed a higher bloom,",0.0
Poured out the pious rapture of his soul.,1.0
"She, whom my restless gratitude has sought",0.0
"So long in vain? O yes! the very same,",0.0
"The softened image of my noble friend,",1.0
"Alive, his every feature, every look,",0.0
More elegantly touched. Fairer than spring!,5.0
"Thou sole surviving blossom from the root,",1.0
"That nourished up my fortune, say, ah where,",1.0
"In what unsmiling desert, hast thou drawn",0.0
The kindest aspect of delighted heaven?,2.0
Into such beauty spread? and blown so white?,0.0
"Beat keen, and heavy, on thy tender years.",2.0
"OH let me now, into a richer soil,",1.0
"Transplant thee safe! where vernal suns, and showers,",0.0
"Diffuse their warmest, largest influence;",1.0
"And of my garden be the pride, and joy!",1.0
"It ill befits thee, o it ill befits",1.0
"The father of a country, thus to pick",1.0
"His bounty taught to gain, and right enjoy.",0.0
"Then throw that shameful pittance from thy hand,",1.0
But ill applied to such a rugged task;,1.0
With harvest shining all these fields are thine;,0.0
"And, if my wishes may presume so far,",2.0
"Their master too, who then indeed were blessed,",0.0
Here ceased the youth: yet still his speaking eye,0.0
"Expressed the sacred triumph of his soul,",1.0
"With conscious virtue, gratitude, and love,",0.0
Above the vulgar joy divinely raised.,0.0
Nor waited he reply. Won by the charm,3.0
"Of goodness irresistible, and all",1.0
"In sweet disorder lost, she blushed consent.",0.0
"The news immediate to her mother brought,",1.0
"While, pierced with anxious thought, she pined away",0.0
"Amazed, and scarce believing what she heard,",0.0
"Joy seized her withered veins, and one bright gleam",2.0
Not less enraptured than the happy pair;,1.0
"Who flourished long in mutual bliss, and reared",2.0
"A numerous offspring, lovely like themselves,",3.0
"And good, the grace of all the country round.",0.0
The sultry south collects a potent blast.,0.0
"At first, the groves are scarcely seen to stir",0.0
Their trembling tops; and a still murmur runs,2.0
"And in one mighty stream, invisible,",1.0
"Immense, the whole excited atmosphere,",0.0
Impetuous rushes over the sounding world;,2.0
"Strained to the root, the stooping forest pours",0.0
A rustling shower of yet untimely leaves.,2.0
"From the bare wild, the dissipated storm,",2.0
And send it in a torrent down the vale.,1.0
"Exposed, and naked, to its utmost rage,",2.0
"Through all the sea of harvest rolling round,",0.0
"Though pliant to the blast, its seizing force;",1.0
"Or whirled in air, or into vacant chaff",0.0
"Shook waste. And sometime too a burst of rain,",2.0
"Swept from the black horizon, broad, descends",0.0
In one continuous flood. Still over head,4.0
The deluge deepens; till the fields around,1.0
"Sudden, the ditches swell; the meadows swim.",3.0
"Red, from the hills, innumerable streams",1.0
Tumultuous roar; and high above its banks,3.0
"The river lift; before whose weighty rush,",0.0
"Roll mingled down; all that the winds had spared,",2.0
"In one wild moment ruined, the big hopes,",4.0
"Driving along, his drowning ox at once",2.0
He sees; and instant over his shivering thought,4.0
"Be mindful of the rough laborious hand,",3.0
"That sinks you soft in elegance, and ease;",1.0
"Be mindful of those limbs, in russet clad,",1.0
"Whose toil to yours is warmth, and graceful pride;",1.0
"And o be mindful of that sparing board,",2.0
"Which covers yours with luxury profuse,",2.0
"Makes your glass sparkle, and your sense rejoice!",4.0
"Nor cruelly demand what the deep rains,",3.0
Would tempt the muse to ling the rural game.,0.0
"Stiff, by the tainted gale, with open nose,",0.0
"Outstretched, and finely sensible, draws full,",2.0
"Fearful, and cautious, on the latent prey;",3.0
As in the sun the circling covey bask,0.0
"Their varied plumes, watchful, and every way",5.0
Through the rough stubble turned the secret eye.,2.0
"Their useless wings, entangled more and more:",0.0
"Nor on the surges of the boundless air,",2.0
"Though born triumphant, are they safe; the gun,",1.0
"Immediate, brings them from the towering wing,",3.0
"Dead to the ground; or drives them else dispersed,",0.0
"Wounded, and wheeling various, down the wind.",3.0
"These are not subjects for the peaceful muse,",0.0
Nor will she stain her spotless theme with such;,1.0
"Then most delighted, when she smiling sees",0.0
The whole mixed animal creation round,2.0
"Alive, and happy. It's not joy to her,",1.0
"This falsely cheerful, barbarous game of death;",2.0
"This rage of pleasure, which the restless youth",0.0
"When beasts of prey retire, that all night long,",1.0
"Urged by necessity, had roamed the dark;",3.0
"As if their conscious ravage shunned the light,",1.0
"Ashamed. Not so the steady tyrant man,",1.0
Who with the thoughtless insolence of power,1.0
"Inflamed, beyond the most infuriate rage",1.0
"Of the worst monster that ever howled the waste,",4.0
"For sport alone takes up the cruel tract,",2.0
"Upbraid us not, you wolves! you tigers fell!",1.0
"But lavish fed, in Nature's bounty rolled,",0.0
"To laugh at anguish, and rejoice in blood,",1.0
Poor is the triumph over the timid Hare!,2.0
"Shook from the corn, and now to some lone seat",1.0
"Of the same friendly hue, the withered fern;",2.0
"The fallow ground laid open to the sun,",3.0
Vain is her best precaution; though she sits,1.0
By Nature raised to take the horizon in;,2.0
"And head couched close betwixt her hairy feet,",1.0
In act to spring away. The scented dew,0.0
"Betrays her early labyrinth; and deep,",0.0
"In scattered, sullen openings, far behind,",2.0
With every breeze she hears the coming storm.,0.0
"But nearer, and more frequent, as it loads",2.0
"The sighing gale, she springs amazed, and all",0.0
The savage soul of game is up at once:,1.0
Wild for the chase; and the loud hunter's shout;,2.0
"Over a weak, harmless, flying creature, all",2.0
"Mixed in mad tumult, and discordant joy.",3.0
"The Stag too, singled from the herd, where long",2.0
"He ranged the branching monarch of the shades,",1.0
"Before the tempest drives. At first in speed,",0.0
"Against the breeze he darts, that way the more",0.0
"To leave the lessening, murderous cry behind.",4.0
"He bursts the thickets, glances through the glades,",1.0
And plunges deep into the wildest wood.,0.0
"If slow, yet sure, adhesive to the tract",1.0
"The inhuman rout, and from the shady depth",2.0
"Expel him, circling through his every shift.",1.0
He sweeps the forest oft; and sobbing sees,0.0
"Where, in kind contest, with his butting friends",0.0
"He went to struggle, or his loves enjoy.",1.0
"To lose the scent, and lave his burning sides;",0.0
"Oft seeks the herd; the watchful herd alarmed,",1.0
"With quick consent, avoid the infectious maze.",2.0
"What shall he do? His once so vivid nerves,",0.0
"So full of buoyant soul, inspire no more",1.0
"The fainting course; but wrenching, breathless toil,",0.0
"Sick, seizes on his heart: he stands at bay;",2.0
And puts his last weak refuge in despair.,1.0
"He groans in anguish; while the growling pack,",0.0
Of this enough. But if the sylvan youth,2.0
"Whose fervent blood boils into violence,",2.0
"Must have the chase; behold, despising flight,",0.0
See the grim wolf; on him his shaggy foe,2.0
"Grins near destruction, to the monster's heart",3.0
Let the dart lighten from the nervous arm.,4.0
"These Britain Knows not; give, you Britons, then",0.0
Loose on the sly destroyer of the flock.,1.0
"Him, from his craggy winding haunts unearthed,",1.0
Let all the thunder of the chase pursue.,1.0
Throw the broad ditch behind you; over the hedge,5.0
"Refuse, but through the shaking wilderness",2.0
"Pick your, nice way; into the perilous flood",5.0
"Bear fearless, of the raging instinct full;",2.0
"And as you ride the torrent, to the banks",2.0
"Your triumph sound sonorous, running round,",5.0
"From rock to rock, in circling echo tossed;",0.0
Then snatch the mountains by their woody tops;,1.0
"Rush down the dangerous steep; and over the lawn,",4.0
"In fancy swallowing up the space between,",1.0
Pour all your speed into the rapid game.,0.0
For happy he! who tops the wheeling chase;,1.0
"Has every maze evolved, and every guile",0.0
Disclosed; who knows the merits of the pack;,1.0
"Who saw the villain seized, and dying hard,",0.0
"Without complaint, though by an hundred mouths",1.0
"At hour of dusk, while the retreating horn",1.0
"Calls them to ghostly halls of grey renown,",0.0
Depending decent from the roof; and spread,1.0
And their repeated wonders shake the dome.,1.0
But first the fuelled chimney blazes wide;,0.0
"From side to side; on which, with fell intent,",0.0
"They deep incision make, and talk the while",0.0
"Of England's glory, never to be defaced,",2.0
"If stomach keen can intervals allow,",1.0
"Relating how it ran, and how it fell.",2.0
Then sated Hunger bids his brother Thirst,0.0
"Produce the mighty bowl; the mighty bowl,",0.0
"Swelled high with fiery juice, steams liberal round",4.0
"A potent gale, reviving as the breath",1.0
"On violets diffused, while soft she hears",1.0
"Her panting shepherd stealing to her arms,",1.0
"Nor wanting is the brown october, drawn,",1.0
"Mature, and perfect, from his dark retreat",2.0
Of thirty years; and now his honest front,0.0
To vie it with the vineyard's best produce.,1.0
"Walks gentle round, beneath a cloud of smoke,",1.0
"In thunder leaping from the box, awake",1.0
"Is hauled about, in gallantry robust.",1.0
"Aside, frequent, and full, the dry divan",1.0
"Close in firm circle; and set, ardent, in",4.0
"For serious drinking. Nor evasion sly,",3.0
Nor sober shift is to the puking wretch,1.0
"Indulged askew; but earnest, brimming bowls",0.0
"Lave every soul, the table floating round,",1.0
"Thus as they swim in mutual swill, the talk,",2.0
"Vociferate at once by twenty tongues,",0.0
"Reels fast from theme to theme; from horses, hounds,",1.0
"To church, or mistress, politics, or ghost,",0.0
"In endless mazes, intricate, perplexed.",1.0
"Meantime, with sudden interruption, loud,",1.0
The impatient catch bursts from the joyous heart.,3.0
That moment touched is every kindred soul;,0.0
Mix in the music of the day again.,1.0
"As when the tempest, that has vexed the deep",0.0
"The dark night long, falls murmuring towards morn;",4.0
"So their mirth gradual sinks. Their feeble tongues,",4.0
"Seen dim, and blue, the double tapers dance,",1.0
Like the sun wading through the misty sky.,3.0
"Then, sliding sweet, they drop. Overturned above",3.0
"Lies the wet, broken scene; and stretched below,",3.0
"Each way, the drunken slaughter; where astride",0.0
"The lubber Power himself triumphant sits,",2.0
But if the rougher sex by this red sport,2.0
"Are hurried wild, let not such horrid joy",1.0
Ever stain the bosom of the British Fair.,1.0
Far be the spirit of the chase from them!,1.0
"To spring the fence, to rein the prancing steed,",0.0
"The cap, the whip, the masculine attire,",1.0
The winning softness of their sex is lost.,1.0
"Made up of blushes, tenderness, and fears,",1.0
In them it's graceful to dissolve at woe;,1.0
"With every motion, every word, to wave",0.0
Quick over the kindling cheek the ready blush;,3.0
"And from the smallest violence to shrink,",2.0
"And by this silent adulation, soft,",1.0
To their protection more engaging man.,1.0
"OH may their eyes no miserable sight,",2.0
"Through love's enchanting wiles pursued, yet fled,",0.0
In chase ambiguous. May their tender limbs,1.0
Float in the loose simplicity of dress!,1.0
"And fashioned all to harmony, alone,",1.0
"Know they to seize the captivated soul,",0.0
In rapture warbled from the radiant lip;,1.0
"To teach the lute to languish; with smooth step,",2.0
"Disclosing motion in its every charm,",0.0
To train the foliage over the snowy lawn;,2.0
"To play the pencil, turn the instructive page;",2.0
To rear their graces into second life;,0.0
To give society its highest taste;,1.0
"And by submissive wisdom, modest skill,",1.0
"To raise the glory, animate the joys,",0.0
And sweeten all the toils of human life;,0.0
"This be the female dignity, and praise.",2.0
Falls hoarse from steep to steep. In close array,1.0
"Fit for the thickets, and the tangling shrub,",1.0
"You virgins, come. For you their latest song",1.0
The woodlands raise; the clustered nut for you,0.0
The lover finds amid the secret shade;,0.0
"Or shakes them ripe from the resigning husk,",1.0
"A glossy shower, and of an ardent brown,",1.0
"Melinda formed with every grace complete,",0.0
"Yet these neglecting, above beauty wise,",6.0
And far transcending such a vulgar praise.,1.0
"In cheerful error, let us tread the maze",0.0
"Of Autumn, unconfined; and vital taste",0.0
The breath of orchard big with bending fruit.,0.0
"Obedient to the breeze, and beating ray,",1.0
Incessant melts away. The juicy pear,0.0
"Lies, in a soft profusion, scattered round.",0.0
A various sweetness swells the gentle race;,2.0
"In species different, but in kind the same,",1.0
"Of tempered sun, and water, earth, and air,",0.0
"A various spirit, fresh, delicious, keen,",2.0
"Phillips, facetious bard, the second thou",3.0
With British freedom sing the British song;,0.0
"Foam in transparent floods; some strong, to cheer",1.0
"In this glad season, while his last, best beams",3.0
"O lose me in the green, majestic walks",0.0
"Where simple Nature reigns; and every view,",0.0
Here rich with harvest; and there white with flocks.,1.0
"Mean time the grandeur of thy lofty dome,",2.0
New beauties rise with each revolving day;,1.0
New columns swell; and still the fresh spring finds,2.0
"New plants to quicken, and new groves to green.",3.0
Full of thy genius all! the muses seat;,0.0
"Where in the secret bower, and winding walk",2.0
"They twine the bay for thee. Here oft alone,",1.0
"Fired by the thirst of thy applause, I court",2.0
The inspiring breeze; and meditate the book,1.0
"And, as I steal along, the sunny wall,",1.0
My theme still urges in my vagrant thought;,1.0
"Presents the downy peach; the purple plumb,",0.0
With a fine blueish missed of animals,3.0
"Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig.",0.0
"Hangs out her clusters, swelling to the south;",1.0
And scarcely wishes for a warmer sky.,1.0
"To vigorous soils, and climes of fair extent;",2.0
"Where, by the potent sun elated high,",0.0
"Spreads over the vale; or up the mountain climbs,",4.0
"Profuse; and drinks amid the sunny rocks,",0.0
"From cliff to cliff increased, the heightened blaze.",0.0
"Half through the foliage seen, or ardent flame,",0.0
Or shine transparent; while perfection breathes,0.0
"As thus they brighten with exalted juice,",1.0
"The rural youth and virgins over the field,",2.0
"Each fond for each to cull the autumnal prime,",2.0
"Exulting rove, and speak the vintage nigh.",0.0
"Then comes the crushing swain; the country floats,",0.0
"That by degrees fermented, and refined,",2.0
Round the raised nations pours the cup of joy:,2.0
"In sparkling fancy, while we drain the bowl;",0.0
"As is the wit it gives, the bright Champaign.",1.0
"Now by the cool, declining year condensed,",0.0
"As up the middle sky unseen they stole,",1.0
"No more the mountain, horrid, vast, sublime,",0.0
Who pours a sweep of rivers from his sides;,1.0
And deep betwixt contending kingdoms lays,0.0
"The rocky, long division; while aloft,",0.0
"His piny top is, lessening, lost in air:",2.0
No more his thousand prospects fill the view,0.0
With great variety; but in a night,1.0
"Sink dark, and total. Nor alone immersed;",2.0
"The huge dusk, gradual, swallows up the plain.",4.0
"Sullen, and slow, to roll the misty wave.",2.0
"Even in the height of noon oppressed, the sun",0.0
Whence glaring oft with many a broadened orb,2.0
"Seen through the turbid air, beyond the life,",0.0
The shepherd stalks gigantic. Till at last,1.0
"Successive floating, sits the general fog",0.0
"Unbounded over the world; and mingling thick,",2.0
As when of old so sung the hebrew bard,0.0
"Light, uncollected, through the Chaos urged",3.0
Its infant way; nor Order yet had drawn,0.0
His endless train forth from the dubious gloom.,4.0
"These roving mists, that constant now begin",0.0
"To smoke along the hilly country, these,",1.0
"With mighty rains, the skilled in nature say,",0.0
"Of water, scooped among the hollow rocks;",0.0
"Whence gush the streams, the ceaseless fountains play,",0.0
And their unfailing stores the rivers draw.,1.0
But is this equal to the vast effect?,2.0
Is thus the Volga filled? the rapid Rhine?,0.0
"And, in the rage of summer, never cease",0.0
To send a thundering torrent to the main?,3.0
What though the sun draws from the steaming deep,2.0
"More than the rivers pour? How much again,",0.0
"Frequent returns, let the wet sailor say:",4.0
"And on the thirsty down, far from the burst",3.0
"Of springs, how much, to their reviving fields,",1.0
"And feeding flocks, let lonely shepherd's sing.",1.0
"But sure it's no weak, variable cause,",2.0
"That keeps at once ten thousand thousand floods,",1.0
"For ever flowing, and for ever full.",1.0
"That, where the hoarse, innumerable wave,",1.0
"Sucked through the sandy Stratum, every way,",0.0
The waters with the sandy Stratum rise;,1.0
"Amid whole angles infinitely strained,",2.0
"They leave each saline particle behind,",6.0
"And clear, and sweeten, as they soak along.",1.0
"Nor stops the restless fluid, mounting still,",0.0
"Though here and there in lowly plains it springs,",1.0
"But to the mountain courted by the sand,",2.0
Fresh into day; and all the glittering hill,3.0
"Hence, in its subterranean passage, gains,",3.0
"From the washed mineral, that restoring power,",2.0
"And salutary virtue, which anew",0.0
"Strings every nerve, calls up the kindling soul",3.0
"Into the healthful cheek, and joyous eye:",0.0
"And whence, the royal maid, Amelia blooms",0.0
"Beyond a crown, some happy prince; and shine,",0.0
The Carolina of another land.,1.0
"Warned of approaching winter, gathered, play",2.0
"Over the calm sky, in convolution swift,",2.0
"The feathered eddy floats. Rejoicing once,",0.0
"And where the cavern sweats, as sages dream.",0.0
"Or rather into warmer climes conveyed,",0.0
"With other kindred birds of season, there",1.0
Where the Rhine loses his majestic force,3.0
"In Belgian plains, won from the raging deep",2.0
"By diligence amazing, and the strong,",2.0
"Consulting deep, and various, before they take",1.0
"And now their rout designed, their leaders chose,",0.0
"Their tribes adjusted, cleaned their vigorous wings;",2.0
"And many a circle, many a short essay",4.0
"Wheeled round and round, in congregation full,",0.0
"The figured flight ascends; and, riding high",0.0
"The aerial billows, mixes with the clouds.",3.0
"Boils round the naked, melancholy isles",0.0
Pours in among the stormy Hebrides;,2.0
Are annual made? What nations come and go?,2.0
And how the living clouds on clouds arise?,1.0
And white resounding store are one wild cry,1.0
"Here the plain, harmless native his small flock,",4.0
"And herd diminutive of many hues,",1.0
"Tends on the little island's verdant swell,",0.0
Or sweeps the fishy shore; or treasures up,1.0
"Of luxury. And here a while the muse,",1.0
"Sees Caledonia, in romantic view:",3.0
"Breathing the soul acute; her forests huge,",2.0
"Planted of old; her azure lakes between,",2.0
"Poured out extensive, and of watery wealth",5.0
"Full; winding deep, and green, her fertile vales;",1.0
"With many a cool, translucent, brimming flood",2.0
"Nurse of a people, in misfortune's school",1.0
Trained up to hardy deeds; soon visited,2.0
She took her western flight. A generous race,2.0
"Who still through bleeding ages struggled hard,",0.0
"To hold a hapless, undiminished state;",0.0
Too much in vain! Hence of ignoble bounds,2.0
"Impatient, and by tempting glory born",1.0
"Over every land, for every land their life",0.0
"Has flowed profuse, their piercing genius planned,",0.0
And swelled the pomp of peace their faithful toil.,0.0
"As from their own clear north, in radiant streams,",2.0
"O is there not some patriot, in whose power",2.0
"Of blessing thousands, thousands yet unborn,",1.0
"Through late posterity? some, large of soul!",1.0
To cheer dejected industry? to give,1.0
A double harvest to the pining swain?,1.0
"How, by the finest art, the native robe",1.0
"To weave; how, white as hyperborean snow,",2.0
"How to dash wide the billow; nor look on,",4.0
"The prosperous sail, from every growing port,",2.0
And thus united Britain Britain make,0.0
"Entire, the imperial Mistress of the deep.",4.0
"Yes, there are such. And full on thee, Argyle,",2.0
"Her hope, her stay, her darling, and her boast,",1.0
"From her first patriots, and her heroes sprung,",3.0
"Thy fond, imploring country turns her eye:",0.0
"In thee, with all a mother's triumph, sees",0.0
"Her every virtue, every grace combined,",0.0
"Calm, and intrepid, in the very throat",2.0
While thick around the deadly tempest flew.,0.0
"And when the trumpet, kindling war no more,",1.0
Pours not the flaming squadrons over the field;,2.0
"But, fruitful of fair deeds, and mutual faith,",4.0
Kind peace unites the jarring world again;,1.0
Let the deep olive through thy laurels twine.,4.0
"For, powerful as thy sword, from thy rich tongue",2.0
"Persuasion flows, and wins the high debate:",0.0
"While mixed in thee combine the charm of youth,",1.0
"The force of manhood, and the depth of age.",2.0
"Thee, Forbes, too, whom every worth attends,",3.0
"As Truth sincere, as weeping Friendship kind,",0.0
"Thee, truly generous, and in silence great,",1.0
"Thy country feels through her reviving arts,",1.0
"Planned by thy wisdom, by thy soul informed;",1.0
And seldom has she felt the friend like thee.,0.0
"Shade deepening over shade, the country round",1.0
"Of every hue, from won, declining green",0.0
"To sooty dark. These now the lonesome muse,",0.0
And give the Season in its latest view.,0.0
Fleeces unbounded either; whose least wave,1.0
"Stands tremulous, uncertain where to turn",2.0
"The gentle current: while illumined wide,",0.0
"Shed over the peaceful world. Then is the time,",4.0
"For those whom Wisdom, and whom Nature charm,",2.0
"To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd,",2.0
And soar above this little scene of things;,0.0
And woo lone Quiet in her silent walks.,1.0
"Thus solitary, and in pensive guise,",2.0
"Oft let me wander over the russet mead,",3.0
"And through the saddened grove, where scarce is heard",1.0
"Swelled all the music of the swarming shades,",1.0
"Robbed of their tuneful souls, now shivering sit",3.0
"On the dead tree, a dull, despondent flock!",2.0
"With not a brightness waving over their plumes,",2.0
"OH let not, aimed from some inhuman eye,",1.0
The gun the music of the coming year,1.0
"Destroy; and harmless, unsuspecting harm,",0.0
"Lay the weak tribes, a miserable prey!",4.0
"In mingled murder, fluttering on the ground.",1.0
"The pale, descending year, yet pleasing still,",0.0
A gentler mood inspires; for now the leaf,0.0
"Oft starting such as, studious, walk below,",4.0
And slowly circles through the waving air.,1.0
But should a quicker breeze and the boughs,0.0
"Sob, over the sky the leafy rain streams;",4.0
"Roll wide the withered waste, and whistle bleak.",1.0
"And, shrunk into their beds, the flowery race",2.0
Their sunny robes resign. Even what remained,4.0
Of bolder fruits falls from the naked tree;,2.0
"And woods, fields, gardens, orchards, all around",1.0
He comes! he comes! in every breeze the Power,0.0
Of philosophic Melancholy comes!,0.0
"The glowing cheek, the mild dejected air,",0.0
"The softened feature, and the beating heart,",1.0
"Pierced deep with many a secret pang, declare.",3.0
Over all his soul his sacred influence breathes;,2.0
"In all the bosom triumphs, all the nerves;",0.0
Inflames imagination; through the sense,1.0
Infuses every tenderness; and far,1.0
Beyond dim earth exalts the swelling thought.,1.0
"Ten thousand thousand fleet ideas, such",2.0
Crowd fast into the mind's creative eye.,1.0
"As fast the correspondent passions rise,",0.0
"As varied, and as high: devotion raised",1.0
"To rapture, and divine astonishment.",2.0
"The love of Nature unconfined, and chief",0.0
"Of human kind; the large, ambitious wish,",0.0
"To make them blessed; the sigh for suffering worth,",0.0
Lost in obscurity; the indignant scorn,4.0
"Of mighty pride; the fearless, great resolve;",0.0
"The wonder that the dying patriot draws,",2.0
Inspiring glory through remotest time;,1.0
"The arousing pant for virtue, and for fame;",2.0
"The sympathies of love, and friendship dear;",1.0
With all the social offspring of the heart.,2.0
"To twilight groves, and visionary vales!",1.0
"Tremendous sweep, or seem to sweep along;",0.0
"And voices more than human, through the void",1.0
And now the western sun withdraws the day;,0.0
"And humid evening, gilding over the sky,",2.0
"In her chill progress, to the ground condensed",0.0
"Where marshes stagnate, and where rivers wind,",2.0
"Cluster the rolling fogs, and swim along",2.0
"Turned to the sun direct, her spotted disk,",0.0
"A lesser earth gives all his blaze again,",1.0
"Void of its flame, and sheds a softer day.",0.0
"Now through the passing cloud she seems to stoop,",0.0
Wide the pale deluge floats; and streaming mild,3.0
"While rocks, and floods reflect the quivering gleam,",2.0
"Of silver radiance, trembling round the world.",0.0
"Fainting, permits the starry fires to burn,",2.0
With keener lustre through the depth of heaven;,1.0
"Oft in this season, silent from the north",1.0
"The lower skies, then all at once converge",0.0
"High to the crown of heaven, and all at once",0.0
"And mix, and thwart, extinguish, and renew,",1.0
All either coursing in a maze of light.,0.0
"From look to look, contagious through the crowd,",1.0
"The appearance throws: armies in meet array,",6.0
"Throng with aerial spears, and steeds of fire;",2.0
"As thus they scan the visionary scene,",0.0
"On all sides swells the superstitious din,",1.0
Incontinent; and busy frenzy talks,1.0
"Of blood and battle; cities overturned,",0.0
"And, late at night, in swallowing earthquake sunk,",3.0
Or painted hideous with ascending flame;,3.0
"Of pestilence, and every great distress;",1.0
The unalterable hour: even Nature's self,2.0
Is deemed to totter on the brink of time.,1.0
"Not so the man of philosophic eye,",0.0
And inspect sage; the waving brightness he,5.0
"Curious surveys, inquisitive to know",2.0
"Of this appearance beautiful, and new.",2.0
"Now black, and deep, the night begins to fall,",1.0
"A solid shade, immense. Sunk in the gloom",1.0
"Magnificent, and vast, are heaven and earth.",1.0
Order confounded lies; all beauty void;,2.0
Distinction lost; and gay variety,1.0
One universal blot: such the fair power,2.0
"Of Light, to kindle, and create the whole.",1.0
"Who then, bewildered, wanders through the dark,",1.0
"Nor visited by one directive ray,",2.0
"From cottage streaming, or from airy hall.",1.0
"Perhaps impatient as he stumbles on,",2.0
"Struck from the root of slimy ruses, blue,",0.0
A length of flame deceitful over the moss;,2.0
"While still, from day to day, his pining wife,",0.0
"And plaintive children his return await,",1.0
"In wild conjecture lost. At other times,",0.0
"Sent by the better Genius of the night,",1.0
"The meteor sits; and shows the narrow path,",2.0
"That winding leads through pits of death, or else",0.0
Instructs him how to take the dangerous ford.,3.0
"The lengthened night elapsed, the morning shines",0.0
"Serene, in all her dewy beauty bright,",0.0
Unfolding fair the last Autumnal day.,0.0
And now the mounting sun dispels the fog;,0.0
"And hung on every spray, on every blade",0.0
"Ah see where robbed, and murdered, in that pit,",0.0
"Lies the still heaving hive; at evening snatched,",3.0
"Sat tending public cares, and planning schemes",1.0
"Of temperance, for winter poor; rejoiced",1.0
"Sudden the dark, oppressive steam ascends:",2.0
"And, used to milder scents, the tender race,",0.0
"And was it then for this you roamed the spring,",2.0
Intent from flower to flower? for this you toiled,3.0
"For this in Autumn searched the blooming waste,",1.0
Nor lost one sunny gleam? for this sad sat?,1.0
"Shall prostrate nature groan beneath your rage,",0.0
"Awaiting renovation? When obliged,",0.0
Must you destroy? Of their ambrosial food,2.0
"Can you not borrow? and in just return,",1.0
Again regale them on some smiling day?,1.0
"Hard by, the stony bottom of their town",1.0
"Looks desolate, and wild; with here and there",1.0
"A helpless number, who the ruined state",0.0
"Survive, lamenting weak, cast out to death.",2.0
"Thus a proud city, populous, and rich,",4.0
"Full of the works of peace, and high in joy,",0.0
"At theatre, or feast, or sunk in sleep,",1.0
"As late, Palermo, was thy fate is seized",1.0
"By some dread earthquake, and convulsive hurled,",3.0
"Hence every harsher sight! for now the day,",1.0
"Over heaven and earth diffused, grows warm, and high,",1.0
Of dew evaporate brushes from the plain.,5.0
How clear the cloudless sky! how deeply tinged,0.0
With a peculiar blue! the ethereal arch,5.0
The radiant sun how gay! how calm below,0.0
"Now gathered in, beyond the rage of storms,",1.0
Sure to the swain; the circling sense shut up;,2.0
And instant Winter bid to do his worst.,0.0
"While loose to festive joy, the country round",0.0
"Laughs with the loud sincerity of mirth,",1.0
"Not needing the melodious impulse much,",2.0
"Leaps wildly graceful, in the lively dance.",1.0
"Young, buxom, warm, in native beauty rich,",1.0
"Points an approving smile, with double force,",2.0
"The cudgel rattles, and the struggle twists.",1.0
"Age too shines out; and, garrulous, recounts",2.0
The feats of youth. Thus they rejoice; nor think,2.0
"That, with tomorrow's fun, their annual toil",4.0
"O knew he but his happiness, of men",2.0
"The happiest he! who far from public rage,",1.0
"Deep in the vale, with a choice few retired,",2.0
Drinks the pure pleasures of the rural life.,4.0
"What though the dome be wanting, whose proud gate",1.0
"Vile intercourse! What though the glittering robe,",4.0
"Of every hue reflected light can give,",0.0
"The pride, and gaze of fools! oppress him not.",0.0
"What though from utmost land, and sea, purveyed,",4.0
"For him each rarer, tributary life",1.0
"With luxury, and death. What though his wine",2.0
"Flows not from brighter gems; nor sunk in beds,",0.0
"Oft of gay care, he tosses out the night;",4.0
"Or, thoughtless, sleeps at best in idle state.",0.0
"What though deprived of these fantastic joys,",2.0
"A face of pleasure, but a heart of pain;",1.0
"Sure peace is his; a solid life, estranged",2.0
"To disappointment, and fallacious hope;",1.0
"Rich in content, in Nature's bounty rich,",2.0
"In herbs, and fruits; whatever greens the Spring,",1.0
"When heaven descends in showers; or bends the bough,",2.0
"These are not wanting; nor the milky drove,",2.0
"Luxuriant, spread over all the lowing vale;",2.0
"And hum of bees, inviting sleep sincere",0.0
"Into the guiltless breast, beneath the shade,",0.0
Or thrown at large amid the fragrant hay:,0.0
"Nor aught beside of prospect, grove, or song,",0.0
Here too lives simple truth; plain innocence;,3.0
"Unsullied beauty; sound, unbroken youth,",0.0
"Patient of labour, with a little pleased;",2.0
"Calm contemplation, and poetic ease.",2.0
"Let others brave the flood, in quest of gain,",1.0
"Let such as deem it glory to destroy,",1.0
Rush into blood; the sack of cities seek;,1.0
"The virgin's shriek, and infant's trembling cry.",0.0
"Urged, or by want, or hardened avarice,",1.0
Find other lands beneath another sun.,1.0
"Let This through cities work his ardent way,",0.0
"By legal outrage, and established guile,",2.0
The social sense extinct; and That ferment,0.0
"Mad into tumult the seditious herd,",2.0
Or melt them down to slavery. Let These,3.0
"Ensnare the wretched in the toils of law,",0.0
"Fomenting discord, and perplexing right,",3.0
"An iron race! and Those of fairer front,",1.0
"But equal inhumanity, in courts,",2.0
And tread the weary labyrinth of state.,0.0
"While He, from all the stormy passions free,",0.0
"That restless men involve, hears, and but hears,",2.0
"At distance safe, the human tempest roar,",0.0
"Wrapped close in conscious peace. The fall of kings,",1.0
"The rage of nations, and the crush of states",1.0
"Move not the man, who, from the world escaped,",1.0
"To Nature's voice attends, from day to day,",0.0
"And month to month, through the revolving Year;",1.0
"Admiring, sees her in her every shape:",0.0
Feels all her fine emotions at his heart;,0.0
"Takes what she liberal gives, nor thinks of more.",0.0
"Marks the first bud, and sucks the healthful gale",3.0
Into his freshened soul; her genial hours,0.0
"He quite enjoys; and not a beauty blows,",0.0
And not an opening blossom breathes in vain.,2.0
"In Summer he, beneath the living shade,",1.0
"Such as from frigid Tempe wont to fall,",1.0
"Perhaps, has in immortal numbers sung;",0.0
"Or what she dictates writes; and, oft an eye",1.0
With gentle throws; and through the tepid gleams,1.0
Even Winter wild to him is full of bliss.,1.0
"The mighty tempest, and the hoary waste,",1.0
"Abrupt, and deep, stretched over the buried earth,",3.0
"Awake to solemn thought. At night the skies,",0.0
"Disclosed, and kindled, by refining frost,",1.0
Pour every lustre on the astonished eye.,4.0
"A friend, a book, the stealing hours secure,",0.0
"And mark them down for wisdom. With swift wing,",3.0
"Over land, and sea, imagination roams;",0.0
"Or truth, divinely breaking on his mind,",1.0
"Elates his being, and unfolds his powers;",1.0
Or in his breast heroic virtue burns.,0.0
"The touch of love, and kindred too he feels,",0.0
"The modest eye, whose beams on his alone",1.0
"Ecstatic shine; the little, strong embrace",0.0
"Of prattling children, twined around his neck,",0.0
"The fond parental soul. Nor purpose gay,",0.0
"Amusement, dance, or song, he sternly scorns;",0.0
"For happiness, and true philosophy",2.0
"Still are, and have been of the smiling kind.",1.0
"This is the life which those who fret in guilt,",2.0
"And guilty cities, never knew; the life,",0.0
"When God himself, and Angels dwelled with men!",0.0
Enrich me with the knowledge of thy works!,2.0
"Snatch me to heaven; thy rolling wonders there,",1.0
"World beyond world, in infinite extent,",3.0
"Profusely scattered over the void immense,",2.0
"Show me; their motions, periods, and their laws,",1.0
Give me to scan; through the disclosing deep,1.0
Light my blind way: the mineral Strata there;,4.0
"Over that rising system, more complex,",2.0
"Of animals; and higher still, the mind,",1.0
And where the mixing passions endless shift;,0.0
"A search, the flight of time can never exhaust!",2.0
"But if to that unequal; if the blood,",2.0
"In sluggish streams about my heart, forbids",0.0
"That best ambition; under closing shades,",0.0
"Inglorious, lay me by the lowly brook,",3.0
"And whisper to my dreams. From Thee begin,",2.0
"Dwell all on Thee, with Thee conclude my song;",2.0
"And let me never, never stray from Thee!",0.0
"IN vain the sprightly sun renews his course,",0.0
"Climbs up the ascending signs and leads the day,",1.0
"While long embattled clouds repel his force,",0.0
In vain the spring proclaims the newborn year;,0.0
"No flowers beneath her lingering footsteps spring,",4.0
"No rosy garland binds her flowing hair,",1.0
And in her train no feathered warblers sing.,1.0
"Her opening breast is stained with frequent showers,",2.0
"Her streaming tresses bathed in chilling dews,",0.0
"And sad before her move the pensive hours,",0.0
Whose flagging wings no breathing sweets diffuse.,1.0
"Like some lone pilgrim, clad in mournful weed,",1.0
"Whose wounded bosom drinks her falling tears,",0.0
"On whose pale cheek relentless sorrows feed,",1.0
Whose dreary way no sprightly carol cheers.,1.0
And called the Tuscan Muses to her bowers;,1.0
When Crees daughter filled her lap with flowers.,1.0
"Clouds behind clouds in long succession rise,",3.0
And heavy snows oppress the springing green;,0.0
"The dazzling waste fatigues the aching eyes,",0.0
Indulgent nature loose this frozen zone;,0.0
"Dissolving snows shall their glad impulse own,",0.0
And melt upon the bosom of the May.,1.0
OH HAPPINESS! where art thou to be found?,3.0
What bower is blessed with thy perpetual gleam?,5.0
"From court, from cot, even while they seek thy stay,",3.0
"Thy name, not substance, is to mortals known.",1.0
"Repulse from thee makes drunkards stand aghast,",2.0
Who nightly revel over the flowing bowl.,2.0
"In vain they seek thy progress to retard,",2.0
A guest too noble to be thus detained.,2.0
"Balks hope, and certain disappointment brings.",1.0
Nor find thy residence in golden over:,1.0
"Fear, anxious care, bleak avarice, and distrust,",5.0
"Not riches, though in gorgeous pomp arrayed,",1.0
"Secure thee amongst the gay, fantastic train.",2.0
"And bid defiance to thy sacred charms,",1.0
Nor even the voice of honour can recall,3.0
Thy hasty steps: thee Pleasure sues in vain;,0.0
"A stranger to the gay, licentious crowd,",1.0
The giddy fluttering sons of dance and song.,2.0
Thou to the libertine dost ever prove,1.0
"Leaves him to cruel disappointment's rage,",0.0
"Remorse, despair, the inmates of his soul.",2.0
"The ardent warrior quits his native shore,",0.0
"Inured to martial toil; at danger smiles,",0.0
And unconcerned treads over the heaps of slain:,3.0
His enemies fly before him; at his feet,2.0
"Millions fall prostrate, and for mercy call:",4.0
Yet still in vain he makes his court to thee;,0.0
"See lovers too, in yonder sequestered grove,",3.0
"Seek lonely walks, and spend their sighs in vain,",1.0
Whose smiles they deem can boundless bliss secure:,0.0
Their views contracted would thee thus confine.,0.0
Though silken cords of sweet affection bind.,0.0
"A thousand ills encompass the fond pair,",2.0
And mix their sweets with bitterness and woe.,1.0
"Bent in pursuit, through many a devious track,",5.0
To nobler objects henceforth bend your view.,4.0
"All hail, Religion! thou celestial power!",1.0
"And quite dispel the solitary gloom,",0.0
There sullen shades that steal upon the soul.,0.0
OH let me hear thy salutary voice!,1.0
Thy sacred dictates let me still revere;,1.0
"And ever prone in virtue's steps to tread,",0.0
Whose hand omnipotent the world did frame.,1.0
"OH Thou, great Source of all supreme delight!",3.0
Without reluctance may I ever prove,1.0
"Submissive to thy providential sway,",1.0
"To know and to observe thy laws divine,",1.0
"Content, and calm serenity of mind,",1.0
Shall pave my paths along the rugged vale;,0.0
"Then happiness, in all its vast extent",1.0
Shall through eternal ages be my lot;,1.0
The lot of all whose hope is fixed on thee.,0.0
The internal Senses painted here we see:,1.0
"OH were our Author with thy Converse blessed,",1.0
"Could he behold the Virtues, of thy Breast;",2.0
And bid the World not read ' --  but copy you!,1.0
"Of Hope's bright blossoms, and Joy's fairy flowers,",3.0
As she was wont to do in gayer hours;,1.0
"Ill would it suit this brow, where many a line",2.0
"Declares the springtime of my life gone by,",4.0
And summer far advanced; what now remain,0.0
"For those gay phantoms, chased by sober truth?",2.0
"Those forms tumultuous which sick visions bring,",4.0
That lightly flitting on the transient wing,1.0
"Ah, no! my suffering soul at length restored,",0.0
Shall taste the calm repose so oft in vain implored.,0.0
"Delighted oft amid these shades to stray,",0.0
To their loved master breathing many a lay,4.0
Divinely soothing; o! be near to charm,1.0
"For me the languid hours of pain, and warm",1.0
This heart depressed with one inspiring ray,1.0
From such bright visions as were wont to play,3.0
"The soul subduing powers of mortal ill,",2.0
"Beneath his own dear oaks, when, present still,",1.0
This mourning Mother can with Ease explore,1.0
"Was early learnt, nay more, was early wise;",1.0
And knew the Pride of Science to despise;,1.0
Left Men to take assuming Airs from thence;,1.0
And seemed unconscious of superior Sense.,4.0
"Yet, ah! how vain to guard the Soul, we see,",0.0
Are the best Precepts of Philosophy!,4.0
"See Nature triumph over the boasted Art,",3.0
"See how she mourns her Son's untimely Doom,",0.0
And pours her Woes over the relentless Tomb.,4.0
"Soften, kind Heaven, her seeming rigid Fate,",3.0
With frequent Visions of his blissful State:,1.0
Oft let the Guardian Angel of her Son,4.0
"Tell her in faithful Dreams, His Task is done;",0.0
"Show, how he kindly led her lovely Boy",0.0
"Then, for a while, reverse his happy Fate;",0.0
"Show him still here, still in this wretched State:",0.0
"Show the false World, seducing him from Truth;",4.0
"And paint the slippery, dangerous Paths of Youth:",2.0
"Convey him thence to Life's remotest Stage,",0.0
To feel the dire Calamities of Age;,1.0
"Or racked with Guilt, much harder to be born.",1.0
"Raise the Distress; and let her darling Care,",2.0
"Distracted in the Horrors of Despair,",1.0
"The dreadful Scene of Judgement opening see,",2.0
"And, trembling, plunge into Eternity.",1.0
"Then ask her, Would she call him down from Bliss,",1.0
To hazard such a dismal Doom as this?,1.0
"That she may learn to be resigned from thence,",0.0
"And bless the Guardian Hand, that snatched him hence.",2.0
That state you say is lost! So when you find,0.0
"The blood corrupted, and the fever high,",1.0
You doubt not to pronounce ' --  that man must die.,1.0
Now in the way of Fable we'll suppose,1.0
Rebellion in the human frame arose;,0.0
"Each member loudly sounded forth his merit,",0.0
"And cried, to obey the Head showed want of spirit,",3.0
"'Twas time the Limbs should now assert their part,",1.0
And overturn the empire of the Heart.,1.0
"For God or King, nor any strength would lend",0.0
To bear a Head of such unwieldy size;,1.0
To hear and see required not Ears and Eyes;,0.0
"All parts were equal, and had each a right",1.0
TO assume the gift of hearing and of sight.,2.0
"This said, the Hands indignant caught the alarm,",2.0
"Aloud they clapped, and summoned all to fight",0.0
"To fix their freedom, and enforce their right.",1.0
"And now Convulsion seized on every part,",0.0
"Loud beat each Pulse, and terror shook the Heart;",1.0
"Within was heard a horrid noise and rout,",0.0
The Inside claimed the right to be the Out.,1.0
They cared not if it brought on instant death;,1.0
The right to hold a share in the Outside.,1.0
"The Stomach roared he soon would stop digestion,",0.0
If ever his outside right was called in question:,3.0
Nor longer throw the blood up to the Heart;,1.0
"The Heart might feed itself, or yield it's place",0.0
"On this the Liver writhed himself around,",1.0
"And swore that long, though rotten and unsound,",1.0
"For he was fit to rule, and he alone.",2.0
Planning by craft the downfall of the Head;,4.0
"But now overcharged with envy, rage, and guile,",2.0
"Thus all within was agony and strife,",2.0
Each fresh convulsion seemed to threaten life;,0.0
"The Limbs distorted rise ' --  they give the blow,",0.0
"Taught by this sad example, ere too late,",1.0
Where foul rebellion reigns and anarchy.,1.0
AS one who long in thickets and in brakes,2.0
"Entangled, winds now this way and now that",3.0
"His devious course uncertain, seeking home;",2.0
"Plunging, and half despairing of escape,",3.0
"And faithful to the foot, his spirits rise,",1.0
And winds his way with pleasure and with ease;,1.0
"So I, designing other themes, and called",1.0
"Have rambled wide. In country, city, seat",0.0
Of academic fame however deserved,3.0
"Long held, and scarcely disengaged at last.",2.0
"I mean to tread. I feel myself at large,",1.0
"Courageous, and refreshed for future toil,",1.0
"If toil await me, or if dangers new.",1.0
"Most part an empty ineffectual sound,",2.0
"What chance that I, to fame so little known,",1.0
"Nor conversant with men or manners much,",3.0
"Should speak to purpose, or with better hope",1.0
"And charmed with rural beauty, to repose",1.0
"Where chance may throw me, beneath elm or vine,",5.0
"My languid limbs when summer fears the plains,",0.0
"Or when rough winter rages, on the soft",2.0
"And sheltered Sofa, while the nitrous air",0.0
Feeds a blue flame and makes a cheerful hearth;,3.0
"How great the danger of disturbing her,",2.0
"To muse in silence, or at least confine",1.0
"Remarks that gall so many, to the few",1.0
My partners in retreat. Disgust concealed,0.0
"Is obstinate, and cure beyond our reach.",1.0
"Domestic happiness, thou only bliss",1.0
Of Paradise that has survived the fall!,0.0
"Though few now taste thee unimpaired and pure,",1.0
"Or tasting, long enjoy thee, too infirm",0.0
"Unmixed with drops of bitter, which neglect",0.0
Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup.,0.0
Thou art the nurse of virtue. In thine arms,0.0
"She smiles, appearing, as in truth she is,",1.0
Heaven born and destined to the skies again.,1.0
"Thou art not known where pleasure is adored,",1.0
"And wandering eyes, still leaning on the arm",4.0
"Of novelty, her fickle frail support;",1.0
"For thou art meek and constant, hating change,",1.0
"Forsaking thee, what shipwreck have we made",1.0
Till prostitution elbows us aside,2.0
"Convened for purposes of empire less,",1.0
What provocation to the indignant heart,3.0
That feels for injured love! but I disdain,1.0
"The nauseous task to paint her as she is,",1.0
The frequency of crimes has washed them white.,1.0
"And verse of mine shall never brand the wretch,",1.0
"And chaste themselves, are not ashamed to own.",0.0
Virtue and vice had boundaries in old time,3.0
Not to be passed. And she that had renounced,1.0
'Twas hard perhaps on here and there a waif,2.0
"Desirous to return and not received,",1.0
And taught the unblemished to preserve with care,3.0
"That purity, whose loss was loss of all.",1.0
"Men too were nice in honour in those days,",1.0
Was marked and shunned as odious. He that sold,1.0
"His country, or was slack when she required",2.0
"His every nerve in action and at stretch,",1.0
"The price of his default. But now, yes, now,",2.0
"We are become so candid and so fair,",2.0
"So liberal in construction, and so rich",1.0
"That they are safe, sinners of either sex,",5.0
"Transgress what laws they may. Well dressed, well bred,",2.0
To pass us readily through every door.,1.0
"Hypocrisy, detest her as we may,",2.0
And no man's hatred ever wronged her yet,1.0
"May claim this merit still, that she admits",1.0
"The worth of what she mimics with such care,",1.0
And thus gives virtue indirect applause;,2.0
"But she has burned her mask not needed here,",1.0
"Where vice has such allowance, that her shifts",1.0
I was a stricken deer that left the herd,1.0
My panting side was charged when I withdrew,1.0
To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.,0.0
There was I found by one who had himself,2.0
Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore,0.0
And in his hands and feet the cruel scars.,0.0
With gentle force soliciting the darts,1.0
"He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.",0.0
"And silent woods I wander, far from those",0.0
"My former partners of the peopled scene,",1.0
"Here much I ruminate, as much I may,",0.0
With other views of men and manners now,0.0
"Than once, and others of a life to come.",1.0
"I see that all are wanderers, gone astray",2.0
Each in his own delusions; they are lost,1.0
"In chase of fancied happiness, still wooed",2.0
"And never won. Dream after dream ensues,",1.0
"And still they dream that they shall still succeed,",1.0
And still are disappointed; rings the world,0.0
"With the vain stir. I sum up half mankind,",3.0
"And add two-thirds of the remainder half,",2.0
And find the total of their hopes and fears,1.0
"Dreams, empty dreams. The million flit as gay",1.0
As if created only like the fly,1.0
That spreads his motley wings in the eye of noon,0.0
To sport their season and be seen no more.,2.0
"The rest are sober dreamers, grave and wise,",0.0
And pregnant with discoveries new and rare.,3.0
Some write a narrative of wars and feats,1.0
"Of heroes little known, and call the rant",0.0
"An history. Describe the man, of whom",1.0
"And paint his person, character and views,",1.0
As they had known him from his mother's womb.,2.0
They disentangle from the puzzled skein,1.0
"In which obscurity has wrapped them up,",1.0
The threads of politic and shrewd design,0.0
"That ran through all his purposes, and charge",1.0
"His mind with meanings that he never had,",0.0
"Or having, kept concealed. Some drill and bore",0.0
"The solid earth, and from the strata there",2.0
"Extract a register, by which we learn",1.0
That he who made it and revealed its date,1.0
"To Moses, was mistaken in its age.",1.0
Some more acute and more industrious still,2.0
Contrive creation. Travel nature up,1.0
"And tell us whence the stars. Why some are fixed,",0.0
And planetary some. What gave them first,0.0
"Rotation, from what fountain flowed their light.",1.0
"Great contest follows, and much learnt dust",3.0
"Involves the combatants, each claiming truth,",4.0
And truth disclaiming both. And thus they spend,0.0
"The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp,",1.0
"In playing tricks with nature, giving laws",0.0
To distant worlds and trifling in their own.,0.0
"Of oracles like these? Great pity too,",3.0
"That having wielded the elements, and built",3.0
"A thousand systems, each in his own way,",1.0
They should go out in fume and be forgot?,0.0
Ah! what is life thus spent? and what are they,1.0
But frantic who thus spend it? all for smoke ' --,1.0
"Eternity for bubbles, proves at last",1.0
A senseless bargain. When I see such games,0.0
Played by the creatures of a power who swears,2.0
"That he will judge the earth, and call the fool",0.0
"To a sharp reckoning that has lived in vain,",2.0
And when I weigh this seeming wisdom well,0.0
And prove it in the infallible result,2.0
So hollow and so false ' --  I feel my heart,1.0
"Dissolve in pity, and account the learnt,",1.0
"If this be learning, most of all deceived.",1.0
"Great crimes alarm the conscience, but she sleeps",2.0
While thoughtful man is plausibly amused.,1.0
"Defend me therefore common sense, say I,",3.0
"From reveries so airy, from the toil",2.0
"Of dropping buckets into empty wells,",0.0
And growing old in drawing nothing up!,1.0
"And overbuilt with most impending brows,",0.0
As the world pleases. What's the world to you?,2.0
"Much. I was born of woman, and drew milk",2.0
As sweet as charity from human breasts.,1.0
"I think, articulate, I laugh and weep",0.0
And exercise all functions of a man.,1.0
How then should I and any man that lives,0.0
"Be strangers to each other? pierce my vein,",1.0
Take of the crimson stream meandering there,1.0
"Search it, and prove now if it be not blood",2.0
"Congenial with thine own. And if it be,",2.0
"To cut the link of brotherhood, by which",0.0
One common Maker bound me to the kind.,1.0
"True; I am no proficient, I confess,",1.0
In arts like yours. I cannot call the swift,1.0
"And perilous lightnings from the angry clouds,",3.0
"And bid them hide themselves in the earth beneath,",0.0
The parallax of yonder luminous point,2.0
Such powers I boast not ' --  neither can I rest,3.0
A silent witness of the headlong rage,2.0
"Bone of my bone, and kindred souls to mine.",0.0
God never meant that man should scale the heavens,1.0
By strides of human wisdom. In his works,0.0
"Though wondrous, he commands us in his word",1.0
"To seek him rather, where his mercy shines.",0.0
The mind indeed enlightened from above,1.0
Views him in all. Ascribes to the grand cause,1.0
The grand effect. Acknowledges with joy,1.0
"His manner, and with rapture tastes his style.",1.0
But never yet did philosophic tube,0.0
That brings the planets home into the eye,0.0
"Of observation, and discovers, else",1.0
"Not visible, his family of worlds,",2.0
Discover him that rules them; such a veil,2.0
"Hangs over mortal eyes, blind from the birth",3.0
And dark in things divine. Full often too,1.0
"Our wayward intellect, the more we learn",0.0
"Of nature, overlooks her author more,",0.0
From instrumental causes proud to draw,0.0
Conclusions retrograde and mad mistake.,0.0
"But if his word once teach us, shoot a ray",2.0
"Through all the heart's dark chambers, and reveal",2.0
In the pure fountain of eternal love,3.0
Has eyes indeed; and viewing all she sees,0.0
"As meant to indicate a God to man,",0.0
"Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.",0.0
Learning has born such fruit in other days,2.0
On all her branches. Piety has found,1.0
"Friends in the friends of science, and true prayer",2.0
"Such was thy wisdom, Newton, childlike sage!",2.0
"Milton, whose genius had angelic wings,",3.0
And fed on manna. And such thine in whom,1.0
Immortal Hale! for deep discernment praised,0.0
"And sound integrity not more, than famed",1.0
"All flesh is grass, and all its glory fades",0.0
"Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream;",2.0
"The man we celebrate must find a tomb,",0.0
"And we that worship him, ignoble graves.",2.0
Nothing is proof against the general curse,2.0
"Of vanity, that seizes all below.",1.0
"Is virtue, the only lasting treasure, truth.",2.0
But what is truth?'twas Pilate's question put,1.0
"To truth itself, that deigned him no reply.",0.0
And wherefore? will not God impart his light,1.0
"To them that ask it? ' --  Freely ' --  it's his joy,",2.0
"His glory, and his nature to impart.",2.0
"Or negligent enquirer, not a spark.",1.0
What's that which brings contempt upon a book,0.0
"And him that writes it, though the style be neat,",2.0
"The method clear, and argument exact?",1.0
That makes a minister in holy things,1.0
"The joy of many and the dread of more,",1.0
His name a theme for praise and for reproach? ' --,1.0
"That while it gives us worth in God's account,",0.0
"What pearl is it that rich men cannot buy,",2.0
"That learning is too proud to gather up,",3.0
But which the poor and the despised of all,1.0
"Tell me, and I will tell thee, what is truth.",1.0
"O friendly to the best pursuits of man,",1.0
"Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace,",3.0
Domestic life in rural leisure passed!,0.0
"Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets,",1.0
To understand and choose thee for their own.,1.0
"Even as his first progenitor, and quits,",2.0
Though placed in paradise for earth has still,0.0
Some traces of her youthful beauty left,1.0
Substantial happiness for transient joy.,1.0
"Scenes formed for contemplation, and to nurse",2.0
The growing seeds of wisdom; that suggest,0.0
By every pleasing image they present,1.0
"Compose the passions, and exalt the mind,",1.0
"Scenes such as these, it's his supreme delight",2.0
"We persecute, annihilate the tribes",0.0
That draw the sportsman over hill and dale,0.0
"Fearless, and rapt away from all his cares;",2.0
Could pageantry and dance and feast and song,1.0
"Who dream they have a taste for fields and groves,",0.0
"Would find them hideous nurseries of the spleen,",3.0
"And crowd the roads, impatient for the town!",1.0
"They love the country, and none else, who seek",2.0
For their own sake its silence and its shade.,2.0
"Delights which who would leave, that has a heart",0.0
"Susceptible of pity, or a mind",2.0
"Cultured and capable of sober thought,",3.0
For all the savage din of the swift pack,1.0
That feeds upon the sobs and dying shrieks,0.0
"Of harmless nature, dumb, but yet endued",0.0
With eloquence that agonies inspire,2.0
Vain tears alas! and sighs that never find,1.0
A corresponding tone in jovial souls.,2.0
Well ' --  one at least is safe. One sheltered hare,0.0
"Of cruel man, exulting in her woes.",0.0
"Innocent partner of my peaceful home,",3.0
Whom ten long years experience of my care,2.0
"Has made at last familiar, she has lost",1.0
"Much of her vigilant instinctive dread,",1.0
"Not needful here, beneath a roof like mine.",0.0
"At evening, and at night retire secure",1.0
"For I have gained thy confidence, have pledged",2.0
"All that is human in me, to protect",1.0
Thine unsuspecting gratitude and love.,0.0
"If I survive thee I will dig thy grave,",2.0
"And when I place thee in it, sighing say,",0.0
I knew at least one hare that had a friend.,0.0
"How various his employments, whom the world",3.0
"Calls idle, and who justly in return",2.0
"Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen,",2.0
"Delightful industry enjoyed at home,",1.0
And nature in her cultivated trim,0.0
"Dressed to his taste, inviting him abroad ' --",1.0
Can he want occupation who has these?,2.0
Will he be idle who has much to enjoy?,2.0
"Me therefore, studious of laborious ease,",6.0
Not waste it; and aware that human life,1.0
"Is but a loan to be repaid with use,",1.0
"When he shall call his debtors to account,",1.0
"From whom are all our blessings, business finds",0.0
"At least neglect not, or leave unemployed",2.0
"The mind he gave me; driving it, though slack",1.0
"Too oft, and much impeded in its work",1.0
"By causes not to be divulged in vain,",0.0
To its just point the service of mankind.,3.0
"He that attends to his interior self,",3.0
That has a heart and keeps it; has a mind,0.0
"A social, not a dissipated life,",0.0
Has business. Feels himself engaged to achieve,2.0
"No unimportant, though a silent task.",3.0
"A life all turbulence and noise, may seem",1.0
"To him that leads it, wise and to be praised;",2.0
But wisdom is a pearl with most success,1.0
"Sought in still water, and beneath clear skies.",4.0
"He that is ever occupied in storms,",0.0
"Or dives not for it, or brings up instead,",3.0
"Fresh for his task, intend what task he may.",0.0
Whether inclement seasons recommend,2.0
"His warm but simple home, where he enjoys",1.0
"With her who shares his pleasures and his heart,",2.0
"Sweet converse, sipping calm the fragrant lymph",1.0
Which neatly she prepares; then to his book,2.0
"In selfish silence, but imparted oft",1.0
"As aught occurs that she may smile to hear,",1.0
Or turn to nourishment digested well.,2.0
"Or if the garden with its many cares,",2.0
"All well repaid, demand him, he attends",1.0
"The welcome call, conscious how much the hand",4.0
"Nor does he govern only or direct,",1.0
But much performs himself. No works indeed,1.0
"Servile employ ' --  but such as may amuse,",4.0
"Not tyre, demanding rather skill than force.",0.0
"Proud of his well spread walls, he views his trees",1.0
That meet no barren interval between,2.0
"With pleasure more than even their fruits afford,",2.0
"Which, save himself who trains them, none can feel.",0.0
"These therefore are his own peculiar charge,",2.0
"No meaner hand may discipline the shoots,",2.0
"None but his steel approach them. What is weak,",0.0
"Impaired by age, his unrelenting hand",0.0
Dooms to the knife. Nor does he spare the soft,0.0
And succulent that feeds its giant growth,1.0
"But barren, at the expense of neighbouring twigs",4.0
"Less ostentatious, and yet studded thick",2.0
"With hopeful gems. The rest, no portion left",1.0
"That may disgrace his art, or disappoint",1.0
"Large expectation, he disposes neat",2.0
"At measured distances, that air and sun",1.0
"Admitted freely may afford their aid,",1.0
And ventilate and warm the swelling buds.,0.0
"Hence summer has her riches, autumn hence,",1.0
And hence even winter fills his withered hand,2.0
Fair recompense of labour well bestowed,1.0
"Makes needful still, whose spring is but the child",2.0
Discovering much the temper of her sire.,2.0
"Maternal nature had reversed its course,",0.0
"She brings her infants forth with many smiles,",0.0
"But once delivered, kills them with a frown.",1.0
"He therefore, timely warned, himself supplies",1.0
"Her want of care, screening and keeping warm",5.0
"As the sun peeps and vernal airs breathe mild,",3.0
"The fence withdrawn, he gives them every beam,",0.0
And spreads his hopes before the blaze of day.,0.0
"So grateful to the palate, and when rare",2.0
Food for the vulgar merely ' --  is an art,1.0
"That toiling ages have but just matured,",0.0
"Yet gnats have had, and frogs and mice long since",1.0
"And in thy numbers, Phillips, shines for ay",0.0
The solitary shilling. Pardon then,0.0
You sage dispensers of poetic fame!,1.0
"The ambition of one meaner far, whose powers",2.0
"Presuming an attempt not less sublime,",1.0
Pant for the praise of dressing to the taste,1.0
"Of critic appetite, no sordid fare,",1.0
"A cucumber, while costly yet and scarce.",1.0
"Impregnated with quick fermenting salts,",5.0
And potent to resist the freezing blast.,1.0
For before the beech and elm have cast their leaf,1.0
"Decidu'ous, and when now November dark",1.0
Cheques vegetation in the torpid plant,1.0
"Exposed to his cold breath, the task begins.",2.0
"Warily therefore, and with prudent heed",2.0
"The sun's meridian disk, and at the back",2.0
"Enjoy close shelter, wall, or reeds, or hedge",1.0
Impervious to the wind. First he bids spread,4.0
"Dry fern or littered hay, that may imbibe",2.0
The ascending damps; then leisurely impose,2.0
"And lightly, shaking it with agile hand",1.0
"From the full fork, the saturated straw.",2.0
"What longest binds the closest, forms secure",0.0
"The shapely side, that as it rises takes",1.0
"By just degrees an overhanging breadth,",0.0
Sheltering the base with its projected eaves.,2.0
"The uplifted frame compact at every joint,",2.0
And overlaid with clear translucent glass,0.0
"He settles next upon the sloping mount,",0.0
From the dashed pane the deluge as it falls.,3.0
"He shuts it close, and the first labour ends.",2.0
Thrice must the voluble and restless earth,1.0
"Spin round upon her axle, before the warmth",4.0
"Slow gathering in the mid, through the square mass",3.0
"Diffused, attain the surface. When behold!",0.0
"And fast condensed upon the dewy sash,",0.0
"Asks egress; which obtained, the overcharged",2.0
And drenched conservatory breathes abroad,1.0
Its foul inhabitant. But to assuage,2.0
"Within its reeking bosom, threatening death",0.0
"To his young hopes, requires discreet delay.",2.0
"The way to glory by miscarriage foul,",1.0
"Must prompt him, and admonish how to catch",2.0
"The auspicious moment, when the tempered heat",1.0
"Friendly to vital motion, may afford",3.0
"The seed selected wisely, plump and smooth",0.0
"And glossy, he commits to pots of size",1.0
"Diminutive, well filled with well prepared",2.0
"And fruitful soil, that has been treasured long,",0.0
And drunk no moisture from the dripping clouds.,2.0
These on the warm and genial earth that hides,1.0
"The rage of fermentation, plunges deep",0.0
"In the soft medium, till they stand immersed.",3.0
Then rise the tender germs upstarting quick,5.0
"And spreading wide their spongy lobes, at first",0.0
"Pale, won, and livid, but assuming soon,",2.0
If fanned by balmy and nutritious air,1.0
"Strained through the friendly mats, a vivid green.",0.0
"A pimple, that portends a future sprout,",0.0
"The branches, sturdy to his utmost wish,",2.0
"Prolific all, and harbingers of more.",1.0
The crowded roots demand enlargement now,0.0
"Indulged in what they wish, they soon supply",0.0
"Large foliage, overshadowing golden flowers,",3.0
Blown on the summit of the apparent fruit.,3.0
"These have their sexes, and when summer shines",1.0
"From flower to flower, and even the breathing air",6.0
"Then acts in nature's office, brings to pass",0.0
Grudge not you rich since luxury must have,1.0
"Grudge not the cost. You little know the cares,",0.0
"The vigilance, the labour and the skill",2.0
"That day and night are exercised, and hang",0.0
"Upon the ticklish balance of suspense,",3.0
That you may garnish your profuse regales,1.0
Ten thousand dangers lie in wait to thwart,1.0
"The process. Heat and cold, and wind and steam,",1.0
"Moisture and drought, mice, worms, and swarming flies",3.0
"Dire disappointment that admits no cure,",1.0
"And which no care can obviate. It were long,",1.0
Which he that fights a season so severe,1.0
"Devises, while he guards his tender trust,",0.0
"And oft, at last, in vain. The learnt and wise",0.0
"Sarcastic would exclaim, and judge the song",0.0
"Cold as its theme, and like its theme, the fruit",0.0
"Of too much labour, worthless when produced.",0.0
"Who loves a garden, loves a greenhouse too.",1.0
"There blooms exotic beauty, warm and snug,",0.0
While the winds whistle and the snows descend.,3.0
Shines there and flourishes. The golden boast,1.0
"Of Portugal and western India there,",2.0
"Peep through their polished foliage at the storm,",0.0
And seem to smile at what they need not sear.,0.0
And cherries hangs her twigs. Geranium boasts,2.0
All plants of every leaf that can endure,1.0
"The winter's frown if screened from his shrewd bite,",1.0
"Their jessamine, her jessamine remote",2.0
"They form one social shade, as if convened",1.0
"Yet just arrangement, rarely brought to pass",0.0
"But by a master's hand, disposing well",1.0
"Must lend its aid to illustrate all their charms,",0.0
And dress the regular yet various scene.,3.0
"Plant behind plant aspiring, in the van",3.0
"So once were ranged the sons of ancient Rome,",0.0
"And so, while Garrick as renowned as he,",2.0
The sons of Albion; fearing each to lose,2.0
"Some note of Nature's music from his lips,",1.0
Nor taste alone and well contrived display,0.0
Suffice to give the marshaled ranks the grace,0.0
Of their complete effect. Much yet remains,1.0
"Unsung, and many cares are yet behind",0.0
And more laborious. Cares on which depends,2.0
"The soil must be renewed, which often washed",0.0
And disappoints the roots; the slender roots,0.0
Close interwoven where they meet the vase,1.0
Must fly before the knife; the withered leaf,0.0
"Contagion, and disseminating death.",1.0
"Discharge but these kind offices, and who",3.0
"Would spare, that loves them, offices like these?",1.0
"Well they reward the toil. The sight is pleased,",2.0
Each opening blossom freely breathes abroad,2.0
"Its gratitude, and thanks him with its sweets.",1.0
"So manifold, all pleasing in their kind,",0.0
"All healthful, are the employs of rural life,",3.0
Reiterated as the wheel of time,1.0
"Runs round, still ending, and beginning still.",3.0
Nor are these all. To deck the shapely knoll,1.0
"That softly swelled and gaily dressed, appears",0.0
A flowery island from the dark green lawn,4.0
"Emerging, must be deemed a labour due",0.0
"To no mean hand, and asks the touch of taste.",1.0
Here also grateful mixture of well matched,2.0
"And sorted hues, each giving each relief,",0.0
And by contrasted beauty shining more,1.0
"Is needful. Strength may wield the ponderous spade,",2.0
"But elegance, chief grace the garden shows",2.0
"And most attractive, is the fair result",1.0
"Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.",1.0
"Without it, all is Gothic as the scene",1.0
To which the insipid citizen resorts,2.0
Has made a heaven on earth. With suns and moons,0.0
And fairly laid the Zodiac in the dust.,0.0
He therefore who would see his flowers disposed,3.0
The beds the trusted treasure of their seeds,1.0
Forecasts the future whole. That when the scene,0.0
"Shall break into its preconceived display,",0.0
"Each for itself, and all as with one voice",2.0
"Conspiring, may attest his bright design.",1.0
"Nor even then, dismissing as performed",1.0
"His pleasant work, may he suppose it done.",1.0
"Uninjured, but expect the upholding aid",3.0
"Are wedded thus like beauty to old age,",2.0
"For interest sake, the living to the dead.",1.0
"Some cloth the soil that feeds them, far diffused",0.0
"And lowly creeping, modest and yet fair,",1.0
"Like virtue, thriving most where little seen.",0.0
Some more aspiring catch the neighbour shrub,1.0
"Else unadorned, with many a gay festoon",4.0
The strength they borrow with the grace they lend.,2.0
All hate the rank society of weeds,1.0
"Disturb good order, and degrade true worth.",2.0
O blessed seclusion from a jarring world,1.0
"Which he thus occupied, enjoys! Retreat",2.0
Cannot indeed to guilty man restore,0.0
"But it has peace, and much secures the mind",1.0
"From all assaults of evil, proving still",0.0
"By vicious custom, raging uncontrolled",0.0
When fierce temptation seconded within,1.0
"By traitor appetite, and armed with darts",0.0
"Tempered in hell, invades the throbbing breast,",2.0
"To combat may be glorious, and success",4.0
"Perhaps may crown us, but to fly is safe.",1.0
"What could I wish, that I possess not here?",1.0
"Health, leisure, means to improve it, friendship, peace,",3.0
"No loose or wanton, though a wandering muse,",4.0
And constant occupation without care.,3.0
"Thus blessed, I draw a picture of that bliss;",2.0
"Hopeless indeed that dissipated minds,",2.0
And profligate abusers of a world,1.0
"Created fair so much in vain for them,",0.0
Should seek the guiltless joys that I describe,1.0
Allured by my report. But sure no less,2.0
"And what they will not taste, must yet approve.",1.0
What we admire we praise. And when we praise,1.0
"Advance it into notice, that its worth",0.0
"Acknowledged, others may admire it too.",1.0
"I therefore recommend, though at the risk",1.0
"Of popular disgust, yet boldly still,",1.0
The cause of piety and sacred truth,1.0
"And virtue, and those scenes which God ordained",1.0
Should best secure them and promote them most;,1.0
"Scenes that I love, and with regret perceive",1.0
"Forsaken, or through folly not enjoyed.",1.0
"Pure is the nymph, though liberal of her smiles,",1.0
"And chaste, though unconfined, whom I extol.",1.0
To grace the full pavilion. Hi design,0.0
"Was but to boast his own peculiar good,",1.0
"Which all might view with envy, none partake.",0.0
My charmer is not mine alone; my sweets,2.0
"And she that sweetens all my bitters too,",1.0
"Nature, enchanting Nature, in whose form",2.0
Strange that so fair a creature should yet want,0.0
"Admirers, and be destined to divide",2.0
"With meaner objects, even the few she finds.",1.0
"Stripped of her ornaments, her leaves and flowers,",1.0
She loses all her influence. Cities then,2.0
"Attract us, and neglected Nature pines",1.0
"Abandoned, as unworthy of our love.",2.0
"By roses, and clear suns though scarcely felt,",2.0
"From clamour, and whose very silence charms,",0.0
"To be preferred to smoke, to the eclipse",1.0
"That Metropolitan volcano's make,",1.0
"Whose Stygian throats breathe darkness all day long,",2.0
"And to the stir of commerce, driving slow,",1.0
"And thundering loud, with his ten thousand wheels?",4.0
"They would be, were not madness in the head",0.0
And folly in the heart; were England now,0.0
"What England was, plain, hospitable, kind,",5.0
"To all the virtues of those better days,",1.0
And all their honest pleasures. Mansions once,0.0
"Knew their own masters, and laborious hinds",3.0
"That had survived the father, served the son.",0.0
Now the legitimate and rightful Lord,3.0
"Is but a transient guest, newly arrived",6.0
And soon to be supplanted. He that saw,1.0
"His patrimonial timber cast its leaf,",0.0
"Estates are landscapes, gazed upon awhile,",1.0
"The country starves, and they that feed the overcharged",1.0
By a just judgement strip and starve themselves.,1.0
The wings that waft our riches out of sight,1.0
And nimble motion of those restless joints,1.0
"That never tyre, soon fans them all away.",1.0
"Improvement too, the idol of the age,",1.0
Is fed with many a victim. Lo! he comes ' --,2.0
"The omnipotent magician, Brown appears.",2.0
"Down falls the venerable pile, the abode",3.0
"But tasteless. Springs a palace in its stead,",0.0
But in a distant spot; where more exposed,0.0
It may enjoy the advantage of the north,4.0
Those naked acres to a sheltering grove.,3.0
"He speaks. The lake in front becomes a lawn,",0.0
"Woods vanish, hills subside, and valleys rise,",1.0
"And streams as if created for his use,",2.0
Pursue the track of his directing wand,1.0
"Sinuous or strait, now rapid and now slow,",5.0
"Now murmuring soft, now roaring in cascades,",4.0
Even as he bids. The enraptured owner smiles.,3.0
"It's finished. And yet finished as it seems,",2.0
A mine to satisfy the enormous cost.,3.0
Drained to the last poor item of his wealth,2.0
"He sighs, departs, and leaves the accomplished plan",2.0
"Just when it meets his hopes, and proves the heaven",0.0
"He wanted, for a wealthier to enjoy.",4.0
"And now perhaps the glorious hour is come,",2.0
"When having no stake left, no pledge to endear",4.0
"Her interests, or that gives her sacred cause",1.0
"A moment's operation on his love,",1.0
He burns with most intense and flagrant zeal,0.0
To serve his country. Ministerial grace,2.0
"Deals him out money from the public chest,",1.0
"Or if that mine be shut, some private purse",0.0
"To be refunded duly, when his vote",0.0
"O innocent compared with arts like these,",1.0
Sent through the travellers temples! he that finds,3.0
"One drop of heavens sweet mercy in his cup,",3.0
So he may wrap himself in honest rags,1.0
At his last gasp; but could not for a world,2.0
"From pools and ditches of the commonwealth,",1.0
Sordid and sickening at his own success.,2.0
"Ambition, avarice, penury incurred",3.0
"By endless riot; vanity, the lust",1.0
"Of pleasure and variety, dispatch",2.0
"As duly as the swallows disappear,",1.0
The world of wandering knights and squires to town.,4.0
"Begs a warm office, doomed to a cold jail",4.0
"The levee swarms, as if in golden pomp",1.0
BATTERED AND BANKRUPT FOR TUNES MENDED HERE,4.0
These are the charms that sully and eclipse,2.0
The charms of nature. It's the cruel gripe,1.0
"The hope of better things, the chance to win,",0.0
"The wish to shine, the thirst to be amused,",0.0
"That at the sound of Winter's hoary wing,",0.0
"Of fluttering, loitering, cringing, begging, loose",4.0
"And wanton vagrants, as make London, vast",2.0
"And boundless as it is, a crowded coop.",2.0
"O thou resort and mart of all the earth,",1.0
And spotted with all crimes; in whom I see,1.0
"Much that I love, and more that I admire,",1.0
And all that I abhor; thou freckled fair,1.0
"That pleases and yet shocks me, I can laugh",2.0
Feel wrath and pity when I think on thee!,1.0
"Ten righteous would have saved a city once,",1.0
And thou hast many righteous. ' --  Well for thee ' --,1.0
"That salt preserves thee; more corrupted else,",0.0
"And therefore more obnoxious at this hour,",1.0
"Than Sodom in her day had power to be,",1.0
For whom God heard his Abr'am plead in vain.,4.0
WHAT mortal burns not with the love of fame?,1.0
"Some write, some fight, some eat themselves a name.",0.0
"For some beau Frightful haunts each public place,",1.0
And grows conspicuous for ' --  his ugly face.,1.0
"Laura, the rural circle's constant boast,",2.0
"Usurps a scarf, and longs to preach in town.",1.0
"Toil more for fame, I trow, than reformation.",0.0
Yet prides himself in never showing it.,1.0
"Safe in his cell, he shuns the staring crowd,",0.0
"And inward shines, like Sol behind a cloud.",0.0
"That unseen wight, whom all men wish to see,",4.0
Illustrious grown ' --  by mere obscurity.,3.0
"FAR off no matter whether East or West,",3.0
"A real Country, or one made in jest",3.0
"There lies an Island, neither great nor small,",0.0
"Which, for distinction sake, I GOTHAM call.",1.0
"The Man, who finds an unknown Country out,",6.0
"By giving it a name acquires, no doubt,",2.0
"A Gospel title, though the people there",2.0
The pious Christian thinks not worth his care.,0.0
The claim of EUROPE to the Western World.,1.0
"Cast by a tempest on the savage coast,",1.0
Some roving Buccaneer set up a Post;,2.0
"From first to last, had been one scene of strife;",0.0
"His royal master's name thereon engraved,",0.0
"Without more process, the whole race enslaved,",3.0
"Cut off that Charter they from Nature drew,",1.0
And made them Slaves to men they never knew.,0.0
"Search ancient histories, consult records,",2.0
Under this title the most Christian Lords,3.0
Hold thanks to Conscience more than half the Ball;,1.0
"Overthrow this title, they have none at all.",1.0
"For never yet might any Monarch dare,",0.0
"Who lived to Truth, and breathed a Christian air,",0.0
"Pretend that Christ who came, we all agree,",0.0
"To bless his people, and to set them free",1.0
"To make a Convert ever one law gave,",2.0
By which Converters made him first a slave.,0.0
"Who talks of Charity, but means a feast,",1.0
Who recommends it while he seems to feel,0.0
"To all his hearers, as a deed of worth,",1.0
"To give them heaven, whom they have robbed of earth,",0.0
"Never shall One, One truly honest man,",0.0
"Who, blessed with LIBERTY, reveres her plan,",1.0
"Allow one moment, that a Savage sire",0.0
"Could from his wretched race, for childish hire,",0.0
"By a wild grant, their All, their Freedom pass,",2.0
And sell his Country for a bit of glass.,1.0
"Or grant this barbarous right, Let SPAIN and FRANCE,",3.0
"In Slavery bred, as purchasers advance,",3.0
"Let them, while Conscience is at distance hurled,",1.0
With some gay bauble buy a golden world;,1.0
"An ENGLISHMAN, in chartered FREEDOM born,",1.0
"Shall spurn the slavish merchandise, shall scorn",0.0
"To take from others, through base private views,",2.0
"What He himself would rather die, than lose.",1.0
Happy the Savage of those early times,3.0
"Gold, cursed Gold! slept in the womb of earth,",2.0
In full Content he found the truest wealth;,0.0
"In Toil he found Diversion, Food, and Health;",0.0
"Strange to the ease and luxury of Courts,",1.0
"His Youth was hardy, and his Old Age green;",2.0
"Life's Morn was vigorous, and her Eve serene;",2.0
"No rules he held, but what were made for use;",1.0
"No Arts he learnt, nor ills which Arts produce;",1.0
"False Lights he followed, but believed them true;",2.0
"He knew not much, but lived to what he knew.",0.0
"Happy, thrice happy now the Savage race,",3.0
"Since EUROPE took their Gold, and gave them Grace!",0.0
"Pastors she sends to help them in their need,",2.0
"Some who can't write, with others who can't read,",2.0
"And, on sure grounds the Gospel Pile to rear,",2.0
Sends Missionary Felons every Year;,1.0
"Our Vices, with more Zeal than holy prayers,",1.0
"She teaches them, and in return takes theirs;",3.0
"Her rank Oppressions give them cause to rise,",0.0
"Her Want of Prudence means, and Arms supplies,",0.0
"While her brave rage, not satisfied with life,",3.0
"Knowledge She gives, enough to make them know",2.0
"How abject is their State, how deep their Woe;",1.0
"The Worth of Freedom strongly She explains,",1.0
"While She bows down, and loads their necks with Chains;",0.0
"Faith too She plants, for her own ends impressed,",2.0
"To make them bear the worst, and hope the best;",0.0
"As Laws of God, the wild decrees of man,",0.0
She makes them ten times more the Sons of Hell.,1.0
"Are they designed for any, or no end?",3.0
"Briefly but this ' --  to prove, that by no act",2.0
"Which Nature made, that by no equal pact",2.0
"Betwixt Man and Man, which might, if Justice heard,",3.0
"Stand good, that by no benefits conferred,",5.0
"Or purchase made, EUROPE in chains can hold",5.0
"The Sons of INDIA, and her mines of gold.",1.0
"Chance led her there in an accursed hour,",4.0
"She saw, and made the Country hers by power;",1.0
"Nor, drawn by Virtue's Love from Love of Fame,",0.0
"Or wish in thought that title overthrown,",0.0
"Which coincides with, and involves my own.",1.0
EUROPE discovered INDIA first; I found,4.0
"I first discovered it, nor shall that plea",1.0
"To Her be granted, and denied to Me.",2.0
"I plead Possession, and till one more bold",2.0
"Shall drive me out, will that Possession hold.",1.0
"Hers be the WESTERN WORLD, be GOTHAM Mine.",1.0
"Lift up your voice on high, a mighty voice,",0.0
"In Strains of gratitude, be praises hung,",0.0
The praises of so great and good a King;,1.0
"Shall CHURCHILL reign, and shall not GOTHAM sing?",0.0
"As on a Day, a high and holy Day,",1.0
"Let every instrument of Music play,",2.0
Ancient and Modern; Those which drew their birth,3.0
As well as those by Christian made and Jew;,1.0
"Those known to many, and those known to few;",1.0
"Those which in whim and frolic lightly float,",0.0
And those which swell the slow and solemn note;,1.0
Those which while Reason stands in wonder by,1.0
"Make some complexions laugh, and others cry;",1.0
"Those which, by some strange faculty of sound,",2.0
"Can build walls up, and raze them to the ground;",3.0
"Those which can tear up forests by the roots,",1.0
"Those which, while RIDICULE leads up the dance,",2.0
"Those which, where Lady DULLNESS with Lord MAYORS",2.0
"Which, planted in our Churches to dispose",1.0
"And lift the mind to Heaven, are disgraced",1.0
"All, from the Fiddle on which every Fool,",1.0
"The pert Son of dull Sire, discharged from School,",7.0
"Serves an apprenticeship in College ease,",2.0
"To Those which though less common, not less sweet",4.0
"Where Heaven, the utmost wish of man to grant,",1.0
"Gave me an old House, and an older Aunt",2.0
"THORNTON, while HUMOUR pointed out the road",2.0
"To her arch cub, hath hitched into an ode;",2.0
"All Instruments attend You listening Spheres,",1.0
"Attend You Sons of Men, and hear with ears",0.0
All Instruments nor shall they seek one Hand,1.0
"Shall pour forth harmony, and loud proclaim,",2.0
"Loud but yet sweet, to the according globe,",1.0
"My praises, while gay NATURE, in a robe,",1.0
"Keeps time, like BOYCE, and the World dances round.",3.0
"In strains of gratitude, be praises hung,",0.0
The Praises of so great and good a King;,1.0
"INFANCY, straining backward from the breast,",3.0
"Refusing in his fits, while all the while",0.0
"The Mother eyes the wrangler with a smile,",1.0
"And the fond Father sits on other side,",2.0
"Laughs at his moods, and views his spleen with pride,",0.0
"Shall murmur forth my name, while at his hand",0.0
"CHILDHOOD who, like an April morn, appears,",1.0
"Sunshine and Rain, Hopes clouded over with fears,",4.0
"Pleased and displeased by starts, in passion warm,",2.0
"In Reason weak, who, wrought into a storm,",0.0
"Like to the fretful bullies of the deep,",1.0
"Soon spends his rage, and cries himself asleep,",1.0
"Who, with a feverish appetite oppressed,",2.0
"For trifles sighs, but hates them when possessed,",0.0
"His trembling lash suspended in the air,",0.0
"Shall to his mates look up with eager glee,",2.0
"YOUTH, who fierce, fickle, insolent, and vain,",3.0
"Impatient urges on, yet, with a cast",2.0
"Of dear regard, looks back on CHILDHOOD past,",2.0
"And the quick spirits mount into his eye,",2.0
"When Pleasure, which he deems his greatest wealth,",0.0
"Beats in his heart, and paints his cheeks with health,",0.0
"When the chafed Steed tugs proudly at the rein,",4.0
"And, before he starts, hath run over half the plain,",5.0
"When, winged with fear, the Stag flies full in view,",1.0
"And in full cry the eager hounds pursue,",1.0
"Shall shout my praise to hills which shout again,",0.0
And even the Huntsman stop to cry Amen.,2.0
"MANHOOD, of form erect, who would not bow",1.0
Though Worlds should crack around him; on his brow,1.0
"WISDOM serene, to Passion giving law,",2.0
The Image of his Maker deep impressed;,1.0
"With Reason blessed, and only less than God;",0.0
"By wicked Elders chained, Redemption waits,",0.0
"MANHOOD shall steal an hour, a little hour,",1.0
"With more and greater evils than the first,",1.0
"Weak, sickly, full of pains; in every breath",1.0
"Railing at life, and yet afraid of death;",2.0
"Putting things off, with sage and solemn air,",0.0
"From day to day, without one day to spare;",0.0
"Tiresome to friends, and tiresome to himself,",4.0
"His faculties impaired, his temper soured,",1.0
His memory of recent things devoured,1.0
"Even with the acting, on his shattered brain",2.0
Though the stale Registers of Youth remain;,3.0
From morn to evening babbling forth vain praise,1.0
"Of those rare men, who lived in those rare days",3.0
"When He, the Hero of his tale, was Young,",1.0
"Dull Repetitions faltering on his tongue,",2.0
"Even while he curses time which made him grey,",0.0
"All, but his gold, to have his Youth restored,",0.0
"Shall for a moment, from himself set free,",2.0
"Lean on his Crutch, and pipe forth praise to Me.",1.0
"Things without life shall in this Chorus join,",1.0
Who by her side struts in a Herald's coat;,1.0
"The Tulip, idly glaring to the view,",1.0
"Who, though no Clown, his birth from Holland drew,",3.0
And brings her dowry in surrounding sweets;,0.0
"The Lilly, silver Mistress of the vale,",1.0
The Rose of SHARON which perfumes the gale;,0.0
"The Jessamine, with which the Queen of flowers",1.0
"To charm her God adorns his favourite bowers,",0.0
"Which Brides, by the plain hand of neatness dressed,",2.0
"Sweet as the incense of the Morn, and chaste",1.0
"All flowers, of various names, and various forms,",6.0
"Which the Sun into strength and beauty warms,",2.0
"From the dwarf Daisy, which, like infants, clings,",2.0
"And fears to leave the earth from whence it springs,",0.0
"To the proud Giant of the garden race,",3.0
"Who, madly rushing to the Sun's embrace,",1.0
"Demands his wedded Love, and bears his name;",0.0
"All, One and All, shall in this Chorus join,",0.0
"The Ivy crawling over the hallowed cell,",2.0
Where some old Hermit's wont his beads to tell,1.0
"By day, by night; the Myrtle evergreen,",0.0
Beneath whose shade Love holds his rites unseen;,1.0
"The Willow weeping over the fatal wave,",3.0
Where many a Lover finds a watery grave;,4.0
"The Cypress sacred held, when Lovers mourn",0.0
Their true Love snatched away; the Laurel worn,1.0
"By Poets in old time, but destined now",1.0
"The Fig, which, large as what in India grows,",2.0
"Itself a Grove, gave our first Parents clothes;",3.0
"The Yew, which, in the place of sculptured stone,",0.0
"The Fir, the SCOTCH Fir, never out of place;",2.0
"The Cedar, whose top mates the highest cloud,",1.0
While his old Father LEBANON grows proud,4.0
"Of such a child, and his vast Body laid",3.0
"Out many a mile, enjoys the filial shade;",4.0
"The Oak, when living, monarch of the wood;",1.0
"The ENGLISH Oak, which, dead, commands the flood;",0.0
"Shall CHURCHILL reign, and shall not GOTHAM sing.",0.0
"The Showers, which make the young hills, like young Lambs,",4.0
"Bound and rebound, the old Hills, like old Rams,",4.0
"Unwieldy, jump for joy; the Streams, which glide,",0.0
"While PLENTY marches smiling by their side,",1.0
And from their bosom rising COMMERCE springs;,1.0
"The Winds, which rise with healing on their wings,",1.0
Before whose cleansing breath Contagion flies;,0.0
"The Sun who, travelling in Eastern skies,",2.0
"Fresh, full of strength, just risen from his bed,",2.0
"With voice and whip, can scarce make his steeds stir,",3.0
"Step by Step, up the perpendicular;",1.0
"Who, at the hour of Eve, panting for rest,",5.0
"The Moon, who holds over night her silver reign,",3.0
"Regent of tides, and Mistress of the Brain,",3.0
"Who to her Sons, those Sons who own her power,",0.0
"And do her homage at the midnight hour,",1.0
"Gives madness as a blessing, but dispenses",3.0
"Wisdom to fools, and damns them with their Senses;",3.0
"The Stars who, by I know not what strange right,",2.0
"Preside over mortals in their own despite,",5.0
"Who without Reason govern Those, who most",5.0
"How truly judge from hence! of Reason boast,",0.0
"And, by some mighty Magic yet unknown,",1.0
"Our actions guide, yet cannot guide their own;",0.0
"The Moment, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month, Year,",2.0
"Morning and Eve, as they in turn appear;",3.0
"Moments and Minutes which, without a crime,",2.0
"Can't be omitted in accounts of time,",1.0
"Or, if omitted, proof we might afford",1.0
Worthy by Parliaments to be restored;,3.0
"The Hours which, dressed by turns in black and white,",0.0
"The Day, those hours I mean, when Light presides,",0.0
And BUSINESS in a cart with PRUDENCE rides;,0.0
"The Night, those hours I mean with darkness hung,",0.0
"When Sense speaks free, and Folly holds her tongue;",1.0
"The Morn, when Nature, rousing from her strife",1.0
"The Eve, when, as unequal to the task,",2.0
She mercy from her foe descends to ask;,1.0
"The Week, in which Six days are kindly given",1.0
"To think of Earth, and One to think of Heaven;",1.0
"The Months, twelve Sisters, all of different hue,",1.0
"Though there appears in all a likeness too,",1.0
"Dull Mannerist, in Christians, Jews, and Turks,",2.0
"But a strange Something, born of Art and Grace,",2.0
"Which speaks them All, to vary and adorn,",1.0
At different times of the same Parents born;,2.0
"Dull February, in whose leaden reign,",1.0
My Mother bore a bard without a brain;,0.0
"APRIL with fools, and MAY with bastards blessed;",3.0
JUNE with White Roses on her rebel breast;,4.0
"AUGUST, who, banished from her Smithfield stand,",3.0
"SEPTEMBER, when by Custom right divine",0.0
"Geese are ordained to bleed at MICHAEL's shrine,",2.0
"While the Priest, not so full of grace as wit,",0.0
"OCTOBER, who the cause of FREEDOM joined,",0.0
And gave a second GEORGE to bless mankind;,1.0
"NOVEMBER, who at once to grace our earth,",0.0
"DECEMBER, last of Months, but best, who gave",0.0
"While, falsely grateful, Man, at the full feast,",1.0
"To do God honour, makes himself a beast;",1.0
"The Seasons as they roll; SPRING, by her side",1.0
"Like Maids of Honour at a Masquerade,",0.0
"The Fig, more modest, first brought up by EVE,",2.0
"Panting for breath, inflamed with lustful fires,",2.0
"Yet wanting strength to perfect her desires,",2.0
"Leaning on SLOTH, who, fainting with the heat,",3.0
"AUTUMN, when NATURE, who with sorrow feels",2.0
"Her dread foe Winter treading on her heels,",2.0
"Makes up in value what she wants in length,",0.0
"Exerts her powers, and puts forth all her strength,",2.0
"Bids Corn and Fruits in full perfection rise,",1.0
"Corn Fairly Taxed, and Fruits without Excise;",1.0
"By robes of Fur, since Furs became our own,",0.0
"A Hag who, loathing all, by all is loathed,",0.0
"Vile FACTION at her heels, who, mighty grown,",1.0
"Would rule the Ruler, and foreclose the throne,",1.0
"Make Laws one day, the next to be Unmade,",1.0
"Beggar at home a People feared abroad,",2.0
"And, force defeated, make them Slaves by Fraud;",0.0
"And, dumb to other's praise, be loud in Mine.",0.0
"The Year, Grand Circle, in whose ample round",1.0
"The Seasons regular and fixed are bound,",1.0
"Who, in his course repeated over and over,",2.0
Sees the same things which he had seen before.,1.0
"The same Stars keep their Watch, and the same Sun",2.0
Runs in the track where he from first hath run;,1.0
"The same Moon rules the night, Tides ebb and flow,",2.0
"Man is a Puppet, and this World a Show,",1.0
"Their old dull follies old dull fools pursue,",2.0
"And Vice in nothing, but in Mode, is new,",1.0
"He ' --  a Lord now fair befall that Pride,",1.0
"He lived a Villain, but a Lord he died",1.0
"DASHWOOD is pious, BERKLEY fixed as fate,",1.0
"By Friends neglected, and by Foes oppressed,",1.0
"The Year, encircled with the various train",3.0
"Which waits, and fills the glories of his reign,",1.0
"Shall, taking up this theme, in Chorus join,",1.0
"Shall Churchill reign, and shall not GOTHAM sing?",0.0
"Thus far in Sport ' --  nor let our Critics hence,",1.0
"Who sell out monthly trash, and call it Sense,",0.0
Or judge at random of so high a Theme;,1.0
"High is our Theme, and worthy are the men",1.0
To feel the sharpest stroke of Satire's Pen;,0.0
"But when kind Time a proper season brings,",1.0
"In serious mood to treat of serious things,",4.0
"Then shall they find, disdaining idle play,",0.0
That I can be as grave and dull as They.,0.0
"Thus far in Sport ' --  nor let half Patriots, those",3.0
"Who shrink from every blast of Power which blows,",1.0
"Who, with tame Cowardice familiar grown,",3.0
"Would hear my thoughts, but fear to speak their own,",0.0
"Who, lest bold Truths, to do sage Prudence spite,",4.0
"Should burst the Portals of their lips by night,",1.0
"Tremble to trust themselves one hour in sleep,",2.0
"Condemn our course, and hold our Caution cheap.",0.0
"When brave Occasion bids, for some great end",1.0
"When Honour calls the Poet as a Friend,",2.0
"Then shall They find, that, even on danger's brink,",2.0
"He dares to Speak, what they scarce dare to Think.",2.0
"So heaven has willed together with their snows,",1.0
The everlasting hills shall melt away:,0.0
"This solid globe dissolve, as ductile wax",0.0
Before the breath of Vulcan; like a scroll,0.0
Shrivel the unfolded curtains of the sky;,2.0
"Thy planets, NEWTON, tumble from their spheres;",1.0
The moon be perished from her bloody orb;,1.0
"The sun himself, in liquid ruin, rush",0.0
And deluge with destroying flames the globe ' --,1.0
"Peace then, my soul, nor grieve that POPE is dead.",0.0
"If ever the tuneful spirit, sweetly strong,",2.0
"Spontaneous numbers, teeming in my breast,",2.0
"While, in the gratitude of praise, I sing",0.0
The works and wonders of this man divine.,1.0
"What wonder? when an infant, he applied",1.0
"Fired by a sacred fury, and inspired",2.0
"With all the god, in sounding numbers sung",0.0
"Fraternal rage, and guilty Thebes' alarms.",0.0
Sure at his birth things not unknown of old,1.0
"The Graces round his cradle wove the dance,",0.0
And led the maze of harmony: the Nine,1.0
And Attic bees their golden store distilled.,0.0
"The soul of HOMER, sliding from its star,",1.0
"Where, radiant, over the poetic world",1.0
"It rules and sheds its influence, for joy",1.0
"Shouted, and blessed the birth: the sacred choir",2.0
"Of poets, born in elder, better times,",0.0
"Enraptured caught the elevating sound,",0.0
"Imperial Windsor! raise thy brow august,",5.0
Superbly gay exalt thy towery head;,4.0
"And bid thy forests dance, and nodding, wave",0.0
A verdant testimony of thy joy:,1.0
A native ORPHEUS warbling in thy shades.,2.0
How simple in his elegance of grief!,1.0
"A shepherd, but no clown. His every lay",2.0
"Sweet as the early pipe along the dale,",0.0
"Their sleepy heads, and languish in the breeze.",0.0
"Imperial in his art, prescribing laws",1.0
"Learnt without pedantry; correctly bold,",5.0
"And regularly easy. Gentle, now,",1.0
"As rising incense, or descending dews,",2.0
"Now, animated flame commands the soul",1.0
To glow with sacred wonder. Pointed wit,0.0
And keen discernment form the certain page.,0.0
Of decent mirth? Am I in Fairyland?,1.0
"Young, evanescent forms, before my eyes,",1.0
"With blushes covered, low beneath the desk.",0.0
And tenderness of anguish. While we read,1.0
"The infectious page, we sicken into love,",1.0
And languish with involuntary fires.,1.0
"The Zephyr, panting on the silken buds",1.0
"Of breathing violets; the virgin's sigh,",1.0
"Rosy with youth, are turbulent and rude,",3.0
"My aching eyes involves! A Temple of FAME. temple soars,",2.0
"Three monumental columns, bright in air,",1.0
"Of figured gold, the centre of the quire",1.0
"Betwixt his HOMER and his HORACE placed,",1.0
"Superior, by the hand of Justice. FAME,",1.0
"With all her mouths, the eternal trumpet swells,",2.0
"Exulting at his name; and, grateful, pours",0.0
"Triumphant, floating on the wings of wind,",1.0
Sweet over the world: the ambrosial spirit flies,4.0
"Dear to the earth, and grateful to the sky.",1.0
FAME owes him more than ever she can repay:,4.0
She owes her very temple to his hands;,1.0
"Attention, rouse thyself! the master's hand,",0.0
"The master of our souls! has changed the key,",1.0
And bids the thunder of the battle roar,1.0
What pomp of words! what nameless energy,1.0
"In transports tossed! when fierce ACHILLES raves,",0.0
"And flashes, like a comet, over the field,",2.0
To wither armies with his martial frown.,1.0
I see the battle rage; I hear the wheels,0.0
Of nations roll the labour of the winds,1.0
Description never could so well deceive:,0.0
"It's real! TROY is here, or I at TROY",3.0
"Enjoy the war. My spirits, all on fire,",0.0
"Above the world, and mingle with the gods.",1.0
"Burns to the centre: rock the towers of heaven,",2.0
"Sense, the foundation; harmony, the walls;",3.0
Where SOCRATES and HORACE jointly reign.,0.0
Best of philosophers! of poets too,3.0
The best! he teaches thee thy self to know:,1.0
That virtue is the noblest gift of heaven:,1.0
And vindicates the ways of GOD to man.,0.0
OH harken to the moralist polite!,3.0
Might preach; and TULLY deign to lend an ear.,0.0
"Condemned to suffer life. The motley crew,",0.0
Give the round face to view; and shameless front,0.0
Proudly expose; till laughter have her fill.,2.0
"Born to improve the age, and cheat mankind",3.0
Into the road of honour! ' --  Vice again,3.0
The gilded chariot drives: ' --  For he is dead!,3.0
"I saw the sable barge, along his Thames,",0.0
"In slow solemnity beating the tide,",4.0
"The attendant Graces checked the sprightly dance,",1.0
"Their arms unlocked, and caught the starting tear:",0.0
And Virtue for her lost defender mourned!,1.0
"The year revolves, and I again explore",1.0
The simple Annals of my Parish poor;,1.0
What Pairs I blessed in the departed year;,1.0
"Are lost to Life, its pleasures and its pains.",1.0
"No Muse I ask, before my view to bring",1.0
"How passed the youthful, how the old their days;",1.0
"Who sank in sloth, and who aspired to praise;",0.0
"Their tempers, manners, morals, customs, arts,",0.0
"By what elated, soothed, seduced, depressed,",0.0
Full well I know ' --  these Records give the rest.,1.0
"Is there a place, save one the poet sees,",3.0
"A land of love, of liberty and ease;",1.0
The eternal flow of rustic happiness;,2.0
"Where no proud mansion frowns in awful state,",1.0
"Where young and old, intent on pleasure, throng,",0.0
And half man's life is holiday and song?,1.0
"Vain search for scenes like these! no view appears,",3.0
By sighs unruffled or unstained by tears;,1.0
"Since vice the world subdued and waters drowned,",0.0
Auburn and Eden can no more be found.,4.0
"Hence good and evil mixed, but man has skill",0.0
"And power to part them, when he feels the will!",2.0
"Fear, shame, and want the thoughtless herd pursue.",1.0
"Behold the Cot! where thrives the industrious swain,",4.0
"Source of his pride, his pleasure, and his gain;",1.0
"Screened from the winter's wind, the sun's last ray",1.0
Smiles on the window and prolongs the day;,1.0
"All need requires is in that cot contained,",0.0
"Surveys delighted; there she loves to trace,",1.0
"In one gay picture, all the royal race;",2.0
"Around the walls are heroes, lovers, kings;",0.0
The print that shows them and the verse that sings.,1.0
"Here the last Lewis on his throne is seen,",3.0
"And there he stands imprisoned, and his Queen;",2.0
"To these the mother takes her child, and shows",1.0
What grateful duty to his God he owes;,1.0
"Who gives to him a happy home, where he",1.0
Lives and enjoys his freedom with the free;,3.0
"When kings and queens, dethroned, insulted, tried,",0.0
Are all these blessings of the poor denied.,1.0
"There is King Charles, and all his Golden Rules,",2.0
Who proved Misfortune's was the best of schools:,0.0
"And there his Son, who, tried by years of pain,",1.0
Proved that misfortunes may be sent in vain.,2.0
Close at the side of kind Godiva hung;,0.0
"She, of her favourite place the pride and joy,",1.0
"Of charms at once most lavish and most coy,",1.0
"By wanton act the purest fame could raise,",0.0
In all the joys that ale and skittles give.,0.0
By nations dreaded and by Nelson beat;,1.0
"And here shall soon another triumph come,",0.0
A deed of glory in a day of gloom;,0.0
Distressing glory! grievous boon of fate!,0.0
"The proudest conquest, at the dearest rate.",0.0
"Learning we lack, not books, but have a kind",2.0
"For all our wants, a meat for every mind:",0.0
"The tale for wonder and the joke for whim,",1.0
"No need of classing; each within its place,",0.0
The feeling finger in the dark can trace;,0.0
"First from the corner, farthest from the wall,",1.0
"Such all the rules, and they suffice for all.",1.0
There pious works for Sunday's use are found;,1.0
Companions for that Bible newly bound;,1.0
Has choicest prints by famous hands engraved;,0.0
"Has choicest notes by many a famous head,",2.0
"Such as to doubt, have rustic readers led;",1.0
Have made them stop to reason why? and how?,0.0
"Oh! rather give me commentators plain,",1.0
Who with no deep researches vex the brain;,3.0
"Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,",0.0
And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun;,3.0
"Who simple truth with ninefold reasons back,",1.0
And guard the point no enemies attack.,2.0
A genius rare but rude was honest John;,0.0
"Not one who, early by the Muse beguiled,",1.0
"Not one who slowly gained the hill sublime,",0.0
Then often sipped and little at a time;,0.0
"But one who dabbled in the sacred springs,",1.0
"Here to interpret dreams we read the rules,",1.0
Science our own! and never taught in schools;,1.0
"In moles and specks we Fortune's gifts discern,",0.0
And Fate's fixed will from Nature's wanderings learn.,4.0
Far from mankind and seeming far from care;,3.0
"Safe from all want, and sound in every limb;",0.0
"Yes! there was he, and there was care with him.",2.0
"Unbound and heaped, these valued tomes beside,",0.0
"Yet these, long since, have all acquired a name;",2.0
The Wandering Jew has found his way to fame;,2.0
His shoes of swiftness on his feet he placed;,1.0
"His sword of sharpness in his hand he took,",0.0
And off the heads of doughty giants stroke:,1.0
Their glaring eyes beheld no mortal near;,1.0
No sound of feet alarmed the drowsy ear;,1.0
"No English blood their pagan sense could smell,",1.0
"But heads dropped headlong, wondering why they fell.",3.0
"These are the Peasant's joy, when placed at ease,",1.0
Half his delighted offspring mount his knees.,3.0
To every cot the lord's indulgent mind,0.0
Here ' --  till return of morn dismissed the farm ' --,1.0
"The careful peasant plies the sinewy arm,",2.0
"Warmed as he works, and casts his look around",0.0
On every foot of that improving ground:,0.0
It is his own he sees; his master's eye,1.0
"Peers not about, some secret fault to spy;",1.0
"Nor voice severe is there, nor censure known; ' --",1.0
"Hope, profit, pleasure, ' --  they are all his own.",2.0
"High climb his pulse in many an even row,",3.0
Deep strike the ponderous roots in soil below;,3.0
"And herbs of potent smell and pungent taste,",0.0
"Apples and cherries grafted by his hand,",3.0
And clustered nuts for neighbouring market stand.,2.0
"Nor thus concludes his labour; near the cot,",0.0
"Where rich carnations, pinks with purple eyes,",0.0
Meet and rejoice a family of friends;,3.0
"All speak aloud, are happy and are free,",1.0
"And glad they seem, and gaily they agree.",1.0
"What, though fastidious ears may shun the speech,",3.0
"Where all are talkers, and where none can teach;",1.0
"Where still the welcome and the words are old,",1.0
"Yet theirs is joy that, bursting from the heart,",1.0
Prompts the glad tongue these nothings to impart;,4.0
"That lifts their steps, that sparkles in their eyes;",0.0
"That talks or laughs or runs or shouts or plays,",0.0
And speaks in all their looks and all their ways.,0.0
"Fair scenes of peace! you might detain us long,",1.0
But vice and misery now demand the song;,2.0
"And turn our view from dwellings simply neat,",0.0
"To this infected Row, we term our Street.",1.0
"Riots are nightly heard: ' --  the curse, the cries",2.0
"Of beaten wife, perverse in her replies;",1.0
"While shrieking children hold each threatening hand,",0.0
"And sometime life, and sometime food demand:",2.0
"And girls, who heed not dress, are skilled in gin:",0.0
"And here is one, the Sibyl of the Row,",2.0
"Who knows all secrets, or affects to know.",1.0
"Seeking their fate, to her the simple run,",3.0
"To her the guilty, theirs awhile to shun;",2.0
"Mistress of worthless arts, depraved in will,",2.0
"Slave to the tribe, to whose command she stoops,",0.0
And poorer than the poorest maid she dupes.,1.0
Invades all eyes and strikes on every sense:,0.0
"There lie, obscene, at every open door,",0.0
"And day by day the mingled masses grow,",0.0
There hungry dogs from hungry children steal;,0.0
There pigs and chickens quarrel for a meal;,1.0
"Yet should these boys, with bodies bronze and bare,",0.0
"Though loath to action, is compelled at length,",1.0
"When warmed by health, as serpents in the spring,",0.0
"Yet, ere they go, a greater evil comes ' --",0.0
See! crowded beds in those contiguous rooms;,4.0
"Beds but ill parted, by a paltry screen",4.0
Of papered lath or curtain dropped between;,0.0
"Daughters and sons to yonder compartments creep,",4.0
And parents here beside their children sleep:,0.0
"You who have power, these thoughtless people part,",2.0
Nor let the ear be first to taint the heart.,0.0
"Come! search within, nor sight nor smell regard;",1.0
What nauseous fragments on yonder fractured chest!,2.0
And round these posts that serve this bed for feet;,0.0
"This bed where all those tattered garments lie,",0.0
"Worn by each sex, and now perforce thrown by!",2.0
"See! as we gaze, an infant lifts its head,",0.0
"And daily prattles, as her round she takes,",1.0
With strong resentment of the want she makes.,1.0
"Whence all these woes? ' --  From want of virtuous will,",1.0
"From want of care to employ the vacant hour,",2.0
And want of every kind but want of power.,0.0
"Here are no wheels for either wool or flax,",3.0
But packs of cards ' --  made up of sundry packs;,2.0
"Here is no clock, nor will they turn the glass,",2.0
And see how swift the important moments pass;,2.0
"Here are no books, but ballads on the wall,",4.0
"Are some abusive, and indecent all;",1.0
"Of every kind, for rivers, ponds, and brooks;",0.0
"An ample flask, that nightly rovers fill",0.0
"A box of tools, with wires of various size,",2.0
"Frocks, wigs, and hats, for night or day disguise,",1.0
"To every house belongs a space of ground,",0.0
"Within, a board, beneath a tiled retreat,",0.0
"Where heavy ale in spots like varnish shows,",0.0
"Prints of the meanest kind disgrace the door,",0.0
"And cards, in curses torn, lie fragments on the floor.",2.0
"Here his poor bird the inhuman Cocker brings,",2.0
Arms his hard heel and clips his golden wings;,3.0
"With spicy food the impatient spirit feeds,",2.0
And shouts and curses as the battle bleeds.,1.0
"Struck through the brain, deprived of both his eyes,",0.0
The vanquished bird must combat till he dies;,1.0
"Must faintly peck at his victorious foe,",3.0
And reel and stagger at each feeble blow:,0.0
"When fallen, the savage grasps his dabbled plumes,",2.0
"His bloodstained arms, for other deaths assumes;",1.0
And only bled and perished for his sake.,1.0
"Such are our Peasants, those to whom we yield",2.0
"Praise with relief, the fathers of the field;",3.0
"And these who take from our reluctant hands,",2.0
What Burn advises or the Bench commands.,1.0
"Our Farmers round, well pleased with constant gain,",1.0
"Like other farmers, flourish and complain. ' --",1.0
"These are our groups; our Portraits next appear,",1.0
And close our Exhibition for the year.,1.0
With evil omen we that year begin:,1.0
"A Child of Shame, ' --  stern Justice adds, of Sin,",1.0
"Is first recorded; ' --  I would hide the deed,",1.0
But vain the wish; I sigh and I proceed:,1.0
"And could I well the instructive truth convey,",2.0
IT would warn the giddy and awake the gay.,1.0
"Of all the nymphs who gave our village grace,",0.0
The Miller's daughter had the fairest face:,0.0
Proud was the Miller; money was his pride;,1.0
"He rode to market, as our farmers ride,",1.0
"And iT was his boast, inspired by spirits, there,",4.0
His favourite Lucy should be rich as fair;,0.0
"But she must meek and still obedient prove,",3.0
"And not presume, without his leave, to love.",0.0
"A youthful Sailor heard him; ' --  Ha! quoth he,",1.0
"Her charms I love, his riches I desire,",1.0
And all his threats but fan the kindling fire;,0.0
"My ebbing purse no more the foe shall fill,",1.0
But Love's kind act and Lucy at the mill.,1.0
"Thus thought the youth, and soon the chase began,",1.0
"Stretched all his sail, nor thought of pause or plan:",0.0
"His trusty staff in his bold hand he took,",2.0
"Like him and like his frigate, heart of oak;",0.0
"Fresh were his features, his attire was new;",3.0
"Clean was his linen, and his jacket blue:",1.0
"Of finest jean, his trousers, tight and trim,",0.0
Brushed the large buckle at the silver rim.,3.0
"There saw the maid, and was with pleasure seen;",1.0
For ah! my father has a haughty soul;,0.0
"Whom best he loves, he loves but to control;",1.0
And make some tyrant of the parish mine:,2.0
"Cold is his heart, and he with looks severe",1.0
Has often forced but never shed the tear;,0.0
"Save, when my mother died, some drops expressed",0.0
A kind of sorrow for a wife at rest: ' --,1.0
"To me a master's stern regard is shown,",1.0
"Stroked but corrected, threatened when supplied,",2.0
"His slave and boast, his victim and his pride.",1.0
"Cheer up, my lass! I'll to thy father go,",1.0
The Miller cannot be the Sailor's foe;,0.0
"Both live by Heaven's free gale, that plays aloud",4.0
In the stretched canvas and the piping shroud;,3.0
"The rush of winds, the flapping sails above,",0.0
"And rattling planks within, are sounds we love;",0.0
"We take a reef, and to the rocking sleep.",1.0
"Ha! quoth the Miller, moved at speech so rash,",1.0
Art thou like me? then where thy notes and cash?,0.0
"Away to Wapping, and a wife command,",1.0
"With all thy wealth, a guinea, in thine hand;",0.0
And leave my Lucy for thy betters here.,1.0
"Revenge! revenge! the angry lover cried,",0.0
"Then sought the nymph, and Be thou now my bride.",0.0
"Bride had she been, but they no priest could move",2.0
"To bind in law, the couple bound by love.",0.0
"What sought these lovers then by day, by night?",0.0
But stolen moments of disturbed delight;,1.0
"Till the fond damsel, pleased with lad so trim,",2.0
"Awed by her parent, and enticed by him,",1.0
"Her lovely form from savage power to save,",2.0
Gave ' --  not her hand ' --  but ALL she could she gave.,0.0
"Then came the day of shame, the grievous night,",0.0
"The varying look, the wandering appetite;",4.0
"The joy assumed, while sorrow dimmed the eyes,",0.0
The forced sad smiles that followed sudden sighs;,1.0
"And every art, long used, but used in vain,",1.0
"To hide thy progress, Nature, and thy pain.",2.0
"Too eager caution shows some danger's near,",1.0
"His sober step the drunkard vainly tries,",0.0
And nymphs expose the failings they disguise.,1.0
"First, whispering gossips were in parties seen",4.0
"Next babbling Folly told the growing ill,",0.0
And busy Malice dropped it at the mill.,0.0
"Go! to thy curse and mine, the Father said,",1.0
Strife and confusion stalk around thy bed;,2.0
"Want and a wailing brat thy portion be,",0.0
"Plague to thy fondness, as thy fault to me; ' --",1.0
My William seeks a portion for his bride. ' --,1.0
"Vain be his search! but, till the traitor come,",1.0
Day after day was passed in pains and grief;,1.0
"Week followed week, ' --  and still was no relief:",1.0
To grace the rite or give the child a name;,0.0
"Nor grave conceited nurse, of office proud,",0.0
Bore the young Christian roaring through the crowd:,4.0
"In a small chamber was my office done,",3.0
Where blinks through papered panes the setting sun;,0.0
"Where noisy sparrows, perched on penthouse near,",1.0
And feebly shriek their melancholy love.,0.0
No Sailor came; the months in terror fled!,1.0
"Then news arrived ' --  He fought, and he was dead!",1.0
"At the lone cottage Lucy lives, and still",2.0
Walks for her weekly pittance to the mill;,1.0
"Whose mirth insults her, as she stands and weeps;",1.0
"And sees the plenty, while compelled to stay,",0.0
"Throughout the lanes she glides, at evening's close,",0.0
And softly lulls her infant to repose;,1.0
She hears their murmurs as the waters flow:,1.0
"And she too murmurs, and begins to find",3.0
The solemn wanderings of a wounded mind:,1.0
"Visions of terror, views of woe succeed,",2.0
"By turns to that, by turns to this a prey,",1.0
"She knows what reason yields, and dreads what madness may.",1.0
"Next, with their boy, a decent couple came,",0.0
"And called him Robert, iT was his father's name;",1.0
"Three girls preceded, all by time endeared,",1.0
And future births were neither hoped nor feared:,0.0
"Blessed in each other, but to no excess,",1.0
"Health, quiet, comfort, formed their happiness;",2.0
"Love all made up of torture and delight,",1.0
Was but mere madness in this couple's sight:,2.0
"Susan could think, though not without a sigh,",2.0
"If she were gone, who should her place supply;",1.0
"And Robert, half in earnest, half in jest,",0.0
Talk of her spouse when he should be at rest:,0.0
"Yet strange would either think it to be told,",1.0
Their love was cooling or their hearts were cold.,1.0
"Few were their acres, ' --  but, with these content,",1.0
"They were, each payday, ready with their rent:",3.0
"And few their wishes ' --  what their farm denied,",0.0
"The neighbouring town, at trifling cost, supplied.",2.0
"A longing look, as with her goods she passed,",1.0
"And, with the produce of the wheel and churn,",1.0
"True to her maxim, she would take no rest,",2.0
Till care repaid that portion to the chest:,1.0
Her Robert spent some idle shillings there;,1.0
"Up at the barn, before the break of day,",0.0
He made his labour for the indulgence pay:,3.0
Thus both ' --  that waste itself might work in vain ' --,1.0
"Wrought double tides, and all was well again.",1.0
"Yet, though so prudent, there were times of joy,",1.0
"The day they wed, the christening of the boy,",1.0
When to the wealthier farmers there was shown,3.0
"For Susan served the great, and had some pride",0.0
"Yet in that plenty, in that welcome free,",0.0
"There was the guiding nice frugality,",2.0
"Has, in a different mode, a sovereign sway;",0.0
"As tides the same attractive influence know,",2.0
In the least ebb and in their proudest flow;,2.0
"The wise frugality, that does not give",1.0
"A life to saving, but that saves to live;",1.0
"Sparing, not pinching, mindful though not mean,",3.0
"Over all presiding, yet in nothing seen.",0.0
Recorded next a babe of love I trace!,0.0
"Of many loves, the mother's fresh disgrace. ' --",0.0
"Again, thou harlot! could not all thy pain,",0.0
"Alas! your reverence, wanton thoughts I grant,",2.0
"Were once my motive, now the thoughts of want;",0.0
"Women, like me, as ducks in a decoy,",1.0
"Swim down a stream, and seem to swim in joy:",0.0
"Your sex pursue us, and our own disdain;",1.0
"Return is dreadful, and escape is vain.",1.0
"Would men forsake us, and would women strive",1.0
"To help the fallen, their virtue might revive.",2.0
"In dread of scandal, should she miss the day: ' --",0.0
"Two matrons came! with them she humbly knelt,",2.0
"Their action copied and their comforts felt,",1.0
"From that great pain and peril to be free,",2.0
Though still in peril of that pain to be;,1.0
"Alas! what numbers, like this amorous dame,",2.0
"Are quick to censure, but are dead to shame!",1.0
One had I named in every year that passed,0.0
Since Gerard wed! and twins behold at last!,3.0
"Well pleased, the bridegroom smiled to hear ' --  A vine",2.0
"Fruitful and spreading round the walls be thine,",2.0
"Looked joyful love, and softly said, Amen.",1.0
Those playful branches now disturb his peace:,0.0
"But finds, the more the branch, the less the bread;",0.0
"And while they run his humble walls about,",0.0
They keep the sunshine of good humour out.,2.0
"Cease, man, to grieve! thy master's lot survey,",1.0
"Whom wife and children, thou and thine obey;",2.0
"A farmer proud, beyond a farmer's pride,",0.0
Of all around the envy or the guide;,1.0
"Who trots to market on a steed so fine,",1.0
"That when I meet him, I'm ashamed of mine;",1.0
Which five stout sons and three tall daughters share.,2.0
"Cease, man, to grieve, and listen to his care.",2.0
"A few years fled, and all thy boys shall be",0.0
"Brides from my church, and thenceforth thou art freed:",2.0
"But then thy master shall of cares complain,",0.0
"Care after care, a long connected train;",1.0
"His sons for farms shall ask a large supply,",0.0
For farmers' sons each gentle miss shall sigh;,0.0
"Thy mistress, reasoning well of life's decay,",2.0
"Shall ask a chaise, and hardly brook delay;",0.0
"The smart young cornet who, with so much grace,",3.0
"Rode in the ranks and bet at the race,",0.0
"While the vexed parent rails at deed so rash,",2.0
"Shall d ' --  n his luck, and stretch his hand for cash.",1.0
"Sad troubles, Gerard! now pertain to thee,",6.0
When thy rich master seems from trouble free;,2.0
"But it's one fate at different times assigned,",1.0
And thou shalt lose the cares that he must find.,3.0
"Ah! quoth our village Grocer, rich and old,",0.0
Would I might one such cause for care behold!,0.0
"To whom his Friend, Mine greater bliss would be,",0.0
Would Heaven take those my spouse assigns to me.,0.0
"Who much of marriage thought, and much amiss;",0.0
"Both would delay, the one, till ' --  riches gained,",2.0
The son he wished might be to honour trained;,1.0
"His Friend ' --  lest fierce intruding heirs should come,",0.0
To waste his hoard and vex his quiet home.,0.0
"Dawkins, a dealer once, on burdened back",2.0
"To dames discreet, the duties yet unpaid,",0.0
His stores of lace and hyson he conveyed:,1.0
"When thus enriched, he chose at home to stop",0.0
"Then wooed a spinster blithe, and hoped, when wed,",0.0
Not so his Friend; ' --  on widow fair and stayed,0.0
"He fixed his eye, but he was much afraid;",1.0
Yet wooed; while she his hair of silver hue,1.0
"Demurely noticed, and her eye withdrew:",1.0
"Doubtful he paused ' --  Ah! were I sure, he cried,",2.0
No craving children would my gains divide;,1.0
"Fair as she is, I would my widow take,",1.0
And live more largely for my partner's sake.,1.0
"With such their views some thoughtful years the passed,",1.0
"And hoping, dreading, they were bound at last.",1.0
"And what their fate? Observe them as they go,",1.0
Comparing fear with fear and woe with woe.,0.0
"Humphrey! said Dawkins, envy in my breast",3.0
"They are thy joys, while I go grieving home",3.0
"To a sad spouse, and our eternal gloom:",3.0
"We look despondency; no infant near,",2.0
To bless the eye or win the parent's ear;,0.0
"Our sudden heats and quarrels to allay,",1.0
"Where are, I cry, these pledges of our love?",1.0
"When she, like Jacob's wife, makes fierce reply,",1.0
"Yet fond ' --  Oh! give me children, or I die:",2.0
"And I return ' --  still childless doomed to live,",2.0
Like the vexed patriarch ' --  Are they mine to give?,3.0
"Ah! much I envy thee thy boys, who ride",1.0
"On poplar branch, and canter at thy side;",0.0
And with fresh beauty at the contact glow.,3.0
A father's pleasure by a husband's pain?,1.0
Alas! what pleasure ' --  when some vigorous boy,2.0
"Should swell thy pride, some rosy girl thy joy;",0.0
"Is it to doubt who grafted this sweet flower,",3.0
Or whence arose that spirit and that power?,1.0
Behold the fifth! behold a babe again!,0.0
"While I in silence sat, revolving all",0.0
"That influence ancient men, or that befall;",2.0
A gay pert guest ' --  Heaven knows his business ' --  came;,2.0
"A glorious boy, he cried, and what the name?",2.0
"Angry I growled, ' --  My spirit cease to tease,",2.0
"Name it yourselves, ' --  Cain, Judas, if you please;",4.0
"His father's give him, ' --  should you that explore,",0.0
"The devil's or yours: ' --  I said, and sought the door",1.0
My tender partner not a word or sigh,0.0
"Gives to my wrath, nor to my speech reply;",1.0
"But takes her comforts, triumphs in my pain,",0.0
And looks undaunted for a birth again.,1.0
"Heirs thus denied afflict the pining heart,",1.0
"And thus afforded, jealous pangs impart;",0.0
"Let, therefore, none avoid, and none demand",2.0
These arrows numbered for the giant's hand.,1.0
"Then with their infants three, the parents came,",0.0
And each assigned ' -- 'twas all they had ' --  a name;,1.0
Names of no mark or price; of them not one,3.0
Or keep the sexton from the sermon bell.,1.0
"Her father died, her mother on that morn:",1.0
The pious mistress of the school sustains,1.0
"But pitying feels: with due respect and joy,",2.0
I trace the matron at her loved employ;,0.0
"Part at the closing of the summer's day,",1.0
"Frugal of light; ' --  her Bible laid before,",2.0
"When on her double duty she proceeds,",1.0
Of time as frugal ' --  knitting as she reads:,1.0
"Her idle neighbours, who approach to tell",2.0
"Some trifling tale, her serious looks compel",2.0
"To hear reluctant, ' --  while the lads who pass,",0.0
"In pure respect, walk silent on the grass:",2.0
"Then sinks the day, but not to rest she goes,",0.0
Till solemn prayers the daily duties close.,0.0
"But I digress, and lo! an infant train",1.0
"Appear, and call me to my task again.",1.0
"I asked the Gardener's wife, in accents mild:",2.0
"We have a right, replied the sturdy dame; ' --",0.0
"If next a son shall yield our Gardener joy,",2.0
"And if a girl, they will at length agree,",2.0
"Nor weeds are now, for whence arose the weed,",0.0
"Scarce plants, fair herbs, and curious flowers proceed;",6.0
"Gross names had they our plainer sires among,",1.0
"But though no weed exists his garden round,",2.0
"Of floral courtship, in the awakened Spring,",3.0
"How those esteemed of old but tips and chives,",1.0
Are tender husbands and obedient wives;,3.0
"Who live and love within the sacred bower, ' --",0.0
"That bridal bed, the vulgar term a flower.",0.0
"Hear Peter proudly, to some humble friend,",2.0
"A wondrous secret, in his science, lend: ' --",0.0
"Would you advance the nuptial hour, and bring",1.0
The fruit of Autumn with the flowers of Spring;,2.0
"And trace the husbands in their golden bed,",0.0
"Then by thyself, from prying glance secure,",1.0
Twirl the full tip and make your purpose sure;,3.0
And call it science and philosophy.,2.0
"It's good, it's pleasant, through the advancing year,",3.0
"Then names are good; for how, without their aid,",1.0
"Is knowledge, gained by man, to man conveyed?",0.0
But from that source shall all our pleasures flow?,1.0
Shall all our knowledge be those names to know?,0.0
"Then he, with memory blessed, shall bear away",2.0
"The palm from Grew, and Middleton, and Ray:",1.0
"No! let us rather seek, in grove and field,",1.0
"What food for wonder, what for use they yield;",0.0
"Some just remark from Nature's people bring,",0.0
And some new source of homage for her King.,2.0
"To helpless infants, that their own may live;",0.0
And find some byway to the house of fame.,2.0
The hat he gained has warmth for head and heart;,0.0
The bowl that beats the greater number down,1.0
"Or, foiled in these, he opens his ample jaws,",3.0
"And lets a frog leap down, to gain applause;",2.0
"Some idle deed, some child's preposterous name,",0.0
"Shall make him known, and give his folly fame.",0.0
"To name an infant meet our village sires,",0.0
Assembled all as such event requires;,1.0
"Frequent and full, the rural sages sat,",1.0
"And speakers many urged the long debate, ' --",0.0
"First, of the fact they questioned ' --  Was it true?",1.0
The child was brought ' --  What then remained to do?,0.0
"IT was pinched, it roared, and every doubt removed.",0.0
Then by what name the unwelcome guest to call,2.0
"Was long a question, and it posed them all;",1.0
"For he who lent it to a babe unknown,",2.0
"They looked about, they gravely spoke to all,",0.0
And not one Richard answered to the call.,1.0
The unlucky peasant heard the stranger's cry:,1.0
Was next debated ' --  for the rogue would live;,1.0
"At last, with all their words and work content,",0.0
"There was he pinched and pitied, thumped and fed,",2.0
And duly took his beatings and his bread;,1.0
"Patient in all control, in all abuse,",2.0
He found contempt and kicking have their use:,0.0
"Sad, silent, supple; bending to the blow,",2.0
"A slave of slaves, the lowest of the low;",1.0
"His pliant soul gave way to all things base,",2.0
"He knew no shame, he dreaded no disgrace.",1.0
"It seemed, so well his passions he suppressed,",1.0
"Him might the meanest pauper bruise and cheat,",0.0
His were the legs that ran at all commands;,1.0
They used on all occasions Richard's hands:,0.0
His very soul was not his own; he stole,0.0
"As others ordered, and without a dole;",1.0
"In all disputes, on either part he lied,",0.0
And freely pledged his oath on either side;,0.0
"In all rebellions Richard joined the rest,",0.0
"Yet, though disgraced, he watched his time so well,",1.0
"He rose in favour, when in fame he fell;",0.0
"Base was his usage, vile his whole employ,",0.0
And all despised and fed the pliant boy.,0.0
"At length, It's time he should abroad be sent,'",0.0
"Was whispered near him, ' --  and abroad he went;",1.0
"One morn they called him, Richard answered not;",0.0
"They deemed him hanging, and in time forgot, ' --",1.0
"Yet missed him long, as each, throughout the clan,",0.0
Found he had better spared a better man.,0.0
"Now Richard's talents for the world were fit,",2.0
"Had that calm look which seemed to all assent,",1.0
And that complacent speech which nothing meant:,0.0
How best for Richard Monday to provide.,1.0
"Steel, through opposing plates, the magnet draws,",2.0
"And thus our hero, to his interest true,",1.0
Gold through all bars and from each trifle drew;,1.0
"But still more surely round the world to go,",0.0
This fortune's child had neither friend nor foe.,0.0
"Long lost to us, at last our man we trace, ' --",2.0
And find his grandsons all as rich as Jews:,1.0
"He gave reforming charities a sum,",1.0
And bought the blessings of the blind and dumb;,1.0
"Bequeathed to missions money from the stocks,",1.0
And Bibles issued from his private box;,1.0
"But to his native place severely just,",1.0
He left a pittance bound in rigid trust; ' --,0.0
At church produced for forty loaves should pay;,0.0
He kept in mind their bounty and their blows!,1.0
"To farmers three, the year has given a son,",2.0
"Finch on the Moor, and French, and Middleton.",1.0
"Twice in this year a female Giles I see,",1.0
"A Spalding once, and once a Barnaby: ' --",1.0
"A humble man is he, and, when they meet,",1.0
Our farmers find him on a distant seat;,1.0
"There for their wit he serves a constant theme, ' --",1.0
"They praise his dairy, they extol his team,",1.0
"And whence his sheep, that admirable breed?",1.0
"His thriving arts they beg he would explain,",0.0
And where he puts the money he must gain.,1.0
"They have their daughters, but they fear their friend",1.0
Would think his sons too much would condescend; ' --,1.0
"They have their sons who would their fortunes try,",0.0
But fear his daughters will their suit deny.,1.0
"So runs the joke, while James, with sigh profound,",0.0
"His cares, his sighs, provoke the insult more,",1.0
And point the jest ' --  for Barnaby is poor.,1.0
"Their father dead, compassion sent them here, ' --",0.0
For still that rustic infidel denied,0.0
To have their names with solemn rite applied:,0.0
That he believed in neither God nor ghost;,1.0
"That, when the sod upon the sinner pressed,",0.0
"He, like the saint, had everlasting rest;",0.0
"That never priest believed his doctrines true,",0.0
"But would, for profit, own himself a Jew,",0.0
"Or worship wood and stone, as honest heathen do;",0.0
"That fools alone on future worlds rely,",0.0
"And all who die for faith, deserve to die.",0.0
"These maxims, ' --  part the Attorney's Clerk professed,",2.0
His own transcendent genius found the rest.,0.0
"Our pious matrons heard, and, much amazed,",0.0
"Gazed on the man, and trembled as they gazed;",1.0
"And now his face explored, and now his feet,",0.0
"Man's dreaded foe, in this bad man, to meet:",3.0
"But him our drunkards as their champion raised,",4.0
"Their bishop called, and as their hero praised;",1.0
"Though most, when sober, and the rest, when sick,",1.0
"But he, triumphant spirit! all things dared,",2.0
"He poached the wood, and on the warren snared;",1.0
And call the want of rogues the rights of man;,0.0
"Wild as the winds, he let his offspring rove,",1.0
"What age and sickness, for a man so bold,",1.0
"Had done, we know not; ' --  none beheld him old:",0.0
"By night, as business urged, he sought the wood, ' --",0.0
"The ditch was deep, ' --  the rain had caused a flood, ' --",0.0
"And slept, if truth were his, the eternal sleep.",1.0
"These have we named; on life's rough sea they sail,",1.0
"With many a prosperous, many an adverse gale!",6.0
"Where passion soon, like powerful winds, will rage,",2.0
"And prudence, wearied, with their strength engage:",1.0
"Then each, in aid, shall some companion ask,",0.0
For help or comfort in the tedious task;,2.0
"And what that help ' --  what joys from union flow,",0.0
"What good or ill, we next prepare to show;",0.0
"And row, meantime, our weary bark ashore,",1.0
As Spenser his ' --  but not with Spenser's oar.,1.0
"Disposed to wed, even while you hasten, stay;",3.0
This prudent maxim of the priest of Love;,1.0
"If poor, delay for future want prepares,",0.0
And eases humble life of half its cares;,0.0
"If rich, delay shall brace the thoughtful mind,",0.0
TO endure the ills that even the happiest find:,5.0
"Delay shall knowledge yield on either part,",0.0
And show the value of the vanquished heart;,1.0
"Love, that impatient guide! ' --  too proud to think",2.0
"Of vulgar wants, of clothing, meat and drink,",0.0
"And then, at rags and hunger frightened, flees: ' --",0.0
Yet not too long in cold debate remain;,1.0
"Till age refrain not ' --  but if old, refrain.",1.0
"First in the year he led a blooming bride,",0.0
And stood a withered elder at her side.,0.0
To take a wanton harlot by the hand!,1.0
"Thou, who wert used so tartly to express",1.0
"Thy sense of matrimonial happiness,",3.0
"Till every youth, whose bans at church were read,",0.0
"Strove not to meet, or meeting, hung his head;",0.0
"A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook:",3.0
"And now at sixty, that pert dame to see,",1.0
"Of all thy savings mistress, and of thee;",1.0
"Cry, What, the wise one in the trap at last!",0.0
Fie! Nathan! fie! to let an artful jade,1.0
The close recesses of thine heart invade;,3.0
What grievous pangs! what suffering she'll impart!,1.0
And fill with anguish that rebellious heart;,0.0
"For thou wilt strive incessantly in vain,",2.0
By threatening speech thy freedom to regain:,1.0
"But she for conquest married, nor will prove",2.0
"A dupe to thee, thine anger or thy love;",2.0
She'll gather friends around thee and perplex,1.0
"Thy doubtful soul; ' --  thy money she will waste,",1.0
"And will be happy to exert her power,",2.0
"Then wilt thou bluster ' --  No! I will not rest,",1.0
And see consumed each shilling of my chest:,1.0
"Thou wilt be valiant, ' --  When thy cousins call,",0.0
I will abuse and shut my door on all:,1.0
"Thou wilt be cruel! ' --  What the law allows,",0.0
"' That be thy portion, my ungrateful spouse!",1.0
"' Nor other shillings shalt thou then receive,",0.0
' And when I die ' --  What! may I this believe?,2.0
Are these true tender tears? and does my Kitty grieve?,2.0
"Ah! crafty vixen, thine old man has fears;",2.0
But weep no more! I'm melted by thy tears;,2.0
"Spare but my money; thou shalt rule me still,",2.0
And see thy cousins ' --  there! I burn the will.,1.0
"Thus, with example sad, our year began,",2.0
A wanton vixen and a weary man;,1.0
"But had this tale in other guise been told,",0.0
"Young let the lover be, the lady old,",1.0
And that disparity of years shall prove,1.0
"No bane of peace, although some bar to love:",2.0
"It's not the worst, our nuptial ties among,",0.0
That joins the ancient bride and bridegroom young; ' --,1.0
"Young wives, like changing winds, their power display",3.0
By shifting points and varying day by day;,2.0
"They sometime speed, but often thwart our course",1.0
"And much experienced should that pilot be,",1.0
Who sails with them on life's tempestuous sea.,4.0
Mild to your wish and every day the same;,0.0
"Steady as time, no sudden squalls you fear,",3.0
But set full sail and with assurance steer;,2.0
"Till every danger in your way be past,",0.0
"And then she gently, mildly breathes her last;",0.0
"Rich you arrive, in port awhile remain,",2.0
And for a second venture sail again.,1.0
"For this, blithe Donald southward made his way",2.0
"Him to a neighbouring garden fortune sent,",3.0
"Patient and mild he sought the dame to please,",2.0
Who ruled the kitchen and who bore the keys.,1.0
"Fair Lucy first, the laundry grace and pride,",1.0
"With smiles and gracious looks, her fortune tried;",0.0
Where never fondness was for Lucy seen:,1.0
"Him the mild Susan, boast of dairies, loved,",2.0
"And found him civil, cautious and unmoved:",1.0
"From many a fragrant simple, Catherine's skill",2.0
Drew oil and essence from the boiling still;,2.0
"But not her warmth, nor all her winning ways",0.0
To Mistress Dobson he preferred his suit;,1.0
"There proved his service, there addressed his vows,",1.0
"A butler now, he thanks his powerful bride,",2.0
"And, like her keys, keeps constant at her side.",1.0
"Next at our altar stood a luckless pair,",0.0
Brought by strong passions and a warrant there;,5.0
"By long rent cloak, hung loosely, strove the bride,",2.0
"From every eye, what all perceived, to hide.",0.0
Now hid awhile and then exposed his face;,1.0
"As shame alternately with anger strove,",5.0
The brain confused with muddy ale to move,0.0
And looked the rage that rankled in his heart;,0.0
Too soon made happy and made wise too late:,5.0
"I saw his features take a savage gloom,",0.0
And deeply threaten for the days to come.,1.0
"Looked on the lad, and faintly tried to smile;",0.0
With softened speech and humbled tone she strove,0.0
To stir the embers of departed love:,1.0
"While he, a tyrant, frowning walked before,",0.0
"Felt the poor purse, and sought the public door,",3.0
"She sadly following in submission went,",2.0
"Then to her father's hut the pair withdrew,",0.0
And bade to love and comfort long adieu!,0.0
"Ah! fly temptation, youth, refrain! refrain!",0.0
I preach for ever; but I preach in vain!,1.0
"The sweetest flower that ever blossomed there,",3.0
"When Phoebe Dawson gaily crossed the Green,",0.0
In haste to see and happy to be seen:,1.0
"Her air, her manners, all who saw admired;",0.0
"Courteous though coy, and gentle though retired;",2.0
"The joy of youth and health her eyes displayed,",0.0
And ease of heart her every look conveyed;,0.0
"A native skill her simple robes expressed,",0.0
"The lads around admired so fair a sight,",0.0
"And Phoebe felt, and felt she gave, delight.",0.0
"Admirers soon of every age she gained,",0.0
Her beauty won them and her worth retained;,1.0
"Envy itself could no contempt display,",2.0
"They wished her well, whom yet they wished away.",0.0
"Correct in thought, she judged a servant's place",0.0
Preserved a rustic beauty from disgrace;,1.0
"When some proud bliss upon the heart would steal,",1.0
"That, poor or rich, a beauty still must feel. ' --",0.0
"At length the youth ordained to move her breast,",0.0
"With looks less timid made his passion known,",1.0
And pleased by manners most unlike her own;,0.0
"Loud though in love, and confident though young;",1.0
"Fierce in his air, and voluble of tongue;",1.0
"By trade a tailor, though, in scorn of trade,",1.0
"He served the' Squire, and brushed the coat he made.",0.0
"Yet now, would Phoebe her consent afford,",1.0
"With her should years of growing love be spent,",0.0
And growing wealth: ' --  she sighed and looked consent.,0.0
"Now, through the lane, up hill, and across the green,",2.0
"Seen by but few, and blushing to be seen ' --",1.0
"Dejected, thoughtful, anxious, and afraid,",1.0
"Led by the lover, walked the silent maid,",0.0
"Where, as he painted every blissful view,",0.0
"And highly coloured what he strongly drew,",0.0
"The pensive damsel, prone to tender fears,",0.0
Dimmed the false prospect with prophetic tears. ' --,4.0
"Thus passed the allotted hours, till lingering late,",2.0
"There he pronounced adieu! and yet would stay,",1.0
"He would of coldness, though indulged, complain,",1.0
"And oft retire, and oft return again;",0.0
"When, if his teasing vexed her gentle mind,",0.0
"The grief assumed, compelled her to be kind!",1.0
"That she resented first and then forgave,",1.0
And to his grief and penance yielded more,1.0
Than his presumption had required before. ' --,1.0
"Ah! fly temptation, youth; refrain! refrain!",0.0
Each yielding maid and each presuming swain!,0.0
"Lo! now with red rent cloak and bonnet black,",2.0
"And torn green gown loose hanging at her back,",2.0
"One who an infant in her arms sustains,",0.0
And seems in patience striving with her pains;,1.0
"Pinched are her looks, as one who pines for bread,",1.0
Whose cares are growing and whose hopes are fled;,1.0
"Pale her parched lips, her heavy eyes sunk low,",4.0
And tears unnoticed from their channels flow;,1.0
"Serene her manner, till some sudden pain",1.0
"Her broken pitcher to the pool she takes,",1.0
And every step with cautious terror makes;,0.0
"For not alone that infant in her arms,",0.0
"But nearer cause, her anxious soul alarms.",0.0
"With water burdened, then she picks her way,",0.0
"Slowly and cautious, in the clinging clay;",2.0
And deeply plunges in the adhesive ground;,2.0
"Thence, but with pain, her slender foot she takes,",0.0
"For when so full the cup of sorrow grows,",0.0
"Add but a drop, it instantly overflows.",2.0
"And now her path but not her peace she gains,",0.0
"Safe from her task, but shivering with her pains;",1.0
"Her home she reaches, open leaves the door,",0.0
"And placing first her infant on the floor,",1.0
"She bares her bosom to the wind, and sits,",1.0
And sobbing struggles with the rising fits:,1.0
"In vain, they come, she feels the inflating grief,",2.0
That shuts the swelling bosom from relief;,1.0
"That speaks in feeble cries a soul distressed,",0.0
Or the sad laugh that cannot be repressed.,2.0
With all the aid her poverty supplies;,1.0
"Not led by profit, not allured by praise;",0.0
"And waiting long, till these contentions cease,",1.0
"She speaks of comfort, and departs in peace.",1.0
"Friend of distress! the mourner feels thy aid,",2.0
"She cannot pay thee, but thou wilt be paid.",1.0
"But who this child of weakness, want, and care?",0.0
"Who took her lover for his sparkling eyes,",1.0
"Compassion first assailed her gentle heart,",0.0
"And then his prayers! they would a savage move,",0.0
And win the coldest of the sex to love: ' --,1.0
"But ah! too soon his looks success declared,",1.0
"If present, railing, till he saw her pained;",1.0
"Till that fair form in want and sickness pined,",1.0
And hope and comfort fled that gentle mind.,0.0
"Then fly temptation, youth; resist, refrain!",0.0
Nor let me preach for ever and in vain!,1.0
"And made, in long procession, slow approach:",0.0
"Silent, nor wanting due respect, the crowd",2.0
"But not that silent crowd, in wonder fixed,",0.0
"Not numerous friends, who praise and envy mixed,",2.0
Nor nymphs attending near to swell the pride,0.0
"Nor that gay bride, adorned with every grace,",1.0
"Nor love nor joy triumphant in her face,",0.0
"Could, from the youth's, sad signs of sorrow chase:",1.0
"Vexed it thy soul, that freedom to resign?",1.0
So soon to bring thy wooing to an end?,1.0
"To end as soon, but in a different way?",0.0
Who played uninjured with the dangerous flame:,3.0
"That, while, like Lovelace, thou thy coat displayed,",2.0
"And hid the snare for her affection laid,",1.0
"Thee, with her net, she found the means to catch,",1.0
"And at the amorous see-saw, won the match:",3.0
"Yet others tell, the Captain fixed thy doubt,",0.0
"But rest the motive ' --  all retreat too late,",1.0
Joy like thy bride's should on thy brow have sat;,1.0
"The deed had then appeared thine own intent,",0.0
"A glorious day, by gracious fortune sent,",2.0
In each revolving year to be in triumph spent.,0.0
Then in few weeks that cloudy brow had been,0.0
Without a wonder or a whisper seen;,1.0
"And none had been so weak as to enquire,",1.0
"How fair these names, how much unlike they look",0.0
To all the blurred subscriptions in my book:,0.0
"While free and fine the bride's appear below,",0.0
"Mark now in what confusion, stoop or stand,",1.0
"Now out, now in, they droop, they fall, they rise,",0.0
Like raw recruits drawn forth for exercise;,1.0
The freeborn legs stand striding as they will.,2.0
"Much have I tried to guide the fist along,",0.0
"Behold these marks uncouth! how strange that men,",1.0
"Who guide the plough, should fail to guide the pen:",0.0
For half an inch the letters stand awry; ' --,0.0
"Our peasants, strong and sturdy in the field,",0.0
Cannot these arms of idle students wield:,0.0
"Like them, in feudal days, their valiant lords",0.0
Resigned the pen and grasped their conquering swords;,2.0
Left the light duties of the peaceful pen;,4.0
"Nor to their ladies wrote, but sought to prove,",1.0
"By deeds of death, their hearts were filled with love.",0.0
"But yet, small arts have charms for female eyes;",2.0
"For those who dress, and amorous scrolls indite.",3.0
"For Lucy Collins happier days had been,",2.0
Had Footman Daniel scorned his native green,0.0
Had he his love reserved for lass in town;,0.0
"To Stephen Hill she then had pledged her truth, ' --",0.0
"But from the day, that fatal day she spied",1.0
"The pride of Daniel, Daniel was her pride.",1.0
In all concerns was Stephen just and true;,0.0
"And felt his stockings were, and blacker than his shoe;",2.0
"While Daniel's linen all was fine and fair, ' --",0.0
"His master wore it, and he deigned to wear:",1.0
"To wear his livery, some respect might prove;",2.0
"To wear his linen, must be sign of love:",0.0
"His hose were silk, his shoes of Spanish grain;",0.0
A silver knot his breadth of shoulder bore;,0.0
A diamond buckle blazed his breast before ' --,0.0
Diamond he swore it was! and showed it as he swore:,4.0
"And thus, with clouded cane, a fop complete,",0.0
"He stalked, the jest and glory of the street.",1.0
"Joined with these powers, he could so sweetly sing,",1.0
"Talk with such toss, and saunter with such swing;",1.0
"Laugh with such glee, and trifle with such art,",1.0
"Stephen, meantime, to ease his amorous cares,",5.0
Fixed his full mind upon his farm's affairs;,3.0
"Increased his stock, and still he looked for more.",0.0
"He, for his acres few, so duly paid,",1.0
That yet more acres to his lot were laid;,1.0
"Till our chaste nymphs no longer felt disdain,",4.0
And prudent matrons praised the frugal swain;,0.0
"Who thriving well, through many a fruitful year,",2.0
"Now clothed himself anew, and acted overseer.",1.0
"Just then poor Lucy, from her friend in town,",2.0
Fled in pure fear and came a beggar down;,4.0
"Trembling, at Stephen's door she knocked for bread, ' --",1.0
"Then sat at Stephen's board, then shared in Stephen's bed:",0.0
"All hope of marriage lost in her disgrace,",1.0
"He mourns a flame revived, and she a love of lace.",1.0
"Twice had old Lodge been tied, and twice the dame;",3.0
"Tottering they came and toying, odious scene!",3.0
Children from wedlock we by laws restrain;,2.0
Why not forbid the doting souls to prove,0.0
"In spite of prudence, uncontrolled by shame,",0.0
"The amorous senior woos the toothless dame,",2.0
"Relating idly, at the closing eve,",0.0
The youthful follies he disdains to leave;,1.0
"Till youthful follies wake a transient fire,",0.0
When arm in arm they totter and retire.,1.0
"So a fond pair of solemn birds, all day,",2.0
Blink in their seat and doze the hours away;,0.0
"Then by the moon awakened, forth they move,",0.0
"So two sear trees, dry, stunted, and unsound,",3.0
"Each other catch, when dropping to the ground;",1.0
"Entwine their withered arms against wind and weather,",3.0
And shake their leafless heads and drop together.,0.0
"Move with new life, and feel awakened fire;",3.0
"Quivering awhile, their flaccid forms remain,",1.0
"But ever frowns your Hymen? man and maid,",0.0
"Are all repenting, suffering or betrayed?",1.0
"Forbid it, Love! we have our couples here",0.0
Who hail the day in each revolving year:,0.0
"These are with us, as in the world around;",1.0
"They are not frequent, but they may be found.",2.0
"Our farmers too, what though they fail to prove,",1.0
"Nor, like those pairs whom sentiment unites,",1.0
They heap the board and hail the happy day:,0.0
"And though the bride, now freed from school, admits,",2.0
"Of pride implanted there, some transient fits;",1.0
"Yet soon she casts her girlish flights aside,",0.0
And in substantial blessings rests her pride.,0.0
No more she moves in measured steps; no more,1.0
"Runs, with bewildered ear, her music over;",2.0
"No more recites her French the hinds among,",1.0
Plain work and plenty with her house to share;,2.0
"Till, all her varnish lost in few short years.",0.0
In all her worth the farmer's wife appears.,0.0
Yet not the ancient kind; nor she who gave,1.0
Her soul to gain ' --  a mistress and a slave:,1.0
Who not to sleep allowed the needful time;,0.0
"To whom repose was loss, and sport a crime;",0.0
"Who, in her meanest room and all were mean,",0.0
"A noisy drudge, from morn till night was seen; ' --",0.0
"But she, the daughter, boasts a decent room,",1.0
Fair prints along the papered wall are spread;,1.0
"IT is here, assembled, while in space apart",0.0
"Their husbands, drinking, warm the opening heart,",2.0
With tongues more fluent and with hearts as light;,1.0
"Theirs is that art, which English wives alone",0.0
Profess ' --  a boast and privilege their own;,1.0
An art it is where each at once attends,0.0
"To all, and claims attention from her friends,",1.0
"When they engage the tongue, the eye, the ear,",1.0
"Reply when listening, and when speaking hear:",1.0
"The ready converse knows no dull delays,",1.0
"But double are the pains, and double be the praise.",1.0
Yet not to those alone who bear command,1.0
Heaven gives a heart to hail the marriage band;,0.0
"Among their servants, we the pairs can show,",1.0
"Who much to love, and more to prudence owe:",0.0
"Reuben and Rachel, though as fond as doves,",3.0
Were yet discreet and cautious in their loves;,0.0
"Nor would attend to Cupid's wild commands,",0.0
Till cool reflection bade them join their hands:,0.0
"When both were poor, they thought it argued ill",0.0
Of hasty love to make them poorer still;,0.0
"Year after year, with savings long laid by,",3.0
They bought the future dwelling's full supply;,0.0
"Her frugal fancy culled the smaller ware,",0.0
"Together then their last year's gain they threw,",1.0
"And lo! an auctioned bed, with curtains neat and new.",0.0
And cheerful then the calls of Love obeyed:,0.0
Usurping grey among the black could spy?,1.0
And their full autumn felt the mellowing frost?,4.0
"Yet time, who blowed the rose of youth away,",0.0
Had left the vigorous stem without decay;,2.0
"By time confirmed and rooted in the land,",0.0
"These are the happier pairs, their life has rest,",3.0
"Their hopes are strong, their humble portion blessed",0.0
"While those more rash to hasty marriage led,",0.0
Lament the impatience which now stints their bread:,3.0
"When such their union, years their cares increase,",0.0
"Their love grows colder, and their pleasures cease;",2.0
"In health just fed, in sickness just relieved;",0.0
By hardships harassed and by children grieved;,2.0
"In petty quarrels and in peevish strife,",1.0
The once fond couple waste the spring of life:,1.0
"But when to age mature those children grown,",0.0
"Find hopes and homes and hardships of their own,",2.0
The harassed couple feel their lingering woes,5.0
"Receding slowly, till they find repose.",1.0
"Complaints and murmurs then are laid aside,",0.0
"By reason these subdued, and those by pride;",2.0
"And, taught by care, the patient man and wife",0.0
Agree to share the bittersweet of life;,0.0
"Life that has sorrow much and sorrow's cure,",0.0
Where they who most enjoy shall much endure:,0.0
"Compose the soul, and fit it for its cares;",1.0
Have each a medicine for the rustic mind;,1.0
"Nor has he care to whom his wealth shall go,",0.0
Or who shall labour with his spade and hoe;,1.0
"But as he lends the strength that yet remains,",1.0
"And some dead neighbour on his bier sustains,",1.0
"One with whom oft he whirled the bounding flail,",1.0
"Tossed the broad coit, or took the inspiring ale,",4.0
"' This friendly duty, when my race be run;",0.0
"IT was first in trouble as in error past,",1.0
"Dark clouds and stormy cares whole years overcast,",4.0
"But calm my setting day, and sunshine smiles at last:",1.0
"My vices punished and my follies spent,",1.0
"Not loath to die, but yet to live content,",0.0
"I rest: ' --  then casting on the grave his eye,",1.0
"Last on my list appears a match of love,",0.0
And one of virtue; ' --  happy may it prove! ' --,2.0
"Sir Edward Archer is an amorous knight,",4.0
And maidens chaste and lovely shun his sight;,0.0
"His bailiff's daughter suited much his taste,",0.0
For Fanny Price was lovely and was chaste;,1.0
"To her the Knight with gentle looks drew near,",2.0
"And timid voice assumed, to banish fear: ' --",0.0
"Hope of my life, dear sovereign of my breast,",2.0
"Which, since I knew thee, knows not joy nor rest;",0.0
"Know, thou art all that my delighted eyes,",1.0
And is that bosom ' --  what on earth so fair!,1.0
"To cradle some coarse peasant's sprawling heir,",1.0
To be that pillow which some surly swain,0.0
"To dread his insult, to support his care;",2.0
"To hear his follies, his contempt to prove,",1.0
And o! the torment! to endure his love;,3.0
"Till want and deep regret those charms destroy,",0.0
"That time would spare, if time were passed in joy?",0.0
"With him, in varied pains, from morn till night,",1.0
Your softest bed shall be the knotted wool;,0.0
Your purest drink the waters of the pool;,1.0
"Your sweetest food will but your life sustain,",1.0
And your best pleasure be a rest from pain;,2.0
"While, through each year, as health and strength abate,",0.0
"And cry,' Behold,' as life's last cares come on,",3.0
' My burdens growing when my strength is gone.',0.0
"Now turn with me, and all the young desire,",2.0
"Wealth, health, respect, delight, and love, are yours:",1.0
"Sparkling, in cups of gold, your wines shall flow,",1.0
"Grace that fair hand, in that dear bosom glow;",4.0
Shall on your walls and in your walks appear:,0.0
"Where all beholding, shall your praise repeat,",0.0
No fruit so tempting and no flower so sweet:,5.0
"The softest carpets in your rooms shall lie,",0.0
"Pictures of happiest loves shall meet your eye,",4.0
"And tallest mirrors, reaching to the floor,",1.0
Shall show you all the object I adore;,1.0
"Who, by the hands of wealth and fashion dressed,",0.0
"Shall move, a wonder, through the public ways,",1.0
And hear the whispers of adoring praise.,1.0
"Shall see you happy, and shall, sighing, say,",1.0
"While smothered envy rises in the breast, ' --",0.0
"Come, then, my mistress, and my wife; for she",1.0
Who trusts my honour is the wife for me;,0.0
"Your slave, your husband, and your friend employ,",1.0
In search of pleasures we may both enjoy.,1.0
"To this the Damsel, meekly firm, replied:",1.0
"My mother loved, was married, toiled, and died;",0.0
But not one grief was pointed by remorse;,1.0
"My mind is fixed, to Heaven I resign,",1.0
"And be her love, her life, her comforts mine.",1.0
"Tyrants have wept; and those with hearts of steel,",2.0
"Unused the anguish of the heart to heal,",1.0
"Have yet the transient power of virtue known,",2.0
And felt the imparted joy promote their own.,2.0
"Our Knight relenting, now befriends a youth,",0.0
Who to the yielding maid had vowed his truth;,0.0
"And finds in that fair deed a sacred joy,",1.0
"That will not perish, and that cannot cloy; ' --",1.0
"A living joy, that shall its spirit keep,",0.0
"When every beauty fades, and all the passions sleep.",0.0
"There was, iT is said, and I believe, a time,",2.0
When humble Christians died with views sublime;,0.0
"When all were ready for their faith to bleed,",1.0
But few to write or wrangle for their creed;,1.0
"When lively Faith upheld the sinking heart,",0.0
"And friends, assured to meet, prepared to part;",0.0
"When Love felt hope, when Sorrow grew serene,",1.0
And all was comfort in the deathbed scene.,1.0
"Alas! when now the gloomy king they wait,",0.0
"Like wretched men upon the ocean cast,",0.0
They labour hard and struggle to the last;,1.0
"Hope against hope, and wildly gaze around,",3.0
In search of help that never shall be found:,0.0
"Nor, till the last strong billow stops the breath,",2.0
Will they believe them in the jaws of Death!,1.0
"When these my Records I reflecting read,",1.0
And find what ills these numerous births succeed;,2.0
With what regret these painful journeys end;,0.0
"When from the cradle to the grave I look,",1.0
Mine I conceive a melancholy book.,1.0
Where now is perfect resignation seen?,1.0
"Whose looks proclaimed that sunshine of the breast,",2.0
"That more than hope, that Heaven itself expressed.",0.0
"What I behold are feverish fits of strife,",3.0
Betwixt fears of dying and desire of life:,4.0
"Those earthly hopes, that to the last endure;",1.0
"Those fears, that hopes superior fail to cure;",2.0
"At best a sad submission to the doom,",1.0
"Which, turning from the danger, lets it come.",1.0
"Sick lies the man, bewildered, lost, afraid,",1.0
His spirits vanquished and his strength decayed;,1.0
"No hope the friend, the nurse, the doctor lend ' --",1.0
"Call then a priest, and fit him for his end.",1.0
"A priest is called; iT is now, alas! too late,",1.0
"Or time allowed ' --  he goes, assured to find",0.0
"And sighs to hear, what we may justly call",1.0
"Death's commonplace, the train of thought in all.",1.0
"True, I'm a sinner, feebly he begins,",1.0
But trust in Mercy to forgive my sins:,1.0
Such cool confession no past crimes excite!,1.0
"I know, mankind are frail, that God is just,",1.0
And pardons those who in his mercy trust;,1.0
"We're sorely tempted in a world like this,",0.0
"All men have done, and I like all, amiss;",1.0
"But now, if spared, it is my full intent",1.0
On all the past to ponder and repent:,1.0
"Wrongs against me I pardon great and small,",0.0
"And if I die, I die in peace with all.",1.0
"His merits thus and not his sins confessed,",0.0
"He speaks his hopes, and leaves to Heaven the rest.",0.0
"Alas! are these the prospects, dull and cold,",1.0
That dying Christians to their priests unfold?,1.0
I die assured! and in a rapture dies?,0.0
"With that confiding spirit, shall we find;",0.0
"The mind that, feeling what repentance brings,",0.0
"Feels then the hope, that mounts all care above,",0.0
And the pure joy that flows from pardoning love?,4.0
"Such have I seen in Death, and much deplore,",0.0
So many dying ' --  that I see no more:,1.0
"Lo! now my Records, where I grieve to trace,",1.0
How Death has triumphed in so short a space;,0.0
"Who are the dead, how died they, I relate,",1.0
And snatch some portion of their acts from fate.,1.0
"With Andrew Collett we the year begin,",1.0
"The blind, fat landlord of the Old Crown Inn, ' --",4.0
To take in stores of strong fermenting juice.,0.0
"On his huge chair beside the fire he sat,",2.0
"In revel chief, and umpire in debate;",3.0
Each night his string of vulgar tales he told;,0.0
When ale was cheap and bachelors were bold:,2.0
"His heroes all were famous in their days,",0.0
Cheats were his boast and drunkards had his praise;,0.0
"One, in three draughts, three mugs of ale took down,",4.0
As mugs were then ' --  the champion of the Crown;,1.0
"For thrice three days another lived on ale,",1.0
And knew no change but that of mild and stale;,1.0
"Nor from their seats departed, till they found",2.0
That butt was out and heard the mournful sound.,1.0
"He praised a poacher, precious child of fun!",0.0
There to expire; ' --  but one who saw him hang,2.0
Cut the good cord ' --  a traitor of the gang.,1.0
"His own exploits with boastful glee he told,",1.0
What ponds he emptied and what pikes he sold;,1.0
"And how, when blessed with sight alert and gay,",1.0
The night's amusements kept him through the day.,1.0
"He sang the praises of those times, when all",1.0
"For cards and dice, as for their drink, might call;",1.0
"When justice winked on every jovial crew,",2.0
"He told, when angry wives, provoked to rail,",0.0
"What were his triumphs, and how great the skill",1.0
That won the vexed virago to his will;,5.0
"Who raving came; ' --  then talked in milder strain, ' --",0.0
"Then wept, then drank, and pledged her spouse again.",0.0
"Such were his themes: how knaves over laws prevail,",4.0
"Or, when made captives, how they fly from jail;",2.0
"The young how brave, how subtle were the old:",1.0
And oaths attested all that Folly told.,0.0
"On death like his what name shall we bestow,",2.0
So very sudden! yet so very slow?,0.0
"IT was slow: ' --  Disease, augmenting year by year,",1.0
Showed the grim king by gradual steps brought near:,5.0
"IT was not less sudden; in the night he died,",1.0
Thus aiding folly with departing breath: ' --,2.0
"Next died the Widow Go, an active dame,",0.0
"Famed ten miles round, and worthy all her fame;",1.0
"She lost her husband when their loves were young,",0.0
"But kept her farm, her credit, and her tongue:",1.0
"Advice she scorned, rebellions she suppressed,",1.0
And sons and servants bowed at her behest.,1.0
Were the strong words of this commanding dame; ' --,3.0
"Come, if she said, they came; if go, were gone;",0.0
"And if do this, ' --  that instant it was done:",1.0
"Her maidens told she was all eye and ear,",1.0
In darkness saw and could at distance hear; ' --,0.0
Without direction or assent from her;,1.0
"In turn she took each office as it fell,",1.0
Knew all their duties and discharged them well;,1.0
"The lazy vagrants in her presence shook,",0.0
"She looked on want with judgement clear and cool,",0.0
And felt with reason and bestowed by rule;,1.0
"She matched both sons and daughters to her mind,",2.0
"And lent them eyes, for Love, she heard, was blind;",0.0
"Yet ceaseless still she throve, alert, alive,",0.0
"The working bee, in full or empty hive;",0.0
"Busy and careful, like that working bee,",2.0
No time for love nor tender cares had she;,1.0
"But when our farmers made their amorous vows,",2.0
"Not unemployed her evenings passed away,",0.0
"When to her toilet's brief concern she ran,",0.0
"And conversation with her friends began,",1.0
"Who all were welcome, what they saw, to share;",0.0
"That none around might, in their scorn, complain",0.0
Of Gossip Go as greedy in her gain.,0.0
"Thus long she reigned, admired, if not approved;",1.0
"Praised, if not honoured; feared, if not beloved; ' --",1.0
"When, as the busy days of Spring drew near,",1.0
That called for all the forecast of the year;,2.0
"When lively hope the rising crops surveyed,",0.0
And April promised what September paid;,0.0
When rose her grass in richer vales below;,0.0
"When pleased she looked on all the smiling land,",0.0
"And viewed the hinds, who wrought at her command;",1.0
Poultry in groups still followed where she went;,3.0
"Then dread overcame her, ' --  that her days were spent.",1.0
"Bless me! I die, and not a warning given, ' --",0.0
"With much to do on Earth, and all for Heaven! ' --",0.0
"No reparation for my soul's affairs,",2.0
No leave petitioned for the barn's repairs;,2.0
"Accounts perplexed, my interest yet unpaid,",0.0
"My mind unsettled, and my will unmade; ' --",2.0
"A lawyer haste, and in your way, a priest;",0.0
And let me die in one good work at least.,1.0
"She spoke, and, trembling, dropped upon her knees,",0.0
Heaven in her eye and in her hand her keys;,0.0
"And still the more she found her life decay,",0.0
With greater force she grasped those signs of sway:,0.0
"Then fell and died! ' --  In haste her sons drew near,",1.0
"And dropped, in haste, the tributary tear,",0.0
"Then from the adhering clasp the keys unbound,",1.0
And consolation for their sorrows found.,1.0
"The brightest eye his glazing film makes dim,",1.0
"He seized the sickening boy to Gerard lent,",3.0
"When three days' life, in feeble cries, were spent;",1.0
"In pain brought forth, those painful hours to stay,",1.0
To breathe in pain and sigh its soul away!,0.0
"But why thus lent, if thus recalled again,",1.0
"To cause and feel, to live and die in, pain?",0.0
"Or rather say, Why grievous these appear,",1.0
If all it pays for Heaven's eternal year;,2.0
"Delights that live, when worlds no more endure?",1.0
"And pains from nature, pains from reason, know;",0.0
"Through all the common ills of life may run,",0.0
By hope perverted and by love undone;,1.0
"May at old age arrive through numerous harms,",3.0
With children's children in those feeble arms:,0.0
Nor till by years of want and grief oppressed,1.0
Shall the sad spirit flee and be at rest!,2.0
"Yet happier therefore shall we deem the boy,",2.0
Secured from anxious care and dangerous joy?,2.0
Not so! for then would Love Divine in vain,0.0
Send all the burdens weary men sustain;,0.0
"All that now kerb the passions when they rage,",1.0
The cheques of youth and the regrets of age;,1.0
"All that now bid us hope, believe, endure,",1.0
"All that for Heaven's high joys the spirits train,",3.0
"And charity, the crown of all, were vain.",1.0
"Say, will you call the breathless infant blessed,",0.0
Because no cares the silent grave molest?,1.0
Untimely thrust and never trained to sing;,0.0
But far more blessed the bird whose grateful voice,0.0
"Sings its own joy and makes the woods rejoice,",0.0
Hard were his trials and his pains severe!,0.0
Next died the Lady who yonder Hall possessed;,2.0
And here they brought her noble bones to rest.,0.0
In Town she dwelled; ' --  forsaken stood the Hall:,0.0
"Worms ate the floors, the tapestry fled the wall:",3.0
Here spun his shroud and laid him up to die,1.0
The bat shrill shrieking wooed his flickering mate;,3.0
"To empty rooms the curious came no more,",2.0
"From empty cellars turned the angry poor,",0.0
"To one small room the steward found his way,",2.0
Where tenants followed to complain and pay;,1.0
"Yet no complaint before the Lady came,",0.0
The feeling servant spared the feeble dame;,0.0
"Who saw her farms with his observing eyes,",1.0
And answered all requests with his replies: ' --,1.0
"She came not down, her falling groves to view;",1.0
"Why should she know, what one so faithful knew?",1.0
What one so just might whisper in her ear?,0.0
"Her oaks or acres, why with care explore;",0.0
"Why learn the wants, the sufferings of the poor;",1.0
"When one so knowing all their worth could trace,",0.0
"Lo! now, what dismal Sons of Darkness come,",1.0
To bear this Daughter of Indulgence home;,1.0
"Who nature, feeling, force, expression lack;",0.0
"Who cause no tear, but gloomily pass by,",3.0
"And shake their sables in the wearied eye,",0.0
"That turns disgusted from the pompous scene,",1.0
"Proud without grandeur, with profusion, mean!",2.0
The tear for kindness past affection owes;,0.0
For worth deceased the sigh from reason flows;,0.0
And real tears for mimic miseries fall:,4.0
"But this poor farce has neither truth nor art,",2.0
To please the fancy or to touch the heart;,1.0
"Unlike the darkness of the sky, that pours",1.0
"Unlike to that which strikes the soul with dread,",0.0
"Dark but not awful, dismal but yet mean,",1.0
"Presents no objects tender or profound,",4.0
"When woes are feigned, how ill such forms appear",0.0
"Slow to the vault they come, with heavy tread,",0.0
Bending beneath the Lady and her lead;,3.0
"A case of elm surrounds that ponderous chest,",2.0
"For now, ere yet he works his tedious way,",3.0
"Through cloth and wood and metal to his prey,",1.0
"That prey dissolving shall a mass remain,",0.0
Pleased that our rustic men and maids behold,0.0
"His plate like silver, and his studs like gold,",1.0
"As they approach to spell the age, the name,",1.0
And all the titles of the illustrious dame. ' --,5.0
"This as my duty done some scholar read,",1.0
"Away, my friends! why take such pains to know",0.0
What some brave marble soon in Church shall show?,1.0
"Where not alone her gracious name shall stand,",0.0
But how she lived ' --  the blessing of the land;,2.0
"How much we all deplored the noble dead,",0.0
What groans we uttered and what tears we shed;,1.0
"Tears, true as those, which in the sleepy eyes",1.0
Of weeping cherubs on the stone shall rise;,1.0
"Tears, true as those which, ere she found her grave,",2.0
The noble Lady to our sorrows gave.,1.0
"In that small house, with those green pales before,",3.0
Where jasmine trails on either side the door;,0.0
"Where those dark shrubs, that now grow wild at will,",3.0
"There lived a Lady, wise, austere, and nice,",0.0
Who showed her virtue by her scorn of vice;,1.0
"In the dear fashions of her youth she dressed,",3.0
"Erect she stood, she walked with stately mien,",0.0
"Tight was her length of stays, and she was tall and lean.",1.0
From looks of love and treacherous man secured;,2.0
Though evil fame ' --  but that was long before,0.0
Had blown her dubious blast at Catherine's door.,2.0
"A Captain thither, rich from India came,",5.0
"And though a cousin called, it touched her fame:",1.0
"Her annual stipend rose from his behest,",3.0
If aught like joy awhile appeared to stay,0.0
"In that stern face, and chase those frowns away;",1.0
'Twas when her treasures she disposed for view,1.0
And diamonds blazing on the buckled zone;,1.0
"Rows of rare pearls by curious workmen set,",5.0
And bracelets fair in box of glossy jet;,0.0
"Bright polished amber precious from its size,",2.0
Or forms the fairest fancy could devise:,0.0
"Her drawers of cedar, shut with secret springs,",0.0
"Letters, long proofs of love, and verses fine",3.0
"That pictured wealth of China and Japan,",1.0
"Like its cold mistress, shunned the eye of man.",2.0
"A parrot next, but dead and stuffed with art;",0.0
And then his life; for he was heard to speak,1.0
"Unhappy bird! who had no power to prove,",3.0
"Save by such speech, his gratitude and love.",0.0
A grey old cat his whiskers licked beside;,1.0
A type of sadness in the house of pride.,0.0
"The polished surface of an India chest,",3.0
"A glassy globe, in frame of ivory, pressed;",0.0
All these were formed the guiding taste to suit;,0.0
"A widowed Aunt was there, compelled by need",1.0
The nymph to flatter and her tribe to feed;,1.0
"Who, veiling well her scorn, endured the clog,",0.0
Mute as the fish and fawning as the dog.,1.0
"As years increased, these treasures, her delight,",1.0
Arose in value in their owner's sight:,0.0
"A miser knows that, view it as he will,",1.0
A guinea kept is but a guinea still:,1.0
"And so he puts it to its proper use,",2.0
That something more this guinea may produce;,1.0
"The oftener seen, the more in value rise,",2.0
And thus are wisely hoarded to bestow,1.0
The kind of pleasure that with years will grow.,0.0
But what availed their worth ' --  if worth had they ' --,0.0
In the sad summer of her slow decay?,3.0
Then we beheld her turn an anxious look,1.0
"From trunks and chests, and fix it on her book, ' --",1.0
"Some Princess had it, or was said to have;",1.0
"And then once more, on all her stores, look round,",1.0
"That told, Alas! how hard from these to part,",1.0
And for new hopes and habits form the heart!,2.0
"What shall I do she cried, my peace of mind",0.0
"To gain in dying, and to die resigned?",1.0
"Hear, we returned; ' --  these baubles cast aside,",2.0
Nor give thy God a rival in thy pride;,0.0
"Thy closets shut, and open thy kitchen's door;",2.0
"There own thy failings, here invite the poor;",0.0
"For widow's prayers, thy vanities forsake;",1.0
"And let the hungry, of thy pride partake",1.0
Then shall thy inward eye with joy survey,0.0
The angel Mercy tempering Death's delay!,2.0
"Hope still its flattery, sickness its alarms;",4.0
"Still was the same unsettled, clouded view,",0.0
"And the same plaintive cry, What shall I do?",2.0
"Nor change appeared; for when her race was run,",0.0
"Doubtful we all exclaimed, What has been done?",2.0
"Apart she lived, and still she lies alone,",0.0
"Yonder earthy heap awaits the flattering stone,",2.0
"On which invention shall be long employed,",0.0
To show the various worth of Catherine Lloyd.,2.0
"A noble Peasant, Isaac Ashford, died.",0.0
His truth unquestioned and his soul serene:,1.0
Of no man's presence Isaac felt afraid;,1.0
At no man's question Isaac looked dismayed:,1.0
"Shame knew him not, he dreaded no disgrace;",1.0
"Truth, simple truth, was written in his face;",1.0
"Yet while the serious thought his soul approved,",2.0
"Cheerful he seemed, and gentleness he loved,",3.0
"To bliss domestic he his heart resigned,",1.0
And with the firmest had the fondest mind:,1.0
"Were others joyful, he looked smiling on,",3.0
And gave allowance where he needed none;,0.0
"Good he refused with future ill to buy,",1.0
Nor knew a joy that caused reflection's sigh;,0.0
"No envy stung, no jealousy distressed;",3.0
"Bane of the poor! it wounds their weaker mind,",0.0
Yet far was he from stoic pride removed;,1.0
"He felt humanely, and he warmly loved:",1.0
"I marked his action, when his infant died,",0.0
"The still tears, stealing down that furrowed cheek,",2.0
"Spoke pity, plainer than the tongue can speak.",2.0
"If pride were his, iT was not their vulgar pride",1.0
"Who, in their base contempt, the great deride;",0.0
"Nor pride in learning, ' --  though my Clerk agreed,",1.0
"If fate should call him, Ashford might succeed;",0.0
"Nor pride in rustic skill, although we knew,",1.0
"None his superior, and his equals few: ' --",3.0
"But if that spirit in his soul had place,",1.0
It was the jealous pride that shuns disgrace;,1.0
"A pride in honest fame, by virtue gained,",0.0
And all that Englishmen enjoy and boast;,3.0
"Pride, in a life that slander's tongue defied, ' --",3.0
Christian and countrymen was all with him:,3.0
Kept him at home in that important hour;,0.0
"Nor his firm feet could one persuading sect,",3.0
By the strong glare of their new light direct; ' --,4.0
"On hope, in mine own sober light, I gaze,",1.0
"But should be blind, and lose it, in your blaze.",0.0
"In times severe, when many a sturdy swain",2.0
"Felt it his pride, his comfort, to complain;",1.0
And feel in that his comfort and his pride.,1.0
"At length he found, when seventy years were run,",1.0
"His strength departed, and his labour done;",1.0
"When he, save honest fame, retained no more,",3.0
"But lost his wife, and saw his children poor:",0.0
"IT was then, a spark of ' --  say not discontent ' --",1.0
"Struck on his mind, and thus he gave it vent: ' --",0.0
"Kind are your laws, iT is not to be denied,",0.0
"That in yonder House, for ruined age, provide,",0.0
"And they are just; ' --  when young, we give you all,",1.0
And for assistance in our weakness call. ' --,1.0
"Why then this proud reluctance to be fed,",1.0
"But yet I linger, loath with him to feed,",1.0
Who gains his plenty by the sons of need,1.0
"He who, by contract, all your paupers took,",1.0
And gauges stomachs with an anxious look:,1.0
On some old master I could well depend;,2.0
See him with joy and thank him as a friend;,1.0
"But ill on him, who doles the day's supply,",1.0
And counts our chances who at night may die:,0.0
"Yet help me, Heaven! and let me not complain",0.0
"Of what I suffer, but my fate sustain.",1.0
"Such were his thoughts, and so resigned he grew;",2.0
"But came not there, for sudden was his fate,",2.0
"I feel his absence in the hours of prayer,",0.0
And view his seat and sigh for Isaac there:,1.0
I see no more those white locks thinly spread,2.0
Round the bald polish of that honoured head;,4.0
"No more that awful glance on playful wight,",0.0
"Compelled to kneel and tremble at the sight,",0.0
"To fold his fingers, all in dread the while,",0.0
Till Mister Ashford softened to a smile;,1.0
"Nor the pure faith to give it force, are there: ' --",2.0
"But he is blessed, and I lament no more",3.0
A wise good man contented to be poor.,1.0
Then died a Rambler; not the one who sails,1.0
"Not one, who posts from place to place ' --  of men",0.0
And manners treating with a flying pen;,1.0
And chides the clouds that intercept the sight;,0.0
"No curious shell, rare plant, or brilliant spar,",4.0
Enticed our traveller from his home so far;,1.0
"But all the reason, by himself assigned",1.0
"For so much rambling, was, a restless mind;",2.0
"As on, from place to place, without intent,",1.0
"Without reflection, Robin Dingley went.",0.0
Not thus by nature: ' --  never man was found,0.0
Less prone to wander from his parish bound:,2.0
"Save those where he and where his apples grew,",0.0
"Resembled Robin, who around would look,",0.0
And his horizon for the earth's mistook.,2.0
To this poor swain a keen Attorney came; ' --,2.0
"I give thee joy, good fellow! on thy name;",1.0
"Nor wife, nor will; his all is left for thee:",1.0
To be his fortune's heir thy claim is good;,0.0
"Thou hast the name, and we will prove the blood.",1.0
"The claim was made; iT was tried, ' --  it would not stand;",0.0
"They proved the blood, but were refused the land",1.0
"Assured of wealth, this man of simple heart,",0.0
To every friend had predisposed a part:,0.0
His wife had hopes indulged of various kind;,2.0
"Masters were sought for what they each required,",2.0
"So high was hope: ' --  the failure touched his brain,",0.0
And Robin never was himself again;,1.0
"Yet he no wrath, no angry wish expressed,",4.0
"But tried, in vain, to labour or to rest;",1.0
Then cast his bundle on his back and went,1.0
"He knew not whither, nor for what intent.",1.0
"Years fled; ' --  of Robin all remembrance past,",0.0
When home he wandered in his rags at last:,0.0
"A sailor's jacket on his limbs was thrown,",1.0
A sailor's storey he had made his own;,1.0
Encountering death in all his ugliest forms:,4.0
"His cheeks were haggard, hollow was his eye",1.0
"Where madness lurked, concealed in misery;",1.0
And prompted cunning to that simple heart:,1.0
But live at home and labour as before.,1.0
"Here clothed and fed, no sooner he began",2.0
"To round and redden, than away he ran;",1.0
"His wife was dead, their children past his aid.",0.0
"So, unmolested, from his home he strayed:",1.0
"Six years elapsed, when, worn with want and pain,",1.0
"Came Robin, wrapped in all his rags, again: ' --",1.0
"We chide, we pity; ' --  placed among our poor,",0.0
"He fed again, and was a man once more.",2.0
"As when a gaunt and hungry fox is found,",0.0
Entrapped alive in some rich hunter's ground:,1.0
"Fed for the field, although each day's a feast,",1.0
"Fatten you may, but never tame the beast;",1.0
But loose his neck and off he goes again:,1.0
"So stole our Vagrant from his warm retreat,",1.0
To rove a prowler and be deemed a cheat.,1.0
"Hard was his fare; for him at length we saw,",1.0
In cart conveyed and laid supine on straw.,0.0
His feeble voice now spoke a sinking heart;,1.0
His groans now told the motions of the cart;,2.0
"And when it stopped, he tried in vain to stand;",0.0
"Closed was his eye, and clenched his clammy hand;",0.0
"Life ebbed apace, and our best aid no more",2.0
Could his weak sense or dying heart restore:,3.0
"But now he fell, a victim to the snare,",1.0
That vile attorneys for the weak prepare; ' --,1.0
"They who, when profit or resentment call,",1.0
Heed not the groaning victim they enthral.,1.0
"Then died lamented, in the strength of life,",0.0
A valued Mother and a faithful Wife;,1.0
"Called not away, when time had loosed each hold",1.0
"On the fond heart, and each desire grew cold;",3.0
"But when, to all that knit us to our kind,",1.0
"Not when the ills of age, its pain, its care,",0.0
The drooping spirit for its fate prepare;,1.0
"And, each affection failing, leaves the heart",0.0
"Loosed from life's charm, and willing to dae part;",5.0
"But all her ties the strong invader broke,",0.0
"In all their strength, by one tremendous stroke!",1.0
"Sudden and swift the eager pest came on,",4.0
"And terror grew, till every hope was gone;",0.0
Still those around appeared for hope to seek!,2.0
But viewed the sick and were afraid to speak. ' --,1.0
"Slowly they bore, with solemn step, the dead;",2.0
When grief grew loud and bitter tears were shed,1.0
"My part began; a crowd drew near the place,",1.0
"Awe in each eye, alarm in every face:",0.0
"So swift the ill, and of so fierce a kind,",1.0
That fear with pity mingled in each mind;,0.0
"He knew not grief, but cries expressed his fear;",0.0
"Each different age and sex revealed its pain,",0.0
"In now a louder, now a lower strain;",0.0
"While the meek father, listening to their tones,",3.0
Swelled the full cadence of the grief by groans.,4.0
"The elder sister strove her pangs to hide,",0.0
And soothing words to younger minds applied:,0.0
"Be still, be patient; oft she strove to stay;",0.0
"But failed as oft, and weeping turned away.",0.0
The village lads stood melancholy still;,1.0
"And idle children, wandering to and fro,",1.0
"As Nature guided, took the tone of woe.",0.0
"Arrived at home, how then they gazed around,",0.0
"In every place, ' --  where she ' --  no more, was found; ' --",0.0
The seat at table she was wont to fill;,1.0
"The fireside chair, still set, but vacant still;",4.0
"Each place of hers, was now a sacred place,",1.0
"That, while it called up sorrows in the eyes,",0.0
Pierced the full heart and forced them still to rise.,3.0
"O sacred sorrow! by whom souls are tried,",1.0
"Sent not to punish mortals, but to guide;",1.0
"If thou art mine, and who shall proudly dare",0.0
"To tell his Maker, he has had his share?",1.0
"Still let me feel for what thy pangs are sent,",1.0
And be my guide and not my punishment!,1.0
"Of Leah Cousins next the name appears,",0.0
"Save that she lived to feel, in life's decay,",0.0
Viewed as the help and guardian of her life;,1.0
"Fathers and sons, indebted to her aid,",3.0
Respect to her and her profession paid;,2.0
"Who in the house of plenty largely fed,",0.0
Yet took her station at the pauper's bed;,1.0
"Nor from that duty could be bribed again,",1.0
While fear or danger urged her to remain:,1.0
"In her experience all her friends relied,",2.0
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.,1.0
"Thus Leah lived; long trusted, much caressed,",3.0
"A gay vain bride, who would example give",1.0
To that poor village where she deigned to live;,1.0
"Some few months past, she sent, in hour of need,",1.0
"For Doctor Glib, who came with wondrous speed:",0.0
"Two days he waited, all his art applied,",1.0
To save the mother when her infant died: ' --,0.0
"'Twas well I came, at last he deigned to say;",1.0
'Twas wondrous well; ' --  and proudly rode away.,1.0
The news ran round; ' --  How vast the Doctor's power!,1.0
He saved the Lady in the trying hour;,0.0
"Saved her from death, when she was dead to hope,",1.0
And her fond husband had resigned her up:,2.0
"So all, like her, may evil fate defy,",0.0
"If Doctor Glib, with saving hand, be nigh.",0.0
"Fame now his friend, fear, novelty, and whim,",3.0
"And fashion, sent the varying sex to him:",2.0
"From this, contention in the village rose;",1.0
And these the Dame espoused; the Doctor those:,2.0
"The wealthier part, to him and science went;",3.0
With luck and her the poor remained content.,1.0
"The Matron sighed; for she was vexed at heart,",1.0
"With so much profit, so much fame, to part:",2.0
"So long successful in my art, she cried,",0.0
"And this proud man, so young and so untried!",3.0
"Nay, said the Doctor, dare you trust your wives",1.0
"The joy, the pride, the solace of your lives,",1.0
"To one who acts and knows no reason why,",2.0
"But trusts, poor hag! to luck for an ally? ' --",1.0
"Who, on experience, can her claims advance,",2.0
And own the powers of accident and chance?,3.0
"A whining dame, who prays in danger's view,",1.0
A proof she knows not what beside to do;,0.0
Blundering she wrought and still she blunders on: ' --,2.0
And what is Nature? One who acts in aid,1.0
"Of gossips half asleep, and half afraid:",0.0
"With such allies I scorn my fame to blend,",1.0
Skill is my luck and courage is my friend:,1.0
"No slave to Nature, it's my chief delight",2.0
To win my way and act in her despite: ' --,1.0
"Trust then my art, that, in itself complete,",0.0
Needs no assistance and fears no defeat.,3.0
The angry Matron grew for contest ripe.,0.0
"Can you, she said, ungrateful and unjust,",2.0
"Before experience, ostentation trust!",2.0
"What is your hazard, foolish daughters, tell?",0.0
"That I have luck must friend and foe confess,",0.0
And what's good judgement but a lucky guess?,1.0
"He boasts, but what he can do: ' --  will you run",0.0
"From me, your friend! who, all he boasts, have done?",1.0
By proud and learnt words his powers are known;,5.0
By healthy boys and handsome girls my own:,0.0
Wives! fathers! children! by my help you live;,2.0
Has this pale Doctor more than life to give?,2.0
No stunted cripple hops the village round;,1.0
Your hands are active and your heads are sound:,1.0
My lads are all your fields and flocks require;,0.0
"Can this proud leech, with all his boasted skill,",2.0
"Amend the soul or body, wit or will?",0.0
"Does he for courts the sons of farmers frame,",0.0
Or make the daughter differ from the dame?,1.0
"Or, whom he brings into this world of woe,",0.0
Prepares he them their part to undergo?,1.0
"If not, this stranger from your doors repel,",1.0
And be content to be and to be well.,1.0
"She spoke; but, ah! with words too strong and plain;",1.0
"Her warmth offended, and her truth was vain:",1.0
"The many left her, and the friendly few,",1.0
"If never colder, yet they older grew;",0.0
"Till, unemployed, she felt her spirits droop,",0.0
"And took, insidious aid! the inspiring cup;",3.0
"Grew poor and peevish as her powers decayed,",4.0
"And propped the tottering frame with stronger aid, ' --",2.0
"Who to this world, at least, with equal care,",0.0
"Brought them its changes, good and ill to share.",0.0
"Now to his grave was Roger Cuff conveyed,",0.0
And strong resentment's lingering spirit laid.,0.0
His brothers three ' --  and thrice they wished him drowned.,0.0
"We part for ever! ' --  and they cried, Amen!",1.0
"His words were truth's: ' --  Some forty summers fled,",0.0
His brothers died; his kin supposed him dead:,0.0
"Three nephews these, one sprightly niece, and one,",2.0
Less near in blood ' --  they called him surly John;,0.0
"He worked in woods apart from all his kind,",0.0
Fierce were his looks and moody was his mind.,1.0
For home the sailor now began to sigh: ' --,0.0
"The dogs are dead, and I'll return and die;",1.0
"When all I have, my gains, in years of care,",0.0
The younger Cuffs with kinder souls shall share ' --,0.0
"No; I'll disguise me, be in tatters dressed,",2.0
And best befriend the lads who treat me best.,0.0
"Now all his kindred, ' --  neither rich nor poor, ' --",0.0
Kept the wolf want some distance from the door.,4.0
"And begged for aid, as he described his state: ' --",1.0
"But stern was George; ' --  Let them who had thee strong,",2.0
Help thee to drag thy weakened frame along;,0.0
"To us a stranger, while your limbs would move,",1.0
"From us depart, and try a stranger's love: ' --",1.0
"Ha! dost thou murmur? ' --  for, in Roger's throat,",1.0
Was Rascal! rising with disdainful note.,1.0
To pious James he then his prayer addressed; ' --,0.0
"And, had I wealth, as have my brothers twain,",0.0
One board should feed us and one roof contain:,1.0
But plead I will thy cause and I will pray:,2.0
And so farewell! Heaven help thee on thy way!,2.0
Scoundrel! said Roger but apart; ' --  and told,4.0
His case to Peter; ' --  Peter too was cold; ' --,0.0
"But I will think, ' --  he said, and shut the door.",1.0
Then the gay niece the seeming pauper pressed; ' --,3.0
"Turn, Nancy, turn, and view this form distressed:",1.0
"Akin to thine is this declining frame,",2.0
And this poor beggar claims an Uncle's name.,2.0
Thou vile impostor! Uncle Roger's dead:,0.0
"I hate thee, beast; thy look my spirit shocks;",0.0
Oh! that I saw thee starving in the stocks!,0.0
My gentle niece! he said ' --  and sought the wood. ' --,0.0
"Give! am I rich? This hatchet take, and try",0.0
"Thy proper strength, nor give those limbs the lie;",0.0
"Work, feed thyself, to thine own powers appeal,",4.0
"Nor whine out woes, thine own right-hand can heal;",1.0
"And while that hand is thine and thine a leg,",1.0
Scorn of the proud or of the base to beg.,1.0
"Come, surly John, thy wealthy kinsman view,",2.0
Old Roger said; ' --  thy words are brave and true;,1.0
"Tobacco's glorious fume all day we'll share,",3.0
With beef and brandy kill all kinds of care;,0.0
"We'll beer and biscuit on our table heap,",1.0
"And rail at rascals, till we fall asleep.",1.0
"Such was their life; but when the woodman died,",1.0
His grieving kin for Roger's smiles applied ' --,0.0
"In vain; he shut, with stern rebuke, the door,",0.0
"And dying, built a refuge for the poor,",1.0
"With this restriction, That no Cuff should share",2.0
"One meal, or shelter for one moment there.",2.0
My Record ends: ' --  But hark! even now I hear,3.0
"The bell of death, and know not whose to fear:",0.0
"Our farmers all, and all our hinds were well;",0.0
In no man's cottage danger seemed to dwell: ' --,1.0
"Yet death of man proclaim these heavy chimes,",0.0
"For thrice they sound, with pausing space, three times.",1.0
"Go; of my Sexton seek, Whose days are sped? ' --",0.0
"What! he, himself! ' --  and is old Dibble dead?",3.0
"But he is gone; his care and skill I lose,",1.0
And gain a mournful subject for my Muse:,1.0
"And kindly add, ' --  Heaven grant, I lose no more!",2.0
"Yet, while he spoke, a sly and pleasant glance",0.0
"For, as he told their fate and varying worth,",3.0
"He archly looked, ' --  I yet may bear thee forth.",0.0
"When first ' --  he so began ' --  my trade I plied,",1.0
"His clerk and sexton, I beheld with fear,",1.0
"His stride majestic, and his frown severe;",1.0
"A noble pillar of the church he stood,",1.0
"Then as he paced the hallowed aisles about,",0.0
"But in his pulpit wearied down with prayer,",1.0
"For while the anthem swelled, and when it ceased,",0.0
The expecting people viewed their slumbering priest:,3.0
"Who, dozing, died. ' --  Our Parson Peele was next;",0.0
"' I will not spare you,' was his favourite text;",2.0
"Nor did he spare, but raised them many a pound;",2.0
Even me he mulct for my poor rood of ground;,3.0
"' What should I do,' quoth he,' but what I preach?'",0.0
Were daily offered both to rich and poor;,0.0
"His scorn, his love, in playful words he spoke;",0.0
"His pity, praise, and promise, were a joke:",1.0
"But though so young and blessed with spirits high,",1.0
He died as grave as any judge could die:,0.0
"The strong attack subdued his lively powers, ' --",0.0
Then were there golden times the village round;,0.0
In his abundance all appeared to abound;,3.0
Even cool Dissenters at his table fed;,0.0
"Who wished and hoped, ' --  and thought a man so kind",0.0
"A way to Heaven, though not their own, might find;",0.0
"To them, to all, he was polite and free,",2.0
"Kind to the poor, and, ah! most kind to me!",0.0
"' Ralph,' would he say,' Ralph Dibble, thou art old;",2.0
' How does my sexton? ' --  What! the times are hard;,0.0
"' Drive that stout pig, and pen him in thy yard.'",3.0
"' Clap that within, and see how they will wear!'",2.0
Gay days were these; but they were quickly past:,2.0
Upset him quite; ' --  but what's the gain of grief?,0.0
Was all in books; to read them or to write:,1.0
"Women and men he strove alike to shun,",2.0
And hurried homeward when his tasks were done:,0.0
"Courteous enough, but careless what he said,",1.0
For points of learning he reserved his head;,1.0
"And when addressing either poor or rich,",0.0
He knew no better than his cassock which:,2.0
"Erect by nature, but to bend inclined;",1.0
And kindly took them as they came to hand,1.0
"Nor, like the doctor, wore a world of hat,",0.0
As if he sought for dignity in that:,2.0
"He talked, he gave, but not with cautious rules:",0.0
"It was his nature, but they thought it whim,",2.0
And so our beaux and beauties turned from him:,1.0
"Of questions, much he wrote, profound and dark, ' --",0.0
"How spoke the serpent, and where stopped the ark;",1.0
From what far land the queen of Sheba came;,1.0
"He made the Song of Songs its mysteries yield,",2.0
"And Revelations, to the world, revealed.",1.0
"He sleeps in the aisle, ' --  but not a stone records",0.0
"His name or fame, his actions or his words:",1.0
"And truth, your reverence, when I look around,",1.0
"Though dare I not of one man's hope to doubt,",2.0
I'd join the party who repose without.,0.0
"Next came a Youth from Cambridge, and, in truth,",1.0
He was a sober and a comely youth;,2.0
And gained attention ere his task began;,0.0
"Advised and censured, flattered, ' --  and prevailed. ' --",1.0
"Then did he much his sober hearers vex,",0.0
"Confound the simple, and the sad perplex;",1.0
"Loud grew his voice, to threatening swelled his look;",1.0
"Above, below, on either side, he gazed,",0.0
"Amazing all, and most himself amazed:",0.0
"But launched outright, and rose and sank again:",1.0
"At times he smiled in scorn, at times he wept,",0.0
"And such sad coil with words of vengeance kept,",2.0
That our best sleepers started as they slept.,3.0
"' Conviction comes like lightning,' he would cry;",1.0
"' In vain you seek it, and in vain you fly;",1.0
"' IT is like the rushing of the mighty wind,",1.0
"' Unseen its progress, but its power you find;",4.0
' It strikes the child ere yet its reason wakes;,1.0
"' His reason fled, the ancient sire it shakes;",2.0
"' The proud, learnt man, and him who loves to know",2.0
"' How and from whence these gusts of grace will blow,",1.0
"' It shuns, ' --  but sinners in their way impedes,",0.0
' Of faith and penance it supplies the place;,1.0
"' And, without running, makes them win the race.'",5.0
Such was the doctrine our young prophet taught;,5.0
"And here conviction, there confusion wrought;",1.0
"When his thin cheek assumed a deadly hue,",3.0
And all the rose to one small spot withdrew:,2.0
"They called it hectic; iT was a fiery flush,",3.0
More fixed and deeper than the maiden blush;,1.0
Upheld a body of the smaller size;,1.0
"But down he sank upon his dying bed,",1.0
' I fear of worldly works the wicked pride;,0.0
"' Poor as I am, degraded, abject, blind,",1.0
"' Your faith's your prop, nor have you passed such time",0.0
"' If I of pardon for my sins were sure,",2.0
' About my goodness I would rest secure.',1.0
Such was his end; and mine approaches fast;,2.0
"He bowed, and archly smiled at what he said,",0.0
Civil but sly: ' --  And is old Dibble dead?,4.0
Yes! he is gone: and we are going all;,1.0
"Like flowers we wither, and like leaves we fall; ' --",3.0
"Here, with an infant, joyful sponsors come,",0.0
"A few short years and we behold him stand,",1.0
"To ask a blessing, with his bride in hand:",1.0
"A few, still seeming shorter, and we hear",2.0
His widow weeping at her husband's bier: ' --,0.0
"Thus, as the months succeed, shall infants take",0.0
Their names; thus parents shall the child forsake;,1.0
"By love or law compelled their vows to seal,",0.0
"Ere I again, or one like me, explore",4.0
These simple Annals of the Village Poor.,1.0
"Had hatched her young Ones in a stately Oak,",1.0
"And near the Root with Litter warmly dressed,",0.0
A teeming Sow had made her peaceful Nest.,0.0
Thus Palaces are crammed from Roof to Ground.,2.0
"And Animals, as various, in them found.",2.0
"When to the Sow, who no Misfortune feared,",0.0
"Puss with her fawning Compliments appeared,",1.0
"Rejoicing much at her Delivery past,",3.0
"And that she escaped so well, who bred so fast.",1.0
"Bestows good Wishes, but with Sighs implies,",1.0
That some dark Fears do in her Bosom rise.,1.0
"Such tempting Flesh, she cries, will Eagles spare?",0.0
"Since I, who bring not forth such dainty Bits,",0.0
Tremble for my unpalatable Chits;,4.0
"And had I but foreseen, the Eagle's Bed",2.0
Was in this fatal Tree to have been spread;,0.0
Than made this Place of Danger my abode.,1.0
"I heard her young Ones lately cry for Pig,",1.0
"And pitied you, that were so near, and big.",2.0
"In Friendship this I secretly reveal,",2.0
"Or else, perhaps, Yourself may be their aim,",0.0
"But overturning all with boisterous Fears,",0.0
"She from her helpless Young in haste departs,",1.0
"While Puss ascends, to practise farther Arts.",0.0
"The Eagle, never alarmed so before,",3.0
"Bids her come in, and look the Cause be great,",0.0
That makes her thus disturb the Royal Seat;,0.0
"Shall, in excuse of Insolence, prevail.",1.0
"Alas! my Gracious Lady, quoth the Cat,",0.0
"I think not of such Vermin; Mouse, or Rat",1.0
To me are tasteless grown; nor dare I stir,1.0
"A Foe intestine threatens all around,",0.0
And even this lofty Structure will confound;,3.0
"On the Foundation has been long at work,",1.0
"Helped by a Rabble, issued from her Womb,",1.0
Which she has fostered in that lower Room;,0.0
"Who now for Acorns are so madly bent,",1.0
"That soon this Tree must fall, for their Content.",0.0
I would have fetched some for the unruly Elves;,1.0
But it's the Mob's delight to help Themselves:,1.0
"While your high Brood must with the meanest drop,",1.0
"And steeper be their Fall, as next the Top;",0.0
"Unless you soon to Jupiter repair,",1.0
"And let him know, the Case demands his Care.",0.0
"O! may the Trunk but stand, till you come back!",2.0
"But hark! already sure, I hear it crack.",0.0
"Away, away ' --  The Eagle, all aghast,",0.0
"Soars to the Sky, nor falters in her haste:",0.0
Replenishing her Maw with treacherous Gains.,3.0
"Of those, who know you not, till it's too late!",2.0
"Now wanton dived, now with an haughty Air",3.0
Their wistful Eyes with sudden Transport glowed.,0.0
"Too soon they feared to lose the pleasing Sight,",1.0
And would the Nymph to longer Stay invite.,0.0
And changing thus engage the listening Fair.,0.0
"The Lamprey will admit the Serpent's Love,",1.0
"But first she makes the Spouse himself disarm,",0.0
"And leave behind the Poison, that would harm:",0.0
But we court Love with its attending Ills;,3.0
A deadly Draught the bitter Potion fills.,0.0
"If those were innocent, and these sincere.",3.0
"The Dolphins are to meaner Fish preferred,",1.0
"They Love promote, and the hid Nymph betrayed,",2.0
When Neptune sought in vain the fearful Maid:,0.0
"Though coy she fled, the Dolphins were as fleet,",1.0
"And told the God, and showed the close Retreat.",0.0
And may the God yet greater Gifts bestow.,1.0
"How can the Nymph be either true or kind,",1.0
"Bred up with Waves, and used to noisy Wind?",0.0
"Things here are cruel all; with mutual Rage,",2.0
"Devour each other, and for Food engage.",3.0
And joyous feast on the enlivened Seed.,1.0
"So way ward Beauty its own Offspring hates,",3.0
"And kills the Passion, which it self creates.",0.0
"All are not cruel, but some harmless feed,",0.0
"And eat the Slime, or bite the swimming Weed;",0.0
"Nay there are those live by a constant Kiss,",1.0
And to each other owe their Life and Bliss.,1.0
"When Fishers for the Female Sepia wait,",4.0
"If she be caught, they need no second Bait,",2.0
"The constant Male will still the Fair attend,",0.0
"And mocks the Net, and glories in his end.",0.0
"When the mild Spring, or smiling Calms invite",0.0
"The wanton Fish in Love, and gay Delight",0.0
"Are sporting seen, but soon are hid below,",0.0
"When Storms begin, and Winds in Anger blow.",0.0
"But, Triton, there are some, who truly brave",1.0
"Even court the Storms, and mock the rising Wave.",0.0
So Love is heightened by opposing Frowns;,1.0
"Scorn cannot heal, but may repeat the Wounds.",2.0
I hate the Shore; for there the troubled Deep,1.0
"The dying Dolphins to the Shore repair,",1.0
Nor would in Death pollute the purer Air.,0.0
Even when a cooling Breeze from airy Fields,0.0
"In Summers Heat a kind Refreshment yields,",0.0
"And sport with Fish above, or dive below.",0.0
"Ah! wretched Seas, always a verse to Sleep;",1.0
Here ravenous Fish their constant Watches keep:,2.0
"And seize the Spoil, and feast upon the Prey.",0.0
"But though we wake, no Hopes the Toil repay,",2.0
"In vain by Night we sigh, or sing by Day,",0.0
"Nor may in tuneful Song our Passion tell,",1.0
"The Nymphs despise the Voice, and dread the louder Shell.",0.0
"Art must be used, when Force will not prevail.",0.0
"Snares wily laid, and cunning, seldom fail.",1.0
He patient will the opening Oyster wait:,3.0
"Then with a Stone prevents the closing Shell,",0.0
"Unhappy Fish has all his Sweets exposed,",0.0
"Overcome by Craft, and can no more be closed.",0.0
"Then sunk beneath, and as she disappeared,",1.0
"So well he loved, that the transported Boy",1.0
Could scarce sustain the vast impetuous Joy.,0.0
While luckless Alcon knit his angry Brow;,5.0
"His Looks sad Rage, and deep Resentment show,",1.0
And quick he dives to weep unseen below.,0.0
"LET every line convey a sister's heart,",1.0
And for thy health ' --  her anxious fears impart.,1.0
"Think, OH! my brother ' --  alas! I have but one,",3.0
"The hour of riot, it may last too long.",2.0
"Folly and youth in all will have their sway,",2.0
But reason too puts in a claim today.,1.0
OH! hear her voice! the worthy man prefer,1.0
While vain amusement takes up all thy time.,0.0
"Harmless at least, though now a sigh would break.",2.0
To gayer scenes I fain would me betake?,1.0
In various arts my skill I do essay:,2.0
"To shade yonder walk ' --  and flowers of various kind,",6.0
"May some fair nymph, who all thy fancy takes ' --",1.0
For you and her I plant it ' --  for your sakes.,2.0
May one more modest be designed for thee;,1.0
"Each day improves, though youth and beauty leave her.",0.0
"WHAT Soil the Apple loves, what Care is due",0.0
Adventurous I presume to sing; of Verse,3.0
"Nor skilled, nor studious: But my Native Soil",1.0
"Invites me, and the Theme as yet unsung.",1.0
"To whom propitious Heaven these Blessings grants,",0.0
"Attend my Lays; nor hence disdain to learn,",0.0
How Nature's Gifts may be improved by Art.,0.0
"And thou, OH Mostyn, whose Benevolence,",3.0
"To knit in Friendship, growing still with Years,",0.0
Accept this Pledge of Gratitude and Love.,0.0
May it a lasting Monument remain,2.0
"Of dear Respect; that, when this Body frail",0.0
"As I had never been, late Times may know",2.0
Be this his first Concern; to find a Tract,0.0
That intercept the Hyperborean Blasts,2.0
Noxious to feeble Buds: But to the West,3.0
"Let him free Entrance grant, let Zephyrs bland",4.0
Administer their tepid genial Airs;,1.0
Invigorating tender Seeds; whose Breath,0.0
"Nurtures the Orange, and the Citron Groves,",3.0
"Wide through the Air, and distant Shores perfumes.",0.0
Nor only do the Hills exclude the Winds:,0.0
"Distil, from the high Summits down the Rain",3.0
"Runs trickling; with the fertile Moisture cheered,",2.0
"Their thriving Plants, and bless the heavenly Dew.",2.0
"Next, let the Planter, with Discretion meet,",1.0
The Force and Genius of each Soil explore;,1.0
"To what adapted, what it shuns averse:",0.0
"Without this necessary Care, in vain",0.0
"Rejoicing in rich Mould, most ample Fruit",1.0
"So Nature has decreed; so, oft we see",0.0
"Elaborate; less, inwardly, exact.",2.0
"Nor from the sable Ground expect Success,",1.0
"Nor from cretaceous, stubborn and jejune:",3.0
"The Must, of pallid Hue, declares the Soil",0.0
"Grow wavy on the Tilth, that Soil select",2.0
For Apples; thence thy Industry shall gain,1.0
"Tenfold Reward; thy Garners, thence with Store",1.0
"Shall flow, which, in revolving Years, may try",0.0
"Thy feeble Feet, and bind thy faltering Tongue.",2.0
"He promised to himself, allured by Fair",1.0
"In height of Hopes ' --  O! hardest Fate, to fall",0.0
"By Show of Friendship, and pretended Love!",1.0
A kinder Mould: Yet it's unsafe to trust,1.0
"Deceitful Ground: Who knows but that, once more,",0.0
"This Mount may journey, and, his present Site",1.0
"Forsaking, to thy Neighbours Bounds transfer",2.0
"The goodly Plants, affording Matter strange",0.0
"To deck this Rise with Fruits of various Tastes,",2.0
Fail not by frequent Vows to implore Success;,2.0
But if for Nature does not share alike,1.0
Her Gifts an happy Soil should be withheld;,0.0
"If a penurious Clay should be thy Lot,",4.0
"Or rough unwieldy Earth, nor to the Plough,",1.0
"Nor to the Cattle kind, with sandy Stones",1.0
"Will rise luxuriant, and with toughest Root",1.0
"But what, or of it self, or else compelled,",1.0
Affords Advantage. On the barren Heath,1.0
"The Shepherd tends his Flock, that daily crop",0.0
"Their verdant Dinner from the mossy Turf,",1.0
"Sufficient; after them the Cackling Goose,",1.0
"Fearless of rending Winds, and dashing Waves,",2.0
"Of pampered Luxury. Then, let thy Ground",1.0
"Refuse to thrive, yet who would doubt to plant",0.0
"Somewhat, that may to Human Use redound,",1.0
"And Penury, the worst of Ills, remove?",1.0
"There are, who, fondly studious of Increase,",3.0
"Induce laborious, and with fattening Muck",1.0
"Seems fair awhile, cherished with foster Earth:",6.0
"But, when the alien Compost is exhaust,",3.0
It's native Poverty again prevails.,1.0
"In a due Hour employed, great Profit yield.",4.0
"The Industrious, when the Sun in Leo rides,",2.0
Forgets not at the Foot of every Plant,0.0
"To sink a circling Trench, and daily pour",0.0
"Exhausted Sap recruiting; else, false Hopes",1.0
"He cherishes, nor will his Fruit expect",2.0
"The autumnal Season, but, in Summer's Pride,",2.0
"Thus the great Light of Heaven, that in his Course",3.0
"Surveys and quickens all things, often proves",1.0
"Noxious to planted Fields, and often Men",2.0
Perceive his Influence dire: sweltering they run,3.0
"Still streaming fresh revisit, to allay",2.0
"Preceding should be destitute of Rain,",0.0
Then woe to Mortals! Titan then exerts,0.0
"Then Maladies of various Kinds, and Names",3.0
"Unknown, malignant Fevers, and that Foe",1.0
"To blooming Beauty, which imprints the Face",0.0
"Of fairest Nymph, and cheques our growing Love,",0.0
"Reign far and near; grim Death, in different Shapes,",2.0
"His Victims, Youths, and Virgins, in their Flower,",0.0
"Reluctant die, and sighing leave their Loves",0.0
"Unfinished, by infectious Heaven destroyed.",1.0
"Such Heats prevailed, when fair Eliza, last",0.0
"Nor could her Virtues, nor repeated Vows",1.0
"Of thousand Lovers, the relentless Hand",1.0
"Of Death arrest; She with the Vulgar fell,",1.0
Only distinguished by this humble Verse.,3.0
But if it please the Sun's intemperate Force,3.0
"To know, attend; while I of ancient Fame",1.0
"The Annals trace, and image to thy Mind,",1.0
"By the wide yawning Earth, to Stygian Shades",2.0
"In elder Days, ever yet the Roman Bands",3.0
"Victorious, this our Other World subdued,",1.0
"A spacious City stood, with firmest Walls",0.0
"Of Kings, and Heroes resolute in War,",0.0
"Perhaps had stood, of ancient British Art",0.0
"A pleasing Monument, not less admired",1.0
"Than what from Attic, or Etruscan Hands",1.0
Arose; had not the Heavenly Powers averse,4.0
Decreed her final Doom: For now the Fields,0.0
"Impregnable: The infernal Winds, till now",3.0
"Disdained their narrow Cells; and, their full Strength",1.0
"Collecting, from beneath the solid Mass",1.0
"And baleful Lightning, and the Thunder, Voice",1.0
"Of angry Gods, that rattled solemn, dismayed",2.0
The sinking Hearts of Men. Where should they turn,0.0
Distressed? Whence seek for Aid? when from below,1.0
"Hell threatens, and even Fate supreme gives Signs",4.0
"Of Wrath and Desolation? Vain were Vows,",0.0
"Crushed, and overwhelmed. Others, in frantic Mood,",5.0
"Run howling through the Streets, their hideous Yells",4.0
"Despair, of abject Look: At every Gate",0.0
"Press furious, and, too eager of Escape,",6.0
Obstruct the easy Way; the rocking Town,0.0
"Supplants their Footsteps; to, and fro, they reel",2.0
"Astonished, as overcharged with Wine; when lo!",2.0
"Horrible Chasm, profound! with swift Descent",4.0
"Heroes, and Senators, down to the Realms",4.0
"Of endless Night. Mean while, the loosened Winds",1.0
"Infuriate, melted Rocks and flaming Globes",6.0
"Hurled high above the Clouds; till, all their Force",1.0
"Thus this fair City fell, of which the Name",3.0
"Survives alone; nor is there found a Mark,",1.0
Whereby the curious Passenger may learn,3.0
"And huge unwieldy Bones, lasting Remains",5.0
"Of that Gigantic Race; which, as he breaks",1.0
"Appalled. Upon that treacherous Tract of Land,",2.0
"Improved, that now recalls the devious Muse,",2.0
"The Prudent will observe, what Passions reign",1.0
"In various Plants for not to Man alone,",2.0
"But all the wide Creation, Nature gave",0.0
"Love, and Aversion: Everlasting Hate",2.0
"The Vine to Ivy bears, nor less abhors",0.0
"Her Bud, more lovely, near the fetid Leek,",0.0
"The Price of her celestial Scent: The Gourd,",1.0
"And thirsty Cucumber, when they perceive",2.0
"The approaching Olive, with Resentment fly",2.0
"TO approach the Quince, and the Elder's pithy Stem;",3.0
"Or Walnut, whose malignant Touch impairs",1.0
"All generous Fruits, or near the bitter Dews",2.0
"Of Cherries. Therefore, weigh the Habits well",1.0
"Of Plants, how they associate best, nor let",3.0
Spontaneous will produce an wholesome Draught.,3.0
Let Art correct thy Breed; from Parent Bough,1.0
"By Wedges, and within the living Wound",1.0
Refuse with thy own Hands around to spread,1.0
"Unite, and kindly Nourishment convey",2.0
To the new Pupil; now he shoots his Arms,2.0
"To draw the Earth's purest Spirit, and resist",4.0
"Of tart and sweet; whatever be the Cause,",1.0
This doubtful Progeny by nicest Tastes,1.0
"Expected best Acceptance finds, and pays",0.0
"Some think, the Quince and Apple would combine",0.0
In happy Union; Others fitter deem,0.0
"Who knows but Both may thrive? However, what loss",2.0
"To try the Powers of Both, and search how far",2.0
Two different Natures may concur to mix,2.0
"In close Embraces, and strange Offspring bear?",3.0
And Pears of sundry Forms; at different times,0.0
Adopted Plums will alien Branches grace;,2.0
And Men have gathered from the Hawthorn's Branch,1.0
Nor is it hard to beautify each Month,1.0
Thrice sacred Muse! commodious Precepts gives,4.0
On what is gainful: Sometime she diverts,2.0
"From solid Counsels, shows the Force of Love",0.0
In savage Beasts; how Virgin Face divine,0.0
"Attracts the hapless Youth through Storms, and Waves,",0.0
"Alone, in deep of Night: Then she describes",1.0
"The Scythian Winter, nor disdains to sing,",3.0
Let sage Experience teach thee all the Arts,3.0
The flowing Branches; what Trees answer best,1.0
"From Root, or Kernel: She will best the Hours",1.0
"The different Qualities of things were found,",1.0
And secret Motions; how with heavy Bulk,1.0
Mounts on the Wings of Air; to Her we owe,1.0
"The Indian Weed, unknown to ancient Times,",2.0
"Nature's choice Gift, whose acrimonious Fume",5.0
"Extracts superfluous Juices, and refines",3.0
"It gently mitigates, Companion fit",0.0
"Unfriendly, when they to the vocal Shell",1.0
"She found the polished Glass, whose small Convex",0.0
Enlarges to ten Millions of Degrees,3.0
"The Mite, invisible else, of Nature's Hand",2.0
"Least Animal; and shows, what Laws of Life",2.0
"Fabric their Mansions in the hardened Milk,",2.0
Wonderful Artists! But the hidden Ways,3.0
"Strange Forms arise, in each a little Plant",1.0
Unfolds its Boughs: observe the slender Threads,0.0
"Thus All things by Experience are displayed,",5.0
"Surcease to work; lo! thoughtful of Thy Gain,",4.0
"Consume in Meditation deep, recluse",0.0
"From human Converse, nor, at shut of Eve,",1.0
Enjoy Repose; but oft at Midnight Lamp,1.0
Thee I may counsel right; and oft this Care,1.0
To labour for thy Self? and rather choose,1.0
"Thy slighted Fruits, and give thee Bread unearned?",0.0
"Returns, to show Compassion to thy Plants,",1.0
Well sharpened now assail the spreading Shades,1.0
"In barren Twigs, and, for the expected Crop,",1.0
"When swelling Buds their odorous Foliage shed,",2.0
"And gently harden into Fruit, the Wise",0.0
"Void of sufficient Sustenance, will yield",3.0
A slender Autumn; which the niggard Soul,1.0
"Too late shall weep, and curse his thrifty Hand,",1.0
That would not timely ease the ponderous Boughs.,2.0
"Of Gardening, how to scare nocturnal Thieves,",1.0
"And how the little Race of Birds, that hop",1.0
"From Spray to Spray, scooping the costliest Fruit",7.0
With the false Terrors of a breathless Kite.,3.0
"This done, the timorous Flock with swiftest Wing",2.0
Scud through the Air; their Fancy represents,0.0
"His mortal Talons, and his ravenous Beak",3.0
"Destructive; glad to shun his hostile Gripe,",0.0
"Besides, the filthy Swine will oft invade",0.0
"Thy firm Enclosure, and with delving Snout",1.0
The rooted Forest undermine: forthwith,1.0
"The noxious Herd, and print upon their Ears",0.0
"No Art averts this Pest; on Thee it lies,",2.0
With Morning and with Evening Hand to rid,1.0
"The preying Reptiles; nor, if wise, wilt thou",1.0
"Decline this Labour, which it self rewards",0.0
"And drain a spurious Honey from thy Groves,",3.0
"Their Winter Food; though oft repulsed, again",0.0
"Bear frequent Vials, pregnant with the Dregs",2.0
"They, by the alluring Odour drawn, in haste",3.0
"Fly to the dulcet Cates, and crowding sip",0.0
"Of greedy Insects, that with fruitless Toil",1.0
"Their Feet, in liquid Shackles bound, till Death",0.0
Bereave them of their worthless Souls: Such doom,1.0
"Waits Luxury, and lawless Love of Gain!",2.0
"Intestine Evils will prevail; damp Airs,",2.0
"And rainy Winters, to the Centre pierce",1.0
"Of firmest Fruits, and by unseen Decay",1.0
The proper Relish vitiate: then the Grub,0.0
"Pernicious Tenant, and her secret Cave",1.0
"Enlarges hourly, preying on the Pulp",1.0
Ceaseless; mean while the Apple's outward Form,0.0
"He tastes the bitter Morsel, and rejects",1.0
Embattled Troops with flowing Banners pass,0.0
"Through flowery Meads delighted, nor distrust",3.0
"With Grain incentive stored, by sudden Blaze",0.0
"Bursts fatal, and involves the Hopes of War",2.0
"Torn and dismembered, they aloft expire.",3.0
"Sailing the Spaces of the boundless Deep,",3.0
"Peculiar, styled the Ottley: Be thou first",0.0
This Apple to transplant; if to the Name,2.0
"It's Merit answers, no where shalt thou find",0.0
"Nor does the Eliot least deserve thy Care,",2.0
"With many a Furrow, aptly represents",2.0
"Decrepit Age; nor that from Harvey named,",0.0
Enormous in its Growth; for various Use,2.0
"Are oft required, and crown the rich Desert?",0.0
Best screen thy Mansion from the fervent Dog,2.0
"Breaks the strong Onset, and controls their Rage.",3.0
"Annual, in sumptuous Banquets claims Applause.",3.0
Thrice acceptable Beverage! could but Art,2.0
"Would dread thy Praise, and shun the dubious Strife.",2.0
"To sit beneath her leafy Canopy,",1.0
"At once her Fruits, and hospitable Shade!",5.0
But how with equal Numbers shall we match,1.0
"Sure hopes of racy Wine, and in its Youth,",1.0
"With large and juicy Offspring, that defies",1.0
"Improved her, and by courtly Discipline",2.0
Taught her the savage Nature to forget:,1.0
"Whoever tastes, let him with grateful Heart",2.0
"Respect that ancient loyal House, and wish",0.0
"The noble Peer, that now transcends our Hopes",0.0
"Uninterrupted Joy, and Health entire.",2.0
"Tempting, not fatal, as the Birth of that",3.0
"Fond Eve in hapless Hour to taste, and die.",1.0
Her sacred Virtue. See! the Numbers flow,0.0
"All other Fields! Heaven's sweetest Blessing, hail!",3.0
"Be thou the copious Matter of my Song,",3.0
And Thy choice Nectar; on which always waits,3.0
"And Friendship, chief Delight of Human Life.",0.0
"What should we wish for more? or why, in quest",0.0
"Of Foreign Vintage, insincere, and mixed,",0.0
"Gallic, or Latin Grapes, or those that see",3.0
"TO improve our vegetable Wealth, or let",3.0
"The Soil lie idle, which, with fit Manure,",1.0
"Will largest Usury repay, alone",1.0
"Frugal, or what nice Appetite requires?",3.0
"Of Golden Wheat, the Strength of Human Life.",0.0
"Lo, on auxiliary Poles, the Hops",3.0
"Ascending spiral, ranged in meet Array!",0.0
"Stands thick, overshadowed, to the thirsty Hind",2.0
"Transporting Prospect! These, as modern Use",1.0
"Oft interlaced occur, and both imbibe",1.0
"Fitting congenial Juice; so rich the Soil,",2.0
"To Heaven aspire, affording Prospect sweet",0.0
To Human Ken; nor at their Feet the Vales,0.0
"Descending gently, where the lowing Herd",0.0
"A nobler Hue, more delicate to Sight.",4.0
"Next add the Sylvan Shades, and silent Groves,",0.0
Haunt of the Druids whence the Hearth is fed,0.0
"With copious Fuel; whence the sturdy Oak,",2.0
"Of England's Throne, by sweating Peasants felled,",0.0
"Stems the vast Main, and bears tremendous War",3.0
"To distant Nations, or with Sovereign Sway",1.0
Their hardened Iron; when our Mines produce,0.0
"More prodigal of Life? In ancient Days,",1.0
"Our Fathers no mean Foes: And Cressy Plains,",1.0
Could do in rigid Fight; and chiefly what,0.0
"Prudence, and ancient Prowess, and Renown,",3.0
TO his Noble Offspring. OH thrice happy Peer!,2.0
"Fresh blooming in Thy Generous Son; whose Lips,",3.0
"Flowing with nervous Eloquence exact,",3.0
"Charm the wise Senate, and Attention win",4.0
"Him, as her chosen Worthy, first salutes.",1.0
"Him on the Iberian, on the Gallic Shore,",2.0
Him hardy Britons bless; His faithful Hand,0.0
"Conveys new Courage from afar, nor more",2.0
This Country claims; with Pride and Joy to Thee,0.0
"Patient Thy Absence, since Thy prudent Choice",2.0
"Has fixed Thee in the Muse's fairest Seat,",0.0
"Where Aldrich reigns, and from his endless Store",1.0
Of universal Knowledge still supplies,0.0
His noble Care; He generous Thoughts instills,2.0
Chief End of Life and forms their ductile Minds,1.0
"To Human Virtues: By His Genius led,",1.0
Thou soon in every Art preeminent,1.0
"And Men, from whence conspicuous Patriots spring,",3.0
"Hanmer, and Bromley; Thou, to whom with due",3.0
"With like Examples, and to future Times",1.0
"As, in the Cause of Virtue firm, may fix",0.0
"Her Throne inviolate. Hear, you Gods, this Vow",2.0
"From One, the meanest in her numerous Train;",3.0
"Though meanest, not least studious of her Praise.",2.0
"To Beaufort, in a long Descent derived",0.0
"From Royal Ancestry, of Kingly Rights",1.0
"Their glorious Virtues, high Desert from Pride",2.0
"OH Thou of ancient Faith! Exulting, Thee,",1.0
Who can refuse a Tributary Verse,1.0
"To Weymouth, firmest Friend of slighted Worth",0.0
"In evil Days? whose hospitable Gate,",5.0
"Of daily Guests; whose Board, with Plenty crowned,",0.0
"Forgets not the afflicted, but content",2.0
"In Acts of secret Goodness, shuns the Praise,",0.0
And with Thy Name to dignify my Song.,1.0
"But who is He, that on the winding Stream",0.0
"Approved in Anna's secret Councils sits,",0.0
"Weighing the Sum of Things, with wise Forecast",3.0
Solicitous of public Good? How large,1.0
"His Mind, that comprehends whatever was known",3.0
"To Old, or Present Time; yet not elate,",0.0
Not conscious of its Skill? What Praise deserves,1.0
"His liberal Hand, that gathers but to give,",1.0
"Him lowly reverence, that first deigned to hear",3.0
"Acknowledge thy Own Harley, and his Name",2.0
Inscribe on every Bark; the wounded Plants,0.0
"Will fast increase, faster thy just Respect.",5.0
"Such are our Heroes, by their Virtues known,",2.0
"Or Skill in Peace, and War: Of softer Mould",0.0
"The Female Sex, with sweet attractive Airs",1.0
"Subdue obdurate Hearts. The Travellers oft,",7.0
"Catch sudden Love, and sigh for Nymphs unknown,",1.0
Smit with the Magic of their Eyes: nor hath,1.0
Her Gifts of outward Grace; their Innocence,1.0
"From Pride, or Artifice, long Joys afford",2.0
"To the honest Nuptial Bed, and in the Wane",0.0
"Of Life, rebate the Miseries of Age.",2.0
"And is there found a Wretch, so base of Mind,",1.0
"Uneasy, tedious Days, despised, forlorn,",2.0
"As Stain of Human Race: But may the Man,",1.0
That cheerfully recounts the Females Praise,3.0
"Find equal Love, and Love's untainted Sweets",1.0
"Enjoy with Honour. OH, you Gods! might I",3.0
"Elect my Fate, my happiest Choice should be",2.0
"A fair, and modest Virgin, that invites",0.0
"With Aspect chaste, forbidding loose Desire,",1.0
Tenderly smiling; in whose Heavenly Eye,4.0
"Malignant, these my better Hopes oppose,",1.0
"May I, at least, the sacred Pleasures know",1.0
Of strictest Amity; nor ever want,1.0
"A Friend, with whom I mutually may share",3.0
"Of Speech, and Offices. May in my Mind,",1.0
Indelible a grateful Sense remain,1.0
Of Favours undeserved! ' --  OH Thou! from whom,4.0
"Gladly both Rich, and Low seek Aid; most Wise",4.0
"Interpreter of Right, whose gracious Voice",1.0
"Breathes Equity, and kerbs too rigid Law",3.0
"With mild, impartial Reason; what Returns",0.0
Of Thanks are due to Thy Beneficence,2.0
I tended prone? If Thy indulgent Care,1.0
I now had wandered; and these empty Thoughts,1.0
"I tune my Pipe afresh, each Night, and Day",0.0
"Desirous; but nor Night, nor Day suffice",1.0
For that great Task; the highly Honoured Name,2.0
Of Trevor must employ my willing Thoughts,0.0
"Incessant, dwell for ever on my Tongue.",1.0
"Let me be grateful, but let far from me",2.0
"Be fawning Cringe, and false dissembling Look,",0.0
"In Courts, and gilded Roofs. Some loose the Bands",0.0
"Of ancient Friendship, cancel Nature's Laws",0.0
"Renounce their Sires, oppose paternal Right",0.0
"For Rule, and Power; and other's Realms invade,",2.0
With specious Shows of Love. This traitorous Wretch,2.0
"Betrays his Sovereign. Others, destitute",0.0
"Of real Zeal, to every Altar bend,",2.0
"To be styled Honourable: The Honest Man,",2.0
"Simple of Heart, prefers inglorious Want",4.0
"Each common Privilege, cut off from Hopes",0.0
"Supports him, and Intention free from Fraud.",1.0
If no Retinue with observant Eyes,4.0
"Attend him, if he can't with Purple stain",1.0
"Dazzle the Crowd, and set them all agape;",2.0
"Remote he lives, nor knows the nightly Pangs",0.0
"But as a Child, whose inexperienced Age",4.0
"Nor evil Purpose fears, nor knows, enjoys",0.0
"Night's sweet Refreshment, humid Sleep, sincere.",1.0
"Unhealthy Mortals, and with curious Search",3.0
"Examines all the Properties of Herbs,",1.0
"Displays, if by his Industry he can",2.0
Benefit Human Race: Or else his Thoughts,2.0
Are exercised with Speculations deep,0.0
"Of Good, and Just, and Meet, and the wholesome Rules",0.0
"Of Temperance, and aught that may improve",2.0
"Of harmless Men, or secret Whispers spread,",0.0
"Among faithful Friends, to breed Distrust, and Hate.",5.0
"Studious of Virtue, he no Life observes",3.0
"Except his own, his own employs his Cares,",0.0
"Daily, nor of his little Stock denies",1.0
"Thus sacred Virgil lived, from courtly Vice,",1.0
And Baits of pompous Rome secure; at Court,0.0
"Still thoughtful of the rural honest Life,",2.0
"And how to improve his Grounds, and how himself:",2.0
Best Poet! fit Exemplar for the Tribe,2.0
"Poor eyeless Pilgrim! and if after these,",3.0
"If after these another I may name,",2.0
"Content, depressed by Penury, and Pine",1.0
In foreign Realm: Yet not debased his Verse,0.0
"By Fortune's Frowns. And had that Other Bard,",0.0
"O, had but He that first ennobled Song",1.0
"That rolled in vain to find the piercing Ray,",0.0
"But He ' --  However, let the Muse abstain,",2.0
"Nor blast his Fame, from whom she learnt to sing",0.0
"The Olympian Hill, on Plains, and Vales intent,",3.0
"Mean Follower. There let her rest awhile,",2.0
"Pleased with the fragrant Walks, and cool Retreat.",0.0
"OH Harcourt, Whom the ingenuous Love of Arts",4.0
"Has carried from Thy native Soil, beyond",1.0
Lament Thy Absence? While in sweet Sojourn,3.0
"For ever venerable, rural Seats,",1.0
"Respecting his great Name, dost now approach",2.0
"With bent Knee, and strow with purple Flowers;",2.0
"This long Delay. At length, Dear Youth, return,",1.0
"Of Wit, and Judgement ripe in blooming Years,",0.0
"Return, and let Thy Father's Worth excite",0.0
Thirst of Preeminence; see! how the Cause,4.0
"Of Widows, and of Orphans He asserts",2.0
"With winning Rhetoric, and well argued Law!",4.0
"Mark well His Footsteps, and, like Him, deserve",4.0
"Temper Thy Cups, yet wilt not Thou reject",2.0
"Now grinds choice Apples, and the British Vats",3.0
"Accept this Labour, nor despise the Muse,",1.0
"That, passing Lands, and Seas, on Thee attends.",1.0
"Thus far of Trees: The pleasing Task remains,",1.0
"Against Heaven? Oft, notwithstanding all thy Care",4.0
"Exempt from Ills, an oriental Blast",0.0
"Disastrous flies, soon as the Hind, fatigued,",2.0
"In the Year's Prime, the deadly Plague annoys",3.0
The wide Enclosure; think not vainly now,0.0
Thus disappointed: If the former Years,2.0
"Exhibit no Supplies, alas! thou must,",0.0
A thousand Accidents the Farmer's Hopes,1.0
"Subvert, or cheque; uncertain all his Toil,",0.0
"Rough, or soft Rind, or bearded Husk, or Shell;",3.0
And the Pine's tasteful Apple: Autumn paints,2.0
"OH let me now, when the kind early Dew",3.0
"Diffuse Ambrosial Steams, than Myrrh, or Nard",0.0
"More grateful, or perfuming flowery Beane!",6.0
"Then woo to musing, and becalm the Mind",1.0
"Perplexed with irksome Thoughts. Thrice happy time,",1.0
"Best Portion of the various Year, in which",4.0
"Lovely, to full Perfection wrought! but ah,",2.0
Our pleasant Hours. Inclement Winter dwells,0.0
Contiguous; forthwith frosty Blasts deface,3.0
Of its rich Progeny; the turgid Fruit,3.0
Thy Hinds to exercise the pointed Steel,0.0
To the expected Grinder: Now prepare,1.0
"Materials for thy Mill, a sturdy Post",1.0
"Rounding, capacious of the juicy Hord.",3.0
Nor must thou not be mindful of thy Press,1.0
Long ever the Vintage; but with timely Care,4.0
"Shave the Goat's shaggy Beard, least thou too late,",6.0
"Be cautious next a proper Steed to find,",0.0
Whose Prime is past; the vigorous Horse disdains,2.0
"His past Achievements, and victorious Palms.",3.0
"Blind Bayard rather, worn with Work, and Years,",1.0
Shall roll the unwieldy Stone; with sober Pace,2.0
"He'll tread the circling Path till dewy Eve,",0.0
"With the dry Refuse; thou, more wise shalt steep",1.0
"Thy Husks in Water, and again employ",1.0
The ponderous Engine. Water will imbibe,3.0
"The small Remains of Spirit, and acquire",1.0
"Will quaff, and whistle, as thy tinkling Team",1.0
Pleased with the medley Draught. Not shalt thou now,0.0
Will yield an Harvest of unusual Growth.,1.0
Such Profit springs from Husks discreetly used!,0.0
"The tender Apples, from their Parents rent",1.0
"By stormy Shocks, must not neglected lie,",0.0
"The Prey of Worms: A frugal Man I knew,",0.0
"Rich in one barren Acre, which, subdued",0.0
"By endless Culture, with sufficient Must",1.0
His Casks replenished yearly: He no more,2.0
"Desired, nor wanted, diligent to learn",1.0
"The various Seasons, and by Skill repel",3.0
"Invading Pests, successful in his Cares,",0.0
"Nor curse his Stars; but prudent, his fallen Heaps",2.0
"Collecting, cherished with the tepid Wreaths",1.0
"But this I warn Thee, and shall always warn,",2.0
"No heterogeneous Mixtures use, as some",3.0
"With watery Turnips have debased their Wines,",2.0
"In heated Brass, steaming with Fire intense;",5.0
Of strengthening Vulcan; with their native Strength,3.0
"Thy Wines sufficient, other Aid refuse;",0.0
"And, when the allotted Orb of Time's complete,",1.0
Nor let thy Avarice tempt thee to withdraw,3.0
The Priest's appointed Share; with cheerful Heart,0.0
"The tenth of thy Increase bestow, and own",1.0
"Thy grateful Duty: This neglected, fear",1.0
"A Miser, that unjustly once withheld",0.0
"Be Just, and Wise, and tremble to transgress.",1.0
"Learn now, the Promise of the coming Year",2.0
"To know, that by no flattering Signs abused,",4.0
"Prophetic, and attendant Stars explain",1.0
Each rising Dawn; ever Icy Crusts surmount,3.0
"Twinkle with trembling Rays, and Cynthia glows",4.0
"With Light unsullied: Now the Fowler, warned",0.0
"By these good Omens, with swift early Steps",3.0
"Treads the crimp Earth, ranging through Fields and Glades",3.0
"Their tuneful Throats, the towering, heavy Lead",0.0
Overtakes their Speed; they leave their little Lives,1.0
Foretell a liberal Harvest: He of Times,1.0
"Intelligent, the harsh Hyperborean Ice",6.0
Shuns for our equal Winters; when our Suns,0.0
"Cleave the chilled Soil, he backward wings his Way",3.0
"To Scandinavian frozen Summers, meet",2.0
For his numed Blood. But nothing profits more,4.0
Sometime thou shalt with fervent Vows implore,1.0
Their feeble Heads; the loosened Roots then drink,0.0
"Large Increment, Earnest of happy Years.",5.0
Nor will it nothing profit to observe,2.0
"The monthly Stars, their powerful Influence",3.0
"Over planted Fields, what Vegetables reign",2.0
"Indulgent, to all Moons some succulent Plant",3.0
"Allotted, that poor, helpless Man might slack",1.0
"His present Thirst, and Matter find for Toil.",0.0
Are pressed to Wines; the Britons squeeze the Works,0.0
"Prepare balsamic Cups, to wheezing Lungs",0.0
Profuse of nursing Sap. When Solar Beams,0.0
Permit to range the Pastures; gladly they,1.0
From whence thou artificial Wines shalt drain,1.0
"Slack craving Thirst, and mitigate the Day.",1.0
"The baleful Toad, and Viper from her Shore!",1.0
"More happy in her Balmy Draughts, enriched",0.0
"With Miscellaneous Spices, and the Root",3.0
"Extend her Fame, and to each drooping Heart",1.0
"Present Redress, and lively Health convey.",0.0
"With Bowls of fattening Mum, or blissful Cups",0.0
"Of early Phosphorus salute, at Noon",1.0
"Instructed, thus to quell their Native Phlegm",0.0
"Prevailing, and engender wayward Mirth.",1.0
"What need to treat of distant Climes, removed",0.0
"Far from the sloping Journey of the Year,",1.0
"Of Darkness, would congeal their livid Blood,",0.0
"Did not the Arctic Tract, spontaneous yield",2.0
"A cheering purple Berry, big with Wine,",0.0
"Intensely fervent, which each Hour they crave,",0.0
"Spread round a flaming Pile of Pines, and oft",0.0
"Of strongest Brandy, yet scarce with these Aids",2.0
Enabled to prevent the sudden Rot,1.0
"Whom sunny Borneo bears, are stored with Streams",3.0
"For here, exposed to perpendicular Rays,",2.0
"The Cordial Glass perpetual Motion keep,",2.0
"Void of a bulky Charger near their Lips,",0.0
Their frying Blood compels to irrigate,0.0
"Obnoxious, dismal Death, the Effect of Drought!",2.0
"More happy they, born in Columbus' World,",2.0
"Bow with prodigious Nuts, that give at once",2.0
"Celestial Food, and Nectar; then, at hand",0.0
"They with Pneumatic Engine, ceaseless draw,",1.0
Intent on Laughter; a continual Tide,3.0
"A Ship is dashed, and leaking drinks the Sea,",0.0
"The astonished Mariners ay ply the Pump,",3.0
"No Stay, nor Rest, till the wide Breach is closed.",3.0
"The draining Sucker, then alone concerned,",0.0
When the dry Bowl forbids their pleasing Work.,3.0
"And the harsh Draught, must twice endure the Sun's",2.0
"Kind strengthening Heat, twice Winter's purging Cold.",4.0
"There are, that a compounded Fluid drain",2.0
"From different Mixtures, Woodcock, Pippin, Moyle,",1.0
Each mutually correcting each create,3.0
"A pleasurable Medley, of what Taste",2.0
"That views the watery Breed, with thousand Shows",2.0
"Their genuine Relish, and of sundry Vines",3.0
"The Spanish Product, this, to Gauls has seemed",1.0
"Deluded, that Imperial Rhine bestowed",2.0
Thy thirsty Soul; let none persuade to broach,1.0
"The hoary Frosts, and Northern Blasts take care",1.0
"Thy muddy Beverage to serene, and drive",1.0
"It's earthy Gross, yet let it feed awhile",0.0
Suffice it to provide a brazen Tube,1.0
"Ascending, then by downward Tract conveyed,",0.0
"Spouts into subject Vessels, lovely clear.",2.0
"Darts through a Cloud, her watery Skirts are edged",2.0
"So, and so richly, the purged Liquid shines.",3.0
"Now also, when the Colds abate, nor yet",1.0
"Full Summer shines, a dubious Season, close",3.0
"In Glass thy purer Streams, and let them gain,",0.0
"For this Intent, the subtle Chemist feeds",1.0
"Over Sand, and Ashes, and the stubborn Flint",1.0
"From hence a glowing Drop, with hollowed Steel",0.0
"He takes, and by one efficacious Breath",1.0
"Or Oval, and fit Receptacles forms",4.0
"For every Liquid, with his plastic Lungs,",1.0
To human Life subservient; By his Means,1.0
"And tasteful Pippin, in a Moon's short Year,",1.0
Acquire complete Perfection: Now they smoke,2.0
"Transparent, sparkling in each Drop, Delight",0.0
"Of curious Palate, by fair Virgins craved.",4.0
But harsher Fluids different lengths of time,0.0
Expect: Thy Flask will slowly mitigate,0.0
"Withstood the Greeks endures, ever justly mild.",4.0
"Fallacious Drink! You honest Men beware,",0.0
Nor trust its Smoothness; The third circling Glass,2.0
"Suffices Virtue: But may Hypocrites,",1.0
"That slyly speak one thing, another think,",0.0
"Hateful as Hell pleased with the Relish weak,",2.0
"Infatuate, they their wily Thoughts disclose,",0.0
"Now call for Vent, his Lands exhaust permit",1.0
TO indulge awhile. Now solemn Rites he pays,2.0
"His honest Friends, at thirsty hour of Dusk,",0.0
"Imparts his smoking Vintage, sweet Reward",0.0
Of his own Industry; the well fraught Bowl,3.0
"Circles incessant, while the humble Cell",2.0
Shine in each Face; the Thoughts of Labour past,0.0
"She varies, and of past Imprisonment",2.0
Sweetly complains; her Liberty retrieved,3.0
"Cheers her sad Soul, improves her pleasing Song.",3.0
"Of healthy Temperance, nor encroach on Night,",1.0
Ever Heaven's emblazoned by the Rosy Dawn,3.0
"Domestic Cares awake them; brisk they rise,",0.0
"Refreshed, and lively with the Joys that flow",1.0
"From amicable Talk, and moderate Cups",2.0
"Present Redress, and long Oblivion drinks",2.0
Of Coy Lucinda. Give the Debtor Wine;,0.0
"His Joys are short, and few; yet when he drinks",0.0
"His Dread retires, the flowing Glasses add",0.0
"Courage, and Mirth: magnificent in Thought,",3.0
"Imaginary Riches he enjoys,",1.0
"Nor can the Poet Bacchus' Praise indite,",1.0
"Thus to the generous Bottle all incline,",2.0
"To ply the sweet Carouse, remote from Noise,",0.0
Secured of feverish Heats! When the aged Year,2.0
Beware the inclement Heavens; now let thy Hearth,5.0
Now instigate with the Apples powerful Streams.,3.0
"Perpetual Showers, and stormy Gusts confine",4.0
"In clean Array, for rustic Dance prepare,",0.0
"They frisk, and bound, and various Mazes weave,",2.0
"Shaking their brawny Limbs, with uncouth Mein,",3.0
"Dart on their Loves, sometime, an hasty Kiss",1.0
"Traverse loquacious Strings, whose solemn Notes",0.0
"Provoke to harmless Revels; these among,",1.0
"A subtle Artist stands, in wondrous Bag",0.0
"That bears imprisoned Winds, of gentler sort",0.0
"Peaceful they sleep, but let the tuneful Squeeze",2.0
"Returns, can they refuse to usher in",1.0
"Attire themselves with Blooms, sweet Rudiments",4.0
"Leads on expected Autumn, and the Trees",3.0
"Discharge their mellow Burdens, let them thank",0.0
"Boon Nature, that thus annually supplies",5.0
"Their Vaults, and with her former Liquid Gifts",1.0
"Exhilarate their languid Minds, within",0.0
"Of Health, or Pleasure. Therefore, when thy Heart",1.0
"Prompts to pursue the sparkling Glass, be sure",2.0
It's time to shun it; if thou wilt prolong,1.0
"Her Empire to Confusion, and Misrule,",2.0
And vain Debates; then twenty Tongues at once,0.0
"But Din, and various Clamour, and mad Rant:",3.0
"Distrust, and Jealousy to these succeed,",2.0
"Commence, the brimming Glasses now are hurled",0.0
With dire Intent; Bottles with Bottles clash,5.0
"In rude Encounter, round their Temples fly",0.0
"Dried an immeasurable Bowl, and thought",2.0
Descending careless from his Couch; the Fall,1.0
Nor need we tell what anxious Cares attend,0.0
The turbulent Mirth of Wine; nor all the kinds,2.0
"Of Maladies, that lead to Death's grim Cave,",2.0
"Intestine Stone, and pining Atrophy,",1.0
Yet craving Liquids: Nor the Centaurs Tale,2.0
"Be here repeated; how with Lust, and Wine",1.0
"Inflamed, they fought, and spilt their drunken Souls",0.0
"At feasting Hour. You Heavenly Powers, that guard",3.0
"The British Isles, such dire Events remove",0.0
"Ferment from Social Cups: May we, remote",1.0
"From the hoarse, brazen Sound of War, enjoy",2.0
Too oft alas! has mutual Hatred drenched,3.0
"Our Swords in Native Blood, too oft has Pride,",1.0
"Have we forgot, how fell Destruction raged",1.0
"For Loyalty, and Prowess, met their Fate",1.0
"Untimely, undeserved! How Bertie fell,",0.0
"Fit Themes of endless Grief, but that we view",1.0
Their Virtues yet surviving in their Race!,0.0
"Can we forget, how the mad, headstrong Rout",3.0
"Defied their Prince to Arms, nor made account",0.0
"Of Faith, or Duty, or Allegiance sworn?",1.0
"Apostate, Atheist Rebels! bent to Ill,",2.0
"With seeming Sanctity, and covered Fraud,",1.0
"Instilled by him, who first presumed to oppose",3.0
"Was not alike; these triumphed, and in height",1.0
"Of barbarous Malice, and insulting Pride,",3.0
Abstained not from Imperial Blood. OH Fact,4.0
"What Stars their black, disastrous Influence shed",2.0
"Thus, by inglorious Hands, in this Thy Realm,",4.0
"Supreme, and Innocent, adjudged to Death",1.0
"By those, Thy Mercy only would have saved!",1.0
"Abhorred such base, disloyal Deeds, and all",0.0
"Undaunted, to assert the trampled Rights",1.0
However faithful! then was no Regard,1.0
"Of Right, or Wrong. And this, once Happy, Land",2.0
"Our exiled Kings, and Liberty restored.",2.0
"Now we exult, by mighty ANNA's Care",2.0
"Secure at home, while She to foreign Realms",1.0
"Sends forth her dreadful Legions, and restrains",2.0
"The Rage of Kings: Here, nobly She supports",1.0
"Justice oppressed; here, Her victorious Arms",5.0
Quell the Ambitious: From Her Hand alone,3.0
"All Europe fears Revenge, or hopes Redress.",0.0
"Rejoice, OH Albion! severed from the World",4.0
"By Nature's wise Indulgence, indigent",1.0
Of nothing from without; in One Supreme,2.0
Entirely blessed; and from beginning time,3.0
Designed thus happy; but the fond Desire,2.0
"Of Rule, and Grandeur, multiplied a Race",5.0
"Each Potentate, as wary Fear, or Strength,",0.0
With ruinous Assault; on every Plain,1.0
"Host coped with Host, dire was the Din of War,",3.0
"By Havoc, and Dismay, till Jealousy",2.0
Raised new Combustion: Thus was Peace in vain,1.0
"Sought for by Martial Deeds, and Conflict stern:",0.0
Till Edgar grateful as to those who pine,2.0
Pacific Monarch; then her lovely Head,0.0
"Concord reared high, and all around diffused",3.0
"Their silent Harps, and taught the Woods, and Vales,",0.0
"Ran smoothly on, productive of a Line",3.0
"Of wise, Heroic Kings, that by just Laws",1.0
"Established Happiness at home, or crushed",1.0
Insulting Enemies in farthest Climes.,1.0
"Piously valiant, like a Torrent swelled",2.0
"Breaking a Way impetuous, and involves",3.0
"Within its Sweep, Trees, Houses, Men he pressed",1.0
Amid the thickest Battle; and overthrew,2.0
"Whatever withstood his zealous Rage; no Pause,",4.0
"No Stay of Slaughter, found his vigorous Arm,",3.0
But the unbelieving Squadrons turned to Flight,0.0
"Mangled behind: The Soldan, as he fled,",3.0
"Oft called on Alla, gnashing with Despite,",2.0
"And Shame, and murmured many an empty Curse.",2.0
Behold Third Edward's Streamers blazing high,1.0
"Awakens Vengeance; OH imprudent Gauls,",0.0
"Relying on false Hopes, thus to incense",4.0
The warlike English! one important Day,2.0
"Shall teach you meaner Thoughts! Eager of Fight,",5.0
Fierce Brutus Offspring to the adverse Front,4.0
With furious Inroad pierce; the mighty Force,3.0
"Of Edward, twice overturned their desperate King,",3.0
"Twice he arose, and joined the horrid Shock:",2.0
"He fugitive declined superior Strength,",3.0
Ten Thousands ignominious fall; with Blood,3.0
"The Valleys float: Great Edward thus avenged,",1.0
With golden Iris his broad Shield embossed.,2.0
"Thrice glorious Prince! whom, Fame with all her Tongues",3.0
New Authors of Dissension spring; from him,2.0
"Two Branches, that in hosting long contend",1.0
For Sovereign Sway; and can such Anger dwell,1.0
In noblest Minds? but little now availed,0.0
"The Ties of Friendship; every Man, as lead",0.0
"By Inclination, or vain Hope, repaired",2.0
"To either Camp, and breathed immortal Hate,",0.0
And dire Revenge: Now horrid Slaughter reigns;,1.0
"Sons against Fathers tilt the fatal Lance,",4.0
"Careless of Duty, and their native Grounds",3.0
"Send Showers of Shafts, that on their barbed Points",4.0
Alternate Ruin bear. Here might you see,2.0
"Barons, and Peasants on the embattled Field",5.0
"Slain, or half dead, in one huge, ghastly Heap",4.0
"Some call for Aid, neglected; some overturned",2.0
"In the fierce Shock, lie gasping, and expire,",5.0
"And wild Uproar, and Desolation reigned",1.0
"This long, pernicious Fray? What Man has Fate",0.0
"Reserved for this great Work? ' --  Hail, happy Prince",3.0
"Great Richmond Henry, that by nuptial Rites",1.0
"Must close the Gates of Janus, and remove",1.0
Destructive Discord: Now no more the Drum,1.0
"But Joy, and Pleasure open to the View",1.0
Uninterrupted! With presaging Skill,6.0
"By wise Alliance; from Thee James descends,",1.0
"To him alone, Hereditary Right",1.0
Gave Power supreme; yet still some Seeds remained,3.0
"Of Discontent; two Nations under One,",3.0
"In Laws and Interest diverse, still pursued",4.0
"Peculiar Ends, on each Side resolute",1.0
"To fly Conjunction; neither Fear, nor Hope,",0.0
"Nor the sweet Prospect of a mutual Gain,",5.0
"Could ought avail, till prudent ANNA said",0.0
Let there be UNION; strait with Reverence due,2.0
"To Her Command, they willingly unite,",3.0
"One in Affection, Laws, and Government,",1.0
"What shall retard the Britons' bold Designs,",0.0
"Or who sustain their Force; in Union knit,",0.0
Sufficient to withstand the Powers combined,3.0
Of all this Globe? At this important Act,1.0
The British Navy through the Ocean vast,1.0
"Terrific, and return with odorous Spoils",3.0
"Of Araby well fraught, or Indus' Wealth,",5.0
"From well stored Horn, rich Grain, and timely Fruits.",2.0
"The elder Year, Pomona, pleased, shall deck",0.0
"Abundant, flowing in well blended Streams,",1.0
The Natives shall applaud; while glad they talk,0.0
In other Realms; wherever the British spread,2.0
"Triumphant Banners, or their Fame has reached",1.0
"Shall please all Tastes, and triumph over the Vine.",2.0
"In Notes more sweet he does his Sorrows tell,",0.0
And sighing Echo in the Consort join;,3.0
"Till over the pitying Plains the Tidings spread,",4.0
"Soft are thy Lines as the first tender Fire,",2.0
That warms the Breast ever it commence Desire:,4.0
"Thy moving Numbers all our Passions share,",0.0
"Sigh, Languish, Weep, Just what we read we are.",1.0
"By the soft Magic raised to Ecstasy,",3.0
"Had he addressed but in thy melting Strain,",1.0
"And he could do it, sure if any Swain.",0.0
"The Nymph in spite of her presuming Charms,",1.0
With Joy had yielded to his wishing Arms.,1.0
"Impatient Youth, that Death itself could bear,",0.0
Rather than scorns of the neglecting Fair:,3.0
"But thus we fondly Rave to miss the Joy,",0.0
"Love natural as Life, does Life destroy.",2.0
"To Wit alone Passion does fatal prove,",5.0
Fools may be lewd but know not how to Love;,1.0
"Since it in learnt Breasts such Woes create,",1.0
"But to your Charms Caution does needless seem,",6.0
"Fear less Love, on you need not die like him.",1.0
"For o! what Nymph could ever so stupid prove,",3.0
The slighted Victim of a Virgins Pride.,1.0
"So well you Mourn the Shepherd's amorous Fate,",2.0
In such soft strains his sad fond Fall relate.,4.0
"Pan would himself quit Immortality,",3.0
To be in Death so sweetly Sung by thee.,0.0
"I Come, a friend to man, I'm never his foe",2.0
My name is ' --  Stop though ' --  what am I about?,1.0
They that would know my name may find it out.,0.0
"I'm seen in Summer in the shady grove,",0.0
Where pensive speculating maidens rove;,0.0
"Before the Autumnal winds, that blustering rise",4.0
Firm and unshaken still my leaves remain;,2.0
"But in the Winter I some covert crave,",1.0
"Yet if too near the fire I take my stand,",0.0
"My rind contracts, and leaves too much expand;",1.0
Doctors extract my essence and applied,3.0
"To stop disorders, and to give delight;",1.0
"And some that would my properties define,",1.0
Declare I am essentially divine:,2.0
"Nay some, by arrant superstition taught,",0.0
Say I immediately from Heaven was brought;,5.0
"But that I am in Heaven, let none deny,",4.0
"The Scripture says it, can the Scripture lie?",1.0
"Once more I trod the Muse's sacred seats,",0.0
"Pleased where the rose its purple bloom displayed,",0.0
"Just as my heart had beat itself to rest,",0.0
"Your lines arrived: the lyre I snatched in haste,",0.0
And emulation fired my panting breast.,2.0
"Henceforth, I cried, let Glory be my aim,",2.0
"The power of song invoked, my voice I raise,",2.0
Or the bold image paints in nervous prose;,2.0
"Whether once more the sister arts she joins,",0.0
Or smiles indulgent over her yet loved Rowe;,2.0
"Or, in the private scene, retired from view,",0.0
That scene so oft with pleasure marked by You,0.0
"Still as she came, my voice grew faint with fear,",1.0
"So graceful She, so amiably severe.",4.0
What could I more? ' --  Adieu you tuneful throng!,0.0
"Presumptuous notes! whenever my voice I raise,",4.0
"Vain is the song, too delicate her ear,",2.0
And these the very sounds she will not hear.,2.0
FROM friendship's cradle up the verdant paths,1.0
"To its full manhood and meridian strength,",5.0
"Her latest stage, for friendship ever hale",0.0
"Knows not old age, diseases, and decay,",4.0
"But burning keeps her sacred fire, till death's",0.0
"Cold hand extinguish at this spot, this point,",1.0
And look back to the scenes our pastime trod,3.0
"Had sliding feet, and laughed themselves away.",0.0
Luxurious season! vital prime! where Thames,2.0
"Bathes with slow pace his academic grove,",3.0
Impossible! untenable! to grasp,2.0
Those joys again; to feel alike the pulse,0.0
"Dancing, and fiery spirits boiling high:",4.0
Or see the pleasure that with careless wing,0.0
"Bid yesterday return, arrest the flight",1.0
"Of Time; or musing by a river's brink,",1.0
Say to the wave that huddles swiftly by,1.0
"For ever, from thy fountain roll anew.",1.0
"That echoed round the table, idle guests,",0.0
"Must rise, and serious inmates take their place.",3.0
Exact the balance of our loss and gain?,1.0
Who knows how far a rattle may outweigh,2.0
The mace or sceptre? But as boys resign,1.0
"The plaything, bauble of their infancy,",3.0
"And under Reason's banner take the field,",0.0
"With resolution face the cloud or storm,",0.0
While all their former rainbows die away.,1.0
"And courtly blandishment resort, and there",1.0
Advance obsequious; in the sunshine bask,2.0
"Of princely grace, catch the creating eye,",2.0
"Their listening passion such the power, the sway",3.0
"Of Reason's eloquence! ' --  or at the bar,",1.0
"Where Cowper, Talbot, Somers, Yorke before",0.0
And worthy filled it. Let not these great names,1.0
"Thy younger merit. Know, these lights, ere yet",1.0
"Proceed familiar to the gate of Fame,",1.0
ENCHANTING is the mighty power of Love;,3.0
Life stripped of amorous joys would irksome prove;,3.0
"And over all the world, Love keeps his reign;",1.0
"No human heart can bear the piercing blade,",1.0
"Or I than others, am more tender made.",2.0
"Right through my heart a burning arrow drove,",0.0
You are the pleasing Author of my care;,2.0
"Look down, fair Angel, on a Swain distressed,",4.0
A gracious smile from you would make me blessed.,1.0
"Nothing but that blessed favour stills my grief,",2.0
"Death, that denied, will quickly give relief.",1.0
Friendship the great pursuit of noble Minds,2.0
"Passion in abstract, void of all designs;",3.0
"Each generous Pen, does celebrate thy Fame,",2.0
Produced this mighty notional Delight.,1.0
To turn all Fortunes to Felicity;,2.0
"It's fancied well, and this I dare engage,",1.0
"But tell me where, this Extract may be found,",1.0
And what Ingredients make the Rich Compound;,2.0
"Or in what Soul, is true kindly heat,",3.0
That can this great Experiment complete.,1.0
Sometime a fond good Nature lights upon,1.0
A soft and civil Temper like its own;,0.0
"Strait they resolve to be those happy things,",2.0
"Which when combined, pity contending Kings:",5.0
"The mighty Notions of the exalted State,",3.0
"Sink to a vulgar Commerce, or Debate:",1.0
"But to employ the curious searching Mind,",3.0
"In the pursuit of what, none ever shall find;",3.0
Who trusts too much to either is undone.,2.0
"OH Thou! to whom the Muse is justly dear,",0.0
"In Fancy elegant, in Judgement clear,",1.0
In whom the Virtues with the Graces blend,1.0
"A while suspend the Taste improved by Art,",0.0
And take the Lay spontaneous from the Heart.,1.0
"Of self, or somewhat, or of God knows what!",3.0
"Who mimic every thing but what you should,",0.0
"And even Virtue, to be reckoned good;",1.0
"Alas! no varnish can that want supply,",2.0
No specious talk conceal the acted lie.,1.0
"While you on trifles waste the tedious day,",2.0
"And dress, or dream your useless hours away;",0.0
"Or worse, indulge the very crime you blame,",0.0
"Plot the dark scandal, or disperse the shame:",4.0
"She on her Friend attends with pious care,",1.0
"That higher sense indulging, void of art,",0.0
The virtuous feeling of a generous heart;,5.0
When it transfers from Self to serve a Friend.,2.0
How few for Friendship Nature has designed!,0.0
OH sacred Friendship! all unworthy Thee.,2.0
"Where then shall she, whose native manners start",0.0
"Whose soul is open, as her purpose clear,",1.0
"Foe to evasion, as of heart sincere;",3.0
"Not too familiar, nor yet too precise,",1.0
Where find a Friend to bear the equal part?,0.0
"Say, Charlot, where? if not within thy heart.",1.0
"Yet Thou, whose worth might sweeter sounds inspire,",0.0
Indulge these efforts of a youthful lyre:,1.0
"No flattering purpose has the Muse in view,",3.0
"Though prompt to praise, wherever Praise is due;",0.0
"Averse to flatter, cautious to commend,",1.0
"But sick of the insipid senseless train,",1.0
For Thee she feels the animated strain:,1.0
OH be she sacred to the wife and good!,1.0
Nor prostitute her praises to the crowd;,1.0
Upon a neighbouring willow useless hung;,3.0
"Till gentle deeds, and corresponding Love",0.0
Impelled the sympathetic strings to move,0.0
"To Her and Lovelace tuned, grow music in their praise.",3.0
"Plague to thy Husband, scandal to thy Sex,",1.0
Whose wearying Tongue does every Ear perplex;,2.0
"False to thy own false Soul, thou dost declare,",1.0
"How Lust and Pride do Reign and Revel there,",1.0
"Tell the World too, how nicely Chaste you are.",3.0
"This dull compulsive Virtues owned; for who,",0.0
With one so odious would have ought to do?,2.0
"Thy best Discourse is but mere Ribaldry,",8.0
"Telling how fond all that before see you, be:",3.0
"Thus Sins nicknamed speak the infernal Saint,",4.0
Whose shining Robes are tawdry Clothes and Paint:,0.0
"Extravagance and Cheats you mark for Wit,",1.0
"Thou abstract of Contention, Fraud and Spite.",3.0
"If Socrates could have made choice of thee,",1.0
And turned his Patience to a Lunacy.,2.0
"The restless Waters of the raging Sea,",1.0
Are a serene and halcion Stream to thee:,3.0
"They keep their Banks and sometime can be still,",2.0
Vesuvius Noise and Flame has less of Hell than thine.,2.0
What can I say? What Arguments can prove,1.0
My Truth? What Colours can describe my Love?,2.0
"If it's Excess and Fury be not known,",1.0
In what Thy Celia has already done.,0.0
"Thy Infant Flames, while yet they were concealed",1.0
"In timorous Doubts, with Pity I beheld;",3.0
"With easy Smiles dispelled the silent Fear,",0.0
"That durst not tell Me, what I died to hear:",0.0
"In vain I strove to cheque my growing Flame,",0.0
Or shelter Passion under Friendship's Name:,0.0
"You saw my Heart, how it my Tongue belied;",1.0
"And when You pressed, how faintly I denied ' --",1.0
Ever Guardian Thought could bring it's scattered Aid;,2.0
Ever Reason could support the doubting Maid;,0.0
"Left all Reserve, and all the Sex behind:",1.0
From your Command her Motions She received;,2.0
"And not for Me, but You, She breathed and lived.",1.0
And Fires Eternal on Her Altars shine;,1.0
Since Thy dear Breast has felt an equal Wound;,3.0
Since in Thy Kindness my Desires are crowned.,1.0
"By Thy each Look, and Thought, and Care it's shown,",1.0
"For all the white Ones, Fate has in it's Power. ' --",1.0
"Yet thus beloved, thus loving to Excess;",4.0
Yet thus receiving and returning Bliss;,1.0
"In this great Moment, in this golden Now,",2.0
"When every Trace of What, or When, or How",0.0
"Should from my Soul by raging Love be torn,",0.0
And far on Swelling Seas of Rapture born;,0.0
A melancholy Tear afflicts my Eye;,0.0
Invading Fears repel my Coward Joy;,0.0
And Ills foreseen the present Bliss destroy.,1.0
"Poor as it is, This Beauty was the Cause,",2.0
That with first Sighs Your panting Bosom rose:,3.0
"But with no Owner Beauty long will stay,",2.0
Upon the Wings of Time born swift away:,1.0
"Pass but some fleeting Years, and These poor Eyes",1.0
Where now without a Boast some Lustre lies,0.0
"Shall only be of use to read, or weep:",0.0
"And on this Forehead, where your Verse has said,",1.0
"The Loves delighted, and the Graces played;",1.0
"Insulting Age will trace his cruel Way,",0.0
And leave sad Marks of his destructive Sway.,2.0
"Moved by my Charms, with them your Love may cease,",1.0
"And as the Fuel sinks, the Flame decrease:",1.0
Or angry Heaven may quicker Darts prepare;,0.0
And Sickness strike what Time awhile would spare.,0.0
Then will my Swain His glowing Vows renew:,0.0
Then will His throbbing Heart to Mine beat true;,1.0
When my own Face deters Me from my Glass;,1.0
And Kneller only shows what Celia was.,1.0
Fantastic Fame may sound her wild Alarms:,0.0
"Your Country, as You think, may want your Arms.",1.0
"You may neglect, or quench, or hate the Flame,",1.0
Whose Smoke too long obscured your rising Name:,1.0
And quickly cold Indifference will ensue;,1.0
To this abandoned Breast to bring You back;,1.0
"When my lost Lover the tall Ship ascends,",4.0
"With Music gay, and wet with Jovial Friends:",2.0
When the rough Seaman's louder Shouts prevail;,2.0
When fair Occasion shows the springing Gale;,0.0
And Interest guides the Helm; and Honour swells the Sail.,3.0
"Some wretched Lines from this neglected Hand,",1.0
"May find my Hero on the foreign Strand,",1.0
"Warm with new Fires, and pleased with new Command:",3.0
"While She who wrote them, of all Joy bereft,",1.0
To the rude Censure of the World is left;,3.0
"Her mangled Fame in barbarous Pastime lost,",3.0
But nearer Care OH pardon it! supplies,2.0
"Sighs to my Breast, and Sorrow to my Eyes.",1.0
"Love, Love himself the only Friend I have",1.0
"May scorn his Triumph, having bound his Slave.",0.0
"That Tyrant God, that restless Conqueror",1.0
"May quit his Pleasure, to assert his Power;",1.0
"Forsake the Provinces that bless his Sway,",1.0
To vanquish Those which will not yet obey.,2.0
"Another Nymph with fatal Power may rise,",2.0
With haughty Pride may hear Her Charms confessed;,0.0
And scorn the ardent Vows that I have blessed:,1.0
You every Night may sigh for Her in vain;,1.0
And rise each Morning to some fresh Disdain:,1.0
And Her Embraces want the Power to warm:,3.0
"While these fond Arms, thus circling You, may prove",5.0
"More heavy Chains, than Those of hopeless Love.",1.0
Just Gods! All other Things their Like produce:,0.0
The Vine arises from her Mother's Juice:,1.0
"When feeble Plants, or tender Flowers decay;",2.0
They to their Seed their Images convey:,2.0
Where the old Myrtle her good Influence sheds;,5.0
"And when the Parent Rose decays, and dies;",0.0
"That Product only which our Passions bear,",0.0
Eludes the Planter's miserable Care:,4.0
While blooming Love assures us Golden Fruit;,0.0
Some inborn Poison taints the secret Root:,1.0
Soon fall the Flowers of Joy: soon Seeds of Hatred shoot.,4.0
"Say, Shepherd, say: Are these Reflections true?",2.0
"This cruel Scene, unjust to Love and You?",0.0
"Will You be only, and for ever Mine?",3.0
From this dear Bosom shall I never be torn?,3.0
"Or You grow cold, respectful, and forsworn?",4.0
"And can You not for Her You love do more,",2.0
Than any Youth for any Nymph before?,0.0
AND is this all? Can reason do no more,2.0
Than bid me shun the deep and dread the shore?,0.0
Sweet moralist! afloat on life's rough sea,3.0
The christian has an art unknown to thee;,0.0
"Where duty bids he confidently steers,",1.0
"Faces a thousand dangers at her call,",2.0
"THINK not I write my innocence to prove,",1.0
"To sue for pity, or awake thy love:",1.0
"No mean defence expect, or abject prayers;",1.0
"I laugh at all thy vengeance has decreed,",0.0
"Avow the fact, and glory in the deed.",0.0
"Yes, tyrant! I deceived thy spies and thee:",2.0
"Pleased in oppression, and in bondage free:",2.0
The rigid agents of thy cruel laws,1.0
By gold I won to aid my juster cause:,0.0
"With dextrous skill eluded all thy care,",0.0
And acted more than jealousy could fear:,1.0
And blessed that absence which you thought I mourned.,0.0
"Yet so refined, so exquisitely great,",6.0
That their excess compensated their date.,3.0
I die: already in each burning vein,0.0
"I feel the poisonous draught, and bless the pain:",2.0
For what is life unless its joys we prove?,0.0
"And where is joy, deprived of what we love?",0.0
"Yet, ere I die, this justice I have paid",1.0
To my dear murdered lover's injured shade:,2.0
"Those sacrilegious instruments of power,",1.0
"Who wrought that ruin these sad eyes deplore,",2.0
"Already with their blood their crimes atone,",1.0
And for his life have sacrificed their own.,1.0
"Thee, though restraint and absence may defend",2.0
"From my revenge, my curses still attend:",1.0
"Despair like mine, barbarian! be thy part,",2.0
"Remorse afflict, and sorrow sting thy heart.",0.0
"Nor think this hate commencing in my breast,",0.0
Though prudence long its latent force suppressed;,0.0
"I knew those wrongs that I was forced to bear,",1.0
And cursed those chains Injustice made me wear.,0.0
"With idle tales, which only fools believe?",0.0
"Poor abject souls in superstition bred,",1.0
"In ignorance trained, by prejudice misled;",3.0
From those whose false prerogative they preach.,2.0
"That willingly those laws I ever obeyed,",3.0
"Which Pride invented, and Oppression made?",1.0
To quicken appetite by change in love;,0.0
"Each passion sated, and each wish possessed",1.0
"That Lust can urge, or Fancy can suggest:",1.0
"That I should mourn thy loss with fond regret,",0.0
"Weep the misfortune, and the wrong forget?",3.0
"Could I believe that heaven this beauty gave,",1.0
"Thy transient pleasure, and thy lasting slave;",1.0
"Endued with reason, only to fulfil",1.0
The harsh commands of thy capricious will?,2.0
"And though I wanted power to assert my cause,",2.0
"My right I knew; and still those pleasures sought,",0.0
"Which Justice warranted, and Nature taught:",1.0
"On Custom's senseless precepts I refined,",2.0
"I weighed what heaven, I knew what man designed,",0.0
And formed by her own rules my freeborn mind.,1.0
"Thus while this wretched body owned thy power,",0.0
"My soul subservient to herself alone,",3.0
"And Reason independent on her throne,",1.0
"Yet thus far to my conduct thanks are due,",1.0
At least I condescended to seem true;,1.0
"Indulged thy vanity, and soothed thy pride.",1.0
"Though this submission to a tyrant paid,",2.0
"Whom not my duty, but my fears obeyed,",1.0
"If rightly weighed, would more deserve thy blame,",0.0
"Who call it Virtue, but profane her name:",1.0
"For to the world I should have owned that love,",1.0
Which all impartial judges must approve:,0.0
"Which he soliciting, assailed by art,",2.0
"While I, impatient of the name of slave,",2.0
"To force refused, what I to merit gave.",1.0
"Oft, as thy slaves this wretched body led",0.0
To the detested pleasures of thy bed;,2.0
"In those soft moments, consecrate to joy,",2.0
Which ecstasy and transport should employ;,1.0
"Clasped in your arms, you wondered still to find",0.0
"So cold my kisses, so composed my mind:",1.0
"Not that my soul incapable of love,",1.0
"No charms could warm, no tenderness could move;",3.0
"For him, whose love my every thought possessed,",1.0
"A fiercer passion filled this constant breast,",0.0
"Than truth ever felt, or falsehood ever possessed,",5.0
"This style unusual to thy pride appears,",1.0
For truth's a stranger to the tyrant's ears;,3.0
But what have I to manage or to dread?,1.0
"Nor threats alarm, nor insults hurt the dead:",1.0
"No wrongs they feel, no miseries they find;",3.0
Cares are the legacies we leave behind:,1.0
"No tyrant husband, no oppressive power.",1.0
Alas! I faint ' --  Death intercepts the rest:,1.0
"My senses, strength, and even my hate decay:",2.0
"Though rage awhile the ebbing spirits stayed,",0.0
It's past ' --  they sink beneath the transient aid.,0.0
"Take then, inhuman wretch! my last farewell;",2.0
"Pain be thy portion here, hereafter, hell:",0.0
"And when our prophet shall my fate decree,",0.0
"Be any curse my punishment, but thee.",1.0
"Little amusement, and the weather bad;",3.0
"What shall I do? I'll write ' --  Come, ready friend ' --",1.0
"I mean my pen ' --  Good folks, I pray attend:",0.0
"Still at a loss, I do not wish to tease; ' --",0.0
"My muse, assist me ' --  teach me how to please ' --",1.0
"My thoughts are free ' --  then, fancy, take thy range ' --",0.0
"I'll write my wish ' --  no choice ' --  pshaw, how I change!",2.0
"Critics, be dumb ' --  I will the thought impart,",2.0
That some kind youth may bid for Anna's heart:,1.0
"He who aspires this little heart to gain,",2.0
Some decent share of merit must attain;,0.0
"Serene religion must his actions guide,",0.0
"Bright truth, nice honour, over his mind preside;",4.0
"Prudence to guide him through life's busy scene,",4.0
"Never extravagant, nor ever mean;",3.0
"Let him have sense designing men to see,",0.0
Enough to rule himself and govern me;,1.0
"To feel for human kind ' --  a generous soul,",2.0
"To me devoted, but polite to all;",2.0
His temper kind ' --  of that I must be sure ' --,0.0
A husband's frown I never could endure;,0.0
But with indifference never chill the heart;,1.0
"No foolish fondness should he ever show,",1.0
"But love refined, within his bosom glow;",0.0
"His manner easy, generous, void of art,",2.0
Let every word flow candid from the heart;,3.0
"His person pleasing, in his taste refined,",0.0
A face the index of an honest mind;,1.0
"To jealousy he never must give way,",2.0
"Trust to my honour, and I'll not betray;",0.0
"Where much is said, there little can remain;",1.0
Let kindness grant what adverse fate denies;,2.0
"I wish not wealth, nor titles do I claim,",0.0
Only let goodness mark his honest name;,3.0
To little errors I will kindly bend;,1.0
"His wish, my law, I never will contend;",1.0
Prudence shall veil it; for I will not see:,3.0
"A youth like this to share the cares of life,",1.0
Shall find in me a kind and faithful wife.,1.0
"Ambitious females in their wealth may glee, ' --",1.0
To hope so much a female is to blame;,2.0
"In modern days, do you expect to find",1.0
What do you boast? in what do you excel?,1.0
"In great sincerity I now step forth,",2.0
Confess my merit humble as my worth;,1.0
"I boast no beauty ' --  I no graces claim,",3.0
"And all my portion is, a spotless name;",1.0
With prudent fondness make me what you will.,0.0
No other claim! ' --  truly your merit's poor.,6.0
"Yet, in life's varying maze, I hope to meet",3.0
"To prove the tender friend ' --  companion ' --  wife,",0.0
Will be the sweetest care of Anna's life;,0.0
"With temper mild, and innocently gay,",1.0
Submissive gentleness she'll ever pay. ' --,1.0
"My friends, adieu! ' --  my hour is past away.",0.0
"A Heart to Mercy as to Zeal inclined,",1.0
As well a gentle as a prudent Mind;,1.0
"Still free to pardon, cautious to offend",2.0
A tender Parent and a faithful Friend.,1.0
"All Parts performed, she willingly withdrew,",1.0
"Turned from the World, and bid her Friends adieu.",0.0
Ah thou! if Spirits or regard or know,1.0
The Sigh of Friendship or a Daughter's Woe,1.0
"Mixed with those Tears that wash the sacred Shrine,",0.0
Accept the Tribute of a grateful Line.,1.0
"WOULD you, my Friend, a finished Sceptic make,",0.0
"To form his Nature, these Materials take:",3.0
"A little Learning; twenty Grains of Sense,",0.0
Joined with a double Share of Ignorance;,1.0
"Infuse a little Wit into the Scull,",0.0
Which never fails to make a mighty Fool;,0.0
Let all be with the Dregs of Reason mixed:,0.0
"When in his Mind, these jarring Seeds are sown,",0.0
"He'll censure all Things, but approve of none.",2.0
"NOW spent the altered King, in amorous Cares,",3.0
The Hours of sacred Hymns and solemn Prayers:,0.0
"In vain the Altar waits his slow returns,",0.0
Where unattended Incense faintly burns:,2.0
"In vain the whispering Priests their Fears express,",2.0
And of the Change a thousand Causes guess.,1.0
And in his Palace feeds his secret Fires;,0.0
"Led to the Onset by a Chosen Few,",2.0
"Who at the treacherous Signal, soon withdrew,",2.0
"Nor to his Rescue ever returned again,",3.0
Till by fierce Ammon's Sword they saw the Victim slain.,2.0
"Too strong to be untied, at last is cut.",1.0
"And now to Bathsheba the King declares,",4.0
"That with his Heart, the Kingdom too is hers;",0.0
Are to be filled but with her widowed Charms.,2.0
"Nor must the Days of formal Tears exceed,",0.0
"To cross the Living, and abuse the Dead.",1.0
This she denies; and signs of Grief are worn;,1.0
"But mourns no more than may her Face adorn,",2.0
"Give to those Eyes, which Love and Empire fired,",0.0
A melting Softness more to be desired;,0.0
"Till the fixed Time, though hard to be endured,",2.0
"When, with the Pomp that suits a Prince's Thought,",0.0
"By Passion swayed, and glorious Woman taught,",2.0
While light unusual Airs profane the hallowed Lyre.,0.0
"Given to brave Vice, though on a Prince's Brow?",3.0
"In what low Cave, or on what Desert Coast,",2.0
"Now Virtue wants it, is thy Presence lost?",2.0
"But lo! he comes, the Reverend Bard appears,",0.0
"And his rough Garment, wet with falling Tears.",2.0
"The King this marked, and conscious would have fled,",0.0
The healing Balm which for his Wounds was shed:,1.0
"Till the more wary Priest the Serpents Art,",1.0
And thus retards the Prince just ready now to part.,0.0
"Thou, who for Justice dost the Sceptre bear:",0.0
"Help the Oppressed, nor let me weep alone",2.0
"Good Princes for Protection are Adored,",2.0
"And Greater by the Shield, than by the Sword.",2.0
"This clears the Doubt, and now no more he fears",1.0
"The Cause his Own, and therefore stays and hears:",1.0
"Casts round his Eyes, in vain, to reach the Bound,",0.0
Which Jordan's Flood sets to his fertile Ground:,2.0
"Countless his Flocks, while Lebanon contains",3.0
And to the Cedar's shade at scorching Noon repair.,4.0
"Near to this Wood a lowly Cottage stands,",0.0
Built by the humble Owner's painful Hands;,0.0
"Secured without, within all Plain and Neat.",0.0
"A Field of small Extent surrounds the Place,",0.0
In which One single Ewe did sport and graze:,0.0
"This his whole Stock, till in full time there came,",3.0
"To bless his utmost Hopes, a snowy Lamb;",1.0
"Which, lest the Season yet too Cold might prove,",1.0
"And Northern Blasts annoy it from the Grove,",1.0
"Or towering Fowl on the weak Prey might seize,",2.0
For with his Store his Fears must too increase,1.0
"He brings it Home, and lays it by his Side,",1.0
"At once his Wealth, his Pleasure and his Pride;",1.0
"Still bars the Door, by Labour called away,",1.0
"And, when returning at the Close of Day,",0.0
"With One small Mess himself, and that sustains,",2.0
"And half his Dish it shares, and half his slender Gains.",0.0
When to the great Man's Table now there comes,1.0
"A Lord as great, followed by hungry Grooms:",5.0
"For these must be provided sundry Meats,",1.0
"The Best for Some, for Others coarser Cates.",0.0
"One Servant, diligent above the rest",1.0
"To help his Master to contrive the Feast,",1.0
"Extols the Lamb was nourished with such Care,",1.0
"So fed, so lodged, it must be Princely Fare;",0.0
"And having this, my Lord his own may spare.",1.0
"In haste he sends, led by no Law, but Will,",3.0
"While for the Innocent the Owner feared,",1.0
"And, sure would move, could Poverty be heard.",1.0
"O spare he cries the Product of my Cares,",1.0
"My Stock's Increase, the Blessing on my Prayers;",1.0
"My growing Hope, and Treasure of my Life!",1.0
"More was he speaking, when the murdering Knife",2.0
"Showed him, his Suit, though just, must be denied,",0.0
And the white Fleece in its own Scarlet died;,1.0
"While the poor helpless Wretch stands weeping by,",4.0
And lifts his Hands for Justice to the Sky.,1.0
"Which he shall find, the incensed King replies,",1.0
"OH Nathan! by the Holy Name I swear,",2.0
Our Land such Wrongs unpunished shall not bear,0.0
"If, with the Fault, the Offender thou declare.",4.0
"To whom the Prophet, closing with the Time,",1.0
"Nor think, against thy Place, or State, I err;",0.0
A Power above thee does this Charge prefer;,2.0
"Urged by whose Spirit, hither am I brought",1.0
"To lead thee back to those forgotten Years,",1.0
"In Labour spent, and lowly Rustic Cares,",0.0
"When in the Wilderness thy Flocks but few,",1.0
"Till wondering Jesse saw six Brothers past,",3.0
"And Thou Elected, Thou the Least and Last;",2.0
"A Sceptre to thy Rural Hand conveyed,",1.0
And in thy Bosom Royal Beauties laid;,0.0
When on the shaken Ground the Giant lay,0.0
"Stupid in Death, beyond the Reach of Cries",2.0
"That bore thy shouted Fame to listening Skies,",0.0
"And drove the flying Foe as fast away,",0.0
"Thy Heart with Love, thy Temples with Renown,",1.0
While yet thy Cheek was spread with youthful Down.,1.0
What more could craving Man of God implore?,0.0
"Intemperate Wishes, drawn through wandering Eyes.",4.0
"One Beauty not thy own and seen by chance,",0.0
Melts down the Work of Grace with an alluring Glance;,1.0
"Chases the Spirit, fed by sacred Art,",2.0
And blots the Title AFTER GOD's OWN HEART;,0.0
"Black Murder breeds to level at his Head,",1.0
"Who boasts so fair a Partner of his Bed,",1.0
"Nor longer must possess those envied Charms,",0.0
"The single Treasure of his House, and Arms:",1.0
To all the Heathen the Almighty Name.,1.0
"For which the Sword shall still thy Race pursue,",0.0
"Who from thy Bowels sprung shall seize thy Throne,",0.0
And scourge thee by a Sin beyond thy own.,1.0
Thou hast thy Fault in secret Darkness done;,0.0
"Enough! the King, enough! the Saint replies,",0.0
And pours his swift Repentance from his Eyes;,1.0
"Falls on the Ground, and tears the Nuptial Vest,",0.0
By which his Crime's Completion was expressed:,1.0
"Then with a Sigh blasting to Carnal Love,",5.0
"Drawn deep as Hell, and piercing Heaven, above",1.0
"Let Me he cries let Me attend his Rod,",2.0
"For I have sinned, for I have lost my God.",2.0
"Hold! says the Prophet of that Speech beware,",2.0
"God never was lost, unless by Man's Despair.",3.0
"The Wound that is thus willingly revealed,",3.0
The Almighty is as willing should be healed.,2.0
"Thus washed in Tears, thy Soul as fair does show",1.0
"As the first Fleece, which on the Lamb does grow,",1.0
Or on the Mountain's top the lately fallen Snow.,1.0
Yet to the World that Justice may appear,1.0
"Acting her Part impartial, and severe,",3.0
The Offspring of thy Sin shall soon resign,2.0
"But with submissive Grief his Fate deplore,",1.0
"And bless the Hand, that does inflict no more.",1.0
"Shall I then pay but Part, and owe the Whole?",0.0
Shall I no more endure the King demands,2.0
And escape thus lightly his offended Hands?,3.0
"O! let him All resume, my Crown, my Fame;",0.0
"Reduce me to the Nothing, whence I came;",1.0
"And, if but Pardoned, strip me to my Grave:",2.0
"Since though he seems to Lose He surely Wins,",0.0
Who gives but earthly Comforts for his Sins.,1.0
One ambling rhyme to my sequestered friend;,1.0
"Who at the call of many a daring wight,",2.0
"Attendant fly, impregnating the air",1.0
"With Ode and Sonnet to the blooming fair,",1.0
"So first taking in a great gulp of the air,",4.0
"And trying to find the poetical chair,",5.0
To tell you my history with speed I prepare.,3.0
"For surely it's right my relations should know it,",5.0
That their wandering cousin is turned out a poet;,4.0
"An, well would it be, since this place is so dear,",0.0
"Could she turn a chameleon, and live on the air,",3.0
"Or like poets of old, to a garret retire,",4.0
And never to a hall or a parlour aspire;,3.0
Two rooms by the year under fifty good pound;,8.0
"But since it's the fashion to spend all one's worth,",2.0
"It's best to bestow it on pleasure and mirth,",4.0
"So at Bath will I live, let it end as it may,",4.0
And a lodging I'll take in the street titled Gay.,4.0
"But how to describe the fine fights which I see,",2.0
"With all their fine speeches to me and my friend,",5.0
"With the tickets for balls, or the notes which they send;",2.0
"For all so polite are, so civil and kind,",3.0
"Nor must I omit how the mornings glide on,",1.0
"For I'm told to waste time is entirely the ton,",3.0
"So I'm sure I am right in the method I take,",2.0
For I waste all my time from the hour I awake;,1.0
"And then in the street to go strolling about,",5.0
"Then step to the Painters to rest me a while,",2.0
"Acquaintance to meet, and the hours to beguile,",3.0
"But I'm told at this place it's genteel to be ill,",2.0
And to add a few draughts to make up a bill.,0.0
"Then home to my dinner with speed I repair,",3.0
"Which quickly is over, then to dressing my hair;",4.0
"For who can appear in a place so polite,",3.0
Unless on the head each hair stands upright;,2.0
Or who in a circle is fit to be seen,2.0
Unless dressed as young as if barely fifteen.,4.0
"This business when ended with trouble and care,",6.0
"Without loss of time I get into my chair,",3.0
"And straight to the Ball-room or Playhouse I haste,",3.0
For visits of friendship are quite out of taste;,4.0
"Nay, I'm told it is vulgar beyond all compare",1.0
"To own a relation, though ever so near.",4.0
"But what pen can describe the high heads I behold,",4.0
"No, these pretty creatures are just the reverse,",2.0
"And their heads at a distance appear like a hearse,",2.0
"With plumes sweetly, nodding, with plaits and with gold,",4.0
"With things out of number which never can be told,",3.0
Which serve to convince me St. Peter's not read,6.0
"By folks of high taste, who are perfectly bred;",3.0
And I can't but believe that they pass all the morning,2.0
"In learning to dance, and their heads thus adorning.",4.0
"O, were you to see the fine capers they give,",6.0
You never would forget it as long as you live;,0.0
"But I cannot relate you the half that I see,",1.0
"Nor how we eat cake, or how we drink tea,",4.0
"For the clock has struck six, and the post's at the door;",2.0
"But if this should delight you, you soon shall have more.",1.0
"How oft hast thou, great master of thine art,",3.0
"Called forth each feeling from the human heart,",2.0
"With admiration filled the wondering mind,",2.0
"Now soothed with love, and now with grief oppressed,",1.0
"With frantic madness rent the astonished ear,",2.0
Or from the eye made flow the pitying tear;,4.0
"Then, as the merry Muses led the way,",0.0
"And bade thee all thy comic powers display,",2.0
The champion both of wit and eloquence.,3.0
"No more alas! thine accents charm the ear,",1.0
"Deep is the grief, sincere the tears we shed,",0.0
"Garrick, alas! lies numbered with the dead.",4.0
"FLOWERS to the fair: To you these flowers I bring,",4.0
And strive to greet you with an earlier spring.,2.0
"Flowers sweet, and gay, and delicate like you;",1.0
"Emblems of innocence, and beauty too.",3.0
"With flowers the Graces bind their yellow hair,",2.0
And flowery wreaths consenting lovers wear.,2.0
"Flowers, the sole luxury which nature knew,",3.0
In Eden's pure and guiltless garden grew.,0.0
To loftier forms are rougher tasks assigned;,2.0
"The sheltering oak resists the stormy wind,",2.0
"The tougher yew repels invading foes,",0.0
And the tall pine for future navies grows;,2.0
"But this soft family, to cares unknown,",3.0
Were born for pleasure and delight alone.,1.0
"Gay without toil, and lovely without art,",5.0
"They spring to cheer the sense, and glad the heart.",0.0
"Nor blush, my fair, to own you copy these;",1.0
"Your best, your sweetest empire is ' --  to please.",1.0
"Those numerous Hosts, which Time must sweep away:",2.0
He wept Misfortunes of a distant Date;,1.0
"The dreaded Hour approaching fast I see,",0.0
"When you, alas! will all be dead to me.",1.0
"Then cease to wonder, if my Bosom rise,",1.0
"It's thus, and only thus, a grateful Breast",0.0
"Pours out those Thanks, which cannot be expressed:",0.0
"For, OH Hibernia! when I quit thy Coast,",2.0
"Such Friends I leave, as few could ever boast.",0.0
"THE sultry Sun had spread along the sky,",0.0
"Then bade the gales his sacred presence fly,",0.0
"Descend to earth, and wander by the stream,",1.0
Till they should mark his last departing beam;,1.0
"Dropped a fresh essence on the thirsty flower,",4.0
"Moistened the eye of every opening bud,",4.0
And let them see their image in the flood;,0.0
"Then dip their wings, and through the softened air",1.0
"Waft the fresh sweet, and every perfume bear.",5.0
"Such heat oppressive sickened through the sky,",1.0
That panting flocks beneath the hedges lie;,0.0
"The milky thorn, white as their coats, was seen,",2.0
"The sun behind the fragrant hedge retired,",0.0
And lent that coolness all so much desired;,0.0
The shady walk tempts on my wandering feet,4.0
"To a close grove, impervious to the heat,",3.0
"Where every tree could wave a leafy fan,",0.0
And breathe refreshment on exhausted man.,1.0
"The poplar tall over many a head would rise,",5.0
"The trembling asp a whispering breeze would hear,",2.0
And shake its every leaf with needless fear;,0.0
"The sheltering limes their spreading arms extend,",2.0
"Born to protect, and happy to defend;",3.0
"The stately oak looked on, and firmly stood",2.0
The noble patron of the growing wood;,1.0
The red tide glowing through transparent veins;,2.0
"And his red harvest for the winter eyes,",3.0
"Whistles his mate, and carols through the day.",3.0
"Where softest moss her various kinds had brought,",2.0
And to cling closely to a rock had taught;,3.0
"Where many a shrub that Taste had trained to grow,",2.0
From her fair hand all careless seemed to throw;,2.0
Lilacs and roses fondly made to meet;,1.0
Fearful to show the world too gay a flower;,3.0
And warrior spears from every arm extends;,0.0
The prickly spears the rifling fingers feel,0.0
No less acute than those of pointed steel;,2.0
"The myrtle to this guardian friend applied,",3.0
"Clung to his arm, fast rooted by his side.",2.0
"At a small distance ran a tinkling rill,",2.0
"That made sad murmurs to the rocky hill,",2.0
"On which this happy bower so sweet was placed,",2.0
This bower so cultured by the hand of Taste.,3.0
And taught the vine to curl around yonder chair;,6.0
"For here a nymph at sultry noon would come,",0.0
And call this bower her flowery dressing room.,4.0
"The darling nymph from whom soft arts have sprung,",1.0
The winning form where grace and ease agree,0.0
"To smooth the manners, and yet leave them free;",1.0
Where every polish that the mind ever takes,3.0
"Shines in the eye, and the soft accent wakes;",1.0
"Where sweetest thoughts their own pure course pursue,",1.0
"Vary the old, and ornament the new;",3.0
"While all the winning ways that sense can lend,",0.0
"Melt in the looks, and with the manners blend;",1.0
A form as gentle as if sweetness strove,1.0
To see how far she could succeed with love ' --,0.0
To see how far the lily could prevail,0.0
"To gain the heart, when gayer roses fail!",0.0
"This lovely form on the soft couch reclined,",2.0
"Screened from the sun, and sheltered from the wind;",1.0
"Save where the breeze a load of sweets would bring,",0.0
"A silken loom overhung with lilac stands,",2.0
And often courts her fair creative bands.,0.0
"Distracted Dido over the canvas bends,",2.0
"Her searching eye the lessening vessel sees,",2.0
"Swift as the gale, fly over the rolling seas;",3.0
"But when her straining eye no speck can find,",1.0
"No sail stream out ' --  though lengthened by the wind,",2.0
"Looks, sobs, and tears prevent, yet form a prayer.",1.0
"When gazing long, you think at last you hear",0.0
These moving accents murmur in your ear ' --,0.0
"Was all this pomp, this sacrifice I see,",0.0
All only to deceive unhappy me!,2.0
"To scorn thy sister, or delude thy friend?",1.0
"Thy summoned sister and thy friend had come,",1.0
One sword had served us both ' --  one common tomb!,0.0
Amid its strings the wandering fingers strayed;,2.0
"The wandering fingers melody had found,",3.0
Some crayon pencils Art had taught to vie,1.0
With the meek lustre of the living eye;,3.0
"The living eye her forming hand could show,",0.0
And sense and feeling in its pupil throw;,0.0
"An easy figure from her fingers strayed,",1.0
"And the heart languished for the mimic shade,",3.0
"But not the shade when Elegance was by, ' --",1.0
"Some hide their heads, and among the dark grass blow;",3.0
"Some taller seem, and stalk with greater state,",0.0
And look like porters at the flowery gate;,2.0
"While some to meek simplicity incline,",1.0
"And such, sweet Lily of the Vale, is thine;",3.0
"Thine is the lot, the happy lot to know,",1.0
And on the breast of Elegance to blow;,2.0
"Taste placed thee there, thy back ground dark and high",3.0
Forms a sweet arbour for the resting eye;,4.0
"The resting eye thy purity can see,",1.0
And think how much my L' --  resembles thee.,1.0
"Yet all things suited to the softened mind,",2.0
Require a scene we may not hope to find;,1.0
"If, when high polished, fewer things delight,",1.0
Does then refinement with our good unite?,2.0
"And every colour of the prism there,",1.0
Marks the bright rainbow in its hundred rays;,1.0
"The humble peasant sees its radiance stream,",0.0
"And much admires the variegated beam,",1.0
"But thinks his glassy beads as full of light,",0.0
"As finely varied, and as precious quite.",1.0
Have you not seen Refinement sicken over,0.0
How happy they when every day can roll,1.0
A tide of pleasure to the very soul!,1.0
Who seek not by Refinement's small spun thread,2.0
"That slender guide should a rude breath destroy,",2.0
"The wanderer's lost, though in the court of joy;",0.0
"Though Innocence herself should lead the train,",1.0
"Silent she'd sit, and Wit might flash in vain.",2.0
How blessed are they whom Elegance has brought,2.0
To the true standard of reflecting thought!,3.0
"Whose mind is still unfettered to enjoy,",1.0
Nor see one wish to please solicit them in vain.,1.0
"Now the bright sun slid down the sloping sky,",1.0
"The fragrant breezes waved along the mead,",0.0
And the shrill pipe employed the leisure swain;,2.0
And over the ground dragged on the loosened trace;,2.0
"The joyful cur ran forth to meet his friend,",1.0
And yelped and leaped delighted to attend;,1.0
"The little children haste to beg a ride,",0.0
"Fearful, yet pleased, hang on, while daddy walks beside.",1.0
"Sweet Elegance arose and left her bower,",2.0
"Homeward she bends, and Taste that home had made",2.0
"Myrtles and oranges bold lights oppose,",4.0
And thus the staircase in soft twilight glows;,3.0
"The playful sun looks artfully between,",2.0
"In this blessed window two sweet cherubs played,",3.0
And many a feast and many a cap were made;,4.0
"At social life you see the darlings aim,",0.0
And all their fondness their dear children claim.,2.0
"Now soft indulgence the kind mother shows,",3.0
Now from her arm the naughty baby throws;,0.0
Makes both the mother and the child afraid.,2.0
"A christening dinner now prepares with haste,",0.0
Here bits of cake must turn again to past;,0.0
"A hardened crust a round of beef must prove,",0.0
And that bit cheese may serve as a remove;,2.0
"While apples sliced a dumpling well may seem,",0.0
"Yonder peach be curds, and yonder drop water cream;",3.0
And the fair waiter helps with cautious hand;,2.0
She gives to each with modest maiden grace.,0.0
"And now to school the fancied children go,",0.0
"Miss Kitty learns to read, Miss Jean to sow.",2.0
"The dame is good, but then she will insist",1.0
"With every stitch taken back a tear descends,",3.0
"Yonder garter, too, had once three loops to show,",1.0
And now you see the needle holds but two!,0.0
"For shame, Miss Doll! go, in yonder corner stand,",4.0
Or else the rod shall smart that dirty hand;,0.0
A naughty thing! I know you can do better;,1.0
"And you Miss Pert, what sets you in that titter?",2.0
"Do mind your work, and let your sampler show",0.0
How learning from the needle's point may grow.,1.0
"Now the tea kettle dangles over the fire,",5.0
And acorn cups as china we admire;,1.0
"In due precedence round the dolls are set,",2.0
"This drinks tea now, that must not have it yet.",1.0
"Order presides ' --  Mamma is copied still,",7.0
"Is the guide now, as ever more she will.",2.0
"You happy parents, here observe your power,",0.0
See how your precepts regulate the hour;,1.0
"See how your manners round these cherubs cling,",0.0
"Your air, your words, your looks, your every thing.",0.0
"Mamma said so, is echoed all around,",0.0
"Mamma did so, is breathed in every sound,",0.0
"Mamma bade me, and so I need not fear,",1.0
"Mark well this lesson, since your forming hand",1.0
"Moulds the soft mind, and can its powers command,",4.0
"Since now your actions are not yours alone,",2.0
But every word is copied one by one;,1.0
"Think to what consequence each thought may rise,",1.0
Your every word the vacant mind supplies;,0.0
"Even in their play the useful dictate give,",1.0
"For even in play they may be taught to live,",2.0
"May learn strict justice amongst their dolls to deal,",3.0
"May learn forbearance, and may learn to feel,",1.0
"May learn to share their little precious store,",0.0
And know no grudge though lesser ones get more.,2.0
OH! may no voice in false persuasion's tone,3.0
"Bid them snatch all for fear it should be gone,",0.0
And every part of narrow manners teach,0.0
That little jealousy and self can reach!,1.0
"But this faint shadow may some way express,",1.0
"May prove the practise through the mimic scene,",1.0
And be in life what here the child has been.,0.0
"The patriot's eye hath left eternal light,",2.0
Beaming over every line with influence bright,2.0
"A grace unknown before, nor due to me:",0.0
And still delighted fancy loves to see,0.0
The flattering smile which prompt indulgence might,2.0
"Have hung upon that lip, whose melody",1.0
"Truth, sense, and liberty had called their own.",2.0
"For strength of mind and energy of thought,",1.0
An union beautiful in him had shown;,2.0
And yet wherever the eye of taste found aught,3.0
"To praise, he loved the critic's gentlest part.",2.0
"Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,",1.0
"Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;",1.0
"Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile,",5.0
The short and simple annals of the Poor.,1.0
"MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend,",2.0
No mercenary Bard his homage pays;,1.0
"With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end,",0.0
"To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays,",1.0
The lowly train in life's sequestered scene;,0.0
"The native feelings strong, the guileless ways,",0.0
"Collects his spades, his mattocks and his hoes,",1.0
"Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend,",2.0
"At length his lonely Cot appears in view,",0.0
Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;,1.0
And makes him quite forget his labour and his toil.,1.0
"At Service out, among the Farmers round;",1.0
"In youthful bloom, Love sparkling in her e'e,",1.0
"To help her Parents dear, if they in hardship be.",1.0
The Parents partial eye their hopeful years;,0.0
Anticipation forward points the view;,0.0
The Father mixes of with admonition due.,1.0
' And OH! be sure to fear the LORD always!,1.0
"' And mind your duty, duly, morn and night!",0.0
"Lest in temptation's path you gang astray,",0.0
' Implore his counsel and assisting might:,1.0
But hark! a rap comes gently to the door;,2.0
The wily Mother sees the conscious flame,0.0
"With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben;",0.0
Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taken;,2.0
OH happy love! where love like this is found!,2.0
And sage EXPERIENCE bids me this declare ' --,3.0
"' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare,",2.0
"' One cordial in this melancholy Vale,",0.0
"' It's when a youthful, loving, modest Pair,",0.0
"' In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale,",2.0
"Is there, in human form, that bears a heart ' --",1.0
A Wretch! a Villain! lost to love and truth!,0.0
Curse on his perjured arts! dissembling smooth!,0.0
"Are Honer, Virtue, Conscience, all exiled?",1.0
"Is there no Pity, no relenting Ruth,",2.0
Points to the Parents fondling over their Child?,2.0
"Then paints the ruined Maid, and their distraction wild!",1.0
"But now the Supper crowns their simple board,",0.0
"The cheerful Supper done, with serious face,",2.0
"They, round the ingle, form a circle wide;",0.0
"The Sire turns over, with patriarchal grace,",5.0
"Those strains that once did sweet in ZION glide,",0.0
He wales a portion with judicious care;,1.0
' And let us worship GOD!' he says with solemn air.,0.0
"They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim:",0.0
"Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name;",1.0
How Abram was the Friend of GOD on high;,1.0
"Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage,",1.0
"Or how the royal Bard did groaning lie,",1.0
Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire;,2.0
Or other Holy Seers that tune the sacred lyre.,0.0
"Perhaps the Christian Volume is the theme,",1.0
How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed;,0.0
"How HE, who bore in heaven the second name,",1.0
How His first followers and servants sped;,3.0
The Precepts sage they wrote to many a land:,3.0
Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand;,0.0
"Then kneeling down to HEAVEN'S ETERNAL KING,",3.0
"The Saint, the Father, and the Husband prays:",1.0
"Hope' springs exulting on triumphant wing,'",1.0
That thus they all shall meet in future days:,0.0
"No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear,",0.0
"In such society, yet still more dear;",2.0
"Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride,",1.0
"In all the pomp of method, and of art,",1.0
"When men display to congregations wide,",0.0
"The POWER, incensed, the Pageant will desert,",4.0
"May hear, well pleased, the language of the Soul;",2.0
Then homeward all take off their several way;,2.0
"And proffer up to Heaven the warm request,",1.0
"And decks the lily fair in flowery pride,",2.0
"Would, in the way His Wisdom sees the best,",0.0
For them and for their little ones provide;,1.0
"But chiefly, in their hearts with Grace divine preside.",0.0
"That makes her loved at home, revered abroad:",0.0
"Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,",3.0
' An honest man's the noble work of GOD;',0.0
The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind:,0.0
"Disguising oft the wretch of human kind,",0.0
"Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refined!",3.0
For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent!,0.0
"Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil,",0.0
"Be blessed with health, and peace, and sweet content!",0.0
And OH may Heaven their simple lives prevent,0.0
"Then however crowns and coronets be rent,",1.0
"A virtuous Populace may rise the while,",3.0
"OH THOU! who poured the patriotic tide,",0.0
"That streamed through great, unhappy WALLACE' heart;",1.0
"Or nobly die, the second glorious part:",2.0
"The Patriot's GOD, peculiarly thou art,",3.0
"In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard!",1.0
"The lonely Minstrel wakes her strain forlorn,",0.0
"And to the ear of Night unfolds her tale,",1.0
"Of ceaseless sorrow, and of widowed wail:",1.0
"Thus, bending beneath a more than common woe,",3.0
Still ponder over the irrevocable past?,3.0
"Why, weeping, bend over Virtue's hallowed tomb,",3.0
"Whence Hope, immortal Hope, dispels the gloom?",0.0
"To her mild sway thy tortured breast resign,",2.0
"And make, dear maid, her balmy pleasures thine.",2.0
A college life! I scorn the odious phrase;,2.0
So dull a theme shall never employ my lays:,2.0
Unless it's life merely to draw your breath;,5.0
"By fusty walls cooped up, as in a pen,",2.0
"Amongst fusty books, and still more fusty men.",5.0
"Can this be life, by gothic rules compelled",1.0
"To part from liberty, or be expelled?",1.0
The live long day confined to Greek and Latin;,1.0
"At such an hour amongst old dons to dine,",1.0
Yet not allowed a social glass of wine;,0.0
"With cap in hand across the court to go,",0.0
Lest dire expulsion for that breach of laws,1.0
Seize on the culprit with it's iron claws.,1.0
"If when fatigued at evening, he should take",1.0
"A nap too long, and not to prayers awake,",1.0
"Strait through the College shall his name resound,",1.0
"Then as a squirrel, who his chain has broke,",0.0
"His liberty he hugs, with joy elate,",1.0
"Nor ever reflects on bars, or keys, or gate.",2.0
But now the college clock with gloomy knell,0.0
Strikes through his heart ' --  with horror in his face,0.0
Sudden he starts ' --  his short-lived joy gives place.,4.0
"And at the portal for admittance cries,",1.0
But cries in vain ' --  for ah! it's all too late;,1.0
"Abashed the youth retires with thoughtful pace,",0.0
"Next morn by Master, Tutor, Fellows rated,",0.0
"In short, not much unlike a bear when baited.",0.0
"Since this a College Life, peace to that pair,",2.0
"Who dying left me to a Guardian's care,",3.0
"And he, thank Fortune, to unbend my mind,",4.0
"Chose a young Tutor, gay, polite and kind,",3.0
"Who, anxious much my morals to advance,",1.0
Took me a tour through Italy and France;,1.0
"Gave me the Graces, which I more admire",0.0
Than all the learning I could else acquire:,1.0
"This, this is life, but that within a College,",1.0
"Which musty pedants term the Seat of Knowledge,",0.0
"Let pedants take ' --  I will not see their faces,",2.0
But live and die devoted to the Graces.,1.0
"Thus Florio talked ' --  much noise and little matter,",3.0
"It's thus, that puppies yelp, and monkeys chatter.",0.0
"OBEDIENT to the omnipotent command,",3.0
"First smiling vegetation gaily rose,",1.0
"Then, over the earth, unconscious beauty glows;",3.0
"And from that heavenly spark that spread his sway,",3.0
Was kindled animation's vital ray.,0.0
"By fine degrees extending still the plan,",0.0
"Highly endowed, the sovereign of the whole,",3.0
"Nor him the swift escape, nor strong control.",1.0
"Over earth he sits on an unquestioned throne,",1.0
A tributary here to God alone;,0.0
"Nor are his views alone to earth confined,",1.0
To higher views are needful aids assigned.,0.0
Then let not man his faith and hope withhold.,0.0
"Let faith and hope imperfect virtue aid,",1.0
And finite ' --  own what infinite has said.,2.0
"Come dress me fiction for the ear of youth,",2.0
Some tale that shall impress the sacred truth.,0.0
His country loved and prided in the sage;,0.0
"With kind affections, and persuasion's power,",1.0
"If earth too strongly once had drawn his mind,",1.0
"Sudden he lost, in pride of blooming years,",2.0
The lovely partner of his joys and cares.,1.0
"His patient tears were sown with future praise,",0.0
"He marked the good and ill as equal given,",0.0
"A guide through time and death, to life and heaven;",0.0
"And on a mind so tempered, heaven bestowed,",1.0
Its needful aids to keep his heavenly road;,2.0
"Then who so fit the traveller to convey,",3.0
And guide the inexperienced in their way.,2.0
"For them were fortune, cares, and prayers employed.",1.0
Gave him the anxious joys of hopes and fears;,0.0
"He oft their virtues and their faults would try,",1.0
And scan them with a parent's watchful eye;,1.0
"As heirs of heaven, his sons he fondly viewed,",0.0
Nor his low aim confined to earthly good;,2.0
His oldest son to learning gave his hours;,0.0
"By philosophic virtue firmly armed,",0.0
By moral beauty was Eugenio charmed;,4.0
"Unaided by high hopes or coward fear,",2.0
All for itself to him was virtue dear;,2.0
"Worthy the scale he held in nature's plan,",2.0
"Approved by reason, and becoming man.",1.0
"Rewards and punishments were motives light,",1.0
And all the charities his soul adorn;,1.0
And all his God was formed of peace and love;,0.0
But thought no stern decree could flow from heaven;,1.0
Treated the vicious with benevolence;,4.0
"He said for misery God no being gave,",3.0
"And even the guilty, mercy meant to save;",2.0
"With joy his father viewed his virtues mild,",0.0
"Yet would he mourn one error of his child,",1.0
"That through his actions though they sweetly shone,",1.0
Those virtues sat on an unguarded throne.,1.0
But those he guarded by humility;,3.0
"His knowledge would by patient labour earn,",0.0
Nor ever deemed himself too wise to learn;,1.0
"The dread of pain and prospect of reward,",1.0
"His heart accepted, as its firmest guard.",1.0
"Such were the sons who won each tender part,",1.0
"His happiest hours were with their virtues shared,",3.0
Nor tender lessons to their faults he spared;,1.0
"But habits ever strengthen in their course,",0.0
And lessons oft repeated lose their force;,0.0
"That truth might be with novelty conveyed,",1.0
The careful father sought for foreign aid;,0.0
"His searches met the sages high renown,",0.0
For wisdom and for virtue fully known;,1.0
And poured his soul in many a fond complaint;,2.0
"Pity he said, and hear me reverend sage,",2.0
So heaven support thee in declining age;,0.0
"Thy counsels to my need then straight display,",1.0
"And aid me, far as human wisdom may;",1.0
"Thy deeds are wisdom, and thy trust is God,",1.0
Then who so fit to mark a dubious road;,2.0
"Three virtuous sons I have, my age's pride,",3.0
"To fame on earth, and to heaven's hopes allied;",0.0
"O! may their virtues never their hearts forsake,",3.0
"Nor those high hopes be lost by sad mistake,",2.0
"As fares the mariner who near the shore,",1.0
"Trusts the false calm and counts the dangers over,",3.0
"When sad reverse, he thoughtless meets between,",0.0
"The sudden tempest, and the rock unseen,",1.0
For home and safety he must meet a grave.,1.0
By my success be confidence repaid;,2.0
"To morrow, ever the orb serene of night,",2.0
"Let me receive thy treasures to my care,",3.0
The closing day I ever end with prayer;,0.0
"As to high heaven events are only known,",2.0
And lightened were the cares that weighed his breast;,1.0
"The sage's message to his sons he broke,",1.0
And highly of his worth and wisdom spoke.,1.0
"The youths with fond attention catch the strain,",0.0
And chide the hours that yet their steps detain.,0.0
"Those equal powers that charm in kindred minds,",2.0
And to exalted heights of knowledge soar;,1.0
Which honour draws for rectitude in man.,1.0
"Fix virtue in her independent sphere,",1.0
Unaided by reward or abject fear;,1.0
To such a friend his feelings to disclose;,2.0
"Revolves the joy that sympathy imparts,",1.0
When generous feelings bind congenial hearts;,2.0
"And while such sympathies their hearts expand,",1.0
But clasp the scheme of wide benevolence.,1.0
Heaven's mercy with its justice how combined;,2.0
"Those high rewards that meet the happy saint,",0.0
"The joys of heaven, he longs to hear him paint;",0.0
"Potent, the strong temptation to defeat,",3.0
"'Twas when the virgin yields her brilliant sway,",0.0
"And tempered seasons smile in equal day,",0.0
"In youth's gay season, when few cares annoy,",1.0
"Alive to present and to future joy,",1.0
"Imagination aids each scene to warm,",0.0
And paints each beauty with a heightened charm;,1.0
"More gay to them, reviving spring is seen,",1.0
Where ripened beauty summer's suns disclose;,0.0
"So, to the youths now more majestic shone,",2.0
"Illustrious autumn, on her golden throne,",3.0
"Queen of the year, they see her now display,",0.0
The gifts which tributary seasons pay;,0.0
"The blushing orchard, and the waving corn,",1.0
Beneath her painted skies her reign adorn;,0.0
As her rich tints display her changing hand.,2.0
"Thus pleased they leave their parent and their home,",2.0
The mansion rose in venerable pride;,1.0
"Mid rocks and groves it rose in stately show,",1.0
And seemed the sovereign of the vale below;,1.0
"Where the gay scenes that struck the wondering eye,",5.0
Seemed empires of each rural deity;,3.0
And with rich purple decks the lowly bush;,2.0
"The village church, there steals upon the view;",0.0
"As just emerging from surrounding shade,",1.0
It gives a decent order to the glade.,1.0
"Hills rise on hills, to lead the extended eye,",3.0
"Till with its kindred blue, they mix in sky.",1.0
"Its streams collecting, gathering still new force,",3.0
"Between, a river takes its rapid course;",0.0
"A careful debtor, and a subject free,",1.0
Hastening its willing waters to the sea.,2.0
"From scenes like these their softened hearts imbibe,",1.0
"What most have felt, but few can well describe.",0.0
Whom the appointed time to meet them drew;,1.0
"Serene as eve, as autumn rich to bless,",0.0
He seemed the genius of his native place;,1.0
"And thus in accents mild their coming greets,",0.0
"Welcome young friends, your presence pleases more,",3.0
"As thus observant of an old man's hour,",2.0
"Though youth to folly and neglect is prone,",1.0
"Our course of friendship shall be safely trod,",0.0
"Hope marks the end, when we begin with God;",2.0
"From dignity serene, and mild benevolence,",2.0
These words mix awe with gentle confidence.,2.0
"He leads them through the winding of the wood,",2.0
"To where the chapel of the mansion stood,",1.0
"In decent order all the household there,",2.0
"Attend the blessing of their master's prayer,",1.0
"And there the observance of the world they shun,",2.0
"Thus every day was closed, and morn begun;",1.0
"No warm disputes, or lectures oft as vain,",1.0
"Employ the hours of eve that yet remain,",0.0
"Instruction lost its name, but took its force.",0.0
"An humbler notion of themselves are taught,",1.0
"Their recollected vanity regret,",1.0
And view their wisdom as a counterfeit;,1.0
"Their hearts, late nature's lovely scenes expand,",1.0
"Freeing from blind opinion to receive,",3.0
The important lesson which he wished to give;,1.0
"Dressing his purpose in a pleasing view,",2.0
Which they as entertainment only knew;,0.0
Swift fly the inspiring moments friendship shares;,2.0
"As high in wisdom and refined in taste,",1.0
All seemed a wonder that the sage possessed;,0.0
"Nor aught escaped them as they took their way,",1.0
Passing along to where their chambers lay.,2.0
"And now, as still prepared for new delight,",0.0
"A gallery stored with pictures struck their sight,",2.0
"There many a sage and patriot appeared,",3.0
"Who blessed in life, and were in death revered,",1.0
"Not those whose dubious worth high fortune crowned,",3.0
But whom unquestioned merit had renowned;,0.0
"Amongst the many which they wondering saw,",2.0
"Three more than all their fixed attention draw,",0.0
"The painter's zeal his magic hand obeyed,",0.0
"And almost life and breath his forms displayed,",1.0
"One narrow path to a bright mansion led,",2.0
"Along the landscape, over the canvas spread;",3.0
"Three figures pass it with a different fate,",2.0
And draw our admiration and regret;,1.0
"While one with steady eye surveys the ground,",0.0
"The others leave it, and with wandering feet,",3.0
"Though they approach to bliss, destruction meet;",1.0
"These pictures long their curious eyes detain,",2.0
"And much they wish their meaning to explain,",1.0
"Why the same landscape over the three are spread,",6.0
And whence the different figures there displayed;,1.0
"And anxious wait the coming of their friend,",1.0
"Hearts open to his counsels they prepare,",3.0
"And bread and fruits their wholesome meal complete,",0.0
"Enraptured of the pictures now they speak,",1.0
"O deign, they said, the mystery to relate,",3.0
And why those figures meet such different fate;,0.0
"Then to the gallery straight their host they lead,",2.0
And point the pieces which they wish to read;,0.0
"And ere he spoke, he heaved a feeling sigh;",0.0
"It's there, he said, enraptured with the theme,",2.0
"The painter gives to sight the poet's dream,",0.0
And almost bids his airy phantoms breathe;,1.0
"Nor to the painter give we all the praise,",1.0
But now attend to what the legend says;,0.0
"This said, a scroll of parchment next he shows,",0.0
And thus proceeds its legend to disclose;,1.0
"To your Commands I own Obedience due,",3.0
And fain would paint this fair enchanting View;,0.0
"A Palace, Centre of the Garden, stands,",1.0
No common Structure reared by vulgar Hands;,1.0
"But shows a Master's Skill, a Work complete,",0.0
"And speaks the Founder's Name, and Fortune great.",0.0
"Grand its Design, and its Proportion true.",3.0
"No costly Folly, no expensive Waste;",1.0
"Strong, but not heavy; noble, but not vast;",1.0
"Finished with Judgement, furnished with a Taste.",3.0
"Vain my Attempt to paint the charming Scenes,",2.0
"Fountains, Canals, Cascades from towering Slopes;",2.0
The grand Variety confound my Hopes:,1.0
"Here Art over Nature shows a noble Pride,",0.0
With Beauty clothes the barren Mountain's Side.,0.0
Where scarce a Shrub was ever known to grow.,0.0
"From Summer's Heat the Hills provide a Shade,",0.0
"In Winter Shelter, when cold Winds invade.",1.0
"Yet what were these but empty, all in vain",1.0
"To ease an aching Heart, or Head in Pain;",0.0
"Did Envy or Ambition rack the Breast,",1.0
"The Day would yield no Joy, the Night no Rest;",2.0
"One Vice indulged would cast a Gloom around,",0.0
"Cloud all the Prospect, poison all the Ground.",0.0
"But here true Happiness is understood,",2.0
The noble manly Joy of doing Good;,0.0
"Here sterling Truth, calm Temperance, and Love",2.0
"Lead from these pleasing Scenes to those above,",1.0
"Where Mildews blast not, nor chill Frosts annoy,",3.0
"No Rains can rot, nor eating Worms destroy.",1.0
Within these Walls such Happiness resides;,1.0
Thus Fame reports. ' --  What can they wish besides?,2.0
"The Poor shall bless them, all the Wise shall hail,",0.0
And Heaven approve; their Joys can never fail.,0.0
"Late may they peaceful to their Graves descend,",1.0
And Heaven to all their Offspring prove a Friend!,1.0
"In pride of generous strength, thou stately steed!",2.0
"Thy broad chest to the battle's front is given,",2.0
Thy mane fair floating to the winds of heaven;,2.0
Thy stamping hoofs the flinty pebbles break;,0.0
From thy moved nostrils bursts the curling smoke,2.0
"Thy kindling eyeballs brave the glaring south,",1.0
And dreadful is the thunder of thy mouth:,2.0
"But lo! what creature, goodly to the sight,",1.0
"Of portly stature, and determined mien,",1.0
"Whose dark eye dwells beneath a brow serene,",1.0
"And forward looks unmoved to scenes of death,",0.0
"And smiling, gently strokes thee in thy wrath;",0.0
"Generous, and good, sincere, and void of art,",1.0
"Blessed with a tender, yet an honest heart,",0.0
"Humane, and affable, to vice a foe,",1.0
"Neither too much the rustic, or the beau:",1.0
"Polite, and friendly, comely, good, and kind,",0.0
"Foe to deceit, to virtue most inclined.",2.0
"Fearless of danger, in a noble cause,",2.0
"Kind heaven has given him all the charms of youth,",2.0
"And in his soul shines honesty, and truth,",2.0
"Esteemed by many, and by most approved,",1.0
"Dictate, OH mighty Judge, what Thou hast seen",2.0
"Of Cities, and of Courts, of Books, and Men;",1.0
And deign to let Thy Servant hold the Pen.,0.0
Through Ages thus I may presume to live;,1.0
"And from the Transcript of Thy Prose receive,",3.0
What my own short-lived Verse can never give.,1.0
Thus shall fair Britain with a gracious Smile,3.0
"Accept the Work; and the instructed Isle,",1.0
"For more than Treaties made, shall bless my Toil.",0.0
"Nor longer hence the Gallic Style preferred,",0.0
Wisdom in English Idiom shall be heard;,3.0
"Beauty, the bounty of indulgent Heaven,",3.0
"Not to retire with to some lonely scene,",2.0
"But to shine forth, and to be seen of Men.",2.0
"In his own native day appears most bright,",0.0
And leaves the moon the empire of the night.,1.0
"By his example, Charlot, shine away;",1.0
"And worship Thee, as Persians Him adore.",2.0
"But had the hapless maid dwelled always there,",2.0
"Who could have said she was, or was not fair?",1.0
Her charms had been unheard of in the throng;,0.0
Nor Horace left us his immortal song.,1.0
"The sea-born goddess, rising from the main,",2.0
Unheeded might have dabbled there again;,1.0
And made her charms immortal as his fame.,1.0
"It's therefore common prudence to appear,",2.0
"And, like dull R ' --  smear your charms away.",1.0
"To dirty shepherd's, and to homely maids:",1.0
"To our Athenian Theatres repair,",4.0
And let the learnt and gay admire thee there.,0.0
"Inspire, and then reward some generous youth,",2.0
"Nursed in the arms of science, and of truth:",1.0
"For trust me, Charlot, who no flattery mean ' --",3.0
"To be admired, you only need be seen.",0.0
NO better Dog ever kept his Master's Door,4.0
"Than honest Snarl, who spared nor Rich nor Poor;",0.0
"But gave the Alarm, when any one drew nigh,",4.0
Nor let pretended Friends pass fearless by:,2.0
To keep the House from Rascals was my Charge;,1.0
"The Task was great, and the Commission large.",1.0
"Nor did your Worship ever declare your Mind,",2.0
That to the begging Crew it was confined;,1.0
"Who shrink an Arm, or prop an able Knee,",0.0
"To Thieves, who know the Penalty of Stealth,",1.0
"And fairly stake their Necks against your Wealth,",0.0
"These are the known Delinquents of the Times,",2.0
But since to Me there was by Nature lent,1.0
An exquisite Discerning by the Scent;,2.0
"A rallying Wit, when he commends and jeers:",3.0
"The greedy Parasite I grudging note,",0.0
"Who praises the good Bits, that oil his Throat;",1.0
"I mark the Lady, you so fondly toast,",1.0
"That plays your Gold, when all her own is lost:",0.0
"The Knave, who fences your Estate by Law,",1.0
Yet still reserves an undermining Flaw.,0.0
"These and a thousand more, which I could tell,",2.0
"Provoke my Growling, and offend my Smell.",1.0
Perpetual draws his humid train of mud:,2.0
Glad I revisit thy neglected reign;,3.0
"O, take me to thy peaceful shade again.",1.0
"But chiefly thee, whose influence breathed from high",3.0
"Ah, Ignorance! soft salutary power!",2.0
Prostrate with filial reverence I adore.,7.0
"Thrice hath Hyperion rolled his annual race,",5.0
Since weeping I forsook thy fond embrace.,1.0
"O say, successful dost thou still oppose",0.0
Thy leaden aegis against our ancient foes?,2.0
"Still stretch, tenacious of thy right divine,",2.0
"Break out, and flash a momentary day,",0.0
"With damp, cold touch forbid it to aspire,",2.0
And huddle up in fogs the dangerous fire.,3.0
"O say ' --  she hears me not, but, careless grown,",0.0
"Goddess! awake, arise! alas, my fears!",2.0
Can powers immortal feel the force of years?,2.0
She rode triumphant over the vanquished world;,2.0
"And all was Ignorance, and all was Night.",1.0
O! sacred age! O! times for ever lost!,0.0
"For ever gone ' --  yet still to Fancy new,",0.0
"Her rapid wings the transient scene pursue,",0.0
And bring the buried ages back to view.,0.0
Nor let fond poetry misguide thy sight.,2.0
"The sweet creation, by thy pencil drawn,",1.0
"Nor real in the fabric, nor the lawn.",1.0
"Less in the master, is the picture true,",1.0
"Unlike the portrait, and improved the view.",1.0
"A trifling, careless, short-lived writer, he",2.0
While Modesty persuaded her to place,2.0
Another on that mount she ought to grace.,1.0
"WHILE some, my Lord, the Roman Coast explore,",0.0
"Studious of Arts, by which ingenious BOYLE",1.0
"Now draws the Plan, or now erects the Pile;",1.0
"More bounded in my Fancy, and my Purse,",1.0
"I, over domestic Plains, pursue my Course;",2.0
"And every pleasing Object in the Way,",0.0
"The Muse shall sing, if you accept her Lay.",1.0
"WHEN CANCER fiercely glowed with PHOEBUS' Heat,",0.0
For Robbers famed; but I no Robbers fear:,2.0
"Let Gold, like Guilt, increase the Miser's Grief;",2.0
"A Poet's Purse, like Virtue, dares a Thief.",0.0
"Colebrook I quickly pass, and soon my Eyes",1.0
Survey the Royal Towers of Windsor rise:,2.0
"Charmed with the Theme of POPE's harmonious Song,",2.0
"I cheque my Steed, and slowly move along;",0.0
"As lingering Mariners contract their Sails,",1.0
To feast on Odours of Arabian Gales.,4.0
"But lest, my Lord, your Patience should accuse",1.0
"The dull Narration of a tedious Muse,",3.0
"I will not sing each Trifle that occurred,",1.0
"How much I eat, and drank, and whipped, and spurred:",0.0
"Revives me with his friendly, flowing Bowl;",1.0
"Yet forces no intemperate Bumpers round,",2.0
"What Scenes we acted, and what Toils we bore:",1.0
"No Party Feuds, nor Politics we name;",1.0
The Joys of Friendship mostly were our Theme.,1.0
"Warned by the Clock, we now retire to Rest,",0.0
Till rising PHOEBUS streaked the purple East.,0.0
"Breakfast soon over, we trace the verdant Field,",5.0
Straight Emulation glows in every Vein;,1.0
"Young Combatants their Martial Sports renew,",2.0
Nor former Wounds their Courage can control;,1.0
"Again they mount the Stage, again they play,",0.0
So with Ambition burns my daring Breast;,1.0
"Behind them close, I rush the sweeping Steel;",0.0
The vanquished Mowers soon confess my Skill.,0.0
NOT long at this laborious Sport I stay;,3.0
"'Twas there, my Lord, induced by potent Ale,",0.0
"Clowns dance, Boys hollow, and hoarse Cobblers sing.",4.0
"Not greater was the Joy in ancient Greece,",1.0
Soon as your Gold sung Prologue to the Feast.,2.0
"WHY should the Muse recite our Bill of Fare,",0.0
And with a long Description tyre your Ear?,1.0
None can your generous Treat with Want reproach;,2.0
"All eat enough, and many drank too much:",1.0
"All name their Toast, and every one, my Lord.",1.0
"No Cares, no Toils, no Troubles now appear;",5.0
"For Troubles, Toils, and Cares are drowned in Beer;",0.0
"Flush in their Face, and sparkle in their Eyes:",0.0
"They now the rustic Feats of Manhood boast,",1.0
"Who best could reap, or mow, or thresh the most:",0.0
"Contention doubtful! All with Anger burn,",0.0
While each appears a Hero in his Turn:,0.0
"Hard Words succeed; so far can Beer prevail,",1.0
"That Blows are menaced, even without the Flail;",2.0
"Till thus our Landlord, rising from his Chair,",2.0
"Like prudent NESTOR, stops impending War:",0.0
"WHAT Madness, Friends, what Madness can engage",1.0
Your Minds to burn with this unseemly Rage?,1.0
"For Shame, stain not with Blood our grateful Cheer;",1.0
Desist from Blood ' --  or else desist from Beer.,0.0
Are these the only Thanks you give my Lord?,1.0
"If no Respect you pay this cheerful Feast,",0.0
"Yet pay the noble Founder some, at least ' --",0.0
"HE said: Abashed the conscious Heroes stood,",0.0
Another Glass to TEMPLE's Health they pour;,0.0
Some Hours of Rest sacred to TEMPLE's Name;,5.0
"Oft as this Day returns, shall TEMPLE cheer",0.0
"Hence, when their Children's Children shall admire",0.0
"This Holiday, and, whence derived, enquire;",0.0
"Some grateful Father, partial to my Fame,",1.0
"Shall thus describe from whence, and how it came.",1.0
"HERE, Child, a Thresher lived in ancient Days;",0.0
A gracious QUEEN his Sonnets did commend;,0.0
"And some great Lord, one TEMPLE, was his Friend:",2.0
"That Lord was pleased this Holiday to make,",0.0
THUS shall Tradition keep my Fame alive;,1.0
"The Bard may die, the Thresher still survive.",0.0
While pleasing Hopes my grateful Bosom cheer;,0.0
"Here often round the verdant Plain I stray,",0.0
"And, though I swiftly walk, ascend but slow.",1.0
"The spiral Paths in gradual Circles lead,",2.0
"Increase my Journey, and elude my Speed:",1.0
"Yet, when at length I reach the lofty Height,",0.0
"Towns, Valleys, Rivers, Meadows meet my Sight;",2.0
"A thousand grateful Objects round me smile,",0.0
Whose various Beauties overpay my Toil.,2.0
So may you often see the studious Youth,3.0
"Begin the long, laborious Search for TRUTH;",2.0
"How slow his Progress, but how great his Pain!",2.0
"Before he over the Hills of Science rise,",2.0
"Where, far from vulgar Sight, the Goddess lies:",0.0
"Yet, there arrived, he ends the happy Chase;",1.0
"Reflects, with Pleasure, on his glorious Race;",3.0
"Sees the bright Nymph so many Charms display,",3.0
"WITHIN the Basis of the verdant Hill,",1.0
"Who, with her lovely Nymphs, adorns the Place;",0.0
Gives every polished Stone its proper Grace;,1.0
Now varies rustic Moss about the Cell;,1.0
"Now fits the shining Pearl, or purple Shell:",1.0
"CALYPSO thus, attended with her Train,",2.0
With rural Palaces adorns the Plain;,1.0
Nor with more Beauty shines the Immortal Fair.,3.0
"THE Muse her Journey, next, to Bath pursues;",0.0
"Bath, fixed by Nature to delight the Muse!",2.0
"Where flowery Shrubs, and curling Vines unite;",3.0
"Hills, Vales, and waving Woods attract the Sight;",1.0
A varied Scene! For Nature here displays,0.0
"A thousand lovely Charms, a thousand Ways:",0.0
"Now forms the verdant Walk, or sunny Glade,",1.0
Or pours the Waters over the steep Cascade;,2.0
"Or now contracts them with judicious Skill,",1.0
"And leads them, gently murmuring, down the Hill.",1.0
"Polite his Manners, and his Temper sweet:",1.0
"His sage Discourse, with soft, persuasive Art,",4.0
"Charmed the pleased Ear, till it improved the Heart:",4.0
"Bright Truth, and Virtue, were his lovely Theme;",2.0
"Which seemed more lovely, when described by him.",0.0
VARIOUS Diversions here employ the Fair;,1.0
"To Dancing some, and some to Play repair:",0.0
"Heaven, and domestic Care her Time divide:",1.0
"In her own Breast she seeks a calm Repose,",0.0
And shuns the crowded Rooms of Belles and Beaux;,0.0
"Oft won a worthless Heart, and lost her Gold.",1.0
"FROM Bath, I travel through the sultry Vale,",1.0
"Arcadian Plains, where PAN delights to dwell,",3.0
In verdant Beauties cannot these excel:,1.0
"These too, like them, might gain immortal Fame,",1.0
"If, to his Mouth, the Shepherd would apply",1.0
"His mellow Pipe, or vocal Music try:",0.0
"But, to his Mouth, the Shepherd never applies",3.0
"His mellow Pipe, nor vocal Music tries:",0.0
"His Hands support his Head, his Staff his Hands;",0.0
"Or, idly basking in the sunny Ray,",0.0
"Here, as I passed the Plains, a lovely Scene,",0.0
"Arrayed in Nature's Livery, gaily green!",2.0
Yet much the sweetest Tune the Farmer hears.,0.0
New different Prospects equally delight;,2.0
And awful Statues solemnly surprise:,2.0
"A mixed, majestic, venerable Band!",1.0
"Here mighty HOMER, PHOEBUS' eldest Son,",0.0
"Or sings, or seems to sing, in breathing Stone.",0.0
"And smooth tongued CICERO, in Marble, plead:",1.0
"Here shines great POMPEY, greater JULIUS there,",2.0
"With daring BRUTUS, honestly severe:",1.0
"Friendship, and Freedom in his Soul contend;",2.0
"Forgive him, CAESAR, if he wronged his Friend!",1.0
"Though BRUTUS' Dagger pierced thy Bosom through,",1.0
"'Twas Liberty, not Malice, struck the Blow.",2.0
"Unhappy BRUTUS, destined to withstand",1.0
Thy Friend's Ambition with a fatal Hand!,1.0
"Unhappy CAESAR, whose Ambition moved",0.0
"That fatal Hand, to murder whom it loved!",0.0
"Expiring Nations, not the World enslave;",0.0
Nor BRUTUS ever been stained with CAESAR's Blood.,2.0
High on a bleak and barren Tract of Land;,0.0
And lofty Towers adorned its awful Height;,2.0
Till Want of Water forced the thirsty Crowd,0.0
"To seek the Vale, where crystal Rivers flowed.",0.0
"First, for a Temple, drew the glorious Plan;",2.0
"Then quickly makes the sacred Columns rise,",0.0
And bids the lofty Spire invade the Skies.,0.0
"The prudent People too, with equal Haste,",0.0
"New Dwellings built, which far their old surpassed:",1.0
"Cautious of Thirst, they make the docile Tide,",2.0
"In winding Currents, through the City glide:",1.0
In which the lately thirsty Peasant spies,0.0
"Scenes, which, before, the lofty Mount denied!",1.0
Hence let Ambition learn to cheque its Pride:,1.0
High Stations often bring a Weight of Cares;,1.0
True Happiness is found in humble Spheres:,2.0
"Which faded when on high, but flourishes below.",1.0
"BATHURST, my infant Muse's generous Friend!",4.0
"And, as around his spacious Park I strayed,",1.0
"Charmed with the Prospect, which the Fields displayed,",0.0
"Musing on Verse, the willing Numbers came,",2.0
"My Song began, and Clarendon my Theme.",1.0
What sweeter Subject could I wish to choose?,0.0
What Scenes more lovely can delight a Muse?,1.0
"See, FLORA paints the Ground with varied Dies,",1.0
"Here curling Vines their luscious Sweets disclose,",0.0
There fair POMONA loads the blushing Boughs:,0.0
And fleecy Flocks the verdant Hills adorn!,0.0
"Here waving Trees project a cooling Shade,",0.0
Where BATHURST oft converses with the Dead;,1.0
Reads over what the ancient Sages wrote;,1.0
"Nor only reads, but acts as Sages taught;",0.0
"Improves the present Hour, that Fortune gives;",0.0
"Nor trusts Tomorrow, but Today he lives.",2.0
For Time had turned the Cement into Stone.,3.0
"Our Second HENRY here, if Fame be true,",0.0
"Measured the Prince's Right, and People's Due;",2.0
Made Laws to bound the Priests and Barons Claim ' --,1.0
Nor even those Laws did haughty BECKET blame;,2.0
"BECKET! true Tyrant of the Roman State,",4.0
Cursed with Religion just enough to hate;,2.0
"Whose stern, ambitious Zeal his King defied,",0.0
"And damned all those, who dared oppose his Pride.",1.0
OH Thou Supreme! whose Mercy ever shone,2.0
"The best, the brightest Jewel in thy Crown!",0.0
"Never let me such cruel Faith approve,",0.0
"Which bids me hate, whom Heaven commands to love!",0.0
Let Christian Charity incline my Mind,2.0
To wish the Happiness of all Mankind!,2.0
"In social Friendship always let me live,",0.0
"Slow to be angry, easy to forgive!",1.0
Where crowding Joys my grateful Heart dilate;,0.0
"To see the Friend, who first my Lays approved,",0.0
"Who loves the Muse, and by her is beloved;",2.0
"Told when she crept too low, or soared too high.",2.0
"OH STANLEY! if, forgetful of thy Love,",3.0
I ever to Gratitude rebellious prove;,2.0
"Still may I want a Friend, but never find;",0.0
"May FORTUNE, PHOEBUS, STANLEY, prove unkind!",0.0
"HERE often through the gloomy Woods I rove,",1.0
Pleased with the silent Horror of the Grove.,1.0
"And now the Lawn, and winding Walks delight;",0.0
Here conic Firs in graceful Order stand;,0.0
"Tall Cedars there, the Growth of Syrian Land.",4.0
"Your sylvan Scenes, where future Navies grow;",0.0
"Where lofty Oaks their branching Arms extend,",0.0
And towering Pines to kiss the Clouds ascend;,0.0
"Where opening Glades admit the sunny Ray,",2.0
Or venerable Groves exclude the Day.,1.0
And think of Actions worthy of the Wise.,1.0
"MY Friend and me, Southampton next receives;",1.0
"Southampton, washed with THETIS' silver Waves:",0.0
Upon whose sandy Margin Bevis rears,0.0
"His Head, on which a stately Dome appears;",0.0
"Where British SCIPIO, crowned with Martial Bays,",2.0
In Solitude enjoys his ancient Days:,0.0
"Yet, still inclined to conquer, wages here,",0.0
"Bends the young Plant obedient to his Will,",5.0
Or through the Valley leads the crystal Rill;,1.0
To stretch the Prospect over the lucid Tide:,2.0
The Foils of Art illustrate his Design;,2.0
And make the Di'mond NATURE brighter shine.,0.0
"CHARMED with the Beauties of the silver Sea,",1.0
"We board a Ship, and skim the watery Way:",2.0
"Blown with propitious Gales, we quickly view",2.0
To bear his fatal Thunder over the Flood.,2.0
"The wondrous Scene delights my gazing Eyes,",0.0
At once imparting Pleasure and Surprise:,1.0
"Intrepid Sailors, swarming in the Sky,",0.0
"Some stride the Yard, or towering Mast ascend;",0.0
"Some on the Ropes, in airy Crowds, depend;",0.0
"Thick as the Insects, round the Poplar, play,",1.0
BUT unexpected Dangers oft deceive,0.0
"The daring Man, who tempts the foamy Wave:",0.0
"While on the Fleet we all delighted gaze,",0.0
"The sudden Winds arise, and sweep the Seas;",0.0
"With rapid Force they fly, and from the Ship",1.0
"Our cautious Pilot quickly shifts the Sails,",0.0
Reverts his Course against the furious Gales.,2.0
OH CHLOE! then what ruthless Pains distressed,1.0
"Thy dizzy Head, and racked thy tender Breast!",0.0
How often did the Bard thy Fate bemoan!,0.0
How often did he wish thy Pains his own!,0.0
"On thy fair Face, distorted twenty Ways!",2.0
"Yet, though distorted, still thy Features show",1.0
"Bright in Distress, and innocent in Woe.",2.0
"So VENUS oft her silver Light displays,",0.0
"Through Evening Mists, that rise to cloud her Rays.",0.0
"Returns the Boat; we steer our Course again,",0.0
And soon forget the Dangers of the Sea.,1.0
"Straight to some hospitable Inn we haste,",3.0
Till gentle Sleep invites us to Repose.,1.0
Survey the mighty Magazines of War:,0.0
Tremendous Rows of Cannon meet our Eyes;,0.0
"Storehouse of MARS! where, ranged in Order, lay",1.0
Ten thousand Thunders for some fatal Day.,2.0
"DEPARTING hence, the Dock we travel round,",0.0
"Some bend the stubborn Planks, while others rear",0.0
"The lofty Mast, or crooked Timber square;",0.0
"Some ply their Engines, some direct the Toil,",0.0
And carefully inspect the mighty Pile;,1.0
"See every Chink securely stopped, before",1.0
"So, when the youthful Crane intends to fly",0.0
Her first long Journey through the spacious Sky;,2.0
"Before she rears herself sublime in Air,",0.0
She ranges every Plume with prudent Care;,0.0
"Then springs away, and soars above the Main.",0.0
Their brawny Arms the glowing Anchor beat;,0.0
And loud Notes echo through the sooty Hall.,2.0
When first the Harp melodious TUBAL strung:,2.0
And VULCAN's heavenly Art to Mortals taught;,1.0
"The Brother, pleased to hear his Hammers chime,",0.0
"Man's Bosom then sonorous Organs warmed,",5.0
The softer Lyre his gloomy Sorrows charmed;,0.0
"While Tyrants Hearts unusual Pity found,",0.0
And savage Tempers softened with the Sound.,1.0
"'TWAS now the Time, when PHOEBUS' piercing Ray",1.0
"Shot down direct, and measured half the Day:",2.0
"A bold Commander luckily we meet,",1.0
"A Table elegantly spread we found,",1.0
"AUGUSTUS first, and all the Royal Line,",0.0
"WAGER, and NORRIS, next, who boldly reign,",2.0
"In floating Castles, Monarchs of the Main.",2.0
"Where, parting from my Friend, I mount my Steed,",1.0
"Wilds, which were lately sterile, as the Coast,",1.0
Where patient CATO marched his fainting Host!,0.0
"Nor could the Swain explore a cooling Shade,",0.0
When fervid PHOEBUS burned his glowing Head;,0.0
"He said; ten thousand Trees adorned the Plain,",1.0
"Ten thousand Shades, delightful to the Swain.",2.0
"HENCE, over the Plains, and fruitful Fields I pass,",3.0
"In whom the Scholar, Friend, and Critic join;",0.0
"Who freely judges of an Author's Thoughts,",1.0
"Improves his Beauties, and corrects his Faults;",1.0
"Severely kind, and candidly severe;",1.0
"Polite, as Courtiers; and, as Truth, sincere;",1.0
"Till having, with a generous Mind, bestowed",3.0
The Flower of all his Years in doing Good;,1.0
"Retires, with Honour, to the rural Shade.",0.0
"SO, when the Prince of Rivers, fruitful Nile,",0.0
"Spent all the Richness, that his Waves contain,",0.0
"Back to his Banks, he draws his humid Train.",0.0
"I pay my Offerings next at PHOEBUS' Shrine,",0.0
"Oxford, the Seat of all the tuneful Nine.",2.0
"Forgive me, God of Verse, who daring greet",0.0
Zealous to worship at their Prophet's Tomb;,2.0
Invoking thee to aid his humble Strains.,1.0
OH! might a Spark of thy celestial Flame,1.0
"But raise my Numbers equal to my Theme,",1.0
ALFRED immortal in my Page should shine;,2.0
"ALFRED, the Monarch, Hero, and Divine!",3.0
"Who, having bravely all his Foes overthrown,",3.0
"Advanced thy Kingdom, and confirmed his own;",1.0
"Recalled the banished Arts, and bad the Muses sing.",0.0
"Whose pious Care the decent Fabric reared,",0.0
Which kindly sheltered the unworthy Bard;,1.0
Nor the unworthy Bard should leave unpaid,1.0
"The grateful Debt, contracted while he stayed:",0.0
"Thy Favours, chiefly, WINDER, should be known,",2.0
"In lasting Numbers, tuneful as thy own.",1.0
"Thee, BODLEY, would I sing; who can refuse",1.0
"A Verse to BODLEY, Patron of the Muse?",1.0
Whose lettered Bounty to the World declares,1.0
The treasured Wisdom of three thousand Years.,2.0
"Who graced the River with a stately Frame,",1.0
"Known by the flowery Meads, which round it lie,",2.0
"Where courtly ADDISON attuned his Lays,",1.0
"Hail, happy Bard! whose Genius still could shine",1.0
The Critic's Pen improved the Poet's Rage;,0.0
The Hero's Deeds shone brighter in thy Verse:,1.0
How stubborn CATO for his Country fell;,1.0
"Nor less thy soft diurnal Essays please,",1.0
"That Glass, where every Fool his Folly sees;",0.0
"Where Virtue shines with such attractive Grace,",1.0
She tempts the Vicious to her chaste Embrace.,1.0
My Thoughts and Actions over Life's devious Tide!,5.0
"If Pride, or Passion cheque my doubtful Sail,",0.0
"Let thy Instructions lend a friendly Gale,",2.0
"To waft me to the peaceful, happy Shore,",1.0
"Where thou, immortal Bard! art gone before:",1.0
"Then those who grant me not a Poet's Name,",0.0
Shall own I left behind a better Fame.,0.0
"For her once more we touch the sounding String,",0.0
But sacred Friendship that our Muse inspires.,0.0
So to the Fair Ones I devote my Song.,3.0
"The Wise will seldom credit all they hear,",0.0
"Though saucy Wits should tell them with a Sneer,",1.0
"It's true, our Sex has been from early Time",0.0
A constant Topic for Satiric Rhyme:,1.0
"Nor without Reason ' --  since we're often found,",5.0
"Or lost in Passion, or in Pleasures drowned:",1.0
"And the fierce Winds that bid the Ocean roll,",2.0
"Yet some there are who keep the moderate Way,",2.0
"Can think an Hour, and be calm a Day:",0.0
"Who never were known to start into a Flame,",2.0
Turn Pale or tremble at a losing Game.,1.0
"But still serene, compassionate and kind,",1.0
Walk through Life's Circuit with an equal Mind.,4.0
Of all Companions I would choose to shun,1.0
"Such, whose blunt Truths are like a bursting Gun,",1.0
"Who in a Breath count all your Follies over,",1.0
"But Reason here will prove the safest Guide,",0.0
Extremes are dangerous placed on either Side.,2.0
A Friend too soft will hardly prove sincere;,1.0
To charm Mankind and make the World admire:,1.0
"Yet in a Friend but serve an under Part,",0.0
The main Ingredient is an honest Heart:,1.0
Now let the Muse who takes no Courtier's Fee,2.0
Point to her Friend ' --  and future Ages see,0.0
If this shall live till future Ages be,1.0
The loved Companion of my early Days:,1.0
"By Nature cheerful, and by Nature wise.",1.0
"To have them last, the social Laws decree;",0.0
We choose our Friendships in the same degree:,0.0
"What mighty Pleasure, if we might presume,",1.0
Or share the Table what supreme Delight?,0.0
For who shall dare to contradict her Grace?,0.0
"Our freeborn Nature hates to be confined,",0.0
Where State and Power cheque the speaking Mind;,0.0
Where heavy Pomp and sullen Form withholds,1.0
That cheerful Ease and Sympathy of Souls.,1.0
"But yet the Soul whatever its Partner do,",3.0
Must lift its Head above the baser Crew.,1.0
"Celestial Friendship with its nicer Rules,",1.0
"It asks, to make this Union soft and long,",0.0
"A Mind susceptible, and Judgement strong;",1.0
And then a Taste: But let that Taste be given,0.0
By mighty Nature and the Stamp of Heaven:,1.0
"Possessed of these, the justly tempered Flame",1.0
"Will glow incessant, and be still the same:",1.0
"Not moved by Sorrow, Sickness, or by Age",1.0
"The Soul unstained with Envy or with Pride,",1.0
"Pleased with itself and all the World beside,",2.0
"Unmoved can see gilded Chariots whirling by,",6.0
"Or view the wretched with a melting Eye,",1.0
Discern a Failing and forgive it too:,1.0
"Be seldom sour, or your Friends will fly",0.0
From the hung Forehead and the scornful Eye:,3.0
And soft as Summer or the western Wind:,1.0
"But round ere night her giddy Passions wheel,",1.0
She'll clap the Door against your parting Heel.,0.0
"An even Temper will be sure to please,",1.0
With cool Reflection and a cheerful Ease.,1.0
How vainly spread with Carpets and Perfumes:,1.0
And for no other Reason but her loathed Extremes.,3.0
"Today more holy than a cloistered Nun,",1.0
Almost an Atheist by tomorrow's Sun:,5.0
Now speaks to Heaven with a lifted Eye:,1.0
"OH say, from what strange Principles begin",3.0
These odd Compounds of Piety and Sin?,1.0
"A sickly Fair may some Excuses find,",0.0
What grieves the Body will affect the Mind,1.0
But not the Creatures who have learnt to screen,0.0
"What the black Mists afflict the aching Skull,",3.0
The Spirits tremble and the Heart be dull:,1.0
"Have you from thence a Licence to offend,",1.0
Affront a Patron or abuse a Friend?,1.0
"And ape the Manners of a surly Beast,",1.0
"But all have Failings, not the best are free,",0.0
Or in a greater or a less Degree.,1.0
"What follows then? ' --  Forgive, or unforgiven",0.0
Expect no Passage at the Gate of Heaven.,1.0
"Kind Nature gave, in Pity to Mankind,",3.0
This social Virtue to the human Mind:,1.0
"This gives our Pleasures a more easy Flow,",1.0
And helps to blunt the Edge of smarting Woe:,0.0
"The Soul's Relief, with Grief or Cares oppressed,",0.0
Is to disclose them to a faithful Breast;,2.0
"And then how lovely in a Friend appear,",0.0
"When changing Fortune with propitious Ray,",1.0
"The pleased Companion shares the welcome Tide,",0.0
And wrapped in Joy the happy Minutes glide.,0.0
Grave Authors differ ' --  Men of Sense incline,1.0
This Way or that ' --  Opinions rarely join:,0.0
But most in this and only this agree;,1.0
"That our chief Task is seldom to offend,",4.0
"Since he is gone, I'll fetch him to my Arms",1.0
"By sacred Spells, and Force of Magic Charms,",0.0
"That, chilling stops whatever swims too near:",2.0
Though ruffling Winds drive over the noisy Deep:,3.0
Look down auspicious Moon; too well you know,3.0
"What Love will force, and potent Charms can do.",0.0
"Sprinkle the Sea, and say, I thus infuse",2.0
"Sad gloomy Thoughts into the perjured Swain,",1.0
"Till he relenting sigh, and turn to love again.",1.0
"In Numbers hid; and Energy divine,",1.0
"In figured Spells, and the mysterious Trine.",3.0
"Take here the ravenous Dog, and wound him through.",2.0
"So may his Soul be pierced with fretting Pain,",1.0
Go fetch dry Weeds; They lie on yonder Isle;,2.0
"Then raise in cornered Squares the artful Pile,",0.0
And force the kindled Heap with flaming Oil:,0.0
"So may his tortured Soul in Anguish mourn,",1.0
"And as the Pile, so may the Triton burn.",2.0
"I hear the hollowing Elves, and Midnight Shriek",3.0
"While now the Flames consume the sacred Heap,",0.0
"Delightful Sounds, when formed by studious Art",1.0
"Will kind Relief a while, and slumbering Ease impart;",2.0
"They quell sad Thoughts, and raise from black Despair",1.0
"The troubled Mind, and still the Voice of Care.",0.0
"He pressed the Waters with extended Arms,",1.0
"And as he moved, displayed a thousand Charms.",1.0
"His Wings were clogged with Wet, and useless grown,",0.0
"Fluttering he strove, but Moisture pressed him down.",1.0
"The God of Love is now to Seas confined,",0.0
"No Triton must be proud, or Nymph unkind.",1.0
"Choked with dark smoky Fumes, that circling rise.",3.0
Moisture imbibed preserves the reeking Heap:,2.0
"Nor will he burn, nor shall I cease to weep.",1.0
"In vain we strive: No artful Spell can move,",1.0
No Charm will force unwilling Souls to love.,1.0
"In the wished Close of Evening's welcome gloom,",3.0
My longing steps reached an inviting Bloom;,2.0
And in small Plots were softer Myrtles placed.,1.0
"The lofty Cedars with extended Arms,",1.0
Twine to keep off the force of roughest Storms;,0.0
The solemn Glory of the pleasing Shade:,1.0
"On verdant Moss, Nature's rich cloth of State,",6.0
By a clear thrilling Stream supine I sat:,2.0
"Upon my Hand my thoughtful Head reclined,",0.0
"Sad soft Ideas entertained my Mind,",1.0
And I to sing some Lovers fate inclined;,1.0
"Forbid my Choice, her Speech abruptly broke,",0.0
At last in Sighs the Interdiction spoke.,0.0
"You shall no more write tender moving Strains,",2.0
"But to the World my Sorrows you shall tell,",2.0
"How I have grieved since the lost Hero fell,",3.0
My darling Dryden whom I loved so well.,0.0
"He who has done such Glories to my Name,",1.0
Immortal as my self has made my Fame;,1.0
Watchful as Lovers I first saw his Fate,4.0
With raging Sounds Parnassus loss relate.,1.0
"Called all my Sisters with my frantic Cries,",1.0
"Like a deserted Maid in Wild Despair,",1.0
My Mantle rent and shattered in the Air;,0.0
"No more I'll wanton on our Mountains brow,",1.0
Nor curious Pains upon my Locks bestow;,2.0
"In amorous Folds my Rosey Mantle twine,",2.0
"Which Willows, Cypress, Yew has awful made,",1.0
My piercing Groans through every Wood and Plain.,0.0
"Thus I and she in an Eternal round,",2.0
"Whispered a thousand tender melting Things,",2.0
Till he writ Lays moving as Orpheus strings.,5.0
"Oft I for Ink did radiant Nectar bring,",0.0
"Whose gentle force did as Victorious prove,",3.0
"Warmed every Breast with a surprising Fire,",2.0
"Such Lustre still graced his magnetic Line,",2.0
"With what celestial Cadence does he tell,",0.0
"The pristine Joys of Love, ever Mankind fell;",4.0
"When in the blooming Grove the first kind Pair,",1.0
To hear their loves Rivals the Bliss they lost;,5.0
How Nobly Anthony the Empire scorns:,1.0
"Dissolved in her kind Arms transported lay,",2.0
"For Love's soft Joy, gave the rough Crown away.",4.0
"Such Realms of Bliss the Hero there possessed,",1.0
Sighing fond Vows on her returning Breast;,4.0
Entranced in Joys too exquisite to tell.,2.0
"When an incestuous Flame his Theme has been,",1.0
He almost charms us to forgive the Sin.,2.0
"Such Arts had our addressing Phoebus known,",1.0
"But brought the Hero forth, and not their Crown.",0.0
"He so advanced whatever I bestowed,",3.0
"I was Love's Muse, but he himself the God.",3.0
"Youth, beauty, strength, the trophy, and the bust,",2.0
"But modest manners, innocent of art,",1.0
"The open nature, and the moral heart.",1.0
"Such love of truth as ancient Britains bore,",0.0
"Such fortitude, as never Roman more:",0.0
To mix with nature's social as his own.,1.0
"For fleeting Life recalled, for Health restored,",0.0
Be first the God of Life and Health adored;,0.0
Whose boundless Mercy claims this Tribute due:,0.0
"And next to Heaven, I owe my Thanks to you;",0.0
"To you, who feel the Ease your Medicines give,",3.0
"And, in reviving Patients, doubly live;",0.0
"You, who from Nature's Dictates never stray;",1.0
"But wisely wait, till she points out the Way:",0.0
Heightened by Learning and Humanity.,4.0
"With Ease all Nature's Secrets you explore,",1.0
And to the noblest Heights of Science soar.,1.0
"Your Thoughts, unbounded, travel with the Sun;",1.0
And see attendant Worlds around him run;,0.0
"Which trace their distant Courses through the Sky,",1.0
"Nor fly his Throne too far, nor press too nigh.",2.0
"The wise and wondrous Laws you clearly know,",0.0
"Which rule those Worlds above, and this below.",1.0
"In all its Wonders, is surveyed by thee:",1.0
"To praise thy Maker, and to bless thy Kind:",1.0
"Quick to discern, judicious to apply,",3.0
"Your Judgement clear, and piercing, as your Eye:",1.0
"Even Medicines, in your wise Prescriptions, please;",1.0
And are no more the Patient's worst Disease.,0.0
"Goodness, and Skill, and Learning less than thine,",2.0
"While you, dear maid, over thousands born to reign,",1.0
"For the gay town exchange the rural plain,",2.0
The cooling breeze and evening walk forsake,0.0
"For stifling crowds, which your own beauties make;",1.0
"Through circling joys while you incessant stray,",1.0
"Charm in the Mall, and sparkle at the play;",0.0
Think if successive vanities can spare,3.0
"One thought to love what cruel pangs I bear,",0.0
"Left in these plains all wretched, and alone,",1.0
"To weep with fountains, and with echoes groan,",1.0
"And mourn incessantly that fatal day,",1.0
That all my bliss with CHLOE snatched away.,0.0
"Say, by what arts I can relieve my pain,",1.0
"Music, verse, all I try, but try in vain;",0.0
"In vain the breathing flute my hand employs,",0.0
"Music, alas, is but the voice of love!",3.0
"In vain I oft harmonious lines peruse,",2.0
"Their treacherous numbers but assist the foe,",3.0
And in their tender sorrows read my own.,0.0
"Restless sometime, as oft the mournful dove",3.0
"I fly from home, and seek the sacred fields,",0.0
"Where CAM'S old urn its silver current yields,",1.0
"Where solemn towers overlook each mossy grove,",0.0
As if to guard it from the assaults of love;,2.0
"Her sons, though few, not PALLAS could defend,",0.0
Love like a fever with infectious rage,1.0
"Scorched up the young, and thawed the frost of age;",0.0
"To gaze at her, even DONS are seen to run,",0.0
"And leave unfinished pipes, and authors ' --  scarce begun.",0.0
"So HELEN looked, and moved with such a grace,",1.0
When the grave seniors of the TROJAN race,3.0
"Were forced those fatal beauties to admire,",1.0
"That all their youth consumed, and set their town on fire.",0.0
"At famed NEWMARKET oft I spend the day,",1.0
An unconcerned spectator of the play;,6.0
There pitiless observe the ruined heir,1.0
"With anger fired, or melting with despair:",3.0
"For how should I his trivial loss bemoan,",2.0
"Who feel one, so much greater, of my own?",2.0
"Wait the decision of two rival dice,",4.0
"While long disputes betwixt seven and five remain,",5.0
"And each, like parties, have their friends for gain,",0.0
"Without one wish I see the guineas shine,",0.0
"Fate, keep your gold, I cry, make CHLOE mine.",3.0
"Now see, prepared their utmost speed to try,",2.0
Over the smooth turf the bounding racers fly!,2.0
"Now more and more their slender limbs they strain,",0.0
And foaming stretch along the velvet plain!,0.0
"Ah stay! swift steeds, your rapid flight delay,",1.0
No more the jockey's smarting lash obey:,0.0
"But rather let my hand direct the rein,",0.0
"Then swift as eagles cut the yielding air,",0.0
"Bear me, o bear me to the absent fair.",1.0
"Now when the winds are hushed, the air serene,",0.0
"Pensive over all the neighbouring fields I stray,",2.0
"Wherever or choice, or chance directs the way;",2.0
"Or view the opening lawns, or private woods,",2.0
"Or distant bluish hills, or silver floods:",0.0
"Now harmless birds in silken nets ensnare,",1.0
Now with swift dogs pursue the flying hare;,3.0
Dull sports! for o my CHLOE is not there!,3.0
Fatigued at length I willingly retire,1.0
"To a small study, and a cheerful fire,",3.0
"There over some folio poor; I poor, it's true,",3.0
"But o my thoughts are fled, and fled to you;",1.0
"I hear you, see you, feast upon your eyes,",0.0
"Here for a while I could forget my pain,",0.0
While I by dear reflection live again;,0.0
"But even these joys are too sublime to last,",2.0
"And quickly fade, like all the real ones past:",1.0
For just when now beneath some silent grove,0.0
"I hear you talk ' --  and talk perhaps of love,",0.0
"Or charm with thrilling notes the listening ear,",0.0
"Sweeter than angels sing, or angels hear,",2.0
"My treacherous hand its weighty charge lets go,",3.0
"The book falls thundering on the floor below,",2.0
"The pleasing vision in a moment's gone,",0.0
And I once more am wretched and alone.,1.0
So when glad ORPHEUS from the infernal shade,3.0
"Soon as her charms had reached his eager eyes,",0.0
Lost in eternal night ' --  again she dies.,1.0
"AH stay, fair fleeting Form, I charge thee stay;",1.0
"Ardelia calls thee, lovely cruel Shade!",2.0
"Ardelia bids thee stay, thy once loved Maid!",3.0
"Alas! in vain I call, for see he flies;",0.0
Not all my Prayers can the loved Form detain:,3.0
"My Sighs, my Tears, my Wishes are in vain.",1.0
And bid once more the lovely Phantom rise.,1.0
Bid him in all those heavenly Charms appear;,2.0
"That melting Softness, that engaging Air,",0.0
"In that too powerful Sorrow let him shine,",3.0
When first he gave his Heart and conquered mine.,1.0
"Hence then, you Sorrows, from the fancied Scene,",1.0
"Despairs, eternal Sighs, and secret Pain,",0.0
"Shall wound no more, no Thought my Bliss destroy;",4.0
No happy Rival interrupt my Joy:,1.0
"For o! whatever my cruel Fates Design,",4.0
In Sleep Philander can be only mine.,1.0
"In each dark hedge we start an insect fire,",2.0
"Which lives by night, and must at dawn expire;",0.0
"Yet such their number that their specks combine,",0.0
And the unthinking vulgar swear they shine.,1.0
"Poets are prodigies so greatly rare,",3.0
"They seem the talks of heaven, and built with care:",0.0
"They roll, immortal, over the wastes of time:",2.0
Ages in vain close round and snatch in fame;,1.0
High over all still shines the Poet's name!,2.0
"Lords of a life that scorns the bounds of breath,",0.0
They stretch existence and defy stern death.,2.0
"Glory and shame are theirs ' --  they plant renown,",3.0
Or shade the Monarch's by the Muse's crown:,2.0
"To say Augustus reigned when Virgil shined,",0.0
Does honour to the lord of half mankind.,1.0
"So when three thousand years have waned away,",1.0
"And POPE is said to have lived when GEORGE bore sway,",1.0
"Millions shall lend the King the Poet's fame,",2.0
And bless implicit the supported name.,1.0
And pensive sadness shades the opening year;,2.0
"Yet all its trembling strings over Anna's urn,",3.0
"Again would vibrate, with my heart would mourn.",1.0
"Friend of the good, farewell! my friend adieu!",1.0
"The heart you often cheered, must mourn for you,",0.0
"Ever was seen your hospitable door,",6.0
"Oft on my solitary hours this knell,",0.0
"By brooding fancy heard, shall sound ' --  farewell!",1.0
"The comment marks perhaps a dubious aim,",2.0
"But from the tomb be cold suspicion fled,",1.0
"So freed ' --  to virtue and affection true,",1.0
"The mourning muse this finished course would view,",0.0
"For points contending be the bigot found,",0.0
Declaring zeal and resting in a sound.,0.0
Truths uncontested here could force impart,1.0
To stamp the Christian's duties on the heart.,1.0
"Benevolence thence gave her open smile,",2.0
Sincerity her tongue that spoke no guile;,2.0
"Forgiveness there through transient anger shone,",1.0
"The heart that free from harm, suspected none,",0.0
"The tears of wealth in smiles of ease may end,",0.0
"But ah! when poverty has lost a friend,",1.0
"Remembrance, that in prosperous days may sleep,",2.0
Must with the sick and poor sad vigils keep.,1.0
"Grateful to feeling hearts and friendly eyes,",2.0
"O quickly let the sheltering pile arise,",2.0
"Where misery most forlorn for years to come,",2.0
"Screened from the world's contempt, shall find a home.",0.0
"When winter rages, there in future days,",1.0
Revered tradition shall repeat her praise.,0.0
"While round their blazing fires these sit and tell,",0.0
What they have heard of her who built that cell.,1.0
"Ambitious each to rescue from the grave,",1.0
"How good she was, what charities she gave;",2.0
"By faithful records shall her memory shine,",2.0
And still fresh olives round the cypress twine.,1.0
"Ministering angels of the grace of Heaven,",3.0
"To you you poor, the rich and good were given:",1.0
"If faithful thus, their treasures they employ,",1.0
Your present comfort yields their future joy.,0.0
What braved the wreck of time shall be no more;,0.0
"And in one general ruin shall resolve,",0.0
"This globe, and all which it inherit shall dissolve.",1.0
Which clouds of witnesses for them have sown.,2.0
"Shall He, whose bright example they pursued,",1.0
With these approving words reward imperfect good;,1.0
The people all believed that he was dumb:,1.0
"In troops, with hasty steps to him they went;",1.0
To get their fate presaged was their intent.,6.0
"The man well versed was in the mystic art,",1.0
And quick as thought could wondrous things impart.,0.0
"Whoever were with anxious cares oppressed,",1.0
"Or on account of absent friends distressed,",1.0
Each of his purse did amply make him share.,0.0
"It matters not how great the distance be,",0.0
"Though in distress, them frees from every pain;",0.0
Dead or alive they now must cross the main:,2.0
Though wont ere while to shun his fond address.,1.0
"Sly Sanders too, who loves and woos for gold,",1.0
"Cows, calves and horses, placed before his sight,",1.0
"Poor Celia next, who, for some fickle swain,",2.0
"Spends days in sorrow, and whole nights in pain:",3.0
"It was his absence caused the maid to mourn,",1.0
"His antic gestures did the fair one cheer,",0.0
"And home she went, released from every fear.",0.0
"She would be wed, but fears it is too late:",1.0
May all get married for a penny more.,2.0
Ah no! he is by empty fools despised.,1.0
"A crafty youth, Will Watson was his name,",1.0
"He dressed himself all in a maid's array,",0.0
"Gown, stays and petticoat, extremely gay;",1.0
Few of our Ladies looked so fine as he.,0.0
"Up street he walked with a majestic air,",1.0
"First gave a penny, then he showed his hand,",1.0
And did with down cast eyes dejected stand:,2.0
But who can tell the sequel without tears?,3.0
"Now all around upon the youth did gaze,",1.0
Such dismal signs had filled them with amaze.,1.0
Will gave a penny more; the sage did bring,0.0
"The lover home, and wed them with a ring.",1.0
"Eight children too, he placed before their sight",1.0
"Will seemed well pleased, and bade them all good night.",1.0
"This might have passed, had he the fact concealed;",1.0
"He thought indeed, but all his thoughts were vain,",0.0
Or for one small mistake condemn the wise?,1.0
"AH lay this cruel Artifice aside,",1.0
"This barbarous distance, and affected Pride;",3.0
"Or else resign my heart, which is too great",1.0
For you in this imperious way to treat.,4.0
"But know as well the influence of my Eyes,",1.0
"OH Thou, who in a weak disjointed age",0.0
"High above envy may thy name be placed,",5.0
A roman spirit with true attic taste.,2.0
"Born to achieve a glory of thy own,",3.0
"To rise unaided, and to shine alone;",1.0
Thy genius takes its elevated stand,0.0
"Above the level of thy native land,",1.0
"Grasping at once beyond the world's control,",2.0
"The painter's fancy, and the poet's soul;",1.0
"Reflection guided by thy mimic power,",1.0
Commands whole ages in one fleeting hour.,1.0
Of slow progressive arts over time's still flowing stream.,4.0
Where virtue and desert approach the gods;,1.0
Where beings of free thought and kindred mould,2.0
"And the pure, endless, universal mind,",2.0
Beams in benevolence on human kind;,2.0
"There, placed by judgement in the fairest light,",0.0
Each excellence appears distinctly bright;,1.0
"Divine philosophy, the muse's art,",1.0
"All that can touch the soul with living fire,",0.0
"The love of honest fame, or elegant desire.",1.0
"While I, constrained to droop the trembling wing,",1.0
"Rejoice in triumphs, I despair to sing;",1.0
"And mark well pleased thy genius in its rise,",1.0
"Through envious clouds, to clear untroubled skies.",2.0
"Pure as her Morals, sprightly as her Thought;",1.0
"Filled with Compassion for the poor distressed,",3.0
"And flowing from a grateful generous Breast,",3.0
"My Muse would sing. ' --  But Swift approves her Lays,",0.0
"Will Delia pardon, if I dare rehearse",1.0
"Where Souls replete with Learning, Sense, and Truth;",0.0
Himself alone unknowing of his Worth:,1.0
"Preeminent, and every Eye commands;",1.0
"Who sings with Genius, Elegance, and Art,",1.0
"To warm the Passions, and enlarge the Heart.",1.0
"Sublime in Sentiment, in Diction pure,",1.0
His shall the Critic's keenest Pen endure;,0.0
And stand the Rage of conquering Time secure.,2.0
"A Fop let others choose, or Wretch they hate;",1.0
To every Joy prefer a large Estate;,0.0
"The Wise must Delia and her Choice approve,",1.0
Who would great Merit recompense with Love;,1.0
"Good Sense must Honour, Friendship, Faith secure,",3.0
"While the rich Fool grows fickle, false, impure.",4.0
With such a Friend what Woman would not dare,1.0
"To stake some Fortune, and the rest to share?",1.0
"To hear Truth flow melodious from his Tongue,",2.0
"Such Force of Merit must successful prove,",0.0
"Bays crown his Head, while Beauty crowns his Love.",1.0
Pray who this Wig from dressing could refrain.,0.0
"'Twas friendship only did the theft inspire,",1.0
To make this Wig what students must admire.,0.0
Now Art with Nature gladly will combine,1.0
"This Wig may now a constellation blaze,",0.0
While wondering Herschel shall enraptured gaze.,2.0
"When these you read, chance anger from your breast,",2.0
And pray be happy that your Wig is dressed.,0.0
"OBserve this Piece, which to our Sight does bring",1.0
The fittest Posture for the Swedish King;,1.0
"Encompassed, as we think, with Armies round,",1.0
Though not expressed within this narrow Bound,0.0
"Who, while his warlike and extended Hand",2.0
"Directs the foremost Ranks to Charge or Stand,",1.0
"Reverts his Face, lest That, so Fair and Young,",0.0
Should call in doubt the Orders of his Tongue:,1.0
"While the excited, and emboldened Rear",2.0
"Such Youth beholding, and such Features there,",2.0
"Devote their plainer Forms, and are ashamed to Fear.",1.0
"Thus! every Action, every Grace of thine,",1.0
"OH latest Son of Fame, Son of Gustavus Line!",6.0
"Affects thy Troops, with all that can inspire",1.0
"A blooming Sweetness, and a martial Fire,",1.0
"Fatal to none, but thy invading Foe.",3.0
"So Lightnings, which to all their Brightness show,",0.0
"Strike but the Man alone, who has provoked the Blow.",0.0
"Thus lowly bending on my parent earth,",2.0
I view with tears the day that gave me birth;,0.0
Since I had power to think I never could find,3.0
Myself of any service to mankind;,3.0
"Though oft this vain, this giddy foolish heart,",0.0
"And yet I never found means, or never could,",3.0
"But this I know, I never did them good.",1.0
"Me whom the iron hand of fate does press,",0.0
"Though most familiar, never felt the less;",0.0
"Scorned by those friends with whom I once could vie,",0.0
"Without one kind companion doomed to sigh,",0.0
"I feel new causes, each succeeding morn,",1.0
To mourn the day when such a wretch was born.,1.0
But OH! Almighty Father! if I dare,1.0
"To left my eyes to thee, accept this prayer;",1.0
"Let never ambition fire my youthful breast,",3.0
Nor earthly trifles rob my soul of rest.,0.0
"Or any thing that but concerns myself,",2.0
"Unless my sins: OH! may they be forgiven,",2.0
And all my happiness be placed in heaven!,1.0
OH might I be enabled to relieve,1.0
"I'd view my birthday with a heart elate,",2.0
And leave the world without the least regret.,0.0
"TIME was when poets played thorough the game,",5.0
The first in brothels with their punk and Muse;,1.0
"Thank heaven, the times are changed; no poet now",2.0
"Need roar for Bacchus, or to Venus bow.",1.0
"Even in those days some few escaped the fate,",0.0
"By better judgement, or a longer date,",1.0
"And rode, like buoys, triumphant over the tide.",4.0
"While happier Southern, though with sports of yore,",3.0
"And to our admiration, joined our love.",1.0
"Light lie his funeral turf! ' --  For you, who join",4.0
"His decent manners to his art divine,",1.0
"Would you while, round you, toss the Proud and Vain",0.0
"Indulge the muse in innocence and ease,",1.0
And tread the flowery path of life in peace?,2.0
"Avoid all authors, ' --  What! the illustrious Few,",3.0
Who shunning Fame have taught her to pursue,1.0
"Fair Virtue's heralds? ' --  Yes, I say again,",1.0
"Full many a peevish, envious, slandering elf,",5.0
"Is in his works, Benevolence itself.",1.0
"For all mankind, unknown, his bosom heaves,",1.0
He only injures those with whom he lives.,1.0
"Read then the Man: Does truth his actions guide,",0.0
"Exempt from petulance, exempt from pride?",1.0
"To social duties does his heart attend,",0.0
"As son, as father, husband, brother, friend?",0.0
"Do those who know him love him? if they do,",1.0
"But chief avoid the boisterous roaring sparks,",0.0
"Fond to be heard they always court a crowd,",0.0
"And, though it's borrowed nonsense, talk it loud.",2.0
"One epithet supplies their constant chime,",0.0
"Damned bad, damned good, damned low, and damned sublime!",4.0
But most in quick short repartee they shine,1.0
"Each quaint stale scrap which every subject hits,",1.0
Till fools almost imagine they are wits.,2.0
"Yet taste not half the beauties of HIS page,",1.0
"Nor see that art, as well as Nature, strove",0.0
"For there, there only, where the sisters meet,",1.0
"His Genius triumphs, and the work's complete.",1.0
"Or would you sift more near these sons of fire,",0.0
"Without his breath, inspiring every thought,",0.0
"Without his eager, his becoming zeal,",1.0
"To teach them, though they scarce know why, to feel,",2.0
"I'm no enthusiast, yet with joy can trace",0.0
"If Monarchs listen when the Muses woo,",1.0
"Attention wakes, and nations listen too.",0.0
"The Bard grows rapturous, who was dumb before,",2.0
"Friend of the finer arts, when Egypt saw",0.0
"Her second Ptolemy give science law,",2.0
"The column swelled, the pile majestic rose,",0.0
"Exact proportion borrowed strength from ease,",1.0
"And use was taught by elegance to please,",1.0
"Along the breathing walls, as fancy flowed,",0.0
"The sculpture softened, and the picture glowed,",1.0
"Heroes revived in animated stone,",2.0
Long live the king! my patron! and my pride!,2.0
"Secure of endless praise, behold, I bear",0.0
My grateful suffrage to my sovereign's ear.,2.0
"Though war shall rage, though time shall level all,",0.0
"Yonder colours sicken, and yonder columns fall,",5.0
"Though art's dear treasures feed the wasting flame,",1.0
"And the proud volume sinks, an empty name;",2.0
"Though Plenty may desert this copious vale,",3.0
"My streams be scattered, or my fountains fail,",1.0
Yet Ptolemy has lived: the world has known,1.0
"A king of arts, a patron on the throne,",1.0
"Even utmost Britain shall his name adore,",1.0
And Nile be sung when Nile shall be no more.,0.0
One rule remains. Nor shun nor court the great;,0.0
"Your truest centre is that middle state,",1.0
From whence with ease the observing eye may go,2.0
"To all which soars above, or sinks below.",0.0
"It's yours all manners to have tried, or known,",2.0
"TO adopt all virtues, yet retain your own;",1.0
The firm spectators of a bustling world!,3.0
"Thus armed, proceed: The breezes court your wing:",1.0
"Go range all Helicon, taste every spring;",2.0
Let puzzled critics with suspicious spite,2.0
"True to yourselves, not anxious for renown,",3.0
"Nor court the world's applause, nor dread its frown,",0.0
"Guard your own breasts, and be the bulwark there,",1.0
"To know no envy, and no malice fear.",3.0
That verse and virtue are their own reward.,1.0
"Sweet Contemplation, with thy ray benign",2.0
"Light my lone passage through this vale of life,",4.0
And raise the siege of Care! This silent hour,0.0
"To thee is sacred, when the star of Eve,",1.0
With high sensations: awful silence reigns,0.0
"Above, around; the sounding winds no more",1.0
Wild through the fluctuating forest fly,0.0
With gust impetuous; Zephyr scarcely breathes,0.0
"Upon the trembling foliage; flocks, and herds,",0.0
Retired beneath the friendly shade repose,0.0
"This the dread hour, as ancient fables tell,",2.0
"When flitting spirits from their prisons broke,",1.0
"The solemn churchyard, or the dreary grove;",2.0
And view each friendly scene of past delight?,0.0
"Quitting their caves, where in the reign of Day",2.0
Chase the fleet shadows over the waving plains.,4.0
"The fairy elves, attendant on their queen,",1.0
"With light steps bound along the velvet mead,",1.0
And leave the green impression of their dance,1.0
In rings mysterious to the passing swain;,1.0
Her silver lamp to light the festive scene.,0.0
"From yonder majestic pile, in ruin great,",2.0
Whose lofty towers once on approaching foes,2.0
"Looked stern defiance, the sad bird of night",3.0
In mournful accent to the moon complains:,2.0
"Those towers with venerable ivy crowned,",3.0
A safe retirement to the hostile bands;,1.0
"But there the lonely bat, that shuns the day,",1.0
Dwells in dull solitude; and screaming thence,2.0
"Wheels the night raven shrill, with hideous note",5.0
Portending death to the dejected swain.,1.0
"Exhale refreshing sweets: from the smooth lake,",1.0
"On whose still bosom sleeps the tall tree's shade,",2.0
The moon's soft rays reflected mildly shine.,1.0
Now towering Fancy takes her airy flight,1.0
"Without restraint, and leaves this earth behind;",0.0
"From pole to pole, from world to world she flies;",0.0
"Rocks, seas, nor skies, can interrupt her course.",1.0
"To trace the Eternal Cause through all his works,",2.0
Minutely and magnificently wise?,4.0
Mark the gradations which through Nature's plan,2.0
"Join each to each, and form the vast design?",0.0
And though day's glorious guide withdraws his beams,4.0
"Impartial, cheering other skies and shores;",0.0
"The mind, now rescued from the cares of day,",2.0
"Where thought stupendous! systems infinite,",1.0
"In regular confusion taught to move,",1.0
"You sons of Pleasure, and you foes to Thought,",1.0
"Who search for bliss in the capacious bowl,",1.0
"Durst you retire, hold converse with yourselves,",4.0
And in the silent hours of darkness court,0.0
Kind Contemplation with her peaceful train;,2.0
While intellectual pleasure reigned supreme!,2.0
Who love in peaceful solitude to dwell,0.0
"The dark intrigue, and midnight masquerade;",1.0
"It's noise, it's toil, it's frenzy: like the cup",0.0
"Your musty morals; hence, to deserts fly,",0.0
And in the gloom of solitary caves,0.0
"Crown then the bowl; let Music lend her aid,",1.0
Ah! little does he know the Nymph he styles,0.0
A foe to pleasure; pleasure is not more,1.0
His aim than hers; with him she joins to blame,1.0
"Each social joy approves. O! without thee,",2.0
"Fair Friendship, Life were nothing; without thee,",3.0
"The page of Fancy would no longer charm,",1.0
And Solitude disgust even pensive minds.,4.0
"Let Reason, Truth, and Virtue, guide thy steps,",1.0
"And every blessing Heaven bestows, be thine.",0.0
"Firm cement of the world! endearing tie,",0.0
"Which binds the willing soul, and brings along",0.0
"All else the dregs of spirit. Love's soft flame,",1.0
"Bewildering, leads infatuated soul;",2.0
"Levels, depresses, wraps in endless mists,",2.0
"Relaxes, sinks, distracts, while Fancy fills",0.0
Intoxicating charm! yet well refined,0.0
"By Virtue's brightening flame, pure it ascends,",2.0
"As incense in its grateful circles mounts,",1.0
"Till, mixed and lost, with Thee it boasts thy name.",1.0
And fain would grasp to cheer their lonely way;,0.0
"Vain the wide stretch, and vain the shortened breath,",3.0
"For, ah! the bright delusion onward flies,",0.0
"While the sad swain deceived, now cautious treads",4.0
"The common beaten track, nor quits it more.",0.0
"That delving souls never find thee; it's to thee,",4.0
"When found, if ever found, sweet fugitive,",2.0
The noble mind opens all her richest stores;,3.0
"Thy firm, strong hold suits the courageous breast,",3.0
"Where stubborn virtues dwell in secret league,",0.0
"Thy strong, yet softened rapture; softened more",0.0
"When, doubting pardon, the meek, pleading eye",2.0
"On which the soul had once with pleasure dwelled,",0.0
Swims in the tear of sorrow and repentance.,1.0
"The tarnished friend, who feels the sting of shame;",0.0
It's then too little barely to forgive;,2.0
"Nor can the soul rest on that frigid thought,",3.0
"But rushing swiftly from her Stoic heights,",1.0
With all her frozen feelings melted down,1.0
"Shares the contagion, and with lenient hand",3.0
Lifts the warm chalice filled with consolation.,3.0
"Yet Friendship's name oft decks the crafty lip,",1.0
With seeming virtue clothes the ruthless soul;,0.0
Like an insidious serpent softly creep,3.0
"To the poor, guileless, unsuspecting heart,",2.0
"Wind round in wily folds, and sinking deep",0.0
"Of the soft Cherub? Tell me, by what name",3.0
"And, but that Thou art incorporate with the flame,",0.0
My grateful spirit had recorded here,0.0
"OH, it's the deepest error man can prove,",0.0
"To fancy joys disinterested can live,",1.0
No part but spirit in this chilling gloom.,1.0
"My soul's ambitious, and its utmost stretch",2.0
"Start back, Benevolence, and shun the charge;",2.0
"Soft bending Pity, fly the sullen phrase,",1.0
Ungrateful as it seems. My abject fate,1.0
"Excites the willing hand of Charity,",1.0
"The momentary sigh, the pitying tear,",2.0
"And instantaneous act of bounty bland,",2.0
"To Misery so kind; yet not to you,",1.0
"Bounty, or Charity, or Mercy mild,",3.0
The pensive thought applies fair friendship's name;,1.0
That name which never yet could dare exist,0.0
AND must the Hero that redeemed our Land,0.0
Here in the Front of Vice and Scandal stand?,0.0
"The Man of Wondrous Soul, that Scorned his Ease",0.0
And paid an Annual Tribute of his Life,3.0
To guard his England from the Irish Knife,1.0
"WILLIAM the Brave, the Pious, and the Just",3.0
Adorn these gloomy Scenes of Tyranny and Lust?,1.0
"POLHILL, my Blood's a Fire, my Spirits flame;",1.0
Vengeance and Darkness on the Poets Name:,3.0
Why smoke the Skies not? Why no Thunders roll?,1.0
Nor kindling Lightnings blast his guilty Soul?,0.0
"Audacious Wretch! to stab a Monarch's Fame,",1.0
To call the Painter to his Black Designs,1.0
To draw our Guardian's Face in Hellish Lines:,2.0
Painter beware! the Monarch can be shown,3.0
"Under no Shape but Angels or his own,",4.0
GABRIEL or WILLIAM on the British Throne.,2.0
"O! could my Thoughts but grasp the vast Design,",0.0
"And Words with Infinite Ideas join,",1.0
And bid him trace the Warrior over the Deep:,2.0
"Fierce, how he climbs the Mountains of the Slain",1.0
Scattering Just Vengeance through the Red Campaign.,2.0
Then dash the Canvas with a flying Stroke,1.0
"Till it be lost in Clouds of Fire and Smoke,",1.0
Mark him again emerging from the Cloud,3.0
Far from his Troops; there like a Rock he stood,0.0
His Countries Single Barrier in a Sea of Blood.,1.0
"Calmly he leaves the Pleasures of a Throne,",3.0
And his MARIA Weeping; while alone,1.0
"He wards the Fate of Nations, and provokes his own:",1.0
But Heaven secures its Champion; over the Field,4.0
"Paint hovering Angels; though they fly concealed,",2.0
"Each intercepts a Death, and wears it on his Shield.",1.0
"Now, noble Pencil; lead him to our Isle,",2.0
"Mark how the Skies with Joyful Lustre smile,",0.0
Then imitate the Glory; on the Strand,1.0
Spread half the Nation longing till he Land.,2.0
"Wash off the Blood, and take a peaceful Taint,",0.0
"All Red the Warrior, White the Ruler paint,",0.0
"Abroad a Hero, and at Home a Saint.",1.0
"Throne him on high upon a shining Seat,",0.0
"While round his Head the Laurel and the Olive meet,",1.0
The Crowns of War and Peace; and may they blow,1.0
With Flowery Blessings ever on his Brow.,3.0
At his right Hand pile all the English Laws,1.0
In Sacred Volumes; thence the Monarch draws,0.0
"Rise you Old Sages of the British Isle,",4.0
On the fair Tablet cast a reverend Smile,2.0
"And bless the Piece; these Statutes are your own,",1.0
"That sway the Cottage, and direct the Throne;",1.0
"People and Prince are one in WILLIAM's Name,",3.0
"Their Joys, their Dangers, and their Laws the same.",1.0
Let Liberty and Right with Plumes displayed,2.0
"Clap their glad Wings around their Guardian's Head,",5.0
"Religion guards him; round the Imperial Queen,",3.0
"Place waiting Virtues, each of Heavenly Mien;",3.0
"Learn their bright Air, and paint it from his Eyes,",4.0
"The Just, the Bold, the Temperate, and the Wise",1.0
"Dwell in his Looks: Majestic, but Serene;",1.0
"Sweet, with no Fondness; Cheerful, but not Vain:",4.0
"Bright without Terror; Great, without Disdain.",4.0
"His Soul inspires us what his Lips command,",0.0
"And spreads his brave Example through the Land,",1.0
"Bend down his Ear to each afflicted Cry,",0.0
Let Beams of Grace dart gently from his Eye;,3.0
But the bright Treasures of his Sacred Breast,3.0
"Are too Divine, too Vast to be expressed,",1.0
"Colours must fail where Words and Numbers faint,",0.0
And leave the Hero's Heart for Thought alone to paint.,0.0
"NOW Muse, pursue the Satirist again,",2.0
"Hark, how he bids the Servile Painter draw",0.0
In monstrous Shapes the Patrons of our Law;,1.0
At one slight Dash he cancels every Name,3.0
From the white Rolls of Honesty and Fame:,3.0
"This Scribbling Wretch marks all he meets for Knave,",1.0
"Shoots sudden Bolts promiscuous at the Base and Brave,",2.0
Poison and Spite on undistinguished Heads.,2.0
"Dares to attempt the Villains of the Land,",3.0
"Draw first this Poet, like some baleful Star",1.0
With silent Influence shedding Civil War;,2.0
"Calls off the Subjects to the Hostile Ground,",1.0
"That first create the Plague, and then the Pain describe.",0.0
"Draw next above, the Great Ones of our Isle,",3.0
Still from the Good distinguishing the Vile;,1.0
"Seat them in Pomp, in Grandeur, and Command,",3.0
Feeling the Subjects with a greedy Hand:,1.0
"Paint forth the Knaves that have the Nation sold,",1.0
And tinge their greedy Looks with sordid Gold.,0.0
Mark what a selfish Faction undermines,0.0
"The Pious Monarch's generous Designs,",2.0
"Spoil their own Native Land as Vipers do,",0.0
Vipers that tear their Mothers Bowels through.,2.0
"Mournful in Majesty, look gently down,",5.0
Mingling soft Pity with an Awful Frown:,3.0
He grieves to see how long in vain he strove,0.0
"Bid the fond Mother spill her Infants Blood,",3.0
The hungry Epicure not think of Food;,0.0
Bid the Antarctic touch the Arctic Pole:,2.0
When these obey I'll force Love from my Soul.,3.0
"As Light and Heat compose the Genial Sun,",0.0
So Love and I essentially are one:,2.0
Ever your Advice a thousand ways I tried,1.0
"Though I resolved, and grieved, and almost died.",2.0
"Then I would needs dilate the mighty Flame,",0.0
One thought of him contracts it all again.,1.0
But find the fettered Soul has no Repose.,0.0
Now I'm a double Slave to Love and Vows:,0.0
"As if my former Sufferings were too small,",3.0
"Ever this I gave a loose to fond Desire,",1.0
"Durst smile, be kind, look, languish and admire,",3.0
With wishing Sighs fan the transporting Fire.,2.0
"But now these soft Alleys are so like Sin,",4.0
I'm forced to keep the mighty Anguish in;,0.0
"Cheque my too tender Thoughts and rising Sighs,",3.0
As well as eager Arms and longing Eyes.,0.0
"My Kindness to his Picture I refrain,",2.0
Nor now embrace the lifeless lovely Swain.,0.0
"To press the charming Shade though through a Glass,",1.0
"Thus nicely fond, I only stand and gaze.",1.0
"View the dear conquering Form that forced my Fate,",5.0
Till I become as motionless as that.,2.0
"Whose cruel Care restores my Sense and Pain,",0.0
"For soon as I have Life I love again,",1.0
And with the fated softness strive in vain.,1.0
"Distorted Nature shakes at the Control,",1.0
"Each vital String cracks with the unequal Strife,",4.0
Departing Love racks like departing Life;,1.0
"Yet there the Sorrow ceases with the Breath,",1.0
But Love each day renews the torturing scene of Death.,2.0
YOU little know the heart that you advise;,1.0
I view this various scene with equal eyes:,2.0
"In crowded courts I find myself alone,",1.0
"Long since the value of this world I know,",1.0
"Pity the madness, and despise the show.",3.0
"Well as I can my tedious part I bear,",3.0
"Seldom I mark mankind's detested ways,",3.0
"Not hearing censure, nor affecting praise;",1.0
"And, unconcerned, my future state I trust",0.0
"To that sole Being, merciful and just.",2.0
"WHILE soon the garden's flaunting flowers decay,",2.0
"And, scattered on the earth, neglected lie,",1.0
"The Mountain Daisy, cherished by the ray",1.0
"A poet drew from heaven, shall never die.",0.0
Ah! like that lovely flower the poet rose!,2.0
"He felt each storm that on the mountain blows,",1.0
Nor ever knew the shelter of the vale.,1.0
"On Nature with impassioned look he gazed,",1.0
Then through the cloud of adverse fortune burst,1.0
"Shield from rude sorrow, SCOTIA! shield thy bard: ' --",3.0
"Of her degenerate sons the faded fame,",3.0
"Deep in her anxious heart, revolving sad:",0.0
"Bare was her throbbing bosom to the gale,",1.0
"That hoarse, and hollow, from the bleak surge blew;",2.0
Loose flowed her tresses; rent her azure robe.,1.0
Hung over the deep from her majestic brow,4.0
"She tore the laurel, and she tore the bay.",1.0
Nor ceased the copious grief to bathe her cheek;,2.0
Nor ceased her sobs to murmur to the Main.,1.0
"Peace discontented nigh, departing, stretched",1.0
Yet mourned his fettered hands. While thus the Queen,0.0
Of nations spoke; and what she said the Muse,0.0
A freight of future glory to my shore;,1.0
"Even not the flattering view of golden days,",2.0
"And rising periods yet of bright renown,",1.0
"Beneath the Parents, and their endless line",1.0
"Infest the trading flood, full of vain War",3.0
"Despise my Navies, and my Merchant's seize;",1.0
"As, trusting to false peace, they fearless roam",2.0
"The world of waters wild, made, by the toil,",2.0
"And liberal blood of glorious ages, mine:",3.0
Nor bursts my sleeping thunder on their head.,1.0
This tame beseeching of rejected peace?,1.0
To generous Britons never known before?,2.0
And failed my Fleets for this; on Indian tides,3.0
"The mockery of war! while hot disease,",1.0
"For action ardent; and amid the deep,",1.0
"Inglorious, sunk them in a watery grave.",4.0
"There now they lie beneath the rolling flood,",0.0
"And back the weeping warship comes again,",1.0
"Dispirited, and thin; her sons ashamed",1.0
Thus idly to review their native shore;,3.0
"With not one glory sparkling in their eye,",0.0
"One triumph on their tongue. A passenger,",2.0
The violated Merchant comes along;,1.0
"He drew, and sweat beneath Equator suns,",0.0
By lawless force detained; a force that soon,0.0
"Would melt away, and every spoil resign,",0.0
Were once the British lion heard to roar.,0.0
"Whence is it that the proud Iberian thus,",2.0
Dares rouse to wrath the Masters of the Main?,2.0
"Who told him, that the big incumbent war",0.0
"Would not, ere this, have rolled his trembling ports",0.0
"In smoky ruin? and his guilty stores,",1.0
"Won by the ravage of a butchered world,",1.0
There was a time O let my languid sons,1.0
"When all the pride of Spain, in one dread fleet,",1.0
Gaily the splendid Armament along,3.0
"Exultant ploughed, reflecting a red gleam,",2.0
"As sunk the sun, over all the flaming vast;",3.0
"Tall, gorgeous, and elate; drunk with the dream",4.0
"Of easy conquest; while their bloated war,",0.0
"Stretched out from sky to sky, the gathered force",0.0
Of ages held in its capacious womb.,1.0
"With tempest black, the goodly scene deformed,",0.0
And laid their glory waste. The bolts of fate,0.0
Fierce over their beauty blazed the lurid flame;,3.0
"And seized in horrid grasp, or shattered wide,",0.0
"Amid the mighty waters, deep they sunk.",0.0
"Rank fen, and cavern where the wild wave works,",2.0
"I swept confederate winds, and swelled a storm.",2.0
"Round the glad isle, snatched by the vengeful blast,",1.0
"The scattered remnants drove; on the blind shelve,",1.0
"Relentless dashed, where loud the Northern Main",0.0
Howls through the fractured Caledonian isles.,2.0
"But since how vast it grew, how absolute,",0.0
"Even in those troubled times, when dreadful Blake",0.0
"Awed angry Nations with the British Name,",2.0
"Let every humbled state, let Europe say,",2.0
"Sustained, and balanced, by my naval arm.",1.0
Ah what must these immortal spirits think,2.0
"Who faced the blackest danger, knew no fear,",1.0
"No mean submission, but commanded peace.",2.0
Ah how with indignation must they burn?,0.0
With shame? with grief? to see their feeble sons,0.0
"For which their wisdom planned, their councils glowed,",0.0
And their veins bled through many a toiling age.,4.0
O first of human blessings! and supreme!,1.0
"Fair Peace! how lovely, how delightful thou!",3.0
"By whose wide tie, the kindred sons of men,",1.0
"Like brothers live, in amity combined,",1.0
"Gives every joy, and to those joys a right,",2.0
"When the blithe sheaves lie scattered over the field,",6.0
"When only shining shares, the crooked knife,",0.0
And hooks imprint the vegetable wound;,2.0
"When the land blushes with the rose alone,",3.0
"O, Peace! thou source, and soul of social life;",0.0
"Beneath whose calm, inspiring influence,",1.0
"Science his views enlarges, Art refines,",2.0
And swelling Commerce opens all her ports;,0.0
"Blessed be the Man divine, who gives us Thee!",0.0
"Who bids the trumpet hush his horrid clang,",0.0
Nor blow the giddy nations into rage;,0.0
"To grateful industry converting, makes",1.0
"The country flourish, and the city smile.",1.0
And him the smiling mother to her train.,2.0
"Of him the shepherd, in the peaceful dale,",1.0
"Chants; and, the treasures of his labour sure,",1.0
"Beneath the trembling moon, the midnight wave;",1.0
"And the full city, warm, from street to street,",2.0
"And shop to shop, responsive, rings of him.",0.0
Nor joys one land alone; his praise extends,0.0
"Far as the breeze can bare the gifts of peace,",0.0
Till all the happy nations catch the song.,0.0
What would not Peace! the Patriot bear for thee?,2.0
What painful patience? What incessant care?,0.0
What mixed anxiety? What sleepless toil?,1.0
Even from the rash protected what reproach?,1.0
For he thy value knows; thy friendship he,2.0
"To human nature: but the better thou,",2.0
"The richer of delight, sometime the more",2.0
"Inevitable War, when russian force",1.0
"Then the good easy man, whom reason rules;",0.0
"Roused by bold insult, and injurious rage,",4.0
"With sharp, and sudden cheque, the astonished sons",2.0
"Of violence confounds; firm as his cause,",3.0
His bolder heart; in awful justice clad;,0.0
"And, as he charges through the prostrate war,",2.0
To dare the sacred vengeance of the just.,1.0
"And what, my thoughtless sons, should fire you more,",0.0
The least beginning injury receives?,1.0
What better cause can call your lightning forth?,0.0
Your thunder wake? Your dearest life demand?,0.0
"What better cause, than when your country sees",0.0
"For o it much imports you, it's your all,",2.0
"To keep your Trade entire, entire the force,",4.0
"And honour of your Fleets; over that to watch,",2.0
"Even with a hand severe, and jealous eye.",1.0
"In intercourse be gentle, generous, just,",1.0
"By wisdom polished, and of manners fair;",1.0
Who shall but aim to touch your glory there.,1.0
"Is there the man, into the lions' den",2.0
"Who dares intrude, to snatch his young away?",0.0
And is a Briton seized? and seized beneath,1.0
The slumbering terrors of a British Fleet?,3.0
Then ardent rise! O great in vengeance rise;,0.0
"Make every vessel stoop, make every state",2.0
At once their welfare and their duty know.,2.0
This is your glory; this your wisdom; this,3.0
The native power for which you were designed,2.0
"By fate, when fate designed the firmest state,",0.0
That ever was seated on the subject sea;,3.0
"A state, alone, where Liberty should live,",1.0
"In these late times, this evening of mankind,",5.0
"When Athens, Rome, and Carthage are no more,",2.0
The world almost in slavish sloth dissolved.,1.0
"For this, these rocks around your coast were thrown;",1.0
"For this, your oaks, peculiar hardened, shoot",1.0
"Strong into sturdy growth; for this, your hearts",2.0
"Swell with a sullen courage, growing still",0.0
"As danger grows; and strength, and toil for this",0.0
Are liberal poured over all the fervent land.,3.0
By lavish Nature thrust into your hand:,0.0
"And, unencumbered with the bulk immense",1.0
"Of conquest, whence huge empires rose and fell,",1.0
And fix it deep on this eternal base.,1.0
"Soon slackened quite, and past recovery broke,",1.0
"It gathers ruin as it rolls along,",1.0
Where many a mighty empire buried lies.,2.0
"And should the big redundant flood of Trade,",0.0
"Their several currents, till the boundless tide",1.0
"Rolls in a radiant deluge over the land,",2.0
"Should this bright stream, the least inflected, point",3.0
"Its course another way, over other lands",3.0
Never to be won again; its ancient tract,1.0
"Left a vile channel, desolate, and dead,",3.0
With all around a miserable waste.,1.0
"Not Egypt, were, her better heaven, the Nile",1.0
"Turned in the pride of flow; when over his rocks,",2.0
"And roaring cataracts, beyond the reach",0.0
"Of dizzy vision piled, in one wide flash",1.0
Whence wondering fable traced him from the sky,3.0
"Even not that prime of earth, where harvests crowd",0.0
"If of the fat overflowing culture robbed,",7.0
"Were then a more uncomfortable wild,",1.0
"Sterile, and void; than of her trade deprived,",3.0
"Britons, your boasted isle: her Princes sunk;",2.0
Unnerved her force; her spirit vanished quite;,0.0
With rapid wing her riches fled away;,0.0
Of what she was; her Merchant's scattered wide;,1.0
"Her hollow shops shut up; and in her streets,",2.0
"Her fields, woods, markets, villages, and roads,",2.0
The cheerful voice of labour heard no more.,1.0
O let not then waste Luxury impair,2.0
"That manly soul of toil, which strings your nerves,",0.0
And your own proper happiness creates!,2.0
"O let not the soft, penetrating plague",2.0
"Creep on the freeborn mind! and working there,",1.0
"Endless, and idle all, eat out the heart",4.0
Of Liberty; the high conception blast;,1.0
"The noble sentiment, the impatient scorn",3.0
"For general good, erasing from the mind:",1.0
"And low design, the sneaking passions all",0.0
"Let loose, and reigning in the rankled breast.",1.0
"Sapping the very frame of government,",3.0
"And life, a total dissolution comes;",0.0
Oppression raging over the waste he makes;,2.0
The human being almost quite extinct;,1.0
And the whole state in broad Corruption sinks.,2.0
O shun that gulf: that gaping ruin shun!,0.0
And countless ages roll it far away,0.0
The light of life! the sun of human kind!,0.0
"Even where the keen depressive North descends,",0.0
"Still spread, exalt, and actuate your powers!",1.0
While slavish Southern climates beam in vain.,0.0
"And may a public spirit from the Throne,",2.0
"Where every Virtue sits, go copious forth",3.0
Live over the land! the finer Arts inspire;,3.0
"Make thoughtful Science raise his pensive head,",1.0
"Blow the fresh Bay, bid Industry rejoice,",5.0
And the rough Sons of lowest Labour smile.,2.0
"As when, profuse of Spring, the loosened West",0.0
"Lifts up the pining year, and balmy breathes",0.0
"Youth, life, and love, and beauty over the world.",3.0
"But haste we from these melancholy shores,",1.0
Pour weak; the country claims our active aid;,1.0
That let us roam; and where we find a spark,0.0
"Of public virtue, blow it into flame.",0.0
"And now my sons, the sons of freedom! meet",0.0
In awful senate; thither let us fly;,3.0
"Burn in the Patriot's thought, flow from his tongue",2.0
"In fearless truth; myself, transformed, preside,",1.0
And shed the spirit of Britannia round.,2.0
"This said; her fleeting form, and airy train,",0.0
But the rough cadence of the dashing wave.,3.0
"Gladly I leave the town, and all its care,",2.0
"For sweet retirement, and fresh wholesome air,",4.0
"Leave opera, park, the masquerade, and play,",1.0
In solitary groves to pass the day.,0.0
"Adieu, gay throng, luxurious vain parade,",3.0
"Sweet peace invites me to the rural shade,",2.0
"No more the Mall, can captivate my heart,",0.0
"Without regret I leave the splendid ball,",0.0
"And the enchanting shades of gay Vauxhall,",2.0
"Far from the giddy circle now I fly,",0.0
"Such joys no more, can please my sickened eye.",1.0
"The town's alluring scenes no more can charm,",1.0
Nor dissipation my fond breast alarm;,2.0
"Where vice and folly has each bosom fired,",0.0
"And what is most absurd, ' --  is most admired.",0.0
"Alas! what difference betwixt the town bred fair,",2.0
And the blithe maid who breathes the purer air.,2.0
"Whose life is innocent, whose thoughts are clear,",1.0
"Whose soul is gentle, and whose heart sincere.",1.0
"Blessed with her swain, she wants no greater joy,",1.0
"Nor fears inconstancy, her bliss can cloy,",1.0
"No anxious fears invade her tranquil breast,",1.0
The peaceful mansion of content and rest.,1.0
"But rich in every virtue, void of art,",0.0
"She feels those joys, truth only can impart.",2.0
"View the gay courtly dame, and mark her face,",3.0
"Luxurious pleasures, all her days divide,",2.0
"Each action has its fixed and settled rule,",0.0
"Eyes, limbs, and features, are all put to school.",2.0
"Beaux without number, daily round her swarm,",6.0
"Till, like the rose, which blooms but for an hour,",1.0
"Her face grown common, loses all its power.",1.0
"Alone to languish, and alone despair,",1.0
"To cards, and dice, the slighted maiden flies,",0.0
"Scandal and coffee, pass the morn away,",2.0
"At night a rout, an opera, or a play;",1.0
"Thus glide their life, partly through inclination,",6.0
"Yet more, because it is the reigning fashion.",1.0
"Thus giddy pleasures they alone pursue,",2.0
"Whatever can afford their hearts delight,",2.0
"No matter if the thing be wrong, or right;",2.0
"They will pursue it, though they be undone,",2.0
"They see their ruin, ' --  still they venture on.",1.0
"Prudence they hate, grave wisdom they despise,",4.0
And laugh at those who teach them to be wise.,2.0
"Pleased they embark upon the dangerous tide,",4.0
And with the fashionable current glide;,2.0
"Till fate has every wish and purpose crossed,",0.0
"No art their wanted youth can then repair,",0.0
"Abandoned to remorse, and keen despair,",1.0
"Repentant sighs, their wretched bosom wound,",0.0
"And happiness, alas! no more is found.",2.0
"In some sequestered shade alone they stray,",0.0
"And pensive waste, the solitary day.",0.0
"Till fate relieves the wretched maid from grief,",0.0
"And death affords, a long and last relief.",0.0
"These are the follies that engage the mind,",1.0
"And taint the principles, of half mankind,",2.0
"Then wonder not my friend, that I can leave,",1.0
"Those short-lived shadows of a fleeting day,",3.0
Those idle customs of the rich and gay.,1.0
"Henceforth, retirement, is my chosen seat,",2.0
"Far from the insolent, the vain, the great.",1.0
"Sweet solitude, ah! welcome to my breast,",2.0
"And with thee welcome, sweet content, and rest;",1.0
"Farewell ambition, source of every pain,",1.0
"Farewell pale malice, and thy hateful train:",3.0
"Farewell black calumny, no more thy dart,",4.0
"Shall force one sigh, or wound my placid heart.",0.0
"My future days, shall with sweet peace abound,",2.0
"By friendship, virtue, and experience crowned.",3.0
"Did sweeter Sounds adorn my flowing Tongue,",0.0
"Than ever Man pronounced, or Angel sung:",0.0
"Had I all Knowledge, Human and Divine,",1.0
"That Thought can reach, or Science can define;",1.0
"And had I Power to give that Knowledge Birth,",2.0
In all the Speeches of the babbling Earth:,1.0
"To weary Tortures, and rejoice in Fire:",1.0
"Or had I Faith like That which Israel saw,",0.0
"When Moses gave them Miracles, and Law:",1.0
"Yet, gracious Charity, indulgent Guest,",1.0
Were not Thy Power exerted in my Breast;,2.0
Those Speeches would send up unheeded Prayer:,2.0
That Scorn of Life would be but wild Despair:,0.0
My Faith were Form: my Eloquence were Noise.,1.0
"Charity, decent, modest, easy, kind,",2.0
"Softens the high, and rears the abject Mind;",2.0
"Knows with just Reins, and gentle Hand to guide,",0.0
"Betwixt vile Shame, and arbitrary Pride.",1.0
"Not soon provoked, She easily forgives;",1.0
"And much She suffers, as She much believes.",1.0
Soft Peace She brings wherever She arrives:,2.0
"She builds our Quiet, as She forms our Lives;",1.0
Lays the rough Paths of peevish Nature even;,3.0
And opens in each Heart a little Heaven.,0.0
"Each other Gift, which GOD on Man bestows,",0.0
"It's proper Bounds, and due Restriction knows;",0.0
To one fixed Purpose dedicates it's Power;,2.0
"And finishing it's Act, exists no more.",2.0
"Thus, in Obedience to what Heaven decrees,",2.0
"Knowledge shall fail, and Prophecy shall cease:",3.0
"Nor bound by Time, nor subject to Decay,",1.0
"In happy Triumph shall for ever live,",0.0
"And endless Good diffuse, and endless Praise receive.",0.0
"As through the Artist's intervening Glass,",1.0
Our Eye observes the distant Planets pass;,0.0
"A little we discover; but allow,",2.0
"That more remains unseen, than Art can show:",0.0
So while our Mind it's Knowledge would improve;,0.0
It's feeble Eye intent on Things above,0.0
"High as We may, We lift our Reason up,",2.0
"By Faith directed, and confirmed by Hope:",1.0
Yet are We able only to survey,1.0
Heaven's fuller Effluence mocks our dazzled Sight;,2.0
"Too great it's Swiftness, and too strong it's Light.",3.0
But soon the mediate Clouds shall be dispelled;,3.0
"The Sun shall soon be Face to Face beheld,",0.0
"In all His Robes, with all His Glory on,",1.0
Seated sublime on His Meridian Throne.,5.0
"Then constant Faith, and holy Hope shall die,",0.0
"One lost in Certainty, and One in Joy:",2.0
"While Thou, more happy Power, fair Charity,",4.0
"Triumphant Sister, greatest of the Three,",1.0
"Thy Office, and Thy Nature still the same,",1.0
"Shalt stand before the Host of Heaven confessed,",1.0
"For ever blessing, and for ever blessed.",1.0
"THE lapse of time and rivers is the same,",1.0
"Both speed their journey with a restless stream,",2.0
"The silent pace with which they steal away,",0.0
"No wealth can bribe, no prayers persuade to stay,",2.0
"Alike irrevocable both when past,",1.0
And a wide ocean swallows both at last.,2.0
"Though each resemble each in every part,",0.0
A difference strikes at length the musing heart;,0.0
"Streams never flow in vain; where streams abound,",1.0
How laughs the land with various plenty crowned!,2.0
"But time that should enrich the nobler mind,",1.0
"Neglected, leaves a dreary waste behind.",0.0
"WHILE thirst of praise, and vain desire of fame,",0.0
"With courtship pleased, of silly toasters proud,",1.0
"Found of a train, and happy in a crowd;",0.0
"On each poor fool bestowing some kind glance,",2.0
Each conquest owing to some loose advance;,1.0
Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide;,3.0
In part she is to blame that has been tried ' --,1.0
He comes too near that comes to be denied.,1.0
OF blasted Hopes and of short withering Joys,4.0
Sing Heavenly Muse. Try thine Ethereal Voice,7.0
In Funeral Numbers and a doleful Song;,3.0
"Of Earthly Bliss! It's all an Airy Dream,",0.0
All a Vain Thought! Our Soaring Fancies rise,3.0
On treacherous Wings; and Hopes that touch the Skies,2.0
"Drag but a longer Ruin through the downward Air,",1.0
And plunge the falling Joy but deeper in Despair.,0.0
How did our Souls stand flattered and prepared,2.0
To shout him welcome to the Seat he reared!,1.0
"There the Dear Man should see his Hopes Complete,",2.0
Smiling and tasting every lawful Sweet,2.0
"That Peace and Plenty brings, while numerous Years",1.0
Rolled happy Circles round the Joyful Spheres:,1.0
"Revolving Suns should still renew his strength,",0.0
And draw the uncommon Thread to an unusual Length.,3.0
"But hasty Fate thrusts her dread Shears between,",3.0
"Cuts the Young Life off, and shuts up the Scene.",2.0
Thus Airy Pleasure dances in our Sight,1.0
And spreads fair Images of Gay Delight,2.0
"TO allure our Souls, till just within our Arms",1.0
"The Vision dies, and all the painted Charms",0.0
"Flee quick away from the pursuing Sight,",2.0
"Till they are lost in Shades, and mingle with the Night.",2.0
"Muse, stretch thy Wings and thy sad Journey bend",3.0
To the fair The House. Fabric that thy Dying Friend,3.0
"How did he lay the deep The Foundations. Foundations strong,",4.0
"Marking the Bounds, and rear the The Walls. Walls along",4.0
Solid and Lasting; there a numerous Train,5.0
"While Nations perish and long Ages run,",2.0
"Not Time it self should waste the Blessed Estate,",0.0
Nor the Tenth Race rebuild the Ancient Seat:,2.0
How fond our Fancies are! The Founder Dies,1.0
"Childless: His Sisters weep, and close his Eyes,",2.0
"Lofty and Slow it moves unto the Tomb,",6.0
While weighty Sorrow nods on every Plume;,0.0
A Thousand Groans his dear Remains convey,0.0
"To his cold Lodging in a Bed of Clay,",2.0
"See the dull Wheels roll on the Sable Load,",1.0
"But no dear Son to tread the Mournful Road,",1.0
"And fondly kind drop his young Sorrows there,",4.0
OH had he left us One behind to play,1.0
"Wanton about the Painted The Hall. Hall, and say",4.0
"This was my Father's, with Impatient Joy",2.0
"In my fond Arms I'de clasped the Smiling Boy,",6.0
And called him my Young Friend: But Awful Fate,2.0
"And must this Building then, this costly Frame",0.0
Stand here for Strangers? Must some unknown Name,3.0
Why were these Walls raised for this hapless End?,2.0
Why these Apartments all adorned so Gay?,1.0
Why his rich Fancy lavished thus away?,2.0
"Muse, view the Paintings, how the hovering Light",2.0
"Plays over the Colours in a wanton Flight,",3.0
And mingled Shades wrought in by soft Degrees,1.0
Give a sweet Foil to all the Charming Piece;,2.0
"But Night, Eternal Night hangs black around",1.0
"The dismal Chambers of the hollow Ground,",1.0
"Stand Hideous: Earthy Fogs embrace his Head,",3.0
"Rising perpetual. Muse, forsake the place,",4.0
"Look to his Airy spacious Hall, and say",0.0
"How has he changed it for a loathsome Cave,",1.0
Confined and Crowded in a narrow Grave!,0.0
"The Unhappy House looks desolate and mourns,",2.0
And every The Doors. Door groans doleful as it turns;,6.0
"The Pillars languish, and each lofty Wall",1.0
"Stately in Grief, laments the Master's Fall",2.0
His faint Resemblance and renews my Tears.,1.0
Solid and square it rises from below;,3.0
A Noble Air without a Gaudy Show,0.0
"Reigns through the Model, and adorns the Whole,",1.0
Manly and Plain just like the Builders Soul.,2.0
"OH how I love to view the Stately Frame,",0.0
Then could I wish for some prodigious Cave,0.0
"Vast as his Seat, and silent as his Grave,",1.0
"Where the tall Shades stretch to the hideous Roof,",3.0
"Thither, my willing Feet, should you be drawn",1.0
"At the grey Twilight, and the early Dawn;",1.0
"There sweetly sad should my soft Minutes roll,",2.0
But these are Airy Thoughts! Substantial Grief,1.0
Grows by those Objects that should yield Relief;,0.0
"Fond of my Woes I heave my Eyes around,",0.0
My Grief from every Prospect courts a Wound;,0.0
"Views the green Gardens, views the Smiling Skies,",3.0
"Still my Heart sinks, and still my Cares arise;",3.0
"My wandering Feet round the dear Mansion rove,",4.0
"Oft have I laid the Awful Calvin by,",1.0
"And the sweet Cowley, with Impatient Eye",3.0
"To see those Walls, pay the sad Visit there,",4.0
And drop the Tribute of an hourly Tear:,1.0
"Still I behold some Melancholy Scene,",2.0
"With many a Pensive Thought, and many a Sigh between.",4.0
"Two Days ago we took the Evening Air,",1.0
"Broke from Black Clouds, and in full Glory shone",4.0
"Gilding the Roof, then dropped into the Sea,",2.0
And sudden Night devoured the sweet remains of Day,2.0
Thus the dear Youth just reared his shining Head,3.0
"From Obscure Shades of Life, and sunk among the Dead.",4.0
The rising Sun adorned with all his Light,0.0
Smiles on these Walls again: But endless Night,0.0
To greet a Mourning House? In vain the Day,0.0
"Breaks through the The Windows. Windows with a joyful Ray,",2.0
And marks a shining Path along the Floors,0.0
Bounding the Evening and the Morning Hours;,3.0
In vain it bounds them: While vast Emptiness,2.0
"And hollow Silence reigns through all the Place,",0.0
Nor heeds the cheerful change of Nature's Face.,0.0
"Yet Natures Wheels will on without control,",1.0
"The Sun will rise, the tuneful Spheres will roll,",0.0
And the two Nightly Bears walk round and watch the Pole.,3.0
Old Night comes rolling up the Eastern Hill:,3.0
"Troops of dark Clouds prepare her way; behold,",3.0
"Spread Shadowing over the House, and glide away",5.0
Slowly pursuing the declining Day;,3.0
"Over the broad The Roof. Roof they fly their Circuit still,",4.0
"Thus Days before they did, and Days to come they will;",1.0
But the Black Cloud that Shadows over his Eyes,5.0
"Fain would I bid the Envious Gloom be gone,",2.0
Ah fruitless Wish! how are his Curtains drawn,1.0
For a long Evening that despairs the Dawn!,2.0
"Muse, view the The Turret. Turret: Just beneath the Skies",1.0
"Lonesome it stands, and fixes both mine Eyes",2.0
"As it would ask a Tear. OH Sacred Seat,",2.0
Sacred to Friendship! OH Divine Retreat!,2.0
"Here did I hope my happy Hours to employ,",1.0
"And fed beforehand on the promised Joy,",2.0
"When weary of the noisy Town, my Friend",1.0
From Mortal Cares retiring should ascend,0.0
"And lead me thither. We Our Conversation there. alone would sit,",1.0
Free and secure of all Intruding Feet:,2.0
"Our Thoughts should stretch their longest Wings and rise,",0.0
"Our Tongues should aim at everlasting Themes,",0.0
"And speak what Mortals dare, of all the Names",0.0
Built high in Heaven for Souls: We'd trace the Streets,1.0
"Of Golden Pavement, walk each happy Field,",0.0
And climb and taste the Fruits the spicy Mountains yield:,0.0
"Then would we swear to keep the Sacred Road,",0.0
And walk right upwards to the blessed Abode:,2.0
"We'd charge our parting Spirits there to meet,",1.0
And bend our Heads adoring at our Maker's Feet.,0.0
"Thus should we mount on bold adventurous Wings,",2.0
"In high Discourse, and dwell on Heavenly things,",5.0
"While the pleased Hours in sweet Succession move,",3.0
And Minutes measured as they are above,2.0
"Anon our Thoughts should lower their lofty Flight,",2.0
"Sink by degrees, and take a pleasing Sight",2.0
"A large round Prospect of the spreading Plain,",1.0
"The Wealthy River, and his Winding Train,",1.0
How we should smile to see degenerate Worms,2.0
"Lavish their Lives, and fight for Airy Forms",2.0
"Till Envy rise, and shoot a secret Wound",0.0
"At swelling Glory; strait the Bubble breaks,",0.0
Then the tall Titles Insolent and Proud,3.0
"Sink to the Dust, and mingle with the Crowd.",1.0
"Man is a restless Thing: Still vain and wild,",1.0
"Lives beyond Sixty, nor outgrows the Child:",3.0
"To seek new Pleasures on forbidden Ground,",2.0
"And buy them all too dear. Unthinking Fool,",1.0
"It's but a Grain of Sweetness they can Sow,",2.0
And reap the long sad Harvest of Immortal Woe.,2.0
"Another Tribe toil in a different Strife,",1.0
And banish all the lawful Sweets of Life,0.0
"To sweat and dig for Gold, to hoard the Oar,",0.0
"Hide the dear Dust yet darker than before,",4.0
And never dare to use a Grain of all the Store.,0.0
Happy the Man that knows the Value just,2.0
"Of Earthly Things, nor is enslaved to Dust.",1.0
It's a rich Gift the Skies but rarely send,2.0
"To Favourite Souls. Then happy thou, my Friend,",1.0
The Wealth that Heaven bestowed with Liberal Hand:,0.0
Hence this fair Structure rose; and hence this Seat,3.0
Made to invite my not unwilling Feet;,2.0
"And Smile, and Love, and Bless each other here,",0.0
"The Envious Tomb forbids thy Face to appear,",4.0
"The heights of Fondness and the depths of Woe,",1.0
"Young Mothers, who your darling Babes have found",1.0
Untimely Murdered with a ghastly Wound;,1.0
"Clasped in your Arms your Lovers Cold and Dead,",0.0
Come; in the Pomp of all your wild Despair,0.0
"With flowing Eyelids and disordered Hair,",2.0
"Death in your Looks; come mingle Grief with me,",1.0
And drown your little Streams in my unbounded Sea.,1.0
"Born for a Friend, whose dear Embraces hold",0.0
Beyond all Natures Ties; you that have known,0.0
"Two happy Souls made intimately One,",4.0
"And felt a parting Stroke, it's you must tell",1.0
"This Soul of mine that dreadful Wound has born,",1.0
"Off from its Side its dearest Half is torn,",1.0
"The Rest lies bleeding, and but lives to mourn.",2.0
O Infinite Distress! Such raging Grief,1.0
"Should command Pity, and despair Relief.",5.0
"Give Sense to Rocks, and Sympathy to Stones.",2.0
Repeat my Cries with a perpetual Sound:,3.0
"Be all you flowery Vales with Thorns overgrown,",4.0
"Assist my Sorrows, and declare your own,",1.0
Alas! your Lord is dead. The humble Plain,0.0
Must never receive his Courteous Feet again:,4.0
"Mourn you gay smiling Meadows, and be seen",5.0
And bid the The Brook. Brook that still runs warbling by,4.0
"Move silent on, and weep his useless Channel dry.",2.0
And moaning Turtles murmur over his Tomb:,2.0
"The Oak should wither, and the curling The Trees. Vine",3.0
"Their Amorous Folds, and mix his Bleeding Soul with mine.",2.0
"You stately Elms in your long Order mourn,",2.0
Strip off your Pride to dress your Master's Urn:,0.0
Here gently drop your Leaves instead of Tears;,0.0
"You Elms, the Reverend Growth of Ancient Years,",0.0
Stand tall and naked to the Blustering Rage,4.0
Of the mad Winds; thus it becomes your Age,3.0
To show your Sorrows. Often you have seen,1.0
Our Heads reclined upon the rising Green;,0.0
"Beneath your Sacred Shade diffused we lay,",0.0
Here Friendship reigned with an unbounded sway:,1.0
"Hither our Souls their constant Offerings brought,",2.0
"Spread all the Sorrows, all the Joys we found,",0.0
And mingled every Care; nor was it known,1.0
Which of the Pains or Pleasures were our own;,1.0
Then with an equal Hand and honest Soul,0.0
"We share the Heap; yet both possess the Whole,",0.0
"By turns We Comfort, and by turns Complain,",1.0
And Bear and Ease by turns the Sympathy of Pain.,1.0
"Friendship! Mysterious Thing, what Magic Powers",4.0
"Support thy Sway, and charm these Minds of ours?",0.0
"Bound to thy Foot we boast our Birthright still,",1.0
And changed away our Souls: At thy Command,1.0
We snatch new Miseries from a Foreign Hand,2.0
"To call them ours, and thoughtless of our Ease",1.0
Plague the dear Self that we were born to please.,1.0
Heaps on poor Mortals Sorrows not their own;,3.0
As though our Mother Nature could no more,2.0
"Find Woes sufficient for each Son she bore,",2.0
"Friendship divides the Shares, and lengthens out the Store.",3.0
"Yet are we fond of thine Imperious Reign,",3.0
"Proud of the Slavery, wanton in our Pain,",2.0
And chide the courteous Hand when Death dissolves the Chain.,2.0
"Virtue, forgive the Thought! The raving Muse",2.0
"Wild and despairing knows not what she does,",2.0
"Grows mad in Grief, and in her Savage Hours",1.0
Affronts the Name she Loves and she adores.,1.0
OH Sacred Friendship! offered Songs Divine,1.0
Here to these Shades at solemn Hours we came,0.0
"To pay Devotion with a mutual Flame,",3.0
"And rolled in Pleasures, while the Evening Breeze",0.0
"Fanned the Leaves gently, sporting through the Trees,",4.0
And the declining Sun with sloping Wheels,1.0
Rolled down the Golden Day behind the Western Hills.,0.0
"Mourn you young The Gardens. Gardens, you unfinished Gates,",1.0
"You Green Enclosures and you growing Sweets,",1.0
"Lament, for you our Midnight Hours have known,",2.0
And watched us walking by the silent Moon,1.0
"In Conference Divine, while Heavenly Fire",3.0
Kindling our Breasts did all our Thoughts inspire,2.0
With Joys almost Immortal; then our Zeal,1.0
"Blazed and burned high to reach the Ethereal Hill,",6.0
And Love refined like that above the Poles,0.0
Too dreadful to repeat; such Joys as these,2.0
O for a general Grief! let all things share,3.0
Our Woes that knew our Loves. The Neighbouring The Air. Air,2.0
"Let it be laden with Immortal Sighs,",1.0
"And tell the Gales, that every Breath that flies",0.0
"Over these Fields should murmur and complain,",3.0
"And kiss the fading Grass, and propagate the Pain.",0.0
"Weep all you Buildings, and you The Groves. Groves around",4.0
"For ever Weep, This is an endless Wound",1.0
Vast and Incurable. You Buildings knew,3.0
"His Silver Tongue, you Groves have heard it too:",0.0
"At that dear Sound no more shall you rejoice,",2.0
"And I no more must hear the Charming Voice,",0.0
Woe to my drooping Soul! that Heavenly Breath,2.0
That could speak Life lies now congealed in Death;,4.0
While on his folded Lips all Cold and Pale,0.0
Eternal Chains and heavy silence dwell.,0.0
Yet my fond Hope would hear him speak again;,3.0
"Once more at least, one gentle Word; and then",0.0
"In vain I mourn, and drop these Funeral Tears,",2.0
Death and the Grave have neither Eyes nor Ears:,0.0
"Wandering I tune my Sorrows to the Groves,",2.0
While the dear Youth Sleeps fast and hears them not;,4.0
He has forgot me: In the lonesome Vault,0.0
Mindless of WATTS and Friendship there he lies,3.0
Hurries the Muse on obstinate and deaf,3.0
"To all the nicer Rules, and bears her down",0.0
From the tall Fabric to the Neighbouring Ground:,5.0
The pleasing Hours and the dear Moments past,4.0
In these sweet Fields reviving on my Taste,4.0
And reach the The Turret. Turret thou hast left so long:,0.0
"Over the wide Roof its lofty Head it rears,",2.0
Waiting for our Converse; but only hears,3.0
"The Winds salute it Whistling as they fly,",1.0
Or jarring round the Windows; Rattling Showers,0.0
"Lash the fair Sides, above loud Thunder roars,",4.0
But still the Master Sleeps; nor hears the Voice,0.0
"An Iron Slumber sits on every Sense,",0.0
"One Labour more, my Muse, the Golden The Golden Ball. Sphere",3.0
"Downward it shines upon the rising Moon,",2.0
"The Ball pursues her Orb with streaming Light,",0.0
Or pierce the solid Gloom that fills the Cave,0.0
"Saw the last Midnight reigning over the Skies,",6.0
"Bright as a Burning Meteor born on high,",2.0
Or some new Comet glaring through the Sky,2.0
It flamed and mingled with the larger Stars;,1.0
"In vain said I the Golden Comet Glares,",1.0
In vain it stands; while with a dismal Fall,1.0
He sunk beneath the Ground that raised the Lofty Ball.,0.0
Now let me call the Joyful Day to mind;,1.0
'Twas a fair Morning; and the Blustering Wind,6.0
"Slept in its peaceful Caverns, while he came",0.0
Gazing and pleased to see the Noble Frame,2.0
"Crowned with that shining Orb. Stand there, he cries,",2.0
Thou little Emblem of the boundless Skies,1.0
Whither my Soul with fiery Passion tends;,4.0
The Emblem stands; and tells surviving Friends,0.0
Of the bright Palace and the Golden Throne,3.0
His eager Thoughts bent on their shining way,2.0
Let the Clay drop to mingle with the Clay;,4.0
But his great Soul beyond the Stars is fled:,2.0
"Then why, my Heart, why should we Mourn him Dead?",0.0
With a false Name impose on your Belief:,3.0
It saw the Flesh sink down with closing Eyes,2.0
Mistaken Grief! to call the Flesh the Friend!,0.0
"The Heavenly Court saw the Bright Youth ascend,",5.0
"Flew to embrace him with Immortal Love,",3.0
And sung his Welcome to the Seats above.,1.0
"The Building firm, and all the Mansions bright,",0.0
In Heavenly Diamond: And for every Gate,3.0
"On Golden Hinges a broad Ruby turns,",2.0
"Guards off the Foe, and as it moves it burns.",1.0
Millions of Glories Reign through every part;,2.0
"Stand here displayed, and to the Stranger show",2.0
How it outshines the Noblest Seats below;,1.0
"The Stranger just looked down, and Smiled upon them too.",2.0
Let Heavenly Notes resume their Joys again;,3.0
"In Everlasting Numbers sing, and say,",0.0
"Lie on their laps, or wait upon their chair;",0.0
"You who defend the household, or the flocks:",2.0
"But chiefly you in ladies' chambers nursed,",2.0
"Hither your little whimpering offspring lead,",5.0
"And join the dismal howl, to wail him dead.",0.0
"Shame on the wretch, who dealt the deadly draught!",0.0
Thou human brute! whose very name's a blot.,0.0
OH that kind fate would poison all thy life,3.0
"With some smart vixen, very much a Wife!",1.0
"While the cold drug was struggling hard with life,",3.0
And sense awhile maintained the doubtful strife;,0.0
"With much of gratitude and sorrow mixed,",0.0
"Then to these arms with staggering steps did haste,",2.0
"There, where he oft had slept, to sleep his last.",0.0
The tear was vain; nor will I blush to own,1.0
A heart of softer workmanship than stone:,0.0
"The tear I dropped to gratitude, and love.",0.0
For thou wert all those tender names in one;,1.0
"Thy high descent, thy ancient royal race!",0.0
"Thy length of ears proclaimed the generous seed,",2.0
"And had not William changed the face of things,",0.0
"No more shalt thou, with each revolving day,",0.0
"Nor when the balmy slumber I prolong,",1.0
"Ascend the stairs, and wake me with thy tongue:",1.0
No more shall thy discerning nose descry,1.0
"But that performed, he barks exulting round;",0.0
"The cats are scared, the neighbouring roofs resound.",3.0
"Whether by instinct, or by reason taught,",3.0
His just conclusions spoke the use of thought.,0.0
"He smelled a Beau, and sullen left the room.",0.0
"Or when the ruddy' Squire grew loud and vain,",1.0
And practised all the noises of the plain;,1.0
"But most the Fool was his inveterate foe,",3.0
"That thing all over talk, all over beau:",0.0
"Well he distinguished betwixt brocade and sense,",4.0
And growled contempt beneath the sevenfold fence.,1.0
No more shall I thy gratitude reward.,0.0
"That cream, that bread and butter soaked in tea,",0.0
"While she, proud vixen! often seems to say,",2.0
Peace to his shade! ' --  each dog must have his day.,0.0
"Yet Thou, his mistress once, and late his friend,",0.0
"And think, whenever your Lark shall be no more,",2.0
"How vain are tears, since Spark was wept before.",0.0
"Or rather, how uncertain life's short date,",2.0
"But could your smile, which sure gives life to all,",1.0
"Then should these hands the welcome office pay,",0.0
To wipe the dust from his reviving clay:,1.0
"With pleasure guard him from a world of ill,",1.0
"Ah! smile then; try, exert your saving power!",0.0
"Be Spark your present now, as once before.",0.0
"MY Guardian, bear me on thy downy Wing",3.0
To some cool Shade where infant Flowers spring;,1.0
"Where on the Trees sweet Honey-suckles blow,",1.0
And ruddy Daisies paint the Ground below:,0.0
"Where the shrill Linnet charms the solemn Shade,",2.0
"And Zephyrs pant along the cooler Glade,",0.0
"Or shake the Bulrush by a River Side,",1.0
"Where Roses spread their unaffected Charms,",0.0
"Where happy Silence lulls the quiet Soul,",0.0
And makes it calm as Summer Waters roll.,0.0
"Here let me learn to cheque each growing Ill,",0.0
And bring to Reason disobedient Will;,1.0
"To watch this incoherent Breast, and find",1.0
What favourite Passions rule the giddy Mind.,0.0
"We see delighted, and transported hear,",1.0
"While the glad Warblers wanton round the Trees,",2.0
"And the still Waters catch the dying Breeze,",2.0
"Grief waits without, and melancholy Gloom:",1.0
"Come, cheerful Hope, and fill the vacant Room;",1.0
"Come every Thought, which Virtue gave to please;",1.0
Come smiling Health with thy Companion Ease:,2.0
"Let these, and all that Virtue's self attends,",0.0
Bless the still Hours of my gentle Friends:,2.0
"Peace to my Foes, if any such there be,",1.0
And gracious Heaven give Repose to me.,0.0
"BEHOLD the lordly pedant in his school,",0.0
"How stern his brow, how absolute his rule!",0.0
The trembling boys start at his awful nod;,1.0
See him at home before the sovereign dame!,0.0
"How fawning, how obsequious, and how tame!",2.0
"Prosper, bright amazon, to thee it's given,",4.0
"Like Juno, to rule him who rules the heaven.",2.0
"BRIGHT emanation of all righteous power,",2.0
Religion! bear me to thy sacred bower;,1.0
"Where fixed in faith, by holy patience blessed,",0.0
Calm resignation yields the wretched rest;,1.0
"Beams in each breast, and lists the soul to heaven.",0.0
"Who lightly bounding over life's surface skim,",3.0
"Monarchs of mode, and worshippers of whim.",2.0
"Wanton thus flies, display their painted wings:",3.0
"Like you self pleased; as pretty, and ' --  as vain.",4.0
And your frail forms can play the fool no more:,3.0
"Ever it's too late, look with religious eyes;",4.0
"Think, think, you faulty, and be timely wise.",2.0
"Whose words are music, and whose motion grace;",1.0
"Whose soft endearing looks insidious play,",2.0
"Feast the fond eye, and snatch the soul away.",3.0
"You laughing sex, who vainly wanton, rove",0.0
Through the Elysium of unbounded love:,4.0
"Watch the soft smile, and catch the glancing eye;",3.0
"And what now feeds your lover, feast a worm.",1.0
"A moment think; then, if you dare, ' --  be vain.",1.0
"Whose cheeks never felt the trickling, tender tear;",1.0
Whose breasts never heaved with sympathetic sigh;,1.0
Whose hearts never opened to the asking eye.,2.0
"You sons of trade, you busy tasteless train,",0.0
"Whose God is gold, and whose religion gain;",0.0
"Your greedy minds, to social joys unknown,",0.0
Can you expect a charity from Heaven?,2.0
"Shall you! you stubborn hearted, be forgiven?",0.0
"Fruitless your sighs, repentant, will appear;",3.0
"Unmoved the Godhead will your sorrows view,",2.0
"As weeping want, on earth, was seen by you.",0.0
"Big with each blessing that attends a throne,",0.0
"Yet, spite of pride, the statesman and the slave.",1.0
"Rise, undistinguished, from the equal grave. ' --",2.0
Go search within for all ennobled earth;,1.0
"Correct his feeding, and refine his taste:",1.0
Courtiers and clowns compose alike his feast,1.0
"What will avail the diamonds sparkling blaze,",1.0
To the sad sense what then can give content,1.0
The sweet reflection of a life well spent.,2.0
"Springs to the skies, and humbly waits his God.",0.0
"Starts at life's loss; and, frightful, meets his fate;",3.0
"Have mercy, Heaven! ' --  Can I its mercy share?",1.0
"Hear, from the grave, the plaintive orphan's groan",0.0
And the sound shakes along the trembling skies,2.0
"What shall we say in that great day of dread,",1.0
When the rent graves shall render back their dead?,3.0
"When, at the trumpet's sound, the clouds give way,",1.0
And the world blazes in eternal day?,2.0
"There the fierce tyrant feels the avenging rod,",4.0
And pride sinks trembling at the sight of God;,1.0
There suffering virtue happiness receives;,1.0
"There the fooled atheist, though too late, believes:",6.0
The poor lost sinner hears the eternal doom;,3.0
"And, woe appalled, clings shuddering to his tomb.",2.0
"Command your slain, you heroes, from their shrouds;",1.0
You prime in state display your deepest schemes;,0.0
"Try, try, you proud, in that tremendous hour,",1.0
"The skill of science, or the strength of power,",1.0
Lay them before the universal Lord;,2.0
"Go, plead your merits, and revoke his word.",2.0
Sooner shall shadows stop the lightning's blaze,2.0
But chiefly you to whom the word was given,1.0
"Whose pious toils dispel the sinner's fear,",1.0
"On foot, coarse clad, with homely fare content,",1.0
"Declared the dictates of the almighty Lord,",3.0
But proved no doctrine by the dint of sword.,2.0
"Love, justice, faith, humility they pressed,",2.0
Yet threatened no damnation to the rest.,1.0
"Plain and unsullied, like the simple maid,",2.0
"Then social bliss descended from above,",1.0
"Spread through each sex, and ripened into love:",0.0
No feigned desires fed the heavenly flame;,3.0
"Pure blazed the passion, as from God it came:",2.0
All beings then with mutual rapture strove;,2.0
"Love was religion; and religion, love.",3.0
"You motley sons, composed of noise and show;",0.0
Though round the fair you ever fondly rove;,0.0
Heaven equal hears ' --  equal dispenses place:,5.0
Cheque the gay vicious in their guilty race:,3.0
"And scourge the shameless, though the powerful frown.",3.0
"Raise, though in rags, and lend the wretched cure,",0.0
"Shines over a throne, and through the cottage plays:",4.0
"Scorn quibbling logic, and the modes of schools;",2.0
"You congregated lay, who duly creep",0.0
As the bell tolls for church ' --  to fall asleep.,2.0
And treat the temple as you use the court.,1.0
Blush the meek beauty in her hour of prayer.,3.0
"Too nice to kneel, and much too proud to pray",2.0
"No more, you vain, the sacred dome debase,",0.0
"Wanton with worship, and your God disgrace,",3.0
With me fall prostrate ' --  penitent adore;,3.0
"Confess your errors, and offend no more.",2.0
By chance condemned to wander from my birth,1.0
"An erring exile, over the face of earth,",3.0
Wild through the world of vice; ' --  licentious race! ' --,0.0
"Pleased with each passion, I pursued their aim,",1.0
"Cheered the gay pack, and grasped the guilty game;",3.0
"Revealed regardless, leaped reflection over,",0.0
"Till youth, till health, fame, fortune, are no more:",3.0
"Of sharp remembrance, and severe disdain:",1.0
Each painted pleasure its avenger breeds;,1.0
"Contempt on pride, pale wants on waste approach.",1.0
Eternal Good! from Thee our hope descends;,1.0
"With Thee it centres, and in Thee it ends:",3.0
"Great Lord of life, if daring I request,",2.0
Whatever my fate is ' --  still my faith's in you:,3.0
Still shall thy praise dwell rapturous on his tongue,2.0
"Wretched or blessed, still shall I always own,",2.0
"Whatever I feel, Heaven's holy will be done.",4.0
"UP, Rouse your selves, you Nations, praise the Lord,",0.0
"Sing, you delivered Nations, to your God,",3.0
A lofty Song of Thankfulness and Praise;,1.0
"For his Almighty Arm overthrew the Proud,",6.0
"His be the Triumph, as the Conquest his.",2.0
"And thou, OH God, raised High above all Gods,",4.0
"Thou God of great Revenge, true God of War,",1.0
"Who when the injured World to thee appealed,",1.0
"Descending bowed the very Heaven of Heavens,",0.0
Upon their mighty and their proud Oppressor:,1.0
"OH animate my Breast, inspire my Voice,",1.0
"Invigorate my Mind, inflame my Song;",1.0
"But lofty, spirited, inspired, divine,",3.0
That the admiring World may know it's thine.,1.0
From none but thee the lofty Thought could spring.,1.0
"From none but thee the immortal Spirit flow,",1.0
"OH may it last whole Ages, last as long,",1.0
"As the Remembrance of the mighty Day,",2.0
Which now it Celebrates in sounding Verse;,0.0
"That it be never by Human Wrongs oppressed,",2.0
"That when our late Posterity shall read,",1.0
"Our late Posterity with melting Eyes,",1.0
"May prostrate all adore thy wondrous Power,",0.0
Thy Divine Mercy to their blessed Forefathers;,7.0
"And that it may advance, whenever it's read,",3.0
"Thy Glory, and Victorious England's Fame.",3.0
"Such Moses and exulting Israel sang,",1.0
"Theirs was the Sound, the Inspiration thine",2.0
"When the Red Sea, the Chariots and the Horse",4.0
"Of haughty wretched Pharoah overturned,",0.0
"Such the glad Prophetess Triumphant Sang,",3.0
"As Hoary Danube, with indignant Waves,",1.0
"Swallowed the Gallic and Bavarian Hosts,",5.0
"Begin my Soul, and strike the Living Lyre,",0.0
"OH raise thy self, OH rouse thy utmost Powers.",3.0
"Contemn the World, and every thing below,",0.0
"And soaring Tower above Mortality,",3.0
To meet and welcome thy descending God.,1.0
Tempestuous Whirlwind of Transporting Flame!,5.0
"OH whither am I caught! OH whither rapt,",3.0
"Begin my Soul, and strike the Living Lyre!",0.0
Join you delivered Nations in the Song!,2.0
Your Voices you delivered Nations join!,1.0
"But you peculiarly, you chosen Tribes,",2.0
Professors of Reformed and Spotless Faith!,1.0
Let for one happy Hour the Church below,0.0
"Triumph like that above, and you blessed Beings,",4.0
"You Hosts of Saints, you glorious Hosts of Martyrs,",2.0
Who now in the exulting Realms of Light,1.0
Sing your old Triumphs over the Grizzly King,5.0
Of Terrors in the noble Cause of Truth;,0.0
"You Harmonious Hosts of Angels, who your Hours,",3.0
"Your blissful Hours in tuneful Shouts of Joy,",0.0
"Over the Infernal Tyrants dreadful Host,",1.0
And still the Fall of dire Ambition sing,0.0
In lofty Song with which all Heaven is charmed;,0.0
And for one Hour rehearse our numerous Song;,3.0
"The Sacred Subject is the same with yours,",1.0
"How is Ambition fallen, like you we sing;",1.0
"We sing the Wonders of our Maker's Power,",1.0
"His Glory, and the Triumphs of the Just.",2.0
"Now let thy tuneful Joy, my Soul, grow loud,",2.0
"So loud, that all the listening World may hear,",0.0
"And let the attending Universe reply,",2.0
"Let Earth and Heaven rehearse the lofty Song,",1.0
"While the bright Church Triumphant in the Sky,",3.0
Join in one Chorus of Immortal Praise.,1.0
"And thou, Great Queen, the Glory of thy Sex,",3.0
The Prop and Glory of the Noble Isle;,1.0
"On whom even William looks admiring down,",1.0
And owns thee a Successor worthy him;,2.0
"On whom the gazing World looks wondering up,",2.0
"And its Deliverance waits from Heaven and thee,",1.0
Shows all the wondering World that thou art sent,2.0
From the bright Church Triumphant in the Sky,2.0
To make the warring Church Triumph below;,5.0
Great Patroness of all the Christian World!,2.0
"Lo first for thee, and thy auspicious Reign,",3.0
The exulting Nation's Praise to Heaven return!,1.0
Is there a Climate so remote on Earth,2.0
Where distressed Virtue is beyond the Reach,5.0
Of thy extensive Charity? Thy Aid,2.0
"Through all his rapid Course old Danube owns,",1.0
And proudly curling his Imperial Waves,3.0
To distant barbarous Armies transports thy Fame;,4.0
A Thousand Echoes from his Shores reply,1.0
"Thy Praise his Nymphs in tuneful Notes rehearse,",0.0
"Thy Fame, Great Queen, the horrid Alps ascends,",1.0
"And warms them, covered with eternal Snow;",1.0
Warmly thy Goodness and thy Power extol;,5.0
Those dreadful Fortresses by Nature made,1.0
"The Bounds of dire Ambition, were too weak,",2.0
Before thy generous Aid new Strength supplied.,3.0
Since then the Christian World repairs to thee,0.0
"For Patronage and Shelter from their Foes,",2.0
Since Right and Truth from thee Protection find,1.0
"Since purest Faith, the Darling Child of Heaven,",0.0
"For Shelter under thy auspicious Power,",1.0
"Begun at thy Command so strictly given,",2.0
To celebrate with Pomp of Holy Praise,0.0
A Song composed expressly to advance,1.0
The Glory of thy Maker in thy Fame.,1.0
So loud that all the listening World may hear;,0.0
"You Nations raise your Tuneful Notes on High,",0.0
"And raising to the Stars your mighty Arms,",1.0
"Your Arms now mighty, now secured from Bonds",1.0
"OH lift above the Stars your joyful Praise,",1.0
To him from whom alone Deliverance flows.,1.0
"But be thy Voice distinguished from the rest,",1.0
"Thou stately Daughter of Imperial Rome,",3.0
OH no! Thou surely wilt grow wild with Joy!,2.0
"For thou hast past at once beyond all Hope,",1.0
To blissful Rapture from extreme Despair;,1.0
Thou art delivered from a World of Woe.,1.0
"And piercing Groans, and Shrieks, and rueful Wails;",0.0
Thou stately Daughter of Imperial Rome,3.0
"Thy trembling Offspring helpless round thee ran,",1.0
"And some shrieked piously aloud for Aid,",2.0
While others wrung their wretched Arms in vain;,0.0
"And some looked on with stupid Eyes aghast,",0.0
"Some swooning, dying, with their Grief expressed",1.0
By their last Groans their vast Excess of Woe.,2.0
"One desperate Villain helped thy raging Foes,",0.0
"With execrable Hands his Mother bound,",4.0
"Thou Danube wert confounded at the Sight,",1.0
"Then lifting thy sonorous Voice on High,",4.0
"Thy Brother Rhine soon heard thy sounding Voice,",1.0
"But sadly shaking his Majestic Head,",1.0
Strait hid himself within his thickest Ooze.,1.0
"Within thy Reeds, and breath forth empty Threats,",1.0
The windy Births of melancholy Rage.,0.0
"When in the dreary Horrors of the Dark,",1.0
Expressing Manly Sorrow mixed with Rage;,0.0
"While thy brown Billows sounding on thy Shore,",3.0
"And swinging slow with hoarse and sullen Roar,",0.0
Kept murmuring Consort to thy threatening Moan.,2.0
"To which insulting thou wert wont to fly,",1.0
"Not to discharge the Tribute of thy Waves,",2.0
"But carry Terrors to the astonished Main,",3.0
And make the Crescent wear a deadlier Pale.,2.0
And in thy rapid Flight thy Maker praise:,0.0
"Sound, sound his Praise at all thy extended Mouths,",2.0
"Then turning to the distant Rhine thy Voice,",1.0
Raise it that all the astonished Rhine may hear:,1.0
"And lifting up thy Arms, now free from Bonds,",2.0
Lifting aloft thy now Victorious Arms;,4.0
"Let him with Rapture see, with Rapture hear,",0.0
"Prepares to shake off his ignoble Bonds,",1.0
"Germania, Raise thy tuneful Voice to Heaven;",2.0
"Let thy fierce Eagle towering to the Skies,",4.0
"In Thunder bear thy Maker's Praise to Heaven,",0.0
"Who has for thee performed amazing things,",1.0
"Which but to hope had been Presumption thought,",0.0
And what had looked like Wildness even to wish.,2.0
"March to thy Aid, OH vast Surprise of Joy!",1.0
"Hark! How they fiercely cry Revenge, Revenge,",0.0
"OH welcome, welcome to our longing Souls,",2.0
For whose dear Sake a thousand times we'll die.,1.0
"See, see thy Sons in firm Battalions stand,",1.0
"See great Revenge inflame their Martial Eyes,",1.0
And round their Temples spread its warlike Die?,1.0
But whence this Spirit? Whence this wondrous Change?,0.0
March to thy Aid; OH vast Surprise of Joy!,1.0
"They whom thy wondering Eyes never saw before,",2.0
"Nor them, nor their Forefathers since the Time",4.0
"For Britain's gentle Shore, at last are come,",0.0
See to their ancient wretched Mother's Aid,0.0
The Pious Nation march impetuous on.,1.0
"Germania raise thy tuneful Voice to Heaven,",2.0
"And praise return to Heaven, and gracious Ann,",0.0
Who sends them to thy Aid; she Day and Night,1.0
"Breaks her own Rest to give the World Repose,",0.0
To give it Liberty and lasting Peace.,1.0
For only Gracious Ann can under Heaven,0.0
"Give Freedom to the World, and lasting Peace;",2.0
"For only she over willing Nations reigns,",2.0
"Over freeborn Souls, whose Glory, and whose Pride",1.0
For as the Dove that from the Deluge fled,2.0
"Brought her mild Olive to the sheltering Ark,",6.0
"Framed by great Heavens Command to save Mankind,",6.0
"And found Protection there; so gentle Peace,",1.0
"To Anna's sacred Breast for Shelter flies,",0.0
"And finds sure Refuge there, and will from thence",3.0
Send its blessed Influence out to glad the World.,4.0
"But the French Tyrant's Breast had never Peace,",4.0
"There endless Strife, there dire Ambition reigns,",0.0
He what he never had can never bestow.,2.0
"Peace without Freedom is an empty Name,",5.0
"But he calls miserable Bondage Peace,",3.0
"As Plunder, Murder, Rape he Empire calls.",0.0
"Germania, Praise return to Heaven and Ann,",2.0
It's Heaven and she that from the Northern Main,0.0
"Have sent the noblest Nation to thy Aid,",1.0
Which the wide Ocean from the World divides;,3.0
A Nation round the which wise Nature casts,1.0
"The stormy Main subjected to her Sway,",1.0
That no usurping Tyrant might invade,1.0
"The sacred Refuge of fair Liberty,",3.0
"And the World's Champion People might annoy,",4.0
"Her Grim Destroyers, there Britannia sends",3.0
Her glad Deliverers to preserve Mankind;,4.0
A Nation which the lovely Fame enjoys,0.0
"Still to have fought for Liberty, for Truth,",1.0
"For all the injured Nations common Rights,",0.0
"Which speaks to dire Ambition in the Tone,",0.0
"Here know thy Bounds, here stop thy aspiring Waves.",2.0
Hers are the shining Squadrons that descend,1.0
"Their Forms not wholly like, nor yet unlike thy Sons,",0.0
"Resembling just as far as Brothers should,",0.0
As they who from the same brave Sires descend.,1.0
"The Joy that in their Looks severely shines,",0.0
And all the dreadful Spirit in their Eyes,0.0
"Secure of Victory, secure of Fame!",1.0
Such Spirit never did thy Eyes behold;,0.0
"No, never, thy Heroic Eugene cries,",5.0
Such mighty Eugene never saw before;,5.0
"Though thou hast long Triumphant Armies led,",1.0
"Though thou hast conquered Foes of every kind,",1.0
Though thou hast been victorious in more Lands,2.0
"Than wandering Travellers have seen, yet thou",3.0
An Army from a freeborn People chose:,1.0
For only Briton's of the Race of Men,1.0
"Their Liberties entirely have maintained,",3.0
Nobly maintained against the joint Assaults,2.0
"The Pride of Foreign Tyrants, and their own.",1.0
"Know it's from Liberty, thou wondrous Man,",1.0
"Master of daring Councils yet of wise,",2.0
"Germania, raise thy tuneful Voice on high,",2.0
This is the Nation preordained by Fate,1.0
"To save thee Daughter of Imperial Rome,",3.0
"Just sinking in the vast Abyss of Time,",0.0
Like thy great Mother under barbarous Rage.,4.0
"Hear this, you aspiring Rulers of the Earth,",2.0
You who for empty Noise or transient Power,0.0
"Oppress the weak, and undermine the strong,",0.0
You Plagues of God to scourge a guilty World,0.0
By vain Pursuits of Arbitrary Sway!,0.0
"Who this magnanimous People would destroy,",3.0
That stands between your proud Designs and you;,0.0
"Hear this, and think that nothing's lasting here,",0.0
Think that the time must come when you or yours,1.0
"Must taste the sad Vicissitudes of Fate,",1.0
And in your Turns by proud Oppression groan;,0.0
"Then hate so brave a People, if you can.",1.0
"A People the sure Hope of the distressed,",3.0
"The brave Defenders of the Rights of Kings,",1.0
"And the just Guardians of fair Liberty,",6.0
"O Austria, Austria, had thy Philip known",3.0
"That time even then was harnessing the Years,",2.0
"When this brave People, Object of his Rage",3.0
"And of his Hate, should prove thy noblest Friends'",1.0
"Should rescue both thy bright Imperial Crowns,",2.0
"Deliver Germany, recover Spain.",1.0
"Raise up thy drooping Eagle from the Dust,",1.0
And fix new Thunder on his soaring Wings;,2.0
Then deep Reflection on the just Returns,1.0
Of Fate had dashed his proud aspiring Thoughts.,0.0
The chief Ambition of his Soul had been,1.0
To be allied to such a generous Race.,3.0
He great Eliza would have courted then,0.0
"For Friendship, as Maria for Desire,",2.0
That strict inviolable League which joins,1.0
And Philip then like Leopold or Charles,0.0
"To establish Right and Peace, and from the Proud",2.0
And strong Oppressor vindicate Mankind.,2.0
"You Nations, who profess the Christian Faith,",0.0
"Together raise your tuneful Notes on High,",0.0
So High that all the listening World may hear,0.0
"Let Earth and Heaven repeat the lofty Song,",1.0
"But let the Sound of thy aspiring Song,",1.0
"Britannia, be distinguished from them all,",3.0
As among all thy Offspring Anna's famed,2.0
For pious Praise and Gratitude to Heaven;,0.0
So over thy Sister Nations be thy Song,2.0
"Renowned, for Heaven and Nature have bestowed",0.0
"On thee, the Talent of exalted Song.",2.0
As Heaven and Nature may rejoice to hear;,1.0
And over thy Sister Nations lifts thy Name;,2.0
"Thee they all bless, and thee they all admire,",2.0
"But to Oppressors' like the Fiery Mars Star,",3.0
Or like a Comet that with sanguine Blaze,0.0
"Denounces War and Revolutions dire,",0.0
To purple Tyrants a portentous Light.,1.0
"Such new unheard of Fame thou hast acquired,",0.0
"As never old, nor modern Nations knew,",0.0
"And modern Spaniards too, and modern Gauls",0.0
Have conquering fought for universal Sway;,2.0
"For universal Freedom only thou,",1.0
"By so much more illustrious than them all,",2.0
As it's more truly glorious to redeem,4.0
Than it's to damn the wretched Race of Men.,1.0
"Then stretch thy lofty Voice to Heaven, and sing",0.0
"Thy Maker's Praise, that Earth and Heaven may hear.",0.0
His Terrors and his Thunders armed thy Powers;,1.0
"He thy Great Queen with sovereign Wisdom blessed,",2.0
"Instructing her to choose the glorious Chief,",3.0
"Deserving to command her daring Troops,",1.0
Embattled for the Freedom of the World.,2.0
"A general Worthy of Heroic Times,",1.0
For Marlborough now fills the Breath of Fame.,2.0
"But who shall paint thee wondrous Chief, in whom",0.0
Repugnant Qualities are reconciled;,1.0
"Secret thy Soul as is the dead of Night,",3.0
"Yet cheerful as the Smile of opening Day,",3.0
"That lofty, awful, and commanding Brow",1.0
With sweet attractive Majesty invites.,1.0
"Calm are his Thoughts in his profound Designs,",1.0
"Yet swift though sure his executing Might,",0.0
His Breast supplied with all the glorious Fire,2.0
"In the aspiring Minds of those brave Men,",2.0
Who by great Actions court eternal Fame.,2.0
"Yet he by a transcendent Force of Mind,",1.0
"Entirely Master of that towering Fire,",3.0
"Which, like his Slave, he absolutely sways",0.0
With a Controlling and a Lordly Power.,2.0
"Calm are his Gestures, his Majestic Brow",1.0
"Composed, never dark with Grief, nor rough with Rage,",4.0
"But always mild, attractive, bright, serene.",0.0
"In whom deep Foresight dwells unknown to fear,",4.0
And Intrepidity unknown to Rage.,2.0
The Love of Fame that urges him away,1.0
"And guided like the Chariot of the Sun,",1.0
Whose animating Fires preserve the World,0.0
"Wisely he manages the Nerves of War,",3.0
"His Essay an Heroic Masterpiece,",3.0
Stupendous the Design in every Part,1.0
"Whether the vast Conception we regard,",3.0
Or the surprising Secrecy with which,2.0
"'Twas long concealed from penetrating Eyes,",1.0
Or the amazing Swiftness of his March,2.0
When from the Maese his wondering Troops he led.,2.0
Or the judicious Boldness of his Choice,2.0
"Which Conquest opened the Bavarian Plains,",3.0
And made them to victorious Flames a Prey.,3.0
As Marlborough the bright Occasion found.,1.0
How great is he who in his ample Thought,0.0
Could comprehend and afterwards prepare,1.0
In which a large Extent of Ground he gained,0.0
A strengthening Barrier for the cautious Dutch,3.0
"The astonishing Design, which all at once,",2.0
Like Magic changes all the Face of War;,0.0
"Confounds the Gallic Tyrants proud Designs,",0.0
Dashes him headlong from his towering Thoughts,2.0
"The Mountains heaped on Mountains in his Head,",0.0
From which his proud Imagination thought,0.0
"In his enchanted Castle sat retired,",1.0
"And there unseen he muttered secret Sounds,",1.0
And there Infernal Characters he drew,2.0
"That mustered up black Clouds obscure the Day,",2.0
"And scare the Nations with their dreadful Gloom,",1.0
"And then the Tempest raged, the Thunder roared,",0.0
Threatening the World with universal Wreck.,1.0
"At length the time ordained by Fate is come,",0.0
"The Conquering Hero's come who breaks the Charm,",2.0
"And now the old Enchanter looks aghast,",0.0
"Forlorn, forsaken by the Infernal Powers,",3.0
And trembling at the impending Wrath of Heaven,2.0
But of the Talents of thy mighty Mind,2.0
Is that Rapidity by which to Fame,1.0
"Through all the Bars that Art or Nature cast,",0.0
"Daring yet wise thy Conduct, and resolved",3.0
"With all the Judgement of discerning Thought,",1.0
For the great Juncture called for all thy Speed.,2.0
"The insulting French were overturning all,",1.0
And Liberty in dire Convulsions lay;,1.0
The Empire foundering like a vast Galloon,1.0
When raging Ocean in a general Storm,0.0
Sends his sonorous Billows to the Assault:,5.0
"Savoy was sinking, and the cruel French,",1.0
"Climbing the Summits of the horrid Alps,",3.0
Even in the dreadful Region of the Thunder.,1.0
"Of adverse War, and unexpected Rout,",1.0
And fondly sighed for ancient Leagues again.,0.0
"Whiter than Ambient Snow her deadly Hue,",4.0
"And howling over her Alpine Rocks she ran,",3.0
"And trembling with pale Fear, her hoary Hair",4.0
"She tore, and would have wrung her wretched Arms,",0.0
But her own Sons for mercenary Sums,1.0
Had bound her wretched Arms with Chains of Gold;,0.0
"And her Majestic Robe had rudely torn,",1.0
And naked left her to the killing Cold.,1.0
"A Giant over the Neighbouring Mountains stalked,",4.0
With mad Deportment and with savage Mein.,1.0
And cruel Eyes that threatened instant Fate.,0.0
"Italia, Ah how fallen, how changed from her,",2.0
"Who won the World with her victorious Arms,",3.0
"With the wide Ocean circumscribed her Sway,",2.0
"And with the Stars her never dying Fame,",1.0
Brittain in dreadful Expectation lay,2.0
"By two contending Daughters to be torn,",1.0
"Both stubborn Foes to Union, and yet both",2.0
Unless united hopelessly undone.,1.0
"England was plagued with an unnatural Race,",5.0
"A Race expecting but the Blow of Fate,",1.0
"The cutting off one slender royal Thread,",1.0
"That Thread on which the Christian World depends,",0.0
And then but long avert that Hour you Heavens,0.0
Their Country to a Foreign Tyrants Power.,1.0
"These were the potent Reasons for Dispatch,",2.0
Beside the undaunted Spirit that appeared,2.0
"In the brave Squadrons and Battalions joined,",3.0
That flashed victorious Lightning from their Eyes;,3.0
Which their great Leader soon perceived with Joy;,2.0
And cheque their Fire impatient to be freed.,1.0
"Such as their famed Forefathers never knew,",2.0
And which attracted the admiring Eyes,1.0
"Of all the gazing World, and seemed to cry",0.0
"They had not time to cool, but must do things",0.0
"To satisfy the expecting World, so great",2.0
As scarce their great Forefathers ever performed.,3.0
"To which the French their boasted Conquests owe,",1.0
"It's not their Discipline which makes them dreadful,",1.0
Besides a thousand other Arts obscene.,0.0
"Could they by Discipline or Force prevail,",1.0
It's manifest they bravely would disdain,0.0
To have Recourse to such inglorious ways.,5.0
The sooner he compelled them to decide,2.0
"The Contest by the last Event of War,",1.0
The less Occasion would the Traitors find,0.0
Add that the exhausted Empire could afford,1.0
No long Supply to such a numerous Host.,4.0
"Lastly, this War was an Appeal to Heaven",3.0
"And this great Cause the darling Cause of Heaven,",2.0
"For Justice, Liberty, Religion, God.",1.0
"His Confidence in Heaven would fire their Souls,",1.0
"Broke the proud Column of thy Master's Praise,",4.0
Which sixty Winters had conspired to raise?,2.0
From the lost Field a hundred Standards brought,2.0
"Must be the Work of Chance, and Fortune's Fault:",0.0
"That fatal Day the mighty Work was done,",0.0
With Rays oblique upon the Gallic Sun.,0.0
"And Mars mistook, though Louis ordered right.",0.0
"To say how Louis did not pass the Rhine,",0.0
"And though the Poet made his last Efforts,",4.0
"But, tell me, hast thou reason to complain",1.0
Of the rough Triumphs of the last Campaign?,3.0
"The Danube rescued, and the Empire saved,",1.0
"Say, is the Majesty of Verse retrieved?",1.0
"And would it prejudice thy softer vein,",1.0
"To sing the Princes, Louis and Eugene?",1.0
Is it too hard in happy Verse to place,2.0
"Her Warriors Anna sends from Tweed and Thames,",0.0
That France may fall by more harmonious Names.,2.0
"Which Thou and all thy Brothers ought to claim,",0.0
"Sacred to Verse, and sure of endless Fame?",2.0
Cutts is in metre something harsh to read:,1.0
Let the Intention make the Number good:,2.0
"And though rough Churchill scarce in Verse will stand,",2.0
"I grant, old Friend, old Foe for such We are",3.0
"Alternate, as the Chance of Peace and War",0.0
"That we Poetic Folks, who must restrain",1.0
"Our measured Sayings in an equal Chain,",0.0
"Have Troubles utterly unknown to Those,",1.0
Who let their Fancy loose in rambling Prose.,0.0
"For Instance now, how hard it is for Me",1.0
To make my Matter and my Verse agree?,1.0
Pushed through the Danube to the Shores of Styx,1.0
"Squadrons eighteen, Battalions twenty six;",2.0
"Officers Captive made and private Men,",2.0
"Of these twelve hundred, of those thousands ten;",3.0
"And when you should your Heroes Deeds rehearse,",0.0
I told You where my Difficulty lay:,0.0
"They scorn the Bounds of Verse, and mock the Muse's Toils.",0.0
"To make the rough Recital aptly chime,",0.0
It's mighty hard: What Poet would essay,0.0
To count the Streamers of my Lord Mayor's Day?,4.0
To number all the several Dishes dressed,0.0
"By honest Lamb, last Coronation Feast?",1.0
Or make Arithmetic and Epic meet;,0.0
That I had shared a Portion of thy Skill;,1.0
Had this poor Breast received the Heavenly Beam;,5.0
Should call aspiring Gods to bless her Choice;,0.0
"Arms and a Queen to Sing; Who, Great and Good,",0.0
"Sent forth the Terror of her high Commands,",2.0
"To save the Nations from invading Hands,",1.0
And fix the jarring World with equal Laws.,0.0
"The Queen should sit in Windsor's sacred Grove,",0.0
"Attended by the Gods of War, and Love:",1.0
"Both should with equal Zeal Her Smiles implore,",0.0
"To fix Her Joys, or to extend Her Power.",1.0
"And as great Anna's Smiles dispel their Fear,",2.0
With active Dance should Her Observance claim;,1.0
With Vocal Shell should sound Her happy Name.,0.0
"Their Master Thames should leave the neighbouring Shore,",2.0
"By his strong Anchor known, and Silver Oar;",2.0
"To Her, his dear Defence, He should complain,",1.0
That while He blesses Her indulgent Reign;,1.0
"While furthest Seas are by his Fleets surveyed,",1.0
And on his happy Banks each India laid;,3.0
"His Brethren Maes, and Waal, and Rhine, and Saar",0.0
Feel the hard Burden of oppressive War;,4.0
That Danube scarce retains his rightful Course,0.0
Against two Rebel Armies neighbouring Force;,3.0
"And All must weep sad Captives to the Sein,",2.0
The valiant Sovereign calls Her General forth;,0.0
"Neither recites Her Bounty, nor His Worth:",3.0
And by That Labour merit Her Esteem:,2.0
She bids Him wait Her to the Sacred Hall;,1.0
"Shows Him Prince Edward, and the conquered Gaul;",4.0
"Fixing the bloody Cross upon His Breast,",2.0
"Placing the Saint an Emblem by His Side,",3.0
"She tells Him, Virtue armed must conquer lawless Pride.",0.0
"The Hero bows obedient, and retires:",3.0
The Queen's Commands exalt the Warrior's Fires.,0.0
"His Steps are to the silent Woods inclined,",1.0
The great Design revolving in his Mind:,0.0
When to his Sight a Heavenly Form appears:,2.0
"Her Hand a Palm, her Head a Laurel wears.",0.0
"Below for ever sought, and blessed above;",0.0
"Me, the bright Source of Wealth, and Power, and Fame;",4.0
"Nor need I say, Victoria is my Name:",1.0
Me the great Father down to Thee has sent:,4.0
"He bids Me wait at Thy distinguished Tent,",1.0
To execute what Anna's Wish would have:,0.0
"Her Subject Thou, I only am Her Slave.",2.0
"Dare then, Thou much beloved by smiling Fate:",0.0
"For Anna's Sake, and in Her Name, be Great:",0.0
"Go forth, and be to distant Nations known,",1.0
"My future Favourite, and My darling Son.",1.0
At Schellenberg I'll manifest sustain,1.0
"Thy glorious Cause; and spread my Wings again,",2.0
"The Goddess said, nor would admit Reply;",0.0
"But cut the liquid Air, and gained the Sky.",0.0
His high Commission is through Britain known;,1.0
He marches thoughtful; and He speedy sails:,1.0
"Bless Him, you Seas! and prosper Him, you Gales!",1.0
And William's Death with lessened Grief deplores.,0.0
His Presence only must retrieve That Loss:,0.0
"Sustained the Ball, nor drooped beneath the Weight.",0.0
Secret and Swift behold the Chief advance;,2.0
"Sees half the Empire joined, and Friend to France:",1.0
The British General dooms the Fight: His Sword,0.0
Dreadful He draws: The Captains wait the Word.,2.0
"Anne and St. George, the charging Hero cries:",3.0
Shrill Echo from the neighbouring Wood replies,4.0
Anne and St. George. ' --  At That auspicious Sign,3.0
The Standards move; the adverse Armies join.,1.0
"Of Eight great Hours, Time measures out the Sands;",5.0
Confessed She sits: the Hostile Troops recede: ' --,0.0
"Triumphs the Goddess, from her Promise freed.",3.0
"The Eagle, by the British Lion's Might",1.0
"Fired with the Thoughts which these Ideas raise,",2.0
"Scornful of Earth and Clouds, should reach the Skies,",2.0
With Wonder though with Envy still pursued by human Eyes.,1.0
"But We must change the Style. ' --  Just now I said,",1.0
I never was Master of the tuneful Trade.,3.0
"Or the small Genius which my Youth could boast,",2.0
In Prose and Business lies extinct and lost:,0.0
"Blessed, if I may some younger Muse excite;",1.0
"Point out the Game, and animate the Flight:",0.0
"That from Marseilles to Calais France may know,",5.0
"As We have Conquerors, We have Poets too;",2.0
And either Laurel does in Britain grow:,0.0
"That, though amongst our selves, with too much Heat,",1.0
"We sometime wrangle, when We should debate;",1.0
A consequential Ill which Freedom draws;,0.0
"A bad Effect, but from a Noble Cause:",1.0
"We can with universal Zeal advance,",1.0
"To answer to thy Master, or thy Muse;",2.0
"Nor want just Subject for victorious Strains,",3.0
"And where old Spencer sung, a new Elisa reigns.",1.0
"IT'S hard to say, if greater Want of Skill",0.0
Appear in Writing or in Judging ill;,1.0
"To tyre our Patience, than mislead our Sense.",1.0
"Some few in that, but Numbers err in this,",0.0
Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss;,2.0
"A Fool might once himself alone expose,",0.0
Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.,1.0
"It's with our Judgements as our Watches, none",2.0
"Go just alike, yet each believes his own.",1.0
"In Poets as true Genius is but rare,",3.0
True Taste as seldom is the Critic's Share;,2.0
"Both must alike from Heaven derive their Light,",1.0
"These born to Judge, as well as those to Write.",1.0
And censure freely who have written well.,0.0
"Authors are partial to their Wit, it's true,",3.0
But are not Critics to their Judgement too?,2.0
"Yet if we look more closely, we shall find",1.0
Nature affords at least a glimmering Light;,4.0
"The Lines, though touched but faintly, are drawn right.",2.0
"But as the slightest Sketch, if justly traced,",1.0
"Is by ill Colouring but the more disgraced,",3.0
So by false Learning is good Sense defaced.,3.0
"Some are bewildered in the Maze of Schools,",1.0
"In search of Wit these lose their common Sense,",0.0
And then turn Critics in their own Defence:,1.0
Those hate as Rivals all that write; and others,0.0
"All Fools have still an Itching to deride,",1.0
And fain would be upon the Laughing Side:,0.0
"There are, who judge still worse than he can write.",3.0
"Some have at first for Wits, then Poets past,",0.0
"Turned Critics next, and proved plain Fools at last.",2.0
"Some neither can for Wits nor Critics pass,",1.0
As heavy Mules are neither Horse nor Ass.,0.0
"Unfinished Things, one knows not what to call,",0.0
Their Generation's so equivocal:,2.0
"To tell them, would a hundred Tongues require,",0.0
"Or one vain Wit's, that might a hundred tyre.",1.0
"But you who seek to give and merit Fame,",1.0
"And justly bear a Critic's noble Name,",0.0
"Be sure your self and your own Reach to know,",1.0
"How far your Genius, Taste, and Learning go;",0.0
"Launch not beyond your Depth, but be discreet,",1.0
And mark that Point where Sense and Dullness meet.,0.0
"Nature to all things fixed the Limits fit,",3.0
"As on the Land while here the Ocean gains,",1.0
In other Parts it leaves wide sandy Plains;,1.0
"Thus in the Soul while Memory prevails,",1.0
The solid Power of Understanding fails;,2.0
"Where Beams of warm Imagination play,",0.0
One Science only will one Genius fit;,1.0
"So vast is Art, so narrow Human Wit:",0.0
"Not only bounded to peculiar Arts,",1.0
"But oft in those, confined to single Parts.",1.0
"Like Kings we lose the Conquests gained before,",1.0
"Each might his several Province well command,",0.0
Would all but stoop to what they understand.,0.0
"First follow NATURE, and your Judgement frame",2.0
"By her just Standard, which is still the same:",1.0
"One clear, unchanged, and Universal Light,",0.0
"Life, Force, and Beauty, must to all impart,",1.0
"At once the Source, and End, and Test of Art.",0.0
That Art is best which most resembles Her;,1.0
"Which still presides, yet never does Appear:",0.0
In some fair Body thus the sprightly Soul,1.0
"Each Motion guides, and every Nerve sustains;",0.0
"It self unseen, but in the Effects, remains.",1.0
"There are whom Heaven has blessed with store of Wit,",1.0
Yet want as much again to manage it;,1.0
"For Wit and Judgement ever are at strife,",1.0
"Though meant each other's Aid, like Man and Wife.",0.0
It's more to guide than spur the Muse's Steed;,0.0
"Restrain his Fury, than provoke his Speed;",1.0
"The winged Courser, like a generous Horse,",4.0
Shows most true Mettle when you cheque his Course.,2.0
"Those RULES of old discovered, not devised,",0.0
"Nature, like Monarchy, is but restrained",4.0
By the same Laws which first herself ordained.,2.0
"First learnt Greece just Precepts did indite,",2.0
"When to repress, and when indulge our Flight.",1.0
"High on Parnassus' Top her Sons she showed,",2.0
"And pointed out those arduous Paths they trod,",3.0
And urged the rest by equal Steps to rise.,0.0
From great Examples useful Rules were given;,0.0
She drew from them what they derived from Heaven.,2.0
"The generous Critic fanned the Poet's Fire,",2.0
"And taught the World, with Reason to Admire.",1.0
"To dress her Charms, and make her more beloved:",0.0
But following Wits from that Intention strayed;,2.0
"Who could not win the Mistress, wooed the Maid,",0.0
"Set up themselves, and drove a separate Trade;",2.0
"Against the Poets their own Arms they turned,",1.0
Sure to hate most the Men from whom they learnt.,0.0
"By Doctor's Bills to play the Doctor's Part,",0.0
"Bold in the Practise of mistaken Rules,",1.0
"Prescribe, apply, and call their Masters Fools.",0.0
"Some on the Leaves of ancient Authors prey,",0.0
"Some dryly plain, without Invention's Aid,",0.0
"These lost the Sense, their Learning to display,",1.0
And those explained the Meaning quite away.,1.0
"You then whose Judgement the right Course would steer,",2.0
Know well each ANCIENT's proper Character;,2.0
"His Fable, Subject, Scope in every Page;",0.0
"Religion, Country, Genius of his Age:",1.0
"Without all these at once before your Eyes,",1.0
"Be HOMER's Works your Study, and Delight,",1.0
"Read them by Day, and meditate by Night;",0.0
"Thence form your Judgement, thence your Notions bring,",1.0
And trace the Muses upward to their Spring.,1.0
"Still with It self compared, his Text peruse;",0.0
"Ere warning Phoebus touched his trembling Ears,",1.0
"Perhaps he seemed above the Critic's Law,",0.0
And but from Nature's Fountains scorned to draw:,1.0
"Nature and Homer were, he found, the same:",3.0
"Convinced, amazed, he checked the bold Design,",0.0
"And did his Work to Rules as strict confine,",0.0
Learn hence for Ancient Rules a just Esteem;,1.0
To copy Nature is to copy Them.,2.0
"Some Beauties yet, no Precepts can declare,",3.0
"Music resembles Poetry, in each",3.0
"Are nameless Graces which no Methods teach,",1.0
Since Rules were made but to promote their End,1.0
Some Lucky LICENCE answers to the full,1.0
"The Intent proposed, that Licence is a Rule.",2.0
"Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take,",2.0
May boldly deviate from the common Track.,0.0
"Great Wits sometime may gloriously offend,",5.0
And rise to Faults true Critics dare not mend;,1.0
"From vulgar Bounds with brave Disorder part,",0.0
"And snatch a Grace beyond the Reach of Art,",0.0
"Which, without passing through the Judgement, gains",5.0
"The Heart, and all its End at once attains.",0.0
"In Prospects, thus, some Objects please our Eyes,",0.0
"Which out of Nature's common Order rise,",0.0
"The shapeless Rock, or hanging Precipice.",1.0
"But Care in Poetry must still be had,",1.0
It asks Discretion even in running Mad:,2.0
"And though the Ancients thus their Rules invade,",1.0
As Kings dispense with Laws Themselves have made,0.0
"Moderns, beware! Or if you must offend",3.0
"Against the Precept, never transgress its End;",3.0
Let it be seldom; and compelled by Need;,1.0
"And have, at least, Their Precedent to plead.",1.0
"The Critic else proceeds without Remorse,",0.0
"Seizes your Fame, and puts his Laws in force.",2.0
"I know there are, to whose presumptuous Thoughts",3.0
"Those Freer Beauties, even in Them, seem Faults.",1.0
"Considered singly, or beheld too near,",2.0
"Which, but proportioned to their Light, or Place",2.0
Due Distance reconciles to Form and Grace.,1.0
A prudent Chief not always must display,0.0
"His Powers in equal Ranks, and fair Array,",2.0
"But with the Occasion and the Place comply,",2.0
"Conceal his Force, nay seem sometime to Fly.",2.0
"Those oft are Stratagems which Errors seem,",1.0
"Nor is it Homer Nods, but We that Dream.",2.0
"Still green with Bays each ancient Altar stands,",1.0
Above the reach of Sacrilegious Hands;,0.0
"Hear, in all Tongues consenting Paeans ring!",0.0
"In Praise so just, let every Voice be joined,",1.0
And fill the General Chorus of Mankind!,2.0
Immortal Heirs of Universal Praise!,0.0
"As Streams roll down, enlarging as they flow!",3.0
"Nations unborn your mighty Names shall sound,",3.0
And Worlds applaud that must not yet be found!,0.0
O may some Spark of your Celestial Fire,2.0
"The last, the meanest of your Sons inspire,",1.0
"That on weak Wings, from far, pursues your Flights;",3.0
"To teach vain Wits a Science little known,",1.0
"Admire Superior Sense, and doubt their own!",2.0
OF all the Causes which conspire to blind,2.0
"Man's erring Judgement, and misguide the Mind,",2.0
"Whatever Nature has in Worth denied,",1.0
She gives in large Recruits of needful Pride;,0.0
"For as in Bodies, thus in Souls, we find",1.0
"What wants in Blood and Spirits, swelled with Wind:",0.0
"Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our Defence,",2.0
And fills up all the mighty Void of Sense!,0.0
"If once right Reason drives that Cloud away,",1.0
"Trust not your self; but your Defects to know,",1.0
Make use of every Friend ' --  and every Foe.,1.0
A little Learning is a dangerous Thing;,3.0
"There shallow Draughts intoxicate the Brain,",0.0
And drinking largely sobers us again.,1.0
"Fired with the Charms fair Science does impart,",2.0
"In fearless Youth we tempt the Heights of Art,",0.0
"While from the bounded Level of our Mind,",1.0
"Short Views we take, nor see the Lengths behind;",1.0
"But more advanced, behold with strange Surprise",0.0
"New, distant Scenes of endless Science rise!",1.0
"So pleased at first the towering Alps we try,",0.0
"Mount over the Vales, and seem to tread the Sky,",3.0
"The Eternal Snows appear already past,",1.0
And the first Clouds and Mountains seem the last:,2.0
"But those attained, we tremble to survey",2.0
"The increasing Prospect tyres our wandering Eyes,",3.0
"Hills peep over Hills, and Alps on Alps arise!",1.0
"With the same Spirit that its Author writ,",2.0
"Survey the Whole, nor seek slight Faults to find;",1.0
"Where Nature moves, and Rapture warms the Mind;",0.0
"Nor lose, for that malignant dull Delight,",0.0
The generous Pleasure to be charmed with Wit.,3.0
"But in such Lays as neither ebb, nor flow,",0.0
"Correctly cold, and regularly low,",1.0
"That shunning Faults, one quiet Tenor keep;",0.0
We cannot blame indeed ' --  but we may sleep.,1.0
"In Wit, as Nature, what affects our Hearts",0.0
"It's not a Lip, or Eye, we Beauty call,",0.0
But the joint Force and full Result of all.,2.0
"Thus when we view some well proportioned Dome,",0.0
"The World's just Wonder, and even thine, OH Rome!",4.0
All comes united to the admiring Eyes;,3.0
"No monstrous Height, or Breadth, or Length appear;",1.0
"The Whole at once is Bold, and Regular.",1.0
"Thinks what never was, nor is, nor ever shall be.",2.0
"In every Work regard the Writer's End,",0.0
Since none can compass more than they Intend;,1.0
"And if the Means be just, the Conduct true,",1.0
"Applause, in spite of trivial Faults, is due.",2.0
"As Men of Breeding, oft the Men of Wit",0.0
"TO avoid great Errors, must the less commit,",2.0
"Neglect the Rules each Verbal Critic lays,",0.0
"For not to know some Trifles, is a Praise.",1.0
"Most Critics fond of some subservient Art,",1.0
"Still make the Whole depend upon a Part,",1.0
And All to one loved Folly Sacrifice.,2.0
"A certain Bard encountering on the Way,",1.0
"Our Author, happy in a Judge so nice,",0.0
"Produced his Play, and begged the Knight's Advice;",0.0
"Made him observe the Subject and the Plot,",3.0
"All which, exact to Rule were brought about,",0.0
Were but a Combat in the Lists left out.,3.0
What! Leave the Combat out? Exclaims the Knight;,1.0
Not so by Heaven he answers in a Rage,0.0
"Knights, Squires, and Steeds, must enter on the Stage.",4.0
The Stage can never so vast a Throng contain.,2.0
"Then build a New, or act it in a Plain.",0.0
"Thus Critics, of less Judgement than Caprice,",4.0
"Curious, not Knowing; not exact, but nice;",1.0
Form short Ideas; and offend in Arts,2.0
As most in Manners by a Love to Parts.,1.0
"Some to Conceit alone their Taste confine,",1.0
And glittering Thoughts struck out at every Line;,2.0
Pleased with a Work where nothing's just or fit;,0.0
One glaring Chaos and wild Heap of Wit.,2.0
"Poets like Painters, thus, unskilled to trace",2.0
"The naked Nature and the living Grace,",1.0
"With Gold and Jewels cover every Part,",0.0
And hide with Ornaments their Want of Art.,1.0
"What oft was Thought, but never so well Expressed;",2.0
"Something, whose Truth convinced at Sight we find,",2.0
That gives us back the Image of our Mind.,1.0
"As Shades more sweetly recommend the Light,",0.0
"For Works may have more Wit than does them good,",0.0
As Bodies perish through Excess of Blood.,1.0
"Others for Language all their Care express,",2.0
"And value Books, as Women Men, for Dress:",0.0
Their Praise is still ' --  The Style is excellent:,1.0
"The Sense, they humbly take upon Content.",0.0
"Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,",0.0
Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.,0.0
"False Eloquence, like the Prismatic Glass,",3.0
The Face of Nature we no more survey;,2.0
"All glares alike, without Distinction gay:",0.0
"But true Expression, like unchanging Sun,",0.0
"Clears, and improves whatever it shines upon,",5.0
"Expression is the Dress of Thought, and still",1.0
Appears more decent as more suitable;,2.0
"A vile Conceit in pompous Words expressed,",0.0
Is like a Clown in regal Purple dressed:,0.0
"Ancients in Phrase, mere Moderns in their Sense!",3.0
These Sparks with awkward Vanity display,1.0
What the Fine Gentlemen wore Yesterday:,4.0
"And but so mimic ancient Wits at best,",1.0
"In Words, as Fashions, the same Rule will hold;",2.0
"Alike Fantastic, if too New, or Old;",2.0
"Be not the first by whom the New are tried,",0.0
Nor yet the last to lay the Old aside.,0.0
"And smooth or rough, with such, is right or wrong;",1.0
"In the bright Muse though thousand Charms conspire,",3.0
Her Voice is all these tuneful Fools admire;,0.0
"Who haunt Parnassus but to please their Ear,",2.0
"Not mend their Minds; as some to Church repair,",0.0
"Not for the Doctrine, but the Music there.",2.0
"These Equal Syllables alone require,",1.0
While Expletives their feeble Aid do join;,1.0
And ten low Words oft creep in one dull Line;,3.0
"Wherever you find the cooling Western Breeze,",2.0
"In the next Line, it whispers through the Trees;",1.0
"If Crystal Streams with pleasing Murmurs creep,",0.0
The Reader's threatened not in vain with Sleep.,0.0
"A needless Alexandrine ends the Song,",0.0
"That like a wounded Snake, drags its slow Length along.",3.0
The Sound must seem an Echo to the Sense.,1.0
"Soft is the Strain when Zephyr gently blows,",0.0
And the smooth Stream in smoother Numbers flows;,2.0
"But when loud Surges lash the sounding Shore,",1.0
"The hoarse, rough Verse should like the Torrent roar.",1.0
"When Ajax strives, some Rock's vast Weight to throw,",2.0
"Not so, when swift Camilla scours the Plain,",2.0
And bid Alternate Passions fall and rise!,4.0
"Now burns with Glory, and then melts with Love;",2.0
"Now his fierce Eyes with sparkling Fury glow,",3.0
"Now Sighs steal out, and Tears begin to flow:",1.0
"Persians and Greeks like Turns of Nature found,",2.0
And the World's Victor stood subdued by Sound!,2.0
The Power of Music all our Hearts allow;,2.0
"Avoid Extremes; and shun the Fault of such,",0.0
"Who still are pleased too little, or too much.",3.0
"That always shows Great Pride, or Little Sense;",1.0
"Those Heads, as Stomachs, are not sure the best,",1.0
"Which nauseate all, and nothing can digest.",1.0
"Yet let not each gay Turn thy Rapture move,",1.0
"For Fools Admire, but Men of Sense Approve;",0.0
"As things seem large which we through Mists descry,",2.0
Dullness is ever apt to Magnify.,2.0
"Some the French Writers, some our own despise;",2.0
"Thus Wit, like Faith, by each Man is applied",3.0
"To one small Sect, and All are damned beside.",2.0
"And force that Sun but on a Part to Shine,",1.0
"Which from the first has shone on Ages past,",0.0
"Though each may feel Increases and Decays,",1.0
And see now clearer and now darker Days,3.0
"Regard not then if Wit be Old or New,",0.0
"But blame the False, and value still the True.",0.0
"Some never advance a Judgement of their own,",3.0
But catch the spreading Notion of the Town;,1.0
"They reason and conclude by Precedent,",2.0
And own stale Nonsense which they never invent.,3.0
"Some judge of Author's Names, not Works, and then",0.0
"Nor praise nor damn the Writings, but the Men.",1.0
Of all this Servile Herd the worst is He,0.0
"That in proud Dullness joins with Quality,",2.0
To fetch and carry Nonsense for my Lord.,1.0
"What woeful stuff this Madrigal would be,",1.0
"But let a Lord once own the happy Lines,",1.0
How the Wit brightens! How the Style refines!,3.0
"Before his sacred Name flies every Fault,",1.0
And each exalted Stanza teems with Thought!,0.0
The Vulgar thus through Imitation err;,0.0
As oft the Learnt by being Singular;,1.0
"So much they scorn the Crowd, that if the Throng",1.0
"By Chance go right, they purposely go wrong:",3.0
And are but damned for having too much Wit.,1.0
Some praise at Morning what they blame at Night;,0.0
But always think the last Opinion right.,0.0
"A Muse by these is like a Mistress used,",1.0
Betwixt Sense and Nonsense daily change their Side.,3.0
"We think our Fathers Fools, so wise we grow;",0.0
"Our wiser Sons, no doubt, will think us so.",1.0
Who knew most Sentences was deepest read;,1.0
"Faith, Gospel, All, seemed made to be disputed,",2.0
"If Faith it self has different Dresses worn,",0.0
What wonder Modes in Wit should take their Turn?,0.0
"Oft, leaving what is Natural and fit,",2.0
"And Authors think their Reputation safe,",0.0
Which lives as long as Fools are pleased to Laugh.,0.0
"Some valuing those of their own Side, or Mind,",2.0
Still make themselves the measure of Mankind;,3.0
"Fondly we think we honour Merit then,",4.0
When we but praise Our selves in Other Men.,0.0
"Parties in Wit attend on those of State,",3.0
And public Faction doubles private Hate.,0.0
"Pride, Malice, Folly, against Dryden rose,",6.0
"But Sense survived, when merry Jests were past;",0.0
For rising Merit will buoy up at last.,3.0
"Might he return, and bless once more our Eyes,",2.0
"Nay should great Homer lift his awful Head,",2.0
"Envy will Merit, as its Shade, pursue;",3.0
"But like a Shadow, proves the Substance too.",0.0
"For envied Wit, like Sol eclipsed, makes known",1.0
"When first that Sun too powerful Beams displays,",3.0
"But even those Clouds at last adorn its Way,",2.0
"Reflect new Glories, and augment the Day.",2.0
"Be thou the first true Merit to befriend,",2.0
"His Praise is lost, who stays till All commend.",0.0
"Short is the Date, alas, of Modern Rhymes,",0.0
"No longer now that Golden Age appears,",1.0
"Now Length of Fame our second Life is lost,",1.0
"Our Sons their Father's failing Language see,",0.0
So when the faithful Pencil has designed,0.0
"Some fair Idea of the Master's Mind,",1.0
"Where a new World leaps out at his command,",2.0
And ready Nature waits upon his Hand;,0.0
"When the ripe Colours soften and unite,",3.0
"And sweetly melt into just Shade and Light,",0.0
"When mellowing Time does full Perfection give,",2.0
And each Bold Figure just begins to Live;,1.0
"The treacherous Colours in few Years decay,",2.0
And all the bright Creation fades away!,0.0
"Unhappy Wit, like most mistaken Things,",0.0
"In Youth alone its empty Praise we boast,",0.0
But soon the short-lived Vanity is lost!,2.0
"And gaily blooms, but even in blooming dies.",2.0
What is this Wit which does our Cares employ?,0.0
"The Owner's Wife, that other Men enjoy;",0.0
It's most our Trouble when it's most admired;,0.0
"The more we give, the more is still required:",0.0
"The Fame with Pains we gain, but lose with ease;",0.0
"Sure some to vex, but never all to please;",0.0
"It's what the Vicious fear, the Virtuous shun;",2.0
"By Fools it's hated, and by Knaves undone!",1.0
"Too much does Wit from Ignorance undergo,",2.0
Ah let not Learning too commence its Foe!,0.0
"Of old, those met Rewards who could excel,",0.0
"Though Triumphs were to Generals only due,",1.0
Crowns were reserved to grace the Soldiers too.,2.0
"Now, they who reach Parnassus' lofty Crown,",3.0
Employ their Pains to spurn some others down;,1.0
Contending Wits become the Sport of Fools.,0.0
"But still the Worst with most Regret commend,",0.0
For each Ill Author is as bad a Friend.,2.0
"To what base Ends, and by what abject Ways,",2.0
Are Mortals urged by Sacred Lust of Praise?,0.0
"Ah never so dire a Thirst of Glory boast,",2.0
Nor in the Critic let the Man be lost!,0.0
"To Err is Humane; to Forgive, Divine.",4.0
"But if in Noble Minds some Dregs remain,",1.0
"Not yet purged off, of Spleen and sour Disdain,",0.0
"Discharge that Rage on more provoking Crimes,",0.0
"No Pardon vile Obscenity should find,",2.0
Though Wit and Art conspire to move your Mind;,2.0
But Dullness with Obscenity must prove,2.0
As Shameful sure as Impotence in Love.,1.0
"In the fat Age of Pleasure, Wealth, and Ease,",3.0
"Sprung the rank Weed, and thrived with large Increase;",3.0
When Love was all an easy Monarch's Care;,1.0
"Seldom at Council, never in a War:",2.0
"Nay Wits had Pensions, and young Lords had Wit:",3.0
"The Fair sat panting at a Courtier's Play,",1.0
And not a Mask went unimproved away:,1.0
"The modest Fan was lifted up no more,",2.0
And Virgins smiled at what they blushed before ' --,0.0
The following Licence of a Foreign Reign,3.0
Then first the Belgian Morals were extolled;,1.0
"We their Religion had, and they our Gold:",2.0
"Then Unbelieving Priests reformed the Nation,",0.0
And taught more Pleasant Methods of Salvation;,1.0
"Where Heavens free Subjects might their Rights dispute,",0.0
Lest God himself should seem too Absolute.,1.0
"Pulpits their Sacred Satire learnt to spare,",3.0
"Encouraged thus, Wit's Titans braved the Skies",1.0
"These Monsters, Critics! with your Darts engage,",1.0
"Here point your Thunder, and exhaust your Rage",1.0
Will needs mistake an Author into Vice;,0.0
"All seems Infected that the Infected spy,",2.0
As all looks yellow to the Jaundiced Eye.,2.0
"Learn then what Morals Critics ought to show,",0.0
"For it's but half a Judge's Task, to Know.",1.0
"It's not enough, Wit, Art, and Learning join;",1.0
"That not alone what to your Judgement's due,",1.0
All may allow; but seek your Friendship too.,1.0
Be silent always when you doubt your Sense;,0.0
"That, if once wrong, will needs be always so;",4.0
"But you, with Pleasure own your Errors past,",1.0
"And make, each Day, a Critic on the last.",1.0
It's not enough your Counsel still be true;,0.0
Blunt Truths more Mischief than nice Falsehoods do;,4.0
Men must be taught as if you taught them not;,1.0
And things never known proposed as Things forgot.,2.0
"Without Good Breeding, Truth is not approved;",0.0
That only makes Superior Sense beloved.,2.0
For the worst Avarice is that of Sense.,3.0
Nor be so Civil as to prove Unjust:,1.0
Fear not the Anger of the Wise to raise;,1.0
"And stares, Tremendous! with a threatening Eye;",1.0
Like some fierce Tyrant in Old Tapestry!,3.0
"Fear most to tax an Honourable Fool,",2.0
"Such without Wit are Poets when they please,",4.0
As without Learning they can take Degrees.,6.0
"Whom, when they Praise, the World believes no more,",1.0
Than when they promise to give Scribbling over.,2.0
"It's best sometime your Censure to restrain,",2.0
And charitably let the dull be vain.,1.0
"Your Silence there is better than your Spite,",2.0
For who can rail so long as they can write?,1.0
"Still humming on, their drowsy Course they keep,",2.0
"And lashed so long, like Tops, are lashed asleep.",0.0
"False Steps but help them to renew the Race,",2.0
"As after Stumbling, Jades will mend their Pace.",0.0
"Still run on Poets, in a raging Vein,",1.0
"Strain out the last, dull droppings of their Sense,",2.0
And Rhyme with all the Rage of Impotence!,1.0
"There are as mad, abandoned Critics too.",1.0
"With Loads of Learnt Lumber in his Head,",3.0
And always Listening to Himself appears.,1.0
"All Books he reads, and all he reads assails,",0.0
"With him, most Authors steal their Works, or buy;",1.0
Garth did not write his own Dispensary.,0.0
Nay showed his Faults ' --  but when would Poets mend?,1.0
Nor is Paul's Church more safe than Paul's Churchyard:,3.0
For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.,1.0
Distrustful Sense with modest Caution speaks;,0.0
"It still looks home, and short Excursions makes;",1.0
But rattling Nonsense in full Volleys breaks;,1.0
"And never shocked, and never turned aside,",0.0
"Still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know?",1.0
"Modestly bold, and Humanly severe?",3.0
"Who to a Friend his Faults can freely show,",0.0
And gladly praise the Merit of a Foe?,1.0
"Blessed with a Taste exact, yet unconfined;",0.0
A Knowledge both of Books and Humankind;,0.0
Generous Converse; a Soul exempt from Pride;,1.0
"And Love to Praise, with Reason on his Side?",1.0
"Such once were Critics; such the Happy Few,",1.0
Athens and Rome in better Ages knew.,2.0
"He steered securely, and discovered far,",1.0
"Poets, a Race long unconfined and free,",3.0
"Still fond and proud of Savage Liberty,",2.0
"Who conquered Nature, should preside over Wit.",6.0
"Horace still charms with graceful Negligence,",4.0
"And without Method talks us into Sense,",5.0
The truest Notions in the easiest way.,2.0
"He, who supreme in Judgement, as in Wit,",1.0
"Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ,",1.0
"Yet judged with Coolness though he sung with Fire,",1.0
His Precepts teach but what his Works inspire.,1.0
"Our Critics take a contrary Extreme,",1.0
Nor suffers Horace more in wrong Translations,0.0
"By Wits, than Critics in as wrong Quotations.",0.0
And call new Beauties forth from every Line!,1.0
"The Scholar's Learning, with the Courtier's Ease.",1.0
"Thus useful Arms in Magazines we place,",1.0
"All ranged in Order, and disposed with Grace,",1.0
"Nor thus alone the curious Eye to please,",2.0
"But to be found, when Need requires, with Ease.",1.0
And blessed their Critic with a Poet's Fire.,1.0
"An ardent Judge, who zealous in his Trust,",0.0
"With Warmth gives Sentence, yet is always Just;",1.0
"Whose own Example strengthens all his Laws,",0.0
And Is himself that great Sublime he draws.,1.0
"Thus long succeeding Critics justly reigned,",1.0
"Licence repressed, and useful Laws ordained.",2.0
"Learning and Rome alike in Empire grew,",2.0
And Arts still followed where her Eagles flew.,1.0
"From the same Foes, at last, both felt their Doom,",3.0
"And the same Age saw Learning fall, and Rome.",4.0
"With Tyranny, then Superstition joined,",1.0
"As that the Body, this enslaved the Mind;",1.0
"Much was Believed, but little understood,",1.0
And to be dull was construed to be good;,3.0
"A second Deluge Learning thus overrun,",3.0
"At length Erasmus, that great, injured Name,",1.0
"The Glory of the Priesthood, and the Shame!",2.0
"Stemmed the wild Torrent of a barbarous Age,",6.0
And drove those Holy Vandals off the Stage.,1.0
"But see! each Muse, in Leo's Golden Days,",0.0
"Starts from her Trance, and trims her withered Bays!",0.0
"Rome's ancient Genius, over its Ruins spread,",3.0
"Shakes off the Dust, and rears his reverend Head!",0.0
"Stones leaped to Form, and Rocks began to live;",1.0
With sweeter Notes each rising Temple rung;,0.0
Immortal Vida! on whose honoured Brow,2.0
The Poet's Bays and Critic's Ivy grow:,0.0
"As next in Place to Mantua, next in Fame!",1.0
Their ancient Bounds the banished Muses past;,0.0
But Critic Learning flourished most in France.,0.0
"The Rules, a Nation born to serve, obeys,",0.0
And Boileau still in Right of Horace sways.,1.0
"But we, brave Britains, Foreign Laws despised,",2.0
"Fierce for the Liberties of Wit, and bold,",1.0
"We still defied the Romans, as of old.",1.0
"Yet some there were, among the sounder Few",1.0
"Of those who less presumed, and better knew,",1.0
"Who durst assert the juster Ancient Cause,",0.0
And here restored Wit's Fundamental Laws.,1.0
With Manners generous as his Noble Blood;,1.0
"To him the Wit of Greece and Rome was known,",1.0
"And every Author's Merit, but his own.",1.0
"Such late was Walsh, ' --  the Muses Judge and Friend,",0.0
Who justly knew to blame or to commend;,1.0
"To Failings mild, but zealous for Desert;",1.0
"This humble Praise, lamented Shade! receive,",0.0
This Praise at least a grateful Muse may give!,0.0
"The Muse, whose early Voice you taught to Sing,",0.0
"Prescribed her Heights, and pruned her tender Wing,",0.0
"Her Guide now lost no more attempts to rise,",2.0
But in low Numbers short Excursions tries.,1.0
The Learnt reflect on what before they knew.,0.0
"Careless of Censure, nor too fond of Fame,",4.0
"Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame;",1.0
"Averse alike to Flatter, or Offend,",1.0
"Not free from Faults, nor yet too vain to mend.",1.0
"For your seducing Words the same implies,",1.0
"In begging Pity with a soft Surprise,",1.0
"For one who loves, and sighs, and almost dies.",2.0
"In every Word and Action does appear,",0.0
Something I hate and blush to see or hear;,2.0
"At first your Love for vast Respect was told,",0.0
"Till your excess of Manners grew too bold,",2.0
"And did your base, designing Thoughts unfold.",0.0
"When a Salute did seem to Custom due,",1.0
Nay every Look had something of Address.,2.0
"You Gods! I cried, sure he designs to woo,",2.0
"The Youth whose Passion none could disapprove,",0.0
When Hymen waited to complete his Love;,1.0
"But now, when sacred Laws and Vows confine",0.0
Me to another what can you design?,2.0
"At first, I could not see the lewd Abuse,",0.0
But framed a thousand Things for your Excuse.,1.0
I knew that Bacchus sometime did inspire,1.0
"A sudden Transport, though not lasting Fire;",1.0
"For he no less than Cupid can make kind,",4.0
And force a Fondness which was never designed;,2.0
"Till you so oft your amorous Crimes repeat,",3.0
That to permit you would make mine as great;,1.0
"What saw you in me, that could make you vain,",0.0
"Or any thing expect, but just Disdain?",0.0
"I must confess I am not quite so Nice,",1.0
If none but sullen Saints can be thought Chaste:,1.0
"O sacred Love! let not the World profane,",1.0
"Thy Transports, thus to Sport, and Entertain;",0.0
"Can make a Treat, for all the wanton Town:",0.0
"I thought my self secure, within these Shades,",0.0
"But your rude Love, my Privacy invades,",3.0
"Affronts my Virtue, hazards my just Fame,",1.0
"Why should I suffer, for your lawless Flame?",1.0
"For oft it's known, through Vanity and Pride,",1.0
Men boast those Favours which they are denied:,2.0
"Or others Malice, which can soon discern;",0.0
Perhaps may see in you some kind Concern.,1.0
"So scatter false Suggestions of their own,",1.0
That I love too: O! Stain to my Renown;,4.0
"No, I'll be Wise, avoid your Sight in time,",0.0
And shun at once the Censure and the Crime.,1.0
"Assumes the graceful muses winning air,",0.0
That dullness may serenity succeed;,2.0
"This step still onward her dark purpose brings,",3.0
"For out of dullness, melancholy springs;",1.0
"Nor here the gloomy phantom ends her care,",0.0
"For next to melancholy, comes despair:",0.0
"When fainting virtue makes her slow retreat,",0.0
"Vice ready stands, to fill the vacant seat.",1.0
"Still, as your breath, the cheering pipe inspires,",0.0
Slack negligence will over the rest prevail;,4.0
"But giddy youths to vanities shall run,",1.0
"Nay, well if darker scenes of vice they shun.",1.0
"Methought I heard Horatio say, Tomorrow.",3.0
Go to ' --  I will not hear of it ' --  Tomorrow!,3.0
"It's a sharper, who stakes his penury",3.0
"Against thy plenty ' --  who takes thy ready cash,",2.0
"The currency of idiots. ' --  Injurious bankrupt,",4.0
That gulls the easy creditor! ' --  Tomorrow!,2.0
It is a period no where to be found,3.0
"In all the hoary registers of Time,",1.0
Unless perchance in the fool's calendar.,10.0
"Wisdom disclaims the word, nor holds society",3.0
"With those who own it. No, my Horatio,",2.0
Wrought of such stuff as dreams are; and baseless,0.0
As the fantastic visions of the evening.,2.0
"But soft, my friend ' --  arrest the present moments;",0.0
"For be assured, they all are arrant telltales;",1.0
"And though their flight be silent, and their path",2.0
"They post to heaven, and there record thy folly.",1.0
"Because, though stationed on the important watch,",3.0
Thou shalt be made to answer at the bar,0.0
For every fugitive: and when thou thus,1.0
"Of hoodwinked Justice, who shall tell thy audit!",1.0
"Then stay the present instant, dear Horatio;",0.0
Imprint the marks of wisdom on its wings.,1.0
It's of more worth than kingdoms! far more precious,1.0
Than all the crimson treasures of life's fortune.,2.0
"O! let it not elude thy grasp, but like",0.0
"The good old patriarch upon record,",1.0
"A pictured tablet, over the portal raised,",2.0
"Attached our eye: in wonder lost, we gazed.",0.0
"The pencil there some strange device had wrought,",1.0
"And fables, all its own, disguised the thought.",0.0
"Nor camp it seemed, nor city: the design,",1.0
"Whose moral mocked our labour to divine,",1.0
"Was a walled court, where rose another bound,",2.0
"And, higher still, a third still lessening ground.",3.0
"The neither area opened, at a gate",2.0
Where a vast crowd impatient seemed to wait.,3.0
"Within, a group of female figures stood,",1.0
"In motley dress, a sparkling multitude.",0.0
"Without, in station at the porch, was seen",0.0
"A venerable form, in act and mien",1.0
"Like some great teacher who with urgent tongue,",1.0
"Authoritative, warned the rushing throng.",0.0
From doubt to doubt we wandered; when appeared,0.0
"A sire, who thus the hard solution cleared.",2.0
"A foreigner, long since, whose nobler mind",1.0
"Here lived, conversed, and showed the admiring age",2.0
"He reared this dome to Saturn's awful name,",0.0
And gave that portrait to eternal same.,1.0
"He reasoned much, high argument he chose,",2.0
High as his theme his great conceptions rose.,0.0
Such wisdom flowing from a mouth but young,1.0
"I heard astonished, and enjoyed it long:",1.0
"Him oft I heard this moral piece expound,",0.0
With nervous eloquence and sense profound.,1.0
"Father, if leisure with thy will conspire,",4.0
"Yield, yield that comment to our warm desire.",2.0
"Free to bestow, I warn you first, beware:",2.0
"Wise, virtuous, blessed, whose heart our precepts gain,",4.0
"The stupid perished, by the Sphinx destroyed.",1.0
"Count folly as a Sphinx to all mankind,",3.0
"Her problem, How is Good and Ill defined?",1.0
Not instant victims of her cruelty;,1.0
"From day to day our reasoning part she wounds,",2.0
"Devours its strength, its noblest powers confounds:",4.0
"The mind with pangs which guilty life prepares,",0.0
"With opposite effect, where thoughtful skill",2.0
"Discerns the boundaries of Good and Ill,",1.0
Folly must perish; and the illumined breast,5.0
"To Virtue saved, is like the immortals blessed.",1.0
"With strong desire, in dread suspense we wait,",0.0
"So great the blessing, and the bane so great.",1.0
And said our eye he guided with a wand,1.0
"Which danger's path, and which to safety bears,",1.0
"That ancient, Genius of mankind, declares.",2.0
"See him aloft, benevolent he bends,",3.0
"One hand is pointing, one a roll extends",1.0
Reason's imperial code; by heaven impressed,4.0
In living letters on the human breast.,1.0
"Opposed to him, Delusion plies her part,",1.0
"With skin of borrowed snow, and blush of art,",1.0
"Whence soft infection steals in every glance,",0.0
Whose poisonous draught intoxicate the soul.,2.0
"Error and ignorance infused, compose",3.0
The fatal beverage which her fraud bestows.,0.0
Is that the hard condition of our birth?,1.0
Must all drink Error who appear on earth?,1.0
"All; yet in some their measure drowns the mind,",0.0
"Others but taste, less erring and less blind.",5.0
"Thick as bright atoms in the solar ray,",3.0
Diverse their drapery and profusely gay.,3.0
"These tempting forms, each like a mistress dressed,",0.0
Our early steps with powerful charms arrest:,2.0
"Soon as we enter life, with various art",1.0
Of dalliance they assail the unguarded heart.,5.0
"All promise joy, we rush to their embrace;",1.0
To bliss or ruin here begins our race.,0.0
"To right Opinions, and ascend to Truth:",1.0
"Whom Wisdom tutors, whom the Virtues hail,",0.0
And with their own substantial feast regale.,1.0
In chase of empty sciences we run:,1.0
"Or Fortune's vanities pursue, and stray",1.0
With sensual Pleasure in more dangerous way.,4.0
"See the mad rounds their giddy followers tread,",5.0
Succeeding shoals the busy farce renew.,0.0
Who on that globe stands stretching to her flight?,2.0
"Wild seems her aspect, and bereaved of sight.",3.0
"Fortune, blind, frantic, deaf. With restless wings",3.0
Caprice divides the blessings and the woes.,1.0
"Her grace unstable as her tottering ball,",3.0
"When most we trust her, we are cheated most,",1.0
"Her cruel blast invades our hasty fruit,",0.0
And withers all our glory at the root.,0.0
What mean those multitudes around her? Why,0.0
Such motley attitudes perplex our eye?,0.0
"Some, in the act of wildest rapture, leap,",0.0
"In agony some wring their hands, and weep.",1.0
"The unreasoning crowd; to passion's sequel blind,",1.0
By passion fired and impotent of mind:,3.0
The toys she tosses with regardless air;,1.0
"Trifles, for solid worth by most pursued,",2.0
"The pageantry of wealth, the blaze of fame,",1.0
"Titles, an offspring to extend the name,",4.0
"Huge strength, or beauty which the strong obey,",1.0
"The victor's laurel, and despotic sway.",1.0
The glory of the gracious goddess raise:,1.0
"Those other, losers in her chance full game,",1.0
"Shorn of their all, or frustrate in their aim,",1.0
"In murmurs of their hard mishap complain,",2.0
And curse her partial and malignant reign.,1.0
"Now, further still in this low sensual ground,",5.0
Traverse yonder flowery mount's sequestered bound.,2.0
"In the green centre of those citron shades,",3.0
"Among gardens, fountains, bowery walks, and glades,",7.0
"Voluptuous Sin her powerful spells employs,",4.0
"Souls to seduce, seducing she destroys.",3.0
See! Riot her luxurious bowl prepares:,4.0
"To try the pleasures of their soft retreat,",1.0
"All ease, all mirth, and high felicity.",1.0
"To tread that magic paradise of Sin,",0.0
"His blood ferments, fired by the wanton glance,",5.0
And his loose soul dissolves in amorous trance.,4.0
"While circulating joys to joys succeed,",0.0
While new delights the sweet delirium feed;,2.0
"Sees glittering visions in succession rise,",3.0
And laughs at Socrates the chaste and wise.,0.0
"Till, sobered by distress, awake, confused,",1.0
"Amazed, he knows himself a wretch abused;",0.0
"A short illusion his imagined feast,",1.0
"Himself the game, himself the slaughtered beast.",0.0
"Now, raving for his squandered wealth in vain,",2.0
"Compelled to suffer hard and hungry need,",0.0
Compelled to dare each foul and desperate deed.,0.0
"Robs altars, or is perjured for a bribe:",3.0
"Stabs for a purse, his country pawns for gold,",0.0
To every crime of blackest horror sold.,0.0
"Shiftless at length, of all resource bereft,",4.0
Just shows the dismal deep descent to night.,0.0
"Rude locks overhang, a frown their forehead ploughs:",1.0
And fluttering shreds their vile defence from cold.,2.0
"Fixed, with her head upon her knees reclined:",0.0
"And, frantic with remorseful fury, there",2.0
"And she, whose eye aghast with horror stares,",1.0
What tongue the terrors of his soul can tell?,1.0
"Worried by these foul fiends, the wretch begins",4.0
"Sharp penance, wages of remembered sins:",2.0
"Then deeper sinks, plunged in the pit of Woe,",1.0
Worse sufferings in worse hell to undergo:,2.0
"Unless, rare guest, Repentance over the gloom",3.0
"Diffuse her radiance, and repeal his doom.",1.0
"See Right Opinion, joined with Good Desire,",1.0
"Come forth, she calls, come forth to liberty,",3.0
"And, pondering well, elect thy future guide.",2.0
Momentous option! choosing right he'll find,0.0
"Led to True Wisdom, whose cathartic bowl",3.0
"Misguided else, a counterfeit he'll gain,",0.0
Whose art is only to amuse the brain:,1.0
"From vice to studious folly now he flies,",2.0
"From bliss still erring, still betrayed by lies.",1.0
OH heavens! where end the risks we mortals run?,3.0
"How dreadful this, and yet how hard to shun!",1.0
"Say, father, what distinctive marks declare",1.0
"The second court, or the studious life. View her there.",2.0
"At yonder gate, with decent port, she stands,",0.0
Her spotless form that second court commands:,0.0
"Styled Wisdom by the crowd, the thinking few",2.0
"Know her disguise, the phantom of the true:",3.0
"Skilled in all learning, skilled in every art",0.0
"The saved, who meditate their noble flight",0.0
Then speed their journey forward to its last.,1.0
"The plain man's path, without proud Science wise.",2.0
"A busy scene, all thought or action round.",0.0
"Her lovers, whom her specious beauty warms,",0.0
"Who grasp, in vision, Truth's immortal charms,",0.0
Vain of the glory of a false embrace:,1.0
And mighty masters of the vocal strings:,1.0
"Those who in crabbed calculations toil,",1.0
"Who measure earth, who climb the starry road,",0.0
"And human fates by heavenly signs forebode,",2.0
Disdainful soaring up to heights untried.,1.0
"All who in learnt trifles spin their wit,",6.0
"Who are yonder active females, like in face",1.0
"They boast some rarer less ignoble spoils,",0.0
"Art, wit, and reason, tangled in their toils.",0.0
"And Fancy, with the Opinions in her rear,",3.0
"Enjoys these studious walks, no stranger here:",3.0
"Where wild hypothesis, and learnt romance",1.0
Too oft lead up the philosophic dance.,1.0
Still these ingenious heads alas! retain,2.0
"Delusion's dose, still the vile dregs remain",3.0
"Of ignorance with madding folly joined,",1.0
And a foul heart pollutes the embellished mind.,4.0
"Nor will presumption from their souls recede,",2.0
"Nor will they from one vicious plague be freed,",1.0
"The exalted way to Truth's enlightened ground,",1.0
"Quaffed her cathartic, and all cleansed within,",3.0
"By that strong energy, from pride and sin,",2.0
Are healed and saved. But loitering here they spend,1.0
Life's precious hours in thinking to no end:,3.0
"From science up to science let them rise,",1.0
"And arrogate the swelling style of wise,",0.0
Which cures not one distemper of the mind.,2.0
"Enough. Discover now the faithful road,",0.0
Which mounts us to the joys of Truth's abode.,1.0
"Survey this solitary waste, which rears",0.0
"Nor bush nor herb, nor cottage there appears.",1.0
At distance see yonder strait and lonely gate,3.0
No crowds at the forbidding entrance wait,3.0
"Its avenue a rugged rocky soil,",0.0
Travelled with painful step and tedious toil.,4.0
"Beyond the wicket, towering in the skies",0.0
"Narrow and sharp the ascent; each edge a brink,",3.0
Is that the way to Wisdom? Dreadful way!,0.0
"Yet higher still, around the mountain's brow",0.0
"Winds yonder huge rock, whose steep smooth sides allow",5.0
"No track. Its top two sister figures grace,",2.0
"Stationed by Wisdom, her commission bear",3.0
To rouse the spirit of her fainting son,1.0
"Thus far advanced, and urge and urge him on.",1.0
"Courage! they call, the coward's sloth disdain,",2.0
"Yet, yet awhile, the noble toil sustain:",0.0
A lovely path soon opens to your sight.,2.0
But ah! how climbed that rock's bare slippery height?,1.0
"These generous guides, who Virtue's course befriend,",2.0
"Draw up their trembling charge; then, smiling, greet",0.0
"With kind command to rest his weary feet,",0.0
"With their own force his panting breast they arm,",1.0
And with their own intrepid spirit warm:,1.0
"Next, plight their guidance in his future way",0.0
"To Wisdom, and in rapturous view display",3.0
The blissful road there it invites your eyes,1.0
"How smooth and easy to the foot it lies,",1.0
Of thorny evil and perplexing fear.,1.0
"A meadow with eternal beauty bright,",2.0
"Beneath a purer heaven, overflowed with light.",0.0
"Full in the centre of the plain, behold",1.0
"And gate of diamond, where the righteous rest;",0.0
"Here all the Virtues dwell, communion sweet!",0.0
"With Happiness, who rules the peaceful seat.",1.0
Her eyes how piercing! how sedate her mien!,1.0
"Mature in life, her countenance serene:",1.0
"Spirit and solid thought each feature shows,",2.0
"She stands upon a cube of marble, fixed",0.0
"As the firm rock, two lovely nymphs betwixt,",4.0
"Her daughters, copies of her looks and air,",1.0
"Here candid Truth, and sweet Persuasion there:",1.0
"She, she is Wisdom. In her steadfast eye",2.0
Behold the oppressive type of certainty:,3.0
"Certain her way, and permanent the deed",3.0
Of gift substantial to her friends decreed.,1.0
"She gives the confidence erect and clear,",1.0
"She gives magnanimous contempt of fear,",1.0
And bids the invulnerable mind to know,3.0
Her safety from the future shafts of woe.,1.0
"OH treasure, richer than the sea or land!",2.0
But why without the walls her destined stand?,0.0
"There standing, she presents her potent bowl,",1.0
"Divine cathartic, which restores the soul.",0.0
"Then clear and strong the purple current flows,",0.0
And life renewed in every member glows:,0.0
"But if the patient all control despise,",1.0
Just victim of his stubborn will he dies.,2.0
"So Wisdom, by her rules, with healing art",1.0
"Hydropic avarice, all the plagues behind",1.0
Which in the first mad court oppressed the mind.,1.0
"Thus purged, her pupil through the gate she brings,",2.0
"The Virtues hail their guest, the guest enraptured sings.",0.0
"Behold the spotless band, celestial charms!",0.0
Scene that with awe chastises whom it warms:,0.0
But beauty unaffected as their dress.,1.0
See Fortitude in panoply of war:,2.0
"Justice her equal scale aloft displays,",2.0
And rights both human and divine she weighs.,2.0
"There Moderation, all the pleasures bound",0.0
In brazen chains her dreaded feet surround.,0.0
"The florid hue of Temperance, her side",1.0
"Adorned by Health, a nymph in blooming pride.",0.0
"While Moral Order tunes her golden lyre,",0.0
OH fairest of all fair! OH blissful state!,3.0
"Substantial hopes, if by the doctrine taught,",1.0
The fashioned manners are to habit wrought.,1.0
"Yes, it's resolved. We'll every nerve employ.",2.0
"Live, then, restored; and reap the promised joy.",1.0
But whither do the Virtues lead their trust?,0.0
"Look upward to the hill beyond the grove,",2.0
A sovereign pile extends its front above:,0.0
"Stately and strong, the lofty castle stands,",2.0
Its boundless prospect all the courts commands.,0.0
"Within the porch, high on a jasper throne,",2.0
The Imperial Mother by her form is known;,4.0
"Bright as the morn, when smiling on the hills",1.0
"Earth, air, and sea with vernal joy she fills.",1.0
Rich without lavish cost her vest behold,4.0
"Of liveliest tints, around her temples glows:",2.0
"Eternal bloom her snowy temples binds,",0.0
Fearless of burning suns and blasting winds.,2.0
"Now, with a crown of wondrous power, her hand",2.0
"Assistant, round her, all the Virtues stand",0.0
Of conquests won by many a valiant deed.,3.0
"Till roused from his inglorious sloth, possessed",3.0
"Lord of himself, the victor now constrains",2.0
Those hostile monsters in his powerful chains.,2.0
Explain those savage beasts at war with man.,0.0
"Error and Ignorance, which head the van,",3.0
Rapacious Avarice; cruel numbers more:,2.0
"Over all he triumphs now, their slave before.",0.0
OH great achievements! more illustrious far,3.0
"These triumphs, than the bloody wreaths of war.",1.0
"But, say; what salutary power is shed",2.0
"By the fair crown, which decks the hero's head?",2.0
"He lives, rich owner of man's proper bliss:",3.0
"Bliss independent or on wealth or power,",2.0
"Fame, birth, or beauty, or voluptuous hour.",4.0
"His hope's divorced from all exterior things,",2.0
And his own honest heart's a constant feast.,1.0
"Conducted by the Virtues, to survey",2.0
"His first abode. The giddy crowd, below,",0.0
"Wasting their wretched span in crime, they show;",2.0
"How in the whirl of passions they are tossed,",1.0
"The mighty, there a despicable train",5.0
And slaves of Avarice rooting up the ground:,3.0
"To spring aloft, and reach yonder happy land,",5.0
"Entangled, impotent the way to find,",1.0
"I stand convinced, but yet perplexed in thought",0.0
His judgement by illusions was abused.,2.0
"His evil was not evil, nor his good",2.0
"Confounding good and evil, like the throng,",0.0
"His life, like theirs, was action always wrong.",1.0
"Enlightened now in the true bliss of man,",2.0
The madding world an hospital of sighs.,5.0
"Wherever it leads, safety attends him still:",4.0
"Among the Nymphs, among the vocal Powers,",0.0
"Honoured by all, the friend of human kind,",0.0
Redeems his patient from the yawning grave.,1.0
But never more shall his old restless foes,2.0
"Awake his fears, nor trouble his repose?",1.0
"In each enticing scene, each instant hard,",0.0
That sovereign antidote his mind will guard:,0.0
"Like him, who, of some virtuous drug possessed,",2.0
"Grasps the fell viper coiled within her nest,",3.0
"Yonder troops in motion from the mount explain,",1.0
"Various to view; for there a goodly train,",2.0
"Noble their port, and in each tranquil face",2.0
"Battered and gashed, drag their slow steps along,",5.0
"Her healing aid; rejected from her care,",1.0
In evil plight their wicked days they wear:,0.0
"Apostate now, in thorny wilds they rove,",0.0
"Sorrows which gnaw, remorseful Thoughts which tear,",2.0
"And every ill, and every hateful name.",0.0
Lost from the pleasures here at large possessed.,0.0
Pleasures which Riot's frantic bowls infuse.,1.0
"These high fruition their gross souls repute,",2.0
And man's chief good to sink into a brute.,1.0
"But who that lovely bevy, blithe and gay,",0.0
So smoothly gliding down the hilly way?,1.0
"Returning, new adventurers to bring,",1.0
Opinion's foot is never never found,0.0
"Where Knowledge dwells, it's interdicted ground,",0.0
"Their charge, those limits their employ confine.",1.0
"Thus trading barks, skilled in the watery road,",4.0
"To distant climes convey their precious load,",0.0
"Then turn their prow, light bounding over the main,",3.0
And with new traffic store their keels again.,2.0
Thus far is clear. But yet untold remains,1.0
The instructions of the Genius. He bids them hold,4.0
A spirit with erected courage bold.,1.0
"Never he calls on Fortune's faith rely,",2.0
Nor grasp her dubious gifts as property.,3.0
"Let not her smile transport, her frown dismay,",0.0
"Nor praise, nor blame, nor wonder at her sway",0.0
"Which reason never guides: it's fortune still,",0.0
"Capricious chance and arbitrary will,",1.0
"Bad bankers, vain of treasure not their own,",1.0
With foolish rapture hug the trusted loan:,0.0
"Impatient, when the powerful bond demands",2.0
"Unlike to such, without a sigh restore",1.0
What Fortune lends: anon she'll lavish more:,0.0
"Repenting of her bounty snatch away,",1.0
Yea seize your patrimonial fund for prey.,1.0
"Embrace her proffered boon, but instant rise,",0.0
The gift which Wisdom to her sons divides;,1.0
"Knowledge, whose beam the doubting judgement guides,",2.0
Distinguishes false interest from the true.,3.0
Nor parley for a moment at the place,1.0
And taste what science may your palate hit:,1.0
"Then wing your journey forward, till you reach",1.0
"Such is the advice the friendly Genius gives,",1.0
And thus this moral piece instructs; if aught,0.0
"Is mystic still, reveal your doubting thought.",0.0
"Thanks, generous Sire; tell, then, the transient bait,",3.0
"Of solid use, in their capacious round,",1.0
Unruly youth from devious starts restrain.,2.0
"Must we, solicitous our souls to save,",2.0
Assistance from these previous studies crave?,3.0
Their merit in some less utility;,1.0
"But they contribute, we aver, no part",4.0
To heal the manners and amend the heart.,1.0
"An author's meaning, in a tongue unknown,",0.0
May glimmer through translation in our own:,1.0
"Yet masters of his language, we might gain",2.0
Some trivial purposes by tedious pain.,5.0
"So in the sciences, though, rudely taught,",1.0
We may attain the little that we ought;,1.0
"Yet, accurately known they might convey",1.0
More light not wholly useless in its way.,0.0
"But Virtue may be reached, through all her rules,",1.0
Without the curious subtleties of schools.,3.0
"Blind as the crowd alas! to good and ill,",0.0
"Entangled by the like corrupted will,",2.0
What boasts the man of letters over the rest?,2.0
"Skilled in all tongues, of all the arts possessed,",0.0
"What hinders but he sink into a sot,",1.0
"A libertine, or villain in a plot,",0.0
Of moral lunacy and reason's shame?,1.0
"Avail those studies, and their vaunted light",1.0
The cause from whence this strange appearance grows.,0.0
Held by a potent charm in this retreat,1.0
"Since numbers, oft, from out the neither plain,",1.0
"In moral things, advantaged over the lees",2.0
"Of human race? in moral things, we find",0.0
These duller or less tractable of mind.,3.0
"Although unknowing, they presume to know:",2.0
"Clogged with that vain conceit they creep below,",0.0
"Nor can mount up to yonder exalted bound,",2.0
"Not found by these, till the vain visions spread,",3.0
"By False Opinion, in the learnt head,",1.0
"Repentance scatter; and deceived no more,",2.0
"They own the illusion which deceived before,",1.0
"That for True Wisdom they embraced her shade,",3.0
And hence the healing of their souls delayed.,1.0
"Strangers, these lessons, oft revolving, hold",2.0
"Fast to your hearts, and into habit mould:",0.0
"To this high scope life's whole attention bend,",4.0
Despise aught else as erring from your end.,2.0
"Do thus, or unavailing is my care,",1.0
And all the instruction dies away in air.,1.0
"HOW much mistaken are the men, who think",1.0
"That all who will, without restraint, may drink,",2.0
"May largely drink, even till their bowels burst,",4.0
"Pleading no right but merely that of thirst,",3.0
"At the pure waters of the living well,",3.0
Beside whose streams the MUSES love to dwell!,0.0
"Verse is with them a knack, an idle toy,",1.0
"A rattle gilded over, on which a boy",1.0
"Make it but jingle, Music comes of course.",0.0
"Little do such men know the toil, the pains,",3.0
"The daily, nightly racking of the brains,",1.0
"To range the thoughts, the matter to digest,",1.0
"To cull fit phrases, and reject the rest,",2.0
"To know the times when HUMOUR, on the cheek",0.0
"Of MIRTH may hold her sports, when WIT should speak,",0.0
And when be silent; when to use the powers,0.0
"Of Ornament, and how to place the flowers,",2.0
"So that they neither give a tawdry glare,",0.0
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air;,0.0
"To form which few can do, and scarcely one,",1.0
"One Critic in an age can find, when done",0.0
"To form a plan, to strike a grand Outline,",1.0
"To fill it up, and make the picture shine",1.0
"A full, and perfect piece; to make coy rhyme",2.0
"Renounce her follies, and with sense keep time,",2.0
"To make proud sense against her nature bend,",1.0
"And wear the chains of rhyme, yet call her friend.",0.0
"Who make it all their business to describe,",1.0
"No matter whether in, or out of place;",2.0
"Studious of finery, and fond of lace,",2.0
"The rags of beggars, and the robes of kings.",1.0
Let dull Propriety in State preside,2.0
"Over her dull children, Nature is their guide,",3.0
"Wild Nature, who at random breaks the fence",1.0
Nor would forgive herself the mighty crime,0.0
"Of keeping terms with Person, Place, and Time.",0.0
"With borrowed beams let Silver pale the Moon,",2.0
"Let surges hoarse lash the resounding shore,",3.0
Let them breed up the melancholy breeze,0.0
"To sigh with sighing, sob with sobbing trees,",0.0
"Let Vales embroidery wear, let Flowers be tinged",5.0
"They have their wish; like idle monarch Boys,",0.0
"Neglecting things of weight, they sigh for toys;",0.0
"Give them the crown, the sceptre, and the robe,",1.0
"Who will may take the power, and rule the globe.",2.0
"Others there are, who, in one solemn pace,",1.0
"With as much zeal, as Quakers rail at lace,",1.0
"Railing at needful Ornament, depend",3.0
On Sense to bring them to their journey's end.,1.0
"They would not Heaven forbid their course delay,",0.0
"Nor for a moment step out of the way,",2.0
"To make the barren road those graces wear,",0.0
"Which Nature would, if pleased, have planted there.",1.0
Vain Men! who blindly thwarting Nature's plan,1.0
Never find a passage to the heart of man;,1.0
"Who, bred amongst fogs in Academic land,",3.0
Scorn every thing they do not understand;,1.0
"Who, destitute of Humour, Wit, and Taste,",3.0
"Let all their little knowledge run to waste,",0.0
"And frustrate each good purpose, while they wear",1.0
"Though solid Reasoning arms each sterling line,",2.0
"Though Truth declares aloud, This work is mine,",0.0
"Vice, while from page to page dull Morals creep,",1.0
"Throws by the book, and Virtue falls asleep.",0.0
"Sense, mere, dull, formal Sense, in this gay town",3.0
"Must have some vehicle to pass her down,",1.0
"Nor can She for an hour ensure her reign,",1.0
Unless She brings fair Pleasure in her train.,1.0
"Let Her, from day to day, from year to year,",0.0
"And, with the voice of trumpets, through the streets",2.0
"Deal lectures out to every one She meets,",3.0
"Half who pass by are deaf, and other half",0.0
"Can hear indeed, but only hear to laugh.",0.0
"Quit then, You graver Sons of lettered Pride,",0.0
"Taking for once Experience as a guide,",3.0
"Quit this grand Error, this dull College mode;",5.0
"Be your pursuits the same, but change the road;",1.0
"Write, or at least appear to write with ease,",0.0
"And, if You mean to profit, learn to please.",1.0
"In vain for such mistakes they pardon claim,",1.0
Because they wield the pen in Virtue's name.,0.0
"Thrice sacred is that Name, thrice blessed the Man",3.0
"Who thinks, speaks, writes, and lives on such a plan!",2.0
"This, in himself, himself of course must bless,",0.0
But cannot with the world promote success.,1.0
"He may be strong, but, with effect to speak,",2.0
Should recollect his readers may be weak;,1.0
"Plain, rigid Truths, which Saints with comfort bear,",1.0
"Will make the Sinner tremble, and despair.",1.0
"True Virtue acts from Love, and the great end,",2.0
"At which She nobly aims, is to amend;",1.0
"How then do those mistake, who arm her laws",1.0
"They mean to help, while with a zealot rage",1.0
"Our dearest Love, in hideous terror rise!",2.0
"Such may be honest, but they can't be wise.",2.0
"In her own full, and perfect blaze of light,",1.0
Virtue breaks forth too strong for human sight:,4.0
"The dazzled eye, that nice but weaker sense,",0.0
Shuts herself up in darkness for defence.,1.0
"But, to make strong conviction deeper sink,",2.0
"To make the callous feel, the thoughtless think,",0.0
"Like God made Man, she lays her glory by,",2.0
"In earnest most, when most she seems in jest,",0.0
"She worms into, and winds around the breast,",0.0
"To conquer vice, of vice appears the friend,",0.0
And seems unlike herself to gain her end.,0.0
"The Sons of Sin, to while away the time",0.0
"Which lingers on their hands, of each black crime",2.0
"To hush the painful memory, and keep",1.0
"Read on at random, nor suspect the dart",1.0
Until they find it rooted in their heart.,0.0
"Against Vice they give their vote, nor know at first",3.0
"That, cursing that, themselves too they have cursed,",2.0
"They see not, till they fall into the snares,",1.0
Deluded into Virtue unawares.,0.0
"Discarding drugs, and striving how to please,",1.0
"The patient to those manly sports, which bind",1.0
"The patient feels a change as wrought by stealth,",0.0
And wonders on demand to find it health.,1.0
"Some Few, whom Fate ordained to deal in rhymes",0.0
"In other lands, and here in other times,",0.0
"Whom, waiting at their birth, the Midwife MUSE",1.0
"To whom true GENIUS gave his magic pen,",1.0
"Whom ART by just degrees led up to men,",2.0
"These dangerous rocks, and held the golden mean.",2.0
"SENSE in their works maintains her proper state,",0.0
"GRACE makes the whole look elegant, and gay,",3.0
But never dares from SENSE to run astray.,0.0
"So nice the Master's touch, so great his care,",0.0
"The Colours boldly glow, not idly glare.",2.0
"Mutually giving, and receiving aid,",2.0
"They set each other off, like light and shade,",1.0
"And, as by stealth, with so much softness blend,",2.0
"It's hard to say, where they begin, or end.",1.0
"Health to their souls, and to their memories fame:",3.0
"Be it my task, and no mean task, to teach",1.0
A reverence for that worth I cannot reach;,1.0
"Let me at distance, with a steady eye,",1.0
"Observe, and mark their passage to the sky,",1.0
"From envy free, applaud such rising worth,",0.0
"Had I the power, I could not have the time,",1.0
"While spirits flow, and Life is in her prime,",0.0
"Without a sin against Pleasure, to design",5.0
"Highly to finish, and make every grace,",4.0
"In itself charming, take new charms from place.",7.0
"Nothing of Books, and little known of men,",2.0
"When the mad fit comes on, I seize the pen,",1.0
"Rough as they run, the rapid thoughts set down,",2.0
"Rough as they run, discharge them on the Town.",1.0
"Hence rude, unfinished brats, before their time,",1.0
"Are born into this idle world of rhyme,",0.0
With all her imperfections on her head.,1.0
"Some, as no life appears, no pulses play",4.0
"Through the dull, dubious mass, no breath makes way,",6.0
"Doubt, greatly doubt, till for a glass they call,",2.0
"Others, on other grounds, objections frame,",2.0
"And, granting that the child may have a name,",0.0
"Doubt, as the Sex might well a midwife pose,",1.0
In love to Critics stumble now and then.,0.0
"Something I do myself, and something too,",3.0
"If they can do it, leave for them to do.",2.0
In the small compass of my careless page,3.0
Critics may find employment for an age;,3.0
Without my blunders they were all undone;,1.0
"I twenty feed, where MASON can feed one.",2.0
"To praise the man I love, curse him I hate;",2.0
"When SENSE, in tides of passion born along,",0.0
"Sinking to prose, degrades the name of song;",2.0
"The Censor smiles, and, while my credit bleeds,",0.0
With as high relish on the carrion feeds,5.0
"As the proud EARL fed at a Turtle feast,",1.0
"Who, turned by gluttony to worse than beast,",1.0
"Eat, till his bowels gushed upon the floor,",0.0
"Yet still eat on, and dying called for more.",1.0
"Spurning Connection, and her formal yoke,",3.0
"Bounds through the forest, wanders far astray",0.0
"From the known path, and loves to loose her way,",2.0
"To run the rambler down, and bring her back.",1.0
"Wild without art, and yet with pleasure wild,",0.0
Waking with Nature at the morning hour,2.0
"To the lark's call, walks over the opening flower",8.0
"Which largely drank all night of heaven's fresh dew,",1.0
"So lightly walks, she not one mark imprints,",0.0
"Nor brushes off the dews, nor soils the tints;",1.0
"When thus DESCRIPTION sports, even at the time",3.0
"That Drums should beat, and Cannons roar in rhyme,",0.0
Critics can live on such a fault as that,3.0
"From one month to the other, and grow fat.",2.0
"You mighty Monthly Judges, in a dearth",0.0
"Of lettered blockheads, conscious of the worth",1.0
"Of my materials, which against your will",3.0
"Materials rich, though rude, inflamed with Thought,",2.0
"Though more by Fancy than by Judgement wrought,",1.0
"Take, use them as your own, a work begin,",2.0
"Which suits your Genius well, and weave them in,",0.0
"Framed for the Critic loom, with Critic art,",0.0
"Till thread on thread depending, part on part,",0.0
"Colour with Colour mingling, Light with Shade,",3.0
"To your dull taste a formal work is made,",2.0
"And, having wrought them into one grand piece,",2.0
"Swear it surpasses ROME, and rivals GREECE.",2.0
"Nor think this much, for at one single word,",0.0
SCIENCE attends their call; their power is owned;,4.0
"ORDER takes place, and GENIUS is dethroned;",4.0
"Letters dance into books, defiance hurled",2.0
"At means, as Atoms danced into a world.",0.0
"Me higher business calls, a greater plan,",0.0
"Worthy Man's whole employ, the good of Man,",3.0
The good of Man committed to my charge;,1.0
"Careless of such a trust, these harmless lays",1.0
"May Friendship envy, and may Folly praise,",1.0
"The crown of GOTHAM may some SCOT assume,",1.0
"OH my poor People, OH thou wretched Earth,",3.0
"To whose dear love, though not engaged by birth,",1.0
"My heart is fixed, my service deeply sworn,",0.0
"How by thy Father can that thought be born,",2.0
"For Monarchs, would they all but think like me,",1.0
Are only Fathers in the best degree,0.0
"How must thy glories fade, in every land",0.0
"Thy name be laughed to scorn, thy mighty hand",0.0
"Be shortened, and thy zeal, by foes confessed,",1.0
"Blessed in thy self, to make thy neighbours blessed,",1.0
"The boast of ages, which adorns the Isle",0.0
"And makes it great and glorious, feared abroad,",2.0
"Happy at home, secure from force and fraud,",2.0
"How must that pile, by ancient Wisdom raised",0.0
"On a firm rock, by friends admired and praised,",2.0
"Envied by foes, and wondered at by all,",2.0
"In one short moment into ruins fall,",2.0
Should any Slip of STUART's tyrant race,0.0
"Or bastard, or legitimate, disgrace",2.0
Thy royal seat of Empire! but what care,1.0
"What sorrow must be mine, what deep despair",1.0
Admittance gain through any fault of mine!,0.0
"Sink in the dust; that Court, which now is our's,",0.0
"Become a den, where Beasts may, if they can,",1.0
"A lodging find, nor fear rebuke from Man;",0.0
"Where yellow harvests rise, be brambles found;",0.0
"Where vines now creep, let thistles curse the ground;",2.0
"Barren the Cattle, on her thousand Hills;",3.0
"Where Power is placed, let Tigers prowl for prey;",3.0
"Where Justice lodges, let wild Asses bray;",1.0
"Let Cormorants in Churches make their nest,",2.0
"Be all, though princes in the earth before,",0.0
"Much rather would I, might the will of Fate",1.0
"By ills on ills, thus to the earth weighed down,",4.0
Than live to see a STUART wear her crown.,0.0
"Let Heaven in vengeance arm all Nature's host,",1.0
"Those Servants, who their Maker know, who boast",0.0
"Obedience as their glory, and fulfil,",2.0
"Unquestioned, their great Master's sacred will.",3.0
"Let raging Winds root up the boiling deep,",3.0
"And, with destruction big, over GOTHAM sweep;",6.0
"Let Rains rush down, till FAITH with doubtful eye",1.0
Looks for the sign of Mercy in the sky;,0.0
Let Pestilence in all her horrors rise;,2.0
"Wherever I turn, let Famine blast my eyes;",3.0
In the deep gulf let all my subjects sink,1.0
"Before my eyes, while on the verge I reel;",1.0
"Feeling, but as a Monarch ought to feel,",1.0
"Not for myself, but them, I'll kiss the rod,",2.0
"And, having owned the Justice of my God,",1.0
"Myself with firmness to the ruin give,",2.0
And die with those for whom I wished to live.,1.0
This but may Heaven's more merciful decrees,4.0
Never tempt his servant with such ills as these,1.0
"But that the STUART race my Crown should wear,",0.0
"That Crown, where, highly cherished, FREEDOM shone",0.0
"Bright as the glories of the midday Sun,",2.0
"Born and bred Slaves, that They, with proud misrule,",1.0
"Should make brave, freeborn men, like boys at school,",1.0
"To the Whip crouch and tremble ' --  OH, that Thought!",2.0
"By the dread vision, at the mere surmise",2.0
"My heart, as for a passage, loudly beats,",1.0
"And, turn me where I will, distraction meets.",1.0
"OH my brave fellows, great in Arts and Arms,",3.0
"The wonder of the Earth, whom Glory warms",1.0
"To high Achievements, can your Spirits bend",1.0
Through base control You never can descend,1.0
"So low by choice to wear a Tyrant's chain,",2.0
"Or let, in FREEDOM's seat, a STUART reign.",0.0
"If Fame, who hath for ages far and wide",0.0
"Spread in all realms, the Cowardice, the Pride,",1.0
"The Tyranny, and Falsehood of those Lords,",3.0
"Contents You not, search ENGLAND's fair records,",1.0
"ENGLAND, where first the breath of Life I drew,",2.0
"Where, next to GOTHAM, my best Love is due.",2.0
"There once they ruled, though crushed by WILLIAM's hand,",0.0
"They rule no more, to curse that happy land.",1.0
"The First, who, from his native soil removed,",1.0
"Held ENGLAND's sceptre, a tame Tyrant proved.",3.0
"Virtue he lacked, cursed with those thoughts which spring",2.0
"In souls of vulgar stamp, to be a King;",0.0
"Spirit he had not, though he laughed at Laws,",1.0
"On practises most mean he raised his pride,",2.0
"And Craft oft gave, what Wisdom oft denied.",1.0
Never could he feel how truly Man is blessed,0.0
"In blessing those around him; in his breast,",1.0
"Marked for a Coward in his Mother's Womb,",0.0
"He was too proud without affronts to live,",2.0
Too timorous to punish or forgive.,3.0
"To gain a crown, which had in course of time,",0.0
"By fair descent, been his without a crime,",1.0
He bore a Mother's exile; to secure,2.0
"The spilling of her blood by foreign knife,",1.0
Nor dared revenge her death who gave him life;,0.0
"Nay, by fond fear, and fond ambition led,",3.0
Struck hands with Those by whom her blood was shed.,2.0
"Called up to Power, scarce warm on England's throne,",3.0
"He filled her Court with beggars from his own,",1.0
"Turn where You would, the eye with SCOTS was caught,",0.0
"To vain expense unbounded loose he gave,",0.0
"The dupe of Minions, and of slaves the slave;",1.0
"From Empire thrown, and doomed to beg her bread,",0.0
"On foreign bounty while a Daughter fed,",0.0
"He lavished sums, for her received, on Men",1.0
"Lies were his Playthings, Parliaments his sport,",2.0
"The Pedant Scholar, he forgot the Prince,",1.0
"And, having with some trifles stored his brain,",1.0
"Never learnt, or wished to learn the arts to reign.",0.0
"Enough he knew to make him vain and proud,",0.0
"Mocked by the wise, the wonder of the crowd;",1.0
"False Friend, false Son, false Father, and false King,",7.0
"False Wit, false Statesman, and false every thing,",4.0
"And pamphlets wrote, when he should save the State.",1.0
"Religious, if Religion holds in whim,",1.0
"To talk with all, he let all talk with him,",0.0
"Not on God's honour, but his own intent,",2.0
"Not for Religion sake, but argument;",2.0
"Or, from the Jesuit school, some precious knave",3.0
"Conviction feigned, than if, to Peace restored",1.0
"Power was his wish, unbounded as his will,",2.0
"The Power, without control, of doing ill.",2.0
"But what he wished, what he made Bishops preach,",2.0
"And Statesmen warrant, hung within his reach",0.0
"He dared not seize; Fear gave, to gall his pride,",1.0
That Freedom to the Realm his will denied.,2.0
"In every Treaty, of his own mean arts",2.0
"He fell the dupe; Peace was his Coward care,",2.0
Even at a time when Justice called for war;,0.0
"TRUTH fairly must record, and, pleased to live",1.0
"In league with MERCY, JUSTICE may forgive",1.0
"Kingdoms betrayed, and Worlds resigned to SPAIN,",2.0
But never can forgive a RALEIGH slain.,1.0
At length with white let Freedom mark that year,1.0
"Not feared by those, whom most he wished to fear,",0.0
"Not loved by those, whom most he wished to love,",0.0
"He went to answer for his faults above,",1.0
"To answer to that God, from whom alone",1.0
"He claimed to hold, and to abuse the throne,",1.0
"Leaving behind, a curse to all his line,",2.0
The bloody Legacy of RIGHT DIVINE.,1.0
"With many Virtues which a radiance fling,",0.0
"Round private men; with few which grace a King,",0.0
"And speak the Monarch, at that time of life",0.0
"When Passion holds with Reason doubtful strife,",0.0
"Succeeded CHARLES, by a mean Sire undone,",5.0
"Who envied virtue, even in a Son.",0.0
"He took the Man up, before he left the child;",2.0
His Soul was eager for imperial sway,3.0
Ever he had learnt the lesson to obey.,2.0
"Surrounded by a fawning, flattering throng,",3.0
"Judgement each day grew weak, and Humour strong;",4.0
And all his follies let to run to seed.,0.0
What ills from such beginnings needs must spring!,1.0
"What ills to such a land, from such a King!",2.0
What could She hope! what had she not to fear!,0.0
Base BUCKINGHAM possessed his youthful ear;,1.0
"Engrossed his love, and made him all their own,",0.0
The traitorous doctrines taught by Tories now;,2.0
"Each strove undo him, in his turn and hour,",0.0
"The first with pleasure, and the last with power.",1.0
"Thinking vain thought, disgraceful to the throne!",4.0
"That all Mankind were made for Kings alone,",1.0
"That Subjects were but Slaves, and what was Whim",0.0
"Or worse in common men, was Law in him;",0.0
"Drunk with Prerogative, which Fate decreed",3.0
"To guard good Kings, and Tyrants to mislead,",1.0
"Which, in a fair proportion, to deny",1.0
"Allegiance dares not, which to hold too high",1.0
"No Good can wish, no Coward King can dare,",1.0
"And held too high, no English Subject bear;",2.0
"Besieged by Men of deep and subtle arts,",0.0
"Men void of Principle, and damned with parts,",2.0
"Who saw his weakness, made their King their tool,",0.0
"Then most a slave, when most he seemed to rule;",0.0
"Taking all public steps for private ends,",2.0
He had not strength enough of soul to find,0.0
"That Monarchs, meant as blessings to Mankind,",3.0
"Sink their great State, and stamp their fame undone,",3.0
"When, what was meant for all, they give to One;",0.0
While in the State not more than Women read,0.0
Tutored to see with ministerial eyes;,4.0
Forbid to hear a loyal Nation's cries;,0.0
Made to believe what can't a Favourite do,2.0
He heard a Nation hearing one or two;,1.0
"And out of danger, even on danger's brink;",3.0
"While Power was daily crumbling from his hand,",3.0
"While murmurs ran through an insulted land,",1.0
"As if to sanction Tyrants Heaven was bound,",1.0
He proudly sought the ruin which he found.,0.0
"Twelve years, twelve tedious and inglorious years,",6.0
"Did ENGLAND, crushed by power and awed by fears,",2.0
"While proud Oppression struck at Freedom's root,",0.0
"Illegal taxes, and oppressive loans,",1.0
"In spite of all her pride, called forth her groans,",1.0
And LOYALTY was tempted to rebel.,2.0
"Each day new acts of outrage shook the state,",2.0
New Courts were raised to give new Doctrines weight;,2.0
"Juries were packed, and Judges were unsound;",3.0
Through the whole kingdom not one PRATT was found.,2.0
From the first moments of his giddy youth,3.0
"At length against his will compelled to treat,",1.0
"Those whom he could not fright, he strove to cheat,",0.0
"With base dissembling every grievance heard,",0.0
"And, often giving, often broke his word.",0.0
"OH where shall helpless Truth for refuge fly,",0.0
"If Kings, who should protect her, dare to lie?",0.0
"Those who, the general good their real aim,",1.0
"Those who were anxious for his safety, Those",2.0
"Who were induced by duty to oppose,",2.0
"Their truth suspected, and their worth unknown,",1.0
"He held as foes, and traitors to his throne,",1.0
Nor found his fatal error till the hour,1.0
"Of saving him was gone and past, till Power",1.0
"Had shifted hands, to blast his hapless reign,",0.0
"Making their Faith, and his Repentance vain.",3.0
"War, dread to mention, Civil War arose;",1.0
"All acts of Outrage, and all acts of shame",2.0
"Rebellion, raising high her bloody hand,",0.0
Spread universal havoc through the land;,2.0
"With zeal for Party, and with Passion drunk,",1.0
"In Public rage all private Love was sunk,",0.0
"Friend against Friend, Brother against Brother stood,",6.0
And the Son's weapon drank the Father's blood;,2.0
"Nature, aghast, and fearful lest her reign",3.0
"Should last no longer, bled in every vein.",1.0
"Unhappy Stuart! harshly though that name,",1.0
"Grates on my ear, I should have died with shame,",0.0
"To see my King before his subjects stand,",0.0
"And at their bar hold up his royal hand,",2.0
"At their commands to hear the monarch plead,",1.0
By their decrees to see that Monarch bleed.,1.0
"What though thy faults were many, and were great,",1.0
"What though they shook the basis of the state,",1.0
"In Royalty secure thy Person stood,",1.0
And sacred was the fountain of thy blood.,2.0
"Vile Ministers, who dared abuse their trust,",2.0
"Who dared seduce a King to be unjust,",0.0
Had nobly crushed; the King could do no wrong.,1.0
"Yet grieve not, CHARLES, nor thy hard fortunes blame;",4.0
"They took thy life, but they secured thy fame.",1.0
"Their greater crimes made thine like specks appear,",2.0
From which the Sun in glory is not clear.,1.0
"As in a sleep, thy name, by Justice born",0.0
"On the four winds, had been in pieces torn.",1.0
"Pity, the Virtue of a generous soul,",5.0
"Sometime the Vice, hath made thy memory whole.",3.0
"Misfortunes gave, what Virtue could not give,",0.0
"And bade, the Tyrant slain, the Martyr live.",0.0
"You princes of the Earth, you mighty few,",1.0
"Who, worlds subduing, can't yourselves subdue,",0.0
"Who, goodness scorned, wish only to be great,",2.0
"Whose breath is blasting, and whose voice is fate,",1.0
"Who own no law, no reason but your will,",5.0
"And scorn restraint, though it's from doing ill,",1.0
"Who of all passions groan beneath the worst,",0.0
Then only blessed when they make others cursed;,2.0
"Long may You sin, and long may Heaven forgive;",0.0
"But, when You least expect, in sorrow's day,",0.0
Vengeance shall fall more heavy for delay;,3.0
Nor think that Vengeance heaped on you alone,1.0
Shall poor amends for injured worlds atone;,0.0
"No; like some base distemper, which remains,",0.0
"Transmitted from the tainted Father's veins,",1.0
"In the Son's blood, such broad and general crimes",3.0
"Shall call down Vengeance even to latest times,",2.0
"Call Vengeance down on all who bear your name,",2.0
And make their portion bitterness and shame.,1.0
"From land to land for years compelled to roam,",0.0
"Not daring, like a King, to reign, or die,",0.0
Recalled to repossess his lawful throne,0.0
"More at his people's seeking, than his own,",1.0
Another CHARLES succeeded; in the school,0.0
"Of travel he had learnt to play the fool,",1.0
"And, like pert pupils with dull Tutors sent",3.0
"To shame their Country on the Continent,",2.0
"From love of ENGLAND by long absence weaned,",2.0
"From every Court he every folly gleaned,",0.0
"And was, so close do evil habits cling,",1.0
"Till crowned, a Beggar; and when crowned, no King.",2.0
"Those grand and general powers, which Heaven designed",2.0
"An instance of his mercy to Mankind,",3.0
"Were lost, in storms of dissipation hurled,",0.0
Nor would he give one hour to bless a world;,0.0
"Lighter than levity which strides the blast,",3.0
"And, of the present fond, forgets the past,",1.0
"He changed and changed, but, every hope to curse,",0.0
Changed only from one folly to a worse;,3.0
"State he resigned to those whom state could please,",3.0
"Careless of Majesty, his wish was ease;",3.0
"Pleasure, and Pleasure only was his aim;",3.0
Kings of less Wit might hunt the bubble fame;,3.0
"Dignity, through his reign, was made a sport,",1.0
"Nor dared Decorum show her face at Court,",0.0
"Morality was held a standing jest,",1.0
And Faith a necessary fraud at best;,0.0
"Courtiers, their monarch ever in their view,",1.0
"Possessed great talents, and abused them too;",2.0
"Whatever was light, impertinent, and vain,",4.0
"Whatever was loose, indecent, and profane,",4.0
"So ripe was Folly, Folly to acquit",1.0
"Stood all absolved in that poor bauble, WIT.",2.0
"In gratitude, alas! but little read,",0.0
"He let his Father's servants beg their bread,",0.0
"His Father's faithful servants, and his own,",1.0
To place the foes of both around his throne.,0.0
"Through love of ease, and not through want of sense;",0.0
"He saw them wrong, but rather let them go",0.0
"As right, than take the pains to make them so.",0.0
"Women ruled all, and Ministers of State",1.0
"Women, who have, as Monarchs, graced the land,",1.0
But never governed well at Secondhand.,0.0
"To make all other errors slight appear,",0.0
"In memory fixed so deep, that Time in vain",2.0
"Shall strive to wipe those records from the brain,",1.0
"In such high Estimate, vile, paltry gold,",3.0
"And of his duty be so careless found,",1.0
"That, when the blood of Subjects from the ground",1.0
"For Vengeance called, he should reject their cry,",0.0
"Give HOLLAND peace, while ENGLISH victims groaned,",1.0
"OH, dear, deep injury to ENGLAND's fame,",3.0
"To them, to us, to all! to him, deep Shame!",2.0
"Of all the passions which from frailty spring,",0.0
Avarice is that which least becomes a King.,1.0
"Which through his reign he little understood,",0.0
"Or little heeded, with too narrow aim",2.0
"He reassured a Bigot Brother's claim,",0.0
"Suddenly died, that Brother best knew how.",4.0
"No matter how ' --  he slept amongst the dead,",2.0
And JAMES his Brother reigned in his stead.,0.0
"In every step against Freedom, Law, and Sense,",4.0
"Against all the rights of Nature's general plan,",0.0
"Against all which constitutes an Englishman,",1.0
"That the Relation would mere fiction seem,",2.0
"The mock creation of a Poet's dream,",1.0
Appear as false as their Historian's page.,1.0
"Ambitious Folly seized the seat of Wit,",0.0
"Christians were forced by Bigots to submit,",3.0
"Pride without sense, without Religion Zeal,",3.0
"Stern Persecution raised her iron rod,",1.0
"And called the pride of Kings, the power of God,",2.0
"Conscience and Fame were sacrificed to ROME,",2.0
And ENGLAND wept at FREEDOM's sacred tomb.,0.0
"Her Laws despised, her Constitution wrenched",0.0
"From its due, natural frame, her Rights retrenched",2.0
"And healing Justice from the Crown divorced,",1.0
"Each moment pregnant with vile acts of power,",2.0
"Her patriot BISHOPS sentenced to the Tower,",3.0
Her OXFORD who yet loves the STUART name,0.0
"Branded with arbitrary marks of shame,",2.0
"She wept ' --  but wept not long; to arms she flew,",0.0
"Turned all her terrors on the Tyrant's head,",3.0
"And sent him in despair to beg his bread,",0.0
While she may every State in such distress,1.0
"Dare with such zeal, and meet with such success",1.0
"While She may GOTHAM, should my abject mind",0.0
"Choose to enslave, rather than free mankind,",8.0
"Pursue her steps, tear the proud Tyrant down,",4.0
Nor let me wear if I abuse the crown,1.0
Written in gold let REVOLUTION stand,3.0
"While She, secured in Liberty and Law,",2.0
"OH COME, blessed Spirit! whatsoever thou art,",3.0
"Thou rushing warmth that hovers round my heart,",0.0
"Sweet inmate, hail! thou source of sterling joy,",2.0
"That poverty itself cannot destroy,",1.0
"Be thou my Muse; and faithful still to me,",0.0
Retrace the paths of wild obscurity.,1.0
"No deeds of arms my humble lines rehearse,",1.0
"No Alpine wonders thunder through my verse,",3.0
"Inspiring awe, till breath itself stands still:",1.0
Nor Science led me through the boundless skies;,1.0
For all the blessings of my infant days!,1.0
Bear me through regions where gay Fancy dwells;,1.0
But mould to Truth's fair form what Memory tells.,3.0
"Live, trifling incidents, and grace my song,",2.0
That to the humblest menial belong;,3.0
"To him whose drudgery unheeded goes,",2.0
"Though joys and cares in every path are sown,",0.0
And youthful minds have feelings of their own;,1.0
"Quick springing sorrows, transient as the dew;",2.0
"Delights from trifles, trifles ever new.",0.0
"'Twas thus with GILES: meek, fatherless, and poor;",3.0
"Labour his portion, but he felt no more;",3.0
"No stripes, no tyranny his steps pursued;",3.0
"His life was constant, cheerful, servitude;",0.0
"Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look,",0.0
"The Fields his study, Nature was his book;",1.0
"And, as revolving SEASONS changed the scene",1.0
"From heat to cold, tempestuous to serene,",4.0
"Though every change still varied his employ,",2.0
Yet each new duty brought its share of joy.,1.0
"Where noble GRAFTON spreads his rich domains,",0.0
"Where woods and groves in solemn grandeur rise,",3.0
"Where the kite brooding, unmolested flies;",2.0
"And skulking foxes, destined for the chase;",1.0
"There his first thoughts to Nature's charms inclined,",2.0
Who with peculiar grace his station filled;,1.0
"By deeds of hospitality endeared,",1.0
"Served from affection, for his worth revered:",3.0
"His fields were fruitful, and his barns well stored,",2.0
Unceasing industry he kept in view;,1.0
And never lacked a job for Giles to do.,0.0
"FLED now the sullen murmurs of the North,",2.0
"Her universal green, and the clear sky,",1.0
Delight still more and more the gazing eye.,1.0
"Wide over the fields, in rising moisture strong,",3.0
"Shoots up the simple flower, or creeps along",2.0
Fresh sweets from frequent showers and evening dews;,3.0
"That summon from its shed the slumbering ploughs,",3.0
While health impregnates every breeze that blows.,0.0
No wheels support the diving pointed share;,1.0
No groaning ox is doomed to labour there;,2.0
"Draws his fresh parallels, and widening still,",5.0
"Treads slow the heavy dale, or climbs the hill:",1.0
"Strong on the wing his busy followers play,",2.0
Where writhing earthworms meet the unwelcome day;,3.0
"Till all is changed, and hill and level down",1.0
Assume a livery of sober brown:,1.0
"Again disturbed, when Giles with wearying strides",2.0
From ridge to ridge the ponderous harrow guides;,2.0
"His heels deep sinking every step he goes,",1.0
Till dirt usurp the empire of his shoes.,2.0
Welcome the friendly bank's refreshing seat!,2.0
"There, warm with toil, his panting horses browse.",0.0
"Till rest, delicious, chase each transient pain,",0.0
"Hour after hour, and day to day succeeds,",0.0
"To crumbling mould; a level surface clear,",0.0
"And over the whole Giles once transverse again,",3.0
In earth's moist bosom buries up the grain.,2.0
The work is done; no more to man is give;,0.0
The grateful farmer trusts the rest to Heaven.,0.0
"Yet oft with anxious heart he looks around,",0.0
And marks the first green blade that breaks the ground:,1.0
His tufted barley yellow with the sun;,1.0
"Sees clouds propitious shed their timely store,",1.0
And all his harvest gathered round his door.,0.0
A favourite morsel with the rook and crow;,1.0
From field to field the flock increasing goes;,0.0
To level crops most formidable foes:,1.0
And place a watch on some conspicuous bough;,2.0
Yet oft the skulking gunner by surprise,1.0
Will scatter death amongst them as they rise.,1.0
"These, hung in triumph round the spacious field,",0.0
At best will but a short-lived terror yield:,2.0
"Nor guards of property; not penal law,",1.0
"Let then your birds lie prostrate on the earth,",2.0
"In dying posture, and with wings stretched forth;",2.0
"Shift them at eve or morn from place to place,",0.0
And death shall terrify the pilfering race;,2.0
"In the mid air, while circling round and round,",3.0
"With quickening wing, and notes of loud alarm,",2.0
Warn the whole flock to shun the impending harm.,4.0
"This task had Giles, in fields remote from home:",0.0
Oft has he wished the rosy morn to come.,0.0
Yet never famed was he nor foremost found,2.0
To break the seal of sleep; his sleep was sound:,0.0
"But when at daybreak summoned from his bed,",2.0
"Waving aloft their towering branches proud,",2.0
"Whence inspiration, pure as ever flowed,",0.0
And genuine transport in his bosom glowed,1.0
"Of Nature's music, from a thousand throats:",1.0
"The blackbird strove with emulation sweet,",0.0
And Echo answered from her close retreat;,1.0
Poured hymns to freedom and the rising morn;,2.0
Stopped in her song perchance the starting thrush,5.0
And trembled as the minstrel sweetly sung.,1.0
"Across his path, in either grove to hide,",0.0
The timid rabbit scouted by his side;,1.0
Whose gold and purple tints alternate glowed.,4.0
But groves no further fenced the devious way;,3.0
"Where on the grass the stagnant shower had run,",1.0
"And shone a mirror to the rising sun,",1.0
"Thus doubly seen lighting a distant wood,",6.0
Giving new life to each expanding bud;,3.0
Where prowling Reynard trod his nightly round;,0.0
"His feathered victims to suspend in air,",1.0
"High on the bough that nodded over his head,",2.0
And thus each morn to strew the field with dead.,0.0
Another instantly its place supplies.,1.0
"Singing and scrubbing mid her milk and cream,",2.0
"Bawls out, Go fetch the cows:... he hears no more;",4.0
"For pigs, and ducks, and turkeys, throng the door,",0.0
"And sitting hens, for constant war prepared;",0.0
A concert strange to that which late he heard.,0.0
Straight to the meadow then he whistling goes:,1.0
Or hear the summon with an idle gaze;,1.0
"Reluctance marks their steps, sedate and slow;",0.0
The right of conquest all the law they know:,0.0
Subordinate they one by one succeed;,2.0
"And one among them always takes the lead,",1.0
"Allowed precedence, undisputed sway;",5.0
"With jealous pride her station is maintained,",1.0
For many a broil that post of honour gained.,3.0
"At home, the yard affords a grateful scene,",0.0
"The rich manure that drenching winter made,",0.0
"Which piled near home, grows green with many a weed,",3.0
"Forth comes the Maid, and like the morning smiles;",1.0
"The Mistress too, and followed close by Giles.",0.0
"A friendly tripod forms their humble seat,",1.0
"With pails bright scoured, and delicately sweet.",4.0
"Where shadowing elms obstruct the morning ray,",2.0
"Begins their work, begins the simple lay;",0.0
While Mary sings some lover's amorous dreams;,2.0
And crouching Giles beneath a neighbouring tree,2.0
"Tugs over his pail, and chants with equal glee:",3.0
"A mottled ensign of his harmless trade,",1.0
The mistress yields beside her rosy maid;,0.0
And bears a brimmer to the dairy door;,1.0
"Her cows dismissed, the luscious mead to roam,",0.0
Till eve again recall them loaded home.,0.0
"And now the DAIRY claims her choicest care,",0.0
And half her household find employment there:,2.0
"Slow rolls the churn, its load of clogging cream",1.0
From knotty particles first floating wide,2.0
"Streams of new milk through flowing coolers stray,",3.0
"Brisk goes the work beneath each busy hand,",1.0
"And Giles must trudge, whoever gives command;",0.0
"He drains the pump, from him the faggot burns;",1.0
From him the noisy hogs demand their food;,1.0
"While at his heels run many a chirping brood,",3.0
"Or down his path in expectation stand,",1.0
"Thus wastes the morn, till each still pleasure sees",2.0
Whose very name alone engenders smiles;,5.0
"Whose fame abroad by every tongue is spoke,",0.0
That pass like current coin the nation through;,1.0
"And, ah! experience proves the satire true.",3.0
"Provision's grave, thou ever craving mart,",0.0
"Mid poisonous smokes and steams, and rattling looms;",3.0
Where Grandeur revels in unbounded stores;,4.0
"Restraint, as slighted stranger at their doors!",0.0
"Till London market, London price, resound",1.0
"Through every town, round every passing load,",0.0
And dairy produce throngs the eastern road:,0.0
"And further far, where numerous herds repose,",2.0
And leave their milk with nothing but its name;,1.0
"Its name derision and reproach pursue,",1.0
"To cheese converted, what can be its boast?",0.0
"What, but the common virtues of a post!",1.0
"If drought overtake if faster than the knife,",3.0
"Most fair it bids for stubborn length of life,",0.0
Mocks the weak efforts of the bending blade;,4.0
"Too big to swallow, and too hard to bite.",3.0
"Inglorious victory! You Cheshire meads,",3.0
"Or Severn's flowery dales, where plenty treads,",4.0
"Was your rich milk to suffer wrongs like these,",2.0
"The skimmer dread, whose ravages alone",1.0
Thus turn the mead's sweet nectar into stone.,2.0
NEGLECTED now the early daisy lies;,0.0
Advancing SPRING profusely spreads abroad,0.0
"Flowers of all hues, with sweetest fragrance stored;",1.0
Delight on tiptoe bears her lucid train;,1.0
"Sweet Hope with conscious brow before her flies,",1.0
Anticipating wealth from Summer skies;,0.0
All Nature feels her renovating sway;,0.0
"And trees, and shrubs, no longer budding seen,",1.0
"On airy downs the shepherd idling lies,",0.0
And sees tomorrow in the marbled skies.,1.0
"Here then, my soul, thy darling theme pursue,",0.0
For every day was Giles a SHEPHERD too.,0.0
"Small was his charge; no wilds had tay to roam,",1.0
But bright enclosures circling round their home.,0.0
"Yet ever roving, ever seeking thee,",1.0
"Enchanting spirit, dear Variety!",1.0
"OH happy tenants, prisoners of a day!",2.0
"Released to ease, to pleasure, and to play;",1.0
"Indulged through every field by turns to range,",0.0
And taste them all in one continual change.,3.0
"For through luxuriant their grassy food,",2.0
Sheep long confined but loathe the present good;,1.0
"Instinctively they haunt the homeward gate,",1.0
"And starve, and pine, with plenty at their feet.",0.0
"Loosed from the winding lane, a joyful throng,",0.0
"See, over yonder pasture how they pour along!",2.0
Giles round their boundaries takes his usual stroll:,2.0
"Sees every pass secured, and fences whole;",1.0
Where many a nestling first assays to fly;,2.0
And rests on every bough its tender head;,0.0
"Round the young ash its twining branches meet,",3.0
"Say, you that know, you who have felt and seen",0.0
"Say, did you give the thrilling transport way?",0.0
"Did your eye brighten, when young lambs at play",3.0
"Leaped over your path with animated pride,",3.0
Or gazed in merry clusters by your side?,1.0
"You who can smile, to wisdom no disgrace,",0.0
At the arch meaning of a kitten's face;,3.0
"If spotless innocence, and infant mirth,",1.0
"Excites to praise, or gives reflection birth;",0.0
"In shades like these pursue your favourite joy,",1.0
"Mid Nature's revels, sports that never cloy.",1.0
"A few begin a short but vigorous race,",2.0
From every side assembling playmates run;,1.0
"A starting crowd, impatient of delay.",1.0
"Like the fond dove from fearful prison freed,",3.0
"Each seems to say, Come, let us try our speed;",1.0
"Away they scour, impetuous, ardent, strong,",0.0
The green turf trembling as they bound along;,2.0
"Down the slope, then up the hillock climb,",1.0
Where every molehill is a bed of thyme;,2.0
There panting stop; yet scarcely can refrain;,1.0
"A bird, a leaf, will set them off again:",1.0
"Or, if a gale with strength unusual blow.",1.0
"Their little limbs increasing efforts try,",0.0
Like the torn flower the fair assemblage fly.,4.0
"Ah, fallen rose! sad emblem of their doom;",2.0
"Frail as thyself, they perish while they bloom!",2.0
"Though frantic ewes may mourn the savage deed,",0.0
"Their shepherd comes, a messenger of blood,",1.0
"For lo, the murdering BUTCHER with his cart",3.0
And makes a sport of life and liberty!,1.0
"Closed are their eyes, their fleeces drenched in gore;",2.0
"Nor can Compassion, with her softest notes,",2.0
Withhold the knife that plunges through their throats.,1.0
"Down, indignation! hence, ideas foul!",0.0
Away the shocking image from my soul!,1.0
Beneath approaching Summer's fervid ray;,0.0
While the sweet theme is universal joy.,3.0
THE FARMER'S life displays in every part,0.0
A moral lesson to the sensual heart.,3.0
"Though in the lap of Plenty, thoughtful still,",0.0
He looks beyond the present good or ill;,0.0
"Nor estimates alone one blessing's worth,",0.0
"But views the future with the present hours,",1.0
And looks for failures as he looks for show'er;,1.0
"For casual as for certain want prepares,",1.0
And round his yard the reeking haystack rears;,1.0
"Or clover, blossomed lovely to the sight,",1.0
"What though abundance round his dwelling spreads,",1.0
"Supply his dairy with a copious flood,",3.0
"That promise fails, when buried deep in snow,",0.0
And vegetative juices cease to flow.,0.0
"For this, his plough turns up the destined lands,",3.0
Whence stormy Winter draws its full demands;,0.0
"For this, the seed minutely small he sows,",6.0
"Whence, sound and sweet, the hardy turnip grows.",0.0
"High climbs the Sun, and darts his powerful rays;",3.0
Over heaven's bright azure hence with joyful eyes,3.0
The Farmer sees dark clouds assembling rise;,1.0
"Born over his fields a heavy torrent falls,",3.0
And strikes the earth in hasty driving squalls.,0.0
"Right welcome down, you precious drops, he cries;",2.0
"But soon, too soon, the partial blessing flies.",1.0
"Dry dust beneath the bubbling surface lurks,",1.0
"And mocks his pains the more, the more he works:",0.0
"Resists the stormy lectures of the school,",1.0
Presents a cheerful easy task for Giles.,0.0
"Down with a touch the mellowed soil is laid,",1.0
And you tall crop next claims his timely aid;,2.0
"Shot up from broad rank blades that droop below,",1.0
"With milky kernels starting full, weighed down,",2.0
Ere yet the sun hath tinged its head with brown;,0.0
"While thousands in a flock, for every gay,",0.0
"Loud chirping sparrows welcome on the day,",2.0
And from the mazes of the leafy thorn,2.0
Drop one by one upon the bending corn;,1.0
"Giles with a pole assails their close retreats,",0.0
"Green covert, hail! for through the varying year",4.0
"No hours so sweet, no scene to him so dear.",3.0
"His frequent intervals of lonely case,",1.0
"And with one ray his infant soul inspires,",1.0
"Whence solitude derives peculiar charms,",0.0
"Just where the parting bough's light shadows play,",2.0
"Scarce in the shade, nor in the scorching day,",0.0
"Stretched on the turf he lies, a peopled bed,",0.0
Where swarming insects creep around his head.,1.0
"Thence higher still, by countless steps conveyed,",1.0
"He gains the summit of a shivering blade,",3.0
Exulting in his distance from the ground.,1.0
"The tender speckled moth here dancing seen,",0.0
"The vaulting grasshopper of glossy green,",5.0
"And all prolific Summer's sporting train,",0.0
Their little lives by various powers sustain.,4.0
But what can unassisted vision do?,0.0
"What, but recoil where most it would pursue;",1.0
"His patient gaze but finish with a sigh,",1.0
When music waking speaks the skylark nigh.,1.0
And trusts with conscious pride her downy wings;,0.0
"Still louder breathes, and in the face of day",1.0
"Mounts up, and calls on Giles to mark her way.",0.0
"Close to his eyes his hat he instant bends,",0.0
"And forms a friendly telescope, that lends",0.0
"Just aid enough to dull the glaring light,",0.0
"Yet oft beneath a cloud she sweeps along,",0.0
"Lost for awhile, yet pours her varied song:",2.0
"He views the spot, and as the cloud moves by,",2.0
Again she stretches up the clear blue sky;,2.0
"Her form, her motion, undistinguished quite,",0.0
Save when she wheels direct from shade to light:,0.0
"He sees her yet, but yielding to repose,",1.0
Unwittingly his jaded eyelids close.,2.0
"With no more guilt than Giles, and no more care?",0.0
Nor conscience once disturbs him with a sting;,1.0
"He wakes refreshed from every trivial pain,",2.0
And takes his pole and brushes round again.,0.0
"A glorious sight, if glory dwells below,",2.0
"Over every field and golden prospect found,",0.0
"When on some eminence he takes his stand,",1.0
To judge the smiling produce of the land.,1.0
What is there here to flatter human pride?,0.0
"The towering fabric, or the dome's loud roar,",2.0
"And steadfast columns, may astonish more,",2.0
Yet traced but to the architect the praise;,1.0
"Without one scruple, gives the praise to GOD;",0.0
From gratitude and admiration joined.,0.0
"Here, mid the boldest triumphs of her worth,",1.0
"From infancy to age alike appears,",1.0
No rake takes here what Heaven to all bestows:,1.0
"Children of want, for you the bounty flows!",3.0
Receives a burden nightly at its door.,0.0
Hark! where the sweeping scythe now rips along:,1.0
"Whose writhing form meridian heat defies,",2.0
"But spares the rising clover, short and sweet.",0.0
"Here hold your revels, and make this your home.",2.0
Each heart awaits and hails you as its own;,1.0
"Each moistened brow, that scorns to wear a frown:",0.0
"And braves the sultry beams, and gladly sees",0.0
"His gates thrown open, and his team abroad,",2.0
"The ready group attendant on his word,",1.0
"Or ply the busy rake, the land to clear.",0.0
"While unrestrained the social converse flows,",0.0
"And every breast Love's powerful impulse knows,",3.0
And rival wits with more than rustic grace,0.0
Confess the presence of a pretty face;,1.0
"For, lo! encircled there, the lovely MAID,",1.0
In youth's own bloom and native smiles arrayed;,0.0
"Her hat awry, divested of her gown,",1.0
"Her creaking stays of leather, stout and brown;...",0.0
"When the slight covering of her neck slips by,",5.0
There half revealing to the eager sight,1.0
"Her full, ripe bosom, exquisitely white?",6.0
"In many a local tale of harmless mirth,",2.0
"And many a jest of momentary birth,",2.0
"She bears a part, and as she stops to speak,",1.0
"Now noon gone by, and four declining hours,",1.0
The weary limbs relax their boasted powers;,0.0
"Thirst rages strong, the fainting spirits fail,",1.0
Beneath some sheltering heap of yellow corn,2.0
"Its costlier potions, and its nobler name.",4.0
"To Mary first the brimming draught is given,",0.0
"By toil made welcome as the dews of heaven,",2.0
And never lip that pressed its homely edge,0.0
Had kinder blessings or a heartier pledge.,1.0
"A common cheer for all;... even humble Giles,",0.0
Who joys his trivial services to yield,3.0
Amid the fragrance of the open field;,1.0
Oft doomed in suffocating heat to bear,1.0
"To ride in murky state the panting steed,",0.0
"Destined aloft the unloaded grain to tread,",4.0
"Where, in his path as heaps on heaps are thrown,",0.0
"He rears, and plunges the loose mountain down:",3.0
Laborious task! with what delight when done,2.0
"The bold assailants that surround thine head,",0.0
Poor patient Ball! and with insulting wing,2.0
"Roar in thine ears, and dart the piercing sting:",0.0
"A moving mockery, a useless name,",1.0
"Shame to the man, whatever fame he bore,",1.0
"Who took from thee what man can never restore,",3.0
When swarming flies contending suck thy blood.,0.0
"Nor thine alone the suffering, thine the care,",2.0
The fretful Ewe bemoans an equal share;,0.0
"Tormented into sores, her head she hides,",1.0
"Penned in the yard, even now at closing day",4.0
"Unruly Cows with marked impatience stay,",0.0
"And vainly striving to escape their foes,",1.0
Must still another foe annoy their rest?,0.0
"He comes, the pest and terror of the yard,",1.0
"The GANDER;... spiteful, insolent, and bold,",1.0
"Each booby goose the unworthy strife enjoys,",2.0
And hails his prowess with redoubled noise.,1.0
"Till whirled aloft he falls; a timely cheque,",0.0
Enough to dislocate his worthless neck:,1.0
Behold that broken wing that trails the ground!,0.0
"As savage quite, and oft as fatal too.",0.0
"Happy the man that foils an envious elf,",4.0
Using the darts of spleen to serve himself.,2.0
As when by turns the strolling Swine engage,0.0
"Gently he stoops, or lays himself along,",2.0
"That march exulting round his fallen head,",0.0
As human victors trample on their dead.,1.0
"Still TWILIGHT, welcome! Rest, how sweet art thou!",2.0
Now eve overhangs the western cloud's thick brow;,2.0
"With fiery treasures fraught, that on the sight",3.0
"Or craggy coasts just rising into view,",0.0
"When MIDNIGHT, and the frightful TEMPEST comes.",1.0
"The Farmer wakes, and sees with silent dread",0.0
The angry shafts of Heaven gleam round his bed;,0.0
"The bursting cloud reiterated roars,",0.0
"Shakes his straw roof, and jars his bolted doors:",3.0
Spreads its dark course; the wind begins to rise;,3.0
With mimic thunder give its fury way:,0.0
"Sounds in his chimney top a doleful peal,",0.0
"Mid pouring rain, or gusts of rattling hail;",1.0
"With tenfold danger low the tempest bends,",1.0
"The frightened mastiff from his kennel flies,",1.0
These are the moments when the heart is tried!,1.0
"Nor lives the man with conscience ever so clear,",2.0
"But feels a solemn, reverential fear;",0.0
"Feels too a joy relieve his aching breast,",1.0
When the spent storm hath howled itself to rest.,3.0
"Still, welcome beats the long continued shower,",1.0
"And sleep protracted, comes with double power;",0.0
"Calm dreams of bliss bring on the morning sun,",3.0
"For every barn is filled, and HARVEST done!",0.0
"Now, ere sweet SUMMER bids its long adieu,",2.0
"And winds blow keen where late the blossom grew,",1.0
"The bustling day and jovial night must come,",2.0
"No bloodstained victory, in storey bright,",4.0
Can give the philosophic mind delight;,0.0
No triumph please while rage and death destroy:,1.0
"And where the joy, if rightly understood,",0.0
Like cheerful praise for universal good?,0.0
But free and pure the grateful current flows.,0.0
"And generous host invite their friends around,",2.0
Are guests by right of custom:... old and young;,0.0
"And many a neighbouring yeoman join the throng,",4.0
"Yet Plenty reigns, and from her boundless hoard,",1.0
Supplies the feast with all that sense can crave;,0.0
"With all that made our great forefathers brave,",1.0
And cooks had Nature's judgement set aside.,0.0
"With thanks to Heaven, and tales of rustic lore,",0.0
The mansion echoes when the banquet's over;,0.0
"A wider circle spreads, and smiles abound,",0.0
Care's mortal foe; that sprightly joys imparts,1.0
To cheer the frame and elevate their hearts.,0.0
"And crackling Music, with the frequent Song,",1.0
Unheeded bear the midnight hour along.,1.0
"Here once a year Distinction lowers its crest,",2.0
"The master, servant, and the merry guest,",1.0
Are equal all; and round the happy ring,0.0
"And, warmed with gratitude, he quits his place,",0.0
"Refills the jug his honoured host to tend,",3.0
To serve at once the master and the friend;,1.0
"Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale,",1.0
"His nuts, his conversation, and his ale.",1.0
"Such were the days,... of days long past I sing,...",2.0
When Pride gave place to mirth without a sting;,1.0
Ere tyrant customs strength sufficient bore,1.0
To violate the feelings of the poor;,2.0
"To leave them distanced in the maddening race,",0.0
Wherever Refinement shows its hated face:,2.0
That hourly makes his wretched station worse;,0.0
"Wealth flows around him, fashion lordly reigns;",1.0
"Yet poverty is his, and mental pains.",2.0
The stifled murmurs of his wounded heart:,1.0
' Whence the new grandeur that mine eyes behold?,0.0
"' The widening distance which I daily see,",2.0
' Has Wealth done this?... the wealth's a foe to me;,1.0
' Foe to our rights; that leaves a powerful few,1.0
' The paths of emulation to pursue:...,1.0
' For emulation stoops to us no more:,0.0
' The hope of humble industry is over;,1.0
"' The blameless hope, the cheering sweet presage",3.0
' Of future comforts for declining age.,1.0
' Can my sons share from this paternal hand,3.0
"' No; though indulgent Heaven its blessing deigns,",2.0
"' Content, the poet sings, with us resides,",1.0
' In lonely cots like mine the damsel hides;,1.0
' That sweet Content with Want can ever dwell?,0.0
"' A barley loaf, it's true, my table crowns,",0.0
"' That fast diminishing in lusty rounds,",1.0
' Stops Nature's cravings; yet her sighs will flow,1.0
"' From knowing this,... that once it was not so.",1.0
"Our annual fist, when Earth her plenty yields,",2.0
"' When crowned with boughs the last load quits the fields,",1.0
' The aspect still of ancient joy puts on;,3.0
"' The aspect only, with the substance gone:",2.0
' But serves none now but the plebeian hand:,2.0
' Is quite discarded from the realms of taste.,1.0
"' Where unaffected Freedom charmed the soul,",0.0
"' The separate table and the costly bowl,",1.0
"' Cool as the blast that cheques the budding Spring,",0.0
"' For oft the Farmer, ere his heart approves,",0.0
' Yields up the custom which he dearly loves:,0.0
' Refinement forces on him like a tide;,1.0
"' Bold innovations down its current ride,",2.0
"' That bear no peace beneath their showy dress,",1.0
' Nor add one tittle to his happiness.,2.0
' What trouble waits upon a casual frown!,0.0
' Selected guests selected phrases claim:,0.0
' Nor reigns that joy when hand in hand they join,0.0
' That good old Master felt in shaking mine.,2.0
' HEAVEN bless his memory! bless his honoured name!,3.0
' The poor will speak his lasting worthy fame:,0.0
' In pity to us still let goodness live:,2.0
' Let labour have its due! my cot shall be,1.0
' From chilling want and guilty murmurs free:,0.0
"' Let labour have its due;... then peace is mine,",1.0
"AGAIN, the year's decline, mid storms and floods,",1.0
"The thundering chase, the yellow fading woods,",2.0
Invite my song; that fain would boldly tell,0.0
"By turns resounding loud, at eve and morn",0.0
No more the fields with scattered grain supply,0.0
The restless wandering tenants of the STY;,3.0
"From oak to oak they run with eager haste,",0.0
And wrangling share the first delicious taste,0.0
Of fallen ACORNS; yet but thinly found,0.0
Till the strong gale have shook them to the ground.,3.0
It comes; and roaring woods obedient wave:,2.0
Their home well pleased the joint adventures leave:,1.0
"The trudging sow leads forth her numerous young,",3.0
"And over their heads, loud lashed by furious squalls,",5.0
Bright from their cups the rattling treasure falls;,0.0
Hot thirsty food; whence doubly sweet and cool,1.0
"The wild duck's lonely haunt, whose jealous eye",1.0
"Guards every point; who sits prepared to fly,",1.0
"On the calm bosom of her little lake,",3.0
Too closely screened for russian winds to shake;,1.0
"And as the bold intruders press around,",1.0
"At once she starts, and rises with a bound:",1.0
"With bristles raised the sudden noise they hear,",0.0
"And ludicrously wild, and winged with fear,",1.0
"And snorting dash through sedge, and rush, and reed:",0.0
"Through tangling thickets headlong on they go,",2.0
"Then stop, and listen for their fancied foe;",1.0
"Repeated fright the first alarm succeeds,",0.0
"Their groundless terrors by degrees soon cease,",2.0
"For now the gale subsides, and from each bough",1.0
The roosting pheasant's short but frequent crow,0.0
"Invites to rest; and huddling side by side,",0.0
The herd in closets ambush seek to hide;,1.0
Dried leaves their copious covering and their bed.,4.0
"And solemn silence, urge his piercing call:",0.0
"Whole days and nights they tarry mid their store,",1.0
Nor quit the woods till oaks can yield no more.,1.0
"Beyond bleak Winter's rage, beyond the Spring",1.0
And sees next Summer's sheaves and cloudless sky;,0.0
"And even now, while Nature's beauty dies,",0.0
"Deposits SEED, and bids new harvests rise;",1.0
"Seed well prepared and warmed with glowing lime,",1.0
"For searching frosts and various ills invade,",2.0
"The plough moves heavily, and strong the soil,",2.0
"Dive deep: and clinging, mixes with the mould",2.0
"A fattening treasure from the nightly fold,",1.0
"No idling hours are here, when Fancy trims",1.0
"Her dancing taper over outstretched limbs,",3.0
"And in her thousand thousand colours dressed,",1.0
"With strong exertion, and with weary bones,",1.0
And knows no leisure; till the distant chime,2.0
"Of Sabbath bells he hears at sermon time,",0.0
"Or strike the rising hill, or skim the dale.",0.0
Nor his alone the sweets of ease to taste:,1.0
"Kind rest extends to all;... save one poor beast,",2.0
"That true to time and pace, is doomed to plod,",0.0
To bring the Pastor to the HOUSE of GOD:,1.0
Mean structure; where no bones of heroes lie!,2.0
Reigns here alone: else why that roof of straw?,2.0
Those narrow windows with the frequent flaw?,1.0
"Over whose low cells the dock and mallow spreads,",1.0
While from the hollows of the tower on high,3.0
"Round these lone walls assembling neighbours meet,",4.0
And tread departed friends beneath their feet;,0.0
Show each the spot where he himself must lie.,1.0
"Mid timely greetings village news goes round,",2.0
"Of crops late shorn, or crops that deck the ground;",1.0
"While sturdy boys, in feats of strength to shine,",0.0
With pride elate their young associates brave,1.0
"Then close consulting, each his talent lends",0.0
To plan fresh sports when tedious service ends.,3.0
"Hither at times, with cheerfulness of soul,",4.0
"Sweet village Maids from neighbouring hamlets stroll,",3.0
For love's their errand: hence the tints that glow,0.0
"On either cheek, an heightened lustre know:",0.0
"When, conscious of their charms, even Age looks sly,",5.0
And rapture beams from Youth's observant eye.,0.0
"THE PRIDE of such a party, Nature's pride,",1.0
"With hat of airy shape and ribbons gay,",0.0
"But, ere her twentieth Summer could expand,",2.0
"Or youth was rendered happy with her hand,",1.0
"Her mind's serenity was lost and gone,",1.0
"Her eye grew languid, and she wept alone;",2.0
"Mirth followed loud, or indignation reigned:",1.0
"Whims wild and simple led her from her home,",2.0
"The heath, the common, or the fields to roam:",1.0
Terror and joy alternate ruled her hours;,4.0
"Now blithe she sung, and gathered useless flowers;",1.0
"Now plucked a tender twig from every bough,",1.0
To whip the hovering demons from her brow.,1.0
"Thy bed of straw! for mark, where even now",0.0
Over their lost child afflicted parents bow;,2.0
Inverted customs yield her sullen joy;,0.0
"Her midnight meals in secrecy she takes,",2.0
"Low muttering to the moon, that rising breaks",2.0
Through night's dark gloom:... o how much more forlorn,2.0
"Her night, that knows of no returning dawn!...",0.0
"Slow from the threshold, once her infant seat,",1.0
Over the cold earth she crawls to her retreat;,3.0
"Quitting the cot's warm walls in filth to lie,",3.0
where the swine grunting yields up half his sty;,2.0
The damp night air her shivering limbs assails;,3.0
"When morning wakes, none earlier roused than she,",3.0
"Her head bowed down, her faded cheek to hide;...",2.0
She calls her throne; there weeps her life away:,0.0
And oft the gaily passing stranger stays,0.0
And pangs quick springing muster round his heart;,1.0
And fain would catch her sorrows plaintive sound:,0.0
"One word alone is all that strikes the car,",0.0
"One short, pathetic, simple word,... O dear!",0.0
"A thousand times repeated to the wind,",1.0
"For ever of the proffered parley shy,",1.0
She hears the unwelcome foot advancing nigh;,2.0
"Nor quite unconscious of her wretched plight,",2.0
"Gives one sad look, and hurries out of sight....",4.0
"For in life's road though thorns abundant grow,",1.0
There still are joys poor Poll can never know;,1.0
Joys which the gay companions of her prime,1.0
"Sip, as they drift along the stream of time;",0.0
At eve to hear beside their tranquil home,0.0
"The lifted latch, that speaks the lover come:",0.0
"That love matured, next playful on the knee",1.0
To press the velvet lip of infancy;,1.0
"To stay the tottering step, the features trace;...",2.0
"Thou, on whose blasts autumnal foliage flies!",1.0
"Let Peace never leave me, nor my heart grow cold,",3.0
While life and sanity are mine to hold.,2.0
"The withering pasture, and the fading mead,",3.0
"Less tempting grown, diminish more and more,",1.0
"New cares succeed, and gentle duties press,",1.0
"Where the fireside, a school of tenderness,",1.0
"Revives the languid chirp, and warms the blood",0.0
"That from the shell just bursting into day,",0.0
"From hungry woodland foes go, Giles, and guard",1.0
The rising wheat; ensure its great reward:,0.0
"A future sustenance, a Summer's pride,",1.0
Demand thy vigilance: then be it tried:,1.0
"Go, Tarry there from morn till setting sun.",2.0
"Keen blows the blast, or ceaseless rain descends;",1.0
"OH for a HOVEL, ever so small or low,",2.0
"Whose roof, repelling winds and early snow,",0.0
Might bring home's comforts fresh before his eyes!,1.0
"No sooner thought, than see the structure rise,",1.0
"Dried fuel hoarded is his richest store,",2.0
And circling smoke obscures his little door;,0.0
And strolls the Crusoe of the lonely fields.,1.0
"And over the flame the sputtering fruit he rests,",4.0
His guests by promise; playmates young and gay:...,1.0
BUT AH! fresh pastimes lure their steps away!,2.0
"He sweeps his hearth, and homeward looks in vain,",0.0
"Till feeling Disappointment's cruel pain,",0.0
"His fairy revels are exchanged for rage,",1.0
"His banquet marred, grown dull his hermitage.",2.0
"The field becomes his prison, till on high",1.0
"Mid air, health, daylight, can he prisoner be?",2.0
"If fields are prisons, where is Liberty?",1.0
"When troubles press, to chains and barriers grow.",2.0
Look then from trivial up to greater woes;,1.0
Where not one cheering sunbeam meets his eye.,1.0
"Though ineffectual pity thine may be,",3.0
"No wealth, no power, to set the captive free;",4.0
The golden path that HOWARD trod to heaven;,0.0
"Thy slights can make the wretched more forlorn,",0.0
"Say not, I'll come and cheer thy gloomy cell",0.0
"With news of dearest friends; how good, how well:",0.0
I'll be a joyful herald to thine heart:,1.0
"Where can he turn, to whom complain of you?",0.0
"Back to past joys in vain his thoughts may stray,",3.0
"The rankling injury will pierce his breast,",1.0
And curses on thee break his midnight rest.,2.0
"Bereft of song, and ever cheering green,",0.0
"New harmony pervades the solemn wood,",2.0
"Dear to the soul, and healthful to the blood:",1.0
For bold exertion follows on the sound,1.0
"Of distant sportsmen, and the chiding hound;",1.0
"First heard from kennel bursting, mad with joy,",1.0
"Lord of pure alms, and gifts that wide extend;",3.0
"The farmer's patron, and the poor man's friend:",2.0
"Whose mansion glittering with the eastern ray,",1.0
"Whose elevated temple, points the way,",0.0
"Over slopes and lawns, the park's extensive pride,",0.0
"To where the victims of the chase reside,",1.0
Till lo! a plot portends their coming harm.,0.0
"Ere yet one rosy cloud bespeaks the dawn,",0.0
"While far abroad THE FOX pursues his prey,",0.0
"From his strong hold blocked out; perhaps to bleed,",3.0
Or owe his life to fortune or to speed.,1.0
"For now the pack, impatient rushing on,",1.0
Trace every spot; while down each noble glade,2.0
"The loitering sportsman feels the instinctive flame,",4.0
And cheques his steed to mark the springing game.,0.0
Mid intersecting cuts and winding ways,1.0
"The huntsman cheers his dogs, and anxious strays",0.0
"Where every narrow riding, even shorn,",0.0
Gives back the echo of his mellow horn:,2.0
"The starting fugitive leaps by his side,",2.0
"His lifted finger to his ear he plies,",1.0
As bursting thunder rolls from cloud to cloud.,0.0
"With ears cropped short, and chest of vigorous mould,",3.0
"The shining courser lengthens every bound,",0.0
"As from the confines of the wood they pour,",1.0
And joyous villages partake the roar.,1.0
"Over heath far stretched, or down, or valley low,",2.0
"Pursues in vain; where youth itself soon tyres,",1.0
Spite of the transports that the chase inspires;,0.0
Or hear the music of the leading cry?,1.0
All thy fatigues and all thy triumphs over!,1.0
"Triumphs of worth, whose honorary fame",2.0
Was still to follow true the hunted game;,0.0
"When the warm pack in faltering silence stood,",5.0
"Thine was the note that roused the listening wood,",1.0
"Rekindling every joy with tenfold force,",1.0
Through all the mazes of the tainted course.,1.0
"Still foremost thou the dashing stream to cross,",1.0
And tempt along the animated horse;,0.0
"Foremost over fen or level mead to pass,",1.0
Then bright emerging from the missed below,1.0
To climb the woodland hill's exulting brow.,0.0
"Pride of thy race! with worth far less than thine,",1.0
Full many human leaders daily shine!,1.0
"Then no disgrace mine humble verse shall feel,",0.0
Nor flowers are strewn around Ambition's car:...,2.0
"Each sportsman heard the tidings with a sigh,",1.0
When Death's cold touch had stopped his tuneful cry;,1.0
"And though high deeds, and fair exalted praise,",2.0
"In memory lived, and flowed in rustic lays,",2.0
Short was the strain of monumental woe:,0.0
"In safety housed, throughout NIGHT'S lengthening reign.",3.0
The Cock sends forth a loud and piercing strain;,1.0
"And hours roll round, that brought him liberty,",1.0
"When Summer's early dawn, mild, clear, and bright,",1.0
Chased quick away the transitory night:...,1.0
Hours now in darkness veiled; yet loud the scream,0.0
Of Geese impatient for the playful stream;,1.0
And all the feathered tribe imprisoned raise,0.0
"When daylight slowly through the fog breaks way,",3.0
"Fly wantonly abroad: but ah, how soon",2.0
"The shades of twilight follow hazy noon,",1.0
Shortening the busy day!... day that slides by,4.0
Amid the unfinished toils of HUSBANDRY;,3.0
"Toils still each morn resumed with double care,",1.0
To meet the icy terrors of the year;,1.0
And Winter's gathering frowns and hoary head.,2.0
"THEN welcome, COLD; welcome, you snowy nights!",5.0
"Heaven mid your rage shall mingle pure delights,",0.0
"And confidence of hope the soul sustain,",1.0
While devastation sweeps along the plain:,0.0
"Nor shall the child of poverty despair,",1.0
But bless THE POWER that rules the changing year;,2.0
"Assured,... though horrors round his cottage reign,...",0.0
"That Spring will come, and Nature smile again.",0.0
"WITH kindred pleasures moved, and cares oppressed;",0.0
Sharing alike our weariness and rest;,3.0
"Who lives the daily partner of our hours,",1.0
"Through every change of heat, and frost, and showers;",0.0
In mutual labour and in mutual thirst;,4.0
The kindly intercourse will ever prove,0.0
A bond of amity and social love.,1.0
"To more than man this generous warmth extends,",2.0
And oft the team and shivering herd befriends;,2.0
"Tender solicitude the bosom fills,",2.0
And Pity executes what Reason wills:,0.0
And flies to aid the helpless and the young;,1.0
"When now, unsparing as the scourge of war,",1.0
"Blasts follow blasts, and groves dismantled roar.",1.0
No nourishment in frozen pastures grows;,2.0
Yet frozen pastures every morn resound,1.0
With fair abundance thundering to the ground.,1.0
"For though on hoary twigs no buds peep out,",4.0
"And even the hardy bramble cease to sprout,",2.0
Beneath dread WINTER'S level sheets of snow,1.0
Till now imperious want and widespread dearth,3.0
Bid Labour claim her treasures from the earth.,2.0
"On GILES, and such as Giles, the labour falls,",1.0
"On driving gales sharp hail indignant flies,",1.0
"And sleet, more irksome still, assails his eyes;",0.0
"Snow clogs his feet; or if no snow is seen,",3.0
"The field with all its juicy store to screen,",0.0
"Deep goes the frost, till every root is found",1.0
A rolling mass of ice upon the ground.,0.0
"No tender ewe can break her nightly fast,",1.0
"Till Giles with ponderous beetle foremost go,",3.0
And scattering splinters fly at every blow;,2.0
"If now in beaded rows drops deck the spray,",1.0
"While Phoebus grants a momentary ray,",0.0
And stiffened into gems the drops are seen;,0.0
And down the furrowed oak's broad southern side,2.0
Streams of dissolving rhyme no longer glide.,3.0
"THOUGH NIGHT approaching bids for rest prepare,",0.0
"Still the flail echoes brought the frosty air,",3.0
"Nor stops till deepest shades of darkness come,",0.0
"From him, with bed and nightly food supplied,",1.0
"Throughout the yard, housed round on every side,",1.0
"Who moves unseen beneath his trailing load,",0.0
"Fills the tall racks, and leaves a scattered road;",3.0
Where oft the swine from ambush warm and dry,1.0
"Bolt out, and scamper headlong to their sty,",2.0
Deigns them a portion of his evening care.,1.0
"Him, though the cold may pierce, and storms molest,",1.0
"To heap the fire, and to extend the blaze",1.0
"That quivering strong through every opening flies,",4.0
While smoky columns unobstructed rise.,0.0
"For the rude architect, unknown to fame,",2.0
Nor symmetry nor elegance his aim,2.0
"Who spread his floors of solid oak on high,",0.0
Bade his wide Fabric unimpaired sustain,3.0
"Bade from its central base, capacious laid,",0.0
"FLAT on the hearth the glowing embers lie,",0.0
And flames reflected dance in every eye:,0.0
"There the long billet, forced at last to bend,",2.0
"And oft the joke runs hard on sheepish Giles,",1.0
For now attentively it's his to hear,2.0
Interrogations from the Master's chair.,1.0
' Near where the haystack lifts its snowy head?,1.0
' May stop the slanting bullets of the storm.,1.0
"' For, hark! it blows; a dark and dismal night:",0.0
"' The Fox in silent darkness seems to glide,",0.0
"' Stealing around us, listening as he goes,",3.0
"' Destruction waits them, Giles, if ever you fail",2.0
' To bolt their doors against the driving gale.,0.0
"' The wrath of Winter from the bleak northeast,",2.0
' Thine utmost sufferings in the coldest day,1.0
"' A period terminates, and joys repay.",2.0
"Perhaps even now, while her those joys we boast,",5.0
"' Full many a bark rides down the neighbouring coast,",5.0
"Where the high northern waves tremendous roar,",2.0
' Feels all thy pains in all the gusts that blow;,0.0
"His freezing hands now drenched, now dry, by turns;",2.0
"' Now lost, now seen, the distant light that burns,",2.0
' That throws its friendly radiance over the tide.,2.0
' But toils and perils mark his watery way;,2.0
"' And while in peaceful dreams secure we lie,",0.0
' While this protecting roof still shelters thine?',3.0
"Mild, as the vernal shower, his words prevail,",2.0
And aid the moral precept of his tale:,2.0
"His wondering hearers learn, and ever keep",2.0
"And, as the opening mind a circuit tries,",3.0
"Increasing pleasures every hour they find,",0.0
"The warmth more precious, and he shelter kind;",1.0
"Warmth that long reigning bids the eyelids close,",3.0
"As through the blood its balmy influence goes,",3.0
"When the cheered heart forgets fatigues and cares,",3.0
And drowsiness alone dominion bears.,1.0
When the last topic dies upon his tongue;,2.0
"Sweet then the bliss his transient dreams inspire,",0.0
"Till chilblains wake him, or the snapping fire:",1.0
"He starts, and ever thoughtful of his team,",1.0
Along the glittering snow a feeble gleam,2.0
"Shoots from his lantern, as he yawning goes",1.0
To add fresh comforts to their night's repose;,2.0
"Diffusing fragrance as their food he moves,",1.0
And pats the jolly sides of those he loves.,1.0
"Thus full replenished, perfect ease possessed,",2.0
"From might till morn alternate food and rest,",5.0
Their each day's labour brings its sure reward.,1.0
"Yet when from plough or lumbering cart set free,",3.0
They taste awhile the sweets of liberty:,1.0
Even sober Dobbin lifts his clumsy heels,0.0
"And kicks, disdainful of the dirty wheels;",1.0
"But soon, his frolic ended, yields again",0.0
The trivial hardships that encompass thee:,3.0
"Thy chains were freedom, and thy toils repose,",1.0
"Show thee his bleeding shoulders, and unfold",1.0
The dreadful anguish he endures for gold:,1.0
"Hired at each call of business, lust, or rage,",0.0
That prompt the trav'eller on from stage to stage.,1.0
Still on his strength depends their boasted speed;,0.0
"For them his limbs grow weak, his bare ribs bleed;",3.0
"And though he groaning quickens at command,",1.0
Their extra shilling in the rider's hand,0.0
Becomes his bitter scourge:... it's he must feel,1.0
The double efforts of the lash and steel;,1.0
"Till when, uphill, the destined inn he gains,",1.0
"And trembling under complicated pains,",0.0
"Prone from his nostrils, darting on the ground,",1.0
His breath emitted floats in clouds around:,0.0
"Drops chase each other down his chest and sides,",2.0
"Through his swollen veins the boiling torrent flows,",0.0
As the starved mariner the friendly shore.,3.0
"Ah, well for him if here his sufferings ceased,",1.0
And ample hours of rest his pains appeased!,0.0
"But roused again, and sternly bade to rise,",0.0
"And shake refreshing slumber from his eyes,",1.0
"Ere his exhausted spirits can return,",3.0
"Come forth he must, though limping, maimed, and sore;",1.0
He hears the whip; the chaise is at the door:...,0.0
"The collar tightens, and again he feels",1.0
"With tiresome sameness in his ears resound,",3.0
"Over blinding dust, or miles of flinty ground.",0.0
"Thus nightly robbed, and injured day by day,",1.0
His piecemeal murderers wear his life away.,3.0
With open jaws the moment of thy fate,1.0
No better fate attends his public race;,1.0
"His life is misery, and his end disgrace.",1.0
"Then freely bear thy burden to the mill,",1.0
"Obey but one short law,... thy driver's will.",3.0
"Affection, to thy memory ever true,",3.0
Shall boast of mighty loads that Dobbin drew;,0.0
And back to childhood shall the mind with pride,1.0
Recount thy gentleness in many a ride,3.0
"To pond, or field, or village fair, when thou",0.0
And oft the Tale shall rise to homely fame,0.0
Upon thy generous spirit and thy name.,3.0
"Though faithful to a proverb, we regard",2.0
"The midnight chieftain of the farmer's yard,",2.0
"Beneath whose guardianship all hearts rejoice,",3.0
Woke by the echo of his hollow voice;,1.0
"Yet as the Hound may faltering quit the pack,",2.0
"Snuff the foul scent, and hasten yelping back;",3.0
"And even the docile Pointer know disgrace,",2.0
Thwarting the general instinct of his race;,3.0
"Even so the MASTIFF, or the meaner Cur,",2.0
"At times will from the path of duty err,",1.0
A pattern of fidelity by day;,2.0
"By night a murderer, lurking for his prey;",3.0
"And round the pastures or the fold will creep,",1.0
"Alone the wanton mischief he pursues,",1.0
"Then wearied out, to kennel sneaks away,",1.0
And licks his guilty paws till break of day.,0.0
"The deed discovered, and the news once spread,",2.0
"Vengeance hangs over the unknown culprit's head,",10.0
And careful Shepherd's extra hours bestow,0.0
"A foe most dreaded now, when rest and peace",0.0
Should wait the season of the flock's increase.,1.0
"In part these nightly terrors to dispel,",1.0
"GILES, ere he sleeps, his little Flock must tell.",1.0
And through the unbroken stillness of the night,2.0
Shed on his path her beams of cheering light.,0.0
While all around him wears a placid smile;,0.0
And all the glorious pageantry of heaven.,3.0
"Low, on the utmost boundary of the sight,",2.0
"Thence Fancy measures, as they parting fly,",2.0
"Which first will throw its shadow on they eye,",1.0
"Passing the source of light; and thence away,",2.0
Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.,0.0
For yet above these wafted clouds are seen,0.0
"Others, detached in ranges through the air,",3.0
"Scattered immensely wide from east to west,",2.0
Their MIGHTY SHEPHERD'S everlasting Name.,0.0
"Climbs the still clouds, or passes those that roll,",4.0
And loosed Imagination soaring goes,0.0
"High over his home, and all his little woes,",3.0
TIME glides away; neglected Duty calls:,1.0
"And down a narrow lane, well known by day,",2.0
"With all his speed pursues his sounding way,",0.0
"In thought still half absorbed, and chilled with cold;",1.0
"When, lo! an object frightful to behold;",1.0
"Around whose feet the waving shadows play,",1.0
"Stands in his path!... He stops, and not a breath",0.0
"Heaves from his heart, that sinks almost to death.",1.0
"All else is silent, dismally serene:",1.0
"Some prompt ejaculation, whispered low,",0.0
Yet bears him up against the threatening foe;,1.0
"And thus poor Giles, though half inclined to fly,",1.0
"Mutters his doubts, and strains his steadfast eye.",3.0
"' No murders stain my soul, no perjured love:",2.0
' Thy dreadful mission cannot reach to me.,0.0
"' By parents taught still to mistrust mine eyes,",2.0
"' Still to approach each object of surprise,",3.0
' To scan thy motionless deformity;,2.0
"' But o, the fearful task! yet well I know",1.0
"' An aged ash, with many a spreading bough,",2.0
"' Stands singly down this solitary way,",2.0
' But far beyond where now my footsteps stay.,1.0
"' No reckoning kept, no passing objects traced:...",2.0
' And can I then have reached that very tree?,1.0
' Or is its reverend form assumed by thee?',1.0
The happy thought alleviates his pain:,1.0
He creeps another step; then stops again;,0.0
"Its crown of shivering ivy whispering peace,",4.0
And its white bark that fronts the moon's pale face.,3.0
"Now, while his blood mounts upward, now he knows",1.0
The solid gain that from conviction flows;,1.0
And strengthened Confidence shall hence fulfil,1.0
With conscious Innocence more valued still,1.0
"By churchyard dark, or grove, or fairy ring;",1.0
"Still buoying up the timid mind of youth,",2.0
Till loitering Reason hoists the scale of Truth.,2.0
"With these blessed guardians Giles his course pursues,",4.0
And shape the dreams that wait his hours of rest.,0.0
"Whose skirts at length the azure sky unfold,",0.0
Bringing the bosom joy: so WINTER flies!...,2.0
And see the Source of Life and Light uprise!,3.0
A heightening arch over southern hills he bends;,3.0
"Warm on the cheek the slanting beam descends,",0.0
"And gives the reeking mead a brighter hue,",0.0
And draws the modest primrose bud to view.,1.0
"Yet frosts succeed, and winds impetuous rush,",0.0
"And teeming EWES, that still their burdens bear;",0.0
Beneath whose sides tomorrow's dawn may see,1.0
At whose first birth the powerful instinct's seen,3.0
"For ewes that stood aloof with fearful eye,",0.0
"With stamping foot now men and dogs defy,",1.0
But casualties and death from damps and cold,1.0
"Her tender offspring dead, the dam aloud",1.0
"Calls, and runs wild amid the unconscious crowd:",6.0
"No wool to warm them, no defenders nigh.",1.0
And must her streaming milk then flow in vain?,0.0
"No;... ere this strong solicitude subside,",1.0
"Maternal fondness may be fresh applied,",1.0
And the adopted stripling still may find,1.0
A parent most assiduously kind.,2.0
"For this his predecessor's skin he wears,",1.0
"Till cheated into tenderness and cares,",1.0
"The unsuspecting dam, contented grown,",0.0
Cherish and guard the fondling as her own.,3.0
Thus all by turns to fair perfection rise;,0.0
Thus twins are parted to increase their size:,2.0
"Thus instinct yields as interest points the way,",1.0
"Till the bright flock, augmenting every day,",4.0
On sunny hills and vales of springing flowers,0.0
With ceaseless clamour greet the vernal hours.,3.0
"The approved economy of crowded folds,",2.0
"And, in his small contracted round of cares,",0.0
Adjusts the practise of each hint he hears:,1.0
"For Boys with emulation learn to glow,",0.0
"And boast their pastures, and their healthful show",1.0
And field to field in competition bring.,0.0
Claims a full share of that sweet praise bestowed,4.0
"By gazing neighbours, when along the road,",2.0
Suspends the chorus of the spinner's song;,1.0
When Admiration's unaffected grace,0.0
"Delightful moments!... Sunshine, Health, and Joy,",1.0
"Play round, and cheer the elevated Boy!",0.0
' Another SPRING!' his heart exulting cries;,0.0
' Another YEAR! with promised blessings rise!...,0.0
"' ETERNAL POWER! from whom those blessings flow,",1.0
"' Teach me still more to wonder, more to know:",0.0
"' Here round my home, still lift my soul to THEE;",1.0
"' And let me ever, mid thy bounties, raise",0.0
' An humble note of thankfulness and praise! ' --,1.0
"SOME Herbs there are, whose deadly Juices fill",1.0
"The Heart with Venom, and directly kill:",1.0
"Some operate more slowly, but as sure;",1.0
"The Dart less sudden, but admits no Cure.",3.0
It's Flattery called ' --  the Poison of the Mind.,3.0
"This, soft Sir Wealthy feeds on all the Day:",1.0
"Bow to his Friends, or with his Tenants talk;",1.0
"Nor had been seized with this majestic Fit,",1.0
If subtle Florio had not praised his Wit.,1.0
"Grey Thalia too would now her Arts give over,",2.0
And rest those Eyeballs that must slay no more;,2.0
"Nor would that Face engross her Morning's Care,",0.0
Did not Philander tell her she is fair.,2.0
"His Way is cunning and mischievous too,",4.0
He'll praise in others what he finds in you.,0.0
"You hear delighted, nor perceive the Foe;",1.0
But drink in Flattery ere you think it's so.,2.0
The smart Conclusion is applied to you:,1.0
"How oft you hear from a designing Knave,",1.0
"Sir, I'm your Servant, Madam, I'm your Slave;",1.0
"Whose Actions point to some unworthy End,",0.0
"And never was Patron, Counsellor, or Friend:",3.0
"Whose narrow Views are to himself confined,",1.0
"These fawning Rogues are irksome Creatures ' --  True,",0.0
But then a Clown is full as odious too:,2.0
"Nor yet affect the Cynic's awful Scowl,",0.0
"For some reject and hold it as a Rule,",1.0
And careless Gesture never fails to please:,0.0
The Heart instructs the Features and the Tongue;,1.0
"Let that be right, and these will never be wrong.",2.0
"He'll praise your Conduct with a charming Air,",1.0
Extol your Sense and Prudence to the Skies:,1.0
And sure such Merits were designed to rise.,1.0
"His candid Eyes can hidden Beauties see,",0.0
"Even Faults are useful, or they cease to be:",1.0
"But asks his Friendship, and he speaks no more.",2.0
Is him whose Power aggravates the Wrong:,1.0
And bow like Persians to the rising Sun:,1.0
"Grow stiff with Standing and with Staring thin,",2.0
To watch the Dimple on their Patron's Chin:,1.0
"Who with a Nod can make the Wretch believe,",0.0
And smiles on Hunger which he'll never relieve.,2.0
"Surrounded thick with Business and with Gold,",1.0
"The expecting Crowd around his Table stand,",1.0
"Another comes with an obsequious Air,",3.0
He winks and whispers. ' --  Leave it to my Care.,1.0
Then to the next ' --  O I'll remember you;,2.0
"Sir, trust my Honour, you shall find me true:",1.0
"Then bows a third. ' --  Good Sir, your Pardon. ' --  Why?",0.0
I saw you not. ' --  Forgive my careless Eye.,0.0
Romantic Visions in his Bosom roll:,0.0
"He fasts in Rapture, as of late in Sorrow;",1.0
"But Tuesday see, the joyful Day is come;",0.0
"Alas! But then tomorrow Morn will do,",1.0
"And I'll be early. ' --  Gentlemen, adieu.",2.0
"Next Day at Six before the Gate appears,",0.0
The Wretch divided by his Hopes and Fears.,1.0
The haughty Servants meet him with a Frown.,1.0
"Your Servant, Sir ' --  I'll stay then in the Hall:",0.0
"I'll wait with Patience till another Day,",1.0
And for his Honour and his Health shall pray.,1.0
At last the Knight his Fate had ordered so,1.0
Was seized and boarded by the lurking Foe;,1.0
"I'm glad to see you: Yet I'm sorry too,",0.0
"Sure some ill Stars presided over your Fate,",5.0
"Yet sure, there is whose honest Soul was made",1.0
Too grand a Being for the soothing Trade;,2.0
"Whose Wit can neither flatter nor offend,",1.0
"A gay Companion, yet a constant Friend;",0.0
"Willing to please where Honesty may win,",3.0
"Averse to Slander, though it was no Sin.",2.0
With native Manners as with Sense endued;,1.0
Whose Tongue never promised what his Heart denied.,1.0
"Whose Satire charms, nor Mirth offends the Ear;",1.0
"Not swayed by Interest, nor in Passion hurled:",1.0
"But walks a calm Spectator through the World,",4.0
That shine celestial in the speaking Eye.,0.0
"This Man is great, whatever be his Degree;",3.0
"OH bless him, Heaven, if such a one there be:",2.0
"May Life's best Comforts on his Days attend,",2.0
"Blessed in himself, and happy in his Friend:",1.0
Far from his Gate fly Poverty and Woe;,2.0
Let not a Sigh his quiet Mansion know:,0.0
"But the fair Dome each roving Eye allure,",2.0
With Peace and Plenty smiling at the Door:,0.0
"Let him soft Days and happy Evenings find,",3.0
"And live still blessed, and blessing all Mankind.",2.0
"I'LL not believe that Phoebus did not smile,",0.0
Unhappily for you I know his style;,2.0
"To strains like yours of old his harp he strung,",1.0
And while he dictated Orinda sung.,3.0
Against the sex his indignation move?,0.0
"It rather made you his peculiar care,",1.0
"Convinced from thence, you were as good as fair.",1.0
"As mortals who from dust received their birth,",0.0
Must when they die return to native earth;,0.0
"So too the laurel, that your brow adorns,",0.0
"Sprang from the fair, and to the fair returns.",1.0
IF Heaven has into being deigned to call,0.0
"Thy light, OH LIBERTY! to shine on all;",2.0
Bright intellectual Sun! why does thy ray,3.0
To earth distribute only partial day?,0.0
Since no resisting cause from spirit flows,0.0
Thy penetrating essence to oppose;,1.0
"No obstacles by Nature's hand impressed,",2.0
Thy subtle and ethereal beams arrest;,3.0
"Nor motion's laws can speed thy active course,",0.0
Why are thy genial beams to parts confined?,0.0
"While the chill North with thy bright ray is blessed,",5.0
Why should fell darkness half the South invest?,1.0
"Was it decreed, fair Freedom! at thy birth,",2.0
"While Britain basks in thy full blaze of light,",2.0
"Thee only, sober Goddess! I attest,",1.0
"In smiles chastised, and decent graces dressed.",0.0
"Not that unlicensed monster of the crowd,",1.0
Deafening the ear of Peace: fierce Faction's tool;,2.0
"Of rash Sedition born, and mad Misrule;",0.0
"Whose stubborn mouth, rejecting Reason's rein,",0.0
"No strength can govern, and no skill restrain;",3.0
Whose magic cries the frantic vulgar draw,0.0
"To spurn at Order, and to outrage Law;",2.0
"To tread on grave Authority and Power,",1.0
And shake the work of ages in an hour:,0.0
"She raves of mercy, while she deals out death:",0.0
Each blast is fate; she darts from either hand,0.0
Red conflagration over the astonished land;,2.0
"And to reform a part, the whole destroys.",1.0
"Now, when congenial themes her cares engage,",1.0
She burns to emulate thy glowing page;,0.0
"Her failing efforts mock her fond desires,",0.0
Strange power of song! the strain that warms the heart,3.0
Seems the same inspiration to impart;,4.0
"Touched by the kindling energy alone,",1.0
We think the flame which melts us is our own;,1.0
"Deceived, for genius we mistake delight,",1.0
"Charmed as we read, we fancy we can write.",1.0
"Though not to me, sweet Bard, thy powers belong,",4.0
"Fair Truth, a hallowed guide! inspires my song.",1.0
For Truth the bright invention would disdain.,0.0
"For no fictitious ills these numbers flow,",0.0
"But living anguish, and substantial woe;",1.0
"Fired by no single wrongs, the countless host",2.0
The native genius of the sable race!,1.0
"Perish the proud philosophy, which sought",3.0
To rob them of the powers of equal thought!,3.0
Does then the immortal principle within,2.0
Change with the casual colour of a skin?,0.0
Does matter govern spirit? or is mind,1.0
Degraded by the form to which it's joined?,1.0
"No: they have heads to think, and hearts to feel,",0.0
"And souls to act, with firm, though erring zeal;",0.0
"For they have keen affections, kind desires,",1.0
"Love strong as death, and active patriot fires;",3.0
"All the rude energy, the fervid flame,",3.0
"Strong, but luxuriant virtues boldly shoot",4.0
For pride is virtue in a Pagan soul;,0.0
"A sense of worth, a conscience of desert,",1.0
Of which the conquerors of the world were made.,1.0
Capricious fate of man! that very pride,0.0
No statue snatch thee from oblivious fate!,5.0
Plucks the fair deed from Time's devouring rage.,5.0
"Had Fortune placed thee on some happier coast,",3.0
"Where polished souls heroic virtue boast,",0.0
"Whose generous arm thy barbarous Master spared,",4.0
"Altars had smoked, and temples had been reared.",2.0
"Horrors of deepest, deadliest guilt arise;",4.0
"The burning village, and the blazing town:",1.0
"See the dire victim torn from social life,",0.0
"She, wretch forlorn! is dragged by hostile hands,",0.0
"To distant tyrants sold, in distant lands!",0.0
"Transmitted miseries, and successive chains,",3.0
The sole sad heritage her child obtains!,2.0
"Even this last wretched boon their foes deny,",2.0
"To weep together, or together die.",1.0
"By felon hands, by one relentless stroke,",1.0
See the fond links of feeling Nature broke!,3.0
"The fibres twisting round a parent's heart,",2.0
"Torn from their grasp, and bleeding as they part.",1.0
"Hold, murderers, hold! nor aggravate distress;",3.0
Respect the passions you yourselves possess;,1.0
"Love your own offspring, love your native land.",1.0
"Ah! leave them holy Freedom's cheering smile,",0.0
"Revere affections mingled with our frame,",1.0
"In all, these feelings equal sway maintain;",0.0
In all the love of HOME and FREEDOM reign:,0.0
One equal fondness of their sons command.,1.0
Basking in Freedom's beams which gild his native soil.,2.0
For these are specious crimes our rage inflame?,1.0
"No: sordid lust of gold their fate controls,",1.0
"Gold, better gained, by what their ripening sky,",1.0
"Their fertile fields, their arts and mines supply.",0.0
"What wrongs, what injuries does Oppression plead",2.0
To smooth the horror of the unnatural deed?,5.0
They stand convicted ' --  of a darker skin!,1.0
Respect his sacred image which they bear:,0.0
"Though dark and savage, ignorant and blind,",1.0
They claim the common privilege of kind;,1.0
"Let Malice strip them of each other plea,",2.0
"They still are men, and men should still be free.",0.0
Dire change! the agent is the purchase made!,1.0
"Perplexed, the baffled Muse involves the tale;",0.0
"Nature confounded, well may language fail!",2.0
The outraged Goddess with abhorrent eyes,2.0
"Sees MAN the traffic, SOULS the merchandise!",1.0
"Plead not, in reason's palpable abuse,",1.0
Their sense of feeling callous and obtuse:,1.0
"From heads to hearts lies Nature's plain appeal,",1.0
"Though few can reason, all mankind can feel.",1.0
"Though wit may boast a livelier dread of shame,",2.0
A loftier sense of wrong refinement claim;,2.0
"Though polished manners may fresh wants invent,",2.0
And nice distinctions nicer souls torment;,0.0
"Though these on finer spirits heavier fall,",3.0
Yet natural evils are the same to all.,1.0
"Though wounds there are which reason's force may heal,",1.0
There needs no logic sure to make us feel.,1.0
"As exquisitely fashioned in a slave,",4.0
As where unequal fate a sceptre gave.,0.0
As where proud Tiber rolls his classic tide.,1.0
"Rhetoric or verse may point the feeling line,",1.0
"They do not whet sensation, but define.",1.0
"Did ever slave less feel the galling chain,",1.0
When Zeno proved there was no ill in pain?,2.0
"Their miseries philosophic quirks deride,",2.0
Slaves groan in pangs disowned by Stoic pride.,1.0
"When the fierce Sun darts vertical his beams,",5.0
And thirst and hunger mix their wild extremes;,0.0
And his strained eyes in burning anguish roll;,2.0
"Will the parched negro find, ere he expire,",4.0
"No pain in hunger, and no heat in fire?",3.0
"For him, when fate his tortured frame destroys,",1.0
"What hope of present fame, or future joys?",0.0
"For this, have heroes shortened nature's date;",1.0
"For that, have martyrs gladly met their fate;",0.0
"But him, forlorn, no hero's pride sustains,",2.0
"Sullen, he mingles with his kindred dust,",3.0
For he has learnt to dread the Christian's trust;,1.0
"To him what mercy can that Power display,",4.0
"Whose servants murder, and whose sons betray?",1.0
They are not Christians who infest thy shore.,1.0
"OH thou sad spirit, whose preposterous yoke",3.0
"The great deliverer Death, at length, has broke!",2.0
"Released from misery, and escaped from care,",3.0
"Go, meet that mercy man denied thee here.",1.0
"In thy dark home, sure refuge of the oppressed,",7.0
"The wicked vex not, and the weary rest.",1.0
"And, if some notions, vague and undefined,",1.0
Of future terrors have assailed thy mind;,0.0
"If such thy masters have presumed to teach,",1.0
As terrors only they are prone to preach;,1.0
"Where were the oppressor's rod, the captive's chain?",4.0
"If, then, thy troubled soul has learnt to dread",0.0
The dark unknown thy trembling footsteps tread;,1.0
"On HIM, who made thee what thou art, depend;",1.0
"HE, who withholds the means, accepts the end.",1.0
"Not thine the reckoning dire of LIGHT abused,",0.0
"KNOWLEDGE disgraced, and LIBERTY misused;",3.0
On thee no awful judge incensed shall sit,3.0
"Where ignorance will be found the surest plea,",1.0
How many learnt and wise shall envy thee!,1.0
"And thou, WHITE SAVAGE! whether lust of gold,",2.0
"Or lust of conquest, rule thee uncontrolled!",0.0
"Hero, or robber! ' --  by whatever name",4.0
Thou plead thy impious claim to wealth or fame;,3.0
"Or bolder carnage track thy crimson way,",0.0
"Kings dispossessed, and Provinces thy prey;",2.0
Panting to tame wide earth's remotest bound;,3.0
"All Cortez murdered, all Columbus found;",4.0
"Over plundered realms to reign, detested Lord,",0.0
"Make millions wretched, and thyself abhorred; ' --",2.0
Your sum of glory boasts a like amount;,0.0
"The means may differ, but the end's the same;",1.0
"Who makes the sum of human blessings less,",0.0
"Or sinks the stock of general happiness,",1.0
"No solid same shall grace, no true renown,",2.0
Had those adventurous spirits who explore,3.0
"Had these possessed, OH COOK! thy gentle mind,",2.0
"Thy love of arts, thy love of humankind;",0.0
"Had these pursued thy mild and liberal plan,",1.0
DISCOVERERS had not been a curse to man!,0.0
"Then, blessed Philanthropy! thy social hands",1.0
"Then, loved, and loving, man had lived, and died.",0.0
"For empires founded, peaceful PENN! are thine;",0.0
"No bloodstained laurels crowned thy virtuous toil,",4.0
"Still thy meek spirit in thy flock survives,",3.0
"Consistent still, their doctrines rule their lives;",0.0
Inscribed by SLAVERY on the Christian name.,1.0
"Shall Britain, where the soul of Freedom reigns,",0.0
Forge chains for others she herself disdains?,2.0
"Forbid it, Heaven! OH let the nations know",3.0
The liberty she loves she will bestow;,2.0
"Not to herself the glorious gift confined,",3.0
She spreads the blessing wide as humankind;,0.0
Bids all be free in earth's extended space.,0.0
What page of human annals can record,1.0
A deed so bright as human rights restored?,0.0
"Redeem OUR fame, and consecrate OUR age!",0.0
"And see, the cherub Mercy from above,",1.0
"Descending softly, quits the sphere of love!",0.0
"On feeling hearts she sheds celestial dew,",0.0
And breathes her spirit over the enlightened few;,1.0
"From soul to soul the spreading influence steals,",2.0
Till every breast the soft contagion feels.,0.0
"She bears, exulting, to the burning shore",1.0
"To vindicate the power in Heaven adored,",3.0
"To still the clank of chains, and sheathe the sword;",0.0
"To cheer the mourner, and with soothing hands",1.0
"To raise the lustre of the Christian name,",1.0
"As the mild Spirit hovers over the coast,",4.0
A fresher hue the withered landscapes boast;,1.0
"Her healing smiles the ruined scenes repair,",0.0
And blasted Nature wears a joyous air.,0.0
"She spreads her blessed commission from above,",1.0
Stamped with the sacred characters of love;,1.0
"She tears the banner stained with blood and tears,",0.0
"And, LIBERTY! thy shining standard rears!",1.0
"The chain untouched, drops off; the fetter falls.",2.0
"Astonished echo tells the vocal shore,",0.0
"Oppression's fallen, and Slavery is no more!",3.0
And hail that mercy long invoked in vain.,0.0
"Victorious Power! she bursts their twofold bands,",5.0
I SING the SOFA. I who lately sang,1.0
"Truth, Hope and Charity, and touched with awe",2.0
"The solemn chords, and with a trembling hand,",1.0
"Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight,",2.0
Now seek repose upon an humbler theme;,1.0
"The theme though humble, yet august and proud",4.0
The occasion ' --  for the Fair commands the song.,2.0
"Time was, when clothing sumptuous or for use,",1.0
"Save their own painted skins, our sires had none.",0.0
"As yet black breeches were not; satin smooth,",1.0
"Or velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile:",0.0
The hardy chief upon the rugged rock,0.0
"Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next",2.0
"The birthday of invention, weak at first,",2.0
"Dull in design, and clumsy to perform.",2.0
"On such a stool immortal Alfred sat,",1.0
And swayed the sceptre of his infant realms;,1.0
"May still be seen, but perforated sore",0.0
"And drilled in holes the solid oak is found,",0.0
By worms voracious eating through and through.,1.0
At length a generation more refined,0.0
"Improved the simple plan, made three legs four,",2.0
"Induced a splendid cover green and blue,",0.0
"Yellow and red, of tapestry richly wrought",4.0
"And woven close, or needlework sublime.",0.0
And parrots with twin cherries in their beak.,2.0
"Now came the cane from India, smooth and bright",3.0
With Nature's varnish; severed into stripes,0.0
"That interlaced each other, these supplied",1.0
"Of texture firm a lattice work, that braced",0.0
"The new machine, and it became a chair.",1.0
But restless was the chair; the back erect,1.0
The slippery seat betrayed the sliding part,0.0
"That pressed it, and the feet hung dangling down,",3.0
Anxious in vain to find the distant floor.,2.0
"These for the rich: the rest, whom fate had placed",1.0
"In modest mediocrity, content",1.0
"With base materials, sat on well tanned hides",3.0
"With here and there a tuft of crimson yarn,",1.0
Or scarlet crewel in the cushion fixed:,0.0
"If cushion might be called, what harder seemed",0.0
Than the firm oak of which the frame was formed.,2.0
No want of timber then was felt or feared,1.0
"But elbows still were wanting; these, some say,",2.0
And some ascribe the invention to a priest,3.0
Burly and big and studious of his ease.,3.0
"But rude at first, and not with easy slope",0.0
"Receding wide, they pressed against the ribs,",0.0
"And bruised the side, and elevated high",0.0
Taught the raised shoulders to invade the ears.,4.0
Long time elapsed or ever our rugged sires,3.0
And ill at ease behind. The Ladies first,0.0
"Began murmur, as became the softer sex.",5.0
"Ingenious fancy, never better pleased",0.0
"Than when employed to accommodate the fair,",2.0
"Heard the sweet moan with pity, and devised",4.0
"And in the mid an elbow, it received",2.0
"United yet divided, twain at once.",0.0
And so two citizens who take the air,3.0
Close packed and smiling in a chaise and one.,1.0
But relaxation of the languid frame,1.0
Was bliss reserved for happier days. So slow,2.0
"The growth of what is excellent, so hard",1.0
"Thus first necessity invented stools,",2.0
"Convenience next suggested elbow chairs,",1.0
And luxury the accomplished Sofa last.,3.0
"The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick",3.0
Whom snoring she disturbs. As sweetly he,2.0
"To sleep within the carriage more secure,",0.0
His legs depending at the open door.,0.0
"Sweet sleep enjoys the Curate in his desk,",1.0
And sweet the Clerk below: but neither sleep,0.0
"Of lazy Nurse, who snores the sick man dead,",1.0
Nor his who quits the box at midnight hour,2.0
"To slumber in the carriage more secure,",0.0
"Nor sleep enjoyed by Curate in his desk,",0.0
Compared with the repose the SOFA yields.,1.0
O may I live exempted while I live,1.0
Guiltless of pampered appetite obscene,2.0
From pangs arthritic that infest the toe,0.0
Of libertine excess. The SOFA suits,0.0
"The gouty limb, it's true; but gouty limb",0.0
"Though on a SOFA, may I never feel:",2.0
For I have loved the rural walk through lanes,1.0
Of thorny boughs: have loved the rural walk,0.0
"Over hills, through valleys, and by rivers brink,",1.0
Ever since a truant boy I passed my bounds,0.0
Enjoy a ramble on the banks of Thames.,1.0
"And still remember, nor without regret",1.0
"Of hours that sorrow since has much endeared,",0.0
"How oft, my slice of pocket store consumed,",0.0
"I fed on scarlet hips and stoney haws,",0.0
Hard fare! but such as boyish appetite,2.0
"No SOFA then awaited my return,",2.0
Nor SOFA then I needed. Youth repairs,0.0
"His wasted spirits quickly, by long toil",2.0
Incurring short fatigue; and though our years,1.0
"As life declines, speed rapidly away,",2.0
And not a year but pilfers as he goes,0.0
"Some youthful grace that age would gladly keep,",0.0
"A tooth or auburn lock, and by degrees",1.0
"That mounts the style with ease, or leaps the fence,",0.0
That play of lungs inhaling and again,1.0
"Swift pace or steep ascent no toil to me,",2.0
Mine have not pilfered yet; nor yet impaired,0.0
My relish of fair prospect; scenes that soothed,2.0
"Or charmed me young, no longer young, I find",1.0
Still soothing and of power to charm me still.,4.0
"And witness, dear companion of my walks,",1.0
Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive,3.0
"Fast locked in mine, with pleasure such as love",2.0
Confirmed by long experience of thy worth,1.0
Witness a joy that thou hast doubled long.,2.0
"To serve occasions of poetic pomp,",1.0
"But genuine, and art partner of them all.",2.0
"How oft upon yonder eminence, our pace",7.0
"Has slackened to a pause, and we have born",2.0
"The ruffling wind scarce conscious that it blew,",1.0
"While admiration feeding at the eye,",0.0
Thence with what pleasure have we just discerned,0.0
The sturdy swain diminished to a boy!,1.0
"Of spacious meads with cattle sprinkled over,",0.0
Conducts the eye along his sinuous course,0.0
"Delighted. There, fast rooted in his bank",2.0
"Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms",1.0
The sloping land recedes into the clouds;,0.0
"Displaying on its varied side, the grace",1.0
"Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells",1.0
Just undulates upon the listening ear;,0.0
Scenes must be beautiful which daily viewed,1.0
"Please daily, and whose novelty survives",3.0
Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.,3.0
Praise justly due to those that I describe.,3.0
"Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds",0.0
"Exhilarate the spirit, and restore",1.0
The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds,0.0
"Of ancient growth, make music not unlike",1.0
"The dash of ocean on his winding shore,",1.0
"And lull the spirit while they fill the mind,",0.0
"And all their leaves fast fluttering, all at once.",2.0
Nor less composure waits upon the roar,0.0
"Of distant floods, or on the softer voice",1.0
"Upon loose pebbles, lose themselves at length",1.0
Betrays the secret of their silent course.,1.0
"Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds,",4.0
But animated Nature sweeter still,0.0
"Ten thousand warblers cheer the day, and one",1.0
"In still repeated circles, screaming loud,",0.0
"That hails the rising moon, have charms for me.",0.0
"Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns,",0.0
"And only there, please highly for their sake.",3.0
"Peace to the artist, whose ingenious thought",0.0
Fearless of humid air and gathering rains,4.0
"Forth steps the man, an emblem of myself,",3.0
More delicate his timorous mate retires.,3.0
"When Winter soaks the fields, and female feet",1.0
"Too weak to struggle with tenacious clay,",2.0
The task of new discoveries falls on me.,2.0
At such a season and with such a charge,2.0
"Once went I forth, and found, till then unknown,",1.0
"A cottage, whither oft we since repair:",0.0
"It's perched upon the green-hill top, but close",1.0
"That overhang the thatch, itself unseen,",0.0
Peeps at the vale below; so thick beset,0.0
"With foliage of such dark redundant growth,",1.0
"And hidden as it is, and far remote",2.0
Oft have I wished the peaceful covert mine.,1.0
"Here, I have said, at least I should possess",0.0
"The poet's treasure, silence, and indulge",1.0
"The dreams of fancy, tranquil and secure.",1.0
Vain thought! the dweller in that still retreat,1.0
Dearly obtains the refuge it affords.,3.0
To drink sweet waters of the crystal well;,2.0
"He dips his bowl into the weedy ditch,",0.0
"Farfetched and little worth; nor seldom waits,",1.0
Angry and sad and his last crust consumed.,4.0
So farewell envy of the peasant's nest.,2.0
"If solitude make scant the means of life,",1.0
"Society for me! thou seeming sweet,",2.0
"Be still a pleasing object in my view,",0.0
"My visit still, but never mine abode.",1.0
"Invites us. Monument of ancient taste,",1.0
"Now scorned, but worthy of a better fate.",2.0
Our fathers knew the value of a screen,1.0
"From sultry suns, and in their shaded walks",0.0
The gloom and coolness of declining day.,1.0
We bear our shades about us; self deprived,0.0
"Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,",0.0
And range an Indian waste without a tree.,2.0
"These chestnuts ranged in corresponding lines,",0.0
"Descending now but cautious, lest too fast",2.0
"A sudden steep, upon a rustic bridge",0.0
We pass a gulf in which the willows dip,1.0
Hence ankle deep in moss and flowery thyme,3.0
"We mount again, and feel at every step",0.0
"Raised by the mole, the miner of the soil.",1.0
"He not unlike the great ones of mankind,",3.0
"Toils much to earn a monumental pile,",0.0
"The summit gained, behold the proud alcove",1.0
That crowns it! yet not all its pride secures,0.0
The grand retreat from injuries impressed,1.0
"By rural carvers, who with knives deface",0.0
"The panels, leaving an obscure rude name",2.0
"Beats in the breast of man, that even a few",1.0
Few transient years won from the abyss abhorred,3.0
And posted on this speculative height,2.0
"At first, progressive as a stream, they seek",1.0
The middle field; but scattered by degrees,1.0
"Each to his choice, soon whiten all the land.",1.0
"The loaded wain, while lightened of its charge",1.0
"The wain that meets it, passes swiftly by,",1.0
The boorish driver leaning over his team,2.0
Nor less attractive is the woodland scene,1.0
Diversified with trees of every growth,0.0
Alike yet various. Here the grey smooth trunks,2.0
"Of ash or lime, or beech, distinctly shine,",0.0
Within the twilight of their distant shades;,2.0
"There lost behind a rising ground, the wood",0.0
"No tree in all the grove but has its charms,",1.0
"And poplar, that with silver lines his leaf,",0.0
"Of deeper green the elm; and deeper still,",0.0
"The maple, and the beech of oily nuts",1.0
"Prolific, and the lime at dewy eve",1.0
"The sycamore, capricious in attire,",0.0
"Now green, now tawny, and before autumn yet",5.0
"Over these, but far beyond, a spacious map",1.0
"Now glitters in the sun, and now retires,",1.0
"As bashful, yet impatient to be seen.",1.0
"All summer long, which winter fills again.",0.0
"The folded gates would bar my progress now,",1.0
"Communicative of the good he owns,",2.0
Admits me to a share: the guiltless eye,1.0
"Commits no wrong, nor wastes what it enjoys.",2.0
Refreshing change! where now the blazing sun?,0.0
By short transition we have lost his glare,1.0
You fallen avenues! once more I mourn,1.0
That yet a remnant of your race survives.,1.0
"How airy and how light the graceful arch,",1.0
Yet awful as the consecrated roof,1.0
"Shot through the boughs, it dances as they dance,",1.0
"Shadow and sunshine intermingling quick,",2.0
"And darkening and enlightening, as the leaves",2.0
"Play wanton, every moment, every spot.",1.0
"With curvature of slow and easy sweep,",1.0
Deception innocent ' --  give ample space,2.0
To narrow bounds. The grove receives us next;,0.0
Between the upright shafts of whose tall elms,2.0
We may discern the thresher at his task.,1.0
"That seems to swing uncertain, and yet falls",1.0
"Full on the destined ear. Wide flies the chaff,",1.0
The rustling straw sends up a frequent missed,2.0
"Come hither, you that press your beds of down",2.0
And sleep not: see him sweating over his bread,2.0
"Before he eats it. ' --  It's the primal curse,",1.0
But softened into mercy; made the pledge,0.0
"Of cheerful days, and nights without a groan.",0.0
"That nature rides upon, maintains her health,",0.0
"Her beauty, her fertility. She dreads",2.0
"Winds from all quarters agitate the air,",0.0
"Else noxious: oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams",1.0
"All feel the freshening impulse, and are cleansed",1.0
Thrives by the rude concussion of the storm;,1.0
"He seems indeed indignant, and to feel",1.0
"The impression of the blast with proud disdain,",2.0
Frowning as if in his unconscious arm,3.0
He held the thunder. But the monarch owes,1.0
"His firm stability to what he scorns,",1.0
"More fixed below, the more disturbed above.",0.0
"The law by which all creatures else are bound,",0.0
Binds man the lord of all. Himself derives,1.0
"No mean advantage from a kindred cause,",2.0
From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease.,2.0
The sedentary stretch their lazy length,0.0
"When custom bids, but no refreshment find,",0.0
"For none they need: the languid eye, the cheek",0.0
"Deserted of its bloom, the flaccid, shrunk,",1.0
"And withered muscle, and the vapid soul,",1.0
Reproach their owner with that love of rest,1.0
To which he forfeits even the rest he loves.,2.0
Not such the alert and active. Measure life,1.0
"By its true worth, the comforts it affords,",3.0
And theirs alone seems worthy of the name.,3.0
"Good temper; spirits prompt to undertake,",0.0
"And not soon spent, though in an arduous task;",3.0
The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs;,4.0
Even age itself seems privileged in them,1.0
With clear exemption from its own defects.,1.0
A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front,0.0
"The veteran shows, and gracing a grey beard",2.0
"With youthful smiles, descends towards the grave",0.0
"Sprightly, and old almost without decay.",3.0
"Like a coy maiden, ease, when courted most,",2.0
"Farthest retires ' --  an idol, at whose shrine",2.0
"The love of Nature, and the scenes she draws",1.0
Is Nature's dictate. Strange! there should be found,1.0
Prefer to the performance of a God,2.0
The inferior wonders of an artist's hand.,4.0
"Lovely indeed the mimic works of art,",2.0
"None more admires the painter's magic skill,",1.0
"Who shows me that which I shall never see,",0.0
"Conveys a distant country into mine,",1.0
And throws Italian light on English walls.,0.0
But imitative strokes can do no more,0.0
"Than please the eye, sweet Nature every sense.",1.0
The cheering fragrance of her dewy vales,1.0
And music of her woods ' --  no works of man,2.0
May rival these; these all bespeak a power,1.0
"Peculiar, and exclusively her own.",2.0
Beneath the open sky she spreads the feast;,0.0
"It's free to all ' --  it's every day renewed,",0.0
"Who scorns it, starves deservedly at home.",1.0
"He does not scorn it, who imprisoned long",0.0
"And clammy of his dark abode have bred,",1.0
Escapes at last to liberty and light.,1.0
"His cheek recovers soon its healthful hue,",0.0
"He walks, he leaps, he runs ' --  is winged with joy,",0.0
And riots in the sweets of every breeze.,0.0
"He does not scorn it, who has long endured",0.0
"Nor yet the mariner, his blood inflamed",1.0
To gaze at Nature in her green array.,0.0
"Upon the ship's tall side he stands, possessed",1.0
With visions prompted by intense desire;,1.0
"Fair fields appear below, such as he left",2.0
"Far distant, such as he would die to find ' --",3.0
"He seeks them headlong, and is seen no more.",3.0
The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns;,0.0
"The lowering eye, the petulance, the frown,",3.0
"And mar the face of beauty, when no cause",1.0
"For such immeasurable woe appears,",1.0
Sweet smiles and bloom less transient than her own.,3.0
It is the constant revolution stale,1.0
"And tasteless, of the same repeated joys,",1.0
"Health suffers, and the spirits ebb; the heart",2.0
Recoils from its own choice ' --  at the full feast,2.0
"Is famished ' --  finds no music in the song,",1.0
"No smartness in the jest, and wonders why.",1.0
"Yet thousands still desire to journey on,",1.0
Though halt and weary of the path they tread.,1.0
"But cannot play them, borrows a friend's hand",2.0
"To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort",1.0
"Her mingled suits and sequences, and sits",1.0
"And silent cypher, while her proxy plays.",0.0
Others are dragged into the crowded room,2.0
"Between supporters; and once seated, sit",2.0
"Through downright inability to rise,",2.0
Till the stout bearers lift the corpse again.,2.0
These speak a loud memento. Yet even these,3.0
"Themselves love life, and cling to it, as he",2.0
"That overhangs a torrent, to a twig.",1.0
"They love it, and yet loath it; fear to die,",1.0
Yet scorn the purposes for which they live.,1.0
"Then wherefore not renounce them? No ' --  the dread,",0.0
"The slavish dread of solitude, that breeds",0.0
"Reflection and remorse, the fear of shame,",1.0
"And their inveterate habits, all forbid.",3.0
Whom call we gay? That honour has been long,0.0
The boast of mere pretenders to the name.,1.0
The innocent are gay ' --  the lark is gay,1.0
That dries his feathers saturate with dew,0.0
"Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams",0.0
"The peasant too, a witness of his song,",1.0
And save me too from theirs whose haggard eyes,1.0
"Flash desperation, and betray their pangs",2.0
For property stripped off by cruel chance;,2.0
"The mouth with blasphemy, the heart with woe.",1.0
"The earth was made so various, that the mind",1.0
"Of desultory man, studious of change,",4.0
"And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.",1.0
Prospects however lovely may be seen,4.0
"Till half their beauties fade; the weary sight,",0.0
"Too well acquainted with their smiles, slides off",4.0
"Fastidious, seeking less familiar scenes.",2.0
"Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale,",0.0
"Where frequent hedges intercept the eye,",0.0
"Delight us, happy to renounce a while,",1.0
"Not senseless of its charms, what still we love,",1.0
That such short absence may endear it more.,3.0
"Then forests, or the savage rock may please,",1.0
Above the reach of man: his hoary head,0.0
"Conspicuous many a league, the mariner",5.0
"Bound homeward, and in hope already there,",3.0
Greets with three cheers exulting. At his waist,3.0
And at his feet the baffled billows die.,0.0
"The common overgrown with fern, and rough",0.0
"With prickly goss, that shapeless and deform",2.0
"And dangerous to the touch, has yet its bloom",1.0
"And decks itself with ornaments of gold,",1.0
With luxury of unexpected sweets.,1.0
"There often wanders one, whom better days",1.0
"Saw better clad, in cloak of satin trimmed",1.0
"With lace, and hat with splendid ribbon bound.",0.0
"A serving maid was she, and fell in love",1.0
"With one who left her, went to sea and died.",1.0
Her fancy followed him through foaming waves,1.0
"To distant shores, and she would sit and weep",1.0
At what a sailor suffers; fancy too,0.0
"Would oft anticipate his glad return,",0.0
And dream of transports she was not to know.,1.0
"She heard the doleful tidings of his death,",1.0
And never smiled again. And now she roams,0.0
"And there, unless when charity forbids,",2.0
"Worn as a cloak, and hardly hides a gown",0.0
More tattered still; and both but ill conceal,0.0
"She begs an idle pin of all she meets,",0.0
"And hoards them in her sleeve; but needful food,",0.0
"Though pinched with cold, asks never. ' --  Kate is crazed.",1.0
A vagabond and useless tribe there eat,1.0
Their miserable meal. A kettle flung,1.0
"Between two poles upon a stick transverse,",1.0
"Receives the morsel; flesh obscene of dog,",0.0
"Or vermin, or at best, of cock purloined",1.0
"They pick their fuel out of every hedge,",0.0
"Their fluttering rags, and shows a tawny skin,",2.0
"Great skill have they in palmistry, and more",2.0
"To conjure clean away the gold they touch,",0.0
Conveying worthless dross into its place.,0.0
"Loud when they beg, dumb only when they steal.",1.0
"Strange! that a creature rational, and cast",1.0
"His nature, and though capable of arts",2.0
"By which the world might profit and himself,",1.0
"Yet even these, though feigning sickness oft",1.0
"They swath the forehead, drag the limping limb",0.0
"And vex their flesh with artificial sores,",0.0
"When safe occasion offers, and with dance",1.0
And music of the bladder and the bag,2.0
Beguile their woes and make the woods resound.,1.0
"And breathing wholesome air, and wandering much,",1.0
"Blessed he, though undistinguished from the crowd",1.0
"By wealth or dignity, who dwells secure",1.0
"Where man, by nature fierce, has laid aside",0.0
The manners and the arts of civil life.,1.0
"His wants, indeed, are many; but supply",1.0
Is obvious; placed within the easy reach,2.0
Of temperate wishes and industrious hands.,3.0
Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil;,0.0
"Not rude and surly, and beset with thorns,",1.0
"And terrible to sight, as when she springs,",1.0
If ever she spring spontaneous in remote,3.0
"And barbarous climes, where violence prevails,",3.0
"And strength is lord of all; but gentle, kind,",0.0
"By culture tamed, by liberty refreshed,",1.0
And all her fruits by radiant truth matured.,0.0
War and the chase engross the savage whole.,0.0
"War followed for revenge, or to supplant",3.0
"The envied tenants of some happier spot,",3.0
"The chase for sustenance, precarious trust!",3.0
His hard condition with severe constraint,1.0
"Binds all his faculties, forbids all growth",1.0
"Of wisdom, proves a school in which he learns",0.0
"Sly circumvention, unrelenting hate,",1.0
"Thus fare the shivering natives of the north,",4.0
And thus the rangers of the western world,1.0
"Where it advances far into the deep,",1.0
"So lately found, although the constant sun",1.0
"Cheer all their seasons with a grateful smile,",1.0
Can boast but little virtue; and inert,1.0
"Through plenty, lose in morals, what they gain",0.0
"In manners, victims of luxurious ease.",3.0
"These therefore I can pity, placed remote",2.0
"From all that science traces, art invents,",0.0
Or inspiration teaches; and enclosed,1.0
In boundless oceans never to be passed,1.0
"By navigators uninformed as they,",0.0
Or ploughed perhaps by British bark again.,0.0
"But far beyond the rest, and with most cause",1.0
"Or thine, but curiosity perhaps,",2.0
"Or else vain glory, prompted us to draw",2.0
"Forth from thy native bowers, to show thee here",2.0
With what superior skill we can abuse,3.0
"The gifts of providence, and squander life.",1.0
The dream is past. And thou hast found again,1.0
"Their former charms? And having seen our state,",0.0
"Our palaces, our ladies, and our pomp",2.0
"And heard our music; are thy simple friends,",1.0
"Thy simple fare, and all thy plain delights",0.0
As dear to thee as once? And have thy joys,1.0
Lost nothing by comparison with ours?,3.0
Rude as thou art for we returned thee rude,1.0
"And ignorant, except of outward show",1.0
I cannot think thee yet so dull of heart,0.0
"Sweets tasted here, and left as soon as known.",1.0
And asking of the surge that bathes thy foot,1.0
If ever it has washed our distant shore.,1.0
"I see thee weep, and thine are honest tears,",1.0
A patriot's for his country. Thou art sad,2.0
"At thought of her forlorn and abject state,",1.0
From which no power of thine can raise her up.,2.0
"Thus fancy paints thee, and though apt to err,",2.0
"Perhaps errs little, when she paints thee thus.",1.0
She tells me too that duly every morn,0.0
Exploring far and wide the watery waste,2.0
For sight of ship from England. Every speck,0.0
"Seen in the dim horizon, turns thee pale",0.0
With conflict of contending hopes and fears.,1.0
To dream all night of what the day denied.,0.0
Alas! expect it not. We found no bait,1.0
"To tempt us in thy country. Doing good,",0.0
"Disinterested good, is not our trade.",1.0
And must be bribed to compass earth again,0.0
By other hopes and richer fruits than yours.,0.0
"But though true worth and virtue, in the mild",2.0
And genial soil of cultivated life,0.0
"Thrive most, and may perhaps thrive only there,",3.0
Yet not in cities oft. In proud and gay,0.0
In cities foul example on most minds,1.0
Begets its likeness. Rank abundance breeds,0.0
"In gross and pampered cities sloth and lust,",0.0
"In cities, vice is hidden with most ease,",1.0
Or seen with least reproach; and virtue taught,0.0
"By frequent lapse, can hope no triumph there",2.0
Beyond the achievement of successful flight.,3.0
"I do confess them nurseries of the arts,",1.0
In which they flourish most. Where in the beams,0.0
"Of warm encouragement, and in the eye",1.0
Of public note they reach their perfect size.,1.0
"Such London is, by taste and wealth proclaimed",1.0
"The fairest capital of all the world,",1.0
By riot and incontinence the worst.,2.0
"There, touched by Reynolds, a dull blank becomes",2.0
"A lucid mirror, in which nature sees",0.0
All her reflected features. Bacon there,2.0
"Gives more than female beauty to a stone,",2.0
"The powers of sculpture, but the style as much;",3.0
Each province of her art her equal care.,1.0
With nice incision of her guided steel,1.0
"She ploughs a brazen field, and clothes a soil",0.0
Where finds philosophy her eagle eye,1.0
With which she gazes at yonder burning disk,2.0
In London; where her implements exact,1.0
With which she calculates computes and scans,0.0
"All distance, motion, magnitude, and now",0.0
"Measures an atom, and now girds a world?",4.0
"In London; where has commerce such a mart,",1.0
"So rich, so thronged, so drained, and so supplied",1.0
"As London, opulent, enlarged, and still",1.0
Increasing London? Babylon of old,0.0
"Not more the glory of the earth, than she",1.0
A more accomplished world's chief glory now.,1.0
She has her praise. Now mark a spot or two,1.0
That so much beauty would do well to purge;,0.0
"And show this queen of cities, that so fair",0.0
"May yet be foul, so witty, yet not wise.",0.0
That she is slack in discipline. More prompt,1.0
Avenge than to prevent the breach of law.,1.0
That she is rigid in denouncing death,0.0
"On petty robbers, and indulges life",1.0
That thieves at home must hang; but he that puts,1.0
"The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.",3.0
"Nor is it well, nor can it come to good,",2.0
That through profane and infidel contempt,1.0
"And abrogate, as roundly as she may,",1.0
"Advancing fashion to the post of truth,",1.0
"And customs of her own, till sabbath rites",1.0
"God made the country, and man made the town.",3.0
"What wonder then, that health and virtue, gifts",0.0
That can alone make sweet the bitter draught,2.0
"That life holds out to all, should most abound",1.0
And least be threatened in the fields and groves?,0.0
"Possess you therefore, you who born about",2.0
"In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue",4.0
"But that of idleness, and taste no scenes",2.0
"Your element; there only, you can shine,",2.0
There only minds like yours can do no harm.,2.0
Our groves were planted to console at noon,1.0
The pensive wanderer in their shades. At eve,1.0
The moon-beam sliding softly in between,1.0
"The sleeping leaves, is all the light they wish,",0.0
Birds warbling all the music. We can spare,2.0
Our softer satellite. Your songs confound,0.0
Our more harmonious notes. The thrush departs,2.0
"Scared, and the offended nightingale is mute.",2.0
"There is a public mischief in your mirth,",1.0
It plagues your country. Folly such as your's,1.0
"Graced with a sword, and worthier of a fan,",1.0
"Has made, which enemies could never have done,",1.0
"Our arch of empire, steadfast but for you,",2.0
"A mutilated structure, soon to fall.",0.0
"By Orpheus poured along the verdant plain,",2.0
"Disarmed the tiger's fierce relentless rage,",0.0
And could the lion's horrid wrath assuage:,0.0
"Secure from harm amid the bloody throng,",0.0
"Such were the wondrous feats of former days,",1.0
"Though now at Music's voice no ramparts rise,",2.0
We feel its force in living vocal strains.,0.0
And while full many a proud aspiring fane,3.0
"In echo sweet prolongs the cheerful strain,",0.0
"Behold, forth issuing from the portals wide,",2.0
"Displayed in many a long and sable tide,",2.0
"The lettered sons of holy science come,",0.0
"By music lured to quit that peaceful home,",0.0
"Where tranquil pleasures crown the passing hour,",0.0
And list enraptured to the swelling song.,1.0
But mark! ' --  Swift passing through the buoyant air,2.0
"See Handel, source of sweet majestic strains,",1.0
Direct his flight to these his favourite plains.,1.0
"Behold him now with mute attention pause,",0.0
"Now join, with rapture bright, the just applause.",1.0
"Since Handel then approves the lovely dame,",0.0
"And stamps his fiat on her lasting fame,",1.0
And round her brows your brightest laurels twine.,0.0
"THE counsels of a friend, Belinda, hear,",1.0
Such truths as women seldom learn from men.,0.0
"Nor think I praise you ill, when thus I show",0.0
What female Vanity might fear to know:,2.0
"Some merit's mine, to dare to be sincere,",1.0
"But greater your's, sincerity to bear.",2.0
Hard is the fortune that your sex attends;,0.0
"Women, like Princes, find few real friends:",3.0
All who approach them their own ends pursue:,1.0
Lovers and ministers are seldom true.,3.0
And the most trusted Guide the most betrays:,1.0
"Hence by fond dreams of fancied power amused,",5.0
Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair:,1.0
"For this the toilet every thought employs,",1.0
"Hence all the toils of dress, and all the joys:",0.0
"For this, hands, lips, and eyes are put to school,",2.0
And each instructive feature has its rule;,0.0
"And yet how few have learnt, when this is given.",1.0
Not to disgrace the partial boon of heaven?,1.0
How few with all their pride of form can move?,0.0
"How few are lovely, that were made for love?",0.0
"Do you, my fair, endeavour to possess",1.0
An elegance of mind as well as dress;,1.0
"Be that your ornament, and know to please",1.0
By grateful Nature's unaffected ease.,0.0
But wisely rest content with modest Sense;,0.0
"For wit, like wine, intoxicate the brain,",0.0
Too strong for feeble women to sustain;,2.0
"Of those who claim it, more than half have none,",1.0
"And half of those who have it, are undone.",1.0
Nor think Dishonesty a proof of Parts;,1.0
"Can raise your merit, or adorn your fame.",1.0
"At ministers, because they wish their place.",1.0
"Virtue is amiable, mild, serene,",3.0
"Without all beauty, and all peace within:",1.0
It's ugliness in its most frightful form:,2.0
"Fiercely it stands defying gods and men,",2.0
As fiery monsters guard a giant's den.,2.0
"Seek to be good, but aim not to be great:",1.0
"Her fairest virtues fly from public sight,",0.0
"Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.",1.0
To rougher man Ambition's task resign:,0.0
"To labour for a sunk corrupted state,",1.0
"Or dare the rage of envy, and be great.",1.0
"One only care your gentle breasts should move,",0.0
The important business of your life is Love:,2.0
"To this great point direct your constant aim,",2.0
"This makes your Happiness, and this your Fame.",2.0
Be never cool reserve with passion joined;,0.0
With caution choose; but then be fondly kind.,0.0
"The selfish heart, that but by halves is given,",1.0
Shall find no place in Love's delightful heaven;,1.0
"Here sweet extremes alone can truly bless,",0.0
The virtue of a lover is excess.,2.0
"Not loving first, but loving wrong is shame.",0.0
"Contemn the little pride of giving pain,",0.0
Nor think that conquest justifies disdain;,0.0
Short is the period of insulting Power;,3.0
"Offended Cupid finds his vengeful hour,",0.0
"Soon will resume the empire which he gave,",0.0
And soon the Tyrant shall become the Slave.,0.0
"Blessed is the maid, and worthy to be blessed,",1.0
"Whose soul, entire by him she loves possessed,",1.0
"Feels every vanity in fondness lost,",2.0
"And asks no power, but that of pleasing most:",2.0
Hers is the bliss in just return to prove,1.0
And Gratitude forbid Desire to change.,0.0
"But lest harsh Care the lover's peace destroy,",2.0
"And roughly blight the tender buds of joy,",0.0
"Let Reason teach what Passion fain would hide,",1.0
"Venus in vain the wedded pair would crown,",2.0
If angry Fortune on their union frown:,1.0
"Soon will the flattering dream of bliss be over,",2.0
"Then waking to the sense of lasting pain,",1.0
With mutual tears the nuptial couch they stain;,2.0
"And that fond love, which should afford relief,",1.0
Does but increase the anguish of their grief;,2.0
"While both could easier their own sorrows bear,",1.0
Than the sad knowledge of each other's care.,3.0
"Yet may you rather feel that virtuous pain,",2.0
Than sell your violated charms for gain;,1.0
"Than wed the wretch whom you despise, or hate,",1.0
For the vain glare of useless wealth or state.,2.0
"The most abandoned prostitutes are they,",0.0
"Who not to Love, but Avarice fall a prey:",2.0
"A maid so wedded, is a WHORE FOR LIFE.",1.0
"Has equal love, and easy fortune given,",0.0
"Think not, the husband gained, that all is done;",0.0
"And oft, the careless find it to their cost,",1.0
The Lover in the Husband may be lost;,1.0
The Graces might alone his heart allure;,0.0
They and the Virtues meeting must secure.,1.0
Let even your Prudence wear the pleasing dress,3.0
"Of care for him, and anxious tenderness.",2.0
Let each domestic duty seem to flow;,1.0
Make it your pride his servant to appear;,1.0
"Endearing thus the common acts of life,",0.0
The Mistress still shall charm him in the Wife;,0.0
Before his eye perceives one beauty gone:,0.0
"Thus I, Belinda, would your charms improve,",2.0
And form your heart to all the arts of Love;,0.0
The task were harder to secure my own,1.0
Against the power of those already known;,3.0
For well you twist the secret chains that bind,0.0
"With gentle force the captivated mind,",0.0
"Skilled every soft attraction to employ,",2.0
"Each flattering hope, and each alluring joy;",2.0
"I own your genius, and from you receive",2.0
"The rules of Pleasing, which to you I give.",1.0
"WHy Philomela sleep those cheerful Strains,",0.0
With which so much you gratified the Plains?,0.0
When every murmuring stream and pretty spring,2.0
Of some soft Tale would stop to hear thee Sing,1.0
"In Notes, that all the Nymphs and Shepherd's moved;",0.0
"And Theron too, had he been by, had Loved.",0.0
"But ah! unwelcome Alteration, now",0.0
"About the Plains thy Flocks neglected, stray;",0.0
"And thou, as careless and forlorn as they:",2.0
"In hollow Rocks, and Cypress Shades, alone,",0.0
Dost Teach the Mournful Dove a sadder Moan.,0.0
"For, all I heard from thee, when listening by,",2.0
"Were broken Notes, of some sad Elegy:",2.0
But such a great and unaffected Air,1.0
"I find, no selfish Grief, or Interest",1.0
Could draw those Generous Murmurs from thy Breast.,3.0
It's that which yet lies pressing on thy Soul.,2.0
"It's that indeed, our common loss and care,",0.0
"Too sadly claims it: O! the Queen, the Queen",2.0
Has left the World: but Heaven! How black a Scene,0.0
Her Exit makes it? ' --  O Illustrious Saint!,3.0
Too mighty for my boldest Thoughts to Stem:,2.0
"Even my own Grief, I have no words to Paint,",2.0
Nor find my Love an Elegant Complaint.,1.0
"My Lyre it self no more can give me ease,",1.0
"No more can give my swelling Breast relief,",0.0
Then Fate reverse the Subject of my Grief:,1.0
O! Could not all those Heavenly Virtues Save,2.0
"Nor hers, and our Dear Hero's Moving Tears?",4.0
Nor all the poor Lamenting Nations Fears?,0.0
"No, no; they could not ' --  She resigns Her Breath;",2.0
The Charming QUEEN a Trophy falls to Death.,0.0
"FROM where dark clouds of curling smoke arise,",1.0
And the tall column mounts into the skies;,2.0
"Where the grim arches of the forge appear,",3.0
Where domes of peers and humble roofs are found,0.0
"From denser air and busy towns I run,",0.0
"Foe to the toils which wealth and pomp create,",0.0
"Aurora now had left her crimson bed,",0.0
And the sky glowed with pure reflected red;,2.0
"The moving stars withdrew their timorous light,",2.0
As her gilded chariot burst upon the sight;,2.0
"The glittering pearls that gentle Eve had born,",2.0
Were all adorning the sweet brow of Morn;,2.0
Unlocked some jewel for the rising hour.,0.0
"Meanwhile unseen the fragrant zephyr flew,",1.0
And gathered essence from the balmy dew;,1.0
"I wandered on, till Fancy bade me stay,",1.0
And spend with Health and her one holiday.,1.0
"Where the clear stream its useful tenor holds,",3.0
"Where on each side the cottages are seen,",1.0
"There many an apple, in autumnal pride,",2.0
"Glows with red cheek, and blushes side by side;",3.0
"Till Christmas comes, and tarts draw out the feast.",2.0
"Nor does the garden useful herbs deny,",0.0
Fenced round with thorns that point their spears on high;,0.0
"There the thyme blows, from which brown bees distil",3.0
"The parsley next extends its useful row,",0.0
"With cordial mint, the doctor of the field.",1.0
"There spreading cabbage all their strength produce,",0.0
And take firm root to stand for winter's use.,1.0
Till blessed potatoes meet the thankful eye.,0.0
"There the tall pea in stately grandeur stalks,",5.0
And humbler bean mid her own fragrance walks.,2.0
Amongst whom the blackbird spreads his sooty wings.,0.0
"Nor quench in darkness his quick visual ray,",4.0
Shut out from liberty and glorious day.,3.0
"Enough, enough! while to the cage confined,",1.0
"Let him at least the gift of light retain,",0.0
Nor hear his whistling pipe with conscious pain!,0.0
"And, look, where ornament her care bestows!",1.0
"Above the lily nods the blushing rose,",0.0
Spreading their shade over the dark marigold.,4.0
Smiles on himself as if his bob he eyed;,3.0
"And in the church waft faintness far away,",1.0
"Through new cut hay, or fields of standing corn;",1.0
And all the heart the creeping sickness feels;,0.0
"No salts are there, ' --  yet thyme and mint renew",2.0
"The wasting sense, and cheer from pew to pew.",0.0
"But now the sun sends forth his scorching rays,",1.0
And the hot cattle startling cease to graze;,2.0
"While to the pool, or darkest shade they high,",0.0
And with the scourging tail whip off the offending fly.,5.0
Along the path that winds around the hill,0.0
"At the last fair she caught yonder thrilling lay,",3.0
"The waving pail swims lightly on her head,",2.0
For equal steps to measured music tread.,0.0
Down the stream where woods begin to throw,0.0
"Their verdant arms around the rocks below,",0.0
"A rustic bridge across the tide is thrown,",0.0
"A simple arch salutes the admiring eye,",2.0
And the mill's clack the tumbling waves supply.,2.0
"But lest society some loss should share,",2.0
"Over which trips lightly many a busy maid,",3.0
"And many a matron, when one failing cow",2.0
"Their wealthier neighbour then, her bowls to swell,",2.0
Will gladly take what they as gladly sell.,1.0
"The morning toils are now completely over,",0.0
"The bowls well scalded, and well swept the floor.",3.0
"The daughter at the needle plies the seam,",0.0
While the good mother hastens to the stream:,1.0
Lie stretched and beaming in the summer's sun;,1.0
"And lest he scorch them in his fervid hours,",1.0
She scoops along the nice conducted showers;,0.0
"Till like the snow, that tips the mountain's height,",0.0
The brown's dull shade gives place to purest white;,2.0
"Picking bright stones, or tumbling on the green.",4.0
But now the sun's bright whirling wheels appear,1.0
"On the broad front of noon, in full career,",2.0
"A sign more welcome hangs not in the air,",0.0
For now the sister's call the brothers hear;,0.0
"Dinner's the word, and every cave around",0.0
"Devours the voice, and feasts upon the sound.",2.0
"It's dinner, father! all the brothers cry,",0.0
"It's dinner, father! home they panting go,",0.0
"Their pace they mend, till at the pump they stand,",0.0
"Deluge the face, and purify the hand,",2.0
"And then to dinner. There the women wait,",1.0
"Smoking potatoes meet their thankful eyes,",2.0
And Peace and Plenty watch around the board.,0.0
"Now, till the sun has somewhat sunk in height,",1.0
"Yet long before he dips his wheels in night,",0.0
In the soft dews of renovating sleep;,3.0
"The worthy sire to the soft bed repairs,",4.0
The sons beneath the shade forget their cares.,0.0
"The clock strikes two, it beats upon the ear,",1.0
And soon the parent's anxious voice they hear;,0.0
"Come, come, my lads, you must not sleep all day!",1.0
"They rub their eyes, start up, then stalk away.",2.0
But let me not at twelve forget to eye,0.0
"Some near at home to dinner dancing run,",0.0
While bread and cheese form battlements on high;,2.0
Best to demand the name of good thick cream!,3.0
"The dinner done; the happy train so gay,",0.0
In various groups disperse to various play;,4.0
"Gets leave to breathe, and breath brings change of thought;",2.0
"For races some, but more for football cry,",1.0
"Mark out their ground, and toss the globe on high;",0.0
"The well fought field deals many a galling stroke,",4.0
"And many a chief's overthrown, and many a shin is broke.",4.0
The gentler sex choose out a gentler play;,2.0
"They form a smiling circle on the green,",1.0
"Run home to see if yet they pick themselves,",1.0
"Though but an hour ago their throats they crammed,",1.0
"Their books forgot, nor work remembered more;",0.0
"All share the joy, but one imprisoned slave,",1.0
Who from offended worth no boon would save.,2.0
"The dame he said was like a clocking hen,",0.0
Who never would let them out when it did rain;,2.0
"And if again his hands she dared to switch,",1.0
Who for a raisin or a fig would tell,1.0
Faults of a brother he loved never so well;,4.0
"Nor with the dame will his proud heart be friends,",3.0
"He loves her not; for this the hour of play,",1.0
"And now the dame in neat white mob is seen,",1.0
"Her russet gown, silk kerchief, apron clean,",1.0
"At the school door her tremulous voice is heard,",5.0
And the blithe game's unwillingly deferred.,3.0
From noon till morn rests female toil; save come,3.0
The evening hours when lowing cows draw home.,1.0
"Now the good neighbour walks her friend to see,",1.0
"And knit an hour, and drink a dish of tea.",0.0
"The baker has none, got no yeast last week;",3.0
"And little Peggy thinks herself ill sped,",1.0
Though she has got a great piece gingerbread.,2.0
"Home she returns, but disappointment's trace",2.0
"She whispers lowly in her sister's ear,",0.0
"Scarce can restrain the glistening, swelling tear.",2.0
"Blythe Peggy smiles, she well the errand knows",1.0
"There from the bowl where cream so coolly swims,",1.0
That for the wheaten loaf oft stands in stead;,1.0
"Cup after cup sends steaming circles round,",2.0
And oft the weak tea's in the full pot drowned;,2.0
"It matters not, for while their news they tell",0.0
"The mind's content, and all things move on well.",1.0
"The sun has now his saffron robe put on,",2.0
"Stepped from his chariot that with rubies shone,",1.0
"The glittering monarch gains the western gate,",2.0
And for a moment shines in regal state;,1.0
"His streaming mantle floats along the sky,",0.0
While he glides softly from the gazing eye;,3.0
"From saffron tinge to yellow soon it flew,",0.0
"Now different cares employ the village train,",1.0
The rich in cattle press the milky vein;,0.0
"It's little Peggy, she the pail would fill,",1.0
"She stroked and clapped her, but she'd not allow;",1.0
The well known hand best pleased the knowing cow;,2.0
"Though cabbage leaves before her band was cast,",0.0
In gathered heaps you see the fragments laid;,0.0
"Piled up with care to swell the nightly blaze,",0.0
And in the widow's hut a fire to raise.,0.0
"See where she comes with her blue apron full,",3.0
Crowned with some scattered locks of dingy wool.,0.0
"In years she seems, and on her well patched clothes",2.0
Want much has added to her other woes.,1.0
There is a poor-house; but some little pride,3.0
Forbids her there her humbled head to hide;,1.0
"Over former scenes of better days she runs,",0.0
And every thing like degradation shuns!,0.0
"Now hooded Eve slow gliding comes in view,",2.0
Busied in threading pearls of diamond dew;,2.0
"Waking the flowers that early close the eye,",4.0
And giving drops to those that else would die.,1.0
"And what is man but such a tender flower,",1.0
"That buds, blooms, fades, and dies within the hour?",1.0
"Where round yonder cottage the rosemary grows,",2.0
"Two aged females turn the weary wheel,",2.0
"And, as they turn, their slumbering thoughts reveal:",3.0
Poor England may remembered to her cost!,3.0
"Ever since that time the weather has grown cold,",1.0
For Jane forgets that she is now grown old.,2.0
"So scorching hot the weather was in April,",1.0
It's not so now; the sun has lost its power;,0.0
The very apples nowadays are sour!,0.0
Could not the Parson tell the reason why,0.0
There are such changes both in earth and sky?,1.0
"It's not these only, Margaret replied,",1.0
Look at the girls! ' --  they all dress nowadays,1.0
Like them fine folk who act them nonsense plays!,3.0
"No more the decent mob surrounds the face,",0.0
"All things are changed, the world's turned upside down,",3.0
"And every servant wears a cotton gown,",0.0
"Bit flimsy things, that have no strength to wear,",2.0
She slighting told me iT would not do in town!,0.0
"This pride! this pride! it sure must have a fall,",0.0
And bring some heavy judgement on us all!,1.0
"When courting them, to skulk behind a cow,",1.0
"Till all's in bed. My John, when courting me,",1.0
Used after supper to come manfully;,4.0
For oft he used to say he knew no place,1.0
Where honesty need fear to show its face.,1.0
"No more it need! My master used to cry, ' --",0.0
"He feared but two things ' --  to turn thief, and lie.",3.0
"The leading crow her colony brings home,",2.0
And two by two they seek their leafy dome.,0.0
"Of all the branches that invite to rest,",0.0
Each loves the one that hangs above its nest;,1.0
"What though of rudest architecture made,",0.0
"Nor thorns surrounding nor with clay inlaid,",2.0
"Yet it's the spot where infant days began,",0.0
That thus attaches both the crow and man!,0.0
"Others the wrestler's glory would maintain,",2.0
Twist the strong nerve and fill the swelling vein;,3.0
"One youth his pipe blows from the rocky hill,",2.0
"Another strikes the violin cheerful string,",7.0
Light to the dance the bounding virgins spring:,0.0
"It's most part nature, yet some art is found",1.0
When one ' --  two ' --  three lies heavy on the ground;,5.0
"For it's not airy feet which seem to fly,",1.0
"Then come descended quivering from the sky,",1.0
"Nor form that every Grace was known to bend,",0.0
"Nor foot that every feathered Hour would lend,",0.0
"Has any merit here; ' --  but feet of sound,",0.0
"Or as the drum a certain sound repeats,",1.0
"Flutters now low, and then in thunder beats;",2.0
From Nature and from Art how wide the sphere,1.0
Courts unimproved would be what you see here.,1.0
"Now Eve had sprinkled every flower with dew,",3.0
And her gauze hood was wet and dripping through;,3.0
"A light grey cloak to the warm fleece allied,",3.0
"Her chilly fingers close and closer tied,",0.0
Was given her by her elder sister Night.,1.0
A faithful couple to the shades withdrew.,1.0
"The maid had every blush that bloom can give,",0.0
"Where youth fresh glowing bids the blossom live,",1.0
"Shades the full rose, and hides its bolder red,",3.0
Pure as the drop that in the early morn,0.0
"Hangs with such sweetness smiling on the thorn,",1.0
"Shadows the frown, or plays within the smile;",1.0
"She moves, the wonder of the rural plain,",1.0
And many a sigh steals to her ear in vain.,2.0
"A youth there was like her, of better mould,",0.0
Whose soul deemed lightly of the weight of gold.,2.0
"Which some call merit, though no way their own;",3.0
"The Church was laid out as his rising line,",1.0
Himself delighting in the text divine;,0.0
"That text, at home by country masters taught,",0.0
"Might stint the learning but keep back the fault,",2.0
"For sure great knowledge we should all despise,",2.0
The mother's eye had long over all her son,3.0
"With many a fear, and much observance run,",2.0
"Seen where beneath the elms a path was worn, ' --",1.0
"Marked him at pensive eve, and laughing morn",0.0
"Still seek the shade, ' --  now with sad step, and slow,",4.0
"With folded arms, and head declining low;",0.0
"Then livelier thoughts awake a quicker pace,",2.0
And hope breaks out and glows along his face.,2.0
Thus to the partner of her thirty years,1.0
"She soft began: ' --  Thou calmer of my fears,",1.0
"Oft has thy firmer mind my sorrows stilled,",0.0
"As from thy lips thy better sense distilled,",1.0
Hast thou observed our dearest hope of late?,1.0
"Whose spirits flag with some uncommon weight, ' --",0.0
"And silent night has seen the torrent roll,",0.0
"The wandering stream has from his eyelids crept,",3.0
And his moist pillow shown he has not slept.,2.0
"My life, rejoined the father, in thy mind",0.0
"The missed of tenderness the optics blind,",1.0
"Imagined ills from feeling ever flow,",0.0
All things look big when seen through clouds of woe;,1.0
They all turn grave who search the source of things.,1.0
"This not believing, ceased she to reply,",1.0
"Marked when sweet Anna's name breathed in the sound,",3.0
How quick his eye sprung from the thoughtful ground;,2.0
"Joy smoothed his brow, and blushes died his face.",1.0
And now she knew what sickened over his soul.,2.0
"The father skilled in all the ways of man,",0.0
"Thus, to his mate affectionate, began:",1.0
The greatest good from change of scene we find.,0.0
"Though one dear object, touchstone of our woe,",1.0
"Yet gay variety divides the view, ' --",1.0
Spite of ourselves we gaze at what is new;,1.0
"That fainter grow, worn out by length of way;",2.0
"A softer missed over every object spreads,",3.0
"Figures grow dim, and towers scarce show their heads:",6.0
"But scenes retire, and dearest objects fly;",0.0
He lags no more ' --  by soft degrees is stole,1.0
"New loves, or friends, shall wear out all his woe;",1.0
Ideas changing as new views arise,2.0
"Let in new light, and almost change the eyes;",4.0
"Excite no wonder, and delight no more.",3.0
"The mother sighed, the starting tear withheld,",0.0
To her fond partner ever fond to yield;,2.0
"Nor ever felt she what is called command,",0.0
His wish grew hers in magic quickness bland.,2.0
Through all the wood her new washed flock had strayed;,1.0
The youth too sought the shade in hopes to clear,1.0
"Far from the uproar of the loud cascade,",2.0
"Where the slow stream crept softly to the shade,",5.0
"That seem by some enchantment to have sprang,",1.0
"For the scant soil nor moss nor grass bestows,",2.0
But yawning cliffs the sinewy roots expose;,2.0
"There on her cheek the roses felt the dew,",1.0
Which drop by drop extracts their softest hue:,0.0
"Why weeps my Anna? Sure she knows this heart,",0.0
And knows in absence we but seem to part;,1.0
"Though mountains rise, and the slow weary day",2.0
"Draws out the journey a long length of way,",2.0
"Yet trust me, Anna, still my soul shall be",0.0
"Chained to thy soul, and never part from thee!",0.0
Sweet Anna shook her head ' --  sad sighs oppose,2.0
"The lip kept moving, but no accent fell,",4.0
Yet the round tear perhaps can speak as well.,0.0
"OH cease, my Anna, or declare thy fears,",2.0
"I cannot, cannot bear these softening tears!",0.0
What have I done to tempt thy generous mind,2.0
To form a thought that I can grow unkind?,1.0
"Nothing ' --  she sobbed, ' --  but ' --  but it cannot be ' --",3.0
But every eye must take delight in thee!,0.0
"Some maid whom education softens over,",0.0
To whose rich mind each day keeps adding more;,2.0
"Whose winning manners mixed with every grace,",0.0
"Invite the eye, and keep it from the face, ' --",1.0
"And, when she speaks, Persuasion's lyre is strung,",0.0
And the sweet words come warbling from her tongue;,5.0
"If such a one thy heart in fetters hold, ' --",1.0
"For I have not one fear from sordid gold,",0.0
"I shall not blame my William, ' --  still may he",0.0
"Taste every bless, whatever becomes of me.",4.0
"Dearest of women, William thus rejoined,",2.0
How can such fears ever cloud so bright a mind!,5.0
"In finer arts I know some may excel,",1.0
"Some have more grace, and some few speak as well",0.0
"Yet the sweet accent will but thrill my ear,",0.0
"Trust me, my Anna, iT will not reach me here.",1.0
"This heart is thine, and every faithful chord",1.0
Will only vibrate to thy well known word:,2.0
"Our wish the same, and our delights but one;",1.0
"One after one, to crown my happiness;",2.0
"The day shall come when I shall claim my own,",1.0
And freely to the world my love make known.,2.0
"So saying, to their homes they separate go,",1.0
He more at ease ' --  she something less in woe.,0.0
"In this gay village hangs a wondrous sign,",2.0
The Hounds and Hare are the immense design.,1.0
"There hunters crack their whips, and seem to bound",0.0
"Over every hedge, nor touch the mimic ground;",0.0
"The huntsman winds his horn, his big cheeks swell,",1.0
As to the school he drags the unwilling way.,3.0
"Around the front inviting benches wait,",0.0
Conscious of many a glass and sage debate;,4.0
"The great man of the village cracks his joke,",2.0
"Tells tales of old, and nods, and heaves the can,",1.0
"Makes fixed decrees, and seems much more than man.",1.0
"Come, Jack, sit down. Thy father, man, and me,",1.0
"Broke many a glass, and many a freak had we.",5.0
"'Twas when he sought thy mother, at Carel Fair",1.0
I mind the corn was very bad that year,0.0
"We met thy mother and my wife in the street,",1.0
And took them into Beck's to get a treat;,0.0
"Blind Joseph played, and I took out thy mother,",1.0
"Thy father, he was shy, he got another;",1.0
"And when I took her back, as you may see,",1.0
I whipped her blushing on thy father's knee.,1.0
"Then in came Robin Bell, who liked her too,",1.0
"And bit his lip, and turned both red and blue,",1.0
"Teased her to dance, as you may see, and then",1.0
"Kept her himself, nor brought her back again.",2.0
"I fired at this, while up thy father rose,",0.0
"Gave him a kick, and tweaked him by the nose.",1.0
"They stripped to fight, as you may see, and I",1.0
In seeing fair play got a blackened eye;,1.0
"I durst not show my face at home next day,",0.0
"But bade my mother say I went away,",0.0
"The blacksmith laughed, the cobbler gave a smile,",1.0
And the pleased tailor scratched his head the while.,2.0
But hark! what sounds of mingled joy and woe,0.0
From yonder poor cottage bursting seem to flow.,3.0
"And, after all his toils, got safely home.",1.0
"Welcome, old soldier, welcome from the wars!",4.0
"Come give's thy hand, and bring the to other can,",2.0
"Now expectation stares in every eye,",1.0
"The jaw falls down, and every soul draws nigh,",3.0
"With ear turned up, and head held all awry.",3.0
"What battle's lost, and what is hardly won.",0.0
"But when the eye looks into private woes,",1.0
"And sees the grief that from one battle flows,",1.0
"Small cause of triumph can the bravest feel,",2.0
For never yet were brave hearts made of steel.,1.0
"It happened once, in storming of a town,",1.0
"When our bold men had pushed the ramparts down,",4.0
"We found them starving, the last loaf was gone,",2.0
"Beef was exhausted, and they flour had none;",3.0
"Their springs we drain, to ditches yet they fly ' --",0.0
The stagnant ditch lent treacherous supply;,2.0
And the quick fever hastens through their veins.,3.0
In the same room the dying and the dead ' --,4.0
"You saw the mother with her children lie,",1.0
None but the father left to close the sunken eye.,0.0
"In a dark corner, once myself I found",3.0
A youth whose blood was pouring through the wound;,1.0
"No sister's hand, no tender mother's eye",2.0
To staunch that wound was fondly watching by;,1.0
"Famine had done her work, and low were laid",0.0
The loving mother and the blooming maid.,1.0
"He raised his eyes, and bade me strike the blow,",0.0
"No foe is near, I softly made reply,",1.0
"A soldier, friend, would save and not destroy.",0.0
A drop of cordial in my flask I found;,0.0
And I myself am sovereign for a wound;,3.0
"I'll bleed you all, lads! if you should be ill,",0.0
"Our drummer too, poor man, dealt much in horns,",2.0
That oft had charmed the sentinels and me;,1.0
"From post to post like lightning he would fly,",1.0
"We praised him for't, ' --  so I my captain told,",1.0
"So then the surgeon took him in his charge,",0.0
And the captain made him prisoner at large.,1.0
Spring like the grass that clothes the common ground;,0.0
"Some more, some less, you know, grows every where;",1.0
"Some soils are fertile, and some are but bare.",2.0
And as much pity as I could do here!,2.0
"Once in their woods I strayed a length of way,",0.0
And thought I'd known the path that homeward lay;,0.0
"We'd gone to forage, but I lost the rest,",1.0
"Which, till quite out of hearing, never guessed.",0.0
"I hollowed loud, some voices made reply,",0.0
But not my comrades; not one friend was nigh.,1.0
"Some men appeared, their faces painted over,",0.0
"Their ears were hung with beads, that largely spread",0.0
"A breadth of wing, and covered half the head.",0.0
I kissed the ground; one older than the rest,1.0
"Stepped forth, and laid his hand upon my breast,",1.0
"Then seized my arms, and signed that I should go,",1.0
And learn with them to bend the sturdy bow:,1.0
"I bowed and followed; sadly did I mourn,",0.0
And never more expected to return.,1.0
"Here Sarah sobbed, and stepped behind the door,",0.0
"We travelled on some days through woods alone,",1.0
At length we reached their happy silent home.,0.0
"A few green acres the whole plot compose,",3.0
"Which woods surround, and fencing rocks enclose,",0.0
"Skirting whose banks, a river fond of play",2.0
"Sometime stood still, and sometime ran away;",3.0
"The branching deer would drink the dimpled tide,",0.0
"And crop the wild herbs on its flowery side, ' --",4.0
"Around the silent hut would sometime stray,",1.0
"Then, at the sight of man, bound swift away;",1.0
But all in vain; the hunter's flying dart,0.0
"A mother and four daughters here we found,",2.0
"With shells encircled, and with feathers crowned,",1.0
While lesser shells surround the moonlike ear.,1.0
With screams at sight of me away they flew,1.0
For fear or pleasure springs from what is new;,0.0
"Then, to their brothers, screaming still they ran,",0.0
"When bolder grown, they ventured something near,",0.0
"Light touched my coat, but started back with fear.",1.0
"When time and use had chased their fears away,",0.0
"And I had learnt some few short words to say,",2.0
"They oft would tell me, would I but allow",1.0
"The rampant lion to overhang my brow,",2.0
"And on my cheek the spotted leopard wear,",1.0
"Stretch out my ears, and let my arms go bare.",1.0
"OH mercy on us? cried the listeners round,",2.0
Their gaping wonder bursting into sound.,0.0
"Though different in their manners, yet their heart",0.0
Was equal mine in every better part.,1.0
"Brave to a fault, if courage fault can be;",0.0
"Kind to their fellows, doubly kind to me.",0.0
"Some little arts my travelled judgement taught,",0.0
"Needless with bows for me the woods to roam,",3.0
I therefore tried to do some good at home.,1.0
Save the swift salmon of the silver flood;,4.0
"Some goats I saw that browsed the rocks among,",0.0
And oft I thought to trap their playful young;,0.0
But not till first a fencing hedge surrounds,0.0
"Their future fields, and the enclosure bounds;",1.0
"For many a father owns a hatchet here,",2.0
Which falls descending to his wealthy heir.,1.0
"The playful kid we from the pitfall bring,",2.0
"Light lay the branches over the treacherous deep,",5.0
And favourite herbs among the long grass creep.,1.0
"The little prisoner soon is taught to stand,",0.0
And in another field the clover grew;,0.0
"At last, of stone we formed a sort of spade,",0.0
"Broad at the end, and sharp, for cutting made;",0.0
"We pushed along, the tender grass gave way,",1.0
And soon the sun turned every pile to hay.,1.0
"It was not long before the flocks increased,",1.0
And I first gave the unknown milky feast.,7.0
"Some clay I found, and useful bowls I made,",0.0
"Though, I must own, I marred the potter's trade;",0.0
Yet use is every thing ' --  they did the same,0.0
As if from China the rude vessels came.,3.0
And twirled on strings the roasting meat to dress.,0.0
"In all the woods the Indian corn was found,",2.0
Whose grains I scattered in the faithful ground;,0.0
"The willing soil leaves little here to do,",1.0
"Yet something like one with delight I made,",1.0
"The coulter and the sock were pointed stone,",1.0
"The eager brothers drew the traces on,",1.0
"I stalked behind, and threw the faithful grain,",0.0
Nor wait the golden sheaves the falling year;,0.0
"Some bricks I burned, and now a house arose,",0.0
Finer than aught the Indian chieftain knows;,4.0
But lamps cheered up the gloom of lengthened night;,2.0
"The cotton shrub through all the woods had run,",0.0
"Around their fields the yam I taught to grow,",0.0
With all the fruits they either love or know.,0.0
"The bed I raised from the damp earth, and now",2.0
Some little comfort walked our dwelling through.,1.0
"My fame was spread: the neighbouring Indians came,",4.0
"Viewed all our works, and strove to do the same.",0.0
That tells great actions without help of words.,6.0
"I gained much honour, and each friend would bring",0.0
"And when, with many a prayer, I ask once more",3.0
"To seek my friends, and wander to the shore,",1.0
While many a friend his load of skins would bear.,2.0
Riches were mine; but fate willed it not,3.0
They grew the treasure of the Spanish foe;,1.0
"My Indian friends threw down their fleecy load,",2.0
"And, like the bounding elk, leaped back into the wood.",1.0
"What though a prisoner! countrymen I found,",1.0
"Heard my own tongue, and blessed the cheerful sound;",0.0
"It seemed to me as if my home was there,",1.0
And every dearest friend would soon appear.,0.0
At length a cartel gave us back to share,5.0
The wounds and dangers of a bloody war.,1.0
"Peace dawned at last, and now the sails were spread,",1.0
"Some climb the ship unhurt, some few half dead.",1.0
"Not this afflicts the gallant soldier's mind,",1.0
"Chelsea a crutch and bench will yet supply,",2.0
And be the veteran's dear lost limb and eye!,3.0
"When English ground first struck the sailor's view,",1.0
"The waving crutch leapt up in every hand,",2.0
While one poor leg was left alone to stand;,3.0
"The very name another limb bestows,",0.0
And through the artery the blood now flows.,3.0
And fondly fancied friends would crowd around;,0.0
And little pride is every where the same.,0.0
"In coming down, the seeing eye of day",1.0
"Darkened around me, and I lost my way.",3.0
"Wherever a light shot glimmering through the trees,",4.0
"I thither urged my weary trembling knees,",2.0
"They barred the door, and bade me beg elsewhere,",1.0
"This was the tale wherever I made a halt,",3.0
And greater houses grew upon the fault;,0.0
"The dog was loosed to keep me far at bay,",0.0
Or else a constable should find a home,1.0
For wandering captains from the wars new come.,4.0
"Alas! thought I, is this the soldier's praise",3.0
"For loss of health, of limb, and length of days?",0.0
"And is this England? ' --  England, my delight!",2.0
For whom I thought it glory but to fight ' --,1.0
That has no covert for the soldier's night!,2.0
"I turned half fainting, led through all the gloom",1.0
"One path I kept, that seemed at times to end,",0.0
Till it forsook the open fields around;,1.0
"By slow degrees, to towering woods it crept,",0.0
As if beneath their shade it nightly slept.,1.0
"I here had halted, lest some beasts of prey,",1.0
"In midnight theft, had paced the treacherous way,",3.0
"But that a twinkling light sometime appeared,",1.0
"Sometime grew dim, and sometime brightly cleared",3.0
This could not be the lure of beasts of prey;,0.0
"They know no art of imitating day,",1.0
"Through tufts of flowers, that made its borders gay;",2.0
"And now a rock the parting leaves unfold,",0.0
"On which a withering oak had long grown old,",3.0
The curling ivy oft attempts to hide,0.0
"Its sad decay, with robes of verdant pride,",0.0
"Yet through her leafy garb the eye can peer,",0.0
And see it buys the youthful dress too dear.,1.0
"A hollow cavern now methought I spied,",5.0
"Where clustering grapes came wandering down its side,",4.0
"Between whose leaves a ray of light would dart,",0.0
That both rejoiced and terrified my heart.,0.0
"I ventured in, ' --  my breath I scarcely drew,",0.0
"An inner cavern beamed with fuller light,",0.0
And gave a holy hermit to my sight;,1.0
"Himself and Piety seemed but the same,",2.0
And Wisdom for grey hairs another name;,2.0
"Some traces yet of sorrow might be found,",0.0
That over his features walked their pensive round;,2.0
"Devotion seemed to bid them not to stray,",0.0
But human feelings gave the wanderers way.,2.0
"His eye he raised from the instructive page,",1.0
An eye more sunk by wearing grief than age;,0.0
"Surprise a moment over his features spread,",2.0
And gave them back their once accustomed red.,0.0
"Welcome my son ' --  a hermit's welcome share,",2.0
And let the welcome mend the scanty fare.,0.0
"A soldier's toils the softest couch requires,",0.0
"The strengthening food, and renovating fires;",2.0
"Not such the hermit's needy cell bestows,",0.0
"Pampered alone by luxury of woes,",3.0
And the moss pillow props the weary head;,2.0
And languid Sorrow asks for nothing more;,0.0
"Sufficient that her eye unseen can weep,",0.0
"Stream while awake, and flow yet more in sleep.",1.0
It's now twelve years since Solitude first drew,2.0
"Her closing curtain round my opening view,",2.0
"Since first I left my once delightful home,",0.0
Along with Grief and Solitude to roam.,0.0
"Much I expressed my wonder, how a mind",2.0
So stored as his could herd from all mankind.,2.0
"You speak, he said, like one whose soul is free,",1.0
"Slave to no wish, nor chained to misery.",4.0
"When ceaseless anguish clouds the summer's sky,",0.0
And fairest prospects tarnish in the eye;,0.0
"When cheerful scenes spread every lure in vain,",1.0
And sweet Society but adds to pain;,1.0
When weeping Memory incessant brings,1.0
"The sad reversion of all former things,",1.0
To gild those views that opened with our friends:,1.0
"When joyful days through the whole year would run,",2.0
And Mirth set out and travel with the sun;,3.0
"When Youth and Pleasure hand in hand would stray,",0.0
And every month was little less than May;,0.0
"When changing Fortune shifts the incessant scene,",2.0
"And only points to where our joys have been,",0.0
"Is it a wonder from the world we run,",2.0
And all its fleeting empty pageants shun?,0.0
"There is a something in a well known view,",2.0
That seems to show our long past pleasures through;,2.0
"Sure in the eye a fairy land is found,",0.0
When former scenes bring former friends around.,1.0
"Let but the woods, the rocks, the streams appear,",0.0
And every friend you see and think you hear;,0.0
"Their words, their dress, their every look, you find",0.0
"Swell to the sight, and burst upon the mind;",0.0
"Though many a spring has lent the blossom gay,",1.0
"And many an autumn blown the leaf away,",2.0
"Unchanged the lasting images remain,",1.0
Of which Remembrance ever holds the chain.,0.0
"Even the mind's eye a glassy mirror shows,",2.0
And far too deeply her bold pencil draws;,3.0
"The lifelike pictures rise before the sight,",1.0
"Glow through the day, and sparkle through the night.",1.0
Though dimly seen through this sad vale of tears.,2.0
"That winning form, where elegance has wove",1.0
Which leaves so little for the tongue to speak;,1.0
The nameless graces of her polished mind;,1.0
"That laughing wit, and serious sense refined;",2.0
"That altogether which no art can reach,",1.0
And which it's nature's very rare to teach;,0.0
"That nameless something which pervades the soul,",0.0
"Wins not by halves, but captivates the whole;",3.0
"Yet, if one feature shone before the rest,",0.0
'Twas surely Pity by Religion dressed.,2.0
"Have I not seen the softly stealing tear,",0.0
"While the dark orb the glittering diamond shed,",5.0
"From her fair cheek the frightened roses fled,",2.0
"Ashamed that, such a gem so sweetly clear,",1.0
"Aught, save the lily, should presume to wear.",1.0
And some relief in every tear that flows!,0.0
"Else why call back those days for ever flown,",3.0
And with them every joy this heart can own?,1.0
"Pleasure and pain is the sad mixture still,",4.0
"Taste but the good, and you must taste the ill;",1.0
That brings up pleasures livelier than they were;,2.0
"Delighted Fancy dwells upon the view,",0.0
Compares old scenes with what she meets with new;,1.0
"The present hour grows dull, her charms decay,",3.0
"And, one by one, drop silently away.",5.0
"Neglect succeeds ' --  Neglect, the worst of foes,",0.0
"That married love or single friendship knows,",0.0
"Whose torpid soul congealed in stupor lies,",0.0
"Nor sees one charm, nor hears the smothering sighs;",2.0
Sees not the hourly load of comforts brought,0.0
"By fond affection, watching every thought,",0.0
"Nor the heart beating with the wish to please, ' --",3.0
"Cold, cold Neglect, nor hears, nor feels, nor sees!",1.0
"Thus, in the present hour too, oft slides by",1.0
The many a charm that might detain the eye;,2.0
"But just as if from woes we could not part,",1.0
"We veil the sight, and close shut up the heart;",2.0
So I myself would never forget the day,4.0
When Ethelinda vowed her heart away.,1.0
"Our births were equal, but exalted views",1.0
For the fair daughter bade the sire refuse.,3.0
"Though, after all, the greatest good is health!",0.0
My soul's companion joined me every where;,0.0
"Whatever scenes entrapped my travelling eye,",1.0
"Her just opinion met my listening ear,",0.0
"And her remarks on men, and climes, I hear.",1.0
"This was not absence, or it was a dream,",3.0
"Of growing love, or less increasing gold;",0.0
"Yet fortune frowned not; and, in lengthening time,",3.0
One day I saw that marked her to be mine.,0.0
"That gives the converse of an absent friend,",1.0
"And, for a moment, makes that absence end;",1.0
"For, while the eager eyes the lines run over,",1.0
"Distance steps back, and drags the chain no more;",4.0
For one short moment the dear friends we see,4.0
"Close by our side, just as they used to be.",1.0
"Such sweet delusions are not formed to last,",1.0
They met the hand of a deceitful friend;,1.0
"Her brother, anxious for a lord's success,",1.0
"Thought it no sin to blast my happiness,",4.0
"That I had sold myself to age, and gold.",1.0
"Her good opinion baffled long the tale,",0.0
And love for long kept down the struggling scale.,2.0
"But when, from year to year, Hope pointed on,",2.0
"And the last hope with the last year was gone,",4.0
"She tried to think I must be base, and strove",0.0
To scorn the man who could give up her love;,0.0
"Yet her soft heart no other flame confessed,",4.0
It lodged the tenant of her faithful breast.,1.0
"Home I returned, much wearied out with woes,",3.0
And every fear that fretful silence knows.,0.0
Fear for her death was far my greatest dread;,0.0
How could I bear to think her with the dead!,1.0
When the warm lover cooled into the friend.,2.0
Found her unmarried ' --  found she was not dead.,3.0
"And now, to know the cause of all my woe,",0.0
"With hope and fear, and joy, and grief, I go;",0.0
"A thousand fears would stop me in my way,",0.0
A thousand hopes forbid one moment's stay.,0.0
"As nigh the house with anxious step I drew,",0.0
Fond recollections crowded all the view;,1.0
"I felt a tear creep round and round my eye,",1.0
"That shame of man, and yet I know not why.",0.0
"While at the door her faithful maid I saw,",0.0
The short quick breath I scarce had power to draw;,3.0
Where ' --  is ' --  your la ' --  my lips no more would move.,1.0
"Something like hope a cordial drop bestowed,",2.0
"The heart grew warm, and the pale cheek now glowed.",3.0
"Near to the arbour silently I drew,",1.0
And trembling looked the leafy lattice through;,1.0
"The sprightly air which once lit up her face,",2.0
To pensive softness long had given place;,0.0
"Its gentle charms around her features crowd,",0.0
"More dear she seemed, more interesting far,",1.0
Than when her eye was called the evening star;,0.0
"On her fair hand she leaned her drooping head,",2.0
"Once my own profile on the leaf I drew,",1.0
' With thee conversing I forget all time;',2.0
"Her eye I saw ran every feature over,",1.0
And scanned the line where truth seemed writ no more;,2.0
"She shook her head, its meaning well I knew:",0.0
"'Twas even thus, you once loved lines adieu;",2.0
"The book she shut ' --  so softly was it closed,",1.0
"I walked around, the crimping grass would say, ' --",0.0
Some heavy foot has brushed our dews away;,0.0
"She started up, and, shaking off the tear,",2.0
"But when my form the parting leaves betrayed,",0.0
"And fuller light around my features played,",0.0
"She grows a statue, wrought by Michael's art,",1.0
"A marble figure, with a human heart,",1.0
"More pale, more cold, than Medici can seem,",4.0
Or all the forms that from the quarry teem.,1.0
"I bowed, but spoke not, injured as I thought,",1.0
And wishing much to show the sense I ought;,0.0
"I durst not trust the impatient tongue to move,",2.0
"For, ah! I felt it would but talk of love.",0.0
"I silent stand. What art thou, vision, say,",0.0
Why dost thou cross a wretched wanderer's way?,0.0
Sure it's the whimsy of a feverish mind,3.0
That fancies forms none but itself can find!,2.0
I bowed again. O! speak if thou art he,0.0
That once was dear ' --  so very dear to me?,0.0
"That once was dear, so very dear to thee;",0.0
"To swell my sails, and ask my quick return?",0.0
"A married man! ' --  she sharply made reply,",0.0
"With much resentment sparkling in her eye, ' --",0.0
A married man has every right to hear,0.0
What thoughts pursue us through the changing year!,1.0
"Yes, I will tell you: happy was the day",1.0
In which you gave your heart and hand away.,0.0
"I gave not mine, yet free from every vow",1.0
That would have tied me to a wretch like you.,1.0
"I feel as blissful in my single state,",0.0
"As you, no doubt, feel in your wealthy mate!",1.0
Some cruel monster has abused your ear;,0.0
"Your faithful lover see before you stand,",0.0
Your faithful lover dares to claim your hand;,0.0
No other loves melt over this heart again!,4.0
"Let easy fortune nameless comforts spread,",1.0
And slope for life the soft descending tread.,0.0
"No needful cares, to study how the year",2.0
"Shall rule its squares, and run its circles clear;",0.0
"The generous hand no close restraint shall know,",3.0
But opening bounty from the fingers flow.,3.0
"The saddest sight the pitying eyes receive,",2.0
"Brings no warm clothing, and affords no bread.",4.0
"On you shall pleasure wait with ready call,",1.0
"Speed to the play, or hasten to the ball;",1.0
"Where safest ease her flowery carpet throws,",2.0
And plain good comforts ornamental grow.,0.0
"'Midst scenes like these would Ethelinda blaze,",3.0
"Wealth is her own, for it is mine to give,",1.0
"As it is hers, to bid me how to live.",2.0
"But should domestic peace her soul allure,",0.0
"If in sweet converse hours should steal away,",1.0
While we still wander at the close of day;,2.0
"If every wish preventing love should see,",0.0
"And all the world we to ourselves should be,",1.0
To be whatever her heart would ask the while;,3.0
"OH yes, dear friend! I yet can read the line,",2.0
"Domestic peace has every charm for me,",0.0
How doubly charming when enjoyed with thee!,0.0
Now honour pleaded that my fame should bleed.,1.0
And life is ruled by her detested creed;,1.0
"This idol, honour, at whose shrine appears",0.0
"He, fiery youth, impatient of control,",3.0
"And the grey veteran sorry from his soul,",3.0
"The injuring and the injured both repair,",1.0
"It matters not where right or wrong began,",0.0
"The man who fights must be an honest man,",0.0
"Should damp his soul, and keep his sword in awe;",0.0
Sole proof of excellence such warriors give ' --,2.0
"The guilty breast is ever up in arms,",1.0
And the least look the conscious soul alarms!,2.0
"Should your quick eye the shuffling card detect,",3.0
And all the world admits the challenge right!,0.0
"Not to accept it blasts a virtuous fame,",3.0
And links your memory with eternal shame;,3.0
It matters not though pure your life appears,0.0
On the long record of revolving years;,2.0
"Though heaven you fear, arid heaven's forbidding law,",6.0
"That stamps him criminal who dares to draw,",1.0
"Yet man, vain man, breaks through the laws of heaven,",3.0
"Dies by the sword, and hopes to be forgiven;",0.0
"For what we duels from high fashion call,",2.0
"Is Suicide, or Murder, after all!",0.0
"Sometime the heart almost approves the deed,",2.0
When barbarous wounds make reputation bleed;,3.0
"Of all the crimes of any shape or die,",0.0
"That looks the blackest in true feeling's eye,",1.0
"If a dear sister's purity we feel,",3.0
Nature cries out ' --  where is the avenging steel?,1.0
"Avenging steel! how impotent the word,",1.0
And all the threats and cures that tend the sword!,0.0
"Sweet Reputation, like a lily fair,",1.0
"The colouring sunbeam on its whiteness plays,",2.0
And dances round and round with gilding rays;,0.0
"Anon dark clouds these gilding rays withhold,",1.0
"Nor can a sword, or the depending pen,",2.0
Clear the lost female character again;,3.0
"The vindication better never hear, ' --",1.0
"And female fame is such a tender flower,",2.0
It cannot even bear a pitying shower;,2.0
"Courage in man is something near as nice,",2.0
"Which life must buy, and wear at any price.",0.0
"Much against my conscience, and against heaven's law,",5.0
My destined brother to account I draw;,1.0
"Against his life I meant no hand to rear, ' --",1.0
I meant but with the world to settle clear;,1.0
Was all the sword I ever thought to wield.,0.0
Hard was the onset; in the fatal strife,1.0
His hand I saw aimed only at my life;,1.0
"I waved its point, still hoping to disarm,",2.0
And guard both lives secure from every harm.,1.0
"I parried long; he made a lounging stroke,",0.0
And my sad weapon in his bosom broke.,2.0
"It's past he said ' --  much injured man, adieu!",0.0
In that sad moment every pang I found,1.0
"That darts through father's, brother's, sister's, wound!",0.0
How sunk in sin seemed the detested deed;,2.0
"The world's applause was stripped of all its charms,",0.0
"And the whole Conscience met the Man in arms,",2.0
"With sad remorse, that never can have rest.",1.0
Lost in the floods of never ending woe!,0.0
"For, ah! what woes can ever hope an end",0.0
That mourn a brother slaughtered by a friend!,1.0
"Then from his breast some brief, brief lines he drew, ' --",1.0
"The blots were many, though the words were few:",1.0
"Fly me, for ever, it is time we part,",1.0
"Tortured in soul from place to place I flew,",2.0
"Unless from memory our thoughts can run,",1.0
How vain to journey round and round the sun.,0.0
"At last this solitude my sorrow sought,",0.0
For cities leave no bar for entering thought;,3.0
"I here have lived, in hopes the time will come,",0.0
"His tears fresh flowed, and mine ran down my cheek,",1.0
"At last we parted ' --  he to endless woe,",1.0
While happy I to wife and children go.,1.0
Now scolding Nancy to the alehouse flies ' --,3.0
"Thomas, get in, and do not sit to drink,",0.0
And now the sisters take their evening walk;,0.0
"One famed for goodness, and one famed for joke,",1.0
With every salve that loves to heal the wound;,0.0
"The pulse she feels with true mysterious air,",2.0
While Mrs Graham of strengthening broths takes care.,3.0
"That sickness must be hopeless of all end,",1.0
Which her good home-made wine no way can mend;,2.0
"The brother then his skill of medicine tries,",2.0
And rarely in his hands the lingering patient dies.,0.0
"The winds are lulled asleep, and now you hear",0.0
The murmuring stream hum slumber in your ear.,3.0
"Sweet Row, flow on, and be thy little vale",1.0
The future glory of the happy tale;,1.0
"With nibbling sheep, or richer feeding cow;",0.0
"With rock, and scar, and cottage on the hill,",1.0
"With curling smoke, and busy useful mill;",0.0
"Long may yonder trees afford their leafy screen,",0.0
And long from winter save the fading green;,0.0
"In every season in their speckled pride,",0.0
"Bathe the webbed foot, or over thy mirror skim,",5.0
"Nor yet the schoolboy cast the deadly stone,",1.0
"For peace and plenty, and the cheerful tale,",1.0
"For happy wives, for mirth, and honest ale,",0.0
"WIlt thou deny the bounty of a Kiss,",2.0
And see me languish for the Melting bliss?,1.0
"More sweet to me than bright delicious Wine,",1.0
Pressed from the Purple clusters of the Vine:,1.0
"Which makes the Virgins, kindled by thy fame,",1.0
Wish to expire in the Celestial Flame:,3.0
"Come then, display thy Lovely Face, and we,",1.0
"Into thy Royal Chambers brought, where I,",0.0
"May see my Lord, and fear no Witness by.",2.0
"I'm black, tis true, for scorching in the Sun;",1.0
"But though thus Clouded, the reflecting Face",3.0
Of my Bright Love shall all this blackness chase.,1.0
"Say then my Dear, much dearer than my Soul;",0.0
Where feed thy Milky Flocks? Unto what cool,4.0
Refreshing Shade dost thou resort? least I,3.0
Should as I languish in thy absence die:,0.0
"Say, Lovely Shepherd, say, What happy Streams",1.0
Are gilded now with thy Illustrious Beams?,3.0
"I'll tell thee, Fairest of all Women, how,",2.0
"Follow the Footsteps of my Flocks, and there",2.0
I will not fail to Meet my Charming Fair.,1.0
"Whom I, as Mistress of my Flocks will Grace,",1.0
My Charmer with its Tributary Sweet:,1.0
"Then, all the Night, upon my Panting Breast,",0.0
"When thy Two Lovely Eyes Inflame my Heart,",2.0
"O thou more Fair, more vastly bright, then all",1.0
"The World did ever Bright, or Glorious call:",2.0
"My Verdant Love still flourishing, to thee",2.0
"Shall sixth, as our Eternal Mansions be.",1.0
"AT thy Approach, my Cheek with Blushes glows,",1.0
"And Conscious warmth, which with Thee comes and goes;",1.0
"And Thorns to them I sooner would compare,",1.0
Then other Beauties to my Darling Fair.,1.0
And I as soon would rank a Fruitful Tree,1.0
"Beneath thy Shade, blessed, to my wish, I sat,",2.0
And of thy Royal Banquet freely eat;,1.0
While over my head a Banner was displayed:,3.0
"In which, o Melting Sight, the God of Love did Bleed.",0.0
Excess of Pleasure will my Soul destroy;,1.0
O therefore turn thy Lovely Eyes away;,1.0
"Yet do not, for I die unless they stay.",0.0
"I faint, I faint; alas! no Mortal yet,",1.0
"But sure I cannot sink, upheld by Thee;",0.0
So would I rest unto Eternity.,6.0
"And now I charge you, Virgins, not to make",0.0
"The least disturbance, till my Love awake,",1.0
What Charming Voice is that Salutes my Ear?,0.0
"He is, and yet unfriendly stays without:",1.0
"He stays, as if he did a Wellcome doubt.",2.0
"Arise my Fair, arise, and come away!",0.0
For lo the Stormy Winter's past and gone;,0.0
"And Summer, Dressed in all her Pride, comes on:",2.0
"Arise my Lovely Fair, and come away!",0.0
"Come Forth, my Dove, my Charming Innocence;",2.0
"Do thou the Spiteful Foxes then Destroy,",0.0
That would my Young Aspiring Vines Annoy.,0.0
"Not for the World would I exchange my Bliss,",1.0
"And till the break of that Eternal Day,",1.0
Whose Rising Sun shall chase the Shades away;,0.0
"Turn, my Beloved, turn again; and thy",2.0
Dear sight shall make the lazy Moments fly.,1.0
Over all my Bed I vainly sought; for there,0.0
My Arms could Grasp no more than empty air:,1.0
"Grieved with my Loss, through all the streets I rove,",0.0
And every Ear with soft Complaints I move:,0.0
"Then to the Watch, Impatient, thus I Cry;",0.0
"Tell me, OH tell! Did not my Love pass by?",3.0
"When lo, a Glimpse of my approaching Lord,",1.0
A Heaven of Joy did to my Soul afford:,1.0
"So the dark Souls confined to endless Night,",2.0
That had the stings of Absence understood:,0.0
Him to my Mothers House I did convey;,1.0
"Humble it was, and yet he deigned to stay.",1.0
"The least disturbance, till my Love awake.",1.0
"Glorious as Titan, from the Eastern Seas",2.0
A Beauty comes from yonder dark Wilderness:,4.0
So Sacred Incense proudly rises up,2.0
In cloudy Pillars of perfumed smoke:,2.0
Compounded Spices of the greatest cost,1.0
Could never such Aromatic sweetness boast.,2.0
The Shining Courts of Princely Solomon,1.0
Were nobly crowded with a Warlike Train:,2.0
"All Armed completely, all Expert in Fight,",3.0
To Guard him from the Terrors of the Night.,2.0
A Chariot Royal too himself he had;,2.0
"The Seats of Gold, fair Purple Clouds above;",1.0
"And, all the bottom, softly paved with Love.",0.0
"But lo, a Prince then Solomon, more great;",1.0
On whom vast Toops of shining Angels wait:,1.0
"His Crown more bright, and fixed, than that which shone",0.0
Upon the Nuptial brows of Solomon.,1.0
"Though all the lower World should ransacked be,",1.0
There could be found no parallel for thee:,1.0
"Like them thy Pearly Teeth appear, for so",0.0
Unsullied from the Crystal Streams they go.,1.0
But o! To what may I thy Lips compare?,2.0
Since fragrant Roses Bloom not half so fair.,0.0
"The Morning never with such a Crimson blushed,",1.0
When from the Arms of sooty Night she rushed.,0.0
To those fresh Beauties that thy Cheeks do paint.,2.0
"Thy Neck and Breasts, in Whiteness, do outgo",1.0
"And till the dawn of that expected Day,",1.0
"When all my Radiant Glories I display,",1.0
"And Chase, at once, the Injurious Shades away:",4.0
"I'll on the Hills of Frankincense reside,",1.0
And pass the time with thee my Charming Bride;,1.0
"Then, come with me, from Lebanon, my Spouse,",2.0
"OH come, and look beyond this Scene of woes:",1.0
"So sweet she looks, that in blessed Transports I,",0.0
Meet the believing glances of her eye;,3.0
"My All on Earth, my Sister, and my Spouse;",1.0
Before gave such Elevating Joys as Thine;,1.0
"Such, as the soft expressions of thy Love;",2.0
"So much those dear, those charming accents move.",0.0
"My Love is like a Flowery Mansion Walled,",2.0
Or some reserved Crystal Fountain sealed;,4.0
"Whose Waves, untouched, through secret Channels slide,",0.0
"Untainted, as the Silver Streams, that glide",1.0
"From Heaven, assaulting Lebanon; and fair,",1.0
"Were I a Garden, every Flower in me",1.0
"Should proudly yield their conscious Sweets to thee,",0.0
"The ruddy fruits should thy arrival great,",1.0
"And Smile, and gently bend, thy Lips to meet.",0.0
"So strongly thy kind Invitations move,",2.0
"I will my Garden see, my Garden, and my Love.",2.0
"Which, to my lips, I'll raise with eager hast;",0.0
My Lips that longed the Heavenly Fruit to taste.,2.0
"THe Night her blackest Vestments had put on,",2.0
And all the fair remains of day were gone:,0.0
"When my dear Lord, as he had oft before,",2.0
With Speed and Love approached the bolted Door:,0.0
"Arise, my Love, he cries, and with a Voice,",1.0
"Divinely charming, pleads his entrance thus;",0.0
"My Spouse, my Sister, and my fairest Love,",1.0
"Believing, sure, that Dialect would move;",0.0
"Arise, for loaded with the Midnight Dew,",2.0
"Disordered, all my streaming Tresses flew:",0.0
"I knew the Voice, the moving Eloquence;",1.0
But ah! deluded by my drowsy sense;,1.0
"Careless, and Soft, upon a Mossy Bed,",2.0
"I leaned Supine, with Odorous Roses spread;",2.0
"And long, with weak Excuses, did delay,",0.0
"Moved, with his Patience, my relenting Breast,",1.0
"Unto the Door, at length, I rushed, in spite",2.0
"Of Darkness, and the Terrors of the Night;",2.0
"With Rage, to break the guilty Bars I tried,",0.0
Which Entrance to my Lord so long denied:,1.0
"But found the dear resenting Charmer fled,",0.0
"I cursed my Sloth, and cursed my conscious Bed.",0.0
Yet such a fragrant Sweetness filled the Air,0.0
"From his dear Hands, I thought he had still been there.",2.0
"I called aloud, still hoping he was near,",2.0
"And louder still, but Ah! he would not hear.",0.0
"Then through the Streets, distracted with my Grief",1.0
"I wildly roving, begged of all, relief.",0.0
"Deride my Tears, and force my Veil away.",0.0
You tender Virgins! you that know the pain,1.0
"A Breast so soft as mine must needs sustain,",1.0
"Robbed of the once kind Partner of my Fires,",2.0
And still dear Object of my racked desires;,2.0
"I charge you, if you meet my absent Love,",1.0
"With all the Rhetoric of our Sex, to move",1.0
' --  Perhaps that Tragic Word may force the dear,0.0
Relentless Author of my Grief to hear.,1.0
"What thy Beloved is, we first would know,",1.0
Fairest of Women! thou dost charge us so.,3.0
Impatient Fair! to raise these Storms in thee?,0.0
"Commencing all Perfection, he is such",1.0
"Your most exalted Thoughts can hardly touch,",0.0
"Unsullied heaps of Snow are not so white,",0.0
"His Rosy Cheeks of such a lucent Die,",1.0
As Sol never gilded on the morning Sky.,3.0
"His Head like polished Gold, his graceful Hair,",0.0
Dark as the Plumes that jetty Ravens wear.,0.0
"His Eyes, the endless Magazines of Love,",0.0
How soft! how sweet! how powerfully they move!,1.0
"He breathes more sweetness than the Infant Morn,",1.0
When Heavenly Dews the Flowery Plains Adorn.,4.0
The Fragrant Drops of Rich Arabian Gums,2.0
"Burned on the Altar, yield not such Perfumes.",1.0
"His Hands, surpassing Lilies, graced with Gems",0.0
"Divine his Steps, with his Majestic Air,",1.0
Not even the Lofty Cedars can compare.,3.0
"So sweet his Voice, the listening Angels throng",0.0
"With silent Harps to the Music of his Tongue,",1.0
"Now, Virgins! Pity, though you envy Me.",3.0
"BUt where, ah where can this bright wonder be",2.0
"For, till we see Him, we are all on Fire;",2.0
"We'll find Him out, or in the search Expire.",1.0
"If my Prophetic Hopes can rightly guess,",1.0
The Lovely Wanderer in his GARDEN is,2.0
"Among the Lilies, and the Spices; He",2.0
Is now perhaps kindly expecting Me;,6.0
O it's a Heaven of Joy to think him Mine.,1.0
And who can see those Eyes and not be thine?,0.0
"Thy Face, where all the Conquering Graces meet;",2.0
"I Love, but cannot bear the kind Surprise.",0.0
More bright than Streams of Fluid Silver are:,1.0
"Expose no more thy Pearly Teeth, the while",1.0
Those Rosy Cheeks put on kind looks and smile:,3.0
"Such genuine charms, how strongly they allure",3.0
"My Soul, and all their rivals beams obscure.",0.0
"But one, the Choice, and all her Mother bare.",1.0
"The Royal Beauties saw, the blessed the Sight;",0.0
"And Setting, wondered at a Star so Bright.",0.0
"Gentle, but awful, as a Scene of War;",3.0
At once her Graces conquer and Endear.,1.0
To leave a Spouse so Beautiful and Kind?,1.0
"Thence ranged the pleasant Vale, whose Spreading Vine",1.0
"Or before I was aware, my happy Eyes",2.0
"Met Thee, a Juster Object of surprise;",1.0
Fair as a Vision breaking from the Skies:,1.0
Scarce could my Breast my leaping heart retain;,0.0
"Scarce could my Soul the unwieldy Joy sustain,",2.0
When I beheld those Wellcome Eyes again.,2.0
But why that Discontent upon the Brow?,1.0
"Thou wilt not leave me, Cruel Beauty, now!",0.0
"Injurious Charmer, stay ' --  What needs this Art,",2.0
Return again; let my Companions see,2.0
"Return, my Dear, return, and show the most",0.0
Victorious Face that before the World could boast.,2.0
And joys Autumnal crowned our circling year;,0.0
"Even then my thoughts to you excursions made,",1.0
"Where oft we met in Eccles' peaceful bowers,",0.0
While social pleasure marked the passing hours.,0.0
"From there sweet scenes I found myself removed,",3.0
I feared no more remembered or beloved.,2.0
"Forgot by Nell, whose friendship seemed sincere,",0.0
"Such cold neglect, who undisturbed could bear?",0.0
"Mild Autumn now resigns to rougher skies,",1.0
"And frightful storms, in wild commotion, rise.",0.0
"The tempest howls, while dark December reigns,",0.0
"Which oft does now his native glory shroud,",0.0
Your welcome letter cheers my anxious soul;,0.0
Well pleased I find you on Parnassus' hill;,3.0
"The Muses coy, you seem to catch with ease,",0.0
In time perhaps you may receive your due.,1.0
"We'll beat the bushes for the rustic Muse,",1.0
"Amongst the vast crowd, let you and I aspire",2.0
"If Fortune prove, like Cupid, ever blind,",0.0
We may perhaps some petty favour find;,2.0
"But if no more we gain by these our lays,",1.0
"O, thou! whose tender smile most partially",1.0
Hath ever blessed thy child: to thee belong,1.0
"The graces which adorn my first wild song,",1.0
If aught of grace it knows: nor thou deny,1.0
Thine ever prompt attention to supply.,1.0
"But let me lead thy willing ear along,",0.0
Where virtuous love still bids the strain prolong,3.0
His innocent applause; since from thine eye,2.0
"The beams of love first charmed my infant breast,",1.0
And from thy lip Affection's soothing voice,1.0
"That eloquence of tenderness expressed,",2.0
Which still my grateful heart confessed divine:,0.0
O! ever may its accents sweet rejoice,1.0
The soul which loves to own whatever it has is thine!,3.0
William! A Name my Lines grow proud to bear!,3.0
"A Prince as Great, and wondrous Good, as before",1.0
The sacred Burden of a Crown did wear.,1.0
"Resolve me, then, Athenians, what are those,",2.0
Can there be any such? You call his Foes?,2.0
Ungrateful Vipers! where they warmly rest?,0.0
"YOU holy cares that haunt these lonely cells,",0.0
These scenes where salutary sadness dwells;,0.0
"You sighs that minute the slow wasting day,",2.0
You pale regrets that wear my life away;,0.0
"OH bid these passions for the world depart,",2.0
"These wild desires, and vanities of heart!",1.0
"Hide every trace of vice, of follies past,",1.0
And yield to Heaven the victory at last.,1.0
"To that the poor remains of life are due,",0.0
"It's Heaven that calls, and I the call pursue.",1.0
"Lord of my life, my future cares are thine,",0.0
"My love, my duty greet thy holy shrine:",0.0
"But live for thee, whose bounty bids me live.",1.0
"The power that gave these little charms their grace,",2.0
"Spite of those charms shall time, with rude essay,",0.0
Tear from the cheek the transient rose away;,0.0
"But the free Mind, ten thousand ages past,",4.0
"Its maker's form, shall with its maker last.",1.0
Uncertain objects still our hopes employ;,0.0
Uncertain all that bears the name of joy!,0.0
Of all that feels the injuries of fate,1.0
"Uncertain is the search, and short the date:",1.0
"That boon of Death, the sad resource of pain!",5.0
"Once on my path all fortune's glory fell,",0.0
"Love touched my soul at least with soft desires,",1.0
And Vanity there fed her meteor fires.,3.0
"This truth at last the mighty scenes let fall,",1.0
An hour of Innocence was worth them all.,1.0
Lord of my life! OH let thy sacred ray,1.0
"Shine over my heart, and break its clouds away!",3.0
Long hast thou taught me GOD IS ONLY TRUE.,0.0
"That God alone I trust, alone adore,",0.0
"No more deluded, and misled no more.",3.0
"Come, sacred hour, when wavering doubts shall cease!",3.0
"Come, holy scenes of long repose and peace!",1.0
"Yet shall my heart, to other interests true,",0.0
A moment balance betwixt the world and you?,2.0
"Be yours, at last, the triumph and the praise!",1.0
"Great, gracious Master! whose unbounded sway,",1.0
"Felt through ten thousand worlds, those worlds obey,",3.0
"Wilt thou for once thy awful glories shade,",0.0
And deign to espouse the creature thou hast made?,3.0
"All other ties indignant I disclaim,",1.0
For which the pleasures of the world lay dead!,2.0
That world's soft pleasures you alone disarm;,2.0
That world without you still might have its charm.,0.0
"But now those scenes of tempting hope I close,",0.0
And seek the peaceful studies of Repose;,1.0
"Look on the past as time that stole away,",0.0
And beg the blessings of a happier day.,3.0
And all the toilet's science to excel!,1.0
"No more shall lie, like Indian archers, there.",2.0
"Go, erring Love! for nobler objects given!",4.0
"Soon shall the veil these glowing features hide,",0.0
At once the period of their power and pride!,3.0
The hapless lover shall no more complain,1.0
"My secret sorrow, and his sighs professed.",1.0
With the same sighs some happier fair adore!,4.0
If he that loved me knew no other love!,2.0
"By charms of more than mortal beauty fired,",0.0
What nobler pride! could I to Heaven resign,1.0
"The zeal, the service that I boasted mine!",1.0
"OH change your false desires, you flattering train!",3.0
"And love me pious, whom you love profane!",0.0
"Or prove their merit, or my weakness show;",1.0
"But Heaven, to such soft frailties less severe,",4.0
"May spare the tribute of a female tear,",2.0
May yield one tender moment to deplore,1.0
Those gentle hearts that I must hold no more.,1.0
And every muse dropped honey on her tongue.,2.0
"Blessed shade! how pure a breath of praise was thine,",1.0
"In whom each worth and every grace conspire,",0.0
"Learnt without pride, a woman without art;",5.0
The sweetest manners and the gentlest heart.,3.0
"Smooth like her verse her passions learnt to move,",0.0
And her whole soul was harmony and love:,3.0
"Virtue that breast without a conflict gained,",2.0
And easy like a native monarch reigned.,0.0
"The world applauded, and ALEXIS loved.",1.0
"With love, with health, with fame, and friendship blessed,",0.0
"And of a cheerful heart the constant feast,",1.0
What more of bliss sincere could earth bestow?,0.0
What purer heaven could angels taste below?,0.0
But bliss from earth's vain scenes too quickly flies;,2.0
"The golden chord is broke, ALEXIS dies.",0.0
"Now in the leafy shade, and widowed grove,",0.0
Sad PHILOMELA mourns her absent love.,1.0
She pours her tuneful sorrows on the gale;,1.0
"Without one fond reserve the world disclaims,",0.0
And gives up all her soul to heavenly flames.,2.0
Yet in no useless gloom she wore her days;,1.0
"She loved the work, and only shunned the praise.",0.0
"Her pious hand the poor, the mourner blessed;",0.0
Her image lived in every kindred breast.,0.0
And virtue's noblest champions filled the line.,2.0
Blessed in thy friendships! in thy death too blessed!,1.0
"Heaven called the Saint matured by length of days,",0.0
And her pure spirit was exhaled in praise.,3.0
"Bright pattern of thy sex, be thou my muse;",3.0
Thy gentle sweetness through my soul diffuse:,1.0
"Let me thy palm, though not thy laurel share,",0.0
And copy thee in charity and prayer.,2.0
"Though for the bard my lines are yet too faint,",2.0
Yet in my life let me transcribe the saint.,2.0
"The towering pile to rise, and formed the plan",0.0
"With fair proportion; architect divine,",0.0
"Minerva, thee to my adventurous lyre",4.0
"Assistant I invoke, the means to sing",1.0
Thy glorious work! for thou the lofty towers,3.0
"In peril guarded, and thy wisdom steered",1.0
"Through all the storms of war. ' --  Thee too I call,",0.0
Along the shady paths and verdant bowers,0.0
Attentive listen; let thy warbling song,0.0
"Paint with melodious praise the pleasing scene,",4.0
"When Europe freed, confessed the saving power",0.0
"Chief of confederate hosts, to fight the cause",4.0
"Of Liberty and Justice, grateful raised",1.0
This palace sacred to her Leader's fame;,1.0
A trophy of success; with spoils adorned,1.0
"Vanquished the might of Gallia, and chastised",2.0
"Stands the proud dome, and speaks its great design.",3.0
"Reward so glorious! grateful nation hail,",2.0
"Which most shall I admire, which worthiest praise,",4.0
And weighs their virtues in an equal scale.,0.0
"Of gratitude to us. ' --  Blush, Caesar, blush,",2.0
"Whence they are named, and what an English arm",0.0
Did for thy throne that day? But we disdain,1.0
"Or to upbraid, or imitate thy guilt.",2.0
"Of obligation infinite, and know,",1.0
"Britain, like Heaven, protects a thankless world",2.0
"For her own glory, nor expects reward.",2.0
"Pleased with the noble theme, her task the Muse",0.0
With passing squadrons foams: here hardy Gaul,0.0
Flies from the sword of Britain; there to Greece,1.0
Effeminate Persia yields. ' --  In arms opposed,2.0
With glorious competition; equal both,2.0
"Be different, for with different views they fought;",1.0
"This to subdue, and that to free mankind.",2.0
"Now through the stately portals issuing forth,",2.0
The Muse to softer glories turns and seeks,0.0
"The woodland shade, delighted. Not the vale",0.0
Of this romantic wilderness once stood,3.0
"Still warbling flows, pleased to reflect the face",3.0
"Beside its flowery brink, and views those charms",2.0
Which only Rosamond could once excel.,1.0
"But see where flowing with a nobler stream,",2.0
Through which the Danube might collected pour,0.0
His spacious urn! Silent awhile and smooth,5.0
"The current glides, till with an headlong force",2.0
"Broke and disordered, down the steep it falls",3.0
"Of CHURCHILL, from the toils of war and state,",1.0
"Splendidly private, and the tranquil joy",3.0
"Triumphal, ever in his mind renewed",0.0
"The memory of his fame, and soothed his thoughts",1.0
With pleasing record of his glorious deeds.,3.0
"So by the rage of faction, home recalled,",1.0
"Against the pride of Asia, and the power",1.0
"Of Mithridates, whose aspiring mind",2.0
"No losses could subdue, enriched with spoils",1.0
"Of conquered nations, back returned to Rome,",0.0
And in magnificent retirement past,3.0
"The evening of his life. ' --  But not alone,",1.0
"In the calm shades of honourable ease,",5.0
"Gave a companion to his softer hours,",3.0
"With whom conversing, he forgot all change",1.0
"Of fortune, or of taste, and in her mind",1.0
"Found greatness equal to his own, and loved",2.0
"Himself in her. ' --  Thus each by each admired,",0.0
"In mutual honour, mutual fondness joined:",4.0
"Like two fair stars with intermingled light,",1.0
"In friendly union they together shone,",1.0
"Aiding each other's brightness, till the cloud",3.0
Thee CHURCHILL first the ruthless hand of death,0.0
"Where Fate again shall join her soul to thine,",0.0
Immortal. Lo! where towering on the height,1.0
Of yonder aerial pillar proudly stands,2.0
"Thy image, like a guardian god, sublime,",2.0
"The Germane eagles spread their wings, his hand",5.0
"Grasps Victory, its slave. Such was the brow",3.0
"Majestic, such thy martial port, when Gaul",1.0
"Fled from thy frown, and in the Danube sought",0.0
"A refuge from thy sword. ' --  There, where the field",1.0
"The theatre of thy glory, once was raised",1.0
"A meaner trophy, by the Imperial hand;",5.0
Extorted gratitude; which now the rage,0.0
"A regal breast, has levelled to the ground:",1.0
Mean insult! this with better auspices,1.0
"Shall stand on British earth, to tell the world",0.0
His services. Nor shall the constant love,1.0
Of her who raised the monument be lost,2.0
In dark oblivion: That shall be the theme,1.0
"First tuned the British harp, and little deemed",1.0
His humble dwelling should the neighbour be,0.0
"Of BLENHEIM, house superb; to which the throng",1.0
"Of travellers approaching, shall not pass",1.0
With reverence due. Such honour does the Muse,2.0
"My theme demands my voice. ' --  OH shade adored,",1.0
"This thy abode, while present here below,",1.0
"And sacred still to thy immortal fame,",1.0
"From Time's destroying hand, and cruel stroke",0.0
"Here may, long ages hence, the British youth,",2.0
"When Honour calls them to the field of war,",2.0
The proud reward of thy successful toils,1.0
"That fired with generous envy, they may dare",5.0
"To emulate thy deeds. ' --  So shall thy name,",0.0
"Dear to thy country, still inspire her sons",0.0
With martial virtue: and to high attempts,1.0
"Excite their arms, till other battles won,",0.0
"And nations saved, new Monuments require,",2.0
"WIth gifts like these, the spoils of neighbouring shores,",3.0
"The Indian swain his sable love adores,",2.0
"Of his rude goddess, but unworthy mine:",4.0
If nicely viewed by philosophic eyes:,0.0
"And such are yours, that nature's works admire",1.0
"With warmth like that, which they themselves inspire.",1.0
"To such how fair appears each grain of sand,",1.0
"Or humblest weed, as wrought by nature's hand!",2.0
How far superior to all human power,1.0
"Springs the green blade, or buds the painted flower!",3.0
"In all her births, though of the meanest kinds,",1.0
"A just observer entertainment finds,",0.0
"With fond delight her low productions sees,",0.0
And how she gently rises by degrees;,2.0
"A shell, or stone he can with pleasure view,",1.0
"Hence trace her noblest works, the heavens ' --  and you.",2.0
"Behold how bright these gaudy trifles shine,",0.0
"See with what art each curious shell is made,",2.0
Fair as the paintings of the purple morn!,1.0
"Yet still not half their charms can reach our eyes,",0.0
While thus confused the sparkling Chaos lies;,0.0
"Then glories yet unseen shall over them rise,",2.0
"New order from your hand, new lustre from your eyes.",4.0
When by your art to full perfection brought!,0.0
"Here verdant plants, and blooming flowers will grow,",2.0
"Here coral mixed with shells of various dies,",2.0
There polished stone will charm our wondering eyes;,2.0
Delightful bower of bliss! secure retreat!,2.0
Who thus in solitude can pleasure find!,0.0
In silent shades to pass her hours away;,0.0
"Who better likes to breathe fresh country air,",1.0
"Than ride imprisoned in a velvet chair,",0.0
"And makes the warbling nightingale her choice,",1.0
"Prefers her books, and conscience void of ill,",0.0
"Sweet bowers more pleased, than gilded chariots sees,",5.0
"Blessed is the man, whom heaven shall grant one hour",0.0
"With such a lovely nymph, in such a lovely bower.",2.0
"YES, yes, my friend, disguise it as you will,",2.0
To right or wrong it's Fashion guides us still;,0.0
"A few perhaps rise singularly good,",2.0
"The rest to wander from their brothers fear,",1.0
As social herrings in large shoals appear.,1.0
"'Twas not a taste, but powerful mode, that bade",2.0
Alas! five faded landscapes of Claude Loraine. LORAINE.,4.0
"Earth, air, and ocean's ransacked for the feast,",3.0
"Calm, healthful temperance, like an INDIAN sage:",3.0
"But could he walk in public, were it said,",1.0
"How curled her hair, how clean her Brussels lace!",0.0
"She lifts her eyes, her sparkling eyes to heaven,",0.0
"Think not she prays, or is grown penitent ' --",4.0
She went to church ' --  because the parish went.,0.0
"More than fierce Arabs, or proud tyrants feel;",4.0
Why would she not with twenty porters lie?,0.0
Why not in crowded Malls quite naked walk?,1.0
Not awed by virtue ' --  but The world would talk. ' --,1.0
"Yet how demurely looks the wishing maid,",1.0
"For ever, but in bed, of man afraid!",1.0
"Charm the whole man, and lap his soul in bliss:",3.0
Of a deaf fool who scarce can thunders hear?,2.0
"Rich rings, white hand, and coat of stiff brocade;",2.0
"With him the fair, enraptured with a rattle,",2.0
"Of VAUXHALL, GARRICK, or PAMELA prattle:",5.0
At the dear toilet harmlessly to sit;,3.0
"With wooden swords, or toothless puppies play:",0.0
"A conquering host, or save a sinking land,",2.0
"OH FRANCE, whose edicts govern dress and meat,",1.0
Thy victor BRITAIN bends beneath thy feet!,0.0
"Strange! that pert grasshoppers should lions lead,",3.0
"And teach to hop, and chirp across the mead;",0.0
"Let ITALY give mimic canvas fire,",3.0
"Carve rock to life, or tune the lulling lyre;",1.0
"Drinks chocolate, strokes FOP, and sleeps again,",3.0
"Perhaps at twelve dares open her drowsy eyes,",3.0
Asks LUCY if it's late enough to rise;,2.0
"By three each curl and feature justly set,",0.0
"She dines, talks scandal, visits, plays piquette:",1.0
"Meanwhile her babes with some foul nurse remain,",2.0
For modern dames a mother's cares disdain;,0.0
"Each fortnight once she bears to see the brats,",1.0
"The vulture hovers vengeful over her nest,",2.0
If the rude hand her helpless brood infest;,2.0
"Shall lovely woman, softest frame of heaven,",0.0
"To whom were tears, and feeling pity given,",0.0
"Most fashionably cruel, less regard",1.0
"What art, OH FASHION, power supreme below!",3.0
"You make us virtue, nature, sense, forego;",0.0
"You sanctify knave, atheist, whore, and fool,",4.0
"And shield from justice, shame, and ridicule.",0.0
"For many a league, emerging flows again;",2.0
Scarce have you chose like Fortune fond to joke,0.0
"Some reigning dress, but you the choice revoke:",1.0
"Hark, how at once the dying strains decay,",0.0
And soften unexpectedly away.,1.0
"The peer, prince, peasant, soldier, squire, divine,",1.0
"Goddess of Change, bend low before your shrine,",3.0
"Though you eat toads, or walk upon your head.",2.0
"Hence girls, once modest, without blush appear,",7.0
"Hence stale, autumnal dames, still decked with laces,",2.0
"Ask you, why whores live more beloved than wives,",1.0
"Why weeping virtue exiled, flattery thrives,",3.0
"Why mad for pensions, BRITONS young and old",0.0
"Adore base ministers, those calves of gold,",2.0
"Fat, rosy justices, drink, doze, and smoke,",3.0
"As babes that mumble coral, cannot bite,",0.0
"At this CORRUPTION smiles with ghastly grin,",1.0
"Presaging triumphs to her mother, SIN;",3.0
This falling land be mine! ' --  exulting cries;,1.0
"Grim TYRANNY attends her on her way,",3.0
"Look, from the frigid to the torrid zone,",1.0
"By custom all are led, by nature none.",0.0
To cook the dainty flesh with buttock's heat:,0.0
"How would our tender British beauties shriek,",0.0
"Yet not LUCINDA, in heroic SPAIN,",0.0
"Admits a youth, but who his beast has slain.",0.0
"See, wondrous lands, where the fell victor brings,",3.0
"To his glad wives, the heads of slaughtered kings,",2.0
"The mangled heads! ' --  over which they sing and laugh,",3.0
And in dire banquets the warm lifeblood quaff;,3.0
"Pitying their weary weakness, kindly slay:",1.0
To die spontaneous on the spicy pyre;,1.0
"Where stranger still! with their wild dates content,",1.0
"How fondly partial are our judgements grown,",1.0
"We deem all manners odious, but our own!",1.0
"OH teach me, friend, to know wise NATURE'S rules,",2.0
"And laugh, like you, at FASHION'S hoodwinked fools;",2.0
"Despise the distant world's hoarse, busy din;",1.0
"As shepherd's from high rocks hear far below,",3.0
Hear unconcerned loud torrents fiercely flow;,2.0
"You, though mad millions the mean taste upbraid,",5.0
"Who still love VIRTUE, fair, forsaken maid;",1.0
"As BACCHUS charming ARIADNE bore,",0.0
"By all abandoned, from the lonesome shore.",1.0
"The inveterate foes of Israel, and of God,",4.0
"Lie vanquished, dormant on the dreary waste",2.0
Of far extended ruin; and involved,1.0
"In hideous woe, and desolation wide,",2.0
Then shall Judea lift her cheerful head;,0.0
Put forth the leaves of glad prosperity;,2.0
"And, after all the gloomy scene of grief",0.0
"And sad affliction, flourish and revive",1.0
In all the bright serenity of peace.,1.0
"As the gay rose, when winter storms are past,",2.0
"Warmed with the influence of a kinder sun,",1.0
"Comes from the bud with a vermilion blush,",1.0
"Cheering the sight, and scattering all around",4.0
"A balmy odour, that perfumes the skies.",2.0
"She shall rejoice with joy unspeakable,",1.0
"And, fraught with richest blessings from above,",1.0
"Spring forth in all the pride of Lebanon,",2.0
"Whose lofty cedars, wondrous to behold,",1.0
"In bodies huge, and to the skies erect",1.0
"In regular distances, and verdant shades,",3.0
Emblem of happy state. Nor shall the hills,2.0
"Of fragrant Carmel, rich in fruitful soil;",0.0
"And breathing fresh a gale of heavenly sweets,",2.0
Spring forth in greater glory. For the Lord,2.0
"His goodness will declare, that knows no bounds;",2.0
"And all the people shall behold his might,",0.0
And see the wonders of omnipotence.,2.0
"Strengthen the languid nerves, you seers! and bid",2.0
The dissipated spirits; and confirm,1.0
"And bid the lazy blood flow briskly on,",2.0
And circulate with joy through every vein.,0.0
Comfort the oppressed; and smooth the ruffled mind;,1.0
"Say to the afflicted heart, devoid of hope,",1.0
"Behold! the Almighty rushes from the skies,",3.0
"Of glory comes, but not with radiant blaze",0.0
"Of light, even light invisible, as when",3.0
And sent his faithful servant to redeem,1.0
Ungrateful Israel from Egyptian bonds;,1.0
"Nor with the music of a still, soft voice,",3.0
As when he informed the prophet of his will;,2.0
But in a black and dreadful hemisphere,0.0
And flashes of red lightning to increase,3.0
"The woe, and make even darkness visible.",4.0
The hills shall tremble at his dire approach;,0.0
"And fearful mountains, piled up to the clouds,",1.0
And spread a plain immense. For God will come,0.0
Full fraught with vengeance to consume your foes;,2.0
Then shall the eyes long closed in blackest night.,1.0
"Shake off the film of darkness, and behold",1.0
"Shall then appear, and various prospects rise",2.0
"And locked from music's note, or voice of man,",0.0
"Again the stringed instrument shall feel,",4.0
And the sweet words of social converse hear.,2.0
"The lame, infirm, creeping with slow advance,",5.0
"Dragging with pain reluctant feet along,",2.0
"And scarcely by the friendly crutch sustained,",1.0
"Shall throw the unserviceable prop aside,",3.0
"And stand erect, exulting like a roe",0.0
"On the soft verdant turf, with wanton tread",2.0
"Skimming along the surface of the plain,",3.0
Or lightly bounding over the rising ground.,2.0
"The dumb for melancholy silence framed,",0.0
"Cut off from friendly converse with mankind,",2.0
Striving in vain the sad defect to mend,2.0
"Confused, shall talk in dialects complete;",0.0
"And tongues, that knew not how to speak, shall sing.",1.0
New scenes of joy shall gladden every face;,1.0
"The glowing ground, gaping with burning thirst,",5.0
"Shall greedily suck in the humid tide,",2.0
Pouring from caverns of the craggy hills,3.0
"Melodious murmurs down the ample glade,",3.0
And crystal springs refresh the thirsty land.,0.0
Where heretofore the curling serpent lay,0.0
Or swept deceitful over the dusty plain,2.0
"In horrid spires, and many a towering maze,",2.0
And the tall rush in slender spires uprise.,5.0
"The swampy marsh shall its broad flag produce,",1.0
"With bending willow, sport of every wind;",1.0
"A wasteful desert now, and barren soil.",0.0
"A way shall be prepared, a path direct,",0.0
"Even a straight path, which God himself shall make;",2.0
"It shall be called, THE WAY OF HOLINESS;",1.0
"A way to sacred footsteps only known,",1.0
Nor impious feet profane the sacred ground.,2.0
"God shall attend the motions of the just,",2.0
"Watch over their steps, and guide them as they go;",4.0
"And none shall wander from the obvious path,",3.0
"For who can err, when God directs the way?",0.0
"The rampant lion shall not wander there,",1.0
"Nor fiery tiger, roaring for his prey;",3.0
"Nor prowling wolf, that howls along the plain,",0.0
With the keen pangs of raging hunger stung;,2.0
Such as came furious from the neighbouring groves,5.0
"Of ancient Bethel with voracious speed,",1.0
"Grinning destruction as they roamed along,",3.0
"But free, and unmolested shall they walk",0.0
"The heavy yoke of long oppressive thrall,",0.0
"Shall cheerfully return to happier climes,",3.0
"That speaks deliverance, and the voice of joy.",1.0
Judah shall witness to the grateful song;,3.0
And faithful Zion echo back the sound.,0.0
"No signs of woe shall hang upon the cheek,",1.0
"No shuddering fear, nor horrible despair;",4.0
But grief with all its melancholy train,0.0
Of huge dismay shall fly from every face.,0.0
And endless rapture dwell on every brow.,0.0
"No more shall those dear names my rapture move,",3.0
"Low in the grave, and deaf to thee and Love.",1.0
When Honour called thy patriot virtues hence;,3.0
"The slow disease which tainted then my blood,",0.0
"In vain by all the powers of art withstood,",2.0
"Aided by grief more deadly, creeps at length",2.0
"Through every vein, and undermines my strength.",0.0
"Already Death hath summoned me away,",1.0
"And Love, fond Love, scarce gains an hour's delay,",4.0
"Yet without dread Death's awful call I hear,",4.0
"No dark presages chill my soul with fear,",3.0
"And one short moment more, with anguish crave,",2.0
"Prepared I'm called, from every terror free,",0.0
Save that for ever I must part from thee.,1.0
"But when on thee my thoughts reflecting rove,",1.0
And all the pleasures of our virtuous love;,3.0
"To think how blessed we were, how soon must part,",1.0
"To cast one longing, lingering look behind,",0.0
Can be no guilty weakness of the mind;,2.0
"Fond Love, at parting, sheds a pious tear.",1.0
"Still with each comfort will I cheer my heart,",1.0
"Resigned to God, though trembling to depart.",1.0
"Short is man's knowledge of a future state,",4.0
"Perplexed with doubts, and ignorant of fate;",1.0
This one important truth we only know.,1.0
"Bliss waits the good, the bad, eternal woe.",1.0
"But what those blessings, what those woes shall be,",0.0
And scenes of visionary transport rise.,0.0
"Still, as was ever here my fondest joy,",0.0
Let me for thee my every care employ;,1.0
"Still let me serve, and though unseen, be near,",2.0
Not life itself imparts a charm more dear.,0.0
"From every dangerous step those feet to guide,",2.0
Which here to follow was my virtuous pride;,3.0
"When wrath provokes, or fortune proves unkind,",0.0
"The sweets around of balmy sleep to shed,",0.0
When Sickness binds thee to her painful bed;,1.0
"To guard thee safely through the dreadful day,",1.0
When Slaughter stalks from rank to rank for prey;,0.0
And bid the uplifted weapon guiltless fall:,2.0
"Still at thy side, as was my wish below,",1.0
"With thoughts like these my drooping soul I warm,",1.0
"Plume every hope, and every fear disarm.",1.0
"But, ah! to think what thy fond heart must feel,",2.0
"When first these lines the fatal news reveal,",0.0
"Sinks my sad soul, with pain and love oppressed.",3.0
"But let me from the tender theme refrain,",1.0
While every word but sharpens every pain;,0.0
"For when the hand that wounds would heal the before,",1.0
The generous heart will only bleed the more.,2.0
"My latest breath for thee a prayer shall sigh,",1.0
"If not deserted by myself, I die.",2.0
"Adieu, for ever, best of friends, adieu!",0.0
WHence come these dismal sounds that fill our ears!,0.0
"Why sit the virgins on the hill of tears,",1.0
"They weep for ALBIN with the flowing hair,",1.0
Who perished by the cruelty of MEY;,2.0
"A blameless hero, blooming, young, and fair;",0.0
Because he scorned her passion to obey.,1.0
"See on you western hill the heap of stones,",0.0
Which mourning friends have raised over his bones!,5.0
"OH woman! bloody, bloody was thy deed;",2.0
The blackness of thy crime exceeds belief;,1.0
"The storey makes each heart but thine to bleed,",1.0
And fills both men and maids with keenest grief!,1.0
"When early morn transcends yonder eastern hills,",6.0
"She loved the youth who by thy guile did die,",1.0
"Weeps over his grave, and makes the woods resound.",4.0
A thousand graces did the maid adorn:,0.0
Her looks were charming and her heart was kind;,1.0
"Her eyes were like the windows of the morn,",1.0
A hundred heroes tried her love to gain:,0.0
"She pitied them, yet did their suits deny:",2.0
"Young ALBIN only courted not in vain,",1.0
ALBIN alone was lovely in her eye:,2.0
"Their birth was equal, and their age the same.",1.0
"Her mother MEY, a woman void of truth,",0.0
"In practise of deceit and guile grown old,",2.0
"Conceived a guilty passion for the youth,",1.0
And in his ear the shameful storey told:,0.0
But over his mind she never could prevail;,2.0
For in his life no wickedness was found;,2.0
"With shame and rage he heard the horrid tale,",0.0
And shook with indignation at the sound:,0.0
He fled to shun her; while with burning wrath,0.0
"The monster, in revenge, decreed his death.",0.0
"On a green island, grew a stately tree,",2.0
"With precious fruit each season covered over,",0.0
"Delightful to the taste, and fair to see:",1.0
"This fruit, more sweet than virgin honey found,",0.0
"It cured diseases, healed the bleeding wound,",0.0
"But precious things are purchased still with pain,",0.0
"And thousands tried to pluck it, but in vain.",1.0
"For at the root of this delightful tree,",1.0
"A venomous and awful dragon lay,",1.0
"With watchful eyes, all horrible to see,",1.0
"Worse than the viper's sting its teeth did wound,",2.0
Nor could physician ever yet be found,0.0
Who might a certain antidote apply:,0.0
"Even they whose skill had saved a mighty host,",1.0
Against its bite no remedy could boast.,2.0
"And him destroy who durst her passion slight,",1.0
"Feigned to be stricken with a dire disease,",1.0
And called the hapless ALBIN to her sight:,1.0
"Arise, young hero! skilled in feats of war,",1.0
"To pull me of the fruit, now bravely dare,",2.0
And save the mother of the maid you love.,1.0
I die without its influence divine;,1.0
Nor will I taste it from a hand but thine.,2.0
My might in this adventure shall be tried;,1.0
I go to pull the healing fruit for you.,0.0
"With stately steps approaching to the deep,",1.0
The hardy hero swims the liquid tide;,0.0
"With joy he finds the dragon fast asleep,",0.0
"Then pulls the fruit, and comes in safety back;",0.0
"Then with a cheerful countenance, and gay,",1.0
He gives the present to the hands of MEY.,1.0
"Well have you done, to bring me of this fruit;",1.0
But greater signs of prowess must you give:,0.0
"Go pull the tree entirely by the root,",2.0
"And bring it hither, or I cease to live.",1.0
"Though hard the task, like lightning fast he flew,",0.0
And nimbly glided over the yielding tide;,2.0
"Then to the tree with manly steps he drew,",0.0
"And pulled, and tugged it hard, from side to side:",0.0
Its bursting roots his strength could not withstand;,0.0
"He tears it up, and bears it in his hand.",1.0
"But long, alas! ere he could reach the shore,",2.0
"Or fix his footsteps on the solid sand,",2.0
"The monster followed with a hideous roar,",3.0
And like a fury grasped him by the hand.,1.0
"Then, gracious God! what dreadful struggling rose!",0.0
"In vain: for round the bloody current flows,",0.0
While its fierce teeth his tender body gnaws.,3.0
"He groans through anguish of the grievous wound,",1.0
"And cries for help; but, ah! no help was found?",1.0
"At length the maid, now wondering at his stay,",2.0
"And racked with dread of some impending ill,",0.0
"Swift to the lake, to meet him, bends her way;",0.0
And there beheld what might a virgin kill!,1.0
"She saw her lover struggling on the flood,",1.0
The dreadful monster gnawing at his side;,0.0
"She saw young ALBIN fainting, while his blood",1.0
With purple tincture died the liquid tide!,0.0
"Though pale with fear, she plunges in the wave,",0.0
And to the hero's hand a dagger gave!,1.0
"Alas! too late; yet gathering all his force,",2.0
"He drags, at last, his hissing foe to land.",0.0
"Yet there the battle still grew worse and worse,",1.0
And long the conflict lasted on the strand.,1.0
And laid the monster breathless at his feet.,0.0
"The lovers shouted when they saw him dead,",0.0
While from his trunk they cut the bleeding head.,0.0
But soon the venom of his mortal bite,1.0
Within the hero's bosom spreads like flame;,0.0
"His face grew pale, his strength forsook him quite,",1.0
And over his trembling limbs a numbness came.,2.0
"Then fainting on the slimy shore he fell,",1.0
"And uttered, with a heavy, dying groan,",1.0
"These tender words, My lovely maid, farewell!",1.0
Remember ALBIN; for his life is gone!,1.0
"These sounds, like thunder, all her sense oppressed,",0.0
And swooning down she fell upon his breast.,1.0
"At last, the maid awakening as from sleep,",1.0
"Felt all her soul overwhelmed in deep despair,",6.0
"Her eyes stared wild, she raved, she could not weep,",1.0
"She beat her bosom, and she tore her hair!",1.0
"She looked now on the ground, now on the skies,",4.0
"Now gazed around, like one imploring aid:",2.0
"But none was near in pity to her cries,",1.0
"Then grasping in her palm, that shone like snow,",0.0
"The youth's dead hand, she thus expressed her woe.",1.0
"Burst, burst, my heart! the lovely youth is dead,",1.0
"Who, like the dawn, was wont to bring me joy;",0.0
"Now birds of prey will hover round his head,",1.0
"While I who loved him, and was loved again,",1.0
"With sighs and lamentable strains must tell,",4.0
But struggling with a beast inglorious fell!,3.0
"This makes my tears with double anguish flow,",0.0
This adds affliction to my bitter woe!,1.0
"That force would have dismayed a mighty host,",0.0
"He showed, before the dragon could him wound.",0.0
"His teeth were whiter than the fragrant trees,",1.0
When blossoms cloth them in the days of spring;,0.0
"A brighter red his glowing cheeks did stain,",0.0
Than blood of tender heifer newly slain.,0.0
"A purer azure sparkled in his eye,",0.0
"Whenever he spoke, his voice was melody,",3.0
And sweeter far than instrumental sound.,0.0
"OH he was lovely! fair as purest snow,",0.0
Whose wreaths the tops of highest mountains crown;,0.0
His lips were radiant as the heavenly bow;,3.0
His skin was softer than the softest down;,2.0
"More sweet his breath than fragrant bloom, or rose,",0.0
Or gale that cross a flowery garden blows.,2.0
"But when in battle with our foes he joined,",1.0
"And sought the hottest dangers of the fight,",1.0
And none durst try to rival him in might!,2.0
"His ample shield then seemed a gate of brass,",0.0
His awful sword did like the lightning shine!,0.0
"No force of steel could through his armour pass,",2.0
"Even kings and heroes trembled at his name,",0.0
And conquest smiled wherever the warrior came!,2.0
Great was his swiftness in the rapid race;,0.0
None could outstrip him in the days of chase.,1.0
"Yet he was tender, merciful, and kind;",1.0
His vanquished foes his clemency confessed;,1.0
And in his soul superior to a king!,1.0
"For wretched me; with him my joys are fled,",2.0
"Around his tomb my tears shall ever flow,",0.0
"The rock my dwelling, and the clay my bed!",1.0
"You maids, and matrons, from your hills descend,",1.0
"To join my moan, and answer tear for tear;",0.0
"With me the hero to his grave attend,",2.0
And sing the songs of mourning round his bier.,0.0
"Through his own grove his praise we will proclaim,",2.0
And bid the place for ever bear his name.,0.0
"AS some grave Matron bred on rural Downs,",1.0
"Who at the mention of a Topknot frowns,",2.0
"Whose humble Senses are not much refined,",1.0
But used to Labour with a cheerful Mind;,1.0
With homespun Aprons of a decent Blue;,2.0
"From the white Curds extracts the greener Whey,",2.0
"Nor dreams of Fashion, Poetry, or Play;",1.0
"From wicked Verse she turns her cautious Eyes,",0.0
And wonders People can delight in Lies:,1.0
"At length her Landlord, the right noble Squire,",3.0
Takes her young Daughter at her own Desire;,3.0
"Prefers the Damsel to attend his Spouse,",1.0
"For London now prepares the smiling Dame,",0.0
"No Muse can paint them, nor no Heart conceive:",3.0
"In vain her Spouse or friendly Neighbour tries,",1.0
To quell the Sorrows in her streaming Eyes:,0.0
"Rossell she fears will slight her Jersey Gown,",2.0
And wear white Aprons in the sinful Town;,1.0
"On the pure Ghost of Win'fred then she calls,",2.0
To guard her Child within its guilty Walls.,0.0
"So this rude Babe I to your Mercy yield,",2.0
Reforming Art should follow close behind;,0.0
"But that proud Dame with me disdains to dwell,",2.0
"What then remains? What Hope for me or mine,",1.0
But the kind Silence of forgetful Time?,3.0
"The spiteful Grimace, and the scornful Sneer;",1.0
"The threatening Critic with his dreadful Rules,",1.0
The Wit's keen Satire and the Burst of Fools.,3.0
"With Eggs and Turnips whirling round his Pate,",0.0
Is but an Emblem of an Author's Fate.,2.0
"A dread Example to the rhyming Fry,",1.0
"So Poets tell me, but I hope they lie:",1.0
But Wits are often saucy to their Cost.,1.0
I trust this Infant to its Patron's Care:,1.0
"Ah let your Roofs the simple Vagrants shield,",0.0
"I ask no more than Charity may yield,",2.0
"Some little Corner in the friendly Dome,",0.0
"Where the cold Storms may hover round in vain,",3.0
The chilling Snow or penetrating Rain;,0.0
"Where the fierce Rat all dreadful never climbs,",3.0
But I have done ' --  for who implores a Friend,0.0
"With long Petitions, justly may offend:",1.0
And who shall dictate to a generous Mind?,2.0
"Which not content in narrow Space to roll,",0.0
Like the broad Ocean spreads from Pole to Pole:,2.0
"While the glad Nations bless the ample Tide,",2.0
And wafted Treasures over its Surface glide:,2.0
"That still waves on, regardless of their Praise,",4.0
WHAT means this awful sight? why round me shine,0.0
"Those radiant glories, and that form divine?",1.0
"See! where commissioned with some dread command,",2.0
How sternly waves you visionary hand!,0.0
"Near and more near it beckons, Cyrus, rise;",0.0
The Gods remand thee to thy native skies.,1.0
And solemn omens warn me from above;,1.0
"Come then, you fathers, venerable grown,",1.0
Whose steady counsels prop the Persian throne!,0.0
"You friends, long wedded to fair Virtue's cause,",3.0
"Attentive hear, amid the assembled throng,",2.0
The dying accents of a monarch's tongue.,2.0
"To die, is to be blessed: this understood,",1.0
"What Virtues charm us, or what Arts engage",1.0
"In childhood, youth, in manhood, or in age,",3.0
"And still pursued, where Honour led the way:",3.0
"Mine was each gift kind fortune could afford,",2.0
"See, Asia, see thy once ignoble race,",1.0
"What glory heightens, and what worthies grace!",1.0
"See Peace thy realms with smiling train adorn,",1.0
And Plenty pour the treasures of her horn.,1.0
"Yet, oft as Fortune blew propitious gales,",0.0
"And mildest Zephyrs fanned my swelling sails,",0.0
"Still Caution warned me, anxious for the realm,",2.0
"She calmly stemmed Ambition's boisterous tide,",0.0
And lowered the projects of gigantic Pride:,3.0
Hence unimpaired are all my blessings now;,1.0
Hence fresh my laurels blooming over my brow:,3.0
Sage Foresight only keeps our conquests won;,3.0
The too secure too surely are undone.,2.0
"No claimant princes shall hereafter jar,",1.0
The bloody sources of intestine war,1.0
"For thus I will ' --  both you, my children, share",0.0
"Alike my fondness, and alike my care!",1.0
"Yet you, my eldest, to the crown succeed;",1.0
"It's what thy father, what the gods decreed.",0.0
"Reflect, from whence that sacred power is given,",2.0
"Reflect, that monarchs only were designed",2.0
"To guard their people, and to bless mankind!",2.0
"Each royal mandate Equity should bound,",2.0
And Goodness cast a smile on all around.,0.0
"Nor less, while, hovering over the embattled field,",1.0
"Her palms to thee fond Victory shall yield,",3.0
Let Mercy plead: no hero's truly brave,2.0
Distress should bid our generous pity flow;,2.0
"By me released, OH! how the Jewish choir",3.0
In late sad silence on the willows hung!,3.0
"Thy breast, young prince, let all these virtues fire,",2.0
And nobly to the world confess thy sire.,1.0
"This happy state, that, from an heavenly plan,",3.0
"Forms every scheme of happiness to man,",2.0
"By justice establish, and by arms defend;",3.0
"Transmit entire, to bless the peaceful home",2.0
"Of nations now unborn, and monarchs yet to come.",2.0
"And thou, my son, thou youngest, shalt command",1.0
The narrower confines of some neighbouring land.,3.0
"Though larger realms thy brother's sway confess,",0.0
"Thy peace is greater, as thy kingdom less.",1.0
"Ambition's spur still pungent to the soul,",2.0
When over his mind his father's glories roll;,2.0
"Fame hard to gain, and harder yet to keep;",1.0
"Foremost in cares, as first in rule to shine;",1.0
"These, these are his ' --  but pleasures all are thine.",1.0
Without the sceptre of thy people's love.,1.0
"But yet it asks thy caution, all thy care,",0.0
"Thy subjects when to court, and when beware:",0.0
"Not true by nature, man, whatever he boast,",3.0
"Who public good prefers to private ends,",0.0
"Whose truth directs you, and whose zeal defends.",1.0
Then no sad murmurs can suspicion raise;,2.0
Admiring Anarchy itself obeys;,1.0
"Base Treason dreads infernal plots to lay,",1.0
And calmed Rebellion looks her rage away.,0.0
"Thy head as learnt, as was sincere thy heart.",1.0
"Though sullen Jealousy oft cursed thy name,",2.0
"And Envy planned the ruins of thy fame,",1.0
Thy spotless honour could the mouth defy,0.0
"Of deadly lions, or the deadlier spy.",3.0
"Chiefs, such as thou, best guard each prince's cause,",2.0
"Thy friends promote, thy brother first of these,",0.0
"Advancing most his honour, interest, ease;",3.0
"So shall his soul with kindred passions burn,",0.0
And grateful friendship make the best return;,0.0
"Faithful alike his counsels and his arms,",3.0
"When peace shall bless you, or when war alarms.",1.0
"But, OH! if where respect her balms should bring,",0.0
"If royal brothers, when some fiend inspires,",0.0
"When Anger prompts, or when Ambition fires,",0.0
"Divide themselves, and with imperious awe",3.0
Their people's hearts to different factions draw;,0.0
"Then soon will Peace, that guardian Goddess, fail,",2.0
And injured Justice drop her equal scale;,0.0
And Truth indignant flee the guilty land;,0.0
And maddening Fury clank her broken chain;,0.0
"Her rights sequestered Freedom shall deplore,",0.0
"OH! then, my sons, by that great God above!",1.0
"Let sacred Friendship with you ever grow,",2.0
The best of blessings earth contains below.,0.0
"Nor think, when this poor life away shall flee,",2.0
Your royal father never more must be.,0.0
"Though in our breast the soul's unseen, it's clear",0.0
A soul immortal has existence there.,1.0
Whence all the dreadful scene of Horror spread,0.0
Around the trembling murderer's guilty head?,2.0
"Or why does thus, when mortals dare to sin,",0.0
Vindictive Conscience ply the lash within?,0.0
Why over the grave those glaring trophies blaze?,2.0
Why all the pomp of monumental praise?,0.0
"Vain were the lofty Muse's epic strain,",0.0
"Vain the sad dirge, the rising column vain,",3.0
"If human souls mortality must share,",1.0
And at the last but vanish into air.,0.0
"Our thirst for Truth, which cannot here abate,",0.0
"Points out some clearer, some more perfect state;",1.0
"While longing Hope still bids us calmly die,",1.0
And take our fair possession of the sky.,1.0
"See Innocence with various cares distressed,",4.0
"See modest Worth, mid troubles undeserved!",2.0
"Admired, repulsed! just pitied, praised, and starved!",1.0
"Yet still rejoice the sons of virtuous Woe,",2.0
Though prosperous Vice triumphant reigns below;,2.0
They walk contented through the vale of grief!,1.0
"' --  It must be so ' --  what Reasoner can believe,",3.0
"That souls, when freed from bodies, cease to live?",0.0
"The soul survives ' --  this, this can never die:",1.0
"This still shall flourish in immortal bloom,",0.0
"Purged from all earthly dross, for ever rove",0.0
Through all the unbounded tracts of happiness above.,2.0
"Reflect, what Death is, from its image, Sleep!",1.0
"In airy dreams the soul then wings its way,",0.0
"Freed from the dull impediments of clay,",1.0
"Holds converse sweet with every kindred power,",1.0
"Through worlds unknown quick darts the vital flame,",1.0
"But yet if, with the body, rigid Fate",1.0
"The soul's existence should annihilate,",0.0
"How, when fond thoughts the pleasing theme pursue,",1.0
"Yet still to God let pure devotion rise,",1.0
Whose piercing eye each secret fraud detects;,0.0
"Whose wisdom governs, and whose care directs;",1.0
"That Time, nor Fate hath in confusion hurled",0.0
"The beauty, order, grandeur of the world.",2.0
"Rears its rude summit to yonder realms of light,",5.0
"The body prostrate, or uplift the eye;",4.0
There glad thanksgiving grateful altars raise!,1.0
There choral Paeans swell the song of praise!,0.0
"Let no Corruption near thy palace spread,",1.0
Nor dire Oppression rear her iron head.,0.0
"Peace, Love, and Charity, divinely bright;",2.0
Shall deal her favours to a grateful land:,0.0
"There Truth shall smile, in awful state enshrined,",0.0
"The fair resemblance of the eternal mind,",3.0
"There Justice brandish her impartial sword,",1.0
"Shall right the injured, and the weak defend,",1.0
"Each orphan's guardian, and each widow's friend.",1.0
"Pursue, great prince, pursue the important plan;",3.0
"Be feared, as monarch; but be loved, as man.",1.0
"And when my soul, fair tenant, flies away",1.0
"No costly pile with funeral grandeur burn,",3.0
Nor cull my ashes for the pompous urn;,1.0
"Where, when our gloomy long abode we fix,",0.0
"The human particles with earthly mix,",1.0
"While beyond fate, and fortune's farthest line,",1.0
For ever lives the particle divine.,1.0
And with a modest verse inscribe the stone:,1.0
The verse shall preach some moral truth to man ' --,0.0
"That fortune's various, or that life's a span;",1.0
"That vain the pomp and pageantry of state,",1.0
"That weak the mighty, and that frail the great;",1.0
"That heroes perish, and that monarchs fall.",2.0
"And now, my friends, receive the parting view!",0.0
"Press my chilled hand, and bid the last adieu!",3.0
"Call my dear Persians round the solemn bier,",3.0
"Brave troops! by whom, as heaven protecting led,",1.0
"But now, frail Health, how won thy roses seem!",1.0
In flower currents flows the purple stream:,0.0
"No more this breast with martial rage shall glow,",0.0
Nor rush all vengeance on the adverse foe;,2.0
"No more ' --  for see the dire disease prevail,",0.0
"My nerves all tremble, all my spirits fail!",0.0
"' --  Ah, why those cries? see lovely Reason near",1.0
"To calm the soul, and wipe off every tear,",0.0
"If life I leave, I leave its troubles too:",0.0
"For, if my happy soul to God ascends,",1.0
"Or in mere nothing if my being ends,",2.0
"Death soon shall waft me to some unknown shore,",2.0
Where patriot heroes in the peaceful shade,2.0
"No factions threaten, and no foes invade;",3.0
"Where long oblivion, ending anxious strife,",2.0
Stills the wild hurry of a noisy life;,4.0
"Or where all joys with heart-felt ease abound,",1.0
While youthful spring for ever blooms around.,0.0
"Come, give the fond embrace, and let me die;",1.0
"How will it wound, sad tale! her tender heart!",2.0
"Her heart by grief too delicately moved,",2.0
"For ever loving, and for ever loved.",1.0
"Ah! now what ease employs her softer hours,",0.0
"Near murmuring fountains, or in cooling bowers",3.0
"Where now that tongue, that never ceased to charm?",0.0
"Where the soft smile, that sickness could disarm?",3.0
"Or where the hands my weary eyes to close,",0.0
The last kind office in my last repose?,1.0
"How oft I named her with my latest breath,",1.0
"How blessed her absent, in the mid of death,",0.0
"You conscious skies, you lights celestial, tell!",0.0
"Farewell, my chiefs! in my example see",2.0
"Fair breaks the morn over yonder eastern skies,",7.0
And brightening hills in pleasing prospect rise;,0.0
"But who can say, serene the day will end,",0.0
"Such dear departed infant was thy dawn,",1.0
"O, thou! so late my child ' --  my hope and pride,",1.0
"Who ever pleased, until the hour thou died,",0.0
"In mournful strains let now my sad heart tell,",2.0
How I my darling boy could bid farewell!,2.0
Angelic brightness! o! look down and see,3.0
What bitter pangs thy parent feels for thee.,0.0
If thy pure shade can know what passes here;,2.0
Accept the bursting sigh ' --  ' --  the gushing tear; ' --  ' --,0.0
Forgive the murmurs of maternal love!,1.0
When thy sweet form did every pain repay:,3.0
"Thy angel beauty did my hope engage,",0.0
"And thou, fair spirit, now removed from pain,",2.0
"Hast taught my humble heart, that life is vain:",0.0
"Yet, what is this that struggles at my breast",1.0
"For thee, my child? ' --  ' --  it will not be suppressed:",2.0
"Thy spotless innocence ' --  ' --  thy soul so pure,",1.0
From scorn could not thy guiltless clay secure.,0.0
What though distinguished by that honoured name,3.0
"Which gained to Britain glory, wealth and fame,",0.0
"That swift destruction over her foes has hurled,",2.0
And lived the pride of an admiring world;,1.0
"What though descended from that soldier's breast,",2.0
And thou the latest darling of his age;,2.0
"Did it avail thee, honour, worth, and grace,",4.0
"Gave brilliant lustre to thy mother's race, ' --",2.0
"A noble race, where all the virtues glow,",0.0
Adorned with all that monarchs can bestow?,2.0
"Ah, no! though thus distinguished by thy birth,",1.0
"Though soft humanity exalts her crest,",1.0
"And in Britannia reigns an honoured guest,",3.0
The last retreat thy lovely form could crave,0.0
Thou angel innocent art now serene;,1.0
And though no costly marble ever may grace,4.0
"Yet shall the fairest flowers the spot adorn,",2.0
Cherished with purest tears of early morn;,2.0
"And angels guard thy guiltless sleeping clay,",0.0
How sweet thy rest! from every evil free!,0.0
"O, why! ' --  but soft ' --  be still, my murmuring breast, ' --",2.0
My little angel's gone to endless rest;,0.0
"With kindred spirits, far remote from pain,",0.0
He waits the hour when we shall meet again.,0.0
"THE sun revolving on his axis turns,",1.0
And with creative fire intensely burns;,1.0
Rolls with the planets round the solar gleam;,0.0
"First Mercury completes his transient year,",2.0
"Bright Venus occupies a wider way,",1.0
The early harbinger of night and day;,1.0
"Nor chills intense, nor fiercely heated burns;",0.0
"Around her rolls the lunar orb of light,",0.0
Trailing her silver glories through the night:,3.0
"On the earth's orbit see the various signs,",4.0
"Mark where the sun, our year completing, shines:",0.0
First the bright Ram his languid ray improves;,3.0
Next glaring watery through the Bull he moves;,1.0
The amorous Twins admit his genial ray;,2.0
"Now burning, through the Crab he takes his way;",2.0
"The Lion, flaming, bears the solar power;",0.0
"Now the just Ballance weighs his equal force,",0.0
The slimy Serpent swelters in his course;,0.0
"Now in the Water his faint beams appear,",2.0
And the cold Fish end the circling year.,1.0
Beyond our globe the sanguine Mars displays,0.0
"Next belted Jupiter far distant gleams,",2.0
Scarcely enlightened with the solar beams;,3.0
He tours majestic through the spacious height:,1.0
"But farther yet the tardy Saturn lags,",0.0
And five attendant luminaries drags;,0.0
"Investing with a double ring his pace,",1.0
"These are thy wondrous works, first source of good!",2.0
Now more admired in being understood.,1.0
"ERE death these closing eyes for ever shade,",1.0
That death thy cruelties have welcome made,2.0
"Receive, thou yet loved man! this one adieu,",2.0
This last farewell to happiness and you.,2.0
"My eyes overflow with tears, my trembling hand",2.0
"Can scarce the letters form, or pen command:",0.0
"The dancing paper swims before my sight,",0.0
And scarce myself can read the words I write.,1.0
"Think you behold me in this lost estate,",2.0
And think yourself the author of my fate:,1.0
"The general pity, not the boast of Rome.",0.0
"This form, a pattern to the sculptor's art,",1.0
Whose pictured beauties Rome thought fit to place,1.0
The sacred temples of her gods to grace,1.0
"Are charming now no more; the bloom is fled,",1.0
"The lilies languid, and the roses dead.",1.0
"Soon shall some hand the glorious work deface,",2.0
"No longer my resemblance they impart,",3.0
"They lost their likeness, when I lost thy heart.",0.0
"O! that those hours could take their turn again,",0.0
"His Flora thus bespoke: Say, my dear love!",3.0
Shall all these rivals unsuccessful prove?,0.0
"In vain, for ever, shall the Roman youth",0.0
"Envy my happiness, and tempt thy truth?",3.0
Shall neither tears nor prayers thy pity move?,0.0
"Ah! give not pity, it's akin to love.",1.0
"Would Flora were not fair in such excess,",2.0
"That I might fear, though not adore her less.",0.0
"Fool that I was, I sought to ease that grief,",1.0
Nor knew indifference followed the relief:,1.0
"Experience taught the cruel truth too late,",3.0
"I never dreaded, till I found my fate.",1.0
"Unmoved, his rival's unsuccessful prayer;",0.0
Alas! such pity is no kin to love.,2.0
'Twas thou thyself ungrateful as thou art!,3.0
The constancy my soul maintained for you;,1.0
"To other arms your mistress you condemned,",1.0
"Too cool a lover, and too warm a friend.",3.0
To ask the only thing it could refuse?,0.0
"Nor yet upbraid me, Pompey, what I say,",1.0
For it's my merit that I can't obey;,1.0
"Yet this alleged against me as a fault,",2.0
"Thy rage fomented, and my ruin wrought.",3.0
"Just gods! what tie, what conduct can prevail",1.0
"Over fickle man, when truth like mine can fail?",1.0
"Urge not, to gloss thy crime, the name of friend,",0.0
We know how far those sacred laws extend;,0.0
Since other heroes have not blushed to prove,0.0
How weak all passions when opposed to love:,0.0
Nor boast the virtuous conflict of thy heart,1.0
"It's all heroic fraud, and Roman art.",0.0
"Such flights of honour might amuse the crowd,",2.0
But by a mistress never can be allowed;,3.0
"Keep for the senate, and the grave debate,",1.0
That infamous hypocrisy of state:,2.0
"There words are virtue, and your trade deceit.",1.0
"No riddle is thy change, nor hard to explain;",4.0
"Flora was fond, and Pompey was a man:",3.0
"No longer then a specious tale pretend,",1.0
Nor plead fictitious merit to your friend:,1.0
"By nature false, you followed her decree,",1.0
"Nor generous are to him, but false to me.",2.0
"Gross artifice, that this from him could move,",3.0
"And not from Flora, whom you say you love:",0.0
"You could not bear to hear your rival sigh,",0.0
Yet bear unmoved to see your mistress die.,0.0
Inhuman hypocrite! nor thus can he,0.0
"He, who received, condemns the gift you made,",0.0
"And joins with me the giver to upbraid,",3.0
"He loves too well that cruel gift to use,",1.0
Which Pompey loved too little to refuse:,2.0
"Fain would he call my vagrant lord again,",0.0
But I the kind ambassador restrain;,2.0
"I scorn to let another take my part,",0.0
And to myself will owe or lose thy heart.,2.0
Can nothing ever rekindle love in thee?,2.0
Can nothing ever extinguish it in me?,3.0
That I could tear thee from this injured breast!,1.0
"And where you gave my person, give the rest,",0.0
At once to grant and punish thy request.,1.0
That I could place thy worthy rival there!,1.0
No second insult need my fondness fear;,2.0
"Come to my arms, thou dear deserving youth!",0.0
Thou prodigy of man! thou man with truth!,1.0
"For him, I will redouble every care,",2.0
"To please, for him, these faded charms repair;",1.0
"To crown his vows, and sharpen thy despair.",1.0
O! it's illusion all! and idle rage!,1.0
No second passion can this heart engage;,2.0
"And shortly, Pompey, shall thy Flora prove,",0.0
"Death may dissolve, but nothing change her love.",2.0
The Muse would take me on her airy wing,1.0
And waft to views romantic; there present,1.0
"Some motley vision, shade and sun: the cliff",0.0
"Overhanging, sparkling brooks, and ruins grey;",0.0
"Bad me meanders trace, and catch the form",2.0
"Of varying clouds, and rainbows learn to paint.",3.0
"Sometime ambition, brushing by, would twitch",2.0
"My mantle, and with winning look sublime",1.0
"Allure to follow. What though steep the track,",0.0
Her mountain's top would overpay when climbed,0.0
And lovely thence the prospects. She could tell,1.0
"But more advised to shun the barren twig,",0.0
And woo some thriving art: her numerous mines,2.0
"Caught by the harangue, heart beat, and fluttering pulse",4.0
Sounded irregular marches to be gone ' --,5.0
"What, pause a moment when Ambition calls?",0.0
"When Fortune gentle, at the hill's verge extreme,",3.0
"Arrayed in decent garb, but somewhat thin,",1.0
"Smiling approached, and what occasion asked,",2.0
Of climbing? She already provident,2.0
"Had catered well, if stomach could digest",0.0
"Unfit she said, for perilous attempt,",1.0
"She took, and laid me in a vale remote,",0.0
"Amid the gloomy scene of fir and yew,",0.0
"Obscurity her curtain round me drew,",1.0
"Since no fairy lights, no quickening ray,",4.0
"Nor stir of pulse, nor objects to entice",1.0
Abroad the spirits; but the cloistered heart,1.0
"And folded arms, in presence of the throne,",1.0
"Lethargic, which at intervals the sick",1.0
"Hears and forgets, and wakes to doze again.",2.0
"Instead of converse and variety,",2.0
"The same trite round, the same stale silent scene:",2.0
"But Innocence is there, but Peace all kind,",2.0
"And simple Quiet with her downy couch,",1.0
"Meads lowing, tune of birds, and lapse of streams,",1.0
"And Saunter, with a book, and warbling Muse,",1.0
In praise of hawthorns. ' --  Life's whole business this!,3.0
"Is it to bask in the sun, if so, a snail",2.0
Were happy crawling on a southern wall.,1.0
The hard pallet? not because from haunt remote,2.0
And works out his repose: for ease must ask,1.0
The leave of diligence to be enjoyed.,1.0
"With seeming smile, her palatable cup",1.0
By standing grows insipid; and beware,1.0
"What health impaired, and crowds inactive maimed?",0.0
What daily martyrs to her sluggish cause!,1.0
Despotic; and as subjects long inured,1.0
"To servile burden, grow supine and tame,",0.0
So fares it with our sovereign and her train.,2.0
What though with lure fallacious she pretend,1.0
"From worldly bondage to set free, what gain",2.0
"Exempt, if rosy fetters bind as fast.",0.0
"Think we that man with vigorous power endowed,",4.0
"And room to stretch, was destined to sit still?",2.0
Nor live up to the terms on which they hold,1.0
"Their vital lease. Laborious terms and hard,",2.0
But such the tenure of our earthly state!,2.0
"The nimble runner courses Fortune down,",1.0
"And then he banquets, for she feeds the bold.",1.0
"Think what you owe your country, what yourself.",0.0
That treads on lowly stations. Think of some,0.0
"Assiduous booby mounting over your head,",2.0
And thence with saucy grandeur looking down:,6.0
Think of Reflection's stab! the pitying friend,4.0
"With shoulder shrugged, and sorry. Think that Time",0.0
"Has golden minutes, if discreetly seized:",1.0
"And if some sad example, indolent,",2.0
To warn and scare be wanting ' --  think of me.,0.0
In this great world and known its many joys:,3.0
"The songs of birds, the strong sweet scent of hay,",1.0
And cooling breezes in the secret dusk;,0.0
"The flaming sunsets at the close of day,",1.0
"Music at night, and moonlight on the sea,",3.0
The beat of waves upon the rocky shore,0.0
"And wild white spray, flung high in ecstasy;",3.0
"The faithful eyes of dogs, and treasured books,",0.0
The love of Kin and fellowship of friends,0.0
And all that makes life dear and beautiful.,2.0
"I thank Thee too, that there has come to me",1.0
"A little sorrow and sometime defeat,",2.0
A little heartache and the loneliness,3.0
That comes with parting and the words' Good-bye';,1.0
"Dawn breaking after weary hours of pain,",1.0
When I discovered that night's gloom must yield,2.0
And morning light break through to me again.,3.0
Because of these and other blessings poured,1.0
Because I know that there is yet to come,1.0
"An even richer and more glorious life,",3.0
"And most of all, because Thine only Son",0.0
"The Goddess Nature, so unjustly Crowned,",1.0
And by the Learnt so many Ages owned.,1.0
"Refuge of Atheists, whose supine desire,",4.0
"Pleased with that Stage, no farther will aspire:",2.0
"To Nature, what's done by a Power divine.",3.0
"We know not how, nor where, to ascribe events,",2.0
"Sure that alone, the mighty Work can do,",1.0
"The Power that did create, can Govern too:",2.0
"That must be circumscribed to place, and things,",0.0
"Whose straightened Power, does Ministers Elect,",3.0
"The Omnipresence, of the Power Divine,",3.0
Argues it need no Deputies assign;,4.0
"To Rule, Protect the Beings he create:",1.0
"Tis Boyle, not thee, that must the World convince;",1.0
Boyle the great Champion of Providence.,5.0
"Whose conquering Truths in an Enquiry dressed,",5.0
Have celebrated Nature dispossessed;,0.0
But nice Idea of the erring Schools.,1.0
"Fate, Fortune, Chance, all notional and vain,",2.0
The floating Fictions of the Poet's brain;,1.0
"The World rejects, yet stupidly prefers,",1.0
This wild Chimera of Philosophers:,2.0
"This more insinuating Notion lay,",1.0
"Unquestioned till you made your brave Assay,",4.0
Than a suspected Orthodox dispute.,1.0
"They can't pretend Interest, thy Lines does Bribe",5.0
"With which they censure, the Canonic Tribe:",1.0
"'Twas Love of Truth alone, thy Pen did move,",1.0
"Nor none but thee, could so successful prove.",2.0
"Tending thy Triumphs of Philosophy,",4.0
"Resigning their Gigantic Notions now,",1.0
And only what you write for Truth allow.,0.0
"See they have all their renounced Volumes brought,",5.0
"Bidding Mankind believe, what you have Taught;",4.0
Adorning that victorious Head of thine.,2.0
"And shall my Female Pen, thy Praise pretend,",1.0
"When Angels only, can enough commend,",1.0
"In Songs, which like themselves, can know no End.",1.0
"MADAM, What Muse can speak, what Pen display",2.0
And from impending Slavery freed her Race?,3.0
"His grateful Subjects round his Chariot hung,",2.0
Long live the King was heard from every Tongue:,1.0
"And Babes unborn, by Instinct leaped for Joy;",1.0
"Even those whom Death stood ready to release,",3.0
"Blessed the Deliverer, and died in Peace.",3.0
As Roman Sages charged their Sons to tell,0.0
That at their Deaths they left Augustus well:,0.0
"So shall those Patriots who with Care and Toil,",1.0
"Rescued the Charters of our British Isle,",3.0
"At Fate's first Summons willingly obey,",2.0
"And to their weeping Wives and Children say,",1.0
"Cease, cease your Tears, no more of Grief be shown,",2.0
"We leave you Free, and George upon the Throne.",0.0
"This Madam, we may write, but who can tell",1.0
"What mighty Transports in your Bosom dwell,",0.0
"To see the Sceptre by that Hero swayed,",1.0
To whom long since your ardent Vows were paid.,0.0
Nor feared what Dangers might obstruct your Way:,0.0
"Not led by Interest, or Intrigues of State,",1.0
"No private End by you was understood,",2.0
But all your Wishes were the Public Good.,1.0
"O may the Princess you so oft have praised,",2.0
"And great Ideas of her Virtues raised,",1.0
"Give you that Preference due to your Desert,",0.0
And place you foremost in her Royal Heart.,1.0
"The Princess, said I? O that charming Name,",1.0
She comes! Who can the exulting Joy sustain?,1.0
"The Heroes did such mighty Transports give,",0.0
"We scarce can view the Heroine, and Live.",1.0
O Happy Britain! O propitious Day!,1.0
That shall this Lady to thy Isle convey:,1.0
"From her may such a Race of Princes flow,",1.0
Till Heralds barren of new Titles grow.,2.0
"Come Royal Dame, and bless our longing Eyes,",1.0
"Fulfil our Hopes, consummate all our Joys.",3.0
"Your Glorious Offspring let Britannia see,",5.0
"And make her happy, as you made her free.",1.0
The Darling Hostages betwixt her and Heaven.,1.0
Like Music tuned from the Celestial Spheres.,1.0
"With thousand Beauties was Maria graced,",1.0
A thousand Virtues in her Soul were placed;,0.0
"Such was her Form, and such her mighty Mind,",2.0
That scarcely Angels could be more refined:,0.0
"She wanted only Immortality,",1.0
To make the Angel with the Saint agree.,1.0
"In Carolina's does triumphant rise,",0.0
That Charming Queen for whom so much we grieved.,0.0
"As when some happy Nuptial Knot's untied,",0.0
"The poor Wife, overpowered by the Stroke of Fate,",2.0
"Mourns like a Turtle her departed Mate,",1.0
"Stretched on the Breathless Trunk her Tears she vents,",0.0
And utters to the Lifeless Clay Complaints:,1.0
"To draw her thence all Arguments are tried,",1.0
"Nothing can raise her from her Husband's Side,",3.0
"Till some one Friend more lucky than the rest,",1.0
Lays the surviving Infant on her Breast:,3.0
"She views each Feature, dwells on every Grace,",0.0
And in the Child surveys the Father's Face;,0.0
"Then the dear Relic snatches to her Arms,",3.0
And all the Mother instantly returns.,1.0
"Fixed the Succession, and relieved our Woes.",3.0
"Whatever the Almighty gives to bless Mankind,",3.0
"We, or in Spring, or in the Autumn find,",0.0
"The Spring revives what Winter has decayed,",0.0
And in New Livery all the Earth's arrayed.,2.0
"But though the Spring a Thousand Sweets disclose,",1.0
"The Indian Jessamine, and Syrian Rose;",5.0
"The various Product of each fertile Soil,",3.0
It's the Rich Autumn Crowns the Peasant's Toil.,2.0
And every Joy reviving in the KING;,0.0
YOU in the PRINCESS will our Harvest bring.,1.0
"Low in a Vale beneath a spreading Shade,",0.0
"To please the Fair thus formed the rival Song,",1.0
While the Herds listened to each tuneful Tongue.,3.0
"This Morn I wandered through a poplar Grove,",1.0
Where a lone Turtle mourned her absent Love;,2.0
"With pensive Coo she well expressed her Woe,",0.0
Lulled by her Voice the Brooks more gently flow;,0.0
When lo the Partner of her Nest drew nigh,2.0
With hovering Wings: And bid her Sorrows fly.,0.0
"All sprightly now with brisker Note she sings,",0.0
"Prunes her soft Breast, and spreads her joyful Wings.",3.0
"No more the Grove is Witness to her Woe,",1.0
Such are the Joys that faithful Lovers know.,1.0
"'Twas there a single Violet I spied,",1.0
"That breathed its Odours, drooped its Head, and died;",3.0
"When from the Root a gay Companion grew,",0.0
Fair as the first and fresh as Morning Dew:,0.0
Whose fragrant Leaves perfumed the bordering Plain;,2.0
"Then did the first its former Beauties gain,",0.0
"Pleased with each other side by side they grow,",0.0
As sweet as was the Violet is my Love.,2.0
"Soft are the Murmurs of a southern Wind,",1.0
But she is softer than her harmless Sheep.,2.0
"Sweet are the Gales that meet the rosy Morn,",0.0
Sweet are the Flowers that yonder Meads adorn;,2.0
But my loved Nymph is sweet as early Day.,2.0
"Where walks my Love ' --  there opening Roses bloom,",2.0
"When she is gone the opening Roses fade,",2.0
The Sun himself laments the absent Maid.,0.0
"When smiles my Love, then smile the Groves below;",0.0
And the clear Skies with brighter Lustre glow:,2.0
"But when she frowns, those Groves are glad no more,",1.0
And the Sky lowers that was bright before.,2.0
"While we prefer the Spring to Winter Storms,",1.0
Or goodly Cedars to unseemly Thorns;,1.0
"While Maples keep below the lofty Pine,",0.0
Shall my loved Nymph before her Sisters shine?,3.0
"As we prefer the Peacock to the Crow,",3.0
As Maidens fairer than their Mothers show;,1.0
So my loved Nymph each other Nymph excels.,2.0
"You sung last Night with more melodious Air,",3.0
"While the shrill Pipe her slender Fingers plied,",3.0
"The Pipe you gave her, and your Heart beside.",1.0
'Twas you I saw beneath a maple Shade;,0.0
"Who broke your Cypress Bowl on yonder Plain,",0.0
And sent the Willow to her slighted Swain.,2.0
And Blood fall dropping from the darkened Moon:,2.0
"Tell this, and I shall for thy Learning yield,",1.0
And Shrubs yield Apples that were Crabs before;,1.0
And for thy Knowledge I shall not refuse,2.0
To give the best of all my speckled Ewes.,0.0
"Thus sung the Shepherd's while the listening Maid,",1.0
"Praised both their Songs, and thus their Songs repaid;",1.0
"Behold this lovely Pineapple, she cried;",5.0
"These long were mine, and these I give to you;",1.0
"They part the Flocks, and to the Folds repair;",1.0
"And the black Clouds forbid their longer Stay,",2.0
Their Feet unwilling tread their destined Way,0.0
"At once: Farewell too lovely Nymphs, they cry,",2.0
And on the Virgin cast a parting Eye.,1.0
"TO You, great Steward of the public Trust,",3.0
"True to your King, and to your Country just!",1.0
"No venal Bard his joyful Tribute brings,",1.0
Nor Envy sure can censure what he sings;,0.0
"Since each impartial Tongue your Praise declares,",0.0
"The Muse but echoes, what the Poet hears.",0.0
"But You, whose Merits moved the People's Voice,",1.0
"Unanimous, to make so wise a Choice,",1.0
"With solid Sense, and prudent Conduct show,",0.0
"You grace the Senate, not the Senate You.",1.0
"Where, in the List of Patriots, could we find",1.0
"Or where a juster Hand, to poise the Scale",0.0
"Nor this you strive to sink, nor that extend;",1.0
"Bigot to neither Side, to both a Friend.",2.0
So flow the Spirits through our vital Frame;,1.0
"Nor yet this Member chill, nor that inflame.",0.0
"TRUE to your Principles, you never stray",1.0
"From Public Good, though Interest lead the Way:",0.0
For Public Good you still employ your Tongue;,0.0
"And, rather than commit, you suffer Wrong.",1.0
And Members bartered Honesty for Gain;,1.0
"No Gain, no Place, nor Profit could control",2.0
The stubborn Virtue of your steady Soul:,1.0
BUT why should I in feeble Numbers tell,0.0
"Those Virtues, which your Actions paint so well?",0.0
For all the Actions of your Life proclaim,1.0
"A Subject's loyal Love, a Patriot's Fame.",2.0
"Your Care to keep the People's Interest sure,",0.0
"Your Zeal to guard the Prince's Crown secure,",0.0
Make Prince and People both espouse your Cause;,1.0
"Witness their latest Choice, and loud Applause;",2.0
"Parties themselves agreed your Worth to boast,",2.0
"Or differed only, who should praise it most;",0.0
"While timorous Candidates the Test declined,",3.0
So fly the Stars before the rising Sun;,0.0
"And, from his brighter Beams withdraw their own.",1.0
"DORINDA, once the fairest of the Train,",1.0
"Toast of the Town, and Triumph of the Plain;",1.0
"Whose shining Eyes a thousand Hearts alarmed,",0.0
"Whose Wit inspired, and whose Follies charmed:",1.0
"Who, with Invention, racked her careful Breast",1.0
"To find new Graces to insult the rest,",2.0
"Now sees her Temples take a swarthy Hue,",1.0
"While on her Cheeks the fading Roses die,",0.0
And the last Sparkles tremble in her Eye.,2.0
"Bright Sol had drove the sable Clouds away,",1.0
"And cheered the Heavens with a Stream of Day,",1.0
"The woodland Choir their little Throats prepare,",2.0
To chant new Carols to the Morning Air:,2.0
On her sad Pillow lost Dorinda lay;,2.0
"To Mirth a Stranger, and the like to Ease,",1.0
"For if to close her weary Lids she tries,",1.0
Detested Wrinkles swim before her Eyes;,0.0
"At length the Mourner raised her aching Head,",0.0
And discontented left her hated Bed.,0.0
"But sighing shunned the Relics of her Pride,",1.0
And left the Toilet for the Chimney Side:,1.0
Her careless Locks upon her Shoulders lay,0.0
"She slights her Form, no more by Youth inspired,",1.0
"At length all trembling, of herself afraid,",1.0
"To her loved Glass repaired the weeping Maid,",2.0
And with a Sigh addressed the altered Shade.,1.0
"With lowering Forehead, like a northern Storm;",2.0
"Cheeks pale and hollow, as the Face of Woe,",2.0
And Lips that with no gay Vermilion glow?,2.0
Where is that Form which this false Mirror told,4.0
"Bloomed like the Morn, and should for Ages hold;",0.0
"But now a Spectre in its room appears,",0.0
But surely not the mimic Shape of me.,0.0
"Ah! yes ' --  the Shade its mourning Visage rears,",0.0
"Pants when I sigh, and answers to my Tears:",1.0
"Now who shall bow before this withered Shrine,",0.0
"This Mortal Image, that was late Divine?",0.0
"What Victim now will praise these faded Eyes,",0.0
Once the gay Basis for a thousand Lies?,4.0
"Deceitful Beauty ' --  false as thou art gay,",1.0
"This the Reward of many careful Years,",1.0
"The Gloves anointed, and the bathing Hour,",1.0
"Yet to thy Worship still the fair Ones run,",1.0
And hail thy Temples with the rising Sun;,1.0
And Isabella curls her grizzled Hair:,0.0
"See poor Augusta of her Glass afraid,",2.0
While her thin Cheeks disown the mimic Red.,3.0
"Soft Silvia, who no Lover's Breast alarms,",4.0
"And though her Cheek can boast no rosy Die,",2.0
Her gay Brocades allure the gazing Eye.,0.0
"But hear, my Sisters ' --  Hear an ancient Maid,",0.0
"Too long by Folly, and her Arts betrayed;",2.0
"From these light Trifles turn your partial Eyes,",2.0
It's sad Dorinda prays you to be wise;,1.0
"And thou Celinda, thou must shortly feel",2.0
The sad Effect of Time's revolving Wheel;,0.0
"Thy Spring is past, thy Summer Sun declined,",0.0
"See Autumn next, and Winter stalks behind:",1.0
"But let not Reason with thy Beauties fly,",1.0
Nor place thy Merit in a brilliant Eye;,0.0
"And make thy Temper, like thy Features, please:",0.0
Nor trim thy Eyebrows with so nice a Care;,2.0
Let Isabel unload her aching Head,1.0
"Of twisted Papers, and of binding Lead;",1.0
"Let sage Augusta now, without a Frown,",1.0
Strip those gay Ribbons from her aged Crown;,4.0
Change the laced Slipper of delicious Hue,4.0
"For a warm Stocking, and an easy Shoe;",3.0
"Guard her swelled Ankles from Rheumatic Pain,",4.0
And from her Cheek expunge the guilty Stain.,1.0
"Would smiling Silvia lay that Hoop aside,",2.0
"She, like the rest, had once her flagrant Day,",0.0
But now she twinkles in a fainter Ray.,0.0
"Those youthful Airs set off their Mistress now,",2.0
Just as the Patch adorns her Autumn Brow:,0.0
"In vain her Feet in sparkling Laces glow,",0.0
"Since none regard her Forehead, nor her Toe.",1.0
"Who would not burst with Laughter, or with Spleen,",1.0
The little Loves have bid her Eyes adieu:,0.0
"Yet she pursues the Pleasures of her Prime,",2.0
"And vain Desires, not subdued by Time;",0.0
"Thrusts in amongst the Frolic and the Gay,",2.0
But shuts her Daughter from the Beams of Day:,1.0
"The Child, she says, is indolent and grave,",1.0
And tells the World Ophelia can't behave:,0.0
"But while Ophelia is forbid the Room,",1.0
"Or to the Sound of melting Music dies,",1.0
And in their Sockets rolls her blinking Eyes;,0.0
While Scorn and Satire whisper through the Hall.,2.0
"Hear this, you fair Ones, that survive your Charms,",1.0
Nor reach at Folly with your aged Arms;,1.0
"Thus Pope has sung, thus let Dorinda sing;",2.0
"Virtue, brave Boys, ' --  it's Virtue makes a King:",3.0
Why not a Queen? fair Virtue is the same,2.0
"In the rough Hero, and the smiling Dame:",3.0
"Though late I see her, and embrace her too:",1.0
"Come, you blessed Graces, that are sure to please,",3.0
"The Smile of Friendship, and the careless Ease;",1.0
"The Hand of Bounty, and the Heart sincere:",1.0
"May these the Twilight of my Days attend,",3.0
And may that Evening never want a Friend,1.0
"To smooth my Passage to the silent Gloom,",1.0
And give a Tear to grace the mournful Tomb.,0.0
HOW happy you! who varied joys pursue;,1.0
And every hour presents you something new?,0.0
For six long months have gained upon your heart;,1.0
The winding staircase and the covered walk;,2.0
And raise with wondrous joy the fancied pile:,0.0
But coldly executes his lord's command.,0.0
"With dirt and mortar soon you grow displeased,",0.0
"Planting succeeds, and avenues are raised,",2.0
"Canals are cut, and mountains level made;",0.0
"Bowers of retreat, and galleries of shade;",2.0
The shaven turf presents a lively green;,0.0
The bordering flowers in mystic knots are seen:,4.0
With studied art on nature you refine ' --,1.0
"The spring beheld you warm in this design,",1.0
"But scarce the cold attacks your favourite trees,",0.0
"Your inclination fails, and wishes freeze.",0.0
"You quit the grove, so lately you admired;",1.0
"With other views your eager hopes are fired,",0.0
Post to the city you direct your way;,1.0
Not blooming paradise could bribe your stay:,0.0
Ambition shows your power's brightest side;,0.0
"Though certain pains attend the cares of state,",0.0
A good man owes his country to be great;,2.0
"Should act abroad the high distinguished part,",0.0
Or show at least the purpose of his heart.,1.0
With thoughts like these the shining courts you seek;,1.0
Full of new projects for almost a week:,3.0
You then despise the tinsel glittering snare;,2.0
Think vile mankind below a serious care.,4.0
Life is too short for any distant aim;,3.0
And cold the dull reward of future fame:,0.0
Be happy then while yet you have to live;,0.0
And love is all the blessing heaven can give.,0.0
Fired by new passion you address the fair;,3.0
Your beating heart acknowledges her power;,1.0
Your eager eyes her lovely form devour;,0.0
"You feel the poison swelling in your breast,",0.0
And all your soul by fond desire possessed.,0.0
In dying sighs a long three hours are past;,1.0
"To some assembly with impatient haste,",1.0
"With trembling hope, and doubtful fear you move,",0.0
"Resolved to tempt your fate, and own your love:",0.0
"But there Belinda meets you on the stairs,",2.0
"Easy her shape, attracting all her airs;",2.0
"A smile she gives, and with a smile can wound;",1.0
Her melting voice has music in the sound;,0.0
"Wit in her mien, and pleasure in her face:",0.0
"Here while you vow eternity of love,",1.0
"However deeply made, no long impress remains;",2.0
The lightest leaf can leave its figure there;,1.0
The strongest form is scattered by the air.,1.0
"So yielding the warm temper of your mind,",3.0
"So touched by every eye, so tossed by wind;",0.0
O! how unlike the heaven my soul designed!,1.0
"Unseen, unheard, the throng around me move;",0.0
"Not wishing praise, insensible of love:",1.0
"No whispers soften, nor no beauties fire;",3.0
"Careless I see the dance, and coldly hear the lyre.",2.0
So numerous herds are driven over the rock;,4.0
No print is left of all the passing flock:,1.0
So sings the wind around the solid stone:,0.0
So vainly beat the waves with fruitless moan.,0.0
Who dare attempt to fix impressions there:,1.0
"Engrave his name upon this marble breast,",0.0
Not rolling ages could deface that name;,0.0
Through all the storms of life it's still the same:,0.0
"Though length of years with moss may shade the ground,",0.0
"Deep, though unseen, remains the secret wound.",2.0
"THOU pleasant noble Bard of fame far spread,",1.0
"Now art thou gathered to the mighty dead,",1.0
"All that of thee is perishable, hold.",2.0
Mourners and mutes and weeping friends are gone;,2.0
"The pageant closed, and thou art left alone,",1.0
"The covered treasure of a sacred spot,",1.0
That in the course of time shall never be forgot.,0.0
"Soon those who loved, admired and honoured thee,",0.0
"And great their number is, who have with pride",1.0
"Looked in thy manly face, sat by thy side,",2.0
"And heard thy social converse, ' --  words of cheer,",0.0
And words of power to charm the listening ear!,2.0
"At death's despotic summons will they come,",1.0
Each in his turn from many a different home:,2.0
"The regal palace, and the homely farm.",1.0
"Soldier and lawyer, merchant, priest and peer,",2.0
"The crowned monarch and the simple hind,",1.0
Did all in thee a meet companion find.,0.0
"For thee the peasant's wife her elbow chair,",2.0
"Smiling a welcome, kindly set, and there",2.0
"With fair exchange of storey, saw and jest,",0.0
Thou wert to her a free and pleasant guest;,1.0
"While nature, undisguised, repaid thee well",0.0
For time so spent. She and her mate could tell,1.0
"They claimed thee as their own, their kin their kind.",1.0
More precious than the scholar's classic lore.,1.0
"And how felt he, whose early rhymes had been",0.0
"To perilous inspection given, and seen",3.0
"By one whose brows were graced from every land,",1.0
"How beat his heart, as with the morning ray,",1.0
"Imagining what shortly he must see,",2.0
Him in whose presence he so soon will be?,1.0
When on thy real face his eyes were cast?,3.0
Thine open brow with glow of fancy heated;,0.0
Thy purring cat upon the table seated;,0.0
Thy sleeping hound that hath his easy lair,0.0
Close on the precincts of his master's chair;,2.0
"The honest welcome of that sudden smile,",1.0
"And outstretched hand, misgiving thoughts beguile.",4.0
"But when thy cheerful greeting met his ear,",0.0
"Fie on thee! foolish heart, a man like this to fear!",1.0
"Thou wert to him, when blushed the eastern sky,",1.0
A sage of awful mien and lofty eye;,0.0
Thou wert the monitor both kind and free;,3.0
"Thou wert his easy cheerful host, ' --  his friend.",1.0
"When all whose eyes have ever beheld thy face,",2.0
"Thou wilt exist in all thy magic then,",0.0
"The cherished, speaking friend of living men.",0.0
"In torrid climes, in regions cold and bleak,",0.0
In every land and language wilt thou speak.,0.0
"Within the seaman's cabin, where the sound",0.0
Of many leagues of water murmurs round.,0.0
"The buoyant schoolboy will forego his play,",2.0
In secret nook alone with thee to stray;,1.0
"The sober sage wise tomes will cast aside,",1.0
An hour with thee ' --  a pleasant hour to bide.,1.0
"Men of all nations, of all creeds, all ranks,",1.0
"Of mortal life, they will delight to pay.",1.0
"For who shall virtuous sympathies resign,",3.0
Or feed foul fancies from a page of thine?,2.0
"No, none! thy writings as thy life are pure,",2.0
And their fair fame and influence will endure.,5.0
Not so with those where perverse skill portrays,4.0
"Wild, maniac, selfish fiends to be admired,",7.0
"Such are, to what thy faithful pen hath traced,",1.0
"With all the shades of varied nature graced,",0.0
"Like grim cartoons, for Flemish looms prepared,",0.0
"Stately or mean, theirs still are forms of truth,",2.0
But silent smiles of pleasure speak their praise.,0.0
"When those, who now thy recent death deplore,",0.0
"Lie in the dust, thought of and known no more,",3.0
Will brightly shine with undiminished fame;,0.0
And future sons of fancy fondly strive,0.0
To their compatriots works like thine to give.,3.0
But of the many who on her wide sea,2.0
"Shall boldly spread their sails to follow thee,",1.0
Than those who emulate the poet's strain.,1.0
"A tale like Waverley we yet may con,",1.0
But shall we read a lay like Marmion?,1.0
The voice of public favour says not so:,1.0
"Which hath of old most fascinating been,",0.0
"And will be ever, ' --  strong in ready power,",1.0
"And over these common foes will oft prevail,",2.0
Against thy left hand for thy right to plead:,2.0
"Think as we list, one truth, alas! is plain,",0.0
We never shall look upon thy like again.,2.0
"Thy country, bounded by her subject sea,",1.0
Adds to her fame by giving birth to thee;,0.0
"In distant lands yonder fancied group behold,",3.0
Where busy traders meet in quest of gold;,0.0
"Motley and keen, all gathered round a youth,",2.0
"Who simply stands unconscious of the truth,",2.0
"Look at him wistfully, and hark, they speak ' --",1.0
"The Turk and Jew, Armenian and Greek,",1.0
Their rapid lips the whispered words betraying ' --,0.0
"That Caledonian, too, with more good will",2.0
They greet as of thy closer kindred still:,1.0
"But who is he, who, standing by their side,",2.0
As if he meant to look the others down?,2.0
Ay; he is from thine own romantic town.,1.0
"Thou art in time's long course a landmark high,",2.0
"A beacon blazing to the neither sky,",1.0
"To which, as far and wide it shoots its rays,",0.0
"From ship, and shore, and mountain turn their sight,",0.0
And hail the glorious signal of the night.,3.0
"Shall be thy hallowed sod; solemn and sweet,",5.0
"Will be the gentle sorrow uttered there,",1.0
The whispered blessing and the quiet prayer.,1.0
"Flower, herb, or leaf by children yet unborn",1.0
"Will often from thy verdant turf be torn,",1.0
And kept in dear memorial of the place,1.0
Where thou art laid with a departed race;,1.0
"Where every thing around, tower, turret, tree,",6.0
"River, and glen, and mountain, wood and lea,",2.0
"And ancient ruin, by the moonlight made",2.0
"More stately with alternate light and shade,",4.0
"Thy once beloved Melrose, ' --  all speak of thee,",3.0
"With mingled voices through the gale of morn,",1.0
"Of evening, noon, and night, most sadly born,",0.0
That sadly seems to utter He is gone!,1.0
To God's forgiving mercy and his love ' --,1.0
Bright hosts redeemed by him whose voice of hope,2.0
Revealed the immortal spirit's boundless scope ' --,2.0
"We leave thee, though within its narrow cell,",1.0
Thy honoured dust must for a season dwell ' --,1.0
"Our friend, our bard, our brother, ' --  fare thee well!",0.0
THERE are it seems who think the natal star,1.0
Dart their strong influence on the dawning soul;,4.0
Or lulled to pleasure by the queen of love:,1.0
And point to arts and sciences the wand;,1.0
"Or angry Mars inspiring warlike heat,",1.0
"Alarm the pulse, and at the bosom beat.",0.0
If so: then why the Muse a contrast finds,0.0
"The one of nature easy and composed,",2.0
"TO other of eager and impetuous soul,",3.0
"Where the rill murmurs, and the laurel shades;",3.0
"That warmed and roused by what his soul approves,",0.0
"The sport, the mistress, or the friend he loves.",1.0
"Yet the same sun saluted them on earth,",4.0
"Yet the same planets glittered at their birth,",2.0
"The same soft gale, or whispered in the wood,",1.0
"It is enough, that harmony appears,",2.0
"And friendship reconciles, where nature jars;",0.0
"For whatsoever the scheme of dreamers be,",2.0
"Their stars may differ, since their lives agree.",0.0
"SINCE now, dear Youth, this sad recording stone",1.0
"Proclaims, alas! thy gentle spirit flown;",0.0
"To thee, thou spotless, thou lamented shade,",2.0
By weeping friends be sorrow's tribute paid;,0.0
"And her aspiring love attempts thy praise,",1.0
"Attempts to paint that pang her bosom knew,",0.0
When robbed by Death of happiness and you;,1.0
"While to this tablet frail she gives the trust,",0.0
To bear thy virtues and protect thy dust;,1.0
"For Hope celestial, dawning on thy grave,",1.0
From whose sad bourn mortals return no more.,4.0
She for I know not yet her name in heaven,1.0
"Nor sudden, like Philander. What avail?",2.0
This seeming mitigation but inflames;,1.0
This fancied medicine heightens the disease.,3.0
"The longer known, the closer still she grew;",0.0
And gradual parting is a gradual death.,5.0
"IT is the grim tyrant's engine, which extorts",6.0
"From hardest hearts, confession of distress.",1.0
"OH the long, dark approach through years of pain,",3.0
"Death's gallery, might I dare to call it so,",2.0
With dismal doubt and sable terror hung;,0.0
Sick Hope's pale lamp its only glimmering ray!,4.0
"There Fate my melancholy walk ordained,",0.0
"How oft I saw her dead, while yet in smiles!",0.0
"In smiles she sunk her grief, to lessen mine.",1.0
"She spoke me comfort, and increased my pain.",1.0
"In his pale progress gently gaining ground,",2.0
"Death urged his deadly siege; in spite of Art,",1.0
Of all the balmy blessings Nature lends,0.0
"Not now first made familiar to my sight,",2.0
"And thou, OH Moon, bear witness! many a night",6.0
"He tore the pillow from beneath my head,",1.0
"Tied down my sore attention to the shock,",1.0
By ceaseless depredations on a life,1.0
Dearer than that he left me. Dreadful post,0.0
"Of observation, darker every hour!",0.0
"Less dread the day that drove me to the brink,",2.0
And pointed at Eternity below;,1.0
"When, on a moment's point, the important die",2.0
"Of life and death spun doubtful, ere it fell,",1.0
And turned up life; my title to more woe.,1.0
But why more woe? More comfort let it be.,0.0
Nothing is dead but that which wished to die;,2.0
Where dwells that wish most ardent of the wise?,1.0
Too dark the sun to see it; highest stars,1.0
"Too low to reach it; Death, great Death alone,",2.0
"Over stars and sun triumphant, lands us there.",0.0
"Nor dreadful our transition; though the mind,",2.0
Is prone to paint it dreadful. Who can take,0.0
Death's portrait true? The tyrant never sat.,1.0
"Our sketch all random strokes, conjecture all;",0.0
"Close shuts the Grave, nor tells one single tale.",1.0
"Death, and his image rising in the brain,",0.0
Bear faint resemblance; never are alike:,2.0
Fear shakes the pencil; Fancy loves excess;,1.0
Dark Ignorance is lavish of her shades:,3.0
And these the formidable picture draw.,2.0
"But grant the worst; iT is past; new prospects rise,",1.0
And drop a veil eternal over her tomb.,2.0
Far other views our contemplation claim;,1.0
Views that suspend our agonies in death.,2.0
"Wrapped in the thought of immortality,",1.0
"Wrapped in the single, the triumphant thought,",1.0
"Its nature, proof, importance, fire my song.",0.0
OH that my song could emulate my soul!,0.0
"Like her, immortal. No! ' --  the soul disdains",1.0
"If endless ages can outweigh an hour,",2.0
"Let not the laurel, but the palm, inspire.",1.0
"Thy nature, Immortality, who knows?",1.0
And yet who knows it not? It is but life,1.0
"In stronger thread of brighter colour spun,",1.0
And spun for ever; dipped by cruel Fate,0.0
"In Stygian die, how black, how brittle here!",0.0
"How short our correspondence with the sun,",1.0
"And, while it lasts, inglorious! Our best deeds,",2.0
"How wanting in their weight! Our highest joys,",0.0
"Small cordials to support us in our pain,",2.0
And give us strength to suffer. But how great,1.0
"With all the sons of Reason, scattered wide",0.0
"Through habitable space, wherever born,",1.0
However endowed; to live free citizens,5.0
"Of universal nature; to lay hold,",2.0
"By more than feeble faith, on the Supreme!",1.0
To call Heaven's rich unfathomable mines,3.0
Mines which support archangels in their state,2.0
"Our own! to rise in science as in bliss,",1.0
Initiate in the secrets of the skies!,1.0
"To read Creation, read its mighty plan",0.0
In the bare bosom of the Deity!,4.0
The plan and execution to collate!,1.0
"To see, before each glance of piercing thought,",0.0
"All cloud, all shadow, blown remote, and leave",0.0
"No mystery ' --  but that of love Divine,",2.0
"Of inward anguish, and of outward ill,",1.0
"From darkness and from dust, to such a scene;",2.0
"Love's element, true joy's illustrious home,",5.0
From earth's sad contrast now deplored more fair!,1.0
What exquisite vicissitude of fate!,3.0
Blessed absolution of our blackest hour!,2.0
"Lorenzo, these are thoughts that make man Man,",2.0
And every moment fear to sink beneath,0.0
"How great, in the wild whirl of Time's pursuits,",2.0
"To stop, and pause; involved in high presage,",3.0
"Through the long vista of a thousand years,",3.0
"To stand contemplating our distant selves,",4.0
"As in a magnifying mirror seen,",0.0
"Enlarged, ennobled, elevate, Divine!",0.0
To gaze in thought on what all thought transcends!,0.0
"As far beyond conception as desert,",1.0
"Ourselves the astonished talkers, and the tale!",3.0
"Lorenzo, swells thy bosom at the thought?",0.0
The swell becomes thee; iT is an honest pride.,1.0
"Revere thyself, ' --  and yet thyself despise.",0.0
"His nature no man can overrate, and none",3.0
"Can underrate his merit. Take good heed,",1.0
That almost universal error shun.,1.0
"How just our pride, when we behold those heights!",1.0
"Not those Ambition paints in air, but those",1.0
"Reason points out, and ardent Virtue gains,",0.0
"And angels emulate. Our pride, how just!",0.0
When mount we? when these shackles cast? when quit,0.0
"This cell of the creation? this small nest,",3.0
"Stuck in a corner of the universe,",1.0
To souls celestial; souls ordained to breathe,0.0
"Ambrosial gales, and drink a purer sky;",0.0
"Greatly triumphant on Time's farther shore,",4.0
"Where Virtue reigns, enriched with full arrears,",0.0
While Pomp imperial begs an alms of Peace.,2.0
"In empire high, or in proud science deep,",1.0
"You born of earth, on what can you confer,",1.0
"With half the dignity, with half the gain,",1.0
"The gust, the glow of rational delight,",1.0
"As on this theme, which angels praise and share?",1.0
Man's fates and favours are a theme in heaven.,1.0
"What periodic potions for the sick,",1.0
"In an eternity what scenes shall strike,",2.0
"Adventures thicken, novelties surprise!",1.0
What webs of wonder shall unravel there!,1.0
"What full day pour on all the paths of Heaven,",1.0
How shall the blessed day of our discharge,3.0
And straighten its inextricable maze!,4.0
"To know, how rich, how full, our banquet there!",1.0
"There, not the moral world alone unfolds;",0.0
"The world material, lately seen in shades,",2.0
"And in those shades by fragments only seen,",0.0
"Unbroken, then, illustrious and entire,",3.0
"Its ample sphere, its universal frame,",0.0
"In full dimensions, swells to the survey,",1.0
"From some superior point, where, who can tell?",2.0
"Suffice it, iT is a point where gods reside,",1.0
"How shall the stranger man's illumined eye,",0.0
"In the vast ocean of unbounded space,",3.0
Behold an infinite of floating worlds,1.0
"Divide the crystal waves of either pure,",0.0
"In endless voyage, without port! The least",5.0
"Great as they are, what numbers these surpass,",2.0
"Huge as Leviathan to that small race,",4.0
"Those twinkling multitudes of little life,",0.0
Yet what are these stupendous to the whole?,2.0
So vast the plan. Fecundity Divine!,1.0
Exuberant Source! perhaps I wrong thee still.,2.0
"If admiration is a source of joy,",1.0
What transport hence! yet this the least in heaven.,1.0
What this to that illustrious robe He wears,2.0
"Who tossed this mass of wonders from His hand,",1.0
"A specimen, an earnest of His power?",2.0
"Tis to that glory, whence all glory flows,",0.0
Which gave it birth. But what this Sun of heaven?,0.0
This bliss supreme of the supremely blessed?,3.0
"Death, only Death, the question can resolve.",2.0
The bare ideas! solid happiness,1.0
So distant from its shadow chased below.,1.0
"And chase we still the phantom through the fire,",1.0
"Over bog, and brake, and precipice, till death?",1.0
Defy the dangers of the field and flood?,1.0
"Of subtle thought, and exquisite design,",1.0
"Fine network of the brain! to catch a fly,",1.0
"The momentary buzz of vain renown,",0.0
"A name, a mortal immortality?",1.0
"Or, meaner still, instead of grasping air,",0.0
"Drudge, sweat, through every shame, for every gain,",1.0
For vile contaminating trash; throw up,2.0
"Our hope in heaven, our dignity with man,",1.0
"And deify the dirt, matured to gold?",0.0
"Ambition, Avarice! the two demons these,",5.0
"Which goad through every slough our human herd,",0.0
Hard travelled from the cradle to the grave.,3.0
These demons burn mankind; but most possess,1.0
Is it in Time to hide Eternity?,2.0
And why not in an atom on the shore,1.0
"To cover ocean? or a mote, the sun?",1.0
Glory and wealth! have they this blinding power?,2.0
"What, if to them I prove Lorenzo blind?",1.0
Would it surprise thee? Be thou then surprised:,1.0
"Mark well, as foreign as these subjects seem,",2.0
What close connexion ties them to my theme.,1.0
"First, what is true ambition? The pursuit",1.0
"Of glory, nothing less than man can share.",0.0
"Their arts and conquests animals might boast,",2.0
And claim their laurel crowns as well as we;,0.0
But not celestial. Here we stand alone;,0.0
"As in our form, distinct, preeminent:",1.0
"If prone in thought, our stature is our shame,",1.0
And man should blush his forehead meets the skies.,0.0
"A slender portion, and a narrow bound!",1.0
"These Reason, with an energy Divine,",2.0
"When the great soul buoys up to this high point,",3.0
"Leaving gross Nature's sediments below,",4.0
"Then, and then only, Adam's offspring quits",1.0
"The sage and hero of the fields and woods,",1.0
"Asserts his rank, and rises into man.",0.0
This is ambition: this is human fire.,2.0
Can Parts or Place two bold pretenders! make,1.0
"Lorenzo great, and pluck him from the throng?",1.0
"Genius and Art, Ambition's boasted wings,",2.0
Our boast but ill deserve. A feeble aid!,0.0
"A celebrated wretch when I behold,",1.0
"When I behold a genius bright and base,",1.0
"Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims;",3.0
"The glorious fragments of a soul immortal,",3.0
"With rubbish mixed, and glittering in the dust.",1.0
"Struck at the splendid, melancholy sight",0.0
"At once compassion soft, and envy, rise ' --",0.0
"If wanting worth, are shining instruments",1.0
"In false Ambition's hand, to finish faults",0.0
"Illustrious, and give Infamy renown.",5.0
Great ill is an achievement of great powers:,4.0
Plain Sense but rarely leads us far astray.,1.0
"Reason the means, Affections choose our end;",2.0
"Means have no merit, if our end amiss.",3.0
"If wrong our hearts, our heads are right in vain;",0.0
Hearts are proprietors of all applause.,3.0
Let Genius then despair to make thee great;,1.0
Nor flatter Station. What is Station high?,0.0
"It begs an alms of homage from the throng,",1.0
And oft the throng denies its charity.,1.0
Monarchs and ministers are awful names;,2.0
"Religion, public order, both exact",0.0
"External homage, and a supple knee,",1.0
"The meanest slave: all more is Merit's due,",0.0
Her sacred and inviolable right;,2.0
"Nor ever paid the monarch, but the man.",1.0
"Our hearts never bow but to superior worth,",5.0
Nor ever fail of their allegiance there.,2.0
"Fools, indeed, drop the man in their account,",4.0
And vote the mantle into majesty.,1.0
Let the small savage boast his silver fur;,3.0
"His own, descending fairly from his sires.",1.0
"Shall man be proud to wear his livery,",1.0
And souls in ermine scorn a soul without?,0.0
And pyramids are pyramids in vales.,2.0
"Each man makes his own stature, builds himself:",1.0
Of these sure truths dost thou demand the cause?,3.0
The cause is lodged in immortality.,1.0
"Hear, and assent. Thy bosom burns for power;",2.0
What station charms thee? I'll install thee there;,1.0
IT is thine. And art thou greater than before?,2.0
Has thy new post betrayed thee into pride?,3.0
That treacherous pride betrays thy dignity;,3.0
The being mean which staffs or strings can raise.,0.0
"That pride, like hooded hawks, in darkness soars,",0.0
"From blindness bold, and towering to the skies.",1.0
"IT is born of Ignorance, which knows not man",1.0
An angel's second; nor his second long.,1.0
"A Nero, quitting his imperial throne,",3.0
"And courting glory from the tinkling string,",1.0
"But faintly shadows an immortal soul,",2.0
"With empire's self, to pride or rapture fired.",0.0
Even Vanity forbids thee to be vain.,2.0
High worth is elevated place: iT is more;,1.0
It makes the post stand candidate for thee;,2.0
"Makes more than monarchs, makes an honest man;",1.0
"Though no exchequer it commands, iT is wealth;",2.0
"And though it wears no ribbon, iT is renown;",5.0
"Renown, that would not quit thee, though disgraced,",1.0
"Nature proclaims it most absurd in man,",2.0
By pointing at his origin and end;,1.0
"Milk and a swath, at first, his whole demand;",0.0
"His whole domain, at last, a turf or stone;",0.0
"To whom, between, a world may seem too small.",1.0
"Souls truly great dart forward, on the wing",3.0
"Of just Ambition, to the grand result,",1.0
"Reduced to his own stature, low or high,",1.0
"This antic prelude of grotesque events,",2.0
"Where dwarfs are often stilted, and betray",1.0
And nations laid in blood. Dread sacrifice,1.0
To Christian pride! which had with horror shocked,0.0
OH thou most Christian enemy to peace!,1.0
Again in arms? again provoking Fate?,0.0
"That prince, and that alone, is truly great,",0.0
"On empire builds what empire far outweighs,",1.0
And makes his throne a scaffold to the skies.,1.0
Why this so rare? Because forgot of all,0.0
"The day of death; that venerable day,",1.0
Which sits as judge; that day which shall pronounce,0.0
"On all our days, absolve them or condemn.",1.0
"Lorenzo, never shut thy thought against it;",0.0
"Be levees never so full, afford it room,",2.0
And give it audience in the cabinet.,1.0
Will tell thee fair if thou art great or mean.,1.0
"To dote on aught may leave us, or be left, ' --",1.0
"Is that ambition? Then let flames descend,",1.0
"Point to the centre their inverted spires,",1.0
And learn humiliation from a soul,1.0
Which boasts her lineage from celestial fire.,3.0
Yet these are they the world pronounces wise;,1.0
"The world which cancels Nature's right and wrong,",0.0
And casts new wisdom: even the grave man lends,4.0
His solemn face to countenance the coin.,1.0
Wisdom for parts is madness for the whole.,3.0
"This stamps the paradox, and gives us leave",0.0
"To call the wisest weak, the richest poor,",0.0
"In triumph mean, and abject on a throne.",1.0
"Nothing can make it less than mad in man,",2.0
"And give his soul her full unbounded flight,",0.0
But reaching Him who gave her wings to fly.,1.0
"When blind Ambition quite mistakes her road,",0.0
"And downward pores for that which shines above,",0.0
"Substantial happiness, and true renown;",1.0
"Then, like an idiot, gazing on the brook,",3.0
"We leap at stars, and fasten in the mud;",0.0
"At glory grasp, and sink in infamy.",1.0
Ambition! powerful source of good and ill!,2.0
"Thy strength in man, like length of wing in birds,",0.0
"When disengaged from earth, with greater ease",1.0
"And swifter flight, transports us to the skies:",1.0
It turns a curse; it is our chain and scourge,1.0
"In this dark dungeon, where confined we lie,",2.0
All prospect of eternity shut out;,3.0
"And, but for execution, never set free.",2.0
"With error in ambition justly charged,",0.0
Find we Lorenzo wiser in his wealth?,2.0
"What, if thy rental I reform, and draw",1.0
An inventory new to set thee right?,0.0
"Where thy true treasure? Gold says, Not in me;",3.0
"And, Not in me, the diamond. Gold is poor;",0.0
"Seek in thy naked self, and find it there;",0.0
"In being so descended, formed, endowed;",1.0
"Erect, immortal, rational, Divine!",1.0
"In senses, which inherit earth and heavens;",0.0
Enjoy the various riches Nature yields;,2.0
"Give taste to fruits, and harmony to groves,",2.0
"Their radiant beams to gold, and gold's bright sire;",1.0
"At a small inlet, which a grain might close,",1.0
"Our senses, as our reason, are Divine.",2.0
"But for the magic organ's powerful charm,",3.0
"Ours is the cloth, the pencil, and the paint,",1.0
"Which Nature's admirable picture draws,",1.0
"Say then, shall man, his thoughts all sent abroad,",0.0
"Superior wonders in himself forgot,",2.0
"His admiration waste on objects round,",0.0
When Heaven makes him the soul of all he sees?,0.0
"Absurd, not rare! so great, so mean, is man!",0.0
What wealth in senses such as these! What wealth,2.0
In Fancy fired to form a fairer scene,2.0
"Which, should it perish, could this world recall",0.0
"From the dark shadows of overwhelming years,",1.0
"In colours fresh, originally bright,",2.0
"Preserve its portrait, and report its fate!",1.0
"What wealth in Intellect, that sovereign power,",0.0
Which Sense and Fancy summons to the bar;,1.0
"And from the mass those underlings import,",2.0
"From their materials sifted, and refined,",4.0
"And in Truth's balance accurately weighed,",2.0
"Forms art and science, government and law;",1.0
"And, manners sad exception! set aside,",0.0
"Of His idea, whose indulgent thought,",1.0
"What wealth in souls that soar, dive, range around,",1.0
Disdaining limit or from place or time:,1.0
"And hear at once, in thought extensive, hear",0.0
"The Almighty fiat, and the trumpet's sound!",2.0
"Bold on Creation's outside walk, and view",3.0
"What was, and is, and more than ever shall be;",1.0
"Commanding, with omnipotence of thought,",2.0
"Souls, that can grasp whatever the Almighty made,",2.0
And wander wild through things impossible!,1.0
"What wealth in faculties of endless growth,",1.0
"In liberty to choose, in power to reach,",3.0
"And in duration, how thy riches rise!",2.0
Duration to perpetuate ' --  boundless bliss!,8.0
"Ask you, what power resides in feeble man",2.0
"That bliss to gain? Is Virtue's, then, unknown?",0.0
Its tenure sure; its income is Divine.,2.0
"To breed new wants, and beggar us the more!",2.0
"Then, make a richer scramble for the throng.",1.0
"Soon as this feeble pulse, which leaps so long",0.0
Our magazines of hoarded trifles fly;,0.0
"Fly diverse; fly to foreigners, to foes;",4.0
"New masters court, and call the former fool",1.0
How justly! for dependence on their stay.,2.0
"Wide scatter, first, our playthings; then our dust.",2.0
Dost court abundance for the sake of peace?,1.0
Riches enable to be richer still;,3.0
And richer still what mortal can resist?,1.0
"New toils, succeeding toils, an endless train!",1.0
"And murders Peace, which taught it first to shine.",0.0
"The poor are half as wretched as the rich,",1.0
Whose proud and painful privilege it is,1.0
At once to bear a double load of woe;,0.0
"To feel the stings of Envy and of Want,",1.0
"Outrageous Want, both Indies cannot cure.",1.0
A competence is vital to content.,2.0
"Sick, or encumbered, is our happiness.",4.0
A competence is all we can enjoy.,2.0
OH be content where Heaven can give no more!,3.0
"More, like a flash of water from a lock,",1.0
Quickens our spirit's movement for an hour;,3.0
"But soon its force is spent, nor rise our joys",0.0
"As bees in flowers, and stings us with success.",3.0
Nor knows the wise are privy to the lie.,1.0
Much learning shows how little mortals know;,0.0
"At best it babies us with endless toys,",1.0
And keeps us children till we drop to dust.,1.0
"As monkeys at a mirror stand amazed,",0.0
They fail to find what they so plainly see:,1.0
"Thus men, in shining riches, see the face",1.0
"Of Happiness, nor know it is a shade;",2.0
"But gaze, and touch, and peep, and peep again",0.0
"And wish, and wonder it is absent still.",1.0
How few can rescue opulence from want!,1.0
Who lives to Nature rarely can be poor;,1.0
Who lives to Fancy never can be rich.,1.0
"Poor is the man in debt; the man of gold,",0.0
The man of Reason smiles at her and Death.,1.0
OH what a patrimony this! A being,1.0
"Of such inherent strength and majesty,",2.0
Not worlds possessed can raise it; worlds destroyed,0.0
"Can't injure; which holds on its glorious course,",5.0
"When thine, OH Nature! ends; too blessed to mourn",3.0
The monarch is a beggar to the man.,2.0
"IMMORTAL! Ages past, yet nothing gone!",0.0
"Morn without eve! a race without a goal,",3.0
Beginning still where computation ends!,0.0
IT is the description of a Deity!,3.0
IT is the description of the meanest slave:,2.0
"The meanest slave dares, then, Lorenzo scorn?",1.0
The meanest slave thy sovereign glory shares.,0.0
"Proud youth, fastidious of the lower world!",2.0
Man's lawful pride includes humility;,2.0
Stoops to the lowest; is too great to find,2.0
Proprietors eternal of thy love!,2.0
"IMMORTAL! What can strike the sense so strong,",0.0
As this the soul? It thunders to the thought;,2.0
Reason amazes; gratitude overwhelms.,8.0
No more we slumber on the brink of fate;,1.0
"Roused at the sound, the exulting soul ascends,",2.0
And breathes her native air; an air that feeds,0.0
"Ambitions high, and fans ethereal fires;",2.0
Nor leaves one loitering thought beneath the stars.,2.0
"Immortal! Were but one immortal, how",3.0
"Because iT is common, is the blessing lost?",1.0
"OH vain, vain, vain, all else! Eternity!",3.0
"A glorious and a needful refuge, that,",1.0
From vile imprisonment in abject views.,1.0
"IT is immortality, iT is that alone,",1.0
"The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill.",0.0
"That only, and that amply, this performs,",2.0
"Lifts us above Life's pains, her joys above;",3.0
"Their terror those, and these their lustre, lose:",2.0
Eternity depending covers all;,1.0
Eternity depending all achieves;,1.0
Sets Earth at distance; casts her into shades;,1.0
"The low, the lofty, joyous, and severe,",1.0
"Fortune's dread frowns and fascinating smiles,",3.0
"Make one promiscuous and neglected heap,",3.0
"The man beneath; if I may call him man,",1.0
Nothing terrestrial touches his high thought:,6.0
"Suns shine unseen, and thunders roll unheard,",1.0
"By minds quite conscious of their high descent,",2.0
"Divinely darting upward every wish,",0.0
"Warm on the wing, in glorious absence lost!",2.0
"Were seen at once, her towering Alps would sink,",0.0
And levelled Atlas leave an even sphere.,0.0
"Thus Earth, and all that earthly minds admire,",1.0
"To that stupendous view when souls awake,",0.0
"So large of late, so mountainous to man,",1.0
Time's toys subside; and equal all below.,1.0
"Enthusiastic this? then all are weak,",1.0
"Some souls have soared, or martyrs never had bled:",1.0
And all may do what has by man been done.,0.0
"Boundless, interminable joys can weigh,",3.0
"Expects an empire? He forgets his chain,",1.0
And what a sceptre waits us! what a throne!,0.0
"Her own immense appointments to compute,",1.0
"Or comprehend her high prerogatives,",1.0
"In this her dark minority, how toils,",1.0
"How vainly pants, the human soul Divine!",0.0
Too great the bounty seems for earthly joy.,1.0
"In spite of all the truths the Muse has sung,",0.0
"Are there who wrap the world so close about them,",1.0
They see no farther than the clouds; and dance,2.0
"Till, stumbling at a straw, in their career,",1.0
"Headlong they plunge, where end both dance and song?",2.0
"Are there, Lorenzo? is it possible?",3.0
Are there on earth let me not call them men,3.0
Who lodge a soul immortal in their breasts;,0.0
Unconscious as the mountain of its over;,3.0
"When rocks shall melt, and mountains vanish, these",1.0
Shall know their treasure; treasure then no more.,1.0
Are there still more amazing! who resist,2.0
"The rising thought? who smother, in its birth,",0.0
"And, with reversed ambition, strive to sink?",1.0
Who labour downwards through the opposing powers,3.0
"Of Instinct, Reason, and the World against them,",1.0
"To dismal hopes, and shelter in the shock",0.0
"Of endless night, night darker than the grave's?",2.0
Who fight the proofs of immortality?,1.0
"With horrid zeal and execrable arts,",5.0
"Work all their engines, level their black fires,",2.0
"To blot from man this attribute Divine,",0.0
"To contradict them, see all Nature rise!",0.0
"What object, what event, the moon beneath,",0.0
All things proclaim it needful; some advance,0.0
"One precious step beyond, and prove it sure.",0.0
"A thousand arguments swarm round my pen,",2.0
"From Heaven, and Earth, and Man. Indulge a few,",0.0
"By nature, as her common habit, worn;",1.0
"So pressing Providence a truth to teach,",1.0
"Whose hand directs, whose Spirit fills and warms",0.0
"Creation, and holds empire far beyond!",2.0
"One past, ere man's or angel's had begun:",1.0
Aid! while I rescue from the foe's assault,1.0
Thy glorious immortality in man:,3.0
"A theme for ever, and for all, of weight,",1.0
Of moment infinite! but relished most,1.0
"By those who love Thee most, who most adore.",1.0
"Of Thee the great Immutable, to man",2.0
Speaks wisdom; is his oracle supreme;,3.0
And he who most consults her is most wise.,2.0
"Look Nature through, iT is revolution all;",2.0
"All change, no death. Day follows night; and night,",2.0
"The dying day; stars rise, and set, and rise;",1.0
"Earth takes the example. See, the Summer gay,",2.0
"Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm,",3.0
Blows Autumn and his golden fruits away;,2.0
"Emblems of man, who passes, not expires.",2.0
"With this minute distinction, emblems just, ' --",1.0
"Nature revolves, but man advances: both",2.0
"Eternal; that a circle, this a line;",1.0
"That gravitates, this soars. The aspiring Soul,",2.0
"Ardent and tremulous, like flame, ascends;",3.0
Zeal and Humility her wings to heaven.,3.0
"The world of matter, with its various forms,",3.0
"All dies into new life. Life, born from Death,",2.0
"Rolls the vast mass, and shall for ever roll.",2.0
"No single atom, once in being, lost,",1.0
With change of counsel charges the Most High.,1.0
What hence infers Lorenzo? Can it be?,1.0
Matter immortal? And shall spirit die?,3.0
"Above the nobler, shall less noble rise?",3.0
"Shall man alone, for whom all else revives,",0.0
"No resurrection know? Shall man alone,",1.0
"Imperial man! be sown in barren ground,",2.0
Less privileged than grain on which he feeds?,2.0
"The bliss of being, or with previous pain",3.0
"Deplore its period, by the spleen of Fate,",1.0
Severely doomed Death's single unredeemed?,1.0
"If Nature's revolution speaks aloud,",0.0
In her gradation hear her louder still.,1.0
Look Nature through; iT is neat gradation all.,2.0
By what minute degrees her scale ascends!,0.0
"Each middle nature joined at each extreme,",0.0
"To that above it joined, to that beneath.",0.0
Abhor divorce. What love of union reigns!,0.0
"Here, dormant matter waits a call to life;",0.0
"There, sense from reason steals a glimmering ray;",2.0
Reason shines out in man. But how preserved,1.0
"The chain unbroken upward, to the realms",1.0
Where Death hath no dominion? Grant a make,0.0
And part ethereal: grant the soul of man,2.0
Eternal; or in man the series ends.,1.0
Wide yawns the gap; connexion is no more;,3.0
Checked Reason halts; her next step wants support;,2.0
"Striving to climb, she tumbles from her scheme;",3.0
A scheme Analogy pronounced so true:,1.0
"Analogy, man's surest guide below.",2.0
Thus far all Nature calls on thy belief.,2.0
"And will Lorenzo, careless of the call,",2.0
Rather than violate his league with Death?,3.0
"Renounce his reason, rather than renounce",1.0
"The dust beloved, and run the risk of heaven?",0.0
"What treason to the majesty of man,",2.0
Of man immortal hear the lofty style: ' --,0.0
"If so decreed, the almighty will be done.",4.0
And grind us into dust: the soul is safe;,0.0
The man emerges; mounts above the wreck.,0.0
As towering flame from Nature's funeral pyre;,2.0
"Over Devastation, as a gainer, smiles;",1.0
"His charter, his inviolable rights,",2.0
The glories of the world thy sevenfold shield.,2.0
"Other ambition than of crowns in air,",3.0
"Thy bosom warms. I'll cool it, if I can;",1.0
"And turn those glories that enchant, against thee.",0.0
What ties thee to this life proclaims the next.,1.0
"If wise, the cause that wounds thee is thy cure.",1.0
"Come, my ambitious! let us mount together,",2.0
"To mount, Lorenzo never can refuse,",1.0
"And from the clouds, where Pride delights to dwell,",1.0
"Terrestrial wonders, that eclipse the skies.",2.0
"Loaded by man for pleasure, wealth, or war!",2.0
"Seas, winds, and planets, into service brought,",1.0
"His art acknowledge, and promote his ends.",1.0
Nor can the eternal rocks his will withstand:,2.0
"What levelled mountains, and what lifted vales!",1.0
"Over vales and mountains sumptuous cities swell,",2.0
And gild our landscape with their glittering spires.,4.0
Some amid the wondering waves majestic rise;,2.0
And Neptune holds a mirror to their charms.,1.0
Far greater still! what cannot mortal might?,1.0
The narrowed deep with indignation foams.,0.0
Or southward turn: to delicate and grand,1.0
The finer arts there ripen in the sun.,0.0
"How the tall temples, as to meet their gods,",3.0
Ascend the skies! The proud triumphal arch,0.0
Shows us half heaven beneath its ample bend.,3.0
"High through mid-air, here streams are taught to flow;",3.0
"Whole rivers, there, laid by in basins, sleep.",3.0
"Here, plains turn oceans; there, vast oceans join",3.0
And changed Creation takes its face from man.,0.0
Beats thy brave breast for formidable scenes.,4.0
Where fame and empire wait upon the sword?,0.0
"See fields in blood; hear naval thunders rise, ' --",2.0
How yonder enormous mole projecting breaks,2.0
"Thus far, nor farther! new restraints obey.",1.0
Stars are detected in their deep recess!,2.0
Creation widens! vanquished Nature yields!,0.0
Her secrets are extorted! Art prevails!,1.0
"What monuments of genius, spirit, power!",1.0
"Whose glories render heaven superfluous! say,",2.0
Whose footsteps these? ' --  Immortals have been here.,3.0
Could less than souls immortal this have done?,1.0
"Earth's covered over with proofs of souls immortal,",3.0
And proofs of immortality forgot.,1.0
"To flatter thy grand foible, I confess,",3.0
These are Ambition's works; and these are great:,2.0
But this the least immortal souls can do:,1.0
Transcend them all. ' --  But what can these transcend?,1.0
"Dost ask me, what? ' --  One sigh for the distressed.",1.0
What then for infidels? ' --  A deeper sigh.,1.0
IT is moral grandeur makes the mighty man:,5.0
How little they who think aught great below!,2.0
"All our ambitions Death defeats, but one;",1.0
"And that it crowns. ' --  Here cease we; but, ere long,",1.0
"More powerful proof shall take the field against thee,",2.0
"Stronger than Death, and smiling at the tomb.",2.0
Who dwell where Thames rolls on his silver way;,2.0
To you a wanderer gives his parting lay;,3.0
"Nor will he ever forget those blissful days,",3.0
"To you his Muse this parting tribute pays,",1.0
"With you no more I tread the verdant plains,",0.0
"No more with you I share my joys, my pains,",1.0
Nor shall you hear again my plaintive strains:,0.0
"But ere, loved Thames, thy flowery banks I leave,",3.0
"O! ever gently flow, thou hallowed stream!",0.0
O! may thy waves be still the Muse's theme!,1.0
"When on thy banks pale Cynthia sheds her beam,",3.0
O! there may Fancy gild the Poet's dream!,1.0
"With the least vice of each luxuriant soil,",4.0
"Say, YORKE, for sure, if any, you can tell",2.0
"What Virtue is, who practise it so well;",2.0
"Praised and adored by all, but rarely seen:",2.0
"By what sure marks her essence can we trace,",2.0
"When each religion, faction, age, and place",0.0
"Sets up some fancied idol of its own,",1.0
A vain pretender to her sacred throne?,1.0
"Whoever their sense of Virtue could express,",2.0
It's still by something they themselves possess.,1.0
True churchmen zeal right orthodox; and hence,2.0
"To constancy alone fond lovers join it,",2.0
But have we then no law besides our will?,1.0
No just criterion fixed to good and ill?,3.0
"As well at noon we may obstruct our sight,",1.0
Then doubt if such a thing exists as light;,1.0
"For no less plain would nature's law appear,",1.0
"As the meridian sun unchanged, and clear,",3.0
"Would we but search for what we were designed,",1.0
"And for what end the Almighty formed mankind,",4.0
"A rule of life we then should plainly see,",0.0
For to pursue that end must Virtue be.,1.0
"Then what is that? not want of power, or fame,",2.0
"But a desire his blessings to diffuse,",2.0
And fear lest millions should existence lose;,0.0
"His goodness only could his power employ,",2.0
And an eternal warmth to propagate his joy.,1.0
"Hence soul, and sense diffused through every place,",1.0
Make happiness as infinite as space;,3.0
"Thousands of suns beyond each other blaze,",2.0
"Each is a world, where formed with wondrous art,",0.0
"In every tract of ocean, earth, and skies",0.0
"No fruit our palate courts, or flower our smell,",3.0
"But on its fragrant bosom nations dwell,",1.0
All formed with proper faculties to share,1.0
The daily bounties of their Maker's care;,1.0
"The great Creator from his heavenly throne,",3.0
"And his eternal law is only this,",2.0
That all contribute to the general bliss.,1.0
"Nature so plain this primal law displays,",2.0
"Each living creature sees it, and obeys;",1.0
"Each, formed for all, promotes through private care",0.0
"The public good, and justly tastes its share.",0.0
"All understand their great Creator's will,",0.0
"Strive to be happy, and in that fulfil;",1.0
"Mankind excepted; lord of all beside,",1.0
"But only slave to folly, vice, and pride;",0.0
"Delights in others' woe, and courts his own;",0.0
"Racks and destroys with torturing steel and flame,",4.0
"Sets Superstition high on Virtue's throne,",1.0
Then thinks his Maker's temper like his own:,0.0
"Hence are his altars stained with reeking gore,",0.0
As if he could atone for crimes by more:,1.0
Hence while offended heaven he strives in vain,1.0
"TO appease by fasts, and voluntary pain,",2.0
Even in repenting he provokes again.,1.0
How easy is our yoke! how light our load!,1.0
Did we not strive to mend the laws of God:,0.0
"For his own sake no duty he can ask,",3.0
The common welfare is our only task;,2.0
"For this sole end his precepts, kind as just,",3.0
With every act injurious to our own,1.0
"Or others' good, for such are crimes alone:",1.0
"For this are peace, love, charity, enjoined,",3.0
With all that can secure and bless mankind.,2.0
"Thus is the public safety Virtue's cause,",0.0
And happiness the end of all her laws;,1.0
"For such by nature is the human frame,",2.0
Our duty and our interest are the same.,2.0
"But hold, cries out some Puritan divine,",3.0
"Is this to fast, to mortify, refrain,",1.0
And work salvation out with fear and pain?,1.0
"We own, the rigid lessons of their schools",1.0
Are widely different from these easy rules;,1.0
"Virtue, with them, is only to abstain",2.0
"From all that nature asks, and covet pain;",0.0
"Pleasure and vice are ever near akin,",2.0
"And, if we thirst, cold water is a sin:",3.0
"Heaven's path is rough and intricate, they say,",1.0
"Yet all are damned that trip, or miss their way;",0.0
"God is a being cruel and severe,",1.0
"And man a wretch, by his command placed here,",2.0
"In sunshine for awhile to take a turn,",3.0
Only to dry and make him fit to burn.,2.0
"Mistaken men, too piously severe!",2.0
"Through craft misleading, or misled by fear;",1.0
"How little they God's counsels comprehend,",2.0
"Our universal parent, guardian, friend!",2.0
"Who, forming by degrees to bliss mankind,",2.0
Where for awhile his fond paternal care,1.0
Feasts us with every joy our state can bear:,0.0
"Each sense, touch, taste, and smell dispense delight,",1.0
"Music our hearing, beauty charms our sight;",2.0
"Trees, herbs, and flowers to us their spoils resign,",2.0
"Its pearl the rock presents, its gold the mine;",0.0
"Beasts, fowl, and fish their daily tribute give",1.0
"Of food and clothes, and die that we may live:",1.0
"Seasons but change, new pleasures to produce,",4.0
And elements contend to serve our use:,1.0
"Love's gentle shafts, ambition's towering wings,",1.0
"All that our reverence, joy, or hope create,",2.0
Are the gay playthings of this infant state.,1.0
"Scarcely an ill to human life belongs,",2.0
"But what our follies cause, or mutual wrongs;",2.0
"Or if some stripes from Providence we feel,",2.0
"He strikes with pity, and but wounds to heal;",1.0
"Kindly perhaps sometime afflicts us here,",3.0
"In more exalted joys to fix our taste,",0.0
And wean us from delights that cannot last.,1.0
"Our present good the easy task is made,",0.0
"To earn superior bliss, when this shall fade;",2.0
"For, soon as ever these moral pleasures cloy,",2.0
"Snatch us from all our little sorrows here,",0.0
"Calm every grief, and dry each childish tear;",1.0
"Waft us to regions of eternal peace,",1.0
Where bliss and virtue grow with like increase;,0.0
"From strength to strength our souls for ever guide,",0.0
"Through wondrous scenes of being yet untried,",0.0
"Where in each stage we shall more perfect grow,",1.0
"O! would mankind but make these truths their guide,",1.0
"And force the helm from prejudice and pride,",1.0
"Were once these maxims fixed, that God's our friend,",0.0
"Virtue our good, and happiness our end,",2.0
"How soon must reason over the world prevail,",2.0
"And error, fraud, and superstition fail!",0.0
None would hereafter then with groundless fear,1.0
"Describe the Almighty cruel and severe,",3.0
"Inflicting endless pains for transient crimes,",0.0
"Or food, or rest, or itch in shirts of hair,",0.0
"Or deem it merit to believe, or teach,",1.0
"What reason contradicts, or cannot reach;",0.0
"None would fierce zeal for piety mistake,",4.0
"Or malice for whatever tenet's sake,",2.0
"Or think salvation to one sect confined,",1.0
And heaven too narrow to contain mankind.,5.0
"No more then nymphs, by long neglect grown nice,",1.0
"Would in one female frailty sum up vice,",1.0
"And censure those, who, nearer to the right,",2.0
Think Virtue is but to dispense delight.,3.0
"No servile tenets would admittance find,",1.0
Destructive of the rights of humankind;,1.0
"Of power divine, hereditary right,",2.0
"For sure that all should thus for one be cursed,",1.0
Is but great nature's edict just reversed.,2.0
"No moralists then, righteous to excess,",3.0
"Would show fair Virtue in so black a dress,",1.0
First from the spectre fly themselves away:,0.0
"No preachers in the terrible delight,",2.0
And draw each moving argument from hell.,1.0
"No more our sage interpreters of laws,",1.0
"But rather nobly careful of their trust,",1.0
"And be, like HARDWICKE, guardians of the just.",1.0
"No more applause would on ambition wait,",2.0
"And laying waste the world be counted great,",0.0
"Than armies overthrown, and thousands slain;",0.0
"No more would brutal rage disturb our peace,",0.0
"But envy, hatred, war, and discord cease;",0.0
"Our own and others' good each hour employ,",0.0
And all things smile with universal joy;,1.0
"Virtue with Happiness her consort joined,",6.0
"Would regulate and bless each human mind,",0.0
And man be what his Maker first designed.,0.0
"Now Betty from her Masters Bed had flown,",2.0
"The Slipshod Prentice from his Masters Door,",2.0
"Had pared the Dirt, and Sprinkled round the Floor.",0.0
Prepared to Scrub the Entry and the Stairs.,1.0
"The Turnkey now his Flock returning sees,",1.0
Duly let out a Nights to Steal for Fees.,0.0
"The watchful Bailiffs take their silent Stands,",0.0
"Preposterous Fate, let me accuse thee now,",2.0
What means this Myrtle on the Cypress bough;,1.0
"Hast thou to Love, betrayed my unwary Breast?",2.0
Me to the care of his once dearest Friend;,3.0
"We the kind fatal Orders did pursue,",2.0
And for his sake I strove to Love him too:,1.0
Where he loved best excepting me below;,5.0
"But my ill Fate, the obedient purpose crossed,",4.0
Duty was soon in Inclination lost;,2.0
"For o! I find the generous Probation,",2.0
Has now commenced an unsuspected Passion.,0.0
"I would my Friendship to the height improve,",1.0
Run their Devotion up to Superstition:,3.0
"But from the utmost Error I'll be free,",3.0
"Confess the kind Platonic at the most,",0.0
"And make my Passion not my Blush, but Boast:",0.0
"I do not wish him in these careless Arms,",0.0
Let me but gaze at distance on his Charms;,1.0
"To view that softening Air, that Voice to hear,",0.0
Is all the Bliss my temperate Soul would share.,0.0
"But then be ever present ever kind,",0.0
Joy to my Eyes and Pleasure to my Mind.,1.0
"Should you be kinder, would abate my Bliss:",0.0
"My elevated Flame needs no supply,",1.0
But the nice subtle Fuel of the Eye:,2.0
"In Contemplation all my Pleasure lies,",0.0
"The Lip or Hand are not enough refined,",0.0
With Looks and Smiles let me regale my Mind,2.0
It's all my softest Wishes ever designed.,2.0
"Love like the sacred Tree which Eden graced,",0.0
To entertain the sight is only placed;,0.0
"Safely we gaze, but if we venture on,",4.0
"To touch and taste, we blush and are undone.",1.0
"May pleasures spring, and lovely prospects' rise;",0.0
In pensive sadness views each ripening flower:,0.0
"Why am I pensive? all things else are gay,",1.0
"Surrounding groves invite my steps to rove,",0.0
Resembling that in which I learnt to love;,0.0
"They each returning morn, grow fresher still,",1.0
And happy birds their leafy branches fill;,0.0
OH lovely scenes! but what are these to me?,2.0
Joy is no joy without society.,4.0
"Then morn and night, I'd tune my cheerful lay,",0.0
"Sing with the birds, and be more glad than they;",0.0
"But while your absence I am doomed to bear,",1.0
Your fancied presence in my thoughts shall share;,0.0
"I'll bless the hour in which our love began,",0.0
And ever be as constant as I can.,1.0
"To visit earth, contracted to our size;",1.0
And loved however things in heaven might go,1.0
"Miss Semele he picked up, as he went,",2.0
"And thought, he pleased her to her heart's content.",1.0
But minds aspiring never can be at ease;,1.0
"Once known a god, as man he ceased to please.",1.0
Thus she bespoke the loving god in bed.,2.0
"Hear my request, for something yet untried,",2.0
"And swear by Styx, I shall not be denied.",0.0
Took any oath; then bade the girl proceed.,1.0
"What are those joys, which as a man you give,",1.0
To what a god of thunder can achieve?,1.0
"Such weight of love, and might of limbs employ,",0.0
And Semele enjoyed the god in state:,0.0
"Divinely shone, and struck the mortal dead.",0.0
"Faint from the course though we awhile retreat,",1.0
To cool and breathe before another heat;,0.0
"The gods can't know, fresh with eternal prime,",3.0
And bear down nature with excess of bliss.,1.0
"Learn hence, each fair one, whom like beauties grace,",1.0
"Possessed of lawless empire by your face,",1.0
"Not to do what you list, because you may,",0.0
Let cool discretion warm desires allay;,1.0
"And itching curiosity believe,",1.0
A lurking taint derived from mother Eve.,0.0
"Spare then the men, you fair, and frankly own,",0.0
"OH, EVER skilled to wear the form we love!",1.0
To bid the shapes of fear and grief depart;,0.0
"Come, gentle Hope! with one gay smile remove",3.0
The lasting sadness of an aching heart.,1.0
"Say that for me some pleasures yet shall bloom, ' --",1.0
"Shall soften, or shall chase, misfortune's gloom.",2.0
"But come not glowing in the dazzling ray,",0.0
"Which once with dear illusions charmed my eye, ' --",0.0
The flowers I fondly thought too bright to die;,3.0
"That asks not happiness, but longs for rest!",1.0
"Love, like Original Sin, in all does dwell,",3.0
"Fools sighs in private, and the Witty tell;",2.0
That other Reigning Mischief of the Times:,1.0
"The Learnt ashamed to own their Amorous Pain,",2.0
"Sigh, Languish, Die, though for a Mortal fair,",2.0
"Of all the borders of the sea did reign,",1.0
"As great as good, and eke as good as great.",0.0
"Though blessed with what us men accounts as store,",0.0
"Saw something further, and saw something more.",3.0
"And gilded fish wanton in the sun,",3.0
As in the twining pathway he does run;,2.0
"Here stood a house, that in the river smile",0.0
"The stones in one as firm as rock unite,",2.0
And it defied the greatest Warriors might;,1.0
Around about the lofty elements high,2.0
"Bent out their heads, when ever the winds came bye.",3.0
In amorous dalliance the fleet clouds cast,4.0
"Attending Squires dressed in tricking bright,",0.0
"To each tenth Squier an attending Knight,",2.0
A coat of noble armes upon the door;,0.0
"Horses and dogs to hunt the fallow deer,",3.0
"Just in the prime of life, when others court",0.0
"ALL hail, auspicious day, whose wished return",0.0
While pleased Britannia that great man surveys,3.0
"The Prince may trust, and yet the People praise:",0.0
"One bearing greatest toils with greatest ease,",0.0
"One born to serve us, and yet born to please;",1.0
"His soul capacious, yet his judgement clear,",0.0
"His tongue is flowing, and his heart sincere:",1.0
"His counsels guide, his temper cheers our isle,",0.0
And smiling gives three kingdoms cause to smile.,1.0
"August, how bright thy golden scenes appear,",2.0
"Thou fairest daughter of the various year,",3.0
"On thee in dowry all its fruits bestows,",1.0
"The greatest Prince, the foremost son of fame,",1.0
To thee bequeathed the glories of his name;,2.0
"Nature and Fortune thee their darling chose,",3.0
"Nor could they grace thee more, till Walpole rose.",1.0
"By steps to mighty things Fate makes her way,",1.0
The sun and Caesar but prepared this day.,1.0
"Lovely Armina, over her Books reclined,",4.0
"Impairs her Body, to improve her Mind:",1.0
"Of Wisdom fond, as others are of Wealth,",1.0
In that Pursuit will sacrifice her Health:,0.0
"Hides both Herself, and Treasure, from our Eyes.",2.0
"Regardless of your Health, or Friendship's Claim:",1.0
"A giddy, thoughtless World your Aid require;",0.0
"And Ignorance prevails, when You retire.",2.0
"Why, Formed to please! and why, Improved with Care!",0.0
"Is there no End, in being Wise, and Fair?",2.0
"THE festive roar of laughter, the warm glow",2.0
"Wit's seasoned converse, and the liberal flow",2.0
Delight not ever; from the boisterous scene,1.0
"Amid your fretted vaults and lengthening isles,",2.0
"Lonely to wander; no unholy guest,",2.0
"That means to break, with sacrilegious tread,",0.0
"Permit me with sad musings, that inspire",2.0
"Of Hades, and stern death, whose iron sway",3.0
Great nature owns through all her wide domain;,1.0
"In many a wheeling glide, their feathery sail;",4.0
"That roam over forest, hill, or browsed dale;",2.0
The victims each of ruthless fate must fall;,0.0
"Even God's own image, man, high paramount of all.",1.0
"And you, the young, the giddy, and the gay,",2.0
"Yonder radiant goddess, that now shoots among",1.0
These many windowed isles her glimmering beam;,2.0
"Know, that or ever its starred career along",2.0
"Some parent breast may heave the answering sigh,",2.0
To the slow pauses of the funeral knoll;,5.0
"Roars in the laugh, and revels over the bowl,",2.0
"Know, on the stealing wing of time shall flee",0.0
"Some few, some short-lived years; and all is past;",1.0
"A future bard these awful domes may see,",0.0
Muse over the present age as I the last;,4.0
"The various maze of life were seen to tread,",2.0
"Each bent their own peculiar to pursue,",1.0
And feel the thrilling melody of sweet renown.,1.0
"The nerve that beat with soul, the brow that thought!",0.0
"The mute attention riveting, to the lyre",1.0
The warrior arm: where sleeps the patriot breast,2.0
"These now are past; long, long, you fleeting years,",1.0
"Pursue, with glory winged, your fated way,",0.0
Ere from the womb of time unwelcome peers,0.0
"The dawn of that inevitable day,",1.0
When wrapped in shrouded clay their warmest friend,0.0
"The widowed virtues shall again deplore,",0.0
When over his urn in pious grief shall bend,2.0
"Thy beaming emanations unconfined,",0.0
"Doomed, like some better angel sent of God",0.0
"To scatter blessings over humankind,",0.0
"Thou too must fall, OH Pitt! to shine no more,",2.0
Fast to the driving winds the marshaled clouds,0.0
All hastening downward to their native main.,1.0
Thus passes over through varied life's career,3.0
Man's fleeting age; the Seasons as they fly,2.0
"Snatch from us in their course, year after year,",1.0
"Some sweet connection, some endearing tie.",0.0
Claims from the filial breast the pious sigh;,2.0
A brother's urn demands the kindred tear;,0.0
And gentle sorrows gush from friendship's eye.,0.0
Today we frolic in the rosy bloom,0.0
How soon the past irrevocable lot,1.0
"Of these, that rest beneath me, shall be mine.",1.0
To find me sleeping in the senseless grave.,0.0
"No more the social leisure to divide,",1.0
"In the sweet intercourse of soul and soul,",2.0
Blithe or of graver brow; no more to chide,1.0
"The lingering years impatient as they roll,",1.0
"Till all thy cultured virtues shall display,",0.0
"Ah, dearest youth! these vows perhaps unheard,",0.0
These prayers at friendship's holy shrine preferred,0.0
May rise to grasp their father's knees in vain.,0.0
"With solemn horror over thy timeless hearse,",2.0
And I survive to grave upon thy tomb,1.0
The mournful tribute of memorial verse. ' --,3.0
"That leave to heaven's decision ' --  Be it thine,",2.0
"Higher than yet a parent's wishes flew,",1.0
"To soar in bright preeminence, and shine",1.0
"Where glory, with her clear unsullied rays,",1.0
The wellborn spirit lights to deeds of mightiest praise.,3.0
"The patriot axe of Sidney, edged with death.",2.0
"Smit with the warmth of her impulsive flame,",1.0
"Bared thy young bosom to the fatal blow,",4.0
"OH bathe him in the pearly caves below,",1.0
Weep ' --  for you oft have seen him on your haunted shore.,1.0
"Better to die with glory, than recline",3.0
"On the soft lap of ignominious peace,",4.0
Than yawn out the dull droning life supine,2.0
"The least division on the dial's round,",1.0
"Grown old in sloth, the burden of the ground;",2.0
Than tug with sweating toil the slavish oar,0.0
"Of unredeemed affliction, and sustain",1.0
"A thousand maladies are posted round,",1.0
With wretched man to wage eternal strife,0.0
"Unseen, like ambushed Indians, till they wound.",2.0
And moping ever in the cloistered gloom,0.0
"And the shunned hag unsightly, that ordained",2.0
"Of Cortez, with the blood of millions stained,",1.0
Shakes threatening; since the while she winged her flight,1.0
"Where the won daughter of the yellow year,",3.0
"The chattering ague chill, the writhing stone,",2.0
"And he of ghastly feature, on whose ear",2.0
"Lowering, and foaming fierce with hideous howl",3.0
"Scared madness, with her moonstruck eyeballs staring wide.",4.0
"He, the dread delegate of wrath divine,",2.0
"Vindictive; thrice he waved the earth-shaking wand,",3.0
"And thrice he raised, and thrice he checked his hand.",0.0
"He struck the rocking ground, with thunderous roar",2.0
"Yawned; here from street to street hurries, and there",4.0
"Staring distraction: many a palace fair,",4.0
Old Ocean's farthest waves confessed the shock;,1.0
Even Albion trembled conscious on his steadfast rock.,4.0
"Stern war; and the loathed monster, whom of yore",7.0
Spotted contagion; at his heels dismay,2.0
"Terrible; as long of old, when from the height",2.0
Earth's firm fixed base tottering; through the black night,4.0
Glanced the flashed lightnings: heavens rent roof abroad,6.0
Thundered; and universal nature felt its God.,2.0
"Who on that scene of terror, on that hour",1.0
"Of roused indignation, shall withstand",2.0
The bursting vengeance over a guilty land!,2.0
With more than Hebrew rage the innocent side,2.0
Disclaims thee ' --  guilt is ever quick of fear ' --,0.0
And every glancing meteor glares imagined death.,2.0
The good alone are fearless ' --  they alone,1.0
"Firm and collected in their virtue, brave",2.0
Thrice happy! who the blameless road along,1.0
Of honest praise hath reached the vale of death;,0.0
His better actions; to the parting breath,1.0
Calm as the slumbering infant: from the goal,3.0
Free and unbounded flies the disembodied soul.,3.0
"Whether some delegated charge below,",2.0
"Of lettered arrogance, delights to run",1.0
"Through speculation's puzzling mazes wild,",0.0
And all to end at last where it begun.,0.0
"Fain would we trace, with reason's erring clue,",0.0
In vain; the task were easier to pursue,3.0
From mortal ken himself the Almighty shrouds,2.0
You know what it's to love and not prevail:,1.0
"How much he loved, and how he was undone.",2.0
And proud of youthful Charms despised the Boy;,0.0
"Has left the calmer Sea's pacific Arms,",0.0
Where constant Heat the smiling Ocean warms.,0.0
To shun the Youth: such is the Power of Hate,3.0
Some windy Bay is now her lone Retreat.,0.0
"In every Creek, and marked each rising Wave;",0.0
"In vain he has the fruitless Search pursued,",0.0
"For she is gone, and will no more be wooed.",1.0
"Pierced with the killing Thought the Lover sighs,",0.0
And stills the rising Storms with louder Cries:,0.0
"While thus he sadly plains; in mournful Rounds,",0.0
"The Air through hollow Rocks repeats the distant Sounds,",0.0
"Each winding Cavern tells the fruitless Care,",0.0
"By the sad Echo's which it still returns,",2.0
"It seems to pity, when the Triton mourns:",0.0
"Is still unmoved, and makes no kind Reply.",1.0
"Weep not, fond Triton, for a peevish Maid,",3.0
"Though she is gone let not the Youth despair,",2.0
"For there are kinder Nymphs, and Nymphs as fair.",1.0
The best Advice is thought the most unkind.,0.0
Restless he goes from the fair pitying Throng,6.0
"Where frightful Gloom, and Horrors sat around.",0.0
"There on its slimy Bottom careless laid,",1.0
"He sighed and wept; he sighed, and then he said:",0.0
Have I then loved to be repaid with Scorn;,0.0
"You Gods! it's hard, too cruel to be born.",1.0
"What? ' --  Have I poisoned too the hated Sea,",0.0
"Had you but told; had you your Hatred shown,",1.0
"By my own Flight I had prevented yours,",2.0
"And, banished hence, retired to distant Shores,",0.0
"Where rigid lasting Cold, and Northern Blasts",0.0
"Where Icy Flakes like floating Isles appear,",0.0
Nor can your tender Limbs the piercing Climate bear.,1.0
"Muscles in Shoals on mighty Whales attend,",2.0
"Who feed the worthless Fish, and court the puny Friend:",0.0
"Fierce Sharks by gentle Usage are reclaimed,",2.0
"To boisterous Channels, and to foreign Seas,",1.0
Where Rocks like you unmoved with careless Pride,1.0
"Repulse the Waves, and cheque the rising Tide.",0.0
Thus the unhappy Youth was heard to moan;,2.0
"The Winds to sigh, the Hollow seemed to groan,",0.0
And dropping Tears fell from the weeping Stone.,2.0
"Thy Song's more grateful than a Summer's Breeze,",1.0
And move in wanton Rings the listening Seas.,0.0
"Not half so sweet, when first the Morning dawns,",0.0
"Are juicy Oysters, or the luscious Prawns.",1.0
But now the Sun is dipped in cooling Streams;,0.0
The twilight is no more; no doubtful Gleams,6.0
"Of weaker Light the flitting Shades divide,",0.0
"But they unmixed prevail, and every Object hide.",1.0
"The Sea is heard with deeper Sound to roar,",0.0
And slumbering Waters may be said to snore.,3.0
And scarce a Fish pops up his sleepy Head;,2.0
"Those who were clung to Rocks, the shelly Heap",0.0
"Drop from their Hold, and fall into the Deep.",0.0
"WHERE yonder trees rise high in cheerful air,",1.0
And opening flowers diffusing sweets around,4.0
Paint with their vivid hues the happy ground;,0.0
"While Thames majestic rolls the meads between,",0.0
And with his silver current crowns the scene;,1.0
"From crowds, and shouting theatres withdraws:",1.0
"There courts the Muse, turns over the instructive page,",2.0
"Hath raised the dome, and placed the honoured bust,",1.0
Bidding the pile to future times proclaim,2.0
His veneration for thy mighty name.,1.0
A place more fit his zeal could never find,0.0
"Than this fair spot, an emblem of thy mind ' --",3.0
"As hill and dale there charm the wondering eye,",2.0
Such sweet variety thy scenes supply ' --,1.0
"Like the tall trees sublime thy genius towers,",3.0
"Sprightly thy fancy, as the opening flowers,",5.0
"While copious as the tide Thames pours along,",2.0
"Flow the sweet numbers of thy heavenly song,",6.0
"Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong ' --",0.0
"Look down, great shade, with pride this tribute see,",3.0
The hand that pays it makes it worthy thee ' --,1.0
"To paint the form august of Philip's son,",5.0
"None but a GARRICK can, OH bard divine!",2.0
Lay a fit offering on thy hallowed shrine.,4.0
"To speak thy worth is his peculiar boast,",1.0
"He best can tell it, for he feels it most.",1.0
"Blessed bard! thy fame through every age shall grow,",1.0
"Till nature cease to charm, or Thames to flow.",0.0
"Thou too, with him, whose fame thy talents raise,",1.0
"Shalt share our wonder, and divide our praise;",2.0
"Blended with his thy merits rise to view,",1.0
"Unless the actor with the bard conspire,",1.0
"How impotent his strength, how faint his fire!",1.0
"One boasts the mine, one brings the gold to light,",1.0
And the muse triumphs in the actor's might;,2.0
"Too weak to give her own conceptions birth,",1.0
"Thus the sweet pipe, mute in itself, no sound",4.0
"Sends forth, nor breathes its pleasing notes around;",1.0
"But if some swain with happy skill endued,",1.0
"Inspire with animating breath the wood,",0.0
"My injured Love, thy Anthems cease awhile,",0.0
And hear my Vows with an accepting Smile.,1.0
"By thee I swear, by thee as sacred now,",2.0
I'll pay thee all the Passion that I owe.,0.0
"Forgive, that I so negligent did prove,",2.0
Was such a careless Debtor to thy Love:,2.0
As some wild Gallant who profusely spends,1.0
"Yet gives good Words, is complaisant and kind,",4.0
And with small Presents shows his thankful Mind.,3.0
"So did I manage my vast stock of Love,",2.0
"Did neither just, nor yet ungrateful prove;",0.0
"Heaven knows, to pay thee all I had begun,",0.0
But the neglected Score too far had run.,2.0
"Fatal Delay, for now the dreadful Sum,",2.0
I with kind Horror offer at thy Tomb;,2.0
"Whatever I owed thy Life, I'll pay thy Dust,",3.0
"Bring all the Arrears of Passion, and be Just;",2.0
"Accept it now, although alas too late,",2.0
And pity this sad Pressure of my Fate.,3.0
"Not the least Thought shall to ought else be given,",1.0
"I offer all to thee, and what retains thee, Heaven.",1.0
"Though at thy Death no sable Scenes of State,",1.0
Nor solemn Pageantry did gild thy Fate;,1.0
Of hired Mourners ushered thee along;,1.0
"One moment's Grief of mine is of more Cost,",1.0
Than a Majestic thirty Days can boast.,1.0
"Those pageant Sorrows on the Dead bestowed,",1.0
"But touch the Fancy of the gazing Crowd,",1.0
Where scarce one Tear in earnest is allowed.,1.0
"Amid a thousand torturing Pangs I live,",2.0
"Too well I know, both who and how to grieve.",3.0
It is more Honour to be mourned by me.,1.0
"Than all their stately dark Solemnity,",1.0
"Though on thy Grave no Statue I erect,",4.0
Yet the smooth Stone shall with my Tears be decked.,1.0
"No, take a Tomb more fitting thy Desert,",2.0
That now it's fitting for that Use alone.,1.0
"No Monument more glorious or safe,",3.0
Graced with a vital crimson Epitaph.,0.0
"My bleeding Heart shall this Inscription give,",1.0
"Not here you Lie, but here for ever Live.",0.0
"What mighty Quarrels rise from trivial Things,",2.0
"Slight is the Subject, but not so the Praise,",1.0
"If She inspire, and He approve my Lays.",2.0
"Say what strange Motive, Goddess! could compel",2.0
"O say what stranger Cause, yet unexplored,",0.0
Could make a gentle Belle reject a Lord?,0.0
And lodge such daring Souls in Little Men?,0.0
"Sol through white Curtains did his Beams display,",3.0
And opened those Eyes which brighter shine than they;,2.0
"Now Shock had given himself the rousing Shake,",3.0
"Thrice the wrought Slipper knocked against the Ground,",3.0
And striking Watches the tenth Hour resound.,3.0
"Belinda still her downy Pillow pressed,",0.0
Her Guardian Sylph prolonged the balmy Rest.,2.0
'Twas he had summoned to her silent Bed,1.0
The Morning Dream that hovered over her Head.,2.0
That even in Slumber caused her Cheek to glow,2.0
"Seemed to her Ear his winning Lips to lay,",0.0
"And thus in Whispers said, or seemed to say.",0.0
"Fairest of Mortals, thou distinguished Care",3.0
Of thousand bright Inhabitants of Air!,1.0
"If ever one Vision touched thy infant Thought,",2.0
"Of all the Nurse and all the Priest have taught,",0.0
"Of airy Elves by Moonlight Shadows seen,",2.0
"The silver Token, and the circled Green,",1.0
"With Golden Crowns and Wreaths of heavenly Flowers,",2.0
"Hear and believe! thy own Importance know,",2.0
Nor bound thy narrow Views to Things below.,0.0
"Some secret Truths from Learnt Pride concealed,",3.0
To Maids alone and Children are revealed:,1.0
What though no Credit doubting Wits may give?,2.0
The Fair and Innocent shall still believe.,1.0
The light Militia of the lower Sky;,1.0
"These, though unseen, are ever on the Wing,",2.0
"Hang over the Box, and hover round the Ring.",3.0
And view with scorn Two Pages and a Chair.,2.0
"As now your own, our Beings were of old,",1.0
"Thence, by a soft Transition, we repair",1.0
From earthly Vehicles to these of Air.,2.0
That all her Vanities at once are dead:,1.0
"Succeeding Vanities she still regards,",1.0
"And though she plays no more, overlooks the Cards.",4.0
"Her Joy in gilded Chariots, when alive,",2.0
"For when the Fair in all their Pride expire,",0.0
To their first Elements the Souls retire:,3.0
"Soft yielding Minds to Water glide away,",1.0
"And sip with Nymphs, their Elemental Tea.",0.0
"The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome,",2.0
In search of Mischief still on Earth to roam.,0.0
And sport and flutter in the Fields of Air.,0.0
Know farther yet; Whoever fair and chaste,1.0
"Rejects Mankind, is by some Sylph embraced:",2.0
"For Spirits, freed from mortal Laws, with ease",0.0
Assume what Sexes and what Shapes they please.,1.0
"What guards the Purity of melting Maids,",1.0
"Safe from the treacherous Friend, and daring Spark,",2.0
"The Glance by Day, the Whisper in the Dark;",0.0
"When kind Occasion prompts their warm Desires,",0.0
"When Music softens, and when Dancing fires?",1.0
"Some Nymphs there are, too conscious of their Face,",3.0
For Life predestined to the Gnomes Embrace.,2.0
"Who swell their Prospects and exalt their Pride,",1.0
"When Offers are disdained, and Love denied.",1.0
Then gay Ideas crowd the vacant Brain;,0.0
"While Peers and Dukes, and all their sweeping Train,",0.0
"And Garters, Stars, and Coronets appear,",0.0
"And in soft Sounds, Your Grace salutes their Ear.",1.0
"It's these that early taint the Female Soul,",2.0
"Teach Infants Cheeks a bidden Blush to know,",1.0
And little Hearts to flutter at a Beau.,0.0
"Oft when the World imagine Women stray,",0.0
"Through all the giddy Circle they pursue,",1.0
What tender Maid but must a Victim fall,0.0
"When Florio speaks, what Virgin could withstand,",2.0
If gentle Damon did not squeeze her Hand?,0.0
"With varying Vanities, from every Part,",3.0
"This erring Mortals Levity may call,",1.0
"Of these am I, who thy Protection claim,",2.0
"A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.",1.0
"Late, as I ranged the Crystal Wilds of Air,",0.0
In the clear Mirror of thy ruling Star,3.0
"I saw, alas! some dread Event impend,",0.0
Before to the Main this Morning's Sun descend.,0.0
"But Heaven reveals not what, or how, or where:",1.0
"Warned by thy Sylph, o Pious Maid beware!",0.0
This to disclose is all thy Guardian can.,2.0
"Beware of all, but most beware of Man!",0.0
"He said; when Shock, who thought she slept too long,",1.0
"'Twas then Belinda! if Report say true,",3.0
But all the Vision vanished from thy Head.,1.0
"And now, unveiled, the Toilet stands displayed,",0.0
Each Silver Vase in mystic Order laid.,0.0
"First, robbed in White, the Nymph intent adores",1.0
"With Head uncovered, the Cosmetic Powers.",1.0
"A heavenly Image in the Glass appears,",2.0
"To that she bends, to that her Eyes she rears;",0.0
"The inferior Priestess, at her Altar's side,",4.0
"Trembling, begins the sacred Rites of Pride.",1.0
The various Offerings of the World appear;,3.0
And decks the Goddess with the glittering Spoil.,3.0
And all Arabia breathes from yonder Box.,2.0
"The Tortoise here and Elephant unite,",2.0
"Transformed to Combs, the speckled and the white.",1.0
"Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows,",0.0
Now awful Beauty puts on all its Arms;,1.0
"The Fair each moment rises in her Charms,",0.0
"Repairs her Smiles, awakens every Grace,",0.0
And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face;,2.0
"Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise,",2.0
And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes.,0.0
"These set the Head, and those divide the Hair,",1.0
"Some fold the Sleeve, while others plait the Gown;",0.0
"Than issuing forth, the Rival of his Beams",3.0
Launched on the Bosom of the Silver Thames.,1.0
But every Eye was fixed on her alone.,1.0
"On her white Breast a sparkling Cross she wore,",2.0
"Which Jews might kiss, and Infidels adore.",1.0
"Her lively Looks a sprightly Mind disclose,",0.0
"Favours to none, to all she Smiles extends,",0.0
"Oft she rejects, but never once offends.",2.0
"And, like the Sun, they shine on all alike.",0.0
"Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride,",0.0
"Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide:",0.0
"If to her share some Female Errors fall,",2.0
"This Nymph, to the Destruction of Mankind,",3.0
"Nourished two Locks, which graceful hung behind",3.0
"In equal Curls, and well conspired to deck",2.0
And mighty Hearts are held in slender Chains.,0.0
"Fair Tresses Man's Imperial Race ensnare,",3.0
And Beauty draws us with a single Hair.,1.0
"The Adventurous Baron the bright Locks admired,",5.0
"For when Success a Lover's Toil attends,",0.0
"Few ask, if Fraud or Force attained his Ends.",0.0
"Propitious Heaven, and every Power adored,",2.0
"But chiefly Love ' --  to Love an Altar built,",0.0
"Of twelve vast French Romances, neatly gilded.",1.0
"A Fan, a Garter, half a Pair of Gloves;",0.0
And all the Trophies of his former Loves.,1.0
And breathes three amorous Sighs to raise the Fire.,3.0
"Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent Eyes",0.0
"The Powers gave Ear, and granted half his Prayer,",3.0
"The rest, the Winds dispersed in empty Air.",0.0
"But now secure the painted Vessel glides,",0.0
"While melting Music steals upon the Sky,",0.0
And softened Sounds along the Waters die.,0.0
"Smooth flow the Waves, the Zephyrs gently play,",1.0
"Belinda smiled, and all the World was gay.",0.0
"All but the Sylph ' --  With careful Thoughts oppressed,",0.0
The impending Woe sat heavy on his Breast.,3.0
He summons strait his Denizens of Air;,1.0
The lucid Squadrons round the Sails repair:,0.0
"Soft over the Shrouds Aerial Whispers breath,",5.0
That seemed but Zephyrs to the Train beneath.,1.0
"Waft on the Breeze, or sink in Clouds of Gold.",0.0
"Transparent Forms, too fine for mortal Sight,",1.0
Their fluid Bodies half dissolved in Light.,0.0
"Loose to the Wind their airy Garments flew,",0.0
"Dipped in the richest Tincture of the Skies,",1.0
"While every Beam new transient Colours flings,",2.0
Colours that change whenever they wave their Wings.,2.0
"Amid the Circle, on the gilded Mast,",1.0
"Superior by the Head, was Ariel placed;",3.0
"He raised his Azure Wand, and thus begun.",0.0
"You know the Spheres and various Tasks assigned,",2.0
"By Laws Eternal, to the Aerial Kind.",3.0
And bask and whiten in the Blaze of Day.,0.0
Or roll the Planets through the boundless Sky.,1.0
"Some less refined, beneath the Moon's pale Light",1.0
"Hover, and catch the shooting Stars by Night;",2.0
"Or suck the Mists in grosser Air below,",0.0
"Others on Earth over human Race preside,",2.0
"Watch all their Ways, and all their Actions guide:",0.0
"Of these the Chief the Care of Nations own,",1.0
And guard with Arms Divine the British Throne.,0.0
"Our humbler Province is to tend the Fair,",1.0
"Not a less pleasing, though less glorious Care.",6.0
"To save the Powder from too rude a Gale,",2.0
"To draw fresh Colours from the vernal Flowers,",1.0
To steal from Rainbows ere they drop in Showers,1.0
"A brighter Wash; to curl their waving Hairs,",0.0
"Assist their Blushes, and inspire their Airs;",1.0
"Nay oft, in Dreams, Invention we bestow,",2.0
"This Day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair",1.0
That ever deserved a watchful Spirit's Care;,2.0
"Some dire Disaster, or by Force, or Slight,",1.0
"But what, or where, the Fates have wrapped in Night.",0.0
"Or some frail China Jar receive a Flaw,",1.0
"Forget her Prayers, or miss a Masquerade,",0.0
"Or lose her Heart, or Necklace, at a Ball;",0.0
Or whether Heaven has doomed that Shock must fall.,0.0
Haste then you Spirits! to your Charge repair;,1.0
Ariel himself shall be the Guard of Shock.,1.0
"We trust the important Charge, the Petticoat:",2.0
"Oft have we known that sevenfold Fence to fail,",3.0
"Though stiff with Hoops, and armed with Ribs of Whale.",0.0
"Form a strong Line about the Silver Bound,",3.0
"Whatever Spirit, careless of his Charge,",2.0
"His Post neglects, or leaves the Fair at large,",0.0
"Shall feel sharp Vengeance soon overtake his Sins,",7.0
"Be stopped in Vials, or transfixed with Pins;",1.0
"Or plunged in Lakes of bitter Washes lie,",0.0
Or wedged whole Ages in a Bodkin's Eye:,1.0
While clogged he beats his silken Wings in vain;,0.0
"Or as Ixion fixed, the Wretch shall feel",1.0
"The giddy Motion of the whirling Mill,",1.0
"In Fumes of burning Chocolate shall glow,",1.0
And tremble at the Sea that froths below!,0.0
He spoke; the Spirits from the Sails descend;,1.0
"Some, Orb in Orb, around the Nymph extend,",0.0
"With beating Hearts the dire Event they wait,",0.0
"Anxious, and trembling for the Birth of Fate.",3.0
"CLOSE by those Meads for ever crowned with Flowers,",0.0
"Where Thames with Pride surveys his rising Towers,",0.0
"There stands a Structure of Majestic Frame,",1.0
Which from the neighbouring Hampton takes its Name.,2.0
"Of Foreign Tyrants, and of Nymphs at home;",1.0
"Here Thou, great Anna! whom three Realms obey,",3.0
Dost sometime Counsel take ' --  and sometime Tea.,2.0
"Hither the Heroes and the Nymphs resort,",3.0
To taste awhile the Pleasures of a Court;,1.0
"In various Talk the instructive hours they past,",3.0
"Who gave a Ball, or paid the Visit last:",0.0
"One speaks the Glory of the British Queen,",1.0
And one describes a charming Indian Screen;,3.0
"A third interprets Motions, Looks, and Eyes;",0.0
At every Word a Reputation dies.,0.0
"Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pause of Chat,",0.0
"Mean while declining from the Noon of Day,",2.0
The Sun obliquely shoots his burning Ray;,0.0
"The hungry Judges soon the Sentence sign,",0.0
"The Merchant from the Exchange returns in Peace,",3.0
"Belinda now, whom Thirst of Fame invites,",0.0
"Burns to encounter two adventurous Knights,",4.0
And swells her Breast with Conquests yet to come.,1.0
"Strait the three Bands prepare in Arms to join,",3.0
Each Band the number of the Sacred Nine.,1.0
"Soon as she spreads her Hand, the Aerial Guard",2.0
"Descend, and sit on each important Card:",0.0
"Then each, according to the Rank they bore;",1.0
"Are, as when Women, wondrous fond of Place.",1.0
"Behold, four Kings in Majesty revered,",2.0
"And four fair Queens whose hands sustain a Flower,",1.0
The expressive Emblem of their softer Power;,2.0
Draw forth to Combat on the Velvet Plain.,2.0
"Let Spades be Trumps, she said, and Trumps they were.",1.0
In Show like Leaders of the swarthy Moors.,1.0
"Led off two captive Trumps, and swept the Board.",3.0
And marched a Victor from the verdant Field.,1.0
Gained but one Trump and one Plebeian Card.,1.0
"With his broad Sabre next, a Chief in Years,",2.0
The hoary Majesty of Spades appears;,1.0
"Puts forth one manly Leg, to sight revealed;",1.0
"The Rebel- Knave, that dares his Prince engage,",0.0
Proves the just Victim of his Royal Rage.,1.0
"Even mighty Pam that Kings and Queens overthrew,",3.0
"And mowed down Armies in the Fights of Lu,",0.0
"Sad Chance of War! now, destitute of Aid,",2.0
Falls undistinguished by the Victor Spade!,2.0
Thus far both Armies to Belinda yield;,3.0
Now to the Baron Fate inclines the Field.,0.0
"His warlike Amazon her Host invades,",1.0
The Imperial Consort of the Crown of Spades.,2.0
"The Club's black Tyrant first her Victim died,",1.0
"Spite of his haughty Mien, and barbarous Pride:",2.0
"What boots the Regal Circle on his Head,",1.0
His Giant Limbs in State unwieldy spread?,0.0
"That long behind he trails his pompous Robe,",0.0
And of all Monarchs only grasps the Globe?,2.0
The Baron now his Diamonds pours apace;,0.0
"The embroidered King who shows but half his Face,",1.0
Of broken Troops an easy Conquest find.,0.0
"Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in wild Disorder seen,",1.0
With Throngs promiscuous strow the level Green,2.0
"Thus when dispersed a routed Army runs,",1.0
"With like Confusion different Nations fly,",0.0
"In various Habits and of various Die,",5.0
In Heaps on Heaps; one Fate overwhelms them all.,3.0
"The Knave of Diamonds now exerts his Arts,",0.0
And wins o shameful Chance! the Queen of Hearts.,0.0
"At this, the Blood the Virgin's Cheek forsook,",0.0
"On one nice Trick depends the general Fate,",2.0
An Ace of Hearts steps forth: The King unseen,1.0
"Lurked in her Hand, and mourned his captive Queen.",0.0
"He springs to Vengeance with an eager pace,",1.0
And falls like Thunder on the prostrate Ace.,1.0
"The Nymph exulting fills with Shouts the Sky,",0.0
"The Walls, the Woods, and long Canals reply.",0.0
"O thoughtless Mortals! ever blind to Fate,",0.0
"Too soon dejected, and too soon elate!",3.0
And cursed for ever this Victorious Day.,3.0
"For lo! the Board with Cups and Spoons is crowned,",0.0
"The Berries crackle, and the Mill turns round.",2.0
On shining Altars of Japan they raise,1.0
"The silver Lamp, and fiery Spirits blaze.",2.0
"At once they gratify their Scent and Taste,",0.0
Strait hover round the Fair her Airy Band;,1.0
"Some over her Lap their careful Plumes displayed,",2.0
"Trembling, and conscious of the rich Brocade.",2.0
"Coffee, which makes the Politician wise,",2.0
And see through all things with his half shut Eyes,1.0
"New Stratagems, the radiant Lock to gain.",2.0
"Ah cease rash Youth! desist ever it's too late,",7.0
"Changed to a Bird, and sent to flit in Air,",0.0
"But when to Mischief Mortals bend their Mind,",0.0
How soon fit Instruments of Ill they find?,2.0
"Just then, Clarissa drew with tempting Grace",0.0
"So Ladies in Romance assist their Knight,",0.0
"Present the Spear, and arm him for the Fight.",1.0
"He takes the Gift with reverence, and extends",3.0
As over the fragrant Steams she bends her Head:,2.0
"A thousand Wings, by turns, blow back the Hair,",1.0
"And thrice they twitched the Diamond in her Ear,",0.0
"Thrice she looked back, and thrice the Foe drew near.",4.0
"Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought",2.0
The close Recesses of the Virgin's Thought;,3.0
"He watched the Ideas rising in her Mind,",2.0
"Sudden he viewed, in spite of all her Art,",2.0
An Earthly Lover lurking at her Heart.,0.0
"Amazed, confused, he found his Power expired,",2.0
"Resigned to Fate, and with a Sigh retired.",1.0
"Even then, before the fatal Engine closed,",0.0
"From the fair Head, for ever and for ever!",3.0
"Then flashed the living Lightnings from her Eyes,",1.0
"Not louder Shrieks by Dames to Heaven are cast,",0.0
"When Husbands or when Monkeys breath their last,",1.0
"Or when rich China Vessels, fallen from high,",3.0
In glittering Dust and painted Fragments lie!,2.0
"Let Wreaths of Triumph now my Temples twine,",1.0
"While Fish in Streams, or Birds delight in Air,",0.0
"Or in a Coach and Six the British Fair,",0.0
"While Visits shall be paid on solemn Days,",0.0
"So long my Honour, Name, and Praise shall live!",3.0
"What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date,",0.0
"And Monuments, like Men, submit to Fate!",1.0
"Steel did the Labour of the Gods destroy,",1.0
And strike to Dust the Imperial Towers of Troy;,6.0
"Steel could the Works of mortal Pride confound,",0.0
And hew Triumphal Arches to the Ground.,1.0
"What Wonder then, fair Nymph! thy Hairs should feel",1.0
"BUT anxious Cares the pensive Nymph oppressed,",0.0
"Not youthful Kings in Battle seized alive,",0.0
"Not scornful Virgins who their Charms survive,",0.0
"Not ardent Lovers robbed of all their Bliss,",0.0
"Not ancient Ladies when refused a Kiss,",0.0
"Ever felt such Rage, Resentment and Despair,",1.0
"And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew,",3.0
"As ever sullied the fair face of Light,",2.0
"Down to the Central Earth, his proper Scene,",1.0
Repairs to search the gloomy Cave of Spleen.,0.0
"No cheerful Breeze this sullen Region knows,",1.0
The dreaded East is all the Wind that blows.,0.0
"Here, in a Grotto, sheltered close from Air,",1.0
"And screened in Shades from Day's detested Glare,",0.0
"She sighs for ever on her pensive Bed,",1.0
But differing far in Figure and in Face.,1.0
Her wrinkled Form in Black and White arrayed;,0.0
"With store of Prayers, for Mornings, Nights, and Noons.",0.0
There Affectation with a sickly Mien,1.0
"Shows in her Cheek the Roses of Eighteen,",1.0
"Practised to Lisp, and hang the Head aside,",2.0
"On the rich Quilt sinks with becoming Woe,",3.0
"Wrapped in a Gown, for Sickness, and for Show.",1.0
"The Fair ones feel such Maladies as these,",2.0
Strange Phantoms rising as the Mists arise;,2.0
"Dreadful, as Hermit's Dreams in haunted Shades,",2.0
Or bright as Visions of expiring Maids.,1.0
"Now glaring Fiends, and Snakes on rolling Spires,",1.0
"And Crystal Domes, and Angels in Machines.",0.0
Of Bodies changed to various Forms by Spleen.,2.0
"One bent; the Handle this, and that the Spout:",1.0
A Pipkin there like Homer's Tripod walks;,2.0
"Men prove with Child, as powerful Fancy works,",3.0
"And Maids turned Bottles, call aloud for Corks.",1.0
"Safe past the Gnome through this fantastic Band,",2.0
Then thus addressed the Power ' --  Hail wayward Queen;,3.0
"Who rule the Sex to Fifty from Fifteen,",1.0
"Who give the Hysteric or Poetic Fit,",4.0
"On various Tempers act by various ways,",4.0
"Who cause the Proud their Visits to delay,",1.0
"And send the Godly in a Pett, to pray.",0.0
"A Nymph there is, that all thy Power disdains,",2.0
And thousands more in equal Mirth maintains.,0.0
"But o! if ever thy Gnome could spoil a Grace,",3.0
Or change Complexions at a losing Game;,0.0
"If ever with airy Horns I planted Heads,",2.0
"Or rumpled Petticoats, or tumbled Beds,",0.0
"Or caused Suspicion when no Soul was rude,",1.0
Which not the Tears of brightest Eyes could ease:,0.0
"Hear me, and touch Belinda with Chagrin;",1.0
That single Act gives half the World the Spleen.,1.0
The Goddess with a discontented Air,1.0
"Seems to reject him, though she grants his Prayer.",1.0
"A wondrous Bag with both her Hands she binds,",0.0
Like that where once Ulysses held the Winds;,0.0
"There she collects the Force of Female Lungs,",2.0
"Sighs, Sobs, and Passions, and the War of Tongues.",2.0
"A Vial next she fills with fainting Fears,",0.0
"The Gnome rejoicing bears her Gift away,",0.0
"Spreads his black Wings, and slowly mounts to Day.",3.0
Her Eyes dejected and her Hair unbound.,1.0
"Full over their Heads the swelling Bag he rent,",3.0
"Belinda burns with more than mortal Ire,",0.0
"OH wretched Maid! she spread her hands, and cried,",1.0
"While Hampton's Echoes, wretched Maid replied",0.0
Was it for this you took such constant Care,1.0
"The Bodkin; Comb, and Essence to prepare;",1.0
"For this with Fillets strained your tender Head,",1.0
And bravely bore the double Loads of Lead?,0.0
"Ease, Pleasure, Virtue, All, our Sex resign.",1.0
"Already hear the horrid things they say,",0.0
"Already see you a degraded Toast,",1.0
And all your Honour in a Whisper lost!,0.0
"How shall I, then, your helpless Fame defend?",0.0
"Exposed through Crystal to the gazing Eyes,",1.0
"And heightened by the Diamond's circling Rays,",1.0
On that Rapacious Hand for ever blaze?,0.0
And Wits take Lodgings in the Sound of Bow;,1.0
"Sooner let Earth, Air, Sea, to Chaos fall,",4.0
"She said; then raging to Sir Plume repairs,",2.0
And bids her Beau demand the precious Hairs:,0.0
And the nice Conduct of a clouded Cane,0.0
"With earnest Eyes, and round unthinking Face,",0.0
"And thus broke out ' --  My Lord, why, what the Devil?",2.0
"Give her the Hair ' --  he spoke, and rapped his Box.",0.0
It grieves me much replied the Peer again,0.0
Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain.,0.0
"Which never more shall join its parted Hair,",0.0
Clipped from the lovely Head where once it grew,0.0
"That while my Nostrils draw the vital Air,",0.0
"This Hand, which won it, shall for ever wear.",0.0
"He spoke, and speaking in proud Triumph spread",1.0
He breaks the Vial whence the Sorrows flow.,0.0
"Her Eyes half languishing, half drowned in Tears;",3.0
"On her heaved Bosom hung her drooping Head,",2.0
"Which, with a Sigh, she raised; and thus she said.",0.0
"For ever cursed be this detested Day,",1.0
"Which snatched my best, my favourite Curl away!",0.0
"Happy! ah ten times happy, had I been,",3.0
"Yet am not I the first mistaken Maid,",0.0
By Love of Courts to numerous Ills betrayed.,2.0
"In some lone Isle, or distant Northern Land;",1.0
"Where the gilded Chariot never marked the way,",2.0
"There kept my Charms concealed from mortal Eye,",0.0
Like Roses that in Deserts bloom and die.,0.0
What moved my Mind with youthful Lords to room?,0.0
"OH had I stayed, and said my Prayers at home!",0.0
"'Twas this, the Morning Omens did foretell;",0.0
"The tottering China shook without a Wind,",2.0
"Nay, Poll sat mute, and Shock was most Unkind!",2.0
"A Sylph too warned me of the Threats of Fate,",2.0
"In mystic Visions, now believed too late!",1.0
See the poor Remnants of this slighted Hair!,4.0
Once gave new Beauties to the snowy Neck.,3.0
And in its Fellow's Fate foresees its own;,0.0
And tempts once more thy sacrilegious Hands.,1.0
"Hairs less in sight, or any Hairs but these!",1.0
"SHE said: the pitying Audience melt in Tears,",4.0
For who can move when fair Belinda fails?,0.0
"Not half so fixed the Trojan could remain,",0.0
While Anna begged and Dido raged in vain.,0.0
And swift as Lightning to the Combat flies.,1.0
"All side in Parties, and begin the Attack;",3.0
"And base, and treble Voices strike the Skies.",0.0
"No common Weapons in their Hands are found,",1.0
"Like Gods they fight, nor dread a mortal Wound.",0.0
And heavenly Breasts with human Passions rage;,2.0
"Against Pallas, Mars; Latona, Hermes, Arms;",4.0
And all Olympus rings with loud Alarms.,0.0
"Earth shakes her nodding Towers, the Ground gives way;",4.0
And the pale Ghosts start at the Flash of Day!,1.0
"Clapped his glad Wings, and sat to view the Fight,",3.0
"The growing Combat, or assist the Fray.",1.0
"One died in Metaphor, and one in Song.",2.0
"OH cruel Nymph! a living Death I bear,",1.0
Thus on Meander's flowery Margin lies,7.0
"The expiring Swan, and as he sings he dies.",2.0
"As bold Sir Plume had drawn Clarissa down,",2.0
"Chloe stepped in, and killed him with a Frown;",1.0
"She smiled to see the doughty Hero slain,",0.0
"But at her Smile, the Beau revived again.",0.0
The doubtful Beam long nods from side to side;,1.0
"At length the Wits mount up, the Hairs subside.",2.0
"See fierce Belinda on the Baron flies,",2.0
With more than usual Lightning in her Eyes;,2.0
"Nor feared the Chief the unequal Fight to try,",2.0
Who sought no more than on his Foe to die.,2.0
"But this bold Lord, with manly Strength endued,",2.0
She with one Finger and a Thumb subdued:,2.0
"Just where the Breath of Life his Nostrils drew,",0.0
A Charge of Snuff the wily Virgin threw;,0.0
"The Gnomes direct, to every Atom just,",0.0
The pungent Grains of titillating Dust.,0.0
"Sudden, with starting Tears each Eye overflows,",5.0
"Now meet thy Fate, the incensed Virago cried,",4.0
And drew a deadly Bodkin from her Side.,1.0
Formed a vast Buckle for his Widow's Gown:,4.0
"Then in a Bodkin graced her Mother's Hairs,",0.0
"Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.",0.0
Boast not my Fall he cried insulting Foe!,0.0
Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.,1.0
"All that I dread, is leaving you behind!",1.0
"Rather than so, ah let me still survive,",1.0
"And burn in Cupid's Flames, ' --  but burn alive.",0.0
Restore the Lock! she cries; and all around,0.0
Restore the Lock! the vaulted Roofs rebound.,0.0
Not fierce Othello in so loud a Strain,0.0
Roared for the Handkerchief that caused his Pain.,1.0
"But see how oft Ambitious Aims are crossed,",0.0
"The Lock, obtained with Guilt, and kept with Pain,",0.0
"In every place is sought, but sought in vain:",0.0
So Heaven decrees! with Heaven who can contest?,0.0
"Some thought it mounted to the Lunar Sphere,",1.0
"There Hero's Wits are kept in ponderous Vases,",2.0
"There broken Vows, and Deathbed Alms are found,",1.0
And Lovers Hearts with Ends of Ribbon bound;,0.0
"The Courtiers Promises, and Sick Man's Prayers,",4.0
"Cages for Gnats, and Chains to Yoke a Flea;",2.0
"But trust the Muse ' --  she saw it upward rise,",0.0
Though marked by none but quick Poetic Eyes:,0.0
"So Rome's great Founder to the Heavens withdrew,",4.0
"A sudden Star, it shot through liquid Air,",0.0
And drew behind a radiant Trail of Hair.,0.0
And pleased pursue its Progress through the Skies.,2.0
And hail with Music its propitious Ray.,1.0
"This, the blessed Lover shall for Venus take,",2.0
"This Partridge soon shall view in cloudless Skies,",0.0
"The Fate of Louis, and the Fall of Rome.",1.0
Which adds new Glory to the shining Sphere!,2.0
Not all the Tresses that fair Head can boast,1.0
Shall draw such Envy as the Lock you lost.,1.0
"For, after all the Murders of your Eye,",1.0
"When, after Millions slain, your self shall die;",0.0
"When those fair Suns shall set, as set they must,",3.0
And all those Tresses shall be laid in Dust;,0.0
"This Lock, the Muse shall consecrate to Fame,",0.0
"To hymn thy God, and thou, immortal Fame,",1.0
"Arise, and blow thy everlasting trump.",0.0
"All glory to the Omniscient, and praise,",5.0
"And power, and domination in the height!",2.0
"And thou, cherubic Gratitude, whose voice",1.0
"Come with thy precious incense, bring thy gifts,",1.0
And with thy choicest stores the altar crown.,1.0
"Thou too, my heart, whom He, and He alone",2.0
"Who all things knows, can know, with love replete,",1.0
"Regenerate, and pure, pour all thyself",1.0
A living sacrifice before his throne:,0.0
"And may the eternal, high mysterious tree,",3.0
"Bears the rich fruit of Knowledge, with some branch",4.0
"Stoop to my humble reach, and bless my toil!",0.0
When in my mother's womb concealed I lay,0.0
And every faint Idea yet unformed.,0.0
When up the imperceptible ascent,1.0
"Of growing years, led by thy hand, I rose,",2.0
"Perception's gradual light, that ever dawns",2.0
"That what of knowledge in my mind was low,",0.0
"Imperfect, incorrect ' --  in Thee is wondrous,",2.0
And estimable solely by itself.,2.0
"Which Ignorance calls instinct? It's from Thee,",3.0
It is the operation of thine hands,2.0
"Immediate, instantaneous; it's thy wisdom,",3.0
That glorious shines transparent through thy works.,3.0
"Who taught the Pie, or who forewarned the Jay",0.0
To shun the deadly nightshade? though the cherry,2.0
"Boasts not a glossier hue, nor does the plumb",2.0
"Lure with more seeming sweets the amorous eye,",2.0
"By fair appearance, touch the noxious fruit.",0.0
"They know to touch is fatal, whence alarmed",0.0
Swift on the winnowing winds they work their way.,2.0
"Go to, proud reasoner philosophic Man,",5.0
"Hast thou such prudence, thou such knowledge? ' --  No.",1.0
Full many a race has fell into the snare,3.0
And oft in desert isles the famished pilgrim,0.0
"By forms of fruit, and luscious taste beguiled;",0.0
"Like his forefather Adam, eats and dies.",2.0
For why? his wisdom on the leaden sect,1.0
"And comes, like vengeance, after long delay.",0.0
"The venerable Sage, that nightly trims",1.0
"The learnt lamp, to investigate the powers",2.0
"Of plants medicinal, the earth, the air,",1.0
"And the dark regions of the fossil world,",3.0
"Grows old in following, what he never shall find;",3.0
"He spies a missed, then shapes it into mountains,",0.0
And baseless fabrics from conjecture builds:,1.0
"While the domestic animal, that guards",2.0
"At midnight hours his threshold, if oppressed",3.0
"By sudden sickness, at his master's feet",0.0
"Begs not that aid his services might claim,",1.0
"But is his own physician, knows the case,",1.0
"Hark, far, from afar the The hen turkey. feathered matron screams.",4.0
"And all her brood alarms, the docile crew",0.0
"Accept the signal one and all, expert",1.0
"Along the sod, in counterfeited death,",0.0
"But who informed her of the approaching danger,",1.0
"Who taught the cautious mother, that the hawk",0.0
"Was hatched her foe, and lived by her destruction?",1.0
"Her own prophetic soul is active in her,",0.0
And more than human providence her guard.,1.0
"When Philomela, ever the cold domain",2.0
"Of crippled winter begins to advance, prepares",4.0
"Her annual flight, and in some poplar shade",2.0
"To realms from us remote, to us unknown?",2.0
Her science is the science of her God.,2.0
Not the magnetic index to the North,2.0
"Courts nor coy West nor East, but instant knows",3.0
"What The Longitude. Newton, or not sought, or sought in vain.",5.0
"Of man's vast genius, and the soaring soul!",2.0
"Yet what wert thou to him, who knew his works,",1.0
"Before creation formed them, long before",0.0
He measured in the hollow of his hand,1.0
"The exulting ocean, and the highest Heavens",2.0
"He comprehended with a span, and weighed",1.0
The mighty mountains in his golden scales:,0.0
"Who shone supreme, who was himself the light,",1.0
When Knowledge at her father's dread command,0.0
OH! to have joined the frequent auditors,1.0
"To God's own honour, and good will to man,",0.0
That wisdom he alone of men possessed,1.0
How did he rouse the pampered silken sons,0.0
"Of bloated ease, by placing to their view",1.0
"The sage industrious Ant, the wisest insect,",3.0
"To measure times and seasons, nor consults",1.0
"Pointing with icy hand to want and woe,",2.0
"Receives him as a welcome guest, prepared",1.0
Against the churlish winter's fiercest blow.,0.0
"Gives to the genial earth the enlivening ray,",4.0
"Not the poor suffering slave, that hourly toils",2.0
"Endures such trouble, such fatigue, as she;",1.0
"Then many a weary step, and many a strain,",4.0
"And many a grievous groan subdued, at length",2.0
Up the huge hill she hardly heaves it home:,2.0
"Nor rests she here her providence, but nips",1.0
"With subtle tooth the grain, lest from her garner",1.0
"In mischievous fertility it steal,",2.0
And back to daylight vegetate its way.,1.0
And by her wary ways reform thine own.,1.0
"More glaring evidence demand; behold,",1.0
May read himself a fool. The Chemist there,1.0
May with astonishment invidious view,4.0
"His toils outdone by each plebeian Bee,",1.0
"Who, at the royal mandate, on the wing",2.0
"From various herbs, and from discordant flowers,",3.0
A perfect harmony of sweets compounds.,2.0
Back to the Prince of vanity and air!,1.0
OH! it's a thought of energy most piercing;,1.0
Formed to make pride grow humble; formed to force,4.0
"Its weight on the reluctant mind, and give her",1.0
A true but Irksome image of herself.,1.0
"Woeful vicissitude! when Man, fallen Man,",6.0
"Who first from Heaven, from gracious God himself",0.0
"By slow degrees from lowly steps ascend,",0.0
"Yet murmur not, but praise ' --  for though we stand",1.0
"By Adam's dire transgression, though no more",2.0
"Is Paradise our home, but over the portal",2.0
Hangs in terrific pomp the burning blade;,1.0
Still with ten thousand beauties blooms the Earth,3.0
"With pleasures populous, and with riches crowned.",1.0
Still is there scope for wonder and for love,1.0
Even to their last exertion ' --  showers of blessings,3.0
"Far more than human virtue can deserve,",1.0
"Or hope expect, or gratitude return.",0.0
"Then, OH you People, OH you Sons of Men,",0.0
"Whatever be the colour of your lives,",1.0
Whatever portion of itself his Wisdom,2.0
"Shall deign to allow, still patiently abide",4.0
And praise him more and more; nor cease to chant,0.0
"ALL GLORY TO THE OMNISCIENT AND PRAISE,",5.0
AND POWER AND DOMINATION IN THE HEIGHT!,2.0
"You Sons of Men, with just Regard attend,",0.0
"Observe the Preacher, and believe the Friend,",1.0
"Whose serious Muse inspires Him to explain,",3.0
"That all we Act, and all we Think is Vain.",0.0
"That in this Pilgrimage of Seventy Years,",2.0
"Over Rocks of Perils, and through Vales of Tears",1.0
"Destined to march, our doubtful Steps we tend,",2.0
That from the Womb We take our fatal Shares,0.0
And at Approach of Death shall only know,0.0
"The Truths, which from these pensive Numbers flow,",1.0
"That We pursue false Joy, and suffer real Woe.",3.0
"Happiness, Object of that waking Dream,",1.0
"Which we call Life, mistaking; Fugitive Theme",5.0
"Notional Good, by Fancy only made,",1.0
"And by Tradition nursed, fallacious Fire,",1.0
"Whose dancing Beams mislead our fond Desire,",0.0
"Cause of our Care, and Error of our Mind:",1.0
"To Adam, and his Mortal Race; the Boon",1.0
"Entire, had been reserved for Solomon:",3.0
On Me the partial Lot had been bestowed;,1.0
And in my Cup the golden Draught had flowed.,0.0
But OH! ever yet Original Man was made;,4.0
Ever the Foundations of this Earth were laid;,2.0
"It was, opponent to our Search, ordained,",2.0
"That Joy, still sought, should never be attained.",1.0
"This, sad Experience cites me to reveal;",3.0
"And what I dictate, is from what I feel.",1.0
"Born as I was, great David's favourite Son,",2.0
"Dear to my People, on the Hebrew Throne",1.0
"My Name extended to the farthest East,",1.0
"My Body clothed with every outward Grace,",0.0
"Strength in my Limbs, and Beauty in my Face,",0.0
"My shining Thought with fruitful Notions crowned,",0.0
"Quick my Invention, and my Judgement sound.",3.0
"Think, to be Happy; to be Great, be Wise:",1.0
Content of Spirit must from Science flow;,0.0
I said; and sent my Edict through the Land:,1.0
"Historic Leaves revolve, long Volumes spread,",1.0
"Attended I heard, proposed my Doubts, and said;",2.0
"The Vegetable World, each Plant, and Tree,",2.0
"It's Seed, it's Name, it's Nature, it's Degree",1.0
"I am allowed, as Fame reports, to know,",1.0
"From the fair Cedar, on the craggy Brow",3.0
"Of Lebanon nodding supremely tall,",6.0
"To creeping Moss, and Hyssop on the Wall:",1.0
"Yet just and conscious to my self, I find",1.0
A thousand Doubts oppose the searching Mind.,0.0
I know not why the Beach delights the Glade,0.0
"With Boughs extended, and a rounder Shade;",1.0
"While towering Firs in Conic forms arise,",0.0
And with a pointed Spear divide the Skies:,1.0
Nor why again the changing Oak should shed,0.0
"While the distinguished Yew is ever seen,",1.0
"Unchanged his Branch, and permanent his Green.",1.0
Wanting the Sun why does the Caltha fade?,2.0
Why does the Cypress flourish in the Shade?,0.0
The Fig and Date why love they to remain,1.0
"In middle Station, and an even Plain;",1.0
While in the lower Marsh the Gourd is found;,0.0
The blushing Poppy with a crimson Hue;,1.0
"Yet leave the Lilly pale, and tinge the Violet blue?",0.0
Why does the fond Carnation love to shoot,0.0
A various Colour from one Parent Root;,2.0
While the fantastic Tulip strives to break,1.0
"In twofold Beauty, and a parted Streak?",2.0
"The twining Jasmine, and the blushing Rose,",1.0
With lavish Grace their Morning Scents disclose:,0.0
The stronger Impulse of an Evening Air.,1.0
Whence has the Tree resolve me or the Flower,1.0
"A various Instinct, or a different Power?",3.0
"Raise This to Strength, and sicken That to Death?",0.0
"Whence does it happen, that the Plant which well",0.0
"We name the Sensitive, should move and feel?",1.0
"Whence know her Leaves to answer her Command,",1.0
And with quick Horror fly the neighbouring Hand?,4.0
"Along the Sunny Bank, or watery Mead,",2.0
Ten thousand Stalks their various Blossoms spread:,3.0
"Peaceful and lowly in their native Soil,",2.0
"They neither know to spin, nor care to toil;",0.0
"Our vile Attire, and Impotence of Pride.",3.0
"The Cowslip smiles, in brighter yellow dressed,",0.0
"A fairer Red stands blushing in the Rose,",1.0
Take but the humblest Lilly of the Field;,3.0
"And if our Pride will to our Reason yield,",2.0
"It must by sure Comparison be shown,",1.0
"That on the Regal Seat great David's Son,",1.0
"Arrayed in all his Robes, and Types of Power,",0.0
"Shines with less Glory, than that simple Flower.",4.0
"Of Fishes next, my Friends, I would enquire,",0.0
From the small Fry that glide on Jordan's Stream,2.0
"Unmarked, a Multitude without a Name,",0.0
"To that Leviathan, who over the Seas",3.0
"Immense rolls onward his impetuous Ways,",2.0
"And mocks the Wind, and in the Tempest plays.",0.0
How They in Warlike Bands march greatly forth,3.0
"From freezing Waters, and the colder North,",1.0
"To Southern Climes directing their Career,",1.0
"How all with careful Knowledge are endued,",1.0
"To choose their proper Bed, and Wave, and Food:",0.0
"To guard their Spawn, and educate their Brood.",0.0
"Of Birds, how each according to her Kind",1.0
Proper Materials for her Nest can find;,3.0
"And build a Frame, which deepest Thought in Man",0.0
"Would or amend, or imitate in vain.",1.0
"How in small Flights They know to try their Young,",1.0
And teach the callow Child her Parent's Song.,0.0
"Why these frequent the Plain, and those the Wood.",3.0
Why every Land has her specific Brood.,1.0
"Where the tall Crane, or winding Swallow goes,",3.0
"Fearful of gathering Winds, and falling Snows:",4.0
"If into Rocks, or hollow Trees they creep,",0.0
In temporary Death confined to Sleep;,0.0
"Or conscious of the coming Evil, fly",1.0
"To milder Regions, and a Southern Sky.",1.0
Of Beasts and creeping Insects shall we trace,1.0
"The wondrous Nature, and the various Race;",3.0
"Or wild or tame, or Friend to Man or Foe,",0.0
"Of Us, what They, or what of Them We know?",1.0
"Tell me, You studious, who pretend to see",2.0
"Far into Nature's Bosom, whence the Bee",1.0
"Whence she avoids the slimy Marsh, and knows",1.0
"How from the thickened Mist, and setting Sun",1.0
Finds She the Labour of her Day is done?,1.0
"Who taught Her against Winds and Rains to strive,",5.0
"To bring her Burden to the certain Hive,",1.0
And through the liquid Fields again to pass,1.0
'Midst Summer's Plenty thinks of Winter's Want:,1.0
By constant Journeys careful to prepare,1.0
"Her Stores; and bringing home the Corny Ear,",0.0
"By what Instruction does She bite the Grain,",0.0
"Lest hid in Earth, and taking Root again,",0.0
It might elude the Foresight of her Care?,2.0
Distinct in either Insect's Deed appear,1.0
"The marks of Thought, Contrivance, Hope, and Fear.",0.0
"On the vile Worm, that Yesterday began",2.0
"Like Thee they breath, they move, they taste, they see,",0.0
They show their Passions by their Acts like Thee:,1.0
"Darting their Stings, they previously declare",5.0
"Designed Revenge, and fierce intent of War:",0.0
"Laying their Eggs, they evidently prove",3.0
"The Genial Power, and full Effect of Love.",2.0
"Each then has Organs to digest his Food,",1.0
"One to beget, and one receive the Brood:",2.0
"Life, and her proper Functions to sustain;",1.0
Though the whole Fabric smaller than a Grain.,3.0
What more can our penurious Reason grant,5.0
"To those enormous Terrors of the Nile,",2.0
"Than that all differ but in Shape and Name,",1.0
"Each destined to a less, or larger Frame?",1.0
"For potent Nature loves a various Act,",2.0
"Prone to enlarge, or studious to contract:",4.0
"Now forms her Work too small, now too immense,",3.0
And scorns the Measures of our feeble Sense.,1.0
"The Object spread too far, or raised too high,",2.0
"Too little, it eludes the dazzled Sight;",2.0
Water and Air the varied Form confound;,2.0
"The Strait looks crooked, and the Square grows round.",3.0
"Thus while with fruitless Hope, and weary Pain,",0.0
"We seek great Nature's Power, but seek in vain;",3.0
Safe sits the Goddess in her dark Retreat;,1.0
"And endless Shapes, which the Mysterious Queen",3.0
"Can take or quit, can alter or retain:",1.0
As from our lost Pursuit She wills to hide,1.0
"Her close Decrees, and chasten human Pride.",0.0
He tyres his Life in biting on his Chains:,1.0
"For the kind Gifts of Water, and of Food,",3.0
"Ungrateful, and returning Ill for Good,",1.0
"While the strong Camel, and the generous Horse,",5.0
"Restrained and awed by Man's inferior Force,",2.0
"Do to the Rider's Will their Rage submit,",1.0
"And answer to the Spur, and own the Bit;",1.0
"Pleased with his Weight, and proud of his Command.",1.0
"Again: the lonely Fox roams far abroad,",1.0
"While the kind Spaniel, and the faithful Hound,",3.0
Refuses through these Cliffs and Lawns to roam;,1.0
"Pursues the noted Path, and covets home;",0.0
Does with kind Joy Domestic Faces meet;,3.0
Takes what the glutted Child denies to eat;,0.0
"By what immediate Cause They are inclined,",3.0
"In many Acts, it's hard, I own, to find.",0.0
"I see in others, or I think I see,",1.0
"That strict their Principles, and our's agree.",1.0
"Evil like Us they shun, and covet Good;",0.0
"Abhor the Poison, and receive the Food.",1.0
"Like Us they love or hate: like Us they know,",1.0
"To joy the Friend, or grapple with the Foe.",1.0
"With seeming Thought their Action they intend,",1.0
And use the Means proportioned to the End.,1.0
"Then vainly the Philosopher avers,",3.0
"That Reason guides our Deed, and Instinct their's.",1.0
"How can We justly different Causes frame,",1.0
When the Effects entirely are the same?,3.0
Instinct and Reason how can we divide?,4.0
"It's the Fool's Ignorance, and the Pedant's Pride.",3.0
If the brute Beast refuses to Obey.,3.0
Proclaims himself the Universal Lord;,0.0
"Does He not tremble, lest the Lion's Paw",1.0
Should join his Plea against the fancied Law?,0.0
Would not the Learnt Coward leave the Chair;,6.0
If in the Schools or Porches should appear,0.0
The Combatant too late the Field declines;,4.0
When the swift Vessel flies before the Wind;,2.0
Too late the Sailor views the Land behind.,1.0
And it's too late now back again to bring,4.0
"Enquiry, raised and towering on the Wing;",3.0
"Forward She strives, averse to be withheld",2.0
"From nobler Objects, and a larger Field.",0.0
Yielding to Earth and Sea the middle Place.,2.0
"Should never strive to rise, nor fear to fall.",0.0
"When I reflect, how the revolving Sun",2.0
Does round our Globe his crooked Journeys run;,0.0
"I doubt of many Lands, if they contain",1.0
"Or Herd of Beast, or Colony of Man:",1.0
If any Nations pass their destined Days,0.0
"If any suffer on the Polar Coast,",1.0
May not the Pleasure of Omnipotence,2.0
To each of These some secret Good dispense?,1.0
"Those who amid the Torrid Regions live,",0.0
May they not Gales unknown to us receive;,2.0
"See daily Showers rejoice the thirsty Earth,",3.0
And bless the flowery Buds succeeding Birth?,2.0
"May they not pity Us, condemned to bear",2.0
"While by fixed Laws, and with a just Return,",2.0
"They feel twelve Hours that shade, for twelve that burn;",1.0
"And praise the neighbouring Sun, whose constant Flame",2.0
Enlightens them with Seasons still the same?,1.0
"And may not Those, whose distant Lot is cast",0.0
"Where through the Plains of one continual Day,",3.0
Six shining Months pursue their even Way;,1.0
"May not, I ask, the Natives of these Climes",1.0
As Annals may inform succeeding Times,1.0
"Their one Vicissitude, and equal Share",3.0
"May they not scorn our Sun's repeated Race,",1.0
"To narrow bounds prescribed, and little space,",0.0
"Hastening from Morn, and headlong driven from Noon,",4.0
Half of our Daily Toil yet scarcely done?,0.0
May they not justly to our Climes upbraid,3.0
"Shortness of Night, and Penury of Shade;",3.0
That ever our wearied Limbs are justly blessed,2.0
"With wholesome Sleep, and necessary Rest;",0.0
"Another Sun demands return of Care,",0.0
The remnant Toil of Yesterday to bear?,0.0
"While, when the Solar Beams salute their Sight,",0.0
"Bold and secure in half a Year of Light,",2.0
Uninterrupted Voyages they take,3.0
"To the remotest Wood, and farthest Lake;",1.0
"Manage the Fishing, and pursue the Course",3.0
"With more extended Nerves, and more continued Force.",0.0
When gathering Clouds speak gloomy Winter nigh;,3.0
"With Plenty for the coming Season blessed,",1.0
"Six solid Months an Age they live, released",1.0
"From all the Labour, Process, Clamour, Woe,",2.0
Which our sad Scenes of daily Action know:,3.0
"They light the shining Lamp, prepare the Feast,",0.0
And with full Mirth receive the welcome Guest;,2.0
Or tell their tender Loves the only Care,0.0
Which now they suffer to the listening Fair;,1.0
Grateful Alternates of substantial Peace,2.0
They bless the long Nocturnal Influence shed,2.0
"On the crowned Goblet, and the Genial Bed.",3.0
"Frighten the Valleys, and infest the Wood:",3.0
"The hungry Crocodile, and hissing Snake",0.0
"Does Valley, Wood, and Brake, and Stream infest.",0.0
Derived these Men and Animals their Birth,1.0
"From Trunk of Oak, or pregnant Womb of Earth?",0.0
"Whence then the Old Belief, that All began",0.0
"In Eden's Shade, and one created Man?",1.0
"Or grant, this Progeny was wafted over",1.0
By coasting Boats from next adjacent Shore:,0.0
"Would Those, from whom We will suppose they spring,",1.0
"Slaughter to harmless Lands, and Poison bring?",2.0
"Would they on Board or Bears, or Lynxes take,",0.0
Or could they think the new Discovered Isle,0.0
Pleased to receive a pregnant Crocodile?,2.0
And since the Savage Lineage we must trace,1.0
"From Noah saved, and his distinguished Race;",1.0
How should their Fathers happen to forget,1.0
"The Arts which Noah taught, the Rules He set,",0.0
And load with grateful Flames the Holy Shrine?,0.0
"While the great Sire's unhappy Sons are found,",3.0
"And rude of Arts, of Virtue, and of God.",1.0
How shall We next over Earth and Seas pursue,0.0
The varied Forms of every thing we view;,0.0
"That all is changed, though all is still the same,",0.0
"Fluid the Parts, yet durable the Frame?",3.0
"Of those Materials, which have been confessed",2.0
"The pristine Springs, and Parents of the rest,",1.0
Each becomes other. Water stopped gives Birth,5.0
"To Grass and Plants, and thickens into Earth:",0.0
Diffused it rises in a higher Sphere;,0.0
Those finer Parts of Air again aspire;,0.0
"That Fire once more by thicker Air overcome,",3.0
"And downward forced, in Earth's capacious Womb",0.0
Alters it's Particles; is Fire no more;,3.0
"But lies resplendent Dust, and Shining Oar:",0.0
"Or running through the mighty Mother's Veins,",1.0
Changes it's Shape; puts off it's old Remains;,2.0
With watery Parts it's lessened Force divides;,2.0
"And furious Wind, down to the distant Plain",3.0
"The Hill, that hides his Head above the Skies,",0.0
Shall fall: The Plain by slow Degrees shall rise,0.0
"Thus by a length of Years, and Change of Fate,",0.0
"All Things are light or heavy, small or great:",0.0
Thus Jordan's Waves shall future Clouds appear;,1.0
"And Travellers enquire, where Babel stood.",3.0
"Now where we see these Changes often fall,",0.0
"Sedate we pass them by, as Natural:",1.0
"Where to our Eye more rarely they appear,",1.0
The Pompous Name of Prodigy they bear:,1.0
Let Human Wit their dubious Boundaries place.,3.0
Are all Things Miracle; or nothing such?,3.0
"And prove We not too little, or too much?",3.0
"For that a Branch cut off, a withered Rod",2.0
Should at a Word pronounced revive and bud:,0.0
"Is this more strange, than that the Mountain's Brow,",1.0
"Should push, in Spring, ten thousand thousand Buds;",1.0
"And boast returning Leaves, and blooming Woods?",0.0
That each successive Night from opening Heaven,2.0
The Food of Angels should to Man be given;,0.0
"Is this more strange, than that with common Bread",1.0
Our fainting Bodies every Day are fed;,0.0
"Than that each Grain and Seed consumed in Earth,",0.0
"Raises it's Store, and multiplies it's Birth;",2.0
"And from the handful, which the Tiller sows,",2.0
Then from whatever We can to Sense produce,3.0
"Common and plain, or wondrous and abstruse,",3.0
"From Nature's constant or Eccentric Laws,",1.0
"The thoughtful Soul this general Influence draws,",2.0
That an Effect must presuppose a Cause.,2.0
"And while She does her upward Flight sustain,",0.0
"Touching each Link of the continued Chain,",3.0
At length she is obliged and forced to see,1.0
"A First, a Source, a Life, a Deity;",1.0
"What has for ever been, and must for ever be.",0.0
"This great Existence thus by Reason found,",0.0
"Blessed by all Power, with all Perfection crowned;",2.0
"How can we bind or limit His Decree,",2.0
"By what our Ear has heard, or Eye may see?",0.0
"Say then: Is all in Heaps of Water lost,",0.0
"Beyond the Islands, and the Midland Coast?",2.0
"Or has that God, who gave our World it's Birth,",0.0
"Severed those Waters by some other Earth,",3.0
"Countries by future Ploughshares to be torn,",3.0
And Cities raised by Nations yet unborn?,1.0
Ever the progressive Course of restless Age,1.0
Performs Three thousand times it's Annual Stage;,3.0
May not our Power and Learning be suppressed;,2.0
And Arts and Empire learn to travel West?,0.0
"Where, by the Strength of this Idea charmed,",1.0
"Lightened with Glory, and with Rapture warmed,",3.0
Ascends my Soul? what sees She White and Great,0.0
"Amid subjected Seas? An Isle, the Seat",0.0
"Of Power and Plenty; Her Imperial Throne,",5.0
For Justice and for Mercy sought and known;,1.0
"Virtues Sublime, great Attributes of Heaven,",3.0
From thence to this distinguished Nation given.,1.0
Yet farther West the Western Isle extends,0.0
To Climates folded yet from human Eye;,0.0
"And Lands, which We imagine Wave and Sky.",1.0
"From Pole to Pole She hears her Acts resound,",1.0
And rules an Empire by no Ocean bound;,4.0
"Knows her Ships anchored, and her Sails unfurled",4.0
"In other Indies, and a second World.",1.0
Long shall Britannia That must be her Name,2.0
"Be first in Conquest, and preside in Fame:",1.0
"The Teeth of Envy, and the Force of Age:",1.0
"Revered and Happy She shall long remain,",1.0
"Of human Things least changeable, least vain.",3.0
Yet All must with the general Doom comply;,0.0
"And this Great Glorious Power, though last, must die.",6.0
"Now let us leave this Earth, and lift our Eye",1.0
To the large Convex of yonder Azure Sky:,0.0
"Behold it like an ample Curtain spread,",0.0
Now streaked and glowing with the Morning Red;,2.0
"Anon at Noon in flaming Yellow bright,",0.0
And choosing Sable for the peaceful Night.,1.0
"Ask Reason now, whence Light and Shade were given,",1.0
And whence this great Variety of Heaven:,1.0
"Reason our Guide, what can She more reply,",2.0
Than that the Sun illuminates the Sky;,0.0
"Than that Night rises from his absent Ray,",2.0
But we expect the Morning Red in vain:,1.0
"It's black in Storm, or red in Lightning Fire.",0.0
"Friend to our Woe, and Parent of our Fears:",1.0
"Our Joy and Wonder sometime She excites,",2.0
"Let it return with empty Notions fraught,",2.0
"Of airy Columns every Moment broke,",0.0
"Of circling Whirlpools, and of Spheres of Smoke:",2.0
Yet this Solution but once more affords,3.0
"New Change of Terms, and scaffolding of Words:",2.0
In other Garb my Question I receive;,1.0
And take the Doubt the very same I gave.,0.0
Lo! as a Giant strong the lusty Sun,0.0
"Multiplied Rounds in one great Round does run,",1.0
"Twofold his Course, yet constant his Career,",2.0
"Changing the Day, and finishing the Year.",3.0
"Again when his descending Orb retires,",1.0
And Earth perceives the Absence of his Fires;,1.0
"The Moon affords us Her alternate Ray,",1.0
And with kind Beams distributes fainter Day:,2.0
"Yet keeps the Stages of her Monthly Race,",1.0
"Various her Beams, and changeable her Face.",2.0
"Each Planet shining in his proper Sphere,",0.0
Does with just Speed his radiant Voyage steer:,0.0
Each sees his Lamp with different Lustre crowned:,0.0
Each knows his Course with different Periods bound;,2.0
"And in his Passage through the liquid Space,",1.0
Now shine these Planets with substantial Rays?,2.0
Does innate Lustre gild their measured Days?,4.0
"Or do they as your Schemes, I think, have shown",1.0
"Dart furtive Beams, and Glory not their own,",1.0
"All Servants to that Source of Light, the Sun?",1.0
"Again I see ten thousand thousand Stars,",1.0
"Nor cast in Lines, in Circles, nor in Squares:",1.0
"Poor Rules, with which our bounded Mind is filled,",1.0
"When We would plant, or cultivate, or build",0.0
"But shining with such vast, such various Light,",3.0
"As speaks the Hand, that formed them, Infinite:",1.0
How mean the Order and Perfection sought,1.0
"In the best Product of the human Thought,",3.0
Compared to the great Harmony that reigns,3.0
"Now if the Sun to Earth transmits his Ray,",0.0
Yet does not scorch us with too fierce a Day;,2.0
How small a Portion of his Power is given,3.0
"And of those Stars, which our imperfect Eye",2.0
"Has doomed, and fixed to one Eternal Sky,",1.0
"Each by a native stock of Honour great,",1.0
"May dart strong Influence, and diffuse kind Heat,",5.0
Enliven Worlds denied to human Sight:,0.0
Around the Circles of their ambient Skies,3.0
"New Moons may grow or wane, may set or rise;",1.0
And other Stars may to those Suns be Earth's;,1.0
Give their own Elements their proper Births;,1.0
"Divide their Climes, or elevate their Pole;",0.0
"See their Lands flourish, and their Oceans roll;",4.0
May each to other as their different Sphere,1.0
"Makes or their Distance, or their height appear",1.0
"Be seen a nobler, or inferior Star;",4.0
"And in that Space, which We call Air and Sky,",2.0
"In vain We measure this amazing Sphere,",1.0
And find and fix it's Centre here or there;,0.0
"Where then are all the radiant Monsters driven,",0.0
With which your Guesses filled the frightened Heaven?,0.0
"This Problem yet, this Offspring of a Guess,",2.0
Let Us for once a Child of Truth confess;,0.0
"That these fair Stars, these Objects of Delight,",4.0
"And Terror, to our searching dazzled Sight,",1.0
"But do these Worlds display their Beams, or guide",0.0
"Thy self but Dust, thy Stature but a Span,",1.0
A Moment thy Duration; foolish Man!,2.0
"That Caucasus was raised, to pave his Way:",1.0
"Was destined only for his Walk, and Food:",1.0
"That rounds the ample Seas, as well may boast,",0.0
"The craggy Rock projects above the Sky,",0.0
That He in Safety at it's Foot may lie;,0.0
"And the whole Ocean's confluent Waters swell,",4.0
"Only to quench his Thirst, or move and blanch his Shell.",2.0
"Leaving material Worlds, and local Skies:",4.0
That formed and held the Angels ancient Race.,0.0
For Rebel Lucifer with Michael fought:,1.0
I offer only what Tradition taught:,0.0
Embattled Cherub against Cherub rose;,5.0
"Did Shield to Shield, and Power to Power oppose:",4.0
Heaven rung with Triumph: Hell was filled with Woes.,0.0
"What were these Forms, of which your Volumes tell,",0.0
"These bound to bear an everlasting Load,",0.0
By fatal Turns their wretched Strength to tyre;,0.0
"Excess of Blessing, and Supreme Delight,",1.0
Only perceive some little Pause of Joys,2.0
"In those great Moments, when their God employs",2.0
"Their Ministry, to pour his threatened Hate",1.0
"On the proud King, or the Rebellious State:",3.0
"And speak the Thunder falling from his Hand,",1.0
When to his Duty the proud King returns;,2.0
And the Rebellious State in Ashes mourns.,1.0
How can good Angels be in Heaven confined;,1.0
"Or view that Presence, which no Space can bind?",1.0
"Is GOD above, beneath, or yonder, or here?",1.0
"He who made all, is He not every where?",1.0
OH how can wicked Angels find a Night,0.0
"So dark, to hide them from that piercing Light,",1.0
"Which formed the Eye, and gave the Power of Sight?",2.0
"What mean I now of Angel, when I hear",0.0
"Firm Body, Spirit pure, or fluid Air?",1.0
"Spirits to Action spiritual confined,",3.0
"Friends to our Thought, and Kindred to our Mind,",1.0
"Should only act and prompt us from within,",1.0
Nor by external Eye be ever seen.,1.0
"Was it not therefore to our Fathers known,",1.0
"That these had Appetite, and Limb, and Bone?",0.0
Else how could Abram wash their wearied Feet;,3.0
Whence should they fear? or why did Lot engage,0.0
To save their bodies from abusive Rage?,1.0
"And how could Jacob, in a real Fight,",2.0
Feel or resist the wrestling Angel's Might?,2.0
How could a Form it's Strength with Matter try?,0.0
Or how a Spirit touch a Mortal's Thigh?,1.0
"Now are they Air condensed, or gathered Rays?",0.0
"How guide they then our Prayer, or keep our Ways,",0.0
"By stronger Blasts still subject to be tossed,",2.0
Have they again as Sacred Song proclaims,1.0
"How comes it, since with them we jointly share",1.0
The great Effect of one Creator's Care;,2.0
"That while our Bodies sicken, and decay,",1.0
"Their's are for ever healthy, young, and gay?",1.0
"Why, while We struggle in this Vale beneath,",0.0
"With Want and Sorrow, with Disease and Death;",1.0
Do They more blessed perpetual Life employ,2.0
"On Songs of Pleasure, and in Scenes of Joy?",1.0
"Now when my Mind has all this World surveyed,",0.0
"And found, that Nothing by it self was made;",1.0
"When Thought has raised it self by just Degrees,",0.0
"From Valleys crowned with Flowers, and Hills with Trees;",2.0
"From smoking Minerals, and from rising Streams;",1.0
"Along the Shore, the Meadow, or the Grove;",2.0
"From all that can with Finns, or Feathers fly",0.0
"Through the Aerial, or the Watery Sky;",3.0
"From the poor Reptile with a reasoning Soul,",5.0
That miserable Master of the Whole;,2.0
"Terribly large, and wonderfully bright",3.0
"Enlightening Spirits, and ministerial Flames,",4.0
All that in each Degree the name of Creature owns:,0.0
"Lift we our Reason to that Sovereign Cause,",1.0
"Who blessed the whole with Life, and bounded it with Laws;",1.0
"Who forth from Nothing called this comely Frame,",0.0
"His Will and Act, His Word and Work the same;",1.0
To whom a thousand Years are but a Day;,1.0
Who bad the Light her genial Beams display;,0.0
"And set the Moon, and taught the Sun his Way:",0.0
"Who waking Time, his Creature, from the Source",1.0
"Himself, as in the Hollow of His Hand,",1.0
"Holding, obedient to His high Command,",3.0
"The deep Abyss, the long continued Store,",0.0
"Where Months, and Days, and Hours, and Minutes pour",0.0
"Their floating Parts, and thenceforth are no more.",3.0
"This Alpha and Omega, First and Last,",1.0
Who like the Potter in a Mould has cast,0.0
"The World's great Frame, commanding it to be",2.0
Such as the Eyes of Sense and Reason see;,1.0
"Yet if He wills, may change or spoil the whole;",0.0
"And burn it, like an useless parchment Scroll:",0.0
May from it's Basis in one Moment pour,1.0
"Like liquid Metal, and like burning Oar:",1.0
"Who sole in Power, at the Beginning said;",2.0
"Let Sea, and Air, and Earth, and Heaven be made:",1.0
And it was so ' --  And when He shall ordain,1.0
"In other Sort, has but to speak again,",1.0
"And They shall be no more: Of this great Theme,",2.0
"This Glorious, Hallowed, Everlasting Name,",2.0
And each with mutual Look on other gazed.,2.0
"Nor Speech They meditate, nor Answer frame:",0.0
"Too plain, alas! their Silence spoke their Shame:",1.0
"Till One, in whom an outward Mien appeared,",0.0
"And Turn superior to the vulgar Herd,",1.0
Was but to note the Doctrines I could teach;,2.0
"That Mine to Speak, and Their's was to Obey:",2.0
"For I in Knowledge more, than Power did sway;",2.0
And the astonished World in Me beheld,2.0
"Humble a Second bowed, and took the Word;",2.0
Foresaw my Name by future Age adored.,1.0
"OH Live, said He, Thou Wisest of the Wise!",2.0
"Parent of wicked, Bane of honest Deeds,",2.0
Pernicious Flattery! Thy malignant Seeds,3.0
"In an ill Hour, and by a fatal Hand",2.0
"With rising Pride amid the Corn appear,",0.0
And choke the Hopes and Harvest of the Year.,1.0
And now the whole perplexed ignoble Crowd,0.0
"Mute to my Questions, in my Praises loud,",0.0
"Echoed the Word: whence Things arose, or how",2.0
"What yet is not, but is ordained to be,",1.0
"All Veil of Doubt apart, the Dullest see.",0.0
Their Civil Efforts of the Verbal War:,1.0
Retiring still they combat: from the Field,1.0
"Of open Arms unwilling they depart,",1.0
And skulk behind the Subterfuge of Art.,0.0
To speak one Thing mixed Dialects they join;,1.0
"Divide the Simple, and the Plain define;",1.0
"Fix fancied Laws, and form imagined Rules,",1.0
"Terms of their Art, and Jargon of their Schools,",1.0
"Ill grounded Maxims by false Gloss enlarged,",3.0
Soon their crude Notions with each other fought:,4.0
"The adverse Sect denied, what This had taught;",2.0
Who contradicted what the last maintained.,0.0
OH wretched Impotence of human Mind!,2.0
We erring still Excuse for Error find;,0.0
His Folly with connected Leaves to shade;,1.0
How does the Crime of thy resembling Race,1.0
With like Attempt that pristine Error trace?,0.0
Why dost Thou strive the conscious Shame to hide,0.0
"By Masks of Eloquence, and Veils of Pride?",1.0
With outward Smiles their Flattery I received;,3.0
Owned my Sick Mind by their Discourse relieved;,4.0
But bent and inward to my Self again,1.0
"Perplexed, these Matters I revolved; in vain.",1.0
"At length I Ignorance, and Knowledge viewed,",1.0
Impartial; Both in equal Balance laid:,0.0
Light flew the knowing Scale; the doubtful Heavy weighed.,1.0
"Forced by reflective Reason I confess,",3.0
That human Science is uncertain Guess.,1.0
"Alas! We grasp at Clouds, and beat the Air,",0.0
Vexing that Spirit We intend to clear.,3.0
Can Thought beyond the Bounds of Matter climb?,0.0
"Or who shall tell Me, what is Space or Time?",0.0
In vain We lift up our presumptuous Eyes,3.0
To what our Maker to their Ken denies:,1.0
The Searcher follows fast; the Object faster flies.,0.0
"The little which imperfectly We find,",1.0
To fruitless Search of Something yet behind.,0.0
Various Discussions tear our heated Brain:,1.0
Opinions often turn; still Doubts remain;,1.0
"And who indulges Thought, increases Pain.",0.0
How narrow Limits were to Wisdom given?,1.0
Earth She surveys: She thence would measure Heaven:,2.0
"Through Mists obscure, now wings her tedious Way;",3.0
Now wanders dazzled with too bright a Day;,3.0
"Sees Infinite, and in that Sight is lost.",2.0
"Remember, that the cursed Desire to know,",0.0
"Offspring of Adam, was thy Source of Woe.",2.0
"Why wilt Thou then renew the vain Pursuit,",0.0
With empty Labour and eluded Strife,1.0
"Seeking, by Knowledge, to attain to Life;",3.0
Which flaming Swords and angry Cherubs guard.,0.0
"Try then, OH Man, the Moments to deceive,",4.0
That from the Womb attend Thee to the Grave:,1.0
For wearied Nature find some apter Scheme:,0.0
Health be thy Hope; and Pleasure be thy Theme:,0.0
"From the perplexing and unequal Ways,",2.0
"Where Study brings Thee; from the endless Maze,",1.0
"Which Doubt persuades to run, forewarned recede,",0.0
"To the gay Field, and flowery Path, that lead",4.0
"Forsake what may instruct, for what may please:",1.0
"Essay amusing Art, and proud Expense;",0.0
And make thy Reason subject to thy Sense.,1.0
Artists and Plans relieved my solemn Hours:,2.0
"I founded Palaces, and planted Bowers.",1.0
"Birds, Fish, Beasts of each Exotic Kind",1.0
I to the Limits of my Court confined.,2.0
To Trees transferred I gave a second Birth;,0.0
And Hills were levelled to extend the View.,1.0
"Rivers diverted from their Native Course,",3.0
"And bound with Chains of Artificial Force,",0.0
From large Cascades in pleasing Tumult rolled;,0.0
"Or rose through figured Stone, or breathing Gold.",0.0
The Marble brought erects the spacious Dome;,0.0
"The Workmen here obey the Master's Call,",0.0
"To gild the Turret, and to paint the Wall;",0.0
To mark the Pavement there with various Stone;,3.0
And on the Jasper Steps to rear the Throne:,1.0
"The spreading Cedar, that an Age had stood,",0.0
"Supreme of Trees, and Mistress of the Wood,",1.0
"Cut down and carved, my shining Roof adorns;",0.0
"A thousand Artists show their cunning Power,",0.0
To raise the Wonders of the Ivory Tower.,1.0
"A thousand Maidens ply the purple Loom,",0.0
"To weave the Bed, and deck the Regal Room;",0.0
"Till Tyre confesses her exhausted Store,",1.0
The Mountains grieve their hopes of Marble lost;,0.0
"Their Brood decayed, and want of Elephant.",1.0
"My full Design with vast Expense achieved,",0.0
"I came, beheld, admired, reflected, grieved.",0.0
"For, the Work perfected, the Joy was past.",2.0
To my new Courts sad Thought did still repair,4.0
And round my gilded Roofs hung hovering Care.,1.0
In vain on silken Beds I sought Repose;,0.0
And restless oft from purple Couches rose:,0.0
Vexatious Thought still found my flying Mind,1.0
"Nor bound by Limits, nor to Place confined;",1.0
"Haunted my Nights, and terrified my Days;",2.0
"Stalked through my Gardens, and pursued my Ways,",1.0
"Nor shut from artful Bower, nor lost in winding Maze.",2.0
"Yet take thy Bent, my Soul; another Sense",0.0
"Essay, if Harmony may Grief control;",1.0
Or Power of Sound prevail upon the Soul.,2.0
"Often our Seers and Poets have confessed,",2.0
That Music's Force can tame the furious Beast;,2.0
"Can make the Wolf, or foaming Boar restrain",0.0
"His Rage; the Lion drop his crested Mane,",0.0
Attentive to the Song: the Lynx forget,1.0
"His Wrath to Man, and lick the Minstrel's Feet.",0.0
"Are we, alas! less savage yet than these?",2.0
Else Music sure may human Cares appease.,1.0
I spoke my Purpose; and the cheerful Choir,1.0
Parted their shares of Harmony: the Lyre,3.0
Provoked the Dorian Flute both sweeter found,3.0
And every Strength with every Grace was joined.,0.0
Each Evening their repeated Skill expressed,1.0
"Scenes of Repose, and Images of Rest:",3.0
Yet still in vain: for Music gathered Thought:,0.0
But how unequal the Effects it brought?,2.0
"The soft Ideas of the cheerful Note,",1.0
"Lightly received, were easily forgot.",3.0
The solemn Violence of the graver Sound,1.0
"Knew to strike deep, and leave a lasting Wound.",3.0
"And now reflecting, I with Grief descry",1.0
The sickly Lust of the fantastic Eye;,1.0
Flying ever Night what it at Noon enjoyed.,1.0
And now unhappy Search of Thought! I found,0.0
"The fickle Ear soon glutted with the Sound,",2.0
"Condemned eternal Changes to pursue,",1.0
"I bad the Virgins and the Youth advance,",1.0
To temper Music with the sprightly Dance.,1.0
"What takes our Heart, must merit our Esteem.",1.0
"Nature, I thought, performed too mean a Part,",3.0
Forming her Movements to the Rules of Art;,3.0
"And vexed I found, that the Musician's Hand",1.0
Had over the Dancer's Mind too great Command.,3.0
An airy Scene of transitory Joys.,0.0
"In vain I trusted, that the flowing Bowl",0.0
"Would banish Sorrow, and enlarge the Soul.",1.0
"To the late Revel, and protracted Feast",3.0
"Wild Dreams succeeded, and disordered Rest;",2.0
And as at Dawn of Morn fair Reason's Light,2.0
Broke through the Fumes and Phantoms of the Night;,1.0
"What had been said, I asked my Soul, what done;",0.0
"How flowed our Mirth, and whence the Source begun?",0.0
"Perhaps the Jest that charmed the sprightly Crowd,",0.0
"And made the Jovial Table laugh so loud,",2.0
"To an ambiguous Word's perverted Sense,",3.0
"To a wild Sonnet, or a wanton Air,",3.0
"Perhaps, alas! the pleasing Stream was brought",0.0
And Prudence mention with the last Regret.,1.0
"In the pernicious Draught; the Word obscene,",1.0
"Irrevocable; the too prompt Reply,",3.0
"Seed of severe Distrust, and fierce Debate;",2.0
"What We should shun, and what We ought to hate.",0.0
"Add too the Blood impoverished, and the Course",2.0
"Of Health suppressed, by Wine's continued Force.",0.0
Unhappy Man! whom Sorrow thus and Rage,0.0
To different Ills alternately engage.,6.0
"Who drinks, alas! but to forget; nor sees,",1.0
"That melancholy Sloth, severe Disease,",0.0
"Memory confused, and interrupted Thought,",1.0
"Death's Harbingers, lie latent in the Draught:",3.0
"Remains there Ought untried, that may remove",1.0
"Sickness of Mind, and heal the Bosom? ' --  Love,",2.0
"Love yet remains: Indulge his genial Fire,",1.0
"Cherish fair Hope, solicit young Desire,",3.0
And boldly bid thy anxious Soul explore,0.0
Why therefore hesitates my doubtful Breast?,1.0
Why ceases it one Moment to be blessed?,2.0
"Fly swift, my Friends; my Servants, fly; employ",1.0
Your instant Pains to bring your Master Joy.,0.0
Let all my Wives and Concubines be dressed:,0.0
Let them to Night attend the Royal Feast;,0.0
"The Gifts of Princes, or the Spoils of War.",1.0
Before their Monarch They shall singly pass;,1.0
And the most Worthy shall obtain the Grace.,1.0
I said: the Feast was served: the Bowl was crowned;,0.0
"The Women came: as Custom wills, they past:",0.0
On One OH that distinguished One! I cast,3.0
The favourite Glance: OH! yet my Mind retains,1.0
That fond Beginning of my infant Pains.,1.0
Grace shaped her Limbs; and Beauty decked her Face:,1.0
"Easy her Motion seemed, serene her Air:",2.0
"Untied, and ignorant of artful Aid,",1.0
And in the Jetty Curls ten thousand Cupids played.,1.0
"Fixed on her Charms, and pleased that I could love,",1.0
"Aid me my Friends, contribute to improve",1.0
"Your Monarch's Bliss, I said; fresh Roses bring",2.0
To strow my Bed; till the impoverished Spring,1.0
Confess her Want; around my amorous Head,2.0
"Be dropping Myrrh, and liquid Amber shed,",0.0
"Till Arab has no more. From the soft Lyre,",2.0
"Sounds of Delight: and Thou, fair Nymph, draw nigh;",4.0
"Thou, in whose graceful Form, and potent Eye",0.0
Thy Master's Joy long sought at length is found;,1.0
"And as thy Brow, let my Desires be crowned;",3.0
"OH favourite Virgin, that hast warmed the Breast,",1.0
Whose sovereign Dictates subjugate the East!,1.0
I said; and sudden from the golden Throne,1.0
"The glowing Garland from my Hair I took,",1.0
"Love in my Heart, Obedience in my Look;",1.0
Prepared to place it on her comely Head:,1.0
OH favourite Virgin! yet again I said,1.0
And OH above thy Fellows happy Thou!,1.0
Their Duty must thy sovereign Word obey.,0.0
"Rise up, my Love; my fair One, come away.",0.0
"What Pang, alas! what Ecstasy of Smart",1.0
"Tore up my Senses, and transfixed my Heart;",1.0
"Forced by my Pride, I my Concern suppressed",1.0
"Pretended Drowsiness, and Wish of Rest;",1.0
"To lead Her forth to a distinguished Bower,",1.0
"And bid her dress the Bed, and wait the Hour.",0.0
Swift are the Steps that Love and Anger tread:,0.0
"Approached her Person, courted her Embrace,",1.0
"Renewed my Flame, repeated my Disgrace:",1.0
"Threatened this Moment, and the next implored;",3.0
"And Choice of happy Love, or instant Death.",0.0
"Averse to all her amorous King desired,",2.0
"Far as She might, She decently retired;",1.0
"And darting Scorn, and Sorrow from her Eyes,",1.0
"What means, said She, King Solomon the Wise?",6.0
Thus far could Fortune: but She can no more.,2.0
Free to her Self my potent Mind remains;,0.0
"Nor fears the Victor's Rage, nor feels his Chains.",0.0
"Supreme of Seers, of Angel, Man, and Brute;",0.0
"Of Passion's Folly, and of Reason's Force.",1.0
"Whence their Misfortunes, or their Blessings flow.",2.0
"That Thou in Science, as in Power art great;",2.0
"Where is that Knowledge now, that regal Thought,",0.0
"With just Advice, and timely Counsel fraught?",0.0
"Where now, OH Judge of Israel, does it rove?",1.0
What in one Moment dost Thou offer? Love ' --,0.0
"Love? why it's Joy or Sorrow, Peace or Strife:",0.0
It's all the Colour of remaining Life:,2.0
"And Human Misery must begin or end,",2.0
"As He becomes a Tyrant, or a Friend.",2.0
"Would David's Son, religious, just, and grave,",0.0
"A Foreigner, a Heathen, and a Slave?",2.0
"Or grant, Thy Passion has these Names destroyed;",0.0
"That Love, like Death, makes all Distinction void;",1.0
"Yet in his Empire over Thy abject Breast,",2.0
His Flames and Torments only are expressed:,2.0
His Rage can in my Smiles alone relent;,0.0
And all his Joys solicit my Consent.,1.0
"Soft Love, spontaneous Tree, it's parted Root",3.0
"While each delighted, and delighting, gives",1.0
"The pleasing Ecstasy, which each receives:",1.0
"Cherished with Hope, and fed with Joy it grows:",2.0
It's cheerful Buds their opening Bloom disclose;,2.0
If angry Fate that mutual Care denies;,2.0
"Wild with Despair, or sick with Grief, it dies.",2.0
"By Force Beasts act, and are by Force restrained:",2.0
The Human Mind by gentle Means is gained.,0.0
"Thy useless Strength, mistaken King, employ:",0.0
"Sated with Rage, and ignorant of Joy,",3.0
Thou shalt not gain what I deny to yield;,1.0
"Know, Solomon, Thy poor Extent of Sway;",2.0
"Contract thy Brow, and Israel shall obey:",0.0
Approach his awful Throne by just Degrees;,0.0
Not that those Arts can here successful prove:,0.0
"Beyond the cruel Bounds of Thy Command,",1.0
"To my dear Equal, in my Native Land,",2.0
Each swore with Truth: with Pleasure each believed.,0.0
The mutual Contract was to Heaven conveyed:,1.0
In equal Scales the busy Angels weighed,0.0
"It's solemn Force, and clapped their Wings, and spread",0.0
"The lasting Roll, recording what We said.",0.0
Take the sad Life which I have long disdained:,1.0
"End, in a dying Virgin's wretched Fate,",0.0
For long as Blood informs these circling Veins;,0.0
Or fleeting Breath it's latest Power retains;,2.0
"Hate is My Part: be Thine, OH King, Despair.",2.0
"Now strike, She said, and opened bare her Breast:",1.0
"That David's Son, by impious Passion moved,",3.0
"Ashamed, confused I started from the Bed;",1.0
And to my Soul yet uncollected said:,2.0
"Into Thy self, fond Solomon, return;",2.0
"Reflect again, and Thou again shalt mourn.",2.0
When I through numbered Years have Pleasure sought;,0.0
And in vain Hope the wanton Phantom caught;,1.0
"To mock my Sense, and mortify my Pride,",0.0
"Am I a King, great Heaven! does Life or Death",2.0
"Hang on the Wrath, or Mercy of My Breath;",1.0
While kneeling I My Servant's Smiles implore;,1.0
And One mad Damsel dares dispute My Power?,2.0
Which must debase the Monarch to the Beast.,1.0
"To send Her back? OH whither, and to whom?",2.0
To Lands where Solomon must never come;,1.0
"To that Insulting Rival's happy Arms,",0.0
"For whom, disdaining Me, She keeps her Charms.",1.0
Fantastic Tyrant of the amorous Heart;,3.0
How hard Thy Yoke! how cruel is Thy Dart!,0.0
"Those escape Thy Anger, who refuse Thy Sway;",1.0
"And those are punished most, who most Obey.",1.0
"Why then, OH Love, with an obdurate Ear",1.0
Does this proud Nymph reject a Monarch's Prayer?,4.0
"Why to some simple Shepherd does She run,",0.0
From the fond Arms of David's Favourite Son?,2.0
"Why flies She from the Glories of a Court,",2.0
"Where Wealth and Pleasure may Thy Reign support,",1.0
"To some poor Cottage on the Mountain's Brow,",2.0
"Now bleak with Winds, and covered now with Snow,",1.0
"Where pinching Want must kerb her warm Desires,",0.0
And Household Cares suppress Thy Genial Fires?,1.0
"The Force, while they erect the Shrines of Love.",1.0
His Mystic Form the Artisans of Greece,1.0
"In wounded Stone, or melted Gold express:",0.0
And Cyprus to his Godhead pays her Vow:,2.0
Fast in his Hand the Idol holds his Bow;,0.0
A Quiver by his Side sustains a Store,1.0
Of pointed Darts; sad Emblems of his Power;,2.0
"A pair of Wings He has, which He extends",1.0
Now to be gone; which now again He bends,0.0
"Prone to return, as best may serve his wanton Ends.",2.0
"Entirely thus I find the Fiend portrayed,",2.0
I felt Him strike; and now I see Him fly:,0.0
Cursed Daemon! OH! for ever broken lie,1.0
"Those fatal Shafts, by which I inward bleed!",0.0
OH! can my Wishes yet overtake thy Speed!,2.0
"My Soul thus struggling in the fatal Net,",1.0
"Unable to enjoy, or to forget;",2.0
"I reasoned much, alas! but more I loved;",0.0
"Sent and recalled, ordained and disapproved:",2.0
"Till hopeless plunged in an Abyss of Grief,",1.0
I from Necessity received Relief:,2.0
Time gently aided to assuage my Pain;,2.0
And Wisdom took once more the slackened Rein.,1.0
But OH how short My Interval of Woe!,1.0
"Another Nymph for so did Heaven ordain,",1.0
"To change the Manner, but renew the Pain",1.0
"Another Nymph, amongst the many Fair,",0.0
"That made My softer Hours their solemn Care,",0.0
Before the rest affected still to stand;,0.0
"And watched My Eye, preventing My Command.",1.0
"Abra, She so was called, did soonest hast",1.0
To grace my Presence: Abra went the last:,0.0
Abra was ready ever I called her Name;,4.0
"And though I called another, Abra came.",1.0
Her Equals first observed her growing Zeal;,0.0
"And laughing glossed, that Abra served so well.",0.0
"To Me her Actions did unheeded die,",1.0
Or were remarked but with a common Eye;,2.0
"Till more apprised of what the Rumour said,",0.0
More I observed peculiar in the Maid.,1.0
The Sun declined had shot his Western Ray;,0.0
"I called, before I sat, to wash My Hands:",0.0
For so the Precept of the Law commands.,3.0
"To mix the Sweets, and minister the Urn.",1.0
"With awful Homage, and submissive Dread",1.0
"The Maid approached, on my declining Head",1.0
To pour the Oils: She trembled as She poured;,1.0
With an unguarded Look She now devoured,1.0
"My nearer Face: and now recalled her Eye,",0.0
"And heaved, and strove to hide a sudden Sigh.",0.0
What can thy Imagery of Sorrow mean?,1.0
"Secluded from the World, and all it's Care,",1.0
"Hast Thou to grieve or joy, to hope or fear?",0.0
"For sure, I added, sure thy little Heart",0.0
"Never felt Love's Anger, or received his Dart.",2.0
"Abashed She blushed, and with Disorder spoke:",1.0
Her rising Shame adorned the Words it broke.,0.0
If the great Master will descend to hear,3.0
"OH! while She tells it, let him not put on",0.0
OH! let not Death severe in Glory lie,1.0
"In the King's Frown, and Terror of his Eye.",4.0
Mine to obey; Thy Part is to ordain:,2.0
"And though to mention, be to suffer Pain;",1.0
"If the King smiles, while I my Woe recite;",1.0
If weeping I find Favour in His Sight;,2.0
"Flow fast my Tears, full rising his Delight.",3.0
"OH! Witness Earth beneath, and Heaven above;",1.0
For can I hide it? I am sick of Love:,2.0
If Madness may the Name of Passion bear;,1.0
"Or Love be called, what is indeed Despair.",1.0
"Thou Sovereign Power, whose secret Will controls",3.0
The inward Bent and Motion of our Souls!,1.0
Why hast Thou placed such infinite Degrees,1.0
Between the Cause and Cure of my Disease?,1.0
"The mighty Object of that raging Fire,",1.0
"Had He been born some simple Shepherd's Heir,",0.0
"The lowing Herd, or fleecy Sheep his Care;",0.0
"At Morn with him I over the Hills had run,",3.0
"Scornful of Winter's Frost, and Summer's Sun,",2.0
"Still asking, where He made his Flock to rest at Noon.",1.0
"For him at Night, the dear expected Guest,",1.0
I had with hasty Joy prepared the Feast;,0.0
"And from the Cottage, over the distant Plain,",3.0
Sent forth my longing Eye to meet the Swain;,1.0
"Wavering, impatient, tossed by Hope and Fear;",1.0
Till He and Joy together should appear;,1.0
And the loved Dog declare his Master near.,2.0
"On my declining Neck, and open Breast,",1.0
I should have lulled the lovely Youth to Rest;,0.0
"And from beneath his Head, at dawning Day,",1.0
With softest Care have stolen my Arm away;,2.0
"To rise, and from the Fold release the Sheep,",1.0
"Fond of his Flock, indulgent to his Sleep.",1.0
Or if kind Heaven propitious to my Flame,3.0
"Had blessed my Life, and decked my natal Hour",0.0
"With Height of Title, and Extent of Power:",1.0
"Without a Crime my Passion had aspired,",0.0
"Found the loved Prince, and told what I desired.",4.0
"To hear the charming Poet's amorous Song,",2.0
And gather Honey falling from his Tongue;,1.0
"To take the fragrant Kisses of his Mouth,",1.0
Sweeter than Breezes of her native South;,3.0
"Likening his Grace, his Person, and his Mien",2.0
"Serene and bright his Eyes, as solar Beams",0.0
Reflecting tempered Light from Crystal Streams;,0.0
Ruddy as Gold his Cheek; his Bosom fair,2.0
"Black as the Raven's Wing; his Lip more red,",0.0
"Than Eastern Coral, or the scarlet Thread;",1.0
"Even his Teeth, and white, like a young Flock",3.0
"How white his Hands, how blue the Manly Veins.",0.0
Columns of polished Marble firmly set,2.0
"On golden Bases, are his Legs, and Feet.",1.0
"His Stature all Majestic, all Divine,",0.0
Saffron and Myrrh are on his Garments shed:,3.0
And everlasting Sweets bloom round his Head.,1.0
What utter I? where am I? wretched Maid!,2.0
"Die, Abra, die: too plainly hast Thou said",2.0
"Thy Soul's Desire to meet His high Embrace,",0.0
And Blessings stamped upon thy future Race;,0.0
"To bid attentive Nations bless thy Womb,",0.0
Here over her Speech her flowing Eyes prevail.,2.0
OH foolish Maid! and OH unhappy Tale!,1.0
My suffering Heart for ever shall defy,0.0
"New Wounds, and Danger from a future Eye.",2.0
OH! yet my tortured Senses deep retain,0.0
"The wretched Memory of my former Pain,",1.0
"The dire Affront, and my Egyptian Chain.",1.0
"As Time, I said, may happily efface",1.0
That cruel Image of the King's Disgrace;,1.0
Imperial Reason shall resume her Seat;,2.0
"And Solomon once fallen, again be great.",4.0
"Betrayed by Passion, as subdued in War,",1.0
"We wisely should exert a double Care,",0.0
Nor ever ought a second time to Err.,0.0
Some Respite to the Sorrows of my Slave.,2.0
Her fond Excess proclaimed her Passion true;,0.0
And generous Pity to that Truth was due.,3.0
I called Her often; for She always served.,1.0
Use made her Person easy to my Sight;,2.0
For first I sought Her but at looser Hours:,1.0
The Apples She had gathered smelled most sweet:,1.0
If gentle Abra had not decked the Feast.,0.0
"And when the Virgins formed the Evening Choir,",0.0
"Too flat I thought This Voice, and That too shrill;",2.0
"One showed too much, and one too little Skill:",3.0
Nor could my Soul approve the Music's Tone;,0.0
"Till all was hushed, and Abra Sung alone.",0.0
"Fairer She seemed, distinguished from the rest;",3.0
"And better Mein disclosed, as better dressed.",0.0
"A bright Tiara round her Forehead tied,",0.0
To juster Bounds confined it's rising Pride:,0.0
"The blushing Ruby on her snowy Breast,",1.0
Rendered it's panting Whiteness more confessed:,2.0
And every Gem augmented every Charm.,0.0
"Her Senses pleased, her Beauty still improved;",0.0
"And She more lovely grew, as more beloved.",1.0
"And now I could behold, avow, and blame",0.0
The several Follies of my former Flame;,1.0
Willing my Heart for Recompense to prove,2.0
The certain Joys that lie in prosperous Love.,2.0
"For what, said I, from Abra can I fear,",1.0
"Too humble to insult, too soft to be severe?",3.0
"With Freedom I may like, and quit with Ease:",1.0
Why may not Peace and Love for once be joined?,0.0
Great Heaven! how frail thy Creature Man is made!,1.0
"In our own Strength unhappily secure,",1.0
Too little cautious of the adverse Power;,3.0
"We wish to charm, and seek to be beloved.",0.0
Masters as yet of our returning Way:,2.0
"Seeing no Danger, We disarm our Mind;",4.0
And give our Conduct to the Waves and Wind:,1.0
"Then in the flowery Mead, or verdant Shade",2.0
"To wanton Dalliance negligently laid,",3.0
And smiling see the nearer Waters roll;,0.0
Till the strong Gusts of raging Passion rise;,2.0
Till the dire Tempest mingles Earth and Skies;,0.0
"And swift into the boundless Ocean born,",0.0
Our foolish Confidence too late We mourn:,2.0
Round our devoted Heads the Billows beat;,1.0
And from our troubled View the lessened Lands retreat.,1.0
OH mighty Love! from thy unbounded Power,2.0
How shall the human Bosom rest secure?,0.0
How shall our Thought avoid the various Snare?,2.0
Or Wisdom to our cautioned Soul declare,1.0
"When bent to hurt, and certain to destroy?",1.0
"The haughty Nymph in open Beauty dressed,",0.0
To-Day encounters our unguarded Breast:,1.0
"She looks with Majesty, and moves with State:",1.0
"She scorns the World, and dares the Rage of Fate.",0.0
"Here while we take stern Manhood for our Guide,",3.0
And guard our Conduct with becoming Pride;,1.0
"Charmed with the Courage in her Action shown,",0.0
"We praise her Mind, the Image of our own.",1.0
"She that can please, is certain to persuade:",1.0
"Today beloved, Tomorrow is obeyed.",2.0
We think we see through Reason's Optics right;,0.0
Struck with her Eye while We applaud her Mind;,1.0
"And when We speak Her great, We wish Her kind.",0.0
"Sad her Complaint, and humble is her Tale,",3.0
Her Sighs explaining where her Accents fail.,0.0
Here generous Softness warms the honest Breast:,2.0
And while our Wish prepares the kind Relief;,0.0
While Pity mitigates her rising Grief:,0.0
We sicken soon from her contagious Care;,1.0
"Grieve for her Sorrows, groan for her Despair;",1.0
"Which Tears can soften, and which Sighs can warm.",1.0
"What shall With meditate, or Force oppose?",0.0
"Whence, feeble Nature, shall We summon Aid;",0.0
"If by our Pity, and our Pride betrayed?",2.0
"External Remedy shall We hope to find,",1.0
When the close Fiend has gained our treacherous Mind;,5.0
Insulting there does Reason's Power deride;,3.0
"And blind Himself, conducts the dazzled Guide?",0.0
"My Conqueror now, my Lovely Abra held",2.0
My Freedom in her Chains: my Heart was filled,0.0
"With Her, with Her alone: in Her alone",3.0
"It sought it's Peace and Joy: while She was gone,",1.0
"It sighed, and grieved, impatient of her Stay:",1.0
"Returned, She chased those Sighs, that Grief away:",0.0
Her Absence made the Night: her Presence brought the Day.,0.0
"The Ball, the Play, the Mask by Turns succeed.",0.0
For Her I make the Song: the Dance with Her I lead.,2.0
"I court Her various in each Shape and Dress,",1.0
"That Luxury may form, or Thought express.",1.0
"And low, like Barak, at her Feet I bow.",0.0
The Mimic Chorus sings her prosperous Hand;,2.0
"As She had slain the Foe, and saved the Land.",1.0
Tomorrow She approves a softer Air;,2.0
The Form of peaceful Abigail assumes;,0.0
And from the Village with the Present comes:,2.0
The Youthful Band depose their glittering Arms;,2.0
"Receive her Bounties, and recite her Charms;",1.0
"While I assume my Father's Step and Mein,",1.0
To meet with due Regard my future Queen.,0.0
"To range the Woods, or chase the flying Hind;",0.0
"Leave their Repose, and hasten to the Sport.",3.0
"In lessened Royalty, and humble State,",1.0
"Thy King, Jerusalem, descends to wait,",1.0
Sustains the Nymph: her Garments flying loose,0.0
"And half her Knee, and half her Breast appear,",0.0
"By Art, like Negligence, disclosed, and bare.",1.0
A Silver Bow She carries in her Right:,0.0
"And from the golden Quiver at her Side,",1.0
An artificial Moon's increasing Ray.,0.0
"Diana, Huntress, Mistress of the Groves,",1.0
"The favourite Abra speaks, and looks, and moves.",0.0
"Her, as the present Goddess, I obey:",2.0
Beneath her Feet the captive Game I lay.,0.0
Her Mystic Praise: the vocal Triumphs bound,0.0
Against the Hills: the Hills reflect the Sound.,0.0
Her Mind Tomorrow points; a thousand Hands,1.0
"Tonight employed, obey the King's Commands.",0.0
Upon the watery Beach an artful Pile,2.0
"Of Planks is joined, and forms a moving Isle.",0.0
A golden Chariot in the Mid is set;,1.0
"Abra, bright Queen, ascends her gaudy Throne,",3.0
And sing in moving Strains the Force of Love:,0.0
"Fast on the utmost Margin of the Land,",2.0
"With Arms and Hopes extended, to receive",1.0
The fancied Goddess rising from the Wave.,1.0
OH subject Reason! OH imperious Love!,3.0
Whither yet further would My Folly rove?,2.0
"Is it enough, that Abra should be great",1.0
"In the walled Palace, or the Rural Seat?",3.0
"That masking Habits, and a borrowed Name",2.0
"No, no: Jerusalem combined must see",2.0
"My open Fault, and Regal Infamy.",1.0
Solemn a Month is destined for the Feast:,3.0
Abra Invites: the Nation is the Guest.,3.0
"To have the Honour of each Day sustained,",0.0
The Woods are traversed; and the Lakes are drained:,1.0
The Edible Creation decks the Board:,1.0
"In lying Strains, and ignominious Verse:",2.0
"While from the Banquet leading forth the Bride,",0.0
Whom prudent Love from public Eyes should hide;,0.0
"I show Her to the World, confessed and known",1.0
"Queen of my Heart, and Partner of my Throne.",1.0
"They barter Places, and dispose of Grants,",1.0
Whole Provinces unequal to their Wants.,3.0
"They teach Her to recede, or to debate;",2.0
With Toys of Love to mix Affairs of State;,0.0
By practised Rules her Empire to secure;,1.0
And in my Pleasure make my Ruin sure.,0.0
"They gave, and She transferred the cursed Advice,",1.0
"That Monarchs should their inward Soul disguise,",1.0
"Dissemble, and command; be false, and wise;",1.0
By ignominious Arts for servile Ends,2.0
"Should compliment their Foes, and shun their Friends.",1.0
And now I leave the true and just Supports,0.0
"Of Legal Princes, and of honest Courts,",1.0
"Whose Sires, Great Partners in my Father's Cares,",1.0
"Saluted their young King at Hebron crowned,",2.0
"Great by their Toil, and glorious by their Wound.",1.0
"And now, unhappy Council, I prefer",1.0
"Those whom my Follies only made me fear,",0.0
Miscreants who owed their Lives to David's Grace;,1.0
"Though they had spurned his Rule, and cursed Him to his Face.",2.0
Justice submitted to what Abra pleased:,3.0
Her Will alone could settle or revoke;,2.0
And Law was fixed by what She latest spoke.,0.0
"Israel neglected, Abra was my Care:",2.0
"I only acted, thought, and lived for Her.",0.0
I durst not reason with my wounded Heart.,1.0
Abra possessed; She was it's better Part.,3.0
"OH! had I now reviewed the famous Cause,",0.0
Which gave my righteous Youth so just Applause;,0.0
"Had cunning Art, and sly Persuasion hung;",0.0
"And real Care in vain, and native Love",3.0
In the true Parent's panting Breast had strove;,2.0
While both deceived had seen the destined Child,0.0
"Or slain, or saved, as Abra frowned or smiled.",0.0
"Unknowing to command, proud to obey,",3.0
"A lifeless King, a Royal Shade I lay.",0.0
The Widow's Cries address the Throne in vain.,0.0
And sleeping Laws the King's Neglect revile.,0.0
"No more the Elders thronged around my Throne,",0.0
"To hear My Maxims, and reform their own.",1.0
"No more the Young Nobility were taught,",1.0
"How Moses governed, and how David fought.",1.0
Loose and undisciplined the Soldier lay;,3.0
"Or lost in Drink, and Game, the solid Day:",0.0
"Porches and Scholes, designed for public Good,",2.0
Half Pillars wanted their expected Height;,2.0
And Roofs imperfect prejudiced the Sight.,1.0
"The Wise and Grave deplored their Monarch's Fate,",1.0
"Is this, the Serious said, is this the Man,",4.0
Whose active Soul through every Science ran?,0.0
Who by just Rule and elevated Skill,0.0
Prescribed the dubious Bounds of Good and Ill?,2.0
"Whose Golden Sayings, and Immortal Wit,",1.0
"Our Youth's Instruction, and our Age's Pride?",1.0
Could not the Wise his wild Desires restrain?,0.0
"Then was our Hearing, and his Preaching vain:",1.0
"What from his Life and Letters were we taught,",1.0
But that his Knowledge aggravates his Fault?,0.0
"In lighter Mood the Humorous and the Gay,",1.0
As crowned with Roses at their Feasts they lay;,0.0
And Charms superior to their Master's Fame:,1.0
"Laughing some praise the King, who let them see,",2.0
"Some glossed, how Love and Wisdom were at Strife;",1.0
And brought my Proverbs to confront my Life.,1.0
"To Him who was the King, the Friend replies.",0.0
"To Abra yields: could I, or Thou do worse?",1.0
Our looser Lives let Chance or Folly steer;,1.0
If thus the Prudent and Determined err.,1.0
Let Dinah bind with Flowers her flowing Hair;,3.0
"And touch the Lute, and sound the wanton Air:",0.0
"Let Us the Bliss without the Sting receive,",0.0
"Free, as We will, or to enjoy, or leave.",2.0
"Thought brings the Weight, that sinks the Soul to Woe.",1.0
"Now be this Maxim to the King conveyed,",1.0
And added to the Thousand He has made.,2.0
"Sadly, OH Reason, is thy Power expressed,",6.0
"And harsh the Rules, which We from Thee receive;",2.0
If for our Wisdom We our Pleasure give;,2.0
And more to think be only more to grieve.,0.0
"And changing Sorrows, I am only found",1.0
"Loosed from the Chains of Love, in Thine more strictly bound.",1.0
"But do I call Thee Tyrant, or complain,",1.0
"How hard thy Laws, how absolute thy Reign?",0.0
"While Thou, alas! art but an empty Name,",2.0
"The idle Product of a troubled Thought,",1.0
"In borrowed Shapes, and airy Colours wrought;",2.0
"A fancied Line, and a reflected Shade;",1.0
"A Chain which Man to fetter Man has made,",0.0
"By Artifice imposed, by Fear obeyed.",1.0
"Yet, wretched Name, or Arbitrary Thing,",0.0
"Whence ever I thy cruel Essence bring,",1.0
I own thy Influence; for I feel thy Sting.,1.0
"Reluctant I perceive thee in my Soul,",1.0
"Formed to command, and destined to control.",3.0
Yes; thy insulting Dictates shall be heard:,3.0
Virtue for once shall be Her own Reward:,2.0
"Yes; Rebel Israel, this unhappy Maid",2.0
Shall be dismissed: the Crowd shall be obeyed:,0.0
"The King his Passion, and his Rule shall leave,",1.0
My Coward Soul shall bear it's wayward Fate:,0.0
"I will, alas! be wretched, to be great;",2.0
"And sigh in Royalty, and grieve in State.",1.0
I said: resolved to plunge into my Grief,0.0
"At once so far, as to expect Relief",1.0
"I chose to write the Thing I durst not speak,",0.0
To Her I loved; to Her I must forsake.,2.0
"How inconsistent Majesty, and Love.",1.0
"I always should, It said, esteem Her well;",0.0
But never see her more: It bid Her feel,0.0
No future Pain for Me; but instant wed,2.0
A Lover more proportioned to her Bed;,1.0
And quiet dedicate her remnant Life,0.0
To the just Duties of an humble Wife.,2.0
"She read; and forth to Me She wildly ran,",1.0
"To Me, the Ease of all her former Pain.",1.0
"And with alternate Passion lived, and died:",2.0
"Till now denied the Liberty to mourn,",1.0
"And by rude Fury from my Presence torn,",3.0
"This only Object of my real Care,",2.0
"Cut off from Hope, abandoned to Despair,",1.0
In some few posting fatal Hours is hurled,0.0
"From Wealth, from Power, from Love, and from the World.",3.0
What different Sorrows did within Thee roll:,0.0
What sad Vicissitudes of smarting Pain?,1.0
"How oft from Pomp and State did I remove,",1.0
"To feed Despair, and cherish hopeless Love?",0.0
"Her Beauties pressed, and panting in my Arms?",0.0
"How oft, with Sighs, viewed every Female Face,",2.0
Where mimic Fancy might her Likeness trace?,0.0
And live in Shades with Her and Love alone?,1.0
"How oft, all Night, pursued Her in my Dreams,",0.0
"Over flowery Valleys, and through Crystal Streams;",3.0
"And waking, viewed with Grief the rising Sun,",0.0
And fondly mourned the dear Delusion gone?,0.0
When thus the gathered Storms of wretched Love,0.0
"In my swollen Bosom, with long War had strove;",2.0
At length they broke their Bounds: at length their Force,0.0
Bore down whatever met it's stronger Course:,3.0
Laid all the Civil Bonds of Manhood waste;,1.0
And scattered Ruin as the Torrent past.,1.0
"So from the Hills, whose hollow Caves contain",1.0
"The congregated Snow, and swelling Rain;",0.0
Till the full Stores their ancient Bounds disdain;,2.0
Precipitate the furious Torrent flows:,2.0
"In vain would Speed avoid, or Strength oppose:",0.0
"Towns, Forests, Herds, and Men promiscuous drowned,",3.0
With one great Death deform the dreary Ground;,4.0
The echoed Woes from distant Rocks resound.,1.0
And now what impious Ways my Wishes took;,3.0
"How they the Monarch, and the Man forsook;",2.0
"And how I followed an abandoned Will,",3.0
"Through crooked Paths, and sad Retreats of Ill;",0.0
Through Tribes of Women how I loosely ranged,1.0
"Impatient; liked Tonight, Tomorrow changed;",1.0
"And by the Instinct of capricious Lust,",2.0
"Enjoyed, disdained, was grateful, or unjust:",1.0
"OH, be these Scenes from human Eyes concealed,",0.0
In Clouds of decent Silence justly veiled!,0.0
"OH, be the wanton Images conveyed",1.0
"To black Oblivion, and eternal Shade!",3.0
"Or let their sad Epitome alone,",1.0
"And outward Lines to future Age be known,",0.0
"Enough to propagate the sure Belief,",0.0
"Buried in Sloth, and lost in Ease I lay:",2.0
The Night I revealed; and I slept the Day.,2.0
New Heaps of Fuel damped my kindling Fires;,1.0
And daily Change extinguished young Desires.,0.0
"By its own Force destroyed, Fruition ceased;",1.0
"And always wearied, I was never pleased.",1.0
No longer now does my neglected Mind,2.0
"Fixed Judgement there no longer does abide,",3.0
"To take the True, or set the False aside.",0.0
"No longer does swift Memory trace the Cells,",4.0
"Where springing Wit, or young Invention dwells.",0.0
"Patience of Toil, and Love of Virtue fails.",2.0
Till I Command no longer even in Vice.,3.0
They ask; I grant: They threaten; I obey.,1.0
"In Regal Garments now I gravely stride,",0.0
"Now with the looser Syrian dance, and sing,",2.0
"Charmed by their Eyes, their Manners I acquire;",1.0
And shape my Foolishness to their Desire.,2.0
"Seduced and awed by the Philistine Dame,",1.0
To each new Harlot I new Altars dress;,3.0
"And serve Her God, whose Person I caress.",1.0
"Where, my deluded Sense, was Reason flown?",1.0
Where the high Majesty of David's Throne?,3.0
"Where all the Maxims of Eternal Truth,",1.0
With which the Living GOD informed my Youth?,0.0
When with the lewd Egyptian I Adore,1.0
"Vain Idols, Deities that never before",3.0
"Beastly Divinities, and Droves of Gods:",3.0
When in the Woody Hill's forbidden Shade,0.0
"I carved the Marble, and invoked it's Aid:",1.0
"Unworthy human Thought, I prostrate fell;",0.0
To Shrubs and Plants my vile Devotion paid;,0.0
"And set the bearded Leek, to which I prayed:",0.0
When to all Beings Sacred Rites were given;,0.0
Forgot the Arbiter of Earth and Heaven.,1.0
"Through these sad Shades, this Chaos in my Soul,",2.0
Some Seeds of Light at length began to roll.,0.0
The rising Motion of an Infant Ray,1.0
"Shot glimmering through the Cloud, and promised Day.",2.0
"And now one Moment able to reflect,",1.0
"I found the King abandoned to Neglect,",1.0
"Seen without Awe, and served without Respect.",3.0
"I found my Subjects amicably join,",1.0
"To lessen their Defects, by citing Mine.",2.0
The Priest with Pity prayed for David's Race;,0.0
"And left his Text, to dwell on my Disgrace.",1.0
"The Father, while he warned his erring Son,",0.0
"The sad Examples which He ought to shun,",0.0
"Described, and only named not, Solomon.",1.0
"Each Bard, each Sire did to his Pupil sing,",0.0
A Wise Child better than a Foolish King.,2.0
Into My self my Reason's Eye I turned;,0.0
"And as I much reflected, much I mourned.",1.0
"A Mighty King I am, an Earthly God:",1.0
"Nations obey my Word, and wait my Nod.",2.0
"I raise or sink, imprison or set free;",2.0
And Life or Death depends on My Decree.,1.0
"Fond the Idea, and the Thought is vain:",3.0
"Legions of Lust, and various Powers of Ill",6.0
Insult the Master's Tributary Will:,1.0
"And He, from whom the Nations should receive",1.0
"Justice, and Freedom, lies Himself a Slave,",2.0
"Tortured by cruel Change of wild Desires,",2.0
"Lashed by mad Rage, and scorched by brutal Fires.",3.0
OH Reason! once again to Thee I call:,2.0
"Accept my Sorrow, and retrieve my Fall.",1.0
Her Beams transmitted to the subject Earth.,1.0
Yet this great Empress of the human Soul,3.0
Does only with imagined Power control;,3.0
If restless Passion by Rebellious Sway,1.0
"OH troubled, weak, and Coward, as thou art!",2.0
"To worse Extremes with swifter Steps would run,",0.0
"Not saved by Virtue, yet by Vice undone.",0.0
"Oft have I said, the Praise of doing well",0.0
"Is to the Ear, as Ointment to the Smell.",2.0
"Now if some Flies perchance, however small,",4.0
Into the Alabaster Urn should fall;,0.0
The Odours of the Sweets enclosed would die;,0.0
And Stench corrupt sad Change! their Place supply.,1.0
"So the least Faults, if mixed with fairest Deed,",2.0
Of future Ill become the fatal Seed:,0.0
"Into the Balm of purest Virtue cast,",0.0
Annoy all Life with one contagious Blast.,1.0
Lost Solomon! pursue this Thought no more:,3.0
Of thy past Errors recollect the Store:,2.0
Shall sing the Just; shall over their Head diffuse,2.0
Perfumes with lavish Hand; She shall proclaim,0.0
Thy Crimes alone; and to Thy evil Fame,1.0
"Impartial, scatter Damps, and Poisons on thy Name.",1.0
"Much of my Women, and their Gods ashamed,",1.0
From this Abyss of exemplary Vice,5.0
"Resolved, as Time might aid my Thought, to rise;",0.0
Again I bid the mournful Goddess write,0.0
The fond Pursuit of fugitive Delight:,1.0
"Bid her exalt her melancholy Wing,",2.0
"And raised from Earth, and saved from Passion, sing",0.0
"Of human Hope by cross Event destroyed,",0.0
"Of Lust and Love, with their fantastic Train,",1.0
"Their Wishes, Smiles, and Looks deceitful all, and vain.",0.0
"Come then, my Soul: I call Thee by that Name,",1.0
"Thou busy Thing, from whence I know I am:",0.0
"For knowing that I am, I know Thou art;",1.0
"Since That must needs exist, which can impart.",1.0
For various of Thee Priests and Poets sing.,1.0
"Some separate Particles of finer Earth,",1.0
"A plain Effect, which Nature must beget,",0.0
"As Motion orders, and as Atoms meet;",1.0
From Force of Instinct more than Choice of Will;,0.0
As the wild Courses of the Blood ordain;,3.0
"Who as Degrees of Heat and Cold prevail,",1.0
"In Youth dost flourish, and with Age shalt fail;",2.0
Till mingled with thy Partner's latest Breath,1.0
Or if Thy great Existence would aspire,1.0
To Causes more sublime; of Heavenly Fire,2.0
Ordained to mingle with Terrestrial Clay;,3.0
"With it condemned for certain Years to dwell,",1.0
"To grieve it's Frailties, and it's Pains to feel;",1.0
"To teach it Good and Ill, Disgrace or Fame;",0.0
"Pale it with Rage, or redden it with Shame:",1.0
"To guide it's Actions with informing Care,",1.0
"In Peace to Judge, to Conquer in the War;",0.0
"Render it Agile, Witty, Valiant, Sage,",2.0
As fits the various Course of human Age;,2.0
"Till as the Earthly Part decays and falls,",1.0
"Hovers awhile upon the sad Remains,",2.0
"And thence with Liberty unbounded flies,",1.0
Impatient to regain Her native Skies.,1.0
"Whatever Thou art, wherever ordained to go:",5.0
"Points which We rather may dispute, than know",1.0
"Come on, Thou little Inmate of this Breast,",2.0
Which for Thy Sake from Passions I divest:,1.0
"Which hinder Thy Repose, and trouble Life.",1.0
"Be the fair Level of Thy Actions laid,",3.0
"As Temperance wills, and Prudence may persuade;",1.0
"Be Thy Affections undisturbed and clear,",1.0
Guided to what may Great or Good appear;,1.0
And try if Life be worth the Liver's Care.,1.0
Amassed in Man there justly is beheld,1.0
What through the whole Creation has excelled:,0.0
"The Life and Growth of Plants, of Beasts the Sense,",0.0
The Angel's Forecast and Intelligence:,3.0
Say from these glorious Seeds what Harvest flows;,2.0
"Recount our Blessings, and compare our Woes.",1.0
In it's true Light let clearest Reason see,4.0
"The Man dragged out to Act, and forced to Be;",2.0
To be exposed or reared as She may please;,1.0
"Feel her Neglect, and pine from her Disease.",3.0
His tender Eye by too direct a Ray,0.0
"His Heart assaulted by invading Air,",1.0
And beating fervent to the vital War;,1.0
To his Young Sense how various Forms appear;,4.0
"That strike his Wonder, and excite his Fear?",1.0
By his Distortions he reveals his Pains;,2.0
"He by his Tears, and by his Sighs complains;",2.0
"Till Time and Use assist the Infant Wretch,",0.0
"By broken Words, and Rudiments of Speech,",1.0
"His Wants in plainer Characters to show,",1.0
And paint more perfect Figures of his Woe.,2.0
Condemned to sacrifice his childish Years,0.0
"To babbling Ignorance, and to empty Fears;",1.0
Acting his Part upon a crowded Stage;,2.0
"To lasting Toils exposed, and endless Cares,",0.0
"To open Dangers, and to secret Snares;",1.0
"To Malice which the vengeful Foe intends,",0.0
And the more dangerous Love of seeming Friends.,3.0
"His Deeds examined by the People's Will,",2.0
"Prone to forget the Good, and blame the Ill:",2.0
"Or sadly censured in their cursed Debate,",0.0
Dare to condemn the Virtue which They hate.,2.0
Or would he rather leave this frantic Scene;,0.0
And Trees and Beasts prefer to Courts and Men?,0.0
"Certain to meet that worst of Evils, Thought;",2.0
Different Ideas to his Memory brought:,4.0
"Impetuous some, as the descending Floods:",1.0
"With anxious Doubts, with raging Passions torn,",0.0
No sweet Companion near with whom to mourn;,1.0
He hears the Echoing Rock return his Sighs;,2.0
"Rage companies our Hate, and Grief our Love:",2.0
"Vexed with the present Moment's heavy Gloom,",0.0
Why seek We Brightness from the Years to come?,1.0
"Disturbed and broken like a sick Man's Sleep,",1.0
Our troubled Thoughts to distant Prospects leap;,0.0
Desirous still what flies us to overtake:,0.0
For Hope is but the Dream of Those that wake:,2.0
"But looking back, We see the dreadful Train",0.0
"Of Woes, anew which were We to sustain,",2.0
We should refuse to tread the Path again.,0.0
"Still adding Grief, still counting from the first;",3.0
Judging the latest Evils still the worst;,2.0
And sadly finding each progressive Hour,0.0
"Heighten their Number, and augment their Power;",3.0
"Till by one countless Sum of Woes oppressed,",1.0
"Hoary with Cares, and Ignorant of Rest,",3.0
We find the vital Springs relaxed and worn:,0.0
"Compelled our common Impotence to mourn,",1.0
"Thus, through the Round of Age, to Childhood We return;",2.0
"Reflecting find, that naked from the Womb",1.0
We yesterday came forth; that in the Tomb,1.0
"Naked again We must Tomorrow lie,",3.0
"Born to lament, to labour, and to die.",3.0
"Pass We the Ills, which each Man feels or dreads,",1.0
"The Weight or fallen, or hanging over our Heads;",4.0
"The Bear, The Lion, Terrors of the Plain,",1.0
"The giddy Precipice, and the dangerous Flood:",3.0
"Terrible, marches through the Midday Air,",4.0
"Cuts the dank Mist, and fatal wings it's Flight;",3.0
"The billowing Snow, and Violence of the Shower,",3.0
"That from the Hills disperse their dreadful Store,",0.0
And over the Vales collected Ruin pour;,2.0
"The Worm that gnaws the ripening Fruit, sad Guest,",1.0
Canker or Locust hurtful to infest,3.0
And Eminence of Want distinguishes the Year.,2.0
"Pass we the slow Disease, and subtle Pain,",0.0
Which our weak Frame is destined to sustain;,4.0
"The cruel Stone, with congregated War",0.0
"With frequent Impulse, and continued Strife,",1.0
Weakening the wasted Seats of irksome Life;,1.0
"The sad Experience of Decay; and Age,",3.0
"Oft and in vain invoked, or to appease,",1.0
"Or end the Grief, with hasty Wings recede",0.0
"From the vexed Patient, and the sickly Bed.",3.0
"Angelic, softest Work of Heaven, draws near",1.0
"To the cold shaking paralytic Hand,",2.0
"Nor longer apt, or able to fulfil",1.0
The Dictates of it's feeble Master's Will.,2.0
"The pleasing Song, or well repeated Tale,",0.0
"The verdant Rising of the flowery Hill,",3.0
"The Ocean rolling, and the shelly Shore,",1.0
"Beautiful Objects, shall delight no more;",3.0
Day follows Night; the Clouds return again,1.0
After the falling of the later Rain:,3.0
Grateful Vicissitude: He still must mourn,4.0
"The Sun, and Moon, and every Starry Light",0.0
"Eclipsed to Him, and lost in everlasting Night.",1.0
Behold where Age's wretched Victim lies:,0.0
Frequent for Breath his panting Bosom heaves:,1.0
To broken Sleeps his remnant Sense He gives;,0.0
Loosed by devouring Time the Silver Cord,4.0
"The Crystal Urn, when broken, is thrown by;",2.0
And apter Utensils their Place supply.,4.0
These Things and Thou must share One equal Lot;,1.0
"Die and be lost, corrupt and be forgot;",0.0
"While still another, and another Race",1.0
"Shall now supply, and now give up the Place.",2.0
"From Earth all came, to Earth must all return;",0.0
"Frail as the Cord, and brittle as the Urn.",1.0
But be the Terror of these Ills suppressed:,1.0
"Home He returns with the declining Sun,",3.0
His destined Task of Labour hardly done;,0.0
"Goes forth again with the ascending Ray,",2.0
"Again his Travel for his Bread to pay,",1.0
And find the Ill sufficient to the Day.,1.0
"A widowed Daughter, or a dying Son:",1.0
And doubly feels his Want in their Increase:,1.0
"The next Day, and the next he must attend",0.0
"His Foe triumphant, or his buried Friend.",1.0
In every Act and Turn of Life he feels,0.0
"Public Calamities, or Household Ills:",4.0
The due Reward to just Desert refused:,0.0
"The Trust betrayed, the Nuptial Bed abused:",0.0
"The Judge corrupt, the long depending Cause,",0.0
And doubtful Issue of misconstrued Laws:,3.0
"The crafty Turns of a dishonest State,",1.0
And violent Will of the wrongdoing Great:,3.0
"Which nor can Wisdom shun, nor fair Advice reclaim.",0.0
"Esteem We these, my Friends, Event and Chance,",1.0
Produced as Atoms form their fluttering Dance?,2.0
Or higher yet their Essence may We draw,1.0
"From destined Order, and Eternal Law?",1.0
"Again, my Muse, the cruel Doubt repeat:",0.0
"Spring they, I say, from Accident, or Fate?",1.0
"Yet such, We find, they are, as can control",2.0
The servile Actions of our wavering Soul;,3.0
"Can fright, can alter, or can chain the Will;",1.0
"Their Ills all built on Life, that fundamental Ill.",0.0
"Still pressed with Weight of Woe, still hopes to find",2.0
"A Shadow of Delight, a Dream of Peace,",1.0
"From Years of Pain, one Moment of Release;",1.0
"Hoping at least She may Her self deceive,",2.0
"Against Experience willing to believe,",3.0
"Desirous to rejoice, condemned to grieve.",1.0
"Happy the Mortal Man, who now at last",2.0
Has through this doleful Vale of Misery past;,2.0
Who to his destined Stage has carried on,1.0
"The tedious Load, and laid his Burden down;",3.0
"Whom the cut Brass, or wounded Marble shows",3.0
"Victor over Life, and all Her Train of Woes.",0.0
"He happier yet, who privileged by Fate",2.0
"To shorter Labour, and a lighter Weight,",1.0
"Received but Yesterday the Gift of Breath,",0.0
Ordered Tomorrow to return to Death.,4.0
"But OH! beyond Description happiest He,",1.0
Who never must roll on Life's tumultuous Sea;,5.0
Who with blessed Freedom from the general Doom,3.0
"Exempt, must never force the teeming Womb,",0.0
"Nor see the Sun, nor sink into the Tomb.",0.0
"Who breathes, must suffer; and who thinks, must mourn;",1.0
"And He alone is blessed, who never was born.",3.0
"Yet in thy turn, Thou frowning Preacher, hear:",0.0
Are not these general Maxims too severe?,0.0
Say: cannot Power secure it's Owner's Bliss?,3.0
And is not Wealth the potent Sire of Peace?,3.0
"Are Victors blessed with Fame, or Kings with Ease?",0.0
"I tell Thee, Life is but one common Care;",1.0
"And Man was born to suffer, and to fear.",1.0
"But is no Rank, no Station, no Degree",4.0
From this contagious Taint of Sorrow free?,1.0
"None, Mortal, None: Yet in a bolder Strain",1.0
Let Me this melancholy Truth maintain:,0.0
"But hence, You Worldly, and Profane, retire:",1.0
"For I adapt my Voice, and raise my Lyre",1.0
To Notions not by Vulgar Ear received:,0.0
"You still must covet Life, and be deceived:",0.0
Your very Fear of Death shall make You try,0.0
To catch the Shade of Immortality;,1.0
"Wishing on Earth to linger, and to save",3.0
Part of it's Prey from the devouring Grave;,3.0
"Something entire, in spite of Time, and Death;",4.0
"A fancied Kind of Being to retrieve,",1.0
"And in a Book, or from a Building live.",1.0
False Hope! vain Labour! let some Ages fly:,2.0
"The Dome shall moulder, and the Volume die:",1.0
That all the Parts of this great Fabric change;,2.0
"And lose their Shape, their Essence, and their Name?",1.0
"Reduce the Song: our Hopes, our Joys are vain:",0.0
Our Lot is Sorrow; and Our Portion Pain.,1.0
"What Pause from Woe, what Hopes of Comfort bring",0.0
"The Name of Wise or Great, of Judge or King?",0.0
What is a King? A Man condemned to bear,0.0
The public Burden of the Nation's Care;,1.0
Now crowned some angry Faction to appease;,2.0
Now falls a Victim to the People's Ease:,2.0
"Nourished in Flattery, and estranged from Truth:",5.0
"At Home surrounded by a servile Crowd,",1.0
His very State acknowledging his Fears:,1.0
"Marching amid a thousand Guards, He shows",2.0
His secret Terror of a thousand Foes;,1.0
"In War however Prudent, Great, or Brave,",1.0
"To blind Events, and fickle Chance a Slave:",0.0
Seeking to settle what for ever flies;,2.0
But He returns with Conquest on his Brow;,2.0
"Brings up the Triumph, and absolves the Vow:",1.0
The Captive Generals to his Carr are tied:,1.0
"Echoing his Glory, gratify his Pride.",1.0
"What is this Triumph? Madness, Shouts, and Noise,",0.0
One great Collection of the People's Voice.,1.0
What may Tomorrow be the Victor's Fate.,2.0
"The Spoils and Trophies born before Him, show",0.0
"National Loss, and Epidemic Woe,",0.0
"Various Distress, which He and His may know.",2.0
Does He not mourn the valiant Thousands slain;,0.0
"The Heroes, once the Glory of the Plain,",1.0
"Left in the Conflict of the Fatal Day,",1.0
"Does He not weep the Laurel, which he wears,",0.0
"Wet with the Soldier's Blood, and Widow's Tears?",0.0
"See, where He comes, the Darling of the War!",1.0
See Millions crowding round the gilded Car!,1.0
"In the vast Joys of this Ecstatic Hour,",4.0
"And full Fruition of successful Power,",1.0
One Moment and one Thought might let Him scan,1.0
"The various Turns of Life, and fickle State of Man.",2.0
"Are the dire Images of sad Distrust,",1.0
"And Popular Change, obscured amid the Dust,",2.0
That rises from the Victor's rapid Wheel?,1.0
"Can the loud Clarion, or shrill Fife repel",6.0
The inward Cries of Care? can Nature's Voice,0.0
"Plaintive be drowned, or lessened in the Noise;",2.0
Though Shouts as Thunder loud afflict the Air;,0.0
"Stun the Birds now released, and shake the Ivory Chair?",3.0
"Yonder Crowd He might reflect yonder joyful Crowd,",5.0
Should fleeting Victory to the Vanquished go;,1.0
"Should She depress my Arms, and raise the Foe;",1.0
"At the high Palace, or the crowded Gate;",3.0
With restless Rage would pull my Statues down;,2.0
And cast the Brass anew to His Renown.,1.0
OH impotent Desire of Worldly Sway!,2.0
"That I, who make the Triumph of Today,",1.0
"May of Tomorrow's Pomp one Part appear,",2.0
"Ghastly with Wounds, and lifeless on the Bier!",3.0
"Whom my dilated Eye with Labour sees,",1.0
"Would one, alas! repeat Me Good, or Great?",1.0
"Or, marched I chained behind the Hostile Carr,",0.0
"The Victor's Pastime, and the Sport of War;",2.0
"Would One, would One his pitying Sorrow lend,",2.0
"Or be so poor, to own He was my Friend?",1.0
To see this cruel Scene with quicker Eyes?,0.0
"To know with more Distinction to complain,",1.0
And have superior Sense in feeling Pain?,2.0
"Let us revolve that Roll with strictest Eye,",2.0
Where safe from Time distinguished Actions lie;,0.0
"And judge if Greatness be exempt from Pain,",0.0
Or Pleasure ever may with Power remain.,3.0
"Adam, great Type, for whom the World was made,",2.0
"The fairest Blessing to his Arms conveyed,",1.0
"A charming Wife; and Air, and Sea, and Land,",0.0
"And all that move therein, to his Command",1.0
"Rendered obedient: say, my Pensive Muse,",4.0
What did these golden Promises produce?,1.0
"Scarce tasting Life, He was of Joy bereaved:",2.0
"One Day, I think, in Paradise He lived;",0.0
"Destined the next His Journey to pursue,",2.0
"Where wounding Thorns, and cursed Thistles grew.",3.0
"Ever yet He earns his Bread, down his Brow,",0.0
"His Limbs must ache, with daily Toils oppressed;",0.0
"Still viewing with Regret his Darling Eve,",2.0
"He for Her Follies, and His own must grieve.",2.0
"Of Heaven, when first it thundered; oft his View",0.0
"Aghast, as when the Infant Lightning flew;",0.0
"And the stern Cherub stopped the fatal Road,",2.0
Armed with the Flames of an Avenging GOD.,1.0
"His Younger Son on the polluted Ground,",1.0
"First Fruit of Death, lies Plaintiff of a Wound",3.0
Given by a Brother's Hand: His Eldest Birth,1.0
"Flies, marked by Heaven, a Fugitive over Earth.",3.0
"Yet why these Sorrows heaped upon the Sire,",0.0
"Becomes nor Man, nor Angel to enquire.",1.0
Each Age sinned on; and Guilt advanced with Time:,1.0
The Son still added to the Father's Crime;,2.0
"Till God arose, and great in Anger said:",0.0
"Withdraw thy Light, Thou Sun! be dark, You Skies!",0.0
"And from your deep Abyss, You Waters, rise!",1.0
"Mean time, His Providence to Noah gave",2.0
"The Guard of All, that He designed to save.",1.0
Exempt from general Doom the Patriarch stood;,1.0
The Winds fall silent; and the Waves decrease:,2.0
"The Dove brings Quiet, and the Olive Peace:",2.0
"Yet still His Heart does inward Sorrow feel,",0.0
Which Faith alone forbids Him to reveal.,1.0
If on the backward World his Views are cast;,1.0
"It's Death diffused, and universal Waste.",0.0
"Present sad Prospect! can He Ought descry,",2.0
But what affects his melancholy Eye,0.0
"The Beauties of the Ancient Fabric lost,",1.0
"In Chains of craggy Hill, or Lengths of dreary Coast?",0.0
"Weeping He hoped, and Sacrificing mourned;",2.0
When of GOD's Image only Eight He found,2.0
"Snatched from the Watery Grave, and saved from Nations drowned;",2.0
"And of three Sons, the future Hopes of Earth,",2.0
"The Seed, whence Empires must receive their Birth,",0.0
"One He foresees excluded Heavenly Grace,",3.0
"And marked with Curses, fatal to his Race.",1.0
"Abraham, Potent Prince, the Friend of GOD,",6.0
Of Human Ills must bear the destined Load;,0.0
"By Blood and Battles must his Power maintain,",2.0
"And slay the Monarchs, ever He rules the Plain;",3.0
Must deal just Portions of a servile Life,1.0
"Must with the Mother leave the weeping Son,",0.0
"In Want to wander, and in Wilds to groan;",1.0
"Must take his other Child, his Age's Hope",0.0
Ordered to drench his Knife in filial Blood;,4.0
"Destroy his Heir, or disobey his GOD.",0.0
Moses beheld that GOD; but how beheld?,3.0
"The Deity in radiant Beams concealed,",1.0
And clouded in a deep Abyss of Light;,0.0
"While present, too severe for Human Sight,",0.0
"The following Days, and Months, and Years decreed",2.0
His Youth with Wants and Hardships must engage:,0.0
Plots and Rebellions must disturb his Age.,2.0
"And Israel did his Rage so far provoke,",0.0
"That what the Godhead wrote, the Prophet broke.",1.0
"His Voice scarce heard, his Dictates scarce believed,",2.0
"In Camps, in Arms, in Pilgrimage, He lived;",1.0
"And died obedient to severest Law,",3.0
"Forbid to tread the promised Land, He saw.",0.0
"My Father's Life was one long Line of Care,",2.0
"A Scene of Danger, and a State of War.",1.0
"Alarmed, exposed, his Childhood must engage",1.0
"The Bear's rough Gripe, and foaming Lion's Rage.",1.0
By various Turns his threatened Youth must fear,2.0
"Forlorn He must, and persecuted fly;",0.0
"Climb the steep Mountain, in the Cavern lie;",3.0
"And often ask, and be refused to die.",0.0
"For ever, from His manly Toils, are known",1.0
"The Weight of Power, and Anguish of a Crown.",3.0
What Tongue can speak the restless Monarch's Woes;,1.0
"When GOD, and Nathan were declared his Foes?",1.0
The Parent's Sins impressed upon the dying Child?,0.0
What Heart can think the Grief which He sustained;,1.0
When the King's Crime brought Vengeance on the Land;,5.0
And the inexorable Prophet's Voice,3.0
"Gave Famine, Plague, or War; and bid him fix his Choice?",1.0
He died; and O! may no Reflection shed,1.0
It's poisonous Venom on the Royal Dead:,3.0
Yet the unwilling Truth must be expressed;,1.0
Dying He added to my Weight of Care:,3.0
He made Me to his Crimes undoubted Heir:,1.0
"Left his unfinished Murder to his Son,",3.0
The cruel Dictates of My Parent's Will.,1.0
Of his fair Deeds a distant View I took;,2.0
But turned the Tube upon his Faults to look;,0.0
"His Care of Right, his Reverence to the Laws:",1.0
"But could with Joy his Years of Folly trace,",0.0
"Could follow Him, where ever He strayed from Good,",3.0
And cite his sad Example; while I trod,0.0
"Paths open to Deceit, and tracked with Blood.",2.0
"Soon docile to the secret Acts of Ill,",2.0
"With Smiles I could betray, with Temper kill:",0.0
Soon in a Brother could a Rival view;,0.0
"Watch all his Acts, and all his Ways pursue.",0.0
In vain for Life He to the Altar fled:,1.0
Ambition and Revenge have certain Speed.,1.0
"Even there, My Soul, even there He should have fell;",5.0
But that my Interest did my Rage conceal.,0.0
"Doubling my Crime, I promise, and deceive;",2.0
"Purpose to slay, while swearing to forgive.",3.0
"Treaties, Persuasions, Sighs, and Tears are vain:",2.0
With a mean Lie cursed Vengeance I sustain;,5.0
"Join Fraud to Force, and Policy to Power;",2.0
"Till of the destined Fugitive secure,",2.0
"And, as GOD lives, this Day my Brother dies.",2.0
"Be Witness to my Tears, Celestial Muse!",1.0
"In vain I would forget, in vain excuse",0.0
Fraternal Blood by my Direction spilt;,1.0
The Deed was acted by the Subject's Hand;,1.0
The Sword was pointed by the King's Command.,1.0
Mine was the Murder: it was Mine alone;,3.0
Years of Contrition must the Crime atone:,1.0
"Nor can my guilty Soul expect Relief,",1.0
But from a long Sincerity of Grief.,2.0
"With an imperfect Hand, and trembling Heart,",1.0
"Her Love of Truth superior to her Art,",1.0
Already the reflecting Muse has traced,1.0
The mournful Figures of my Action past.,1.0
"The pensive Goddess has already taught,",0.0
"How vain is Hope, and how vexatious Thought;",1.0
"From growing Childhood to declining Age,",2.0
"This Course of Vanity almost complete,",2.0
"In the still Shades of Death: for Dread and Pain,",3.0
"And their Points broke, retorted from the Head,",3.0
"Safe in the Grave, and free among the Dead.",0.0
"Blood only stopped, and interrupted Breath?",1.0
"The utmost Limit of a narrow Span,",2.0
And End of Motion which with Life began?,0.0
As smoke that rises from the kindling Fires,1.0
"Is seen this Moment, and the next expires:",1.0
"As empty Clouds by rising Winds are tossed,",0.0
Their fleeting Forms scarce sooner found than lost:,1.0
So vanishes our State: so pass our Days:,1.0
"So Life but opens now, and now decays:",0.0
"The Cradle and the Tomb, alas! so nigh;",1.0
To live is scarce distinguished from to die.,1.0
"Death only shows Us, what We knew was near.",1.0
With Courage therefore view the pointed Hour;,1.0
Dread not Death's Anger; but expect his Power;,3.0
Nor Nature's Law with fruitless Sorrow mourn;,0.0
"Cautious through Doubt; by Want of Courage, Wise,",2.0
"To such Advice, the Reasoner still replies.",3.0
"Yet measuring all the long continued Space,",1.0
"Every successive Day's repeated Race,",1.0
"Till He had reached that Hour, wherein my Soul",1.0
"Joined to my Body swelled the Womb; I was,",0.0
At least I think so Nothing: must I pass,0.0
"Again to Nothing, when this vital Breath",0.0
"Must the whole Man, amazing Thought! return",3.0
"To the cold Marble, or contracted Urn?",3.0
"And never shall those Particles agree,",1.0
That were in Life this Individual He?,1.0
"But severed, must They join the general Mass,",0.0
"Through other Forms, and Shapes ordained to pass;",0.0
Nor Thought nor Image kept of what He was?,0.0
"Does the great Word that gave him Sense, ordain,",3.0
That Life shall never wake that Sense again?,0.0
And will no Power his sinking Spirits save,4.0
"From the dark Caves of Death, and Chambers of the Grave?",3.0
Each Evening I behold the setting Sun,1.0
With downward Speed into the Ocean run:,0.0
Yet the same Light pass but some fleeting Hours,1.0
Starts the bright Race again: His constant Flame,3.0
"Rises and sets, returning still the Same.",2.0
I mark the various Fury of the Winds:,3.0
"These neither Seasons guide, nor Order binds:",0.0
"They now dilate, and now contract their Force:",0.0
"Various their Speed, but endless is their Course.",2.0
"Down to the Sea each Brook, and Torrent flows:",1.0
"Though sundry Drops or leave, or swell the Stream;",0.0
"The Whole still runs, with equal Pace, the Same.",1.0
And the eternal Flood no Want of Water mourns.,2.0
"Why then must Man obey the sad Decree,",0.0
"Which subjects neither Sun, nor Wind, nor Sea?",0.0
"A Flower, that does with opening Morn arise,",2.0
"And flourishing the Day, at Evening dies;",1.0
"A Winged Eastern Blast, just skimming over",2.0
"The Ocean's Brow, and sinking on the Shore;",1.0
"A Fire, whose Flames through crackling Stubble fly;",0.0
A Meteor shooting from the Summer Sky;,3.0
"A Bubble breaking, and a Fable told;",1.0
"Are Emblems, which with Semblance apt proclaim",0.0
"Our Earthly Course: But, OH my Soul! so fast",0.0
Must Life run off; and Death for ever last?,1.0
"This dark Opinion, sure, is too confined:",0.0
"Else whence this Hope, and Terror of the Mind?",1.0
"Does Something still, and Somewhere yet remain,",1.0
"Reward or Punishment, Delight or Pain?",1.0
Say: shall our Relics second Birth receive?,0.0
"Sleep We to wake, and only die to live?",0.0
"When the sad Wife has closed her Husband's Eyes,",3.0
And pierced the Echoing Vault with doleful Cries;,2.0
Lies the pale Corpse not yet entirely Dead?,5.0
"The Spirit only from the Body fled,",1.0
"The grosser Part of Heat and Motion void,",0.0
"To be by Fire, or Worm, or Time destroyed;",0.0
"The Soul, immortal Substance, to remain,",1.0
"Conscious of Joy, and capable of Pain?",3.0
"And if Her Acts have been directed well,",1.0
While with her friendly Clay She deigned to dwell;,0.0
Shall She with Safety reach her pristine Seat?,0.0
"Find her Rest endless, and her Bliss complete?",4.0
And while the buried Man We idly mourn;,0.0
Do Angels joy to see His better Half return?,0.0
But if She has deformed this Earthly Life,1.0
"Amazed, repulsed, and by those Angels driven",1.0
"In everlasting Darkness must She lie,",0.0
"Still more unhappy, that She cannot die?",1.0
Amid Two Seas on One small Point of Land,3.0
"Wearied, uncertain, and amazed We stand:",3.0
On either Side our Thoughts incessant turn:,0.0
Forward We dread; and looking back We mourn.,2.0
Losing the Present in this dubious Hast;,2.0
"And lost Our selves betwixt the Future, and the Past.",1.0
"These cruel Doubts contending in my Breast,",0.0
"My Reason staggering, and my Hopes oppressed,",1.0
"Once more I said: once more I will enquire,",2.0
"This fluttering Motion, which We call the Mind?",2.0
How does She act? and where is She confined?,1.0
"Have We the Power to guide Her, as We please?",3.0
"Whence then those Evils, that obstruct our Ease?",0.0
We Happiness pursue; We fly from Pain;,1.0
"Yet the Pursuit, and yet the Flight is vain:",1.0
"By Day with Pleasure, and by Night with Rest;",1.0
Some stronger Power eludes our sickly Will;,3.0
Dashes our rising Hope with certain Ill;,2.0
"And makes Us with reflective Trouble see,",1.0
"That all is destined, which We fancy free.",0.0
"That Power superior then, which rules our Mind,",3.0
Is His Decree by Human Prayer inclined.,1.0
Will He for Sacrifice our Sorrows ease?,1.0
And can our Tears reverse His firm Decrees?,1.0
"Then let Religion aid, where Reason fails:",0.0
"Throw loads of Incense in, to turn the Scales;",2.0
"And let the silent Sanctuary show,",0.0
"What from the babbling Scholes We may not know,",1.0
"How Man may shun, or bear his destined Part of Woe.",0.0
"What shall amend, or what absolve our Fate?",0.0
"Anxious We hover in a mediate State,",3.0
"Betwixt Infinity and Nothing; Bounds,",1.0
"Or boundless Terms, whose doubtful Sense confounds",0.0
"Unequal Thought; while All We apprehend,",0.0
"Is, that our Hopes must rise, our Sorrows end;",0.0
As our Creator deigns to be our Friend.,1.0
I said; ' --  and instant bad the Priests prepare,0.0
"The ritual Sacrifice, and solemn Prayer.",2.0
A hundred Bulls ascend the Sacred Way.,0.0
The artful Youth proceed to form the Choir;,0.0
"They breath the Flute, or strike the vocal Wire.",0.0
The Maids in comely Order next advance;,0.0
"Follows the chosen Tribe from Levi sprung,",2.0
Chanting by just Return the Holy Song.,2.0
Along the Choir in Solemn State they past.,2.0
"The Sacred Hymn performed, my promised Vow",0.0
"I paid; and bowing at the Altar low,",0.0
"Father of Heaven! I said, and Judge of Earth!",2.0
Whose Word called out this Universe to Birth;,1.0
By whose kind Power and influencing Care,5.0
"The various Creatures move, and live, and are;",2.0
"But, ceasing once that Care; withdrawn that Power;",0.0
"They move alas! and live, and are no more:",0.0
"Omniscient Master, Omnipresent King,",0.0
"To Thee, to Thee, my last Distress I bring.",1.0
"From Storms of Rage, and dangerous Rocks of Pride,",2.0
Let Thy strong Hand this little Vessel guide,3.0
It was Thy Hand that made it through the Tide,2.0
Impetuous of this Life: let Thy Command,3.0
"Direct my Course, and bring me safe to Land.",0.0
"If, while this wearied Flesh draws fleeting Breath,",1.0
"Not satisfied with Life, afraid of Death,",0.0
"Glimpse of Delight, or Pause from anxious Woe;",2.0
"From Now, from instant Now, great Sire, dispel",3.0
The Clouds that press my Soul; from Now reveal,0.0
A gracious Beam of Light; from Now inspire,0.0
"My Tongue to sing, my Hand to touch the Lyre:",0.0
My opened Thought to joyous Prospects raise;,0.0
"And, for Thy Mercy, let me sing Thy Praise.",1.0
"Some New Hereafter, and a future State;",1.0
"Permit me Strength, my Weight of Woe to bear;",0.0
And raise my Mind superior to my Care.,1.0
"Let Me, however unable to explain",6.0
With humble Zeal confess Thy awful Power;,0.0
"Still weeping Hope, and wondering still Adore.",3.0
So in my Conquest be Thy Might declared:,0.0
"And, for Thy Justice, be Thy Name revered.",1.0
"My Prayer scarce ended, a stupendous Gloom",4.0
To the beginning Miracle succeed,2.0
"An awful Silence, and religious Dread.",1.0
Sudden breaks forth a more than common Day:,2.0
"The sacred Wood, which on the Altar lay,",1.0
Does round the Air evolving Scents diffuse:,0.0
The holy Ground is wet with Heavenly Dews:,2.0
"Strikes to my Thought through my admiring Ear,",1.0
"With Ecstasy too fine, and Pleasure hard to bear.",2.0
My wondering Soul? an opening Cloud reveals,4.0
An Heavenly Form embodied and arrayed,3.0
With Robes of Light. I heard: the Angel said:,0.0
"Cease, Man of Woman born, to hope Relief",1.0
"From daily Trouble, and continued Grief.",1.0
Thy Hope of Joy deliver to the Wind:,1.0
Suppress thy Passions; and prepare thy Mind.,1.0
Free and familiar with Misfortune grow:,3.0
"Be used to Sorrow, and inured to Woe.",1.0
"By weakening Toil, and hoary Age overcome,",5.0
See thy Decrease; and hasten to thy Tomb.,3.0
"Leave to thy Children Tumult, Strife, and War,",0.0
"Portions of Toil, and Legacies of Care.",3.0
Send the Successive Ills through Ages down;,3.0
"And let each weeping Father tell his Son,",0.0
"That deeper struck, and more distinctly grieved,",0.0
He must augment the Sorrows He received.,1.0
"The Child to whose Success thy Hope is bound,",0.0
"Ever thou art scarce Interred, or he is Crowned;",3.0
"To Lust of Arbitrary Sway inclined,",0.0
That cursed Poison to the Prince's Mind!,2.0
"Shall from thy Dictates and his Duty rove,",1.0
"And lose his great Defence, his People's Love.",0.0
"Shall sigh, the King diminished, and the Crown",1.0
With lessened Rays descending to his Son.,1.0
"By active Toil, and Military Sweat,",0.0
"Pining incline their sickly Leaves, and shed",2.0
"By Arms, or Prayer unable to assuage",1.0
"Domestic Horror, and intestine Rage,",1.0
"Shall from the Victor, and the Vanquished fear,",1.0
"Shall cast his wearied Limbs on Jordan's Flood,",0.0
Charged with ill Omens; sullied with Disgrace.,4.0
"Time by Necessity compelled, shall go",3.0
"The Empire lessened in a parted Stream,",0.0
"Judah shall fall, oppressed by Grief and Shame;",2.0
And Men shall from her Ruins know her Fame.,1.0
"A harsher Pharaoh, and a heavier Chain.",3.0
"Again obedient to a dire Command,",1.0
Thy Captive Sons shall leave the promised Land.,0.0
"Their Name more low, their Servitude more vile,",0.0
"Shall, on Euphrates' Bank, renew the Grief of Nile.",1.0
These pointed Spires that wound the ambient Sky,2.0
Inglorious Change! shall in Destruction lie,2.0
"Low, levelled with the Dust; their Heights unknown,",2.0
"Or measured by their Ruin. Yonder Throne,",1.0
"For lasting Glory built, designed the Seat",0.0
"Of Kings for ever blessed, for ever great,",0.0
"Removed by the Invader's barbarous Hand,",6.0
Shall grace his Triumph in a foreign Land.,0.0
The Tyrant shall demand yonder sacred Load,6.0
"Of Gold and Vessels set apart to GOD,",0.0
Then by vile Hands to common Use debased;,3.0
"Shall send them flowing round his drunken Feast,",0.0
"With sacrilegious Taunt, and impious Jest.",3.0
Twice fourteen Ages shall their Way complete:,2.0
Empires by various Turns shall rise and set;,3.0
While Thy abandoned Tribes shall only know,1.0
"A different Master, and a Change of Woe:",1.0
"With downcast Eyelids, and with Looks aghast,",3.0
"Afflicted Israel shall sit weeping down,",2.0
"Their Harps upon the neighbouring Willows hung,",3.0
"Nor joyous Hymn encouraging their Tongue,",1.0
"Nor cheerful Dance their Feet; with Toil oppressed,",0.0
Their wearied Limbs aspiring but to Rest.,1.0
"In the reflective Stream the sighing Bride,",1.0
"Viewing her Charms impaired, abashed shall hide",2.0
Her pensive head; and in her languid Face,0.0
The Bridegroom shall foresee his sickly Race:,1.0
While ponderous Fetters vex their close Embrace.,2.0
With irksome Anguish then your Priests shall mourn,0.0
And sad Oblivion of their solemn Days.,1.0
"Thenceforth their Voices They shall only raise,",2.0
Shall call for Fountains to express their Tears;,1.0
And wish their Eyes were Floods: by Night from Dreams,0.0
"Of opening Gulfs, black Storms, and raging Flames,",3.0
"Starting amazed, shall to the People show",3.0
"Emblems of Heavenly Wrath, and Mystic Types of Woe.",4.0
"The Captives, as their Tyrant shall require,",1.0
"That They should breath the Song, and touch the Lyre,",0.0
"Shall say: can Jacob's servile Race rejoice,",0.0
What can We play? They shall discourse how sing,2.0
"In foreign Lands, and to a Barbarous King?",3.0
We and our Fathers from our Childhood bred,3.0
"To watch the cruel Victor's Eye, to dread",0.0
"The arbitrary Lash, to bend, to grieve;",0.0
Outcast of Mortal Race! can We conceive,2.0
"Image of ought delightful, soft, or gay?",2.0
"The fullest Bliss our Hearts aspire to know,",0.0
Is but some Interval from active Woe;,2.0
"In broken Rest, and startling Sleep to mourn;",0.0
"Till Morn, the Tyrant, and the Scourge return.",1.0
"Bred up in Grief, can Pleasure be our Theme?",0.0
Our endless Anguish does not Nature claim?,0.0
"Reason, and Sorrow are to Us the Same.",4.0
"Alas! with wild Amazement We require,",1.0
If Idle Folly was not Pleasure's Sire:,3.0
"To grinning Laughter, and to frantic Mirth.",1.0
"This is the Series of perpetual Woe,",4.0
"Which Thou, alas! and Thine are born to know.",2.0
Too bright the Object is: the Distance is too high.,4.0
"The Man who would resolve the Work of Fate,",0.0
"May limit Number, and make Crooked Strait:",2.0
Stop Thy Enquiry then; and kerb Thy Sense;,3.0
Nor let Dust argue with Omnipotence.,3.0
"It's GOD who must dispose, and Man sustain,",0.0
"Born to endure, forbidden to complain.",3.0
Thy Sum of Life must His Decrees fulfil:,1.0
"And that alone is Good, which centres in His Will.",0.0
"Lost to Delight, and destitute of Hope;",2.0
"Remark what I, GOD's Messenger, aver",4.0
"From Him, who neither can deceive, nor err.",2.0
"The Land at length redeemed, shall cease to mourn;",0.0
Shall from her sad Captivity return.,1.0
And in her Courts the Law again be read.,0.0
"Again the glorious Temple shall arise,",2.0
And with new Lustre pierce the neighbouring Skies.,4.0
The promised Seat of Empire shall again,0.0
"Cover the Mountain, and command the Plain,",3.0
"And from Thy Race distinguished, One shall spring,",2.0
"Greater in Act than Victor, more than King",2.0
"In Dignity and Power, sent down from Heaven,",1.0
"Passion, and Care, and Anguish to destroy.",3.0
Perpetual over the World redeemed shall flow.,4.0
"No more may Man enquire, nor Angel know.",2.0
"Now, Solomon, remembering Who thou art,",2.0
Act through thy remnant Life the decent Part.,0.0
"Go forth: Be strong: With Patience, and with Care",2.0
"Perform, and Suffer: To Thy self severe,",1.0
"Gracious to Others, Thy Desires suppressed,",3.0
"Diffused Thy Virtues, First of Men, be Best.",0.0
Thy Sum of Duty let Two Words contain;,1.0
"Be Humble, and be Just. The Angel said:",1.0
With upward Speed His agile Wings He spread;,0.0
"While on the holy Ground I prostrate lay,",0.0
"By various Doubts impelled, or to obey,",3.0
Or to object: at length my mournful Look,1.0
"Sole Author, Sole Disposer of our Fate!",2.0
"Whom no Man fully sees, and none can see!",1.0
Original of Beings! Power Divine!,3.0
"Since that I Live, and that I Think, is Thine;",0.0
"Benign Creator, let Thy plastic Hand",0.0
Dispose it's own Effect. Let Thy Command,2.0
"Restore, Great Father, Thy Instructed Son;",2.0
And in My Act may Thy great Will be done.,0.0
FAIREST and foremost of the train that wait,2.0
"On man's most dignified and happiest state,",2.0
"Whether we name thee Charity or love,",3.0
"Chief grace below, and all in all above,",1.0
Prosper I press thee with a powerful plea,5.0
"A task I venture on, impelled by thee:",1.0
"O never seen but in thy blessed effects,",0.0
"Nor felt but in the soul that heaven selects,",0.0
"Who seeks to praise thee, and to make thee known",1.0
"To other hearts, must have thee in his own.",0.0
"Come, prompt me with benevolent desires,",3.0
"Teach me to kindle at thy gentle fires,",0.0
"And though disgraced and slighted, to redeem",2.0
"A poet's name, by making thee the theme.",1.0
"God working ever on a social plan,",2.0
By various ties attaches man to man:,2.0
"He made at first, though free and unconfined,",0.0
"One man the common father of the kind,",1.0
"That every tribe, though placed as he sees best,",1.0
"Where seas or deserts part them from the rest,",1.0
"Differing in language, manners, or in face,",2.0
Might feel themselves allied to all the race.,0.0
"When Cook ' --  lamented, and with tears as just",1.0
"As ever mingled with heroic dust,",1.0
"Steered Britain's oak into a world unknown,",1.0
"Wherever he found man, to nature true,",2.0
The rights of man were sacred in his view:,0.0
He soothed with gifts and greeted with a smile,1.0
"The simple native of the newfound isle,",2.0
He spurned the wretch that slighted or withstood,1.0
"The tender argument of kindred blood,",1.0
Nor would endure that any should control,0.0
His freeborn brothers of the southern pole.,1.0
"But though some nobler minds a law respect,",1.0
"That none shall with impunity neglect,",2.0
To thwart its influence and its end defeat.,1.0
"While Cook is loved for savage lives he saved,",0.0
See Cortez odious for a world enslaved!,6.0
Or building hospitals on English ground?,5.0
"Through fear not love, and heaven abhors the fee:",0.0
Wherever found and all men need thy care,0.0
Nor age nor infancy could find thee there.,1.0
"The hand that siew till it could slay no more,",1.0
"Their prince as justly seated on his throne,",1.0
"As vain imperial Philip on his own,",3.0
"Tricked out of all his royalty by art,",1.0
"That stripped him bare, and broke his honest heart,",0.0
"Died by the sentence of a shaven priest,",1.0
How dark the veil that intercepts the blaze,0.0
Of heavens mysterious purposes and ways;,5.0
"God stood not, though he seemed to stand aloof,",1.0
And at this hour the conqueror feels the proof.,2.0
"The fretting plague is in the public purse,",0.0
"O could their ancient Incas rise again,",0.0
"Art thou too fallen Iberia, do we see",5.0
The robber and the murderer weak as we?,3.0
"Thou that hast wasted earth, and dared despise",0.0
"Alike the wrath and mercy of the skies,",1.0
"Thy pomp is in the grave, thy glory laid",0.0
Low in the pits thine avarice has made.,1.0
"We come with joy from our eternal rest,",1.0
To see the oppressor in his turn oppressed.,2.0
Art thou the God the thunder of whose hand,1.0
"Shook principalities and kingdoms down,",3.0
And made the mountains tremble at his frown?,0.0
"The sword shall light upon thy boasted powers,",0.0
"And waste them, as thy sword has wasted ours.",1.0
And vengeance executes what justice wills.,0.0
Again ' --  the band of commerce was designed,1.0
"TO associate all the branches of mankind,",3.0
"And if a boundless plenty be the robe,",1.0
Trade is the golden girdle of the globe:,1.0
"Wise to promote whatever end he means,",3.0
"God opens fruitful nature's various scenes,",3.0
"Each climate needs what other climes produce,",0.0
And offers something to the general use;,1.0
"No land but listens to the common call,",2.0
And in return receives supply from all;,0.0
"This genial intercourse and mutual aid,",2.0
"Cheers what were else an universal shade,",0.0
Ingenious Art with her expressive face,1.0
"Steps forth to fashion and refine the race,",2.0
But overcharges her capacious hand;,1.0
"Capricious taste itself can crave no more,",1.0
Than she supplies from her abounding store;,2.0
"She strikes out all that luxury can ask,",1.0
"Hers is the spacious arch, the shapely spire,",1.0
The painters pencil and the poets lyre;,1.0
"From her the canvas borrows light and shade,",1.0
"And verse more lasting, hues that never fade.",0.0
"She guides the finger over the dancing keys,",2.0
"Gives difficulty all the grace of ease,",1.0
"And pours a torrent of sweet notes around,",2.0
Fast as the thirsting ear can drink the sound.,0.0
"These are the gifts of art, and art thrives most",1.0
Where commerce has enriched the busy coast:,0.0
"He catches all improvements in his flight,",0.0
"Imports what others have invented well,",0.0
"And stirs his own to match them, or excel.",1.0
"It's thus reciprocating each with each,",0.0
Alternately the nations learn and teach;,3.0
Heaven speed the canvas gallantly unfurled,1.0
To furnish and accommodate a world;,1.0
"To give the Pole the produce of the sun,",1.0
"Impel the fleet whose errand is to save,",1.0
The smile of opulence in sorrow's face. ' --,1.0
"Let nothing adverse, nothing unforeseen,",2.0
"Impede the bark that ploughs the deep serene,",0.0
Charged with a freight transcending in its worth,0.0
"The gems of India, nature's rarest birth,",2.0
"That flies like Gabriel on his Lord's commands,",1.0
"An herald of God's love, to pagan lands. ' --",2.0
"But ah! what wish can prosper, or what prayer,",1.0
"For merchant's rich in cargoes of despair,",2.0
"Who drive a loathsome traffic, gauge and span,",0.0
And buy the muscles and the bones of man?,1.0
"The tender ties of father, husband, friend,",0.0
"All bonds of nature in that moment end,",0.0
"And each endures while yet he draws his breath,",0.0
A stroke as fatal as the scythe of death.,1.0
"The sable warrior, frantic with regret",1.0
"Of her he loves, and never can forget,",2.0
"Loses in tears the far receding shore,",2.0
But not the thought that they must meet no more;,1.0
"Deprived of her and freedom at a blow,",1.0
What has he left that he can yet forego?,1.0
"Puts off his generous nature, and to suit",3.0
"His manners with his fate, puts on the brute.",3.0
O most degrading of all ills that wait,1.0
"On man, a mourner in his best estate!",0.0
"All other sorrows virtue may endure,",1.0
And find submission more than half a cure;,0.0
"Grief is itself a medicine, and bestowed",5.0
"TO improve the fortitude that bears the load,",1.0
"To teach the wanderer, as his woes increase,",1.0
"The path of wisdom, all whose paths are peace.",0.0
"But slavery! ' --  virtue dreads it as her grave,",3.0
Patience itself is meanness in a slave:,2.0
Or if the will and sovereignty of God,2.0
"Bid suffer it awhile, and kiss the rod,",2.0
"Wait for the dawning of a brighter day,",1.0
And snap the chain the moment when you may.,0.0
Nature imprints upon whatever we see,5.0
"That has a heart and life in it, be free;",1.0
The beasts are chartered ' --  neither age nor force,0.0
Can quell the love of freedom in a horse:,0.0
"He breaks the cord that held him at the rack,",0.0
"Snuffs up the morning air, forgets the rein,",0.0
He finds the pasture where his fellows graze.,0.0
"Trade in the blood of innocence, and plead",1.0
Expedience as a warrant for the deed?,2.0
So may the wolf whom famine has made bold,2.0
To quit the forest and invade the fold;,1.0
"Dagger in hand, steals close to your bedside;",4.0
"Not he, but his emergence forced the door,",1.0
He found it inconvenient to be poor.,1.0
Has God then given its sweetness to the cane,3.0
Unless his laws be trampled on ' --  in vain?,1.0
"Built a brave world, which cannot yet subsist,",3.0
Unless his right to rule it be dismissed?,0.0
"And avarice being judge, with ease succeeds.",2.0
"But grant the plea, and let it stand for just,",0.0
"That man make man his prey, because he must,",1.0
Still there is room for pity to abate,1.0
"A Briton knows, or if he knows it not,",1.0
"The Scripture placed within his reach, he ought,",0.0
"That souls have no discriminating hue,",0.0
"Alike important in their Maker's view,",0.0
"That none are free from blemish since the fall,",0.0
And love divine has paid one price for all.,0.0
"The wretch that works and weeps without relief,",0.0
"Has one that notices his silent grief,",1.0
"He from whose hands alone all power proceeds,",3.0
"Considers all injustice with a frown,",1.0
But marks the man that treads his fellow down.,1.0
Not Mexico could purchase kings a claim,0.0
"To scourge him, weariness his only blame.",1.0
"Remember, heaven has an avenging rod;",2.0
"Murmuring and weary of our daily toil,",2.0
Or taste the fountain in the neighbouring glade:,2.0
Else who would lose that had the power to improve,1.0
And he that scorns it is himself a slave. ' --,2.0
"Inform his mind, one flash of heavenly day",2.0
Would heal his heart and melt his chains away;,0.0
"And slaves, by truth enlarged, are doubly freed:",0.0
"Then would he say, submissive at thy feet,",0.0
"While gratitude and love made service sweet,",1.0
"My dear deliverer out of hopeless night,",1.0
"Whose bounty bought me but to give me light,",1.0
"Sin forged, and ignorance made fast the chain;",3.0
"Thy lips have shed instruction as the dew,",1.0
"Taught me what path to shun, and what pursue;",0.0
Farewell my former joys! I sigh no more,2.0
"Serving a benefactor I am free,",3.0
At my best home if not exiled from thee.,4.0
"Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds",1.0
"A stream of liberal and heroic deeds,",1.0
"The swell of pity, not to be confined",0.0
"Within the scanty limits of the mind,",1.0
"Disdains the bank, and throws the golden sands,",0.0
"A rich deposit, on the bordering lands:",3.0
"These have an ear for his paternal call,",1.0
"Who makes some rich for the supply of all,",1.0
"God's gift with pleasure in his praise employ,",1.0
And THORNTON is familiar with the joy.,2.0
"O could I worship aught beneath the skies,",0.0
"That earth hath seen or fancy can devise,",1.0
"Thine altar, sacred liberty, should stand,",1.0
"Built by no mercenary vulgar hand,",3.0
With fragrant turf and flowers as wild and fair,2.0
As ever dressed a bank or scented summer air.,0.0
Duly as ever on the mountain's height,3.0
The peep of morning shed a dawning light;,0.0
"Again, when evening in her sober vest",0.0
"Drew the grey curtain of the fading west,",4.0
My soul should yield thee willing thanks and praise,0.0
For the chief blessings of my fairest days:,3.0
"But that were sacrilege ' --  praise is not thine,",2.0
But his who gave thee and preserves thee mine:,2.0
"Else I would say, and as I spoke, bid fly",2.0
"A captive bird into the boundless sky,",0.0
This triple realm adores thee ' --  thou art come,1.0
"From Sparta hither, and art here at home;",1.0
"We feel thy force still active, at this hour",1.0
"Enjoy immunity from priestly power,",1.0
"While conscience, happier than in ancient years,",1.0
Owns no superior but the God she fears.,2.0
Propitious spirit! yet expunge a wrong,0.0
"Thy rights have suffered, and our land, too long,",2.0
Teach mercy to ten thousand hearts that share,3.0
The fears and hopes of a commercial care;,1.0
"Prisons expect the wicked, and were built",3.0
"To bind the lawless and to punish guilt,",1.0
"But shipwreck, earthquake, battle, fire and flood,",1.0
"And honest merit stands on slippery ground,",0.0
Where covert guile and artifice abound:,1.0
"Let just restraint for public peace designed,",1.0
"Chain up the wolves and tigers of mankind,",2.0
"The foe of virtue has no claim to thee,",1.0
But let insolvent innocence go free.,2.0
"Patron, of else the most despised of men,",2.0
Accept the tribute of a stranger's pen;,1.0
"I may alarm thee, but I fear the shame",2.0
Charity chosen as my theme and aim,3.0
"Blessed with all wealth can give thee, to resign",1.0
"Joys doubly sweet to feelings quick as thine,",1.0
"To quit the bliss thy rural scenes bestow,",0.0
"To traverse seas, range kingdoms, and bring home",3.0
"Not the proud monuments of Greece or Rome,",3.0
"But knowledge such as only dungeons teach,",1.0
And only sympathy like thine could reach;,2.0
"That grief, sequestered from the public stage,",1.0
"Might smooth her feathers and enjoy her cage,",1.0
"Speaks a divine ambition, and a zeal",3.0
The boldest patriot might be proud to feel.,1.0
"O that the voice of clamour and debate,",2.0
"That pleads for peace till it disturbs the state,",1.0
"Were hushed in favour of thy generous plea,",2.0
"The poor thy clients, and heaven's smile thy fee.",2.0
"Philosophy that does not dream or stray,",1.0
"Walks arm in arm with nature all his way,",1.0
"Whatever steep enquiry recommends,",3.0
Sees planetary wonders smoothly roll,1.0
"Round other systems under her control,",1.0
Drinks wisdom at the milky stream of light,1.0
"That cheers the silent journey of the night,",1.0
"And brings at his return a bosom charged,",1.0
"With rich instruction, and a soul enlarged.",1.0
The treasured sweets of the capacious plan,1.0
"That heaven spreads wide before the view of man,",3.0
"All prompt his pleased pursuit, and to pursue",1.0
"Still prompt him, with a pleasure always new:",2.0
"He too has a connecting power, and draws",3.0
"Man to the centre of the common cause,",1.0
Aiding a dubious and deficient sight,5.0
With a new medium and a purer light.,3.0
"All truth is precious if not all divine,",1.0
"He reads the skies, and watching every change,",0.0
"And wins mankind, as his attempts prevail,",2.0
"But reason still unless divinely taught,",0.0
"Whatever she learns, learns nothing as she ought;",5.0
"The lamp of revelation only, shows,",0.0
"What human wisdom cannot but oppose,",1.0
"That man in nature's richest mantle clad,",0.0
"And graced with all philosophy can add,",1.0
"Though fair without, and luminous within,",1.0
Is still the progeny and heir of sin.,1.0
"Thus taught down falls the plumage of his pride,",2.0
"And knows that falling he shall rise no more,",2.0
"Unless the power that bade him stand, restore.",2.0
"This is indeed philosophy; this known,",2.0
"Makes wisdom, worthy of the name, his own;",2.0
"And without this, whatever he discuss,",6.0
"Whether the space between the stars and us,",2.0
"Whether he measure earth, compute the sea,",2.0
"Blind was he born, and his misguided eyes",1.0
"Grown dim in trifling studies, blind he dies.",1.0
"For self to self, and God to man revealed,",0.0
Two themes to nature's eye for ever sealed,1.0
Are taught by rays that fly with equal pace,0.0
"Here stay thy foot, how copious and how clear",1.0
The overflowing well of Charity springs here!,1.0
"Some through the groves, some down the sloping hills,",1.0
"Winding a secret or an open course,",3.0
And all supplied from an eternal source.,1.0
"The ties of nature do but feebly bind,",0.0
"Philosophy without his heavenly guide,",3.0
"But while his province is the reasoning part,",3.0
Has still a veil of midnight on his heart:,2.0
"It's truth divine exhibited on earth,",1.0
Gives Charity her being and her birth.,3.0
"Suppose when thought is warm and fancy flows,",0.0
What will not argument sometime suppose,2.0
"An isle possessed by creatures of our kind,",1.0
"Endued with reason, yet by nature blind.",0.0
"Let supposition lend her aid once more,",2.0
"And land some grave optician on the shore,",1.0
"Close to the part where vision ought to be,",0.0
"But finds that though his tubes assist the sight,",1.0
"They cannot give it, or make darkness light.",2.0
"He reads wise lectures, and describes aloud",2.0
"A sense they know not, to the wondering crowd,",3.0
"He talks of light and the prismatic hues,",1.0
"As men of depth in erudition use,",0.0
But all he gains for his harangue is ' --  Well ' --,1.0
What monstrous lies some travellers will tell.,1.0
"Takes the resemblance of the good she views,",3.0
"As diamonds stripped of their opaque disguise,",1.0
"She speaks of him, her author, guardian, friend,",3.0
"Whose love knew no beginning, knows no end,",2.0
"In language warm as all that love inspires,",0.0
And in the glow of her intense desires,1.0
Pants to communicate her noble fires.,2.0
She sees a world stark blind to what employs,1.0
"Her eager thought, and feeds her flowing joys,",0.0
"Flies to save some, and feels a pang for all:",0.0
"Herself as weak as her support is strong,",1.0
"She feels that frailty she denied so long,",1.0
"And from a knowledge of her own disease,",2.0
Learns to compassionate the sick she sees.,3.0
The reign of genuine Charity commence;,3.0
"Though scorn repay her sympathetic tears,",0.0
"She still is kind, and still she perseveres;",0.0
"The danger they discern not, they deny,",2.0
"Laugh at their only remedy, and die:",1.0
"But still a soul thus touched, can never cease",1.0
"Whoever threatens war to speak of peace,",0.0
"Pure in her aim and in her temper mild,",0.0
"Her wisdom seems the weakness of a child,",1.0
"She makes excuses where she might condemn,",0.0
"Reviled by those that hate her, prays for them;",1.0
"The worst suggested, she believes the best;",1.0
"Not soon provoked, however stung and teased,",1.0
"And if perhaps made angry, soon appeased,",2.0
"She rather waves than will dispute her right,",1.0
"And injured, makes forgiveness her delight.",1.0
"Such was the portrait an apostle drew,",2.0
"The bright original was one he knew,",2.0
"Heaven held his hand, the likeness must be true.",0.0
"When one that holds communion with the skies,",1.0
"Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise,",2.0
"And once more mingles with us meaner things,",1.0
It's even as if an angel shook his wings;,1.0
"Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide,",0.0
That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.,1.0
"In some safe haven of our western world,",2.0
"The gale informs us, laden with the scent.",1.0
"Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms,",0.0
To lull the painful malady with alms;,1.0
"But charity not feigned, intends alone",1.0
"And too short-lived to reach the realms of peace,",1.0
Must cease for ever when the poor shall cease.,0.0
"Flavia, most tender of her own good name,",2.0
"Is rather careless of a sister's fame,",1.0
"But if she touch a character, it dies.",2.0
"The seeming virtue weighed against the vice,",0.0
"She deems all safe, for she has paid the price,",1.0
"No charity but alms aught values she,",4.0
"How many deeds with which the world has rung,",0.0
From pride in league with ignorance have sprung?,1.0
And bends the tough materials to his will.,2.0
"Has left some hundreds without home or food,",5.0
"Extravagance and avarice shall subscribe,",3.0
"The brief proclaimed, it visits every pew,",0.0
"His glittering purse, that envy of all eyes,",3.0
"And while the clerk just puzzles out the psalm,",1.0
"Slides guinea behind guinea in his palm,",6.0
"Till finding what he might have found before,",0.0
"A smaller piece amid the precious store,",0.0
"Pinched close between his finger and his thumb,",2.0
"He half exhibits, and then drops the sum;",1.0
Gold to be sure! ' --  throughout the town it's told,0.0
"From motives such as his, though not the best,",2.0
"Springs in due time supply for the distressed,",4.0
Except that office clips it as it goes.,1.0
"But lest I seem to sin against a friend,",1.0
"And wound the grace I mean to recommend,",0.0
Though vice derided with a just design,1.0
Implies no trespass against love divine,6.0
"Once more I would adopt the graver style,",0.0
A teacher should be sparing of his smile.,1.0
"Unless a love of virtue light the flame,",0.0
He hides behind a magisterial air,2.0
Affects indeed a most humane concern,0.0
"That men if gently tutored will not learn,",1.0
"By softer methods, must be made ashamed,",0.0
But I might instance in St. Patrick's dean,2.0
Too often rails to gratify his spleen.,1.0
Their acrid temper turns as soon as stirred,0.0
"The milk of their good purpose all to curd,",1.0
"Their zeal begotten as their works rehearse,",1.0
By lean despair upon an empty purse;,0.0
"The wild assassins start into the street,",0.0
"And even virtue so unfairly matched,",1.0
"Although immortal, may be pricked or scratched.",2.0
"When scandal has new minted an old lie,",3.0
"Or taxed invention for a fresh supply,",1.0
Gathering around it with erected ears;,2.0
"A thousand names are tossed into the crowd,",0.0
Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.,1.0
"Strange! how the frequent interjected dash,",0.0
"Quickens a market and helps off the trash,",4.0
"The important letters that include the rest,",1.0
"Serve as a key to those that are suppressed,",2.0
"Conjecture gripes the victims in his paw,",0.0
"So when the cold damp shades of night prevail,",1.0
"Worms may be caught by either head or tail,",0.0
"Forcibly drawn from many a close recess,",4.0
"They meet with little pity, no redress;",0.0
"Plunged in the stream they lodge upon the mud,",0.0
Food for the famished rovers of the flood.,1.0
"A bold remark, but which if well applied,",0.0
Would humble many a towering poet's pride:,2.0
"Perhaps enchanted with the love of fame,",1.0
He sought the jewel in his neighbour's shame;,1.0
"Perhaps ' --  whatever end he might pursue,",1.0
The cause of virtue could not be his view.,0.0
"At every stroke wit flashes in our eyes,",1.0
"The turns are quick, the polished points surprise,",0.0
"But shine with cruel and tremendous charms,",1.0
That while they please possess us with alarms:,1.0
"So have I seen, and hastened to the sight",1.0
On all the wings of holiday delight,0.0
"Where stands that monument of ancient power,",1.0
"Named with emphatic dignity, the tower,",3.0
In starry forms disposed upon the wall;,0.0
"We wonder, as we gazing stand below,",1.0
That brass and steel should make so fine a show;,0.0
"But though we praise the exact designer's skill,",3.0
Account them implements of mischief still.,1.0
No works shall find acceptance in that day,1.0
"When all disguises shall be rent away,",0.0
"That square not truly with the Scripture plan,",1.0
"Nor spring from love to God, or love to man.",0.0
"To be resolved into their parent earth,",0.0
"Whatever this world produces, it absorbs,",4.0
So self starts nothing but what tends apace,2.0
Home to the goal where it began the race.,1.0
"Such as our motive is our aim must be,",2.0
"If this be servile, that can never be free;",2.0
"If self employ us, whatsoever is wrought,",2.0
"We glorify that self, not him we ought:",1.0
"Such virtues had need prove their own reward,",0.0
The judge of all men owes them no regard.,1.0
"True Charity, a plant divinely nursed,",2.0
"Fed by the love from which it rose at first,",0.0
"Thrives against hope and in the rudest scene,",2.0
"Exuberant is the shadow it supplies,",2.0
"Its fruit on earth, its growth above the skies.",0.0
"To look at him who formed us and redeemed,",2.0
"To see a God stretch forth his human hand,",1.0
"TO uphold the boundless scenes of his command,",2.0
"To recollect that in a form like ours,",0.0
"He bruised beneath his feet the infernal powers,",2.0
Captivity led captive rose to claim,2.0
"To call the few that trust in him his friends,",1.0
"That in the heaven of heavens, that space he deems",2.0
"Too scanty for the exertion of his beams,",5.0
And shines as if impatient to bestow,2.0
Life and a kingdom upon worms below;,5.0
"Though feeble in degree, in kind the same;",0.0
"Like him, the soul thus kindled from above,",2.0
"Spreads wide her arms of universal love,",1.0
"And still enlarged as she receives the grace,",1.0
Includes creation in her close embrace.,0.0
Behold a Christian ' --  and without the fires,1.0
"The founder of that name alone inspires,",1.0
"Though all accomplishments, all knowledge meet,",1.0
"To make the shining prodigy complete,",1.0
Whoever boasts that name ' --  behold a cheat.,0.0
Were love in these the world's last doting years,2.0
"As frequent, as the want of it appears,",2.0
"The churches warmed, they would no longer hold",1.0
"Such frozen figures, stiff as they are cold;",1.0
"Relenting forms would lose their power or cease,",2.0
"And even the dipped and sprinkled, live in peace;",2.0
"Each heart would quit its prison in the breast,",0.0
And flow in free communion with the rest.,1.0
"The statesman skilled in projects dark and deep,",0.0
"His budget often filled yet always poor,",0.0
"Might swing at ease behind his study door,",0.0
"No longer prey upon our annual rents,",3.0
Nor scare the nation with its big contents:,1.0
"Disbanded legions freely might depart,",0.0
And slaying man would cease to be an art.,0.0
"Sure not to conquer, and sure not to yield,",2.0
"Both sides deceived if rightly understood,",1.0
Pelting each other for the public good.,3.0
"Did Charity prevail, the press would prove",1.0
"A vehicle of virtue, truth and love,",1.0
And I might spare myself the pains to show,2.0
"What few can learn, and all suppose they know.",0.0
Thus have I sought to grace a serious lay,2.0
"With many a wild indeed, but flowery spray,",4.0
"In hopes to gain what else I must have lost,",0.0
The attention pleasure has so much engrossed.,1.0
"But if unhappily deceived I dream,",2.0
"And prove too weak for so divine a theme,",2.0
Let Charity forgive me a mistake,3.0
"That zeal not vanity has chanced to make,",1.0
And spare the poet for his subject sake.,1.0
"When summer smiled, and birds on every spray,",0.0
"Nature on all sides showed a lovely scene,",3.0
"And people's minds were, like the air, serene;",0.0
"Sudden from the herd we saw an heiser stray,",1.0
And to our peaceful village bend her way.,1.0
"She spurns the ground with madness as she flies,",1.0
"And clouds of dust, like autumn mists, arise;",0.0
"Then bellows loud: the villagers alarmed,",1.0
"Come rushing forth, with various weapons armed:",3.0
"Some run with pieces of old broken rakes,",2.0
And some from hedges pluck the rotten stakes;,0.0
And there another comes with half a rail:,1.0
Stop her ' --  one cries; another ' --  turn her there:,0.0
"But furiously she rushes by them all,",4.0
"A mother snatched her infant off the road,",1.0
Close to the spot of ground where next she trod;,0.0
"Camilla walking, trembled and turned pale;",2.0
See over her gentle heart what fears prevail!,3.0
"At last the beast, unable to withstand",1.0
"Such force united, leapt into a pond:",0.0
"No more she'll fright our village, I presage.",2.0
"WHILE in long exile far from you I roam,",3.0
"For me, my friend, with rich poetic grace",1.0
The landscapes of my native Isle you trace;,2.0
"Her cultured meadows, and her lavish shades,",2.0
The rivers winding through her lovely glades;,1.0
"Far as where, frowning on the flood below,",1.0
The rough Welsh mountain lifts its craggy brow.,1.0
Meanwhile my steps have strayed where Autumn yields,1.0
A purple harvest on the sunny fields;,1.0
"Where, bending with their luscious weight, recline",1.0
The loaded branches of the clustering vine;,3.0
Culled the rich produce of the fruitful land;,0.0
"The youthful peasant, and the village maid,",1.0
And age and childhood lent their feeble aid.,1.0
"Delightful land! ah, now with general voice,",0.0
Thy village sons and daughters may rejoice;,1.0
"Thy happy peasant, now no more a slave,",1.0
"Forbade to taste one good that nature gave,",0.0
No longer views with unavailing pain,1.0
"The lavish harvest, ripe for him in vain.",1.0
Oppression's cruel hand shall dare no more,1.0
To seize its tribute from his scanty store;,1.0
"And from his famished infants wring the spoils,",1.0
Those equal rights impartial heaven bestows;,0.0
"He now, by freedom's ray illumined, taught",0.0
"Discerns the blessings that to all belong,",0.0
And lives to guard his humble shed from wrong.,0.0
Auspicious Liberty! in vain thy foes,1.0
"In vain refuse to mark thy spreading light,",0.0
"While, like the mole, they hide their heads in night,",0.0
Can dim the blaze of philosophic day;,0.0
"Sanctioned by precedent, has some blessed use!",4.0
Extracting by some process right from wrong?,2.0
"Must feudal governments for ever last,",1.0
"Those Gothic piles, the work of ages past?",0.0
"Nor may obtrusive reason dare to scan,",1.0
"Where danger threatens, and where horror lowers;",1.0
"The jealous drawbridge, and the mote profound,",2.0
"The sullen dome above those central caves,",0.0
Where lived one despot and a host of slaves? ' --,1.0
"Ah, Freedom, on this renovated shore",1.0
"Shook to its basis by thy powerful spell,",3.0
"While, rising from the hideous wreck, appears",3.0
"Of fair proportions, and of simple grace,",1.0
A mansion worthy of the human race.,1.0
"For me, the witness of those scenes, whose birth",2.0
Forms a new era in the storied earth;,3.0
"Oft, while with glowing breast those scenes I view,",0.0
"They lead, ah friend beloved, my thoughts to you!",0.0
Still every fine emotion they impart,2.0
With your idea mingles in my heart;,1.0
"You, whom I oft have heard, with generous zeal,",2.0
"With all that truth can urge, or pity feel,",0.0
"Refute the pompous argument, that tried",1.0
The common cause of millions to deride;,1.0
Or dart on folly the bright flash of wit;,2.0
"And warmly share, with philosophic mind,",0.0
"The great, the glorious triumph of mankind.",4.0
"You ask why thus my loves I still rehearse,",0.0
From Cynthia all that in my numbers shines;,1.0
"She is my genius, she inspires the lines;",2.0
"No Phoebus else, no other muse I know;",2.0
She tunes my easy rhyme and gives the lay to flow.,0.0
"If the loose curls around her forehead play,",2.0
Or lawless over their ivory margin stray;,2.0
And half disclose those limbs it should conceal;,0.0
"Of those loose curls, that ivory front, I write,",2.0
Of the dear web whole volumes I indite.,5.0
"Or if to music she the lyre awake,",2.0
"That the soft subject of my song I make,",0.0
And sing with what a careless grace she flings,0.0
Her artful hand across the sounding strings.,0.0
If sinking into sleep she seem to close,0.0
"With lulling notes, and thousand beauties see",0.0
That slumber brings to aid my poetry.,1.0
"When less averse and yielding to desires,",1.0
She half accepts and half rejects my fires;,0.0
"While to retain the envious lawn she tries,",3.0
And struggles to elude my longing eyes;,1.0
The fruitful muse from that auspicious night,0.0
Dates the long Iliad of the amorous fight.,6.0
"In brief, whatever she do, or say, or look,",2.0
It's ample matter for a lover's book;,1.0
Big with important nothing's history.,2.0
Yet would the tyrant Love permit me raise,0.0
"My feeble voice to sound the victor's praise,",0.0
"To paint the hero's toil, the ranks of war,",0.0
Or how the Persian trod the indignant sea;,3.0
Nor lofty Carthage struggling with her fate.,1.0
"Here should Augustus great in arms appear,",0.0
And sad Philippi red with Roman gore.,0.0
"In golden chains should loaded monarchs bend,",1.0
And hoary Nile with pensive aspect seem,1.0
"To mourn the glories of his sevenfold stream,",2.0
"While prows, that late in fierce encounter met,",0.0
Move through the sacred way and vainly threat.,0.0
"Thee too the muse should consecrate to fame,",0.0
Back to its source divine the Julian race.,0.0
"Sailors to tell of winds and seas delight,",2.0
"The shepherd of his flocks, the soldier of the fight;",2.0
A milder warfare I in verse display;,2.0
Each in his proper art should waste the day.,0.0
Nor thou my gentle calling disapprove:,1.0
To die is glorious in the bed of love.,1.0
"Happy the youth, and not unknown to fame,",2.0
Whose heart has never felt a second flame.,0.0
"O, might that envied happiness be mine!",1.0
To Cynthia all my wishes I confine;,2.0
"Or if, alas! it be my fate to try",1.0
"Another love, the quicker let me die.",0.0
"But she, the mistress of my faithful breast,",2.0
"Has oft the charms of constancy confessed,",1.0
And hates the tale of Troy for Helen's sake.,0.0
Ah! let her ever my desires control.,1.0
"Or if I fall the victim of her scorn,",2.0
From her loved door may my pale corpse be born.,4.0
"The power of herbs can other harms remove,",2.0
And find a cure for every ill but love.,0.0
Heal the slow chief and send again to war;,3.0
"Here arts are vain, even magic here must fail,",3.0
The powerful mixture and the midnight spell.,4.0
The hand that can my captive heart release,1.0
"May the long thirst of Tantalus allay,",3.0
Or drive the infernal vulture from his prey.,3.0
"For ills unseen what remedy is found,",1.0
Or who can probe the undiscovered wound?,0.0
Nor changing skies can hurt nor sultry air.,0.0
It's hard the elusive symptoms to explore:,3.0
"Today the lover walks, tomorrow is no more;",3.0
"A train of mourning friends attend his pall,",0.0
And wonder at the sudden funeral.,1.0
"When then my fates that breath they gave shall claim,",0.0
"When the short marble but preserves a name,",3.0
"A little verse, my all that shall remain,",0.0
Of all our youth the ambition and the praise!;,3.0
"Then to my quiet urn awhile draw near,",1.0
"And say, while over the place you drop a tear,",2.0
Love and the fair were of his life the pride;,1.0
"He lived while she was kind, and, when she frowned, he died.",1.0
"May each new Year some new Perfection give,",1.0
Till all the Mother in the Daughter live!,0.0
"And when revolving Years mature thy Charms,",0.0
"When Pride of Conquest thy fair Bosom warms,",2.0
"May some great Youth, for every Grace renowned,",1.0
"With Taste and Science blessed, by Virtue crowned;",0.0
"By Virtue guarded from Ambition's Wiles,",1.0
Superior both to Fortune's Frowns and Smiles;,2.0
Yet to Distinction bears a nobler Claim;,2.0
"Like a new Star, in native Lustre bright,",3.0
That boasts no Radiance from reflected Light:,2.0
Allowed the rising Genius of his Age;,1.0
By every Excellence thy Heart engage;,1.0
Like Him who blessed thy Mother's Nuptial State;,0.0
But OH! may Heaven give Thine a longer Date.,0.0
"LIKE gleam of sunshine on the mountain's side,",2.0
"Fair, bright and beautiful, while all beside,",2.0
"Slope, cliff and pinnacle in shadow lie",2.0
Through loophole in its cloudy texture beaming,1.0
"A cataract of light, so softly streaming, ' --",1.0
Shines one blessed deed of ruth when war's grim form,4.0
Over a scourged nation guides his passing storm.,2.0
"Through the dull missed, as morning breezes clear",2.0
Do frequent deeds of gentle charity,1.0
"Britain, thou art in arms and commerce graced",1.0
"With many generous acts, that, fairly traced",2.0
"On thy long annals, give a lustre far",2.0
"And may we not say truthfully of thee,",3.0
Thou art a land of mercy? ' --  May it be!,1.0
Heaped loads to draw with lash and goad urged on.,3.0
"They were in other days, but lately gone,",1.0
"Who to their failing age give no repose, ' --",1.0
"Of thankless, heartless owners. Then full oft",1.0
Beneath a master's stroking hand would rear,0.0
"But now how changed! ' --  And what marred things are these,",1.0
"Starved, hooted, scarred, denied or food or ease;",1.0
"Familiar with the kick, the pinch, the blow?",1.0
Alas! in this sad fellowship are found,2.0
"The playful kitten and the faithful hound,",1.0
"The gallant cock that hailed the morning light,",0.0
Ah no! a land of mercy is a name,1.0
"But yet there dwell in thee the good, the bold,",1.0
"Contention with thy wayward cruelty,",1.0
And shall subdue it ere this age glide by.,2.0
"Meantime as they their manly power exert,",4.0
God speed you well! bursts from each kindly heart.,3.0
And they will speed; for this foul blot of shame,3.0
"Must be washed out from Britain's honoured name,",1.0
"And she among enlightened nations stand,",1.0
"A brave, a merciful and generous land.",3.0
"YES, I remember the dear suffering saint,",4.0
"Whose hand, with fond, commemorative care,",0.0
Planted that myrtle on my natal day.,3.0
It was a day of joy to him she loved,2.0
"Best upon earth; ' --  and still her gentle heart,",3.0
"That never felt one passion's eager throb,",0.0
"Nor aught but quiet joys, and patient woes,",0.0
With that beloved brother. ' --  She had hoped,1.0
"Perchance, that, fondly on his arm reclined",3.0
"In placid happiness, her feeble step",1.0
"Might here have wandered through these friendly shades,",1.0
This hospitable seat of kindred worth:,4.0
"And that the plant, thus reared, in future years",1.0
"Bright spreading to the sun its fragrant leaf,",2.0
"When sweet affection thus designs in vain,",0.0
And sees the fragile web it smiling spun,0.0
"In playful love, crushed by the sudden storm,",2.0
"And swept to dark oblivion, mid the wreck",2.0
"Of greater hopes! ' --  Even while she thought of bliss,",3.0
Already over that darling brother's head,2.0
His black and heavy wings: and though she mourned,1.0
"That stroke, in pious sorrow, many a year,",2.0
"Now, both at rest, in blessed peacefulness,",6.0
"With no impatient hope, regret, or doubt,",0.0
Await that full completion of the bliss,1.0
Which their more perfect spirits shall receive.,2.0
Its aromatic breath; for other eyes,0.0
"Blushed the soft folded buds, and other hands",3.0
Pruned its luxuriant branches: friendship still,4.0
"Preserved the fond memorial; nay, even yet",2.0
Would fain preserve with careful tenderness,1.0
The blighted relic of what once it loved.,1.0
"Amid these green protecting walls, and late",0.0
"The timid Spring, oft chilled and rudely checked,",1.0
With radiant blushes on her amorous train:,3.0
"But no reviving gale, no fruitful dew,",1.0
"Visits the brown parched leaf, or from the stem,",4.0
"The withering stem, elicits the young shoots",4.0
With hopes of life and beauty; yet thy care,0.0
"Perhaps, dear Sydney, thine assiduous care",2.0
May save it still. What can resist the care,1.0
"Of fond, assiduous love? O! it can raise",1.0
"The shuddering soul, though sunk beneath the black,",2.0
"Suspended pall of death! Believe this lip,",0.0
"Believe this grateful heart, which best can feel",0.0
"A wandering Lamb, which from the Flocks had strayed,",2.0
"Beneath a mournful Cypress Shade, he found",0.0
"Amazed, with eager Haste, he ran to know",0.0
The fatal Cause of her intemperate Woe;,3.0
In these soft Words his tender Care expressed.,3.0
"Has some fierce Tiger thy loved Heifer slain,",3.0
"While I was wandering on the neighbouring Plain,",3.0
Or has some greedy Wolf devoured thy Sheep;,2.0
"Partake thy Sorrows, or restore thy Peace.",1.0
Do you not hear from far that mournful Bell?,0.0
"It's for ' --  I cannot the sad Tidings tell,",3.0
"OH, whither are my fainting Spirits fled!",2.0
"The brightest Nymph, the Princess of the Plain,",1.0
"By an untimely Dart, untimely slain.",1.0
"Dead! it's impossible, she cannot die,",3.0
"Ah! No, the Truth in every Face appears,",0.0
"For every Face you meet's overflowed with Tears,",3.0
"Trembling, and pale, I ran through all the Plain,",1.0
"From Flock to Flock, and asked of every Swain,",0.0
"But each, scarce lifting his dejected Head,",2.0
"Of the prophetic Raven from the Oak,",2.0
Which strait by Lightning was in Shivers broke.,1.0
"But we our Mischief feel, before we see,",1.0
Seized and overwhelmed at once with Misery.,1.0
"Since then we have no Trophies to bestow,",2.0
"No pompous Things to make a glorious Show,",3.0
"For all the Tribute a poor Swain can bring,",2.0
"In Rural Numbers, is to mourn and sing;",1.0
Let us beneath the gloomy Shade rehearse,2.0
What's all the Comforts that these Plains can give?,0.0
"Since she, by whose bright Influence alone",2.0
"Our Flocks increased, and we rejoiced, is gone.",1.0
"Since she, who round such Beams of Goodness spread",0.0
"As gave new Life to every Swain, is dead.",1.0
"In vain we wish for the delightful Spring,",1.0
"What Joys can flowery May, or April bring,",1.0
"When she, for whom the spacious Plains were spread",0.0
"With early Flowers, and cheerful Greens, is dead?",2.0
"In vain did courtly Damon warm the Earth,",0.0
"To give to Summer Fruits, a Winter Birth.",0.0
"In vain we Autumn wait, which crowns the Fields",0.0
"With wealthy Crops, and various Plenty yields:",2.0
"Since that fair Nymph, for whom the boundless Store",1.0
"Of nature was preserved, is now no more.",2.0
"You will forget to sing, and I to play.",2.0
"No more with cheerful Songs in cooling Bowers,",0.0
Shall we consume the pleasurable Hours.,2.0
"All Joys are banished, all Delights are fled,",0.0
"If ever I sing, they shall be mournful Lays",2.0
"How good she was, how generous, how wise!",2.0
"How beautiful her Shape, how bright her Eyes!",1.0
"How charming all, how much she was adored",1.0
"Alive; when dead, how much her loss deplored!",0.0
"A noble Theme, and able to inspire",1.0
"And since we do of such a Princess sing,",1.0
Let ours ascend upon a stronger Wing;,1.0
"And while we do the lofty Numbers join,",0.0
Her Name will make their Harmony Divine.,1.0
"Raise then thy tuneful Voice, and be thy Song",0.0
"Sweet as her Temper, as her Virtue strong.",1.0
"When her great Lord to foreign Wars was gone,",3.0
"With how serene a Brow, how void of Fear",1.0
"When Storms arose, did she the Vessel steer?",1.0
"And, when the raging of the Waves did cease,",1.0
How gentle was her Sway in times of Peace?,1.0
"Justice and Mercy did their Beams unite,",3.0
And round her Temples spread a glorious Light.,2.0
"So quick she eased the Wrongs of every Swain,",0.0
She hardly gave them Leisure to complain.,1.0
"Impatient to reward, but slow to draw",1.0
"Like Heaven, she took no pleasure to destroy,",2.0
"With Grief she punished, and she saved with Joy.",1.0
"She met her Hero with a full Desire,",1.0
"But chaste as Light, and vigorous as Fire",1.0
"Such mutual Flames, so equally Divine,",3.0
"Did in each Breast with such a Lustre shine,",1.0
"His could not seem the greater, hers the less:",1.0
"Both were immense, for both were in Excess.",2.0
While she presided over the fruitful Plains;,3.0
"To mingle with her Kindred of the Skies,",2.0
"Did for your Peace her constant Thoughts employ,",0.0
"The Nymph's good Angel, and the Shepherd's Joy.",1.0
"There Wisdom sat, with solid Reason joined;",0.0
"There too did Piety, and Greatness wait,",1.0
"Placed above all, and yet despising none.",0.0
"And when a Crown was forced on her by Fate,",1.0
"She with some pain submitted to be Great,",2.0
Her pious Soul with Emulation strove,0.0
To gain the mighty Pan's important Love:,0.0
"To whose mysterious Rites she always came,",2.0
"With such an active, so intense a Flame,",2.0
The Duties of Religion seemed to be,1.0
"Not more her Care, than her Felicity.",2.0
"Virtue unmixed, without the least allay,",2.0
"Pure as the Light of a Celestial Ray,",1.0
"Commanded all the Motions of the Soul,",1.0
"With such a soft, but absolute Control,",1.0
"That as she knew what best great Pan would please,",1.0
She still performed it with the greatest Ease.,1.0
"Him for her high Exemplar she designed,",2.0
"Like him, benevolent to all Mankind.",3.0
"Her Foes she pitied, not desired their Blood,",1.0
"And to revenge their Crimes, she did them good:",1.0
"Nay, all Affronts, so unconcerned she bore,",1.0
"As if she thought it vulgar to resent,",2.0
Or wished Forgiveness their worst Punishment.,3.0
"Next mighty Pan, was her illustrious Lord,",3.0
"Him with such Piety and Zeal she loved,",2.0
The noble Passion every Hour improved.,0.0
"Till it ascended to that glorious Height,",4.0
"'Twas next, if only next to infinite.",1.0
"This made her so entire a Duty pay,",3.0
"She grew at last impatient to obey,",1.0
"And met his Wishes with as prompt a Zeal,",1.0
"Mature for Heaven, the fatal Mandate came,",1.0
"In which, Elijah like, she passed the Spheres;",0.0
"Brought Joy to Heaven, but left the World in Tears.",1.0
"All Glorious, all incomparably Bright!",3.0
While the immortal Minds around her gaze,1.0
And scarce believe a human Soul could be,0.0
Endowed with such stupendous Majesty.,2.0
"Who can lament too much? OH, who can mourn",3.0
So great a Loss as this deserves Excess,1.0
"Of Sorrow, all's too little, that is less.",1.0
"But to supply the Universal Woe,",1.0
"Tears from all Eyes, without Cessation flow:",1.0
"All that have power to weep, or voice to groan,",2.0
And Echo back those Cries they cannot make.,0.0
"Weep then once fruitful Vales, and spring with Yew;",2.0
"You thirsty barren Mountains, weep with Dew.",0.0
Let every Flower on this extended Plain,4.0
"Not droop, but shrink into its Womb again,",0.0
Never to receive anew its yearly Birth;,1.0
"Let mournful Cypress, with each noxious Weed,",2.0
Haste swiftly to the Sea for more Relief;,2.0
"Then tiding back, each to his sacred Head,",1.0
"Well have you sung, in an exalted Strain,",1.0
"The fairest Nymph ever graced the British Plain,",3.0
Your grateful Numbers to her Ears convey:,1.0
"That she may smile upon us, from above,",1.0
And bless our mournful Plains with Peace and Love.,0.0
"But see, our Flocks do to their Folds repair,",1.0
"For Night with sable Clouds obscures the Air,",0.0
And Safety bids us to our Cottage fly.,1.0
"Though with each Morn our Sorrows will return,",2.0
Till Death conveys Us to the peaceful Urn.,1.0
"THOU who through Nature's various Faults can rove,",2.0
And show what Springs the eager Passions move;,0.0
"Teach us to combat Anger, Grief and Fear,",0.0
"Recall the Sigh, and stop the falling Tear,",0.0
"O be thy soft Philosophy addressed,",1.0
To the untroubled Ear and tranquil Breast:,1.0
"To these be all thy peaceful Notions taught,",0.0
Who idly rove amid a Calm of Thought:,0.0
"Whose Soul by Love or Hate were never possessed,",2.0
"Who never were wretched, and who never were blessed:",5.0
"Whose fainter Wishes, Pleasures, Fears remain,",0.0
"Dreams but of Bliss, and Shadows of a Pain;",2.0
Serenely stupid; so some shallow Stream,1.0
Flows through the winding Valleys still the same:,0.0
"Who fears no Winter Rain, or falling Snows;",1.0
"But slowly down its flowery Borders creeps,",3.0
And the soft Zephyr on its Bosom sleeps.,3.0
"With Patience, each Extreme of human Woe;",0.0
"The Frowns of Fortune, and the Racks of Love:",1.0
"Still should my Breast some quiet Moments share,",0.0
Still rise superior to each threatening Care:,2.0
"Nor fear approaching Ills, or distant Woes,",0.0
"'TWAS when the Morn disclosed her rosy Brow,",0.0
"Perched on a Bough that shone with Morning Dew,",0.0
The Linnet thus addressed the feathered Crew.,0.0
"Say, my soft Sisters; say, you tuneful Throng;",3.0
Who now demands the Tribute of a Song?,1.0
Who called us here? Who gave us leave to rove,0.0
And warble in this late forbidden Grove?,0.0
"Not long ago as Mira, mournful Maid,",0.0
"Just over her Head I whistled on a Bough,",3.0
But Discontent sat frowning on her Brow:,3.0
And turned on Me ' --  on Me her angry Eyes,1.0
"Go from my Bowers, lead the tuneful Throng;",0.0
These slighted Shades can please the Fair no more;,1.0
You Honey-suckles shed your blooming Store;,0.0
You spreading Trees now let your Branches die;,1.0
And you shrill Warblers from those Branches fly:,3.0
"She said: ' --  the Blossoms fell from every Tree,",0.0
We fled all mournful to the distant Plain:,1.0
Then say who calls us to these Groves again.,1.0
"Mira, whose Sonnets please the rural Dame:",2.0
Come here she cried you soft aerial Choirs;,5.0
My Ear no more your sprightly Music tyres:,1.0
"Now I can listen all the Evening long,",0.0
"She comes: You Trees put on your best Array,",2.0
Court the soft Whispers of the western Wind.,4.0
"You friendly Zephyrs, dry the dewy Ground;",0.0
"Shine bright, thou Sun; and laugh, you Meads around:",1.0
"Thus Mira spoke. ' --  Once more the Blossoms glow,",2.0
And milder Breezes over the Mountains blow.,2.0
"The smiling Grove once more renews its Charms,",1.0
And Trees embracing twist their curling Arms;,0.0
"Safely to shelter the expected Fair,",3.0
"Here we attend, and hop from Spray to Spray,",1.0
"When She, of whom our Mira daily sings,",0.0
"Whose Name she whispers to the listening Springs,",1.0
"Shall bless these Shades ' --  then, you melodious Throng,",3.0
Let each prepare them for the sprightly Song.,2.0
"Let the shrill Thrush begin her varied Strain,",3.0
And the small Wren in softer Note complain.,2.0
"The piercing Linnet and the Lark agree,",1.0
"Here ends the Goldfinch, and exulting springs;",2.0
Her pleased Companions clap their joyful Wings.,0.0
"A Gentleman, most wretched in his Lot,",1.0
"Called him My Dear, and did it for his Good,",1.0
"Ills to prevent; She of all Ills the worst,",3.0
"The Servants too experiment her Lungs,",1.0
Nothing went on; for her eternal Clack,1.0
"Still rectifying, set all Matters back;",1.0
"Nor Town, nor Neighbours, nor the Court could please,",0.0
But furnished Matter for her sharp Disease.,1.0
"To distant Plains at length he gets her down,",0.0
With no Affairs to manage of her own;,1.0
"A calmer Habit, grown upon her Mind:",0.0
"But soon returned he hears her at his Door,",0.0
As noisy and tempestuous as before;,4.0
"Yet mildly asked, How she her Days had spent",1.0
"Amid the Quiet of a sweet Content,",1.0
"Where Shepherd's attend their Flocks, and Maids their Pails,",2.0
"Not rail! she cries ' --  Why, I that had no share",1.0
My Name a Terror to them still remains;,1.0
"And with such Freedom told them all my Thoughts,",1.0
That I no more amongst them could reside.,2.0
"Has then, alas! the Gentleman replied,",1.0
One single Month so much their Patience tried?,0.0
"Where you by Day, and but at Seasons due,",1.0
"How had they shrunk, and justly been afraid,",0.0
"Yet enter Madam, and resume your Sway;",1.0
"Who can't Command, must silently Obey.",1.0
"In secret here let endless Faults be found,",1.0
"Till, like Reformers who in States abound,",0.0
"NOT death so common, or an infant lost,",1.0
The turn of mind by tender feelings tossed;,0.0
"Deep by regret each happy scene reflect,",2.0
For her my life all other joys neglect.,1.0
Blows there a rose so sweet? each flower recalls ' --,1.0
"Bleak winter comes! the lifeless trees no shade,",2.0
"A dreary night; how cold, how changed a bed!",0.0
"How then to sleep, to peace, my mind compose!",0.0
At once deprived for ever of repose.,1.0
"What have I done? to blast my early hope,",0.0
"Torn thus my life, the cause of my hard lot?",2.0
"O! awful thought, to question thy decree!",1.0
"Prostrate to earth, my spirit flies to thee;",2.0
"The mystic dove in clouds ascends above,",0.0
"Come, little children, come, and share my love.",1.0
"Around her couch in innocence descend,",1.0
Thy guardian wings to comfort and defend.,3.0
Thy heavenly scenes to raise again her heart.,2.0
"But how these scenes, these joys, conceived below?",1.0
"For aught in earth would I these scenes forego,",1.0
"Already blessed, yet wants one blessing more,",0.0
"When we shall meet, and you these scenes explore.",1.0
"You Winds, be calm, and brush with softer Wing;",0.0
We mean the Charms of Anthony to sing;,1.0
See all around the listening Shepherd's throng;,1.0
"OH help, you Sisters of immortal Song.",2.0
"Sing, Phebe, sing what Shepherd rules the Plain,",1.0
"Whom none can rival when he mows the Field,",0.0
And to whose Flute the Nightingale must yield.,2.0
"It's Anthony ' --  it's he deserves the Lay,",2.0
"As mild as Evening, and as Morning gay;",1.0
Nor the white Hawthorn half so fair as he;,2.0
Nor the young Daisy dressed in Morning Dew;,2.0
Nor the Pea Blossom wears a brighter Hue.,2.0
"None knows like him to strew the wheaten Grain,",1.0
Or drive the Ploughshare over the fertile Plain;,2.0
"To raise the Sheaves, or reap the waving Corn,",0.0
Or mow brown Stubble in the early Morn.,1.0
"How mild the Youth, when on a sultry Day",1.0
In yonder Vale we turned the fragrant Hay:,0.0
"How on his Voice the listening Shepherd's hung,",1.0
Not tuneful Stella half so sweetly sung.,0.0
"Whether he binds the Sheaf in twisted Band,",2.0
Or turns the Pitchfork on his nimble Hand;,2.0
While clumsy Colin stands neglected by.,1.0
"His curling Locks by far more lovely show,",0.0
"And when the Shepherd on a rainy Day,",1.0
"Weaves for his Hat a Wisp of flowery Hay,",2.0
"The scarlet Feather not so gay appears,",0.0
Which on his Crown Sir Ambrose Fino wears.,2.0
And stands to gape at him upon the Mow:,1.0
While he for who but must that Wench despise?,0.0
Throws Straws and Cobwebs on her staring Eyes.,3.0
"To the Backdoor I saw proud Lydia high,",5.0
To see the Team with Anthony go by;,2.0
I thought the Damsel would have spoke no more.,1.0
Each Morn I brought the heavy milking Pail:,0.0
"He took it from my Head, and with a Smile",2.0
"Reached out his Hand, and helped me over the Style.",2.0
"As I was dancing late amongst the Crew,",1.0
A yellow Pippin over my Head he threw:,2.0
And Phillis looked as though she would have swooned.,1.0
And Rodrigo from weeding of the Rye;,4.0
"Each took his Lass, and sped them to the Town,",1.0
To drink cool Cider at the Hare and Hound:,1.0
And Colin shines till Anthony is near.,1.0
"NOW blush, CALYPSO; it's but just to yield,",3.0
That all your mossy Caves are here excelled.,0.0
"See how the Walls, in humble Form, advance,",0.0
"With careless Pride, and simple Elegance:",1.0
"See Art and Nature strive with equal Grace,",0.0
And Fancy charmed with what she can't surpass.,0.0
"Flow swiftly, THAMES; and flowing, still proclaim.",1.0
"This Building's Beauty, and the Builder's Fame;",1.0
"The sweetest Grotto, and the wisest QUEEN;",2.0
Whose Royal Presence blessed this humble Seat:,0.0
"How small the Mansion, and the Guest how Great!",1.0
"Far as the Worthies, that adorn the Place;",0.0
Their Fathers dimly viewed the dawning Ray;,0.0
"These rose like Suns, and brought a Flood of Day.",0.0
"BUT cease, my Muse, and cast thy wondering Eyes,",2.0
"Contending each, till each deserves the Bays.",0.0
"Who saintly, after you, attempt the Theme;",1.0
"Nor think, I rival your poetic Fires;",1.0
"My QUEEN commands, and Gratitude inspires",0.0
"Nor scorn the least, the latest Muse's Toil;",0.0
"Who brings the tardy Offering of her Lays,",1.0
"The first in Duty, though the last in Praise.",1.0
"SO much this building entertains my sight,",0.0
"In them the masterpiece of Nature's shown,",0.0
In this I see Art's masterpiece in stone.,1.0
"OH! Nature, Nature, thou hast conquered Art;",2.0
"She charms the sight alone, but you the heart.",1.0
"TWO long had Loved, and now the Nymph desired,",1.0
"The Cloak of Wedlock, as the Case required;",2.0
"Urged that, the Day he wrought her to this Sorrow,",1.0
"He Vowed, that he would marry her To-Morrow.",2.0
"Again he Swears, to shun the present Storm,",0.0
"That he, To-Morrow, will that Vow perform.",1.0
"Impatient still on Each, the pregnant Dame",0.0
"Urged him to keep his Word, and still he swore the same.",0.0
"But yet the Lie not caring to confess,",1.0
"He for his Oath this Salvo chose to borrow,",2.0
"That he was Free, since there was no To-Morrow;",1.0
"For when it comes in Place to be employed,",0.0
It's then To-Day; To-Morrow's never enjoyed.,2.0
"The Tale's a Jest, the Moral is a Truth;",1.0
"To-Morrow and To-Morrow, cheat our Youth:",1.0
"Not thinking, that the present Day we Die;",0.0
"AT length, in pity to a nation's prayer,",1.0
"Life's sun, we read, when heaven a respite lends,",1.0
"By wisdom purified, by age inspired;",0.0
For twice nine years in Greenwich groves retired;,1.0
"Rapt like Elijah in the aerial car,",3.0
"Where Avarice and Ambition vainly run,",3.0
"This to undo, and that to be undone. ' --",1.0
Considerate truths are now thy favourite themes;,2.0
"Age may see visions, though our youth dreamt dreams:",5.0
"Hail truly wise, and good! OH happier thou",3.0
Unseen you see the falsehood of the crowd:,2.0
"Brother his brother cheats, and friend his friend: ' --",2.0
Life's vain wise men prove blockheads in the end. ' --,5.0
The many peopled earth beneath thee spread;,0.0
For even a CHESTERFIELD has much to view,2.0
"The snares of greatness, emptiness of life,",1.0
"OH still contemplate, look through Reason's eye, ' --",4.0
For hours are precious ages when we die!,0.0
"Thus, even in Pagan times, the chosen few,",3.0
And left court sunshine for the sylvan shade;,3.0
"Lord of himself, monarch of fields and plains,",3.0
"Start not, nor tremble at the Sight of this;",0.0
It comes not written from the Realms of Bliss:,1.0
Thence may conclude from Heaven some high Command;,2.0
"Conscious perhaps of your celestial Frame,",3.0
"Not so ' --  but ere her Soul began its Flight,",0.0
"She thought of you, and stayed awhile to write;",1.0
Kindly for me her dying Suit addressed:,1.0
"Then view it, Madam, as her last Request.",1.0
"THE Pencil's glowing Lines and vast Command,",0.0
"And Mankind rising from the Painter's Hand,",2.0
"To sing, OH! Muse, the pious Bard inspire,",1.0
And waken in his Breast the Sacred Fire.,0.0
"The hallowed Field, a bare white Wall of late,",1.0
"Now clothed in gaudy Colours, shines in State;",3.0
And lest some little Interval confess,2.0
"It's ancient simple Form, and homely Dress,",0.0
"The first Foundation of his future Art,",1.0
"Over the wide Frame his ductile Colours led,",3.0
"Lest one great Blank should yawn through boundless Sky,",2.0
"The Sun at length burns out, intensely bright,",2.0
And the pale Crescent sheds her borrowed Light;,3.0
"Of milky Glories a long Tract is found,",2.0
"So when the Groundwork of the Piece was laid,",2.0
"Nor yet the Painter had his Art displayed,",0.0
"With slower Hand, and Pencil more divine",0.0
"He blends each Colour, heightens every Line,",3.0
"Till various Forms the breathing Picture wears,",2.0
"Ten thousand Worlds revive to better Skies,",1.0
"So when famed Cadmus sowed the fruitful Field,",1.0
With pregnant Throws the quickened Furrow swelled;,0.0
"From the warm Soil sprung up a warlike Train,",2.0
And Human harvests covered all the Plain.,0.0
And now from every Corner of the Earth,1.0
The scattered Dust is called to second Birth;,0.0
"Whether in Mines it formed the ripening Mass,",2.0
"Or humbly mixed, and flourished in the Grass:",0.0
"The severed Body now unites again,",0.0
And kindred Atoms rally into Men;,0.0
"The various Joints resume their ancient Seats,",2.0
And every Limb its former Task repeats.,0.0
"Here an imperfect Form returns to Light,",1.0
"Not half renewed, dishonest to the Sight;",1.0
And scarce the Image of a Man we trace:,1.0
"Here by Degrees infused, the vital Ray",1.0
Gives the first Motion to the panting Clay:,4.0
"Here on the guilty Brow pale Horrors glare,",1.0
"From Scenes like these now turn thy wondering Sight,",4.0
The Godhead opening in his awful Face;,2.0
"See! what mild Beams their gracious Influence shed,",5.0
And how the pointed Radiance crowns his Head!,1.0
And on his Brow sits Majesty Divine;,3.0
"His Eyeballs lighten the Celestial Fires,",2.0
"How changed from him, who came to be Betrayed,",1.0
And who for Man the precious Ransom paid!,0.0
"Who did on Earth such arduous Toils sustain,",2.0
And patient bore an irksome Life of Pain:,0.0
"But Death and Hell subdued, the Deity",1.0
Ascends Triumphant to his native Sky;,1.0
The Sun and Moon diminished to his Sight.,1.0
"And now to View he bared his bleeding side,",0.0
"And his pierced Hands and Feet, in Crimson died;",2.0
"Still did the Nails the recent Scars reveal,",0.0
And throng the Mansions of Immortal Light;,1.0
"The fruitful Matron and the spotless Maid,",1.0
"And Infants, with a longer Life repaid,",1.0
"Stand round; and drinking in Celestial Rays,",0.0
And all the Heavens resound with Hymns of Praise.,3.0
When by the inmate Deity possessed;,2.0
"When Phoebus the Prophetic Maid inspires,",1.0
And her Limbs tremble with convulsive Fires.,3.0
But whence this sudden Blaze of dazzling Light!,0.0
"Forth from a stately Tomb he lifts his Head,",0.0
And to the Skies on Angels Wings is sped.,1.0
"I know the Form ' --  alike the Look and Mien,",0.0
"When will, alas! such spotless Worth be found?",1.0
When will a Mind with equal Virtues crowned?,0.0
"Fearless he sees almighty Vengeance rise,",2.0
And fixes on his GOD his guiltless Eyes.,1.0
"But now far different Scenes our Wonder claim,",1.0
And liquid Sulphur rolls in burning Tides;,0.0
"So Strong, so fierce, the painted Flames arise,",0.0
The pale Spectator views them with surprise;,5.0
"Believes the blazing Wall indeed to burn,",0.0
And fears the Frame should into Ashes turn.,0.0
Obscene with Horror and with shame defaced;,1.0
"With haggard Looks the gloomy Fiends appear,",0.0
"They gnash their foamy Teeth, and frown severe.",0.0
"A stern Avenger, with relentless Mind,",1.0
"With which, as once from Paradise he drove,",0.0
He drives the Sinner from the Joys above.,1.0
"What shall he do forlorn? or whither fly,",0.0
"What would he give amongst the Just to shine,",0.0
And fall before Omnipotence Divine?,1.0
"But o! too late in Sighs he vents his Woe,",2.0
Too late his Eyes with gushing Tears overflow!,6.0
"Vain are his Sighs and fruitless are his Tears,",1.0
"See! with what various Charms the Piece is fraught,",2.0
And with what pregnant Marks of Judgement wrought!,1.0
With how much Grace the living Colours glow!,2.0
Not brighter Colours paint the watery Bow;,5.0
"When the fresh Showers her various Lustre share,",6.0
"Nor wasteful Time their shining Charms invade,",0.0
"Till the first Dawn of that Eternal Light,",2.0
Which by his fruitful Pencil shines so Bright.,0.0
There are no Stars like her propitious Eyes.,3.0
"When Hearts are lost to set a Figure vain,",0.0
For he knows nothing of an amorous Cheat:,5.0
"It's she alone that can the Mystery tell,",4.0
Read but her Looks they are infallible;,2.0
"Consult the upper World for Death and Wars,",0.0
"She is Love's Heaven, her Eyes the only Stars:",2.0
"Since her kind Influence hath attracted you,",5.0
She may admit of a Conjunction too.,2.0
TO all inferior animals it's given,3.0
TO enjoy the state allotted them by Heaven;,2.0
"No vain researches ever disturb their rest,",3.0
"Man, only Man solicitous to know",2.0
"The springs whence Nature's operations flow,",0.0
"And reasons, hopes, and thinks, and lives in vain;",0.0
"For sable Death still hovering over his head,",3.0
"Cuts short his progress, with his vital thread.",3.0
"Wherefore, since Nature errs not, do we find",2.0
"These seeds of Science in the human mind,",0.0
"Through ages past, and ages yet to come,",0.0
"Chained to a spot, and living but a day?",1.0
"Since all must perish in one common grave,",0.0
"Nor can these long laborious searches save,",3.0
"Or at thy jovial festivals appear,",3.0
"Great Bacchus, who alone the soul can clear",1.0
"From all that it has felt, and all that it can fear?",0.0
"Come on then, let us feast: let Chloe sing,",1.0
"Enjoy the present hour, nor seek to know",0.0
What good or ill tomorrow may bestow.,2.0
But these delights soon pall upon the taste;,2.0
Let's try then if more serious cannot last:,3.0
"Wealth let us heap on wealth, or fame pursue,",1.0
Let power and glory be our points in view:,3.0
Our levees crowded like the buzzing hive:,0.0
"Each weak attempt the same sad lesson brings,",1.0
"Alas, what vanity in human things!",1.0
What means then shall we try? where hope to find,0.0
A friendly harbour for the restless mind?,1.0
"Who still, you see, impatient to obtain",1.0
"Knowledge immense, so Nature's laws ordain",2.0
"Climbs step by step the prospect to survey,",2.0
"No fleeting joys she asks, which must depend",1.0
"On the frail senses, and with them must end;",4.0
"But such as suit her own immortal fame,",1.0
"Free from all change, eternally the same.",1.0
"Take courage then, these joys we shall attain;",1.0
Almighty Wisdom never acts in vain;,0.0
"Nor shall the soul, on which it has bestowed",0.0
"But purged at length from foul corruption's stain,",3.0
"Freed from her prison, and unbound her chain,",1.0
"She shall her native strength, and native skies regain:",0.0
"To heaven an old inhabitant return,",1.0
"While life remains, if life it can be called",1.0
Retains some marks of her celestial race;,1.0
"Such various thoughts, or range them so for use?",3.0
"Can matter these contain, dispose, apply?",1.0
Can in her cells such mighty treasures lie?,0.0
Or can her native force produce them to the eye?,2.0
"Serving, adorning life, through all its parts,",2.0
"Which names imposed, by letters marked those names,",0.0
"Adjusted properly by legal claims,",1.0
"From woods, and wilds collected rude mankind,",1.0
"And cities, laws, and governments designed?",1.0
"What can this be, but some bright ray from heaven,",1.0
When now the rapid stream of Eloquence,1.0
"Bears all before it, passion, reason, sense,",1.0
"Can its dread thunder, or its lightning's force",3.0
Derive their essence from a mortal source?,1.0
"Which, whether he attempts to warm the heart",1.0
"With fabled scenes, or charm the ear with rhyme,",0.0
"Breathes all pathetic, lovely, and sublime?",2.0
"While things on earth roll round from age to age,",1.0
The same dull farce repeated; on the stage,2.0
"The poet gives us a creation new,",1.0
"More pleasing, and more perfect than the true;",2.0
"Perfection, such as here she never tastes,",1.0
"With gratitude accepts the kind deceit,",0.0
And thence foresees a system more complete.,0.0
"Of those what think you, who the circling race",1.0
"Of suns, and their revolving planets trace,",1.0
And comets journeying through unbounded space?,3.0
That now can traverse heaven from pole to pole;,0.0
"From thence descending visits but this earth,",1.0
And shall once more regain the regions of her birth?,2.0
"Could she thus act, unless some Power unknown,",5.0
"From matter quite distinct, and all her own,",0.0
"Supported, and impelled her? She approves",2.0
"Her own internal strength her reason guides,",0.0
"By this she now compares things, now divides;",2.0
"Truth's scattered fragments piece by piece collects,",1.0
"Rejoins, and thence her edifice erects;",1.0
"Piles arts on arts, effects to causes ties,",1.0
And rears the aspiring fabric to the skies:,3.0
"From whence, as on a distant plain below,",1.0
"She sees from causes consequences flow,",0.0
"And the whole chain distinctly comprehends,",2.0
"And lastly, turning inwardly her eyes,",1.0
"Perceives how all her own ideas rise,",0.0
"Contemplates what she is, and whence she came,",1.0
And almost comprehends her own amazing frame.,1.0
"Can mere machines be with such powers endued,",3.0
"Or conscious of those powers, suppose they could?",3.0
For body is but a machine alone,2.0
"Moved by external force, and impulse not its own.",2.0
Rate not the extension of the human mind,2.0
"By the plebeian standard of mankind,",3.0
"But by the size of those gigantic few,",2.0
Whom Greece and Rome still offer to our view;,2.0
Parent of heroes too in better days.,2.0
Why should I try her numerous sons to name,2.0
"By verse, law, eloquence consigned to fame?",2.0
"Or who have forced fair Science into sight,",1.0
"Long lost in darkness, and afraid of light.",2.0
"Over all superior, like the solar ray",1.0
"First Bacon ushered in the dawning day,",1.0
And drove the mists of sophistry away;,1.0
"Pervaded nature with amazing force,",1.0
"Following experience still throughout his course,",3.0
"And finishing at length his destined way,",1.0
To Newton he bequeathed the radiant lamp of day.,1.0
Illustrious souls! if any tender cares,2.0
"Affect angelic breasts for man's affairs,",1.0
"If in your present happy heavenly state,",2.0
Let this degenerate land again be blessed,4.0
"Compel us to unfold our slumbering eyes,",3.0
And to our ancient dignity to rise.,2.0
Such wondrous powers as these must sure be given,1.0
For most important purposes by heaven;,1.0
Who bids these stars as bright examples shine,0.0
"To form to virtue each degenerate time,",1.0
And point out to the soul its origin sublime.,2.0
"All are concerned about, and all believe;",1.0
"That something's ours, when we from life depart,",0.0
"This all conceive, all feel it at the heart;",0.0
The wise of learnt antiquity proclaim,1.0
"This truth, the public voice declares the same;",0.0
No land so rude but looks beyond the tomb,1.0
For future prospects in a world to come.,0.0
"Hence, without hopes to be in life repaid,",2.0
We plant slow oaks posterity to shade;,2.0
And hence vast pyramids aspiring high,2.0
"Lift their proud heads aloft, and time defy.",3.0
"Hence is our love of fame, a love so strong,",0.0
"By which we hope our beings to extend,",1.0
And to remotest times in glory to descend.,2.0
"For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies,",0.0
"Of life profuse, tenacious of a name,",1.0
"Fearless of death, and yet afraid of shame.",2.0
Nature has wove into the human mind,2.0
"This anxious care for names we leave behind,",0.0
"TO extend our narrow views beyond the tomb,",1.0
And give an earnest of a life to come:,1.0
"For, if when dead, we are but dust or clay,",2.0
Why think of what posterity shall say?,1.0
"Her praise, or censure cannot us concern,",1.0
Nor ever penetrate the silent urn.,0.0
"What mean the nodding plumes, the funeral train,",2.0
"And marble monument that speaks in vain,",1.0
"With all those cares, which every nation pays",0.0
To their unfeeling dead in different ways!,1.0
As if to please the poor departed shade;,1.0
"Others on blazing piles the body burn,",2.0
And store their ashes in the faithful urn;,0.0
But all in one great principle agree,4.0
To give a fancied immortality.,1.0
"Is rendered fertile by the overflowing Nile,",1.0
"Their dead they bury not, nor burn with fires,",0.0
"No graves they dig, erect no funeral pires,",4.0
"Gums, spice, and melted pitch they pour within;",1.0
"Then with strong fillets bind it round and round,",2.0
"To make each flaccid part compact, and sound;",0.0
And lastly paint the varnished surface over,0.0
"With the same features, which in life it wore:",2.0
"So strong their presage of a future state,",1.0
"Nations behold remote from reason's beams,",2.0
"Where Indian Ganges rolls his sandy streams,",2.0
"Of life impatient rush into the fire,",0.0
And willing victims to their Gods expire!,1.0
Persuaded the loose soul to regions flies,2.0
"Blessed with eternal spring, and cloudless skies.",2.0
Nor is less famed the oriental wife,2.0
"For steadfast virtue, and contempt of life:",2.0
These heroines mourn not with loud female cries,4.0
"Their husbands lost, or with overflowing eyes,",0.0
"But, strange to tell! their funeral piles ascend,",2.0
And in the same sad flames their sorrows end;,1.0
"In hopes with them beneath the shades to rove,",1.0
And there renew their interrupted love.,1.0
"See numerous nations, warlike, fierce, and bold,",4.0
"To battle all unanimously run,",1.0
"Nor fire, nor sword, nor instant death they shun:",0.0
"Whence this disdain of life in every breast,",1.0
"But from a notion on their minds impressed,",2.0
"That all, who for their country die, are blessed.",0.0
"Add too to these the once prevailing dreams,",2.0
All show with what consent mankind agree,1.0
In the firm hope of Immortality.,4.0
"Grant these the inventions of the crafty priest,",2.0
Yet such inventions never could subsist.,1.0
"For every fiction, which can long persuade,",0.0
In truth must have its first foundations laid.,0.0
"Because we are unable to conceive,",2.0
"The vulgar give them forms, and limbs, and faces,",0.0
"Struck with the glare of such absurdities,",2.0
And truth and falsehood in a lump reject;,1.0
"Too indolent to learn what may be known,",3.0
Or else too proud that ignorance to own.,2.0
Folly and fraud on Truth's fair form have laid;,3.0
"Nor let us Truth's celestial charms despise,",0.0
"Because that priests, or poets may disguise.",1.0
And yet what errors to this truth adhere?,1.0
How have the fears and follies of mankind,2.0
To each the frailties of the human mind?,1.0
"Nay superstition spread at length so wide,",1.0
The Athenian sage revolving in his mind,3.0
"This weakness, blindness, madness of mankind,",2.0
"When time should ripen the decrees of Fate,",1.0
"Some God would light us, like the rising day,",0.0
"Long since has Time fulfilled this great decree,",0.0
And brought us aid from this divinity.,2.0
Well worth our search discoveries may be made,2.0
"By Nature, void of the celestial aid:",1.0
"Let's try what her conjectures then can reach,",3.0
"Nor scorn plain Reason, when she deigns to teach.",1.0
Is plain; such is this union Nature ties:,1.0
"But then as often too they disagree,",1.0
Which proves the soul's superior progeny.,3.0
Sometime the body in full strength we find.,2.0
While various ails debilitate the mind;,2.0
"At others, while the mind its force retains,",0.0
The body sinks with sickness and with pains:,1.0
"Now did one common fate their beings end,",0.0
"But sure experience, on the slightest view,",1.0
"Shows us, that the reverse of this is true;",2.0
"For when the body oft expiring lies,",0.0
"Its limbs quite senseless, and half closed its eyes,",3.0
"The mind new force, and eloquence acquires,",2.0
And with prophetic voice the dying lips inspires.,1.0
"Of like materials were they both composed,",1.0
"How comes it, that the mind, when sleep has closed",0.0
"Her liberty restored, her bonds untied?",1.0
"And like some bird who from its prison flies,",1.0
"Claps her exulting wings, and mounts the skies.",2.0
It must have parts in infinitum joined;,3.0
"And each of these must will, perceive, design,",2.0
"Which then can claim dominion over the rest,",2.0
Or stamp the ruling passion in the breast?,0.0
Perhaps the mind is formed by various arts,2.0
"Of modelling, and figuring these parts;",2.0
Just as if circles wiser were than squares;,1.0
But surely common sense aloud declares,0.0
"That site, and figure are as foreign quite",1.0
"From mental powers, as colours black or white.",2.0
"Allow that motion is the cause of thought,",1.0
With what strange powers must motion then be fraught?,3.0
"Reason, sense, science, must derive their source",3.0
"Tops whipped by school-boys sages must commence,",2.0
And boiling pots overflow with eloquence.,4.0
Whence can this very motion take its birth?,0.0
"But from a living spirit lodged within,",1.0
Which governs all the bodily machine:,1.0
Just as the Almighty Universal Soul,1.0
"Informs, directs, and animates the whole.",0.0
Cease then to wonder how the immortal mind,3.0
"But rather wonder, if she ever could die,",2.0
"So framed, so fashioned for eternity;",2.0
"Which time can dissipate, and force divide;",0.0
"For beings of this make can never die,",1.0
"Whose powers within themselves, and their own essence lie.",3.0
If to conceive how any thing can be,1.0
From shape abstracted and locality,3.0
Is hard; what think you of the Deity?,2.0
"His Being not the least relation bears,",0.0
"As far as to the human mind appears,",1.0
"Clothed in no form, and bounded by no space.",5.0
"Such then is God, a Spirit pure refined",0.0
"From all material dross, and such the human mind.",3.0
For in what part of essence can we see,1.0
More certain marks of Immortality?,1.0
Even from this dark confinement with delight,2.0
"She looks abroad, and prunes herself for flight;",0.0
Like an unwilling inmate longs to roam,2.0
"From this dull earth, and seek her native home.",2.0
"Go then forgetful of its toil and strife,",2.0
Pursue the joys of this fallacious life;,1.0
"Like some poor fly, who lives but for a day,",2.0
"Sip the fresh dews, and in the sunshine play,",3.0
And into nothing then dissolve away.,0.0
"Are these our great pursuits, is this to live?",2.0
"How much more worthy envy is their fate,",1.0
Who search for truth in a superior state?,3.0
"Not groping step by step, as we pursue,",1.0
"And following reason's much entangled clue,",2.0
"But with one great, and instantaneous view.",3.0
"Since it from them proceeds, and with them must decay.",2.0
Why not? or why may not the soul receive,0.0
"New organs, since even art can these retrieve?",4.0
"The silver trumpet aids the obstructed ear,",2.0
And optic glasses the dim eye can clear;,2.0
"These in mankind new faculties create,",3.0
And lift him far above his native state;,0.0
"Call down revolving planets from the sky,",3.0
"Earth's secret treasures open to his eye,",2.0
"The whole minute creation make his own,",0.0
With all the wonders of a world unknown.,1.0
"How could the mind, did she alone depend",1.0
"On sense, the errors of those senses mend?",1.0
"Yet oft, we see those senses she corrects,",1.0
And oft their information quite rejects.,0.0
"In distances of things, their shapes and size,",1.0
Our reason judges better than our eyes.,1.0
Declares not this the soul's pre-eminence,3.0
"Superior to, and quite distinct from sense?",1.0
"For sure it's likely, that, since now so high",0.0
"Loosed, and mature, she shall her strength display,",2.0
"Enquire you how these powers we shall attain,",3.0
It's not for us to know; our search is vain:,1.0
Can any now remember or relate,1.0
How he existed in the embryo state?,2.0
Or one from birth insensible of day,2.0
Conceive ideas of the solar ray?,1.0
"That light's denied to him, which, others see,",1.0
The mind contemplative finds nothing here,2.0
"He, whose sublime pursuit is God and truth,",0.0
"Burns, like some absent and impatient youth,",1.0
"To join the object of his warm desires,",1.0
"Thence to sequestered shades, and streams retires,",2.0
And there delights his passion to rehearse,2.0
"To me most happy therefore he appears,",3.0
"Who having once, unmoved by hopes or fears,",0.0
"Surveyed this sun, earth, ocean, clouds, and flame,",1.0
Well satisfied returns from whence he came.,1.0
"Is life a hundred years, or ever so few,",1.0
"It's repetition all, and nothing new:",0.0
"A fair, where thousands meet, but none can stay,",0.0
"An inn, where travellers bait, then post away;",2.0
"A sea, where man perpetually is tossed,",3.0
"Now plunged in business, now in trifles lost:",1.0
"Who leave it first, the peaceful port first gain;",1.0
Hold then! no farther launch into the main:,2.0
Contract your sails; life nothing can bestow,2.0
"By long continuance, but continued woe:",3.0
The wretched privilege daily to deplore,1.0
"The funerals of our friends, who go before:",1.0
"Diseases, pains, anxieties, and cares,",1.0
And age surrounded with a thousand snares.,1.0
But whither hurried by a generous scorn,3.0
"Of this vain world, ah, whither am I born?",3.0
"However severe our post, we must submit.",3.0
Could I a firm persuasion once attain,0.0
That after death no being would remain;,1.0
"To those dark shades I'd willingly descend,",3.0
"Where all must sleep, this drama at an end:",0.0
"Nor life accept, although renewed by Fate",1.0
"Even from its earliest, and its happiest state.",4.0
"Each boon, each blessing in her power to give,",2.0
A numerous offspring to the world well known,3.0
"Both for paternal virtues, and their own;",3.0
Even at this mighty price I'd not be bound,0.0
"To tread the same dull circle round, and round;",1.0
"The soul requires enjoyments more sublime,",0.0
"GOD then through all creation gives, we find,",0.0
"Sufficient marks of an indulgent mind,",1.0
"His works the chief on this terrestrial ball,",3.0
"Feel ills perpetual, happy all the rest.",3.0
"But hold, presumptuous? charge not heaven's decree",4.0
"With such injustice, such partiality.",4.0
"Yet true it is, survey we life around,",1.0
Whole hosts of ills on every side are found;,1.0
"Who wound not here and there by chance a foe,",1.0
But at the species meditate the blow.,0.0
What millions perish by each others hands,1.0
In war's fierce rage? or by the dread commands,2.0
"Of tyrants languish out their lives in chains,",1.0
Or lose them in variety of pains?,1.0
"What numbers pinched by want and hunger die,",0.0
In spite of Nature's liberality?,1.0
"Those, still more numerous, I to name disdain,",1.0
"What numbers, guiltless of their own disease,",1.0
"Are snatched by sudden death, or waste by slow degrees?",0.0
Where then is Virtue's well deserved reward! ' --,0.0
Let's pay to Virtue every due regard:,1.0
"That she enables man, let us confess,",3.0
"To bear those evils, which she can't redress;",0.0
"Gives hope, and conscious peace, and can assuage",2.0
That oft her friends peculiar ills endure:,0.0
"Where Vice prevails severest is their fate,",1.0
Tyrants pursue them with a threefold hate.,4.0
"And from their country meriting applause,",2.0
And perished by the hands themselves had saved?,1.0
"Soon as superior worth appears in view,",4.0
"See knaves, and fools united to pursue!",2.0
"The man so formed they all conspire to blame,",2.0
"Should he at length, so truly good and great,",0.0
"Prevail, and rule with honest views the state,",0.0
"Then must he toil for an ungrateful race,",1.0
"Threatened, opposed, defeated in his ends,",2.0
"By foes seditious, and aspiring friends.",1.0
"Hear this and tremble! all who would be great,",0.0
Yet know not what attends that dangerous wretched state.,2.0
Is private life from all these evils free?,0.0
"Vice of all kinds, rage, envy there we see,",2.0
"Deceit, that Friendship's mask insidious wears,",2.0
"But there are pleasures still in human life,",1.0
"Domestic ease, a tender loving wife,",0.0
"Children, whose dawning smiles your heart engage,",2.0
"If happiness exists, it's surely here ' --",1.0
But are these joys exempt from care and fear?,1.0
"Need I the miseries of that state declare,",1.0
When different passions draw the wedded pair?,0.0
"Or say how hard those passions to discern,",1.0
"Ere the die's cast, and it's too late to learn?",5.0
"Who can insure, that what is right, and good,",1.0
"These children shall pursue? or if they should,",1.0
"Death comes, when least you fear so black a day,",1.0
And all your blooming hopes are snatched away.,0.0
"We say not, that these ills from Virtue flow:",0.0
"Did her wise precepts rule the world, we know",2.0
"The golden ages would again begin,",0.0
"But it's our lot in this to suffer, and to sin.",3.0
"Observing this, some sages have decreed",1.0
That all things from two causes must proceed;,3.0
"Two principles with equal power endued,",4.0
"This wholly evil, that supremely good.",1.0
"From this arise the miseries we endure,",4.0
While that administers a friendly cure;,1.0
And poisonous serpents make their dread repose,2.0
Beneath the covert of the fragrant rose.,1.0
"Can such a system satisfy the mind,",1.0
"Are both these Gods in equal power conjoined,",1.0
"Or one superior? Equal if you say,",4.0
"Chaos returns, since neither will obey.",3.0
"Is one superior? good, or ill must reign,",2.0
"Eternal joy, or everlasting pain.",0.0
"Whichever is conquered must entirely yield,",4.0
And the victorious God enjoy the field.,3.0
Or comes the Stoic nearer to the right?,1.0
"He holds, that whatsoever yields delight,",0.0
Himself half starving happier far than kings.,3.0
It's fine indeed to be so wondrous wise!,0.0
By the same reasoning too he pain denies;,4.0
"Roast him, or flea him, break him on the wheel,",1.0
"Retract he will not, though he can't but feel:",0.0
"Pain's not an ill, he utters with a groan;",1.0
"What then? an inconvenience it's, he'll own.",1.0
"No: they may be accepted, not pursued:",0.0
"Absurd to squabble thus about a name,",0.0
"Quibbling with different words, that mean the same.",1.0
"Stoic, were you not framed of flesh and blood,",1.0
You might be blessed without external good;,0.0
"You are not spirit quite, but frail, and mortal man.",1.0
"But since these sages, so absurdly wise,",1.0
"Vainly pretend enjoyments to despise,",3.0
"Now mine, now thine, the blessings of an hour;",1.0
"Why value then, that strength of mind, they boast,",0.0
"As often varying, and as quickly lost?",1.0
"A headache hurts it, or a rainy day,",2.0
And a slow fever wipes it quite away.,2.0
"Examples of the mind's extensive power,",1.0
Examples too how quickly fades that flower.,0.0
"Dean Swift. Him let me add, whom late we saw excel",1.0
Whether he strove our follies to expose,3.0
"In easy verse, or droll and humorous prose;",2.0
"Few years, alas! compel his throne to quit",0.0
"This mighty monarch over the realms of wit,",2.0
A melancholy proof our parts are not our own.,0.0
"Thy tenets, Stoic, yet we may forgive,",1.0
If in a future state we cease to live.,0.0
"For here the virtuous suffer much, it's plain;",2.0
"If pain is evil, this must God arraign;",1.0
"And on this principle confess we must,",2.0
"Pain can no evil be, or God must be unjust.",3.0
"Blind man! whose reason such strait bounds confine,",3.0
"It stops amazed, and quits the great design.",0.0
"Own you not, Stoic, God is just and true?",0.0
Dare to proceed; secure this path pursue:,2.0
"To future justice, and a life to come.",1.0
"This path you say is hid in endless night,",0.0
"You stop, ere half your destined course is run,",1.0
"And triumph, when the conquest is not won;",1.0
See what a monstrous race from one mistake is bred!,1.0
"Hear then my argument: ' --  confess we must,",1.0
"A God there is, supremely wise and just:",3.0
"If so, however things affect our sight,",2.0
"As sings our bard, whatever is, is right.",2.0
"But is it right, what here so oft appears,",1.0
"That vice should triumph, virtue sink in tears?",0.0
"The inference then, that closes this debate,",2.0
"Is, that there must exist a future state.",0.0
See how both states are by connection tied;,4.0
"Fools view but part, and not the whole survey,",1.0
So crowd existence all into a day.,0.0
"Hence are they led to hope, but hope in vain,",0.0
That Justice never will resume her reign;,1.0
"On this vain hope adulterers, thieves rely,",4.0
And to this altar vile assassins fly.,1.0
But rules not God by general laws divine?,0.0
"Man's vice, or virtues change not the design.",2.0
What laws are these? instruct us if you can: ' --,2.0
"Another guides inactive matter's course,",0.0
"Attracting, and attracted by its force:",2.0
"Far distant worlds, and ties the vast machine.",1.0
"The laws of life why need I call to mind,",0.0
"Obeyed by birds, and beasts of every kind;",0.0
"By all the sandy desert's savage brood,",3.0
And all the numerous offspring of the flood;,2.0
"Of these none uncontrolled, and lawless rove,",2.0
But to some destined end spontaneous move.,3.0
"Led by that instinct, heaven itself inspires,",0.0
"Or so much reason, as their state requires;",2.0
"See all with skill acquire their daily food,",2.0
"All use those arms, which Nature has bestowed;",0.0
"Produce their tender progeny, and feed",1.0
"With care parental, while that care they need;",0.0
"In these loved offices completely blessed,",3.0
"No hopes beyond them, nor vain fears molest.",3.0
Man over a wider field extends his views;,3.0
"God through the wonders of his works pursues,",1.0
"Exploring thence his attributes, and laws,",0.0
"Adores, loves, imitates the Eternal Cause;",3.0
For sure in nothing we approach so nigh,1.0
"The great example of divinity,",2.0
As in benevolence: the patriot's soul,3.0
"But warms, enlightens, animates the whole:",0.0
"Its mighty orb embraces first his friends,",0.0
"His country next, then man; nor here it ends,",0.0
But to the meanest animal descends.,2.0
"Wise Nature has this social law confirmed,",1.0
"By forming man so helpless, and unarmed;",1.0
"His want of others' aid, and power of speech",2.0
"TO implore that aid, this lesson daily teach.",1.0
"Mankind with other animals compare,",2.0
"Single how weak, and impotent they are!",3.0
"But view them in their complicated state,",0.0
"Their powers how wondrous, and their strength how great,",3.0
"When social virtue individuals joins,",2.0
"And in one solid mass, like gravity combines!",1.0
"Stamped on our souls, and ratified by Heaven;",0.0
"All from utility this law approve,",2.0
Why deviate then so many from this law?,1.0
"See passions, custom, vice, and folly draw!",1.0
"Survey the rolling globe from East to West,",0.0
"How few, alas! how very few are blessed?",0.0
"Beneath the frozen poles, and burning line,",0.0
"No trace of man, but in the form we find.",1.0
"And are we free from error, and distress,",2.0
Whom Heaven with clearer light has pleased to bless?,0.0
Whom true Religion leads? for she but leads,1.0
"By soft persuasion, not by force proceeds;",0.0
Behold how we avoid this radiant sun!,1.0
For these as for essentials we engage,3.0
"In wars, and massacres, with holy rage;",1.0
"Brothers by brothers' impious hands are slain,",5.0
"Mistaken Zeal, how savage is thy reign!",1.0
"Unpunished vices here so much abound,",0.0
"All right, and wrong, all order they confound;",1.0
"These are the giants, who the gods defy,",1.0
And mountains heap on mountains to the sky.,1.0
"Sees this the Almighty Judge, or seeing spares,",1.0
And deems the crimes of man beneath his cares?,0.0
"He sees; and will at last rewards bestow,",1.0
"And punishments, not less assured for being slow.",1.0
"Nor doubt I, though this state confused appears,",1.0
That even in this God sometime interferes:,4.0
"Sometime, lest man should quite his power disown,",3.0
He makes that power to trembling nations known:,2.0
"But rarely this; not for each vulgar end,",2.0
"Who thinks all foes to God, who are her own,",1.0
"Directs his thunder, and usurps his throne.",2.0
"Nor know I not, how much a conscious mind",0.0
"Even in this life thou, impious wretch, must feel",3.0
"What must thou suffer, when each dire disease,",0.0
"The progeny of Vice, thy fabric seize?",1.0
"Consumption, fever, and the racking pain",1.0
"Of spasms, and gout, and stone, a frightful train!",2.0
"When life new tortures can alone supply,",2.0
"Should such a wretch to numerous years arrive,",2.0
It can be little worth his while to live;,1.0
Companions fly: he never could have a friend:,0.0
"He looks within, and shudders at the sight:",0.0
"With what impatience he applies to art,",1.0
Life to prolong amid disease and pains!,2.0
"Why this, if after it no sense remains?",2.0
"Why should he choose these miseries to endure,",3.0
If Death could grant an everlasting cure?,0.0
"See the reverse! how happy those we find,",3.0
Who know by merit to engage mankind?,2.0
"Praised by each tongue, by every heart beloved,",0.0
"For Virtues practised, and for Arts improved:",1.0
"Their easy aspects shine with smiles serene,",1.0
"And all is peace, and happiness within:",1.0
"Their sleep is never disturbed by fears, or strife,",2.0
"Nor lust, nor wine, impair the springs of life.",0.0
"Him Fortune can not sink, nor much elate,",1.0
Whose views extend beyond this mortal state;,0.0
"By age when summoned to resign his breath,",1.0
"Calm, and serene, he sees approaching death,",2.0
"As the safe port, the peaceful silent shore,",2.0
"Where he may rest, life's tedious voyage over:",3.0
"He, and he only, is of death afraid,",2.0
Whom his own conscience has a coward made;,0.0
"While he, who Virtue's radiant course has run,",0.0
"His thoughts triumphant Heaven alone employs,",0.0
And hope anticipates his future joys.,0.0
Whose image dwells with pleasure on my mind;,1.0
In times which asked a champion to defend;,3.0
"Who after near a hundred virtuous years,",1.0
"His senses perfect, free from pains and fears,",1.0
Like an applauded actor left the stage;,1.0
"Or like some victor in the Olympic games,",2.0
"Who having run his course, the crown of Glory claims.",0.0
"From this just contrast plainly it appears,",2.0
How Conscience can inspire both hopes and fears;,2.0
"But whence proceed these hopes, or whence this dread,",0.0
If nothing really can affect the dead?,1.0
"See all things join to promise, and presage",5.0
The sure arrival of a future age!,1.0
"Whatever their lot is here, the good and wise,",3.0
"An honest man, when Fortune's storms begin,",0.0
"Has Consolation always sure within,",0.0
"And, if she sends a more propitious gale,",1.0
"Nor fear that he, who sits so loose to life,",1.0
Shrink from the duties of this bustling scene;,1.0
"Avoid the fight inglorious, and afraid:",3.0
"Who scorns life most must surely be most brave,",1.0
"Virtue will lead him to Ambition's ends,",3.0
"And prompt him to defend his country, and his friends.",2.0
"But still his merit you can not regard,",1.0
Who thus pursues a posthumous reward;,1.0
"Of her abstracted, native excellence,",3.0
"The beauty, fitness, harmony of things.",1.0
"It may be so: yet he deserves applause,",1.0
Who follows where instructive Nature draws;,0.0
"Aims at rewards by her indulgence given,",2.0
And soars triumphant on her wings to heaven.,1.0
"Say what this venal virtuous man pursues,",2.0
"No mean rewards, no mercenary views;",2.0
"Not fame by fraud acquired, or title vain!",2.0
"He follows but where Nature points the road,",1.0
"Rising in Virtue's school, till he ascends to God.",3.0
"But we the inglorious common herd of man,",3.0
"Sail without compass, toil without a plan;",6.0
"In Fortune's varying storms for ever tossed,",2.0
"Shadows pursue, that in pursuit are lost;",1.0
"Scrambling for toys, then tossing them away.",2.0
Who rests of Immortality assured,1.0
"Is safe, whatever ills are here endured:",1.0
"He hopes not vainly in a world like this,",0.0
To meet with pure uninterrupted bliss;,5.0
"For good and ill, in this imperfect state,",1.0
Are ever mixed by the decrees of Fate.,1.0
And baleful hemlock mingles with the rose;,2.0
"All things are blended, changeable, and vain,",1.0
"No hope, no wish we perfectly obtain;",3.0
God may perhaps might human Reason's line,2.0
Pretend to fathom infinite design,1.0
"Have thus ordained things, that the restless mind",1.0
No happiness complete on earth may find;,2.0
"To heaven her safest, best retreat may rise.",0.0
"Come then, since now in safety we have past",1.0
"Through Error's rocks, and see the port at last,",2.0
"Let us review, and recollect the whole. ' --",3.0
Thus stands my argument. ' --  The thinking soul,2.0
"Cannot terrestrial, or material be,",4.0
But claims by Nature Immortality:,1.0
"God, who created it, can make it end,",2.0
"We question not, but cannot apprehend",0.0
He will; because it is by him endued,3.0
With strong ideas of all perfect Good:,2.0
"With wondrous powers to know, and calculate",2.0
Things too remote from this our earthly state;,2.0
"With sure presages of a life to come,",3.0
All false and useless; if beyond the tomb,1.0
Our beings cease: we therefore can't believe,1.0
"God either acts in vain, or can deceive.",2.0
"If every rule of equity demands,",1.0
"Should due rewards, and punishments receive,",1.0
"And this by no means happens while we live,",2.0
"It follows, that a time must surely come,",0.0
"Then shall this scene, which now to human sight",0.0
"Seems so unworthy Wisdom infinite,",3.0
"A system of consummate skill appear,",4.0
"And every cloud dispersed, be beautiful and clear.",1.0
"Doubt we of this! what solid proof remains,",1.0
That over the world a wise Disposer reigns?,2.0
"While all Creation speaks a power divine,",2.0
Is it deficient in the main design?,1.0
"Not so: the day shall come, pretend not now",0.0
"Presumptuous to enquire or when, or how",5.0
"But after death shall come the important day,",2.0
When God to all his justice shall display;,0.0
"Each action with impartial eyes regard,",1.0
And in a just proportion punish and reward.,1.0
"One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine.",1.0
IT'S past! The sultry tyrant of the south,1.0
Has spent his short-lived rage; more grateful hours,1.0
Move silent on; the skies no more repel,3.0
"The dazzled sight, but with mild maiden beams",2.0
"Of tempered light, invite the cherished eye",0.0
To wander over their sphere; where hung aloft,2.0
"Impatient for the night, and seems to push",1.0
Her brother down the sky. Fair VENUS shines,2.0
Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam,0.0
"Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood",0.0
Of softened radiance from her dewy locks.,1.0
"Her cheek yet warm with blushes, slow retires",0.0
And shuts the gates of day. It's now the hour,0.0
"The cool damp grotto, or the lonely depth",3.0
"She mused away the gaudy hours of noon,",0.0
Moves forward; and with radiant finger points,2.0
"To yonder blue concave swelled by breath divine,",3.0
"Where, one by one, the living eyes of heaven",1.0
"Awake, quick kindling over the face of either",3.0
"One boundless blaze; ten thousand trembling fires,",1.0
"Restless, and dazzled wanders unconfined",2.0
Over all this field of glories: spacious field!,0.0
"And worthy of the master: he, whose hand",2.0
"With hieroglyphics older than the Nile,",1.0
Inscribed the mystic tablet; hung on high,0.0
"To public gaze, and said, adore, OH man!",1.0
The finger of thy GOD. From what pure wells,2.0
"Of milky light, what soft overflowing urn,",3.0
"Are all these lamps so filled? these friendly lamps,",0.0
For ever streaming over the azure deep,2.0
"To point our path, and light us to our home.",1.0
How soft they slide along their lucid spheres!,0.0
"And silent as the foot of time, fulfil",1.0
"Their destined courses: Nature's self is hushed,",0.0
"To break the midnight air; though the raised ear,",2.0
"Intensely listening, drinks in every breath.",0.0
"How deep the silence, yet how loud the praise!",0.0
But are they silent all? or is there not,2.0
"A tongue in every star that talks with man,",0.0
"This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,",2.0
And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.,1.0
"Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;",0.0
"An embryo GOD; a spark of fire divine,",3.0
"Which must burn on for ages, when the sun,",0.0
Fair transitory creature of a day!,2.0
"Has closed his golden eye, and wrapped in shades",0.0
"Perhaps my future home, from whence the soul",0.0
"Revolving periods past, may oft look back",3.0
"With recollected tenderness, on all",1.0
"The various busy scenes she left below,",2.0
"Its deep laid projects and its strange events,",2.0
As on some fond and doting tale that soothed,1.0
Her infant hours; OH be it lawful now,0.0
"To tread the hallowed circle of your courts,",1.0
And with mute wonder and delighted awe,3.0
Approach your burning confines. Seized in thought,1.0
"From the green borders of the peopled earth,",3.0
From solitary Mars; from the vast orb,1.0
"Of Jupiter, whose huge gigantic bulk",1.0
Dances in either like the lightest leaf;,2.0
"To the dim verge, the suburbs of the system,",3.0
In gloomy grandeur; like an exiled queen,3.0
"Where, burning round, ten thousand suns appear,",1.0
Of elder beam; which ask no leave to shine,1.0
"Of our terrestrial star, nor borrow light",4.0
From the proud regent of our scanty day;,3.0
"Sons of the morning, first born of creation,",2.0
"And only less than him who marks their track,",1.0
"And guides their fiery wheels. Here must I stop,",2.0
Or is there aught beyond? What hand unseen,1.0
"Of habitable nature; far remote,",1.0
"To the dread confines of eternal night,",2.0
"The deserts of creation, wide and wild;",1.0
And thought astonished stops her bold career.,0.0
But o thou mighty mind! whose powerful word,3.0
"Said, thus let all things be, and thus they were,",1.0
Have the broad eyelids of the morn beheld thee?,1.0
Support thy throne? OH look with pity down,2.0
On erring guilty man; not in thy names,0.0
Of terror clad; not with those thunders armed,1.0
"That conscious Sinai felt, when fear appalled",1.0
"The scattered tribes; thou hast a gentler voice,",0.0
"That whispers comfort to the swelling heart,",1.0
"Abashed, yet longing to behold her Maker.",1.0
But now my soul unused to stretch her powers,0.0
"In flight so daring, drops her weary wing,",0.0
"And seeks again the known accustomed spot,",0.0
"Dressed up with sun, and shade, and lawns, and streams,",0.0
"A mansion fair and spacious for its guest,",1.0
And full replete with wonders. Let me here,0.0
"Content and grateful, wait the appointed time",2.0
And ripen for the skies: the hour will come,1.0
Unlock the glories of the world unknown.,1.0
"AT once to raise our reverence and delight,",3.0
"To elevate the mind, and please the sight,",0.0
"To pour in virtue at the attentive eye,",2.0
And waft the soul on wings of ecstasy;,1.0
"For this the painter's art with nature vies,",1.0
And bids the visionary saint arise;,0.0
"Who views the sacred forms in thought aspires,",0.0
"Catches pure zeal, and as he gazes, fires;",2.0
"Is what he sees, and emulates the shade.",0.0
"Thy strokes, great Artist, so sublime appear,",2.0
They cheque our pleasure with an awful fear;,1.0
"While, through the mortal line, the God you trace,",0.0
"And, as the subject, own the hand divine.",1.0
"While through thy work the rising day shall stream,",0.0
"So long shall last thy honour, praise, and name.",3.0
"Some emanation from her sister art,",1.0
"To animate the verse, and bid it shine",0.0
"In colours easy, bright, and strong, as Thine.",1.0
"Supine on earth an awful figure lies,",0.0
"The hoary sire Heaven's guardian care demands,",2.0
And at his feet the watchful angel stands.,0.0
"The form august and large, the mien divine",4.0
Betray the Jesse. founder of Messiah's line.,2.0
And high to Heaven its sacred Boughs extends:,0.0
"Each limb productive of some hero springs,",1.0
And blooms luxuriant with a race of kings.,1.0
"The eternal plant wide spreads its arms around,",2.0
And with the mighty Branch the mystic top is crowned.,1.0
And lo! the glories of the illustrious line,5.0
"In DAVID all expressed; the good, the great,",0.0
"The king, the hero, and the man complete.",1.0
"Serene he fits, and sweeps the golden lyre,",0.0
And blends the prophet's with the poet's fire.,1.0
"See! with what art he strikes the vocal strings,",0.0
"The God, his theme, inspiring what he sings!",0.0
"Hark, ' --  or our ears delude us ' --  from his tongue",1.0
"Sweet flows, or seems to flow, some heavenly song.",3.0
"OH! could thine art arrest the fleeting sound,",0.0
And paint the voice in magic numbers bound;,0.0
Wake with his rising beam the vocal shade:,0.0
"Then might he draw the attentive angels down,",3.0
"Bending to hear the lay, so sweet, so like their own.",2.0
"On either side the monarch's offspring shine,",2.0
"And some adorn, and some disgrace their line.",0.0
"Here Ammon glories; proud, incestuous lord!",0.0
"This hand sustains the robe, and that the sword.",0.0
"Frowning and fierce, with haughty strides he towers,",2.0
And on his horrid brow defiance lowers.,1.0
And his stolen honour all his shame displays:,0.0
"The rebel subject, and the ungrateful son.",3.0
"Amid the royal race, see Nathan stand:",1.0
"Fervent he seems to speak, and lift his hand;",2.0
"His looks the emotion of his soul disclose,",1.0
And eloquence from every gesture flows.,1.0
"Such, and so stern he came, ordained to bring",1.0
The ungrateful mandate to the guilty King:,3.0
"When, at his dreadful voice, a sudden smart",0.0
Shot through the trembling monarch's conscious heart;,1.0
From his own lips condemned; severe decree!,1.0
Had his God proved so stern a Judge as He.,3.0
But man with frailty is allied by birth;,1.0
Consummate purity never dwelled on earth:,4.0
"Through all the soul though virtue holds the rein,",0.0
"Beats at the heart, and springs at every vein:",0.0
Yet ever from the clearest source have ran,1.0
"Some gross allay, some tincture of the man.",1.0
"But who is he ' --  deep musing ' --  in his mind,",2.0
"He seems to weigh in Reason's scales, Mankind;",1.0
Fixed Contemplation hold his steady eyes ' --,1.0
I know the Sage Solomon.; the wisest of the wise.,5.0
"Blessed with all man could wish, or prince obtain,",0.0
Yet his great heart pronounced those blessings vain.,3.0
"And lo! bright glittering in his sacred hands,",2.0
In miniature the glorious temple stands.,2.0
"Gold the strong valves, the roof of burnished gold.",3.0
"The wandering ark, in that bright dome enshrined,",3.0
"Spreads the strong light, eternal, unconfined!",3.0
Pour through reluctant crowds intolerable blaze.,3.0
"See the gay prince, injurious, proud, and vain!",5.0
And proud Rebellion triumphs in the land.,0.0
"There Asa, good and great, the sceptre bears,",0.0
"Justice attends his peace, success his wars:",2.0
"While Virtue was his sword, and Heaven his shield,",1.0
Without control the warrior swept the field;,0.0
"Loaded with spoils, triumphant he returned,",3.0
And half her swarthy sons sad Ethiopia mourned.,3.0
"But since thy flagging piety decayed,",1.0
And bartered God's defence for human aid;,0.0
"See their fair laurels wither on thy brow,",4.0
"Nor herbs, nor healthful arts avail thee now,",0.0
"Nor is Heaven changed, apostate prince, but Thou.",0.0
No mean atonement does this lapse require;,1.0
"But see the Son, you must forgive the Sire:",0.0
"He reigned, and goodness all the man possessed,",0.0
"Around his throne, fair happiness and peace",2.0
"Smoothed every brow, and smiled in every face.",1.0
"As when along the burning waste he strayed,",0.0
"Where no pure streams in bubbling mazes played,",1.0
"Where drought incumbent on the thirsty ground,",1.0
Long since had breathed her scorching blasts around;,0.0
"The Elisha. prophet calls, the obedient floods repair",6.0
Trickle luxurious through the sucking plain;,3.0
And over the desert Plenty pours her horn.,2.0
"So, from the throne his influence he sheds,",2.0
And bids the Virtues raise their languid heads:,0.0
"Wherever he goes, attending Truth prevails,",2.0
"Oppression flies, and Justice lifts her scales.",0.0
"See, on his arm, the royal eagle stand,",0.0
Great type of conquest and supreme command;,2.0
"The exulting bird distinguished triumph brings,",1.0
And greets the Monarch with expanded wings.,1.0
"Rush on themselves, and shall without the foe.",2.0
The pious Hero vanquished Heaven by prayer;,0.0
"His faith an army, and his vows a war.",1.0
"And thy days shone, in fairest actions dressed;",2.0
"Till that rash hand; by some blind frenzy swayed,",2.0
"Unclean, the sacred office durst invade.",0.0
The father's virtues with the father's throne.,1.0
Lo! there he stands: he who the rage subdued,0.0
"Of Ammon's sons, and drenched his sword in blood,",0.0
"With thy base front, the glories of thy race?",3.0
See the vile King his iron sceptre bear ' --,3.0
"He, in whose soul the virtues all conspire,",0.0
"The best good son, from the most wicked sire.",1.0
"Again, in genuine purity she shines,",3.0
"His own vain threats the insulting King overthrow,",5.0
"But breathe new Courage on the generous foe,",4.0
"The avenging Angel, by divine command,",2.0
"Leaned down from Heaven: amid the storm he rode,",0.0
"Marched Pestilence before him; as he trod,",3.0
Pale Desolation bathed his steps in blood.,1.0
"Thick wrapped in night, through the proud host he past,",3.0
"Dispensing death, and drove the furious blast;",2.0
"Nor bade Destruction give her revels over,",0.0
"Thy sceptre rescued, and the Assyrian slain?",5.0
"Even now the soul maintains her latest strife,",0.0
"Yet see, kind Heaven renews thy brittle thread,",1.0
And rolls full fifteen summers over thy head;,4.0
"Lo! the receding sun repeats his way,",2.0
"And, like thy life, prolongs the falling day.",0.0
"Though Nature her inverted course forego,",1.0
"The day forget to rest, the time to flow,",0.0
"His mercy fixed, eternal shall endure;",0.0
"More mild, and bright, and sure, OH sun! than thine.",1.0
"The last good King; in ancient days foretold,",0.0
"Blessed, happy prince! over whose lamented urn,",4.0
And Jeremiah pours his sweet melodious woes.,2.0
"Sits deep in dust, abandoned, desolate;",1.0
"Bleeds her sad heart, and ever stream her eyes,",3.0
"And anguish tears her, with convulsive sighs.",1.0
"The mournful captive spreads her hands in vain,",0.0
"Her hands, that rankle with the servile chain;",1.0
"Fair Liberty revives with all her joys,",2.0
And bids her envied walls securely rise.,0.0
"And thou, great hallowed dome, in ruin spread,",2.0
Again shall lift sublime thy sacred head.,0.0
"But ah! with weeping eyes, the ancients view",0.0
A faint resemblance of the old in you.,1.0
Speaks awful answers from the mystic cloud:,2.0
"No more thine altars blaze with fire divine,",0.0
And Heaven has left thy solitary shrine.,0.0
"Yet, in thy courts, hereafter shalt thou see",0.0
"Presence immediate of the Deity,",4.0
"The light himself revealed, the God confessed in thee.",0.0
And now at length the fated term of years,0.0
"The world's desire have brought, and lo! the God appears.",0.0
The Heavenly Babe the Virgin Mother bears.,2.0
"And her fond looks confess the parent's cares,",2.0
"The pleasing burden on her breast she lays,",1.0
"Hangs over his charms, and with a smile surveys.",4.0
"The Infant smiles, to her fond bosom pressed,",2.0
"A radiant glory speaks him all Divine,",0.0
And in the Child the beams of Godhead shine.,1.0
But now alas! far other views disclose,1.0
The blackest comprehensive scene of woes.,0.0
See where man's voluntary sacrifice,3.0
"Bows his meek head, and God Eternal dies!",3.0
"Fixed to the Cross, his healing arms are bound,",0.0
While copious Mercy streams from every wound.,2.0
"As all death's tortures, with severe delay,",2.0
"Exult and riot in the noblest prey,",0.0
Nor share the anguish which He bears for Thee?,0.0
"Thy sin, for which his sacred Flesh is torn,",0.0
"Points every nail, and sharpens every thorn;",1.0
And each pang cleaves the sympathetic ground!,1.0
"Lo! the black sun, his chariot backward driven,",5.0
"Earth, trembling from her entrails, bear a part,",2.0
"The yawning grave reveals his gloomy reign,",0.0
"And thou, OH tomb, once more shalt wide display",4.0
"Thou, groaning earth, shalt heave, absorbed in flame,",1.0
"Wrapped in full blaze of Power and Majesty,",6.0
"Ride on the clouds; while, as his chariot flies,",3.0
"Then shall the proud dissolving mountains glow,",0.0
And yielding rocks in fiery rivers flow:,2.0
And all man's arts and labour be no more.,2.0
Sink undistinguished in the burning mass.,1.0
"And OH! till earth, and seas, and Heaven decay,",0.0
Never may that fair creation fade away;,1.0
"Still may they bloom, as permanent as fair,",1.0
"All the vain rage of wasting time repel,",3.0
"And his Tribunal see, whose Cross they paint so well.",1.0
"As one who late hath lost a friend adored,",1.0
Clings with sick pleasure to the faintest trace,4.0
"Or sadly gazing on that form deplored,",1.0
Would clasp the silent canvas to his breast:,1.0
"So muse I on the good I have enjoyed,",1.0
The wretched victim of my hopes destroyed;,1.0
"On images of peace I fondly rest,",1.0
"Or in the page, where weeping fancy mourns,",0.0
"I love to dwell upon each tender line,",0.0
And think the bliss once tasted still is mine;,1.0
"While cheated memory to the past returns,",1.0
"And, from the present leads my shivering heart",3.0
"Back to those scenes from, which it wept to part.",0.0
"Ah! only shown to cheque our fond pursuits,",0.0
And teach our humbled hopes that life is vain!,0.0
"SWEET youth farewell! the day that gave thee birth,",2.0
Again unites thee to thy parent earth;,1.0
"That day, to busy cares devoted thee,",1.0
"That day, was crowned with rest and liberty.",1.0
And lightly lie the turf upon thy head;,0.0
"While from thy cold remains with mournful eye,",0.0
"The muse collects the sweets which shall not die,",0.0
To strew thy early tomb with choicest flowers.,0.0
"Though from thy cheek death plucked the blushing rose,",2.0
Thy rising virtues still its sweets disclose:,0.0
"And oft as Flora paints the purple year,",0.0
Shall recollection trace thy emblem there.,1.0
"When hopeful youth, or worth like thine shall fall,",1.0
The thoughts of thee for added tears shall call.,1.0
"Our kindest wishes were in error sown,",1.0
Infinite wisdom gave thee joys unknown.,2.0
"Fain would our languid spirits wing their way,",0.0
To hail thee in the realms of radiant day.,0.0
"This warning lesson read you gay and young,",0.0
Who thoughtless flutter in life's giddy throng.,1.0
"Of health, of youth possessed, still frail your breath,",1.0
For many are the hidden roads to death.,1.0
"Thus over the dust we love we fondly mourn,",3.0
And wait the voice that bids our dust return.,0.0
"Loosened from earth, would reach yonder upper sky,",3.0
"By faith, man's early immortality.",2.0
"Shoot the dark gulf, and seize a heavenly crown.",5.0
"THOUGH from the feeling heart be kindred torn,",1.0
"And early friends, by chance or change, it mourn;",0.0
"While it inhabits in this middle sphere,",1.0
Where good and ill for ever mixed appear.,0.0
"Not for itself, alone, it can survive;",2.0
Supporting and supported it would live;,2.0
"Feel its best joys in soothing others woes,",3.0
And would its own in some kind breast repose;,1.0
"Native affections still around it play,",2.0
"Best bliss of life, if joy they can diffuse,",2.0
And that seems dearest which we fear to lose.,1.0
"Ah! be no parting tie more mourned by me,",1.0
"Nor I, Eliza, doomed to grieve for thee.",1.0
"May health return, and still thy friendship bless;",0.0
"And none who love me, leave me in my race.",0.0
"Denied by distance to my anxious sight,",1.0
"I cannot cheer thy day, and watch thy night.",0.0
"Denied the tender cares, by friendship taught,",0.0
I cannot give the salutary draught:,0.0
"And anxious hopes, and fears, and prayers are mine,",0.0
"Till cheerful days, and health again be thine.",0.0
And warm my Soul with an Immortal Fire;,1.0
"The Muse should in Celestial numbers Sing,",0.0
"Who did of old display his Glorious Grace,",2.0
"To Abraham's seed, and Jacob's chosen race.",3.0
Gave them possession of a goodly land.,3.0
"No crowned King did over them bear Sway,",3.0
"Judges, and Governors, they did obey;",3.0
"His Providence, and his peculiar care,",2.0
Renowned Captains did for them prepare.,6.0
"They oft abused his Grace, forgot his love.",0.0
"Philistines arms the Rebels did chastise,",3.0
"Yet of his tender mercy did provide,",0.0
A faithful Prophet and courageous Guide;,1.0
"That might the People's hearts, and minds prepare.",0.0
To Worship him with reverential fear;,1.0
And by his own Example daily Show,1.0
"Them, how to put in practise what they knew.",1.0
"Who had himself, and Household set apart,",1.0
To serve his Maker with a willing heart.,1.0
"Two Wives he had, the one a virtuous Dame,",4.0
"Whose fair, and lovely body did enshrine,",0.0
"A Pious Soul with qualities Divine,",1.0
"Her virtue did her Husbands love insure,",0.0
"And from all People due respect procure,",1.0
Only her Rival could not her endure.,3.0
"The Lord had children unto her denied,",1.0
"The Feasts that were to Israelites enjoined,",1.0
For God had fixed his Tabernacle there;,1.0
"To offer sacrifice was his design,",1.0
And Worship at the fixed place and time:,3.0
"And when he this August Assembly joined,",2.0
The wicked Offspring of a Stock Sincere;,2.0
"Whose vile Example had pernicious been,",0.0
In Tempting Abraham's chosen race to Sin.,6.0
"Observes the Law, laments the Reigning crimes;",0.0
"Frequents the Feasts, and with an honest mind,",2.0
Due portions to his Family assigned:,3.0
Because her Virtuous carriage gained his heart.,2.0
"With Galling words, she urged the Pious Dame;",0.0
"As if neglected by the God of Heaven,",2.0
Because he yet to her no Child had given.,2.0
"Year after Year she did her thus upbraid,",2.0
"And what She could to grieve, and vex her said,",0.0
"Whose noble Soul was soaring far above,",0.0
And following ways of Peace and perfect love;,3.0
"And to the Heavenly Throne herself addressed,",3.0
With sighs and Tears that cannot be expressed.,0.0
"Entreating him that reigns on high, that She,",1.0
"The happy Mother of a Son might be,",1.0
"And if she could that happiness obtain,",2.0
She would resign him to the Lord again;,1.0
And on the Public worship still attend.,1.0
While thus She did disclose her pain and Grief,0.0
"To him, who able was to grant relief,",2.0
"No Friend on Earth was privy to her moan,",2.0
"Her voice not heard, only her lips did move,",5.0
"As if the Virtuous Dame, at that Divine",3.0
"But when with flowing Tears she let him know,",0.0
"She was oppressed, and overwhelmed with woe,",1.0
"The Priest to comfort her himself addressed,",1.0
"The days of Solemn Feasting being Spent,",0.0
"And ever the Sun his Annual Race had run,",4.0
The joyful Mother did embrace a Son;,0.0
And as the Gift of God this worthy Dame,1.0
"Did him receive, And Samuel called his Name;",1.0
"Asked of God, by which She did declare",0.0
"To all Mankind, how great his Mercies are.",2.0
"And with a grateful Heart, in Person She",2.0
"Attended on him, in his Infancy;",2.0
"With kind affection, and a Parents Joy,",1.0
"Some Years expired, And the Child being grown,",2.0
The Pious Matron with her little Son,1.0
And there to Ely does her Son present:,1.0
"To him, And to the Congregated Tribes",1.0
Declared his goodness who over Earth presides.,2.0
"There to his chosen People did proclaim,",1.0
"The Praises due to his Eternal Name,",1.0
"Who heard her cries, and granted her request.",1.0
"Her grateful tongue those joyful words Expressed,",0.0
"My heart and soul does in the Lord rejoice,",0.0
"My glory, and my Strength he does appear,",1.0
What cause have I the Race of man to fear?,1.0
"I am exalted by the God of Love,",2.0
"My Mouth enlarged by him, who reigns above,",1.0
"He makes me over mine Enemies rejoice,",3.0
In his Salvation I exert my voice.,2.0
"Most pure and holy is his Mighty Name,",1.0
And when in deep distress there is not one,0.0
"Can be our refuge, but our God alone.",1.0
"OH! lay your haughty Arrogance aside,",2.0
"The God of Israel will correct your Pride,",1.0
"He knows our Hearts, the Proud he does despise,",0.0
But humble Souls are precious in his eyes;,0.0
"While those who glory in their Strength and might,",0.0
By his all conquering Arm are put to Flight.,3.0
"Yet they, that in his Truth and Mercy trust,",0.0
"Shall find a God both tender, kind, and just;",1.0
"She that was barren, his praises shall prolong",2.0
Whose love fires my breast and joy swells my Song.,4.0
"He is the Lord Supreme of life and Death,",1.0
"When brought to Dust he can restore our breath,",1.0
"From abject State can raise unto a Throne,",5.0
"The Earth with all its Kingdoms are his own,",1.0
"It's he protects his Saints and will display,",2.0
His Sovereign Grace to keep them in the way;,0.0
But from his hands the Slaves of vice shall share,1.0
"Destruction Shall his Enemies attend,",1.0
Amazing Thunder he from Heaven will send;,1.0
His Judgements shall upon the Earth appear,0.0
"The just shall live, uplifted by his Arm",2.0
The Worthy Matron having paid her vows,0.0
Did bless her with a numerous Progeny.,4.0
"Samuel proves, even in his Infant days",3.0
A Miracle of God's Stupendous Grace!,1.0
"Against their House, the word to Samuel came,",0.0
"The Judge and Priest before him must appear,",0.0
And from a blooming Youth compelled to hear,1.0
"Sentence pronounced, most grievous and Severe;",3.0
No Sacrifice can Purge their guilt away,1.0
Samuel a Prophet by the Lords decree;,3.0
And Jacob's Sons approach with Reverend Awe,0.0
While he pronounces God's Eternal Law:,1.0
"His Missions plain, his Visions full and clear",0.0
His words like Oracles remembered are,2.0
"When for their Sins their foes did them invade,",1.0
He to Repentance did the Tribes persuade:,1.0
"And by his Prayers, and Devotion true,",2.0
"Brought Thunder down, Philistines to Subdue:",5.0
To choose a King to rule his chosen Land;,0.0
Yet in Pathetic Speeches let them know,0.0
The Arbitrary ways that Saul would go.,0.0
"And when that King the Lord's command had broke,",0.0
"Samuel was Sent and to the Monarch's Face,",4.0
Boldly declared the Lord would him displace.,3.0
Yet for his King most earnestly did pray,1.0
"That God would turn his Burning Wrath away,",0.0
"Until forbid. Then God did him appoint,",1.0
"His own peculiar David to Anoint,",1.0
"From whom by God's Decree in time should spring,",0.0
"The Prince of Peace, the Everlasting King,",0.0
That Jew and Gentile to one fold Should bring.,2.0
"To hail Louisa, this auspicious day,",1.0
You sister muses annual tribute pay.,2.0
"You sons of science, greet this happy morn,",0.0
"On which my generous, honoured, friend was born.",2.0
"My ardent wishes, gentle maid receive,",0.0
"My steady friendship, and my love believe.",1.0
"Health and contentment, crown thy youthful days,",2.0
"From malice, envy, and oppression free,",1.0
"May fortune smile, propitious over thy life,",2.0
And guard thy gentle breast from care and strife.,0.0
"Thus pass thy moments innocently gay,",2.0
"And joys arise, with each revolving day,",0.0
"That when grim death, shall spread his shadows round,",2.0
"With bliss eternal, may thy life be crowned.",1.0
"Say Tyrant Custom, why must we obey,",2.0
"From the first dawn of Life, unto the Grave,",5.0
"The Nurse, the Mistress, Parent and the Swain,",1.0
"Then comes the last, the fatal Slavery,",1.0
The Husband with insulting Tyranny,2.0
Can have ill Manners justified by Law;,1.0
For Men all join to keep the Wife in awe.,0.0
"Moses who first our Freedom did rebuke,",2.0
"If we were loose, we soon should make them, so.",1.0
"We yield like vanquished Kings whom Fetters bind,",0.0
And lay restraints on the impassive Soul:,1.0
"They fear we should excel their sluggish Parts,",0.0
Should we attempt the Sciences and Arts.,2.0
"Pretend they were designed for them alone,",2.0
So keep us Fools to raise their own Renown;,0.0
"Thus Priests of old their Grandeur to maintain,",5.0
Cried vulgar Eyes would sacred Laws Profane.,1.0
"So kept the Mysteries behind a Screen,",1.0
There Homage and the Name were lost had they been seen:,2.0
"But in this blessed Age, such Freedom's given,",3.0
That every Man explains the Will of Heaven;,1.0
"Make no excursions in Philosophy,",2.0
Or grace our Thoughts in tuneful Poetry?,1.0
"Wits Empire, now, shall know a Female Reign;",2.0
"Come all you Fair, the great Attempt improve,",0.0
Divinely imitate the Realms above:,0.0
And but two Gods that dare pretend to it;,2.0
"And shall these finite Males reverse their Rules,",1.0
"No, we'll be Wits, and then Men must be Fools.",0.0
"TOO well these lines that fatal truth declare,",1.0
"What can it hope, though mutual it should prove?",1.0
"This little form is fair in vain for you,",0.0
In vain for me thy honest heart is true;,1.0
"Or gild my ruin with the name of wife,",1.0
And make me a poor virtuous wretch for life:,4.0
Too sure a cure for all thy present pain,1.0
"No saffron robe for us the godhead wears,",3.0
"His torch inverted, and his face in tears.",1.0
"Though every softer wish were amply crowned,",0.0
Love soon would cease to smile where Fortune frowned;,1.0
"Then would thy soul my fond consent deplore,",0.0
And blame what it solicited before;,2.0
"Thy own exhausted would reproach my truth,",0.0
And say I had undone thy blinded youth;,0.0
"That I had damped Ambition's nobler flame,",1.0
"Eclipsed thy talents, and obscured thy fame;",1.0
"To madrigals and odes that wit confined,",1.0
"Asserting freedom, and enacting laws.",1.0
"Or say, at best, that negatively kind",1.0
"Would all these thoughts incessantly suggest,",1.0
"And all that sense must feel, though pity had suppressed.",0.0
Yet added grief my apprehension fills,0.0
If there can be addition to those ills,2.0
"'Twas thy own deed, thy folly on thy head!",1.0
"Age knows not to allow for thoughtless youth,",3.0
"Holds it romantic to confess a heart,",3.0
And say those virgins act a wiser a wiser part,2.0
"To find the rich, and only dread the poor;",0.0
"Who legal prostitutes, for interest sake,",0.0
"And, if avenging heaven permit increase,",1.0
People the world with folly and disease.,3.0
"While the best bidder mounts the venal bed,",2.0
And the grave aunt and formal sire approve,4.0
"This nuptial sale, this auction of their love.",1.0
"But if regard to worth or sense be shown,",1.0
"That poor degenerate child her friends disown,",2.0
Who dares to deviate by a virtuous choice,2.0
From her great name's hereditary vice.,2.0
"These scenes my prudence ushers to my mind,",1.0
"Of all the storms and quicksands I must find,",2.0
"If I embark upon this summer sea,",1.0
Had our ill fate never blown thy dangerous flame,3.0
"Beyond the limits of a friend's cold name,",2.0
"I might upon that score thy heart receive,",0.0
And with that guiltless name my own deceive;,1.0
"That commerce now in vain you recommend,",0.0
I dread the latent lover in the friend;,0.0
"Of ignorance I want the poor excuse,",1.0
"And know, I both must take, or both refuse.",0.0
"Hear then the safe, the firm resolve I make,",0.0
Never to encourage one I must forsake.,2.0
"While other maids a shameless path pursue,",0.0
"Neither to interest, nor to honour true,",4.0
"And proud to swell the triumph of their eyes,",1.0
Exult in love from lovers they despise;,1.0
"Their maxims all reversed I mean to prove,",0.0
"And though I like the lover, quit the love.",1.0
"NO more, dear Smith, the hackneyed Tale renew;",3.0
"I own their censure, I approve it too.",1.0
"For how can Idiots destitute of thought,",3.0
"Exalt his name, or mutilate his ears?",0.0
"None, but a Lawrence, can adore his Lays,",1.0
"If in myself I think my notions just,",1.0
The Church and all her arguments are dust.,1.0
"Religion's but Opinion's bastard Son,",1.0
"A perfect mystery, more than three in one.",2.0
"As Education taught us, we're inclined.",1.0
"Happy the man, whose reason bids him see,",2.0
Mankind are by the state of Nature free;,2.0
"Who, thinking for himself, despises those,",2.0
That would upon his better sense impose;,0.0
"Is to himself the Minister of God,",2.0
"Happy if Mortals can be is the Man,",4.0
"Who, not by Priest, but Reason rules his span;",0.0
"Reason, to its Possessor a sure guide,",5.0
"Reason, a thorn in Revelations side.",2.0
"If Reason fails, incapable to tread",1.0
"Through gloomy Revelations thickening bed,",0.0
On what authority the Church we own?,1.0
How shall we worship Deities unknown?,1.0
Can the Eternal Justice pleased receive,1.0
"The prayers of those, who, ignorant believe?",2.0
"Search the thick multitudes of every Sect,",3.0
"No individual can their God define,",2.0
"No, not great Penny in his nervous Line.",2.0
"But why must Chatterton selected sit,",1.0
The butt of every Critic's little wit?,1.0
Am I alone for ever in a crime;,1.0
"Nonsense in Prose, or blasphemy in Rhyme?",3.0
Is it not very often so in Shears?,2.0
The cream of modern Literary Taste.,0.0
"Has something sentimental, tender, fine;",0.0
But then how hobbling are the other two;,1.0
Commends a reverential awe of God.,0.0
Read but another fancy of his brain;,3.0
"Fallacious is the charge: It's all a lie,",1.0
As to my reason I can testify.,2.0
"I own a God, immortal, boundless, wise,",0.0
Who bid our glories of Creation rise;,1.0
"Who formed his varied likeness in mankind,",1.0
"Who saw Religion, a fantastic night",1.0
But gave us Reason to obtain the light.,1.0
"Indulgent Whitfield scruples not to say,",0.0
He only can direct to Heavens highway.,2.0
"While Bishops, with as much vehemence tell,",1.0
"Why then, dear Smith, since Doctors disagree,",2.0
Their notions are not oracles to me:,2.0
"What I think right, I ever will pursue",4.0
And leave you liberty to do so too.,1.0
"NOW while the fields in vivid green are dressed,",0.0
And early flowers adorn Spring's simple vest;,3.0
"While brighter suns the opening landscape warm,",3.0
And Nature's beauties in each object charm;,0.0
"Far from the tumult of the worldly crowd,",1.0
"From mad extravagance and folly loud,",1.0
"Here let me sit, and court the Muse to tell",0.0
"By what attractions, by what magic spell,",1.0
And fix on trifles the deluded mind;,1.0
"Can lead us from the path mild Reason taught,",2.0
"Corrupt our principles, debase our thought;",1.0
"And render Man, for noblest views designed,",0.0
To all Creation's boundless glories blind.,0.0
The sons of earth in emulation vie,0.0
"To gain applause, to draw the public eye,",0.0
"And to become, pursuing different rules,",1.0
The praise and envy of surrounding fools.,1.0
"To few, alas! the indulgent hand of Heaven",2.0
Has dazzling wit or deep discernment given:,0.0
"To few superior talents are allowed,",3.0
And all Ambition's glittering toys despise.,2.0
"Hers are the gay, the trivial, and the vain;",2.0
To them profuse the partial goddess pours,1.0
A name nor wealth nor titles can bestow:,1.0
"That, and that only, to ourselves we owe.",1.0
Each candidate some various method tries.,3.0
"In rural scenes, where peaceful shades delight,",0.0
And flowery meadows fix the wandering sight ' --,5.0
And perfumed winds over beds of roses blow ' --,2.0
"Even there the love of fame mankind inspires,",2.0
And rustic breasts with rustic passions fires.,0.0
If other hounds in swiftness his excel;,1.0
"If other steeds, more forward in the race,",0.0
"The Country Justice, into years declined,",0.0
"He glories in his barns with plenty stored,",0.0
Nor lets one care his placid mind molest ' --,0.0
"The rural Belle, impatient, seeks renown",0.0
In some new headdress just arrived from Town;,2.0
"Thinks how the wondering neighbourhood will gaze,",2.0
And circling beauties envy while they praise.,0.0
"Not yet by Vice or tainted or depressed,",1.0
"Compared to those more courtly belles engage,",1.0
Where Fashion governs with despotic rage;,1.0
"Severed from blushing Modesty and Truth,",3.0
"The dear companions of her happier youth,",3.0
"No ties can bind, no principles restrain,",3.0
"And Love and Duty plead, but plead in vain.",0.0
"Yet, of the numbers who in error tread,",0.0
More are by weakness than by vice misled ' --,1.0
"And rather act an imitative part,",0.0
Than follow the plain dictates of their heart. ' --,2.0
"Elected by a grateful people's voice,",1.0
"More from a sense of duty than from choice,",1.0
"Hermione, who reared amid circling shades,",6.0
"Remote from Fashion and remote from Strife,",1.0
He chose the partner of his blameless life.,1.0
"Her cheeks disclosed the rose's softest die,",0.0
And innocence beamed lovely from her eye;,3.0
"On her red lips a mild composure charmed,",2.0
And perfect symmetry her figure formed.,2.0
"In this new scene with timid steps she moved,",3.0
And blushing heard when Flattery approved;,1.0
The fluttering beaux in vain to please her sought ' --,2.0
"Now Envy loudly ridicules the fair,",1.0
"And every female, swelled with jealous hate,",1.0
Condemns what she can never imitate; ' --,1.0
"Whom Nature formed in a capricious mood,",1.0
"Scorned by the wise, and pitied by the good.",2.0
"By nature virtuous, but too weak her sense",4.0
"She leaves reluctant all she fondly loves,",0.0
And follows what her judgement disapproves;,1.0
"With follies first, with vices next complied,",0.0
And sacrificed her feelings to her pride.,1.0
Behold Hermione in triumph reign:,2.0
"No more she rises with the morning ray,",1.0
But wastes in cards the night ' --  in sleep the day;,0.0
Assumes the glow of artificial red;,0.0
To clear the mists of error from her eyes.,1.0
"At length he leads her to the rural plain,",1.0
Where once Contentment blessed his wide domain:,0.0
"But now no more Contentment will attend,",2.0
No more from Care's corrosive stings defend;,0.0
Whose altered heart no tenderness returns;,2.0
"Till, long between contending passions tossed,",0.0
"His fortune sunk, his peace entirely lost,",2.0
"He yielded to the welcome stroke of death,",1.0
OH sad vicissitude of human state!,3.0
"Daughters of Virtue, with vain pride elate,",4.0
Condemn not here a sister's levity;,1.0
"But trembling think, such you, perhaps, may be. ' --",1.0
"Yet, if over this sad tale we drop a tear,",2.0
"His figure mean, and consequential face,",0.0
And views his mind ' --  receptacle for all,1.0
The follies that to wretched mortals fall?,0.0
"Bred in the City to an humble fate,",1.0
The sober youth behind his counter sat:,0.0
"His study was of stocks the rise and fall,",1.0
And his grand festival a Lord Mayor's ball.,6.0
"When Fortune, careful of the fool and knave,",1.0
"A large estate beyond his wishes gave,",0.0
And quits the Exchange to bustle through the Court.,3.0
To ape the courtly fop in vain he tries;,0.0
Now with Lord Trinket in his carriage vies;,3.0
"Now games, now drinks, now swears ' --  and all for fame,",4.0
Since more illustrious blockheads do the same. ' --,2.0
"But hark! what knell, inspiring awful fear,",0.0
In broken sounds thus strikes my wounded ear?,1.0
"That knell it calls Olivia to the tomb,",1.0
"Adorned with sentiment and sense refined,",1.0
Whose only fault was a too feeling mind.,2.0
"Propitious Fortune, at her natal hour,",0.0
Had added wealth to Nature's lavish dower:,0.0
"She grew and flourished in his guardian care,",2.0
Till the pleased father with delight surveyed,3.0
"His fondest hopes accomplished in the maid,",0.0
Soon at the altar join their willing hands.,0.0
Unhappy fair! she hoped the sacred rite,0.0
"Their hearts should ever with their hands unite,",2.0
"Her husband still her lover should remain,",0.0
And Death alone dissolve their lasting chain.,0.0
"And blindly governed by her senseless rules,",1.0
He thought affection for a wife disgraced,1.0
The nice refinement of a man of taste.,1.0
In vain mankind with one consent declare,2.0
Olivia fairest amid thousands fair:,7.0
"Blind to her charms, unworthy of her love,",1.0
To meaner beauties his affections rove;,1.0
"And, seeking fancied bliss, his footsteps roam",1.0
Far from the genuine happiness of home.,3.0
"A soft concern, mixed with offended pride,",2.0
"Usurped the breast of his neglected bride,",2.0
To think that he alone unmoved should view,1.0
Those peerless charms which all beside subdue.,0.0
At length her busy thought suggests a scheme,0.0
"Destructive to her peace and to her fame,",2.0
And makes her strive by jealousy to gain,1.0
That fickle heart which scorned a milder chain.,0.0
"Too soon the storey restless Scandal spread,",1.0
"How fair Olivia, by resentment led,",3.0
"His life for her, whom his caprice disdained",2.0
Why should on the sad relation dwell?,0.0
"A hasty challenge sent ' --  he fought, and fell!",0.0
"Borne through those streets a senseless load of clay,",0.0
"Where late he wandered negligent and gay,",1.0
His altered features crowds with tears survey.,0.0
But who can paint the anguish and despair,1.0
That racked the bosom of the hapless fair,1.0
"Who caused his death, when, pierced with many a wound,",2.0
The man she loved a breathless corpse she found?,0.0
"Horror, contrition, grief, at once combined",2.0
"To rouse each feeling of her tortured mind,",1.0
"Till, her weak frame unequal to the strife,",3.0
"Learn hence, you fair, to shun each dangerous art,",2.0
Nor even in thought from rectitude depart:,2.0
For Temper more than Wit or Beauty charms.,0.0
"So, when old age shall spoil each transient grace,",1.0
"Dim thy bright eyes, and wrinkle over thy face ' --",5.0
"Steal from thy faded cheek the rose's hue,",0.0
And bend that form which now delights the view ' --,0.0
Shall gild the evening of thy latest day;,1.0
"Still powerful Virtue shall victorious prove,",5.0
"And fix, where Beauty fails, a husband's love. ' --",0.0
"Nothing by him is heard, and nothing seen;",1.0
"Or, should his eyes a play or ball explore,",0.0
"He listless yawns, and wishes it was over. ' --",1.0
"Foreign his accent, foreign is his air,",4.0
His dress resplendent with Parisian glare;,1.0
He vainly thinks the wondering crowds admire. ' --,2.0
As to be thought a man of taste refined;,1.0
"On pictures, statues, poems to decide,",2.0
And by his nod the sons of Genius guide.,1.0
And needy Science courts the wealthy lord:,0.0
"There, like the mimic heroes of the stage,",1.0
"While starving wits, amid their venal lays,",0.0
Pay for substantial dinners empty praise. ' --,2.0
"But these are trifling faults, and less proceed",1.0
From heart defective than defective head.,1.0
"But darker shades remain, whose force to paint,",0.0
"Language is cold, ideas are but faint;",3.0
"Crimes at which Reason starts with holy fear,",0.0
To which even Pity scarce can grant a tear.,0.0
"Behold the reptile man, whose impious pride",3.0
"Dares the existence of that God deny,",3.0
"Who was, and is, through all eternity;",2.0
"To man, ungrateful man, a being gave;",0.0
"Whose mercy doomed his only Son to bleed,",0.0
Our sinful race from paths of Death to lead;,0.0
"Who, omnipresent, all our guilt can view,",0.0
And pitying yet withholds the vengeance due!,3.0
But let me hope that few thus madly dare,1.0
Wage with Omnipotence a desperate war.,3.0
"Most men acknowledge and revere a God,",1.0
"But scarce the tears of soft Contrition spring,",0.0
Too oft the thoughtless wanderer is lost.,2.0
"Children of Error, then, a moment stay,",2.0
"Which seeks no recompense, but to impart",2.0
A ray of Truth to the bewildered heart.,1.0
"Yet think an hour shall come, nor far that hour,",0.0
When Death's dread horrors shall each sense overpower;,7.0
"When you shall ask in vain a little time,",0.0
In vain lament the errors of your prime;,1.0
"With terror view your near approaching end,",0.0
"And helpless, hopeless to the grave descend.",1.0
"While Providence allows a lengthening span,",3.0
Nor to a future time the change delay.,1.0
Perhaps your life may finish with this day;,1.0
"The present day, the present hour alone,",0.0
Then seize this fleeting moment to deplore,1.0
"Thy sins, resolved to yield to sin no more;",1.0
"Regard life's darkest hours, its scenes most gay,",1.0
"And fix thy mind on that sublime abode,",0.0
Where soon thy spirit may rejoin its God;,1.0
"There, mixed with angels and archangels, raise",2.0
The hymn of glory to thy Maker's praise;,1.0
And taste pure joys that know nor change nor end!,1.0
"IN a fair island, in the southern main,",2.0
"A Princess lived, of origin divine,",1.0
"Of bloom celestial, and imperial line.",3.0
IN that sweet season when the mounting Sun,1.0
"Prepares, with joy, his radiant course to run,",0.0
"Led by the Graces, and the dancing Hours,",1.0
And wakes to life the various race of flowers;,2.0
"The lovely Queen forsook her shining court,",0.0
"For rural scenes, and healthful Sylvan sport,",0.0
"IT so befell, that, as in cheerful talk,",2.0
"Her Nymphs and She pursued their evening walk,",1.0
"They found a graceful Youth dissolved in sleep,",0.0
"His charms the Queen surveyed with fond delight,",0.0
"By her command the youth was strait conveyed,",1.0
And sleeping softly in her palace laid.,0.0
"Who cried aloud, You Gods unfold this Scene!",0.0
Where am I? what can all these wonders mean?,0.0
Attendant nymphs a fragrant bath prepare;,0.0
"He rose, he bathed, and on his lovely head,",1.0
"To deck his polished limbs, a robe they brought,",0.0
In all the various dies of beauty wrought;,2.0
"Then led him to the Queen, who, on a throne",2.0
"What love, what ecstasy his soul possessed!",1.0
"Entranced he stood, and on his faltering tongue,",3.0
"Imperfect words, and half formed accents hung;",1.0
"Nor less the Queen the blooming youth admired,",0.0
"Nor less delight, and love, her soul inspired.",0.0
"OH Stranger! said the Queen, if hither driven,",1.0
"By adverse winds, or sent a guest from Heaven;",1.0
"To me the wretched never sue in vain,",1.0
This fruitful isle with joy approves my reign;,0.0
"Then speak thy wishes, and thy wants declare,",1.0
And no denial shall attend thy prayer:,0.0
"She paused, and blushed; the youth his silence broke,",0.0
"And kneeling, thus the charming Queen bespoke:",0.0
"OH GODDESS! for a form so bright as thine,",2.0
Speaks thee descended of celestial line;,3.0
"Low at your feet a prostrate King behold,",0.0
"I fly a cruel tyrant's lawless hand,",2.0
And storms have drove my vessel on your strand:,1.0
But why do I complain of Fortune's frowns?,1.0
"To this sweet moment? while in fond amaze,",2.0
On such transporting excellence I gaze!,2.0
Such symmetry of shape! so fair a face!,1.0
Such finished elegance! such perfect grace!,2.0
"Hear then my only wish, and OH approve",0.0
"From Neptune, know, OH Prince, my birth I claim,",1.0
"This island, these attendant nymphs he gave",1.0
"But he whose fortune gains me for a bride,",2.0
Must have his constancy severely tried;,1.0
One day each moon am I compelled to go,1.0
"To my Great Father's watery realms below,",4.0
"Where coral groves celestial red display,",0.0
And blazing diamonds emulate the day;,0.0
"In this short absence if your love endures,",3.0
My heart and empire are for ever your's;,2.0
"And hoary Neptune, to reward your truth,",1.0
Shall crown you with immortal bloom and youth;,1.0
"But instant death will on your falsehood wait,",2.0
Nor can my tenderness prevent your fate:,2.0
"Twice twenty noble youths, alas! are dead,",1.0
Who in my absence stained the nuptial bed;,0.0
But mine is yielded on these terms alone.,2.0
"Accept my constancy, my endless truth:",1.0
They merited the fate by which they died:,1.0
Accept a heart incapable of change;,1.0
Thy beauty shall forbid desire to range.,0.0
No other form shall to my eye seem fair;,3.0
No other voice attract my listening ear;,1.0
"No charms but thine, shall ever my soul approve;",4.0
While tuneful voices chant the nuptial lay:,0.0
"But when the Sun descending sought the main,",0.0
"Now rose the morn, and with auspicious ray,",2.0
"Dispelled the dewy mists, and gave the day;",0.0
"When Lucida, with anxious cares oppressed,",2.0
"Soul of my soul, and monarch of my heart,",1.0
"This day, she cried, this fatal day, we part;",0.0
"Yet, if your love uninjured you retain,",1.0
"We soon shall meet in happiness again,",1.0
"To part no more, but rolling years employ,",1.0
"JOY of my life, dismiss those needless fears,",0.0
"Replied the King, and stay those precious tears;",0.0
"Should lovely Venus leave her native sky,",0.0
"And at my feet, imploring fondness, lie,",0.0
"Even she, the radiant Queen of soft desires,",1.0
"Should, disappointed, burn with hopeless fires.",0.0
"THE heart of Man, the Queen's experience knew",2.0
"Perjured, and false, yet wished to find him true:",2.0
"She sighed, retiring; and, in regal state,",1.0
"The King conducts her to the palace gate,",1.0
The wondrous work of his celestial hands;,1.0
"Six harnessed swans the bright machine convey,",1.0
And plunge the goddess in the sounding tide.,0.0
"SLOW to the court the pensive King returns,",0.0
"And sighs in secret, and in silence mourns;",1.0
"In mournful accents, and melodious strains;",3.0
"Her plaintive woes fill the resounding lawn,",2.0
"THE King, to mitigate his tender pain,",0.0
"Seeks the apartment of the virgin train,",3.0
And bid the melancholy moments smile;,0.0
"But there deserted, lonely rooms he found;",1.0
And solitary silence reigned around:,0.0
"He called aloud, when, lo! a hag appears,",0.0
Bending beneath deformity and years;,3.0
"Who said, My Liege, explain your sacred will,",1.0
With joy your sovereign purpose I fulfil.,1.0
"My will! detested wretch! avoid my sight,",1.0
And hide that hideous shape in endless night.,2.0
"What? does thy Queen, overrun with rude distrust,",6.0
Resolve by force to keep a husband just?,0.0
"YOU wrong, replied the hag, your royal wife,",0.0
"Whose care is love, and love to guard your life;",0.0
"The race of mortals are by nature frail,",1.0
And strong temptations with the best prevail.,1.0
"Be that my care, he said; be thine, to send",1.0
"The virgin train, let them my will attend.",3.0
"No more recalls the image of his spouse,",2.0
How false is Man! nor recollects his vows;,0.0
"With wild inconstancy for all he burns,",1.0
"At length a maid superior to the rest,",1.0
"Arrayed in smiles, in virgin beauty dressed,",0.0
"Received his passion, and returned his love,",1.0
And softly wooed him to the silent grove.,1.0
"Within the grove a spacious grotto stood,",1.0
"Where forty youths in marble seemed to mourn,",0.0
Each youth reclining on a funeral urn;,3.0
"He treads her footsteps, joyful to obey;",2.0
"There, fired with passion, clasped her to his breast,",3.0
And thus the transport of his soul expressed:,1.0
DELIGHTFUL beauty! decked with every charm,0.0
"High fancy paints, or glowing love can form,",1.0
"I sigh, I gaze, I tremble, I adore,",1.0
Such lovely looks never blessed my eyes before!,3.0
"For Love's delights, and tender transports made,",0.0
"No envious tongue to censure or direct,",4.0
"Here yield to Love, and tenderly employ",1.0
The silent season in ecstatic joy.,0.0
"He sighed and strove, but strove and sighed in vain;",0.0
"She rushed indignant from his fond embrace,",1.0
"While rage, with blushes, paints her virgin face;",0.0
While she to magic charms for vengeance flies.,0.0
"She filled her palm with the translucent wave,",1.0
"And, sprinkling, cried, Receive, false man, in time,",1.0
The just reward of thy detested crime.,1.0
"Despise perfection, and fair virtue slight;",2.0
"Whose hearts nor vows can chain, nor honour bind,",1.0
"Mad to possess, by passion blindly led,",2.0
"And then as mad, to stain the nuptial bed;",0.0
"Whose roving souls no excellence, no age,",3.0
"No form, no rank, no beauty, can engage:",6.0
"Slaves to the bad, to the deserving worst,",1.0
"Sick of your twentieth love, as of your first.",3.0
"Like thee were Lovers, and like thee forsworn;",2.0
Nor for a day preserve their passion pure;,1.0
"Whom neither love, nor beauty, could restrain,",0.0
Nor fear of endless infamy and pain.,1.0
"Now feel the force of heavens avenging hand,",3.0
And here inanimate for ever stand!,1.0
SHE spoke ' --  amazed the listening monarch stood;,0.0
And icy horror froze his ebbing blood!,0.0
"Thick shades of death upon his eyelids creep,",2.0
And closed them fast in everlasting sleep;,0.0
"No sense of life, no motion he retains,",3.0
"But fixed, a dreadful monument remains!",1.0
"A STATUE now! and if revived once more,",3.0
"Would prove, no doubt, as CONSTANT as before.",2.0
"OH CHATTERTON! for thee the pensive song I raise,",3.0
"Thou object of my wonder, pity, envy, praise!",1.0
"Bright Star of Genius! ' --  torn from life and fame,",1.0
"My tears, my verse, shall consecrate thy name!",0.0
You Muses! who around his natal bed,0.0
"Triumphant sung, and all your influence shed;",2.0
"APOLLO! thou who rapt his infant breast,",1.0
"Ah! why, in vain, such mighty gifts bestow",0.0
' --  Why give fresh tortures to the Child of Woe?,2.0
Adding new sense to all the ills behind?,2.0
Transforms young rapture to the ponderous sigh;,4.0
Why all thy spells for CHATTERTON combine?,1.0
"His thought creative, why must thou confine?",1.0
"Subdued by thee, his pen no more obeys,",2.0
No longer gives the song of ancient days;,1.0
"Nor paints in glowing tints from distant skies,",0.0
"Drops her sad plumes, and yields to thee her powers.",4.0
"Behold him, Muses! see your favourite son",0.0
"The prey of WANT, ere manhood is begun!",3.0
"The bosom you have filled, with anguish torn ' --",1.0
"The mind you cherished, drooping and forlorn!",1.0
"And now Despair her sable form extends,",0.0
"Creeps to his couch, and over his pillow bends.",2.0
"Ah, see! a deadly bowl the fiend concealed,",0.0
Which to his eye with caution is revealed ' --,1.0
"Seize it, APOLLO! ' --  seize the liquid snare!",2.0
"Dash it to earth, or dissipate in air!",0.0
"Stay, hapless Youth! refrain ' --  abhor the draught,",1.0
"With pangs, with racks, with deep repentance fraught!",0.0
"O, hold! the cup with woe ETERNAL flows,",0.0
More ' --  more than Death the poisonous juice bestows!,2.0
In vain! ' --  he drinks ' --  and now the searching fires,0.0
"Rush through his veins, and writhing he expires!",1.0
"That wings my pulse, and shoots from vein to vein?",0.0
"What mean, regardless of yonder midnight bell,",3.0
What strange disorder prompts these thoughts to glow?,0.0
"These sighs to murmur, and these tears to flow?",1.0
"Once a pure saint, and more than saints adored:",2.0
"She comes in all her killing charms confessed,",0.0
"Glares through the gloom, and pours upon my breast,",0.0
And drags me back to misery and love.,1.0
"Enjoy thy triumphs, dear illusion! see",0.0
This sad apostate from his God to thee;,1.0
"Flame through my blood, and steal me from my urn.",1.0
"Yet, yet, frail Abelard! one effort try,",2.0
Ere the last lingering spark of virtue die;,3.0
And spite of nature tear her from thy soul.,1.0
"From love's wild visionary wishes strayed,",1.0
"And sought to lose thy beauties in the shade,",0.0
"Faith dropped a smile, devotion lent her fire,",1.0
"Led me enraptured to the blessed abode,",3.0
And taught my heart to glow with all its God.,0.0
"But o, how weak fair faith and virtue prove!",2.0
When Eloisa melts away in love!,0.0
"When her fond soul impassioned, rapt, unveiled,",3.0
"No joy forgotten, and no wish concealed,",3.0
"Flows through her pen as infant softness free,",0.0
You heavens! as walking in yonder sacred fane,4.0
"Just as remorse had roused an aching sigh,",1.0
"And my torn soul hung trembling in my eye,",4.0
"In that kind hour thy fatal letter came,",1.0
"I saw, I gazed, I shivered at the name;",0.0
"The conscious lamps at once forgot to shine,",0.0
Prophetic tremors shook the hallowed shrine;,0.0
"Priests, censors, altars from thy genius fled,",2.0
And heaven itself shut on me while I read.,2.0
"Dear smiling mischief! art thou still the same,",1.0
The still pale victim of too soft a flame?,3.0
"Warm, as when first with more than mortal shine",0.0
Each melting eye-ball mixed thy soul with mine?,1.0
"Have not thy tears for ever taught to flow,",0.0
"The pomp of sacrifice, the whispered tale,",0.0
"The dreadful vow yet hovering over thy veil,",2.0
"To love's dread shrine, and weep and sigh for me?",1.0
"Then take me, take me, lock me in thy arms,",0.0
"Spring to my lips, and give me all thy charms:",0.0
"No, fly me, fly me, spread the impatient sail,",3.0
"Steal the lark's wing, and mount the swiftest gale;",3.0
"Skim the last ocean, freeze beneath the pole;",3.0
"Renounce me, curse me, root me from thy soul;",1.0
"Fly, fly, for justice bares the arm of God,",1.0
And the grasped vengeance only waits his nod.,2.0
Are these my wishes? can they thus aspire?,2.0
"Does frenzy form them, or does grace inspire?",1.0
"Can Abelard, in hurricanes of zeal,",1.0
"Betray his heart, and teach thee not to feel?",0.0
"Each human warmth, and chill thee into stone?",0.0
"On that dear bosom trembling let me lie,",1.0
"Rouse all my passions, act my joys anew,",0.0
"Farewell, you cells! you martyred saints! adieu:",1.0
"Sleep, conscience, sleep! each awful thought be drowned,",1.0
And sevenfold darkness veil the scene around.,6.0
"Around the expiring God bright angels fly,",3.0
"Swell the loud hymn, and open all the sky:",3.0
"OH save me, save me, ere the thunders roll,",1.0
"Return, you hours! when guiltless of a stain,",1.0
"All Athens boasted, and all Rome admired;",1.0
"My merit in its full meridian shone,",2.0
"Each rival blushing, and each heart my own.",1.0
"Return, you scenes! ah no, from fancy fly,",0.0
"On time's stretched wing, till each idea die,",1.0
"Eternal fly, since all that learning gave",0.0
"Too weak to conquer, and too fond to save,",3.0
"To love's soft empire every wish betrayed,",1.0
And left my laurels withering in the shade.,1.0
"Let me forget, that while deceitful fame",2.0
"Grasped her shrill trump, and filled it with my name,",4.0
"Each saint, each blessed insensible to love,",1.0
"At once my soul from bright ambition won,",0.0
"I hugged the dart, I wished to be undone;",0.0
"No more pale science durst my thoughts engage,",2.0
Insipid dullness hung on every page;,0.0
"The midnight lamp no more enjoyed its blaze,",2.0
No more my spirit flew from maze to maze:,0.0
Thy glances bade philosophy resign,1.0
"Her throne to thee, and every sense was thine.",1.0
"But what could all the frosts of wisdom do,",0.0
"Opposed to beauty, when it melts in you?",0.0
"Misshapen rocks, wild images of woe,",2.0
"Wakes the green herb, or paints the unfolding flower;",4.0
The dismal scenes black melancholy pours,1.0
"Conspire, in vain, with all the aids of art,",2.0
To blot thy dear idea from my heart.,1.0
Why lives thy soft divinity where woe,1.0
"Heaves the pale sigh, and anguish loves to glow?",3.0
"Breathe in its sweets, and melt along the gale;",0.0
"Fly where gay scenes luxurious youths employ,",5.0
Where every moment steals the wing of joy;,0.0
Devoted slaves and victims all thy own:,0.0
OH memory! ingenious to revive,3.0
"Each fleeting hour, and teach the past to live,",0.0
Witness what conflicts this frail bosom tore!,3.0
An heart that panted to be still a slave!,1.0
"When youth, warmth, rapture, spirit, love, and flame,",1.0
"Seized every sense, and burned through all my frame;",1.0
"From youth, warmth, rapture, to these wilds I fled,",2.0
"There, while these venerable cloisters rise",1.0
"Over the bleak surge, and gain upon the skies,",2.0
My wounded soul indulged the tear to flow,0.0
Over all her sad vicissitudes of woe;,1.0
"Profuse of life, and yet afraid to die,",0.0
"Guilt in my heart, and horror in my eye,",0.0
"With ceaseless prayers, the whole artillery given",2.0
"To win the mercies of offended heaven,",1.0
"Each hill, made vocal, echoed all around,",1.0
While my torn breast knocked bleeding on the ground.,5.0
"Yet, yet, alas! though all my moments fly",0.0
"Stained by a tear, and darkened in a sigh;",0.0
"The dusk of death, and sunk me to a shade,",1.0
"Shoots through my blood, and drinks up all my heart;",0.0
"My vows and wishes wildly disagree,",1.0
And grace itself mistakes my God for thee.,0.0
"For ever rises in the solar ray,",0.0
A phantom brighter than the blaze of day:,1.0
"Wherever I go, the visionary guest",2.0
"Pants on my lip, or sinks upon my breast;",0.0
"Unfolds her sweets, and, throbbing to destroy,",1.0
Winds round my heart in luxury of joy;,1.0
I hear her softer accents in the sound;,0.0
"No tears can drive her hence, no pangs control,",2.0
For every object brings her to my soul.,1.0
"Last night, reclining on yonder airy steep,",3.0
My busy eyes hung brooding over the deep;,3.0
And the soft moon-beam danced from wave to wave;,4.0
"Each former bliss in this bright mirror seen,",2.0
"With all my glories, dawned upon the scene,",0.0
"Recalled the dear auspicious hour anew,",0.0
When my fond soul to Eloisa flew:,2.0
"Thy frantic lover snatched thee to his breast,",1.0
"Gazed on thy blushes armed with every grace,",0.0
And saw the goddess beaming in thy face;,0.0
"Saw thy wild, trembling, ardent wishes move",3.0
"Each pulse to rapture, and each glance to love.",1.0
"But lo! the winds descend, the billows roar,",0.0
"Foam to the clouds, and burst upon the shore,",0.0
"At once the pleasing images withdrew,",1.0
And more than horrors crowded on my view;,1.0
"Thy uncle's form, in all his ire arrayed,",0.0
"Serenely dreadful stalked along the shade,",0.0
"Pierced by his sword, I sunk upon the ground,",0.0
The spectre ghastly smiled upon the wound;,0.0
And tossed my infamy from tongue to tongue.,1.0
Detested wretch! how impotent thy age!,1.0
"Spite of thyself, inhuman as thou art,",3.0
Thy murdering hand has left me all my heart;,2.0
"Left me each tender, fond affection, warm,",0.0
"A nerve to tremble, and an eye to charm.",1.0
"No, cruel, cruel, exquisite in ill,",2.0
"My death had robbed lost vengeance of her toil,",2.0
And scarcely warmed a Scythian to a smile:,1.0
With all their savage mysteries of woe;,1.0
"The powers of nature, and the source of joy;",3.0
"To stretch me on the racks of vain desire,",1.0
"Each passion throbbing, and each wish on fire;",1.0
"Mad to enjoy, unable to be blessed,",3.0
"Fiends in my veins, and hell within my breast.",0.0
"Aid me, fair faith! assist me, grace divine!",3.0
"You martyrs! bless me, and you saints! refine,",1.0
You vows! you altars! from this bosom tear,1.0
"Voluptuous love, and leave no anguish there:",4.0
Oblivion! be thy blackest plume displayed,1.0
While awful reason whispers in the friend;,0.0
"Friend, did I say? immortals! what a name?",0.0
"Can dull, cold friendship, own so wild a flame?",1.0
"Shot all his soul between thee and the sky,",1.0
"Called thy rapt ear to die upon his tongue,",3.0
"Now strongly rouse, while heaven his zeal inspires",1.0
"Calm all thy passions, all thy peace restore,",0.0
And teach that snowy breast to heave no more.,1.0
"By angels guarded, and by vows secured,",1.0
"To all that once awoke thy fondness dead,",0.0
"And hope, pale sorrow's last sad refuge, fled;",2.0
"Why wilt thou weep, and sigh, and melt in vain,",0.0
"From yonder bright portal opening in the sky,",4.0
"Thy Abelard should bid his God adieu,",1.0
"Pant at thy feet, and taste thy charms anew?",0.0
"You heavens! if to this tender bosom wooed,",1.0
If one faint glimpse of Eloise can move,2.0
"The fiercest, wildest agonies of love;",1.0
"What shall I be, when, dazzling as the light,",1.0
"Look on thyself, consider who thou art,",2.0
"Pours the loud organ through the trembling fane,",4.0
"Yonder pious maids each earthly wish disown,",0.0
"Kiss the dread cross, and crowd upon the throne:",3.0
"OH let thy soul the sacred charge attend,",1.0
Teach every breast from every hymn to steal,1.0
"To rise to rapture, to dissolve away",1.0
"In dreams of heaven, and lead thyself the way,",0.0
Till all the glories of the blessed abode,1.0
"Blaze on the scene, and every thought is God!",0.0
"While thus thy exemplary cares prevail,",4.0
"And make each vestal spotless as her veil,",1.0
The eternal spirit over thy cell shall move,3.0
In the soft image of the mystic dove;,3.0
"Peace in his smile, and healing on his wing;",1.0
"At once remove affliction from thy breast,",1.0
"Melt over thy soul, and hush her pangs to rest.",3.0
"OH that my soul, from love's cursed bondage free,",1.0
Could catch the transports that I urge to thee!,0.0
OH that some angel's more than magic art,0.0
Would kindly tear the hermit from his heart!,1.0
"Extinguish every guilty sense, and leave",0.0
"No pulse to riot, and no sigh to heave.",3.0
"Vain fruitless wish! still, still, the vigorous flame",4.0
"Bursts, like an earthquake, through my shattered frame;",2.0
"Spite of the joys that truth and virtue prove,",0.0
"I feel but thee, and breathe not but to love;",2.0
"Repent in vain, scarce wish to be forgiven;",1.0
"Thy form my idol, and thy charms my heaven.",1.0
"Yet, yet, my fair! thy nobler efforts try,",3.0
"Lift me from earth, and give me to the sky;",1.0
"Let my lost soul thy brighter virtues feel,",3.0
"Warmed with thy hopes, and winged with all thy zeal.",0.0
"And when, low bending at the hallowed shrine,",1.0
Thy contrite heart shall Abelard resign;,6.0
"When pitying heaven, impatient to forgive,",3.0
And ask the same immortal boon for me.,0.0
"Then when these black terrific scenes are over,",0.0
And rebel nature chills the soul no more;,1.0
"When on thy cheek the expiring roses fade,",2.0
"When armed with quick varieties of pain,",1.0
"Pale death shall set my kindred spirit free,",1.0
"Some pious friend, whose wild affections glow",0.0
"Prepare the garland, and adorn the bier;",1.0
And teach thy genial dust to mix with mine.,0.0
"Mean while, divinely purged from every stain,",1.0
"To each bright cherub's purity aspire,",2.0
"Catch ali his zeal, and pant with all his fire;",3.0
"No uncle murders, and no passion tears,",3.0
"Enjoy with heaven eternity of rest,",1.0
"PRoud thus to wait, ' --  each colour to prepare,",3.0
But wants the art ' --  to paint the blooming fair.,0.0
"Around her neck, in innocence she smiles,",1.0
And fondly ' --  hides herself in infant wiles.,0.0
"The maid obsequious ' --  scarcely in her arms,",2.0
Restrains the babe ' --  her slender hold alarms.,0.0
"Choose then this group, disposed by softest shades",0.0
And playful win them to their evening beds.,1.0
But how the mind ' --  the mother to express?,2.0
Who fondly folds her infant to her breast.,1.0
A vain attempt ' --  a figure far too fine ' --,1.0
"Steal fancy lightly ' --  scarce the curtain by,",2.0
Nor breathe while sleep ' --  the babes in slumber lie;,0.0
To the first cause let innocence my mind.,5.0
How moves the babe? ' --  who forms the human kind.,0.0
"While fancy hovers as the two she views,",1.0
"TO thee, OH Mira, I these Lines commend,",3.0
"These from thy gentle and immortal Friend,",2.0
"Though not to thee my airy Form appears,",1.0
"At Night when, lonely by the Taper's Flame,",2.0
In a still Whisper thou hast breathed my Name,3.0
And in thy Eyes beheld the rising Woe;,0.0
Ah simple Sorrows when for me they flow!,1.0
"Think not, OH Mira, not in me to find",3.0
These are as thou wilt by the Sequel find,1.0
Below a Spirit of the blissful kind:,1.0
"And was thy Form, as wanton Helen gay,",1.0
"Or did thy Eyes outshine the Lamp of Day,",1.0
"These please not me ' --  Bright Eyes in vain may roll,",2.0
I read no Charms but in the purer Soul.,1.0
By thy changed Features I too often find,4.0
The wild Ideas of thy restless Mind;,1.0
"All serious now abstracted from the Crew,",4.0
"No prudent Stoic more serene than you,",1.0
"Till in your Brain some gaudy Pictures spring,",0.0
"All gay and careless, then you laugh and sing:",0.0
These vanish like a painted Cloud ' --  and now,0.0
"You form dark Visions and at Phantoms start,",2.0
From a too thoughtless or too roving Mind;,4.0
For these are Strangers to a Soul resigned.,2.0
Where Disappointments crowd the rocky Strand?,1.0
Not so ' --  nor let thy Vanity pretend,1.0
To hope for more than ever blessed thy Friend;,0.0
"In Life I shone conspicuous over the rest,",4.0
While the pure Beams malignant Eyes oppressed;,3.0
"Sound Judgement, Learning, Wisdom, too was mine,",1.0
And piercing Wit superior far to thine;,2.0
"Yet gaping Rage stood ready to devour,",2.0
And Dullness rained on me a leaden Shower:,1.0
"Defamed, applauded, envied, and admired:",1.0
A milder Passage and more easy Doom?,1.0
Deluded Girl! let not a Thought so vain,1.0
"Elate thy Spirits, nor ascend thy Brain.",1.0
"But hear, OH Mira, nor too late be wise,",3.0
From painted Trifles turn thy longing Eyes;,0.0
"Ask not for what will make thy Prayer offend,",0.0
"But ask Content, a Parent and a Friend;",1.0
"Ask Bread and Peace, it's all that Nature craves,",1.0
"This Kings acknowledge, when they find their Graves.",0.0
"Say, why thy Features lose their healthful Die,",0.0
And the Tears tremble in the languid Eye?,2.0
"The mighty Conflict I with pity see,",1.0
"When thy rude Passions struggle to be free,",3.0
"And rack thy Breast ' --  the incoherent Stage,",1.0
Where grave and comic jar like Youth and Age;,0.0
Now Death appears all horrible and grim:,2.0
"But the next Moment none so fair as him,",1.0
"And now you sigh ' --  Ah, let me calmly die:",0.0
"Then shrinking, trembling from the Grave you fly,",1.0
"But thou, beware, and if thy Fate has joined",2.0
A sickly Body to a roving Mind;,1.0
"Be calm nor mourn at the Supreme Decree,",1.0
"Nor think the Mandate shall be changed for thee,",1.0
From Sphere to Sphere and trace the boundless Sky?,0.0
"Then would the Lives of little Mortals show,",0.0
Like empty Bubbles raised of Morning Dew:,0.0
"All seem as Trifles, whether we behold",1.0
"A Monarch banished, or a Sparrow sold;",1.0
"A thoughtless Insect trampled in the Mire,",1.0
Or a proud Beauty in her Bloom expire.,2.0
"More noble Scenes enraptured Spirits view,",0.0
But the grand Prospect is too large for you:,4.0
"A closer Bound best suits thy narrow Mind,",1.0
A few Examples of thy fading kind.,1.0
Whose smiling Face not Spleen itself could blame;,0.0
"Scarce nineteen Years her dawning Beauties knew,",1.0
Ever the young Roses bid her Cheeks adieu;,2.0
"Her Sire lifts to Heaven his mournful Eyes,",0.0
And her sad Brother fills the Air with Cries:,2.0
To fruitless Passion all his manly Mind.,0.0
"What simple Sorrow to the dead you pay,",1.0
"For ever the Transport of his Grief was over,",1.0
"Still Pero lived a yet surviving Son,",1.0
"Death's icy Hand his youthful Limbs invades,",1.0
And bids him mingle with his kindred Shades.,1.0
Scarce looking round them ever they bid farewell:,4.0
Yet dangerous it's to wander here too long;,2.0
These went more willing as they fell more young;,1.0
"Whose Doubts increasing with her lengthened Years,",1.0
And gave new Terrors to her final Day:,2.0
"The dreadful Moment would have past as well,",0.0
At sixteen Years had weeping Laura fell.,0.0
"Let this, OH Mira, cheer thy drooping Mind,",3.0
To bear the Sentence past on all Mankind:,1.0
"I bore the same, whose Life was more desired,",0.0
"More loved, more known, and justly more admired:",0.0
Yet this grand Fear is wove with Nature's Laws;,3.0
"Is sometime right, and sometime has no Cause:",3.0
And the Clouds brighten to a purer Sky;,3.0
"Still look to Heaven and its Laws attend,",1.0
And next the Lines of thy aerial Friend.,2.0
"From this high Cliff is an unusual View,",3.0
And here our Eyes uncommon Scenes pursue.,0.0
"Compared with us, who cut through shining Waves?",1.0
"They are exposed to Cold, exposed to Heat,",1.0
In different Seasons mourn a different Fate;,0.0
"To breezy Mountains, or to sheltering Groves.",3.0
"While we no clothing need, no Change of Rules,",3.0
"The Sea in Winter warms, in Summer cools.",0.0
"For a new Crop to fit the stubborn Soil,",2.0
"While Heaven supplies our Wants without our Sweat,",0.0
"We never are hungry, but we have to eat.",3.0
Why should we thus by partial Heaven be blessed;,0.0
"With neither Grief, nor Doubt, nor Toil oppressed;",0.0
"While those on Earth of Happiness despair,",1.0
"In Pain, and Anguish die, and live in Care?",0.0
"Two different Kinds of Men by Heaven were made,",1.0
Under the Covert of the shadowing Trees.,5.0
To each a Guardian Spirit was assigned,3.0
"To guide their Passions, and inform their Mind:",1.0
"Despised his Maker, and abused his Love.",1.0
And bid him his own blinded Will pursue;,2.0
Thus earthy Men deserted by their Guide,2.0
"Can't rule their giddy Thoughts, nor Stem the coming Tide;",1.0
"But still are doomed Slaves to their darling Lust,",2.0
"Are all deceitful, cruel, and unjust;",1.0
"Restless Desires their wearied Soul distract,",2.0
"They know not what they are, nor, ' --  why they act.",1.0
"While we content with what the Gods approve,",1.0
"The Tide swells on the Shore, and forward creeps,",2.0
"The Cause is wondrous, and in vain I sought.",1.0
The Cause is wondrous plain; the wise will prove,0.0
The Nature of a Fluid is to move:,2.0
"An Eddy, though unseen, disturbs the whole.",1.0
The gliding Parts with secret Motion flow;,0.0
"Were they at rest, they would to Hardness grow.",1.0
"Are fixed to solid Ice, and all the Motion's lost.",0.0
Happy are those who know the secret Cause,1.0
"Of strange Effects, and Nature's hidden Laws.",0.0
"But leave the Rocks; for rising Fogs appear,",0.0
IMperial dome of Edward wise and brave!,2.0
"At whose proud tilts, unmatched for hardy deeds,",1.0
Heroic kings have frowned on barbed steeds:,1.0
Though now no more thy crested chiefs advance,1.0
"In armed array, nor grasp the glittering lance;",2.0
"Though knighthood boasts the martial pomp no more,",2.0
That graced its gorgeous festivals of yore;,1.0
"Say, stately dome, if ever thy marshaled knights",3.0
"So nobly decked their old majestic rites,",0.0
"Yet future triumphs, Windsor, still remain;",0.0
Still may thy bowers receive as brave a train:,2.0
Heaven's high command has sent a sacred heir!,0.0
"Him, the bold pattern of his patriot sire,",5.0
Shall fill with early fame immortal fire:,0.0
"In life's fresh spring, ever buds the promised prime",4.0
The patriot sire shall catch with sure presage,5.0
Each liberal omen of his opening age;,3.0
"Then to thy courts shall lead, with conscious joy,",0.0
"Meantime, thy royal piles that rise elate",1.0
In the young champion's musing mind shall raise,4.0
"While, as around his eager glance explores",1.0
"Thy chambers rough with war's constructed stores,",0.0
Young Edward's sable mail shall strike his eye:,1.0
"On the same wall, the same triumphal base,",2.0
His own victorious monument to place.,3.0
Nor can a fairer kindred title move,1.0
"Than Edward, laureate prince. In lettered truth,",2.0
"Oxford, sage mother, schooled this studious youth:",5.0
"Her simple institutes, and rigid lore,",0.0
"Nor shunned, at pensive eve, with lonesome pace",0.0
Stream through the storied window's holy hue.,0.0
"And OH, young prince, be thine his moral praise;",2.0
Nor seek in fields of blood his warrior bays.,0.0
And the long phalanx flashes in the sun;,2.0
"Mar the bright scene, nor break the firm array:",3.0
"The youthful breast, and asks the future fight;",0.0
"Nor knows that Horror's form, a spectre won,",3.0
May no such rage be thine: no dazzling ray,2.0
Of specious fame thy steadfast feet betray.,1.0
"Be thine the throne with peaceful emblems hung,",0.0
The silver lyre to milder conquest strung!,0.0
"Instead of glorious feats achieved in arms,",2.0
Bid rising arts display their mimic charms:,1.0
"Record the past, and rouse to future praise:",0.0
"Before the public eye, in breathing brass,",0.0
Bid thy famed father's mighty triumphs pass:,3.0
"Then mourn not, Edward's dome, thine ancient boast,",0.0
"They tournaments, and listed combats lost!",4.0
"From Arthur's board, no more, proud castle, mourn",2.0
"Those elfin charms, that held in magic night",0.0
"Its elder fame, and dimmed its genuine light,",2.0
"At length dissolve in Truth's meridian ray,",2.0
And the bright order bursts to purer day:,2.0
On virtue's base its rescued glory rears;,0.0
"Sees civil prowess mightier acts achieve,",3.0
Sees meek humanity distress relieve;,2.0
"Adopts the worth that bids the conflict cease,",0.0
"Still thou dost triumph in the noblest part,",0.0
Still does preserve the generous patriot's heart;,5.0
"Thy principles, great Chief, exalt thy fame,",2.0
"For ever loved, distinguished must thou be,",0.0
For brightest virtues ever shone in thee;,0.0
"Thy noble acts are well in Britain known,",0.0
And generous friendship marks thee for her own;,3.0
"Then glory, C' -- ' -- y in this seeming fall,",1.0
The day will dawn when Britain's sons shall see,0.0
"Thou like the sun in yonder western skies,",0.0
"THE grateful Tribute of these rural Lays,",1.0
"Which to her Patron's Hand the Muse conveys,",0.0
Deign to accept: It's just she Tribute bring,2.0
"To him, whose Bounty gives her Life to sing;",1.0
"To him, whose generous Favours tune her Voice;",3.0
"And bid her, mid her Poverty, rejoice.",1.0
"Inspired by these, she dares herself prepare,",1.0
To sing the Toils of each revolving Year;,0.0
"Those endless Toils, which always grow anew,",0.0
"Even these, with Pleasure, can the Muse rehearse,",2.0
When you and Gratitude demand her Verse.,0.0
"SOON as the golden Harvest quits the Plain,",0.0
And CERES' Gifts reward the Farmer's Pain;,2.0
"What Corn each Sheaf will yield, intent to hear,",0.0
"And guess from thence the Profits of the Year,",1.0
"With deep Attention, waiting his Command.",1.0
"To each our Task he readily divides,",1.0
"And pointing, to our different Stations guides.",1.0
"As he directs, to distant Barns we go;",1.0
"Here two for Wheat, and there for Barley two.",1.0
"But first, to show what he expects to find,",1.0
"These Words, or Words like these, disclose his Mind:",1.0
"So dry the Corn was carried from the Field,",1.0
"Come, strip and try; let's see what you can do.",3.0
"DIVESTED of our Clothes, with Flail in Hand,",1.0
"At proper Distance, Front to Front we stand:",0.0
"That once secure, we swiftly whirl them round;",0.0
"From the strong Planks our Crabtree Staves rebound,",3.0
And echoing Barns return the rattling Sound.,2.0
"Now in the Air our knotty Weapons fly,",0.0
And now with equal Force descend from high;,0.0
"Down one, one up, so well they keep the Time,",1.0
The CYCLOPS' Hammers could not truer chime;,0.0
"Nor with more heavy Strokes could Aetna groan,",1.0
When VULCAN forged the Arms for THETIS' Son.,0.0
"Drops from our Locks, or trickles down our Face.",1.0
No Intermission in our Work we know;,1.0
"Their Master absent, others safely play;",0.0
"Nor yet, the tedious Labour to beguile,",3.0
"And make the passing Minutes sweetly smile,",0.0
"Can we, like Shepherd's, tell a merry Tale;",1.0
"The Voice is lost, drowned by the louder Flail.",2.0
"But we may think ' --  Alas! what pleasing thing,",1.0
"Here, to the Mind, can the dull Fancy bring?",3.0
No cheerful Sound diverts our listening Ear.,1.0
"The Shepherd well may tune his Voice to sing,",0.0
Inspired with all the Beauties of the Spring.,2.0
"It's all a gloomy, melancholy Scene,",0.0
Fit only to provoke the Muse's Spleen.,2.0
"When sooty Peas we thresh, you scarce can know",0.0
"The Sweat, the Dust, and suffocating Smoke,",0.0
"Make us so much like Ethiopians look,",2.0
"We scare our Wives, when Evening brings us home;",0.0
"Week after Week, we this dull Task pursue,",3.0
"A new, indeed, but frequently a worse!",1.0
"He counts the Bushels, counts how much a Day;",0.0
"Why, look you, Rogues, d'ye think that this will do?",1.0
Your Neighbours thresh as much again as you.,2.0
"Now in our Hands we wish our noisy Tools,",0.0
To drown the hated Names of Rogues and Fools.,0.0
"But wanting these, we just like School-boys look,",2.0
When angry Masters view the blotted Book:,1.0
"They cry, their Ink was faulty, and their Pen;",1.0
"BUT soon as Winter hides his hoary Head,",0.0
And Nature's Face is with new Beauty spread;,2.0
"The lovely Spring appears, refreshing Showers",0.0
"New cloth the Field with Grass, and blooming Flowers.",1.0
"Next her, the ripening Summer presses on,",1.0
And SOL begins his longest Race to run.,0.0
Before the Door our welcome Master stands;,0.0
"Tells us, the ripened Grass requires our Hands.",0.0
The grateful Tidings presently imparts,1.0
"Life to our Looks, and Spirits to our Hearts.",1.0
We wish the happy Season may be fair;,1.0
"And, joyful, long to breathe in opener Air.",2.0
"This Change of Labour seems to give such Ease,",0.0
With Thoughts of Happiness ourselves we please.,1.0
"When first the Lark sings Prologue to the Day,",2.0
"We rise, admonished by his early Lay;",1.0
"This new Employ with eager Haste to prove,",0.0
"This new Employ, become so much our Love.",0.0
Alas! that human Joys should change so soon!,0.0
Our Morning Pleasure turns to Pain at Noon.,0.0
"The Birds salute us, as to Work we go,",1.0
"On our right Shoulder hangs the crooked Blade,",2.0
"Our left supports the Whetstone, Scrip, and Beer;",1.0
"And now the Field, designed to try our Might,",0.0
"At length appears, and meets our longing Sight.",0.0
"The Grass and Ground we view with careful Eyes,",0.0
To see which way the best Advantage lies;,0.0
"With rapid Force our sharpened Blades we drive,",0.0
"Strain every Nerve, and Blow for Blow we give.",1.0
"All strive to vanquish, though the Victor gains",1.0
"No other Glory, but the greatest Pains.",2.0
"BUT when the scorching Sun is mounted high,",0.0
And no kind Barns with friendly Shade are nigh;,1.0
While Streams of Sweat run trickling down apace.,2.0
"And wish that Strength again, we vainly spent.",0.0
"THUS, in the Morn, a Courser have I seen",0.0
With headlong Fury scour the level Green;,1.0
"Or mount the Hills, if Hills are in his Way,",0.0
As if no Labour could his Fire allay;,1.0
"Till PHOEBUS, shining with meridian Heat,",3.0
"The lengthened Chase scarce able to sustain,",2.0
He measures back the Hills and Dales with Pain.,0.0
"Search out a shady Tree, and down we sit:",1.0
From Scrip and Bottle hope new Strength to gain;,1.0
But Scrip and Bottle too are tried in vain.,0.0
Down our parched Throats we scarce the Bread can get;,2.0
Nor can the Bottle only answer all;,1.0
The Bottle and the Beer are both too small.,2.0
Time flows: Again we rise from off the Grass;,2.0
Again each Mower takes his proper Place;,0.0
"Not eager now, as late, our Strength to prove;",0.0
But all contented regular to move.,1.0
"We often whet, and often view the Sun;",0.0
"As often wish, his tedious Race was run.",2.0
"At length he veils his purple Face from Sight,",0.0
"Homeward we move, but spent so much with Toil,",2.0
"We slowly walk, and rest at every Style.",0.0
"Our good expecting Wives, who think we stay,",0.0
"Got to the Door, soon eye us in the Way.",1.0
And homely by its Side the Bacon placed.,1.0
Supper and Sleep by Morn new Strength supply;,3.0
"And out we set again, our Work to try;",1.0
"But not so early quite, nor quite so fast,",0.0
"As, to our Cost, we did the Morning past.",1.0
"SOON as the rising Sun has drank the Dew,",0.0
Another Scene is open to our View:,1.0
"Our Master comes, and at his Heels a Throng",0.0
"Of prattling Females, armed with Rake and Prong;",1.0
"Prepared, while he is here, to make his Hay;",1.0
"Or, if he turns his Back, prepared to play:",1.0
"But here, or gone, sure of this Comfort still;",2.0
"Ah! were their Hands so active as their Tongues,",1.0
How nimbly then would move the Rakes and Prongs?,0.0
"THE Grass again is spread upon the Ground,",0.0
Till not a vacant Place is to be found;,1.0
The Hay-makers have Time allowed to dine.,5.0
"That soon dispatched, they still sit on the Ground;",2.0
"And the brisk Chat, renewed, afresh goes round.",3.0
"All talk at once; but seeming all to fear,",0.0
"That what they speak, the rest will hardly hear;",0.0
"Till by degrees so high their Notes they strain,",1.0
Scarce puzzled ECHO can return the Voice.,2.0
"Yet, spite of this, they bravely all go on;",3.0
"Each scorns to be, or seem to be, outdone.",1.0
"Meanwhile the changing Sky begins to lour,",1.0
And hollow Winds proclaim a sudden Shower:,0.0
Before descends the thick impetuous Rain;,0.0
"Their noisy Prattle all at once is done,",0.0
And to the Hedge they soon for Shelter run.,1.0
"THUS have I seen, on a bright Summer's Day,",3.0
"On some green Brake, a Flock of Sparrows play;",1.0
"From Twig to Twig, from Bush to Bush they fly;",0.0
And with continued Chirping fill the Sky:,1.0
"But, on a sudden, if a Storm appears,",2.0
They fly for Shelter to the thickest Bush;,1.0
"There silent sit, and All at once is hush.",0.0
"BUT better Fate succeeds this rainy Day,",0.0
And little Labour serves to make the Hay.,0.0
"Fast as it's cut, so kindly shines the Sun,",0.0
"Turned once or twice, the pleasing Work is done.",1.0
"Next Day the Cocks appear in equal Rows,",0.0
Which the glad Master in safe Ricks bestows.,3.0
THE spacious Fields we now no longer range;,1.0
"And yet, hard Fate! still Work for Work we change.",2.0
"Back to the Barns we hastily are sent,",1.0
Where lately so much Time we pensive spent:,1.0
"Not pensive now, we bless the friendly Shade;",0.0
"Yet little Time we in the Shade remain,",0.0
Before our Master calls us forth again;,0.0
"And says, For Harvest now yourselves prepare;",0.0
"Get all things ready, and be quickly dressed;",3.0
Early next Morn I shall disturb your Rest.,2.0
"Strict to his Word! for scarce the Dawn appears,",0.0
Before his hasty Summons fills our Ears.,0.0
"His hasty Summons we obey; and rise,",1.0
While yet the Stars are glimmering in the Skies.,1.0
"He to appoint, and we the Work to do.",2.0
And view the various Scenes its Beauties yield:,2.0
"Then look again, with a more tender Eye,",1.0
To think how soon it must in Ruin lie!,0.0
"For, once set in, wherever our Blows we deal,",3.0
"But here or there, wherever our Course we bend,",3.0
Sure Desolation does our Steps attend.,1.0
"To some more fertile Country take their Way,",0.0
"There rural Cots, and pleasant Villa's here!",0.0
"So many grateful Objects meet the Sight,",0.0
"But long ere then, wherever their Troops have past,",3.0
These pleasing Prospects lie a gloomy Waste.,0.0
"THE Morning past, we sweat beneath the Sun;",0.0
And but uneasily our Work goes on.,4.0
"Before us we perplexing Thistles find,",1.0
And Corn blown adverse with the ruffling Wind.,3.0
Behind our Master waits; and if he spies,1.0
"One charitable Ear, he grudging cries,",1.0
You scatter half your Wages over the Land.,2.0
Then scrapes the Stubble with his greedy Hand.,1.0
"LET those who feast at Ease on dainty Fare,",0.0
For Toils scarce ever ceasing press us now;,1.0
"Rest never does, but on the Sabbath, show;",2.0
And barely that our Masters will allow.,1.0
Think what a painful Life we daily lead;,0.0
"Each Morning early rise, go late to Bed:",1.0
"Nor, when asleep, are we secure from Pain;",1.0
Our mimic Fancy ever restless seems;,0.0
"And what we act awake, she acts in Dreams.",0.0
Scarce HERCULES ever felt such Toils as these!,5.0
"BUT soon we rise the bearded Crop again,",0.0
Soon PHOEBUS' Rays well dry the golden Grain.,2.0
"Pleased with the Scene, our Master glows with Joy;",0.0
Bids us for Carrying all our Force employ;,1.0
"When strait Confusion over the Field appears,",2.0
"The Bells and clashing Whips alternate sound,",4.0
"The Wheat, when carried, Peas, and other Grain,",0.0
"We soon secure, and leave a fruitless Plain;",0.0
"In noisy Triumph the last Load moves on,",3.0
"OUR Master, joyful at the pleasing Sight,",0.0
Invites us all to feast with him at Night.,1.0
"And Jugs of humming Ale, to cheer the Mind;",0.0
"Which he, too generous, pushes round so fast,",4.0
"We think no Toils to come, nor mind the past.",1.0
"But the next Morning soon reveals the Cheat,",1.0
When the same Toils we must again repeat;,3.0
"To the same Barns must back again return,",2.0
To labour there for Room for next Year's Corn.,2.0
"THUS, as the Year's revolving Course goes round,",1.0
No Respite from our Labour can be found:,3.0
Continually rolls back the restless Stone.,4.0
"And growing always new, must always last.",0.0
Lorenzo! to recriminate is just.,1.0
Fondness for fame is avarice of air.,3.0
I grant the man is vain who writes for praise.,0.0
"Praise no man ever deserved, who sought no more.",5.0
As just thy second charge. I grant the Muse,0.0
"Has often blushed at her degenerate sons,",2.0
Retained by Sense to plead her filthy cause,0.0
"To raise the low, to magnify the mean,",0.0
As if to magic numbers' powerful charm,6.0
IT was given to make a civet of their song,3.0
"The fact notorious, nor obscure the cause.",3.0
We wear the chains of Pleasure and of Pride:,1.0
These share the man; and these distract him too;,1.0
"Draw different ways, and clash in their commands.",2.0
"Pride, like an eagle, builds among the stars;",0.0
"Pleasure embraces. Man would both enjoy,",2.0
And both at once: a point how hard to gain!,0.0
"But what can't Wit, when stung by strong desire?",1.0
Wit dares attempt this arduous enterprise.,3.0
"Since joys of Sense can't rise to Reason's taste,",1.0
"Wit hammers out a reason new, that stoops",2.0
"To sordid scenes, and greets them with applause.",1.0
"Wit calls the Graces the chaste zone to loose,",3.0
Nor less than a plump god to fill the bowl;,2.0
"A thousand phantoms, and a thousand spells,",1.0
"To fascinate, inebriate, lay asleep,",3.0
And the fooled mind delightfully confound.,3.0
"Thus that which shocked the Judgement, shocks no more;",1.0
"Pleasure and Pride, by nature mortal foes,",2.0
"At war eternal which in man shall reign,",0.0
"By Wit's address, patch up a fatal peace,",2.0
From rank refined to delicate and gay.,1.0
"Art, cursed Art! wipes off the indebted blush",1.0
"From Nature's cheek, and bronzes every shame.",0.0
"Man smiles in ruin, glories in his guilt,",1.0
And Infamy stands candidate for praise.,3.0
All writ by man in favour of the soul,0.0
These sensual ethics far in bulk transcend.,2.0
The flowers of eloquence profusely poured,3.0
"Over spotted Vice, fill half the lettered world.",1.0
Condemn the Muse that knows her dignity;,1.0
"As iT is, in Nature's ample field, a point ' --",1.0
"A point in her esteem; from whence to start,",1.0
"And run the round of universal space,",0.0
"To visit being universal there,",1.0
"And Being's Source, that utmost flight of mind!",1.0
"Yet, spite of this so vast circumference,",1.0
Sing sirens only? Do not angels sing?,1.0
"Which well becomes her when she speaks to Prose,",0.0
"No guilty passion blown into a flame,",1.0
"No foible flattered, dignity disgraced,",2.0
"No fairy field of fiction, all on flower,",1.0
"No rainbow colours here, or silken tale;",2.0
"But solemn counsels, images of awe,",1.0
Truths which Eternity lets fall on man,3.0
"With double weight, through these revolving spheres,",1.0
Thoughts such as shall revisit your last hour;,2.0
"Visit uncalled, and live when life expires;",2.0
"And thy dark pencil, Midnight, darker still",3.0
"Lorenzo, and thy brothers of the smile!",2.0
"If what imports you most can most engage,",0.0
"Shall steal your ear, and chain you to my song.",1.0
"Or if you fail me, know, the wise shall taste",1.0
The truths I sing; the truths I sing shall feel;,0.0
"And, feeling, give assent; and their assent",1.0
Is ample recompense; is more than praise.,0.0
"By virtue or by blood, illustrious youth,",3.0
"Where all the language harmony, descends",1.0
"Uncalled, and asks admittance for the Muse;",1.0
A Muse that will not pain thee with thy praise;,2.0
"Thy praise she drops, by nobler still inspired.",3.0
"OH Thou blessed Spirit! whether the supreme,",4.0
And all its various revolutions rolled,2.0
"Present, though future, prior to themselves;",1.0
"Or from His throne some delegated Power,",1.0
"Who, studious of our peace, dost turn the thought",1.0
From vain and vile to solid and sublime!,1.0
"Of inspiration, from a purer stream,",1.0
"And fuller of the God, than that which burst",1.0
My sacred thirst; though long my soul has ranged,0.0
"Through pleasing paths of moral and Divine,",1.0
"By Thee sustained, and lighted by the STARS.",2.0
By them best lighted are the paths of thought:,3.0
"Nights are their days, their most illumined hours.",0.0
"Stunned by the din, and giddy with the glare,",1.0
"Reels far from reason, jostled by the throng.",2.0
"By day the soul is passive, all her thoughts",0.0
"Imposed, precarious, broken, ere mature.",2.0
"By night, from objects free, from passion cool,",0.0
"Thoughts uncontrolled and unimpressed, the births",1.0
"Of pure election, arbitrary range,",0.0
"Not to the limits of one world confined,",1.0
"But from ethereal travels light on earth,",3.0
"As voyagers drop anchor, for repose.",3.0
"Let Indians, and the gay, like Indians, fond",4.0
Darkness has more divinity for me:,3.0
It strikes thought inward; it drives back the soul,3.0
"To settle on herself, our point supreme!",1.0
There lies our theatre; there sits our judge.,1.0
Darkness the curtain drops over life's dull scene;,6.0
IT is the kind hand of Providence stretched out,6.0
"Betwixt man and vanity; iT is Reason's reign,",4.0
Are man's asylum from the tainted throng.,1.0
"Night is the good man's friend, and guardian too;",3.0
It no less rescues Virtue than inspires.,3.0
"Virtue for ever frail, as fair, below,",2.0
"Her tender nature suffers in the crowd,",0.0
Nor touches on the world without a stain.,1.0
"The world's infectious; few bring back at eve,",1.0
"Immaculate, the manners of the morn.",2.0
"Is shaken; we renounced, returns again.",1.0
"Nor is it strange; light, motion, concourse, noise,",3.0
"In fume and dissipation, quits her charge,",0.0
And leaves the breast unguarded to the foe.,1.0
"Present example gets within our guard,",0.0
"And acts with double force, by few repelled.",0.0
Ambition fires ambition; love of gain,0.0
"Strikes like a pestilence, from breast to breast;",1.0
"And inhumanity is caught from man,",2.0
"From smiling man! A slight, a single glance,",0.0
"And shot at random, often has brought home",1.0
A sudden fever to the throbbing heart,1.0
"We see, we hear, with peril; Safety dwells",0.0
Remote from multitude; the world's a school,0.0
We must or imitate or disapprove;,0.0
"Must list as their accomplices, or foes;",2.0
"That stains our innocence, this wounds our peace.",1.0
"From Nature's birth, hence, Wisdom has been smit",1.0
"With sweet recess, and languished for the shade.",1.0
"This sacred shade and solitude, ' --  what is it?",1.0
IT is the felt presence of the Deity.,7.0
Few are the faults we flatter when alone.,0.0
"And looks, like other objects, black by night:",0.0
Night is fair Virtue's immemorial friend;,5.0
"The conscious Moon, through every distant age,",0.0
"Has held a lamp to Wisdom, and let fall",2.0
"The famed Athenian, he who wooed from heaven",1.0
"Philosophy the fair, to dwell with men,",1.0
"And form their manners, not inflame their pride, ' --",0.0
"While over his head, as fearful to molest",3.0
"And seem all gazing on their future guest,",1.0
See him soliciting his ardent suit,3.0
"Rigid in thought, and motionless, he stands;",3.0
Nor quits his theme or posture till the sun,1.0
Rude drunkard! rising rosy from the main,2.0
"Disturbs his nobler intellectual beam,",5.0
And gives him to the tumult of the world.,2.0
"Hail, precious moments, stolen from the black waste",3.0
"Of murdered Time! auspicious Midnight, hail!",1.0
"The world excluded, every passion hushed,",0.0
"And opened a calm intercourse with Heaven,",2.0
"Here the soul sits in council; ponders past,",3.0
"Tumultuous life, and reasons with the storm;",4.0
"All her lies answers, and thinks down her charms.",4.0
What awful joy! what mental liberty!,1.0
"I am not penned in darkness: rather say,",1.0
Delightful gloom! the clustering thoughts around,2.0
"Spontaneous rise, and blossom in the shade;",2.0
"But droop by day, and sicken in the sun.",0.0
"Fountain of animation, whence descends",2.0
"Nightly to visit me, so mean; and now,",3.0
"Conscious how needful discipline to man,",3.0
"From pleasing dalliance with the charms of Night,",1.0
"My wandering thought recalls, to what excites",2.0
"Or is it feeble Nature calls me back,",1.0
And breaks my spirit into grief again?,0.0
"A cold, slow puddle, creeping through my veins?",2.0
Or is it thus with all men? ' --  Thus with all.,2.0
"What are we? how unequal! now we soar,",1.0
"And now we sink. To be the same, transcends",0.0
Our present prowess. Dearly pays the soul,0.0
For lodging ill; too dearly rents her clay.,1.0
"Reason, a baffled counsellor, but adds",3.0
The blush of weakness to the bane of woe.,1.0
"The noblest spirit, fighting her hard fate",2.0
"Or, flying, short her flight, and sure her fall.",0.0
"Our utmost strength, when down, to rise again;",2.0
"And not to yield, though beaten, all our praise.",0.0
IT is vain to seek in men for more than man.,0.0
"Though proud in promise, big in previous thought,",2.0
"Experience damps our triumph. I, who late,",3.0
"Emerging from the shadows of the grave,",3.0
"Where Grief detained me prisoner, mounting high,",0.0
"Threw wide the gates of everlasting day,",1.0
"And called mankind to glory, shook off pain,",1.0
"Mortality shook off, in either pure,",2.0
And struck the stars; now feel my spirits fail:,1.0
"They drop me from the zenith; down I rush,",2.0
In sorrow drowned ' --  but not in sorrow lost.,0.0
How wretched is the man who never mourned!,1.0
I dive for precious pearl in sorrow's stream:,0.0
Not so the thoughtless man that only grieves;,0.0
"Takes all the torment, and rejects the gain,",2.0
"To make him but more wretched, not more wise.",1.0
"If wisdom is our lesson, and what else",2.0
Ennobles man? what else have angels learnt?,0.0
"Than Genius, or proud Learning, ever could boast.",3.0
"Voracious Learning, often over-fed,",0.0
Digests not into sense her motley meal.,0.0
"This Bookcase, with dark booty almost burst,",7.0
Her servant's wealth encumbered Wisdom mourns.,0.0
And what says Genius? Let the dull be wise.,1.0
"Genius, too hard for right, can prove it wrong;",3.0
And loves to boast where blush men less inspired.,1.0
It pleads exemption from the laws of Sense;,1.0
And scorns to share a blessing with the crowd;,1.0
"That wise it could be, thinks an ample claim",0.0
"To Glory, and to Pleasure gives the rest.",1.0
Wisdom less shudders at a fool than wit.,3.0
But Wisdom smiles when humbled mortals weep.,0.0
And hearts obdurate feel her softening shower;,2.0
"Her seed celestial, then, glad Wisdom sows;",1.0
Her golden harvest triumphs in the soil.,0.0
"I'll raise a tax on my calamity,",2.0
And reap rich compensation from my pain.,2.0
"And gather every thought of sovereign power,",0.0
To chase the moral maladies of man;,1.0
"Thoughts which may bear transplanting to the skies,",1.0
Though natives of this coarse penurious soil;,4.0
"Refined, exalted, not annulled, in heaven:",3.0
"Reason, the sun that gives them birth, the same",2.0
"Say, on what themes shall puzzled choice descend?",0.0
The importance of contemplating the tomb;,5.0
Why men decline it; Suicide's foul birth;,1.0
The various kinds of Grief; the faults of Age;,2.0
"And Death's dread character, ' --  invite my song.",2.0
"And, first, the importance of our end surveyed.",3.0
Mistaken kindness! our hearts heal too soon.,3.0
"Are they more kind than He who struck the blow,",2.0
"Who bid it do His errand in our hearts,",0.0
And bring it back a true and endless peace?,0.0
Calamities are friends: as glaring day,1.0
"Of import high, and light Divine, to man.",0.0
"The man how blessed, who, sick of gaudy scenes,",0.0
Scenes apt to thrust between us and ourselves!,2.0
Is led by choice to take his favourite walk,0.0
"Beneath Death's gloomy, silent, cypress shades,",1.0
"To read his monuments, to weigh his dust,",1.0
"Visit his vaults, and dwell among the tombs!",2.0
Her moral stone: few doctors preach so well;,0.0
Few orators so tenderly can touch,2.0
The feeling heart. What pathos in the date!,0.0
Apt words can strike; and yet in them we see,1.0
Faint images of what we here enjoy.,2.0
What cause have we to build on length of life?,1.0
"Temptations seize when Fear is laid asleep,",0.0
"See, from her tomb, as from an humble shrine,",1.0
"Truth, radiant goddess, sallies on my soul,",2.0
"Dispels the mists our sultry passions raise,",0.0
"From objects low, terrestrial, and obscene;",3.0
"And shows the real estimate of things,",3.0
Pulls off the veil from Virtue's rising charms;,0.0
Detects Temptation in a thousand lies.,0.0
"Truth bids me look on men as autumn leaves,",1.0
"And all they bleed for as the summer's dust,",1.0
"Driven by the whirlwind. Lighted by her beams,",3.0
"I widen my horizon, gain new powers,",2.0
"See things invisible, feel things remote,",3.0
"To man so foreign as the joys possessed,",1.0
No folly keeps its colour in her sight;,1.0
Pale worldly Wisdom loses all her charms;,1.0
"In pompous promise from her schemes profound,",1.0
"If future fate she plans, iT is all in leaves,",0.0
At the first blast it vanishes in air.,4.0
How differ worldly Wisdom and Divine?,1.0
Just as the waning and the waxing moon.,1.0
"More empty worldly Wisdom every day,",0.0
And every day more fair her rival shines.,0.0
"Soon our whole term for Wisdom is expired,",4.0
"And everlasting fool is writ in fire,",0.0
"In price still rising, as in number less;",2.0
Insolvent worlds the purchase cannot pay.,0.0
OH let me die his death! all Nature cries.,1.0
Then live his life! ' --  all Nature falters there.,1.0
"Our great Physician daily to consult,",1.0
"To commune with the Grave, our only cure.",1.0
What grave prescribes the best? A friend's; and yet,0.0
From a friend's grave how soon we disengage!,3.0
"Even to the dearest, as his marble, cold.",2.0
"By soft Affection's ties, on human hearts,",0.0
"The thought of death, which Reason, too supine,",0.0
"Nor Reason, nor Affection, no, nor both",1.0
Behold the inexorable hour at hand!,4.0
Behold the inexorable hour forgot!,4.0
"And to forget it the chief aim of life,",3.0
Though well to ponder it is life's chief end.,2.0
"Is Death, that ever threatening, never remote,",2.0
"Come when he will, an unexpected guest?",1.0
"Nay, though invited by the loudest calls",3.0
"Of blind Imprudence, unexpected still?",0.0
"Though numerous messengers are sent before,",3.0
"To warn his great arrival. What the cause,",0.0
"The wondrous cause, of this mysterious ill?",3.0
"All heaven looks down, astonished at the sight.",2.0
"Is it, that Life has sown her joys so thick,",1.0
We can't thrust in a single care between?,1.0
"Is it, that Life has such a swarm of cares,",1.0
The thought of death can't enter for the throng?,2.0
"Is it, that Time steals on with downy feet,",1.0
Nor wakes Indulgence from her golden dream?,1.0
"Today is so like yesterday, it cheats;",1.0
We take the lying sister for the same.,1.0
"Life glides away, Lorenzo, like a brook;",1.0
In the same brook none ever bathed him twice:,4.0
To the same life none ever twice awoke.,4.0
We call the brook the same; the same we think,0.0
"Our life, though still more rapid in its flow;",0.0
"Nor mark the much irrevocably lapsed,",1.0
"And mingled with the sea. Or shall we say,",1.0
"Retaining still the brook to bear us on,",0.0
That life is like a vessel on the stream?,1.0
"In life embarked, we smoothly down the tide",1.0
"Of time descend, but not on time intent;",0.0
"Amused, unconscious of the gliding wave;",2.0
Till on a sudden we perceive a shock;,2.0
"We start, awake, look out; what see we there?",2.0
Is this the cause Death flies all human thought?,2.0
"Or is it Judgement by the Will struck blind,",3.0
"That domineering mistress of the soul,",1.0
"Like him so strong, by Delilah the fair?",4.0
"Or is it Fear turns startled Reason back,",2.0
From looking down a precipice so steep?,2.0
"IT is dreadful; and the dread is wisely placed,",1.0
"By Nature, conscious of the make of man.",1.0
"A dreadful friend it is, a terror kind,",1.0
A flaming sword to guard the tree of life.,0.0
And burn impatient for his promised skies.,1.0
"The bad, on each punctilious pique of Pride,",2.0
"Or gloom of Humour, would give Rage the rein,",3.0
"Bound over the barrier, rush into the dark,",5.0
And mar the schemes of Providence below,1.0
"And drown, in your less execrable yell,",3.0
"On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul,",2.0
"Blasted from hell, with horrid lust of death,",2.0
"Thy friend, the brave, the gallant Altamont,",0.0
"So called, so thought: ' --  and then he fled the field.",0.0
Less base the fear of death than fear of life.,1.0
"OH Britain, infamous for suicide!",2.0
"In ambient waves plunge thy polluted head,",4.0
"Wash the dire stain, nor shock the Continent.",1.0
"But thou be shocked, while I detect the cause",2.0
And bid Abhorrence hiss it round the world.,0.0
Immoral climes kind Nature never made.,1.0
"The cause I sing in Eden might prevail,",0.0
"And proves it is thy folly, not thy fate.",1.0
"The soul of man, let man in homage bow,",1.0
"Who names his soul, a native of the skies,",1.0
"The illustrious stranger, in this foreign land, ' --",3.0
"Like strangers, jealous of her dignity,",2.0
"Studious of home, and ardent to return, ' --",2.0
"Of Earth suspicious, Earth's enchanted cup",0.0
"With cool reserve light touching, should indulge",1.0
There take large draughts; make her chief banquet there.,5.0
But some reject this sustenance Divine;,1.0
Ask alms of Earth for guests that came from heaven;,1.0
"Their rich reversion, and what shares its fate",1.0
"Their native freedom, to the prince who sways",1.0
"This neither world; and, when his payments fail,",0.0
"When his foul basket gorges them no more,",4.0
"For breaking all the chains of Providence,",1.0
And bursting their confinement; though fast barred,3.0
By laws Divine and human; guarded strong,0.0
With horrors doubled to defend the pass,1.0
The blackest Nature or dire Guilt can raise;,2.0
"Such, Britons! is the cause, to you unknown,",2.0
"Or worse, overlooked; overlooked by magistrates,",8.0
Thus criminals themselves. I grant the deed,2.0
Is madness; but the madness of the heart.,2.0
And what is that? Our utmost bound of guilt.,1.0
"With monstrous births, and Suicide, to crown",0.0
The black infernal brood. The bold to break,0.0
"Heaven's law supreme, and desperately rush",1.0
"Through sacred Nature's murder on their own,",1.0
"Because they never think of death, they die.",0.0
"IT is equally man's duty, glory, gain,",2.0
At once to shun and meditate his end.,0.0
"The seat of wisdom! if our choice, not fate,",1.0
"Or over our dying friends in anguish hang,",2.0
"Wipe the cold dew, or stay the sinking head,",3.0
"Number their moments, and in every clock",3.0
Start at the voice of an eternity;,2.0
See the dim lamp of life just feebly lift,3.0
"Then sink again, and quiver into death,",0.0
That most pathetic herald of our own: ' --,1.0
How read we such sad scenes? as sent to man,2.0
"In perfect vengeance? No; in pity sent,",1.0
"To melt him down, like wax, and then impress,",1.0
"Indelible, Death's image on his heart;",3.0
"Bleeding for others, trembling for himself.",3.0
"We bleed, we tremble; we forget, we smile:",1.0
The mind turns fool before the cheek is dry.,1.0
"In yielding sands, and smooths the lettered shore.",0.0
"Lorenzo! hast thou ever weighed a sigh,",0.0
Or studied the philosophy of tears?,2.0
"Hast thou descended deep into the breast,",1.0
"And seen their source? If not, descend with me,",0.0
Our funeral tears from different causes rise.,2.0
"As if from separate cisterns in the soul,",1.0
"Of various kinds, they flow. From tender hearts,",2.0
"By soft contagion called, some burst at once,",0.0
And stream obsequious to the leading eye.,1.0
"Some ask more time, by curious art distilled.",2.0
"Struck by the magic of the public eye,",1.0
"Some weep to share the fame of the deceased,",1.0
"So high in merit, and to them so dear.",2.0
They dwell on praises which they think they share;,0.0
"And thus, without a blush, commend themselves.",0.0
Some mourn in proof that something they could love;,1.0
"They weep, not to relieve their grief, but show.",1.0
"Some weep in perfect justice to the dead,",2.0
Tears sometime aid the conquest of an eye.,3.0
Their sable network over entangled hearts!,3.0
"As seen through crystal, how their roses glow,",1.0
While liquid pearl runs trickling down their cheek!,2.0
"Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love.",0.0
"Some weep at Death, abstracted from the dead,",2.0
"And celebrate, like Charles, their own decease.",0.0
"By kind construction some are deemed to weep,",0.0
Because a decent veil conceals their joy.,0.0
"Some weep in earnest, and yet weep in vain;",1.0
As deep in indiscretion as in woe.,1.0
"Tears that deserve more tears, while Reason sleeps,",1.0
"Or gazes, like an idiot, unconcerned,",2.0
Nor comprehends the meaning of the storm;,1.0
"Knows not it speaks to her, and her alone.",2.0
"That noble gift, that privilege of man!",1.0
"From Sorrow's pang, the birth of endless joy.",0.0
But these are barren of that birth Divine:,2.0
"They weep impetuous as the summer storm,",1.0
"And full as short! The cruel grief soon tamed,",1.0
"The dreadful news, and hardly feel it more:",0.0
No grain of wisdom pays them for their woe.,2.0
"Half round the globe, the tears pumped up by Death",2.0
Are spent in watering vanities of life;,3.0
In making Folly flourish still more fair.,0.0
"Reclines on earth, and sorrows in the dust,",0.0
"Instead of learning there her true support,",1.0
"Though there thrown down her true support to learn,",0.0
"Without Heaven's aid impatient to be blessed,",5.0
"She crawls to the next shrub or bramble vile,",1.0
"With stale, forsworn embraces clings anew,",1.0
"Presents her weed, well fancied, at the ball,",1.0
"Stepped in with his receipt for making smiles,",1.0
"And died to give him, orphaned in his birth!",0.0
"I'll make an altar of thy sacred tomb,",1.0
"Young, gay, and fortunate! Each yields a theme:",2.0
"I'll dwell on each, to shun thought more severe;",1.0
Heaven knows I labour with severer still!,2.0
"I'll dwell on each, and quite exhaust thy death.",0.0
"A soul without reflection, like a pile",0.0
"Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.",1.0
"And, first, thy youth: what says it to grey hairs?",1.0
"Early, bright, transient, chaste, as morning dew,",3.0
"She sparkled, was exhaled, and went to heaven.",1.0
"Time on this head has snowed, yet still iT is born",0.0
"Covered with shame I speak it, Age severe",2.0
"With graceless gravity chastising Youth,",1.0
"That Youth chastised surpassing in a fault,",0.0
"As if, like objects pressing on the sight,",2.0
Death had advanced too near us to be seen;,3.0
"Or, that life's loan Time ripened into right,",2.0
And men might plead prescription from the grave;,1.0
Their hearts are buried; and the world their grave.,1.0
"Tell me, some god! my guardian angel, tell,",2.0
What thus infatuates? what enchantment plants,1.0
The phantom of an age betwixt us and Death,1.0
"Already at the door? He knocks; we hear him,",0.0
And yet we will not hear. What mail defends,1.0
Our untouched hearts? What miracle turns off,7.0
"Is daily darted, and is daily shunned?",1.0
"We stand, as in a battle, throngs on throngs",0.0
Around us falling; wounded oft ourselves;,0.0
"Though bleeding with our wounds, immortal still!",1.0
"And Death, entrenched, preparing his assault:",1.0
How few themselves in that just mirror see!,0.0
"Or, seeing, draw their inference as strong!",1.0
"There Death is certain; doubtful here: he must,",0.0
"And soon ' --  we may, within an age ' --  expire.",1.0
"Though grey our heads, our thoughts and aims are green;",0.0
"Like damaged clocks, whose hand and bell dissent;",0.0
"Folly sings six, while Nature points at twelve.",3.0
"Absurd longevity! More, more, it cries:",1.0
"More life, more wealth, more trash of every kind.",0.0
"And wherefore mad for more, when relish fails?",0.0
Object and Appetite must club for joy.,0.0
"Shall Folly labour hard to mend the bow,",0.0
"Baubles I mean, that strike us from without,",3.0
While Nature is relaxing every string?,1.0
"Ask Thought for joy; grow rich, and hoard within.",2.0
"Think you the soul, when this life's rattles cease,",2.0
Has nothing of more manly to succeed?,2.0
Contract the taste immortal; learn even now,3.0
"Divine or none, henceforth, your joys for ever.",1.0
"Of age the glory is, to wish to die;",1.0
That wish is praise and promise; it applauds,1.0
"Past life, and promises our future bliss.",2.0
What weakness see not children in their sires?,0.0
How shocking! it makes Folly thrice a fool;,2.0
And our first childhood might our last despise.,1.0
Peace and esteem is all that age can hope.,2.0
"Nothing but wisdom gives the first; the last,",2.0
Nothing but the repute of being wise.,3.0
Folly bars both: our age is quite undone.,3.0
"What folly can be ranker? Like our shadows,",2.0
Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.,1.0
"No wish should loiter, then, this side the grave.",1.0
Our hearts should leave the world before the knell,0.0
Calls for our carcasses to mend the soil.,1.0
"Enough to live in tempest, die in port.",0.0
"Age should fly concourse, cover in retreat",4.0
"Defects of judgement, and the will's subdue;",1.0
"Walk thoughtful on the silent, solemn shore",2.0
"Of that vast ocean it must sail so soon,",2.0
"And put good works on board, and wait the wind",0.0
That shortly blows us into worlds unknown;,0.0
All should be prophets to themselves; foresee,1.0
Their future fate; their future fate foretaste:,0.0
This art would waste the bitterness of death.,1.0
The thought of death alone the fear destroys.,0.0
A disaffection to that precious thought,1.0
"Is more than midnight darkness on the soul,",2.0
"Which sleeps beneath it, on a precipice,",2.0
"Puffed off by the first blast, and lost for ever.",2.0
"Dost ask, Lorenzo, why so warmly pressed,",0.0
"By repetition hammered on thine ear,",1.0
"The thought of Death? That thought is the machine,",1.0
"The grand machine that heaves us from the dust,",1.0
And rears us into men! That thought plied home,1.0
Will soon reduce the ghastly precipice,1.0
"Overhanging hell, will soften the descent,",1.0
And gently slope our passage to the grave.,1.0
How warmly to be wished! What heart of flesh,1.0
"Would trifle with tremendous, dare extremes,",1.0
"Yawn over the fate of infinite? What hand,",4.0
"Beyond the blackest brand of censure bold,",0.0
"To speak a language too well known to thee,",1.0
"Would at a moment give its all to chance,",0.0
And stamp the die for an eternity?,2.0
With Destiny; and ere her scissors cut,1.0
"My thread of life, to break this tougher thread",0.0
"Of moral death, that ties me to the world.",1.0
Sting thou my slumbering Reason to send forth,4.0
A thought of observation on the foe;,1.0
"To sally, and survey the rapid march",1.0
Of his ten thousand messengers to man;,3.0
"All accident apart, by Nature signed,",1.0
"My warrant is gone out, though dormant yet;",2.0
Perhaps behind one moment lurks my fate.,0.0
Must I then forward only look for Death?,0.0
"Backward I turn mine eye, and find him there.",2.0
"Man, like a stream, is in perpetual flow.",2.0
The bold invader shares the present hour.,0.0
Each moment on the former shuts the grave.,1.0
"While man is growing, life is in decrease,",0.0
And cradles rock us nearer to the tomb.,1.0
Our birth is nothing but our death begun;,1.0
As tapers waste that instant they take fire.,2.0
"Shall we then fear lest that should come to pass,",0.0
Which comes to pass each moment of our lives?,1.0
"If fear we must, let that death turn us pale",2.0
"Should rather call on Death, than dread his call.",0.0
You partners of my fault and my decline!,2.0
"Thoughtless of death, but when your neighbour's knell",3.0
And with its thunder scarce obtains your ear!,1.0
Be death your theme in every place and hour;,0.0
"Nor longer want, you monumental sires,",0.0
"That death you dread, so great is Nature's skill!",0.0
"Know, you shall court, before you shall enjoy.",0.0
"But you are learnt; in volumes deep you sit,",1.0
In wisdom shallow. Pompous ignorance!,1.0
Would you be still more learnt than the learnt?,0.0
"Learn well to know how much need not be known,",1.0
And what that knowledge which impairs your sense.,0.0
"Our needful knowledge, like our needful food,",0.0
"Unhedged, lies open in life's common field,",2.0
And bids all welcome to the vital feast.,1.0
You scorn what lies before you in the page,0.0
"Of Nature and Experience, ' --  moral truth,",3.0
"Of indispensable, eternal fruit;",1.0
"Fruit on which mortals, feeding, turn to gods, ' --",0.0
"And dive in science for distinguished names,",1.0
Sinking in virtue as you rise in fame.,3.0
"Your learning, like the lunar beam, affords",0.0
"Frozen at heart, while speculation shines.",2.0
"If you would learn Death's character, attend.",3.0
"All casts of conduct, all degrees of health,",0.0
"All dies of fortune, and all dates of age,",1.0
"Together shook in his impartial urn,",1.0
"Come forth at random; or, if choice is made,",2.0
"The choice is quite sarcastic, and insults",1.0
All bold conjecture and fond hopes of man.,2.0
What countless multitudes not only leave,0.0
But deeply disappoint us by their deaths!,1.0
"Though great our sorrow, greater our surprise.",1.0
"What, smitten, most proclaims the pride of power",0.0
"And arbitrary nod. His joy supreme,",0.0
To bid the wretch survive the fortunate;,1.0
The feeble wrap the athletic in his shroud;,2.0
And weeping fathers build their children's tomb:,0.0
"Virtue, not rolling suns, the mind matures.",2.0
That life is long which answers life's great end.,1.0
The time that bears no fruit deserves no name.,2.0
The man of wisdom is the man of years.,1.0
"That, like the Jews' famed oracle of gems,",2.0
"Sparkles instruction; such as throws new light,",4.0
"And opens more the character of Death,",1.0
"Give death his due, ' --  the wretched and the old;",2.0
Even let him sweep his rubbish to the grave:,1.0
"Let him not violate kind Nature's laws,",2.0
"But own man born to live, as well as die",1.0
He takes; and plunder is a tyrant's joy.,3.0
"What if I prove, The farthest from the fear",1.0
Are often nearest to the stroke of Fate?,1.0
"All more than common, menaces an end.",2.0
"As if bright embers should emit a flame,",2.0
"And made youth younger, and taught life to live.",3.0
"As Nature's opposites wage endless war,",2.0
"Inviolable stupor of his reign,",2.0
"Where Lust and turbulent Ambition sleep,",1.0
"More life is still more odious; and, reduced",3.0
"To plant the soul on her eternal guard,",1.0
In awful expectation of our end.,1.0
"Thus runs Death's dread commission: Strike, but so",2.0
As most alarms the living by the dead.,1.0
"Hence stratagem delights him, and surprise,",3.0
And cruel sport with man's securities.,1.0
"Not simple conquest, triumph is his aim;",1.0
"And where least feared, there conquest triumphs most.",1.0
This proves my bold assertion not too bold.,1.0
What are his arts to lay our fears asleep?,0.0
"Who travel under cover, Death assumes",0.0
"The name and look of Life, and dwells among us;",0.0
He takes all shapes that serve his black designs;,0.0
Though master of a wider empire far,1.0
"Than that over which the Roman eagle flew,",0.0
"Quite unsuspected, till, the wheel beneath,",2.0
"He most affects the forms least like himself,",1.0
"Is his familiar wear, and sleek disguise.",1.0
"Behind the rosy bloom he loves to lurk,",0.0
"Or ambush in a smile; or, wanton, dive",1.0
"In dimples deep: Love's eddies, which drawing",3.0
"Unwary hearts, and sink them in despair.",0.0
"Unknown, and, when detected, still was seen",0.0
To smile: such peace has Innocence in death!,1.0
Most happy they whom least his arts deceive!,1.0
"One eye on Death, and one full fixed on Heaven,",2.0
Becomes a mortal and immortal man.,1.0
"Long on his wiles a piqued and jealous spy,",0.0
"Lay by his horrors, and put on his smiles.",2.0
And show Lorenzo the surprising scene:,1.0
IT was in a circle of the gay I stood:,1.0
Death would have entered; Nature pushed him back;,0.0
"Supported by a Doctor of renown,",2.0
His point he gained; then artfully dismissed,1.0
"The sage, for Death designed to be concealed.",0.0
"A pampered spendthrift, whose fantastic air,",1.0
"He took in change, and underneath the pride",0.0
Of costly linen tucked his filthy shroud.,0.0
"His crooked bow he straightened to a cane,",1.0
Where is he not? For his peculiar haunts,1.0
"Let this suffice: ' --  Sure as night follows day,",5.0
"Death treads in Pleasure's footsteps round the world,",2.0
When Pleasure treads the paths which Reason shuns.,0.0
"When against Reason Riot shuts the door,",4.0
"Then foremost, at the banquet and the ball,",2.0
"Death leads the dance, or stamps the deadly die:",1.0
Nor ever fails the midnight bowl to crown.,1.0
"As absent far; and when the revel burns,",0.0
"When Fear is banished, and triumphant Thought,",1.0
"Calling for all the joys beneath the moon,",1.0
"Against him turns the key, and bids him sup",0.0
"Frowns out at full; they start, despair, expire.",0.0
Scarce with more sudden terror and surprise,1.0
"He bursts, expands, roars, blazes, and devours.",2.0
"And is not this triumphant treachery,",3.0
"And more than simple conquest, in the fiend?",0.0
"And now, Lorenzo, dost thou wrap thy soul",0.0
"In soft security, because unknown",1.0
Which moment is commissioned to destroy?,2.0
In Death's uncertainty thy danger lies.,1.0
"Is Death uncertain? Therefore thou be fixed,",2.0
"Fixed as a sentinel, all eye, all ear,",1.0
All expectation of the coming foe.,1.0
"Rouse, stand in arms, nor lean against thy spear,",1.0
"Lest slumber steal one moment over thy soul,",2.0
"And Fate surprise thee nodding. Watch, be strong:",0.0
Thus give each day the merit and renown,2.0
"Of dying well, though doomed but once to die.",0.0
Nor let life's period hidden as from most,4.0
"Hide, too, from thee the precious use of life.",2.0
"Soon, not surprising, Death his visit paid:",1.0
"Her Thought went forth to meet him on his way,",2.0
"Though Fortune, too, our third and final theme,",0.0
"As an accomplice, played her gaudy plumes,",1.0
"And every glittering gewgaw, on her sight,",3.0
"Death's dreadful advent is the mark of man,",3.0
And every thought that misses it is blind.,1.0
If happiness on earth to crown her brow.,1.0
And could Death charge through such a shining shield?,2.0
"That shining shield invites the tyrant's spear,",2.0
"As if to damp our elevated aims,",1.0
And strongly preach humility to man.,1.0
OH how portentous is prosperity!,4.0
"Few years but yield us proof of Death's ambition,",0.0
"To cull his victims from the fairest fold,",1.0
And sheathe his shafts in all the pride of life.,0.0
"Set up in ostentation, made the gaze,",0.0
"The gaudy centre, of the public eye;",1.0
"When Fortune thus has tossed her child in air,",0.0
"Snatched from the covert of an humble state,",1.0
"How often have I seen him dropped at once,",0.0
"Our morning's envy, and our evening's sigh!",1.0
"As if her bounties were the signal given,",2.0
And call Death's arrows on the destined prey!,2.0
High Fortune seems in cruel league with Fate.,1.0
Ask you for what? To give his war on man,0.0
"The deeper dread, and more illustrious spoil;",2.0
Thus to keep daring mortals more in awe.,3.0
And burns Lorenzo still for the sublime,1.0
"Of life? to hang his airy nest on high,",0.0
"Rocked at each breeze, and menacing a fall?",1.0
"Granting grim Death at equal distance there,",4.0
Yet peace begins just where ambition ends.,0.0
What makes man wretched? happiness denied?,2.0
Lorenzo! no: iT is Happiness disdained.,1.0
"And calls herself Content, a homely name:",0.0
"Our flame is Transport, and Content our scorn.",1.0
"Ambition turns, and shuts the door against her,",0.0
"A Tempest, to warm Transport near of kin.",2.0
Unknowing what our mortal state admits,0.0
"Life's modest joys we ruin while we raise,",1.0
"Peace, the full portion of mankind below.",5.0
"And since thy peace is dear, ambitious youth!",0.0
"Of Fortune fond, as thoughtless of thy fate!",1.0
"As late I drew Death's picture, to stir up",3.0
"Thy wholesome fears; now, drawn in contrast, see",1.0
"Gay Fortune's, thy vain hopes to reprimand.",3.0
And calls the giddy winds to puff abroad,0.0
Her random bounties over the gaping throng.,2.0
"All rush rapacious, ' --  friends over trodden friends,",3.0
"Sons over their fathers, subjects over their kings,",5.0
"Priests over their gods, and lovers over the fair,",5.0
"Still more adored, ' --  to snatch the golden shower.",1.0
"Gold glitters most where Virtue shines no more,",2.0
As stars from absent suns have leave to shine.,0.0
"Pour in, all opening in their Idol's praise!",1.0
And bold to seize the greatest. If blessed chance!,2.0
"Over just, over sacred, all forbidden ground,",2.0
"Drunk with the burning scent of place or power,",0.0
"Or, if for men you take them, as I mark",2.0
"Their manners, thou their various fates survey.",3.0
"Some, darting, strike their ardent wish far off,",2.0
"Through fury to possess it: some succeed,",1.0
"From some, by sudden blasts, iT is whirled away,",0.0
"To some it sticks so close, that, when torn off,",0.0
"Torn is the man, and mortal is the wound.",1.0
"Groan under gold, yet weep for want of bread.",1.0
"Together some unhappy rivals! seize,",0.0
Smiles too the goddess; but smiles most at those,3.0
fust victims of exorbitant desire!,3.0
"Beneath her load of lavish grants, expire.",0.0
Fortune is famous for her numbers skin:,3.0
The number small which happiness can bear.,1.0
"Though various for a while their fates, at last",1.0
"One curse involves them all: at Death's approach,",0.0
"All read their riches backward into loss,",0.0
And mourn in just proportion to their store.,1.0
And Death's approach if orthodox my song,0.0
Is hastened by the lure of Fortune's smiles.,1.0
And art thou still rapacious of thy ruin?,1.0
"Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow;",1.0
"A blow which, while it executes, alarms,",0.0
And startles thousands with a single fall.,1.0
"As when some stately growth of oak, or pine,",0.0
"Which nods aloft, and proudly spreads her shade,",0.0
"The sun's defiance and the flock's defence,",1.0
"Loud groans her last, and, rushing from her height,",2.0
"And hill, and stream, and distant dale resound.",1.0
"Should I collect, my quiver would be full;",1.0
"A quiver which, suspended in mid air,",1.0
"Or near Heaven's Archer, in the zodiac, hung,",1.0
"So could it be, should draw the public eye,",0.0
The gaze and contemplation of mankind;,2.0
"A constellation awful, yet benign,",0.0
To guide the gay through life's tempestuous wave;,3.0
"Nor suffer them to strike the common rock, ' --",1.0
"From greater danger to grow more secure,",2.0
"And, wrapped in happiness, forget their fate.",1.0
"Lysander, happy past the common lot,",1.0
"Was warned of danger, but too gay to fear.",2.0
"In youth, form, fortune, fame, they both were blessed:",1.0
"All who knew envied, yet in envy loved:",1.0
Can Fancy form more finished happiness?,1.0
Fixed was the nuptial hour. Her stately dome,0.0
Rose on the sounding beach. The glittering spires,2.0
"Float in the wave, and break against the shore:",0.0
"So break those glittering shadows, human joys!",3.0
The rising storm forbids. The news arrives;,0.0
Untold she saw it in her servant's eye.,0.0
She felt it seen; her heart was apt to feel;,0.0
"And, drowned without the furious ocean's aid,",2.0
"In suffocating sorrows, shares his tomb.",0.0
Now round the sumptuous bridal monument,3.0
The guilty billows innocently roar;,1.0
"And the rough sailor, passing, drops a tear.",2.0
A tear! ' --  can tears suffice? ' --  but not for me.,0.0
How vain our efforts! and our arts how vain!,1.0
"The distant train of thought I took, to shun,",0.0
"Has thrown me on, my fate. ' --  These died together;",1.0
"Or never to meet, or never to part, is peace. ' --",4.0
Survive myself? ' --  That cures all other woe.,1.0
"OH the soft commerce! OH the tender ties,",3.0
"Which, broken, break them, and drain off the soul",0.0
"Of human joy, and make it pain to live. ' --",0.0
"And is it then to live? When such friends part,",2.0
Tis the survivor dies. ' --  My heart! no more.,3.0
By holy church he cannot her abide.,1.0
"Like unto dog which lights of a bone,",0.0
"IN the smooth dance to move with graceful mien,",3.0
"Easy with care, and sprightly though serene,",3.0
"To mark the instructions echoing strains convey,",4.0
"And with just steps each tuneful note obey,",1.0
"I teach; be present, all you sacred Choir,",0.0
"Blow the soft flute, and strike the sounding lyre;",3.0
"When FIELDING bids your kind assistance bring,",0.0
And at her feet the lowly tribute fling;,0.0
O may her eyes to her this verse is due,2.0
And make the fairest still appear more fair.,0.0
"Beauty can little execution do,",2.0
Unless she borrows half her arms from you!,0.0
"Few, like PYGMALION, dote on lifeless charms,",1.0
Or care to clasp a statue in their arms;,1.0
"But breasts of flint must melt with fierce desire,",0.0
When art and motion wake the sleeping fire:,0.0
"May for awhile our wondering eyes command,",3.0
"But still, though formed with all the powers of art,",1.0
The lifeless piece can never warm the heart;,0.0
"So fair a nymph, perhaps, may please the eye,",0.0
"But when her charms are in the dance displayed,",0.0
Then every heart adores the lovely maid:,0.0
"This sets her beauty in the fairest light,",0.0
And shows each grace in full perfection bright;,0.0
"Then, as she turns around, from every part,",0.0
Like porcupines she sends a piercing dart;,0.0
"In vain, alas! the fond spectator tries",5.0
"To shun the pleasing dangers of her eyes,",1.0
"With flowing curls, and ivory neck reclined:",0.0
"Or sprightly Jig displays the nimble fair,",0.0
"At every stop new beauties we explore,",2.0
"And worship now, what we admired before:",1.0
"Fair Venus met, the charming queen of Love,",1.0
"Seemed some fair nymph, the guardian of the wood;",4.0
"But when she moved, at once her heavenly mien",2.0
"New glories over her form each moment rise,",3.0
And all the Goddess opens to his eyes.,1.0
"Now haste, my Muse, pursue thy destined way,",1.0
"What dresses best become the dancer, say;",0.0
"The rules of dress forget not to impart,",1.0
A lesson previous to the dancing art.,1.0
"The soldiers scarlet glowing from afar,",1.0
Shows that his bloody occupation's war;,0.0
"While the lawn band, beneath a double chin,",3.0
As plainly speaks divinity within;,1.0
"Needs but the silken shoe, and trusts her bosom bare:",0.0
"Guard well the horseman from the beating storm,",2.0
"But load the dancer with too great a weight,",2.0
And call from every poor the dewy sweat;,0.0
Rather let him his active limbs display,0.0
Let no unwieldy pride his shoulders press;,1.0
"But airy, light, and easy be his dress;",0.0
"So shall he nimbly bound, and safely wheel.",0.0
"But let not precepts known my verse prolong,",1.0
"Precepts which use will better teach, than song;",1.0
"For why should I the gallant spark command,",0.0
With clean white gloves to fit his ready hand?,1.0
"Or in his fob enlivening spirits wear,",2.0
And pungent salts to raise the fainting fair?,0.0
"Or hint, the sword that dangles at his side,",0.0
Should from its silken bandage be untied?,0.0
"Why should my lays the youthful tribe advise,",0.0
Lest snowy clouds from out their wigs arise;,1.0
And shining silks with greasy powder soiled?,0.0
"Nor need I, sure, bid prudent youths beware,",1.0
"Lest with erected tongues their buckles stare,",1.0
And oft the approaching petticoat offend.,2.0
"And now, you youthful fair, I sing to you,",0.0
"For you bright gems with radiant colours glow,",3.0
"Fair as the dies that paint the heavenly bow,",2.0
"For you the sea resigns its pearly store,",1.0
"In vain yet Nature thus her gifts bestows,",0.0
Unless yourselves with art those gifts dispose.,0.0
"Yet think not, Nymphs, that in the glittering ball,",2.0
One form of dress prescribed can suit with all;,0.0
One brightest shines when wealth and art combine,0.0
To make the finished piece completely fine;,0.0
"When least adorned, another steals our hearts,",0.0
"And rich in native beauties, wants no arts:",1.0
That in all dresses they are sure to wound;,1.0
"Their perfect forms all foreign aids despise,",1.0
And gems but borrow lustre from their eyes.,2.0
"Let the fair Nymph, in whose plump cheeks is seen",4.0
"A constant blush, be clad in cheerful green;",0.0
So in their grassy bed fresh roses blow:,1.0
"The lass whose skin is like the hazel brown,",0.0
With brighter yellow should overcome her own:,2.0
"While maids grown pale with sickness or despair,",2.0
The sable's mournful die should choose to wear;,0.0
"So the pale moon still shines with purest light,",4.0
"But far from you be all those treacherous arts,",2.0
"That wound with painted charms unwary hearts,",0.0
Nor suffers charms that Nature's hand denies:,0.0
Though for awhile we may with wonder view,2.0
"The rosy blush, and skin of lovely hue,",0.0
"Yet soon the dance will cause the cheeks to glow,",0.0
"So shine the fields in icy fetters bound,",0.0
"Through the clear crystal of the glittering snow,",5.0
With scarlet die the blushing hawthorns glow;,1.0
And a new bright creation charms our eyes:,2.0
"Till Zephyr breathes, then all at once decay",0.0
"The splendid scenes, their glories fade away,",0.0
"The fields resign the beauties not their own,",0.0
And all their snowy charms run trickling down.,2.0
"Dare I in such momentous points advise,",1.0
"I should condemn the hoop's enormous size,",0.0
"Of ills I speak by long experience found,",2.0
"Oft have I trod the immeasurable round,",2.0
Nor ruffles edged with dangling fringes wear;,0.0
Oft will the cobweb ornaments catch hold,3.0
"On the approaching button rough with gold,",1.0
"Nor force, nor art can then the bonds divide,",0.0
When once the entangled Gordian knot is tied:,4.0
"The more they strive their freedom to regain,",1.0
"Let each fair maid, who fears to be disgraced,",3.0
"Ever be sure to tie her garter fast,",2.0
"Lest the loosed string, amid the public ball,",2.0
"Who the rich treasure shall triumphant show,",2.0
And with warm blushes cause her cheeks to glow.,2.0
"She humbles many, some delights to raise",0.0
By such neglect acquired immortal fame.,3.0
And hence the radiant Star and Garter blue,0.0
"Still thy lost Garter is thy sovereign's care,",5.0
And what each royal breast is proud to wear.,0.0
"But let me now my lovely charge remind,",0.0
Lest they forgetful leave their fans behind;,1.0
"Lay not, you fear, the pretty toy aside,",0.0
"A toy at once displayed, for use and pride,",0.0
"A wondrous engine, that by magic charms,",0.0
"Cools your own breast, and every other's warms.",0.0
What daring bard shall ever attempt to tell,2.0
"The powers, that in this little weapon dwell?",0.0
"What verse can ever explain its various parts,",4.0
"Its numerous uses, motions, charms and arts?",2.0
"Its painted folds, that oft extended wide,",0.0
"When secret sorrows her sad bosom fill,",2.0
"Its sticks, on which her eyes dejected poor,",0.0
"And pointing fingers number over and over,",2.0
"When the kind virgin burns with secret shame,",2.0
"Dies to consent, yet fears to own her flame;",2.0
"Its shake triumphant, its victorious clap,",3.0
Nor trust in such a flight thy tender wing;,1.0
"Rather do you in humble lines proclaim,",0.0
"From whence this engine took its form and name,",0.0
"Say from what cause it first derived its birth,",0.0
"How formed in heaven, how thence deduced to earth.",0.0
"Once in Arcadia, that famed seat of love,",4.0
"There lived a nymph, the pride of all the grove,",0.0
"A lovely nymph, adorned with every grace,",0.0
"An easy shape, and sweetly blooming face,",0.0
"To charm her ear the rival shepherd's sing,",0.0
"Blow the soft flute, and wake the trembling string,",3.0
"For her they leave their wandering flocks to rove,",3.0
"And spreads on every tree, enclosed in knots of love;",0.0
"Like her in beauty, as alike in name.",1.0
"'Twas when the summer sun, now mounted high,",1.0
"With fiercer beams had scorched the glowing sky,",0.0
"Beneath the covert of a cooling shade,",1.0
"To shun the heat, this lovely nymph was laid;",0.0
The sultry weather over her cheeks had spread,2.0
"A blush, that added to their native red,",1.0
"And her fair breasts, as polished marble white,",2.0
"Were half concealed, and half exposed to sight;",0.0
"AEOLUS the mighty God, whom winds obey,",1.0
"Over all her charms he gazed with fond delight,",0.0
And sucked in poison at the dangerous sight;,2.0
"He sighs, he burns; at last declares his pain,",0.0
"The cruel nymph, regardless of his moan,",1.0
"Minds not his flame, uneasy with her own;",1.0
"But still complains, that he who ruled the air",1.0
Would not command one Zephyr to repair,1.0
"Around her face, nor gentle breeze to play",0.0
"Through the dark glade, to cool the sultry day;",2.0
"By love incited, and the hopes of joy,",1.0
"The ingenious God contrived this pretty toy,",1.0
With gales incessant to relieve her flame;,1.0
"NOW see prepared to lead the sprightly dance,",1.0
"The spacious room receives each jovial guest,",2.0
And the floor shakes with pleasing weight oppressed:,2.0
"Thick ranged on every side, with various dies",3.0
The fair in glossy silks our sight surprise:,0.0
"So, in a garden bathed with genial showers,",0.0
"A thousand sorts of variegated flowers,",5.0
And in a gay confusion charm our eyes.,0.0
"High over their heads, with numerous candles bright,",5.0
"Large sconces shed their sparkling beams of light,",1.0
"Their sparkling beams that still more brightly glow,",0.0
"Reflected back from gems, and eyes below:",0.0
"With breathing Zephyrs move the circling air,",0.0
"The sprightly fiddle, and the sounding lyre",1.0
Each youthful breast with generous warmth inspire;,2.0
"Fraught with all joys the blissful moments fly,",0.0
"While music melts the ear, and beauty charms the eye.",0.0
"Now let the youth, to whose superior place",3.0
"It first belongs the splendid ball to grace,",0.0
"With humble bow, and ready hand prepare,",0.0
Forth from the crowd to lead his chosen fair;,0.0
"The fair shall not his kind request deny,",0.0
"First hear the Muse, ere you attempt to dance:",3.0
Secure from rocks the painted vessels glide;,0.0
"By art the chariot scours the dusty plain,",4.0
"To art our bodies must obedient prove,",2.0
If ever we hope with graceful ease to move.,2.0
"Hence lost in error and uncertainty,",3.0
"No precepts did in mind, or rules obey,",1.0
But every master taught a different way;,0.0
"Hence ere each newborn dance was fully tried,",1.0
"The lovely product even in blooming died,",2.0
"Through various hands in wild confusion tossed,",2.0
"Its steps were altered, and its beauties lost;",1.0
"And did the dance in characters compose,",1.0
"Each lovely grace by certain marks he taught,",0.0
And every step in lasting volumes wrote:,0.0
"Hence over the world this pleasing art shall spread,",3.0
"By distant masters shall each step be seen,",0.0
"Though mountains rise, and oceans roar between;",0.0
"Hence, with her sister arts, shall Dancing claim",0.0
"An equal right to universal fame,",0.0
"Wise Nature ever, with a prudent hand,",2.0
"Dispenses various gifts to every land,",2.0
To every nation frugally imparts,1.0
A genius fit for some peculiar arts;,0.0
"To trade the DUTCH incline, the SWISS to arms,",0.0
BRITANNIA justly glories to have found,3.0
"Lands unexplored, and sailed the globe around:",1.0
"But none will sure presume to rival FRANCE,",0.0
"Whether she forms, or executes the dance;",2.0
To her exalted genius it's we owe,2.0
"With all those dances of illustrious fame,",3.0
"French dances. That from their native country take their name,",1.0
"With these let every ball be first begun,",2.0
Nor country dance intrude till these are done.,1.0
"Each cautious bard, ere he attempts to sing,",2.0
"First gently fluttering tries his tender wing,",3.0
And if he finds that with uncommon fire,2.0
"At once to heaven he soars in lofty odes,",0.0
And sings alone of heroes and of gods;,1.0
"But if he trembling fears a flight so high,",1.0
He then descends to softer elegy;,1.0
"And if in elegy he can't succeed,",2.0
"So should the dancer, ere he tries to move,",0.0
"With care his strength, his weight, and genius prove;",0.0
"Then, if he finds kind Nature's gifts impart",1.0
"Endowments proper for the dancing art,",1.0
"If in himself he feels together joined,",0.0
"An active body and ambitious mind,",1.0
"If these he fears to reach, with easy pace",1.0
"Would you in dancing every fault avoid,",0.0
To keep true time be your first thoughts employed;,3.0
"All other errors they in vain shall mend,",1.0
Who in this one important point offend;,1.0
"For this, when now united hand in hand",1.0
Eager to start the youthful couple stand;,2.0
"Let them awhile their nimble feet restrain,",2.0
And with soft taps beat time to every strain:,4.0
"In vain a master shall employ his care,",0.0
Where Nature once has fixed a clumsy air;,0.0
"Rather let such, to country sports confined,",0.0
"Pursue the flying hare, or timorous hind:",2.0
A mien effeminate would I advise;,2.0
"With equal scorn I would the fop deride,",0.0
"And you, fair nymphs, avoid with equal care,",2.0
"Neither with eyes, that ever love the ground,",2.0
"Nor yet with giddy looks, and wanton pride,",0.0
"Stare all around, and skip from side to side.",1.0
"True dancing, like true wit, is best expressed",2.0
By nature only to advantage dressed;,1.0
"It's not a nimble bound, or caper high,",0.0
"That can pretend to please a curious eye,",3.0
"Good judges no such tumblers tricks regard,",0.0
"No glaring errors in your steps can spy,",1.0
"The dance and music must so nicely meet,",0.0
Each note should seem an echo to your feet;,1.0
"A nameless grace must in each movement dwell,",0.0
"Which words can never express, or precepts tell,",3.0
"Not to be taught, but ever to be seen",1.0
"It's such an air that makes her thousands fall,",1.0
And flies like her through crowds of heroes slain.,1.0
"Now when the Minuet oft repeated over,",3.0
"Like all terrestrial joys can please no more,",3.0
"And every nymph, refusing to expand",1.0
"Her charms, declines the circulating hand;",0.0
And the loud fiddles call each straggler in:,2.0
"But ere they come, permit me to disclose,",1.0
"How first, as legends tell, this pastime rose.",1.0
In ancient times such times are now no more,1.0
"In some fair opening glade, each summer's night,",3.0
"On the soft carpet of a grassy field,",3.0
The sporting fairies their assemblies held:,1.0
"Some lightly tripping with their pigmy queen,",1.0
"Some with soft notes bade mellow pipes resound,",5.0
And music warble through the groves around;,1.0
"Oft lonely shepherd's by the forest side,",2.0
"Belated peasants oft their revels spied,",0.0
Their guests diverted with the wondrous tale.,1.0
"Instructed hence, throughout the British isle,",0.0
"And fond to imitate the pleasing toil,",0.0
"Round where the trembling may pole's fixed on high,",4.0
And practise every night the lovely sport;,0.0
"Whose active elbows swelling winds command,",1.0
"The swelling winds harmonious pipes inspire,",2.0
And blow in every breast a generous fire.,2.0
"And hence to cities and to courts it ran,",1.0
Succeeding ages did in time impart,0.0
Various improvements to the lovely art:,2.0
From fields and groves to palaces removed;,1.0
Great ones the pleasing exercise approved;,1.0
"Hence the loud fiddle, and shrill trumpet's sounds,",5.0
Are made companions of the dancer's bounds;,1.0
"Hence gems, and silks, brocades, and ribbons join,",1.0
To make the ball with perfect lustre shine.,1.0
"So rude at first the tragic Muse appeared,",0.0
"Her voice alone by rustic rabble heard,",0.0
Where twisting trees a cooling arbour made,0.0
"The pleased spectators sat beneath the shade,",4.0
And in a cart the strolling actors rode:,0.0
"Till time at length improved the great design,",0.0
And bade the scenes with painted landscapes shine;,1.0
"Then art did all the bright machines dispose,",0.0
"Then mimic thunder shook the canvas sky,",0.0
And Gods descended from their towers on high.,3.0
With caution now let every youth prepare,1.0
To choose a partner from the mingled fair;,1.0
"Vain would he hear the instructed Muse's voice,",2.0
If she pretended to direct his choice:,2.0
"Beauty alone by fancy is expressed,",3.0
"A snowy skin this amorous youth admires,",2.0
"Small waists and slender limbs some hearts ensnare,",1.0
While others love the more substantial fair.,0.0
"But let not outward charms your judgements sway,",0.0
"Your reason rather than your eyes obey,",1.0
"And in the dance, as in the marriage noose,",0.0
"Rather for merit, than for beauty, choose:",3.0
"Be her your choice, who knows with perfect skill",1.0
"When she should move, and when she should be still,",0.0
And kindly half the pleasing burden bear.,0.0
Who fettered in the matrimonial state,2.0
Is forced to lead the tedious dance of life;,2.0
"And such is his, with such a partner joined,",2.0
"A moving puppet, but without a mind:",1.0
"Still must his hand be pointing out the way,",1.0
"Yet never can teach so fast, as she can stray,",3.0
"Beneath her follies he must ever groan,",1.0
And ever blush for errors not his own.,0.0
"But now behold united hand in hand,",0.0
"Each youthful bosom beating with delight,",1.0
Waits the brisk signal for the pleasing fight:,4.0
"While lovely eyes, that flash unusual rays,",0.0
The fond impatience of the starting fair.,1.0
And see the sprightly dance is now begun!,0.0
"Now here, now there the giddy maze they run,",0.0
"Now with slow steps they pace the circling ring,",3.0
"Now all confused, too swift for sight they spring:",2.0
"So, in a wheel with rapid fury tossed,",0.0
The undistinguished spokes are in the motion lost.,0.0
"The dancer here no more requires a guide,",1.0
"To no strict steps his nimble feet are tied,",1.0
"The Muse's precepts here would useless be,",1.0
"Where all is fancied, unconfined, and free;",0.0
"Let him but to the music's voice attend,",1.0
"By this instructed, he can never offend;",4.0
"If to his share it falls the dance to lead,",1.0
"If others lead, let him their motions view,",2.0
And in their steps the winding maze pursue.,0.0
"Turned for reflection, can a moral find;",3.0
"Seeks when we fly, but flies when we pursue:",1.0
"And unconfined from fair to fair we range,",0.0
"As soon as one from his own consort flies,",2.0
"Awhile the favourite youth enjoys her charms,",0.0
"Till the next comer steals her from his arms,",2.0
"New ones succeed, the last is still her care;",1.0
"Where can philosophers, and sages wise,",2.0
"Who read the curious volumes of the skies,",3.0
"A model more exact than dancing name,",0.0
Of the creation's universal frame?,1.0
In a bright regular confusion stray;,3.0
"Now here, now there they whirl along the sky,",0.0
"Now near approach, and now far distant fly,",2.0
"Now meet in the same order they began,",8.0
And then the great celestial dance is done.,0.0
"And eagerly pursue we know not what,",1.0
"Then when our trifling short-lived race is run,",1.0
Though to your arms kind fate's indulgent care,2.0
"Has given a partner exquisitely fair,",7.0
"Let not her charms so much engage your heart,",0.0
"Be not, when you the tuneful notes should hear,",0.0
Still whispering idle prattle in her ear;,3.0
"When you should be employed, be not at play,",0.0
Nor for your joys all others steps delay:,1.0
"But when the finished dance you once have done,",0.0
"And with applause through every couple run,",1.0
"There rest awhile: there snatch the fleeting bliss,",0.0
"The tender whisper, and the balmy kiss;",1.0
"Each secret wish, each softer hope confess,",0.0
And her moist palm with eager fingers press;,2.0
"With smiles the fair shall hear your warm desires,",0.0
"When music melts her soul, and dancing sires.",0.0
"Thus mixed with love, the pleasing toil pursue,",1.0
Till the unwelcome morn appears in view;,1.0
"Then, when approaching day its beams displays,",0.0
"And the dull candles shine with fainter rays,",2.0
"Then when the sun just rises over the deep,",2.0
"And each bright eye is almost set in sleep,",2.0
"With ready hands, obsequious youths, prepare",2.0
"Safe to her coach to lead each chosen fair,",0.0
"And over her neck a handkerchief be spread,",3.0
"Around her shoulders let this arm be cast,",0.0
While that from cold defends her slender waist;,0.0
"With kisses warm her balmy lips shall glow,",0.0
Safely protects her inward frame from harm.,2.0
But ever let my lovely pupils fear,0.0
"Ah, thoughtless fair! the tempting draught refuse,",0.0
When thus forewarned by my experienced Muse;,3.0
"Let the sad consequence your thoughts employ,",4.0
"Nor hazard future pains, for present joy,",0.0
"Destruction lurks within the poisonous dose,",2.0
Thus through each precept of the dancing art,1.0
"The Muse has played the kind instructors part,",0.0
"Through every maze her pupils she has led,",1.0
And pointed out the surest paths to tread;,1.0
"No more remains; no more the goddess sings,",2.0
"On downy beds the weary dancers lie,",0.0
And sleep's silk cords tie down each drowsy eye;,3.0
"Delightful dreams their pleasing sports restore,",0.0
And even in sleep they seem to dance once more.,3.0
"And now the work completely finished lies,",0.0
Which the devouring teeth of time defies;,3.0
"While birds in air, or fish in streams we find,",0.0
As long as nymphs shall with attentive ear,1.0
A fiddle rather than a sermon hear;,1.0
The useful lines of my instructive Muse;,1.0
"Each belle shall wear them wrote upon her fan,",0.0
And each bright beau shall read them ' --  if he can.,2.0
OH lovely woman! framed for man's destruction!,1.0
"Beauty, like nightshade to the teeming wife,",1.0
"If seen, gives wishes restless, endless longings;",1.0
"If tasted, death. Too hard decree of fate,",1.0
"That life must be a burden, or must end!",1.0
"Farewell, vain world! dwelling of ills and fears,",4.0
"Full of fond hopes, false joys, and sad repentance;",4.0
"For though sometime warm Fancy lights a fire,",4.0
That mounting upwards darts its pointed head,0.0
"Yet then comes Thought, and cold Consideration,",1.0
"Lame Afterthought with endless scruples fraught,",1.0
"Farewell, vain world! ' --  Yet, ere I die, I'll find",2.0
"Haste then, for nimble Death pursues me close,",0.0
"My fluttering soul seems like a bird entrapped,",2.0
"That beats his wings against the prison walls,",0.0
And fain would be at liberty again;,1.0
"Hath warned me that my time would soon expire,",0.0
"And that life's thread, never to be wound up more,",2.0
Would by the spring of fate be quickly drawn,0.0
"To its full stretch ' --  Haste then, and let me find",1.0
"A shelter, that may shut out noise and light,",0.0
"Save one dim taper, whose neglected snuff,",3.0
"Grown higher than the flame, shall with its bulk",3.0
"Almost extinguish it; no noise be there,",3.0
"But that of water, ever friend to thought.",0.0
"Hail, gloomy shade! the abode of modesty",4.0
Void of deceit; no glittering objects here,4.0
"Dazzle the eyes; and thou, delightful Silence,",3.0
"The angels' language, and the hermits' pride,",1.0
"The help of waking wisdom, and its food;",1.0
In thee philosophers have justly placed,2.0
"The sovereign good; free from the broken vows,",2.0
Of which the noisy babbling world complains.,0.0
"Lies down to die, the arrow in his breast;",0.0
"There hid in shades, and wasting day by day,",0.0
"SO here confined, and but to female Clay,",2.0
While the soft Breeze of Pleasure's tempting Air,3.0
"Made her believe, Felicity was there;",3.0
"And basking in the warmth of early Time,",0.0
To vain Amusements dedicate her Prime.,0.0
Ambition next allured her towering Eye;,0.0
"For Paradise she heard was placed on high,",0.0
"Then thought, the Court with all its glorious Show",2.0
"Was sure above the rest, and Paradise below.",0.0
"There placed too soon the flaming Sword appeared,",1.0
"Removed those Powers, whom justly she revered,",3.0
"Adhered too in their Wreck, and in their Ruin shared.",1.0
"Now by the Wheels inevitable Round,",1.0
"With them thrown prostrate to the humble Ground,",3.0
No more she takes instructed by that Fall,1.0
"For fixed, or worth her thought, this rolling Ball:",0.0
"Towards a more certain Station she aspires,",1.0
"Unshaken by Revolts, and owns no less Desires.",2.0
"But all in vain are Prayers, ecstatic Thoughts,",0.0
"Recovered Moments, and retracted Faults,",1.0
"These, but at distance, towards that purpose tend,",1.0
The lowly Means to an exalted End;,1.0
"Which He must perfect, who allots her Stay,",2.0
"And That, accomplished, will direct the way.",1.0
"Pity her restless Cares, and weary Strife,",2.0
And point some Issue to escaping Life;,1.0
"Which so dismissed, no Pen or Human Speech",2.0
The ineffable Recess can ever teach:,2.0
"The Expanse, the Light, the Harmony, the Throng,",2.0
"The Bride's Attendance, and the Bridal Song,",1.0
"The numerous Mansions, and the immortal Tree,",5.0
Or Waves which through that wondrous City roll.,1.0
"Rest then content, my too impatient Soul;",2.0
"Observe but here the easy Precepts given,",1.0
Careful Observers may foretell the Hour,3.0
"While Rain depends, the pensive Cat gives over",1.0
Strike your offended Sense with double stink.,2.0
"A coming Shower your shooting Corns presage,",5.0
"He damns the Climate, and complains of Spleen.",1.0
"MEAN while the South rising with dabbled Wings,",5.0
And like a Drunkard gives it up again.,1.0
"Brisk Susan whips her Linen from the Rope,",2.0
"Flirts on you from her Mop, but not so clean.",1.0
"You fly, invoke the Gods; then turning, stop",0.0
"Not yet, the Dust had shunned the unequal Strife,",2.0
"But aided by the Wind, fought still for Life;",2.0
"And wafted with its Foe by violent Gust,",1.0
"'Twas doubtful which was Rain, and which was Dust.",1.0
"Ah! where must needy Poet seek for Aid,",0.0
When Dust and Rain at once his Coat invade;,0.0
"His only Coat, where Dust confused with Rain,",0.0
"NOW in contiguous Drops the Flood comes down,",5.0
Threatening with Deluge this Devoted Town.,2.0
"Pretend to cheapen Goods, but nothing buy.",0.0
"Stays till it's fair, yet seems to call a Coach.",0.0
While Streams run down her oiled Umbrella's Sides.,1.0
"Here various Kinds by various Fortunes led,",4.0
Commence Acquaintance underneath a Shed.,0.0
"Forget their Feuds, and join to save their Wigs.",0.0
"Boxed in a Chair the Beau impatient sits,",0.0
While Spouts run clattering over the Roof by Fits;,3.0
And ever and anon with frightful Din,1.0
"So when Troy Chairmen bore the Wooden Steed,",1.0
"Pregnant with Greeks, impatient to be freed,",3.0
"Those Bully Greeks who, as the Moderns do,",1.0
"Instead of paying Chairmen, run them through.",0.0
And bear their Trophies with them as they go:,2.0
Filth of all Hues and Odours seem to tell,3.0
"What Street they sailed from, by their Sight and Smell.",1.0
"They, as each Torrent drives, with rapid Force",1.0
"Love, gentle power, to peace was ever a friend:",5.0
Still may his bard in softer fights engage:,0.0
Wars hand to hand with Cynthia let me wage.,3.0
"Long as of youth the joyous hours remain,",0.0
"Or roused by sprightly sounds from out the trance,",1.0
I'd in the ring knit hands and join the Muses' dance.,2.0
"Give me to send the laughing bowl around,",0.0
My soul in Bacchus' pleasing fetters bound;,0.0
There bloom the vernal rose's earliest pride;,2.0
"And when, our flames commissioned to destroy,",1.0
"Age step betwixt love and me, and intercept our joy;",3.0
"When my changed head these locks no more shall know,",3.0
Then let me rightly spell of nature's ways.,0.0
"To Providence, to him my thoughts I'd raise,",2.0
"Who taught this vast machine its steadfast laws,",1.0
"That first, eternal, universal Cause;",0.0
"Search to what regions yonder star retires,",0.0
"And whence, anew revived, with silver light",0.0
How rising winds the face of ocean sweep;,0.0
Where lie the eternal fountains of the deep;,3.0
And whence the cloudy magazines maintain,0.0
"How flames perhaps, with dire confusion hurled,",0.0
"What wondrous force the solid earth can move,",0.0
Shakes all his pines and bows his hundred heads;,0.0
"Why does yonder orb, so exquisitely bright,",5.0
Obscure his radiance in a short-lived night;,1.0
"Whence the Seven Sisters' congregated fires,",3.0
How the rude surge its sandy bounds control;,2.0
Who measured out the year and bade the seasons roll;,1.0
"If realms beneath those fabled torments know,",1.0
"Pangs without respite, fires that ever glow;",4.0
The triple dog that scares the shadowy kind;,2.0
"All angry heaven inflicts or hell can feel,",0.0
Famine at feasts and thirst amid the stream.,2.0
"Or are our fears the enthusiast's empty dream,",9.0
"And all the scenes that hurt the grave's repose,",0.0
But pictured horror and poetic woes?,1.0
"These soft, inglorious joys my hours engage;",2.0
Be love my youth's pursuit and science crown my age.,0.0
Who rove from spa to spa ' --  to shift the scene.,0.0
"Come, learn a wholesome secret from my song.",2.0
"You fair, whose roses feel the approaching frost,",2.0
And drops supply the place of spirits lost:,0.0
Condemned to water for excess in wine:,1.0
Who eat and drink till appetite grows dull:,1.0
While nature more oppressed grows worse and worse:,1.0
You nod or laugh at what the parson preaches:,0.0
"Hear then a rhyming quack, ' --  who spurns your wealth,",0.0
And gratis gives a sure receipt for health.,0.0
"No more thus vainly roam over sea and land,",6.0
When lo! a sovereign remedy at hand:,1.0
It's Temperance ' --  stale cant! ' --  It's Fasting then;,3.0
Heaven's antidote against the sins of men.,0.0
"To scour the obstructed glands, abstain! abstain!",1.0
"Fast and take rest, you candidates for sleep,",4.0
Who from high food tormenting vigils keep:,4.0
"You nymphs that pine over chocolate and rolls,",5.0
"Hunger may starve, excess is sure to kill.",2.0
"OH THOU most terrible, most dreaded power,",1.0
In the dread silence of the midnight hour;,4.0
"Or whether, hovering over the lingering wretch",2.0
"Thy sad cold javelin hangs suspended long,",1.0
While round the couch the weeping kindred throng,0.0
With hope and fear alternately on stretch;,6.0
"O, say, for me what horrors are prepared?",2.0
Am I now doomed to meet thy fatal arm?,2.0
"Or wilt thou first from life steal every charm,",1.0
And bear away each good my soul would guard?,0.0
"That thus, deprived of all it loved, my heart",0.0
From life itself contentedly may part.,1.0
"THERE was a time when from those hapless schools,",2.0
"Inhaling faction, with the Tory race",1.0
"On Right Divine, Hereditary Grace,",0.0
"Much did I waver, much did I unite",1.0
"The names of Patriot, and of Jacobite:",1.0
"Thanks to my friendly stars those days are over,",0.0
Kindling at thy perpetual flame the brand,4.0
"To thee, OH Truth, I consecrate the blaze; ' --",2.0
"Receive, exalt, invigorate my lays.",1.0
"The studious Pilgrim, as his bare feet tread",4.0
"Over holy Carmel! with religious dread,",1.0
"Where some old fane, or massive altar lies,",1.0
"Kneeling adores it with a steadfast gaze,",4.0
"Amid the historic ravages of Time,",3.0
Thus the bold Muse asserts her liberal plan,3.0
"To mark the genuine privilege of man,",3.0
"To prove how Fiction, and how Fact agree,",1.0
"That God was just, and all Mankind were free.",1.0
"From Jura's mount, from those inclement skies,",1.0
"His arms reversed, his shield thrown idly by,",2.0
To note the sad decays of Liberty;,1.0
"Come, stern Philosophy, ' --  that garb of woe",2.0
"Befits thee most, majestically slow",1.0
"Thy gait, while raised aloof thy red right hand",1.0
"Waves in the gale Resentment's flaming brand,",0.0
"While Justice triumphs in a George's reign,",0.0
Will I encounter this adventurous task;,4.0
"Though far too sanguine to conceal their rage,",2.0
"My Foes already curse each opening page,",2.0
"And Friends, half shrinking at so rude a test,",1.0
"Glance over my title, and forswear the rest.",4.0
"Back to Creation's infancy, when Earth",3.0
"Few revolutions dated from its birth,",1.0
My theme invites: ' --  poor Exile doomed to rove,2.0
Far from the sweets of Eden's happy grove,0.0
Behold our first Progenitor; ' --  his race,1.0
"Plunged in a lineal series of disgrace,",3.0
"To pain, disease, and death's remorseless power.",0.0
"Some evils soon attained their utmost prime,",1.0
To perfect others was a work of time.,2.0
"Perhaps in those rude ages, when no law",3.0
"Kept the warm passions of mankind in awe,",5.0
"Some proud Oppressor, of gigantic mould,",1.0
"His fleecy charge, his only treasure bore,",0.0
Yet then no dire necessity had made,2.0
"Murder a system, war a needful trade;",2.0
"No Frederick, foe to nature and to man,",2.0
"Justice his pretext, tyranny his plan,",4.0
"Born every right of nations to betray,",2.0
"Coarse was their food, their sordid dwelling small,",0.0
"Such was the lot of one, the lot of all:",2.0
In some deep vale their shapeless altar stood,1.0
On some choice festival the Rustic brought,2.0
"A decent offering from his little stock,",1.0
"No temple reared its fretted roof on high,",1.0
As if to shame the meanness of his God.,2.0
"When, like the Titans, earth's rebellious crew",0.0
"In vain, their boastful arrogance to quell,",1.0
"Their leaders were dispersed, their turret fell;",1.0
"Her banner, and to vex the groaning world",1.0
From shore to shore the strange contagion ran;,0.0
"Fraternal concord ceased, and Monarchy began.",1.0
"Thus while the storms in hollow caverns sleep,",0.0
"And scarce a zephyr fans the quiet deep,",0.0
Suddenly from the rock's impending brow,1.0
"Comes rushing downwards; boils the vast profound,",1.0
Waves upon waves dashed on the beach resound.,2.0
"Detested Hunter! Nimrod led the way,",0.0
"War was his savage pastime, man his prey;",1.0
For brutal strength by trembling vassals feared,0.0
The walls of ancient Babylon he reared:,0.0
"In his high dome, with crayons rude portrayed,",4.0
The warrior's dread achievements were displayed;,1.0
"Here pierced with darts the expiring tiger lay,",2.0
There rushed embattled hosts in firm array;,0.0
"There in his car the thickest ranks he broke,",0.0
And nations yielded to his galling yoke.,1.0
Such empire's origin: ' --  with horrid yell,1.0
From the black confines of his native hell,0.0
And Vice came onward with a larger stride:,2.0
"Ungrateful were the task, and endless toil",1.0
To trace its progress through each distant soil,2.0
Fertile of Tyrants. Craft with Prowess joined,0.0
Dominion first was gained by lawless might;,0.0
The claim of long Hereditary Right,0.0
"Succeeded; when to varnish over each flaw,",1.0
"And bow the world with superstitious awe,",0.0
"Called him a King, and placed him on a throne;",1.0
"Then caught the weakness of those darker times,",1.0
And dragged in Heaven to sanctify his crimes.,1.0
"When that audacious crew renounced their God,",0.0
"Despised his mercies, braved his heaviest rod;",2.0
And for his Patronage too mighty grown,3.0
Set up a little Idol of their own:,1.0
"Say, did their Prophet urge Saul's Right Divine? ' --",1.0
His incense blazed not at so vile a shrine.,1.0
"Or did some ill in mystic leaves foretold,",0.0
"And chronicled by gravest seers of old,",1.0
Overwhelm them with involuntary guilt?,1.0
And in their temple took its guilty stand.,0.0
As with inhuman zeal the trembling sire,1.0
"Consigned his shrieking infants to the fire,",1.0
"While with loud din their hideous cymbals rung,",5.0
His Worshippers obscene their uncouth orgies sung.,2.0
"Belief, in various senses understood,",2.0
"Is man's severest curse, or surest good.",0.0
"Thus, in the meads where hallowed Jordan glides,",0.0
"Enriching Palestine with copious tides,",2.0
"Where springs the branching palm, where streams the oil,",0.0
Where fruitful vineyards bless the peasant's toil;,0.0
"Impregnating with death each tainted gale,",1.0
"Let Mecca tell, big with aspiring schemes,",3.0
"Diffused his tenets through the astonished earth,",3.0
"Confessed their former errors, and believed.",1.0
"Whose fruit unsound, yet specious to the view,",1.0
"Fell, ere it ripened, in that baleful air;",1.0
Relentless Cowards! with a brutal hand,1.0
"Over Nature's parting agonies they trod,",1.0
"And slaughtered millions in the name of God,",0.0
To dip their reeking blades in infant gore;,0.0
"Till mighty conscience, whose prevailing call",0.0
"Opens the dread volume of her laws to all,",3.0
That none discerned the villain from the saint.,1.0
"Far other fame the Christian doctrine gained,",1.0
"From Heaven transmitted, and by Heaven maintained,",1.0
"Yet most those realms which gave his grandeur birth,",3.0
"To make divided Faith and Virtue foes,",0.0
On its firm base no second David rose:,4.0
"Ere long, the streams in a perverted course",2.0
Ran foul: Fanatics soon began to call,1.0
"Merit a sound, Religion all in all;",2.0
"Infuriate Priests the bonds of nature tore,",3.0
And Persecution drenched the world with gore.,0.0
"See sainted Champions pour their desperate bands,",3.0
"A dreaming Hermit leads them, and aloud",1.0
Preaches salvation to the frantic crowd:,3.0
The Muse rejecting this historic draught,1.0
"With bitter truths, strict testimonies fraught,",1.0
"Overlooks, to take a fairer view of life;",0.0
"Born on the rapid wings of Thought she flies,",0.0
"Opens new creations, seeks for other skies,",0.0
"Of cloudless suns, of ages winged with gold,",0.0
"Man knew no sorrows, no disease but Love;",2.0
"When Nature's self was unconstrained and young,",0.0
"You happier times of innocence and truth,",3.0
"Pleasing instructors of my thoughtless youth,",3.0
"When none the image of his God belied,",1.0
"No Minions crouched beneath a Sultan's pride,",1.0
"No wealth ensnared, no poverty distressed,",3.0
"Though doomed to grovel in a baser age,",1.0
Retrace your scattered annals. ' --  When of old,0.0
"Their ranging flocks through boundless pastures drove,",0.0
"Or tuned their pipes beneath the myrtle grove,",0.0
Their laws on brazen tablets unimpressed,0.0
"Books, useless lumber, yet in embryo slept,",2.0
Plain were the duties of that simpler age:,1.0
"For Nature, best of mothers, pleased to teach",0.0
Virtues no modern theorist can reach;,4.0
"With characters indelible, on high",2.0
Alas! how gladly would Illusion's beam,0.0
For ever vibrate on this glittering theme:,3.0
"Here let me finish; nor, my soul to wring,",1.0
From Fable's sweets proceed to Fable's sting:,0.0
"I must; ' --  these fairy dreams have had their space,",0.0
And now the dreadful sequel claims a place.,0.0
"Like the presumptuous Mariner, whose sails,",4.0
And bury all his fortunes in the deep:,0.0
"Of pleasing errors have I dared to rove,",0.0
"I but survey bright Freedom's form at last,",2.0
To see her perish by as sure a wound,1.0
Forth from the casket glittering to the view,1.0
"Man eyed the bait, and with an idiot joy",4.0
Eagerly rushed to snatch the gilded toy:,2.0
"Freedom thenceforth, and Peace, and Justice fled,",3.0
"Too late remorse congealed each guilty soul,",1.0
Wherever we search the vast instructive page,2.0
"Of Fact, or Fiction, we in every age",1.0
See Saints impaled and tortured at the stake,1.0
"Through fervent zeal, and for Religion's sake;",1.0
"Never prompted one humane, one generous part,",3.0
"While some vain Mortal, arbiter os ill,",3.0
Governed the rest; at whose imperious will,3.0
Millions of slaughtered Heroes bit the dust,2.0
"Till loathing both the present, and the past,",1.0
We learn this melancholy truth at last;,0.0
"On Life's rough sea by stormy passions tossed,",1.0
Freedom and Virtue were together lost.,3.0
"Shame on our vaunted reason, when we find",0.0
"No creature else so senseless, and so blind;",2.0
"And leave the strongest master of the field,",1.0
"Yet this imperial claim to none descends,",3.0
"And with heroic frenzy risk their life,",1.0
Fomenting some unnecessary strife.,2.0
"Their Nature's end, their mighty Maker's will:",1.0
"Stoop then, you sons of Reason, stoop, and own",0.0
"The Chain, whose two Extremities unite,",2.0
"Presenting still a middle to our sight,",1.0
"Where link by link in fruitless search we tend,",0.0
"Yet find not a beginning, or an end,",2.0
"Talk as we please, dissemble how we can,",1.0
"Who, in each state of life constrained to own",0.0
"A strict dependence, useless when alone,",0.0
"Cleaves, though a Monarch, to his native dung,",1.0
And venerates the soil from whence he sprung.,0.0
"View first the Slave, whom his unhappy fate",2.0
In galling fetters to some foreign state,1.0
"By those, who truck humanity for gold,",2.0
"Abused, neglected, sinking with distress,",1.0
"When all is dark, and Hope alone can bless;",0.0
"Where Commerce never rears her impious head,",3.0
"No Fiends approach, no Missionaries tread.",2.0
"Next him the Peasant, whose incessant toil,",0.0
"Pressed by the barbarous insults of the great,",1.0
"Yet his low couch no thorny cares molest,",4.0
His even spirits yield unbroken rest.,0.0
"Those restless Beings next in order place,",0.0
"Whose motley stations wear a doubtful face,",0.0
"Who dragged by Fortune into Middle Life,",0.0
"Or swollen with pride, or wasted with chagrin,",3.0
"Midway suspended, between Heaven and Hell.",6.0
Clad with those Titles ancient Justice gave,0.0
"To grace the wise, the generous, and the brave,",1.0
"Their master's tools, the minions of an hour.",1.0
"Last of the Group, to close this irksome scene,",0.0
"Behold the Monarch, whose exalted throne,",0.0
"Dupes to their fear, his Eastern Vassals own;",0.0
"When by the toil, which earns the Hind's hard bread,",1.0
"Is not a wretch like this, to either side",1.0
Of Life's perverse extremities allied?,1.0
"Here to its source the line revolving tends,",0.0
"Here close the points, and here the circle ends.",0.0
"Law soon became a necessary ill,",1.0
"Vice edged the sword, and gave it force to kill;",1.0
"Monarchs, we see, were then at first designed",1.0
"A general good, a blessing unconfined:",0.0
"For public welfare, not for private ends,",1.0
From sire to son the regal crown descends.,2.0
"When Kings support afflicted Virtue's cause,",0.0
"Kerb potent Vice, and vindicate the laws,",2.0
"Our high respect deservedly they share,",1.0
"Not for themselves, but for the trust they bear.",2.0
As on the slippery pinnacle they stand,2.0
"Of brittle grandeur, with rapacious hand",4.0
"If they assume unlimited domain,",2.0
And madly govern with perverted rein,1.0
The vast Machine of Empire; to the skies,1.0
"Ascend the widow's tears, the orphan's cries;",0.0
With keen resentment animates the throng;,0.0
And in just vengeance shakes a guilty throne.,0.0
Should inauspicious Fortune tear away,4.0
"From Virtue's grasp the triumphs of a day,",1.0
"Should Tyranny, by long success grown great,",2.0
Grim Superstition with an haggard eye,2.0
"Points to the spoils, and rears her torch on high,",0.0
"From regal conquest her own inference draws,",3.0
And blends with that of Heaven its dearer cause.,1.0
"Blind to the treacherous snare, when Fate decreed",2.0
That Troy should perish by the wooden steed;,1.0
"The rest stood fixed with hesitating fear,",1.0
"Against the monster, from whose knotty side",1.0
"Stung by a snake the pious Priest expired,",0.0
"While Folly gazed, and Ignorance admired;",1.0
The sacrilegious wretch Minerva slew.,0.0
Crowned with that honest prayer his closing life;,0.0
Can we unmoved with indignation bear,1.0
"To see grave Clarendon, whose style, whose air,",2.0
"Shows half the royalist, and half the saint,",2.0
Of Freedom greatly prospered; where that band,0.0
"Of hardy Patriots resolutely bore,",2.0
"Through storms of horror, and through seas of gore,",1.0
"Oft as your towers, on which dread Vengeance wrote",3.0
"In youth's gay season fixed my roving eye,",1.0
How did I hail that scene of victory!,0.0
Those laurels green with everlasting spring:,0.0
"To deck the precincts of Ambition's throne,",2.0
"But due to vengeance, due to Britain's cause.",0.0
"Nor, though the Muse forlorn and helpless stray",1.0
"Over thy bare coast, nor glean one fragrant bay,",2.0
"Bleak Caledonia, shalt thou pass unsung,",3.0
"Against their altars lift an impious hand,",3.0
"And threat the accustomed worship of the land,",3.0
"From their huge cliffs descending like a flood,",2.0
"Stood forth, prepared to seal their faith with blood;",1.0
"At their approach while perjured Holland fled,",1.0
"False to his Master's cause, his Master's bed;",0.0
"And Hierarchy, that fiend, whom Scripture paints",5.0
"Drunk with the blood of Martyrs and of Sai n ts,",3.0
"Consigned by Fate in penal chains to dwell,",0.0
"Curse on the shouts of that licentious Throng,",0.0
Proclaims the fall of Liberty: ' --  you shades,1.0
"Look down benign, avert the dire presage,",2.0
"OH, my poor country! what capricious tide",3.0
Of Fortune swells the Tyrant's motley pride!,2.0
Around his brows yonder servile Prelates twine,3.0
Move their light feet to each lascivious air.,5.0
"A purer worship, less audacious strains.",0.0
When falls by William's sword as soon it must,0.0
"This Edifice of bigotry and lust,",2.0
"The Muse shall start from her inglorious trance,",3.0
"And give to Satire's grasp her vengeful lance,",0.0
"At Truth's historic shrine shall victims smoke,",0.0
And a fresh Stuart bleed at every stroke:,1.0
"Shrunk from thy coward arm, consigned the reins",0.0
"Of power to Charles, and forged a nation's chains",2.0
"High deeds, on plates of adamant enrolled,",2.0
"Shall meet the felon's undistinguished fate,",0.0
"Sure of contempt, unworthy of our hate.",3.0
Once more emerging from this baleful reign,1.0
When from those banks the Papal Tyrant fled;,0.0
Then every vale with lo Paeans rung,3.0
"As the glad reaper at his harvest sung,",2.0
"Equally born to conquer, and to save,",3.0
"The exulting shouts of British Freedom bore,",1.0
And Seine hung trembling over her wasted urn.,5.0
"Warm with the same benevolence of mind,",1.0
"Friends to the native rights of human kind,",0.0
"Succeeding Kings extend the generous plan,",2.0
Impartial Justice with a steady hand,1.0
"Of Norman Peers in musty tomes decay,",0.0
Swept by obliterating years away.,2.0
But if in Faction's loud and empty strain,1.0
"In Peace itself ideal dangers find,",6.0
"Provoke new wars, and challenge half mankind;",2.0
What though another Tully at their head,1.0
From breast to breast the rank contagion spread:,0.0
"Stung with the fever, tortured with the spleen,",1.0
"By each vague blast dejected or elate,",2.0
"With strange formality, or bearish ease,",1.0
"No happy mean the sons of Albion know,",3.0
"Their wavering tempers ever ebb and flow,",2.0
"While parties rage, OH Truth! with honest zeal",1.0
"OH deign to show me in their real light,",2.0
"Stripped of that glare which cheats the dazzled sight,",0.0
Usurp a sphere above the sons of earth;,1.0
"Conduct me to the mansions of the tomb,",2.0
"Where titles cease, where worldly pomp is over,",0.0
"So may I take a more impartial view,",1.0
"Forget the rank, and give the man his due.",0.0
"Yet what regards it or the world, or me,",1.0
"How Fame awards her posthumous decree,",1.0
"If man, unconscious of her loudest breath,",2.0
Sleep a cold tenant of the vale of death?,4.0
"Through being's long progressive stages trod,",0.0
"Began an Ox, and ended in a God.",0.0
"These baseless structures, fictions light and vain,",0.0
"To their absurd inventors I resign,",2.0
"Or rise no more, or wake again a Slave?",1.0
"And shall the Monarch in a future state,",0.0
"With the same visionary pomp elate,",2.0
"Resume the trappings of his lost command,",1.0
And wield a mimic sceptre in his hand?,0.0
"Though gloomy Bigots paint a partial God,",0.0
"Bare his red arm, and lift his scorpion rod;",5.0
"Though on a text perverting Zealots dwell,",1.0
Till Scripture suits the purposes of hell;,1.0
Think for thyself; ' --  suppose life's voyage over;,3.0
"Think for thyself, and envy Kings no more:",3.0
"Resigned and calm await that awful hour,",0.0
"When wreaths of glory shall adorn the Just,",0.0
And Empire's proud Colossus sink to dust.,0.0
FAREWELL you walls where solitude has thrown,1.0
"Her long dark shadow on each silent stone,",2.0
"Where the slow pulse but feebly dares to creep,",3.0
Or give the wretched the sad leave to weep;,2.0
"Where struggling sighs break forth from every breast,",1.0
And wasting sorrow wears a holy vest;,0.0
"Where pure religion seldom ventures nigh,",0.0
"Or owns the tear that hangs within the eye,",0.0
"Which trembling long, at last in secret falls,",0.0
"Sighs, that so oft for worldly cares are given,",0.0
Heard oft at eve and at return of morn.,1.0
"Some sisters may revere the cloister's gloom,",2.0
"And, warm with life, yet hover over the tomb;",2.0
"May wing their souls to the supreme abode,",1.0
"And, quitting earth, place every thought with God.",1.0
"Thrice happy they who taste this early heaven,",2.0
And feel while here their every fault forgiven.,0.0
"When the slow organ swells the lengthened note,",2.0
"When warm devotion breathes the fervent prayer,",0.0
And holy saints the pious rapture share;,0.0
"And, waking, teach the ready knee to bow;",0.0
"When Faith and Hope both animate the breast,",1.0
And habit's only made Religion's vest;,0.0
"When strong conviction holds a steady light,",0.0
And clearly shows the vestal life is right;,0.0
"When Conscience dictates the prompt will obeys,",4.0
And makes responses both to prayer and praise;,0.0
"And trust, and feel, our every fault forgiven?",0.0
"Not so! ' --  my years over many a sand has run,",3.0
And still my sighs have counted one by one.,1.0
"And quick transport me to some blissful day,",1.0
"When social intercourse her sweets would lend,",0.0
Mixing the lover with the tender friend;,3.0
"When father's, mother's, sister's, voice was heard,",0.0
With every name that sense of life endeared;,0.0
When future plans of dear domestic ease,0.0
Were fondly suffered every wish to seize;,0.0
"When useful life was held a female part,",1.0
"Or link the soft affections in my chain,",0.0
And hope to please ' --  nor strive to please in vain;,0.0
"To see the wish before it takes a form,",0.0
"To mark the cloud or break the coming storm,",0.0
"To shield the heart from every sense of pain,",0.0
And tell my own it did not beat in vain!,0.0
"This! this was life! the life my faith approved,",1.0
A useful current to some friend beloved;,0.0
"If not a friend beloved, at least to those",0.0
Whose length of suffering called for sweet repose;,0.0
In every form that Pity can be dressed.,1.0
"Once through a vale of tempting wiles I strayed,",0.0
"And night approached before I guessed the hour,",0.0
"Wrapped in a cloud, and ushered by a shower.",1.0
On a green carpet sweet and lonely stood;,2.0
The rising hill on either side would show,0.0
Where the soft murmurs of a low cascade,3.0
Might join the stream that gurgle through the glade;,1.0
"Along the pasture nibbling sheep were seen,",0.0
And knocked their little heads against the door;,0.0
"The opening door a willing shelter lends,",2.0
For here sweet Innocence and Man were friends;,2.0
"Two little cherubs, rosy as the morn,",2.0
"The little playmates knew the gentle hand,",1.0
"And, patted softly, took a patient stand;",0.0
And show the world how Innocence should play.,1.0
"In a warm corner sat the aged sire,",2.0
"His cushion spread, and placed beside the fire;",0.0
"Respect from love, and not from silent awe.",0.0
"He thankful looked, and seemed to bless his race,",0.0
"Hope lit his eye, and Piety his face;",2.0
"Few men more blessed, more fortunate had been,",1.0
"Or sweeter, better children's children seen;",0.0
"His daughter's cheek had not yet ceased to glow,",0.0
The rose could yet upon occasion blow;,0.0
When the dear partner of her useful life,3.0
"Would fondly call her his beloved wife,",1.0
"The sweetest feelings all her heart would charm,",0.0
"Beam in her eyes, and on her cheek grow warm!",2.0
"Close to her heart a younger cherub pressed,",0.0
"Smiled in her face, and sunk upon her breast;",0.0
The happy father at his homely board,0.0
Never thought the world could greater wealth afford;,0.0
"Tug at his coat, and, peeping, run away;",0.0
"While nods and whispers, loud enough to hear,",0.0
Gave certain notice when the foe drew near;,2.0
"While his sly hands pretend the rogues to seize,",3.0
"And watching, when his eye was turned aside,",0.0
Beneath the mother's apron seek to hide;,0.0
"Neatness and comfort wore a shining face,",2.0
And every thing seemed well to know its place.,1.0
"Gay peacock feathers waved over pewter rows,",5.0
And many a tint the painted rainbow throws;,3.0
"The white scoured chair even seemed a tempting seat,",6.0
But all's inviting where all things are neat;,0.0
"The sun looked in, and saw each corner clean,",1.0
And brighter shone as he surveyed the scene.,1.0
"Blessed through long life, may every pair like these",3.0
Feel the full comfort of the wish to please!,4.0
"No lot like this attended on my doom,",4.0
"Destined to live, but live within the tomb.",2.0
"False zeal! false pride! but let me hide their shame,",2.0
Nor blot the parents with a barbarous name.,3.0
"Back to the world I now may safely go,",0.0
And kindly foster every child of woe;,0.0
And every mourner may claim kin with me;,2.0
"For keen afflictions make the strongest ties,",0.0
But how shall I the world retrace once more!,1.0
How changed that world from what I knew before!,0.0
"No more I know to form the quick reply,",0.0
Or smooth my manners to the expecting eye;,3.0
"No longer know the various turns of mind,",3.0
"Which now deceive, and now inform mankind;",1.0
"The favourite topics which refinement taught,",0.0
And graced with every happy turn of thought;,0.0
The sentimental strain that softly flows,0.0
Has but been taught me by instructing woes;,1.0
The wiles of Fashion that with eager haste,0.0
"Nor captive Fancy in their mazes hold,",0.0
"Which long keep Sense uncertain what to say,",1.0
"What part to praise, or what to vote away:",0.0
"These arts unknowing, how shall I appear",2.0
"Wrapped in the garb Simplicity would wear,",1.0
"And, as a being of a world unknown,",2.0
"Live much a wonder, or live much alone!",2.0
"Of friends I left, alas! how few remain,",0.0
How few to greet my welcome back again!,0.0
"A change of manners makes a change of thought,",0.0
And I may seem but little what I ought.,1.0
"Stern Bigotry may rail, and blame my choice,",2.0
"And Superstition raise her hollow voice,",0.0
"And Priests and Prelates may my actions scan,",1.0
And scorn with all the powers of reasoning man;,4.0
"But let them scorn ' --  for ever may it be,",1.0
That human reason and her acts are free!,1.0
"One soft regret yet softens over my mind,",2.0
One other self I yet must leave behind;,0.0
"In leaving her, I leave my better part,",1.0
With half the fairest virtues of my heart.,1.0
"In scenes of sorrow long our loves were tried,",0.0
"Oft has she wept, and sighed as I have sighed;",1.0
The sister Fates for both alike had wove,0.0
A tale of sorrow in a veil of love;,0.0
The blending lights and shades of other's woe,0.0
Mix in a way none but the wretched know;,2.0
None but the wretched see by what fine thread,1.0
Those hearts are tied which with one wound have bled!,1.0
"Forbidding friends the happy union crossed,",0.0
And sweet Cecilia to the world was lost;,1.0
The gentlest lily not more sweet appears,2.0
When seen through all the morning's softening tears;,0.0
"The melting Graces mould her winning form,",0.0
"Tall as the cedar on yonder mountain's brow,",2.0
That stoops to shade the murmuring stream below;,2.0
"Meek as when Patience cheques the rebel tear,",0.0
"And makes Submission a blessed saint appear,",2.0
"While plaintive accents swell the softest chord,",0.0
And breathe full harmony on every word;,2.0
In every word the fullest sense you hear,0.0
"Exactly suited to the listening ear,",1.0
"While tender interest every heart inspires,",0.0
When to the world I urged her to return;,1.0
"What is the world, said she, to those who mourn,",3.0
The only thing that makes life worth a care!,1.0
OH! had my friends but been content to see,0.0
This closing grate fold all its bars on me;,1.0
"Nor, as the veil was hovering over my head,",3.0
With impious hand the sacred vestment shred; ' --,2.0
"Had but the monks the frantic rage forgiven,",0.0
"Nor sent his pure and ardent soul to heaven,",0.0
"Then to the world I might again have flown,",0.0
"And not, as now,' forget myself to stone!'",1.0
But why should I withdraw from this retreat?,2.0
What friend have I in all the world to meet?,0.0
"Dead in the breast of every kindred tie,",0.0
For long ere dead to all the world we die;,1.0
"Indifference heeds not where the wretched sleep,",0.0
Nor leaves one soothing sigh though they should wake and weep!,1.0
"No; my Saint Agnes, let me here remain,",3.0
These walls are old companions of my pain!,1.0
In hollow murmurs groan a sad reply;,0.0
"These sad replies have bound me to my cell,",1.0
"Nor, than its gloom, few things I love so well;",1.0
"Oft have I mourned ' --  oft told my storey here,",1.0
"And now the place, like a tried friend, grows dear.",2.0
"Where fond Remembrance peoples all the scene,",0.0
And friends appear where friends have never been;,0.0
In that loved spot where the idea rose;,3.0
"There the blessed shade for ever haunts the ground,",2.0
And wanders with us all the groves around.,1.0
"Oft have you met me in yonder cloistered aisle,",0.0
"'Twas there, at evening hour, just as the sun",0.0
"That first of home I dared indulge the thought,",0.0
And with warm Fancy many an image wrought;,4.0
And built to Memory the forbidden shrine.,3.0
"Forbidden, ah! yet Nature will be found,",1.0
Though walls of adamant enclose her round;,1.0
"Though vows, and veils, and cloisters, bind her fast,",0.0
The freeborn spirit breaks her bars at last;,0.0
"Finds the sick heart devoted to her sway,",4.0
And all her dictates waiting to obey;,2.0
"Wonder not, then, this place becomes so dear!",0.0
"Unfit abroad to take an active part,",0.0
"With all this load of misery at my heart,",1.0
"I only hope to wing my soul to heaven,",0.0
"And, for my countless tears and sighs, to be forgiven.",1.0
You I shall miss! through every lengthening aisle,3.0
Your heavenly presence sacred made the pile;,2.0
The long perspective found an opening ray,2.0
"Whenever your image crossed my wandering way,",4.0
"Light sudden gleams of joy my breast would seize,",1.0
And the cold blood forget awhile to freeze.,2.0
"But go, St Agnes, bear along with thee",1.0
The many a tale of cloistered misery;,3.0
"Bless that sage Council where fair Freedom dwells,",3.0
And bid her henceforth close these gloomy cells;,1.0
"Drag forth Delusion to their wondering sight,",4.0
And let them see their blessed decree was right!,0.0
"How soon shall Freedom cheer the drooping swain,",0.0
"How soon shall Plenty spread along the plain,",0.0
"How soon shall Labour make a sport of toil,",0.0
"The grateful soil her freest gifts shall lend,",0.0
To prove herself blessed Freedom's steady friend.,1.0
"As over the earth she bends her flowery way,",4.0
"The towering woods more towering seem to grow,",0.0
And freeborn rivers freer seem to flow;,0.0
"The barren rocks their little part will bear,",0.0
"And tufts of grass grow, nourished here and there;",1.0
"All Nature sees, and hails the hour with me,",0.0
"Dear Liberty! the source of heartfelt ease,",3.0
Which still must please while earthly good can please.,0.0
"WE deem the Saints, from mortal Flesh released,",0.0
"Sense now no more precludes the distant Thought,",3.0
"And naked Souls now feel the GOD they sought,",1.0
"But thy great Soul, which walked with GOD on Earth",2.0
Can scarce be nearer by that second Birth:,1.0
"By Change of Place dull Bodies may improve,",2.0
But Spirits to their Bliss advance by Love.,1.0
"Thy Change insensible brought no Surprise,",2.0
Inured to Innocence and Paradise:,1.0
"The Glass was Love; and Love no Evil knew,",1.0
But in all Places only Heaven did show.,0.0
"Which so much Life, so little had of Need?",0.0
"So pure, it seemed for This alone designed,",1.0
To usher forth the Virtues of the Mind!,1.0
"From Nature's Chain, from Earthly Dross set free,",1.0
One only Appetite remained in Thee:,0.0
"That Appetite it mourned but once denied,",0.0
"For when it ceased from serving GOD, it died.",0.0
"That graced the flowery bank, or trodden the plains;",4.0
"Not rustic, but from affectation free,",1.0
"Still courteous, kind, and affable was he.",4.0
"Of gentlest manners, ever formed to please;",2.0
"His mind unruffled, ever blessed with ease;",0.0
"His mien engaging, sweet beyond compare;",0.0
His breath delicious as the fragrant air;,1.0
"His nature prone, attractive sweets to impart,",2.0
"Good without show, and lovely without art.",5.0
"The noble conquest of his heart to gain,",1.0
"Their gentlest arts unable were to move,",3.0
"His soul serene, yet undisturbed by love.",0.0
Ah! transient happiness! how short thy sway!,1.0
How swift thy flight! how sudden thy decay!,1.0
"Thy absence now the youth, dejected, mourns,",0.0
While in his heart love's kindling passion burns.,1.0
"An easy shape, and graceful in her air,",0.0
"Her name was Mary, from the banks of Clyde,",1.0
She came to taste the summer in its pride.,0.0
"One fatal eve, this charming youth passed by,",2.0
And on this blooming damsel cast his eye:,1.0
"Surprised, confounded, then he felt the smart.",0.0
"Sometime with wonder on the maid he gazed,",2.0
"Then silence broke, and thus, like one amazed:",1.0
What do I feel! from whence this magic spell!,0.0
Is this that love of which the poets tell?,1.0
"It must be so; else why this pleasing pain,",0.0
These sweet enchanting hopes the nymph to gain?,0.0
"This fear, this dread, which does my soul molest?",0.0
Such things till now were strangers to my breast.,1.0
"The sweets of Spring no pleasure now can yield,",1.0
"To this lost passion all his powers gave way,",3.0
And in his heart young Mary bore the sway.,1.0
"Go then, fond youth, and tell the maid thy care,",3.0
"Who knows, perhaps she may be kind as fair.",1.0
"Yes, Mary sure will hear thy plaintive strain;",1.0
"'Twas her who caused, she too must cure thy pain.",0.0
"Thy passion urged, her tender love confessed,",0.0
"What maid so happy, or what swain so blessed?",1.0
"The saddest news that ever reached their Plains,",0.0
Like Thunder in my ears the sound did break;,0.0
The killing accents which I dare not speak.,0.0
"Less was I touched with that pernicious Dart,",0.0
"That I, to please the fond Orestes, wore;",0.0
"And quite over charged with Grief upon the ground,",2.0
"I sunk my Brows, with mournful Cypress Crowned;",0.0
"My trembling Hand sustained my drooping Head,",0.0
And at my feet my Lire and Songs were laid;,2.0
"'Twas in a gloomy Shade, where over and over",2.0
I'de mourned my Loved Companions loss before;,3.0
"In Numbers kind, and sensible as those",1.0
"For, ah! the Potent ills that filled my Breast,",0.0
Were much to vast and black to be expressed,0.0
And chose Authentic Coke and Littleton;,1.0
To vent your self in legislative Strain:,0.0
"Where you each nice Distinction did pursue,",0.0
"It was not done by Lease or Mortgage then,",0.0
To be redeemed as you told how and when;,0.0
For nothing too our Tenement of Clay;,1.0
"And that the Devil who the Purchase bought,",0.0
He nothing gave nor nothing had he got.,0.0
"On this you Cant awhile at last recall,",1.0
"When of the Gospel you make Law take Place,",3.0
"Sure you the Primitive design have missed,",1.0
Joshua must yield to an Evangelist.,3.0
"But Littleton in you has got the start,",2.0
The Sermon is at best but a Debate:,2.0
"Instead of Proofs you bring us Presidents,",0.0
Need more the Judges than the Saints consents.,1.0
"You Declare, Plead, Join Issue or Demur,",7.0
Then sell at last with come ceo Sur;,2.0
"So far you on the legal Rights entrench,",1.0
We scarcely know your Pulpit from the Bench.,1.0
ONCE more I dare to rouse the sounding string,0.0
"THE POET OF MY GOD ' --  Awake my glory,",1.0
"Awake my lute and harp ' --  myself shall wake,",1.0
In lively lay sings welcome to the dawn.,2.0
List you! how nature with ten thousand tongues,2.0
"Begins the grand thanksgiving, Hail, all hail,",1.0
You tenants of the forest and the field!,2.0
"My fellow subjects of the eternal King,",3.0
"Confess his presence, and report his praise.",1.0
"When offered by the lowly, meek, and poor,",1.0
Of Glory' immense the Orphan's mite exclude.,2.0
High over yonder azure Heaven's exalted dome,3.0
"Nor South, nor blustering North has breath to blow;",2.0
"Albeit He there with Angels, and with Saints",2.0
"Hold conference, and to his radiant host",2.0
Even face to face stand visibly confessed:,2.0
Yet know that nor in Presence or in Power,2.0
Shines He less perfect here; it's Man's dim eye,1.0
"That makes the obscurity. He is the same,",4.0
Alike in all his Universe the same.,0.0
Whether the mind along the spangled sky,2.0
"Weave their harmonious rounds, their march directing",4.0
Or where the Comet through space infinite,3.0
"Though whirling worlds oppose, and globes of fire",0.0
"Darts, like a javelin, to his destined goal.",1.0
Or where in Heaven above the Heaven of Heavens,0.0
Or whether on the Ocean's boisterous back,1.0
"Thou ride triumphant, and with outstretched arm",4.0
"Kerb the wild winds and discipline the billows,",4.0
It ceases ' --  and the vessel gently glides,1.0
Along the glassy level of the calm.,1.0
"OH! could I search the bosom of the sea,",1.0
Down the great depth descending; there thy works,3.0
Would also speak thy residence; and there,1.0
"Would I thy servant, like the still profound,",0.0
Astonished into silence muse thy praise!,0.0
"While high above their heads Leviathan,",1.0
"The terror and the glory of the main,",2.0
"His pastime takes with transport, proud to see",1.0
The ocean's vast dominion all his own.,0.0
Hence through the genial bowels of the earth,0.0
Easy may fancy pass; till at thy mines,2.0
Form weak ideas of her Maker's glory.,2.0
Where the rich ruby deemed by Sages old,2.0
"Of Sovereign virtue sparkles even like Sirius,",3.0
And blushes into flames. Thence will I go,2.0
Of kindred Jasper ' --  Nature in them both,0.0
Delights to play the Mimic on herself;,1.0
And in their veins she oft portrays the forms,0.0
"Of leaning hills, of trees erect, and streams",0.0
"Now stealing softly on, now thundering down",4.0
In desperate cascade with flowers and beasts,3.0
"In vain thy pencil Claudio, or Poussin,",0.0
"Or thine, immortal Guido, would essay",1.0
Such skill to imitate ' --  it is the hand,1.0
Of God himself ' --  for God himself is there.,0.0
Hence with the ascending springs let me advance,3.0
"Through beds of magnets, minerals, and spar,",1.0
"Up to the mountain's summit, there to indulge",4.0
"The ambition of the comprehensive eye,",2.0
That dares to call the Horizon all her own.,2.0
"No object interrupts, unless the oak",1.0
"Extends ' --  Behold in regal solitude,",0.0
So simple! and so great! the underwood,1.0
Of meaner rank an awful distance keep.,0.0
"Yet Thou art there, yet God himself is there",0.0
Even on the bush though not as when to Moses,1.0
He shone in burning majesty revealed,1.0
"Is his unbounded goodness ' --  Thee her Maker,",2.0
Thee her Preserver chants she in her song;,1.0
The grateful lesson learn ' --  no other voice,1.0
"Is heard, no other sound ' --  for in attention",1.0
"Buried, even babbling Echo bolds her peace.",0.0
"Now from the plains, where the unbounded prospect",1.0
"Gives liberty her utmost scope to range,",3.0
"Turn we to yonder enclosures, where appears",2.0
Which the vague mind attract and still suspend,3.0
"With sweet perplexity. What are yonder towers,",1.0
"The rocking winds molest her not; for see,",0.0
"That, like the compass in the bark, it keeps",0.0
"True to itself, and steadfast even in storms.",4.0
"Thou idiot that asserts, there is no God,",3.0
"The bee his mansion, or the ant her cave ' --",1.0
"To paint the hawthorn's bloom, or teach the cherry",0.0
To blush with just vermilion ' --  hence away ' --,0.0
Hence you profane! for God himself is here.,2.0
"Vain were the attempt, and impious to trace",3.0
"And though nor shining sun, nor twinkling star",1.0
Bedecked the crimson curtains of the sky;,1.0
"Were extant on the surface of this ball,",2.0
Nor lurking gem beneath; though the great sea,1.0
"Slept in profound stagnation, and the air",2.0
Had left no thunder to pronounce its maker;,2.0
"Yet man at home, within himself, might find",0.0
"The Deity immense, and in that frame",1.0
See and adore his providence and power ' --,3.0
OH infinite of Goodness and of Glory!,3.0
"The knee, that thou hast shaped, shall bend to Thee,",1.0
"The tongue, which thou hast tuned, shall chant thy praise,",1.0
"And, thine own image, the immortal foul,",2.0
Shall consecrate herself to Thee for ever.,1.0
ASK what is human life ' --  the sage replies,0.0
"With disappointment lowering in his eyes,",1.0
"A painful passage over a restless flood,",2.0
"A vain pursuit of fugitive false good,",2.0
"A scene of fancied bliss and heart-felt care,",1.0
Closing at last in darkness and despair. ' --,3.0
"The poor, inured to drudgery and distress,",3.0
"Act without aim, think little and feel less,",6.0
"And no where but in feigned Arcadian scenes,",4.0
"Taste happiness, or know what pleasure means.",2.0
"Riches are passed away from hand to hand,",2.0
"As fortune, vice or folly may command;",1.0
As in a dance the pair that take the lead,0.0
"Turn downward, and the lowest pair succeed,",2.0
So shifting and so various is the plan,2.0
"By which Heaven rules the mixed affairs of man,",0.0
"Vicissitude wheels round the motley crowd,",3.0
"Business is labour, and man's weakness such,",5.0
"Pleasure is labour too, and tyres as much,",2.0
"Youth lost in dissipation, we deplore",2.0
"Through life's sad remnant, what no sighs restore,",2.0
"Too many, yet too few to make us wise.",2.0
"Dangling his cane about, and taking snuff,",1.0
O querulous and weak! whose useless brain,1.0
"Once thought of nothing, and now thinks in vain,",3.0
"Whose eye reverted weeps over all the past,",3.0
"Whose prospect shows thee a disheartening waste,",3.0
"And youth invigorate that frame again,",1.0
Renewed desire would grace with other speech,0.0
"That overhangs the borders of thy tomb,",1.0
"See nature gay as when she first began,",1.0
"With smiles alluring her admirer, man,",1.0
"She spreads the morning over eastern hills,",0.0
"The sun obedient, at her call appears",1.0
"To fling his glories over the robe she wears,",2.0
"Banks clothed with flowers, groves filled with sprightly sounds,",4.0
"The yellow tilth, green meads, rocks, rising grounds,",2.0
"Wherever they flow, now seen and now concealed,",3.0
"From the blue rim where skies and mountains meet,",2.0
"Down to the very turf beneath thy feet,",1.0
"Ten thousand charms that only fools despise,",1.0
"Or pride can look at with indifferent eyes,",1.0
"All speak one language, all with one sweet voice",1.0
"Cry to her universal realm, rejoice.",0.0
"Man feels the spur of passions and desires,",2.0
"And she gives largely more than he requires,",3.0
"Not that his hours devoted all to care,",0.0
"The wretch may pine, while to his smell, taste, sight,",2.0
"She holds a Paradise of rich delight,",0.0
"But gently to rebuke his awkward fear,",1.0
"To prove that what she gives, she gives sincere,",0.0
"To banish hesitation, and proclaim",1.0
"His happiness, her dear, her only aim.",1.0
"That Heaven's intentions are not what they seem,",3.0
"That only shadows are dispensed below,",2.0
And earth has no reality but woe.,1.0
"Thus things terrestrial wear a different hue,",3.0
"As youth or age persuades, and neither true;",0.0
"The rose or lily appears blue or green,",5.0
But still the imputed tints are those alone,3.0
"The medium represents, and not their own.",2.0
"To rise at noon, sit slipshod and undressed,",3.0
"To read the news or fiddle as seems best,",2.0
"Till half the world comes rattling at his door,",1.0
"And just when evening turns the blue vault grey,",1.0
"To spend two hours in dressing for the day,",2.0
"To make the sun a bauble without use,",3.0
"Save for the fruits his heavenly beams produce,",2.0
"Quite to forget, or deem it worth no thought,",3.0
"Who bids him shine, or if he shine or not,",1.0
Through mere necessity to close his eyes,1.0
"Just when the larks and when the shepherd's rise,",0.0
"Is such a life, so tediously the same,",4.0
"So void of all utility or aim,",1.0
"For he, with all his follies, has a mind",1.0
"Not yet so blank, or fashionably blind,",1.0
But now and then perhaps a feeble ray,0.0
"Of distant wisdom shoots across his way,",0.0
"By which he reads, that life without a plan,",0.0
"As useless as the moment it began,",2.0
Serves merely as a soil for discontent,3.0
"O weariness beyond what asses feel,",1.0
"That tread the circuit of the cistern wheel,",1.0
"A dull rotation never at a stay,",0.0
"Yesterday's face twin image of today,",4.0
"While conversation, an exhausted stock,",1.0
Grows drowsy as the clicking of a clock.,3.0
"No need, he cries, of gravity stuffed out",2.0
"With academic dignity devout,",1.0
"To read wise lectures, vanity the text;",2.0
"Proclaim the remedy, you learnt, next,",1.0
Is vanity surpassing all the rest.,1.0
"Yet seldom sought, where only to be found,",1.0
While passion turns aside from its due scope,1.0
"Life is his gift, from whom whatever life needs,",2.0
"And every good and perfect gift proceeds,",1.0
"Bestowed on man, like all that we partake,",1.0
"Royally, freely, for his bounty sake.",3.0
"Transient indeed, as is the fleeting hour,",3.0
"And yet the seed of an immortal flower,",1.0
"Designed in honour of his endless love,",0.0
To fill with fragrance his abode above.,1.0
"Its value, what no thought can ascertain,",1.0
Nor all an angel's eloquence explain.,1.0
"Men deal with life, as children with their play,",2.0
"Who first misuse, then cast their toys away,",0.0
"Live to no sober purpose, and contend",4.0
That their creator had no serious end.,4.0
"When God and man stand opposite in view,",2.0
Man's disappointment must of course ensue.,1.0
"His names of wisdom, goodness, power and love,",2.0
"On all that blooms below or shines above,",0.0
"To catch the wandering notice of mankind,",4.0
"And teach the world, if not perversely blind,",0.0
"His gracious attributes, and prove the share",0.0
His offspring hold in his paternal care.,2.0
"If led from earthly things to things divine,",0.0
"His creature thwart not his august design,",2.0
"Then praise is heard instead of reasoning pride,",2.0
"Nature employed in her allotted place,",3.0
And bliss not seen by blessings understood.,0.0
That bliss revealed in scripture with a glow,1.0
Fires all his feelings with a noble scorn,1.0
"Of sensual evil, and thus hope is born.",4.0
Hope sets the stamp of vanity on all,2.0
"That men have deemed substantial since the fall,",0.0
And while she takes as at a father's hand,0.0
"What health and sober appetite demand,",0.0
"That lasting happiness, a thankful heart.",1.0
"Hope with uplifted foot set free from earth,",3.0
"Pants for the place of her ethereal birth,",3.0
"On steady wing sails through the immense abyss,",4.0
"And crowns the soul while yet a mourner here,",0.0
With wreaths like those triumphant spirits wear.,1.0
"Hope as an anchor firm and sure, holds fast",1.0
"The Christian vessel, and defies the blast;",1.0
Hope! nothing else can nourish and secure,2.0
"His newborn virtues, and preserve him pure;",1.0
"Hope! let the wretch once conscious of the joy,",3.0
"Whom now despairing agonies destroy,",1.0
"Speak, for he can, and none so well as he,",1.0
"What treasures centre, what delights in thee.",0.0
"Had he the gems, the spices, and the land",1.0
"That boasts the treasure, all at his command,",1.0
Were light when weighed against one smile of thine.,0.0
"Man is the genuine offspring of revolt,",4.0
His passions like the watery stores that sleep,2.0
"Beneath the smiling surface of the deep,",1.0
"To frown and roar, and shake his feeble form.",0.0
"From infancy through childhood's giddy maze,",1.0
The puny tyrant burns to subjugate,0.0
"If one, his equal in athletic frame,",1.0
"Or more provoking still, of nobler name,",1.0
"Dares step across his arbitrary views,",1.0
"An Iliad, only not in verse, ensues.",2.0
"The little Greeks look trembling at the scales,",1.0
Till the best tongue or heaviest hand prevails.,4.0
Now see him launched into the world at large;,1.0
"Their fleece his pillow, and his weekly drawl,",1.0
"Though short, too long, the price he pays for all;",1.0
"If lawyer, loud whatever cause he plead,",1.0
"But proudest of the worst, if that succeed.",1.0
"Perhaps a grave physician, gathering fees,",2.0
"No COTTON, whose humanity sheds rays",3.0
That make superior skill his second praise.,2.0
"If arms engage him, he devotes to sport",1.0
"His date of life, so likely to be short,",1.0
"A soldier may be any thing, if brave,",1.0
Such stuff the world is made of; and mankind,1.0
"To passion, interest, pleasure, whim resigned,",0.0
"Insist on, as if each were his own pope,",2.0
"Forgiveness, and the privilege of hope;",2.0
"But conscience in some awful silent hour,",0.0
"Perhaps when sickness, or some fearful dream",1.0
"Reminds him of religion, hated theme!",1.0
"Starts from the down on which she lately slept,",1.0
"And tells of laws despised, at least not kept;",0.0
"Shows with a pointing finger and no noise,",2.0
"A pale procession of past sinful joys,",2.0
"Mark these, she says, these summoned from afar,",1.0
Begin their march to meet thee at the bar;,0.0
"There find a Judge, inexorably just,",1.0
"And perish there, as all presumption must.",1.0
Peace be to those such peace as earth can give,1.0
"Who live in pleasure, dead even while they live,",3.0
"Born capable indeed of heavenly truth,",4.0
But down to latest age from earliest youth,3.0
"Their mind a wilderness through want of care,",1.0
The plough of wisdom never entering there.,1.0
"To men of pedigree, their noble race",1.0
"To any throne, except the throne of grace.",0.0
"Resort on Sundays to the house of prayer,",2.0
"And ask, and fancy they find blessings there;",3.0
Themselves perhaps when weary they retreat,1.0
"TO enjoy cool nature in a country seat,",2.0
"TO exchange the centre of a thousand trades,",2.0
"For clumps and lawns and temples and cascades,",1.0
"May now and then their velvet cushions take,",0.0
And seem to pray for good example sake;,0.0
"Judging, in charity no doubt, the town",4.0
"Pious enough, and having need of none.",2.0
What they themselves without remorse despise;,1.0
"Nor hope have they nor fear of aught to come,",1.0
As well for them had prophecy been dumb;,2.0
"They could have held the conduct they pursue,",1.0
Had Paul of Tarsus lived and died a Jew;,0.0
Is a pearl cast ' --  completely cast away.,2.0
"They die ' --  Death lends them, pleased and as in sport,",2.0
"Far other paintings grace the chamber now,",1.0
Where late we saw the mimic landscape glow;,1.0
The busy heralds hang the sable scene,0.0
"Proclaim their titles to the crowd around,",1.0
"But they that wore them, move not at the sound;",1.0
"The coronet placed idly at their head,",1.0
"Adds nothing now to the degraded dead,",2.0
"And even the star that glitters on the bier,",3.0
"Can only say, nobility lies here.",2.0
"By useless censure whom we cannot mend,",0.0
"Life without hope can close but in despair,",3.0
'Twas there we found them and must leave them there.,1.0
"As when two pilgrims in a forest stray,",1.0
"Both may be lost, yet each in his own way,",0.0
So fares it with the multitudes beguiled,1.0
In vain opinion's waste and dangerous wild;,2.0
"Ten thousand rove the brakes and thorns among,",1.0
"Some eastward, and some westward, and all wrong:",2.0
"But here, alas! the fatal difference lies,",0.0
Each man's belief is right in his own eyes;,1.0
"And he that blames what they have blindly chose,",1.0
Incurs resentment for the love he shows.,1.0
Say botanist! within whose province fall,2.0
"The cedar and the hyssop on the wall,",2.0
"Of all that deck the lanes, the fields, the bowers,",0.0
What parts the kindred tribes of weeds and flowers?,0.0
"Sweet scent, or lovely form, or both combined,",1.0
"Distinguish every cultivated kind,",0.0
"The want of both denotes a meaner breed,",0.0
And Chloe from her garland picks the weed.,1.0
"Thus hopes of every sort, whatever sect",2.0
"Esteem them, sow them, rear them, and protect;",1.0
"If wild in nature, and not duly found",1.0
"That cannot bear the blaze of scripture light,",0.0
"Nor cheer the spirit, nor refresh the sight,",1.0
"Nor animate the soul to Christian deeds,",0.0
"O cast them from thee! are weeds, arrant weeds.",3.0
"Diverging each from each, like equal rays,",0.0
"Himself as bountiful as April rains,",1.0
"Lord paramount of the surrounding plains,",2.0
"Would give relief of bed and board to none,",0.0
"But guests that sought it in the appointed, ONE.",2.0
"And they might enter at his open door,",1.0
Even till his spacious hall would hold no more.,2.0
"He sent a servant forth by every road,",0.0
"To sound his horn and publish it abroad,",1.0
"That all might mark, knight, menial, high and low,",3.0
An ordnance it concerned them much to know.,1.0
"Would disobey, though sure to be shut out,",0.0
"Could he with reason murmur at his case,",0.0
Himself sole author of his own disgrace?,2.0
"No! the decree was just and without flaw,",4.0
"And he that made, had right to make the law;",1.0
"His sovereign power and pleasure unrestrained,",2.0
"The wrong was his, who wrongfully complained.",2.0
Yet half mankind maintain a churlish strife,1.0
"With him, the donor of eternal life,",2.0
Because the deed by which his love confirms,0.0
"The largess he bestows, prescribes the terms.",1.0
"Compliance with his will your lot insures,",2.0
"Accept it only, and the boon is yours;",1.0
"And sure it is as kind to smile and give,",1.0
"As with a frown to say, do this and live.",2.0
"He will give freely, or he will withhold,",4.0
"His soul abhors a mercenary thought,",0.0
And him as deeply who abhors it not;,1.0
"He stipulates indeed, but merely this,",1.0
"Will trust him for a faithful generous part,",3.0
Nor set a price upon a willing heart.,0.0
"Of all the ways that seem to promise fair,",0.0
"To place you where his saints his presence share,",0.0
"This only can ' --  for this plain cause, expressed",3.0
In terms as plain; himself has shut the rest.,0.0
"But o the strife, the bickering and debate,",4.0
"The flirted fan, the bridle and the toss,",1.0
"All speakers, yet all language at a loss.",0.0
"From stuccoed walls smart arguments rebound,",2.0
"Die of disdain, or whistle off the sound.",3.0
"The explosion of the levelled tube excites,",2.0
"The screaming nations hovering in mid air,",1.0
"Loudly resent the stranger's freedom there,",3.0
And seem to warn him never to repeat,1.0
His bold intrusion on their dark retreat.,1.0
"The purple bumper trembling at his lips,",0.0
Adieu to all morality! if grace,1.0
Make works a vain ingredient in the case.,2.0
"The Christian hope is ' --  waiter, draw the cork ' --",0.0
If I mistake not ' --  blockhead! with a fork!,2.0
"Without good works, whatever some may boast,",1.0
"Mere folly and delusion ' --  Sir, your toast.",2.0
"My firm persuasion is, at least sometime,",2.0
"That heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes,",2.0
"With nice attention in a righteous scale,",0.0
And save or damn as these or those prevail.,2.0
"I plant my foot upon this ground of trust,",0.0
And silence every fear with ' --  God is just;,0.0
"But if perchance on some dull drizzling day,",3.0
"A thought intrude that says, or seems to say.",0.0
"If thus the important cause is to be tried,",3.0
"Suppose the beam should dip on the wrong side,",1.0
And God is merciful ' --  sets all to rights.,2.0
"Thus between justice, as my prime support,",5.0
"And mercy fled to, as the last resort,",1.0
"I glide and steal along with heaven in view,",0.0
"And ' --  pardon me, the bottle stands with you.",1.0
"I never will believe, the colonel cries,",1.0
"Who make the good Creator, on their plan,",1.0
A being of less equity than man.,3.0
"Which men comply with, even because they must,",2.0
"Then theirs, no doubt, as well as mine, is sure.",4.0
If sentence of eternal pain belong,1.0
"To every sudden slip and transient wrong,",0.0
"An hopeless task, and damns them if they fail.",1.0
"My creed is, he is safe that does his best,",1.0
And death's a doom sufficient for the rest.,1.0
"Right, says an ensign, and for aught I see,",2.0
Your faith and mine substantially agree:,2.0
"The best of every man's performance here,",0.0
Is to discharge the duties of his sphere.,2.0
"A lawyer's dealing should be just and fair,",0.0
Honesty shines with great advantage there;,3.0
"Fasting and prayer sit well upon a priest,",5.0
A decent caution and reserve at least.,1.0
"A soldier's best is courage in the field,",0.0
"With nothing here that wants to be concealed,",0.0
"Manly deportment, gallant, easy, gay,",2.0
"An hand as liberal as the light of day,",1.0
"The soldier thus endowed, who never shrinks,",0.0
"Nor closets up his thought whatever he thinks,",4.0
"Who scorns to do an injury by stealth,",1.0
Must go to heaven ' --  and I must drink his health.,1.0
"Sir Smug! he cries for lowest at the board,",1.0
"Just made fifth chaplain of his patron lord,",2.0
"His shoulders witnessing by many a shrug,",3.0
"How much his feelings suffered, sat Sir Smug",1.0
"Your office is to winnow false from true,",2.0
"Come, prophet, drink, and tell us what think you.",1.0
"Sighing and smiling as he takes his glass,",3.0
"Is still found fallible, however wise,",3.0
And differing judgements serve but to declare,1.0
"That truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.",3.0
Of all it ever was my lot to read,1.0
"Of critics now alive or long since dead,",0.0
The book of all the world that charmed me most,0.0
"The writer well remarks, an heart that knows",0.0
"To take with gratitude what heaven bestows,",0.0
"With prudence always ready at our call,",0.0
"To guide our use of it, is all in all.",1.0
Doubtless it is ' --  to which of my own store,2.0
"But these, excuse the liberty I take,",2.0
"I wave just now, for conversation sake. ' --",0.0
"Spoke like an oracle, they all exclaim,",1.0
And yet our lot is given us in a land,1.0
"Where busy arts are never at a stand,",0.0
"Where science points her telescopic eye,",0.0
"Familiar with the wonders of the sky,",2.0
"Where bold enquiry diving out of sight,",3.0
"Brings many a precious pearl of truth to light,",3.0
"That fashion, taste, or luxury suggest.",1.0
"But above all, in her own light arrayed,",1.0
"The sacred book no longer suffers wrong,",1.0
"Bound in the fetters of an unknown tongue,",4.0
What simplest minds can soonest comprehend.,0.0
"God gives the word, the preachers throng around,",1.0
"Live from his lips, and spread the glorious sound:",2.0
"That sound bespeaks salvation on her way,",1.0
"It's heard where England's eastern glory shines,",0.0
And still it spreads. See Germany send forth,3.0
"Fired with a zeal peculiar, they defy",2.0
On icy plains and in eternal snows.,0.0
"O blessed within the enclosure of your rocks,",3.0
"That show reversed the villas on their side,",1.0
"No groves have you; no cheerful sound of bird,",7.0
"Or voice of turtle in your land is heard,",0.0
Nor grateful eglantine regales the smell,0.0
Of those that walk at evening where you dwell ' --,1.0
"But winter armed with terrors, here unknown,",0.0
"Sits absolute on his unshaken throne,",2.0
"Piles up his stores amidst the frozen waste,",0.0
"And bids the mountains he has built, stand fast,",2.0
Beckons the legions of his storms away,3.0
"From happier scenes, to make your land a prey,",2.0
"Proclaims the soil a conquest he has won,",1.0
And scorns to share it with the distant sun.,1.0
"And peace, the genuine offspring of her smile,",2.0
The pride of lettered ignorance that binds,1.0
"In chains of error, our accomplished minds,",1.0
"A false religion, is unknown to you.",1.0
"The sweet vicissitudes of day and night,",1.0
"Soft airs and genial moisture, feed and cheer",1.0
"Field, fruit and flower, and every creature here,",3.0
"But brighter beams than his who fires the skies,",1.0
That shoot into your darkest caves the day,0.0
From which our nicer optics turn away.,0.0
"Here see the encouragement grace gives to vice,",4.0
The dire effect of mercy without price!,3.0
What were they? ' --  what some fools are made by art,0.0
"They were by nature, atheists, head and heart.",3.0
"Was too refined for them, beyond their reach;",1.0
"Not even the glorious sun, though men revere",4.0
"The monarch most that seldom will appear,",1.0
"And though his beams that quicken where they shine,",1.0
"May claim some right to be esteemed divine,",0.0
"Not even the sun, desirable as rare,",3.0
They were what base credulity believes,2.0
"Was one, whom justice on an equal plan",2.0
"Denouncing death upon the sins of man,",0.0
"Might almost have indulged with an escape,",2.0
Chargeable only with an human shape.,3.0
What are they now? ' --  morality may spare,1.0
"Her grave concern, her kind suspicions there.",1.0
"The wretch that once sang wildly, danced and laughed,",1.0
"And sucked in dizzy madness with his draught,",1.0
"Has wept a silent flood, reversed his ways,",0.0
"Is sober, meek, benevolent, and prays;",1.0
"Feeds sparingly, communicates his store,",2.0
"Abhors the craft he boasted of before,",1.0
And he that stole has learnt to steal no more.,2.0
"Well spoke the prophet, let the desert sing,",1.0
"And where unsightly and rank thistles grew,",2.0
Shall grow the myrtle and luxuriant yew.,3.0
"Go now, and with important tone demand",2.0
"On what foundation virtue is to stand,",1.0
"And grace be grace indeed, and life a gift;",0.0
"The poor reclaimed inhabitant, his eyes",1.0
"Glistening at once with pity and surprise,",2.0
Amazed that shadows should obscure the sight,1.0
"Of one whose birth was in a land of light,",1.0
"Shall answer, Hope, sweet Hope, has set me free,",1.0
And made all pleasures else mere dross to me.,1.0
These amid scenes as waste as if denied,5.0
"The common care that waits on all beside,",0.0
"Wild as if nature there, void of all good,",2.0
Yet charge not heavenly skill with having planned,2.0
"A plaything world unworthy of his hand,",2.0
"Can see his love, though secret evil lurks",0.0
"In all we touch, stamped plainly on his works,",2.0
"Deem life a blessing with its numerous woes,",4.0
Nor spurn away a gift a God bestows.,0.0
"Hard task indeed, over arctic seas to roam!",7.0
Is hope exotic? grows it not at home?,0.0
"Yes, but an object bright as orient morn,",1.0
"May press the eye too closely to be born,",2.0
"A distant virtue we can all confess,",1.0
It hurts our pride and moves our envy less.,0.0
I slur a name a poet must not speak,0.0
"And bore the pelting scorn of half an age,",0.0
"The very butt of slander, and the blot",2.0
For every dart that malice ever shot.,0.0
"The man that mentioned him, at once dismissed",1.0
"All mercy from his lips, and sneered and hissed;",1.0
"His crimes were such as Sodom never knew,",1.0
And perjury stood up to swear all true;,2.0
"His speech rebellion against common sense,",5.0
"And when by that of reason, a mere fool,",2.0
"The world's best comfort was, his doom was passed,",2.0
"Die when he might, he must be damned at last.",0.0
"Now truth perform thine office, waft aside",1.0
"The curtain drawn by prejudice and pride,",1.0
"Reveal the man is dead to wondering eyes,",2.0
This more than monster in his proper guise.,0.0
He loved the world that hated him: the tear,1.0
That dropped upon his Bible was sincere.,1.0
"Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife,",1.0
"His only answer was a blameless life,",1.0
"And he that forged and he that threw the dart,",2.0
Had each a brother's interest in his heart.,0.0
"Were copied close in him, and well transcribed;",1.0
"He followed Paul: his zeal a kindred flame,",0.0
"His apostolic charity the same,",2.0
"Like him crossed cheerfully tempestuous seas,",7.0
"Forsaking country, kindred, friends, and ease;",0.0
"To bear it, suffered shame wherever he went.",2.0
"Blush calumny! and write upon his tomb,",2.0
"If honest eulogy can spare thee room,",1.0
"Thy deep repentance of thy thousand lies,",1.0
"Which aimed at him, have pierced the offended skies,",2.0
"And say, blot out my sin, confessed, deplored,",2.0
"Against thine image in thy saint, o Lord!",0.0
"No blinder bigot, I maintain it still,",2.0
"Than he that must have pleasure, come what will;",0.0
"He laughs, whatever weapon truth may draw,",1.0
And deems her sharp artillery mere straw.,2.0
"Scripture indeed is plain, but God and he",2.0
"Some wiser rule must teach him how to live,",1.0
"Than that his Maker has seen fit to give,",1.0
"Supple and flexible as Indian cane,",5.0
"To take the bend his appetites ordain,",0.0
"Contrived to suit frail nature's crazy case,",1.0
"By this, with nice precision of design,",2.0
"He draws upon life's map a zig-zag line,",2.0
"That shows how far it's safe to follow sin,",0.0
And where his danger and God's wrath begin.,2.0
"By this he forms, as pleased he sports along,",1.0
"His well poised estimate of right and wrong,",1.0
"Though loose, as harmless as an infant's play.",1.0
"Build by whatever plan caprice decrees,",3.0
"With what materials, on what ground you please,",1.0
If not that hope the scripture has required:,0.0
"With which hypocrisy for ever teems,",1.0
"Though other follies strike the public eye,",0.0
And raise a laugh pass unmolested by;,2.0
"A man arise, a man whom God has taught,",0.0
"And all the love of the beloved John,",1.0
"To sweep away all refuges of lies,",1.0
"And place, instead of quirks themselves devise,",0.0
"To prove that without Christ, all gain is loss,",5.0
"All hope, despair, that stands not on his cross,",1.0
"Except the few his God may have impressed,",0.0
A tenfold frenzy seizes all the rest.,1.0
"Throughout mankind, the Christian kind at least,",1.0
"There dwells a consciousness in every breast,",1.0
"That folly ends where genuine hope begins,",2.0
And he that finds his heaven must lose his sins:,1.0
"Nature opposes with her utmost force,",4.0
"And while religion seems to be her view,",0.0
"Hates with a deep sincerity, the true;",1.0
"For this of all that ever influenced man,",3.0
"Since Abel worshipped, or the world began,",1.0
"This only spares no lust, admits no plea,",2.0
"But makes him, if at all, completely free,",1.0
"Sounds forth the signal, as she mounts her car,",2.0
"Of an eternal, universal war,",1.0
"Rejects all treaty, penetrates all wiles,",0.0
"Scorns with the same indifference frowns and smiles,",0.0
"Drives through the realms of sin, where riot reels,",0.0
And grinds his crown beneath her burning wheels!,0.0
"Hence all that is in man, pride, passion, art,",1.0
"Powers of the mind, and feelings of the heart,",2.0
"Insensible of truth's almighty charms,",1.0
"Starts at her first approach, and sounds to arms!",0.0
"His eyes shut fast, his fingers in his ears,",1.0
"Mighty to parry, and push by God's word",5.0
"With senseless noise, his argument the sword,",1.0
And spits abhorrence in the Christian's face.,0.0
"Parent of hope, immortal truth, make known",3.0
"The silent progress of thy power is such,",3.0
"Thy means so feeble, and despised so much,",1.0
"That few believe the wonders thou hast wrought,",1.0
And none can teach them but whom thou hast taught.,0.0
"O see me sworn to serve thee, and command",1.0
"A painter's skill into a poet's hand,",0.0
"That while I trembling trace a work divine,",0.0
"Fancy may stand aloof from the design,",3.0
And light and shade and every stroke be thine.,0.0
"If ever when he sighed, hast sighed again,",0.0
If ever on thine eyelid stood the tear,2.0
"That pity had engendered, drop one here.",0.0
"This man was happy ' --  had the world's good word,",0.0
And with it every joy it can afford;,2.0
"Friendship and love seemed tenderly at strife,",4.0
Which most should sweeten his untroubled life;,1.0
"Politely learnt, and of a gentle race,",1.0
And whether at the toilet of the fair,1.0
"Or, if in masculine debate he shared,",2.0
Insured him mute attention and regard.,1.0
"Alas how changed! expressive of his mind,",1.0
"Those awful syllables, hell, death, and sin,",2.0
"Though whispered, plainly tell what works within,",0.0
"That conscience there performs her proper part,",1.0
And writes a doomsday sentence on his heart;,2.0
"Forsaking, and forsaken of all friends,",2.0
"He now perceives where earthly pleasure ends,",0.0
"Hard task! for one who lately knew no care,",3.0
And harder still as learnt beneath despair:,0.0
"His hours no longer pass unmarked away,",3.0
"A dark importance saddens every day,",0.0
"He hears the notice of the clock, perplexed,",1.0
"And cries, perhaps eternity strikes next:",2.0
"Sweet music is no longer music here,",3.0
"And laughter sounds like madness in his ear,",0.0
"Wine has no taste, and beauty has no charms:",4.0
"God's holy word, once trivial in his view,",3.0
"Now by the voice of his experience, true,",3.0
"Seems, as it is, the fountain whence alone",1.0
Must spring that hope he pants to make his own.,0.0
"Now let the bright reverse be known abroad,",1.0
"Say, man's a worm, and power belongs to God.",3.0
"Have justly doomed for some atrocious cause,",0.0
"A tempest usher in the dreaded morn,",0.0
"Upon his dungeon walls the lightnings play,",0.0
"The thunder seems to summon him away,",1.0
"The warder at the door his key applies,",0.0
"Shoots back the bolt, and all his courage dies:",1.0
"If then, just then, all thoughts of mercy lost,",0.0
"When Hope, long lingering, at last yields the ghost,",2.0
"The sound of pardon pierce his startled ear,",0.0
"He drops at once his fetters and his fear,",1.0
"A transport glows in all he looks and speaks,",0.0
"Joy, far superior joy, that much outweighs",4.0
"The comfort of a few poor added days,",2.0
"Invades, possesses, and overwhelms the soul",2.0
Of him whom hope has with a touch made whole:,2.0
"It's heaven, all heaven descending on the wings",1.0
Of the glad legions of the King of Kings;,3.0
"It's more ' --  it's God diffused through every part,",0.0
It's God himself triumphant in his heart.,0.0
"O welcome now, the sun's once hated light,",1.0
Not kindred minds alone are called to employ,2.0
"Their hours, their days in listening to his joy,",1.0
"Unconscious nature, all that he surveys,",2.0
"Rocks, groves and streams must join him in his praise.",1.0
"These are thy glorious works, eternal truth,",3.0
Of fools that hate thee and delight in sin:,1.0
And heaven is all departed as a scroll:,1.0
"And when, as justice has long since decreed,",1.0
"This earth shall blaze, and a new world succeed,",2.0
"Then these thy glorious works, and they that share",3.0
"That Hope which can alone exclude despair,",1.0
"Shall live exempt from weakness and decay,",1.0
The brightest wonders of an endless day.,1.0
"Happy the bard, if that fair name belong",3.0
To him that blends no fable with his song,3.0
"Whose lines uniting, by an honest art,",1.0
"The faithful monitors and poets part,",1.0
"Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind,",4.0
"And while they captivate, inform the mind.",0.0
"Still happier, if he till a thankful soil,",3.0
But happier far who comfort those that wait,3.0
"Their language simple as their manners meek,",1.0
"No shining ornaments have they to seek,",3.0
"Nor labour they, nor time nor talents waste",1.0
In sorting flowers to suit a fickle taste;,2.0
"But while they speak the wisdom of the skies,",1.0
"Which art can only darken and disguise,",1.0
"The abundant harvest, recompense divine,",1.0
"Sure, hapless Fair, no hearts can ever know,",2.0
"But banished lovers, banished lovers' woe!",0.0
"My sympathetic heart now shares thy grief,",1.0
"Repeats thy sighs, and wishes thy relief:",1.0
But when I hear thee unrelenting boast,0.0
"All sense of pity in my bosom dies,",0.0
But rage and madness in thy bosom reign;,0.0
"Ah! must thy Abelard exalted be,",1.0
Above the Maker of himself and thee!,1.0
"Disclaim her virtues, and disdain her same:",1.0
Thy face with crimson let confusion stain;,0.0
And while thy bosom glows with guilty fire;,0.0
Let every hope of happiness expire;,2.0
Lament at once thy honour and thy love.,0.0
"IN vain, alas! do lazy Mortals cry",0.0
"In vain would Wisdom trace the boundless Sky,",0.0
"Where doubled Wonders upon Wonders rise,",5.0
And Worlds on Worlds confound our dazzled Eyes:,0.0
"Better be still ' --  Let Nature rest, say they,",5.0
Than err by Guess and with Opinion stray:,1.0
"Then tell me, why our Eyes were made to view",0.0
Why in our Sight those shining Wonders roll?,0.0
Or why to Man was given a thinking Soul?,2.0
May I not ask how moves the radiant Sun?,1.0
How the bright Stars their pointed Circuits run?,2.0
What warms those Worlds that so remotely shine?,1.0
That cheerful Empress of the nightly Skies;,1.0
Who would not ask could learnt Sages tell,3.0
What kind of People on her Surface dwell?,1.0
"A Truth, perhaps, not fit for us to know.",1.0
"How great the Power, who gave those Worlds to roll;",2.0
"The Thought strikes inward, and confounds the Soul;",2.0
"Fall down, OH Man ' --  Ah fall before the Rod",3.0
But hark ' --  from Heaven there came a cheering Sound;,0.0
"Now Man revives, and smile the Worlds around:",1.0
"It's Mercy ' --  lo a golden Ray descends,",0.0
And Hope and Comfort in the Lustre blends.,0.0
"When from the Stars we turn our aching Eyes,",0.0
To Earth we bend them where new Wonders rise;,1.0
"Where Life and Death the equal Scale suspend,",0.0
New Beings rising as the former end.,2.0
Who not surprised can trace each just Degree,0.0
From the swift Eagle to the peevish Bee;,3.0
"From the fierce Lion that will yield to none,",2.0
To the weak Mouse that hides her from the Sun!,3.0
"How near one Species to the next is joined,",1.0
The due Gradations please a thinking Mind;,0.0
"And there are Creatures which no Eye can see,",2.0
That for a Moment live and breathe like me:,0.0
"Whom a small Fly in bulk as far exceeds,",3.0
As you tall Cedar does the waving Reeds:,2.0
These we can reach ' --  and may we not suppose,2.0
There still are Creatures more minute than those.,0.0
"Would Heaven permit, and might our Organs bear",0.0
To pierce where Comets wave their blazing Hair:,0.0
"Where other Suns alternate set and rise,",5.0
And other Moons light up the cheerful Skies:,2.0
Still find new Wonders opening on her view:,3.0
"From thence to Worlds in Miniature descend,",0.0
"And still press forward, but should find no End:",3.0
"Where little Forests on a Leaf appear,",1.0
And Drops of Dew are mighty Oceans there:,1.0
"These may have Whales that in their Waters play,",1.0
And wanton out their Age of half a Day:,1.0
"In those small Groves the smaller Birds may sing,",3.0
And share like us their Winter and their Spring.,2.0
"Pluck off you Acorn from its Parent Bough,",1.0
Divide that Acorn in the mid ' --  and now,0.0
In its firm Kernel a fair Oak is seen,4.0
With spreading Branches of a sprightly Green:,1.0
There would another its small Boughs extend.,2.0
"All Matter lives, and shows its Maker's Power;",0.0
Till we are blessed with Microscopic Eyes.,1.0
Or scarlet Cherries that adorn the Walls;,0.0
"With each plump Fruit we swallow down a Tree,",2.0
And so destroy whole Groves that else would be,2.0
As large and perfect as those Shades we see.,2.0
"Still as he turns, the troubled Sea divides;",0.0
And rolls in Eddies from his slimy Sides.,1.0
Less huge the Dolphin to the Sun displays,2.0
"His Scales, and in the smoother Ocean plays:",0.0
"The shallow Tide, nor trust the roaring Deep:",0.0
The senseless Oyster is removed from these.,1.0
"Where now she rises, now her Steps decline",0.0
Has need of Judgement better taught than mine:,0.0
"But on this Subject we have talked too long,",2.0
"HOW strangely does the power of custom rule,",2.0
And prejudice our wisest thoughts control!,1.0
How does one country with contempt deride,1.0
When in the entrails of a worm they shine;,1.0
"Grow vain, though shining in far nobler guts.",3.0
"In turgid pomp their strutting limbs are decked,",0.0
"The balmy gloss, which on the surface shines,",1.0
"Regales the smell, and smooths the ladies' skins.",1.0
"Richly, yet wisely dressed! for of the cost",3.0
They suffer not a remnant to be lost;,1.0
"But eat each tatter, as it wears away,",1.0
And sup upon the fragments of the day.,1.0
"Frugal of time, at once they undress and feed,",4.0
"Gnaw off their clothes, and put themselves to bed.",0.0
"Their wedding garments prove their wedding feasts,",0.0
And the bride's finery entertains the guests:,4.0
"And fills his belly, as he fills his arms.",1.0
"Justly may they condemn our foolish pride,",3.0
Who only for the naked back provide;,1.0
"Who well might purchase, had we their good sense,",1.0
"When will our wives and daughters be so good,",0.0
Thus to convert their old clothes into food?,3.0
And the soft Twins received the radiant Sun;,2.0
"The cheerful Earth appeared in vernal Pride,",0.0
And the clear Waves did more serenely glide:,2.0
"Kind Zephyrs played around the waving Trees,",1.0
While opening Roses caught the welcome Breeze.,2.0
"Amid these Scenes beneath a Maple Shade,",0.0
"Sat careless Mira on her Elbow laid,",3.0
While frolic Fancy led the usual Train,2.0
Of gaudy Phantoms through her cheated Brain:,1.0
"Till Slumber seized upon her thoughtful Breast,",0.0
And the still Spirits sunk in balmy Rest:,2.0
"But while her Eyes had bid the World farewell,",1.0
"Thus Mira dreamt, and thus her Dreams we tell;",1.0
"Came swiftly tripping over the flowery Plain,",5.0
"Whose smiling Face was as the Morning fair,",1.0
"A golden Zone her lovely Bosom bound,",0.0
And her green Robe hung careless on the Ground.,5.0
"Sleep, happy Mortal, with a Smile she cries,",2.0
"Still over thy own aerial Mountains stray,",4.0
And in bright Visions slumber out the Day;,2.0
"With gaudy Scenes delude thy dazzled Mind,",0.0
Yet thou must wake and leave them all behind:,0.0
"Yes, thou shalt drop from that enchanted Sky,",3.0
"And wake to Wisdom with a weeping Eye,",1.0
While in a Mist the shining Prospects end;,0.0
"Then hear, OH Mira, thy immortal Friend.",2.0
"Recall thy wandering Thoughts, and make them dwell",2.0
In the small Limits of their native Cell.,3.0
"For Mira, know, thy Joys are planted there:",1.0
"And as you manage and improve the Soil,",2.0
"Here let your Views and your Ambition rest,",1.0
"This Point secured, let Heaven dispose the rest.",1.0
"Yet you may ask for what your State requires,",0.0
"As thus,' OH keep me from the reach of Pain,",2.0
"' Let not Reproach assault my wounded Ears,",1.0
' Nor let my Soul behold a Friend in Tears:,0.0
"' Secure from Noise, let my still Moments run,",3.0
' And still be cheerful as the rising Sun:,1.0
"' Or if a Gloom my trembling Heart invades,",1.0
' Ah! may it vanish with the nightly Shades,1.0
' Through the crazed Walls: OH may not Reason fly?,1.0
' But if it does then let its Mansion die:,1.0
"' Let not Remorse of Guilt the certain Pay,",1.0
' Blot my clear Sun nor stain its parting Ray:,3.0
"' Give me a lively but a guiltless Mind,",1.0
' A Body healthful and a Soul resigned.,1.0
How blessed the Mortal to whom these are given:,2.0
"If such thy Lot, let Kings enjoy their Crowns,",2.0
Their pageant State and arbitrary Frowns:,0.0
"Who, though encircled by their shining Slaves,",2.0
"Are only wretched Idols placed on high,",0.0
To bear the Rage of a tempestuous Sky:,4.0
"And while the Storms around his Temples blow,",0.0
His fawning Servants safely sneer below:,0.0
"But now the Sun brings on the Noon of Day,",2.0
"Rise, Mira, rise and shun the scorching Ray:",1.0
And Mira waking found a lonely Shade.,0.0
"This to religion, that to liberty.",2.0
"Louis, in thee again the tyrants live;",2.0
"Dread, lest our deep despair those scenes revive.",0.0
"The church a Clement, nor the court a Guise.",1.0
"'Twas then, while stillness grasped the sleeping air,",0.0
"Her left hand waving, bore the trump of fame;",1.0
"Her right a regal sceptre seemed to hold,",0.0
"And thus, My Son, the Queen of Glory said;",0.0
"Immortal Caesar, raise thy languid head.",0.0
Shall Night's dull chains the man of counsels bind?,1.0
Or MORPHEUS rule the monarch of mankind?,2.0
"See yonder proud isle, whose mountains meet the sky,",4.0
"Thy foes encourage, and thy power defy!",3.0
"What, though by Nature's firmest bars secured,",0.0
"Shall Caesar shrink the greatest toils to brave,",0.0
"Scale the high rock, or beat the maddening wave?",3.0
She spoke ' --  her words the warrior's breast inflame,0.0
"With rage indignant, and with conscious shame;",1.0
"Already beat, the swelling floods give way,",1.0
And the thin rear of barbarous nations flies.,4.0
"Quick round their chief his active legions stand,",0.0
"Dwell on his eye, and wait the waving hand.",0.0
"The Hero rose, majestically slow,",1.0
And looked attention to the crowds below.,1.0
"' ROMANS and Friends! is there who seeks for rest,",3.0
"' That respite Caesar shall with pleasure yield,",0.0
"' Is there who shrinks at thought of dangers past,",1.0
"' While savage hosts, or savage floods oppose,",0.0
' Or shivering fancy pines in Alpine snows?,3.0
"' He once has toiled, and Caesar asks no more.",1.0
"' No pains have conquered, and no fears depressed?",3.0
"' Who, doomed through death's dread ministers to go,",2.0
' Dares to chastise the insults of a foe;,4.0
"' With reverence hear her, and with pride obey.",3.0
"' Whose look threw radiance round the pall of night,",1.0
"' With calm severity approached and said,",1.0
"Wake thy dull ear, and lift thy languid head.",3.0
"What! shall a Roman sink in soft repose,",0.0
See them secure the rebel Gaul supply;,2.0
"Spurn his vain eagles, and his power defy?",6.0
"Scale the wild rock, and beat the maddening wave.",3.0
"Here paused the chief, but waited no reply,",0.0
"Were dangers dreadful, or were toils severe.",1.0
"Or is it POPE's harmonious Voice we hear,",3.0
Or whose majestic Numbers charm our Ear?,0.0
"What modest Youth fears to expose his Name,",2.0
When every Line so justly merits Fame?,0.0
"Whoever thou art, these feeble Lays receive,",1.0
Though I this Tribute with Reluctance give;,2.0
"For, when my Eye thy pompous Verse surveys,",0.0
"I read with Wonder, but with Envy praise.",1.0
And jarring Feuds enrage the Patriot's Breast;,2.0
"If some judicious Speech great WALPOLE makes,",2.0
"Opposing Parties praise him, while he speaks;",0.0
"And, spite of Malice, Envy gives Applause.",0.0
"Behind her Neck her comely Tresses tied,",0.0
"Her Ivory Quiver graceful by her Side,",1.0
And through the Woods uncertain chanced to stray.,1.0
Apollo passing by beheld the Maid;,1.0
"And, Sister Dear, bright Cynthia turn, He said:",3.0
The hunted Hind lies close in yonder Brake.,1.0
"Loud Cupid laughed, to see the God's Mistake;",1.0
"And laughing cried, Learn better, great Divine,",1.0
"Rightly advised, far hence Thy Sister seek,",3.0
"But in This Nymph, My Friend, My Sister know:",0.0
"She draws My Arrows, and She bends My Bow:",1.0
"Fair Thames She haunts, and every neighbouring Grove",3.0
"Sacred to soft Recess, and gentle Love.",2.0
"Go, with Thy Cynthia, hurl the pointed Spear",2.0
At the rough Boar; or chase the flying Deer:,3.0
"At human Hearts We fling, nor ever miss the Game.",0.0
"As those, who hope hereafter Heaven to share,",1.0
"A rigorous Exile here, can calmly bear;",2.0
And with collected Spirits undergo,1.0
The sad variety of Pain below:,1.0
"While the bright Prospect of approaching Joy,",3.0
Creates a Bliss no Trouble can destroy.,2.0
"So, though I'm tossed by giddy Fortunes Hand,",1.0
Even to the Confines of my native Land;,3.0
"Where I can hear the stormy Ocean roar,",0.0
And break its Waves upon the foaming Shore:,0.0
"Yet flattering Hopes encourage me to live,",3.0
And tell me Fate will kinder Minutes give.,0.0
That the dark Treasury of Time contains,3.0
"A glorious Day, will finish all my Pains;",2.0
"And while I contemplate on Joys to come,",0.0
"Believe me, Nymph, believe me charming Fair,",0.0
"When Truth's conspicuous, we need not swear;",1.0
"That I am false, my Flame fictitious too,",0.0
"Were I condemned by Fate's imperial Power,",3.0
"Never to return to your Embraces more,",2.0
"I'd scorn whatever the busy World could give,",3.0
"For all my Wishes, and Desires pursue,",1.0
"All I admire, or covet here, is you.",1.0
"Were I possessed of your surprising Charms,",2.0
"Then would my Joys ascend to that degree,",0.0
"Could Angels envy, they would envy me.",2.0
"Oft as I wander in a silent Shade,",0.0
"I banish the rough Thought, and none pursue,",2.0
But what inclines my willing Mind to you.,0.0
"The soft Reflections on your sacred Love,",1.0
"Composing every Faculty to rest,",1.0
"Retired sometime into a lonely Grove,",3.0
"What mighty Pleasure have I oft possessed,",0.0
"When in a Masculine Embrace I pressed,",1.0
The lovely Delia to my heaving Breast?,1.0
"Then I remember, and with vast delight,",2.0
The kind Expressions of the parting Night:,1.0
"Methought, the Sun too quick returned again,",3.0
And Day was never impertinent till then.,3.0
"Strong and contracted was our eager Bliss,",1.0
An Age's Pleasure in each generous Kiss;,2.0
"But when the Glories of the eastern Light,",1.0
"Overflowed the twinkling Tapers of the Night,",1.0
"Farewell my Delia, OH farewell, said I,",4.0
The utmost Period of my time is nigh:,2.0
"Too cruel Fate forbids my longer stay,",1.0
"But though I must my native Plains forego,",1.0
"Forsake these Fields, forsake my Delia too,",0.0
"No change of Fortune shall for ever move,",1.0
The settled Base of my immortal Love.,1.0
The Darling of my Soul so soon removed?,1.0
"The only valued, and the best beloved.",1.0
"Flat and insipid all their Courtship seemed,",3.0
"Little themselves, their Passions less esteemed.",2.0
"For my aversion with their Flames increased,",2.0
"Though I'm deprived of my kind Shepherd's sight,",3.0
"Joy of the Day, and Blessing of the Night;",1.0
"However flatter me, and say you will.",2.0
"For should you entertain a Rival Love,",0.0
"No Mortal ever could half so wretched be,",3.0
For sure no Mortal ever loved like me.,1.0
"Your Beauty, Nymph, said I, my Faith secures;",2.0
"Those you once conquer, must be always yours:",3.0
"For Hearts subdued by your victorious Eyes,",3.0
"No Force can storm, no Stratagem surprise,",3.0
"Nor can I of Captivity complain,",3.0
While lovely Delia holds the glorious Chain.,2.0
"The Cyprian Queen in young Adonis' Arms,",2.0
"Might fear, at last he would despise her Charms.",0.0
"But I can never such a Monster prove,",2.0
"Would those, who at Celestial Tables sit,",0.0
"Blessed with immortal Wine, immortal Wit:",2.0
"Choose to descend to some inferior Board,",4.0
"Nor can I ever to those gay Nymphs address,",4.0
"Whose Pride is greater, and whose Charms are less.",1.0
Their Tinsel Beauty may perhaps subdue,1.0
"But seem at best indifferent to me,",1.0
Who none but you with admiration see.,1.0
I'd make the Sun a second time stand still;,1.0
"And to the lower World their Light repay,",1.0
"When conquering Joshua robbed them of a Day,",5.0
"Though our two Souls would different Passions prove,",2.0
"His was a Thirst of Glory, mine is Love.",2.0
"It will not be; the Sun makes haste to rise,",1.0
And takes Possession of the Eastern Skies:,1.0
"Yet one Kiss more, though Millions are too few,",2.0
"And Delia since we must, must part, Adieu.",0.0
As Adam by an injured Maker driven,1.0
"Compelled to wander, and obliged to bear",1.0
"The harsh Impressions of a ruder Air,",1.0
"With mighty Sorrow, and with weeping Eyes,",1.0
"Looked back, and mourned the loss of Paradise.",1.0
"With a concern like his, did I review",2.0
"My native Plains, my charming Delia too;",0.0
For I left Paradise in leaving you.,3.0
"If, as I walk, a pleasant Shade I find,",1.0
It brings your fair Idea to my Mind.,1.0
"Such was the happy place, I sighing say;",1.0
"Where I, and Delia, lovely Delia lay;",0.0
When first I did my tender Thoughts impart.,0.0
And made a grateful Present of my Heart.,1.0
"Or if my Friend in his Apartment, shows",2.0
"In which the Artist has with wondrous Care,",0.0
Described the Face of one exceeding fair;,1.0
"Though, at first sight, it may my Passion raise,",2.0
"And every Feature I admire, and praise;",1.0
"It's not so beautiful, so fair as you,",1.0
"If I converse with those, whom most admit,",1.0
"To have a ready, gay, vivacious Wit,",0.0
"They want some amiable, moving Grace,",1.0
Some Turn of Fancy that my Delia has.,0.0
"For ten good Thoughts, amongst the Crowd they vent,",0.0
"Let other Shepherd's, that are prone to range,",1.0
"They from variety less Joys receive,",3.0
Than you alone are capable to give.,2.0
What they enjoy's the refuse of the Plains;,3.0
"If for my share of Happiness below,",2.0
"Kind Heaven upon me, Delia would bestow:",1.0
"Whatever Blessings it can give beside,",2.0
Let all Mankind among themselves divide.,3.0
"Happy the Man, who void of Care and Strife,",2.0
A Splendid Shilling: He nor hears with Pain,1.0
"New Oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful Ale;",1.0
"But with his Friends, when mighty Mists arise,",1.0
"To Juniper's, Magpie, or Town Hall repairs:",3.0
"Where mindful of the Nymph, whose wanton Eye",1.0
"Transfixed his Soul, and kindled amorous Flames,",2.0
Chloe or Phillis; he each circling Glass,3.0
"Wishes her Health, and Joy, and equal Love.",2.0
"Mean while, he smokes and laughs at merry Tale,",0.0
"Or Pun ambiguous, or Conundrum quaint.",3.0
"But I, whom gripping Penury surrounds,",2.0
"And Hunger, sure Attendant upon Want,",3.0
"Then solitary walk, or doze at home",0.0
"In Garret vile, and with a warming Puff",1.0
Regale chilled Fingers; or from Tube as black,2.0
"Not blacker Tube, nor of a shorter Size",1.0
"Sprung from Cadwalader and Arthur, Kings",4.0
Full famous in romantic Tale when he,1.0
"Over many a craggy Hill and barren Cliff,",2.0
"High overshadowing rides, with a design",4.0
"With Looks demure, and silent Pace, a Dunn,",0.0
"Horrible Monster! hated by Gods and Men,",4.0
To my aerial Citadel ascends;,2.0
"With vocal Heel thrice thundering at my Gates,",2.0
With hideous Accent thrice he calls; I know,3.0
"What should I do? or whither turn? Amazed,",0.0
"Confounded, to the dark Recess I fly",1.0
"My shuddering Limbs, and wonderful to tell!",3.0
My Tongue forgets her Faculty of Speech;,1.0
So horrible he seems! his faded Brows,1.0
"Entrenched with many a Frown, and conic Beard",2.0
"And spreading Band, admired by modern Saints,",0.0
Disastrous Acts forebode; in his Right Hand,1.0
"Long Scrolls of Paper solemnly he waves,",2.0
"With Characters and Figures dire inscribed,",1.0
"Grievous to mortal Eyes; you Gods, avert",2.0
Such Plagues from righteous Men! behind him stalks,0.0
"Another Monster, not unlike himself,",0.0
"Sullen of Aspect, by the Vulgar called",2.0
"With Force incredible, and Magic Charms",1.0
"Of Debtor, strait his Body, to the Touch",1.0
"To some enchanted Castle is conveyed,",1.0
"Where Gates impregnable, and coercive Chains",3.0
"Of Money, Pallas sets the Captive free.",0.0
"Beware, you Debtors, when you walk beware,",0.0
Be circumspect; oft with insidious Ken,4.0
"Lies perdue in a Nook or gloomy Cave,",0.0
Prompt to enchant some inadvertent Wretch,2.0
"An everlasting Foe, with watchful Eye",0.0
Obvious to vagrant Flies: She secret stands,1.0
"Within her woven Cell; the humming Prey,",0.0
"Regardless of their Fate, rush on the Toils",3.0
"Inextricable, nor will aught avail",1.0
"Their Arts, nor Arms, nor Shapes of lovely hue;",0.0
"The Wasp insidious, and the buzzing Drone,",1.0
And Butterfly proud of expanded Wings,2.0
"Distinct with Gold, entangled in her Snares,",0.0
"Useless Resistance make: With eager Strides,",2.0
She towering flies to her expected Spoils;,1.0
"Drinks of reluctant Foes, and to her Cave",3.0
Their bulky Carcasses triumphant drags.,1.0
So pass my Days. But when Nocturnal Shades,0.0
"With pleasant Wines, and crackling Blaze of Wood;",0.0
"Me lonely sitting, nor the glimmering Light",3.0
"Of loving Friend delights; distressed, forlorn,",0.0
"Amid the Horrors of the tedious Night,",3.0
My anxious Mind; or sometime mournful Verse,1.0
"Indite, and sing of Groves and Myrtle Shades,",0.0
"Mean while, I labour with eternal Drought,",1.0
"Finds no Relief, nor heavy Eyes Repose:",1.0
"Thoughtful of Drink, and eager, in a Dream,",2.0
In vain; awake I find the settled Thirst,0.0
"Still gnawing, and the pleasant Phantom curse.",2.0
Nor taste the Fruits that the Sun's genial Rays,2.0
"Nor Medlar, Fruit delicious in Decay:",0.0
Afflictions great! yet greater still remain:,0.0
"The Winter's Fury, and encroaching Frosts,",1.0
By Time subdued what will not Time subdue!,1.0
"An horrid Chasm disclose, with Orifice",3.0
"Tumultuous enter with dire chilling Blasts,",5.0
"She strikes rebounding, whence the shattered Oak,",0.0
"So fierce a Shock unable to withstand,",1.0
Admits the Sea; in at the gaping Side,0.0
"The crowding Waves gush with impetuous Rage,",2.0
"The Mariners, Death in their Eyes appears,",2.0
"They stare, they lave, they pump, they swear, they pray;",0.0
Vain Efforts! still the battering Waves rush in,3.0
"Implacable, till deluged by the Foam,",2.0
The Ship sinks foundering in the vast Abyss.,2.0
"HOW was I charmed, when fair Harmonia sung!",3.0
What heavenly Sweetness dwelled upon her Tongue!,2.0
What melting Joys did her soft Song impart!,2.0
"O Power of Music, on a tender Heart!",3.0
"While she repeats the Lover's ardent Pains,",1.0
"Soft flow the Tears; the gentle Sorrows rise,",1.0
"But when a faithful, generous Pair's her Theme;",2.0
"When in soft Sounds she sings their mutual Flame,",3.0
It's then I feel the Lover's soft Excess;,0.0
"Share in their Joy, and triumph in their Bliss;",0.0
"Wish I may thus to Tenderness be moved,",1.0
"And love like them, like them to be beloved:",0.0
"O say, bright Virgin, by what powerful Art",3.0
And makes the struggling Soul alternate prove,4.0
"The Joys of true, and Pangs of perjured Love:",0.0
"A Voice less fine than yours the Bard possessed,",2.0
Whose magic Sweetness moving Trees confessed.,0.0
"On Mortals! thy superior Skill is shown,",3.0
And Hearts subdued thy greater Power own.,0.0
"REASON, a dame not often in the wrong",2.0
"On what is ill, and what is left undone,",0.0
And how disposed of all the gifts of Heaven.,1.0
"Perceiving Fortune off could fling her hood,",1.0
"And stop to cast on knaves a partial eye,",0.0
"And that when come where blushing merit stood,",0.0
"Up went her bandage, and she passed him by.",1.0
Within a sacred grove to peace consigned,0.0
"A branch by Fortune from the Laurel torn,",1.0
She said ' --  by Victory let this be worn!,0.0
To Victory the sculptured arch was raised,1.0
High over the smoking ruins of a town!,4.0
"And bells rang loud, and every window blazed,",1.0
And tuneful minstrels sang her vast renown.,0.0
And on her forehead Glory was inscribed,2.0
"In glittering letters great of beaming gold,",2.0
Or fierce Ambition only fire the soul.,0.0
"Say, why to Victory the choral joy?",1.0
"Such songs, indeed, were pure immortal praise,",0.0
Did God create for man but to destroy.,1.0
"Her flash of Glory, all illusive! vain!",0.0
"She makes of Victory a pliant tool,",1.0
"To work a star or ribbon wondrous fine,",0.0
"Reward of coward ' --  knave, or valiant fool.",0.0
"Before the rustic youth can form a choice,",0.0
"Some trick conveys him to a foreign land,",1.0
The brutal hero of a cutthroat band!,2.0
"The perfect general shows his needled star,",1.0
"The mangled private may go hang or beg,",2.0
"Dispute his charter to the trade of war,",1.0
"He swears, and shows it in his wooden leg.",0.0
"Fire! pest! and famine does she give mankind,",1.0
Is Victory then the Laurel won by thee?,0.0
"The sovereign good, OH Wisdom! let me find,",1.0
"Which Victory bids down the cheek to flow,",0.0
"That lifts with smiles the mourner from the bier,",1.0
And puts aside the bitter cup of woe.,0.0
Perish her hopes of Industry the bane!,3.0
"That turn the ploughshare to a murderous sword,",3.0
Achieve exploits by earth and heaven abhorred.,1.0
The husband and the parent she hath slain!,2.0
Widows and orphans Victory hath made!,3.0
For Desolation marks her ruthless trade.,0.0
"Few know where bashful Charity does hide,",1.0
"Full seen of Heaven, she shrinks from mortal ken,",1.0
"And many a devious round, and far and wide",3.0
"Did Reason seek her,' mid the haunts of men.",0.0
"For just decision idly thus to roam,",0.0
"When Charity, beneficent and kind,",4.0
"It's not alone with paltry gold to part,",0.0
"Or chase pale sorrow from the cottage door,",2.0
"She there, stores treasured moral in the heart,",2.0
God's own appointed agent for the poor.,2.0
"Blithe on a velvet turf of mossy green,",0.0
"Surrounded by her playful charge was seen,",1.0
Far Vice and Folly fly at her command!,2.0
"And sure success attends her sweet employ,",0.0
"And as the mental buds to flowers expand,",3.0
"To little acts let great ones lowly bend,",2.0
Where rank by pride is only understood;,0.0
"To works angelic her white thoughts ascend,",3.0
Aspiring to the height of doing good.,1.0
"Reason convinced, that Charity benign,",3.0
"Bade Victory her Laurel Crown resign,",2.0
"Nature her noblest task had well performed,",2.0
"Endowed the babe with intellectual grace,",2.0
"Shone full confessed in air, shape, limb, and face.",2.0
"In culture, Fortune! take an ample share!",0.0
Or else the plant may wither in the bloom:,0.0
Condemn to waste? a lamp within the tomb!,0.0
"Not that each shrub can hang with golden fruit,",0.0
"Or roses issue from the humble sod,",1.0
"But Reason best can lift him from the brute,",1.0
"Or say, that nature leaves her work most crude,",0.0
"Still more it stands in need of polished aid,",0.0
And wonder at the monster we have made.,1.0
"But wealth can cherish! draw the talents forth,",0.0
"A sun! which Fortune's cold neglect supplies,",0.0
That gives what sordid penury denies.,1.0
"Hail, heavenly FREDERICA! God of all,",3.0
Pour every blessing on the gentle fair!,2.0
"Should ills assail, anticipate her call,",0.0
Who takes the helpless infant to her care.,1.0
"THOUGH Peters oft, with pleasing strokes of art,",0.0
"Had swayed the mind, and charmed the feeling heart,",0.0
"And had to mortal view those forms revealed,",0.0
Which distance infinite before concealed;,1.0
"But Rutland, who forgave the theft of grace",0.0
"He oft had made from her angelic face,",2.0
"With liberal hand repaid the painter's toil,",0.0
And made him master of a fruitful soil.,1.0
"No longer now the drudge of servile trade,",1.0
"While the celestial nymphs shall prompt the theme,",1.0
"At eve, when temperate shines the silver Queen,",0.0
"Devoid of care he will tread the village green,",0.0
"And, gazing steadfast on the vaulted sky,",2.0
"Beyond the narrow bounds will dart his eye,",0.0
"To where, decked in the majesty of light,",1.0
The cherub host shall cheque his daring sight;,0.0
"Yet there, uninjured, shall he ardent gaze,",1.0
"While suns, unknown before, around him blaze;",0.0
Then to this neither world his hand shall give,0.0
"While all who Genius love, or cherish Art,",0.0
Will join with thee to bless the noble heart,1.0
GOD of my life! and author of my days!,1.0
Permit my feeble voice to lisp thy praise;,0.0
"And trembling, take upon a mortal tongue",0.0
"Than hide their faces, tremble, and adore.",1.0
"Worms, angels, men, in every different sphere",1.0
"Are equal all, for all are nothing here.",0.0
"Which nature's works, through all their parts proclaim.",0.0
And breathe an awful stillness through my soul;,1.0
"As by a charm, the waves of grief subside;",1.0
Impetuous passion stops her headlong tide;,1.0
"At thy felt presence all emotions cease,",2.0
"And my hushed spirit finds a sudden peace,",2.0
"Till every worldly thought within me dies,",0.0
And earth's gay pageants vanish from my eyes;,2.0
"Till all my sense is lost in infinite,",1.0
And one vast object fills my aching sight.,3.0
"But soon, alas! this holy calm is broke;",0.0
And mingles with the dross of earth again.,1.0
"But he, our gracious Master, kind, as just,",1.0
"Knowing our frame, remembers man is dust:",2.0
"His spirit, ever brooding over our mind,",2.0
Sees the first wish to better hopes inclined;,3.0
"Marks the young dawn of every virtuous aim,",5.0
And fans the smoking flax into a flame:,0.0
"His ears are open to the softest cry,",1.0
His grace descends to meet the lifted eye;,0.0
"He reads the language of a silent tear,",1.0
And sighs are incense from a heart sincere.,2.0
"Such are the vows, the sacrifice I give;",1.0
From each terrestrial bondage set me free;,2.0
Hush every wish that centres not in thee;,1.0
And point my path to everlasting peace.,0.0
If the soft hand of winning pleasure leads,2.0
"By living waters, and through flowery meads,",3.0
"When all is smiling, tranquil, and serene,",1.0
"And vernal beauty paints the flattering scene,",2.0
"O! teach me to elude each latent snare,",1.0
And whisper to my sliding heart ' --  Beware:,1.0
"And doubtful, with a trembling heart, rejoice.",1.0
"Still let my steady soul thy goodness see,",1.0
And with strong confidence lay hold on thee;,4.0
"With equal eye my various lot receive,",2.0
"Resigned to die, or resolute to live;",0.0
"Prepared to kiss the sceptre, or the rod,",1.0
"While GOD is seen in all, and all in GOD.",0.0
"I read his awful name, emblazoned high",0.0
With golden letters on the illumined sky;,3.0
Nor less the mystic characters I see,1.0
"Wrought in each flower, inscribed on every tree;",2.0
I hear the voice of GOD among the trees;,0.0
"With thee in busy crowded cities talk,",1.0
"In every creature own thy forming power,",0.0
In each event thy providence adore.,1.0
"Thy hopes shall animate my drooping soul,",0.0
"Thy precepts guide me, and thy fear control.",2.0
"Thus shall I rest, unmoved by all alarms,",0.0
"Secure within the temple of thine arms,",1.0
"From anxious cares, from gloomy terrors free,",0.0
And feel myself omnipotent in thee.,2.0
"Then when the last, the closing hour draws nigh,",1.0
And earth recedes before my swimming eye;,0.0
When trembling on the doubtful edge of fate,1.0
I stand and stretch my view to either state;,0.0
Teach me to quit this transitory scene,0.0
With decent triumph and a look serene;,1.0
"Teach me to fix my ardent hopes on high,",0.0
"And having lived to thee, in thee to die.",0.0
"A sight like this, who can unmoved survey?",2.0
"See the freed Captives hail their native Shore,",3.0
And tread the Land of Liberty once more:,2.0
"See, as they pass, the crowding People press,",0.0
"Now, Slavery! no more thy rigid Hand",3.0
Shall drag the Trader to thy fatal Strand:,1.0
No more in Iron Bonds the Wretched groan;,0.0
"Secured, Britannia, by thy Guardian Throne.",3.0
"Say, mighty Prince! can Empire boast a Bliss,",1.0
"Amid its radiant Pomp, that equals this?",1.0
"To see the Captives by thy Power set free,",2.0
No more shall Woes the fainting Heart destroy;,0.0
The House of Mourning now is turned to Joy:,0.0
"See Arms in Grief long folded up, extend,",3.0
"To clasp a Husband, Brother, Kinsman, Friend:",1.0
"See hoary Parents, tottering over the Grave,",5.0
"And, Have we lived to see thy Face? they cry;",0.0
OH! it's enough ' --  We now in Peace shall die:,2.0
"OH blessed be Heaven! and blessed, while Life remains.",1.0
"Shall be the Hand, that has unbound thy Chains!",0.0
What Nature pictures to the Breast humane.,1.0
"To feed the Hungry, long has been his Choice,",0.0
"And make the Heart, born down by Care, rejoice.",2.0
"Say, you Luxurious, who indulge your Taste,",4.0
"And, by one Riot, might a Thousand feast;",1.0
Do you not blush to see his Care to feed,0.0
The Captives by your Monarch's Bounty freed?,2.0
The bitter Cup of Slavery is past;,1.0
But pining Penury approaches fast.,1.0
Shall not Compassion from the Subject flow?,1.0
"Shall not each freeborn Briton's Bosom melt,",0.0
To make the Joys of Liberty more felt?,1.0
"So, Albion, be it ever given to thee,",2.0
"To break the Bonds, and set the Prisoners free",0.0
"WIth Singing Angels hence she posts away,",0.0
As Lovely now and excellent as they:,1.0
"For one short Moment Death's Grim Looks she bore,",3.0
But never shall see his Ghastly Visage more.,2.0
"Released from her dull Fetters; as the Light,",3.0
"Active, and Pure, Parthenia takes her flight;",4.0
"And finds, at last, the awful Secrecy,",1.0
"How Spirits act, and what they do, and be.",0.0
"Dear Shade, whom Heaven did so soon remove",1.0
From these Cold Regions to the Land of Love;,3.0
"To endless Pleasures, and Eternal day;",1.0
How glittering now? How satisfied and gay,2.0
The Lovely Saint from my Embraces rent:,1.0
"Nor can to those fair Mansions cast my eyes,",4.0
"My grief for her were as unjust, as vain,",2.0
Yet she the while may the advantage boast:,1.0
And should her pure unfettered Soul but deign,0.0
"A careless glance on these dark coasts again,",2.0
And smile again at the surprising odds,1.0
She Sings the Anthems of Eternal rest.,1.0
In the Wild Cliffs a natural Vault he found,3.0
With woven Ivy Cheaply decked around.,0.0
"He rushed into the Solitary Nook,",0.0
Where into these Pathetic Sounds he broke.,2.0
"O when will Nature take the life she gave,",0.0
And Lodge me free from Trouble in the Grave!,0.0
"Sleep there alone deserves the Name of Rest,",2.0
No frightful Dreams the sleep of Death infest.,1.0
"While shrouded in this marble Cell I Lie,",0.0
What can be more Commodious than to Die?,1.0
"Each Object Here wears such a mournful Face,",0.0
That Dying seems the Business of the Place!,1.0
"Here from the wrangling World I will Retire,",1.0
"And as I Lived Unknown, Unknown Expire.",1.0
Then let that hanging Rock that shades my Head,0.0
"Sink down, and shut this Vault when I am Dead:",1.0
"Rude as it is, this Marble Cell would save",1.0
"It self my Cossin, Monument and Grave.",1.0
As nearer I approach that fatal day,1.0
"Which makes all mortal cares appear so light,",0.0
"Time seems on swifter wing to speed his flight,",1.0
And Hope's fallacious visions fade away;,0.0
"While to my fond desires, at length, I say,",0.0
"Behold, how quickly melted from your sight",1.0
"The promised objects you esteemed so bright,",1.0
"When love was all your song, and life looked gay!",1.0
"Now let us rest in peace! those hours are past,",1.0
"And with them, all the agitating train",1.0
By which hope led the wandering cheated soul;,3.0
"Wearied, she seeks repose, and owns at last",2.0
"How sighs, and tears, and youth, were spent in vain,",0.0
"In ancient legends of past time we find,",2.0
"Birds, beasts, and insects used to speak their mind,",2.0
And oft by fable serious truths impart,2.0
To mend the morals and to strike the heart:,1.0
"Nay Solomon himself would deign to say,",2.0
"But now alas! in these degenerate times,",2.0
Insects have learnt from men to ape their crimes;,1.0
The table's turned ' --  false morals now are shown,1.0
A hive of bees within a certain grove,0.0
"Had long enjoyed contentment, peace, and love,",0.0
"Fed on each source of sweet that earth bestows,",0.0
Even from the cowslip to the stately rose;,2.0
"Each morn had sipped of dew from Heaven, which fell",0.0
Had drawn the nectar of each fragrant flower,1.0
"To carry treasures to their native bower,",1.0
And there in cells of curious form they stored,3.0
Their several tributes to the general hoard;,1.0
"Then safe at night were sheltered by those bowers,",1.0
"Where first they swarmed, when in their infant hours",0.0
Nor ever returned until their task was done;,2.0
"For arts and industry had made them great,",1.0
And seemingly had fixed their happy state;,1.0
"A state, where nature's policy does trace",1.0
"To every bee his station, rank, and place:",0.0
"Some formed to labour for the public good,",1.0
"Others to nurse the young, and chew their food;",2.0
Whatever danger may assail their queen;,2.0
"For every hive is in itself protected,",0.0
"While to it's sovereign it is well affected,",1.0
"But now no further to dilate my storey,",2.0
"This hive, when at it's highest pitch of glory,",0.0
Like other states did subjects still contain,0.0
"Of discontented mind and heated brain,",0.0
"Prone to adopt and lead some new opinion,",2.0
"Spurning restraint, and grasping at dominion;",2.0
These oft with greedy listening ear repaired,0.0
"Close to a neighbouring hive, from whence they heard",2.0
"A murmuring hum, as if from discontent,",4.0
"Of liberty, no queen, no government;",4.0
"Let all be equal, and these lordly drones",1.0
Be set to work to shape these ugly cones:,0.0
It's slavery I swear ' --  no more will I,2.0
"Lag home with honey in my bag and thigh,",1.0
Much sooner will I dart my sting and die.,1.0
And in convention plot against the state;,0.0
"But here disorder marked their wretched way,",0.0
"Each claimed his right, a right to bear the sway,",0.0
"And left the loyal bees their haunts should see,",0.0
"They dared not light upon a flower or tree,",2.0
"Where aught of substance, fit for daily food,",0.0
Might be extracted for the public good;,1.0
"But conscious of their base intent, they shun",1.0
"Whatever spreads its blossoms to the sun,",2.0
"Or on the hemlock swarmed, or poisonous yew,",4.0
There planned the downfall of their queen and state:,2.0
"So loud they buzzed their murmurs through the trees,",1.0
"Of liberty, no work ' --  the rights of bees ' --",2.0
"That echo swift conveyed the infectious sound,",2.0
"Their plot now ripe, they act the fatal scene,",1.0
"Murder the guards, and then confine their queen;",2.0
"Seize, seize the honey, and lay waste the comb!",3.0
"Destroy each cell, for labour now is over,",0.0
We'll feast and revel on the public store.,1.0
And now how gladly would I draw a veil,0.0
Over the remaining sequel of my tale;,2.0
But recent facts require I should relate,0.0
How bad example marred the happy state.,0.0
Though most with horror heard the soul disgrace,0.0
"Brought on the noblest of the insect race,",2.0
"Yet those who had enlisted in the plan,",0.0
"And longed like them to copy after man,",1.0
"Against their friends, their queen, their hive conspire,",0.0
While swarms from forth the rebel state combine,0.0
"To prosecute the horrible design,",1.0
League against those by whom they are relieved.,1.0
"Aroused at length, the loyal bees unite",1.0
"To save their state, and arm them for the fight,",1.0
"True to their sovereign, who with gentle sway",0.0
And now behold them eager and alert,1.0
To expel the traitors and their schemes avert;,2.0
"Taught by examples terrible as these,",3.0
"That faction blasts the happiness of bees,",1.0
Active they keep their vigilance alive,3.0
"To guard their monarch, property, and hive.",1.0
"The Phoenix of your Age, Station and Sex!",6.0
Resume the Quill; And let us see displayed,0.0
The Happy Wife ' --  And discontented Maid.,0.0
So by your Strong persuasive you may win,2.0
Virgins to fix their love on Virtuous Men.,4.0
"Your Compliments returned, for I protest",2.0
"I truly think that you deserve them best,",1.0
"And to Obey Should be my Humble aim,",1.0
Most Men are now so viciously inclined,1.0
That happy Wives are very hard to find;,0.0
"And as for discontented Maids I own,",1.0
"Nor can persuasive be of any use,",1.0
"Virgins I think for Virtuous Men would choose,",4.0
"Only there are so very few of late,",1.0
"Maids will grow old, if they for Such should wait.",3.0
"So Reverend Sir, I hope you will excuse",1.0
"The ignorance, And freedom of the Muse.",2.0
"OF blissful Groves I sing, and flowery Plains:",2.0
"You Sylvan Nymphs, assist my rural Strains.",0.0
"And grow immortal, as the Poet's Name;",1.0
"While not a Bard, of all the tuneful Throng,",0.0
"Thy Gardens, Richmond, boast an equal Theme,",0.0
And only ask an equal Muse's Flame.,0.0
With Belt and Quiver grace the verdant Plain?,0.0
"What, though no fabled consecrated Floods",2.0
"Flow over thy Fields, or murmur through thy Woods?",4.0
"My Song thy real Beauties shall pursue,",3.0
"And paint the lovely Scenes, and paint them true;",0.0
"A pleasing Task! Nor slight shall be the Praise,",0.0
If Royal CAROLINE accept the Lays.,0.0
"Or climbs the slow ascending Richmond Hill. Hill, whose Brow",2.0
"Hangs over the silver Stream, which rolls below;",3.0
"Where all around me shining Prospects rise,",0.0
And various Scenes invite my gazing Eyes;,2.0
"And, while I view one Object with Delight,",1.0
New pleasing Wonders charm the feasted Sight:,1.0
"THUS, in a grateful Concert, may we hear",1.0
"The Sounds at once surprise, and charm our Ear;",0.0
"The trembling Notes, in hasty Fugues, arise;",0.0
"And this advances, ere the former flies;",1.0
"All seem to be confused, yet all agree,",0.0
To perfect the melodious Harmony.,6.0
"BENEATH the Mount, with what Majestic Pride",0.0
The Sire of Rivers rolls his silver Tide!,2.0
"His amber Foam, and Sands of shining Over:",0.0
Whose fattening Floods enrich the thirsty Soil:,0.0
"Happy BRITANNIA boasts as fair a Stream,",4.0
"As great in Bounties, and as great in Fame;",1.0
"OBSEQUIOUS River, when my Eyes survey",2.0
"Thy Waves, or East, or West, pursue their Way;",0.0
"At stated Periods, now return again;",2.0
How vain the Schemes of Infidels appear!,1.0
"Say, Atheists, since you own, by Nature's Laws,",2.0
"Why should the restless Stream run to and fro,",2.0
"And, with alternate Motion, ebb and flow;",2.0
"Did not some Being, of superior Force,",3.0
"Rule the wild Waves, and regulate their Course?",3.0
HENCE lofty Windsor to the Sight appears;,2.0
"And, high in Air, her pompous Turrets rears:",0.0
"Wide, round her Domes, the spacious Forest shines.",0.0
Though brighter much in POPE's harmonious Lines:,2.0
"OH! would his tuneful Muse my Breast inspire,",0.0
"Then Richmond Hill renowned in Verse should grow,",0.0
"A second Eden in my Page should shine,",0.0
"OFT, lost in Thought, forgetful of my Way,",2.0
"I, over the Park, through Wilds of Beauty, stray;",2.0
"And lavishes her Bloom, unchecked by Skill.",1.0
"Old venerable Trees, majestic, rise,",2.0
"Sublime in Air, and brave the vaulted Skies;",0.0
"In peaceful Age, and hoary Honour, stand.",1.0
"Here, when AURORA first begins to dawn,",0.0
"Poised by their Plumes, in lofty Flights they play;",0.0
"But, when the Sun displays a purple Scene,",0.0
"And drinks the pearly Dew, that decked the Green;",0.0
"A thousand tuneful Birds in Concert meet,",0.0
A thousand tuneful Notes the Groves repeat;,0.0
"And, when their Music ceases with the Day,",1.0
Sweet PHILOMELA chants her pensive Lay.,1.0
"BUT, hark! I hear a louder Music sound;",0.0
From Woods and Vales the various Notes rebound:,2.0
"The Way which Fear directs, he trembling tries;",0.0
"Nor knows, where Fear directs, or where he flies:",0.0
A hundred different Sounds assail his Ears;,0.0
"A Death, in every different Sound, he fears:",0.0
"And now he faintly moves a slower Pace,",0.0
And closer now the Hounds pursue the Chase;,0.0
"Till, in Despair, back on his Foes he turns;",2.0
"Short is the Combat, soon he yields his Breath,",0.0
"And gasping falls, and trembling pants in Death.",0.0
Now to a softer Theme descends my Muse;,0.0
Through artful Walks her pleasing Path pursues;,0.0
"Where Elegance and noble Grandeur meet,",4.0
"As the Ideas of its Mistress, great,",2.0
"Magnificently fair, majestically sweet.",2.0
"See, on its Margin, Fields of waving Corn;",0.0
And gay Varieties the Landscape grace.,2.0
"HENCE lead me, Muses, through yonder arched Grove,",4.0
"Adorned with Sand below, and Leaves above;",0.0
"Or let me over the spacious Oval trace,",2.0
Where verdant Carpets spread the lovely Place;,0.0
"Where Trees in regular Confusion stand,",1.0
And sylvan Beauties rise on every Hand:,0.0
"Or bear me, Nymphs, to the sequestered Cell,",1.0
"Where BOYLE and NEWTON, mighty Sages! dwell;",0.0
Long as those sacred Truths their Works display.,0.0
"HOW sweetly pleasing is this cool Retreat,",1.0
When PHOEBUS blazes with meridian Heat!,3.0
In vain the fervid Beams around it play;,0.0
The rocky Roof repels the scorching Ray;,0.0
"Securely guarded with a sylvan Scene,",1.0
"In Nature's Livery dressed, for ever green.",2.0
"With grateful Travel, through a Wild of Groves;",1.0
"And, though directed, oft mistakes his Way,",1.0
Unknowing where the winding Mazes stray;,0.0
"Yet still his Feet the magic Paths pursue,",0.0
"Charmed, though bewildered, with the pleasing View.",3.0
"NOT so attractive lately shone the Plain,",1.0
"A gloomy Waste, not worth the Muses Strain;",0.0
"Where thorny Brakes the Traveller repelled,",1.0
"Till Royal GEORGE, and Heavenly CAROLINE,",2.0
Bid Nature in harmonious Lustre shine;,3.0
"The sacred Fiat through the Chaos rung,",1.0
And Symmetry from wild Disorder sprung.,1.0
"SO, once, confused, the barbarous Nations stood;",2.0
"Till Rome her conquering Eagles wide displayed,",2.0
And bid the World reform ' --  The World obeyed.,0.0
HOW blessed the Man in these delightful Fields!,1.0
New Pleasures each indulgent Moment yields.,1.0
"Let gayer Minds in Town pursue their Joys,",1.0
Exchanging Quietness for Crowds and Noise;,1.0
Consume the Night at Masquerade or Play;,0.0
"Or waste, in busy Idleness, the Day:",1.0
Since rural Solitude more pleasing smiles.,0.0
OH Solitude! the Sage's chief Delight!,1.0
What Numbers can thy lovely Charms recite!,1.0
"Hail, peaceful Nymph! thou eldest Thing on Earth!",1.0
"The Heavens alone can thy Commencement tell,",3.0
"Before the Skies with radiant Light were clad,",0.0
"In awful Gloom, and venerable Shade,",1.0
The FATHER thee his sole Companion made.,1.0
"When to Creation first his Thoughts inclined,",1.0
And future Worlds were rising in his Mind;,0.0
"He sat with thee, and planned the mighty Scheme;",1.0
With thee adjusted the stupendous Frame;,2.0
With restless Rounds should rule the circling Year;,0.0
"What Laws support, and regulate the Whole:",0.0
"Nor art thou yet impaired, celestial Dame;",0.0
"Thy Charms are still attractive, still the same;",0.0
"With thee the Mind, abstracted from the Crew,",3.0
"May study Nature, and her Ends pursue;",1.0
With thee I hear the feathered Warblers sing;,1.0
"With thee survey the Beauties of the Spring,",2.0
"When Blossoms, Leaves, and Fruits the Branches yield,",0.0
And Eden's Glory crowns the happy Field.,0.0
HERE first the Muse auspicious was the Place!,1.0
Rejoiced to see her Royal Guardian's Face:,2.0
"How mild, yet how majestic, was her Look!",2.0
How sweetly condescending all she spoke!,0.0
"On every pleasing Accent Wisdom hung,",1.0
And Truth and Virtue dwelled upon her Tongue.,0.0
"OH! were I equal to the glorious Theme,",3.0
"Or paint Great GEORGE in peaceful Laurels dressed,",1.0
"Who while contending Nations round him jar,",0.0
And Subjects Wealth supports their Monarchs War,1.0
"Guards happy Britain, with his floating Towers,",2.0
"From purple Slaughter, and invading Powers;",1.0
No plundering Armies rob our fruitful Plain;,3.0
"But, blessed with Peace and Plenty, smiles the Swain.",0.0
NOT so he smiles upon the foreign Shores;,0.0
But starving walks through Nature's lavish Stores;,0.0
"Poor Peasants with their rigid Burdens groan,",2.0
"What, though their more propitious PHOEBUS shines",0.0
"With warmer Rays, and cheers the curling Vines?",0.0
"What, though rich Olives grace the fertile Soil,",2.0
And the hot Climate teems with fattening Oil?,2.0
"The hungry Farmer views his Crops in vain,",0.0
In vain the Vineyard tempts the thirsty Swain;,0.0
While their stern Tyrant's arbitrary Power,4.0
"Thy Sons, BRITANNIA, from such Evils free,",1.0
Enjoy the Sweets of Peace and Liberty;,1.0
"A gracious Sovereign smiles upon the Throne,",0.0
And Heaven confirms the happy Realm his own.,0.0
"WHere is that World, to which the Fancy flies,",0.0
When Sleep excludes the Present from our Eyes;,1.0
"Whose Map no Voyager could ever design,",4.0
Nor to Description its wild Parts confine?,3.0
"Yet such a Land of Dreams We must allow,",0.0
"Who nightly trace it, though we know not how:",1.0
We All enjoy that Paradise of Fools;,0.0
"And find a Sorrow, in resuming Sense,",0.0
"Which breaks some free Delight, and snatches us from thence.",1.0
"And made the Nations with a Nod obey,",1.0
"Now all serene, and splendid was his Brow,",2.0
While ready Waiters to his Orders bow;,1.0
"His Residence, an artful Garden seemed,",1.0
"Adorned with all, that pleasant he esteemed;",1.0
"Full of Reward, his glorious Lot appeared,",4.0
"But turning, next he saw a dreadful Sight,",0.0
"Through scorching Plains, which to wide Distance spread;",2.0
"While every Torture, gloomy Poets paint,",0.0
Was there prepared for the reputed Saint.,2.0
"Now rolled in Bliss, while other rolled in Fires?",1.0
"We're taught the Sufferings of this Future State,",1.0
The Excess of Courts is likeliest to create;,4.0
"While solitary Cells, overgrown with Shade,",3.0
"True, quoth the Phantom which he dreamt replied",1.0
"The lonely Path is still the surest Guide,",0.0
Nor is it by these Instances denied.,2.0
"For, know my Friend, whatever Fame report,",1.0
"Accept, my Charles, from thy still anxious friend,",4.0
Some useful counsel by affection penned;,1.0
"To my advice you oft have deference paid,",1.0
Which bids me hope this last will be obeyed;,0.0
The humble talents which I now disclose;,0.0
"Then, my dear brother, kindly plead excuse",2.0
For every error of your sister's muse:,1.0
"First, my young soldier, let me recommend,",3.0
In life's fair spring to make your God your friend;,1.0
"That Power you in the bloom of youth engage,",1.0
Will never desert you in declining age;,2.0
"In danger's hour he'll prove the truest friend,",1.0
On him for all you want and wish depend;,1.0
"Unto your parents every reverence pay,",4.0
Tis God's command their precepts to obey;,3.0
"Support their age, to their advice adhere!",1.0
"Let strictest justice every action guide,",1.0
And truth with honour over your mind preside;,5.0
"Be firm in friendship, scorn all mean disguise,",0.0
Nor suffer mean resentment to arise;,1.0
"On your superior's favour never presume,",5.0
"Through love; not fear, teach soldiers to obey;",2.0
"Watch over yourself, to them be not severe,",2.0
"They then will love you, and your worth revere;",1.0
"If once indulged, it never brooks control;",0.0
"Through all the varying scenes of this frail state,",3.0
"Temperance, dear youth, I warmly recommend,",3.0
In fumes of wine too oft is lost a friend;,1.0
"O! fly the frenzy like contempt or scorn,",0.0
"Though mad at night, reflection comes with morn:",0.0
It breaks through laws prescribed by God and man;,0.0
"Alas! too late the deed you may repent,",2.0
Be warned! the pangs of dire remorse prevent;,0.0
"Trembling, I charge thee, fatal gaming shun,",1.0
A dangerous vice that thousands has undone;,2.0
"It lures the heart with smiles, o! sad deceit,",0.0
"Never be ruled by fashion, but by sense,",3.0
"Be not ambitious riches to attain,",1.0
For trust me wealth is not exempt from pain;,0.0
"Aim at a competence with credit blessed,",1.0
In every point we find the medium best.,2.0
The youthful heart in general takes its way;,0.0
That he may lead you to a happy choice;,1.0
"Dear as you are, detested be your name,",1.0
Should ever you bring the innocent to shame;,3.0
"Ever stain the honour of a virtuous race,",2.0
Or bring a helpless female to disgrace;,2.0
"Scorn to their ruin any aid to lend,",0.0
"When we're apart, you on some distant shore,",2.0
"Remember Anna, and these lines read over;",2.0
"They are her counsels, breathed with love sincere,",1.0
My only brother! then to them adhere;,1.0
Your fame still brighten as your days decline.,2.0
"BLOWN on the rolling Surface of the Deep,",1.0
The mourning Maid at length reclines to Sleep;,0.0
"While conscious Visions labour in her Breast,",0.0
"Sometime she seems upon her native Shore,",1.0
"Hears him converse, while from his tuneful Tongue",0.0
"Melodious Sense, in melting Music, rung:",2.0
"Sometime she finds, or seems at least to find,",1.0
"His shattered Vessel forced before the Wind,",0.0
"The Mast, and broken Sails, and Sailors lost:",0.0
"Sometime her Dream, in frightful Forms, displayed",1.0
"A Crowd of Martyrs, cruel Love had made;",0.0
"Shows her capacious Wound, and purple Hands;",2.0
"UNHAPPY Christian Maid! for such, at least,",1.0
"You, by your decent Habit, seem expressed",1.0
"Say whence you came, and hither how conveyed,",1.0
"Exposed to Sea, without the Seaman's Aid?",0.0
"SOON as the Nymph her native Language hears,",0.0
"Till, starting up, a spacious Land she spies;",1.0
Barbarian Caves and Cots her Sight surprise:,2.0
She sees a Matron on the neighbouring Strand;,3.0
"Nor knows the Matron, nor the neighbouring Land.",3.0
"OH! whither, whither am I blown? she cries;",2.0
What Dens and Caves appear before my Eyes?,0.0
"And who inhabit them? or Beasts of Prey,",1.0
"To whom the Matron: Fly, nor dare to trust.",0.0
Here Sailors oft their hapless Fate deplore;,0.0
"Who escape the Seas, are wrecked upon the Shore:",0.0
"For, when the forceful Wind, and foaming Deep,",0.0
To this inhuman Coast impel the Ship;,1.0
"Around the Beach the rude Barbarians stray,",2.0
"Destroy the Mariners, and seize their Prey;",1.0
"By others Death, they keep themselves alive,",0.0
UNHAPPY Fate! the mourning Nymph replied;,0.0
OH! had I perished in the safer Tide!,0.0
"For much I fear, the Land I now survey,",0.0
"Dooms me to greater Evils, than the Sea:",1.0
"And yet what greater Ills can Fate provide,",0.0
"Than thus to seek for Death, and be denied?",0.0
Not so my FELIX escaped the raging Waves;,2.0
"Saves, only to increase my former Woes;",2.0
Or to indulge some lustful Tyrant's Will:,2.0
"But, OH you Heavens! avert the fatal Ill;",2.0
"Protect my Honour in this foreign Coast,",0.0
The only Blessing which I have not lost!,0.0
THE listening Matron wonders with Surprise;,1.0
"But leads her to her neighbouring Cottage, where",3.0
She cheers her fainting Soul with homely Fare;,0.0
"Her Country, Cares, and Cause of all her Woes.",0.0
"Excited by her Words, the pensive Maid",1.0
"Preludes with Sighs, and thus, reluctant, said:",1.0
OH hospitable Dame! why would you move,3.0
A Wretch to tell a Tale of hapless Love?,0.0
"Which, in relating, must renew my Grief;",0.0
"Nor can I hope, nor you bestow, Relief:",2.0
"Yet, since you seem a Partner of my Care,",1.0
It's just a Partner know the Weight I bear.,0.0
"And, OH! too much to make his Daughter blessed.",1.0
"I once with Fame and Fortune was supplied,",1.0
"Now, like a Meteor, fallen from its Height,",3.0
"Full twenty Years in Happiness I passed,",2.0
And every Year was happier than the last.,1.0
Young FELIX then his Love began to show;,1.0
Young FELIX was the Cause of all my Woe,2.0
But far his noble Soul excelled his Face:,0.0
"And, though his niggard Fate had Wealth denied,",4.0
The Want of Wealth by Virtue was supplied.,1.0
"Two Years to win my doubtful Heart he strove,",0.0
Two Years my doubtful Heart declined his Love:,0.0
"Yet still he pressed me with his amorous Tale,",3.0
"To first approve, and then indulge, his Flame;",0.0
"I heard with Joy, nor thought it Sin to love;",0.0
Till in my Breast imperious CUPID reigned:,2.0
Alas! how easy Love a Conquest gained!,0.0
And now my Reason checked my Will no more;,0.0
"But fed the Flame, it strove to quench before:",0.0
I scorned to stain my Virtue with a King;,1.0
As much my Lover scorned so mean a thing.,0.0
What could we do? What cannot Love inspire?,0.0
The Youth reveals his Passion to my Sire;,1.0
"And in such melting Accents made it known,",0.0
"As might have moved all Fathers, but my own:",1.0
But proudly he my Lover's Suit repelled;,1.0
"And, frowning, thus our mutual Ruin sealed:",2.0
"No more, presumptuous Youth! thy Passion name;",3.0
"Suppress the Sparks, before they rise to Flame.",0.0
"My Daughter's Scandal, and her Father's Scorn!",1.0
Aspire to wed so far above thy Fate?,0.0
"He sternly said, and forced him from his Gate.",1.0
"OH Avarice! what Evils dost thou cause,",2.0
"Breaking the Bands of Love, and Nature's Laws?",2.0
Fit Province for thy Reign! too mean to prove,3.0
"The Charms of Nuptial Life, and Joys of Love!",0.0
"With boasted Titles of paternal Fame,",1.0
Derived from Ancestors of noble Blood?,5.0
"Things common to the Vicious, and the Proud!",3.0
"If Love be absent, Pomp and worldly Gain",0.0
"But gild our Cares, and varnish over our Pain.",2.0
"OH! had my cruel Father thought like me,",0.0
"I never had proved the Dangers of the Sea,",3.0
Nor ever wandered here a banished Maid;,0.0
"So speaks the trembling Nymph; and, while she speaks,",0.0
"Cold clammy Sweats, and throbbing Sighs arise,",1.0
"Slow moves the Blood, and dizzy roll her Eyes;",1.0
"So much affected with her Lover's Fate,",1.0
"She struggled, groaned, and fainted from her Seat.",1.0
"Her Hostess straight a grateful Cordial sought,",0.0
"And to her Lips applies the cheerful Draught,",1.0
Washing her Temples with reviving Oil;,3.0
The vital Spirits answer to her Toil;,1.0
"The purple Tide begins to roll again,",0.0
Again diffuses Life through every Vein:,0.0
"And now she sighing, raised her drooping Head;",0.0
"And, Is my Death, she cries, again delayed?",1.0
Why did you cheque me on the Brink of Fate?,1.0
Better the Soul had fled her loathsome Seat.,2.0
"Death is the only Good I wish to know,",0.0
"End of my Pain, and Period of my Woe.",1.0
To whom replies the Dame: Unhappy Fair!,0.0
"Rely on Heaven, nor let your Soul despair:",0.0
Teach me to give your troubled Heart Relief;,0.0
"Or teach me how, at least, to share your Grief:",1.0
Your mournful Storey much affects my Mind;,0.0
Yet something seems remaining still behind.,0.0
"The fatal Part, that finishes my Doom:",1.0
"For, when my FELIX, FELIX now no more!",1.0
"Was banished from my haughty Father's Door,",1.0
"Not able to obtain me for his Bride,",2.0
"Nor willing to resign me, though denied;",2.0
"Then called a few Domestics to his Aid,",1.0
"Embraced me in his Arms, and sighing, said:",0.0
"OH Thou, for ever dear, for ever blessed,",0.0
"At once the Joy, and Trouble of my Breast!",1.0
Since Wealth alone is worthy of thy Charms;,1.0
"I swear by all the mighty Powers above,",2.0
"Sad Fate, that drives me from the Nymph I love!",2.0
"And seek the Gold, thy Sire so much adores.",2.0
In other Climes may kinder Aspects wear;,1.0
"May lead me where the rocky Diamonds lie,",0.0
Or where the golden Mines may Wealth supply;,0.0
"If not, the last sad Pleasure is to die.",2.0
"OH fatal Vow, and fatally obeyed!",2.0
"Struck dumb, my Tears the want of Words supplied;",1.0
"His, mixed with mine, increased the pearly Tide:",1.0
"Yet, lest I should his Resolution shake,",0.0
"He rushed away, and mounted on the Deck:",1.0
"His hasty Crew expand the swelling Sails,",0.0
Strong rolls the Sea before impulsive Gales;,1.0
"The crooked Keel the frothy Flood divides,",0.0
"Swift flies the Ship, and rushes through the Tides.",2.0
MY Lover long my gazing Eyes pursue;,0.0
As long my Lover kept me in his View:,0.0
"Reluctant so, departing Souls prepare",1.0
"To wing their doubtful Flight, they know not where;",0.0
"Reluctant so, expiring Bodies lie,",1.0
"Nor willing these to stay, nor those to fly.",2.0
"TWICE twenty Days I spent in fruitless Tears,",1.0
Before the fatal Tidings reached my Ears;,0.0
"How FELIX, sailing over the watery Way,",4.0
"Was wrecked on Rocks, and perished in the Sea.",0.0
"OH! then what Trouble, Grief, and anxious Care,",0.0
"Confused my Soul, and bent it to Despair!",1.0
"I cursed the Cause, that forced him to expire;",1.0
"OH Heaven! forgive me, if I cursed my Sire:",2.0
"I fled his House, and sought the lonely Grove,",0.0
The gloomy Witness of my former Love!,1.0
"Where, once resolved to seek the Shades below,",0.0
"I drew the Knife, to strike the mortal Blow;",0.0
"Till Piety the cruel Thought suppressed,",1.0
And checked the Roman Courage of my Breast:,1.0
"I trembling saw two doubtful Paths; nor knew,",1.0
"Which Path was best to shun, or which pursue;",0.0
"Opposing Passions in my Bosom strove,",0.0
"And Conscience now prevailed, and now my Love.",0.0
"As when the Wind and Tide a Contest make,",0.0
"The Sailer, trembling, sees his Vessel shake;",0.0
"This way, and that, and both, by turns reclined,",0.0
"As swells the Surge, or blows the furious Wind:",2.0
"So was my Soul with different Notions swayed,",1.0
"Of this, of that, of both, and all, afraid.",1.0
"Ah! why should Mortals of their Reason boast,",1.0
"Which most deserts them, when they want it most?",0.0
"For, when the troubled Mind's confused with Pain,",0.0
"Which, if our wandering Souls from Virtue stray,",2.0
But leads us more and more from Virtue's Way:,0.0
"So led it me to stem the devious Tide,",3.0
"And seek for Death, where wretched FELIX died.",0.0
"NOT distant far, a fishing Vessel stood,",0.0
"Nor wholly on the Land, nor in the Flood:",1.0
"Arrived to this, I rowed it from the Shore;",2.0
"And, bent on Death, the Tide I now explore;",0.0
Would give my Troubles and myself a Grave.,2.0
"But, when I saw the Billows round me flow,",0.0
"The boundless Skies above, and Seas below;",0.0
"Scared with the Terrors of the watery Space,",3.0
I wrapped my Mantle round my timorous Face:,2.0
"Then lay me down, to all the Dangers blind;",1.0
"Chance was my Compass, and my Pilot, Wind.",1.0
"Blown here and there, I floated on the Deep,",2.0
"Which rocked my Eyes, but not my Fears, asleep:",0.0
A thousand tragic airy Ghosts surveys;,0.0
"Die, Coward! follow FELIX to the Shade:",2.0
"But when, at length, your friendly Voice I heard,",0.0
"Thus have I told, but can't dispel my Care;",0.0
"For who can conquer Love, or cure Despair?",0.0
"Unhappy Nymph! compose your troubled Mind,",0.0
Nor doubt the gracious Guide of human Kind:,0.0
"That GOD, who saved you from the foamy Wave,",1.0
"Will doubtless guard the Life, he deigned to save.",0.0
"At Susa Heaven has blessed me with a Friend,",1.0
"Much famed for Wealth, for pious Actions more;",0.0
"No Husband, and no Children, but the Poor:",4.0
Let me conduct you to her friendly Gate;,1.0
Too small my Cottage for a Guest so great,2.0
"She will protect you from Barbarian Foes,",4.0
"With prudent Counsel mitigate your Woes,",0.0
And charm your ruffled Soul to soft Repose.,0.0
"BLESSED Partner of my Grief! the Damsel said,",2.0
Some Angel surely sent you to my Aid;,1.0
"For now some dawning Rays of Hope appear,",0.0
That chase away the Clouds of dark Despair.,0.0
"This Pause of Pain, and Interval of Grace,",1.0
Shall be employed in Search of future Peace.,0.0
"Then guide, and guard me to your noble Friend;",1.0
So may you never want this Aid you lend!,1.0
"And, as we travel, deign to let me know,",1.0
To whom so many Thanks I justly owe;,0.0
"What hapless Fortune cast you on this Land,",1.0
What Occupation here employs your Hand.,0.0
"Sweet Conversation may suspend my Care,",2.0
"Dispel my Grief, or make it less severe:",0.0
So shall I easier reach the neighbouring Town;,4.0
"And, listening to your Fate, forget my own.",1.0
THUS she; and thus the pensive Dame replies:,0.0
"Fain would I, lovely Nymph! suspend your Care,",0.0
"Dispel your Grief, or make it less severe:",0.0
"But, were I all my Fortune to explain,",2.0
"For in your Soul such Sparks of Nature glow,",0.0
"The Christian Faith I secretly embrace,",1.0
Though doomed to dwell among a Pagan Race:,0.0
"Where long I lived, a Farmer's happy Wife:",0.0
Nor was the Field ungrateful to his Toil:,2.0
"For, every Summer, CREES crowned the Plain;",3.0
"Each Autumn, filled the Barn with golden Grain:",0.0
"So thick the verdant Harvest yearly stood,",0.0
The Meadows seemed to groan beneath their Load.,1.0
"Our fleecy Flocks were fruitful of their Young,",1.0
"Hail were our Oxen, and our Horses strong;",1.0
"'Twas then, alas! how often have I cried,",1.0
I would not wish to be a Monarch's Bride!,1.0
"When all around my little Infants came,",0.0
"Or met their Father with the Evening Ray,",1.0
"Embraced his Neck, and kissed his Cares away.",0.0
We sent them forth to feed the fleecy Care;,0.0
"Where often have we spent the Summer's Day,",0.0
We thought our Joys could never be increased;,0.0
"Love, Peace, and Plenty joined to make us blessed.",1.0
But see how Fortune holds her fickle Reign!,0.0
"She raises up, to tumble down again:",2.0
For now our Thread of Happiness was spun;,1.0
The Gains of twenty Years were lost in one.,0.0
"'Twas in the Season, when the verdant Mead",0.0
"Before the Wheat receives the yellow Stain,",0.0
Or milky Juice is hardened into Grain;,0.0
The vernal Product sickened with the Blast;,1.0
"Our Meadows straight a saffron Scene disclose,",1.0
Our infant Apples quit the blighted Boughs;,0.0
"Peas, Wheat, and Barley, withered in the Fields,",1.0
And Nature one abortive Harvest yields:,1.0
Nor stopped it here; the flying Plague began,0.0
"To spread the Bane in Beasts, and thence to Man:",0.0
"First died our Sheep upon the russet Plain,",1.0
Next swelled our Oxen with a fatal Blain;,1.0
"Here tumbles, over her Meat, the moping Cow;",2.0
There drops the panting Horse before the Plough:,0.0
"At length the dire Contagion spread so wide,",0.0
My Virgin Children made the Tomb their Bride.,0.0
This Nature bore ' --  But when our Landlord sent,1.0
"His Officers, to seize my Lord for Rent;",1.0
"And he, to shun the Prison, flies the Shore;",1.0
"I wept, I raved, I cursed the baleful Air;",0.0
"And fled my native Land, but not my Care.",0.0
"Thus, banished here, a Widow, and a Wife,",2.0
"Condemned to suffer, not enjoy a Life,",0.0
"The Toils are great, but very small the Pay!",0.0
"And then was washing, when, with great Surprise,",0.0
"You, and your floating Vessel, met my Eyes.",1.0
NOW Heaven defend us both! the Nymph replied;,1.0
And can such Rage in Christian Minds reside?,1.0
"What, could the cursed, inhuman Tyrant wrest",0.0
"Thy tender Husband from thy loving Breast,",1.0
"When all thy Wealth was lost, thy Children dead?",0.0
OH Virtue! Virtue! whither art thou fled?,1.0
Why must such Evils on the Guiltless flow?,1.0
You Heavens! is Innocence rewarded so?,4.0
SO spoke the Nymph; her Friend no more replies;,1.0
"Approaching to her friendly Gate, they found",1.0
The generous Lady dealing Alms around,2.0
"To needy Souls, a hapless, helpless Crowd,",0.0
Who daily blessed her Hand for daily Food!,0.0
"Yet none of these, who claim your Christian Aid,",1.0
Deserves it more than this unhappy Maid;,1.0
"Who once was blessed with Fame and Riches too,",0.0
Though fickle Fortune now is turned her Foe;,0.0
"Your friendly Bounty, and maternal Care.",1.0
"TO whom the Lady, with a gracious Look,",1.0
"That seemed to breathe Compassion, while she spoke:",0.0
"Sure Decency forbids, a Guest so great",2.0
"Should, undistinguished, with the Vulgar eat.",1.0
No; deck my Table with the choicest Fare;,2.0
That lovely Body clothes a lovely Mind.,0.0
"SHE said, and CONSTANCE low Obeisance made;",5.0
"Then gladly followed, where PRISCILLA led.",0.0
"Within the Gate a spacious Room she found,",0.0
"Where pious Tales appeared, so lively wrought,",0.0
"The Work seemed vital, and the Figures Thought:",2.0
"Here, in the Shade, the Jewish Patriarch stood,",1.0
Feasting the Sons of Heaven with earthly Food;,2.0
"While, there, the good Samaritan confessed",1.0
"With many more, a charitable Band,",1.0
"Rich Meats, and rosy Wines the Table graced:",1.0
"They eat, they drank, in pleasing Converse joined;",0.0
And cheered at once the Body and the Mind.,1.0
"The Call of Nature being soon suppressed,",0.0
Thus spoke the Lady to her youthful Guest:,2.0
"SAY, lovely Stranger! for I long to know;",2.0
So may propitious Heaven remove thy Woe!,1.0
"Whence thus reduced? By Famine, Sword, or Fire?",0.0
"What Sire thy Beauty boasts, what Land thy Sire?",2.0
"Perhaps some Princess, banished from her Home,",1.0
"If so, I greatly fear, my homely Feast",1.0
Has been unworthy of my Royal Guest.,1.0
"SHE said, the Nymph unfolds her Tale again;",0.0
"And thus replied: Though weighty are your Woes,",1.0
"Then bear with Patience all that Heaven designed,",0.0
"Whose Ways are just, though difficult to find,",1.0
Planned for the general Good of Human Kind.,0.0
"God's Paths in winding Mazes often lie,",1.0
Too intricate for feeble Reason's Eye;,2.0
"Most regular, when in Confusion lost;",1.0
"Most constant, when they seem to vary most.",0.0
"Perhaps his Mercy forced you thus to roam,",0.0
To shun a more unhappy Fate at home;,0.0
"For with one Evil he removes a worse,",2.0
And blesses oft with what we think a Curse.,0.0
"But trust in Heaven's Protection, next, in mine:",2.0
"In me you still shall find a faithful Friend,",0.0
"With whom, in time, your Troubles all may end:",0.0
"But, since you now are harassed out with Woes,",2.0
Refresh your weary Soul with sweet Repose;,0.0
"And when you wake, at Morning, may you find",1.0
Heaven's balmy Comfort heal your wounded Mind!,0.0
And bathed her Cares in Sleep's refreshing Dew;,0.0
"Till PHOEBUS, rising from the Shades of Night,",1.0
With rosy Keys unlocked the Gates of Light:,0.0
"And, to her Patroness returning, said:",2.0
"WHAT Thanks, propitious Lady! shall I give",0.0
"OH! let my Silence thank you; for I know,",2.0
Words can't express the Gratitude I owe.,1.0
To whom replies the venerable Dame:,1.0
"No other Thanks, but Gratitude, I claim:",1.0
"The Terms of Charity are never hard,",1.0
Love and Compassion are their own Reward:,3.0
Can with Reflection make a noble Feast;,1.0
"SUCH was their Converse, till domestic Care",2.0
Invites PRISCILLA from the youthful Fair;,1.0
"Who sat in pensive Solitude, and strove",0.0
"To soften, or suspend the Pains of Love.",1.0
"At length the Linen on her Knee she spread,",1.0
And with her Needle worked the docile Thread.,1.0
But soon commits her Labour to the Flame:,1.0
Next drew she HERO sinking in the Main;,0.0
Then razed the finished Image out again:,1.0
"Both these displeased her, though judicious Art,",3.0
And Rays of Nature shone in every Part.,0.0
"At length her own unhappy Tale she chose,",0.0
And lively paints the Scene of all her Woes:,0.0
Her charming FELIX first the Linen graced;,0.0
"By whom her Father, frowning stern, she placed:",0.0
Her Lover's Parting next to these appears;,1.0
"But, weeping here, she soiled her Work with Tears",0.0
"Next, on the Seas, she drew her floating Ship;",0.0
"The good PRISCILLA last employed her Art,",0.0
Whose Aspect spoke the Bounty of her Heart;,2.0
"Her friendly Roof, a Refuge for the Poor,",1.0
"Diffusing Blessings still, and still increasing more.",0.0
"All these confessed such Beauty, Skill, and Care,",1.0
"Not HELEN better wove the Trojan War,",0.0
"While HECTOR, PARIS, and their Martial Train,",1.0
"HERE let us leave the lovely Nymph awhile,",0.0
To pass her tedious Hours in pleasing Toil:,2.0
"Her absent Lover now my Song pursues,",0.0
Whose valiant Deeds require a nobler Muse.,1.0
"To bear unwelcome Truths, and oftener Lies,",2.0
"Had spread the ductile Error far and wide,",0.0
How wandering FELIX perished in the Tide.,2.0
His Wisdom there the wisest Peers excelled;,1.0
"When first he to the Royal Palace came,",1.0
An Accident occurred to raise his Fame:,1.0
"A noble Lord there was, of great Renown,",1.0
"Rebelled against the King, and claimed his Crown:",0.0
Great Preparations made he for the Fight;,2.0
"Nor less the Monarch, to defend his Right;",1.0
"But summoned all, to meet the daring Foe,",0.0
"Whose Strength could wield a Sword, or bend a Bow;",0.0
"And promised to reward their Martial Care,",1.0
"Now rings the Region with the Foe's Alarms,",2.0
Terrific shines the Field with burnished Arms;,0.0
"The Martial Trumpet, sounding from afar,",1.0
"With dreadful Notes, proclaims approaching War.",0.0
The Royal Army valiant FELIX joined;,0.0
Intrepid Courage animates his Mind:,0.0
"Fixed in the Front, the Foe he bravely dares,",0.0
"Like PALLAS prudent, and as bold as MARS.",1.0
"Say, Muse, What Goddess, that tremendous Hour,",1.0
Aided the Youth with such unusual Power?,3.0
"Bright VENUS, conscious of the Lover's Smart,",2.0
"Sharpened his Sword, and pointed every Dart:",2.0
"Fierce, as a Lion, through the Lines he sprung;",1.0
"And from its Anchor force the driving Ship,",1.0
Or furiously against the Woodland roar;,3.0
"The leafy Harvest, tumbling, flies before:",0.0
"So rushed the Hero on the adverse Band,",2.0
So fled the Legions from his powerful Hand;,3.0
"Till soon the rebel Lord he Prisoner made,",0.0
Now reaps the Youth the Glory of his Toil;,2.0
"To him the Monarch gives the Martial Spoil,",1.0
And makes him First Commander of his Host.,1.0
"Thus, was his Labour crowned with Wealth and Fame:",0.0
But Wealth and Fame insipid Things appear;,0.0
"To give them Taste, he wants the lovely Fair;",0.0
"The lovely Fair, oppressed with equal Grief,",0.0
"To make her happy, wants the glorious Chief.",2.0
"HIS Fame, which soon at Susa was revealed,",1.0
Heroic Actions seldom lie concealed,0.0
And filled her doubtful Soul with Hopes and Fears:,0.0
"For, though the wise PRISCILLA often strove",1.0
With prudent Counsel to suppress her Love;,1.0
"Her Love was only lessened, not suppressed;",0.0
"But glows again, again distracts her Breast.",0.0
"AS when, in rural Cots, the Flames aspire,",0.0
"If chance a latent Spark remain behind,",0.0
"The Fires again, with former Fury, rise,",0.0
"Flame through the Roof, and flash into the Skies:",0.0
"So in her Bosom glows the amorous Fire,",2.0
And fills her tender Soul with soft Desire.,0.0
And is my FELIX yet alive? she says;,1.0
"Ah! why, you Heavens, are feeble Mortals cursed,",2.0
"In Things uncertain, to believe the worst?",1.0
"There, with my Eyes, confirm the blessed Report:",1.0
"Hope flies before, and points the pleasing Way;",1.0
"Love urges on, and Love I must obey.",2.0
"SO saying, to PRISCILLA straight she came,",1.0
"The pious Dame, with tender Pity swayed,",0.0
Approves the Passion of the loving Maid;,1.0
Resolved herself to view the Hero's Face.,0.0
"The Hero meets them at the Regal Gate,",0.0
"Arrayed in Armour, formidably great;",1.0
"For on that Morning, by the King's Command,",2.0
The Chief was to review the Martial Band:,2.0
"The nodding Plumes around his Temples wave,",0.0
"With awful Grace, and beautifully brave.",1.0
The joyous Stream descended from his Eyes:,1.0
"The Nymph beheld the weeping Chief; nor knew,",0.0
"For what he wept, nor whom she came to view:",0.0
"The dreadful Warrior, not the Lover, told:",0.0
"But, when he cast the Helmet from his Head,",1.0
And through the Gates the blushing Damsel led;,1.0
"She knew her Lover, clasped him to her Breast,",1.0
While silent Eloquence her Joy confessed:,1.0
"The conscious Pains an absent Lover bears,",0.0
"Despair, fallacious Hope, and anxious Fears,",0.0
"For want of Words, were painted with their Tears.",1.0
The joyful Hero thus the Nymph addressed:,0.0
YOU Gods! and have I then my Charmer found?,0.0
"Yes! let me clasp thee to my longing Arms,",2.0
"Drink in thy Breath, and feed upon thy Charms.",0.0
"As widowed Turtles, roving round the Fields,",0.0
"Through all the fruitful Stores, which Nature yields,",0.0
"Cursed in the mid of Plenty, cannot eat;",0.0
"But starve, lamenting for their absent Mate:",1.0
Thus have I been with Fame and Riches graced;,0.0
"Yet wanted thee, to give my Riches Taste.",1.0
"But say, how came this Wealth I wanted most?",0.0
What brought my Love to this Barbarian Coast?,3.0
HE said; and now the joyful Damsel spoke,0.0
The Dangers which she suffered for his sake;,1.0
"Shows him the Dame, who found her on the Tide;",1.0
"PRISCILLA too, who all her Wants supplied:",0.0
"Then, prostrate, on her Knees before him bends,",1.0
And begs him to reward her faithful Friends.,1.0
"The grateful Chief, by native Goodness swayed,",0.0
"Embraced them both, and soon the Nymph obeyed;",0.0
"But first before his Royal Master came,",0.0
And begs he may resign his Post of Fame:,1.0
"At which the Monarch frowns with awful Eyes,",0.0
"Till FELIX straight, who saw his Passion rise,",0.0
"Falls on the Ground, and to his Master shows",1.0
The various Scene of all his amorous Woes.,4.0
"This heard, the King resumes his former Grace;",0.0
"Love tuned his Soul, and smoothed his ruffled Face:",1.0
"He raised the Hero, bids the Nymph appear;",0.0
The Nymph approached him with a modest Fear;,1.0
"Mute, on the Ground awhile he fixed his Eyes;",0.0
"Then, Is the Force of Love so great? he cries:",0.0
We falsely Man the World's Commander call;,0.0
Young AMMON's Self could not thy Power confine;,3.0
"The World his Subject was, but He was thine.",2.0
"THEN, smiling, thus he cheered the trembling Fair:",0.0
"For, since thy Love has conquered Wind and Sea,",0.0
Let HYMEN straight confirm the Marriage Ties;,1.0
"THUS said, he crowned the Hero's Martial Care,",1.0
With Riches far superior to the Fair:,1.0
"Due Thanks returned, they to PRISCILLA came,",2.0
In comely Robes the grateful Pair adorn;,0.0
"With ample Wealth her former Bliss restored,",0.0
And from the Seas redeemed her Nuptial Lord;,1.0
"Her Nuptial Lord again enjoys his Wife,",0.0
Again delightful Freedom crowns his Life;,0.0
"Till Nature calls him to resign his Breath,",1.0
"In honourable Age, and peaceful Death.",2.0
"THIS done, the loving Couple quit the Shore,",0.0
And joyfully the destined Port explore;,1.0
And wanton CUPIDS hail them on their Way;,1.0
"Rough THETIS' Self assumes a pleasing Smile,",1.0
Glad to return them to their native Soil;,3.0
"Where sacred HYMEN joined their mutual Hands,",2.0
"And Heaven, indulgent, blessed their Nuptial Bands.",0.0
"WITH cautious care, each virtue, trembling claim,",0.0
Perform each duty that can raise thy name.,0.0
"Thy alms bestow, thy prayers in public pay,",0.0
"Restrain thy tongue, each passion must obey.",0.0
"Weep to a friend, the reigning sins lament,",0.0
"And, pitying, hate a beauty that can paint.",2.0
"All meek again ' --  so humble ' --  and so fair,",1.0
Sure so much goodness must be Heaven's own care;,1.0
"That breast, no gall, no wormwood ever knows,",3.0
"Till ' --  enter beauty ' --  brighter than the rose,",1.0
"No sly disguise her faults to cover over,",1.0
No mean applause the purport of her soul;,3.0
"From higher views her mind benevolence shade,",2.0
The social virtues hand in hand are led.,0.0
"Modest though knowing brightens on your hand,",3.0
"And as she brightens, Envy cannot stand.",1.0
"As night retires at break or dawn of light,",0.0
Let Falsehood vanish ' --  Truth shine out more bright.,4.0
"PRECEPT divine! to earth in mercy given,",1.0
"OH, sacred rule of action, worthy heaven!",1.0
Whose pitying love ordained the blessed command,2.0
To bind our nature in a firmer band;,0.0
"Enforce each human sufferers strong appeal,",2.0
And teach the selfish breast what others feel;,0.0
"Wert thou the guide of life, mankind might know",2.0
A calm exemption from the worst of woe;,1.0
"No more the powerful would the weak oppress,",1.0
But tyrants learn the luxury to bless;,1.0
"Mercy the hand, the cruel heart would move",2.0
To soften misery by the deeds of love;,1.0
The impious tongue of falsehood then would cease,3.0
"To blast, with dark suggestions, virtue's peace;",0.0
"No more would spleen, or passion banish rest,",0.0
And plant a pang in fond affection's breast;,0.0
"With altered looks that slight her starting tear,",0.0
And words whose coldness kills from lips so dear.,0.0
"No more the hand she loves would point the dart,",0.0
Whose hidden sting could wound no other heart;,1.0
"No more deserted genius then would fly,",1.0
To breathe in solitude his hopeless sigh;,0.0
Nor fortune with her partial smile debase,1.0
"The spirit, rich in intellectual grace;",2.0
"Who views unmoved, from scenes where grandeur shines,",3.0
The lonely spot where kindred merit pines;,0.0
"The soul heaven formed to soar, by woe depressed,",1.0
Nor heeds the pangs that pierce a generous breast.,2.0
"Thou, righteous law! whose clear and useful light",0.0
"Sheds on the mind a ray divinely bright,",0.0
Condensing in one rule whatever the sage,3.0
"Bid every heart thy hallowed voice revere,",1.0
"To Justice sacred, and to Virtue dear.",1.0
"Adieu to all the splendid Gallantry,",1.0
"Airy Delights, imaginary Joys,",2.0
"To all the Follies of my former State,",1.0
"I'll move no longer in this gaudy Sphere,",1.0
"Without Concern, I'll leave the glittering Seat;",2.0
"No, not the softest Sigh shall sound retreat,",0.0
"Lest Fate should overhear, mistrust my Flight,",0.0
"Pursue me now, and so undo me quite.",1.0
"In these soft Shades, I no Misfortune fear,",3.0
For she will never think to find me here;,1.0
"My Joys, shall be by her no more betrayed,",2.0
"I'll cheat her now, in this kind Masquerade;",2.0
While she in Noise and Crowds does search for me,0.0
I'll lie serene in safe Obscurity.,1.0
"A silent Village does more Pleasures yield,",0.0
Or harmless Sports of the delightful Field;,1.0
"Then all the pageant Glories of a Throne,",1.0
Luxurious Pleasures of the wanton Town.,3.0
"Here is the Copy of lost Paradise,",2.0
The pure and spotless Quintessence of Bliss:,4.0
"All the safe Pastimes Mankind can enjoy,",4.0
"Which Innocence delight, but not destroy:",1.0
As once in Shades were the retiring Gods:,1.0
"These sylvan Joys know no surprising Strife,",1.0
"This is to live, while others spend a Life:",1.0
"Here is the Summum Bonum of the Earth,",1.0
Here the renowned Poets had their Birth;,5.0
"Or hither, from the noisy World retired,",1.0
"Philosophers of old, in Solitude,",1.0
Their own resisting Passions first subdued;,0.0
They knew a Court or City would molest,0.0
The calm Conceptions of a studious Breast.,3.0
"To Solitude his unmatched Pen does raise,",4.0
"How many Monarchs weary of their State,",2.0
Have quit their Glories for a mean retreat;,1.0
"Then why's the wondering World amazed at me,",2.0
For leaving Fraud and Infidelity?,1.0
The poor mistaken World who places Joys,0.0
"In splendid Popularity and Noise,",1.0
"When after all it's Search it must conclude,",0.0
"Are all its pleasing happy Moments gone,",0.0
On them each Nymph neglected Favour throws.,2.0
"They meet Compliance still in every Face,",0.0
And lodge their Passions in a kind Embrace:,0.0
"True Love for Counterfeit, and Gold for Lead.",1.0
"He levels blindly, yet the Mark does hit,",0.0
"And owes the Victory to Chance, not Wit.",1.0
But let him conquer ever one Blow be struck;,2.0
"Proud of my Fate, I would not change my Chains",0.0
"But he is happy; loves the common Road,",1.0
"If Phyllis peevish, or unkind does prove,",1.0
It never disturbs his grave mechanic Love.,2.0
"A little Joy his languid Flame contents,",0.0
And makes him easy under all Events.,0.0
"But when a Passion's noble and sublime,",1.0
And higher still would every Moment climb;,0.0
"If it's accepted with a just Return,",2.0
"The Fire's immortal, will for ever burn;",3.0
That Saints in Paradise are scarce more blessed.,0.0
"But I lament my Miseries in vain,",2.0
"For Delia hears me pitiless, complain.",1.0
"What Satisfaction can from thence accrue,",1.0
"Unless her Pity, makes her love me too?",0.0
"Perhaps she loves, it's but perhaps, I fear,",1.0
"If she has Scruples that oppose her Will,",1.0
"I must alas, be miserable still.",1.0
"Though if she loves, those Scruples soon will fly",1.0
"For where Love enters, he will rule alone,",2.0
And suffer no Copartner in his Throne:,1.0
"And those false Arguments, that would repel",3.0
"His high Injunctions, teach us to rebel.",0.0
To cure the Bleeding of his fatal Wound:,1.0
"If she, who guided the vexatious Dart",2.0
Resolves to cherish and increase the Smart?,1.0
"Go Youth, from these unhappy Plains remove,",2.0
Leave the Pursuit of unsuccessful Love;,2.0
Tell them the Cruelty of frowning Fate:,1.0
"Tell them how fair, but tell them how unkind.",1.0
"And when few Years thou hast in Sorrow spent,",0.0
"For sure they cannot be of large Extent,",0.0
"And bless the Minute gives thee Ease, and Death.",0.0
Here paused the Swain ' --  When Delia driving by,1.0
"By Love directed, did her Steps convey",0.0
"He rose to meet her, and thus, trembling, said.",2.0
And in severe Afflictions beg for Ease;,0.0
And their Petitions every Day renew;,1.0
"Grow still more earnest as they are denied,",3.0
"Till Heaven, those Blessings, they enjoyed before,",1.0
Not only does return; but gives them more.,0.0
"OH, do not blame me, Delia! if I press",1.0
"So much, and with Impatience, for Redress.",2.0
For they are next intolerable now;,2.0
"How shall I then support them, when they grow",0.0
"To an Excess, to a distracting Woe?",2.0
"Relieve like Heaven, and like the Gods be kind.",0.0
"Did you perceive the Torments, I endure,",3.0
"Which you first caused, and you alone can cure:",4.0
They would your Virgin Soul to Pity move;,0.0
And pity may at last be changed to Love.,1.0
"But let them suffer for their Perjury,",2.0
"And do not punish others Crimes in me,",0.0
Yours should more kindly use the faithful few,0.0
Though Innocence too oft incurs the Fate,2.0
"Of Guilt, and clears it self sometime too late.",2.0
Your Nature is to Tenderness inclined;,2.0
"And why to me, to me alone unkind?",2.0
"A common Love, by other Persons shown,",0.0
"Meets with a full Return, but mine has none:",1.0
"Nay scarce believed: though from Deceit as free,",2.0
"As Angels Flames, can for Archangels be.",2.0
A Passion feigned at no Repulse is grieved;,0.0
"But Love sincere, resents the smallest Scorn,",0.0
"Sometime I please my self, and think you are",1.0
"Too good, to make me wretched by Despair.",1.0
"That Tenderness, which in your Soul is placed,",1.0
Will move you to Compassion sure at last.,1.0
But when I come to take a serious View,2.0
To raise in her the least Esteem of me?,1.0
My Fortune's little; and my Worth is less.,1.0
Can make Impressions on a generous Mind:,3.0
There cannot be a nobler Flame than mine.,2.0
"Perhaps you pity me: I know you must,",1.0
And my Affection can no more distrust:,3.0
"But what, Alas! will helpless Pity do?",0.0
"You pity, but you may despise me too.",2.0
"Still I am wretched, if no more you give,",2.0
"The starving Orphan can't on Pity live,",0.0
"He must receive the Food for which he cries,",0.0
"Or he consumes; and though much pitied, dies.",3.0
"My Torments still do with my Passion grow,",2.0
"The more I love, the more I undergo.",0.0
But suffer me no longer to remain,3.0
Beneath the Pressures of so vast a Pain.,1.0
My Wound requires some speedy Remedy:,1.0
"Delays are fatal, when Despair's so nigh.",0.0
"Too much, indeed, for one that loves so well.",2.0
When will the end of all my Sorrows be?,0.0
"Can you not love, I'm sure, you pity me?",2.0
"But if I must new Miseries sustain,",3.0
"And be condemned to more, and stronger Pain;",0.0
"I'll not accuse you, since my Fate is such,",0.0
"I please too little, and I love too much,",3.0
Excuse the Conduct of a timorous Maid:,3.0
"Now I'm convinced your Love's sublime and true,",2.0
Such as I always wished to find in you.,1.0
"Each kind Expression, every tender Thought",0.0
A mighty Transport in my Bosom wrought:,0.0
"And though in secret I your Flame approved,",2.0
"I sighed and grieved, but durst not own I loved;",0.0
What Shame will not allow me to confess.,1.0
"The Youth encompassed with a Joy so bright,",1.0
Had hardly Strength to bear the vast Delight;,0.0
"By too sublime an Ecstasy possessed,",1.0
"He trembled, gazed, and clasped her to his Breast:",1.0
"Adored the Nymph that did his Pain remove,",0.0
"Vowed endless Truth, and everlasting Love.",1.0
"THY Forests, Windsor! and thy green Retreats,",1.0
"At once the Monarch's and the Muse's Seats,",2.0
"Invite my Lays. Be present, Sylvan Maids!",0.0
"Unlock your Springs, and open all your Shades.",0.0
Granville commands: Your Aid OH Muses bring!,3.0
What Muse for Granville can refuse to sing?,1.0
"The Groves of Eden, vanished now so long,",0.0
"Live in Description, and look green in Song:",3.0
"These, were my Breast inspired with equal Flame,",3.0
"Like them in Beauty, should be like in Fame.",0.0
"Here Hills and Vales, the Woodland and the Plain,",1.0
"Here Earth and Water seem to strive again,",0.0
"But as the World, harmoniously confused:",4.0
"Where Order in Variety we see,",1.0
"And where, though all things differ, all agree.",1.0
And part admit and part exclude the Day;,0.0
As some coy Nymph her Lover's warm Address,1.0
"Nor quite indulges, nor can quite repress.",1.0
"There, interspersed in Lawns and opening Glades,",2.0
Thin Trees arise that shun each others Shades.,1.0
Here in full Light the russet Plains extend;,1.0
There wrapped in Clouds the blueish Hills ascend:,0.0
"Even the wild Heath displays her Purple Dies,",2.0
"And mid the Desert fruitful Fields arise,",0.0
"That crowned with tufted Trees and springing Corn,",0.0
Like verdant Isles the sable Waste adorn.,0.0
"Let India boast her Plants, nor envy we",4.0
"The weeping Amber or the balmy Tree,",1.0
"While by our Oaks the precious Loads are born,",0.0
And Realms commanded which those Trees adorn.,0.0
"Not proud Olympus yields a nobler Sight,",1.0
"Though Gods assembled grace his towering Height,",0.0
"Than what more humble Mountains offer here,",0.0
"Where, in their Blessings, all those Gods appear.",0.0
"See Pan with Flocks, with Fruits Pomona crowned,",1.0
"Here Ceres' Gifts in waving Prospect stand,",2.0
"Rich Industry sits smiling on the Plains,",4.0
"And Peace and Plenty tell, a STUART reigns.",0.0
"Not thus the Land appeared in Ages past,",0.0
"A dreary Desert and a gloomy Waste,",1.0
"To Savage Beasts and The Forest Laws. Savage Laws a Prey,",3.0
And Kings more furious and severe than they:,3.0
The lonely Lords of empty Wilds and Woods.,0.0
"Cities laid waste, they stormed the Dens and Caves",3.0
"What could be free, when lawless Beasts obeyed,",0.0
And even the Elements a Tyrant swayed?,3.0
"In vain kind Seasons swelled the teeming Grain,",1.0
"Soft Showers distilled, and Suns grew warm in vain;",4.0
"The Swain with Tears to Beasts his Labour yields,",0.0
And famished dies amid his ripened Fields.,0.0
No wonder Savages or Subjects slain,2.0
Were equal Crimes in a Despotic Reign;,1.0
But Subjects starved while Savages were fed.,1.0
"Proud Nimrod first the bloody Chase began,",1.0
"A mighty Hunter, and his Prey was Man.",1.0
"Our haughty Norman boasts that barbarous Name,",2.0
And makes his trembling Slaves the Royal Game.,0.0
"The levelled Towns with Weeds lie covered over,",1.0
The hollow Winds through naked Temples roar;,0.0
Over Heaps of Ruins stalked the stately Hind;,0.0
"The Fox obscene to gaping Tombs retires,",0.0
"Awed by his Nobles, by his Commons cursed,",1.0
"Stretched over the Poor, and Church, his Iron Rod,",3.0
And treats alike his Vassals and his God.,1.0
The wanton Victims of his Sport remain.,1.0
But see the Man who spacious Regions gave,0.0
"A Waste for Beasts, himself denied a Grave!",0.0
At once the Chaser and at once the Prey.,1.0
"Lo Rufus, tugging at the deadly Dart,",1.0
"Bleeds in the Forest, like a wounded Heart.",0.0
"Succeeding Monarchs heard the Subjects Cries,",1.0
Nor saw displeased the peaceful Cottage rise.,0.0
"Then gathering Flocks on unknown Mountains fed,",7.0
"Over sandy Wilds were yellow Harvests spread,",0.0
"The Forests wondered at the unusual Grain,",2.0
And secret Transports touched the conscious Swain.,0.0
"Her cheerful Head, and leads the golden Years.",0.0
"And purer Spirits swell the sprightly Flood,",0.0
"Now range the Hills, the thickest Woods beset,",1.0
"Wind the shrill Horn, or spread the waving Net.",3.0
"When milder Autumn Summer's Heat succeeds,",0.0
"Before his Lord the ready Spaniel bounds,",0.0
"Panting with Hope, he tries the furrowed Grounds,",2.0
"But when the tainted Gales the Game betray,",0.0
"Secure they trust the unfaithful Field, beset,",2.0
Till hovering over them sweeps the swelling Net.,2.0
Thus if small Things we may with great compare,2.0
"When Albion sends her eager Sons to War,",2.0
"Pleased, in the General's Sight, the Host lie down",2.0
"Sudden, before some unsuspecting Town,",2.0
"See! from the Brake the whirring Pheasant springs,",0.0
And mounts exulting on triumphant Wings;,1.0
"Short is his Joy! he feels the fiery Wound,",2.0
"Flutters in Blood, and panting beats the Ground.",2.0
"Ah! what avail his glossy, varying Dies,",2.0
The vivid Green his shining Plumes unfold;,0.0
"His painted Wings, and Breast that flames with Gold?",0.0
"Nor yet, when moist Arcturus clouds the Sky,",1.0
The Woods and Fields their pleasing Toils deny.,0.0
And trace the Mazes of the circling Hare.,1.0
"Beasts, taught by us, their Fellow Beasts pursue,",2.0
And learn of Man each other to undo.,1.0
"He lifts the Tube, and levels with his Eye;",1.0
Strait a short Thunder breaks the frozen Sky.,3.0
"Oft, as in Airy Rings they skim the Heath,",0.0
"Oft as the mounting Larks their Notes prepare,",0.0
"They fall, and leave their little Lives in Air.",0.0
"In genial Spring, beneath the quivering Shade",2.0
The patient Fisher takes his silent Stand,0.0
"Intent, his Angle trembling in his Hand;",0.0
And eyes the dancing Cork and bending Reed.,0.0
"The silver Eel, in shining Volumes rolled,",0.0
"And Pikes, the Tyrants of the watery Plains.",3.0
Now Cancer glows with Phoebus' fiery Car;,3.0
The Youth rush eager to the Sylvan War;,2.0
"Swarm over the Lawns, the Forest Walks surround,",3.0
"Rouse the fleet Heart, and cheer the opening Hound.",5.0
"The impatient Courser pants in every Vein,",1.0
"And pawing, seems to beat the distant Plain,",0.0
"Hills, Vales, and Floods appear already crossed,",1.0
"And ere he starts, a thousand Steps are lost.",0.0
"See! the bold Youth strain up the threatening Steep,",1.0
"Rush through the Thickets, down the Valleys sweep,",1.0
And Earth rolls back beneath the flying Steed.,1.0
"Let old Arcadia boast her spacious Plain,",3.0
"The Immortal Huntress, and her Virgin Train;",2.0
Nor envy Windsor! since thy Shades have seen,0.0
"As bright a Goddess, and as chaste a Queen;",1.0
"Whose Care, like hers, protects the Sylvan Reign,",1.0
"The Earth's fair Light, and Empress of the Main.",2.0
"Bathed in the Springs, or sought the cooling Shade;",0.0
"Here armed with Silver Bows, in early Dawn,",0.0
"Above the rest a rural Nymph was famed,",0.0
"The Muse shall sing, and what she sings shall last",0.0
"Scarce could the Goddess from her Nymph be known,",1.0
"But by the Crescent and the golden Zone,",2.0
"She scorned the Praise of Beauty, and the Care;",1.0
"A Belt her Waste, a Fillet binds her Hair,",5.0
"A painted Quiver on her Shoulder sounds,",1.0
And with her Dart the flying Deer she wounds.,1.0
"It chanced, as eager of the Chase the Maid",1.0
"Beyond the Forest's verdant Limits strayed,",0.0
"Pan saw and loved, and furious with Desire",4.0
Pursued her Flight; her Flight increased his Fire.,0.0
"Not half so swift the trembling Doves can fly,",0.0
When the fierce Eagle cleaves the liquid Sky;,2.0
"Not half so swiftly the fierce Eagle moves,",2.0
When through the Clouds he drives the trembling Doves;,0.0
"As from the God with fearful Speed she flew,",1.0
As did the God with equal Speed pursue.,0.0
"Now fainting, sinking, pale, the Nymph appears;",1.0
Now close behind his sounding Steps she hears;,1.0
"And now his Shadow reached her as she run,",1.0
His Shadow lengthened by the setting Sun,1.0
And now his shorter Breath with sultry Air,0.0
"Pants on her Neck, and fans her parting Hair.",0.0
"In vain on Father Thames she calls for Aid,",0.0
Nor could Diana help her injured Maid.,0.0
"Faint, breathless, thus she prayed, nor prayed in vain;",1.0
"Ah Cynthia! ah ' --  though banished from thy Train,",2.0
"Let me, OH let me, to the Shades repair,",2.0
"My native Shades ' --  there weep, and murmur there.",1.0
"She said, and melting as in Tears she lay,",1.0
"In a soft, silver Stream dissolved away.",2.0
"The silver Stream her Virgin Coldness keeps,",0.0
"For ever murmurs, and for ever weeps;",1.0
And bathes the Forest where she ranged before.,0.0
Oft in her Glass the musing Shepherd spies,0.0
"The headlong Mountains and the downward Skies,",2.0
And absent Trees that tremble in the Floods;,0.0
"In the clear azure Gleam the Flocks are seen,",2.0
And floating Forests paint the Waves with Green.,0.0
"Through the fair Scene roll slow the lingering Streams,",4.0
"Then foaming pour along, and rush into the Thames.",0.0
"Thou too, great Father of the British Floods!",2.0
And future Navies on thy Banks appear.,1.0
"A wealthier Tribute, than to thine he gives.",4.0
"No Seas so rich, so full no Streams appear,",2.0
"No Lake so gentle, and no Spring so clear.",3.0
"Not fabled Po more swells the Poets Lays,",0.0
"While through the Skies his shining Current strays,",0.0
To grace the Mansion of our earthly Gods.,1.0
"Nor all his Stars a brighter Lustre show,",0.0
Than the fair Nymphs that gild thy Shore below:,2.0
Might change Olympus for a nobler Hill.,2.0
"Happy the Man whom this bright Court approves,",4.0
"Happy next him who to these Shades retires,",0.0
"Whom Nature charms, and whom the Muse inspires,",0.0
"Successive Study, Exercise and Ease.",0.0
"He gathers Health from Herbs the Forest yields,",0.0
And draws the Aromatic Souls of Flowers.,0.0
Over figured Worlds now travels with his Eye.,2.0
"Consults the Dead, and lives past Ages over.",1.0
"Or wandering thoughtful in the silent Wood,",2.0
"Attends the Duties of the Wise and Good,",1.0
"TO observe a Mean, be to himself a Friend,",2.0
"To follow Nature, and regard his End.",1.0
"Or looks on Heaven with more than mortal Eyes,",0.0
"Amid her Kindred Stars familiar roam,",0.0
"Survey the Region, and confess her Home!",1.0
"Such was the Life great Scipio once admired,",4.0
"You sacred Nine! that all my Soul possess,",0.0
"Bear me, o bear me to sequestered Scenes",1.0
Or where you Muses sport on Cooper's Hill.,0.0
"On Cooper's Hill eternal Wreaths shall grow,",0.0
"While lasts the Mountain, or while Thames shall flow",1.0
"I seem through consecrated Walks to rove,",0.0
And hear soft Music die along the Grove;,1.0
"Led by the Sound I roam from Shade to Shade,",0.0
Here his first Lays Majestic Denham sung;,3.0
OH early lost! what Tears the River shed,1.0
When the sad Pomp along his Banks was led?,3.0
"His drooping Swans on every Note expire,",0.0
And on his Willows hung each Muse's Lyre.,2.0
"Since Fate relentless stopped their Heavenly Voice,",2.0
"No more the Forests ring, or Groves rejoice;",0.0
Who now shall charm the Shades where Cowley strung,0.0
"His living Harp, and lofty Denham sung?",0.0
"But hark! the Groves rejoice, the Forest rings!",0.0
Are these revived? or is it Granville sings?,2.0
"It's yours, my Lord, to bless our soft Retreats,",1.0
"And call the Muses to their ancient Seats,",1.0
"To paint anew the flowery Sylvan Scenes,",2.0
"To crown the Forests with Immortal Greens,",1.0
"Make Windsor Hills in lofty Numbers rise,",1.0
And lift her Turrets nearer to the Skies;,1.0
And add new Lustre to her Silver Star.,2.0
"Surrey, the Granville of a former Age:",3.0
"Bold in the Lists, and graceful in the Dance:",0.0
"In the same Shades the Cupids tuned his Lyre,",3.0
"To the same Notes, of Love, and soft Desire:",2.0
"Fair Geraldine, bright Object of his Vow,",4.0
"Then filled the Groves, as heavenly Myra now.",2.0
"What Kings first breathed upon her winding Shore,",1.0
Or raise old Warriors whose adored Remains,1.0
In weeping Vaults her hallowed Earth contains!,0.0
"Stretch his long Triumphs down through every Age,",4.0
The Lilies blazing on the Regal Shield.,1.0
And leave inanimate the naked Wall;,1.0
"Still in thy Song should vanquished France appear,",0.0
And bleed for ever under Britain's Spear.,0.0
And Palms Eternal flourish round his Urn.,0.0
"Whom not the extended Albion could contain,",3.0
"The Grave unites; where even the Great find Rest,",3.0
And blended lie the Oppressor and the Oppressed!,5.0
"O Fact accursed! What Tears has Albion shed,",2.0
"Heavens! what new Wounds, and how her old have bled?",2.0
"She saw her Sons with purple Deaths expire,",0.0
Her sacred Domes involved in rolling Fire.,0.0
"A dreadful Series of Intestine Wars,",1.0
"In glorious Triumphs, and dishonest Scars.",3.0
At length great ANNA said ' --  Let Discord cease!,2.0
"She said, the World obeyed, and all was Peace!",0.0
Old Father Thames advanced his reverend Head.,1.0
"His Tresses dropped with Dews, and over the Stream",2.0
His shining Horns diffused a golden Gleam:,0.0
"His swelling Waters, and alternate Tides;",3.0
"The figured Streams in Waves of Silver rolled,",0.0
And on their Banks Augusta rose in Gold.,1.0
"Around his Throne the Sea-born Brothers stood,",1.0
"First the famed Authors of his ancient Name,",4.0
"The winding Isis, and the fruitful Tame:",1.0
"Cole, whose clear Streams his flowery Islands lave;",5.0
"And sullen Mole, that hides his diving Flood;",0.0
"High in the mid, upon his Urn reclined,",0.0
The God appeared; he turned his azure Eyes,0.0
"Then bowed and spoke; the Winds forget to roar,",0.0
And the hushed Waves glide softly to the Shore.,5.0
And Harvests on a hundred Realms bestows;,1.0
"These now no more shall be the Muse's Themes,",1.0
"Lost in my Fame, as in the Sea their Streams.",0.0
Let barbarous Ganges arm a servile Train;,3.0
Be mine the Blessings of a peaceful Reign.,1.0
No more my Sons shall die with British Blood,0.0
Safe on my Shore each unmolested Swain,0.0
"Shall tend the Flocks, or reap the bearded Grain;",0.0
The shady Empire shall retain no Trace,1.0
"Of War or Blood, but in the Sylvan Chase,",0.0
"The Trumpets sleep, while cheerful Horns are blown,",0.0
And Arms employed on Birds and Beasts alone.,0.0
Behold! the ascending Villa's on my Side,3.0
"I see, I see where two fair Cities bend",1.0
"Their ample Bow, a new White-Hall ascend!",1.0
"There mighty Nations shall enquire their Doom,",2.0
The World's great Oracle in Times to come;,2.0
Once more to bend before a British QUEEN.,0.0
"Thy Trees, fair Windsor! now shall leave their Woods,",1.0
"And half thy Forests rush into my Floods,",0.0
"Bear Britain's Thunder, and her Cross display,",2.0
To the bright Regions of the rising Day;,3.0
"Tempt Icy Seas, where scarce the Waters roll,",1.0
Where clearer Flames glow round the frozen Pole;,1.0
"Or under Southern Skies exalt their Sails,",0.0
"Led by new Stars, and born by spicy Gales!",3.0
"For me the Balm shall bleed, and Amber flow,",1.0
"The Coral redden, and the Ruby glow,",1.0
"The Pearly Shell its lucid Globe enfold,",0.0
And Phoebus warm the ripening Over to Gold.,2.0
"The Time shall come, when free as Seas or Wind",0.0
"Unbounded Thames shall flow for all Mankind,",1.0
And Oceans join whom they did first divide;,1.0
"Earth's distant Ends our Glory shall behold,",1.0
And the new World launch forth to seek the Old.,4.0
"And Feathered People crowd my wealthy Side,",0.0
While naked Youth and painted Chiefs admire,0.0
"Our Speech, our Colour, and our strange Attire!",0.0
"O stretch thy Reign, fair Peace! from Shore to Shore,",1.0
"Till Conquest cease, and Slavery be no more:",1.0
Till the freed Indians in their native Groves,3.0
"Reap their own Fruits, and woo their Sable Loves,",0.0
"Peru once more a Race of Kings behold,",1.0
"Exiled by Thee from Earth to deepest Hell,",2.0
In Brazen Bonds shall barbarous Discord dwell:,2.0
"Gigantic Pride, pale Terror, gloomy Care,",1.0
"And mad Ambition, shall attend her there.",0.0
"There purple Vengeance bathed in Gore retires,",0.0
"Her Weapons blunted, and extinct her Fires:",1.0
"There hateful Envy her own Snakes shall feel,",1.0
And Persecution mourn her broken Wheel:,0.0
"There Faction roars, Rebellion bites her Chain,",0.0
And bring the Scenes of opening Fate to Light.,2.0
"Paints the green Forests and the flowery Plains,",6.0
"Where Peace descending bids her Olives spring,",0.0
"Even I more sweetly pass my careless Days,",1.0
Pleased in the silent Shade with empty Praise;,0.0
First in these Fields I sung the Sylvan Strains.,0.0
Collect each atom with a sister's care.,1.0
And this alone can give my mind relief;,1.0
"When raised to him ' --  where blessed in God above,",1.0
Does only truth and virtue still approve;,0.0
"But back to Earth distracted do I fly,",0.0
"Pale, lifeless, mangled, there I see him lie!",2.0
"His streaming Blood! ' --  OH Heaven avert the stroke,",1.0
Trace every virtue that I might commend.,1.0
"Thus, when the fatal stroke of Death's designed,",0.0
"Her own sad requiem sings in languid note,",3.0
While over the stream the dying echoes float.,2.0
"But, ah! can youth dwell on the tragic part?",2.0
"Can I describe the trembling, panting heart?",1.0
"The pangs, the terrors of a dying state?",1.0
"Yes ' --  though unskilled, I'll the grim shade pursue,",4.0
And bring the distant terror to my view;,1.0
Dwell on the horrors of that gloomy hour;,1.0
"Death, made familiar, loses half his power.",1.0
"Foes to reflection, enemies to truth!",3.0
"And while sad Fancy paints the dismal scene,",1.0
Where restless ghosts by midnight moons are seen,1.0
"Stalk over the gloomy grave, Muse! be it thine",4.0
"To rouse the vain, the giddy, and supine,",1.0
Who Pleasure's rounds pursue; while young Desire,1.0
"Wakes the gay dream, and feeds the dangerous fire:",5.0
"From these I fly ' --  and now, my pensive soul,",1.0
"Perhaps she calls some lingering, tardy ghost",0.0
"To smell the world, ere the dread hour be lost",3.0
"That parts the night from morn. Come, restless souls,",1.0
Relax from torture; you whom Fate controls,1.0
"To purge your earthly crimes in liquid fire,",0.0
"In anguish plunged, till ages shall expire;",0.0
"This, Rome's grand tenet sin thus washed away,",2.0
"Presumption, hold! Lo, over yonder misty tomb",1.0
"Leans a sad spectre, and bemoans the doom",4.0
Support and guard me in this gloomy hour,0.0
"Of dread enquiry! ' --  Say, thou wretched soul,",2.0
"OH teach a young, rash, inexperienced fool,",5.0
When turned a wanderer from thy house of clay?,1.0
And to each planetary world repair?,1.0
To the dark world? Describe that scene of woe,2.0
"Which thou hast felt, and may I never know!",1.0
The pangs of death too sure shall be thy own;,1.0
And Death's cold horrors hover round thy heart;,1.0
"Thy dying eyes fixed on some darling friend,",2.0
"One gasp, and deep eternity in view,",1.0
"The soul shoots forth, and groans a last adieu.",1.0
"I dare no more ' --  but O! too curious maid,",5.0
Seek not to pierce impenetrable shade,1.0
"Rest there, nor farther search, nor question why;",0.0
Scan not Omnipotence ' --  of that beware;,2.0
Oft the too curious eye is dimmed by blank despair.,5.0
"Farewell, poor Ghost! you horrors of the night,",3.0
"The question unresolved I soon shall know,",1.0
Then let me haste from this sad scene of woe.,2.0
"Henceforth, vain Pleasure, I renounce thy joy,",3.0
"You thoughtless maids who transient dreams pursue,",0.0
No more my moments must be lost with you;,0.0
"No more my soul in empty mirth shall share,",0.0
Or fondly relish pleasures tinged with care.,0.0
OH teach me to redeem each misspent hour;,5.0
"In youth the mind's best gifts most strongly shine,",1.0
Ah! let them not too suddenly decline!,2.0
"In mercy add a few remaining years,",0.0
"The grave shall lose its sting, my soul shall lose its fears.",0.0
MINERVA taught her Arts to human Kind;,0.0
"With such attractive Charms, and graceful Air,",1.0
VENUS was judged the Queen of all the Fair:,2.0
"Such Sense and Beauty to the Painter shone,",1.0
"He drew Two Goddesses, to finish One.",3.0
"WHEN from the Shade of Eden's blissful Bowers,",0.0
"Its Fruit ambrosial and immortal Flowers,",1.0
"Our general Mother who too soon rebelled,",1.0
"Was, with the Partner of her Crime, expelled",2.0
To Fields less fruitful ' --  where the rugged Soil,1.0
With Thorns and Thistles often paid their Toil;,0.0
"Where the pale Flowers soon lost their cheerful Hue,",5.0
"Two Sons the Matron in her Exile bore,",2.0
Unlike in Feature but their Natures more;,1.0
"The eldest Youth for Husbandry renowned,",1.0
Tore up the Surface of the sterile Ground;,1.0
His nervous Arms for rugged Tasks were formed;,0.0
His Cheek but seldom with a Smile adorned;,1.0
"Drops raised by Labour down his Temples run,",2.0
"His Temples tarnished by the midday Sun,",2.0
"Robust of Body, and of Soul severe,",1.0
"Unknown to Pity, and the like to Fear.",1.0
"Not so his Brother, cast in fairer Mould",0.0
Was he ' --  and softer than his fleecy Fold;,2.0
"Fair were his Cheeks that blushed with rosy Die,",0.0
"Peace dwelled for ever in his cheerful Eye,",1.0
"Nor Guilt, nor Rage his gentle Spirit knew;",0.0
"Those were to feed and watch the tender Lamb,",1.0
"From burning Suns his thirsty Flocks to hide,",0.0
"'Twas ere rude Hands had reaped the waving Grain,",2.0
"When Plenty triumphed on the fertile Plain,",1.0
"That to the Centre of a pleasant Down,",2.0
First to the Pile unhappy Cain drew nigh.,1.0
"Choice was his Offering, yet no Sign appeared,",1.0
"No Flame was seen, nor Voice celestial heard:",1.0
"Astonished stood the late presumptuous Man,",2.0
Then came his Brother with a trembling Lamb;,1.0
His God accepts the Sacrifice sincere;,0.0
The Flames propitious round the Slain appear;,0.0
The curling Smoke ascended to the Skies:,1.0
"This Cain beheld, and rolled his glowing Eyes.",0.0
"Stung to the Soul, he with his frantic Hand",1.0
"A Stone uprooted from the yielding Sand,",1.0
Nor spoke ' --  for Rage had stopped his failing Tongue;,0.0
The heavy Death impetuous whirled along:,0.0
This Abel met ' --  his Heart received the Wound;,0.0
"Amazed he fell, and grasped the bloody Ground.",0.0
"The gentle Spirit sprung to endless Day,",0.0
"Pale stood the Brother ' --  to a Statue chilled,",3.0
A conscious Horror through his Bosom thrilled:,1.0
"Shocked at the Sight of Murder first begun,",0.0
"Down the steep Heavens rolled the radiant Sun,",2.0
"Old Night assuming her appointed Sway,",2.0
Stretched her black Mantle over the Face of Day:,5.0
The careful Parents search the Fields around;,0.0
They call ' --  the Woods roll back an empty Sound.,1.0
"Within a Forest's solitary Gloom,",0.0
"Slept gentle Abel in a secret Tomb,",1.0
And there beneath a Cypress Shade reclined,1.0
Cain breathed his Sorrows to the rushing Wind:,2.0
That in the Branches made a doleful Sound;,0.0
"'Twas Silence else, and horrid Darkness round,",1.0
When lo! a sudden and a piercing Ray,1.0
"And then descended on the hallowed Ground,",1.0
Afflicted Cain that knew not where to fly,0.0
Gazed on the Vision with distracted Eye:,1.0
"When thus the Angel ' --  Why these mournful Cries,",0.0
These loud Complaints that pierce the nightly Skies.,0.0
"Lie not to Heaven, but directly say,",1.0
He said ' --  and thus the guilty Wretch returned;,0.0
"OH sacred Guardian, I for Abel mourned:",2.0
"I never beheld him since the Day began, ' --",2.0
But why this Visit to a simple Man?,1.0
Thy Brother's Blood may slumber in its Tomb:,0.0
And dare attempt deceiving God most high;,0.0
"But now thy Doom, OH wretched Mortal hear;",1.0
"The fleeting Hours nor the rolling Year,",0.0
"To thee nor Joy, nor cheerful Ease shall bring:",1.0
"Alike to thee the Winter and the Spring,",2.0
"Still vexed with Woe, thy heavy Days shall fly",1.0
Beneath a radiant or a gloomy Sky:,1.0
"Cursed shalt thou be amid thy vagrant Band,",1.0
"He ceased ' --  But Cain all prostrate on the Ground,",1.0
Still in his Ears retained the dreadful Sound:,0.0
"At length he rose, and trembling thus began;",0.0
This is too much ' --  too much for mortal Man:,0.0
"The mighty Debt, OH let me quickly pay,",1.0
And sweep me instant from the Beams of Day:,1.0
"The yet unborn, that I am cursed, shall know,",1.0
And all shall hate me to augment the Blow:,1.0
"Even my own Sons, if such are given to be",3.0
"The Death of Abel, shall revenge on me:",0.0
"Thus he to change the dreadful Sentence tried,",0.0
"This Mark, OH Cain, I fix upon thy Brow:",1.0
"And thus by Heaven's mighty Monarch vow,",0.0
"Who sheds thy Blood, that Criminal shall be",1.0
Thus be that Mortal who shall tear the Rod,0.0
Of scorching Vengeance from the Hand of God;,1.0
That Man may learn to fear the King of Kings:,0.0
"He said ' --  and waving his immortal Wings,",1.0
"That instant mingled with the starry Train,",1.0
And Darkness wrapped the silent Shades again.,0.0
"Bring, bring the lyre, to usher in the morn;",1.0
"Delia, the gentlest Maid, to day was born:",4.0
"And though she twenty summer suns has seen,",1.0
"Though now among the nymphs of Britain's Queen,",0.0
Is still the gentlest Maid upon the green.,2.0
"Without a foe, and worthy every Friend.",0.0
In one bright calm may each succeeding year,3.0
"Roll guiltless on, unruffled by a care!",3.0
Till future Maids of Honour have approved,2.0
"The grove she haunted, and the stream she loved:",1.0
That Innocence and Pleasure are the same.,2.0
"WHERE Kensington high over the neighbouring lands,",6.0
"'Midst greens and sweets, a regal fabric stands,",1.0
"And sees each spring, luxuriant in her bowers,",1.0
"A snow of blossoms, and a wild of flowers,",1.0
The dames of Britain oft in crowds repair,0.0
"Here, while the town in damps and darkness lies,",0.0
"They breathe in sunshine, and see azure skies",3.0
"Where rich brocades and glossy damasks glow,",0.0
"Here England's Daughter, darling of the land,",1.0
"Sometime, surrounded with her virgin band,",2.0
"Gleams through the shades. She, towering over the rest,",2.0
"Stands fairest of the fairer kind confessed,",2.0
And charm a people to her father's side.,1.0
"Long have these groves to royal guests been known,",0.0
Ere Norman banners waved in British air;,1.0
Poured in his Danes; ere elder Julius came;,1.0
"The scene of wars, and stained with lovers' blood.",0.0
"You, who through gazing crowds, your captive throng,",0.0
"Throw pangs and passions, as you move along,",2.0
"Turn on the left, you fair, your radiant eyes,",0.0
"Ere heaved your hearts, or shivered through your veins,",2.0
"Look down attentive on the pleasing dale,",3.0
And listen to my melancholy tale.,1.0
"That hollow space, where now in living rows,",0.0
"But far, far sweeter in its ancient days,",1.0
"Far sweeter was it, when its peopled ground",2.0
With fairy domes and dazzling towers were crowned.,2.0
"Where in the mid those verdant pillars spring,",0.0
Rose the proud palace of the Elfin king;,4.0
"For every hedge of vegetable green,",2.0
"In happier years a crowded street was seen,",1.0
"Nor all those leaves, that now the prospect grace,",0.0
Could match the numbers of its pigmy race.,1.0
"What urged this mighty empire to its fate,",1.0
A tale of woe and wonder I relate.,1.0
"When Albion ruled the land, whose lineage came",4.0
"From Neptune mingling with a mortal dame,",1.0
Their midnight pranks the sprightly fairies played,1.0
"On every hill, and danced in every shade.",0.0
"But, foes to sunshine, most they took delight",1.0
Or scooped the bosom of the blasted oak;,1.0
"Or heard, overshadowed by some shelving hill,",3.0
The distant murmurs of the falling rill.,1.0
"They, rich in pilfered spoils, indulged their mirth,",3.0
And pitied the huge wretched sons of earth.,5.0
"Even now, it's said, the hinds overheard their strain,",3.0
And strive to view their airy forms in vain;,0.0
"They to their cells at man's approach repair,",1.0
The while poor mortals startle at the sound,1.0
Of unseen footsteps on the haunted ground.,2.0
"Amid this garden, then with woods overgrown,",3.0
Stood the loved seat of royal Oberon.,3.0
From every region to his palace gate,1.0
"Came peers and princes of the fairy state,",2.0
"Who, ranked in council round the sacred shade,",0.0
"From Thame's fair banks, by lofty towers adorned,",3.0
With loads of plunder oft his chiefs returned:,0.0
"Hence in proud robes, and colours bright and gay,",3.0
Shone every knight and every lovely fay.,1.0
"Hath famed king Pepin and his court surveyed,",2.0
"May guess, if old by modern things we trace,",0.0
"By magic fenced, by spell encompassed round,",0.0
No mortal touched this interdicted ground;,1.0
"No mortal entered, those alone who came",2.0
Stolen from the couch of some terrestrial dame:,3.0
"For oft of babes they robbed the matron's bed,",0.0
"Was fostered here, the wonder of the wood;",1.0
"As through the regal dome she sought for prey,",1.0
Observed the infant Albion where he lay,1.0
And stole him from the sleeping mother's side.,1.0
"Ah wretched nymph, to future evils blind!",0.0
The time shall come when thou shalt dearly pay,2.0
And all her sorrows doubled shall be thine:,0.0
"He who adorns thy house, the lovely boy",0.0
"Who now adorns it, shall at length destroy.",0.0
Two hundred moons in their pale course had seen,3.0
And Albion now had reached in youthful prime,2.0
"To nineteen years, as mortals measure time.",1.0
Her utmost art to rear the princely boy.,1.0
"Whence through his veins the powerful juices ran,",2.0
"Yet still, two inches teller than the rest,",2.0
His lofty port his human birth confessed;,0.0
"A foot in height, how stately did he show!",0.0
How look superior on the crowd below!,1.0
"A shape so nice, or features half so fair,",0.0
What elf could boast! or such a flow of hair!,1.0
"Bright Kenna saw, a princess born to reign,",1.0
And felt the charmer burn in every vein.,0.0
"She, heiress to this empire's potent lord,",1.0
"Praised like the stars, and next the moon adored.",0.0
"In her high palace languished, void of joy,",2.0
And pined in secret for a mortal boy.,1.0
"He too was smitten, and discreetly strove",1.0
By courtly deeds to gain the virgin's love;,0.0
"For her he culled the fairest flowers that grew,",2.0
Ere morning suns had drained their fragrant dew;,1.0
"He chased the hornet in his midday flight,",1.0
"When on ripe fruit she cast a wishing eye,",3.0
Did ever Albion think the tree too high!,3.0
"He showed her where the pregnant goldfinch hung,",1.0
"To her the inscription on their eggs he read,",2.0
"To her he showed each herb of virtuous juice,",3.0
"Their powers distinguished, and described their use:",3.0
"All vain their powers alas to Kenna prove,",2.0
"As when a ghost, enlarged from realms below,",0.0
"Seeks its old friend to tell some secret woe,",3.0
"The poor shade shivering stands, and must not break",3.0
"His painful silence, till the mortal speak;",1.0
Forbid to utter what her eyes betrayed.,0.0
"He saw her anguish, and revealed his flame,",1.0
"The day would fail me, should I reckon over",0.0
"The sighs they lavished, and the oaths they swore;",1.0
"In words so melting, that, compared with those,",0.0
"All in a lawn of many a various hue,",4.0
A bed of flowers a fairy forest grew;,2.0
"The still, the secret, silent hour of day,",0.0
Beneath a lofty tulip's ample shade,0.0
Sat the young lover and the immortal maid.,6.0
"They thought all fairies slept, ah luckless pair!",0.0
Thus all the softness of his soul expressed.,1.0
' All things are hushed. The sun's meridian rays,2.0
' Veil the horizon in one mighty blaze;,2.0
' Nor moon nor star in heaven's blue arch is seen,3.0
' With kindly rays to silver over the green.,2.0
' Grateful to fairy eyes; they secret take,2.0
"' Their rest, and only wretched mortals wake.",0.0
"' This dead of day I fly to thee alone,",1.0
"' A world to me, a multitude in one.",1.0
' When the sky opens and the evening dawns!,3.0
"' Streight as the pink, that tours so high in air",0.0
"' Soft as the bluebell! as the daisy, fair",1.0
"' Blessed be the hour, when first I was conveyed",1.0
' An infant captive to this blissful shade!,1.0
"' And blessed the hand that did my form refine,",0.0
' And shrunk my stature to a match with thine!,1.0
' Glad I for thee renounce my royal birth;,1.0
"' Renounce thy kind, and love for love return.",0.0
"' So from us two, combined by nuptial ties,",1.0
"' O speak, my love! my vows with vows repay,",0.0
' And sweetly swear my rising fears away.',0.0
To whom the shining azure of her eyes,1.0
"' By all the stars, and first the glorious moon,",2.0
"' I swear, and by the head of Oberon,",1.0
' A dreadful oath! no prince of fairy line,1.0
' Shall ever in wedlock plight his vows with mine.,3.0
"' Wherever my footsteps in the dance are seen,",2.0
"' May the keen east-wind blight my favourite flowers,",4.0
"' Confined whole ages in an hemlock shade,",2.0
' There rather pine I a neglected maid;,1.0
"' Than any prince, a prince of fairy line,",0.0
' In sacred wedlock plight his vows with mine.',1.0
She ended: and with lips of rosy hue,1.0
"Dipped five times over in ambrosial dew,",2.0
"Stifled his words. When from his covert reared,",2.0
The frowning brow of Oberon appeared.,0.0
"A sun-flower's trunk was near, whence killing sight!",1.0
"The monarch issued, half an ell in height:",0.0
"Full on the pair a furious look he cast,",2.0
"That through the woodland echoed far and wide,",0.0
And drew a swarm of subjects to his side.,1.0
"A hundred chosen knights, in war renowned,",0.0
Drive Albion banished from the sacred ground;,4.0
"If fame in arms, with ancient birth combined,",0.0
"To love and praise can generous souls incline,",2.0
"Blood, only less than royal, filled thy veins,",1.0
"Proud was thy roof, and large thy fair domains,",0.0
"And short-lived Warwick saddened all the shades,",1.0
Thy dwelling stood; nor did in him afford,1.0
"For thee a hundred fields produced their store,",1.0
And by thy name ten thousand vassals swore;,2.0
"So loved thy name, that, at their monarch's choice,",1.0
All Fairy shouted with a general voice.,1.0
That from his bosom heaved the golden vest.,0.0
"Wide was his range, and populous his clan.",1.0
"When cleanly servants, if we trust old tales,",2.0
"Whole heaps of silver tokens, nightly paid",1.0
Sunk not his stores. With smiles and powerful bribes,2.0
"And ere the night the face of heaven had changed,",0.0
Beneath his banners half the fairies ranged.,0.0
"Meanwhile driven back to earth, a lonely way",1.0
"A long, long journey, choked with brakes and thorns,",1.0
"'Twas then a spreading stream, though now its fame",0.0
"Obscured, it bears the creek's inglorious name,",2.0
"And creeps, as through contracted bounds it strays,",1.0
A leap for boys in these degenerate days.,2.0
"On the clear crystal's verdant bank he stood,",2.0
"And thrice looked backward on the fatal wood,",2.0
"And thrice he groaned, and thrice he beat his breast,",0.0
And thus in tears his kindred gods addressed.,0.0
"' If true, you watery powers, my lineage came",6.0
' From Neptune mingling with a mortal dame;,1.0
"' And urge the god, whose trident shakes the earth,",0.0
"' To grace his offspring, and assert my birth.'",2.0
"And, touched with pity for a lover's care,",1.0
"Shoots to the sea, where low beneath the tides",0.0
Roused at the news the sea's stern sultan swore,1.0
"But first the nymph his harbinger he sends,",1.0
And to her care his favourite boy commends.,1.0
"As through the Thames her backward course she guides,",1.0
Along his banks the pygmy legions spread,0.0
And counts the ocean's god among his sires;,0.0
"' The ocean's god, by whom shall be overthrown",0.0
' Styx heard his oath the tyrant Oberon.,1.0
' Lies Albion: Him the Fates your leader doom.,2.0
And hopes of vengeance triumphed over love.,0.0
See now the mourner of the lonely shade,2.0
"By gods protected, and by hosts obeyed,",1.0
"A slave, a chief, by fickle Fortune's play,",0.0
In the short course of one revolving day.,4.0
"What wonder if the youth, so strangely blessed,",1.0
Felt his heart flutter in his little breast!,3.0
He views extended half an acre wide;,0.0
"More light he treads, more tall he seems to rise,",0.0
"OH for thy Muse, Mr. ADDISON. great Bard, whose lofty strains",4.0
In battle joined the Pygmies and the Cranes!,1.0
"Each gandy knight, had I that warmth divine,",1.0
Each coloured legion in my verse should shine.,0.0
"But simple I, and innocent of art,",2.0
"The tale, that soothed my infant years, impart,",0.0
"And sing the battles, that my nurse inspired.",0.0
"Thick rows of spears at once, with sudden glare,",1.0
"A grove of needles, glitter in the air;",0.0
"Loose in the wind small ribbon streamers flow,",1.0
"Dipped in all colours of the heavenly bow,",2.0
"And the gay host, that now its march pursues,",2.0
Gleams over the meadows in a thousand hues.,3.0
"In various robes their silken troops were seen,",2.0
"The blue, the red, and prophet's sacred green:",0.0
First stained his maiden sword in Turkish blood.,1.0
Unseen and silent march the slow brigades,0.0
"In hopes already vanquished by surprise,",1.0
"The march concludes; and now in prospect near,",0.0
"But fenced with arms, the hostile towers appear,",2.0
"For Oberon, or Druids falsely sing,",0.0
"Hence in a crescent formed, his legions bright",0.0
"To charge their foes they march, a glittering band,",2.0
"Let chiefs imagine, and let lovers guess!",3.0
"Forth issuing from his ranks, that strove in vain",2.0
"To cheque his course, athwart the dreadful plain",0.0
He strides indignant: and with haughty cries,1.0
To single fight the fairy prince defies.,0.0
"Nor, sprung from mortals, with immortals vie.",1.0
"No god stands ready to avert thy doom,",3.0
"My words are vain ' --  no words the wretch can move,",1.0
"And sees no danger, while he sees her eyes.",1.0
"Now from each host the eager warriors start,",0.0
And furious Albion flings his hasty dart:,4.0
"'Twas feathered from the bee's transparent wing,",2.0
And its shaft ended in a hornet's sting;,2.0
"But, tossed in rage, it flew without a wound,",0.0
"High over the foe, and guiltless pierced the ground,",3.0
"Drove through the sevenfold shield, and silken vest,",3.0
"Roused at the smart, and rising to the blow,",1.0
"With his keen sword he cleaves his fairy foe,",2.0
"Sheer from the shoulder to the waist he cleaves,",1.0
"His useless steel brave Albion wields no more,",3.0
"But sternly smiles, and thinks the combat over:",0.0
"So had it been, had aught of mortal strain,",0.0
Or less than fairy felt the deadly pain.,0.0
"Gashed and dismembered, easily unite.",4.0
"Though broke, if cured by some nice virgin's hands,",1.0
In its old strength and pristine beauty stands;,3.0
And hold secure the Coffee's sable waves:,0.0
Rejoin the vital trunk whence first it grew;,0.0
"And, while in wonder fixed poor Albion stood,",3.0
Plunged the cursed sabre in his heart's warm blood.,4.0
"The breast to Kenna sacred and to love,",1.0
Lie rent and mangled: and the gaping wound,2.0
Pours out a flood of purple on the ground.,1.0
"' O Kenna, Kenna, thrice he tried to say,",0.0
' Kenna farewell:' and sighed his soul away.,3.0
"The sea's great sire, with looks denouncing war,",3.0
"The trident shakes, and mounts the pearly carr:",0.0
And works the madding ocean into storms.,0.0
"Over foaming mountains, and through bursting tides,",1.0
"Now high, now low, the bounding chariot rides,",4.0
"It shoots, and lands him on the destined shore.",1.0
"Now fixed on earth his towering stature stood,",1.0
"Hung over the mountains, and overlooked the wood.",5.0
"The valleys trembled, and the forests shook",1.0
"The next huge step reached the devoted shade,",3.0
Where choked in blood was wretched Albion laid:,2.0
"Where now the vanquished, with the victors joined,",1.0
Beneath the regal banners stood combined.,0.0
"The embattled dwarfs with rage and scorn he past,",1.0
And on their town his eye vindictive cast.,1.0
"Its deep foundations his strong trident cleaves,",2.0
And high in air the uprooted empire heaves;,2.0
"On his broad engine the vast ruin hung,",4.0
Which on the foe with force divine he flung;,0.0
"Aghast the legions in the approaching shade,",2.0
"The inverted spires and rocking domes surveyed,",1.0
That downward tumbling on the host below,1.0
Crushed the whole nation at one dreadful blow.,3.0
"Towers, arms, nymphs, warriors, are together lost,",2.0
"Such was the period, long restrained by Fate,",3.0
And such the downfall of the fairy state.,3.0
"This dale possessed they; and had still possessed,",1.0
"Had not their monarch, with a father's pride,",1.0
"Rent from her lord the inviolable bride,",3.0
"Rash to dissolve the contract sealed above,",3.0
The solemn vows and sacred bonds of love.,0.0
"Now, where his elves so brightly danced the round,",0.0
"No violet breathes, nor daisy paints the ground,",1.0
"His towers and people fill one common grave,",2.0
"A shapeless ruin, and a barren cave.",1.0
Beneath huge hills of smoking piles he lay,1.0
Stunned and confounded a whole summer's day.,4.0
"And the dark den where once his empire stood,",2.0
In every oak a Neptune seemed to rise:,0.0
"He fled: and left, with all his trembling peers,",0.0
The long possession of a thousand years.,1.0
"Through bush, through brake, through groves and gloomy dales,",0.0
"Through dank and dry, over streams and flowery vales,",5.0
"Direct they fled; but often looked behind,",0.0
"Winged with like fear, his abdicated bands",0.0
Disperse and wander into different lands;,0.0
"Part did beneath the Peak's deep caverns lie,",2.0
"Where formidable Neptune never came,",1.0
And seas and oceans are but known by fame:,1.0
"Some to dark woods and secret shades retreat,",3.0
And some on mountains choose their airy seat.,0.0
"But fly from towns, and dread the courts of kings.",0.0
"Meanwhile sad Kenna, loath to quit the grove,",2.0
"Hung over the body of her breathless love,",4.0
"Tried every art vain arts! to change his doom,",2.0
And vowed vain vows! to join him in the tomb.,1.0
What could she do; the Fates alike deny,0.0
"The dead to live, or fairy forms to die.",0.0
"Moly the plant, which gods and fairies know,",2.0
But secret kept from mortal men below.,0.0
"On his pale limbs its virtuous juice she shed,",4.0
"And murmured mystic numbers over the dead,",2.0
When lo! the little shape by magic power,0.0
"Grew less and less, contracted to a flower;",2.0
"A flower, that first in this sweet garden smiled,",4.0
"The newborn plant with sweet regret she viewed,",0.0
"Its ripened seeds from bank to bank conveyed,",0.0
"Thus won from death each spring she sees him grow,",1.0
"And glories in the vegetable snow,",2.0
Its parent's warmth and spotless name retains;,0.0
"First leader of the flowery race aspires,",4.0
"And foremost catches the sun's genial fires,",3.0
"'Midst frosts and snows triumphant dares appear,",1.0
"Mingles the seasons, and leads on the year.",4.0
"Deserted now of all the pygmy race,",0.0
Nor man nor fairy touched this guilty place.,0.0
"In heaps on heaps, for many a rolling age,",2.0
Kenna that gave the neighbouring town its name,4.0
Proud when she saw the ennobled garden shine,2.0
With nymphs and heroes of her lover's line.,1.0
"She vowed to grace the mansions once her own,",0.0
And picture out in plants the fairy town.,1.0
"Soft in his fancy drew a pleasing scheme,",0.0
"With the sweet view the sire of gardens fired,",4.0
"Attempts the labour by the nymph inspired,",1.0
"The walls and streets in rows of yew designs,",0.0
And forms the town in all its ancient lines;,0.0
"The corner trees he lifts more high in air,",0.0
And girds the palace with a verdant square;,1.0
"Nor knows, while round he views the rising scenes,",0.0
He builds a city as he plants his greens.,1.0
With a sad pleasure the aerial maid,6.0
This image of her ancient realm surveyed;,1.0
"Yet here each moon, the hour her lover died,",0.0
"Pleased in the shades to head her fairy train,",0.0
"With lavish charms, perennial summer strays;",2.0
"Soft mid thy spicy groves the zephyr plays,",1.0
While far around the rich perfumes are thrown;,0.0
"Spreads his gay plumes, that catch thy vivid rays;",3.0
"For thee the gems with liquid lustre blaze,",1.0
And Nature's various wealth is all thy own.,2.0
"Those mild gradations, mingling day with night;",0.0
"Here instant darkness shrouds thy genial bloom,",0.0
"Nor leaves my pensive soul that lingering light,",0.0
When musing Memory would each trace resume,1.0
Of fading pleasures in successive flight.,0.0
The inanimate to motion; who alone,2.0
And floods with musical persuasion drew;,1.0
Than art and nature; for thy tuneful touch,1.0
"Drove trembling Satan from the heart of Saul,",2.0
And quelled the evil Angel: ' --  in this breast,0.0
"Some portion of thy genuine spirit breathe,",3.0
"And lift me from myself, each thought impure",2.0
"Banish; each low idea raise, refine,",2.0
"Enlarge, and sanctify; ' --  so shall the muse",1.0
"Above the stars aspire, and aim to praise",0.0
"Her God on earth, as he is praised in heaven.",1.0
"Framed universal Being, and whose eye",2.0
"Saw like thyself, that all things formed were good;",2.0
"Where shall the timorous bard thy praise begin,",2.0
"Where end the purest sacrifice of song,",0.0
"Thy prime production, darts upon my mind",0.0
And fills my soul with gratitude and Thee.,0.0
"Hail to the cheerful rays of ruddy morn,",0.0
"The birds, the cattle, and mankind from rest!",2.0
"Hail to the freshness of the early breeze,",1.0
Without the aid of yonder golden globe,0.0
"Lost were the peacock's plumage, to the sight",1.0
So pleasing in its pomp and glossy glow.,0.0
"Those pansies, that reclining from the bank,",1.0
"Might as well change their tripled boast, the white,",3.0
"The Eastern monarch's garb, even with the dock,",5.0
The tribes of woodland warblers would remain,0.0
"Mute on the bending branches, nor recite",1.0
"The praise of him, who, ever he formed their lord,",3.0
"Their voices tuned to transport, winged their flight,",0.0
"And bade them call for nurture, and receive;",1.0
"And lo! they call; the blackbird and the thrush,",1.0
"He hears and feeds their feathered families,",0.0
"He feeds his sweet musicians, ' --  nor neglects",1.0
The invoking ravens in the greenwood wide;,2.0
"They mean it all for music, thanks and praise",0.0
"But not to all, ' --  for hark the organs blow",0.0
"Their swelling notes round the cathedral's dome,",1.0
"And grace the harmonious choir, celestial feast",6.0
"To pious ears, and medicine of the mind;",1.0
"Join in accordance meet, and with one voice",2.0
All to the sacred subject suit their song.,0.0
While in each breast sweet melancholy reigns,1.0
"The Sun through storied panes surveys with awe,",0.0
"Here, as her home, from morn to eve frequents",1.0
The cherub Gratitude; ' --  behold her eyes!,0.0
"Ecstatic smiles; the incense, that her hands",1.0
"Is more than voice can tell; to him she sings,",1.0
"To him who feeds, who clothes, and who adorns,",1.0
"Who made, and who preserves, whatever dwells",1.0
"In air, in steadfast earth, or sickle sea.",1.0
"OH He is good, he is immensely good!",1.0
"Who all things formed, and formed them all for man;",1.0
"Who marked the climates, varied every zone,",0.0
Dispensing all his blessings for the best,1.0
"In order and in beauty: ' --  rise, attend,",1.0
"Attest, and praise, you quarters of the world!",1.0
"Bow down, you elephants, submissive bow",1.0
"Who is as great, as perfect, and as good",2.0
"In his less striking wonders, till at length",3.0
"The eye's at fault, and seeks the assisting glass.",2.0
"Approach and bring from Araby the blessed,",1.0
"The fragrant cassia, frankincense, and myrrh,",2.0
And meekly kneeling at the altar's foot,1.0
Lay all the tributary incense down.,2.0
"Stoop, sable Africa, with reverence stoop,",4.0
And from thy brow take off the painted plume;,3.0
With golden ingots all thy camels load,0.0
"TO adorn his temples, hasten with thy spear",2.0
"And ruined towers, rude rocks, and caverns wide",3.0
"And thou, fair Indian, whose immense domain",4.0
"Haste from the West, and with thy fruits and flowers,",1.0
"Thy mines and medicines, wealthy maid, attend.",2.0
Is thine; thine therefore be a portion due,2.0
Of thanks and praise: come with thy brilliant crown,2.0
And vest of furr; and from thy fragrant lap,1.0
"But chiefly thou, Europa, seat of Grace",1.0
"And Christian excellence, his Goodness own,",1.0
Forth from ten thousand temples pour his praise;,3.0
Clad in the armour of the living God,1.0
"With fortitude assume, and over your heart",2.0
Fair truth's invulnerable breastplate spread;,3.0
"Then join the general chorus of all worlds,",1.0
And let the song of charity begin,1.0
"Thou God of Goodness and of Glory, hear!",1.0
"Assuming passions to enforce thy laws,",1.0
Adopting jealousy to prove thy love:,1.0
"Thou, who resigned humility uphold,",1.0
Even as the tempest rives the stubborn oak:,1.0
"Bless all mankind, and bring them in the end",3.0
"To heaven, to immortality, and THEE!",1.0
CELESTIAL Muse that on the blissful plain,1.0
"Art oft invoked, to guide the immortal strain;",2.0
"Inspired by thee, the firstborn sons of light",2.0
Hailed the creation in a tuneful flight:,2.0
"Pleased with thy voice, the spheres began their round,",0.0
The morning stars danced to the charming sound;,2.0
"Yet thou hast often left the crystal towers,",0.0
To visit mortals in their humble bowers.,0.0
The springs of motion and the seeds of light.,1.0
"The sun stood still, to hear his radiant birth,",1.0
With the formation of the balanced earth.,2.0
"The moon on high checked her nocturnal car,",2.0
By whose command their towering heads were reared.,0.0
The flowers their gay original attend;,3.0
"Their tufted crowns the groves, adoring, bend.",0.0
"The fountains rose, the streams their course withheld,",0.0
To hear the ocean's wondrous source revealed.,0.0
"The birds sit silent on the branches near,",2.0
"How, from the dust, their great forefather sprung:",2.0
"A vital call awoke him from the ground,",1.0
The moving clay obeyed the almighty sound.,2.0
Thus sung in lofty strains the noble bard;,1.0
The heavens and earth their own formation heard.,2.0
"But thou, propitious Muse, a gentler fire",1.0
When royal Lebanon heard the amorous king,4.0
The beauties of his loved Egyptian sing:,1.0
"The sacred lays a mystic sense enfold,",0.0
And things divine in human types were told.,0.0
"Disdain not, gentle power, my song to grace,",2.0
While I the paths of heavenly justice trace;,2.0
"And twine a blooming garland for the youth,",1.0
"Let others tell of ancient conquests won,",2.0
"Heros enslaved to pride, and wild desires",2.0
"A virgin Muse, a virgin theme requires;",0.0
"Where vice and wanton beauty quit the field,",0.0
And guilty loves to steadfast virtue yield.,1.0
"Jacob, with heaven's peculiar favour blessed,",5.0
"Leaving the fertile regions of the East,",3.0
"Where Haran, then a noble city, stood,",0.0
"Between fair Tigris, and Euphrates flood",2.0
"From Laban fled, and by divine command",1.0
Pursued his journey to his native land.,1.0
"Loaded with wealth, his numerous camels bore",4.0
"His wives, his children, and his household store;",2.0
"Of purchased slaves he led an endless train,",0.0
"The shepherd's art was all his fathers knew,",0.0
His sons the same industrious life pursue;,2.0
The God his pious ancestors adored,5.0
"The almighty God, at Bethel, he implored:",2.0
"An altar there, with grateful vows he reared,",1.0
Where twice the radiant vision had appeared;,0.0
The powers of hell the dreadful omen feared:,2.0
The raving priests amazing things divine.,0.0
Around it rose a consecrated wood;,0.0
And made below uninterrupted night.,5.0
"Pale tapers hung around in equal rows,",1.0
The mansion of the sullen king disclose;,1.0
Seven brazen gates its horrid entrance guard;,0.0
Within the cries of infant ghosts were heard;,0.0
"On seven high altars rise polluted fires,",3.0
While human victims feed the ruddy spires.,0.0
The native gloom and dismal vaults of hell.,0.0
"'Twas night, and goblins in the darkness danced,",1.0
The priests in frantic visions lay entranced;,0.0
"While here convened the Pagan terrors sat,",0.0
"In solemn council, and mature debate,",1.0
Avert the storm impending over their state.,2.0
"The apostate princes with resentment fired,",2.0
"Anxious, and bent on black designs, conspired",2.0
To find out schemes successful to efface,1.0
"From whence they knew, the long predicted king,",0.0
The infernal empire's destined foe should spring;,1.0
"Who conqueror over their vanquished force should tread,",4.0
And all their captive chiefs in triumph lead.,0.0
"The affair their deepest policy commands,",2.0
"And brought them hither, from remotest lands;",1.0
"And where the Adrian wave, and where the Atlantic roars.",3.0
With snowy steeds: him at the rising dawn,0.0
"The Syrian worships from his airy hills,",3.0
"And like his own resplendent planet fair,",0.0
"With yellow tresses, and enchanting eyes",1.0
"Dissembling beauty, would the fiend disguise.",0.0
"Nor failed a deity of female name,",2.0
Melita left her Babylonian bowers;,2.0
"In all the summer's various lustre gay,",2.0
Detested Orgies to the goddess pay.,1.0
"These various powers, their various schemes propose",6.0
Of an alluring mien above the rest,1.0
Who thus the apostate potentates addressed.,2.0
"Mankind by willing steps to ruin move,",1.0
"Their own wild passions their destruction prove,",2.0
But the most fatal is forbidden love.,2.0
"Old Jacob boasts a daughter young and fair,",1.0
"Who lately saw her with her virgin train,",1.0
"I'll fill his youthful breast with mad desire,",0.0
"By fraud, or force, his wishes to acquire.",1.0
"The coming day he does a feast prepare,",0.0
By me instructed how to hide the snare:,2.0
"Fair Dinah is his sister's promised guest,",2.0
Impatient love will soon complete the rest.,0.0
"To right, with hostile arms, the Hebrew's shame:",0.0
"Revenge and bloody faction are my care,",1.0
Attest thy freedom with the Assyrian maids:,5.0
"Thy voice, applauded in the heavenly groves,",2.0
Was there devoted to terrestrial loves:,4.0
"Thy sacred lyre to human subjects strung,",0.0
"This graced thy hand, a quiver hung behind,",0.0
Prevailed on numbers of the heavenly powers;,3.0
"Who vainly had the first probation stood,",0.0
"Long after I, with my associates, fell;",4.0
Thy friends enlarged the monarchy of hell;,1.0
"On softer motives you abhorred the skies,",1.0
The sons of God thus with the race of man,2.0
Were mingled; hence the giant stock began.,0.0
"Our plot requires us now, and if it fail,",1.0
"I'll, in my turn, the hated tribe assail;",0.0
Domestic faction may at last prevail.,1.0
"Joseph, his doting father's life and joy,",2.0
"This youth, above the rest, excites my fear,",0.0
Divine presages in his face appear;,5.0
"His brothers, acted by my powerful fire,",3.0
Against his envied life shall all conspire.,0.0
"Joseph removed, old Jacob's greatest prop,",3.0
"The race shall mourn, in him, their blasted hope.",1.0
Crowning the double plot with vast applause.,2.0
And sought with eager eyes the breaking day;,0.0
"With ardent longings waits the promised hour,",0.0
And fancies all his wishes in his power;,0.0
"Sidonia, guiltless of her brother's snares,",3.0
To grace her lovely Hebrew guest prepares;,0.0
"Who with her young companions now appears,",0.0
"Too innocent for nice reserves, or fears.",2.0
A rosy tincture paints her guiltless face:,0.0
"Sparkle with life, and dart immortal grace.",2.0
"Rich orient bracelets, round her snowy arms,",6.0
"Where, at the pomp of one surprising feast,",1.0
She meets the luxury of all the East.,1.0
"The people's customs, and their strange attire;",1.0
"Till modest rules, and the declining day,",1.0
"But ah! Too late, she finds herself betrayed",1.0
"A captive in his treacherous courts retained,",2.0
"By fraud seduced, and brutal force constrained,",0.0
In vain with tender sighs he strives to move,0.0
The injured fair to voluntary love;,1.0
"The strictest rules of chastity she knew,",1.0
With all that to her great descent was due;,0.0
"But what with gentle arts he fails to gain,",0.0
His wild desires by violence obtain.,1.0
"The hateful tidings reached her father's ears,",0.0
And almost sunk his venerable years:,2.0
"Her brothers rage, and for revenge combine:",1.0
But guard with secret guile their black design.,0.0
"The town in feasts consumed the second day,",0.0
And plunged at night in fearless riot lay.,0.0
"The restless shepherd's ere the lingering dawn,",0.0
"Each held his sword, for horrid action drawn:",0.0
"Surprised the city like a rising flood,",0.0
"Raged through the streets, and bathed their swords in blood.",0.0
"The Hebrews, pleased with this successful fate,",1.0
"Sprung furious on, and forced the palace gate:",2.0
"Fierce Simeon through the bright apartments flew,",2.0
"And old and young, without distinction, slew.",0.0
Was with the charming Israelite retired;,1.0
"And first by mad insulting Levi found,",0.0
Without a pause he gave the desperate wound.,0.0
He said; and down the bleeding victim fell:,1.0
"His fatal mistress turns away her eyes,",0.0
"With horror seized, and trembling with surprise.",1.0
And to their tents the penitent conveyed.,2.0
But Judah thus defends the hostile act.,0.0
Our wives and sisters in our sight constrain;,0.0
"While we, regardless of the shameful stain,",2.0
"They first entrenched on hospitable trust,",5.0
And human faith; – our vengeance is but just.,1.0
"Such justice never mingle with my fame,",1.0
"Good Israel cries, nor spot my guiltless name!",0.0
"The realms around, who idol Gods revere,",0.0
Will this black deed with indignation hear;,2.0
"And all their policy and rage unite,",2.0
To blot our odious memory from the light.,3.0
So hell believed; – but heaven a sacred dread,0.0
Of Jacob's sons among the nations spread;,0.0
"While he at Bethel, with a pious flame,",1.0
"Illustrious Arba built and named the place,",2.0
The boasted father of the giant race;,1.0
"For them designed the monstrous plan appeared,",1.0
To heaven the threatening battlements were reared.,1.0
"In careless joys and plenty here they live,",0.0
"Beneath the hill, on which their city stood,",0.0
Ascended high a venerable wood;,1.0
"To solemn shades, which gave a secret dread.",0.0
"Concealed a vaulted structure for the dead,",1.0
This Abram of the giant nation bought:,1.0
"The cave, the wood, the springs, and bordering field,",2.0
"Ephron, their prince, by public contract sealed.",3.0
Here to their purchased right the shepherd's drive,0.0
"Their fleecy charge, and unmolested live;",0.0
"While frequent through the consecrated ground,",1.0
Inscriptions and old monuments they found.,3.0
"Wherever celestial visions had appeared,",2.0
The pious worshippers an altar reared;,1.0
"The mystic name to mortals long unknown,",0.0
Was deeply figured on the polished stone;,1.0
That heavenly powers had there conversed with men.,4.0
Remote from this a lofty pillar stood;,1.0
This Jacob to the rural concourse showed;,2.0
"Here see, he said, the memory retained",1.0
Of Abram's conquest near Damascus gained.,0.0
"To distant lands the Eastern rule was spread,",0.0
And Jordan's banks a yearly tribute paid:,0.0
"The neighbouring kings, his great allies, engaged;",2.0
Conquest wherever they turn attends their course.,4.0
And for the victory his ranks dispose;,2.0
"But scarce the encounter could be called a fight,",2.0
So soon the troops of Sodom took their flight:,0.0
"The coward race, unused to charge a foe,",0.0
"Some seek the woods, and some a sheltering cave;",2.0
"Some in the rocks their breath, inglorious, save;",2.0
"While others, plunging down fair Jordan's tide,",2.0
From the stern looks of war their faces hide.,2.0
"The invaders sheath their swords, and scorn to grace",1.0
With martial deaths the despicable race.,4.0
"Bera alone and Lot sustained the field,",2.0
But pressed by numbers were compelled to yield:,1.0
"These, with the riches of the town, a prey",2.0
"This Abram heard, and gathered on the plain",5.0
"A valiant band, his own domestic train:",0.0
"Brothers, all three from noble Amor sprung.",2.0
"'Twas night, secure the victor army lies,",1.0
"Scornful of foes, and fearless of surprise;",3.0
"Over all the host, and clouds their drowsy heads;",0.0
"To the high throne of sense soft slumber climbs,",3.0
"The captives eyes alone its force repelled,",0.0
Nor to the pleasing violence would yield.,2.0
"Now near the camp the brave Confederates draw,",0.0
And by the glimmering fires its posture saw;,3.0
"The foremost rank, the swift invaders slew,",1.0
And soon the waking prisoners heard and knew,0.0
"Abram his nephew, he the rest untied;",1.0
The sleeping foe avenging swords supplied:,0.0
"From file to file the fearless brothers pass,",0.0
And leave them breathless on the purple grass.,1.0
"The old patriarch feels new life in every vein,",7.0
"The terror grows, the clash of arms, and cries",0.0
Of wounded men afflict the ambient skies.,2.0
And from his eyes the fatal slumber shakes.,1.0
And madly haste to meet the loud alarm;,0.0
"But by a force more prevalent outdone,",3.0
On certain fate with eager steps they run;,0.0
"Disordered and amazed, they quit the field,",1.0
"And, raving, to their unknown victors yield.",6.0
"The morning rose, and with her blushing light",1.0
The joyful shepherd's seize the abandoned spoils:,2.0
"And now returning from their martial toils,",1.0
"A royal priest at Salem Abram meets,",3.0
"With presents, and a benediction greets",1.0
"The Hebrew bands: – To heaven he lifts his eyes,",0.0
"And blessed be that propitious power, he cries,",2.0
Who walks the crystal circuit of the skies;,1.0
"Who hears the boasts of mortals with disdain,",1.0
"His mien was solemn, and his face divine,",1.0
"His graceful robe, a bright celestial blue,",0.0
"Trailing behind, a train majestic drew.",2.0
"The tenth of all great Abram gives the priest,",3.0
"All pleased, the generous conqueror loudly praised,",4.0
And to his fame this lasting column raised.,1.0
To yonder mountains now direct your eyes;,0.0
For there a brighter scene of glory lies.,1.0
'Twas there the wondering sun in Abram viewed,3.0
The noblest height of human fortitude;,0.0
"The pious man in guiltless sleep lay drowned,",1.0
When through his ears thundered this fatal sound.,5.0
"Arise, and Isaac on mine altar lay,",1.0
With thy own hand the destined victim slay.,1.0
"He starts, and cries, who can this thought inspire?",1.0
"The dreadful call again surprised his ears,",0.0
"He bowed, and at the purple dawn arose,",0.0
"Astonished long he by the altar stood,",1.0
Then piled with trembling hands the sacred wood;,0.0
"Half dead himself; The wondering youth he binds,",3.0
Who now his sire's severe intention finds.,0.0
"What thoughts, he asked, my father, have possessed",0.0
Your soul? what horrid fury fills your breast?,0.0
Am I to hell a sacrifice designed?,1.0
Some cruel demon must your reason blind;,0.0
"The unblemished skies abhor this bloody deed,",1.0
No human victims on their altars bleed.,2.0
"It's heaven, the Patriarch said, this fact requires,",3.0
It's heaven – be witness yonder ethereal fires!,4.0
"Yet, countless as the stars, from thee must spring",1.0
"Victorious nations, and the mystic King:",3.0
"It's past relief – yet by himself he swore,",1.0
Who from the dead thy relics can restore;,1.0
"This said, the pious youth resigned his life;",0.0
"Blessed Abram shook off all paternal strife,",3.0
And forward thrust the consecrated knife.,0.0
"As lightning from the skies, an angel broke,",1.0
And warded with his hand the fatal stroke;,1.0
"When thus a voice streams downward from above,",2.0
Breathing divine beneficence and love.,3.0
"By my great self I swear, to bless thy race",2.0
While vanquished kings obedient tribute pay.,2.0
"Here Jacob ends, and to his tent retires;",1.0
"MEAN time the Pagan deities, displeased",2.0
"To find the public storms so soon appeased,",0.0
"Studious attempt by new malicious ways,",1.0
Among the Hebrews civil jars to raise:,0.0
And kindling mischief threatens Joseph's life.,0.0
"The lovely youth, fair Rachel's boasted son,",1.0
"Completely formed, his seventeenth year begun;",1.0
"His mother's sparkling eyes, and blooming grace,",0.0
As poets sung inflamed the queen of love;,0.0
When the clear streams his rosy blush display.,3.0
In all his conduct something noble shone,0.0
Which meant him for a greatness yet unknown.,1.0
Visions had oft his rising fate foretold:,2.0
"The last to Jacob thus his lips unfold,",0.0
"His brothers by: – when sleep had closed mine eyes,",1.0
A corny field before my fancy flies;,0.0
Still to my thoughts the yellow crop appears!,0.0
My brothers with me reaped the bending ears;,1.0
"Industrious each a single sheaf had bound,",1.0
"When theirs with sudden motion mine surround,",1.0
And bowed with prostrate reverence to the ground.,1.0
"But now my mind of rural business cleared,",0.0
Above my head a wondrous scene appeared;,0.0
"The moon and stars at highest noon shone bright,",1.0
And at my feet with humble homage bend.,0.0
The shepherd's hear his storey with surprise:,1.0
"Must we thy vassals be? proud Ashur cries,",1.0
With rage and threatening malice in his eyes.,0.0
And black resolves and horrid thoughts inspires.,0.0
At last young Joseph's murder is designed:,2.0
Hell with the monstrous treachery combined.,1.0
"He comes to Dothan, by his father sent,",1.0
And heaven alone his ruin can prevent.,1.0
"Their guiltless prey he stands, without defence,",0.0
"But inborn worth, and fearless innocence.",2.0
"His brothers' crimes, his father's hoary hairs",0.0
Were all the subject that alarmed his fears.,0.0
"The fatal stroke they now prepare to give,",0.0
"By thus advising, – let your brother live.",0.0
"A thousand easy methods yet remain,",0.0
To render all his glorious projects vain;,2.0
"But till we have determined the design,",2.0
"To him they yield, and to their tents retire,",2.0
The fiends below their own success admire.,0.0
"The night prevails, and draws her sable train,",0.0
"With silent pace, along the ethereal plain.",4.0
By fits the dancing stars exert their beams;,0.0
The silver crescent glimmers on the streams;,1.0
"The sluggish waters, with a drowsy roar,",1.0
"And lingering motion, roll along the shore;",0.0
"Their murmur answers to the rustling breeze,",1.0
That faintly whispers through the nodding trees;,1.0
"The peaceful echoes, undisturbed with sound,",0.0
"Frenzy and faction, love and envy slept;",2.0
A still solemnity all nature kept;,1.0
"To God's high throne a winged petition flew,",1.0
And from the skies commissioned Gabriel drew;,3.0
"One of the seven, who by appointed turns",3.0
Before the throne ambrosial incense burns.,1.0
"A sudden day, returning on the night,",1.0
"Vanquished the shades, and put the stars to flight;",2.0
"The enlightened cave receives the shining guest,",1.0
In all his heavenly pomp divinely dressed;,2.0
"He greets the youth, and thus his charge expressed.",0.0
Tomorrow thou must leave rich Jordan's shore.,3.0
"A great and grateful nation yet unknown,",0.0
"Saved by thy care, shall thee their patron own;",1.0
But let thy breast impenetrable prove,1.0
"To wanton beauty, and forbidden love:",1.0
The angel mounted on a radiant cloud.,1.0
"The morning now her lovely face displayed,",0.0
And with a rosy smile dispelled the shade.,1.0
"The faction rose, and close in council sat,",0.0
On means that must determine Joseph's fate;,0.0
"Nor long they sat, for on the neighbouring road",3.0
"A train of camels with their spicy load,",1.0
"Heaven marks the way, the envious brothers cry:",2.0
"Whatever the ambitious dreamer's thoughts portend,",5.0
His hopes with these to foreign lands we'll send.,1.0
Resolved no more his hated face to see.,1.0
"With looks, which perfect inward anguish tell,",1.0
"And falling tears, he took this sad farewell.",1.0
May heavenly justice never avenge this crime!,4.0
"Be still indulgent to my father's age,",1.0
His grief for me with flattering hopes assuage.,3.0
"They hear, they see the anguish of his soul,",1.0
And scarce their struggling pity can control;,1.0
"Touched with so sad a scene, they all begin",0.0
"To feel remorse for this unnatural sin,",3.0
And half repent: but hate and envy prove,0.0
"Their victor passions, and repress their love.",1.0
They form a specious fraud to hide the deed,0.0
"From their old sire, and in the plot succeed.",3.0
"Their brother's varied coat they still retained,",0.0
And with a bleeding kid the vestment stained;,1.0
Too well the lost old man the relic knows.,2.0
"After a dismal pause, his sorrow breaks",2.0
"Its violent way, and this sad language speaks.",2.0
"My son! – alas, some savage monster's prey!",1.0
Why have I lived to this detested day?,1.0
"Why have I lingered thus? I should have died,",0.0
"When thy more happy mother left my side,",0.0
I could in thy resembling features trace.,1.0
Tormenting thought! – OH hide me from the light!,3.0
Its useless rays afflict my feeble sight:,0.0
"Come lead me to the solitary grave,",2.0
Despair and woe that dark retirement crave;,2.0
"There shall I, stretched upon my dusty bed,",0.0
"Forget the toils of life, and mingle with the dead.",1.0
"In vain his friends attempt to bring relief,",0.0
In vain persuade inexorable grief;,2.0
"It's deep, and intermingled with his soul,",1.0
"Nor time, nor counsel can its force control.",1.0
"MEAN while through savage woods, and deserts vast,",0.0
The level meads dressed with immortal green;,2.0
"Between them fertile Nile directs his course,",0.0
And nobly flows from his immortal source.,1.0
"Along the borders of the sacred flood,",1.0
Aspiring groves and stately cities stood:,0.0
"The sun's devoted city, radiant On,",1.0
"With roofs embossed, and golden foliage shone;",0.0
"Raised to its height, as old tradition tells,",0.0
"By powerful magic, and secured by spells:",3.0
"Converse with hell, and practise rites impure.",0.0
"Now mighty pyramids the sight surprise,",2.0
Its lofty head among surrounding clouds:,0.0
The fury of the universal flood.,1.0
And over the fields their lengthening shades extend;,4.0
"Their compass sacred to the dead remain,",1.0
Within eternal night and silence reign;,0.0
"But glaring lamps depending from on high,",1.0
With sickly gleams the hollow space supply.,0.0
"Here ancient kings, embalmed with wondrous cost,",0.0
A long exemption from corruption boast:,1.0
"In artful figures some are sitting placed,",0.0
"While others stretched in sleeping postures lie,",0.0
On folding carpets of imperial die:,3.0
"Their hovering ghosts, pleased with this mimic pride,",2.0
"But what prodigious things within were shown,",0.0
"Were to the Hebrew stranger yet unknown,",1.0
Astonished at their outward bulk alone.,0.0
"Their fragrant traffic, with the handsome slave",1.0
His mind beyond his years composed and grave;,0.0
"His aspect something spoke divinely great,",1.0
Something that marked him for a nobler fate.,3.0
"A generous captain, chief of Pharaoh's bands,",2.0
"Admiring much the graceful captive, stands,",0.0
"A sudden friendship in his breast he finds,",0.0
"Some heavenly being had prepared his thought,",2.0
And on his heart the kind impression wrought.,1.0
"Without regret, young stranger, follow me,",2.0
From servitude this moment thou art free.,1.0
That answered all the promise of his face.,1.0
"Fronting the royal house, a structure crowned",2.0
"Both pleased alike, and equally content.",2.0
"The seat they reached, when for a costly vest",1.0
The master called; in this the youth they dressed:,1.0
"No more disparaged with a slave's attire,",2.0
"His hair, like palest amber, from his crown",1.0
In floating curls and shining waves fell down.,2.0
"Young Paris such surprising charms displayed,",2.0
"He laid his crook aside, forgot the swain,",0.0
"Then for his wife the captain bids them send,",0.0
And shows with boasting joy his purchased friend.,0.0
"The fair Sabrina, lately made his bride,",0.0
"Her large black eyes shone with a sprightly fire,",3.0
And love at every fatal glance inspire.,0.0
The swarthy lustre of her charming face,1.0
The full blown lily and the rose disgrace.,2.0
And curled about her neck in wanton rings.,0.0
And to her own apartment soon withdrew.,1.0
"Joseph beloved and happy long remained,",2.0
"Who now at home grown prosperous, and abroad,",4.0
"He gives him over his house the full command,",2.0
Entrusting all his treasures to his hand.,1.0
Mean time Sabrina feeds within her breast,1.0
"A secret fire, but shame its rage suppressed,",0.0
"When first she saw the charming Hebrew's eyes,",0.0
But through her various arts an inward care,3.0
"Cyrena found the change, a Syrian maid,",2.0
"Wellborn, but from her native coasts betrayed:",2.0
"She saw the change, but led by nicer laws,",0.0
"Her voice, her easy wit, her eloquence,",1.0
Could hold the wildest passion in suspense.,0.0
"Attending oft her mistress to a grove,",1.0
Their usual walk with pleasing tales she strove,2.0
"To entertain her thoughts, and charm her grief;",0.0
Nor failed her arts to give a short relief.,0.0
"The Syrian pomp, their customs, and their loves:",3.0
Among the rest Sabrina hears her name,0.0
And asked her now the storey to relate;,1.0
"Along the fields their tents the shepherd's spread,",0.0
"The silent dawn was misty yet and grey,",0.0
And hoary moisture on the mountains lay.,1.0
"Intent on rural cares, with early haste,",0.0
A peasant near a rocky cavern past;,0.0
"Across his path was raised a mossy bed,",0.0
Over that a rich embroidered mantle spread;,0.0
Which fairer than the rosy morning smiled:,1.0
"The wondering swain forgot his country cares,",2.0
The royal lands and flocks were made his trust:,0.0
"He riches still amassed without an heir,",0.0
"And seeing now the child surpassing fair,",0.0
He took and bred her with indulgent care;,1.0
"In nothing he controls her growing years,",1.0
No cost to please her boundless fancy spares.,1.0
"When, by revolving moons, successive time",1.0
"Had brought her beauty to its perfect prime,",2.0
Presaging marks of majesty were seen:,3.0
"No mortal ever could boast so fair a face,",3.0
"Such radiant eyes, and so divine a grace.",1.0
Her snowy vest a crimson girdle bound:,0.0
"Thus dressed, she walks a goddess over the plains,",3.0
"To her the fragrant tribute of the spring,",2.0
With amorous zeal on bent knees they bring.,4.0
Heroic Menon owned a fair retreat;,5.0
"His rank, and early worth, the high command",0.0
Of all the famed Assyrian force had gained:,2.0
"In peaceful times the chief whom all admired,",0.0
"To prove a softer happiness, retired;",1.0
Proffered with sacred rites his vows to bind:,2.0
On meaner terms she had his suit denied;,0.0
"With virtue guarded and a noble pride,",1.0
"The lover finds success, but all his joys",0.0
A sudden summons from the king destroys.,1.0
Himself in arms to meet the foe prepares.,0.0
"Sad Menon, for his sighs and parting vows:",0.0
"He cursed his martial charge, and public fame,",0.0
"She hears the king's command with less surprise,",0.0
"And, Menon, banish all your care, she cries:",5.0
"We cannot – it's impossible to part,",2.0
Love with heroic courage fires my heart.,2.0
"To follow you through raging seas I'd go,",1.0
"Over burning deserts, or perpetual snow.",3.0
"By your example led, I shall not fear",1.0
"The flying arrow, or the pointed spear;",1.0
"Pierced with a fatal dart, were Menon by,",2.0
"The event be what it will, with you I'll run",2.0
"To certain death, nor any danger shun;",0.0
"Be witness to my vows, thou radiant sun!",1.0
"Nor can the adventurous deed my conduct stain,",3.0
Secure with you the secret shall remain;,1.0
"I boldly can defy all other eyes,",1.0
"In threatening armour, and a martial guise.",1.0
"New pleasure fills the hero's breast, to find",1.0
"Such beauty, love, and steadfast virtue joined.",1.0
"A thousand kind transporting things he said,",0.0
A thousand vows of lasting passion made:,0.0
"He sent, and dressed himself the smiling fair.",0.0
"A costly helmet glittered on her head,",1.0
"A plume of whitest feathers danced above,",0.0
With every trembling breath of air they move.,0.0
"The embroidered scarf that over her armour flowed,",3.0
With dazzling flames of gold and scarlet glowed.,0.0
"Her hand a javelin shook with mimic pride,",0.0
A painted quiver rattled by her side.,1.0
"Her height and mien adorn the warlike dress,",1.0
More vigorous rays her charming eyes express.,2.0
With golden trappings bounded through the crowd.,1.0
"Menon, of Syrian arms the grace and pride,",2.0
In ranks attend their mighty leader's course.,0.0
Exalted on his glittering chariot rode.,5.0
Resolved their fortress bravely to maintain;,1.0
And oft to flight the Armenian troops compelled:,4.0
"And fearless in the foremost ranks had fought,",1.0
"Observed a rock, which over a castle leaned;",2.0
Believing it from all access secure:,2.0
She finds a path among the cliffs obscure;,0.0
Then with a chosen band intrepid gains,0.0
"The top, and soon the unguarded fort obtains.",2.0
To her they give the conquest of the day.,2.0
"All praised the youth, for such she was believed",2.0
Her bold address each party had deceived;,0.0
No more the fatal secret strives to hide;,0.0
"Nor once imagined this unlucky boast,",1.0
The joy of all his future life must cost.,0.0
In other terms his gratitude renews.,0.0
"To Babylon returned, he yet concealed",0.0
"Too well he with a sad Reflection knows,",2.0
"What to his counsel, and his sword he owes;",1.0
These generous ties at first his love oppose:,2.0
But nothing can the increasing rage restrain;,3.0
By gentle means he yet his end would gain.,0.0
"Menon, he said, my wishes to procure,",1.0
"I'll give thee cities, and a boundless store",1.0
"Of gold, and precious gems; and for a bride,",1.0
A blooming princess to the crown allied:,1.0
"All this, and more, to gain her love I'll give;",0.0
"Resenting Menon, with a handsome pride,",2.0
"Refused his offers, and the suit denied.",1.0
The softer sex he next attempts to gain;,0.0
She too rejects his passion with disdain.,1.0
What now avail the glories of the East?,1.0
"Nor wealth, nor empire can procure his rest.",1.0
He tries more rigorous means to ease his care;,2.0
"And threatens thus: – With my desires comply,",1.0
Or soon prepare to see your hero die.,0.0
"From Menon this she hides, who less severe",1.0
Observes her to the amorous king appear:,3.0
His fondness with the jealous passion grows;,1.0
The mingled frenzy gives him no repose.,0.0
"She false! he cries, my fair, enchanting wife!",0.0
And can I yet protract this wretched life?,1.0
"This anxious heart, with hopeless grief oppressed,",0.0
"In death's cold shade shall find perpetual rest,",3.0
"He said; then all the hostile stars defied,",0.0
And plunged the fatal weapon in his side.,0.0
With those loved accents on his lips he dies;,3.0
"Sunk on the floor she sees her lover bleed,",0.0
Himself the author of the barbarous deed;,3.0
"But true to love, and virtue's strictest laws,",0.0
"She neither knew, nor could suspect the cause.",0.0
"Seized with a sudden horror and surprise,",1.0
"And wake the doubtful spark of life, at last.",0.0
A hollow groan ensues; with feeble sight,0.0
"A steadfast sorrow in her face appears,",1.0
Above the soft relief of female tears;,1.0
"Silent as death, her words no utterance find,",5.0
To tell the inward anguish of her mind:,1.0
"A fixed, sedate, and rational despair",1.0
"Composed her looks, and settled in her air.",0.0
"In such a sullen calm the billows sleep,",0.0
So smooth an aspect wears the gloomy deep;,1.0
"While treacherous winds their gathering breath refrain,",4.0
The impatient prince with just respect attends,1.0
"Her ebbing grief, and long his flame suspends;",0.0
And long her steadfast thoughts relentless prove,1.0
"To proffered empire, and inviting love;",1.0
Till fate itself her stubborn heart inclined,0.0
"To take a crown, by all the stars designed,",0.0
And fill a sphere proportioned to her mind.,1.0
"With sovereign rule, and brighter pleasure blessed:",0.0
But ah! how short a boast has mortal joy?,0.0
What sudden storms the flattering calm destroy?,2.0
"What human privilege, what lawless power",2.0
Can one short day retard the appointed hour?,4.0
"Thrice through the midnight silence, from the ground,",2.0
The startled monarch hears a warning sound;,0.0
And seems to beckon with his airy hands.,1.0
"A sudden faintness seized his trembling heart,",0.0
While hasty life retires from every part;,0.0
"Speechless and pale his eyeballs roll in death,",3.0
While with reluctant pangs he yields his breath.,1.0
"The mournful princess to his merit just,",1.0
With wondrous pomp interred the royal dust:,1.0
"With marble spires, and pointed arches graced.",0.0
She bids farewell to love's deceitful flame;,1.0
"Resolved to leave behind a glorious name,",2.0
In costly structures of immortal fame.,1.0
The inward roof with dazzling silver gilded;,0.0
"The god was fashioned in a wondrous mould,",0.0
"His sacred utensils were all the same,",3.0
While fragrant oils in golden sockets flame.,0.0
Old Babel next with boundless cost she walled;,1.0
And Babylon the spacious city called;,0.0
"Its bounds with forts and battlements were crowned,",1.0
Valleys and levelled hills the vast extent surround:,2.0
Where fronting ranks of palaces were seen.,1.0
"With streams, and groves, and painted meads between.",0.0
"Euphrates in its course the town divides,",0.0
While through the mid his stately current glides.,0.0
"Around the place a hundred gates unfold,",0.0
Through which a hundred glittering chariots rolled;,4.0
"Which all for state attend the queen's commands,",0.0
When she her progress makes through distant lands.,1.0
"Resolved to visit now the neighbouring Medes,",2.0
"Gay projects here employed her active mind,",2.0
"Gardens, and seats of pleasure she designed;",3.0
Luxurious nature with her art combined.,3.0
"Not far from thence a plain extended lay,",0.0
"The spreading palm, the cedar, and the pine,",1.0
Arching above their mingled branches join.,2.0
While marble bounds confine the crystal tides.,0.0
"Myrtle, and balm, and flowery Cassia grow.",6.0
"Prodigious rocks entire were hither brought,",2.0
Smooth arches through their craggy sides were wrought:,2.0
"Here artificial hills their summits rear,",0.0
"In various bloom the valleys stood below,",2.0
"Cinnamon, Frankincense, and weeping Myrrh.",2.0
"Shrill birds among the spicy branches sing,",1.0
Their warbling notes along the valleys ring:,0.0
The winds and waters with a gentle noise,1.0
"Double the sound, and answer every voice.",2.0
"The queen a while had these diversions proved,",1.0
And then her court to Babylon removed:,0.0
But ah! what heights of happiness are free,1.0
"From fickle chance, or certain destiny?",1.0
The princess finds a swift decay control,0.0
"Nor struggling nature could its force repel,",0.0
While heaven and earth the public change foretell.,0.0
The flattering priests this pleasing answer sent:,2.0
"That from the Gods she drew her heavenly race,",2.0
And shortly must the immortal number grace.,2.0
"Pleased with the glories of her future state,",1.0
She yields without reluctance to her fate.,1.0
Cyrena ends her tale; the closing day,0.0
"STILL with impatient love Sabrina pines,",2.0
And now to speak the fatal truth designs;,0.0
"Soothed by her own indulgent hopes, which trace",0.0
A secret passion in the Hebrew's face.,0.0
"He sighs, and when he thinks himself alone,",0.0
"Oft seems some new misfortune to bemoan,",2.0
"In foreign accents, and a tongue unknown.",1.0
"Her vanity an explanation found,",1.0
"And put a sense on every flattering sound,",2.0
"Forgetful of her nuptial vows and fame,",1.0
She fondly thus betrays her guilty flame.,0.0
"If yet my torments are to thee unknown,",3.0
"If yet my sighs the mystery have not shown,",1.0
"Insensible, – let this confession prove",3.0
"The strange excess, and grandeur of my love.",2.0
"Yet had I still my wild desires suppressed,",0.0
Had not thine eyes an equal flame confessed.,0.0
"Let me be punished with the last disdain,",1.0
Nor once your virtue in my heart accused.,0.0
"My generous master, – I might say my friend;",3.0
"Let scandal sink my name, when so unjust",2.0
"I prove, so false to hospitable trust!",5.0
Thus with a modest turn he would reclaim,0.0
"Her amorous frenzy, and conceal her shame;",3.0
"Nor waits her leave, but hastily withdrew.",1.0
"Careless her limbs upon a couch she threw,",2.0
And cursed her folly with a thousand tears;,1.0
"Of so much grief she pressed to know the cause,",1.0
At last the secret from her mistress draws.,1.0
"For you have charms, the youth a human heart.",1.0
"Your beauty might a savage breast inspire,",0.0
At sight of you the coldest age takes fire.,2.0
"Should, at the first address, be nice and coy?",0.0
"He loves, no doubt, and languishes like you,",2.0
But fears the ambitious motive to pursue:,3.0
"Nor shall your utmost wishes want redress,",1.0
I have a draught that gives divine success;,0.0
"Nepenthe, which the immortals quaff above;",2.0
With foreign pomp to seek the royal dame.,0.0
Allured a goddess of the watery race;,3.0
"Her chariot set with pearl, the wave divides,",2.0
Softly along the silver stream she glides.,2.0
"Her robes with pearl and sparkling rubies shine,",0.0
Her brighter eyes express a light divine.,0.0
Nor from her humid bed the blooming day,1.0
Has ever ascended with a clearer ray.,3.0
"Allay the winds, and calm the swelling seas.",0.0
"She leaves her crystal vaults, and coral groves,",0.0
"Her liquid kingdoms, and immortal loves,",1.0
"At parting gave him this celestial spell,",1.0
"My mother from this youth derives her line,",1.0
"And this she left me, as a gift divine,",2.0
By all her ancestors preserved with care;,5.0
One heavenly drop shall banish your despair.,3.0
"Her flattering nurse's charm she vainly tries,",2.0
For Joseph still her hateful passion flies:,0.0
"But obstinate in love to gain her ends,",1.0
Planted with yew and mournful cyprus round;,2.0
"Whose shadows every pleasing thought control,",1.0
And fill with deep anxiety the soul.,1.0
"Hither black fiends at dead of night advance,",3.0
"They come, and here nocturnal revels keep.",0.0
Whose hoary cliffs the clouds long order break.,1.0
"In hellish banquets, and obscene delights,",1.0
The cursed assembly here consume the nights.,0.0
"The sickening moon her feeble light withholds,",1.0
In sable clouds her argent horns she folds;,0.0
"The constellations quench their glimmering fire,",2.0
"Amid these horrors, in his echoing cells,",2.0
"Passing from room to room, the brazen doors",2.0
"Resound, as when exploded thunder roars.",1.0
"The day excluded thence, blue sulphur burns,",1.0
"The wizard here employs his mighty spells,",0.0
And great events by divination tells;,0.0
"Inscribing mystic figures on the ground,",1.0
And muttering words of an unlawful sound;,3.0
"Which from their tombs the shivering ghosts compel,",2.0
And force them future secrets to reveal.,1.0
"The stars he knew, when adverse, or benign;",2.0
"When with malignant influence they shine,",2.0
"Or, darting prosperous rays, to love incline.",2.0
"The nurse a pleasing answer here obtained,",0.0
"A third succeeding day shall crown your love,",0.0
And every amorous star propitious prove.,2.0
"Sabrina feeds the while her guilty flame,",0.0
And now the third appointed morning came;,0.0
The message with reluctance he attends.,2.0
"Silent she sits; while waiting her commands,",3.0
Fixed at a formal distance long he stands.,0.0
"A close contempt, and inward hatred trace;",0.0
Yet desperate to complete her own disgrace.,1.0
"Ungrateful youth! she cries, too well I find",1.0
"By these cold looks, thy unrelenting mind:",2.0
Pretending some avenging God to fear.,0.0
"What God, alas! does cruelty command?",1.0
Or human bliss maliciously withstand?,1.0
"Such thoughts as these the heavenly powers arraign,",5.0
"Efface their goodness, and their justice stain.",1.0
"Would they the generous principle control,",3.0
Who gave this amorous bias to the soul?,3.0
"What nature is, they made it: nor can bind",2.0
With servile laws the freedom of the mind:,1.0
"Were this our lot, happy the brutal kind,",6.0
"That unmolested through the forest rove,",1.0
"Licentious in their choice, and unconfined in love!",0.0
Virtue! – a mere imaginary thing!,2.0
"Torment it may, but can no pleasure bring.",3.0
"Honour! – it's nothing but precarious fame,",3.0
"For empty breath, for a fantastic name.",1.0
"Wilt thou my soft entreaties still deny,",0.0
"Consent at last to love's enchanting joys,",0.0
While pleasure calls thee with her tempting voice:,1.0
"These folding curtains shall our bliss conceal,",0.0
That no intruding eye our theft reveal.,0.0
"Deluded fair! the noble youth replies,",0.0
Could we some artful labyrinth devise,0.0
"To hide our sin, and far from mortal sight",0.0
"Retire, involved in all the shades of night;",0.0
Its vengeance would our treachery pursue;,1.0
"Distinguished plagues would soon our guilt expose,",0.0
In him a tender lover you must wrong.,1.0
"For me, where should I hide my hated face,",0.0
Could I be conscious of a crime so base?,1.0
"No, let me through the yawning earth descend,",2.0
Rather than with such insolence offend,2.0
"The laws of God, and kindness of my friend!",1.0
"When with a thought so horrid and profane,",1.0
My faith and spotless loyalty I stain;,1.0
And bolts of raging thunder strike me dead!,0.0
"Destroy my peace, and blast my hated name!",0.0
"These words with such an awful air he spoke,",1.0
"Celestial virtue sparkling in his look,",0.0
"His haughty mistress all her hopes resigned,",0.0
And felt a different frenzy seize her mind:,0.0
"Assisting fiends the hellish thought suggest,",0.0
And blot the tender passion from her breast.,1.0
A crimson scarf with ornamental pride,0.0
Was over his graceful shoulders loosely tied;,2.0
"This furiously she snatched, while from the embrace",4.0
"He frees himself, and quits the hated place.",0.0
"She called aloud, her voice Cyrena hears,",0.0
"And of the Hebrew's arrogance complains,",2.0
"Alarmed at her repeated calls, she said,",1.0
"The monster left his cursed design, and fled.",0.0
His scarf the truth confirmed: her lord the while,0.0
Returns; her words his easy faith beguile:,0.0
"Blinded with rage he calls the injured youth,",2.0
"With that undaunted air, and guiltless face?",0.0
"Hypocrisy so steady and complete,",2.0
"A villain, cautious as thyself, might cheat;",1.0
No wonder then thy practised saintly shows,1.0
My soul entire to thee I did resign;,1.0
"Except my bed, whatever I had was thine.",3.0
"In fetters let the ungrateful slave be tied,",2.0
Some gloomy dungeon shall the monster hide.,0.0
"Dungeons he said, and chains I can defy,",3.0
"But would not, cursed with your displeasure, die.",1.0
This sad reflection aggravates my fate;,0.0
How shall I bear my generous master's hate?,2.0
"O stay! at last my vindication hear,",1.0
My thoughts are all from this injustice clear.,1.0
Nor one accusing word her fraud reveals.,1.0
Joseph in ignominious chains is laid.,4.0
"'TWAS night, and now advanced the solemn hour;",1.0
"The keeper of the prison, from his tower,",2.0
"Astonished, sees a form divinely bright,",0.0
"Smile through the shades, and dissipate the night;",0.0
It enters where the newcome prisoner lay.,0.0
"Some God, he cries, who innocence defends,",1.0
Some God in that propitious light descends.,0.0
"This stranger sure, whatever the fact can be",3.0
"Alleged against him, from the guilt is free.",1.0
"The sacred vision to the youth appears,",1.0
His spirits with celestial fragrance cheers.,1.0
"His heavenly smiles would even despair control,",4.0
And with immortal rapture fill the Soul.,1.0
"His youthful brows a fair Tiara crowned,",0.0
"A folding zone his gaudy vestments bound,",0.0
"Such wings the Arabian Phoenix never wore,",4.0
Sprinkled with gold and shading purple over.,2.0
"Beneficent his aspect and address,",3.0
"His voice might stay the invading sleep of death,",2.0
While these soft words flow with his balmy breath.,1.0
"From endless pleasures, and unbounded love,",1.0
"From painted fields decked with immortal flowers,",2.0
"From blissful valleys, and ethereal bowers,",3.0
"I come, commissioned by peculiar grace,",1.0
With great presages to thy future race.,3.0
This Gabriel spoke; the pious Hebrew's breast,2.0
Prophetic flame and power divine confessed;,2.0
"An awful silence, and profound suspense,",1.0
Closed the tumultuous avenues of sense;,5.0
"The heavenly trance, each wandering thought confined,",4.0
"Collects the operations of the mind,",1.0
While Gabriel all the inward scene designed.,1.0
"Before him, raised to high dominion, all",0.0
His humble brothers in prostration fall;,0.0
"His joyful eyes again his father see,",0.0
"Vastly in numbers Jacob's sons increased,",2.0
"Poor vassals by the Egyptians are distressed,",5.0
And by a royal tyrant's yoke oppressed:,3.0
"To heaven they cry, an aid that never fails,",0.0
"Heaven hears the cry, the potent prayer prevails.",0.0
"A mighty prophet, by divine command;",1.0
"Does bold before the raging monarch stand,",0.0
And brings his great credentials in his hand.,0.0
Across the ground his wondrous rod he throws;,0.0
"The rod transformed a moving serpent grows,",0.0
"Unfolds his speckled train, and over the pavement flows.",2.0
"A dazzling train of miracles ensue,",1.0
Which speak the prophet and his mission true.,1.0
"The springs, the standing lakes, and running flood",0.0
His powerful word converts to reeking blood;,2.0
"The wounded billows stain the verdant shore,",0.0
Advancing slowly with a mournful roar.,1.0
"Infernal night her sable wings extends,",0.0
The seer denounces plagues on man and beast;,0.0
Contagious torments soon the air infest;,1.0
"Aloud he bids a sudden tempest rise,",0.0
On rapid wings the storm obedient flies;,2.0
"The extended skies are rent from pole to pole,",1.0
"Blue lightnings flash, and dreadful thunders roll.",1.0
"Nor yet the obdurate king the God reveres,",0.0
Whom every element obsequious fears;,3.0
"Till vengeful strokes of power confessed divine,",2.0
"With clear, but terrible conviction shine.",1.0
"The night was covered with unusual dread,",1.0
While every star malignant influence shed.,2.0
"While, like a flaming meteor, down the skies,",1.0
With threatening speed the fatal angel flies.,0.0
"Reluctant justice, with a grace severe,",1.0
"Sits in his looks, and triumphs in his air.",0.0
A crested helmet shades his awful brows;,0.0
And like an evening's ruddy meteor glows.,2.0
"Destruction, death, and terror on him wait;",1.0
"Mortal the stroke, invisible the wound,",3.0
While dying groans with mingled shrieks resound.,1.0
"From house to house the dreadful rumour runs,",0.0
While wretched fathers mourn their firstborn sons.,1.0
"The alarmed Egyptians, at the breaking day,",1.0
Hurry the sacred multitude away;,2.0
"But Pharaoh soon his daring sin renews,",0.0
"The fearful tribes stand trembling on the shore,",2.0
"The foe behind, a raging sea before.",0.0
"Their glorious chief extends his powerful wand,",4.0
And gives the mighty signal from the strand;,1.0
"The obedient waves the mighty signal take,",3.0
"And parting, crowd the distant surges back;",0.0
"On either hand, like crystal hills, they rise;",0.0
"Between, a wide stupendous valley lies:",0.0
"With joyful shouts the grateful Hebrews pass,",0.0
Nor does the hardened foe decline the chase;,0.0
"Till heaven's command the watery chain dissolves,",4.0
"While Israel through the desert takes their way,",1.0
Led by a cloud which marches on by day;,1.0
Commanded now the sacred tribes remain;,0.0
"Prepared with mystic rites, to hear with awe",0.0
"Close bounds the mountain guard from all approach,",1.0
"Reluctant see appointed morning rise,",0.0
"While from the ethereal summit God descends,",3.0
Beneath his feet the starry convex bends.,1.0
"His radiant form majestic darkness hides,",0.0
While on a tempest rapid wings he rides.,0.0
"The trembling earth his awful presence owns,",0.0
"Each river back his wandering current calls,",2.0
"And rushing down the subterranean falls,",4.0
Revealed and bare each sandy channel lies.,0.0
"Their stately heads the ancient mountains sink,",0.0
And to a level with the vales would shrink;,2.0
Beneath the waves would hide their fearful heads.,0.0
That pressed with awful feet his cloudy height;,0.0
"Obscured with blackness, shades, and curling smoke,",0.0
Prodigious lightnings from the darkness broke;,1.0
The ethereal trumpet sounding loud and high.,3.0
"Adoring low the pious nation bend,",0.0
And now the solemn voice of God attend:,0.0
"The angel shifts the scene, and leaves the rest",0.0
"Inimitable all, and not to be expressed.",1.0
"The golden altar, with attending priests,",1.0
"Their sacred pomp, and instituted vests.",0.0
The warlike sons of Jacob now obtain:,1.0
"Before the troops a glorious leader stands,",2.0
"Thou sun! to lengthen this victorious day,",3.0
"And thou, fair morn! retard thy hasty flight,",2.0
"This said, the flying army they pursue,",1.0
"The promised land entirely gained, they spread",2.0
But with the night the pleasing vision flies,1.0
"Gabriel unsealed the youthful prophet's eyes,",1.0
"His senses from the heavenly trance released,",3.0
And all the sacred agitation ceased.,0.0
The thoughtful keeper early to the vault,1.0
"Descends, and thence the injured prisoner brought;",0.0
"Treats him with kindness, and a just regard,",1.0
And gave him all the freedom of the ward.,1.0
"Of Pharaoh's servants two were here detained,",0.0
"The steward, who his table did command,",0.0
With him that filled the royal cup with wine;,1.0
Suspected both as traitors in design.,0.0
"Joseph, observing a dejected air",3.0
"Sat heavy in their eyes, with friendly care",1.0
Mysterious dreams of the past night they tell.,4.0
And thus the first: – Methought a bulky vine,5.0
"With purple grapes, and to my hand incline:",1.0
"I pressed the tempting fruit without control,",0.0
Then gave to Pharaoh's hand the flowing bowl.,0.0
The next begins: – Three canisters replete,2.0
"Oppressed my drooping head, while birds of prey",0.0
"Unhappy man! thy dream from God was sent,",0.0
"The Hebrew said, and full of black portent:",3.0
"The third returning day shall bring thy doom,",0.0
When thou a prey to vultures shalt become.,0.0
"Then to the first, these joyful comments sound;",0.0
"Before the sun has twice fulfilled his round,",0.0
"But in the triumph of thy prosperous fate,",3.0
"Kindly remember my unhappy state,",3.0
Who by the blackest falsehood here am stayed;,1.0
To this the man a courtier's promise made.,1.0
Her bosom with the raging passion burns:,1.0
And all her former cruelty repents.,1.0
"By her accused, in chains the captive lies,",1.0
For whom she fondly languishes and dies.,1.0
"Tormented, and enraged, she often cursed",2.0
"A deep remorse, from conscience of her sin,",1.0
With constant horrors vex her soul within.,0.0
"Her thoughts ten thousand racking torments feel,",2.0
Yet in her treacherous crime obdurate still.,2.0
"Her life and youthful spirits melt away,",0.0
Her beauty withers with a swift decay:,1.0
"By day she wildly raves, consumes the night",0.0
While airy terrors glide before her sight.,0.0
"Pale ghosts with wide distorted eyeballs stare,",2.0
"Till forced by fate, and torments more intense,",1.0
"To vindicate suspected innocence,",2.0
"And now he comes – insulting death! she cries,",0.0
Perpetual darkness swims before my eyes.,2.0
"If there are Gods that human things regard,",1.0
My monstrous crimes will meet a just reward.,0.0
O sacred virtue! at thine awful name,0.0
"I start, and all my former thoughts disclaim;",0.0
"For thou art no fantastic empty thing,",1.0
"The world, the boundless universe I'd give,",0.0
"It's vainly wished! – to some strange realms below,",1.0
Some dark uncomfortable coasts I go.,1.0
"She spoke, and gasping in the pangs of death,",0.0
With lingering agonies resigned her breath:,1.0
While Joseph by the courtier was forgot;,4.0
Till fate the period of his freedom brought.,1.0
"The Egyptian monarch from a short repose,",2.0
"And troubled visions, with the morning rose.",1.0
"TO explain the doubtful omens in his breast,",1.0
He summons every planetary priest:,0.0
"Their orders, which to different stars belong,",0.0
"Were soon assembled, a surprising throng;",1.0
"Sullen their looks, and varied was their vest,",3.0
A wild Devotion through the whole expressed.,1.0
"One wore a mantle of a leaden hue,",1.0
Trailing behind a sweeping length it drew;,2.0
"Mandrake, and Nightshade, strangely figured over;",2.0
"A treble twist of serpents curling round,",0.0
"With some a verdant forest seemed to move,",0.0
"With panthers, bears, and every savage beast",0.0
"Expressed in lively colours, some were dressed.",0.0
On others eagles spread their wings; on some,0.0
"Appeared the ostrich' hieroglyphic plume,",0.0
"While others wore a painted crocodile,",0.0
With all the monstrous progeny of Nile.,1.0
With budding roses had adorned his hair.,0.0
"Glittered with pearl, and imitated frost.",2.0
"Clear fountains, flowery walks, and myrtle groves,",3.0
"Peacocks with gaudy trains, and shining doves.",1.0
"The prince with anxious looks relates his dreams,",0.0
The doubtful sages search their heavenly schemes:,2.0
"But all their stars were mute, the meaning flies",0.0
The bearer of the cup did now reflect,1.0
"On his past danger, and his base neglect;",3.0
And thus his royal master he addressed:,1.0
"Be Pharaoh's bounty, and my guilt confessed,",1.0
"When with my fellow criminal detained,",1.0
"We by thy justice in the ward remained,",1.0
"A Hebrew youth, unjustly there confined,",1.0
"From nightly omens which perplexed the mind,",0.0
With clear conviction did our lot unfold;,0.0
"Amid the solemn darkness of the night,",1.0
His cell was glittered with ethereal light;,3.0
"Joseph, unfettered, they from prison bring,",3.0
"By heaven inspired, he stands before the King;",2.0
Who thus repeats his dream: Methought I stood,5.0
On the fair borders of our sacred flood:,3.0
"While, curious, I surveyed the spreading stream,",3.0
"Seven bulky oxen from the river came,",1.0
"They proudly ranged, and on the pasture fed;",1.0
"When just their number rose, of aspect four,",1.0
"The scene was changed, when springing in my walk,",0.0
Seven blades of corn adorned one bending stalk,0.0
Ripened and full; when lo! a second rears,2.0
"This swallowed greedily the former store,",1.0
As the lean oxen did the fat before.,2.0
"I woke with great anxiety oppressed,",1.0
And for the meaning every God addressed.,1.0
"The Almighty God over earth and skies supreme,",5.0
"The youthful prophet cries, has sent this dream",0.0
"To Pharaoh, which discovers future things;",0.0
What changes on the world his pleasure brings.,1.0
"With one intent the sacred vision came,",1.0
Of both the hidden meaning is the same.,1.0
The fields with boundless harvest shall be crowned;,0.0
And leave no remnant of the former store.,2.0
But that the people and the king may live,1.0
"This counsel heaven commissions me to give,",1.0
"That wasteful luxury should be restrained,",1.0
"Let these against the threatening ill provide,",2.0
"Lay up the corn, and over the stores preside.",2.0
"This youth by some propitious power was sent,",2.0
"The prince replies, our ruin to prevent;",1.0
"Then bids them an imperial vestment bring,",3.0
And from his finger draws a costly ring:,1.0
"And this, he said, a sacred pledge shall be",1.0
"My power, my kingdom, I to thee resign,",4.0
The sovereign title only shall be mine;,0.0
"Our guardian God, our great preserver thou!",3.0
Should be prepared: white steeds with scarlet reins,1.0
"The triumph drew; they champ the golden bit,",0.0
And spurn the dusty ground with airy feet.,0.0
"On high with princely pomp the youth was placed,",0.0
"Gay heralds, Bow the knee, before him cry,",1.0
The crowd adore him as he passes by:,2.0
"Nor here the royal favours were confined,",2.0
Great Pharaoh's daughter is his bride designed.,2.0
"The night had twice in sable triumph reigned,",0.0
And twice the circling light its empire gained:,0.0
When from his high apartment Joseph sees,0.0
"A lofty temple, through the waving trees,",1.0
"To Isis vowed: He from the gilded dome,",1.0
"A rosy tincture in her cheeks appears,",0.0
Lovely as that the blooming morning wears:,1.0
Her eyes a sprightly blue; her length of hair,0.0
"Long strings of jet and pearl, in mingled twists,",1.0
"Her robes were heavenly azure, sprinkled over",2.0
With stars; a crescent on her breast she wore.,1.0
"The wounded Hebrew for the virgin sighed,",1.0
And felt a growing passion yet untried:,0.0
"Her lovely image, on his mind impressed,",1.0
Had fixed her empire in his yielding breast.,0.0
"But o! what anguish did his soul invade,",1.0
"When he was told, the loved enchanting maid",0.0
"At Isis' holy shrine devoutly bowed,",0.0
A virgin priestess to the goddess vowed?,1.0
"This, this, he cried, must all my hopes confound,",1.0
"Helpless my grief, incurable my wound!",3.0
"Mean time the fame uncontradicted goes,",6.0
That he the Egyptian princess must espouse.,1.0
"Pained and distressed, he hears the spreading news,",2.0
"And dreads the offer, which he must refuse,",0.0
Would in his breast admit no rival flame.,1.0
"The royal maid no less unhappy proved,",1.0
And shape exceeded all the tawny race.,0.0
"His features nobly turned, his piercing eyes",0.0
Sparkled like stars amid the gloomy skies;,2.0
"At once they dazzled, and engaged the sight",1.0
"With awful lustre, and imperious light.",3.0
"Black as a midnight cloud, his yielding hair",1.0
In easy curls waves to the gentle air.,2.0
"The princess, pained with secret discontent,",1.0
"In vain! the king obstructs her young desires,",0.0
"His piety sincere, but ill addressed,",1.0
"While fragrant incense round the temple smokes,",1.0
"The fiends, in hopes to cross the great design",0.0
"And awful will of providence divine,",2.0
"With penalties forbid the king's intent,",1.0
The Hebrew's future greatness to prevent:,1.0
And blindly with eternal fate complied:,1.0
While Joseph's ruin envious hell intends;,2.0
"His snare, and soon seduce him with her love.",1.0
"The priest, yet trembling, near the altar stands,",0.0
And dreads the sacrilege the god commands.,1.0
"My daughter named! he cries, to Isis vowed",0.0
"By mystic rites, which no reverse allowed!",0.0
"It must be so – The gods pronounce it fit,",0.0
"The priest his will, the king must his submit.",2.0
"The maid reluctant leaves the holy shrine,",0.0
But yields obedience to the powers divine.,3.0
"The gift, as heaven's, the joyful youth regards,",2.0
"Which thus bright virtue crowns, and sacred truth rewards.",1.0
In shining circles now advanced their round:,0.0
And rustic pleasures cheer the banks of Nile.,0.0
"The Hebrew, late advanced by royal grace,",0.0
"Still watchful for the public good, with care",2.0
"Restrains excess, by penalties severe,",1.0
"While justice, truth, and temperate virtue, reigned",0.0
Amid the height of plenty through the land:,1.0
"His prudent sway the grateful people bless,",0.0
In all the calm serenity of peace.,1.0
"But soon the smiling years their period run,",2.0
"Pale famine comes, with her malignant train,",2.0
"Dries up the springs, and taints the fertile plain:",0.0
"The trees decay, each flower, and balmy plant",2.0
"Pine at their roots, and vital humour want:",1.0
No pearly moisture on the meadow lies;,3.0
To fan the air no gentle breezes rise.,1.0
The languid moon sheds from her silent sphere,2.0
"No cooling dews, the thirsty earth to cheer.",1.0
A sultry night ensues a scorching day;,0.0
While dismal signs the fiery clouds display.,2.0
"Nor Egypt mourns alone her blasted ground,",0.0
Pale famine stalks through all the regions round:,1.0
"Withered and bare, the hot contagion feel:",2.0
"That fertile climate, by peculiar grace,",1.0
Designed the lot of Abraham's future race.,6.0
"Where long with peace, and fatal plenty gay,",0.0
"The pagan princes bore imperial sway,",2.0
"A stranger, as his great forefathers were:",3.0
"The common fate he shares, with famine pressed,",0.0
And for his numerous family distressed:,4.0
"He sends his sons, by heavenly conduct led,",2.0
"Domestic wants require their utmost haste,",1.0
"With soft Assyria, now in all her pride",2.0
"Of wealth and grandeur, Pharaoh's palace vied:",5.0
"More honoured still the rising favourite grew,",1.0
No bounds his royal master's kindness knew:,1.0
"His graceful person, charming to the sight,",1.0
"Majestic, yet more mild than morning light:",0.0
"His virtues, every grateful tongue employ,",0.0
"The people's boast, their wonder, and their joy.",1.0
"All private views were to his soul unknown,",1.0
He made the kingdom's welfare still his own:,1.0
"His fame to distant countries flies abroad,",0.0
While Egypt names him as her guardian god.,3.0
"Assiduous still his officers attend,",1.0
Where neighbouring states their numerous envoys send:,4.0
"Who for themselves, and pining race, implore",1.0
The food of life from his abundant store.,1.0
"With stern regard each kindred face he views,",0.0
Their sight the late detested scene renews:,0.0
Their parting malice and inhuman rage,1.0
To just revenge his swelling thoughts engage.,0.0
Long silent in a gloomy pause he stands;,1.0
"At last their country, business, name, demands.",0.0
"My lord, thy servants, with a modest grace,",1.0
Judah replies are all of Hebrew race:,2.0
"Twelve brothers late, a joyful father's boast,",1.0
"Till one, by some unhappy chance, was lost;",1.0
The youngest with his aged sire remains,3.0
"The darling, which his drooping life sustains:",0.0
"To purchase corn we come, our falling breath,",0.0
"An infant race, to save from lingering death.",0.0
Thy tale he said unfolds its own disguise;,0.0
"By Pharaoh's sacred life, you all are spies;",0.0
"Then to the guards with stern command he turns,",0.0
While yet resentment in his bosom burns;,0.0
"In close confinement be these men retained,",0.0
Till we some knowledge of their plot have gained.,2.0
"With just remorse, and secret horror struck,",0.0
"The conscious Hebrews at each other look,",0.0
"In foreign accents, to the guards unknown,",1.0
"Joseph, not yet withdrawn, their language hears,",2.0
"O! we are guilty of our brother's blood,",2.0
Though heaven the intended fratricide withstood:,1.0
"With unrelenting hate, for sordid gold,",0.0
"A slave, and such perhaps he still may live;",1.0
"Almighty God, the monstrous crime forgive!",0.0
"Unmoved we saw the anguish of his breast,",1.0
"In mournful looks, and flowing tears expressed:",0.0
"Unmoved, and lost to nature, virtue, sense,",0.0
Unmoved we heard his tender eloquence.,1.0
"Such beauty, innocence, and blooming grace",1.0
Would have subdued in wilds a savage race.,0.0
"What caves, what dungeons, should such monsters hide?",0.0
"We stand condemned, and Heaven is justified.",0.0
"When Reuben, who the barbarous fact disclaimed,",2.0
"In these sad terms their former malice blamed,",3.0
Would Heaven your flowing tears might wash away,0.0
The bloody stains of that detested day;,0.0
"Its horror, with eternal grief, I trace;",1.0
The soft impression of my brother's face,1.0
"Dwells on my heart, the tragic scene I view,",0.0
The mournful object is for ever new.,1.0
"The melting sorrow in his lovely eyes,",0.0
"While kneeling, pleading all the tender claims",0.0
"Of kindred blood, he singly called your names,",0.0
"And one by one invoked – what power I had,",3.0
Was all employed to save the guiltless lad:,0.0
"His filial love and goodness, free from art,",2.0
"Touched every tender motion in my heart,",1.0
When for his drooping father's hoary age,0.0
He tried your soft compassion to engage;,1.0
"Without remorse, you tied the cruel bands;",0.0
"My soul is wounded with the farewell groan,",2.0
When to the yawning pit you forced him down.,0.0
Against such youth and virtue to conspire?,1.0
"What was his mighty crime? – a childish dream,",0.0
"His blood's avenged – While here we lie confined,",0.0
Our wretched offspring are with famine pined.,2.0
"Their eldest brother's just reproach they own,",0.0
"And humbly now address the eternal throne,",2.0
While thrice the day and tedious night return.,2.0
Mean time the thoughtful regent in his breast,1.0
The first vindictive motions had suppressed.,0.0
"When early for the Hebrew train he sends,",1.0
And kindness in a stern disguise intends;,0.0
"Conducted to his presence, prostrate all",1.0
As once their sheaves before his sheaf they fall.,0.0
The power that sits above the stars I fear,2.0
He said nor shall you find injustice here:,0.0
"To prove that you have no clandestine view,",1.0
"Nor hostile aim, but are to honour true,",2.0
"One of your kindred number left behind,",1.0
The attending guards shall as an hostage bind;,2.0
"Secure from wrong, the captive shall remain,",0.0
If at set limits you return again:,2.0
"But be for ever exiles from the place,",2.0
"Nor ever hope again to see my face,",0.0
"Unless you bring your youngest brother here,",0.0
"Be this a proof your words have no disguise,",0.0
Or you by Pharaoh's sacred life are spies.,1.0
"Alas, my lord, in tents thy servants sleep,",0.0
"Engross our humble cares, no martial claims",1.0
"Disturb our minds, no wild ambitious aims;",1.0
"Strangers to pompous courts, the flowery fields,",4.0
"And tuneful grove, to us their pleasures yield;",1.0
In harmless ease we spend a peaceful life;,0.0
"Our costliest banquets in some balmy shade,",2.0
With nature's simple luxury are made;,1.0
"No dreams of grandeur, no aspiring thought,",5.0
"Distressed with famine, to this friendly shore",1.0
"We came, your kind assistance to implore.",1.0
"This said, they find themselves dismissed at last",0.0
"With full supplies, and to their country haste.",1.0
"When scarce arrived before their father's tent,",0.0
His busy thoughts presaged some sad event;,5.0
"With temper, every circumstance he hears,",0.0
"Till the fond prop of his declining years,",3.0
"His Benjamin was named – that cruel part,",1.0
No please of reason can its force control.,2.0
"His hoary head with weighty sorrow pressed,",0.0
Dejected sunk upon his pensive breast.,0.0
"The careful travellers now their sacks untied,",2.0
"Surprised, their coin restored again they spied.",0.0
"What can these mysteries mean, good Jacob said,",2.0
What fatal storm is breaking over my head?,2.0
Why is my life prolonged? of bliss bereft?,0.0
"Joseph is not: – My single comfort left,",1.0
"To distant climes an exile you would bear,",2.0
Against me all these sad events appear;,0.0
"But know, the flame of life shall quit my heart",0.0
Ere with the lovely blooming youth I part.,0.0
"Content we then must sacrifice our lives,",0.0
"Our guiltless offspring and our tender wives,",2.0
"Judah replies condemned to perish here,",2.0
"The man, the mighty ruler of the land,",1.0
"With eyes to heaven addressed, and lifted hand,",0.0
"The man protested with a solemn grace,",1.0
"Not one of us should ever see his face,",1.0
"Nor other proof our innocence should clear,",1.0
Unless we brought our youngest brother there.,1.0
"And why would you that needless truth make known,",1.0
Or that you had a younger brother own?,0.0
"The anxious parent said. – Alas! could we,",0.0
"Reuben replies, the consequence foresee?",3.0
"Or had the certainty been fully known,",1.0
"Could we, with specious lies, the fact disown?",0.0
Conceal our public or domestic state?,1.0
"Indeed he roughly talked, but still their broke",0.0
Some secret pity through his fiercest look;,1.0
"However dark the past events appear,",1.0
"Wherever with easy state he passed along,",2.0
His virtues echoed through the shouting throng:,1.0
"Then why, my honoured sire, these vain delays?",5.0
Paternal cares a thousand scruples raise;,0.0
"Our time's elapsed, and we condemned for spies:",1.0
"Commit your darling to my faithful hand,",1.0
Of me again the sacred pledge demand.,1.0
"Two lovely boys, adorned with every grace,",1.0
Without compassion let them both be slain.,0.0
Half yielding now he stands – Their household straits,2.0
"With faltering speech, and anguish in his eyes,",2.0
"Then go in peace, the vanquished patriarch cries:",1.0
"Celestial providence your steps attend,",1.0
And angel guards from every ill defend;,0.0
"With doubled money for your corn advance,",1.0
Perhaps the restoration was a chance;,1.0
"But take some grateful present in your hand,",0.0
The balmy products of your native land:,1.0
"And be the eternal Majesty implored,",2.0
And bring your injured innocence to light:,1.0
"But know, if mischief should the lad attend,",0.0
My hoary hairs down to the grave you send.,1.0
"THEIR father's blessing on their knees they take,",1.0
"And now to Memphis quick advances make,",0.0
"Where safe arrived, but fearful of their doom,",1.0
"To Joseph's steward hastily they come,",1.0
"Disclose in humble terms their late mistake,",0.0
And render doubled all the money back.,0.0
"Your father's God he said your coin restored,",0.0
"'Twas justly paid, then leads them to his lord.",2.0
"Their gifts, with prostrate homage, they present;",1.0
His gracious smiles their rising doubts prevent;,0.0
"Forgetful of himself, with eager haste,",1.0
"He forward stepped, and Benjamin embraced:",1.0
"His heart expands with sympathetic joy,",0.0
While in his arms he folds the wondering boy;,2.0
"Fond nature struggles with the vain disguise,",2.0
A brother sparkles in his radiant eyes:,0.0
Scarce all his grandeur from the gentle youth,1.0
With mutual rapture touched conceals the truth;,2.0
"And half disclosed the kindred soul appears,",0.0
"Till Joseph flies to hide the swelling tears,",0.0
"That melting love and soft surprise excite,",0.0
"But recollected, soon returns in sight.",0.0
"Conducts them now into a spacious hall,",0.0
"To luxury inured, with artful care,",1.0
A splendid banquet instantly prepare;,1.0
"Embroidered carpets cover all the ground,",0.0
The gay attendants round the circle bear.,0.0
"And now, with costly fare and sparkling wine",0.0
"Of various sorts, the loaded tables shine,",2.0
"Beneath a glittering canopy of state,",3.0
With all the bounty of a royal feast,1.0
He nobly entertains each Hebrew guest:,0.0
"Their hostage freed the mutual joy completes,",2.0
"In order placed, they take their destined seats:",0.0
"With sprightly wines, and social converse gay,",0.0
In guiltless mirth they spend the fleeting day.,0.0
"Till rising with the morning's rosy light,",1.0
"They haste away, with full provisions stored,",0.0
In every sack as ordered by his lord,1.0
Their coin the steward secretly conveyed;,1.0
"Secure the suburbs utmost bounds were past,",1.0
"When with a feigned concern and anxious haste,",0.0
"How could you thus, ungrateful and unjust,",1.0
"Against the rules of hospitable trust,",5.0
"Combine, the consecrated cup to steal,",0.0
By which my lord does secret things reveal.,0.0
"With what strange meaning is thy language fraught,",2.0
"Surprised, they cry, we're guiltless, even in thought,",1.0
"And by the immortal God, we dare protest,",1.0
Such black designs are strangers to our breast.,1.0
"How should we then abuse thy injured lord,",0.0
While recent favours yet our thanks compel?,0.0
Vassals for life thy servants shall remain;,2.0
"The wretch, convicted of a crime so high,",1.0
"Content, he said, and searched their burdens round;",0.0
"With wild despair, their folding vests they rent,",0.0
And backward to the royal office went.,1.0
"The regent here, but o! how changed they find,",1.0
"No more the mild, beneficent and kind,",6.0
"But fiercely asking, in an altered tone,",0.0
What wrong is this your guilty hands have done?,1.0
"You well might know, where dress and learning shine,",0.0
"A man, like me, must certainly divine.",2.0
"Prostrate they fall, while Judah for the rest,",3.0
With mingled sighs their mutual grief expressed.,2.0
What can I say? – How shall thy servant speak?,0.0
In what pathetic words my silence break?,0.0
"What energy of language shall I find,",1.0
To paint the wild distraction of my mind?,1.0
"Justice divine, with keen revenge begins",2.0
To reckon up our lengthened score of sins;,1.0
Our secret crimes this rigorous stroke demand;,2.0
"No, – cries the gracious Regent, only he",2.0
"With whom the cup was found, my slave shall be;",0.0
"Return in peace, your needless fears resign,",0.0
"This youth, a public criminal, is mine.",1.0
"When Judah thus, still gently drawing near",1.0
"Be pleased, my lord, to lend a gracious ear,",0.0
"While I the tender circumstance repeat,",0.0
"Two lovely boys, the pleasure of his life,",2.0
"The elder Branch, by an untimely death,",1.0
"Snatched from his arms, long since resigned his breath.",1.0
"The youngest, who does now his care engage,",0.0
"The single prop of his declining age,",1.0
"The constant theme of every pleasing thought,",0.0
"Your strict command, my lord, has hither brought:",0.0
Our sire thy servant long refused to grant,2.0
"And just concern, to clear our injured truth,",0.0
He to my conduct gave the gentle youth.,1.0
"But o! what killing anguish pierced his heart,",1.0
When thus compelled with Benjamin to part:,1.0
With all the eloquence that filial love,3.0
Could ever inspire to calm his fears I strove;,2.0
"But all in vain; on dismal thoughts intent,",0.0
"If mischief should his blooming life prevent,",0.0
"My hoary hairs, he said, with grief oppressed,",0.0
Must to the gloomy grave descend for rest.,0.0
"And I, unhappy, whither shall I go",1.0
To shun that dark distracting scene of woe?,0.0
Deprived of every future joy by me;,0.0
"For I, with all the arguments I had,",2.0
"Became myself a surety for the lad,",2.0
"And must again the precious pledge restore,",0.0
Or see my aged parent's face no more.,1.0
"My lord, you seem to have a tender heart,",0.0
Though sometime forced to act a rigorous part,3.0
Or let thy servant here a vassal live,0.0
Condemned no more my native soil to tread.,1.0
"No longer Joseph could his tears control,",1.0
"Or hide the soft emotions of his soul,",1.0
"Relenting signs the watchful Hebrews saw,",0.0
In haste he bids the attendants all withdraw.,2.0
"I am your brother Joseph, then he cries,",1.0
"With tears and melting goodness in his eyes,",0.0
"The cruel fact, alas, too well they knew,",1.0
"And, with disordered looks, each other view.",1.0
He then demands – How fares my honoured sire?,3.0
Confused and mute they farther off retire;,1.0
"A guilty shame on every face was spread,",0.0
"Come near, my brothers, then he mildly said,",0.0
"Reflect not on yourselves, with thought severe,",1.0
"It was not you, but God, that sent me here;",0.0
"His goodness ruled the circumstance and place,",0.0
To save the stock of Abraham's sacred race;,6.0
"Five years of cruel famine yet remain,",0.0
"While, destitute of hope, the careful swain",0.0
"Shall neither sow nor reap – The burning soil,",0.0
"But heaven has sent me here, to save your lives,",0.0
"Your infant offspring, and your tender wives.",2.0
"The Egyptian king, in every virtue great,",1.0
"The strength, the power, the wealth of all the land,",2.0
"Without restraint, are trusted to my hand.",1.0
"Return, and in my father's ears relate",0.0
"The plenty, pomp, and grandeur of my state:",2.0
"Tell him, I long his hoary age to greet,",0.0
His whole domestic charge shall be my care.,0.0
Dismiss your fears – This painful silence break!,0.0
You see a friend! you hear a brother speak!,0.0
"Behold the tender motions of my heart,",1.0
"No more disguised with grandeur, or with art!",3.0
"Regard me well, the kindred features trace,",0.0
No longer strives the gushing tears to cheque;,1.0
While nature sits triumphant in his eyes;,0.0
"Nor less delight transports the gentle youth,",0.0
"Replete with goodness, innocence and truth;",1.0
"In mutual sympathy their souls were tied,",3.0
And more by virtue than by birth allied.,1.0
"Saluting then the rest, with mild address,",0.0
He clears their doubts and softens their distress;,1.0
"Conversing freely, now they quit their fears,",0.0
"While Pharaoh, pleased, the new adventure hears;",0.0
"And in his clemency, and royal grace,",1.0
Commands the viceroy some selected place,0.0
His father's numerous charge to entertain.,2.0
"The regent now, impatient of delay,",1.0
With costly presents sends the men away;,0.0
But with a sparkling Babylonian vest,3.0
His youngest friend was graced above the rest.,0.0
"Make haste, he said, to bring my father down,",2.0
"Tell him I live, and be my greatness known;",0.0
Your wives and helpless children to convey;,1.0
"Nor care to gather up your needless stores,",1.0
"At Hebron soon their speedy journey ends,",0.0
The good old man their coming now attends;,1.0
"Where scarce arrived, at once they all relate",0.0
The welcome news of Joseph's prosperous state.,2.0
"Why would you mock my woe with airy schemes,",0.0
He fainting said of gay fantastic dreams?,0.0
"But soon the loaded carriages appear,",1.0
"Recall his life, his drooping spirits cheer.",0.0
"My Joseph lives! transporting truth he cries,",0.0
"I'll see his face, and close my aged eyes:",0.0
"Content, resign these poor remains of breath,",0.0
And gently rest in the calm shades of death.,2.0
"With some auspicious Aid you Powers above,",2.0
Help to support the weight of slighted Love.,2.0
I ask not Rage to curse the daring Man;,0.0
"That by Instinctive Power all Women can,",5.0
But keep me mild as when Love first began.,1.0
"It's the malignancy of low desire,",2.0
Without Supply can ever burn the same;,0.0
Love glows in every Atom of my Frame.,2.0
"Sparkles in every Thought, flames at my Heart,",3.0
Like the extensive Soul it does exert;,1.0
"From his cold Breast no languid warmth I want,",4.0
"His Fires when at their height to mine are faint,",1.0
Yet my hard Fate forces this soft Complaint.,3.0
And we have least when we deserve it most.,2.0
"O! was I fickle as the restless Wind,",2.0
"Then for the Charmer I'd no longer mourn,",2.0
But treat his Negligence with equal Scorn.,1.0
"He should no more my slighted Favours wear,",1.0
"But from the sighing Crowd that deaf my Ear,",1.0
I'd choose some kinder Youth and fix them there.,0.0
"But o! my tender Soul too weak does prove,",2.0
Either to change or bear the force of Love;,2.0
Too sure it's doomed by my relentless Fate,2.0
That I must love and sink beneath the weight.,0.0
Would some kind Vision represent to me,1.0
"How bright thy Streets, Celestial Salem! be;",0.0
How blessed are those that in thy Temple dwell:,0.0
How much more bright than before proud Phoebus shed,3.0
Are those vast Rays the Eternal Sun does spread!,2.0
"Would Angels me their Admiration show,",1.0
How fair he looked to the black Sons of men:,2.0
"Might I, but ah, while clogged with sinful Flesh,",0.0
In vain I breath out the impatient Wish!,1.0
"But have a glimpse of those fair Fields of Bliss,",2.0
"Where dressed in Beams, the shining Saints do move",0.0
More gay then all the fancied shades of Love:,0.0
Bright Silver streams the Crystal Waters flow;,1.0
"Where the true Son of Glory never declines,",5.0
"Where endless Smiles celestial Faces wear,",0.0
"No Eye eclipsed with a rebellious Tear,",2.0
For Grief is an unheard of Stranger there.,2.0
"Say then, if ought of that blessed place you know,",1.0
"Describe its Bliss, its dazzling Glories show!",0.0
"HOW hapless is the applauded Virgin's Lot,",3.0
"Her GOD forgetting, by her GOD forgot!",1.0
"Stranger to Truth, unknowing to obey,",3.0
"In Error nursed, and disciplined to stray;",1.0
"Sense all her Good, and Passion all her Guide:",0.0
"Pleasure its Tide, and Flattery lends its Breath,",4.0
And smoothly waft her to Eternal Death!,1.0
"Crowd to her Shrine, and tremble at her Feet;",0.0
"She hears their Vows, Believes their Life and Death",0.0
Hangs on the Wrath and Mercy of her Breath;,1.0
"Supreme in fancied State she reigns her Hour,",0.0
"Herself the Only Object worth her Care,",0.0
Since all the kneeling World was made for Her.,0.0
"For Her, Creation all its Stores displays,",1.0
"The Silkworms labour, and the Diamonds blaze:",2.0
"Air, Earth, and Sea conspire to tempt her Taste,",3.0
And ransacked Nature furnishes the Feast.,2.0
"And Balls, and Theatres, and Courts arise:",1.0
"Bid the first Cries of infant Reason cease,",3.0
"Save her from Thought, and lull her Soul to Peace.",0.0
"Deep sunk in Sense the imprisoned Soul remains,",3.0
"Nor knows its Fall from GOD, nor feels its Chains:",0.0
"Unconscious still, sleeps on in Error's Night,",4.0
"Nor strives to rise, nor struggles into Light:",0.0
No Pangs experienced of the Second Birth,2.0
While All the enthralled Creation groans around.,1.0
"DEAR Agnes, gleamed with joy and dashed with tears,",1.0
Over us have glided almost sixty years,2.0
"By those whose eyes long closed in death have been,",2.0
That dew of morning studs with silvery gem.,2.0
Then every butterfly that crossed our view,0.0
"With joyful shout was greeted as it flew,",1.0
And moth and ladybird and beetle bright,0.0
"Then as we paddled barefoot, side by side,",1.0
Seen in the power of early wonderment.,3.0
"A long perspective to my mind appears,",1.0
"Looking behind me to that line of years,",3.0
And yet through every stage I still can trace,0.0
"And now to what thou art, in comely age,",0.0
Active and ardent. Let what will engage,3.0
"Thy present moment, whether hopeful seeds",0.0
"From the fair flower remove, or ancient lore",4.0
"In chronicle or legend rare explore,",1.0
"Or on the parlour hearth with kitten play,",1.0
"Stroking its tabby sides, or take thy way",2.0
"To gain with hasty steps some cottage door,",0.0
"On helpful errand to the neighbouring poor,",3.0
Thou still art young in spite of time gone by.,2.0
"Though oft of patience brief and temper keen,",0.0
"Well may it please me, in life's latter scene,",1.0
To think what now thou art and long to me hast been.,0.0
"That thing by me abhorred, and with address",2.0
In fitful sports the precious time to waste.,0.0
Thy love of tale and storey was the stroke,1.0
"At which my dormant fancy first awoke,",0.0
And ghosts and witches in my busy brain,0.0
"Arose in somber show, a motley train.",0.0
"This newfound path attempting, proud was I,",1.0
"Lurking approval on thy face to spy,",3.0
"Or hear thee say, as grew thy roused attention,",0.0
What! is this storey all thine own invention?,0.0
"Then, as advancing through this mortal span,",2.0
"Our intercourse with the mixed world began,",2.0
A truth that from my youthful vanity,2.0
"Lay not concealed did for the sisters twain,",2.0
"Wherever we went, the greater favour gain;",3.0
"While, but for thee, vexed with its tossing tide,",1.0
I from the busy world had shrunk aside.,1.0
"And now in later years, with better grace",0.0
With those whom nearer neighbourhood have made,3.0
"Or gracious or untoward, have their way.",3.0
Silent if dull ' --  OH precious privilege!,3.0
"I sit by thee; or if, culled from the page",1.0
"Of some huge, ponderous tome which, but thyself,",4.0
"None ever had taken from its dusty shelf,",4.0
Thou read me curious passages to speed,3.0
"The winter night, I take but little heed",0.0
"And thankless say I cannot listen now,",0.0
"To these, thy nightly offerings of affection,",2.0
Drawn from thy ready talent for selection;,1.0
For still it seemed in thee a natural gift,1.0
The lettered grain from lettered chaff to sift.,0.0
"By daily use and circumstance endeared,",0.0
Things are of value now that once appeared,0.0
"Of no account, and without notice past,",5.0
Which over dull life a simple cheering cast;,3.0
"To hear thy morning steps the stair descending,",0.0
Thy voice with other sounds domestic blending;,0.0
"After each stated nightly absence, met",2.0
"To see thee by the morning table set,",1.0
Pouring from smoky spout the amber stream,2.0
"On summer morn, with trowel in thy hand",0.0
"In furry garment leapt, with spattered feet",0.0
"Aye even over things like these, soothed age has thrown",3.0
A sober charm they did not always own.,0.0
"In magnitude and beauty, which bereft",0.0
"Of such investment, eye had never perceived.",3.0
"The change of good and evil to abide,",1.0
"As partners linked, long have we side by side",1.0
"Our earthly journey held, and who can say",0.0
How near the end of our united way?,1.0
By nature's course not distant; sad and bereft,2.0
"Will she remain, ' --  the lonely pilgrim left.",1.0
"If thou art taken first, who can to me",2.0
"Shall feel such loss, or mourn as I shall mourn?",1.0
And if I should be fated first to leave,1.0
"This earthly house, though gentle friends may grieve,",0.0
"And he above them all, so truly proved",1.0
"A friend and brother, long and justly loved,",0.0
"There is no living wight, of woman born,",2.0
Who then shall mourn for me as thou wilt mourn.,1.0
"Thou ardent, liberal spirit! quickly feeling",0.0
The touch of sympathy and kindly dealing,1.0
"With sorrow or distress, for ever sharing",1.0
"Accept, dear Agnes, on thy natal day,",2.0
An unadorned but not a careless lay.,0.0
Nor think this tribute to thy virtues paid,1.0
"From tardy love proceeds, though long delayed.",0.0
The latest spoken still are deemed the best:,0.0
Few are the measured rhymes I now may write;,0.0
"And sent the fatal gift, which spread below",0.0
"Over all the wretched race, contagious woe,",0.0
"Unhappy man, by Vice and Folly tossed,",0.0
"Found in the storms of life his quiet lost,",0.0
"While Envy, Avarice and Ambition, hurled",3.0
Discord and Death around the warring world;,2.0
"Then the blessed peasant left his fields and fold,",2.0
And bartered love and peace for power and gold;,2.0
"Left his calm cottage and his native plain,",4.0
"Or, braving danger, in the battle stood,",0.0
And bathed his savage hands in human blood:,0.0
"No longer then, his woodland walks among,",1.0
"The shepherd lad his genuine passion sung,",2.0
"Or sought at early morn his soul's delight,",0.0
To deck her flowing hair no more he wove,1.0
"Bound his own brow with myrtle or with bay,",1.0
"But broke his pipe, and threw his crook away.",0.0
"The nymphs forsaken, other pleasures sought;",0.0
"Then first for gold their venal hearts were bought,",0.0
"And Nature's blush to sickly Art gave place,",1.0
And Affectation seized the seat of Grace:,0.0
"No more Simplicity, by Sense refined,",2.0
"Or generous Sentiment, possessed the mind;",3.0
"No more they felt each other's joy and woe,",0.0
"And Cupid fled, and hid his useless bow.",0.0
"But with deep grief propitious Venus pined,",2.0
"Ills, that she knew her empire would disarm,",0.0
And rob her subjects of their sweetest charm;,1.0
"And change for lowering frowns, the smile of joy.",2.0
"Then deeply sighing at the mournful view,",0.0
She tried at length what heavenly Art could do,1.0
"To bring back Pleasure to her pensive train,",2.0
And vindicate the glories of her reign.,2.0
"A thousand little loves attend the task,",0.0
"Then shaking from her hair ambrosial dew,",1.0
"Infused fair Hope, and Expectation new,",1.0
"And stifled wishes, and persuasive sighs,",1.0
"And fond belief, and' eloquence of eyes,'",1.0
"And faltering accents, which explain so well",2.0
"What studied speeches vainly try to tell,",0.0
"And more pathetic silence, which imparts",0.0
"Infectious tenderness to feeling hearts,",1.0
Soft tones of pity; fascinating smiles;,1.0
"And brought gay dreams, fantastic visions brought,",1.0
And waved his wand over the seducing draught.,4.0
"Then Zephyr came: To him the goddess cried,",1.0
' Go fetch from Flora all her flowery pride,3.0
"' To fill my charm, each scented bud that blows,",0.0
"' Dip in their waters thy celestial wing,",1.0
' And the soft dew to fill my chalice bring;,2.0
"' But chiefly tell thy Flora, that to me",0.0
' That poignant spirit will complete my spell.',1.0
"And now Apollo lends a ray of fire,",0.0
"The watchful Graces round the circle dance,",0.0
"With arms entwined, to mark the work's advance;",0.0
Tempering his favourite arrows in the flame.,1.0
"Then Venus speaks, the wavering flames retire,",2.0
At length the goddess in the helmet's round,0.0
"A sweet and subtle spirit duly found,",0.0
"More soft than oil, than either more refined,",0.0
"And called it Flattery: ' --  balm of female life,",3.0
"It charms alike the widow, maid and wife;",0.0
"Clears the sad brow of virgins in despair,",3.0
And smooths the cruel traces left by Care;,0.0
By what rude nature is thy charm denied?,2.0
"Some form seducing still thy whisper wears,",0.0
"Stern Wisdom turns to thee her willing ears,",2.0
"And Prudery listens, and forgets her fears.",3.0
"The rustic nymph, whom rigid aunts restrain,",0.0
"Condemned to dress, and practise airs in vain,",0.0
"At thy first summons finds her bosom swell,",2.0
"While, fired by thee with spirit not her own,",1.0
"She grows a toast, and rises into ton.",0.0
"The faded beauty who with secret pain,",0.0
"Sees younger charms usurp her envied reign,",2.0
"By thee assisted, can with smiles behold",2.0
The record where her conquests are enrolled;,2.0
"And dwelling yet on scenes by memory nursed,",2.0
"When George the second reigned, or George the first;",0.0
"She sees the shades of ancient beaux arise,",0.0
"Who swear her eyes exceeded modern eyes,",0.0
"When poets sung for her and lovers bled,",1.0
And giddy Fashion followed as she led.,1.0
"Departed modes appear in long array,",0.0
The flowers and flounces of her happier day;,5.0
"Again her locks the decent fillets bind,",0.0
And then comparing with a proud disdain,1.0
"The more fantastic tastes that now obtain,",0.0
The gayer world that moves round George the third.,0.0
"Nor thy soft influence will the train refuse,",3.0
"Who court in distant shades the modest Muse,",0.0
"Though in a form more pure and more refined,",0.0
Thy soothing spirit meets the lettered mind;,0.0
Not Death itself thine empire can destroy;,1.0
"Towards thee, even then, we turn the languid eye;",0.0
"Still trust in thee to bid our memory bloom,",3.0
And scatter roses round the silent tomb.,0.0
"SO, gentle Destinies, decide the strife;",1.0
"Ah! spare but hers, and take my hated Life.",1.0
"Cease, cease, dear Nymph, the Fates ordain not so.",2.0
"I must; and wish my Epilogue were done,",0.0
That from this tiresome stage I may be gone.,3.0
Ah me! ah me! this breaks my feeble heart:,0.0
"Without the least Reluctance, all below,",0.0
"Save thee, dear Nymph, I willingly forego:",4.0
"My Swain, my Mates, my Flocks and Garland too.",0.0
"In those blessed shades, to which my soul must flee,",2.0
"Who never reflect on what they left behind,",2.0
Rapt with the Joys they in Elysium find.,2.0
"By Silver streams, through blissful shades they rove,",0.0
Their Pleasures to Eternity improve.,2.0
There all the Smiling Year is clothed with Green;,0.0
"No Autumn, but Eternal Spring is seen.",2.0
There the winged Choir in Loud and Artful strains,4.0
Transmit their Echo's to the happy Plains:,1.0
"When he, like me, has bid the World adieu.",0.0
"There, if her Innocence she still retain,",2.0
My Philomela I shall clasp again;,1.0
"And there, when Death shall stop his Noble Race,",1.0
"But now farewell, my latest Sands are run,",1.0
And Charon waits impatient to be gone.,1.0
"Farewell, poor Earth; from thy unhappy shore",3.0
None ever launched more joyfully before.,2.0
Alas! why should the Brave and Virtuous fear:,2.0
And left me in this desert World alone;,0.0
"Serene, and Glittering to Eternal Light.",3.0
"More blind than Love, or Chance, relentless Death,",0.0
"The best the bravest, and faithful Friend alive;",2.0
Alas! Why rises the unwelcome Sun?,1.0
"A loss so vast, nor Wretch so cursed as me;",0.0
"Whom Grief hath wrapped in so condensed a shade,",1.0
As thy intruding beams shall never invade:,3.0
And left me Weeping on the Shore alone?,1.0
"Yet could the Gentle Fair but see me mourn,",0.0
From that Blessed Place she would perhaps return.,1.0
And left me in this desert World alone.,0.0
"For ah! deprived my dearer Life of thee,",2.0
The World is all a Hermitage to me:,1.0
"No more together we shall sit or walk,",2.0
"No more of Pan, or of Elysium talk:",3.0
"No more, no more shall I the fleeting Day",0.0
"No more the Noblest height of Friendship prove,",0.0
"Mourn all you Groves and Streams, mourn every thing,",1.0
"Tune, Shepherd's, tune your Pipes to Mournful strains;",1.0
For we have lost the Glory of our Plains.,2.0
Let every thing a sadder Look put on;,3.0
"The Female Author who recites to Day,",1.0
Trusts to her Sex the Merit of her Play.,1.0
Like Father Bayes securely She sits down:,2.0
"Pitt, Box and Gallery, Gad! All's our Own.",3.0
By their Applause the Critics showed their Wit.,1.0
They tuned their Voices to her Lyric String;,1.0
"Though they could All do something more, than Sing.",0.0
But one Exception to this Fact we find;,2.0
"And now on French, or on Italian Stages,",1.0
"Are always aimed at Poets, that wear Breeches.",1.0
Drew a sharp Pen upon a Naked Woman.,3.0
"The blustering Bully in our neighbouring Streets,",4.0
Scorns to attack the Female that He meets:,3.0
"The Hoop secures, whatever it surrounds.",2.0
"By turns are ruled by Tumult, and by Love:",1.0
"And while their Sweethearts their Attention fix,",2.0
Suspend the Din of their damned clattering Sticks.,2.0
"To You our Author makes Her soft Request,",1.0
"Who speak the kindest, and who write the best.",1.0
"Your Sympathetic Hearts She hopes to move,",0.0
"From tender Friendship, and endearing Love.",1.0
She hopes from You ' --  Pox take her Hopes and Fears;,2.0
"By Our full Power of Beauty We think fit,",6.0
We'll try the Empire You so long have boasted;,1.0
"And if We are not Praised, We'll not be Toasted.",1.0
Approve what One of us presents to Night;,2.0
Or every Mortal Woman here shall write:,0.0
"Rural, Pathetic, Narrative, Sublime,",3.0
Female Remarks shall take up all Your Time.,1.0
"Your Time, poor Souls! we'll take your very Money;",1.0
Female Third Days shall come so thick upon You.,2.0
"As long as We have Eyes, or Hands, or Breath,",1.0
"We'll Look, or Write, or Talk You All to Death.",0.0
Unless You yield for Better and for Worse:,1.0
And the Grey Mare will prove the better Horse.,2.0
"IF prosperous scenes should open on our way,",3.0
"Friendship has charms to gild the happiest day,",4.0
Her soothing power has suited balms to heal;,2.0
"As she recedes, our energies subside,",2.0
And earth's gay scenes appear a languid void;,1.0
"Thus drooping flowers when chilled by midnight air,",4.0
"Contract their leaves, and fold themselves with care;",0.0
"But when the sun ascends to light the day,",0.0
They soon expand to catch the vital ray;,0.0
"But, if the hollow winds and beating rain,",1.0
"Sweep over the hills, and deluge on the plain;",4.0
"Denied the genial beam which gave them birth,",0.0
They then unheeded sink to native earth.,0.0
WHAT Thought can figure all my vast Distress?,0.0
"What Words the Anguish of my Soul express,",1.0
"When to my Rival you resigned your Charms,",1.0
"And filled his richer, but less faithful Arms?",2.0
"Loathing the Sun's bright Rays to Shades I fly,",3.0
"And your dear Name to whispering Zephyrs sigh,",4.0
The whispering Zephyrs your dear Name reply;,4.0
"Dark gloomy Groves to raise have been my Care,",1.0
"Fit Scenes of hopeless Love, and black Despair.",1.0
And a new Eden rises mid my Tears.,2.0
There spreading Cedars form a grateful Shade.,0.0
"Soft gliding Streams, which murmur as they flow,",2.0
"Come up then, my Beloved! O come and grace",1.0
"This Spot of Earth, with a young lovely Race.",2.0
"Let a fair numerous Offspring fill each Shade,",6.0
"Remember, fair One, that the Age of Man",0.0
"Is but a thousand Years, and quickly gone:",1.0
"Beauty, though much admired, yet soon is past,",2.0
Its transient Glories but some Centuries last:,3.0
Displayed its growing Branches to the Sight;,1.0
"Now worn with Age it falls, nor thought of more,",1.0
Unless some Root its Memory restore:,1.0
"Think well on this, then haste to make me blessed;",2.0
"Be happy now, and leave to Fate the rest.",0.0
"THOU dearest youth, who taught me first to know",0.0
"What pleasures from a real friendship flow,",4.0
"Where neither interest nor design have part,",1.0
But all the warmth is native of the heart;,1.0
"Joy of my health, and cordial of my pain.",1.0
"When life seemed failing on her latest stage,",2.0
"And fell disease anticipated age,",0.0
"When wasting sickness and afflicted pain,",1.0
"Forced me reluctant, desperate, to explore",3.0
"A warmer sun, and seek a milder shore;",0.0
"Forsook each gay companion of thy youth,",1.0
"Whatever the prosperous or the great employs,",4.0
"Business and interest, and love's softer joys,",6.0
"The weary steps of misery to attend,",3.0
"To share distress, and make a wretch thy friend,",0.0
"If over the mountain's snowy height we stray,",2.0
"Or through the tainted air of Rome's parched plains,",2.0
"Where Want resides, and Superstition reigns;",0.0
"And kindly anxious for thy friend alone,",1.0
Lament his sufferings and forget thy own.,1.0
"O! would kind Heaven, these tedious sufferings past,",3.0
"In that loved shade, my youth's delightful seat,",1.0
"My early pleasure, and my late retreat,",1.0
"Where lavish Nature's favourite blessings flow,",0.0
And all the seasons all their sweets bestow;,0.0
There might I trifle carelessly away,1.0
"The milder evening of life's clouded day,",2.0
"From business and the world's intrusion free,",1.0
"With books, with love, with beauty, and with thee;",1.0
"Let those who Fortune's shining gifts implore,",0.0
"And pleasures they can never taste, despise;",1.0
"Who, while she grants their prayer, their peace destroys.",0.0
"I envy not the foremost of the great,",2.0
"Still let him load Ambition's thorny shrine,",1.0
"Fame be his portion, and contentment mine.",2.0
"But if the gods, sinister still, deny",6.0
"Thy hand to close my eyes in death's long night,",1.0
Thy image to attract their latest sight:,1.0
"Then to the grave attend thy poet's hearse,",0.0
And love his memory as you loved his verse.,1.0
AT first in Vales obscure the Lyre I strung;,0.0
"Now, leaving these, she ranges over the Plains,",4.0
"Yet, fresh in Grief, but feebly moves her Wings,",0.0
"Loved each alike, and were, like Brothers, kind:",2.0
Great CAROLINE her Royal Bounty showed,1.0
"When straight his smiling Looks, and cheerful Mien,",0.0
Proclaimed the Goodness of a gracious QUEEN;,1.0
"But gloomy Sadness soon his Face possessed,",0.0
And clouded all the Joys before expressed:,0.0
The other gay and pleasant still appeared;,0.0
"Nor grieved for Evils past, nor future feared:",0.0
"And thus the mournful Tale, alternate, ran.",4.0
"WHY, COLIN, dost thou wear that pensive Look,",0.0
"And sighing stand, supported by thy Crook?",1.0
"Say, from what Cause this Melancholy springs;",0.0
Or dost thou verify what DAMON sings?,0.0
"The more he has, the more he still requires:",0.0
"New Pleasures grow insipid, when enjoyed.",1.0
"So, when our Sheep on Hills refuse to feed,",0.0
We straight remove them to the verdant Mead;,1.0
"And, for that Day, their Pasture seems to please:",1.0
"The next, they range around the flowery Space;",2.0
"'TWAS Yesterday a giddy Sheep I viewed,",1.0
"While one, with burly Horns, secure from Pain,",0.0
"Ran, enviously, and pushed him down again.",5.0
"I nor insulted, nor intended Guile;",2.0
"But tell me, Swain, what wondrous Turn of Fate",0.0
"What, is thy Harvest blasted on the Ground?",1.0
Or has the Royal CAROLINA frowned?,0.0
"You know, my Friend's Misfortunes are my own.",1.0
"MY Harvest is not blasted on the Ground,",2.0
Nor has the Royal CAROLINA frowned:,0.0
"But lately, when the Sun had gaily dressed",0.0
"The lofty Mountains in a purple Vest,",0.0
"I early rose, to tend my fleecy Care;",0.0
"Wet was the Grass, and piercing cold the Air.",0.0
"My lovely SYLVIA, stay behind, I said,",2.0
Till I have weaved a Garland for thy Head;,2.0
"Till I a Bower, with shady Branches, form,",3.0
"To shun the scorching Ray, or rapid Storm;",0.0
"And, when the Dew's exhaled, which Night distilled,",0.0
Bless COLIN with thy Presence in the Field.,2.0
She answered not; but from her Bosom sent,1.0
"A deep presaging Sigh, before I went.",4.0
"The Sun had painted every Object gay,",0.0
When to the cheerful Field I took my Way;,0.0
The Thrush and Finch sat chirping on the Thorn;,2.0
"The Swallows round, in airy Circles, flew;",0.0
"And, ah! poor COLIN then was joyful too:",1.0
"But suddenly I saw the Mists arise,",1.0
While from his airy Height the Lark sunk down,2.0
The tuneful Birds their joyous Songs denied;,0.0
"My drooping Heart, which felt unusual Weight,",0.0
"Shocked with such Omens, ceased almost to beat:",1.0
"Yet these, said I, portend no Evil, while",3.0
Inured the lesser Ills of Life to bear.,0.0
"Thus said, I took my Way to yonder Grove;",1.0
"And formed, with spreading Boughs, an arched Alcove:",1.0
"So close I twisted in each pliant Spray,",0.0
"As might exclude the Wind, or sunny Ray.",0.0
"With sweetest Flowers I decked the mossy Ground,",2.0
"Here, when, said I, my SYLVIA comes afield,",2.0
This grateful Bower a safe Retreat shall yield:,2.0
"If rainy, here she may the Storms evade;",1.0
"If fair, the Branches will project a Shade:",1.0
"Here SYLVIA shall, with COLIN, take her Rest;",1.0
"And COLIN here, with SYLVIA, shall be blessed.",1.0
"As thus I spoke, around I cast my Eye,",0.0
And saw celestial CELIA drawing nigh:,0.0
I saw; but wondered why her heavenly Mien,2.0
"Was clouded over, that used to be serene.",2.0
Nor to Arcadian Shepherd's was so dear.,5.0
"When CELIA to the rural Shade retires,",1.0
She every Breast with rising Hope inspires;,0.0
"The happy Time, and hail the generous Dame:",2.0
"As languid Plants, which half the Year lie dead,",1.0
"When Spring approaches, raise their drooping Head.",0.0
She crossed the Plains with a dejected Air;,1.0
Her pensive Aspect showed her pious Care;,1.0
"And, loath unwelcome Tidings to reveal,",1.0
"Ah poor unhappy Swain! return, return;",0.0
The sable Clouds foretell a rainy Morn:,0.0
Nor only is the Day overcast with Gloom;,4.0
Thy pleasing Hopes are blasted all at home;,0.0
"Thy SYLVIA, OH! She said, and dropped the rest;",2.0
But my presaging Heart too rightly guessed:,3.0
"I silent stood, and spoke my Grief with Tears;",0.0
"You know, my Heart was firmly linked to hers.",0.0
"I know, your Hearts are linked in Friendship fast;",0.0
Long may that mutual Bond of Friendship last:,2.0
"May HYMEN to you both propitious prove,",1.0
And Death but late untie the Knot of Love.,0.0
"The good, the faithful SYLVIA is no more:",1.0
"That gloomy Morn she, in my Absence, died;",0.0
And rigid Death the last Farewell denied.,1.0
Another Loss I could content have born;,0.0
But must the Loss of SYLVIA always mourn.,2.0
"My lovely SYLVIA was my softest Theme,",1.0
"My Song by Day, by Night my pleasing Dream:",0.0
But now in Sighs I spend the lingering Day;,0.0
"And, weeping, pass the tardy Night away:",0.0
Nor does thy Friend indulge a needless Care;,0.0
"My Loss is great, and just is my Despair.",1.0
THY Loss and Sorrows equally are great;,1.0
"But Death's the Law of Nature, fixed by Fate:",0.0
"Our Flocks, our Herds, our All precarious stands;",2.0
"And fall we must, when Heaven our Fall commands.",0.0
YET Flocks and Herds are with Reluctance spared;,1.0
"And what are Flocks and Herds, with her compared?",1.0
"But, ah! what Loss was his, compared with mine?",1.0
"I have a Flute, which DAMON lately made;",0.0
No Shepherd on a sweeter ever played:,2.0
"I tuned it Yesterday, and straight a Throng",0.0
"My listening Ewes, awhile, forsook their Meat;",0.0
I'll tune again the soft harmonious Lay;,2.0
"Music, perhaps, may chase thy Cares away.",2.0
Such Woes as mine would baffle all thy Skill.,1.0
"Upon his Flute ALEXIS often plays,",0.0
And strives to charm my Sorrows with his Lays;,1.0
Upon his Flute ALEXIS plays in vain;,0.0
"His Lays, though charming, cannot charm my Pain.",0.0
"The tuneful Birds rejoice on every Spray,",0.0
"In vain the tuneful Birds rejoice, in vain",0.0
"WITH cheerful Green the spacious Fields are crowned,",0.0
"The snowy Blossoms on the Branches shine,",1.0
"A pleasing Scene to every Eye, but mine!",0.0
"For neither cheerful Green, that crowns the Field,",0.0
"Nor snowy Blossoms, which the Branches yield,",0.0
"Nor Flowers, that spread the painted Meadows over,",3.0
"Delight my Eyes, now SYLVIA is no more.",2.0
IT'S more than Time thy mournful Dirge to end;,0.0
Our fleecy Flocks stand waiting round the Fold;,1.0
"Damp feel the Dews, the ruffling Breezes cold;",1.0
And hazy Fogs from marshy Grounds arise:,0.0
"Then fold thy Sheep, thy anxious Cares remove;",0.0
"Nor weep on Earth, for her who sings above.",1.0
THrough every Age some Tyrant Passion reigns:,0.0
"Now Love prevails, and now Ambition gains",1.0
"Reason's lost Throne, and sovereign Rule maintains.",3.0
"Though beyond Love's, Ambition's Empire goes;",1.0
"For who feels Love, Ambition also knows,",1.0
And proudly still aspires to be possessed,2.0
"Of Her, he thinks superior to the rest.",2.0
"As could be proved, but that our plainer Task",0.0
"Do's no such Toil, or Definitions ask;",1.0
"A King, observing how a Shepherd's Skill",1.0
"Improved his Flocks, and did the Pastures fill,",0.0
"And the secured and grazing Part attend,",1.0
"Transfers the Sway, and changed his Wool to Furs.",0.0
"His just Decrees, and speedily decides;",1.0
"When his sole Neighbour, while he watched the Fold,",1.0
"A Hermit poor, in Contemplation old,",0.0
"Tells him such Heights are levelled in a trice,",0.0
"And that already sure iT had turned his Brain,",0.0
Who thought a Prince's Favour to retain.,2.0
"Nor seemed unlike, in this mistaken Rank,",1.0
"A Serpent found, which for a Staff he took,",1.0
And used as such his own but lately broke,1.0
"Thanking the Fates, who thus his Loss supplied,",2.0
"Nor marking one, that with amazement cried,",2.0
Throw quickly from thy Hand that sleeping Ill,2.0
"A Staff it feels, nor shall my want of Eyes,",0.0
"Make me believe, I have no Senses left,",3.0
And through thy Malice be of this bereft;,2.0
Which Fortune to my Hand has kindly sent,1.0
"To guide my Steps, and stumbling to prevent.",1.0
"No Staff, the Man proceeds; but to thy harm",2.0
"Confirmed it soon, and fastened on his Arm.",1.0
"Thus wilt thou find, Shepherd believe it true,",5.0
"Some Ill, that shall this seeming Good ensue;",0.0
"So proved the Event, and Whisperers now defame",2.0
"The candid Judge, and his Proceedings blame.",1.0
"By Wrongs, they say, a Palace he erects,",1.0
"The Good oppresses, and the Bad protects.",0.0
"To view this Seat the King himself prepares,",0.0
"But Moderation, free from each Extreme,",0.0
While Moderation is the Builder's Theme.,1.0
"That Wealth he had concealed within a Chest,",0.0
"Which but attended some convenient Day,",1.0
"To face the Sun, and brighter Beams display.",0.0
"No secret Sums to foreign Banks designed,",1.0
"But humble Marks of an obscure Recess,",1.0
"Emblems of Care, and Instruments of Peace;",3.0
"The merry Bagpipe, which, ere fall of Night,",2.0
Welcome you Monuments of former Joys!,3.0
"Welcome! to bless again your Master's Eyes,",2.0
"And draw from Courts, the instructed Shepherd cries.",2.0
"No more dear Relics! we no more will part,",4.0
"You shall my Hands employ, who now revive my Heart.",0.0
"Shall falsely blacken, or seduce to Crimes",1.0
"Him, whom your honest Industry can please,",1.0
Who on the barren Down can sing from inward Ease.,1.0
"With such low Thoughts, and Freedom from Designs,",3.0
"Forgive me, Sir, and Humane Frailty see,",5.0
"The Swain replies, in my past State and Me;",2.0
"All peaceful that, to which I vow return.",0.0
But who alas! though mine at length I mourn,1.0
Was ever without the Curse of some Ambition born.,2.0
"IN this suspense, a thousand bear a part,",1.0
With hopes and fears alternate to their heart;,3.0
"With equal mind ' --  wait thy uncertain fate,",2.0
Let no resentment be thy future aim.,1.0
"Avert the thought ' --  and in the doubtful hour,",0.0
Be justice guarded by some heavenly power;,3.0
Be D ' --  still ' --  and let thy spirit show,1.0
"Thou art thyself, however this contest go.",3.0
May each dark page unfold its haggard brow!,1.0
"To tempt thy care, may each revolving night,",0.0
"From hence in times to come, adventurous deed!",2.0
When the black bag and rose no more shall shade,3.0
"When the full wig thy visage shall enclose,",3.0
"While tenants, in fee simple, stuff thy coffers.",1.0
"OH, spread from pole to pole this gracious voice:",1.0
"Say, every breast of human frame, that proves",1.0
The boundless force with which a parent loves;,0.0
"Say, can a mother from her yearning heart",1.0
Bid the soft image of her child depart?,4.0
She! whom fond instinct arms with strength to bear,1.0
All forms of ill to shield that dearest care?,0.0
"She! who with anguish stung, with madness wild,",0.0
Will rush on death to save her threatened child;,0.0
"All selfish feelings banished from her breast,",1.0
"When her loved infant to her bosom clings,",3.0
"When round her neck his eager arms he flings,",0.0
"Breathes to her listening soul his melting sigh,",0.0
"And lifts, suffused with tears, his asking eye;",0.0
"Will she, for all ambition can attain,",2.0
"The charms of pleasure, or the lures of gain,",1.0
"Betray strong nature's feelings, will she prove",2.0
Cold to the claims of duty and of love?,1.0
But should the mother from her yearning heart,1.0
Bid the soft image of her child depart;,4.0
"Betray fond nature's energies, and prove",2.0
Cold to the claims of duty and of love!,1.0
"Yet never will the GOD, whose word gave birth",2.0
"Yet, when he formed the vast stupendous whole,",0.0
Shed his best bounties on the human soul;,4.0
"Which pity softens, and which virtue charms;",1.0
"Which feels the pure affections generous glow,",2.0
"Shares others' joy, and bleeds for others' woe ' --",1.0
"OH, never will the general FATHER prove",2.0
"Of man forgetful, man the child of love. ' --",0.0
When all those planets in their ample spheres,0.0
"Have winged their course, and rolled their destined years;",0.0
When the vast sun shall veil his glowing light,3.0
Deep in the gloom of everlasting night;,0.0
"When wild destructive flames shall wrap the skies,",0.0
"When chaos triumphs, and when nature dies,",1.0
"Man shall alone the wreck of worlds survive,",1.0
Mid falling spheres immortal man shall live!,1.0
"That voice which bade the last dread thunders roll,",1.0
"Shall whisper to the good, and cheer their soul;",1.0
Where living waters pour their blissful tide;,0.0
"Where the enlarged, exulting, wondering mind",3.0
"Shall soar, from weakness and from guilt refined;",1.0
"Where perfect knowledge, bright with cloudless rays,",1.0
Shall in immortal bands unite the just;,1.0
"Devotion raised to rapture breathe her strain,",0.0
And love in his eternal triumph reign.,1.0
"Yet still my calmer thoughts his choice commend,",0.0
"I praise the hermit, but regret the friend;",1.0
"Who now resolves, from vice and LONDON far,",0.0
"To breathe in distant fields a purer air,",0.0
Give to St. David one true Briton more.,5.0
Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand?,1.0
"There none are swept by sudden fate away,",0.0
"But all whom hunger spares, with age decay:",0.0
"And now a rabble rages, now a fire;",0.0
"Here falling houses thunder on your head,",1.0
And here a female atheist talks you dead.,3.0
"Of dissipated wealth the small remains,",0.0
Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood.,0.0
"We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth;",0.0
"In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew,",0.0
"Behold her cross triumphant on the main,",1.0
"The guard of commerce, and the dread of Spain.",1.0
"A transient calm the happy scenes bestow,",0.0
And for a moment lull the sense of woe.,1.0
Wants even the cheap reward of empty praise;,3.0
"In those cursed walls, devote to vice and gain,",3.0
And every moment leaves my little less;,0.0
And life still vigorous revels in my veins;,3.0
"Grant me, kind heaven, to find some happier place,",5.0
Where honesty and sense are no disgrace;,1.0
"Some pleasing bank where verdant offers play,",0.0
Some peaceful vale with nature's painting gay;,0.0
And safe in poverty defied his foes;,1.0
"Some secret cell, you powers, indulgent give:",2.0
"Here let those reign, whom pensions can incite",1.0
"To vote a patriot black, a courtier white;",4.0
And plead for pirates in the face of day;,0.0
"With slavish tenets taint our poisoned youth,",0.0
And lend a lie the confidence of truth.,1.0
"Collect a tax, or farm a lottery,",1.0
And lull to servitude a thoughtless age.,0.0
"Heroes, proceed! what bounds your pride shall hold?",2.0
What cheque restrain your thirst of power and gold?,2.0
"Behold rebellious virtue quite overthrown,",3.0
"Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own.",0.0
"To such, a groaning nation's spoils are given,",1.0
When public crimes inflame the wrath of heaven:,0.0
"Who start at theft, and blush at perjury?",1.0
To pluck a titled poet's borrowed wing;,1.0
"Despise a fool in half his pension dressed,",0.0
"Can sap the principles, or taint the heart;",1.0
"With more address a lover's note convey,",0.0
Or bribe a virgin's innocence away.,1.0
"Well may they rise, while I, whose rustic tongue",1.0
"Never knew to puzzle right, or varnish wrong,",0.0
"Spurned as a beggar, dreaded as a spy,",1.0
"Turn from the glittering bribe thy scornful eye,",2.0
"Nor sell for gold, what gold could never buy,",0.0
"Unsullied fame, and conscience ever gay.",0.0
"Mark whom the great caress, who frown on me.",0.0
"LONDON! the needy villain's general home,",2.0
"The common sewer of Paris and of Rome,",3.0
"With eager thirst, by folly or by fate,",1.0
Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state.,0.0
"Forgive my transports on a theme like this,",1.0
The land of heroes and of saints survey;,1.0
"The rustic grandeur, or the surly grace,",2.0
"But lost in thoughtless ease, and empty show,",0.0
Behold the warrior dwindled to a beau;,1.0
"Sense, freedom, piety, refined away,",2.0
"Of France the mimic, and of Spain the prey.",1.0
"All that at home no more can beg or steal,",1.0
"Hissed from the stage, or hooted from the court,",1.0
"Their air, their dress, their politics import;",0.0
On Britain's fond credulity they prey.,1.0
"No gainful trade their industry can escape,",4.0
"All sciences a fasting Monsieur knows,",4.0
"And bid him go to hell, to hell he goes.",0.0
I drew the breath of life in English air;,0.0
The supple Gaul was born a parasite:,0.0
"Still to his interest true, wherever he goes,",2.0
"Wit, bravery, worth, his lavish tongue bestows;",3.0
"In every face a thousand graces shine,",0.0
From every tongue flows harmony divine.,2.0
And gain a kick for awkward flattery.,1.0
"Besides, with justice this discerning age",1.0
Admires their wondrous talents for the stage:,1.0
Who play from morn to night a borrowed part;,1.0
"Practised their master's notions to embrace,",3.0
"Repeat his maxims, and reflect his face;",1.0
"With every wild absurdity comply,",1.0
"To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear,",0.0
"To pour at will the counterfeited tear,",1.0
"And as their patron hints the cold or heat,",1.0
Can surly virtue hope to fix a friend?,0.0
"And lie without a blush, without a smile;",0.0
"Exalt each trifle, every vice adore,",0.0
"Your taste in snuff, your judgement in a whore;",0.0
"For arts like these preferred, admired, caressed,",1.0
"They first invade your table, then your breast;",0.0
"Watch the weak hour, and ransack all the heart;",3.0
"Commence your lords, and govern or betray.",1.0
"All crimes are safe, but hated poverty.",1.0
"This, only this, the rigid law pursues,",1.0
"This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse.",1.0
"The sober trader at a tattered cloak,",0.0
"With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze,",2.0
And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.,0.0
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;,1.0
"Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,",3.0
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.,1.0
No secret island in the boundless main?,1.0
No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by SPAIN?,1.0
"Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore,",1.0
And bear oppression's insolence no more.,2.0
"This mournful truth is every where confessed,",0.0
"But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold,",0.0
"Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold;",0.0
Roll through the streets and thunder to the skies:,1.0
"Raised from some pleasing dream of wealth and power,",0.0
"Some pompous palace or some blissful bower,",1.0
"Aghast you start, and scarce with aching sight",0.0
Sustain the approaching fire's tremendous light;,4.0
"Swift from pursuing horrors take your way,",2.0
And leave your little ALL to flames a prey;,0.0
For where can starving merit find a home?,0.0
"In vain your mournful narrative disclose,",1.0
"While all neglect, and most insult your woes.",0.0
"And spread his flaming palace on the ground,",1.0
"Swift over the land the dismal rumour flies,",3.0
"The laureate tribe in servile verse relate,",2.0
How virtue wars with persecuting fate;,0.0
"See! while he builds, the gaudy vassals come,",0.0
And crowd with sudden wealth the rising dome;,0.0
The price of boroughs and of souls restore;,2.0
And raise his treasures higher than before.,1.0
"Now blessed with all the baubles of the great,",2.0
"The polished marble, and the shining plate,",1.0
And hopes from angry heaven another fire.,0.0
For the fair banks of Severn or of Trent;,3.0
"And stretch thy prospects over the smiling land,",2.0
For less than rent the dungeons of the Strand;,1.0
"There prune thy walks, support thy drooping flowers,",0.0
"There every bush with nature's music rings,",0.0
There every breeze bears health upon its wings;,1.0
"On all thy hours security shall smile,",1.0
And bless thy evening walk and morning toil.,0.0
And sign your will before you sup from home.,1.0
Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man;,1.0
"Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast,",1.0
"Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest",1.0
"Lords of the street, and terrors of the way;",1.0
"Flushed as they are with folly, youth and wine,",1.0
Their prudent insults to the poor confine;,2.0
"And shun the shining train, and golden coach.",0.0
And hope the balmy blessings of repose:,1.0
"Cruel with guilt and daring with despair,",1.0
"Invades the sacred hour of silent rest,",0.0
"And plants, unseen, a dagger in your breast.",0.0
With hemp the gallows and the fleet supply.,1.0
Whose ways and means support the sinking land;,0.0
"Lest ropes be wanting in the tempting spring,",0.0
Could half the nation's criminals contain;,1.0
"Fair Justice then, without constraint adored,",1.0
"No spies were paid, no special juries known,",2.0
Blessed age! but ah! how different from our own!,2.0
The tide retiring calls me from the land:,1.0
"Then shall thy friend, nor thou refuse his aid,",1.0
"Still foe to vice, forsake his Cambrian shade;",3.0
"In virtue's cause once more exert his rage,",1.0
"Thy satire point, and animate thy page.",1.0
"By a soft murmuring Stream in heat of Day,",4.0
"Beneath the spreading Willows gloomy Shade,",1.0
A cool recess by careful Nature made;,0.0
"There lost in thought, soothing her amorous Pains,",7.0
"Forgot her Flocks, and business of the Plains.",1.0
"The Shepherd's wondered that she stayed so long,",0.0
"Each left his Pipe, and stopped his rural Song",0.0
"Searching the adjacent Woods and Groves around,",1.0
The careful Daphne distant Valleys tried,0.0
And there with Joy the pensive Wanderer spied:,3.0
Ran to her Arms with a transported Hast,1.0
"A thousand times, the sighing Nymph embraced.",0.0
"Tell me, said she, what makes you all neglect,",0.0
"Nor now from Sun, or Wolves your Sheep protect,",0.0
"But let them wander over the unbounded Plain,",1.0
"Scorched by the one, and by the other Slain?",2.0
Though you may now the greatest numbers Boast,1.0
Unheeded thus your Flocks will soon be lost.,0.0
"Nay of your self too, you are careless grown",2.0
Shun all the Nymphs to Muse in Shades alone:,0.0
Where smiling once with sporting Lambs you played.,0.0
"The little Bird you fondly taught to Sing,",0.0
"Released from Cage, and trusted to its Wing:",1.0
"You tore each tender Sonnet you have made,",1.0
Ah! why thus peevish? Can your faithful Heart,2.0
"No kind Inquirer when with cares oppressed,",1.0
"I still repose in yours, my wearied Breast;",1.0
"But I have now, no Secret to reveal,",3.0
"At the approach of last refreshing Shower,",1.0
In hast I ran to yonder well fenced Bower;,1.0
"In the kind shelter too long Sleeping lay,",3.0
"Or Thief, or Wolf, my Darling stole away.",0.0
"Do not evade the Truth, but be sincere;",0.0
"For long ere this, your Eyes did sorrows wear,",2.0
"Besides, I saw you ere you was awake",1.0
"Disturbed you slept, with eager accents spoke,",0.0
"Folded your tender Arms, and Slept again.",2.0
"Nay, do not blush at the discovered Truth,",1.0
"Too well I know you Love that charming Youth,",1.0
"Oft you together, your mixed Flocks did feed,",4.0
Delight your selves with his harmonious Reed.,3.0
"If any Stragglers, from your Folds did run;",1.0
"Each, would the others seek, neglect their own:",0.0
"O! Name him not; yes, ever sound that Name,",1.0
For it's in vain to hide the undoing Flame.,3.0
"I Love, nay rather the bright Youth adore,",3.0
To tempt the Nymph to his resisting Arms,1.0
"A Shape so fine, or such a pleasing Mein,",1.0
"Soft as their Down, and just such lovely Eyes.",1.0
His every accent has an Air of Love;,1.0
"A Breath as Sweet, as when the Evening Breeze",0.0
Salutes us from yonder Grove of spicy Trees;,0.0
"His lovely Smiles, soft Brightness do display,",1.0
Like glowing Blushes of the infant Day.,1.0
"When over the Mountain-tops the blooming Light,",2.0
"Like Pan himself, the Glory of the Woods,",1.0
Then who such mighty Charms can ever resist?,2.0
"Charms like my Love, too great to be expressed.",1.0
"O fatal Power of Love, that thus can seize",2.0
"But now a Slave, worse than ever sighed for you,",3.0
"You dote to Passion; nay, Distraction too.",0.0
"Tell me, sad softened Nymph, how long your Breast,",3.0
"Speaking of him, can never think Ages long.",4.0
"Daphne, you know what time the lovely Swain,",2.0
"With his Blessed Flocks, has graced our happy Plain:",2.0
"From the first Hour, he did obliging prove;",2.0
"I little thought, to pay him back in Love",0.0
"He within bounds, my wandering Lambs would keep,",6.0
"When I was weary, gladly Fold my Sheep.",0.0
"And as I rested, in the verdant Shade,",1.0
"The listening Shepherd's not far distant stand,",1.0
"Not Pan's immortal Pipe, could more Inspire,",0.0
"And taught my listening Soul, the way to Love.",0.0
"On a fresh Bank, by a clear Fountain side,",4.0
Where Flora smiled with gaudy vernal Pride.,0.0
"Phoebus was gone, to Thetis yielding Arms,",2.0
"Smiled over the Grove, scarce Day it self more Bright,",4.0
"And through the Boughs, sprinkled the Shade with Light.",6.0
"There with gay Innocence, supine we sat,",3.0
But no forewarning Bird told my approaching Fate.,3.0
I cropped the fragrant Flowers all around;,0.0
"The various Colours, artfully I placed,",3.0
"One side, with various Sylvan Nymphs, I graced,",2.0
And on the other Pan and Flora placed.,1.0
"Take these, said I; for all the generous Care,",2.0
"In which, so oft, my Flocks and I did share;",1.0
I only grieve their number is so small.,1.0
"He smiled to hear the tender things I said,",0.0
While grateful looks his pleasing Answers made;,0.0
"And then half Blushing on his Music played,",2.0
"Listening; that dear undoing Face I viewed,",1.0
"To catch each Smile, which kindly was bestowed.",1.0
"But O! too long, too long I gazing sat;",4.0
"My Soul, with softening Airs, prepared by Fate,",0.0
"Took the Impression of that charming Face,",3.0
"Which, Smiling, darted Glory round the Place:",0.0
"A thousand Loves in amorous Fires dressed,",2.0
With one dear look pierced my too ready Breast:,4.0
"I thought Heaven's Brightness in those radiant Eyes,",2.0
"And blushed, and fainted at the soft surprise;",0.0
"Yet hoped the mighty Transport would be over,",0.0
And the gay Youth but please as heretofore:,2.0
"But o! you may as soon yonder Mountain move,",7.0
As raze out the immortal Characters of Love.,2.0
"Then with what caution should we guard the Breast,",0.0
And the first glimmering of the Flame resist?,3.0
"A Flame, so fatal, that it does Destroy,",0.0
"If all kind Breasts are with such torture moved,",2.0
"May I never Love, nor ever be be loved?",0.0
"No; rather let me and my Flocks, be drove",2.0
"From this fresh Pasture, and delightful Grove;",3.0
"Where no Shades near, nor useful Waters run;",1.0
"Fainted with wandering over the fiery Dust,",8.0
"Famished for Food, Parched up with Heat and Thirst:",2.0
"I void of all, that can relieve their Wants:",1.0
Yet I'd endure this piercing Scene of Woe;,1.0
"Rather then Love, should my gay Breast subdue,",4.0
"Ah why, would you indulge the fond desire.",2.0
And not at first Stifle the growing Fire?,3.0
"At its Approach, with tender warmth were Blessed,",1.0
"And give such Joys, none would, or can resist.",2.0
"No Lover yet, could ever of Forecast Boast,",4.0
"Now with the fondest Flames of Love I burn,",0.0
Doomed to the certain Curse of no return.,0.0
"When to the fickle Youth, I owned I loved,",0.0
"He never returns, to see how mine do fare,",3.0
"Nor I, nor they, are now no more his Care.",2.0
"Curse on my Love, which did itself disclose,",0.0
"By what should keep, I did my Charmer lose;",0.0
"Now I no more must see his lovely Face,",0.0
"Hear his enchanting Voice, his melting Lays;",2.0
"Make the Soul Gay, and every Pulse beat Love.",4.0
"When the charmed Youth, leaned on my willing Breast,",1.0
"Spoke things as soft, as the kind Hand he pressed?",3.0
"But now all's lost, I rage beyond redress,",1.0
"First, I was cautious to conceal my Flame,",1.0
Now every Breath repeats his dear Loved Name:,2.0
"That if the mangled Woods could vocal be,",0.0
"Each sigh has such a tender Emphasis,",2.0
"As moves Compassion, in all Breasts but his:",0.0
"Each Towering Hill, and every humble Grove;",0.0
"Echoes grown faint, repeating of my sighs:",4.0
"My Sighs, whose force move every Bough to Mourn,",1.0
"Oft do I run to the inviting Shade,",1.0
"Where first his pleasing Smiles, my Soul betrayed;",0.0
"There lay me down in the dear sacred Place,",3.0
"Which kindly once, his lovely Form did Grace;",0.0
"Then weep his Absence; Rage and Rave in vain,",0.0
For o! I never must be so Blessed again;,1.0
"I clasp him then in my glad wishing Arms,",2.0
"Gaze on his Eyes, and feast me with his Charms;",1.0
"But when awake; I rage to find him gone,",0.0
Search every Corner of the winding Grove;,2.0
"Ask every Shade, to give me back my Love.",1.0
"There silent all, and empty of such Bliss;",1.0
"In vain I seek for Joys, I'm doomed to miss:",0.0
"Though Prayers, and Tears, and Gifts, and blooming Love invite.",0.0
"For still his bright Idea does remain,",0.0
And every moment Charms me into Pain.,0.0
Other Youths may moderate Passion move;,2.0
"Lost to all else, insensible I seem,",1.0
Forget their number ere they half are told;,0.0
"I answer all, by sighing of his Name.",1.0
"Farewell, my Daphne, I must leave thee now,",2.0
"One pitying Tear, on my sad Fate bestow;",4.0
"Return thou Glory of the Joyful Grove,",1.0
"Farewell my once loved Flocks, my rural Store;",2.0
"That melting Name so often I'll repeat,",1.0
Till the soft sound dissolve the Knot of Fate.,2.0
"Cursed by his Absence, Life is tedious grown;",2.0
Now he shall see what his neglect has done.,1.0
"While I can gaze, it shall be on his Charms,",0.0
And though not live; die in those lovely Arms;,1.0
"I'll sigh my Soul out, at his careless Feet;",0.0
"Then let one pitying Look but Grace my Death,",2.0
"I'll Bless the Cause, with my expiring Breath.",1.0
"Hear me Great Pan, Sylvanus, all you Gods,",2.0
"Whose sacred Power, protects the Plains and Woods,",2.0
"Hear my last Prayer; to you I oft did Bow,",2.0
"With Milk and Honey, made your Altars Flow.",0.0
Released from Life; but not the Pains of Love.,0.0
"From Fox and Wolf, preserve his tender Lambs,",0.0
"Luxuriant Fleeces, tyre their numerous Hands.",4.0
"And all his rural Wealth, beyond his Wishes thrive.",0.0
"But above all, you Gods, regard him most,",1.0
"Shelter him safe, ever any Storm appear,",2.0
"Now for his Pleasures, Flora thee invoke:",1.0
"Let my soft Prayers, thy vernal Glories bring,",3.0
"The Pasture gay, no hurtful Weeds be found,",1.0
"But Pansies, Hyacinths, over spread the Ground;",2.0
"Let lofty Cedars and the stately Pine,",2.0
With mingling Boughs in mutual Shades combine:,2.0
"Then the delicious Eglantine and Rose,",1.0
"When Heat or Thirst, to flowing Streams invite,",0.0
"Birds cheerful Notes, the Woods and Valleys fill,",1.0
"Which both Invite, and Please the longing Taste.",0.0
"And all the choicest, still my Love be thine.",0.0
"And when in Honour, Goddess, to thy Name,",2.0
"Whether they Pipe, or Dance, or Sing, or Play,",2.0
"From Shepherd's Hands the welcome Garland wear,",0.0
For o! I Grudge the Nymphs should come so near,1.0
And with glad Voices sing the Victor home;,2.0
"With choicest Flowers strow all the joyful Path,",0.0
"Gay as his Looks, sweet as his tuneful Breath.",2.0
Then some kind Nymph the fragrant Pavement take,1.0
"Let them fresh Mixture with the Cypress have,",4.0
Then strow them all on my untimely Grave.,1.0
"They too were Lovers once, though now transformed,",0.0
"May I like them, to some kind Plant be turned;",1.0
"My Grave is filled, and graced with what he scorned:",0.0
"Lest, he relenting, should one Moment grieve,",1.0
"To save a Sigh, I'd be condemned to Live:",0.0
"With raging Madness, mourn my absent Bliss,",0.0
And with my Cries wound every Ear but his.,2.0
"Here the Nymph fainted with excess of Grief,",3.0
"And careful Daphne, strove to give Relief.",0.0
"WHILE born to bring the Muse's happier days,",2.0
A patriot's hand protects a poet's lays:,2.0
"While nursed by you she sees her myrtles bloom,",1.0
"Excuse her doubts, if yet she fears to tell",0.0
What secret transports in her bosom swell:,0.0
"With conscious awe she hears the critic's fame,",0.0
"Hard was the lot those injured strains endured,",0.0
Fair Fancy wept; and echoing sighs confessed,3.0
A fixed despair in every tuneful breast.,0.0
When lingering frosts the ruined seats invade,0.0
"Where Peace resorted, and the Graces played.",1.0
"Each rising art by just gradation moves,",0.0
"Toil builds on toil, and age on age improves:",1.0
"The Muse alone unequal dealt her rage,",0.0
And graced with noblest pomp her earliest stage.,2.0
"A bed incestuous, and a father slain.",1.0
"With kind concern our pitying eyes overflow,",2.0
"To Rome removed, with wit secure to please,",0.0
The Comic sisters kept their native ease.,0.0
With jealous fear declining Greece beheld,0.0
Her own Meander's art almost excelled!,3.0
"Drooped their fair leaves, nor knew the unfriendly soil.",4.0
"Then deeply skilled in love's engaging theme,",0.0
"With graceful ease the wanton lyre he strung,",0.0
Sweet flowed the lays ' --  but love was all he sung.,1.0
The gay description could not fail to move;,0.0
"For, led by nature, all are friends to love.",0.0
"But heaven, still various in its works, decreed",4.0
The perfect boast of time should last succeed.,1.0
"Of Tuscan fancy, and Athenian strength:",3.0
"Yet ah! so bright her morning's opening ray,",2.0
In vain our Britain hoped an equal day!,0.0
"No second growth the western isle could bear,",1.0
At once exhausted with too rich a year.,2.0
Too nicely Johnson knew the critic's part;,1.0
Nature in him was almost lost in art.,1.0
"Of softer mould the gentle Fletcher came,",0.0
"The next in order, as the next in name.",1.0
With pleased attention mid his scenes we find,0.0
"Each glowing thought, that warms the female mind;",1.0
"Each melting sigh, and every tender tear,",0.0
The lover's wishes and the virgin's fear.,1.0
"Drawn by his pen, our ruder passions stand",0.0
Saw Art's fair empire over her shores advance:,4.0
"By length of toil a bright perfection knew,",0.0
"Correctly bold, and just in all she drew.",0.0
"Breathed the free strain, as Rome and He inspired:",4.0
And classic judgement gained to sweet Racine,0.0
"But wilder far the British laurel spread,",0.0
And wreaths less artful crown our poet's head.,1.0
Yet He alone to every scene could give,1.0
"The historian's truth, and bid the manners live.",1.0
Majestic forms of mighty monarchs rise.,1.0
"Here gentler Edward claims a pitying sigh,",2.0
"Yet shall thy throne, unhappy infant, bring",0.0
No beam of comfort to the guilty king:,2.0
"In life's last hours, with horror of the deed:",2.0
When dreary visions shall at last present,0.0
"Thy vengeful image in the midnight tent,",1.0
"Thy hand unseen the secret death shall bear,",0.0
"Blunt the weak sword, and break the oppressive spear.",4.0
"Wherever we turn, by Fancy charmed, we find",2.0
Some sweet illusion of the cheated mind.,1.0
"Oft, wild of wing, she calls the soul to rove",1.0
"With humbler nature, in the rural grove;",0.0
And twilight fairies tread the circled green:,1.0
"Dressed by her hand, the Woods and Valleys smile,",0.0
"OH more than all in powerful genius blessed,",2.0
"Come, take thine empire over the willing breast!",3.0
"Whatever the wounds this youthful heart shall feel,",3.0
"Thy songs support me, and thy morals heal!",1.0
"There every thought the poet's warmth may raise,",0.0
There native music dwells in all the lays.,0.0
OH might some verse with happiest skill persuade,2.0
Expressive Picture to adopt thine aid!,1.0
What wondrous draughts might rise from every page!,0.0
Where breathing Nature lives in every line:,0.0
"Chaste and subdued the modest lights decay,",2.0
"Steal into shades, and mildly melt away.",1.0
Guard the pale relics of the chief he loved:,4.0
"Over the cold corpse the warrior seems to bend,",2.0
"Deep sunk in grief, and mourns his murdered friend!",1.0
"Still as they press, he calls on all around,",0.0
"Lifts the torn robe, and points the bleeding wound.",3.0
"A wrath impatient, and a fiercer air?",1.0
"Awake to all that injured worth can feel,",0.0
On his own Rome he turns the avenging steel.,3.0
See the fond mother mid the plaintive train,3.0
"Hung on his knees, and prostrate on the plain!",1.0
"Touched to the soul, in vain he strives to hide",0.0
"The son's affection, in the Roman's pride:",0.0
"Over all the man conflicting passions rise,",0.0
"Rage grasps the sword, while Pity melts the eyes.",1.0
"Thus, generous Critic, as thy Bard inspires,",4.0
The sister Arts shall nurse their drooping fires;,0.0
"Each from his scenes her stores alternate bring,",4.0
"Blend the fair tints, or wake the vocal string:",3.0
For poets ever were a careless kind,1.0
"By thee disposed, no farther toil demand,",2.0
"But, just to Nature, own thy forming hand.",0.0
"So spread over Greece, the harmonious whole unknown,",6.0
Even Homer's numbers charmed by parts alone.,0.0
"Their own Ulysses scarce had wandered more,",0.0
By winds and water cast on every shore:,0.0
"When raised by Fate, some former HANMER joined",0.0
"And bade, like thee, his Athens ever claim",1.0
A fond alliance with the Poet's name.,1.0
"Cambridge adieu! I never shall see thee more,",4.0
"Not one fresh Drop of thy ambrosial Sense,",4.0
"I thy fair Colleges no more shall see,",4.0
"Each Greece, Rome, Athens, in Epitome;",2.0
"The ancient infant Learning which they taught,",0.0
Could only here be to Perfection brought;,1.0
The Gods themselves may hover here and learn;,0.0
"And if in every Grace they would advance,",1.0
"To the sacred Vatican no more I come,",2.0
"Tuned to the solemn strains of general Woe,",0.0
"Do thou my Muse thy Pious sorrow show,",0.0
"And let the mighty Consternation prove,",0.0
"That Grief, though Cold, as much of Heat may move,",0.0
Hark! how the dismal Trump of busy Fame ' --,0.0
Does to the worlds unwilling ears proclaim,0.0
"And Deaths proud Triumph over the Just, and Great;",2.0
"Not the Dread Call of Heaven at the last Day,",4.0
"Could more amazing Terror then infuse,",0.0
"Than Europe shook with, at the wounding News:",0.0
"Fate by this unexpected loss has shown,",0.0
The force of Grief before was never known;,0.0
Even Envy that Injurious Hypocrite:,2.0
"That, at her Virtues Noon, affirmed it Night,",0.0
"Now blind with gazing on her Lustre lies,",2.0
And sheds her Praises at her watering Eyes:,2.0
"Her murmuring Foes, that thought themselves Oppressed,",2.0
"For each Religion did its Faith enjoy,",0.0
"She One defended, but did none destroy,",2.0
"Unless to bring the day destruction be,",0.0
When Bigots wander in Obscurity:,1.0
Yet all Opinions in their Sorrow join:,0.0
"So Jarring Rivals, when the Fair one dies,",0.0
Like long loved friends embrace with weeping Eyes.,1.0
"When Heaven after the Universal Flood,",2.0
Her Brighter Spirit sure was kept above,0.0
"As the best Pattern of Immortal Love,",3.0
"Yet, after Thousands of revolving Years,",1.0
"But, as the Sun, till in the Westen Skies,",1.0
"So here on Earth her Virtues shone so bright,",0.0
Too long a Penance for a Soul so Pure,2.0
"Alas! she longed her first Abode to see,",0.0
"And mourned her Absence from Divinity,",2.0
"And if a stream of Virtue's found below,",1.0
It must from her the Boundless Ocean flow.,1.0
"Now though the Sea supplies all Streams, that run,",0.0
"Yet that it self is guided by the Moon,",1.0
So was her brighter Soul by strict Devotion.,1.0
"So Constantly her Pious Vows she paid,",1.0
"So fixed her thoughts, that even in Dreams she Prayed,",2.0
"So fast her wants her giving God relieved,",0.0
Her Prayers were still but thanks for Gifts received:,0.0
"Her Faith unbounded gave her Reason Law,",0.0
When this commanded the other stood in Awe:,3.0
"Religious Discord she might well prevent,",1.0
For in Example she was Argument.,2.0
Her Fruitful Soul with Endless Virtue blessed,0.0
"With Various Flowers was like a Garden dressed,",3.0
"Where Choice stood unresolved which Scent was best,",3.0
"Alternate Odours still perfumed the Air,",1.0
"Occasion was the Season of the Year,",2.0
Which like the Kind returning Spring revived,0.0
"Each Good that slept; for though it slept it lived,",1.0
"One Tree there was, which Cold and Frost could bear,",1.0
"But, as the Fruit alone commends the Tree,",1.0
"So did Her Virtues praise her Piety,",1.0
And this the Needy to their Comfort knew;,2.0
"For, while She lived, They Charitable grew;",1.0
"Heaven did but lend the Sums it might bestow,",0.0
For still She Interest paid to the Poor below;,0.0
"And if their number did increased appear,",1.0
"Sometime she from her private Wants would spare,",2.0
And Trusted Heaven was in Debt to Her.,0.0
How many Parents have their Children saved,0.0
From threatening Want by her sure Alms relieved?,2.0
"What Tribes has she received from hands unknown,",1.0
"Which She with Joy Adopted, as her own?",1.0
"Struggling betwixt Nature, and her Babes relief,",6.0
"Unable to endure the Infants Cry,",1.0
"And yet it need less able to supply,",2.0
At length she yields to hard Necessity.,1.0
Must Absence all our Harmless Love destroy?,0.0
And dreads to part but more her hopes to loose.,0.0
"Resolved, at last, she stops her flowing Eyes,",0.0
"And strait to Court unseen the Babe Conveys,",0.0
"Secure of Nourishment she leaves it there,",1.0
And next day finds it in the Nurses Care.,1.0
"Thus, least hereafter some showed want Relief,",2.0
"Her Early Pity was preventative,",2.0
"The Old, who seemed to pine in Cold Despair,",0.0
"Revived their Hopes, and Crowned them still in her:",0.0
"He brought from Distant parts the Sick, and Poor,",0.0
"Who, by some Famed Physicians Art given over,",2.0
"Swelled with new Hopes, now feel their Pains no more.",4.0
"At least with greater ease their ach endure,",1.0
"Half healed by Faith, ere they can reach the Cure,",3.0
"And as in Tribes the new Believers came,",1.0
"The Dumb, the Lunatic, the Blind, and Lame,",0.0
"They Walked, they Saw they Spoke, and praised his Name.",0.0
"Never did a Life so short more Good produce,",0.0
"In which each Minute was of Double Use,",0.0
"So soon she Finished her Appointed task,",1.0
"That when her hasty Soul arrived above,",0.0
"She did their equal Joys, and Wonder move,",0.0
All knew the Place near Gods Right Hand was Hers;,1.0
But thought it Vacant yet for several Years.,0.0
"Now though her Charity did Boundless Reign,",1.0
Yet not the Poor the Greatest Loss sustain:,0.0
"For She to many a Subsistence left,",2.0
"Our Grief alas! yet rises in Degree,",0.0
As those that mourn her do in Quality:,2.0
"Next to the Poor are those of Noble Arts,",1.0
Which she encouraged to their best Deserts:,2.0
"Music, and Poetry, not long ago,",3.0
"Our Nations Pride, were almost Treason Now,",1.0
"But that they both our Tides of Grief can move,",0.0
"As well as heretofore our Joys, or Love.",0.0
"At Court the Rising Flood of Pious Tears,",0.0
"Yet Greater still, as does the Loss appears,",0.0
"Where all like walking Ghosts, in Grief are seen,",0.0
"For a lost Friend, a Mother and a Queen.",3.0
"But o! the Rapid Force, that sweeps away",1.0
"Great Caesars Quiet, and his Cheerful Day!",2.0
"Now! now! my Muse: let loose thy Streams of Woe,",2.0
"Let them unbounded, as the Ocean flow,",3.0
"Swell with big Sighs the Raging Tempest high,",3.0
"Then mount, and over the distant Danger fly,",2.0
"And in thy Transient view, survey the Soul,",0.0
"Whom all around the Angry Billows roll,",0.0
"Behold the Shipwreck of our Monarchs Joy,",2.0
Which Thirsty Death in Fields could never Destroy:,2.0
"Thus Mariners the Seas Abroad over come,",8.0
Yet sink with all the Fraught in sight of Home.,0.0
Why! why! You Powers must Bleeding Majesty,3.0
So vast a Wound receive from Destiny?,1.0
But must the Loss be doubled on a Throne?,1.0
Why did you Gild with such a Glorious Sun,3.0
"His Happy life, and let it set so soon?",0.0
"The light, that slowly dies leaves sight behind:",1.0
"But, when it's snatched away, it strikes us Blind;",0.0
"Without Regret we spare the Absent Day,",0.0
Resting secure of his Returning Ray;,3.0
"But when for ever he resigns his Light,",1.0
"It's worse, than Death to live in such a Night,",1.0
"In such a Night, who moves is sure to stray,",0.0
"In such a Night our Guide might loose his way,",0.0
"And though the unguarded Flock should quite be lost,",1.0
"The Shepard first is Hurt, and feels the Affliction most,",2.0
"Thus our Great Master in his Grief has shown,",3.0
"He loved the life Departed, as his own.",1.0
"In vain, alas! would weak Philosophy",1.0
Prescribe us Rules to Govern Passions by:,1.0
For when a Joy of such Important weight,1.0
"Is taken out, Grief turns the Ballance strait,",2.0
"Reason but holds the Scales, and sits to see,",2.0
"The Joy removed, if it Proportion be:",1.0
"So though each Thought new sorrow should Create,",2.0
For what was Obvious to each Common Eye,1.0
Declared more Virtues did in secret lie,0.0
"Which from the Darkened world were still concealed,",0.0
"And to her Mourning Lord alone revealed,",1.0
"Though from her Orb she gave Promiscuous Light,",3.0
"Some shortened Rays He kept from Human sight,",0.0
"And only lets our Dazzled Fancy Rove,",0.0
"To form the Virtues of her Fruitful Love,",1.0
"Though Heaven no Offspring from her Bed designed,",1.0
But Bad her Live the Phoenix of her Kind,1.0
"Her Soul was Married to her Monarchs Will,",3.0
"Which he could scarce declare, she would so soon fulfil,",0.0
"Desire of Pleasing, as the Child of Love,",1.0
"They Both, like Tender Parents, did approve,",0.0
"She more of Mothers fondness might express,",0.0
"He seldom sought it, but never loved it less.",0.0
"Had such a Bride to Solomon been given,",1.0
"He never had wandered for his Amorous Heaven,",5.0
Nor could a Change his Happiness improve.,1.0
"So firm a Union Nature never made,",0.0
"In whom we had the sure Foundation laid,",0.0
"Of a most Perfect, and Immortal Bliss,",2.0
"Till Death convinced our fancied Happiness,",1.0
Fondly secure of their Eternal Sway.,3.0
T'our selves we promised Everlasting Day:,1.0
"Abroad His Courage, and Her Care at Home,",1.0
"What could we think of such an Heavenly Pair,",3.0
But they Immortal as their Actions were,3.0
"For, till one died, we thought that Heaven was here",1.0
"All the poor help weak Reason can afford,",5.0
"To calm the sighs of her afflicted Lord,",1.0
"Is, when each Nation shall the News receive,",0.0
"Nay even in Louis She must Nature stir,",4.0
"If not his Sorrow, yet at least his Fear,",0.0
"He Dreads, that Hers the Fate of France may prove,",1.0
"Knowing her Death our Monarchs Soul does move,",3.0
"Who by this loss secure from Greater Harms,",0.0
"His Foes regardless now may dare to Arms,",0.0
He doubts will Double all his Rage Abroad.,0.0
"Yet hold my Muse, thy wandering Wing retain,",2.0
"A mournful Thought now lures thee back again,",1.0
When to the Restless Toils of Horrid War,0.0
"Our King Inexorable shall repair,",2.0
"Whom shall he leave, our Guardian Angel Here?",2.0
Where shall be joyful throw his Laurels down?,1.0
Whose Grateful Love his Conquests now shall Crown?,1.0
"Secure of Late we spared our Warlike Prince,",1.0
"Before our Domestic safety fled from Hence,",2.0
"Who, while Her Absent Hero led the War,",0.0
Taught us the Pleasure of Obedience Here.,2.0
"Yet let him go, and safe return with Spoil,",0.0
"Our Grief, alas! prevents a Civil Broil,",0.0
"The Woes we feel Rebellion can't redress,",0.0
We're Crushed to Concord by our Miseries.,2.0
"And view the Pious Ruins of thy State,",1.0
"Assuage the Torrent of our Monarchs Woe,",2.0
"Which over his Drowning Reason seems to Flow,",2.0
"Return the Hero's Part that reigned in Thee,",0.0
"Teach him thy Early Fate, like Thee, to bear,",1.0
"Let Happy Dreams inform his Restless Mind,",1.0
"To what Advantage thou hast life resigned,",1.0
"Give to his Joyful View thy Crowns of Bliss,",0.0
"And to his Thoughts restore their Wandering Peace,",3.0
"While to his Sorrows this Relief is Given,",1.0
"Has lost a Queen on Earth, and gained a Friend in Heaven.",0.0
"What all despise, and all agree to curse,",0.0
"I view with pride and joy, an Empty Purse.",0.0
"When it was full, so was my heart of woe,",1.0
"I knew not what to do, nor where to go.",0.0
"I would be generous, but I longed for dress;",1.0
"Appearing great, I made myself look less.",2.0
I that no kindred ever dared to claim;,1.0
Found fifty kind relations of my name.,2.0
"No more could I complain of friends neglect,",1.0
And daring falsehood hung around my neck;,1.0
"Amazed I cried, What means this mighty change;",0.0
"The forward fool replied, It's nothing strange.",0.0
"Wretch, take my gold, I said, my greatest curse,",1.0
"Leave me an honest heart, and empty purse.",0.0
"WHEN Merit rises like the Prince of Day,",0.0
Pale Envy turns her aching Eyes away;,1.0
"Old Storey tells us, on an earthly Plain",2.0
"Now Fate permits no such familiar Powers,",3.0
But Shoals of Critics fall in leaden Showers:,0.0
"These gaze at Wit, as Owls behold the Sun,",0.0
And curse the Lustre which they fain would shun;,0.0
"These Beasts of Prey no living worth endure,",1.0
Nor are the Regions of the Dead secure;,2.0
Yet shall the Worthy over their Spite prevail;,2.0
Here lies the Moral ' --  follows next the Tale.,0.0
"Where Showers seldom wet the burning Sand,",0.0
"The trembling Panthers from his Fury fly,",1.0
"Fierce were his Eyes, and dazzling as the Sun;",1.0
A shining Spear his better Hand supplied:,0.0
"Thus rudely charming, he was sure to please",2.0
With graceful Negligence and careless Ease:,1.0
"He breathed soft Music from his tuneful Tongue,",2.0
And the wild Tiger listened to his Song:,3.0
"None guard the Flocks, nor hunt the flying Prey,",1.0
Till he had finished the enchanting Lay:,2.0
"Then Sylvan Dames with Wreaths of Laurel bound,",0.0
His cheerful Temples and with Roses crowned.,1.0
"But grudging Envy heard the just Applause,",0.0
And the pale Phantom writhed her haggard Jaws;,2.0
And hissing Scandals flew across the Plains.,0.0
"At length his Fame the wondering Sky invades,",2.0
And reached the Muses in their sacred Shades;,0.0
"Bright Thalia viewed him with an envious Eye,",4.0
And thus addressed her Partners of the Sky:,1.0
' Small are the Praises to our share belong;,1.0
"' Look down and see on yonder sultry Plain,",0.0
"' Nor hope to charm the partial Prince of Day,",0.0
' While heavenly Accents breathe from mortal Clay:,2.0
"' In vain we keep our radiant Seats on high,",0.0
Some curse the Youth and some their partial King.,0.0
"The Dame who saw the infectious Murmurs run,",2.0
"Rolled her blue Eyes, and thus afresh begun:",3.0
"' No more the Bays shall to our Share belong,",1.0
' Shall he exceed the Muses sacred Choir:,1.0
"' But see, my Sisters: On the Plains below",1.0
' To the swift Hunters in the Libyan Vale:,4.0
"' His Darts pursue them, and the Victims die:",1.0
' And we no more shall dread the rival Song.,0.0
Here ceased the Dame ' --  the smiling Sisters join:,0.0
Now had the Sun withdrawn his piercing Eye.,0.0
And Night assumed the Empire of the Sky:,1.0
"The Winds were hushed, the Ocean ceased to roar,",0.0
"And softly murmured by the sandy Shore,",1.0
"When from Parnassus flew the envious Maid,",4.0
To seek the Huntress of the lonely Shade:,1.0
"The fierce Virago on a verdant Plain,",3.0
"She found, encircled by her sleeping Train;",1.0
"Where a cool River blessed the fertile Ground,",2.0
Beneath a Shade the lovely Dian stood,0.0
"With downcast Eyes, and viewed the rolling Flood;",1.0
Whose Waves were bright with the reflected Beams,1.0
Of her own Orb that sparkled on the Streams.,2.0
"' Hail, Delia, Hail, began the artful Dame",1.0
' Lives there a Slave whose daring Hand defies,0.0
' The awful Empress of the nightly Skies?,1.0
' Though thy choice Herds are by his Arrows slain;,2.0
"' But the keen Dart overtakes them, and they die.",3.0
"' His shining Spear arrests the trembling Doe,",0.0
' But if fair Delia to the Libyan Swain,5.0
"' Resigns the Freedom of her sacred Plain,",1.0
"' Let none dispute the Licence of her Will,",2.0
' And I retire to our tuneful Hill.',1.0
With flushing Features and disordered Charms,1.0
"' Shall Man with me dispute the Plain she cries,",1.0
While kindling Rage inflamed her rolling Eyes,0.0
' This Hand shall well revenge my slaughtered Deer:,0.0
"She said: And furious grasped the dreadful Spear,",2.0
"And over her Shoulder flung the shining Bow,",2.0
Then breathing Vengeance sought her guiltless Foe.,0.0
Thoughtless of Ill and sleeping on the Ground;,3.0
"A deadly Shaft deluded Cynthia drew,",2.0
And to his Heart the feathered Vengeance flew;,1.0
"Then the freed Spirit took her airy Way,",2.0
To Fields of Pleasure and of endless Day.,1.0
Night's sable Curtain ' --  and the dawning Day,2.0
Called forth abroad the trusty Bands ' --  Again,1.0
To chase the Tiger over the Desert Plain;,2.0
"To search the Caves where kingly Lions roar,",0.0
And from thick Shades dislodge the bristled Boar:,2.0
"They search the Shades where crystal Waters fall,",0.0
"In vain they call, for none, alas! reply:",0.0
"Approached, the Covert of the slaughtered Swain",1.0
"Glad they beheld him breathless on the Ground,",3.0
"And gazed with Rapture on the purple Wound,",1.0
"When one began ' --  Now bless the friendly Hand,",2.0
"Behold the Day so oft by us desired,",1.0
Here lies the Swain whom lately all admired.,0.0
"This Phoebus saw, as from his blazing Wheels,",1.0
With his broad Eye he viewed the glittering Fields,4.0
Behold the Youth whom he had taught to throw,1.0
"The feathered Arrow from the bounding Bow,",1.0
He taught the Numbers of enchanting Song.,1.0
"Now cold and breathless on the dewy Plain,",2.0
And his worst Foes insulting over the Slain:,4.0
"Then raged the God that wears the silver Bow,",0.0
"And his broad Eyes with sparkling Fury glow,",2.0
"Descended Phoebus in a burning Ray,",0.0
"And flashing Glories round his Temples play,",0.0
"Each on his Face the trembling Victims fall,",0.0
His Shafts dispatch them to the darker Sky:,1.0
"Learn hence he cried you impious Men, to know,",4.0
And dread the Power that wears the mortal Bow:,2.0
"For while I rule the blazing Throne of Day,",0.0
None wrong my Servants but shall find their Pay;,2.0
"He said ' --  and raised his Favourite from the Ground,",1.0
Then smiled the Features: And the gaping Wound,1.0
"Was seen no more. The glowing Cheeks revive,",1.0
"Shake off the Stamp of Death, and seem alive;",0.0
"Instead of Cypress and a mournful Shroud,",1.0
"Apollo wrapped him in a golden Cloud,",0.0
Unless to his own Regions of the Day.,2.0
Where the warm Gore had stained the thirsty Green;,3.0
"A pleasing Tree arose with slender Stems,",0.0
That breathed Ambrosia from its opening Gems:,3.0
Those opening Gems the Virgins used to wear,2.0
"Now the gay Shrub each happy Climate knows,",3.0
"By all admired, and it's called the Rose.",0.0
"THEN, to the snowy Ewe, in thy esteem,",1.0
The Father of the Flock a Foe must seem;,1.0
The faithful Turtles to their yielding Mates.,1.0
"The cheerful Spring, which Love and Joy creates,",0.0
"That reconciles the World by soft Desires,",0.0
"And tender Thoughts in every Breast inspires,",0.0
"To you a hateful Season must appear,",1.0
"While Love prevails, and all are Lovers here.",0.0
"Observe the gentle Murmurs of that Dove,",1.0
"And see, how billing she confirms her Love!",1.0
"For this, the Nightingale displays her Throat,",2.0
"And Love, Love, Love, is all her Evening Note.",1.0
"The very Tigers have their tender Hours,",0.0
And prouder Lyons bow beneath Love's Powers.,1.0
"Thou, prouder yet than that imperious Beast,",2.0
But why should I the Creatures only name,0.0
"That Sense partake, as Owners of this Flame?",1.0
"Love farther goes, nor stops his Course at these:",1.0
"The Plants he moves, and gently bends the Trees.",0.0
See how those Willows mix their amorous Boughs;,3.0
But view that Oak; behold his rugged Side:,0.0
Yet that rough Bark the melting Flame do's hide.,2.0
"All, by their trembling Leaves, in Sighs declare",0.0
And tell their Passions to the gathering Air.,3.0
"Which, had but Love over Thee the least Command,",5.0
IF slighted Iris can your pity move;,1.0
If slighted Iris can recall your love;,1.0
"If ever with joy you heard her softest vow,",2.0
"Renew the dear idea, hear her now.",0.0
"You once was faithful, o the tender bliss!",1.0
"The sweet endearment, and the thrilling kiss!",1.0
"These witnessed once, when I, for ever true,",1.0
"And you, untainted by the vice of art,",2.0
"Yielded to me, in solemn faith, your heart.",1.0
"O say the cause, the cause I long to find,",0.0
"You dear deceitful man, why now unkind?",0.0
For him no pleasures in her vacant arms?,2.0
"Some rosy blooming maid, whose beating veins",0.0
"While on her cheeks the deepening blushes rise,",0.0
"Too fondly trusting, was by you betrayed.",3.0
"Such were the joys, o, call the scene to mind!",1.0
"When Iris yielding, all her soul resigned.",0.0
"Ah! then you swore the accents now I hear,",0.0
"Your turtles, constant, coo them to my ear",1.0
"But though unchanged by age, or hoary time,",1.0
"You slight my ripened charms, my blushing prime.",0.0
"All fondness, once upon my breast you lay,",0.0
And sweetly sighed the hasty hours away;,0.0
"But, ah! how changed my fate, forlorn I'm left,",0.0
"Whatever was wont to court the roving eye,",3.0
"Wherever I turn, all Nature's charms seem fled,",3.0
"Robbed of the prop, where once she fondly clung,",0.0
"Unchanged alone the mournful yew remains,",0.0
And mid each varying blast its hue retains;,2.0
"But, ah! they cannot teach him how to love!",1.0
"If ever for her you felt the slightest care,",1.0
"Whenever I die, and die, ah soon I must!",2.0
"This only favour at your hands I crave,",0.0
"ACTING, dear Thornton, its perfection draws",4.0
From no observance of mechanic laws:,1.0
"No settled maxims of a favourite stage,",2.0
"No rules delivered down from age to age,",2.0
"Let players nicely mark them as they will,",2.0
Can ever entail hereditary skill.,2.0
"If, amongst the humble hearers of the pit,",2.0
"Some curious veteran critic chance to sit,",2.0
"The mind recalls an object held more dear,",0.0
"And hates the copy, that it comes so near.",0.0
But gives his mimic no reflected praise.,0.0
Shall live for ever in the voice of Fame!,0.0
"It's thine to lead, with more than magic skill,",1.0
The train of captive passions at thy will;,0.0
To bid the bursting tear spontaneous flow,2.0
In the sweet sense of sympathetic woe:,3.0
When horrors such as thine have murdered sleep;,2.0
And at the old man's look and frantic stare,1.0
"It's Lear alarms me, for I see him there.",1.0
"Nor yet confined to tragic walks alone,",0.0
The comic muse too claims thee for her own.,2.0
"With each delightful requisite to please,",1.0
"Taste, spirit, judgement, elegance, and ease,",2.0
"Familiar nature forms thy only rule,",0.0
"With powers so pliant, and so various blessed,",5.0
"That what we see the last, we like the best.",0.0
"Not idly pleased, at judgement's dear expense,",0.0
But burst outrageous with the laugh of sense:,1.0
It's genius only that can hope to gain.,0.0
"Lies not in trick, or attitude, or start,",0.0
Nature's true knowledge is his only art.,4.0
"The mind untouched, what is it but grimace?",1.0
"To this one standard make your just appeal,",1.0
Here lies the golden secret; learn to FEEL.,0.0
"Or fool, or monarch, happy, or distressed,",1.0
No actor pleases that is not possessed.,1.0
"Once on the stage, in Rome's declining days,",0.0
"When Christians were the subject of their plays,",2.0
"Ever persecution dropped her iron rod,",0.0
"And men still waged an impious war with God,",4.0
"An actor flourished of no vulgar fame,",2.0
"A noble object for his skill he chose,",1.0
A martyr dying mid insulting foes;,0.0
"Resigned with patience to religion's laws,",1.0
"Filled with the idea of the secret part,",2.0
"He felt a zeal beyond the reach of art,",0.0
"While look and voice, and gesture, all expressed",0.0
"Till as the flame through all his bosom ran,",1.0
"He lost the actor, and commenced the man:",1.0
"Professed the faith, his pagan gods denied,",0.0
"And what he acted then, he after died.",0.0
"The player's province they but vainly try,",1.0
"Who want these powers, deportment, voice, and eye.",2.0
"The critic sight it's only grace can please,",0.0
No figure charms us if it has not ease.,2.0
"There are, who think the stature all in all,",1.0
"Nor like the hero, if he is not tall.",2.0
"The feeling sense all other want supplies,",0.0
I rate no actor's merit from his size.,2.0
"Superior height requires superior grace,",4.0
And what's a giant with a vacant face?,1.0
"Theatric monarchs, in their tragic gait,",1.0
Affect to mark the solemn pace of state.,0.0
"One foot put forward in position strong,",1.0
"The other, like its vassal, dragged along.",0.0
"So grave each motion, so exact and slow,",1.0
"The mien delights us that has native grace,",0.0
But affectation ill supplies its place.,0.0
"However foreign from the poet's art,",2.0
No tragic hero but admires a start.,2.0
What though unfeeling of the nervous line;,2.0
Who but allows his attitude is fine?,1.0
Till praise dismiss him with her echoing hands!,3.0
"Resolved, though nature hate the tedious pause,",2.0
By perseverance to extort applause.,1.0
"With eager madness bursts the canvas tomb,",0.0
"The sudden whirl, stretched leg, and lifted staff,",1.0
"Which please the vulgar, make the critic laugh.",0.0
"To paint the passion's force, and mark it well,",0.0
The proper action nature's self will tell:,0.0
"No pleasing powers distortions ever express,",5.0
"Disgusts our reason, and the taste confounds.",1.0
"Of all the evils which the stage molest,",0.0
I hate your fool who overacts his jest:,3.0
"Who murders what the poet finely writ,",0.0
"With shrug, and grin, and gesture out of place,",1.0
And writes a foolish comment with his face.,1.0
"With steady face, and sober humorous mien,",2.0
Filled the strong outlines of the comic scene.,1.0
"What was writ down, with decent utterance spoke,",2.0
Betrayed no symptom of the conscious joke;,2.0
"The very man in look, in voice, in air,",0.0
"And though upon the stage, appeared no player.",2.0
But acting words is labour too minute.,0.0
Grimace will ever lead the judgement wrong;,2.0
While sober humour marks the impression strong.,2.0
"Her proper traits the fixed attention hit,",0.0
And bring me closer to the poet's wit;,1.0
"With her delighted over each scene I go,",3.0
To copy features with a mimic's care!,1.0
"It's a poor skill, which every fool can reach,",2.0
"Worse as more close, the disingenuous art",2.0
"When I behold a wretch, of talents mean,",1.0
"Drag private foibles on the public scene,",2.0
Forsaking nature's fair and open road,0.0
"To mark some whim, some strange peculiar mode,",0.0
"Fired with disgust, I loath his servile plan,",1.0
"Despise the mimic, and abhor the man.",1.0
"Go to the lame, to hospitals repair,",5.0
And hunt for humour in distortions there!,3.0
Fill up the measure of the motley whim,1.0
"Then shame at once, to please a trifling age,",0.0
"Good sense, good manners, virtue, and the stage!",1.0
"It's not enough the voice be sound and clear,",0.0
It's modulation that must charm the ear.,0.0
"When desperate heroines grieve with tedious moan,",5.0
"And whine their sorrows in a see-saw tone,",1.0
Can only make the yawning hearers doze.,0.0
"The voice all modes of passion can express,",1.0
That marks the proper word with proper stress.,0.0
"But none emphatic can that actor call,",1.0
Who lays an equal emphasis on all.,1.0
"Point every stop, mark every pause so strong,",2.0
"All affectation but creates disgust,",1.0
And even in speaking we may seem too just.,4.0
"Nor proper, Thornton, can those sounds appear",1.0
Which bring not numbers to thy nicer ear:,1.0
"In vain for them the pleasing measure flows,",1.0
Whose recitation runs it all to prose;,0.0
"Repeating what the poet sets not down,",0.0
"While pause, and break, and repetition join",0.0
To make a discord in each tuneful line.,0.0
Some placid natures fill the allotted scene,2.0
"With lifeless drone, insipid and serene;",1.0
And almost crack your ears with rant and roar.,1.0
"More nature oft and finer strokes are shown,",0.0
In the low whisper than tempestuous tone.,6.0
"And Hamlet's hollow voice and fixed amaze,",0.0
"More powerful terror to the mind conveys,",3.0
"Than he, who swollen with big impetuous rage,",3.0
Bullies the bulky phantom off the stage.,3.0
"He, who in earnest studies over his part,",2.0
Will find true nature cling about his heart.,1.0
The modes of grief are not included all,0.0
In the white handkerchief and mournful drawl;,3.0
"A single look more marks the internal woe,",2.0
"Up to the face the quick sensation flies,",1.0
And darts its meaning from the speaking eyes!,1.0
"Love, transport, madness, anger, scorn, despair,",1.0
"And all the passions, all the soul is there.",0.0
"In vain now sings, now heaves the desperate sigh,",2.0
If frenzy sit not in the troubled eye.,0.0
And call the tear fast trickling down my cheek.,2.0
There is a fault which stirs the critic's rage;,1.0
A want of due attention on the stage.,1.0
"I have seen actors, and admired ones too,",3.0
Whose tongues wound up set forward from their cue;,6.0
"In their own speech who whine, or roar away,",0.0
Yet seem unmoved at what the rest may say;,0.0
"Whose eyes and thoughts on different objects roam,",0.0
"Divest yourself of hearers, if you can,",1.0
"And strive to speak, and be the very man.",0.0
"Who fits above tonight, or who below?",0.0
"So, amid the harmonious tones of grief or rage,",5.0
The squeaking Cyrus greets the boxes round;,0.0
Familiar drops a curtsy to her grace.,1.0
"To suit the dress demands the actor's art,",0.0
Yet there are those who over-dress the part.,1.0
"Black wigs to murderers, feathered hats to kings:",3.0
Why every devil dance in scarlet hose?,0.0
"Tell me, nor count the question too severe,",0.0
Why need the dismal powdered forms appear?,0.0
And guilt torments him with her scorpion sting;,4.0
"When keenest feelings at his bosom pull,",0.0
And fancy tells him that the seat is full;,0.0
"Why need the ghost usurp the monarch's place,",2.0
To frighten children with his mealy face?,1.0
"The king alone should form the phantom there,",1.0
And talk and tremble at the vacant chair.,0.0
"When with disordered starts, and horrid cries,",1.0
"She paints the murdered forms before her eyes,",0.0
"And still pursues them with a frantic stare,",1.0
It's pregnant madness brings the visions there.,1.0
"More instant horror would enforce the scene,",0.0
"Poet and actor thus, with blended skill,",2.0
Mould all our passions to their instant will;,2.0
"It's thus, when feeling Garrick treads the stage,",0.0
"Oft as I drink the words with greedy ears,",0.0
"I shake with horror, or dissolve with tears.",1.0
"OH, never may folly seize the throne of taste,",3.0
Nor dullness lay the realms of genius waste!,0.0
No tumbler float upon the bending wire!,1.0
"More natural uses to the stage belong,",1.0
"Than tumblers, monsters, pantomime, or song.",0.0
For other purpose was that spot designed:,1.0
"To purge the passions, and reform the mind,",1.0
"To give to nature all the force of art,",0.0
And while it charms the ear to mend the heart.,0.0
"Thornton, to thee, I dare with truth commend,",1.0
The decent stage as virtue's natural friend.,0.0
"Though oft debased with scenes profane and loose,",0.0
No reason weighs against it's proper use.,1.0
"Though the lewd priest his sacred function shame,",2.0
Religion's perfect law is still the same.,1.0
"Shall they, who trace the passions from their rise,",1.0
"Show scorn her features, her own image vice?",2.0
"Who teach the mind it's proper force to scan,",0.0
"And hold the faithful mirror up to man,",1.0
"Shall their profession ever provoke disdain,",3.0
"Who stand the foremost in the mortal train,",1.0
"Who lend reflection all the grace of art,",0.0
And strike the precept home upon the heart?,1.0
"Yet, hapless artist! though thy skill can raise",1.0
"The bursting peal of universal praise,",0.0
"Though at thy beck applause delighted stands,",0.0
"Know, fame awards thee but a partial breath!",2.0
Not all thy talents brave the stroke of death.,0.0
"Poets to ages yet unborn appeal,",3.0
And latest times the eternal nature feel.,2.0
"Though blended here the praise of bard and player,",0.0
"While more than half becomes the actor's share,",0.0
And sinks the player in the poet's name.,0.0
"The pliant muscles of the various face,",3.0
"The mien that gave each sentence strength and grace,",0.0
"The tuneful voice, the eye that spoke the mind,",0.0
"Are gone, nor leave a single trace behind.",0.0
WHEN first the kingdom to thy virtues due,1.0
Towered in imperial state above the tide;,2.0
What bright ideas of the new domain,1.0
Formed the fair prospect of thy promised reign!,4.0
"And well with conscious joy thy breast might beat,",0.0
That Albion was ordained thy regal seat:,3.0
Lo! this the land where Freedom's sacred rage,0.0
"Here patriot Alfred, stained with Danish blood,",2.0
"Reared on one base the king's, the people's good:",0.0
The proudest threats of Gaul's ambitious slaves:,0.0
Her noblest feats of knightly fame enrolled;,0.0
"While chiefs, like George, approved in worth alone,",0.0
"Lo! the famed isle, which hails thy chosen sway,",3.0
What fertile fields her temperate suns display;,0.0
"Where Property secures the conscious swain,",1.0
"And guards, while Plenty gives, the golden grain:",0.0
"Hence ripe with stores her villages abound,",2.0
Her airy downs with scattered sheep resound;,1.0
"To bear her formidable glory far,",1.0
Behold her opulence of hoarded war!,1.0
"See, from her ports a thousand banners stream,",0.0
On every coast her vengeful lightnings gleam!,0.0
In peaceful majesty her cities stand;,1.0
"Their firmest fort, a king's parental care.",0.0
"And OH! blessed queen, if ever the magic powers",3.0
Of warbled truth have won thy musing hours;,0.0
And dressed in fairy robes a queen like thee.,0.0
"Here, boldly marked with every living hue,",0.0
"But chief, the mournful group of human woes",0.0
The daring artist's tragic pencil chose;,0.0
And told the golden ties of wedded love,0.0
Where Science sits enshrined in roofs sublime ' --,0.0
OH mark how green her wood of ancient bays,1.0
"Of these mixed blooms, from that ambrosial bower,",2.0
"Might catch thy glance, and, rich in Nature's hue,",0.0
"Thither thyself shall haste, and mildly deign",0.0
"Pleased in the Muse's nook, with decent pride,",0.0
"Nor from the shade shall George be long away,",1.0
With rapt reflection Freedom's favourite race!,0.0
"But though the generous isle, in arts and arms,",3.0
"Thus stands supreme, in Nature's choicest charms;",1.0
One happier blessing still she calls her own;,2.0
"And, proud a fresh increase of fame to view,",0.0
Crowns all her glory by possessing you.,2.0
"While wanderers, destined here on earth to stray,",2.0
This sacred page will point the better way;,0.0
"Amend each error, and direct the heart;",1.0
"Teach, with fair prospects not to be elate,",3.0
Nor fainting sink beneath the frowns of fate;,0.0
"Nor ever murmur at what Heaven denies,",0.0
But think each cross a blessing in disguise.,0.0
"When pleasure's maze displays alluring charms,",1.0
"When ills and dangers spread their dire alarms,",0.0
These lines were by kind Providence designed,3.0
"To clear illusion, and compose the mind.",1.0
"Guard me, and guide me with thy kindest care:",1.0
"Each rising morn sweet gratitude I'll pay,",1.0
For the dear blessing of this sacred day.,3.0
"TO print, or not to print ' --  that is the question.",1.0
Whether it's better in a trunk to bury,2.0
"And by disclosing, end them. To print, to doubt",1.0
No more; and by one act to say we end,1.0
"The headache, and a thousand natural shocks",2.0
Of scribbling frenzy ' --  it's a consummation,1.0
Devoutly to be wished. To print ' --  to beam,1.0
"From the same shelf with Pope, in calf well bound:",3.0
"For to what class a writer may be doomed,",2.0
"When he hath shuffled off some paltry stuff,",1.0
The unwilling poet keep his piece nine years.,2.0
"For who would bear the impatient thirst of fame,",2.0
"The pride of conscious merit, and above all,",1.0
To groan and sweat under a load of wit?,5.0
"But that the tread of steep Parnassus' hill,",5.0
"That undiscovered country, with whose bays",1.0
"Few travellers return, puzzles the will,",6.0
"And makes us rather bear to live unknown,",0.0
"Than run the hazard to be known, and damned.",1.0
Thus critics do make cowards of us all.,3.0
And thus the healthful face of many a poem,2.0
"Even Christian slaves, have shook their chains, and gazed",0.0
With wonder and amazement on thee. Hence,2.0
"Of Christian slave, a paradox! to you",0.0
"I do not turn, but leave you to conception",1.0
"Narrow; with that be blessed, nor dare to stretch",1.0
Your shackled souls along the course of Freedom.,0.0
"Lessened by distance; snatch her rustic thought,",2.0
"Her crude ideas, from their panting state,",1.0
And let them fly in wide expansion; lend,0.0
"Thine energy, so little understood",1.0
"By the rude million, and I'll dare the strain",3.0
"Obedient to her voice. Alas! my friend,",1.0
"Strong rapture dies within the soul, while Power",1.0
"Drags on his bleeding victims. Custom, Law,",0.0
"You blessings, and you curses of mankind,",3.0
"What evils do you cause? We feel enslaved,",0.0
"Yet move in your direction. Custom, thou",2.0
Wilt preach up filial piety; thy sons,3.0
Sits full on Inhumanity; the church,3.0
"Nor fall, but at the cost of human bliss.",0.0
"Custom, thou hast undone us! led us far",2.0
"But come, you souls who feel for human woe,",0.0
"Though dressed in savage guise! Approach, thou son,",0.0
"Whose heart would shudder at a father's chains,",0.0
And melt over thy loved brother as he lies,5.0
"Gasping in torment undeserved. O, sight",3.0
Horrid and insupportable! far worse,5.0
"Than an immediate, an heroic death;",4.0
"Yet to this sight I summon thee. Approach,",1.0
"Weep over her inky sire! Spare me, thou God",3.0
"This gloomy wretch, and turn my tearful eye",0.0
"To more enlightened beings. Yes, my tear",0.0
Upon the blossom of the morn. My song,1.0
When Nature swells her woe. Over suffering man,3.0
"My soul with sorrow bends! Then come, you few",0.0
"Who feel a more than cold, material essence;",2.0
"Here you may vent your sighs, till the bleak North",1.0
"Find its adherents aided. ' --  Ah, no more!",3.0
"The dingy youth comes on, sullen in chains;",4.0
"He smiles on the rough sailor, who aloud",2.0
"Strikes at the spacious heaven, the earth, the sea,",0.0
In breath too blasphemous; yet not to him,2.0
"Blasphemous, for he dreads not either: ' --  lost",1.0
"In dear internal imagery, the soul",1.0
With eager wildness yet drink in the view,1.0
"Of his too humble home, where he had left",3.0
Curse on the toils spread by a Christian hand,2.0
To rob the Indian of his freedom! Curse,1.0
On him who from a bending parent steals,0.0
"His dear support of age, his darling child;",0.0
"Perhaps a son, or a more tender daughter,",1.0
"Who might have closed his eyelids, as the spark",2.0
"Of life gently retired. O, thou poor world!",5.0
Thou fleeting good to individuals! see,2.0
"How much for thee they care, how wide they open",1.0
I know the crafty merchant will oppose,1.0
"The plea of nature to my strain, and urge",1.0
His toils are for his children: the soft plea,3.0
"Dissolves my soul ' --  but when I sell a son,",0.0
"Thou God of nature, let it be my own!",0.0
Behold that Christian! see what horrid joy,0.0
"Lights up his moody features, while he grasps",0.0
"Away, thou seller of mankind! Bring on",3.0
Thy daughter to this market! bring thy wife!,1.0
"Thine aged mother, though of little worth,",1.0
"With all thy ruddy boys! Sell them, thou wretch,",2.0
With look of anguish? Is it Nature strains,1.0
"While I but strike upon thy pitiless ear,",2.0
"Fearing her rights are violated. ' --  Speak,",3.0
Astounded the voice of Justice! bid thy tears,2.0
"The pledges of thy love. O, throw thine arm",1.0
"Around thy little ones, and loudly plead",0.0
"Justice will scorn thee in her turn, and hold",2.0
"Thine act against thy prayer. Why clasp, she cries,",0.0
"Thou selfish Christian, for thy private woe,",1.0
Yet cause such pangs to him that is a father?,0.0
Whence comes thy right to barter for thy fellows?,1.0
Where are thy statutes? Whose the iron pen,0.0
That gave thee precedent? Give me the seal,2.0
"Of virtue, or religion, for thy trade,",2.0
And I will never upbraid thee; but if force,3.0
"Superior, hard brutality alone",3.0
"Become thy boast, hence to some savage haunt,",2.0
Nor claim protection from my social laws.,1.0
While his fond mother climbs the hoary rock,2.0
"With love, fear, hope, holding alternate rage",5.0
In her too anxious bosom. Dreary main!,2.0
"Thy murmurs now are riot, while she stands",0.0
"Listening to every breeze, waiting the step",6.0
"Too hapless mother, thy indulgent arms",2.0
"Keeps pace with thee, and mourns. Now over the hill",5.0
"The bosom of the isle, to where she left",1.0
"Formed of the polished cane, neglected lies,",0.0
"No more to vibrate; here the useless dart,",0.0
"He comes not down the steep, though he had vowed,",2.0
"The cave's wide entrance, he would swift descend",2.0
"Had glided by, since to his generous breast",4.0
"He clasped the tender maid, and whispered love.",0.0
"O, mutual sentiment! thou dangerous bliss!",5.0
"So exquisite, that Heaven had been unjust",1.0
Had it bestowed less exquisite of ill;,3.0
"When thou art held no more, thy pangs are deep,",1.0
Thy joys convulsive to the soul; yet all,1.0
Are meant to smooth uneven road of life.,0.0
Holding her image to his panting heart;,3.0
"For her he strained the bow, for her he stripped",2.0
When with these guiltless trophies he adorned,1.0
The brow of her he loved. Her gentle breast,1.0
"With gratitude was filled, nor knew she aught",0.0
"Of language strong enough to paint her soul,",0.0
Or ease the great emotion; while her eye,0.0
And glowed with rapture at his wished return.,0.0
"Ah, sweet suspense! betwixt the mingled cares",0.0
"Of friendship, love, and gratitude, so mixed,",0.0
"That even the soul may cheat herself. ' --  Down, down,",2.0
"Intruding Memory! bid thy struggles cease,",2.0
At this soft scene of innate war. What sounds,4.0
"Be still, fond maid; list to the tardy step",3.0
"But not to seek his son, who from the deck",1.0
"Had breathed a last adieu: no, he shuts out",3.0
"The soft, fallacious gleam of hope, and turns",0.0
Within upon the mind: horrid and dark,5.0
"Are his wild, unenlightened powers: no ray",3.0
"Of forced philosophy to calm his soul,",1.0
But all the anarchy of wounded nature.,1.0
"In his bright fancy, far beyond the hills,",2.0
"Beats quick with stubborn fury, while he doubts",1.0
"Their justice to his child. Weeping old man,",5.0
"Hate not a Christian's God, whose record holds",0.0
"Upon the Indian's helpless neck, and sinks,",2.0
"Despising comfort, till by grief and age",1.0
"His angry spirit is forced out. O, guide,",2.0
"Where the poor Indian, with the sage, is proved",3.0
"The work of a Creator. Pause not here,",1.0
"Distracted maid! ah, leave the breathless form,",0.0
"On whose cold cheek thy tears so swiftly fall,",1.0
"Too unavailing! On this stone, she cries,",2.0
"Pointed my eye, while from his gentle tongue",2.0
"Wrap thee in added horror. O, Despair,",1.0
"Pursues her, lives in restless thought, and chides",0.0
"Soft consolation. Banished from his arms,",2.0
She seeks the cold embrace of death; her soul,0.0
Escapes in one sad sigh. Too hapless maid!,3.0
"His sigh, his groan avail not, for they plead",1.0
"Most weakly with a Christian. Sink, thou wretch,",1.0
"Profusely poured on thee, while they are left",0.0
"Neglected to thy mercy. Thus deceived,",1.0
How doubly dark must be their road to death!,0.0
Losing the knowledge of his native shore,3.0
"The sweet luxuriant cane. He strives to please,",2.0
"Nor once complains, but greatly smothers grief.",0.0
"His hands are blistered, and his feet are worn,",1.0
Keen agony to life; while from his breast,3.0
"The sigh arises, burdened with the name",1.0
"His limbs grow nervous, strained by willing toil;",1.0
"And resignation, or a calm despair,",1.0
Most useful either lulls him to repose.,1.0
"A Christian renegade, that from his soul",1.0
"A future punishment, nor hopes for mercy,",1.0
"Had fled from England, to avoid those laws",1.0
Which must have made his life a retribution,0.0
"To violated justice, and had gained,",2.0
"By fawning guile, the confidence ill placed",2.0
"With knotted whip, lest fainting nature shun",0.0
"The task too arduous, while his cruel soul,",2.0
"Unnatural, ever feeds, with gross delight,",2.0
"Upon his sufferings. Many slaves there were,",0.0
"But none who could suppress the sigh, and bend,",0.0
"The stripes, that from his manly bosom drew",1.0
"Hope fled his soul, giving her struggles over,",6.0
And he resolved to die. The sun had reached,1.0
"Leaning upon his hoe, while memory brought,",4.0
"His poor fond mother, and his faithful maid:",2.0
The mental group in wildest motion set,0.0
"Fruitless imagination; fury, grief,",2.0
"Alternate shame, the sense of insult, all",3.0
Conspire to aid the inward storm; yet words,2.0
"Were no relief, he stood in silent woe.",0.0
"Gorgon, remorseless Christian, saw the slave",2.0
"Stand musing, amid the ranks, and, stealing soft",3.0
"In strongest agony, and with his hoe",2.0
"Struck the rude Christian on the forehead. Pride,",4.0
"With hateful malice, seize on Gorgon's soul,",0.0
And plunged beneath the wave; but near him lay,0.0
"A planter's barge, whose seamen grasped his hair",3.0
Dragging to life a wretch who wished to die.,2.0
"Rumour now spreads the tale, while Gorgon's breath",3.0
"Even a just defence, and stands prepared.",2.0
"The planters, conscious that to fear alone",0.0
"They owe their cruel power, resolve to blend",2.0
"New torment with the pangs of death, and hold",0.0
"Their victims high in dreadful view, to fright",0.0
To share the horrid sight; fuel is placed,3.0
"In an increasing train, some paces back,",1.0
"To kindle slowly, and approach the youth,",1.0
"With more than native terror. See, it burns!",0.0
"He gazes on the growing flame, and calls",1.0
"For water, water! The small boon's denied.",2.0
"Even Christians throng each other, to behold",1.0
"The different alterations of his face,",1.0
"As the hot death approaches. O, shame, shame",4.0
Upon the followers of Jesus! shame,1.0
And in their sockets strain their scorched balls.,1.0
"Burn, burn me quick! I cannot die! he cries:",1.0
"Bring fire more close! The planters heed him not,",1.0
"Their trembling slaves around. His lips are dry,",0.0
"His senses seem to quiver, ever they quit",2.0
"His frame for ever, rallying strong, then driven",2.0
From the tremendous conflict. Sight no more,2.0
"Till both escape together. Turn, my muse,",0.0
"Wrapped in the robe of innocence, to shades",1.0
"Where pity breathing in the gale, dissolves",0.0
"The mind, when fancy paints such real woe.",1.0
"Now speak, you Christians who for gain enslave",1.0
"In life's short vale; and if there be a hell,",2.0
"As you believe, to that you thrust her down,",1.0
"A blind, involuntary victim, where",0.0
Is your true essence of religion? where,3.0
"Your proofs of righteousness, when you conceal",2.0
The knowledge of the Deity from those,2.0
Who would adore him fervently? Your God,1.0
"You rob of worshippers, his altars keep",1.0
"The eager slave, lest he should hope in Jesus.",1.0
"Is this your piety? Are these your laws,",3.0
Whereby the glory of the Godhead spreads,2.0
"Over barbarous climes? You hypocrites, disown",2.0
"The Christian name, nor shame its cause: yet where",0.0
"Shall souls like yours find welcome? Would the Turk,",5.0
"Pagan, or wildest Arab, open their arms",4.0
Your worse than serpent touch; he frees his slave,0.0
Your brighter contrast; he condemns the youth,1.0
For ever to the mine; but ere the wretch,2.0
"Sinks to the deep domain, the hand of Faith",0.0
"Bathes his faint temples in the sacred stream,",3.0
"Bidding his spirit hope. Briton, dost thou",5.0
"Act up to this? If so, bring on thy slaves",1.0
To him who died to save them: this alone,2.0
"Will teach them calmly to obey thy rage,",1.0
"And deem a life of misery but a day,",1.0
"To long eternity. Ah, think how soon",1.0
"Thine head shall on earth's dreary pillow lie,",2.0
"With thy poor slaves, each silent, and unknown",3.0
To his once furious neighbour. Think how swift,4.0
"The sands of time ebb out, for him and thee.",3.0
"Why groans that Indian youth, in burning chains",2.0
Strikes from his full meridian on the slave,1.0
"Whose arms are blistered by the heated iron,",1.0
"With strongest agony, while life declines",1.0
From recent amputation. Gracious God!,0.0
"Over a vile race of Christians, who profane",2.0
"Thy glorious attributes? Sweep them from earth,",2.0
Or cheque their cruel power: the savage tribes,2.0
"Advance, you Christians, and oppose my strain:",1.0
"Who dares condemn it? Prove from laws divine,",0.0
"From deep philosophy, or social love,",1.0
That you derive your privilege. I scorn,2.0
"The cry of Avarice, or the trade that drains",1.0
"Her public good, her nation's many wants,",0.0
"Her sons thrown idly on the beach, forbade",2.0
To seize the image of their God and sell it: ' --,1.0
"I'll hear her voice, and Virtue's hundred tongues",0.0
Shall sound against her. Hath our public good,0.0
Find their supply in murder? Shall the sons,2.0
"Of Commerce shivering stand, if not employed",2.0
Worse than the midnight robber? Curses fall,1.0
On the destructive system that shall need,1.0
Such base supports! Does England need them? No;,0.0
"That from his neighbour steals a slender sum,",3.0
"Though famine drove him on. Over him the priest,",1.0
"Beneath the fatal tree, laments the crime,",0.0
"Approves the law, and bids him calmly die.",0.0
"Say, does this law, that dooms the thief, protect",0.0
By hellish force to take it at his will?,0.0
"Is this an English law, whose guidance fails",1.0
"When crimes are swelled to magnitude so vast,",0.0
That Justice dare not scan them? Or does Law,1.0
Bid Justice an eternal distance keep,2.0
"From England's great tribunal, when the slave",0.0
"Calls loud on Justice only? Speak, you few",1.0
"The fathers of your country! Boast your laws,",1.0
"Defend the honour of a land so fallen,",0.0
"That Fame from every battlement is flown,",1.0
"Hail, social love! true soul of order, hail!",2.0
"Thy softest emanations, pity, grief,",0.0
"Lively emotion, sudden joy, and pangs,",2.0
"Too. deep for language, are thy own: then rise,",2.0
Thou gentle angel! spread thy silken wings,0.0
"Over drowsy man, breathe in his soul, and give",1.0
"To banish Inhumanity. O, loose",2.0
"The fetters of his mind, enlarge his views,",1.0
"Break down for him the bound of avarice, lift",3.0
His feeble faculties beyond a world,1.0
To which he soon must prove a stranger! Spread,0.0
"Of future glory; bid them live to Fame,",0.0
"Whose banners wave for ever. Thus inspired,",0.0
"All that is great, and good, and sweetly mild,",0.0
"Shall fill his noble bosom. He shall melt,",1.0
"Yea, by thy sympathy unseen, shall feel",1.0
His heart shall heave a sigh; with the old slave,1.0
Whose head is bent with sorrow he shall cast,1.0
"His eye back on the joys of youth, and say,",2.0
"Parental fondness, and the dear returns",1.0
"Of filial tenderness were thine, till torn",4.0
"From the dissolving scene. ' --  O, social love,",1.0
In endless void! thou that in motion first,0.0
"Quickly assimilating, and restrained",3.0
By strong attraction; touch the soul of man;,0.0
"His own by heart-felt sympathy, while wealth",2.0
Is made subservient to his soft disease.,1.0
And when thou hast to high perfection wrought,0.0
"The sun rides glorious amid the cloudless sky,",2.0
"While over the lake no cooling Zephyrs fly,",3.0
"But on the liquid glass we dazzled gaze,",1.0
And fainting ask for shade: lo! where his nest,1.0
Here the soft turf invites; here magic sounds,3.0
While Melody from yonder steep wood rebounds,3.0
"In thrilling cadence sweet. Sure, life can grant",1.0
No brighter hours than this; and memory oft,4.0
Shall paint this happiest scene with pencil soft.,2.0
IT Were both unjust and stupid to refuse,1.0
"To so much Worth, the Tribute of my Muse;",2.0
"Though Saints, as well, may those Bright Forms express,",2.0
That in a Rapture they conceive of Bliss;,1.0
"As I can give such Wondrous Charms their due,",1.0
"Or, Dress in Words, my Brighter Thoughts of You:",0.0
"Charming, and Gay, your Fair Idea seems",2.0
"As Gay, as if composed of Love and Beams;",1.0
"Such Heavenly Rays adorn your Lovely Eyes,",2.0
"That, by Imagination, they surprise,",2.0
"And, at your Feet, a Female Victim lies:",1.0
"But how, Fair Nymph, will your Approaches Fire,",3.0
If Distant Charms such gentle thoughts inspire.,0.0
"GIFTED of Heaven! who hast, in days gone by,",3.0
Moved every heart delighted every eye;,1.0
"While age and youth, of high and low degree,",0.0
"In sympathy were joined, beholding thee,",2.0
"As in the Drama's ever changing scene,",0.0
"No barriers there thy fair domains confined,",2.0
Thy sovereign sway was over the human mind;,2.0
"And, in the triumph of that witching hour,",1.0
Thy lofty bearing well became thy power.,0.0
"Thy stately form, and high imperial grace;",2.0
"Thine arms impetuous tossed, thy robe's wide flow,",1.0
And the dark tempest gathered on thy brow;,3.0
"What time thy flashing eye and lip of scorn,",0.0
Down to the dust thy mimic foes have born;,1.0
The fixed and yearning looks of strong affection;,0.0
"The active turmoil of a bosom rending,",2.0
"When pity, love, and honour, are contending:",2.0
"A lovely, grand, and wondrous sight have seen.",0.0
"Thy varied accents, rapid, fitful, slow,",0.0
"Loud rage, and fear's snatched whisper, quick and low;",2.0
"The burst of stifled love, the wail of grief,",0.0
"And tones of high command, full, solemn, brief;",1.0
"The change of voice, and emphasis that threw",1.0
"Light on obscurity, and brought to view",3.0
"Common perception, as earth's smallest things",4.0
"That seemed as if some secret voice, to clear",1.0
"Whose lines, where nature's brightest traces shine,",0.0
Alone were worthy deemed of powers like thine:,0.0
"They who have heard all this, have proved full well",2.0
"But though time's lengthened shadows over thee glide,",5.0
"And pomp of regal state is cast aside,",0.0
"Think not the glory of thy course is spent,",1.0
"That, to the mental world can never fade,",0.0
"Till all who have seen thee, in the grave are laid.",0.0
"Thy graceful form still moves in nightly dreams,",1.0
"And what thou wert, to the lulled sleeper seems:",3.0
While feverish fancy oft does fondly trace,2.0
"Yea; and to many a wight, bereft and lone,",2.0
"In musing hours, though all to thee unknown,",1.0
"Soothing his earthly course of good and ill,",2.0
"And now in crowded room or rich saloon,",0.0
"Thy stately presence recognised, how soon",0.0
"On thee the glance of many an eye is cast,",3.0
In grateful memory of pleasures past!,1.0
"Pleased to behold thee, with becoming grace,",3.0
Among the virtuous matrons of our land.,3.0
"THrough the close covert of the shady grove,",3.0
"One summer's day it was my chance to rove,",1.0
"Where, shrouded from the sun's too scorching ray,",2.0
"Occasion so inviting, who could miss?",1.0
"Softly I stole, and snatched a sudden kiss.",2.0
"Startled at first, the rising blush displayed",2.0
The quick resentment of the ruffled maid;,1.0
Lively displayed ' --  for soon it over past;,2.0
Such blushing anger never long did last!,0.0
Where wrongs ideal solid pleasures breed.,4.0
"Submissive looks my pardon soon obtained,",0.0
And pardoned love as soon new boldness gained.,1.0
"Offending thus, forgiving thus, we lay,",0.0
Long time entranced with the alternate play;,2.0
"Till warned, too soon, by envious night, we part:",3.0
The thrilling joy still flutters round my heart;,1.0
"Thought still, though fainter, paints the glowing bliss,",1.0
"But mark the sad effects of casual love,",0.0
And tread with caution in the shady grove.,0.0
"In due time, Cloe at my doors appears,",1.0
A fixed composure on her brow she wears;,1.0
And guess the cause: close in her lap concealed,1.0
A lovely twin in either hand she held;,0.0
"And take, she cried, these pledges of our love,",1.0
These fruits you planted in the shady grove.,0.0
"Smooth as the polished ivory of her neck,",1.0
"Warm as her bosom, white as was her arm,",1.0
"So smooth were they and white, so soft and warm,",1.0
"Compliant to my forming hand they grew,",1.0
"And with their size increased obedience due,",3.0
"As I direct they take the appointed bent,",3.0
"With every motion, every beck, consent,",0.0
"Whatever I want, they reach with ready hand,",3.0
"Wherever I go, they wait at my command.",3.0
Now at ease one in my bosom lays;,0.0
While by my side the other wanton plays;,0.0
"Now this my hand embraces; to other free,",2.0
Takes his full swing and plays at liberty.,4.0
"Before me hand in hand sometime they move,",1.0
"Emblems of friendship, and united love;",3.0
Sometime behind my leading steps they trace,1.0
Still closely knit in brotherly embrace;,2.0
"Anon on either side as guards attend,",0.0
"At once adorn me, and at once defend.",1.0
"Still more and more my love they thus engage,",0.0
Thus still shall cherish my declining age;,2.0
"And when the appointed hour of fate shall come,",1.0
"More lasting far than man's soon fading breath,",1.0
Their love extends beyond the vale of death;,0.0
"Till they themselves, like me, are turned to dust.",2.0
"Whose barren bosom starves her generous birth,",2.0
Nor genial warmth nor genial juice retains,0.0
Their roots to feed and fill their verdant veins;,0.0
"And as in climes, where winter holds his reign,",1.0
"The soil, though fertile, will not teem in vain,",1.0
"Forbids her gems to swell, her shades to rise,",0.0
Nor trusts her blossoms to the churlish skies:,1.0
"So draw mankind in vain the vital airs,",1.0
Spread the young thought and warm the opening heart.,5.0
So fond Instruction on the growing powers,1.0
"Of nature idly lavishes her stores,",1.0
"Smile not indulgent on the rising race,",2.0
And scatter with a free though frugal hand,1.0
Light golden showers of plenty over the land:,5.0
"But Tyranny has fixed her empire there,",2.0
"To cheque their tender hopes with chilling fear,",0.0
And blast the blooming promise of the year.,1.0
This spacious animated scene survey,0.0
"From where the rolling orb, that gives the day,",0.0
"His sable sons with nearer course surrounds,",0.0
To either pole and life's remotest bounds.,0.0
"How rude so ever the exterior form we find,",3.0
"However opinion tinge the varied mind,",3.0
Alike to all the kind impartial heaven,0.0
The sparks of truth and happiness has given:,1.0
"With sense to feel, with memory to retain,",3.0
They follow pleasure and they fly from pain;,1.0
The event presages and explores the cause.,8.0
"The soft returns of gratitude they know,",0.0
"By fraud elude, by force repel the foe;",0.0
"While mutual wishes, mutual woes, endear",4.0
The social smile and sympathetic tear.,0.0
"Say then, through ages by what fate confined",1.0
To different climes seem different souls assigned?,1.0
Here measured laws and philosophic ease,0.0
Fix and improve the polished arts of peace.,2.0
"There Industry and Gain their vigils keep,",1.0
Command the winds and tame the unwilling deep.,2.0
Here force and hardy deeds of blood prevail;,0.0
There languid pleasure sighs in every gale.,0.0
Oft over the trembling nations from afar,4.0
"Their arms, their kings, their gods were rolled away.",0.0
The prostrate south to the destroyer yields,1.0
Her boasted titles and her golden fields:,1.0
With grim delight the brood of winter view,0.0
"A brighter day and heavens of azure hue,",2.0
"Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose,",4.0
"Proud of the yoke and pliant to the rod,",1.0
"Why yet does Asia dread a monarch's nod,",1.0
While European freedom still withstands,0.0
"The encroaching tide, that drowns her lessening lands,",3.0
And sees far off with an indignant groan,3.0
Her native plains and empires once her own?,0.0
Can opener skies and suns of fiercer flame,2.0
"As lamps, that shed at even a cheerful ray,",2.0
Fade and expire beneath the eye of day?,2.0
Need we the influence of the northern star,1.0
To string our nerves and steel our hearts to war?,0.0
"And, where the face of nature laughs around,",0.0
Must sickening Virtue fly the tainted ground?,0.0
"What fancied zone can circumscribe the Soul,",0.0
"Who, conscious of the source from whence she springs,",1.0
"By Reason's light on Resolution's wings,",0.0
"She bids each slumbering energy awake,",3.0
"Another touch, another temper take,",0.0
Suspends the inferior laws that rule our clay:,4.0
The stubborn elements confess her sway;,1.0
"Their little wants, their low desires, refine,",0.0
And raise the mortal to a height divine.,1.0
Not but the human fabric from the birth,1.0
"As various tracts enforce a various toil,",4.0
The manners speak the idiom of their soil.,1.0
Foes to the gentler genius of the plain:,1.0
"To brave the savage rushing from the wood,",1.0
They guard with spirit what by strength they gained;,0.0
"And while their rocky ramparts round they see,",1.0
"The rough abode of want and liberty,",1.0
As lawless force from confidence will grow,1.0
Insult the plenty of the vales below?,1.0
"What wonder in the sultry climes, that spread",0.0
"If with adventurous oar and ready sail,",3.0
"Or on frail floats to distant cities ride,",2.0
That rise and glitter over the ambient tide.,4.0
"WHAT, sir, a month, and not one line afford?",0.0
It's well: ' --  how finely some folk keep their word!,1.0
"I own my promise. ' --  But to steal an hour,",1.0
"' Mid all this hurry ' --  it's not in my power,",1.0
"Where life each day does one fixed order keep,",2.0
"Successive journeys, weariness and sleep.",1.0
"Or if our scheme some interval allows,",2.0
Some hours designed for thought and for repose;,1.0
Soon as the scattered images begin,1.0
In the mind to rally ' --  company comes in:,2.0
For all the day behind is noise and drink.,0.0
"Thus life rolls on, but not without regret;",1.0
"Whenever at morning, in some cool retreat,",2.0
I walk alone: ' --  it's then in thought I view,0.0
Some sage of old; it's then I think of you:,0.0
"Whose breast no tyrant passions ever seize,",1.0
"Who follow but where judgement points the way,",1.0
And whom too busy sense never led astray.,4.0
"Not that you joys with moderation shun,",0.0
"You taste all pleasures, but indulge in none.",1.0
"Fired by this image, I resolve anew:",2.0
"It's reason calls, and peace and joy's in view.",0.0
How blessed a change! a long adieu to sense:,0.0
"Alas, how short a reign? ' --  the walk is over,",0.0
"The dinner waits, and friends some half a score:",0.0
"At first to virtue firm, the glass I fly;",0.0
"Till some sly sot, ' --  Not drink the family!",1.0
Thus gratitude is made to plead for sin;,1.0
My traitorous breast a party forms within:,2.0
"And inclination bribed, we never want",0.0
"Excuse ' --  It's hot, and walking makes one faint.",0.0
"Now sense gets strength; my bright resolves decay,",2.0
Like stars that melt at the approach of day:,1.0
"Thought dies, and even, at last, your image fades away.",3.0
My head grows warm; all reason I despise:,2.0
"Today be happy, and tomorrow wise!",2.0
"Betrayed so oft, I'm half persuaded now,",0.0
"Surely to fail, the first step is to vow.",4.0
"Gardens, diversions, friends, relations, air:",2.0
"For London now, dear London, how I burn!",2.0
"I must be happy, sure, when I return.",1.0
"Whoever hopes true happiness to see,",2.0
"Hopes for what never was, nor ever will be:",2.0
"The nearest ease, since we must suffer still,",1.0
"Are they, who dare be patient under ill.",1.0
"And after pouring round it, strove to play:",0.0
"Above, below, across, all ways he tries;",0.0
"He tries in vain, it's discord all and noise:",0.0
Fretting he threw it by: then thus the lout;,3.0
"If life does not its harmony impart,",1.0
"We want not instruments, but have not art.",1.0
"It's endless to defer our hopes of ease,",1.0
"Till crosses end, and disappointments cease.",1.0
"The sage is happy, not that all goes right,",1.0
"His cattle feel no rot, his corn no blight;",2.0
"The mind for ease is fitted to the wise,",1.0
Not so the fool's; ' --  it's here the difference lies:,0.0
"Their prospect is the same, but various are their eyes.",2.0
"While Emperors to You commit their Cause,",2.0
"And ANNA'S Praises crown the vast Applause,",0.0
"That in ambitious Verse records Your Fights,",0.0
Fired and transported with a Theme so new:,2.0
Ten Thousand Wonders opening to my View,2.0
"Shine forth at once, Sieges and Storms appear,",6.0
"Rivers of Blood I see, and Hills of Slain;",2.0
An Iliad rising out of One Campaign.,4.0
"The Haughty Gaul beheld, with towering Pride,",0.0
"His ancient Bounds enlarged on every Side,",0.0
And in the mid of his wide Empire stood;,2.0
Behind their Everlasting Hills secured;,0.0
"The rising Danube its long Race began,",2.0
And half its Course through the new Conquests ran;,2.0
"Amazed and anxious for her Sovereign's Fates,",2.0
Germania trembled through a Hundred States;,3.0
"Great Leopold himself was seized with Fear,",1.0
"He gazed, and half abandoned to Despair",1.0
"His Hopes on Heaven, and Confidence in Prayer.",1.0
"On Her Resolves the Western World relies,",1.0
"Confiding still, amid its dire Alarms,",0.0
"Thrice Happy BRITTAIN, from the Kingdoms rent,",2.0
To sit the Guardian of the Continent!,2.0
"That sees her Bravest Son advanced so high,",0.0
And flourishing so near her Prince's Eye;,1.0
"Or from the Crimes, or Follies of a Court;",2.0
"On the firm Basis of Desert they rise,",3.0
"From long tried Faith, and Friendship's Holy Ties:",1.0
"Her Ornaments in Peace, her Strength in War,",1.0
"The Nation thanks them with a Public Voice,",1.0
By Showers of Blessings Heaven approves their Choice;,2.0
"Envy it self is dumb, in Wonder lost,",2.0
And Factions strive who shall applaud them most.,0.0
Soon as soft Vernal Breezes warm the Sky,3.0
"Her Chief already has his March begun,",0.0
"Crossing the Provinces Himself had won,",3.0
Till the Moselle appearing from afar,2.0
Retards the Progress of the Moving War:,2.0
"Delightful Stream, had Nature bid her fall",0.0
"In distant Climes, far from the perjured Gaul;",2.0
"But now a Purchase to the Sword she lies,",1.0
"Her Harvests for uncertain Owners rise,",1.0
"Each Vineyard doubtful of its Master grows,",1.0
And to the Victor's Bowl each Vintage flows:,1.0
The discontented Shades of slaughtered Hosts,0.0
"That wandered on her Banks, her Heroes Ghosts",1.0
The Vengeance due to their great Deaths was near.,2.0
Forming the Wondrous Year within his Thought;,2.0
"The long laborious March he first surveys,",2.0
"And joins the distant Danube to the Maese,",1.0
"Such Mountains rise, so many Rivers flow:",0.0
"The Toil looks lovely in the Heroes Eyes,",1.0
Big with the Fate of Europe he renews,1.0
"His dreadful Course, and the proud Foe pursues:",2.0
"Amid the sultry Gales his Temples beat,",0.0
"Infected by the burning Scorpion's Heat,",1.0
Till on the Borders of the Main he finds,2.0
"Our British Youth, with inborn Freedom bold,",1.0
"Nations of Slaves, with Tyranny debased,",3.0
Their Maker's Image more than half defaced,0.0
"Hourly instructed, as they urge their Toil,",3.0
Still to the rising Sun they take their Way,0.0
"Through Clouds of Dust, and gain upon the Day.",0.0
"With cooling Streams revives the fainting Host,",0.0
"Over prostrate Towns and Palaces they pass,",1.0
"Now covered over with Weeds, and hid in Grass",3.0
Breathing Revenge; while Anger and Disdain,3.0
"Here shattered Walls, like broken Rocks, from far",0.0
"Rise up in hideous Views, the Guilt of War,",2.0
"While here the Vine over Hills of Ruin climbs,",6.0
Industrious to conceal great Bourbon's Crimes.,4.0
At length the Fame of England's Hero drew,0.0
Eugenio to the glorious Interview;,4.0
"Great Souls by Instinct to each other turn,",2.0
"Demand Alliance, and in Friendship burn;",1.0
"A sudden Friendship, while with stretched out Rays",0.0
"They meet each other, mingling Blaze with Blaze.",0.0
"Polished in Courts, and hardened in the Field,",2.0
"Renowned for Conquest, and in Council skilled,",1.0
Their Courage dwells not in a troubled Flood,0.0
"Of mounting Spirits, and fermenting Blood;",1.0
"Lodged in the Soul, with Virtue overruled,",0.0
"Inflamed by Reason, and by Reason cooled,",1.0
"In Hours of Peace content to be unknown,",0.0
And only in the Field of Battle shown:,0.0
"To Souls like these, in mutual Friendship joined,",3.0
Heaven dares entrust the Cause of Human kind.,0.0
"Her Harassed Troops the Hero's Presence warms,",4.0
While the high Hills and Rivers all around,3.0
"Doubling their Speed they March with fresh Delight,",1.0
"Eager for Glory, and require the Fight.",3.0
"So the staunch Hound the trembling Deer pursues,",2.0
"And smells his Footsteps in the tainted Dews,",1.0
"But when the Scent comes warm in every Breeze,",1.0
"Fired at the near Approach, he shoots away",0.0
"On his full Stretch, and bears upon his Prey.",2.0
"The March concludes, the various Realms are past,",2.0
The Immortal Schellenberg appears at last:,2.0
"Like Hills the aspiring Ramparts rise on high,",3.0
"Like Valleys at their Feet the Trenches lie,",0.0
"Batteries on Batteries guard each fatal Pass,",3.0
"Threatening Destruction; Rows of hollow Brass,",1.0
"Tube behind Tube, the dreadful Entrance keep,",3.0
"Great CHURCHILL owns, charmed with the glorious sight,",5.0
His March overpaid by such a promised Fight.,3.0
"The Western Sun now shot a feeble Ray,",1.0
"And faintly scattered the Remains of Day,",1.0
"Evening approached, but o what Hosts of Foes",3.0
Were never to behold that Evening close!,1.0
"Thickening their Ranks, and wedged in firm Array,",1.0
The close compacted Britons win their Way;,0.0
In vain the Cannon their thronged War defaced,2.0
"With Tracks of Death, and laid the Battle waste,",0.0
"Still pressing forward to the Fight, they broke",2.0
"Through Flames of Sulphur, and a Night of Smoke,",1.0
"Till slaughtered Legions fill the Trench below,",0.0
"High on the Works the mingling Hosts engage,",0.0
The Battle kindled into Tenfold Rage,1.0
With Showers of Bullets and with Storms of Fire,3.0
"Burns in full Fury, Heaps on Heaps expire,",2.0
"Whole Nations trampled into Dirt, and bruised,",1.0
In one promiscuous Carnage lie confused.,2.0
"How many generous Britons meet their Doom,",2.0
"New to the Field, and Heroes in the Bloom!",0.0
"The Illustrious Youths, that left their Native Shore",3.0
"To March where Britons never marched before,",0.0
OH Fatal Love of Fame! OH Glorious Heat,4.0
Only Destructive to the Brave and Great!,3.0
"After such Toils overcome, such Dangers past,",2.0
Stretched on Bavarian Ramparts breathe their last.,5.0
"But hold, my Muse, may no Complaints appear,",0.0
Nor blot the Day with an ungrateful Tear:,1.0
"A friendly Light, and shine in Innocence.",1.0
Plunging through Seas of Blood his fiery Steed,4.0
"Where ever his Friends retire, or Foes succeed;",2.0
"Those he supports, these drives to sudden Flight,",1.0
And turns the various Fortune of the Fight.,3.0
"To brave the thickest Terrors of the War,",1.0
Let Nations anxious for thy Life abate,2.0
"This Scorn of Danger, and Contempt of Fate:",1.0
Conquest and Peace from thy Victorious Hands;,5.0
"Kingdoms and Empires in thy Fortune join,",2.0
By crowded Armies fortified in vain;,0.0
And see their Camp with British Legions filled.,0.0
So Belgian Mounds bear on their shattered Sides,2.0
"The Sea's whole weight, increased with swelling Tides,",1.0
"But if the rushing Wave a Passage finds,",1.0
"Enraged by watery Moons, and warring Winds,",2.0
The trembling Peasant sees his Country round,0.0
"The few surviving Foes, dispersed in Flight,",0.0
Till the dark Cope of Night with kind Embrace,2.0
"Befriends the Rout, and covers their Disgrace.",1.0
The gay Victorious Army bends its Course;,2.0
"The Growth of Meadows, and the Pride of Fields,",2.0
"The Food of Armies, and Support of Wars:",1.0
"With Magazines of Death, destructive Balls,",0.0
"The Victor finds each hidden Cavern stored,",0.0
And turns their Fury on their Guilty Lord.,1.0
"Deluded Prince! how is thy Greatness crossed,",1.0
"And all the gaudy Dream of Empire lost,",0.0
"That proudly set thee on a fancied Throne,",1.0
And made Imaginary Realms thy own!,0.0
"Thy Troops, that now behind the Danube join,",0.0
"Shall shortly seek for Shelter from the Rhine,",1.0
"Nor find it there: Surrounded with Alarms,",2.0
"The Gallic Arms in Safety shall advance,",0.0
"And crowd thy Standards with the Power of France,",3.0
"Shares thy Destruction, and adorns thy Fall.",3.0
"Unbounded Courage and Compassion joined,",1.0
"Tempering each other in the Victor's Mind,",1.0
"Alternately proclaim him Good and Great,",3.0
And make the Hero and the Man complete.,1.0
"By proffered Grace, but long he strove in vain,",0.0
Till fired at length he thinks it vain to spare,2.0
"His rising Wrath, and gives a Loose to War.",0.0
In Vengeance roused the Soldier fills his Hand,0.0
"With Sword and Fire, and ravages the Land,",1.0
"A Thousand Villages to Ashes turns,",1.0
"In crackling Flames a Thousand Harvests burns,",0.0
"To the thick Woods the woolly Flocks retreat,",2.0
"Their trembling Lords the common Shade partake,",0.0
And Cries of Infants sound in every Brake:,0.0
"The listening Soldier fixed in Sorrow stands,",0.0
Loath to Obey his Leader's just Commands;,2.0
"The Leader grieves, by generous Pity swayed,",2.0
To see his just Commands so well obeyed.,0.0
But now the Trumpet terrible from far,1.0
"Confederate Drums in fuller Consort beat,",5.0
And echoing Hills the loud Alarm repeat:,2.0
"Unfurl their gilded Lilies in the Wind,",0.0
"The daring Prince his blasted Hopes renews,",0.0
And while the thick embattled Host he views,0.0
"Stretched out in deep Array, and dreadful Length,",0.0
The fatal Day its mighty Course began,0.0
That the grieved World had long desired in vain:,3.0
"States that their New Captivity bemoaned,",1.0
"Armies of Martyrs that in Exile groaned,",3.0
"Sighs from the Depth of gloomy Dungeons heard,",0.0
"And Prayers in Bitterness of Soul preferred,",1.0
And ANNA'S Ardent Vows at length prevailed;,0.0
The Day was come when Heaven designed to show,0.0
His Care and Conduct of the World below.,1.0
Behold in awful March and dread Array,0.0
The long Extended Squadrons shape their Way!,0.0
"Death, in approaching terrible, imparts",2.0
"An anxious Horror to the Bravest Hearts,",1.0
"Yet do their beating Breasts demand the Strife,",0.0
"The British Souls low Images disclaim,",2.0
The Heat of Vengeance and Desire of Fame,1.0
"Overlook the Foe, advantaged by his Post,",1.0
"Lessen his Numbers, and Contract his Host:",3.0
"That unprovoked they would have feared to pass,",0.0
When Her proud Foe ranged on their Borders stands.,1.0
"But OH, my Muse, what Numbers wilt thou find",0.0
To sing the furious Troops in Battle joined!,2.0
"The Victor's Shouts and Dying Groans confound,",0.0
And all the Thunder of the Battle rise.,1.0
"That, in the Shock of Charging Hosts unmoved,",0.0
"Amid Confusion, Horror, and Despair,",1.0
Examined all the Dreadful Scenes of War;,0.0
"In peaceful Thought the Field of Death surveyed,",0.0
"To fainting Squadrons sent the timely Aid,",0.0
"Inspired repulsed Battalions to engage,",3.0
And taught the doubtful Battle where to rage.,0.0
So when an Angel by Divine Command,1.0
"Such as of late over pale Britannia past,",9.0
Calm and Serene he drives the furious Blast;,4.0
"Rides in the Whirlwind, and directs the Storm.",2.0
"The Dread of Europe, and the Pride of France.",1.0
"The War's whole Art each private Soldier knows,",1.0
And with a General's Love of Conquest glows;,1.0
"Proudly He Marches on, and void of Fear",3.0
Laughs at the shaking of the British Spear;,1.0
Vain Insolence! with Native Freedom brave,2.0
"The meanest Briton scorns the highest Slave,",0.0
"Contempt and Fury fire their Souls by turns,",0.0
"Each Nation's Glory in each Warrior burns,",0.0
"Each fights, as in his Arm the important Day",2.0
And all the Fate of his great Monarch lay:,2.0
"A Thousand glorious Actions, that might claim",2.0
"Triumphant Laurels, and Immortal Fame,",1.0
And Troops of Heroes undistinguished die.,0.0
"OH Dormer, how can I behold thy Fate,",3.0
And not the Wonders of thy Youth relate!,1.0
"How can I see the Gay, the Brave, the Young,",1.0
"Fall in the Cloud of War, and lie unsung!",0.0
"In Joys of Conquest he resigns his Breath,",1.0
"And, filled with England's Glory, smiles in Death.",0.0
"The Rout begins, the Gallic Squadrons run,",0.0
Thousands of fiery Steeds with Wounds transfixed,4.0
"Floating in Gore, with their drowned Masters mixed,",4.0
"Mid Heaps of broken Spears and Standards lie,",1.0
"Or where the Sein her flowery Fields divides,",2.0
Or where the Loire through winding Vineyards glides;,0.0
"In Heaps the Rolling Billows sweep away,",0.0
And into Scythian Seas their bloated Corpse convey.,2.0
"His waving Banners, that so oft had stood",0.0
"Planted in Fields of Death, and Streams of Blood,",2.0
"So used the guarded Enemy to reach,",1.0
"And rise Triumphant in the Fatal Breach,",0.0
"Or pierce the broken Foe's remotest Lines,",0.0
The hardy Veteran with Tears resigns.,1.0
"The Pangs of Rage, of Sorrow, and of Shame,",1.0
That with mixed Tumult in thy Bosom swelled!,2.0
"Thine Only Son pierced with a Deadly Wound,",2.0
"Choked in his Blood, and gasping on the Ground,",1.0
Thy self in Bondage by the Victor kept!,1.0
"The Chief, the Father, and the Captive wept.",1.0
"An English Muse is touched with generous Woe,",2.0
And in the unhappy Man forgets the Foe.,1.0
"Blame not the Turns of Fate, and Chance of War;",0.0
"Give thy Brave Foes their Due, nor blush to own,",3.0
"The fatal Field by such great Leaders won,",2.0
The Field whence famed Eugenio bore away,3.0
With Floods of Gore that from the Vanquished fell,1.0
"The Marshes stagnate, and the Rivers swell.",2.0
"Mountains of Slain lie heaped upon the Ground,",3.0
"In painful Bondage, and inglorious Chains;",3.0
"Even those who escape the Fetters and the Sword,",3.0
"Nor seek the Fortunes of a happier Lord,",3.0
"The distant Battle drives the insulting Gauls,",2.0
Freed by the Terror of the Victor's Name,1.0
The rescued States his great Protection claim;,0.0
And longs to open her obsequious Gates.,3.0
"The Hero's Breast still swells with great Designs,",1.0
In every Thought the towering Genius shines:,0.0
"If to the Foe his dreadful Course he bends,",1.0
Over the wide Continent his March extends;,3.0
"Camps are assaulted, and an Army stormed;",3.0
"If to the Fight his active Soul is bent,",1.0
The Fate of Europe turns on its Event.,1.0
"What distant Land, what Region can afford",1.0
An Action worthy his Victorious Sword;,3.0
"Where will he next the flying Gaul defeat,",0.0
To make the Series of his Toils complete?,1.0
Where the swollen Rhine rushing with all its Force,4.0
"Divides the Hostile Nations in its Course,",0.0
"While Each contracts its Bounds, or wider grows,",0.0
That all the wide extended Plain commands;,0.0
"Twice, since the War was kindled, has it tried",0.0
"The Victor's rage, and twice has changed its Side;",0.0
Have the long Summer on its Walls employed.,3.0
"Hither our mighty Chief his Arms directs,",2.0
Hence future Triumphs from the War expects;,2.0
Carries his Arms still nearer to the Sun:,4.0
"Fixed on the glorious Action, He forgets",3.0
"The Change of Seasons, and Increase of Heats:",1.0
"No Toils are painful that can Danger show,",1.0
"The roving Gaul, to his own Bounds restrained,",1.0
"Learns to Encamp within his Native Land,",2.0
"But soon as the Victorious Host he spies,",3.0
"From Hill to Hill, from Stream to Stream he flies:",0.0
Such dire Impressions in his Heart remain,0.0
"They fly the Conqueror's approaching Fame,",1.0
That bears the Force of Armies in his Name.,0.0
Whose boasted Ancestry so high extends,1.0
"That in the Pagan Gods his Lineage ends,",2.0
"Comes from afar, in Gratitude to own",2.0
The great Supporter of his Father's Throne:,1.0
"What Tides of Glory to his Bosom ran,",1.0
How were his Eyes with pleasing Wonder fixed,1.0
"To see such Fire with so much Sweetness mixed,",1.0
"Such easy Greatness, such a graceful Port,",1.0
So turned and finished for the Camp or Court!,1.0
"Achilles thus was formed with every Grace,",0.0
Thus the great Father of Almighty Rome,4.0
His Features flushed with an Immortal Bloom,1.0
In all the Charms of his bright Mother glowed.,2.0
"Taught by his Counsels, by his Actions warmed,",1.0
"On Landau with redoubled Fury falls,",2.0
"Discharges all his Thunder on its Walls,",1.0
"Over Mines and Caves of Death provokes the Eight,",0.0
And learns to Conquer in the Hero's sight.,0.0
"The British Chief, for mighty Toils renowned,",0.0
"Increased in Titles, and with Conquests crowned,",2.0
"To Belgian Coasts his tedious March renews,",2.0
"Clearing its Borders from Usurping Foes,",4.0
And blessed by rescued Nations as he goes.,1.0
"Seated on Rocks her proud Foundations shake,",2.0
"Plants all his Batteries, bids his Cannon roar,",2.0
And shows how Landau might have fallen before.,2.0
"Vengeance reserved for his declining Years,",3.0
"Forgets his Thirst of Universal Sway,",0.0
And scarce can teach his Subjects to Obey;,1.0
"His Arms he finds on vain Attempts employed,",0.0
"The Ambitions Projects of his Race destroyed,",2.0
"The Work of Ages sunk in One Campaign,",1.0
And Lives of Millions sacrificed in vain.,0.0
Such are the Effects of ANNA's Royal Cares:,1.0
"By Her, Britannia, great in Foreign Wars,",3.0
And taste the Sweets of English Liberty.,1.0
But who can tell the Joys of those that lie,1.0
Within the constant Influence of Her Eye!,1.0
"Like Heaven's Indulgence, and descend on All,",3.0
"Make every Subject Glad, and a whole People Blessed.",3.0
In the smooth Records of a faithful Verse;,0.0
"That, if such Numbers can over Time prevail,",2.0
May tell Posterity the wondrous Tale.,1.0
"When Actions, Unadorned, are faint and weak,",0.0
Cities and Countries must be taught to speak;,2.0
"Gods may descend in Factions from the Skies,",3.0
"Fiction may deck the Truth with spurious Rays,",4.0
And round the Hero cast a borrowed Blaze.,1.0
And proudly shine in their own Native Light;,1.0
"Raised of themselves, their genuine Charms they boast,",4.0
And those who Paint them truest Praise them most.,1.0
"While rash, unknowing of Parnassus' Height,",4.0
"Or veil her Faults, or blindly Each commends:",0.0
While the just Critics silent Censure show;,0.0
"Blame this dull Thought, that Diction much too low:",4.0
"Cautious and trembling now she fears to fly,",2.0
"You plume her Wings, and bid her boldly try.",0.0
"Yet blindly wandering, when she aims to rise,",1.0
You clear the Mist of Error from her Eyes;,1.0
"Improve the Thought, and aid the lame Design.",0.0
"Extract the Spirit, bid the Phlegm subside;",0.0
"Correct, new range, precipitate, confine;",1.0
"Yours is the Skill, the mean Materials mine",2.0
"You, her Apollo, gave the Muse her Fire,",1.0
"Whenever she pleases, it's when you inspire;",4.0
"Even Pope approved, when you had tuned her Lyre.",1.0
The Debt of Honour bid me not conceal;,3.0
"I'll dare your Friendship, and the Truth reveal.",1.0
"My honest Pride disdains to steal the Bays,",0.0
"Or, like the Moon, to shine with borrowed Rays.",1.0
"The greatest Merit that my Muse can show,",0.0
Is that she stands correct and fair by you.,0.0
"Not only Fame, but Health to you I owe:",1.0
"When my Joints trembled, and my Pulse beat low,",4.0
"When all my Friends had took a parting Sigh,",0.0
And Tears dropped silent from a Parent's Eye;,2.0
"Though neither Youth nor Beauty was my Friend,",1.0
"Nor Gold nor Fame could tempt, yet you attend.",1.0
"While soft Compassion languished in your Eyes,",0.0
"And gently breathed in sympathetic Sighs,",0.0
"Pure Goodness winged your Feet, inspired your Tongue;",3.0
"Soft were your Accents, but your Reasoning strong.",3.0
"Heaven bid me live, and you prescribe the Way;",1.0
"To you, next Heaven, my grateful Thanks I pay.",1.0
"And now I breathe, and live, and sing anew;",0.0
"And owe my Breath, and Life, and Song to You",0.0
Whence these impetuous movements of the breast?,2.0
"Why beat our hearts, unknowing where to rest?",0.0
"Pant for the future, yet regret the past?",0.0
"Can reason, can a stoic's pride control",1.0
This unremitting sickness of the soul?,1.0
"Reason! what's that, when lawless Passion rules?",0.0
"The jest of sense, and jargon of the schools.",1.0
Some few perhaps have by its lore been taught,1.0
"To think, and wish, just only what they ought:",0.0
"Sufficient to themselves, their wants are such,",1.0
"They neither ask amiss, nor wish too much.",1.0
"Here freedom dwells, and revels unconfined,",0.0
"True greatness, wisdom, virtue, hence must rise;",1.0
"OH Thou! for whom my fancy prunes her wing,",0.0
"For whom I love to tune the trembling string,",0.0
"What would we more than wisdom, virtue, ease?",0.0
"Why reason some, and some why passion rules,",0.0
"Is because some are wise, and some are fools;",1.0
"Their reason and their passion still at strife,",1.0
Like some meek pair in wedlock yoked for life:,2.0
"In the same interest, tugging different ways,",2.0
"Blessed state! where this alone is fixed and sure,",3.0
"To disagree, while sun and moon endure.",1.0
"Hence listless, weary, sick, chagrined at home,",1.0
In search of happiness abroad we roam:,1.0
"And yet the wisest of us all have owned,",1.0
"There even the poor may taste felicity,",3.0
If with contentment any such there be.,2.0
For what's content without a coach and six? ' --,0.0
"So humble, Fulvia! so deserving too!",3.0
"Down on your knees again, and beg of fate,",1.0
"Instead of six, to give your chariot eight.",2.0
"No matter. ' --  See! the glittering columns rise,",3.0
"Pile above pile, and emulate the skies.",3.0
"Fresh cargoes come, fresh longings these create;",6.0
And what is twenty pieces for a plate?,1.0
"Debates ensue; he brandishes his cane,",1.0
"Yields her high soul, and levels with the ground.",4.0
Cruel! farewell! ' --  were the last words she spoke,4.0
Few can the stings of Disappointment bear!,0.0
"One sends a curse to Heaven, and one a prayer;",1.0
"The pious motive's much the same in both,",0.0
"In him that swears, and him that fears an oath.",1.0
"Proceed alike from anguish, pride, despair.",0.0
"And mad Corvino curses God, and dies.",0.0
"What joy, cries Cotta in his calm retreat",1.0
Had I but such an office in the state!,1.0
"That post exactly suits my active mind,",0.0
And sure my genius was for courts designed.,1.0
"Learn to be thankful, and tease Heaven no more.",2.0
See! how kind Fancy generously supplies,6.0
What a whole thankless land thy worth denies.,2.0
"See! how she paints the lovely flattering scene,",2.0
Of injured merit some aloud complain;,0.0
"Her marble heart at length to love inclined,",0.0
His cruel angel grows perversely kind.,0.0
"What would he more? ' --  One wish remains to make,",0.0
"That Heaven, in pity, would his angel take.",0.0
"Oft on events most men miscalculate,",2.0
"Then call misfortune, what indeed was fate.",0.0
"We see a little, and presume the rest,",1.0
And that is always right which pleases best.,0.0
"Was not his want of conduct, or of cost,",1.0
For he bribed high; five hundred pieces gave;,4.0
But ah! hard fate! his patron scorns a knave.,1.0
"Kind Heaven at length her soft petition heeds,",1.0
"But one wish gained, a multitude succeeds ' --",2.0
"She wants an heir, she wants a house in town,",0.0
"She wants a title, or she wants a gown.",1.0
"For if her wants continue, who would live?",1.0
"Sure to be wishing still, is still to grieve;",0.0
"And proves the man or poor, or much a slave.",0.0
"Will none the wretched crawling thing regard,",0.0
"Who stoops so very low, and begs so hard?",0.0
"You call this meanness, and the wretch despise;",1.0
"Alas! he stoops to soar, and sinks to rise:",0.0
"Now on the knee, now on the wing is found,",2.0
Bless me! the Doctor! ' --  what brings him to court?,2.0
It is not want; for lo! his comely port.,1.0
"The lion's lack, and hunger feel, I grant;",0.0
But they who serve the Lord can nothing want.,1.0
"Why stands he here then, elbowed to and fro?",1.0
Has he no care of souls? No work to do?,4.0
"Go home, good doctor, preach and pray, and give;",1.0
"By far more blessed this, than to receive. ' --",1.0
"Alas! the doctor's meek, and much resigned;",0.0
"So that of debts, repairs, and taxes clear,",0.0
He hardly saves ' --  two hundred pounds a year.,1.0
A coach does much an holy life adorn;,0.0
Then muzzle not the ox who treads the corn.,0.0
"Enough of these. Now tell us, if you can,",3.0
"Is there that thing on earth, a happy man?",1.0
"Well then, the wondrous man I happy call,",0.0
"Has but few wishes, and enjoys them all.",1.0
"Blessed in his fame, and in his fortune blessed,",0.0
No craving void lies aching in his breast.,2.0
"His passions cool, his expectations low,",0.0
"Can he feel want, or disappointment know?",2.0
"Yet if success be to his virtues given,",2.0
"Can relish that, and leave the rest to Heaven.",0.0
"What, though for ever with our selves at strife,",1.0
None wishes to lay down his load of life.,3.0
Solicits Heaven to add the other score.,0.0
"To day, indeed, his portion's pain and sorrow;",0.0
But joy and ease are hoarded for tomorrow.,2.0
Soft smiling Hope! thou anchor of the mind!,2.0
How dost thou all our anxious cares beguile!,0.0
"All fly to thee, thou gentle dawn of peace!",1.0
"The coward's fortitude, the brave's success,",0.0
"The lover's ease, the captive's liberty,",1.0
"Possessed of thee, the weary pilgrim strays",1.0
"The martyred saint, whom anguish and the rod",1.0
"Have proved, through thee walks worthy of his God.",3.0
"In vain are axes, flames, and torturing wheels;",2.0
"He feels no torment, who no terror feels:",3.0
"OH full of thee! in quiet may I live,",3.0
The few remaining moments Heaven shall give!,0.0
"Friend of my health, and author of my rest!",1.0
"Through thee, the future cloudless all appears,",1.0
"A short, but smiling train of happy years.",0.0
And all beyond the promised land of peace.,0.0
"No passion's mists, by no false joys misled,",2.0
"No ties forgot, no duties left unpaid,",2.0
"No lays unfinished, and no aching head.",3.0
"Born with a temper much inclined to ease,",0.0
"Whatever gives me that, is sure to please.",1.0
I ask not riches; yet alike would fly,0.0
"This wish however be mine: to live unknown,",1.0
"In some serene retreat, my time my own,",0.0
"To all obliging, yet a slave to none.",0.0
"Content, my riches; silence be my fame;",0.0
"And you, blessed maid! who all you want possess,",1.0
"Already to your self your happiness,",2.0
"OH give me Wisdom, Heaven! and I have all.",1.0
"IF, dumb too long, the drooping Muse hath stayed,",1.0
And left her debt to Addison unpaid;,1.0
"Blame not her silence, Warwick, but bemoan,",1.0
"And judge, o judge, my bosom by your own,",1.0
What mourner ever felt poetic fires!,0.0
"Slow comes the verse, that real woe inspires:",4.0
"Grief unaffected suits but ill with art,",1.0
Or flowing numbers with a bleeding heart.,1.0
"Can I forget the dismal night, that gave",1.0
My soul's best part forever to the grave!,2.0
"How silent did his old companions tread,",0.0
"By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead,",2.0
"Through breathing statues, then unheeded things,",1.0
"Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings!",1.0
What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire;,4.0
"And the last words, that dust to dust conveyed!",2.0
"While speechless over thy closing grave we bend,",2.0
"Accept these tears, thou dear departed friend,",0.0
"O gone for ever, take this long adieu;",0.0
"And sleep in peace, next thy loved Montagu!",2.0
"To strew fresh laurels let the task be mine,",1.0
A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine;,0.0
"Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan,",3.0
And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.,0.0
"If ever from me thy loved memorial part,",3.0
May shame afflict this alienated heart;,2.0
"Of thee forgetful if I form a song,",2.0
"My grief be doubled, from thy image free,",1.0
"Oft let me range the gloomy isles alone,",1.0
Sad luxury! to vulgar minds unknown,2.0
Along the walls where speaking marbles show,0.0
What worthies form the hallowed mould below:,0.0
"Proud names, who once the reins of empire held;",1.0
In arms who triumphed; or in arts excelled;,1.0
"Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood;",2.0
"Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood;",2.0
"Just men, by whom impartial laws are given;",0.0
"And saints, who taught, and led the way to heaven.",0.0
"Never to these chambers, where the mighty rest,",1.0
"Since their foundation, came a nobler guest;",2.0
Nor ever was to the bowers of bliss conveyed,3.0
"A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade.",1.0
"In what new region, to the just assigned,",2.0
Or curious trace the long laborious maze,4.0
"Of heaven's decrees, where wondering angels gaze?",4.0
"How Michael battled, and the dragon fell?",1.0
"Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind,",1.0
A task well suited to thy gentle mind?,2.0
"O, if sometime thy spotless form descend,",2.0
"To me thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend!",3.0
"When age misguides me, or when fear alarms,",1.0
"When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms,",1.0
And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart;,0.0
"Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before,",0.0
"Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.",0.0
"That awful form which, so the heavens decree,",3.0
"Must still be loved, and still deplored by me",0.0
"In nightly visions seldom fails to rise,",0.0
"Or roused by fancy, meet my waking eyes.",0.0
"If business calls, or crowded courts invite,",0.0
The unblemished statesman seems to strike my sight;,1.0
I meet his soul which breathes in Cato there;,1.0
"If pensive to the rural shades I rove,",1.0
His shape overtakes me in the lonely grove:,1.0
"'Twas there of just and good he reasoned strong,",0.0
"Cleared some great truth, or raised some serious song;",5.0
"There patient showed us the wise course to steer,",2.0
A candid censor and a friend sincere;,1.0
There taught us how to live; and o! too high,2.0
The price for knowledge taught us how to die.,1.0
"Thou hill, whose brow the antique structures grace,",5.0
"Why, once so loved, whenever thy bower appears,",4.0
Over my dim eyeballs glance the sudden tears!,3.0
"How sweet were once thy prospects fresh and fair,",0.0
His image thy forsaken bowers restore;,3.0
Thy walks and airy prospects charm no more;,1.0
"From other ills, however fortune frowned,",1.0
Some refuge in the Muse's art I found;,0.0
"Reluctant now I touch the trembling string,",0.0
"Bereft of him, who taught me how to sing;",2.0
"And these sad accents, murmured over his urn,",4.0
Betray that absence they attempt to mourn.,1.0
"O! must I then now fresh my bosom bleeds,",1.0
And Craggs in death to Addison succeeds,1.0
"The verse, begun to one lost friend prolong,",2.0
And weep a second in the unfinished song!,2.0
"These words divine, which, on his deathbed laid,",2.0
"To thee, OH Craggs, the expiring sage conveyed,",2.0
"Nor he survived to give, nor thou to claim.",2.0
"Swift after him thy social spirit flies,",2.0
"And close to his, how soon! thy coffin lies.",1.0
In future tongues: each other's boast! farewell.,1.0
"Farewell! whom joined in fame, in friendship tried,",1.0
"No chance could sever, nor the grave divide.",2.0
"I'm not so great a child, misjudging youth,",1.0
As be offended at the simple truth.,0.0
"But since to you the muses lend an ear,",1.0
Guard your poetic genius by your fear,3.0
"Of ever offending; and, as fate decrees,",3.0
"Let thy young heart with native goodness glow,",3.0
Nor ever disgrace the land from whence you go.,2.0
"May he who named thee first creation's lord,",1.0
"Assist thy courage, and direct thy sword,",1.0
And death approach thee like an infant's sleep.,0.0
"If doomed to fall amid the fields of fame,",0.0
May deeds of honour still record your name.,3.0
"OH, R' -- ! my timid soul would fain aspire",1.0
To rapture such as thine; to the pure zeal,3.0
Which fires thy soul in blessed Religion's cause.,0.0
"Say, can I catch one saint, one glimmering spark,",2.0
"My faculties, my poverty of thought,",2.0
"Would ever disappoint the grand design,",0.0
And render great commissions all abortive.,0.0
Vain were the hope to save a ruined world!,0.0
Even Jesu's sufferings never convinced the whole;,2.0
"Then shall an atom the fixed axis move,",2.0
"Yet limited thy power; stand forth, you few!",3.0
"You who would give a lustre to your name,",1.0
And prove the grand impression of Jehovah;,1.0
"Who weep, like R' -- , the glory of your God,",1.0
"Defaced, demolished, beauty trod in dust;",0.0
"Leave not the wreck deserted on the beach,",1.0
"Exulting yell, and wring the melting soul:",0.0
"With ceaseless profanation, taint the air;",0.0
"Grown old in dark stupidity, he treads,",2.0
"Fearless, though feeble; on the verge of fate",3.0
Sin leaves him not; and innate flames of vice,5.0
Still fiercely burn; the fact exists in will:,1.0
The last remain of life presents a gloom,0.0
"Struck with dire horror, loath to hear the sound,",0.0
The dreadful summons of offended Heaven ' --,1.0
"The frame which held her. ' --  OH! you better souls,",0.0
"You nobler few, who slumber in your race,",0.0
"Though well begun, and forwarded with hope,",1.0
"The man who firmest stands, nor lend your aid",0.0
"To save him, as a soul once meant for Heaven?",2.0
"OH, think! the coming hour will soon be yours;",1.0
Let not a form which bears your Maker's image,0.0
"Defeat the end of being: know it's yours,",0.0
In heavenly tints to dip the infant soul;,2.0
"To raise the new idea, lift it high,",0.0
"Pliant as wax, shall wear the mould you give;",2.0
"And, even beyond the chambers of the grave,",3.0
"The joyous spirit shall your records bear,",0.0
To meet your eyes when trembling worlds expire.,0.0
"What then shall live, or stand in that dread hour,",1.0
"But acts like these, when panting spirits call",1.0
For every little test to aid their plea?,0.0
"May yours resound, supported in the blast",2.0
"By grateful Infants, and by ripened Man,",1.0
"To whom you gave perfection. Angels smile,",0.0
And songs of glory shake the vault of Heaven.,0.0
"Not to the vain I lift my poor appeal,",0.0
"Who never yet have dared to own a soul,",0.0
Or name a Deity with heart-felt joy;,2.0
"It's to the mind who feels like generous R' -- ,",3.0
"Whose heart can mourn, whose manly eye can melt,",0.0
At the dread thought of human souls destroyed.,3.0
"What pen, though dipped in horror's deepest die,",3.0
"Assembled in a group? The florid youth,",0.0
"Robust, impetuous, ardent in his strength,",0.0
"Lively and bounding as the skipping roe,",3.0
The blush of beauty blowing on his cheek;,1.0
"Within, a strong epitome of hell;",1.0
"There vices rage, and passions wildly roar;",0.0
"Strong appetites, which never knew restraint,",1.0
"Scream for indulgence, till the soul distract,",3.0
Seizes in haste the draught of poisons mixed,2.0
"When sin began, and ruined nature fell;",0.0
The dire infusion stronger grows by time;,0.0
"And still fermenting, sins on sins arise,",0.0
"In order horrible. Thus ever lost,",2.0
The poor benighted soul never hopes to light,3.0
"Or long misused; ah! hapless, hapless state,",0.0
"Where Immortality itself is sick,",1.0
And hopes annihilation. Dreadful thought!,0.0
Poor miserable refuge! poorer still,2.0
"The soul who hopes to find it. OH, befriend,",0.0
"Ere it's too late, the tender, budding mind,",3.0
"Now choked by ignorance; cherish the spark,",5.0
"To good if nourished, if overwhelmed must die!",2.0
"You sacred few, who shudder at the sound",0.0
"Of blasphemy, breathed from the tender lip",2.0
"Of twelve or fourteen years, nursed up in sin;",3.0
And gave as the grand stroke of fair Creation:,2.0
"Her passions soft and gentle; pure her thought,",0.0
Eyes formed to bend the stubborn breast of man,1.0
To more than human softness; accents mild,0.0
When panting in the iron grasp of woe!,0.0
"OH, she was meant so perfect, fair, and good,",1.0
"Blessed the fair form, and hailed the joyous hour!",3.0
"But ah! down, down she sinks, for ever lost,",1.0
"For ever tarnished, blasted in the bud;",0.0
"The early falsehood points the flowing tongue,",1.0
"The smile ost practised, deeply to deceive;",2.0
"All, all, devoted to eternal shame:",1.0
"Charming in sin, too oft she meets her fate,",3.0
"So early, that the most obdurate weeps,",0.0
And gives that pity she was formed to raise.,1.0
"Awake, you rich, that sleep! awake to save!",0.0
"And infants, yet unborn, in choral song,",1.0
"Shall bless the hand which formed a social father,",0.0
"A father on whose lip instruction hangs,",1.0
Who snatches from the burning flame the brand!,1.0
"The poor illiterate, chilled by freezing want,",2.0
"Within whose walls pale Penury still sits,",3.0
"With icy hand impressing every meal,",0.0
Betwixt his bodily and mental wants;,1.0
"The soul must go ' --  for hunger loudly pleads,",0.0
"And Nature will be answered; thus his race,",1.0
"Enveloped, groping, sink in vulgar toils;",0.0
To eat and sleep includes the soul's best wish;,1.0
Fill the vast space for better purpose given.,3.0
Fain would you to their promised Canaan guide,1.0
"These wretched wanderers, lead them to their rest,",3.0
As nursing fathers bear the sucking babe;,0.0
"Fain would you to the sheltering hive allure,",3.0
And fix the swarm where endless pleasures flow.,0.0
"Too much for one weak form; overpowered he sinks,",4.0
"Yet glories in the flame; and fainting thus,",0.0
Would lift a world to Heaven. Omniscient Power!,0.0
Bring forward yet thy seventy elect!,2.0
"Bid them to thy great mandate fix their seal,",3.0
"And loudly sound ' --  You chosen, aid my people;",0.0
"Guide them, I charge you, through the dreary wilds,",1.0
"Who, mole-like, never saw, nor ever wished it;",0.0
"OH, tell them, it's in Mercy you are given;",3.0
"That unto you I gave extensive souls,",1.0
"Great faculties, and ample means, to save",2.0
"Souls I thought worth creating. Then rejoice,",3.0
That you are thus commissioned; opened fair,0.0
"To you the path of glory, while their souls",1.0
"Wander in darkness, and despair to find",3.0
Salvation without help. To you I give,4.0
The means; then answer well your sacred charge.,0.0
"Listless, inactive, waiting but the call",3.0
"Of great Jehovah, listen to his voice,",1.0
A voice never heard in vain; hark! hark! it sounds,3.0
"The humble sigh, the infant's early tear,",0.0
"The husband's stifled, sympathetic groan,",0.0
"The mother's feelings, more than ever felt,",0.0
Though born in silence and in pensive mood.,1.0
Well felt those woes where great Religion sits,1.0
On the poor group; ' --  be't yours to fix her there.,1.0
"Your friendly doors, and thus disguised, oft meets",1.0
"THUS sung the Man, for Wisdom long renowned,",1.0
What mean these Tears and mournful Numbers round?,0.0
"Is Death the Cause? Ah! then restrain your Tears,",0.0
"That stubborn Monarch nor regard nor hears,",1.0
"And the blessed Shades for whom you vainly mourn,",2.0
"To these dim Regions would no more return,",3.0
"Wrapped in bright Visions they no Ills endure,",4.0
"From Sin, from Danger, and from Death secure:",1.0
"It's past. The parting Struggles are no more,",2.0
"They now are landed on the blissful Shore,",1.0
"Where no pale Fears nor sullen Sorrows dwell,",1.0
But Joys beyond what mortal Tongues can tell?,0.0
"Where smiling Hope for ever blooms around,",0.0
And growing Pleasures that shall know no Bound.,1.0
When thoughtless Mortals by constraint attend,1.0
"On the last Moments of their parting Friend,",3.0
"The Temples watered with a fainting Dew,",1.0
The Limbs that tremble with convulsive Pain:,1.0
"Then stand aghast the ignorant and vain,",1.0
Who shiver at the seeming stern Decree;,0.0
"But look no farther than their Eyes can see,",2.0
To Worlds of Glory and eternal Day.,1.0
"The Pains and Sorrows which the Virtuous know,",2.0
"Which long had bid the Tears in secret flow,",0.0
Shall not be lost nor buried in the Ground;,0.0
But serve to brighten their immortal Crown:,1.0
"From that great Being they shall find their Pay,",2.0
Who blessed the rising and the closing Day.,1.0
"When the pure Spirit from its Prison flies,",3.0
"Around their Guest the shining Guards attend,",0.0
And heavenly Harps with heavenly Voices blend.,4.0
We come to find out Virtue on the Stage;,1.0
"By a promiscuous Choice it can't be done,",2.0
Our nicer Fate compels to You alone.,1.0
That Women can withstand the fatal Snare,1.0
"In you the ancient Miracle we see,",1.0
Though here we can boast but of One to Three,1.0
"Unhurt amid the mighty Flames you move,",0.0
Of all your Sex Great Albion must prefer,3.0
"You yielding Nymphs now you have no excuse,",2.0
For your Defence your softness is expressed,2.0
With o such Charms! no Woman can resist.,3.0
"Yes Woman can in this fair Maid we see,",4.0
Contempt of all their Love and Gallantry;,1.0
"Wit, Youth and Beauty, does this Lady bless,",1.0
"While Crowds of Slaves lie sighing at her Feet,",1.0
She bravely scorns what you would run to meet.,1.0
Charming as those by whom you were undone:,2.0
"The Soft, the Gay, the Great, the knowing Man,",0.0
"Have tried all ways Wit, Wealth, or Passion can,",2.0
"To gain this Fair who still her Heart secures,",0.0
What would you give the Scene of Love were yours?,0.0
"Her Virtue is the greater Miracle,",2.0
To stand with that by which the Angels fell.,0.0
"Hail, lovely Maid, who contradicts the times,",1.0
Your Virtue wears a Vail like others Crimes:,0.0
"How do your Eyes and Tongue bely your Heart,",0.0
"When languishing you play the amorous part,",3.0
"And softly fold your seeming loving Arms,",0.0
And speak and look a thousand killing Charms?,0.0
I'd give the World you was in earnest then;,1.0
"Your pleased Spectators with such Joys you bless,",3.0
They wish your Virtues or your Charms were less.,1.0
So peevish was the Edict of the Mayor.,2.0
"To please our Masters, and his Friends, the Crowd;",1.0
"Why how now, Andrew! cries his Brother Droll,",2.0
"Come on, Sir, to our worthy Friends explain,",0.0
What does Your Emblematic Worship mean?,0.0
Quoth Andrew; Honest English let Us speak:,1.0
Learning Thy Talent is; but Mine is Sense.,4.0
"That busy Fool I was, which Thou art now;",0.0
"Desirous to correct, not knowing how;",2.0
"With very good Design, but little Wit,",0.0
"Blaming or praising Things, as I thought fit.",3.0
I for this Conduct had what I deserved;,2.0
"And dealing honestly, was almost starved.",2.0
"But Thanks to my indulgent Stars, I Eat;",1.0
Since I have found the Secret to be Great.,1.0
"OH dearest Andrew, says the humble Droll,",1.0
"Henceforth may I Obey, and Thou Control:",3.0
Provided Thou impart Thy useful Skill.,1.0
"Bow then, says Andrew; and, for once, I will.",3.0
"Be of your Patron's Mind, whatever He says;",3.0
Sleep very much; Think little; and Talk less:,4.0
"Mind neither Good nor Bad, nor Right nor Wrong;",1.0
"But Eat your Pudding, Slave; and Hold your Tongue.",0.0
"A Reverend Prelate stopped his Coach and Six,",0.0
To laugh a little at our Andrew's Tricks.,1.0
But when He heard him give this Golden Rule;,0.0
Drive on; He cried This Fellow is no Fool.,2.0
"YOU told me, I remember, glory built",1.0
"On selfish principles, is shame and guilt.",1.0
"The deeds that men admire as half divine,",0.0
Strange doctrine this! that without scruple tears,6.0
"The laurel that the very lightning spares,",0.0
"Brings down the warrior's trophy to the dust,",1.0
And eats into his bloody sword like rust.,0.0
"I grant, that men continuing what they are,",2.0
And never meant the rule should be applied,0.0
To him that fights with justice on his side.,2.0
"Reward his memory, dear to every muse,",2.0
"Who, with a courage of unshaken root,",1.0
"Plants it upon the line that justice draws,",2.0
And will prevail or perish in her cause.,1.0
"Tis to the virtues of such men, man owes",2.0
"His portion in the good that heaven bestows,",0.0
And when recording history displays,1.0
"Feats of renown, though wrought in ancient days,",2.0
Tells of a few stout hearts that fought and died,1.0
"The man that is not moved with what he reads,",1.0
"That takes not fire at their heroic deeds,",2.0
"Unworthy of the blessings of the brave,",2.0
"Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.",0.0
But let eternal infamy pursue,1.0
"Who, for the sake of filling with one blast",1.0
"The post horns of all Europe, lays her waste.",2.0
"Think yourself stationed on a towering rock,",2.0
"To see a people scattered like a flock,",0.0
"Some royal mastiff panting at their heels,",0.0
"With all the savage thirst a tiger feels,",0.0
"Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet,",1.0
"The globe and sceptre in such hands misplaced,",0.0
"The glass that bids man mark the fleeting hour,",1.0
"And death's own scythe would better speak his power,",0.0
Then grace the boney phantom in their stead,0.0
"Cloth the twin brothers in each other's dress,",3.0
The same their occupation and success.,1.0
"It's your belief the world was made for man,",1.0
"Kings do but reason on the self same plan,",2.0
"Maintaining your's you cannot their's condemn,",2.0
"Who think, or seem to think, man made for them.",1.0
"Seldom, alas! the power of logic reigns",4.0
With much sufficiency in royal brains.,1.0
"Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,",3.0
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.,2.0
Man made for kings! those optics are but dim,2.0
"That tell you so ' --  say rather, they for him.",3.0
"Could they, or would they, reason as they ought.",1.0
"The diadem with mighty projects lined,",0.0
"To catch renown by ruining mankind,",2.0
"Is worth, with all its gold and glittering store,",2.0
Just what the toy will sell for and no more.,0.0
"O! bright occasions of dispensing good,",1.0
"How seldom used, how little understood!",0.0
"To pour in virtue's lap her just reward,",0.0
"Keep vice restrained behind a double guard,",1.0
"To quell the faction that affronts the throne,",0.0
"To nurse with tender care the thriving arts,",0.0
Watch every beam philosophy imparts;,2.0
"To give religion her unbridled scope,",1.0
To keep the matrimonial bond unstained;,2.0
His life a lesson to the land he sways;,1.0
"To touch the sword with conscientious awe,",0.0
"Nor draw it but when duty bids him draw,",1.0
"With joy, beyond what victory bestows,",1.0
"Blessed country! where these kingly glories shine,",1.0
Blessed England! if this happiness be thine.,3.0
"Guard what you say, the patriotic tribe",0.0
"The worth of his three kingdoms I defy,",3.0
And of all lies be that one poet's boast,1.0
"Those arts be their's that hate his gentle reign,",1.0
But he that loves him has no need to feign.,1.0
Seems to imply a censure on the rest.,3.0
"Quevedo, as he tells his sober tale,",1.0
"Asked, when in hell, to see the royal jail,",0.0
"Approved their method in all other things,",0.0
"But where, good Sir, do you confine your kings?",1.0
"There ' --  said his guide, the group is full in view.",0.0
Indeed? Replied the Don ' --  there are but few.,1.0
His black interpreter the charge disdained ' --,1.0
"Few, fellow? There are all that ever reigned.",1.0
"The guilty and not guilty, both alike.",1.0
"I grant the sarcasm is too severe,",5.0
"And we can readily refute it here,",2.0
And the Sixth Edward's grace the historic page.,4.0
"King's then at last have but the lot of all,",1.0
By their own conduct they must stand or fall.,0.0
"True. While they live, the courtly laureate pays",2.0
"Adds, as he can, his tributary mite;",1.0
"A subject's faults, a subject may proclaim,",1.0
A monarch's errors are forbidden game.,2.0
"And praised for virtues that they scorn to wear,",0.0
The fleeting forms of majesty engage,1.0
"Respect, while stalking over life's narrow stage,",3.0
"Then leave their crimes for history to scan,",1.0
"And ask with busy scorn, Was this the man?",1.0
I pity kings whom worship waits upon,0.0
"Obsequious, from the cradle to the throne,",2.0
"Whom education stiffens into state,",0.0
And death awakens from that dream too late.,2.0
"O! is servility with supple knees,",2.0
"Whose trade it is to smile, to crouch, to please;",1.0
A devil's purpose with an angel's face;,1.0
Encompassing his throne a few short years;,1.0
"If the gilded carriage and the pampered steed,",1.0
That wants no driving and disdains the lead;,2.0
"If guards, mechanically formed in ranks,",2.0
"Playing, at beat of drum, their martial pranks;",2.0
"Shouldering and standing as if struck to stone,",2.0
While condescending majesty looks on;,2.0
"If monarchy consist in such base things,",2.0
"Sighing, I say again, I pity kings!",2.0
"To be suspected, thwarted, and withstood,",1.0
"To see a band called patriot for no cause,",3.0
"But that they catch at popular applause,",1.0
"Careless of all the anxiety he feels,",3.0
"Hook disappointment on the public wheels,",2.0
"With all their flippant fluency of tongue,",1.0
"Most confident, when palpably most wrong,",2.0
"If this be kingly, then farewell for me",2.0
"All kingship, and may I be poor and free.",2.0
"To be the Table Talk of clubs up stairs,",0.0
"TO indulge his genius after long fatigue,",1.0
"For what kings deem a toil, as well they may,",1.0
To him is relaxation and mere play,3.0
"But to be rudely censured when they fail,",1.0
"And in reality to find no friend,",2.0
"If he indulge a cultivated taste,",1.0
"His galleries with the works of art well graced,",2.0
"To hear it called extravagance and waste,",1.0
"If these attendants, and if such as these,",3.0
"Must follow royalty, then welcome ease;",1.0
"However humble and confined the sphere,",2.0
Happy the state that has not these to fear.,2.0
"Thus men whose thoughts contemplative have dwelled,",2.0
"On situations that they never felt,",0.0
"Of dreaming study and pedantic rust,",1.0
As if the world and they were hand and glove.,2.0
"Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares,",1.0
"They have their weight to carry, subjects their's;",1.0
"Poets, of all men, ever least regret",3.0
Increasing taxes and the nation's debt.,1.0
"Could you contrive the payment, and rehearse",2.0
"No bard, however majestic, old or new,",4.0
Should claim my fixed attention more than you.,0.0
Not Brindley nor Bridgewater would essay,2.0
To turn the course of Helicon that way;,0.0
"Nor would the nine consent, the sacred tide",0.0
"To themes more pertinent, if less sublime.",1.0
"When ministers and ministerial arts,",3.0
"Patriots who love good places at their hearts,",1.0
"When Admirals extolled for standing still,",1.0
Or doing nothing with a deal of skill;,1.0
"Generals who will not conquer when they may,",0.0
"Firm friends to peace, to pleasure, and good pay,",2.0
"When freedom wounded almost to despair,",2.0
"Though discontent alone can find out where,",1.0
When themes like these employ the poet's tongue.,1.0
"Or tell me if you can, what power maintains",3.0
A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains?,0.0
"That were a theme might animate the dead,",0.0
And move the lips of poets cast in lead.,0.0
"The cause, though worth the search, may yet elude",0.0
"Conjecture and remark, however shrewd.",2.0
Who seek it in his climate and his frame.,1.0
"Liberal in all things else, yet nature here",3.0
With stern severity deals out the year.,2.0
"Winter invades the spring, and often pours",2.0
"A chilling flood on summer's drooping flowers,",0.0
"The peasants urge their harvest, ply the fork",0.0
"With double toil, and shiver at their work,",0.0
She rears her favourite man of all mankind.,1.0
"His form robust and of elastic tone,",1.0
"Proportioned well, half muscle and half bone,",3.0
Supplies with warm activity and force,1.0
"A mind well lodged, and masculine of course.",2.0
"Hence liberty, sweet liberty inspires,",4.0
And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires.,0.0
"Patient of constitutional control,",3.0
"But if authority grow wanton, woe",3.0
"To him that treads upon his freeborn toe,",1.0
One step beyond the boundary of the laws,1.0
Fires him at once in freedom's glorious cause.,2.0
"Thus proud prerogative, not much revered,",2.0
"Is seldom felt, though sometime seen and heard;",1.0
"And in his cage, like parrot fine and gay,",0.0
"Is kept to strut, look big, and talk away.",1.0
"Born in a climate softer far than our's,",0.0
"Not formed like us, with such Herculean powers,",4.0
"The Frenchman, easy, debonair and brisk,",0.0
"Give him his lass, his fiddle and his frisk,",1.0
"Is always happy, reign whoever may,",1.0
And laughs the sense of misery far away.,2.0
"He drinks his simple beverage with a gust,",1.0
"And feasting on an onion and a crust,",2.0
We never feel the alacrity and joy,3.0
"With which he shouts and carols, Vive loe Roy,",1.0
As if he heard his king say ' --  Slave be free.,2.0
"Thus happiness depends, as nature shows,",2.0
Less on exterior things than most suppose.,4.0
"Vigilant over all that he has made,",3.0
"Kind Providence attends with gracious aid,",2.0
"Bids equity throughout his works prevail,",2.0
And weighs the nations in an even scale;,0.0
"He can encourage slavery to a smile,",2.0
And fill with discontent a British isle.,1.0
"Freeman and slave then, if the case be such,",2.0
"Stand on a level, and you prove too much.",2.0
"If all men indiscriminately share,",2.0
As dwell at large in Britain's chartered land.,0.0
"No. Freedom has a thousand charms to show,",1.0
"That slaves, however contented, never know.",3.0
"The mind attains beneath her happy reign,",0.0
The growth that nature meant she should attain.,0.0
"The varied fields of science, ever new,",0.0
"Opening and wider opening on her view,",2.0
"She ventures onward with a prosperous force,",3.0
While no base fear impedes her in her course.,1.0
Stands most revealed before the freeman's eyes;,1.0
"No shades of superstition blot the day,",1.0
Liberty chases all that gloom away;,2.0
"Free to prove all things and hold fast the best,",3.0
"Learns much, and to a thousand listening minds,",1.0
Communicates with joy the good she finds.,0.0
"Courage in arms, and ever prompt to show",2.0
His manly forehead to the fiercest foe;,1.0
"Glorious in war, but for the sake of peace,",2.0
"His spirits rising as his toils increase,",1.0
"Guards well what arts and industry have won,",2.0
And freedom claims him for her firstborn son.,2.0
"Slaves fight for what were better cast away,",1.0
"The chain that binds them, and a tyrant's sway,",3.0
"But they that fight for freedom, undertake",1.0
"The noblest cause mankind can have at stake,",1.0
"Religion, virtue, truth, whatever we call",3.0
"A blessing, freedom is the pledge of all.",1.0
"O liberty! the prisoners pleasing dream,",1.0
"The poet's muse, his passion and his theme,",1.0
"Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse,",3.0
Heroic song from thy free touch acquires,2.0
"Its clearest tone, the rapture it inspires;",1.0
"Place me where winter breathes his keenest air,",0.0
And I will sing if liberty be there;,2.0
"Sing where you please, in such a cause I grant",1.0
"An English Poet's privilege to rant,",1.0
"But is not freedom, at least is not our's",3.0
"Too apt to play the wanton with her powers,",2.0
Spread anarchy and terror all around?,2.0
Agreed. But would you sell or slay your horse,0.0
"Or if, when ridden with a careless rein,",2.0
"He break away, and seek the distant plain?",0.0
"No. His high mettle under good control,",3.0
"Gives him Olympic speed, and shoots him to the goal.",3.0
"Let discipline employ her wholesome arts,",2.0
"Let magistrates alert perform their parts,",1.0
"Not skulk or put on a prudential mask,",1.0
As if their duty were a desperate task;,2.0
Let active laws apply the needful kerb,1.0
"To guard the peace that riot would disturb,",0.0
"And liberty preserved from wild excess,",1.0
Shall raise no feuds for armies to suppress.,2.0
"When tumult lately burst his prison door,",0.0
"And set Plebeian thousands in a roar,",0.0
"And dared to look his master in the face,",0.0
"And blazing London seemed a second Troy,",0.0
"Liberty blushed and hung her drooping head,",2.0
"Beheld their progress with the deepest dread,",2.0
"Blushed that effects like these she should produce,",0.0
"She loses in such storms her very name,",0.0
"Incomparable gem! thy worth untold,",1.0
"Betray thee, while professing to defend;",1.0
You patriots guard it with a miser's care.,4.0
"Patriots, alas! the few that have been found",1.0
"Where most they flourish, upon English ground,",5.0
"And the last left the scene, when Chatham died.",2.0
"Not so ' --  the virtue still adorns our age,",0.0
Though the chief actor died upon the stage.,2.0
Liberty taught him her Athenian strain;,5.0
"She clothed him with authority and awe,",2.0
"Spoke from his lips, and in his looks, gave law.",1.0
"His speech, his form, his action, full of grace,",0.0
"And all his country beaming in his face,",0.0
"He stood, as some inimitable hand",1.0
Would strive to make a Paul or Tully stand.,0.0
"Her sacred cause, but trembled when he rose,",0.0
"And every venal stickler for the yoke,",1.0
Felt himself crushed at the first word he spoke.,4.0
"Such men are raised to station and command,",1.0
When providence means mercy to a land.,3.0
"He speaks, and they appear; to him they owe",2.0
"Skill to direct, and strength to strike the blow,",2.0
"To manage with address, to seize with power",1.0
The crisis of a dark decisive hour.,1.0
"So Gideon earned a victory not his own,",2.0
"Poor England! thou art a devoted deer,",3.0
Beset with every ill but that of fear.,0.0
"The nations hunt; all mark thee for a prey,",1.0
"Undaunted still, though wearied and perplexed,",1.0
"Once Chatham saved thee, but who saves thee next?",2.0
Alas! the tide of pleasure sweeps along,0.0
All that should be the boast of British song.,0.0
"Our ancestry, a gallant christian race,",1.0
"Patterns of every virtue, every grace,",2.0
And praised him in the victories he wrought.,1.0
Now from the dust of ancient days bring forth,1.0
"Their sober zeal, integrity and worth,",1.0
Is but the fire without the sacrifice.,1.0
The stream that feeds the wellspring of the heart,2.0
"Than virtue quickens with a warmth divine,",1.0
The powers that sin has brought to a decline.,3.0
"But measures planned and executed well,",0.0
"Shifted the wind that raised it, and it fell.",3.0
And victory refuted all he said.,1.0
"And yet his judgement was not framed amiss,",1.0
"Its error, if it erred, was merely this ' --",2.0
"He thought the dying hour already come,",0.0
And a complete recovery struck him dumb.,1.0
"Will be despised and trampled on at last,",1.0
"Is truth, if history itself be true.",1.0
"There is a time, and justice marks the date,",1.0
"That hour elapsed, incurable revolt",1.0
"Is punished, and down comes the thunderbolt.",1.0
"If mercy then put by the threatening blow,",2.0
Must she perform the same kind office now?,2.0
"May she, and if offended heaven be still",2.0
"Accessible and prayer prevail, she will.",1.0
"It's not however insolence and noise,",2.0
"Will win her visits, or engage her stay,",1.0
"Can call her smiling down, and fix her here.",1.0
"But when a country, one that I could name",2.0
"In prostitution sinks the sense of shame,",0.0
"When infamous venality grown bold,",3.0
"Writes on his bosom, to be let or sold;",1.0
"When perjury, that heaven defying vice,",1.0
"Sells oaths by tale, and at the lowest price,",1.0
"Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made,",1.0
To turn a penny in the way of trade;,0.0
"When avarice starves, and never hides his face,",2.0
"Two or three millions of the human race,",4.0
When profanation of the sacred cause,1.0
"In all its parts, times, ministry and laws,",2.0
"Bespeaks a land once christian, fallen and lost",3.0
"In all that wars against that title most,",0.0
"What follows next let cities of great name,",3.0
"And regions long since desolate proclaim,",0.0
"Nineveh, Babylon, and ancient Rome,",2.0
"Speak to the present times and times to come,",0.0
"They cry aloud in every careless ear,",0.0
"Stop, while you may, suspend your mad career;",1.0
"OH learn from our example and our fate,",3.0
Learn wisdom and repentance ever too late.,3.0
Not only vice disposes and prepares,1.0
"And bend her polished neck beneath his hand,",0.0
"A dire effect, by one of nature's laws",1.0
But providence himself will intervene,1.0
To throw his dark displeasure over the scene.,2.0
"All are his instruments; each form of war,",1.0
"What burns at home, or threatens from afar,",1.0
"Nature in arms, her elements at strife,",3.0
"Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land,",1.0
And waste it at the bidding of his hand.,1.0
"He gives the word, and mutiny soon roars",2.0
"In all her gates, and shakes her distant shores,",0.0
"The standards of all nations are unfurled,",2.0
"She has one foe, and that one foe, the world.",0.0
"And if he doom that people with a frown,",2.0
"And mark them with the seal of wrath, pressed down,",3.0
"Earth shakes beneath them, and heaven roars above,",1.0
But nothing scares them from the course they love;,1.0
To the lascivious pipe and wanton song,3.0
"That charm down fear, they frolic it along,",1.0
"With mad rapidity and unconcern,",1.0
Down to the gulf from which is no return.,1.0
"They trust in navies, and their navies fail,",1.0
God's curse can cast away ten thousand sail;,2.0
"They trust in armies, and their courage dies,",1.0
"In wisdom, wealth, in fortune, and in lies;",1.0
"But all they trust in, withers, as it must,",1.0
"When he commands, in whom they place no trust.",2.0
"Vengeance at last pours down upon their coast,",3.0
"A long despised, but now victorious host,",2.0
Tyranny sends the chain that must abridge,2.0
"The noble sweep of all their privilege,",0.0
"Gives liberty the last, the mortal shock,",2.0
"Slips the slave's collar on, and snaps the lock.",4.0
"Such lofty strains embellish what you teach,",0.0
"Mean you to prophecy, or but to preach?",2.0
I know the mind that feels indeed the fire,0.0
"The muse imparts, and can command the lyre,",1.0
"Whatever the theme, that others never feel.",3.0
"If human woes her soft attention claim,",0.0
"A tender sympathy pervades the frame,",1.0
She pours a sensibility divine,1.0
Along the nerve of every feeling line.,0.0
"Fire indignation and a sense of scorn,",1.0
"The strings are swept with such a power, so loud,",3.0
The storm of music shakes the astonished crowd.,2.0
"Before the keen enquiry of her thought,",1.0
"The poet's heart, he looks to distant storms,",0.0
"He hears the thunder ever the tempest lowers,",2.0
"And armed with strength surpassing human powers,",0.0
"Seizes events as yet unknown to man,",2.0
And darts his soul into the dawning plan.,0.0
"Hence, in a Roman mouth, the graceful name",0.0
"Of prophet and of poet was the same,",2.0
"Hence British poets too the priesthood shared,",1.0
And every hallowed druid was a bard.,1.0
"But no prophetic fires to me belong,",1.0
"I play with syllables, and sport in song.",1.0
"At Westminster, where little poets strive",3.0
"Where discipline helps opening buds of sense,",4.0
I was a poet too ' --  but modern taste,1.0
"Is so refined and delicate and chaste,",2.0
"That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms,",1.0
Without a creamy smoothness has no charms.,1.0
"Thus, all success depending on an ear,",2.0
"And thinking I might purchase it too dear,",3.0
"If sentiment were sacrificed to sound,",1.0
"And truth cut short to make a period round,",2.0
"I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse,",0.0
"Thus reputation is a spur to wit,",2.0
And some wits flag through fear of losing it.,2.0
"Give me the line, that ploughs its stately course",0.0
"Like a proud swan, conquering the stream by force.",2.0
"That like some cottage beauty strikes the heart,",0.0
"When labour and when dullness, club in hand,",1.0
"Beating alternately, in measured time,",3.0
"Exact and regular the sounds will be,",1.0
"From him who rears a poem lank and long,",1.0
"To him who strains his all into a song,",1.0
"Perhaps some bonny Caledonian air,",2.0
"Feels himself spent, and fumbles for his brains;",4.0
"An art contrived to advertise a joke,",0.0
"So that the jest is clearly to be seen,",1.0
"Not in the words ' --  but in the gap between,",0.0
"Manner is all in all, whatever is writ,",4.0
"The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.",0.0
"To dally much with subjects mean and low,",0.0
"Proves that the mind is weak, or makes it so.",0.0
"Neglected talents rust into decay,",0.0
"The man that means success, should soar above",0.0
"Else summoning the muse to such a theme,",3.0
"As if an eagle flew aloft, and then ' --",1.0
Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.,0.0
Should carve himself a wife in gingerbread.,0.0
"Ages elapsed ever Homer's lamp appeared,",5.0
"To carry nature lengths unknown before,",0.0
"To give a Milton birth, asked ages more.",1.0
"Thus genius rose and set at ordered times,",1.0
"Ennobling every region that he chose,",0.0
"He sunk in Greece, in Italy he rose,",1.0
"And tedious years of Gothic darkness passed,",1.0
Then show far off their shining plumes again.,1.0
Is genius only found in epic lays?,0.0
"Make their heroic powers your own at once,",3.0
"These were the chief, each interval of night",2.0
Was graced with many an undulating light;,2.0
"A meteor or a star, in these, the sun.",2.0
While the poor grasshopper must chirp below.,3.0
"Like him unnoticed, I, and such as I,",3.0
"Spread little wings, and rather skip than fly,",1.0
"An ell or two of prospect we command,",1.0
But never peep beyond the thorny bound,0.0
In Eden ever yet innocence of heart,3.0
"Had faded, poetry was not an art;",1.0
"Language above all teaching, or if taught,",3.0
"Only by gratitude and glowing thought,",2.0
"Elegant as simplicity, and warm",4.0
"Not prompted as in our degenerate days,",3.0
"By low ambition and the thirst of praise,",1.0
"Was natural as is the flowing stream,",1.0
"And yet magnificent, a God the theme.",1.0
"That theme on earth exhausted, though above",1.0
"It's found as everlasting as his love,",1.0
"Man lavished all his thoughts on human things,",1.0
"The feats of heroes and the wrath of kings,",1.0
"But still while virtue kindled his delight,",1.0
"The song was moral, and so far was right.",1.0
"'Twas thus till luxury seduced the mind,",2.0
"To joys less innocent, as less refined,",2.0
"Then genius danced a bacchanal, he crowned",1.0
"His brows with ivy, rushed into the field",0.0
"Of wild imagination, and there reeled",1.0
"The victim of his own lascivious fires,",3.0
"This Bedlam part; and, others nearer home.",0.0
"When Cromwell fought for power, and while he reigned",1.0
"The proud protector of the power he gained,",3.0
"Religion harsh, intolerant, austere,",1.0
"Parent of manners like herself severe,",2.0
Drew a rough copy of the Christian face,4.0
"Without the smile, the sweetness, or the grace;",1.0
Judged every effort of the muse a crime;,2.0
"Verse in the finest mould of fancy cast,",0.0
Was lumber in an age so void of taste:,0.0
"But when the second Charles assumed the sway,",0.0
"And arts revived beneath a softer day,",0.0
"Then like a bow long forced into a curve,",1.0
"The mind released from too constrained a nerve,",0.0
Flew to its first position with a spring,1.0
That made the vaulted roofs of pleasure ring.,0.0
Swarmed with a scribbling herd as deep inlaid,1.0
"From these a long succession, in the rage",1.0
"Nor ceased, till ever anxious to redress",1.0
"The abuses of her sacred charge, the press,",2.0
The muse instructed a well nurtured train,2.0
"And claim the palm for purity of song,",1.0
Then decent pleasantry and sterling sense,1.0
In front of these came Addison. In him,3.0
"To polish, furnish, and delight the mind.",1.0
"Then Pope, as harmony itself exact,",1.0
"In verse well disciplined, complete, compact,",2.0
Gave virtue and morality a grace,3.0
"That quite eclipsing pleasure's painted face,",3.0
"Levied a tax of wonder and applause,",3.0
Even on the fools that trampled on their laws.,2.0
"But he his musical finesse was such,",2.0
"So nice his ear, so delicate his touch",1.0
"Made poetry a mere mechanic art,",2.0
And every warbler has his tune by heart.,0.0
"Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift,",5.0
With droll sobriety they raised a smile,1.0
"That constellation set, the world in vain",0.0
Must hope to look upon their like again.,0.0
"Wit now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark,",2.0
Sufficient to redeem the modern race,1.0
From total night and absolute disgrace.,0.0
While servile trick and imitative knack,0.0
"Confine the million in the beaten track,",0.0
"Perhaps some courser who disdains the road,",0.0
Snuffs up the wind and flings himself abroad.,0.0
"Contemporaries all surpassed, see one,",2.0
"Short his career, indeed, but ably run.",2.0
"Churchill, himself unconscious of his powers,",4.0
"In penury consumed his idle hours,",1.0
"And like a scattered seed at random sown,",0.0
"Lifted at length by dignity of thought,",3.0
"And dint of genius to an affluent lot,",3.0
And took too often there his easy nap.,2.0
"If brighter beams than all he threw not forth,",0.0
"'Twas negligence in him, not want of worth.",3.0
"Surly and slovenly and bold and coarse,",3.0
"Too proud for art, and trusting in mere force,",2.0
"Spendthrift alike of money and of wit,",2.0
"Always at speed and never drawing bit,",1.0
"He struck the lyre in such a careless mood,",1.0
"And so disdained the rules he understood,",1.0
"The laurel seemed to wait on his command,",1.0
He snatched it rudely from the muses hand.,1.0
"Forms, opens and gives scent to every flower,",3.0
She fills profuse ten thousand little throats,1.0
"And charms the woodland scenes and wilds unknown,",0.0
But seldom as if fearful of expense,2.0
"Harmony, strength, words exquisitely sought,",5.0
"Fancy that from the bow that spans the sky,",0.0
"Brings colours dipped in heaven that never die,",1.0
"A soul exalted above earth, a mind",5.0
"Skilled in the characters that form mankind,",2.0
"And as the sun in rising beauty dressed,",1.0
"And marks, whatever clouds may interpose,",1.0
"Ever yet his race begins, its glorious close,",2.0
"An eye like his to catch the distant goal,",1.0
"Or ever the wheels of verse begin to roll,",2.0
Like his to shed illuminating rays,0.0
"On every scene and subject it surveys,",1.0
"Thus graced the man asserts a poet's name,",1.0
And the world cheerfully admits the claim.,3.0
Pity! Religion has so seldom found,2.0
"The flowers would spring wherever she deigned to stray,",2.0
And every muse attend her in her way.,0.0
"Virtue indeed meets many a rhyming friend,",5.0
"And many a compliment politely penned,",3.0
"Religion weaves for her, and half undressed,",1.0
"Stands in the desert shivering and forlorn,",3.0
"The shelves are full, all other themes are sped,",0.0
"Hackneyed and worn to the last flimsy thread,",4.0
"And loathsome ribaldry has done his worst,",1.0
Fancy has sported all her powers away,4.0
"In tales, in trifles, and in children's play,",1.0
"And it's the sad complaint, and almost true,",2.0
"Whatever we write, we bring forth nothing new.",4.0
"Touched with a coal from heaven assume the lyre,",0.0
"And tell the world, still kindling as he sung,",2.0
"With more than mortal music on his tongue,",1.0
"That he who died below, and reigns above",0.0
"Inspires the song, and that his name is love.",0.0
"For after all, if merely to beguile",1.0
"By flowing numbers and a flowery style,",3.0
"Which now and then sweet poetry may cure,",2.0
Or if to see the name of idol self,1.0
"To float a bubble on the breath of fame,",1.0
"Prompt his endeavour, and engage his aim,",3.0
"Debased to servile purposes of pride,",1.0
How are the powers of genius misapplied?,3.0
"The gift whose office is the giver's praise,",2.0
"To trace him in his word, his works, his ways,",0.0
"Mankind to share in the divine delight,",2.0
"Distorted from its use and just design,",1.0
"To make the pitiful possessor shine,",1.0
Proof of a trifling and a worthless mind.,1.0
"If flattery, folly, lust employ the pen,",2.0
"If acrimony, slander and abuse,",1.0
"With all that fancy can invent to please,",1.0
"Adorn the polished periods as they fall,",1.0
One Madrigal of their's is worth them all.,2.0
To dash the pen through all that you proscribe.,1.0
"No matter ' --  we could shift when they were not,",3.0
And should no doubt if they were all forgot.,2.0
With those hoarse sounds the rushing waters pour.,2.0
"Like thee, congenial bird! my steps explore",1.0
"The bleak lone sea-beach, or the rocky dale, ' --",3.0
"And shun the orange bower, the myrtle vale,",2.0
"I love the ocean's broad expanse, when dressed",0.0
When the smooth currents on its placid breast,3.0
"Flow calm, as my past moments used to flow;",7.0
"Or when its troubled waves refuse to rest,",0.0
And seem the symbol of my present woe.,1.0
"Survey mankind, from China to Peru;",2.0
"Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife,",0.0
And watch the busy scenes of crowded life;,0.0
"Then say how hope and fear, desire and hate,",0.0
To tread the dreary paths without a guide;,0.0
"As treacherous phantoms in the missed delude,",2.0
"Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good.",1.0
"How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice,",0.0
"How nations sink, by darling schemes oppressed,",0.0
When vengeance listens to the fool's request.,1.0
"Each gift of nature, and each grace of art,",1.0
"With fatal heat impetuous courage glows,",0.0
"With fatal sweetness elocution flows,",0.0
"Impeachment stops the speaker's powerful breath,",2.0
Fall in the general massacre of gold;,1.0
And crowds with crimes the records of mankind;,2.0
"Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys,",1.0
The dangers gather as the treasures rise.,1.0
"Let history tell where rival kings command,",1.0
"When statues glean the refuse of the sword,",3.0
"How much more safe the vassal than the lord,",1.0
"Low skulks the hind beneath the rage of power,",1.0
"And leaves the wealthy traitor in the Tower,",0.0
Though confiscation vultures hover round.,0.0
"The needy traveller, serene and gay,",1.0
"Walks the wild heath, and sings his toil away.",3.0
"Increase his riches and his peace destroy,",1.0
"New fears in dire vicissitude invade,",6.0
"The rustling brake alarms, and quivering shade,",2.0
"Nor light nor darkness bring his pain relief,",0.0
"One shows the plunder, and one hides the thief.",1.0
And gain and grandeur load the tainted gales;,5.0
The insidious rival and the gaping heir.,4.0
"With cheerful wisdom and instructive mirth,",1.0
And feed with varied fools the eternal jest:,2.0
"Toil crushed conceit, and man was of a piece;",2.0
Where wealth unloved without a mourner died;,0.0
"Where never was known the form of mock debate,",2.0
"Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?",3.0
"Attentive truth and nature to decry,",1.0
And pierce each scene with philosophic eye.,0.0
"To thee were solemn toys or empty show,",1.0
The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe:,1.0
"All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain,",0.0
"Such was the scorn that filled the sage's mind,",1.0
Renewed at every glance on humankind;,0.0
"How just that scorn ere yet thy voice declare,",1.0
"They mount, they shine, evaporate, and fall.",0.0
"On every stage the foes of peace attend,",0.0
"Hate dogs their flight, and insult mocks their end.",2.0
"For growing names the weekly scribbler lies,",0.0
"From every room descends the painted face,",0.0
"That hung the bright Palladium of the place,",1.0
"And smoked in kitchens, or in auctions sold,",1.0
To better features yields the frame of gold;,0.0
For now no more we trace in every line,1.0
"Heroic worth, benevolence divine:",1.0
"The form distorted justifies the fall,",0.0
"But will not Britain hear the last appeal,",1.0
Degrading nobles and controlling kings;,1.0
"Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats,",2.0
And ask no questions but the price of votes;,2.0
Their wish is full to riot and to rail.,1.0
"Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand:",0.0
"To him the church, the realm, their powers consign,",3.0
"Through him the rays of regal bounty shine,",1.0
"Still to new heights his restless wishes tower,",3.0
"Claim leads to claim, and power advances power;",3.0
"And rights submitted, left him none to seize.",0.0
At length his sovereign frowns ' --  the train of state,0.0
"Mark the keen glance, and watch the sign to hate.",3.0
"Wherever he turns he meets a stranger's eye,",2.0
"At once is lost the pride of awful state,",0.0
"The golden canopy, the glittering plate,",3.0
"The regal palace, the luxurious board,",3.0
"The liveried army, and the menial lord.",3.0
"With age, with cares, with maladies oppressed,",1.0
He seeks the refuge of monastic rest.,1.0
"Grief aids disease, remembered folly stings,",1.0
And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings.,2.0
The wisest justice on the banks of Trent?,1.0
On weak foundations raise the enormous weight?,2.0
"Why but to sink beneath Misfortune's blow,",1.0
With louder ruin to the gulfs below?,1.0
"What murdered Wentworth, and what exiled Hyde,",3.0
"By kings protected, and to kings allied?",1.0
"What but their wish indulged in courts to shine,",0.0
"And power too great to keep, or to resign?",4.0
The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame;,3.0
Through all his veins the fever of renown,1.0
Spreads from the strong contagion of the gown;,1.0
"Are these thy views? proceed illustrious youth,",3.0
And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth!,1.0
"Yet should thy soul indulge the generous heat,",2.0
Till captive Science yields her last retreat;,0.0
"Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray,",1.0
"Should no false Kindness lure to loose delight,",1.0
"Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright;",0.0
"Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain,",1.0
Nor claim the triumph of a lettered heart;,1.0
"Should no Disease thy torpid veins invade,",0.0
"Yet hope not life from grief or danger free,",0.0
Nor think the doom of man reversed for thee:,0.0
"Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes,",0.0
"And pause awhile from letters, to be wise;",1.0
"There mark what ills the scholar's life assail,",0.0
"Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.",2.0
To buried merit raise the tardy bust.,0.0
"If dreams yet flatter, once again attend,",0.0
The glittering eminence exempt from woes;,3.0
"See when the vulgar escape, despised or awed,",2.0
Rebellion's vengeful talons seize on Laud.,0.0
"From meaner minds, though smaller fines content",0.0
The plundered palace or sequestered rent;,1.0
"Marked out by dangerous parts he meets the shock,",2.0
And fatal Learning leads him to the block:,1.0
"Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep,",1.0
"But hear his death, you blockheads, hear and sleep.",0.0
"Such bribes the rapid Greek over Asia whirled,",3.0
For such the steady Romans shook the world;,1.0
"For such in distant lands the Britons shine,",1.0
And stain with blood the Danube or the Rhine;,1.0
"This power has praise, that virtue scarce can warm,",2.0
Till fame supplies the universal charm.,0.0
"Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game,",0.0
"Where wasted nations raise a single name,",0.0
From age to age in everlasting debt;,0.0
"To rust on medals, or on stones decay.",1.0
How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide;,1.0
"A frame of adamant, a soul of fire,",1.0
"Over love, over fear extends his wide domain,",3.0
"War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field;",2.0
"Behold surrounding kings their power combine,",0.0
"And one capitulate, and one resign;",3.0
"Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain;",1.0
And all be mine beneath the polar sky.,1.0
"The march begins in military state,",0.0
And nations on his eye suspended wait;,1.0
"Stern Famine guards the solitary coast,",1.0
And Winter barricades the realm of Frost;,0.0
"He comes, not want and cold his course delay; ' --",0.0
"The vanquished hero leaves his broken bands,",0.0
And shows his miseries in distant lands;,1.0
"Condemned a needy supplicant to wait,",1.0
"While ladies interpose, and slaves debate.",0.0
But did not Chance at length her error mend?,0.0
Did no subverted empire mark his end?,0.0
Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound?,1.0
Or hostile millions press him to the ground?,1.0
"His fall was destined to a barren strand,",1.0
"A petty fortress, and a dubious hand;",3.0
"He left the name, at which the world grew pale,",1.0
"To point a moral, or adorn a tale.",1.0
"In gay hostility, and barbarous pride,",3.0
"With half mankind embattled at his side,",1.0
"Great Xerxes comes to seize the certain prey,",1.0
And starves exhausted regions in his way;,0.0
"Fresh praise is tried till madness fires his mind,",1.0
"New powers are claimed, new powers are still bestowed,",6.0
"The daring Greeks deride the martial show,",0.0
And heap their valleys with the gaudy foe;,1.0
"The insulted sea with humbler thoughts he gains,",1.0
A single skiff to speed his flight remains;,0.0
The encumbered oar scarce leaves the dreaded coast,2.0
Through purple billows and a floating host.,1.0
"The bold Bavarian, in a luckless hour,",1.0
"With unexpected legions bursts away,",0.0
"Short sway! fair Austria spreads her mournful charms,",4.0
"The queen, the beauty, sets the world in arms;",0.0
From hill to hill the beacons rousing blaze,0.0
Spreads wide the hope of plunder and of praise;,2.0
"The fierce Croatian, and the wild Hussar,",4.0
And all the sons of ravage crowd the war;,0.0
"Of hasty greatness finds the fatal doom,",0.0
"His foes derision, and his subjects blame,",1.0
And steals to death from anguish and from shame.,1.0
"Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know,",2.0
That life protracted is protracted woe.,1.0
"Time hovers over, impatient to destroy,",4.0
And shuts up all the passages of joy:,1.0
"The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flower,",1.0
"He views, and wonders that they please no more;",1.0
And Luxury with sighs her slave resigns.,1.0
"Approach, you minstrels, try the soothing strain,",0.0
"No sounds alas would touch the impervious ear,",5.0
"Though dancing mountains witness Orpheus near,",1.0
"Nor lute nor lyre his feeble powers attend,",2.0
"Nor sweeter music of a virtuous friend,",3.0
"But everlasting dictates crowd his tongue,",1.0
Perversely grave or positively wrong.,1.0
"The still returning tale, and lingering jest,",0.0
"Perplex the fawning niece and pampered guest,",0.0
"While growing hopes scarce awe the gathering sneer,",3.0
And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear;,1.0
"The daughter's petulance, the son's expense,",1.0
"Improve his heady rage with treacherous skill,",2.0
And mould his passions till they make his will.,1.0
"Lay siege to life and press the dire blockade,",2.0
And dreaded losses aggravate his pains;,0.0
"He turns, with anxious heart and crippled hands,",0.0
"His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands;",1.0
"Or views his coffers with suspicious eyes,",1.0
"But grant, the virtues of a temperate prime",1.0
Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime;,0.0
And glides in modest innocence away;,1.0
Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers;,0.0
"The general favourite, as the general friend;",1.0
"Such age there is, and who could wish its end?",1.0
"Yet even on this her load Misfortune flings,",1.0
To press the weary minutes flagging wings:,0.0
"New sorrow rises as the day returns,",2.0
"Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier,",1.0
"Year chases year, decay pursues decay,",1.0
Still drops some joy from withering life away;,3.0
"New forms arise, and different views engage,",1.0
"Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage,",3.0
"Till pitying Nature signs the last release,",2.0
And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.,0.0
"But few there are whom hours like these await,",3.0
"By Solon cautioned to regard his end,",1.0
"In life's last scene what prodigies surprise,",2.0
"Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise?",1.0
Begs for each birth the fortune of a face:,1.0
Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring;,0.0
"You nymphs of rosy lips and radiant eyes,",0.0
"Whom Pleasure keeps too busy to be wise,",2.0
"Whom Joys with soft varieties invite,",1.0
"By day the frolic, and the dance by night,",1.0
"Who frown with vanity, who smile with art,",1.0
"And ask the latest fashion of the heart,",1.0
"Each nymph your rival, and each youth your slave?",1.0
"Against your fame with fondness hate combines,",0.0
"The rival batters, and the lover mines.",1.0
"With distant voice neglected Virtue calls,",0.0
And Pride and Prudence take her seat in vain.,0.0
"In crowd at once, where none the pass defend,",0.0
"The harmless Freedom, and the private Friend.",1.0
"The guardians yield, by force superior plied;",4.0
"By Interest, Prudence; and by Flattery, Pride.",3.0
"Now beauty falls betrayed, despised, distressed,",1.0
And hissing Infamy proclaims the rest.,1.0
Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind?,0.0
"Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate,",1.0
"Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise,",1.0
No cries attempt the mercies of the skies?,2.0
"Enquirer, cease, petitions yet remain,",0.0
"Which heaven may hear, nor deem religion vain.",0.0
But leave to heaven the measure and the choice.,1.0
"Safe in his power, whose eyes discern afar",2.0
The secret ambush of a specious prayer.,2.0
"Implore his aid, in his decisions rest,",1.0
"Secure whatever he gives, he gives the best.",3.0
"Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires,",0.0
"And strong devotion to the skies aspires,",1.0
"Obedient passions, and a will resigned;",4.0
"For love, which scarce collective man can fill;",0.0
"For faith that panting for a happier seat,",3.0
Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat:,3.0
"These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain,",0.0
"These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain;",2.0
"With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind,",1.0
And makes the happiness she does not find.,1.0
"TO thee, dear rover, and thy vanquished friends,",3.0
"The health she wants, thy gentle Chloe sends;",0.0
"Though much you suffer, think I suffer more,",0.0
Worse than an exile on my native shore.,2.0
"Companions in your master's flight you roam,",0.0
"Forever near the royal out-law's side,",2.0
"You share his fortunes, and his hopes divide;",1.0
"On glorious schemes, and thoughts of empire dwell,",2.0
And with imaginary titles swell.,1.0
"The passive doctrine, and the right divine",1.0
The strength of armies? or the force of prayer?,1.0
Does he from heaven or earth his hopes derive?,0.0
From saints departed? or from priests alive?,1.0
And beads drop useless through the zealot's hand;,2.0
"Heaven to our vows may future kingdoms owe,",0.0
But skill and courage win the crowns below.,0.0
"Ere to thy cause, and thee, my heart inclined,",1.0
"Or love to party had seduced my mind,",0.0
"In female joys I took a dull delight,",1.0
"But now, with fears and public cares possessed,",0.0
"The church, the church, forever breaks my rest.",0.0
"And sift the news of every foreign shore,",0.0
"Studious to find new friends, and new allies;",2.0
What armies march from Sweden in disguise;,0.0
"How Spain prepares her banners to unfold,",1.0
"And Rome deals out her blessings, and her gold:",3.0
"Then over the map my finger taught to stray,",2.0
Cross many a region marks the winding way;,3.0
"From sea to sea, from realm to realm I rove,",0.0
And grow a mere geographer by love.,1.0
"But still Avignon, and the pleasing coast",2.0
"That holds Thee banished, claims my care the most;",0.0
And span the distance that between us lies.,0.0
"Let not our James, though foiled in arms, despair,",0.0
While on his side he reckons half the fair:,0.0
In Britain's lovely isle a shining throng,0.0
"War in his cause, a thousand beauties strong.",0.0
The unthinking victors vainly boast their powers;,1.0
"Be theirs the musket, while the tongue is ours.",0.0
"We reason with such fluency and fire,",2.0
And from our judges vindicate the laws.,2.0
"Then mourn not, hapless prince, thy kingdoms lost,",0.0
"A crown, though late, thy sacred brow may boast;",0.0
"Heaven seems through us thy empire to decree,",2.0
"Those who win hearts, have given their hearts to thee.",3.0
"Hast thou not heard that, when profusely gay,",0.0
"In loathsome wormwood, and repenting rue?",2.0
"What whig but trembled, when our spotless band",0.0
"Who can forget what fears the foe possessed,",1.0
"When cross the plain he spied a marching wood,",0.0
"Till near at hand, a gleam of swords betrayed",0.0
The youth of Kent beneath its wandering shade.,2.0
May find that we have nails as well as eyes.,1.0
"The female bands, OH prince by Fortune crossed,",2.0
At least more courage than thy men may boast;,1.0
"With all their poles the guardians of the night,",1.0
"And born, with screams of triumph, to their side",1.0
The leader's staff in all its painted pride.,0.0
Nor fears the hawker in her warbling note,0.0
"Though red with stripes, and recent from the thong,",1.0
"Sore smitten for the love of sacred song,",2.0
"The tuneful sisters still pursue their trade,",0.0
"Poor Trott attends, forgetful of a fare,",2.0
And hums in concert over his empty chair.,2.0
"Mean while, regardless of the royal cause,",2.0
His sword for James no brother sovereign draws.,1.0
"The Pope himself surrounded with alarms,",1.0
"And though he hears his darling son's complaint,",1.0
And into ready money coins his gods.,0.0
Scarce keeps his own hereditary snows;,1.0
"The pheasant now may perch, the hare may rove:",0.0
"The adventurous knight, now quits the sylvan war:",4.0
Or grunt secure beneath the chestnut shade.,1.0
That trusted Orleans with imperial sway,3.0
"Far over the Alps our helpless monarch sends,",3.0
And such the terrors of the Brunswick race!,2.0
"Was it for this the sun's whole lustre failed,",2.0
And sudden midnight over the noon prevailed!,3.0
For this did heaven display to mortal eyes,1.0
Aerial knights and combats in the skies?,3.0
And Thames driven backward showed his secret bed!,2.0
Even our own prodigies against us turn!,2.0
OH portents construed on our side in vain!,1.0
Let never Tory trust eclipse again!,1.0
"Run clear, you fountains! be at peace, you skies!",1.0
"And, Thames, henceforth to thy green borders rise!",3.0
"To Rome then must the royal wanderer go,",2.0
"His life in sloth inglorious must he wear,",1.0
"One half in luxury, and one in prayer?",2.0
The proffered purple and the hat may please.,1.0
"Shall he, whose ancient patriarchal race",0.0
"To mighty Nimrod in one line we trace,",0.0
"In solemn conclave sit, devoid of thought,",1.0
And poll for points of faith his trusty vote!,0.0
"Be summoned to his stall in time of need,",1.0
And with his casting suffrage fix a creed!,1.0
"Shall he in robes on stated days appear,",0.0
And English heretics curse once a year!,1.0
"Garnet and Faux shall he with prayers invoke,",2.0
And beg that Smithfield piles once more may smoke!,1.0
"Forbid it heaven! my soul, to fury wrought,",0.0
Turns almost Hanoverian at the thought.,3.0
"From James and Rome I feel my heart decline,",0.0
"Yet still his share thy rival will contest,",1.0
And still the double claim divides my breast:,0.0
"The fate of James with pitying eyes I view,",2.0
"To James my passions and my weakness guide,",1.0
But reason sways me to the victor's side.,1.0
"Though grieved I speak it, let the truth appear;",0.0
"You know my language, and my heart, sincere.",1.0
In vain did falsehood his fair fame disgrace;,3.0
"What force had falsehood, when he showed his face!",1.0
In vain to war our boastful clans were led;,0.0
"Heaps driven on heaps, in the dire shock they fled:",3.0
"France shuns his wrath, nor raises to our shame",2.0
A second Dunkirk in another name:,0.0
"In Britain's funds their wealth all Europe throws,",0.0
And up the Thames the world's abundance flows:,1.0
"Spite of feigned fears, and artificial cries,",3.0
The pious town sees fifty churches rise:,1.0
"The hero triumphs as his worth is known,",1.0
And sits more firmly on his shaken throne.,1.0
To my sad thought no beam of hope appears,4.0
Through the long prospect of succeeding years;,3.0
"The son aspiring to his father's fame,",1.0
Shows all his sire: another and the same.,3.0
"He blessed in lovely Carolina's arms,",0.0
"With pain and joy at strife, I often trace",0.0
The mingled parents in each daughter's face;,0.0
"Half sickening at the sight, too well I spy",2.0
The father's spirit through the mother's eye:,1.0
"In vain new thoughts of rage I entertain,",1.0
And strive to hate their innocence in vain.,1.0
OH princess! happy by thy foes confessed!,2.0
Blessed in thy husband! in thy children blessed!,0.0
"As they from thee, from them new beauties horn,",3.0
"Transplanted to each court, in times to come,",1.0
And smooth the frowns of Bourbon's haughty race.,0.0
The fair descendents of thy sacred bed,1.0
"Till like their mother plant, ten thousand stand",1.0
In verdant arches on the fertile land;,1.0
"Beneath her shade the tawny Indians rove,",2.0
Or hunt at large through the wide echoing grove.,4.0
"OH thou, to whom these mournful lines I send,",0.0
"My promised husband, and my dearest friend;",1.0
And blood has drenched the Scottish fields in vain;,0.0
"Must I be wretched, and thy flight partake?",1.0
"If not to Brunswick, OH return to me!",0.0
Prostrate before the victor's mercy bend:,2.0
"What spares whole thousands, may to thee extend.",3.0
"Should blinded friends thy doubtful conduct blame,",0.0
"Say, these invite thee to approach his throne,",3.0
"The world, convinced, thy reasons will approve;",1.0
WITH what attractive charms this goodly frame,0.0
Of nature touches the consenting hearts,1.0
Of mortal men; and what the pleasing stores,0.0
"To deck the poet's, or the painter's toil;",1.0
"Thou, smiling queen of every tuneful breast,",0.0
Indulgent FANCY! from the fruitful banks,1.0
"Of Avon, whence thy rosy fingers cull",0.0
Fresh flowers and dews to sprinkle on the turf,4.0
"Where Shakespeare lies, be present: and with thee",2.0
"Let FICTION come, upon her vagrant wings",1.0
"And, by the glances of her magic eye,",2.0
"Combining each in endless, fairy forms,",0.0
Her wild creation. Goddess of the lyre,1.0
"Which rules the accents of the moving sphere,",1.0
"Wilt thou, eternal HARMONY! descend,",2.0
And join this festive train? for with thee comes,1.0
"The guide, the guardian of their lovely sports,",1.0
"Majestic TRUTH; and where TRUTH deigns to come,",1.0
Her sister LIBERTY will not be far.,1.0
"The wandering footsteps of the youthful bard,",2.0
New to your springs and shades: who touch his ear,0.0
With finer sounds: who heighten to his eye,1.0
"The bloom of nature, and before him turn",1.0
Oft have the laws of each poetic strain,0.0
"Lay this prime subject, though importing most",2.0
A poet's name: for fruitless is the attempt,3.0
"By dull obedience and the kerb of rules,",1.0
For creeping toil to climb the hard ascent,0.0
Of high Parnassus. Nature's kindling breath,1.0
Must fire the chosen genius; nature's hand,0.0
Exulting over the painful steep to soar,2.0
High as the summit: there to breathe at large,1.0
Immortal sons of praise. These flattering scenes,2.0
To this neglected labour court my song;,1.0
"To paint the finest features of the mind,",1.0
And to the most subtle and mysterious things,4.0
"Of nature and the muses bids explore,",1.0
"The fair poetic region, to detect",1.0
"Culled from the laureate vale's profound recess,",2.0
From heaven my strains begin; from heaven descends,0.0
"The flame of genius to the human breast,",1.0
"And love and beauty, and poetic joy",1.0
And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun,0.0
"Sprung from the east, or amid the vault of night",2.0
"Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorned the globe;",1.0
Or wisdom taught the sons of men her lore;,0.0
"The radiant sun, the moon's nocturnal lamp,",0.0
"The mountains, woods and streams, the rolling globe,",0.0
"Of days, on them his love divine he fixed,",1.0
"His admiration: till in time complete,",1.0
"What he admired and loved, his vital smile",1.0
Unfolded into being. Hence the breath,0.0
"Of life informing each organic frame,",0.0
"Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves;",3.0
Hence light and shade alternate; warmth and cold;,6.0
"And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers,",0.0
And all the fair variety of things.,1.0
But not alike to every mortal eye,0.0
Is this great scene unveiled. For since the claims,2.0
The active powers of man; with wise intent,2.0
The hand of nature on peculiar minds,1.0
"Imprints a different bias, and to each",1.0
Decrees its province in the common toil.,0.0
"To some she taught the fabric of the sphere,",1.0
The golden zones of heaven: to some she gave,0.0
"To weigh the moment of eternal things,",1.0
"Of time, and space, and fate's unbroken chain,",0.0
And will's quick impulse: others by the hand,2.0
"She led over vales and mountains, to explore",3.0
What healing virtue swells the tender veins,0.0
Of herbs and flowers; or what the beams of morn,1.0
"In balmy tears. But some, to higher hopes",0.0
Were destined; some within a finer mould,0.0
"She wrought, and tempered with a purer flame.",1.0
To these the sire omnipotent unfolds,4.0
"The world's harmonious volume, there to read",3.0
The transcript of himself. On every part,2.0
They trace the bright impressions of his hand:,1.0
"In earth or air, the meadow's purple stores,",0.0
"The moon's mild radiance, or the virgin's form",2.0
"Blooming with rosy smiles, they see portrayed",2.0
"The mind supreme. They also feel her charms,",0.0
"Of Titan's ray, with each repulsive string",0.0
"Consenting, sounded through the warbling air",1.0
"To certain species of external things,",1.0
Attune the finer organs of the mind:,1.0
"So the glad impulse of congenial powers,",2.0
"The grace of motion, or the bloom of light,",1.0
From nerve to nerve: all naked and alive,1.0
They catch the spreading rays: till now the soul,0.0
"At length discloses every tuneful spring,",0.0
"To that harmonious movement from without,",3.0
Diffuses its enchantment: fancy dreams,1.0
And vales of bliss: the intellectual power,2.0
"Bends from his awful throne a wondering ear,",2.0
"And smiles: the passions gently soothed away,",0.0
"Sink to divine repose, and love and joy",2.0
"Alone are waking; love and joy, serene",0.0
"As airs that fan the summer. OH! attend,",0.0
"Whoever thou art whom these delights can touch,",2.0
Whose candid bosom the refining love,1.0
"Of nature warms, OH! listen to my song;",2.0
"And I will guide thee to her favourite walks,",2.0
"And teach thy solitude her voice to hear,",0.0
"Know then, whatever of nature's pregnant stores,",4.0
Whatever of mimic art's reflected forms,3.0
With love and admiration thus inflame,0.0
"The powers of fancy, her delighted sons",3.0
To three illustrious orders have referred;,2.0
"The poet's tongue confesses; the sublime,",1.0
"The wonderful, the fair. I see them dawn!",1.0
"I see the radiant visions, where they rise,",0.0
More lovely than when Lucifer displays,2.0
"His beaming forehead through the gates of morn,",1.0
To lead the train of Phoebus and the spring.,1.0
Amid the vast creation; why ordained,0.0
"Through life and death to dart his piercing eye,",0.0
With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame;,1.0
But that the Omnipotent might send him forth,2.0
"In sight of mortal and immortal powers,",1.0
"As on a boundless theatre, to run",2.0
The great career of justice; to exalt,1.0
To shake each partial purpose from his breast;,1.0
"And through the mists of passion and of sense,",2.0
And through the tossing tide of chance and pain,1.0
"Of truth and virtue, up the steep ascent",1.0
"Of nature, calls him to his high reward,",1.0
The applauding smile of heaven? Else wherefore burns,5.0
"And mocks possession? wherefore darts the mind,",0.0
"Majestic forms? impatient to be free,",1.0
Proud of the strong contention of her toils;,1.0
Proud to be daring? Who but rather turns,0.0
"To heaven's broad fire his unconstrained view,",4.0
Shoots round the wide horizon to survey,1.0
The Nile or Ganges roll his wasteful tide,0.0
"Through mountains, plains, through empires black with shade,",0.0
And continents of sand; will turn his gaze,1.0
"And this diurnal scene, she springs aloft",1.0
Through fields of air; pursues the flying storm;,0.0
Sweeps the long tract of day. Then high she soars,3.0
"The blue profound, and hovering over the sun,",2.0
Bend the reluctant planets to absolve,3.0
She darts her swiftness up the long career,1.0
Of devious comets; through its burning signs,3.0
Exulting circles the perennial wheel,3.0
"Of nature, and looks back on all the stars,",2.0
"Whose blended light, as with a milky zone,",1.0
Invests the orient. Now amazed she views,3.0
"Beyond this concave heaven, their calm abode;",0.0
"Has travelled the profound six thousand years,",2.0
Nor yet arrives in sight of mortal things.,0.0
She plunges; soon overwhelmed and swallowed up,4.0
In that immense of being. There her hopes,1.0
Rest at the fated goal. For from the birth,1.0
"Of mortal man, the sovereign Maker said,",0.0
"That not in humble or in brief delight,",1.0
"Not in the fading echoes of renown,",1.0
"Powers purple robes, or pleasure's flowery lap,",5.0
The soul should find enjoyment: but from these,1.0
"Turning disdainful to an equal good,",3.0
"Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view,",1.0
"Till every bound at length should disappear,",0.0
And infinite perfection close the scene.,1.0
"Call now to mind what high, capacious powers",1.0
Lie folded up in man; how far beyond,2.0
"The praise of mortals, may the eternal growth",3.0
"Of nature to perfection half divine,",1.0
Expand the blooming soul? What pity then,0.0
"Her tender blossom; choke the streams of life,",0.0
And blast her spring! Far otherwise designed,1.0
Almighty wisdom; nature's happy cares,0.0
Witness the sprightly joy when aught unknown,2.0
"Strikes the quick sense, and wakes each active power",3.0
To brisker measures: witness the neglect,1.0
"Of all familiar prospects, etc.",4.0
"With transport once; the fond, attentive gaze",0.0
Of young astonishment; the sober zeal,1.0
"Of age, commenting on prodigious things.",5.0
In every breast implanting this desire,1.0
With unremitted labour to pursue,2.0
"Those sacred stores that wait the ripening soul,",0.0
"To paint its power? For this, the daring youth",1.0
"Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms,",0.0
In foreign climes to rove: the pensive sage,0.0
"The virgin follows, with enchanted step,",1.0
"The mazes of some wild and wondrous tale,",1.0
"The wishes of the youth, when every maid",1.0
"With envy pined. Hence finally, by night",2.0
"Breathing astonishment! of witching rhymes,",3.0
And evil spirits; of the deathbed call,2.0
"To him who robbed the widow, and devoured",2.0
Of deeds in life concealed; of shapes that walk,0.0
"At dead of night, and clank their chains, and wave",0.0
At every solemn pause the crowd recoil,0.0
"Gazing each other speechless, and congealed",3.0
"With shivering sighs: till eager for the event,",5.0
Each trembling heart with grateful terrors quelled.,0.0
"But lo! disclosed in all her smiling pomp,",0.0
Where BEAUTY onward moving claims the verse,0.0
"In thy immortal praise, OH form divine,",2.0
"The regal dome, and thy enlivening ray",3.0
"The mossy roofs adore: thou, better sun!",0.0
"Love, and harmonious wonder, and delight",5.0
Poetic. Brightest progeny of heaven!,1.0
How shall I trace thy features? where select,0.0
The roseate hues to emulate thy bloom?,0.0
"Haste then, my song, through nature's wide expanse,",0.0
"Whatever bright spoils the florid earth contains,",4.0
"Whatever the waters, or the liquid air,",4.0
To deck thy lovely labour. Wilt thou fly,0.0
"Wherever his fingers touch the fruitful grove,",2.0
The branches shoot with gold; wherever his step,2.0
"Marks the glad soil, the tender clusters glow",3.0
As with the blushes of an evening sky?,2.0
"Or wilt thou rather stoop thy vagrant plume,",0.0
Where gliding through his daughter's honoured shades.,2.0
They played in secret on the shady brink,1.0
With ancient Pan: while round their choral steps,0.0
Young hours and genial gales with constant hand,1.0
"Showered blossoms, odours, showered ambrosial dews,",5.0
To thee nor Tempe shall refuse; nor watch,1.0
Thy smiling treasures to the green recess,1.0
Where young Dione stays. With sweetest airs,1.0
"Thy graceful footsteps; hither, gentle maid,",1.0
Incline thy polished forehead: let thy eyes,0.0
And may the fanning breezes waft aside,1.0
"Thy radiant locks, disclosing as it bends",1.0
With airy softness from the marble neck,1.0
"Where winning smiles and pleasure sweet as love,",0.0
"With sanctity and wisdom, tempering blend",3.0
"Of nature, and her kind parental care,",1.0
With each admiring virgin to my lyre,1.0
"Should throng attentive, while I point on high",0.0
"That wakes in Zephyr's arms the blushing May,",1.0
"Moves onward; or as Venus, when she stood",2.0
"Fresh from the deep, and conscious of her form,",1.0
"With fond acclaim attend her over the waves,",2.0
"Of youths and virgins, who through all the maze",0.0
This charm of beauty; if the pleasing toil,1.0
"Can yield a moment's respite, hither turn",0.0
I do not mean to wake the gloomy form,0.0
To damp your tender hopes; I do not mean,0.0
To fright you from your joys: my cheerful song,1.0
"With better omens calls you to the field,",1.0
"And warm as you. Then tell me, for you know,",2.0
Does beauty ever deign to dwell where health,0.0
And active use are strangers? Is her charm,1.0
"Confessed in aught, whose most peculiar ends",0.0
Are lame and fruitless? Or did nature mean,1.0
This awful stamp the herald of a lie;,1.0
"To hide the shame of discord and disease,",1.0
And catch with fair hypocrisy the heart,1.0
"Of idle faith? OH no! with better cares,",1.0
"The indulgent mother, conscious how infirm",2.0
"Her offspring tread the paths of good and ill,",1.0
"By this illustrious image, in each kind",3.0
Still most illustrious where the object holds,2.0
"Its native powers most perfect, she by this",1.0
"Of streams delicious to the thirsty soul,",1.0
"And every charm of animated things,",0.0
"Are only pledges of a state sincere,",1.0
"The integrity and order of their frame,",3.0
"When all is well within, and every end",0.0
"Accomplished. Thus was beauty sent from heaven,",0.0
"In this dark world: for truth and good are one,",3.0
"And beauty dwells in them, etc.",3.0
"With like participation. Wherefore then,",0.0
OH sons of earth! would you dissolve the tie?,2.0
"OH wherefore, with a rash, imperfect aim,",2.0
Seek you those flowery joys with which the hand,2.0
Of lavish fancy paints each flattering scene,2.0
"Where beauty seems to dwell, nor once enquire",0.0
"Where is the sanction of eternal truth,",1.0
"To save your search from folly? Wanting these,",1.0
"Lo! beauty withers in your void embrace,",1.0
And with the glittering of an idiot's toy,4.0
Did fancy mock your vows. Nor let the gleam,0.0
"Of youthful hope that shines upon your hearts,",0.0
Be chilled or clouded at this awful task,0.0
And truth eternal. Though the poisonous charms,3.0
"Of baleful superstition, guide the feet",0.0
"Of servile numbers, through a dreary way",1.0
"To their abode, through deserts, thorns and mire;",1.0
And leave the wretched pilgrim all forlorn,0.0
"To muse, at last, amid the ghostly gloom",0.0
"Of graves, and hoary vaults, and cloistered cells;",0.0
Attune the dreadful workings of his heart;,1.0
Yet be not you dismayed. A gentler star,2.0
"Where wisdom talked with her Athenian sons,",3.0
Then should my powerful voice at once dispel,2.0
"Of those whom nature charms, through blooming walks,",1.0
"Through fragrant mountains and poetic streams,",1.0
Led by their winged Genius and the choir,3.0
"Proceed exulting to the eternal shrine,",3.0
"The undivided partners of her sway,",1.0
"With good and beauty reigns. OH let not us,",1.0
"Lulled by luxurious pleasure's languid strain,",4.0
OH let not us a moment pause to join,1.0
Will to my invocation breathe anew,1.0
"The tuneful spirit; then through all our paths,",0.0
Never shall the sound of this devoted lyre,1.0
"Be wanting; whether on the rosy mead,",1.0
"When summer smiles, to warn the melting heart",0.0
Against the torrent and the stubborn hill,1.0
"To urge bold virtue's unremitted nerve,",2.0
And wake the strong divinity of soul,1.0
That conquers chance and fate; or whether struck,0.0
"For sounds of triumph, to proclaim her toils",1.0
"Upon the lofty summit, round her brow",0.0
"To trace her hallowed light through future worlds,",0.0
And bless heaven's image in the heart of man.,2.0
"Thus with a faithful aim have we presumed,",1.0
"Adventurous, to delineate nature's form;",9.0
"Whether in vast, majestic pomp arrayed,",2.0
"Or dressed for pleasing wonder, or serene",1.0
"To trace the rising lustre of her charms,",1.0
"From their first twilight, shining forth at length",4.0
"Of colours mingling with a random blaze,",3.0
Does beauty dwell. Then higher in the line,0.0
"And variation of determined shape,",1.0
Where truth's eternal measures mark the bound,0.0
"Of circle, cube, or sphere. The third ascent",0.0
Unites this varied symmetry of parts,1.0
"Shines in the concave of its azure bed,",1.0
Then more attractive rise the blooming forms,0.0
Through which the breath of nature has infused,0.0
Her genial power to draw with pregnant veins,2.0
In fruit and seed prolific: thus the flowers,0.0
And such the stately tree which autumn bends,1.0
With blushing treasures. But more lovely still,1.0
"Is nature's charm, where to the full consent",1.0
"Of complicated members, to the bloom",1.0
"Life's holy flame and piercing sense are given,",1.0
And active motion speaks the tempered soul:,0.0
So moves the bird of Juno; so the steed,1.0
And faithful dogs with eager airs of joy,0.0
Salute their fellows. Thus does beauty dwell,0.0
"There most conspicuous, even in outward shape,",4.0
Where dawns the high expression of a mind:,1.0
"To that eternal origin, whose power,",1.0
"Through all the unbounded symmetry of things,",2.0
This endless mixture of her charms diffused.,1.0
"MIND, MIND alone, bear witness, earth and heaven!",2.0
The living fountains in itself contains,0.0
"Looks then abroad through nature, to the range",2.0
Wheeling unshaken through the void immense;,3.0
"And speak, OH man! does this capacious scene",2.0
With half that kindling majesty dilate,1.0
"As when Brutus rose, etc.",2.0
Amid the crowd of patriots; and his arm,1.0
"When guilt brings down the thunder, called aloud",1.0
"And bade the father of his country, hail!",1.0
"For lo! the tyrant prostrate on the dust,",1.0
And Rome again is free? ' --  Is aught so fair,0.0
"In all the dewy landscapes of the spring,",2.0
"In the bright eye of Hesper or the morn,",4.0
"In nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair",0.0
As virtuous friendship? as the candid blush,3.0
Of him who strives with fortune to be just?,2.0
The graceful tear that streams for other's woes?,0.0
"Or the mild majesty of private life,",3.0
Of innocence and love protect the scene?,1.0
Where nature works in secret; view the beds,0.0
"Of mineral treasure, and the eternal vault",3.0
That bounds the hoary ocean; trace the forms,0.0
Of atoms moving with incessant change,1.0
Their elemental round; behold the seeds,0.0
"Of being, and the energy of life",2.0
Then to the secrets of the working mind,1.0
Attentive turn; from dim oblivion call,2.0
"Break through time's barrier, and overtake the hour",4.0
That saw the heavens created: then declare,2.0
If aught were found in those external scenes,1.0
To move thy wonder now. For what are all,0.0
"The forms which brute, unconscious matter wears,",1.0
"Greatness of bulk, or symmetry of parts?",3.0
"Not reaching to the heart, soon feeble grows",2.0
"The superficial impulse; dull their charms,",0.0
"Not so the moral species, or the powers",1.0
Of genius and design; the ambitious mind,3.0
There sees herself: by these congenial forms,1.0
Her features in the mirror. For of all,1.0
"The inhabitants of earth, to man alone",2.0
Creative wisdom gave to lift his eye,0.0
To truth's eternal measures; thence to frame,0.0
"The sacred laws of action and of will,",1.0
"Discerning justice from unequal deeds,",1.0
And temperance from folly. But beyond,2.0
"This energy of truth, whose dictates bind",2.0
"To deck the honoured paths of just and good,",2.0
Has added bright imagination's rays:,6.0
Where virtue rising from the awful depth,1.0
Where virtue rising from the awful depth.,1.0
"Of truth's mysterious bosom, etc.",6.0
The unadorned condition of her birth;,1.0
"And dressed by fancy in ten thousand hues,",1.0
"Assumes a various feature, to attract,",3.0
"The hearts of men. Amid his rural walk,",0.0
The ingenuous youth whom solitude inspires,3.0
"With purest wishes, from the pensive shade",1.0
That wakes her lyre to some indulgent theme,0.0
Of harmony and wonder: while among,1.0
"The herd of servile minds, her strenuous form",2.0
"Indignant flashes on the patriot's eye,",3.0
And through the rolls of memory appeals,2.0
"To ancient honour; or in act serene,",0.0
"Yet watchful, raises the majestic sword",1.0
"Of public power, from dark ambition's reach",2.0
To guard the sacred volume of the laws.,1.0
Genius of ancient Greece! whose faithful steps,2.0
Of nature and of science; nurse divine,1.0
Of all heroic deeds and fair desires!,0.0
OH! let the breath of thy extended praise,2.0
Inspire my kindling bosom to the height,1.0
"Presumptuous counted, if, amid the calm",3.0
I steal impatient from the sordid haunts,1.0
"Of strife and low ambition, to attend",1.0
"Thy sacred presence in the sylvan shade,",0.0
"Such in thy mien, thy warm, exalted air,",0.0
"As when the Persian tyrant, foiled and stung",0.0
And at the lightning of thy lifted spear,1.0
"Crouched like a slave. Bring all thy martial spoils,",1.0
"Thy palms, thy laurels, thy triumphal songs,",1.0
"Of civil wisdom, thy heroic youth",1.0
Warm from the schools of glory. Guide my way,0.0
"Where oft enchanted with Socratic sounds,",1.0
In gentler murmurs. From the blooming store,1.0
Transplant some living blossoms to adorn,1.0
The springs of ancient wisdom; while I join,0.0
Of nature; while to my compatriot youth,3.0
"I point the high example of thy sons,",1.0
And tune to Attic themes the British lyre.,0.0
WHEN shall the laurel and the vocal string,1.0
"Aspire to ancient praise? Alas! how faint,",0.0
How slow the dawn of beauty and of truth,1.0
Breaks the reluctant shades of Gothic night,2.0
Which yet involve the nations! Long they groaned,0.0
"Tempestuous pouring from her frozen caves,",4.0
"Blasted the Italian shore, and swept the works",1.0
Of liberty and wisdom down the gulf,2.0
Each muse and each fair science pined away,1.0
"The sordid hours: while foul, barbarian hands",2.0
And chained the soaring pinion down to earth.,1.0
"At last the Muses rose, etc.",2.0
"And wildly warbling scattered, as they flew,",1.0
"Of dire ambition, etc.",5.0
From public aims and from the busy walk,1.0
"Of civil commerce, drove the bolder train",0.0
"Of penetrating science to the cells,",1.0
Where studious ease consumes the silent hour,2.0
"Thus from their guardians torn, the tender arts, etc.",4.0
"Of mimic fancy and harmonious joy,",3.0
To priestly domination and the lust,1.0
"Of lawless courts, their amiable toil",1.0
"For three inglorious ages have resigned,",2.0
Was tuned for slavish paeans at the throne,0.0
To bind belief; while on their prostrate necks,1.0
The sable tyrant plants his heel secure.,0.0
"When freedom's ample fabric, fixed at length",0.0
"In full proportion, once more shall extend",0.0
To all the kindred powers of social bliss,2.0
"A common mansion, a parental roof.",1.0
"Embrace the smiling family of arts,",1.0
The Muses and the Graces. Then no more,2.0
"Shall vice, distracting their delicious gifts",1.0
"To aims abhorred, with high distaste and scorn",0.0
"Turn from their charms the philosophic eye,",0.0
"Of public care or intellectual toil,",2.0
Alone by footsteps haughty and severe,2.0
In gloomy state be trod: the harmonious Muse,4.0
And her persuasive sisters then shall plant,1.0
"Their sheltering laurels over the bleak ascent,",4.0
And shed their flowers along the rugged way.,2.0
"Armed with the lyre, already have we dared",0.0
And teach the Muse her lore; already strove,0.0
While tempering this deep argument we sang,5.0
We hasten to recount the various springs,2.0
Their grateful influence to the prime effect,1.0
"The complicated joy. The sweets of sense,",0.0
"Do they not oft with kind accession flow,",0.0
"So while we taste the fragrance of the rose,",1.0
Glows not her blush the fairer? While we view,0.0
Of summer yielding the delicious draught,1.0
Of cool refreshment; over the mossy brink,2.0
"Shines not the surface clearer, and the waves",1.0
With sweeter music murmur as they flow?,1.0
Nor this alone; the various lot of life,3.0
Oft from external circumstance assumes,2.0
A moment's disposition to rejoice,1.0
"Would pass unheeded. Fair the face of spring,",0.0
"When rural songs and odours wake the morn,",3.0
To every eye; but how much more to his,1.0
Round whom the bed of sickness long diffused,0.0
"Its melancholy gloom! how doubly fair,",0.0
"Warm at his bosom, from the springs of life",1.0
Chasing oppressive damps and languid pain!,2.0
"Or shall I mention, where celestial truth",0.0
"For man loves knowledge, and the beams of truth",2.0
"More welcome touch his understanding's eye,",3.0
"Than all the blandishments of sound, his ear,",1.0
Than all of taste his tongue. Nor ever yet,0.0
"To me have shone so pleasing, as when first",2.0
The hand of science pointed out the path,1.0
Involves the orient; and that trickling shower,0.0
Piercing through every crystalline convex,2.0
Recoil at length where concave all behind,0.0
The internal surface of each glassy orb,2.0
Repels their forward passage into air;,0.0
That thence direct they seek the radiant goal,0.0
"From which their course began; and, as they strike",1.0
"Assume a different lustre, through the breed",1.0
"Or shall we touch that kind access of joy,",1.0
"That springs to each fair object, while we trace,",0.0
"Disposing every part, and gaining still",0.0
The lamp of science through the jealous maze,1.0
"Whether in wonders of the rolling deep,",3.0
You scan the counsels of their author's hand.,1.0
"The flame of passion, through the struggling soul",1.0
"The object of its rapture, vast of size,",1.0
What? like a storm from their capacious bed,1.0
"The sounding seas overwhelming, when the might",3.0
"Of these eruptions, working from the depth",2.0
"Of man's strong apprehension, shakes his frame",1.0
Even to the base; from every naked sense,1.0
Of pain or pleasure dissipating all,0.0
"Opinion's feeble coverings, and the veil",1.0
To hide the feeling heart? Then nature speaks,0.0
"Her genuine language, and the words of men,",3.0
"Big with the very motion of their souls,",1.0
"Declare with what accumulated force,",0.0
The impetuous nerve of passion urges on,2.0
The native weight and energy of things.,1.0
"Nor shows of good the thirsty sense allure,",0.0
"From passion's power alone, etc.",4.0
Of daily impulse keeps the elastic powers,2.0
By that collision all the fine machine:,0.0
"Else rust would rise, and foulness, by degrees",2.0
For ceaseless motion and a round of toil.,1.0
"' --  But say, does every passion men endure",0.0
Thus minister delight? That name indeed,2.0
Becomes the rosy breath of love; becomes,0.0
"The radiant smiles of joy, the applauding hand",2.0
Of admiration: but the bitter shower,1.0
"That sorrow sheds upon a brother's grave,",0.0
"But the dumb palsy of nocturnal fear,",3.0
Or those consuming fires that gnaw the heart,1.0
"Of panting indignation, find we there",0.0
"To move delight? ' --  Then listen, while my tongue",0.0
The unaltered will of heaven with faithful awe,2.0
Within his learnt mind whatever the schools,6.0
OH faithful nature! dictate of the laws,3.0
Which govern and support this mighty frame,1.0
Of universal being. Oft the hours,0.0
"From morn to eve have stole unmarked away,",0.0
"While mute attention hung upon his lips,",0.0
As thus the sage his awful tale began.,0.0
When spotless youth with solitude resigns,0.0
"To sweet philosophy the studious day,",3.0
"What time pale autumn shades the silent eve,",1.0
And much of mortal man my thought revolved;,0.0
"That hour, OH long beloved and long deplored!",3.0
"Nor all thy lover's, all thy father's tears",0.0
Availed to snatch thee from the cruel grave;,1.0
As with the hand death. At once the shade,4.0
"More horrid nodded over me, and the winds",1.0
"As midnight storms, the scene of human things",1.0
"Appeared before me; deserts, burning sands,",0.0
"Where the parched adder dies; the frozen south,",2.0
And desolation blasting all the west,0.0
"Of superstition there infect the skies,",1.0
And turn the sun to horror. Gracious heaven!,0.0
"What is the life of man? Or cannot these,",1.0
Not these portents thy awful will suffice?,4.0
"That propagated thus beyond their scope,",0.0
They rise to act their cruelties anew,1.0
"In my afflicted bosom, thus decreed",1.0
"The universal sensitive of pain,",1.0
The wretched heir of evils not its own!,0.0
A flashing torrent of celestial day,1.0
Burst through the shadowy void. With slow descent,2.0
"A purple cloud came floating through the sky,",2.0
"And poised at length within the circling trees,",0.0
Hung obvious to my view: till opening wide,4.0
"Its lucid orb, a more than human form",0.0
"Emerging leaned majestic over my head,",2.0
And instant thunder shook the conscious grove.,0.0
"Then melted into air the liquid cloud,",0.0
And all the shining vision stood revealed.,0.0
"Flowed the transparent robe, around his waist",2.0
Collected with a radiant zone of gold,1.0
"I read his office high and sacred name,",0.0
Genius of human kind. Appalled I gazed,2.0
"Displeasure, tempered with a mild concern,",1.0
"Looked down reluctant on me, and his words",4.0
Like distant thunders broke the murmuring air.,2.0
"Vain are thy thoughts, OH child of mortal birth,",1.0
And impotent thy tongue. Is thy short span,2.0
Capacious of this universal frame?,1.0
Dost thou aspire to judge between the lord,1.0
Of nature and his works? to lift thy voice,1.0
Against the sovereign order he decreed,1.0
"Of tenderness innate and social love,",1.0
Holiest of things! by which the general orb,1.0
Was drawn to perfect union and sustained,2.0
From everlasting? Hast thou felt the pangs,0.0
"Of softening sorrow, of indignant zeal",1.0
"So grievous to the soul, as thence to wish",1.0
The ties of nature broken from thy frame;,1.0
"That so thy selfish, unrelenting heart",0.0
"May cease to mourn its lot, no longer then",1.0
The wretched heir of evils not its own?,0.0
OH fair benevolence of generous minds!,4.0
OH man by nature formed for all mankind!,2.0
"He spoke; abashed and silent I remained,",1.0
"Before his presence, though my secret soul",1.0
Disdained the imputation. On the ground,1.0
I fixed my eyes; till from his airy couch,1.0
"He stooped sublime, and touching with his hand",1.0
"My dazzled forehead, Raise thy sight, he cried,",0.0
And let thy sense convince thy erring tongue.,0.0
"I looked, and lo! the former scene was changed;",0.0
"For verdant alleys and surrounding trees,",1.0
"A solitary prospect, wide and wild,",0.0
"Of hills with many a shaggy forest mixed,",2.0
With many a sable cliff and glittering stream.,4.0
"Washed from the naked roots of oak and pine,",0.0
The crumbling soil; and still at every fall,0.0
"They reached a grassy plain, which from the skirts",1.0
"Of that high desert spread her verdant lap,",1.0
"And drank the gushing moisture, where confined",0.0
Clearer than glass it flowed. Autumnal spoils,2.0
"Luxuriant spreading to the rays of morn,",3.0
As in a sylvan theatre enclosed,1.0
That flowery level. On the river's brink,3.0
"I spied a fair pavilion, which diffused",0.0
Its floating umbrage amid the silver shade,2.0
"Between two parting cliffs his golden orb,",1.0
"And poured across the shadow of the hills,",1.0
"On rocks and floods, a yellow stream of light",0.0
That cheered the solemn scene. My listening powers,0.0
"Were awed, and every thought in silence hung,",0.0
And wondering expectation. Then the voice,2.0
"Of that celestial power, the mystic show",2.0
"Declaring, thus my deep attention called.",0.0
"Inhabitant of earth, etc.",3.0
"The gracious ways of providence to learn,",1.0
Receive my sayings with a steadfast ear ' --,2.0
"Know then, the sovereign spirit of the world,",1.0
Within his own deep essence he beheld,2.0
The circling bounds of happiness unite;,2.0
"Which filled himself, he raised his plastic arm,",0.0
And sounded through the hollow depth of space,1.0
"The strong, creative mandate. Strait arose",1.0
Effusive kindled by his breath divine,3.0
Through endless forms of being. Each inhaled,0.0
"From him its portion of the vital flame,",2.0
"In measure such, that from the wide complex",2.0
He too beholding in the sacred light,0.0
"Of his essential reason, all the shapes",1.0
Of action propagated through the sum,1.0
"Of possible existence, he at once,",2.0
"Down the long series of eventful time,",3.0
"So fixed the dates of being, so disposed,",1.0
"To every living soul of every kind,",0.0
"The field of motion and the hour of rest,",1.0
"That all conspired to his supreme design,",3.0
To universal good: with full accord,0.0
"Answering the mighty model he had chose,",2.0
That lay from everlasting in the store,0.0
"Of his divine conceptions. Nor content,",2.0
By one exertion of creating power,2.0
"His goodness to reveal; through every age,",1.0
"Through every moment up the tract of time,",1.0
Of happiness and virtue has adorned,1.0
"To men, to angels, to celestial minds,",1.0
For ever leads the generations on,1.0
To higher scenes of being; while supplied,0.0
"From day to day by his enlivening breath,",3.0
Inferior orders in succession rise,2.0
"As bodies to their proper centre move,",1.0
As the poised ocean to the attracting moon,5.0
"Obedient swells, and every headlong stream",3.0
"So all things which have life aspire to GOD,",0.0
"The sun of being, boundless, unimpaired,",0.0
Centre of souls! Nor does the faithful voice,2.0
Of nature cease to prompt their eager steps,0.0
From granting to the task proportioned aid;,1.0
That in their stations all may persevere,1.0
"To climb the ascent of being, and approach",3.0
For ever nearer to the life divine.,1.0
"Of man, and where the will supreme ordained",1.0
"Along the shady brink, in this recess",0.0
To wear the appointed season of his youth;,3.0
"The high communion of superior minds,",3.0
Of consecrated heroes and of gods.,1.0
Nor did the sire omnipotent forget,3.0
His tender bloom to cherish; nor withheld,1.0
Celestial footsteps from his green abode.,2.0
"He sent whom most he loved, the sovereign fair,",0.0
"The effluence of his glory, whom he placed",1.0
Before his eyes for ever to behold;,1.0
The goddess from whose inspiration flows,1.0
"The toil of patriots, the delight of friends;",3.0
"Without whose work divine, in heaven or earth,",0.0
"Nor hope, nor praise, nor honour. Her the sire",0.0
"Gave it in charge to rear the blooming mind,",0.0
"The folded powers to open, to direct",3.0
"The growth luxuriant of his young desires,",1.0
And from the laws of this majestic world,2.0
To teach him what was good. As thus the nymph,0.0
"Her daily care attended, by her side",1.0
"With constant steps her gay companion stayed,",0.0
That cheer alike the hearts of mortal men,0.0
And powers immortal. See the shining pair!,2.0
"Behold, where from his dwelling now disclosed,",1.0
They quit their youthful charge and seek the skies.,0.0
"I looked, and on the flowery turf there stood,",3.0
"Between two radiant forms, a smiling youth",1.0
Whose tender cheeks displayed the vernal flower,0.0
"His bashful eyes, and on his polished brow",1.0
Sat young simplicity. With fond regard,2.0
"He viewed the associates, as their steps they moved;",2.0
"The younger chief his ardent eyes detained,",0.0
With mild regret invoking her return.,1.0
Bright as the star of evening she appeared,1.0
"And smiles eternal, from her candid eyes,",1.0
Flowed like the dewy lustre of the morn,1.0
Effusive trembling on the placid waves.,3.0
The spring of heaven had shed its blushing spoils,0.0
To bind her sable tresses: full diffused,0.0
Her yellow mantle floated in the breeze;,0.0
And in her hand she waved a living branch,0.0
"Rich with immortal fruits, of power to calm",4.0
To chase the cloud of sadness. More sublime,0.0
The heavenly partner moved. The prime of age,2.0
"Composed her steps. The presence of a god,",1.0
"From each majestic motion darted awe,",0.0
"Devoted awe! till, cherished by her looks",1.0
"Benevolent and meek, confiding love",1.0
To filial rapture softened all the soul.,2.0
Free in her graceful hand she poised the sword,0.0
Of chaste dominion. An heroic crown,1.0
Displayed the old simplicity of pomp,1.0
"White as the sunshine streams through vernal clouds,",1.0
Her stately form invested. Hand in hand,0.0
"Gleamed round their path; celestial sounds were heard,",0.0
Distilled around them; till at once the clouds,1.0
"Their airy veil, and left a bright expanse",0.0
Afflicted vision plunged in vain to scan,0.0
What object it involved. My feeble eyes,2.0
"Endured not. Bending down to earth I stood,",1.0
"With dumb attention. Soon a female voice,",1.0
"As watery murmurs sweet, or warbling shades,",2.0
With sacred invocation thus began.,0.0
Father of gods and mortals! whose right arm,3.0
"With reins eternal guides the moving heavens,",0.0
I seek to finish thy divine decree.,1.0
With frequent steps I visit yonder seat,0.0
"Of man, thy offspring; from the tender seeds",2.0
"Of justice and of wisdom, to evolve",2.0
Till thy conducting hand shall raise his lot,1.0
"The temple of thy glory. But not me,",2.0
"Not my directing voice he oft requires,",1.0
"Or hears delighted: this enchanting maid,",1.0
"He loves, OH father! absent, her he craves;",2.0
"And but for her glad presence ever joined,",4.0
I deem uncertain; and my daily cares,1.0
Still farther aided in the work divine.,1.0
She ceased; a voice more awful thus replied.,0.0
"OH thou! in whom for ever I delight,",1.0
"Fairer than all the inhabitants of heaven,",3.0
Best image of thy author! far from thee,2.0
"Be disappointment, or distaste, or blame;",1.0
"Who soon or late shalt every work fulfil,",1.0
And no resistance find. Is man refuse,0.0
To harken to thy dictates; or allured,3.0
"By meaner joys, to any other power",0.0
"That joy which he pursues he never shall taste,",2.0
That power in whom delights never behold.,7.0
"Go then once more, and happy be thy toil;",0.0
Go then! but let not this thy smiling friend,1.0
"Partake thy footsteps. In her stead, behold!",1.0
With thee the son of Nemesis I send;,2.0
The fiend abhorred! whose vengeance takes account,0.0
Of sacred order's violated laws.,1.0
"See where he calls thee, burning to be gone,",1.0
Fierce to exhaust the tempest of his wrath,3.0
"On yonder devoted head. But thou, my child,",3.0
"Control his cruel frenzy, and protect",1.0
Thy tender charge. That when despair shall grasp,0.0
Then he may learn to love the gracious hand,0.0
"Alone sufficient in that hour of ill,",0.0
To save his feeble spirit; then confess,0.0
When all the plagues that wait the deadly will,1.0
"Of this avenging daemon, all the storms",1.0
"Of night infernal, serve but to display",1.0
The energy of thy superior charms,4.0
"With mildest awe triumphant over his rage,",2.0
And shining clearer in the horrid gloom.,0.0
"Here ceased that awful voice, and soon I felt",0.0
The cloudy curtain of refreshing eve,1.0
"Was closed once more, from that immortal fire",1.0
"Sheltering my eyelids. Looking up, I viewed",3.0
A vast gigantic spectre striding on,1.0
"Through murmuring thunders and a waste of clouds,",3.0
With dreadful action. Black as night his brow,0.0
Relentless frowns involved. His savage limbs,0.0
"With sharp impatience violent he writhed,",1.0
As through convulsive anguish; and his hand,2.0
In madness to his bosom; while his eyes,1.0
"Rained bitter tears, and bellowing loud he shook",3.0
The void with horror. Silent by his side,1.0
No stain of darkness mingled with the beam,2.0
Upon the riverbank; and now to hail,0.0
The unsuspecting inmate of the shade.,2.0
"As when a famished wolf, that all night long",1.0
"Had ranged the Alpine snows, by chance at morn",1.0
Sees from a cliff incumbent over the smoke,2.0
"Of some lone village, a neglected kid",2.0
That strays along the wild for herb or spring;,0.0
"And thinks he tears him: so with tenfold rage,",2.0
The monster sprung remorseless on his prey.,1.0
Amazed the stripling stood; with panting breast,0.0
Feebly he poured the lamentable wail,5.0
"Of helpless consternation, struck at once,",0.0
And rooted to the ground. The queen beheld,1.0
Advanced to save him. Soon the tyrant felt,0.0
"Her awful power. His keen, tempestuous arm",5.0
Had aimed the deadly blow: then dumb retired,0.0
"Folds with a mother's arms the fainting boy,",0.0
"Then grasps his hand, and cheers him with her tongue.",1.0
"OH wake thee, rouse thy spirit! Shall the spite",1.0
"While I, thy friend and guardian, am at hand",1.0
To rescue and to heal? OH let thy soul,2.0
"Is ever good for all; and if for all,",1.0
Then good for thee. Nor only by the warmth,2.0
"And soothing sunshine of delightful things,",2.0
Do minds grow up and flourish. Oft misled,1.0
"Of reason wander through a fatal road,",1.0
Far from their native aim: as if to lie,1.0
"Inglorious in the fragrant shade, and wait",1.0
"Were all the end of being. Ask thyself,",0.0
This pleasing error did it never lull,0.0
Thy wishes? Has thy constant heart refused,0.0
The silken fetters of delicious ease?,1.0
"Within this dwelling, did not thy desires",1.0
"Hang far below that measure of thy fate,",2.0
"Which I revealed before thee? and thy eyes,",2.0
"Impatient of my counsels, turn away",1.0
"Know then, for this the everlasting sire",1.0
"Deprives thee of her presence, and instead,",2.0
This horrid visage hither to pursue,1.0
My steps; that so thy nature may discern,2.0
"Its real good, and what alone can save",0.0
Thy feeble spirit in this hour of ill,0.0
From folly and despair. OH yet beloved!,2.0
Let not this headlong terror quite overwhelm,4.0
Thy scattered powers; nor fatal deem the rage,2.0
"Of this tormentor, nor his proud assault,",3.0
"While I am here to vindicate thy toil,",1.0
Above the generous question of thy arm.,3.0
"Brave by thy fears, and in thy weakness strong,",0.0
"This hour he triumphs; but confront his might,",1.0
"And dare him to the combat, then with ease",1.0
To bondage and to scorn: while thus inured,1.0
"By watchful danger, by unceasing toil,",1.0
"The immortal mind, superior to his fate,",2.0
"Amid the outrage of external things,",2.0
"Firm as the solid base of this great world,",1.0
"Rests on his own foundations. Blow, you winds!",0.0
You waves! you thunders! roll your tempest on;,1.0
"Shake, you old pillars of the marble sky!",4.0
"Be loosened from their seats; yet still serene,",1.0
"And ever stronger as the storms advance,",1.0
"Firm through the closing ruin holds his way,",0.0
Where nature calls him to the destined goal.,1.0
So spoke the goddess; while through all her frame,0.0
In every motion kindling wrath divine,0.0
To seize who listened. Vehement and swift,1.0
As lightning fires the aromatic shade,0.0
"Her inspiration catch his fervid soul,",0.0
"Then let the trial come! and witness thou,",1.0
If terror be upon me; if I shrink,1.0
"To meet the storm, or falter in my strength",0.0
"That I am fearful and infirm of soul,",1.0
As late thy eyes beheld: for thou hast changed,1.0
"My languid powers to bear me boldly on,",3.0
Through toil or peril: only do not thou,0.0
"Forsake me; OH be thou for ever near,",1.0
"That I may listen to thy sacred voice,",1.0
And guide by thy decrees my constant feet.,1.0
"But say, for ever are my eyes bereft?",1.0
"Appear again to charm me? Thou, in heaven!",1.0
OH thou eternal arbiter of things!,3.0
Be thy great bidding done: for who am I,2.0
To question thy appointment? Let the frowns,1.0
Of this avenger every morn overcast,6.0
"The cheerful dawn, and every evening damp",0.0
With double night my dwelling; I will learn,1.0
His hateful presence: but permit my tongue,1.0
"One glad request, and if my deeds may find",1.0
"Thy awful eye propitious, OH restore",0.0
"This lonely seat, and bless me with her smiles.",1.0
With which that furious presence had involved,2.0
"The ambient air, a flood of radiance came",2.0
"Flew diverse, and amid the blue serene",2.0
And to her wondering audience thus begun.,5.0
"Lo! I am here to answer to your vows,",1.0
And be the meeting fortunate! I come,1.0
With joyful tidings; we shall part no more ' --,2.0
Hark! how the gentle Echo from her cell,1.0
"Talks through the cliffs, and murmuring over the stream",4.0
Repeats the accent; we shall part no more.,3.0
"The father has beheld you, while the might",0.0
Of that stern foe with bitter trial proved,1.0
Your equal doings: then for ever spoke,0.0
"The high decree: that thou, celestial maid!",1.0
However that grisly phantom on thy steps,4.0
"May sometime dare intrude, yet never more",1.0
"Shalt thou descending to the abode of man,",5.0
She ended; and the whole romantic scene,1.0
"Flew like the pictures of a morning dream,",1.0
When sunshine fills the bed. A while I stood,1.0
Perplexed and giddy; till the radiant power,1.0
"Who bade the visionary landscape rise,",1.0
"As up to him I turned, with gentlest looks",3.0
"Preventing my enquiry, thus began.",3.0
There let thy soul acknowledge its complaint,1.0
"How blind, how impious! There behold the ways",4.0
"Of heaven's eternal destiny to man,",3.0
"For ever just, benevolent and wise:",1.0
"That VIRTUE'S awful steps, however pursued",3.0
"By vexing fortune and intrusive PAIN,",1.0
"Should never be divided from her chaste,",1.0
"Her fair attendant, PLEASURE. Need I urge",0.0
Thy tardy thought through all the various round,1.0
"Of this existence, that thy softening soul",1.0
At length may learn what energy the hand,1.0
Of virtue mingles in the bitter tide,0.0
"Of passion swelling with distress and pain,",1.0
To mitigate the sharp with gracious drops,0.0
"Of cordial pleasure? Ask the faithful youth,",0.0
Why the cold urn of her whom long he loved,2.0
So often fills his arms; so often draws,0.0
"His lonely footsteps at the silent hour,",1.0
To pay the mournful tribute of his tears?,1.0
"OH! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds",0.0
Should never seduce his bosom to forego,3.0
"That sacred hour, when stealing from the noise",1.0
"With virtue's kindest looks his aching breast,",0.0
And turns his tears to rapture ' --  Ask the crowd,0.0
"To climb the neighbouring cliffs, when far below",2.0
The cruel winds have hurled upon the coast,0.0
Some helpless bark; while sacred pity melts,0.0
"The general eye, or terror's icy hand",3.0
While every mother closer to her breast,1.0
"Catches her child, and pointing where the waves",2.0
"Foam through the shattered vessel, shrieks aloud",0.0
"As now another, dashed against the rock,",0.0
"Over all that edge of pain, the social powers",0.0
To this their proper action and their end?,2.0
"' --  Ask thy own heart; when at the midnight hour,",1.0
Slow through that studious gloom thy pausing eye,2.0
Led by the glimmering taper moves around,2.0
The sacred volumes of the dead: the songs,1.0
"Of heaven and earth surveys the immortal page,",2.0
"Even as a father blessing, while he reads,",1.0
"The praises of his son. If then thy soul,",1.0
"Spurning the yoke of these inglorious days,",5.0
Mix in their deeds and kindle with their flame;,1.0
"Say, when the prospect blackens on thy view,",1.0
"When rooted from the base, heroic states",1.0
Mourn in the dust and tremble at the frown,0.0
"' --  when the pious band, etc.",2.0
"Of youths who fought for freedom and their sires,",1.0
"Usurps the throne of justice, turns the pomp",1.0
"Of public power, the majesty of rule,",3.0
"The sword, the laurel, and the purple robe,",1.0
"To slavish empty pageants, to adorn",1.0
"A tyrant's walk, and glitter in the eyes",2.0
"Of patriots and of chiefs, the awful bust",1.0
"Of regal envy, strew the public way",0.0
"With hallowed ruins; when the muse's haunt,",0.0
The marble porch where wisdom wont to talk,0.0
"With Socrates or Tully, hears no more,",1.0
"Save the hoarse jargon of contentious monks,",4.0
Or female superstition's midnight prayer;,3.0
"Tears the destroying scythe, with surer blow",2.0
To sweep the works of glory from their base;,1.0
Hisses the gliding snake through hoary weeds,2.0
Thus widely mournful when the prospect thrills,1.0
"Thy beating bosom, when the patriot's tear",2.0
"Starts from thine eye, and thy extended arm",1.0
Of him who sits amid the gaudy herd,1.0
"Of mute barbarians bending to his nod,",3.0
"And says within himself, I am a king,",1.0
Intrude upon mine ear? ' --  The baleful dregs,0.0
"Of these late ages, this inglorious draught",5.0
"Of servitude and folly, have not yet,",0.0
Blessed be the eternal ruler of the world!,2.0
"WHAT wonder therefore, since endearing ties",1.0
Of passion link the universal kind,0.0
"Of man so close, what wonder if to search",1.0
This common nature through the various change,3.0
"Of sex, and age, and fortune, and the frame",1.0
"Of each peculiar, draw the busy mind",0.0
And all the teeming regions of the south,1.0
"Hold not a quarry, to the curious flight",3.0
"Of knowledge, half so tempting or so fair,",1.0
As man to man. Nor only where the smiles,0.0
Of love invite; nor only where the applause,2.0
Of cordial honour turns the attentive eye,2.0
On virtue's graceful deeds. For since the course,0.0
Of things external acts in different ways,0.0
"On human apprehensions, as the hand",1.0
Of nature tempered to a different frame,1.0
"The images of things, but paint in all",1.0
"Their genuine hues, the features which they wore",2.0
"In nature; there opinion will be true,",2.0
And action right. For action treads the path,0.0
"In which opinion says he follows good,",0.0
Or flies from evil; and opinion gives,1.0
"Report of good or evil, as the scene",1.0
"Was drawn by fancy, lovely or deformed:",1.0
"Thus her report can never there be true,",3.0
"Where fancy cheats the intellectual eye,",2.0
"Is there a man, who at the sound of death,",1.0
"Sees ghastly shapes of terror conjured up,",2.0
"And fearful prayers, and plunging from the brink",1.0
"Of light and being, down the gloomy air,",1.0
"An unknown depth? Alas! in such a mind,",5.0
If no bright forms of excellence attend,2.0
The image of his country; nor the pomp,2.0
"Of justice on her throne, nor aught that wakes",1.0
The conscious bosom with a patriot's flame;,3.0
"Will not opinion tell him, that to die,",0.0
"Or stand the hazard, is a greater ill",1.0
Than to betray his country? And in act,2.0
Will he not choose to be a wretch and live?,1.0
Here vice begins then. From the enchanting cup,1.0
"Which fancy holds to all, the unwary thirst",1.0
That sheds a baleful tincture over the eye,2.0
"Of reason, till no longer he discerns,",3.0
And only guides to err. Then revel forth,0.0
A furious band that spurn him from the throne;,3.0
And all is uproar. Thus ambition grasps,1.0
The empire of the soul: thus pale revenge,2.0
Watch to overturn the barrier of the laws,1.0
That keeps them from their prey: thus all the plagues,2.0
"The wicked bear, or over the trembling scene",2.0
"The tragic muse discloses, under shapes",0.0
Stole first into the mind. Yet not by all,1.0
Those lying forms which fancy in the brain,0.0
"Engenders, are the kindling passions driven",1.0
"To guilty deeds; nor reason bound in chains,",0.0
That vice alone may lord it: oft adorned,0.0
"With solemn pageants, folly mounts his throne,",0.0
She wheels her giddy empire. ' --  Lo! thus far,1.0
"Unbend her serious measure, and reveal",4.0
"Each would outstrip the other, each prevent",0.0
"Our careful search, and offer to your gaze,",1.0
My curious friends! and let us first arrange,2.0
In proper orders your promiscuous throng.,3.0
"Behold the foremost band, etc.",3.0
"Illustrious forms of excellence and good,",3.0
That scorn the mansion. With exulting hearts,1.0
They spread their spurious treasures to the sun;,3.0
And bid the world admire! but chief the glance,0.0
"In number boundless as the blooms of spring,",1.0
"Behold their glaring idols, empty shades",0.0
"By fancy gilded over, and then set up",1.0
And rags of mouldy volumes. Some elate,0.0
"Of costly frame, and gay Phoenician robes",0.0
"There stands a female form; to her, with looks",2.0
"Of earnest import, pregnant with amaze,",1.0
"He talks of deadly deeds, of breaches, storms,",0.0
"Breaks off, and smiles to see her look so pale,",0.0
And asks some wondering question of her fears.,3.0
"Others of graver mien; behold, adorned",2.0
"And bending oft their sanctimonious eyes,",2.0
Ambassadors of heaven! Nor much unlike,1.0
"Is he whose visage, in the lazy missed",1.0
"That mantles every feature, hides a brood",0.0
"And dark portents of state. Ten thousand more,",2.0
"Prodigious habits and tumultuous tongues,",4.0
"Then comes the second order, etc.",4.0
On some retired appearance which belies,0.0
That justice else would pay. Here side by side,0.0
"I see two leaders of the solemn train,",2.0
"Approaching: one a female, old and grey,",2.0
Pale as the cheeks of death; yet still she stuns,0.0
The sickening audience with a nauseous tale;,1.0
"How many youths her myrtle chains have worn,",0.0
How many virgins at her triumphs pined!,0.0
Yet how resolved she guards her cautious heart;,1.0
And man's seducing tongue! The other seems,0.0
And sordid all his habit; peevish want,0.0
"Grins at his heels, while down the gazing throng",1.0
"The vanity of riches, the contempt",2.0
"Of pomp and power. Be prudent in your zeal,",2.0
You grave associates! let the silent grace,2.0
Of her who blushes at the fond regard,1.0
"Her charms inspire, more eloquent unfold",1.0
Whose eye regards not his illustrious pomp,3.0
"And ample store, but as indulgent streams",1.0
To cheer the barren soil and spread the fruits,0.0
"Of joy, let him by juster measure fix",2.0
The price of riches and the end of power.,1.0
"Another tribe succeeds, etc.",2.0
The images of some peculiar things,1.0
"With brighter hues resplendent, and portrayed",1.0
With features nobler far than ever adorned,5.0
Their genuine objects. Hence the fevered heart,2.0
Pants with delirious hope for tinsel charms;,4.0
"Hence oft obtrusive on the eye of scorn,",2.0
Untimely zeal her witless pride betrays;,0.0
"And serious manhood, from the towering aim",2.0
"Of wisdom, stoops to emulate the boast",0.0
"Of childish toil. Behold yonder mystic form,",6.0
"Bedecked with feathers, insects, weeds and shells!",1.0
"Bent his fixed eye on heaven's eternal fires,",5.0
When first the order of that radiant scene,1.0
"Swelled his exulting thought, than this surveys",3.0
"Next him a youth, with flowers and myrtles crowned,",2.0
"To win her coy regard: adieu, for him,",0.0
The dull engagements of the bustling world!,1.0
"And hope, and action! for with her alone,",2.0
"By streams and shades, to steal the sighing hours,",0.0
"Is all he asks, and all that fate can give!",0.0
"Thee, dreaded censor! oft have I beheld",1.0
Bewildered unawares: alas! too long,1.0
Flushed with thy comic triumphs and the spoils,1.0
Of sly derision! till on every side,1.0
"Hurling thy random bolts, offended truth",2.0
Assigned thee here thy station with the slaves,1.0
Of folly. Thy once formidable name,3.0
"Shall grace her humble records, and be heard",1.0
In scoffs and mockery bandied from the lips,3.0
"Of all the vengeful brotherhood around,",0.0
So oft the patient victims of thy scorn.,1.0
Of all the muse's empire hath assigned,0.0
"The fields of folly, hither each advance",0.0
Your sickles; here the teeming soil affords,0.0
Its richest growth. A favourite brood appears;,0.0
"In whom the daemon, with a mother's joy,",1.0
"Views all her charms reflected, all her cares",0.0
At full repaid. You most illustrious band!,2.0
"And order's vulgar bondage, never meant",0.0
"For souls sublime as yours, with generous zeal",3.0
"Pay vice the reverence virtue long usurped,",4.0
And yield deformity the fond applause,1.0
"Which beauty wont to claim; forgive my song,",0.0
It shuns the unequal province of your praise.,3.0
"Advance reluctant, and with faltering feet",3.0
"Whom fancy chills with visionary fears,",0.0
"Of shame, of evil, or of base defect,",1.0
His humbler habit: here the trembling wretch,0.0
At every dream of danger: here subdued,0.0
"Of old, unfeeling vice, the abject soul",0.0
Who blushing half resigns the candid praise,0.0
And hears with sickly smiles the venal mouth,0.0
"Of gay derision bends her hostile aim,",0.0
Is that where shameful ignorance presides.,1.0
"Beneath her sordid banners, lo! they march,",0.0
Like blind and lame. Whatever their doubtful hands,3.0
"Attempt, confusion strait appears behind,",0.0
"And troubles all the work. Through many a maze,",2.0
"Perplexed they struggle, changing every path,",0.0
Overturning every purpose; then at last,0.0
"Sit down dismayed, and leave entangled scene",2.0
Of folly in the mind; and such the shapes,1.0
In which she governs her obsequious train.,3.0
Though every scene of ridicule in things,0.0
To lead the tenor of my devious lay;,3.0
"Through every swift occasion, which the hand",0.0
What were it but to count each crystal drop,1.0
Which morning's dewy fingers on the blooms,1.0
"' --  suffice it to have said, etc.",3.0
Wherever the power of ridicule displays,4.0
"Some stubborn dissonance of things combined,",1.0
"Strikes on the quick observer: whether pomp,",0.0
"Or praise, or beauty mix their partial claim",0.0
"Where sordid fashions, where ignoble deeds,",0.0
"Where foul deformity are wont to dwell,",1.0
"Or whether these with violation loathed,",2.0
"The charms of beauty, or the boast of praise.",1.0
"Ask we for what fair end, etc.",3.0
"These grateful stings of laughter, from disgust",1.0
"The tardy steps of reason, and at once",1.0
By this prompt impulse urge us to depress,4.0
The giddy aims of folly? Though the light,1.0
"At length unfolds, through many a subtle tie,",2.0
How these uncouth disorders end at last,2.0
Conscious how dim the dawn of truth appears,2.0
To thousands; conscious what a scanty pause,0.0
Of humble life affords for studious thought,2.0
To scan the maze of nature; therefore stamped,1.0
"The glaring scenes with characters of scorn,",1.0
"As broad, as obvious to the passing clown,",1.0
As to the lettered sage's curious eye.,3.0
Such are the various aspects of the mind ' --,3.0
Attain that secret harmony which blends,1.0
OH! teach me to reveal the grateful charm,2.0
"Diffuses, to behold, in lifeless things,",1.0
Of thought and passion. Mark the sable woods,0.0
That shade sublime yonder mountain's nodding brow;,6.0
With what religious awe the solemn scene,0.0
Commands your steps! as if the reverend form,1.0
Move to your pausing eye! Behold the expanse,2.0
"Of yonder gay landscape, where the silver clouds",1.0
Flit over the heavens before the sprightly breeze:,5.0
"The aerial shadows; on the curling brook,",2.0
And on the shady margin's quivering leaves,6.0
With quickest lustre glancing: while you view,0.0
"The prospect, say, within your cheerful breast",0.0
Plays not the lively sense of winning mirth,0.0
"Of social converse, to the inspiring tongue",3.0
"Moves all obsequious? Whence is this effect,",3.0
This kindred power of such discordant things?,3.0
Or flows their semblance from that mystic tone,1.0
To which the newborn mind's harmonious powers,2.0
At first were strung? Or rather from the links,1.0
For when the different images of things,1.0
"By chance combined, have struck the attentive soul",2.0
"With deeper impulse, or connected long,",1.0
Have drawn her frequent eye; however distinct,3.0
"The external scenes, yet oft the ideas gain",3.0
"From that conjunction an eternal tie,",1.0
And sympathy unbroken. Let the mind,1.0
"Recall one partner of the various league,",3.0
"Immediate, lo! the firm confederates rise,",2.0
And each his former station strait resumes:,0.0
"One movement governs the consenting throng,",1.0
"And all at once with rosy pleasure shine,",0.0
"'Twas thus, if ancient fame the truth unfold,",1.0
"Its mystic virtue, and at first conspired",1.0
With fatal impulse quivering to the pole;,1.0
"Rolled its broad surge betwixt, and different stars",3.0
"The former friendship, and remembered still",1.0
The alliance of their birth: whatever the line,5.0
"Which one possessed, nor pause, nor quiet knew",1.0
"Such is the secret union, when we feel",1.0
"A song, a flower, a name at once restore",2.0
"Guiding the wanton fancy to her scope,",3.0
"To temples, courts or fields; with all the band",0.0
"Of painted forms, of passions and designs",1.0
"Attendant: whence, if pleasing in itself,",0.0
The prospect from that sweet accession gains,1.0
Redoubled influence over the listening mind.,4.0
"By these mysterious ties, etc.",5.0
Of memory her ideal train preserves,6.0
"Entire; or when they would elude her watch,",1.0
Of dark oblivion; thus collecting all,2.0
"The various forms of being to present,",3.0
"Before the curious aim of mimic art,",2.0
Their largest choice: like spring's unfolded blooms,0.0
"May taste at will, from their selected spoils",2.0
To work her dulcet food. For not the expanse,1.0
With fairer semblance; not the sculptured gold,0.0
"Propitious viewed, and from his genial star",1.0
Shed influence to the seeds of fancy kind;,2.0
"The seal of nature. There alone unchanged,",1.0
Her form remains. The balmy walks of May,0.0
There breathe perennial sweets: the trembling chord,2.0
"Melodious; and the virgin's radiant eye,",1.0
"Superior to disease, to grief, and time,",3.0
"Endowed with all that nature can bestow,",1.0
The child of fancy oft in silence bends,0.0
"Over these mixed treasures of his pregnant breast,",3.0
With conscious pride. From them he oft resolves,1.0
To frame he knows not what excelling things;,0.0
And win he knows not what sublime reward,0.0
Of praise and wonder. By degrees the mind,1.0
Feels her young nerves dilate: the plastic powers,3.0
Labour for action: blind emotions heave,1.0
"From earth to heaven he rolls his daring eye,",0.0
"From heaven to earth. Anon ten thousand shapes,",1.0
Fleet swift before him. From the womb of earth,2.0
From ocean's bed they come: the eternal heavens,2.0
He marks the rising phantoms. Now compares,0.0
"Their different forms; now blends them, now divides;",1.0
"Opposes, ranges in fantastic bands,",0.0
"And infinitely varies. Hither now,",1.0
With endless choice perplexed. At length his plan,0.0
Begins to open. Lucid order dawns;,0.0
And as from Chaos old the jarring seeds,1.0
Of nature at the voice divine repaired,0.0
"Each to its place, till rosy earth unveiled",0.0
"Her fragrant bosom, and the joyful sun",1.0
Sprung up the blue serene; by swift degrees,0.0
"Emerges. Colours mingle, features join,",3.0
And lines converge: the fainter parts retire;,0.0
The fairer eminent in light advance;,1.0
And every image on its neighbour smiles.,2.0
"A while he stands, and with a father's joy",1.0
"Into its proper vehicle, etc.",3.0
"The fair conception; which embodied thus,",0.0
"And permanent, becomes to eyes or ears",1.0
"An object ascertained: while thus informed,",0.0
"The various organs of his mimic skill,",3.0
"The shadowy picture and impassioned verse,",3.0
Beyond their proper powers attract the soul,2.0
"By that expressive semblance, while in sight",0.0
Of nature's great original we scan,1.0
"The lively child of art; while line by line,",0.0
And feature after feature we refer,1.0
To that sublime exemplar whence it stole,0.0
Betwixt them wavering hangs: applauding love,2.0
Doubts where to choose; and mortal man aspires,0.0
To tempt creative praise. As when a cloud,0.0
"Enclosed and obvious to the beaming sun,",1.0
With equal flames present on either hand,0.0
"The radiant visage: Persia stands at gaze,",0.0
Appalled; and on the brink of Ganges waits,1.0
"To which the fragrance of the south shall burn,",1.0
The unfeeling vulgar mocks the boon divine:,1.0
"And harsh austerity, from whose rebuke",2.0
"Young love and smiling wonder shrink away,",1.0
"Abashed and chill of heart, with sager frowns",0.0
"Condemns the fair enchantment. On, my strain,",1.0
"Perhaps even now some cold, fastidious judge",6.0
"Casts a disdainful eye; and calls my toil,",2.0
"And calls the love and beauty which I sing,",0.0
"The dream of folly. Thou grave censor! say,",2.0
Of dullness hang too heavy on thy sense,2.0
To let her shine upon thee? So the man,1.0
"Whose eye never opened on the light of heaven,",2.0
"Of the gay, coloured radiance flushing bright",2.0
Over all creation. From the wise be far,1.0
"Descend so low; but rather now unfold,",0.0
"If human thought could reach, or words unfold,",0.0
"By what mysterious fabric of the mind,",3.0
Result from airy motion; and from shape,1.0
The lovely phantoms of sublime and fair.,1.0
By what fine ties hath GOD connected things,1.0
When present in the mind; which in themselves,0.0
"Have no connection? Sure the rising sun,",0.0
With equal brightness and with equal warmth,1.0
Might roll his fiery orb; nor yet the soul,2.0
"Thus feel her frame expanded, and her powers",2.0
Like a young conqueror moving through the pomp,5.0
"Of some triumphal day. When joined at eve,",0.0
Through all its tones the symphony pursue;,1.0
Nor yet this breath divine of nameless joy,0.0
"Mild as the breeze, yet rapturous as the song?",1.0
But were not nature still endowed at large,1.0
"With all which life requires, though unadorned",0.0
With such enchantment? Wherefore then her form,1.0
So exquisitely fair? her breath perfumed,4.0
Informed at will to raise or to depress,2.0
The impassioned soul? and whence the robes of light,1.0
Which thus invest her with more lovely pomp,1.0
"Than fancy can describe? Whence but from thee,",2.0
"With every food of life to nourish man,",0.0
By kind illusions of the wondering sense,3.0
The goodly prospect; and with inward smiles,1.0
"To the full choir of water, air, and earth;",4.0
"Nor heeds the pleasing error of his thought,",1.0
"Nor doubts the painted green or azure arch,",0.0
Nor questions more the music's mingling sounds,0.0
"Than space, or motion, or eternal time:",1.0
So sweet he feels their influence to attract,3.0
"Of care, and make the destined road of life",0.0
"Delightful to his feet. So fables tell,",1.0
"The adventurous hero, bound on hard exploits,",4.0
"Of some kind sage, the patron of his toils,",2.0
A visionary paradise disclosed,0.0
"Amid the dubious wild: with streams, and shades,",2.0
"And airy songs, the enchanted landscape smiles,",3.0
"What then is taste, but these internal powers",1.0
To each fine impulse? a discerning sense,2.0
"Of decent and sublime, with quick disgust",1.0
"In species? This, nor gems, nor stores of gold,",1.0
"Nor purple state, nor culture can bestow;",1.0
"But GOD alone, when first his active hand",0.0
Imprints the secret bias of the soul.,1.0
"He, mighty parent! wise and just in all,",0.0
"Free as the vital breeze or light of heaven,",0.0
Reveals the charms of nature. Ask the swain,0.0
Who journeys homeward from a summer day's,1.0
"Long labour, why, forgetful of his toils",2.0
"The sunshine gleaming as through amber clouds,",2.0
"Beyond the power of language, will unfold",3.0
"The form of beauty smiling at his heart,",0.0
How lovely! how commanding! But though heaven,2.0
In every breast hath sown these early seeds,0.0
"Of love and admiration, yet in vain,",0.0
"Without fair culture's kind parental aid,",1.0
"Without enlivening suns, and genial showers,",2.0
"And shelter from the blast, in vain we hope",1.0
"The tender plant should rear its blooming head,",0.0
Or yield the harvest promised in its spring.,0.0
Nor yet will every soil with equal stores,0.0
"His will, obsequious, whether to produce",4.0
The olive or the laurel. Different minds,1.0
Incline to different objects: one pursues,1.0
"Another sighs for harmony, and grace,",1.0
And gentlest beauty. Hence when lightning fires,2.0
"The arch of heaven, and thunders rock the ground;",0.0
"And ocean, groaning from the lowest bed,",1.0
Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky;,6.0
"Amid the mighty uproar, while below",1.0
"From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys",4.0
OH! how I long my careless limbs to lay,0.0
"With amorous airs my fancy entertain, etc.",4.0
"While in the park I sing, the listening deer",0.0
"Attend my passion and forget to fear, etc.",3.0
All on the margin of some flowery stream,3.0
To spread his careless limbs amid the cool,0.0
The tale of slighted vows and love's disdain,0.0
Consenting Zephyr sighs; the weeping rill,0.0
And hill and dale with all their echoes mourn.,0.0
Such and so various are the tastes of men.,2.0
"O! blessed of heaven, whom not the languid songs",0.0
"Of luxury, the Siren! not the bribes",1.0
"Of sordid wealth, nor all the gaudy spoils",0.0
To charm the enlivened soul! What though not all,2.0
Of mortal offspring can attain the heights,2.0
Of envied life; though only few possess,0.0
Patrician treasures or imperial state;,3.0
"Yet nature's care, to all her children just,",0.0
"The princely dome, the column and the arch,",1.0
"The breathing marbles and the sculptured gold,",1.0
"His tuneful breast enjoys. For him, the spring",1.0
"Its lucid leaves unfolds: for him, the hand",1.0
With blooming gold and blushes like the morn.,0.0
Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings;,4.0
And still new beauties meet his lonely walk;,1.0
From all the tenants of the warbling shade,1.0
"Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake",1.0
"Fresh pleasure only: for the attentive mind,",4.0
"By this harmonious action on her powers,",4.0
Becomes herself harmonious: wont so long,2.0
In outward things to meditate the charm,0.0
"Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home",0.0
"To find a kindred order, to exert",1.0
"Within herself this elegance of love,",1.0
"Refine at length, and every passion wears",0.0
On nature's form where negligent of all,1.0
"These lesser graces, she assumes the port",1.0
Of that eternal majesty that weighed,1.0
"The world's foundations, if to these the mind",2.0
Exalt her daring eye; then mightier far,2.0
"Will be the change, and nobler. Would the forms",0.0
Of servile custom cramp her generous powers?,2.0
"Would sordid policies, the barbarous growth",3.0
"Lo! she appeals to nature, to the winds",3.0
The elements and seasons: all declare,1.0
For what the eternal maker has ordained,1.0
The powers of man: we feel within ourselves,2.0
"His energy divine: he tells the heart,",1.0
"He meant, he made us to behold and love",1.0
"Of life and being; to be great like him,",1.0
Beneficent and active. Thus the men,2.0
"Whom nature's works can charm, with GOD himself",0.0
"Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day,",1.0
With his conceptions; act upon his plan;,1.0
"And form to his, the relish of their souls.",2.0
"IF void of Art my languid Verse appears,",0.0
"Forgive, OH FREIND, the Bard, who sings in Tears:",1.0
"Rude are the Lays, which only Grief adorns;",0.0
"And dull the Muses, when APOLLO mourns;",0.0
To see her favourite Priest his Charge resign.,0.0
"Yet why should Grief debase his glorious Name,",2.0
"Or blast the Bays, his Merits justly claim?",0.0
No venal View his noble Temper sways;,1.0
"He quits with Honour, what he kept with Praise.",0.0
"As some wise Leader, in successful Wars,",1.0
"Worn out with Age, and covered over with Scars,",2.0
"Resigns the Post, he bravely long sustained,",0.0
"Nor seek new Laurels, to adorn thy Brows;",2.0
"Review thy Toils, and see what polished Peers",1.0
"Honour thy forming Hand, and studious Cares:",2.0
"Confess the Mould, in which his Mind was cast:",0.0
"PELHAM, in whose capacious Soul we find",2.0
"The Scholar, Statesman, and the Patriot joined.",3.0
"Nor shall the tender Plants, which round thee stand,",0.0
Ever prove ungrateful to the Planter's Hand;,2.0
"Their Branches flourish, and the Fruits ascend;",1.0
"While pleasing Hope with Expectation smiles,",0.0
"To reap the future Product of thy Toils,",1.0
"Intent to see thy Pupils shining forth,",0.0
Whose Actions soon shall better speak thy Worth;,0.0
"When in the Train of Senators they come,",1.0
Refined with all the Arts of Greece and Rome;,0.0
"While, in each Act, their prudent Counsels show",0.0
"Their Master's Loyalty, and Learning too.",1.0
"Thus have thy Precepts made thy Province shine,",1.0
"LAUGHS not the heart, when Giants, big with pride,",0.0
"Assume the pompous port, the martial stride;",0.0
"Over arm Herculean heave the enormous shield,",3.0
Vast as a weaver's beam the javelin wield;,0.0
And dare to single combat ' --  What? ' --  A Fly.,0.0
"AND laugh we less, when Giant names, which shine",0.0
Established as it were by right divine;,2.0
"Critics whom every captive art adores,",2.0
To whom glad Science pours forth all her stores;,2.0
"Who high in lettered reputation sit,",0.0
"With partial rage rush forth, ' --  O! shame to tell! ' --",1.0
To crush a bard just bursting from the shell?,1.0
GREAT are his perils in this stormy time,0.0
"Around vast surges roll, winds envious blow,",4.0
And jealous rocks and quicksands lurk below.,1.0
"Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends;",2.0
He hurts me most who lavishly commends.,1.0
LOOK through the world ' --  in every other trade,0.0
The same employment's cause of kindness made;,0.0
At least appearance of good will creates;,2.0
And every fool puffs off the fool he hates:,2.0
"Cobblers with cobblers smoke away the night,",2.0
And in the common cause even players unite.,4.0
"Authors, alone, with more than savage rage,",2.0
Unnatural war with brother authors wage.,2.0
The pride of Nature would as soon admit,0.0
Competitors in empire as in wit.,2.0
"And, less than greatest, would not be at all.",0.0
"Overrun with wit, and destitute of sense,",0.0
"If any novice in the rhyming trade,",0.0
With lawless pen the realms of verse invade;,0.0
"Abused with praise, and flattered into wit;",0.0
"Where in lethargic majesty they reign,",1.0
And what they won by dullness still maintain;,0.0
Never was Lie made which was not welcome there. ' --,4.0
The polished falsehood's into public brought.,0.0
And reputation bleeds in every word.,0.0
"A CRITIC was of old a glorious name,",3.0
Whose sanction handed merit up to fame:,1.0
Beauties as well as faults he brought to view:,2.0
No servile rules drew sickly taste aside;,2.0
"Secure he walked, for Nature was his guide.",1.0
"But now, O strange reverse! our Critics bawl",0.0
"Conscious of guilt, and fearful of the light,",3.0
They lurk enshrouded in the veil of night:,0.0
"WHEN first my Muse, perhaps more bold than wise,",0.0
"Bad the rude trifle into light arise,",3.0
Vain thought! A Critic's fury knows no bound;,2.0
Nor can we hope he will a stranger spare,2.0
Who gives no quarter to his friend VOLTAIRE.,2.0
"UNHAPPY Genius! placed, by partial Fate,",0.0
With a free spirit in a slavish state;,2.0
"Where the reluctant Muse, oppressed by kings,",1.0
"The bigot's furious zeal, and tyrant's scorn.",4.0
"Thus, when the Julian tyrant's pride to swell",2.0
The vanquished chief escaped from CAESAR's hand,0.0
So large an empire on so small a base?,1.0
"In what retreat, inglorious and unknown,",3.0
Did Genius sleep when Dullness seized the throne?,0.0
"Whence, absolute now grown, and free from awe,",1.0
She to the subject world dispenses law.,1.0
"Without her licence, not a letter stirs;",0.0
And all the captive criss cross row is hers.,1.0
"Opinions gave, but gave his reasons too.",0.0
Our great Dictators take a shorter way ' --,0.0
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say?,1.0
"Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason,",1.0
"In such a state as their's, is downright treason.",2.0
"True judgement, now, with Them alone can dwell;",2.0
"Dull superstitious readers they deceive,",2.0
"Who pin their easy faith on critic's sleeve,",0.0
"And, knowing nothing, every thing believe!",0.0
Shoot into Giants? ' --  We may thank ourselves.,2.0
The Calf ourselves have fashioned we adore.,1.0
"But let true Reason once resume her reign,",1.0
This God shall dwindle to a Calf again.,1.0
"FOUNDED on arts which shun the face of day,",2.0
By the same arts they still maintain their sway.,2.0
"Wrapped in mysterious secrecy they rise,",4.0
"And, as they are unknown, are safe and wise.",2.0
"At whomsoever aimed, however severe",3.0
"Prudence forbid that step. ' --  Then all might know,",2.0
And on more equal terms engage the foe.,1.0
"But now, what Quixote of the age would care",3.0
"To wage a war with dirt, and fight with air?",0.0
"By interest joined, the expert confederates stand,",2.0
And play the game into each other's hand.,0.0
"The vile abuse, in turn by all denied,",0.0
Is bandied up and down from side to side:,2.0
"It flies ' --  hey! ' --  presto! ' --  like a juggler's ball,",3.0
Till it belongs to nobody at all.,2.0
"ALL men and things they know, themselves unknown,",0.0
And publish every name ' --  except their own.,0.0
Nor think this strange ' --  secure from vulgar eyes,0.0
The nameless author passes in disguise.,0.0
"But veteran critics are not so deceived,",2.0
If veteran critics are to be believed.,1.0
"Once seen they know an author evermore,",1.0
Nay swear to hands they never saw before.,1.0
"They, by the writing, found the writers out.",2.0
And all the ACTOR stares you in the face.,0.0
"By COLMAN that was written. ' --  On my life,",1.0
The strongest symptoms of the JEALOUS WIFE.,1.0
"That little disingenuous piece of spite,",3.0
"CHURCHILL, a wretch unknown, perhaps might write.",2.0
"How does it make judicious readers smile,",0.0
When authors are detected by their style:,2.0
"Though every one who knows this author, knows",1.0
He shifts his style much oftener than his clothes?,1.0
"WHENCE could arise this mighty critic spleen,",0.0
"What had I done, that angry HEAVEN should send",0.0
"The bitterest Foe, where most I wished a Friend?",2.0
"Oft hath my tongue been wanton at thy name,",0.0
For me let hoary FIELDING bite the ground,2.0
"Which, with more justice blooms upon thine own.",0.0
But he who wrote the Life of TOMMY THUMB.,1.0
The author wrote as man never wrote before?,3.0
"Who can so often in his cause engage,",0.0
"While horrors rise, and tears spontaneous flow",2.0
At tragic Have! and no less tragic O!?,2.0
His NERVOUS WEAKNESS all to praise agree;,0.0
"And then, for sweetness, who so sweet as he?",0.0
Too big for utterance when sorrows swell,2.0
The too big sorrows flowing tears must tell:,1.0
"But when those flowing tears shall cease to flow,",0.0
"Why, ' --  then the voice must speak again you know.",0.0
"Never did I colours high in air advance,",3.0
With patches here and there like Joseph's coat.,1.0
"Me humbler themes befit: Secure, for me,",0.0
Let Playwrights smuggle nonsense duty free:,2.0
And frisk and frolic over the fairy ground:,2.0
"Secure, for me, thou pretty little fawn",1.0
Through the green umbrage of the enchanted grove:,5.0
THE Stage I chose ' --  a subject fair and free ' --,0.0
It's yours ' --  it's mine ' --  it's Public Property.,2.0
All Common Exhibitions open lie,0.0
For Praise or Censure to the Common Eye.,1.0
Hence Monthly Critics earn their Daily Bread.,1.0
"This is a general tax which all must pay,",1.0
"From those who scribble, down to those who play.",3.0
"Actors, a venal crew, receive support",2.0
"From public bounty, for the public sport.",1.0
"To clap or hiss, all have an equal claim,",0.0
All join for their subsistence; all expect,1.0
"Free leave to praise their worth, their faults correct.",1.0
"When active PICKLE Smithfield stage ascends,",0.0
The three days wonder of his laughing friends;,2.0
"Each, or as judgement, or as fancy guides,",1.0
Betwixt a Merry Andrew and a Player?,1.0
"THE strolling tribe, a despicable race,",4.0
"Like wandering Arabs, shift from place to place.",2.0
"Vagrants by law, to justice open laid,",2.0
"They tremble, of the beadle's lash afraid,",1.0
"And fawning cringe, for wretched means of life,",0.0
"The mighty monarch, in theatric sack,",0.0
Carries his whole regalia at his back;,2.0
"His royal consort heads the female band,",6.0
Bearing a future prince on either side.,2.0
No choice musicians in this troop are found,1.0
To varnish nonsense with the charms of sound;,1.0
"No swords, no daggers, not one poisoned bowl;",2.0
"No lightning flashes here, no thunders roll;",2.0
No guards to swell the monarch's train are shown;,2.0
The monarch here must be an host ALONE.,0.0
"No solemn pomp, no slow procession here;",2.0
"BY need compelled to prostitute his art,",0.0
The varied actor flies from part to part;,0.0
"And, strange disgrace to all theatric pride,",0.0
His character is shifted with his side.,2.0
"Question and Answer he by turns must be,",3.0
Like that small wit in MODERN TRAGEDY;,2.0
"Who, to support his fame, ' --  or fill his purse, ' --",1.0
"Like gypsies, least the stolen brat be known,",0.0
"Defacing first, then claiming for his own.",1.0
"In shabby state they strut, and tattered robe;",0.0
"The scene a blanket, and a barn the globe.",1.0
"Content with humble profit, humble praise.",0.0
The strolling pageant hero treads in air:,0.0
"Pleased for his hour he to mankind gives law,",2.0
And snores the next out on a truss of straw.,1.0
"BUT if kind Fortune, who we sometime know",3.0
"In mood propitious should her favourite call,",0.0
"On royal stage in royal pomp to bawl,",0.0
"Forgetful of himself he rears the head,",1.0
"With gods and goddesses behind the scenes,",1.0
"On this great stage the World, no monarch ever",3.0
DOES it more move our anger or our mirth,1.0
"To see these THINGS, the lowest sons of earth,",0.0
To rule in Letters and preside in Taste.,1.0
"The TOWN's decisions they no more admit,",2.0
Themselves alone the ARBITERS of Wit;,1.0
And scorn the jurisdiction of that COURT,1.0
To which they owe their being and support.,1.0
"Actors, like monks of old, now sacred grown,",3.0
Must be attacked by no fools but their own.,2.0
"LET the Vain Tyrant sit amid his guards,",3.0
"And, for a Playhouse Freedom lose their own;",2.0
"The freeborn Muse with liberal spirit sings,",0.0
"Bow down, you Slaves; before these Idols fall;",0.0
"Never will I flatter, cringe, or bend the knee",1.0
"To those who, Slaves to ALL, are Slaves to ME.",1.0
"ACTORS, as Actors, are a lawful game;",3.0
The poet's right; and Who shall bar his claim?,0.0
"If to the subject world they still give laws,",2.0
"If they in cellar or in garret roar,",2.0
"And Kings one night, are Kings for evermore;",0.0
"Shall not bold Truth, even there, pursue her theme,",2.0
"Or if, well worthy of a better fate,",3.0
They rise superior to their present state;,1.0
"If, with each social virtue graced, they blend",1.0
The gay companion and the faithful friend;,1.0
"If they, like PRITCHARD, join in private life",1.0
The tender parent and the virtuous wife;,3.0
"Shall not our Verse their praise with pleasure speak,",0.0
Though Mimics bark and Envy split her cheek?,0.0
No honest worth's beneath the Muse's praise;,1.0
No greatness can above her censure raise:,2.0
"Station and wealth, to Her, are trifling things;",3.0
"She stoops to Actors, and she soars to Kings.",1.0
"IS there a man, in vice and folly bred,",1.0
"Whom ties nor human, nor divine, can bind;",1.0
"Alien to GOD, and foe to all mankind;",2.0
"Who spares no character; whose every word,",2.0
"Bitter as gall, and sharper than the sword,",3.0
"Whose tongue, on earth, performs the work of Hell?",0.0
"If there be such a monster, the REVIEWS",1.0
Shall find him holding forth against Abuse.,0.0
Attack Profession! ' --  it's a deadly breach! ' --,1.0
The Christian laws another lesson teach: ' --,0.0
"Unto the end should charity endure,",3.0
"As devils, to serve their purpose, Scripture quote.",2.0
"THE Muse's office was by HEAVEN designed,",1.0
"To please, improve, instruct, reform mankind;",1.0
To make dejected Virtue nobly rise,0.0
Above the towering pitch of splendid Vice;,0.0
"To make pale Vice, abashed, her head hang down,",3.0
And trembling crouch at Virtue's awful frown.,0.0
"Now armed with wrath, she bids eternal shame;",1.0
With strictest justice brands the villain's name:,0.0
Now in the milder garb of Ridicule,0.0
"She sports, and pleases while she wounds the Fool.",0.0
"Her shape is often varied; but her aim,",1.0
"To prop the cause of Virtue, still the same.",0.0
"In praise of Mercy let the guilty bawl,",0.0
When Vice and Folly for Correction call;,1.0
"Silence the mark of weakness justly bears,",2.0
"BUT if the Muse, too cruel in her mirth,",2.0
"If wantonly she deviate from her plan,",1.0
And quits the Actor to expose the Man;,1.0
"Ashamed, she marks that passage with a blot,",1.0
"Though Judgement join to consecrate the strain,",0.0
"If curious numbers will not aid afford,",3.0
Nor choicest music play in every word?,0.0
"Verses must run, to charm a modern ear,",2.0
"From all harsh, rugged interruptions clear:",1.0
"Soft let them breathe, as Zephyr's balmy breeze;",1.0
Smooth let their current flow as summer seas;,1.0
Perfect then only deemed when they dispense,1.0
A happy tuneful vacancy of sense.,1.0
"Italian fathers thus, with barbarous rage,",2.0
Fit helpless infants for the squeaking stage;,2.0
"Deaf to the calls of pity, Nature wound,",0.0
"Henceforth farewell then, feverish thirst of fame;",4.0
Farewell the longings for a Poet's name;,2.0
Perish my Muse; ' --  a wish above all severe,4.0
"To him who ever held the Muses dear,",1.0
The generous roughness of a nervous line.,3.0
OTHERS affect the stiff and swelling phrase;,2.0
Their Muse must walk in stilts and strut in stays:,0.0
"The sense they murder, and the words transpose,",1.0
Lest Poetry approach too near to Prose.,2.0
"See, tortured Reason how they pare and trim,",2.0
"Parent of harmony in English verse,",3.0
"Whose tuneful Muse in sweetest accent flows,",1.0
"IN polished numbers, and majestic sound,",1.0
"Where shall thy rival, POPE, be ever found?",0.0
"But while each line with equal beauty flows,",0.0
"Nature, through all her works, in great degree,",1.0
Borrows a blessing from VARIETY.,4.0
Music itself her needful aid requires,2.0
"To rouse the soul, and wake our dying fires.",0.0
"Still in one key, the Nightingale would tease:",1.0
"Still in one key, not BRENT would always please.",0.0
"HERE let me bend, great DRYDEN, at thy shrine,",1.0
Thou dearest name to all the tuneful nine.,0.0
"What if some dull lines in cold order creep,",2.0
And with his theme the poet seems to sleep?,1.0
"Still when his subject rises proud to view,",0.0
With equal strength the poet rises too.,0.0
Thought still springs up and rises out of thought;,2.0
"Numbers, ennobling numbers in their course,",2.0
"In varied sweetness flow, in varied force;",0.0
"The powers of Genius and of Judgement join,",3.0
And the Whole Art of Poetry is Thine.,1.0
A sacred muse should consecrate her Pen;,0.0
Priests must not hear nor see like other Men;,0.0
Far higher themes should her ambition claim;,2.0
"WHILE, with mistaken zeal, dull bigots burn,",2.0
Let REASON for a moment take her turn.,2.0
What if a man delight to pass his time,0.0
Or sometime boldly venture to the Play?,2.0
"No two on earth in one thing can agree,",3.0
All have some darling singularity.,1.0
"Women and men, as well as girls and boys,",2.0
Are but a better kind of toys for kings.,1.0
"In things indifferent, REASON bids us choose,",0.0
Whether the Whim's a MONKEY or a MUSE.,3.0
"When they make use of this word REASON, mean,",5.0
"I know not; but, according to my plan,",2.0
"Equally formed to rule in age and youth,",2.0
The Friend of Virtue and the Guide to Truth.,1.0
"To HER I bow, whose sacred power I feel;",3.0
To HER decision make my last appeal;,1.0
"Condemned by HER, applauding worlds, in vain,",1.0
Should tempt me to resume the Pen again:,0.0
"By HER absolved, my course I'll still pursue:",1.0
"If REASON's for me, GOD is for me too.",2.0
"NO Tomb alas! A distant plain thy grave,",1.0
"OH Indian, stop! ' --  this sacred ' --  field not tread;",3.0
Or learn each virtue ' --  that adorned the dead.,0.0
"Whatever a friend, a brother, son, could claim;",3.0
All that ' --  was generous ' --  he deserved the name;,3.0
Though adverse fate! too oft attacks the best.,2.0
"In change reverse ' --  his mind sustained the test,",0.0
"Not proud to show, or fawn on Fortune's smiles.",0.0
"A spirit gentle, far above all wiles.",0.0
His merit justly ' --  claims the greenest bays.,0.0
By love transmitted in much sweeter lays.,0.0
"SHUT, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said,",1.0
"All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out:",4.0
"Fire in their eye, and Papers in their hand,",0.0
"They rave, recite, and madden round the land.",0.0
"What Walls can guard me, or what Shades can hide?",1.0
"By land, by water, they renew the charge,",1.0
"They stop the Chariot, and they board the Barge.",1.0
"No place is sacred, not the Church is free,",1.0
"Then from the Mint walks forth the Man of Rhyme,",1.0
"Happy! to catch me, just at Dinner-time.",2.0
"Is there a Parson, much bemused in Beer,",1.0
Who pens a Stanza when he should engross?,0.0
With desperate Charcoal round his darkened walls?,1.0
"Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain.",1.0
"Arthur, whose giddy Son neglects the Laws,",2.0
"And curses Wit, and Poetry, and Pope.",1.0
"Friend to my Life, which did not you prolong,",1.0
The World had wanted many an idle Song,2.0
"Or which must end me, a Fool's Wrath or Love?",2.0
"A dire Dilemma! either way I'm sped,",0.0
"If Foes, they write, if Friends, they read me dead.",0.0
"Seized and tied down to judge, how wretched I!",1.0
"Who can't be silent, and who will not lie;",2.0
"To laugh, were want of Goodness and of Grace,",1.0
"And to be grave, exceeds all Power of Face.",3.0
"I sit with sad Civility, I read",1.0
"With honest anguish, and an aching head;",1.0
"And drop at last, but in unwilling ears,",0.0
"This saving counsel, Keep your Piece nine years.",1.0
"Lulled by soft Zephyrs through the broken Pane,",4.0
Obliged by hunger and Request of friends:,1.0
"The Piece you think is incorrect? why take it,",1.0
"My Friendship, and a Prologue, and ten Pound.",3.0
I want a Patron; ask him for a Place.,1.0
"Dare you refuse him? Curl invites to dine,",2.0
"He'll write a Journal, or he'll turn Divine.",1.0
"Bless me! a Packet. ' --  It's a stranger sues,",1.0
"A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.",1.0
"If I approve, Commend it to the Stage.",2.0
"There thank my Stars my whole Commission ends,",0.0
"The Players and I are, luckily, no friends.",3.0
"All my demurs but double his attacks,",2.0
"At last he whispers Do, and we go snacks.",1.0
"Glad of a quarrel, strait I clap the door,",0.0
"Sir, let me see your works and you no more.",1.0
"It's sung, when Midas' Ears began to spring,",0.0
"Midas, a sacred Person and a King",3.0
"His very Minister who spied them first,",1.0
"I'd never name Queens, Ministers, or Kings;",2.0
"Keep close to Ears, and those let Asses prick,",3.0
Tis nothing ' --  Nothing? if they bite and kick?,2.0
"The truth once told, and wherefore should we lie?",1.0
"The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I.",1.0
"You think this cruel? take it for a rule,",1.0
No creature smarts so little as a Fool.,2.0
"Pit, Box and Gallery in convulsions hurled,",3.0
"Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb through,",2.0
"Destroy his Fib, or Sophistry; in vain,",1.0
The Creature's at his dirty work again;,0.0
Proud of a vast Extent of flimsy lines.,0.0
"Whom have I hurt? has Poet yet, or Peer,",0.0
No Names ' --  be calm ' --  learn Prudence of a Friend:,3.0
"I too could write, and I am twice as tall,",1.0
"Of all mad Creatures, if the Learnt are right,",2.0
A Fool quite angry is quite innocent;,4.0
"Trust me, it's ten times worse when they repent.",2.0
"One dedicates, in high Heroic prose,",0.0
And ridicules beyond a hundred foes;,0.0
"And, more abusive, calls himself my friend.",0.0
"This prints my Letters, that expects a Bribe,",0.0
"And others roar aloud, Subscribe, subscribe.",0.0
"There are, who to my Person pay their court,",0.0
"I cough like Horace, and though lean, am short,",1.0
"Ammon's great Son one shoulder had too high,",4.0
"Go on, obliging Creatures, make me see",2.0
"All that disgraced my Betters, met in me:",0.0
"Say for my comfort, languishing in bed,",1.0
Just so immortal Maro held his head:,1.0
"And when I die, be sure you let me know",0.0
Great Homer died three thousand years ago.,2.0
Why did I write? what sin to me unknown,1.0
"Dipped me in Ink, my Parent's, or my own?",1.0
"As yet a Child, nor yet a Fool to Fame,",0.0
"I left no Calling for this idle trade,",2.0
"No Duty broke, no Father disobeyed.",2.0
"The Muse but served to ease some Friend, not Wife,",0.0
"To help me through this long Disease, my Life,",1.0
"And teach, the Being you preserved, to bear.",1.0
"But why then publish? Granville the polite,",1.0
"And knowing Walsh, would tell me I could write;",1.0
"The Courtly Talbot, Somers, Sheffield read,",0.0
With open arms received one Poet more.,0.0
"Happy my Studies, when by these approved!",3.0
"Happier their Author, when by these beloved!",2.0
"From these the world will judge of Men and Books,",1.0
While pure Description held the place of Sense?,0.0
"Like gentle Damon's was my flowery Theme,",3.0
Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill;,0.0
"I wished the man a dinner, and sat still:",2.0
Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret;,2.0
"I never answered, I was not in debt:",1.0
"If want provoked, or madness made them print,",0.0
I waged no war with Bedlam or the Mint.,2.0
Did some more sober Critics come abroad?,0.0
"If wrong, I smiled; if right, I kissed the rod.",0.0
"And all they want is spirit, taste, and sense.",0.0
"Comma's and points they set exactly right,",2.0
"The Wight who reads not, and but scans and spells,",1.0
"Such piecemeal Critics some regard may claim,",1.0
Pretty! in Amber to observe the forms,3.0
"Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms;",0.0
"The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,",0.0
But wonder how the Devil they got there?,3.0
Were others angry? I excused them too;,1.0
Well might they rage; I gave them but their due.,1.0
"A man's true merit it's not hard to find,",2.0
"But each man's secret standard in his mind,",1.0
"This, who can gratify? for who can guess?",0.0
"Who turns a Persian Tale for half a crown,",0.0
"He, who still wanting though he lives on theft,",2.0
"Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left:",2.0
"And he, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning,",2.0
"Means not, but blunders round about a meaning:",0.0
"It is not Poetry, but Prose run mad:",3.0
"All these, my modest Satire bid translate,",1.0
"And owned, that nine such Poets made a Tate.",0.0
"How did they fume, and stamp, and roar, and chafe?",0.0
"How did they swear, not Addison was safe.",1.0
Peace to all such! but were there One whose fires,2.0
"Blessed with each Talent and each Art to please,",1.0
"And born to write, converse, and live with ease:",0.0
"Should such a man, too fond to rule alone,",1.0
"Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne,",1.0
"View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes,",0.0
And hate for Arts that caused himself to rise;,0.0
"And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;",5.0
"Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,",2.0
"Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;",0.0
"Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,",1.0
"A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend,",3.0
And so obliging that he never obliged;,3.0
"Like Cato, give his little Senate laws,",0.0
And sit attentive to his own applause;,1.0
"While Wits and Templers every sentence raise,",3.0
And wonder with a foolish face of praise.,1.0
"Who but must laugh, if such a man there be?",1.0
"Who would not weep, if Atticus were he!",1.0
What though my Name stood rubric on the walls?,2.0
"Or plastered posts, with Claps in capitals?",1.0
"Or smoking forth, a hundred Hawkers load,",0.0
On Wings of Winds came flying all abroad?,1.0
I sought no homage from the Race that write;,2.0
"I kept, like Asian Monarchs, from their sight:",2.0
"No more than Thou, great GEORGE! a Birthday Song.",5.0
To spread about the Itch of Verse and Praise;,0.0
"Nor at Rehearsals sweat, and mouthed, and cried,",0.0
With Handkerchief and Orange at my side:,1.0
"Fed with soft Dedication all day long,",4.0
Horace and he went hand in hand in song.,4.0
"His Library, where Busts of Poets dead",5.0
"Received of Wits an undistinguished race,",0.0
"Who first his Judgement asked, and then a Place:",0.0
"Much they extolled the Pictures, much the Seat,",1.0
"And flattered every day, and some days eat:",1.0
"To some a dry Rehearsal was assigned,",1.0
And others harder still he paid in kind.,0.0
May some choice Patron bless each grey goose quill!,2.0
"So, when a Statesman wants a Day's defence,",0.0
"Or Envy holds a whole Week's war with Sense,",1.0
Or simple Pride for Flattery makes demands;,2.0
"Blessed be the Great! for those they take away,",1.0
"And those they leave me ' --  For they left me GAY,",2.0
"Left me to see neglected Genius bloom,",0.0
Neglected die! and tell it on his Tomb;,1.0
Of all thy blameless Life the sole Return,0.0
"To see what Friends, or read what Books I please;",0.0
"There let me live my own, and die so too,",0.0
To live and die is all I have to do!,0.0
"Above a Patron, though I condescend",1.0
Sometime to call a Minister my Friend:,2.0
"I was not born for Courts or great Affairs,",1.0
"I pay my Debts, believe, and go to Prayers,",0.0
"Can sleep without a Poem in my head,",0.0
"Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead.",0.0
"Why am I asked, what next shall see the light?",0.0
Heavens! was I born for nothing but to write?,2.0
Has Life no Joys for me? or to be grave,2.0
"Have I no Friend to serve, no Soul to save?",4.0
I found him close with Swift ' --  Indeed? no doubt,1.0
"It's all in vain, deny it as I will.",1.0
"No, such a Genius never can lie still,",2.0
And then for mine obligingly mistakes,2.0
"Poor guiltless I! and can I choose but smile,",3.0
"That tends to make one worthy Man my foe,",0.0
"Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear,",2.0
"But he, who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace,",2.0
"Insults fallen Worth, or Beauty in distress,",1.0
"Who loves a Lie, lame slander helps about,",1.0
"Who writes a Libel, or who copies out:",2.0
"The Fop whose pride affects a Patron's name,",0.0
"Yet absent, wounds an Author's honest fame;",0.0
"And show the Sense of it, without the Love;",1.0
"Who has the Vanity to call you Friend,",1.0
Yet wants the Honour injured to defend;,4.0
"Who tells whatever you think, whatever you say,",6.0
"And, if he lies not, must at least betray:",1.0
And sees at Cannons what was never there:,1.0
"Who reads but with a Lust to misapply,",2.0
"Make Satire a Lampoon, and Fiction, Lie.",2.0
"A Lash like mine no honest man shall dread,",2.0
But all such babbling blockheads in his stead.,0.0
"Let Paris tremble ' --  What? that Thing of silk,",1.0
Satire or Shame alas! can Paris feel?,1.0
Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?,0.0
"Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,",0.0
This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings;,0.0
"Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys,",1.0
"Yet Wit never tastes, and Beauty never enjoys,",3.0
In mumbling of the Game they dare not bite.,1.0
"Eternal Smiles his Emptiness betray,",1.0
"Whether in florid Impotence he speaks,",3.0
"Half Froth, half Venom, spits himself abroad,",2.0
"In Puns, or Politics, or Tales, or Lies,",0.0
"A trifling Head, and a corrupted Heart!",1.0
"A Cherub's face, a Reptile all the rest;",0.0
"Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust,",2.0
"Wit that can creep, and Pride that licks the dust.",0.0
"Nor proud, nor servile, be one Poet's praise",0.0
"That, if he pleased, he pleased by manly ways;",0.0
"That Flattery, even to Kings, he held a shame,",4.0
And thought a Lie in Verse or Prose the same:,0.0
"That not for Fame, but Virtue's better end,",0.0
"He stood the furious Foe, the timid Friend,",2.0
"Laughed at the loss of Friends he never had,",0.0
"The dull, the proud, the wicked, and the mad;",1.0
The Morals blackened when the Writings escape;,2.0
"A Friend in Exile, or a Father, dead;",2.0
"The Whisper that to Greatness still too near,",1.0
"Perhaps, yet vibrates on his SOVEREIGN'S Ear ' --",2.0
"Welcome for thee, fair Virtue! all the past:",4.0
"For thee, fair Virtue! welcome even the last!",4.0
"But why insult the Poor, affront the Great?",0.0
"A Knave's a Knave, to me, in every State,",1.0
"Alike my scorn, if he succeed or fail,",1.0
"Knight of the Post corrupt, or of the Shire,",1.0
"If on a Pillory, or near a Throne,",2.0
"He gain his Prince's Ear, or lose his own.",0.0
"Yet soft by Nature, more a Dupe than Wit,",0.0
"Foe to his Pride, but Friend to his Distress:",1.0
"He lashed him not, but let her be his Wife:",0.0
"And write whatever he pleased, except his Will;",3.0
"Let the Two Curls of Town and Court, abuse",3.0
"Hard as thy Heart, and as thy Birth Obscure,",1.0
Yet why? that Father held it for a rule,1.0
"That harmless Mother thought no Wife a Whore, ' --",1.0
"If there be Force in Virtue, or in Song.",2.0
While yet in Britain Honour had Applause,2.0
"Each Parent sprung ' --  What Fortune, pray? ' --  Their own,",0.0
"Born to no Pride, inheriting no Strife,",5.0
"Nor marrying Discord in a Noble Wife,",2.0
"Stranger to Civil and Religious Rage,",3.0
"No Courts he saw, no Suits would ever try,",2.0
"No Language, but the Language of the Heart.",3.0
"By Nature honest, by Experience wise,",3.0
Healthy by Temperance and by Exercise:,3.0
"His Life, though long, to sickness past unknown,",0.0
"His Death was instant, and without a groan.",1.0
"O grant me thus to live, and thus to die!",0.0
Who sprung from Kings shall know less joy than I.,1.0
OH Friend! may each Domestic Bliss be thine!,1.0
"Me, let the tender Office long engage",0.0
"With lenient Arts extend a Mother's breath,",0.0
"Explore the Thought, explain the asking Eye,",0.0
And keep a while one Parent from the Sky!,1.0
"On Cares like these if Length of days attend,",1.0
"May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my Friend,",0.0
"Preserve him social, cheerful, and serene,",1.0
And just as rich as when he served a QUEEN!,0.0
"Whether that Blessing be denied, or given,",2.0
"Thus far was right, the rest belongs to Heaven.",1.0
"CAN the fond Mother from herself depart,",3.0
"Can she forget the darling of her heart,",2.0
"The little darling whom she bore and bred,",0.0
"Nursed on her knees, and at her bosom fed?",0.0
"To whom, she seemed her every thought to give,",0.0
"And in whose life alone, she seemed to live?",0.0
"Yes, from herself, the mother may depart,",3.0
"She may forget the darling of her heart,",2.0
"The little darling, whom she bore and bred,",0.0
"Nursed on her knees, and at her bosom fed,",0.0
"To whom she seemed her every thought to give,",0.0
"And in whose life alone, she seemed to live;",0.0
"But I cannot forget, while life remains,",1.0
"And pours her current through these swelling veins,",0.0
"While Memory offers up at Reason's shrine,",3.0
"Flesh of her flesh, and of her bone the bone,",1.0
And dash the smiling babe against a stone?,0.0
And dash the smiling babe against a stone;,0.0
"But I, forbid it Heaven, but I can never",2.0
"The love of GOTHAM, from this bosom tear,",1.0
Can never so far true Royalty pervert,4.0
"From its fair course, to do my people hurt.",2.0
"With how much ease, with how much confidence,",3.0
"As if, superior to each grosser sense,",2.0
"Reason had only, in full power arrayed,",5.0
"To manifest her Will, and be obeyed,",1.0
"Men make resolves, and pass into decrees",1.0
The motions of the Mind! with how much ease,2.0
"In such resolves, does passion make a flaw,",1.0
"And bring to nothing, what was raised to law.",0.0
"The dangers, and the sweets of power, unknown,",3.0
"Pleased, though I scarce know why, like some young child,",2.0
"Whose little senses each new toy turns wild,",2.0
"How do I hold sweet dalliance with my crown,",2.0
"And wanton with dominion, how lay down,",3.0
"Without the sanction of a precedent,",2.0
Rules of most large and absolute extent;,0.0
"Rules, which from sense of public virtue spring,",0.0
"And, all at once, commence a PATRIOT KING.",2.0
"But, for the day of trial is at hand,",1.0
And the whole fortunes of a mighty land,3.0
"Must from my Good, or Evil Conduct flow,",0.0
"Will I, or can I, on a fair review,",3.0
"As I assume that name, deserve it too?",1.0
"Have I well weighed the great, the noble part",3.0
"I'm now to play? Have I explored my Heart,",1.0
"That labyrinth of fraud, that deep, dark cell,",1.0
"Where, unsuspected even by me, may dwell",1.0
Ten thousand follies? Have I found out there,1.0
"What I am fit to do, and what to bear?",0.0
"Have I traced every passion to its rise,",3.0
Nor spared one lurking seed of treacherous vice?,2.0
"Have I, familiar with my nature grown,",2.0
And am I fairly to myself made known?,4.0
A PATRIOT KING ' --  Why it's a name which bears,2.0
"The more immediate stamp of Heaven, which wears",2.0
"The nearest, best resemblance we can show",1.0
"Of God above, through all his works below.",0.0
"To still the voice of discord in the land,",0.0
"To make weak faction's discontented band,",1.0
"Detected, weak, and crumbling, to decay,",1.0
"Like different bodies, with one soul informed,",1.0
"To make a nation, nobly raised above",0.0
"All meaner thoughts, grow up in common love;",2.0
"That sacred balance, temperate, yet bold,",1.0
"With such an equal hand, that those who fear",2.0
"May yet approve, and own my justice clear;",0.0
"To be a Common Father, to secure",1.0
"The weak from violence, from pride the poor;",1.0
"Vice, and her sons, to banish in disgrace,",0.0
"To make Corruption dread to show her face,",0.0
"To bid afflicted Virtue take new state,",1.0
"And be, at last, acquainted with the great;",1.0
"Of all Religions to elect the best,",1.0
Nor let her priests be made a standing jest;,0.0
"Rewards for Worth, with liberal hand to carve,",0.0
"To love the Arts, nor let the Artists starve;",0.0
"To make fair Plenty through the realm increase,",2.0
"Give Fame in War, and happiness in Peace,",2.0
"To see my people virtuous, great and free,",2.0
"And know that all those blessings flow from me,",0.0
"OH it's a joy too exquisite, a thought",2.0
"It's a great, glorious task, for Man too hard,",5.0
"But not less great, less glorious the reward,",5.0
"The best reward which here to Man is given,",0.0
"It's more than Earth, and little short of Heaven;",0.0
A task if such comparison may be,2.0
"The same in nature, differing in degree,",0.0
"Like that which God, on whom for aid I call,",0.0
"Performs with ease, and yet performs to all.",0.0
"How much do they mistake, how little know",1.0
"Of kings, of kingdoms, and the pains which flow",1.0
"From royalty, who fancy that a crown",1.0
"With outside show, and vain appearance caught",1.0
"They look no farther, and, by Folly taught,",2.0
One of the many cares which lurk behind.,1.0
"The gem they worship, which a crown adorns,",0.0
Nor once suspect that crown is lined with thorns.,0.0
"Would we one moment use her piercing eye,",0.0
"Then should we learn what woe from grandeur springs,",2.0
"And learn to pity, not to envy kings.",0.0
"The villager, born humbly and bred hard,",4.0
"Content his wealth, and Poverty his guard,",1.0
"In action simply just, in conscience clear,",0.0
"By guilt untainted, undisturbed by fear,",0.0
"His means but scanty, and his wants but few,",1.0
"Labour his business and his pleasure too,",2.0
"Enjoys more comforts in a single hour,",0.0
Than ages give the Wretch condemned to Power.,0.0
"Called up by health, he rises with the day,",1.0
"And goes to work, as if he went to play,",1.0
"Whistling off toils, one half of which might make",2.0
"Against heat and cold, which make us cowards faint,",3.0
"Hardened by constant use, without complaint",2.0
"He bears, what we should think it death to bear;",1.0
"Short are his meals, and homely is his fare;",1.0
Nor asks for sauce where appetite stands cook.,1.0
When the dews fall and when the Sun retires,2.0
"Behind the Mountains, when the village fires,",0.0
"At distance catch, and fix his longing eye,",0.0
"Which, seasoned with Good Humour, his fond Bride",2.0
Against his return is happy to provide.,3.0
"Then, free from care, and free from thought, he creeps",0.0
"Into his straw, and till the morning sleeps.",1.0
"Not so the King ' --  with anxious cares oppressed,",0.0
"A glorious Wretch, he sweats beneath the Weight",2.0
"Of Majesty, and gives up ease for state.",1.0
"Even when his smiles, which, by the fools of pride,",1.0
Are treasured and preserved from side to side,1.0
"Fly round the court, even when, compelled by form,",4.0
"He seems most calm, his soul is in a storm!",0.0
"CARE, like a spectre, seen by him alone,",1.0
"With all her nest of vipers, round his throne",0.0
"By day crawls full in view; when Night bids sleep,",2.0
"Sweet nurse of Nature, over the senses creep,",3.0
"When Misery herself, no more complains,",2.0
"And slaves, if possible, forget their chains,",1.0
"Though his sense weakens, though his eye grows dim,",4.0
"That rest which comes to all, comes not to him.",1.0
"Even at that hour, CARE, tyrant CARE, forbids,",3.0
The dew of sleep to fall upon his lids;,0.0
From night to night she watches at his bed;,0.0
"Now, as one moped, sits brooding over his head,",5.0
"Anon she starts, and, born on raven's wings,",0.0
"Thrice hath the Moon, who governs this vast ball,",2.0
"Who rules most absolute over me, and all,",5.0
"To whom, by full conviction taught to bow,",0.0
"Thrice hath she lost her form, and thrice renewed.",0.0
"Since blessed be that season, for before",1.0
"I was a mere, mere mortal, and no more,",4.0
"One of the herd, a lump of common clay,",1.0
"Informed with life, to die and pass away",0.0
"With full and ample power, became my own;",2.0
"Thrice hath she lost her form, and thrice renewed,",0.0
"Since Sleep, kind Sleep, who like a friend supplies",1.0
"Nor, if my toils are answered with success,",2.0
And I am made an instrument to bless,2.0
"Theirs be the benefit, the labour mine.",2.0
"Mindful of that high rank in which I stand,",2.0
"Of millions Lord, sole ruler in the land,",1.0
"Let me, and Reason shall her aid afford,",0.0
"Rule my own spirit, of myself be lord.",2.0
"With an ill grace that monarch wears his crown,",2.0
"Who, stern and hard of nature, wears a frown",0.0
"Against faults in other men, yet all the while,",3.0
Meets his own vices with a partial smile.,1.0
How can a king yet on record we find,2.0
"Such kings have been, such curses of mankind",2.0
"Enforce that law, against some poor subject elf,",1.0
Which Conscience tells him he hath broke himself?,1.0
Can he some petty rogue to Justice call,1.0
"For robbing one, when he himself robs all?",3.0
"Must not, unless extinguished, Conscience fly",0.0
"Into his cheek, and blast his fading eye,",0.0
"To scourge the oppressor, when the State, distressed",2.0
"And sunk to ruin, is by him oppressed?",2.0
Against himself does he not sentence give?,1.0
"Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound",0.0
Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.,1.0
"All envy power in others, and complain",3.0
Of that which they would perish to obtain.,1.0
"Nor can those spirits, turbulent and bold,",2.0
"Not to be awed by threats, nor bought with gold,",0.0
"Be hushed to peace, but when fair, legal sway,",1.0
"Makes it their real interest to obey,",3.0
"When kings, and none but fools can then rebel,",0.0
"Not less in Virtue, than in Power excel.",3.0
"Be that my object, that my constant care,",0.0
And may my Soul's best Wishes centre there.,3.0
"Be it my task to seek, nor seek in vain,",0.0
"Not only how to live, but how to reign,",2.0
"And, to those Virtues which from Reason spring,",1.0
"And grace the Man, join those which grace the King.",2.0
"First for strict duty bids my care extend,",3.0
"And reach to all, who on that care depend,",0.0
"Bids me with servants keep a steady hand,",0.0
And watch over all my proxies in the land,2.0
First and that method Reason shall support,0.0
"Before I look into, and purge my Court,",0.0
"Before I cleanse the stable of the state,",1.0
Let me fix things which to myself relate.,4.0
"That done, and all accounts well settled here,",1.0
"In Resolution firm, in Honour clear,",1.0
"Tremble you Slaves, who dare abuse your trust,",2.0
"Who dare be Villains, when your King is Just.",0.0
"Are there, amongst those officers of State,",2.0
"To whom our sacred power we delegate,",2.0
"Who hold our Place and Office in the Realm,",0.0
"Who, in our name commissioned, guide the Helm,",0.0
"Are there, who, trusting to our love of ease,",2.0
"Oppress our subjects, wrest out just decrees,",0.0
"And make the laws, warped from their fair intent,",2.0
"To speak a language which they never meant,",0.0
"Are there such Men, and can the fools depend",2.0
On holding out in safety to their end?,2.0
"Can they so much, from thoughts of danger free,",1.0
And live a stranger where I ought to rule?,0.0
"What, to myself and to my State unjust,",2.0
"Shall I from ministers take things on trust,",2.0
"And, sinking low the credit of my throne,",1.0
"Shall I, most certain source of future cares,",0.0
"Not use my Judgement, but depend on their's,",1.0
"Have nothing but the Name of being great,",1.0
"Attend at councils, which I must not weigh,",0.0
"Do, what they bid; and what they dictate, say,",1.0
Only to be a royal Cypher there?,2.0
Perish the thought ' --  it's Treason to my throne ' --,3.0
"And who but thinks it, could his thoughts be known,",0.0
"Shall rise in arms, and against my crown rebel.",2.0
"The wicked Statesman, whose false heart pursues",1.0
"A train of Guilt, who acts with double views,",0.0
"And wears a double face, whose base designs",0.0
"Strike at his Monarch's throne, who undermines",1.0
"Even while he seems his wishes to support,",1.0
"Who seizes all departments, packs a court,",0.0
Maintains an agent on the Judgement Seat,1.0
"To screen his crimes, and make his frauds complete,",0.0
"New models armies, and around the throne",2.0
"Will suffer none but creatures of his own,",1.0
"Against the light to shut his master's eye,",0.0
"To keep him cooped, and far removed from those,",0.0
"Who, brave and honest, dare his crimes disclose,",0.0
"Nor ever let him in one place appear,",0.0
"Where Truth, unwelcome Truth, may wound his Ear.",0.0
"Attempts like these, well weighed, themselves proclaim,",2.0
"And, while they publish, balk their Author's aim.",0.0
"Kings must be blind, into such snares to run,",0.0
"Or worse, with open eyes must be undone.",0.0
"The minister of Honesty and Worth,",2.0
"Demands the Day to bring his actions forth,",0.0
Calls on the Sun to shine with fiercer rays,0.0
And braves that trial which must end in praise.,0.0
"None fly the Day, and seek the shades of Night,",1.0
But those whose actions cannot bear the Light;,1.0
"None wish their King in Ignorance to hold,",2.0
But those who feel that knowledge must unfold,1.0
"Their hidden Guilt, and, that dark missed dispelled",1.0
"By which their places and their lives are held,",1.0
"Confusion wait them, and, by Justice led,",1.0
In vengeance fall on every traitor's head.,1.0
"Aware of this, and cautioned against the pit",3.0
"Where Kings have oft been lost, shall I submit",1.0
"And rust in chains like these? Shall I give way,",1.0
And while my helpless subjects fall a prey,0.0
"To power abused, in Ignorance sit down,",4.0
"When stern REBELLION, if that odious name",3.0
"Justly belongs to those, whose only aim",3.0
"Is to preserve their Country, who oppose",1.0
"Who only seek their own, and found their Cause",0.0
"In due regard for violated laws,",1.0
"When stern REBELLION, who no longer feels,",1.0
"Nor fears Rebuke, a nation at her heels,",0.0
"A nation up in arms, though strong not proud,",1.0
"Knocks at the Palace gate, and, calling loud",0.0
"For due redress, presents, from Truth's fair pen,",1.0
"A list of wrongs, not to be born by men,",1.0
"How must that King be humbled, how disgrace",1.0
"All that is royal, in his name and place,",0.0
"Who, thus called forth to answer, can advance",2.0
No other plea but that of IGNORANCE.,2.0
"A vile defence, which, was his All at stake,",1.0
The meanest subject well might blush to make;,0.0
"A filthy source, from whence Shame ever springs;",1.0
"A Stain to all, but most a Stain to Kings.",0.0
"The Soul, with great and manly feelings warmed,",0.0
"Panting for Knowledge, rests not till informed,",3.0
"And shall not I, fired with the glorious zeal,",3.0
"Feel those brave passions, which my subjects feel,",3.0
Or can a just excuse from Ignorance flow,3.0
"To Me, whose first, great duty is ' --  To KNOW.",3.0
"Hence IGNORANCE ' --  thy settled, dull, blank eye",3.0
"Would hurt me, though I knew no reason why ' --",2.0
Hence IGNORANCE ' --  thy slavish shackles bind,2.0
"The freeborn Soul, and lethargy the mind ' --",1.0
"Of thee, begot by PRIDE, who looked with scorn",1.0
"On every meaner match, of thee was born",1.0
"That grave Inflexibility of Soul,",1.0
"Which Reason can't convince, nor Fear control,",0.0
"Which neither arguments, nor prayers can reach,",1.0
And nothing less than utter Ruin teach ' --,0.0
"Hence IGNORANCE ' --  hence to that depth of Night,",3.0
May wound thine eye ' --  hence to some dreary cell,2.0
"Where Monks with Superstition love to dwell,",0.0
"And with the Heads of colleges reside,",2.0
"And if no mate for kings, no mate for me.",3.0
"Come STUDY, like a torrent swelled with rains,",1.0
"Which, rushing down the mountains, over the plains",3.0
"Spreads horror wide, and yet, in horror kind,",1.0
"Come STUDY ' --  painful though thy course and slow,",2.0
Thy real worth by thy effects we know ' --,4.0
"Parent of Knowledge, come ' --  not Thee I call,",3.0
"Who, grave and dull, in college or in hall,",1.0
"Dost fit, all solemn sad, and moping weigh",0.0
"Nor, in one hand, fit emblem of thy trade,",2.0
"A Hornbook, gilded and lettered, call I Thee,",3.0
"Who dost in form preside over A, B, C ' --",6.0
"Nor, Siren though thou art, and thy strange charms,",2.0
"Do I call Thee, who through a winding maze,",0.0
"A labyrinth of puzzling, pleasing ways,",0.0
"Dost lead us at the last to those rich plains,",1.0
"Where, in full glory, real SCIENCE reigns.",6.0
"Fair though thou art, and lovely to mine eye,",1.0
Though full rewards in thy possession lie,1.0
"Though was I stationed in an humbler place,",1.0
"I could be ever happy in thy sight,",0.0
"Toil with thee all the day, and through the night",1.0
"Toil on from watch to watch, bidding my eye,",5.0
"Fast riveted on SCIENCE, sleep defy,",2.0
"Yet, such the hardships which from empire flow",0.0
"Must I thy sweet society forego,",1.0
And to some happy rival's arms resign,1.0
"Those charms, which can alas! no more be mine.",2.0
"No more, from hour to hour, from day to day,",0.0
"Shall I pursue thy steps, and urge my way",1.0
"Where eager love of SCIENCE calls, no more",1.0
Attempt those paths which Man never trod before.,3.0
"No more, the mountain scaled, the desert crossed,",0.0
"Losing myself, nor knowing I was lost,",4.0
"Travel through woods, through wilds, from Morn to Night,",2.0
"From Night to Morn, yet travel with delight,",1.0
"And having found thee, lay me down content,",0.0
"Own all my toil well paid, my time well spent.",2.0
Farewell you MUSES too ' --  for such mean things,2.0
Must not presume to dwell with mighty Kings ' --,0.0
Farewell you MUSES ' --  though it cuts my heart,2.0
"Even to the quick, we must for ever part.",1.0
When the fresh Morn bade lusty Nature wake;,4.0
"Tuned their soft pipes; when from the neighbouring bloom,",3.0
"Sipping the dew, each Zephyr stole presume;",2.0
"Deceived the way, and clipped the wings of Time,",0.0
"Over hill, over dale! how often laughed to see,",3.0
"Yourselves made visible to none but me,",2.0
"The clown, his Work suspended, gape and stare,",0.0
And seem to think that I conversed with Air!,1.0
"When the Sun, beating on the parched soil,",4.0
"Seemed to proclaim an interval of toil,",3.0
"And things most used to labour, wished for rest,",0.0
"How often, underneath a reverend oak,",0.0
"Where safe, and fearless of the impious stroke",4.0
Where with capricious fingers FANCY wove,1.0
"Her fairy bower, while NATURE all the while",2.0
"How we held converse sweet! how often laid,",3.0
"Fast by the Thames, in HAM'S inspiring shade,",0.0
"Amongst those Poets, which make up your train,",2.0
"And, after death, pour forth the sacred Strain,",1.0
"Have I, at your command, in verse grown grey,",3.0
"Put not impaired, heard DRYDEN tune that lay,",2.0
"Which might have drawn an Angel from his sphere,",1.0
And kept him from his office listening here.,1.0
"When dreary NIGHT, with MORPHEUS in her train,",0.0
"Led on by SILENCE to resume her reign,",1.0
"With Darkness covering, as with a robe,",1.0
"This scene of Levity, blanked half the globe,",2.0
"How oft, enchanted with your heavenly strains,",3.0
"Which stole me from myself, which in soft chains",2.0
"Of Music bound my soul, how oft have I,",0.0
"Sounds more than human floating through the Sky,",1.0
"Attentive sat, while NIGHT, against her Will.",0.0
"Transported with the harmony, stood still!",3.0
"Have I, when gone, still thought the Muses there,",2.0
"Still heard their Music, and, as mute as death,",2.0
"Sat all attention, drew in every Breath,",1.0
"Lest, breathing all too rudely, I should wound,",2.0
And mar that magic excellence of sound:,1.0
"Then, Sense returning with return of Day,",1.0
"Such my Pursuits, and such my Joys of yore,",2.0
"Such were my Mates, but now my Mates no more.",2.0
"Would never haunt the cottage of the Poor,",1.0
Would never stoop to wound my homespun lays,1.0
"With some few Friends, and some small share of Praise,",1.0
"Beneath Oppression, undisturbed by Strife,",0.0
In Peace I trod the humble vale of Life.,0.0
"Farewell these scenes of ease, this tranquil state;",1.0
Welcome the troubles which on Empire wait.,2.0
"Light toys from this day forth I disavow,",4.0
"They pleased me once, but cannot suit me now;",0.0
"To common Men all common things are free,",0.0
"Called to a throne, and over a mighty land",2.0
"Ordained to rule, my head, my heart, my hand",0.0
"Are all engrossed, each private view withstood,",0.0
And tasked to labour for the Public Good;,1.0
"Be this my study, to this one great end",2.0
"May every thought, may every action tend.",0.0
"Let me the page of History turn over,",3.0
"What faithful pens of former times have wrote,",0.0
"Of former kings; what they did worthy note,",1.0
"What worthy blame, and from the sacred tomb",1.0
"Where righteous Monarchs sleep, where laurels bloom",1.0
"Unhurt by Time, let me a garland twine,",2.0
"Which, robbing not their Fame, may add to mine.",0.0
Nor let me with a vain and idle eye,1.0
"Glance over those scenes, and in a hurry fly",3.0
"Quick as a Post which travels day and night,",0.0
"Nor let me dwell there, lured by false delight,",0.0
"And, into barren theory betrayed,",1.0
Forget that Monarchs are for action made.,2.0
"When amorous SPRING, repairing all his charms,",1.0
"Calls Nature forth from hoary Winter's arms,",1.0
"Where, like a Virgin to some lecher sold,",1.0
"When the weak Flower, which, shrinking from the breath",6.0
"Of the rude North, and, timorous of Death,",3.0
"To its kind Mother Earth for shelter fled,",2.0
"And on her bosom hid its tender head,",1.0
"Peeps forth afresh, and, cheered by milder skies,",1.0
"The Hive is up in arms ' --  expert to teach,",3.0
"Nor, proudly, to be taught unwilling, each",1.0
Seems from her fellow a new zeal to catch;,2.0
"Strength in her limbs, and on her wings dispatch,",1.0
"The BEE goes forth; from herb to herb she flies,",1.0
"With treasured sweets, robbing those Flowers, which left,",6.0
"Find not themselves made poorer by the theft,",3.0
"Their scents as lively, and their looks as fair,",1.0
As if the pillager had not been there.,2.0
"Never does she flit on Pleasure's silken Wing,",3.0
"Never does she, loitering, let the bloom of Spring",2.0
Of some fair Flower indulge untimely rest.,3.0
"Never does she, drinking deep of those rich dews",1.0
"Which Chemist Night prepared, that faith abuse",0.0
"Due to the hive, and, selfish in her toils,",0.0
To her own private use convert the spoils.,1.0
"Love of the Stock first called her forth to roam,",1.0
And to the Stock she brings her booty Home.,1.0
"Be this my Pattern ' --  As becomes a King,",1.0
"Let me fly all abroad on Reason's wing,",2.0
"Let mine eye, like the Lightning, through the Earth",1.0
"Run to and fro, nor let one deed of Worth,",0.0
"In any Place and Time, nor let one Man",0.0
"Whose actions may enrich Dominion's plan,",1.0
"Escape my Note; be all, from the first day",1.0
"Of Nature to this hour, be all my prey.",1.0
"From those, whom Time at the desire of Fame",2.0
"Hath spared, let Virtue catch an equal flame;",1.0
"From those, who not in mercy, but in rage,",1.0
"And, imitating Heaven, draw Good from Ill.",0.0
Nor let these great researches in my breast,0.0
"A monument of useless labour rest,",1.0
"No ' --  let them spread ' --  the effects let GOTHAM share,",5.0
"And reap the harvest of their Monarch's care,",2.0
"Be other Times, and other Countries known,",0.0
Only to give fresh Blessings to my own.,4.0
"Let me and may that God to whom I fly,",1.0
"In this great Hour, that glorious God of Truth,",5.0
"Through whom I reign, in mercy to my youth,",1.0
"Assist my weakness, and, direct me right,",1.0
"From every speck which hangs upon the Sight,",0.0
"Purge my mind's eye, nor let one cloud remain",3.0
To spread the shades of error over my Brain,2.0
"Try Men and Things; let me, as Monarchs ought,",4.0
"Examine well on what my Power depends,",2.0
"What are the general Principles, and Ends",1.0
"Of Government, how Empire first began,",1.0
And wherefore Man was raised to reign over Man.,3.0
"Let me consider, as from one great Source",4.0
"We see a thousand rivers take their course,",0.0
"Dispersed, and into different channels led,",0.0
"Yet by their Parent still supplied and fed,",0.0
"That Government, though branched out far and wide,",1.0
In various Modes to various lands applied,4.0
"However it differs in its outward frame,",3.0
"The same her view, though different her plan,",1.0
"Her grand and general view, the Good of Man.",0.0
"Let me find out, by Reason's sacred beams,",0.0
"What System in itself most perfect seems,",1.0
To all the purposes of general use;,1.0
"Let me find too, where, by fair Reason tried,",4.0
"It fails, when to Particulars applied,",2.0
"Why in that mode all Nations do not join,",0.0
"And, chiefly, why it cannot suit with mine.",0.0
Let me the gradual Rise of empires trace,2.0
Then for when human things have made their way,0.0
"To Excellence, they hasten to decay",2.0
"Let me, while Observation lends her clue,",0.0
"Step by Step, to their quick Decline pursue,",0.0
Enabled by a chain of Facts to tell,1.0
"Not only how they rose, but how they fell.",2.0
"Which in all States from common causes grow,",0.0
"But likewise those, which by the will of Fate,",3.0
"On each peculiar mode of Empire wait,",0.0
"Which in its very Constitution lurk,",0.0
"Too sure at last, to do its destined work;",1.0
"Let me, forewarned, each Sign, each System learn,",2.0
"That I my people's danger may discern,",1.0
"Ever it's too late wished Health to reassure,",3.0
"And, if it can be found, find out a cure.",2.0
"Let me though great, grave Brothers of the gown,",2.0
"Preach all Faith up, and preach all Reason down,",1.0
"Making those jar, whom Reason meant to join,",2.0
And vesting in themselves a right divine,0.0
"Let me, through Reason's glass, with searching eye,",0.0
"Into the depth of that Religion pry,",0.0
Which Law hath sanctioned; let me find out there,0.0
"What's Form, what's Essence; what, like vagrant Air,",0.0
"We well may change; and what, without a crime,",0.0
Cannot be changed to the last Hour of Time.,2.0
"Nor let me suffer that outrageous zeal,",0.0
"Which, without knowledge, furious Bigots feel,",6.0
"The Times have been, when priests have dared to tread,",0.0
"Proud and insulting, on their Monarch's head,",4.0
"Out of the World they banished common sense,",1.0
"When some soft King, too open to deceit,",5.0
"Easy and unsuspecting, joined the cheat,",2.0
"Duped by mock Piety, and gave his name",4.0
"Fear not, my People, where no cause of fear",1.0
"Can justly rise ' --  Your King secures you here,",0.0
"Your King, who scorns the haughty prelate's nod,",0.0
"Nor deems the voice of priests, the voice of God.",0.0
Let me though Lawyers may perhaps forbid,1.0
"Their Monarch to behold what they wish hid,",2.0
Would have their trade a mystery remain,1.0
"Let me, disdaining all such slavish awe,",2.0
Dive to the very bottom of the Law;,1.0
"Let me the weak, dead letter left behind",1.0
"Search out the Principles, the Spirit find,",1.0
"Till, from the parts, made master of the whole,",3.0
I see the Constitution's very Soul.,0.0
"Let me though Statesmen will no doubt resist,",2.0
And to my eyes present a fearful lift,1.0
"Of men, whose wills are opposite to mine,",1.0
"Of men, great men, determined to resign",2.0
"Let me with firmness, which becomes a King,",0.0
"Conscious from what a source my actions spring,",1.0
"Determined not by worlds to be withstood,",0.0
"Unravel all low Ministerial scenes,",3.0
"Destroy their jobs, lay bare their ways and means,",1.0
And track them step by step; let me well know,3.0
"And why one Man of merit is forgot,",1.0
"Let me in Peace, in War, Supreme preside,",0.0
And dare to know my way without a Guide.,0.0
"Let me though Dignity, by nature proud,",1.0
"Retires from view, and swells behind a cloud,",0.0
"As if the Sun shone with less powerful ray,",6.0
"Less Grace, less Glory, shining every day;",2.0
"Though when she comes forth into public sight,",1.0
"Unbending as a Ghost, she stalks upright,",2.0
"With such an air as we have often seen,",2.0
"And often laughed at in a tragic queen,",0.0
"Let me all vain parade, all empty pride,",0.0
"All terrors of Dominion laid aside,",1.0
"All ornament, and needless helps of art,",1.0
"All those big looks, which speak a little Heart",3.0
Know which few Kings alas! have ever known,0.0
"Destroys all fear, bids Love with Reverence live,",3.0
And gives those Graces Pride can never give.,0.0
"Let the stern Tyrant keep a distant state,",3.0
"And, hating all Men, fear return of Hate,",1.0
"Conscious of Guilt, retreat behind his throne,",2.0
"Let all my Subjects have access to Me,",1.0
Be my ears open as my heart is free;,3.0
"In full, fair tide, let Information flow,",2.0
"That evil is half cured, whose cause we know.",2.0
"And thou, where ever thou art, thou wretched Thing,",2.0
"Who art afraid to look up to a King,",1.0
"Lay by thy fears ' --  make but thy grievance plain,",2.0
"And, if I not redress thee, may my Reign",2.0
Close up that very Moment ' --  to prevent,1.0
"The course of JUSTICE, from her fair intent,",1.0
"In vain my nearest, dearest friend shall plead,",0.0
"In vain my mother kneel ' --  my soul may bleed,",0.0
"But must not change ' --  When JUSTICE draws the dart,",0.0
"It's mine to give it force, to give it aim ' --",1.0
"I know it Duty, and I feel it Fame.",1.0
"MADE to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes:",2.0
"Though meek, magnanimous; though witty, wise;",1.0
"Polite, as all her life in courts had been;",0.0
"Yet good, as she the world had never seen;",1.0
"The noble fire of an exalted mind,",1.0
With gentle female tenderness combined.,2.0
"Her Speech was the melodious voice of Love,",3.0
Her Song the warbling of the vernal Grove;,1.0
"Her Eloquence was sweeter than her Song,",2.0
Her Form each beauty of her mind expressed.,1.0
Her Mind was Virtue by the Graces dressed.,1.0
The only Tribute pitying Love can pay.,2.0
"Though vain the Hope thine Anguish to assuage,",1.0
"Charm down Desire, or calm fierce Passion's Rage;",3.0
"Relief to offer, if I can't relieve;",1.0
"Near thy sick Couch with fond Concern to attend,",5.0
"Poor hapless Youth! what Words can ease thy Pain,",1.0
"When Reason pleads, and Wisdom cries in vain!",0.0
"Can feeble Verse impetuous Nature guide,",0.0
Or stem the Force of blind Affection's Tide?,0.0
"Reason, you cry, and Duty are my Foes:",3.0
"Religion's Dictates ineffectual prove,",3.0
"What art Thou, Love? Thou strange mysterious Ill,",2.0
"From careless Sloth thy dull Existence flows,",0.0
And feeds the Fountain whence itself arose:,0.0
"Silent its Waves with baleful Influence roll,",4.0
"Damp the young Mind, and sink the aspiring Soul",4.0
"Poison its Virtues, all its Powers restrain,",4.0
And blast the Promise of the future Man.,1.0
"To Thee, cursed Fiend, the captive Wretch consigned,",2.0
"His Passions rampant, and his Reason blind,",1.0
And place a Foolish Idol in its Throne:,0.0
"At thy Desire he bids a Creature shine,",1.0
He decks a Worm with Attributes Divine;,0.0
"Hers to Angelic Beauties dares prefer,",2.0
Angels are painted fair to look like Her!,2.0
Adores the Idol that Himself has made:,0.0
"From her Almighty Breath his Doom receives,",1.0
"Dies by her Frown, as by her Smile he lives.",1.0
"To her he bows, from her expects his Fate,",2.0
"Heaven in her Love, Damnation in her Hate.",0.0
"Where Lust lights up a black, polluted Flame;",1.0
"Where Sighs impure, as impious Incense rise,",3.0
"Himself the Priest, his Heart the Sacrifice:",0.0
And thus GOD's Sacred Word his Horrid Prayer supplies.,1.0
"Centre of All Perfection, Source of Bliss,",2.0
"In whom thy Creature lives and moves and is,",0.0
"Save, or I perish! hear my humble Prayer,",0.0
Spare thy poor Servant ' --  OH in Mercy spare.,3.0
"Thou art my Joy, on Thee depends my Trust,",1.0
"Hide not thy Face, nor frown me into Dust.",0.0
"Send forth thy Breath, and raised again I see",1.0
"My Joy, my Life, my Final Bliss in Thee.",0.0
"For Thee I Am: for Thee I All resign,",2.0
"Be Thou my One thing Needful, Ever Mine!",5.0
Nor wound with Rant profane the Christian Ear:,0.0
"A just Abhorrence in my Friend I see,",0.0
"He starts from Love, when Love's Idolatry.",1.0
"Give me thy Heart, if the Creator cries,",1.0
"It's given the Creature, What bold Wretch replies?",3.0
"Not so my Friend ' --  he wakes, he breathes again,",0.0
And Reason takes once more the slackened Rein.,1.0
"In vain rebellious Nature claims a Part,",0.0
"When Heaven requires, he gives up All his Heart:",0.0
"For Love Divine no Partnership allows,",1.0
And Heaven averse rejects divided Vows,0.0
Nor lets her Power exceed Omnipotence.,3.0
"Commands his GOD, Cut off the offending Hand?",4.0
"He hears, Obedient to his GOD's Command:",1.0
"He tears, and casts the bleeding Orb away.",0.0
"Victorious now to Nobler Joys aspires,",4.0
"His Bosom, touched with more than Earthly Fires:",0.0
"He leaves rough Passion for calm Virtue's Road,",3.0
"Gives Earth for Heaven, and quits a Worm for GOD.",1.0
"To some cool shade Philander haste away,",4.0
So softly plays among the bordering trees.,2.0
"Beneath yonder spreading elm let's rest a while,",6.0
And with our songs the tedious hours beguile:,3.0
OH Damon! how insipid is thy theme?,3.0
Nor can the fairest nymph enslave my heart;,1.0
This gewgaw train can never my thoughts employ;,2.0
Such would dispel but can't augment my joy.,0.0
"I'll sing the beauties of the breathing spring,",1.0
The treasures Autumn to my barns will bring.,1.0
"To notes of transport ever tune my reed,",0.0
While on the plains my numerous flocks I feed.,2.0
Let Damon's breast such trivial joys disdain;,3.0
"What though my barns were with abundance stored,",1.0
And generous nectar ever graced my board?,2.0
"OH Delia! sweeter than the opening dawn,",4.0
More bright than rays that cheer the dewy lawn.,0.0
"Her sparkling eye the orient gem outshines,",3.0
"In easy curls, waves gently in the air.",1.0
Her coral lips ambrosial sweets retain;,0.0
She rivals Juno in her air and mien;,0.0
"She far exceeds what ancient painters drew,",0.0
Such excellence might grace a prince's arms;,1.0
Yet this must yield to her interior charms.,3.0
In her fair bosom virtue bears the sway;,2.0
"Truth, innocence, and modesty combine",3.0
"Hold, hold, dear Damon, sure too much is said;",3.0
"Recount her virtues, and, with partial eyes,",1.0
Admire in her what others would despise.,1.0
"A sad delirium sure has seized thy brain,",2.0
"Which makes thee fancy what the poets feign,",0.0
"Of love, and such like vain fantastic whims,",1.0
"It's wild chimera all, and idle dreams.",0.0
And dost thou doubt of such a thing as love?,1.0
"If once thy breast, like mine, the smart should prove,",1.0
"More than is painted by the poet's art,",1.0
In genuine colours will affect thy heart.,3.0
But wherefore now contemn my rural lays?,0.0
"Does she thy favours treat with disrespect,",3.0
Which makes thee now all other maids neglect!,0.0
"Lucretia still appears in all her charms,",0.0
"What she possesses yields most solid joy,",1.0
"Since bags of wealth buy pleasures never can cloy,",3.0
These beauties catch; they set my heart on fire;,0.0
"Her farm, her flocks, are all I do admire:",0.0
"Her darts are powerful, of a yellowish hue,",3.0
"Her striking beauty in full bloom appears,",1.0
At the dull period of full fifty years:,6.0
"Then Delia will no admiration claim,",2.0
But dear Lucretia ever is the same.,1.0
"For this you love her; now I truly find,",1.0
That none but gilded cords your heart can bind;,0.0
Nor wit nor beauty can obtain your vow;,1.0
Vain would the attempts of either be to hold,1.0
"My amorous heart, without the force of gold:",2.0
"Beauty an empty trifle still I deem,",2.0
"A childish toy, unworthy of esteem.",1.0
Its gaudy foliage may attract the eye;,1.0
But as the tulip it will fade and die:,2.0
But men of sense can ruby lips despise.,0.0
"And what is wit? a giddy fluttering thing,",2.0
Which can no real satisfaction bring.,1.0
"A thousand ills attend his wretched life,",0.0
Whose dear companion is a witty wife:,1.0
"Still she is right, and ever in the wrong,",0.0
Such elocution dwells upon her tongue.,0.0
"But if assisted by the Muse's skill,",2.0
He sure may dread the poison of her quill;,1.0
"She with keen satire lashes all around,",1.0
And with the rest her husband feels the wound.,1.0
"Should poverty, by sudden threats alarm,",1.0
Can wit with all its power now prove a charm?,3.0
"The fairest flowers Parnassus ere could boast,",3.0
Yield to the treasures of the golden coast.,1.0
"The maid who comes fraught with that precious over,",2.0
"Brings virtue, wit, and beauty all in store;",1.0
"This gives the pallid cheek a crimson glow,",0.0
The tawny skin the tincture of the snow.,1.0
This makes the dwarf complete in every part:,0.0
She wounds most sure who throws the golden dart.,0.0
"Short of one foot, distorted of one eye,",1.0
"Struck by its lustre, no defects I spy.",0.0
Thus does Philander waste his wits to prove,4.0
A happy marriage destitute of love.,0.0
"Gold, cursed gold, the bane of every bliss,",1.0
"Thy summum bonum, all thy happiness.",1.0
"Say, to what purpose do thy words avail?",0.0
Beauty and wit to give us joy may fail.,2.0
"Wit cease to please, and beauty may decay,",2.0
Riches make wings and swiftly fly away;,3.0
"Deprived of all, what will Philander say?",2.0
"But to secure thee of thy darling's charms,",2.0
"Go to the mines, and lodge within her arms;",0.0
"Enfold thy mistress in a fond embrace,",0.0
For ever banished from the shepherd race.,1.0
Nor quit thy mansion till thou breathe thy last:,1.0
Such sordid souls no social joys should taste.,1.0
"Blessed with my Delia on this happy plain,",1.0
"Where peace and pleasure in perfection reign,",0.0
"I'll more serenely pass life's hours away,",1.0
"Than without her, though crowned with princely sway.",1.0
To please my charmer all my care shall be;,0.0
Can I be wretched when she smiles on me?,1.0
"But we must go, our fleecy charge attend.",1.0
"The maid whose real charms the heart can hold,",3.0
Must not be deemed one whit the worse for gold.,0.0
"WIth swelling thoughts fixed on his great intent,",2.0
And to his radiant Father's Palace came;,1.0
On Stately Pedestals erected high,1.0
Above the Convex of the utmost Sky:,3.0
"Its Glorious Front, dazzled, yet pleased the sight,",4.0
"The entrance, all divinely decked, was wrought,",0.0
Beyond the invention of a humane thought;,6.0
"With various figures exquisite and bold,",3.0
As the Amazing Novelties they told.,2.0
"Here awful Neptune rises from the deep,",1.0
Around the peaceful Billows seem to sleep:,0.0
And raise a Silver Tempest as they glide:,1.0
"Wide from the Shore a pleasant scene of Land,",0.0
With careless Beauty did it self expand:,0.0
"Here Mountains, Valleys, Springs, and Sacred Groves,",0.0
Had here their Rural Palaces and Lawns.,1.0
"Here sat in Purple the Bright God of Day,",2.0
"Smooth were his Cheeks, most lovely eyes, his brows",0.0
"Adorned with rays, and his own sacred boughs:",1.0
"Around, the days, the months, and years attend,",0.0
"While, at his feet, the crooked Ages bend:",0.0
"Stood smiling by, clad in a Flowery Vest:",5.0
"Summer, with Ears of Corn, her temples bound,",2.0
And Autumn with Luxuriant Clusters crowned:,3.0
"His Aspect horrid, and congealed his blood.",2.0
"Surrounded thus with Majesty and State,",1.0
"Amazed! demands, What urged his enterprise?",0.0
And what great Embassy could bring him to the Skies?,3.0
"Monarch of Light, the doubtful Youth returns,",1.0
Whose absence Life it self and Nature mourns:,0.0
"Most splendid Ruler of the welcome Day,",1.0
If bolder I may speak ' --  if before ' --  if before,3.0
"' --  Then grant a certain sign, that may on Earth",1.0
"Resolve the questioned grandeur of my Birth,",2.0
And back he casts the radiant Energy,1.0
And doubt no longer my Paternal rights;,2.0
"For, by my Clymene, by the Intense delights",2.0
"That gave thee Birth, so ' --  now choose a sign,",3.0
And by the Dark Infernal Lake it's thine.,1.0
Straight the ambitious youth demands the sway,2.0
"Of his hot Steeds, and Chariot of the Day.",3.0
"Amazed, the lucent Deity shook his head,",2.0
"Revolving his Tremendous Oath, and said;",1.0
"Kerb my fierce Steeds, and pass the Intemperate Zone?",6.0
"So hard and difficult, the ascent of day",3.0
Scarce with fresh Horses vanquish I the way:,4.0
"With horror, on the distant Earth at Noon,",1.0
The steep Descent; from thence we swiftly roll:,0.0
"Even Lovely Thetis sees my Fall with dread,",0.0
Though every Night she expects me to her Bed.,3.0
From the encountering Motions of the Stars;,4.0
Scarce our Immortal Efforts stem their force:,2.0
"Betwixt the Bulls sharp horns then lies thy course,",1.0
"The Ghastly Crab, and Leo's dreadful Jaws.",0.0
"Expect no Groves, nor Flowery Mansions there,",4.0
"Nor Gods, nor Nymphs; but Monsters every where,",0.0
"Then let a Father's timely Care persuade,",0.0
"Be wise, and urge no more this fatal Sign;",1.0
"Alas, my Grief, too sadly, speaks thee Mine.",1.0
Or Treasures which in upper Air abide;,0.0
"And, by my former Sacred Oath, it's thine.",1.0
"But the hot Youth, fixed on his rash design,",1.0
"With such an Enterprise, the more inflamed",1.0
"His anxious Father's Oath, now boldly claimed,",1.0
Who forced to yield. The nimble hours soon brought,1.0
"By crafty Vulcan, and the Cyclops Art,",2.0
Bright as those Lucid Tracts in which they rolled:,0.0
And twinkling sparks of wondrous coloured Lights.,0.0
"But now Aurora from her Eastern Bed,",1.0
"Had, over the Expanse her Dewy Mantle spread,",1.0
The Sickly Moon the Hemisphere resigns;,0.0
"And, with her Waning, Lucifer declines.",2.0
"The Dawning grew more fair and ruddy still,",0.0
"With Sacred Compounds his fierce Orb alleys,",3.0
Then crowns the Joyful Hero with his Rays:,1.0
"With tender Speeches cautioned thus the while,",0.0
"Let not Presumption thy fond Thoughts beguile,",3.0
"To give my hot unruly Steeds their course,",0.0
"But use the Reins, with utmost care and force,",1.0
"Along a beaten, broad, and oblique way,",3.0
"Far from the Poles, now lies the Road of Day.",1.0
"Avoid the Altar, and the hissing Snake,",1.0
"Both opposite, betwixt them keep the Track;",2.0
"Observe a careful distance from the Skies,",1.0
Lest thou affront the awful Deities;,2.0
"Nor near the Earth approach, the mean is best;",0.0
To Destiny with hope I leave the rest.,1.0
Resigns her Empire to the expected Light.,2.0
"Take up the Reins; or yet, or yet be wise,",0.0
"Undaunted, leaps into the Blazing Seat;",0.0
"Pleased with his glorious charge, nor doubts his Skill",2.0
"Aloud the Immortal Steeds begin to Neigh,",2.0
"And strike their Fiery Hoofs, and make new Day;",3.0
As through she clouds they cut their sparkling way:,1.0
And finding now the Reeling Chariot fraught,2.0
"Its feeble Cheques, and trembling Guide disdain;",0.0
"And, all disordered, careless of their way,",1.0
"Through Paths unknown to Sol himself, they stray:",0.0
Implored more Temperate Quarters in the Main,0.0
"With Heat revived, see the fierce Serpent roll,",3.0
Though fixed his Station near the Frozen Pole.,0.0
"A nimble pace; untried before by them,",0.0
"Black horror now, and aggravating fear,",1.0
Through all his Conscious thoughts triumphant were:,1.0
"He Cursed his Pride, conspicuous Seat, and Birth,",2.0
"Unknown to Gods and Men, would please him now;",0.0
"So, all confused, the hopeless Pilot Raves,",0.0
"And yields, at last, to the relentless Waves.",1.0
What can he do? much of the Glowing East,1.0
That dangerous Fall; nor one clear Track can fined,4.0
In Heaven; nor call his Horses Names to mind:,0.0
"Who now near where the dreadful Scorpion lay,",2.0
"Proud of the Reins, which from his trembling hands",1.0
"Now faintly drop, no obstacle withstands",3.0
Their furious course; but through the blazing Sky,3.0
"They foam, and rave, and all disordered fly.",0.0
"Below, her own Diana from afar,",1.0
"With wonder, views her radiant Brothers Car:",0.0
"The exhaled Earth down to its Centre dry,",3.0
"Wants Juice, her fainting Products to supply:",2.0
"Assaulted with the too prevailing rays,",1.0
"In fatal Flames, whole Towns and Mountains blaze:",1.0
Of pleasant Ida into Cinders drop:,0.0
"Parnassus, smoke up to the darkened Sky:",2.0
Her kindling Grove; fair Aphrodites mourns.,1.0
"With Ossa, in the conflagration shine:",0.0
"Despair within, and Terror all without,",0.0
"Gasping, and saint, still hurried round, nor more,",3.0
"Though propped by Fate, a Mortal could have bore:",0.0
"They say, the Ethiopians now with heat",2.0
And all the wasted Fountains sadly ring,0.0
"Euphrates, Torrents, half exhausted are.",1.0
"The Muses Mourn; their Swans, who, as they die",1.0
"In Charming Notes, breath their own Elegy:",3.0
"Deep, in his utmost Subterranean Bed,",4.0
"Earth cracks, to Hell descend the hated beams,",1.0
And Plague the howling Ghosts with worse extremes:,0.0
The exhausted Ocean leaves a Field of Sand;,1.0
Nor does vexed Neptune one cool Wave command.,3.0
"He has lost his share of the grand Monarchy,",4.0
"The Lovely Sisters melt upon the Rocks,",0.0
"In scalding streams, to keep themselves alive.",0.0
"As much the Goddess of the Earth distressed,",1.0
With trembling Lips the King of Gods addressed;,0.0
"If thou the Groaning World's Destruction mean,",1.0
If thou the cause of this Calamity;,3.0
Or if it's some less potent God then thee:,2.0
Have I for this thy Sacred Victims fed,1.0
"Those Altars, which with thy bright Temples smoke,",2.0
And lo the Mighty Poles begin to fume;,0.0
"But, fainting here, she stopped, and shrinks her head",0.0
Below the gloomy Lodgings of the Dead.,1.0
"Too fond of Glory, had this Mischief done:",1.0
"To view the dreadful flames; then mounts on high,",0.0
"From whence he used to shade the sultry Air,",0.0
And with kind Showers the Parched Earth to cheer:,4.0
"But throws his Floodgates open now in vain,",1.0
And pressed the light transparent clouds for Rain:,0.0
"At which incensed, his ruddy Thunder glows,",1.0
Nor durst the God of beams himself oppose.,0.0
"See the winged Vengeance now, see where it breaks,",4.0
On the rash cause of those lamented Wrecks;,3.0
To the scorched Earth from his affected Throne:,3.0
"So strike the Gallic Tyrant, that has hurled",0.0
As guilty flames through the complaining World.,1.0
"And all his Aims, and all his Hopes defeat.",0.0
"Awhile suspend your violence, and waft",1.0
"Safe over the unruffled main; let every thought,",3.0
"Which may disquiet, and alarm my breast,",2.0
"Be absent now; that, dispossessed of care,",0.0
"And free from every tumult of the mind,",1.0
"With each disturbing passion hushed to peace,",0.0
"I may pour all my spirit on the theme,",1.0
"Which opens now before me, and demands",1.0
"Beyond the clouds, the fleecy robes of heaven,",0.0
"Disdains all objects but the golden sun,",1.0
And sails exulting through the blaze of day;,1.0
"So, while her wing attempts the boldest flight,",0.0
"Rejecting each inferior theme of praise,",2.0
"Fair seat of wealth and freedom, thee my Muse",2.0
"Shall celebrate, OH London: thee she hails.",2.0
"Thou loved abode of Commerce, last retreat,",0.0
Whence she contemplates with a tranquil mind,0.0
Her various wanderings from the fated hour,3.0
"Illustrious nymph, that named the fertile plains",2.0
"Along the sounding main extended far,",0.0
"Which flowery Carmel with its sweet perfumes,",1.0
"Her from the bottom of the watery world,",4.0
"As once she stood, in radiant beauties graced,",0.0
"To mark the heaving tide, the piercing eye",0.0
"The God ascending rushes to the beach,",1.0
Nine times her monthly progress had renewed,2.0
"There paced with painful steps the barren sands,",0.0
"A solitary mourner, and the surge,",1.0
"Which gently rolled beside her, now no more",1.0
"With placid eyes beholding, thus exclaimed.",0.0
"You fragrant shrubs and cedars, lofty shade,",0.0
"Which crown my native hills, you spreading palms,",0.0
"That rise majestic on these fruitful meads,",1.0
"And you, who bear the endearing name of friends,",3.0
"Bent down with pain and anguish on thy sands,",1.0
"She ceased, when sudden from the enclosing deep",3.0
"A crystal car emerged, with glittering shells,",2.0
"And blushing coral decked, whose ruddy glow",0.0
Mixed with the watery lustre of the pearl.,3.0
"A smiling band of sea-born nymphs attend,",1.0
Who from the shore with gentle hands convey,0.0
The lucid chariot place. As there with dread,3.0
"All mute, and struggling with her painful throes",1.0
Were silent round her; not a zephyr dared,0.0
"To wanton over the cedar's branching top,",2.0
Nor on the plain the stately palm was seen,1.0
"But all was hushed and motionless around,",1.0
Along the level azure by the strength,1.0
"Glides over the brow of darkness, and appears",4.0
The livid ruins of a falling star.,1.0
"While it was now the infancy of time,",1.0
"With all the nymphs, whose secret care had nursed",0.0
The eldest Bacchus. From the flowery shore,3.0
While on its sloping sides ascends the pride,0.0
"Half round a spacious lawn at length expands,",0.0
"With azure, purple, and ten thousand dies,",2.0
From its resplendent fragments beaming round;,1.0
Nor less irradiate colours from beneath,2.0
As down the perforated rock the sun,1.0
Pours his meridian blaze! revered abode,4.0
"Glow on the mead, and spicy shrubs perfume",0.0
Which breathes incessant there; while every bird,1.0
Of tuneful note his gay or plaintive song,0.0
"Blends with the warble of meandering streams,",3.0
"Soon as the wondrous infant sprung to day,",0.0
"Earth rocked around; with all their nodding woods,",1.0
"And streams reverting to their troubled source,",1.0
"Mysterious Ammon, from his hollow cell",3.0
"To earth, and sea, the mighty birth proclaimed.",0.0
A newborn power behold! whom Fate hath called,2.0
The Gods' imperfect labour to complete,1.0
This wide creation. She in lonely sands,1.0
"The barren sea shall people, and the wilds",1.0
Of dreary nature shall with plenty cloth;,0.0
And with endearing intercourse unite,2.0
"Remotest nations, scorched by sultry suns,",0.0
"Wherever the joyous vine disdains to grow,",2.0
"The fruitful olive, or the golden ear;",1.0
To every climate shall the gifts supply,0.0
The heavenly prophet ceased. Olympus heard.,2.0
The ocean's lord to honour in his child;,0.0
When over his offspring smiling thus began,3.0
To thee I give the empire of the main.,2.0
"From where the morning breathes its eastern gale,",0.0
"To the undiscovered limits of the West,",1.0
Thy sire's obsequious billows shall extend,2.0
Thy universal reign. Minerva next,0.0
"With wisdom blessed her, Mercury with art,",1.0
"Majestic Phoebus, over the infant long",2.0
"In contemplation pausing, thus declared",0.0
"Thee with divine invention I endow,",2.0
"That secret wonder, Goddess, to disclose,",1.0
"By which the wise, the virtuous, and the brave,",1.0
Shall pass recorded to the verge of time.,1.0
"Her years of childhood now were numbered over,",1.0
When to her mother's natal soil repaired,0.0
"The new divinity, whose parting step",1.0
"Her sacred nurses followed, ever now",0.0
To her alone inseparably joined;,2.0
To spread their hoarded blessings round the world;,0.0
"Thy all enlivening progress over the globe,",5.0
"From one, like thee, distinguished but the gifts",3.0
From the dire vase released the imprisoned woes.,2.0
"In horrid rocks, and solitary woods,",0.0
The helpless wanderer man forlorn and wild,2.0
"The deep foundations, where the future pride",0.0
"Of mightiest cities rose, and over the main",4.0
Then all the latent and mysterious powers,3.0
"For man, still urging thy inventive mind,",2.0
"Which lifts the ennobled spirit near to heaven,",2.0
"Laws, learning, wisdom, nature's works revealed",1.0
"Of Virtue sounding from the historic roll,",3.0
"The philosophic page, and poet's song.",0.0
Now solitude and silence from the shores,2.0
"Barbarity is polished, infant arts",1.0
"His waves extends, embracing Egypt round,",0.0
"Thus, when Pygmalion from Phoenician Tyre",3.0
"Had banished freedom, with disdainful steps",1.0
"Indignant Commerce, turning from the walls",1.0
"Herself had raised, her welcome sway enlarged",0.0
"Among the nations, spreading round the globe",0.0
"Of sumptuous Corinth, and the ample round",3.0
The irreversible decrees of heaven,1.0
To far more northern regions had ordained,0.0
Thy lasting seat; in vain the imperial port,4.0
Receives the gathered riches of the world;,1.0
In vain whole climates bow beneath its rule;,1.0
Behold the toil of centuries to Rome,1.0
"What though the potent Hanseatic league,",0.0
"The sad remembrance; what though, led through climes",0.0
"And seas unknown, with thee the adventurous sons",3.0
"Beneath thy smiles, and thou propitious there",2.0
"Till from the sandy mouths of echoing Rhine,",3.0
With sudden roar the angry voice of war,0.0
"Lo! in bright arms a bold militia stood,",3.0
"The snowy ridge of Apennine, the fields",0.0
And rapid Ebro gathering all their powers,2.0
To crush this daring populace. The pride,1.0
Of fiercest kings with more inflamed revenge,0.0
And Rome's stern offspring none hath ever surpassed,4.0
"For liberty, or death. At once the thought",1.0
"And ardent, Goddess, thou dost speed to save",1.0
"The generous people. Not the vernal showers,",2.0
"Distilling copious from the morning clouds,",1.0
"Descend more kindly on the tender flower,",1.0
"Newborn and opening on the lap of Spring,",3.0
"Than on this rising state thy cheering smile,",1.0
"And animating presence; while on Spain,",0.0
"Prophetic thus, thy indignation broke.",0.0
Disgrace of Europe! for inhuman deeds,1.0
And insolence renowned! what demon led,1.0
"Thee first to plough the undiscovered surge,",0.0
"With more than savage thirst of blood the arts,",0.0
"By me for gentlest intercourse ordained,",3.0
"For mutual aids, and hospitable ties",6.0
"From shore to shore? Or, that pernicious hour,",0.0
"Was heaven disgusted with its wondrous works,",1.0
That to thy fell exterminating hand,0.0
"The immense Peruvian empire it resigned,",4.0
"The smiling fields of Europe, and extend",1.0
Thy bloody shackles over these happy seats,2.0
"Of liberty? Presumptuous nation, learn,",3.0
"From this dire period shall thy glories fade,",1.0
"Even those, whom now thy impious pride would bind",4.0
"In servile chains, hereafter shall support",0.0
Thy weakened throne; when heaven's afflicting hand,2.0
Thy insolence and cruelty remain.,2.0
"Thus with her clouded visage, wrapped in frowns,",0.0
"The Goddess threatened, and the daring train",1.0
"Despising fortune, from repeated foils",1.0
"More fierce, and braving Famine's keenest rage,",0.0
"On tributary Java, and the shores",1.0
"Their fragrant stores of cinnamon resigned,",1.0
Their spicy groves. And OH whatever coast,1.0
"The Belgians trace, wherever their power is spread,",4.0
"Still thither be extended thy renown,",2.0
"OH William, pride of Orange, and adored",2.0
"Thy virtues, which disdaining life, or wealth,",0.0
"Or empire, whether in thy dawn of youth,",0.0
"Thy glorious noon of manhood, or the night,",4.0
Besides the public owned. And dear to fame,0.0
"Your laurel strow around this hero's urn,",0.0
"Whom fond Minerva graced with all her arts,",0.0
"Alike in letters and in arms to shine,",1.0
With massacre yet reeking from the streets,2.0
"With Famine his companion, won, subdued",1.0
"In outward form, with patient virtue stood",0.0
Superior to despair; the heavenly Nine,5.0
His suffering soul with great examples cheered,0.0
Who with melodious praise to noblest deeds,3.0
With animating verse the Spartan hopes;,0.0
"Whose sacred brows the tragic ivy twined,",0.0
Mixed with the warrior's laurel; all surpassed,0.0
Among the mightiest on the brightest roll,1.0
"Of fame they shone, by splendid wealth and power",0.0
Graced and supported; thus a genial soil,2.0
"Affords it strength to flourish, till at last",1.0
It rears amid the proudest of the grove.,1.0
Yet here the eternal sates thy last retreat,1.0
"Deny, a mightier nation they prepare",3.0
"For thy reception, sufferers alike",2.0
By the unremitted insolence of power,2.0
"From reign to reign, nor less than Belgium known",0.0
"For bold contention oft on crimson fields,",0.0
"To circumscribe, or conquering to depose",3.0
"The joy of freedom, dread of treacherous kings,",2.0
"The destined mistress of the subject main,",1.0
"Thy presence, Goddess. It was now the time,",1.0
"The sacred senate, and with impious feet",4.0
"Tread on the powers of magistrates and laws,",2.0
"While every arm was chilled with cold amaze,",0.0
"Of pale Iberia, of submissive Gaul,",3.0
"OH ever faithful, vigilant, and brave,",2.0
"The Goddess drew, where grateful she bestowed",1.0
"The unbounded empire of her father's floods,",2.0
"And chose thee, London, for her chief abode,",1.0
"Pleased with the silver Thames, its gentle stream,",0.0
"Overlook his lucid bosom; pleased with thee,",0.0
"Thou nurse of arts, and thy industrious race;",3.0
"Pleased with their candid manners, with their free",1.0
And zeal for knowledge; hence the opening mind,2.0
Of blind Opinion; Merit hence is heard,0.0
"Amid its blushes, dawning arts arise,",0.0
"The gloomy clouds, which ignorance or fear",1.0
"Spread over the paths of Virtue, are dispelled,",4.0
"Servility retires, and every heart",1.0
"With public cares is warmed; thy merchant's hence,",0.0
"Illustrious city, thou dost raise to fame:",3.0
From earliest annals down to Sir John Barnard. Barnard's times!,4.0
"And, OH! if like that eloquence divine,",1.0
"And her insulted majesty he poured,",2.0
"These humble measures flowed, then too thy walls",0.0
"His lyre, and pays his grateful song to thee,",0.0
"Continue still to hear my vows, and bless",0.0
"My honourable industry, which courts",3.0
No other smile but thine; for thou alone,3.0
"Nor yet exclude contemplative repose,",1.0
But to my dwelling grant the solemn calm,1.0
"Of learnt leisure, never to reject",3.0
"The visitation of the tuneful Maids,",1.0
"Who seldom deign to leave their sacred haunts,",0.0
And grace a mortal mansion; thou divide,1.0
"And, all devoted to my midnight lamp,",2.0
"Even now, when Albion over the foaming breast",4.0
"I grasp the sounding shell, prepared to sing",0.0
"Celestial fires descending on my breast,",1.0
"Why, though derived from Neptune, though revered",2.0
"Among the nations, by the Gods endowed,",1.0
Thou never yet from eldest times hast found,0.0
One permanent abode; why oft expelled,1.0
Thy wandering steps; why London late hath seen,2.0
"The Ethereal Train, in honour to thy sire,",3.0
"Showered on thy birth their blended gifts, the Power",1.0
"Thy sons relinquished arms, on other arts",0.0
"Intent, and still to mercenary hands",0.0
"The sword entrusting, vainly deemed, that wealth",0.0
"Could purchase lasting safety, and protect",1.0
"Were passed, their long impenetrable snows",1.0
"And dreary torrents; swollen with Roman dead,",2.0
"Enlarged, while still undisciplined, dismayed,",1.0
Her head commercial Carthage bowed at last,0.0
To military Rome: the unaltered will,3.0
"Of heaven in every climate hath ordained,",0.0
"The sword, and steel shall ever conquer gold.",0.0
Then from thy sufferings learn; the auspicious hour,2.0
Now smiles; our wary magistrates have armed,1.0
"Our hands; thou, Goddess, animate our breasts",0.0
"That once again, in bright battalions ranged,",0.0
Our thousands and ten thousands may be seen,3.0
Of wild Ambition. Mark the Swedish hind;,0.0
"He, on his native soil should danger lour,",1.0
Would rise to arms; and other fields and chiefs,0.0
The admiration of the northern world:,1.0
"Securely resting on her faithful shield,",1.0
"Looks down with scorn on spacious realms, which groan",0.0
"In servitude around her, and, her sword",1.0
"The Austrian eagle, and imperious Gaul:",5.0
"Over hills of slain by ardent Rupert led,",0.0
"Whose dreaded standard Victory had waved,",1.0
"Till then triumphant, there with noblest blood",1.0
From their gored squadrons died the restive spear,2.0
"Shall we be now more timid, when behold,",0.0
"The blackening storm now gathers round our heads,",1.0
And England's angry Genius sounds to arms?,0.0
"For thee, remember, is the banner spread;",2.0
The naval tower to vindicate thy rights,3.0
Will sweep the curling foam; the thundering bomb,2.0
"For thee our dire volcano's of the main,",2.0
"Impregnated with horror, soon will pour",5.0
Their flaming ruin round each hostile fleet:,0.0
"Thou then, great Goddess, summon all thy powers,",1.0
"Arm all thy sons, thy vassals, every heart",0.0
"You mariners of Britain, chosen train",1.0
"Of Liberty and Commerce, now no more",2.0
Of injured Albion; to her foes present,1.0
The seas and clouds: though long in silence hushed,0.0
Hath slept the British thunder; though the pride,1.0
Of weak Iberia hath forgot the roar;,2.0
"Soon shall her ancient terrors be recalled,",0.0
Anon shall visit your triumphant isle.,1.0
And that perpetual safety may possess,3.0
"Over this illustrious city, teach her sons",3.0
To wield the noble instruments of war;,1.0
And let the great example soon extend,0.0
"Through every province, till Britannia sees",3.0
Her docile millions fill the martial plain.,0.0
"Then, whatsoever our terrors now suggest",2.0
Of desolation and the invading sword;,3.0
"A newborn isthmus from the British deep,",1.0
And to its parent continent rejoined,2.0
"His powerful crescent with the hostile Gaul,",3.0
"And that new Cyrus of the conquered East,",2.0
"The Ganges and Euphrates, could advance",1.0
"For children, parents, friends, for England fired,",0.0
"Her liberty, her honour, should sustain",3.0
The immense array; thus even the lightest thought,4.0
"Must die the moment, that auspicious Mars",0.0
Her sons shall bless with discipline and arms;,1.0
"That exiled race, in superstition nursed,",1.0
With distant gaze despairing shall behold,0.0
"Still from their abdicated sway estranged,",0.0
"Priests, ignorance, and bonds; with watchful step",2.0
"Gigantic Terror, striding round our coast,",0.0
"Shall shake his gorgon aegis, and the hearts",1.0
"Our angry fleets, when insolence and wrongs",1.0
"To arms awaken our vindictive power,",1.0
Shall bear the hideous waste of ruthless war;,2.0
"But liberty, security, and fame",2.0
Shall dwell for ever on our chosen plains.,1.0
"IT'S strange, the Miser should his Cares employ",0.0
To gain those Riches he can never enjoy:,3.0
"Is it less strange, the Prodigal should waste",3.0
His Wealth to purchase what he never can taste?,2.0
"Not for himself he sees, or hears, or eats;",1.0
"Artists must choose his Pictures, Music, Meats:",2.0
"He buys for Topham Drawings and Designs,",1.0
"For Fountain Statues, and for Curio Coins,",3.0
"And Books for Mead, and Rarities for Sloan.",1.0
Think we all these are for himself? no more,2.0
Than his fine Wife my Lord or finer Whore.,2.0
Only to show how many Tastes he wanted.,2.0
"Some Daemon whispered, Knights should have a Taste.",0.0
"Heaven visits with a Taste the wealthy Fool,",1.0
"A standing Sermon! at each Year's expense,",0.0
"Oft have have you hinted to your Brother Peer,",1.0
"A certain Truth, which many buy too dear:",1.0
"Something there is, more needful than Expense,",2.0
And something previous even to Taste ' --  It's Sense;,4.0
"Good Sense, which only is the Gift of Heaven,",1.0
"And though no Science, fairly worth the Seven.",2.0
"A Light, which in yourself you must perceive;",0.0
"To build, to plant, whatever you intend,",2.0
"To rear the Column, or the Arch to bend,",1.0
"In all, let Nature never be forgot.",1.0
"Consult the Genius of the Place in all,",1.0
"That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall,",1.0
"Or helps the ambitious Hill the Heavens to scale,",4.0
"Or scoops in circling Theatres the Vale,",1.0
"Calls in the Country, catches opening Glades,",2.0
"Joins willing Woods, and varies Shades from Shades,",1.0
"Now breaks, or now directs, the intending Lines;",3.0
"Paints as you plant, and as you work, Designs.",1.0
"Begin with Sense, of every Art the Soul,",0.0
"Parts answering Parts, shall slide into a Whole,",3.0
"Spontaneous Beauties all around advance,",2.0
"Start, even from Difficulty, strike, from Chance;",3.0
Nature shall join you; Time shall make it grow,2.0
"Without it, proud Versailles! thy Glory falls,",0.0
"Lo! Bridgman comes, and floats them with a Lake:",2.0
"Or cut wide Views through Mountains to the Plain,",2.0
"The Wood supports the Plain; the Parts unite,",1.0
And strength of Shade contends with strength of Light;,0.0
He finds at last he better likes a Field.,0.0
"Or sat delighted in the thickening Shade,",0.0
And see the stretching Branches long to meet!,0.0
"His Son's fine Taste an opener Vista loves,",3.0
"One boundless Green or flourished Carpet views,",0.0
The thriving Plants ignoble Broomsticks made,1.0
Now sweep those Allies they were born to shade.,2.0
"Yet hence the Poor are clothed, the Hungry fed;",0.0
"Health to himself, and to his Infants Bread",3.0
Thy charitable Vanity supplies.,2.0
Another Age shall see the golden Ear,0.0
"Deep Harvests bury all thy Pride has planned,",1.0
"Where all cry out, What Sums are thrown away!",0.0
"So proud, so grand, of that stupendous Air,",0.0
Soft and Agreeable come never there.,5.0
"Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a Draught",3.0
"To compass this, his Building is a Town,",2.0
Who but must laugh the Master when he sees?,0.0
"A puny Insect, shivering at a Breeze!",2.0
Two Cupids squirt before: A Lake behind,1.0
"His Gardens next your Admiration call,",0.0
"On every side you look, behold the Wall!",0.0
"No pleasing Intricacies intervene,",2.0
No artful Wildness to perplex the Scene:,2.0
"Grove nods at Grove, each Ally has a Brother,",1.0
And half the Platform just reflects the other.,1.0
"The suffering Eye inverted Nature sees,",0.0
"Trees cut to Statues, Statues thick as Trees,",3.0
"With here a Fountain, never to be played,",1.0
"Behold! my Lord advances over the Green,",2.0
"Smit with the mighty pleasure, to be seen:",1.0
But soft ' --  by regular approach ' --  not yet ' --,1.0
His Study? with what Authors is it stored?,2.0
"In Books, not Authors, curious is my Lord;",1.0
"To all their dated Backs he turns you round,",0.0
"For all his Lordship knows, but they are Wood.",1.0
"For Lock or Milton it's in vain to look,",1.0
These Shelves admit not any Modern book.,0.0
That summons you to all the Pride of Prayer:,1.0
"Light Quirks of Music, broken and uneven,",2.0
Make the Soul dance upon a Jig to Heaven.,3.0
"On painted Ceilings you devoutly stare,",1.0
"On gilded Clouds in fair expansion lie,",0.0
And bring all Paradise before your Eye.,0.0
"To Rest, the Cushion, and soft Dean invite,",2.0
Who never mentions Hell to Ears polite.,0.0
A hundred Footsteps scrape the marble Hall:,1.0
Is this a Dinner? this a Genial Room?,2.0
"A solemn Sacrifice, performed in State,",0.0
"You drink by Measure, and to Minutes eat.",1.0
"Sick of his civil Pride, from Morn to Eve;",0.0
"I curse such lavish Cost, and little Skill,",0.0
"And swear, no Day was ever past so ill.",1.0
"You show us, Rome was glorious, not profuse,",2.0
And pompous Buildings once were things of use.,0.0
"Just as they are, yet shall your noble Rules",1.0
"Fill half the Land with Imitating Fools,",1.0
"Who random Drawings from your Sheets shall take,",1.0
And of one Beauty many Blunders make;,1.0
Load some vain Church with old Theatric State;,3.0
"Reverse your Ornaments, and hang them all",1.0
"And laced with bits of Rustic, it's a Front:",1.0
"Shall call the Winds through long Arcades to roar,",0.0
Proud to catch cold at a Venetian door;,3.0
"And if they starve, they starve by Rules of Art.",1.0
"Yet thou proceed; be fallen Arts thy care,",1.0
"Erect new Wonders, and the Old repair,",2.0
And be whatever Vitruvius was before:,5.0
"Till Kings call forth the Idea's of thy Mind,",4.0
"Proud to accomplish what such hands designed,",2.0
"And Temples, worthier of the God, ascend;",1.0
"Bid the broad Arch the dangerous Flood contain,",5.0
The Mole projected break the roaring Main;,0.0
"Back to his bounds their subject Sea command,",0.0
And roll obedient Rivers through the Land:,3.0
"These are Imperial Works, and worthy Kings.",3.0
"He, like the world, his ready visit pays",0.0
"Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe,",0.0
And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.,1.0
From short as usual and disturbed repose,3.0
I wake: how happy they who wake no more!,2.0
"Yet that were vain, if dreams infest the grave.",0.0
"I wake, emerging from a sea of dreams",1.0
"From wave to wave of fancied misery,",1.0
"At random drove, her helm of reason lost:",0.0
"Though now restored, iT is only change of pain,",0.0
"The Day too short for my distress; and Night,",2.0
"Even in the zenith of her dark domain,",1.0
Her leaden sceptre over a slumbering world.,4.0
"Silence, how dead! and darkness, how profound!",3.0
"Nor eye, nor listening ear, an object finds;",0.0
Creation sleeps. IT is as the general pulse,1.0
"Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause;",1.0
An awful pause! prophetic of her end.,1.0
And let her prophecy be soon fulfilled:,1.0
Fate! drop the curtain; I can lose no more.,3.0
Silence and Darkness! solemn sisters! twins,2.0
"From ancient Night, who nurse the tender thought",0.0
"To reason, and on reason build resolve,",1.0
"That column of true majesty in man,",3.0
Assist me: I will thank you in the grave;,1.0
The grave your kingdom: there this frame shall fall,1.0
A victim sacred to your dreary shrine.,1.0
"Primeval Silence, when the morning stars,",0.0
"Exulting, shouted over the rising ball; ' --",2.0
"OH Thou, whose Word from solid darkness struck",0.0
"That spark, the sun! strike wisdom from my soul;",2.0
"My soul, which flies to Thee, her trust, her treasure,",1.0
"As misers to their gold, while others rest.",0.0
"Through this opaque of Nature and of soul,",2.0
"This double night, transmit one pitying ray,",2.0
"To lighten and to cheer. OH lead my mind,",2.0
"A mind that fain would wander from its woe,",1.0
Lead it through various scenes of life and death;,2.0
And from each scene the noblest truths inspire.,1.0
Nor less inspire my conduct than my song:,1.0
"Teach my best reason, reason; my best will",5.0
Teach rectitude; and fix my firm resolve,1.0
"On this devoted head, be poured in vain.",1.0
The bell strikes one. We take no note of time,3.0
But from its loss. To give it then a tongue,1.0
"Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke,",1.0
It is the knell of my departed hours.,2.0
Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.,1.0
It is the signal that demands dispatch:,1.0
How much is to be done! My hopes and fears,0.0
"Start up alarmed, and over life's narrow verge",5.0
A dread eternity! how surely mine!,2.0
"And can eternity belong to me,",2.0
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?,3.0
"How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,",2.0
"How complicate, how wonderful is man!",1.0
How passing wonder He who made him such!,1.0
Connexion exquisite of distant worlds!,1.0
Distinguished link in being's endless chain!,0.0
Midway from nothing to the Deity!,3.0
"A beam ethereal, sullied and absorbed!",3.0
Dim miniature of greatness absolute!,1.0
An heir of glory! a frail child of dust!,2.0
Helpless immortal! insect infinite!,4.0
"A worm! a god! ' --  I tremble at myself,",1.0
"And in myself am lost! At home a stranger,",1.0
"Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast,",3.0
And wondering at her own. How reason reels!,1.0
"OH what a miracle to man is man,",1.0
Triumphantly distressed! what joy! what dread!,1.0
Alternately transported and alarmed!,4.0
What can preserve my life? or what destroy?,1.0
An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave;,2.0
Legions of angels can't confine me there.,2.0
It's past conjecture; all things rise in proof:,1.0
"While over my limbs Sleep's soft dominion spread,",3.0
What though my soul fantastic measures trod,0.0
Over fairy fields; or mourned along the gloom,0.0
"Or scaled the cliff; or danced on hollow winds,",0.0
"With antic shapes, wild natives of the brain?",2.0
"Her ceaseless flight, though devious, speaks her nature",2.0
"Active, aerial, towering, unconfined,",2.0
Unfettered with her gross companion's fall.,1.0
Even silent Night proclaims my soul immortal:,0.0
Even silent Night proclaims eternal day.,0.0
"Dull sleep instructs, nor sport vain dreams in vain.",2.0
Why then their loss deplore that are not lost?,1.0
Why wanders wretched thought their tombs around,0.0
In infidel distress? Are angels there?,1.0
They live! they greatly live a life on earth,0.0
Of tenderness let heavenly pity fall,4.0
"On me, more justly numbered with the dead.",2.0
"This is the desert, this the solitude:",1.0
"How populous, how vital is the grave!",2.0
"This is creation's melancholy vault,",1.0
"The land of apparitions, empty shades!",0.0
"All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond",0.0
"How solid all, where change shall be no more!",0.0
"This is the bud of being, the dim dawn,",3.0
"The twilight of our day, the vestibule:",2.0
"Life's theatre as yet is shut, and Death,",2.0
"This gross impediment of clay remove,",1.0
And make us embryos of existence free.,2.0
From real life but little more remote,2.0
"Is he, not yet a candidate for light,",1.0
"The future embryo, slumbering in his sire.",5.0
"Embryos we must be till we burst the shell,",0.0
"Yonder ambient azure shell, and spring to life,",2.0
The life of gods OH transport! and of man.,2.0
Yet man fool man! here buries all his thoughts;,1.0
"Prisoner of earth, and penned beneath the moon,",1.0
To fly at infinite; and reach it there,1.0
"On life's fair tree, fast by the throne of God.",3.0
What golden joys ambrosial clustering glow,2.0
"In His full beam, and ripen for the just,",4.0
Where momentary ages are no more!,2.0
"Where Time, and Pain, and Chance, and Death expire!",0.0
"To push eternity from human thought,",1.0
And smother souls immortal in the dust?,0.0
"A soul immortal, spending all her fires,",0.0
"Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness,",5.0
"At aught this scene can threaten, or indulge,",1.0
"Resembles ocean into tempest wrought,",0.0
"To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.",1.0
Where falls this censure? It overwhelms myself.,3.0
"How, like a worm, was I wrapped round and round",0.0
"In silken thought, which reptile Fancy spun,",0.0
Till darkened Reason lay quite clouded over,1.0
"With soft conceit of endless comfort here,",0.0
Nor yet put forth her wings to reach the skies!,1.0
Night visions may befriend as sung above:,2.0
Our waking dreams are fatal. How I dreamt,1.0
Of things impossible! could sleep do more?,1.0
Of joys perpetual in perpetual change!,4.0
Of stable pleasures on the tossing wave!,1.0
Eternal sunshine in the storms of life!,1.0
With gorgeous tapestries of pictured joys!,1.0
"Joy behind joy, in endless perspective!",5.0
"Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue",1.0
"Calls daily for his millions at a meal,",2.0
"Starting I woke, and found myself undone.",3.0
The spider's most attenuated thread,2.0
"Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie",2.0
On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze.,0.0
OH you blessed scenes of permanent delight!,4.0
Full above measure! lasting beyond bound!,5.0
A perpetuity of bliss is bliss.,1.0
"Could you, so rich in rapture, fear an end,",0.0
"That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy,",0.0
Safe are you lodged above these rolling spheres;,0.0
The baleful influence of whose giddy dance,1.0
Sheds sad vicissitude on all beneath.,3.0
"Here teems with revolutions every hour,",0.0
And rarely for the better; or the best,2.0
More mortal than the common births of fate.,1.0
"Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep",0.0
Strikes empires from the root; each Moment plays,2.0
His little weapon in the narrower sphere,2.0
"Of sweet domestic comfort, and cuts down",2.0
Implicit treason to Divine decree!,1.0
A bold invasion of the rights of Heaven!,1.0
"I clasped the phantoms, and I found them air.",1.0
"OH had I weighed it ere my fond embrace,",0.0
What darts of agony had missed my heart!,1.0
Death! great proprietor of all! iT is thine,3.0
"To tread out empire, and to quench the stars.",1.0
The sun himself by thy permission shines;,1.0
"And, one day, thou shalt pluck him from his sphere.",2.0
"Amid such mighty plunder, why exhaust",0.0
Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean?,1.0
Thy shaft flew thrice; and thrice my peace was slain;,1.0
"And thrice, ere thrice yonder moon had filled her horn.",4.0
OH Cynthia! why so pale? dost thou lament,3.0
"How wanes my borrowed bliss! from Fortune's smile,",1.0
"Precarious courtesy! not Virtue's sure,",3.0
"In every varied posture, place, and hour,",0.0
How widowed every thought of every joy!,0.0
"Thought, busy thought! too busy for my peace!",3.0
"Led softly by the stillness of the night,",3.0
"Led like a murderer, and such it proves!",2.0
Strays wretched rover! over the pleasing past;,3.0
And finds all desert now; and meets the ghosts,0.0
Of my departed joys; a numerous train!,3.0
I rue the riches of my former fate;,1.0
I tremble at the blessings once so dear;,0.0
And every pleasure pains me to the heart.,1.0
Yet why complain? or why complain for one?,0.0
"Hangs out the sun his lustre but for me,",1.0
The single man? Are angels all beside?,0.0
I mourn for millions: iT is the common lot;,1.0
"In this shape, or in that, has Fate entailed",0.0
"The mother's throes on all of woman born,",0.0
"Not more the children, than sure heirs, of Pain.",2.0
"War, Famine, Pest, Volcano, Storm, and Fire,",1.0
"Wrapped up in triple brass, besiege mankind.",1.0
"Here, plunged in mines, forgets a sun was made.",0.0
Are hammered to the galling oar for life;,1.0
"And plough the winter's wave, and reap despair.",0.0
"Some, for hard masters, broken under arms,",2.0
"In battle lopped away, with half their limbs,",0.0
"If so the tyrant, or his minion, doom.",2.0
"Want, and incurable Disease, fell pair!",4.0
On hopeless multitudes remorseless seize,0.0
"At once, and make a refuge of the grave.",1.0
How groaning hospitals eject their dead!,5.0
What numbers groan for sad admission there!,1.0
Solicit the cold hand of Charity!,3.0
"To shock us more, ' --  solicit it in vain!",1.0
You silken sons of Pleasure! since in pains,0.0
"Happy, did sorrow seize on such alone!",3.0
"Not Prudence can defend, or Virtue save;",1.0
"And punishment the guiltless; and alarm,",2.0
"Through thickest shades, pursues the fond of peace.",0.0
"Man's caution often into danger turns,",1.0
"And his guard, falling, crushes him to death.",3.0
Not Happiness itself makes good her name;,2.0
Our very wishes give us not our wish.,0.0
How distant oft the thing we dote on most,0.0
"From that for which we dote, felicity!",1.0
The smoothest course of nature has its pains;,0.0
"And truest friends, through error, wound our rest.",0.0
"Without misfortune, what calamities!",1.0
"And what hostilities, without a foe!",1.0
Nor are foes wanting to the best on earth.,3.0
"But endless is the list of human ills,",1.0
And sighs might sooner fail than cause to sigh.,0.0
"Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands;",1.0
"Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death!",1.0
"Such is earth's melancholy map! But, far",2.0
More sad! this earth is a true map of man.,2.0
So bounded are its haughty lord's delights,1.0
"To Woe's wide empire; where deep troubles toss,",2.0
And threatening fate wide opens to devour.,2.0
"What then am I, who sorrow for myself?",3.0
"In age, in infancy, from others' aid",1.0
Is all our hope; to teach us to be kind:,1.0
"That Nature's first, last lesson to mankind:",3.0
The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels.,0.0
"More generous sorrow, while it sinks, exalts;",2.0
And conscious virtue mitigates the pang.,0.0
"Nor Virtue, more than Prudence, bids me give",0.0
"Swollen thought a second channel; who divide,",0.0
"They weaken too, the torrent of their grief.",1.0
How sad a sight is human happiness,1.0
To those whose thought can pierce beyond an hour!,1.0
"OH thou, whatever thou art, whose heart exults!",4.0
"Let thy pride pardon, what thy nature needs,",3.0
The salutary censure of a friend.,1.0
Thou happy wretch! by blindness art thou blessed;,0.0
Thy pleasure is the promise of thy pain.,2.0
"Misfortune, like a creditor severe,",1.0
But rises in demand for her delay;,1.0
"She makes a scourge of past prosperity,",1.0
"To sting thee more, and double thy distress.",1.0
"Lorenzo, Fortune makes her court to thee.",0.0
"Thy fond heart dances, while the siren sings.",1.0
Dear is thy welfare; think me not unkind;,1.0
"I would not damp, but to secure, thy joys.",1.0
Think not that fear is sacred to the storm:,1.0
Stand on thy guard against the smiles of Fate.,0.0
Is Heaven tremendous in its frowns? Most sure;,0.0
And in its favours formidable too:,3.0
"Its favours here are trials, not rewards;",0.0
"A call to duty, not discharge from care;",0.0
And should alarm us full as much as woes;,0.0
Awake us to their cause and consequence;,2.0
"Over our scanned conduct give a jealous eye,",2.0
"And make us tremble, weighed with our desert;",0.0
"Awe Nature's tumult, and chastise her joys,",2.0
"Lest, while we clasp, we kill them; nay, invert",0.0
To worse than simple misery their charms.,1.0
"Revolted joys, like foes in civil war,",0.0
"Like bosom friendships to resentment soured,",1.0
Beware what earth calls happiness; beware,2.0
"All joys, but joys that never can expire.",1.0
"Who builds on less than an immortal base,",1.0
"Fond as he seems, condemns his joys to death.",0.0
Dissolved the charm; the disenchanted earth,1.0
Lost all her lustre. Where her glittering towers?,2.0
"Her golden mountains, where? All darkened down",1.0
To naked waste; a dreary vale of tears:,0.0
"The great magician's dead! Thou poor, pale piece",1.0
"Of outcast earth, in darkness! what a change",1.0
"From yesterday! Thy darling hope so near,",0.0
"Thy glowing cheek! ambition, truly great,",0.0
"Of virtuous praise. Death's subtle seed within,",3.0
"Sly, treacherous miner! working in the dark,",3.0
"The worm to riot on that rose so red,",1.0
Man's foresight is conditionally wise;,4.0
Lorenzo! wisdom into folly turns,0.0
Oft the first instant its idea fair,4.0
The present moment terminates our sight;,0.0
"Clouds, thick as those on doomsday, drown the next;",3.0
"Time is dealt out by particles; and each,",1.0
"Ere mingled with the streaming sands of life,",2.0
By Fate's inviolable oath is sworn,1.0
"Deep silence, where eternity begins.",2.0
"By Nature's law, what may be, may be now,",0.0
In human hearts what bolder thought can rise,0.0
Than man's presumption on tomorrow's dawn?,2.0
Where is tomorrow? In another world.,2.0
For numbers this is certain; the reverse,2.0
"Is sure to none; and yet on this Perhaps,",1.0
As on a rock of adamant we build,2.0
Not even Philander had bespoke his shroud.,4.0
Nor had he cause; a warning was denied:,1.0
"How many fall as sudden, not as safe!",0.0
"As sudden, though for years admonished home!",1.0
Of human ills the last extreme beware;,0.0
"Be wise today, iT is madness to defer;",1.0
Next day the fatal precedent will plead;,1.0
"Thus on, till wisdom is pushed out of life.",2.0
Procrastination is the thief of time;,1.0
"Year after year it steals, till all are fled,",1.0
And to the mercies of a moment leaves,2.0
The vast concerns of an eternal scene.,1.0
"If not so frequent, would not this be strange?",1.0
"That iT is so frequent, this is stranger still.",2.0
"Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears",1.0
"The palm, That all men are about to live,",2.0
For ever on the brink of being born.,1.0
All pay themselves the compliment to think,1.0
They one day shall not drivel; and their pride,1.0
"On this reversion takes up ready praise,",1.0
At least their own; their future selves applauds;,0.0
How excellent that life they never will lead!,3.0
"That lodged in Fate's, to wisdom they consign;",1.0
The thing they can't but purpose they postpone.,1.0
IT is not in folly not to scorn a fool;,0.0
And scarce in human wisdom to do more.,1.0
"All promise is poor dilatory man,",2.0
"And that through every stage: when young, indeed,",0.0
"In full content we sometime nobly rest,",1.0
"At thirty, man suspects himself a fool;",0.0
"Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;",1.0
"At fifty, chides his infamous delay,",1.0
Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve;,3.0
And why? Because he thinks himself immortal.,0.0
All men think all men mortal but themselves;,7.0
"Themselves, when some alarming shock of Fate",0.0
Strikes through their wounded hearts the sudden dread.,0.0
"But their hearts wounded, like the wounded air,",2.0
"Soon close; where passed the shaft, no trace is found.",2.0
"As from the wing no scar the sky retains,",2.0
"The parted wave no furrow from the keel,",2.0
So dies in human hearts the thought of death.,0.0
Even with the tender tear which Nature sheds,1.0
"Over those we love, we drop it in their grave.",1.0
Can I forget Philander? That were strange.,1.0
"OH my full heart! ' --  But should I give it vent,",2.0
"The longest night, though longer far, would fail,",0.0
And the lark listen to my midnight song.,4.0
And call the stars to listen: every star,0.0
"Yet be not vain; there are who thine excel,",2.0
"And charm through distant ages. Wrapped in shade,",0.0
"Prisoner of darkness! to the silent hours,",2.0
"How often I repeat their rage divine,",1.0
"Or, Milton, thee! Ah! could I reach your strain!",1.0
"Man, too, he sung: immortal man I sing:",1.0
Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life;,1.0
What now but immortality can please?,1.0
"OH had he pressed his theme, pursued the track",0.0
Which opens out of darkness into day;,1.0
"OH had he mounted on his wing of fire,",1.0
"Soared where I sink, and sung immortal man;",0.0
"How had it blessed mankind, and rescued me!",2.0
The soft affections round my heart will play;,0.0
"Still must I feel, for so the Fates ordain,",1.0
Nor can one adverse blast be spent in vain;,2.0
"But hope, even now, would show me brighter hours,",2.0
Inventive fancy deck her chosen bowers;,0.0
And bid each gentle virtue guard the scene;,0.0
"There tender friendship's animating ray,",0.0
Without one selfish passion's base allay;,0.0
"And health, and peace, and genius she bestows,",1.0
And all the fairyland with pleasure glows;,0.0
"The Muses, Loves, and Graces, sport around,",0.0
No pain or sorrow treads the hallowed ground;,1.0
"Delusion all ' --  reason denies her aid,",4.0
"Touches the landscape, and its beauties fade,",2.0
"Thus spoke the tongue where earth too deeply charmed,",2.0
Thus felt the heart by strong affections warmed;,1.0
"Let earth for brighter prospects be resigned,",1.0
And firmer hope bestow a calmer mind.,0.0
"WELCOME, sweet time of buds and bloom, renewing",3.0
"The earliest objects of delight, and wooing",3.0
The notice of the grateful heart! for then,1.0
"From the cleft soil, like babes from cradle peeping,",2.0
"Like chickens in their downy coats, just freeing",0.0
"From the chipped shell, their newfound active being;",3.0
Half from the bursting chrysalis appearing.,0.0
Right welcome to the sight and to the mind!,3.0
Now many a thing that pretty is delays,4.0
The wanderer's steps beneath the sun's soft rays.,1.0
"Gay daffodils, bent over the watery gleam,",6.0
Doubling their flickered image in the stream;,1.0
The woody nook where bells of brighter blue,0.0
"The lane's high sloping bank, where pale primrose",2.0
With hundreds of its gentle kindred blows;,1.0
And speckled daisies that on uplands bare,0.0
"Man looks on nature with a grateful smile,",2.0
"Now urchins range the brake in joyous bands,",1.0
"In mead or glen to pick the choicest sweets,",0.0
"She takes her sunning in the grassy mead,",0.0
"Stoops down with eager look and finds, well pleased,",1.0
"Such herbs, as in a chest or bible squeezed,",0.0
"In former days were deemed, by folks of sense,",0.0
"A fragrant wholesome virtue to dispense,",1.0
With other winter stores were duly hung.,0.0
"But not alone in simple scenes like these,",0.0
"In wicker basket grouped to lure the sight,",0.0
They stop and tempt full many a wistful wight.,3.0
"Flowers though they be by artful culture bred,",1.0
"By fetid manure cherished, gorgeous, bright,",5.0
"And tulips streaked with colours rich and mellow,",3.0
"Yet still they whisper something to the heart,",1.0
Which feelings kind and gentle thoughts impart.,0.0
Gay sight! that oft a touch of pleasure gives,1.0
"Even to the saddest, rudest soul that lives ' --",1.0
And cracks his whip and treads the rugged streets,0.0
The sickly child from nursery window spies,2.0
Will for a time his listless mind engage.,1.0
"Laying her patch-work or her netting by,",3.0
"And from the parlour window casts her eye,",1.0
Then sends across the way her tiny maid;,0.0
"Between fair ornaments of china ware,",2.0
"Each visitor with wonder to excite,",2.0
"Who looks and smiles, and lauds the motley sight.",0.0
"That even to the prison's wretched thrall,",1.0
Those simple gems of nature will recall,1.0
"Yonder narrow window, through whose iron grate",1.0
"A squalid countenance is dimly traced,",1.0
Gazing on flowers in broken pitcher placed,4.0
"Upon the sooty sill and withering there,",1.0
"On storied stands and gilded tripods bloom,",1.0
"Whose learnt names suit not my simple rhyme,",1.0
"I speak not! lovely as they are, we find",2.0
They visit more the senses than the mind.,1.0
"Their nurture comes not from the clouds of heaven,",1.0
"And, in return for daily care, with faint",0.0
And sickly sweetness hall and chamber taint.,0.0
I will not speak of those; we feel and see,2.0
"They have no kindred, our own Spring! with thee.",2.0
"Welcome, sweet season! though with rapid pace",4.0
"Thy course is run, and we can scarcely grace",1.0
"Thy joyous coming with a grateful cheer,",1.0
We soon must bid our fleeting friend farewell.,1.0
"Ladies, to Night your Pity I implore",3.0
"For One, who never troubled You before:",2.0
"And comes to Town, to let Us Moderns know,",0.0
How Women loved two thousand Years ago.,1.0
"If that be all, said I, even burn your Play:",0.0
"IN gad! We know all that, as well as They:",0.0
"Firm in his Seat, and running his Career;",1.0
"Our Souls would kindle with as generous Flames,",3.0
And every dear Hippolytus be blessed.,1.0
"Are even as good, as any Two of Theirs;",1.0
And if Hippolytus can but contrive,3.0
To buy the gilded Chariot; John can drive.,2.0
"Now of the Bustle You have seen to Day,",1.0
Something at least in Justice should be said:,2.0
But this Hippolytus so fills One's Head ' --,2.0
Her awkward Love indeed was oddly fated:,0.0
She and her Poly were too near related:,3.0
"And yet that Scruple had been laid aside,",0.0
If honest Theseus had but fairly died:,1.0
"But when He came, what needed He to know,",1.0
"There was no harm, You see; or grant there were:",2.0
She might want Conduct; but He wanted Care.,0.0
"'Twas in a Husband little less than rude,",0.0
"He should have sent a Night or two before,",0.0
That He would come exact at such an Hour:,1.0
Then He had turned all Tragedy to Jest;,1.0
Found every Thing contribute to his Rest;,2.0
And Spouse alone impatient for her Dear.,1.0
"But if these gay Reflections come too late,",2.0
If your more serious Judgement must condemn,3.0
The dire Effects of her unhappy Flame:,1.0
"Yet, You chaste Matrons, and You tender Fair,",3.0
Let Love and Innocence engage your Care:,2.0
My spotless Flames to your Protection take;,1.0
"THE days of Man are doomed to Pain and Strife,",0.0
Quiet and Ease are Foreign to our Life;,3.0
"No satisfaction is, below, sincere",2.0
But long the fickle wayward British Isle,0.0
Did with false Mirth and Joy it self beguile;,3.0
"But a chill Damp, and Faintness seize on all,",2.0
"Their usual Luxury all Orders leave,",3.0
"From distant homes the Pitying Nations come,",2.0
A Mourning World to attend her to her Tomb:,3.0
"First in Her Thoughts, and Earliest in Her care;",1.0
"All hand in hand with common Friendly Woe,",0.0
"In Poverty, our Native State, they go:",1.0
"Some whom unstable Errors did engage,",0.0
"By Luxury in Youth, to need in Age:",1.0
"Some who had Virgin Vows for Wedlock broke,",1.0
"And where, they help expected, found a Yoke;",0.0
Others who labour with the double Weight,1.0
Pierced with their Infants deafening sobs for Food;,0.0
"Then to a Dagger ran, with threatening Eyes",0.0
"But in the thought they stopped, their Looks they tore,",0.0
"The Innocents their Parent's Love forgive,",1.0
"Smile at their Fate, nor know they are to live:",1.0
"These modest wants had never been understood,",2.0
"None on their State now cast a Pitying Eye,",3.0
"Hear their Complaints, or will their Want supply;",3.0
"Not only to Her Grave, but to their own;",2.0
"That were relief, but coming Days they mourn,",1.0
"Oppressed with Life, and fearful to return.",1.0
"With Dread concern, the Awful Senate came,",0.0
"Their Grief, as all their Passions, is the same.",1.0
"The next Assembly dissipates our Fears,",0.0
The Stately Mourning Throng of British Peers;,0.0
"There, is each Member skilled, and able known",1.0
For every weighty Purpose of a Throne;,1.0
"TO adorn, or to defend their Native Isle,",2.0
"For to the Foe is certain Vengeance sent,",1.0
"When Heroes suffer, and the Brave lament;",1.0
"To one their every Character may fall,",2.0
"Summer's, the implicit Man that speaks them all,",1.0
With all the Arts of Learnt Assemblies fraught;,0.0
"Ready his Wit, his Language Free and Pure,",2.0
"His Judgement Quick and Sudden, yet mature;",0.0
"He can their different Powers at once dispense,",3.0
So justly is he formed to speak their Sense:,1.0
"But now Dumb Sorrow represents them more,",1.0
"Then ever his Powerful Eloquence before,",5.0
"Though when his Lips with their known Rhetoric flow,",4.0
"The World's as silent, as himself is now.",1.0
"Now all are Past, yonder Wondrous Man appears,",6.0
We yield to Gay Distress and comely Tears:,0.0
"Villars! a Name designed by Nature Chief,",2.0
"TO invite to Joy, or reconcile to Grief.",1.0
"The Gross of Men were to course Uses Born,",2.0
"But Heaven made them Creation to adorn,",3.0
"With mixed disturbed Delight by all is seen,",0.0
"Rage, Pity, and Disdain at once we trace,",2.0
In the distracted Beauties of his Face;,2.0
"We measure his each Step, each Motion Scan,",1.0
The Grief of Woman! but the Strength of Man!,1.0
"To such an Heighth his swollen Afflictions grow,",3.0
HE inspires the Steed he leads with Humane Woe;,4.0
And now laments what was before his Pride:,1.0
"No more at Voice of Warring Music bounds,",0.0
He feels New Passion as the Trumpet sounds;,2.0
"Nor knows what Power, his Courage stole away,",2.0
But heaves into big Sighs when he would Neigh.,2.0
Here at a stand our wearied Sorrow seems,0.0
"Racked with new Forms, and tortured with Extremes;",4.0
"Ever this sad Triumph past we found relief,",2.0
Continued anguish lost the sense of Grief;,0.0
"But still the Chariot fainting force supplied,",2.0
"Anew we all revived, anew we died;",0.0
"Grief did all bounds ambitiously deny,",1.0
"Swelled every Breast, and melted every Eye.",1.0
Lo! Death himself! See him Triumphant ride!,3.0
Lo! the Grim Being moves with sullen Pride;,3.0
"His Jaws are glutted for the ensuing Year,",3.0
"He'll shun our Cities, and our Armies spare:",1.0
"The Ladies placed on high with looks deject,",0.0
With down intended looks our Souls direct.,1.0
"Gold, Purple, Tissue, Crowns Enchant the sight,",1.0
"And move our Grief, that used to give Delight:",0.0
"There drowsy Gems, their Nature know no more,",1.0
"But gather Darkness now, as Light before;",0.0
"Too faint to express, even the Departed Queen.",7.0
"No Mortal Beauty yet recalls an Eye,",1.0
The nearest Mourners pass neglected by;,1.0
"But as the Ladies March, the lengthening row",3.0
Inspires a more familiar Kindly Woe:,0.0
"One Universal Face their Passion wears,",0.0
"In Her Affliction takes an abject State,",1.0
"Something so humbly Low, yet very Great;",2.0
"No single Cause so different Grief could send,",1.0
"She Weeps as Subject, Servant, and a Friend:",1.0
"To close the Pomp the Fair Attendant Maids,",0.0
Appear true Angels dressed like fancied Shades;,1.0
"Sadly they Charm, and dismally they Please:",3.0
The glittering Miseries of Humane Life.,6.0
Would ever believe this were that very Queen;,3.0
"That very Queen, whom Heaven so lately gave",0.0
"A Crown, in the same Place where, now, a Grave!",2.0
"I see Her yet, Nature and Fortune's Pride,",2.0
"A Sceptre Graced her Hand, a King her Side,",0.0
"Celestial Youth and Beauty did impart,",0.0
Prophetic Vision to the coldest Heart:,1.0
"We saw her Children should succeed her sway,",0.0
And future Monarchs round her Table Play.,1.0
"She unconcerned and careless all the while,",0.0
"With easy Majesty, and Humble State,",1.0
"Smiles at the trifle Power, and knows its date.",2.0
"What being proved so furiously inclined,",3.0
"For that She each Day assumed, each Night resigned?",0.0
"So short a Period to Her Glories given,",1.0
"The Crime of Fate, and the reproach of Heaven!",1.0
The Wide Capacious Palace of the Dead;,1.0
"The Glaring Lamps disturb their usual Night,",2.0
They half awakened with the intruding Light.,3.0
"They think her Pile, their Resurrection Day.",0.0
"In Her his Vital Heat, his Glory lies,",0.0
"In Her the Monarch lived, in Her he Dies.",1.0
"One was their Soul while he secured Her rest,",2.0
War's Hardships: seemed Luxurious to his Breast:,2.0
"And he Abroad, no Peace repose could yield;",2.0
She felt the distant Dangers of the Field.,1.0
"No form of State makes the Great Man forego,",4.0
"The task due to Her Love, and to His Woe;",3.0
"Since his kind frame can't the large suffering bear,",4.0
"For to the mighty loss we now receive,",1.0
The next Affliction were to see him Grieve.,1.0
"There, MARY, undisturbed in quiet Sleep,",0.0
"None shall Profane the Urn thy Ashes keep,",1.0
"Till, time's no more, by all thou shalt be read,",1.0
And be a Monument to thy Neighbour dead;,2.0
And snatch thy Eternal Virtue from the Grave.,3.0
"NOw gentle sleep my willing Eyes had closed,",1.0
And this gay Scene the smiling God imposed;,2.0
"Methought I in a Myrtle shade was placed,",1.0
"My Tresses curled, my Brows with Laurel graced",0.0
"Fresh was the Air, serenely bright the Day,",0.0
"Active my Thoughts, my Lyre was in my hand,",2.0
And once more Theron did my Voice command;,0.0
Once more the charming Hero did inspire,0.0
My daring Muse with an Heroic Fire;,1.0
"The smiling Cupids softly fluttered round,",0.0
"Till animated with the generous sound,",3.0
"Like fighting Gods, each shook his Dart and frowned.",0.0
"The listening streams enchanted with my Song,",1.0
Scarce drove their still preceding waves along;,1.0
"Whilst over and over complaisant echo bears,",5.0
Through every cavern the immortal Airs;,1.0
To snatch the tuneful Numbers from my Tongue;,1.0
And the pleased Graces crowded round to hear their Darling Sung.,2.0
"The Queen of Beauty, and her Doves, stood by,",3.0
"When I, to please the Lovely Deity,",1.0
"Told her, what Looks, what Eyes, and Smiles he had,",0.0
Not her own Charms more fatally betrayed:,1.0
"At every strain the wounded Goddess sighs,",0.0
"Strains, sweet and powerful, as her own fair Eyes.",3.0
"Then, smiling, towards her own bright Orb she flew,",1.0
"And, with her, all the Sanguine Visions drew.",1.0
"Long has the Warrior's, and the Lover's Fire,",1.0
And justly too the World might long approve,0.0
The Praise of Heroes and of virtuous Love;,3.0
"Had Tyrants not usurped the Hero's Name,",1.0
Nor low Desires debased the Lover's Flame;,0.0
"Guiltless of Sense, or Elegance, or Wit.",3.0
Far different Themes We in thy Verses view;,1.0
"Themes, in themselves, alike sublime, and new:",1.0
The highest Bliss the Mind can taste below;,0.0
"To ease those Wants, with which the Wretched pine;",0.0
And imitate Beneficence divine:,1.0
"And, but for Thee, almost unknown to Song.",4.0
"Such wise Reflections in thy Lays are shown,",0.0
"So Elegant, and so Refined, thy Praise,",2.0
"No florid Toys, in pompous Numbers dressed;",1.0
"Whenever thy Muse designs the Heart to move,",2.0
"The melting Reader must, with Tears, approve;",0.0
"It's not to wound, but to instruct, She writes.",1.0
"Which shades their Ashes till the final Doom,",1.0
"The dire Effects of vicious Writings view,",0.0
How would they mourn to think what might ensue!,0.0
"Blush at their Works, for no one End designed,",0.0
"But to embellish Vice, and taint the Mind!",1.0
But Terrors wait on Talents misapplied.,0.0
Shall never give her Soul one conscious Pain;,0.0
"To latest Times shall melt the hardened Breast,",0.0
"And raise her Joys, by making others blessed.",0.0
"These Works, which Modesty concealed in Night,",1.0
"Born, by your Taste, the Arbiters of Sense:",1.0
"Long may your Taste, and long your Empire stand,",0.0
"To Honour, Wit, and Worth, from every Land.",2.0
O! could my conscious Muse but fully trace,0.0
"How much her Heart, from low Desires refined;",0.0
"How much her Works, the Transcript of her Mind;",2.0
"Her tender Care, and Grief for the Distressed;",1.0
Her Soul so formed for every social Care;,0.0
"A Friend so generous, ardent, and sincere;",3.0
How would you triumph in yourselves to find,0.0
"To find her Breast with every Grace inspired,",0.0
Whom first You only for her Lays admired.,1.0
"Thus the great Father of the Hebrew State,",4.0
Who watched for wearied Strangers at his Gate;,0.0
"The Good He thought conferred on Men unknown,",0.0
He found to more exalted Beings shown.,0.0
Let their bright Flames revive again in me.,3.0
"Inspire my Breast while I his Praise rehearse,",1.0
Whose worth deserves thy own immortal Verse;,0.0
"He is all Goodness, Mercy, Justice, Truth,",1.0
Has all the Charms without the vice of Youth.,0.0
"These are the Native Beauties of his Soul,",2.0
While every Art and Grace adorns the whole:,0.0
"Obliging is his Mein, his Judgement strong,",1.0
A flowing Wit directs his pleasing Tongue;,0.0
"And each enchanting Accent which we hear,",1.0
Like airs Divine Transport the listening Ear.,0.0
Could with more Sweetness or more force inspire:,1.0
"O! what Infernal Magic Mortals bind,",0.0
"That his instructive Voice can't move the Mind,",2.0
And calm the raging Follies of Mankind.,2.0
"The passive Stones obeyed less powerful Sound,",3.0
For in their heaps was no resisting Atoms found;,0.0
"Not greater Pride or Joys did Ammon move,",0.0
"Then are the Transports my blessed Soul attend,",2.0
"With his own Arts, to Heal and Charm Mankind;",2.0
"Fain would I still pursue my wondrous Song,",0.0
"But o! too fast the bright Ideas throng,",2.0
"So when with greatest Zeal we Heaven accost,",0.0
"We utter least, where it deserves the most.",1.0
WHAT am I? how produced? and for what end?,2.0
Whence drew I being? to what period tend:,3.0
"Am I the abandoned orphan of blind chance,",3.0
Dropped by wild atoms in disordered dance?,3.0
"Or from an endless chain of causes wrought,",1.0
"And of unthinking substance, born with thought?",1.0
"By motion which began without a cause,",0.0
"Supremely wise, without design or laws?",2.0
"Am I but what I seem, mere flesh and blood;",2.0
"The purple stream that through my vessels glides,",1.0
"Dull and unconscious flows, like common tides:",3.0
"The pipes through which the circling juices stray,",0.0
"Are not that thinking I, no more than they:",2.0
"This frame compacted with transcendent skill,",1.0
"Of moving joints obedient to my will,",2.0
"Waxes and wastes; I call it mine, not me.",2.0
"The mansion changed, the tenant still remains;",0.0
"And from the fleeting stream, repaired by food,",1.0
"Distinct, as is the swimmer from the flood.",2.0
"What am I then, sure, of a nobler birth.",2.0
"By parents right, I own as mother, earth;",0.0
"But claim superior lineage by my SIRE,",3.0
"Essence divine, with lifeless clay allayed,",2.0
"By double nature, double instinct swayed;",0.0
"With look erect, I dart my longing eye,",0.0
"Seem winged to part, and gain my native sky;",1.0
"I strive to mount, but strive, alas! in vain,",0.0
"Now with swift thought I range from pole to pole,",3.0
View worlds around their flaming centres roll:,1.0
"What steady powers their endless motions guide,",2.0
"I trace the blazing comet's fiery trail,",2.0
And weigh the whirling planets in a scale:,0.0
"Some glittering trifle offered to my view,",3.0
"A gnat, an insect, of the meanest kind,",2.0
Erase the newborn image from my mind;,1.0
"Vile as the grinning mastiff at my gate,",0.0
"Calls off from heavenly truth this reasoning me,",3.0
"And tells me, I'm a brute as much as he.",1.0
"My soul above the starry vault I raise,",0.0
"Lured by some vain conceit, or shameful lust,",0.0
"I flag, I drop, and flutter in the dust.",0.0
"The towering lark thus from her lofty strain,",2.0
"Stoops to an emmet, or a barley grain.",1.0
"By adverse gusts of jarring instincts tossed,",1.0
"I rove to one, now to the other coast;",0.0
"To bliss unknown my lofty soul aspires,",0.0
My lot unequal to my vast desires.,1.0
As amongst the hinds a child of royal birth,1.0
Finds his high pedigree by conscious worth;,4.0
"Pity him, beasts! you by no law confined,",4.0
Are barred from devious paths by being blind;,2.0
"While man, through opening views of various ways",4.0
"Confounded, by the aid of knowledge strays;",1.0
"Too weak to choose, yet choosing still in haste,",1.0
One moment gives the pleasure and distaste;,1.0
"Bilked by past minutes, while the present cloy,",3.0
The flattering future still must give the joy:,2.0
"Not happy, but amused upon the road,",1.0
"And like you thoughtless of his last abode,",1.0
Whether next sun his being shall restrain,2.0
"To endless nothing, happiness or pain.",1.0
"Around me, lo, the thinking thoughtless crew,",0.0
Bewildered each their different paths pursue;,0.0
"Of them I ask the way; the first replies,",1.0
Thou art a god; and sends me to the skies:,1.0
"There fix thy lot, thy bliss and endless rest:",0.0
"Between these wide extremes the length is such,",0.0
I find I know too little or too much.,3.0
"Almighty Power, by whose most wise command,",1.0
"Helpless, forlorn, uncertain here I stand;",2.0
"Take this faint glimmering of thyself away,",6.0
Or break into my soul with perfect day!,1.0
"This said, expanded lay the sacred text,",0.0
"The balm, the light, the guide of souls perplexed.",0.0
Thus the benighted traveller that strays,3.0
"Through doubtful paths, enjoys the morning rays;",0.0
"The nightly missed, and thick descending dew,",0.0
"Parting, unfold the fields, and vaulted blue.",2.0
"OH Truth divine! enlightened by thy ray,",2.0
"I grope and guess no more, but see my way;",1.0
And told me what those mystic tokens meant;,0.0
"Marks of my birth, which I had worn in vain,",1.0
Too hard for worldly sages to explain.,2.0
"Unskilled my twofold nature to divide,",2.0
"One nursed my pleasure, and one nursed my pride:",1.0
"Those jarring truths which human art beguile,",0.0
Thy sacred page thus bids me reconcile.,1.0
"Offspring of God, no less thy pedigree,",3.0
"What thou once wert, art now, and still may be,",0.0
"Thy God alone can tell, alone decree;",0.0
"With the bare power to sin, since free of will:",4.0
"For who has power to walk, has power to rove:",4.0
And wisdom short of infinite may swerve.,1.0
"Left thy Creator, and the realms of light;",3.0
Disdained his gentle precept to fulfil;,2.0
And thought to grow a god by doing ill:,0.0
"Though by foul guilt thy heavenly form defaced,",4.0
"In nature changed, from happy mansions chased,",0.0
"Too faint to mount, yet restless to aspire;",2.0
"Angel enough to seek thy bliss again,",2.0
And brute enough to make thy search in vain.,0.0
"The creatures now withdraw their kindly use,",0.0
"Some fly thee, some torment, and some seduce;",0.0
"Thy lust, thy curiosity, thy pride,",1.0
"Return and seek thy Father, and thy God:",1.0
"Yet think not to regain thy native sky,",1.0
Born on the wings of vain philosophy;,1.0
Mysterious passage! hid from human eyes;,2.0
"Let humble thoughts thy wary footsteps guide,",2.0
"COUNT all the flowers that deck the meadow's side,",2.0
When Flora flourishes in newborn pride;,1.0
Count all the sparkling orbits in the sky;,0.0
"Count all the foliage of the lofty trees,",1.0
That fly before the bleak autumnal breeze;,0.0
Count all the dewy blades of verdant grass;,0.0
Count all the drops of rain that softly pass,0.0
Count all the sands upon the breaking shore;,0.0
"Count all the minutes since the world began,",0.0
Count all the troubles of the life of man;,1.0
OH Warrior! whence thy rustic arms and dress?,1.0
An exile ah! and Corsica thy place:,2.0
"Yes, stay, and on these flowery banks to dwell,",4.0
Yet soon I hope thou better days shalt see.,1.0
Yes; sure a time when Briton's sons shall rise;,1.0
See their white canvas spreading over thy seas;,5.0
When they shall boldly soon thy right assert.,0.0
"But here, in peace, OH! Warrior, end the night!",1.0
"I shrink at war! how many heroes slain,",0.0
"Of friends and kindred, on some distant plain!",1.0
"I shrink at war! how many nymphs like me,",0.0
"But let no tear the general joy, to night,",1.0
"No, not a sigh, the general joy to blight.",0.0
"Generous Caesar, virtuous Cato,",4.0
"Generous nymph, do music touch thee?",2.0
"As Merchant's whose sunk Trade, and ebbing Stocks",1.0
"Fear every Storm, and dread the lurking Rocks,",1.0
"Then careless hug themselves, and sleep secure;",0.0
"They hear of Wrecks, and fear no inward Pain,",1.0
"So, would your Smiles protect the fearful Muse,",0.0
The vulgar Praise I would with Scorn refuse.,0.0
"By you approved, condemned by all beside,",1.0
"I'd court my Fate, and swell with careless Pride.",0.0
"Since novel Treats our modern Gusts pursue,",0.0
I hoped at least to please by something new.,0.0
"The Muse long sought the Woods, and mossy Caves,",1.0
"Despised the Seas, and feared the rolling Waves,",0.0
"The flowery Meadows, and the whispering Trees",4.0
"Have oft been sung, and will hereafter please.",1.0
"In ancient Verse described their Sweets convey,",0.0
"But the vast unseen Mansions of the Deep,",5.0
"Where secret Groves with liquid Amber weep,",0.0
"And gild the Azure with a brighter red,",1.0
Nor partial Falsehoods stain the guilty Page.,1.0
"She loves no pompous Sound, or lofty Strain,",1.0
"Or soars to Sense obscure with awkward Pain,",0.0
And humbly modest only asks to Dive.,0.0
"Joys free, and undisturbed, and endless Loves",1.0
"The Triton seeks, and every Nymph approves.",0.0
"But should the harmless Pen have no Regard,",0.0
Your Name like sacred Spells that charm when heard,0.0
"From blasting Tongues secures the tender Bard,",0.0
"And beg, you would not scorn the humble Song:",0.0
Men dare not censure even when they ought,1.0
"BOAST of proud Shropshire, Oxford's lasting shame,",4.0
"Eternal war with dullness born to wage,",0.0
"The Bigot's Scourge, of Democrats the Pride;",0.0
"Accept this lay; and to thy Brother, Friend,",1.0
"The broad posteriors of thy brawny prose,",1.0
"And sing, by thee inspired, in tuneful strain,",3.0
The blessed return of Saturn's golden reign!,0.0
"O had I, silly swain, the force and fire",0.0
"Could I, ascending on the wing of sound,",2.0
"Pleased with the grand, the lofty and profound,",1.0
"Rise above mortal ken in rapturous glow,",8.0
"Could I, for ever studious to refine,",3.0
"Prank with my pearly phrase each pretty line,",0.0
"Or like an empty Bottle, deep immersed,",0.0
"Whence Bubbles after Bubbles bustling burst,",0.0
"Amused to view my noisy nothings swell,",0.0
In the sweet vanity of thought excel;,3.0
"Now bursting over the bounds of vulgar Rhyme,",3.0
Gracefully great and terribly sublime;,3.0
With all the clattering clang of modern song;,0.0
"I'd hail the progress of those blissful days,",2.0
"Shall brighten Nature's face, shall drive the Moles",0.0
"Of blinking Error to their secret holes,",1.0
And bid a new Creation rise to light!,0.0
"Proceed, great days! and bring, o! bring to view",1.0
"Things strange to tell! Incredible, but true!",2.0
"Behold, behold, the Golden Age appears:",0.0
"Skip, skip, you Mountains! Forests lend your Ears!",1.0
Shall British wool be taught to blush and lie;,0.0
"But all our pastures glow with purple Rams,",0.0
And swell with fattening grass his monstrous size;,0.0
"No more trot round and round the groaning field,",0.0
But tons of Beef our loaded Thickets yield!,0.0
With tedious toil to whirl the frothy Churn;,2.0
"But from the Hedges shall her Dairy fill,",1.0
As pounds of Butter in big drops distil!,1.0
"And sometime blessings, oftener plagues received,",3.0
"Shouted a Miracle, when on the ground",4.0
"By no dry crusts shall Infidels be fed,",2.0
Our soil producing Butter to our Bread!,1.0
"See reverend Thames, who God of Rivers reigns,",1.0
"And winds meandering through our richest plains,",1.0
"Once in a week like Gentlemen to live,",1.0
"Resign his majesty of mud, and stream",1.0
"See Tallow Candles tip the modest Thorn,",1.0
Candles of Wax the prouder Elm adorn!,2.0
See the dull Clown survey with stupid stare,3.0
"While fluids, which a wondrous change betray,",0.0
"Ooze from the vernal bud, the summer spray,",0.0
"Differing from animals alone in name,",2.0
As Botanists already half exclaim.,1.0
"See plants, susceptible of joy and woe,",2.0
"Feel all we feel, and know whatever we know!",3.0
"View them like us inclined to watch or sleep,",1.0
"Like us to smile, and, ah! like us to weep!",0.0
"Like us behold them glow with warm desire,",1.0
"Then, o! you fair, if through the shady grove",1.0
"Musing on absent Lovers you should rove,",3.0
Or only hear perchance the western breeze,5.0
"Steal murmuring through the animated Trees,",2.0
"Beware, beware, lest to your cost you find",1.0
"The Bushes dangerous, dangerous too the Wind,",4.0
"Lest, ah! too late with shame and grief you feel",1.0
What your fictitious Pads would ill conceal!,1.0
"While Plants turn Animals, Man, happy Man,",3.0
"Bane to our bliss, no more the wrinkled face",1.0
"But see the reigning Toast half kind, half coy,",2.0
"Her Rivals' envy, and her Lover's Joy,",1.0
"Skilled to allure, to charm us, and beguile,",3.0
In all the bloom of Eighty sit and smile!,0.0
Drive Boys of future Centuries mad with love;,3.0
"The Marriage Table its degrees extend,",1.0
"And to our great, great Grandmother ascend.",7.0
"Poor POPE, who grieved that Life could scarce supply",1.0
"More than to look about him, and to die,",1.0
"Had he but flourished in these Halcyon days,",2.0
"Might long have bid Life's little Candle blaze,",1.0
"Happy the Poet's lot, who can prolong,",3.0
And live himself to see his swelling name,0.0
"Roll, like a Snowball, gathering all its fame!",2.0
"Happy, thrice happy he, who at his will",4.0
Can drink of Life's sweet cup his constant fill;,1.0
"Symptoms, which lean Consumption indicate,",2.0
"A sure specific can procure with ease,",1.0
Rich Cream and Butter from his herd of Trees:,2.0
"His body load with fat, his mind with spleen,",0.0
"Converted now into a real Rump,",1.0
"And, blessed with an accommodating maw,",1.0
"Devour the luscious bit, red, recent, raw!",3.0
"Now rise, my Muse, and, warm with rapture, dart",1.0
"From Men to Manners, Fancy to the Heart.",1.0
Transporting sight! to view the Sons of Pride,0.0
"Their little heads with shame and sorrow hide,",0.0
"Ranks and Distinctions cease, all reeking lie",2.0
In the mean muck of low Equality!,4.0
"Who never learnt like British Bears to dance,",0.0
"And, while their Premier's humdrum Bagpipes sound,",4.0
"Led by the nose, jog growling round and round;",1.0
"But more like Monkeys, airy, light, and gay,",0.0
Pleased on your Master's head to skip and play;,0.0
"You pious Atheists, Moralists, who deem",3.0
"The Christian's Heaven and Hell an idle Dream,",0.0
Delighted to deride all vulgar fears,1.0
With manly Scorn and Dignity to tread,1.0
"Who, foes to Power Despotic, dare defy",2.0
"Dreading for present crimes no future rod,",3.0
"O how my Eyes with tears ecstatic fill,",1.0
"What new felt transports through my bosom thrill,",1.0
When I behold you with gigantic blow,2.0
"The pigmy pride of Royalty lay low,",2.0
With pikes and guns this moral dogma teach ' --,0.0
Virtue consists in nudity of Breech!,3.0
Soon shall we view no more the glittering Things,3.0
And deemed their lovely lustre all their own!,0.0
"No more the Despot view, whose mighty nods",0.0
"Shook nature, and proclaimed him God of Gods;",2.0
"Drunk with applause who raised his rolling Eyes,",2.0
"And seemed, whenever he moved, to tread the skies!",2.0
"Despised, detested, all shall wing their flight,",0.0
"And sink, no more to rise, in endless night!",1.0
Behold a minor Monarch in his Stall!,0.0
"No circling Gold his royal brow surrounds,",1.0
A Yard of Room his sphere of Action bounds;,0.0
"His sole ambition and his prime pursuit,",1.0
"With skill a Shoe to patch, to stitch a Boot!",0.0
Nor deem his fate severe! The time may come,0.0
"When many a pious King in Christendom,",3.0
"Dashed from his throne, and made Dame Fortune's Fool,",1.0
And untaxed Plenty crowns the fruitful plains!,5.0
Lay on our largest sheaves his greedy hand;,0.0
Fright into Gothic Ignorance the world:,2.0
"But Truth and Light shall come, with hostile rage,",0.0
To drive the holy Vandal off the stage.,1.0
Proud Superstition turn her vanquished tail;,1.0
"No zealous Minister the Church befriend,",2.0
Lo! Babylon is fallen! That mystic ' --,3.0
"That Sink of Wickedness, is now no more!",2.0
"Great Babylon is fallen! Shout, shout, you Meads!",4.0
"And, o! you Cornfields, wave your happy heads!",2.0
And with your Dams in loudest Baas rejoice!,1.0
"Prolific Ducks, quack mid the mighty noise!",1.0
"Hens, more prolific, cackle out your joys!",2.0
"And you, o! Swine, lift up your little Eyes,",3.0
"Stretch your triumphant throats, and strive to make",2.0
"Yet, Winter! art thou welcome to my eye:",1.0
"Thee here I hail, though terrors round thee wait,",0.0
And winds tempestuous howl along the sky.,3.0
But shall I then so soon forget the days,0.0
When Crees led me through her wheaten mines!,2.0
"When autumn plucked me, with his tawny hand,",1.0
"So soon forget, when up the yielding pole",1.0
"When Summer, waving high her crown of hay,",0.0
"I must forget them ' --  and thee too, OH Spring!",2.0
"For, now prepared to quit the enchanting scenes,",2.0
"Cold, weeping Winter! I come all to thee.",3.0
"Hail to thy rolling clouds, and rapid storms!",0.0
Though they deform fair Nature's lovely face:,4.0
"Hail to thy winds, that sweep along the earth!",0.0
Though trees they root up from their solid base.,1.0
Where is the spice kiss of the southern gale!,2.0
"Where the wild rose, that smiled upon the thorn,",3.0
"The mountain flower, and lily of the vale!",3.0
"How gloomy it's to cast the eye around,",1.0
"The velvet path grown rough with clotting showers,",1.0
And every field deprived of every sheaf!,0.0
Alone to travel in the dead of night!,0.0
"No twinkling star to gild the arch of heaven,",1.0
No moon to lend her temporary light:,1.0
"To see the lightning spread its ample sheet,",0.0
"Discern the wild waste through its liquid fire,",2.0
As time itself and nature would expire:,0.0
"And yet, OH Winter! has thy poet seen",1.0
"Thy face as smooth, and placid as the Spring,",1.0
"Has felt, with comfort felt, the beam of heaven,",0.0
And heard thy valleys and thy woodlands ring.,1.0
"What time the sun with burnished locks arose,",0.0
"The long lost charms of nature to renew,",2.0
"When pearls of ice bedecked the grassy turf,",0.0
And tree-tops floated in the silver dew.,1.0
Father of heaven and earth! this change is thine:,2.0
"By thee the Seasons in gradation roll,",1.0
Thou great omniscient Ruler of the world!,1.0
Thou Alpha and Omega of the whole!,2.0
Here humbly bow we down our heads to thee!,1.0
"It's ours the voice of gratitude to raise,",0.0
Thine to diffuse thy blessings over the land;,3.0
Thine to receive the incense of our praise.,3.0
"Pure if it rises from the conscious heart,",1.0
With thee for ever does the symbol live;,1.0
"Though small for all thy love is man's return,",0.0
How soft the morn! how sweet the early day!,0.0
What blooming tints the opening clouds display!,2.0
And cloud the brightness of the purest skies.,1.0
"In blushing spring the budding leaves may fall,",0.0
"And you, you fair, receive an early call;",1.0
Ah! Caroline! how promising thy bloom!,1.0
"How changed, how sad, how sunk in sorrow's gloom!",0.0
"How fair thy prospects! charming maid, how bright,",0.0
Which death relentless veils in endless night;,0.0
Chilled that soft friendship which thy bosom warmed.,2.0
"Why did not pitying powers thy virtue save,",4.0
Preserve our hopes from disappointment's grave?,0.0
"Formed with each grace that could enrich the mind,",0.0
"With wit, with sentiment, and sense refined;",1.0
"The gentlest soul informed her glowing breast,",2.0
"The softest mercy, purity, and truth,",1.0
"Adorned her name, gave lustre to her youth:",2.0
"Heaven, that with virtue did her heart endow,",0.0
Sent her a pattern for her sex below.,1.0
"You fair companions of her opening bloom,",3.0
"Weep over her dust, and profit at her tomb;",3.0
She once was all the human kind adore;,0.0
"Now view her relics, and be vain no more.",3.0
"Her easy manners, her distinguished worth!",1.0
"Silent and cold as yonder pale marble bust,",5.0
"And shall no more thy friends behold thy face,",0.0
No more be charmed by thy persuasive grace!,1.0
"And shall no more thy accents cheer the maid,",0.0
"Who now invokes thy loved, thy honoured shade?",1.0
"Transporting hope! in realms of brightest day,",0.0
"Thy soul shall gain that spark, that quickening ray,",2.0
Ecstatic thought! in those bright realms above,2.0
I'll hail thy virtues with an angel's love;,1.0
"When a few fleeting years shall set me free,",0.0
"My soul, unshackled, then shall fly to thee;",0.0
"But if on earth I longer must reside,",1.0
O! then blessed Caroline be still my guide!,1.0
"And should thy spirit know what passes here,",0.0
"Be that, sweet maid, thy sacred, soft employ,",1.0
Till she shall meet thee for eternal joy.,2.0
"And cruel parents teach, to Read and Write!",0.0
What need of letters? Wherefore should we spell?,0.0
Why write our names? A mark will do as well.,0.0
"He reigns, vain monarch, over a barren spot,",3.0
"While in the vale of Ignorance below,",1.0
"Over crabbed authors life's gay prime to waste,",4.0
"To cramp wild genius in the chains of taste,",1.0
"To bear the slavish drudgery of schools,",1.0
"Beneath the weight of solemn toys to groan,",0.0
"Sleep over books, and leave mankind unknown,",2.0
"To praise each senior blockhead's threadbare tale,",1.0
"And laugh till reason blush, and spirits fail,",0.0
"Manhood with vile submission to disgrace,",2.0
"And cap the fool, whose merit is his Place;",1.0
"VICE CHANCELLORS, whose knowledge is but small,",3.0
"And CHANCELLORS, who nothing know at all,",1.0
"When Learning was the certain road to praise,",1.0
"When Nobles, with a love of Science blessed,",1.0
Approved in others what themselves possessed.,0.0
"But Now, when DULLNESS rears aloft her throne,",0.0
"When LORDLY Vassals her wide Empire own,",2.0
"When Wit, seduced by Envy, starts aside,",0.0
"What Now should tempt us, by false hopes misled,",2.0
"That Crown withheld, which They in triumph wore?",1.0
It's an affront to those who have it not.,1.0
"In some it causes hate, in others fear,",0.0
"Instructs our Foes to rail, our Friends to sneer.",0.0
Forgets the little which he learnt at School;,0.0
"The Elder Brother, to vast fortunes born,",2.0
Looks on all Science with an Eye of Scorn;,1.0
And younger Sons are stupid as the Heir.,1.0
"Genius is vile, and Learning out of date.",3.0
Is this ' --  OH Death to think! is this the Land,3.0
"Where Merit and Reward went hand in hand,",2.0
By whom they saw their glorious deeds renewed;,2.0
"Where Poets, true to Honour, tuned their lays,",3.0
"Is this the Land, where, on our SPENCER'S tongue,",2.0
"Where JOHNSON rigid gravity beguiled,",1.0
While Reason through her Critic fences smiled;,1.0
And wondered at the Work herself had made?,0.0
"Is this the Land, where, mindful of her charge",2.0
"And Office high, fair Freedom walked at large;",1.0
"Where, finding in our Laws a sure defence,",0.0
"She mocked at all restraints, but those of Sense;",1.0
"Where, health and honour trooping by her side,",4.0
She spread her sacred empire far and wide;,0.0
"Pointed the Way, Affliction to beguile,",3.0
"And bade the Face of Sorrow wear a smile,",0.0
"Bade those, who dare obey the generous call,",2.0
"Enjoy her blessings, which GOD meant for all?",1.0
"Is this the Land, where, in some Tyrant's reign,",3.0
"When a weak, wicked Ministerial train,",4.0
"The tools of power, the slaves of interest, planned",2.0
"Gave up our liberties, and sold our laws;",1.0
"When Power was taught by Meanness where to go,",2.0
Nor dared to love the Virtue of a foe;,1.0
"To the foul heart her sores Corruption spread,",2.0
"Her iron arm when stern Oppression reared,",0.0
"And Virtue, from her broad base shaken, feared",2.0
"The scourge of Vice; when, impotent and vain,",1.0
"Is this the Land, where, in those worst of times,",1.0
The hardy Poet raised his honest rhymes,0.0
"In guilty blushes on the villain's cheek,",1.0
"Bade Power turn pale, kept mighty rogues in awe,",5.0
"And made them fear the Muse, who feared not Law?",0.0
"How do I laugh, when men of narrow souls,",0.0
"Whom folly guides, and prejudice controls;",1.0
"Who, one dull drowsy track of business trod,",2.0
"Who, breathing by one musty set of rules,",1.0
"Dote from the birth, and are by system fools;",1.0
"Who, formed to dullness from their very youth,",1.0
"Lies of the day prefer to Gospel truth,",0.0
"Pick up their little knowledge from Reviews,",1.0
And lay out all their stock of faith in news:,0.0
"How do I laugh, when Creatures, formed like these,",0.0
"Whom Reason scorns, and I should blush to please,",1.0
"Rail at all liberal arts, deem verse a crime,",1.0
"And hold not Truth, as Truth, if told in rhyme?",0.0
"By slow degrees, and course of office, drawn",0.0
"In mood and figure at the helm to yawn,",0.0
Too mean the worst of curses Heaven can send,1.0
"To have a foe, too proud to have a friend,",1.0
"Erring by form, which Blockheads sacred hold,",2.0
"Never making new faults, and never mending old,",3.0
"Rebukes my Spirit, bids the daring Muse",0.0
Subjects more equal to her weakness choose;,1.0
Nor dare to traffic in ambitious strains;,0.0
"Bids her, indulging the poetic whim",3.0
Or dance with MASON on the first of May?,1.0
"All sacred is the name and power of Kings,",3.0
All States and Statesmen are those mighty Things,1.0
Were never made for Poets to control.,1.0
"I tell thee, Wretch, search all Creation round,",1.0
"In Earth, in Heaven, no Subject can be found",0.0
Our God alone except above whose weight,0.0
"The Poet cannot rise, and hold his State.",0.0
The blessed Saints above in numbers speak,2.0
"The praise of God, though there all praise is weak;",1.0
In Numbers here below the Bard shall teach,0.0
Virtue to soar beyond the Villain's reach;,2.0
"And raise his voice beyond the trumpet's note,",0.0
"Should an afflicted Country, awed by men",1.0
"Of slavish principles, demand his pen.",1.0
"This is a great, a glorious point of view,",3.0
"Fit for an English Poet to pursue,",1.0
"Undaunted to pursue, though, in return,",1.0
His writings by the common Hangman burn.,1.0
"How do I laugh, when men, by fortune placed",0.0
"Above their Betters, and by rank disgraced,",1.0
"Who found their pride on titles which they stain,",0.0
"And, mean themselves, are of their Fathers vain,",1.0
"Who would a bill of privilege prefer,",1.0
"And treat a Poet, like a Creditor,",1.0
And curse the storm they know must break on them?,0.0
"What, shall a reptile Bard, a wretch unknown,",0.0
"Without one badge of merit, but his own,",1.0
"Great Nobles lash, and Lords, like common men,",1.0
"What's in this name of Lord, that we should fear",1.0
To bring their vices to the public ear?,1.0
Quick as the tide which swells a Monarch's veins?,1.0
"Monarchs, who wealth and titles can bestow,",2.0
Cannot make Virtues in succession flow.,1.0
"The censure of the Muse, deserve her Love,",1.0
"Act as thy Birth demands, as Nobles ought;",0.0
"Look back, and by thy worthy Father taught,",2.0
"Follow his steps, and be his Virtue's heir.",2.0
"But if, regardless of the road to Fame,",2.0
"You start aside, and tread the paths of shame.",0.0
"If such thy life, that should thy Sire arise,",3.0
"The sight of such a Son would blast his eyes,",1.0
"Would make him curse the hour which gave Thee birth,",0.0
"Would drive him, shuddering, from the face of earth",1.0
"Once more, with shame and sorrow, amongst the dead",2.0
In endless night to hide his reverend head;,0.0
"If such thy life, though Kings had made thee more",1.0
"Than ever King a scoundrel made before,",0.0
"Nay, to allow thy pride a deeper spring,",2.0
"Though God in vengeance had made Thee a King,",2.0
"Taking on Virtue's wing her daring flight,",2.0
"The Muse should drag thee trembling to the light,",1.0
"Probe thy foul wounds, and lay thy bosom bare",3.0
To the keen question of the searching air.,3.0
"Gods! with what pride I see the titled slave,",0.0
"Who smarts beneath the stroke which Satire gave,",1.0
"Aiming at ease, and with dishonest art",3.0
Striving to hide the feelings of his heart!,3.0
"How do I laugh, when, with affected air,",1.0
"Scarce able through despite to keep his chair,",2.0
"While on his trembling lip pale anger speaks,",1.0
And the chafed blood flies mounting to his cheeks,5.0
"He talks of Conscience, which good men secures",0.0
"From all those evil moments guilt endures,",0.0
"And seems to laugh at those, who pay regard",1.0
"The mind of man, must always make her way,",0.0
"Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught,",2.0
Is all her malice worth a single thought.,0.0
"The Wise have not the will, nor Fools the power",1.0
"To stop her headstrong course; within the hour,",1.0
"Left to herself, she dies; opposing Strife,",2.0
"All things her prey, and every man her aim,",0.0
"I can no patent for exemption claim,",3.0
Nor would I wish to stop that harmless dart,0.0
"Which plays around, but cannot wound my heart:",0.0
"Though pointed at myself, be SATIRE free;",2.0
"To Her it's pleasure, and no pain to Me.",3.0
"Dissembling Wretch! hence to the Stoic school,",2.0
"And there amongst thy brethren play the fool,",1.0
"Lives there a Man, whom SATIRE cannot reach?",1.0
"Lives there a Man, who calmly can stand by,",2.0
And see his conscience ripped with steady eye?,0.0
"When SATIRE flies abroad on Falsehood's wing,",1.0
"Short is her life indeed, and dull her sting;",0.0
"But when to Truth allied, the wound she gives",0.0
"Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.",2.0
"When in the tomb thy pampered flesh shall rot,",0.0
"And even by friends thy memory be forgot,",4.0
"Still shalt Thou live, recorded for thy crimes,",2.0
"Hast Thou no feeling yet? Come, throw off pride,",3.0
And own those passions which Thou shalt not hide.,0.0
"S, who, from the moment of his birth,",2.0
"Made human Nature a reproach on earth,",2.0
"Who never dared, nor wished behind to stay,",0.0
"When Folly, Vice, and Meanness led the way,",0.0
"Would blush, should he be told, by Truth and Wit,",1.0
"Those actions, which he blushed not to commit;",1.0
"Men the most infamous are fond of fame,",1.0
"And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.",1.0
"But whither runs my zeal, whose rapid force,",0.0
"Turning the brain, bears Reason from her course,",4.0
"Carries me back to times, when Poets, blessed",2.0
"With courage, graced the Science they professed;",1.0
"When They, in Honour rooted, firmly stood",1.0
"The bad to punish, and reward the good;",1.0
"When, to a flame by Public Virtue wrought,",0.0
"And dared expose those slaves, who dared support",0.0
"A Tyrant plan, and called themselves a Court.",0.0
Ah! What are Poets now? as slavish those,1.0
"Who deal in Verse, as those who deal in Prose.",1.0
"Is there an Author, search the Kingdom round,",1.0
"In whom true worth, and real Spirit's found?",3.0
"The Slaves of Booksellers, or doomed by Fate",5.0
"Some, dead to shame, and of those shackles proud",1.0
"Which Honour scorns, for slavery roar aloud,",3.0
Why turns you villain pale? why bends his eye,0.0
"Inward, abashed, when MURPHY passes by?",3.0
"Dost Thou sage MURPHY for a blockhead take,",3.0
Who wages war with vice for Virtue's sake?,0.0
"He shifts his sails, and catches every wind.",0.0
"His soul the shock of interest can't endure,",0.0
"Give him a pension then, and sin secure.",0.0
"Bid Virtue crouch, bid Vice exalt her horn,",2.0
"Bid Cowards thrive, put honesty to flight,",3.0
"MURPHY shall prove, or try to prove it right.",2.0
"Into my breast, and flatter to betray;",1.0
"Or, if those tricks are vain, if wholesome doubt",1.0
"Detects the fraud, and points the Villain out,",1.0
"Bribe those who daily at my board are fed,",0.0
And make them take my life who eat my bread;,0.0
"On Authors for defence, for praise depend;",1.0
"Pay him but well, and MURPHY is thy friend.",1.0
"He, He shall ready stand with venal rhymes",1.0
"To varnish guilt, and consecrate thy crimes,",0.0
"To make corruption in false colours shine,",2.0
"And damn his own good name, to rescue thine.",1.0
"And Vice no longer rains down showers of gold,",3.0
"Expect no mercy; facts, well grounded, teach,",2.0
"MURPHY, if not rewarded, will impeach.",3.0
"What though each man of nice and juster thought,",0.0
"He never can be a Friend, who stoops so low",1.0
"What though, with thine together linked, his name",1.0
"Must be with thine transmitted down to shame,",2.0
"To every manly feeling callous grown,",0.0
"Rather than not blast thine, he'll blast his own.",1.0
"To open the fountain, whence Sedition springs,",2.0
"To slander Government, and libel Kings,",1.0
"With Freedom's name to serve a present hour,",0.0
"Though born, and bred to arbitrary power,",0.0
"To talk of WILLIAMS with insidious art,",2.0
"While a vile STUART'S lurking in his heart,",1.0
"And, while mean Envy rears her loathsome head,",1.0
"Flattering the living, to abuse the dead,",2.0
The Pillory dare to name; the whole intent,2.0
"Of that Parade was Fame, not Punishment,",1.0
"And that old, staunch Whig BEARDMORE standing by,",4.0
Can in full Court give that report the lie.,2.0
"With rude unnatural jargon to support,",3.0
"Half Scotch, half English, a declining Court,",3.0
"And prove, beyond dispute, that black is white,",0.0
"Make Vice and Virtue differ but in name,",2.0
"To prove that Chains and Freedom are but one,",1.0
"That to be saved must mean to be undone,",0.0
"Is there not GUTHRIE? Who, like him, can call",2.0
"All Opposites to proof, and conquer all?",1.0
He calls forth living waters from the rock;,2.0
He calls forth children from the barren stock;,2.0
"He, far beyond the springs of Nature led,",0.0
Makes Women bring forth after they are dead;,3.0
"He, on a curious, new, and happy plan,",3.0
"And, to complete the whole, most strange, but true,",1.0
"By some rare magic, makes them fruitful too,",1.0
"Dost Thou contrive some blacker deed of shame,",1.0
"Something which Nature shudders but to name,",3.0
"Something which makes the Soul of man retreat,",2.0
And the lifeblood run backward to her seat?,5.0
"Dost Thou contrive, for some base private end,",2.0
"Some selfish view, to hang a trusting friend,",0.0
"To lure him on, even to his parting breath,",1.0
"And promise life, to work him surer death?",0.0
"Behold, a Parson at thy Elbow stands,",1.0
"Lowering damnation, and with open hands",2.0
The Atheist Chaplain of an Atheist Lord.,5.0
"Bred to the Church, and for the gown decreed,",1.0
Before it was known that I should learn to read;,1.0
"Though that was nothing, for my Friends, who knew",1.0
"What mighty Dullness of itself could do,",1.0
"Never designed me for a working Priest,",3.0
"But hoped, I should have been a DEAN at least;",0.0
"Condemned like many more, and worthier men,",2.0
"To whom I pledge the service of my pen,",1.0
"Condemned while proud, and pampered Sons of Lawn,",0.0
"Crammed to the throat, in lazy plenty yawn",0.0
"To pray, and starve on forty pounds a year;",0.0
"My Friends, who never felt the galling load,",0.0
While Virtue to my conduct witness bears,1.0
"In throwing off that gown, which FRANCIS wears.",1.0
"What Creature's that, so very pert and prim;",0.0
"So gentle, yet so brisk; so wondrous sweet,",0.0
"Who looks, as he the Lord's rich vineyard trod,",2.0
And by his Garb appears a man of God?,1.0
"Trust not to looks, nor credit outward show;",0.0
Suffice it that the wretch from SODOM came.,0.0
"His tongue is deadly ' --  from his presence run,",1.0
Unless thy rage would wish to be undone.,0.0
"No ties can hold him, no affection bind,",1.0
And Fear alone restrains his coward mind;,0.0
"Free him from that, no Monster is so fell,",2.0
Nor is so sure a bloodhound found in hell.,1.0
"Are only worn to pave Fraud's easier way,",3.0
Attend his Church ' --  his plan of doctrine view ' --,0.0
"The Preacher is a Christian, dull but true;",1.0
That plan of doctrine's never thought of more;,0.0
"CHRIST is laid by neglected on the shelf,",3.0
And the vile Priest is Gospel to himself.,3.0
"OXFORD, if OXFORD had not sunk in same,",2.0
"Ere this, had damned to everlasting shame",0.0
"To Virtue lost, to Vice alone he wakes,",0.0
"Are these the Arts, which Policy supplies?",2.0
"Are these the steps, by which grave Churchmen rise?",2.0
"Forbid it, Heaven; or, should it turn out so,",0.0
"Let Me, and Mine, continue mean and low.",1.0
"Such be their Arts, whom Interest controls;",1.0
"And will, though poor without, have peace within.",1.0
"SO stream the sorrows that embalm the brave,",0.0
So pure the views which classic duty pays,0.0
OH Pitt! if chosen strains have power to steal,3.0
"Might hope to charm thy manly mind, intent",0.0
"On patriot plans which ancient Freedom drew,",2.0
With skill united have conspired to twine.,2.0
Thy conscious heart shall hail with just applause,0.0
Her blameless offering to the shrine of kings:,1.0
"Thy tongue well tutored in historic lore,",1.0
Can speak her office and her use of yore:,1.0
For such the tribute of ingenuous praise,4.0
"Such were the palms, in isles of old renown,",1.0
She culled to deck the guiltless monarch's crown;,1.0
Pleased in the radiance of the regal name,1.0
"For, taught like ours, she dared with prudent pride,",0.0
Obedience from dependence to divide:,4.0
"Though princes claimed her tributary lays,",0.0
With truth severe she tempered partial praise;,0.0
"Conscious she kept her native dignity,",3.0
"Bold as her flights, and as her numbers free.",1.0
"And sure if ever the Muse indulged her strains,",2.0
"With just regard, to grace heroic reigns,",0.0
Where could her glance a theme of triumph own,0.0
"At whose firm base, thy steadfast soul aspires",2.0
To wake a mighty nation's ancient fires:,0.0
"Aspires to baffle faction's specious claim,",2.0
"Rouse England's rage, and give her thunder aim:",1.0
"Once more the main her conquering banners sweep,",2.0
"Thy fixed resolve renews each fair decree,",0.0
"That made, that kept of yore, thy country free.",1.0
"Called by thy voice, nor deaf to war's alarms,",0.0
Its willing youth the rural empire arms:,0.0
Flamed in the van of many a baron bold.,2.0
"Nor thine the pomp of indolent debate,",2.0
"Nor frigid caution cheques thy free design,",0.0
Nor stops thy stream of eloquence divine:,1.0
"For thine the privilege, on few bestowed,",2.0
"To feel, to think, to speak for public good.",0.0
In vain Corruption calls her venal tribes;,0.0
"One common cause, one common end prescribes;",0.0
"Nor fear nor fraud, or spares or screens the foe,",0.0
"OH Pitt, while honour points thy liberal plan,",4.0
"And over the minister exalts the man,",3.0
"Isis congenial greets thy faithful sway,",2.0
Nor scorns to bid a statesman grace her lay;,0.0
"For science still is justly fond to blend,",0.0
"With thine, her practise, principles, and end.",2.0
"It's not for her, by false connections drawn,",1.0
Each native effort of the feeling breast,1.0
"To friends, to foes, in servile fear, suppressed:",0.0
It's not for her to purchase or pursue,2.0
"More useful toils her studious hours engage,",2.0
And fairer lessons fill her spotless page:,0.0
"Beneath ambition, but above disgrace,",1.0
"To rear her arched roofs in regal guise,",3.0
And lift her temples nearer to the skies;,1.0
"Princes and prelates stretched the social band,",2.0
"To form, diffuse, and fix her high command:",0.0
"Lo, this her genuine lore. ' --  Nor thou refuse",3.0
This humble present of no partial muse,2.0
"From that calm bower, which nursed thy thoughtful youth",3.0
In the pure precepts of Athenian truth:,5.0
Where first the form of British Liberty,1.0
Beamed in full radiance on thy musing eye:,3.0
"That form, whose mien sublime, with equal awe,",0.0
In the same shade unblemished Somers saw:,3.0
Where once for well she loved the friendly grove,0.0
Which every classic Grace had learnt to rove,0.0
The blessings of her visionary reign;,1.0
"That reign, which now no more an empty theme,",1.0
"But crowns at last, beneath a George's smile,",0.0
"Which, only yet our Groves, and Fountains know:",0.0
"That, when my Death shall through the Plains be told,",1.0
"To everyone, who shall my Storey find",0.0
Beneath whose Shade the bleeding Body lay:,0.0
"That, when by chance she shall be led that way,",0.0
Over my sad Grave the haughty Nymph may go.,2.0
And the proud Triumph of her Beauty show,3.0
And yet at length she may but O! alas!,2.0
"I fear, too high my flattering Hopes do soar",3.0
Yet she at length may my sad Fate deplore;,3.0
"May weep me Dead, may over my Tomb recline",2.0
"And sighing, wish were he alive and Mine!",1.0
"Go on; for well I do thy Speech attend,",0.0
"Being now a Child, or but a Youth at most,",1.0
When scarce to reach the blushing Fruit I knew,0.0
Which on the lowest bending Branches grew;,0.0
"Still with the dearest, sweetest, kindest Maid",0.0
"Young as myself, at childish Sports I played.",3.0
"The Fairest, sure, of all that Lovely Kind,",0.0
Who spread their golden Tresses to the Wind;,1.0
Whose Flocks and Herds so numerous do appear;,2.0
"Warmth of all Hearts, and Pride of every Grove.",0.0
"With Her I lived, no Turtles ever so fond.",4.0
"Our Houses met, but more our Souls were joined.",0.0
"Together Nets for Fish, and Fowl we laid;",0.0
Together through the spacious Forest strayed;,1.0
"Pursued with equal Speed the flying Deer,",0.0
And of the Spoils there no Divisions were.,2.0
"But while I from the Beasts their Freedom won,",1.0
"Alas! I know not how, my Own was gone.",1.0
"Which filled, at last, each corner of my Breast;",1.0
"As from a Root, though scarce discerned so small,",1.0
"A Plant may rise, that grows amazing tall.",0.0
"And from her Eyes took in full Draughts of Love,",3.0
"Yet in the end such Bitterness would yield,",1.0
"That oft I sighed, ere yet I knew the cause,",1.0
"And was a Lover, ere I dreamt I was.",1.0
"But O! at last, too well my State I knew;",2.0
"And now, will show thee how this Passion grew.",1.0
"Then listen, while the pleasing Tale I tell.",0.0
"STILL were the Groves, and venerable Night",1.0
"Over half the Globe had cast her gloomy Veil,",0.0
When by a Taper's solitary Gleam,4.0
Sat musing Mira pensive and alone;,2.0
"Revived the Pictures of departed Friends,",1.0
Whose pleasing Forms she must behold no more.,1.0
"Forgotten Woe, that for a time had slept,",1.0
"Rose into Life, and like a Torrent poured",1.0
"On her faint Soul, which sunk beneath its Rage:",2.0
"At length soft Slumber kindly intervened,",1.0
And closed those Eyelids that were drenched in Tears;,1.0
"But restless Fancy that was waking still,",0.0
Led my deluded Spirit on the Wing,3.0
To pictured Regions and imagined Worlds.,1.0
"I seemed transported to a gloomy Land,",1.0
Whose Fields had never known the cheerful Sun:,0.0
"A heavy Mist hung in the frowning Sky,",1.0
"No feathered Warblers cheered the mourning Groves,",1.0
Nor blushing Flowers adorned the barren Ground:,2.0
"I gazed around the solitary Coast,",0.0
"When lo a Nymph with solemn Air approached,",0.0
"Whose Dress was careless and her Features grave,",1.0
Her Voice was broken and her Hearing dull:,1.0
"She spoke but seldom, yet at last she told",0.0
"Me in a Whisper, that her Name was Thought;",0.0
"And more, she offered, with a friendly Air,",1.0
To lead me safely through the dreary Gloom:,1.0
"Over Beds of Night-Shade and through Groves of Yew,",2.0
The Trees were baleful Cypress; and a few,1.0
Tall Pines that murmured to the rushing Wind:,2.0
"Here dwelled the Natives, mournful as the Place",1.0
Or sunk in real or imagined Woe;,2.0
"Complaining Sounds were heard on every Side,",0.0
"Some mourned a Child that in its Bloom expired,",0.0
And some a Brother's or a Parent's Fate:,1.0
"And some were wretched, though they knew not why.",1.0
"But as we reached the Centre of the Place,",2.0
Complaints were heard more piercing than before:,1.0
"The gathering Fogs grew thicker over our Heads,",5.0
"And a cold Horror thrilled our wounded Souls,",2.0
"And thus we travelled, pensive beyond measure,",1.0
Through Paths half covered with perplexing Thorns;,2.0
"At length we found two Rows of aged Firs,",1.0
"This solitary Vista opening wide,",2.0
Disclosed the Palace of its mournful Queen:,1.0
"Before the Gate was placed a frightful Guard,",0.0
Who served as Porters to the gloomy Dome:,1.0
"Here, stretched upon a miserable Couch,",1.0
Lay pining Sickness with continual Groans;,4.0
"And by her Side, arrayed in filthy Weeds",1.0
Sat quaking Poverty with ghastly stare:,2.0
"His Presence seemed to aggravate her Pain,",0.0
"For when she cast her languid Eyes on him,",0.0
She hid her Face and raised a fearful Cry.,0.0
"There Disappointment like a Statue stood,",1.0
With Eyes dejected and with Visage pale:,1.0
"Her heaving Bosom seemed to swell with Anguish,",0.0
And in her Hand she grasped a broken Reed:,0.0
"Here, in the Garb of Piety, we saw",1.0
Proud Error frowning with a Look severe:,2.0
"Doubt at his Elbow bore a Rod of Snakes,",1.0
"And held a Cup filled to the Brim with Tears,",2.0
Overrun with Hemlock and with gloomy Fern:,2.0
"Perpetual Night hung over the dismal Walls,",5.0
"Through folding Doors of Ebony we came,",1.0
"Into a winding Passage hung with black,",0.0
"For ever dark ' --  possessed by flitting Shades,",0.0
"By waking Fancies, and by frightful Dreams",1.0
Where the sad Empress Melancholy reigned;,2.0
The musing Matron sat upon a Throne,0.0
And for her Canopy an aged Yew,2.0
Spread over her Head its venerable Arms:,4.0
"Her careless Robe was of a sable Hue,",1.0
And on her Shoulders flowed her slighted Hair:,1.0
Her Lips were closed with an eternal Silence;,1.0
Her Arms were folded and her Head reclined;,1.0
"On either Side her pale Attendants stood,",0.0
Seemed on the Point to close her dying Eyes:,0.0
And her cold Bosom half forgot to heave.,2.0
Despair whose Garments by herself were torn,1.0
Was marked with Wounds that Time can never heal:,0.0
"With desperate Hand she struck her bleeding Breast,",0.0
"With ghastly Figures was the Cave adorned,",1.0
And left the horrid Mansion far behind;,0.0
Where the brown Forests cast an awful Gloom:,2.0
"At length the floating Clouds began to part,",0.0
And left behind them Streaks of cheerful Azure;,0.0
"Our Path grew smooth and widened to the view,",2.0
Until it opened on a spacious Field;,1.0
"A Field whose Charms no Painter ever could reach,",2.0
Though he should borrow from the Poet's Heaven;,1.0
Speckled with Flowers of a delicious Die.,5.0
"Here crystal Lakes were bordered round with Trees,",0.0
Where Blossoms flourished in eternal Spring;,0.0
But still are blessed with Fruits that never decay:,2.0
"Perpetual Sunshine crowned the gaudy Hills,",3.0
And the fair Valleys were with Plenty gay.,3.0
"A Path there was, trod over the spicy Field,",4.0
"Which led the Wanderer to a blissful Shade,",1.0
Whose Fence was made of balmy Eglantine;,0.0
"Where the fair Plane overlooked the Myrtle Shrub,",1.0
And flowering Orange that perfume the Air;,2.0
"Here flew in Throngs the soft aerial Choir,",5.0
Whose glittering Necks like polished Amber shone:,2.0
"We passed delighted through ambrosial Paths,",1.0
And Bowers move with Jessamine and Rose;,1.0
In Gales that tasted of immortal Sweets.,1.0
"At length the parting Trees broke into Form,",1.0
"And with a Circle bound a charming Plain,",1.0
Her Mien was graceful and her Features fair;,1.0
"Continual Smiles dwelled on her dimpled Cheeks,",2.0
"Her Hair was bound beneath a shining Crown,",0.0
"Her Robes were Azure bright with golden Stars,",0.0
And in her Hand she held a silver Lute.,0.0
"On either Side her royal Sisters sat,",0.0
"Both lovely, as herself, though not so gay;",2.0
The eldest had a Face divinely fair;,0.0
"Calm was her Look, with Lips prepared for smiling,",0.0
She often raised her thankful Eyes to Heaven;,0.0
Her Form was easy and her Name Content:,1.0
The other much the youngest was arrayed,1.0
In Virgin Robes white as unsullied Snow;,2.0
"Her thoughtless Smiles would tame a Tiger's Rage,",0.0
A Lamb whose Neck was circled with a Band,1.0
"Of new blown Roses at her Feet was laid,",1.0
Thus ever blessed sat Innocence the fair.,3.0
"Behind these Sisters stood a shining Train,",0.0
Prosperity the first was climbing up,2.0
A stately Pyramid of painted Marble;,1.0
From whose high Top she reached a brilliant Crowd:,1.0
"Then with an Air that spoke a joyful Heart,",0.0
Looked down with Pleasure on the Plain below.,1.0
"Gay Wealth the next, in her embroidered Vest,",2.0
Shone like the Entrails of the eastern Mine;,2.0
"Her Hair was plaited thick with sparkling Gems,",3.0
And in her Hand she bore a golden Wand.,0.0
"Health, like a Sylvan Huntress clothed in Green,",0.0
"Her Air was masculine, and swift her Motion;",1.0
Her Cheeks were ruddy; and her large black Eyes,2.0
"These were the Natives of this happy Land,",2.0
The Sight of whom so filled my glowing Breast,0.0
With Ecstasy that I awoke: And thus,2.0
"Their Glories vanished, and were seen no more.",2.0
"AUthor of life and light, Great Power above!",5.0
"Parent of all, whose very self is love!",1.0
Shall flattering reason make a faint essay,2.0
To paint one spark of thy eternal ray?,1.0
"Not all the years that in creation roll,",0.0
Not all the finer organs of the soul;,1.0
"The heart of man grows speechless in thy praise,",1.0
"While angels, lost in silent wonder, gaze.",0.0
"To wake the world, we view thy piercing eye;",0.0
"The tuneful lark, elated, leaves her nest,",0.0
The sun's warm lustre beaming on her breast:,2.0
Through worlds untold the morning hymns resound,1.0
"Tell me fair Nymph who justly had designed,",3.0
A charming Youth to suit your equal Mind;,0.0
"What did seduce you thus to match with one,",0.0
Whom if by Nature made she'll scarcely own?,0.0
"For formed so many Centuries ago,",1.0
"I think the way to do his Reverence right,",2.0
"Your blooming Youth his Age beyond decay,",0.0
Who spite of Virtue will your Fame betray.,1.0
"What strong Persuasions made you thus to wed,",0.0
"Sure iT was no earthly Gain that charmed you to't,",2.0
Nothing but hopes of Heaven should make me do't:,2.0
Dispatching Martyrdom I would not miss;,1.0
"To be secured, could I but escape from this.",1.0
"With all the stench he suffered when he died,",0.0
Is a just Emblem of so yoked a Bride.,2.0
And did entice you to his trembling Arms:,1.0
"Kind amorous Glances from his hollow Eyes,",4.0
Did your gay Breast with rapturous Joys surprise,5.0
"Ah! who can blame to see a yielding Maid,",0.0
By all these blooming Charms to Love betrayed.,0.0
The tempting Softness in such Beauties dressed.,0.0
"The bright Idea soon dissolves in Air,",0.0
And in it's room the Picture of Despair.,1.0
"A moving Skeleton he seems to be,",1.0
"Worth Observation, hang him up therefore",2.0
"In Gresham College, and I'll ask no more.",2.0
"FAR in a Wild, unknown to public View,",0.0
From Youth to Age a reverend Hermit grew;,0.0
"The Moss his Bed, the Cave his humble Cell,",0.0
"His Food the Fruits, his Drink the crystal Well:",0.0
"Remote from Man, with God he passed the Days,",0.0
"Prayer all his Business, all his Pleasure Praise.",0.0
"A Life so sacred, such serene Repose,",1.0
"Seemed Heaven it self, till one Suggestion rose;",2.0
"That Vice should triumph, Virtue Vice obey,",0.0
"His Hopes no more a certain Prospect boast,",1.0
And all the Tenor of his Soul is lost:,1.0
So when a smooth Expanse receives impressed,0.0
"Calm Nature's Image on its watery Breast,",4.0
"Down bend the Banks, the Trees depending grow,",0.0
And Skies beneath with answering Colours glow:,2.0
"But if a Stone the gentle Scene divide,",1.0
"Swift ruffling Circles curl on every side,",1.0
"And glimmering Fragments of a broken Sun,",3.0
"Banks, Trees, and Skies, in thick Disorder run.",1.0
"To clear this Doubt, to know the World by Sight,",0.0
Whose Feet came wandering over the nightly Dew,5.0
And fixed the Scallop in his Hat before;,0.0
"Then with the Sun a rising Journey went,",0.0
"Sedate to think, and watching each Event.",0.0
And long and lonesome was the Wild to pass;,1.0
"But when the Southern Sun had warmed the Day,",0.0
A Youth came posting over a crossing Way;,3.0
"Then near approaching, Father Hail! he cried,",0.0
"And Hail, my Son, the reverend Sire replied;",2.0
"Words followed Words, from Question Answer flowed",1.0
And Talk of various kind deceived the Road;,2.0
"Till each with other pleased, and loath to part,",0.0
While in their Age they differ; join in Heart:,0.0
"Thus stands an aged Elm in Ivy bound,",1.0
Now sunk the Sun; the closing Hour of Day,1.0
Nature in silence bid the World repose:,2.0
When near the Road a stately Palace rose:,0.0
"There by the Moon through Ranks of Trees they pass,",1.0
"It chanced the noble Master of the Dome,",1.0
Still made his House the wandering Stranger's home:,3.0
"Yet still the Kindness, from a Thirst of Praise,",1.0
Proved the vain Flourish of expensive Ease.,4.0
The Pair arrive: the Liveried Servants wait;,0.0
Their Lord receives them at the pompous Gate.,0.0
"The Table groans with costly Piles of Food,",0.0
"Then led to rest, the Day's long Toil they drown,",1.0
"Deep sunk in Sleep, and Silk, and Heaps of Down.",1.0
"At length it's Morn, and at the Dawn of Day,",0.0
Along the wide Canals the Zephyrs play;,0.0
And shake the neighbouring Wood to banish Sleep.,2.0
"Up rise the Guests, obedient to the Call,",1.0
' An early Banquet decked the splendid Hall;,0.0
"Rich luscious Wine a golden Goblet graced,",1.0
Which the kind Master forced the Guests to taste.,2.0
"Then pleased and thankful, from the Porch they go,",1.0
"And, but the Landlord, none had cause of Woe;",2.0
His Cup was vanished; for in secret Guise,1.0
"Disordered stops to shun the Danger near,",0.0
"Then walks with Faintness on, and looks with Fear:",1.0
"So seemed the Sire; when far upon the Road,",2.0
The shining Spoil his wiley Partner showed.,0.0
"He stopped with Silence, walked with trembling Heart,",0.0
"And much he wished, but durst not ask to part:",0.0
"Murmuring he lifts his Eyes, and thinks it hard,",1.0
That generous Actions meet a base Reward.,2.0
"While thus they pass, the Sun his Glory shrouds,",0.0
The changing Skies hang out their sable Clouds;,2.0
"A Sound in Air presaged approaching Rain,",5.0
And Beasts to covert scud a cross the Plain.,0.0
"Warned by the Signs, the wandering Pair retreat,",2.0
To seek for Shelter at a neighbouring Seat.,2.0
"'Twas built with Turrets, on a rising Ground,",2.0
"And strong, and large, and unimproved around;",0.0
"Its Owner's Temper, timorous and severe,",3.0
"Unkind and gripping, caused a Desert there.",1.0
"As near the Miser's heavy Doors they drew,",3.0
Fierce rising Gusts with sudden Fury blew;,1.0
"The nimble Lightning mixed with Showers began,",2.0
"Here long they knock, but knock or call in vain,",0.0
"Driven by the Wind, and battered by the Rain.",2.0
"At length some Pity warmed the Master's Breast,",0.0
"'Twas then, his Threshold first received a Guest",1.0
"Slow creaking turns the Door with jealous Care,",1.0
And half he welcomes in the shivering Pair;,2.0
"One frugal Faggot lights the naked Walls,",0.0
Each hardly granted served them both to dine;,0.0
"And when the Tempest first appeared to cease,",0.0
A ready Warning bid them part in Peace.,0.0
With still Remark the pondering Hermit viewed,2.0
"In one so rich, a Life so poor and rude;",0.0
"And why should such, within himself he cried,",1.0
Lock the lost Wealth a thousand want beside?,3.0
"But what new Marks of Wonder soon took place,",2.0
In every settling Feature of his Face!,1.0
When from his Vest the young Companion bore,0.0
"That Cup, the generous Landlord owned before,",3.0
And paid profusely with the precious Bowl,1.0
"But now the Clouds in airy Tumult fly,",0.0
The Sun emerging opens an azure Sky;,2.0
"A fresher green the smelling Leaves display,",0.0
"And glittering as they tremble, cheer the Day:",1.0
"The Weather courts them from the poor Retreat,",1.0
And the glad Master bolts the wary Gate.,2.0
"While hence they walk, the Pilgrim's Bosom wrought,",0.0
With all the Travel of uncertain Thought;,1.0
"His Partner's Acts without their Cause appear,",0.0
"'Twas there a Vice, and seemed a Madness here:",0.0
Lost and confounded with the various Shows.,5.0
Now Night's dim Shades again involve the Sky;,2.0
"Again the Wanderers want a Place to lie,",2.0
"Again they search, and find a Lodging nigh.",0.0
"The Soil improved around, the Mansion neat,",0.0
"And neither poorly low, nor idly great:",0.0
"It seemed to speak its Master's turn of Mind,",0.0
"Content, and not for Praise, but Virtue kind.",0.0
Hither the Walkers turn with weary Feet,2.0
"Then bless the Mansion, and the Master greet:",1.0
"Their greeting fair bestowed, with modest Guise,",0.0
"The courteous Master hears, and thus replies:",2.0
"Without a vain, without a grudging Heart,",0.0
"To Him who gives us all, I yield a part;",1.0
"From Him you come, for Him accept it here,",2.0
"A frank and sober, more than costly Cheer.",0.0
"He spoke, and bid the welcome Table spread,",0.0
"Then talked of Virtue till the time of Bed,",1.0
"When the grave Household round his Hall repair,",1.0
"Warned by a Bell, and close the Hours with Prayer.",0.0
At length the World renewed by calm Repose,0.0
"Before the Pilgrims part, the Younger crept,",0.0
"Near the closed Cradle where an Infant slept,",2.0
"And writhed his Neck: the Landlord's little Pride,",1.0
"OH strange Return! grew black, and gasped, and died.",2.0
Horror of Horrors! what! his only Son!,2.0
How looked our Hermit when the Fact was done?,0.0
"And breathe blue Fire, could more assault his Heart.",1.0
"Confused, and struck with Silence at the Deed,",0.0
"He flies, but trembling fails to fly with Speed.",0.0
His Steps the Youth pursues; the Country lay,0.0
"Perplexed with Roads, a Servant showed the Way:",0.0
A River crossed the Path; the Passage over,0.0
Was nice to find; the Servant trod before;,0.0
"Long arms of Oaks an open Bridge supplied,",1.0
And deep the Waves beneath the bending glide.,0.0
"The Youth, who seemed to watch a Time to sin,",0.0
"Approached the careless Guide, and thrust him in;",0.0
"Plunging he falls, and rising lifts his Head,",2.0
"Then flashing turns, and sinks among the Dead.",0.0
"Wild, sparkling Rage inflames the Father's Eyes,",1.0
"He bursts the Bands of Fear, and madly cries,",0.0
"Detested Wretch ' --  But scarce his Speech began,",0.0
When the strange Partner seemed no longer Man:,3.0
His youthful Face grew more serenely sweet;,1.0
"His Robe turned white, and flowed upon his Feet;",1.0
Fair rounds of radiant Points invest his Hair;,1.0
"And Wings, whose Colours glittered on the Day,",4.0
Wide at his Back their gradual Plumes display.,2.0
And moves in all the Majesty of Light.,1.0
"Though loud at first the Pilgrim's Passion grew,",0.0
"Sudden he gazed, and wist not what to do;",2.0
"Surprise in secret Chains his words suspends,",0.0
And in a Calm his settling Temper ends.,0.0
"Thy Prayer, thy Praise, thy Life to Vice unknown,",0.0
In sweet Memorial rise before the Throne:,2.0
"These Charms, Success in our bright Region find,",2.0
"And force an Angel down, to calm thy Mind;",1.0
"For this commissioned, I forsook the Sky,",2.0
"Nay, cease to kneel ' --  Thy fellow Servant I.",2.0
"Then know the Truth of Government Divine,",1.0
And let these Scruples be no longer thine.,2.0
"The Maker justly claims that World he made,",0.0
In this the Right of Providence is laid;,1.0
Its sacred Majesty through all depends,1.0
On using second Means to work his Ends:,0.0
"It's thus, withdrawn in State from human Eye,",0.0
"The Power exerts his Attributes on high,",2.0
"Your Actions uses, not controls your Will,",0.0
And bids the doubting Sons of Men be still.,0.0
"What strange Events can strike with more Surprise,",0.0
"Yet taught by these, confess the Almighty Just,",3.0
"The Great, Vain Man, who fared on costly Food,",1.0
Whose Life was too luxurious to be good;,1.0
"And forced his Guests to morning Draughts of Wine,",0.0
"Has, with the Cup, the graceless Custom lost,",0.0
"And still he welcomes, but with less of Cost.",1.0
"The mean, suspicious Wretch, whose bolted Door,",0.0
Never moved in Duty to the wandering Poor;,3.0
"With him I left the Cup, to teach his Mind",1.0
"That Heaven can bless, if Mortals will be kind.",1.0
"Conscious of wanting Worth, he views the Bowl,",2.0
And feels Compassion touch his grateful Soul.,0.0
"Thus Artists melt the sullen Oar of Lead,",1.0
With heaping Coals of Fire upon its Head;,0.0
"In the kind Warmth the Metal learns to glow,",3.0
"And loose from Dross, the Silver runs below.",0.0
"Long had our pious Friend in Virtue trod,",0.0
"Child of his Age for him he lived in Pain,",1.0
And measured back his Steps to Earth again.,0.0
"But God, to save the Father, took the Son.",0.0
"To all but thee, in Fits he seemed to go,",1.0
"The poor fond Parent humbled in the Dust,",1.0
Now owns in Tears the Punishment was just.,2.0
"But how had all his Fortune felt a Wrack,",0.0
Had that false Servant sped in Safety back?,1.0
"This Night his treasured Heaps he meant to steal,",0.0
And what a Fund of Charity would fail!,1.0
"Thus Heaven instructs thy Mind: This Trial over,",1.0
"Depart in Peace, resign, and sin no more.",1.0
"Thus looked Elisha, when to mount on high,",2.0
His Master took the Chariot of the Sky;,1.0
The fiery Pomp ascending left the View;,2.0
"The Prophet gazed, and wished to follow too.",0.0
"The bending Hermit here a Prayer begun,",0.0
"Lord! as in Heaven, on Earth thy Will be done.",0.0
"Then gladly turning, sought his ancient place,",0.0
And passed a Life of Piety and Peace.,1.0
"OUR regal seat to Edward fallen a prey,",2.0
Our Chief's insulted corpse his victim lay;,0.0
Our ruined land no monument could raise;,2.0
Long ages hence her hero still she'll mourn;,1.0
Still her brave sons with emulation burn.,3.0
"His spirit guarding still our native place,",0.0
Proclaims this mandate to his latest race:,2.0
Let sacred truth bid living fame be thine;,2.0
Never trust for honour to a sculptured shrine.,0.0
"Those modest merits marbles never impart,",2.0
Love writes them deepest on the human heart.,2.0
"Thus mid thy race did their loved Henry dwell,",3.0
Whose dust shall mix thy memory with Tell A famous Swiss chief:,2.0
"Truth, honour, spirit animate that form,",1.0
"Which beauty, grace, and symmetry adorn.",1.0
"Here that rich blossom dropped, scarce fairly blown;",2.0
"The friend, the husband, father we bemoan!",1.0
"Dear youth, thy name to latest time descends,",1.0
Where gentle virtues made mankind thy friends.,1.0
From no vain marble need you borrow fame;,2.0
"Truth, love and friendship, here embalm thy name.",1.0
In tears we mourn the body laid to rest;,0.0
She hails thy spotless soul' mid angels blessed.,1.0
"How soft the pause! the notes melodious cease,",2.0
Which from each feeling could an echo call;,0.0
Rest on your oars; that not a sound may fall,0.0
To interrupt the stillness of our peace:,1.0
Yet glowing with the sun's departed beams.,1.0
Through the blue heavens the cloudless moon pours streams,5.0
"Of pure resplendent light, in silver streaks",0.0
"Reflected on the still, unruffled lake.",1.0
"The Alpine hills in solemn silence frown,",1.0
And now once more that soothing strain awake!,1.0
"O, ever to my heart, with magic power,",1.0
Shall those sweet sounds recall this rapturous hour!,5.0
"OH Friend too dearly loved, OH name adored!",3.0
"In vain a powerful duty bids us part,",2.0
Thou still art present to this bleeding heart.,1.0
Could the light breeze beyond the mountains bear,3.0
"The sighs of anguish, and the silent tear;",1.0
"Could my sad thoughts be present to thy mind,",1.0
"Where thy idea with my life is twined,",2.0
And well deserve the heart I have possessed.,0.0
"Dull lingering time creeps sad and slowly on,",3.0
"Health fades, and youth with all its charms are gone:",1.0
Where hope's enchanting voice was never heard;,0.0
"Yet restless wishes, ever anxious cares,",0.0
"All she can feel who loves, and who despairs,",0.0
"Were fair delights, compared to that dark hour,",1.0
"When doubt shall whisper,' thou art loved no more.'",2.0
"OH let me sink in earth, that pang to save,",1.0
And escape distraction in the friendly grave!,1.0
"By the won lustre of the moon's pale beam,",4.0
"This agitated heart at peace is laid,",0.0
Each quivering nerve and throbbing pulse at rest;,2.0
"I mark the mourning train, I hear the knell,",0.0
Which bids the busy world a last farewell:,1.0
"Then, clad in weeds of woe, I see thee come,",0.0
"For calumny shall slumber over the tomb,",3.0
And frowning virtue shall forgive the tear,0.0
Which falls on lost affection's sacred bier.,0.0
With quick and troubled step I hear thee tread,0.0
The dreary chambers of the silent dead;,1.0
A gleaming torch directs thy eager eyes,0.0
"I see thy bosom heave, I hear thy bursting sighs,",0.0
"The grief thy fancied form before me wears,",0.0
"Gives comfort to my heart, though steeped in tears;",2.0
Such misery has charms for souls like mine;,1.0
"Thus to be loved, in anguish and despair,",1.0
Is bliss beyond the joys a giddy world can share.,0.0
Immortal Bard! thou Favourite of the Nine!,1.0
"Enriched by Peers, advanced by Caroline!",0.0
Remembering you yourself was lately so;,2.0
Accept these Lines: Alas! what can you have,1.0
"From her, who ever was, and's still a Slave?",2.0
No Learning ever was bestowed on me;,2.0
My Life was always spent in Drudgery:,1.0
"And not alone; alas! with Grief I find,",0.0
"Oft have I thought as on my Bed I lay,",1.0
"Our first Extraction from a Mass refined,",1.0
Could never be for slavery designed;,1.0
Till Time and Custom by Degrees destroyed,1.0
That happy State our Sex at first enjoyed.,0.0
"When Men had used their utmost Care and Toil,",1.0
Their Recompense was but a Female Smile;,2.0
"When they by Arts or Arms were rendered Great,",0.0
"They, in those Days, unto our Sex did bring",5.0
"And as from us their Being they derive,",2.0
They back again should all due Homage give.,1.0
Unto our Shrine still offered up their Lays:,4.0
"But now, alas! that Golden Age is past,",0.0
We are the Objects of your Scorn at last.,1.0
"And you, great Duck, upon whose happy Brow",2.0
"The Muses seem to fix their Garland now,",0.0
In your late Poem boldly did declare,2.0
"And of your annual Task have much to say,",3.0
"Boasting your daily Toil, and nightly Dream,",2.0
And let our hapless Sex in Silence lie,0.0
"Forgotten, and in dark Oblivion die;",3.0
"But on our abject State you throw your Scorn,",1.0
"And Women wrong, your Verses to adorn.",1.0
As if our Sex but little Work could do:,1.0
"This makes the honest Farmer smiling say,",0.0
He'll seek for Women still to make his Hay;,0.0
For if his Back be turned the Work they mind,1.0
"As well as Men, as far as he can find.",1.0
"For my own Part, I many a Summer's Day",3.0
"Have spent in throwing, turning, making Hay;",0.0
"But never could see, what you have lately found,",1.0
Our Wages paid for sitting on the Ground.,1.0
"It's true, that when our Morning's Work is done,",0.0
"And all our Grass exposed unto the Sun,",5.0
"While that his scorching Beams do on it shine,",1.0
As well as you we have a Time to dine:,1.0
"I hope, that since we freely toil and sweat",0.0
"That over, soon we must get up again,",2.0
And nimbly turn our Hay upon the plain:,0.0
"Nay, rake and row it in, the Case is clear;",1.0
Or how should Cocks in equal Rows appear?,1.0
"I find, that you to hear us talk are grieved:",1.0
"In this, I hope, you do not speak your Mind,",0.0
"For none but Turks, that ever I could find,",1.0
"Have Mutes to serve them, or did ever deny",3.0
"Their Slaves, at Work, to chat it merrily.",1.0
"Since you have Liberty to speak your Mind,",1.0
"And are to talk, as well as we, inclined,",2.0
"Like you, enjoy that pleasing Liberty?",2.0
"What! would you Lord it quite, and take away",0.0
The only Privilege our Sex enjoy?,1.0
"When Evening does approach, we homeward high,",0.0
And our domestic Toils incessant ply:,1.0
Against your coming Home prepare to get,0.0
"Our Work all done, Our House in order set;",0.0
"Bacon and Dumpling in the Pot we boil,",2.0
"Our Beds we make, our Swine we feed the while;",0.0
"Then wait at Door to see you coming Home,",0.0
And set the Table out against you come:,1.0
"Early next Morning we on you attend,",4.0
"Our Children dress and feed, their Clothes we mend",0.0
"And in the Field our daily Task renew,",0.0
Soon as the rising Sun has dried the Dew.,0.0
"When Harvest comes, into the Field we go,",0.0
And help to reap the Wheat as well as you;,0.0
Or else we go the Ears of Corn to glean;,0.0
"But in the Work we freely bear a Part,",0.0
"And what we can, perform with all our Heart.",1.0
"To get a Living we so willing are,",2.0
"Our tender Babes unto the Field we bear,",5.0
"And wrap them in our Clothes to keep them warm,",0.0
While round about we gather up the Corn;,1.0
"And often unto them our Course do bend,",1.0
"To keep them save, that nothing them offend:",1.0
"Our Children that are able bear a share,",0.0
"When Night comes on, unto our Home we go,",3.0
"Our Corn we carry, and our Infant too;",1.0
Weary indeed! but it's not worth our while,3.0
"Once to complain, or rest at every Style;",2.0
"We must make haste, for when we home are come,",1.0
We find again our Work but just begun:,0.0
"So many Things for our Attendance call,",1.0
"Had we ten Hands, we could employ them all.",3.0
"Our Children put to Bed, with greatest Care",0.0
We all Things for your coming home prepare:,0.0
"You sup, and go to Bed without Delay,",0.0
And rest yourselves till the ensuing Day;,2.0
"While we, alas! but little Sleep can have,",1.0
"Yet, without fail, soon as Daylight does spring,",2.0
"We in the Field again our work begin,",0.0
"And there, with all our Strength, our Toil renew,",1.0
Till Titan's golden Rays have dried the Dew;,0.0
"Then home we go unto our Children dear,",5.0
"Dress, feed, and bring them to the Field with Care.",2.0
"Were this your Case, you justly might complain",1.0
That Day nor Night you are secure from Pain;,1.0
"Those mighty Troubles which perplex your Mind,",0.0
"Thistles before, and Females come behind",3.0
"Would vanish soon, and quickly disappear,",0.0
"Were you, like us, encumbered thus with Care.",2.0
What you would have of us we do not know:,1.0
We oft take up the Corn that you do mow;,3.0
"We cut the Peas, and always ready are",1.0
In every Work to take our proper Share;,0.0
"And from the Time that Harvest does begin,",1.0
"Until the Corn be cut and carried in,",0.0
That we have hardly ever Time to Dream.,0.0
"The Harvest ended, Respite none we find;",0.0
The hardest of our Toil is still behind:,1.0
"Hard Labour we most cheerfully pursue,",2.0
"And out, abroad, a Chairing often go:",1.0
"Of which I now will briefly tell in part,",0.0
What fully to describe is past my Art;,1.0
"So many Hardships daily we go through,",2.0
"I boldly say, the like you never knew.",0.0
When bright Orion glitters in the Skies,0.0
"In Winter Nights, then early we must rise;",1.0
"The Weather never so bad, Wind, Rain, or Snow,",3.0
"Our Work appointed, we must rise and go;",1.0
"While you on easy Beds may lie and sleep,",0.0
Till Light does through your Chamber Windows peep,1.0
"When to the House we come where we should go,",1.0
"How to get in, alas! we do not know:",2.0
Overcome with Sleep; we standing at the Door,0.0
"Oppressed with Cold, and often call in vain,",0.0
Ever to our Work we can admittance gain:,2.0
"But when from Wind and Weather we get in,",2.0
Briskly with Courage we our Work begin;,3.0
"Heaps of fine Linen we before us view,",4.0
Which must be washed with utmost Skill and Care;,1.0
"With Holland Shirts, Ruffles and Fringes too,",5.0
"Fashions, which our Forefathers never knew.",3.0
"For several Hours here we work and slave,",0.0
Before we can one Glimpse of Daylight have;,2.0
"We labour hard before the Morning's past,",0.0
Because we fear the Time runs on too fast.,3.0
"At length bright Sol illuminates the Skies,",1.0
And summons drowsy Mortals to arise;,1.0
"Then comes our Mistress to us without fail,",4.0
"And in her Hand, perhaps, a Mug of Ale",0.0
"To cheer our Hearts, and also to inform",1.0
Herself what Work is done that very Morn;,0.0
"Lays her Commands upon us, that we mind",2.0
"Her Linen well, nor leave the Dirt behind:",0.0
"Nor this alone, but also to take Care",3.0
"To save her Soap, and sparing be of Fire;",0.0
"Tells us her Charge is great, nay furthermore,",1.0
Her Clothes are fewer than the Time before:,1.0
"Now we drive on, resolved our Strength to try,",2.0
And what we can we do most willingly;,2.0
"Until with Heat and Work, it's often known,",0.0
"Not only Sweat, but Blood runs trickling down",2.0
Our Wrists and Fingers; still our Work demands,0.0
"Now Night comes on, from whence you have Relief,",1.0
"But that, alas! does but increase our Grief;",1.0
"With heavy Hearts we often view the Sun,",0.0
Fearing he'll set before our Work is done;,2.0
"For either in the Morning, or at Night,",1.0
We piece the Summers Day with Candlelight.,0.0
"Though we all Day with Care our Work attend,",1.0
"When Evening's come, you homeward take your Way,",0.0
"We, till our Work is done, are forced to stay;",1.0
"And after all our Toil and Labour past,",0.0
"For all our Pains, no Prospect can we see",2.0
"Attend us, but Old Age and Poverty.",3.0
The Washing is not all we have to do:,1.0
We oft change Work for Work as well as you.,1.0
"Our Mistress of her Pewter does complain,",1.0
And it's our part to make it clean again.,1.0
"This Work, though very hard and tiresome too,",2.0
Is not the worst we hapless Females do:,1.0
"When Night comes on, and we quite weary are,",4.0
We scarce can count what falls unto our Share;,5.0
Brought in to make complete our Slavery.,1.0
"Though early in the Morning it's begun,",1.0
On Brass and Iron we our Strength must spend;,1.0
Our tender Hands and Fingers scratch and tear:,0.0
"All this, and more, with Patience we must bear,",1.0
Coloured with Dirt and Filth we now appear;,2.0
"Are quite obscured, and altogether lost.",0.0
Once more our Mistress sends to let us know,0.0
"She wants our Help, because the Beer runs low:",1.0
"Then in much haste for Brewing we prepare,",1.0
"The Vessels clean, and scald with greatest Care;",0.0
Often at Midnight from our Bed we rise,1.0
At other Times even that will not suffice;,3.0
"Our Work at Evening oft we do begin,",0.0
"Water we pump, the Copper we must fill,",3.0
"Or tend the Fire; for if we ever stand still,",2.0
"But to rehearse all Labour is in vain,",2.0
Of which we very justly might complain:,0.0
"For us, you see, but little Rest is found;",1.0
"Our Toil increases as the Year runs round,",2.0
Bottomless Tubs of Water they must fill.,3.0
So the industrious Bees do hourly strive,3.0
To bring their Loads of Honey to the Hive;,1.0
And poorly recompense their Toil and Pains.,0.0
"If Heaven the grateful Liberty would give,",1.0
That I might choose my Method how to live;,1.0
"And all those Hours propitious Fate should lend,",0.0
"In blissful Ease, and Satisfaction spend.",0.0
"Near some fair Town, I'd have a private Seat.",1.0
"Built Uniform, not little, nor too great:",3.0
Better if on a rising Ground it stood;,1.0
"On this side Fields, on that a neighbouring Wood,",4.0
"It should within, no other Things contain,",1.0
"But what were Useful, Necessary, Plain:",0.0
The needless Pomp of Gaudy Furniture.,1.0
"A little Garden, grateful to the Eye,",1.0
On whose delicious Banks a stately Row,0.0
"At the End of which a silent Study placed,",0.0
Should be with all the Noblest Authors Graced.,0.0
"Horace, and Virgil, in whose mighty Lines",2.0
"Immortal Wit, and Solid Learning shines.",0.0
Who all the Turns of Love's soft Passion knew;,1.0
He that with Judgement reads his charming Lines,0.0
"In which strong Art, with stronger Nature joins,",0.0
Must grant his Fancy does the best Excel;,0.0
"His Thoughts so tender, and Expressed so well.",1.0
"With all those Moderns, Men of steady Sense,",0.0
"Esteemed for Learning, and for Eloquence.",2.0
"In some of these, as Fancy should Advise,",1.0
I'd always take my Morning Exercise:,0.0
"For sure no Minutes bring us more Content,",1.0
"Than those in Pleasing, Useful Studies spent.",1.0
"I'd have a Clear, and Competent Estate,",1.0
"That I might Live Gently, but not Great.",2.0
"As much as I could moderately spend,",2.0
"A little more, sometime to Oblige a Friend.",3.0
"Too much at Fortune, they should Taste of Mine;",1.0
And all that Objects of true Pity were,3.0
Should be Relieved with what my Wants could spare.,0.0
"For that, our Maker has too largely given,",1.0
"Should be returned, in Gratitude to Heaven.",0.0
A frugal Plenty should my Table spread;,0.0
"With Healthy, not Luxurious Dishes Fed:",2.0
"Enough to Satisfy, and something more",0.0
"To Feed the Stranger, and the Neighbouring Poor.",3.0
"Strong Meat indulges Vice, and Pampering Food",3.0
"Creates Diseases, and inflames the Blood.",1.0
"But what's sufficient to make Nature strong,",2.0
"And the bright Lamp of Life continue long,",2.0
"I'd freely take, and as I did Possess,",1.0
"I'd have a little Vault, but always stored",0.0
"With the best Wines, each Vintage could afford.",2.0
"By making all our Spirits Debonair,",0.0
"Throws off the Lees, the Sediment of Care.",1.0
"But as the greatest Blessing Heaven lends,",1.0
"So, but too oft, the Grapes refreshing Juice",2.0
"Does many Mischievous Effects produce,",1.0
"My House should no such rude Disorders know,",0.0
As from high Drinking consequently flow.,2.0
"Nor would I use what was so kindly given,",1.0
"If any Neighbour came, he should be free,",2.0
"Used with Respect, and not uneasy be,",2.0
"In my Retreat, or to himself or me.",2.0
"What Freedom; Prudence, and right Reason give,",2.0
All Men may with Impunity receive:,2.0
"For what's forbidden us, it's Death to touch.",1.0
"That Life might be more comfortable yet,",1.0
"And all my Joys refined, sincere, and great;",0.0
"I'd choose two Friends, whose Company would be",2.0
A great Advance to my Felicity.,2.0
"Discreet, and Men, as well as Books, have known.",0.0
"Brave, generous, witty, and exactly free",4.0
"From loose Behaviour, or Formality.",2.0
"Airy, and prudent, merry, but not light;",3.0
"Quick in discerning, and in judging right.",2.0
"Secret they should be, faithful to their Trust;",2.0
"In reasoning cool, strong, temperate, and just.",4.0
"Obliging, open, without huffing, brave,",5.0
"Brisk in gay Talking, and in sober, grave.",3.0
"Close in Dispute, but not tenacious, tried",1.0
"By solid Reason, and let that decide.",2.0
"Not prone to Lust, Revenge, or envious Hate;",2.0
"Strangers to Slander, and sworn Foes to Spite:",4.0
"Not quarrelsome, but stout enough to fight.",1.0
"As dying Martyrs, to their Maker too.",1.0
"In their Society, I could not miss",2.0
"A permanent, sincere, substantial Bliss.",1.0
"For who would so much Satisfaction loose,",0.0
"As witty Nymphs, in Conversation, give,",0.0
"Near some obliging, modest Fair to live;",0.0
Which in a Man's we cannot hope to find:,0.0
"That by a secret, but a powerful Art,",2.0
"Winds up the Springs of Life, and does impart",0.0
"Fresh Vital Heat, to the transported Heart.",2.0
I'd have her Reason all her Passions sway;,0.0
"Easy in Company, in private gay:",3.0
"Coy to a Fop, to the deserving free,",1.0
"Still constant to her self, and just to me.",2.0
"A Soul she should have, for great Actions fit;",2.0
"Prudence, and Wisdom to direct her Wit:",3.0
"Courage to look bold Danger in the Face,",3.0
"No Fear, but only to be proud, or base:",2.0
"Quick to advise, by an Emergence pressed,",3.0
"To give good Counsel, or to take the best.",1.0
"I'd have the Expression of her Thoughts be such,",2.0
"She might not seem reserved, nor talk too much;",1.0
That shows a want of Judgement and of Sense:,1.0
"Her Conduct Regular, her Mirth Refined,",1.0
"Averse to Vanity, Revenge, and Pride,",1.0
In all the Methods of Deceit untried.,1.0
"So faithful to her Friend, and good to all,",1.0
No Censure might upon her Actions fall:,1.0
"Then would even Envy be compelled to say,",0.0
"To this Fair Creature I'd sometime retire,",4.0
Her Conversation would new Joys inspire;,1.0
"Give Life an Edge so keen, no surly Care",2.0
"Would venture to Assault my Soul, or dare",1.0
Near my Retreat to hide one secret Snare.,1.0
"I'd seldom, and with Moderation, taste.",1.0
"For Highest Cordials all their Virtue loose,",0.0
"By a too frequent, and too bold an Use:",4.0
And what would Cheer the Spirits in Distress;,0.0
"Ruins our Health, when taken to Excess.",3.0
"I'd be concerned in no Litigious Jar,",0.0
"Beloved by all, not vainly Popular,",1.0
Whatever Assistance I had Power to bring,6.0
"Whenever they Called, I'd readily afford",3.0
"My Tongue, my Pen, my Counsel, or my Sword.",1.0
"Law Suits I'd shun, with as much studious Care,",4.0
As I would Dens where hungry Lions are:,2.0
And rather put up Injuries; than be,1.0
"I value Quiet at a Price too great,",1.0
To give for my Revenge so dear a Rate:,1.0
"For what do we by all our Bustle gain,",0.0
"If Heaven a Date of many Years would give,",0.0
"Thus I'd in Pleasure, Ease, and Plenty live.",0.0
"And as I near approached the Verge of Life,",1.0
"Some kind Relation, for I'd have no Wife",2.0
"Should take upon him all my Worldly Care,",0.0
While I did for a better State prepare.,0.0
Then I'd not be with any Trouble vexed;,0.0
Nor have the Evening of my Days perplexed.,1.0
"But by a silent, and a peaceful Death,",2.0
"Without a Sigh, resign my Aged Breath:",0.0
"And when committed to the Dust, I'd have",1.0
"Few Tears, but Friendly dropped into my Grave.",0.0
Then would my Exit so propitious be;,1.0
"All Men would wish to Live, and Die, like Me.",0.0
"At my low Cottage, on a cheerful Morn,",3.0
When slanting Beams did every Scene adorn;,0.0
"By Goodness prompted, native of their Breasts,",1.0
Sir Harry and my Lady were my Guests.,3.0
"My Treat was homely, and my Table small,",1.0
"My Cloth and Dishes clean, and that was all:",0.0
"For thus it suited to my low Estate,",1.0
"Humorous our Talk, and innocently gay;",2.0
"Our Subjects various; Manners, Men, and Play,",2.0
"And Love, and Wedlock; This our favourite Theme,",2.0
And each to their own Fancy formed the Scheme:,1.0
"Maid! said Sir Harry, come, it's Time to wed;",2.0
By Sympathy choose C' --  to be your Head.,2.0
Two Bodies so exactly paired! it's plain,2.0
"Heaven made the Match, and destined him the Man.",1.0
My Lady offered me her Farmer's Son.,1.0
Sir Harry positive for C' --  alone.,2.0
"Soon I accepted, either was my Choice;",3.0
Most Votes shall carried. ' --  Mine's a neutral Voice.,0.0
"So I may wed, I'm not exceeding nice;",1.0
"My humble Wishes, Sir, no higher rise,",1.0
"Than that the Man be honest, free from Vice;",0.0
Improved by Learning both of Books and Men;,0.0
"True to his Country, and fair Virtue's Cause;",2.0
His Fortune equal to himself and me.,1.0
This Praise to C' --  his Friends allow is due;,0.0
"And Part, dear Farmer, I believe of you.",2.0
"The P' -- , absent, could not speak his Mind;",2.0
"But the young Farmer, complaisant and kind,",6.0
"Bowed, smiled, and drank my Health. An Omen fair!",1.0
"But, ah! a young and fairer Maid was there;",0.0
"I fear my Rival's Charms, I fear her Art,",0.0
"Each serve to move, and both to win his Heart.",0.0
Thus far in Mirth. ' --  But now for steady Truth;,1.0
I'm climbed above the Scale of fickle Youth.,0.0
"From Pain of Love I'm perfectly at Ease,",1.0
My Person Nature never formed to please.,0.0
"Friendship's the sweetest Joy in human Life,",2.0
It's that I wish ' --  and not to be a Wife.,0.0
"Thus, Madam, your Command I have obeyed",2.0
Your Goodness will accept my humble Lays;,1.0
"Content with this, I seek no better Praise.",2.0
"Rough as the Road on which I gave them Birth,",0.0
"Dull as the clouded Morn, or barren Heath.",0.0
"Vainly I wish, o could I tune my Song",2.0
"Sweet as your Name, and as your Virtue strong!",1.0
"With Pleasure I'd the grateful Theme pursue,",1.0
"But, I despair ' --  And humbly bid, Adieu.",1.0
"THE cock warm roosting amid his feathered mates,",3.0
"Now lifts his beak and snuffs the morning air,",1.0
"Stretches his neck and claps his heavy wings,",2.0
"Gives three hoarse crows, and glad his task is done,",2.0
"Low chuckling turns himself upon the roost,",1.0
Then nestles down again into his place.,1.0
"Beneath his home-made coverings, coarse but warm,",3.0
"Locked in the kindly arms of her who spun them,",1.0
Dreams of the gain that next year's crop should bring;,1.0
"Or at some fair, disposing of his wool,",1.0
"Fills his skin purse with store of tempting gold,",3.0
"Now wakes from sleep at the unwelcome call,",2.0
And finds himself but just the same poor man,1.0
He hears the blast against his window beat,0.0
"And wishes to himself he were a laird,",2.0
That he might lie abed. It may not be:,0.0
He rubs his eyes and stretches out his arms;,1.0
"Then, most unwillingly creeps from his lair,",2.0
"With rueful face he blows the smothered fire,",0.0
"First sees that all be right among his cattle,",1.0
"Flutters round walls, and roof, to find some hole",2.0
"Then whirling over his head, the heavy flail",2.0
"Descends with force upon the jumping sheaves,",0.0
While every rugged wall and neighbouring cot,2.0
The family cares call next upon the wife,1.0
To quit her mean but comfortable bed.,1.0
"And first she stirs the fire and fans the flame,",0.0
Then from her heap of sticks for winter stored,0.0
"Thick fly the red sparks upward to the roof,",3.0
"On goes the seething pot with morning cheer,",0.0
"For which some little wistful folk await,",0.0
"The cheery light that blazes on the wall,",1.0
"Their busy mother knows not where to turn,",0.0
Her morning's work comes now so thick upon her.,1.0
"One she must help to tie his little coat,",1.0
"When all is over, out to the door they run",1.0
Each with some little project in his head.,0.0
"In hopes to find some poor unwary bird,",0.0
"While one, less active, with round rosy cheeks,",3.0
"Spreads out his purple fingers to the fire,",1.0
And peeps most wishfully into the pot.,1.0
But let us leave the warm and cheerful house,0.0
"To view the bleak and dreary scene without,",0.0
And mark the dawning of a Winter day.,1.0
"Lurid and red, while growing gradual shades",4.0
Of pale and sickly light spread over the sky.,3.0
Then slowly from behind the southern hills,1.0
"Enlarged and ruddy comes the rising sun,",0.0
Shooting askance the hoary waste his beams,2.0
And deepen every valley with a shade.,1.0
"The crusted window of each scattered cot,",1.0
"The icicles that fringe the thatched roof,",2.0
"All keenly glance, new kindled with his rays;",2.0
And even the rugged face of scowling Winter,2.0
Looks somewhat gay. But only for a time,3.0
"He shows his glory to the brightening earth,",1.0
Then hides his face behind a sullen cloud.,0.0
"The birds now quit their holes and lurking sheds,",1.0
"Most mute and melancholy, where through night,",0.0
"All nestling close to keep each other warm,",0.0
In downy sleep they had forgot their hardships;,0.0
"But not to chant and carol in the air,",0.0
"Or lightly swing upon some waving bough,",0.0
And merrily return each other's notes;,1.0
"No; silently they hop from bush to bush,",2.0
"Can find no seeds to stop their craving want,",1.0
"Then bend their flight to the low smoking cot,",2.0
"Chirp on the roof, or at the window peck,",0.0
To tell their wants to those who lodge within.,1.0
"The poor lank hare flies homeward to his den,",3.0
But little burdened with his nightly meal,1.0
"A wretched scanty portion, snatched in fear;",0.0
"And fearful creatures, forced abroad by hunger,",0.0
Are now to every enemy a prey.,1.0
"And to the house returns, where for him wait",2.0
"His smoking breakfast and impatient children,",1.0
"Who, spoon in hand, and ready to begin,",1.0
Towards the door cast many an eager look,3.0
"Then round they sit, a cheerful company;",1.0
"All quickly set to work, and with heaped spoons",1.0
The faithful dog stands by his master's side,2.0
Wagging his tail and looking in his face;,2.0
"While humble puss pays court to all around,",1.0
But the laborious sit not long at table;,3.0
The grateful father lifts his eyes to heaven,0.0
"Him and his little ones does daily feed,",1.0
Then rises satisfied to work again.,0.0
The varied rousing sounds of industry,1.0
"Who scolds to keep her maidens to their work,",1.0
But hark! the sportsman from the neighbouring hedge,3.0
Up from her cards or wheel the maiden starts,1.0
"And hastens to the door; the housewife chides,",2.0
"Yet runs herself to look, in spite of thrift,",0.0
And all the little town is in a stir.,0.0
"Strutting before, the cock leads forth his train,",3.0
Reminds the farmer of his morning's service.,1.0
His grateful master throws a liberal handful;,1.0
"They flock about it, while the hungry sparrows,",0.0
"Perched on the roof, look down with envious eye,",4.0
"Then, aiming well, amid the feeders light,",0.0
"And seize upon the feast with greedy bill,",0.0
"But at a distance, on the leafless tree,",1.0
"All woe-begone, the lonely blackbird sits;",0.0
The cold north wind ruffles his glossy feathers;,6.0
"Full oft he looks, but dare not make approach,",1.0
Then turns his yellow beak to peck his side,0.0
And claps his wings close to' his sharpened breast.,2.0
"The wandering fowler from behind the hedge,",3.0
"And firing wantonly, as at a mark,",1.0
That oft hath echoed to his summer's song.,1.0
Are driven from their stalls to take the air.,1.0
How stupidly they stare! and feel how strange!,1.0
"They open wide their smoking mouths to low,",0.0
"But scarcely can their feeble sound be heard,",1.0
"Then turn and lick themselves, and step by step,",0.0
"Move, dull and heavy, to their stalls again.",2.0
In scattered groups the little idle boys,0.0
With purple fingers moulding in the snow,0.0
"Their icy ammunition, pant for war;",0.0
"And drawing up in opposite array,",2.0
"Each tiny hero tries his growing strength,",0.0
"After short race, shoot rapidly along,",5.0
Trip up each other's heels and on the surface,1.0
They cease not till the sun hath run his course,1.0
"And threatening clouds, slow rising from the north,",2.0
Spread leaden darkness over the face of heaven;,3.0
"Then by degrees they scatter to their homes,",2.0
"Some with a broken head or bloody nose,",0.0
Cures all their troubles with a bit of bread.,1.0
Chill blows the blast and drives the snow in wreaths;,1.0
"Now every creature looks around for shelter,",1.0
"And whether man or beast, all move alike",0.0
"Towards their homes, and happy they who have",1.0
"Lo, over the frost a reverend form advances!",3.0
"His hair white as the snow on which he treads,",2.0
"Whose feeble body bending over a staff,",2.0
"Shows still that once it was the seat of strength,",2.0
Though now it shakes like some old ruined tower.,1.0
"Clothed indeed, but not disgraced with rags,",0.0
He still maintains that decent dignity,1.0
Which well becomes those who have served their country.,0.0
With tottering steps he gains the cottage door:,2.0
"The wife within, who hears his hollow cough,",0.0
"The child looks up to mark the stranger's face,",2.0
"And, seeing it enlightened with a smile,",2.0
Holds out his tiny hand to lead him in.,0.0
"Round from her work, the mother turns her head,",0.0
But only asks a little to relieve,1.0
The gentle matron brings the ready chair,0.0
"And bids him sit to rest his weary limbs,",0.0
And warm himself before her blazing fire.,0.0
"The children full of curiosity,",1.0
"Flock round, and with their fingers in their mouths",1.0
"Stand staring at him, while the stranger, pleased,",1.0
Takes up the youngest urchin on his knee.,1.0
"Proud of its seat, it wags its little feet,",0.0
But soon a change comes over the soldier's face;,3.0
"His thoughtful mind is turned on other days,",0.0
"When his own boys were wont to play around him,",0.0
Who now lie distant from their native land,2.0
In honourable but untimely graves:,3.0
"He feels how helpless and forlorn he is,",1.0
"And big, round tears course down his withered cheeks.",2.0
"In comes the wearied master of the house,",1.0
"And marks with satisfaction his old guest,",2.0
"In the chief seat, with all the children round him.",2.0
"His honest heart is filled with manly kindness,",0.0
"He bids him stay and share their homely meal,",0.0
And take with them his quarters for the night.,2.0
"The aged wanderer thankfully accepts,",3.0
"And by the simple hospitable board,",6.0
"When all are satisfied, about the fire",0.0
They draw their seats and form a cheerful ring.,0.0
The thrifty housewife turns her spinning wheel;,1.0
"The husband, useful even in his hour",0.0
"Or plaits stored rushes, which with after skill",1.0
"Into a basket formed may do good service,",0.0
With eggs or butter filled at fair or market.,0.0
"Some idle neighbours now come dropping in,",4.0
Draw round their chairs and widen out the circle;,1.0
"And every one in his own native way,",1.0
Does what he can to cheer the social group.,1.0
"Each tells some little storey of himself,",1.0
That constant subject upon which mankind,3.0
"Whether in court or country, love to dwell.",2.0
"How, at a fair, he saved a simple clown",0.0
From being tricked in buying of a cow;,1.0
Or laid a bet on his own horse's head,1.0
"Against his neighbour's bought at twice his price,",3.0
Which failed not to repay his better skill;,1.0
Or on a harvest day bound in an hour,2.0
"More sheaves of corn than any of his fellows,",1.0
"Though ever so stark, could do in twice the time;",2.0
"And first kiss of the bonny bride, though all",2.0
"But chiefly the good man, by his own fire,",2.0
"Hath privilege of being listened to,",2.0
Nor dare a little prattling tongue presume,0.0
"Though but in play, to break upon his storey.",1.0
The children sit and listen with the rest;,1.0
"The careful mother, ever on the watch,",1.0
"And ever pleased with what her husband says,",0.0
"Gives it a gentle tap upon the fingers,",0.0
"His tale of war and blood. They gaze upon him,",0.0
And almost weep to see the man so poor,1.0
"So bent and feeble, helpless and forlorn,",1.0
Who has undaunted stood the battle's brunt,0.0
"While roaring cannons shook the quaking earth,",0.0
"Thus passes quickly on the evening hour,",2.0
"Till sober folks must needs retire to rest,",0.0
"Then all break up, and, by their several paths,",1.0
"High homeward, with the evening pastime cheered",3.0
"From city theatre's gay scenic show,",2.0
Or crowded ball-room's splendid moving maze.,1.0
"But where the song and storey, joke and gibe",0.0
"So lately circled, what a solemn change",0.0
"The sound of psalms, by mingled voices raised",0.0
"A pleasing notice gives that, those whose sires",1.0
"In former days on the bare mountain's side,",2.0
"At peril of their lives, in their own form",2.0
In peace and safety in their own quiet home,0.0
Are ' --  as in quaint and modest phrase is termed,1.0
"But long accustomed to observe the weather,",1.0
The farmer cannot lay him down in peace,1.0
Till he has looked to mark what bodes the night.,1.0
"He lifts the latch, and moves the heavy door,",0.0
"Sees wreaths of snow heaped up on every side,",3.0
And black and dismal all above his head.,0.0
"Anon the norther blast begins to rise,",0.0
"He hears its hollow growling from afar,",1.0
"Which, gathering strength, rolls on with doubled might",2.0
And raves and bellows over his head. The trees,2.0
"And, thankful for the roof that covers him,",2.0
"Thy long and ample deck, ' --  where scattered lie,",0.0
"Where dogs and children through the crowd are straying,",1.0
"And on his bench apart the fiddler playing,",1.0
"Seems, on the glassy waves, a floating fair.",0.0
Towers from this clustering group thy pillared mast;,3.0
"The dense smoke, issuing from its narrow vent,",2.0
"Is to the air in curly volumes sent,",1.0
"Trails, like a writhing serpent, far behind.",0.0
"Beneath, as each merged wheel its motion plies,",1.0
"And newly parted from the noisy fray,",1.0
"Then far diverged, in many a lustrous line",2.0
Still does thy careless helmsman onward steer;,1.0
As if the stroke of some magician's wand,1.0
Had lent thee power the ocean to command.,3.0
"What is this power which thus within thee lurks,",2.0
"And all unseen, like a masked giant works?",2.0
"Even that which gentle dames at morning tea,",0.0
"From silver urn ascending, daily see",0.0
With the soft fragrance of an infant's breath:,3.0
That which within the peasant's humble cot,0.0
Which cur and cat and rosy urchins share;,0.0
"What time, with bellowing din, exploded forth,",2.0
"It decks the midnight of the frozen north,",2.0
To gaze upon the sight with wondering eyes.,2.0
Thou hast to those in populous city penned,3.0
"A bright remembrance never to be destroyed,",2.0
"That proves to them a treasure long enjoyed,",1.0
I fain would hail thee with a grateful mind.,1.0
"Now, seated at their ease, may glide along,",1.0
"At their own beauty in the neither deep,",0.0
Over drooping birch and rowen red that lave,0.0
Their fragrant branches in the glassy wave:,0.0
They who on higher objects scarce have counted,0.0
"May view within their near, distinctive ken",0.0
The rocky summits of the lofty Ben;,1.0
Or see his purple shoulders darkly lower,0.0
Through the dim drapery of a summer shower.,3.0
"Where, spread in broad and fair expanse, the Clyde",0.0
"Or from his cupboard chased a hungry rat,",1.0
Or valiantly with fearful threatening shakes,1.0
"The eyes that have no fairer outline seen,",2.0
"Than chimney walls with slated roofs between,",0.0
"Which hard and harshly edge the smoky sky,",0.0
"Over which the cloud's broad shadow swiftly glides,",1.0
Into the pearly missed of ocean's verge.,0.0
"Eyes which admired that work of sordid skill,",1.0
"The storied structure of a cotton mill,",1.0
"Of marshaled pillars on fair Ireland's coast,",2.0
"Or broken ranks that to the main descend,",1.0
"Like Pharaoh's army on the Red Sea shore,",2.0
"Who deep and deeper sunk, to rise no more.",1.0
"Rover at will on river, lake, and sea,",0.0
"Offspring of Watt, that philosophic sage,",1.0
Who in the heraldry of science ranks,1.0
"For genius usefully employed, whose fame",1.0
"Dearer to fancy, to the eye more fair",1.0
"Are the light skiffs, that to the breezy air",1.0
Unfurl their swelling sails of snowy hue,0.0
Upon the moving lap of ocean blue:,0.0
"As the proud swan on summer lake displays,",2.0
"With plumage brightening in the morning rays,",0.0
"Her fair pavilion of erected wings,",1.0
They change and veer and turn like living things.,0.0
"With ample store of shrouding, sails and mast",0.0
To brave with manly skill the winter blast,0.0
"Did great Columbus cross the western seas,",0.0
What yet the course of ages had concealed:,0.0
"In such as these, on high adventure bent",1.0
To such as these are hardy seamen found,1.0
"As with the ties of kindred feeling bound,",1.0
"Boasting, while cans of cheering grog they sip,",2.0
The varied fortunes of our gallant ship:,1.0
Ere yet the reign of lettered lore began.,0.0
"In very truth, compared to these, thou art",1.0
"In working weeds arrayed of homely grey,",0.0
"Opposed to gentle nymph or lady gay,",0.0
To whose free robes the graceful right is given,1.0
To play and dally with the winds of heaven.,1.0
"Beholding thee, the great of other days",1.0
"And modern men with all their altered ways,",0.0
"Across my mind with hasty transit gleam,",0.0
Like fleeting shadows of a feverish dream:,4.0
"Half sad, half proud, half angry, and half pleased.",7.0
HOw well these frozen Floods now Represent,1.0
"Though Hurricanes should rage, they could not now",0.0
So much as curl the solid Water's Brow;,0.0
Proud Fleets whose stubborn Cables scarce withstood,1.0
"The impetuous shock of the Unstable Flood,",2.0
In watery Ligaments are now restrained,3.0
More strict than when in binding OH oz detained.,3.0
"But though their Services at present fail,",2.0
Our selves without the aid of Tide or Gale,0.0
"From every creek to every point we Rove,",0.0
"Than Fish beneath us, or than Fowl above.",1.0
"Might I enquire the Reasons of my Fate,",4.0
"Did I, in prosperous Days, despise the Poor,",2.0
Was not my Soul poured out for the Distressed?,3.0
Did I not vindicate the Poor oppressed?,1.0
Did not the Orphan's Cry with me prevail?,1.0
Did I not weep the Woes I could not heal?,0.0
Why do I feel the Oppressor's Iron Rod?,5.0
"OH Thou, whose Mercy does to All extend,",0.0
"Say, shall my Sorrows never, never, end?",0.0
"Let not my Tears for ever, fruitless, flow;",0.0
"Commiserate a Wretch, overwhelmed with Woe;",3.0
No longer let Distress my Bosom tear:,1.0
OH shield me from the Horrors of Despair!,3.0
"Forgive me, Madam, that I thus impart",0.0
"Oft, when my wearied Eyes can weep no more,",1.0
And view with Joy those Pictures of your Mind;,1.0
"With Pleasure on the loved Resemblance gaze,",1.0
With transient Images of past Delight;,1.0
"Delightful Forms! why will you fleet away,",1.0
And leave me to the Terrors of the Day?,2.0
In vain from Reason I expect Relief;,1.0
For sad Reflection doubles every Grief.,0.0
Some of my Friends in Death's cold Arms I see;,1.0
"Others, though, living, yet are dead to me?",2.0
"Of Friends, and Children both, I am bereft,",1.0
And soon must lose the only Blessing left;,0.0
"A Husband formed for Tenderness and Truth,",1.0
"The loved, the kind Companion of my Youth;",1.0
"With him, through various Storms of Fate I passed;",3.0
Relentless Fate! ' --  And must we part at last?,0.0
"OH King of Terrors, I invoke thy Power;",2.0
O! stand between me and that dreadful Hour;,1.0
O! shield me from it! ' --  Hide me in the Grave!,1.0
"FEW people know it, yet, dear sir, it's true,",1.0
Man should have somewhat evermore to do.,1.0
"But surely better such by far, than none;",1.0
"The perfect drone, the quite impertinent,",2.0
"Whose life at nothing aims, but ' --  to be spent;",1.0
Such heaven visits for some mighty ill:,1.0
"It's sure the hardest labour, to sit still.",2.0
"Who sin, for want of something else to do.",0.0
"And to be blessed indeed, needs only move.",2.0
"For want of this, with pain he lives away,",1.0
Dull till his double bottle does him right:,0.0
While spleen and headache seize on all the rest.,1.0
Racking their brains with visionary ills.,2.0
What endless quarrels at the present age!,0.0
"How many blame! how often may we hear,",1.0
"Such vice! ' --  well, sure, the last day must be near!",2.0
"TO avoid such wild, imaginary pains,",1.0
"Dispatch, dear friend! move, labour, sweat, run, fly!",3.0
Do aught ' --  but think the day of judgement nigh.,0.0
With them no earthly thing is ever right.,2.0
"TO expect to alter to their taste, were vain;",2.0
"For who can mend so fast, as they complain?",1.0
"Whatever you do, shall be a crime with such;",2.0
"As hedgehogs prick you, go which side you will.",1.0
O! pity these whenever you see them swell!,3.0
Folks call them cross ' --  poor men! they are not well.,3.0
"Like wines that die, unless upon the fret.",0.0
"The fellow's nothing in the earth to do,",0.0
But to sit quit and be scolded to.,3.0
All largely on the scapegoat slave are poured.,2.0
"This drains his rage; and though to John so rough,",1.0
"As for myself, whom poverty prevents",3.0
From being angry at so great expense;,0.0
"Who, should I ever be inclined to rage,",0.0
"For want of slaves, war with myself must wage;",3.0
"Must rail, and hear; chastising, be chastised:",0.0
"I choose to labour, rather than to fret:",1.0
"What's rage in some, in me goes off in sweat.",0.0
"If times are ill, and things seem never worse;",1.0
"Men, manners to reclaim, ' --  I take my horse.",2.0
"One mile reforms them, or if aught remain",1.0
Thus on myself in toils I spend my rage:,3.0
I pay the fine; and that absolves the age.,0.0
"Sometime, still more to interrupt my ease,",1.0
"I take my pen, and write ' --  such things as these:",0.0
"Which though all other merit be denied,",0.0
Show my devotion still to be employed.,2.0
"Add too, though writing be itself a curse,",1.0
"Since who do nothing else, are sure to rail;",0.0
"Man should be suffered thus to play the fool,",0.0
"To keep from hurt, as children go to school.",0.0
You should not rhyme in spite of nature? ' --  True;,0.0
"Yet sure it's greater trouble, if you do;",1.0
"Who writes the hardest, writes with most success.",0.0
"Thus for myself, and friends, I do my part;",3.0
Promoting doubly the painstaking art:,2.0
"First to myself, it's labour to compose;",4.0
"To read such lines, is drudgery to those.",1.0
STAY YOUR RUDE STEPS! whose throbbing breasts enfold,3.0
For you no Nymphs their sparkling vases pour;,2.0
"Unmarked by you, light Graces swim the green,",2.0
"And hovering Cupids aim their shafts, unseen.",0.0
Of Taste and Virtue lights with purer day;,0.0
Whose finer sense each soft vibration owns,0.0
With sweet responsive sympathy of tones;,1.0
"To meet the sun, and shuts it to the storm; ' --",1.0
"My fountains murmur, and my zephyrs breathe;",1.0
"Slow slides the painted snail, the gilded fly",1.0
"Smooths his fine down, to charm thy curious eye;",2.0
"On twinkling fins my pearly nations play,",0.0
"To Love's sweet notes attune the listening dell,",1.0
"And, if with Thee some hapless Maid should stray,",1.0
"O, lead her timid steps to yonder glade,",0.0
"There, as meek Evening wakes her temperate breeze,",2.0
"And moon-beams glimmer through the trembling trees,",2.0
The weeping rocks shall number tear for tear;,0.0
Sings to the Night from her accustomed thorn;,1.0
While at sweet intervals each falling note,2.0
"Winds of the North! restrain your icy gales,",0.0
Nor chill the bosom of these happy vales!,1.0
"Hence in dark heaps, you gathering Clouds, revolve!",5.0
"Disperse, you Lightnings! and, you Mists, dissolve!",1.0
"' --  Hither, emerging from you orient skies,",2.0
BOTANIC GODDESS! bend thy radiant eyes;,0.0
"Over these soft scenes assume thy gentle reign,",2.0
"Pomona, Crees, Flora in thy train;",3.0
And with thy silver sandals print the dews;,1.0
And wave thy emerald banner stared with gold.,0.0
"Thus spoke the GENIUS, as He stepped along,",2.0
And bade these lawns to Peace and Truth belong;,0.0
Down the steep slopes He led with modest skill,2.0
"The willing pathway, and the truant rill,",2.0
"Stretched over the marshy vale yonder willowy mound,",8.0
"Where shines the lake amid the tufted ground,",0.0
"Raised the young woodland, smoothed the wavy green,",3.0
And gave to Beauty all the quiet scene. ' --,0.0
"She comes! ' --  the GODDESS! ' --  through the whispering air,",3.0
"Bright as the morn, descends her blushing car;",0.0
"The golden bits with flowery studs are decked,",2.0
And knots of flowers the crimson reins connect. ' --,2.0
"And now on earth the silver axle rings,",0.0
And the shell sinks upon its slender springs;,2.0
"Light from her airy seat the Goddess bounds,",0.0
"Fair Spring advancing calls her feathered quire,",0.0
And tunes to softer notes her laughing lyre;,0.0
"And arms her Zephyrs with the shafts of Love,",1.0
"Play round her graceful footsteps, as she treads;",2.0
"On winnowing wings, and waft her golden hair;",2.0
"Blue NYMPHS emerging leave their sparkling streams,",1.0
And FIERY FORMS alight from orient beams;,3.0
"First the fine Forms her dulcet voice requires,",3.0
Which bathe or bask in elemental fires;,0.0
"From the pale sphere of every twinkling star,",2.0
"From each nice poor of ocean, earth, and air,",1.0
"With eye of flame the sparkling hosts repair,",0.0
"Like motes, that tenant the meridian ray. ' --",3.0
So the clear Lens collects with magic power,2.0
The countless glories of the midnight hour;,2.0
"Stars after stars with quivering lustre fall,",3.0
"Pleased, as they pass, she counts the glittering bands,",2.0
And stills their murmur with her waving hands;,1.0
"And now to these, and now to those, she turns.",2.0
"Pierced with your silver shafts the throne of Night,",0.0
And charmed young Nature's opening eyes with light;,3.0
Called from the rude abyss the living world.,0.0
"' --  LET THERE BE LIGHT! proclaimed the ALMIGHTY LORD,",2.0
Astonished Chaos heard the potent word; ' --,0.0
And the mass starts into a million suns;,2.0
"Earth's round each sun with quick explosions burst,",0.0
And second planets issue from the first;,1.0
"Bend, as they journey with projectile force,",1.0
"' --  Onward they move amid their bright abode,",2.0
"Space without bound, THE BOSOM OF THEIR GOD!",4.0
To brighter regions born on broader wing;,0.0
Form the vast concave of exterior sky;,4.0
"With airy lens the scattered rays assault,",0.0
The rapid Fireball through the midnight air;,1.0
"Dart from the North on pale electric streams,",0.0
"' --  OR rein the Planets in their swift careers,",0.0
Gilding with borrowed light their twinkling spheres;,3.0
The won stars glimmering through its silver train;,2.0
"Gem the bright Zodiac, stud the glowing pole,",6.0
Reluctant fires in dread suspension sleep;,0.0
And glad with genial warmth the incumbent land.,2.0
"With curious bill, and feeds her callow brood;",2.0
"Warmth from her tender heart eternal springs,",0.0
"Over shining oceans ray volcanic light,",0.0
And Beauty beams amid tremendous fire.,0.0
"Descending VENUS sought the dark abode,",0.0
"With jointed mail their fairy limbs overwhelm,",3.0
"With radiant eye She viewed the boiling over,",0.0
"Admired their sinewy arms, and shoulders bare,",2.0
"And ponderous hammers lifted high in air,",2.0
"With smiles celestial blessed their dazzled sight,",0.0
And Beauty blazed amid infernal night.,0.0
"On Earth's cold bosom, as the Sun retires,",2.0
Confine with folds of air the lingering fires;,0.0
"So, warmed and kindled by meridian skies,",3.0
"And viewed in darkness with dilated eyes,",1.0
"' --  Touched by his orient beam, responsive rings",3.0
"The living lyre, and vibrates all it's strings;",0.0
And holy echoes swell the adoring song.,2.0
Which dance and glimmer over the marshy mead;,2.0
And tip with silver all her saffron flowers;,0.0
"From leaf to leaf conduct the virgin light,",0.0
"Star of the earth, and diamond of the night.",1.0
"You bid in air the tropic Beetle burn,",0.0
"Round the bright oar, the kindling prow alarm;",3.0
"Or arm in waves, electric in his ire,",0.0
"Onward his course with waving tail he helms,",2.0
"Vindictive leaves the argent fields above,",0.0
And charmed the Savage from his native wood;,1.0
"You, while amazed his hurrying Hordes retire",2.0
"Taught, the first Art! with piny rods to raise",0.0
"By quick attrition the domestic blaze,",1.0
"Fan with soft breath, with kindling leaves provide,",3.0
And list the dread Destroyer on his side.,1.0
"Hissed the dread snakes, and flamed in burnished gold;",3.0
"Flashed on her brandished arm the immortal shield,",2.0
And Terror lightened over the dazzled field.,2.0
And give new wonders to the Chemist's hand;,2.0
"On tepid clouds of rising steam aspire,",0.0
"With boundless spring elastic airs unfold,",0.0
By fierce collision from the flint and steel;,1.0
So the chaste heart of some enchanted Maid,2.0
"Shines with insidious light, by Love betrayed;",4.0
"Round her pale bosom plays the young Desire,",2.0
"Metallic veins, and part the dross from over;",0.0
With sylvan coal in whirling mills combine,0.0
"Through wiry nets the black diffusion strain,",0.0
"Lit by the brilliant spark, from grain to grain",0.0
Runs the quick fire along the kindling train;,3.0
"Starts the red flame, and Death pursues the flash. ' --",3.0
"Fear's feeble hand directs the fiery darts,",3.0
"Guilt with pale brow the mimic thunder owns,",3.0
Bade round the youth explosive STEAM aspire,0.0
"In gathering clouds, and winged the wave with fire;",2.0
"Bade with cold streams the quick expansion stop,",3.0
Pressed by the ponderous air the Piston falls,2.0
"Wields his large limbs, and nodding shakes the earth.",3.0
Lifts with strong arm her dark reluctant waves;,3.0
"Drags her dark coals, and digs her shining oars. ' --",3.0
"Next, in close cells of ribbed oak confined,",3.0
"Gale after gale, He crowds the struggling wind;",1.0
"The imprisoned storms through brazen nostrils roar,",1.0
"Fan the white flame, and fuse the sparkling over.",3.0
Here high in air the rising stream He pours,0.0
There the vast millstone with inebriate whirl,4.0
On trembling floors his forceful fingers twirl.,0.0
"Whose flinty teeth the golden harvests grind,",0.0
"The lengthening bars, in thin expansion squeeze;",2.0
"The tawny plates, the new medallions round;",0.0
"The Harp, the Lily and the Lion join,",1.0
And GEORGE and BRITAIN guard the sterling coin.,0.0
"Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;",3.0
"' --  Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above,",2.0
Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move;,3.0
And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.,2.0
"Waved his vast mace in Virtue's cause sublime,",3.0
"Awed, served, protected, and amazed mankind. ' --",3.0
Climbed round the cradle of the sleeping God;,1.0
"And shrieks of fair attendants trembling round,",0.0
Next in red torrents from her sevenfold heads,3.0
And drags the roaring River to his course;,1.0
Binds with loud bellowing and with hideous yell,6.0
"The monster Bull, and threefold Dog of Hell.",1.0
And tears his gaping jaws with sinewy arms;,2.0
And with strong grasp the struggling Giant strains;,2.0
"Back falls his fainting head, and clammy hair,",1.0
"Where breathing flames through brazen lips he fled,",0.0
"Last with wide arms the solid earth He tears,",3.0
"Piles rock on rock, on mountain mountain rears;",1.0
"Crests with opposing towers the splendid scene,",4.0
And Etna thunders over the insurgent waves.,1.0
"From the warm cushion, and the whirling glass;",3.0
"Beard the bright cylinder with golden wire,",4.0
"So, born on brazen talons, watched of old",0.0
The sleepless dragon over his fruits of gold;,2.0
"Bright beamed his scales, his eyeballs blazed with ire,",2.0
And his wide nostrils breathed enchanted fire.,2.0
"Approach attracted, and recede repelled;",1.0
"OR, if on wax some fearless Beauty stand,",1.0
And touch the sparkling rod with graceful hand;,0.0
"Through her fine limbs the mimic lightnings dart,",2.0
And flames innocuous eddy round her heart;,2.0
Blue rays diverging from her bristling hair;,2.0
While some fond Youth the kiss ethereal sips.,3.0
And soft fires issue from their meeting lips.,2.0
So round the virgin Saint in silver streams,0.0
"You crowd in coated jars the denser fire,",0.0
"Pierce the thin glass, and fuse the blazing wire;",3.0
Or dart the red flash through the circling band,2.0
"Of dancing arteries, and of tingling veins,",1.0
And Life clings trembling on her tottering throne. ' --,4.0
"So from dark clouds the playful lightning springs,",2.0
"Celestial tears, and breathed ethereal sighs!",2.0
"Flash follows flash, the warning corks recede;",1.0
Near and more near He eyed with fond amaze,0.0
"Then burst the steel, the dart electric sped,",0.0
And the bold Sage lay numbered with the dead! ' --,5.0
NYMPHS! on that day YOU shed from lucid eyes,0.0
"Bade his bold arm invade the lowering sky,",5.0
"And seize the tiptoe lightnings, ere they fly;",1.0
"Over the young Sage your mystic mantle spread,",2.0
"Quick over his knee the triple bolt He bent,",3.0
"Snapped with illumined hands each flaming shaft,",2.0
"His tingling fingers shook, and stamped, and laughed;",0.0
"Bright over the floor the scattered fragments blazed,",3.0
And Gods retreating trembled as they gazed;,1.0
"The immortal Sire, indulgent to his child,",4.0
"Bowed his ambrosial locks, and Heaven relenting smiled.",2.0
"And with phosphoric Acid dies the blood,",2.0
And lead the soft combustion round the heart;,0.0
"Life's holy lamp with fires successive feed,",1.0
"From the crowned forehead to the prostrate weed,",3.0
From Earth's proud realms to all that swim or sweep,1.0
The yielding either or tumultuous deep.,4.0
"You swell the bulb beneath the heaving lawn,",0.0
"Brood the live seed, unfold the bursting spawn;",3.0
"Nurse with soft lap, and warm with fragrant breath",3.0
"Youth's vivid eye with living light adorn,",1.0
"Burst, and disclosed the cradle of the world;",3.0
"IMMORTAL LOVE, his bow celestial strung; ' --",0.0
"Over the wide waste his gaudy wings unfold,",2.0
"Beam his soft smiles, and wave his curls of gold; ' --",3.0
"With silver darts He pierced the kindling frame,",0.0
"And, while tumultuous joy her bosom warms,",3.0
"Waves her white hand, and calls her hosts to arms,",3.0
"Unite, ILLUSTRIOUS NYMPHS! your radiant powers,",3.0
Call from their long repose the VERNAL HOURS.,0.0
"Chafe his won cheeks, his ruffled plumes repair,",3.0
And wring the rain-drops from his tangled hair.,2.0
"Blaze round each frosted rill, or stagnant wave,",0.0
"Break his white towers, and pierce his crystal mail;",5.0
And chain him howling to the Northern Bear.,1.0
From the pale regions of the icy North;,3.0
"Waves his broad tail, and opens his ribbed mouth,",5.0
And seeks on winnowing fin the breezy South;,3.0
"From towns deserted rush the breathless hosts,",0.0
"Swarm round the hills, and darken all the coasts;",0.0
"Boats follow boats along the shouting tides,",1.0
"Now the bold Sailor, raised on pointed toe,",3.0
"The bloodstained surges circling over his head,",3.0
And bears the iron tempest on his back.,1.0
"X On wings of flame, ETHEREAL VIRGINS! sweep",2.0
"Over Earth's fair bosom, and complacent deep;",2.0
"Thaw the thick blood, which lingers in its veins;",3.0
"Melt with warm breath the fragrant gums, that bind",3.0
"And as in air the laughing leaflets play,",1.0
"NYMPHS! with sweet smile each opening flower invite,",7.0
And on its damask eyelids pour the light.,2.0
"So shall my pines, Canadian wilds that shade,",2.0
"Where no bold step has pierced the tangled glade,",1.0
"With shadowy isles and continents of wood,",3.0
"Or bear her thunders over the conquered main,",2.0
"Shout, as you pass, inhale the genial skies,",0.0
Shake from their candied trunks the tinkling rhyme;,0.0
"With bursting buds their wrinkled barks adorn,",0.0
"Deep strike their roots, their lengthening tops revive,",3.0
"And all my world of foliage wave, alive.",0.0
"Marks with quick pen, in lines unseen portrayed,",3.0
And all the future Group exists concealed;,0.0
"Hills vales and woods in bright succession rise,",1.0
And all the living landscape charms his eyes.,1.0
And with his kindling tresses scorch the air;,1.0
"With points of flame the shafts of Summer arm,",0.0
And burn the beauties he designs to warm; ' --,1.0
And clad in glory to the Fair returned;,1.0
And resting lightnings gild the car of Night;,0.0
"His blazing form the dazzled Maid admired,",0.0
"Met with fond lips, and in his arms expired; ' --",2.0
"Leave on your left the red volcanic light,",0.0
"Her golden chair, and gems her sapphire zone;",2.0
Where with vast convolution DRACO holds,2.0
"Over half the skies his neck enormous rears,",0.0
And with immense meanders parts the BEARS;,1.0
"Onward, the kindred BEARS with footstep rude",3.0
"Dance round the Pole, pursuing and pursued.",1.0
"There in her azure coif and starry stole,",0.0
"Grey TWILIGHT sits, and rules the slumbering Pole;",4.0
"Bends the pale moon-beams round the sparkling coast,",1.0
"There, NYMPHS! alight, array your dazzling powers,",0.0
With sudden march alarm the torpid Hours;,0.0
"Hinge the strong helms, and catch the frozen gales;",3.0
"The winged rocks to feverish climates guide,",4.0
Where fainting Zephyrs pant upon the tide;,0.0
And answering echoes shake the kindred shores;,2.0
And in her silver girdle binds her isles;,0.0
"A thousand kingdoms with prolific waves,",1.0
"In steamy channels to the fervid main,",1.0
"While swarthy nations crowd the sultry coast,",0.0
"Drink the fresh breeze, and hail the floating Frost,",3.0
"NYMPHS! veiled in missed, the melting treasures steer,",1.0
And cool with arctic snows the tropic year.,0.0
So from the burning Line by Monsoons driven,6.0
Clouds sail in squadrons over the darkened heaven;,3.0
And ocean cools beneath the moving shade.,0.0
"Kneel with parched lip, and bending from it's brink",4.0
From dripping palm the scanty river drink;,0.0
And high in air the electric flame collect.,2.0
"The blazing day, and sail in wilds of cloud;",0.0
"Each silvery Flower the streams aerial quaff,",6.0
"Bow her sweet head, and infant Harvest laugh.",3.0
"Rolled his red eyes amid the scorching air,",3.0
And slaughtered offerings pressed the piles of wood;,0.0
And famished armies crowd the dusty ground;,0.0
And withered famine swept the desert earth. ' --,0.0
Who calls thy name in agony of prayer;,1.0
Lo! I alone survive of all thy train! ' --,2.0
"O send from heaven thy sacred fire, ' --  and pour",0.0
"Over the parched land the salutary shower, ' --",2.0
"So shall thy Priest thy erring flock recall, ' --",0.0
"And speak in thunder, THOU ART LORD OF ALL. ' --",1.0
"Fire the wet wood, the sacred bull consume;",3.0
"Winged from the sea the gathering mists arise,",2.0
And floating waters darken all the skies;,0.0
"The King with shifted reins his chariot bends,",2.0
And wide over earth the airy flood descends;,2.0
"With mingling cries dispersing hosts applaud,",0.0
And shouting nations own THE LIVING GOD.,0.0
"The GODDESS ceased, ' --  the exulting tribes obey,",2.0
"Start from the soil, and win their airy way;",0.0
The vaulted skies with streams of transient rays,0.0
"Shine, as they pass, and earth and ocean blaze.",0.0
"So from fierce wars when lawless Monarch's cease,",3.0
"Red rockets rise, loud cracks are heard on high,",2.0
"And showers of stars rush headlong from the sky,",3.0
"Burst, as in silver lines they hiss along,",0.0
And the quick flash unfolds the gazing throng.,2.0
AND NOW THE GODDESS with attention sweet,1.0
"Turns to the GNOMES, that circle round her feet;",0.0
"Orb within orb approach the marshaled trains,",3.0
And pigmy legions darken all the plains;,0.0
"Thrice shout with silver tones the applauding bands,",3.0
"Bow, ere She speaks, and clap their fairy hands.",1.0
Bends it's green blades in undulating rows;,3.0
And rustling harvests bow their golden heads.,0.0
"I GNOMES! YOUR bright forms, presiding at her birth,",3.0
Clung in fond squadrons round the newborn EARTH;,2.0
"When high in either, with explosion dire,",1.0
"The whirling Sun this ponderous planet hurled,",2.0
And gave the astonished void another world.,2.0
Descending torrents into oceans rolled;,0.0
And fierce attraction with relentless force,1.0
Bent the reluctant wanderer to it's course.,3.0
"The Spring's fair forehead, and with golden horns;",2.0
"Where yet the Lion climbs the ethereal plain,",4.0
And shakes the Summer from his radiant mane;,1.0
"Where Libra lifts her airy arm, and weighs,",0.0
"Poised in her silver balance, nights and days;",0.0
"YOUR ardent troops pursued the flying sphere,",0.0
Circling the starry girdle of the year;,2.0
"And decked her shores with corals, pearls, and shells.",0.0
"Sweet breathed the zephyrs, just perceived and lost;",1.0
"Round the bright zodiac danced the vernal hours,",5.0
"And Peace, the Cherub, dwelled in mortal bowers!",0.0
"Charmed the blue sisterhood with playful wiles,",4.0
Bright rose the Goddess like the Star of morn;,1.0
"When with soft fires the milky dawn He leads,",3.0
And wakes to life and love the laughing meads; ' --,0.0
"Round her fair brow, her golden locks she wrung;",3.0
"Over the smooth surge on silver sandals stood,",2.0
And looked enchantment on the dazzled flood. ' --,1.0
"The bright drops, rolling from her lifted arms,",2.0
"In slow meanders wander over her charms,",2.0
"Seek round her snowy neck their lucid track,",0.0
"Pearl her white shoulders, gem her ivory back,",3.0
"Round her fine waist and swelling bosom swim,",3.0
And star with glittering brine each crystal limb. ' --,2.0
"At Earth's firm centre, and distend her shell,",2.0
"Saw at each opening cleft the furnace glow,",2.0
And seas rush headlong on the gulfs below. ' --,3.0
GNOMES! how you shrieked! when through the troubled air,1.0
Roared the fierce din of elemental war;,3.0
"When rose the continents, and sunk the main,",1.0
And Earth's huge sphere exploding burst in twain. ' --,1.0
"Dimpled with vales, with shining hills embossed,",2.0
GNOMES! how you trembled! with the dreadful force,1.0
"When, as her Line in slower circles spun,",0.0
"And her shocked axis nodded from the sun,",3.0
With dreadful march the accumulated main,2.0
"Swept her vast wrecks of mountain, vale, and plain;",3.0
"And, while new tides their shouting floods unite,",2.0
"And hail their Queen, fair Regent of the night;",2.0
"Chained to one centre whirled the kindred spheres,",0.0
And marked with lunar cycles solar years.,0.0
"From the loose summits of each shattered hill,",3.0
And fill with liquid chalk the mass below.,0.0
"His languid limbs, and rests a thousand years;",0.0
"With careless grace, and unaffected ease;",0.0
"Onward with loftier step APOLLO spring,",4.0
"Wave her triumphant wings, and conquer Time;",2.0
"With grace delight us, and with beauty warm;",1.0
Age after age; and with filtration fine,2.0
"Oft in wide lakes, around their warmer brim",3.0
In hollow pyramids the crystals swim;,1.0
"Shoot their white forms, and harden into rocks.",3.0
With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines;,0.0
"Their hoary course, and glittering domes ascend;",2.0
"Impetuous fountains burst their headlong way,",1.0
"The pale lamp glimmering through the sculptured ice,",2.0
"With wild reverted eyes fair LOTTA stands,",1.0
"And spreads to Heaven, in vain, her glassy hands;",0.0
"Cold dews condense upon her pearly breast,",1.0
And the big tear rolls lucid down her vest.,5.0
"Rear their white towers, and wave their golden vanes;",5.0
And the bright vault returns the mingled blaze.,2.0
"And with prismatic crystals gems the earth,",1.0
"And veils in crimson clouds the yielding Fair,",0.0
"Indignant Fire the treacherous courtship flies,",3.0
"Waves his light wing, and mingles with the skies.",4.0
"Left, on her silver wheels, the GOD of Fire;",0.0
"Met with fond lips, with wanton arms entwined.",3.0
"' --  Indignant VULCAN eyed the parting Fair,",0.0
And watched with jealous step the guilty pair;,0.0
"Over his broad neck a wiry net he flung,",2.0
"Quick as he strode, the tinkling meshes rung;",0.0
The immortal toil to lime illicit love;,1.0
"Steel were the knots, and steel the twisted thong,",0.0
"He hung, unseen, the inextricable woof. ' --",2.0
And lock the embracing Lovers on their bed;,3.0
"Fierce with loud taunts vindictive VULCAN springs,",3.0
"Tries all the bolts, and tightens all the strings,",0.0
"Claps his rude hands, and calls the festive Gods. ' --",3.0
' --  With spreading palms the alarmed Goddess tries,5.0
"To veil her beauties from celestial eyes,",1.0
And bids her Loves untie the obdurate chains;,0.0
"Soft swells her panting bosom, as she turns,",2.0
And her flushed cheek with brighter blushes burns.,2.0
Attendant Nymphs with bashful eyes askance,0.0
Steal of entangled MARS a transient glance;,2.0
"Surrounding Gods the circling nectar quaff,",0.0
"Gaze on the Fair, and envy as they laugh.",1.0
"Till with wide lungs the panting bellows blow,",2.0
"Strokes follow strokes, the sparkling ingot shines,",1.0
"Flows the red slag, the lengthening bar refines;",5.0
"Cold waves, immersed, the glowing mass congeal,",1.0
The polished rods with powers magnetic arm;,2.0
With points directed to the polar stars,1.0
In one long line extend the tempered bars;,3.0
"Then thrice and thrice with steady eye he guides,",0.0
And over the adhesive train the magnet slides;,1.0
"The obedient Steel with living instinct moves,",3.0
And veers for ever to the pole it loves.,1.0
"King of the prow, the ploughshare, and the sword!",1.0
"True to the pole, by thee the pilot guides",1.0
"His steady helm amid the struggling tides,",0.0
"Braves with broad sail the immeasurable sea,",2.0
"Cleaves the dark air, and asks no star but Thee. ' --",4.0
"Intrusive forests quit the cultured ground,",0.0
Over restless realms when scowling Discord flings,0.0
"Her snakes, and loud the din of battle rings;",0.0
"Expiring Strength, and vanquished Courage feel",0.0
Or winged with fire over Earth's fair bosom blow;,1.0
Or sink on Ocean's bed in countless Sands.,0.0
"Hence silvery Selenite her crystal moulds,",3.0
"His cubic forms phosphoric Fluor prints,",5.0
"Soft cobweb clouds transparent Onyx spreads,",2.0
And playful Agates weave their coloured threads;,0.0
Masked in new shapes forsook his realms above. ' --,3.0
And playful LEDA smooths his glossy plumes;,0.0
"Then glides a silver Serpent, treacherous guest!",2.0
And fair OLYMPIA folds him in her breast;,2.0
And pleased he moves along the flowery grounds;,2.0
Dips in the lucid flood his ivory hoof;,0.0
"While her fond train with beckoning hands deplore,",5.0
"Strain their blue eyes, and shriek along the shore;",3.0
"Beneath her robe she draws her snowy feet,",0.0
"Round his raised neck her radiant arms she throws,",3.0
"Her yellow tresses wave on wanton gales,",0.0
And high in air her azure mantle sails.,0.0
"' --  Onward He moves, applauding Cupids guide,",2.0
And skim on shooting wing the shining tide;,0.0
"Surround the timorous Beauty, as she swims,",3.0
"Hail the fair fugitive, and shout her name;",4.0
"Soft echoes warble, whispering forests nod,",3.0
And conscious Nature owns the present God.,0.0
"' --  Changed from the Bull, the rapturous God assumes",2.0
"Immortal youth, with glow celestial blooms,",0.0
"Whence Kings and Heroes own illustrious birth,",2.0
"With yielding flakes successive forms reveal,",0.0
And change obedient to the whirling wheel.,1.0
"Formed the gay tea-pot, and the pictured plate;",1.0
"Smeared her huge dragons with metallic hues,",4.0
"Bade on wide hills her porcelain castles glare,",5.0
And glazed Pagodas tremble in the air.,0.0
Round each fair form in lines immortal trace,1.0
GNOMES! as you now dissect with hammers fine,0.0
"And pleased on WEDGWOOD ray your partial smile,",1.0
"Through finer sieves, and falls in whiter showers;",0.0
"The biscuit hardens, the enamel shines;",1.0
"Each nicer mould a softer feature drinks,",0.0
"The bold Cameo speaks, the soft Intaglio thinks.",5.0
"Whether, OH Friend of art! the gem you mould",2.0
"Rich with new taste, with ancient virtue bold;",3.0
From Britain's sons imploring to be free;,1.0
"Or with fair HOPE the brightening scenes improve,",2.0
Or bid Mortality rejoice and mourn,1.0
"Sits HUMANKIND in hieroglyphic state,",1.0
"While with inverted torch, and swimming eyes,",1.0
"Sinks the fair shade of MORTAL LIFE, and dies.",3.0
There the pale GHOST through Death's wide portal bends,3.0
"Guides on broad wing, with torch uplifted lights;",5.0
"IMMORTAL LIFE, her hand extending, courts",0.0
"The lingering form, his tottering step supports;",2.0
"Beneath, in sacred robes the PRIESTESS dressed,",0.0
"With pointing finger guides the initiate youth,",3.0
"Whether, OH Friend of Art! your gems derive",2.0
"Or bid from modern life the Portrait breathe,",0.0
Each fair medallion over the wrecks of age;,2.0
"Nor Time shall mar; nor steel, nor fire, nor fire, nor rust",0.0
Touch the hard polish of the immortal bust.,6.0
And stars of gold the sparkling Pyrite blends;,0.0
"Where, nursed in night, incumbent Tempest shrouds",0.0
"Besieged with iron points his airy cell,",0.0
And pierced the monster slumbering in the shell.,1.0
"Immortal FRANKLIN watched the callow crew,",0.0
"And stabbed the struggling Vampires, ere they flew.",0.0
"Her heroes slain awhile COLUMBIA mourned,",2.0
And crowned with laurels LIBERTY returned.,1.0
"The Warrior, LIBERTY, with bending sails",1.0
"Firm as he steps, along the shouting lands,",0.0
Lo! Truth and Virtue range their radiant bands;,1.0
"Sad Superstition wails her empire torn,",1.0
"Art plies his oar, and Commerce pours her horn.",0.0
"Inglorious slept, unconscious of his chains;",4.0
Round his large limbs were wound a thousand strings,3.0
"Over his closed eyes a triple veil was bound,",2.0
And steely rivets locked him to the ground;,1.0
"His folded limbs, and hems in marble walls.",0.0
"The flimsy bonds, and round and round him gazed;",0.0
"Starts up from earth, above the admiring throng",2.0
"Lifts his Colossal form, and towers along;",4.0
"High over his foes his hundred arms He rears,",3.0
"Ploughshares his swords, and pruning hooks his spears;",2.0
"Calls to the Good and Brave with voice, that rolls",0.0
Like Heaven's own thunder round the echoing poles;,4.0
"Gives to the winds his banner broad unfurled,",0.0
And gathers in its shade the living world!,0.0
And tawny Copper shoots her azure veins;,0.0
"Zinc lines his fretted vault with sable over,",1.0
The living Silver rolls its ponderous waves;,2.0
"Long threads of netted gold, and silvery darts,",3.0
"Inlay the Lazuli, and pierce the Quartz; ' --",4.0
"' --  Whence roofed with silver beamed PERU, of old,",0.0
And hapless MEXICO was paved with gold.,0.0
Heavens! on my sight what sanguine colours blaze!,2.0
"When Avarice, shrouded in Religion's robe,",2.0
"Sailed to the West, and slaughtered half the globe;",0.0
"While Superstition, stalking by his side,",1.0
"For sacred truths announced her frenzied dreams,",0.0
And turned to night the sun's meridian beams. ' --,2.0
"Hear, o, BRITANNIA! potent Queen of isles,",4.0
"On whom fair Art, and meek Religion smiles,",0.0
"Spreads his wide arms, and lifts his eyes to Thee;",3.0
"With hunger pale, with wounds and toil oppressed,",0.0
ARE WE NOT BRETHREN? sorrow chokes the rest; ' --,1.0
' --  AIR! bear to heaven upon thy azure flood,1.0
Their innocent cries! ' --  EARTH! cover not their blood!,3.0
And urge the vengeance over the guilty wretch. ' --,2.0
"And, drunk with fury, swelled the Nile with blood;",0.0
And poured destruction through her hundred gates;,1.0
"In dread divisions marched the marshaled bands,",0.0
"And swarming armies blackened all the lands,",0.0
"Slow as they passed, the indignant temples frowned,",2.0
Low curses muttering from the vaulted ground;,2.0
"Burst from each pyramid expiring groans,",1.0
And darker shadows stretched their lengthened cones. ' --,1.0
"GNOMES! as they marched, You hid the gathered fruits,",0.0
"The bladed grass, sweet grains, and mealy roots;",1.0
Retained the locusts in their earthy beds;,0.0
Stayed with vindictive hands the scanty rill. ' --,2.0
"Loud over the camp the Fiend of Famine shrieks,",3.0
"Calls all her brood, and champs her hundred beaks;",0.0
And twilight swims upon the shuddering sand;,3.0
"Perched on her crest the Griffin Discord clings,",0.0
And Giant Murder rides between her wings;,0.0
"Blood from each clotted hair, and horny quill,",0.0
And showers of tears in blended streams distil;,2.0
"Darts from above, and tears at each fell swoop",3.0
With iron fangs the decimated troop.,0.0
"And the live desert pants, and heaves beneath;",3.0
"Tinged by the crimson sun, vast columns rise",1.0
"' --  Long ranks in vain their shining blades extend,",1.0
"Wheel in wide circle, form in hollow square,",2.0
"And now they front, and now they fly the war,",0.0
"Pierce the deaf tempest with lamenting cries,",4.0
"' --  GNOMES! over the waste YOU led your myriad powers,",5.0
"Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge;",1.0
"Wave over wave the driving desert swims,",1.0
"Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush,",1.0
"Hosts march over hosts, and nations nations crush, ' --",1.0
"Wheeling in air the winged islands fall,",3.0
And one great earthy Ocean covers all! ' --,2.0
"To earth, and listened to the groans below, ' --",1.0
"Grim HORROR shook, ' --  awhile the living hill",1.0
"Heaved with convulsive throes, ' --  and all was still!",2.0
Shrink with soft sympathy for human care;,4.0
"Beneath the waving grass, and nodding corn;",0.0
Stared with bright points the mimic zodiac shines;,4.0
Born on fine wires amid the pictured skies,3.0
"Round the dwarf earth the pearly moon is rolled,",3.0
With spears and helmets glittering round the coasts;,1.0
"Thick as the hairs, which rear the Lion's mane,",0.0
"Watch, where proud Surges break their treacherous mounds,",4.0
And bid indignant Ocean stay his rage.,0.0
Or melt with acid airs the marble crags;,0.0
"Crown the green summits with adventurous flocks,",6.0
And charm with novel flowers the wondering rocks.,4.0
And high on Alps his crimson banner waved;,0.0
"Wide over her weeping vales destruction hurled,",3.0
And shook the rising empire of the world.,1.0
"X Go, gentle GNOMES! resume your vernal toil,",1.0
"Seek my chill tribes, which sleep beneath the soil;",3.0
"Spread the dark mould, white lime, and crumbling sands;",4.0
"Each bursting bud with healthier juices feed,",2.0
"Emerging scion, or awakened seed.",1.0
Streaks with white clouds the golden floods of boil;,3.0
"Through each nice valve the mingling currents glide,",1.0
"Nerve the strong arm, and tinge the blushing cheek.",3.0
"Green swells the germ, impatient for its birth;",2.0
"Guard from rapacious worms its tender shoots,",2.0
And drive the mining beetle from its roots;,1.0
The kneeling Saint in holy anguish mourned; ' --,0.0
"PETER, arise! with cheering voice He calls,",2.0
"Locks, bolts, and chains his potent touch obey,",1.0
And pleased he leads the dazzled Sage to day.,0.0
"XI. YOU! whose fine fingers fill the organic cells,",3.0
"With virgin earth, of woods and bones and shells;",0.0
"And sinks to earth, its cradle and its tomb,",1.0
"GNOMES! with nice eye the slow solution watch,",3.0
"With fostering hand the parting atoms catch,",2.0
"Join in new forms, combine with life and sense,",3.0
"Bowed his bright locks, and, fated from his birth",4.0
"To change eternal, mingled with the earth; ' --",1.0
"With darker horror shook the conscious wood,",0.0
"Groaned the sad gales, and rivers blushed with blood;",3.0
"Breathed the soft sigh, and poured the tender tear. ' --",3.0
"Clad with new form, with finer sense combined,",3.0
And lit with purer flame the ethereal mind.,4.0
And shines and charms with renovated bloom. ' --,0.0
"While wondering Loves the bursting grave surround,",2.0
"And edge with meeting wings the yawning ground,",0.0
"Stretch their fair necks, and leaning over the brink",5.0
"View the pale regions of the dead, and shrink;",4.0
"Long with broad eyes ecstatic BEAUTY stands,",3.0
"Then with loud shriek the panting Youth alarms,",3.0
My Life! my Love! and springs into his arms.,0.0
"The GODDESS ceased, ' --  the delegated throng",0.0
Over the wide plains delighted rush along;,2.0
"Hosts follow hosts, and troops succeed to troops;",1.0
"Scarce bears the bending grass the moving freight,",1.0
Flit the soft shadows over the waving vale;,4.0
"Shade follows shade by laughing Zephyrs drove,",1.0
AGAIN the GODDESS speaks! ' --  glad Echo swells,1.0
"' --  Thick as the dews, which deck the morning flowers,",0.0
"Rise, as she turns, and whiten all the lands.",0.0
"And steer the shadowy treasure over the land,",4.0
"Through vernal skies the gathering drops diffuse,",2.0
YOUR lucid bands condense with fingers chill,0.0
And in each bubbling fountain rise to day.,0.0
"NYMPHS! YOU then guide, attendant from their source,",1.0
"Float in bright squadrons by the willowy brink,",5.0
"Who hides her fine form in the passing lymph,",1.0
Eyes her soft smiles reflected in the air;,3.0
Their silken limbs amid the dashing wave;,0.0
"Pluck the pale primrose bending from its edge,",5.0
Or feed the golden harvests on their side;,1.0
"Shove the slow barge, or whirl the foaming mill.",3.0
OR lead with beckoning hand the sparkling train,2.0
"Feeds each fine nerve, each slender hair pervades,",3.0
"The skins bright snow with living purple shades,",1.0
"Laughs on the lips, and lightens in the eyes.",0.0
"From each fair feature, and proportioned limb,",2.0
Joined in one trunk with deeper tint return,0.0
To the warm concave of the vital urn.,0.0
"Of scale and shell, which Ocean overwhelms;",0.0
"As Night's pale Queen her rising orb reveals,",1.0
"Urge on the sounding shores their crystal course,",0.0
"Restrain their fury, or direct their force.",1.0
Firm to his rock with silver cords suspend,0.0
And teach the unwieldy Sturgeon to betray. ' --,3.0
"Waves in red spires the living lures, and draws",3.0
"Eyes with grim joy the twinkling shoals beset,",3.0
"With oars and gems adorn her coral cell,",0.0
"Harnessed with gossamer, the loitering prow;",5.0
Of oil effusive lull the waves to sleep.,4.0
"YOU stay the flying bark, concealed beneath,",0.0
"Vast watery walls in rapid circles spin,",3.0
Down his deep den the whirling vessel draws;,2.0
The booming waters murmuring over the mast.,4.0
While cloudless suns meridian glories shed,2.0
"From skies of silver round his hoary head,",0.0
"NYMPHS! YOUR thin forms pervade his glittering piles,",5.0
"His roofs of crystal, and his glassy ails;",1.0
Or chained on mossy couches wake and weep;,0.0
"Rush into day, in foamy torrents shine,",1.0
And swell the imperial Danube or the Rhine. ' --,5.0
"His realms inglorious with diminished waves,",3.0
Sees dancing slaves insult his martial plains;,1.0
"Parts with chill stream the dim religious bower,",3.0
"And classic domes, that tremble on his sides;",1.0
"Sighs over each broken urn, and yawning tomb,",3.0
And mourns the fall of LIBERTY and ROME.,1.0
His tropic mountains in a night of clouds;,0.0
"High over his head the beams of SIRIUS glow,",5.0
"And, Dog of Nile, ANUBIS barks below.",6.0
NYMPHS! YOU from cliff to cliff attendant guide,0.0
In headlong cataracts the impetuous tide;,3.0
Or lead over wastes of Abyssinian sands,3.0
"' --  Her long canals the sacred waters fill,",0.0
And edge with silver every peopled hill;,0.0
"Gigantic SPHINX in circling waves admire,",0.0
And MEMNON bending over his broken lyre;,3.0
And towns and temples laugh amid the deep.,0.0
"Over isles and oceans sheds a sanguine light,",0.0
"When, at his base entombed, with bellowing sound",2.0
"Poured from red nostrils, with her scalding breath,",4.0
A boiling deluge over the blasted heath;,2.0
"And, wide in air, in misty volumes hurled",0.0
Contagious atoms over the alarmed world;,2.0
In pearly showers the parsimonious rill;,4.0
"Through the cleft roof, ambitious for the skies,",3.0
"In vaulted hills condense the tepid steams,",0.0
And pour to HEALTH the medicated streams.,0.0
' --  So in green vales amid her mountains bleak,1.0
And calls HYGEIA to her sainted wells.,2.0
And light with radiant eyes her realms of over;,0.0
"In gay undress the fairy legion roams,",0.0
"Their dripping palms in playful malice fill,",0.0
Or taste with ruby lip the sparkling rill;,0.0
"Crowd round her baths, and, bending over the side,",2.0
"Dip with gay fear the shuddering foot undressed,",5.0
"Or cleave with brandished arms the lucid stream,",0.0
And Echo's sweet responsive voice prolongs,0.0
The dulcet tumult of their silver tongues. ' --,1.0
"Round each fair Nymph her dropping mantle clings,",1.0
Fair arts of Greece triumphant in his train;,1.0
"Lo! as he steps, the column pile ascends,",0.0
"The blue roof closes, or the crescent bends;",2.0
"New woods aspiring cloth their hills with green,",1.0
"Smooth slope the lawns, the grey rock peeps between;",2.0
"Relenting Nature gives her hand to Taste,",0.0
And Health and Beauty crown the laughing waste.,0.0
"With playful force arrest them as they pass,",1.0
Round their translucent forms at once they fling,1.0
"In fleecy clouds their fluttering wings extend,",2.0
Or from the skies in lucid showers descend;,3.0
And Ocean's hundred arms enfold the earth.,0.0
"Over her fair limbs a veil of light she spread,",2.0
And bound a starry diadem on her head;,0.0
"Long braids of pearl her golden tresses graced,",1.0
"' --  Slow rolls the Cyprian car in purple pride,",3.0
"Climbs the green slopes, the nodding woods pervades,",3.0
"Burns round the rocks, or gleams amid the shades. ' --",0.0
"Glad ZEPHYR leads the train, and waves above",1.0
"Reverts his smiling face, and pausing flings",0.0
And azure eyes are seen through every chink.,0.0
And rests the fork upon the quivering string;,2.0
"Points his arch eye aloft, with fingers strong",3.0
Trails a long line of lustre through the skies;,4.0
"Tis done! he shouts, the mighty Monarch feels!",0.0
And with loud laughter shakes the silver wheels;,2.0
"Bends over the car, and whirling, as it moves,",4.0
"Melts with soft sighs, with kindling rapture burns;",3.0
"And leaves my Goddess, like a blooming bride,",0.0
"Her gorgeous palaces, and amaranth bowers,",6.0
"He said; and, leading from her ivory seat",1.0
"The blushing Beauty to his lone retreat,",1.0
And rests the crimson cushions upon clouds. ' --,3.0
"Earth feels the grateful influence from above,",4.0
"Sighs the soft Air, and Ocean murmurs love;",3.0
"Her lucid cataracts, and her bubbling springs;",0.0
"Through peopled vales the liquid silver guides,",0.0
"YOU with nice ear, in tiptoe trains, pervade",3.0
Dim walks of morn or evening's silent shade;,1.0
"Join the lone Nightingale, her woods among,",4.0
And tune their echoing waterfalls to love;,2.0
"Or catch, attentive to the distant roar,",1.0
The pausing murmurs of the dashing shore;,1.0
"Or, as aloud she pours her liquid strain,",1.0
"Hangs over his glossy sides her silver feet,",3.0
"Gives to his slimy lips the slackened reins,",0.0
"Lifts to the star of Eve her eye serene,",0.0
"Her beryl locks, and parts the waving curls,",0.0
"Thrilled by the dulcet accents, as she sings,",1.0
The rippling wave in widening circles rings;,2.0
Night's shadowy forms along the margin gleam,3.0
"With pointed ears, or dance upon the stream;",0.0
"The Moon transported stays her bright career,",0.0
And maddening Stars shoot headlong from the sphere.,3.0
"Late as YOU floated on your silver shells,",1.0
Where by tall groves his foamy flood he steers,3.0
"Through ponderous arches over impetuous wears,",4.0
"Sighed in his gales, and murmured in his tides,",0.0
"Printing with graceful step his spangled plain,",2.0
"Explored his twinkling swarms, that swim or fly,",0.0
"Sweet bud of Spring! how frail thy transient bloom,",1.0
"Fine film, she cried, of Nature's fairest loom!",1.0
Soon Beauty fades upon its damask throne! ' --,1.0
"' --  Unconscious of the worm, that mined her own! ' --",2.0
"Won the warm cheek, and mute the tender tongue,",3.0
"Spread round his pillow all your secret spells,",0.0
"Pierced all your springs, and opened all your wells. ' --",0.0
"As now on grass, with glossy folds revealed,",0.0
"Glides the bright serpent, now in flowers concealed;",5.0
"Far shine the scales, that gild his sinuous back,",1.0
So with strong arm immortal BRINDLEY leads,2.0
"His long canals, and parts the velvet meads;",0.0
"Winding in lucid lines, the watery mass",4.0
"Mines the firm rock, or loads the deep morass,",3.0
"With rising locks a thousand hills alarms,",0.0
"Flings over a thousand streams its silver arms,",3.0
"And Plenty, Arts, and Commerce freight the waves.",0.0
"Adorn his tomb! ' --  o, raise the marble bust,",0.0
"While on the top MECHANIC GENIUS stands,",0.0
"Counts the fleet waves, and balances the lands.",4.0
X NYMPHS! YOU first taught to pierce the secret caves,4.0
Bade with quick stroke the sliding piston bear,3.0
"Pressed by the incumbent air the floods below,",1.0
"Through opening valves in foaming torrents flow,",2.0
"Foot after foot with lessened impulse move,",1.0
And rising seek the vacancy above. ' --,1.0
"So when the Mother, bending over his charms,",2.0
"Throws the thin kerchief from her neck of snow,",4.0
"Her soft embraces, and endearing tones,",1.0
To lull your infant in maternal arms;,0.0
The soothing kiss and milky rill deny,0.0
"To the sweet pouting lip, and glistening eye! ' --",2.0
"So soft no pillow, as his Mother's breast! ' --",2.0
"' --  Thus charmed to sweet repose, when twilight hours",2.0
"Shed their soft influence on celestial bowers,",6.0
"The Cherub, Innocence, with smile divine",1.0
"XI. From dome to dome when flames infuriate climb,",1.0
"Sweep the long street, invest the tower sublime;",5.0
"Gild the tall vanes amid the astonished night,",5.0
While with vast strides and bristling hair aloof,3.0
Pale Danger glides along the falling roof;,1.0
And Giant Terror howling in amaze,0.0
Moves his dark limbs across the lurid blaze.,3.0
"In iron cells condensed the airy spring,",0.0
"' --  On the fierce flames the shower impetuous falls,",4.0
And sudden darkness shrouds the shattered walls;,0.0
"Steam, smoke, and dust in blended volumes roll,",1.0
And Night and Silence repossess the Pole. ' --,0.0
"Where were you, NYMPHS! in those disastrous hours,",1.0
"Why did you linger in your wells and groves,",0.0
"When thy fair Daughters with unheeded screams,",3.0
The trembling Nymph on bloodless fingers hung,0.0
"Eyes from the tottering wall the distant throng,",2.0
"With ceaseless shrieks her sleeping friends alarms,",0.0
Drops with singed hair into her lover's arms. ' --,3.0
"The illumined Mother seeks with footsteps fleet,",2.0
"Where hangs the safe balcony over the street,",7.0
"Wrapped in her sheet her youngest hope suspends,",0.0
And panting lowers it to her tiptoe friends;,2.0
"Again she hurries on affection's wings,",1.0
"And now a third, and now a fourth, she brings;",0.0
Over burning bars indignant Emma trod.,0.0
"Even on the day when Youth with Beauty wed,",1.0
The flames surprised them in their nuptial bed; ' --,0.0
"Seen at the opening sash with bosom bare,",2.0
The blushing Beauty with disordered charms,1.0
Round her fond lover winds her ivory arms;,2.0
"Beat, as they clasp, their throbbing hearts with fear,",0.0
And many a kiss is mixed with many a tear; ' --,4.0
Round their pale limbs the ineffectual shower! ' --,5.0
And Love and Virtue sunk amid the fire! ' --,0.0
"With piercing screams afflicted strangers mourn,",0.0
And their white ashes mingle in their urn.,2.0
"The shine of welfare, or the shade of woe;",2.0
"Who with soft lips salute returning Spring,",3.0
And hail the Zephyr quivering on his wing;,1.0
"Chase the white fog, which floods the vale below;",3.0
"Melt the thick snows, that linger on the lands,",4.0
"Guard the coy blossom from the pelting shower,",4.0
"So should young SYMPATHY, in female form,",3.0
"Life's sinking wrecks with secret sighs deplore,",1.0
"And bleed for others' woes, Herself on shore;",0.0
"Bare her warm heart, her virgin arms expand,",3.0
"Charm with kind looks, with tender accents cheer,",3.0
Or prop with firmer staff the steps of Age;,0.0
"The lifted arm of mute Despair arrest,",0.0
And snatch the dagger pointed to his breast;,1.0
"' --  Sound, NYMPHS OF HELICON! the trump of Fame,",1.0
"Bind round her polished brow the civic bay,",0.0
And drag the fair Philanthropist to day. ' --,1.0
"So from secluded springs, and secret caves,",1.0
"Cools the parched vale, the sultry mead divides,",3.0
And towns and temples star his shadowy sides.,2.0
Pierce with sharp spades the tremulous peat beneath;,5.0
"So flowers shall rise in purple light arrayed,",2.0
And blossomed orchards stretch their silver shade;,0.0
And Labour sleep amid the waving gold.,0.0
Thus when young HERCULES with firm disdain,2.0
"To valiant toils his forceful limbs assigned,",0.0
"And gave to Virtue all his mighty mind,",0.0
And Famine danced upon the shining floods.,0.0
And dashed with lifted club the watery Pest;,2.0
And to his course the bellowing Fiend repelled.,3.0
"His lengthened form, with scales of silver burned;",0.0
"Firm round his neck, the hissing monster grasped;",0.0
"With starting eyes, wide throat, and gaping teeth,",1.0
"And now a Bull, amid the flying throng",0.0
"With silver hoofs the flowery meadows spurned,",3.0
"Rolled his red eye, his threatening antlers turned.",3.0
Then with quick bound his bent knee he fixed,3.0
"High on his neck, the branching horns betwixt,",0.0
"Strained his strong arms, his sinewy shoulders bent,",5.0
And from his curled brow the twisted terror rent.,4.0
"Link their soft hands, and rear with pausing toil",3.0
The golden trophy on the furrowed soil;,1.0
And give to PLENTY her prolific horn.,1.0
"The tremulous pearl, that glitters to the morn;",3.0
"Or where cold dews their secret channels lave,",1.0
"And Earth's dark chambers hide the stagnant wave,",1.0
"OH, pierce, YOU NYMPHS! her marble veins, and lead",1.0
Her gushing fountains to the thirsty mead;,1.0
"Wide over the shining vales, and trickling hills",3.0
So shall my peopled realms of Leaf and Flower,0.0
"Exult, inebriate with the genial shower;",0.0
"Dip their long tresses from the mossy brink,",4.0
With tufted roots the glassy currents drink;,0.0
"Shade your cool mansions from meridian beams,",6.0
"Thus where the veins their confluent branches bend,",2.0
And milky eddies with the purple blend;,1.0
Seeks through the vital mass its shining course;,0.0
In living network all its branching threads;,1.0
"Maze within maze its tortuous path pursues,",5.0
"Winds into glands, inextricable clues;",3.0
"Steals through the stomach's velvet sides, and sips",2.0
The silver surges with a thousand lips;,1.0
"Fills each fine poor, pervades each slender hair,",3.0
"League after league, through many a lingering day,",3.0
Steer the swart Caravans their sultry way;,3.0
"Over sandy wastes on gasping camels toil,",0.0
"If from lone rocks a sparkling rill descend,",2.0
"Over the green brink the kneeling nations bend,",2.0
"Bathe the parched lip, and cool the feverish tongue,",5.0
And the clear lake reflects the mingled throng.,2.0
"THE GODDESS PAUSED, ' --  the listening bands awhile",0.0
"Still seem to hear, and dwell upon her smile;",1.0
Then with soft murmur sweep in lucid trains,2.0
"To each bright stream on silver sandals glide,",1.0
"Reflective fountain, and tumultuous tide.",4.0
Their glittering network over the autumnal lawn;,4.0
From blade to blade connect with cordage fine,0.0
"The unbending grass, and live along the line;",2.0
"Piles high his snows, and floors his seas with glass;",1.0
"While many a Month, unknown to warmer rays,",2.0
Marks its slow chronicle by lunar days;,4.0
"Leave the white soil, and rush upon the main;",3.0
And win in easy curves their graceful way;,0.0
"On step alternate born, with balance nice",4.0
"Hang over the gliding steel, and hiss along the ice.",3.0
"Contending swarms on bending branches cling,",0.0
"So round the GODDESS, ere she speaks, on high",0.0
"Quivering in air their painted plumes expand,",1.0
And coloured shadows dance upon the land.,1.0
And guide their streaming arrows to the Line;,1.0
"While in warm floods ecliptic breezes rise,",1.0
"You bid Monsoons on Indian seas reside,",2.0
"And veer, as moves the sun, their airy tide;",0.0
"While southern gales over western oceans roll,",3.0
"YOUR playful trains, on sultry islands born,",0.0
Turn on fantastic toe at eve and morn;,2.0
Earth's green pavilions and encircling deep.,2.0
"OR in itinerant cohorts, born sublime",2.0
"Over waving Autumn bend your airy ring,",0.0
Or waft the fragrant bosom of the Spring.,1.0
Over the bright plains her dewy lustre showers;,2.0
Till from her sable chariot Eve serene,3.0
Drops the dark curtain over the brilliant scene;,5.0
"Over Earth's green lap, or shoots amid her lakes,",1.0
"Hand linked in hand on buoyant step they rise,",1.0
"Whence in bright floods the VITAL AIR expands,",1.0
And with concentric spheres involves the lands;,1.0
"Pervades the swarming seas, and heaving earth's,",0.0
"Fills the fine lungs of all that breathe or bud,",2.0
"Warms the new heart, and dies the gushing blood;",3.0
"With Life's first spark inspires the organic frame,",3.0
"And, as it wastes, renews the subtle flame.",1.0
"So pure, so soft, with sweet attraction shone",0.0
Beneath a moving shade of fruits and flowers,0.0
"With lifted torch he lights the festive train,",0.0
"Sublime, and leads them in his golden chain;",0.0
"Joins the fond pair, indulgent to their vows,",4.0
And hides with mystic veil their blushing brows.,0.0
"Round their fair forms their mingling arms they fling,",3.0
"Meet with warm lip, and clasp with rustling wing. ' --",3.0
And Love and Beauty rule the willing world.,0.0
The poisoned javelin balanced in his hand; ' --,0.0
"Fierce on blue streams he rides the tainted air,",3.0
"Points his keen eye, and waves his whistling hair;",3.0
"While, as he turns, the undulating soil",0.0
"Wide over the West when born on headlong gales,",4.0
"Dark as meridian night, the Monster sails,",4.0
"Howls high in air, and shakes his curled brow,",2.0
"With webbed feet over midnight meadows creeps,",3.0
"YOU meet CONTAGION issuing from afar,",3.0
And dash the baleful conqueror from his car;,1.0
And bathes in human gore his armed wheels.,1.0
"Looked through the missed and shook his clotted hair,",0.0
"Over shrinking nations steered malignant clouds,",0.0
"Each fervid sigh seemed shorter than the last,",2.0
"And starting Friendship shunned her, as she passed.",1.0
' --  With weak unsteady step the fainting Maid,0.0
"Seeks the cold garden's solitary shade,",3.0
And prints with lifeless limbs her leafy bed.,0.0
"Shades her from winds, and shelters her from dews,",1.0
"Extends on tapering poles the canvas roof,",2.0
And binds his kerchief round her aching brows;,0.0
With pale and languid smiles the grateful Fair,0.0
"Applauds his virtues, and rewards his care;",1.0
Mourns with wet cheek her fair companions fled,3.0
"On timorous step, or numbered with the dead;",3.0
"Calls to its bosom all its scattered rays,",0.0
"Breasted with struggling arms the tossing wave,",2.0
And sunk benighted in the watery grave.,2.0
"Less bold, TOBIAS claimed the nuptial bed,",1.0
Where seven fond Lovers by a Fiend had bled;,4.0
And shed gay visions over the sleeping pair;,3.0
And with his keener arrows conquered DEATH.,1.0
"Taught with sweet smiles, responsive to their prayer,",4.0
' --  How up exhausted tubes bright currents flow,2.0
"Of liquid silver from the lake below,",1.0
"Weigh the long column of the incumbent skies,",6.0
"' --  How, as in brazen pumps the pistons move,",1.0
"Rare and more rare expands the fluid thin,",0.0
And Silence dwells with Vacancy within. ' --,1.0
So in the mighty Void with grim delight,0.0
Primeval Silence reigned with ancient Night.,0.0
"Outstretched his buoyant ball with airy spring,",0.0
And bore the Sage on levity of wing; ' --,1.0
"Fair mounts the light balloon, by Zephyr driven,",1.0
"Parts the thin clouds, and sails along the heaven;",3.0
"Higher and yet higher the expanding bubble flies,",2.0
"Lights with quick flash, and bursts amid the skies. ' --",3.0
And DEATH receives him in his sable arms! ' --,0.0
Sunk hapless ICARUS on unfaithful wings;,5.0
"His scattered plumage danced upon the wave,",0.0
"Struck in their coral towers the pausing bell,",2.0
As sits the Sage with Science by his side;,1.0
"To his charmed eye in gay undress appear,",2.0
How nitrous Gas from iron ingots driven,0.0
Drinks with red lips the purest breath of heaven;,3.0
And the pure ETHER marries with the MINE.,3.0
Led with unwary step her virgin trains,2.0
"Sudden, unseen amid the twilight glade,",3.0
"Rushed gloomy DIS, and seized the trembling maid. ' --",1.0
"Clung round the struggling Nymph, with piercing cries,",0.0
"Pursued the chariot, and invoked the skies; ' --",3.0
"Pleased as he grasps her in his iron arms,",0.0
"The wheels descending rolled in smoky rings,",0.0
Infernal Cupids flapped their demon wings;,0.0
"Earth with deep yawn received the Fair, amazed,",3.0
And far in Night celestial Beauty blazed.,0.0
"Ribbed with strong oak, and barred with bolts of brass,",3.0
"Buoyed with pure air shall endless tracks pursue,",2.0
"Then shall BRITANNIA rule the wealthy realms,",2.0
"Part his blue plains, and people all his rocks.",3.0
"Deep, in warm waves beneath the Line that roll,",3.0
"Onward, through bright meandering vales, afar,",4.0
"With harnessed necks the pearly flood disturb,",0.0
"Stretch the silk rein, and champ the silver kerb;",3.0
' --  Oft shall she weep beneath the crystal waves,0.0
Mingling in death the Brave and Good behold,1.0
"With slaves to glory, and with slaves to gold;",1.0
"Her sighs shall breathe, her sorrows dew their hearse. ' --",0.0
"He cried, and clasped them to his aching heart. ' --",1.0
"' --  Dashed in dread conflict on the rocky grounds,",0.0
"Crash the shocked masts, the staggering wreck rebounds;",6.0
"Through gaping seams the rushing deluge swims,",0.0
"Climbs their white shoulders, buoys their streaming hair,",5.0
"Each with loud sobs her tender sire caressed,",3.0
And gasping strained him closer to her breast! ' --,1.0
"' --  Stretched on one bier they sleep beneath the brine,",0.0
The fine vibrations of the aerial tide;,3.0
"Join in sweet cadences the measured words,",3.0
Or stretch and modulate the trembling cords.,1.0
"Or brought in combinations, deep and clear,",0.0
Immortal harmony to HANDEL's ear. ' --,1.0
"You with soft breath attune the vernal gale,",2.0
"Or wake the loud tumultuous sounds, that dwell",3.0
"You melt in dulcet chords, when Zephyr rings",0.0
"When rapt CECILIA lifts her eye sublime,",0.0
"Over her white teeth in tuneful accents flow,",2.0
"And form the tender sighs, that kindle love!",0.0
And shakes delirious rapture from the strings;,3.0
"Slow as the pausing Monarch stalks along,",0.0
"Soft Nymphs on timid step the triumph view,",1.0
"With pointed ears the alarmed forest starts,",5.0
And Love and Music soften savage hearts.,0.0
"Calls the red tempest round the guilty head,",3.0
"Fierce at his nod assume vindictive forms,",0.0
"Poured his swollen heart, defied the living GOD,",0.0
Urged with incessant shouts his glittering powers;,4.0
"Round her sad altars pressed the prostrate crowd,",2.0
"Loud shrieks of matrons thrilled the troubled air,",1.0
And trembling virgins rent their scattered hair;,0.0
"High in the mid the kneeling King adored,",0.0
"Raised his pale hands, and breathed his pausing sighs,",3.0
"And fixed on Heaven his dim imploring eyes, ' --",0.0
"Thine the wide earth, bright sun, and starry zone,",4.0
That twinkling journey round thy golden throne;,0.0
"Thine is the crystal source of life and light,",1.0
And thine the realms of Death's eternal night.,1.0
"O, bend thine ear, thy gracious eye incline,",0.0
"Insults our offerings, and derides our vows, ' --",1.0
"O! strike the diadem from his impious brows,",2.0
"Tear from his murderous hand the bloody rod,",2.0
"And teach the trembling nations, THOU ART GOD! ' --",1.0
"Onward you floated over the ethereal road,",5.0
"Gave the soft South with poisonous breath to blow,",5.0
And rolled the dreadful whirlwind on the foe! ' --,2.0
"Man falls on Man, on buckler buckler rings;",1.0
"Groan answers groan, to anguish anguish yields,",1.0
"' --  High rears the Fiend his grinning jaws, and wide",1.0
"Spans the pale nations with colossal stride,",4.0
Make the green children of the Spring your care!,4.0
"Grant the charmed talisman, the chain, that binds,",4.0
"Rhyme the pale Dawn, or veiled in flaky showers",3.0
"Meet with soft kiss, and mingle in the skies,",3.0
"Autumn and Spring in lively union blend,",1.0
And from the skies the Golden Age descend.,1.0
"Over twelve degrees his ribs gigantic bend,",0.0
"Huge fields of air his wrinkled skin receives,",1.0
"From panting gills, wide lungs, and waving leaves;",1.0
"Then with dread throes subsides his bloated form,",3.0
"His shriek the thunder, and his sigh the storm.",1.0
Oft high in heaven the hissing Demon wins,1.0
"Steers with expanded eye and gaping mouth,",2.0
"Spreads over the shuddering Line his shadowy limbs,",7.0
And Frost and Famine follow as he swims. ' --,1.0
And mould the Monster to your gentle sway;,1.0
"Charm with soft tones, with tender touches cheque,",3.0
"Bend to your golden yoke his willing neck,",0.0
"With silver kerb his yielding teeth restrain,",0.0
"Bend over discordant climes his eye serene,",3.0
"With Lapland breezes cool Arabian vales,",3.0
"Earth's wondering Zones the genial seasons share,",3.0
And nations hail him MONARCH OF THE AIR.,1.0
"Each vaulted womb of husk, or pod, or shell;",0.0
"Feed with sweet juices, cloth with downy hair,",3.0
Hang the bright squadrons of the twinkling Night;,4.0
"Ten thousand marshaled stars, a silver zone,",1.0
"Suns call to suns, in lucid clouds conspire,",1.0
"' --  Roll on, YOU STARS! exult in youthful prime,",0.0
"Flowers of the sky! you too to age must yield,",1.0
Frail as your silken sisters of the field!,1.0
"Star after star from Heaven's high arch shall rush,",3.0
"Suns sink on suns, and systems systems crush,",1.0
"Headlong, extinct, to one dark centre fall,",3.0
And Death and Night and Chaos mingle all!,0.0
"Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame,",2.0
"And soars and shines, another and the same.",1.0
Life's golden threads in endless circles wind;,1.0
"And, as they burst, the living flame unfold.",1.0
The Oak's vast branches in its milky veins;,1.0
Traced with nice pencil on the small design.,4.0
"The young Narcissus, in it's bulb compressed,",0.0
Cradles a second nestling on its breast;,3.0
"Grain within grain successive harvests dwell,",3.0
And boundless forests slumber in a shell.,0.0
"Long winding meads, and intermingled bowers,",1.0
"And glimmering wheel, which rolls and foams below,",2.0
In one bright point with nice distinction lie,3.0
Planned on the moving tablet of the eye.,1.0
"' --  So, fold on fold, Earth's wavy plains extend,",1.0
"And, sphere in sphere, its hidden strata bend; ' --",0.0
"Over restless oceans, and impatient lands,",1.0
"LIFE buds or breathes from Indus to the Poles,",2.0
On Earth's cold bosom its descending root;,2.0
"With Pith elastic stretch its rising stem,",0.0
"Part the twin Lobes, expand the throbbing Gem;",3.0
"Clasp in your airy arms the aspiring Plume,",2.0
"Fan with your balmy breath its kindling bloom,",0.0
"Each widening scale and bursting film unfold,",2.0
"Swell the green cup, and tint the flower with gold;",5.0
Bursts into life the Monster of the Nile;,2.0
"The Brain's fine floating tissue swells, and spreads;",1.0
"Nerve after nerve the glistening spine descends,",1.0
"The red Heart dances, the Aorta bends;",2.0
"Through each new gland the purple current glides,",1.0
"Edge over edge expands the hardening scale,",1.0
"High on the flood with speckled bosom swims,",0.0
"Call with sweet whisper, in each gale that blows,",3.0
Unveil the bashful Violet's tremulous head;,2.0
"While from her bud the playful Tulip breaks,",0.0
And young Carnations peep with blushing cheeks;,0.0
Bid the closed Petals from nocturnal cold,4.0
"The virgin Style in silken curtains fold,",0.0
And wave in light their iridescent hues;,0.0
To the mild breezes their prolific dust;,3.0
"Or bend in rapture over the central Fair,",2.0
"Point their green gems, their barren shoots protrude;",3.0
So shall each germ with new prolific power,0.0
"Closed in the Style the tender pith shall end,",0.0
The smoother Rind its soft embroidery spread,2.0
In vaulted Petals over their fertile bed;,2.0
"While the rough Bark, in circling mazes rolled,",3.0
Forms the green Cup with many a wrinkled fold;,5.0
"Firm round the callow germ, a Floral Guard.",0.0
"Stint the young germ, the tender blossom stain;",3.0
"Pith pressed to pith, and rind applied to rind,",1.0
"So shall the trunk with loftier crest ascend,",2.0
And wide in air its happier arms extend;,2.0
"Thus when in holy triumph Aaron trod,",0.0
And offered on the shrine his mystic rod;,1.0
"First a new bark its silken tissue weaves,",3.0
New buds emerging widen into leaves;,1.0
And blush and tremble round the living wand.,0.0
"Fright the green Locust from his foamy bed,",4.0
Arrest the snail upon his slimy road;,0.0
So where the Hummingbird in Chili's bowers,0.0
"Seeks, where fine pores their dulcet balm distil,",3.0
"Hide her fine form, and mask her blushing charms;",3.0
"In ambush sly the mimic warrior lies,",1.0
First in one point the festering wound confined,2.0
"Then climbs the branches with increasing strength,",1.0
"Spreads as they spread, and lengthens with their length;",1.0
Runs in white lines along the lucid field;,3.0
"Crack follows crack, to laws elastic just,",1.0
And the frail fabric shivers into dust.,2.0
"Screen with thick leaves the Jasmine as it blows,",4.0
And shake the white rhyme from the shuddering Rose;,4.0
While Amaryllis turns with graceful ease,0.0
"Her blushing beauties, and eludes the breeze. ' --",1.0
"Thin clouds of Gossamer in air display,",2.0
And hide the vale's chaste Lily from the ray;,2.0
"Bends all her leaves, and braves the sultry hour; ' --",0.0
"Shield, when cold Hesper sheds his dewy light,",2.0
And wastes on night's dull eye a blaze of charms.,1.0
"Her fragrant flowers, her graceful foliage bend;",2.0
"Hang round the Orange all her silver bells,",0.0
"Bud after bud her polished leaves unfold,",1.0
And load her branches with successive gold.,1.0
So the learnt Alchemist exulting sees,3.0
"Drop after drop, with just delay he pours",1.0
"Slow shoot, at length, in many a brilliant mass",3.0
Metallic roots across the netted glass;,0.0
"Branch after branch extend their silver stems,",1.0
For her the unnamed progeny of spring;,6.0
"Attendant Nymphs her dulcet mandates hear,",1.0
"And nurse in fostering arms the tender year,",2.0
"With milder gales, and steep with warmer showers.",0.0
"Delighted Thames through tropic umbrage glides,",0.0
"And flowers antarctic, bending over his tides;",4.0
And calls the sons of science to his vales.,1.0
In one bright point admiring Nature eyes,3.0
"The fruits and foliage of discordant skies,",1.0
One tranquil hour the ROYAL PARTNERS steal;,0.0
"Through glades exotic pass with step sublime,",0.0
"With beauty blossomed, and with virtue blazed,",1.0
"Sweet blooms the Rose, the towering Oak expands,",1.0
The Grace and Guard of Britain's golden lands.,0.0
Attend the radiant chariot of the morn;,1.0
"Lead the gay hours along the ethereal hight,",7.0
And on each dun meridian shower the light;,5.0
"To climes, that shudder in the polar ray,",0.0
"From zone to zone pursue on shifting wing,",0.0
The bright perennial journey of the spring;,3.0
"Fruits, whose fair forms in bright succession glow",3.0
"Gilding the Banks of Arno, or of Po;",3.0
"Each leaf, whose fragrant steam with ruby lip",0.0
"Each spicy rind, which sultry India boasts,",2.0
"Roots whose bold stems in bleak Siberia blow,",5.0
And gem with many a tint the eternal snow;,3.0
"Barks, whose broad umbrage high in either waves",2.0
"Wide over the rill, that bubbles from his roots;",4.0
"Beneath whose arms, protected from the storm",1.0
"Call with loud voice the Sisterhood, that dwell",4.0
"Stamp with charmed foot, convoke the alarmed Gnomes",6.0
"Each from her sphere with beckoning arm invite,",2.0
"Curled with red flame, the Vestal Forms of light.",3.0
"Close all your spotted wings, in lucid ranks",0.0
"Press with your bending knees the crowded banks,",0.0
"Lead round her breezy coasts thy guardian trains,",2.0
"Her nodding forests, and her waving plains;",1.0
And with thy airy temple crown her isle!,1.0
"The GODDESS ceased, ' --  and calling from afar",1.0
"The wandering Zephyrs, joins them to her car;",3.0
"Mounts with light bound, and graceful, as she bends,",4.0
"On whispering wheels the silver axle slides,",2.0
"Climbs into air, and cleaves the crystal tides;",1.0
"Burst from its pearly chains, her amber hair",0.0
"Streams over her ivory shoulders, buoyed in air;",4.0
"Swells her white veil, with ruby clasp confined",3.0
"Round her fair brow, and undulates behind;",3.0
"' --  HERE her sad Consort, stealing through the gloom",5.0
"Of murmuring cloisters, gazes on her tomb;",3.0
"Sexton! o, lay beneath this sacred shrine,",2.0
"When Time's cold hand shall close my aching eyes,",1.0
"O, gently lay this wearied earth of mine,",0.0
"So shall with purer joy my spirit move,",0.0
"When the last trumpet thrills the caves of Death,",2.0
"Catch the first whispers of my waking love,",4.0
And drink with holy kiss her kindling breath.,0.0
"The spotless Fair, with blush ethereal warm,",2.0
"Shall hail with sweeter smile returning day,",0.0
"Rise from her marble bed a brighter form,",0.0
And win on buoyant step her airy way.,0.0
"Shall bend approved, where beckoning hosts invite,",2.0
"On clouds of silver her adoring knee,",1.0
"TORN from the fruitful spot on which I grew,",0.0
"Pains more afflicting, as from man they flow,",2.0
From parent man! for birth to man I owe.,0.0
Sometime asunder split from end to end;,1.0
Now doomed the rage of drying fires to try:,1.0
"There while in double torment scorched and drowned,",1.0
Last their fierce hate its utmost effort tries,4.0
With all Barbarian pomp of sacrifice.,2.0
Over my white locks the sacred flower is spread,4.0
While on the fatal block is placed my head.,0.0
Yet with fixed constancy I bear my doom;,3.0
And constancy at last will overcome.,1.0
"From all my trials I return at length,",1.0
"My worth increased, my beauty, and my strength.",1.0
"The suffering martyr thus in torment dies,",1.0
In sainted state more glorious to arise.,3.0
"And now I reassume my native state,",1.0
"My torturers now beneath their burden sweat,",0.0
"Slaves in their turn to me, and think it pride",1.0
If on their subject necks I deign to ride.,1.0
"Yet still my filial duty I retain,",3.0
"Still to mankind a friend, I daily shed",3.0
My warmest blessings on his parent head;,1.0
"Around him still with fond embraces twine,",0.0
"Nor quit him ever till he to rest repairs,",1.0
And every morn renew my constant cares.,0.0
Ready alike on rich and poor to wait;,2.0
I suit myself to every different state.,1.0
"With priest in whitish dress arrayed I shine,",0.0
Emblem of purity and truth divine.,3.0
"His solemn face the doctor owes to me,",0.0
"His solemn face, to which he owes his fee.",0.0
"At bench, or bar, I add a dignity",1.0
"To the upright sentence, or rhetoric plea;",5.0
"Hence without me no judge explains the laws,",3.0
In fullest floods my bounty showers on them,1.0
"Profuse, descending to the garment's hem.",1.0
Gorgeous in silken garb I grace the beau;,2.0
And all around ambrosial fragrance throw;,0.0
"When to the camp the valiant warriors lead,",0.0
"Gorgonian terrors to each mien I add,",3.0
And still their weakest part with care I shade.,0.0
"NOTHING, dear Madam, nothing is more true,",4.0
Than a short Maxim much approved by you;,2.0
The Lines are these: We by Experience know,4.0
Within ourselves exists our Bliss or Woe.,0.0
"Though round our Heads the Goods of Fortune roll,",0.0
"Dazzle they may, but cannot cheer the Soul.",1.0
"Content, the Fountain of eternal Joy,",1.0
"Can Riches purchase, or can Want destroy?",1.0
"No. Born of Heaven, its Birth it will maintain,",2.0
"Say, who can buy what never yet was sold?",0.0
"No Wealth can bribe her, nor no Bonds can hold:",3.0
"Sometime she deigns to shine in lofty Halls,",1.0
But found more frequent in a Cottage Walls;,0.0
"Her Flight from thence too often is decreed,",2.0
Then Poverty is doubly cursed indeed.,1.0
"Content and Bliss, which differ but in Name,",1.0
"Alike their Natures and their End the same,",1.0
Fast bound together in eternal Chains.,1.0
"This as the End ' --  The other, as the Means,",2.0
"Will never divide. But who enjoys the one,",2.0
Must find the other ere the setting Sun.,0.0
Then where? Ah where do these fair Sisters fly?,4.0
Beneath the northern or the southern Sky.,1.0
"Courts do they love? The Senate or the Town,",1.0
Or the still Village and the healthful Down.,4.0
"To none of these, alas, are they confined,",2.0
But the still Bosom and the virtuous Mind.,5.0
Whose stubborn Passions wage continual War.,2.0
"Who cannot call that ravaged Heart his own,",0.0
Where Vice and Virtue struggle for the Throne.,1.0
See Rage appearing in that hostile Frown:,1.0
"Now Fears distract him and now Pleasures drown,",3.0
Now turns to Heaven with repentant Tears:,2.0
But the next Hour at his Chaplain sneers:,1.0
"This day a Beast, the next a reasoning Man:",2.0
"Behold him right, then envy, if you can,",1.0
Pale Livia too ' --  Who pants beneath the weight,3.0
Of irksome Jewels and afflicting State;,1.0
"Whose Glass and Pillow do her Time divide,",0.0
At once oppressed with Sickness and with Pride.,1.0
"The shapely Stays her aching Ribs confine,",0.0
"Yet not a Joy the tortured Wretch can feel,",0.0
Beyond Ixion on his rolling Wheel.,1.0
"See restless Cloe, fond to be admired,",4.0
"When first her Eyelids open on the Day,",2.0
"With eager haste she gobbles down her Tea,",1.0
"And to the Park commands her rolling Wheels,",1.0
Yet sighs and wishes for the rural Fields:,1.0
"Then back to Cards and Company she flies,",1.0
Then for the Charms of melting Music dies.,0.0
"At Eve the Play, Assembly, or the Ball:",1.0
"She hates them singly, yet would grasp them all:",0.0
"With languid Spirits and appalled Desires,",1.0
She to her Closet and her Book retires.,2.0
But Solitude offends the sprightly Fair;,0.0
"Then to her Chamber and her Couch she flies,",1.0
Where gilded Chariots swim before her Eyes.,2.0
"In vain for Sleep she folds her weary Arms,",0.0
Who would be Cloe to enjoy her Charms?,2.0
"In yonder Path Sir Thrifty we behold,",2.0
With Beaver drooping and with Garments old;,1.0
"Whose dirty Linen shows no Mark of Pride,",1.0
Nor sparkling Laces deck his slender Side;,0.0
"Whose heavy Soul a saucy Wit would swear,",0.0
Was made exactly to his easy Chair.,1.0
"Whose tasteless Senses ask for nothing new,",0.0
Whose Meals are temperate and whose pleasures few:,1.0
Is this Man blessed? ' --  He may be so. ' --  But when?,2.0
"Why, when his Thousands rise to number ten,",0.0
"From ten to twenty, and from twenty ' --  Hold,",1.0
To one round Million of bright Sterling Gold;,3.0
"Not there we stop, for Avarice will crave",1.0
"Till it shall meet with its grand Cure, the Grave.",3.0
With Eyes that charm and Reason that inspires;,0.0
"Youth, Wealth, and Friends, to gild her shining Days,",1.0
The poor Man's Blessing and the rich Man's Praise.,3.0
"With Judgement sound and touched by no extreme,",0.0
"Speech gently flowing and a Soul serene,",2.0
"For ever pleasing and for ever true,",1.0
"By all admired, envied by a few:",1.0
"Then she is happy, though beneath the Sky,",1.0
"Hold, not so hasty: ' --  Let her Husband die.",0.0
Since undisturbed it seldom lasts a Day:,0.0
May weed before his short-lived Journey's done.,1.0
"We crave, we grasp, but loath the tasted Joy:",0.0
"Nor Wealth nor Beauty, Friend's nor Fortune's Smile,",0.0
"Can bless our Moments, though they may beguile:",2.0
"Nor Wit with Happiness can often grow,",1.0
"A helpless Friend, if not an arrant Foe.",0.0
Where then? OH where shall Happiness be found?,1.0
"Say, shall we search the rolling World around,",0.0
Or to the Centre drive our piercing Eye?,1.0
"Cease, busy Fool: Is Happiness thy Care?",2.0
"Pierce thy own Breast, and thou wilt find it there:",1.0
"Drive thence the Passions, and the Guilt expel,",2.0
And call fair Virtue to the polished Cell.,2.0
Call soft Content with all her smiling Train;,1.0
"Peace for thy Health, and Patience for thy Pain:",1.0
"Then not till then, OH Man, thy Heart shall know",1.0
"Bliss so adored, but seldom found below.",2.0
"Pardon, much honoured Fair! this humble lay,",1.0
Nor scorn the tribute Gratitude may pay;,0.0
"No rapturous Muse ever warmed my rustic breast,",3.0
Nor dare I own the bright exalted guest:,0.0
"Far flies the Muse where radiant Science reigns,",1.0
"Inspires the soul, and elevates her strains;",0.0
"Then rapture, melody, and sense conspire,",1.0
"Far let her fly ' --  if Gratitude be mine,",1.0
Her voice shall match the whole harmonious Nine;,2.0
"Nor pauses short of the Celestial Throne,",1.0
"There loudly sounds ' --  a voice by Mercy given,",0.0
"While echoes vibrate through the vaults of Heaven,",1.0
"There sounds your name, while listening Angels bend",0.0
In that great day when mingled nations stand ' --,1.0
"Your plaudit high, who prop their infant days;",0.0
"Whose voice has called them from the depths of woe,",1.0
"Suppressed the sigh, forbade the tear to flow?",0.0
"Low on the earth, by anguish crushed, I lay ' --",0.0
"I mourned the night, nor hailed the coming day,",0.0
"When bright Aurora tipped the Eastern skies,",0.0
Hearts blessed with plenty bade the Goddess rise;,1.0
"Not so with me ' --  to Misery resigned,",2.0
On her cold lap my wretched head reclined;,2.0
"Around, grim horrors take their ghastly stand,",1.0
"And Famine executes her dire command,",0.0
"Not for my own, but for my infants' woes:",1.0
"The Stoic's sullen gloom had filled my soul,",0.0
"Forbade the sigh, and checked the tears that roll;",0.0
"Her charge as lost; homeward to Heaven she flies,",5.0
"OH, dismal Fiend! to thee I give the world,",2.0
"From all its joys, and shadowy visions hurled;",2.0
"The contest over, eternal worlds are mine,",2.0
"Young CHLOE, CUPID, and ALEXIS played:",2.0
"LOVE's Goddess, with her Doves, sat looking on;",4.0
"And, smiling, nodded to her wanton Son:",1.0
Her wanton Son his keenest Arrow drew;,0.0
"Swift, to the Swain, the pointed Weapon flew.",0.0
"Inflexible to Love, the Shepherd stood,",1.0
"Repelled the Shaft, and mocked the baffled God;",0.0
"Till CHLOE raised her Eyes with killing Art,",0.0
And shot him with a more pernicious Dart:,1.0
"Yours is the Victory, ALEXIS cries;",2.0
"SAY, reverend man, why mid this stormy night",1.0
"Alas! I would assist thee, though unknown.",1.0
Rash youth! that GOD which robbed my eyes of sight,1.0
Darts through my mind a ray of sacred light:,0.0
"The winds I heed not, nor the lashing shower,",1.0
"My sinewy frame is firm, my soaring mind has power.",2.0
"'Twas Heaven's fierce fire which swept my eyes away,",4.0
Yet strong ideas rooted in my brain,0.0
"Form there an universe, which does contain",0.0
"Those images which Nature's hand displays,",1.0
"The heavenly arch, the morning's glowing rays;",2.0
And all the grandeur of this glorious world!,3.0
"But, ah! how wild drives on the rapid storm,",2.0
Dashing the rain against thy reverend form!,2.0
"Yonder swelling river, foaming towards the main,",0.0
Smokes mid the advancing waves and falling rain:,2.0
"OH, father! my young soul is shook within;",3.0
O! let me lead you from this horrid scene.,1.0
"I yield; ' --  but let not fear thy mind deform,",1.0
Hark! it's GOD'S voice which urges on the storm;,4.0
He to this world of elements gave form.,3.0
"But broke the harmony, and bade them rage;",1.0
"He meant not happiness should join with ease,",1.0
But varied joys and pains should all the world engage.,0.0
"Patience, my Lord, a virtue rare, I grant;",2.0
"And what, I fear, the wisest of us want:",1.0
"Easy the task in Action to excel,",3.0
The soul's last trial lies in suffering well.,1.0
"From fear, or shame what specious acts proceed!",0.0
And worldly aims oft prompt the shining deed.,1.0
"Look but on half the boasted things we do,",0.0
"And praise, or profit is the point in view.",1.0
"From these, what crops of virtue bless the land!",1.0
"With these, how oft the mower fills his hand!",1.0
"Prompted by these the knave we oft regard,",1.0
While suffering virtue is her own reward;,1.0
"But granting nobler motives to the few,",4.0
And same or interest not the point in view;,0.0
"And praise, or pity even for virtue's sake;",2.0
"Yet that soft temper of the generous mind,",4.0
"That very breast, benevolent and kind,",1.0
"That noble sense, which feels what others feel,",0.0
"Which you, my Lord, who know it, best can tell;",0.0
"Itself oppressed, can least resistance show,",0.0
"But pines, or sinks beneath its proper woe.",0.0
"In different views their trials, tempers scan,",0.0
"Even Swift can weep, and Clayton is a man.",1.0
"Superior faculties avail not here,",3.0
The same nice nerve which vibrates to the brain,2.0
"Its sense of pleasure, gives as quick its pain:",0.0
"And all the difference betwixt the fool and wise,",1.0
"In their sensations, and perceptions lies.",2.0
"The Man of Wit in many parts is sore,",0.0
"Touch but a Genius, and he smarts all over.",1.0
"The Fool feels little, for he little knows.",2.0
"The downright Ass is passive, mild, and tame,",1.0
"By blows or kindness urged, is still the same:",0.0
"His stoic breast no kindling passions prove,",1.0
"Kick him you may, but you can never move.",2.0
"OH envied creature! who nor feels or fears,",1.0
"Who all things suffers, all things bravely bears.",2.0
"Whom neither Hope, or Fear, or Shame can move,",0.0
"Nor kindling mounts to Rage, or melts to Love.",0.0
"His pleasures always equal, flowing, full,",0.0
For ever patient and for ever dull!,1.0
"If then from Wisdom half our pains arise,",0.0
"The greatest good proud Science can bestow,",2.0
"But learnt the latest, is ' --  Our selves to know.",1.0
"Yet after all their search, the wise complain,",0.0
This very knowledge irritates their pain.,0.0
In vain you tell me of the stoic train:,1.0
And would sustain them in the dreadful Field,0.0
More than a thousand Bodies of Reserve.,1.0
And what could more convince the impatient Troops,2.0
Than sudden and determinate Recourse,5.0
To the decisive Vengeance of the Field.,2.0
"Urged by these powerful Motives to Dispatch,",3.0
Where the Bavarian and the Gallic Troops,2.0
"Lie with the utmost Skill of Art entrenched,",1.0
"Upon possessing which the great Success,",0.0
Of this illustrious Enterprise depends:,3.0
There he the Orders for the fierce Assault,2.0
"Issues, with cheerful Majesty serene,",3.0
"From ardent Temper, or from glowing Rage,",1.0
"Provoked by mortal Wrongs, or Fear of Shame.",0.0
But here remote from Fear or Rage behold,0.0
Who leads the Squadrons that appear in Arms,0.0
"For Liberty at once, and spotless Faith,",1.0
The two great Causes of the Earth and Sky.,2.0
That no Man can with fixed Regards survey,1.0
"The dazzling Front of Death, or of the Sun.",1.0
For as an Eagle with a steadfast Eye,3.0
Which streaming with impetuous Flood of Light,1.0
"Exposed to Gallic and Bavarian Fire,",3.0
"He all his cheerful Majesty maintains,",1.0
"His Orders to exact Advantage gives,",1.0
Commanding all the Movements of his Soul,1.0
With independent and with Lordly Power.,1.0
"He who himself thus absolutely rules,",1.0
Seems by wise Nature framed for martial Sway;,3.0
"His shouting Troops exalt him to the Sky,",1.0
"Him they all imitate, him all admire.",1.0
"On pointed Cannon they have run before,",1.0
"Here they do more, and hushed and passive stand",0.0
"While their invincible Brigades are formed,",2.0
Awaiting what Commands their wondrous Chief,0.0
"Of the Bavarian Cannon tears their Ranks,",3.0
Troubling whole Squadrons with the Tyrant Rage,3.0
"Of missionary Thunder, they mean while",2.0
"Who by no Rage, no Fury are sustained,",5.0
"The Frenzy that on Brutal Courage waits,",0.0
"Unmoved, unshaken keep the dangerous Posts",2.0
Which were assigned them by their dread Commander.,2.0
"The Friends and dear Companions of their Toils,",1.0
Those whom they cherish equal to themselves,1.0
"Torn from their Sides without Concern they see,",0.0
A nobler Care possesses all their Souls;,2.0
Themselves too torn they from themselves behold,2.0
"Their mangled Trunks divided from their Limbs,",1.0
Even for themselves no Grief no Pity show;,3.0
"They see the King of Terrors in their View,",0.0
"They see him stalking near with hideous Stride,",2.0
"Threatening to grasp their Hearts with Iron Gripe,",1.0
OH Greatness worthy Greece or Ancient Rome!,1.0
"For his dear Thebes, for his great Cause concerned,",4.0
"Regardless of his Blood, regardless of his Life.",2.0
"And they, like him, would think themselves too blessed",1.0
To see their Party Victors ever they expire;,1.0
"If any show Concern, it's only Fear",0.0
Least they should fall before their General's Voice,0.0
"Allows them to discharge the impetuous Fire,",2.0
That now penned inward chokes their generous Hearts;,3.0
"Thrice happy if permitted, even in Death,",3.0
To be the Instruments employed by Fate,1.0
"To bestow Freedom on the Christian World,",6.0
And on their Country never dying Fame.,1.0
"But what are they unable to perform,",2.0
"They who appeared so calm, so meek before,",0.0
"Are now all Rage, all storming Fury grown.",0.0
"Now from their flaming Eyes red Lightning flies,",1.0
"While in their Arms the avenging Thunder roars,",2.0
"And now of dying they can think no more,",2.0
Their General's fatal Order is to kill.,1.0
"His Voice they as the Voice of Fate regard,",1.0
And as the Ministers of Fate themselves.,2.0
Rushing like sounding Waters they assault,3.0
"The strong Retrenchments, so with bellowing Sound,",3.0
"He Billows upon Billows storming pours,",5.0
"Which rise, and swell, and rage, and foam, and roar;",0.0
"Till the victorious Tenth at last comes on,",4.0
Overwhelming all with dismal Inundation.,0.0
"In vain the Foe outrageously resists,",2.0
"Which to the English sounds the Voice of Fame,",0.0
That to immortal Glory calls them on.,1.0
"Now all War's Godhead rages in their Breasts,",4.0
O the transporting Fury! Has the World,1.0
An Enemy that can resist them now?,2.0
In vain grim Death in his most hideous Shape;,4.0
"Whom all his Terrors, all his Plagues sustain.",0.0
"The undaunted English turn him on the Foe,",2.0
And in a dreadful Tone cries out my Friends;,2.0
"These are my Friends, my Benefactors these,",2.0
"I follow you, and all your Steps attend,",1.0
Fortune and Fate are on the Conqueror's Side.,5.0
"Impetuous now they rush conducting Fate,",0.0
For what must not submit to Fate or them?,0.0
And Fire and Water to confound them League.,1.0
Behind them conquering Death in fiery Cart,4.0
"Drives on, and urges furiously the Chase,",3.0
"And then he gaping with a hideous Yawn,",3.0
And roaring swallows down his impious Prey.,4.0
"Britannia, Let thy Joy salute the Skies,",2.0
"And to thy Maker tuneful Praise return,",1.0
And thy great General's Conduct he inspired.,3.0
And that immortal Field will cry aloud,0.0
And thy great General's Conduct was Divine.,3.0
"And thou too with thy Maker's Praise resound,",1.0
"Thou who wert charmed with the Transporting Sight,",1.0
Swallowed whole Legions with a hideous Roar;,6.0
To be the blissful Spot that frees the World;,0.0
"And for thy mighty Bliss thy Maker praise,",1.0
"For thou to all Posterity art blessed,",2.0
"The winding Danube curls his amorous Arms,",2.0
"No Length of Days thy Glory shall deface,",1.0
Nor ever Darkness of the Night obscure.,1.0
"All times, all Nations thee shall happy call,",1.0
"By whom all times, all Nations shall be blessed,",0.0
Thy Sons above the Race of Men be blessed!,0.0
"As they their executing Circuit go,",1.0
Fly from thy blissful Borders far away!,0.0
Thou who hast made the happy Nations free!,0.0
And pour you Heavens into her lovely Lap,2.0
Your sweetest and your most refreshing Dews!,1.0
"That flowing Plenty all her Days may crown,",0.0
And when from Heaven the murdering Angel comes,2.0
To visit with consuming Plagues the Earth;,1.0
May he behold upon thy blissful Soil,1.0
"The Stains of Gallic and Bavarian Blood,",3.0
And passing by revere the sacred Ground!,1.0
"And thou, OH sacred, OH Majestic Day,",2.0
That ever Fate begat on fertile time;,0.0
"Still as thy Light revolves OH sacred Day,",1.0
Resounding with thy Maker's Praise return!,1.0
For highly has thy Maker honoured thee,0.0
Above all Days of the revolving Year!,1.0
"His Praise then in a thousand Tongues resound,",1.0
Let Millions of glad Voices raise it high!,3.0
"So may thy Halcyon Hours drive smoothly on,",7.0
Illustrious far above the rest of Days!,2.0
On thee may thy bright Sire profusely pour,6.0
A double Portion of his flowing Gold!,1.0
With all the Rapture of transporting Song!,1.0
"And let the World forget the sprightly May,",1.0
The Day accomplishing the Joyful Spring,1.0
"For Freedom is more joyful than the Spring,",2.0
Let never any Cloud thy Lustre stain,1.0
And never any Grief pollute thy Joy!,0.0
May Grief and Care and Pain at thy Approach,1.0
As from descending Angels disappear!,1.0
Accomplish every Act begun on thee!,0.0
Thee may great Minds for mighty Actions choose!,2.0
"Thou wert ordained to accomplish wondrous things,",3.0
Thy happy Influence once before preserved,2.0
At least a while delayed its dismal Fate.,0.0
"'Twas upon thee the Carthaginian Chief,",2.0
"Making the World's aspiring Tyrants yield,",2.0
Vanquished proud Rome at Canne's fatal Field.,2.0
Which of them should enslave the vanquished World.,0.0
"On one side to oppress immortal Liberty,",3.0
"To make her wing her Flight from Earth to Heaven,",0.0
"Her divine Sister, on the other side,",6.0
The Intent was solidly to fix her here,2.0
"In lasting Peace, and make of Earth a Heaven;",0.0
"And never two more powerful Armies met,",2.0
"Than that which strove to drive thee from below,",1.0
"And that, OH Goddess, which maintained thy Power.",1.0
On the Oppressors' side the Hostile French,4.0
With the Bavarian Squadrons now were joined.,3.0
"Hardy and rough, and fit for Bloody Fields,",2.0
And Victory had raised their Spirits high.,2.0
"And now the Memory of past Success,",1.0
"And Hope of future Empire fired his Soul,",2.0
And the wild Prospect of his flaming Towers,3.0
"Stung him, till frantic with his Rage he roared'",1.0
And called on Heaven and Hell for dire Revenge.,0.0
"The French were all of Gallic Troops the Flower,",0.0
"Experienced and Victorious were their Chiefs,",4.0
Soldiers and Chiefs inured to vast Success:,2.0
And claiming Right to Conquest and Renown,1.0
From long Possession; with their dearest Blood,1.0
Resolved their lofty Title to defend.,1.0
"By long Success presumptuous grown and vain,",2.0
Aspiring to the Conquest of the World;,2.0
Believed by all the Nations and themselves,1.0
"Proud of their Junction with Bavarian Powers,",3.0
"Which they with so much Hazard, so much Toil,",2.0
"From which the Empire sure Destruction waits,",0.0
And all the Christian World perpetual Bonds.,2.0
But OH how vain are human Hopes and Fears!,0.0
"How blind is the poor Providence of Man,",3.0
And what a Fool to the Designs of Fate!,1.0
"The dreadful Moment comes upon the Wing,",0.0
"When they who make this Junction now their Boast,",0.0
"Their Pride, their Hope, their Joy, their Ecstasy,",1.0
When they whole conquered Provinces would give,3.0
"That this accursed Junction never had been,",5.0
"When that which now deludes their glorious Minds,",2.0
"With the vain Hope of Empire and of Fame,",3.0
"To bring them down from their aspiring Flight,",2.0
"For now the conquering English are in view,",3.0
"For what to them can be impossible,",2.0
"A Conquest gained, when scarce their March was over;",0.0
"A March like what great Philip's greater Son,",1.0
"Or the first Caesar, took to win the World;",2.0
"A March almost incredible to those,",2.0
"A March so swift that it prevented Fame,",1.0
For such Dispatch transcends the Germans Thought;,1.0
At which their listless Nations look amazed.,0.0
They gazing seem the English to regard,1.0
As if descended to their Aid from Heaven;,2.0
"Whose Squadrons the Confederate force compose,",3.0
Than a Bright Star that all at once appears,1.0
"Who gazing cry it's sent express from Heaven,",0.0
To change the Fortune of the Universe.,1.0
The Nations in the British Squadrons Eyes,0.0
Divine Presage of Victory behold.,6.0
"Full of their Islands noble Pride they march,",0.0
"Full of their fierce Forefathers conquering Fire,",3.0
Esteem themselves invincible alone;,1.0
Believing firmly that to conquer France,0.0
"Is but their old Hereditary Right,",1.0
"Who then were wont to triumph over France,",0.0
Even when they were a People fierce and free;,1.0
"When for their Country and their Friends they fought,",1.0
Fought for their dear Relations and themselves.,1.0
"How must they then disdain to yield to those,",0.0
Who to support a Grizzly Tyrants Pride,1.0
"Against their Country and their Friends contend,",1.0
Against their dear Relations and themselves?,1.0
"That for their Parts they fight for Justice, Truth,",0.0
"For God, and for Celestial Liberty.",2.0
"That Fate the first Occasion now presents,",0.0
When they the Foe may in the Field surprise,0.0
Without oppressing Numbers on their Side;,1.0
"Whom they resolve like Englishmen to attack,",6.0
That is like Men resolved to overcome or die.,0.0
That now the Eyes of all the Christian World,0.0
Are on this great decisive Action bent;,1.0
That all the Christian World expects from them,0.0
Deeds worthy of the Champions of Mankind,4.0
"Against oppressing Tyrants, Beasts more wild",0.0
To render Europe yet more waste than her;,0.0
That they must fight like Heroes who support,0.0
"The Glory of their conquering Ancestors,",3.0
And those of other sinking Realms restore;,1.0
"Who vindicate their own undoubted Rights,",1.0
And those of all Posterity defend.,2.0
They under their heroic Leader march,1.0
"To such a Height no mortal Force can soar,",2.0
And now the Inspiration leaves my Soul.,0.0
Or if I must with feeble Wings essay,1.0
"And thou the brightest Angel of the Sky,",2.0
With whose enchanting Beauties all the Host,0.0
"Of Heaven above, all Heavenly Minds below",2.0
"Are charmed, with whom the great Creator's charmed!",1.0
"Eternal Fame! Thee Goddess I invoke,",1.0
"For nothing without thy Aid was ever produced,",4.0
"Or great or fair in Earth or Heaven above,",0.0
"So the great Maker willed, and made it Fate",2.0
"Descend bright Goddess to my Aid, descend",2.0
TO infuse a Beam of thy Celestial Fire,2.0
"Into my Soul, and raise my adventurous Song.",4.0
"If with thy Beauties all my Soul is fired,",1.0
"If all that wretched Mortals here call great,",1.0
I sacrifice to Liberty and thee;,1.0
For thou with all thy Hundred Eyes wert by,1.0
Thou Goddess with thy own Celestial Trump,1.0
"When at the Immortal Blast the Powers above,",3.0
Looked wondering from the Battlements of Heaven.,3.0
"And shouting filled the eternal Realms with Joy,",2.0
To see bold Man the Cause of Heaven maintain;,1.0
The Souls of British Heroes from the Sky,1.0
"Upon the Glories of that Field looked down,",3.0
"Thither their Eyes the Conquering Edwards bent,",2.0
On that magnanimous Henry wondering gazed.,4.0
"All charmed to see their times of Gold return,",0.0
All charmed to see bright Victory descend.,2.0
And perch upon an English General's Plume.,0.0
The Red Cross Champion looked transported down,4.0
And there looked down the blissful Souls of those,0.0
Who in the same immortal Cause expired,0.0
"To see great Marlborough do what he had done,",2.0
Had but the false Bavarian been his Foe.,1.0
The preexisting Souls of future Kings,0.0
"On that important Field looked down, on which",2.0
Their future Right and future Power depends.,2.0
"Mean while the Sun, the World's great Eye and Soul,",1.0
That no invidious Cloud might intercept,2.0
"Which showed a nobler Sight than all the World's,",2.0
And all the Space immense that with one Kenn,1.0
"He views, could all afford him, when it showed",0.0
In the great Cause of Liberty and Truth.,4.0
The Nations here below had all their Eyes,0.0
"Intent upon that Field, on whose Event",0.0
"Depended all their Freedom, all their Peace.",0.0
The very Elements attend in Truce,1.0
"The dreadful Issue, silent were the Winds,",1.0
"All Nature in all others Parts had Peace,",0.0
Discord had now no Leisure to attend,4.0
"For there were all her Stygian Snakes employed,",1.0
"Who shaped like Falcons waiting for their Prey,",1.0
"So that both Earth, and Heaven, and Hell below,",1.0
"Times present, past, and future, all appeared",1.0
To be concerned on that important Day.,0.0
"But hark! The Goddess gives the dreadful Charge,",0.0
"I hear the enchanting Sound, I feel its Magic Power,",2.0
"That Sound can like the last Angelic Trump,",1.0
From their eternal Mansions rouse the Dead;,1.0
"That Magic Sound brings future times in view,",1.0
"And makes the past return, that mighty Sound,",0.0
"Swift as the Movement of quick Thought, transports",2.0
The Hearer to the World's remotest Ends.,1.0
"I feel, I feel even now that I am rapt",4.0
"Do you see how the tempestuous Squadrons move,",4.0
Like Clouds with Thunder charged along the Plain!,0.0
O the transporting Sight! The noble Sound!,1.0
And the impatient Champions eager Shouts.,3.0
The Trumpets roar! The Thunder of the Drum!,1.0
How Danube rears his hoary Head aghast!,0.0
"The adjacent Forrest frightfully surveys,",2.0
"The adjacent Forests darts a dreadful Gloom,",1.0
And on his Flood with double Horror frowns.,1.0
"On to the Attack the thundering Squadrons move,",3.0
"The very Heavens above them seem to smoke,",2.0
And the resounding Earth beneath them shakes;,1.0
The noble Rage of Battle fires the Plain:,0.0
Me too the noble Fury has inspired,0.0
"Their Actions worthy the recording Muse,",1.0
"The Daughter of Celestial Memory,",2.0
And the immortal Mother of Renown.,2.0
"Eternal Fame, thy Summons I obey,",1.0
"Like them thy Charge, great Goddess, I obey.",2.0
"Do thou, great Goddess, thou my numerous Song",5.0
"Accompany with that Angelic Trump,",2.0
"Whose Sound by all the listening Globe is heard,",0.0
And to the World's remotest times descends.,1.0
No more the impatient Warriors eager Shouts.,1.0
"For now the Cannon thunders through the Plain,",1.0
And drowns all dreadful Noises in its own;,0.0
"The moving Squadrons are no longer seen,",2.0
The very Earth and Heavens are seen no more.,2.0
"For Earth and Heavens seem all involved in Night,",2.0
A Night of Dust and of tumultuous Smoke;,4.0
"Or hid in Brightness of tempestuous Flames,",4.0
Too dazzling to be pierced by mortal Eyes.,2.0
But now the Goddess with Celestial Light,1.0
"Dispels the Mist that veiled these mortal Eyes,",0.0
And now through Clouds of stormy Dust I see,0.0
"Through curling Smoke, through dazzling Flames I see;",0.0
"Say, Goddess, what heroic Forms are those,",1.0
Who the bold Britons lead impetuous on;,3.0
"Who between them and Danger interpose,",0.0
And shield them with their very Breasts from Fate:,1.0
At once in Danger foremost and Renown;,2.0
And frankly offering up their noble Hearts,1.0
A great unblemished Sacrifice to thee.,0.0
"How each looks worthy of his high Command,",2.0
Each looks as if on his heroic Deeds,2.0
The Fate depended of this dreadful Day.,1.0
"Ay, now their Shapes distinctly I discern,",2.0
And thou with all thy Hundred Tongues wilt spread,1.0
Hail Race of Heroes! British Worthies Hail!,1.0
"Hail noble Churchill, Lumley, Villars, Wood!",1.0
"Hail thou, the foremost in the dire Assault,",1.0
"Brave Cuts, the Lightning of the British Thunder",2.0
Those are the immortal Heroes whose Commands,1.0
"The freeborn English joyfully obey,",1.0
"Upon their Eyes the fierce Battalions gaze,",0.0
"And from their Beams derive a glorious Fire,",3.0
"Now after them they move impatient on,",3.0
Impatient for the horrid Shock they earn;,1.0
"Now meet the French and we with hideous Noise,",4.0
"In Thunder, Lightning, and in Iron Hail.",1.0
Assist you bright Spectators of the Sky!,4.0
The Cause of Justice and of Truth support!,1.0
The Cause of all the Christian World defend!,0.0
Ah miserable me! The immortal Powers,2.0
"Either against their own great Cause declare,",3.0
Or else blind Fortune governs all below.,1.0
"And false Ambition wins, OH dismal Sight!",1.0
As fought like these should ever know repulse!,1.0
Can they from such Heroic Chiefs retire!,2.0
OH can they poorly yield in such a Cause!,1.0
"No, see they Rally with a noble Fire,",2.0
"And Shame grown Fury to the Charge returns,",2.0
"I must do Justice here, a braver Foe",0.0
"The French undaunted all their Fury meet,",0.0
"And all with double Fury they repel,",1.0
"And drive the English Horse like Lightning back,",0.0
See how once more confounded they retire!,3.0
"Lament the Honour of Britannia lost,",4.0
The wretched Fate of Liberty lament.,1.0
OH fond Imagination! Vain Conceit!,1.0
"Immortal is the Date of Liberty,",2.0
And Britain's Honour never can be lost:,4.0
For see where now Heroic Marlborough comes!,2.0
"Comes to maintain them, to revenge them comes.",3.0
See where the dusty Squadrons he collects,1.0
That with his dire Artillery are fraught!,1.0
"With what exalted Air he leads them on,",0.0
"Terror before him marches, Fame behind,",2.0
"And Conquest like the Austrian Eagle shaped,",2.0
Over his Head flies towering to the Skies.,4.0
With such Majestic Air in Ancient Days,1.0
Vindictive Thunder on the impious World.,4.0
"Death his August Appearance sees from far,",2.0
"TO attack him mounts upon a fiery Globe,",3.0
"But as more near the Grizzly Monarch draws,",0.0
And then his fiery Thunderbolt he shoots,2.0
"Into the Earth, and all its Entrails tears;",0.0
"About the Hero casts a Mount of Clay,",0.0
"And buries him almost alive with Hast,",2.0
To shun him sacred to eternal Fame.!,1.0
"The Squadrons all with shuddering Horror shake,",2.0
"And Ruin from that dreadful Moment wait,",1.0
"He in that dreadful Moment is alone,",1.0
Fearless and calmly of them all takes Care.,4.0
An Intrepidity so like their own,2.0
Charms all the bright Spectators of the Sky;,6.0
"The Squadrons now redouble all their Rage,",0.0
And catch Heroic Fortitude from him.,0.0
"Their Flame rekindled rages in their Breasts,",0.0
"Unanimous they to the Charge return,",2.0
With Resolution never seen before;,0.0
"Each Champions with the Fate of Nations big,",1.0
"All, All resolve to conquer or to die,",1.0
"Ay now, even now, the dreadful Moment comes",1.0
On which the Destiny of Men depends;,1.0
"Their Hearts even burst with Rage, their noble Hearts",2.0
"That utterly disdain, that utterly abhor",2.0
The inglorious Thoughts of Flight or foul Retreat.,3.0
"In missionary Death they trust no more,",1.0
But in their Hands they carry hideous Fate.,2.0
"Now, now, with all their Might, with all their Souls",1.0
"They rush on Death and Wounds, their dismal Way",0.0
"Or brandishing aloft the horrid Edge,",1.0
"Like ripened Corn the adverse Squadrons mow,",1.0
"Extending them in Heaps upon the Plain,",1.0
The adverse Squadrons can no longer bear,3.0
"Their fatal Weapons or their fatal Eyes,",1.0
"Or their victorious Cries, but Slaughter some,",3.0
"Some Pain and Anguish seize, Confusion all.",0.0
"And now in Heaps they fall, in Crowds they fly;",0.0
And to the Stars is England's Glory raised.,1.0
"Victoria the transported Britons cry,",3.0
"Both Heaven and Earth, and Gods, and Men are charmed,",1.0
"And Phebus with redoubled Glory shines,",1.0
Danube transported drives his rapid Flood,2.0
"With double Fury by his echoing Shores,",3.0
O Joy! o Rapture never to be born!,1.0
The Victors rushing tear their trembling Rear;,0.0
"Shouting they rage, and raging they pursue;",3.0
"A dismal Joy is on their rattling Tongues,",1.0
Fate in their Arms and Fury in their Eyes.,0.0
Now Discord stalking with Gigantic Stride,2.0
"Wades through a Crimson Stream of torrent Gore,",0.0
"And hideous is the Face of Slaughter now,",1.0
"And yet even now when all the conquering Troops,",2.0
"Soldiers and Chiefs are all even wild with Joy,",2.0
All frantic with the Transport of their Rage.,2.0
"Their great Commanders calm, he who before",0.0
"Lord of himself in universal Joy,",2.0
"Serenely doubts for all; yet his the Praise,",0.0
"The Glory of the immortal Day is his,",3.0
"He to a Pitch of human Glory raised,",1.0
To which no Subject ever rose before;,1.0
And by this great deciding Moment made,1.0
"Darling of Nations, and Mankinds Delight,",4.0
"The Roman Empires Ornament and Fame,",1.0
"The everlasting Blessing of the Good,",1.0
E'n in this great deciding Moment he,1.0
"The impetuous Movements of his Soul commands,",2.0
Commands himself with more imperious Sway,2.0
Than even the meanest Warrior of his Troops;,3.0
"To no unruly Transport he gives way,",2.0
"To all Attacks remains invincible,",1.0
And stands the noble Conqueror of himself;,3.0
For now his Genius whispers him within,1.0
That while the Day is doubtless on his Side,1.0
"Heroic Eugene is severely pressed,",4.0
"Tames the wild Horrors of his frantic Waves,",4.0
"So mighty Marlborough with a Word, a Nod",1.0
"The Fury of his Conquering Troops restrains,",3.0
"E'n raging Madness hears that awful Voice,",1.0
And in a Moment sinks into a Calm;,0.0
"That Voice the stormy King of Terrors hears,",0.0
"He hears that Voice, and in midway arrests",1.0
His furious Arm descending to destroy.,3.0
And as the Hero with a Breath can calm,2.0
"The raging Storm in forty thousand Breasts,",0.0
"Again like stormy Seas they waving roll,",0.0
"And rise, and foam with far resounding Roar,",0.0
"And tenfold Joy, and tenfold Rage succeeds.",2.0
"For on the Spur the blissful News arrives,",1.0
That happy Eugene no Support requires;,5.0
"That conquering Eugene making vast Efforts,",7.0
"Efforts which never will be forgot by Fame,",4.0
"A Third time rallied his disordered Troops,",2.0
And turned Confusion back upon the Foe.,0.0
"Again great Marlborough gives the fatal Word,",3.0
"Again the Goddess gives the dreadful Charge,",0.0
And the victorious Squadrons of the left,4.0
Again fall on with terrifying Cries.,2.0
"Conquest before, now great Revenge they seek,",3.0
"The French astonished, all Resistance loose,",0.0
"All Resolution, Courage, Order, Thought.",0.0
"Their Squadrons now confounded, all disband,",0.0
"Each for himself takes sordid Care alone,",2.0
Sure Ruin both to Armies and to States.,2.0
"The Victors with immortal Rage pursue,",1.0
"That sweeps whole People, and lays Nations waste.",3.0
"See this you proud aspiring Tyrants, see,",0.0
And the just Judgements of the avenging God!,4.0
"That fall by Hundreds, and by Thousands fly.",1.0
How is Ambition fallen! How in his Turn,2.0
"Are these the Brave, the Invincible? Are these",4.0
The Royal Household of the immortal King?,4.0
"Are these the Bands so proud of Triumphs past,",1.0
So vain upon the Hopes of those to come?,1.0
And with the Spoils of conquered Nations big?,1.0
Are these the Giants who their Tyrant swelled,1.0
With the fond Hope of universal Sway?,2.0
How they fly! How they fall! How they tremble! How they die!,1.0
"An Iron Tempest galls them in the Flank,",0.0
And the fierce Victor with ten thousand Swords,4.0
Insulting hangs upon their broken Rear.,0.0
"Before them Danube rises on their Flight,",1.0
"And loudly for Revenge, Revenge he roars,",1.0
"Arresting their precipitated Flight,",1.0
"He strikes them backward with his stormy Brow,",1.0
Or with his angry Voice their guilty Souls he scares.,1.0
But tenfold Horror drives them headlong on!,3.0
"Down, down ten thousand take the fatal Leap,",2.0
"And plunge among the Waves; the Danube raves,",0.0
"And calls his stormy Billows to the Spoil,",1.0
His stormy Billows to the mighty Spoil,1.0
"Drive on, advancing with a hideous Roar.",5.0
"Ten thousand Warriors rolling in the Flood,",1.0
"Horses and Men reversed mid scattered Arms,",3.0
"Drive one another drowning to the Abyss,",5.0
And with tremendous Prospect strike the Eye.,1.0
"The very Victors grow with Horror chill,",0.0
"Shake at the dire Catastrophe they cause,",1.0
"And tremble at the Terrors of a Scene,",1.0
"Such as no no Nation of the World, no Age",3.0
Since the great Hebrews wondrous Passage saw.,2.0
"To my weak Mind the Force, the immortal Force,",4.0
"To paint with lively Strokes the dismal Scene,",0.0
"To paint the Cries, the Shrieks, the dying Groans,",0.0
"The Grief, the Rage, the Fury of their Fear,",1.0
"And all the Horrors of their baleful Eyes,",1.0
"And all the Astonishment, the Amazement of their Souls,",5.0
In which Messiah with his Thunders armed,1.0
Drove down the infernal Tyrants warring Host,1.0
Not Michael Angelo's stupendous Work;,0.0
Where the last dreadful Doom sends guilty Souls,3.0
Down to eternal Punishments in Hell;,2.0
"Hell seizes them, Hell meets them on the Way,",4.0
"For in their Air and in their Looks is Hell,",0.0
And endless Torments in their Baleful Eyes.,1.0
"Thus fell the French before the Victor's Wrath,",1.0
"They who had stood so many Storms of War,",0.0
Yet still unshaken kept their Ground in all.,0.0
"That graced the winding Margin of the Flood,",1.0
"The Tempest saw their Strength, and sighed, and past them by.",0.0
"Came lately bellowing over the Western Main,",5.0
"That with immortal Fury on them fell,",2.0
That made them tremble at impending Fate;,0.0
"And rent at once their sturdy Trunks in twain,",0.0
"Or twisted up their Roots, and whirled them in the Air.",1.0
"That tore their lofty Branches down from Heaven,",1.0
"Down they came rushing with a fatal Groan,",3.0
"And with their mangled Trunks his Channel piled,",1.0
Till Devastation choked the encumbered Stream.,2.0
"OH Conquering Death, like Sampson, blind though strong,",3.0
Which noble Marlborough was ordained by Fate,3.0
And to the Heroic Father given the Son.,3.0
But Blanford in his early Bloom was snatched,0.0
To make the Glory of the Sire complete;,3.0
"Had noble Blandford still remained below,",0.0
"He was good, so charming and so great,",1.0
So worthy all the Fathers fond Desire;,0.0
The invidious World might have pretended then,3.0
For private Ends to make his Offspring great;,1.0
"Now clearly for his Country and his Queen,",3.0
"For Liberty, and for the World he acts.",2.0
Thou too great Queen by whose auspicious Care,1.0
And Wisdom these astonishing Events,2.0
"And for the World, for Children thou hast none,",2.0
O Royal Gloucester had but cruel Death,0.0
"Permitted thee to see this wondrous Day,",1.0
And roused the Hero in thy Blooming Breast!,0.0
"Attended with the Flower of British Youth,",3.0
While France had trembled at thy conquering Arms;,2.0
"Once more had France an English Sovereign owned,",0.0
"Once more had Spain its rightful Monarch seen,",0.0
Placed by a British Hero on his Throne.,1.0
For thee Britannia mourns like Royal Ann;,3.0
"Thy Fate thy Mother's Happiness impaired,",1.0
But it has raised her Glory to the Stars;,2.0
The Wonders which she every Day performs:,0.0
"Moved by the noblest Motives she performs,",1.0
"Now for her Country and the World she acts,",1.0
"For Liberty the Darling Cause of Earth,",1.0
For spotless Faith the darling Cause of Heaven.,0.0
"Her Children all were snatched away in thee,",0.0
OH fond Mistake! Whatever the best of Queens,4.0
"Performs, she does it for her Children all,",1.0
Her happy People are her Children now.,1.0
"And o so good, so excellent is she",2.0
"So tender of their Happiness and Fame,",2.0
"So watchful over their Rights, so studious of their Peace,",3.0
To all extending her impartial Care;,1.0
"So grateful and so dutiful are they,",2.0
Such Love as Heaven of Human Hearts requires;,0.0
"That Fame is doubtful which she most shall praise,",0.0
The Children's Duty or the Mother's Care.,1.0
The very Best of tender Mothers she.,1.0
"And not the fancied Mother of the Gods,",1.0
"Great Queen, could boast a more Heroic Race;",1.0
And as that fancied Mother of the Gods,2.0
Was charmed at Sight of her immortal Sons.,1.0
What glorious Sight can more delight thy Soul,2.0
Than Conquest which thy Subjects Bliss ensures,0.0
"Thy Glory, and the World's Felicity?",2.0
A Sight that for thy Zeal has stronger Charms,1.0
Than all the World's vain Greatness can supply.,2.0
See there thy conquering Heroes who before,2.0
"Were like to Gods, now equal to the Worm,",2.0
All low and prostrate as the vanquished now;,1.0
"Humbling themselves before the God of Hosts,",1.0
"Offering to him the Glory and the Praise,",2.0
"The Sacrifice most worthy of the God,",1.0
"The Almighty God of War, the God of great Revenge.",1.0
"WHEN foes insult, and prudent friends dispense,",0.0
"Oft with thee, LLOYD, I steal an hour from grief,",0.0
And in thy social converse find relief.,0.0
"The mind, of solitude, impatient grown,",0.0
Loves any sorrows rather than her own.,2.0
"LET slaves to business, bodies without soul,",4.0
"Important blanks in Nature's mighty roll,",0.0
"We NIGHT prefer, which heals or hides our care.",0.0
"ROGUES justified and by success made bold,",3.0
"Freely may bask in fortune's partial ray,",2.0
And spread their feathers opening to the day;,1.0
But threadbare Merit dares not show the head,1.0
Till vain Prosperity retires to bed.,1.0
"Misfortunes, like the Owl, avoid the light;",0.0
The sons of CARE are always sons of NIGHT.,0.0
"THE Wretch bred up in Method's drowsy school,",2.0
"Whose only merit is to err by rule,",1.0
"Who never through heat of blood was tripping caught,",2.0
"Nor guilty deemed of one eccentric thought,",1.0
Whose soul directed to no use is seen,2.0
"Which, clockwork like, with the same equal pace,",3.0
"Still travels on through life's insipid space,",2.0
Turns up his eyes to think that there should be,0.0
Among God's creatures too such things as we.,1.0
Which kindly give him grace to keep good hours.,0.0
Good hours ' --  Fine words ' --  but was it ever seen,2.0
That all men could agree in what they mean?,2.0
"FLORIO, who many years a course hath run",1.0
"In downright opposition to the sun,",2.0
"The uncertain term no settled notion brings,",2.0
But still in different mouths mean different things.,1.0
"Each takes the phrase in his own private view,",1.0
"With PRUDENCE it is ten, with FLORIO two.",3.0
"Go on, you fools, who talk for talking sake,",0.0
Without distinguishing distinctions make;,1.0
"Shine forth in native folly, native pride,",1.0
Make yourselves rules to all the world beside;,1.0
"Reason, collected in herself disdains",2.0
"The slavish yoke of arbitrary chains,",0.0
"Steady and true each circumstance she weighs,",2.0
Nor to bare words inglorious tribute pays.,4.0
"Men of sense live exempt from vulgar awe,",3.0
And Reason to herself alone is law.,1.0
That freedom she enjoys with liberal mind,1.0
Which she as freely grants to all mankind.,1.0
"No idol titled name her reverence stirs,",3.0
"No hour she blindly to the rest prefers,",2.0
LET the sage DOCTOR think him one we know,4.0
"With scraps of ancient learning overflow,",0.0
In all the dignity of wig declare,1.0
"The fatal consequence of midnight air,",2.0
"Undermine life, and sap the walls of health.",3.0
"For me let GALEN moulder on the shelf,",3.0
"I'll live, and be physician to myself.",2.0
"While soul is joined to body, whether fate",0.0
Allot a longer or a shorter date;,1.0
"I'll make them live, as brother should with brother,",0.0
And keep them in good humour with each other.,0.0
"THE surest road to health, say what they will,",1.0
Is never to suppose we shall be ill.,1.0
Most of those evils we poor mortals know,2.0
From doctors and imagination flow.,1.0
"Hence to old women with your boasted rules,",4.0
"Stale traps, and only sacred now to fools;",1.0
"One medicine, as one hour, for all mankind.",2.0
IF RUPERT after ten is out of bed,1.0
"The fool next morning can't hold up his head,",2.0
What reason this which me to bed must call,2.0
Whose head thank heaven never aches at all?,1.0
"In different courses different tempers run,",0.0
"He hates the Moon, I sicken at the sun.",0.0
"Wound up at twelve, at noon his clock goes right,",1.0
"Mine better goes, wound up at twelve at night.",2.0
"The galling sneer, the supercilious frown,",2.0
"The strange reserve, the proud affected state",0.0
Of upstart knaves grown rich and fools grown great.,3.0
No more that abject wretch disturbs my rest,0.0
And scarce sees rags an inch beyond his nose.,1.0
But from a crowd can single out his grace,2.0
And cringe and creep to fools who strut in lace.,0.0
WHETHER those classic regions are surveyed,3.0
"Where we in earliest youth together strayed,",2.0
"Where hand in hand we trod the flowery shore,",2.0
"Though now thy happier genius runs before,",2.0
"When we conspired a thankless wretch to raise,",3.0
Who once for Reverend merit famous grown,0.0
"Gratefully strove to kick his MAKER down,",3.0
"Or if more general arguments engage,",2.0
"The court or camp, the pulpit, bar, or stage,",0.0
"And lawyers, who were never bred at all,",0.0
"Our pity move, or exercise our mirth,",0.0
"Our rambling thoughts with easy freedom stray,",0.0
"A gainer still thy friend himself must find,",0.0
"His grief suspended, and improved his mind.",1.0
"While vice beneath imagined horrors mourns,",0.0
"And conscience plants the villains couch with thorns,",0.0
"Impatient of restraint, the active mind,",1.0
"No more by servile prejudice confined,",1.0
And darts through Nature at a single glance.,0.0
"Then we our friends, our foes, ourselves, survey,",0.0
And see by NIGHT what fools we are by DAY.,1.0
STRIPPED of her gaudy plumes and vain disguise,0.0
See where Ambition mean and loathsome lies!,1.0
Reflection with relentless hand pulls down,3.0
"In vain he tells of battles bravely won,",0.0
"Of nations conquered, and of Worlds undone;",1.0
"Triumphs like these but ill with Manhood suit,",1.0
And sink the conqueror beneath the brute.,1.0
But if in searching round the world we find,1.0
"Some generous youth, the Friend of all mankind,",3.0
"In terrors only at the guilty head,",0.0
"Whose mercies, like Heaven's dew, refreshing fall",2.0
"In general love and charity to all,",1.0
"Pleased we behold such worth on any throne,",2.0
And doubly pleased we find it on our own.,1.0
"THROUGH a false medium things are shown by day,",4.0
"Pomp, wealth, and titles judgement lead astray.",1.0
How many from appearance borrow state,2.0
Whom NIGHT disdains to number with the Great!,1.0
Snuff up vile incense from a fawning crowd?,0.0
"While in his beam surrounding clients play,",0.0
"Like insects in the sun's enlivening ray,",3.0
"Talking himself into a little God,",2.0
"And ruling empires with a single nod,",1.0
"Who would not think, to hear him law dispense,",0.0
"That he had Interest, and that they had sense?",1.0
Injurious thought! beneath NIGHT's honest shade,3.0
"When pomp is buried and false colours fade,",3.0
Plainly we see at that impartial hour,2.0
"Them dupes to pride, and him the tool of power.",1.0
"GOD help the man, condemned by cruel fate",1.0
"Much sorrow shall he feel, and suffer more",0.0
"By slavish methods must he learn to please,",0.0
"Supple to every wayward mood strike sail,",3.0
"To Nature dead he must adopt vile art,",1.0
"And wear a smile, with anguish in his heart.",0.0
"A sense of honour would destroy his schemes,",2.0
And conscience never must speak unless in dreams.,2.0
"Cold looks, forbidding frowns, contemptuous sneers,",3.0
"When he at last expects, good easy man,",0.0
"Steps cross his hopes, the promised boon denies,",1.0
"Too resolute, from Nature's active heat,",1.0
"Too proud to flatter, too sincere to lie,",1.0
"Too plain to please, too honest to be great;",3.0
"Give me, kind Heaven, an humbler, happier state:",5.0
"Far from the place where men with pride deceive,",0.0
"Where rascals promise, and where fools believe;",1.0
"Far from the walk of folly, vice and strife,",0.0
"Calm, independent, let me steal through life,",1.0
Nor one vain wish my steady thoughts beguile,2.0
"Unfit for greatness, I her snares defy,",1.0
And look on riches with untainted eye.,1.0
Content shall place us far above them all.,0.0
SPECTATORS only on this bustling stage.,3.0
We see what vain designs mankind engage.,1.0
And one old folly brings forth twenty new.,3.0
"Perplexed with trifles through the vale of life,",1.0
"Man strives against man, without a cause for strife;",4.0
"Armies embattled meet, and thousands bleed,",2.0
For some vile spot which cannot fifty feed.,1.0
"Squirrels for nuts contend, and, wrong or right,",2.0
"For the world's empire kings ambitious fight,",2.0
"A NUT, a WORLD, a SQUIRREL, and a KING.",1.0
"BRITONS, like Roman spirits famed of old,",2.0
Are cast by Nature in a PATRIOT mould;,2.0
"No private joy, no private grief they know,",2.0
"Inglorious ease like ours, they greatly scorn:",2.0
All would be deemed even from the cradle fit,5.0
To rule in politics as well as wit.,0.0
Start up God bless us! statesmen all at once.,3.0
"HIS mighty charge of souls the priest forgets,",0.0
"The rake his mistress, and the fop himself,",1.0
"While thoughts of higher moment claim their care,",0.0
And their wife heads the weight of kingdoms bear.,2.0
"And boast an equal, or a greater zeal.",1.0
"From nymph to nymph the state infection flies,",0.0
"Swells in her breast, and sparkles in her eyes.",0.0
Envy and twenty other faults beside.,2.0
No more their little fluttering hearts confess,2.0
"A passion for applause, or rage for dress;",1.0
Or lose one thought on monkeys or on beaux.,1.0
Nor thinks of scandal while she talks of news.,0.0
"Ten thousand mighty nothings in his face,",1.0
"By situation as by nature great,",1.0
"With nice precision parcels out the state,",1.0
"Proves and disproves, affirms and then denies,",2.0
"Objects himself, and to himself replies,",1.0
"Wielding aloft the Politician rod,",2.0
"Makes P' --  by turns a devil and a god,",2.0
Maintains even to the very teeth of power,5.0
"The same thing right and wrong in half an hour,",1.0
"Now all is well, now he suspects a plot,",2.0
"And plainly proves, WHATEVER IS, IS NOT.",2.0
And deals out empires as he deals out thread.,1.0
"His useless scales are in a corner flung,",0.0
To pass through life as easy as we can.,1.0
Nor stirs my curiosity nor spleen.,1.0
Secrets of state no more I wish to know,2.0
Thanks to our fortune we pay none at all.,2.0
Lament those hardships which we cannot feel.,0.0
"His GRACE, who smarts, may bellow if he please,",1.0
"But must I bellow too, who sit at ease?",0.0
"By custom safe the poet's numbers flow,",0.0
Free as the light and air some years ago.,0.0
No statesman ever will find it worth his pains,3.0
"Burdens like these vile earthly buildings bear,",3.0
No tribute's laid on Castles in the Air.,1.0
"LET then the flames of war destructive reign,",0.0
And ENGLAND's terrors awe imperious SPAIN;,2.0
Let every venal clan and neutral tribe,1.0
"Learn to receive conditions, not prescribe;",2.0
And tax on tax with doubled burden rise;,0.0
"Exempt we sit, by no rude cares oppressed,",1.0
"And, having little, are with little blessed.",1.0
"All real ills in dark oblivion lie,",3.0
"And joys, by fancy formed, their place supply.",0.0
"NIGHT's laughing hours unheeded slip away,",1.0
"THUS have we lived, and while the fates afford",0.0
"Plain Plenty to supply the frugal board,",2.0
"While MIRTH, with DECENCY his lovely bride,",1.0
Their welcome visit pay; while HEALTH attends,0.0
"The narrow circle of our chosen Friends,",1.0
"Thus WILL we live, though in our teeth are hurled",0.0
"PRUDENCE, of old a sacred term, implied",2.0
But now in general use is known to mean,0.0
"The sense perverted we retain the name,",1.0
Hypocrisy and Prudence are the same.,2.0
"A TUTOR once, more read in men than books,",0.0
"A kind of crafty knowledge in his looks,",0.0
His favourite Pupil in these words addressed:,0.0
By all mankind a prodigy esteemed?,2.0
Be this thy rule; be what men prudent call;,1.0
"PRUDENCE, almighty PRUDENCE gives thee all.",2.0
"Keep up appearances; there lies the test,",3.0
The world will give thee credit for the rest.,1.0
"Outward be fair, however foul within;",3.0
"Sin if thou wilt, but then in secret sin.",0.0
"This maxim's into common favour grown,",3.0
Vice is no longer vice unless it's known.,3.0
"But vice is virtue, when it's well concealed.",0.0
"Should raging passions drive thee to a whore,",1.0
"Stay out all night, but take especial care",0.0
That PRUDENCE bring thee back to early prayer.,0.0
"As one with watching and with study faint,",2.0
"Reel in a drunkard, and reel out a saint.",2.0
"WITH joy the youth this useful lesson heard,",0.0
"And in his memory stored each precious word,",2.0
"Successfully pursued the plan, and now,",1.0
"Room for my LORD ' --  VIRTUE, stand by and bow.",2.0
"To mask, but not amend a vicious heart?",0.0
"Shall lukewarm caution and demeanour grave,",3.0
For wise and good stamp every supple knave?,1.0
"Gild fair their names and states with empty forms,",1.0
"Because, disdaining ill, she hates disguise;",0.0
"Because she frankly pours forth all her store,",1.0
"Seems what she is, and scorns to pass for more?",1.0
"To flatter others, or deny myself,",2.0
"Might the whole world be placed within my span,",3.0
"I would not be that THING, that PRUDENT MAN.",0.0
"WHAT, cries Sir PLIANT, would you then oppose",1.0
"Yourself, alone, against an host of foes?",0.0
"Let not conceit, and peevish lust to rail,",1.0
Above all sense of interest prevail.,1.0
"Throw off for shame this petulance of wit,",1.0
"Be wise, be modest, and for once submit:",1.0
"Too hard the task against multitudes to fight,",7.0
"You must be wrong, the WORLD is in the right.",0.0
WHAT is this WORLD? a term which men have got,0.0
"To signify, not one in ten knows what;",1.0
"A term, which with no more precision passes",2.0
To point out herds of men than herds of asses;,0.0
"In common use no more it means we find,",1.0
Than many fools in same opinions joined.,0.0
CAN numbers then change Nature's stated laws?,1.0
Can numbers make the worse the better cause?,0.0
"Vice must be vice, virtue be virtue still,",3.0
Though thousands rail at good and practise ill.,0.0
Because vast nations on his part engage?,2.0
Though to support the rebel CAESAR's cause,1.0
"Tumultuous legions arm against the laws,",3.0
"Though Scandal would OUR PATRIOT's name impeach,",2.0
"And rails at virtues which she cannot reach,",0.0
What honest man but would with joy submit,0.0
"To bleed with CATO, and retire with PITT?",1.0
"STEADFAST and true to virtue's sacred laws,",1.0
"Unmoved by vulgar censure or applause,",1.0
"Let the WORLD talk, my Friend; that WORLD we know",3.0
"Which calls us guilty, cannot make us so.",0.0
"Assert the rights, or quit the name of man.",0.0
"Consider well, weigh strictly right and wrong;",1.0
"Resolve not quick, but once resolved be strong.",0.0
"In spite of Dullness, and in spite of Wit,",1.0
Rather stand up assured with conscious pride,2.0
"Alone, than err with millions on thy side.",1.0
"THOU who shalt stop, where Thames' translucent wave",1.0
"Shines a broad mirror through the shadowy cave,",6.0
"Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distil,",0.0
"And pointed crystals break the sparkling rill,",0.0
And latent metals innocently glow:,1.0
Approach. Great NATURE studiously behold!,4.0
And eye the mine without a wish for gold.,1.0
"Where British sighs from dying WYNDHAM stole,",0.0
"Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor,",0.0
"Who dare to love their country, and be poor.",1.0
"Painter, thou hast performed what Man can do,",2.0
"Bold are thy Strokes, and delicate each Touch,",1.0
But still the Beauties of her Face are such,1.0
As cannot justly be described; though all,0.0
Confess it's like the bright Original.,1.0
"In her, and in thy Picture, we may view",1.0
"The utmost Nature, or that Art can do,",2.0
"Each is a Masterpiece, designed so well",0.0
"That future Times may strive to parallel,",0.0
But neither Art nor Nature's able to excel.,1.0
"From tread of lawless feet, the hallowed ground,",0.0
"With deeper darkness prints the shades of night,",0.0
"In garb deranged and loose, with scattered hair,",0.0
"His bosom open to the nightly air,",1.0
"Alas, how cold thy home, how low thou art,",0.0
Who wert the pride and mistress of my heart!,1.0
"The fallen leaves now rustling over thee pass,",3.0
"And over thee waves the dank and dewy grass,",2.0
How narrow is the space where thou must dwell.,2.0
"Chill rain, and drifting snow, and summer's heat;",1.0
"Each passing season's rub, for woe is me!",0.0
Or gloom or sunshine is the same to thee.,2.0
"Ah Mary! lovely was thy slender form,",1.0
And bright thy cheerful brow that knew no storm.,1.0
"Thy steps were graceful on the village green,",1.0
Each youngster slacked his speed to see thee pass.,0.0
"At early milking tuneful was thy lay,",1.0
And sweet thy homeward song at close of day;,0.0
"But sweeter far, and every youth's desire,",0.0
Thy cheerful converse by the evening fire.,1.0
"No song of thine shall ever more be heard,",2.0
"And they full soon will trip it on the green,",3.0
"Around the evening fire with little care,",0.0
"And when the sober parting hour comes round,",0.0
"Will to their rest retire, and slumber sound.",1.0
"But Basil cannot rest; his days are sad,",0.0
And long his nights upon the weary bed.,0.0
"Yet still in broken dreams thy form appears,",0.0
And still my bosom proves a lover's fears.,0.0
I guide thy footsteps through the tangled wood;,2.0
I catch thee sinking in the boisterous flood;,0.0
I shield thy bosom from the threatened stroke;,1.0
I clasp thee falling from the headlong rock;,2.0
"But ere we reach the dark and dreadful deep,",0.0
"High heaves my troubled breast, I wake and weep.",1.0
"At every wailing of the midnight wind,",2.0
Thy lowly dwelling comes into my mind.,0.0
"When rain beats on my roof, wild storms abroad,",2.0
I think upon thy bare and beaten sod;,0.0
"I hate the comfort of a sheltered home,",1.0
"OH Mary! loss of thee hath fixed my doom,",2.0
"This world around me is a weary gloom,",1.0
"Dull heavy musings lead my mind astray,",1.0
"I cannot sleep by night, nor work by day.",0.0
"Or wealth or pleasure dullest hinds inspire,",0.0
"Let happier friends divide my farmer's stock,",3.0
"Cut down my grain, and shear my little flock;",0.0
For now my only care on earth will be,0.0
"Here every Sunday morn to visit thee,",2.0
And in the holy Church with heart sincere,0.0
And humble mind our worthy Curate hear;,0.0
"He best can tell, when earthly woes are past,",0.0
The surest way to meet with thee at last.,1.0
"I'll thus a while a weary life abide,",0.0
Till wasting time hath laid me by thy side;,1.0
"For now on earth there is no place for me,",2.0
Nor peace nor slumber till I rest with thee.,1.0
"Loud from the lofty spire, with piercing knell,",0.0
"Solemn and awful, tolled the parish bell,",2.0
That Churchyard ground be trod by mortal feet.,1.0
"The wailing lover started at the sound,",0.0
And raised his head and cast his eyes around.,0.0
"The gloomy pile in strengthened horror lowered,",0.0
Large and majestic every object towered;,2.0
"Dun through the gloom, they showed like forms unknown,",0.0
And past him skimmed the bat with flapping wing.,0.0
"The fears of nature woke within his breast,",0.0
"And sped his way the Churchyard wall to gain,",1.0
Then checked his fear and stopped and would remain.,0.0
But shadows round a deeper horror wear;,1.0
A deeper silence falls upon his ear;,0.0
"His fluttering heart recoils, he turns again.",2.0
"With hasty steps he measures back the ground,",0.0
And leaps with summoned force the Churchyard bound;,1.0
"Then home, with shaking limbs and quickened breath,",0.0
His footsteps urges from the place of death.,2.0
"In Dress and Scandal, Gallantry and Play;",1.0
"Who through new Scenes of Pleasure hourly run,",3.0
While Life's important Business is undone;,1.0
"Look here, when guilty Conquests make you vain,",1.0
"And see, how sad Remorse shuts up the Scene.",2.0
"If future Bliss, or Misery, must flow",1.0
"From what the Heart delights in here below,",0.0
"Think how these Habits, rooted in the Breast,",0.0
Will fit you for a Commerce with the Blessed.,2.0
"You Politicians, who, in Courts to shine,",0.0
"Who, void of Virtue, anxious to be great,",1.0
"Would rise, though on the Ruins of the State;",2.0
See Providence defeating all your Schemes:,2.0
And dashes all with unforeseen Events.,0.0
"Yet the shortsighted Atheist dares advance,",4.0
These wondrous Changes are the Work of Chance.,1.0
"Not so this pious, penetrating Dame,",0.0
Who to the sacred Fountain traced the Stream:,0.0
"Who, in a Court, find Leisure to be wise;",2.0
"Humane and humble, pious and sincere;",1.0
"Who walk, untainted, through infectious Air;",1.0
"The Paths of Wisdom, early trod by you!",0.0
"I, who am destined to a low Estate,",1.0
Free from the Vanities that vex the Great;,1.0
Blessed with a Happiness to Courts unknown;,1.0
"For I, thank Heaven, may call my Hours my own:",2.0
"OH may I pass those Hours in such a Way,",0.0
"As may prepare me for the last, great Day!",3.0
"When the Arch-Angel calls ' --  Arise, you Dead.",2.0
"When all the haughty, pompous Sons of Dust,",0.0
Who here in fleeting Treasures placed their Trust;,0.0
"Who here, to their Confusion largely quaffed",1.0
"Till drunk with Blessings, they despised their God,",1.0
"Arraigned his Wisdom, and defied his Rod;",1.0
"Too late shall find, that Arm they durst oppose,",1.0
Can pour eternal Vengeance on his Foes.,1.0
"Reflect, my Soul, that Day is drawing near;",0.0
"And timely think, what was thy Business here.",1.0
"OH Thou, whose Arm, reached down from Heaven to save,",1.0
So lately snatched me from the opening Grave;,3.0
"Who bowed thine Ear, nor let me sue in vain,",0.0
"Relieved my Sickness, and removed my Pain;",1.0
"In hallowed Strains, OH, teach my Soul to soar,",1.0
To celebrate the Mercies I adore!,1.0
"To Thee alone to dedicate my Lays,",1.0
"Who heard my Vows, and added to my Days!",1.0
"Watch over my Heart, fix every Duty there,",5.0
And make Eternity my only Care.,1.0
"'TWAS at the Time, when new returning Light,",0.0
With welcome Rays begins to cheer the Sight;,0.0
"When grateful Birds prepare their Thanks to pay,",0.0
And warble Hymns to hail the dawning Day;,0.0
And from their fleecy Sides first shake the silver Dew.,2.0
"'Twas then that Amaryllis, Heavenly Fair,",2.0
"Wounded with Grief, and wild with her Despair,",3.0
"Forsook her Myrtle Bower and Rosy Bed,",2.0
"Who had a Heart so hard, that heard her Cries",0.0
And did not weep? Who such relentless Eyes?,1.0
"And dumb Distress and new Compassion show,",0.0
As taught by her to taste of Human Woe.,1.0
"Nature her self attentive Silence kept,",2.0
And Motion seemed suspended while she wept;,0.0
"The rising Sun restrained his fiery Course,",2.0
And rapid Rivers listened at their Source;,0.0
"Even Echo feared to catch the flying Sound,",0.0
Lest Repetition should her Accents drown;,0.0
"The very Morning Wind withheld his Breeze,",0.0
"As if the gentle Zephyr had been dead,",1.0
"No Voice, no whispering Sigh, no murmuring Groan,",7.0
Presumed to mingle with a Mother's Moan;,1.0
"Her Cries alone her Anguish could express,",0.0
All other Mourning would have made it less.,0.0
"Hear me, she cried, you Nymphs and Sylvan Gods,",0.0
"Hear my Distress, and lend a pitying Ear,",4.0
Hear my Complaint ' --  you would not hear my Prayer;,2.0
"The Loss which you prevented not, deplore,",1.0
"Have I not Cause, you cruel Powers, to mourn?",2.0
Lives there like me another Wretch forlorn?,1.0
"Tell me, thou Sun that round the World dost shine,",0.0
Hast thou beheld another Loss like mine?,1.0
"You Winds, who on your Wings sad Accents bear,",2.0
"And catch the Sounds of Sorrow and Despair,",1.0
"Such weight of Woe, such deadly Sighs before?",0.0
"The wretched Load is laid of Human Race,",0.0
Dost thou not feel thy self with me oppressed?,1.0
Lie all the Dead so heavy on thy Breast?,1.0
When hoary Winter on thy shrinking Head,1.0
Do I not pierce thee with more freezing Pains;,1.0
"But why to thee do I relate my Woe,",2.0
"Thou cruel Earth, my most remorseless Foe?",0.0
Eternal Winter should his Horror shed?,0.0
"Though all thy Nerves were numbed with endless Frost,",0.0
And all thy Hopes of future Spring were lost;,0.0
To me what Comfort can the Spring afford?,2.0
"Can all the Rains that fall from weeping Skies,",0.0
"No, never! never! ' --  Say then, rigid Earth,",1.0
What is to me thy everlasting Dearth?,1.0
"Though never Flower again its Head should rear,",2.0
Though never Tree again should Blossom bear;,0.0
"Though never Grass should cloth the naked Ground,",0.0
Nor ever healing Plant or wholesome Herb be found.,0.0
"Nor wholesome Herb was found, nor healing Plant,",0.0
"In vain I searched the Valleys, Hills and Plains;",0.0
"But withered Leaves alone appeared to view,",0.0
Or poisonous Weeds distilling deadly Dew.,2.0
"And if some naked Stalk, not quite decayed,",1.0
"Soon as I reached to crop the tender Shoot,",0.0
A shrieking Mandrake killed it at the Root.,1.0
Who at the Prodigy astonished stood.,1.0
"Well I remember what sad Signs you made,",3.0
What Showers of unavailing Tears you shed;,2.0
"How each ran fearful to his mossy Cave,",2.0
"For then the Air was filled with dreadful Cries,",0.0
"Phantoms, and Fiends, and wandering Fires appeared,",4.0
"The Forest shook, and flinty Rocks were cleft,",0.0
"With frantic Grief overflowing fruitful Ground,",3.0
Where many a Herd and harmless Swain was drowned.,2.0
"While I forlorn and desolate was left,",1.0
"Of every Help, of every Hope bereft;",0.0
"To every Element exposed I lay,",1.0
"For thee these Hands were wrung, these Hairs were torn;",1.0
"For thee my Soul to sigh shall never leave,",1.0
"These Eyes to weep, this throbbing Heart to heave.",0.0
"To mourn thy Fall I'll fly the hated Light,",0.0
And hide my Head in Shades of endless Night:,0.0
"For thou were Light, and Life, and Health to me;",1.0
The Sun but thankless shines that shows not thee.,0.0
"Wert thou not Lovely, Graceful, Good and Young?",1.0
"The Joy of Sight, the Talk of every Tongue?",0.0
Did ever Branch so sweet a Blossom bear?,0.0
Or ever early Fruit appear so fair?,0.0
Did ever Youth so far his Years transcend?,0.0
And every Muse prepared thy future Praise.,0.0
"For thee the busy Nymphs stripped every Grove,",2.0
"But now, ah dismal Change! the tuneful Throng",0.0
"Their pleasing Task the weeping Virgins leave,",0.0
"There let me fall, there, there lamenting lie,",1.0
"There grieving grow to Earth, despair, and die.",0.0
"This said, her loud Complaint of force she ceased,",0.0
Excess of Grief her faltering Speech suppressed.,2.0
"Along the Ground her colder Limbs she laid,",0.0
"Then from her swimming Eyes began to pour,",0.0
Of softly falling Rain a Silver Shower;,0.0
"Her loosely flowing Hair, all radiant bright,",0.0
"As if the Sun had of his Beams been shorn,",2.0
And cast to Earth the Glories he had worn.,1.0
"A Sight so lovely sad, such deep Distress",0.0
"No Tongue can tell, no Pencil can express.",3.0
"And now the Winds, which had so long been still,",0.0
Began the swelling Air with Sighs to fill;,0.0
"Like Images of Ice, while she complained,",2.0
Now loosed their Streams; as when descending Rains,1.0
Roll the steep Torrents headlong over the Plains.,6.0
"The prone Creation, who so long had gazed,",0.0
"Began to roar and howl with horrid Yell,",0.0
"Dismal to hear, and terrible to tell;",3.0
"Nothing but Groans and Sighs were heard around,",2.0
And Echo multiplied each mournful Sound.,0.0
When all at once an universal Pause,0.0
"Of Grief was made, as from some secret Cause.",1.0
"The Balmy Air with fragrant Scents was filled,",0.0
As if each weeping Tree had Gums distilled.,1.0
"Such, if not sweeter, was the rich Perfume",2.0
"As if the Arabian Bird her Nest had fired,",3.0
And on the spicy Pile were new expired.,1.0
"And now the Turf, which late was naked seen,",0.0
Was sudden spread with lively springing Green;,0.0
"And Amaryllis saw, with wondering Eyes,",2.0
"A flowery Bed, where she had wept, arise;",2.0
"Thick as the pearly Drops the Fair had shed,",0.0
The blowing Buds advanced their Purple Head;,0.0
"From every Tear that fell, a Violet grew,",0.0
"And thence their Sweetness came, and thence their mournful Hew.",0.0
"Remember this, you Nymphs and gentle Maids,",1.0
When Solitude you seek in gloomy Shades;,0.0
"Or walk on Banks where silent Waters flow,",0.0
For there this lonely Flower will love to grow.,3.0
To crop the Stalks and take them softly up.,1.0
"When in your snowy Necks their Sweets you wear,",0.0
"Give a soft Sigh, and drop a tender Tear:",3.0
"And bless his peaceful Grave, where first they grew.",0.0
"OH Thou whose friendship is my joy and pride,",1.0
"Whose virtues warm me, and whose precepts guide;",2.0
"Thou, to whom greatness rightly understood,",1.0
Is but a larger power of being good;,3.0
Does not thy secret soul desire retreat?,0.0
Dost thou not wish the task of glory done,0.0
Thy busy life at length might be thy own;,0.0
"That to thy loved Philosophy resigned,",1.0
"Is to reflect at ease on glorious pains,",3.0
And calmly to enjoy what Virtue gains.,1.0
"Not him I praise, who from the world retired,",1.0
"By no enlivening generous passion fired,",4.0
And gently bids his active powers decay;,2.0
And shuns Renown as much as Infamy:,1.0
"But blessed is he, who exercised in cares,",1.0
To private Leisure public Virtue bears;,0.0
"Who tranquil ends the race he nobly run,",0.0
And decks Repose with trophies Labour won.,0.0
And crowns propitious his declining head:,1.0
"In his retreats their harps the Muses string,",1.0
"Friendship and Truth on all his moments wait,",2.0
Pleased with Retirement better than with State;,5.0
"And round the bower where humbly great he lies,",2.0
"Fair olives bloom, or verdant laurels rise.",1.0
So when thy Country shall no more demand,1.0
The needful aid of thy sustaining hand;,1.0
When Peace restored shall on her downy wing,1.0
Secure Repose and careless Leisure bring;,0.0
"Then to the shades of learnt ease retired,",3.0
"The world forgetting, by the world admired,",1.0
"Among thy books and friends, thou shalt possess",0.0
Contemplative and quiet happiness;,2.0
"Pleased to review a life in honour spent,",4.0
And painful merit paid with sweet content.,0.0
"Though wisdom calm, and science feed thy soul;",0.0
"One dearer bliss remains to be possessed,",2.0
That only can improve and crown the rest ' --,1.0
"Permit thy friend this secret to reveal,",1.0
Which thy own heart perhaps would better tell;,0.0
The point to which our sweetest passions move;,0.0
"Is to be truly loved, and fondly love.",1.0
"Friend to our health, and author of our rest,",1.0
"Bids every gloomy vexing passion fly,",1.0
And tunes each jarring string to harmony.,1.0
Even while I write; the name of Love inspires,0.0
"More pleasing thoughts, and more enlivening fires;",2.0
And every tender verse more sweetly flows.,0.0
Dull is the privilege of living free;,1.0
Our hearts were never formed for Liberty:,1.0
Can best defend them from consuming care.,1.0
"In vain to groves and gardens we retire,",1.0
And nature in her rural works admire;,0.0
"Though grateful these, yet these but faintly charm,",2.0
"They may Delight us, but can never Warm.",2.0
"May some fair eyes, my friend, thy bosom fire",1.0
With pleasing pangs of ever gay desire;,0.0
"And teach thee that soft science, which alone",1.0
Still to thy searching mind rests slightly known.,1.0
"Thy soul, though great, is tender and refined,",1.0
"To friendship sensible, to love inclined;",1.0
Against the entrance of so sweet a guest.,1.0
"Hear what the inspiring Muses bid me tell,",1.0
For Heaven shall ratify what they reveal.,1.0
"A chosen bride shall in thy arms be placed,",0.0
With all attractive charms of beauty graced;,0.0
"Whose wit and virtue shall thy own express,",0.0
Distinguished only by their softer dress:,1.0
"Thy greatness she, or thy retreat shall share,",2.0
"Sweeten tranquillity, or soften care:",3.0
"Her smiles the taste of every joy shall raise,",0.0
And add new pleasure to renown and praise;,2.0
"Till charmed you own the truth my verse would prove,",0.0
That Happiness is near allied to Love.,1.0
"IT'S past: dear venerable shade, farewell!",3.0
Thy blameless life thy peaceful death shall tell.,0.0
Clear to the last thy setting orb has run;,0.0
"Pure, bright, and healthy like a frosty sun:",1.0
And late old age with hand indulgent shed,1.0
"For Heaven prolonged her life to spread its praise,",0.0
And blessed her with a Patriarch's length of days.,4.0
"The truest praise was hers, a cheerful heart,",1.0
"Prone to enjoy, and ready to impart.",3.0
"An Israelite indeed, and free from guile,",0.0
She showed that piety and age could smile.,1.0
"Religion had her heart, her cares, her voice;",0.0
"'Twas her last refuge, as her earliest choice.",6.0
To holy Anna's spirit not more dear,0.0
"The church of Israel, and the house of prayer.",1.0
Her spreading offspring of the fourth degree,2.0
"Filled her fond arms, and clasped her trembling knee.",3.0
"Matured at length for some more perfect scene,",1.0
"Her hopes all bright, her prospects all serene,",0.0
"Each part of life sustained with equal worth,",0.0
"And not a wish left unfulfilled on earth,",1.0
Within her childrens' arms she dropped to rest.,0.0
"Farewell! thy cherished image, ever dear,",1.0
Shall many a heart with pious love revere:,2.0
"Long, long shall mine her honoured memory bless,",5.0
Who gave the dearest blessing I possess.,1.0
"POOR, fond deluded heart! wilt thou again",2.0
"Of treacherous Pleasure? Ah, deceived too long,",3.0
Cease now at length to throb with wishes vain!,1.0
"Ah, cease her paths bewildering to explore!",3.0
Betrayed so oft! yet recollect the woe,0.0
Which waits on disappointment; taught to know,0.0
"By sad experience, wilt thou not give over",2.0
"To rest, deluded, on the fickle wing",1.0
"Which Fancy lends thee in her airy flight,",0.0
"But to seduce thee to some giddy height,",2.0
And leave thee there a poor forsaken thing.,1.0
"Hope warbles once again, Truth pleads in vain,",2.0
And my charmed soul sinks vanquished by her strain.,5.0
WHat mighty genius thus excites my Breast,0.0
With flames too great to manage or resist;,2.0
"And prompts my humbler Muse at once to Sing,",0.0
Unequal Task the Hero and the King.,1.0
O were the potent inspiration less!,1.0
"But now I neither can its force control,",1.0
Nor paint the great Ideas of my Soul:,1.0
"Even so the Priests Inspired, left half the Mind",4.0
"Or, like himself, the Warlike Prince to dress;",1.0
"Or, speak him Acting in the dreadful Field,",0.0
As Brave Exploits as e'r the Sun beheld;,1.0
"Secure, and Threatening as a Martial God,",1.0
Among the thickest of his Foes he Rode;,1.0
"And, like an Angry Torrent forced his way",0.0
Through all the Horrors that in Ambush lay:,1.0
Or at the Boyne describe him as he stood,1.0
"Resolved, upon the edges of the Flood:",1.0
"On, on, Great William; for no Breast but Thine,",4.0
Was ever urged with such a Bold Design:,1.0
Indulge the Motions of this Sacred Heat;,1.0
For none but thee can wield a thought so great.,1.0
The Noblest Weight that e'r the River Bore.,0.0
"And, Rising, did him Homage as he passed:",1.0
And all the shapes of Death and Horror ' --,0.0
No more ' --  ah stay ' --  though in a cause so good;,0.0
It's pity to expend that Sacred Blood.,1.0
"Why wilt thou thus the boldest Dangers seek,",0.0
And foremost through the Hostile Squadrons break?,2.0
Why wilt thou thus so bravely venture all?,0.0
"That Guard him, and are pleased, the Task is yours.",1.0
All the Ill Fate that threatens him oppose;,4.0
"Confound the Forces of his Foreign Foes,",1.0
And Treacherous Friends less generous then those;,4.0
"May Heaven success to all his Actions give,",0.0
"And long, and long, and long, let WILLIAM live:",1.0
"Tell how thy pleasing STOWE employs thy Time,",0.0
"Or Stratagems of War, or Schemes of State?",1.0
"Dost thou recall to Mind with Joy, or Grief,",1.0
"Whose slightest Trophy raised in each Campaign,",0.0
"Does thy remembrance rising warm thy Heart,",1.0
"Or dost thou grieve indignant, now to see,",0.0
The fruitless End of all thy Victory?,0.0
"To see the Audacious Foe, so late subdued,",2.0
"Dispute those Terms for which so long they sued,",0.0
"As if BRITANNIA now were sunk so low,",3.0
Be far that Guilt! be never known that Shame!,0.0
"That ENGLAND should retract her rightful Claim,",0.0
"Or ceasing to be dreaded and adored,",2.0
"Stain with her Pen the Lustre of her Sword,",1.0
Or dost thou give the Winds a far to blow.,0.0
"And fix thy Mind alone on rural Scenes,",0.0
"To turn the levelled Lawns to liquid Plains,",0.0
"And force the latent Springs to lift their Heads,",0.0
"On watery Columns, Capitals to rear,",3.0
That mix their flowing Curls with upper Air.,0.0
"Or dost Thou, weary grown, these Works neglect,",0.0
"But catch the morning Breeze from fragrant Meads,",0.0
"For Nature bountiful in thee has joined,",2.0
"A Person pleasing with a worthy Mind,",1.0
"Not given the Form alone, but Means, and Art,",2.0
"To draw the Eye, or to allure the Heart,",1.0
"Poor were the Praise in Fortune to excel,",1.0
Yet want the Way to use that Fortune well.,0.0
"While thus adorned, while thus with Virtue crowned,",0.0
"At Home in Peace, Abroad in Arms renowned,",0.0
"Graceful in Form, and winning in Address",2.0
"While well you think, what aptly you express,",1.0
"A Table free, and eloquently neat.",1.0
What can be added more to mortal Bliss?,0.0
What can he want who stands possessed of this?,0.0
What can the fondest wishing Mother more,0.0
Of Heaven attentive for her Son implore?,1.0
"And yet a Happiness remains unknown,",1.0
Or to Philosophy revealed alone;,2.0
"Thy flowing Hopes, and Pleasure turns to Pain.",0.0
"Should Hope, and Fear thy Heart alternate tear,",4.0
"Or Love, or Hate, or Rage, or anxious Care,",0.0
"Whatever Passions may thy Mind infest,",2.0
Where is that Mind which Passions never molest?,2.0
"Amid the Pangs of such intestine Strife,",1.0
"Still think the present Day, the last of Life;",1.0
"Defer not till to Morrow to be wise,",2.0
"Or should to Morrow chance to cheer thy Sight,",0.0
How grateful will appear her dawning Rays!,1.0
"Who thus can think and who such thoughts pursues,",0.0
"Content may keep his Life, or calmly lose;",0.0
"When Leisure from Affairs will give thee Leave,",1.0
"Come, see thy Friend, retired without Regret,",1.0
"Forgetting Care, or striving to forget;",1.0
In easy Contemplation soothing Time,0.0
"Not so robust in Body, as in Mind,",2.0
"Not wondering at the World's new wicked Ways,",2.0
"Compared with those of our Forefathers Days,",3.0
"For Virtue now is neither more or less,",0.0
And Vice is only varied in the Dress;,0.0
"Believe it, Men have ever been the same,",0.0
"And all the Golden Age, is but a Dream.",1.0
"TO fill my rising Song with sacred Fire,",0.0
"You tuneful Nine, you sweet Celestial Quire!",0.0
"The dreadful Toils of raging Mars I write,",0.0
"The Springs of Contest, and the Fields of Fight;",1.0
"How threatening Mice advanced with warlike Grace,",1.0
And waged dire Combats with the croaking Race.,2.0
"These equal Acts an equal Glory claim,",0.0
And thus the Muse records the Tale of Fame.,0.0
"Once on a Time, fatigued and out of Breath,",1.0
"And just escaped the stretching Claws of Death,",0.0
"A Gentle Mouse, whom Cats pursued in vain,",0.0
"Hung over a Brink, his eager Thirst to cool.",3.0
And dipped his Whiskers in the standing Pool;,0.0
When near a courteous Frog advanced his Head;,2.0
"What art thou, Stranger? What the Line you boast?",0.0
What Chance hath cast thee panting on our Coast?,1.0
"With strictest Truth let all thy Words agree,",1.0
"If worthy Friendship, proffered Friendship take,",0.0
"Range over my Palace, in my Bounty share,",3.0
And glad return from hospitable Fare.,5.0
"This silver Realm extends beneath my Sway,",0.0
"And me, their Monarch, all its Frogs obey.",1.0
"Where by the nuptial Bank that paints his Side,",0.0
"Thee too, thy Form, thy Strength, and Port proclaim",0.0
"Then trace thy Line, and Aid my guessing Eyes.",0.0
"Thus ceased the Frog, and thus the Mouse replies.",1.0
"Known to the Gods, the Men, the Birds that fly",0.0
"Through wild Expanses of the midway Sky,",2.0
"My Mother she, and Princess of the Plains",2.0
"Born where a Cabin lifts its airy Shed,",0.0
From what Foundation can a Friendship grow?,1.0
These curling Waters over thy Palace roll;,2.0
But Man's high Food supports my Princely Soul.,1.0
In vain the circled Loaves attempt to lie,0.0
"In vain the Tripe that boasts the whitest Hue,",0.0
"In vain the gilded Bacon shuns my View,",0.0
"In vain the Cheeses, Offspring of the Pale,",2.0
"And as in Arts I shine, in Arms I fight,",1.0
"Mixed with the bravest, and unknown to Flight.",1.0
"Though large to mine the humane Form appear,",4.0
"Sly to the Bed with silent Steps I go,",0.0
"Attempt his Finger, or attack his Toe,",1.0
"Sleeping he feels, and only seems to feel.",2.0
"Grim Owls with Talons armed, and Cats with Claws,",1.0
"And that false Trap, the Den of silent Fate,",1.0
Where Death his Ambush plants around the Bait:,1.0
"The potent Warriors of the tabby Vest,",1.0
"If to the dark we fly, the Dark they trace,",1.0
"Nor can the crimson Radish charm my Sight,",1.0
Which not a Mouse of any Taste can bear.,0.0
"As thus the downy Prince his Mind expressed,",0.0
His Answer thus the croaking King addressed.,0.0
"We sport in Water, or we dance on Land,",1.0
"And born amphibious, Food from both command.",2.0
"But trust thy self where Wonders ask thy View,",0.0
"And safely tempt those Seas, I'll bear thee through:",0.0
"Ascend my Shoulders, firmly keep thy Seat,",0.0
"And reach my marshy Court, and feast in State.",0.0
"He said, and bent his Back; with nimble Bound",0.0
"Then wondering floats, and sees with glad Survey",2.0
The winding Banks resembling Ports at Sea.,0.0
"But when aloft the curling Water rides,",0.0
"His Thoughts grow conscious of approaching Woe,",2.0
"His idle Tears with vain Repentance flow,",0.0
Thick beats his Heart with unaccustomed Fears;,1.0
"He sighs, and chilled with Danger, longs for Shore:",0.0
"His Tail extended forms a fruitless Oar,",0.0
And thus bemoaned him from the dreadful Lake.,1.0
"So passed Europa through the rapid Sea,",1.0
And safe in Crete deposed his lovely Load.,0.0
Ah safe at last! may thus the Frog support,0.0
My trembling Limbs to reach his ample Court.,0.0
"As thus he sorrows, Death ambiguous grows,",2.0
And darts with active Rage along the Waves.,0.0
"Confused, the Monarch sees his hissing Foe,",0.0
And dives to shun the sable Fates below.,0.0
"Forgetful Frog! The Friend thy Shoulders bore,",0.0
"Unskilled in Swimming, floats remote from Shore.",0.0
"He grasps with fruitless Hands to find Relief,",0.0
"Plunging he sinks, and struggling mounts again,",2.0
"And sinks, and strives, but strives with Fate in vain.",0.0
"The weighty Moisture clogs his hairy Vest,",0.0
And thus the Prince his dying Rage expressed.,0.0
"Nor thou, that flings me floundering from thy Back,",2.0
"As from hard Rocks rebounds the shattering Wrack,",6.0
Pursued by Vengeance on the swiftest Wing:,1.0
"At Land thy Strength could never equal mine,",1.0
"At Sea to conquer, and by Craft, was thine.",1.0
"But Heaven has Gods, and Gods have searching Eyes:",0.0
"This said, he sighing gasped,' and gasping died.",0.0
"As on the flowery Brink he passed the Day,",3.0
"Loud shrieks the Mouse, his Shrieks the Shores repeat;",1.0
The nibbling Nation learn their Hero's Fate:,0.0
"Grief, dismal Grief ensues; deep Murmurs sound,",2.0
"From Lodge to Lodge the sacred Heralds run,",0.0
To fix their Council with the rising Sun;,1.0
And winds his lengthening Court beneath the Plains;,2.0
"Supine he lies! the silent Waters stand,",0.0
"Slow rose the Sovereign, heaved his anxious Breast,",1.0
"And thus, the Council filled with Rage, addressed.",0.0
"It's mine the private Grief, the public, yours.",2.0
"Three warlike Sons adorned my nuptial Bed,",2.0
"Three Sons, alas, before their Father dead!",1.0
"Our next, an Engine fraught with Danger drew,",0.0
"Dire Arts assist the Trap, the Fates decoy,",0.0
"Rouse all the War, my Friends! avenge the Deed,",0.0
"And bleed that Monarch, and his Nation bleed.",1.0
"His Words in every Breast inspired Alarms,",2.0
And careful Mars supplied their Host with Arms.,0.0
Faced with the Plunder of a Cat they flayed:,1.0
The Lamp's round Boss affords their ample Shield;,0.0
Large Shells of Nuts their covering Helmet yield;,1.0
"And over the Region, with reflected Rays,",3.0
Dreadful in Arms the marching Mice appear;,2.0
"The wondering Frogs perceive the Tumult near,",2.0
"Forsake the Waters, thickening form a Ring,",0.0
"And ask, and harken, whence the Noises spring.",0.0
"When near the Crowd, disclosed to public View,",0.0
"The sacred Herald's Sceptre graced his Hand,",0.0
And thus his Words expressed his King's Command.,0.0
"You Frogs! the Mic with Vengeance fired, advance,",2.0
And decked in Armour shake the shining Lance:,0.0
Extends incumbent on the watery Plain.,3.0
"Then arm your Host, the doubtful Battle try;",0.0
Lead forth those Frogs that have the Soul to die.,1.0
"The Chief retires, the Crowd the Challenge hear,",0.0
"Much they resent, yet much their Monarch blame,",1.0
"Who rising, spoke to clear his tainted Fame.",0.0
"OH Friends, I never forced the Mouse to Death,",1.0
"He, vain of Youth, our Art of Swimming tried'",0.0
"To Vengeance now by false Appearance led,",0.0
They point their Anger at my guiltless Head.,0.0
"But wage the rising War by deep Device,",0.0
And turn its Fury on the crafty Mice.,1.0
Your King directs the Way; my Thoughts elate,0.0
"With Hopes of Conquest, form Designs of Fate.",0.0
"Where high the Banks their verdant Surface heave,",0.0
"And the steep Sides confine the sleeping Wave,",2.0
"There, near the Margin, clad in Armour bright,",0.0
Sustain the first impetuous Shocks of Fight:,0.0
"Then, where the dancing Feather joins the Crest,",0.0
Let each brave Frog his obvious Mouse arrest;,5.0
"Each strongly grasping, headlong plunge a Foe,",1.0
Till countless Circles whirl the Lake below;,0.0
Down sink the Mice in yielding Waters drowned;,0.0
Loud flash the Waters; and the Shores resound:,3.0
"The Frogs triumphant tread the conquered Plain,",0.0
And raise their glorious Trophies of the slain.,3.0
"He spoke no more, his prudent Scheme imparts",1.0
"Green was the Suit his arming Heroes chose,",0.0
"Around their Legs the Greaves of Mallows close,",0.0
"Green were the Beets about their Shoulders laid,",0.0
"Formed of the varied Shells the Waters yield,",0.0
Their glossy Helmets glistened over the Field:,2.0
With upright Order pierced the ambient Air.,3.0
"Thus dressed for War, they take the appointed Height,",3.0
A Solemn Council called the brazen Gates,0.0
"The Sire superior leans, and points to show",4.0
What wondrous Combats Mortals wage below:,5.0
"How strong, how large, the numerous Heroes stride!",2.0
What Length of Lance they shake with warlike Pride!,1.0
"What eager Fire, their rapid March reveals!",0.0
So the fierce Centaurs ravaged over the Dales;,6.0
"And so confirmed, the daring Titans rose,",1.0
"Heaped Hills on Hills, and bid the Gods be Foes.",1.0
"This seen, the Power his sacred Visage rears,",2.0
"He casts a pitying Smile on worldly Cares,",2.0
"And asks what heavenly Guardians take the List,",4.0
"Or who the Mice, or who the Frogs assist?",0.0
Then thus to Pallas. If my Daughter's Mind,1.0
"Have joined the Mice, why stays she still behind;",0.0
"And sure Attendance round thine Altar pay,",0.0
"Where while the Victims gratify their Taste,",0.0
They sport to please the Goddess of the Feast.,1.0
"Thus spoke the Ruler of the spacious Skies,",2.0
"But thus, resolved, the blue-eyed Maid replies.",1.0
"In vain, my Father! all their Dangers plead,",0.0
"To such, thy Pallas never grants her Aid.",1.0
And rob my crystal Lamps of feeding Oil.,0.0
"Ills following Ills but what afflicts me more,",3.0
"The Web was curious, wrought with Art divine;",2.0
"Along the Loom the purple Warp I spread,",0.0
"Cast the light Shoot, and crossed the silver Thread;",3.0
"In this their Teeth a thousand Breaches tear,",0.0
"The Gods, that use no Coin, have none to give.",1.0
Neglected Learning gains no Wealth below.,1.0
"For late, when all the Conflict ceased at Night,",0.0
"When spent with glorious Toil, I left the Field,",2.0
And sunk for Slumber on my swelling Shield;,1.0
"Lo from the Deep, repelling sweet Repose,",0.0
"Devoid of Rest, with aching Brows I lay,",0.0
Till Cocks proclaimed the crimson Dawn of Day.,0.0
Let heavenly Blood or what for Blood may flow,3.0
"Adorn the Conquest of a meaner Foe,",1.0
"Some daring Mouse may meet the wondrous Odds,",0.0
"Though Gods oppose, and brave the wounded Gods.",0.0
"Over gilded Clouds reclined, the Danger view,",0.0
And be the Wars of Mortals Scenes for you.,0.0
"So moved the blue-eyed Queen; her Words persuade,",1.0
"NOW Front to Front the marching Armies shine,",1.0
"Halt ever they meet, and form the lengthening Line:",5.0
"The Chiefs conspicuous seen and heard afar,",2.0
Give the loud Signal to the rushing War;,4.0
"Their dreadful Trumpets deep mouthed Hornets sound,",1.0
And rolls low Thunder through the troubled Sky.,2.0
"The luckless Warrior filled with generous Flame,",2.0
Stood foremost glittering in the Post of Fame;,3.0
"The Mouse fell thundering, and the Target rung;",2.0
"Prone to the Ground he sinks his closing Eye,",0.0
And soiled in Dust his lovely Tresses lie.,0.0
The missive Spear within the Bosom past;,0.0
"Death's sable Shades the fainting Frog surround,",1.0
And Life's red Tide runs ebbing from the Wound.,3.0
"Transfix, and quiver in his panting Heart;",0.0
For boastful Speech and Turbulence of Sound;,1.0
"Deep through the Belly pierced, supine he lay,",0.0
And breathed his Soul against the Face of Day.,0.0
"A Victor triumph, and a Friend expire;",1.0
"With heaving Arms a rocky Fragment caught,",0.0
"A Warrior versed in Arts, of sure Retreat,",0.0
But Arts in vain elude impending Fate;,0.0
"Full on his sinewy Neck the Fragment fell,",2.0
And over his Eyelids Clouds eternal dwell.,3.0
"Striding advanced, and took no wandering Aim;",5.0
And near the vanquished Mouse the Victor dies;,0.0
"Long bred to Banquets, less inured to Fights,",1.0
And wildly floundering flashes up the Deep;,3.0
"Gasping he rolls, a purple Stream of Blood",2.0
"Through the wide Wound the rushing Entrails throng,",2.0
"Prince of the Mice that haunt the flowery Vales,",2.0
"Lost to the milky Fares and rural Seat,",0.0
He came to perish on the Bank of Fate.,1.0
"Drops the green Target, springing quits the Foe,",3.0
"Glides through the Lake, and safely dives below.",0.0
"Through breaking Ranks, and leads the dreadful Day.",0.0
His Parents fed him on the savage Boar;,1.0
"Till fallen in Death he lies, a shattering Stone",4.0
"Sounds on the Neck, and crushes all the Bone,",0.0
And from his Nostrils bursts the gushing Brain.,1.0
"A blameless Frog, whom humbler Life delights;",0.0
"And downward plunging, sinks his Soul to Death.",0.0
Scarce he so great whose Loss provoked the War,0.0
"His freckled Corpse before the Victor fell,",0.0
His Soul indignant fought the Shades of Hell.,0.0
"Heaved with both Hands a monstrous Mass of Mud,",3.0
"The Cloud obscene over all the Hero flies,",5.0
"Enraged, and wildly sputtering, from the Shore",1.0
"A Stone immense of Size the Warrior bore,",0.0
Asks ten degenerate Mice of modern Days.,3.0
Full on the Leg arrives the crushing Wound;,0.0
"Deep through the Belly run the pointed Reed,",0.0
And on the Pile his reeking Entrails bore.,1.0
Creeps from the desperate Dangers of the Plain;,1.0
And where the Ditches rising Weeds supply,0.0
"To spread their lowly Shades beneath the Sky,",0.0
There lurks the silent Mouse relieved from Heat,0.0
"But where the Foot around its Ankle plies,",0.0
"Halts to the Pool, a safe Retreat to find,",0.0
And trails a dangling Length of Leg behind.,0.0
"The Mouse still urges, still the Frog retires,",1.0
And half in Anguish of the Flight expires:,1.0
Betwixt the Fortunes of contending Kings:,1.0
"Lank, harmless Frog! with Forces hardly grown,",1.0
"He darts the Reed in Combats not his own,",2.0
"Hangs at the Point, and drops upon the Field.",0.0
Now nobly towering over the rest appears,3.0
"A gallant Prince that far transcends his Years,",0.0
"Pride of his Sire, and Glory of his House,",3.0
And more a Mars in Combat than a Mouse:,1.0
"His Action bold, robust his ample Frame,",0.0
"The Warrior singled from the fighting Crowd,",1.0
"Then strutting near the Lake, with Looks elate;",0.0
To all its Nations threats approaching Fate.,0.0
"And such his Strength, the Silver Lakes around",1.0
"To Frogs that perish, than to human Race,",1.0
"Felt soft Compassion rising in his Soul,",1.0
"And shook his sacred Head, that shook the Pole.",0.0
Then thus to all the gazing Powers began,2.0
"The Sire of Gods, and Frogs, and Mice, and Man,",2.0
What Seas of Blood I view! what Worlds of slain!,0.0
An Iliad rising from a Day's Campaign!,3.0
Soon will the Frogs loquacious Empire end.,0.0
"Let dreadful Pallas winged with Pity fly,",1.0
And make her AEgis blaze before his Eye:,0.0
Arrests his raging Rival of the War.,1.0
"He ceased, reclining with attentive Head,",1.0
When thus the glorious God of Combats said.,4.0
"With all the Terrors of her hissing Shield,",1.0
"Nor Mars himself, though Mars in Armour bright",0.0
"Ascend his Car, and wheel amid the Fight;",0.0
Or change the Fortunes of the bleeding War.,1.0
"Let all go forth, all Heaven in Arms arise,",3.0
Or launch thy own red Thunder from the Skies.,2.0
"Such ardent Bolts as flew that wondrous Day,",0.0
"When Heaps of Titans mixed with Mountains lay,",0.0
"Deep lengthening Thunders run from Pole to Pole,",3.0
"And headlong darts it at the distant Ground,",1.0
"And Frogs, the Dwellers in the Waters, quake.",0.0
"Yet still the Mice advance their dread Design,",0.0
"And the last Danger threats the croaking Line,",2.0
"Poured from the neighbouring Strand, deformed to View,",2.0
"They march, a sudden unexpected Crew!",0.0
"Strong Suits of Armour round their Bodies close,",1.0
In wheeling Marches turned oblique they go;,0.0
From out the Flesh their Bones by Nature stand;,1.0
"Broad spread their Backs, their shining Shoulders rise;",1.0
With nervous Cords their Hands are firmly braced;,0.0
Their round black Eyeballs in their Bosom placed;,1.0
On eight long Feet the wondrous Warriors tread;,1.0
And either end alike supplies a Head.,0.0
"These, mortal Wits to call the Crabs, agree,",0.0
The Gods have other Names for Things than we.,0.0
"Here, short of Feet, deprived the Power to fly,",2.0
"There, without Hands, upon the Field they lie.",4.0
"Wrenched from their Holds, and scattered all around,",0.0
"Helpless Amazement, Fear pursuing Fear,",2.0
And mad Confusion through their Host appear:,1.0
Or creep concealed in vaulted Holes below.,0.0
But down Olympus to the Western Seas,2.0
"Was fought, and ceased, in one revolving Sun.",1.0
"Dear Dick, how ever it comes into his Head,",3.0
"Believes, as firmly as He does his Creed,",1.0
"That You and I, Sir, are extremely great;",3.0
"Though I plain Mat, You Minister of State.",3.0
"One Word from Me, without all doubt, He says,",1.0
Would fix his Fortune in some little Place.,0.0
"Thus better than My self, it seems, He knows,",2.0
How far my Interest with my Patron goes;,1.0
"And answering all Objections I can make,",3.0
Still plunges deeper in his dear Mistake.,1.0
"From this wild Fancy, Sir, there may proceed",3.0
"One wilder yet, which I foresee, and dread;",1.0
"That I, in Fact, a real Interest have,",3.0
"Which to my own Advantage I would save,",1.0
"And, with the usual Courtier's Trick, intend",3.0
"To serve My self, forgetful of my Friend.",1.0
"To shun this Censure, I all Shame lay by;",3.0
And make my Reason with his Will comply;,2.0
That of two Evils I have chose the least.,3.0
"So, Sir, with this Epistolary Scroll,",1.0
"Him you will find in Letters, and in Laws",2.0
"Warm in the Glorious Interest You pursue,",3.0
"And, in one Word, a Good Man and a True.",0.0
"My trembling Muse, with awful Duty press,",0.0
"Since meanest Slaves, to Altars may repair,",1.0
"With sacred Rites, of Sacrifice and Prayer.",0.0
"Heaven takes the Incense, if it is sincere,",3.0
"Freely as if the Great, had offered there,",2.0
"Blessed with such hopes, my Muse, with Prostrate Zeal,",0.0
Dare at the Feet of her great Sovereign kneel;,3.0
"Not for your Glory, but Divinity.",2.0
"Never shone so Bright, till you had put it on;",1.0
"You, who have condescended to a Throne.",0.0
"Greatness and Goodness, are consistent Things:",3.0
"Your Subjects modest Merits your regard,",1.0
As makes a Sanctuary of your Court.,1.0
"All your Retinue, so reformed appear,",2.0
"As if the Golden Age, were Blooming here;",1.0
"Fixed like the Sun, superior you dispense,",3.0
"On all the under World, your blissful Influence.",1.0
"The Graces in your smiles, with Grandeur move,",3.0
And form an Air of Majesty and Love:,1.0
"Heaven be propitious to my Monarch's Arms,",2.0
"And make them as Victorious, as her Charms,",2.0
"With your fair Hand, their boasted Greatness awe.",2.0
"Why are we barred, or why I Woman made,",0.0
"Whose Sex forbids to Fight, and to Invade,",1.0
"Or give my Queen, more than my wish for Aid?",1.0
"Will strait turn Amazon, but speak the Word;",1.0
"Scarce can I kerb, my eager loyal Soul,",0.0
"For you I'd fight, Mankind from Pole to Pole,",2.0
"Till all the Kingdoms, in one Empire meet,",0.0
Then lay the Crown at your Imperial Feet.,3.0
"And hug the Chains, which made them Slaves to you;",0.0
"May you in Peace, long Rule your Native Land,",2.0
"And the just Terror, of Ambition stand:",2.0
May every Subject you protect; Profess,1.0
"As much as I, and dare to act no less.",2.0
"For sure, whatever You do, wherever You are,",4.0
"It's all but one good Work, one constant Prayer:",1.0
"To raise her Notes to that sublime Degree,",0.0
Which suits a Song of Piety and Thee.,1.0
"The Force of Sin, may stop the Rage of Hell:",0.0
"The crying Voice, to bid the World repent.",0.0
Thee Youth shall study; and no more engage,2.0
Their flattering Wishes for uncertain Age;,3.0
"No more with fruitless Care, and cheated Strife",0.0
Chace fleeting Pleasure through this Maze of Life;,2.0
"Finding the wretched All They here can have,",2.0
"But present Food, and but a future Grave:",1.0
"Each, great as Philip's Victor Son, shall view",0.0
"This abject World, and weeping, ask a New.",0.0
"Decrepit Age shall read Thee, and confess,",1.0
"Shall bless thy Words, their wounded Souls Relief,",0.0
The Drops that sweeten their last Dregs of Life:,2.0
"Shall look to Heaven, and laugh at all beneath;",0.0
"Own Riches gathered, Trouble; Fame, a Breath;",0.0
"And Life an Ill, whose only Cure is Death.",0.0
"Wit may admire, and lettered Pride be taught:",2.0
"Easy in Words thy Style, in Sense sublime:",2.0
On it's blessed Steps each Age and Sex may rise:,2.0
"It's like the Ladder in the Patriarch's Dream,",1.0
"It's Foot on Earth, it's Height above the Skies.",0.0
"Diffused it's Virtue, boundless is it's Power:",1.0
"It's Public Health, and Universal Cure:",0.0
"Of Heavenly Manna, it's a second Feast,",3.0
"A Nation's Food, and all to every Taste.",0.0
To it's last Height mad Britain's Guilt was reared:,4.0
And various Death for various Crimes She feared:,4.0
With your kind Work her drooping Hopes revive:,2.0
"You bid Her read, repent, adore, and live:",0.0
You wrest the Bolt from Heavens avenging Hand;,2.0
"Stop ready Death, and save a sinking Land.",1.0
OH! save Us still; still bless Us with thy Stay:,3.0
"OH! want thy Heaven, till We have learnt the Way:",2.0
Refuse to leave thy destined Charge too soon:,1.0
OH! live; and let thy Works urge our Belief;,3.0
Live to explain thy Doctrine by thy Life;,3.0
"Grow ripe in Years, and old in Piety;",2.0
"Till Christians, yet unborn, be taught to die.",1.0
"Then in full Age, and hoary Holiness",2.0
"Retire, great Teacher, to thy promised Bliss:",2.0
"Untouched thy Tomb, uninjured be thy Dust,",0.0
As thy own Fame among the future Just;,1.0
Till in last Sounds the dreadful Trumpet speaks:,1.0
Till Judgement calls; and quickened Nature wakes:,0.0
"Till through the utmost Earth, and deepest Sea",2.0
"Our scattered Atoms find their destined Way,",0.0
In haste to cloth their Kindred Souls again;,0.0
"Perfect our State, and build immortal Man:",0.0
"To Paths of Joy, and Tracts of endless Light",0.0
"Lead up all those who heard Thee, and believed:",1.0
"'Midst thy own Flock, great Shepherd, be received;",1.0
And glad all Heaven with Millions Thou hast saved.,1.0
"From dreary scenes low prostrate on the ground,",2.0
Where anguish rages with a gloom profound;,1.0
"Where poverty in every form appears,",1.0
"To chill a wretched prisoner with fears,",1.0
"A spirit fled; the brave, undaunted mind",0.0
"Smiled at despair, and left its load behind;",1.0
"O! Henry, must thou undistinguished lie,",0.0
"And will no friend whom all those virtues made,",1.0
Pay a just tribute to thy parting shade?,1.0
"Yes, I'm that friend; accept the pitying tear,",2.0
The kindest offering of an heart sincere;,1.0
"O! take it then from her you once approved,",1.0
"I'll guard thy memory, and indulge my woe;",3.0
"How hard thy fate! from peace, from pleasure torn,",0.0
"Doomed to imprisonment, in want to mourn;",3.0
"On the damp earth exposed, thy gallant breast",2.0
"With sickness, anguish, pining care oppressed;",0.0
"Too proud for pity, conscious of the past,",2.0
"Forgot, unheeded even to the last,",1.0
"No gentle hand thy later wants relieved,",1.0
Nor cordial drop thy closing lips received,0.0
A man in whom the virtues did reside:,0.0
"You brave companions of his happier days,",3.0
O! aid my feeble voice to speak his praise;,0.0
"He once was leader of a chosen band,",1.0
And carried conquest through a foreign land;,1.0
"Loved by his equals, to his soldiers dear,",1.0
"To each forgiving, to himself severe",1.0
"Till death, more kind than country, friends, or king,",0.0
Sheltered his sorrows with his fable wing:,3.0
"Pardon, you brave! long, long did you protect",4.0
That injured worth his country did neglect;,0.0
"Then join with me the kind embalming tear,",1.0
"And may thy rest be sweet, thou good and brave!",1.0
Bright honour rear her standard over thy grave;,3.0
"And though no marble may adorn the spot,",3.0
A name so honoured cannot be forgot;,2.0
"Dear to the soldier, by the good approved,",1.0
"Sacred to friends, and by relations loved.",3.0
"And O! blessed spirit! gracious and benign,",3.0
Over all my ways O! let thy influence shine:,2.0
"And be my guardian, comforter, and friend:",3.0
"Direct the good, the shafts of ill repel,",0.0
Till I shall bid each earthly bliss farewell;,2.0
Then may thy spirit welcome mine above,1.0
"With waving Locks, and thin transparent Robe,",0.0
"Whoever would catch this Dame, must swiftly ride.",2.0
"Mark, how she seems to Fly, and with her bears,",1.0
All that is worth a busy Mortal's Cares:,0.0
"The gilded Air about her Statue shines,",1.0
As if the Earth had lent it all her Mines;,1.0
"At random Here a Diadem she slings,",0.0
"And There a scarlet Hat with dangling Strings,",1.0
And to ten Thousand Fools ten Thousand glorious Things.,5.0
"Shall I then stay at Home, Dull and Content",2.0
"No, I'll to Horse, to Sea, to utmost Isles,",1.0
But I'll encounter her propitious Smiles:,2.0
And scarce the few Paternal Acres keep.,0.0
"Farewell, replied his Friend, may you advance,",2.0
And grow the Darling of this Lady Chance:,1.0
"While I indeed, not courting of her Grace,",2.0
"Shall dwell content, in this my Native Place,",1.0
Hoping I still shall for your Friend be known:,2.0
"But if too big for such Acquaintance grown,",3.0
"I shan't be such a fond mistaken Sot,",1.0
To think Remembrance should become my Lot;,0.0
"When you Exalted, have your self Forgot.",1.0
"Nor me Ambitious ever shall you find,",1.0
"Or hunting Fortune, who, they say, is Blind:",0.0
"But if her Want of Sight should make her Stray,",1.0
"She should be Welcome, if she came this Way.",1.0
It's very like the Undertaker cried,0.0
That she her Steps to these lost Paths should guide:,2.0
"But I lose Time, while I such Thoughts deride.",1.0
"Away he goes, with Expectation cheered,",0.0
"But when his Course he round the World had steered,",0.0
"And much had born, and much had hoped and feared,",0.0
Yet could not be informed where he might find,1.0
This fickle Mistress of all Humankind:,1.0
"He quits at length the Chase of flying Game,",0.0
He there encounters the uncertain Dame;,2.0
"Who lighting from her gaudy Coach in haste,",1.0
To him her eager Speeches thus addressed.,1.0
"Fortune behold, who has been long pursued,",2.0
"That Hither I am fled to shun their Suits,",1.0
And by free Choice conclude their vain Disputes;,2.0
"While I the Owner of this Mansion bless,",1.0
"Though rightly charged as something Dark of Sight,",0.0
"Yet Merit, when it's found, is my Delight;",1.0
"To make me Sport, as I beheld them strive,",1.0
"Scrambling amongst the Vigorous and Young,",2.0
All striving to obtain me right or wrong:,1.0
Showed me a Farce in the contending World.,1.0
"Thou wert deluded, while with Ship, or Steed,",1.0
"And by laborious Toil, and endless Pains,",3.0
"While He alone my real Favourite rises,",5.0
"And neither courts, nor yet my Gifts despises.",0.0
THOUGH to Antiquity the Praise we yield,2.0
Of pleasing Arts; and Fable's earliest Field,2.0
Own to be fruitful Greece; yet not so clean,0.0
And from the Lands of vast Invention come,1.0
"Daily new Authors, with Discoveries home.",6.0
"This curious Piece, which I shall now impart,",2.0
Rivals and Heirs to the Horatian Lyre:,3.0
"Who meeting him, one Day, free and alone,",3.0
For still their Thoughts were to each other known,1.0
"Thus asked his Aid ' --  Some useful Counsel give,",1.0
"Thou who, by living long, hast learnt to live;",0.0
Whose Observation nothing can escape;,1.0
"Tell me, how I my course of Life shall shape:",1.0
"You know my Birth, my Talents, my Estate:",1.0
"Shall I with these content, all Search resign,",1.0
"Or in the Court, or Camp, advancement gain?",0.0
The World's a mixture of Delight and Pain:,1.0
"I need not ask, to what my Genius tends,",0.0
"But would content the World, the Court, my Friends.",0.0
"How vain the Attempt will prove in him, that tries,",3.0
"Learn from a Fable, I have somewhere found,",2.0
Before I answer all that you propound.,1.0
"A Miller and his Son the Father old,",1.0
The Boy about some fifteen Years had told,1.0
"Designed their Ass to sell, and for the Fair,",1.0
"Some distance off, accordingly prepare.",2.0
"But lest she in the walk should lose her Flesh,",1.0
"And not appear, for Sale, so full and fresh,",0.0
Her Feet together tied; between them two,0.0
"Till those, who met them bearing thus the Ass,",1.0
"Cried, Are these Fools about to act a Farce?",0.0
Surely the Beast however it seem to be,5.0
Is not the greatest Ass of all the Three.,0.0
"The Miller in their Mirth his Folly finds,",0.0
"And though her grumbling showed, she liked much more",1.0
"The lazy way, she travelled in before,",0.0
He minds her not; but up the Boy he sets,1.0
"Thus on they jog, when of Three Men that passed.",2.0
"The eldest thinking Age to be disgraced,",0.0
"Called to the Youth, ho! you, young Man for shame!",3.0
"Come down, lest Passengers your Manners blame,",1.0
"And say, it ill becomes your tender Years",0.0
"Truly, the Gentlemen are in the right,",3.0
"The Miller cries, and makes the Boy alight;",0.0
"Then forward slides himself into his place,",0.0
"And with a Mind content, renews his pace:",1.0
"But much he had not gained upon his way,",0.0
"Partial to Youth to one another cried,",3.0
"He rides alone, and dangling in the Seat,",0.0
"Hangs like a Calf thrown up, across the Beast.",2.0
"Replied, he was too Old for Veal to pass,",2.0
"But after more on him, and on his Ass,",1.0
"He stands convinced, and takes his Son again",0.0
"To ride at ease himself, still next the Mane.",1.0
"The next they met, cried ' --  Are these Fellows mad",2.0
"Sure, at the Fair, they for her Skin may trade.",1.0
"The Miller, whom this most of all provokes,",0.0
"Swears by his Cap, he shows his want of Brains,",0.0
"Who thus to please the World, bestows his Pains",0.0
"However we'll try, if this weighed may be done;",3.0
"And off he comes, and fetches down his Son.",2.0
"Behind they walk, and now the Creature drive,",0.0
But could no better in their Purpose thrive;,1.0
"Nor escape a Fellow's Censure, whom they meet,",1.0
"That cries, to spare the Ass they break their Feet;",0.0
"Trudge in the Dirt, and batter out their Shoes;",1.0
"As if to burden her they were afraid,",3.0
"And Men for Beasts, not Beasts for Men were made.",0.0
"The Proverb right, the Cart before the Horse.",0.0
"The Miller, finding things grow worse and worse,",1.0
"Cries out, I am an Ass, it is agreed,",2.0
"And so are all, who would in this succeed.",2.0
"I'll neither heed, but follow my own Mind,",1.0
"Take my own Counsel, how my Beast to sell.",1.0
"This he resolved, and did it, and did well.",2.0
"For you, Sir, Follow Love, the Court, the War;",2.0
"Live single all your Days, or take a Wife;",1.0
"THY justice, heavenly King! and that great day,",3.0
"When Virtue, long abandoned and forlorn,",1.0
I sing adventurous. ' --  But what eye can pierce,1.0
The vast immeasurable realms of space,0.0
Over which Messiah drives his flaming car,0.0
"Firstborn of heaven, to judge assembled worlds,",1.0
"Clothed in celestial radiance! Can the Muse,",2.0
"Her feeble wing all damp with earthly dew,",0.0
Chant songs of triumph to their Maker's praise? ' --,2.0
"Yet will I strive to sing, albeit unused",2.0
To tread poetic soil. What though the wiles,1.0
Of Fancy me enchanted never could lure,2.0
To rove over fairy lands; to swim the streams,2.0
Or climb her mountain tops; yet will I raise,1.0
My feeble voice to tell what harmony,1.0
Sweet as the music of the rolling spheres,1.0
May hope her promised crown; that Vice may dread,0.0
"Vengeance, though late; that reasoning Pride may own",4.0
"That divine particle, which God's own breath",7.0
"Inspired into the mortal mass, shall rest",2.0
"Annihilate, till Duration has unrolled",3.0
"In laws, in rites, in manners disagree,",1.0
"With one consent expect another world,",1.0
"Have feigned a paradise of mirth and love,",0.0
"Banquets, and blooming nymphs? Or rather tell,",2.0
"Where never Science reared her sacred torch,",0.0
"Is placed a friendly monitor, that prompts,",1.0
"Informs, directs, encourages, forbids?",1.0
"Tell, why on unknown evil grief attends,",5.0
Or joy on secret good? Why conscience acts,0.0
"With tenfold force, when sickness, age, or pain,",1.0
Stands tottering on the precipice of Death?,3.0
Or why such horror gnaws the guilty soul,0.0
Of dying sinners; while the good man sleeps,1.0
"Peaceful and calm, and with a smile expires?",3.0
"Look round the world, with what a partial hand",0.0
The scale of bliss and misery is sustained!,3.0
Beneath the shade of cold obscurity,1.0
"Pale Virtue lies! no arm supports her head,",2.0
"No friendly voice speaks comfort to her soul,",3.0
"But, in their stead, Contempt and rude Disdain",0.0
Insult the banished wanderer: on she goes,1.0
"Neglected and forlorn: Disease, and Cold,",1.0
"And Famine, worst of ills, her steps attend:",0.0
"Yet patient, and to heaven's just will resigned,",3.0
"She never is seen to weep, or heard to sigh.",2.0
Where flushed with all the insolence of wealth,1.0
Sits pampered Vice! For him the Arabian gale,4.0
For him pour nectar from the purple vine;,3.0
Nor think for these he pays the tribute due,1.0
"To heaven: of heaven he never names the name,",0.0
He points his jest obscene. Yet buxom Health,0.0
And wilt thou never repay? Shall good and ill,2.0
Be carried undistinguished to the land,1.0
Where all things are forgot? ' --  Ah! no; the day,2.0
"Will come, when Virtue from the cloud shall burst",1.0
That long obscured her beams; when Sin shall fly,0.0
Back to her native hell; there sink eclipsed,0.0
"In penal darkness; where nor star shall rise,",0.0
Nor ever sunshine pierce the impervious gloom.,5.0
"On that great day the solemn trump shall sound,",1.0
That trump which once in heaven on man's revolt,0.0
Then shall the assembled nations of the earth,2.0
"Unite; Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks,",3.0
"Names famed of old: or who of later age,",1.0
"Chinese and Russian, Mexican and Turk,",1.0
"Drink Ganges' sacred stream. At once shall rise,",1.0
Whom distant ages to each other's sight,1.0
Had long denied; before the throne shall kneel,0.0
"Some great progenitor, while at his side",1.0
Stands his descendant through a thousand lines.,3.0
"Whatever their nation, and whatever their rank,",7.0
With equal eye the God of all shall see;,0.0
And judge with equal love. What though the great,1.0
With costly pomp and aromatic sweets,0.0
Embalmed his poor remains; or through the dome,1.0
"A thousand tapers shed their gloomy light,",0.0
While solemn organs to his parting soul,1.0
Dost thou discern him from that lowly swain,2.0
Long lay neglected? ' --  All at once shall rise;,1.0
"But not to equal glory: for, alas!",1.0
Some wail their fatal birth. ' --  First among these,3.0
Behold the mighty murderers of mankind;,2.0
They who in sport whole kingdoms slew; or they,1.0
Who to the tottering pinnacle of power,3.0
Waded through seas of blood! How will they curse,3.0
The madness of ambition; how lament,2.0
Who sunk an aged father to the grave:,1.0
Slighted a brother's sufferings: ' --  Here are they,2.0
"Who from the infant virgin tore her dower,",0.0
And eat the orphan's bread: ' --  who spent their stores,0.0
In selfish luxury; or over their gold,3.0
Prostrate and pale adored the useless heap. ' --,2.0
Who mixed the poisonous bowl; ' --  or broke the ties,2.0
Of hospitable friendship: ' --  and the wretch,5.0
Whose listless soul sick with the cares of life,2.0
Rushed in with insult rude. How would they joy,1.0
"Once more to visit earth; and, though oppressed",1.0
"With all that Pain and Famine can inflict,",1.0
Pant up the hill of life? Vain wish! the Judge,1.0
"Pronounces doom eternal on their heads,",1.0
Perpetual punishment. Seek not to know,4.0
What punishment! for that the Almighty Will,3.0
Has hid from mortal eyes: and shall vain man,1.0
With curious search refined presume to pry,2.0
"Into thy secrets, Father! No: let him",2.0
"With humble patience all thy works adore,",0.0
"But who are they, who bound in tenfold chains",2.0
Stand horribly aghast? This is the crew,3.0
"Who strove to pull Jehovah from his throne,",1.0
And in the place of heaven's Eternal King,2.0
Set up the phantom Chance. For them in vain,1.0
Alternate seasons cheered the rolling year;,2.0
"In vain the sun over herb, tree, fruit, and flower",4.0
"Shed genial influence, mild; and the pale moon",4.0
Repaired her waning orb. ' --  Next these is placed,1.0
And against the impenetrable walls of heaven,4.0
Planted his feeble battery. By these stands,3.0
The arch Apostate: he with many a wile,3.0
Exhorts them still to foul revolt. Alas!,0.0
"No hope have they from black despair, no ray",2.0
Shines through the gloom to cheer their sinking souls:,0.0
In agonies of grief they curse the hour,1.0
When first they left Religion's onward way.,0.0
These on the left are ranged: but on the right,2.0
"A chosen band appears, who fought beneath",0.0
"The banner of Jehovah, and defied",2.0
"Satan's united legions. Some, unmoved",2.0
"At the grim tyrant's frown, over barbarous climes",6.0
Sad servitude! in chains and dungeons pined;,1.0
Or racked with all the agonies of pain,1.0
Breathed out their faithful lives. Thrice happy they,2.0
Whom heaven elected to that glorious strife! ' --,3.0
Entailed their just reward. Thou amongst these,2.0
Fostering fair Genius bad the Poet's hand,2.0
"Bring annual offerings to his Maker's shrine,",4.0
Shalt find the generous care was not in vain. ' --,3.0
"Here is that favourite band, whom mercy mild,",0.0
"God's best loved attribute, adorned; whose gate",4.0
Stood ever open to the stranger's call;,2.0
"Who fed the hungry, to the thirsty lip",1.0
Reached out the friendly cup; whose care benign,0.0
From the rude blast secured the pilgrim's side;,2.0
Who heard the widow's tender tale; and shook,0.0
The galling shackle from the prisoner's feet;,1.0
"Who each endearing tie, each office knew",0.0
"OH Charity, thou nymph divinely fair!",2.0
Sweeter than those whom ancient Poets bound,1.0
The Graces! How shall I essay to paint,2.0
"Thy charms, celestial maid; and in rude verse",1.0
"For thee nor rankling envy can infect,",2.0
To see the sinner as a verdant tree,1.0
Spread his luxuriant branches over the stream;,6.0
"While like some blasted trunk the righteous fall,",0.0
"Prostrate, forlorn. When prophecies shall fail,",3.0
"When tongues shall cease, when knowledge is no more,",2.0
And this great day is come; thou by the throne,3.0
"Bear me, OH bear me on thy soaring wing,",2.0
"Conduct my steps, safe from the fiery gulf",4.0
And dark abyss where Sin and Satan reign!,0.0
"But, can the Muse, her numbers all too weak,",2.0
Tell how that restless element of fire,1.0
"Shall wage with seas and earth intestine war,",0.0
And deluge all creation? Whether so,1.0
"Some think the comet, as through fields of air",1.0
"Lawless he wanders, shall rush headlong on",5.0
Thwarting the Ecliptic where the unconscious earth,4.0
"Attract her long reluctant; or the caves,",1.0
"Pour streams of liquid fire; while from above,",3.0
Rains fierce combustion. ' --  Where are now the works,1.0
"Of art, the toil of ages? Where are now",0.0
"Those lofty pyramids, which high in air",1.0
"Reared their aspiring heads, to distant times",2.0
Tell me where Athens raised her towers? ' --  Where Thebes,1.0
Opened her hundred portals? ' --  Tell me where,2.0
And awed the tributary world to peace? ' --,0.0
"Show me the rampart, which over many a hill,",4.0
"Through many a valley stretched its wide extent,",2.0
"Raised by that mighty monarch, to repel",1.0
"The roving Tartar, when with insult rude",1.0
"But what is mimic Art? Even Nature's works,",2.0
"Seas, meadows, pastures, the meandering streams,",5.0
And everlasting hills shall be no more.,0.0
"Overhang the Atlantic Surge. ' --  Nor that famed cliff,",3.0
"Through which the Persian steered with many a sail,",2.0
Over half the wide Aegean. ' --  Where are now,0.0
And from the Black Sea to the Ocean stream,3.0
That hill on which the faithful Patriarch's Ark,1.0
Which seven long months had voyaged over its top,5.0
"First rested, when the Earth with all her sons,",1.0
"As now by streaming cataracts of fire,",0.0
"Are vanished and dissolved; no trace remains,",2.0
No mark of vain distinction: heaven itself,1.0
Sinks in the universal ruin lost. ' --,0.0
No more shall planets round their central sun,0.0
Move in harmonious dance; no more the moon,3.0
Hang out her silver lamp; and those fixed stars,1.0
Which oft the Tuscan with his optic glass,1.0
"Called from their wondrous height, to read their names",0.0
"And magnitude, some winged minister",4.0
Shall quench; and surest sign that all on earth,0.0
"Such is that awful, that tremendous day,",1.0
Whose coming who shall tell? for as a thief,1.0
"Unheard, unseen, it steals with silent pace",0.0
Through night's dark gloom. ' --  Perhaps as here I sit,1.0
"Soon shall the hand be checked, and dumb the mouth",0.0
"But find me wrapped in meditations high,",0.0
"OH Everlasting King! to thee I kneel,",2.0
To thee I lift my voice. With fervent heat,1.0
"Melt all you elements? And thou, high heaven,",2.0
"Think on the best, the noblest of thy works;",1.0
"Think on thine own bright Image! Think on him,",1.0
Who died to save us from thy righteous wrath;,1.0
And mid the wreck of worlds remember man!,0.0
"THese trophies, STANHOPE, of the lovely dame,",1.0
"Once the bright object of a monarch's flame,",1.0
"Who with such just propriety can wear,",1.0
"As thou, the darling of the gay and fair?",2.0
"See every friend to wit, politeness, love,",1.0
With one consent thy sovereign's choice approve!,2.0
"Herself, and GARTER, both were surely thine.",1.0
That with its wearisome but needful length,1.0
"He comes, the herald of a noisy world,",1.0
"With spattered boots, strapped waist, and frozen locks,",1.0
News from all nations lumbering at his back.,1.0
"Yet careless what he brings, his one concern",1.0
"Is to conduct it to the destined inn,",1.0
And having dropped the expected bag ' --  pass on.,4.0
"He whistles as he goes, lighthearted wretch,",2.0
Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief,1.0
"Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some,",1.0
To him indifferent whether grief or joy.,1.0
"Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks,",3.0
With tears that trickled down the writers cheeks,1.0
"Fast as the periods from his fluent quill,",1.0
"Or nymphs responsive, equally affect",1.0
"His horse and him, unconscious of them all.",3.0
But o the important budget! ushered in,1.0
"Or do they still, as if with opium drugged,",3.0
Snore to the murmurs of the Atlantic wave?,3.0
"Or do we grind her still? the grand debate,",0.0
"The popular harangue, the tart reply,",1.0
The logic and the wisdom and the wit,2.0
And the loud laugh ' --  I long to know them all;,2.0
"I burn to set the imprisoned wranglers free,",2.0
And give them voice and utterance once again.,2.0
"Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast,",1.0
"Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round,",1.0
"Throws up a steamy column, and the cups",1.0
"That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each,",2.0
So let us welcome peaceful evening in.,0.0
"Not such his evening, who with shining face",0.0
"Sweats in the crowded theatre, and squeezed",1.0
Out scolds the ranting actor on the stage.,1.0
"Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb",2.0
"And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath",2.0
"Of patriots bursting with heroic rage,",3.0
"' This folio of four pages, happy work!",6.0
Inquisitive attention while I read,1.0
"Fast bound in chains of silence, which the fair,",1.0
"Though eloquent themselves, yet fear to break,",1.0
What is it but a map of busy life,1.0
Its fluctuations and its vast concerns?,1.0
Here runs the mountainous and craggy ridge,1.0
"That tempts ambition. On the summit, see,",1.0
The seals of office glitter in his eyes;,0.0
"He climbs, he pants, he grasps them. At his heels,",0.0
"Close at his heels a demagogue ascends,",0.0
"And wins them, but to lose them in his turn.",1.0
The modest speaker is ashamed and grieved,1.0
"TO engross a moment's notice, and yet begs,",2.0
"Begs a propitious ear for his poor thoughts,",3.0
"Sweet bashfulness! it claims, at least, this praise,",2.0
The dearth of information and good sense,1.0
In which all comprehension wanders lost;,0.0
"While fields of pleasantry amuse us there,",1.0
The rest appears a wilderness of strange,1.0
"But gay confusion, roses for the cheeks",1.0
"And lilies for the brows of faded age,",1.0
"Heaven, earth, and ocean plundered of their sweets,",1.0
"Sermons and city feasts and favourite airs,",2.0
"At his own wonders, wondering for his bread.",1.0
Tis pleasant through the loopholes of retreat,4.0
To peep at such a world. To see the stir,1.0
Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd.,3.0
To hear the roar she sends through all her gates,0.0
"At a safe distance, where the dying sound",2.0
Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.,6.0
Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease,2.0
"The globe and its concerns, I seem advanced",1.0
"To some secure and more than mortal height,",0.0
"It turns submitted to my view, turns round",2.0
With all its generations; I behold,1.0
The tumult and am still. The sound of war,1.0
"Has lost its terrors before it reaches me,",3.0
Grieves but alarms me not. I mourn the pride,2.0
"And avarice that make man a wolf to man,",3.0
Hear the faint echo of those brazen throats,4.0
"By which he speaks the language of his heart,",1.0
"And sigh, but never tremble at the sound.",0.0
"From flower to flower, so he from land to land;",3.0
"The manners, customs, policy of all",1.0
And spreads the honey of his deep research,1.0
"He travels and I too. I tread his deck,",1.0
"Discover countries, with a kindred heart",1.0
"Suffer his woes and share in his escapes,",3.0
"While fancy, like the finger of a clock,",1.0
"Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.",4.0
"O Winter! ruler of the inverted year,",3.0
"Thy scattered hair with sleet like ashes filled,",0.0
"Thy breath congealed upon thy lips, thy cheeks",0.0
"Than those of age; thy forehead wrapped in clouds,",1.0
"A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne",1.0
"A sliding car indebted to no wheels,",2.0
But urged by storms along its slippery way;,0.0
"Shortening his journey between morn and noon,",6.0
And hurrying him impatient of his stay,4.0
Down to the rosy West. But kindly still,1.0
Compensating his loss with added hours,2.0
"Of social converse and instructive ease,",1.0
And gathering at short notice in one group,3.0
"The family dispersed, and fixing thought",1.0
Not less dispersed by day light and its cares.,2.0
"I crown thee King of intimate delights,",0.0
And all the comforts that the lowly roof,0.0
"Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours",1.0
Of long uninterrupted evening know.,4.0
No ratt'ling wheels stop short before these gates.,2.0
No powdered pert proficient in the art,1.0
"Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors",1.0
Till the street rings. No stationary steeds,4.0
"The silent circle fan themselves, and quake.",0.0
"But here the needle plies its busy task,",0.0
Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,2.0
"Follow the nimble finger of the fair,",3.0
With most success when all besides decay.,0.0
"The poet's or historian's page, by one",1.0
Made vocal for the amusement of the rest;,5.0
"The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds",2.0
The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out;,4.0
"And in the charming strife triumphant still,",0.0
"Beguile the night, and set a keener edge",0.0
On female industry; the threaded steel,2.0
"The volume closed, the customary rites",0.0
Of the last meal commence. A Roman meal.,2.0
Such as the mistress of the world once found,3.0
"Delicious, when her patriots of high note,",2.0
"Perhaps by moonlight, at their humble doors,",1.0
And under an old oak's domestic shade,2.0
"Enjoyed, spare feast! a radish and an egg.",2.0
"Discourse ensues, not trivial, yet not dull,",3.0
Nor such as with a frown forbids the play,1.0
"Of fancy, or proscribes the sound of mirth.",1.0
"Nor do we madly, like an impious world,",3.0
"Who deem religion frenzy, and the God",1.0
"That made them an intruder on their joys,",2.0
"Start at his awful name, or deem his praise",0.0
A jarring note. Themes of a graver tone,2.0
"Exciting oft our gratitude and love,",0.0
"That calls the past to our exact review,",2.0
"The dangers we have escaped, the broken snare,",2.0
"The disappointed foe, deliverance found",0.0
Fruits of omnipotent eternal love.,3.0
O evenings worthy of the Gods! exclaimed,1.0
"The Sabine bard. O evenings, I reply,",5.0
"As more illumined and with nobler truths,",2.0
"That I and mine and those we love, enjoy.",2.0
Is winter hideous in a garb like this?,1.0
"Needs he the tragic fur, the smoke of lamps,",0.0
"To thaw him into feeling, or the smart",1.0
"Call comedy, to prompt him with a smile?",3.0
Stealing a side long glance at a full house,4.0
"The slope of faces from the floor to the roof,",1.0
"Relaxed into an universal grin,",0.0
Sees not a countenance there that speaks a joy,1.0
Half so refined or so sincere as ours.,3.0
"Cards were superfluous here, with all the tricks",3.0
That idleness has ever yet contrived,1.0
"Time as he passes us, has a dove's wing,",2.0
"But the world's time, is time in masquerade.",2.0
"With motley plumes, and where the peacock shows",1.0
"And spades, the emblem of untimely graves.",1.0
"What should be, and what was an hourglass once",1.0
Well does the work of his destructive scythe.,1.0
Thus decked he charms a world whom fashion blinds,1.0
"To his true worth, most pleased when idle most,",2.0
Whose only happy are their wasted hours.,1.0
"Even misses, at whose age their mother's wore",0.0
"Of womanhood, sit pupils in the school",1.0
"Placed at some vacant corner of the board,",1.0
"Learn every trick, and soon play all the game.",2.0
"But truce with censure. Roving as I rove,",1.0
"Where shall I find an end, or how proceed?",1.0
"As he that travels far, oft turns aside",2.0
"Which seen delights him not; then coming home,",0.0
"Describes and prints it, that the world may know",0.0
How far he went for what was nothing worth;,0.0
So I with brush in hand and pallet spread,1.0
"With colours mixed for a far different use,",6.0
"Paint cards and dolls, and every idle thing",1.0
"Come evening once again, season of peace,",6.0
"Return sweet evening, and continue long!",2.0
Treads on thy sweeping train; one hand employed,0.0
In letting fall the curtain of repose,1.0
"On bird and beast, the other charged for man",0.0
With sweet oblivion of the cares of day;,1.0
"Like homely featured night, of clustering gems,",2.0
A star or two just twinkling on thy brow,1.0
Suffices thee; save that the moon is thine,2.0
"No less than hers, not worn indeed on high",2.0
"With ostentatious pageantry, but set",1.0
"With modest grandeur in thy purple zone,",2.0
Or make me so. Composure is thy gift.,2.0
And whether I devote thy gentle hours,1.0
"To books, to music, or the poets toil,",1.0
Or twining silken threads round ivory reels,0.0
"When they command whom man was born to please,",1.0
"I slight thee not, but make thee welcome still.",0.0
With lights by clear reflection multiplied,0.0
"From many a mirror, in which he of Gath",3.0
"Whole without stooping, towering crest and all,",4.0
My pleasures too begin. But me perhaps,1.0
The glowing hearth may satisfy awhile,0.0
"The shadow to the ceiling, there by fits",2.0
So spent in parlour twilight; such a gloom,2.0
"Suits well the thoughtful or unthinking mind,",2.0
"The mind contemplative, with some new theme",2.0
"Laugh you, who boast your more mercurial powers",2.0
"That never feel a stupor, know no pause",1.0
"Nor need one. I am conscious, and confess",2.0
"Fearless, a soul that does not always think.",2.0
Me oft has fancy ludicrous and wild,1.0
"Soothed with a waking dream of houses, towers,",0.0
"In the red cinders, while with poring eye",2.0
"I gazed, myself creating what I saw.",1.0
Nor less amused have I quiescent watched,1.0
The sooty films that play upon the bars,0.0
"Pendulous, and foreboding in the view",3.0
"Though still deceived, some strangers near approach.",0.0
It's thus the understanding takes repose,0.0
And sleeps and is refreshed. Meanwhile the face,2.0
Conceals the mood lethargic with a mask,1.0
"Of deep deliberation, as the man",1.0
"Were tasked to his full strength, absorbed and lost.",2.0
"Thus oft reclined at ease, I lose an hour",1.0
"At evening, till at length the freezing blast",1.0
"That sweeps the bolted shutter, summons home",0.0
"The recollected powers, and snapping short",2.0
The glassy threads with which the fancy weaves,0.0
"Her brittle toys, restores me to myself.",1.0
"How calm is my recess, and how the frost",1.0
"Raging abroad, and the rough wind, endear",4.0
The silence and the warmth enjoyed within.,1.0
I saw the woods and fields at close of day,0.0
"Though faded, and the lands where lately waved",1.0
"The golden harvest, of a mellow brown,",1.0
I saw far off the weedy fallows smile,3.0
By flocks fast feeding and selecting each,2.0
His favourite herb; while all the leafless groves,0.0
"That skirt the horizon wore a sable hue,",2.0
Scarce noticed in the kindred dusk of eve.,1.0
"Tomorrow brings a change, a total change!",1.0
"Which even now, though silently performed",1.0
Of universal nature undergoes.,0.0
Fast falls a fleecy shower. The downy flakes,3.0
Assimilate all objects. Earth receives,0.0
"Gladly the thickening mantle, and the green",3.0
"And tender blade that feared the chilling blast,",0.0
Escapes unhurt beneath so warm a veil.,0.0
"In such a world, so thorny, and where none",1.0
"It seems the part of wisdom, and no sin",2.0
"Against the law of love, to measure lots",0.0
"With less distinguished than ourselves, that thus",1.0
"We may with patience bear our moderate ills,",2.0
"Ill fares the traveller now, and he that stalks",4.0
In ponderous boots beside his reeking team.,2.0
"The wain goes heavily, impeded sore",2.0
By congregated loads adhering close,0.0
To the clogged wheels; and in its sluggish pace,2.0
"The toiling steeds expand the nostril wide,",0.0
While every breath by respiration strong,0.0
"Forced downward, is consolidated soon",2.0
"Upon their jutting chests. He, formed to bear",0.0
"The pelting brunt of the tempestuous night,",4.0
"One hand secures his hat, save when with both",1.0
"He brandishes his pliant length of whip,",1.0
"Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.",0.0
"On happy! and in my account, denied",2.0
That sensibility of pain with which,1.0
"Refinement is endued, thrice happy thou.",3.0
"Thy frame robust and hardy, feels indeed",0.0
"The piercing cold, but feels it unimpaired.",0.0
The learnt finger never need explore,2.0
"Thy vigorous pulse, and the unhealthful East,",3.0
"That breathes the spleen, and searches every bone",0.0
"Of the infirm, is wholesome air to thee.",1.0
"Thy days roll on exempt from household care,",3.0
"That drag the dull companion to and fro,",1.0
"Yet show that thou hast mercy, which the great",1.0
"With needless hurry whirled from place to place,",0.0
"Humane as they would seem, not always show.",1.0
"Poor, yet industrious, modest, quiet, neat,",3.0
"Such claim compassion in a night like this,",0.0
And have a friend in every feeling heart.,0.0
"Warmed, while it lasts, by labour, all day long",1.0
"They brave the season, and yet find at eve",1.0
"But dying soon, like all terrestrial joys.",2.0
"The few small embers left she nurses well,",1.0
"And crowded knees sit cowering over the sparks,",5.0
"Retires, content to quake, so they be warmed.",1.0
"The man feels least, as more inured than she",1.0
"To winter, and the current in his veins",1.0
Yet he too finds his own distress in theirs.,3.0
"The taper soon extinguished, which I saw",0.0
Dangled along at the cold fingers end,4.0
"Just when the day declined, and the brown loaf",1.0
Sleep seems their only refuge. For alas!,2.0
"Where penury is felt the thought is chained,",1.0
And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few.,3.0
With all this thrift they thrive not. All the care,0.0
"Ingenious parsimony takes, but just",0.0
"Saves the small inventory, bed and stool,",3.0
"Skillet and old carved chest from public sale,",3.0
"They live, and live without extorted alms",0.0
"From grudging hands, but other boast have none",0.0
"Nor comfort else, but in their mutual love.",2.0
"I praise you much, you meek and patient pair,",0.0
For you are worthy; choosing rather far,1.0
"And eaten with a sigh, than to endure",2.0
The rugged frowns and insolent rebuffs,1.0
"Of knaves in office, partial in the work",0.0
Of distribution; liberal of their aid,1.0
"To wear a tattered garb however coarse,",1.0
Whom famine cannot reconcile to filth;,0.0
"These ask with painful shyness, and refused",1.0
"Because deserving, silently retire.",1.0
But be you of good courage. Time itself,1.0
"Shall much befriend you. Time shall give increase,",0.0
And all your numerous progeny well trained,4.0
"But helpless, in few years shall find their hands,",0.0
And labour too. Meanwhile you shall not want,1.0
"What conscious of your virtues we can spare,",2.0
Nor what a wealthier than ourselves may send.,2.0
"I mean the man, who when the distant poor",0.0
"Need help, denies them nothing but his name.",1.0
But poverty with most who whimper forth,1.0
"Their long complaints, is self inflicted woe,",0.0
Now goes the nightly thief prowling abroad,6.0
For plunder; much solicitous how best,1.0
"He may compensate for a day of sloth,",0.0
By works of darkness and nocturnal wrong.,1.0
"To better deeds, he bundles up the spoil",1.0
"An asses burden, and when laden most",1.0
"And heaviest, light of foot steals fast away.",3.0
Nor does the boarded hovel better guard,0.0
The well stacked pile of riven logs and roots,1.0
From his pernicious force. Nor will he leave,2.0
In unsuspecting pomp. Twitched from the perch,2.0
He gives the princely bird with all his wives,0.0
"To his voracious bag, struggling in vain,",6.0
And loudly wondering at the sudden change.,1.0
Did pity of their sufferings warp aside,1.0
"His principle, and tempt him into sin",1.0
"For their support, so destitute. But they",1.0
"Neglected pine at home, themselves, as more",0.0
"Exposed than others, with less scruple made",2.0
O for a law to noose the villain's neck,1.0
Who starves his own. Who persecutes the blood,0.0
"He gave them in his children's veins, and hates",0.0
And wrongs the woman he has sworn to love.,1.0
"Pass where we may, through city or through town,",2.0
Village or hamlet of this merry land,3.0
Conducts the unguarded nose to such a whiff,3.0
There sit involved and lost in curling clouds,0.0
"Of Indian fume, and guzzling deep, the boor,",2.0
The lackey and the groom. The craftsman there,2.0
"All learnt, and all drunk. The fiddle screams",0.0
Its wasted tones and harmony unheard:,1.0
"Fierce the dispute whatever the theme. While she,",5.0
"Perched on the signpost, holds with even hand",1.0
"A weight of ignorance, in that, of pride,",1.0
And smiles delighted with the eternal poise.,3.0
Dire is the frequent curse and its twin sound,1.0
"As ornamental, musical, polite,",1.0
"Like those which modern senators employ,",1.0
"Whose oath is rhetoric, and who swear for fame.",1.0
"Behold the schools in which plebeian minds,",0.0
"Once simple, are initiated in arts",3.0
But none with readier skill! tis here they learn,2.0
The road that leads from competence and peace,1.0
"Society grown weary of the load,",3.0
"Shakes her encumbered lap, and casts them out.",2.0
But censure profits little. Vain the attempt,2.0
"To advertise in verse a public pest,",0.0
That like the filth with which the peasant feeds,0.0
"His hungry acres, stinks and is of use.",1.0
The excise is fattened with the rich result,2.0
Of all this riot. And ten thousand casks,2.0
"For ever dribbling out their base contents,",1.0
"Touched by the Midas finger of the state,",1.0
Bleed gold for Ministers to sport away.,2.0
Drink and be mad then. It's your country bids.,1.0
"Gloriously drunk obey the important call,",3.0
"Her cause demands the assistance of your throats,",3.0
"You all can swallow, and she asks no more.",2.0
Would I had fallen upon those happier days,4.0
That poets celebrate. Those golden times,0.0
"And those Arcadian scenes that Maro sings,",4.0
"And Sydney, warbler of poetic prose.",1.0
"That felt their virtues. Innocence it seems,",1.0
"From courts dismissed, found shelter in the groves.",1.0
The footsteps of simplicity impressed,3.0
"And manners profligate were rarely found,",0.0
"Observed as prodigies, and soon reclaimed.",1.0
Vain wish! those days were never. Airy dreams,1.0
Sat for the picture. And the poet's hand,1.0
"Imparting substance to an empty shade,",1.0
Imposed a gay delirium for a truth.,1.0
Grant it. I still must envy them an age,1.0
"Impossible, when virtue is so scarce",2.0
"That to suppose a scene where she presides,",2.0
No. We are polished now. The rural lass,0.0
"Whom once her virgin modesty and grace,",1.0
"So dignified, that she was hardly less",1.0
Is seen no more. The character is lost.,2.0
"And ribbons streaming gay, superbly raised",5.0
"And magnified beyond all human size,",0.0
For more than half the tresses it sustains;,1.0
"Her elbows ruffled, and her tottering form",4.0
Ill propped upon French heels; she might be deemed,2.0
But that the basket dangling on her arm,1.0
Interprets her more truly of a rank,2.0
"No longer blushing for her awkward load,",2.0
Her train and her umbrella all her care.,1.0
The town has tinged the country. And the stain,1.0
The worse for what it soils. The fashion runs,0.0
"Down into scenes still rural, but alas!",2.0
Scenes rarely graced with rural manners now.,1.0
Time was when in the pastoral retreat,1.0
The unguarded door was safe. Men did not watch,2.0
Of midnight murder was a wonder heard,2.0
"With doubtful credit, told to frighten babes.",0.0
"See that your polished arms be primed with care,",0.0
And the first alarm of the cock's shrill throat,1.0
"May prove a trumpet, summoning your ear",1.0
To horrid sounds of hostile feet within.,0.0
Even daylight has its dangers. And the walk,2.0
Of other tenants than melodious birds,3.0
"Or harmless flocks, is hazardous and bold.",1.0
Lamented change! to which full many a cause,3.0
"The course of human things from good to ill,",0.0
"From ill to worse, is fatal, never fails.",0.0
"Increase of power begets increase of wealth,",2.0
"Wealth luxury, and luxury excess;",3.0
"That seizes first the opulent, descends",1.0
"To the next rank contagious, and in time",2.0
Taints downward all the graduated scale,1.0
"Of order, from the chariot to the plough.",2.0
"The rich, and they that have an arm to cheque",0.0
"The licence of the lowest in degree,",1.0
Desert their office; and themselves intent,1.0
"On pleasure, haunt the capital, and thus,",1.0
To all the violence of lawless hands,1.0
Resign the scenes their presence might protect.,0.0
"Authority herself not seldom sleeps,",1.0
"Though resident, and witness of the wrong.",2.0
The plump convivial parson often bears,2.0
"The magisterial sword in vain, and lays",2.0
His reverence and his worship both to rest,1.0
On the same cushion of habitual sloth.,5.0
"Perhaps timidity restrains his arm,",1.0
"Himself enslaved by terror of the band,",1.0
The audacious convict whom he dares not bind.,1.0
"Perhaps, though by profession ghostly pure,",1.0
"He too may have his vice, and sometime prove",1.0
"Less dainty than becomes his grave outside,",3.0
In lucrative concerns. Examine well,1.0
"Propitious, pays his tribute, game or fish,",0.0
But faster far and more than all the rest,0.0
"A noble cause, which none who bears a spark",0.0
"Of public virtue, ever wished removed,",0.0
Works the deplored and mischievous effect.,3.0
The heart of merit in the meaner class.,0.0
Arms through the vanity and brainless rage,1.0
"Of those that bear them in whatever cause,",2.0
"Seem most at variance with all moral good,",1.0
And incompatible with serious thought.,4.0
"The clown, the child of nature, without guile,",3.0
"But his own simple pleasures, now and then",1.0
"A wrestling match, a foot-race, or a fair,",2.0
"Sheepish he doffs his hat, and mumbling swears",2.0
"To do he knows not what. The task performed,",0.0
"That instant he becomes the sergeant's care,",2.0
"His pupil, and his torment, and his jest.",3.0
"His awkward gait, his introverted toes,",0.0
"Bent knees, round shoulders, and dejected looks,",2.0
"Procure him many a curse. By slow degrees,",2.0
"He yet by slow degrees puts off himself,",2.0
"Grows conscious of a change, and likes it well.",2.0
"He stands erect, his slouch becomes a walk,",0.0
"He steps right onward, martial in his air",1.0
His form and movement; is as smart above,1.0
As meal and larded locks can make him; wears,0.0
Returns indignant to the slighted plough.,1.0
He hates the field in which no fife or drum,1.0
"Attends him, drives his cattle to a march,",1.0
And sighs for the smart comrades he has left.,1.0
But with his clumsy port the wretch has lost,1.0
His ignorance and harmless manners too.,1.0
"To swear, to game, to drink, to show at home",0.0
"The great proficiency he made abroad,",1.0
"TO astonish and to grieve his gazing friends,",2.0
"To break some maiden's and his mother's heart,",1.0
"To be a pest where he was useful once,",1.0
"Are his sole aim, and all his glory now.",2.0
Man in society is like a flower,2.0
Blown in its native bed. It's there alone,1.0
His faculties expanded in full bloom,2.0
"Shine out, there only reach their proper use.",0.0
"Beneath one head for purposes of war,",1.0
"Like flowers selected from the rest, and bound",3.0
"And bundled close to fill some crowded vase,",0.0
"Fades rapidly, and by compression marred",3.0
"Hence chartered boroughs are such public plagues,",3.0
"In all their private functions, once combined",0.0
"Become a loathsome body, only fit",0.0
"For dissolution, hurtful to the main.",1.0
"Hence merchant's, unimpeachable of sin",2.0
"Against the charities of domestic life,",3.0
"Their nature, and disclaiming all regard",1.0
"For mercy and the common rights of man,",1.0
"Build factories with blood, conducting trade",2.0
"At the sword's point, and dying the white robe",5.0
Of innocent commercial justice red.,1.0
"Hence too the field of glory, as the world",2.0
"With all the majesty of its thundering pomp,",3.0
"Enchanting music and immortal wreaths,",1.0
"For folly, gallantry for every vice.",1.0
"But slighted as it is, and by the great",2.0
"Abandoned, and, which still I more regret,",1.0
Infected with the manners and the modes,2.0
"It knew not once, the country wins me still.",0.0
"I never framed a wish, or formed a plan",0.0
"That flattered me with hopes of earthly bliss,",1.0
But there I laid the scene. There early strayed,1.0
"My fancy, before yet liberty of choice",3.0
"Had found me, or the hope of being free.",1.0
"My very dreams were rural, rural too",0.0
The firstborn efforts of my youthful muse,2.0
Before yet her ear was mistress of their powers.,1.0
No bard could please me but whose lyre was tuned,2.0
To Nature's praises. Heroes and their feats,1.0
"Fatigued me, never weary of the pipe",1.0
The rustic throng beneath his favourite beech.,0.0
Then Milton had indeed a poet's charms.,0.0
"New to my taste, his Paradise surpassed",0.0
The struggling efforts of my boyish tongue,1.0
To speak its excellence; I danced for joy.,1.0
I marvelled much that at so ripe an age,0.0
"Engaged my wonder, and admiring still",1.0
"And still admiring, with regret supposed",1.0
The joy half lost because not sooner found.,1.0
"Pathetic in its praise, in its pursuit",1.0
"Determined, and possessing it at last",2.0
"Ingenious Cowley! and though now, reclaimed,",1.0
"By modern lights from an erroneous taste,",3.0
I cannot but lament thy splendid wit,1.0
"Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools,",2.0
"I still revere thee, courtly though retired,",1.0
"Not unemployed, and finding rich amends",0.0
For a lost world in solitude and verse.,2.0
It's born with all. The love of Nature's works,0.0
"Is an ingredient in the compound, man,",2.0
Infused at the creation of the kind.,2.0
"And though the Almighty Maker, has throughout",1.0
"Discriminated each from each, by strokes",0.0
And touches of his hand with so much art,1.0
"Diversified, that two were never found",0.0
"Twins at all points ' --  yet this obtains in all,",1.0
That all discern a beauty in his works,0.0
And all can taste them. Minds that have been formed,0.0
"And tutored, with a relish more exact,",1.0
"But none without some relish, none unmoved.",0.0
It is a flame that dies not even there,2.0
"Where nothing feeds it. Neither business, crowds,",0.0
Whatever else they smother of true worth,3.0
"The glimpse of a green pasture, how they cheer",3.0
"The citizen, and brace his languid frame!",1.0
"Even in the stifling bosom of the town,",1.0
"A garden in which nothing thrives, has charms",0.0
Of nightshade or valerian grace the well,4.0
He cultivates. These serve him with a hint,1.0
"Is still the livery she delights to wear,",3.0
Though sickly samples of the exuberant whole.,5.0
The prouder sashes fronted with a range,1.0
"Of orange, myrtle, or the fragrant weed",1.0
"Of rural scenes, compensating his loss",5.0
"By supplemental shifts, the best he may?",0.0
"To range the fields and treat their lungs with air,",0.0
Yet feel the burning instinct: overhead,0.0
Suspend their crazy boxes planted thick,0.0
And watered duly. There the pitcher stands,1.0
"A peep at nature, when he can no more.",0.0
Hail therefore patroness of health and ease,3.0
And harmless pleasures in the thronged abode,0.0
"Of multitudes unknown, hail rural life!",1.0
Address himself who will to the pursuit,2.0
"I shall not add myself to such a chase,",2.0
"Thwart his attempts, or envy his success.",3.0
Some must be great. Great offices will have,2.0
Great talents. And God gives to every man,3.0
"The virtue, temper, understanding, taste,",0.0
"That lifts him into life, and lets him fall",0.0
Just in the niche he was ordained to fill.,1.0
To the deliverer of an injured land,2.0
"He gives a tongue to enlarge upon, an heart",2.0
"To feel, and courage to redress her wrongs;",1.0
"To monarchs dignity, to judges sense,",2.0
To artists ingenuity and skill;,2.0
"In the low vale of life, that early felt",3.0
"A wish for ease and leisure, and before long",2.0
Found here that leisure and that ease I wished.,1.0
"QUEEN of expression! on whose potent aid,",3.0
"Dramatic Genius waits to be displayed,",0.0
"For though presiding over that awful cell, The Passions.",3.0
Where radiant angels or dread demons dwell;,2.0
"Of thee she asks, to draw them forth to light,",1.0
"To win the ear, and fascinate the sight;",0.0
And lose a while its tragic scenes for thine;,0.0
"The spell which now pervades the weeping hours,",0.0
"Ah! could he loose the icy bonds of death,",0.0
"And catch of fame, this hour; a living breath;",0.0
Nor think she paid for years of want and woe;,0.0
"By hope revived forget their present pains,",0.0
"Though cold neglect now blasts their rising bays,",1.0
"Some future Siddons shall redeem their fame,",0.0
And stamp IMMORTAL their neglected name;,1.0
The actor's ' --  different to the poet's fate!,1.0
"COME near, you nations! and give ear, OH earth!",3.0
"You distant isles, and continents remote,",1.0
Wherever dispersed beneath the vast expanse,2.0
"Of heaven's high roof, attend! Attend, and hear",3.0
"Your doom tremendous ratified above,",0.0
"Sad retribution of enormous guilt,",2.0
"Which calling loud for justice and revenge,",1.0
"Flew swift as light up to the throne of God,",2.0
And pulled down dire destruction on the earth.,1.0
"The mighty God, with all his thunder armed,",0.0
Will cast abroad the terrors of his wrath;,1.0
And shower down vengeance on the guilty land.,3.0
"The Lord of hosts amid a night of clouds,",0.0
"And with the majesty of darkness crowned,",2.0
Hurled down impetuous fury swift as thought,2.0
To ravage all the boundless universe.,0.0
"As when a blustering wind rolls from the north,",2.0
And shakes all autumn with the driving blast;,1.0
So shall the fury of the Omnipotent,4.0
"Destroy the nations, and confound their arms,",1.0
"Swords, shields, and spears, and all the powers of war;",3.0
"With eager speed rush over the embattled ranks,",2.0
And through the thick battalions urge its way.,1.0
"In wasting desolation, ruin wide.",0.0
"Destructive slaughter, ghastly to behold,",1.0
"Dire specimen of wrath omnipotent,",2.0
"Shall march tremendous over the burdened earth,",2.0
"Oppressed, and conscious of unusual weight,",1.0
Shrinking beneath the heavy load of death.,2.0
"The purple piles, and mountains of the slain,",1.0
Each slaughtered corps shall breath a pestilence;,1.0
And wide around diffuse the scents of death.,0.0
The eternal hills shall float in seas of blood;,1.0
And mountains vanish in the crimson tide.,0.0
Nature's huge volume shall be folded up,4.0
"Drop from the heavens like autumnal leaves,",0.0
"Or the ripe fig, when sultry Sirius reigns;",4.0
Shall roll incessant over the astonished world.,1.0
"Death and destruction threatening all below,",2.0
"Shall draw the curtains of eternal night,",1.0
"And spread confusion hideous over the earth,",4.0
"As when the embryo world ere time began,",4.0
"Of jarring discord, and disorder lay.",1.0
"The sun, amazed to see the wild obscure,",0.0
No more with radiant light shall gild the skies;,0.0
No more diffusing his all genial beams,2.0
On the high mountains spread the shining morn;,2.0
"But downwards flaming through the vast immense,",1.0
"Shall hide his glory in eternal night,",0.0
Thus in loud thunder speaks the Almighty Sire ' --,4.0
"In copious slaughter will I take my sword,",3.0
The Lord shall hasten from the lofty skies;,1.0
Destruction on his awful footsteps waits;,2.0
"Death stalks before, ruin on every side",5.0
Proclaims the terror of an angry God.,1.0
"The ravenous sword, pampered with reeking gore,",4.0
"Drunk with the blood of half the rebel world,",0.0
Shall feel the smart of heaven's avenging rod.,2.0
"The great, the small, the oppressor, and the oppressed,",5.0
Shall join promiscuous in the common heap;,1.0
And one vast ruin shall involve them all.,2.0
"The silver streams, that shine along the plain,",0.0
"And chide their banks, and tinkle as they run,",1.0
"Shall stop, and stagnate to a sable pool;",2.0
"And, black with mud, unconscious of a tide,",2.0
"No more shall charm the sense, or lull the soul,",0.0
Or in soft murmurs die upon the ear:,1.0
"But in crude streams and deadly stench exhale,",1.0
"Rapacious flames, in pyramids of fire,",1.0
"Advancing over the horizontal plain,",2.0
"Shall be a lonely desert, waste and wild;",0.0
Within whose silent confines none shall dwell;,1.0
Nor ever more be heard the harmonious voice,4.0
"Of warbling birds, that heretofore were wont",0.0
"In vocal choir to animate the grove,",2.0
And from the shady covert of the trees,2.0
Dispense sweet music to the listening vale:,2.0
Double the native horrors of the night;,3.0
"These with the cormorants shall dwell therein,",2.0
"God shall extend, and bare his thundering arm;",3.0
And with confusion circumscribe the land.,1.0
"Where are the nobles, and the mighty chiefs,",1.0
That in soft ease their silken moments waste;,1.0
"To whom their prostrate vassals throng in crowds,",0.0
"Striving who first shall awful homage pay,",2.0
And adoration! Them shall they invoke;,2.0
"But all in vain; their names shall be no more,",0.0
"But in their stead more worthy savages,",1.0
"Those regal domes, and towering palaces,",1.0
"That high in clouds exalt their impious heads,",3.0
"Home to the distant ken a dazzling blaze,",0.0
"Thorns shall surround, and nettles grow within:",1.0
Ivy shall creep along the painted walls:,2.0
And brambles vile entwine the empty throne.,0.0
"While beasts from different climes, joyous to find",5.0
"A place of rest to man alone denied,",0.0
Shall take possession of the gilded domes:,1.0
"The ostrich and his mate, and dragons huge",1.0
"Shall sport, and revel in the dreary waste.",0.0
"Upon the chimney tops perch ominous,",2.0
"While songs obscene the silent hours disturb,",0.0
"Shall in loud shrieks their sad presages tell,",5.0
"Shall unmolested solitude enjoy,",0.0
And desolation make more desolate.,0.0
"The universal slaughter, shall come forth",1.0
"From the high mountain, and the humble vale,",3.0
"Croaking in hideous concert, as they fly,",3.0
Darkening the heavens with their ghastly train;,2.0
"And glut their hungry jaws with human prey,",0.0
Not one of these shall fail; none want her mate;,2.0
"But shall for ever, such the Lord's decree,",1.0
"A time like this, a busy, bustling time,",1.0
"Suits ill with writers, very ill with rhyme:",1.0
And mightier madness cheques the flowing song:,2.0
"Or, should we force the peaceful Muse to wield",0.0
"Her feeble arms amid the furious field,",2.0
"Poor is her anger, and her friendship vain;",1.0
"And oft the foes who feel her sting, combine,",0.0
Till serious vengeance pays an idle line:,2.0
"Death to themselves, and to their foes but smart.",3.0
"Hard then our fate: if general themes we choose,",0.0
"Neglect awaits the song, and chills the Muse;",0.0
"Or should we sing the subject of the day,",1.0
Tomorrow's wonder puffs our praise away.,1.0
When all found readers who could find a rhyme;,1.0
"Green grew the bays on every teeming head,",1.0
"Sing, drooping Muse, the cause of thy decline;",2.0
"Alas! new charms the wavering many gain,",3.0
And rival sheets the reader's eye detain;,0.0
"A daily swarm, that banish every Muse,",0.0
"Come flying forth, and mortals call them News:",1.0
"For these, unread, the noblest volumes lie;",1.0
"In vain for fame, and sink, unseen, to fate.",0.0
The smoothest numbers for the harshest prose;,1.0
"Let us, with generous scorn, the taste deride,",2.0
And sing our rivals with a rival's pride.,1.0
"You gentle poets, who so oft complain",0.0
That pity only cheques your growing spite,0.0
"To erring man, and prompts you still to write;",0.0
"That your choice works on humble stalls are laid,",3.0
Or vainly grace the windows of the trade;,1.0
"Be you my friends, if friendship ever can warm",2.0
"Think of the common cause wherein we go,",0.0
Like gallant Greeks against the Trojan foe;,0.0
"Nor let one peevish chief his leader blame,",0.0
"Till, crowned with conquest, we regain our fame;",1.0
And let us join our forces to subdue,1.0
This bold assuming but successful crew.,1.0
"I sing of News, and all those vapid sheets",0.0
"Whatever their name, whatever the time they fly,",6.0
"Damp from the press, to charm the reader's eye:",0.0
"For, soon as Morning dawns with roseate hue,",0.0
The Herald of the morn arises too;,1.0
"Post after Post succeeds, and, all day long,",2.0
"When evening comes, she comes with all her train",0.0
"Of Ledgers, Chronicles, and Posts again,",1.0
"Like bats, appearing, when the sun goes down,",2.0
From holes obscure and corners of the town.,1.0
"Oh! like my subject could my song delight,",0.0
"The crowd at Lloyd's one poet's name should raise,",0.0
And all the Alley echo to his praise.,1.0
"In shoals the hours their constant numbers bring,",0.0
Like insects waking to the advancing spring;,4.0
Which take their rise from grubs obscene that lie,0.0
"In shallow pools, or thence ascend the sky:",0.0
To die before the next revolving morn.,0.0
In the first visit of a winter's frost;,3.0
"While these remain, a base but constant breed,",1.0
Whose swarming sons their short-lived sires succeed;,1.0
"No changing season makes their number less,",1.0
Nor Sunday shines a sabbath on the press!,2.0
"Then lo! the sainted Monitor is born,",1.0
Whose pious face some sacred texts adorn:,0.0
"As artful sinners cloak the secret sin,",0.0
To veil with seeming grace the guile within;,0.0
"So Moral Essays on his front appear,",2.0
But all is carnal business in the rear;,0.0
"Not so, my little flock! your preacher fly,",0.0
Nor waste the time no worldly wealth can buy;,1.0
But let the decent maid and sober clown,0.0
"This day, at least, on nobler themes bestow,",3.0
"But, Sunday past, what numbers flourish then,",1.0
"Diurnal most, some thrice each week affords,",0.0
"Some only once, ' --  OH avarice of words!",2.0
"When thousand starving minds such manna seek,",0.0
To drop the precious food but once a week.,0.0
"Endless it were to sing the powers of all,",2.0
"Their names, their numbers; how they rise and fall:",1.0
"Rush to the head, and poison where they please:",0.0
"Like idle flies, a busy, buzzing train,",0.0
"That genial soil receives the fruitful store,",0.0
"And there they grow, and breed a thousand more.",1.0
"Now be their arts displayed, how first they choose",0.0
"A cause and party, as the bard his muse;",1.0
And through the town their dreams and omens fly:,1.0
Disjointed scraps of fate involved in doubt;,0.0
"So idle dreams, the journals of the night,",1.0
"Are right and wrong by turns, and mingle wrong with right. ' --",0.0
"Some champions for the rights that prop the crown,",1.0
"Some sturdy patriots, sworn to pull them down;",2.0
"Some neutral powers, with secret forces fraught,",2.0
"Wishing for war, but willing to be bought:",3.0
"While some to every side and party go,",0.0
"Shift every friend, and join with every foe;",1.0
"This side and that, the foes of both alike;",0.0
"Feared for their force, and courted for their crimes.",1.0
"Chief to the prosperous side the numbers sail,",2.0
"Fickle and false, they veer with every gale;",2.0
"As birds that migrate from a freezing shore,",2.0
"In search of warmer climes, come skimming over,",1.0
Some bold adventurers first prepare to try,2.0
The doubtful sunshine of the distant sky;,2.0
But soon the growing Summer's certain sun,0.0
"Wins more and more, till all at last are won:",0.0
"So, on the early prospect of disgrace,",2.0
Fly in vast troops this apprehensive race;,3.0
"Instinctive tribes! their failing food they dread,",0.0
"And buy, with timely change, their future bread.",0.0
"Such are our guides: how many a peaceful head,",3.0
"Born to be still, have they to wrangling led!",1.0
"How many an honest zealot stolen from trade,",4.0
"With clews like these they thread the maze of state,",1.0
"These oracles explore, to learn our fate;",1.0
"Pleased with the guides who can so well deceive,",1.0
Who cannot lie so fast as they believe.,1.0
"Oft lend I, loath, to some sage friend an ear,",2.0
For we who will not speak are doomed to hear;,0.0
"While he, bewildered, tells his anxious thought,",1.0
"Infectious fear from tainted scribblers caught,",0.0
"Or idiot hope; for each his mind assails,",2.0
Or gives dull comments on the speech he maims:,2.0
"Where rector, doctor, and attorney pause,",1.0
"First on each parish, then each public cause:",0.0
"Indited roads, and rates that still increase;",0.0
"The murmuring poor, who will not fast in peace;",2.0
"Election zeal and friendship, since declined;",0.0
"A tax commuted, or a tithe in kind;",1.0
The Dutch and Germans kindling into strife;,0.0
Dull port and poachers vile! the serious ills of life.,3.0
"Here comes the neighbouring Justice, pleased to guide",2.0
"His little club, and in the chair preside.",0.0
"In private business his commands prevail,",1.0
On public themes his reasoning turns the scale;,2.0
"And, in or out, his party triumphs here.",1.0
"Nor here the infectious rage for party stops,",1.0
"Our weekly journals over the land abound,",2.0
"The village, too, the peaceful, pleasant plain,",0.0
Breeds the Whig farmer and the Tory swain;,4.0
"Brookes' and St. Alban's boasts not, but, instead,",4.0
"Hither, with all a patriot's care, comes he",3.0
Who owns the little hut that makes him free;,0.0
Whose yearly forty shillings buy the smile,0.0
"Of mightier men, and never waste the while;",2.0
"Who feels his freehold worth, and looks elate,",1.0
A little prop and pillar of the state.,1.0
"Here he delights the weekly news to con,",1.0
And mingle comments as he blunders on;,2.0
"To swallow all their varying authors teach,",2.0
"To spell a title, and confound a speech:",1.0
"Till with a muddled mind he quits the news,",1.0
And claims his nation's licence to abuse;,1.0
"Then joins the cry, That all the courtly race",0.0
Are venal candidates for power and place;,3.0
"Yet feels some joy, amid the general vice,",0.0
"These are the ills the teeming Press supplies,",1.0
"Not there the wise alone their entrance find,",0.0
Imparting useful light to mortals blind;,0.0
"But, blind themselves, these erring guides hold out",2.0
Alluring lights to lead us far about;,0.0
"Here Slander shoots unseen, whenever she will;",1.0
"Here Fraud and Falsehood labour to deceive,",2.0
"And Folly aids them both, impatient to believe.",1.0
"Such, sons of Britain! are the guides you trust;",1.0
"So wise their counsel, their reports so just! ' --",1.0
"Yet, though we cannot call their morals pure,",0.0
"Their judgement nice, or their decisions sure;",1.0
"Merit they have to mightier works unknown,",3.0
"A style, a manner, and a fate their own.",1.0
"We, who for longer fame with labour strive,",0.0
Are pained to keep our sickly works alive;,0.0
"Studious we toil, with patient care refine,",1.0
Nor let our love protect one languid line.,0.0
"Severe ourselves, at last our works appear,",0.0
"When, ah! we find our readers more severe;",0.0
"For, after all our care and pains, how few",0.0
"Acquire applause, or keep it if they do! ' --",3.0
"Not so these sheets, ordained to happier fate,",2.0
"Praised through their day, and but that day their date;",1.0
Their careless authors only strive to join,0.0
As many words as make an even line;,0.0
As many lines as fill a row complete;,0.0
As many rows as furnish up a sheet:,1.0
"From side to side, with ready types they run",0.0
"The measure's ended, and the work is done;",1.0
"O, born with ease, how envied and how blessed!",1.0
Your fate today and your tomorrow's rest.,2.0
"To you all readers turn, and they can look",2.0
"Pleased on a paper, who abhor a book;",0.0
"Those who never deigned their Bible to peruse,",1.0
Would think it hard to be denied their News;,0.0
"Sinners and saints, the wisest with the weak,",3.0
"Here mingle tastes, and one amusement seek;",1.0
"This, like the public inn, provides a treat,",0.0
Where each promiscuous guest sits down to eat;,2.0
"And such this mental food, as we may call",2.0
"Something to all men, and to some men all.",2.0
"Next, in what rare production shall we trace",0.0
Such various subjects in so small a space?,1.0
As the first ship upon the waters bore,2.0
Incongruous kinds who never met before;,2.0
"Or as some curious virtuoso joins,",4.0
"In one small room, moths, minerals, and coins,",5.0
"To serpents, toads, and all the reptile race",0.0
"So here, compressed within a single sheet,",0.0
"Great things and small, the mean and mighty meet,",1.0
Yet here a private man may place his own;,0.0
"And, where he reads of Lords and Commons, he",1.0
Add next the amusement which the motley page,1.0
Affords to either sex and every age:,0.0
"Lo! where it comes before the cheerful fire, ' --",0.0
Damps from the press in smoky curls aspire,0.0
Ere we can read the wonders that ensue:,0.0
"Then eager every eye surveys the part,",0.0
That brings its favourite subject to the heart;,1.0
"Grave politicians look for facts alone,",1.0
And gravely add conjectures of their own:,1.0
"The sprightly nymph, who never broke her rest.",0.0
"For tottering crowns, or mighty lands oppressed,",2.0
"For songs and suits, a birthday, or a ball:",2.0
The keen warm man overlooks each idle tale,4.0
"For Moneys wanted, and Estates on Sale;",1.0
"While some with equal minds to all attend,",0.0
"Pleased with each part, and grieved to find an end.",0.0
"So charm the News; but we, who far from town",1.0
"Wait till the postman brings the packet down,",1.0
"Once in the week, a vacant day behold,",0.0
"That day arrives; no welcome post appears,",1.0
But the dull morn a sullen aspect wears:,3.0
"To talk of headaches, and complain of boil;",2.0
Nor feast the body while the mind must fast.,0.0
"Not music so commands, nor so the Muse:",2.0
"But the sick mind, of this disease possessed,",3.0
"Now sing, my Muse, what various parts compose",3.0
These rival sheets of politics and prose.,0.0
"First, from each brother's hoard a part they draw,",0.0
A mutual theft that never feared a law;,2.0
"Whatever they gain, to each man's portion fall,",4.0
"And read it once, you read it through them all:",1.0
"For this their runners ramble day and night,",1.0
To drag each lurking deed to open light;,0.0
"For daily bread the dirty trade they ply,",0.0
"Coin their fresh tales, and live upon the lie:",3.0
"Like bees for honey, forth for news they spring, ' --",0.0
Industrious creatures! ever on the wing;,3.0
"Home to their several cells they bear the store,",0.0
"Culled of all kinds, then roam abroad for more.",0.0
No duel dooms the fiery youth to bleed;,3.0
Where rival peers contend to please the fair;,0.0
"When, with new force, she aids her conquering eyes,",5.0
"And beauty decks, with all that beauty buys;",0.0
"Quickly we learn whose heart her influence feels,",4.0
Whose acres melt before her glowing wheels.,0.0
"To these a thousand idle themes succeed,",1.0
"Deeds of all kinds, and comments to each deed.",1.0
"That rise or fall, by causes known to few;",0.0
Promotion's ladder who goes up or down;,2.0
"Who wed, or who seduced, amuse the town;",0.0
What newborn heir has made his father blessed;,0.0
"What heir exults, his father now at rest;",0.0
"So grows the work, and now the printer tries",0.0
"His powers no more, but leans on his allies.",0.0
"When lo! the advertising tribe succeed,",0.0
"Pay to be read, yet find but few will read;",0.0
"And chief the illustrious race, whose drops and pills",4.0
Have patent powers to vanquish human ills:,2.0
"These, with their cures, a constant aid remain,",1.0
To bless the pale composer's fertile brain;,0.0
"Fertile it is, but still the noblest soil",1.0
"Requires some pause, some intervals from toil;",1.0
And they at least a certain ease obtain,1.0
"I too must aid, and pay to see my name",0.0
Hung in these dirty avenues to fame;,0.0
"Nor pay in vain, if aught the Muse has seen,",0.0
"And sung, could make these avenues more clean;",0.0
"Could stop one slander ere it found its way,",0.0
And gave to public scorn its helpless prey.,0.0
"By the same aid, the Stage invites her friends,",2.0
And kindly tells the banquet she intends;,1.0
"With Siddons weep, or laugh with Abingdon;",1.0
"Pleased in fictitious joy or grief, to see",1.0
The mimic passion with their own agree;,1.0
To steal a few enchanted hours away,0.0
"From self, and drop the curtain on the day.",1.0
"But who can steal from self that wretched wight,",0.0
"Whose darling work is tried, some fatal night?",0.0
"Most wretched man! when, bane to every bliss,",0.0
Then groans succeed; nor traitors on the wheel,1.0
"Can feel like him, or have such pangs to feel.",1.0
Nor end they here: next day he reads his fall,0.0
In every paper; critics are they all:,1.0
And hears again the catcalls of the night.,2.0
Such help the stage affords: a larger space,0.0
Is filled by puffs and all the puffing race.,0.0
"Now all the province of that tribe invade,",1.0
And we abound in quacks of every trade.,1.0
"The simple barber, once an honest name,",0.0
"Cervantes founded, Fielding raised his fame:",0.0
On whose soft cheek his own cosmetic blooms;,1.0
"Here he appears, each simple mind to move,",1.0
"And advertises beauty, grace and love.",0.0
"' --  Come, faded belles, who would your youth renew,",1.0
And learn the wonders of Olympian dew;,3.0
"Restore the roses that begin to faint,",0.0
Nor think celestial washes vulgar paint;,0.0
"Your former features, airs, and arts assume,",0.0
"Come, battered beaux, whose locks are turned to grey,",1.0
And crop Discretion's lying badge away;,0.0
"No female eye the fair deception sees,",2.0
Not Nature's self so natural as these.,1.0
"Such are their arts, but not confined to them,",1.0
The Muse impartial must her sons condemn:,0.0
"For they, degenerate! join the venal throng,",3.0
And puff a lazy Pegasus along:,1.0
"More guilty these, by Nature less designed",1.0
For little arts that suit the vulgar kind.,0.0
"That barbers' boys, who would to trade advance,",1.0
Paints The true old original Blue Boar! ' --,5.0
"These are the arts by which a thousand live,",1.0
"Where Truth may smile, and Justice may forgive: ' --",1.0
"But when, amid this rabble rout, we find",0.0
"Packet or Post, and points their merit out;",3.0
"Who advertises what reviewers say,",0.0
With sham editions every second day;,0.0
"Who dares not trust his praises out of sight,",1.0
But hurries into fame with all his might;,0.0
"Although the verse some transient praise obtains,",1.0
Contempt is all the anxious poet gains.,0.0
"Now Puffs exhausted, Advertisements past,",1.0
Their Correspondents stand exposed at last;,0.0
"These are a numerous tribe, to fame unknown,",3.0
Who for the public good forego their own;,0.0
Wooing the printer for admission here;,3.0
Whose generous souls can condescend to pray,2.0
For leave to throw their precious time away.,0.0
"To vex and maul a ministerial race,",2.0
Can thy stern soul refuse the champion place?,4.0
"How he has sent them to thy brothers round,",2.0
And still the same unkind reception found:,0.0
"At length indignant will he damn the state,",1.0
"Turn to his trade, and leave us to our fate.",1.0
"These Roman souls, like Rome's great sons, are known",1.0
"Thus Milo, could we see the noble chief,",1.0
Yet fights the public battles twice a day:,0.0
"Last in these ranks, and least, their art's disgrace,",0.0
"Scribblers who court contempt, whose verse the eye",2.0
"Disdainful views, and glances swiftly by:",1.0
"This Poet's Corner is the place they choose,",1.0
A fatal nursery for an infant Muse;,1.0
"Unlike that Corner where true Poets lie,",1.0
"These cannot live, and they shall never die;",1.0
"Hapless the lad whose mind such dreams invade,",2.0
And win to verse the talents due to trade.,0.0
Keep down the evil spirit and be wise;,1.0
"Follow your calling, think the Muses foes,",2.0
"I know your day-dreams, and I know the snare",2.0
"Hid in your flowery path, and cry Beware!",2.0
"Thoughtless of ill, and to the future blind,",3.0
"Here you may nameless print your idle rhymes,",0.0
And read your firstborn work a thousand times;,1.0
"Printed, and praised, in every magazine:",2.0
And your dark pages please the enlightened age. ' --,4.0
"Alas! what years you thus consume in vain,",0.0
Ruled by this wretched bias of the brain!,1.0
Go! to your desks and counters all return;,0.0
"Trade, and be rich; or, should your careful sires",0.0
"Should love of fame your youthful heart betray,",0.0
"Pursue fair fame, but in a glorious way,",3.0
"Of all the good that mortal men pursue,",0.0
"The Muse has least to give, and gives to few;",0.0
"With smiles and hopes, till youth and peace are gone;",0.0
"Then, wed for life, the restless wrangling pair",0.0
"Forget how constant one, and one how fair:",2.0
"Meanwhile, Ambition, like a blooming bride,",1.0
Brings power and wealth to grace her lover's side;,3.0
"And though she smiles not with such flattering charms,",4.0
The brave will sooner win her to their arms.,1.0
"Then wed to her, if Virtue tie the bands,",1.0
"Her court, her senate, or her arms adorn,",1.0
And let her foes lament that you were born:,1.0
"Or weigh her laws, their ancient rights defend,",0.0
"Though hosts oppose, be theirs and Reason's friend;",1.0
"Armed with strong powers, in their defence engage,",5.0
And rise the Thurlow of the future age.,1.0
"MOURN, Judah, mourn beneath the silent Sky,",1.0
And pierce the Deserts with thy midnight Cry.,2.0
"See Zion, conscious of her failing Powers,",2.0
Heaves from her Base and shakes the nodding Bowers.,0.0
And Matrons strike their widowed Breasts in vain;,0.0
"From Street to Street the howling Mourners fly,",0.0
Fear on their Brows and Horror in their Eye.,0.0
"For why, her Peers are washed with purple Gore:",0.0
Her Princes and her Monarch is no more:,3.0
"Whom not the sacred Diadem could shield,",0.0
But served to swell the Horrors of the Field.,1.0
"But why, amongst the Heathen doomed to fall?",0.0
"Is this, alas, the End of mighty Saul?",1.0
"Mourn, mourn, in Silence lest Philistia hear,",4.0
Nor let our Foes behold the streaming Tear.,0.0
But OH my Friend ' --  Ah there my Sorrows swell,1.0
Denied the Blessing of a sad Farewell?,2.0
"Whose ruddy Cheeks confessed their early Prime,",0.0
Nor his smooth Brows had felt the Stroke of Time.,2.0
"He was my Soul's best Pleasure while alive,",2.0
And is he blasted? ' --  then do I survive?,2.0
"Ah no, it's Death and aggravated Woe.",0.0
"You Nations, mourn ' --  if such a thing could be,",1.0
"Till Nature too should learn to grieve, like me:",0.0
"You smiling Dames, your gaudy Robes resign,",0.0
"Go, hide your slighted Beauties from the Sun,",2.0
While down your Cheeks the streaming Sorrows run.,0.0
"Still let your Eyeballs waste their humid Store,",2.0
And still repeat ' --  Your Monarch is no more!,2.0
Nor let thy Hills behold the Beams of Light.,0.0
"Let the gay Sun to thee his Rays deny,",2.0
And there my Friend received the mortal Wound.,1.0
WHY dost thou still give way to such Despair,2.0
"Too just, alas! the weighty Causes are",2.0
"And of all Plants the secret Virtue tells,",1.0
"Knows, with what healing Gifts our Spring a bound",0.0
And of each Bird explains the mystic Sound;,1.0
"'Twas He, even He! my wretched Fate foretold",1.0
"Who, while his Smiles attract the easy View,",0.0
"Drops flattering Words, soft as the falling Dew;",3.0
"Whose outward Form all friendly still appears,",0.0
"Though Fraud and Daggers in his Thoughts he wears,",0.0
"If He it is, that bids thy Love despair,",1.0
I hope the happier End of all thy Care.,2.0
So far from Truth his vain Predictions fall.,0.0
"And in these Shades the false Impostor met,",0.0
"On all his studied Speeches still relied,",0.0
"Nor feared to err, while led by such a Guide:",1.0
"When on a Day, that Business and Delight",1.0
"My Steps did to the Neighbouring Town invite,",3.0
"Which stands upon that rising Mountain's side,",0.0
"And from our Plains this River do's divide,",1.0
"He checked me thus ' --  Be warned in time, My Son,",0.0
Whose gay Inhabitants thou shalt behold,1.0
"Courtiers, that will thy rustic Garb despise,",2.0
"But above all, that Structure see thou fly,",1.0
To shun that Path be thy peculiar Care.,1.0
"I ask, what of that Place the Dangers are:",2.0
"To which he soon replies, there shalt thou meet",0.0
"Who subtly will thy solid Sense bereave,",1.0
And a false Gloss to every Object give.,2.0
"Brass to thy Sight as polished Gold shall seem,",0.0
And Glass thou as the Diamond shalt esteem.,1.0
"Huge Heaps of Silver to thee shall appear,",2.0
"Which if approached, will prove but shining Air.",1.0
"The very Walls by Magic Art are wrought,",0.0
And Repetition to all Speakers taught:,1.0
"Not such, as from our Echoes we obtain,",2.0
Which only our last Words return again;,2.0
"But Speech for Speech entirely there they give,",1.0
"And often add, beyond what they receive.",1.0
"There downy Couches to false Rest invite,",2.0
"The Lawn is charmed, that faintly bars the Light.",0.0
"No gilded Seat, no ivory Board is there,",2.0
"While, farther to abuse thy wondering Eyes,",3.0
Strange antic Shapes before them shall arise;,1.0
"Fantastic Fiends, that will about thee flock,",1.0
"And all they see, with Imitation mock.",0.0
"Transformed into a Flame, a Stream, a Tree;",0.0
Till by a burning Sigh dissolved again.,1.0
Thus spoke the Wretch; but could not shake my Mind.,1.0
"My way I take, and soon the City find,",0.0
"Where above all that lofty Fabric stands,",0.0
"Which, with one View, the Town and Plains commands.",0.0
"Here was I stopped, for who could quit the Ground,",0.0
That heard such Music from those Roofs resound!,2.0
Music! beyond the Swan's expiring Throat;,2.0
"Beyond the softest Voice, that charms the Grove,",0.0
"My Ear I thought too narrow for the Art,",2.0
Nor fast enough conveyed it to my Heart:,1.0
When in the Entrance of the Gate I saw,1.0
"A Man Majestic, and commanding Awe;",1.0
"Yet tempered with a Carriage, so refined",2.0
"That undetermined was my doubtful Mind,",1.0
"Whether for Love, or War, that Form was most designed.",2.0
"With such a Brow, as did at once declare",1.0
"A gentle Nature, and a Wit severe;",1.0
"To view that Palace me he asked to go,",1.0
"Though Royal He, and I Obscure and Low.",2.0
"But the Delights my Senses there did meet,",2.0
"No rural Tongue, no Swain can ever repeat.",4.0
"Celestial Goddesses, or Nymphs as Fair,",1.0
"In unveiled Beauties, to all Eyes appear",5.0
"Sprinkled with Gold, as glorious to the View,",3.0
"As young Aurora, decked with pearly Dew;",0.0
"Bright Rays dispensing, as along they passed,",2.0
And with new Light the shining Palace graced.,2.0
"Even humble Me their Harmony inspired,",2.0
"My Breast expanded, and my Spirits fired.",1.0
"Rude Pastoral now, no longer I rehearse,",5.0
But Heroes crown with my exalted Verse.,1.0
"Of Arms I sung, of bold adventurous Wars;",2.0
"And though brought back by my too envious Stars,",6.0
"Yet kept my Voice and Reed those lofty Strains,",0.0
And sent loud Music through the wondering Plains:,4.0
And now to ruin Both at once designed.,0.0
"And suddenly so clogged, and hoarse I was,",1.0
"That all our Shepherd's, at the Change amazed,",0.0
"When He it was, my luckless Path had crossed,",1.0
"By whose dire Look, my Skill awhile was lost.",0.0
"This have I told, to raise thy Hopes again,",0.0
"And render, by distrust, his Malice vain.",1.0
Agreed a while to leave the boundless Main;,0.0
"And near the Shore unseen they chose to kiss,",0.0
"There, all that Love could yield, the Youth enjoyed;",0.0
"She looked, and sighed; his Lips she gently pressed;",0.0
"Then murmuring fell, and slept upon his Breast;",2.0
"While pleasing Dreams past Scenes of Love repeat,",1.0
And cooling Breezes fan the Summer's Heat.,0.0
"Thus as she lay entranced, the wanton Air",0.0
"Played on her Mouth, and sported with her Hair;",1.0
"The Boy less kind, thus as she sleeping lay,",3.0
"Will curse that Beauty, which they now adore.",0.0
"The ebbing Tide had left the sandy Plain,",0.0
"Sad Thoughts, and black Despair pierced through her Soul,",3.0
With Tears she saw the distant Billows roll.,0.0
"She found her self forsaken, and alone,",1.0
"The Triton absent, and the Water gone.",1.0
"Grievous she moaned her Fate, and weeping said,",2.0
"Is thus my Love, my easy Love betrayed?",0.0
"Such Scorn we may expect, nay we deserve,",3.0
When wanton Souls from steady Virtue swerve.,0.0
"When Love was ceased, you might have shown your Hate;",0.0
"The Waves are false, and you are false as they.",1.0
"By both betrayed, with gnawing Hunger pined,",0.0
"Nor trust the Youth, nor trust the hated Shore.",0.0
"Farewell you distant Waves; you I forgive,",2.0
"When he, who loved so much, yet could deceive.",0.0
"And shining Pearls, that grow in rocky Cells,",0.0
Around my Neck the perjured Melvin hung.,0.0
"Farewell, you Songs, that once were thought to please,",1.0
My Voice shall calm no more the listening Seas.,1.0
Unhappy Fate of the soft yielding Maid!,2.0
"Whoever loves, is sure to be betrayed.",0.0
"Thus the despairing Nymph complained alone,",2.0
When kinder Sleep again with calm Surprise,0.0
"Soothed all her Pain, and closed her willing Eyes,",0.0
And now returning Waves by slow degrees,0.0
"Move on the Beach, and stretch the widened Seas.",0.0
"Melvin approaches with the rising Tide,",3.0
"The Sea was near, and the lost Lover found.",2.0
"Ah! do I now, or did I dream before,",0.0
"Cries the fond Nymph, when on the barren Shore",1.0
"Left by the Sea, and you so long I mourned;",1.0
"How were you gone, or whence are you returned?",2.0
Vain Dreams replied the wily Youth deceive,1.0
"Your wandering Thoughts, and false Impressions leave.",2.0
"He said, and kissed the Nymph; she kissed again:",0.0
"He pressed her close, and she forgot her Pain.",1.0
"In vain to me the smiling mornings shine,",1.0
Or cheerful fields resume their green attire:,0.0
My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine;,1.0
And in my breast the imperfect joys expire.,2.0
"Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer,",0.0
And newborn pleasure brings to happier men:,2.0
To warm their little loves the birds complain.,0.0
"I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear,",1.0
And weep the more because I weep in vain.,0.0
"OF warring senators, and battles dire,",1.0
And Caledonian earls in concert scratch;,2.0
"A group of heroes, occupied the round,",0.0
Long in the rolls of infamy renowned.,1.0
"Circling the table all in silence sat,",1.0
"Now storming castles of the newest taste,",2.0
And granting articles to forts of past;,1.0
Now swallowing bitter draughts of Prussian beer;,3.0
"His sons, like asses, to one centre draw.",1.0
"Inflated Discord heard, and left her cell,",0.0
With all the horrors of her native hell:,1.0
"She, on the soaring wings of genius fled,",1.0
And waved the pen of Junius round her head.,1.0
"Beneath the table, veiled from sight, she sprung,",0.0
Whose interest winds his conscience as his clock:,1.0
"Been evident, and infamous in song.",2.0
A toast demanded: Madoc swift arose.,0.0
"His sanguine fork a murdered pigeon pressed,",0.0
His knife with deep incision sought the breast.,0.0
"Upon his lips the quivering accents hung,",2.0
And too much expedition chained his tongue.,0.0
"When thus he sputtered: All the glasses fill,",0.0
From whom the royal blood of Madoc springs.,0.0
"Madoc, undoubtedly of Arthur's race,",3.0
You see the mighty monarch in his face:,0.0
Demands this proper homage of the board.,1.0
My pony Scrub can sires more valiant trace ' --,0.0
The mangled pigeon thunders on his face;,1.0
"His opening mouth the melted butter fills,",2.0
"Furious he started, rage his bosom warms;",1.0
"Thou vulgar imitator of the great,",1.0
His shadow body to the table bends:,1.0
"In these degenerate days, for three a meal:",3.0
"In ancient times, as various writers say,",2.0
"An alderman or priest, eat three a day.",2.0
His stretching muscles and the mountain flies.,1.0
"Swift, as a cloud that shadows over the plain,",3.0
It flew and scattered drops of oily rain.,0.0
"In opposition to extended knives,",1.0
"Senseless he falls upon the sandy ground,",2.0
Pressed with the steamy load that ooze around.,0.0
"And now confusion spread her ghastly plume,",0.0
And faction separates the noisy room.,0.0
"That opens to a courtiers paradise,",3.0
Injustice up the rocky hill of law:,1.0
"From whose humanity the laurels sprung,",1.0
To Fortune thus addressed his private prayer:,0.0
Six Russian frigates at thy shrine shall burn;,1.0
Nine rioters shall bleed beneath thy feet;,2.0
And hanging cutters decorate each street.,0.0
"The goddess smiled, or rather smoothed her frown,",0.0
And shook the triple feathers of her crown:,1.0
Instilled a private pension in his soul.,0.0
"With rage inspired, he seized a Gallic roll:",2.0
"His bursting arm the missive weapon threw,",0.0
"High over his rival's head it whistling slew,",3.0
Received it on his ear and kissed the ground.,1.0
To play the minister's or felon's part:,1.0
A slave to venal slaves; a tool to tools:,0.0
The representative to knaves and fools.,1.0
"See, while her nodding aldermen are spread,",1.0
With beef and ven'son their attention draws:,1.0
"They drink, they eat, then sign the mean address;",0.0
"Say, could their humble gratitude do less?",0.0
Red lightnings flashing in his dancing eyes.,1.0
And elevates for furious fight his hands:,2.0
"One pointed fist, his shadowed corps defends",0.0
"Now fired with anguish and inflamed by pride,",4.0
"But Fortune, or some higher power, or god",3.0
Oblique extended forth a sable rod:,0.0
The hardened serpent intercepts his way:,0.0
"He fell, and falling with a lordly air,",1.0
Crushed into atoms the judicial chair.,2.0
Revenge in every bloody feature glows.,0.0
Dropping Manilla sauces on his curls:,3.0
The burning pepper sparkles in his eyes:,0.0
"Glows brighter red, the glory of the spoil.",2.0
"The victors thunder, and the vanquished howl.",1.0
"Stars, garters, all the implements of show,",2.0
"That decked the powers above, disgraced below.",2.0
"Nor swords, nor mightier weapons did they draw,",2.0
For all were well acquainted with the law.,1.0
"Our heroes, like Lord George could scold and write.",1.0
A rusty link of ministerial chain;,2.0
A living glory of the present reign.,1.0
"Versed in the arts of ammunition bread,",0.0
From the same line as royal Madoc sprung;,2.0
"Occurred, the object of his bursting ire,",1.0
And on his nose received the weapon dire:,1.0
Overflows his garter with a purple flood.,1.0
When ladies scream and greasy butchers roar:,0.0
He kissed his own dear lady in the dark.,1.0
"The lineal representative of kings,",3.0
"A carving weapon seized, and up he springs:",1.0
"A weapon long in cruel murders stained,",0.0
"But Fortune, Providence, or what you will,",1.0
To lay the rising scenes of horror still;,0.0
"Loud as the mob's reiterated yell,",0.0
Whose every action is of trifles made:,1.0
The blood which will from civil discord flow:,1.0
"Who swells each grievance, lengthens every tax,",0.0
Blind to the ripening vengeance of the axe.,1.0
"With eye of pity, saw the dreary fray:",0.0
"Amid the greasy horrors of the fight,",1.0
He trembled for his suit of virgin white.,1.0
"Fond of his eloquence, and easy flow",1.0
"He mounts the table, but through eager haste,",1.0
"The burning liquid penetrates his shoe,",0.0
Like bullets outward perforate the breast;,0.0
Shall luscious turtle without surfeit kill.,5.0
A custard pudding trembled on his tongue:,1.0
"And, Ah! Misfortunes seldom come alone,",0.0
"Headlong he falls, propelled by thickening bangs.",1.0
"The prince of trimmers, for his magic famed,",1.0
"Bursting with rage, a weighty bottle caught,",2.0
"With crimson blood and vital spirits fraught,",0.0
"Upon his front the stubborn vessel sounds,",0.0
Back from his harder front the bottle bounds:,0.0
"He fell. The royal Madoc rising up,",1.0
A greater adept than Agrippa sound;,4.0
"Oft as his phantom reasons intervened,",0.0
"In languid attitudes a truce desired,",0.0
Long was the bloody fight; confusion dire,0.0
Has hid some circumstances from the lyre:,1.0
"Suffice it, that each hero kissed the ground,",0.0
"Who stretching his authoritative hand,",1.0
Loudly thus issued forth his dread command.,3.0
"In the King's name, let hostile vengeance cease!",4.0
The fallen unmolested leave the ground.,0.0
"What fury, nobles, occupies your breast;",0.0
What patriots spirits has your minds possessed.,2.0
"Nor honorary gifts, nor pensions, please,",0.0
"How? Wist you not what ancient sages said,",0.0
"The council quarrels, and the poor have bread.",1.0
Be every thought of enmity at rest:,1.0
"Divide it and be friends again, he said:",1.0
The council god returned; and discord fled.,0.0
"Of haughty man, his passions to control,",1.0
"His pride at once to humble and to please,",1.0
"And join the dignity of life with ease,",1.0
"Be now my theme. OH thou, whom Nature's hand",2.0
"Framed for this best, this delicate command,",1.0
"At the same time to speak and to persuade,",4.0
"WYNDHAM, with diligence awhile attend,",3.0
Nor scorn the instructions of an older friend;,3.0
Who when the world's great commerce shall have joined,1.0
"The deep reflection, and the strength of mind,",1.0
"To the bright talents of thy youthful state,",3.0
In turn shall on thy better lessons wait.,1.0
"Whence comes it, that in every art we see",0.0
Many can rise to a supreme degree;,3.0
"Yet in this art, for which all seem designed",0.0
"By nature, scarcely one complete we find?",1.0
By the strong springs alone of selfish love:,0.0
"Yet among all the species, is there one,",1.0
"Whom with more caution than ourselves, we shun?",1.0
Go none but for the profit or the sport?,3.0
"If so, why comes each soul fatigued away,",1.0
And curses the dull puppets same dull play;,3.0
"Yet, unconvinced, is tempted still to go?",0.0
It's that we find at home our greatest foe.,0.0
And reason good why solitude we flee;,0.0
"Yet, such our inconsistency of mind,",1.0
"We court society, and hate mankind.",2.0
"This is too learnt, too prudent, or too wise;",6.0
And that we for his ignorance despise:,2.0
"A voice perhaps our ear shall harshly strike,",0.0
Then strait even wit itself shall raise dislike;,1.0
"Our eye may by some feature be annoyed,",1.0
Behold at once a character destroyed:,1.0
"He'll ridicule no friend, though out of hearing:",2.0
"Another warmed with zeal, offends our eyes,",0.0
Because he holds the mirror up to vice.,1.0
"No wonder then, since fancies wild as these",1.0
"Can move our spleen, that real faults displease.",3.0
"When Flavia entertains us with her dreams,",3.0
"And interest that can brother hearts divide,",0.0
"In their imagined forms our eyesight hit,",2.0
"Of an old maid, a poet, peer or cit;",2.0
And cheque the torrent of each boiling vein?,1.0
Yes. She can still do more; view passion's slave,1.0
"With mind serene, indulge him, and yet save.",1.0
"Scans every man, and every man awry;",1.0
"That reigning passion, which through every stage",0.0
"Of life, still haunts us with unceasing rage.",2.0
"No quality so mean, but what can raise",2.0
And thinks he carries his excuse in lace:,1.0
"With a round cap, that shows a fine turned ear:",2.0
The lowest jest makes Delia laugh to death;,1.0
From the gilded coach with four laced slaves behind;,1.0
Does all this pomp and state proceed from merit?,0.0
Mean thought! he deems it nobler to inherit:,3.0
"Freemason, rake or wit, it's just the same,",1.0
"The charm is hence, he has gained himself a name.",0.0
"Yet, spite of all the fools that pride has made,",0.0
It's not on man an useless burden laid;,0.0
"Pride has ennobled some, and some disgraced;",1.0
"It hurts not in itself, but as it's placed;",1.0
"When right, its view knows none but virtue's bound;",1.0
"When wrong, it scarcely looks one inch around.",0.0
Mark! with what care the fair one's critic eye,0.0
"Scans over her dress, nor let's a fault slip by;",5.0
Each rebel hair must be reduced to place,0.0
"With tedious skill, and tortured into grace;",2.0
"Betty must over and over the pins dispose,",6.0
And the whole frame is fitted to express,3.0
True. But let's wait upon this fair machine,3.0
From the lone closet to the social scene;,3.0
"There view her loud, affected, scornful, sour,",0.0
"What means she, at one instant to disgrace,",1.0
"The work is ruined, that was raised by pride.",0.0
"Yet of all tempers, it requires least pain,",2.0
"Could we but rule ourselves, to rule the vain.",0.0
"The prudent is by reason only swayed,",1.0
With him each sentence and each word is weighed;,2.0
The gay and giddy can alone be caught,1.0
By the quick lustre of a happy thought;,3.0
"The prodigal, unless you rob yourself;",1.0
"The lewd will shun you, if your wife prove chaste;",2.0
"The jealous, if a smile on his be cast;",2.0
"The steady or the whimsical will blame,",2.0
"The peevish, sullen, shrewd, luxurious, rash,",2.0
"Will with your virtue, peace, or interest, clash;",1.0
"But mark the proud man's price, how very low!",1.0
"It's but a civil speech, a smile, or bow.",1.0
"In social life to gain immortal fame,",0.0
"Observe the various passions of mankind,",4.0
"General, peculiar, single or combined:",2.0
"How youth from manhood differs in its views,",1.0
And how old age still other paths pursues;,4.0
"How freedom now a lovely face shall wear,",0.0
Now shock us in the likeness of a bear;,2.0
"How jealousy in some resembles hate,",1.0
"In others, seems but love grown delicate;",2.0
"How modesty is often pride refined,",1.0
And virtue but the canker of the mind;,2.0
"How love of riches, grandeur, life, and fame,",5.0
"Wear different shapes, and yet are still the same.",1.0
"But not our passions only disagree,",1.0
In taste is found as great variety:,1.0
His lady hates to death the odious sound:,2.0
"Yet both love music, though in different ways;",2.0
"He in a kennel, she at opera's.",1.0
"A florist shall, perhaps, not grudge some hours,",0.0
To view the colours in a bed of flowers;,0.0
"He passes on, and only cries, it's fine.",1.0
"The mouldy fragment of an author lost,",1.0
"A globe, a fine laced head, a china jar,",1.0
"A mistress, or a fashion, that is new,",1.0
"Have each their charms, though felt but by a few.",1.0
"Then study each man's passion and his taste,",2.0
"The first to soften, and indulge the last:",1.0
"Not like the wretch, who beats down virtue's fence,",0.0
And deviates from the paths of common sense;,0.0
The very weakness we with grief behold.,1.0
"Passions are common to the fool and wise,",3.0
And all would hide them under art's disguise;,0.0
"For so avowed, in others, is their shame,",2.0
"None hates them more, than he who has the same.",1.0
"But taste seems more peculiarly our own,",2.0
And every man is fond to make his known;,0.0
Proud of a mark he fancies is designed,1.0
By nature to advance him over his kind;,3.0
"And where he sees that character impressed,",1.0
With joy he hugs the favourite to his breast.,1.0
"But the main stress of all our cares must lie,",2.0
To watch ourselves with strict and constant eye:,0.0
"To mark the working mind, when passion's course",0.0
"Begins to swell, and reason still has force;",0.0
Observe the moments when they first subside;,0.0
For he who hopes a victory to win,2.0
"Over other men, must with himself begin;",1.0
"Else like a town by mutiny oppressed,",1.0
"And they alone, who in themselves oft view",2.0
"Man's image, know what method to pursue.",2.0
"All other creatures keep in beaten ways,",0.0
Man only moves in an eternal maze:,2.0
"He lives and dies, not tamed by cultivation,",0.0
"The wretch of reason, and the dupe of passion;",1.0
"Curious of knowing, yet too proud to learn;",2.0
"More prone to doubt, than anxious to discern:",1.0
Mistaking still the pleasing for the true;,1.0
"Foe to restraints approved by general voice,",2.0
"Of rest impatient, yet in love with ease;",0.0
"Disdaining by the vulgar to be awed,",2.0
Yet never pleased but when the fools applaud:,0.0
"By turns severe, indulgent, humble, vain;",0.0
A trifle serves to lose him or to gain.,1.0
"Then grant this trifle, yet his vices shun,",0.0
"This for each humour every shape could take,",1.0
"Even virtue's own, though not for virtue's sake;",0.0
"At Athens rakish, thoughtless, full of fire,",0.0
"In Asia gay, effeminate and lewd;",1.0
"While the rough Roman, virtue's rigid friend,",2.0
Could not to save the cause he died for bend:,0.0
He more indulged a passion than subdued.,1.0
Behold him bending at his idol's feet;,0.0
"Humble, not mean; disputing, and yet sweet;",3.0
Without a rival studious to be loved;,1.0
"For ever fearful, though not always witty,",1.0
And never giving cause for hate or pity:,0.0
"These are his arts, such arts as must prevail,",1.0
"And what he does to gain a vulgar end,",0.0
"Shall we neglect, to make mankind our friend?",2.0
Good sense and learning may esteem obtain;,1.0
"Humour and wit a laugh, if rightly taken:",0.0
Fair virtue admiration may impart;,2.0
"It moulds the body to an easy grace,",1.0
And brightens every feature of the face:,1.0
And adds persuasion to the finest sense.,1.0
"Yet this, like every disposition, has",0.0
"Fixed bounds, over which it never ought to pass;",1.0
"When stretched too far, its honour dies away,",4.0
"Its merit sinks, and all its charms decay;",0.0
"Among the good it meets with no applause,",0.0
"And to its ruin the malicious draws,",2.0
"A slave to all, who force it, or entice,",1.0
"It falls by chance in virtue or in vice,",1.0
"It's true, in pity for the poor it bleeds,",1.0
"It clothes the naked, and the hungry feeds;",1.0
"It cheers the stranger, nay its foes defends,",0.0
But then as oft it injures its best friends.,2.0
"Study with care Politeness, that must teach",2.0
"In vain Formality, with matron mien,",1.0
"Distorted themselves, and give all others pain:",2.0
"She moves with easy, though with measured pace,",1.0
"And shows no part of study, but the grace.",2.0
"Yet even by this man is but half refined,",1.0
"It's but a varnish that is quickly tossed,",1.0
Whenever the soul in passion's sea is lost.,2.0
"Would you both please and be instructed too,",3.0
Watch well the rage of shining to subdue;,2.0
"Hear every man upon his favourite theme,",1.0
And ever be more knowing than you seem.,1.0
"The lowest genius will afford some light,",1.0
Or give a hint that had escaped your sight.,0.0
"Doubt, till he thinks you on conviction yield,",1.0
And with fit questions let each pause be filled:,2.0
"And the most knowing will with pleasure grant,",2.0
But are not therefore fit for all alike;,2.0
"They charm the lively, but the grave offend,",1.0
And raise a foe as often as a friend;,1.0
"That cheer the strong, and pain the weakly sight.",0.0
"If a bright fancy therefore be your share,",3.0
Let judgement watch it with a guardian's care;,4.0
"It's like a torrent apt to overflow,",0.0
Unless by constant government kept low;,2.0
"Or else, like trees, when suffered wild to shoot,",0.0
"It turns to affectation and grimace,",2.0
"As like to wit, as dullness is to grace.",1.0
Yet memory oft no less requires the bit:,3.0
"How many, hurried by its force away,",1.0
For ever in the land of gossips stray?,0.0
"Usurp the province of the nurse to lull,",2.0
Without her privilege for being dull?,1.0
Without regard to use or symmetry:,1.0
"Heaps bricks on bricks, and fancies it's to build.",2.0
"A storey should, to please, at least seem true,",1.0
"The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools.",0.0
"But others, more intolerable yet,",1.0
"Heavy by memory made, and what's the worst,",4.0
"At secondhand, as often as at first.",1.0
"And can even patience hear, without disdain,",0.0
The maiming register of sense once slain?,2.0
"Some know no joy like what a word can raise,",1.0
Hauled through a language's perplexing maze;,0.0
"Till on a mate, that seems to agree, they light,",3.0
"Like man and wise, that still are opposite;",0.0
"Not lawyers at the bar play more with sense,",1.0
"Than they on every subject, great or small,",1.0
"At clubs, or councils, at a church, or ball;",0.0
Then cry we rob them of their tributes due:,1.0
Alas! how can we laugh and pity too?,1.0
"While others to extremes as wild will run,",1.0
"When the brisk glass to freedom does entice,",3.0
And rigid wisdom is a kind of vice.,1.0
Never frown where sense may innocently smile.,1.0
"Cramp not your language into logic rules,",0.0
"Nor let your learning always be discerned,",0.0
But choose to seem judicious more than learnt.,0.0
"Quote seldom, and then let it be, at least,",2.0
"But lest, disguised, your eye it should escape,",1.0
"Know, pedantry can put on every shape:",2.0
"For when we deviate into terms of art,",2.0
"Unless constrained, we act the pedant's part.",0.0
No matter of what kind the subject be.,2.0
"From laws of nations down to laws of dress,",1.0
"For statesmen have their cant, and belles no less.",1.0
Nature but few does for that task design:,1.0
"It's in the ablest hand a dangerous tool,",2.0
But never fails to wound the meddling fool:,0.0
"For all must grant, it needs no common art",1.0
"To keep men patient, when we make them smart.",1.0
"For taste decrees what's low, and what's sublime:",0.0
"And what might charm today, or over a glass,",2.0
"Perhaps at court, or next day, would not pass.",0.0
"And formed by nature to be kicked and fed,",1.0
All persons right or wrong with random wit.,0.0
"Our wise forefathers, born in sober days,",1.0
Resigned to fools the tart and witty phrase;,0.0
"The motley coat gave warning for the jest,",2.0
"But we from high to low all strive to sneer,",1.0
"Will all be wits, and not the livery wear.",2.0
Of all the qualities that help to raise,1.0
"In men the universal voice of praise,",0.0
"Whether in pleasure or in use they end,",3.0
"It's a transparent veil that helps the sight,",1.0
And lets us look on merit with delight:,1.0
"In others, it's a kindly light, that seems",1.0
To gild the worst defects with borrowed beams.,1.0
"Yet, it's but little that its form be caught,",0.0
Unless its origin be first in thought:,1.0
"Else rebel nature will reveal the cheat,",2.0
And the whole work of art at once defeat.,2.0
"The praise you take, although it be your due,",1.0
"Will be suspected, if it come from you:",1.0
"For each man, by experience taught, can tell",4.0
"In sober sadness, and without design,",1.0
"For some will slyly arrogate a vice,",0.0
That from excess of virtue takes its rise,1.0
"The world cries out, why does he hither come?",2.0
Let him do penance for his sins at home.,1.0
"No part of conduct asks for skill more nice,",1.0
"Though none more common, than to give advice:",1.0
"Misers themselves in this will not be saving,",1.0
"Unless their knowledge makes it worth the having,",0.0
"But if consulted, use sincerity;",2.0
"Too sacred is the welfare of a friend,",4.0
To give it up for any selfish end.,1.0
"But use one caution, sift him over and over,",2.0
"To find if all be not resolved before,",0.0
"If such the case, in spite of all his art,",1.0
Some word will give the soundings of his heart;,1.0
"That serves him not, and may his friendship lose?",1.0
"Yet still on truth bestow this mark of love,",0.0
Never to commend the thing you can't approve.,1.0
"No art she knows, in native whiteness dressed,",0.0
"Her thoughts all pure, and therefore all expressed:",1.0
She takes from error its deformity;,2.0
"And without her, all other virtues die.",1.0
"Bright source of goodness! to my aid descend,",2.0
"Watch over my heart, and all my words attend:",3.0
"If still thou deign to set thy foot below,",0.0
"Among a race quite polished into show,",1.0
"Who grants to all all favours, but her heart:",0.0
"Perverts the end of charming, for the fame;",1.0
"To fawn, her business; to deceive, her aim:",1.0
"She smiles on this man, tips the wink on that,",2.0
"Gives one a squeeze, another a kind pat;",2.0
"Now jogs a foot, now whispers in an ear;",2.0
"Till the kind thing, the company throughout,",3.0
Distributes all its pretty self about;,0.0
"While all are pleased, and wretched soon or late,",0.0
"All but the wise, who see and shun the bait.",0.0
"And rigid virtue sometime will allow,",2.0
"You stretch the truth in favour of a friend,",0.0
Be sure it ever aim at some good end;,0.0
"To cherish growing virtue, vice to shame,",0.0
And turn to noble views the love of fame:,0.0
"By sense or truth, be every passion's bawd.",0.0
"Be rarely warm in censure, or in praise;",1.0
Few men deserve our passion either ways:,0.0
"For half the world but floats betwixt good and ill,",0.0
"As chance disposes objects, these the will:",1.0
"It's but a see-saw game, where virtue now",2.0
"Mounts above vice, and then sinks down as low.",2.0
"Besides the wise still hold it for a rule,",2.0
"To trust that judgement most, that seems most cool:",0.0
"For all that rises to hyperbole,",1.0
"Proves that we err, at least in the degree.",1.0
"But if your temper to extremes should lead,",2.0
Always upon the indulging side exceed;,3.0
"For though to blame most lend a willing ear,",1.0
Yet hatred ever will attend on fear:,1.0
"And when a neighbour's dwelling blazes out,",4.0
The world will think it's time to look about.,0.0
Let not the curious from your bosom steal,1.0
"Secrets, where Prudence ought to set her seal;",2.0
"Yet be so frank and plain, that at one view,",0.0
"In other things, each man may see you through:",0.0
"For if the mask of policy you wear,",2.0
"The honest hate you, and the cunning fear.",1.0
"Would you be well received wherever you go,",2.0
Remember each man vanquished is a foe.,2.0
"Resist not, therefore, with your utmost might,",3.0
"He, for each triumph you shall thus decline,",2.0
Shall give ten opportunities to shine:,2.0
"He sees, since once you owned him to excel,",1.0
That it's his interest you should reason well;,1.0
"As blustering B' -- y to a brother scholar,",2.0
"Yet by degrees, inure him to submit,",2.0
"But chiefly against trifling contests guard,",5.0
It's here submission seems to man most hard:,0.0
Who undertook to kick against his mule.,0.0
"But those who will not by instruction learn,",1.0
"How fatal trifles prove, let storey warn.",1.0
"Lived each for each, as each for each would die;",0.0
"Like objects pleased them, and like objects pained;",1.0
'Twas but one soul that in two bodies reigned.,1.0
"They plied the cheerful, but still temperate glass,",2.0
When lo! a doubt is raised about a word:,0.0
A doubt that must be ended by the sword:,1.0
"One falls a victim, mark, OH man, thy shame,",1.0
"For his two tomes of words, though half his own?",2.0
"For what remains of failings without end,",3.0
"Morals must some, and some the laws must mend.",0.0
"While others in such monstrous forms appear,",0.0
"No caution to avoid them they demand,",3.0
"If faith to some philosophers be given,",1.0
"Man, that great lord of earth, that heir of heaven,",3.0
"Savage at first, inhabited the wood,",3.0
"No social home he knew, no friendship's tie,",2.0
"Selfish in good, in ill without ally;",0.0
"Till some in length of time, of stronger nerve,",0.0
"And greater cunning, forced the rest to serve",0.0
"One common purpose, and, in nature's spite,",1.0
Brought the whole jarring species to unite.,5.0
"But might we not with equal reason say,",0.0
"That every single particle of clay,",1.0
"Which forms our body, was at first designed",1.0
"Can this be said, and can it be allowed",2.0
'Twas with its powers for no one end endowed?,2.0
"If so; we own that man, at first, by art",1.0
Was soothed to act in social life a part.,0.0
"It's true, in some the seeds of discord seem",0.0
"But that no more hurts nature's general course,",2.0
Than matter found with a repelling force.,1.0
"Turn we awhile on lonely man our eyes,",2.0
And see what frantic scenes of folly rise:,0.0
"Of animated plaster, wood, and stone,",0.0
And mighty cures by sainted sinners done.,0.0
"Permit me, Muse, still farther to explore,",2.0
And turn the leaves of superstition over;,0.0
"Where wonders upon wonders ever grow,",5.0
"Chaos of zeal and blindness, mirth and woe;",2.0
That hot from hell roar at a finger burned;,1.0
St Anthony. And hell broke loose to make another laugh;,3.0
"One monk, not knowing how to spend his time,",1.0
"Increases the large catalogue of sins,",4.0
"And where the sober finish, there begins.",1.0
"Of death eternal his decree is past,",1.0
"For the first crime, as fixed as for the last.",3.0
"While that, as idle, and as pious too,",1.0
Compounds with false religion for the true;,1.0
Weighs all the niceties of forms and modes;,1.0
"And makes the rugged paths so smooth and even,",0.0
"The taylor now cuts out, and men grow good.",3.0
Because he fancies virtue dwells with dirt:,0.0
While all concur to take away the stress,0.0
Anxious each paltry relic to preserve,3.0
"Of him, whose hungry friends they leave to starve,",1.0
"Strangers to joys, familiar grown with pains;",2.0
To all the means of virtue they attend,1.0
"With strictest care, and only miss the end.",0.0
"Can scripture teach us, or can sense persuade,",1.0
That man for such employments ever was made?,3.0
Far be that thought! but let us now relate,0.0
"A character as opposite, as great,",2.0
"In him, who living gave to Athens fame,",0.0
"He taught what they neglected, common sense.",1.0
"He, over mankind; all Athens was his school.",4.0
"Great lords, and wits, in their own eyes still greater,",3.0
With him grew wise; unknowing they were taught;,3.0
"He spoke like them, though not like them he thought:",1.0
"Nor wept, nor laughed, at man's perverted state;",0.0
"But left to women this, to idiots that.",2.0
Or crowned with roses at the jovial feast;,2.0
"Insulted by a peevish, noisy wife,",1.0
"Sublime with ease, with condescension strong!",0.0
"Yet scorned to flatter vice, or virtue blame;",0.0
"Nor changed to please, but pleased because the same;",0.0
"Still unaffected, cheerful, mild, and good.",1.0
"Behold one pagan, drawn in colours faint,",1.0
"Outshine ten thousand monks, though each a saint!",2.0
"Here let us fix our foot, hence take our view,",1.0
And learn to try false merit by the true.,2.0
The dregs of fancy cloud its purest vein;,0.0
But circulation betwixt mind and mind,5.0
"Extends its course, and renders it refined.",1.0
"When warm with youth we tread the flowery way,",2.0
"All nature charms, and every scene looks gay;",1.0
"Each object gratifies each sense in turn,",0.0
"While now for rattles, now for nymphs we burn;",0.0
"Enslaved by friendship's or by love's soft smile,",2.0
"We never suspect, because we mean no guile:",3.0
"Till, flushed with hope from views of past success,",0.0
We lay on some main trifle all our stress;,1.0
"When lo! the mistress or the friend betrays,",1.0
And the whole fancied cheat of life displays:,2.0
Stunned with an ill that from ourselves arose;,1.0
"For instinct ruled, when reason should have chose;",0.0
"We fly for comfort to some lonely scene,",1.0
"Victims henceforth of dirt, and drink, and spleen.",3.0
"But let no obstacles that cross our views,",2.0
Pervert our talents from their destined use;,1.0
"For, as upon life's hill we upwards press,",2.0
Our views will be obstructed less and less.,0.0
"Be all false delicacy far away,",2.0
Lest it from nature lead us quite astray;,1.0
"And for the imagined vice of human race,",1.0
"Destroy our virtue, or our parts debase;",1.0
"Since God with reason joins to make us own,",0.0
That it's not good for man to be alone.,0.0
"Relentless Winter rules with savage sway, ' --",0.0
"Where the shrill Polar winds, as wild they blow,",2.0
"Shall this recording pillar long descry,",1.0
And give the sod a tear where BARLOW lies ' --,1.0
He who was simply great and nobly wise.,0.0
"Here, led by patriot zeal, he met his doom,",2.0
"And found, amid the frozen wastes, a tomb;",0.0
"Far from his native soil the patriot fell,",2.0
Far from that Western World he sung so well!,0.0
"Nor she, so long beloved! nor she was nigh,",2.0
"To catch the dying look, the parting sigh!",0.0
"She who, the hopeless anguish to beguile,",1.0
In fond memorial rears the funeral pile!,4.0
Shall mourn the moments that return no more;,1.0
"While, bending over the broad Atlantic wave,",2.0
Sad fancy hovers on the distant grave.,2.0
"To foreign notes while others tune the lyre,",0.0
Me let a freeborn English Muse inspire:,0.0
"Unskilled in all the graces of her art,",1.0
She boasts of nothing but an honest heart;,1.0
"To Oxford's Sons resigns the verdant bays,",0.0
"And neither asks, nor yet despises praise.",0.0
"Inured to dangers, and despising ease ' --",1.0
Such were the illustrious Heroes of thy Race!,4.0
Such was Nassau! and we with Pleasure see,1.0
Our guardian Genius rise again in Thee.,2.0
"Thee Britain hails, and with a generous Pride",3.0
Auspicious Match! ' --  may Heaven indulgent shed,0.0
Its choicest blessings round the genial bed!,0.0
Hail wedded Love! perpetual source of peace;,3.0
"The Calm, where restless Passion sinks to Ease.",0.0
"When hearts united thus each other claim,",0.0
How sweet the friendship! and how soft the flame!,1.0
"Wealth, Honour, Empire far behind are thrown,",1.0
And all the World's well lost for Thee alone.,2.0
"Hence those endearing Interests of life,",3.0
"The Father, Son, the Brother, and the Wife:",1.0
"Here Love extended runs through different names,",0.0
The fruitful fountain of ten thousand streams.,2.0
"Thrice happy Princess! bright with every grace,",1.0
"Blessed shalt Thou be, and blessed in all thy Race:",1.0
"For, like the royal Stock from whence you came,",0.0
A chosen Offspring shall extend your fame;,1.0
"And nations, yet unborn, shall bless your name.",1.0
"Here then, young Hero! fix thine eyes, and see,",1.0
"Fearless as William, and as Maurice wise.",3.0
"And as their Forms in gay procession glide,",1.0
Thy generous heart shall beat with noble pride;,2.0
"Pleased that such prospects on thy Virtues wait,",1.0
"Pleased that thy Race succeeding times shall bless,",0.0
"And give to warring nations Laws, and Peace.",0.0
Fair as the Blossoms of the smiling Spring;,1.0
That served to shade her glowing Cheeks beneath:,0.0
"How would that Brow, which never knew to frown,",0.0
"For, by the lustre of her shining Eyes,",2.0
"Those graceful Limbs though clad in humble Green,",0.0
"Would suit a Princess, nor disgrace a Queen:",1.0
"Yet a plain Crook adorned her snowy Hands,",3.0
"Her Task it was, those tender Lambs to lead,",1.0
Over the tall Mountain on the fertile Mead:,3.0
"Where the clear Fountains gently murmur by,",3.0
"Her Flute and Song delude the tedious Day,",2.0
And her soft Hours calmly glide away.,1.0
"In Smiles the Fair One viewed the rising Sun,",0.0
In Smiles beheld him when his Race was done:,0.0
"And when his Beams had bid the Fields adieu,",0.0
And the damp Meadows shone with pearly Dew;,2.0
"Penned in their Fold she leaves her wanton Care,",0.0
And to her home returns the happy Fair:,1.0
"'Twas a low Cottage, humble as their Fate,",4.0
Where an old Father met her at the Gate:,2.0
A Name much valued by each honest Swain:,1.0
"On whose grave Brow were seen the Marks of Time,",1.0
No more his Cheeks confessed their healthy Prime:,0.0
Dim were his Eyes: Those Eyeballs that had seen,1.0
And she alone his Comfort and his Care.,2.0
"Their little House was placed beneath a Hill,",0.0
Whose Verge was watered by a streaming Rill:,1.0
"The Stranger here no gilded Spires saw,",2.0
For this low Roof was thatched with humble Straw;,2.0
Nor Venice Glass to sparkle in the Sun:,0.0
"Full South it looked and seldom knew the Shade,",1.0
"Where by the Sun this careful Peasant knew,",0.0
"A little Orchard too was planted nigh,",0.0
And the cool River rolled its Waters by:,3.0
Where the pleased Heron prunes her dabbled Wing.,2.0
Whose Slaves approach him with a bending Knee;,1.0
No midnight Revels break his loved Repose;,2.0
"No dark Intrigue for open Vengeance calls,",1.0
Nor Envy dwelled within his peaceful Walls:,0.0
But his calm Days in one smooth Circle run;,4.0
"He blessed the rising and declining Sun,",1.0
A Stranger both to Sickness and to Sin:,1.0
"'Twas Health without and Happiness within,",2.0
And his fond Soul upon her Music hung:,2.0
"Like him no Parent loved his darling Care,",2.0
And smoothed the Pillows for his weary Head:,1.0
"With her his Moments gently glide away,",1.0
Who dressed in Smiles the Evening and the Day.,1.0
"Hear this, you great Ones, whose unwieldy Store",1.0
Is still embittered with a Wish for more;,1.0
"Who strive to climb on Fortune's slippery Hill,",0.0
And swallow Ruin in a golden Pill.,0.0
"But learn from hence that Happiness can dwell,",1.0
With a plain Peasant in his humble Cell:,2.0
"She loves the Village and the harmless Hind,",1.0
With a clear Conscience and a cheerful Mind;,3.0
For Bliss which only is with Virtue found.,1.0
"When wealthy, proud, or titled fools expire,",0.0
"Those splendid trifles which the vain admire,",0.0
May strike the eye ' --  but seldom reach the heart;,0.0
"Though gaudy trappings did not grace his birth,",0.0
"And undistinguished, save, by honest worth,",0.0
"Nor humble fortune, monument can raise;",1.0
"Though his low grave can boast no featured bust,",3.0
Celestial guardians watch his sleeping dust;,2.0
"And Heaven hath spared his memory one friend,",1.0
Who knew his goodness ' --  viewed his peaceful end;,0.0
"Then thou pure spirit deign one glance to see,",2.0
How sweet the task to utter truth of thee;,0.0
"And thou sad mourner, take it from my hands,",3.0
This boon thy friendship from my pen demands;,1.0
"Nor mourn thy want of power to save his name,",2.0
"By means, which only wealth or pride can claim.",0.0
"Accuse not fate, but vanity despise,",1.0
"His humble ashes will as safely rise,",1.0
And claim as just a title to the skies,1.0
As those whose marbled history proclaim,2.0
The only title they ever had to fame.,2.0
"He knew no guile, to please his chief delight,",1.0
Serene his conscience ' --  his intentions right;,1.0
"His sentiments superior to his state,",2.0
Too noble minded for his lowly fate;,2.0
"Since upon earth none are from error free,",1.0
Why should I blush to own a fault in thee?,0.0
Nor once remembered want might visit home;,0.0
"In this wise age, well practised how to save,",5.0
Wealth will condemn what generous pity gave;,4.0
"Give her, what oft thy little store did spare.",0.0
"Presumptuous pen! be calm foreboding mind,",2.0
The first of beings is will reward unfold.,3.0
And now dear mourner will you condescend,2.0
To accept this offering from a constant friend?,2.0
"Ah! cease to weep thy sainted partner's fate,",0.0
"Must now condemn the tender flowing tear,",0.0
"Wonder who loved so well, could wish him here;",2.0
"Or could thy sorrow, could thy pining grief,",0.0
"Restore thy husband, or bring thee relief,",3.0
"Could gushing tears recall the spirit fled,",0.0
Or bursting sighs awake the sleeping dead;,0.0
"Or could thy mourning bring him back to woes,",0.0
Say ' --  could thy love disturb his sweet repose?,0.0
"Ah no! in realms of bliss remote from pain,",0.0
"He waits the hour, to reunite again;",0.0
"But be reminded, deem it not severe,",0.0
It's the reward of patient suffering here;,1.0
"Farewell, my friend! in Heaven's gracious time,",1.0
"Where boundless joy awaits the truly good,",0.0
And no rude storm can ever more intrude.,1.0
HARK! from the battlements of yonder tower,1.0
The solemn bell has tolled the midnight hour!,1.0
To probe the bosom top severely tried!,0.0
"O! ever cease, my pensive thoughts, to stray",0.0
Through the bright fields of Fortune's better day;,2.0
"When youthful Hope, the music of the mind,",1.0
"Yet, can I cease, while glows this trembling frame,",0.0
In sighs to speak thy melancholy name!,0.0
I hear thy spirit wail in every storm!,0.0
In midnight shades I view thy passing form!,1.0
"Pale as in that sad hour, when doomed to feel,",1.0
"Deep in thy perjured heart, the bloody steel!",0.0
Demons of Vengeance! you at whose command,3.0
Or horror damp the purpose of my soul?,1.0
"No! my wild heart sat smiling over the plan,",6.0
Till Hate fulfilled what baffled Love began!,0.0
"One tender pang, to generous Nature true,",2.0
"Half mingling pity with the gall of scorn,",2.0
"Condemn this heart, that bled in love forlorn!",0.0
Delighted idols of a gaudy train!,1.0
"Ill can your blunter feelings guess the pain,",0.0
"When the fond faithful heart, inspired to prove",4.0
"Friendship refined, the calm delight of love,",2.0
"Feels all its tender strings with anguish torn,",0.0
And bleeds at perjured Pride's inhuman scorn!,0.0
"Say, then, did pitying Heaven condemn the deed,",2.0
"Long had I watched thy dark foreboding brow,",0.0
What time thy bosom scorned its dearest vow!,0.0
"Sad, though I wept the friend, the lover changed,",0.0
"Still thy cold look was scornful, and estranged,",4.0
"Till from thy pity, love, and shelter thrown,",1.0
First gave to wrath unlimited control!,2.0
Adieu the silent look! the streaming eye!,0.0
Long slumbering Vengeance wakes to better deeds;,3.0
"He shrieks, he falls, the perjured Lover bleeds!",0.0
"Now the last laugh of agony is over,",4.0
"And pale in blood he sleeps, to wake no more!",1.0
It's done! the flame of hate no longer burns;,1.0
Why does my soul this gush of anguish feel?,0.0
"Trembling and faint, I drop the guilty steel!",1.0
Cold on my heart the hand of terror lies;,0.0
And shades of horror close my languid eyes! ' --,0.0
"A friend long true, a once fond lover fell! ' --",2.0
"Where Love was fostered, could not Pity dwell?",0.0
Unhappy youth! while yonder pale crescent lows,3.0
"To watch on silent Nature's deep repose,",0.0
"Thy sleepless spirit, breathing from the tomb,",1.0
Soon may this fluttering spark of vital flame,2.0
Forsake its languid melancholy frame!,0.0
"Soon may these eyes their trembling lustre close,",0.0
"Where, lulled to slumber, Grief forgets to mourn!",0.0
"Behold fair Bath her stately front advance,",1.0
"The hills that rise in rich profusion round,",0.0
"With gardens decked, or splendid villas crowned!",0.0
"There Health and Pleasure hand in hand appear,",0.0
"Deep in their mossy cells beneath these hills,",0.0
"There various springs their mineral virtues blend,",1.0
And warm in salutary streams descend;,0.0
"These streams to mortals balmy health restore,",0.0
"Here languid nymphs regain the bloom of May,",0.0
Here cripples dance and hurl the crutch away.,0.0
"Hither, with lavish hand, fresh peasants bring",3.0
The fruits of Autumn and the flowers of Spring;,2.0
"While lowing herds from richest pastures, pour",0.0
"Each bird of various plume that haunts the wood,",2.0
"Or wings the heath, or dives the liquid flood,",0.0
Contiguous coasts or neighbouring streams supply.,4.0
"Thus Art and Nature join in friendly strife,",0.0
To shower on Bath the blandishments of life.,3.0
TO enjoy with temperate use the gifts of heaven!,1.0
"The infernal arts of Scandal, Cards, and Dice;",1.0
"The vagrant herds that every street infest,",0.0
"And Insolence, with vigorous care suppressed;",3.0
"Did no base miscreants, to themselves unjust,",4.0
By mean exactions liberal minds disgust;,0.0
And Bath possess the riches of the land.,1.0
"Unequal, lost to the aspiring claim,",1.0
"My soul too narrow, and too low my state;",3.0
"Stella! soar on, to nobler objects true,",1.0
Pour out your soul with your loved Montagu;,2.0
"But, ah! should either have a thought to spare,",0.0
"Slight, trivial, neither worth a smile or tear,",3.0
"And each, aspiring, seeks her native skies;",0.0
"When Fancy wakes the soul to ecstasy,",1.0
"And the rapt mind is touched with Deity,",3.0
"Quick let me from the hallowed spot retire,",2.0
Where sacred Genius lights his awful fire.,0.0
"Crushed as I am, by Fortune's adverse power,",2.0
I hail the joys which wait thy happier hour;,2.0
On which the nameless sweets of wit are hung;,0.0
"What bliss the friendship of the wise to share,",1.0
"Of soul superior, and of virtues rare!",1.0
"Where Genius in familiar converse sits,",0.0
"Where great ideas, fed by Fancy, glow,",0.0
"Where pointed thought in polished diction dressed,",0.0
With every grace assaults the yielding breast;,0.0
"OH, powers of Genius! even the Miser's heart,",5.0
"In the sweet transport, bears a transient part;",3.0
"He thrills, unconscious whence his pleasures come,",1.0
Who never had dreamt of rapture but at home;,3.0
"But, ah! the slight impression quickly dies,",0.0
Or on the noxious surface floating lies;,1.0
The momentary virtue never was brought,2.0
His hardened spirit only knows to shun,0.0
"The lore of wisdom, and the genial sun",1.0
"Then fly, cold wretch, to thy congenial cell,",2.0
And quit the haunts where sweet sensations dwell.,0.0
"How has your bounty cheered my humble state,",0.0
"Still shall I, eager, wait your wished return,",0.0
"Which gratitude can waft from souls sincere,",0.0
"Each warm return to generous bounty due,",2.0
Shall warm my heart for you and Montagu.,1.0
"Blessed pair! OH, had not souls like your's been given,",2.0
The stupid Atheist well might doubt a Heaven;,2.0
"Convinced, he now deserts his gloomy stand,",0.0
Owns Mind the noblest proof of a creating hand.,2.0
"But could he those superior wonders find,",3.0
"Which form and actuate your nobler mind,",1.0
"How would the Heathen, struck with vast surprise,",0.0
"Atoms deny, while spirit filled his eyes.",2.0
"COME, fair Dorinda, and, while Beauty glows",2.0
"Warm on thy lovely cheek, auspicious come,",0.0
And animate my song! OH may I gaze,2.0
"On every charm, and from each shining grace",1.0
Catch inspiration! let thy genius aid,1.0
"The flow harmonious, while the enchanted Muse",2.0
"Relates the charms, which over the yielding heart",2.0
"In all its gay attire, the Virgin's cheek",2.0
"Flushes with beauty, and adorns her brow",3.0
"The snowy hue, while over her shining neck",2.0
"Dart kindling flame: majestic on she moves,",2.0
"Conscious of native worth, and smiling love",2.0
"Alluring. Hither, you! whose hardened hearts",1.0
"Never felt a lover's pangs, ah! hither come,",0.0
"To feel the force of Beauty: here survey,",0.0
Which from the dawn of time over Nature held,3.0
Her soft domain. Since first the vital spark,0.0
"To conscious being, the fair female form",3.0
"Dazzled his eye, and through his panting breast",3.0
"Then Beauty reigned, and formed the sacred tie",0.0
"Fled on the wings of Love: here Innocence,",1.0
"By Beauty heightened, over the human pair",2.0
"Their choicest influence shed. Nor Beauty less,",2.0
"Through long succeeding ages, over the heart",2.0
Her conquest held; devoted man attests,0.0
"Of Music, thrilling the enchanting note,",1.0
"He prostrate falls, the fond distracted prey",0.0
So Nature wills; and while increasing strength,0.0
"Braces the nerves, and through the swelling veins",3.0
"Still reigns in man, to polish and refine",2.0
"His barbarous mind: nor, till the soothing flame",3.0
"Has seized his heart, and thawed his frozen soul,",0.0
Ever can he relish the sublime delight,2.0
"Of social transport, nor consenting feel",1.0
"The sympathetic bliss, nor taste the sweets",0.0
"Of hallowed Friendship, nor affected hear",1.0
"The voice of Woe, as oft she vents her moan",0.0
"Of Charity, the generous flow of soul,",3.0
"These are not his, who never yet has felt",0.0
"The pangs of Love, over whom the enchanting power",5.0
"Of Beauty never reigned, whose sullen breast",0.0
Which panting lovers know; but all his soul,0.0
To breathe the warm benevolence of Love.,1.0
"And graceful flourish mid the shining throng,",0.0
"While life flies joyous, and your youthful years",2.0
"Roll placid on, before the radiant throne",2.0
Of Beauty kneel. Whatever warms the breast,1.0
"With noble purpose, what informs the heart",0.0
"To melt, and moulds you into social man,",0.0
"Derives new fire, and taught by her oft paints",2.0
"The visionary scene, and touches all",0.0
"The springs of passion: hers each winning grace,",1.0
"Bending to earth beneath the weight of years,",2.0
"With wrinkled front, and venerable hair,",1.0
Melts at her fair approach; he feels warm blood,1.0
"Run through his withered veins, erect he lifts",0.0
"His hoary head, and on his aged brow",1.0
"All rural nature hears, and starts amazed",0.0
"Saw sleeping Beauty, on the grassy bank,",2.0
"Reclined at ease, and careless beaming round",0.0
"Her charms attractive, while upon her face",0.0
"Played all the laughing loves; surprised he gazed,",0.0
And felt a thousand transports shoot along,0.0
"His shivering nerves: now his unfeeling heart,",4.0
"Unused to pant, with soft emotion heaves;",0.0
"He trembling viewed, and all his soul was Love.",0.0
"Of Nature, you arrayed in all the charms",1.0
"Of vernal youth, flushed on your comely cheek",2.0
"To you resigns his heart, and eager sighs",1.0
"Low at your feet, and tells the moving tale",0.0
"Of plaintive love: how, sleepless, on his couch",1.0
"He counts the tedious hours, or slumbering starts",4.0
Before his eyes; how busy Fancy paints,0.0
"Luxuriant floating, as you graceful move",3.0
In all the airs of love; and while he grasps,0.0
"The imagined form, how lost in empty air",1.0
The fair illusion flies: how taste forgets,0.0
"The poignant relish, and the spicy gale",1.0
"He wanders pensive to the lonely shade,",1.0
While sympathetic glides the weeping rill,0.0
"In many currents by, and there to thought",2.0
"Devotes the gloomy hour, complaining oft,",0.0
"In tender strains, how fair Amanda scorns",0.0
"His melting heart, how slights the mournful tale",0.0
"Of fond, despairing love; nor here can long",0.0
"Indulge his woe, but restless with the crowd",1.0
"Impatient mingles, solace there to find,",1.0
Amid the tumult of a maddening world:,1.0
"Still haunts the phantom, still his bosom burns",1.0
"With unremitted pain, and Love resumes",1.0
"His tyrant empire: how his altered looks,",1.0
His quivering limbs; how wrapped in awful gloom,2.0
Frail sickening nature pines away in woe. ' --,1.0
"OH gently then, you lovely conquerors! use",3.0
"To raise from abject plight the fainting slave,",0.0
"And on his tortured soul, propitious, pour",1.0
The balm of Hope; and now delighted taste,0.0
"Love's fond delights, while Passion eager pants",1.0
"In every vein, and warms your glowing breasts",0.0
With fairy prospects of transporting joys.,1.0
"Nor, gay Amanda, though, with sighs, to you",1.0
In softly swelling strains: yet let not these,0.0
Dilate your heart; nor look with scornful air,0.0
"On the gay rivals, who with you contest",2.0
"'Midst the soft circles, where indulgent flow",3.0
"The soothing hours; where Music gently wakes,",0.0
Spreads through the melting throng. For Beauty still,0.0
"By Taste is proved, by her capricious law",1.0
It blooms or withers. You! who long have held,1.0
"Of Damon never reigned; while he, subdued",1.0
"By bright Amanda, sighs his soul away",0.0
In unavailing moan. Far from your breast,2.0
Be banished Pride; the high assuming air,0.0
Ill suits the brow where Tenderness and Love,2.0
Should dwell distinguished: nor can Reason judge,1.0
"Whose charms superior shine; some dazzling grace,",2.0
"Still nameless, flashes on the admiring eye.",4.0
"Beyond description, fairer than her sex,",1.0
"To me, Dorinda seems: how darts her eye",1.0
"Gracefully careless, falls her auburn hair!",2.0
"Her mien how soft! Can the pure mountain snow,",2.0
"Adores his blooming bride; she fairer, she",1.0
A thousand radiant graces in her train,0.0
Alluring dance. Each nameless charm is hers;,0.0
In every look and smile. Not varied more,0.0
"The human face, with different features stamped",0.0
"By Nature's forming hand, than Taste which views,",0.0
"In objects different, various beauties glow.",2.0
"OH while you glory in your youthful prime,",0.0
"Of Praise; in that soft season, when the breast",1.0
A strange enchantment feels; when Pleasure pants,0.0
In every vein; and sparkles in the eye,0.0
Superfluous Health; then guard your rebel hearts,2.0
"Against seducing Love. Suspend, you fair!",0.0
"These softer cares, and listen, while the Muse",0.0
Rises superior to the fading glare,3.0
"Of mortal charms, and now essays to touch",0.0
"The heart, and open to the enraptured soul",3.0
"More lasting Beauty, moral and divine,",1.0
"Which grows in age, nor at the pale approach",0.0
"For ever blossoms. Hail! bright Virtue, hail!",1.0
"Propitious come, inspire my glowing breast",0.0
"To sing of thee! Without thee, what are all",1.0
"Of youth, or charms, which for a moment spread",1.0
"Their visionary bloom, but withering die,",2.0
Nor leave remembrance of their fancied worth!,1.0
"Fair Virtue comes, and in her radiant train",1.0
"Ten thousand beauties wait: behold she comes,",1.0
"Attend her voice, sweet as the solemn sounds",2.0
"Of cherubs, when they strike their golden harps",0.0
"With more enduring bliss: kindled by her,",4.0
"The generous bosom breathes the social sire,",2.0
And beats responsive to the woes of man.,1.0
"Now native Peace, and Harmony divine,",2.0
Dwell in the soul: to Reason's powerful law,2.0
"Struggling Corruption owns, nor dares assault",1.0
A heart confirmed by her: and now the fame,1.0
Of Nature conquered by the informing voice,3.0
"Of Reason, through celestial mansions flies",1.0
On wings angelic: through the winding paths,2.0
"Of life, fair Prudence guides, and points the road",1.0
To Happiness and Peace; while in the breast,1.0
Untainted Innocence and Freedom reign.,1.0
"These are the charms of Virtue, these will bloom",2.0
"More lovely seems, she looks with added grace,",0.0
"Their blossoms wither, but perpetual spring",2.0
"Here shed her influence; while a showy world,",1.0
"Its varnish losing, shall deceive no more,",1.0
"And Nature, sickening at approaching fate,",0.0
Shall sink beneath its doom. Whatever adorns,3.0
"The female breast, whatever can move the soul",4.0
"With fervent rapture, every winning grace,",0.0
"And mild endearment, tenderness and love",1.0
"With elocution sweet, and all the flow",0.0
"Of soft persuasion, while the sensual heart",2.0
"Refines, and feels fair Virtue dawning there.",2.0
The charms of Virtue. While you restless seek,0.0
"The phantom Pleasure, where Indulgence plays",0.0
"Through her enchanting maze, the illusive form",3.0
"Conceals Destruction. While, with eager hope,",0.0
"And mad Impatience, in a fond embrace",0.0
Her latent venom through your tortured nerves.,1.0
"Then wakes Remorse; and, see! on yonder throne,",0.0
"With woes surrounded, fell Disease displays",0.0
"Shakes all her horrors: Anguish, downcast Shame,",1.0
"Succeed, and on the discontented brow",1.0
The tottering fabric falls! the shades of death,2.0
"And, deeper yet, the gloom of black despair ' --",0.0
A darkness to be felt! ' --  involves the soul!,1.0
"OH, dread this complicated curse! and turn,",1.0
"With holy horror, from the paths of Vice!",1.0
The joys of Youth; she with complacent smile,1.0
Views you light fluttering; she the social band,4.0
"Joins cheerful, and benevolent implores",3.0
"Lo! rosy Youth holds forth her pictured scene,",2.0
Her gay creation paints: high swells the breast,1.0
"In glittering grandeur, walks the enraptured swain:",3.0
He spreads his glories to the admiring eye.,3.0
"Of Beauty kindled, with assiduous care,",1.0
"And fond submission, to the cheerful haunts",1.0
"Of Mirth he leads you, and while wandering over",3.0
"Enchanted ground, oft tells the pleasing tale",1.0
Persuasive: gently flow the smiling hours,0.0
"In social converse, innocently gay.",1.0
"Come, Nature, best informer! kindly lead",1.0
"Along the flowery walk, trod by the feet",2.0
And safe conduct us to the bower of bliss!,3.0
"To breathe love's purer flame, graceful improves",6.0
"Each varied motion, beams the expressive eye,",2.0
And gives to Beauty all her power to charm.,2.0
OH! let her influence fill the different scenes,3.0
Of joy and love ' --  whether we careless stray,5.0
"Along the painted mead, where fragrance blends",0.0
"Her thousand sweets; or tread the lengthened walk,",0.0
"While Music cheers the soul, and vistas green",0.0
"Rise to the view, and pour their fresh delights",0.0
On the bewildered eye; or if we move,2.0
"Or slow or sprightly, while the lover feels",0.0
Unusual transports rush upon his soul,0.0
"In admiration lost. Ah! here, you fair,",0.0
"You yield your hand, with palpitations quick",0.0
Breathes the warm wish of kind consenting love.,3.0
"Far from the bosom of the tender fair,",1.0
"Where love alone should dwell, fly base deceit,",1.0
Nor stain with perfidy the sacred shrine.,1.0
"In yonder walk, amid her rivals, decked",0.0
In yellow robes resplendent? how she moves,1.0
"With practised air, and darts her meaning glance",0.0
Amid the throng! Thrown prostrate at her feet,1.0
"The lover pleads, nor she the lover hears;",1.0
But swollen with pride of conquest scornful smiles.,2.0
"Yet if aroused, and conscious of his wrongs,",2.0
"He bids the last adieu, she yet in store",0.0
"Her blooming cheek, and on her coral lip",1.0
The lover still her own. With streaming eyes,0.0
"Again he views her, and his yielding heart",1.0
"She, nor by pity moved, nor gratitude,",1.0
"Nor awful virtue, to the sighing slave",1.0
"Resigns her heart ' --  there Vanity still dwells,",2.0
"Love is not hers, she never tastes the sweets",0.0
"Of mutual rapture, mutual fond esteem,",4.0
Nor knows the charms of truth; her bosom beats,0.0
"Ambition's train! vex her aspiring soul,",2.0
And Disappointment leaves its baleful sting.,0.0
Be this her portion! let her still possess,0.0
"The splendid scene, and deck the exulting fair",2.0
"In all your fancied pomp! ' --  Nor envy her,",1.0
"You faithful few, whom the celestial grace",1.0
"Of truth inspired! for, while she eager grasps",1.0
"Her fond embrace, and fleet in empty air.",0.0
The fair Amanda knows no practised guile,1.0
To captivate the soul: sweet innocence,2.0
"And truth are hers, and beauty unadorned,",1.0
And shows her bright in every virgin charm.,0.0
"Her eyes no conquests seek, nor beats her breast",2.0
"She, only conscious of her virgin worth,",1.0
"Heaves Nature's sighs, and, dressed in Nature's grace,",1.0
"All lovely seems, and moves attractive on",1.0
"Each bosom flutters, while the lovely maid",0.0
"Nor scornful looks, nor with consenting smile",1.0
Bids Admiration all its incense pour,2.0
"Modest Reserve oft sits, forbidding all",3.0
Love's wanton hopes. The fair Amanda thus,1.0
"On every charm, and at a distance sigh.",0.0
Yet while the season of your blooming youth,1.0
"Glides gently on, and liberal Nature showers",2.0
OH! then let Science on your easy hours,3.0
Serenely steal: oft when the busy scene,1.0
"Shuts on your eyes, and Solitude invites",0.0
"To Meditation, let her mild infuse",0.0
Her sweet instruction: she the soul exalts,1.0
"To dignity; for when, with knowledge blessed,",1.0
"Fair Beauty smiles upon the blushing brow,",1.0
Her soft persuasion wins the yielding heart,0.0
"Her eloquence divine, the tuneful flow",1.0
"Of sweetest periods, warbling from the lips",3.0
"While Beauty triumphs, owns her boundless sway.",0.0
"Oft let me wander through the green retreat,",2.0
"Where Meditation dwells, and roses shed",0.0
Its crystal waters roll: to crown my bliss,0.0
"Let sweet Ardelia come, on her attends",4.0
"Each mild engaging grace, each nameless charm",0.0
"Beams all its beauties, and the soul by her",1.0
Is charmed to rapture; she the mind informs,1.0
"With knowledge, which from her persuasive tongue",1.0
Alluring streams; while Music lends its voice,0.0
"Soft in her train, to breathe into her breast",0.0
"The inspiring genius; she in melting lays,",2.0
"Sweet as herself, in the warm bosom wakes",4.0
The fond delights of love. Here let us join,0.0
"To sing of Nature, as we pleased survey",1.0
"The moving page, where glows poetic flame",0.0
"Through all the fairy regions, or oft fly",2.0
"With Milton, boundless, through ethereal worlds.",3.0
"Roll over our heads, and mark the changing scenes",3.0
"Of Nature, dressed in his immortal lays",1.0
Who sung the Seasons. Thus may gentle hours,0.0
"In sweet improvement pass, and still return",0.0
"Auspicious; for with thee, the beating heart",2.0
"Feels fond emotion, and the soul dissolves",2.0
In speechless transport of increasing joy.,1.0
"Your youthful brows, and over the verdant paths",2.0
"Of gently gliding life, you graceful sweep,",0.0
Arrayed in purple pride; as on your breast,1.0
"The diamond shines, and in your floating train",0.0
"The ruby glows, and emeralds around",1.0
Beset the flying robe; while dazzling thus,0.0
"In orient pomp, forgive if yet the Muse",3.0
The evening veil over all the glittering show.,5.0
"In vernal glory, wide diffusing round",0.0
"Their blossoms forth, and flourish in their May,",0.0
In Nature's livery clad; but when the sun,2.0
"Beams in his pride, they droop their blushing heads,",0.0
"Their blossoms wither, and their varied tints",1.0
"Fade with his sultry rays. Behold, you fair,",0.0
"Your gay delusions, read in Nature's book",0.0
"Their transitory life, how quickly fleets",0.0
"The dream of pleasure, at the pale approach",0.0
Of death grim blasting all your pictured hopes.,1.0
"Joy flushed her brow, and Expectation swelled",1.0
Her beating bosom; Love its tribute paid,0.0
Beheld complacent the indulging pair.,1.0
The pangs of love; her wishes winged their flight,0.0
To future periods; in idea all,2.0
Life's softest blessings revealed in her heart.,3.0
"Oft did the lovers court the lonely shade,",0.0
In Nature's warmth: thrown on the flowery lap,4.0
"Of the fresh earth, where roses blush around,",2.0
"They breathed their mutual vows, and tasted all",2.0
"Dear hapless fair, amid her warmest hopes,",1.0
When Fancy figured all the tender scene,0.0
"Of mutual rapture, she devoted fell",3.0
The mournful victim of the conquering hand,3.0
"Of unrelenting Death: he dread approached,",0.0
And Nature trembled at his ghastly mien.,0.0
"Her Damon now, in moving strains, laments,",0.0
And sadly pensive to her sacred tomb,1.0
"He oft repairs, there drops a lover's tear,",0.0
While fond Remembrance opens all the scene,0.0
In visionary bloom once more to blaze,1.0
The phantom glides in air: all Nature wears,0.0
To him a face of woe; the valleys round,1.0
"So Beauty fades, so fleets its showy life,",0.0
Of rich array. Yet while the pensive muse,0.0
"Touches the springs of grief, may no dark gloom",2.0
"Overwhelm your souls, for innocence survives",1.0
To bloom eternal: and while life invites,1.0
"To view its gayer scenes, amid the pomp",0.0
"Of radiant courts, still cheerful move along",1.0
"Its flowery walks, and lead with jovial heart",4.0
The laughing moments on; for Beauty shines,1.0
"First in the gaudy circles, and commands",1.0
"Excel in every virtue, manly brave",0.0
"Amid the alarms of fate, generous, sincere,",6.0
"By glory kindled, may her virgins too,",1.0
"His purple wings, and over the sacred couch",2.0
"His azure mantle spread, as down you sink",1.0
The hallowed rapture: thus may peaceful life,0.0
"Flow undisturbed, nor jarring feud invade",1.0
"Your happy hours. And you, gay circles, now",4.0
"Forgive the Muse, which daring thus has sung",0.0
To the delightful theme; yet Beauty charmed,1.0
"My soul, and poured into my glowing breast",0.0
"Her fascination, led me through the maze",1.0
"She courts your smiles, yours is her pleasing song.",1.0
"To you she warbles, and devoted pays",2.0
"But chief indulgent, mid the shining throng,",0.0
Will fair Dorinda smile; she first inspired,0.0
"My heart with Love, to her my early Muse",1.0
"Sweet flow my numbers on her judging ear,",2.0
And steal persuasive to her virgin breast.,1.0
"Not from obliging, but obliged Field;",3.0
"Since mighty Barns does Compliment thee so,",1.0
The World will sure some little Pride allow.,0.0
Can grace the Acts of an Heroic Prince;,1.0
Whose approbation is sufficient Fame.,1.0
What need was there to send it by a Friend?,2.0
"Sent by a Foe my Rage you had beguiled,",0.0
And for its sake I had been reconciled.,1.0
"How should your Fancy be enriched by me,",0.0
Thou pregnant Author of best Poetry.,3.0
"The fruitful Fields do stock the Barns each Year,",0.0
My barren Muse cannot allow it here:,0.0
"She is but Poor, and been so long retired,",1.0
She could not write until by you Inspired.,1.0
"Heaven has not given Woman highest Wit,",0.0
But you good Nature to speak well of it;,3.0
"I wish I did deserve the Praise you give,",0.0
Then like your Verse I should Immortal live;,0.0
"But thus I take your Lines they speak to me,",0.0
"Not what I am, but what I ought to be.",1.0
"Thou, to whose Eyes I bend; at whose Command,",1.0
"I take the sprightly Reed, and sing, and play;",0.0
"Bright Cloe, Object of my constant Vow,",1.0
Wilt thou awhile unbend thy serious Brow?,4.0
"Wilt thou with Pleasure hear Thy Lover's Strains,",0.0
And with one Heavenly Smile overpay His Pains?,3.0
Though since her Youth three hundred Years have rolled.,1.0
"At Thy Desire, She shall again be raised;",1.0
And her reviving Charms in lasting Verse be praised.,1.0
"No longer Man of Woman shall complain,",1.0
"That He may Love, and not be Loved again:",0.0
"That We in vain the fickle Sex pursue,",0.0
Who change the Constant Lover for the New.,1.0
"Whatever has been writ, whatever said",2.0
"Of Female Passion feigned, or Faith decayed;",1.0
"Henceforth shall in my Verse refuted stand,",1.0
"Be said to Winds, or writ upon the Sand.",0.0
And while my Notes to future Times proclaim,0.0
OH fairest of the Sex! be Thou my Muse:,3.0
Deign on my Work thy Influence to diffuse.,3.0
Let me partake the Blessings I rehearse;,3.0
"And grant me Love, the just Reward of Verse.",0.0
And as Her Son has to My Bosom dealt,2.0
"That constant Flame, which faithful Henry felt:",0.0
OH let the Storey with Thy Life agree;,2.0
Let Men once more the bright Example see;,1.0
"What Emma was to Him, be Thou to Me.",2.0
"Nor send Me by thy Frown from Her I love,",2.0
"Distant and sad, a banished Man to rove.",2.0
"With mingled Waves, for ever, flow the Same:",0.0
"In Times of Yore, an ancient Baron lived;",1.0
"Great Gifts bestowed, and great Respect received.",1.0
"When dreadful Edward, with successful Care,",1.0
Led his free Britons to the Gallic War;,4.0
"This Lord had Headed his appointed Bands,",1.0
In firm Allegiance to his King's Commands.,1.0
"Has brought back his Paternal Coat, enlarged",3.0
"With a new Mark, the Witness of his Toil;",3.0
And no inglorious part of Foreign Spoil.,2.0
"From the loud Camp retired, and noisy Court,",2.0
"In Honourable Ease and Rural Sport,",2.0
"The Remnant of his Days, He safely past;",1.0
"Nor found they Lagged too slow, nor Flew too fast.",2.0
He made his Wish with his Estate comply;,1.0
"Joyful to Live, yet not afraid to Die.",2.0
"One Child He had, a Daughter chaste and fair;",0.0
"His Age's Comfort, and his Fortune's Heir.",1.0
"Who gave the Virgin Birth, had born the Name.",0.0
The Name the indulgent Father doubly loved;,2.0
For in the Child the Mother's Charms improved.,0.0
"Yet, as when little, round his Knees She plaid;",0.0
The Friends and Tenants took the fondling Word;,0.0
"As still they please, who imitate their Lord",0.0
Usage confirmed what Fancy had begun:,2.0
The mutual Terms around the Lands were known;,2.0
"As with her Stature, still her Charms increased;",1.0
Through all the Isle her Beauty was confessed.,1.0
"Who Fairest is esteemed, where all are Fair?",1.0
"From distant Shires repair the noble Youth,",0.0
"And find, Report, for once, had lessened Truth.",0.0
"By Wonder first, and then by Passion moved,",0.0
They came; they saw; they marvelled; and they loved.,1.0
"By public Praises, and by secret Sighs,",1.0
"In Tilts and Tournaments the Valiant strove,",1.0
"In gentle Verse, the Witty told their Flame,",0.0
"Useless their Strength, and impotent their Wit.",3.0
"Great Venus only must direct the Dart,",1.0
Which else will never reach the Fair one's Heart;,0.0
"Spite of the Attempts of Force, and soft Effects of Art.",1.0
Great Venus must prefer the happy One:,2.0
"And Emma, of Mankind, must Love but Him alone.",3.0
"While These, in Public, to the Castle came,",1.0
And by their Grandeur justified their Flame:,5.0
More secret Ways the careful Henry takes;,0.0
"In borrowed Name, and false Attire, arrayed,",3.0
Henry on Foot pursues the bounding Beast.,2.0
And graceful at his Side his Horn he wears.,0.0
"Still to the Glade, where She has bent her Way,",1.0
With knowing Skill he drives the future Prey.,0.0
"Bids her decline the Hill, and shun the Brake;",2.0
And shows the Path her Steed may safest take.,0.0
Directs her Spear to fix the glorious Wound;,2.0
"Pleased, in his Toils, to have her Triumph Crowned:",0.0
And blows her Praises in no common Sound.,1.0
Upon his Wrist the towering Merlin stands;,0.0
"Practised to rise, and stoop, at her Commands.",3.0
"And when Superior now the Bird has flown,",2.0
And headlong brought the tumbling Quarry down:,2.0
His downcast Eye reveals his inward Woes.,1.0
"And by his Look and Sorrow is expressed,",2.0
"And, with his jolly Pipe, delights the Groves.",1.0
"Or to admire, or emulate his Song:",1.0
"While, with soft Sorrow, he renews his Lays,",3.0
"With dutiful Respect, and studious Fear,",3.0
Lest any careless Sound offend her Ear.,0.0
With the fond Maids in Palmistry he deals:,3.0
"They Tell the Secret first, which he Reveals:",1.0
"Says who shall Wed, and who shall be Beguiled;",0.0
"What Groom shall Get, and Squire maintain the Child.",0.0
But when bright Emma would her Fortune know;,1.0
"With trembling Awe, he gazes on her Eye;",1.0
"And in soft Accents, forms the kind Reply;",1.0
"That She shall prove as Fortunate as Fair,",1.0
Now oft had Henry changed his sly Disguise;,1.0
"Oft had found Means alone to see the Dame,",3.0
And at her Feet to breath his amorous Flame;,2.0
"And oft, the Pangs of Absence to remove",1.0
"By Letters, soft Interpreters of Love:",1.0
Till Time and Industry the mighty Two,1.0
That bring our Wishes nearer to our View,1.0
Received his Vows with no reluctant Ear;,0.0
"That Venus had confirmed her equal Reign,",0.0
"While Cupid smiled, by kind Occasion blessed,",0.0
"And, with the Secret kept, the Love increased;",1.0
The amorous Youth frequents the silent Groves;,3.0
He loves: it's true; and is beloved again:,1.0
Great are his Joys: but will they long remain?,1.0
Emma with Smiles receives his present Flame;,2.0
"But smiling, will She ever be the same?",1.0
Beautiful Looks are ruled by fickle Minds;,2.0
And Summer Seas are turned by sudden Winds.,0.0
Another Love may gain her easy Youth:,0.0
Time changes Thought; and Flattery conquers Truth.,3.0
OH impotent Estate of human Life!,2.0
Where Hope and Fear maintain eternal Strife:,0.0
Where fleeting Joy does lasting Doubt inspire;,0.0
"And most We Question, what We most Desire.",0.0
"Amongst thy various Gifts, great Heaven, bestow",3.0
Bitter Ingredients in; nor pall the Draught,3.0
Hardly enjoys the pleasurable Taste;,3.0
Or deems it not sincere; or fears it cannot last.,0.0
"With Wishes raised, with Jealousies oppressed",1.0
Alternate Tyrants of the Human Breast,3.0
By one great Trial He resolves to prove,2.0
"The Faith of Woman, and the Force of Love.",1.0
"He'll fix his Hope, of future Joy secure;",0.0
"But if the Fair one, as he fears, is frail;",2.0
"Light fly her Merits, and her Faults prevail;",2.0
"His Mind He vows to free from amorous Care,",2.0
"The latent Mischief from his Heart to tear,",1.0
"Resume his Azure Arms, and shine again in War.",0.0
"South of the Castle, in a verdant Glade,",0.0
A spreading Beach extends her friendly Shade:,0.0
Here oft the Nymph His breathing Vows had heard:,0.0
Here oft Her Silence had Her Heart declared.,0.0
And genial Life informed the verdant Woods;,0.0
"Had half expressed, and half concealed his Flame",0.0
Upon This Tree: and as the tender Mark,1.0
"Grew with the Year, and widened with the Bark:",1.0
"Venus had heard the Virgin's soft Address,",2.0
"That, as the Wound, the Passion might increase.",0.0
"As potent Nature shed her kindly Showers,",0.0
And decked the various Mead with opening Flowers;,4.0
Upon This Tree the Nymph's obliging Care,0.0
Which as with gay Delight the Lover found;,0.0
"Pleased with his Conquest, with her Present crowned,",1.0
"Glorious through all the Plains He oft had gone,",1.0
And to each Swain the Mystic Honour shown;,2.0
"The Gift still praised, the Giver still unknown.",1.0
"His secret Note the troubled Henry writes,",0.0
To the known Tree the Lovely Maid invites:,2.0
"Imperfect Words and dubious Terms express,",2.0
"That He must something to Her Ear commend,",1.0
"On which Her Conduct, and His Life depend.",1.0
Soon as the Fair one had the Note received;,0.0
The remnant of the Day alone She grieved:,1.0
"For different This from every former Note,",1.0
"Which Venus dictated, and Henry wrote;",4.0
Which told her all his future Hopes were laid,0.0
"Which always blessed her Eyes, and owned her Power;",0.0
"And bid her oft Adieu, yet added more.",0.0
"Now Night advanced. The House in Sleep were laid,",1.0
"The Nurse experienced, and the prying Maid;",1.0
"And last That Sprite, which does incessant haunt",0.0
"The Lover's Steps, the ancient Maiden Aunt.",0.0
"To her dear Henry Emma wings her Way,",2.0
With quickened Pace repairing forced Delay.,0.0
"For Love, fantastic Power, that is afraid",2.0
"Undaunted then, over Cliffs and Valleys strays;",2.0
"Not Argus with his hundred Eyes shall find,",1.0
Where Cupid goes; though He poor Guide is blind.,2.0
"The Maiden first arriving, sent her Eye,",0.0
"To ask, if yet it's Chief Delight were nigh:",0.0
"With Fear, and with Desire, with Joy, and Pain",1.0
"She sees, and runs to meet Him on the Plain.",1.0
But o! his Steps proclaim no Lover's Haste:,2.0
On the low Ground his fixed Regards are cast:,2.0
"With Ease, alas! we Credit what we Love:",0.0
His painted Grief does real Sorrow move,3.0
In the afflicted Fair; Down her Cheek,1.0
Trickling the genuine Tears their Current break.,3.0
Attentive stood the mournful Nymph: the Man,0.0
Broke Silence first: the Tale alternate ran.,5.0
"Sincere OH tell me, hast thou felt a Pain,",1.0
"Emma, beyond what Woman knows to feign?",2.0
Has Thy uncertain Bosom ever strove,1.0
"Hast Thou now dreaded, and now blessed his Sway;",4.0
"By turns averse, and joyful to obey?",1.0
"As Reason yielded, and as Love prevailed?",1.0
"His killing Pleasure, his Ecstatic Smart,",1.0
And heavenly Poison thrilling through thy Heart?,3.0
"If so, with Pity view my wretched State;",1.0
"At least deplore, and then forget my Fate:",0.0
"To some more happy Knight reserve thy Charms,",0.0
"And only, as the Sun's revolving Ray",1.0
Brings back each Year this melancholy Day;,1.0
"Permit one Sigh, and set apart one Tear,",0.0
To an abandoned Exile's endless Care.,1.0
"For Me, alas! Outcast of Human Race,",2.0
"Love's Anger only waits, and dire Disgrace:",1.0
These trembling Feet by Justice are pursued:,1.0
"Fate calls aloud, and hastens me away;",2.0
A shameful Death attends my longer Stay;,0.0
"And I this Night must fly from Thee and Love,",2.0
Condemned in lonely Woods a banished Man to rove.,0.0
"What is our Bliss, that changes with the Moon;",1.0
"If Love, alas! be Pain; the Pain I bear,",0.0
"No Thought can figure, and no Tongue declare.",3.0
"Never faithful Woman felt, nor false one feigned",0.0
"The Flames, which long have in my Bosom reigned:",0.0
"The God of Love himself inhabits there,",1.0
"With all his Rage, and Dread, and Grief, and Care,",0.0
"His Compliment of Stores, and total War.",1.0
OH! cease then coldly to suspect my Love;,2.0
"And let my Deed, at least, my Faith approve.",0.0
Nor Day nor Night shall interrupt my Care:,0.0
No future Storey shall with Truth upbraid,2.0
Nor to hard Banishment shall Henry run;,3.0
While careless Emma sleeps on Beds of Down.,0.0
"Friend to thy Pain, and Partner of thy Woe:",1.0
"For I attest fair Venus, and her Son,",3.0
"That I, of all Mankind, will love but Thee alone.",2.0
"And take good heed, what Men will think and say;",0.0
Her Father's House and civil Life forsook;,0.0
"That full of youthful Blood, and fond of Man,",0.0
She to the Woodland with an Exile ran.,3.0
"Reflect, that lessened Fame is never regained;",2.0
"And Virgin Honour once, is always stained:",3.0
"Timely advised, the coming Evil shun:",2.0
"Better not do the Deed, than weep it done.",0.0
No Penance can absolve our guilty Fame;,2.0
"Nor Tears, that wash out Sin, can wash out Shame.",0.0
Then fly the sad Effects of desperate Love;,0.0
And leave a banished Man through lonely Woods to rove.,0.0
"Absolve with Coldness, or with Spite accuse:",1.0
"Fair Truth, at last, her radiant Beams will raise;",1.0
And Malice vanquished heightens Virtue's Praise.,0.0
Let then thy Favour but indulge my Flight;,2.0
OH! let my Presence make thy Travels light;,1.0
And potent Venus shall exalt my Name,0.0
Nor from that busy Demon's restless Power,1.0
"Will ever Emma other Grace implore,",0.0
"Than that this Truth should to the World be known,",1.0
"That I, of all Mankind, have loved but Thee alone.",2.0
With active Force repel the sturdy Foe?,0.0
"When the loud Tumult speaks the Battle nigh,",2.0
And winged Deaths in whistling Arrows fly;,3.0
"Wilt Thou, though wounded, yet undaunted stay,",0.0
"Perform thy Part, and share the dangerous Day?",2.0
"Then, as thy Strength decays, thy Heart will fail;",0.0
"Thy Limbs all trembling, and thy Cheeks all pale:",1.0
"With fruitless Sorrow Thou, inglorious Maid,",3.0
Wilt weep thy Safety by thy Love betrayed:,1.0
"Then to thy Friend, by Foes overcharged, deny",3.0
"Thy little useless Aid, and Coward fly:",0.0
Then wilt thou curse the Chance that made Thee love,0.0
"A banished Man, condemned in lonely Woods to rove.",0.0
"And great in Arms, and foremost in the War,",1.0
"Could Thirst of Vengeance, and Desire of Fame",1.0
Excite the Female Breast with Martial Flame?,1.0
"More hardy Virtue, and more generous Fire?",3.0
"Near Thee, mistrust not, constant I'll abide,",2.0
"And fall, or vanquish, fighting by thy Side.",1.0
"Though my Inferior Strength may not allow,",3.0
"That I should bear, or draw the Warrior Bow;",0.0
"With ready Hand I will the Shaft supply,",1.0
And joy to see thy Victor Arrows fly.,0.0
"Touched in the Battle by the Hostile Reed,",1.0
To stop the Wounds my finest Lawn I'd tear;,0.0
"Wash them with Tears, and wipe them with my Hair:",1.0
"Blessed, when my Dangers and my Toils have shown,",1.0
"That I, of all Mankind, could love but Thee alone.",2.0
"Those Limbs, in Lawn and softest Silk arrayed,",0.0
"When chilled by adverse Snows, and beating Rain,",1.0
"When with hard Toil We seek our Evening Food,",3.0
"Berries and Acorns, from the neighbouring Wood;",5.0
"And find among the Cliffs no other House,",1.0
But the thin Covert of some gathered Boughs;,3.0
Wilt Thou not then reluctant send thine Eye,0.0
Around the dreary Waste; and weeping try,0.0
"Though then, alas! that Trial be too late",1.0
"To find thy Father's Hospitable Gate,",5.0
"And Seats, where Ease and Plenty brooding sat?",0.0
"Those Seats, whence long excluded Thou must mourn:",1.0
"That Gate, for ever barred to thy Return:",1.0
"And hate a banished Man, condemned in Woods to rove?",0.0
"Thy Rise of Fortune did I only wed,",0.0
From it's Decline determined to recede?,2.0
"Did I but purpose to embark with Thee,",1.0
On the smooth Surface of a Summer's Sea;,3.0
While gentle Zephyrs play in prosperous Gales;,2.0
"But would forsake the Ship, and make the Shore,",0.0
"No, Henry, no: One Sacred Oath has tied",1.0
Our Loves; One Destiny our Life shall guide;,1.0
"Nor Wild, nor Deep our common Way divide.",0.0
"To beat the Woods, and rouse the bounding Prey;",0.0
"The Cave with Moss and Branches I'll adorn,",1.0
"And cheerful sit, to wait my Lord's Return.",0.0
"I'll fetch quick Fuel from the neighbouring Wood,",3.0
"And strike the sparkling Flint, and dress the Food:",0.0
The choicest Herbs I to Thy Board will bring;,1.0
And draw Thy Water from the freshest Spring:,1.0
"And when at Night with weary Toil oppressed,",0.0
"Watchful I'll guard Thee, and with Midnight Prayer",4.0
Weary the Gods to keep Thee in their Care;,2.0
"If Thou hast Health, and I may bless the Day.",2.0
"My Thought shall fix, my latest Wish depend",0.0
"On Thee, Guide, Guardian, Kinsman, Father, Friend:",5.0
By all these sacred Names be Henry known,0.0
"That She, of all Mankind, could love but Him alone.",2.0
Shall in the Wildness of the Wood prepare:,1.0
"Must leave the Habit, and the Sex behind.",1.0
No longer shall thy comely Tresses break,1.0
"Or sit behind thy Head, an ample Round,",0.0
In graceful Breeds with various Ribbon bound:,2.0
"No longer shall the Bodice, aptly laced,",1.0
"From thy full Bosom to thy slender Waste,",3.0
"That Air and Harmony of Shape express,",1.0
"Fine by Degrees, and beautifully less:",3.0
"Nor shall thy lower Garments artful Pleat,",0.0
"Arm their chaste Beauties with a modest Pride,",4.0
And double every Charm they seek to hide.,0.0
"Cropped off and lost, scarce lower than Thy Ear",2.0
"Licentious, and to common Eyesight free:",2.0
"And with a bolder Stride, and looser Air,",1.0
"Mingled with Men, a Man Thou must appear.",2.0
"Nor Solitude, nor gentle Peace of Mind,",0.0
"Mistaken Maid, shalt Thou in Forests find:",2.0
"It's long, since Cynthia and her Train were there;",1.0
Or Guardian Gods made Innocence their Care.,4.0
Vagrants and Outlaws shall offend Thy View;,3.0
"For such must be my Friends; a hideous Crew,",2.0
"By adverse Fortune mixed in Social Ill,",1.0
"Trained to assault, and disciplined to kill:",3.0
"Their common Loves, a lewd abandoned Pack,",0.0
The Beadle's Lash still flagrant on their Back;,2.0
"By Sloth corrupted, by Disorder fed,",1.0
"Made bold by Want, and prostitute for Bread:",1.0
"With such must Emma hunt the tedious Day,",3.0
"Assist their Violence, and divide their Prey:",3.0
"With such She must return at setting Light,",1.0
"Thy Ear, inured to charitable Sounds,",1.0
"And pitying Love, must feel the hateful Wounds",2.0
"Of Jest obscene, and vulgar Ribaldry,",1.0
"And Blasphemy, sad Comrade of Despair.",4.0
"Now, Emma, now the last Reflection make,",1.0
No middle Object to thy Choice is given.,2.0
"Or yield thy Virtue, to attain thy Love;",1.0
"Or leave a banished Man, condemned in Woods to rove.",0.0
OH Grief of Heart! that our unhappy Fates,2.0
Force Thee to suffer what thy Honour hates:,1.0
Mix Thee amongst the Bad; or make Thee run,2.0
"Too near the Paths, which Virtue bids Thee shun.",0.0
Yet with her Henry still let Emma go;,1.0
"With Him abhor the Vice, but share the Woe:",1.0
And sure My little Heart can never err,0.0
Amid the worst; if Henry still be there.,0.0
Our outward Act is prompted from within;,1.0
By her own Choice free Virtue is approved;,3.0
Nor by the Force of outward Objects moved.,1.0
"In a small Isle, amid the widest Seas,",3.0
Triumphant Constancy has fixed her Seat:,1.0
"Their Flattery She rejects, nor fears their Threat.",3.0
For Thee alone these little Charms I dressed;,1.0
"Condemned them, or absolved them by thy Test.",2.0
"In comely Figure ranged, my Jewels shone,",0.0
"Or negligently placed, for Thee alone:",2.0
For Thee again they shall be laid aside:,1.0
"The Woman, Henry, shall put off her Pride",2.0
"For Thee: my Clothes, my Sex exchanged for Thee,",1.0
I'll mingle with the People's wretched Lee;,1.0
OH Line extreme of human Infamy!,2.0
"Wanting the Scissors, with these Hands I'll tear",3.0
If that obstructs my Flight this load of Hair.,0.0
"Black Soot, or yellow Walnut shall disgrace",2.0
"These Nails with Scratches shall deform my Breast,",1.0
"Lest by my Look, or Colour be expressed",3.0
"Yet in this Commerce, under this Disguise,",1.0
"Lost to the World, let Me to Him be known:",3.0
"My Fate I can absolve; if He shall own,",1.0
"That leaving all Mankind, I love but Him alone.",2.0
OH wildest Thought of an abandoned Mind!,2.0
"Name, Habit, Parents, Woman left behind,",1.0
Wild to the Woods with Me: Said Emma so?,3.0
Or did I dream what Emma never said?,0.0
OH guilty Error! and OH wretched Maid!,3.0
Whose roving Fancy would resolve the same,0.0
"With Him, who next should tempt her easy Fame;",0.0
And blow with empty Words the susceptible Flame.,4.0
Now why should doubtful Terms thy Mind perplex?,0.0
"Confess thy Frailty, and avow the Sex:",1.0
No longer loose Desire for constant Love,1.0
"Mistake; but say, it's Man, with whom Thou longest to rove.",2.0
"Are there not Poisons, Racks, and Flames, and Swords;",1.0
"Yet what could Swords or Poison, Racks or Flame,",0.0
"And fall these Sayings from that gentle Tongue,",1.0
"Where civil Speech, and soft Persuasion hung;",0.0
"Whose artful Sweetness and harmonious Strain,",3.0
"Courting my Grace, yet courting it in vain,",3.0
"Called Sighs, and Tears, and Wishes to it's Aid;",2.0
"Produce my Action to severest Light,",1.0
"And tax my open Day, or secret Night.",0.0
Did ever my Tongue speak my unguarded Heart,4.0
"Did ever my Eye One inward Thought reveal,",2.0
"Which Angels might not hear, and Virgins tell?",0.0
"And hast Thou, Henry, in my Conduct known",0.0
"One Fault, but That which I must ever own,",0.0
"That I, of all Mankind, have loved but Thee alone?",2.0
Each Man is Man; and all Our Sex is One.,0.0
False are our Words; and fickle is our Mind:,1.0
Nor in Love's Ritual can We ever find,2.0
"Vows made to last, or Promises to bind.",2.0
"By Nature prompted, and for Empire made,",1.0
Alike by Strength or Cunning We invade:,1.0
When armed with Rage We march against the Foe;,0.0
When fired with Passion We attack the Fair;,3.0
Our Falsehood and our Arms have equal Use;,2.0
"As they our Conquest, or Delight produce.",2.0
The only Boon departing Love can give.,0.0
"To be less Wretched, be no longer True:",2.0
"Forget the Present Flame, indulge a New.",0.0
Ask for his Vow; but hope not for his Truth.,1.0
The next Man and the next Thou shalt believe,0.0
"Will pawn his Gods, intending to deceive;",1.0
"Will kneel, implore, persist, overcome, and leave.",6.0
Hence let Thy Cupid aim his Arrows right;,1.0
"Be Wise and False, shun Trouble, seek Delight,",1.0
"Change Thou the first, nor wait Thy Lover's Flight.",0.0
"I saw Thee Young, and Fair; pursued the Chase",0.0
"Of Youth, and Beauty: I another saw",1.0
"Fairer, and Younger: yielding to the Law",3.0
"More Youth, more Beauty: Blessed Vicissitude!",2.0
My active Heart still keeps it's pristine Flame;,1.0
"The Object altered, the Desire the same.",1.0
This Younger Fairer pleads her rightful Charms:,0.0
With present Power compels me to her Arms.,3.0
"And much I fear, from my subjected Mind",1.0
"That Years may roll, ever in Her turn the Maid",4.0
Shall weep the Fury of my Love decayed;,1.0
"And weeping follow Me, as Thou dost now,",2.0
Nor can the wildness of thy Wishes err,2.0
Cupid averse rejects divided Vows.,2.0
"Then from thy foolish Heart, vain Maid, remove",1.0
"And leave me, with the Fair, at large in Woods to rove.",1.0
Are we in Life through one great Error led?,3.0
"Is each Man perjured, and each Nymph betrayed?",2.0
Of the Superior Sex art Thou the worst?,3.0
Am I of Mine the most completely Cursed?,1.0
"Yet let me go with Thee; and going prove,",1.0
"From what I will endure, how much I love.",1.0
"This potent Beauty, this Triumphant Fair,",1.0
"This happy Object of our different Care,",1.0
"Her let me follow; Her let me attend,",3.0
A Servant: She may scorn the Name of Friend.,1.0
"What She demands, incessant I'll prepare:",2.0
My busy Diligence shall deck Her Board;,1.0
"For there, at least, I may approach my Lord.",2.0
His Servant's Absence; with dejected Eyes,1.0
"Far I'll recede, and Sighs forbid to rise.",2.0
Yet when increasing Grief brings slow Disease;,1.0
"And ebbing Life, on Terms severe as these,",0.0
Will have it's little Lamp no longer fed;,1.0
Rescue my poor Remains from vile Neglect:,2.0
And decent Emblem; and at least persuade,1.0
"This happy Nymph, that Emma may be laid,",1.0
"Where Thou, dear Author of my Death, where She",3.0
"One pious Sigh, reflecting on my Death,",1.0
"And the sad Fate which She may one Day prove,",3.0
"And Thou forsworn, Thou cruel, as Thou art,",2.0
"Thou sure must give one Thought, and drop one Tear",0.0
"To Her, whom Love abandoned to Despair;",2.0
"To Her, who dying, on the wounded Stone",2.0
"Bid it in lasting Characters be known,",1.0
"That, of Mankind, She loved but Thee alone.",4.0
"And Thou, bright Maid, believe Me, while I swear;",2.0
"No Time, no Change, no future Flame shall move",5.0
OH Powerful Virtue! OH Victorious Fair!,5.0
At least excuse a Trial too severe:,0.0
"Receive the Triumph, and forget the War.",1.0
"No banished Man, condemned in Woods to rove,",1.0
"No perjured Knight desires to quit thy Arms,",1.0
"Henry, thy Henry with Eternal Truth,",3.0
Illustrious Earl: Him terrible in War,3.0
And trembling fled before the British Lord.,0.0
For she amid his spacious Meadows flows;,2.0
Inclines her Urn upon his fattened Lands;,0.0
And sees his numerous Herd imprint her Sands.,2.0
"And Thou, my Fair, my Dove, shalt raise thy Thought",2.0
To Greatness next to Empire; shalt be brought,0.0
With solemn Pomp to my Paternal Seat;,1.0
Where Peace and Plenty on Thy Word shall wait.,1.0
And while the Priests accuse the Bride's Delay;,0.0
Myrtles and Roses shall obstruct Her Way.,2.0
Friendship shall still Thy Evening Feasts adorn;,2.0
And blooming Peace shall ever bless Thy Morn.,0.0
Succeeding Years their happy Race shall run;,0.0
And Age unheeded by Delight come on;,3.0
While yet Superior Love shall mock his Power:,2.0
"And when old Time shall turn the fated Hour,",1.0
"That Heaven of Softness, and that Seat of Rest",1.0
"You Doubts and Fears, and All that know to move",0.0
"Tormenting Grief, and All that trouble Love,",1.0
"Scattered by Winds recede, and wild in Forests rove.",2.0
OH Day the fairest sure that ever rose!,1.0
"Sire of her Joy, and Source of her Delight;",2.0
"OH! winged with Pleasure take thy happy Flight,",1.0
And give each future Morn a Tincture of thy White.,1.0
"Henry, my Henry, will He never rove?",3.0
"Will He be ever Kind, and Just, and Good?",1.0
And is there yet no Mistress in the Wood?,2.0
"None, none there is: The Thought was rash and vain;",2.0
"A false Idea, and a fancied Pain.",1.0
"Doubt shall for ever quit my strengthened Heart,",0.0
"Nor other Inmate shall inhabit there,",2.0
"But soft Belief, young Joy, and pleasing Care.",1.0
"Hence let the Tides of Plenty ebb and flow,",1.0
And Fortune's various Gale unheeded blow.,2.0
"Her present Favour cautious I'll embrace,",4.0
"Secure of Mind I'll obviate her Intent,",2.0
And unconcerned return the Goods She lent.,0.0
"Nor Happiness can I, nor Misery feel,",4.0
From any Turn of her Fantastic Wheel:,1.0
"Friendship's great Laws, and Love's superior Powers",5.0
Must mark the Colour of my future Hours.,0.0
From the Events which Thy Commands create,2.0
I must my Blessings or my Sorrows date;,1.0
Yet while with close Delight and inward Pride,0.0
Which from the World my careful Soul shall hide,0.0
"I see Thee, Lord and End of my Desire,",1.0
Exalted high as Virtue can require;,1.0
"With Power invested, and with Pleasure cheered;",3.0
"Sought by the Good, by the Oppressor feared;",1.0
"Loaded and blessed with all the affluent Store,",4.0
Which human Vows at smoking Shrines implore;,0.0
Grateful and humble grant Me to employ,3.0
"My Life, subservient only to thy Joy;",3.0
And at my Death to bless thy Kindness shown,0.0
"To Her, who of Mankind could love but Thee alone.",4.0
"While thus the constant Pair alternate said,",4.0
Joyful above them and around them played,3.0
"Smiling They clapped their Wings, and low They bowed:",2.0
To choose propitious Shafts; a precious Store:,0.0
"That when their God should take his future Darts,",0.0
"To strike however rarely constant Hearts,",1.0
"His happy Skill might proper Arms employ,",0.0
"All tipped with Pleasure, and all winged with Joy:",1.0
"And Those, They vowed, whose Lives should imitate",1.0
"These Lovers Constancy, should share their Fate.",1.0
The Queen of Beauty stopped her bridled Doves;,0.0
Approved the little Labour of the Loves;,1.0
Was proud and pleased the mutual Vow to hear;,2.0
And to the Triumph called the God of War:,1.0
"Soon as She calls, the God is always near.",0.0
"Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her Voice;",2.0
Nor let thy Conquests only be her Choice:,1.0
But when She sings great Edward from the Field,2.0
"Returned, the Hostile Spear and Captive Shield",0.0
"And when, as prudent Saturn shall complete",0.0
"The Years designed to perfect Britain's State,",1.0
To sing Her Favourite Anna's wondrous Reign;,0.0
Old Rufus' Hall unequal to his Spoils;,2.0
The British Soldier from his high Command,1.0
"Glorious, and Gaul thrice Vanquished by his Hand:",3.0
Let Her at least perform what I desire;,1.0
With second Breath the Vocal Brass inspire:,0.0
"And tell the Nations in no Vulgar Strain,",1.0
"What Wars I manage, and what Wreaths I gain.",1.0
And when Thy Laurels at my Feet are cast;,0.0
Renowned for Truth let all Thy Sons appear;,1.0
And constant Beauty shall reward their Care.,0.0
"Mars smiled, and bowed; the Cyprian Deity",4.0
Turned to the glorious Ruler of the Sky:,3.0
"And Thou, She smiling said, Great God of Days",2.0
"And Verse, behold my Deed; and sing my Praise.",0.0
"As on the British Earth, my Favourite Isle,",1.0
"Thy gentle Rays and kindest Influence smile,",2.0
"Through all her laughing Fields and verdant Groves,",0.0
Proclaim with Joy these memorable Loves.,1.0
"From every annual Course let One great Day,",3.0
To celebrated Sports and Floral Play,0.0
"Be set aside; and, in the softest Lays",0.0
"Of Thy Poetic Sons, be solemn Praise,",1.0
"SIDDONS! the Muse, for many a joy refined,",4.0
"Feelings which ever seem too swiftly fled,",3.0
"For those delicious tears she loves to shed,",1.0
Around thy brow the wreaths of praise would bind;,0.0
But can her feeble notes thy praise unfold?,1.0
Repeat the tones each changing passion gives?,0.0
"Or mark where nature in thy action lives, ' --",0.0
"Where, in thy pause, she speaks a pang untold?",0.0
"When fierce ambition steels thy daring breast,",0.0
When from thy frantic look our glance recedes?,0.0
"Or, o, divine enthusiast! when, oppressed",3.0
"By mournful love, that eye of softness pleads?",0.0
"The sunbeam all can feel, but who can trace",1.0
"The instant light, and catch the radiant grace?",0.0
"IS it to me, this sad lamenting strain:",1.0
Are heaven's choicest gifts bestowed in vain?,0.0
"Your love rewarded, gratified your pride:",0.0
Yet leaving her ' --  it's me that you pursue,3.0
"Without one single charm, but being new.",0.0
How vile is man! how I detest their ways,1.0
"Of artful falsehood, and designing praise!",2.0
"Tasteless, an easy happiness you slight,",3.0
"Ruin your joy, and mischief your delight.",3.0
Why should poor pug the mimic of your kind,2.0
"Wear a rough chain, and be to box confined?",2.0
"Some cup, perhaps, he breaks, or tears a fan, ' --",0.0
"Not bound by vows, and unrestrained by shame,",0.0
"Nor that your art can be successful here,",0.0
The already plundered need no robber fear:,2.0
Too well secured against a second love.,1.0
"Once, and but once, that devil charmed my mind;",0.0
"To reason deaf, to observation blind;",0.0
I idly hoped what cannot love persuade!,0.0
"Slow to distrust, and willing to believe,",3.0
"Long hushed my doubts, and did myself deceive:",2.0
But o! too soon ' --  this tale would ever last;,2.0
"Sleep, sleep, my wrongs, and let me think them past.",1.0
"For you, who mourn with counterfeited grief,",1.0
"And ask so boldly like a begging thief,",0.0
"May soon some other nymph inflict the pain,",0.0
You know so well with cruel art to feign.,0.0
"Though long you sported have with Cupid's dart,",0.0
"You may see eyes, and you may feel a heart.",2.0
"So the brisk wits, who stop the evening coach,",2.0
Laugh at the fear that follows their approach;,1.0
"With idle mirth, and haughty scorn despise",0.0
"The passenger pale cheek, and staring eyes:",2.0
"But seized by Justice, find a fright no jest,",1.0
And all the terror doubled in their breast.,0.0
"And all the Cavern shakes! far off, far off,",3.0
The God approaches. Hark! He knocks: the Gates,0.0
Feel the glad Impulse: and the severed Bars,0.0
Submissive clink against their brazen Portals.,0.0
"From native Silence, carol Sounds harmonious?",1.0
"Begin, young Men, the Hymn: let all your Harps",2.0
"Break their inglorious Silence; and the Dance,",5.0
"In mystic Numbers trod, explain the Music.",0.0
Purge the contagious Spots of Human Weakness:,2.0
Impure no Mortal can behold Apollo.,2.0
"In Youth with happy Nuptials, and in Age",1.0
"With silver Hairs, and fair Descent of Children;",0.0
"So lay Foundations for aspiring Cities,",1.0
And bless your spreading Colonies Increase.,1.0
His fatal Arrows. Silent Nature stands;,0.0
"And Seas subside, obedient to the Sound",1.0
"In fruitless Sorrow persevere, or weep",1.0
Even through the Phrygian Marble. Hapless Mother!,3.0
Whose Fondness could compare her Mortal Offspring,1.0
Against the Deity it's hard to strive.,1.0
"He that resists the Power of Ptolemy,",3.0
Resists the Power of Heaven: for Power from Heaven,4.0
Derives; and Monarchs rule by Gods appointed.,1.0
The Ditty still unfinished; and the Day,1.0
"Various, and Matter copious of your Songs.",2.0
And Theme of Verse perpetual. From his Robe,1.0
"Flows Light ineffable: his Harp, his Quiver,",2.0
His Feet are shod; how rich! how beautiful!,1.0
Beneath his Steps the yellow Mineral rises;,0.0
And Earth reveals her Treasures. Youth and Beauty,0.0
Eternal deck his Cheek: from his fair Head,1.0
"Perfumes distil their Sweets; and cheerful Health,",0.0
With lavish Hand diffuses Scents Ambrosial.,0.0
"Inspired by Thee, composes Verse Immortal.",3.0
"Taught by thy Art Divine, the sage Physician",0.0
"Eludes the Urn; and chains, or exiles Death.",1.0
"Now dropped their Twofold Burdens. Blessed the Cattle,",2.0
"But, Phoebus, Thou to Man beneficent,",4.0
"With Emblematic Skill, and mystic Order,",0.0
Where gates should open; or where Walls should compass:,1.0
While from thy childish Pastime Man received,1.0
"The future Strength, and Ornament of Nations.",1.0
"Flew on the Right before the People, marking",0.0
The Country destined the auspicious Seat,1.0
"Whose Oath is sure, and Promise stands Eternal.",0.0
"Phoebus, great King? for different are Thy Names,",4.0
"As Thy kind Hand has founded many Cities,",2.0
Or dealt benign Thy various Gifts to Man.,2.0
"Thrice by Thy gracious Guidance was transported,",1.0
"Thy annual Feasts, kind God, and bless thy Altars",3.0
Our great Forefathers taught their Sons to worship.,1.0
"The yellow Crocus there, and fair Narcissus",1.0
To deck Thy Temple; till returning Spring,1.0
Diffuses Nature's various Pride; and Flowers,2.0
"Innumerable, by the soft Southwest",3.0
"Opened, and gathered by Religious Hands,",3.0
Perpetual Fires shine hallowed on Thy Altars.,6.0
"The warlike Libyans clad in Armour, lead",3.0
"The Dance, with clanging Swords and Shields They beat",0.0
The dreadful Measure: in the Chorus join,0.0
"Their Women, Brown but Beautiful: such Rites",1.0
"Fond of the Maid, auspicious to the City,",1.0
"To draw the Bow, to slay the shaggy Lion,",0.0
And stop the spreading Ruin of the Plains.,1.0
"Happy the Nymph, who honoured by Thy Passion,",2.0
Was aided by thy Power! The monstrous Python,3.0
"Durst tempt Thy Wrath in vain: for dead He fell,",1.0
"To thy great Strength, and golden Arms unequal.",2.0
"Another, and another Dart; The People",1.0
"And Health of Man, gracious Thy Mother bore Thee.",5.0
Envy Thy latest Foe suggested thus:,2.0
Like Thee I am a Power Immortal; therefore,4.0
Those Poets who write little? Vast and Great,1.0
Is what I Love: The far extended Ocean,0.0
Spurned Envy with His Foot; and thus the God:,2.0
"Assyrian River, copious runs, but Muddy;",4.0
And carries forward with his stupid Force,1.0
"Polluting Dirt; His Torrent still augmenting,",1.0
"Studious to have their Offerings well received,",1.0
"Pour Streams select, and Purity of Waters.",2.0
"Io! Apollo, mighty King, let Envy",3.0
Administers to my ambitious Thirst,2.0
"Genuine, and with soft Murmurs gently rilling",3.0
"Down the Mountains, where Thy Daughters haunt.",0.0
"SEE Winter comes, to rule the varied year,",1.0
"Sullen, and sad, with all his rising train,",2.0
"These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought,",0.0
"Pleased have I, in my cheerful morn of life,",0.0
"When nursed by careless Solitude I lived,",0.0
"And sung of Nature with unceasing joy,",1.0
Pleased have I wandered through your rough domain;,1.0
"Heard the winds roar, and the big torrent burst;",5.0
"Or seen the deep, fermenting tempest brewed",0.0
Till through the lucid chambers of the south,2.0
"Looked out the joyous Spring, looked out, and smiled",2.0
"To thee, the patron of her first essay,",2.0
"The muse, OH Wilmington! renews her song.",2.0
Since has she rounded the revolving Year;,1.0
"Then swept over Autumn with the shadowy gale,",4.0
"Rolled in the doubling storm, she tries to soar;",0.0
To swell her note with all the rushing winds;,0.0
To suit her sounding cadence to the floods;,1.0
"As is her theme, her numbers wildly great:",1.0
Thrice happy! could she fill thy judging ear,1.0
"With bold description, and with manly thought.",1.0
For thee the Graces smooth; thy softer thoughts,1.0
The Muses tune; nor art thou skilled alone,0.0
"In awful schemes, the management of states,",1.0
And how to make a mighty people thrive:,1.0
But equal goodness; sound integrity;,1.0
"Amid a sliding age; and burning strong,",0.0
"A steady spirit, regularly free;",1.0
"These, each exalting each, the statesman light",0.0
"Into the patriot; and, the public hope",1.0
"And eye to thee converting, bid the muse",1.0
Record what envy dares not flattery call.,2.0
"When Scorpio gives to Capricorn the sway,",4.0
And fierce Aquarius fouls the inverted year;,3.0
"Retiring to the verge of heaven, the sun",1.0
Scarce spreads over other the dejected day.,2.0
"Faint are his gleams, and ineffectual shoot",2.0
"His struggling rays, in horizontal lines,",0.0
"Through the thick air; as at dull distance seen,",3.0
"Weak, won, and broad, he skirts the southern sky;",1.0
"And, soon descending, to the long dark night,",2.0
"Light, life, and joy the dubious day forsake.",3.0
"Involve the face of things. Thus Winter falls,",1.0
"A heavy gloom oppressive over the world,",2.0
"Through nature shedding influence malign,",1.0
"The soul of man dies in him, loathing life,",1.0
And black with horrid views. The cattle droop,0.0
"The conscious head; and over the furrowed land,",2.0
Sighs the sad genius of the coming storm;,4.0
"And up among the loose, disjointed cliffs,",1.0
"And fractured mountains wild, the brawling brook,",0.0
"Then comes the father of the tempest forth,",1.0
Striding the gloomy blast. First rains obscure,3.0
"Dash on the mountain's brow, and shake the woods,",0.0
That grumbling wave below. The unsightly plain,2.0
"The day's fair face. The wanderers of heaven,",2.0
"Each to his home, retire; save those that love",2.0
"To take their pastime in the troubled air,",1.0
Or ruminate in the contiguous shade.,3.0
"Thither the household, feathery people crowd,",3.0
"The crested cock, with all his female train,",1.0
Recounts his simple frolic: much he talks.,0.0
"Without, and rattles on his humble roof.",1.0
"Wide over the brim, with many a torrent swelled,",5.0
"Tumbling through rocks abrupt, and sounding far;",1.0
"Then over the sanded valley floating spreads,",2.0
"Calm, sluggish, silent; till again constrained,",2.0
"Betwixt two meeting hills it bursts away,",1.0
"Where rocks, and woods overhang the turbid stream;",3.0
"There gathering triple force, rapid, and deep,",7.0
"It boils, and wheels, and foams, and thunders through.",1.0
Nature! great parent! whose continual hand,5.0
"How mighty, how majesty are thy works!",3.0
With what a pleasing dread they swell the soul!,0.0
That sees astonished! and astonished sings!,1.0
"You too, you winds! that now begin to blow,",0.0
"With boisterous sweep, I raise my voice to you.",0.0
"Where are your stores, you subtle beings! say,",0.0
"Where your aerial magazines reserved,",2.0
Against the day of tempest perilous?,1.0
"Hushed in dead silence, sleep you when it's calm?",2.0
"Late in the lowering sky, red, fiery streaks",5.0
Begin to flush about; the reeling clouds,0.0
"Stagger with dizzy poise, as doubting yet",2.0
"Which master to obey: while rising slow,",1.0
Wears a won circle round her sullied orb.,3.0
The stars obtuse emit a shivering ray;,2.0
Snatched in short eddies plays the fluttering straw;,4.0
"Eat into caverns by the restless wave,",2.0
"Then issues forth the storm, with mad control,",0.0
And the thin fabric of the pillared air,3.0
"Overturns at once. Prone, on the passive main,",2.0
"Descends the ethereal force, and with strong gust",5.0
"Through the loud night, that bids the waves arise,",2.0
"Lashed into foam, the fierce, conflicting brine",1.0
"Seems, as it sparkles, all around to burn.",0.0
"Meantime whole oceans, heaving to the clouds,",3.0
"And in broad billows rolling gathered seas,",1.0
"Surge over surge, burst in a general roar,",2.0
"And anchored navies from their stations drive,",1.0
Wild as the winds athwart the howling waste,0.0
Of mighty waters. Now the hilly wave,0.0
"Straining they scale, and now impetuous shoot",2.0
"Into the secret chambers of the deep,",1.0
"Emerging thence again, before the breath",0.0
"And dart on distant coasts; if some sharp rock,",1.0
"Or sand insidious break not their career,",3.0
And in loose fragments fling them floating round.,1.0
"To land the tempest bears; and over the cliff,",2.0
The mountain growls; and all its sturdy sons,0.0
Stoop to the bottom of the rocks they shade.,1.0
"Lone on its midnight side, and all aghast,",1.0
"And, often falling, climbs against the blast.",0.0
"Low waves the rooted forest, vexed, and sheds",1.0
"Dashed down, and scattered, by the tearing wind's",1.0
"Assiduous fury, its gigantic limbs.",1.0
"Thus struggling through the dissipated grove,",2.0
The whirling tempest raves along the plain;,0.0
"And on the cottage thatched, or lordly roof,",1.0
"For entrance eager, howls the savage blast.",0.0
"Then too, they say, through all the burdened air,",0.0
"Long groans are heard, shrill sounds and distant sighs,",2.0
"That, uttered by the Demon of the night,",2.0
Warn the devoted wretch of woe and death.,2.0
"All Nature reels. Till Nature's KING, who oft",0.0
"Amid tempestuous darkness dwells alone,",3.0
"Walks dreadfully serene, commands a calm;",2.0
"Then straight air, sea, and earth are hushed at once.",1.0
"As yet, it's midnight deep. The weary clouds,",1.0
"Now, while the drowsy world lies lost in sleep,",1.0
"Let me associate with the serious Night,",4.0
"Let me shake off intrusive cares of day,",2.0
And lay the meddling senses all aside.,0.0
"And now, you lying vanities of life!",1.0
Where are you now! and what is your amount?,1.0
"Sad, sickening thought! and yet deluded Man,",1.0
"A scene of crude disjointed visions past,",0.0
Father of light and life! thou GOOD SUPREME!,2.0
OH teach me what is good! teach me THYSELF!,3.0
"Save me from folly, vanity, and vice,",1.0
From every low pursuit! and feed my soul,0.0
"With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure;",0.0
"From all the livid east, or piercing north,",0.0
Thick clouds ascend; in whose capacious womb,1.0
Heavy they roll their fleecy world along;,2.0
And the sky saddens with the gathered storm.,3.0
"Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends,",4.0
"Fall broad, and wide, and fast, dimming the day,",6.0
With a continual flow. Sudden the fields,5.0
"It's brightness all; save where the new snow melts,",2.0
"Bow their hoar Heads. And, ere the languid sun",3.0
"Faint from the west emits his evening ray,",0.0
"Stands covered over with snow, and then demands",3.0
"Tamed by the cruel season, crowd around",0.0
"The winnowing store, and claim the little boon",2.0
"His shivering fellows, and to trusted man",3.0
His annual visit pays. New to the dome,4.0
"On the warm hearth, and hopping over the floor",4.0
"Eyes all the smiling Family askance,",1.0
"Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare,",2.0
"Though timorous of heart, and hard beset",1.0
"By death in various forms, dark snares, and dogs,",3.0
"Eye the bleak heaven, and next the glistening earth,",2.0
"With looks of dumb despair; then sad, dispersed,",0.0
"Now, shepherd's, to your helpless charge be kind,",2.0
"Baffle the raging year, and fill their pens",2.0
"With food at will; lodge them below the storm,",2.0
"And watch them strict: for from the bellowing east,",3.0
"In one wide waft, and over the hapless flocks,",5.0
"Hid in the hollow of two neighbouring hills,",4.0
"The valley to a shining mountain swells,",1.0
"As thus the snows arise; and foul, and fierce,",0.0
All winter drives along the darkened air;,0.0
"Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid",1.0
Beneath the white abrupt; but wanders on,1.0
"From hill to dale, still more and more astray:",1.0
Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home,0.0
In many a vain effort. How sinks his soul!,4.0
"What black despair, what horror fills his heart!",0.0
"His tufted cottage rising through the snow,",1.0
"He meets the roughness of the middle waste,",1.0
"Far from the tract, and blessed abode of man:",0.0
"And every tempest, howling over his head,",2.0
Renders the savage wilderness more wild.,3.0
"Then throng the busy shapes into his mind,",0.0
"A dire descent! beyond the power of frost,",2.0
"Smoothed up with snow; and, what is land unknown,",0.0
"What water, of the still unfrozen eye,",1.0
"In the loose marsh, or solitary lake,",3.0
Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils.,3.0
These cheque his fearful steps; and down he sinks,1.0
"Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift,",1.0
"Thinking over all the bitterness of death,",1.0
Mixed with the tender anguish nature shoots,0.0
"Through the wrung bosom of the dying man,",3.0
"His wife, his children, and his friends unseen.",1.0
"In vain his little children, peeping out",1.0
"Nor wife, nor children more shall he behold,",1.0
"Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve,",0.0
The deadly winter seizes; shuts up sense;,0.0
"Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corpse,",2.0
"Ah little think the gay licentious proud,",0.0
"Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround;",3.0
"They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth,",0.0
"And wanton, often cruel, riot waste;",0.0
"Ah little think they, while they dance along,",0.0
"How many feel this very moment, death",0.0
And all the sad variety of pain.,1.0
"How many sink in the devouring flood,",3.0
"Or more devouring flame. How many bleed,",2.0
By shameful variance betwixt man and man.,4.0
"Shut from the common air, and common use",0.0
Of their own limbs. How many drink the cup,1.0
"Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread",0.0
"With all the fiercer tortures of the mind,",1.0
"Unbounded passion, madness, guilt, remorse;",0.0
"Whence tumbled headlong from the height of life,",2.0
They furnish matter for the tragic muse.,1.0
"Even in the vale, where Wisdom loves to dwell,",0.0
"With Friendship, Peace, and Contemplation joined,",0.0
"How many, racked with honest passions, droop",0.0
In deep retired distress. How many stand,0.0
"Around the deathbed of their dearest friends,",2.0
"Like wailing pensive ghosts awaiting theirs,",1.0
And point the parting pang. Thought but fond man,3.0
"Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills,",1.0
"That one incessant struggle render life,",1.0
"One scene of toil, of anguish, and of fate,",1.0
"Vice in his high career would stand appalled,",0.0
"The conscious heart of Charity would warm,",1.0
And his wide wish Benevolence dilate;,3.0
"The social tear would rise, the social sigh;",0.0
"And into clear perfection, gradual bliss,",2.0
"Refining still, the social passions work.",0.0
"And here can I forget the generous few,",2.0
Into the horrors of the gloomy jail?,1.0
"Where Sickness pines; where Thirst and Hunger burn,",0.0
And poor Misfortune feels the lash of Vice.,0.0
"While in the land of liberty, the land",1.0
"Whose every street, and public meeting glows",0.0
"With open freedom, little tyrants raged:",0.0
Snatched the lean morsel from the starving mouth;,4.0
"Even robbed them of the last of comforts, sleep;",1.0
"The freeborn Briton to the dungeon chained,",1.0
"Or, as the lust of cruelty prevailed,",2.0
At pleasure marked him with inglorious stripes;,3.0
"And crushed out lives, by various nameless ways,",2.0
"That for their country would have toiled, or bled.",0.0
"When Justice, and when Mercy led the way,",1.0
"Dragged the detected monsters into light,",2.0
"Wrenched from their hand Oppression's iron rod,",0.0
And bade the cruel feel the pains they gave.,0.0
"Yet stop not here, let all the land rejoice,",0.0
"And make the blessing unconfined, as great.",0.0
"Much still untouched remains; in this rank age,",1.0
Much is the patriot's weeding hand required.,2.0
"The toils of law, what dark insidious men",2.0
And lengthen simple justice into trade,0.0
"O glorious were the day! that saw these broke,",1.0
And every man within the reach of right.,0.0
"Yet more outrageous is the season still,",1.0
"A deeper horror, in Siberian wilds;",2.0
And in his airy hall the loud misrule,0.0
Of driving tempest is for ever heard.,1.0
"There through the ragged woods absorbed in snow,",1.0
"Sole tenant of these shades, the shaggy bear,",2.0
"With dangling ice all horrid, stalks forlorn;",0.0
He makes his bed beneath the drifted snow;,0.0
Hardens his heart against assailing want.,2.0
While tempted vigorous over the marble waste.,4.0
"On sleds reclined, the furry Russian sits;",0.0
A shining kingdom in a winter's day.,0.0
"Where nature in stupendous rain lies,",1.0
"And from the leaning rock, on either side,",1.0
"Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave!",1.0
Assembling wolves in torrent troops descend;,0.0
"And, pouring over the country, bear along,",2.0
"Press him to earth, and pierce his mighty heart.",0.0
Nor can the bull his awful front defend.,1.0
Or shake the murdering savages away.,3.0
"Rapacious, at the mother's throat they fly",0.0
And tear the screaming infant from her breast.,1.0
"Even beauty, force divine! at whose bright glance",1.0
"The generous lion stands in softened gaze,",2.0
"Here bleeds, a hapless, undistinguished prey.",0.0
"The country be shut up, lured by the scent,",2.0
"The shrouded body from the tomb; over which,",4.0
"In the wild depth of Winter, while without",3.0
"The ceaseless winds blow ice, be my retreat,",2.0
"Between the groaning forest and the shore,",1.0
"Beat by a boundless multitude of waves,",0.0
"A rural, sheltered, solitary, scene;",0.0
"Where ruddy fire and beaming tapers join,",0.0
And hold high converse with the mighty dead;,2.0
"Sages of ancient time, as gods revered,",2.0
"As gods beneficent, who blessed mankind",4.0
"Roused at the inspiring thought, I throw aside",1.0
"Before my wondering eyes. ' --  First Socrates,",3.0
Whose simple question to the folded heart,1.0
"Severely good; and him of rugged Rome,",1.0
Who wept the brother while the tyrant bled.,0.0
"Scipio, the human warrior, gently brave;",1.0
"Who soon the race of spotless glory ran,",0.0
"And, warm in youth, to the poetic shade,",1.0
"With friendship, and philosophy, retired.",2.0
"Who, single raised their country into fame.",0.0
"Thousands behind, the boast of Greece and Rome,",2.0
"Whom Virtue owns, the tribute of a verse",1.0
Demand; but who can count the stars of heaven?,0.0
Who sing their influence on this lower world?,1.0
"But see who yonder comes! in sober state,",0.0
"Fair, mild, and strong, as is a vernal sun:",2.0
"Great Homer too appears, of daring wing,",1.0
"Parent of song! and equal by his side,",3.0
"The British muse; joined hand in hand they walk,",1.0
"Taught by the Graces, whose enchanting touch",0.0
Shakes every passion from the various string;,4.0
First of your kind! society divine!,1.0
"Still visit thus my nights, for you reserved,",2.0
And mount my soaring soul to deeds like yours.,0.0
"Silence, thou lonely power! the door be thine;",4.0
"See on the hallowed hour that none intrude,",0.0
"Learning digested well, exalted faith,",3.0
"Or from the muses hill will Pope descend,",1.0
"To raise the sacred hour, to make it smile,",0.0
And with the social spirit warm the heart:,1.0
"For though not sweeter his own Homer sings,",2.0
Yet is his life the more endearing song.,0.0
Thus in some deep retirement would I pass,1.0
"Or blithe, or solemn, as the theme inspired:",1.0
"With them would search, if this unbounded frame",2.0
"Of nature rose from unproductive night,",0.0
"Or sprung eternal from the eternal Cause,",3.0
"Its springs, its laws, its progress and its end.",2.0
Would gradual open on our opening minds;,5.0
"In full perfection, to the astonished eye.",3.0
Thence would we plunge into the moral world;,0.0
"Which, though more seemingly perplexed, moves on",3.0
"In higher order; fitted, and impelled,",1.0
In universal good. Historic truth,0.0
"Point us how empire grew, revolved, and fell,",0.0
"In scattered states; what makes the nations smile,",0.0
"Improves their soil, and gives them double suns;",0.0
"And why they pine beneath the brightest skies,",0.0
"In nature's richest lap. As thus we talked,",0.0
"Our hearts would burn within us, would inhale",0.0
"That portion of divinity, that ray",2.0
"Of purest heaven, which lights the glorious flame",2.0
"Of patriots, and of heroes. But if doomed,",2.0
"In powerless humble fortune, to repress",3.0
"Then, even superior to ambition, we",6.0
Would learn the private virtues; how to glide,1.0
"Through shades and plains, along the smoothest stream",0.0
"Of rural life: or snatched away by hope,",0.0
With earnest eye anticipate those scenes,0.0
"Of happiness, and wonder; where the mind,",1.0
"In endless growth and infinite ascent,",1.0
"Rises from state to state, and world to world.",2.0
"And when with these the serious soul is foiled,",3.0
"We, shifting for relief, would play the shapes",1.0
Of frolic fancy; and incessant form,1.0
"Yet rapid still renewed, and poured immense",0.0
"Into the mind, unbounded without space:",3.0
"The great, the new, the beautiful; or mixed,",1.0
"Whence vivid Wit, and Humour, droll of face,",3.0
"While well attested, and as well believed,",1.0
Till superstitious horror creeps over all.,3.0
"Or, frequent in the sounding hall, they wake",0.0
"The simple joke that takes the shepherd's heart,",0.0
"Easily pleased; the long loud laugh, sincere;",3.0
"The leap, the slap, the haul; and, shook to notes",0.0
"Of native music, the respondent dance.",1.0
"The city swarms intense. The public haunt,",0.0
"Full of each theme, and warm with mixed discourse,",3.0
Hums indistinct. The sons of riot flow,2.0
"Down the loose stream of false enchanted joy,",2.0
To swift destruction. On the rankled soul,1.0
The gaming fury falls; and in one gulf,0.0
"Friends, families, and fortune headlong sink.",3.0
"Rises the dance along the lighted dome,",2.0
"Mixed, and evolved, a thousand sprightly ways.",2.0
"The circle deepens; rained from radiant eyes,",0.0
Dread over the scene the ghost of Hamlet stalks;,3.0
Steals over the cheek: or else the comic Muse,3.0
"Holds to the world the picture of itself,",1.0
And raises sly the fair impartial laugh.,0.0
"Clear frost succeeds; and through the blue serene,",2.0
"Killing infectious damps, and the spent air",3.0
Storing afresh with elemental life.,2.0
Close crowds the shining atmosphere; and binds,1.0
"Our strengthened bodies in its cold embrace,",0.0
"Where sits the soul, intense, collected cool,",0.0
"Bright as the skies, and as the season keen.",1.0
All nature feels the renovating force,0.0
Of Winter only to the thoughtless eye,1.0
"Draws in, abundant vegetable soul,",3.0
"Amazing, open to the shepherd's gaze,",1.0
"What art thou, Frost? and whence are thy keen stores",1.0
Whom even the illusive fluid cannot fly?,1.0
"Is not thy potent energy, unseen,",1.0
"Like double wedges, and diffused immense",1.0
"Through water, earth and either? Hence at eve,",0.0
"Steamed eager from the red horizon round,",2.0
"With the still rage of Winter deep suffused,",2.0
"An icy gale, oft shifting, over the pool",3.0
"Breathes a blue film, and in its mid career",2.0
"Arrests the bickering stream. The loosened ice,",2.0
"Fast grows, or gathers round the pointed stone,",1.0
"A crystal pavement, by the breath of heaven",1.0
"Cemented firm; till seized from shore to shore,",0.0
"Loud rings the frozen earth, and hard reflects",1.0
"A double noise; while, at his evening watch,",0.0
The heifer lows; the distant waterfall,0.0
"Swells in the breeze, and, with the hasty tread",1.0
"Of traveller, the many sounding plain",1.0
"Shakes from afar. The full ethereal round,",3.0
"Infinite worlds disclosing to the view,",3.0
"Shines out intensely keen; and, all one cope",2.0
"Of starry glitter, glows from pole to pole.",0.0
"From pole to pole the rigid influence falls,",2.0
"Through the still night, incessant, heavy, strong,",2.0
And seizes nature fast. It freezes on;,1.0
"Till morn, late rising over the drooping world,",3.0
The various labour of the silent night:,2.0
"Prone from the dripping eave, and dumb cascade,",0.0
"Whose idle torrents only seem to roar,",0.0
"Where transient hues, and fancied figures rise;",0.0
The liquid kingdom all to solid turned;,0.0
"A livid tract, cold gleaming on the morn;",2.0
"And by the frost refined the whiter snow,",1.0
"Of early shepherd, as he pensive seeks",1.0
"His pining flock, or from the mountain-top,",1.0
"Pleased with the slippery surface, swift descends.",0.0
"While every work of man is laid at rest,",0.0
"Fond over the river rush, and shuddering view",5.0
"The city pours her thousands, swarming all,",0.0
"From every quarter; and, with him who slides;",2.0
"Or skating sweeps, swift as the winds, along,",2.0
"In circling poise; or else disordered falls,",0.0
"While the laugh rages round; from end to end,",2.0
"But soon elapsed. The horizontal sun,",0.0
"Broad over the south, hangs at his utmost noon;",4.0
"The mountain still his azure gloss maintains,",0.0
Nor feels the feeble touch. Perhaps the vale,0.0
"Or from the forest falls the clustered snow,",1.0
"Thunders the sport of those, who, with the gun,",2.0
"And dog impatient bounding at the shot,",0.0
"Worse than the season, desolate the fields;",0.0
"And, adding to the ruins of the year,",2.0
"Distress the footed, or the feathered game.",1.0
The mockery of Winter: should our eye,1.0
Astonished shoot into the frozen zone;,0.0
"And, failing gradual, life at last goes out.",3.0
Snows swell on snows amazing to the sky;,2.0
"And icy mountains there, on mountains piled,",1.0
"Seem to the shivering sailor from afar,",3.0
"Shapeless, and white, an atmosphere of clouds.",2.0
"Projected huge, and horrid, over the main,",2.0
"Alps frown on Alps; or rushing hideous down,",2.0
"As if old Chaos was again returned,",3.0
"Shake the firm pole, and make an ocean boil.",3.0
"Whence heaped abrupt along the howling shore,",0.0
And into various shapes as fancy leans,2.0
"Worked by the wave, the crystal pillars heave,",0.0
"Swells the blue portico, the gothic dome",3.0
"Shoots fretted up; and birds, and beasts, and men,",2.0
"Rise into mimic life, and sink by turns.",1.0
The restless deep itself cannot resist,0.0
The binding fury; but in all its rage,1.0
"Of tempest taken by the boundless frost,",1.0
"Is many a fathom to the bottom chained,",3.0
"And bid to roar no more: a bleak expanse,",1.0
"Of every life, that from the dreary months",1.0
Flies conscious southward. Miserable they!,2.0
"Who, here entangled in the gathering ice,",2.0
Take their last look of the descending sun;,4.0
"While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost,",1.0
"The long long night, incumbent over their head,",3.0
"As with first prow, What have not Britons dared!",1.0
"He for the passage sought, attempted since",1.0
"So much in vain, and seeming to be shut",1.0
By jealous nature with eternal bars.,1.0
And to the stony deep his idle ship,1.0
"Immediate sealed, he with his hapless crew,",3.0
"Each full exerted at his several task,",0.0
Froze into statues; to the cordage glued,1.0
"The sailor, and the pilot to the helm.",2.0
"Hard by these shores, the last of mankind live;",1.0
"And, scarce enlivened by the distant sun,",1.0
Here Human Nature just begins to dawn.,0.0
"Deep from the piercing season sunk in caves,",0.0
"They wear the tedious gloom. Immersed in furs,",2.0
"Lie the gross race. Nor sprightly jest, nor song,",3.0
"Nor tenderness they know; nor ought of life,",1.0
Beyond the kindred bears that stalk without.,0.0
Faint on their fields where Winter reigns alone,0.0
"Blow blustering from the south. The frost subdued,",2.0
"Gradual, resolves into a trickling thaw.",1.0
"Spotted the mountains shine; loose sleet descends,",3.0
"And floods the country round. The rivers swell,",0.0
"Impatient for the day. Broke from the hills,",3.0
"Over rocks and woods, in broad brown cataracts,",1.0
"Is left one slimy waste. Those sullen seas,",0.0
Beneath the shackles of the mighty north;,1.0
And hark! the lengthening roar continuous runs,4.0
And piles a thousand mountains to the clouds.,1.0
"That, lost amid the floating fragments, moors",0.0
"Beneath the shelter of an icy isle,",1.0
"While night overwhelms the sea, and horror looks",1.0
More horrible. Can human force endure,1.0
"The roar of winds and waves, the crush of ice,",0.0
"Now ceasing, now renewed with louder rage,",1.0
And in dire echoes bellowing round the main.,1.0
"More to embroil the deep, Leviathan,",2.0
"And his unwieldy train, in horrid sport,",1.0
Tempest the loosened brine; while through the gloom;,3.0
"Far, from the bleak inhospitable shore,",1.0
"Loading the winds, is heard the hungry howl",2.0
"Of famished monsters, there awaiting wrecks.",1.0
Looks down with pity on the fruitless toil,1.0
"Of mortals lost to hope, and lights them safe,",0.0
Through all this dreary labyrinth of fate.,0.0
"It's done! ' --  dread Winter has subdued the year,",1.0
And reigns tremendous over the desert plains.,2.0
How dumb the tuneful! Horror wide extends,0.0
"His solitary empire. Here, fond man!",1.0
"Behold thy pictured life; pass some few years,",1.0
"Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength,",1.0
"And pale concluding Winter comes at last,",0.0
"And shuts the scene. Ah! whither now are fled,",0.0
Of happiness? those longings after fame?,1.0
Those restless cares? those busy bustling days?,0.0
"Lost between good and ill, that shared thy life?",0.0
"All now are vanished! Virtue sole survives,",0.0
His guide to happiness on high. ' --  And fee!,1.0
"It's come, the glorious morn! the second birth",2.0
"Of heaven, and earth! Awakening nature hears",2.0
"In every heightened form, from pain and death",0.0
"For ever free. The great eternal scheme,",0.0
"Involving all, and in a perfect whole",1.0
"Uniting, as the prospect wider spreads,",1.0
To reason's eye refined clears up apace.,2.0
"You vainly wise! you blind presuming! now,",0.0
"Confounded in the dust, adore that Power,",0.0
"And Wisdom oft arraigned: see now the cause,",1.0
"Why unassuming Worth in secret lived,",0.0
"And died, neglected: why the good man's share",1.0
"In life was gall, and bitterness of soul:",1.0
"Why the lone widow, and her orphans pined,",3.0
"In starving solitude; while Luxury,",1.0
"In palaces, lay prompting his low thought,",4.0
"And Moderation fair, wore the red marks",3.0
You noble few! who here unbending stand,1.0
"Beneath life's pressure, yet a little while,",1.0
And what you reckon evil is no more;,2.0
And one unbounded SPRING encircle all.,1.0
"OF strange events I sing, and portents dire;",1.0
The wondrous themes a reverent ear require;,2.0
"Though strange the tale, the faithful Muse believe,",0.0
And what she says with pious awe receive.,0.0
"When hunger rages with despotic power,",1.0
When the lean student quits his Hebrew roots,2.0
"For the gross nourishment of English fruits,",3.0
And throws unfinished airy systems by,1.0
"For solid pudding and substantial pie,",1.0
"When hungry poets the glad summons own,",2.0
And leave spare fast to dine with Gods alone;,1.0
"Our sober meal dispatched with silent haste,",0.0
Then urged by thirst we cast impatient eyes,0.0
"Where deep, capacious, vast, of ample size,",0.0
"The tankard stood, replenished to the brink",1.0
"But lo! a sudden prodigy appears,",1.0
And our chilled hearts recoil with startling fears;,2.0
"Its yawning mouth disclosed the deep profound,",0.0
And in low murmurs breathed a sullen sound;,1.0
Cold drops of dew did on the sides appear;,2.0
"No finger touched it, and no hand was near;",3.0
"At length the indignant vase its silence broke,",2.0
"First heaved deep hollow groans, and then distinctly spoke.",2.0
Have I survived to these degenerate times?,3.0
"And mid the circle lift my honest face,",0.0
"White over with froth, like Etna crowned with snow,",3.0
Where Crees mingled with her golden store,2.0
"The dulcet reed the Western islands boast,",0.0
And often journeyed round the ample board:,0.0
"The portly Alderman, the stately Mayor,",1.0
And all the furry tribe my worth declare;,0.0
"To me retreating with the setting sun,",2.0
"Deep draughts imbibed, and conquered land and sea,",1.0
And overthrew the pride of France by me.,0.0
The clay for such an office nature gave;,1.0
"The nobler metal claims more generous use,",4.0
And mine should flow with more exalted juice.,1.0
"Did I for this my native bed resign,",1.0
"Was I for this with violence torn away,",3.0
And dragged to regions of the upper day?,1.0
"For this the rage of torturing furnace bore,",3.0
From foreign dross to purge the brightening over?,0.0
"For this have I endured the fiery test,",4.0
And was I stamped for this with Britain's lofty crest?,2.0
Which doomed me to a Presbyterian's power;,4.0
Whose slender meal is shorter than their grace;,1.0
Whose moping sons no jovial orgies keep;,3.0
Where evening brings no summons but to sleep;,2.0
"No Carnival is even Christmas here,",2.0
"Bear me, you powers! to some more genial scene,",1.0
To own no inspiration but from me.,2.0
"Or to some spacious mansion, Gothic, old,",1.0
"There oft exhausted, and replenished oft,",1.0
O! let me still supply the eternal draught;,2.0
"Till care within the deep abyss be drowned,",0.0
And thought grows giddy at the vast profound.,1.0
"More had the goblet spoke, but lo! appears",0.0
An ancient Sybil furrowed over with years;,1.0
With sudden damp the conscious vessel struck;,0.0
"Chilled at her touch its mouth it slowly closed,",0.0
"Yet still low murmurs creep along the ground,",1.0
And the air vibrates with the silver sound.,3.0
BROTHER beloved! if health shall smile again,2.0
Upon this wasted form and fevered cheek;,0.0
Well may thy brow the placid glow retain,0.0
"Of sweet content, and thy pleased eye may speak",2.0
"To utter what this heart can feel, ah! vain",0.0
"Were the attempt! Yet, kindest friends, as over",1.0
"My couch you bend, and watch with tenderness",1.0
The being whom your cares could even restore,2.0
"From the cold grasp of death; say, can you guess",3.0
The feelings which this lip can never express?,2.0
"WHILE fogs along the Thames' damp margin creep,",1.0
And cold winds through his leafless willows sweep;,3.0
"And fairy elves, whose summer sport had been",0.0
"To foot it lightly on the moonlight green,",2.0
"Now, hooded close, in many a cowering form,",5.0
Troop with the surly spirits of the storm;,1.0
"While by the blazing fire, with saddled nose,",0.0
"The sage turns over his leaves of tedious prose,",5.0
Like tangled seaweed on the vexed shore,3.0
"Of patchwork, netting, fringe, a strange and motley store;",1.0
"While all, attempting many a different mode,",2.0
"Would from their shoulders hitch time's heavy load,",1.0
To wrestle with a long November night. ' --,1.0
Some grave fastidious friend with angry eyes,2.0
"Scowling severe, No more the phrase abuse;",3.0
"So shod, indeed there had been some excuse;",0.0
"Where taste and learning kept a favourite seat,",0.0
Where gothic arches with a solemn shade,1.0
Should over the thoughtful mind their influence spread;,4.0
"Where pictures, vases, busts, and precious things",0.0
"Still speak of sages, poets, heroes, kings,",1.0
"On which the stranger looks with pensive gaze,",0.0
And thinks upon the worth of other days:,0.0
"Like foolish children, in their mimic play,",0.0
"With paltry farce and all its bastard train,",0.0
"Grotesque and broad, such precincts to profane!",2.0
"It is a shame! ' --  But no, I will not speak,",2.0
"But he who over our heads those arches bent,",3.0
"And stored these relics dear to sentiment,",1.0
"More mild than you with grave pedantic pride,",1.0
Would not have ranged him on your surly side.,1.0
"But now to you, who on our frolic scene",0.0
"Have looked well pleased, and gentle critics been;",1.0
"Nor would our homely humour proudly spurn,",3.0
"To you the good, the gay, the fair I turn,",1.0
And thank you all. ' --  If here our feeble powers,0.0
"Should these remembered scenes in fancy live,",1.0
"And to some future minutes pleasure give,",1.0
"And we're repaid and happy ' --  ay, and wise.",1.0
"Who says we are not, on his somber birth",0.0
And heavy sit the nightmare on his breast!,2.0
WHO by retirement to these sacred groves,2.0
"Impregnate fancy, and on thought divine",1.0
Build harmony ' --  If sudden glow your breast,2.0
"With inspiration, and the rapturous song",3.0
Bursts from a mind unconscious whence it sprang:,1.0
"' --  Know that the sisters of these hallowed haunts,",1.0
"Are still attendant on the lonely bard,",1.0
Who step by step these silent woods among,0.0
"Wanders contemplative, lifting the soul",6.0
"From lower cares, by every whispering breeze",2.0
Tuned the poetic mood; and fill the mind,2.0
"To cheque the rising follies of the age,",1.0
May well be deemed the Province of the Stage.,1.0
"Here, while their gentle breasts indignant burn,",0.0
Here Fashion's offspring may some moral learn.,2.0
Though not for want of game so far we stray.,0.0
"When here in vain on Beaux our Beauties smile,",0.0
"Enraged they vow to quit the tasteless Isle,",0.0
"And, though against venal love they loudly rail,",5.0
"Who, while their feeble frames scarce stand the gale,",1.0
Explore the beauties of each living bale.,1.0
"To you, you Fair, belongs the important cause,",3.0
"For, if from the East this fashion we import,",2.0
"Were this the case, should some rich Heiress start,",2.0
"Whose countless thousands charm each throbbing heart,",0.0
The fond enraptured youth who wished to win her,0.0
Must even go flirt with Christie or with Skinner.,4.0
"The Peer, by adverse dice compelled to wed,",1.0
"May ask his friend, Pray where bought you your rib?",3.0
"And, as your courtship I am somewhat slow in,",4.0
I got her at the hammer ' --  Just a going.,0.0
"For Love alone exchange the generous heart,",2.0
"On your support our anxious Bard relies,",1.0
And hopes to take his plaudits from your eyes;,1.0
"For, if your critic frowns do not confound him,",1.0
He smiles at all the Nabobs that surround him.,0.0
"Of heaven itself, great attribute of God!",1.0
"By thee sustained, the unbounded spirit runs,",3.0
"And uncontrolled creates, supports, forgives:",0.0
"No power, or time, or space his will withstood;",4.0
Almighty! endless! infinite in good!,1.0
"If so, why not communicate the bliss,",1.0
And let man know what this great blessing is?,4.0
"As thy Creator's, in extent, the same!",3.0
Unless his other attributes were joined,0.0
"To poise the will, and regulate the mind,",1.0
"Goodness to aim, and wisdom to direct,",3.0
The maker knows his work; nor judged it fit,0.0
To trust the rash resolves of human wit:,0.0
"Which prone to hurt, too blind to help, is still",1.0
"Alike pernicious, mean it good or ill.",0.0
Would burst a system in experiments;,1.0
"Sparrows and cats indeed no more should fear,",3.0
But Saturn tremble in his distant sphere:,0.0
"Give thee but footing in another world,",0.0
"Say, Archimedes, where should we be hurled?",2.0
Would burn a globe to light him drunk to bed:,0.0
The sullen might when malice boiled within,0.0
Strike out the stars to intimate his spleen:,0.0
"Nature's chief spring had broke, and all been lost.",0.0
"Nor less destructive would this licence prove,",0.0
Though thy breast flamed with universal love.,2.0
In vain were thy benevolence of soul;,2.0
Soon would thy folly disconcert the whole.,0.0
But flowers and sunshine drain the weary year:,3.0
No clouds should sully the clear face of day;,3.0
"Spare the frail guilty, ' --  to eat up the good:",5.0
"In their defence, rise, sacred Justice, rise!",2.0
"Awake the thunder sleeping in the skies,",0.0
Sink a corrupted city in a minute:,2.0
' --  Woe! to the righteous ten who may be in it.,0.0
"Pick out the bad, and sweep them all away!",0.0
"' --  So leave their babes, to cats and dogs a prey.",0.0
"Such power without God's wisdom and his will,",4.0
Were only an omnipotence of ill.,2.0
Suited to man can we such power esteem!,5.0
"Fiends would be harmless, if compared with him.",1.0
"His essence follows, and his throne of heaven;",1.0
His very unity. Proud wretch! shall he,2.0
"How wide, such lust of liberty confounds!",1.0
"Would less content thee, prudent mark the bounds!",0.0
"Those which the almighty Monarch first designed,",1.0
When his great image sealed the human mind;,2.0
When to the beasts the fruitful earth was given;,0.0
"To fish the ocean, and to birds their heaven;",1.0
"And all to man: whom full creation, stored,",0.0
"Received as its proprietor, and lord.",2.0
When trees and streams were made a general good;,0.0
When all to all belonged; ere power was told,3.0
"By numbered troops, or wealth by counted gold:",0.0
"Ere kings, or priests, their tyranny began;",2.0
OH halcyon state! when man begun to live!,3.0
"A blessing, worthy of a god to give!",1.0
"The heavenly characters, correct and true.",3.0
"All useful knowledge, from that source, supplied;",1.0
"No blindness sprung from ignorance, or pride:",2.0
"All proper blessings, from that hand, bestowed;",1.0
The quickening passions gave a pleasing zest;,2.0
While thankful man submitted to be blessed.,1.0
"Simplicity, was wisdom; temperance, health:",1.0
"Obedience, power; and full contentment, wealth.",4.0
So happy once was man! till the vain elf,1.0
"Shook off his guide, and set up for himself.",1.0
"He scorns protection, raging to be free.",1.0
"Shrinks with the blast, or melts before the heat:",0.0
"And blindly wanders, as his fancy leads,",1.0
"To starve on wastes, or feast on poisonous weeds.",2.0
Now to the savage beasts an obvious prey;,2.0
"Or crafty men, more savage still than they:",0.0
No less imprudent to his breast to take,2.0
"Equally fatal, whether on the Nile,",3.0
"Or in the city, weeps the crocodile.",0.0
Nor yet less blindly deviates learnt pride;,2.0
"In Aetna burned, or drowned amid the tide:",0.0
Boasts of superior sense; then raves to see,4.0
When contradicted fools less wise than he.,1.0
Mates with his great Creator; vainly bold,0.0
"To make new systems, or to mend the old.",2.0
"Shapes out a Deity; doubts, then denies:",2.0
"And drunk with science, curses God and dies.",0.0
"Not heavenly wisdom, only, is withheld,",3.0
"Rises the satisfied, but temperate guest:",2.0
"Cast wild abroad, no happy mean preserves;",2.0
"Toils life away upon the stubborn plain,",1.0
TO extort from thence the slow reluctant grain;,1.0
"The slow reluctant grain, procured today,",0.0
His less industrious neighbour steals away:,2.0
Till sword and cannon spread the ruin round;,0.0
For time and art but bring from bad to worse:,0.0
"Unequal lots succeed unequal force,",0.0
"Each lot a several curse. Hence rich, and poor:",1.0
"This pines, and dies neglected at the door;",0.0
And take full vengeance for the poor's distress.,2.0
No more the passions are the springs of life;,1.0
"But seeds of vice, and elements of strife:",1.0
"Love, social love, to extend to all designed,",3.0
"Back to its fountain flows; to self, confined.",0.0
Source of misfortunes; the fond husband's wrong;,4.0
The mischief spreads; when vengeance for the lust,1.0
"Hence, Troy, thy fate! the blood of thousands spilt,",1.0
And orphans mourning for unconscious guilt.,2.0
"Thus love destroys, for kinder purpose given;",1.0
And man corrupts the blessings meant by heaven;,0.0
"Ambition makes us slaves, and avarice poor.",2.0
"What arts the wild disorder shall control,",0.0
And render peace with virtue to the soul?,1.0
"Give passion ears, and blinded error eyes?",1.0
"Arm the weak hand with conquest, and protect",4.0
"From guile, the heart too honest to suspect?",2.0
"For this, mankind, by sad experience taught,",4.0
Again their safety in dependence sought:,0.0
"Pressed to the standard, sued before the throne;",0.0
And durst rely on wisdom not their own.,0.0
"The priests were mortal, and mere men the kings.",2.0
"What aid from monarchs, mighty to enslave?",2.0
"What good from teachers, cunning to deceive?",1.0
And faith usurps imperial reason's sway.,3.0
"Let civil Rome, from faithful records, tell",1.0
What royal blessings from her Nero fell.,1.0
"When those, preferred all grievance to redress,",2.0
Bought of their prince a licence to oppress;,1.0
"Starve in the harvest, in the vintage thirst!",0.0
"In vain for help the insulted matron cries,",2.0
'Twas death in husbands to have ears and eyes:,2.0
"Fatal were beauty, virtue, wealth, or fame:",2.0
No man in aught a property could claim;,2.0
"No, not his sex: strange arts the monster tried;",1.0
"Unhurt by foes proud Rome for ages stands,",1.0
"Secure from all, but her protector's hands.",2.0
"Recall your powers, you Romans, back again;",2.0
"Naked and scorned, see where the abject flies!",2.0
"Next holy Rome, thy happiness declare;",1.0
While peace and truth watch round the sacred chair.,1.0
Peace! ' --  which from racks and persecution flows!,0.0
Mysterious truths! ' --  which every sense oppose!,2.0
That man makes God the enlightened fathers teach.,3.0
"Men, blind and partial, need a light divine:",1.0
"Which popes new trim, and teach it how to shine.",2.0
"Rude nature dreads accusing guilt, unknown",1.0
"The balmy doctrine, that dead saints atone:",1.0
"The careful pontiff, merciful to save,",1.0
Hoards up a fund of merit from the grave;,1.0
"And righteous hands the equal balance hold,",0.0
Nor weigh it out but to just sums of gold.,1.0
"Sole judge, he deals his pardon, or his curse;",2.0
Not heaven itself the sentence can reverse:,1.0
"Graced with his sceptre, awful with his rod,",1.0
This man of sin usurps the seat of God;,1.0
"And quits to saints his incense, and his skies:",2.0
"No more the object of our fears, or hope;",1.0
"The creature, and the vassal of the pope.",2.0
The bloodstained sword from the fell tyrant wrest!,3.0
' --  So sink in brutish ignorance again.,1.0
Is there no medium? must we victims fall,3.0
"To one man's LUST, or to the RAGE of all?",2.0
"Is reason doomed a certain slave to be,",0.0
"To our blind PASSIONS, or a priest's DECREE?",3.0
Hail happy Albion! whose distinguished plains,3.0
"This temperate mean, so dearly earned, maintains!",0.0
"The strength and prudence of the realm collect,",1.0
Each yields to all; that each may thence receive,0.0
"The full assistance, which the whole can give.",0.0
"For this, thy patriots lawless power withstood,",5.0
And bought their children's charter with their blood;,1.0
"While reverend years, and various lettered age,",2.0
"Not one alone the various judgement sways,",3.0
But prejudice the general voice obeys:,1.0
Asserting truth with brave contempt of life.,0.0
O OXFORD! let delivered Briton know,0.0
From thy famed seats her several blessings flow.,2.0
"In thee prepared for council, or for fights,",2.0
"When, tried as gold, saints, from thy tottering pyres,",4.0
May age to age record thy gathering fame!,2.0
Brave advocates of liberty and truth!,2.0
In fair succession rise to bless the realm!,0.0
"Fathers in church, and statesmen at the helm!",2.0
"Wilt thou by no authority be awed,",1.0
"If they oblige not, nor will they protect.",3.0
"You fear no God; ' --  convinced by what you say,",1.0
"Knaves praise your wit, and swear your lands away.",1.0
"Corrupt not wives, erase it if you will;",1.0
"The injured husband blots out, ' --  do not kill.",0.0
"From God his sabbaths steal, for sport, not need;",0.0
"Why hangs the wretch, who steals thy purse for bread?",0.0
"Go, crown the people, and subject the king;",2.0
And every atom to its lord restore:,1.0
"As mixed with knaves, or fools, the weak, or brave,",0.0
"A dupe, a plague, a tyrant, or a slave.",1.0
What shall I do; how hit the happy mean,0.0
"Betwixt blind submission, and unruly spleen?",4.0
"And great its use, though not for ever right.",0.0
"What though some think implicit faith be due,",0.0
"Disdain a guide, and guess the time of day?",0.0
"They guess so lucky, or their parts so great,",1.0
"They come on all affairs, but just too late;",1.0
"You neither choose. Nor travelling through the street,",1.0
Correct its hand by every one you meet;,1.0
"Yet scruple not, if you should find at one",1.0
"It points to six, to set it by the SUN.",1.0
Nor vainly hope for happiness complete;,1.0
"Some bounds imperfect natures must include,",0.0
And vice and weakness feel defects of good.,0.0
Nor is it blind necessity alone:,2.0
"And in that wisdom satisfied may trust,",0.0
"In its restraints, as merciful, as just.",2.0
By these thy selfish passions it corrects;,2.0
By these from wrong thy weakness it protects;,2.0
"Some faults permitted, as the scourge of thine.",1.0
"Absurd the wish of all men, if expressed;",2.0
"Why then should we complain, or thankless live,",2.0
Because not blessed with more than God can give?,0.0
"Would you be safe from others? it's but due,",1.0
That others also should be safe from you.,0.0
"Each claims the exclusive privilege, to wrong.",3.0
When ceaseless faction must embroil the mad;,0.0
How patriot Cromwell fights for liberty!,3.0
"He shifts the yoke, then calls the nation free.",0.0
He cannot bear a monarch on the throne;,1.0
But vindicates his right ' --  to rule alone.,0.0
And Tindal wisely would extinguish hell.,0.0
"OH sage device, to set the conscience free",1.0
From dread! he winks; then says that heaven can't see.,1.0
Both blindly plan the paradise of fools;,1.0
"Peace without laws, and virtue without rules.",6.0
"Full of the Roman let the schoolboy quote,",1.0
Gods! shall he tremble at a mortal's nod!,0.0
His generous soul disdains the tyrant's rod.,4.0
"Forced to submit, at last he tastes the fruit;",2.0
Would thy young soul be like the Roman free?,1.0
From Romans paint thy form of LIBERTY:,1.0
The goddess offers gifts from either hand;,0.0
"Bend, and submit beneath the stroke of this.",2.0
Deprived the precious privilege to drown;,1.0
Greatly he claims a right to his undoing;,3.0
"The chains that hold him, hold him from his ruin.",1.0
Kindly proceed; strict discipline dispense;,4.0
"Or knave to wrong, or madman to destroy?",2.0
Will thy denial prove that thou art none!,2.0
"Blind to their good, to be instructed loath,",0.0
"If no superior force the will control,",3.0
Wild and destructive projects fire our brains;,2.0
"We all are madmen, and demand our chains.",1.0
"Know your own sphere, content to be a man;",0.0
"Well pleased, to be as happy as you can:",2.0
"Lose not all good, by shunning ills in vain;",0.0
It's wiser to enjoy than to complain.,2.0
Some evils must attend imperfect states;,0.0
But discontent new worlds of ills creates.,2.0
"Hush thy complaints, nor quarrel with thy God;",3.0
"If just the stroke, approve and kiss the rod.",0.0
"By man if injured, turn thy eyes within;",0.0
"Then heaven acquit: and with regard to man,",1.0
Coolly the amount of good and evil scan;,1.0
"If greater evils wait the wished redress,",0.0
Grieve not that thou art free to choose the less.,0.0
"Unknown to courts, ambition's thirst subdued,",0.0
"In life's still shade, which no man's envy draws,",2.0
"In fortune's round, as on the globe I know",1.0
"No top, no bottom, no where high or low;",2.0
"Wherever stationed, heaven in prospect still,",0.0
"That points to me, the zenith of her wheel.",2.0
In such bad times be easy? most absurd!,3.0
And these bad times have left me free to eat it:,2.0
"My taxes, gladly paid, their nature shift;",0.0
"If just, cheap purchase; if unjust, a gift:",2.0
Nor knows ambition any rank so great;,0.0
"My servants, kings, and ministers of state!",1.0
"They watch my couch, my humble roof defend;",0.0
"Their toil the means, my happiness the end.",1.0
"My freedom to complete, convinced I see",1.0
"The. Ibid. will, conformed to thy celestial voice,",3.0
Knows no restraint! for duty is her choice:,2.0
"As kind corrections, pledges of thy love;",1.0
"In every change, whatever stage I run,",1.0
My daily wish succeeds; THY WILL BE DONE.,0.0
"Hail, widow! ample cause hast thou to bless",2.0
"That happy state, which others term distress,",0.0
"There shall recorded stand thy pious deed,",0.0
The mite bestowed of which thyself had need.,0.0
"Such was thy charity, thy faith, thy love,",2.0
The gift was registered in heaven above.,1.0
"What though the rich, whose coffers overflowed,",0.0
"With ostentation their vain alms bestowed,",2.0
"'Twas but a part from that abundance given,",0.0
"AS once the Muse, reclining on her lyre,",1.0
"The conscious pleasure swelled her silent breast,",0.0
Her secret pride exulting smiles confessed.,0.0
"When thus her sister spoke, whose care presides",0.0
"Over the mixed palate, and the pencil guides,",3.0
"Just, Goddess, is thy joy, thy train, we own,",1.0
Honoured and loved through every age of time:,0.0
"Yet let me say, some favourite son of mine",0.0
Has more than followed every son of thine.,0.0
Thy Homer needs not grieve to hear his fame,0.0
"Raphael like him mid ages wrapped in night,",2.0
Rose father of his science to the light;,3.0
"Bade Painting breathe, and live the bold design;",1.0
"To the clay-man the heavenly fire applied,",4.0
And gave it charms to Nature's self denied.,0.0
"With judgement, genius, industry and art,",1.0
Does Virgil captivate his reader's heart?,0.0
With rival talents my Caracci blessed,1.0
Fires with like transport the spectator's breast.,2.0
"An equal fire, an equal strength of mind,",0.0
In Angelo's congenial soul will find:,0.0
Whose wild imagination could display,0.0
Fierce giants whirled from heaven ' --  the world's last day.,2.0
The melting soul to softness and to love;,1.0
"Than wanton Titian, whose warm colours show",2.0
That gods themselves the amorous riot know?,2.0
"Thy grandeur, Paulo, and thy happy stroke,",6.0
"I proudly own my emulation spoke,",0.0
"For I bestowed them, that the world might see,",1.0
A Horace too of mine arise in thee.,1.0
"Lo! where Poussin his magic colours spreads,",3.0
"Rise towered towns, rough rocks, and flowery meads:",4.0
"What leagues between those azure mountains lie,",0.0
Whose lessening tops invade the purple sky,2.0
"And this old oak, that shades this hollow way,",2.0
It's thus the speaking picture moves and lives.,0.0
Our praise the height of art and nature share.,0.0
"In broader mirth if Plautus tread the stage,",0.0
"She spoke, with friendly emulation stirred,",0.0
And Phoebus from his throne with pleasure heard.,1.0
To tell the Storey of her Misery?,2.0
"Where, but to faithful Celia, in whose Mind",0.0
"I fear these Lines will scarce be understood,",0.0
"Blurred with incessant Tears, and writ in Blood:",2.0
"But if you can the mournful Pages read,",1.0
"The sad Relation shows you such a Deed,",1.0
As all the Annals of the Infernal Reign,3.0
"Shall strive to equal, or exceed, in vain.",1.0
Whose Cruelty has caused a Sea of Tears:,2.0
"Filled each lamenting Town with Funeral Sighs,",3.0
"Deploring Widows Shrieks, and Orphans Cries.",0.0
"At every Health the horrid Monster quaffed,",0.0
"Drunk with excess of Blood, and Wine, to Bed,",2.0
O cursed Place! ' --  I can no more command,4.0
"My Pen, Shame and Confusion shake my Hand:",2.0
"But I must on, and let my Celia know,",0.0
"How barbarous are my Wrongs, how vast my Woe.",1.0
"To meet the brave, betrayed, unhappy Man, The Duke of Monmouth.",0.0
"My Husband, fatally uniting, went;",1.0
"But when the Battle was by Treachery won,",3.0
"The Chief, and all, but his false Friend, undone:",2.0
"Though in the Tumult of that desperate Night,",1.0
"He escaped the dreadful Slaughter of the Flight,",2.0
"In all the murdering Qualities of Hell,",3.0
"Each secret Place so regularly beat,",1.0
They soon discovered his unsafe Retreat.,1.0
To sure Destruction hurry them away.,1.0
To glut himself with fresh supplies of Blood.,0.0
"Our Friends, by powerful Intercession, gained",2.0
"A short Reprieve, but for three Days obtained,",2.0
To try all ways might to Compassion move,1.0
"The Savage General, but in vain they strove.",1.0
"When I perceived that all Addresses failed,",1.0
"And nothing over his stubborn Soul prevailed,",2.0
"Distracted almost, to his Tent I flew,",2.0
To make the last Effort what Tears could do.,4.0
"Low on my Knees I fell, then thus began:",0.0
"Great Genius of Success, thou more than Man!",2.0
And carried Conquest round the trembling World.,0.0
"Still may the brightest Glories Fame can lend,",0.0
"Your Sword, your Conduct, and your Cause attend.",1.0
"Here now, the Arbiter of Fate you sit,",1.0
"O pity the unfortunate, and give",2.0
"And take the little all, that we possess:",1.0
"Content, nay pleased to beg, or earn my Bread,",1.0
"The fall of such a Youth no lustre brings,",2.0
"To him whose Sword performs such wondrous things,",1.0
"As saving Kingdoms, and supporting Kings.",1.0
"That Triumph only with true Grandeur shines,",3.0
"Took not more Pleasure to subdue, than spare:",1.0
"And since in Battle you can greater be,",1.0
"That over, be'nt less merciful than he.",2.0
"Ignoble Spirits by Revenge, are known,",1.0
And cruel Actions spoil the Conqueror's Crown:,2.0
In future Histories fill each mournful Page,0.0
"With Tales of Blood, and Monuments of Rage:",1.0
"And while his Annals are with Horror read,",1.0
"Men curse him living, and detest him dead.",2.0
"O, do not sully with a sanguine Die,",1.0
And Fate on all your Expeditions smile;,0.0
"Die the best Soldier, and the happiest Man.",6.0
"None can the Turns of Providence foresee,",1.0
Or what their own Catastrophe may be;,1.0
"That Mercy they may want, should always show,",1.0
"For in the Chance of War, the slightest thing",0.0
"May lose the Battle, or the Victory bring.",1.0
Should in cool Blood his Captive Sacrifice?,1.0
"He that with Rebel Arms to fight is led,",0.0
"He had no Malice, though he has the Fault.",2.0
"Vengeance Divine, though for the greatest Crime,",3.0
But rarely strikes the first or second time:,0.0
"Who spares the guilty, he has Power to kill.",3.0
"When proud Rebellions would unhinge a State,",0.0
"And wild Disorders in a Land create,",0.0
"It's requisite, the first Promoters should",1.0
"Put out the Flames, they kindled, with their Blood:",1.0
"But sure it's a degree of Murder, all",1.0
"That draw their Swords, should undistinguished fall:",0.0
"And since a Mercy must to some be shown,",0.0
"For as none guilty has less Guilt than he,",3.0
So none for Pardon has a fairer Plea.,0.0
"When David's General had won the Field,",2.0
"And Absalom, the loved ungrateful, killed,",1.0
"The Trumpets sounding made all Slaughter cease,",0.0
And misled Israelites returned in Peace.,5.0
"The Action past, where so much Blood was spilt,",1.0
We hear of none arraigned for that Day's Guilt:,1.0
"But all concludes with the desired Event,",1.0
"The Monarch Pardons, and the Jews Repent.",1.0
"As great Examples your high Courage warms,",2.0
And to illustrious Deeds excites your Arms:,3.0
"So when you Instances of Mercy view,",1.0
They should inspire you with Compassion too:,1.0
"For he that emulates the truly Brave,",1.0
"Would always conquer, and should always save.",1.0
"Madam, his Life depends upon my Will,",2.0
"For every Rebel, I can spare, or kill:",1.0
"Go see your Husband, bid him not despair;",1.0
"His Crime is great, but you are wondrous Fair.",1.0
"When anxious Miseries the Soul amaze,",1.0
And dire Confusion in our Spirits raise;,0.0
Upon the least appearance of Relief,1.0
"Our Hopes revive, and mitigate our Grief.",0.0
"Impatience makes our Wishes earnest grow,",0.0
Which through false Optics our Deliverance show.,3.0
For while we fancy Danger does appear,0.0
"Most at a distance, it is oft too near:",2.0
"And many times secure from obvious Foes,",2.0
I thought the end of all my Sorrows nigh;,0.0
With Eagerness he raised his drooping Head.,1.0
"O, fly my Dear, this guilty place, he cried,",0.0
"The Refuse of the Damned, and Mob of Hell:",1.0
"The Air they breath, is every Atom cursed,",0.0
"In Rapes and Murders, they alone delight,",1.0
"Act them indeed, but scorn they should be named,",2.0
And seems to merit that high Station too.,1.0
"Nothing but Rage, and Lust inspire his Breast,",2.0
"When told you went to intercede for me,",0.0
It threw my Soul into an Agony.,1.0
Not that I would not for my Freedom give,0.0
"What's requisite, or do not wish to live:",1.0
"But for my Safety I can never be base,",3.0
Or buy a few short Years with long Disgrace,0.0
For me exposed to an eternal Shame.,2.0
"With Ignominy to preserve my Breath,",1.0
"Is worse, by infinite Degrees, than Death.",1.0
"With Honour I'll descend into the Grave,",2.0
"For though Revenge and Malice both combine,",1.0
As both to fix my Ruin seem to join,0.0
"I can die just, and I'm resolved I will.",1.0
"But what is Death, we so unwisely fear?",1.0
"The equal Lot of Poverty and State,",1.0
Which all partake of by a certain Fate.,1.0
"Who ever the Prospect of Mankind surveys,",4.0
"At diverse Ages, and by diverse Ways,",7.0
"Will find them from this noisy Scene retire,",1.0
"Some the first Minute that they breath, expire.",0.0
"Others perhaps survive to talk, and go,",2.0
"But die, before they Good or Evil know.",0.0
"Here one to Puberty arrives, and then",1.0
Returns lamented to the Dust again:,1.0
"Another there, maintains a longer Strife",1.0
With all the powerful Enemies of Life;,3.0
"He drops into the dark, and disappears.",0.0
"I'm young indeed, and might expect to see",0.0
"Times future long, and late Posterity.",2.0
"It's what with Reason I should wish to do,",1.0
"If to be old, were to be happy too.",2.0
But since substantial Grief so soon destroys,0.0
"The Gust of all imaginary Joys,",0.0
"Or more for Life, than it can merit, give.",1.0
"Beyond the Grave stupendous Regions lie,",0.0
The boundless Realms of vast Eternity;,1.0
"Where Minds, removed from earthly Bodies dwell;",0.0
"But who their Government, or Laws can tell?",1.0
"What's their Employment till the final Doom,",2.0
And Time's eternal Period shall come?,1.0
"Thus much the sacred Oracles declare,",1.0
"That all are blessed, or miserable there:",1.0
"None good expire too soon, none bad too late.",4.0
"For my own part, with Resignation still",1.0
"Let him recall the Breath, from him I drew,",3.0
"When he thinks fit, and when he pleases too.",2.0
"The way of dying is my least Concern,",1.0
That will give no Disturbance to my Urn:,4.0
"If to the Seats of Happiness I go,",2.0
There end all possible Returns of Woe:,1.0
"And when to those blessed Mansions I arrive,",3.0
With pity I'll behold those that survive.,1.0
"And leave me to my Innocence, and Fate.",2.0
I'll see the Event of this important Night:,3.0
Some strange Presages in my Soul forebode,2.0
"The worst of Miseries, or the greatest Good.",1.0
"Few Hours will show the utmost of my Doom,",2.0
"A joyful Safety, or a peaceful Tomb.",1.0
If gracious Heaven will suffer me to die.,1.0
"If I survive, it's but to be undone.",2.0
"Who will support an injured Widow's Right,",1.0
"From sly Injustice, or oppressive Might?",1.0
"Protect her Person, or her Cause defend?",1.0
"She rarely wants a Foe, or finds a Friend,",0.0
Tis best to go beyond the reach of Ill:,1.0
"And those can have no reason to repent,",3.0
But to a World of everlasting Bliss,1.0
"Why would you go, and leave me here in this?",0.0
"It's a dark Passage, but our Foes shall view,",3.0
"I'll die as calm, though not so brave as you:",0.0
"That my Behaviour to the last may prove,",2.0
Your Courage is not greater than my Love.,2.0
"With trembling, but impatient Steps I went,",1.0
"A Thousand Horrors thronged into my Breast,",0.0
"By sad Ideas, and strong Fears possessed.",2.0
"Wherever I passed, the glaring Lights would show",2.0
"Fresh Objects of Despair, and Scenes of Woe.",2.0
"Here, in a Crowd of drunken Soldiers, stood",0.0
"And at his Feet, just through the Body run,",1.0
"Struggling for Life, was laid his only Son;",1.0
"By whose hard Labour he was daily fed,",1.0
"Dividing still with pious Care, his Bread.",0.0
"And while he mourned with Floods of aged Tears,",0.0
"The barbarous Mob, whose Rage no limit knows,",3.0
With blasphemous Derision mocked his Woes.,1.0
"And drowned in Tears, a mournful Widow sat.",0.0
High in the Boughs the murdered Father hung;,0.0
"Beneath, the Children round their Mother clung;",0.0
"For all they had to live upon, was Grief:",0.0
"A Sorrow so intense, such deep Despair,",1.0
"No Creature merely Human, long could bear.",1.0
"First in her Arms her weeping Babes she took,",0.0
"And with a Groan, did to her Husband look!",2.0
"Then leaned her Head on their's, and sighing cried,",1.0
From this sad Spectacle my Eyes I turned;,3.0
"Where Sons their Fathers, Maids their Lovers mourned;",0.0
"Friends for their Friends, Sisters for Brothers wept;",4.0
"Prisoners of War in Chains, for Slaughter kept.",1.0
"Each every Hour did the black Message dread,",3.0
"Which should declare, the Person loved was dead.",0.0
"Then I beheld, with brutal Shouts of Mirth,",1.0
"A comely Youth, and of no common Birth,",2.0
"To Execution led, who hardly bore",0.0
"The Wounds in Battle, he received before;",1.0
"And as he passed, I heard him bravely cry,",1.0
"I neither wish to live, nor fear to die.",0.0
"At the cursed Tent arrived, without delay",3.0
They did me to the General convey;,2.0
"Madam! by fresh Intelligence I find,",3.0
And my Commission is express to spare,2.0
None that so deeply in Rebellion are.,1.0
"New Measures therefore it's in vain to try,",3.0
"No Pardon can be granted, he must Die.",3.0
"Must, or I hazard all, which yet I'd do,",0.0
"To be obliged in one Request by you,",1.0
"Be Mine this Night, I'll set your Husband free",0.0
"Soldiers are rough, and cannot hope success",2.0
"By supple Flattery, and by soft Address;",1.0
"Gains an Ascendant over the Ladies Hearts,",4.0
But I can no such whining methods use;,1.0
"Consent, he Lives; he Dies, if you refuse.",1.0
"Amazed at this demand, said I, the brave,",3.0
"Upon ignoble Terms, disdain to save;",0.0
"For generous Victors, as they scorn to do",3.0
"Dishonest Things, scorn to propose them too.",2.0
"Mercy, the brightest Virtue of the Mind,",3.0
Should with no devious Appetite be joined:,4.0
"For if when exercised, a Crime it cost,",1.0
The intrinsic Lustre of the Deed is lost.,2.0
"Great Men their Actions of a piece should have,",2.0
"Heroic all, and each entirely Brave:",2.0
From the nice Rules of Honour none should swerve;,3.0
"Done because good, without a mean reserve.",2.0
"The Crimes, new charged on the unhappy Youth",2.0
"May have Revenge, and Malice, but no Truth.",2.0
"Suppose the Accusation justly brought,",0.0
"And it's the Glory of a noble Mind,",2.0
"In full Forgiveness not to be confined,",0.0
"Your Prince's Frowns, if you have cause to fear,",1.0
This Act will more Illustrious appear;,1.0
"Though his excuse can never be withstood,",1.0
Perhaps the hazard's more than you express;,1.0
"The Glory would be, were the danger less.",1.0
"For he, that to his prejudice will do",1.0
"A noble Action, and a generous too,",3.0
"Deserves to wear a more resplendent Crown,",0.0
"Than he, that has a thousand Battles won.",0.0
"Do not invert Divine Compassion so,",1.0
"As to be Cruel, or no Mercy show!",5.0
"Of what Renown can such an Action be,",1.0
"Which Saves my Husband's Life, but Ruins me?",1.0
Though if you finally resolve to stand,2.0
"Upon so vile, inglorious a Demand,",3.0
He must submit; if it's my Fate to mourn,1.0
"His Death, I'll bathe with virtuous Tears his Urn.",2.0
Your Courage and your Virtue shall be tried:,1.0
"But to prevent all prospect of a Flight,",2.0
"Surrounded with so innocent a Throng,",2.0
The Night must pass delightfully along:,1.0
"And in the Morning, since you will not give",1.0
"What I require, to let your Husband live,",1.0
"You shall behold him sigh his latest Breath,",0.0
And gently swing into the Arms of Death.,0.0
"His Fate he merits, as to Rebels due,",1.0
And yours will be as much deserved by you.,1.0
"O, Celia, think! so far as Thought can show,",0.0
"What Pangs of Grief, what Agonies of Woe,",1.0
At this dire Resolution seized my Breast!,0.0
"By all things sad, and terrible possessed.",2.0
For all my Prayers were to a Tiger made;,1.0
"A Tiger! worse; for it's beyond dispute,",1.0
"No Fiend's so cruel as a Reasoning Brute,",3.0
"Encompassed thus, and hopeless of Relief,",1.0
With all the Squadrons of despair and Grief:,1.0
"Ruin ' --  it was not possible to shun,",2.0
"What could I do, O! What would you have done?",0.0
"The Hours that passed, till the black Morn returned,",2.0
With Tears of Blood should be for ever mourned.,0.0
"When to involve me with consummate Grief,",2.0
"Beyond Expression, and above Belief,",1.0
"Madam, the Monster cried, that you may find",3.0
"Step to the Door, I'll show you such a Sight,",1.0
Shall overwhelm your Spirits with Delight.,1.0
"Does not that Wretch, who would Dethrone his King.",0.0
"You need not now an injured Husband dread,",0.0
"Living he might, he'll not upbraid you Dead.",2.0
"'Twas for your sake, I seized upon his Life,",0.0
He would perhaps have scorned so Chaste a Wife.,0.0
To keep that Secret none alive should know.,0.0
"Cursed of all Creatures, for compared with thee,",1.0
"The Devils, said I, are dull in Cruelty.",0.0
"OH may that Tongue eternal Vipers breed,",0.0
"In Fires too hot for Salamanders dwell,",3.0
The burning Earnest of a hotter Hell.,1.0
May that vile Lump of execrable Lust,5.0
"Corrupt alive, and rot into the Dust.",0.0
"And the worst Torments that the Damned should share,",1.0
In thine own Person all united bear.,0.0
"OH Celia, OH my Friend! what Age can show",1.0
"Sorrows like mine, so exquisite a Woe?",1.0
"Indeed it does not infinite appear,",1.0
Because it can't be everlasting here;,0.0
"But it's so vast, that it can never increase,",3.0
"And so confirmed, it never can be less.",2.0
"TO vex thy Soul with these unjust alarms,",1.0
"Or think a breast so young and soft as mine,",0.0
Could before resist such charming eyes as thine?,0.0
"Not love thee! witness all you powers above,",2.0
"That know my heart to what excess I love,",0.0
I who never knew what serious passion meant.,2.0
"At once inspired and fixed my roving heart,",2.0
"And now I languish out my life for thee,",1.0
"Silent as night, and pensive as a dove,",3.0
"Through shades more gloomy than my thoughts I rove,",1.0
"With downcast eyes as languishing an Air,",2.0
"The Emblem I of Love, and of Despair.",2.0
"TO speak for GOD, to sound Religion's Praise,",0.0
Of sacred Passions the wise Warmth to raise;,2.0
"TO infuse the Contrite wish to Conquest nigh,",6.0
And point the Steps mysterious as they lie;,1.0
"To seize the Wretch in full Career of Lust,",0.0
"Who would not bless for This the Gift of Speech,",1.0
And in the Tongue's Beneficence be rich?,1.0
But who must talk? Not the mere modern Sage,2.0
Who suits the softened Gospel to the Age;,1.0
"Who never to raise degenerate Practise strives,",4.0
But brings the Precept down to Christian's Lives.,2.0
"Not He, who Maxims from cold Reading took,",2.0
And never saw Himself but through a Book:,1.0
"Not He, who Hasty in the Morn of Grace,",0.0
Soon sinks extinguished as a Comet's Blaze.,2.0
"Deaf to the Sense, who stuns us with the Sound:",1.0
"But He, who Silence loves; and never dealt",1.0
"Guilty you speak, if subtle from within",3.0
"If unresolved to choose the Better Part,",1.0
"Your forward Tongue belies your languid Heart,",0.0
"But then speak safely, when your peaceful Mind",1.0
"Sprung from his Light your Words, and issuing by his Will.",2.0
Till Certain Inspiration loose your Tongue:,0.0
"Express the Precept runs, Do good to all;",1.0
"Nor adds, Whenever you find an inward Call.",2.0
"It's GOD commands: no farther Motive seek,",1.0
"Speak or without, or with Reluctance speak:",3.0
"To Love's Habitual Sense by Acts aspire,",2.0
"Discoveries immature of Truth decline,",2.0
Nor prostitute the Gospel Pearl to Swine.,0.0
"If spurned by some, where weak on Earth you lie,",0.0
"If judged a Cheat or Dreamer, where you fly;",0.0
"To the pert Reasoner if you speak at all,",3.0
"Expose not Truths Divine to Reason's Rack,",0.0
"Give him his own beloved Ideas back,",0.0
"Your Notions till they look like His, dilute;",2.0
Blind he must be ' --  but save him from Dispute!,1.0
"And Things begin to show us what they are,",0.0
More free to such your true Conceptions tell;,1.0
Yet grafted them on the Arts where they excel.,2.0
If Paths of various Learning they have traced;,3.0
"If their cool Judgement longs, yet fears to fix:",2.0
"Fire, Erudition, Hesitation mix.",0.0
All Rules are dead: it's from the Heart you draw,1.0
"A State of Thinking in your Manner show,",0.0
Others their Lightness and each inward Fault,3.0
"Quench in the Stillness of your deeper Thought,",1.0
"Let all your Gestures fixed Attention draw,",0.0
And wide around diffuse infectious Awe;,0.0
"Present with GOD by Recollection seem,",0.0
"Yet present, by your Cheerfulness, with Them.",1.0
"Without Elation Christian Glories paint,",0.0
Nor by fond amorous Phrase assume the Saint.,4.0
"Greet not frail Men with Compliments untrue,",4.0
"With smiles to Peace confirmed and Conquest due,",0.0
"There are who watch to adore the Dawn of Grace,",3.0
"Kind, humble Souls! They with a right good Will",2.0
Admire his Progress ' --  till he stands stock still.,3.0
"Speak but to Thirsty Minds of things Divine,",0.0
"Who strong for Thought, are free in yours to join.",1.0
"The Busy from his Channel parts with Pain,",1.0
"Where all, except the Love, is low and flat.",0.0
Not one Address will different Tempers fit.,1.0
"The Grave and Gay, the Heavy and the Wit.",1.0
Wits will sift you; and most Conviction find,0.0
"Where least it's urged, and seems the least designed.",0.0
Slow Minds are merely passive; and forget,2.0
"Truths not inculcated: to these repeat,",3.0
"Avow your Counsel, nor abstain from Heat.",1.0
"Some gentle Souls, to gay Indifference true,",0.0
"Nor hope, nor fear, nor think the more for you.",0.0
"Let Love turn Babbler here, and Caution sleep,",2.0
"Blush not for shallow Speech, nor muse for deep;",0.0
"These to your Humour, not your Sense attend,",1.0
"It's not the Advice that sways them, but the Friend.",2.0
"Others have large Recesses in their Breast,",2.0
With pensive Process all they hear digest:,1.0
"For all you say will sink, and every Seed will grow.",0.0
"At first Acquaintance press each Truth severe,",0.0
"Let harshest Doctrines all your Words engross,",1.0
And Nature bleeding on the Daily Cross.,1.0
"Then to yourself the Ascetic Rule enjoin,",1.0
To others stoop surprisingly benign;,1.0
"Pitying, if from Themselves with Pain they Part,",2.0
If stubborn Nature long holds out the Heart.,2.0
"The more you urge them, you prevail the less;",1.0
"Let Speech lay by its Roughness to oblige,",2.0
Your speaking Life will carry on the Siege:,1.0
"By your Example struck, to GOD they strive",1.0
"To live, no longer to Themselves alive.",2.0
"TO ensure the Conquest, seem to quit the Field:",1.0
Large in your Grants; be their Opinion shown:,1.0
"Approve, amend ' --  and wind it to your own.",1.0
"Couch in your Hints, if more resigned they hear,",0.0
"Both what they will be soon, and what they are:",1.0
"Pleasing These Words now to their conscious Breast,",2.0
The anticipating Voice hereafter blessed.,1.0
"Convictions keen, and Zeal of Prayer infuse.",0.0
"Let them love Rules; till freed from Passion's Reign,",3.0
Till blameless Moral Rectitude they gain.,0.0
The loftier Charms and Energy display,3.0
And all the Grandeur of the Inner Man.,1.0
"Previous to Nature's Death, and second Life:",1.0
"Struck by their own inclement piercing Eye,",0.0
"Their feeble Virtues blush, subside and die;",0.0
"They view the Scheme that mimic Nature made,",0.0
"A fancied Goodness, and Religion's Shade;",1.0
"With angry Scorn they now reject the whole,",0.0
"Till Indignation sleeps away to Faith,",0.0
And GOD's own Power and Peace take root in sacred Wrath.,3.0
Aim less to Teach than Love. The Work begun,1.0
"Love to your Friend a Second Office owes,",0.0
"Into his Soul call down the Eternal Beam,",4.0
"And longing ask to spend, and to be spent for Him.",1.0
HER even lines her steady temper show;,0.0
"Neat as her dress, and polished as her brow;",1.0
"Strong as her judgement, easy as her air;",1.0
"Correct though free, and regular though fair:",1.0
And the same graces over her pen preside,4.0
That form her manners and her footsteps guide.,2.0
OH wretch! hath Madness cured thy dire Despair?,1.0
Yes ' --  All thy Sorrows now are light as Air:,0.0
"No more you mourn your once loved Husband's Fate,",1.0
Who bravely perished for a thankless State.,1.0
For rolling Years thy Piety prevailed;,1.0
"At length, quite sunk ' --  thy Hope, thy Patience failed:",1.0
"Distracted now you tread on Life's last Stage,",1.0
Nor feel the Weight of Poverty and Age:,1.0
"How blessed in this, compared with those, whose Lot",2.0
"Dooms them to Miseries, by you forgot!",2.0
"Now, wild as Winds, you from your Offspring fly,",3.0
Or fright them from you with distracted Eye;,2.0
"Rove through the Streets; or sing, devoid of Care,",0.0
"Sink into Sleep, an Emblem of the Dead,",2.0
"A Stone thy Pillow, the cold Earth thy Bed.",2.0
"OH tell it not; let none the Storey hear,",2.0
Lest Britain's Martial Sons should learn to fear:,0.0
"And when they next the hostile Wall attack,",0.0
"Feel the Heart fail, the lifted Arm grow slack;",4.0
"And pausing cry ' --  Though Death we scorn to dread,",0.0
"Our Orphan Offspring, must they pine for Bread?",1.0
See their loved Mothers into Prisons thrown;,3.0
"And, unrelieved, in iron Bondage groan?",0.0
"BRITAIN, for this impending Ruin dread;",3.0
Their Woes call loud for Vengeance on thy Head:,2.0
"Nor wonder, if Disasters wait your Fleets;",1.0
"Be timely wise; arrest the uplifted Hand,",2.0
Ere Pestilence or Famine sweep the Land.,2.0
"WELL, if it be my time to quit the Stage,",0.0
Adieu to all the Follies of the Age!,1.0
"I die in Charity with Fool and Knave,",1.0
Secure of Happiness beyond the Grave.,1.0
"And paid for all my Satires, all my Rhymes:",1.0
"The Poet's Hell, its Tortures, Fiends and Flames,",0.0
"To this were Trifles, Toys, and empty Names.",1.0
"With foolish Pride my Heart was never fired,",0.0
"Nor the vain Itch admire, or be admired;",2.0
I hoped for no Commission from his Grace;,1.0
Yet went to COURT! ' --  the Devil would have it so.,1.0
"But, as the Fool, that in reforming Days",1.0
"Would go to Mass in jest, as Storey says",0.0
"Could not but think, to pay his Fine was odd,",0.0
"Such was my Fate; whom Heaven adjudged as proud,",1.0
"As prone to Ill, as negligent of Good,",1.0
"As deep in Debt, without a thought to pay,",0.0
"As vain, as idle, and as false, as they",1.0
"Who live at Court, for going once that Way!",0.0
"Scarce was I entered, when behold! there came",0.0
A Thing which Adam had been posed to name;,0.0
"Noah had refused it lodging in his Ark,",0.0
Where all the Race of Reptiles might embark:,0.0
"Nay, all that lying Travellers can feign.",1.0
"This Thing has travelled, speaks each Language too,",0.0
And knows what's fit for every State to do;,0.0
"Of whose best Phrase and courtly Accent joined,",2.0
He forms one Tongue exotic and refined.,1.0
"The Doctor's Wormwood Style, the Hash of Tongues,",1.0
"The whole Artillery of the Terms of War,",1.0
"These I could bear; but not a Rogue so civil,",1.0
Whose Tongue can compliment you to the Devil.,2.0
"A Tongue that can cheat Widows, cancel Scores,",2.0
"He spies me out. I whisper, gracious God!",1.0
What Sin of mine could merit such a Rod?,2.0
That all the Shot of Dullness now must be,0.0
"Well met he cries and happy sure for each,",1.0
"For I am pleased to learn, and you to teach;",2.0
"What Speech esteem you most? ' --  The King's, said I,",2.0
"But the best Words? ' --  OH Sir, the Dictionary.",4.0
You miss my aim; I mean the most acute,0.0
"And perfect Speaker? ' --  Onslow, past dispute.",1.0
"But Sir, of Writers? ' --  Swift, for closer Style,",0.0
And Ho ' --  y for a Period of a Mile.,3.0
"Why yes, it's granted, these indeed may pass;",1.0
"Nay troth, the Apostles, though perhaps too rough",4.0
Had once a pretty Gift of Tongues enough.,0.0
Yet these were all poor Gentlemen! I dare,2.0
"Thus others Talents having nicely shown,",1.0
He came by soft Transition to his own:,1.0
"Till I cried out, You prove yourself so able,",0.0
"For had they found a Linguist half so good,",0.0
I make no question but the Tower had stood.,3.0
"Obliging Sir! I love you, I profess,",1.0
But wish you liked Retreat a little less;,0.0
"Spirits like you, believe me, should be seen,",2.0
"And like Ulysses visit Courts, and Men.",0.0
"So much alone, to speak plain Truth between us",1.0
"But as for Courts, forgive me if I say,",2.0
No Lessons now are taught the Spartan way:,1.0
"Though in his Pictures Lust be full displayed,",0.0
"And though the Court show Vice exceeding clear,",2.0
"None should, by my Advice, learn Virtue there.",3.0
"At this, entranced, he lifts his Hands and Eyes,",1.0
O it's the sweetest of all earthly things,2.0
"To gaze on Princes, and to talk of Kings!",1.0
"Then happy Man who shows the Tombs! said I,",2.0
He dwells amid the Royal Family;,0.0
"He, every Day, from King to King can walk,",0.0
"Of all our Harries, all our Edwards talk,",0.0
"And get by speaking Truth of Monarchs dead,",1.0
"What few can of the living, Ease and Bread.",1.0
"Lord! Sir, a mere Mechanic! strangely low,",1.0
And coarse of Phrase ' --  your English all are so.,0.0
"How elegant your Frenchman? ' --  Mine, d'ye mean?",2.0
"I have but one, I hope the Fellow's clean.",1.0
"O! Sir, politely well! nay, let me die,",1.0
"Not Sir, my only ' --  I have better still,",1.0
"Wild to get loose, his Patience I provoke,",4.0
"Mistake, confound, object, at all he spoke.",0.0
"But as coarse Iron, sharpened, mangles more,",2.0
"And Itch most hurts, when angered to a Sore;",1.0
"So when you plague a Fool, it's still the Curse,",0.0
You only make the Matter worse and worse.,0.0
He past it over; put on an easy Smile,0.0
"He asks, What News? I tell him of new Plays.",1.0
"Between each Drop it gives, stays half a Minute;",1.0
Loath to enrich me with too quick Replies,4.0
"By little, and by little, drops his Lies.",1.0
"When the Queen frowned, or smiled, he knows; and what",3.0
A subtle Minister may make of that?,1.0
"Who sins with whom? who got his Pension Rug,",0.0
Or quickened a Reversion by a Drug?,2.0
"And whether to a Bishop, or a Whore?",2.0
"Who, having lost his Credit, pawned his Rent,",0.0
Is therefore fit to have a Government?,2.0
"Who in the Secret, deals in Stocks secure,",0.0
"And cheats unknowing Widow, and the Poor?",1.0
"Who makes a Trust, or Charity, a Job,",1.0
And gets an Ac of Parliament to rob?,4.0
"Why Turnpikes rose, and why no Cit, nor Clown",2.0
"Can gratis see the Country, or the Town?",1.0
And last which proves him wiser still than all,0.0
"I puke, I nauseate, ' --  yet he thrusts in more;",0.0
"Like a big Wife at sight of loathsome Meat,",3.0
"Ready to cast, I yawn, I sigh, I sweat:",2.0
"Swears every Place entailed for Years to come,",1.0
In sure Succession to the Day of Doom:,1.0
"He names the Price for every Office paid,",0.0
"And says our Wars thrive ill, because delayed;",1.0
"Nay hints, it's by Connivance of the Court,",3.0
"Than mine, to find a Subject stayed and wise,",1.0
Already half turned Traitor by surprise.,2.0
"As in the Pox, some give it, to get free;",1.0
"And quick to swallow me, methought I saw",4.0
One of our Giant Statutes open its Jaw!,3.0
"In that nice Moment, as another Lie",2.0
"Away he flies. He bows, and bows again;",0.0
And close as Umbra joins the dirty Train.,0.0
When half his Nose is in his Patron's Ear.,0.0
I blessed my Stars! but still afraid to see,0.0
"All the Court filled with stranger things than he,",3.0
"Run out as fast, as one that pays his Bail",1.0
"And dreads more Actions, hurries from a Jail.",1.0
"Bear me, some God! o quickly bear me hence",0.0
"To wholesome Solitude, the Nurse of Sense:",0.0
"Here Contemplation prunes her ruffled Wings,",0.0
And the free Soul looks down to pity Kings.,1.0
"Here still Reflection led on sober Thought,",0.0
"Which Fancy coloured, and a Vision wrought.",1.0
"A Vision Hermits can to Hell transport,",1.0
And bring even me to see the Damned at Court.,3.0
"Saw such a Scene of Envy, Sin, and Hate.",0.0
"Base Fear becomes the Guilty, not the Free;",1.0
"Shall I, the Terror of this sinful Town,",1.0
"Care, if a liveried Lord or smile or frown?",0.0
"Who cannot flatter, and detest who can,",1.0
"OH my fair Mistress, Truth! Shall I quit thee,",3.0
"The busy, idle Blockheads of the Ball,",1.0
"Hast thou, OH Sun! beheld an emptier sort,",5.0
Than such as swell this Bladder of a Court?,2.0
It ought to bring all Courtiers on their backs.,1.0
"Such painted Puppets, such a varnished Race",1.0
"No wonder some Folks bow, and think them Kings.",2.0
"And now the British Youth, engaged no more",1.0
"At Fig's or White's, with Felons, or a Whore,",1.0
"Pay their last Duty to the Court, and come",4.0
As the fair Fields they sold to look so fine.,2.0
"Our Court may justly to our Stage give Rules,",2.0
And why not Players strut in Courtiers Clothes?,2.0
"For these are Actors too, as well as those:",1.0
"Wants reach all States; they beg but better dressed,",1.0
And all is splendid Poverty at best.,1.0
"He boarding her, she striking sail to him.",1.0
For both the Beauty and the Wit are bought.,1.0
"The Presence seems, with things so richly odd,",0.0
"Adjust their Clothes, and to Confession draw",1.0
"Each idle Atom, or erroneous Straw;",3.0
"What Terrors would distract each conscious Soul,",0.0
"Convicted of that mortal Sin, a Hole!",1.0
"Thus finished and corrected to a hair,",3.0
"With Band of Lily, and with Cheek of Rose,",1.0
"Sweeter than Sharon, in immaculate trim,",4.0
Neatness itself impertinent in him.,3.0
"Let but the Ladies smile, and they are blessed;",1.0
"Prodigious! how the Things Protest, Protest:",1.0
"Nature made every Fop to plague his Brother,",3.0
Whose Air cries Arm! whose very Look's an Oath:,1.0
"What though his Soul be Bullet, Body Buff?",0.0
"Like battering Rams, beats open every Door;",3.0
"And with a Face as red, and as awry,",2.0
Has yet a strange Ambition to look worse:,2.0
"Confounds the Civil, keeps the Rude in awe,",0.0
As Men from Jails to Execution go;,0.0
"And lined with Giants, deadlier than them all:",1.0
"And shake all over, like a discovered Spy.",2.0
Courts are no match for Wits so weak as mine;,3.0
"Charge them with Heaven's Artillery, bold Divine!",4.0
"From such alone the Great Rebukes endure,",1.0
It's mine to wash a few slight Stains; but theirs,2.0
"To deluge Sin, and drown a Court in Tears.",0.0
"In time to come, may pass for Holy Writ.",0.0
The smirking daisy and the cowslip tall,1.0
"May walk the mead, or wander near the brook;",0.0
The liquid mirror may reflect the tree,1.0
"Their fluttering tenants, crowding cliff and spray,",2.0
"May the green curtain tight and closely draw,",2.0
"To hide the habitation, wove with care,",0.0
And all the fostering secrecy of love.,3.0
"The gilded insect basking in the sun,",1.0
"Fanned by his light, and many a coloured wing,",2.0
Now shows with how much care Nature adorns,4.0
Her smallest work. What are all these to me!,1.0
My thoughts from pleasure and from former joys,1.0
Start wild away; Amusement's silver cords,1.0
Bind on the fancy no one form of bliss;,0.0
"I try to lose myself, but still pursued",1.0
"By Fear, I only fly to agony of mind,",1.0
"There lose the sight of all but one sad grief,",1.0
"Hangs low the head, where Beauty soft had wove",1.0
"Those sweet entanglements that hold the eye,",1.0
And through her silken veil would fondly show,1.0
The various workings of the virtuous soul;,5.0
"The heart looked through, and spread along the face",2.0
The sentimental trait that marked the mind.,0.0
"Compassion oft would bud into a tear,",0.0
Would drop like gall from the satiric tongue.,1.0
"Worth she approved, however mean arrayed;",3.0
And greatness could not charm but by the soul.,1.0
Her accents fell with such a melting sound,1.0
"On every word that clothed her modest thought,",0.0
That sweet Expression told the careless heart,0.0
Whenever she spoke she could not speak in vain!,2.0
Your eye from hers would learn a mode of speech,1.0
"Which, when she pleased, could useless make the ear,",0.0
"And ere the sentence left its hallowed cave,",0.0
Would tell what thought was venturing next abroad.,2.0
Nor had Disguise in all her face or soul,0.0
One place to hide her poor and artful head;,0.0
And honest Friendship at the portal stood,0.0
To point or tell you what was done within.,0.0
"It's not for me to hold the aching head,",1.0
"And cordials in my hands and eyes to bear,",0.0
"To cheer her longer with a ray of hope,",1.0
"And promise Ease, that wanders with Tomorrow;",2.0
And ere the wish be formed the wish foresee;,0.0
To me such happiness must never belong!,4.0
"Myself who tax the tenderness of friends,",2.0
"Else, else this drooping, withering plant had long,",3.0
OH Father of the Universe! it's thou,2.0
For these continued grateful let us be;,1.0
"If taken from us, let us firm believe",1.0
Let us submit.   But o! if it's thy will,4.0
"To save my friend, and hold her yet in life,",0.0
OH God of Heaven! how thankful shall I be.,1.0
"If not, let me, all humble, strive to yield,",0.0
Assured that thou hast everlasting store,1.0
Of endless bliss for every soul like hers;,0.0
"For true religion purified her heart, ' --",0.0
"Ran through the current of her blameless life,",0.0
And made it one continued hymn to Thee!,1.0
"To names ignoble, born to be forgot!",0.0
"In vain recorded in historic page,",0.0
"They court the notice of a future age,",1.0
And dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.,2.0
"So when a child, as playful children use,",0.0
"Has burned to tinder a stale last year's news,",3.0
"The flame extinct, he views the roving fire,",0.0
"There goes the parson, o! illustrious spark,",3.0
"And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.",4.0
"WHY weeps the Genius of the arid waste,",1.0
Can beings pure like thee of sorrow taste ' --,1.0
Those next to Angel ever breathe a sigh!,0.0
That the dear privilege to feel ' --  to sigh ' --,3.0
"To bid the tear from sacred pity flow,",0.0
"Where the preeminence that Angels boast,",2.0
"If coldly conscious, in eternal rest",0.0
The keenest feelings of the human mind,1.0
"Exist more keenly in the angelic frame,",3.0
"More elevated, poignant, and refined ' --",1.0
As earth's more sordid than ethereal flame.,3.0
Wonder not therefore that an Angel's brows,1.0
"Thus drooping, should no cheering lustre shed;",2.0
But give attention ' --  so thy fate allows!,1.0
While I record the woes for which it fled.,2.0
"Behold this plain, stretched by Creation's hand,",2.0
When each chaotic element aroused,1.0
Sprung forth elastic at the dread command ' --,1.0
"Fled to its home, and there obedient housed.",3.0
Guiltless the moments of this plain have run;,3.0
"Each closing year, and summer's happy prime,",0.0
In sweet simplicity its hours have spun.,1.0
"And verdant carpet softly spread between,",0.0
"Mark, where light fairies nightly trip their rounds,",2.0
"And birds of solitude flit musing by,",2.0
"And sometime too the bird that sweetly sings,",1.0
Chants forth its pleasures to the lucid sky; ' --,2.0
"While in the blushing chambers of the west,",1.0
"A thousand tender dies their tints prepare,",0.0
"Which rapidly the horizon round invest,",3.0
Streaming prismatic glories through the air!,3.0
"That russet mountain, on whose farthest side",1.0
"The modest beams of morn first ever play,",1.0
"Till from its top the ardent sun looks down,",3.0
"Owns in its riven base a cavern dank,",0.0
"Where oozing, filtered drops of doubtful green,",0.0
"Hardened, suspended, hang like willows lank,",3.0
In that resplendent grove a hermit read,0.0
"Mysterious nature's laws that never swerve,",2.0
"His life, the virtues and religion led",1.0
To sanctify the space you now observe.,1.0
"Here, rapt in SECOND SIGHT he frequent saw",0.0
"The future scene appear, and fade away;",0.0
"His country groan beneath the feudal law,",0.0
"Or glut with power, the tyrant of the day:",3.0
"Watching each turn, and shadings of its fate,",3.0
At length with pride he saw his Scotland give,0.0
"Monarchs, to wear its rival's splendid crown;",1.0
"Blessed in THE UNION, saw each kingdom live ' --",0.0
Bound in one Empire ' --  tasting one Renown!,1.0
"Sacred, to visions grand like these, was kept",3.0
"The varied circle this horizon bounds,",1.0
"And when with Seers long past, the Hermit slept,",1.0
"And horrid war her crimson flag unfurled,",0.0
"And dread rebellion, with its sanguine hand,",1.0
"'Twas thus this hallowed spot misfortune spared,",1.0
"Nor war nor misery in its precincts dwelled,",2.0
"No cry of woe its peaceful boundaries scared,",1.0
No mother by her bleeding offspring knelt.,3.0
"Did turbid clans ever press this mossy heath,",3.0
"'Twas not with hostile thoughts, nor vows of death,",0.0
"They came not here to conquer, but to yield.",1.0
"Here hath the oath of mutual peace been bound,",2.0
"Here melting Chiefs their melting foes embrace,",0.0
"And all the sounds that martial joy breathes round,",1.0
"But rolling years have drawn their veil between,",0.0
"Nay ages, born of ages, past away,",1.0
"Since the soft calm which blessed this modest green,",3.0
While vice and shame their haunts at distance keep;,0.0
"Unknown alike to violence, and fear,",1.0
"Here terrors shrink not, and no sorrows weep.",2.0
But now approaches fast the hour of change;,0.0
Here shall no more the feathery fairies range ' --,2.0
"The late nocturnal revel, was their last!",1.0
"See, quick advance the numerous motley crowd,",3.0
"Mechanics, Pedants, Traders pour along;",0.0
"Their joy breaks forth in carols rude and loud,",1.0
"The verdant face of this once happy plain,",2.0
"That evil first, and then an endless train,",0.0
Follow the footsteps of yonder graceful Fair!,2.0
"The future Town, submissive to their will,",1.0
"Rises from Earth, and spreads its skirts around ' --",2.0
"O! that the marble, in its quarry still,",0.0
"With it, the social evils all rush in,",2.0
"The opposing passions that distract mankind,",2.0
Nor will one petty vice remain behind.,1.0
"Slander, and avarice, and penury scant,",5.0
"The proud man's scorn, the rich man's sturdy mien,",2.0
"All haste to form the varied, wretched scene.",0.0
And shall the mighty woes of hapless love,0.0
"Already sure, the dismal sounds I hear,",0.0
"The broken vow accused, the rending sigh ' --",0.0
"Rent from all joy, she only knew to die!",0.0
Yonder a robber skulks; a murderer here!,3.0
Haste and reflect within thy secret bower ' --,2.0
"Ponder the change, and be thy grief sincere!",2.0
"Here paused the Genius! Age bent low its head,",1.0
Its hoary tresses floating on the wind;,1.0
"O bright Intelligence! then firmly said,",1.0
Permit a mortal to unveil his mind.,1.0
"Sad is your prophecy, and o too sure",2.0
Fate will its utmost latitude fill up;,3.0
"Each promised ill it's fixed we must endure,",0.0
And drink from sorrow's still replenished cup; ' --,0.0
"But not unmixed the bitter draught shall flow,",0.0
"And over it, joys their downy mantle fling.",2.0
"The social blessings too will haste along,",0.0
"And on the spot where vice shall lead its train,",1.0
Illustrious virtues eagerly shall throng.,3.0
"Yonder rude circuit, where the obtrusive fern",5.0
"In sullen vegetation chills the glance,",0.0
A few revolving halcyon months shall turn,2.0
And every slight impurity absorb:,1.0
"There from the loom the costly web be brought,",1.0
"There the rich damask spread its fruit and flowers,",2.0
"For royal tables, and for halls of state:",1.0
"There the transparent lawn display its powers,",1.0
"To soften beauty, and new charms create.",2.0
"Proud Manchester will here her fame divide,",2.0
"Her varied works, her fashion, and her taste;",1.0
"The stripe so well disposed, the glowing bloom",0.0
"Go MANCHESTER, and weep thy slighted loom ' --",3.0
Shall foreign prows be pointed to our shores;,1.0
"Pouring its tribute, for our native stores.",3.0
"Thus blessed, this village shall some unborn age",2.0
"Behold a city, graced with many a dome;",2.0
"Of note in commerce, and of arts the stage,",1.0
"Where taste industrious, never shall want a home.",4.0
"If here the craving miser heaps his gold,",0.0
And frowns upon the shivering needy wretch;,2.0
"Here shall benevolence her charger hold,",1.0
"And pity, wide her fostering arms outstretch.",2.0
Soft elegance shall bid around us rise,2.0
"The spell all feel, but never can describe,",1.0
"Scarce tangible by thought, the pen it flies,",2.0
"Pride cannot catch it, nor importance bribe; ' --",2.0
"But formed of all, the charming phantom rose,",0.0
"Adorns each time and place with graces fit,",0.0
But in domestic hours supremely glows!,2.0
To spread the fascinating sweet around?,0.0
"When through the Sex, great Nature beauty shared,",1.0
"Who knows not, here the richest gift was found?",0.0
"Thus, though disastrous love should find a grave,",2.0
"Or mourn the violated vow of bliss,",1.0
"Yet here shall faithful Love the maiden save,",0.0
And parents cheer her with the nuptial kiss.,1.0
"The song of rapture shall the bridegroom pour,",1.0
"As oft he wanders through the sunny glades,",1.0
And brides shall bless the sacred binding hour;,0.0
Whispering their transports in the secret shades;,1.0
"For shades SHALL be, where now the thistle red",0.0
Spreads over the heath its slender prickly stalks;,3.0
"For Nature's self to Commerce ever yields,",0.0
"Commerce, whose power each hemisphere adorns ' --",4.0
"Yes, that blessed power will here exert her force,",4.0
"And wooing sterile nature to its arms,",1.0
And native moors conceal with foreign charms.,0.0
But happier still! LEARNING shall raise the pile,4.0
Designed the fret of ages to withstand;,1.0
"Within, the classic scholar form his style,",0.0
And pour instruction through the listening land.,1.0
Ah! from its walls some future sage may burst,0.0
To charm or awe the centuries to come;,1.0
"Spreading our glory round the distant skies,",2.0
And mark us ENVIED by more happy climes.,1.0
"Platonic ethics, system plain, and true,",0.0
Shall there be honoured in the tutored mind.,0.0
"A HUME! ' --  a second HUME from thence may shine,",0.0
"In lustre like the first, but o his heart",1.0
"Shall humbly melt before Religion's shrine,",0.0
And prompt his talents to a better part!,1.0
A ROBERTSON shall bid the copious stream,3.0
"Dark ages make with light reverted gleam,",1.0
"To bless a famished people spends its wealth,",0.0
Pours out itself to renovate their blood ' --,2.0
By Heaven supplied with future stores of health.,0.0
"A polished STUART too will then be known,",0.0
To scatter roses over the slandered Fair;,2.0
"To bind the cypress round the riven crown,",0.0
"And steal our tears, for miseries so rare!",1.0
"First, in the climax of the literate few,",3.0
"Who from the mould of time still bright arise,",1.0
And every rapid century keep in view.,2.0
"And ah! while future Bayes luxuriant spread,",2.0
Shall not the Myrtle in our gardens glow?,0.0
"Yes; while the laurel crowns the manly head,",0.0
"Is poured the pitying, melancholy note!",2.0
Thus the sad Nightingale throughout the night,4.0
Her fond complaint rings through the leafy grove;,2.0
"Be found, amid some distant frozen waves,",0.0
"Shall bloom like that Corsica., she from oblivion saves.",4.0
"Perchance that Isle, convulsive nature tore",2.0
"When the proud marbles which adorned its shore,",2.0
"Were dashed on rocks, and made the billows' sport.",0.0
"When the mad mother, and the swallowed child,",3.0
"The tottering palace, and the tower prone,",3.0
"Gave at one view, ruin so vast and wild,",5.0
As chills the quickened flesh almost to stone.,1.0
Mid the Norwegian seas an island sprung ' --,3.0
And all its grandeur by her muse be sung!,1.0
"She'll lift the veil of time, and show us how,",0.0
"What, the vast prospects of the unborn NOW",4.0
"And all its figures, in her magic glass.",0.0
She'll show that land which when beneath the skies,0.0
"Of soft Italia, bloomed in scented flowers,",0.0
"Painted its surface with the richest dies,",3.0
"And burst in hills, and gave its shade in bowers; ' --",0.0
"She'll show it then, divest of every sweet",0.0
That once endeared it to the eye of taste;,1.0
No soft embroidery over the snowy waste.,5.0
That roar when rigid winds become more bland ' --,0.0
"No gentle hill, but mountains vast she'll show,",1.0
"Where wild volcanoes from their summits glow,",1.0
And give the plains beneath an awful charm.,0.0
"Arcades and temples, perhaps her muse will sing,",2.0
"But not of marble formed, nor part for part ' --",0.0
Nature will here the noble sculpture bring,1.0
"Wildly magnificent, not cramped by art.",3.0
"The arrested cataract a dome will form,",2.0
"And rapid torrents bound, in pillars rise,",0.0
Their capitals be sculptured from a storm ' --,2.0
"On these the polar sun will pour its beams,",1.0
"Now strong, now fading into fainter gleams ' --",2.0
"And then at once, a ruddy blaze infuse.",0.0
"No colder genius on its utmost stretch,",3.0
"Recoils, and wishes for familiar hours;",1.0
"And gladly yields to common life, its powers.",0.0
Who draw from nature with a skill so true?,1.0
"In every varying mode it stands confessed,",2.0
"A power peculiar, all her portraits fill.",2.0
"When lines are bold and strong, a vulgar pen",0.0
May take the sketch; it asks no mighty skill,1.0
But human nature in its faintest die,0.0
Burney detects; drags it to open day ' --,4.0
"And bids it glare, with truth's pervading ray.",0.0
"The huddled beings of the common mass,",1.0
"Who to themselves appear of equal sort,",1.0
"Touched by her spear, they sudden spring to sight,",0.0
But not new formed ' --  she shows them as they are;,2.0
"She moulds no character, but gives the light",2.0
"Which makes them clear, as Herschel sees a star!",0.0
"Yes, such as these, thy plain may one day boast:",2.0
"Laurels will then surround our lettered coast,",2.0
"And here, the muses from Parnassus range.",2.0
"Unknown, and useless in the general scale,",0.0
"Slumbering its ages in ignoble rest,",1.0
"Scorned, or unheeded in the historic tale,",4.0
"Shall hence assume a rank, confess a name ' --",0.0
"Nor hid a barren disregarded spot,",0.0
"But living in the breath of future fame,",0.0
"Thus stopped the Sage; ' --  the Genius paused awhile,",1.0
"First raised her eye with a celestial smile,",2.0
"Which seemed to promise she would mourn no more,",2.0
Then in sweet tone ' --  O man of snowy years!,1.0
"It's truth inspires thee, and her force I own;",1.0
And bad my fading joys again be blown.,0.0
"Never gives a misery, but he sends a cure;",1.0
In the same fields which poisonous herbs endure.,5.0
"To thee I leave the bliss which just men know,",2.0
"Over thy white tresses they shall ever flow,",3.0
And cheer the anxious moments of thy end!,1.0
"Then darting upwards as the Sage adored,",1.0
"A blushing radiance marked the path she soared,",0.0
Till lost amid the blaze of azure day!,0.0
"SOLEMN is night, when Silence holds her reign,",2.0
And the hushed winds die on the heaving main;,1.0
"When no short gleam of scattered light appears,",1.0
Then those whom inward cares deprive of rest,0.0
Pour forth the secret sorrows of the breast.,2.0
From whence young HENRY breathed his thoughtful song;,1.0
"Pacing the deck, he threw his eyes around",2.0
"The patient winds scarce whistled over the waist,",3.0
The burning waves the vessel's prow embraced;,0.0
With northern meteors trembling through the sky.,3.0
"Eternal Power! he cried, with justice fraught,",2.0
"O! teach a wretch to kerb each stubborn thought,",0.0
"Whose passions reason's powers no more restrain,",2.0
Grown wanton mid intolerable pain.,2.0
My faithful heart by strong affection torn;,0.0
"A willing exile on the dangerous main,",4.0
"And, tortured by imagination, burn;",1.0
"Sighs in a natural cadence close each song,",0.0
And tones of anguish vibrate on my tongue.,1.0
"All is now hushed, still as the silent grave,",1.0
"The breeze scarce swells the smooth unruffled wave,",1.0
"Which glittering with celestial lustre bright,",3.0
Reflects the spangled heaven's ethereal light:,4.0
"O! how sublime this tract, for man designed!",1.0
Vast the perceptions of his rapid mind!,3.0
"Strongly to earth his young affections cling,",2.0
While Fancy waves her bright and various wing;,2.0
"But soon each hope of earthly bliss is crossed,",0.0
"Nipped in the bud, or in possession lost;",0.0
"Blushing, our empty wishes we survey,",3.0
When we our passions with their motives weigh.,1.0
"Deeply I feel this still and solemn hour,",2.0
Impressed with GOD'S immeasurable power;,0.0
And thoughts immense pour in wherever I turn.,3.0
"How much man errs, whose soul, with thought sublime,",1.0
Looks on towards endless bliss through boundless time!,0.0
"When he to earthly passions gives dire sway,",1.0
Or mourns those joys which of themselves decay!,1.0
"THE Strawberry blooms upon its lowly bed,",2.0
Plant of my native soil! ' --  the Lime may fling,0.0
"More potent fragrance on the zephyr's wing,",1.0
"The milky Cocoa richer juices shed,",0.0
"But not, like thee, to fond remembrance bring",0.0
The vanished hours of life's enchanting spring;,0.0
Short calendar of joys for ever fled!,2.0
"Where, veiled in leaves, thy fruit of rosy hue",0.0
Lurked on its pliant stem with modest grace.,0.0
"But ah! when thought would later years renew,",0.0
"Alas, successive sorrows crowd the space!",0.0
"In this soft Amorous Age now Love is grown,",5.0
"And the fond Beau loves his half score aday,",4.0
The Ladies too almost as Vain as they;,1.0
"Spare me, you cruel Powers, let me not prove,",0.0
The only Victim of a lasting Love.,1.0
"I had my share three tedious Years a Slave,",2.0
"When spite of Vows he proved unjust at last,",0.0
"In distant Shades contending Months I past,",0.0
"Thought I could see the Youth at my return,",1.0
With gay Indifference and Unconcern.,1.0
"I longed to know the Temper of my Heart,",1.0
And see if Passion could outlive desert;,1.0
"But this my Curiosity has won,",2.0
To know alas! I am again undone:,1.0
"I thought my self with Resolution blessed,",0.0
But the soft Gods came crowding to my Breast.,5.0
"The sporting Boys delight in Amorous Pain,",2.0
And flocked in hast to Revel here again;,0.0
And every Spark revives with fresh desire:,0.0
"I Gaze and Sigh, and wish I'm just the same,",0.0
As the first Transports of my blooming Flame.,0.0
"Almighty Love thy Power to me is known,",1.0
Without new Tortures I'll thy Godhead own;,3.0
"But if I'm doomed to Love may my Fate be,",1.0
Rather than him to love each Face I see.,1.0
"Tis Sin against the custom of the Nation,",2.0
"To love but one and all this while with Passion,",1.0
I'd rather be the shifting Fool in Fashion.,0.0
"Then if I'm tortured with Variety,",2.0
I shan't be blamed for Nonconformity.,1.0
"I Am, cried Apollo, when Daphne he wooed,",4.0
"And panting for breath, the coy virgin pursued,",6.0
"When his wisdom, in manner most ample, expressed",6.0
"Nor for lays, nor sweet song, the fair fugitive stays:",5.0
"I'm the god of the harp ' --  stop, my fairest ' --  in vain;",4.0
"Nor the harp, nor the harper, could fetch her again.",2.0
"Thou fond god of wisdom, then alter thy phrase,",7.0
"Bid her view thy young bloom, and thy ravishing rays,",4.0
"Tell her less of thy knowledge, and more of thy charms,",2.0
"And, my life for't, the damsel shall fly to thy arms.",4.0
"Shine forth, You Planets, with distinguished Light,",2.0
As when You hallowed first this Happy Night:,0.0
"Again transmit your Friendly Beams to Earth,",0.0
"And Thou, propitious Star, whose sacred Power",1.0
"Presided over the Monarch's Natal Hour,",3.0
"Thy Radiant Voyages for ever run,",1.0
"Yielding to none but Cynthia, and the Sun:",3.0
With Thy fair Aspect still illustrate Heaven:,3.0
Kindly preserve what Thou hast greatly given:,3.0
Thy Influence for thy Anna We implore:,2.0
Prolong One Life; and Britain asks no more.,1.0
"Than to be Great in War, and Good in Peace:",1.0
"For Thought no higher Wish of Bliss can frame,",1.0
Than to enjoy that Virtue Still the Same.,1.0
"Entire and sure the Monarch's Rule must prove,",3.0
And Orders that which We should first Desire:,1.0
Our vanquished Wills that pleasing Force obey:,0.0
Her Goodness takes our Liberty away:,1.0
And haughty Britain yields to Arbitrary Sway.,0.0
"Let the young Austrian then Her Terrors bear,",4.0
"Great as He is, Her Delegate in War:",1.0
That in these Dreadful Isles a Woman Reigns.,0.0
While the Bright Queen does on Her Subjects shower,1.0
The gentle Blessings of Her softer Power;,1.0
"Gives sacred Morals to a vicious Age,",2.0
"To Temples Zeal, and Manners to the Stage;",1.0
"Bids the chaste Muse without a Blush appear,",3.0
And Wit be that which Heaven and She may hear.,1.0
Minerva thus to Perseus lent Her Shield;,2.0
"Secure of Conquest, sent Him to the Field:",1.0
The Hero acted what the Queen ordained:,0.0
Mean time amid Her Native Temples sat,1.0
"Taught them in Laws and Letters to excel,",1.0
"In Acting justly, and in Writing well.",1.0
"Thus while She did Her various Power dispose,",4.0
"The World was freed from Tyrants, Wars, and Woes:",0.0
"Virtue was taught in Verse, and Athen's Glory rose.",2.0
"Shall I be one, of those obsequious Fools,",3.0
"That square there lives, by Customs scanty Rules;",0.0
"Condemned for ever, to the puny Curse,",1.0
"That all the business of my Life must be,",1.0
"And round a Circle, of nice visits Dance,",2.0
Nor for my Life beyond the Chalk advance:,1.0
"The Devil Censure, stands to guard the same,",0.0
"So when my Friends, in a facetious Vein,",1.0
"With Mirth and Wit, a while can entertain;",0.0
"Though never so pleasant, yet I must not stay,",2.0
"If a commanding Clock, bids me away:",3.0
"But with a sudden start, as in a Fright,",1.0
"I must be gone indeed, it's after Eight.",0.0
"Sure these restraints, with such regret we bear,",3.0
"That dreaded Censure, can't be more severe,",0.0
"Which has no Terror, if we did not fear;",2.0
"I'll not be scared, from Innocent delight:",1.0
"Whatever is not vicious, I dare do,",4.0
"I'll never to the Idol Custom bow,",1.0
Unless it suits with my own Humour too.,1.0
"Some boast their Fetters, of Formality,",2.0
"Fancy they ornamental Bracelets be,",2.0
"To their dull fulsome Rules, I'd not be tied,",2.0
For all the Flattery that exalts their Pride:,2.0
"I lose my Jest, cause Women must not speak.",1.0
"A little China, to advance the Show,",1.0
"My Prayer Book, and seven Champions, or so.",1.0
"My Pen if ever used employed must be,",0.0
"And what is necessary amongst the rest,",2.0
"My daring Pen, will bolder Sallies make,",0.0
"And like my self, an unchecked freedom take;",5.0
"Not chained to the nice Order of my Sex,",3.0
And with restraints my wishing Soul perplex:,1.0
"I'll blush at Sin, and not what some call Shame,",1.0
"Secure my Virtue, slight precarious Fame.",2.0
"This Courage speaks me, Brave, it's surely worse,",0.0
"To keep those Rules, which privately we Curse:",1.0
"And I'll appeal, to all the formal Saints,",1.0
With what reluctance they endure restraints.,1.0
"Thou, on whom all my worldly Joys depend,",0.0
Accept these Numbers; and with Pleasure hear,1.0
"While conscious Virtue takes the Muse's Part,",0.0
"Glows on thy Cheek, and warms thy generous Heart.",2.0
And Rows of Diamonds recommend the Fair;,0.0
"Charmed with her Pride, and Luxury of Dress:",1.0
"Far other Joys thy just Ambition move,",1.0
To cherish and reward a Husband's Love;,1.0
"To slight vain Titles, in Retreat to shine,",1.0
"Shun public Praise, and call a Poet thine.",2.0
"And know, you Fair, a Poet can supply,",1.0
"When the vain Business of your Lives is over,",3.0
"And the Glass frightens, whom it charmed before;",2.0
"When not a Trace remains of what you were,",0.0
And not a Compliment salutes your Ear;,1.0
"Without one Virtue, to redeem Respect,",1.0
"Without one Beauty, to forbid Neglect;",1.0
The gloomy Setting of a Life misspent;,1.0
Who gave up Show for Happiness and Fame.,1.0
"OH! If the Muse, not uninspired, divine,",2.0
Thy bright Example shall for ever shine;,0.0
"Teach the wise Virgin, where to fix her Choice,",3.0
And weigh no Marriage by the common Voice;,2.0
"To yield with Dignity, reject with Grace;",1.0
Nor tyre the Lover with a tedious Chase:,3.0
"With Ease to conquer, and with Ease retain,",1.0
"Brighten Prosperity, or soften Pain:",3.0
"Live to her Husband, Family, and Friend:",1.0
"Through varying Life her various Virtues prove,",4.0
"Honour her Portion here, and Bliss above.",0.0
"Say, What Persuasion, or what Arts of mine,",2.0
Could gain a Passage to a Soul like thine?,1.0
"Where Female Softness, Strength of Reason meet,",1.0
"A piercing Judgement, and a Wit discreet;",1.0
"Where every Passion, every Duty, knows",0.0
"Its proper Bounds, and not unlicensed flows.",0.0
One doubtful Act remains unjustified,0.0
"Could You so err, or I deserve so well?",1.0
"Instruct me thou the happy Art to steer,",1.0
And still with Modesty thy Conduct clear;,1.0
So in thy Praises may the World agree;,1.0
Nor load with Vanity the Muse and Me.,1.0
"With Song still ushered shall the Morn arise,",1.0
So the First Man descending Angels saw.,2.0
"Speaking, or silent, OH! secure to charm,",2.0
"To win with Wisdom, or with Beauty warm:",1.0
"Form thy soft Accents, and compose thy Air.",4.0
"I saw, and heard; nor heard, nor saw, unmoved,",0.0
"Unknowing, or I durst not know, I loved.",1.0
"What thence I suffered, let high Heaven declare,",1.0
"Pitying my Grief, propitious to my Prayer.",2.0
"Heaven tried my Passion, and pronounced it true:",1.0
"Hence I emboldened, and hence softer You.",5.0
"Yet oft withheld, and faltering oft with Pain,",2.0
"My Tongue half utters, what my Eyes explain,",1.0
"Nor prone to flatter, nor to Virtue blind;",1.0
"Not void of Knowledge, and to learn inclined;",1.0
"Boasting a Father honest, wise, and good;",2.0
"Such long observed, and by long Converse shown,",1.0
"My Temper, Manners, and my Failings known:",1.0
"You trust my Vows, and pity Love sincere;",0.0
"Haste to relieve, and smile away my Fear;",2.0
"Give all you can, and all the rest forsake,",1.0
"The noblest Sacrifice, that Love could make!",0.0
Of what Avail the Use of Wealth to Thee?,0.0
"For what you bring, and what you leave behind!",0.0
"Is there a Man in Science not unread,",1.0
"In simple Neatness elegantly bred,",1.0
"Of what or Health or Nature asks, possessed,",0.0
"Received by all, and by his Friends caressed,",2.0
"False and insidious can the Fair pursue,",3.0
"Taught by the Muse such abject Souls to hate,",0.0
Nor seek superfluous Vanities of Life:,3.0
Degenerate Thought! Let slanderous Tongues assail;,5.0
"Spread all their Poison, all their Rage prevail;",0.0
"So gracious Heaven restore thee, to enjoy",1.0
"What Love could leave, but Wisdom could employ.",0.0
Meanwhile my Delia manifests her Worth;,1.0
The Loss of Riches calls her Prudence forth:,0.0
Behold her now with Dignity descend;,1.0
"And low, but necessary, Cares attend;",0.0
"Cheerful, what Fortune not allows, resign;",2.0
"And, harder still, her Charities confine:",1.0
"But Heaven in secret sees the kind Intent,",0.0
"Each Act of Pity, or of Bounty, meant;",1.0
Heaven sees in secret; but in open Day,1.0
"Will crown thy Merit, and thy Praise display.",1.0
"Though small thy Store, not Millions could suffice,",0.0
To furnish all thy liberal Thought supplies.,0.0
"Obscured her Worth, her Genius half depressed!",0.0
"Or hears the Widow's, and the Orphan's Song!",1.0
Now visionary Temples rise around;,1.0
"And half thy Empire, GEORGE, is sacred Ground.",0.0
"From Thee, my Delia, from thy watchful Care,",2.0
"My Little lasts; my Little, Friends can share:",0.0
"Poor if I am, within my Fortune poor.",1.0
"Smile on, my Fair, though cautious, void of Fear,",0.0
"Wise to shun Sorrows, or prepared to bear.",4.0
"Who copies Thee, shall never fail to find,",1.0
"'Midst Clouds and Storms, the Sunshine of the Mind:",3.0
"Blessed in Retirement, Competence, and Love,",4.0
"Below all Envy, and all Vice above,",1.0
"Crowned with Content, I only burn to show,",2.0
Hopeless to recompense how much I owe.,2.0
"OH born with Genius, and with Learning filled,",2.0
In every Rule of happy Writings skilled;,0.0
"Whom Beauties strike, false Ornaments offend;",2.0
Who weigh with Care each Author's Scope and End;,0.0
"And oft, where others damn, the most admire;",0.0
"So shallow Wits, with bolder Folly, blame,",0.0
This Verse you know me free from faulty Pride,0.0
Approve; and Fame shall sanctify my Lays:,1.0
Suppress; yet Love my grateful Labour pays.,0.0
"Two nymphs to whom the powers of verse belong,",3.0
"Alike ambitious to excel in song,",1.0
"With equal sweetness sang alternate strains,",4.0
And courteous echo told the listening plains;,2.0
"That of her lover sung, this of her friend;",1.0
"OH Love, soft sovereign, ruler of the heart!",3.0
"Deep are thy wounds, and pleasing is the smart;",1.0
"Cold hearts are warmed, and hard ones melt away.",2.0
Through every scene of temporal bliss is there,2.0
A greater blessing than a friend sincere?,1.0
"His beauty holds me faster than his arms,",1.0
"My heart is in a flood of pleasures tossed,",0.0
But certain omens of a future smart?,1.0
"In friendship we more solid comforts find,",1.0
"It cheers the heart, nor leaves a sting behind.",0.0
Surely no lark in spring was ever so glad,3.0
"To see the morn, as I to see my lad;",1.0
And every other joy gives place to love.,1.0
OH happy I! with such a friend to live!,3.0
Our joys united double pleasure give;,0.0
"All that is lovely in my swain I find,",0.0
But am to all his imperfections blind;,1.0
"What have I said? I surely do him wrong,",0.0
No imperfections can to him belong.,3.0
"The faithful friend sees with impartial eyes,",2.0
"Blind to all faults, the eager lover sues,",0.0
"Then Daphne from beneath a hawthorn sprung,",2.0
Where she attentive sat to hear the song;,1.0
"Her breast was conscious of the tender glow,",1.0
"That faithful friends, in mutual friendship know;",2.0
"Her tender heart, by love's impulses moved,",0.0
"With emulation fired, the conscious maid",2.0
Thus to the fair contending virgins said.,0.0
"Blessed Celia, happy in a lover dear;",1.0
"Blessed Sylvia, happy in a friend sincere;",3.0
"But surely I am doubly blessed to find,",1.0
"At once a friend sincere, and lover kind;",0.0
And who in love can bear a greater sway,0.0
"THUS Tapestry of old, the Walls adorned,",2.0
Ere noblest Dames the artful Shuttle scorned:,1.0
And scarce the Immortal Work was judged the Best.,2.0
"But all the Fame, that from the Field was brought,",1.0
"Employed the Loom, where the kind Consort wrought:",1.0
"While sharing in the Toil, she shared the Fame,",0.0
And with the Heroes mixed her interwoven Name.,1.0
"No longer, Females to such Praise aspire,",3.0
And seldom now We rightly do admire.,0.0
"So much, All Arts are by the Men engrossed,",1.0
And Our few Talents unimproved or crossed;,1.0
"Even I, who on this Subject would compose,",2.0
"Correctly followed in each Shade, and Fold",0.0
"Should prudently from the Attempt withdraw,",2.0
But Inclination proves the stronger Law:,0.0
"These hardy Flights, while his Designs I view;",1.0
"My burdened Thoughts, which labour for a Vent,",1.0
"Of SERGIUS first, upon his lofty Seat,",2.0
With due Regard our Observations treat;,0.0
"Contracts his pensive Brow into a Frown,",0.0
With Looks inquisitive he seeks the Cause,1.0
Why Nature acts not still by Natures Laws.,0.0
"'Twas but a Moment, since the Sorcerer's Sight",0.0
"Received the Day, and blazed infernal Light:",0.0
"Throughout the Extension of his ample Sway,",3.0
"No Fact, like this, the Roman could survey,",1.0
"Who, with spread Hands, invites Mankind to gaze,",4.0
"To share his Wonder every one combines,",1.0
"By different Aspects shown, and different Signs.",1.0
"A comely Figure, near the Consul placed,",0.0
"To Others seems imparting what he saw,",0.0
And shows the Wretch with reverential Awe:,0.0
"While a more eager Person next we find,",0.0
Viewing the Wizard with a Sceptic's Mind;,3.0
"Who his fixed Eyes so near him do's apply,",2.0
"We think, enlivening Beams might from them fly,",2.0
"The radial Sparks, but lately checked and tame,",2.0
"But dire Surprise the Enquiry do's succeed,",4.0
"While full Conviction in his Face we read,",0.0
"And He, who questioned, now deplores the Deed.",1.0
"To sacred PAUL a younger Figure guides,",0.0
"With seeming Warmth, which still in Youth presides;",0.0
"And pointing forward, Elder Men directs,",0.0
"In Him, to note the Cause of these Effects,",0.0
Upon whose Brow do's evidently shine,2.0
"While sad and solemn, suited to their Years,",1.0
"Each venerable Countenance appears,",2.0
"Where, yet we see Astonishment revealed,",1.0
Though by the Aged often it's concealed;,2.0
"Who the Emotions of their Souls disguise,",1.0
Lest by admiring they should seem less Wise.,3.0
Whose Blindness almost strikes the Poet dumb;,1.0
"And while She vainly to Describe thee seeks,",1.0
"The Pen but traces, where the Pencil speaks.",0.0
"Of Darkness to be felt, our Scriptures write,",1.0
As Night it self were sunk into thy Veins:,0.0
"Nor by the Eyes alone thy Loss we find,",1.0
And failing seem all Parts through One important Want.,1.0
"O! mighty RAPHAEL, justly sure renowned!",6.0
Since in thy Works such Excellence is found;,1.0
Who thus can paint the Negatives of Life;,1.0
"And Deprivation more expressive make,",0.0
"Than the most perfect Draughts, which Others take.",2.0
"In some, Amazement by Extremes is shown,",1.0
"Who viewing his closed Lids, extend their Own.",2.0
"Nor can, by that, enough their Thoughts express,",1.0
Which opening Mouths seem ready to confess.,4.0
"Enfeebled seem their Instruments of smart,",1.0
When keener Words can swifter Ills impart.,0.0
"Thou, BARNABAS, though Last, not least our Care,",1.0
"Acknowledging the Omnipotent Decree,",4.0
Yet soft Compassion in thy Face we see:,0.0
"While lifted Hands implore a kind Relief,",0.0
Though no Impatience animates thy Grief;,0.0
"But mild Suspense and Charity benign,",1.0
Do all the excesses of thy Looks confine.,5.0
"Thus far, our slow Imagination goes:",1.0
"Expand the Scene, and open to our Sight",1.0
What to his nicer Judgement gives Delight;,0.0
"Nor owns a Relish, but for Things sublime:",1.0
"Then, would the Piece fresh Beauties still present,",1.0
Nor Length of Time would leave the Eye content:,0.0
"As Moments, Hours; as Hours the Days would seem,",0.0
"Observing here, taught to observe by HIM.",2.0
WHAT Pictures now shall wanton Fancy bring?,0.0
And sinks supine in Winter's frozen Arms.,0.0
But northern Breezes whistle through the Sky.,1.0
But the froze Crystal wraps the leafless Spray:,2.0
"Brown look the Meadows, that were late so fine,",2.0
And caped with Ice the distant Mountains shine;,0.0
"The silent Linnet views the gloomy Sky,",0.0
"Skulks to his Hawthorn, nor attempts to fly:",2.0
Then heavy Clouds send down the feathered Snow;,2.0
"The Shepherd sighs, but not his Sighs prevail;",0.0
To the soft Snow succeeds the rushing Hail;,2.0
And these white Prospects soon resign their room,2.0
Shun the cold Rains and bless the kinder Snow;,3.0
"While the faint Travellers around them see,",3.0
Here Seas of Mud and there a leafless Tree:,1.0
"No budding Leaves nor Honeysuckles gay,",1.0
"The Lark sits mournful as afraid to rise,",2.0
And the sad Finch his softer Song denies.,2.0
Who to her Sighs return a mournful Low;,0.0
And her sharp Nose hangs dropping over the Pail.,6.0
"With Garments trickling like a shallow Spring,",0.0
"And his wet Locks all twisted in a String,",2.0
And rails at Win'fred creeping over the Fire.,2.0
"Say gentle Muses, say, is this a Time",2.0
"While the chilled Blood, that hath forgot to glide,",3.0
Steals through its Channels in a lazy Tide:,0.0
"And how can Phoebus, who the Muse refines,",1.0
Smooth the dull Numbers when he seldom shines.,3.0
The strain of empty joy. ' --  Life and its joys,2.0
"This solemn hour, when Silence rules the world,",0.0
And wearied Nature makes a general pause!,0.0
"With silent glance, I seek the shadowy vale",2.0
Of Death. ' --  Deep in a murky cave's recess,1.0
By shelving rocks and intermingled horrors,0.0
Of yew' and cypress' shade from all intrusion,0.0
"At his right hand, nearest himself in place",3.0
With fatal industry and cruel care,1.0
And tipping every shaft with venom drawn,0.0
From her infernal store: around him ranged,1.0
In terrible array and strange diversity,2.0
"Of uncouth shapes, stand his dread Ministers:",5.0
"Foremost Old Age, his natural ally",2.0
"And firmest friend: next him diseases thick,",1.0
A motley train; Fever with cheek of fire;,5.0
"Consumption won; Palsy, half warm with life,",6.0
"In darkness, and the Sickness that destroys",1.0
"Horrid to tell, attentive wait; and, when",2.0
"Sudden rush forth to execute his purpose,",3.0
And scatter desolation over the Earth.,2.0
"Of Misery wait, and mark their future prey!",2.0
This Creature Man? why wake the unconscious dust,3.0
If this the Lot of Being! ' --  Was it for this,3.0
Thy Breath divine kindled within his breast,5.0
The vital flame? For this was thy fair image,3.0
For this dominion given him absolute,3.0
"Over all thy creatures, only that he might reign",0.0
Supreme in woe? From the blessed source of Good,2.0
Could Pain and Death proceed? Could such foul Ills,1.0
The impious thought! God never made a Creature,3.0
But what was good. He made a living Man:,0.0
The Man of Death was made by Man himself.,0.0
"Forth from his Maker's hands he sprung to life,",0.0
"Fresh with immortal bloom; No pain he knew,",3.0
"No fear of death, no cheque to his desires",3.0
Save one command. That one command which stood,3.0
"Betwixt him and ruin, the test of his obedience,",4.0
Urged on by wanton curiosity,1.0
He broke. ' --  There in one moment was undone,1.0
The fairest of God's works. The same rash hand,3.0
"That plucked in evil hour the fatal fruit,",0.0
And Death and all the family of Pain,1.0
To prey upon Mankind. Young Nature saw,2.0
"The monstrous crew, and shook through all her frame.",0.0
"The troubled air, and formed a veil of clouds",0.0
That wont before with admiration fond,0.0
"To gaze at Man, and fearless crowd around him,",0.0
"Now fled before his face, shunning in haste",6.0
"The infection of his misery. He alone,",5.0
"Who justly might, the offended Lord of Man,",2.0
"Turned not away his face, he full of pity",1.0
"That best, that greatest comfort in affliction",0.0
"The countenance of God, and through the gloom",2.0
"Shot forth some kindly gleams, to cheer and warm",1.0
The offender's sinking soul. Hope sent from Heaven,6.0
A happier scene of things; the Promised Seed,2.0
"Trampling upon the Serpent's humbled crest,",2.0
"Death of his sting disarmed, and the dank grave",1.0
No more the limit but the gate of life.,1.0
"Cheered with the view, Man went to till the ground",2.0
From whence he rose; sentenced indeed to toil,5.0
"As to a punishment, yet even in wrath",3.0
So merciful is Heaven this toil became,1.0
"The solace of his woes, the sweet employ",1.0
Against disease and Death. ' --  Death though denounced,2.0
"Was yet a distant Ill, by feeble arm",0.0
"Of Age, his sole support, led slowly on.",2.0
"Not then, as since, the short-lived sons of men",1.0
Flocked to his realms in countless multitudes;,0.0
Scarce in the course of twice five hundred years,1.0
One solitary ghost went shivering down,2.0
"Through the sequestered vale of rural life,",1.0
The venerable Patriarch guileless held,7.0
The tenor of his way; Labour prepared,2.0
"His simple fare, and Temperance ruled his board.",0.0
He sunk to sudden rest; gentle and pure,5.0
As breath of evening Zephyr and as sweet,1.0
"Alert and vigorous as He, to run",2.0
"He stemmed the tide of time, and stood the shock",0.0
Of ages rolling harmless over his head.,2.0
"At life's meridian point arrived, he stood,",2.0
And looking round saw all the valleys filled,1.0
"To leave his race thus scattered over the Earth,",3.0
Along the gentle slope of life's decline,0.0
"He bent his gradual way, till full of years",2.0
He dropped like mellow fruit into his grave.,0.0
"Such in the infancy of time was Man,",1.0
"So calm was life, so impotent was Death.",1.0
"OH had he but preserved these few remains,",1.0
"These shattered fragments of lost happiness,",3.0
Snatched by the hand of heaven from the sad wreck,1.0
"Great even in ruin; though fallen, yet not forlorn;",7.0
"Though mortal, yet not every where beset",0.0
"With Death in every shape! But He, impatient",1.0
"Brought Death into the world, And Man himself",1.0
And multiplied destruction on mankind.,2.0
"Her hands in blood, and taught the Sons of Men",0.0
"To make a Death which Nature never made,",0.0
"And God abhorred, with violence rude to break",2.0
"The thread of life ere half its length was run,",1.0
And rob a wretched brother of his being.,1.0
"With joy Ambition saw, and soon improved",0.0
"By subtle fraud to snatch a single life,",0.0
"To sat the lust of power; more horrid still,",2.0
"Became its boast. ' --  One Murder made a Villain,",0.0
Millions a Hero. ' --  Princes were privileged,4.0
Ah! why will Kings forget that they are Men?,1.0
And Men that they are brothers? Why delight,1.0
In human sacrifice? Why burst the ties,0.0
"Of Nature, that should knit their souls together",0.0
In one soft bond of amity and love?,4.0
"Yet still they breathe destruction, still go on",2.0
"New pains for life, new terrors for the grave,",3.0
Of universal Empire growing up,1.0
"From universal ruin. ' --  Blast the design,",2.0
"Great God of Hosts, nor let thy creatures fall",1.0
"Yet say, should Tyrants learn at last to feel,",0.0
And the loud din of battle cease to roar;,2.0
"Her olive branch, and give the world repose,",0.0
"Would Death be foiled? Would health, and strength, and youth",0.0
"Defy his power? Has he no arts in store,",2.0
No other shafts save those of war? ' --  Alas!,3.0
"Even in the smile of Peace, that smile which sheds",0.0
"A heavenly sunshine over the soul, there basks",5.0
Peace its ten thousands: In the embattled plain,5.0
"Though Death exults, and claps his raven wings,",0.0
"Yet reigns he not even there so absolute,",1.0
"So merciless, as in yonder frantic scenes",1.0
"Of midnight revel and tumultuous mirth,",5.0
"Where, in the intoxicating draught concealed,",1.0
"Or couched beneath the glance of lawless Love,",0.0
Means to be blessed ' --  But finds himself undone.,0.0
Down the smooth stream of life the Stripling darts,2.0
"Gay as the morn; bright glows the vernal sky,",1.0
"Hope swells his sails, and Fancy steers his course;",1.0
Safe glides his little bark along the shore,1.0
Where Virtue takes her stand; but if too far,1.0
"He launches forth beyond Discretion's mark,",0.0
"Blot his fair day, and plunge him in the deep.",3.0
To lie like gallant Howe mid Indian wilds,4.0
"A breathless corpse, cut off by savage hands",2.0
"In earliest prime, a generous sacrifice",4.0
To Freedom's holy cause; than so to fail,1.0
"Tern immature from life's meridian joys,",3.0
"Yet die even thus, thus rather perish still,",2.0
"You Sons of Pleasure, by the Almighty stricken,",3.0
"Than ever dare though oft, alas! you dare",0.0
"To lift against yourselves the murderous steel,",2.0
"To wrest from God's own hand the sword of Justice,",0.0
"Through every region of delight, nor left",1.0
"One joy to gild the evening of thy days,",1.0
"Though life seem one uncomfortable void,",3.0
"Guilt at thy heels, before thy face despair,",0.0
"Yet gay this scene, and light this load of woe,",0.0
"Compared with thy hereafter. Think, OH think,",2.0
"And ere thou plunge into the vast abyss,",0.0
"Pause on the verge awhile, look down and see",2.0
Thy future mansion. ' --  Why that start of horror?,0.0
From thy slack hand why drops the uplifted steel?,4.0
"The wretch, that with his crimes all fresh about him",1.0
"Rushes irreverent, unprepared, uncalled,",4.0
"Into his Maker's presence, throwing back",0.0
With insolent disdain his choicest gift?,1.0
"Live then, while Heaven in pity lends thee life,",0.0
And think it all too short to wash away,1.0
The scarlet of thy crimes. So shalt thou find,1.0
"Death when he comes, not wantonly invite",1.0
His lingering stroke. Be it thy sole concern,1.0
"With innocence to live, with patience wait",1.0
"The appointed hour; too soon that hour will come,",5.0
"Though Nature run her course; But Nature's God,",0.0
"Without thy aid, can shorten that short span,",1.0
"And quench the lamp of life. ' --  OH when he comes,",1.0
Roused by the cry of wickedness extreme,1.0
To Heaven ascending from some guilty land,1.0
Now ripe for vengeance; when he comes arrayed,1.0
In all the terrors of Almighty wrath;,1.0
"Forth from his bosom plucks his lingering Arm,",0.0
And on the miscreants pours destruction down!,4.0
Who can abide his coming? Who can bear,1.0
His whole displeasure? In no common form,1.0
"Death then appears, but starting into Size",1.0
"Enormous, measures with gigantic stride",1.0
"The astonished Earth, and from his looks throws round",3.0
All Nature lends her aid. Each Element,1.0
"Arms in his cause. Open fly the doors of Heaven,",6.0
"The fountains of the deep their barriers break,",3.0
"Above, below, the rival torrents pour,",0.0
"And drown Creation, or in floods of fire",1.0
"Descends a livid cataract, and consumes",3.0
"An impious race. ' --  Sometime when all seems peace,",4.0
"Wakes the grim whirlwind, and with rude embrace",1.0
"Sweeps nations to their grave, or in the deep",2.0
On some sad desert shore! ' --  At dead of night,1.0
In sullen silence stalks forth Pestilence:,2.0
Contagion close behind taints all her steps,1.0
No sound is heard; but soon her secret path,1.0
Is marked with desolation; heaps on heaps,0.0
"Promiscuous drop: No friend, no refuge near;",4.0
"All, all, is false and treacherous around,",1.0
"All that they touch, or taste, or breathe, is Death.",0.0
But ah! what means that ruinous roar? why fail,2.0
These tottering feet? ' --  Earth to its centre feels,2.0
"Through all its pillars, and in every poor,",1.0
"Precipitating domes, and towns, and towers,",0.0
The work of ages. Crushed beneath the weight,0.0
"Of general devastation, millions find",0.0
One common grave; not even a widow left,2.0
"To wail her sons: the house, that should protect,",0.0
"If there he flies for help, with sudden yawn",1.0
"Starts from beneath him. ' --  Shield me, gracious Heaven!",2.0
"OH snatch me from destruction! If this Globe,",3.0
"This solid Globe, which thine own hand hath made",1.0
"So firm and sure, if this my steps betray;",1.0
If my own mother Earth from whence I sprung,1.0
Rise up with rage unnatural to devour,3.0
"Her wretched offspring, whither shall I fly?",1.0
From horrors such as these! ' --  At thy good time,1.0
Let Death approach; I reck not ' --  let him but come,1.0
"In genuine form, not with thy vengeance armed,",2.0
Too much for Man to bear. OH rather lend,1.0
"Thy kindly aid to mitigate his stroke,",0.0
"And at that hour when all aghast I stand,",0.0
"A trembling Candidate for thy compassion,",2.0
"On this World's brink, and look into the next;",2.0
When my soul starting from the dark unknown,3.0
"Casts back a wishful look, and fondly clings",1.0
"To her frail prop, unwilling to be wrenched",3.0
"And all the lovely relatives of life,",1.0
Then shed thy comforts over me; then put on,1.0
The gentlest of thy looks. Let no dark Crimes,3.0
In all their hideous forms then starting up,3.0
"Plant themselves round my couch in grim array,",0.0
"Sense of past guilt, and dread of future woe.",3.0
"Far be the ghastly crew! and in their stead,",0.0
Let cheerful Memory from her purest cells,2.0
Lead forth a goodly train of Virtues fair,1.0
"Cherished in earliest youth, now paying back",5.0
"With tenfold usury the pious care,",2.0
And pouring over my wounds the heavenly balm,4.0
"Of conscious innocence. ' --  But chiefly, Thou,",2.0
"To bleed for Man, to teach him how to live,",1.0
"And, o! still harder Lesson! how to die,",3.0
Disdain not Thou to smooth the restless bed,1.0
Of Sickness and of Pain. ' --  Forgive the tear,1.0
"That feeble Nature drops, calm all her fears,",1.0
"Wake all her hopes, and animate her faith,",0.0
Till my rapt Soul anticipating Heaven,2.0
"Springs into Liberty, and Light, and Life.",3.0
"A mind unmoved by every vulgar fear,",0.0
In a false world that dares to be sincere;,3.0
Wise without art; without ambition great;,2.0
"Though firm, yet pliant; active, though sedate;",1.0
"With all the richest stores of Learning fraught,",0.0
Yet better still by native Prudence taught;,0.0
Can pity frailties it could never feel;,1.0
"That, when Misfortune sued, never sought to know",4.0
"What sect, what party, whether friend or foe;",0.0
"That, fixed on equal Virtue's temperate laws,",0.0
"Despises calumny, and shuns applause;",1.0
Would for another think this praise designed.,1.0
"In vain, with mimic Skill, my Pencil tries",0.0
"To paint the Life, that sparkles in those Eyes.",0.0
"What Art, what Rules of Symmetry can trace",1.0
"That Air of Wit, that Bloom, and modest Grace?",0.0
What soft Degrees of Shade or Light express,0.0
"The inward Worth, those speaking Looks confess?",0.0
"It's more than Beauty here, that charms the Sight,",0.0
And gives our Souls an elegant Delight:,1.0
"Were Virtue seen to mortal Eyes, she'd wear",0.0
"Those peaceful Smiles, and that engaging Air.",0.0
WHat if serenely blessed with Calms I swam,1.0
Not all the wealth that lavish Chance could give,0.0
My soul from Death could one short Hour reprieve.,2.0
When from my Heart the wandering Life must move,2.0
No Cordial all my useless Gold could prove.,1.0
"What though I plunged in Joys so deep and wide,",0.0
If I for an uncertain Lease of this,2.0
Sold the fair hopes of an eternal bliss?,4.0
What if invested with the Royal State,2.0
"Of dazzling Queens, adored by Kings I sat?",0.0
Yet when my trembling Soul's dislodged would be,0.0
No Room of State within the Grave for me.,1.0
Should promise many a flattering Year to come:,4.0
Advancing Time would all its Glory mar.,0.0
"What if the Muses loudly sang my Fame,",0.0
The barren Mountains echoing with my Name?,1.0
An envious puff might blast the rising Pride.,2.0
And all its bright conspicuous Lustre hide.,2.0
If over my Relics Monuments they raise,3.0
"And fill the World with Flattery, or with Praise,",1.0
"What would they all avail, if sink I must,",0.0
"My Soul to endless shades, my Body to the dust?",1.0
As musing pensive in my silent home,0.0
"I hear far off the sullen ocean's roar,",2.0
"Where the rude wave just sweeps the level shore,",3.0
"Or bursts upon the rocks with whitening foam,",0.0
I think upon the scenes my life has known;,0.0
"On days of sorrow, and some hours of joy;",1.0
Both which alike time could so soon destroy!,2.0
And now they seem a busy dream alone;,0.0
While on the earth exists no single trace,1.0
"Of all that shook my agitated soul,",0.0
As on the beach new waves for ever roll,2.0
And fill their past forgotten brother's place:,0.0
"But I, like the worn sand, exposed remain",3.0
To each new storm which frets the angry main.,1.0
"From too exalted, or too mean a State:",2.0
"For in both these, we may expect to find",1.0
"A creeping Spirit, or a haughty Mind.",1.0
"Who moves within the Middle Region, shares",0.0
"Let her Extraction with true Lustre shine,",4.0
"If something brighter, not too bright for thine.",1.0
"Her Education liberal, not great,",1.0
"Neither Inferior, nor above her State.",5.0
"Let her have Wit, but let that Wit be free",0.0
"From Affectation, Pride, and Pedantry:",1.0
"Too little is as dangerous, as too much.",3.0
Unless where yours does to a Fault incline.,0.0
"The least Disparity in this destroys,",2.0
"Her Person amiable, strait, and free",1.0
"From natural, or chance Deformity.",2.0
"Let not her Years exceed, if equal thine,",1.0
"Her Fortune competent, and if thy Sight",2.0
"Can reach so far, take care it's gathered right.",1.0
Do not aspire to Riches in excess;,0.0
"For that which makes our Lives delightful prove,",0.0
"Is a genteel Sufficiency, and Love.",2.0
"And fanning zephyrs among the branches play,",2.0
"Where varied beauties deck the verdant groves,",0.0
Let us recount the storey of our loves.,3.0
"Say, dear Almeda, why this pensive mood,",1.0
The cause of this to Flavia I'll reveal:,4.0
It is a youth whose power I can't conceal.,3.0
When artful Cupid gave the killing dart.,0.0
Nor access find to my enraptured breast;,2.0
And spend my hours in sighs till he return.,1.0
You kindle into rapture at his name;,0.0
"Be wise in time, and guard against a flame,",0.0
"Which cherished, hopeless, will your charms efface,",1.0
And rob your features of each blooming grace.,1.0
"The softening charms and pleasing art of love,",0.0
"Witness you rural walks and verdant vales,",2.0
"While he, unskilled in flattery, did impart,",3.0
"In flowing strains, the dictates of his heart.",2.0
"Blind was my passion, long it bore the sway,",0.0
Suppressed at last by the enlivening ray,3.0
"To my relief, in an auspicious hour,",2.0
With opened eyes I did the charmer view;,0.0
"Deaf to his accents, from his presence flew.",1.0
"Observe, my precepts are with prudence fraught,",2.0
Bid southern breezes ever cease to blow;,1.0
"Say to the flowers, no more your fragrance yield,",0.0
Nor Crees crown with joy the fertile field;,2.0
"Bid Phoebus cease to gild the opening morn,",3.0
And Cynthia be of all her beauty shorn:,1.0
Would these obedient as thy vassals prove?,2.0
"No more can I, dear Flavia, cease to love.",6.0
"A youth possessed of every moving art,",0.0
"When he appears, to cheer the drooping plain,",1.0
"And when in softest strains he tunes his lay,",0.0
"Each shepherd, envious, throws his lute away.",2.0
"In him all radiant virtues are combined,",1.0
True greatness centres in a humble mind;,1.0
Firm fortitude and soft compassion rest.,1.0
"Nor can the gods on mortals more bestow,",1.0
A bright example of their works below.,1.0
"I may be silent, but can't love him less.",3.0
"Enough is said, Almeda dear, to prove",0.0
No fault is seen in those we truly love.,2.0
"The son of Venus, by a magic art,",1.0
Extremely happy in their own mistake.,0.0
"Yet never by the youth have wounded been,",1.0
"Yet were he, as you paint him, thus complete,",1.0
"Sure young men's minds still subject are to change,",2.0
Though from our plains he were not doomed to range.,2.0
"A change of scenes may, with distorted brows,",1.0
Pour swift contempt on all your former vows.,1.0
"But let indifference lodge within your breast,",0.0
"The more his charms, the surer he'll succeed",1.0
"Among powerful rivals, whom you now may dread.",5.0
"I know his charms the gentlest dame might move,",2.0
But he'll admit no rival in his love:,2.0
"My image still remains within his breast,",0.0
True to that hour I first my love confessed.,0.0
"Diffuse into my heart its soft relief,",0.0
Dispel my fears and dissipate my grief.,0.0
"I'll say the youth, for me by heaven designed,",1.0
"So smoothly shall the seasons glide along,",0.0
"Then shall my pleasure as my love abound,",1.0
"So may you sing, and sigh your years away,",1.0
"With flattering hope, perched on the feeble spray",2.0
"Of such as would essay your love to gain,",1.0
"Till his own choice, or some disaster show,",1.0
Your promised pleasures vanished like the snow.,0.0
"Your charms are fled, no lover then in view,",1.0
The paths of discontent you will pursue.,2.0
"Or for Alonzo sigh when it's too late,",2.0
And with reluctance meet your destined fate.,1.0
This will your slighted lovers laugh to see,1.0
Almeda then a maiden old will be.,0.0
"The paths you paint I will not tread alone,",1.0
While Flavia lives I shall be sure of one.,2.0
"Then hand in hand we'll smooth the rugged way,",0.0
"Why should we sigh? In smiles we will contend,",1.0
And laugh at what we have no power to mend.,3.0
"Should fate deprive me of my darling swain,",1.0
"Some braver youth perhaps may grace the plain,",0.0
"And make me happy by the nuptial band,",1.0
When cheerfully he gives his heart and hand.,1.0
I'll call my own sad destiny the best.,2.0
"I'll bliss the fate I oft have sought to shun,",0.0
And scorn the fool who would to wedlock run.,1.0
See Nature now in contrast with thy grief;,2.0
"Their notes are cheerful, nor with sighs depressed;",1.0
In his absence it's painful to live.,4.0
And Almeda will ever be true.,4.0
AH! Bright Unknown! you know not what you ask!,0.0
Angels would bend beneath the unequal Task.,4.0
Who would not leap Life's Barriers to be there?,2.0
"Yet see a Glimpse, all, Heaven permits to see,",0.0
And learn the rest from Faith and Ecstasy.,1.0
"The Paradise of God, those happy seats which cost",0.0
Far more than that fair Eden we have lost;,2.0
"Exceeds luxuriant Fancies richest dress,",2.0
Where Father Adam with his Newborn Bride,1.0
"Walked careless, walked and loved, nor Want, nor Sin,",1.0
"Nor jealous Rage, nor cursed tormenting Hopes",1.0
Their Sacred Verge approaching could we pierce,0.0
"As the blind Bard, with intellectual sight",4.0
"Through those first happy Mortals Sylvan shade,",2.0
With generous Juice invited the blessed Pair,4.0
"To taste, nor fear to die; were all the Springs",0.0
That from some easy Mountains mossy side,0.0
"Or hoary Rock ran gently murmuring,",2.0
"A thousand Flour's upon the bending Banks,",0.0
"A thousand Birds upon the fragrant Trees,",0.0
"And Eve her self all smiling joined the Quire,",0.0
With blissful Hymns of chaste and holy Love,0.0
Were these and more united to compose,2.0
"A Barren Wilderness, nay worse, a World.",2.0
"' --  Not Reasons self, a Ray of the divine",1.0
"In sinful mortal mould, although it trace,",1.0
"And builds on Sense with well poised Argument,",2.0
"Not that can tell us what we there shall see,",1.0
"Or have or know, or do, or ever be.",0.0
"Nay though with nobler Faiths more perfect Glass,",2.0
"We look beyond the Crystal starry Worlds,",0.0
"And from Life's dungeon wish the glimmering Light,",4.0
"Coasters of Heaven we beat along the shore,",2.0
"Some Creeks and Landmarks found, but know no more.",2.0
"The glorious City of the eternal King,",5.0
"Yet of celestial Growth we bear away,",1.0
"Some rich immortal Fruit, Joy, Peace and Love,",1.0
"Knowledge and Praise, Vision and pure Delight,",4.0
"There, there is Heaven, it's he who makes it so,",2.0
"The Soul can hold no more, for God is all,",1.0
"He only equals its capacious Grasp,",1.0
"He only over fills to spaces infinite,",1.0
Ah! who can follow? ' --  That shall only those,1.0
Who with intrepid Breasts the World oppose.,1.0
"Tear out the glittering Snake, though never so close it twine,",4.0
And part with mortal Joys for Joys Divine.,0.0
"BESIDE a spreading elm, from whose high boughs",1.0
"Like knotted tufts the crow's light dwelling shows,",1.0
"And sleepy Comrade in the sun is laid,",1.0
More grateful to the cur than neighbouring shade:,3.0
And leaned upon his flail in thoughtful mood.,0.0
"His ruddy cheeks that wear their deepest hue,",0.0
"A careful lad, nor slack at labour, show.",0.0
"Nor scraping chickens chirping in the straw,",0.0
"Nor croaking rook overhead, nor chattering daw,",5.0
"Nor grunting sow that in the furrow feeds,",0.0
Nor sudden breeze that stirs the quaking leaves,0.0
"And makes disturbance among the scattered sheaves,",2.0
"At early milking over the meadow born,",3.0
The neatest maid that ever in linen gown,2.0
Bore cream and butter to the market town;,2.0
The tightest lass that ever at wake or fair,2.0
"Since Easter last had Robin's heart possessed,",0.0
And many a time disturbed his nightly rest.,2.0
"Full oft returning from the loosened plough,",2.0
"He slacked his pace, and knit his careful brow;",0.0
Would muse with arms across at cooling door.,0.0
"His mind thus bent, with downcast eyes he stood,",2.0
His soul over many a soft remembrance ran,4.0
And muttering to himself the youth began.,3.0
Ah! happy is the man whose early lot,1.0
Hath made him master of a furnished cot;,1.0
"Who trains the vine that round his window grows,",0.0
And after setting sun his garden hoes;,0.0
"Whose wattled pales his own enclosure shield,",0.0
"Wherever he goes, to church or market town,",2.0
"With more respect he and his dog are known,",1.0
"And takes each tempting gewgaw in his hands,",0.0
"And buys at will or ribbons, gloves, or beads,",1.0
And willing partners to the green he leads:,1.0
"And o! secure from toils that cumber life,",1.0
He makes the maid he loves an easy wife.,0.0
"And share his lot, whatever the chances be,",3.0
Who hath no dower but love to fix on thee?,1.0
"I pulled the blossoms from the bending tree,",1.0
And some to Susan gave and some to thee;,0.0
"Thine were the fairest, and thy smiling eye",2.0
"The difference marked, and guessed the reason why.",0.0
"When on that holiday we rambling strayed,",0.0
And passed Old Hodge's cottage in the glade;,1.0
I wished the Cot and Nelly made for me;,0.0
"And well, methought, thy very eyes revealed,",4.0
"When, artful, once I sought my love to tell,",0.0
"And spoke to thee of one who loved thee well,",1.0
Yet secret pleasure in thy looks I spied.,0.0
"Now at a distance on the neighbouring plain,",3.0
"With creaking wheels slow comes the harvest wain,",1.0
"High on its shaking load a maid appears,",0.0
"Over field and fence he scours, and furrow wide,",2.0
"While tracks of trodden grain and tangled hay,",0.0
"Though the ripe fig, pride of the garden gay,",1.0
Touched by the sun's too fervid beam decay;,1.0
"Though fairer vines the raging whirlwind blast,",1.0
And olives useless on the heap are cast;,1.0
"Yet still to Thee, Jehovah! Power supreme!",3.0
"My guide, my only hope, and constant theme!",0.0
"I lisp the feeble strain, and bow the knee,",0.0
And own incessant Strength belongs to Thee!,0.0
"OH let thy Love with rapture fill my breast,",1.0
"At this lone hour, when Nature silent lies,",3.0
"And Cynthia, solemn, aids the rising scene,",2.0
"And, listless, drops his galling chain to earth;",0.0
"OH! let swift Fancy plume her ruffled wing,",2.0
"Where thy mild form, relaxed in guiltless sleep,",3.0
"Forgets to think, to feel; may dreams of bliss",0.0
"Lull thy soft sense, nor paint the scene of woe,",3.0
"I lately told; think not my spirit near,",1.0
"Light airy shade, that would elude thine eye,",1.0
"And shrink to nothing, conscious of thy worth.",1.0
"Invoke thy Muse, and hail thy song sublime.",0.0
"Great Queen of Sorrows, in majestic weed,",1.0
"Lend me her pen, and guide my rustic hand,",0.0
"To draw soft pity from the Tragic Tale,",2.0
Where goading misery drives her ploughshare deep;,2.0
Teach me to paint the tremors of the soul,1.0
"In sorrow's deepest tints; assist the sigh,",0.0
That eye where pity tips the pointed beam,0.0
With treble softness ' --  O! that eye is hers.,1.0
"The hoary hermit, chilled by frigid rules,",0.0
"And dies an age that he may live for ever,",1.0
"Would sudden stop, forgetful of the past,",1.0
"Nor heed the future, listening to her song;",1.0
"Her song, least part, her soaring spirit shares",1.0
"An early Heaven, anticipates her bliss,",0.0
And basks in suns that never warmed the earth;,0.0
"Newtonian systems lag her rapid flight,",2.0
"And, eager, grasps creations yet to be.",0.0
"You busy World! what are your cobweb toils,",2.0
"To raise a bubble, which in air dissolves;",0.0
"You toil an age to grasp the shining dust,",0.0
"Death trips your heels, you throw it to the wind:",2.0
"She'll teach thy eye in mental maze to creep,",0.0
"Timid and trembling, to explore the past;",3.0
"Alarmed by her, the monitor within",2.0
"Shall aid thy search, and bring thyself to view.",0.0
Examine deep; that secret arbitrator,0.0
"That deeply gores the breast for meals eternal,",0.0
"Still struggle, restless; sink to depths profound,",1.0
Nor ever own a thought beneath immortal;,0.0
"As such Jehovah views thee in the dust,",1.0
As such he'll waft thee to the plains of Heaven.,2.0
"What's Death? Like infants sick of senseless toys,",0.0
We sink to rest ' --  awake to love and joy;,0.0
"Who lived to virtue, and who owned a God.",1.0
"But, ah! too daring theme ' --  Stella, assist!",6.0
"My humble spirit waits your social hand,",0.0
Whose friendly beckon points to realms of bliss;,0.0
"See, Stella soars, nor heeds my plaintive note,",1.0
And bids me fix where Science never dawned;,0.0
"Hard, hard command! and yet I will obey;",2.0
"Unaided, unassisted, will deplore",1.0
"That learning, Heaven's best gift, is lost to me.",3.0
Like the poor beetle creep my hours away;,2.0
"The journey closed, I shoot the gulf unknown,",0.0
"To find a home, perhaps ' --  a long lost mother.",1.0
And tear each fibre of my bursting heart.,1.0
"Ah! dear supporter of my infant mind,",1.0
Whose nobler precept bade my soul aspire,2.0
To more than tinsel joy; the filial tear,2.0
Shall drop for thee when pleasure loudest calls.,1.0
"Rose high with wildest roar; no voice was heard,",2.0
"For see, from the dark caverns of the deep,",3.0
Their grisly forms arise; the crown of Death,0.0
Shone horribly resplendent. See! they seize,2.0
Which hourly met their grasp: Ah! spare her yet.,0.0
"Quick let me clasp her to my panting heart,",2.0
And bear her swiftly over the beating wave.,2.0
"My feeble arm; inexorable Death,",2.0
"Why wilt thou tear her from me? O! she dies,",1.0
Though V' -- 's dear name had lent a feeble glow,4.0
"To her pale cheek, ' --  she owns him, and expires.",3.0
"Tremendous stroke! this is thy pastime, Fate:",2.0
"If shrinking atoms thus thy vengeance feel,",0.0
What the grand stroke of final dissolution?,3.0
"Believe me, gentle friend, I could complain;",0.0
"When Heaven afflicts, none should oppose the plea,",1.0
For who shall hold the arm that thus has wrecked me?,0.0
"Despair never heard, but loathing left the soul;",4.0
Dire fiend! whom sounds of joy could never allure;,2.0
Beyond the gloomy chambers of the grave;,1.0
"Speak loudly to my late corrected soul,",2.0
That sure reward awaits the blameless mind;,0.0
"Else will I give the strenuous struggle over,",2.0
"Deny a V' --  as delegate of Heaven,",0.0
"Throw up your Angel mind, as painted shade,",0.0
"Or notion strong from early precept caught,",1.0
And this side Jordan every hope shall fix:,2.0
"Nor will I lose, thus humbled as I am,",3.0
"Not worth completion, or the Artist's hand,",1.0
To add a something more. Such is the mind,1.0
And bid it pant for more than earthly bliss.,0.0
Then show Heaven's opening glories to my eyes;,4.0
"Which pierced old Chaos to his depth profound,",2.0
While all his native horrors stood revealed.,0.0
"Yet more I ask ' --  Ah, Stella! aid my pen",0.0
"To paint the grateful rapture, to describe",1.0
"How the big heart, exulting, scarcely beats,",2.0
And joy too vast oppresses all the frame!,1.0
And all her slackened faculties relax.,1.0
"Thought hardly dares to touch it; softening time,",1.0
"And frequent pauses, give it strength of growth,",0.0
"Even to oppression. O, delightful pain!",2.0
My soul wants firm support. The gloomy joy,1.0
"Has lost its relish; grand mistake of fools,",0.0
In sullen self absorbed! Lo! far estranged,1.0
"Where riches blazed upon a murky soul,",0.0
And served to light its errors to the world;,1.0
"And, hardening by encounter, deep I sunk",1.0
"Abstracted ' --  Scorn and Silence led the way,",1.0
No matter whither: ' --  The too gaudy Sun,3.0
Shines not for me; no bed of Nature yields,4.0
Her varied sweets; no music wakes the grove;,1.0
Its tender stalk to cheer my coming hour;,0.0
"That heart which once had joined the laughing train,",0.0
Nor once suspected thus to feel the gripe,0.0
To agonies more exquisite than Death;,2.0
"That is ' --  to live. OH, Nature! shriek no more,",2.0
I have no answer for thy thrilling voice;,2.0
"Go, melt the soul, less frozen in her powers,",2.0
And bid her weep over miseries not her own;,4.0
"Hold up the fainting babe who sighs its wants,",0.0
Which age and woe bend tremulous to earth;,2.0
"Whose lamp, now quivering in the socket, calls",2.0
"In haste for aid, never finds it, and goes out.",3.0
"Plead thou for those, but never talk of aid",1.0
"For miseries like mine, which mock relief.",2.0
"Thus desperately I reasoned, madly talked ' --",2.0
"Thus horrid as I was, of rugged growth,",3.0
"She feels what Nature taught; I, wilder far,",0.0
Opposed her dictates ' --  but my panting soul,2.0
"Now shivers in the agony of change,",2.0
As insects tremble in the doubtful hour,1.0
"Of various tints, its fondly cherished pride;",2.0
"Stella, how strong thy gentle argument!",3.0
"By the convinced, I scorn the iron lore,",1.0
In thy mild rhetoric dwells a social love,4.0
"Beyond my wild conceptions, optics false!",0.0
Through which I falsely judged of polished life.,0.0
"This is the sullen curse of surly souls,",1.0
To disbelieve the virtues which they feel not.,1.0
"Ah, Stella! I'm a convert; thou hast tuned",2.0
My rusting powers to the bright strain of joy:,4.0
My chilled ideas quit their frozen pole,0.0
"Of blank Despair, and, gently ushered in",0.0
"By grateful Rapture, meet thy genial warmth:",0.0
"It's more than joy, or joy to an extreme;",1.0
"Then teach my honest heart to feel more faint,",0.0
"More moderate in her grateful change, or lend",0.0
"Fair Elocution, who the Mimic aids,",1.0
Yet in its wildness charming to excess,1.0
"To souls like thine, distasteful to the vain,",2.0
Who relish nothing honest; nothing love,0.0
"But flattering strains, tricked out with every art",2.0
"Of gaudy Eloquence, and trim Deceit.",1.0
"LET not that Day in circling Moments run,",0.0
When first these Eyes beheld the odious Sun:,2.0
"Let his gay Beams forsake the mourning Fields,",3.0
And starting backward roll his flaming Wheels;,0.0
"Let trembling Mortals gaze in vain for Light,",1.0
Cursed be the Day and doubly cursed the Night:,0.0
To the sad Skies be every Star denied;,2.0
"While scorching Plagues on quivering Meteors ride,",4.0
"Let the black Air no melting Music know,",4.0
But ring with Horror and Complaints of Woe:,1.0
"Through the grim Shade let grisly Terrors run,",4.0
And weeping Sorrows that abhor the Sun:,0.0
And dreadful Echos shake the hideous Gloom;,2.0
The lowering East pour down a lashing Storm;,2.0
Nor through her Gates admit the struggling Morn:,1.0
"Let the dark Hours no lively breaking see,",4.0
Because they gave these ceaseless Tears to me.,0.0
"As others have, alas! why could not I",0.0
"Yield my short Being, and an Infant die?",4.0
Why was a Mother's Care indulged to me?,0.0
And why supported on her friendly Knee?,1.0
"Why did I in her tender Bosom grow,",0.0
A fostered Subject of impending Woe?,1.0
This bleeding Heart would know no smarting Pain;,1.0
"Then lasting Sleep would seal my shaded Eyes,",0.0
Where frozen Pride and conquered Vengeance lies;,0.0
"There weary Slaves forgotten Rest may find,",0.0
And injured Orphans leave their Tears behind;,0.0
"Thrice happy Rest, OH why to me denied!",3.0
"Life still will hover round despairing Slaves,",1.0
"Who slight her Favours, and would court their Graves;",0.0
"Death gliding by us, shows his grizzly Charms;",2.0
But the coy Phantom mocks our reaching Arms:,2.0
"He flies the Dungeons of entreating Woe,",1.0
And strikes the Prosperous with unwelcome Blow:,3.0
"To blooming Youth his partial Arrows fly,",0.0
"To meet the fatal Shaft, and only wish to die.",0.0
"When Darkness sits as Regent of the Skies,",1.0
"And round my Bed redoubled Horrors rise,",0.0
Till Night grows hideous with my constant Cries:,2.0
"My tortured Limbs with ceaseless Pangs are torn,",0.0
But yet I live to see returning Morn:,0.0
"The piercing Sun thrusts in a spiteful Ray,",1.0
To wound my Eyelids with unwelcome Day.,2.0
"The Prince of Ills to every Wretch but me,",0.0
"Plays with the Torments of my struggling Heart,",2.0
And over my Bosom shakes his lingering Dart.,2.0
"OH! sacred Judge, when will thy Wrath be done?",2.0
Why do I live to scare the wondering Sun?,2.0
"Let not thy Mercy spare my wounded Clay,",0.0
And nourished only with continual Tears;,3.0
"Of pining Sickness and distorting Pain,",1.0
And wild Impatience leading on Despair.,1.0
Did I with Crimes profane my Days of Rest?,0.0
Did ever Presumption swell my rising Breast?,2.0
Did guilty Flame my tainted Soul surprise?,0.0
Or Snares of Beauty catch my wandering Eyes?,2.0
"If ever Injustice swelled my spreading Lands,",2.0
If ever Oppression stained my guiltless Hands;,2.0
"Then let my God his flaming Vengeance throw,",0.0
"Renew my Plagues, and double every Woe.",0.0
Did ever my Servants of their Lord complain?,3.0
Did humble Rhetoric ever plead in vain?,2.0
In vain to me did helpless Widows cry?,1.0
Or at my Gate neglected Orphans lie?,0.0
And with my own the fostered Infants grew.,1.0
Was ever my Portals barred against the Poor?,2.0
Did not the Stranger bless my friendly Door?,0.0
"Though cold and hungry in my Courts he mourned,",0.0
Joyful and full the smiling Wretch returned.,2.0
"When every Good obeyed my lordly Will,",1.0
Did I by Fraud my glittering Coffers fill?,2.0
Did I by Fraud increase the tempting Store?,0.0
Or dote too fondly on the shining Over?,2.0
Did restless Envy in my Bosom roll?,0.0
Or lurking Malice blot my tainted Soul?,0.0
"No ' --  this fond Heart has bled for distant Woe,",3.0
And learnt Compassion for a sinking Foe.,1.0
Did ever my Soul from its Creator run,3.0
"To painted Idols, or the beaming Sun?",1.0
"Or to the Moon my wavering Senses yield,",3.0
"Yet stay, presumptuous Wretch, nor urge too far",3.0
Thy doubtful Sentence at the dreadful Bar:,0.0
"What melting Rhetoric, or what potent Friend,",1.0
At Heaven's Tribunal shall thy Cause defend?,2.0
"Where smothered Evils, hid from mortal Eye,",0.0
"Thorns in his Path, and Labour on his Brow,",1.0
"Could he a vain Fantastic Nymph have seen,",0.0
"In all her Airs, in all her antic Graces,",0.0
"Her various Fashions, and more various Faces;",5.0
"How had it posed that Skill, which late assigned",0.0
Just Appellations to Each several Kind!,1.0
A right Idea of the Sight to frame;,1.0
"Thou! to whom nature variously imparts,",4.0
"The gift of conquering, and of keeping hearts,",1.0
"Smile on the lay ' --  nor deem the Tale too long,",1.0
"Which, but for Thee, had yet remained unsung.",1.0
So may some chosen Youth hereafter view,1.0
"All Rachel's Graces bloom in Thee anew,",1.0
"And love, like Jacob, tenderly and true.",1.0
"Far in the East, as Sacred Writ records,",0.0
"Dwelled Laban, rich in sundry flocks and herds;",1.0
"His dwellings large, and fertile was his land,",1.0
And numerous servants waited his command;,3.0
"The fruitful lawn, the hill, the levelled down,",1.0
"Far as the eye could stretch, were all his own:",0.0
"And where he journeyed, there he left a name.",1.0
"Two only Daughters to his age remained,",2.0
"And Leah one, and one was Rachel named.",2.0
Time had from Leah rifled every grace ' --,0.0
"But blooming beauty, dwelled on Rachel's face.",0.0
"She led the flocks, or tripped it to the fife",1.0
"When summer suns burned fiercely over their heads,",3.0
"Or when the merry pipe rejoiced the vale,",0.0
"Cheerful and blithe she passed the day along,",2.0
And every valley echoed with her song.,1.0
"Their talk by day, their vision in the night;",0.0
"Whenever they feasted on their homely cheer,",3.0
"No mirth was heard, if Rachel was not there:",2.0
"Amongst all their rural sports She still was seen,",0.0
"And foremost at the feast, as on the green.",2.0
"Her Fame and Charms soon reached young Jacob's ear,",2.0
"But ere his friends and family he leaves,",1.0
His Father's Blessing on his head he craves.,1.0
His hopes succeeded by a thousand fears;,1.0
"The mingled passions take up all his soul,",0.0
And vast events within his bosom roll.,0.0
"As on he journeyed far into the East,",1.0
"Fatigued himself, his camels wanting rest,",0.0
"Not far away, with pleasure he beheld",1.0
"A spacious well, amid a fruitful field;",0.0
Of these he asked their country and their name:,2.0
From Haran they replied thy servants came.,1.0
"And know you Laban? lives he, can you tell?",1.0
"He lives, my Lord; thy servants know him well:",0.0
"His numerous flocks in yonder valley stray,",2.0
"And with them, lo! his daughter comes this way.",1.0
"When Jacob saw the Maid, his beating breast",0.0
The power of Love and radiant eyes confessed.,2.0
"Quick through his veins the generous pleasure flowed,",2.0
"Around his heart the softening passions crept,",0.0
"He gazed he sighed, he wondered, and he wept;",1.0
"Then seized her hand, and kissed her rosy cheek,",0.0
And trembling from his lips the accents break.,1.0
"When Rachel heard his family and name,",1.0
"Their common stock, the tribe from whence she came;",0.0
"With decent haste, exulting over the plain,",2.0
"She, with the tidings, to her Father ran.",2.0
"Meanwhile her harmless flock neglected stray,",1.0
Or round the Well in expectation lay:,0.0
"These Jacob watered, could he well do less?",0.0
"When Laban heard the tidings, forth he went",0.0
"To meet, and welcome Jacob to his tent.",1.0
My joy cried Laban let my actions speak;,1.0
"A kind embrace, and friendly welcome take,",0.0
"Now mirth and feasting through the house were found,",2.0
And the brisk bowl to Jacob's health went round.,3.0
"Each in the general joy affects his share,",0.0
"And none seemed pensive, but the Patriarch's Heir.",3.0
"He oft on Rachel gazes, oft approves,",0.0
"And much he muses, for as much he loves:",1.0
All night her pleasing image soothed his mind;,0.0
"He found her fair, and hoped to prove her kind.",0.0
"Soon as the rosy morn unveiled the light,",0.0
"Jacob arose, and blessed the newborn day,",2.0
"Then sought the flock, where Rachel led the way.",0.0
"And now he guides them to the flowery hill,",3.0
Or drives them skipping to the distant rill:,1.0
At noon secures them from the scorching heat;,1.0
"With Rachel near him, Jacob's toil is sweet.",0.0
He pours the song to harmony and Love.,1.0
Or sighs his passion to the murmuring stream;,3.0
"Jacob! whom now she views with partial eye,",2.0
"Nor were their thoughts to Love alone confined,",1.0
To mutual vows instructive talk they joined.,2.0
And each the splendid witness of a God! ' --,1.0
"Their signs and seasons they observe with care,",1.0
And mark their influence on the earth and air:,1.0
"Which threats their flocks, or which destroys their vines,",0.0
"And which with good, or baleful aspect shines.",1.0
Thus passed their time. When Laban now beheld,1.0
"His flocks increase, his vines more clusters yield;",0.0
"Pleased with his growing wealth, he strait prepares",0.0
To offer some reward for Jacob's cares.,0.0
"Jacob, whose heart nor gold nor gems could move,",2.0
Looked with disdain on all ' --  but Rachel's Love;,2.0
And thus replied. If gracious Laban means,0.0
"Or to reward my past, or future pains;",1.0
And give me lovely Rachel for a Wife.,1.0
"I ask no dower my fortunes to improve,",2.0
Rich in possession of my Rachel's Love.,2.0
"Bargain for Love, and sell their vows for gold;",2.0
"But let not Rachel, like her sheep, be sold.",0.0
"Rachel! whose beauty softens every breast,",2.0
Whose worth outweighs the treasures of the East!,2.0
"The toil looks pleasing, when so well repaid.",1.0
"Laban consents, and Jacob joys to find",2.0
"The Sire as courteous as the Daughter kind,",3.0
"His upright heart, as yet, no guile could see;",2.0
"He thought men honest, as they seemed to be.",2.0
"That Rachel should reward her Jacob's cares,",0.0
When with united hearts they join to bless,1.0
"Laban prepares a banquet, and invites",3.0
To hail the Bride; with presents in their hands;,0.0
"A flowing mantle lovely Rachel wore,",0.0
"Embossed with gems, with gold embroidered over;",0.0
"She gave the health, She welcomed every guest,",0.0
And seemed to all the Mistress of the Feast.,1.0
"But when the sun withdrew his kindling beams,",0.0
And the last ray danced faintly on the streams;,5.0
"No more the youthful power of Love confessed,",2.0
"Observed how Leah often looked askance,",0.0
"And cast on Rachel many an envious glance,",4.0
Himself the willing wayward damsel led,0.0
"To Rachel's Place, and seized the bridal bed.",0.0
"But when the morn appeared, and by his side",1.0
Jacob beheld his unexpected Bride;,2.0
The tasteless Leah to my nuptial bed?,1.0
And dost thou thus reward my honest care?,0.0
"How God has blessed thee since, let Me proclaim.",2.0
Have or thy Ewes or Goats once cast their Young?,1.0
"That which was torn of beasts I brought thee not,",0.0
"I bare the loss, nor hast thou suffered aught.",0.0
"Thus, thus I was; for Thee my sleep I lost,",2.0
"Endured the summer's sun, and winter's frost.",0.0
I served for Rachel ' --  but for Leah mourn.,1.0
"Laban replied, What though, young man, I led",4.0
"My firstborn Leah to thy arms, and bed;",2.0
"To give the younger first ' --  yet both are thine,",0.0
"These hard conditions of his happiness,",2.0
"Source of his woes, and partner of his care ' --",1.0
"Yet all his trials well did he sustain,",1.0
"And Rachel shared, or softened every pain,",0.0
Till Heaven at length confirmed Her all his own;,0.0
"When, to their mutual joy, She bare a son,",2.0
"While from thy pulp a healing balsam flows,",0.0
Whose power the suffering wretch from pain can free:,2.0
My pensive footsteps ever turn to thee!,1.0
"Since oft, while musing on my lasting woes,",1.0
Symbol of Friendship dost thou seem to me;,2.0
For thus has Friendship cast her soothing shade,0.0
"Thus sought to heal the wounds which Love has made,",1.0
And temper bleeding sorrow's sharp excess!,0.0
Ah! not in vain she lends her balmy aid ' --,0.0
The agonies she cannot cure are less!,1.0
"MAN on the dubious waves of error tossed,",2.0
"His ship half foundered and his compass lost,",2.0
"Sees far as human optics may command,",2.0
"A sleeping fog, and fancies it dry land:",2.0
"Pants for it, aims at it, enters it, and dies.",1.0
"Deceitful views of future bliss, farewell!",1.0
He reads his sentence at the flames of hell.,0.0
Hard lot of man! to toil for the reward,2.0
"Of virtue, and yet lose it ' --  wherefore hard?",1.0
"He that would win the race, must guide his horse",0.0
"Obedient to the customs of the course,",2.0
"Grace leads the right way, if you choose the wrong,",3.0
"Take it and perish, but restrain your tongue;",1.0
"Charge not, with light sufficient and left free,",2.0
"O how unlike the complex works of man,",1.0
"No clustering ornaments to clog the pile,",4.0
"From ostentation as from weakness free,",1.0
Majestic in its own simplicity.,1.0
"Inscribed above the portal, from afar",1.0
"Conspicuous as the brightness of a star,",2.0
"Legible only by the light they give,",3.0
"Too many shocked at what should charm them most,",1.0
Despise the plain direction and are lost.,1.0
"Heaven on such terms! they cry with proud disdain,",0.0
"Incredible, impossible, and vain ' --",2.0
"Rebel because it's easy to obey,",1.0
And scorn for its own sake the gracious way.,1.0
"These are the sober, in whose cooler brains",1.0
Some thought of immortality remains;,1.0
"The rest too busy or too gay, to wait",3.0
"On the sad theme, their everlasting state,",2.0
"Sport for a day and perish in a night,",0.0
The foam upon the waters not so light.,0.0
Who judged the Pharisee? What odious cause,2.0
Exposed him to the vengeance of the laws?,2.0
"Had he seduced a virgin, wronged a friend,",1.0
Or stabbed a man to serve some private end?,0.0
Was blasphemy his sin? Or did he stray,1.0
From the strict duties of the sacred day?,3.0
Sit long and late at the carousing board?,2.0
Such were the sins with which he charged his Lord,1.0
"No ' --  the man's morals were exact, what then?",4.0
'Twas his ambition to be seen of men;,3.0
His virtues were his pride; and that one vice,1.0
"He wore them as fine trappings for a show,",3.0
"A praying, synagogue frequenting beau.",5.0
Mark what a sumptuous Pharisee is he!,2.0
"His radiant glories, azure, green, and gold;",0.0
"He treads as if some solemn music near,",1.0
"His measured step were governed by his ear,",1.0
"And seems to say, you meaner fowl, give place,",1.0
Though he too has a glory in his plumes.,0.0
"He, christian like, retreats with modest mien,",0.0
And shines without desiring to be seen.,1.0
"The plea of works, as arrogant and vain,",1.0
Heaven turns from with abhorrence and disdain;,2.0
"Not more affronted by avowed neglect,",1.0
"What is all righteousness that men devise,",1.0
"But Christ as soon would abdicate his own,",0.0
As sloop from heaven to sell the proud a throne.,0.0
"His dwelling a recess in some rude rock,",2.0
"In shirt of hair and weeds of canvas dressed,",0.0
"And sore tormented long before his time,",1.0
"His prayer preferred to saints that cannot aid,",0.0
"His praise postponed, and never to be paid,",1.0
"See the sage hermit by mankind admired,",5.0
"With all that bigotry adopts, inspired,",1.0
"Wearing out life in his religious whim,",3.0
Till his religious whimsy wears out him.,1.0
"His works, his abstinence, his zeal allowed,",1.0
"You think him humble, God accounts him proud;",0.0
"Of all his conduct, this the genuine sense ' --",3.0
"Have purchased heaven, and prove my title good.",0.0
"Turn eastward now, and fancy shall apply",1.0
To your weak sight her telescopic eye.,2.0
"His voluntary pains, severe and long,",1.0
"Would give a barbarous air to British song,",2.0
"Nor grand inquisitor could worse invent,",2.0
Your sentence and mine differ. What's a name?,1.0
"If sufferings scripture no where recommends,",0.0
Devised by self to answer selfish ends,0.0
"The truth is if the truth may suit your ear,",1.0
And prejudice have left a passage clear,1.0
"Pride has attained its most luxuriant growth,",3.0
And poisoned every virtue in them both.,0.0
Pride may be pampered while the flesh grows lean;,1.0
Humility may cloth an English Dean;,1.0
"Not all the plenty of a Bishop's board,",1.0
"His palace, and his lackeys, and, my Lord!",2.0
"More nourish pride, that condescending vice,",0.0
"It thrives in misery, and abundant grows",3.0
In misery fools upon themselves impose.,2.0
But why before us Protestants produce,1.0
An Indian mystic or a French recluse?,3.0
"Their sin is plain, but what have we to fear,",0.0
Reformed and well instructed? You shall hear.,1.0
"Yonder ancient prude, whose withered features show",0.0
"She might be young some forty years ago,",0.0
"Her head erect, her fan upon her lips,",0.0
"Her eyebrows arched, her eyes both gone astray",2.0
"To watch yonder amorous couple in their play,",4.0
"Duly at clink of bell, to morning prayers.",2.0
"To thrift and parsimony much inclined,",0.0
She yet allows herself that boy behind;,0.0
"The shivering urchin, bending as he goes,",3.0
"With slipshod heels, and dew drop at his nose,",2.0
"His predecessors coat advanced to wear,",0.0
"Carries her bible tucked beneath his arm,",2.0
And hides his hands to keep his fingers warm.,0.0
"She, half an angel in her own account,",0.0
"Doubts not hereafter with the saints to mount,",2.0
"Though not a grace appears on strictest search,",0.0
"But that she fasts, and item, goes to church.",0.0
"Conscious of age she recollects her youth,",2.0
"And tells, not always with an eye to truth,",1.0
"Who spanned her waist, and who, wherever he came,",2.0
And drank the little bumper every day.,0.0
"In faithful memory she records the crimes,",3.0
"Laughs at the reputations she has torn,",1.0
And holds them dangling at arms length in scorn.,1.0
"Such are the fruits of sanctimonious pride,",3.0
Of malice fed while flesh is mortified.,0.0
"Take, Madam, the reward of all your prayers,",2.0
"Your portion is with them: nay, never frown,",3.0
"But, if you please, some fathoms lower down.",2.0
Artist attend ' --  your brushes and your paint ' --,3.0
Produce them ' --  take a chair ' --  now draw a Saint.,1.0
O sorrowful and sad! the streaming tears,1.0
"Is this a Saint? Throw tints and all away,",2.0
"True piety is cheerful as the day,",3.0
Will weep indeed and heave a pitying groan,2.0
"For others woes, but smiles upon her own.",0.0
What purpose has the King of Saints in view?,0.0
Why falls the gospel like a gracious dew?,0.0
"To call up plenty from the teeming earth,",1.0
Or curse the desert with a tenfold dearth?,2.0
Is it that Adam's offspring may be saved,3.0
"From servile fear, or be the more enslaved?",0.0
"Or bind them faster on, and add still more?",2.0
"The freeborn Christian has no chains to prove,",1.0
"Or if a chain, the golden one of love;",2.0
"No fear attends to quench his glowing fires,",1.0
What fear he feels his gratitude inspires.,0.0
"Shall he for such deliverance freely wrought,",1.0
"His masters interest and his own combined,",1.0
Prompt every movement of his heart and mind;,2.0
"Thought, word, and deed, his liberty evince,",2.0
His freedom is the freedom of a Prince.,2.0
"Man's obligations infinite, of course",2.0
"His life should prove that he perceives their force,",1.0
"His utmost he can render is but small,",3.0
The principle and motive all in all.,1.0
"You have two servants ' --  Tom, an arch, sly rogue,",2.0
"Genteel in figure, easy in address,",0.0
"Moves without noise, and swift as an express,",4.0
"Reports a message with a pleasing grace,",1.0
Expert in all the duties of his place:,1.0
"Say, on what hinge does his obedience move?",3.0
Has he a world of gratitude and love?,0.0
"Reduce his wages, or get rid of her,",2.0
"Tom quits you, with, your most obedient Sir ' --",4.0
"The dinner served, Charles takes his usual stand,",3.0
"Watches your eye, anticipates command,",2.0
"Sighs if perhaps your appetite should fail,",2.0
"And if he but suspects a frown, turns pale;",3.0
"Consults all day your interest and your ease,",1.0
"Richly rewarded if he can but please,",4.0
"And proud to make his firm attachment known,",0.0
To save your life would nobly risque his own.,2.0
"Now, which stands highest in your serious thought?",4.0
"Charles, without doubt, say you ' --  and so he ought;",2.0
"One act that from a thankful heart proceeds,",1.0
Excels ten thousand mercenary deeds.,1.0
"Thus heaven approves as honest and sincere,",2.0
"The work of generous love and filial fear,",4.0
"Even at your side, Sir, and before your eyes,",2.0
"And pleased at heart because on holy ground,",0.0
"Reproach a people with his single fall,",1.0
Whence springs the conduct that offends you so.,0.0
"See where it smokes along the sounding plain,",0.0
"Peal upon peal redoubling all around,",3.0
"Shakes it again and faster to the ground,",3.0
"Now flashing wide, now glancing as in play,",3.0
Swift beyond thought the lightnings dart away;,2.0
"Ere yet it came the traveller urged his steed,",2.0
"And hurried, but with unsuccessful speed,",1.0
"Now drenched throughout, and hopeless of his case,",2.0
"He drops the rein, and leaves him to his pace;",1.0
"Some mansion neat and elegantly dressed,",1.0
"By some kind hospitable heart possessed,",3.0
"Offer him warmth, security and rest;",3.0
"Think with what pleasure, safe and at his ease,",0.0
"He hears the tempest howling in the trees,",0.0
"What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ,",0.0
While danger past is turned to present joy.,0.0
"So fares it with the sinner when he feels,",1.0
"A growing dread of vengeance at his heels,",0.0
"His conscience like a glassy lake before,",0.0
"Lashed into foaming waves begins to roar,",1.0
"Asserts the rights of his offended Lord,",1.0
And death or restitution is the word;,1.0
"The last impossible, he fears the first,",1.0
"And having well deserved, expects the worst",0.0
"Then welcome refuge, and a peaceful home,",1.0
O for a shelter from the wrath to come!,2.0
"Crush me you rocks, you falling mountains hide,",0.0
Or bury me in oceans angry tide ' --,1.0
The scrutiny of those all seeing eyes,2.0
"I dare not ' --  and you need not, God replies;",1.0
"The remedy you want I freely give,",1.0
"The book shall teach you, read, believe and live:",0.0
"It's done ' --  the raging storm is heard no more,",1.0
"Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore,",3.0
"And justice, guardian of the dread command,",1.0
Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand.,4.0
"A soul redeemed demands a life of praise,",0.0
"Hence the complexion of his future days,",3.0
And the world's hatred as its sure effect.,3.0
"Their own dear virtue, their unshaken trust.",2.0
They never sin ' --  or if as all offend,1.0
"Some trivial slips their daily walk attend,",2.0
"The poor are near at hand, the charge is small,",0.0
"For though the Pope has lost his interest here,",1.0
"And pardons are not sold as once they were,",1.0
Than some grave sinners upon English ground:,6.0
"That plea refuted, other quirks they seek,",0.0
"Mercy is infinite and man is weak,",3.0
"The future shall obliterate the past,",0.0
And heaven no doubt shall be their home at last.,1.0
"Come then ' --  a still, small whisper in your ear,",1.0
He has no hope that never had a fear;,1.0
"And he that never doubted of his state,",2.0
He may perhaps ' --  perhaps he may ' --  too late.,2.0
"The path to bliss abounds with many a snare,",2.0
"Learning is one, and wit, however rare:",2.0
"The Frenchman first in literary fame,",0.0
Mention him if you please ' --  Voltaire? The same,1.0
"With spirit, genius, eloquence supplied,",1.0
"Lived long, wrote much, laughed heartily and died:",8.0
"An infidel in health, but what when sick?",0.0
"O then, a text would touch him at the quick:",0.0
"View him at Paris in his last career,",0.0
"Exalted on his pedestal of pride,",2.0
"And fumed with frankincense on every side,",0.0
"He begs their flattery with his latest breath,",1.0
"Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay,",1.0
"Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night",1.0
"Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light;",2.0
"She for her humble sphere by nature fit,",1.0
"Has little understanding, and no wit,",2.0
"Receives no praise, but though her lot be such,",2.0
"Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true,",1.0
"A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew,",0.0
"And in that charter reads with sparkling eyes,",0.0
Her title to a treasure in the skies.,1.0
O happy peasant! O unhappy bard!,1.0
"His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward;",3.0
"He praised perhaps for ages yet to come,",0.0
She never heard of half a mile from home;,0.0
"He lost in errors his vain heart prefers,",2.0
She safe in the simplicity of hers.,2.0
"Not many wise, rich, noble, or profound",2.0
"In science, win one inch of heavenly ground;",2.0
"The poor should gain it, and the rich should not?",1.0
"One pleasure lost, lose heaven without regret;",1.0
"Regret would rouse them and give birth to prayer,",2.0
"Prayer would add faith, and faith would fix them there.",1.0
"Not that the Former of us all in this,",1.0
"Or aught he does, is governed by caprice,",1.0
"The supposition is replete with sin,",1.0
And bears the brand of blasphemy burned in.,2.0
"Not so ' --  the silver trumpet's heavenly call,",2.0
"Sounds for the poor, but sounds alike for all;",0.0
"Kings are invited, and would kings obey,",3.0
No slaves on earth more welcome were than they:,2.0
"But royalty, nobility, and state,",2.0
It's open and you cannot enter ' --  why?,1.0
"Because you will not, Conyers would reply ' --",1.0
And he says much that many may dispute,1.0
"O blessed effect of penury and want,",1.0
"The seed sown there, how vigorous is the plant!",3.0
"No soil like poverty for growth divine,",2.0
As leanest land supplies the richest wine.,0.0
"Earth gives too little, giving only bread,",2.0
To nourish pride or turn the weakest head:,0.0
"To them, the sounding jargon of the schools,",2.0
"Seems what it is, a cap and bells for fools:",1.0
"The light they walk by, kindled from above,",1.0
Shows them the shortest way to life and love:,0.0
"They, strangers to the controversial field,",1.0
"And never checked by what impedes the wise,",0.0
You have much cause for envy ' --  but not all;,1.0
"We boast some rich ones whom the gospel sways,",1.0
And one that wears a coronet and prays;,1.0
"How readily upon the gospel plan,",1.0
That question has its answer ' --  what is man?,0.0
"Sinful and weak, in every sense a wretch,",2.0
An instrument whose chords upon the stretch,1.0
"And strained to the last screw that he can bear,",1.0
Yield only discord in his maker's ear:,1.0
"Once the blessed residence of truth divine,",4.0
"But made long since like Babylon of old,",1.0
"And she, once mistress of the realms around,",3.0
"Now scattered wide and no where to be found,",2.0
"By native power and energy her own,",3.0
"As nature at her own peculiar cost,",0.0
Restore to man the glories he has lost.,1.0
"Go bid the winter cease to chill the year,",1.0
"Replace the wandering comet in his sphere,",2.0
But what is man in his own proud esteem?,1.0
"Hear him, himself the poet and the theme;",3.0
"A monarch clothed with majesty and awe,",1.0
His mind his kingdom and his will his law.,2.0
"Grace in his mien and glory in his eyes,",0.0
"Supreme on earth and worthy of the skies,",1.0
"Strength in his heart, dominion in his nod,",0.0
"So sings he, charmed with his own mind and form,",1.0
"The song magnificent, the theme a worm:",1.0
"Himself so much the source of his delight,",1.0
His maker has no beauty in his sight:,1.0
"See where he sits contemplative and fixed,",1.0
"Pleasure and wonder in his features mixed,",2.0
"His passions tamed and all at his control,",1.0
How perfect the composure of his soul!,4.0
Complacency has breathed a gentle gale,1.0
"Over all his thoughts, and swelled his easy sail:",0.0
"Adorn his intellects as well as shelves,",0.0
And teach him notions splendid as themselves:,1.0
"The bible only stands neglected there,",1.0
"Though that of all most worthy of his care,",1.0
"And like an infant, troublesome awake,",1.0
Is left to sleep for peace and quiet sake.,0.0
"What shall the man deserve of human kind,",0.0
"Whose happy skill and industry combined,",1.0
Shall prove what argument could never yet,1.0
"The praises of the libertine professed,",1.0
"The worst of men, and curses of the best.",1.0
"Where should the living, weeping over his woes,",2.0
"The dying, trembling at their awful close,",0.0
"Where the betrayed, forsaken and oppressed,",2.0
"The thousands whom the world forbids to rest,",0.0
Where should they find those comforts at an end,0.0
The scripture yields or hope to find a friend?,0.0
"Sorrow might muse herself to madness then,",2.0
"And seeking exile from the sight of men,",2.0
"Bury herself in solitude profound,",2.0
Grow frantic with her pangs and bite the ground.,2.0
"Flies to the tempting pool or felon knife,",0.0
"The jury meet, the coroner is short,",1.0
And lunacy the verdict of the court:,2.0
"Reverse the sentence, let the truth be known,",0.0
Such lunacy is ignorance alone;,2.0
"They knew not, what some bishops may not know,",1.0
That scripture is the only cure of woe:,1.0
"That field of promise, how it flings abroad",1.0
Its odour over the Christians thorny road;,4.0
"Feels herself happy amid all her grief,",5.0
"Forgets her labour as she toils along,",1.0
"Weeps tears of joy, and bursts into a song.",1.0
But the same word that like the polished share,1.0
"O that unwelcome voice of heavenly love,",2.0
"Sad messenger of mercy from above,",3.0
"How does it grate upon his thankless ear,",0.0
Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear!,2.0
"His will and judgement at continual strife,",3.0
"In vain he points his powers against the skies,",2.0
"In vain he closes or averts his eyes,",1.0
Truth will intrude ' --  she bids him yet beware ' --,2.0
"Though various foes against the truth combine,",2.0
Pride above all opposes her design;,3.0
"Pride, of a growth superior to the rest,",1.0
"Swells at the thought, and kindling into rage,",0.0
Would hiss the cherub mercy from the stage.,1.0
"And is the soul indeed so lost, she cries,",1.0
"Fallen from her glory and too weak to rise,",3.0
"Torpid and dull beneath a frozen zone,",2.0
Has she no spark that may be deemed her own?,1.0
Grant her indebted to what zealots call,3.0
"Grace undeserved, yet surely not for all ' --",1.0
"Some beams of rectitude she yet displays,",0.0
"Some love of virtue and some power to praise,",3.0
"Assert the skies, and vindicate her due.",1.0
"Bore on his branch luxuriant then, and rude,",1.0
"Fruits of a blighted size, austere and crude,",0.0
"Then conscious of her meritorious zeal,",3.0
"To justice she may make her bold appeal,",1.0
"And leave to mercy with a tranquil mind,",1.0
"Hear then how mercy slighted and defied,",1.0
Retorts the affront against the crown of pride.,2.0
"Perish the virtue, as it ought, abhorred,",3.0
And the fool with it that insults his Lord.,0.0
"Is not for you, ' --  the righteous need it not.",1.0
"Herself from morn to night, from night to morn,",0.0
"Her own abhorrence, and as much your scorn,",1.0
"The gracious shower, unlimited and free,",3.0
"Shall fall on her, when heaven denies it thee.",1.0
"Of all that wisdom dictates, this the drift,",2.0
"That man is dead in sin, and life a gift.",0.0
"Is virtue then, unless of christian growth,",0.0
"Mere fallacy, or foolishness, or both,",3.0
"Ten thousand sages lost in endless woe,",1.0
For ignorance of what they could not know?,1.0
"That speech betrays at once a bigot's tongue,",0.0
Charge not a God with such outrageous wrong.,1.0
"Truly not I ' --  the partial light men have,",1.0
"My creed persuades me, well employed may save,",0.0
"Shall find the blessing, unimproved, a curse.",0.0
"Let heathen worthies whose exalted mind,",1.0
"Left sensuality and dross behind,",2.0
"Possess for me their undisputed lot,",1.0
"Not blind by choice, but destined not to see.",0.0
Their fortitude and wisdom were a flame,1.0
"Celestial, though they knew not whence it came,",1.0
Derived from the same source of light and grace,2.0
That guides the christian in his swifter race;,0.0
"Their judge was conscience, and her rule their law,",1.0
"That rule pursued with reverence and with awe,",1.0
"Led them, however faltering, faint and slow,",5.0
"From what they knew, to what they wished to know;",0.0
"But let not him that shares a brighter day,",1.0
"Prefer the twilight of a darker time,",2.0
And deem his base stupidity no crime;,2.0
"The wretch that slights the bounty of the skies,",1.0
"Shall find them rated at their full amount,",0.0
The good he scorned all carried to account.,1.0
"Thunder and earthquake and devouring flame,",6.0
"Life for obedience, death for every flaw.",4.0
When the great sovereign would his will express.,3.0
He gives a perfect rule; what can he less?,2.0
And guards it with a sanction as severe,2.0
"As vengeance can inflict, or sinners fear:",1.0
"Else his own glorious rights he would disclaim,",2.0
And man might safely trifle with his name:,1.0
He bids him glow with unremitting love,0.0
"To all on earth, and to himself above;",1.0
"Condemns the injurious deed, the slanderous tongue,",6.0
"Brings not alone, the more conspicuous part,",3.0
"His conduct to the test, but tries his heart.",1.0
"Hark! universal nature shook and groaned,",1.0
"Rouse all your courage at your utmost need,",1.0
"Now summon every virtue, stand and plead.",1.0
"What, silent? Is your boasting heard no more?",2.0
"Had shed immortal glories on your brow,",1.0
That all your virtues cannot purchase now.,0.0
All joy to the believer! He can speak ' --,2.0
"Trembling yet happy, confident yet meek.",2.0
"Since the dear hour that brought me to thy foot,",3.0
"And cut up all my follies by the root,",1.0
"I never trusted in an arm but thine,",0.0
"Nor hoped, but in thy righteousness divine:",1.0
"Were but the feeble efforts of a child,",2.0
"However performed, it was their brightest part,",4.0
That they proceeded from a grateful heart:,2.0
Forgive their evil and accept their good;,1.0
I cast them at thy feet ' --  my only plea,0.0
"Is what it was, dependence upon thee;",3.0
"While struggling in the vale of tears below,",0.0
"That never failed, nor shall it fail me now.",0.0
"MY dear companion, and my faithful friend!",1.0
If Orpheus taught the listening oaks to bend;,2.0
And hear my grateful harp resound thy praise?,1.0
"True, thou art spruce and fine, a very beau;",0.0
"But what are trappings, and external show?",1.0
Once I beheld thee far less trim and gay;,3.0
"Ragged, disjointed, and to worms a prey;",3.0
The safe retreat of every lurking mouse;,0.0
"Derided, shunned; the lumber of my house!",1.0
"Thy robe, how changed from what it was before!",1.0
"Thy velvet robe, which pleased my sires of yore!",0.0
Tis thus capricious Fortune wheels us round;,1.0
Aloft we mount ' --  then tumble to the ground.,1.0
"Yet grateful then, my constancy I proved;",1.0
I knew thy worth; my friend in rags I loved!,0.0
"I loved thee, more; nor like a courtier, spurned",2.0
"My benefactor, when the tide was turned.",0.0
"With conscious shame, yet frankly, I confess,",1.0
That in my youthful days ' --  I loved thee less.,0.0
"Where vanity, where pleasure called, I strayed;",1.0
And every wayward appetite obeyed.,0.0
"Myself; and how, this world: she bade me rise",2.0
"My bliss, and lodged me in thy soft embrace.",0.0
Here on thy yielding down I sit secure;,1.0
"And, patiently, what heaven has sent, endure;",1.0
From all the futile cares of business free;,0.0
"Not fond of life, but yet content to be:",0.0
Here mark the fleeting hours; regret the past;,0.0
"And seriously prepare, to meet the last.",3.0
And all the malice of the storm defies:,1.0
"With ease of body blessed, and peace of mind,",0.0
"On his great voyage, to the world unknown.",3.0
"Hail, modest Author, who obscure dost lie,",1.0
But to prevent our fond Idolatry;,2.0
"And does commit with so much Industry,",2.0
Their Names in Folio to Posterity.,3.0
Swell a great Volume with as great Expense;,4.0
"Nay, choose the best in thy small Tract we see,",3.0
A thousand of them in Epitome;,2.0
"Our way of Study is by Contemplation,",1.0
Revolving Thoughts in the mind by dull Succession,0.0
How could you write in Words so like your Thought;,0.0
"Truths so Divine in so refined a Style,",3.0
Sure Angels view with a consenting Smile:,2.0
"Let the bold Atheist read thy Noble Line,",5.0
In every Leaf he'll see a Power Divine.,2.0
"Not long Disputes confounding the intent,",1.0
"Had Hobs but seen it, that bold daring Man,",1.0
Himself had burned his own Leviathan.,1.0
"What sceptic Scruples can in Man be raised,",1.0
But by your Conquering Truths may be appeased?,3.0
Usurp what Heaven does sure on you confer.,2.0
"The careful Student need not any more,",0.0
"Waste Purse and Time to turn great Volumes over,",2.0
"Your well fraught Book in which all Truths agree,",1.0
Will be itself sufficient Library.,3.0
FRiend COLIN! well overtook. I have of late,4.0
"Observed thy cheerful Mien, and airy Gait:",0.0
"Say, what auspicious Change, since other Day,",1.0
When by thy lonely Cot I took my Way?,0.0
And every Look did gloomy Cares disclose:,0.0
Whose generous Bounty has removed my Woe?,2.0
"I thought, the gracious CAROLINA's Name,",0.0
"Ere this, had filled the sounding Trump of Fame.",0.0
THAT gracious Name the World is bound to bless;,0.0
"But, COLIN, say, has she removed thy Care?",1.0
"I'm happy, when thy Happiness I hear.",1.0
"Born in a Cot, and bred to till the Earth;",1.0
Forced at their frugal Hands my Bread to get:,0.0
"But when my Wants to CAROLINE were known,",0.0
She blessed me with a Pasture of my own.,2.0
This makes new Pleasures in my Bosom glow;,1.0
These joyful Looks I to her Bounty owe.,1.0
"AND may kind Heaven reward that gracious QUEEN,",2.0
Who to thy Wants has so propitious been!,1.0
"Yet, though her Bounty has thy Wants supplied,",0.0
Let not her Bounty ever exalt thy Pride;,2.0
"But keep an humble Mind, a grateful Heart;",0.0
Her Favours far exceed thy own Desert:,2.0
Heaven moved the Goodness of the Royal Dame;,1.0
And Heaven and She thy Gratitude must claim.,1.0
"WHEN me she first into her Favour took,",1.0
The Letters in the Staff may wear away;,0.0
Those written in my Soul shall never decay.,2.0
SO may thy little Flock increase their Tale;,1.0
So may thy Field of Pasture never fail;,1.0
"May Heaven and She, in just Proportion, still",1.0
"Or smile, or frown, as thou art good, or ill.",0.0
"MAY hungry Foxes kill my tender Lambs,",0.0
"Elude my Hopes, and never fill the Pail;",0.0
"In short, to make my Curse the more complete,",0.0
Though it's the only Thing I dread and hate,1.0
May Heaven and Heavenly CAROLINE remove,2.0
"Their Smiles, if COLIN ever ungrateful prove.",2.0
THY Thanks and Prayers her generous Soul will please;,2.0
"A Tribute justly due, and paid with Ease:",0.0
Sometime a Song perhaps she may require;,2.0
"When in an abject, low, laborious State,",2.0
"Sunk deep in Cares, and pressed beneath their Weight;",1.0
In Sonnets COLIN charmed away his Pains:,0.0
"OH Friend! too well you know, my simple Strains",2.0
"Yet, since Great CAROLINA thinks no Scorn,",2.0
"Henceforth I'll strive to raise my Voice sublime,",1.0
And with her Royal Name adorn my Rhyme;,1.0
"I'll on each verdant Mountain sing her Praise,",1.0
And vocal Groves shall echo to my Lays;,1.0
Nor ever drop the pleasing glorious Theme.,2.0
"THEN, since we're met, where friendly Branches spread,",0.0
And trembling Leaves diffuse a cooling Shade;,0.0
"Since, on the Sprays, the Thrush and Finch rejoice,",0.0
"Invoke thy Muse, and tune thy rural Voice.",0.0
"ANOTHER Day my rural Voice I'll raise,",0.0
Another Day the Muse shall tune her Lays:,0.0
"But now, alas! such crowding Joys I find,",0.0
No Words can speak the Transports of my Mind.,2.0
"Would PHOEBUS warm me with poetic Fire,",1.0
"As Great ELIZA shone in SPENCER's Line,",0.0
The Greater CAROLINA should in mine;,0.0
"Then would I emulate the tuneful Throng,",0.0
"Be still fond Youth, and cease the rueful Noise,",1.0
"The Shepherd's ruder Pipe, or Sailors Crowd",0.0
"As sweetly echoes, and almost as loud.",2.0
"Rail on, poor Melvin, and with Envy swell,",4.0
When with alternate Loves they cheer the smiling Plains.,2.0
"Begin, if thou art skilled in tuneful Lay,",1.0
Now whispering Breezes gentle Sounds convey.,3.0
"The noisy Winds in bolted Caves are pressed,",0.0
And now the Halcyon builds her wavering Nest.,4.0
"I have observing past through different Climes,",0.0
"Can fix the Seasons, and adjust the Times,",1.0
"And know what Stars, when they oppose or meet",1.0
"Will cause or stormy Winds, or falling Sleet.",0.0
"I know far distant Isles in Northern Seas,",1.0
"Where Birds from Insects grow, and hang on Trees.",1.0
The Moon commands the Waves. Her changing Face,0.0
"Disturbs the whole, and stirs the watery Mass;",2.0
"But there are Seas, which no such Influence know,",3.0
"Though now it's calm, I know those Magic Spells",0.0
Can raise the sleeping Winds from rocky Cells:,0.0
"The lowering Heaven looks then with sadder Hue,",2.0
"And dismal Storms, and frightful Wreaks ensue.",0.0
"When fatal Rocks have split the broken Ship,",0.0
"And shrieking Mortals sink into the Deep,",0.0
And buoys the floating Wretch amid the angry Waves.,2.0
On yonder Rock I tuned the passive Air,0.0
"The wanton Dolphins joyous danced around,",0.0
"Spouting the Waves, and frisked at every Sound.",2.0
"I came, and she glad of the kind Surprise",0.0
To me her Tears and Glances are no more,3.0
Than crackling Bottles on the frothy Shore.,1.0
"Take heed, you Birds; for an unwelcome Guest",2.0
"Will steal the speckled Eggs, and give the Prey",0.0
"To a kind Nymph, that sports in yonder Bay.",2.0
"Measured the sandy Plain, will come no more:",3.0
"Ah! would she love, I could even live ' --  on Shore.",0.0
While to our watery Home we ever are confined.,3.0
"Who want a Voice to sing, or ' --  to complain,",1.0
"Though mute your selves, yet you in Shoals will throng,",1.0
"While softer Breezes breath in Whispers round,",0.0
And every Wave breaks with a pleasing Sound.,2.0
And cuts the liquid Air with moistened Wings;,0.0
"Who burns amid the Waves, and pines for Heat.",0.0
"Those gilded Flyers still in Danger move,",0.0
"Pursued by Fish below, by Birds above:",0.0
"In a dark mossy Cave, and clasped him round;",2.0
"In vain to fright with different Forms he strove,",0.0
"I held him fast, and he foretold my Love.",1.0
"She kissed, and vowed, She never would forget:",0.0
"But they shall nothing lose by what I stole,",1.0
"Made of a Swordfish, and embossed around:",2.0
"When I bestow it on the amorous Maid,",4.0
You Gods! I envy not the happy Pair.,0.0
"Like Cuttlefish, she hid her self in Ink.",0.0
"I hate the skittish Fair, that flies when wooed,",0.0
"For if they see him, they by seeing die",2.0
"But we those Dangers seek, we ought to shun,",1.0
"And court our Fate, and strive to be undone.",0.0
"By a false Dress, and counterfeited Shape;",2.0
So wanton Nymphs awhile with awkward Pride,0.0
"Deny that Passion, which they cannot hide.",0.0
"Love will revenge on those, who love inspire,",3.0
"And they must heat themselves, who others set on fire.",1.0
"When ebbing Tides have emptied half the Deep,",0.0
Or move in tuneful Sounds the circling Air.,0.0
"But, Triton, were no Lover to be caught,",3.0
"Melvin, a Sail comes brisk before the Wind.",3.0
"Cease then the Song, and may the Nymph be kind:",1.0
"For should we thus appear in Human Form,",0.0
Health and sweet converse with the muse he loves!,0.0
"As flow spontaneous, like the native springs.",1.0
"But ah! what airy forms around me rise,",0.0
The russet mountain glows with richer dies!,0.0
"In circling dance a pigmy crowd appear,",0.0
And hark! an infant voice salutes my ear.,0.0
"Mortal, thy aim we know, thy task approve,",2.0
"For us what verdant carpets has he spread,",1.0
Where nightly we our mystic mazes tread!,1.0
"For us each shady grove and rural seat,",1.0
"His falling streams, and flowing numbers sweet.",0.0
That every Fairy of our sprightly train,1.0
"Resorts, to bless the woodland, and the plain;",1.0
"There oft with thought sublime we bless the swain,",0.0
"Nor we inspire, nor he attends in vain.",2.0
"Go, simple rhymer, bear this message true,",1.0
The truths that Fairies dictate none shall rue.,1.0
Content thyself no longer that thy lays,1.0
"By others fostered, lend to others praise;",0.0
The welcome treasures of thy polished muse;,1.0
"Collect the flowers that own thy valued name,",0.0
"Never can thy morals, taste, or verse engage",1.0
"More solid fame, than in this happier age;",2.0
"When sense, when virtue's cherished by the throne,",1.0
And each illustrious privilege their own.,3.0
"The entrusted mandates of your fairy state,",3.0
"Visit these wilds again with nightly care,",2.0
"In healthy plight, to fill the copious pail;",2.0
My sheep be penned with safety in the dale;,0.0
My poultry fear no robber in the roost;,1.0
My linen more than common whiteness boast;,0.0
"WEary, at last, of the Pindaric way,",3.0
"To Fable I descend with soft Delight,",1.0
"To fill my Page, and rid my Thoughts of Care,",0.0
"As they to Birds and Beasts new Gifts impart,",2.0
"And Teach, as Poets should, while they Divert.",1.0
"But here, the Critic bids me cheque this Vein.",0.0
"Fable, he cries, though grown the affected Strain,",4.0
"But dies, as it was born, without Regard or Pain.",1.0
Who seeks to purchase Fame by childish Tales.,0.0
"Then, let my Verse, once more, attempt the Skies,",1.0
"The easily persuaded Poet cries,",1.0
Since meaner Works you Men of Taste despise.,0.0
"The Walls of Troy shall be our loftier Stage,",2.0
Our mighty Theme the fierce Achilles Rage.,0.0
"The Strength of Hector, and Ulysses Arts",1.0
"Shall boast such Language, to adorn their Parts,",1.0
"As neither Hobbes, nor Chapman could bestow",0.0
"Amid her Towers, the dedicated Horse",3.0
"Shall be received, big with destructive Force;",2.0
"Till Men shall say, when Flames have brought her down.",0.0
"Is this the way to please the Men of Taste,",1.0
"I'm sick of Troy, and in as great a Fright,",0.0
"When some dull Pedant would her Wars recite,",1.0
"As was soft Paris, when compelled to Fight.",2.0
"To Shades and Springs shall we awhile repair,",1.0
"The Muse demands, and in that milder Air",0.0
"Whose folded Arms still press upon his Heart,",1.0
And deeper drive the too far entered Dart?,1.0
While Phillis with a careless pleasure reigns,1.0
"The Joy, the Grief, the Envy of the Plains;",1.0
"Heightens the Beauty of the verdant Woods,",3.0
And softens all the Murmurs of the Floods.,1.0
"O! stun me not with these insipid Dreams,",1.0
"The Eternal Hush, the Lullaby of Streams.",1.0
"Which still, he cries, their even Measures keep,",0.0
"Till both the Writers, and the Readers sleep.",1.0
"To show us private, or the public Faults.",1.0
"We'll praise the Weapon, as we like the Stroke,",1.0
"Apply to Thousands, what of One you write.",1.0
"Then, must that single Stream the Town supply,",0.0
And all the Rest of Helicon be dry?,0.0
"And when so many choice Productions swarm,",0.0
Must only Satire keep your Fancies warm?,1.0
"While even there, you praise with such Reserve,",2.0
Though never so liberally we Authors carve.,3.0
"Happy the Men, whom we divert with Ease,",3.0
"GReat child of nature, well you play your part,",1.0
Yet nature sure would need a little art.,0.0
"Your head's too giddy, and your blood too warm.",3.0
"For instance now, when men are making love,",0.0
"They bill and coo, as gentle as the dove;",1.0
"But you, all foaming like a savage bear,",1.0
Attempt with blustering cries to move the fair.,2.0
"How inconsistent, vain unthinking boy,",0.0
"To rage a tyrant, while you look a toy.",0.0
"You gain applause ' --  good faith, I grant it true,",0.0
Nothing like roaring charms the vulgar crew.,2.0
"But men, whose judgement's rather more acute,",0.0
"Astonished stare, with indignation mute.",0.0
OH Under various sacred names adored!,3.0
Author of nature! whose unbounded sway,2.0
And legislative power all things obey!,2.0
To thee from all thy mortal offspring due;,2.0
"From thee we came, from thee our being drew;",2.0
"Whatever lives and moves, great Sire! is thine,",3.0
Embodied portions of the soul divine.,1.0
"Therefore to thee will I attune my string,",3.0
And of thy wondrous power for ever sing.,3.0
"That round this earthly sphere incessant move,",0.0
"Through all this boundless world admit thy sway,",0.0
Such is the awe impressed on nature round,1.0
When through the void thy dreadful thunders sound.,0.0
"Astonished worlds, hear, tremble, and adore.",2.0
"Thus paramount to all, by all obeyed,",1.0
Ruling that reason which through all conveyed,2.0
"Supreme, unbounded, universal Lord.",0.0
Is ought performed without thy aid divine;,0.0
"Vice is the act of man, by passion tossed,",0.0
And profit by the malice of thy foes:,2.0
"So blending good with evil, fair with foul,",0.0
As thence to model one harmonious whole:,3.0
One universal law of truth and right;,0.0
But wretched mortals shun the heavenly light;,2.0
"And, though to bliss directing still their choice,",1.0
"Hear not, or heed not reason's sacred voice,",0.0
That common guide ordained to point the road,0.0
That leads obedient man to solid good.,2.0
"Thence quitting virtue's lovely paths they rove,",1.0
As various objects various passions move.,4.0
Some through opposing crowds and threatening war,1.0
"Some, bent on wealth, pursue with endless pain",0.0
"Oppressive, sordid, and dishonest gain:",1.0
"Thou, from whose bounty all good gifts descend,",1.0
Do thou from ignorance mankind defend!,2.0
"The clouds of vice and folly, OH control;",0.0
And shed the beams of wisdom on the soul!,1.0
Thy justice rules this universal frame.,0.0
That honoured with a portion of thy light,1.0
"With honorary songs and grateful lays,",0.0
"And hymn thy glorious works with ceaseless praise,",2.0
The proper task of man: and sure to sing,0.0
"Of nature's laws, and nature's mighty king",0.0
Is bliss supreme. Let gods with mortals join!,1.0
The subject may transport a breast divine.,1.0
"How narrow are our prospects, how confined!",2.0
"With universal vanity possessed,",1.0
We fondly think our own ideas best:,0.0
Our tottering arguments are ever strong;,3.0
What philosophic Sage of pride austere,0.0
Can lend conviction an attentive ear?,1.0
What pattern of humility and truth,2.0
Can bear the jeering ridicule of youth?,0.0
What blushing Author ever ranked his Muse,0.0
"Dull Penny, nodding over his wooden lyre,",3.0
"All in the language of Apostles cry,",1.0
"If Angels contradict me, Angels lie?",0.0
"As all have intervals of ease and pain,",1.0
So all have intervals of being vain;,1.0
"But some of folly never shift the scene,",0.0
Or let one lucid moment intervene;,0.0
Incessant madding for a system toy,1.0
The greatest of Creations blessings cloy;,1.0
"Their senses dosing a continual dream,",3.0
They hang enraptured over the hideous scheme:,4.0
"So virgins tottering into ripe three score,",3.0
Their greatest likeness in baboons adore.,0.0
"When you advance new systems, first unfold",2.0
The various imperfections of the old;,3.0
"Prove Nature hitherto a gloomy night,",2.0
"It's not enough you think your system true,",0.0
The busy world would have you prove it too:,0.0
"Then, rising on the ruins of the rest,",2.0
Plainly demonstrate your ideas best.,2.0
Many are best; one only can be right,3.0
Though all had inspiration to indite.,1.0
"Some this unwelcome truth perhaps would tell,",1.0
Writers on Rolls of Science long renowned,2.0
In one fell page are tumbled to the ground.,4.0
Would you the honour of a Priest mistrust,0.0
An excommunication proves him just.,0.0
And saddle all his faults on Nature's back.,0.0
His Lordship has six thousand pounds a year;,1.0
"In gaming solitude he spends the nights,",0.0
He fasts at Arthur's and he prays at White's;,1.0
Whilst the poor Curate in his rusty gown,3.0
Trudges unnoticed through the dirty town.,3.0
"If God made order, order never made",1.0
These nice distinctions in the preaching trade.,0.0
"The servants of the Devil are revered,",2.0
And Bishops pull the Fathers by the beard.,1.0
"Yet in these horrid forms Salvation lives,",0.0
These are Religions representatives;,2.0
Yet to these idols must we bow the knee ' --,0.0
"Excuse me, Broughton, when I bow to thee.",0.0
"But sure Religion can produce at least,",1.0
One Minister of God ' --  one honest Priest.,1.0
"Search Nature over, procure me, if you can,",4.0
"The fancied character, an honest Man",1.0
"A man of sense, not honest by constraint",1.0
"For fools are canvas, living but in paint",1.0
"All orders of mankind are fools, or knaves:",2.0
"In the first attribute by none surpassed,",3.0
Imagination may be too confined;,1.0
Few see too far; how many are half blind?,3.0
How are your feeble arguments perplexed,2.0
To find out meaning in a senseless text?,0.0
"You rack each metaphor upon the wheel,",1.0
And words can philosophic truths conceal.,0.0
You realise to prove your system best.,1.0
Your zeal for Scripture hath devoured your sense?,2.0
"Apply the glass of reason to your sight,",1.0
"Think for yourself, for all mankind are free;",3.0
We need not Inspiration how to see.,1.0
"If Scripture contradictory you find,",1.0
"Be Orthodox, and own your senses blind.",0.0
"How blinded are their optics, who aver,",3.0
What Inspiration dictates cannot err.,1.0
"Whence is this boasted Inspiration sent,",0.0
"Which makes us utter truths, we never meant?",0.0
"Which couches systems in a single word,",0.0
"At once depraved, abstruse, sublime, absurd.",0.0
"What Moses tells us might perhaps be true,",0.0
As he was learnt in all the Egyptians knew.,2.0
"But to assert that Inspiration's given,",1.0
"The Copy of Philosophy in Heaven,",2.0
"Strikes at Religions root, and fairly fells",1.0
What vulgar errors are with truths combined.,1.0
"Your tortured truths, which Moses seemed to know,",0.0
He could not unto Inspiration owe;,0.0
"For if from God one error you admit,",2.0
How dubious is the rest of Holy Writ?,1.0
What knotty difficulties fancy solves?,0.0
"The Heavens irradiate, and the Earth revolves;",2.0
But here Imagination is allowed,1.0
"From the same word we different meanings quote,",2.0
As David wears a many coloured coat.,0.0
"OH Inspiration, ever hid in night,",1.0
Reflecting various each adjacent light;,2.0
If Moses caught thee in the parted flood;,0.0
If David found thee in a sea of blood;,0.0
On loaded asses bearing off thy spoil;,1.0
Say had not Broughton Inspiration too?,0.0
"Such rank absurdities debase his line,",1.0
I almost could have sworn he copied thine.,2.0
Reason and arrogance but poorly suit.,3.0
Infallibility is not for men.,1.0
"Be not too positive, though in the right.",2.0
"What man of sense would value vulgar praise,",0.0
"Though pointed fingers mark the Man of Fame,",0.0
And literary Grocers chant your name;,0.0
With ornamental flowers and gilded lines;,2.0
Though youthful Ladies who by instinct scan,0.0
"The Natural Philosophy of Man,",2.0
"Can every reason of your work repeat,",1.0
As sands in Africa retain the heat:,1.0
Yet cheque your flowing pride: Will all allow,0.0
"Some may with seeming arguments dispense,",1.0
Your theory is certainly untrue;,2.0
"On Reason and Newtonian rules he proves,",3.0
How distant your machine from either moves.,1.0
"But my objections may be reckoned weak,",2.0
As nothing but my mother tongue I speak;,1.0
Else would I ask; by what immortal Power,0.0
All Nature was dissolved as in an hour.,1.0
"How, when the earth acquired a solid state,",2.0
"And rising mountains saw the waves abate,",0.0
"Each particle of matter sought its kind,",1.0
All in a strata regular combined?,1.0
When instantaneously the liquid heap,3.0
"Hardened to rocks, the barriers of the deep,",3.0
Why did not earth unite a stony mass;,1.0
Since stony filaments through all must pass?,1.0
"If on the wings of air the planets run,",1.0
Why are they not impelled into the sun?,0.0
"Philosophy, nay common sense, will prove",2.0
"If the diurnal motion of the air,",2.0
Revolves the planets in their destined sphere;,0.0
How are the moons from falling headlong held?,2.0
And who will give Eternity the lie?,1.0
"I own the awful truth, that God made all,",1.0
And by his fiat worlds and systems fall.,1.0
But study Nature; not an atom there,1.0
Will unassisted by her powers appear;,3.0
"The fiat, without agents, is, at best,",6.0
"Some fancy God is what we Nature call,",0.0
"Being itself material, all in all.",3.0
"The fragments of the Deity we own,",2.0
No agents could assist Creations birth:,1.0
"We trample on our God, for God is Earth.",1.0
"How lofty must Imagination soar,",0.0
To reach absurdities unknown before?,1.0
From the Moons orb a novelty of thought.,3.0
"Thou hast one excellence, of railing well.",1.0
"Who settle Hebrew points, and scold in prose.",0.0
"OH Learning, where are all thy fancied joys",1.0
Thy empty pleasures and thy solemn toys?,1.0
Proud of thy own importance; though we see,1.0
Thou offspring illegitimate of Pain.,2.0
You claim the preference to men of sense?,1.0
Banter his English in a Latin song.,2.0
"Their native Language, but declaim in Greek.",1.0
"If in his jests a discord should appear,",0.0
A dull lampoon is innocently clear.,1.0
Is this the boasted justice of your schools?,2.0
Instruction sees his latent beauties rise;,0.0
"His gold is bullion, yours debased with brass,",1.0
His thunders rattle through the listening street:,1.0
"You rigid Christians, formally severe,",1.0
"Blind to his charities, his oaths you hear;",1.0
Observe his virtues: Calumny must own,1.0
A noble soul is in his actions shown;,0.0
"Though dark this bright original you paint,",1.0
The Muse will go where Merit leads the way;,0.0
"The Owls of Learning may admire the night,",1.0
"Still Admonition presses to my pen,",2.0
The infant Muse would give advice to Men.,0.0
Owns no superior in the paths of fame?,2.0
"In springs, in mountains, strata's, mines, and rocks,",0.0
"But o! how lofty your ideas roar,",2.0
The short adventures of the pretty shells;,1.0
"The doors fly open, instantly he draws",2.0
Sage Natural Philosophers adore,3.0
"But see! the purple stream begins to play,",0.0
To show how fountains climb the hilly way.,0.0
Hark what a murmur echoes through the throng.,1.0
Gods! that the pretty trifle should be wrong!,0.0
Experience in the voice of Reason tells,1.0
Above its surface water never swells.,0.0
See what a triumph sits upon his brow:,0.0
"And can the poor applause of things like these,",1.0
"Whose souls and sentiments are all disease,",1.0
"Raise little triumphs in a man like you,",1.0
The laughter of his tributary wits;,1.0
"Ruling the noisy multitude with ease,",2.0
Empties his pint and sputters his decrees.,3.0
"NOW had the archangel trumpet, raised sublime",6.0
"Above the walls of heaven, begun to sound;",0.0
Shook with celestial noise; the almighty host,4.0
"Hot with pursuit, and reeking with the blood",3.0
Pause at the known command of sounding gold.,0.0
The impenetrable folds on brazen hinge,2.0
Roll creaking horrible; the din beneath,2.0
Then through the solid gloom with nimble wing,0.0
They cut their shining traces up to light;,1.0
"Returned upon the edge of heavenly day,",2.0
"Where thinnest beams play round the vast obscure,",1.0
And with eternal gleam drive back the night.,2.0
"They find the troops less stubborn, less involved",1.0
"In crime and ruin, barred the realms of peace,",0.0
Shades every face with horror; conscious guilt,1.0
"Rolls in the livid eye-ball, and each breast",2.0
Shakes with the dread of future doom unknown.,0.0
It's here the wide circumference of heaven,2.0
"Opens in two vast gates, that inward turn",3.0
"Voluminous, on jasper columns hung",1.0
By geometry divine: they ever glow,2.0
"With living sculptures, that arise by turns",0.0
To give succeeding argument their place;,1.0
"In holy hieroglyphics on they move,",1.0
"The gaze of journeying angels, as they pass",3.0
"Oft looking back, and held in deep surprise.",1.0
Here stood the troops distinct; the cherub guard,0.0
Harmonious; for a vocal spirit sits,1.0
"Within each hinge, and, as they onward drive,",1.0
"With symphony melodious, such as spheres",2.0
Involved in tenfold wreaths are said to sound.,1.0
Out flows a blaze of glory; for on high,1.0
"Towering advanced the moving throne of God,",1.0
Vast and majestic; on each radiant side,3.0
The pointed rays slope glittering; at the foot,2.0
"Glides a full tide of day, that onward pours,",3.0
"In liquid torrents through the black abyss,",1.0
Sparkling among reluctant shapes which thence,1.0
Over the vast mountain's ridge the burning waves,2.0
Sweeping the glowing plains down to the sea;,3.0
To give the fire its course; thus Chaos wild,1.0
Hissing recoils to let in floods of light.,2.0
"Above the throne, the ideas heavenly bright",4.0
"Of past, of present, and of coming time",1.0
An endless landscape of created things,2.0
"To sight celestial, where angelic eyes",1.0
"Are lost in prospect; for the shiny range,",1.0
Boundless and various in its bosom bears,3.0
"With steadfast eyes, till more arise to view,",1.0
And farther inward scenes start up unknown.,2.0
"About the throne, and as it moves, proceed",1.0
"In numerous order, to celestial song.",3.0
"Above, the symphony of mellow flutes;",1.0
"And harps, by flying angels gently touched,",0.0
The solemn sounds in harmony divine;,1.0
"Such as might tune new worlds, and give the laws",2.0
"To globes on high, and the just figure guide",1.0
Of planets forming all their airy dance.,0.0
"Below, the blazing wheels drive bounding over",1.0
The starry pavement; stars and hills of light,0.0
Double their glories where the chariot rolls,4.0
"Down to its steadfast axis, groans throughout",2.0
"Under the burning tracts, till now it rests",2.0
Upon the gaping brink of heaven; and there,0.0
"With open pomp, fills the vast empty space.",3.0
Silence ensues; a deep and awful pause,2.0
"More terrible, all expectation held",1.0
In horror: now wrath imminent amazed,2.0
"With dreadful precipice, to all it seems",1.0
More formidable near; then from the throne,2.0
"A vocal thunder rolled the sense of God,",0.0
"Majestically long, repugnant all",1.0
To princes' customs here; their judgements flash,2.0
"On guilt, with words concise, and sudden blaze.",0.0
Set wide the fate of things; that all around,1.0
Might take full prospects of their coming doom.,2.0
Servants of God! and Virtues great in arms;,2.0
"We approve your faithful works, and you return",2.0
Blessed from the dire pursuit of rebel foes;,0.0
"Resolved, obdurate, they have tried the force",5.0
"Of this right hand, and known Almighty power;",2.0
"Transfixed with lightning down they sunk, they fell",1.0
"Into the fiery gulf, and deep they plunge",2.0
"Below the burning waves, to hide their heads",0.0
In shelter from my vengeance bellowing hence,3.0
"More fierce, and scorching with more dreadful fires.",1.0
"There let them find their doom, that durst defy",0.0
"Omnipotence, and slight his proffered grace;",1.0
"Rolling in flames, and never to find a dawn",4.0
Can find no ease; while fierce their boiling rage,1.0
With endless pain; not one repentant thought,1.0
"Shall cool the breast, but proud in horrid crime,",0.0
"But you commissioned by commands divine,",2.0
"Have wisely filled your trust, and closed them all",0.0
"Within the fervid lake, lest any roam",0.0
"Into the dark abyss to shun their doom,",0.0
And in the womb immense of things unborn,1.0
Should seek annihilation; you must rise,1.0
Among the shining virtues more sublime;,0.0
"For you, you guilty throng! that lately joined",1.0
"In this sedition, since seduced from good,",1.0
"And caught in trains of guile, by spirits malign,",2.0
"Superior in their order; you accept,",2.0
"Trembling, my heavenly clemency and grace.",4.0
"You shall emerge to light, and humbly here",0.0
If your own virtue second my decree:,2.0
"But all must have their manes first below,",3.0
"So stands the eternal fate, but smoother yours",3.0
"Than what lost angels feel; nor can our reign,",2.0
"Without just dooms, the peace of heaven secure;",0.0
For forms celestial new erect in glory,0.0
"Would totter, dazzled with the heights of power,",1.0
Did not the nerves of justice fix their sight.,0.0
"See, where below in Chaos wondrous deep",1.0
"A speck of light dawns forth, and thence throughout",1.0
"There swiftly turns the burning eddy round,",0.0
Absorbing all crude matter near its brink;,1.0
"Which next, with subtle motions, takes the form",0.0
"I please to stamp, the seed of infant worlds",0.0
"All now in embryo, but ere long shall rise",2.0
"Variously scattered in this vast expanse,",1.0
Of outward circles brush the heavenly gates.,2.0
The middle point a globe of curling fire,0.0
"Shall hold, which round it sheds its genial heat;",0.0
Wherever I kindle life the motion grows,2.0
And infinite vicissitudes shall roll,2.0
"About the restless centre; for I rear,",1.0
"In those meanders turned, a dusty ball,",1.0
"Deformed all over with woods, whose shaggy tops",2.0
"Enclose eternal mists, and deadly damps",0.0
"Hover within their boughs, to choke the light;",2.0
"Impervious scenes of horror, till reformed",3.0
"To fields, and grassy dales, and flowery meads,",2.0
By your continual pains. The torrid zone,3.0
"Here fries with constant heat, the swarthy world;",0.0
"And dusty mountains, tumbled by the winds,",1.0
Stretch their uncertain heaps; no less the frost,3.0
"At either end shall rage, and high shall raise",0.0
"Of desert nature, and the eternal piles",3.0
"Load all the dreary coast, and thick in ice,",0.0
"Arm either pole, that yearly peeps askance",1.0
"On coming light, but feels no gentle ray",1.0
And chill again by turns; for both extremes,0.0
Make their incursions here; and this my will,3.0
"Of fighting atoms, where hot, moist, and dry,",1.0
Wage an eternal war with dismal roar;,2.0
"The dismal roar breaks smoothly on the ground,",2.0
"Sacred to horror, and eternal night:",3.0
"Here Silence sits, whose visionary shape",0.0
And in dark fumes reclines his drowsy head;,1.0
"An urn he holds, from whence a lake proceeds,",0.0
"Hither compelled, each soul must drink long draughts",3.0
"Of those forgetful streams, till forms within.",1.0
And all the great ideas fade and die:,0.0
For if vast thought should play about a mind,2.0
"Fluttering and beating in the mournful cage,",1.0
It soon would break its grates and wing away:,0.0
"It's therefore my decree, the soul return",2.0
"Naked from off this beach, and perfect blank,",2.0
To visit the new world; and strait to feel,2.0
"Itself, in crude consistence closely shut,",0.0
The dreadful monument of just revenge;,1.0
On fleeting matter all imprisoned round,0.0
"Here anger, vast ambition, and disdain,",1.0
"And all the haughty movements rise and fall,",0.0
As storms of neighbouring atoms tear the soul;,2.0
"And hope, and love, and all the calmer turns",0.0
"Of easy hours, in their gay gilded shapes,",3.0
"With sudden run, skim over deluded minds,",3.0
"As matter leads the dance; but one desire,",1.0
"Unsatisfied, shall mar ten thousand joys.",1.0
"The rank of beings, that shall first advance,",0.0
Drink deep of human life; and long shall stay,1.0
"On this great scene of cares. From all the rest,",2.0
"That longer for the destined body wait,",1.0
Less penance I expect; and short abode,2.0
In those pale dreary kingdoms will content:,3.0
"Each has his lamentable lot, and all,",3.0
"On different racks, abide the pains of life.",0.0
The pensive spirit takes the lonely grove:,0.0
"Nightly he visits all the sylvan scenes,",2.0
"Where far remote, a melancholy moon",0.0
"Raising her head, serene and shorn of beams,",2.0
"To make more awful darkness. Starry lights,",0.0
"Hung up on high, shed round them as they burn",2.0
A pale sad influence; and they gild the plains,2.0
"With doubtful rays, which strike within the shades",0.0
A trembling lustre and uncertain light.,1.0
"The SAGE shall haunt this solitary ground,",0.0
"And view the dismal landscape, limned within",1.0
"In horrid shades, mixed with imperfect light.",2.0
"Contracted through the cranny of an eye,",2.0
"Shoots up faint languid beams, to that dark seat,",4.0
"Wherein the soul bereaved of native fire,",0.0
"Sits intricate, in misty clouds obscured,",2.0
"Even from itself concealed, and there presides",2.0
"Over jarring images with reason's sway,",1.0
Which by his ordering more confounds their form;,2.0
"The more he strives to appease, the more he feels",2.0
"Impetuous, and the thick revolving thoughts",1.0
"Encountering thoughts, image on image turned,",4.0
"A Chaos of wild science, where sometime",3.0
"The clashing notions strike out casual light,",0.0
Which soon must perish and be lost again,1.0
"In the thick darkness round it. Now, he tries",2.0
"With all his might to raise some weighty thought,",0.0
"Of me, of fate, or of the eternal round,",2.0
Of fleeting images he draws in vain,1.0
To wondrous length; for still the turning maze,0.0
"Eludes his art its end flies far away,",1.0
Returning oft on the same beaten thought.,2.0
"For much of good he talks, and life serene,",0.0
"Of happiness denied, the dismal waste",1.0
"Stubborn in anguish; idle wisdom all,",2.0
"Diversion in himself, but with deep thoughts",1.0
"The ashes off, revives the brand of care.",1.0
"Hence far removed, a different noisy race",1.0
"In cities full and frequent take their seat,",0.0
"With swelling hopes of gain, that raise within",0.0
"A tempest, and, driven onward by success,",3.0
Can find no bounds. For creatures of a day,2.0
Stretch their wide cares to ages; full increase,3.0
"Starves the penurious soul, while empty sound",5.0
"Fills the ambitious; that shall ever shrink,",2.0
"Pining with endless cares, while this shall swell",3.0
"Here shines the hero, out he fiercely leads",1.0
"A martial throng, his instruments of rage,",1.0
"To fill the world with death, and thin mankind.",1.0
"Ambition drives, and round the world he roams,",0.0
Marking his way with blood; the dreadful noise,2.0
Begets a fame; and all the breath he leaves,0.0
"Is spent in his false praise, and vainly bloats",2.0
The tyrant's soul; while high his kingdoms rise,2.0
"In fleeting pomp, hovering over their gaudy wings",5.0
Beneath his haughty reign; and all his slaves,0.0
"Under his yoke shall groan, and scarce shall groan",2.0
Without a crime. Here torturing engines roar,2.0
"With human voice disguised; earth, water, fire,",1.0
Are made dire elements of cruelty!,2.0
"Subservient to his lust, and power to kill;",3.0
"Yet shall the herd endure, nor dare to break",0.0
United their imaginary chain;,1.0
"While their great monarch chills with equal fears,",2.0
No less a slave than they. Each rumour shakes,2.0
"The haughty purple, dark and cloudy cares",0.0
"Involve the awful throne, that stands erect,",0.0
"Balanced on the wild people's tempered rage,",4.0
And fortified with dangerous arts of power.,2.0
But death shall shift those scenes of misery;,1.0
"Then doubtful titles kindle up new wars,",2.0
"About the camp, and drums and trumpets' sound",0.0
Prepare a solemn way to grizzly war;,0.0
"Erect their shining heads, and round the field",0.0
A harvest's scene of formidable death;,1.0
"Then joins the horrid shock, whose bellowing burst",2.0
"Torments the shattered air, and drowns the groans",1.0
Of men below that roll in certain death.,0.0
"These are the mortal sports, the tragic plays",1.0
By man himself embroiled; the dire debate,0.0
"Make the waste desert seem serene and mild,",3.0
"Where savage nature in one common lies,",0.0
"By homely cots possessed; all squalid, wild,",0.0
"And feel their share of hunger, care, and pain,",0.0
Cheated by flying prey; and now they tear,2.0
Their panting flesh; and now with nails unclean,0.0
They tug their shaggy beards; and deeply quaff,0.0
"Of human woe, even when they rudely sip",3.0
"Enjoyed with trembling, and in danger sought.",1.0
But where the appointed limits of a law,2.0
"Fences the general safety of the world,",3.0
"No greater quiet reigns; for wanton man,",1.0
In giddy frolic easily leaps over,2.0
"Revenge, and lust, and all the hideous train",2.0
To endless shapes of woe. Here misers mourn,1.0
"Departed gold, and their defrauded heirs",1.0
"Of punishment and crime deform the world,",2.0
And give no rest to man; with pangs and throes,1.0
He enters on the stage; prophetic tears,1.0
And infant cries prelude his future woes;,1.0
"And all is one continued scene of grief,",1.0
Till the sad sable curtain falls in death.,2.0
But that last act shall in one moment close,1.0
Of doubt and darkness; pain shall crack the strings,0.0
Afraid to leap into the opening gulf,2.0
"Of future fate, till all the banks of clay",0.0
Fall from beneath his feet: in vain he grasps,2.0
The shattered reeds that cheat his easy wish.,0.0
Reason is now no more; that narrow lamp,2.0
Which with its sickly fires would shoot its beams,0.0
"To distances unknown, and stretch its rays",1.0
"Askance my paths, in deepest darkness veiled",0.0
It burns a dismal light; the expiring flame,2.0
"Is choked in fumes, and parts in various doubt.",2.0
Then the gay glories of the living world,3.0
"Shall cast their empty varnish, and retire",1.0
Out of his feeble view; and rising shade,1.0
Sit hovering over all nature's various face.,5.0
"Music shall cease, and instruments of joy",3.0
Shall fail that sullen hour; nor can the mind,1.0
"Attend their sounds, when fancies swim in death,",0.0
Confused and crushed with cares: for long shall seem,0.0
"The dreary road, and melancholy dark,",0.0
That leads he knows not where. Here empty space,0.0
"All being: yonder sooty demons glare,",0.0
Of wild imagination dance and play,0.0
Before his eyes obscure; till all in death,0.0
"Shall vanish, and the prisoner, now enlarged,",1.0
Regains the flaming borders of the sky.,1.0
"Approve the high decree, and loud they sing",0.0
"Eternal justice; while the guilty troops,",0.0
"Sad with their doom, but sad without despair,",0.0
"For penance, and the destined body, wait.",1.0
"You mighty Nine, suspend your sacred Fire,",0.0
Strong Grief like Love can coldest Breasts inspire;,1.0
For every line can Boast an ardent Tear.,0.0
"In numbers fail, my Sighs shall speak the rest;",0.0
"Yet with a Pious hast, my humble Tribute bring",0.0
"Of Grief immense, an equal Theme of Praise,",0.0
But o! what Pen can worthy Trophies raise.,1.0
"Great William now our Annals proudest Boast,",1.0
"When at Seneff, he stemmed the impetuous Strife,",3.0
And Laurels flourished in the Bloom of Life.,0.0
"Nor did his Triumphs end where they begin,",1.0
Heaven gave fresh Scenes to act his Glories in;,1.0
"They fought to win the World, he to defend.",1.0
"He hazards all, to save the sinking Land;",0.0
"Not Winter Seas the generous Prince restrain,",2.0
"No threatening Danger terror can afford,",2.0
When Justice calls for his avenging Sword.,1.0
"Boldly he marched to dare the oppressing Foe,",4.0
"Nor Conquest feared, when Heaven directs the Blow;",0.0
"It's Orange comes, they know the Field is lost.",0.0
"None dare approach the mighty Victor's Face,",1.0
But such as safely sue for his Embrace;,2.0
"With blooming Palms the regal Seat obtained,",0.0
Calls forth the Hero from his short repose;,2.0
"Not thirst of Empire, Mankind to enslave,",2.0
"Nor fights so much to Conquer, as to save:",1.0
"Led by a tenderness his Courage moves,",1.0
"With Pride great Neptune bears the Royal freight,",1.0
"And look from him, as Heaven their Nations fate.",1.0
"The undaunted Warrior like the God of Arms,",1.0
Shines through the Field and every Soldier warms.,0.0
"In vain the Boyne would Victory delay,",1.0
Nor can its Streams their generous Heat allay;,3.0
"Boldly they Plunge the bright propitious Flood,",2.0
"The amphibious Squadrons charge upon their Foes,",3.0
"But with united force the Fight pursue,",1.0
Till Laurels load the daring Monarch's brow.,1.0
"Soon as the Land was safe his Weapons cease,",0.0
"With his victorious Hand, he sealed their Peace;",3.0
"Mourn all you injured Realms your helpless Cause,",0.0
"That mighty Arm, lies useless in the Grave.",1.0
Unite your Tears and swell and gentle Boyne;,1.0
"With Pride her Streams are conscious of his Fame,",1.0
And all her wondering Banks with Joy resound the same.,3.0
"But when your flowing Eyes declare his Death,",0.0
She will no more her sporting Waters heave;,0.0
"But sadly sink into her mournful Cell,",0.0
"In subterranean Murmurs hast to tell,",3.0
And swells the Ocean with their flowing Tears:,1.0
"Wearied with long Attendance on the Court,",3.0
"Eternal King! if here in vain I cry,",0.0
Where shall the Fatherless and Widow fly?,1.0
"How blessed are they, who sleep among the Dead,",1.0
Nor hear their Children's piercing Cries for Bread!,0.0
"When your loved Offspring gives your Soul Delight,",4.0
Reflect how mine are irksome to my Sight:,2.0
"OH think, how must a wretched Mother grieve,",1.0
Who hears the Want she never can relieve!,1.0
"An Evil preys upon my helpless Son,",0.0
How many Ways the Wretched are undone!,1.0
"Cruel Distemper! to assault his Sight,",1.0
"And rob him of his only Joy, the Light!",1.0
"His Anguish makes my wearied Eyes overflow,",3.0
No friendly Voice my lonely Mansion cheers;,1.0
All fly the Infection of the Widow's Tears:,3.0
"Even those, whose Pity eased my Wants with Bread,",1.0
"Are now, OH sad Reverse! my greatest Dread.",1.0
"My mournful Storey will no more prevail,",2.0
And every Hour I dread a dismal Jail:,0.0
"I start at each imaginary Sound,",0.0
And Horrors have encompassed me around.,1.0
"Tremble, you Daughters, who at Ease recline,",2.0
Lest you should know a Misery like mine.,2.0
"You now, unmoved, can hear the Wretched moan;",0.0
"And feel no Wants, yourselves oppressed by none;",1.0
"Fly from the Sight of Woes you will not share,",1.0
And leave the helpless Orphan to despair.,1.0
"But know, that dreadful Hour is drawing near,",0.0
To you no more the Wretched shall complain;,0.0
"Who never hears the Wretched sigh in vain,",0.0
Herself distressed till she relieves their Pain.,1.0
"This Fame reports, fair Carteret, of you;",2.0
This blessed Report encouraged me to sue.,1.0
Nor let your Mercy fail in me alone!,1.0
"So at the last Tribunal will I stand,",1.0
"With my poor Orphans, placed on either Hand;",2.0
For at His Bar the Widow's Tears prevail,0.0
"That she, who made the Fatherless her Care,",1.0
The Fullness of celestial Joys may share;,1.0
"That she a Crown of Glory may receive,",1.0
"Who snatched me from Destruction, and the Grave.",2.0
"ON thy carved sides, where many a vivid die",4.0
"In easy progress leads the wandering eye,",3.0
"A distant nation's manners we behold,",1.0
"Who over the rail of garden arbour lean,",2.0
"In listless ease; and rocks of arid brown,",0.0
"On whose sharp crags, in gay profusion blown,",1.0
"The little verdant plate, where with his mate",1.0
"The golden pheasant holds his gorgeous state,",0.0
"With gaily crested pate and twisted neck,",0.0
"While, by its margin moored, the little boat",0.0
Does with its oars and netted awning float:,0.0
"A scene in short all soft delights to take in,",0.0
"With straight small spout, that from thy body fair,",2.0
"Diverges with a smart vivacious air,",1.0
A goodly vessel of the olden times.,1.0
But far less pleasure yields this fair display,1.0
"Than that enjoyed upon thy natal day,",0.0
"An urchin group in silent wonder gazing,",0.0
"Stood and beheld, as, touched with magic skill,",2.0
"The whirling clay swift fashioned to his will, ' --",2.0
"Complete before their eyes, and grinned for joy;",0.0
"And curtailed words of praise, like ting, tongue, too!",5.0
"Beneath his humble shed, this fair array",0.0
"Of pictured forms upon thy surface gay,",0.0
But speed me on my way with quickened pace.,1.0
"Packed in a chest with others of thy kind,",1.0
"The sport of waves and every shifting wind,",0.0
"The passing of the Line to swell thy fame,",1.0
With as good observation of the thing,2.0
As some of those who in a hammock swing.,0.0
"And now thou be seen in Britain's polished land,",0.0
Held up to public view in waving hand,0.0
"Of boastful auctioneer, while dames of pride",0.0
"With all thy train of vassal cups around thee,",0.0
Could dwell on for a week with fresh delight.,1.0
Our pleased imagination now portrays,0.0
"The glory of thy high official days,",1.0
"When thou on board of rich japan wert set,",0.0
Round whose supporting table gaily met,0.0
"At close of eve, the young, the learnt, the fair,",0.0
And even philosophy and wit were there.,3.0
"Whose ample cell supplied thy liquid store,",0.0
"Beneath whose base the sapphire flame was burning,",2.0
"Though richly chased and burnished it might be,",1.0
"Was yet, confessed, subordinate to thee.",0.0
The climax of thy glory was attained!,3.0
Back from her elevated elbow fell,1.0
"And gentle rounding of her lily arm,",1.0
The eyes of wistful sage or beau to charm ' --,0.0
A sight at other times but dimly seen,0.0
"With pleasing toil, red glowed her dimpled cheek,",1.0
"Bright glanced her eyes beneath her forehead sleek,",1.0
"And as she poured the beverage, through the room",2.0
"Was spread its fleeting, delicate perfume.",1.0
Then did bright wit and cheerful fancy play,1.0
With all the passing topics of the day.,1.0
"So delicate, so varied and so free",2.0
"Was the heart's pastime, then inspired by thee,",3.0
"That goblet, bowl or flask could boast no power",1.0
"Of high excitement, in their reigning hour,",0.0
"Compared to thine; ' --  red wildfire of the fen,",2.0
To summer moonshine of some fairy glen.,2.0
For what of earthly happiness may last!,1.0
"May fragrant tea from menial hands afford,",2.0
"Which, poured in dull obscurity hath been,",1.0
"From pot of vulgar ware, in nook unseen,",0.0
"And pass in hasty rounds our eyes before,",0.0
Thou in thy graceful state art seen no more.,1.0
"Enjoy amid the tangled, giddy maze,",0.0
Their languid eye ' --  their listless air betrays.,0.0
What though at times we see a youthful fair,0.0
"By white clothed board her watery drug prepare,",3.0
"At further corner of a noisy room,",1.0
"Where only casual stragglers deign to come,",0.0
"Again hath auctioneer thy value praised,",0.0
"Again have rival bidders on thee gazed,",1.0
"But not the gay, the young, the fair, I trow!",0.0
"No; sober connoisseurs, with wrinkled brow",1.0
"And spectacles on nose, thy parts inspect,",1.0
And by grave rules approve thee or reject.,2.0
"For all the bliss which china charms afford,",0.0
My lady now has ceded to her lord.,1.0
"For all the trimmings, flounces, beads and lace,",0.0
The thousand needful things that needs must grace,0.0
Her daily changed attire. ' --  And now on shelf,2.0
"Like moody statesman in his rural den,",0.0
"From power dismissed ' --  like prosperous citizen,",5.0
From shop or change set free ' --  untoward bliss!,4.0
"WHILE in the fortunes of the gay and great,",1.0
"The glare of courts, and luxury of state;",1.0
"All that the meaner covet and deplore,",1.0
"The pomp of wealth, and insolence of power:",1.0
"While in these various scenes of gilded life,",2.0
"Of fraud, ambition, policy, and strife;",1.0
And every face the mask of every heart;,0.0
"While with such different objects entertained,",0.0
"I speculate on human joys and woes,",0.0
Till from my pen the verse spontaneous flows;,3.0
"But to a friend? ' --  and to what friend but you,",2.0
"Safe, just, sincere, indulgent, kind and true?",1.0
"Disdain not then these trifles to attend,",1.0
"Nor fear to blame, nor study to commend.",1.0
"Say, where false notions erring I pursue,",3.0
And with the plausible confound the true:,2.0
Correct with all the freedom that I write;,0.0
And guide my darkened reason with thy light.,1.0
"Thee partial heaven has blessed, profusely kind,",0.0
"With wit, with judgement, and a taste refined,",1.0
"Thy fancy rich, and thy observance true,",1.0
"Rare blessings! and to few divided known,",2.0
But given united to thyself alone.,3.0
"Instruction are thy words, and lively truth,",1.0
"The school of age, and the delight of youth.",1.0
"When men their various discontents relate,",2.0
And tell how wretched this our mortal state;,1.0
"That life is but diversified distress,",1.0
"The lot of all, and hardly more or less;",0.0
"That kings and villagers have each their share,",1.0
"These pinched with mean, and those with splendid care;",1.0
"That seeming pleasure is intrinsic woe,",1.0
Who often grudges what is never possessed;,2.0
"Say, are we thus oppressed by Nature's laws,",0.0
"Or of our miseries, ourselves the cause?",2.0
"Sure oft, unjustly, we impute to Fate",2.0
A thousand evils which ourselves create;,0.0
"Complain that life affords but little joy,",0.0
And yet that little foolishly destroy.,1.0
"We cheque the pleasures that too soon subside,",1.0
And break the current of too weak a tide.,3.0
"Like Atalanta, golden trifles chase,",0.0
And balk that swiftness which might win the race;,0.0
"For life has joys adapted to each stage,",1.0
"Love for our youth, ambition for our age.",1.0
"When young would govern, and when old would please,",1.0
"Covets the fruits his autumn should bestow,",2.0
Nor tastes the fragrance while the blossoms blow.,0.0
His appetite unanswered by his power:,2.0
Receives with loathing to her venal charms:,1.0
"He rakes the ashes, when the fire is spent,",0.0
"Nor gains fruition, though he gains consent.",1.0
"If thus untimely all her gifts are sought,",0.0
And in the winter would the harvest reap?,0.0
"Listen to Nature, and pursue her bent,",3.0
"And still their power with their ambition weighed,",3.0
"Gain what they can, but never force a trade:",1.0
"A thousand joys her happy followers prove,",2.0
"Health, plenty, rest, society, and love.",2.0
"To us alone, in fatal ignorance proud,",3.0
To deviate from her dictates it's allowed:,2.0
"That boasted gift our reason to believe,",1.0
"Or let caprice, in reason's garb, deceive.",0.0
To us the noble privilege is given,2.0
Of wise refining on the will of heaven.,2.0
"More than we can, lose what we might obtain.",1.0
"Will the wise elephant desert the wood,",3.0
To imitate the whale and range the flood?,0.0
"Or will the mole her native earth forsake,",1.0
In wanton madness to explore the lake?,1.0
"Yet man, whom still ideal profit sways,",4.0
"Than those less prudent, and more blind than these,",3.0
"Herds range the fields, the feathered kind the grove,",1.0
"Choose, woo, caress, and with promiscuous love,",3.0
"As taste and nature prompt, adhere, or rove;",0.0
"They meet with pleasure, and with ease they part,",1.0
For beasts are only coupled by the heart.,1.0
"The body still accompanies the mind,",1.0
"And when this wanders, that is unconfined:",0.0
"The love that joined the sated pair once fled,",1.0
"They change their haunts, their pasture, and their bed.",1.0
"The natural cement passed, an artful chain:",4.0
"The effect of passion ceases with the cause,",2.0
"To no dull rules of custom they submit,",2.0
"Like us they cool, but when they cool, they quit.",0.0
"Nor find we in the wood, the sea, or plain,",0.0
One ever elected over the rest to reign.,4.0
"If any rule, it's force that gives the law,",0.0
"Do they, like us, a pageant idol raise,",0.0
"Swollen with false pride, and flattered by false praise?",4.0
"Do they their equal, sometime less, revere?",1.0
"At once detest and serve, despise and fear?",0.0
To strength inferior do they bend the knee?,1.0
With ears and eyes of others hear and see?,0.0
Or ever vest a mortal god with power,0.0
To do those wrongs they afterwards deplore?,1.0
"These institutions are of man alone,",1.0
Marriage and monarchy are both our own.,3.0
"Public oppression, and domestic strife,",3.0
"Are ills which we ourselves annexed to life,",1.0
"God never made a husband, king, or wife.",1.0
"Boast then, o man! thy profitable gain,",1.0
Here would I launch into the various field,2.0
Of all the cares our prejudices yield;,1.0
"What multiplied examples might be told,",0.0
"Of pains they give, and joys that they withhold?",1.0
"When to credulity tradition preaches,",2.0
And ignorance practises what error teaches!,4.0
"Would any feathered maiden of the wood,",1.0
"When lust and hunger called, its force resist?",0.0
"In abstinence, or chastity persist?",2.0
"And cry,' If heaven's intent was understood,",2.0
' These tastes were only given to be withstood.',2.0
"Or would they wisely both these gifts improve,",0.0
"And eat when hungry, and when amorous love?",3.0
"Yet superstition, in religion's name,",0.0
"With future punishment and present shame,",1.0
"Can fright weak woman from her lover's arms,",2.0
Who weeps with mutual pain her useless charms;,2.0
"While she, poor wretch! consumed in secret fires,",3.0
"Till beauty fades, and inclination dies,",0.0
"But are these ills, the ills which heaven designed?",1.0
"Are we unfortunate, or are we blind?",3.0
"If in possession of our wishes cursed,",1.0
"If we make miseries, what were blessings meant,",3.0
And benefits convert to punishment?,2.0
When in the spring the wise industrious bees,2.0
"Collect the various bloom from fragrant trees,",2.0
"Extract the liquid sweet of every flower,",0.0
And cull the garden to enrich their store:,1.0
"Should any pedant bee of all the hive,",0.0
"And say, that he by inspiration knows,",1.0
"The sacred, tempting, interdicting rose,",0.0
"By heaven's command, though sweetest, useless grows:",2.0
"Think you the fool would ever be obeyed,",0.0
And that the lie would grow into a trade?,0.0
"Even Turks would answer, no ' --  and yet, we see",0.0
"To these, how many proofs I yet could add,",1.0
That man's superior sense is being mad?,2.0
"That none, refining, their true interest view,",2.0
"But for the substance, still the shade pursue.",1.0
"That oft perverse, and prodigal of life,",1.0
Our power and will at everlasting strife,1.0
"We waste the present for the future hour,",1.0
"Or foolishly regretful of the past,",2.0
The good which yet remains neglect to taste.,0.0
"Nor need I any foreign proof to bring,",0.0
Myself an instance of the truths I sing.,2.0
"While in a court, repugnant to my taste,",1.0
"From my loved friend these precious hours I waste,",2.0
"Why do I vainly here thy absence mourn,",0.0
And not anticipate thy wished return?,0.0
"Why stay my passage to those happy fields,",1.0
Where fate in thee my every pleasure yields?,1.0
"Fortune allows the blessings I refuse,",3.0
"And even this moment, were my heart to choose;",3.0
"And not on paper think, but think aloud:",0.0
"With thy loved converse fill the shortened day,",3.0
"And by mean, sanguine views of interest swayed,",2.0
"Lament a grievance which I might redress,",0.0
And wish that happiness I might possess.,1.0
"A person who in London lived of late,",0.0
"By dire misfortune Sunk in his Estate,",1.0
"From good esteem reduced to low degree,",0.0
His credit turned to Abject Poverty;,1.0
"No comfort left to Sweeten human life,",1.0
"But faithful counsels of a virtuous Wife,",3.0
Who under Fortune's frowns would often try,0.0
All means to show her love and constancy;,1.0
"While he with heavy heart would oft lament,",0.0
"Her present Straits, her Ample Fortune Spent,",0.0
She ever Strove to free his mind from care.,0.0
Her Eldest Daughter being as it's Said,1.0
"In bloom of Youth, a fair and comely Maid,",0.0
"Was sent unto a Country friend that She,",4.0
The downfall of her Parents might not See.,2.0
"A Noble Lord of good Estate lived nigh,",1.0
"And on this lovely Beauty cast his Eye,",1.0
"The chaste behaviour of this Graceful Dame,",1.0
"He her addressed his lawful Bride to be,",1.0
"And to the same she did at length agree,",1.0
And to betray her sought a lucky time:,1.0
"While both with different ends themselves amuse,",0.0
From London came the most unwelcome News.,0.0
Her tender Parents were deprived of all,1.0
Their worldly Store; her Sorrows were not small,1.0
"At their dire Fate; When to complete her woes,",1.0
Her Lover does his base design disclose.,0.0
"A Mistress he must have, he wants no Wife,",2.0
Proposed four Hundred Pounds a year for life,1.0
"At her command, and if she will comply,",3.0
Her Father's debts he'll likewise satisfy:,1.0
"Thus like the Cursed Serpent tempting Eve,",4.0
He laid a Golden Bait her to deceive.,1.0
"But here his hopes and promises were vain,",1.0
"The Fair one left him with a brave disdain,",1.0
Such Virtue in her Spotless breast Did reign;,0.0
"Though their misfortune grieved her tender heart,",1.0
"Her noble Soul abhors his treacherous Part,",2.0
"To the designing Lord She bade Adieu,",1.0
Nor would Admit another Interview.,0.0
Chagrined and vexed the Spark resolved to try,0.0
"Another Plot for to waylay her by,",2.0
"Dispatched a Messenger without delay,",1.0
"To hear what her perplexed Friends would say,",3.0
To gain his end by their Authority.,2.0
"By cruel Fate, her Father's forced from home,",0.0
"The Letter to her Mother's Hands did come,",1.0
"His flattering lines she then perused over,",7.0
"His Vile proposals did afflict her more,",0.0
Then all her sad disasters heretofore:,0.0
"She from his Servant her intent concealed,",2.0
"And to her Virtuous Child her mind revealed,",3.0
"To this effect. My dearest Girl, Said She,",3.0
"A Gentleman of wealth and high degree,",1.0
"A wicked heart and base insulting mind,",0.0
"He takes advantage of our mean Estate,",1.0
"And Strives to make our Sorrows more complete,",0.0
"He thinks our present wants to Satisfy,",0.0
"We will betray our Child to Infamy,",2.0
"Heaven forbid, that we so vile Should be",1.0
By Sin and Shame to Shift of poverty!,1.0
The Power above some other way will find,2.0
"To ease our woe, or give us peace of mind",0.0
"Dear Child, my will already is resigned!",3.0
As Worldly grandeur to thyself and Friends;,4.0
For Virtue's loss can never make amends;,0.0
"Therefore I charge thee take a Special care,",1.0
"Refuse the Bait, and So avoid the snare;",1.0
Let not a foolish pity take a place,0.0
"Within thy breast, true Virtue to deface,",2.0
"Our case is not so bad as you may fear,",1.0
From me in time you better News may hear;,1.0
"And have already, better News to Send",0.0
"The Minute just now past, I have received",1.0
A Debt long due by which I am relieved;,2.0
"For Several days before I freely own,",0.0
"All views of comfort and support were gone,",1.0
What little I could raise I did dispose,1.0
"To thy Dear Father, partner of my woes,",3.0
Who at this present time is torn from me,0.0
I hope he'll Soon regain his liberty;,1.0
"It's not to grieve thee I these things relate,",1.0
"Most patiently I bear my instant Fate,",1.0
"Thee not to make my Sufferings yet more great,",0.0
"It's our Misfortune not our fault, that we",1.0
"Are at this time involved in Poverty,",1.0
And Providence may yet us reinstate,1.0
"To the affluence we enjoyed of late,",3.0
Without accepting terms so vile and base;,0.0
"Heaven preserve, my Child, from Such disgrace!",1.0
"These lines she sent with care and Speed I hear,",0.0
By his false Servant to her Daughter Dear,3.0
"Anxious for the Event, shaking with fear.",8.0
He to his Master did the Same convey,1.0
Such Snares were laid her virtue to betray.,1.0
"He opened it, but much surprised to find",1.0
"Whom pinching wants nor Golden Bribes could move,",0.0
To favour him in his illegal love:,1.0
"Reflecting on his Enterprise with Shame,",1.0
"Applauds her choice and found himself to blame,",0.0
"His reason prompts him, that it would be in vain,",0.0
Content or peace of mind thereby to gain;,1.0
"Resolved thenceforth to quit attempts So base,",1.0
"The Letter sealed with nicest art and care,",0.0
"To See his Love he does himself prepare,",0.0
And by it got admittance to the Fair.,2.0
"While She her Mother's Letter did peruse,",0.0
"Her lovely face, he with attention views:",1.0
"Her piercing Sorrows caused her eyes to flow,",0.0
"The deep concern that in her breast took place,",1.0
"Heightened her charms, improved each blooming grace",2.0
Her deep distress and noble constancy.,1.0
"For all his former folly to atone,",1.0
"Assured her on his honour she should find,",1.0
"In him, a Faithful friend and Husband kind;",0.0
And to London he sent the Second time.,2.0
"Implores her Mother's pardon for his crime,",1.0
Pleads his Misfortune that he did not know,2.0
"Their Family, and therefore used them So,",2.0
"Not only begged Excuse for what he had done,",0.0
But wished to be accepted as a Son.,1.0
"This Letter by his Steward to her he Sent,",2.0
And in Short time in Person thither went.,2.0
"Her happy Parents were to Wealth restored,",1.0
By the Assistance of this Generous Lord:,4.0
"Married Amanda was and lived a happy life,",3.0
"He a kind Husband, she a Virtuous Wife.",5.0
"THE LARK, while she her Gratitude to prove,",1.0
Shuts not his Ear against the SPARROWS Lays;,0.0
Fear not the Dictates of my Soul to own;,1.0
"The less of Art, the more of Love is shown:",0.0
And let my Zeal my Want of Skill excuse.,0.0
"HAIL! Hero born to rule, and reconcile",1.0
"Our pure Religion, long the Mark of Rome,",0.0
"Delightful Liberty, with Fears half dead,",2.0
"Hears the glad Noise, and rears her pleasing Head;",3.0
"Her slackened Nerves their former Strength regain,",0.0
"SO Cruel Faction tore Rome's ancient State,",1.0
And all her Glories seemed the Sport of Fate;,0.0
"When by Adoption Trajan took the Reins,",1.0
And taught her Drooping Eagles how to soar.,1.0
"YOU Sir, like him, the British Throne ascend;",1.0
May equal Victories your Reign attend.,1.0
When round the Continent the Trump of Fame,1.0
"Did Britain's Glory in your Right proclaim,",0.0
Sent up their Prayers impending Fates to ward;,0.0
"Rolled his Glad Eyes, and stretched his Paws again.",3.0
"BY your famed Justice, and your prudent Sway,",3.0
"France shall be taught to Love, or to Obey;",1.0
"While YOU the Right of Liberty assert,",1.0
And all the Ills of broken Faith avert;,0.0
Before her Champions mid her Ruins die.,2.0
"PROPHETIC Sages had this Day in View,",0.0
And named our PATRON as a Type of You:,1.0
"So Men to Oracles had once Regard,",1.0
"THE swelling Waves, which often heretofore",0.0
"Our yet loved King, the Glorious WILLIAM, bore,",3.0
"Proud in conveying his Adopted Son,",2.0
"Part with Regret, and murmur as they run.",3.0
WELLCOME great Guardian of our British Land;,3.0
Receive the Nation rescued by thy Hand.,1.0
"A wicked Race of Men, for private Ends,",0.0
"Had raised her baffled Foes, and sunk her Friends,",0.0
"Dispersed her Strength, and Royal ANN betrayed",0.0
While in the Sunshine of her Smiles they played;,2.0
"The Ruin rolled too fast for her to stem,",2.0
Whose greatest Weakness was her Choice of Them:,1.0
"Who owned its Power, and kept their Vows to YOU,",2.0
"Came to our Aid, reversed our lowering Fate,",2.0
And by thy destined ARM retrieved the State.,1.0
"HAIL great Deliverer, much loved MONARCH Hail!",4.0
"No more shall France, no more shall Rome prevail:",1.0
"By Heavens Decree, YOU and your Issue stand",3.0
Sure Signs of future Safety to this Land.,2.0
"So when the Almighty caused the Floods to cease,",1.0
He fixed his Bow in Token of the Peace.,1.0
"Once more I wake; and at the destined hour,",0.0
"Punctual as lovers to the moment sworn,",3.0
"OH, lost to virtue, lost to manly thought,",1.0
"Lost to the noble sallies of the soul,",1.0
Who think it solitude to be alone!,0.0
Communion sweet! communion large and high!,0.0
"Our reason, guardian angel, and our God!",3.0
"Then nearest these, when others most remote;",1.0
"And all, ere long, shall be remote but these.",1.0
"How dreadful then to meet them all alone,",0.0
"Now woo them, wed them, bind them to thy breast:",2.0
"To win thy wish, creation has no more.",1.0
"Or if we wish a fourth, it is a friend ' --",2.0
But friends how mortal! dangerous the desire.,3.0
And reeling through the wilderness of joy;,2.0
"Where Sense runs savage, broke from Reason's chain,",1.0
"And sings false peace, till smothered by the pall.",2.0
"My fortune is unlike, unlike my song,",1.0
Unlike the deity my song invokes.,1.0
And modestly forego thine own! OH thou,1.0
"Say, why not Cynthia, patroness of song?",3.0
"As thou her crescent, she thy character,",3.0
Assumes: still more a goddess by the change.,2.0
"Are there demurring wits, who dare dispute",1.0
This revolution in the world inspired?,0.0
"In silent hour, address your ardent call",0.0
For aid immortal; less her brother's right.,0.0
"She, with the spheres harmonious, nightly leads",3.0
"A strain for gods, denied to mortal ear.",0.0
"Transmit it heard, thou silver queen of heaven!",0.0
"With higher gust, fair Portland of the skies?",2.0
"Is that the soft enchantment calls thee down,",0.0
Come; but from heavenly banquets with thee bring,3.0
"The soul of song, and whisper in mine ear",0.0
The theft divine; or in propitious dreams,0.0
For dreams are thine transfuse it through the breast,2.0
"If, like thy namesake, thou art ever kind.",2.0
"And kind thou wilt be, kind on such a theme;",1.0
"A theme so like thee, a quite lunar theme,",2.0
"Soft, modest, melancholy, female, fair!",2.0
"A theme that rose all pale, and told my soul",0.0
IT was night; on her fond hopes perpetual night;,5.0
"A night which struck a damp, a deadlier damp",2.0
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;,1.0
They love a train; they tread each other's heel:,0.0
"Her death invades his mournful right, and claims",0.0
The grief that started from my lids for him;,1.0
"Or shares it ere it falls. So frequent Death,",0.0
"Sorrow he more than causes, he confounds;",2.0
"For human sighs his rival strokes contend,",0.0
And make distress distraction. OH Philander!,0.0
What was thy fate? A double fate to me;,0.0
Portent and pain! a menace and a blow!,3.0
"Like the black raven hovering over my peace,",4.0
Not less a bird of omen than of prey.,1.0
"It called her tender soul by break of bliss,",0.0
"From the first blossom, from the buds of joy;",3.0
And young as beautiful! and soft as young!,1.0
And gay as soft! and innocent as gay!,1.0
And happy if aught happy here as good!,2.0
"For fortune fond had built her nest on high,",0.0
"Like birds quite exquisite of note and plume,",2.0
"Transfixed by Fate, who loves a lofty mark,",0.0
"How from the summit of the grove she fell,",2.0
Extinguished in the wonders of her song!,1.0
"Still melting there, and with voluptuous pain",5.0
OH to forget her! thrilling through my heart!,3.0
"Song, beauty, youth, love, virtue, joy! this group",2.0
"Of bright ideas, flowers of paradise,",2.0
"Kneel, and present it to the skies; as all",1.0
We guess of heaven: and these were all her own.,1.0
And she was mine; and I was ' --  was most blessed ' --,3.0
Gay title of the deepest misery!,3.0
As bodies grow more ponderous robbed of life;,2.0
"Good lost weighs more in grief, than gained in joy.",1.0
"Like blossomed trees overturned by vernal storm,",3.0
And will not the severe excuse a sigh?,2.0
Scorn the proud man that is ashamed to weep;,3.0
Our tears indulged indeed deserve our shame.,0.0
"You that ever lost an angel, pity me!",1.0
"Soon as the lustre languished in her eye,",0.0
Dawning a dimmer day on human sight;,2.0
"And on her cheek, the residence of Spring,",2.0
"Pale Omen sat, and scattered fears around",1.0
"On all that saw; and who would cease to gaze,",0.0
"That once had seen? with haste, parental haste,",0.0
"I flew, I snatched her from the rigid north,",1.0
And bore her nearer to the Sun: the Sun,1.0
"As if the Sun could envy checked his beam,",1.0
Regret beheld her drooping than the bells,1.0
"Of lilies! fairest lilies, not so fair!",0.0
Queen lilies! and you painted populace,3.0
"Who dwell in fields, and lead ambrosial lives;",0.0
"In morn and evening dew your beauties bathe,",0.0
"And drink the sun; which gives your cheeks to glow,",0.0
"Which often cropped your odours, incense meet",1.0
To thought so pure! You lovely fugitives!,1.0
Why not smile at him too? You share indeed,0.0
"His sudden pass, but not his constant pain.",0.0
But what his glowing passions can engage;,1.0
And glowing passions bent on aught below,0.0
"Must, soon or late, with anguish turn the scale;",0.0
"And anguish, after rapture, how severe!",1.0
"Rapture? Bold man, who tempts the wrath Divine,",3.0
"By plucking fruit denied to mortal taste,",0.0
"While here, presuming on the rights of heaven!",1.0
Lorenzo? At thy friend's expense be wise:,0.0
Lean not on earth; iT will pierce thee to the heart;,1.0
A broken reed at best; but oft a spear;,0.0
"On its sharp point Peace bleeds, and Hope expires.",4.0
"Turn, hopeless thought! turn from her: ' --  Thought, repelled,",3.0
"Resenting rallies, and wakes every woe.",2.0
"Snatched ere thy prime, and in thy bridal hour!",1.0
"And when kind Fortune, with thy lover, smiled!",2.0
And when blind man pronounced thy bliss complete!,1.0
"And on a foreign shore, where strangers wept!",1.0
"Strangers to thee, and, more surprising still,",1.0
"Strangers to kindness, wept; their eyes let fall",3.0
"Inhuman tears; strange tears, that trickled down",2.0
"A tenderness that called them more severe,",1.0
In spite of Nature's soft persuasion steeled.,0.0
"While Nature melted, Superstition raved:",0.0
That mourned the dead; and this denied a grave.,1.0
Their sighs incensed; sighs foreign to the will!,3.0
"While sinful flesh relented, spirit nursed",0.0
The sainted spirit petrified the breast;,0.0
Denied the charity of dust to spread,1.0
Over dust! a charity their dogs enjoy.,1.0
With pious sacrilege a grave I stole;,1.0
With impious piety that grave I wronged;,3.0
Short in my duty; coward in my grief!,0.0
"More like her murderer than friend, I crept",1.0
"In midnight darkness, whispered my last sigh.",3.0
I whispered what should echo through their realms;,1.0
"Nor writ her name, whose tomb should pierce the skies.",0.0
"Presumptuous fear! how durst I dread her foes,",2.0
While Nature's loudest dictates I obeyed?,2.0
"Pardon necessity, blessed shade! Of grief",4.0
And indignation rival bursts I poured;,0.0
"Kindled at man, while I his God adored;",1.0
Stamped the cursed soil; and with humanity,5.0
Glows my resentment into guilt? What guilt,2.0
Can equal violations of the dead?,2.0
The dead how sacred! sacred is the dust,1.0
"He deigned to wear, who hung the vast expanse",0.0
"With azure bright, and clothed the sun in gold.",0.0
When every passion sleeps that can offend;,1.0
When strikes us every motive that can melt;,0.0
"Then, spleen to dust? the dust of innocence?",1.0
An angel's dust? ' --  This Lucifer transcends:,1.0
"When he contended for the patriarch's bones,",3.0
"IT was not the strife of malice, but of pride;",1.0
"The strife of pontiff pride, not pontiff gall.",0.0
Far less than this is shocking in a race,2.0
Most wretched but from streams of mutual love;,3.0
"And, but for love divine, this moment lost,",1.0
Man hard of heart to man! of horrid things,1.0
"Most horrid! amid stupendous, highly strange!",2.0
Yet oft his courtesies are smoother wrongs;,1.0
"What then his vengeance? Hear it not, you stars!",0.0
Overwhelming turrets threaten ere they fall;,0.0
"Ruin from man is most concealed when near,",2.0
And sends the dreadful tidings in the blow.,0.0
Is this the flight of fancy? Would it were!,1.0
"Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself,",1.0
"That hideous sight, a naked human heart.",2.0
Fired is the muse? and let the muse be fired:,1.0
"Who not inflamed, when what he speaks he feels,",0.0
"And in the nerve most tender, ' --  in his friends?",0.0
Shame to mankind! Philander had his foes:,3.0
"He felt the truths I sing, and I in him:",0.0
"Are sunk in thee, thou recent wound of heart!",1.0
"Which bleeds with other cares, with other pangs;",0.0
"Pangs numerous, as the numerous ills that swarmed",4.0
"Over thy distinguished fate, and, clustering there",2.0
"Thick as the locust on the land of Nile,",1.0
"Made death more deadly, and more dark the grave.",2.0
"Reflect, if not forgot my touching tale,",0.0
What strong Herculean virtue could suffice? ' --,2.0
Or is it virtue to be conquered here?,2.0
And each tear mourns its own distinct distress;,1.0
"And each distress, distinctly mourned, demands",0.0
"Of grief still more, as heightened by the whole.",2.0
A grief like this proprietors excludes:,2.0
They make mankind the mourner; carry sighs,1.0
Far as the fatal Fame can wing her way;,0.0
"Down their right channel, through the vale of death.",3.0
"Where darkness, brooding over unfinished fates,",2.0
"With raven wing incumbent, waits the day",0.0
"That subterranean world, that land of ruin!",3.0
"Fit walk, Lorenzo, for proud human thought!",3.0
"Balsamic truths, and healing sentiments,",1.0
Of all most wanted and most welcome here.,1.0
"My soul, the fruits of dying friends survey;",0.0
Expose the vain of life; weigh life and death;,1.0
Give death his eulogy; thy fear subdue;,2.0
"And labour that first palm of noble minds,",1.0
A manly scorn of terror from the tomb.,1.0
As poets feigned from Ajax' streaming blood,0.0
"Arose, with grief inscribed, a mournful flower;",0.0
Let wisdom blossom from my mortal wound.,2.0
"And first, of dying friends; what fruit from these?",0.0
It brings us more than triple aid; an aid,0.0
"Our dying friends come over us like a cloud,",2.0
That glare of life which often blinds the wise.,0.0
"Our dying friends are pioneers, to smooth",0.0
Our rugged pass to death; to break those bars,0.0
Of terror and abhorrence Nature throws,1.0
Cross our obstructed way; and thus to make,2.0
"Welcome, as safe, our port from every storm.",2.0
Each friend by Fate snatched from us is a plume,3.0
"Plucked from the wing of human vanity,",1.0
"Which makes us stoop from our aerial heights,",2.0
"And, damped with omen of our own decease,",1.0
"Just skim earth's surface, ere we break it up,",1.0
"Over putrid pride to scratch a little dust,",0.0
And save the world a nuisance. Smitten friends,0.0
Are angels sent on errands full of love;,0.0
"For us they languish, and for us they die:",3.0
"And shall they languish, shall they die, in vain?",0.0
"Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades,",0.0
Which wait the revolution in our hearts?,0.0
"Shall we disdain their silent, soft address;",1.0
"Their posthumous advice, and pious prayer?",1.0
"Senseless, as herds that graze their hallowed graves,",2.0
"Tread under foot their agonies and groans,",2.0
"Frustrate their anguish, and destroy their deaths?",2.0
Lorenzo! no; the thought of death indulge;,0.0
"Give it its wholesome empire! let it reign,",0.0
"Its reign will spread thy glorious conquests far,",3.0
"Auspicious era! golden days, begin!",0.0
"The thought of death shall, like a god, inspire.",0.0
And why not think on death? Is life the theme,0.0
And song of every joy? Surprising truth!,0.0
To wave the numerous ills that seize on life,2.0
"As their own property, their lawful prey;",2.0
"Ere man has measured half his weary stage,",1.0
"His luxuries have left him no reserve,",1.0
And in the tasteless present chews the past;,0.0
"Disgusted chews, and scarce can swallow down.",1.0
"Like lavish ancestors, his earlier years",6.0
"Live ever here, Lorenzo? ' --  Shocking thought!",1.0
"So shocking, they who wish disown it too;",1.0
"Disown from shame what they from folly crave,",1.0
"Live ever in the womb, nor see the light?",1.0
To tread our former footsteps? pace the round,1.0
"Eternal? to climb life's worn, heavy wheel,",3.0
"Which draws up nothing new? to beat, and beat",0.0
The beaten track? to bid each wretched day,0.0
"The former mock? to surfeit on the same,",1.0
And yawn our joys? or thank a misery,1.0
"For change, though sad? to see what we have seen?",1.0
"To taste the tasted, and at each return",1.0
Less tasteful? over our palates to decant,4.0
"Another vintage? strain a flatter year,",0.0
"Through loaded vessels, and a laser tone?",1.0
"Crazy machines, to grind earth's wasted fruits!",3.0
The rational foul kennels of excess!,4.0
"Trembling each gulp, lest Death should snatch the bowl.",1.0
Such of our fine ones is the wish refined!,3.0
So would they have it. Elegant desire!,1.0
Why not invite the bellowing stalls and wilds?,2.0
But such examples might their riot awe.,1.0
"Through want of virtue, that is, want of thought,",0.0
"Though on bright thought they father all their flights,",2.0
To what are they reduced? To love and hate,1.0
The same vain world; to censure and espouse,2.0
Each moment of each day; to flatter bad,1.0
"Through dread of worse; to cling to this rude rock,",1.0
"Barren, to them, of good, and sharp with ills,",1.0
"And hourly blackened with impending storms,",1.0
"And infamous for wrecks of human hope, ' --",1.0
"Scared at the gloomy gulf, that yawns beneath.",0.0
"Such are their triumphs, such their pangs of joy!",2.0
"IT is time, high time, to shift this dismal scene.",1.0
"This hugged, this hideous state, what art can cure?",2.0
"One only; but that one, what all may reach, ' --",1.0
"And, what will more surprise, Lorenzo! gives",0.0
"To life's sick, nauseous iteration, change;",1.0
And straightens Nature's circle to a line.,1.0
"A languid, leaden iteration reigns,",0.0
"And ever must, over those whose joys are joys",3.0
"But what those seasons, from the teeming earth,",1.0
Make their days various; various as the dies,6.0
"On the dove's neck, which wanton in his rays.",2.0
"On lightened minds, that bask in Virtue's beams,",0.0
Nothing hangs tedious; nothing old revolves,5.0
"In that for which they long, for which they live.",0.0
"Their glorious efforts, winged with heavenly hope,",4.0
Each rising morning sees still higher rise;,1.0
"To worth maturing, new strength, lustre, fame;",1.0
"Rolling beneath their elevated aims,",2.0
Makes their fair prospect fairer every hour;,3.0
Advancing virtue in a line to bliss;,0.0
"Virtue, which Christian motives best inspire!",2.0
"And bliss, which Christian schemes alone insure!",0.0
"And shall we then, for Virtue's sake, commence",0.0
"A truth it is few doubt, but fewer trust,",1.0
He sins against this life who slights the next.,0.0
What is this life? How few their favourite know!,0.0
"Fond in the dark, and blind in our embrace,",1.0
By passionately loving life we make,1.0
"And, dreaming, take our passage for our port.",1.0
"Life has no value as an end, but means;",3.0
"An end deplorable, a means divine!",1.0
"A nest of pains: when held as nothing, much.",0.0
"Then iT is the seat of comfort, rich in peace;",1.0
"In prospect richer far; important, awful!",0.0
Not to be mentioned but with shouts of praise!,1.0
Not to be thought on but with tides of joy!,1.0
The mighty basis of eternal bliss!,1.0
"Where now, Lorenzo, life's eternal round?",0.0
Have I not made my triple promise good?,0.0
Vain is the world; but only to the vain.,1.0
"To what compare we then this varying scene,",2.0
"Whose worth ambiguous rises, and declines,",3.0
"Waxes, and wanes? In all propitious, Night",2.0
Assists me here. Compare it to the Moon;,1.0
"Dark in herself, and indigent; but rich",2.0
In borrowed lustre from a higher sphere.,2.0
"Overshadowed, mourns a deep eclipse of joy;",0.0
"Her joys, at brightest, pallid to that font",1.0
"Nor is that glory distant. OH, Lorenzo!",1.0
A good man and an angel! these between,1.0
How thin the barrier! What divides their fate?,2.0
"Perhaps a moment, or perhaps a year:",1.0
"Or if an age, it is a moment still;",2.0
Then be what once they were who now are gods;,1.0
"Be what Philander was, and claim the skies.",0.0
Starts timid Nature at the gloomy pass?,1.0
The soft transition call it; and be cheered:,1.0
"Such it is often, and why not to thee?",2.0
"To hope the best is pious, brave, and wise;",0.0
"Compare the rivals, and the kinder crown.",1.0
"Strange competition! ' --  True, Lorenzo! strange!",1.0
So little life can cast into the scale.,0.0
Death gives her wings to mount above the spheres.,1.0
"Through chinks, styled organs, dim life peeps at light;",2.0
"Death bursts the involving cloud, and all is day;",2.0
"All eye, all ear, the disembodied power.",1.0
Death has feigned evils Nature shall not feel,2.0
"Life, ills substantial, Wisdom cannot shun.",1.0
"Is not the mighty mind, that son of heaven,",0.0
"By tyrant life dethroned, imprisoned, pained?",0.0
Is Death then guiltless? How he marks his way,1.0
"With dreadful waste of what deserves to shine, ' --",0.0
"Art, genius, fortune, elevated power!",0.0
"I grant, Lorenzo, this indictment just:",1.0
"The sage, peer, potentate, king, conqueror, ' --",3.0
"Death humbles these; more barbarous life, the man.",4.0
"Death, of the spirit infinite, divine.",1.0
Death has no dread but what frail life imparts;,4.0
Nor life true joy but what kind Death improves.,2.0
"No bliss has life to boast, till Death can give",1.0
"Far greater; life's a debtor to the grave, ' --",2.0
"Dark lattice, letting in eternal day.",1.0
Lorenzo! blush at fondness for a life,1.0
"Which sends celestial souls on errands vile,",0.0
"To cater for the sense; and serve at boards,",1.0
"Where every ranger of the wilds, perhaps",1.0
"Each reptile, justly claims our upper hand.",0.0
"Luxurious feast! a soul, a soul immortal,",2.0
Lorenzo! blush at terror for a death,1.0
"Which gives thee to repose in festive bowers,",1.0
"And more than angels share, and raise, and crown,",0.0
"What need I more? OH Death, the palm is thine.",1.0
"Then welcome, Death, thy dreaded harbingers,",1.0
"Age and Disease: Disease, though long my guest, ' --",2.0
"That plucks my nerves, those tender strings of life;",0.0
"Which, plucked a little more, will toll the bell",0.0
That calls my few friends to my funeral;,1.0
"Where feeble Nature drops, perhaps, a tear,",0.0
"While Reason and Religion, better taught,",1.0
"Congratulate the dead, and crown his tomb",0.0
It binds in chains the raging ills of life:,0.0
"Lust and Ambition, Wrath and Avarice,",3.0
"Are not immortal too, OH Death! is thine.",1.0
Our day of dissolution! ' --  name it right;,0.0
"IT is our great payday; iT is our harvest, rich",3.0
"And ripe. What, though the sickle, sometime keen,",2.0
Just scars us as we reap the golden grain?,1.0
"More than thy balm, OH Gilead, heals the wound.",6.0
"Birth's feeble cry, and Death's deep dismal groan,",2.0
"For mighty gain: the gain of each, a life!",0.0
"But OH, the last the former so transcends,",1.0
"Life dies, compared; Life lives beyond the grave.",2.0
"And feel I, Death, no joy from thought of thee?",1.0
"Death, the great counsellor, who man inspires",5.0
"With every nobler thought, and fairer deed!",3.0
"Death, the deliverer, who rescues man!",4.0
"Death, that absolves my birth; a curse without it!",1.0
"Rich Death, that realises all my cares,",2.0
"Toils, virtues, hopes; without it, a chimera!",2.0
"Death, of all pain the period, not of joy!",1.0
"Joy's source and subject still subsist unhurt, ' --",1.0
"One in my soul, and one in her great Sire;",3.0
Though the four winds were warring for my dust.,3.0
"Yes, and from winds, and waves, and central night,",0.0
"Though prisoned there, my dust too I reclaim,",3.0
"To dust when drop proud Nature's proudest spheres,",1.0
And live entire. Death is the crown of life:,0.0
"Were death denied, poor man would live in vain;",1.0
"Were death denied, to live would not be life;",0.0
"Were death denied, even fools would wish to die.",4.0
Death wounds to cure: we fall; we rise; we reign!,1.0
"Spring from our fetters; fasten in the skies,",0.0
Where blooming Eden withers in our sight:,0.0
Death gives us more than was in Eden lost.,2.0
This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace.,1.0
"When shall I die to vanity, pain, death?",2.0
When shall I die? ' --  when shall I live for ever?,0.0
"As when a traveller, a long day passed",2.0
"In painful search of what he cannot find,",0.0
"At night's approach, content with the next cot,",1.0
"Then cheers his heart with what his fate affords,",0.0
"And chants his sonnet to deceive the time,",1.0
Till the due season calls him to repose:,3.0
"Thus I, long travelled in the ways of men,",3.0
"And dancing, with the rest, the giddy maze",1.0
Where Disappointment smiles at Hope's career;,0.0
At length have housed me in an humble shed;,0.0
"Where, future wandering banished from my thought,",3.0
"And waiting patient the sweet hour of rest,",2.0
I chase the moments with a serious song.,3.0
"When age, care, crime, and friends embraced at heart",1.0
"Torn from my bleeding breast, and Death's dark shade,",1.0
"Which hovers over me, quench the ethereal fire,",5.0
"One labour more indulge! then sleep, my strain!",0.0
"Where night, death, age, care, crime, and sorrow cease;",2.0
"To bear a part in everlasting lays,",0.0
"Though far, far higher set, ' --  in aim, I trust,",1.0
"Has not the Muse asserted pleasures pure,",0.0
"Like those above, exploding other joys?",1.0
"Weigh what was urged, Lorenzo, fairly weigh;",0.0
"And tell me, hast thou cause to triumph still?",0.0
"Thy smile's sincere, not more sincere can be",0.0
The sick in body call for aid: the sick,0.0
"And when at worst, they dream themselves quite well.",1.0
"To know ourselves diseased, is half our cure.",0.0
"When Nature's blush by custom is wiped off,",2.0
"The curse of curses is, our curse to love;",1.0
"To triumph in the blackness of our guilt,",1.0
"As Indians glory in the deepest jet,",2.0
And throw aside our senses with our peace.,1.0
"But, grant no guilt, no shame, no least alloy;",4.0
"Grant joy and glory, quite unsullied, shone;",1.0
"No joy, no glory, glitters in thy sight,",2.0
"But, through the thin partition of an hour,",2.0
I see its sables wove by Destiny;,1.0
And that in sorrow buried; this in shame;,1.0
"Her whisper, echoes her eternal peal.",1.0
Where the prime actors of the last Year's scene?,4.0
How many sleep who kept the world awake,0.0
With lustre and with noise! Has Death proclaimed,1.0
"A truce, and hung his sated lance on high?",0.0
"IT is brandished still, nor shall the present Year",0.0
"Be more tenacious of her human leaf,",1.0
Or spread of feeble life a thinner fall.,0.0
But needless monuments to wake the thought;,1.0
"Though in a style more florid, full as plain",0.0
"What are our noblest ornaments, but Deaths",1.0
"Our fathers grace, or rather haunt, the scene.",0.0
Joy peoples her pavilion from the dead.,3.0
Professed Diversions! cannot these escape?,1.0
Far from it: these present us with a shroud;,2.0
We ransack tombs for pastime; from the dust,3.0
Call up the sleeping hero; bid him tread,0.0
The scene for our amusement. How like gods,2.0
"We sit; and, wrapped in immortality,",1.0
"Their fate deploring, to forget our own!",1.0
"But legacies in blossom? Our lean soil,",3.0
"Luxuriant grown, and rank in vanities,",3.0
"From friends interred beneath, a rich manure!",1.0
"Like other worms, we banquet on the dead;",1.0
"Like other worms, shall we crawl on, nor know",0.0
"Our present frailties, or approaching fate?",1.0
Lorenzo! such the glories of the world!,2.0
What is the world itself? thy world? ' --  A grave.,0.0
Where is the dust that has not been alive?,0.0
"The spade, the plough, disturb our ancestors;",3.0
From human mould we reap our daily bread.,0.0
"The globe around Earth's hollow surface shakes,",1.0
And is the ceiling of her sleeping sons.,2.0
Over devastation we blind revels keep;,2.0
Whole buried towns support the dancer's heel.,1.0
"Winds scatter, through the mighty void, the dry;",2.0
And the freed spirit mounts on wings of fire;,2.0
"As Nature, wide, our ruins spread: man's death",1.0
Inhabits all things but the thought of man!,2.0
"Nor man alone; his breathing bust expires,",0.0
His tomb is mortal; empires die. Where now,0.0
"The Roman? Greek? They stalk, an empty name!",0.0
Yet few regard them in this useful light;,0.0
Though half our learning is their epitaph.,1.0
"When down thy vale, unlocked by midnight thought,",1.0
OH Death! I stretch my view; what visions rise!,1.0
"What triumphs, toils imperial, arts Divine,",2.0
"In withered laurels, glide before my sight!",0.0
"With human agitation, roll along",0.0
"The melancholy ghosts of dead renown,",0.0
"Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause,",3.0
"All point at earth, and hiss at human pride,",0.0
"But, OH Lorenzo, far the rest above,",0.0
"Of ghastly nature and enormous size,",1.0
"One form assaults my sight, and chills my blood,",0.0
And shakes my frame. Of one departed world,1.0
"And dismal seaweed crown her! Over her urn,",3.0
"And bloated sons; and, weeping, prophecies",1.0
"But, like Cassandra, prophecies in vain;",1.0
"In vain, to many; not, I trust, to thee.",0.0
"The great decree, the counsel of the Skies?",1.0
"Deluge and Conflagration, dreadful powers!",2.0
Prime ministers of Vengeance! Chained in caves,2.0
"Apart, or, such their horrid rage for ruin,",1.0
"In mutual conflict would they rise, and wage",1.0
"Eternal war, till one was quite devoured.",1.0
But not for this ordained their boundless rage,1.0
"When Heaven's inferior instruments of wrath,",5.0
"War, Famine, Pestilence, are found too weak",3.0
"To scourge a world for her enormous crimes,",1.0
"These are let loose, alternate; down they rush,",1.0
"Swift and tempestuous, from the eternal throne,",5.0
"With irresistible commission armed,",1.0
"The world, in vain corrected, to destroy,",1.0
And ease Creation of the shocking scene.,1.0
The fate of Nature; as for man her birth.,1.0
"Earth's actors change Earth's transitory scenes,",2.0
And make Creation groan with human guilt.,0.0
"But not of waters! At the destined hour,",0.0
"By the loud trumpet summoned to the charge,",3.0
"See, all the formidable sons of Fire,",1.0
"Eruptions, Earthquakes, Comets, Lightnings, play",1.0
Their various engines; all at once disgorge,2.0
Their blazing magazines; and take by storm,0.0
This poor terrestrial citadel of man.,2.0
"Their melted mass, as rivers once they poured;",0.0
Stars rush; and final Ruin fiercely drives,1.0
Her ploughshare over Creation! ' --  while aloft,2.0
"More than astonishment, if more can be!",2.0
Than ever was thought by man! Far other stars!,3.0
"Stars animate, that govern these of fire.",2.0
"Far other Sun! ' --  A Sun, OH how unlike",3.0
The Babe at Bethlehem! How unlike the Man,2.0
That groaned on Calvary! Yet He it is;,2.0
That Man of sorrows! OH how changed! What pomp!,0.0
"In grandeur terrible, all heaven descends!",5.0
"And gods, ambitious, triumph in His train.",0.0
"A swift archangel, with his golden wing,",2.0
"As blots and clouds, that darken and disgrace",1.0
"The scene Divine, sweeps stars and suns aside.",1.0
"And now, all dross removed, Heaven's own pure day,",5.0
"Full on the confines of our either, flames:",1.0
"While dreadful contrast! far how far! beneath,",0.0
"Expanding wide, and roaring for her prey.",1.0
"Lorenzo, welcome to this scene; the last",1.0
The most supine; this snatches man from death.,0.0
"Rouse, rouse, Lorenzo, then, and follow me,",2.0
"Where Truth, the most momentous man can hear,",0.0
I find my inspiration in my theme;,0.0
The grandeur of my subject is my Muse.,2.0
"At midnight, when mankind is wrapped in peace,",4.0
"And worldly Fancy feeds on golden dreams,",0.0
"To give more dread to man's most dreadful hour,",0.0
"At midnight, iT is presumed, this pomp will burst",2.0
From tenfold darkness; sudden as the spark,2.0
"From smitten steel; from nitrous grain, the blaze.",0.0
"Man, starting from his couch, shall sleep no more;",3.0
The day is broke which never more shall close!,0.0
"Above, around, beneath, amazement all!",0.0
Terror and glory joined in their extremes!,3.0
"Our GOD in grandeur, and our world on fire!",2.0
All Nature struggling in the pangs of death!,0.0
Dost thou not hear her? Dost thou not deplore,0.0
"Her strong convulsions, and her final groan?",1.0
Where are we now? Ah me! the ground is gone,1.0
"Provide more firm support, or sink for ever!",0.0
Where? How? From whence? Vain hope! it is too late!,2.0
"Where, where, for shelter, shall the guilty fly,",0.0
When consternation turns the good man pale?,1.0
Great day! for which all other days were made;,1.0
"For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth;",1.0
"And an eternity, the date of gods,",2.0
"Great day of dread, decision, and despair!",2.0
"Lets go its eager grasp, and drops the world;",1.0
And catches at each reed of hope in heaven.,0.0
At thought of thee! ' --  And art thou absent then?,1.0
"Lorenzo, no; iT is here! ' --  it is begun: ' --",0.0
"The dread tribunal, and forestalls our doom;",1.0
"Forestalls; and, by forestalling, proves it sure.",2.0
Why on himself should man void judgement pass?,2.0
Is idle Nature laughing at her sons?,0.0
"Who Conscience sent, her sentence will support,",1.0
And GOD above assert that God in man.,0.0
Thrice happy they that enter now the court,2.0
What hero like the man who stands himself;,0.0
Who dares to meet his naked heart alone;,0.0
"Who hears, intrepid, the full charge it brings,",2.0
Resolved to silence future murmurs there?,1.0
"The coward flies; and, flying, is undone.",1.0
Art thou a coward? No! The coward flies;,0.0
"Thinks, but thinks slightly; asks, but fears to know;",3.0
"Asks, What is truth? with Pilate; and retires;",1.0
"Dissolves the court, and mingles with the throng;",1.0
"Asylum sad from reason, hope, and heaven!",0.0
"Shall all but man look out, with ardent eye,",2.0
For that great day which was ordained for man?,2.0
OH day of consummation! mark supreme,1.0
"If men are wise of human thought! nor least,",0.0
Or in the sight of angels or their KING!,1.0
"Angels, whose radiant circles, height over height,",5.0
"Order over order, rising, blaze over blaze,",3.0
"As in a theatre, surround this scene,",1.0
"Intent on man, and anxious for his fate:",1.0
"Angels look out for thee; for thee, their LORD,",2.0
To vindicate His glory; and for thee,2.0
"Creation universal calls aloud,",0.0
To Nature's renovation brighter charms.,0.0
"Shall man alone, whose fate, whose final fate,",0.0
"Hangs on that hour, exclude it from his thought?",1.0
"I think of nothing else; I see, I feel it!",0.0
"All Nature, like an earthquake, trembling round!",1.0
"All deities, like summer's swarms, on wing!",1.0
All basking in the full meridian blaze!,2.0
"The volume opened, opened every heart!",0.0
A sunbeam pointing out each secret thought!,2.0
"For guilt no plea! to pain, no pause, no bound!",3.0
"Inexorable all, and all extreme!",2.0
"Nor man alone; the foe of God and man,",0.0
"And rears his brazen front, with thunder scarred;",0.0
"Receives his sentence, and begins his hell.",1.0
"All vengeance past, now, seems abundant grace:",1.0
"Like meteors in a stormy sky, how roll",1.0
His baleful eyes! He curses whom he dreads;,0.0
And deems it the first moment of his fall.,3.0
IT is present to my thought! ' --  And yet where is it?,1.0
Angels can't tell me; angels cannot guess,3.0
The period; from created beings locked,3.0
In darkness. But the process and the place,3.0
Are less obscure: for these may man enquire.,1.0
"Say, thou Great Close of human hopes and fears,",3.0
"Great Key of hearts, Great Finisher of fates,",3.0
"Great End, and Great Beginning! Say, where art thou?",1.0
"Art thou in time, or in eternity?",1.0
"Nor in eternity, nor time, I find thee.",1.0
"These, as two monarchs, on their borders meet,",1.0
"As in debate, how best their powers allied",1.0
"May swell the grandeur, or discharge the wrath,",4.0
Of HIM whom both their monarchies obey.,2.0
Time ' --  this vast fabric for him built and doomed,4.0
With him to fall now bursting over his head;,4.0
"His lamp, the sun, extinguished ' --  from beneath",1.0
The frown of hideous darkness calls his sons,2.0
"From their long slumber; from Earth's heaving womb,",4.0
To second birth. Contemporary throng!,0.0
"Roused at one call, upstarting from one bed,",6.0
"Pressed in one crowd, appalled with one amaze,",1.0
"He turns them over, Eternity, to thee.",3.0
Then as a king deposed disdains to live,0.0
He falls on his own scythe; nor falls alone;,1.0
"His greatest foe falls with him; Time, and he",2.0
"Who murdered all Time's offspring, Death, expire.",2.0
TIME was! ETERNITY now reigns alone!,4.0
"Awful Eternity, offended queen!",3.0
And her resentment to mankind how just!,3.0
"With kind intent soliciting access,",2.0
How often has she knocked at human hearts!,0.0
"Rich to repay their hospitality,",3.0
"How often called, and with the voice of God!",1.0
"Yet bore repulse, excluded as a cheat,",1.0
"A dream, a cheat, now, all things but her smile.",3.0
"For, lo! her twice ten thousand gates, thrown wide",2.0
As thrice from Indus to the frozen pole ' --,1.0
"With banners streaming as the comet's blaze,",1.0
Sonorous as immortal breath can blow ' --,3.0
"Of light, of darkness; in a middle field,",0.0
"Wide as Creation, populous as wide!",3.0
A neutral region! there to mark the event,3.0
"Of that great drama, whose preceding scenes",1.0
"Detained them close spectators, through a length",4.0
"Of ages, ripening to this grand result;",1.0
"Who now, pronouncing sentence, vindicates",0.0
"The rights of Virtue, and His own renown.",1.0
"ETERNITY, the various sentence past,",3.0
"The deed predominant, the deed of deeds!",1.0
"Which makes a hell of hell, a heaven of heaven!",0.0
"The goddess, with determined aspect, turns",2.0
Deep driving every bolt on both their fates.,1.0
"Then, from the crystal battlements of heaven,",1.0
"Ten thousand thousand fathom; there to rust,",2.0
And never unlock her resolution more.,2.0
"Returns, in groans, the melancholy roar.",0.0
OH how unlike the chorus of the Skies!,3.0
"OH how unlike those shouts of joy, that shake",2.0
The whole ethereal! How the concave rings!,1.0
"Nor strange, when deities their voice exalt;",1.0
"And louder far than when Creation rose,",0.0
"So well accomplished, so divinely closed!",1.0
As meet in glory rising over the rest!,2.0
"No fancied God, a GOD indeed, descends,",1.0
To solve all knots; to strike the moral home;,0.0
To throw full day on darkest scenes of time;,1.0
"To clear, commend, exalt, and crown the whole.",0.0
"Hence, in one peal of loud, eternal praise,",0.0
The charmed spectators thunder their applause;,5.0
"And worlds celestial, is there found on earth",1.0
"A peevish, dissonant, rebellious string,",1.0
"Which jars in the grand chorus, and complains?",5.0
"Censure on thee, Lorenzo, I suspend,",4.0
And turn it on myself; how greatly due!,2.0
"All, all is right, by God ordained or done;",0.0
And who but God resumed the friends He gave?,0.0
And have I been complaining then so long?,0.0
"Who, without Pain's advice, would ever be good?",3.0
"Who, without Death, but would be good in vain?",2.0
"Pain is to save from pain; all punishment,",1.0
"To make for peace; and Death, to save from death;",0.0
"And second death, to guard immortal life;",0.0
"To rouse the careless, the presumptuous awe,",3.0
And turn the tide of souls another way;,0.0
"By the same tenderness Divine ordained,",3.0
"A fairer Eden, endless, in the skies.",0.0
Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene;,0.0
"Resumes them, to prepare us for the next.",2.0
All evils natural are moral goods:,1.0
"All discipline, indulgence, on the whole.",2.0
None are unhappy: all have cause to smile,2.0
But such as to themselves that cause deny.,2.0
Our faults are at the bottom of our pains;,1.0
"Error, in act or judgement, is the source",3.0
"Of endless sighs: we sin, or we mistake;",1.0
"And Nature tax, when false Opinion stings.",0.0
"Let impious Grief be banished, Joy indulged;",1.0
"But chiefly then, when Grief puts in her claim.",1.0
"Joy from the joyous frequently betrays,",1.0
"Oft lives in vanity, and dies in woe.",2.0
"Joy, amid ills, corroborates, exalts;",3.0
IT is joy and conquest; joy and virtue too.,0.0
A noble fortitude in ills delights,0.0
"Heaven, earth, ourselves; iT is duty, glory, peace.",0.0
Affliction is the good man's shining scene!,2.0
Prosperity conceals his brightest ray;,1.0
"As Night to stars, Woe lustre gives to man.",1.0
"Heroes in battle, pilots in the storm,",2.0
"And Virtue in calamities, admire.",1.0
"An evergreen that stands the northern blast,",0.0
IT is a prime part of happiness to know,5.0
How much unhappiness must prove our lot;,1.0
A part which few possess! I'll pay life's tax,1.0
"Without one rebel murmur from this hour,",1.0
Nor think it misery to be a man;,1.0
"Who thinks it is, shall never be a god:",1.0
"Some ills we wish for, when we wish to live.",0.0
"Presumptuous, blasphemous, absurd, and false!",3.0
The triumph of my soul is ' --  that I am;,1.0
And therefore that I may be ' --  What? Lorenzo!,2.0
"Look inward, and look deep, and deeper still;",3.0
In golden veins through all eternity!,1.0
"Ages, and ages, and succeeding still",3.0
"New ages, where this phantom of an hour,",2.0
"Which courts, each night, dull slumber, for repair,",2.0
"Shall wake, and wonder, and exult, and praise,",1.0
"And fly through infinite, and all unlock;",1.0
"And, if deserved, by Heaven's redundant love",3.0
"Made half adorable itself, adore;",2.0
And find in adoration endless joy!,0.0
"Where thou, not master of a moment here,",1.0
"Frail as the flower, and fleeting as the gale,",3.0
With all a kind Omnipotence can pour.,1.0
"Since Adam fell, no mortal, uninspired,",1.0
"Has ever yet conceived, or ever shall,",0.0
"How kind is GOD, how great if good is Man.",0.0
"No man too largely from Heaven's love can hope,",4.0
From man full many! Numerous is the race,2.0
"Of blackest ills, and those immortal too,",1.0
Begot by Madness on fair Liberty;,3.0
"Guarded with terrors reaching to this world,",3.0
And covered with the thunders of Thy law;,2.0
"Whose threats are mercies, whose injunctions guides,",0.0
"Assisting, not restraining, Reason's choice;",0.0
"Whose sanctions, unavoidable results",1.0
"Thus, an indulgent father warns his sons,",2.0
Do this; fly that; ' --  nor always tells the cause;,0.0
"Pleased to reward, as duty to his will,",3.0
A conduct needful to their own repose.,1.0
"Great GOD of wonders! if, Thy love surveyed,",2.0
"Aught else the name of wonderful retains,",2.0
"What rocks are these, on which to build our trust?",1.0
Thy ways admit no blemish; none I find;,1.0
Or this alone ' --  that none is to be found.,2.0
"Who, like a demon, murmuring, from the dust,",1.0
Dares into judgement call her Judge. ' --  Supreme!,1.0
"For all I bless Thee; most, for the severe;",1.0
"Her death Lucia. ' --  my own at hand ' --  the fiery gulf,",5.0
That flaming bound of wrath omnipotent!,1.0
It thunders; ' --  but it thunders to preserve;,2.0
It strengthens what it strikes; its wholesome dread,0.0
Averts the dreaded pain; its hideous groans,2.0
Great Source of good alone! How kind in all!,1.0
"Thus, in thy world material, Mighty Mind!",2.0
The rough and gloomy challenges our praise.,1.0
The winter is as needful as the spring;,2.0
"The thunder, as the sun; a stagnate mass",2.0
"To Nature's health, than purifying storms.",0.0
The dread volcano ministers to good;,1.0
Its smothered flames might undermine the world.,0.0
"Comets good omens are, when duly scanned;",3.0
"And, in their use, eclipses learn to shine.",0.0
Man is responsible for ills received!,3.0
"Those we call wretched are a chosen band,",3.0
"Compelled to refuge in the right, for peace.",0.0
"Amid my list of blessings infinite,",1.0
Stand this the foremost ' --  that my heart has bled.,1.0
IT is Heaven's last effort of goodwill to man;,5.0
"When pain can't bless, Heaven quits us in despair.",2.0
"Who fails to grieve, when just occasion calls,",0.0
"Or grieves too much, deserves not to be blessed;",2.0
"Inhuman, or effeminate, his heart:",2.0
Reason absolves the grief which Reason ends.,2.0
"May Heaven never trust my friend with happiness,",1.0
"Till it has taught him how to bear it well,",2.0
By previous pain; and made it safe to smile!,2.0
"Such smiles are mine, and such may they remain;",2.0
"Nor hazard their extinction, from excess.",2.0
My change of heart a change of style demands;,0.0
"The Consolation cancels the Complaint,",1.0
And makes a convert of my guilty song.,1.0
"A panting traveller some rising ground,",1.0
"Some small ascent, has gained; he turns him round,",0.0
"And measures with his eye the various vale,",3.0
"The fields, woods, meads, and rivers he has passed;",2.0
"Endeared by distance, nor affects more toil:",1.0
"Thus I, though small indeed is that ascent",0.0
"The Muse has gained, review the paths she trod,",1.0
"Various, extensive, beaten but by few;",2.0
"And, conscious of her prudence in repose,",1.0
"Pause; and with pleasure meditate an end,",0.0
Though still remote; so fruitful is my theme.,1.0
"Through many a field of moral and Divine,",3.0
The Muse has strayed; and much of sorrow seen,0.0
In human ways; and much of false and vain;,0.0
"Which none, who travel this bad road, can miss.",2.0
Over friends deceased full heartily she wept;,2.0
Of love Divine the wonders she displayed;,1.0
Proved man immortal; showed the source of joy;,1.0
The grand tribunal raised; assigned the bounds,0.0
"Of human grief: in few, to close the whole,",0.0
"The moral Muse has shadowed out a sketch,",1.0
"Of most our weakness needs believe or do,",0.0
"In this our land of travel, and of hope,",1.0
"For peace on earth, or prospect of the skies.",1.0
What then remains? ' --  Much! much! a mighty debt,0.0
"To be discharged: these thoughts, OH Night! are thine;",1.0
"From thee they came, like lovers' secret sighs,",1.0
"While others slept. So Cynthia, poets feign,",2.0
"In shadows veiled, soft sliding from her sphere,",3.0
"Than I of thee. ' --  And art thou still unsung,",1.0
"Beneath whose brow, and by whose aid, I sing?",1.0
Immortal Silence! ' --  Where shall I begin?,1.0
Where end? or how steal music from the spheres,3.0
And fated to survive the transient sun!,1.0
By mortals and immortals seen with awe!,1.0
A starry crown thy raven brow adorns;,0.0
"An azure zone, thy waist; clouds, in Heaven's loom",3.0
"Wrought through varieties of shape and shade,",3.0
"In ample folds of drapery Divine,",1.0
"Thy flowing mantle form, and, heaven throughout,",0.0
Inspiring aspect! claim a grateful verse;,1.0
"And, like a sable curtain starred with gold,",0.0
"And what, OH man! so worthy to be sung?",2.0
What more prepares us for the songs of heaven?,1.0
Creation of archangels is the theme!,3.0
"What, to be sung, so needful? What so well",0.0
Celestial joys prepares us to sustain?,1.0
"The soul of man, HIS face designed to see",0.0
"Who gave these wonders to be seen by man,",1.0
Has here a previous scene of objects great,2.0
On which to dwell; to stretch to that expanse,0.0
"Of thought, to rise to that exalted height",0.0
"Of admiration, to contract that awe,",1.0
"And give her whole capacities that strength,",1.0
Which best may qualify for final joy.,0.0
"The more our spirits are enlarged on earth,",1.0
The deeper draught shall they receive of heaven.,1.0
Heaven's KING! whose face unveiled consummates bliss;,7.0
Redundant bliss! which fills that mighty void,0.0
The whole creation leaves in human hearts!,0.0
"Rapt in sweet contemplation of these fires,",3.0
And set his harp in concert with the spheres!,1.0
While of Thy works material the supreme,3.0
"I dare attempt, assist my daring song.",0.0
"Loose me from earth's enclosure, from the sun's",1.0
Contracted circle set my heart at large;,0.0
"Eliminate my spirit, give it range",0.0
Through provinces of thought yet unexplored;,1.0
"Teach me, by this stupendous scaffolding,",2.0
"Creation's golden steps, to climb to THEE.",0.0
"Teach me with Art great Nature to control,",2.0
And spread a lustre over the shades of night.,2.0
Feel I Thy kind assent? and shall the sun,0.0
"Be seen at midnight, rising in my song?",1.0
"Lorenzo! come, and warm thee: thou whose heart,",1.0
"Whose little heart, is moored within a nook",0.0
"Of this obscure terrestrial, anchor weigh.",3.0
"I am thy pilot, I thy prosperous gale.",4.0
Gainful thy voyage through yonder azure main;,4.0
"Main without tempest, pirate, rock, or shore;",6.0
Thy travels dost thou boast over foreign realms?,3.0
Thou stranger to the world! thy tour begin;,1.0
Thy tour through Nature's universal orb.,0.0
"Nature delineates her whole chart at large,",4.0
"On soaring souls, that sail among the spheres;",0.0
"Who circles spacious Earth, then travels here,",0.0
Shall own he never was from home before!,1.0
"Come, my Prometheus, Night the Eighth. from thy pointed rock",2.0
"We'll innocently steal celestial fire,",1.0
And kindle our devotion at the stars;,1.0
"A theft that shall not chain, but set thee free.",0.0
"Above the northern nests of feathered Snows,",0.0
"The brew of Thunders, and the flaming forge",1.0
That forms the crooked Lightning; above the caves,2.0
And tune their tender voices to that roar,1.0
"Which soon, perhaps, shall shake a guilty world;",0.0
"Above misconstrued omens of the sky,",9.0
"Thy soul, till now, contracted, withered, shrunk,",0.0
Will blossom here; spread all her faculties,2.0
"Stars teach as well as shine. At Nature's birth,",1.0
"Thus their commission ran, ' --  Be kind to man.",2.0
"Where art thou, poor benighted traveller!",1.0
"The stars will light thee, though the moon should fail.",1.0
"Where art thou, more benighted, more astray",0.0
In ways immoral? The stars call thee back;,2.0
"And, if obeyed their counsel, set thee right.",1.0
"IT is Nature's system of divinity,",2.0
And every student of the night inspires.,1.0
"IT is elder Scripture, writ by GOD'S own hand;",0.0
"Lorenzo, with my radius the rich gift",3.0
Of thought nocturnal! I'll point out to thee,3.0
Its various lessons; some that may surprise,3.0
"Little, perhaps, expected in her school,",2.0
"Nor thought to grow on planet, or on star.",1.0
"Bulls, lions, scorpions, monsters, here we feign:",3.0
"Ourselves more monstrous, not to see what here",0.0
Exists indeed ' --  a lecture to mankind!,2.0
What read we here? ' --  The existence of a GOD?,2.0
"Yes: and of other beings, man above;",0.0
"Natives of either, sons of higher climes!",2.0
Eternity is written in the skies.,1.0
And whose eternity? Lorenzo! thine:,2.0
"Mankind's eternity. Nor Faith alone,",2.0
Virtue grows here; here springs the sovereign cure,0.0
"Of almost every vice; but chiefly thine, ' --",2.0
"Wrath, pride, ambition, and impure desire.",2.0
"Though not on morals bent: Ambition, Pleasure,",0.0
"Those tyrants I for thee so lately fought,",2.0
Afford their harassed slaves but slender rest.,5.0
"Thou, to whom midnight is immoral noon;",3.0
"Not by thy climate, but capricious crime,",1.0
"In thy nocturnal rove, one moment halt,",1.0
Betwixt stage and stage of riot and cabal;,4.0
"And lift thine eye if bold an eye to lift,",0.0
If bold to meet the face of injured Heaven,0.0
"To yonder stars: for other ends they shine,",0.0
And thus be made accomplices in guilt.,1.0
"Why from yonder arch, that Infinite of space,",1.0
"At the first glance, in such an overwhelm",1.0
"Of Wonderful, on man's astonished sight",1.0
Rushes Omnipotence? ' --  To kerb our pride;,3.0
"Our reason rouse, and lead it to that Power",1.0
"Whose love lets down these silver chains of light,",1.0
"To draw up man's ambition to Himself,",1.0
And bind our chaste affections to His throne.,1.0
"Thus the three virtues, least alive on earth,",3.0
"And welcomed on heaven's coast with most applause, ' --",2.0
The planets of each system represent,1.0
Kind neighbours; mutual amity prevails;,4.0
"Sweet interchange of rays, received, returned;",1.0
"Enlightening, and enlightened! All, at once,",1.0
None sins against the welfare of the whole;,3.0
Affords an emblem of millennial love.,3.0
"Nothing in Nature, much less conscious being,",3.0
Was ever created solely for itself:,3.0
Thus man his sovereign duty learns in this,1.0
Material picture of benevolence.,4.0
"And know, of all our supercilious race,",2.0
"Thou most inflammable, thou wasp of men!",1.0
"Man's angry heart, inspected, would be found",1.0
As rightly set as are the starry spheres;,1.0
"IT is Nature's structure, broke by stubborn Will,",1.0
Wilt thou not feel the bias Nature gave?,0.0
"They chase our double darkness; Nature's gloom,",0.0
And kinder still! our intellectual night.,2.0
"And see, Day's amiable sister sends",2.0
"Her invitation, in the softest rays",0.0
"Of mitigated lustre; courts thy sight,",0.0
Which suffers from her tyrant brother's blaze.,1.0
"Night grants thee the full freedom of the skies,",6.0
Nor rudely reprimands thy lifted eye;,0.0
With gain and joy she bribes thee to be wise.,1.0
"Night opens the noblest scenes, and sheds an awe",3.0
"Which gives those venerable scenes full weight,",2.0
"While light peeps through the darkness like a spy,",1.0
And Darkness shows its grandeur by the light.,2.0
"Nor is the profit greater than the joy,",2.0
"If human hearts at glorious objects glow,",2.0
And admiration can inspire delight.,1.0
"What speak I more than I, this moment, feel?",1.0
With pleasing stupor first the soul is struck;,0.0
Stupor ordained to make her truly wise!,2.0
"Then into transport starting from her trance,",1.0
With love and admiration how she glows!,1.0
"This gorgeous apparatus, this display,",1.0
"This ostentation of creative power,",1.0
"This theatre, ' --  what eye can take it in?",1.0
"By what Divine enchantment was it raised,",1.0
For minds of the first magnitude to launch,2.0
"In endless speculation, and adore?",1.0
"One sun by day, by night ten thousand shine;",1.0
And light us deep into the DEITY;,1.0
"OH what a confluence of ethereal fires,",5.0
"Streams to a point, and centres in my sight!",0.0
"My heart, at once, it humbles and exalts;",1.0
"Lays it in dust, and calls it to the skies.",1.0
"Who sees it, and can stop at what is seen?",1.0
Material offspring of Omnipotence!,5.0
"Work worthy Him who made it! worthy praise,",2.0
"All praise, praise more than human! nor denied",2.0
"Thy praise Divine! ' --  But though man, drowned in sleep,",2.0
"Withholds his homage, not alone I wake;",1.0
"Bright legions swarm unseen, and sing, unheard",1.0
"By mortal ear, the glorious Architect,",2.0
In this His universal temple hung,0.0
"That shed religion on the soul; at once,",1.0
The temple and the preacher! OH how loud,1.0
"It calls Devotion, genuine growth of Night!",2.0
Devotion! daughter of Astronomy!,2.0
"True, all things speak a GOD; but, in the small,",3.0
"Men trace out Him; in great, He seizes man;",2.0
"Seizes, and elevates, and raps, and fills",2.0
"Tell me, you stars, you planets, tell me, all",0.0
"What are these sons of wonder? Say, proud arch,",1.0
"Within whose azure palaces they dwell,",1.0
Built with Divine ambition! in disdain,2.0
Of limit built! built in the taste of Heaven!,1.0
A meet apartment for the DEITY? ' --,2.0
"Not so; that thought alone thy State impairs,",0.0
And makes an universe an orrery.,1.0
"But when I drop mine eye, and look on man,",0.0
"Thy right regained, thy grandeur is restored,",4.0
OH Nature! wide flies off the expanding round.,5.0
"As when whole magazines at once are fired,",1.0
The smitten air is hollowed by the blow;,1.0
"Thus but far more the expanding round flies off,",3.0
"And leaves a mighty void, a spacious womb,",0.0
"Thy luminaries triumph, and assume",1.0
"Divinity themselves. Nor was it strange,",2.0
"From ages dark, obtuse, and steeped in sense;",0.0
"For, sure, to sense they truly are Divine,",1.0
"Nay, turned it into virtue. Such it was",2.0
In those who put forth all they had of man,1.0
"But, weak of wing, on planets perched; and thought",0.0
"What was their Highest, must be their Adored.",1.0
"But they how weak, who could no higher mount!",2.0
"And are there then, Lorenzo, those to whom",2.0
"And, if incomprehensible is joined,",2.0
Who dare pronounce it madness to believe?,1.0
Why has the mighty Builder thrown aside,0.0
All measure in His work; stretched out His line,2.0
"So far, and spread amazement over the whole?",2.0
"Then, as He took delight in wide extremes,",0.0
"Deep in the bosom of His universe,",1.0
"Dropped down that reasoning mite, that insect, man,",3.0
"To crawl, and gaze, and wonder, at the scene? ' --",0.0
That man might never presume to plead amazement,2.0
For disbelief of wonders in Himself.,0.0
Shall God be less miraculous than what,1.0
His hand has formed? Shall mysteries descend,1.0
"More obvious than created, to the grasp",4.0
Of human thought? The more of wonderful,1.0
"Is heard in Him, the more we should assent.",1.0
"Could we conceive Him, GOD He could not be;",1.0
"Or He not GOD, or we could not be men.",1.0
A GOD alone can comprehend a GOD:,0.0
"Man's distance, how immense! On such a theme,",3.0
"Know this, Lorenzo, seem it never so strange,",4.0
Nothing can satisfy but what confounds;,2.0
And every star sheds light upon thy Creed.,1.0
"These stars, this furniture, this cost of Heaven,",1.0
But thine eye tells thee the romance is true.,3.0
"The moral emanations of the skies,",1.0
Has the Great Sovereign sent ten thousand worlds,3.0
"To tell us He resides above them all,",1.0
And dare Earth's bold inhabitants deny,2.0
A moment's audience? Turn we? nor will hear,3.0
"From whom they come, or what they would impart",0.0
"Their grandeur to man's eye? Lorenzo, rouse!",4.0
"Let thought, awakened, take the lightning's wing,",1.0
"And glance from east to west, from pole to pole.",0.0
"Who sees, but is confounded or convinced,",2.0
"Renounces Reason, or a GOD adores?",1.0
Mankind was sent into the world to see:,1.0
Sight gives the science needful to their peace;,2.0
Or wound thy patience amid logic thorns?,5.0
A make to man directive of his thought;,1.0
"A make set upright, pointing to the stars,",3.0
"As who should say, Read thy chief lesson there.",4.0
"Too late to read this manuscript of heaven,",1.0
"When, like a parchment scroll, shrunk up by flames,",2.0
"Lesson how various! Not the God alone,",3.0
"I see His ministers; I see, diffused",1.0
"Of various offices, of various plume,",5.0
"Azure, green, purple, pearl, or downy gold,",3.0
"Listening to catch the Master's least command,",1.0
And fly through Nature ere the moment ends;,0.0
By Pagan and by Christian! Over each sphere,2.0
"Presides an angel, to direct its course,",1.0
"And feed, or fan, its flames; or to discharge",1.0
Other high trusts unknown. For who can see,3.0
"Such pomp of matter, and imagine Mind,",1.0
"For which alone Inanimate was made,",1.0
"More sparingly dispensed? that nobler son,",2.0
"As much in excellence above mankind,",2.0
As above earth in magnitude the spheres.,5.0
"These, as a cloud of witnesses, hang over us;",4.0
In a thronged theatre are all our deeds;,3.0
"On every beam we see, to walk with men.",0.0
Awful reflection! strong restraint from ill!,2.0
"Yet, here, our virtue finds still stronger aid",1.0
From these ethereal glories Sense surveys.,3.0
"Something, like magic, strikes from this blue vault:",3.0
With just attention is it viewed? We feel,1.0
Nature herself does half the work of man.,2.0
"Seas, rivers, mountains, forests, deserts, rocks,",1.0
"From Nature's structure, or the scoop of Time;",1.0
"If ample of dimension, vast of size,",1.0
Of solemn thought enthusiastic heights,0.0
Even these infuse. ' --  But what of Vast in these?,1.0
Nothing: or we must own the skies forgot.,1.0
Much less in Art. ' --  Vain Art! thou pigmy power!,0.0
"How dost thou swell, and strut, with human pride,",0.0
Thy watery columns squirted to the clouds!,3.0
Where three days' travel left us much to ride;,1.0
"Gazing on miracles by mortals wrought,",3.0
"Arches triumphal, theatres immense,",3.0
Or temples proud to meet their gods halfway!,1.0
Yet these affect us in no common kind.,2.0
What then the force of such superior scenes?,3.0
"Enter a temple, it will strike an awe:",3.0
What awe from this the DEITY has built?,2.0
"A good man seen, though silent, counsel gives:",1.0
The touched spectator wishes to be wise:,5.0
"In a bright mirror His own hands have made,",3.0
Here we see something like the face of GOD.,2.0
"Seems it not then enough to say, Lorenzo,",0.0
"To man abandoned, Hast thou seen the skies?",0.0
"And yet, so thwarted Nature's kind design",0.0
"By daring man, he makes her sacred awe",0.0
"That guard from ill his shelter, his temptation",1.0
Celestial Art's intent. The trembling Stars,0.0
See Crimes gigantic stalking through the gloom,2.0
"With front erect, that hide their head by day,",0.0
And making night still darker by their deeds.,2.0
"Slumbering in covert till the shades descend,",2.0
"The miser earth's his treasure; and the thief,",1.0
Now Plots and foul Conspiracies awake;,2.0
"And, muffling up their horrors from the moon,",2.0
"Havoc and devastation they prepare,",3.0
And kingdoms tottering in the field of blood.,1.0
What shall I do? suppress it? or proclaim? ' --,1.0
"Why sleeps the thunder? Now, Lorenzo, now,",0.0
His best friend's couch the rank adulterer,2.0
"Ascends secure, and laughs at gods and men.",0.0
"Preposterous madmen, void of fear or shame,",0.0
Lay their crimes bare to these chaste eyes of Heaven;,5.0
Yet shrink and shudder at a mortal's sight.,0.0
Were moon and stars for villains only made?,0.0
No; they were made to fashion the Sublime,1.0
"Of human hearts, and wiser make the wise.",0.0
"Those ends were answered once, when mortals lived",0.0
In theory sublime. OH how unlike,3.0
"Those vermin of the night, ' --  this moment sung,",1.0
"Who crawl on earth, and on her venom feed! ' --",1.0
"Those ancient sages, human stars! they met",0.0
Their brothers of the skies at midnight hour;,2.0
"Their counsel asked; and, what they asked, obeyed.",0.0
They took their nightly round through radiant paths,0.0
To tread in their bright footsteps here below;,3.0
To walk in worth still brighter than the skies.,2.0
There they contracted their contempt of Earth;,2.0
Of hopes eternal kindled there the fire;,1.0
"There, as in near approach, they glowed, and grew",1.0
"More worth to men, more joyous to themselves.",1.0
"The zodiac of their learnt, illustrious lives.",2.0
"In Christian hearts, OH for a Pagan zeal!",2.0
How monstrous this in morals! Scarce more strange,1.0
"Would this phenomenon in Nature strike, ' --",1.0
"A sun that froze her, or a star that warmed!",1.0
What taught these heroes of the moral world?,1.0
"And Pagan tutors are thy taste. ' --  They taught,",1.0
That narrow views betray to misery:,1.0
That wise it is to comprehend the whole:,1.0
"That Virtue rose from Nature, pondered well,",0.0
The single base of Virtue built to heaven:,0.0
That GOD and Nature our attention claim:,1.0
"That Nature is the glass reflecting GOD,",1.0
"As by the sea reflected is the Sun,",2.0
Too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere:,2.0
That Mind immortal loves immortal aims:,0.0
That boundless Mind affects a boundless space:,0.0
"That vast surveys, and the Sublime of things,",1.0
"The soul assimilate, and make her great:",0.0
"That, therefore, Heaven her glories, as a fund",2.0
"Of inspiration, thus spreads out to man.",2.0
Such are their doctrines; such the Night inspired.,2.0
And what more true? What truth of greater weight?,0.0
The Soul of man was made to walk the skies;,0.0
Delightful outlet of her prison here!,2.0
"Of toys terrestrial, she can rove at large;",1.0
"In full proportion let loose all her powers,",1.0
Nor as a stranger does she wander there;,2.0
"But, wonderful herself, through wonder strays;",1.0
"Contemplating their grandeur, finds her own;",3.0
"Dives deep in their economy Divine,",4.0
"Sits high in judgement on their various laws,",4.0
"And, like a master, judges not amiss.",0.0
"Hence greatly pleased, and justly proud, the Soul",1.0
Grows conscious of her birth celestial; breathes,2.0
And feels herself at home among the stars;,0.0
"As Earth the body, since the Skies sustain",0.0
"The soul with food, that gives immortal life,",0.0
"Call it the noble pasture of the Mind,",1.0
And riots through the luxuries of thought.,2.0
"Call it the garden of the DEITY,",2.0
"Blossomed with stars, redundant in the growth",2.0
"Of fruit ambrosial, moral fruit to man.",0.0
"Call it the breastplate of the true High Priest,",3.0
"In points of highest moment, right response;",0.0
Thus have we found a true astrology:,1.0
Thus have we found a new and noble sense,0.0
In which alone stars govern human fates.,1.0
OH that the stars as some have feigned let fall,1.0
"Bloodshed and havoc on embattled realms,",2.0
And rescued monarchs from so black a guilt!,2.0
Bourbon! this wish how generous in a foe!,3.0
For mighty conquests on a needle's point?,2.0
"Instead of forging chains for foreigners,",0.0
"How glorious then appears the mind of man,",2.0
When in it all the stars and planets roll!,0.0
And what it seems it is; great objects make,1.0
"Great minds, enlarging as their views enlarge;",2.0
"Dazzled, overpowered, with the delicious draught",3.0
"From thought to thought, inebriate, without end!",1.0
"I meet the DEITY in every view,",1.0
OH that I could but reach the tree of life!,0.0
"For here it grows, unguarded from our taste;",1.0
No flaming sword denies our entrance here;,1.0
"Would man but gather, he might live for ever.",1.0
"Lorenzo, much of moral hast thou seen.",0.0
Of curious arts art thou more fond? Then mark,2.0
"The mathematic glories of the skies,",1.0
"In number, weight, and measure, all ordained.",0.0
Are left to finish his aerial towers:,4.0
Here deep impress; and claim it for their own.,1.0
Use rivals Beauty; Art contends with Power;,1.0
The great Economist adjusting all,1.0
"To prudent pomp, magnificently wise.",1.0
"How rich the prospect, and for ever new!",1.0
And newest to the man that views it most;,1.0
For newer still in infinite succeeds.,1.0
"Then, these aerial racers, OH how swift!",2.0
Spirit alone can distance the career.,3.0
Orb above orb ascending without end!,6.0
"Circle in circle, without end, enclosed!",7.0
Wheel within wheel; Ezekiel! like to thine!,2.0
"Like thine, it seems a vision or a dream;",1.0
"Though seen, we labour to believe it true!",1.0
"Of worlds, that laugh at Earth! immensely great!",0.0
Immensely distant from each other's spheres!,1.0
What then the wondrous space through which they roll?,0.0
"Through this illustrious chaos to the sight,",4.0
"Worlds, ever thwarting, never interfere.",1.0
"What knots are tied! How soon are they dissolved,",1.0
And set the seeming married planets free!,0.0
"They rove for ever, without error rove;",5.0
In motion all! yet what profound repose!,0.0
"What fervid action, yet no noise! as awed",1.0
To silence by the presence of their LORD:,2.0
"Or hushed, by His command, in love to man,",1.0
"And bid let fall soft beams on human rest,",2.0
"They dance, they sing eternal jubilee,",0.0
Eternal celebration of His praise.,1.0
"But, since their song arrives not at our ear,",0.0
Their dance perplexed exhibits to the sight,1.0
Fair hieroglyphic of His peerless power.,2.0
"The circles intricate, and mystic maze,",1.0
Weave the grand cipher of Omnipotence;,5.0
"To gods, how great! how legible to man!",1.0
Leaves so much wonder greater wonder still?,0.0
Where are the pillars that support the skies?,0.0
"The incumbent load? What magic, what strange art,",2.0
Who would not think them hung in golden chains?,0.0
"And so they are, ' --  in the high will of Heaven,",1.0
"Which fixes all; makes adamant of air,",2.0
Imagine from their deep foundations torn,1.0
"The most gigantic sons of Earth, the broad",0.0
"And, light as down, or volatile as air,",2.0
In time and measure exquisite; while all,1.0
"The winds, in emulation of the spheres,",1.0
"Tune their sonorous instruments aloft,",3.0
"The concert swell, and animate the ball:",0.0
"Would this appear amazing? What then worlds,",1.0
"In a far thinner element sustained,",3.0
"And acting the same part, with greater skill,",2.0
"More rapid movement, and for noblest ends?",1.0
"More obvious ends to pass, are not these stars",2.0
"On which angelic delegates of Heaven,",1.0
"At certain periods, as the Sovereign nods,",1.0
Discharge high trusts of vengeance or of love;,2.0
"To cloth, in outward grandeur, grand design,",5.0
"You Citizens of air! what ardent thanks,",1.0
Is due from man indulged in such a sight!,1.0
"A sight so noble, and a sight so kind!",1.0
It drops new truths at every new survey!,1.0
"Feels not Lorenzo something stir within,",1.0
That sweeps away all period? As these spheres,1.0
"Measure duration, they no less inspire",5.0
"The boundless space, through which these rovers take",0.0
"Of boundless time. Thus by kind Nature's skill,",3.0
"Eternity, finds entrance at the sight:",2.0
"And an eternity for man ordained,",2.0
"Or these his destined midnight counsellors,",2.0
"The stars, had never whispered it to man.",1.0
"Nature informs, but never insults, her sons.",4.0
Could she then kindle the most ardent wish,1.0
To disappoint it? ' --  That is blasphemy.,1.0
"Thus of thy Creed a second article,",1.0
"Momentous as the existence of a GOD,",4.0
Is found as I conceive where rarely sought:,1.0
"Here, then, Lorenzo! on these glories dwell;",1.0
"Nor want the gilded, illuminated roof,",2.0
That calls the wretched gay to dark delights.,0.0
Assemblies? ' --  This is one divinely bright;,2.0
"Range through the fairest, and the Sultan scorn.",1.0
"He, wise as thou, no crescent holds so fair",2.0
And thinks the Moon is proud to copy him.,1.0
"Look on her, and gain more than worlds can give, ' --",1.0
A mind superior to the charms of power.,1.0
Thou muffled in delusions of this life!,1.0
"Can yonder Moon turn Ocean in his bed,",1.0
"From side to side, in constant ebb and flow,",0.0
And purify from stench his watery realms?,2.0
And fails her moral influence? Wants she power,2.0
"From stagnating on earth's infected shore,",4.0
And purge from nuisance his corrupted heart?,1.0
Fails her attraction when it draws to heaven?,2.0
"Minds elevate, and panting for Unseen,",2.0
"The life of life, the zest of worldly bliss.",0.0
All else on earth amounts ' --  to what? To this:,0.0
Bad to be suffered; blessings to be left:,1.0
Earth's richest inventory boasts no more.,2.0
Of higher scenes be then the call obeyed.,0.0
In midway flight Imagination tyres;,1.0
"So great the pleasure, so profound the plan!",1.0
"A banquet this, where men and angels meet,",1.0
"Eat the same manna, mingle earth and heaven.",3.0
How distant some of these nocturnal suns!,1.0
"To doubt, if beams, set out at Nature's birth,",2.0
Are yet arrived at this so foreign world;,1.0
Though nothing half so rapid as their flight.,1.0
"An eye of awe and wonder let me roll,",0.0
In such a scene? in such an ocean wide,1.0
"Of deep astonishment? where depth, height, breadth,",2.0
Are lost in their extremes; and where to count,1.0
"Now go, Ambition! boast thy boundless might",1.0
In conquest over the tenth part of a grain.,2.0
"And yet Lorenzo calls for miracles,",1.0
To give his tottering faith a solid base.,2.0
Why call for less than is already thine?,2.0
Thou art no novice in theology:,2.0
"What is a miracle? ' --  IT is a reproach,",2.0
"IT is an implicit satire, on mankind;",4.0
"To common sense, great Nature's course proclaims",1.0
"A DEITY: when mankind falls asleep,",2.0
"A miracle is sent, as an alarm,",2.0
"To wake the world, and prove Him over again,",2.0
"By recent argument, but not more strong.",1.0
"Or Nature's laws to fix, or to repeal?",1.0
"To make a Sun, or stop his mid career?",0.0
"Warmed, and astonished, at his evening ray?",2.0
"Great things are these; still greater, to create.",8.0
From Adam's bower look down through the whole train,2.0
"They do not, cannot, more amaze the mind",0.0
"If duly weighed, if rationally seen,",1.0
"If seen with human eyes. The brute, indeed,",0.0
The course of Nature is the art of GOD.,1.0
"For say, could Nature Nature's course control?",0.0
"But, miracles apart, who sees HIM not,",1.0
"Nature's Controller, Author, Guide, and End?",2.0
Who turns his eye on Nature's midnight face,1.0
"But must enquire ' --  What hand behind the scene,",2.0
"What arm almighty, put these wheeling globes",0.0
"Who bowled them flaming through the dark profound,",1.0
"Numerous as glittering gems of morning dew,",3.0
"Or sparks from populous cities in a blaze,",2.0
"And set the bosom of old Night on fire,",2.0
"Peopled her desert, and made Horror smile?",4.0
"Or, if the military style delights thee,",1.0
"Appoints their posts, their marches, and returns,",1.0
"These veteran troops, their final duty done,",0.0
"If ever disbanded? HE, whose potent word,",3.0
"Like the loud trumpet, levied first their powers",2.0
"In Night's inglorious empire, where they slept",2.0
"In beds of darkness, armed them with fierce flames,",1.0
"Arranged and disciplined, and clothed in gold;",1.0
"And called them out of Chaos to the field,",2.0
OH let us join this army! Joining these,2.0
Will give us hearts intrepid at that hour,0.0
When brighter flames shall cut a darker night;,0.0
When these strong demonstrations of a GOD,3.0
"Shall hide their heads, or tumble from their spheres,",1.0
And one eternal curtain cover all!,1.0
"A more enlightened eye, and read the stars,",0.0
To man still more propitious; and their aid,2.0
Though guiltless of idolatry implore;,2.0
Nor longer rob them of their noblest name.,1.0
In your fair calendar distinctly marked!,3.0
"Since that authentic, radiant register,",1.0
"Though man inspects it not, stands good against him;",1.0
"Since you, and years, roll on, though man stands still;",2.0
"Teach me my days to number, and apply",1.0
My trembling heart to wisdom; now beyond,0.0
All shadow of excuse for fooling on.,2.0
Age smooths our path to Prudence; sweeps aside,1.0
The snares keen Appetite and Passion spread,1.0
To catch stray souls; and woe to that grey head,2.0
Whose folly would undo what Age has done!,0.0
"Aid, then, aid, all you stars! ' --  Much rather, THOU,",1.0
"This exquisite machine, with all its wheels,",1.0
"Life's rapid and irrevocable flight,",3.0
With such an index fair as none can miss,1.0
"Who lifts an eye, nor sleeps till it is closed.",1.0
"Open mine eye, dread DEITY! to read",4.0
The tacit doctrine of Thy works; to see,1.0
"Things as they are, unaltered through the glass",2.0
"Of worldly wishes. Time, Eternity!",1.0
Set them before me; let me lay them both,2.0
"In equal scale, and learn their various weight.",2.0
Let Time appear a moment as it is:,2.0
"Turn on my soul, and strike it into heaven.",0.0
When shall I see far more than charms me now?,1.0
Gaze on creation's model in Thy breast,2.0
"Unveiled, nor wonder at the transcript more?",1.0
"When this vile foreign dust, which smothers all",2.0
"That travel Earth's deep vale, shall I shake off?",1.0
"When shall my Soul her incarnation quit,",5.0
Obtain her apotheosis in THEE?,2.0
"Dost think, Lorenzo, this is wandering wide?",3.0
No: iT is directly striking at the mark:,1.0
To wake thy dead devotion was my point;,1.0
"Which to a temple turn an universe,",0.0
"Fill us with great ideas full of heaven,",0.0
"In every storm that either frowns or falls,",0.0
What an asylum has the soul in prayer!,1.0
"And what a fane is this, in which to pray!",0.0
And what a GOD must dwell in such a fane!,1.0
OH what a Genius must inform the skies!,0.0
Cold and untouched amid these sacred fires?,2.0
"OH you nocturnal sparks, you glowing embers,",2.0
"On heaven's broad hearth! who burn, or burn no more,",4.0
So long possessed; and bring him back to man.,0.0
Pride in thy parts provokes thee to contest,0.0
"Truths which, contested, put thy parts to shame.",1.0
Too strait aught great or generous to receive!,5.0
Filled with an atom! filled and fouled with self!,0.0
"Lie suffocated there! or they alone,",3.0
"Reason apart, would wake high hope; and open,",3.0
"Where Order, Wisdom, Goodness, Providence,",1.0
"Their endless miracles of love display,",1.0
And promise all the truly great desire.,0.0
"The mind that would be happy, must be great;",0.0
Great in its wishes; great in its surveys.,1.0
Extended views a narrow mind extend;,0.0
"Push out its corrugate, expansive make,",0.0
"Which, ere long, more than planets shall embrace.",1.0
A man of compass makes a man of worth:,0.0
"Divine contemplate, and become Divine.",7.0
"As man was made for glory and for bliss,",1.0
"Open thy bosom, set thy wishes wide,",2.0
Admit the boundless theatre of thought,1.0
From nothing up to GOD; which makes a man.,1.0
"Take GOD from Nature, nothing great is left;",1.0
"Man's mind is in a pit, and nothing sees;",1.0
"Man's heart is in a jakes, and loves the mire.",1.0
Emerge from thy profound; erect thine eye;,1.0
See thy distress; how close art thou besieged!,3.0
"Besieged by Nature, the proud sceptic's foe!",2.0
"Enclosed by these innumerable worlds,",2.0
"Sparkling conviction on the darkest mind,",2.0
As in a golden net of Providence,1.0
"How art thou caught, sure captive of Belief!",2.0
"From this thy blessed captivity what art,",2.0
"What blasphemy to reason, sets thee free?",1.0
This scene is Heaven's indulgent violence:,3.0
But faith in GOD imposed and pressed on man?,0.0
"Spite of these numerous awful witnesses,",3.0
And doubt the deposition of the Skies?,1.0
OH how laborious is thy way to ruin!,3.0
Laborious? IT is impracticable quite;,3.0
"To sink beyond a doubt, in this debate,",1.0
"With all his weight of wisdom, and of will,",1.0
GOD is a Spirit; spirit cannot strike,0.0
These gross material organs; GOD by man,2.0
"As much is seen as man a GOD can see,",0.0
In these astonishing exploits of power.,3.0
"What order, beauty, motion, distance, size!",0.0
How complicate in their Divine police!,1.0
"Apt means, great ends, consent to general good! ' --",2.0
"Each attribute of these material gods,",3.0
"So long and that with specious please adored,",0.0
And leads in triumph the whole mind of man.,2.0
"Lorenzo, this may seem harangue to thee;",1.0
Such all is apt to seem that thwarts our will.,0.0
And dost thou then demand a simple proof,0.0
"Unskilled, or disinclined, to read it there?",0.0
"Since iT is the basis, and all drops without it,",2.0
"Take it, in one compact, unbroken chain.",1.0
Such proof insists on an attentive ear;,1.0
"IT will not make one amid a mob of thoughts,",3.0
"And, for thy notice, struggle with the world.",2.0
Retire; the world shut out; thy thoughts call home;,3.0
Lock up thy senses; let no passion stir;,1.0
Wake all to Reason; let her reign alone:,0.0
"Then, in thy soul's deep silence, and the depth",2.0
"Of Nature's silence, midnight, thus enquire,",1.0
"As I have done, ' --  and shall enquire no more.",0.0
In Nature's channel thus the questions run: ' --,0.0
What am I? and from whence? ' --  I nothing know,1.0
"But that I am; and, since I am, conclude",2.0
But what eternal? ' --  Why not human race?,0.0
And Adam's ancestors without an end? ' --,5.0
"Can every part depend, and not the whole?",0.0
Yet grant it true: new difficulties rise:,1.0
I'm still quite out at sea; nor see the shore.,2.0
Would want some other father; ' --  much design,0.0
"Is seen in all their motions, all their makes;",0.0
Design implies intelligence and art:,1.0
That can't be from themselves ' --  or man; that art,1.0
"Man scarce can comprehend, could man bestow?",1.0
"And nothing greater, yet allowed, than man. ' --",0.0
"Who motion, foreign to the smallest grain,",1.0
Shot through vast masses of enormous weight?,4.0
Who bid brute matter's restive lump assume,1.0
"Such various forms, and gave it wings to fly?",2.0
"Has matter innate motion? Then each atom,",5.0
Asserting its indisputable right,4.0
"To dance, would form a universe of dust.",0.0
Has matter none? Then whence these glorious forms,2.0
"Has matter more than motion? Has it thought,",0.0
"Judgement, and genius? Is it deeply learnt",3.0
"In mathematics? Has it framed such laws,",0.0
"Which but to guess, a Newton made immortal? ' --",0.0
"If so, how each sage atom laughs at me,",2.0
"If art to form, and counsel to conduct,",1.0
"And that with greater far than human skill,",0.0
Resides not in each block ' --  a GODHEAD reigns!,1.0
"Grant, then, invisible, eternal MIND;",2.0
"That granted, all is solved. But, granting that,",0.0
Draw I not over me a still darker cloud?,4.0
Grant I not that which I can never conceive?,2.0
A Being without origin or end! ' --,6.0
"Hail, human liberty! There is no GOD. ' --",3.0
"Subsist it must, in GOD, or human race:",0.0
"If in the last, how many knots beside,",0.0
"Where, chosen, still subsist ten thousand more?",1.0
"Reject it where, that chosen, all the rest,",0.0
"Dispersed, leave Reason's whole horizon clear?",1.0
"This is not Reason's dictate; Reason says,",2.0
Close with the side where one grain turns the scale.,2.0
What vast preponderance is here! Can Reason,1.0
With louder voice exclaim ' --  Believe a GOD?,0.0
And Reason heard is the sole mark of man.,2.0
What things impossible must man think true,2.0
On any other system! And how strange,1.0
To disbelieve through mere credulity!,2.0
"If in this chain Lorenzo finds no flaw,",1.0
Let it for ever bind him to belief.,1.0
And where the link in which a flaw he finds?,0.0
"And if a GOD there is, that GOD how great!",2.0
"How great that Power, whose providential care",2.0
"Of Nature universal threads the whole,",0.0
"And hangs Creation, like a precious gem,",0.0
"That little gem, how large! A weight let fall",1.0
"From a fixed star, in ages can it reach",3.0
"This distant earth? Say, then, Lorenzo, where,",1.0
Where ends this mighty building? Where begin,0.0
The suburbs of creation? Where the wall,1.0
Whose battlements look over into the vale,4.0
"Say, at what point of space JEHOVAH dropped",0.0
"His slackened line, and laid His balance by;",1.0
"Weighed worlds, and measured Infinite, no more?",3.0
Where rears His terminating pillar high,0.0
In characters illustrious as the sun? ' --,2.0
"I stand, the plan's proud period; I pronounce",4.0
The work accomplished; the Creation closed:,1.0
"Shout, all you gods! nor shout, you gods, alone;",0.0
"Of all that lives, or, if devoid of life,",1.0
"That rests, or rolls, you heights and depths, resound!",1.0
"Resound! resound! you depths and heights, resound!",3.0
Hard are those questions? ' --  Answer harder still.,0.0
"Is this the sole exploit, the single birth,",2.0
"The solitary son, of Power Divine?",2.0
"Or has the Almighty FATHER, with a breath,",2.0
Impregnated the womb of distant space?,5.0
"Has He not bid, in various provinces,",3.0
Of Night primeval; barren now no more?,1.0
"And dance, as motes, in His meridian ray;",3.0
"That ray withdrawn, benighted, or absorbed",1.0
In that abyss of horror whence they sprung;,0.0
"While Chaos triumphs, repossessed of all",0.0
Chaos! of Nature both the womb and grave!,2.0
Is this extravagant? ' --  No; this is just;,3.0
"If iT is an error, iT is an error sprung",2.0
"From noble root, high thought of the MOST HIGH.",2.0
But wherefore error? Who can prove it such? ' --,0.0
He that can set Omnipotence a bound.,1.0
Can man conceive beyond what God can do?,0.0
Nothing but quite impossible is hard.,3.0
"He summons into being, with like ease,",1.0
"A whole creation, and a single grain.",1.0
Speaks He the word? a thousand worlds are born!,0.0
And in what space can His great fiat fail?,2.0
"Condemn me not, cold critic! but indulge",2.0
The warm imagination. Why condemn?,0.0
Why not indulge such thoughts as swell our hearts,0.0
With fuller admiration of that Power,1.0
Who gives our hearts with such high thoughts to swell?,2.0
Why not indulge in His augmented praise?,1.0
"Darts not His glory a still brighter ray,",2.0
"The less is left to Chaos, and the realms",1.0
"Of hideous Night, where Fancy strays aghast,",2.0
"And, though most talkative, makes no report?",3.0
Still seems my thought enormous? Think again: ' --,1.0
Experience self shall aid thy lame belief.,2.0
Glasses ' --  that revelation to the sight! ' --,3.0
Have they not led us deep in the disclose,1.0
"If then, on the reverse, the mind would mount",1.0
"In magnitude, what mind can mount too far,",1.0
"To keep the balance, and Creation poise?",1.0
Defect alone can err on such a theme.,1.0
"What is too great, if we the Cause survey?",2.0
"Stupendous ARCHITECT! Thou, Thou art all!",0.0
"My soul flies up and down in thoughts of Thee,",3.0
And finds herself but at the centre still!,0.0
"I AM, Thy name! existence, all Thine own!",1.0
"Creation's nothing; flattered much, if styled",0.0
"The thin, the fleeting atmosphere of GOD.",0.0
OH for the voice ' --  of what? of whom? What voice,0.0
"Can answer to my wants, in such ascent",2.0
As dares to deem one universe too small?,1.0
"Tell me, Lorenzo! for now Fancy glows,",4.0
"Fired in the vortex of Almighty power,",1.0
"Of universal Nature, as a speck,",1.0
Like fair Britannia in our little ball;,1.0
"Exceeding fair, and glorious, for its size,",1.0
In Fancy for the fact beyond us lies,1.0
"Too small for notice, in the vast of being;",1.0
Severed by mighty seas of unbuilt space,3.0
From other realms; from ample continents,1.0
"Of higher life, where nobler natives dwell;",3.0
"Less northern, less remote from DEITY,",2.0
Glowing beneath the line of the Supreme;,3.0
"Where souls in excellence make haste, put forth",3.0
Luxuriant growths; nor the late autumn wait,4.0
"Of human worth, but ripen soon to gods?",0.0
Yet why drown Fancy in such depths as these?,1.0
"Return, presumptuous rover, and confess",3.0
"The bounds of man, nor blame them as too small.",1.0
Enjoy we not full scope in what is seen?,1.0
Full ample the dominions of the Sun!,3.0
"Full glorious to behold! How far, how wide,",4.0
"Lavish of lustre, throws his beams about him,",2.0
"Farther and faster than a thought can fly,",3.0
And feeds his planets with eternal fires!,1.0
"This Heliopolis, by Greater far",1.0
"Than the proud tyrant of the Nile, was built;",3.0
"And He alone, who built it, can destroy.",2.0
"Beyond this city, why strays human thought?",1.0
"One Wonderful, enough for man to know!",1.0
"One Infinite, enough for man to range!",1.0
OH what voluminous instruction here!,2.0
What page of wisdom is denied him? None;,1.0
If learning his chief lesson makes him wise.,2.0
Nor is instruction here our only gain:,1.0
"There dwells a noble pathos in the skies,",0.0
How eloquently shines the glowing pole!,1.0
"With what authority it gives its charge,",1.0
"Though silent, loud! heard earth around; above",1.0
The planets heard; and not unheard in hell:,0.0
"Hell has her wonder, though too proud to praise.",2.0
"Is Earth, then, more infernal? Has she those",0.0
"Who neither praise, Lorenzo, nor admire?",1.0
Never asked the moon one question; never held,0.0
Least correspondence with a single star;,2.0
Never reared an altar to the queen of heaven,1.0
Walking in brightness; or her train adored.,3.0
"Engrossed his whole devotion; stars malign,",0.0
"Which make their fond astronomer run mad,",2.0
"Darken his intellect, corrupt his heart;",2.0
Cause him to sacrifice his fame and peace,0.0
"To momentary madness, called delight.",0.0
"The lifted hand to Luna, or poured out",2.0
Divine Instructor! Thy first volume this,3.0
For man's perusal! all in CAPITALS!,1.0
In moon and stars Heaven's golden alphabet!,3.0
Who reads can understand. IT is unconfined,0.0
To Christian land or Jewry; fairly writ,0.0
In language universal to MANKIND:,2.0
"A language lofty to the learnt, yet plain",1.0
"To those that feed the flock, or guide the plough,",1.0
Or from its husk strike out the bounding grain:,3.0
A language worthy the Great MIND that speaks!,2.0
Preface and comment to the sacred page!,3.0
"Which oft refers its reader to the skies,",1.0
"And Scripture's self a fragment, that unread.",2.0
Stupendous book of wisdom to the wise!,1.0
"Stupendous book! and opened, Night, by thee.",0.0
"By thee much opened, I confess, OH Night!",3.0
Yet more I wish; but how shall I prevail?,2.0
"Say, gentle Night, whose modest, maiden beams",1.0
"Give us a new creation, and present",1.0
The world's great picture softened to the sight;,2.0
"Nay, kinder far, far more indulgent still,",2.0
"Say, thou, whose mild dominion's silver key",0.0
"Worlds beyond number, worlds concealed by day",2.0
Behind the proud and envious star of noon!,2.0
"The mighty Potentate, to whom belong",0.0
I gaze around; I search on every side: ' --,0.0
OH for a glimpse of HIM my soul adores!,1.0
"As the chased heart, amid the desert waste,",2.0
Pants for the living stream; for HIM who made her,1.0
"So pants the thirsty soul, amid the blank",0.0
Where blazes His bright court? Where burns His throne?,2.0
"His grand pavilion, sacred Fame reports",0.0
"The sable curtains drawn. If not, can none",0.0
"Who travel far, discover where He dwells?",0.0
A star His dwelling pointed out below.,1.0
"And thou, Orion, of still keener eye!",3.0
And bring them out of tempest into port!,1.0
On which hand must I bend my course to find Him?,0.0
These courtiers keep the secret of their KING;,3.0
"I wake whole nights, in vain, to steal it from them.",2.0
"I wake; and, waking, climb Night's radiant scale,",1.0
From sphere to sphere; the steps by Nature set,0.0
"For man's ascent, at once to tempt and aid;",0.0
"To tempt his eye, and aid his towering thought,",0.0
Till it arrives at the Great Goal of all.,3.0
"From earth, as from my barrier, I set out.",2.0
How swift I mount! Diminished earth recedes;,0.0
I pass the moon; and from her further side,1.0
Pierce heaven's blue curtain; strike into Remote;,4.0
"Where, with his lifted tube, the subtle sage",0.0
"His artificial airy journey takes,",0.0
And to celestial lengthens human sight.,1.0
"I pause at every planet on my road,",1.0
"Their foreheads fair to shine. From Saturn's ring,",1.0
"In which of earth's an army might be lost,",0.0
With the bold comet take my bolder flight,2.0
"Amid those sovereign glories of the skies,",1.0
"Of independent, native lustre proud!",0.0
"The souls of systems, and the lords of life,",1.0
Through their wide empires! ' --  What behold I now?,2.0
"A wilderness of wonders burning round,",1.0
Where larger suns inhabit higher spheres?,0.0
"Nor halt I here; my toil is but begun,",0.0
"Tis but the threshold of the DEITY,",3.0
Nor is it strange; I built on a mistake:,2.0
"The grandeur of His works, whence Folly sought",1.0
"For aid, to Reason sets His glory higher;",0.0
"Who built thus high for worms, mere worms to Him,",2.0
"OH where, Lorenzo, must the Builder dwell?",1.0
If human thought can keep its station here.,0.0
"Where am I? Where is Earth? Nay, where art thou,",1.0
OH Sun? ' --  Is the Sun turned recluse? ' --  And are,4.0
His boasted expeditions short to mine?,0.0
"To mine, how short! On Nature's Alps I stand,",1.0
"A thousand systems, as a thousand grains!",1.0
"So much a stranger, and so late arrived,",1.0
"How can man's curious spirit not enquire,",4.0
"What are the natives of this world sublime,",1.0
"OH you, as distant from my little home",1.0
"Far from my native element I roam,",1.0
In quest of New and Wonderful to man.,1.0
"What province this of His immense domain,",2.0
"Whom all obeys? Or mortals here, or gods?",0.0
"A colony from heaven? or only raised,",1.0
"By frequent visit from heaven's neighbouring realms,",4.0
"To secondary gods, and half Divine?",0.0
"Whatever your nature, this is past dispute, ' --",4.0
"Far other life you live, far other tongue",2.0
"You talk, far other thought, perhaps, you think,",1.0
Than man. How various are the works of God!,1.0
And absolute? or Sense in arms against her?,0.0
Have you two lights? or need you no revealed?,2.0
Enjoy your happy realms their golden age?,0.0
Our Eve's fair daughters prove their pedigree.,2.0
"And ask their Adams, Who would not be wise?",0.0
"Or, if your mother fell, are you redeemed?",2.0
"Is this your final residence? If not,",2.0
"Change you your scene, translated? or by death?",1.0
"And if by death, what death? ' --  Know you disease?",3.0
"Or horrid war? ' --  With war, this fatal hour,",0.0
"Europa groans so call we a small field,",1.0
"And, hanging up the quiver Nature gave him,",1.0
"As slow of execution, for dispatch",1.0
Sends forth imperial butchers; bids them slay,3.0
"Their sheep, the silly sheep they fleeced before,",0.0
And toss him twice ten thousand at a meal.,1.0
"With you, can rage for plunder make a GOD,",1.0
And bloodshed wash out every other stain? ' --,1.0
"But you, perhaps, can't bleed: from matter gross",2.0
Your spirits clean are delicately clad,1.0
"Unloaded, uninfected: how unlike",1.0
The lot of man! How few of human race,0.0
Of hardy conflict over? or are you still,1.0
Raw candidates at school? And have you those,2.0
"But what are we? You never heard of man,",1.0
Or earth; the Bedlam of the universe!,1.0
"Of holiness, where Reason is pronounced",2.0
"Infallible; and thunders, like a god;",1.0
"Even there, by saints the demons are outdone:",3.0
"What these think wrong, our saints refine to right;",3.0
And kindly teach dull Hell her own black arts:,2.0
"Satan, instructed, over their morals smiles. ' --",4.0
"But this how strange to you, who know not man!",2.0
Has the least rumour of our race arrived?,3.0
"Called here Elijah, in his flaming car?",1.0
"Passed by you the good Enoch, on his road",2.0
"To those fair fields, whence Lucifer was hurled;",3.0
"Who brushed, perhaps, your sphere, in his descent,",1.0
"Stained your pure crystal either, or let fall",5.0
A short eclipse from his portentous shade?,1.0
OH that the fiend had lodged on some broad orb,1.0
"Athwart his way, nor reached his present home!",0.0
"Then blackened earth with footsteps fouled in hell,",1.0
"Nor washed in ocean, as from Rome he passed",1.0
"To Britain's isle; too, too conspicuous there!",2.0
But this is all digression. Where is He,1.0
That over heaven's battlements the felon hurled,1.0
"To groans, and chains, and darkness? Where is He",0.0
Who sees Creation's summit in a vale?,0.0
"He whom, while man is MAN, he can't but seek;",0.0
"And, if he finds, commences more than man?",1.0
OH for a telescope His throne to reach!,0.0
"Tell me, you learnt on earth, or blessed above!",0.0
"You searching, you Newtonian angels! tell,",3.0
"Where your great Master's orb? His planets, where?",2.0
"Those conscious satellites, those morning stars,",0.0
"Firstborn of DEITY! from Central Love,",2.0
"By veneration most profound, thrown off;",2.0
By sweet attraction no less strongly drawn;,1.0
"Past thought illustrious, but with borrowed beams;",3.0
"In still approaching circles, still remote,",0.0
Revolving round the sun's eternal Sire?,0.0
"Or sent, in lines direct, on embassies",1.0
To nations ' --  in what latitude? ' --  Beyond,0.0
Terrestrial thought's horizon. ' --  And on what,3.0
High errands sent? ' --  Here human effort ends;,1.0
And leaves me still a stranger to His throne.,1.0
Full well it might! I quite mistook my road;,1.0
Born in an age more curious than devout;,3.0
"More fond to fix the place of heaven or hell,",0.0
"Than studious this to shun, or that secure.",1.0
"IT is not the curious, but the pious, path",1.0
"That leads me to my point: Lorenzo, know,",1.0
"Without or star or angel for their guide,",1.0
"Who worship GOD shall find Him. Humble Love,",0.0
"And not proud Reason, keeps the door of heaven;",1.0
"Love finds admission, where proud Science fails.",2.0
Man's science is the culture of his heart;,3.0
And not to lose his plummet in the depths,0.0
"Of Nature, or the more profound of GOD:",1.0
"Either to know, is an attempt that sets",3.0
The wisest on a level with the fool.,2.0
"Past doubt, is deep philosophy above:",2.0
"Higher degrees in bliss archangels take,",3.0
"As deeper learnt; the deepest, learning still.",0.0
"For, what a thunder of Omnipotence",2.0
So might I dare to speak is seen in all!,0.0
"In man, in earth, in more amazing skies!",0.0
"Teaching this lesson, Pride is loath to learn: ' --",2.0
"Not deeply to discern, not much to know,",1.0
Mankind was born to wonder and adore.,2.0
And is there cause for higher wonder still,1.0
Than that which struck us from our past surveys?,1.0
Yes; and for deeper adoration too.,0.0
"From my late airy travel unconfined,",2.0
"Have I learnt nothing? ' --  Yes, Lorenzo, this: ' --",3.0
Each of these stars is a religious house;,1.0
"I saw their altars smoke, their incense rise,",1.0
A seminary fraught with future gods.,0.0
"Nature all over is consecrated ground,",4.0
Teeming with growths immortal and Divine.,3.0
Leaves nothing waste; but sows these fiery fields,3.0
"With seeds of Reason, which to Virtues rise",0.0
"Beneath His genial ray; and, if escaped",1.0
"When grown mature, are gathered for the skies.",1.0
"And is devotion thought too much on earth,",2.0
"When beings, so superior, homage boast,",3.0
"But wherefore more of planets, or of stars?",1.0
"Ethereal journeys, and, discovered there,",4.0
"Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand ways devout,",2.0
"All Nature sending incense to The Throne,",2.0
"Opening the solemn sources of my soul,",2.0
"My flowing numbers over the flaming skies,",2.0
"Nor see, of fancy or of fact what more",1.0
"Invites the Muse, ' --  here turn we, and review",1.0
"Our past nocturnal landscape wide: ' --  then say,",1.0
"Say then, Lorenzo! with what burst of heart,",2.0
"The whole, at once, revolving in his thought,",0.0
"Must man exclaim, adoring, and aghast! ' --",1.0
OH what a Root! OH what a branch is here!,1.0
OH what a Father! what a family!,0.0
"Worlds, systems, and creations! ' --  and creations,",3.0
"The filial cluster, infinitely spread",3.0
"In glowing globes, with various being fraught;",2.0
"Or, shall I say? for who can say enough?",0.0
"A constellation of ten thousand gems,",2.0
"And OH! of what dimensions, of what weight!",1.0
"Set in one signet, flames on the right hand",1.0
Of Majesty Divine! The blazing seal,1.0
"Indelible, His sovereign attributes,",1.0
"Omnipotence and Love! that passing bound,",1.0
And this surpassing that. Nor stop we here,1.0
"For want of power in GOD, but thought in Man.",2.0
"Even this, acknowledged, leaves us still in debt:",1.0
"If greater aught, that greater all is Thine,",0.0
Dread SIRE! ' --  Accept this miniature of Thee;,3.0
"And pardon an attempt from mortal thought,",1.0
"Ideas not absurd, distend the thought",0.0
Of feeble mortals! nor of them alone!,2.0
The fullness of the DEITY breaks forth,3.0
"Think, then, OH think, nor ever drop the thought,",3.0
"How low must man descend, when gods adore!",0.0
"Have I not, then, accomplished my proud boast?",2.0
"Did I not tell thee, we would mount, Lorenzo,",1.0
And kindle our devotion at the stars?,1.0
And have I failed? And did I flatter thee?,1.0
Lorenzo! mirth how miserable here!,1.0
"Swear by the stars, by HIM who made them, swear,",1.0
"Thy heart, henceforth, shall be as pure as they!",1.0
"Then thou, like them, shalt shine; like them, shalt rise",2.0
"From low to lofty, from obscure to bright,",1.0
"By due gradation, Nature's sacred law.",0.0
"The stars, from whence? ' --  Ask Chaos: he can tell.",2.0
These bright temptations to idolatry,2.0
From darkness and confusion took their birth;,1.0
Sons of deformity! From fluid dregs,3.0
And then to spheres opaque; then dimly shone;,0.0
Then brightened; then blazed out in perfect day.,3.0
Nature delights in progress; in advance,3.0
"From worse to better: but, when minds ascend,",1.0
Progress in part depends upon themselves.,0.0
Heaven aids exertion; greater makes the great;,0.0
The voluntary little lessens more.,1.0
"OH be a man, and thou shalt be a god,",0.0
"OH thou, ambitious of disgrace alone,",3.0
"Schooled by the skies, and pupil of the stars!",1.0
"Rank coward to the fashionable world,",3.0
Art thou ashamed to bend thy knee to Heaven?,1.0
"Cursed fume of pride, exhaled from deepest hell!",1.0
Pride in religion is man's highest praise.,3.0
"Bent on destruction, and in love with death!",3.0
"Were half so sad as one benighted mind,",1.0
"Which gropes for happiness, and meets despair.",1.0
"How, like a widow in her weeds, the Night,",0.0
"Amid her glimmering tapers, silent sits!",2.0
"How sorrowful, how desolate, she weeps",1.0
"Perpetual dews, and saddens Nature's scene!",2.0
"A scene more sad Sin makes the darkened soul,",1.0
"All comfort kills, nor leaves one spark alive.",0.0
"Though blind of heart, still open is thine eye:",2.0
"Of matter's grandeur, know, one end is this,",5.0
"To tell the rational who gazes on it, ' --",3.0
"Though that immensely great, still greater He",2.0
"Whose breast capacious can embrace and lodge,",1.0
"Unburdened, Nature's universal scheme;",0.0
Can grasp Creation with a single thought;,1.0
Creation grasp; and not exclude its SIRE:,0.0
"To guard the important, yet depending, fate",2.0
Of being brighter than a thousand suns:,1.0
One single ray of thought outshines them all.,0.0
"And if man hears obedient, soon he'll soar",4.0
"Superior heights, and on his purple wing,",3.0
"Rising, where thought is now denied to rise,",2.0
Look down triumphant on these dazzling spheres.,3.0
"Why then persist? ' --  No mortal ever lived,",1.0
"But, dying, he pronounced when words are true",1.0
The whole that charms thee absolutely vain;,0.0
"Vain, and far worse! ' --  Think thou with dying men;",1.0
OH condescend to think as angels think!,1.0
OH tolerate a chance for happiness!,2.0
"Our nature such, ill choice insures ill fate;",3.0
"And hell had been, though there had been no God.",1.0
"Dost thou not know, my new astronomer,",1.0
"Earth, turning from the sun, brings night to man?",3.0
"Man, turning from his God, brings endless night;",3.0
"Amend no manners, and expect no peace.",3.0
"How deep the darkness! and the groan, how loud!",1.0
"Though in his ear, and levelled at his heart,",0.0
For think not thou hast heard all this from me;,2.0
My song but echoes what great Nature speaks.,1.0
"What has she spoken? Thus the goddess spoke,",0.0
Thus speaks for ever: ' --  Place at Nature's head,1.0
"A Sovereign, which over all things rolls His eye,",3.0
"Extends His wing, promulgates His commands,",5.0
"But, above all, diffuses endless good;",3.0
"To whom, for sure redress, the wronged may fly,",0.0
"The vile for mercy, and the pained for peace;",1.0
"By whom the various tenants of these spheres,",3.0
"Diversified in fortunes, place, and powers,",0.0
"Raised in enjoyment, as in worth they rise,",2.0
Arrive at length if worthy such approach,1.0
And present joy looks forward on increase;,2.0
And that on more; no period! every step,3.0
"A double boon, a promise and a bliss.",1.0
How easy sits this scheme on human hearts!,0.0
"Passion is pleased, and Reason asks no more:",3.0
"IT is rational, iT is great! ' --  But what is thine?",1.0
"Leaves us quite naked both of help and hope,",3.0
"Sinking from bad to worse; few years, the sport",2.0
"Of Fortune; then, the morsel of Despair.",1.0
What's vice? ' --  Mere want of compass in our thought.,1.0
"Religion, what? ' --  The proof of commonsense.",0.0
"How art thou hooted, where the least prevails!",0.0
Is it my fault if these truths call thee fool?,3.0
Can neither shame nor terror stand thy friend?,0.0
And art thou still an insect in the mire?,1.0
"How, like thy guardian angel, have I flown;",2.0
Snatched thee from earth; escorted thee through all,1.0
"The ethereal armies; walked thee, like a god,",3.0
On either hand; clouds thrown beneath thy feet;,1.0
Close cruised on the bright paradise of God;,5.0
And almost introduced thee to The Throne!,2.0
"And art thou still carousing, for delight,",1.0
And then subsiding into final gall?,0.0
"To beings of sublime, immortal make,",1.0
How shocking is all joy whose end is sure!,1.0
"Such joy more shocking still, the more it charms!",0.0
"And dost thou choose what ends ere well begun,",1.0
And infamous as short? And dost thou choose,1.0
"Thou, to whose palate glory is so sweet",2.0
"Not of poor bigots only, but thy own?",3.0
"For I have peeped into thy covered heart,",1.0
And seen it blush beneath a boastful brow;,0.0
"Conscience is but disabled, not destroyed.",3.0
"OH thou most awful being, and most vain!",1.0
"Thy will, how frail! how glorious is thy power!",2.0
Though dread Eternity has sown her seeds,1.0
Of bliss and woe in thy despotic breast;,1.0
"Though heaven and hell depend upon thy choice,",0.0
"A butterfly comes across, and both are fled.",3.0
Is this the picture of a rational?,2.0
"This horrid image, shall it be most just?",0.0
"Lorenzo! no: it cannot, shall not, be,",0.0
If there is force in reason; or in sounds,2.0
"Chanted beneath the glimpses of the moon,",3.0
"A magic, at this planetary hour,",0.0
"When slumber locks the general lip, and dreams",0.0
Through senseless mazes hunt souls uninspired.,1.0
Attend ' --  the sacred mysteries begin ' --,1.0
"Hear, and I'll raise thy spirit from the dust,",1.0
While the stars gaze on this enchantment new;,4.0
"Enchantment, not infernal, but Divine!",1.0
"By Silence, Death's peculiar attribute;",0.0
"By Darkness and by Silence, sisters dread!",1.0
And raise ideas solemn as the scene!,1.0
"By NIGHT, and all of Awful, Night presents",0.0
To Thought or Sense! of Awful much to both,0.0
"The goddess brings! By these her trembling fires,",1.0
Sacred to thoughts immaculate and pure!,3.0
"By these bright orators, that prove, and praise,",3.0
"And press thee to revere, the DEITY;",2.0
"Perhaps, too, aid thee, when revered awhile,",1.0
"To reach His throne; as stages of the soul,",1.0
"Through which, at different periods, she shall pass,",1.0
"Refining gradual, for her final height,",1.0
And purging off some dross at every sphere!,1.0
By this dark pall thrown over the silent world!,6.0
"By the world's kings, and kingdoms, most renowned,",2.0
From short ambition's zenith set for ever;,0.0
"By the long list of swift mortality,",3.0
"From Adam downward to this evening knell,",1.0
"And shocks her with a hundred centuries,",2.0
"Round Death's black banner thronged, in human thought!",1.0
"By thousands, now resigning their last breath,",2.0
And calling thee ' --  wert thou so wise to hear!,2.0
By tombs over tombs arising; human earth,2.0
"Ejected, to make room for ' --  human earth;",2.0
Which makes poor man's humiliation proud;,1.0
"Boast of our ruin, triumph of our dust!",1.0
By the damp vault that weeps over royal bones;,2.0
"And the pale lamp that shows the ghastly dead,",2.0
"More ghastly, through the thick incumbent gloom!",1.0
"By visits if there are from darker scenes,",2.0
"The gliding spectre, and the groaning grove!",1.0
"By groans and graves, and miseries that groan",1.0
"Senseless to pains of death, from pangs of guilt!",2.0
"And thunder's last discharge, great Nature's knell!",4.0
"By second Chaos, and eternal Night! ' --",1.0
Be wise: ' --  Nor let Philander blame my charm;,3.0
"Love to the living, duty to the dead.",1.0
"For know, I'm but executor: he left",2.0
This moral legacy! I make it over,1.0
By his command: Philander hear in me;,2.0
"And Heaven in both. ' --  If deaf to these, OH hear",1.0
For his sake ' --  love thyself. Example strikes,2.0
All human hearts; a bad example more;,0.0
More still a father's; that insures his ruin.,0.0
"The unnatural parent of his miseries,",5.0
Is this the blessing of so fond a father?,2.0
"If careless of Lorenzo, spare, OH spare",2.0
Let passion do what nobler motive should;,4.0
"Let love, and emulation, rise in aid",1.0
To reason; and persuade thee to be ' --  blessed.,2.0
This seems not a request to be denied;,1.0
Yet such the infatuation of mankind!,3.0
IT is the most hopeless man can make to man.,1.0
"Shall I, then, rise in argument and warmth,",1.0
"But, OH, I faint! my spirits fail! Nor strange!",0.0
"To which my great Creator's glory called,",4.0
And calls ' --  but now in vain. Sleep's dewy wand,1.0
"Has stroked my drooping lids, and promises",1.0
Wont to return with our returning peace,3.0
"Will pay, ere long, and bless me with repose.",2.0
"Haste, haste, sweet stranger, from the peasant's cot,",3.0
"Whence sorrow never chased thee! With thee bring,",1.0
"Not hideous visions, as of late; but draughts",3.0
"Man's rich restorative; his balmy bath,",2.0
"The various movements of this nice machine,",3.0
Which asks such frequent periods of repair.,3.0
Sleep winds us up for the succeeding dawn;,3.0
"Fresh we spin on, till sickness clogs our wheels,",0.0
"Or Death quite breaks the spring, and motion ends.",1.0
"Thou, whose broad eye the future and the past",2.0
Joins to the present; making one of three,1.0
"And, though invisible, for ever seen!",2.0
"And seen in all, the great and the minute!",0.0
"Each globe above, with its gigantic race,",1.0
"Each flower, each leaf, with its small people swarmed,",4.0
Those puny vouchers of Omnipotence!,2.0
"To the first thought that asks, From whence? declare",2.0
"Their common source. Thou Fountain, running over",0.0
In rivers of communicated joy!,1.0
"Say, by what name shall I presume to call",1.0
"Him I see burning in these countless suns,",2.0
"As Moses, in the bush? Illustrious Mind!",2.0
"The whole creation less, far less, to Thee,",1.0
Than that to the creation's ample round.,1.0
"Heaves underneath the thought, too big for birth!",2.0
"Of Nature, that luxuriant growth of GOD!",2.0
"First Father of effects, that progeny",3.0
Of endless series! where the golden chain's,0.0
"Last link admits a period, who can tell?",2.0
Father of all that is or heard or hears!,1.0
Father of all that is or seen or sees!,1.0
Father of all that is or shall arise!,1.0
Father of this immeasurable mass,3.0
"Opaque or lucid, rapid or at rest,",1.0
"Minute, or passing bound! in each extreme,",0.0
Of like amaze and mystery to man.,1.0
Father of these bright millions of the night!,5.0
"Of which the least full Godhead had proclaimed,",2.0
Is appellation higher still Thy choice?,0.0
Father of matter's temporary lords!,2.0
"With various measures, and with various modes",5.0
"Of instinct, reason, intuition; beams",0.0
"More pale or bright, from day Divine, to break",0.0
"Of all created spirit; beams, that rise",0.0
"Each over other in superior light,",2.0
Of next approach to Godhead. Father fond,1.0
Far fonder than ever bore that name on earth,3.0
Of intellectual beings! beings blessed,2.0
With powers to please Thee; not of passive ply,2.0
To laws they know not! beings lodged in seats,0.0
Of this imperial palace for Thy sons;,4.0
"Though boundless, habitation, planned by Thee;",0.0
Whose several clans their several climates suit;,0.0
"Or, OH! indulge, Immortal King! indulge",0.0
"A title, less august indeed, but more",5.0
"Endearing; ah! how sweet in human ears,",0.0
"Sweet in our ears, and triumph in our hearts!",0.0
Father of Immortality to man!,3.0
A theme that lately set my soul on fire. ' --,0.0
"And Thou the next, yet equal! Thou, by whom",2.0
"That blessing was conveyed, far more! was bought,",2.0
Ineffable the price! by whom all worlds,1.0
"Were made, and one redeemed! illustrious Light,",3.0
"From light illustrious! Thou, whose regal power,",1.0
"Finite in time, but infinite in space,",2.0
"And, OH! the friend of man! beneath whose foot,",0.0
"And by the mandate of whose awful nod,",3.0
"All regions, revolutions, fortunes, fates,",0.0
"Of high, of low, of mind and matter, roll",0.0
"Through the short channels of expiring Time,",3.0
"Calm or tempestuous, as thy Spirit breathes,",4.0
"The glorious Third! distinct, not separate!",2.0
"Beaming from both, with both incorporate!",2.0
And strange to tell! incorporate with dust!,0.0
"By condescension, as Thy glory, great,",1.0
"Enshrined in man! of human hearts, if pure,",0.0
Divine inhabitant! the tie Divine,1.0
"Of Heaven with distant earth! by whom, I trust,",0.0
"To Thee, to them ' --  To whom? Mysterious power!",3.0
"Number in unity! our joy, our dread!",3.0
The triple bolt that lays all wrong in ruin!,0.0
"That animates all right, the triple Sun!",0.0
"Absconding yet demonstrable, Great God!",4.0
"Greater than greatest, better than the best!",3.0
"Or stronger still to speak it with Thine own,",1.0
"Where Thou, from all eternity, hast dwelled,",1.0
Beyond archangel's unassisted ken;,1.0
From far above what mortals highest call;,0.0
"From elevation pinnacle; look down,",2.0
"Through ' --  what? Confounding interval! through all,",1.0
"Through hierarchies from hierarchies detached,",6.0
"Round various banners of Omnipotence,",4.0
With endless change of rapturous duties fired;,2.0
"All clustering at the call, to dwell in Thee;",1.0
"Through this wide waste of worlds; this vista vast,",2.0
All sanded over with suns! suns turned to night,3.0
"On a poor breathing particle in dust,",3.0
"Or, lower, ' --  an immortal in his crimes.",1.0
"His crimes forgive; forgive his virtues too, ' --",0.0
"Nor let me close these eyes, which never more",0.0
"May see the sun, though night's descending scale",0.0
In Thy displeasure dwells eternal pain:,1.0
"Pain, our aversion; pain, which strikes me now:",2.0
"And, since all pain is terrible to man,",1.0
"Though transient, terrible; at Thy good hour,",2.0
"Gently, ah! gently, lay me in my bed,",2.0
"By Nature, near; still nearer by Disease!",2.0
"Till then, be this an emblem of my grave!",1.0
Let it outcry the boy at Philip's ear;,3.0
"That tongue of death, that herald of the tomb!",1.0
And when the shelter of Thy wing implored,1.0
"My senses, soothed, shall sink in soft repose;",0.0
"OH sink this truth still deeper in my soul,",2.0
"Suggested by my pillow, signed by Fate,",1.0
"First, in Fate's volume, at the page of Man: ' --",2.0
"Man's sickly soul, though turned and tossed for ever",1.0
"Here in full trust, hereafter in full joy;",2.0
"On Thee, the promised, sure, eternal down",2.0
"Of spirits, toiled in travel through this vale.",1.0
"For ' --  Love almighty! Love almighty! Sing,",0.0
"Exult, Creation! Love almighty reigns!",0.0
"That death of death, that cordial of despair!",1.0
Thou God and mortal! thence more God to man!,0.0
"Man's theme eternal, man's eternal theme!",1.0
"Uninjured from our praise can He escape,",2.0
"The heaven of heavens, to kiss the distant earth?",2.0
"Against the cross, Death's iron sceptre breaks;",1.0
From famished Ruin plucks her human prey;,0.0
Throws wide the gates celestial to his foes;,2.0
"Their gratitude, for such a boundless debt,",1.0
"And, if deep human guilt in payment fails,",2.0
"As deeper guilt, prohibits our despair,",1.0
What words are these? ' --  And did they come from heaven?,1.0
And were they spoke to man? to guilty man?,1.0
What are all mysteries to love like this?,1.0
"The songs of angels, all the melodies",1.0
"Of choral gods, are wafted in the sound;",0.0
"Heal and exhilarate the broken heart,",2.0
Though plunged before in horrors dark as night:,0.0
Nor wait we dissolution to be blessed.,1.0
"This final effort of the moral Muse,",1.0
How justly titled! The Consolation. Nor for me alone;,4.0
"For all that read! What spirit of support,",1.0
"What heights of Consolation, crown my song!",0.0
"Then farewell, NIGHT! Of darkness now no more:",2.0
"Joy breaks, shines, triumphs; iT is eternal day.",5.0
"Of a few evils, paid with endless joys?",1.0
"My soul! henceforth, in sweetest union join",1.0
"The two supports of human happiness,",1.0
"Which some erroneous think can never meet, ' --",2.0
"True taste of life, and constant thought of death;",1.0
"The thought of death, sole victor of its dread!",2.0
"Hope be thy joy, and probity thy skill;",1.0
"Thy Patron, He whose diadem has dropped",1.0
"And leave the racers of the world their own,",1.0
"Their feather, and their froth, for endless toils:",1.0
They part with all for that which is not bread;,0.0
"They mortify, they starve, on wealth, fame, power;",1.0
And laugh to scorn the fools that aim at more.,0.0
"How must a spirit, late escaped from earth, ' --",0.0
"Look back, astonished, on the ways of men,",2.0
Whose lives' whole drift is to forget their graves!,2.0
"And when our present privilege is passed,",1.0
"To scourge us with due sense of its abuse,",3.0
The same astonishment will seize us all.,1.0
"What then must pain us, would preserve us now.",0.0
Lorenzo! iT is not yet too late; Lorenzo!,2.0
"Seize Wisdom, ere iT is torment to be wise;",2.0
"That is, seize Wisdom, ere she seizes thee.",3.0
"For what, my small philosopher, is Hell?",1.0
"IT is nothing but full knowledge of the Truth,",3.0
"When Truth, resisted long, is sworn our foe,",0.0
And calls Eternity to do her right.,1.0
"Thus, Darkness aiding intellectual light,",3.0
"And sacred Silence whispering truths Divine,",2.0
"And truths Divine converting pain to peace,",0.0
"And shot, ambitious of unbounded scenes,",1.0
"Beyond the flaming limits of the world,",1.0
"Of Fancy, when our hearts remain below?",0.0
"IT is pride to praise her, penance to perform.",1.0
"To more than words, to more than worth of tongue,",0.0
Lorenzo! rise at this auspicious hour:,1.0
"When, like a falling star, the ray Divine",0.0
Glides swift into the bosom of the just;,2.0
"And just are all, determined to reclaim;",1.0
"Which sets that title high, within thy reach.",0.0
Awake then; thy Philander calls; awake!,4.0
Thou who shalt wake when the creation sleeps;,2.0
"When, like a taper, all these suns expire;",0.0
"When Time, like him of Gaza, in his wrath,",1.0
"Plucking the pillars that support the world,",2.0
In Nature's ample ruins lies entombed;,0.0
"And Midnight, universal Midnight, reigns.",2.0
"AWAKE my Muse, prepare a loftier theme:",2.0
The winding valley and the dimpled stream,1.0
"Delight not all; quit, quit the verdant field,",1.0
And try what dusty streets and alleys yield.,0.0
"Where Avon wider flows, and gathers fame,",0.0
"A town there stands, and Warwick is its name,",1.0
"For useful arts, entitled once to share",0.0
Nor less for feats of chivalry renowned,1.0
When her own Guy was with her laurels crowned.,1.0
And binds in silken bonds her feeble race.,0.0
"No busy artisans their fellows greet,",2.0
No loaded carriages obstruct the street;,2.0
"Last of the toiling race there lived a pair,",0.0
"Bred up in labour, and inured to care,",1.0
"To sweep the streets their task from sun to sun,",0.0
And seek the nastiness that others shun.,1.0
"More plodding hind, or dame, you never shall see,",1.0
"As at their door they sat one summer's day,",0.0
"His gentle mate the plaintive lay returned,",0.0
And thus alternately their grief they mourned.,5.0
Alas! was ever such fine weather seen!,2.0
"How dusty are the roads, the streets how clean!",1.0
"Empty my cart how long, and idle I?",3.0
"Once other days, and different fate we knew,",1.0
"That something had to carry, I to do.",1.0
"Now even at best the times are none so good,",3.0
But it's hard work to scrape a livelihood.,2.0
"The cattle in the stalls resign their life,",0.0
"And balk the shambles, and the bloody knife.",1.0
And turnpikes threaten to complete my doom.,2.0
"Well! for the turnpike, that will do no hurt,",2.0
"The roads, they say, are ned much the better for't.",0.0
For sure the cattle did our door befriend.,0.0
"Oft have I praised them as they stalked along,",1.0
"Their fat the butchers pleased, but me their dung.",1.0
See what a little dab of dirt is here!,0.0
"But yields all Warwick more, OH tell me where?",1.0
"Heaps upon heaps, and loads on loads have been:",3.0
Till my diminished house was hid from view.,1.0
"The growing mount I viewed with joyful eyes,",0.0
And marked what each load added to its size.,2.0
"Wrapped in its fragrant steam we often sat,",0.0
And to its praises held delightful chat.,1.0
"Nor did I ever neglect my mite to pay,",2.0
To swell the goodly heap from day to day;,0.0
Till I scarce hobbled over my furrowed room:,4.0
"For this I squat me on my hams each night,",2.0
And mingle profit sweet with sweet delight?,0.0
"A cabbage once I bought, but small the cost,",0.0
Nor do I think the farthing all was lost:,0.0
"Again you sold its well digested store,",1.0
To dung the garden where it grew before.,0.0
"And at the scavenger's employment sneered,",2.0
"Yet then at night content I told my gains,",0.0
And thought well paid their malice and my pains.,2.0
Why toils the merchant but to swell his store?,1.0
Why craves the wealthy landlord still for more?,1.0
"Why will our gentry flatter, trade, and lie,",0.0
"Why pack the cards, and ' --  what d'ye called the die?",0.0
"All, all the pleasing paths of gain pursue,",0.0
"And wade through thick and thin, as we folk do.",0.0
"Sweet is the scent that from advantage springs,",1.0
And nothing dirty that good interest brings.,0.0
"It's this that cures the scandal, and the smell,",2.0
The rest ' --  even let our learnt betters tell.,6.0
"When goody Dobbins called me filthy bear,",0.0
And named the kennel and the ducking chair:,1.0
"Clean was my gown on Sundays, though not fine,",2.0
"A slut in silk or kersey is the same,",1.0
Nor sweetest always is the finest dame.,1.0
"Thus wailed they pleasure past, and present cares,",1.0
While the starved hog joined his complaint to theirs.,3.0
To still his grunting different ways they tend,0.0
"STILL as the circling months successive climb,",0.0
"With lingering footsteps, up the steep of time,",2.0
"Bleak February frowns in his return,",2.0
"For me he still a mournful aspect wears,",2.0
And still receives the tribute of my tears.,1.0
"Are not the ills enough which time supplies,",0.0
To cheque the dawning comforts in their rise?,0.0
"Must memory too the present evils aid,",2.0
And tinge with darker hues life's deepening shade?,1.0
"Must woes on woes accumulated roll,",0.0
And cloud with care the sunshine of the soul?,2.0
Our thread of life with misery entwined;,1.0
"Capricious fortune's sport, or passion's slave;",0.0
"Till peace takes root, and blossoms on the grave.",2.0
"Can I forget the days of anxious pain,",1.0
When that dear angel form I watched in vain?,1.0
"When those loved eyes were closed, to wake no more?",4.0
"Ah, no! revolving years in vain depart,",0.0
The traces still remain upon my heart!,0.0
"When lost in grief, my eyes refused a tear,",0.0
"Instinctive fondness sought his silent bier,",0.0
"Hope whispered,' sure he sleeps,' I wildly pressed",1.0
"The lovely image to my aching breast,",1.0
And felt the fearful chill of nature's awful rest.,0.0
"Now I can weep, and oft in thought recall",0.0
"The closing scene, the coffin, and the pall.",1.0
"The solemn knell of death, I heard it toll;",0.0
How heavily it struck my wounded soul!,1.0
But fond affection lingers in the gloom;,0.0
Near the dim lamp that glimmers over the tomb,5.0
"She graves with trembling hand the mournful rhyme,",0.0
"Where memory recalls departed time,",1.0
"Brings back in one short hour the dream of years,",4.0
And sprinkles on the grave a mother's tears.,1.0
IN a Large stately Cave of old the Court,2.0
"Interred the dear Remains of Damon lay,",1.0
Converted now to their Original clay.,3.0
"Each wishing Nymph the living Swain approved,",0.0
Their mutual Passion's Kindling Flame was more,2.0
Then ere Inspired Consenting Hearts before;,2.0
"But was with time Improved to that Degree,",1.0
"Their linked Affections Fate could not divorce,",0.0
Nor Rigorous Death restrain their Intercourse:,2.0
"Her Damon's Dust, and even that Dust Loved Her.",1.0
"Perpetual Watch, and over his Ashes wept;",4.0
"She planted there, the Branch took Root and grew.",2.0
"This Cave to the Suns Rays Access denied,",3.0
"No Rain or Dew the thirsting Plant Supplied,",1.0
"Yet still it sprang, by Love's Miracu'lous Power,",3.0
For the Ashes still Glowed with their Old Amour,3.0
"This Heat and Moisture kept the Plant Alive,",0.0
"And Tempering still each other, made it Thrive.",2.0
"TOo great your Power, and too soft my Breast:",3.0
The charming Inspiration to resist:,1.0
"But O in what bold Strain shall I begin,",3.0
To breathe the unusual Potent Instinct in?,2.0
"Such pleasing looks, in mid of Spring, adorn",0.0
"But, What are these dull Metaphors to you?",3.0
"Or, What is all, my Fancy has in view?",0.0
"A Form more fine, more accurately wrought,",1.0
Was never conceived by a Poetic Thought?,3.0
"So mild your eyes, so beautiful and bright,",1.0
"With such a gentle look, and such an air;",2.0
"So lovely, so exceeding sweet, and fair,",1.0
"To us, the Heavenly Messengers appear:",4.0
"While Man too feeble for their bright extremes,",2.0
"DEAR chestnut bower, I hail thy secret shade,",4.0
"Image of tranquil life! escaped yonder throng,",8.0
"Who weave the dance, and swell the choral song;",0.0
And all the summer's day have wanton played:,0.0
I bless thy kindly gloom in silence laid:,0.0
What though no prospects gay to thee belong;,3.0
"Which they, whose perfumed tresses roses braid,",4.0
"Dispersing fear. Their sunny bank more bright,",0.0
"And on their circled green more sweets abound,",1.0
"Over these dark boughs with harmless music sound,",2.0
"And though no lively pleasures here are found,",2.0
"PRINCES, my fair, unfortunately great,",3.0
"Whenever the public calls, are doomed to sly",2.0
"Domestic bliss, and break the private tie.",0.0
"Fame pays with empty breath the toils they bear,",1.0
And love's soft joys are changed for glorious care;,3.0
"Yet conscious virtue, in the silent hour,",0.0
Rewards the hero with a noble dower.,1.0
"For this alone I dared the roaring sea,",1.0
"Yet more, for this I dared to part with thee.",1.0
"But while my bosom feels the nobler flame,",1.0
"Though virtue's awful form my soul approves,",0.0
"It's thine, thine only, Zara, that it loves.",1.0
"A private lot had made the claim but one,",0.0
"The prince alone must love, for virtue, shun.",0.0
"Ah! why distinguished from the happier crowd,",3.0
To me the bliss of millions disallowed?,1.0
"Why was I singled for imperial sway,",3.0
Since love and duty point a different way?,0.0
"Fixed the dread voyage, and the day decreed,",4.0
"Too well my memory can these scenes renew,",2.0
"We met to sigh, to weep our last adieu.",0.0
"That conscious palm, beneath whose towering shade",0.0
So oft our vows of mutual love were made;,2.0
"Where hope so oft anticipated joy,",0.0
And planned of future years the best employ;,0.0
"That palm was witness to the tears we shed,",1.0
"When that fond hope, and all those joys were fled.",1.0
"Thy trembling lips, with trembling lips, I pressed,",0.0
And held thee panting to my panting breast.,1.0
"Our sorrow, grown too mighty to sustain,",2.0
"Now snatched us, fainting, from the sense of pain.",2.0
"Together sinking in the trance divine,",0.0
"I caught thy fleeting soul, and gave thee mine!",0.0
OH! blessed oblivion of tormenting care!,5.0
OH! why recalled to life and to despair?,2.0
"The dreadful summons came, to part ' --  and why?",0.0
Why not the kinder summons but to die?,1.0
"To die together were to part no more,",2.0
"To land in safety on some peaceful shore,",1.0
"Where love's the business of immortal life,",1.0
And happy spirits only guess at strife.,0.0
If in some distant land my prince should find,0.0
"Some nymph more fair, you cried, as Zara kind ' --",0.0
Mysterious doubt! which could at once impart,2.0
"Relief to mine, and anguish to thy heart.",2.0
"Still let me triumph in the fear expressed,",1.0
The voice of love that whispered in thy breast;,0.0
"Nor call me cruel, for my truth shall prove",0.0
'Twas but the vain anxiety of love.,1.0
"Torn from thy fond embrace, the strand I gain,",0.0
Where mourning friends inflict superfluous pain;,2.0
"My father there his struggling sighs suppressed,",1.0
"And in dumb anguish clasped me to his breast,",2.0
"Then sought, concealed the conflict of his mind,",1.0
"If, when the gracious gods my son restore,",0.0
"These eyes shall sleep in death, to wake no more;",1.0
"If then these limbs, that now in age decay,",0.0
"Round my green tomb perform the sacred rite,",3.0
"Assume my throne, and let thy yoke be light;",0.0
"From lands of freedom glorious precepts bring,",3.0
And reign at once a father and a king.,1.0
"How vainly proud, the arrogantly great",1.0
"Subject alike, the peasant and the king,",1.0
"From guilt and fraud, that strikes in silence sure,",0.0
"No shield can guard us, and no arms secure.",3.0
"By these, my fair, subdued, thy prince was lost,",1.0
A naked captive on a barbarous coast.,3.0
"Nurtured in ease, a thousand servants round,",2.0
"My wants prevented, and my wishes crowned,",1.0
On downy feet my moments danced away.,0.0
"Wherever I passed, a shouting people crowd;",2.0
"No fears intruded on the joys I knew,",2.0
"Each man my friend, my lovely mistress you.",1.0
"What dreadful change! abandoned and alone,",1.0
The shouted prince is now a slave unknown;,0.0
"To watch his eye, no bending courtiers wait,",3.0
No hailing crowds proclaim his regal state;,1.0
"To turn, from morn to eve, a burning soil.",0.0
"Fainting beneath the sun's meridian heat,",4.0
"Roused by the scourge, the taunting jest I meet:",0.0
"Thanks to thy friends, they cry, whose care recalls",0.0
"A prince to life, in whom a nation falls!",0.0
"From corners gleaned, and even by dogs disdained;",2.0
"At night I mingled with a wretched crew,",1.0
Who by long use with woe familiar grew;,3.0
"Of manners brutish, merciless, and rude,",1.0
"They mocked my sufferings, and my pangs renewed;",1.0
"In groans, not sleep, I passed the weary night,",0.0
And rose to labour with the morning light.,1.0
"Yet, thus of dignity and ease beguiled,",1.0
"Thus scorned and scourged, insulted and reviled,",2.0
"If Heaven with thee my faithful arms had blessed,",1.0
"And filled with love my intervals of rest,",1.0
"Short though they were, my soul had never known",1.0
One secret wish to glitter on a throne;,1.0
"A monarch, still beyond a monarch blessed,",0.0
"Thy love my diadem, my throne thy breast;",0.0
"My courtiers, watchful of my looks, thy eyes,",3.0
"Should shine, persuade, and flatter, and advise;",1.0
"Thy voice my music, and thy arms should be ' --",1.0
Ah! not the prison of a slave in me!,1.0
"Could I with infamy content remain,",1.0
And wish thy lovely form to share my chain?,0.0
"Could this bring ease? forgive the unworthy thought,",5.0
And let the love that sinned atone the fault.,0.0
"Could I, a slave, and hopeless to be free,",1.0
Thy blooming beauties could these arms embrace?,0.0
"No: rather blast me lightnings, whirlwind tear,",2.0
And drive these limbs in atoms through the air;,1.0
"Rather than this, OH! curse me still with life,",4.0
And let my Zara smile a rival's wife:,0.0
"Be mine alone the accumulated woe,",3.0
Nor let me propagate my curse below.,0.0
"But, from this dreadful scene, with joy I turn;",1.0
"To trust in Heaven, of me let Zara learn.",4.0
"The wretch, the sordid hypocrite, who sold",0.0
"His charge, an unsuspecting prince, for gold,",0.0
"That Justice marked, whose eyes can never sleep,",0.0
"The generous crew their port in safety gain,",2.0
"And tell my mournful tale, nor tell in vain;",0.0
"The king, with horror of the atrocious deed,",3.0
"In haste commanded, and the slave was freed.",1.0
"Burns for my wrongs, her king restores her fame:",0.0
"Propitious gales, to Freedom's happy shore",0.0
"Waft me triumphant, and the prince restore;",3.0
"Whatever is great and gay around me shine,",3.0
"Here knowledge too, by piety refined,",1.0
Sheds a blessed radiance over my brightening mind;,5.0
"From earth I travel upward to the sky,",1.0
"I learn to live, to reign, yet more, to die.",0.0
"OH! I have tales to tell, of love divine ' --",0.0
Such blissful tidings! they shall soon be thine.,1.0
"I long to tell thee, what, amazed, I see,",0.0
"What habits, buildings, trades, and polity!",1.0
How art and nature vie to entertain,0.0
"In public shows, and mix delight with pain.",0.0
"With mimic skill, in borrowed names, was shown;",1.0
"An Indian chief, like me, by fraud betrayed,",2.0
And partner in his woes an Indian maid.,2.0
"I can't recall the scenes, it's pain too great,",1.0
"And, if recalled, should shudder to relate.",2.0
"To write the wonders here, I strive in vain;",0.0
Each word would ask a thousand to explain.,1.0
"The time shall come, OH! speed the lingering hour!",1.0
"When placed beside thee in the cool alcove,",1.0
"The frequent kiss shall interrupt the tale,",0.0
"And looks shall speak my sense, though language fail.",0.0
"Then shall the prodigies, that round me rise,",1.0
Fill thy dear bosom with a sweet surprise;,4.0
"Then all my knowledge to thy faithful heart,",1.0
"With danger gained, securely I'll impart.",1.0
The alternate sense of pleasure and distress;,3.0
And wing thy fancy swift from place to place.,0.0
"Yet where, alas! has flattering thoughts conveyed",2.0
"Which hostile barks infest, and storms control.",0.0
"And hostile barks, and storms, are God's domain:",0.0
My life in safety over the roaring tide;,2.0
"Farewell! thy prince still lives, and still is free:",2.0
"Farewell! hope all things, and remember me.",4.0
"Where the sharp rocks, in distant horror seen,",3.0
Drive the white currents through the spreading green;,4.0
"Where the loud Tiger, pawing in his rage,",2.0
"Stretched on the sand, two panting Warriors lay,",1.0
In all the burning torments of the day;,2.0
Their bows were broken at the roaring stream:,0.0
"Where daily lightnings plough the sandy ground,",0.0
Where rising deserts whirled in circles fly.,0.0
Swifter than hunted Wolves they urge the race;,2.0
"Their lessening forms elude the straining eye,",2.0
Upon the plumage of Macaws they fly.,1.0
"Let us return, and strip the reeking slain",2.0
Leaving the bodies on the burning plain.,3.0
Put the loud thunder of their arms aside.,4.0
"Fast as the streaming rain, I poured the dart,",0.0
Hurling a whirlwind through the trembling heart:,2.0
"But now my lingering feet revenge denies,",0.0
Death winged the arrow; Death impelled the stroke.,1.0
"See, piled in mountains, on the sanguine sand",2.0
The blasted of the lightnings of thy hand.,2.0
"Search the brown desert, and the glossy green;",0.0
"The Children of the Wave, whose pallid race",1.0
"Views the faint sun, display a languid face,",3.0
"From the red fury of thy justice fled,",3.0
Swifter than torrents from their rocky bed.,3.0
Fear with a sickened silver tinged their hue:,0.0
"The guilty fear, when vengeance is their due.",1.0
"Rouse not Remembrance from her shadowy cell,",4.0
Nor of those bloody sons of mischief tell.,1.0
What distant region holds thee from my arms?,1.0
"Soft as the cooling murmur of the gales,",1.0
"Majestic as the many coloured Snake,",1.0
Trailing his glories through the blossomed brake;,3.0
"Swift as the arrow, hasting to the breast,",1.0
"The sun sat lowering in the Western sky,",2.0
The swelling tempest spread around the eye;,0.0
Catching the breathing whispers of the wind:,3.0
Swift from the wood a prowling Tiger came;,0.0
"Dreadful his voice, his eyes a glowing flame;",2.0
"Pierced his rough armour, but escaped his heart;",4.0
"He fled, though wounded, to a distant waste,",1.0
I urged the furious flight with fatal haste;,2.0
"He fell, he died ' --  spent in the fiery toil,",3.0
"Impelled by Love, I winged the airy way;",0.0
"In the deep valley and the mossy plain,",3.0
The pallid shadows of the azure waves,2.0
"The dusk slow vanished from the hated lawn,",2.0
I gained a mountain glaring with the dawn.,1.0
"There the full sails, expanded to the wind,",3.0
"Struck horror and distraction in my mind,",2.0
In common slavery drags the hated chain.,2.0
Should aught the thunder of my arm assuage?,1.0
With vengeance shall be never satisfied:,0.0
I'll strew the beaches with the mighty dead,1.0
And tinge the lily of their features red.,1.0
"Roughly salute my ear, enraged I'll fly;",2.0
Send the sharp arrow quivering through the heart,4.0
"Nor heed the shining steel or noisy smoke,",0.0
"Since to distinguish Merit is thy Care,",2.0
"Let me, unequal to the Task, excite",3.0
"Numbers, like thine, should call his Virtues forth;",0.0
Poetic Mirrors should be true to Worth;,0.0
"Disdaining to reflect those glittering Rays,",3.0
"Which flow from Pomp, or from Ambition's Blaze.",1.0
"From Scenes of Woe, unmoved, while Others fly,",0.0
And silent enters through the lonely Door;,1.0
"Fair Plenty in his Train, and Joy, and Health,",1.0
"Seeking Distress, as Others seek for Wealth;",2.0
"With God like Pity every Prayer receives,",0.0
"Where Sickness reigns, he, to his utmost Power,",2.0
Softens the Anguish of each dismal Hour:,3.0
"He smooths the rugged Brow of anxious Care,",0.0
"While Libertines on Vice their Wealth employ,",0.0
He makes the Widow's Heart to sing for Joy:,0.0
Orphans no more their Parents lost complain;,0.0
Nor for this Life alone would he provide;,2.0
Nor on Morality alone depends;,2.0
But to the noblest Heights of Faith ascends:,1.0
Still in the Temple were his Vows addressed:,1.0
"Though he in Virtue's Paths, delighted, trod,",1.0
"Studious to please, and imitate his God;",1.0
"The hallowed Altar, grateful, he surveyed,",1.0
And there his lowly Adoration paid.,1.0
"See the pale, childless Miser hoard up Wealth,",3.0
"And, trembling, snatch an anxious View by Stealth;",0.0
"Amass the shining Over with guilty Care,",2.0
"Who longs, impatient, for the solemn Toll,",1.0
"And spends, profuse, what Avarice had stored;",1.0
"By Fortune's sudden Smiles to Madness fired,",0.0
"He wastes on every Vice, what Guilt acquired.",0.0
"So dwells on Mountain-Tops the Northern Snow,",0.0
Till hotter Suns more vigorous Beams display;,2.0
"Sudden, from high, resounding Torrents flow,",2.0
Impetuous rushing on the Vales below;,1.0
"Overwhelm the Harvest of the pining Swain,",1.0
"And curse with Floods, which should have blessed the Plain.",0.0
A numerous Offspring graced his nuptial Bed:,3.0
And yet those Motives to paternal Care,1.0
"Studious to draw down Blessings on his Race,",2.0
"Over the parched Earth it spreads its ample Course,",2.0
"Profuse of Good, but, modest, hides its Source.",0.0
"Ask not, to what his Charities amount;",1.0
"You vain Pretenders to superior Sense,",3.0
When you the social Duties recommend;,0.0
"Heightened by Faith, see every Virtue's Force;",3.0
"By Faith, their surest Sanction, noblest Source.",0.0
"Loudly you boast a more than Christian Zeal,",2.0
"The mighty Heroes of your Tribe survey,",1.0
Their every hidden Excellence display;,1.0
"Or dead, or living, set their Virtues forth;",0.0
"Freethinkers, Moralists, on you I call,",3.0
"My Soul this Homage, to thy Virtue pays:",1.0
"Attempts those Paths, which abler Feet refuse;",0.0
"In distant Climes thy Virtue she admires,",1.0
In distant Climes thy Worth her Strain inspires.,0.0
"Long to thy Tomb the Wretched shall repair,",0.0
And to thy Ashes pay a silent Tear;,1.0
"Shall to the Traveller thy Worth relate,",1.0
And Emulation through the World create:,1.0
"Ages to come shall celebrate thy Fame,",2.0
"And Orphans, yet unborn, shall bless thy Name.",1.0
"When the firm Basis of the Earth gives Way,",4.0
And Nature's Self shall feel her last Decay;,0.0
"When those, who from the Wretched turned their Eye.",0.0
"Too late relenting, shall for Mercy cry;",1.0
"The Thousands thou hast fed, shall, in thy Praise,",1.0
Thy modest Worth shall veil itself no more;,1.0
"OH CELIA! You, whose Rays of friendly Fire,",2.0
"Constant as those of Nature, never expire;",3.0
"If in your Breast no weighty Cares you find,",1.0
Nor better Thoughts employ your generous Mind;,2.0
"I sing of Friendship, and I sing to You:",1.0
"Friendship! a Theme, which all Mankind profess,",3.0
"No Virtue more admire, none practise less;",2.0
"To love one Day, as if to hate the next.",1.0
"They change, forsake, as serves their selfish Ends,",0.0
Nor are their Dresses varied more than Friends.,1.0
"YOU therefore, who are worthy Friendship's Name,",1.0
"And cherish in your Breast the genuine Flame,",2.0
"Attend to what a faithful Muse imparts,",0.0
"Though young in Life, that Life has made her know,",0.0
A friendly Aspect oft conceals a Foe;,1.0
"That, though so many seeming Friends abound,",0.0
"WHEN first you strive a faithful Friend to find,",0.0
Explore the secret Motives of his Mind;,1.0
"Before you know, what Passion rules him most:",0.0
Till he has tried the Temper of his Steed;,2.0
"So cheque the Reins of Friendship, till you prove,",1.0
"What sways the Person, Interest, or Love.",1.0
"Beware of him, who sells you for a Jest;",2.0
"But, most of all, beware the leaky Breast:",0.0
"Who hopes to keep his Wine the Season round,",0.0
Must first be sure his Cask is sweet and sound,0.0
"Nor should a formal Fool your Friendship claim,",0.0
Let Knaves and Fools in kindred Vices join;,1.0
"Choose you a Friend, where Sense and Virtue shine;",0.0
"Whose Passions move by Reason's Rule alone,",0.0
"Much better, if agreeing with your own.",2.0
The Heart and Lion at a Distance keep;,0.0
"Wolves company with Wolves, and Sheep with Sheep:",2.0
"So we, by Nature's sympathetic Powers,",1.0
"Most love those Tempers, that resemble ours.",0.0
"YET, if it be too difficult to find",2.0
Among the virtuous Few select the best;,2.0
"And such is he, whose Failings are the least:",2.0
"Let him a modest Freedom always claim,",0.0
"To praise your Virtues, or your Vices blame;",1.0
For Friends may often kindly be severe;,0.0
"The Best sometime each other may control,",2.0
Yet not destroy the Harmony of Soul.,1.0
"Rough Notes in Music never should be found,",1.0
Except adapted to improve the Sound.,1.0
"WHEN mutual Faith the friendly Knot has tied,",2.0
"And when that mutual Faith is truly tried,",2.0
Prey not upon yourself; nor be oppressed,1.0
"With conscious Pains, that struggle in your Breast:",0.0
"For, as the Flames, in Aetna closely penned,",1.0
"Thus in the Soul uneasy Thoughts confined,",0.0
"For want of Passage, rack the suffering Mind.",0.0
Unveil your Bosom to your other Part;,1.0
"Your Friend shall share the Burden of your Heart,",1.0
"Alleviate every Ill your Soul sustains,",5.0
"Double your Pleasures, and divide your Pains.",3.0
"BE zealous for your Friends, whenever you know",3.0
Their Reputation censured by a Foe;,1.0
Nor with a faint Excuse degrade your Friends;,1.0
Or are they justly censured for a Crime?,2.0
"In private chide all Failings which you find,",0.0
In public praise the Beauties of their Mind;,1.0
"Place all their Virtues in the clearest Light,",0.0
"Omit their Faults, or touch them very slight;",0.0
"Contract a Blemish, heighten every Grace.",0.0
"NEITHER let Passion, Pride, or private Ends,",3.0
"Or changing Fortune, make you change your Friends.",0.0
"Or, at the best, ill Judgement, when he chose.",1.0
"Some Persons with themselves so disagree,",2.0
"With each new Day, new Resolutions come,",2.0
"Expel the former, and usurp their Room:",2.0
"Succeeding Billows thus the foremost throng,",1.0
"Tides roll on Tides, and Waves urge Waves along.",2.0
"Not but we may with a new Friend engage,",3.0
Before we see an old one quit the Stage;,0.0
"Yet should not think the new our old exceeds,",0.0
"One Maxim will in Wine and Friendship hold,",1.0
Alike the better both for being old.,0.0
And still obey whatever a Friend commands?,3.0
Aid him to gain what he unjustly craves?,1.0
"No ' --  Leave the Man, who Truth and Virtue leaves.",1.0
"To ruin Thousands, that himself might rise;",0.0
It's Friendship to the World to be his Foe.,1.0
To pardon him were to yourself unjust:,2.0
Never acquires its native Whiteness more;,4.0
"So he who breaks his Faith, will never obtain",3.0
"Your Credit, nor his Innocence again.",2.0
"And, if the Balm of Counsel work a Cure,",1.0
"Overlook the Failure: All offend, that live;",0.0
"Let Foes resent a Trespass, Friends forgive.",1.0
"Yet let the pardoned Friend not, many times,",0.0
"Proceed in Folly, and repeat his Crimes.",1.0
"Though purest Gold a vast Extent will bear,",0.0
"Yet purest Gold will break, if stretched too far:",1.0
But who can pardon the persisting Fool?,1.0
"To cool our Love, and quench the friendly Fire,",0.0
"Vile Avarice assumes the greatest Power,",2.0
A God which base ignoble Souls adore:,0.0
"To pleasure him, a Tide of broken Vows",1.0
"Yet, never satisfied, he craves for more;",0.0
"Who worships him, will break the friendly Bands,",1.0
"Whenever the sordid, selfish God commands.",2.0
"OTHERS there are, induced by Thirst of Praise,",3.0
And even the greatest Men this Passion sways,2.0
"Nor is it wonder these desert their Friends,",2.0
"Since all are Foes, who will not serve their Ends:",1.0
"For wild Ambition like a Torrent roars,",0.0
"Swells over the Banks, and foams along the Plains.",3.0
Not but we may an honest Fame embrace;,1.0
"Nay, Friends should aid us in the glorious Chase.",3.0
"Man has some Principle of heavenly Fire,",3.0
"That warms his Breast, and prompts him to aspire;",1.0
"Wakes him to Actions of superior Kind,",3.0
And keeps alive the Faculties of Mind;,1.0
"For Sloth begets a Lethargy of Soul,",1.0
As want of Motion taints the clearest Pool:,0.0
"We blow that native Spark into a Flame,",0.0
What Bands of Nature can restrain its Course?,1.0
What friendly Offices suppress its Force?,1.0
The worst of Children to the best of Sires!,1.0
"Deep, through his Brothers Blood, he wades his Way,",0.0
And leaps over Gratitude to Regal Sway.,2.0
"Young CAESAR's Tutor by his Pupil dies,",2.0
While TULLY falls by him he helped to rise;,1.0
"Friends, Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, yield to Fate,",1.0
"OH! grant me, gracious Heaven, wherever I go,",3.0
"To be a faithful Friend, or generous Foe;",2.0
"Nor let me pant so much for empty Praise,",0.0
As to obtain it by dishonest Ways;,2.0
"Nor ruin others Fame, to raise my own.",0.0
"HE who is only learnt in Books, will find",0.0
"A harder Lesson, when he learns Mankind;",1.0
"A Volume gilded over with smiling Art,",2.0
Where few can read the Meaning of the Heart.,1.0
"One would suspect the Man who still commends,",0.0
"Who, like the Sharper in the Roman Play,",0.0
"Bends here or there, which way his Lord's inclined,",1.0
As Reeds submit to every different Wind.,0.0
"Nor is it strange such Parasites prevail,",1.0
When greedy Ears devour their flattering Tale:,4.0
"Detest the Wretch, who never can Courage find",2.0
To speak the genuine Dictates of his Mind;,1.0
"But, like the Sirens sweet, pernicious Song,",0.0
At once would charm and ruin with his Tongue.,1.0
"YET some there are, in social Bands allied,",1.0
"Who, with blunt Truths, err on the other Side;",1.0
"OH! never flatter even a Monarch's Pride,",4.0
"Nor, with the Sternness of a Cynic, chide;",2.0
"Let gentle Cautions show, the Motive's Love:",1.0
"But rather hint the Fault, before you blame.",0.0
It's not enough your Admonition's just;,0.0
"Friends should allure, and charm us into Sense;",1.0
"Loves mild Instruction, but abhors the rough:",2.0
As Fruits and Flowers improve with gentle Rain;,2.0
"But fade, if rapid Storms overflow the Plain.",3.0
"SOME Men are Friends, when Fortune fills the Sails,",0.0
"But quit the tottering Ship, and make to Shore,",2.0
"When Storms descend, and adverse Surges roar.",1.0
"Long as in Credit, Power, or Place you stand,",2.0
"Their fawning, formal Friendship you command:",1.0
"With twenty Squeezes, and a hundred Bows,",1.0
"As many Compliments, as many Vows,",1.0
"They swear your Interest shall be their own,",0.0
And wish the Time to make it better known;,0.0
"Which foam, and neigh, and proudly spurn the Grass,",0.0
"Intent to run; but droop their jaded Crest,",0.0
"And fail you most, when most you want their Haste.",0.0
"WE make a Prostitute of Friendship's Name,",0.0
"And yet there are, of this polite Degree,",2.0
Who treat you still with forced Civility;,1.0
"In each obliging Art so well refined,",0.0
"Though ever false, they never seem unkind.",0.0
Not that my Muse would Decency offend;,1.0
"Nor shines it less, with Truth and Virtue joined,",0.0
Than comely Features with a noble Mind:,1.0
"But those, whose Friendships most in Speeches dwell,",1.0
"Neglect the Fruit, and trifle with the Shell.",1.0
"True Friendship more intrinsic Worth affords,",1.0
Defined by Actions better than by Words;,1.0
"A warm Affection, that can never cool,",0.0
"Concord of Mind, and Music of the Soul;",2.0
"Which tunes the jarring Strings of Life to Love,",0.0
"Shows Men below, how Angels live above.",1.0
"There are in Friendship such attractive Charms,",2.0
It draws Esteem from those it never warms.,1.0
The People's Praises with fictitious Love!,1.0
"When on the Stage two doubtful Princes strive,",1.0
"Each seeking Death, to keep his Friend alive:",0.0
"Faithful, yet fraudulent, resolves to die:",3.0
"ORESTES now displays the friendly Cheat,",0.0
"Invites the threatening Sword, and courts his Fate.",0.0
"Moved with their generous Love, the Audience rose;",4.0
With social Flame each changing Bosom glows;,0.0
"All feel the sacred Power of Friendship's Laws,",2.0
"And the Stage rocks, and thunders with Applause.",3.0
"Though rather Men of Wit, than Men of Sense",0.0
Whose Counsel is; Be not engaged too far;,2.0
The greatest Friendship brings the greatest Care:,0.0
Our own Concerns have Plagues enough in Store;,0.0
"Who joins in Friendship, only makes them more:",0.0
"The Cares and Troubles, which your Friend endures,",0.0
Are all by Sympathy adopted yours.,2.0
"Mere Quacks, who turn even Health into Disease;",5.0
"And but the darkest Side of Friendship find,",1.0
To all its radiant Beams and Beauties blind.,0.0
"Two faithful Friends, in any State, may gain",1.0
"Comfort to heighten Joy, or lessen Pain:",2.0
"If weighty Cares the pensive Mind invade,",0.0
They make the Burden light with mutual Aid;,2.0
"If Profit, or if Pleasure cheers the Soul,",1.0
"The Blessing's common, each enjoys the whole:",0.0
"If Business calls them to some distant Place,",1.0
"Each keeps the other's Image in his Breast,",0.0
As Wax preserves the Form a Seal impressed.,0.0
"HAIL, sacred Friendship! by whose cheering Ray",2.0
"All Joys increase, without it fade away:",0.0
"Aided by Friendship, shines with double Light.",2.0
"This you, OH CELIA! by Experience find,",5.0
Whose nuptial Friend lives always in your Mind:,1.0
His loved Idea from your tender Breast:,1.0
Your friendly Flame admits of no Decays;,0.0
And makes your bridal Lamp much brighter blaze.,0.0
"That faint, pale, languid Lamp, in Age, expires,",1.0
Except it's fed with Friendship's constant Fires:,0.0
These to the Winter of our Years extend;,2.0
"And, when the Lover cools, they warm the Friend.",0.0
"When all the transient Joys of Youth are over,",0.0
When all the Charms of Beauty charm no more;,1.0
Surviving Friendship gives us fresh Supplies,0.0
"Of lasting Bliss, and more substantial Joys;",0.0
"Which sweeten all the Troubles Age has brought,",0.0
And make the Dregs of Life a cordial Draught.,0.0
"They saw, and seized him as he sleeping lay:",1.0
"Anxious for Flight, now flashing Flame he seems,",3.0
Now softly glides away in melting Streams.,1.0
"But they fast held him, till he smiling said;",2.0
"With Songs, nay more than Songs you shall be paid.",1.0
"To sing of Truths unknown, unheard before,",0.0
"While all the Sea was still, and Winds were heard no more.",1.0
"He sung the World's first Birth, and wondrous Frame,",1.0
How Bodies all from one great Fluid came.,2.0
"Of different Parts composed, a liquid Mass",0.0
Incessant moved in the unbounded Space:,1.0
The Essence of a Fluid is confessed,2.0
"To move, and to be solid is to rest",2.0
"And as they flow, all Fluids ever bend",1.0
"To fly around, and to a Circle tend;",1.0
Thus a true Chaos did at first arise,3.0
"But finer Atoms were more free to move,",1.0
And with the sluggish Parts too active strove,2.0
Till they had pressed them down from those above:,3.0
"'Twas then unsullied Light did first appear,",1.0
"At length by tedious time, and slow Degrees",2.0
"By Motion thrust from it, and settled here;",1.0
"Then first the Ocean knew his constant place,",0.0
It's Motion makes when different Bodies meet,0.0
"What Gravity we call, and pressing Weight,",1.0
While restless Fluids ever drive below,0.0
"Bodies more solid, or ' --  that move too slow.",4.0
"Long rolled the Sea, before the Earth appeared,",1.0
"An earthy Scum, which gathering still increased;",2.0
"But here intrinsic Fluids still remain,",0.0
And hardest Mettle will its Flux regain.,1.0
"Whenever dissolved the Parts their Freedom know,",2.0
And with new Joy again they love to flow.,2.0
"He sung, how Heaven displeased with earthy Man,",0.0
Disturbed the Seas; how all the Mass began,0.0
"To move enraged; The Motion thus increased,",0.0
The sinking Earth down to the Centre pressed;,1.0
"Such was the ancient Deluge, when the Flood",1.0
"Poured over the Plains, and on the Mountains stood;",4.0
That solid Bodies to the Centre reach.,1.0
"Ever Land was seen, the Ocean had its Birth,",0.0
"That Knowledge now is at the best no more,",1.0
But a Research of what we knew before.,1.0
"The Soul as yet to no dull Body joined,",1.0
"The native Beams are sullied and obscured,",1.0
"Till roused at length by Thought, and studious Care,",2.0
Like latent Sparks with sudden Light they glare.,0.0
"Gladly the conscious Mind the Hint pursues,",2.0
And rising Images with Wonder views;,1.0
"Now finds she long before Existence had,",1.0
And that those Truths were rather found than made.,0.0
Thus Science grafted do's on Ignorance grow;,3.0
"Men lose to find, and turn unwise to know.",1.0
Folly their fancied Knowledge do's create;,2.0
"The greatest Hardship this of human Fate,",1.0
"With Pain they learn, what they with Ease forgot.",1.0
"The God thus ended his mysterious Lay,",4.0
"When ruddy to the Waves, sunk the declining Day.",3.0
ON closing flowers when genial gales diffuse,2.0
The fragrant tribute of refreshing dews;,1.0
"Charmed by the murmurs of the quivering shade,",3.0
"And calmly musing through the twilight way,",2.0
In pensive mood I framed the Doric lay.,0.0
"When lo! from opening clouds, a golden gleam",2.0
"And from the wave arose its guardian queen,",3.0
Known by her sweeping stole of glossy green;,0.0
"While in the coral crown that bound her brow,",0.0
Was wove the Delphic laurel's verdant bough.,0.0
"From her loose hair the dropping dew she pressed,",2.0
And thus mine ear in accents mild addressed.,0.0
"No more, my son, the rural reed employ,",0.0
To the dear Muse afflicted Freedom calls:,2.0
"When Freedom calls, and Oxford bids thee sing,",0.0
Why stays thy hand to strike the sounding string?,0.0
"While thus, in Freedom's and in Phoebus' spite,",1.0
"The venal sons of slavish Cam, unite;",1.0
"To shake yonder towers, when Malice rears her crest,",5.0
Shall all my sons in silence idly rest?,0.0
"Still sing, OH Cam, your favourite Freedom's cause;",2.0
"Still boast of Freedom, while you break her laws:",1.0
What though your gentle Mason's plaintive verse,0.0
"Soft as my stream, in tuneful numbers flow?",0.0
"Yet strove his Muse, by Fame or Envy led,",0.0
To tear the laurels from a sister's head? ' --,1.0
To blot the beauties of thy whiter page;,1.0
And blasts the vernal bloom of half thy bays.,0.0
Each pompous fool of Fortune and of Fame:,1.0
Prolific parent of each bowing dean:,1.0
"Be hers each prelate of the pampered cheek,",1.0
Nor dare to know the patriot from the peer;,1.0
"No longer charmed by Virtue's golden lyre,",1.0
"Where Cam, slow winding through the breezy reeds,",2.0
With kindly wave his groves of laurel feeds.,0.0
"It's ours, my son, to deal the sacred bay,",0.0
"Where Honour calls, and Justice points the way;",1.0
And snatch a gift beyond the reach of kings.,0.0
"Still nor enjoys, nor asks the smile of power.",2.0
"Though Persecution wave her iron wing,",0.0
"These destined seats be mine, exulting cries;",1.0
"On Isis still each gift of Fortune waits,",0.0
"The front erect, and high majestic gait:",0.0
"My Gothic spires in ancient grandeur rise,",3.0
"Who but would mourn to British virtue dear,",0.0
What patriot could refuse the manly tear!,2.0
What British Marius could refrain to weep,2.0
"Over mighty Carthage fallen, a prostrate heap!",2.0
Auspicious shone in Isis' happy plain;,0.0
Beneath its Attic roofs received the nine;,0.0
"Mute was the voice of joy and loud applause,",0.0
"What freeborn crowds adorn the festive day,",0.0
Nor blushed to wear my tributary bay!,0.0
"While, as we loudly hailed the chosen few,",0.0
Rome's awful senate rushed upon our view!,1.0
"OH may the day in latest annals shine,",0.0
"That made a Beaufort, and an Harley mine:",2.0
"The pomp of guiltless state, the patriot toil,",2.0
To hold short dalliance with the tuneful nine.,2.0
"Then Music left her golden sphere on high,",0.0
And bore each strain of triumph from the sky:,1.0
"Swelled the full song, and to my chiefs around",2.0
"In gentler eddies played my wanton wave,",0.0
And all my reeds their softest whispers gave;,0.0
"Each lay with brighter green adorned my bowers,",0.0
And breathed a fresher fragrance on my flowers.,1.0
"But lo! at once the swelling concerts cease,",0.0
"And crowded theatres are hushed in peace,",1.0
"See, on yonder Sage how all attentive stand,",0.0
"To catch his darting eye, and waving hand.",0.0
"Skilled to pronounce what noblest thoughts inspire,",2.0
He blends the speaker's with the patriot's fire;,3.0
"Bold to conceive, nor timorous to conceal,",5.0
"What Britons dare to think, he dares to tell.",0.0
"It's his alike the ear and eye to charm,",1.0
"To win with action, and with sense to warm;",1.0
"Bids happier days to Albion be restored,",5.0
Bids ancient Justice rear her radiant sword;,1.0
"From me, as from my country, wins applause,",1.0
"While arms like these my steadfast sages wield,",2.0
While mine is Truth's impenetrable shield;,1.0
"Say, shall the puny champion fondly dare",2.0
"To wage with force like this, scholastic war?",1.0
With all the rage of pedant impotence?,1.0
"Say, shall I suffer this domestic pest,",1.0
Thus in the stately ship that long has bore,0.0
"Britain's victorious cross from shore to shore,",4.0
"By chance, beneath her close sequestered cells,",0.0
"Some low-born worm, a lurking mischief dwells;",1.0
"Eats his blind way, and saps with secret toil",3.0
The deep foundations of the watery pile.,3.0
"Reared her tall mast, and framed her knotty side;",3.0
"In vain the thunder's martial rage she stood,",3.0
With each fierce conflict of the stormy flood;,0.0
"More sure the reptile's little arts devour,",0.0
"You venerable bowers, you seats sublime,",3.0
Clad in the mossy vest of fleeting time;,0.0
"At once the pride of learning and defence,",1.0
"Where ancient Piety, a matron hoar,",1.0
Still seems to keep the hospitable door;,6.0
"You cloisters pale, that lengthening to the sight,",1.0
Still step by step to musings mild invite;,1.0
"You high arched walks, where oft the bard has caught",1.0
"The glowing sentiment, the lofty thought;",1.0
"You temples dim, where pious duty pays",0.0
"Lo! your loved Isis, from the bordering vale,",6.0
With all a mother's fondness bids you hail! ' --,0.0
"Nurse of each brave pursuit, each generous aim,",2.0
By Truth exalted to the throne of Fame!,1.0
"Like Greece in science and in liberty,",2.0
"Even now, confessed to my adoring eyes,",1.0
In awful ranks thy sacred sons arise;,0.0
That in thy gardens green its fragrance breathed.,0.0
"Tuning to knightly tale his British reeds,",2.0
"His hoary head overlooks the gazing choir,",3.0
And beams on all around celestial fire:,0.0
"With graceful step see Addison advance,",2.0
The sweetest child of Attic elegance:,1.0
"To all, but his beloved embrace, denied,",1.0
"See Locke leads Reason, his majestic bride:",3.0
"See sacred Hammond, as he treads the field,",2.0
"All who, beneath the shades of gentle Peace,",0.0
"Who taught with truth, or with persuasion moved;",1.0
"Who soothed with numbers, or with sense improved;",1.0
"Who told the powers of reason, or refined,",3.0
"All, all that strengthened or adorned the mind;",1.0
"Each priest of Health, who mixed the balmy bowl,",0.0
"All crowd around, and echoing to the sky,",1.0
"Hail, Oxford, hail! with filial transport cry.",3.0
"And see you solemn band! with virtuous aim,",2.0
'Twas theirs in thought the glorious deed to frame:,2.0
"With pious plans each musing feature glows,",0.0
"Lo! these the leaders of thy patriot line,",3.0
These from thy source the fires of Freedom caught:,1.0
How well thy sons by their example taught!,1.0
While in each breast the hereditary flame,2.0
"Nor all the toils of thoughtful Peace engage,",0.0
It's thine to form the hero as the sage.,2.0
"With lilies crowned, the spoils of bleeding France,",0.0
Edward ' --  the Muses in you hallowed shade,2.0
Bound on his tender thigh the martial blade:,0.0
"Bade him the steel for British Freedom draw,",0.0
And Oxford taught the deeds that Cressy saw.,0.0
"And see, great father of the laureate band,",4.0
"And genial influence of my seasons mild,",1.0
"Hither of yore forlorn, forgotten maid",3.0
The Muse in prattling infancy conveyed;,1.0
"From Gothic rage the helpless virgin bore,",0.0
And fixed her cradle on my friendly shore:,1.0
"Soon grew the maid beneath his fostering hand,",3.0
Soon poured her blessings over the enlightened land.,2.0
"Where first his pious care ordained her seat,",0.0
"Lo! now on high she dwells in Attic bowers,",1.0
And proudly lifts to heaven her hundred towers.,0.0
"Adorned with manners, and advanced with laws:",1.0
"He bade relent the Briton's savage heart,",0.0
"And formed his soul to social scenes of art,",0.0
Elate the long procession he surveys:,1.0
"Joyful he smiles to find, that not in vain",2.0
"Himself he marks in each ingenuous breast,",2.0
With all the founder in the race expressed:,0.0
"With rapture views, fair Freedom still survive",1.0
"Such seen, as when the goddess poured the beam",0.0
Unsullied on his ancient diadem,1.0
"She plumes her wings, and rests her weary feet;",0.0
"That here at last she takes her favourite stand,",0.0
"Here deigns to linger, ere she leave the land.",0.0
And every low idea to control;,1.0
"To form the manners, to enrich the mind,",1.0
"To guide each passion, and to read mankind:",2.0
"To dress expression, and refine the thought;",1.0
"To act with dignity, converse with ease,",1.0
And teach that happy art ' --  the way to please:,0.0
"To human kind thy genius sure was given,",0.0
"Though now in darkness death thine eye hath closed,",0.0
"Enlightened ignorance shall bless thy name,",1.0
"Abandoned Day, why dost thou now appear?",0.0
"Art now no festival Cause, I no Bride:",4.0
"In thee no more must the glad Music sound,",2.0
"But with sad Cypress dressed, not Myrtle crowned;",2.0
Never graced again with joyful Pageantry:,1.0
The once glad Youth that did so honour thee,1.0
"Is now no more; with him thy Triumph's lost,",2.0
He always owned thee worthy of his Boast.,1.0
I learnt at last to celebrate thee too;,0.0
"Though it was long before I could be content,",1.0
To yield you more than formal Compliment;,1.0
I then perhaps might have enjoyed thee still:,0.0
"When my reluctant Soul did Fate obey,",1.0
"And trembling Tongue with the sad Rites complied,",2.0
"With timorous Hand the amazing Knot I tied,",3.0
While Vows and Duty checked the doubting Bride.,0.0
"At length my reconciled and conquered Heart,",0.0
"Wishes thee still that celebrated Day,",2.0
Than the sad Relic of Solemnity;,4.0
"May the Sun's Rays never be to thee allowed,",2.0
"But let him double every thick wrought Cloud,",1.0
And wrap himself in a retiring Shroud;,1.0
"Let unmixed Darkness shade the gloomy Air,",6.0
"Till all our sable Horizon appear,",4.0
"With me thy abdicated State deplore,",1.0
IN Death's great library here laid aside,6.0
"This volume lies neglected and despised,",1.0
"Yet rests in hope, by heavenly art applied,",2.0
"To reappear, corrected and revised,",1.0
"Improved by its first Author's perfect hand,",3.0
"In Heaven's fair catalogue it firm shall stand,",3.0
"COntending kings, and fields of death, too long",1.0
"Have been the subject of the British song,",1.0
"Exhausted themes! A gentle note I raise,",0.0
And sing returning Peace in softer lays.,0.0
"Their fury quelled, and martial rage allayed,",0.0
I wait our heroes in the sylvan shade:,0.0
And warring powers in friendly leagues combined;,2.0
"While ease and pleasure make the nations smile,",0.0
"Who, thirty rolling years, had oft withheld",0.0
The Suede and Saxon from the dusty field;,1.0
"Completely formed, to heal the Christian wounds,",0.0
"To name the kings, and give each kingdom bounds;",0.0
"The face of ravaged nature to repair,",1.0
"By leagues to soften earth, and heaven by prayer;",0.0
"To gain by love, where rage and slaughter fail,",0.0
"Had scattered plagues over stubborn Pharaoh's land,",3.0
"Now spread an host of locusts round the shore,",1.0
Now turned Nile's fattening streams to putrid gore;,2.0
And sudden almonds shot from Aaron's rod.,0.0
"To whom, as chief, the hopes of peace we owe,",0.0
"For next to thee, the man whom kings contend",1.0
"To style companion, and to make their friend,",1.0
With joyful pride accepts the second place,0.0
"From Britain's isle, and Isis' sacred spring",0.0
"One hour, o! listen while the muses sing.",0.0
"Though ministers of mighty monarchs wait,",2.0
"With beating hearts, to learn their masters' fate,",0.0
"Nor think the world, thy charge, neglected stands;",0.0
"The blissful prospects, in my verse displayed,",0.0
"May lure the stubborn, the deceived persuade,",1.0
"Even thou to peace shalt speedier urge the way,",4.0
And more be hastened by this short delay.,1.0
"The haughty Gaul, in ten campaigns overthrown,",6.0
Now ceased to think the western world his own.,1.0
"Oft had he mourned his boasting leaders bound,",0.0
"In vain with powers renewed he filled the plain,",2.0
"Made timorous vows, and bribed the saints in vain;",3.0
"As oft his legions did the fight decline,",0.0
"At feasts he starts, and seems dethroned in dreams;",0.0
"On glory past reflects with secret pain,",0.0
"On mines exhausted, and on millions slain.",1.0
"To her his crowns and infant race commends,",1.0
"Who grieves her fame with christian blood to buy,",0.0
Nor asks for glory at a price so high.,0.0
"At her decree the war suspended stands,",1.0
And Britain's heroes hold their lifted hands:,0.0
"Their open brows no threatening frowns disguise,",1.0
But gentler passions sparkle in their eyes.,0.0
"The Gauls, who never in their courts could find",0.0
"Such tempered fire with manly beauty joined,",0.0
"In forms so fierce their fearful fancies drew,",0.0
At whose dire names ten thousand widows pressed,1.0
Their helpless orphans clinging to the breast.,1.0
"In silent rapture each his foe surveys,",0.0
"They vow firm friendship, and give mutual praise.",5.0
"Brave minds, however at war, are secret friends,",5.0
Their generous discord with the battle ends;,3.0
"In peace they wonder whence dissension rose,",0.0
And ask how souls so like could ever be foes.,1.0
And scattered armies seek their native land.,0.0
"The hardy veteran, proud of many a scar,",2.0
"Who hoped to share his friend's illustrious doom,",2.0
"And in the battle find a soldier's tomb,",0.0
"Leans on his spear to take his farewell view,",1.0
And sighing bids the glorious camp adieu.,2.0
"You generous fair, receive the brave with smiles,",2.0
"Overpay their sleepless nights, and crown their toils;",0.0
"Soft beauty is the gallant soldier's due,",2.0
"For you they conquer, and they bleed for you.",2.0
"The nations dread your eyes, and kings despair",0.0
"Of chiefs so brave, till they have nymphs so fair.",1.0
"See the fond wife, in tears of transport drowned,",3.0
"Hugs her rough lord, and weeps over every wound;",3.0
"Hangs on the lips, that fields of blood relate,",0.0
"Near the full bowl he draws the fancied line,",3.0
"And marks feigned trenches in the flowing wine,",1.0
"Then sets the invested fort before her eyes,",2.0
And mines that whirled battalions to the skies;,1.0
"His little listening progeny turn pale,",2.0
And beg again to hear the dreadful tale.,0.0
Such dire achievements sings the bard that tells,0.0
"Where whole brigades one champion's arms overthrow,",2.0
And cleave a giant at a random blow;,0.0
"The goblin's fury, and the dragon's flame.",1.0
"Our eager youth to distant nations run,",0.0
To visit fields their valiant fathers won;,0.0
Till far Germania shows her blasted face.,2.0
"The exulting Briton asks his mournful guide,",1.0
Where his hard fate the lost Bavaria tried;,5.0
"He points to Blenheim, once a vulgar name;",1.0
Here Malb'rough turned the fortune of the field;,1.0
"The Gauls thrice started back, and trembling stood;",1.0
"But plunged amid the waves, a desperate throng;",0.0
And drove the current to its distant head.,0.0
"A warlike courser on the canvas stands,",2.0
"Such as on Landen bleeding Ormond bore,",1.0
"If chance a generous steed the work behold,",2.0
And hints of glory fire the Briton's soul;,0.0
"In fancied fights he sees the troops engage,",0.0
And all the tempest of the battle rage.,1.0
"Charm me, you powers, with scenes less nobly bright,",3.0
"Far humbler thoughts the inglorious muse delight,",5.0
Content to see the horrors of the field,1.0
"By ploughshares levelled, or in flowers concealed.",3.0
"Over shattered walls may creeping ivy twine,",0.0
"And grass luxuriant cloth the harmless mine,",3.0
"Tame flocks ascend the breach without a wound,",1.0
"Or crop the bastion, now a fruitful ground;",0.0
"While shepherd's sleep, along the rampart laid,",0.0
"Or pipe beneath the formidable shade,",1.0
"Who was the man? Oblivion blast his name,",2.0
"Who, fond of lawless rule, and proudly brave,",0.0
First sunk the filial subject to a slave;,2.0
In guiltless blood the sacred ermine stained;,0.0
"Laid schemes for death, to slaughter turned his heart,",1.0
And fitted murder to the rules of art.,1.0
"Ah! cursed ambition, to thy lures we owe",1.0
All the great ills that mortals bear below.,3.0
"Cursed by the hind, when to the spoil he yields",1.0
"Cursed by the maid, torn from her lover's side,",2.0
"When left a widow, though not yet a bride:",1.0
"By mothers cursed, when floods of tears they shed,",0.0
And scatter useless roses on the dead.,1.0
O sacred Bristol! then what dangers prove,0.0
"Then, mixed with rubbish by the brutal foes,",1.0
"In vain the marble breathes, the canvas glows;",0.0
To shades obscure the glittering sword pursues,2.0
"A voice, like thine alone, might then assuage",1.0
"The warrior's fury, and control his rage;",1.0
"To hear thee speak might the fierce Vandal stand,",2.0
And fling the brandished fabre from his hand.,1.0
"The drum's harsh music, and the cannon's roar;",2.0
"Let the steeled Turk be deaf to matrons' cries,",3.0
"To death grey heads and smiling infants doom,",1.0
Nor spare the promise of the pregnant womb;,1.0
"Over wasted kingdoms spread his wide command,",0.0
Her guiltless glory just Britannia draws,2.0
"From pure religion, and impartial laws:",1.0
And holds in equal scales the rival kings:,0.0
"Her generous sons in choicest gifts abound,",2.0
"Alike in arms, alike in arts renowned.",0.0
"As when sweet Venus, so the fable sings",2.0
"With smiles she sees the threatening billows rise,",0.0
"Light, over the deep, with fluttering Cupids crowned,",5.0
The pearly couch and silver turtles bound;,0.0
Her tresses shed ambrosial odours round.,0.0
Amid the world of waves so stands serene,0.0
"In vain the nations have conspired her fall,",2.0
"Her trench the sea, and fleets her floating wall;",0.0
Have only waves and hurricanes to fear.,0.0
"What bold invader, or what land oppressed",1.0
"But much her arms, her justice more prevailed?",0.0
"Whose sceptre waving, with one shout rush forth",2.0
In swarms the harnessed millions of the north;,1.0
"Through realms of ice pursued his tedious way,",2.0
"To court our friendship, and our fame survey!",1.0
"And round his empire spread the learnt store,",1.0
"TO adorn old realms is more than new to raise,",2.0
"His bands now march in just array to war,",1.0
And Caspian gulfs unusual navies bear;,2.0
And wondering Volga hears the muses sing.,2.0
Did not the painted kings of India greet,2.0
"Chiefs who full bowls of hostile blood had quaffed,",3.0
"Whose haughty brows made savages adore,",2.0
"Nor bowed to less than stars, or sun before:",0.0
And adds four monarchs to the Christian name.,3.0
Blessed use of power! OH virtuous pride in kings!,6.0
"And like his bounty, whence dominion springs!",0.0
"Which over new worlds makes heaven's indulgence shine,",6.0
"Well bought with all that those sweet regions hold,",3.0
"With groves of spices, and with mines of gold.",1.0
"Fearless our merchant now pursues his gain,",2.0
And roams securely over the boundless main.,2.0
"Now over his head the polar bear he spies,",3.0
"Now swells his canvas to the sultry line,",2.0
"Where fumes of incense glad the southern seas,",1.0
And wafted citron scents the balmy breeze.,0.0
"Here nearer suns prepare the ripening gem,",0.0
"And here the over, whose melted mass shall yield",2.0
On faithful coins each memorable field;,1.0
"Which mixed with medals of immortal Rome,",1.0
"May clear disputes, and teach the time to come.",0.0
"In comely wounds shall bleeding worthies stand,",0.0
"And if the muse, OH Bristol, might decree,",2.0
"Here Granville noted by the lyre should be,",1.0
"The lyre for Granville, and the cross for thee.",1.0
"So patriots merit, and so monarchs praise.",4.0
"Over distant times such records shall prevail,",0.0
"When English numbers, antiquated, fail:",0.0
"A trifling song the muse can only yield,",0.0
"To sweet retirements see them safe conveyed,",0.0
And raise their battles in the rural shade.,0.0
"Begin, my muse, and softly touch the string:",0.0
Here Henry loved; and Chaucer learnt to sing.,0.0
"Where kings of old concealed forgot the throne,",0.0
And beauty was content to shine unknown;,1.0
"Where love and war by turns pavilions rear,",0.0
"The wearied champion lull in soft alcoves,",3.0
The noblest boast of thy romantic groves.,1.0
"Oft, if the muse presage, shall he be seen",2.0
In dreams be hailed by heroes' mighty shades;,2.0
And hear old Chaucer warble through the glades:,2.0
Over the famed echoing vaults his name shall bound;,4.0
And hill to hill reflect the favourite sound.,0.0
"Here, here at least thy love for arms give over,",1.0
"Nor, one world conquered, fondly wish for more.",2.0
Vice of great souls alone! OH thirst of fame!,4.0
"The muse admires it, while she strives to blame;",0.0
"Thy toils be now to chase the bounding deer,",0.0
And wear each dreadful image from thy breast;,1.0
"With pleasure, by thy conquests shalt thou see",2.0
"Thy Queen triumphant, and all Europe free;",1.0
"No cares henceforth shall thy repose destroy,",4.0
"Sweet solitude! when life's gay hours are past,",2.0
"However we range, in thee we six at last;",3.0
Tossed through tempestuous seas the voyage over,5.0
"Pale we look back, and bless the friendly shore.",3.0
"Our own strict judges, our past life we scan,",3.0
And ask if glory hath enlarged the span;,0.0
"If bright the prospect, we the grave defy,",1.0
"Trust future ages, and contented die.",2.0
To view the pomp of this triumphant dome;,1.0
And Bourbon's woes shall fill the storied wall;,0.0
"Banners that oft have waved on conquered walls,",2.0
"And trumps, that drowned the groans of gasping Gauls.",0.0
"Fair dames shall oft, with curious eye, explore",3.0
"The costly robes that slaughtered generals wore,",0.0
"And Gaul's fair flowers, in human crimson died.",3.0
Shall mark the burnished steel that hangs on high;,0.0
"Shall gaze transported on its glittering charms,",3.0
And reach it struggling with unequal arms;,1.0
"By signs the drum's tumultuous sound request,",3.0
"So, in the painter's animated frame,",0.0
Or join their strength to heave his ponderous shield;,2.0
"Thus, the rude tempest of the field overblown,",7.0
Shall whiter rounds of smiling years roll on:,2.0
"Our victors, blessed in peace, forget their wars,",0.0
"Enjoy past dangers, and absolve the stars.",2.0
"You honoured shades, whom widowed Albion mourns?",5.0
"If your thin forms yet discontented moan,",2.0
And haunt the mangled mansions once your own;,0.0
"Behold what flowers the pious muses strow,",2.0
"And tears, which in the mid of triumph flow;",0.0
"Cypress and bays your envied brows surround,",2.0
"Your names the tender matron's heart shall wound,",0.0
And the soft maid grow pensive at the sound.,4.0
"Accept, great Anne, the tears their memory draws,",3.0
Who nobly perished in their sovereign's cause:,1.0
Vast price of blood on each victorious day!,3.0
Lamented triumphs! when one breath must tell,0.0
"That Marlborough conquered, and that Dormer fell.",3.0
"Great Queen! whose name strikes haughty monarchs pale,",3.0
"Whose arm like mercy wounds, decides like fate,",0.0
On whose decree the nations anxious wait;,0.0
"Shall over the main to far Peru command,",2.0
"So vast a tract whose wide domain shall run,",0.0
Its circling skies shall see no setting sun.,1.0
"Thee, thee an hundred languages shall claim,",2.0
And savage Indians swear by Anna's name;,2.0
"The line and poles shall own thy rightful sway,",0.0
And thy commands the severed globe obey.,1.0
Round the vast ball thy new dominions chain,3.0
"The watery kingdoms, and control the main;",3.0
Across the seas a formidable line;,1.0
"The sight of adverse Gaul we fear no more,",2.0
"But pleased see Dunkirk, now a guiltless shore.",1.0
"In vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground,",1.0
"Her giant Genius takes a mighty stride,",0.0
And sets his foot beyond the encroaching tide;,2.0
"On either bank the land its master knows,",0.0
And in the mid the subject ocean flows.,0.0
"So near proud Rhodes, across the raging flood,",1.0
"Stupendous form! the vast Colossus stood,",0.0
A whole hour's sail scarce reach the farther side,3.0
"Betwixt his brazen thighs, in loose array,",0.0
Ten thousand streamers on the billows play.,2.0
"To Britain's empire, owns her ancient lord.",0.0
"Rich in the blood which swelled that patriot's veins,",2.0
"Who boldly faithful met his sovereign's frown,",1.0
And scorned for gold to yield the important town.,2.0
"A fort so dreadful to our English shore,",1.0
"Whose vast expenses to such sums amount,",1.0
That the taxed Gaul scarce furnished out the account:,7.0
Its weakest ramparts are the rocks and main;,2.0
"His boast great Louis yields, and cheaply buys",1.0
Sees the new glories of the British crown:,4.0
"Ah! may they never provoke thee to the fight,",3.0
"Nor foes more dreadful than the Gauls invite,",1.0
"Soon may they hold the olive, soon assuage",0.0
"Their secret murmurs, nor call forth thy rage",2.0
Thy realm the sea over their precarious land.,6.0
"Scorned worth to raise, and vice in robes chastise;",1.0
"To dry the orphan's tears, and from the bar",1.0
"Chase the bribed judge, and hush the wordy war;",3.0
And turn God's fury from an impious age.,5.0
Blessed change! the soldier's late destroying hand,1.0
Shall rear new temples in his native land;,1.0
"Mistaken zealots shall with fear behold,",0.0
And beg admittance in our sacred fold;,0.0
"On her own works the pious Queen shall smile,",1.0
And turn her cares upon her favourite isle.,0.0
"So the keen bolt a warrior angel aims,",2.0
"He bears a tempest on his sounding wings,",1.0
"At length, heaven's wrath appeased, he quits the war,",1.0
"To roll his orb, and guide his destined star,",0.0
"To shed kind fate, and lucky hours bestow,",1.0
And smile propitious on the world below.,1.0
"Around thy throne shall faithful nobles wait,",0.0
"These guard the church, and those direct the state,",1.0
"To Bristol, graceful in maternal tears,",0.0
"The church her towery forehead gently rears,",2.0
"She begs her pious son to assert her cause,",2.0
"Defend her rights, and reinforce her laws,",0.0
"With holy zeal the sacred work begin,",0.0
To bend the stubborn and the meek to win.,1.0
"Our Oxford's earl in careful thought shall stand,",0.0
"To raise his Queen, and save a sinking land,",0.0
"He marks, and makes the golden world our own:",0.0
"The sacred watch lay curled in many a fold,",3.0
The sleepless guardian wasted life away.,2.0
"Beneath the peaceful olives, raised by you,",0.0
Her ancient pride shall every art renew;,0.0
"The arts with you, famed Harcourt, shall defend,",3.0
"With piercing eye some search where nature plays,",0.0
"Whence health from herbs; from seeds how groves begun,",0.0
How vital streams in circling eddies run.,0.0
"Some teach, why round the sun the spheres advance,",0.0
In the fixed measures of their mystic dance:,3.0
"How tides, when heaved by pressing moons, overflow,",3.0
"In happy chains our daring language bound,",0.0
"Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound,",1.0
And longs to weep when flowing Rowe commands:,0.0
Britain's Spectators shall their strength combine,1.0
"To mend our morals, and our taste refine,",1.0
"Fight virtue's cause, stand up in wit's defence,",3.0
"Win us from vice, and laugh us into sense.",0.0
"Nor, Prior, hast thou hushed the trump in vain,",0.0
"New tales shall now be told; if right I see,",1.0
The soul of Chaucer is restored in thee.,1.0
"Garth, in majestic numbers, to the stars",2.0
"Like the young spreading laurel, Pope, thy name",2.0
"Shoots up with strength, and rises into fame;",0.0
"With Phillips shall the peaceful valleys ring,",0.0
And Britain hear a second Spenser sing;,0.0
"He too, from whom attentive Oxford draws",0.0
"Rules for just thinking, and poetic laws,",1.0
"The strictest critic, and the kindest friend.",1.0
"Even mine, a bashful Muse, whose rude essays",1.0
"Scarce hope for pardon, not aspire to praise,",1.0
"Cherished by you in time may grow to fame,",1.0
"Fired with the views this glittering scene displays,",3.0
Where sacred Isis rolls her ancient stream;,0.0
"Where learning blooms, while fame and worth preside,",0.0
"Where the fifth Henry arts and arms was taught,",2.0
"The seat of sages, and the nurse of kings.",1.0
"Here thy commands, OH Lancaster, inflame",3.0
My eager breast to raise the British name;,0.0
"Urge on my soul, with no ignoble pride,",0.0
To woo the Muse whom Addison enjoyed;,1.0
"Pursue at distance, and his steps adore.",1.0
"SAY, lovely Nymphs! who fly from rural Sweets,",1.0
"To noisy Crowds, thick Air, and smoky Streets,",1.0
"Do Balls, or Plays, your graceful Steps invite?",0.0
"Can Balls, or Plays, like Richmond Groves, delight?",0.0
To charm your listening Ear with varied Strains;,0.0
"No fragrant Gales refresh the sickening Fields,",1.0
No cheerful flowery Scenes the City yields:,3.0
"Shall cloud the Graces, that adorn your Face;",0.0
"While those bright Eyes, like sullied Gems, appear,",3.0
NOR will you only Change of Beauty find;,1.0
Illusive Scenes will mock your pensive Mind:,0.0
"And read a Page in SHERLOCK, or in ' --  GAY;",2.0
"Perhaps your Thoughts, transported, here may rove,",0.0
"And, to your Mind, present the blissful Grove:",1.0
"Or trace the verdant Mead, as heretofore:",0.0
"When at the Door, the rural Vision flies;",0.0
"Bid The Footman. ROBERT call a Chair, and go to Church.",0.0
"TO Thee rude Warrior, whom we once admired,",2.0
"And thought thy Actions spoke Thee half inspired,",0.0
"While Justice held the Ballance of thy Cause,",1.0
And every Language sounded thy Applause:,1.0
"But since Ambition and Revenge prevails,",1.0
"Thy Glories languish, and our Wonder fails;",1.0
"To Thee a Woman sends with Generous Care,",3.0
"FAME now a Tale of fresher Date has told,",1.0
Beyond thy mad Romantic Feats of Old:,0.0
"But we, who know the Genius of our Isle,",2.0
"At their Report, and thy Invasion smile.",2.0
ARE not our Dames in every Climate famed?,0.0
"Are not our Youth in foreign Fields admired,",0.0
"And shall those Fair ones, who the Morning pass,",1.0
"Consulting that dear Friend to Love, the Glass;",1.0
"To set the Favourite, and the Patch to place;",1.0
"To bow, and glance it, with becoming Grace",1.0
"To melt the Hero's Heart and charm his Eyes,",0.0
Fall to thy Gothic Rage a Sacrifice?,0.0
"No, to thy Terror learn, our British Youth",0.0
"Each would as soon consent thy Cause to aid,",0.0
As yield the Fair to whom his Vows are paid.,0.0
"Unlike the Passive Females of thy Land,",2.0
The Arbitrators of the War we stand.,1.0
"At Flirt of Fan, our armed Legions fly,",3.0
"And they who dare offend, must dare to die.",1.0
"We know thy daring Heart is nursed in Blood,",0.0
Wild as the fiercest Savage of the Wood;,1.0
"With Fame like this, in Northern Slaughter shine,",1.0
"Rough as the frozen Bear, thy neighbouring Sign:",2.0
"By Love, as well as Arms our Monarchs Reign;",1.0
"Can we our GEORGE and His loved RACE disown,",3.0
To find thy barren Chastity a Throne?,1.0
And dream of Conquests thou shalt never make;,3.0
Nor risque thy Life to purchase certain Scorn;,2.0
The dismal Consequence of such a Friend:,2.0
"Begin to tremble at the Truths they hear,",0.0
And vow their Champions shall for GEORGE declare:,1.0
"They fear thy Taste should lead young James astray,",1.0
"In his Excuse they still would have to tell,",1.0
"Though War's his Foe, He loves exceeding well;",0.0
His Surgeon proves Hereditary Right.,0.0
BUT if by thy Example he should grow,3.0
"Cold as thy Rocks of Ice, and Hills of Snow:",0.0
"Should he clean Linen hold in dire Disgrace,",2.0
Rudely with dirty Thumbs his Butter spread;,2.0
"Banish the generous Juice of Grapes away,",4.0
And with small acid Tiff his Thirst allay;,2.0
"Swallow lean hasty Meals of Tasteless Roots,",3.0
"And Eat, and Drink, and Live and Reign in Boots;",0.0
"Should he, like thee regardless of the Fair,",3.0
"Lie down to Sleep, and only wake to War;",0.0
"Could He in Arms, like Gallant Brunswick, Shine,",0.0
"Yet would His Female Friends His Cause decline,",1.0
CONSULT thy Safety; send no Armies forth,1.0
Beyond the Confines of thy frozen North:,2.0
"Since of our British Fair this Truth is told,",0.0
"We love the Chaste, but we abhor the Cold:",1.0
"But if thy daring Folly will proceed,",2.0
"Fate drives thee forward, and thy Fall's decreed.",2.0
"EACH lovely Toast her Hero's Soul inspires,",0.0
"Urges the War, and wakes his Martial Fires:",2.0
Think but what Terrors will thy Spirits seize,1.0
When thou shalt face such Enemies as these;,4.0
"With Warlike Air, the embroidered Chiefs appear,",3.0
"From Snowy Shirts, at least changed twice a Day.",1.0
"And Victory waits upon the Wings of Love,",0.0
Our Sexes Softness is to thee unknown;,2.0
"What by a Look, or one kind Kiss is done!",2.0
"Thou, who a Stranger art to Love's Delight,",0.0
Overthrew the Grand Monarch in Ten Campaigns:,1.0
Will these give way before Thy Vandal Host,2.0
"No, these for Liberty, and Beauty draw,",1.0
And all around the Neighbouring Tyrants awe:,2.0
"These Cock, take Snuff, invoke the darling Fair,",1.0
"AIM then no more, fond Prince, at George's Throne,",3.0
"Wake from the flattering Dream, and guard thy own,",2.0
"In every Element alike we Reign,",1.0
And launch our ready Squadrons on the Main:,1.0
"Reigns in their Wooden Worlds, from Pole to Pole;",0.0
"Fearless of Danger, cut their conquering Way,",4.0
And from invading Tyrants scour the Sea.,1.0
Than brave these dreadful Masters of the Deep:,1.0
"Beneath their Cannons roar, thy Flags must fall,",0.0
"ORFORD presides, and these are Britons all.",3.0
"These, bold as Lyons, will the Fight maintain,",1.0
"Or drive thee back, or sink thee in the Main:",0.0
"Though Boisterous as the Winds at Sea they roar,",1.0
"The Engagement past, the tender Thoughts return,",1.0
"But when their Country calls, Her strongest Foes defy.",0.0
"THESE hoist their Sails, and wait thy Coming over,",0.0
Never hope to see thy Native Sweden more.,0.0
How wilt thou dare these Hearts of Oak to meet,0.0
Should Young Augustus deign to lead the Fleet?,0.0
"Augustus! He! who striding over the Slain,",3.0
"The Boy, whose Cause forsaken now by all,",0.0
Calls for a Madman to prevent his Fall.,2.0
"Unlike the Princes of a Former Race,",1.0
"He'll Face the Battle, and will force Success.",1.0
By His Example taught to Conquer Kings.,1.0
Dealing amongst his Chiefs thy Forfeit Land;,2.0
"PARDON, great Duke, if Britain's style delights;",3.0
Or if the Imperial title more invites;,3.0
"Pardon, great Prince, the failings of a Muse,",4.0
"That dares not hope for more than your excuse,",1.0
"Forced at a distance to attempt your praise,",1.0
"And sing your victories in mournful lays,",2.0
"To cast in shadows, and allay the light,",2.0
"That wounds, with nearer rays, the dazzled sight,",0.0
Nor durst in a direct and open strain,1.0
"In towering verse let meaner heroes grow,",1.0
"And to elaborate lines their greatness owe,",1.0
"Your actions, owned by every nation, want",0.0
"Praises, no greater than a foe may grant.",4.0
"To lasting peace and liberty restored,",1.0
"Allow her weary champion a retreat,",3.0
To his loved country and his rising seat?,3.0
"Where your soft partner, far from martial noise,",2.0
Your cares shall sweeten with domestic joys:,1.0
"Your conquests she with doubtful pleasure hears,",2.0
And in the mid of every triumph fears;,0.0
"Betwixt her queen and you divides her life,",1.0
"A friend obsequious, and a faithful wife.",1.0
Hail Woodstock! hail you celebrated glades!,2.0
"Grow fast you woods, and flourish thick you shades!",1.0
"You rising towers for your new lord prepare,",4.0
"The general's arms as far the king's overpower,",3.0
As this new structure does surpass the bower.,2.0
"The spacious compass, and the stately height;",1.0
"The painted gardens, in their flower prime,",0.0
"And if the Muse would second the design,",2.0
"Mean as they are, should in my numbers shine,",1.0
"There live, the joy and wonder of our isles,",1.0
"In charms might vie, and every blooming grace;",0.0
"But blessed with equal virtues had she been,",0.0
"Whom your high merit, and their own, prefers",3.0
To all the worthiest beds of England's peers.,2.0
"Thus the great eagle, when heaven's wars are over,",5.0
"And the loud thunder has forgot to roar,",2.0
To his forsaken mate and shades returns;,1.0
"On some proud tree, more sacred than the rest,",2.0
With curious art he builds his spacious nest;,1.0
"In the warm sun lies basking all the day,",4.0
"THOU dearest Object of my fondest Love,",1.0
What Words can speak the Misery I prove?,1.0
"Doomed as I am by my relentless Fate,",2.0
"To bear the worst of dreaded Ills, your Hate.",0.0
"Loved though thou wert, in every Action just,",1.0
Have I not wronged thee by unkind Distrust?,1.0
"Believed thee false, when Love and Truth were thine,",0.0
And all the tender Joys of Friendship mine?,1.0
"Wretch that I am, my fatal Crime I know,",1.0
And merit all the Anger you can show.,1.0
"Do hate me, loath me, drive me from your Breast,",1.0
"That Seat of Softness, Innocence, and Rest!",1.0
"Fly my loathed Sight, and curse me with your Scorn.",4.0
"But o! though Anger should each Grace transform,",1.0
And change to Roughness every smiling Charm:,0.0
"Though those bright Eyes where Love and Sweetness shine,",2.0
Should with the coldest Glances look on mine:,0.0
"Though that harmonious, that enchanting Tongue,",2.0
"Where all the Force of soft Persuasion hung,",0.0
"Chide me in cruel Sounds, with Fury warmed,",0.0
And wound the Ears it has so often charmed:,0.0
"Still would I bear it all, with Patience bear,",0.0
And whisper to my Soul your Triumph there.,2.0
"But sure, in Pity to my tender Pains,",1.0
Some Spark of Friendship in thy Breast remains:,0.0
"To that I'll sue, the languid Flame to raise,",0.0
And wake the sleeping Passion to a Blaze:,1.0
"Try every Art thy Anger to control,",2.0
And watch each yielding Moment in thy Soul;,0.0
"Some tender Fit of Softness in thy Breast,",0.0
"When Love's awake, and Anger charmed to Rest.",0.0
For sure my Flavia cannot always prove,2.0
Deaf to the tender Prayers and Tears of Love.,0.0
"O teach me, thou fair Softness, to atone",3.0
"With thy own Sweetness thy just Rage disarm,",2.0
"Direct me how to make my Vows believed,",1.0
"To move thy Pity, and thy Love retrieve.",1.0
"The Heart which you, and only you possess.",2.0
"THE Mimic's ductile features claim my lays,",0.0
"Changed to a thousand shapes, a thousand ways:",0.0
Who with variety of arts puts on,4.0
"All other persons, and throws off his own;",2.0
"Whose looks well disciplined his will obey,",3.0
"Bloom at command, or at command decay:",1.0
"Nor blush, my Muse, those changes to impart,",1.0
"But who, Apollo, all the arts can trace,",0.0
For lo! in sight the various artist comes;,2.0
Lo! how in beauty and in health he blooms:,1.0
"Its smoothest charms triumphant youth supplies,",0.0
"Laughs in his cheques, and sparkles in his eyes.",0.0
"But sudden see, the scene is snatched away,",0.0
See each inverted feature in decay;,1.0
"His muscles all relaxed, his face overgrown,",3.0
Rough and embossed with wrinkles not his own.,2.0
He trails his dangling legs: the wondering train,2.0
Laugh at the solemn conduct of his cane;,1.0
"Rapt through the scenes of life, he drops his prime;",0.0
A cripple sixty years before his time;,0.0
"Runs in a moment all his stages over,",0.0
"Now he a venerable judge appears,",1.0
And the long garb of lazy purple wears;,2.0
"His mien, his habit, and address the same:",1.0
"Puns from the law, or quibbles out of Coke;",1.0
"With settled air, and most judicious face,",0.0
"Nods over the cushion, counsel, and the case;",4.0
"Catches a period, and drops down again.",5.0
"And now his hearers in their turn to lull,",0.0
"Talks of old times; commends their loyal zeal,",3.0
"Their wholesome statutes, discipline, and ale;",1.0
"On different themes bestows one common praise,",0.0
"The Thames, the streets, the king, and king's highways.",1.0
"You see him quit the bench, and strait appear",0.0
An huge old gouty counsel at the bar;,1.0
"Bawl for his client, wrest the tortured laws",0.0
"From their true sense, and mould them to the cause;",3.0
"In solemn form harangue the listening crowd,",0.0
And hem and cough emphatically loud;,1.0
"Blessed art indeed! and glorious eloquence,",4.0
Where empty noise supplies the want of sense.,0.0
"For meaning, signs, and motions he affords,",1.0
And interjections for the want of words.,1.0
"What face, but you adopt into your own!",1.0
"At the least hint, fictitious crowds you raise,",3.0
And multiply yourself ten thousand ways:,1.0
A fool's or doctor's person you sustain;,1.0
The next resume yourself and sense again.,0.0
"Am I deceived? or by some sudden slight,",2.0
"Quick the transition, and unseen the art!",3.0
"Pale and entirely changed in every part,",4.0
"His shortened visage, and fantastic dress,",1.0
The mad fantastic to the life express;,1.0
"Cropped to the quick, and circling round his ears;",0.0
"That rounded face the Mimic here proclaim,",0.0
"How very different, yet how still the same!",0.0
His frantic silence muttering ere he speaks:,2.0
"Protracted hums the solemn farce begin,",0.0
And groans and pauses interrupt the scene;,0.0
"As each in just succession comes and goes,",0.0
"Worked to its pitch, the spirit stronger grows,",0.0
"Now quick and rapid, and in rage more loud,",2.0
A storm of nonsense bursts upon the crowd:,0.0
"His hand and voice proclaim the general doom,",0.0
"While this the hourglass shakes, and that the room.",2.0
"On nature's ruins all his doctrines dwell,",0.0
And throw wide open every gate of hell.,1.0
A thousand other shapes he wears with grace;,0.0
A thousand more varieties of face:,1.0
"But who, in every shape, can count him over,",0.0
Who multiplies his person every hour?,0.0
"What Muse his flying features can pursue,",1.0
Or keep his wandering countenance in view?,3.0
"Had I a thousand mouths, a thousand tongues,",0.0
Who shifts his person and his face at will;,1.0
A crowd himself; a multitude in one.,0.0
What the Muse sings: to You the Song is due;,2.0
"To You, in whom with Joy we see combined",0.0
"True Royal Greatness, and an humble Mind.",2.0
"If Goodness can this bold Address forgive,",1.0
"Nursed by your Smiles, my humble Rhymes shall live.",0.0
"To sing the Town, where balmy Waters flow,",0.0
"My Muse aspires; while conscious Blushes rise,",2.0
"She dares to raise her Voice, and stretch her Wings.",0.0
"Not the famed Springs, which gave Poetic Fire,",0.0
"Had nobler Virtues, or could more inspire.",2.0
"Shall raise my Numbers, and defend my Fame.",1.0
"Long ere the Roman Eagle hither flew,",1.0
"And, from their Use, assigned the Town its Name.",1.0
"Thus He, who of Man's Fall divinely sings,",2.0
"Tells from old Records, wrote of Gothic Kings.",3.0
"The Romans well this ancient Storey knew,",0.0
Safe from the Ruin of a thousand Years.,1.0
These salutary Streams alone can boast,0.0
Their Virtues not in thrice five Ages lost.,1.0
"The floating Waters, from their hidden Source,",1.0
"The flowing Sulphur meets dissolving Steel,",0.0
"And heat in Combat, till the Waters boil:",1.0
"United then, enrich the healing Stream,",0.0
"Health to the Sick they give, and to the Waters, Fame.",1.0
"Thus oft contending Parties rage and hate,",1.0
"Malignant both, and push each other's Fate;",0.0
They join in Friendship for the Public Good.,1.0
"White Leprosy, of old Egyptian Race;",2.0
The shaking Palsy; Rheumatism lame;,0.0
"With many dreadful Ails, without a Name.",0.0
Fatal Effects of Luxury and Ease!,3.0
"We drink our Poison, and we eat Disease;",1.0
"Indulge our Senses at our Reason's Cost,",0.0
"Till Sense is Pain, and Reason's hurt, or lost.",0.0
"Not so, OH Temperance bland! when ruled by thee,",2.0
His Veins not boiling from the Midnight Feast;,2.0
For which their grateful Thanks the whole Creation pay!,0.0
All but the human Brute; It's he alone,1.0
Whose Deeds of Darkness fly the rising Sun.,0.0
"It's to thy Rules, OH Temperance! we owe",3.0
All Pleasures which from Health and Strength can flow:,0.0
"Unmixed, untainted Joys, without Remorse,",0.0
"Our Waters wash those numerous Ills away,",2.0
And grant the trembling Wretch a longer Day.,0.0
OH may returning Health more Wisdom give!,2.0
Let Death's Approaches teach us how to live.,2.0
"If but one Leper cured, makes Jordan's Stream,",2.0
"In Sacred Writ, a venerable Theme,",1.0
"Where Sick, by Thousands, do their Health renew?",0.0
"The Mineral Steams which from the Baths arise,",1.0
"When Fevers bore an epidemic Sway,",0.0
"While Death abroad dealt Terror, and Despair,",2.0
The Plague but gently touched within their Sphere.,0.0
"Blessed Source of Health, seated on rising Ground,",6.0
With friendly Hills by Nature guarded round;,0.0
"From Eastern Blasts, and sultry South secure;",0.0
"The Air's balsamic, and the Soil is pure.",1.0
What boundless Prospects from yonder towering Height,2.0
"Of Hills, and Plains, and Valleys strike the Sight!",0.0
"Towns, Rivers, Villas, Flocks and Herds appear,",1.0
And all the various Products of the Year.,3.0
"Thence view the pendant Rock's majestic Shade,",1.0
That speaks the Ruins conquering Time has made:,2.0
"Whether the Egg was by the Deluge broke,",3.0
Or Nature since has felt some other Shock;,0.0
"A gay Delusion, if it be a Dream.",1.0
"The shattered Rocks and Strata seem to say,",0.0
"Nature is old, and tends to her Decay:",3.0
"Yet lovely in Decay, and green in Age,",0.0
"Her Beauty lasts her, to her latest Stage.",1.0
"Wisdom immense contrived the wondrous Ball,",2.0
"And Form sprung forth, obedient to his Call.",2.0
"He fixed her Date, and bid the Planet run",0.0
Her annual Race around the central Sun:,2.0
"He bid the Seasons, Days, and Nights return,",0.0
"Till the penned Fires which at the Centre burn,",1.0
Shall the whole Globe to one huge Cinder turn.,5.0
"Then, like a Phoenix, she again shall rise,",1.0
And the New World be peopled from the Skies;,3.0
"Then Vice, and all her Train of Ills shall cease,",0.0
And Truth shall reign with Righteousness and Peace.,1.0
"Beneath the Hills, a peopled Island seems;",0.0
"An ancient Abbey in its Centre stands,",0.0
"When Holy Craft supreme did guide the Helm,",0.0
"The artful Priest amazed the gaping Crowd,",0.0
And sacred Truth was veiled in mystic Cloud;,0.0
When living Saints for true Devotion bled;,0.0
And Rites profane were offered to the Dead;,1.0
"When Idol Images Devotion drew,",1.0
And Idol Gods were worshipped as the true;,1.0
In Stone to represent the Eternal Mind!,2.0
Witness the Saints and Angels on the Wall!,3.0
"Welcome, fair Liberty, and Light divine!",4.0
"Yet wider spread your Wings, and brighter shine;",0.0
"Dart livelier Beams on every British Soul,",3.0
And scatter slavish Darkness to the Pole.,1.0
Now for pure Worship is the Church designed;,4.0
OH that the Muse could say to that confined!,0.0
"Even there, by meaning Looks, and cringing Bows,",1.0
"Fly hence, Profane, nor taint this Sacred Place;",1.0
And pompous Monuments secure the Trust:,1.0
"There Montague, the Noble Prelate, lies,",0.0
With pious Hands uplifted to the Skies:,4.0
"A Virgin here enjoys eternal Fame,",0.0
"The spacious Portico demands my Song,",0.0
"Where Beaux, and Belles appear, a shining Throng!",0.0
"To take a cordial Draught, and cheer the Soul,",0.0
"Like Homer's Gods, when Nectar crowned the Bowl.",0.0
"Correct the Fabric, simple, neat, and plain,",0.0
"But innocently white, it's proud to show,",1.0
"The Baths adjoining form two ample Squares,",1.0
Around the Walls the Roman Art appears;,0.0
"Niches and Arches there the Bathers find,",3.0
"A Shelter from the Rain, and blustering Wind.",3.0
Whose noble Virtues give them King and Queen's Bath. Royal Names.,1.0
"Cross Bath. Not far from hence, a Bath of gentler Heat,",1.0
The tender Virgin finds a safe Retreat,0.0
"From Sights indecent, and from Speeches lewd,",1.0
"Just in the mid a Marble Cross there stands,",0.0
"Devoid itself of Power to heal our Woes,",2.0
"Yet, decked with monumental Crutches, shows",0.0
"What mighty Cures this wondrous Pool has done,",0.0
And these the Trophies from Diseases won.,2.0
"The Sailor thus, on foaming Billows tossed,",0.0
"His Ship, and Ship-Mates in the Tempest lost,",1.0
"Did some kind God's assisting Power implore,",3.0
"And when, by Aid Divine, he reached the Shore,",0.0
"Strait to the Temple of the God he flew,",1.0
"And near the dropping Garment, on the Wall",1.0
"He wrote, with grateful Praise, the moving Tale.",0.0
"West Gate. Through yonder high arched Gate on either Hand,",2.0
"In comely Order, Rows of Buildings stand;",0.0
"See Squares, and Hospitals, and Temples rise,",6.0
From whence let pure Devotion pierce the Skies.,1.0
"A Fountain flows, which stately Walls surround,",0.0
"Where Herds were wont to drink the cooling Spring,",0.0
And Birds on bending Branches used to sing.,0.0
"Leaving the West, I guide my View around,",2.0
"Where the Remains of many an hundred Year,",3.0
"In reverend Ruins, on the Walls appear,",1.0
Here Hercules attentive Eye demands;,0.0
And there a Shepherd and his youthful Dame;,2.0
"These Monuments, and more, are known to Fame.",1.0
"Hence view the Grove; it forms a verdant Square,",1.0
See the Trees wanton in the Eastern Air;,3.0
And lofty Buildings shade in Noon of Day.,0.0
"To future Times this Monument shall show,",1.0
"How much all Britons, and all Belgians owe,",1.0
To Springs which saved from Death the Great Nassau.,4.0
"Heroes like William, ready to defend",3.0
"Fair Liberty oppressed, and trampled Laws,",2.0
Or die with Pleasure in the glorious Cause.,2.0
"What less than this can Prophecy divine,",2.0
When William's Blood is mixed with George's Line?,0.0
"Nor think, OH Nash, the Muse forgets thy Praise,",1.0
Enough for thee this Monument to raise:,2.0
"What greater Honour can thy Pride receive,",0.0
Than that Thy Name with great Nassau shall live?,4.0
Now stately Rooms for Pleasure change the Scene;,1.0
"Where Music warbles, and the Dancers bound,",1.0
There blooming Virgins kindle amorous Fires;,2.0
And there the God of Wit with Verse inspires.,1.0
Employs those Hours which Dancing cannot kill;,0.0
"There Miss soon learns the Language of the Eyes,",2.0
"The witless Beau looks soft, and swears he dies;",1.0
And who can think so fine a Lover lies?,0.0
And all Mankind's Epitome you view.,2.0
"But fly, my Muse, fly this enchanting Place,",2.0
"Nor Man, through all his Pleasures, dare to trace.",0.0
"There rest secure, amid the Wise, and Great:",0.0
"Heroes of ancient, and of modern Song,",3.0
"The bending Shelves in comely Order throng,",0.0
"Hither, you Nymphs, attend the leading Muse,",2.0
"Their Maxims learn, their Precepts be your Guide.",1.0
"One Hour thus spent, more solid Joys shall give,",3.0
"Than the gay Idler knows, or Fools conceive:",2.0
"Of Hills enclosed, and Meadows ever green,",1.0
"Descend to Walks, betwixt Limes in adverse Rows,",2.0
"A cool Recess, the Muses chosen Seat,",0.0
"The lovely Landscape, and the silent Stream,",2.0
"Inspire the Poet, and present the Theme.",1.0
"Round the green Walk the River glides away,",3.0
"And fan the Leaves, and cool the scorching Ray:",0.0
"And craggy Hills, irregular and rude!",1.0
Where Nature sports romantic: Hence is seen,0.0
"The new made Road, and wonderful Machine,",2.0
A Rock its Burden of a Mountain's Weight.,1.0
"Hail, mighty Genius! born for Great Designs,",1.0
"TO adorn your Country, and to mend the Times;",2.0
"Virtue's Exemplar in degenerate Days,",3.0
"All who love Virtue, love to speak your Praise:",1.0
"You chide the Muse that dares your Virtues own,",0.0
"And, veiled with Modesty, would live unknown;",1.0
"An honest Muse, no Prostitute for Gain,",1.0
"Interest may court her, but shall court in vain:",2.0
"But ever pleased to set true Worth in View,",1.0
"Yours shall be seen, and will, by All but You.",1.0
"Prophetic here, the Muse shall build thy Seat,",0.0
"Great like thy Soul, in every Part complete:",0.0
"On this fair Eminence the Fabric stands,",3.0
The finished Labour of a thousand Hands;,1.0
"The Hill, the Dale, the River, Groves and Fields,",0.0
"Vary the Landscape, which thy Prospect yields;",2.0
Yet scorn alone to gratify the Sight;,0.0
"Beneath the Load the tender Branch shall bend,",0.0
And the rich Juice regale its Master's Friend.,2.0
"Thy Taste refined appears in yonder Wood,",0.0
"Not Nature tortured, but by Art improved:",1.0
"Where covered Walks with open Vista's meet,",0.0
"An Area here, and there a shady Seat.",2.0
A thousand Sweets in mingled Odours flow,1.0
"From blooming Flowers, which on the Borders grow.",0.0
"In numerous Streams the murmuring Waters thrill,",4.0
"Uniting all, obedient to thy Will;",2.0
"Till by thy Art, in one Canal combined,",2.0
They through the Wood in various Mazes wind;,3.0
"From thence the foaming Waves fall rapid down,",2.0
"In bold Cascades, and lash the rugged Stone.",0.0
"But here their Fury lost, the calmer Scene",0.0
"Delights the softer Muse, and Soul serene;",0.0
"An ample Bason, Centre of the Place,",1.0
"Its glassy Face, from every Ruffle free,",0.0
Reflects the Image of each neighbouring Tree;,3.0
"On which the feathered Choir, melodious, throng,",4.0
"By Love inspired, unite in tuneful Song;",3.0
"Their tuneful Song the echoing Woods resound,",3.0
"And falling Waters add a solemn Sound,",0.0
Sure this the Muses haunt; it's hallowed Ground!,0.0
"Here could the Muse for ever spend her Days,",0.0
"And chant, in humble Rhymes, the Owner's Praise,",0.0
"Unjustly jealous of her faithful Swain,",1.0
While he expects the kind Return in vain.,1.0
How from the Quarries. Mountain's rocky Sides he drew,1.0
A thousand shining Palaces to view:,1.0
"Temples, and Hospitals in every Land,",4.0
"From Age to Age, his Monuments shall stand.",1.0
"Envy itself shall die, and fickle Fame,",2.0
"When he is dead, do Justice to his Name.",1.0
"Could I, like tuneful Pope, command the Nine;",0.0
"Did my Verse flow, and as it flows, refine;",2.0
"Thus would I sing; but OH, with Grief I find",0.0
My feeble Pen but faintly paints my Mind!,0.0
"Myself unequal to the great Design,",2.0
The Task to abler Poets I resign.,1.0
"For anxious Thought, and sighing Lovers made",0.0
"Revolving lay upon his wretched State,",0.0
And the hard Usage of too partial Fate;,4.0
"Thus the sad Youth complained, once happy Swain",4.0
Now the most abject Shepherd of the Plain:,1.0
"Those peaceful Days, and pleasurable Nights;",1.0
Which gaily made the Dancing Minutes flee?,0.0
"Dispersed, and banished from my troubled Breast?",1.0
Nor leave me one short Interval of Rest.,3.0
"Why do I prosecute a hopeless Flame,",0.0
"And play in Torment, such a losing Game;",2.0
All things conspire to make my Ruin sure;,2.0
When Wounds are Mortal they admit no Cure.,2.0
"But Heaven sometime does a miraculous thing,",5.0
When our last Hope is just upon the Wing;,3.0
"And in a Moment drives those Clouds away,",0.0
Whose sullen Darkness hid a glorious Day.,2.0
"Why was I born, or why do I survive,",1.0
"To be made wretched only, kept alive?",1.0
"Fate is too cruel in the harsh Decree,",1.0
"That I must live, yet live in Misery.",1.0
"Pleased with a people, honest, brave and free,",0.0
While every step conducts me nearer home.,0.0
From cliff to cliff in foaming eddies tossed;,0.0
"On the rude mountain's barren breast he rose,",2.0
In Po's broad wave now hurries to be lost.,3.0
"His shores, neat huts and verdant pastures fill,",1.0
And hills where woods of pine the storm defy;,0.0
Where shade and beauty tempted to repose;,1.0
"Within a grove, by mountains circled round,",0.0
"By rocks overhung, my rustic seat I chose.",1.0
"Advancing thence, by gentle pace and slow,",0.0
"Unconscious of the way my footsteps pressed,",3.0
"Sudden, supported by the hills below,",3.0
' Mid towering cliffs and tracts of endless cold,1.0
"The industrious path pervades the rugged stone,",3.0
"No haunt of man the weary traveller greets,",3.0
"No vegetation smiles upon the moor,",1.0
"Yet let not these rude paths be coldly traced,",3.0
"Let not these wilds with listless steps be trod,",0.0
"Here fragrance scorns not to perfume the waste,",1.0
"His humble board the holy man prepares,",0.0
"And simple food, and wholesome lore bestows,",0.0
"Extols the treasures that his mountain bears,",0.0
And paints the perils of impending snows.,1.0
"And silent bends, where tottering ruins wait.",2.0
"Yet' mid those ridges,' mid that drifted snow,",1.0
Can nature deign her wonders to display;,1.0
And gems of crystal sparkle to the day.,1.0
"Here too, the hoary mountain's brow to grace,",0.0
"Five silver lakes, in tranquil state are seen;",1.0
"That, escaped from bondage, rolls the rocks between.",0.0
"And, with the Rhine, Germanic climes explore;",1.0
"Her stream I marked, and saw her wildly move",0.0
"Down the bleak mountain, through her craggy shore.",3.0
"My weary footsteps hoped for rest in vain,",1.0
"For steep on steep, in rude confusion rose;",0.0
That promised shelter and foretold repose.,1.0
"Its margin gay, with flocks and cattle spread;",0.0
And guard from snow each dwelling's jutting shed.,0.0
"Sweet vale! whose bosom wastes and cliffs surround,",1.0
Let me awhile thy friendly shelter share!,2.0
Emblem of life! where some bright hours are found,3.0
Calm ' --  till it tumbles over the frowning height.,2.0
We view the fearful pass ' --  we wind along,0.0
The path that marks the terrors of our way ' --,1.0
"The torrent pours, and breathes its glittering spray.",2.0
"The neat, though wooden hamlets, deck the vale,",0.0
"But though no more amid those scenes I roam,",2.0
My fancy long each image shall retain ' --,0.0
While nature's varied beauties deck its side;,0.0
"Here, rocks and woods its narrow waves enclose,",0.0
"And there, its spreading bosom opens wide.",1.0
"Where Tell directed the avenging dart,",1.0
"With well strung arm, that first preserved his child,",1.0
Then winged the arrow to the tyrant's heart.,3.0
"Behold another hallowed chapel stand,",0.0
"Where three Swiss heroes, lawless force withstood,",1.0
And stamped the freedom of their native land.,1.0
"Their liberty required no rites uncouth,",3.0
"Her rule was gentle and her voice was truth,",1.0
"By social order formed, by laws restrained.",0.0
"With nature's charms combined, adorns the way,",0.0
"And well earned wealth improves the ready soil,",1.0
"Proud Alps arise, and copious rivers flow;",3.0
"Oft on thy rocks the wondering eye shall gaze,",2.0
"There, nature's hand her boldest work displays,",0.0
"Here, bliss domestic beams on every cheek.",0.0
Hope of my life! dear Children of my heart!,2.0
"That anxious heart, to each fond feeling true,",1.0
"To You still pants each pleasure to impart,",3.0
And more ' --  o transport ' --  reach its Home and You.,0.0
Though false as various be the boasted claim:,1.0
"The ambitious miser swells his boundless store,",1.0
And bids profusion bribe him into fame.,0.0
"Sneers at weak justice, and defies the arrest;",5.0
She dwells exulting on the tongues of kings;,1.0
"She wakes the Muse to flight, and plumes her wings;",0.0
The soldier views her in the shining blade;,0.0
The pedant mid the lumber in his head.,0.0
"She to fell Treason the disguise can lend,",3.0
And sheath her sword remorseless in a friend:,0.0
Reared on the tombs of Truth and Honesty;,1.0
"Pretend to hear, and to obey the call.",1.0
"Where fix we then? ' --  Each boasting thus his own,",0.0
"Say, does true Honour dwell with all, or none?",1.0
"The truth, my Lord, is clear: ' --  though impious pride",3.0
"Still does the Goddess, in her form divine,",0.0
Over each grim idol eminently shine;,2.0
"Arrayed in lasting majesty, is known",1.0
"But how explored? ' --  Take reason for your guide,",3.0
Nor view her with the jaundiced eye of pride.,1.0
"Of what is wrong or right, or false or true;",0.0
Objects too near deceive the observer's eye;,5.0
Examine those which at a distance lie.,1.0
"' Mid the tall column's, and gay order's pride;",5.0
"But towards the destined point your sight remove,",0.0
"And this shall lessen still, and that improve,",1.0
"New beauties gain upon your wondering eyes,",3.0
And the fair Whole in just proportions rise.,2.0
Where the due length of ages lies between:,3.0
"This separates pride from greatness, show from worth,",2.0
"Points out what merits praise, what merits blame,",0.0
"Sinks in disgrace, or rises into fame.",1.0
"Come then, from past examples let us prove",0.0
"What raises hate, contempt, esteem, or love.",0.0
"Wild is the purpose, and the fruitless aim,",1.0
Like a vile prostitute to bribe fair Fame;,3.0
"You pyramids, that once could threat the skies,",1.0
To latest age your founder's pride proclaim;,0.0
Record the tyrant's greatness; tell his name;,2.0
Are sunk in dust: the boasting title gone:,0.0
"Pride's trophies swept by Time's devouring flood,",3.0
"The inscription want, to tell where once they stood.",1.0
"But could they rival Nature, Time defy,",0.0
Yet what record but Vice or Vanity?,1.0
"His the true glory, though his name unknown,",3.0
"Not his, whose wild command fair art obeyed,",1.0
"While folly dictated, or passion swayed.",4.0
"No: spite of greatness, pride and vice are seen,",1.0
"Shameful in pomp, conspicuously mean.",3.0
In vain each gilded turret rears its head;,0.0
"In vain thy Lord commands the streams to fall,",0.0
"Extends the view, and spreads the smooth canal,",0.0
And cries of orphans haunt him in the shade.,0.0
Mistaken man! by crimes to hope for fame?,0.0
"Succeeding times, and ages yet unborn,",1.0
Shall view the guilty scenes with honest scorn;,0.0
"Disdain each beauty thy proud folly planned,",2.0
"Next, view the Hero in the embattled field:",2.0
"Who fights not to destroy, but save mankind:",2.0
See WILLIAM'S sword a tyrant's pride disarm:,3.0
"Say, which to human kind are friends or foes;",0.0
Conquest unjust can never command applause;,4.0
"It's not the victory charms you, but the cause:",1.0
"Not Caesar's self can feign the patriot's part,",2.0
Nor his false virtues hide his poisoned heart:,2.0
"But round thy brows the willing laurels twine,",0.0
"Yes: truly glorious, only great is he,",3.0
"Who conquers, or who bleeds for liberty.",2.0
"Like baleful comets flaming in the skies,",0.0
At destined times the appointed scourges rise;,2.0
"A while in streaming lustre sweep along,",0.0
And fix in wonder's gaze the admiring throng;,2.0
"But reason's eye detects the spurious ray,",2.0
And the false blaze of glory dies away.,2.0
Now all the aerial cells of wit explore;,2.0
"Search all the deep recesses of the mind,",5.0
"Alas, nor wit nor science this can boast,",1.0
"Oft dashed with error, oft in caprice lost!",4.0
Transient as bright the short-lived bubbles fly!,3.0
"And modes of wit, and modes of science die.",0.0
His glory with his whirlpools vanish all!,2.0
"See folly, wit ' --  and weakness, wisdom stain, ' --",1.0
And Villars witty ' --  Bacon wise in vain!,0.0
"Oft vice corrupts what sense and parts refine,",1.0
"This, fashion's slave; as that, the slave of wit.",0.0
"In vain fair Genius bids the laurel shoot,",1.0
The deadly worm thus eating at the root:,1.0
"Corroded thus, the greenest wreaths decay,",0.0
"Quick as autumnal leaves, the laurels fade,",2.0
"Where then is found TRUE HONOUR, heavenly fair?",6.0
"Ask, LONSDALE, ask your heart ' --  she dictates there.",4.0
Yes: it's in VIRTUE: ' --  That alone can give,0.0
"On virtue's basis only fame can rise,",0.0
"To stand the storms of age, and reach the skies:",0.0
"Arts, conquest, greatness, feel the stroke of fate,",1.0
"Shrink sudden, and betray the incumbent weight;",4.0
And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.,0.0
"It's Virtue only can the bard inspire,",1.0
Beams strong: still Virtue feeds the flame divine;,2.0
"Wherever she treads she leaves her footsteps bright,",3.0
"These shed the lustre over each sacred name,",2.0
These gild each humble verse in modest GAY;,0.0
And glow and warm in POPE'S immortal line.,0.0
Nor less the sage must live by Virtue's aid;,0.0
And truth and virtue differ but in name:,1.0
"Like light and heat ' --  distinguished, yet the same.",0.0
To truth and virtue the ascent is sure;,1.0
The wholesome stream implies the fountain pure;,0.0
To taste the spring we oft essay in vain:,0.0
"Deep lies the source, too short is reason's chain;",2.0
"But those the issues of pure truth we know,",3.0
Which in clear strength through virtue's channel flow:,1.0
"Error in vain attempts the foul disguise,",2.0
Still tasted in the bitter wave of vice;,1.0
Drawn from the springs of Falsehood all confess,1.0
Each baleful drop that poisons happiness;,1.0
And the rank dregs of Hobbes and Mandeville.,2.0
Detested names! yet sentenced never to die;,2.0
"Bask in the beam that winged them, for a day:",1.0
With strength renewed shall from her ashes rise.,1.0
"See, how the lustre of the ATHENIAN SOCRATES. sage",6.0
Shines through the lengthened gloom of many an age!,2.0
"Virtue alone so wide the beam could spread,",2.0
And throw the lasting glory round his head.,0.0
And light up nature into certain day!,0.0
And in each atom found the ruling God.,0.0
Whose lives confirmed whatever their reason taught!,3.0
At once to enlighten and persuade mankind!,4.0
Hail names revered! which time and truth proclaim,1.0
The first and fairest in the list of fame.,0.0
"Kings, statesmen, patriots, thus to glory rise;",3.0
"On virtue grows their fame, or soon it dies;",0.0
"But grafted on the vigorous stock, it's seen",3.0
"Brightened by age, and springs in endless green:",2.0
"Pride, folly, vice may blossom for an hour,",2.0
"By heats unnatural pushed to sudden growth,",2.0
They sicken at the inclement blasts of truth;,2.0
"Shook by the weakest breath that passes by,",1.0
"It's Virtue only that shall grow with time,",0.0
"Smile on the faggot, and defy its fire!",1.0
How great in exile HYDE and TULLY shone!,1.0
"Nor borrowed blaze it asks, nor fortune's beam;",1.0
"Affliction's gloom but makes it still more bright,",0.0
As the clear lamp shines clearest in the night.,4.0
As different stars with different glories burn;,0.0
Yet all partake the some celestial fire.,0.0
"See then heaven's endless bounty, and confess,",1.0
Which gives in Virtue fame and happiness!,1.0
"See mankind's folly, who the boon despise,",2.0
And grasp at pain and infamy in Vice!,1.0
"Not so the man who moved by Virtue's laws,",0.0
"Reveres himself ' --  and gains, not seeks applause;",0.0
"Still swayed by what is fit, and just, and true,",1.0
Who gives to all whatever to all is due;,2.0
"Snatches the highest praise, ' --  and is of none:",3.0
"While round and round the veering patriots roll,",2.0
"Unshaken points to Truth, as to his pole;",1.0
Over rumour's narrow orbit soars to fame:,3.0
"Unmoved while malice barks, or envy howls,",0.0
Walks firm to virtue through the scoffs of fools;,2.0
Him Virtue crowns with wreaths that never decay;,2.0
And glory circles him with endless day.,1.0
Such he who deep in VIRTUE roots his fame;,1.0
"OVERWHELMED with pleasure at the joyful news,",0.0
"Begin, OH Servant of the Sacred Nine!",2.0
And echo joy through every nervous line:,0.0
My Baker's well! ' --  O words of sweet delight!,0.0
"Now! now! my Muse, soar up the Olympic height.",5.0
"What wondrous numbers can the Goddess find,",1.0
"I leave it to a Goddess more divine,",1.0
"Of manners gentle, yet a friend to truth,",0.0
"With age not peevish, nor yet vain in youth:",1.0
"Brave, yet humane, and blameless though severe;",2.0
"His speech was open, and his heart sincere:",1.0
"Most loved the Soldier, more the Man admired.",0.0
"A Queen his Mistress, Queen Anne.. and his Friend, Mankind;",3.0
"Such once was Hill ' --  and various though his lot,",1.0
"Say, noble Youth, thou Glory of the Stage,",2.0
Gay soft Delight of the admiring Age;,2.0
Could have obliged you with Heroics too?,1.0
"To purchase your Esteem they all agreed,",1.0
Like him employed ill suiting your Degree;,3.0
"In his Disguise he rural Conquests won,",2.0
But you brave Youth have greater Wonders done;,2.0
"Your Power by neither Sex can be withstood,",2.0
Your own are all obliged and ours subdued,0.0
"Wit Fortune, Beauty for your Voice contest,",2.0
Each with your Approbation would be blessed;,0.0
"For the charmed Nymphs desire as much to please,",2.0
"As did the three contending Goddesses,",1.0
"That blessed young Paris in the myrtle Grove,",1.0
"They would appear all eager of Success,",1.0
"But are more cautious, cause their Charms less,",2.0
And entertained you in a Masquerade;,0.0
"But beg you would not take the Niceness ill,",0.0
"May the soft Riddle never be explained,",2.0
Lest the neglected blush to be disdained;,1.0
"Should they divide; their Charms would be too small,",2.0
Were they Celestial; You would merit all.,2.0
"Yes, lovely Youth, those mightier Charms of thine,",3.0
"Deserve not only what, but all that is divine:",1.0
"Before Nature formed you, she in you designed",3.0
Perfection far beyond all human Kind:,0.0
"But scorned Materials from her common Store,",1.0
Traversed her pregnant Universe all over;,0.0
Picked up each softer Atom as she went;,1.0
"Thus richly furnished she the Work began,",2.0
"With utmost Care did every Charm increase,",1.0
"Dipped her nice Pencil in the liquid Light,",3.0
"Varnished the whole, till Gods themselves less bright,",3.0
"Each Deity deceived with what was done,",1.0
Bestowed some Gift and thought you was his own:,1.0
"So liberally they gave; in you we see,",2.0
No Wonder our weak Sex is charmed to love,3.0
That Form which might the pleasing Object prove,0.0
Of all the wishing Female Court above:,1.0
"Tis they alone must for your Heart contend,",3.0
"Your triple Nymph no farther does pretend,",1.0
Than to adore the Glories they commend;,2.0
"They are resolved they will remain entire,",2.0
Not run the Hazard of dilated Fire;,1.0
And they neglecting charm to more than Love.,1.0
They know your Worth; so the deserving three,1.0
"Will join, and be one Delia to thee;",1.0
"Let one Idea fill thy grateful Breast,",2.0
By Silvia if thy charming Self be meant;,1.0
If Friendship be thy Virgin Vows Extent;,0.0
"Hers my Esteem shall be, my Passion Thine.",2.0
When for Thy Head the Garland I prepare;,1.0
And when my choicest Songs Thy Worth proclaim;,0.0
My Heart shall own the Justice of Her Cause;,1.0
And Love himself submit to Friendship's Laws.,0.0
"But if beneath thy Numbers soft Disguise,",1.0
If Amaryllis breathes thy secret Pains;,0.0
And thy fond Heart beats Measure to thy Strains:,5.0
"The Flame propitious, and the Lover kind:",1.0
"May Venus long exert her happy Power,",0.0
"And make thy Beauty, like thy Verse, endure:",0.0
May every God his friendly Aid afford;,0.0
But if by chance the Series of thy Joys,2.0
Permit one Thought less cheerful to arise;,2.0
"Who loving much, who not beloved again,",0.0
"THOUGH strength of genius, by experience taught,",3.0
"Gives thee to sound the depth of human thought,",0.0
"To trace the various workings of the mind,",3.0
And rule the secret springs that rule mankind;,1.0
"Rare gift! yet, Walpole, wilt thou condescend",2.0
"Can aught of use impart, though void of skill,",0.0
And raise attention by sincere good will:,1.0
"For friendship sometime want of parts supplies,",1.0
The heart may furnish what the head denies.,0.0
"As, when the rapid Rhine over swelling tides,",3.0
"To grace old Ocean's coast, in triumph rides,",1.0
"Though rich in source, he drains a thousand springs,",0.0
"So thou shalt hence absorb each feeble ray,",2.0
Each dawn of meaning in thy brighter day;,0.0
Since no mean interest shall profane the Muse;,1.0
"No malice wrapped in truth's disguise offend,",1.0
No flattery taint the freedom of a friend.,4.0
"When first a generous mind surveys the great,",2.0
"And views the crowds that on their fortune wait,",1.0
"Pleased with the show, though little understood,",0.0
"He only seeks the power, to do the good:",1.0
And gratitude still springs when bounty flows;,1.0
"That every grant sincere affection wins,",0.0
"And where our wants have end, our love begins.",0.0
"But they who long the paths of state have trod,",1.0
"Which crammed, yet craving, still their gates besiege,",0.0
"It's easier far to give, than to oblige.",3.0
"This of thy conduct seems the nicest part,",1.0
"To give to fair assent a fairer face,",0.0
Or soften a refusal into grace.,1.0
"But few there are, that can be freely kind,",0.0
"Hence some whenever they would oblige, offend,",3.0
"And while they make the fortune, lose the friend:",0.0
"For great men want not what to give, but how.",1.0
"The race of men that follow courts, it's true,",0.0
"Think all they get, and more than all, their due;",0.0
"Still ask, but never consult their own deserts,",3.0
"And measure by their interest, not their parts.",1.0
From this mistake so many men we see,1.0
But ill become the thing they wish to be:,0.0
"Hence discontent and fresh demands arise,",2.0
"More power, more favour in the great man's eyes",2.0
"All feel a want, though none the cause suspects,",0.0
But hate their patron for their own defects.,1.0
"Such none can please, but who reforms their hearts,",0.0
"And when he gives them places, gives them parts.",0.0
May sell their favours at too dear a rate.,3.0
"When merit pines while clamour is preferred,",2.0
And long attachment waits among the herd;,0.0
"When no distinction, where distinction's due,",0.0
Marks from the many the superior few;,2.0
"When strong cabal constrains them to be just,",0.0
"And makes them give at last, because they must;",0.0
"What neither friendship gives, nor merit buys.",0.0
"The man who justly over the whole presides,",2.0
"Knows when to stop with grace, and when advance,",0.0
"But thinks how little gratitude is owed,",0.0
"When favours are extorted, not bestowed.",2.0
"When safe on shore ourselves, we see the crowd",0.0
"Through such a tumult it's no easy task,",3.0
"Surrounded thus, and giddy with the show,",1.0
It's hard for great men rightly to bestow;,2.0
"From hence so few are skilled in either case,",0.0
"To ask with dignity, or give with grace.",1.0
"Sometime the great, seduced by love of parts,",1.0
"Consult our genius, but neglect our hearts;",1.0
"Pleased with the glittering sparks that genius flings,",2.0
They lift us towering on the eagle's wings:,1.0
"Mark out the flights by which themselves begun,",0.0
"And teach our dazzled eyes to bear the sun,",0.0
"Till we forget the hand that makes us great,",1.0
"And grow to envy, not to emulate.",0.0
"To emulate a generous warmth implies,",2.0
To reach the virtues that make great men rise;,2.0
"But envy wears a mean malignant face,",0.0
"And aims not at their virtues, but their place.",1.0
"By which superior power is still implied,",4.0
"And while it helps the fortune, hurts the pride.",0.0
"Slight is the hate neglect or hardships breed,",0.0
"But those who hate from envy, hate indeed.",1.0
"Since so perplexed the choice, whom shall we trust?",1.0
"The man by no mean fears or hopes controlled,",1.0
"Who serves thee from affection, not for gold!",1.0
"We love the honest, and esteem the brave,",1.0
"No show of parts the truly wise seduce,",1.0
To think that knaves can be of real use.,1.0
"The man who contradicts the public voice,",0.0
"And strives to dignify a worthless choice,",0.0
"Attempts a task that on the choice reflects,",1.0
And lends us light to point out new defects.,0.0
"One worthless man that gains what he pretends,",1.0
"And since no art can make a counter pass,",0.0
"Or add the weight of gold to mimic brass,",0.0
"When princes to bad over their image join,",4.0
They more debase the stamp than raise the coin;,0.0
"Be thine that care, true merit to reward,",2.0
And gain that good; nor will the task be hard.,1.0
"Souls found alike so quick by nature blend,",1.0
An honest man is more than half thy friend.,0.0
"Him no mere views, no haste to rise, shall sway,",2.0
"Thy choice to sully, or thy trust betray.",1.0
"Ambition here shall at due distance stand,",1.0
Nor is wit dangerous in an honest hand:,3.0
"Besides, if failings at the bottom lie,",0.0
He views those failings with a lover's eye.,1.0
"Though small his genius, let him do his best,",0.0
Our wishes and belief supply the rest:,1.0
"Let others barter servile faith for gold,",1.0
His friendship is not to be bought or sold.,2.0
"Fierce opposition he unmoved shall face,",2.0
"Modest in favour, daring in disgrace;",1.0
"To share thy adverse fate alone pretend,",1.0
"In power a servant, out of power a friend.",5.0
"Here pour thy favours in an ample flood,",0.0
Indulge thy boundless thirst of doing good.,0.0
Nor think that good alone to him confined;,1.0
Such to oblige is to oblige mankind.,3.0
"If thus thy mighty master's steps thou trace,",0.0
"The brave to cherish, and the good to grace,",1.0
"Long shalt thou stand from rage and faction free,",1.0
And teach us long to love the king and thee;,0.0
"Or fall a victim, dangerous to the foe,",1.0
And make him tremble when he strikes the blow;,0.0
"While honour, gratitude, affection join,",1.0
"To deck thy close, and brighten thy decline.",1.0
"Illustrious doom! the great when thus displaced,",2.0
"With friendship guarded, and with virtue graced,",1.0
"In awful ruin, like Rome's senate, fall",1.0
The prey and worship of the wondering Gaul.,3.0
"No doubt to genius some reward is due,",1.0
"When truth and genius for thy choice contend,",1.0
"Though both have weight, when in the balance cast,",0.0
"Let probity be first, and parts the last.",2.0
"And cheque the growth of folly and deceit,",1.0
"When party rage shall drop through length of days,",0.0
"And calumny be ripened into praise,",1.0
Then future times shall to thy worth allow,1.0
"That fame, which envy would call flattery now.",3.0
"Thus far my zeal, though for the task unfit,",2.0
Has pointed out the rocks where others split:,1.0
"By that inspired, though stranger to the Nine,",3.0
"And negligent of any fame but thine,",1.0
"I take that friendly, but superfluous part,",3.0
That acts from nature what I teach from art.,0.0
"They seem to plain, and every Puff's a Sigh.",0.0
"Tears follow Sighs, and now the rainy Floods",1.0
In mournful Streams descend from melting Clouds.,0.0
"Too well I know, Tears are provoked by Sighs;",3.0
"Grief swells the heaving Breast; then upward flies,",1.0
And bursting vents it self through weeping Eyes.,0.0
"When Myra frowns, I sudden Showers divine,",2.0
"The Clouds are hers, but all the Drops are mine.",1.0
What lively Colours paint the shining Bow?,3.0
"But ah! how soon its waning Glories fail,",0.0
"Such Beauty is, so flux, so quickly gone;",1.0
"Myra will soon be scorned, and hardly known;",2.0
"When with won Lips her Eyes look faint, and dead,",4.0
And all the Cupids of her Cheeks are fled.,1.0
No kind Amusement can my Thoughts remove:,2.0
"My Soul is fixed, and all the Theme is Love.",0.0
Her rising Cheeks set round with flowing Hair,1.0
"Like the bright Moon in dewy Nights appear,",3.0
When circling Halo's guard her from the Sight,1.0
"Of meaner Stars, and shine with borrowed Light.",1.0
"Her Lips, that dear, soft, pouting juicy Pair",1.0
"Invite to Love, and yet deny the Bliss,",0.0
"Kisses invite, but they refuse to kiss.",3.0
"It's Parent rudely kills, spoils every Grace,",1.0
When once the Nymph yields up her envied Charms,2.0
"She grows unwieldy, and her Cheeks look pale;",2.0
"So Flowers by handling fade, so all their Colours fail.",3.0
"Since Beauty fades, why should the Nymph be coy?",0.0
Snatch then with eager Hast the fleeting Joy.,0.0
"In spite of wrinkled Age, and eating Time",0.0
Still shall I know that Beauty once was mine.,0.0
"When Action's past, I'll on Reflection live,",1.0
And the Remembrance shall the Bliss revive;,1.0
"Such, luscious Food will ever leave a Taste.",0.0
Fate cannot reach the Pleasure that is past.,1.0
"When the sad soul, by care and grief oppressed,",3.0
"Looks round the world, but looks in vain for rest;",0.0
Where shall affliction from itself retire?,1.0
Where fade away and placidly expire?,1.0
Alas! we fly to silent scenes in vain;,0.0
"Care veils in clouds the sun's meridian beam,",3.0
"Sighs through the grove, and murmurs in the stream;",0.0
In vain the body breathes a purer air:,0.0
"He dreads the tempest, but invokes the breeze;",1.0
On the smooth mirror of the deep resides,3.0
"Reflected woe, and over unruffled tides",2.0
The ghost of every former danger glides.,0.0
"Thus, in the calms of life, we only see",0.0
A steadier image of our misery;,4.0
But lively gales and gently clouded skies,0.0
Disperse the sad reflections as they rise;,1.0
And busy thoughts and little cares avail,0.0
"To ease the mind, when rest and reason fail.",0.0
"When the dull thought, by no designs employed,",3.0
"Dwells on the past, or suffered or enjoyed,",1.0
"We bleed anew in every former grief,",0.0
And joys departed furnish no relief.,0.0
"Not Hope herself, with all her flattering art,",1.0
Can cure this stubborn sickness of the heart:,1.0
"The soul disdains each comfort she prepares,",1.0
And anxious searches for congenial cares;,1.0
"Those lenient cares, which, with our own combined,",1.0
"By mixed sensations ease the afflicted mind,",2.0
"And steal our grief away, and leave their own behind;",0.0
A lighter grief! which feeling hearts endure,0.0
"Without regret, nor even demand a cure.",2.0
"But what strange art, what magic can dispose",1.0
The troubled mind to change its native woes?,0.0
"Or lead us willing from ourselves, to see",1.0
"Others more wretched, more undone than we?",2.0
"This, Books can do; ' --  nor this alone; they give",1.0
"New views to life, and teach us how to live;",2.0
"Fools they admonish, and confirm the wise:",3.0
Their aid they yield to all: they never shun,0.0
"The man of sorrow, nor the wretch undone:",1.0
"Unlike the hard, the selfish, and the proud,",1.0
"Nor tell to various people various things,",4.0
"But show to subjects, what they show to kings.",0.0
"Come, Child of Care! to make thy soul serene,",1.0
Approach the treasures of this tranquil scene;,1.0
"Survey the dome, and, as the doors unfold,",1.0
"The soul's best cure, in all her cares, behold!",1.0
Where mental wealth the poor in thought may find,0.0
See here the balms that passion's wounds assuage;,0.0
"See coolers here, that damp the fire of rage;",1.0
The chronic habits of the sickly soul;,1.0
"And round the heart and over the aching head,",2.0
Mild opiates here their sober influence shed.,4.0
"Now bid thy soul man's busy scenes exclude,",2.0
And view composed this silent multitude: ' --,0.0
"Silent they are ' --  but, though deprived of sound,",2.0
Here all the living languages abound;,1.0
"Here all that live no more; preserved they lie,",1.0
In tombs that open to the curious eye.,3.0
"Blessed be the gracious Power, who taught mankind",2.0
To stamp a lasting image of the mind!,1.0
"Beasts may convey, and tuneful birds may sing,",2.0
"Their mutual feelings, in the opening spring;",3.0
But Man alone has skill and power to send,2.0
The heart's warm dictates to the distant friend;,3.0
"It's his alone to please, instruct, advise",1.0
"Ages remote, and nations yet to rise.",2.0
"When Joy forgets to smile and Care to weep,",0.0
"And Fear and Guilt partake the balm of rest,",0.0
Why then denies the studious man to share,2.0
"Man's common good, who feels his common care?",1.0
"Because the hope is his, that bids him fly",1.0
"Night's soft repose, and sleep's mild power defy;",4.0
Delightful prospect! when we leave behind,0.0
A worthy offspring of the fruitful mind!,2.0
"Which, born and nursed through many an anxious day,",2.0
"Shall all our labour, all our care repay.",0.0
"Yet all are not these births of noble kind,",0.0
Not all the children of a vigorous mind;,3.0
But where the wisest should alone preside,0.0
"The weak would rule us, and the blind would guide;",1.0
"Nay, man's best efforts taste of man, and show",2.0
The poor and troubled source from which they flow:,0.0
"Where most he triumphs, we his wants perceive,",1.0
And for his weakness in his wisdom grieve.,1.0
But though imperfect all; yet wisdom loves,1.0
"This seat serene, and virtue's self approves: ' --",0.0
"Here come the grieved, a change of thought to find;",0.0
The curious here to feed a craving mind;,1.0
Here the devout their peaceful temple choose;,1.0
"With awe, around these silent walks I tread;",0.0
These are the lasting mansions of the dead: ' --,2.0
These are the tombs of such as cannot die!,2.0
"Crowned with eternal fame, they sit sublime,",2.0
And laugh at all the little strife of time.,0.0
"Hail, then, immortals! you who shine above,",2.0
"And you the common people of these skies,",2.0
A humbler crowd of nameless deities;,1.0
Whether it's yours to lead the willing mind,1.0
"Or whether, led by Science, you retire,",1.0
Lost and bewildered in the vast desire;,2.0
"Whether the Muse invites you to her bowers,",3.0
And crowns your placid brows with living flowers;,0.0
The noblest road to happiness below;,1.0
Or men and manners prompt the easy page,0.0
To mark the flying follies of the age:,1.0
"Whatever good you boast, that good impart;",1.0
Inform the head and rectify the heart.,0.0
"Lo, all in silence, all in order stand,",0.0
"See yonder, ranged in more frequented rows,",3.0
"While undistinguished trifles swell the scene,",0.0
The last new play and frittered magazine.,1.0
"Thus it's in life, where first the proud, the great,",0.0
"Heavy and huge, they fill the world with dread,",2.0
"Are much admired, and are but little read:",1.0
"The commons next, a middle rank, are found;",0.0
Professions fruitful pour their offspring round;,1.0
"And last, of vulgar tribes a countless crowd.",0.0
"First, let us view the form, the size, the dress;",1.0
"For these the manners, nay the mind express;",1.0
On the broad back the stubborn ridges rolled,2.0
Where yet the title stands in tarnished gold;,0.0
A painful candidate for lasting fame:,1.0
"No idle wit, no trifling verse can lurk",2.0
In the deep bosom of that weighty work;,3.0
"No playful thoughts degrade the solemn style,",1.0
Nor one light sentence claims a transient smile.,2.0
"Hence, in these times, untouched the pages lie,",0.0
And slumber out their immortality:,2.0
"They had their day, when, after all his toil,",0.0
"His morning study, and his midnight oil,",2.0
"At length an author's one great work appeared,",2.0
"By patient hope, and length of days, endeared:",0.0
Expecting nations hailed it from the press;,1.0
"Princes and kings received the ponderous gift,",4.0
And ladies read the work they could not lift.,0.0
"Rules even the wisest, and in learning rules;",4.0
And reigns triumphant over her mother's foes.,2.0
Lie all neglected like the Birthday Ode.,2.0
"No readers now invade their still retreat,",1.0
"Like ancient beauties, they may now discard",1.0
"Chains, bolts, and locks, and lie without a guard.",1.0
"Our patient fathers trifling themes laid by,",2.0
"Till, every former note and comment known,",0.0
They marked the spacious margin with their own:,1.0
Minute corrections proved their studious care;,2.0
"The little index, pointing, told us where;",0.0
"Bibles, with cuts and comments, thus go down:",4.0
Even light Voltaire is numbered through the town:,1.0
"From men of study, and from men of straw;",1.0
"Pamphlets and plays, and politics and rhymes:",2.0
"But though to write be now a task of ease,",1.0
"The task is hard by manly arts to please,",0.0
When all our weakness is exposed to view,1.0
And half our judges are our rivals too.,1.0
"Amid these works, on which the eager eye",0.0
"Delights to fix, or glides reluctant by,",1.0
"When all combined, their decent pomp display,",0.0
Where shall we first our early offering pay? ' --,0.0
"To thee, Divinity! to thee, the light",3.0
"And guide of mortals, through their mental night;",1.0
By whom we learn our hopes and fears to guide;,0.0
"To bear with pain, and to contend with pride;",1.0
"When grieved, to pray; when injured, to forgive;",1.0
And with the world in charity to live.,2.0
"Not truths like these inspired that numerous race,",5.0
"But questions nice, where doubt on doubt arose,",0.0
"For dubious meanings, learnt polemics strove,",2.0
And wars on faith prevented works of love;,0.0
"The brands of discord far around were hurled,",0.0
And holy wrath inflamed a sinful world: ' --,0.0
"Dull though impatient, peevish though devout,",3.0
"With wit disgusting, and despised without;",1.0
"Saints in design, in execution men,",1.0
"Peace in their looks, and vengeance in their pen.",0.0
Spirits of spleen from yonder pile alight;,2.0
"Spirits who prompted every damning page,",2.0
"Lo! how they stretch their gloomy wings around,",0.0
And lash with furious strokes the trembling ground!,2.0
"They pray, they fight, they murder, and they weep, ' --",1.0
"Wolves in their vengeance, in their manners sheep;",0.0
"Too well they act the prophet's fatal part,",1.0
Denouncing evil with a zealous heart;,1.0
"And each, like Jonah, is displeased if God",1.0
"Repent his anger, or withhold his rod.",1.0
And Zeal sleeps soundly by the foes she fought;,2.0
"Here all the rage of controversy ends,",0.0
Sleeps with the fiercest of his Arian foes;,3.0
And thin partitions angry chiefs divide;,0.0
"Here wily Jesuits simple Quakers meet,",2.0
"And close beside, a mystic, maudlin race,",0.0
Lie Crumbs of Comfort for the Babes of Grace.,2.0
Against her foes Religion well defends,0.0
"Her sacred truths, but often fears her friends;",0.0
"If learnt, their pride, if weak, their zeal she dreads,",0.0
"And their hearts' weakness, who have soundest heads:",2.0
"But most she fears the controversial pen,",0.0
"Who the blessed Gospel's peaceful page explore,",2.0
Only to fight against its precepts more.,3.0
"Near to these seats, behold yonder slender frames,",6.0
All closely filled and marked with modern names;,0.0
"Where no fair science ever shows her face,",1.0
"Few sparks of genius, and no spark of grace;",2.0
And stretch their widening wings ten thousand strong;,3.0
Some in close fight their dubious claims maintain;,3.0
"Some skirmish lightly, fly and fight again;",0.0
"Their end the same, though various in their way.",1.0
"When first Religion came to bless the land,",0.0
Her friends were then a firm believing band;,0.0
"To doubt was then to plunge in guilt extreme,",0.0
And all was gospel that a monk could dream;,0.0
"For Fear to guide, and visions to control:",1.0
"But now, when Reason has assumed her throne,",0.0
"She, in her turn, demands to reign alone;",0.0
"Rejecting all that lies beyond her view,",0.0
"And, being judge, will be a witness too:",0.0
"Insulted Faith then leaves the doubtful mind,",0.0
"To seek for truth, without a power to find:",2.0
"Ah! when will both in friendly beams unite,",1.0
"Next to the seats, well stored with works divine,",1.0
"An ample space, Philosophy! is thine;",1.0
"Our reason's guide, by whose assisting light",0.0
We trace the moral bounds of wrong and right;,0.0
"Our guide through nature, from the sterile clay,",1.0
"IT is thine, the great, the golden chain to trace,",1.0
"Which runs through all, connecting race with race.",0.0
"Save where those puzzling, stubborn links remain,",0.0
Which thy inferior light pursues in vain: ' --,3.0
How vice and virtue in the soul contend;,0.0
"How widely differ, yet how nearly blend;",0.0
"What various passions war on either part,",2.0
"And now confirm, now melt the yielding heart:",1.0
"How Fancy loves around the world to stray,",0.0
While Judgement slowly picks his sober way;,0.0
"The stores of memory, and the flights sublime",1.0
"Of genius, bound by neither space nor time; ' --",0.0
"All these divine Philosophy explores,",2.0
"Till, lost in awe, she wonders and adores.",1.0
"From these, descending to the earth, she turns,",2.0
"And matter, in its various form, discerns;",2.0
"IT is hers the lightning from the clouds to call,",2.0
And teach the fiery mischief where to fall.,2.0
"Yet more her volumes teach, ' --  on these we look",1.0
As abstracts drawn from Nature's larger book:,0.0
"Here, first described, the torpid earth appears,",0.0
"And next, the vegetable robe it wears;",2.0
"Where flowery tribes, in valleys, fields, and groves,",2.0
"Nurse the still flame, and feed the silent loves;",3.0
"Loves, where no grief, nor joy, nor bliss, nor pain,",3.0
"But as the green blood moves along the blade,",2.0
The bed of Flora on the branch is made;,1.0
"Where, without passion, love instinctive lives,",4.0
"And gives new life, unconscious that it gives.",2.0
"Advancing still in Nature's maze, we trace,",0.0
"In dens and burning plains, her savage race;",0.0
"With those tame tribes who on their lord attend,",1.0
"And find, in man, a master and a friend;",1.0
"Man crowns the scene, a world of wonders new,",1.0
"A moral world, that well demands our view.",0.0
"This world is here; for, of more lofty kind,",1.0
These neighbouring volumes reason on the mind;,3.0
They paint the state of man ere yet endued,1.0
"With knowledge; ' --  man, poor, ignorant, and rude;",2.0
"Then, as his state improves, their pages swell,",0.0
"And all its cares, and all its comforts, tell:",0.0
"Here we behold how inexperience buys,",3.0
"At little price, the wisdom of the wise;",1.0
"Without the troubles of an active state,",1.0
"Without the cares and dangers of the great,",1.0
"Without the miseries of the poor, we know",1.0
"What wisdom, wealth, and poverty bestow;",1.0
"We see how reason calms the raging mind,",0.0
And how contending passions urge mankind:,2.0
"Some, won by virtue, glow with sacred fire;",0.0
"Some, lured by vice, indulge the low desire;",0.0
"While others, won by either, now pursue",0.0
"The guilty chase, now keep the good in view;",1.0
"For ever wretched, with themselves at strife,",1.0
"They lead a puzzled, vexed, uncertain life;",0.0
Which transient virtue seeks to cure in vain.,0.0
"While thus engaged, high views enlarge the soul,",1.0
"New interests draw, new principles control:",3.0
"Nor thus the soul alone resigns her grief,",0.0
But here the tortured body finds relief;,0.0
"Her subtle gin, that not a fly escapes!",0.0
"To war with death, and stop his flying dart;",0.0
"To trace the source whence the fierce contest grew,",1.0
And life's short lease on easier terms renew;,3.0
To calm the frenzy of the burning brain;,1.0
To heal the tortures of imploring pain;,1.0
"Or, when more powerful ills all efforts brave,",2.0
"To ease the victim no device can save,",0.0
And smooth the stormy passage to the grave.,1.0
"But man, who knows no good unmixed and pure,",1.0
Oft finds a poison where he sought a cure;,1.0
And cloud the science they pretend to clear:,1.0
"Scourges for sin, the solemn tribe are sent;",2.0
"Like fire and storms, they call us to repent;",1.0
"But storms subside, and fires forget to rage.",0.0
These are eternal scourges of the age:,2.0
IT is not enough that each terrific hand,0.0
Spreads desolation round a guilty land;,1.0
"But trained to ill, and hardened by its crimes,",1.0
Their pen relentless kills through future times.,0.0
"Say you, who search these records of the dead ' --",1.0
"Who read huge works, to boast what you have read;",2.0
"Can all the real knowledge you possess,",4.0
"Or those ' --  if such there are ' --  who more than guess,",2.0
"Atone for each impostor's wild mistakes,",3.0
And mend the blunders pride or folly makes?,0.0
"What thought so wild, what airy dream so light,",0.0
That will not prompt a theorist to write?,1.0
"What art so prevalent, what proof so strong,",1.0
That will convince him his attempt is wrong?,2.0
"One in the solids finds each lurking ill,",0.0
Nor grants the passive fluids power to kill;,2.0
"A learnt friend some subtler reason brings,",3.0
"Absolves the channels, but condemns their springs;",1.0
"The subtle nerves, that shun the doctor's eye,",0.0
Escape no more his subtler theory;,1.0
Lends a fair system to these sons of art;,4.0
"The vital air, a pure and subtle stream,",0.0
"Serves a foundation for an airy scheme,",3.0
"Assists the doctor, and supports his dream.",1.0
"Some have their favourite ills, and each disease",0.0
Is but a younger branch that kills from these:,1.0
One to the gout contracts all human pain;,1.0
He views it raging in the frantic brain;,0.0
"Finds it in fevers all his efforts mar,",0.0
"Bilious by some, by others nervous seen,",1.0
Rage the fantastic demons of the spleen;,3.0
And every symptom of the strange disease,1.0
With every system of the sage agrees.,1.0
"You frigid tribe, on whom I wasted long",0.0
"The tedious hours, and never indulged in song;",4.0
Who promised knowledge you could not impart;,1.0
"You sons of fiction, clad in stupid prose;",0.0
"You treacherous leaders, who, yourselves in doubt,",2.0
"Light up false fires, and send us far about; ' --",3.0
"Still may yonder spider round your pages spin,",0.0
"Subtle and slow, her emblematic gin!",2.0
"Buried in dust and lost in silence, dwell,",2.0
"Most potent, grave, and reverend friends ' --  farewell!",1.0
"Near these, and where the setting sun displays,",0.0
"Through the dim window, his departing rays,",3.0
And spread their guardian terrors round the land;,2.0
"Yet, as the best that human care can do,",0.0
"Is mixed with error, oft with evil too,",0.0
"Skilled in deceit, and practised to evade,",2.0
"Knaves stand secure, for whom these laws were made,",1.0
"And justice vainly each expedient tries,",2.0
"While art eludes it, or while power defies.",3.0
"Ah! happy age, the youthful poet sings,",0.0
When the free nations knew not laws nor kings;,2.0
"When all were blessed to share a common store,",0.0
"And none were proud of wealth, for none were poor;",0.0
"No thirst of empire, no desire of gain;",1.0
"No proud great man, nor one who would be great,",2.0
Drove modest merit from its proper state;,2.0
"Nor into distant climes would Avarice roam,",2.0
To fetch delights for Luxury at home:,1.0
"Bound by no ties which kept the soul in awe,",3.0
"They dwelled at liberty, and love was law!",1.0
"Mistaken youth! each nation first was rude,",0.0
"To whom no joys of social life were known,",1.0
None felt a care that was not all his own;,1.0
Bowed to a little tyrant's stern control;,2.0
"A slave, with slaves his monarch's throne he raised,",1.0
And in rude song his ruder idol praised;,1.0
The meaner cares of life were all he knew;,0.0
"Bounded his pleasures, and his wishes few:",3.0
"But when by slow degrees the Arts arose,",0.0
"When Commerce, rising from the bed of ease,",1.0
"Ran round the land, and pointed to the seas;",1.0
"When Emulation, born with jealous eye,",0.0
"And Avarice, lent their spurs to industry;",3.0
"Then one by one the numerous laws were made,",3.0
"To kerb the insolence of rude command,",1.0
"To awe the bold, to yield the wronged redress,",0.0
"Like some vast flood, unbounded, fierce, and strong,",1.0
"The laws are formed, and placed on every side:",0.0
"Whenever it breaks the bounds by these decreed,",3.0
"New statutes rise, and stronger laws succeed;",1.0
"More and more gentle grows the dying stream,",0.0
"Till, like a miner working sure and slow,",0.0
"Luxury creeps on, and ruins all below;",2.0
"The basis sinks, the ample piles decay;",0.0
The stately fabric shakes and falls away;,0.0
"Primeval want and ignorance come on,",2.0
"But Freedom, that exalts the savage state, is gone.",0.0
"Next, History ranks; ' --  there full in front she lies,",0.0
And every nation her dread tale supplies;,2.0
With sceptic queries marks the passing page;,0.0
"Records of old nor later date are clear,",0.0
"Too distant those, and these are placed too near;",4.0
"There time conceals the objects from our view,",1.0
Here our own passions and a writer's too:,1.0
"Yet, in these volumes, see how states arose!",0.0
Guarded by virtue from surrounding foes;,3.0
"Their virtue lost, and of their triumphs vain,",1.0
Lo! how they sunk to slavery again!,1.0
A nation grows too glorious to be blessed;,2.0
"Conspicuous made, she stands the mark of all,",2.0
And foes join foes to triumph in her fall.,1.0
"Thus speaks the page that paints ambition's race,",1.0
"The monarch's pride, his glory, his disgrace;",2.0
"The headlong course, that maddening heroes run,",1.0
"How soon triumphant, and how soon undone;",1.0
"How slaves, turned tyrants, offer crowns to sale,",1.0
And each fallen nation's melancholy tale.,0.0
"Lo! where of late the Book of Martyrs stood,",0.0
"Old pious tracts, and Bibles bound in wood;",1.0
"There, such the taste of our degenerate age,",3.0
Stand the profane delusions of the Stage:,3.0
"Yet virtue owns the Tragic Muse a friend,",0.0
"Fable her means, morality her end;",3.0
"For this she rules all passions in their turns,",1.0
"And now the bosom bleeds, and now it burns;",0.0
"Pity with weeping eye surveys her bowl,",2.0
"Her anger swells, her terror chills the soul;",0.0
"She makes the vile to virtue yield applause,",0.0
And own her sceptre while they break her laws;,0.0
"For vice in others is abhorred of all,",1.0
And villains triumph when the worthless fall.,0.0
"Not thus her sister Comedy prevails,",1.0
"Who shoots at Folly, for her arrow fails;",1.0
"Folly, by Dullness armed, eludes the wound,",2.0
And harmless sees the feathered shafts rebound;,0.0
"Unhurt she stands, applauds the archer's skill,",0.0
"Laughs at her malice, and is Folly still.",1.0
"Yet well the Muse portrays, in fancied scenes,",0.0
"What pride will stoop to, what profession means;",0.0
How formal fools the farce of state applaud;,0.0
How caution watches at the lips of fraud;,0.0
The wordy variance of domestic life;,3.0
"The snares for innocence, the lie of trade,",1.0
And the smooth tongue's habitual masquerade.,4.0
"With her the Virtues too obtain a place,",1.0
"Each gentle passion, each becoming grace;",0.0
"Its easy pleasure, its substantial good;",1.0
"The happy thought that conscious virtue gives,",0.0
"And all that ought to live, and all that lives.",0.0
"And awful grandeur in their form are seen,",2.0
Now in disgrace: what though by time is spread,2.0
Polluting dust over every reverend head;,3.0
"What though beneath yonder gilded tribe they lie,",5.0
And dull observers pass insulting by:,1.0
"Forbid it shame, forbid it decent awe,",0.0
"What seems so grave, should no attention draw!",0.0
"Come, let us then with reverend step advance,",1.0
And greet ' --  the ancient worthies of Romance.,1.0
"Hence, you profane! I feel a former dread,",2.0
A thousand visions float around my head:,0.0
Hark! hollow blasts through empty courts resound,2.0
And shadowy forms with staring eyes stalk round;,3.0
"See! moats and bridges, walls and castles rise,",1.0
"Ghosts, fairies, demons, dance before our eyes;",1.0
"Lo! magic verse inscribed on golden gate,",1.0
And bloody hand that beckons on to fate: ' --,1.0
"And who art thou, thou little page, unfold?",0.0
"Say, does thy lord my Claribel withhold?",0.0
"Go tell him straight, Sir Knight, thou must resign",2.0
The captive queen; ' --  for Claribel is mine.,0.0
"Away he flies; and now for bloody deeds,",0.0
"Black suits of armour, masks, and foaming steeds;",1.0
"Dukes, lords, and knights in long procession move,",1.0
Released from bondage with my virgin love: ' --,1.0
"She comes! she comes! in all the charms of youth,",0.0
"Ah! happy he who thus, in magic themes,",1.0
"Over worlds bewitched, in early rapture dreams,",0.0
"Where wild Enchantment waves her potent wand,",0.0
"Where doubtful objects strange desires excite,",0.0
And Fear and Ignorance afford delight.,1.0
"But lost, for ever lost, to me these joys,",1.0
My busied mind from tales and madrigals;,1.0
"My doughty giants all are slain or fled,",0.0
"And all my knights ' --  blue, green, and yellow ' --  dead!",1.0
"No more the midnight fairy tribe I view,",1.0
"Even the last lingering fiction of the brain,",3.0
"The churchyard ghost, is now at rest again;",1.0
And all these wayward wanderings of my youth,1.0
"Fly Reason's power, and shun the light of Truth.",3.0
"With Fiction then does real joy reside,",3.0
Is it then right to dream the sirens sing?,1.0
Or mount enraptured on the dragon's wing?,1.0
"No; iT is the infant mind, to care unknown,",1.0
That makes the imagined paradise its own;,2.0
"Soon as reflections in the bosom rise,",2.0
"The tear and smile, that once together rose,",0.0
Are then divorced; the head and heart are foes:,0.0
And Pain and Prudence make and mar the man.,0.0
"While thus, of power and fancied empire vain,",2.0
With various thoughts my mind I entertain;,2.0
"While books, my slaves, with tyrant hand I seize,",0.0
Pleased with the pride that will not let them please;,1.0
"Sudden I find terrific thoughts arise,",2.0
And sympathetic sorrow fills my eyes;,0.0
"For, lo! while yet my heart admits the wound,",0.0
I see the Critic army ranged around.,0.0
Foes to our race! if ever you have known,1.0
A father's fears for offspring of your own;,2.0
"If ever, smiling over a lucky line,",2.0
"You thought the sudden sentiment divine,",1.0
With rage as sudden dashed the stanza out; ' --,1.0
"If, after fearing much and pausing long,",0.0
And from the crusty critics of those days,2.0
Implored the feeble tribute of their praise;,1.0
"Remember now the fears that moved you then,",0.0
"And, spite of truth, let mercy guide your pen.",1.0
Lie waiting all around them to oppose!,2.0
What treacherous friends betray them to the fight!,3.0
What dangers threaten them! ' --  yet still they write:,1.0
"A hapless tribe! to every evil born,",0.0
"Whom villains hate, and fools affect to scorn:",0.0
"Strangers they come, amid a world of woe,",2.0
And taste the largest portion ere they go.,0.0
"Pensive I spoke, and cast mine eyes around;",2.0
"The roof, methought, returned a solemn sound;",4.0
"Each column seemed to shake, and clouds, like smoke,",0.0
From dusty piles and ancient volumes broke;,0.0
"Gathering above, like mists condensed they seem,",1.0
"Like flowing robes they now appear, and twine",0.0
Round the large members of a form divine;,3.0
"His silver beard, that swept his aged breast,",0.0
"His piercing eye, that inward light expressed,",0.0
"Were seen, ' --  but clouds and darkness veiled the rest.",0.0
"Fear chilled my heart: to one of mortal race,",2.0
How awful seemed the Genius of the place!,1.0
"Like him I stood, and wrapped in thought profound,",0.0
When from the pitying power broke forth a solemn sound: ' --,5.0
"Care lives with all; no rules, no precepts save",4.0
"The wise from woe, no fortitude the brave;",1.0
Grief is to man as certain as the grave:,1.0
But showers of sorrow are the lot of all:,3.0
"Partial to talents, then, shall Heaven withdraw",2.0
"The afflicting rod, or break the general law?",1.0
"Shall he who soars, inspired by loftier views,",4.0
Life's little cares and little pains refuse?,1.0
Shall he not rather feel a double share,0.0
"Of mortal woe, when doubly armed to bear?",0.0
Hard is his fate who builds his peace of mind,0.0
On the precarious mercy of mankind;,5.0
"Who hopes for wild and visionary things,",0.0
"But as, of various evils that befall",3.0
"The human race, some portion goes to all;",0.0
"To him perhaps the milder lot's assigned,",1.0
Who feels his consolation in his mind;,0.0
"And, locked within his bosom, bears about",0.0
A mental charm for every care without.,0.0
"Even in the pangs of each domestic grief,",0.0
Or health or vigorous hope affords relief;,2.0
"And every wound the tortured bosom feels,",0.0
"Or virtue bears, or some preserver heals;",0.0
"Some generous friend, of ample power possessed;",4.0
"Some feeling heart, that bleeds for the distressed;",1.0
Some breast that glows with virtues all divine;,0.0
"Nor say, the Muse's song, the Poet's pen,",0.0
Merit the scorn they meet from little men.,2.0
"With cautious freedom if the numbers flow,",1.0
"Not wildly high, nor pitifully low;",1.0
"If vice alone their honest aims oppose,",0.0
"Why so ashamed their friends, so loud their foes?",1.0
If all the sons of vision dealt in rhyme.,0.0
"Go on, then, Son of Vision! still pursue",0.0
Thy airy dreams; the world is dreaming too,0.0
"Ambition's lofty views, the pomp of state,",0.0
"Stripped of their mask, their cares and troubles known,",0.0
Are visions far less happy than thy own:,2.0
"Go on! and, while the sons of care complain,",0.0
Be wisely gay and innocently vain;,1.0
"While serious souls are by their fears undone,",3.0
And call them worlds! and bid the greatest show,0.0
More radiant colours in their worlds below:,0.0
"And tell them, Such are all the toys they love.",1.0
"To form some Beauty by a new Receipt,",1.0
"Truth, Innocence, Good Nature, Look serene;",2.0
"Picked the Demure, the Awkward, and the Coy;",3.0
The Graces from the Court did next provide,1.0
"Breeding, and Wit, and Air, and Decent Pride;",2.0
These Venus cleansed from every spurious Grain,2.0
"Then called the happy Composition, Floyd.",0.0
"THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds,",2.0
And as the mind is pitched the ear is pleased,1.0
"With melting airs or martial, brisk or grave.",0.0
Some chord in unison with what we hear,1.0
"Is touched within us, and the heart replies.",1.0
How soft the music of those village bells,1.0
Falling at intervals upon the ear,3.0
"In cadence sweet! now dying all away,",1.0
Clear and sonorous as the gale comes on.,3.0
With easy force it opens all the cells,0.0
Where memory slept. Wherever I have heard,3.0
And with it all its pleasures and its pains.,2.0
"Such comprehensive views the spirit takes,",0.0
That in a few short moments I retrace,2.0
As in a map the voyager his course,1.0
"Short as in retrospect the journey seems,",0.0
It seemed not always short; the rugged path,0.0
And prospect oft so dreary and forlorn,1.0
Moved many a sigh at its disheartening length.,6.0
"Yet feeling present evils, while the past",0.0
"Faintly impress the mind, or not at all,",2.0
"How readily we wish time spent revoked,",2.0
"That we might try the ground again, where once",0.0
Through inexperience as we now perceive,1.0
We missed that happiness we might have found.,1.0
"Some friend is gone, perhaps his son's best friend",1.0
"A father, whose authority, in show",1.0
"When most severe, and mustering all its force,",1.0
Was but the graver countenance of love.,2.0
"Whose favour like the clouds of spring, might lower",0.0
"And utter now and then an awful voice,",0.0
"But had a blessing in its darkest frown,",0.0
Threatening at once and nourishing the plant.,2.0
"We loved, but not enough the gentle hand",0.0
That reared us. At a thoughtless age allured,0.0
"By every gilded folly, we renounced",1.0
That converse which we now in vain regret.,0.0
How gladly would the man recall to life,0.0
"The boy's neglected sire! a mother too,",2.0
"That softer friend, perhaps more gladly still",0.0
Might he demand them at the gates of death.,1.0
Sorrow has since they went subdued and tamed,0.0
"The playful humour, he could now endure,",0.0
Himself grown sober in the vale of tears,1.0
And feel a parent's presence no restraint.,0.0
But not to understand a treasure's worth,1.0
"Till time has stolen away the slighted good,",2.0
"Is cause of half the poverty we feel,",1.0
"And makes the world the wilderness it is,",1.0
"The few that pray at all pray oft amiss,",1.0
"Would urge a wiser suit, than asking more.",0.0
"The night was winter in his roughest mood,",0.0
The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon,0.0
"Upon the southern side of the slant hills,",1.0
"And where the woods fence off the northern blast,",2.0
The season smiles resigning all its rage,0.0
And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue,1.0
"Without a cloud, and white without a speck",0.0
"Again the harmony comes over the vale,",4.0
And through the trees I view the embattled tower,3.0
Whence all the music. I again perceive,1.0
"The soothing influence of the wafted strains,",1.0
And settle in soft musings as I tread,2.0
"The walk still verdant under oaks and elms,",1.0
The roof though movable through all its length,1.0
"As the wind sways it, has yet well sufficed,",2.0
And intercepting in their silent fall,0.0
"The frequent flakes, has kept a path for me.",0.0
"No noise is here, or none that hinders thought.",1.0
With slender notes and more than half suppressed.,0.0
"Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light",0.0
"From spray to spray, wherever he rests he shakes",2.0
That tinkle in the withered leaves below.,0.0
Stillness accompanied with sounds so soft,3.0
Charms more than silence. Meditation here,0.0
May think down hours to moments. Here the heart,0.0
"May give an useful lesson to the head,",1.0
And learning wiser grow without his books.,0.0
"Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one,",3.0
Have oft times no connexion. Knowledge dwells,1.0
"In heads replete with thoughts of other men,",0.0
Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.,3.0
"Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,",3.0
"The mere materials with which wisdom builds,",1.0
Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place,1.0
Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.,3.0
"Knowledge is proud that he has learnt so much,",2.0
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.,3.0
Holds an unthinking multitude enthralled.,2.0
Some to the fascination of a name,1.0
Surrender judgement hoodwinked. Some the style,1.0
"Of error, leads them by a tune entranced.",1.0
"The insupportable fatigue of thought,",2.0
And swallowing therefore without pause or choice,5.0
"Defies the cheque of winter, haunts of deer,",0.0
And lanes in which the primrose before her time,2.0
"Peeps through the moss that clothes the hawthorn root,",1.0
"Deceive no student. Wisdom there, and truth,",2.0
"Not shy as in the world, and to be won",1.0
"By slow solicitation, seize at once",0.0
"The roving thought, and fix it on themselves.",1.0
What prodigies can power divine perform,3.0
"More grand, than it produces year by year,",1.0
And all in sight of inattentive man?,0.0
"Familiar with the effect we slight the cause,",3.0
"And in the constancy of nature's course,",1.0
"The regular return of genial months,",1.0
"And renovation of a faded world,",1.0
How would the world admire! but speaks it less,0.0
"An agency divine, to make him know",1.0
His moment when to sink and when to rise,0.0
"Age after age, than to arrest his course?",2.0
"All we behold is miracle, but seen",2.0
"So duly, all is miracle in vain.",1.0
Where now the vital energy that moved,1.0
"While summer was, the pure and subtle lymph",1.0
Of leaf and flower? It sleeps; and the icy touch,2.0
A cold stagnation on the intestine tide.,3.0
"But let the months go round, a few short months,",2.0
And all shall be restored. These naked shoots,0.0
"Shall put their graceful foliage on again,",1.0
"Shall boast new charms, and more than they have lost.",2.0
Shall publish even to the distant eye,1.0
And throwing up into the darkest gloom,1.0
Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew,3.0
"Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf",2.0
That the wind severs from the broken wave.,3.0
"The lilac various in array, now white,",4.0
"With purple spikes pyramidal, as if",1.0
"Studious of ornament, yet unresolved",3.0
"Which hue she most approved, she chose them all.",0.0
But well compensating their sickly looks,4.0
Of flowers like flies clothing her slender rods,3.0
"Though leafless well attired, and thick beset",0.0
With blushing wreaths investing every spray.,0.0
Yellow and bright as bullion unalloyed,5.0
"Her blossoms, and luxuriant above all",2.0
"The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets,",2.0
The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf,1.0
The bright profusion of her scattered stars. ' --,1.0
"These have been, and these shall be in their day.",0.0
"Shall be dismantled of its fleecy load,",1.0
And flush into variety again.,1.0
"From dearth to plenty, and from death to life,",1.0
Is Nature's progress when she lectures man,1.0
"The grand transition, that there lives and works",0.0
"A soul in all things, and that soul is God.",0.0
"The beauties of the wilderness are his,",2.0
That make so gay the solitary place,0.0
Where no eye sees them. And the fairer forms,2.0
"That cultivation glories in, are his.",0.0
"He sets the bright procession on its way,",1.0
And marshals all the order of the year.,1.0
"He marks the bounds which winter may not pass,",1.0
And blunts his pointed fury. In its case,0.0
"Russet and rude, folds up the tender germ",2.0
"Uninjured, with inimitable art,",2.0
And before one flowery season fades and dies,3.0
Designs the blooming wonders of the next.,1.0
Some say that in the origin of things,1.0
"When all creation started into birth,",0.0
The infant elements received a law,1.0
From which they swerve not since. That under force,0.0
"Of that controlling ordinance they move,",1.0
"And need not his immediate hand, who first",3.0
"Prescribed their course, to regulate it now.",0.0
"Thus dream they, and contrive to save a God",2.0
"The stress of a continual act, the pain",3.0
"Of unremitted vigilance and care,",2.0
As too laborious and severe a task.,3.0
"So man, the moth, is not afraid it seems",0.0
"To span Omnipotence, and measure might",1.0
"That knows no measure, by the scanty rule",2.0
"And standard of his own, that is to day,",1.0
"And is not, before tomorrow's sun go down.",3.0
But how should matter occupy a charge,1.0
"Dull as it is, and satisfy a law",1.0
"So vast in its demands, unless impelled",1.0
"To ceaseless service by a ceaseless force,",1.0
And under pressure of some conscious cause?,1.0
"The Lord of all, himself through all diffused,",0.0
Sustains and is the life of all that lives.,1.0
Nature is but a name for an effect,1.0
Whose cause is God. He feeds the secret fire,0.0
"By which the mighty process is maintained,",2.0
"Who sleeps not, is not weary; in whose sight",1.0
"Whose work is without labour, whose design",5.0
And whose beneficence no charge exhausts,2.0
"That were not, and commending as they would",3.0
"To each some province, garden, field, or grove.",0.0
But all are under one. One spirit ' --  His,2.0
"Who wore the plaited thorns with bleeding brows,",3.0
Rules universal nature. Not a flower,1.0
"But shows some touch in freckle, streak or stain,",0.0
"And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes",1.0
"In grains as countless as the seaside sands,",2.0
The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.,0.0
Happy who walks with him! whom what he finds,2.0
Or what he views of beautiful or grand,1.0
"In Nature, from the broad majestic oak",1.0
"To the green blade that twinkles in the fun,",2.0
Prompts with remembrance of a present God.,3.0
"His presence who made all so fair, perceived,",1.0
Makes all still fairer. As with him no scene,4.0
"Is dreary, so with him all seasons please.",2.0
"Though winter had been none, had man been true,",0.0
"And earth be punished for its tenant's sake,",1.0
Yet not in vengeance; as this smiling sky,1.0
"So soon succeeding such an angry night,",1.0
"And these dissolving snows, and this clear stream",2.0
"Recovering fast its liquid music, prove.",2.0
Who then that has a mind well strung and tuned,1.0
"To contemplation, and within his reach",1.0
"A scene so friendly to his favourite task,",1.0
His host of wooden warriors to and fro,1.0
"As fixed as marble, with a forehead ridged",1.0
"And furrowed into storms, and with a hand",1.0
"Trembling, as if eternity were hung",3.0
In balance on his conduct of a pin?,2.0
Who pant with application misapplied,0.0
"To trivial toys, and pushing ivory balls",2.0
"Across the velvet level, feel a joy",0.0
"Akin to rapture, when the bauble finds",0.0
Its destined goal of difficult access.,2.0
"Nor deems he wiser him, who gives his noon",1.0
"The polished counter, and approving none,",1.0
Or promising with smiles to call again.,1.0
"Nor him, who by his vanity seduced",1.0
And soothed into a dream that he discerns,1.0
"The difference of a Guido from a daub,",2.0
Frequents the crowded auction. Stationed there,2.0
"As duly as the Langford of the show,",2.0
"With glass at eye, and catalogue in hand,",0.0
And tongue accomplished in the fulsome cant,0.0
"He notes it in his book, then raps his box",0.0
"Swears it's a bargain, rails at his hard fate",1.0
That he has let it pass ' --  but never bids.,0.0
"The sun proceeds, I wander. Neither missed,",0.0
"Nor freezing sky, nor sultry, checking me,",1.0
"A cheap but wholesome salad from the brook,",1.0
These shades are all my own. The timorous hare,2.0
Grown so familiar with her frequent guest,3.0
Drawn from his refuge in some lonely elm,0.0
"That age or injury has hollowed deep,",1.0
"To frisk awhile, and bask in the warm sun,",1.0
"The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.",0.0
"He sees me, and at once, swift as a bird",1.0
Ascends the neighbouring beech; there whisks his brush,2.0
"And perks his ears, and stamps and scolds aloud,",0.0
"The heart is hard in nature, and unfit",1.0
"For human fellowship, as being void",0.0
"Of sympathy, and therefore dead alike",2.0
"To love and friendship both, that is not pleased",1.0
"With sight of animals enjoying life,",1.0
Nor feels their happiness augment his own.,1.0
The bounding fawn that darts across the glade,0.0
"When none pursues, through mere delight of heart,",0.0
And spirits buoyant with excess of glee;,1.0
"The horse, as wanton and almost as fleet,",2.0
"Then stops and snorts, and throwing high his heels",0.0
Starts to the voluntary race again;,1.0
The total herd receiving first from one,0.0
"That leads the dance, a summons to be gay,",1.0
"Though wild their strange vagaries, and uncouth",5.0
"Their efforts, yet resolved with one consent",1.0
To give such act and utterance as they may,2.0
To ecstasy too big to be suppressed ' --,2.0
"These, and a thousand images of bliss,",2.0
With which kind nature graces every scene,1.0
"Where cruel man defeats not her design,",1.0
"Impart to the benevolent, who wish",2.0
"All that are capable of pleasure, pleased,",1.0
"A far superior happiness to theirs,",3.0
The comfort of a reasonable joy.,2.0
"Who formed him, from the dust his future grave,",1.0
When he was crowned as never king was since.,0.0
"God set the diadem upon his head,",1.0
And angel choirs attended. Wondering stood,2.0
All happy and all perfect in their kind,2.0
"The creatures, summoned from their various haunts",3.0
"To see their sovereign, and confess his sway.",1.0
"Vast was his empire, absolute his power,",0.0
Or bounded only by a law whose force,1.0
"And own, the law of universal love.",0.0
"No cruel purpose lurked within his heart,",1.0
And no distrust of his intent in theirs.,1.0
"So Eden was a scene of harmless sport,",1.0
Where kindness on his part who ruled the whole,1.0
"Begat a tranquil confidence in all,",1.0
"And fear as yet was not, nor cause for fear.",0.0
"But sin marred all. And the revolt of man,",2.0
"That source of evils not exhausted yet,",0.0
Was punished with revolt of his from him.,2.0
"Garden of God, how terrible the change",3.0
"Thy groves and lawns then witnessed! every heart,",0.0
"Each animal of every name, conceived",1.0
"A jealousy and an instinctive fear,",2.0
"And conscious of some danger, either fled",1.0
"Precipitate the loathed abode of man,",0.0
"Or growled defiance in such angry sort,",0.0
As taught him too to tremble in his turn.,0.0
Thus harmony and family accord,3.0
Were driven from Paradise; and in that hour,2.0
The seeds of cruelty that since have swelled,0.0
"To such gigantic and enormous growth,",2.0
Were sown in human nature's fruitful soil.,0.0
Hence date the persecution and the pain,2.0
That man inflicts on all inferior kinds,2.0
"To gratify the frenzy of his wrath,",1.0
"Or his base gluttony, are causes good",3.0
"And just in his account, why bird and beast",1.0
"Should suffer torture, and the streams be died",1.0
With blood of their inhabitants impaled.,2.0
Earth groans beneath the burden of a war,2.0
"Not satisfied to prey on all around,",0.0
"Adds tenfold bitterness to death, by pangs",3.0
"Needless, and first torments before he devours.",5.0
Now happiest they that occupy the scenes,2.0
"The most remote from his abhorred resort,",1.0
Whom once as delegate of God on earth,0.0
"They feared, and as his perfect image loved.",2.0
"The wilderness is theirs with all its caves,",2.0
"And howl and roar as likes them, uncontrolled,",0.0
Nor ask his leave to slumber or to play.,1.0
Woe to the tyrant if he dare intrude,1.0
Within the confines of their wild domain;,2.0
The lion tells him ' --  I am monarch here ' --,1.0
"And if he spare him, spares him on the terms",2.0
"Of royal mercy, and through generous scorn",3.0
"In measure as by force of instinct drawn,",1.0
"Or by necessity constrained, they live",2.0
"These at his crib, and some beneath his roof,",0.0
They prove too often at how dear a rate,1.0
"He sells protection. Witness, at his foot",0.0
Under dissection of the knotted scourge.,1.0
"Witness, the patient ox, with stripes and yells",2.0
"Driven to the slaughter, goaded as he runs",2.0
"To madness, while the savage at his heels",0.0
Laughs at the frantic sufferers fury spent,2.0
Upon the guiltless passenger overthrown.,2.0
"He too is witness, noblest of the train",1.0
With unsuspecting readiness he takes,1.0
"His murderer on his back, and pushed all day",1.0
With bleeding sides and flanks that heave for life,0.0
So little mercy shows who needs so much!,0.0
"Does law, so jealous in the cause of man,",0.0
Denounce no doom on the delinquent? None.,2.0
"He lives, and over his brimming beaker boasts",2.0
As if barbarity were high desert,2.0
"Of the poor brute, seems wisely to suppose",5.0
"But many a crime, deemed innocent on earth,",4.0
"Is registered in heaven, and these no doubt,",2.0
"Have each their record, with a curse annexed.",1.0
"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart,",3.0
But God will never. When he charged the Jew,0.0
"The young, to let the parent bird go free,",1.0
Proved he not plainly that his meaner works,0.0
"Are yet his care, and have an interest all,",0.0
"All, in the universal father's love.",0.0
"On Noah, and in him on all mankind",3.0
The charter was conferred by which we hold,1.0
"The flesh of animals in fee, and claim",1.0
"Over all we feed on, power of life and death.",2.0
"But read the instrument, and mark it well.",1.0
"Can find no warrant there. Feed then, and yield",3.0
Thanks for thy food. Carnivorous through sin,1.0
"Feed on the slain, but spare the living brute.",0.0
"The Governor of all, himself to all",1.0
"So bountiful, in whose attentive ear",1.0
Plead not in vain for pity on the pangs,1.0
That claims forbearance even for a brute.,1.0
"And prophet as he was, he might not strike",2.0
"The blameless animal, without rebuke,",1.0
"Saved him, or the unrelenting seer had died.",1.0
He sees that human equity is slack,1.0
"To interfere, though in so just a cause,",0.0
And makes the task his own. Inspiring dumb,0.0
And helpless victims with a sense so keen,1.0
"Of injury, with such knowledge of their strength,",2.0
That oft the beast has seemed to judge the man.,0.0
"An ancient, not a legendary tale,",0.0
By one of sound intelligence rehearsed,2.0
"If such, who plead for Providence, may seem",2.0
In modern eyes shall make the doctrine clear.,0.0
Where England stretched towards the setting sun,0.0
"Narrow and long, overlooks the western wave,",2.0
"He journeyed, and his chance was as he went,",2.0
To join a traveller of far different note,4.0
"Evander, famed for piety, for years",2.0
"Deserving honour, but for wisdom more.",0.0
Fame had not left the venerable man,1.0
"A stranger to the manners of the youth,",2.0
Whose face too was familiar to his view.,4.0
"Their way was on the margin of the land,",2.0
Over the green summit of the rocks whose base,3.0
"Beats back the roaring surge, scarce heard so high.",2.0
The charity that warmed his heart was moved,1.0
"Gentle, and affable, and full of grace,",3.0
As fearful of offending whom he wished,1.0
"Much to persuade, he plied his ear with truths",1.0
"Not harshly thundered forth or rudely pressed,",0.0
"But like his purpose, gracious, kind, and sweet.",0.0
"And dost thou dream, the impenetrable man",3.0
"Exclaimed, that me, the lullabies of age",1.0
"Can cheat, or move a moment's fear in me?",0.0
"Mark now the proof I give thee, that the brave",1.0
Need no such aids as superstition lends,0.0
To steel their hearts against the dread of death.,0.0
"He spoke, and to the precipice at hand",2.0
Of such a gulf as he designed his grave.,2.0
But though the felon on his back could dare,2.0
"The dreadful leap, more rational his steed",1.0
"Declined the death, and wheeling swiftly round",0.0
"Or before his hoof had pressed the crumbling verge,",1.0
"Baffled his rider, saved against his will.",2.0
"By medicine well applied, but without grace",5.0
The heart's insanity admits no cure.,2.0
Enraged the more by what might have reformed,0.0
"His horrible intent, again he sought",1.0
"Destruction with a zeal to be destroyed,",1.0
But still in vain. The providence that meant,1.0
"And now, his prowess proved, and his sincere",1.0
His rage grew cool; and pleased perhaps to have earned,1.0
"So cheaply the renown of that attempt,",1.0
"His road, deriding much the blank amaze",0.0
"Of good Evander, still where he was left",2.0
"Fixed motionless, and petrified with dread.",2.0
So on they fared; discourse on other themes,6.0
"Ensuing, seemed to obliterate the past,",3.0
"And tamer far for so much fury shown,",1.0
As is the course of rash and fiery men,3.0
The rude companion smiled as if transformed.,1.0
An unsuspected storm. His hour was come.,0.0
The impious challenger of power divine,5.0
"Was now to learn, that heaven though slow to wrath,",0.0
Is never with impunity defied.,2.0
"His horse, as he had caught his master's mood,",1.0
"Snorting, and starting into sudden rage,",2.0
"Rushed to the cliff, and having reached it, stood.",0.0
At once the shock unseated him. He flew,1.0
"Sheer over the craggy barrier, and immersed",6.0
"Deep in the flood, found, when he sought it not,",1.0
"The death he had deserved, and died alone.",0.0
So God wrought double justice; made the fool,1.0
The victim of his own tremendous choice,1.0
And taught a brute the way to safe revenge.,0.0
I would not enter on my list of friends,1.0
Though graced with polished manners and fine sense,2.0
Yet wanting sensibility the man,1.0
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.,2.0
An inadvertent step may crush the snail,0.0
"That crawls at evening in the public path,",0.0
"But he that has humanity, forewarned,",2.0
"Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.",0.0
"The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,",1.0
"And charged perhaps with venom, that intrudes",0.0
A visitor unwelcome into scenes,1.0
"Sacred to neatness and repose, the alcove,",4.0
A necessary act incurs no blame.,1.0
Not so when held within their proper bounds,0.0
Or take their pastime in the spacious field.,1.0
There they are privileged. And he that hunts,2.0
"Or harms them there, is guilty of a wrong,",2.0
"Disturbs the economy of nature's realm,",3.0
"Who when she formed, designed them an abode.",1.0
"The sum is this: if man's convenience, health,",1.0
"Or safety interfere, his rights and claims",0.0
"Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs.",1.0
"Else they are all ' --  the meanest things that are,",0.0
"As free to live and to enjoy that life,",1.0
"As God was free to form them at the first,",0.0
Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.,0.0
"You therefore who love mercy, teach your sons",2.0
To love it too. The springtime of our years,2.0
"By budding ills, that ask a prudent hand",0.0
"To cheque them. But alas! none sooner shoots,",2.0
"If unrestrained, into luxuriant growth,",2.0
"Than cruelty, most devilish of them all.",3.0
"Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule",2.0
And righteous limitation of its act,1.0
By which heaven moves in pardoning guilty man;,2.0
"And he that shows none, being ripe in years,",2.0
And conscious of the out'rage he commits,5.0
"Shall seek it, and not find it in his turn.",1.0
"Distinguished much by reason, and still more",2.0
"By our capacity of grace divine,",2.0
"From creatures that exist but for our sake,",1.0
"Which having served us, perish, we are held",1.0
"Accountable, and God, some future day,",1.0
Will reckon with us roundly for the abuse,4.0
Of what he deems no mean or trivial trust.,3.0
"Superior as we are, they yet depend",2.0
"Not more on human help, than we on theirs.",1.0
"Their strength, or speed, or vigilance, were given",1.0
In aid of our defects. In some are found,0.0
"Such teachable and apprehensive parts,",1.0
"And read with such discernment, in the ports",1.0
"And figure of the man, his secret aim,",1.0
That oft we owe our safety to a skill,1.0
"We could not teach, and must despair to learn.",0.0
"But learn we might, if not too proud to stoop",1.0
"And useful quality, and virtue too,",1.0
Rarely exemplified among ourselves.,2.0
"Attachment never to be weaned, or changed",1.0
"By any change of fortune, proof alike",0.0
"Fidelity, that neither bribe nor threat",1.0
"Can move or warp, and gratitude for small",0.0
"And trivial favours, lasting as the life,",3.0
And glistening even in the dying eye.,0.0
Man praises man. Desert in arts or arms,1.0
"Patiently present at a sacred song,",1.0
O wonderful effect of music's power!,1.0
For was it less? What heathen would have dared,1.0
And hang it up in honour of a man!,1.0
"Much less might serve, when all that we design",1.0
"Is but to gratify an itching ear,",1.0
And give the day to a musician's praise.,1.0
Remember Handel? who that was not born,1.0
"Deaf as the dead to harmony, forgets,",1.0
"Or can, the more than Homer of his age?",2.0
Yes ' --  we remember him. And while we praise,3.0
"A talent so divine, remember too",1.0
That His most holy book from whom it came,0.0
"Was never meant, was never used before",0.0
"But hush! ' --  the muse perhaps is too severe,",0.0
And with a gravity beyond the size,2.0
"Less impious than absurd, and owing more",2.0
To want of judgement than to wrong design.,1.0
"So in the chapel of old Ely House,",2.0
"When wandering Charles, who meant to be the third,",2.0
"Had fled from William, and the news was fresh,",1.0
"The simple clerk but loyal, did announce,",0.0
"And eke did rear right merrily, two staves,",3.0
Sung to the praise and glory of King George.,2.0
"When time hath somewhat mellowed it, and made",2.0
"The idol of our worship while he lived,",1.0
"The God of our idolatry once more,",3.0
Shall have its altar; and the world shall go,1.0
In pilgrimage to bow before his shrine.,1.0
"The theatre too small, shall suffocated",2.0
"Its squeezed contents, and more than it admits",1.0
"Shall sigh at their exclusion, and return",2.0
"Shall stuff his shoulders with king Richard's bunch,",2.0
"Or wrap himself in Hamlet's inky cloak,",0.0
"And strut, and storm and straddle, stamp and stare,",0.0
The show the world how Garrick did not act.,0.0
"He drew the Liturgy, and framed the rites",1.0
"And solemn ceremonial of the day,",1.0
And called the world to worship on the banks,1.0
Of Avon famed in song. Ah pleasant proof!,0.0
That piety has still in human hearts,1.0
"Some place, a spark or two not yet extinct.",0.0
"The mulberry tree was hung with blooming wreaths,",2.0
"The mulberry tree stood centre of the dance,",4.0
"Supplied such relics, as devotion holds",1.0
"Still sacred, and preserves with pious care.",2.0
"' --  Man praises man. The rabble all alive,",1.0
"Swarm in the streets. The statesman of the day,",1.0
"Some shout him, and some hang upon his car",1.0
To gaze in's eyes and bless him. Maidens wave,1.0
"Their kerchiefs, and old women weep for joy.",2.0
Why? what has charmed them? Hath he saved the state,0.0
No. Does he purpose its salvation? No.,1.0
"Enchanting novelty, that moon at full,",1.0
That finds out every crevice of the head,1.0
"That is not sound and perfect, hath in theirs",1.0
"Wrought this disturbance. But the wane is near,",3.0
And his own cattle must suffice him soon.,1.0
"Thus idly do we waste the breath of praise,",1.0
"And dedicate a tribute, in its use",0.0
"And just direction, sacred, to a thing",1.0
"Doomed to the dust, or lodged already there.",1.0
Encomium in old time was poet's work.,1.0
But poets having lavishly long since,2.0
"Exhausted all materials of the art,",1.0
The task now falls into the public hand.,1.0
"And I, contented with an humble theme,",2.0
"The vale of nature, where it creeps and winds",0.0
"Among her lovely works, with a secure",1.0
"Of poetry not lost, if verse of mine",1.0
"May stand between an animal and woe,",1.0
And teach one tyrant pity for his drudge.,1.0
The groans of nature in this neither world,0.0
"Which heaven has heard for ages, have an end.",0.0
"Foretold by prophets, and by poets sung",1.0
"Whose fire was kindled at the prophets lamp,",0.0
"The time of rest, the promised sabbath comes.",0.0
Fulfilled their tardy and disastrous course,1.0
Over a sinful world. And what remains,2.0
"Of this tempestuous state of human things,",4.0
Is merely as the working of a sea,2.0
"Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest.",0.0
"For he whose car the winds are, and the clouds",2.0
The dust that waits upon his sultry march,0.0
"When sin hath moved him, and his wrath is hot,",1.0
Shall visit earth in mercy; shall descend,0.0
"Propitious, in his chariot paved with love,",2.0
And what his storms have blasted and defaced,1.0
"For man's revolt, shall with a smile repair.",1.0
Not to be wronged by a mere mortal touch;,3.0
"Nor can the wonders it records, be sung",2.0
"To meaner music, and not suffer loss.",1.0
"But when a poet, or when one like me,",1.0
Happy to rove among poetic flowers,2.0
"Though poor in skill to rear them, lights at last",0.0
"On some fair theme, some theme divinely fair,",1.0
Such is the impulse and the spur he feels,1.0
"To give it praise proportioned to its worth,",1.0
"That not to attempt it, arduous as he deems",2.0
"The labour, were a task more arduous still.",3.0
"O scenes surpassing fable, and yet true,",1.0
Scenes of accomplished bliss! which who can see,2.0
"Though but in distant prospect, and not feel",2.0
His soul refreshed with foretaste of the joy?,1.0
And cloth all climes with beauty; the reproach,1.0
"Laughs with abundance, and the land once lean,",4.0
"Or fertile only in its own disgrace,",0.0
"The various seasons woven into one,",3.0
"And that one season an eternal spring,",1.0
"The garden fears no blight, and needs no fence",2.0
"For there is none to covet, all are full.",1.0
"Of the same grove, and drink one common stream.",2.0
Antipathies are none. No foe to man,2.0
Lurks in the serpent now. The mother sees,0.0
And smiles to see her infant's playful hand,0.0
"Stretched forth to dally with the crested worm,",2.0
"To stroke his azure neck, or to receive",1.0
"All creatures worship man, and all mankind",1.0
"One Lord, one Father. Error has no place;",1.0
"That creeping pestilence is driven away,",3.0
The breath of heaven has chased it. In the heart,0.0
"No passion touches a discordant string,",2.0
But all is harmony and love. Disease,1.0
"Holds its due course, nor fears the frost of age.",3.0
"One song employs all nations, and all cry",1.0
"Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us",3.0
The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks,1.0
"Shout to each other, and the mountain tops",1.0
"From distant mountains catch the flying joy,",0.0
"Till nation after nation taught the strain,",0.0
"Behold the measure of the promise filled,",1.0
"See Salem built, the labour of a God!",2.0
Bright as a sun the sacred city shines;,0.0
All kingdoms and all princes of the earth,2.0
Flock to that light; the glory of all lands,1.0
"Flows into her, unbounded is her joy",3.0
And endless her increase. Thy rams are there,1.0
And Saba's spicy groves pay tribute there.,2.0
"Praise is in all her gates. Upon her walls,",0.0
"And in her streets, and in her spacious courts",0.0
Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there,1.0
And worships. Her report has travelled forth,1.0
To see thy beauty and to share thy joy,1.0
"Saw never, such as heaven stoops down to see.",2.0
"Perfect, and all must be at length restored.",0.0
"Haste then, and wheel away a shattered world",0.0
A sight to which our eyes are strangers yet,0.0
"A world that does not dread and hate his laws,",0.0
And suffer for its crime. Would learn how fair,1.0
"The creature is that God pronounces good,",1.0
How pleasant in itself what pleases him.,1.0
"Here every drop of honey hides a sting,",0.0
"Worms wind themselves into our sweetest flowers,",1.0
"Derives from heaven, pure as the fountain is",1.0
Is sullied in the stream; taking a taint,5.0
"From touch of human lips, at best impure.",0.0
O for a world in principle as chaste,2.0
As this is gross and selfish! over which,1.0
Custom and prejudice shall bear no sway,4.0
"That govern all things here, shouldering aside",3.0
"The meek and modest truth, and forcing her",1.0
To seek a refuge from the tongue of strife,1.0
"In nooks obscure, far from the ways of men.",2.0
"Where violence shall never lift the sword,",1.0
"Nor cunning justify the proud man's wrong,",1.0
Leaving the poor no remedy but tears.,4.0
"Where he that fills an office, shall esteem",0.0
The occasion it presents of doing good,2.0
More than the perquisite. Where law shall speak,1.0
"Seldom, and never but as wisdom prompts",3.0
And equity; not jealous more to guard,1.0
"Where fashion shall not sanctify abuse,",1.0
With lean performance ape the work of love.,0.0
"Come then, and added to thy many crowns",1.0
"Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth,",1.0
Thou who alone art worthy! it was thine,1.0
"By ancient covenant before nature's birth,",3.0
"And thou hast made it thine by purchase since,",2.0
And overpaid its value with thy blood.,1.0
Thy saints proclaim thee king; and in their hearts,0.0
Dipped in the fountain of eternal love.,1.0
Thy saints proclaim thee king; and thy delay,1.0
"Gives courage to their foes, who, could they see",2.0
"Would creep into the bowels of the hills,",0.0
And flee for safety to the falling rocks.,1.0
"Of its own taunting question asked so long,",1.0
Where is the promise of your Lord's approach?,1.0
"The infidel has shot his bolts away,",0.0
"Till his exhausted quiver yielding none,",1.0
And aims them at the shield of truth again.,0.0
"The veil is rent, rent too by priestly hands,",1.0
"That hides divinity from mortal eyes,",1.0
And all the mysteries to faith proposed,1.0
"As useless, to the moles and to the bats.",2.0
"They now are deemed the faithful and are praised,",1.0
"Who constant only in rejecting thee,",1.0
"Deny thy Godhead with a martyr's zeal,",2.0
And quit their office for their errors sake.,1.0
Blind and in love with darkness! yet even these,3.0
"Thy name, adoring, and then preach thee man.",1.0
So fares thy church. But how thy church may fare,1.0
"The world takes little thought; who will may preach,",2.0
And what they will. All pastors are alike,2.0
"To wandering sheep, resolved to follow none.",2.0
"Two gods divide them all, pleasure and gain.",3.0
"For these they live, they sacrifice to these,",1.0
And in their service wage perpetual war,2.0
"With conscience and with thee. Lust in their hearts,",1.0
"And mischief in their hands, they roam the earth",0.0
"To prey upon each other; stubborn, fierce,",0.0
Thy prophets speak of such; and noting down,2.0
"The features of the last degenerate times,",2.0
"Receive yet one, as radiant as the rest,",2.0
"Thy word fulfilled, the conquest of a world.",1.0
"He is the happy man, whose life even now",4.0
Shows somewhat of that happier life to come.,3.0
Who doomed to an obscure but tranquil state,1.0
"Is pleased with it, and were he free to choose,",1.0
"Would make his fate his choice. Whom peace, the fruit",0.0
"Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith,",1.0
Prepare for happiness; bespeak him one,1.0
Content indeed to sojourn while he must,0.0
"Below the skies, but having there his home.",1.0
The world overlooks him in her busy search,2.0
Of objects more illustrious in her view;,1.0
And occupied as earnestly as she,1.0
"She scorns his pleasures, for she knows them not;",1.0
"He seeks not hers, for he has proved them vain.",1.0
He cannot skim the ground like summer birds,0.0
"Pursuing gilded flies, and such he deems",1.0
"Therefore in contemplation is his bliss,",2.0
"Whose power is such, that whom she lifts from earth",1.0
"She makes familiar with a heaven unseen,",1.0
And shows him glories yet to be revealed.,0.0
"Oft water fairest meadows, and the bird",3.0
"That flutters least, is longest on the wing.",1.0
"Ask him indeed, what trophies he has raised,",3.0
Or what achievements of immortal fame,1.0
"He purposes, and he shall answer ' --  none.",2.0
"And there obtains fresh triumphs over himself,",4.0
The laurels that a Caesar reaps are weeds.,0.0
That as she sweeps him with her whistling silks,1.0
"Scarce deigns to notice him, or if she see",3.0
"Deems him a cypher in the works of God,",0.0
Of which she little dreams. Perhaps she owes,0.0
"Her sunshine and her rain, her blooming spring",2.0
"When Isaac like, the solitary saint",0.0
"And think on her, who thinks not for herself.",2.0
"Of little worth, and idler in the best,",0.0
"If author of no mischief and some good,",3.0
He seek his proper happiness by means,1.0
"That may advance, but cannot hinder thine.",2.0
"Nor though he tread the secret path of life,",1.0
"Engage no notice, and enjoy much ease,",2.0
"Receiving benefits, and rendering none.",3.0
"His sphere though humble, if that humble sphere",1.0
"Shine with his fair example, and though small",1.0
"His influence, if that influence all be spent",2.0
"In soothing sorrow and in quenching strife,",1.0
From which at least a grateful few derive,0.0
"Some taste of comfort in a world of woe,",0.0
Then let the supercilious great confess,2.0
The state beneath the shadow of whose vine,1.0
"He sits secure, and in the scale of life",0.0
"Holds no ignoble, though a slighted place.",2.0
"The man whose virtues are more felt than seen,",1.0
"Must drop indeed the hope of public praise,",0.0
"But he may boast what few that win it can,",1.0
"That if his country stand not by his skill,",1.0
At least his follies have not wrought her fall.,0.0
Polite refinement offers him in vain,1.0
"Her golden tube, through which a sensual world",2.0
"Draws gross impurity, and likes it well,",2.0
Because that world adopts it. If it bear,1.0
"The stamp and clear impression of good sense,",1.0
"And be not costly more than of true worth,",1.0
"He puts it on, and for decorum sake",2.0
Can wear it even as gracefully as she.,3.0
"She judges of refinement by the eye,",2.0
"He by the test of conscience, and a heart",2.0
Not soon deceived; aware that what is base,0.0
"No polish can make sterling, and that vice",4.0
"Though well perfumed and elegantly dressed,",1.0
"Is but a garnished nuisance, fitter far",1.0
For cleanly riddance than for fair attire.,1.0
"So life glides smoothly and by stealth away,",2.0
More golden than that age of fabled gold,1.0
Renowned in ancient song; not vexed with care,0.0
"Or stained with guilt, beneficent, approved",5.0
"Of God and man, and peaceful in its end.",0.0
So glide my life away! and so at last,1.0
"My share of duties decently fulfilled,",1.0
"May some disease, not tardy to perform",1.0
"Its destined office, yet with gentle stroke,",0.0
Dismiss me weary to a safe retreat,1.0
Beneath the turf that I have often trod.,1.0
"It shall not grieve me, then, that once when called",0.0
"To dress a Sofa with the flowers of verse,",3.0
"I played awhile, obedient to the fair",1.0
"With that light task, but soon to please her more",1.0
"Whom flowers alone I knew would little please,",2.0
"To palates that can taste immortal truth,",0.0
"Insipid else, and sure to be despised.",0.0
But all is in his hand whose praise I seek.,0.0
"In vain the poet sings, and the world hears,",1.0
"If he regard not, though divine the theme.",2.0
"It's not in artful measures, in the chime",0.0
And idle tinkling of a minstrel's lyre,1.0
"To charm his ear, whose eye is on the heart.",1.0
"Whose frown can disappoint the proudest strain,",0.0
Whose approbation ' --  prosper even mine.,1.0
"And verse a tribute sacred to the fair,",1.0
"For, what they were of old, is HARLEY now.",1.0
"From OXFORD'S house, in these dull busy days,",2.0
"Alone we hope for patronage, or praise;",1.0
Beneath his roof with are ever sure to find,0.0
Reward sufficient for the world's neglect,1.0
"Charms to inspire, and goodness to protect;",3.0
"Your eyes with rapture animate our lays,",0.0
"Formed for our glory and support, you seem,",1.0
"Our constant patron he, and you our theme.",2.0
Where should poetic homage then be paid?,0.0
"Where every verse, but at your feet be laid?",0.0
"A double right you to this empire bear,",1.0
"As first in beauty, and as OXFORD'S heir.",1.0
Illustrious maid! in whose sole person joined,3.0
"Every perfection of the fair we find,",2.0
Without one foible of her sex to hide;,1.0
"Her cheeks, and wit as piercing as her eyes.",1.0
"O HARLEY! could but you these lines approve,",1.0
"These children sprung from idleness, and love,",1.0
Could they but ah how vain is the design!,1.0
"OH CHESTERFIELD! My Patron and my Pride,",2.0
"Noble by Birth, by Liberal Arts refined;",2.0
"Delight of Heaven, and Darling of Mankind!",2.0
"The public Patriot, and the private Friend;",1.0
"To kerb the Oppressor, and the Oppressed defend.",5.0
"The Muse's Silence, if, hereafter mute,",1.0
She quits her former Toils for future Ease;,0.0
And cheques that Genius which perhaps might please.,0.0
"When all Men's Works can climb the Stage, but mine:",1.0
"When, in my stead, behold! a motley Herd",0.0
Dramatic Ornaments of this our Age:,2.0
"My small Attempts to please were then approved,",0.0
And not for every trifling Farce removed.,0.0
"Booth ever showed me Friendship and Respect,",2.0
And Wilks would rather forward than reject.,1.0
Would oft Solicit me for something New.,1.0
"Now, Younger Rulers Younger Authors take,",1.0
"Not for their Merit, but for Cheapness sake.",1.0
Steal a new Ballad FARCE from some old PLAY;,4.0
To mangled Scraps of many an Ancient Tune,2.0
"The jaded Players with equal haste rehearse,",2.0
"Till Sing Song limps, to Horrid! Hobbling Verse.",1.0
"Though Blunder follows Blunder, Line by Line,",0.0
The' Squire is taught to think it's wondrous Fine!,0.0
"It suits his Taste, he gives his plaudit Voice,",0.0
And shows his Understanding in his Choice.,0.0
"Framing Conceptions both of Men and Things,",2.0
"Sir Figg, grand Master of the double Sneer,",3.0
"A Friendly Aspect, an Infernal Heart:",2.0
"The Mischievous, the Busy Go between",1.0
"In Public, seem to contradict and jar;",0.0
"But yet, in Private, like dear Friends caress,",1.0
"And form Designs, poor Players to distress.",2.0
Woe to the Stage! if once their Schemes Succeed;,0.0
Actors will then be Abject Slaves indeed:,1.0
"Poets had better lay their Pens aside,",2.0
"Who, Vain and Partial, keep Old Authors down,",2.0
So lately honoured with so much Applause?,0.0
"My little Ballads still on every Tongue,",0.0
Nor can severest Censure trace one Line.,1.0
"That tends to Vice, in any Verse of mine.",0.0
"To please and yet instruct is all my Aim,",0.0
"Whose utmost Views are to corrupt the Taste,",2.0
"And, quite estranged to any Sense of Shame,",0.0
Make Women speak what Rakes would blush to name;,1.0
"Then, in Excuse, plead Nothing else goes down;",3.0
A wretched Compliment upon the Town!,1.0
"Wretched as false ' --  The Town's not so depraved,",3.0
Were Authors and were Actors less enslaved:,1.0
"Could one good Piece be suffered to appear,",1.0
The Town would gladly lend a candid Ear;,0.0
"Prefer pure Nature and the simple SCENE,",2.0
To all the Monkey Tricks of Harlequin:,1.0
"The Man of Taste proves this Assertion true,",2.0
We want what's rational as well as New.,1.0
"That Rules Dramatic, Humour, Taste and Wit,",3.0
Must to that Monster Pantomime submit:,0.0
"Yet Pantomime, in all its Grandeur dressed,",2.0
"Then, farewell Stage! be Business now my Boast,",1.0
With what was Irksome once Delighted most;,0.0
"Pleased and contented with my little Store,",3.0
I scorn to prostitute my Muse for more.,0.0
"Alas! What Fame, what Gain can I propose,",1.0
When others Father fast as I compose?,1.0
"To such a pitch is pert Presumption grown,",1.0
It's well if this Poor Piece be thought my own.,2.0
"So when, long since, in simple Sonnet Lays,",0.0
"Though rude the Numbers, yet the Subject moved;",0.0
Immortal ADDISON the Song approved;,1.0
"Then Prejudice with Envy did combine,",1.0
So common Fame did various Authors choose,2.0
"Till POPE, who ever proved to Truth a Friend,",0.0
Displayed me in a more conspicuous Light.,2.0
"To mention more would prove a needless Task,",0.0
Can nothing Good or New proceed from me?,0.0
"What have I done, injurious to Mankind,",2.0
My Works must be to other Men assigned?,0.0
"Well! let them go, I all my Right resign,",1.0
"Entirely Easy, had they never been mine:",2.0
I see my Error ever it proves too late.,3.0
With Magazines of Projects in my Crown:,0.0
"Like other Men, I walk a common Pace,",0.0
Nor run through London one continued Race;,1.0
"But know When, Where and What I am to do,",1.0
"Thrice welcome, Sweet Tranquillity of Mind!",2.0
I now a Treasure in Contentment find;,0.0
"Can labour or relax when ever I please,",3.0
"Of all a Moderate Man can wish possessed,",2.0
"Beneath the Sacred Sanction of whose Name,",1.0
"I build my present Peace, my future Fame.",0.0
"For rural love and contemplation made,",0.0
Waft round your sweets! and open all your flowers!,0.0
"Do thou, OH MANCHESTER! protect the song;",3.0
The Muse's care does to the learnt belong:,1.0
"Grateful alike Muse, Subject, Author, bow,",3.0
And hail the source whence all their pleasures flow.,0.0
"These plains that annual pour their sweets for thee,",2.0
Thanks to thy bounty yield a part to me:,0.0
"And Ease, fair Virtue's, and the Poet's friend,",2.0
"Through your indulgence, on my steps attend.",2.0
Impervious to the sun's most potent ray,1.0
Yonder lofty elms their arched heads display;,3.0
"From far the traveller sees their summit rise,",2.0
Scarce half distinguished from the neighbouring skies;,4.0
"But oft surveying as he onward goes,",1.0
Greener and fairer still the object grows;,2.0
"Till underneath their shade, at ease reclined,",0.0
He leaves the labour of the day behind;,1.0
"Soft breezes cool him from surrounding bowers,",2.0
And Nature bland her gay profusion pours.,0.0
What will not daring man attempt for gain?,0.0
"A royal navy, hovering in the wind:",0.0
"Yards, sails, and streamers crowd the whispering air,",3.0
And all the glories of the deep appear.,1.0
Nor less impervious that extended shade,2.0
"By reverend oaks, the growth of ages, made;",0.0
"Save where wide avenues that shade divide,",2.0
And show the woodland in its utmost pride.,1.0
"Here let the huntsman wind the echoing horn,",2.0
"Cheer his swift steed, and wake the rosy morn;",3.0
"Let dogs and men in noisy concert join,",1.0
And sportsmen call the harmony divine:,1.0
"The Muse delights not, fond of pensive ease,",0.0
"In dissipation, or pursuits like these.",1.0
"And thou, sweet Thrush! prolong thy amorous tale,",4.0
"No leaden death I bring, no toils for thee,",2.0
"Unbend the bow, and kerb an iron age!",1.0
"Whatever laws shortsighted man may make,",2.0
"Who cannot give, can have no power to take:",3.0
"He, and he only, who could life bestow,",1.0
May call his blessing from the realms below.,1.0
"Stain their fierce claws, or dip their tongue in gore;",3.0
"This does not equal human beasts of prey,",0.0
"What they for hunger, we for pleasure slay:",1.0
Nor is this thirst of blood to man confined;,1.0
See S a savage of the fairer kind!,2.0
"Pardon me, You! whose nobler tears can flow",2.0
For aught that suffers misery below;,1.0
"Who shrink to rob the insect of its hour,",2.0
Or bruise its offspring in the opening flower:,3.0
"Your form, your fears were by great Heaven designed",2.0
"When Nature fair from her Creator sprung,",1.0
"The sylvan scene, blessed seat! to man was given,",1.0
The richest bounty of indulgent Heaven.,1.0
To Peace then sacred be the shady grove!,0.0
Be there no murmurs heard ' --  but those of love:,3.0
"Love, fled from noise and cities, haunts the glade,",1.0
"The falling fountains, and the silent shade,",1.0
"Breathes in each gale, and blossoms in each flower.",0.0
What bosom can resist the power divine?,3.0
"Too feeble that, which now the Muse inspires,",1.0
"And, with her own, admits still warmer fires.",2.0
"Here, here I felt the soft infection rise,",0.0
"Pant at the breast, and languish in the eyes,",0.0
"When Mira to my humble cot was led,",1.0
"Love's willing victim, to an husband's bed;",2.0
"And now still feel, in smoother channels, run",1.0
"Those streams, that rapid passion first begun:",0.0
"Esteem, affection, friendship never decline:",2.0
Nor are her virtues less for being mine.,2.0
"Let Rome her fettered monks to cells withdraw,",1.0
And force her own against great Nature's law:,1.0
"Drag blooming virgins useless from mankind,",3.0
"And give to lust, what was for love designed:",1.0
Where sinful celibacy binds no more.,2.0
"Now sultry Phoebus, far from Thetis' bed",1.0
And wander deep within the silent grove!,0.0
"Or, if too potent there his beams invade,",3.0
OH! let me tread those limes more cooling shade!,1.0
"That shade which shall your kind protection gain,",0.0
And Brown himself provoke the axe in vain.,0.0
"In milder climes, and blessed with cloudless skies,",0.0
"Where constant seasons glad the neighbouring plains,",2.0
"Where rough December, envious of her power,",1.0
From gentle May oft plucks the tender flower:,2.0
"Where clearest morn to cloudy noon gives way,",1.0
And stormy eve excludes the hopeful day:,0.0
"From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.",1.0
"In gardening great the improvement of the age,",3.0
"Half murdered hollies meet with one wound more,",1.0
But yet the axe may drive the edge too far:,1.0
"Brown not with Nature, yet with climes may war:",0.0
"Use or convenience oft put in their claim,",3.0
And rise to faults good judges dare not blame;,0.0
Nor can true taste and elegance reside,3.0
Where order and gradation are denied.,2.0
The cloistered mansions of our fathers stood:,1.0
"And heard, though felt not, the rude tempest beat:",2.0
"But damps pervaded oft the gloomy hall,",0.0
Fond of extremes and wiser sure than they!,2.0
"We drive walls, trees, damps, arms, and all away:",2.0
Nor dare to keep the golden mean in view.,0.0
"But see! the sun the steep of heaven descends,",0.0
And yonder kind cloud her golden curtain lends:,3.0
"Let me, you Walks! your flowery maze pursue,",2.0
And on one plain the world's whole tribute view.,2.0
"That tribute, Commerce, which we owe to thee,",0.0
And ancient Asia breathes her sweet perfume:,0.0
And British roses crown the flowery field.,2.0
AUTHOR OF GOOD! how are thy blessings shed!,2.0
"On man's, on thereby man's, much honoured head!",2.0
"From glowing India to the frozen pole,",1.0
"Thy Providence supplies, protects the whole:",1.0
"Nor are thy gifts at random thrown abroad,",1.0
Or undistinguished carelessly bestowed;,1.0
"For, while the whole in general blessings share,",0.0
"Yonder spreading fig, that first from India came,",2.0
A kind protection from the northern skies:,1.0
"And various realms this one grand truth declare,",4.0
"Who feels the extremes of Nature, feels her care:",2.0
Their secret treasures to the fruitful spring;,1.0
"Pour fostering stores into the weary earth,",3.0
And call more gay reviving Nature forth.,0.0
And on benighted nations pour the day:,1.0
"For thee the roses bloom, the violets spread,",1.0
"Brisk through the thicket trips the spotted fawn,",0.0
"Those oaks, the future sovereigns of the sea,",1.0
"Stretch wide their boughs, and cloth their heads for thee.",1.0
"Bloom fresh, you sacred Guardians of our isle!",2.0
"War's rage is over, and Peace now deigns to smile:",4.0
"Here stand the graceful monarchs of the wood,",2.0
Nor unprovoked attempt the swelling flood:,0.0
Their songs divine beneath your reverend shade:,0.0
"Enriched with trade and commerce not their own,",0.0
"By meanest arts, which courage sought in vain,",0.0
"Then, then indignant quit the fertile shore,",0.0
"When hapless England felt a tyrant's sway,",2.0
"And that fierce tyrant fell to lust a prey,",1.0
"From short-lived grandeur, and divided bed:",4.0
"Oppression spread her horrors over the plain,",2.0
"For not the fragrant breath of rosy morn,",0.0
Can to the broken heart lost pleasure bring.,2.0
"In England then the sons of Freedom slept,",0.0
And drooping Virtue over their ashes wept:,2.0
"In vain for right the royal stranger cried,",0.0
That right his slaves enjoyed her lord denied:,0.0
Her sorrows spread along this silent vale;,0.0
"Till Fate in pity called her to the shore,",1.0
Where lust and tyranny oppress no more.,2.0
"Thrice happy change! where royal virtue grieved,",1.0
The aged and the orphan are relieved;,1.0
"And thankful widows crowd the opened door,",0.0
Where weeping majesty complained before.,1.0
OH Britons! if to pagan powers you bow,4.0
Be smiling Liberty adored by you!,1.0
"Where mad Oppression waves her iron wand,",0.0
There Truth and Justice quit the wasted land:,0.0
"But where the people feel a father's sway,",0.0
"As Rome felt once, and Britain feels today",1.0
"There Justice equal with the Sovereign reigns,",1.0
"When they, who govern with the governed join,",1.0
"And, without faction, all their force combine;",5.0
"Not the loud cannon, nor the ocean's roar,",3.0
"That beats with angry waves the sounding shore,",0.0
"Can crush contending hosts, or awe them more.",0.0
"Fair Union gently reared the parent tree,",1.0
That stretched so wide her boughs for Hawke and thee.,0.0
"And thus united, subject of my lays!",1.0
"Who left their fields to guard the the threatened shore,",0.0
"And though no annals to their race shall tell,",3.0
"The soul resolved that waited firm the foe,",0.0
"And in his bosom braved the impending blow,",2.0
"Or conquered for his native fields, or bled,",1.0
"But lo! my Muse! the humid drops descend,",0.0
"And parting shepherd's to the hamlets tend,",1.0
"OH! quit the task those beauties to display,",2.0
That fairer spring with each returning day!,0.0
"So Reynolds thus, presuming on his art,",1.0
"To trace those charms, my Lord! that win your heart,",0.0
"Sees softer smiles whenever he lifts his eye,",3.0
That bid him throw his baffled pencil by.,1.0
"WHERE gentle Avon winds its silver stream,",0.0
"There Lucy first the vernal air inhaled,",0.0
And spent beneath its roof her infant years.,0.0
Nor heaved a murmuring sigh for pomp or wrath;,2.0
Her Parents' toil to ease was all her care.,0.0
"Their cott, with three small fields, was all their store;",1.0
"This little all, by labour, not by fraud",0.0
And ever did their frugal wants supply.,0.0
"To Nature, not to Art, her charms she owed;",0.0
"By all the hamlet were those charms confessed,",1.0
"Still had she lived, and still had happy been,",0.0
Had honour been young Edward's constant guide:,3.0
"But Edward, tutored long in Fashion's school,",0.0
"Lord of each pleasing art, each winning grace,",0.0
By Lucy guided to the classic shade.,1.0
"Beneath its ancient boughs he wooed the Nymph,",0.0
"Ere the sad Maid, by hapless love betrayed,",3.0
"For once resemble HEAVEN, and pardon Her,",1.0
If ever You for HEAVEN's pardon hope;,1.0
"For crimes You have, though not from Love they spring,",0.0
"And had young Edward sought your cold embrace,",1.0
Then you like Lucy might have loved and fallen.,0.0
"Sad Lucy once possessed, her arms he left",1.0
"And twice two years on transatlantic shores,",1.0
"Edward, false Edward, spent, ere he returned",5.0
For three long years her fate she sorely mourned;,1.0
"The fourth, no longer able to endure",2.0
"The pangs of hope delayed, and blasted fame,",0.0
And deeply mourned a sister's hapless fate.,0.0
"His guilty steps he bent, and sought his Fair,",0.0
"He met the Sexton grim, who, jeering, said,",0.0
"Guided by the pale Moon trembling he went,",3.0
"But, ah! no Lucy there sad Edward found:",3.0
"Full long entranced in grief he speechless stood,",1.0
"From this said tale one moral may we learn,",3.0
"That Virtue's paths alone are paths of peace,",0.0
And that the man who these pure paths shall quit,2.0
For Pleasure's gilded halls and roseate bowers,2.0
Through life's long course will never true bliss attain.,4.0
"THE potent Lord, that this bright villa planned,",2.0
Exhibits here a Paradise regained;,0.0
"Whatever of Fruits the Trees, of Birds the Air,",3.0
In blissful union are collected here:,1.0
"All with such harmony disposed, as shows,",1.0
That in the mid the Tree of Knowledge grows.,0.0
"DEAR friend, for thee, through every changing year,",2.0
Unchanged affection draws the tie more near;,0.0
"Treasure most precious, dearest to the heart,",3.0
Increased in value as the rest depart.,1.0
"Though kindred bonds may break, and love must fade,",0.0
Friendship still brightens in the deepening shade.,3.0
"Time, silent and unseen, pursues his course,",2.0
"When age, like winter, comes to chill the soul:",0.0
Who bears the flowers and fruit of life away.,2.0
"Sudden to cease, or gently to decline,",3.0
"OH, Power of Mercy! may the lot be mine:",4.0
"Let me not linger on the verge of fate,",1.0
Nor weary duty to its utmost date;,2.0
"Losing, in pain's impatient gloom confined,",2.0
"Freedom of thought, and dignity of mind;",3.0
"Till pity views untouched the parting breath,",0.0
And cold indifference adds a pang to death.,0.0
"Yet if to suffer long my doom is past,",0.0
Let me preserve this temper to the last:,3.0
"OH let me still from self my feelings bear,",1.0
"Nor sadden at the smile which joy bestows,",0.0
Though far from me her beam ethereal glows:,3.0
"Let me remember, in the gloom of age,",2.0
To smile at follies happier youth engage;,2.0
"See them fallacious, but indulgent spare",3.0
The fairy dreams experience cannot share.,2.0
"Nor view the rising morn with jaundice eye,",0.0
Because for me no more the sparkling moments fly.,0.0
And take vain pride to Publish thy own shame!,2.0
What can thy Patron Vice enough Confer,0.0
"And, Rot the Tongue that Pleads in his Defence.",1.0
"WHy sigh you so, What Grievance can annoy,",2.0
"A Nymph like you? Alas, why sighs my Joy?",1.0
"My Philomela, why dost bend thy Head,",0.0
"Hast lost thy Pipe, or is thy Garland dead?",1.0
"Thy flocks are fruitful, flowery all thy Plain;",1.0
"Unfriendly thus, when I expect Relief,",1.0
Thou dost abuse my Love: How should I guess,0.0
"The unknown Reason of thy Tears, unless",6.0
"Thy Birds are fled, or else the Winds have blown,",0.0
"This stormy Night, your tallest Cypress down?",1.0
"Thy Shepherd's true, or I had named him first.",1.0
"Ah! were he so, I would contemn the rest.",1.0
Why dost thou fear it? Not a truer Swain,0.0
Before drove his Sheep to this frequented Plain.,3.0
"Like thee in Ignorance, how blessed were I?",1.0
"Curse on his Charms; accursed the unlucky day,",2.0
He sought by chance his wandered flocks this way;,0.0
"When gay and careless, leaning on my Crook,",1.0
"My roving Eyes this fatal Captive took,",0.0
Well I remember yet with what a grace,2.0
The Youthful Conqueror made his first address;,2.0
"How soft his Tongue, how very soft his Eyes.",0.0
"When spite of all my Natural Disdain,",1.0
I fell a Victim to the smiling Swain!,1.0
"Ah, how much blessed, how happy had I been,",0.0
Had I his lovely killing Eyes never seen!,3.0
"My harmless flocks, and as much pleasure reaped,",1.0
"In being all I hoped to be, as they,",0.0
Whose awful Nods subjected Nations sway.,0.0
The Shepherd's made it all their care to gain,0.0
"My heart, which knew no passion but disdain,",2.0
"Till this Young Swain, the Pride of all our Grove,",2.0
Into my soul infused the bane of Love.,0.0
"When nature speaks, and sorrow drops a tear?",0.0
Within your walls my happiness I found,1.0
"Luxuriant flourish, like the plants around:",2.0
"Blithe as the birds that perch on yonder spray,",0.0
"In joyous notes, I poured the willing lay.",0.0
"Beneath your roof there humble lines had birth,",0.0
Whose honoured Patrons now lie low in earth;,2.0
"Or born by Fate far from their native shore,",2.0
With smiles auspicious glad my heart no more.,1.0
"Here youth and beauty, innocence and love,",1.0
"Here honoured Age to all around did show,",1.0
That virtue's paths alone can bliss bestow:,0.0
"Here moral lessons spoke from every part,",0.0
And peace and kindness wrote them on my heart.,1.0
"Hoary inhabitants around the place,",3.0
"Whose faithful services obtained that grace,",1.0
"' Mid every comfort rural life affords,",1.0
"Shower prayers and blessings, on its former Lords.",1.0
"To you the young are taught to lift the eye,",1.0
"Blessed in a lot left nothing to desire,",2.0
"Those happy scenes did future hopes inspire,",0.0
"That thus my life in careless ease might run,",0.0
My age supported by my master's son;,1.0
"In him, that goodness, and those virtues find,",1.0
Which grateful numbers meet in you combined.,1.0
"Wherever I turn, lamented tombs appear,",2.0
Or parting sails extort the bitter tear!,0.0
To distant realms the darling child too gone;,1.0
"OH guard him heaven, and let me weep alone!",1.0
"For every tear, let countless blessings fall",1.0
"Forgive, fair nymph, the dictates of despair;",3.0
"Grief flies, for comfort, to the tender fair.",2.0
"The good and great, we fondly think have powers,",0.0
Can charm to ease our sad and anxious hours:,0.0
"The friends I mourn, alas! were doubly thine!",1.0
And grant that shelter they no more can give.,2.0
That wakes up anguish in a heart at ease!,0.0
"For their dear sakes my prayers are ever thine,",3.0
Nor can I more were your protection mine.,3.0
Who still through bleeding ages struggled hard,0.0
To hold a generous undiminished state;,2.0
The fort of freedom; that amid the waves,0.0
"Stands like a rock of adamant, and dares",1.0
The wildest fury of the beating storm.,1.0
"And are there yet, in this late sickly age",3.0
"Such bold exalted spirits? Men whose deeds,",0.0
"To the bright annals of old GREECE opposed,",4.0
And dim the lustre of her fairest page.,1.0
And glows the flame of LIBERTY so strong,1.0
"In this lone speck of earth! this spot obscure,",3.0
"Shaggy with woods, and crusted over with rock,",4.0
By slaves surrounded and by slaves oppressed!,1.0
What then should BRITONS feel? should they not catch,1.0
And kindle at a fire so like their own?,0.0
Such were the working thoughts which swelled the breast,1.0
And views beyond the narrow beaten track,0.0
"By trivial fancy trod, he turned his course",2.0
"To animated forms of patriot zeal,",2.0
"Warm in the living majesty of virtue,",1.0
"Elate with fearless spirit, firm, resolved,",0.0
I trace the pictured landscape; while I kiss,1.0
With pilgrim lips devout the sacred soil,0.0
"And pointed cliffs, which hear the chafing deep",0.0
Incessant foaming round their shaggy sides:,0.0
"Hail to thy winding bays, thy sheltering ports",2.0
Their hospitable arms to every sail:,4.0
"Thy numerous streams, that bursting from the cliffs",3.0
With grateful murmur: on the fearful edge,1.0
"Of the rude precipice, thy hamlets brown",3.0
"Scarce seen, amongst the craggy hanging cliffs",1.0
Seem like an eagle's nest aerial built:,5.0
"Thy swelling mountains, brown with solemn shade",0.0
"Of various trees, that wave their giant arms",2.0
"Over the rough sons of freedom; lofty pines,",2.0
"And spreading chestnut, with each humbler plant,",2.0
"And shrub of fragrant leaf, that clothes their sides",0.0
"Extracts her golden dews: the shining box,",0.0
"The prickly juniper, and the green leaf",2.0
Which feeds the spinning worm; while glowing bright,0.0
"Beneath the various foliage, wildly spreads",2.0
And thy own native laurel crowns the scene.,1.0
"Hail to thy savage forests, awful, deep:",0.0
"Thy tangled thickets, and thy crowded woods,",1.0
"And wilder gaze, as conscious of the power",1.0
That loves to reign amid the lonely scenes,0.0
"Fenced in with guardian rocks, whose quarries teem",2.0
"With shining steel, that to the cultured fields",1.0
And sunny hills which wave with bearded grain,0.0
"Defends their homely produce. LIBERTY,",1.0
"The mountain goddess, loves to range at large",0.0
"Amid such scenes, and on the iron soil",1.0
Prints her majestic step: for these she scorns,3.0
"And bowers that breathe of bliss: for these, when first",3.0
"Reared its fair front, she marked it for her own,",4.0
"And with her spirit warmed: her genuine sons,",3.0
"A broken remnant, from the generous stock",3.0
The sacred fire through many a barbarous age:,4.0
"Whom, nor the iron rod of cruel Carthage,",0.0
"Nor the dread sceptre of imperial Rome,",5.0
"They rose superior, bursting from their chains",3.0
"And claimed man's dearest birthright, LIBERTY:",3.0
"And long, through many a hard unequal strife",2.0
Maintained the glorious conflict; long withstood,2.0
"With single arm, the whole collected force",0.0
"Of haughty Genoa, and ambitious Gaul:",3.0
"And shall withstand it, trust the faithful Muse.",0.0
"It is not in the force of mortal arm,",0.0
"Scarcely in fate, to bind the struggling soul",2.0
"Against oppression; breathing great revenge,",0.0
"Careless of life, determined to be free.",3.0
"Born to exalt his own, and give mankind",3.0
"A glimpse of higher natures: just, as great;",0.0
"The soul of counsel, and the nerve of war;",1.0
"Of high unshaken spirit, tempered sweet",0.0
Whom heaven in some propitious hour endowed,0.0
With every purer virtue: gave him all,0.0
"That lifts the hero, or adorns the man.",1.0
Gave him the eye sublime; the searching glance,0.0
As with a beam from heaven; on his brow,1.0
"Serene, and spacious front, set the broad seal",3.0
Of dignity and rule; then smiled benign,1.0
"On this fair pattern of a God below,",3.0
"High wrought, and breathed into his swelling breast",1.0
The large ambitious wish to save his country.,0.0
"The man devoted to the public, stands",1.0
In the bright records of superior worth,4.0
"A step below the skies: if he succeed,",1.0
"The first fair lot which earth affords, is his;",1.0
"And if he falls, he falls above a throne.",1.0
When such their leader can the brave despair?,1.0
Freedom the cause and PAOLI the chief.,4.0
"Success to your fair hopes! a British muse,",2.0
"Though weak and powerless, lifts her fervent voice,",2.0
And breathes a prayer for your success. O could,1.0
"She scatter blessings as the morn sheds dews,",2.0
To drop upon your heads! but patient hope,0.0
"Must wait the appointed hour; secure of this,",2.0
That never with the indolent and weak,2.0
Will freedom deign to dwell; she must be seized,0.0
By that bold arm that wrestles for the blessing:,2.0
It's heaven's best gift and must be bought with blood.,2.0
"When the storm thickens, when the combat burns,",2.0
And pain and death in every horrid shape,0.0
Then virtue triumphs; then her towering form,0.0
"And bolder tone, exulting, rides the storm,",0.0
And joys amid the tempest: then she reaps,0.0
And higher relish than meridian suns,3.0
"Can ever ripen; fair, heroic deeds,",0.0
"And balmy airs, and vernal suns, and showers",0.0
That feed and ripen minds; it's toil and danger;,0.0
And wrestling with the stubborn gripe of fate;,1.0
"And war, and sharp distress, and paths obscure",0.0
And dubious. The bold swimmer joys not so,4.0
"To feel the proud waves under him, and beat",2.0
The generous courser does not so exult,3.0
"To toss his floating mane against the wind,",0.0
"And neigh amid the thunder of the war,",1.0
As virtue to oppose her swelling breast,1.0
Like a firm shield against the darts of fate.,3.0
And when her sons in that rough school have learnt,1.0
"To smile at danger, then the hand that raised",0.0
"Shall hush the storm, and lead the shining train",0.0
Of peaceful years in bright procession on.,1.0
"Then shall the shepherd's pipe, the muse's lyre,",0.0
With loud acclaim and hymns of cordial praise,0.0
Shall hail their high deliverers; every name,2.0
"To virtue dear be from oblivion snatched,",3.0
"And placed among the stars: but chiefly thine,",1.0
"Thine, PAOLI, with sweetest sound shall dwell",2.0
"On their applauding lips; thy sacred name,",1.0
"Endeared to long posterity, some muse,",1.0
"More worthy of the theme, shall consecrate",1.0
"To after ages, and applauding worlds",1.0
"So vainly wished, so fondly hoped the Muse:",0.0
"Too fondly hoped: The iron fates prevail,",1.0
"Less vanquished than overwhelmed, by numbers crushed,",3.0
"Admired, unaided fell. So strives the moon",0.0
"In dubious battle with the gathering clouds,",5.0
Storms rolled on storms involve the face of heaven,1.0
And quench her struggling fires. Forgive the zeal,0.0
"That, too presumptuous, whispered better things",2.0
And read the book of destiny amiss.,1.0
Not with the purple colouring of success,3.0
Is virtue best adorned: the attempt is praise.,2.0
"There yet remains a freedom, nobler far",1.0
Beyond the proud oppressor's cruel grasp,1.0
Worthy of Gods: The freedom of the mind.,3.0
"Wherever you go, some Actions still we hear,",2.0
Which make the Goodness of your Mind appear.,1.0
"Hibernia early saw those Seeds of Worth,",3.0
"In your fair Breast, which now shoot nobly forth;",4.0
"Foresaw the Hopes you gave, matured by Time,",1.0
"Though to the Height of all your Wishes blessed,",1.0
Yet still your Sighs can rise for the Distressed:,1.0
"So young, so good! Georgina, it's thy Fate,",2.0
How does thy Manner to thy Words impart,1.0
"Some wondrous Power to gain upon the Heart,",2.0
"Engaging All! ' --  Beneficence we see,",1.0
"Though fair Herself, yet owing Charms to Thee:",0.0
"OH fitted Thou for Spencer's Race, who scorn",2.0
To think they only for Themselves were born!,1.0
"SHALL the great Soul of Newton quit this earth,",3.0
"To mingle with his stars; and every muse,",1.0
"Astonished into silence, shun the weight",0.0
"But what can man? ' --  Even now the sons of light,",3.0
Hail his arrival on the coast of bliss.,3.0
"Yet am not I deterred, though high the theme,",2.0
"And sung to harps of angels, for with you,",1.0
"Ethereal Flames! ambitious, I aspire",3.0
In Nature's general symphony to join.,1.0
And what new wonders can you show your guest!,2.0
"Who, while on this dim spot, where mortals toil",3.0
"Clouded in dust, from Motion's simple laws,",2.0
"Could trace the secret hand of Providence,",1.0
"Have you not listened while he bound the Suns,",0.0
And Planets to their spheres! the unequal task,3.0
Of human kind till then. Oft had they rolled,0.0
"Over erring Man the year, and oft disgraced",0.0
"The pride of schools, before their course was known",0.0
"Full in its causes and effects to him,",1.0
"Romantic schemes, defended by the din",1.0
"Of specious words, and tyranny of names;",1.0
"But, bidding his amazing mind attend,",1.0
And with heroic patience years on years,1.0
"And shine, of all his race, on him alone.",1.0
"And what the triumphs of old Greece and Rome,",2.0
"By his diminished, but the price of boys",2.0
In some small fray victorious! when instead,3.0
Of shattered parcels of this earth usurped,2.0
"Of cruelty and Blood, Nature herself",6.0
"Stood all subdued by him, and open laid",2.0
Her every latent glory to his view.,1.0
"All intellectual eye, our solar Round",2.0
"First gazing through, he by the blended power",3.0
Of Gravitation and Projection saw,1.0
The whole in silent harmony revolve.,1.0
"From unassisted vision hid, the Moons",0.0
By him in all their mingled tracts were seen.,0.0
"He also fixed the wandering Queen of Night,",2.0
"Whether she wanes into a scanty orb,",2.0
"Or, waxing broad, with her pale shadowy light,",4.0
In a soft deluge overflows the sky.,2.0
"Adjusted to the mutual Main, and taught",3.0
Why now the mighty mass of water swells,0.0
And the full river turning; till again,3.0
A yellow waste of idle sands behind.,0.0
"Then breaking hence, he took his ardent flight",0.0
"Through the blue Infinite; and every Star,",3.0
Which the clear concave of a winter's night,0.0
Or such as farther in successive skies,1.0
"To fancy shine alone, at his approach",1.0
"Blazed into Suns, the living centre each",1.0
"Of an harmonious system: all combined,",3.0
Which draws the stone projected to the ground.,1.0
OH Wisdom truly perfect! thus to call,2.0
"From a few causes such a scheme of things,",2.0
"Effects so various, beautiful, and great,",3.0
"An universe complete! and, OH beloved",0.0
"He, first of men, with awful wing pursued",0.0
"Till, to the forehead of our evening sky",2.0
"Returned, the blazing wonder glares anew,",0.0
And over the trembling nations shakes dismay.,2.0
The heavens are all his own; from the wild rule,2.0
To their first great simplicity restored.,3.0
The schools astonished stood; but found it vain,0.0
"To keep at odds with demonstration strong,",0.0
"Of truth. At once their pleasing visions sled,",0.0
"With the gay shadows of the morning mixed,",1.0
"When Newton rose, our philosophy sun.",4.0
"The aerial flow of Sound was known to him,",2.0
"From whence it first in wavy circles breaks,",0.0
Till the touched organ takes the meaning in.,2.0
"Nor could the darting Beam, of speed immense,",0.0
"Escape his swift pursuit, and measuring eye.",2.0
"Even Light itself, which every things displays,",0.0
"Shone undiscovered, till his brighter mind",2.0
"And, from the whitening undistinguished blaze,",1.0
"Collecting every ray into his kind,",0.0
Sprung vivid forth; the tawny Orange next;,1.0
And next delicious Yellow; by whose side,1.0
"Then the pure Blue, that swells autumnal skies,",3.0
"Ethereal played; and then, of sadder hue,",2.0
Died in the fainting Violet away.,1.0
"These, when the clouds distil the rosy shower,",0.0
Shine out distinct down the watery bow;,4.0
While over our heads the dewy vision bends,2.0
"Delightful, melting on the fields beneath.",1.0
"Did ever poet image ought so fair,",0.0
"Dreaming in whispering groves, by the hoarse brook!",5.0
"Or prophet, to whose rapture heaven descends!",1.0
"Even now the setting sun and shifting clouds,",0.0
"Seen, Greenwich, from thy lovely heights, declare",1.0
"Where the green islands of the happy shine,",3.0
He stemmed alone; and to the source involved,1.0
"His lights at equal distances, to guide",1.0
His high discoveries sing? when but a few,2.0
How shall the muse then grasp the mighty theme?,0.0
What wonder thence that his Devotion swelled,1.0
"Responsive to his knowledge! for could he,",2.0
"The finished University of things,",1.0
"In all its order, magnitude, and parts,",0.0
"Say, you who best can tell, you happy few,",0.0
"Who saw him in the softest lights of life,",0.0
"O speak the wondrous man! how mild, how calm,",0.0
"How greatly humble, how divinely good;",1.0
How firm established on eternal truth;,1.0
"Fervent in doing well, with every nerve",2.0
"Still pressing on, forgetful of the past,",3.0
And panting for perfection: far above,1.0
"Those little cares, and visionary joys,",0.0
That so perplex the fond impassioned heart,1.0
"This, Conduit, from thy rural hours we hope;",1.0
"As through the pleasing shade, where Nature pours",1.0
"Her every sweet, in studious ease you walk;",2.0
"The social passions smiling at thy heart,",0.0
That glows with all the recollected sage.,0.0
"You who, unconscious of those nobler flights",3.0
"That reach impatient at immortal life,",0.0
"Of Being dare contend, say, can a soul",2.0
"Of such extensive, deep, tremendous powers,",1.0
"Enlarging still, be but a finer breath",1.0
"Of spirits dancing through their tubes awhile,",1.0
And then for ever lost in vacant air?,0.0
"Solemn as when some awful change is come,",1.0
Sound through the world ' --  It's done! ' --  The measure's full;,0.0
"That build the towering pyramid, the proud",1.0
"By ruthless ruin, and whatever supports",4.0
"The worshipped name of hoar antiquity,",1.0
Down to the dust! what grandeur can you boast,3.0
"While Newton lifts his column to the skies,",1.0
Beyond the waste of time ' --  Let no weak drop,2.0
Be shed for him. The virgin in her bloom,1.0
"Cut off, the joyous youth, and darling child,",0.0
"These are the tombs that claim the tender tear,",1.0
That now he wanders through those endless worlds,1.0
OH Britain's boast! whether with angels thou,7.0
Who joy to see the honour of their kind;,0.0
"Or whether, mounted on cherubic wing,",1.0
"Comparing things with things, in rapture lost,",0.0
"And grateful adoration, for that light",1.0
From Light Himself; O look with pity down,1.0
"On humankind, a frail erroneous race!",2.0
Exalt the spirit of a downward world!,1.0
"Over thy dejected country chief preside,",1.0
"And be her Genius called! her studies raise,",0.0
"Correct her manners, and inspire her youth.",1.0
"For, though depraved and sunk, she brought thee forth,",1.0
And glories in thy name; she points thee out,0.0
"To all her sons, and bids them eye thy star:",0.0
"When Time shall be no more, thy sacred dust",0.0
THE glittering colours of the day are fled;,2.0
"Come! and over earth thy wandering lustre shed,",2.0
"Thy deepest shadow, and thy softest light;",1.0
"To me congenial is the gloomy grove,",2.0
When with faint light the sloping uplands shine;,3.0
"That gloom, those pensive rays alike I love,",0.0
Whose sadness seems in sympathy with mine!,1.0
"But most for this, pale orb! thy beams are dear,",2.0
"That while I pour the unavailing tear,",0.0
"And mourn that hope to me in youth is lost,",1.0
"Thy light can visionary thoughts impart,",0.0
"Thy bowers our theatres, thy mind our throne!",3.0
Hail! to thy leisure to be wisely great.,1.0
"Fettered by duties and to forms enslaved,",3.0
How timely have thy years a remnant saved!,0.0
"To taste that freedom which thy sword maintained,",0.0
"So Scipio Carthage fallen resigned his plume,",4.0
"OH greatly blessed! whose evening sweetest shines,",1.0
"While free reflection with reverted eye,",1.0
"Divides life well: the largest part, long known",2.0
Resumes dominion and escapes control;,1.0
"Moves with a grandeur, monarchs wish in vain,",3.0
"Above all fears, storms, dangers, hopes or pain;",1.0
"A glance sometime from thy safe summit show,",3.0
And see the dusty world look dim below:,1.0
Through the dark throng discern huge slaves of pride,3.0
Shouldering unheeded Happiness aside;,2.0
And dignified with all the dirt of fame;,0.0
"Then with a smile superior, turn away,",2.0
"Wind through thy mazes to serene delight,",1.0
And from the bursting bubbles shade thy sight.,1.0
"Moving like light, all piercing, though not loud;",3.0
"The Muse shall find thee in thy blessed retreat,",0.0
"Fresh as thy lakes, may all thy pleasures flow!",0.0
"And breezy like thy groves, thy passions blow!",0.0
"Wide as thy fancy, be thy spreading praise!",0.0
"And long and lovely as thy walks, thy days!",1.0
"My dear Maria, my long absent friend,",2.0
"If you can spare one moment to attend,",2.0
"The plaintive strains of your Belinda hear,",1.0
"Who is your friend, and as yourself sincere.",1.0
"When you were here, I smiled throughout the day,",0.0
"But now, alas! I can no pleasure know,",2.0
The tedious hours of absence move so slow;,2.0
"I secret mourn, not daring to complain,",1.0
"Still seeking for relief, but seek in vain.",2.0
"When I walk forth to take the morning air,",3.0
"I quickly to some rising hill repair,",1.0
"From whence I may survey your village spire,",1.0
"Then sigh to you, and languish with desire.",2.0
"At sultry noon retiring to the groves,",1.0
"From shade to shade, pleased with the vain delight,",2.0
Imagination brings you to my sight;,1.0
"Fatigued I sink into my painted chair,",0.0
"My garden claims one solitary hour,",0.0
When sober evening closes every flower;,0.0
"The drooping lily my resemblance bears,",1.0
While I am absent from the sight of you.,1.0
"When on my couch reclined my eyes I close,",0.0
The God of Sleep refuses me repose;,1.0
"I' rise half dressed, and wander to and fro",3.0
"Along my room, or to my window go:",1.0
"Enraptured I behold the moon shine clear,",2.0
While falling waters murmur in my ear;,0.0
"My thoughts to you then in a moment fly,",0.0
"Thus every scene a gloomy prospect wears,",1.0
"It's you, Maria, and it's only you,",3.0
"Come to my groves; command the birds to sing,",0.0
And over the meadows bid fresh daisies spring.,4.0
"No! rather come and chase my gloom away,",1.0
"That I may sing like birds, and look like daisies gay.",0.0
"True Grief, like Love, without thee can inspire.",2.0
"Moderate Sorrows may be told with Art,",3.0
But the Distractions of my troubled Heart,2.0
"With sad Confusion I must needs express,",1.0
"To take the Young, the Witty, and the Fair,",1.0
Could no less Feast serve thy luxurious Jaws?,5.0
Would not the old or discontented do?,0.0
Those whom Misfortune forced to wish for you.,0.0
No those I by experience find you fly;,3.0
"Guide me, some Friend, if I have any one,",2.0
Dark as the Grave of the once lovely Maid;,2.0
"I can no more gaze on that charming Face,",0.0
"Hear that sweet Voice, nor have one dear Embrace;",2.0
"View that soft Air and Mien, and sport and play,",3.0
"You pleasant Walks whom she so oft did grace,",1.0
"Keep on your dismal Hue, let not the Spring",1.0
"Put on your fresh Attire, nor Summer bring.",2.0
"The less gay verdant Look you Birds be still,",1.0
"Each lofty Tree hang down your stately Head,",2.0
But let your naked Boughs be ever joined,0.0
In murmuring Sorrows with the sighing Wind:,3.0
"No Blow, no Wind to move the yielding Bough,",2.0
My louder Sighs will do that Office now.,0.0
"Keep back your force you Springs that grace the Woods,",1.0
My Tears alone will swell you into Floods:,0.0
"And all too little for the Friend I grieve,",2.0
Now she is gone it's not worth while to live.,0.0
"Dead to all purposes of good, or ill,",1.0
"His only vice in no good action lies,",0.0
And his sole virtue is his want of vice.,3.0
"Business he deems too hard, trifles too easy,",6.0
And doing nothing finds himself too busy.,1.0
"Silence he cannot bear, noise is distraction,",4.0
"Noise kills with bustle, silence with reflection;",2.0
"No want he feels, ' --  what has he to pursue?",2.0
"To him it's less to suffer, than to do.",2.0
"The busy world's a fool, the learnt a sot,",0.0
And his sole hope to be by all forgot:,2.0
"Wealth is procured with toil, and kept with fear,",2.0
Knowledge by labour purchased costs too dear;,3.0
"Friendship's a clog, and family a jest,",3.0
A wife but a bad bargain at the best;,2.0
"Honour a bubble, subject to a breath,",1.0
"Thus all the wise esteem, he can despise,",1.0
"And caring not, it's he alone is wise:",1.0
"Yet, all his wish possessing, finds no rest,",1.0
"And only lives to know, he never can be blessed.",1.0
Or throw my woes against the face of Heaven?,0.0
And rob each coming hour of softened Peace.,0.0
What then? Is Fate to blame? I chose distress;,0.0
Free will was mine; I might have still been happy,1.0
"I knew the struggles of a wounded mind,",1.0
"Knew all the terrors of conflicting passion,",1.0
"Infectious mists upon my senses hang,",0.0
"The dire contagion creeps through all my frame,",0.0
"Seizes my heart, and drinks my spirit up.",3.0
"Ah! fatal poison, whither dost thou tend?",0.0
"There needs no more; the world to me is lost,",2.0
"I sicken at the Sun, and fly his beams,",0.0
And pensive shuns the morn. The deep recess,0.0
Suits well. It's here I find a gloomy rest;,1.0
"It's here the fool's loud clatter leaves me still,",1.0
Nor force unwilling answers to their tale:,1.0
"But, ah! this gloom, this lethargy of thought,",1.0
Yields not repose; I sigh the hour away;,1.0
"The next rolls on, and leaves me still oppressed.",0.0
"With all their great events, and minute trifles,",0.0
"Haste, with redoubled speed, bring on the hour,",4.0
"SHort was their stay, of high descent they sprung,",0.0
Peace over each scene ' --  peace over the pleasant fields;,6.0
No shades! to me ' --  more pleasure ever yields.,2.0
Over all thy minds ' --  the passions calmly flow;,0.0
As Leven's! stream tranquil ' --  to whence we go.,4.0
"Thank Heaven, I knew thee not! I never shall feel",2.0
The keen regret thy drooping friends sustain;,0.0
And this due tribute to thy memory bring;,5.0
"Not that thy noble birth provokes my song,",0.0
Or claims such offering from the Muses shrine;,1.0
"Thy unaffected manners, all unstained",0.0
"With pride of power, and insolence of wealth;",3.0
"Thy probity, benevolence, and truth,",2.0
"Best inmates of man's soul! for ever lost,",4.0
"Cropped like fair flowers in Life's meridian bloom,",7.0
Fade undistinguished in the silent grave.,1.0
"OH BEDFORD! ' --  pardon, if a Muse unknown,",2.0
"Smit with thy heart-felt grief, directs her way",1.0
"To Sorrow's dark abode, where thee she views,",1.0
"Thee, wretched fire, and pitying, hears thee mourn",2.0
"Why did he bless my life? ' --  Fond parent, cease;",1.0
Count not his virtues over. ' --  Hard task! ' --  Call forth,2.0
Thy firm hereditary strength of mind.,0.0
"Lo! where the shade of thy great ancestor,",1.0
"Famed RUSSEL, stands, and chides thy vain complaint;",1.0
"His philosophic soul, with patience armed",0.0
And christian virtue braved the pangs of death:,0.0
"Admired, beloved, he died; if right I deem",0.0
Not more lamented than thy virtuous Son.,3.0
Yet calm thy mind; so may the lenient hand,1.0
"Of Time, all soothing Time, thy pangs assuage,",0.0
"Heal thy sad wound, and close thy days in peace.",3.0
"See where the object of his filial love,",3.0
"His mother, lost in tears, laments his doom!",0.0
"Of heavenly consolation, OH! one drop,",2.0
"Just are thy ways, and righteous thy decrees,",1.0
For tender faithful love? this sad return,0.0
"For innocence and truth? Was it for this,",2.0
"By Virtue and the smiling Graces led,",1.0
Fair types of long succeeding years of joy,1.0
"So soon to fade and die? Yet OH! reflect,",0.0
Chaste partner of his life! you never deplored,4.0
Condition worse than death! the sacred torch,0.0
Burned to the last its unremitted fires!,1.0
"The conscious thought of every duty paid,",0.0
This sweet reflection shall support thy mind:,0.0
"Be this thy comfort. ' --  Turn thine eyes awhile,",0.0
Nor with that lifeless picture feed thy woe;,1.0
Turn yet thine eyes; see how they court thy smiles;,2.0
Dwell on their looks; and trace his image there.,1.0
"And OH! since Heaven, in pity to thy loss,",1.0
"For thee one future blessing has in store,",1.0
Cherish that tender hope. ' --  Hear Reason's voice;,3.0
"Hushed be the storms that vex thy troubled breast,",0.0
And angels guard thee in the hour of pain.,0.0
"Accept this ardent prayer; a Muse forgive,",0.0
"Who for thy sorrows draws the pensive sigh,",0.0
"She tuned her comic rhymes to mirth and joy,",0.0
"To plaintive strains, yet by soft Pity led,",2.0
"' GIVE over your Whims, says my considerate Friend;",7.0
' Retrieve the fleeting Hours you idly spend:,0.0
"' Blind to Advice, incorrigible, vain,",3.0
' You follow Fancy and her laughing Train;,1.0
' Your thoughtless Days in swift Delusion fly:',0.0
"So let them go, says unconverted I,",2.0
The drowsy World is slumbering just like me.,1.0
"See on soft Beds the Hero sleeps secure,",3.0
Till War comes thundering at his trembling Door;,2.0
"The lulled Projector builds aerial Towers,",5.0
And rolls smooth Rivers through enchanted Bowers.,2.0
"What monstrous Phantoms in that Trance are born,",0.0
Or some lean Poet aims at an Estate;,2.0
Or when the good believing Man depends,0.0
On the slight Promise of his courtly Friends;,3.0
"Should those awake they to their Cost would find,",2.0
These are but Shadows of a sleeping Mind.,3.0
"Few real Pleasures are on Earth possessed,",2.0
And Mortals only in their Dreams are blessed;,0.0
"Some younger Vanity succeeds the first,",1.0
And the last Folly often proves the worst:,2.0
"No: While the rest in fruitless Cares are hurled,",0.0
Let me enjoy my visionary World:,2.0
"To this glad Bosom hug the dear Mistake,",2.0
"If Dreams are Blessings, who would wish to wake?",0.0
"OH You, the MONARCH's Bliss, the Muse's Friend!",1.0
Accept the Tribute Duty bids me send:,0.0
It's what the Bard should long before have paid;,0.0
"But fearful to aspire, has long delayed.",1.0
PHOEBUS alone can PHOEBUS' Chariot guide;,4.0
"The Youth who dared to drive it, daring, died.",0.0
My humble Muse can humble Subjects treat;,0.0
"Yet, warm with Gratitude, would fain display",0.0
"Her Zeal to You, on this auspicious Day.",2.0
"To You! whose gracious Goodness plumes her Wings,",1.0
"By whom she lives, by whom inspired, she sings:",2.0
Long may she celebrate your sacred BIRTH;,0.0
"Long may You stay from Heaven, to bless the Earth;",0.0
To cheer the Royal Sovereign of our ISLE;,1.0
"Increase his Joys, or soften all his Toil;",0.0
"Who now, while Death in purple Triumph reigns,",0.0
And sanguine Floods pollute the distant Plains;,0.0
"Watchful over Britain's Fate, employs his Care,",0.0
"Or wisely to avert, or bravely meet the War.",1.0
OH glorious QUEEN! by Nature formed to bring,3.0
"Let proud Oppressors', who abuse their Power,",3.0
Hear groaning Subjects curse their natal Hour:,1.0
"You, on that happy Hour, may justly feast",1.0
Your Soul with Thoughts of making Thousands blessed;,0.0
"WHAT though the Muse old Annals should explore,",1.0
"Mark all our Queens, and trace their Virtues over?",0.0
"Where could she find so much exalted Sense,",0.0
"Nobly employed, like yours, in Truth's Defence?",3.0
"You strive to make the Seeds of Virtue grow,",0.0
"To spread the Light, which Heaven revealed below:",0.0
"Yet, free from superstitious Zeal, incline",0.0
To make the Rays of Moral Goodness shine;,0.0
"Supporting those, who, firm to Truth, defend",1.0
"That first fixed Law, on which all Laws depend.",1.0
"BENEATH your Influence, Art and Science rear",1.0
"Their sacred Heads, and flourish by your Care:",1.0
"This Truth let Oxford's pompous Dome proclaim,",1.0
Which boasts the Honour of a Queen's College. Royal Name.,2.0
"Lately your Bard surveyed the graceful Scene,",2.0
Rising with Bounties of a generous QUEEN!,5.0
"OH! had the Muse there fledged her infant Wing,",0.0
And early tasted of that learnt Spring;,1.0
"She then had soared in more heroic Lays,",0.0
In more majestic Numbers sung your Praise;,0.0
"But fearful now, must quit the glorious Theme,",2.0
Must leave the Architect to speak your Fame:,0.0
"His Art shall there another Athens show,",1.0
And there another Guardian PALLAS You.,4.0
With frequent Visits cursed his Patient's Bed;,0.0
"How chimed his Pulse, and how he took his Rest:",1.0
"If shuddering Cold by Burnings was pursued,",3.0
In like proportion doubles his Complaint;,1.0
"Now swooning Sweats he begs him to allay,",2.0
"Now give his Lungs more liberty to play,",2.0
And take from emptied Veins these scorching Heats away:,0.0
"Or if he saw the Danger did increase,",1.0
"To warn him fair, and let him part in Peace.",0.0
"My Life for yours, no Hazard in your Case",2.0
"The Quack replies; your Voice, your Pulse, your Face,",0.0
"Good Signs afford, and what you seem to feel",0.0
"With kindled Rage, more than Distemper, burns",1.0
"The suffering Man, who thus in haste returns:",0.0
"With which you cheat poor Females of their Lives,",3.0
"While Men dispute not, so it rid their Wives.",1.0
"My Flesh consumes, I perish by degrees:",1.0
"And as through weary Nights I count my Pains,",1.0
"No Rest is left me, and no Strength remains.",3.0
"All for the Better, Sir, the Quack rejoins:",0.0
Exceeding promising are all these Signs.,1.0
Was never in Sickness thought a Mark of Harm.,2.0
The want of Strength is for the Better still;,1.0
Even with this Gust of Passion I am pleased;,2.0
"Then shakes, as he some formal Storey tells,",1.0
Nor will with the least Sustenance dispense.,5.0
"The Better; for, where Appetite endures,",1.0
"Meats intermingle, and no Medicine cures.",5.0
"The Stomach, you must know, Sir, is a Part ' --",3.0
"But, sure, I feel Death's Pangs about my Heart.",1.0
Nay then Farewell! I need no more attend,4.0
The Quack replies. A sad approaching Friend,0.0
"Questions the Sick, why he retires so fast;",3.0
"And, while all Symptoms towards my Cure agree,",0.0
"Am, for the Better, Dying as you see.",2.0
"Yourself so changed, so great a change in me.",0.0
"With shame I own it, I was once your slave,",1.0
Adored myself the beauties which I gave;,1.0
"Gave thy form grace, and lustre to thine eye:",4.0
"Thy tongue, thy fingers I their magic taught,",1.0
And spread the net in which myself was caught.,1.0
"So pagan priests first form and dress the wood,",1.0
Then prostrate fall before the senseless God.,0.0
"But now, cursed woman, thy last sentence hear:",3.0
"I called thy beauty forth, I bid it disappear.",0.0
"I'll strip thee of thy borrowed plumes; undress,",2.0
And show thee in thy native ugliness.,1.0
"Those eyes have shone by me, by me that chin",1.0
The seat of wanton Cupids long has been:,0.0
"You fires, go out ' --  you wanton Cupids, fly ' --",0.0
Of every beam disarm her haggard eye:,0.0
It's I recall you; my known voice obey ' --,3.0
"SAY, why these Sighs that in thy Bosom rise?",0.0
Why on the Ground are fixed thy streaming Eyes?,0.0
"Still let this Bosom swell with aching Woe,",1.0
And from my Eyes the streaming Sorrows flow.,1.0
"But O! the Cause ' --  See Clouds are gathering round,",3.0
And Zephyrs wait to catch the mournful Sound;,0.0
The sickening Trees all shed their blooming Store,0.0
And blot those Features that were late so fair.,0.0
No more alas! ' --  no more the tuneful Swain,2.0
Shall with soft Numbers charm the listening Plain.,2.0
No more his Flute shall greet the dawning Spring;,0.0
Nor to his Hand rebound the trembling String.,1.0
No meaner Swain amongst the worthy few?,1.0
The Flower of Shepherd's and the Muses Pride?,3.0
"None knew like him the heavenly Notes to swell,",3.0
And moral Tales in pleasing Numbers tell.,0.0
"You solemn Winds that whistle through the Glade,",1.0
"Or rudely bluster in the darker Shade,",0.0
"Go bear our Sorrows to the distant Shore,",2.0
"Vain are our Sighs, our Tears as vainly flow,",0.0
And each sad Bosom swells with fruitless Woe!,1.0
"As northern Blasts destroy the Autumn Store,",0.0
Crop all the Beauties of the early Spring;,1.0
Around his Tomb these willing Hands shall twine,0.0
"On his cold Grave a Laurel I bestow,",3.0
Which late did in my Father's Garden grow:,0.0
"May some good Angel guard the sacred Ground,",0.0
Guilt stings my soul with many a deadly dart;,3.0
"OH! that I never, never, had betrayed,",0.0
"Why did I all her rising charms eclipse,",0.0
"You smiling fair of Edin', hate my sight,",0.0
"For I, accursed, shall hate the dawning light.",1.0
And ruined Jessie never shall smile again!,2.0
But since on earth no punishment is given,2.0
I'll go and dare the punishments of Heaven!,1.0
"To Heaven did I say; no, no, to hell;",1.0
For crimes far less than mine the angels fell.,2.0
"And on my grave let this inscription lie,",3.0
"MOTHER of musings, Contemplation sage,",2.0
"On which, in calmest meditation held,",0.0
And drifting hail descend; or if the skies,1.0
Whence gazing steadfast on the spangled vault,2.0
"Of fleets encountering, that in whispers low",1.0
"Remote from man, conversing with the spheres!",1.0
"To ruined seats, of twilight cells and bowers,",1.0
"Where thoughtful Melancholy loves to muse,",0.0
Her favourite midnight haunts. The laughing scenes,1.0
"Of purple Spring, where all the wanton train",0.0
Of Smiles and Graces seem to lead the dance,0.0
"Ambrosial blooms and flowers, no longer charm;",3.0
"Tempe, no more I court thy balmy breeze,",0.0
"Oft let me sit, at twilight hour of eve,",2.0
Where through some western window the pale moon,2.0
"While sullen sacred silence reigns around,",0.0
"Of flaunting ivy, that with mantle green",0.0
Invests some wasted tower. Or let me tread,2.0
"In neighbouring walk of pines, where mused of old",2.0
The cloistered brother: through the gloomy void,1.0
That far extends beneath their ample arch,0.0
"As on I pace, religious horror wraps",1.0
My soul in dread repose. But when the world,0.0
"Of taper dim, shedding a livid glare",5.0
Over the won heaps; while airy voices talk,2.0
Along the glimmering walls: or ghostly shape,2.0
"At distance seen, invites with beckoning hand",2.0
"I start: lo, all is motionless around!",2.0
Roars not the rushing wind; the sons of men,0.0
And every beast in mute oblivion lie;,2.0
All nature's hushed in silence and in sleep.,1.0
"OH then how fearful is it to reflect,",2.0
"That through the still globe's awful solitude,",1.0
No being wakes but me! till stealing sleep,2.0
My drooping temples bathes in opiate dews.,2.0
"Nor then let dreams, of wanton folly born,",1.0
My senses lead through flowery paths of joy;,2.0
But let the sacred Genius of the night,1.0
"Such mystic visions send, as Spenser saw,",0.0
When in abstracted thought he first conceived,1.0
"All heaven in tumult, and the Seraphim",1.0
"Come towering, armed in adamant and gold.",2.0
"Let others love soft summer's evening smiles,",2.0
"As, listening to the distant waterfall,",1.0
"Then, when the sullen shades of evening close,",0.0
"The dying embers scatter, far remote",0.0
"Resound with festive echo, let me sit,",1.0
Blessed with the lowly cricket's drowsy dirge.,0.0
Then let my thought contemplative explore,1.0
"This fleeting state of things, the vain delights,",0.0
"The fruitless toils, that still our search elude,",0.0
As through the wilderness of life we rove.,2.0
This sober hour of silence will unmask,1.0
"That charmed cup, which Reason's mintage fair",1.0
"Eager we taste, but in the luscious draught",2.0
Forget the poisonous dregs that lurk beneath.,2.0
"Few know that elegance of soul refined,",1.0
Whose soft sensation feels a quicker joy,0.0
"Can ever afford. Thus Eloise, whose mind",4.0
"Had languished to the pangs of melting love,",1.0
"Reclined, she watched the tapers of the dead;",1.0
"Or through the pillared isles, amid pale shrines",2.0
"As through the mazes of the festive ball,",2.0
"She floats amid the silken sons of dress,",0.0
And shines the fairest of the assembled fair.,3.0
And the blessed regent of the golden day,3.0
"How oft my wishes ask the night's return,",0.0
That best befriends the melancholy mind!,0.0
"Hail, sacred Night! thou too shalt share my song!",2.0
With rhymes uncouth the bloody cauldron bless;,1.0
"Though Murder won, beneath thy shrouding shade",0.0
"Of secret slaughter, while by one blue lamp",1.0
As all benighted in Arabian wastes,2.0
He hears the wilderness around him howl,1.0
"With roaming monsters, while on his hoar head",1.0
Yet more delightful to my pensive mind,1.0
"Even then, in youthful prime of opening May,",1.0
When from the portals of the saffron east,1.0
"She sheds fresh roses, and ambrosial dews.",2.0
"When dropping wet she comes, and clad in clouds,",0.0
"Blackening the landscape's face, that grove and hill",1.0
Hail not the sullen gloom; the waving elms,0.0
"That hoar through time, and ranged in thick array,",0.0
"Enclose with stately row some rural hall,",0.0
Of rooks rejoicing on their airy boughs;,1.0
"While to the shed the dripping poultry crowd,",0.0
"Hangs over the crackling blaze, nor tempts the storm;",3.0
Fixed in the unfinished furrow rests the plough:,1.0
Rings not the high wood with enlivening shouts,4.0
And deepest sadness wraps the face of things.,0.0
"Through POPE'S soft song though all the Graces breathe,",1.0
And happiest art adorn his Attic page;,2.0
"Yet does my mind with sweeter transport glow,",0.0
"As at the root of mossy trunk reclined,",0.0
I see deserted Una wander wide,0.0
"Upon the bosom bright of silver Thames,",0.0
"Launches in all the lustre of brocade,",1.0
And coldly strikes the mind with feeble bliss.,0.0
"Is there a pleasure like the pensive mood,",1.0
"OH tell how rapturous the joy, to melt",2.0
"The uncertain step along the midnight mead,",2.0
"And pour your sorrows to the pitying moon,",3.0
By many a slow trill from the bird of woe,2.0
"The solemn dullness of the tedious world,",3.0
While Fancy grasps the visionary fair:,0.0
And now no more the abstracted ear attends,4.0
"The water's murmuring lapse, the entranced eye",4.0
Or heifer rustling through the brake alarms,1.0
"Familiar to my soul, ever since the form",4.0
"By frolic Zephyr's hand, her tender cheek",0.0
"Graceful she lifts, and blushing from her bower,",3.0
"The genial globe, first met my dazzled sight:",1.0
"These are delights unknown to minds profane,",1.0
And which alone the pensive soul can taste.,0.0
"The tapered choir, at the late hour of prayer,",3.0
"Oft let me tread, while to the according voice",2.0
"Far in sequestered isles of the deep dome,",2.0
"There lonesome listen to the sacred sounds,",1.0
"Which, as they lengthen through the Gothic vaults,",1.0
"Nor when the lamps expiring yield to night,",0.0
"And solitude returns, would I forsake",1.0
"The solemn mansion, but attentive hear",1.0
Measuring Time's flight with momentary sound.,2.0
Nor let me fail to cultivate my mind,0.0
"Queen of the stately step, and flowing pall.",0.0
"Her joys incestuous, and polluted love:",1.0
Now let soft Juliet in the gaping tomb,2.0
"Print the last kiss on her true Romeo's lips,",4.0
Pour the misguided threats of jealous rage.,2.0
By soft degrees the manly torrent steals,0.0
From my swollen eyes; and at a brother's woe,0.0
To me far happier seems the banished Lord,4.0
"Who pines all lonesome, in the chambers hoar",0.0
"Of some high castle shut, whose windows dim",1.0
"That crown the solitary dome, arise;",0.0
"Far heard along the inhospitable wastes,",4.0
"Even he far happier seems than is the proud,",5.0
In ease and luxury the laughing hours.,1.0
"With feeble bliss, and but allure the sight,",1.0
Nor rouse with impulse quick the unfeeling heart.,2.0
Amid whose umbrage green her silver head,0.0
"Lay forth their purple store, and sunny vales",1.0
"In prospect vast their level laps expand,",0.0
"Yet feels the hoary Hermit truer joys,",0.0
As from the cliff that over his cavern hangs,3.0
He views the piles of fallen Persepolis,3.0
"Here, like a blasted oak, ascends the clouds;",0.0
The dwellings once of elegance and art.,1.0
"Here temples rise, amid whose hallowed bounds",0.0
"Spires the black pine; while through the naked street,",1.0
"Here columns heaped on prostrate columns, torn",0.0
"Far as the sight can pierce, appear the spoils",0.0
"Where, with his brother Horror, Ruin sits.",0.0
"OH come then, Melancholy, queen of thought!",1.0
"OH come with saintly look, and steadfast step,",2.0
Though amid her train the dimpled Hebe bare,2.0
"Though Venus, mother of the Smiles and Loves,",1.0
"What though it's hers to calm the lowering skies,",3.0
And at her presence mild the embattled clouds,2.0
"Disperse in air, and over the face of heaven",2.0
"Yet are these joys that Melancholy gives,",0.0
Than all her witless revels happier far;,2.0
"From thee began, auspicious maid, my song,",1.0
With thee shall end: for thou art fairer far,2.0
"Hail, queen divine! whom, as tradition tells,",2.0
There soon the sage admiring marked the dawn,0.0
Of solemn musing in your pensive thought;,0.0
"For when a smiling babe, you loved to lie",0.0
Oft deeply listening to the rapid roar,2.0
"DOWN sunk the sun, nor shed one golden ray,",0.0
But rising mists shut in the lowering day:,3.0
"The rising moon a bloody meteor seemed,",2.0
"And, scarce observed, the muffled planets gleamed;",0.0
"The winds were hushed in silence most profound,",0.0
And night's dim shades hung heavily around.,3.0
Led over the marshy plains his fiery horse;,5.0
"Involving treacherous mists delude his sight,",2.0
While lost he wandered through the dreary night.,1.0
"With speed his blood grew warm, his pulses beat,",1.0
The spirits to his panting heart retreat;,1.0
"Where tyrant fear with thrilling horror pressed,",0.0
Till now a stranger to his daring breast.,1.0
"His eager pace is checked by dangerous swamps,",2.0
"Alone, his active mind conspired with fear,",2.0
And fancied forms impregnated the air:,5.0
"Lightly he stepped, of every sound afraid,",2.0
"And often startled by the steed he led,",1.0
"Clearing the clouds, a sudden gust arose,",2.0
"Sighed through the woods, and shook the watery boughs",2.0
"Which free, impetuous over the meadows broke;",3.0
"In bounding circles strove to heave along,",0.0
"Clogged amid the slimy mud, and fiercely strong;",0.0
"Then plunged, and smothered in a quagmire dies.",3.0
"Grief pierced the youth, while idle terrors flew,",1.0
And gloomy fancies melted from his view.,1.0
For rising winds had swept the misty night,0.0
And over the earth a varying light bestowed.,4.0
"Mourning his generous friend, while sad he stood,",4.0
"The sound of feet he heard, and turning, viewed",0.0
"Near him a man, quick passing over the plain,",3.0
"His aspect peaceful, and his vestments plain;",2.0
"So thin, he looked the image of decay,",1.0
And closely wrapped to keep night's chills away.,1.0
Tempts him through damps to trust the midnight air?,1.0
"Say rather, he replied, what cause had led",2.0
"Thy daring feet to cross this dangerous mead,",2.0
"Bury the traveller, and delude the sight? -",5.0
But well I know the pass and I will set thee right.,1.0
"Overjoyed, the youth his proffered aid embraced,",0.0
"Tells how amid fogs, bewildered in his course,",5.0
He amongst the marshes lost his faithful horse;,1.0
"Then names his destined journey, and the road,",1.0
"Which he, mistaking, had unwary trod.",1.0
The path so intricate I scarce can guide;,1.0
And deign beneath my humble roof to stay;,0.0
Soon as tomorrow shall return to light,3.0
"My son shall tend thy steps, and set thee right.",0.0
Onward together as their course they speed,3.0
The youth recounts the virtues of his steed;,1.0
For mid his warmth he traced a mind he loved.,0.0
"Quitting the plains, they pass where awful stood,",2.0
"Grown thick with age, a wild majestic wood,",1.0
"Where lofty trees their solemn branches spread,",0.0
And winds loud whistling sung around their head;,1.0
And bright the moon her awful visage showed:,0.0
"Rugged and long the way, and late the night,",2.0
But pleasing converse made the journey light.,0.0
"Beguiling time, the elder thus begun,",0.0
While native sweetness on his accents hung:,1.0
"Say, youth, to what profession art thou bred?",1.0
"By glory fired, or by the Muses led?",1.0
Or does philosophy thy mind pervade?,1.0
Or seek you riches in the world of trade?,0.0
"Glory, replied the youth, has spread its charms;",2.0
"I caught its rays, and chose to follow arms;",0.0
And took the brightest road that led to fame.,0.0
And what is fame? the senior calm replies;,0.0
"Distinctly speak, that I may prove thee wise.",1.0
"The soul of mighty deeds, whose fires impart,",0.0
Beams which through length of ages glorious dart.,2.0
Yet be not dazzled while thou dost aspire;,0.0
Though those whom Fame mid her bright glories place,4.0
"Shine forth examples to the human race,",2.0
"Whose every act the crowd with transports view,",0.0
"And indiscriminate their paths pursue,",2.0
"Whether their tract a noble end displays,",2.0
"But be it thine to cheque ambition's flame,",1.0
And closely link with justice love of fame;,0.0
"Which shining with intrinsic lustre bright,",1.0
With virtue's beams will dart the immortal light.,2.0
"Heroes too long, of human glory proud,",3.0
Insatiable have drenched the world with blood;,1.0
Detested race! yet oft I feel the fire,0.0
"Which urged them on, and mental strength admire;",1.0
"For, wanting strength, none ever can reach the heights",3.0
"Where Virtue sits, and Genius wings her flights;",0.0
"But monstrous crimes in soils luxuriant grow,",2.0
Strong powers ill governed sink us deep below.,4.0
To individuals different tasks assigned:,2.0
"No more the appetites absorb our cares,",0.0
"The polished arts with active fancy rise,",0.0
And Nature's mazes draw our wondering eyes;,2.0
"Genius finds wider scope, and mounting high",3.0
Exploring truth dawns with divinity!,3.0
"But shame, deep shame to the inventive mind,",2.0
"Amid heavenly studies still to blood inclined,",5.0
"And, hunting not our food, we hunt mankind!",1.0
"Through air, the pregnant earth, and vast profound;",0.0
"Where latent truths, evading common view,",0.0
Open pure lessons to the thinking few;,4.0
"Who, truly wise, while fiercer passions die,",0.0
Learn the frail state of their mortality.,5.0
"The finer arts my admiration claim,",0.0
As inoffensive paths to boundless fame;,1.0
Whose searching eye the heavens and earth explores!,2.0
"Its rapid flight nor space nor time can bound,",0.0
"The world of spirits, or the powers of sound.",3.0
"Nor does the painter vain exert his art,",0.0
"Who, tracing Nature through each varying part,",3.0
"Arrests the strongest passions in their course,",0.0
And gives us time ot contemplate their force.,1.0
"Friend to such arts as Nature's works portray,",0.0
No stormy passions cloud my evening ray:,1.0
Sorrow in vain has strove to break a heart,2.0
Whose wishes never for simple truth depart;,2.0
And from these lights my inward comforts flow;,1.0
"For, while my reason Nature's ways explores,",0.0
"Religion strengthens, and my soul adores!",1.0
"They now had reached the confines of the wood,",2.0
"To which they bend; the shining moon was gone,",0.0
And scattered stars beamed through the heavens alone.,4.0
"Soft at the door his stick the sire applies,",2.0
"Which opening quick, light glanced against their eyes:",3.0
His children ran with eager arms to embrace,2.0
"Anxious to know what cause could him detain,",3.0
"Answering by turns, in pleasing tones he greets,",1.0
"His daughters tend him with assiduous care,",1.0
And cheerful smiles domestic joys declare;,0.0
And education's power their mien confessed.,2.0
"His eldest son the youthful stranger greets,",0.0
"While he, with smiles, his happy chance repeats;",0.0
"Two younger boys obey their sister's word,",1.0
The instructive partner of his rugged way:,2.0
"Wasted by care, he viewed the placid sire,",2.0
His large light eyes still beamed with mental fire;,2.0
"His lips, though pale, with genial smiles could glow;",0.0
"His manners simple, but his thoughts refined,",1.0
Nor elegance was wanting to his mind.,2.0
"His guest he welcomes, and with pleasing voice",1.0
Prays him to share his board and homely joys:,0.0
Then round the table threw a happy look.,0.0
As he observes the family by turns,2.0
"His fine eyes sparkle, and his bosom burns;",2.0
"The elder youth, more silent than the rest,",1.0
Seemed with the recent marks of grief impressed.,0.0
"One daughter near her father took her place,",0.0
Filial affection beaming in her face;,1.0
"Her features plain, her cheeks no roses die,",1.0
"But feeling, sense, and purity combine,",1.0
"A powerful charm, and with expression shine:",3.0
"Amid her sister's locks the Graces stray,",0.0
"Softened her eyes, and flushed her cheeks like May.",2.0
"Which filial love, good sense, and beauty graced;",2.0
"Unwilling he at last retired to rest,",1.0
With love for the whole family impressed.,3.0
Soon as the beams which chase the glowing dawn,0.0
"Played over the hills, and marked distinct the morn,",3.0
"He sprung from rest, all eager to survey",1.0
The mansion where so many virtues lay:,0.0
"Delighted he beheld the blessed retreat,",1.0
Which Autumn with her ripening tributes crowned.,1.0
"The elder youth he met, absorbed in thought,",0.0
"Perturbed within, irregular his pace,",1.0
"Striving to pass unseen, he met his eyes,",2.0
Nor could his heaving breast repress deep sighs.,1.0
Sacred he deemed the feelings of the heart.,3.0
"The other, following, said, With shame I glow,",2.0
"Serene my father each affliction bears,",0.0
"Fallen low from state and envied happiness,",1.0
Deeply does grief this sanguine heart impress;,2.0
"Bitter remorse amid sad reflections rise,",5.0
And joy in vain would shine to glad these eyes;,0.0
"But listen, while my faltering lips impart",2.0
What may excuse this weakness of my heart;,2.0
"Just woke from madness, thought astonished turns,",0.0
"Feels the dire hand of fate, and inward burns: -",0.0
"There stood a fabric, deeply wrapped in woods,",0.0
Which from the hills in rapid torrents gushed,0.0
"Amid the dark trees, and down the valleys rushed;",2.0
"The ruined walls were round with ivy spread,",0.0
And gloomy shades wild Gothic grandeur shed.,4.0
"The awful ocean's wondrous space was nigh,",0.0
"In meditation lost, these scenes I sought;",0.0
"Here mused, here read; the Muses courted here,",0.0
And strove to draw them from their tuneful sphere:,1.0
"Thus fired, my genius boundless scope employed,",3.0
"Glanced over all nature, and her works enjoyed.",4.0
My mother ever honoured be her name!,0.0
Warmed by whose force my spirit burst to flame;,0.0
"Whose stronger passions, chastened by our sire,",1.0
Still fill her children's pulses with her fire,2.0
"Listened, while I its various beauties told,",2.0
And sought the Gothic structure to behold;,1.0
"Her breast maternal in my joys took part,",1.0
My feelings were congenial to her heart;,2.0
"At her request we went, nor marked on high",1.0
A threatening storm which gathered over the sky.,2.0
"I led my mother through the devious wood,",3.0
"To where, involved with trees, the fabric stood;",0.0
"With equal awe she viewed the solemn place,",0.0
While warmly I romantic dreams retrace;,1.0
"Nature, in her still warm, diffused the fire",3.0
Which in her youth loud woke the harmonic lyre.,3.0
"I saw her charmed, and warmly urged her stay,",0.0
"To blend her wisdom with my youthful lay,",1.0
Devoting to her son the the instructive day.,2.0
"When from her lips a forced consent I drew,",0.0
"I caught her words, and for refreshments flew;",1.0
"While she within the tottering castle stays,",3.0
"And all the grandeur of the scene surveys,",1.0
"Stupendous clouds were rolling over the heaven,",2.0
"Strong rushed large torrents, by quick eddies driven.",4.0
OH never pardoned folly! far I went:,1.0
"Pleased with myself, while partial praise I sought,",3.0
The best of mothers vanished from my thought;,1.0
"Till roused by a tremendous storm, which broke",1.0
"Through the vast heavens, and my remembrance woke.",5.0
"Strong gathered through the trees the whirling gale,",2.0
"Blew bleak a while, then whistled in the vale;",1.0
"Then on it came, and with redoubled force",1.0
Strove mid contending trees to wing its course;,1.0
"Driven back again, loud roaring it complains,",2.0
Or blustering thunders over the neighbouring plains:,6.0
"Wildly I heard the stormy ocean roar,",2.0
Wave dashed on wave flew bellowing to the shore;,3.0
"Precipitate I flew, with fears oppressed.",0.0
"The storm with tenfold fury still persists,",1.0
Scarce the strong oak its dreadful power resists;,5.0
"Uprooted, torn, the mangled wood lies bare:",1.0
Nor could my friend my hasty steps pursue;,0.0
"As I advance the overwhelming tide arose,",1.0
"Deluged the plains, and round in surges flows;",2.0
"So fierce the winds, my feet were scarcely stayed,",0.0
While through encroaching waters on I wade;,2.0
"My pulses with strong agitation beat,",2.0
While present death with thousand horrors threat.,0.0
"And art thou, OH my mother! amid this storm?",2.0
What from the winds shall guide thy sacred form?,0.0
Perhaps already has conspired thy death!,2.0
"Four times I fell, mid gushing waters thrown,",2.0
"Born on by tides, or dashed against huge stones;",1.0
"Yet strong necessity had given me force,",3.0
"And, spite of obstacles, I speed my course:",1.0
"When near advanced I stopped, and dared not go,",0.0
Arrested by foreboding sense of woe.,1.0
"I called aloud on her who speaks no more,",1.0
Aloud the angry torrents thundering roar!,2.0
"Still nearer on, I trembling called again;",2.0
"Still roared the winds, and still my voice was vain!",1.0
"Mad with despair, wild towards the spot I rush,",3.0
Where all around the bellowing torrents gush;,2.0
"No trace of Gothic arch or roof remains,",1.0
By winds and waters swept along the plains.,0.0
"Deep the contending elements resound,",4.0
"While, lost to thought, my frantic brain turns round:",1.0
"Still seeking what I knew I could not find,",1.0
Myself I felt the cause; - grief and dismay,3.0
"Rushed on my brain, and snatch my sense away:",0.0
"My friend preserved my life, a thankless load,",0.0
And bore me to my father from the wood;,2.0
"I knew not how he found me, or where sought,",2.0
For long suspended were the powers of thought.,3.0
"I view my father, though worn down by care,",2.0
And sanguine hopes by penury suppressed:,1.0
"Loaded with wealth, his stranded ships were lost;",2.0
"Winged with our fate one storm relentless blew,",0.0
"Conspired our ruin, and each hope overthrew;",5.0
"Yet strong within, to every ill resigned,",0.0
Unfold the joys of immortality!,1.0
"Active in all his duties here below,",0.0
Strong perseverance blunts the edge of woe.,1.0
"With industry he heaps our little stores,",1.0
And still great Nature's ample page explores;,1.0
"TO instruct the children in his Maker's ways,",1.0
And show how all by slow degrees decays;,0.0
"That though on earth GOD'S hand is strong impressed,",1.0
Yet higher hopes should fill the human breast.,0.0
O! blessed example of a pious mind!,1.0
And with strong sympathy the youth surveyed:,3.0
"Mysterious do thy ways, OH GOD! appear,",2.0
"But, born to suffer, man must learn to bear.",0.0
"Divinely pour religion through the soul,",1.0
For that alone the passions can control!,1.0
"Each stood absorbed, till summoned to repair",1.0
"Then, walking slow, wiped the hot tears away.",3.0
Strong to his mind their loss and patience rose:,0.0
"Then amid the family he took his place,",1.0
And charmed beheld the younger daughter's grace:,0.0
"More sweet she looks by day, the lovely die",0.0
"Her azure eyes shot forth a lucid ray,",1.0
"An anxious wish warm kindled in his breast,",1.0
Its noble fire his guileless eyes confessed;,0.0
"A pleased remembrance of his wealth arose,",1.0
His breast benevolent with rapture glows.,1.0
"Lingering he strove to lengthen out his stay,",2.0
And tore himself at last by force away;,0.0
But first the sire's permission did obtain,0.0
To visit this delightful spot again;,1.0
"When friendship strengthening, into union grew,",2.0
And happier scenes unfolded to their view.,3.0
"MY Muse, once more, thy aid I humbly claim;",1.0
Refuse not now to grace my rustic lays.,0.0
Johnston or Pope might well befit the theme,2.0
How dares my humble hand assume so high?,0.0
"No common character inspires my song,",2.0
His growing fame long since has reached the sky:,1.0
All I can say but does his virtues wrong;,0.0
Let then my blundering pen in silence rest;,2.0
"Lo, silent admiration paints them best.",1.0
"By cottage door where playful children run,",0.0
"Where over an earthen seat the thorn is bent,",2.0
"His bonnet all awry, his gathered brow,",0.0
His hanging lip and lengthened visage show,0.0
A mind but ill at ease. With motions strange,0.0
His listless limbs their wayward postures change;,0.0
While many a crooked line and curious maze,4.0
And to himself low spoke the moody youth.,2.0
"Who every Sunday morn to please her sight,",1.0
"Who for her pleasure keeps his pockets bare,",0.0
"Whose field or orchard tempts, with all her pride,",0.0
At little cost may win her for his bride!,1.0
"And I astonished sat with hanging head,",1.0
"Cold grew my shrinking frame, and loose my knee,",1.0
While every neighbour's eye was fixed on me.,3.0
"Ah Sue! when last we worked at Hodge's hay,",0.0
And still at me you mocked in wanton play ' --,1.0
"When at old Hobb's you sung that song so gay,",1.0
"' Sweet William,' still the burden of the lay, ' --",2.0
"I little thought, alas! the lots were cast,",0.0
"And had, when last we tripped it on the green,",1.0
Ere yet another scanty month was flown,1.0
To see thee wedded to the hateful clown;,1.0
"But did these shapely limbs resemble thine,",1.0
"I'd stay at home and tend the household gere,",1.0
Nor on the green with other lads appear.,1.0
"And round thy barn thick stand the sheltered stacks,",1.0
"But did such features coarse my visage grace,",0.0
I'd never budge the bonnet from my face.,1.0
Yet let it be; it shall not break my ease!,0.0
He best deserves who does the maiden please.,0.0
"Such silly cause no more shall give me pain,",1.0
Nor ever maiden cross my rest again.,0.0
"Such grizzled suitors with their taste agree,",1.0
And the black fiend may have them all for me!,2.0
"Hoarse lads, and children shrill, and yelping hounds.",1.0
"Straight every housewife at her door is seen,",2.0
And pausing hedgers on their mattocks lean.,1.0
"At every narrow lane and alley's mouth,",0.0
"A bridal band tricked out in colours gay,",3.0
"With minstrels blithe before to cheer the way,",0.0
"From clouds of curling dust that onward fly,",0.0
"As in their way they hold so gaily on,",1.0
"Caps, beads, and buttons, glancing to the sun,",2.0
Some maiden jogs and vents the ready jest;,0.0
"While village toast the passing belles deride,",0.0
And sober matrons marvel at their pride.,0.0
"But William, head erect with settled brow,",0.0
In sullen silence viewed the passing show;,0.0
"And oft he scratched his pate with careless grace,",0.0
And scorned to pull the bonnet over his face;,2.0
"But did with steady look unaltered wait,",0.0
"Then turned him to his cot with visage flat,",1.0
Where honest Lightfoot on the threshold sat.,3.0
"Up leapt the kindly beast his hand to lick,",0.0
And for his pains received an angry kick.,1.0
Loud shuts the door with harsh and thundering din;,3.0
The echoes round their circling course begin.,0.0
"From cot to cot, church tower, and rocky dell,",3.0
"Lured me to seek thee through thy flowery plains,",3.0
"Taught from thy sparkling cup full joys to sip,",1.0
"And suck sweet poison from thy velvet lip,",2.0
"Was Reason silent, and did Conscience sleep?",1.0
And fancy daylight in thy meteor gleams;,3.0
"Think all was happiness, that smiled like joy,",1.0
And with dear purchase seize each glittering toy?,4.0
"Till roused at length, deep rankling in my heart,",1.0
I felt the latent anguish of thy dart!,1.0
"O, let the young and innocent beware,",1.0
Nor think uninjured to approach thy snare!,1.0
"By fight infected, and by truce undone.",1.0
"Secure, at distance let her shores be past,",0.0
"Whose sight can poison, and whose breath can blast.",1.0
"Contentment blooms not on her glowing ground,",1.0
And round her splendid shrine no peace is found.,1.0
"If once enchanted by her magic charms,",1.0
"If once they touch the limits of her realm,",1.0
"Offended Principle resigns the helm,",1.0
"And once discarded, she returns no more.",2.0
Thus the charmed mariner on every side,4.0
Eyes the rich carpet of the varied hue,4.0
And plains luxuriant opening to his view:,3.0
"Now the steep banks with towering forests crowned,",3.0
Clothed to the margin of the sloping ground;,1.0
"Where with full foliage bending over the waves,",4.0
"And now smooth, level lawns of deeper green",1.0
"Between the opening groves such prospects glow,",2.0
"As Art with mimic hand can never bestow,",2.0
"While lavish Nature wild profusion yields,",0.0
Flings with fantastic hand in every gale,2.0
"Ten thousand blossoms over each velvet vale,",3.0
Far from the painter's hand or sage's eye.,0.0
"From cloudless suns perpetual lustre streams,",2.0
And swarms of insects glisten in their beams.,1.0
"Spread nil their canvas, and no warnings hear.",3.0
"See, on the edge of the clear liquid glass",2.0
"The wondering beasts survey them as they pass,",3.0
"And fearless bounding over their native green,",2.0
"Adorn the landscape, and enrich the scene;",2.0
Deceitful calms deal subtle death around;,1.0
"Even as they gaze their vital powers decay,",3.0
"Till quite extinct the animating fire,",0.0
"Pale, ghastly victims, they at last expire.",2.0
"Painter, the utmost of thy Judgement show,",2.0
"Exceed even Titan, and great Angelo;",6.0
With all the liveliness of Thought express,1.0
"Her Charms thy Colours, and thy Art excels.",0.0
"Others, less Fair, may from thy Pencil have",2.0
"Graces, which sparing Nature never gave:",2.0
"Such as will pose thy famous Art, and Thee:",1.0
"So great, so many in her Face unite,",1.0
"So well proportioned, and so wondrous bright;",1.0
"No human Skill can ever express them all,",3.0
But must do wrong to fair Original.,1.0
"An Angel's Hand alone the Pencil fits,",0.0
"To mix the Colours, when an Angel sits.",0.0
"Thy Picture may as like Dorinda be,",1.0
As Art of Man can paint a Deity;,1.0
"And justly may perhaps, when she withdraws,",2.0
"Excite our Wonder, and deserve Applause:",1.0
"No Art can equal, what's by Nature done.",0.0
The Picture fairer than the Person drew:,1.0
"He took the best that Nature could impart,",0.0
And made it better by his powerful Art.,2.0
"But had he seen that bright surprising Grace,",0.0
"Vain had been all the Essays of his Skill,",1.0
She must have been confessed the fairest still.,0.0
"Heaven in a Landscape may be wondrous fine,",2.0
"And look as bright as painted Light can shine,",0.0
But still the real Glories of that place,4.0
All Art by infinite Degrees surpass.,1.0
Whose rustic zeal each patriot bosom warms;,2.0
"Pursue the glorious task, the pleasing toil,",2.0
"Extend the Farmer's care to human kind,",0.0
"Manure the heart, and cultivate the mind;",0.0
"There plant religion, reason, freedom, truth,",0.0
And sow the seeds of virtue in our youth:,0.0
"Let no rank weeds corrupt, or brambles choke,",2.0
And shake the vermin from the British oak;,1.0
"From northern blasts protect the vernal bloom,",0.0
And guard our pastures from the wolves of Rome.,1.0
And reap the harvest of immortal fame!,1.0
"I Rural life enjoy, the town's your taste,",0.0
"In this we differ, twins in all the rest.",0.0
"Now when the Mall's forlorn, the beaux and belles",0.0
"Say, will not CLOE for awhile withdraw",2.0
Sure at this homely hut one may contrive,1.0
"Awhile not only to exist, but live;",1.0
"For not dull landscapes here my thoughts engross,",1.0
"No, the same appetite that courts infuse,",3.0
"Haunts in retreat, and to the shade pursues.",2.0
Here all my care are to receive and pay,1.0
"Visits, my studies a romance or play.",3.0
"Walks or a ride, nay church serves well enough.",2.0
To wed the only daughter of a squire.,1.0
"Cards have their turn, to kill a tedious hour,",2.0
"For oft the captain, fresh from town, bestows",0.0
A friendly week upon his friend my spouse.,0.0
"Then gaily glide the days on downy feet,",0.0
For sure the captain has prodigious wit;,0.0
"OH I could hear his sweet discourse for ever,",5.0
"Oft far and wide for new delights I range,",1.0
"True sex, and constant to the love of change.",2.0
"Is there within ten miles a troop reviewed,",2.0
"An auction of old goods, an interlude",2.0
There to be seen I have an urgent call.,1.0
And THOMAS mounts the box in livery coat.,2.0
And yet these scenes are town in miniature,0.0
"Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,",2.0
And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed:,0.0
"Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease,",4.0
"Seats of my youth when every sport could please,",0.0
Where humble happiness endeared each scene;,1.0
"How often have I paused on every charm,",0.0
"The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm,",0.0
"The decent church that topped the neighbouring hill,",2.0
"The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade,",1.0
For talking age and whispering lovers made;,2.0
"How often have I blessed the coming day,",0.0
"And all the village train, from labour free,",0.0
Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree;,0.0
"While many a pastime circled in the shade,",3.0
The young contending as the old surveyed;,1.0
And slights of art and feats of strength went round;,1.0
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,0.0
By holding out to tyre each other down;,2.0
"These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,",2.0
With sweet succession taught even toil to please;,3.0
"These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,",4.0
These were thy charms ' --  But all these charms are fled.,1.0
"Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn:",0.0
"Amid thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen,",4.0
And desolation saddens all thy green;,0.0
"One only master grasps the whole domain,",0.0
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain:,0.0
"No more thy glassy brook reflects the day,",0.0
"Along thy glades, a solitary guest,",0.0
"Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all,",2.0
"And trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand,",2.0
"Far, far away thy children leave the land.",1.0
"Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,",1.0
"Where wealth accumulates, and men decay;",0.0
"Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade;",3.0
"A breath can make them, as a breath has made:",1.0
"When once destroyed, can never be supplied.",0.0
When every rood of ground maintained its man;,0.0
"For him light Labour spread her wholesome store,",2.0
"Just gave what life required, but gave no more;",1.0
"His best companions, innocence and health,",1.0
"And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.",3.0
But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train,0.0
"Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain;",1.0
"Along the lawn, where scattered hamlets rose,",0.0
"And every want to luxury allied,",1.0
And every pang that folly pays to pride.,0.0
"These gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom,",0.0
"Those calm desires that asked but little room,",0.0
"Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene,",0.0
"Lived in each look, and brightened all the green;",0.0
"These far departing seek a kinder shore,",0.0
And rural mirth and manners are no more.,2.0
"Sweet AUBURN! parent of the blissful hour,",2.0
Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power.,2.0
"Here as I take my solitary rounds,",0.0
"Amid thy tangling walks, and ruined grounds,",0.0
"And, many a year elapsed, return to view",2.0
"Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew,",1.0
"Here, as with doubtful, pensive steps I range,",0.0
"Trace every scene, and wonder at the change,",1.0
"Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,",0.0
"Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.",0.0
"In all my wanderings round this world of care,",1.0
"I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,",0.0
Amid these humble bowers to lay me down;,2.0
"My anxious day to husband near the close,",0.0
And keep life's flame from wasting by repose;,2.0
"I still had hopes, for pride attends us still,",0.0
"Around my fire an evening group to draw,",0.0
"And tell of all I felt, and all I saw:",0.0
"And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue,",1.0
"Pants to the place from whence at first she flew,",0.0
Here to return ' --  and die at home at last.,1.0
"OH blessed retirement! friend to life's decline,",3.0
Retreats from care that never must be mine.,0.0
"How blessed is he who crowns in shades like these,",1.0
A youth of labour with an age of ease;,1.0
"Who quits a world where strong temptations try,",0.0
"And since it's hard to combat, learns to fly.",0.0
"Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep;",3.0
No surly porter stands in guilty state,1.0
To spurn imploring famine from his gate;,1.0
"But on he moves to meet his latter end,",1.0
Angels around befriending virtue's friend;,2.0
"While resignation gently slopes the way,",0.0
"And all his prospects brightening to the last,",1.0
His heaven commences ere the world be past!,0.0
"Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close,",0.0
Up yonder hill the village murmur rose;,0.0
"There as I past with careless steps and slow,",1.0
The mingling notes came softened from below;,2.0
The playful children just let loose from school;,1.0
"The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,",3.0
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:,2.0
"These all in soft confusion sought the shade,",0.0
And filled each pause the nightingale had made.,1.0
"But now the sounds of population fail,",0.0
No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale;,1.0
"All but yonder widowed, solitary thing,",0.0
"She, wretched matron, forced, in age, for bread,",0.0
"To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn;",0.0
"She only left of all the harmless train,",0.0
The sad historian of the pensive plain.,1.0
And still where many a garden flower grows wild;,3.0
"There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,",1.0
The village preacher's modest mansion rose.,0.0
"A man he was, to all the country dear,",1.0
And passing rich with forty pounds a year;,0.0
"Remote from towns he ran his godly race,",0.0
"Nor ever had changed, nor wished to change his place,",2.0
By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour;,3.0
More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.,1.0
"His house was known to all the vagrant train,",0.0
"He child their wanderings, but relieved their pain:",3.0
"The long remembered beggar was his guest,",1.0
Whose beard descending swept his aged breast;,0.0
"The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,",2.0
"Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed;",2.0
"The broken soldier kindly bade to stay,",0.0
"Sat by his fire, and talked the night away;",0.0
"Wept over his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,",3.0
"Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won.",2.0
"Pleased with his guests, the good man learnt to glow,",1.0
And quite forgot their vices in their woe;,0.0
"Careless their merits, or their faults to scan,",3.0
His pity gave ere charity began.,2.0
"Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,",3.0
And even his failings leaned to virtue's side;,2.0
"But in his duty prompt at every call,",0.0
"He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all,",0.0
"And, as a bird each fond endearment tries",1.0
"Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.",0.0
"Beside the bed where parting life was laid,",0.0
"And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed,",0.0
"The reverend champion stood. At his control,",3.0
Despair and anguish sled the struggling soul;,0.0
"Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise,",0.0
And his last faltering accents whispered praise.,4.0
"At church, with meek and unaffected grace,",0.0
His looks adorned the venerable place;,1.0
"Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,",0.0
"And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.",0.0
"The service past, around the pious man,",0.0
With ready zeal each honest rustic ran;,0.0
"Even children followed with endearing wile,",1.0
"And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile;",1.0
"His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed,",0.0
"Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed;",2.0
But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven:,2.0
"As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,",1.0
"Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,",1.0
"Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,",0.0
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.,2.0
"There, in his noisy mansion skilled to rule,",0.0
The village master taught his little school:,0.0
"A man severe he was, and stern to view,",1.0
"I knew him well, and every truant knew;",0.0
The day's disasters in his morning face;,0.0
"Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee,",1.0
"At all his jokes, for many a joke had he;",2.0
"Full well the busy whisper circling round,",1.0
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned:,0.0
"Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught,",1.0
The love he bore to learning was in fault.,1.0
The village all declared how much he knew;,0.0
"'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too:",2.0
"Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage,",3.0
And even the storey ran that he could gauge;,3.0
"In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,",2.0
"For even though vanquished, he could argue still;",3.0
"While words of learnt length, and thundering sound,",5.0
"And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,",0.0
That one small head could carry all he knew.,3.0
But past is all his fame. The very spot,0.0
"Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot.",3.0
"Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high,",0.0
"Where once the signpost caught the passing eye,",1.0
"Where village statesmen talked with looks profound,",0.0
And news much older than their ale went round.,2.0
Imagination fondly stoops to trace,0.0
"The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor,",1.0
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door;,0.0
"The chest contrived a double debt to pay,",0.0
"A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day;",0.0
"The pictures placed for ornament and use,",1.0
"The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose;",0.0
"The hearth, except when winter chilled the day,",0.0
"With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay;",2.0
"Ranged over the chimney, glistened in a row.",3.0
Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall!,3.0
"Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart",0.0
An hour's importance to the poor man's heart;,4.0
Thither no more the peasant shall repair,1.0
To sweet oblivion of his daily care;,1.0
"No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale,",0.0
"Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear;",2.0
The host himself no longer shall be found,1.0
"Nor the coy maid, half willing to be pressed,",5.0
Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest.,1.0
"Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain,",1.0
These simple blessings of the lowly train;,1.0
"To me more dear, congenial to my heart,",2.0
"One native charm, than all the gloss of art.",0.0
"Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play,",2.0
"The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn sway;",1.0
"Lightly they frolic over the vacant mind,",4.0
"But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade,",3.0
"With all the freaks of wanton wealth arrayed,",0.0
"And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy,",2.0
"You friends to truth, you statesmen, who survey",0.0
"The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay,",1.0
"It's yours to judge, how wide the limits stand",1.0
Between a splendid and an happy land.,1.0
And shouting Folly hails them from her shore;,1.0
"Hoards, even beyond the miser's wish abound,",4.0
And rich men flock from all the world around.,1.0
Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name,1.0
That leaves our useful products still the same.,0.0
Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride,0.0
Takes up a space that many poor supplied:,0.0
"Space for his lake, his parks extended bounds,",0.0
"The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth,",0.0
Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth;,2.0
"His seat, where solitary sports are seen,",0.0
Indignant spurns the cottage from the green;,1.0
"Around the world each needful product flies,",0.0
For all the luxuries the world supplies.,1.0
"While thus the land adorned for pleasure all,",0.0
"As some fair female unadorned and plain,",2.0
"Secure to please while youth confirms her reign,",0.0
"Slights every borrowed charm that dress supplies,",2.0
Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes:,1.0
"But when those charms are past, for charms are frail,",0.0
"When time advances, and when lovers fail,",1.0
"She then shines forth, solicitous to bless,",2.0
In all the glaring impotence of dress;,1.0
"Thus fares the land, by luxury betrayed,",2.0
In nature's simplest charms at first arrayed;,0.0
"It vistas strike, its palaces surprise;",1.0
"While, scourged by famine from the smiling land,",1.0
The mournful peasant leads his humble band;,0.0
"And, while he sinks without one arm to save,",0.0
"The country blooms ' --  a garden, and a grave.",1.0
"Where then, ah, where shall poverty reside,",1.0
To escape the pressure of contiguous pride?,4.0
"If to some common's fenceless limits strayed,",1.0
"He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade,",0.0
"Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,",0.0
If to the city sped ' --  what waits him there?,1.0
To see profusion that he must not share;,0.0
"To pamper luxury, and thin mankind;",2.0
"To see each joy the sons of pleasure know,",0.0
"Here, while the courtier glitters in brocade,",2.0
There the pale artist plies the sickly trade;,2.0
"The dome where Pleasure holds her midnight reign,",1.0
Here richly decked admits the gorgeous train;,0.0
"Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square,",5.0
"The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare;",2.0
Sure scenes like these no troubles ever annoy!,7.0
Sure these denote one universal joy!,2.0
"Are these thy serious thoughts? ' --  Ah, turn thine eyes",3.0
"She once, perhaps, in village plenty blessed,",0.0
Has wept at tales of innocence distressed;,1.0
"Her modest looks the cottage might adorn,",0.0
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn;,1.0
"Now lost to all, her friends, her virtue fled,",1.0
"And pinched with cold, and shrinking from the shower,",1.0
"With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour,",0.0
"When idly first, ambitious of the town,",1.0
She left her wheel and robes of country brown.,0.0
Do thy fair tribes participate her pain?,3.0
"Even now, perhaps, by cold and hunger led,",0.0
At proud men's doors they ask a little bread!,1.0
"Ah! no. To distant climes, a dreary scene,",0.0
"Where half the convex world intrudes between,",1.0
"To torrid tracts with fainting steps they go,",0.0
"Far different there from all that charmed before,",2.0
The various terrors of that horrid shore:,3.0
"Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray,",0.0
And fiercely shed intolerable day;,1.0
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;,0.0
Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;,4.0
"Where, at each step, the stranger fears to wake",0.0
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;,1.0
"Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,",0.0
"And savage men, more murderous still than they;",2.0
Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.,3.0
"Far different these from every former scene,",2.0
"The cooling brook, the grassy vested green,",0.0
"The breezy covert of the warbling grove,",1.0
That only sheltered thefts of harmless love.,0.0
That called them from their native walks away;,1.0
"When the poor exiles, every pleasure past,",4.0
"Hung round their bowers, and fondly looked their last,",2.0
"And took a long farewell, and wished, in vain,",1.0
For seats like these beyond the western main;,1.0
"And, shuddering still to face the distant deep,",2.0
"Returned and wept, and still returned to weep.",0.0
"The good old sire, the first prepared to go",3.0
"To newfound worlds, and wept for others woe;",1.0
"But for himself, in conscious virtue brave,",1.0
He only wished for worlds beyond the grave.,0.0
"The fond companion of his helpless years,",1.0
"Silent went next, neglectful of her charms,",3.0
And left a lover's for her father's arms.,1.0
And blessed the cot where every pleasure rose;,0.0
"And kissed her thoughtless babes with many a tear,",2.0
"And clasped them close, in sorrow doubly dear;",0.0
While her fond husband strove to lend relief,2.0
"OH luxury! Thou cursed by heaven's decree,",4.0
How ill exchanged are things like these for thee!,1.0
"How do thy potions with insidious joy,",3.0
Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy!,1.0
"Kingdoms by thee, to sickly greatness grown,",1.0
"At every draught more large and large they grow,",0.0
A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe;,0.0
"Till sapped their strength, and every part unsound,",0.0
"Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round.",1.0
"Even now the devastation is begun,",1.0
And half the business of destruction done;,1.0
I see the rural virtues leave the land:,0.0
Down where yonder anchoring vessel spreads the sail,2.0
"That idly waiting flaps with every gale,",0.0
"Downward they move, a melancholy band,",2.0
"Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand.",0.0
"Contented Toil, and hospitable Care,",5.0
"And Piety with wishes placed above,",1.0
"And steady Loyalty, and faithful Love.",1.0
Still first to fly where sensual joys invade;,3.0
"Unfit in these degenerate times of shame,",3.0
"To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame;",0.0
"Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried,",2.0
"My shame in crowds, my solitary pride;",0.0
"Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe,",0.0
"Thou guide by which the nobler arts excel,",2.0
"Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well:",0.0
"Farewell, and OH! wherever thy voice be tried,",3.0
Or winter wraps the polar world in snow;,0.0
"Still let thy voice, prevailing over time,",1.0
"And slighted truth with thy persuasive strain,",1.0
Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain;,1.0
"Teach him that states of native strength possessed,",0.0
"Though very poor, may still be very blessed;",0.0
As rocks resist the billows and the sky.,1.0
"LET those love now, who never loved before,",3.0
"Let those who always loved, now love the more.",1.0
"The Spring, the new, the warb'ling Spring appears,",0.0
The youthful Season of reviving Years;,1.0
"The feathered Nation choose their tuneful Mates,",0.0
The Trees grow fruitful with descending Rain,2.0
And dressed in differing Greens adorn the Plain.,0.0
Through Walks that winding run within the Groves;,0.0
"And ties their meeting Tops with Wreaths of Flowers,",0.0
From Nature's powerful Dictates draws her own.,3.0
"Let those love now; who never loved before,",3.0
'Twas on that Day which saw the teeming Flood,0.0
"Swell round, impregnate with celestial Blood;",2.0
"The mid was left a void Expanse of Blue,",0.0
"There Parent Ocean worked with heaving Throes,",0.0
"Let those love now, who never loved before,",3.0
"Let those who always loved, now love them more.",1.0
"She paints the purple Year with varied show,",0.0
"Tips the green Gem, and makes the Blossom glow.",3.0
"She makes the turgid Buds receive the Breeze,",0.0
"Expand to Leaves, and shade the naked Trees.",0.0
"When gathering damps the misty Nights diffuse,",2.0
She sprinkles all the Morn with balmy Dews;,0.0
"Bright trembling Pearls depend at every spray,",1.0
"And kept from falling, seem to fall away.",0.0
"A glossy Freshness hence the Rose receives,",0.0
And blushes sweet through all her silken Leaves;,0.0
"The Drops descending through the silent Night,",1.0
"While Stars serenely roll their golden Light,",0.0
"Close till the Morn, her humid Veil she holds;",0.0
"Soon will the Morning blush: You Maids! prepare,",0.0
"It's Venus' Plant: The Blood fair Venus shed,",1.0
Over the gay Beauty poured immortal Red;,2.0
From Love's soft Kiss a sweet Ambrosial Smell,1.0
Was taught for ever on the Leaves to dwell;,1.0
"From Gems, from Flames, from orient Rays of Light",3.0
The richest Lustre makes her Purple bright;,0.0
"Through all her Sweets the rifling Lover flies,",0.0
"And as he breathes, her glowing Fires arise.",1.0
"Sends the gay Nymphs, and sends her tender Love.",3.0
And shall they venture? is it safe to go?,1.0
"While Nymphs have Hearts, and Cupid wears a Bow?",0.0
"Yes safely venture, it's his Mother's Will;",3.0
"His Torch extinct, his Quiver useless hung,",0.0
"And yet, you Nymphs, beware, his Eyes have Charms,",0.0
A Virgin Train complete with modest Airs:,0.0
"' Chaste Delia! grant our Suit! or shun the Wood,",1.0
' Nor stain this sacred Lawn with savage Blood.,0.0
"' Venus, OH Delia! if she could persuade,",4.0
"' Would ask thy Presence, might she ask a Maid.",0.0
With Songs prolong the pleasurable Rites:,1.0
"Or seek by Pairs the Covert of the Grove,",1.0
Here dancing Crees shakes her golden Sheaves:,3.0
Here Wit's enchanting God in Laurel crowned,0.0
"And Delia, Huntress Delia, shun the Plain.",0.0
"Gay with the Bloom of all her opening Year,",2.0
And there presides; and there the favourite Band,2.0
Her smiling Graces share the great Command.,0.0
"With all the Pride the lavish Season sheds,",0.0
"Now all thy Colours, all thy Fragrance yield,",0.0
To fill the Presence of the gentle Court,1.0
"From every Quarter rural Nymphs resort,",0.0
"From Woods, from Mountains, from their humble Vales,",1.0
From Waters curling with the wanton Gales.,1.0
"Pleased with the joyful Train, the laughing Queen",0.0
In Circles seats them round the Bank of green;,0.0
"And' lovely Girls, she whispers guard your Hearts;",0.0
"' My Boy, though stripped of Arms, abounds in Arts.",0.0
"Let tender Grass in shaded Allys spread,",1.0
Let early Flowers erect their painted Head.,3.0
"That Day, old Either wedded Earth in green.",1.0
"The Vernal Father bid the Spring appear,",0.0
"In Clouds he coupled to produce the Year,",1.0
"The Sap descending over her Bosom ran,",2.0
And all the various sorts of Soul began.,2.0
"By Wheels unknown to Sight, by secret Veins",0.0
"Distilling Life, the fruitful Goddess reigns,",0.0
"Through all the lovely Realms of native Day,",0.0
"Through all the circled Land, and circling Sea;",0.0
And ever fixed the mystic Ways of Birth.,0.0
"She won Lavinia for her warlike Son,",2.0
"She gave to Mars the Maid, whose honoured Womb",1.0
Swelled with the Founder of immortal Rome.,1.0
And taught our vigorous Youth the Means to wed.,2.0
"Hence sprung the Romans, hence the Race divine",1.0
Through which great Caesar draws his Julian Line.,1.0
In rural Seats the Soul of Pleasure reigns;,0.0
The Life of Beauty fills the rural Scenes;,0.0
Even Love if Fame the Truth of Love declare,0.0
"Some pleasing Meadow pregnant Beauty pressed,",1.0
"She laid her Infant on its flowery Breast,",3.0
"From Nature's Sweets he sipped the fragrant Dew,",0.0
"He smiled, he kissed them, and by kissing grew.",1.0
"Now Bulls over Stalks of Broom extend their Sides,",1.0
"And now the Goddess bids the Birds appear,",0.0
"Raise all their Music, and salute the Year:",1.0
"Then deep the Swan begins, and deep the Song",0.0
Runs over the Water where he sails along;,3.0
"While Philomela tunes a treble Strain,",0.0
And from the Poplar charms the listening Plain.,1.0
"We fancy Love expressed at every Note,",0.0
"It melts, it warbles, in her liquid Throat.",0.0
But sings for Pleasure as for Grief before.,1.0
"And still her Graces rise, her Airs extend,",0.0
How long in coming is my lovely Spring?,1.0
"And when shall I, and when the Swallow sing?",0.0
"Sweet Philomela cease, ' --  Or here I sit,",1.0
And silent lose my rapturous Hour of Wit:,2.0
"It's gone, the Fit retires, the Flames decay,",0.0
My tuneful Phoebus flies averse away.,0.0
"But once was silent, and that once undone.",1.0
SOME of my Friends for Friends I must suppose,0.0
"All, who, not daring to appear my foes,",1.0
"Feign great good will, and, not more full of spite",1.0
Some of my Friends so lavishly I print,1.0
"As more in sorrow than in anger, hint",1.0
Though that indeed will scarce admit a doubt,0.0
"That I shall run my stock of Genius out,",1.0
"My no great stock, and, publishing so fast,",2.0
Must needs become a Bankrupt at the last.,0.0
"Which, rich in disposition, pays his toil",0.0
"More than a hundred fold, which swells his store",0.0
"Even to his wish, and makes his barns run over,",2.0
"By long Experience taught, who teaches best,",2.0
"The Land, allowed its losses to repair,",1.0
"Refreshed, and full in strength, delights to wear",0.0
"A second Youth, and to the Farmer's eyes",1.0
"Bids richer crops, and double harvests rise.",1.0
"Nor think this practise to the earth confined,",1.0
It reaches to the culture of the Mind.,2.0
"The Mind of Man craves rest, and cannot bear,",1.0
"Though next in power to Gods, continual care.",4.0
Genius himself nor here let Genius frown,3.0
"Which the most slight observer scarce could miss,",0.0
"He might have flourished twenty years, or more,",0.0
Though now alas! poor Man! worn out in four.,3.0
"Recovered from the vanity of youth,",2.0
"I feel, alas! this melancholy truth,",0.0
"Thanks to each cordial, each advising Friend,",0.0
"And am, if not too late, resolved to mend,",2.0
"Resolved to give some respite to my pen,",1.0
"Apply myself once more to Books, and Men,",2.0
"View what is present, what is past review,",1.0
And my old stock exhausted lay in new.,2.0
"For twice six moons let winds, turned Porters, bear",3.0
"This oath to Heaven for twice six moons I swear,",1.0
"No Muse shall tempt me with her Siren lay,",2.0
Nor draw me from improvement's thorny way.,1.0
Who in my hearing shall a Rhyme commend.,0.0
"It cannot be ' --  Whether I will, or no,",3.0
"Such as they are, my thoughts in measure flow.",1.0
"Convinced, determined, I in prose begin,",1.0
"But before I write one sentence, Verse creeps in,",2.0
And taints me through and through; by this good light,2.0
"In Verse I talk by day, I dream by night;",0.0
"If now and then I curse, my curses chime,",0.0
"Nor can I pray, unless I pray in rhyme.",1.0
"Even now I err, in spite of Common Sense,",0.0
"Rest then my Friends ' --  spare, spare your precious breath,",1.0
"On your grave lessons I cannot subsist,",3.0
"Rest then my Friends, nor, hateful to my eyes,",1.0
"Let Envy, in the shape of Pity, rise",1.0
"To blast me ever my time; with patience wait,",2.0
It's no long interval propitious Fate,2.0
"Shall glut your pride, and every Son of phlegm",0.0
Find ample room to censure and condemn.,2.0
"Read some three hundred lines, no easy task;",3.0
But probably the last that I shall ask,2.0
"And give me up for ever; wait one hour,",1.0
"Nay not so much, Revenge is in your power,",0.0
"And You may cry, ever Time hath turned his glass,",5.0
Lo! what We prophesied is come to pass.,0.0
"Let Those, who Poetry in Poems claim,",1.0
"Or not read this, or only read to blame;",0.0
"Let Those, who are by fiction's charms enslaved,",0.0
"Let Those, who love a little gall in rhyme,",0.0
"Postpone their purchase now, and call next time;",0.0
"Let Those, who, void of Nature, look for art,",0.0
"Take up their money, and in peace depart;",1.0
"Here is no lie, no gall, no art, no force,",3.0
"Mean are the words, and such as come of course,",1.0
The Subject not less simple than the lay;,2.0
"Far from Me now be every tuneful Maid,",0.0
"I neither ask, nor can receive their aid.",1.0
"Pegasus turned into a common hack,",2.0
"Alone I jog, and keep the beaten track,",0.0
Nor would I have the Sisters of the hill,1.0
"Absent, but only absent for a time,",3.0
"Let Them caress some dearer son of Rhyme,",5.0
"Let Them, as far as Decency permits,",1.0
"Without suspicion, play the fool with Wits,",0.0
"Against Fools be guarded; it's a certain rule,",4.0
"Let Them, though modest, GREY more modest woo;",0.0
"Let Them with FRANKLIN, proud of some small Greek,",1.0
"Make Sophocles, disguised, in English speak;",2.0
Let Them with GLOVER over Medea doze;,2.0
"While He, fine feeling creature, all in tears,",2.0
"Melts as they melt, and weeps with weeping Peers;",0.0
"Let Them with simple WHITEHEAD, taught to creep",1.0
"Let Them with BROWNE contrive, no vulgar trick,",1.0
"To cure the dead, and make the living sick;",0.0
Let Them in Charity to MURPHY give,1.0
"Some old French piece, that he may steal and live;",2.0
"Let Them with antic FOOTE subscriptions get,",0.0
"Thus, or in any better way They please,",0.0
"With these great Men, or with great Men like these,",3.0
Let Them their appetite for laughter feed;,0.0
I on my Journey all Alone proceed.,1.0
"If fashionable grown, and fond of power",1.0
"Let Them forge lies, and histories for HUME;",4.0
"Let Them with HOME, the very Prince of verse,",0.0
Let Them with OGILVIE spin out a tale,2.0
"Of rueful length; Let Them plain things obscure,",3.0
"Debase what's truly rich, and what is poor",0.0
Make poorer still by jargon most uncouth;,2.0
"Born of false Taste, with Fancy like a Child",3.0
"Not knowing what It cries for running wild,",0.0
"With bloated Style, by Affectation taught,",0.0
"With much false Colouring, and little Thought,",2.0
"With Phrases strange, and Dialect decreed",0.0
"By Reason never to have passed the Tweed,",1.0
"With Words, which Nature meant each other's foe,",0.0
"Forced to compound whether they will or no,",1.0
"With such materials, Let Them, if They will,",4.0
"To prove at once their pleasantry and skill,",1.0
"Build up a Bard to war against Common Sense,",4.0
By way of Compliment to Providence;,2.0
"Let Them with ARMSTRONG, taking leave of Sense,",1.0
"Read musty lectures on Benevolence,",3.0
"Or conn the pages of his gaping Day,",1.0
"Where all his former Fame was thrown away,",0.0
"Where all, but barren labour, was forgot,",1.0
And the vain stiffness of a Lettered SCOT;,3.0
"Let Them with ARMSTRONG pass the term of light,",1.0
But not one hour of darkness; when the Night,0.0
"Suspends this mortal coil, when Memory wakes,",2.0
"A deep revenge, when, by Reflection led,",1.0
"She draws his curtains, and looks comfort dead,",2.0
Let every Muse be gone; in vain He turns,1.0
"And tries to pray for sleep; an Aetna burns,",0.0
A more than Aetna in his coward breast;,0.0
"And Guilt, with vengeance armed, forbids him rest.",0.0
"Though soft as Plumage from young Zephyr's wing,",2.0
"His couch seems hard, and no relief can bring.",1.0
"No Good Man can deserve, no brave Man bear.",4.0
"EARLY the sun his radiant axle guides,",2.0
Sloping his steep course with the Pleiades;,2.0
"Thou the mild offspring of their warm embrace,",1.0
"O lovely May, and these thine heritage,",3.0
"Is thy adorning, than the sunny glow",2.0
"Of eastern ruby, ill assorted grace",0.0
By me; though not among the sons of men,1.0
"Or feels more lively, Nature's varied boon.",0.0
For though confined in the city walls,1.0
"To dwell with busy Care, and with him watch",1.0
"The call of Interest, is my lot affixed,",1.0
"Far happier seems to me the peasant's life,",4.0
Vacant of thought can muse of what around,2.0
"Strikes his rapt eye with beauty, or his ear",4.0
"With pleasing song, than if a golden mine",2.0
"Disclosed its boundless treasures, but condemned",1.0
Bereaved of every pleasure Nature gives,0.0
"Each plain but heart-felt rapture, what is wealth?",1.0
In artful mazes we but toil for bliss:,1.0
"True Pleasure dwells not in the arched roof,",2.0
She sings no carol to the midnight ball;,3.0
The loaded board and Bacchus' flustering draughts,0.0
"In vain are tried, for ah she dwells not there!",0.0
"The russet plain; there prompts the virgin's song,",0.0
"Breathes the brisk carol from the cottage reed,",4.0
"Strikes the quick tabor glad with echoing pulse,",5.0
And animates the village holiday.,0.0
Nor then alone but when his honest labour,0.0
"Calls the good swain, she early joins his step;",0.0
For the mild radiance of the opening dawn,5.0
"Of hill and dale, hoar forest, flowering heath,",3.0
"Rich harvest, verdant meadow, where the stream",2.0
"To Pleasure's ear most grateful, thousand birds,",3.0
"Lark, linnet, thrush, and thou of all the grove",2.0
Art rising to hymn out thy morning song.,2.0
"Thou too at eve, when all his labour over,",0.0
"And seeks with weary step his rest at home,",0.0
Best prelude to the peace his cottage gives.,1.0
There at the door his numerous offspring watch,3.0
"Their sire's return, and eager run to tell",0.0
"The tiding of his coming, while his dame",1.0
"Plies her glad evening care, to deck the board",3.0
"Of Luxury, and fittest to refresh",2.0
Gives its due relish to the simple fare.,4.0
"What are to this the proud luxurious feasts,",3.0
Of East and Western worlds must be explored,0.0
To strike the sickly palate's feeble sense,0.0
"With faint delight? O what are all our joys,",0.0
"Even those of monarchs, to the thousand beauties",3.0
That strike the rapt soul of the rudest hind?,2.0
Can Art's best mimicry their form express?,2.0
Can rich Loraine mix up the glowing tint,2.0
Bright as Aurora? Can he form a shade,3.0
To strike the fancy with a gloom so solemn,1.0
At twilight hour affords? Can savage Rosa,1.0
"With aught so wildly noble fill the mind,",0.0
As where the ancient oak in the wood's depth,1.0
The woodman with fell axe has lowered the pride,4.0
"Of many a tall tree, he deserted stands",4.0
"A barren trunk, while rude winds howl around,",1.0
And dreary torrents lash his naked limbs?,0.0
"The livid lightnings flash, and elements",1.0
Such scenes awake Imagination's powers,6.0
To sacred thought; such Rosa cannot paint;,0.0
It's his alone to show the shattered trunk:,1.0
"The dreary rain, these mock the pencil's power.",0.0
"To so serene a temper, as the flight",2.0
Though there Enchantment strike the magic chord,1.0
"Transport the mind, as when at dusk of eve",0.0
From the hoar battlement the lone owl's cry,4.0
"To the near wood, where in the devious path",3.0
"Retired Fancy wanders, on her ear",1.0
"The faint sound murmurs, strait the distant low",1.0
"She hears, while oft the roving Zephyr's tread",0.0
"Rustling alarms her, and the measured step",3.0
"Of the slow steer, who brushes through the thicket",3.0
"To seek his food, beats duly regular.",2.0
"As on he wanders, through the opening bower",4.0
He sees the pale moon rising; clouds on clouds,1.0
"Piled mountainous awhile obstruct her beam,",2.0
"And hark its bell now tolls the minute knell,",1.0
"Walks slowly forward, while the snowy pall",1.0
Passes with awful pace along the glade.,2.0
"Can sound the slow knell, echo to the note",2.0
"And mark the funeral step with pausing cadence,",2.0
"And music can no more, where is the tower",2.0
Whose faint beam glimmers on the snowy pall?,2.0
Where are the rocky clouds from whence she breaks?,0.0
"Yet do not these, does not the rustling breeze",0.0
The musing mind with calm and holy rapture?,0.0
And can the city by the utmost force,3.0
"Forgive the thoughtless Muse, for she has led me",1.0
"To talk of pleasing horror, and the bliss",1.0
Which melancholy gives; you cannot form,0.0
"Amid the circling follies, which urge on",2.0
"Your laughing hours, perhaps you cannot form",0.0
"A notion of these joys, and with a taunt",2.0
"Of high contempt, despise the wild enthusiasm.",0.0
"A poor and outcast king, nor blame the winds",1.0
"Whose keen tooth seized his age, nor chide the elements",2.0
"Tore the proud garments from his shivering trunk,",6.0
And the fierce lightnings fired his maddening brain?,4.0
Have you not then felt horror? Would you not,3.0
And be the poor king's host? ' --  Have you not wished,2.0
Or live beneath the shelter of some oak,1.0
"With melancholy Jaques? Tell me, why then",2.0
You looked on wealth and greatness with a scorn?,1.0
Why but because the Muse with native strength,1.0
Can only boast in the most warm description,1.0
"A faint resemblance, nor has she such force",2.0
To strike as Nature has. Alas! her voice,0.0
But wakes remembrance of our absent bliss;,1.0
"But only prompts our sigh, that we must dwell",1.0
"Confined in the full city, distant far",2.0
"From every scene of rural innocence,",1.0
"Whose woods, whose shades, whose storms, or funerals,",1.0
Even raise a sense of pleasure. What can then,0.0
"The brighter views, what can the happy hour",1.0
That gives the blushing bride to the true arms,1.0
"Provokes the village mirth, and from his soul",1.0
"Enjoys the spousal of his boy, who scarce",1.0
Overcome with rapture can himself conduct,1.0
"Each due right were neglected, and the guests",4.0
"Each maiden with her youth breathe sport and joy,",2.0
Save the still happier pair: their greater bliss,5.0
"Fills the whole breast, nor leaves a vacant place",3.0
For lighter mirth. Unnoticed speaks the pipe:,0.0
They hear no sound but the endearing voice,2.0
Of mutual love: they do not mark the joy,2.0
"In every face around; for their attention,",1.0
"Fixed on each other, watches every glance",0.0
"Observes bright Hesper dart his pointed ray,",1.0
When riding high mild Cynthia pours serene,3.0
"Her steady beam. O tell me, when compared",0.0
"Fetter two venal souls, by interest called",3.0
Of holy Hymen? ' --  On the village plain,1.0
Promotes unnatural union; but the flame,3.0
That first united glows throughout their life,0.0
"Cheers drooping Age, who smiling sees his offspring",2.0
Step forth to claim the joys he celebrates,1.0
"With annual hospitality, what time",3.0
The circling year brings round the happy day,1.0
"That showered down blessings on him, when it gave",3.0
"Then blooming young, now hoary, but her heart",2.0
Unchanged by time; for still the same desire,0.0
"Each woe he feels, reigns unabated there.",2.0
"His social roof receives each welcome guest,",0.0
"His open heart diffuses round his pleasure,",0.0
"For these sincere delights, the pageant pomp,",1.0
"The rich array, the courtly formal speech",0.0
The glittering levee? Happier Reason deems,4.0
"Viewed in each light the simple village life,",0.0
"Than all that courtiers wish, or kings bestow.",2.0
Kings cannot give a boon of so rich price,2.0
"As are thy smiles, OH lovely Health! and thou",2.0
"Shunning the tumult, to the rural green",3.0
Stands on the southern slope of the fresh hill,1.0
"Thy temple, from whose roof the eglantine",1.0
"Sits thy good priestess Ease, administering",1.0
To Exercise who up the gentle slope,1.0
By moderate footing moves the holy cup,2.0
"Of Temperance, nymph of the crystal spring",0.0
That dwells beneath thy altar; and from thence,1.0
"Warbling with gentle lapse joins the full stream,",4.0
That winding wild delays its silver course,0.0
"In the rich mead, whose bank the peasant oft",3.0
"Bright virgin, thee of all the Powers who range",3.0
"The rural plain, I woo with constant vow",0.0
Most ardent! Deign around my temples bind,0.0
With thy rich glow. Then undisturbed the mind,2.0
"Musing pursues its holy meditation,",2.0
"And rapt in trance, can trace a thousand gifts",0.0
Showered by the gracious hand of Nature's King,1.0
To deck the various field. The wondering eye,4.0
Roams over the fair creation; then to heaven,3.0
"With holy transport, there directs its view",1.0
"From whence its blessings flow, and the rapt voice",1.0
"The rapid gusts of passion, which or pride,",0.0
"Or folly, or the thousand varying forms",3.0
"Of courtly affectation ever raise,",0.0
"Here all subside, and the composed breast",2.0
"Expands with love, and to its utmost power",2.0
"Diffuses blessings to mankind, nor fears",2.0
The offered bounties of the generous heart.,3.0
"Blessed be the day, and doubly blessed the hour,",0.0
"Gave her fond hand, and owned her constant love:",3.0
Though since that hour already thrice the sun,0.0
From every sign has seen our growing bliss;,0.0
And though thy smile of unaffected love,1.0
"Adds joy to every joy, and charms to ease",1.0
The brow of Care; though thou art all that heaven,0.0
"Could give in woman, tenderness, and truth,",1.0
"And all my heart ever wished, when warmest Fancy",3.0
Formed the fond future view of household bliss;,4.0
"Yet happier still perhaps our lot had been,",2.0
"My faithful vow, and we had never heard",1.0
"Of town or city life; a Marian thou,",1.0
Contented we had passed Life's little day.,2.0
They would move on with joy; and when at noon,0.0
"Firm Manhood called us forth to till the soil,",3.0
"We would be ready, nor refuse the task,",1.0
Due tribute to the public; till at eve,3.0
"To welcome ease, our best skill then employed",1.0
At our own home; attentive there to thatch,1.0
"The chinks which Time had made, and to root up",0.0
Each foul weed that deformed our little plot.,1.0
"This business over, calm we should attend",0.0
The approaching hour of our eternal rest;,2.0
"And when it came, born to our peaceful grave",2.0
By the plain villager; what though no tomb,4.0
Of sculptured marble called the passing eye,0.0
"To read our storey, yet the cottage tear",0.0
"Should on our ashes fall, and the good heart",1.0
Overflow sincerely for a neighbour lost:,2.0
Upon our bier the virgin troop would hang,0.0
Green turf should deck our grave; and every year,1.0
In springtime would some friendly hand with care,1.0
"Bind the fresh briar around, to guard the place",5.0
From the rude insult of the careless step;,0.0
"And faithful Memory to late time record,",2.0
We were the happiest pair of human kind.,3.0
"Ladies, this Entertainment we have shown,",3.0
"Has not been rightly suited, I must own.",1.0
"Heroic Virtue should have been displayed,",0.0
And Homage to heroic Virtue paid.,1.0
Low Comedy supplies but mean Delight;,2.0
"Some Heroine should have graced our Scenes Tonight,",1.0
"First Fortune's Favours, then her Frowns to feel,",1.0
"Unmoved, unshaken, on her tottering Wheel;",3.0
"With Wisdom blessed by Heaven's peculiar Care,",2.0
"Too great to be elated, or despair;",2.0
"A lovely Form, and an excelling Mind,",1.0
"Revered by All, Delight of every Eye,",0.0
"Humane and humble, when exalted high;",0.0
"From Princes sprung, and gloriously allied,",2.0
"Whose Soul, superior to all earthly State,",1.0
Shines with new Lustre mid the Storms of Fate.,3.0
"Then had the Audience wept her Woes anew,",2.0
And owned the Poet was prophetic too;,1.0
"Would such a Heroine give us, in Your Grace.",2.0
"THeir Name is Legion, grinning from a far",1.0
"Against the Throne, who wage unequal War;",0.0
"Though nearer, on perpetual Guard, attends",3.0
A far more numerous Host of brighter Friends:,2.0
"Around our Prince, Heavens Care, the sacred Band",3.0
With fiery Arms in firm Battalions stand:,2.0
But Wrath and Terror to his hardened Foe.,1.0
"See the black Phalanx melt, they melt away,",3.0
"Behold their Leaders, decked in horrid State,",0.0
Nor wonder why they Heaven and Caesar hate.,0.0
"First mark their haughty General, armed complete",1.0
In Plates of glowing Steel! it's Lucifer the great!,1.0
See his proud Standard over his Tent enlarged!,5.0
"With bloated Toads, an odious Bearing, charged.",2.0
"The ancient Arms which once his Shield adorned,",0.0
"Lawless and Lewd, a baffled blasted band,",2.0
Each holds a kindled Pamphlet in his hand.,0.0
"These make the Gross, the rest we may despise,",1.0
"Retailers they of Treason, and of Lies",3.0
"Ah were there none but these, who would not be",0.0
Proud and Ambitious of their Enmity!,4.0
"Which hover yet, and scarce know which to join.",1.0
"No black, no ugly marks of Sin disgrace",2.0
"Their nobler Forms, no malice in their Face:",4.0
"Their Plumes just scorched, too near allied to Hell.",1.0
"What mad mistaken bravery draws them in,",2.0
How can they still their fallen Prince esteem?,1.0
"When false to Heaven, why are they true to him?",0.0
OH! must they sink! a glorious Starry Race!,2.0
"They are almost too good, for that sad place.",2.0
"That waits their Fall: It must not, cannot be,",0.0
"If err we do, we'll err with Charity,",1.0
Father! they may be Saved! we'll join with Thee!,1.0
"OH AUTUMN! how I love thy pensive air,",2.0
"Thy yellow garb, thy visage sad and dun!",0.0
"Bursts through thy fogs, that gathering round him, dare",1.0
"Obscure his beams, which, though enfeebled, dart",1.0
"On the cold, dewy plains a lustre bright:",2.0
"Their deep, low murmurs to my soul impart",2.0
"A solemn stillness, while they seem to speak",0.0
"Of Spring, of Summer now for ever past,",0.0
Which shall ere long their soothing quiet break:,1.0
"Here, when for faded joys my heaving breast",0.0
Outstretched in all the luxury of ease,1.0
"Their lip was tempted by each kindly breeze,",1.0
That waved the branch to proffer acorns fair;,0.0
"While out the hollowed root, with sweets inlaid,",1.0
The murmuring bee her dainty hoard betrayed.,2.0
"Its sturdy side did brave the nipping wind,",0.0
Where many a creeping ewe might gladly rest;,2.0
Warm comfort here to all and every kind;,1.0
But ah! in luckless day what mischief began,2.0
"Mid fell debate, and maddening revelry,",2.0
"When tipsy Bacchus had bewitched Pan,",1.0
For sober swain so thankless never might be;,0.0
This goodly tree did shadow too much ground.,0.0
"With much despite they aim its overthrow,",0.0
Nor trust their flocks to shelter beneath its side;,2.0
"It drops chill venom on our ewes, they cry,",2.0
And subtle serpent at its root does lie.,0.0
"Now to the ground its lofty head does bow,",0.0
"On high Olympus next mine tree I'll place,",0.0
"My thoughts could win their upward way to thee,",0.0
"And there a while in lofty regions prove,",1.0
The purifying glow of holy love!,0.0
"The solemn dome of night is over my head,",2.0
Where countless stars in grand array are spread ' --,0.0
"Thy mighty host, that to our wondering eyes",3.0
One maze of glory is; while somber lies,1.0
"Of many a land, where many a motley race,",4.0
"With all their worldly care, in sleep are leapt.",0.0
"OH, might my soul, in adoration rapt,",0.0
"With steady power! Alas, this may not be!",2.0
"My thoughts are twilight birds, in seasons rare,",1.0
"That skim and rise, and flit in neither air;",0.0
"That wheel, and turn, and cross, and soar, and swoop,",0.0
"Their weary wings, which may no more sustain",2.0
"Such flight, and high to murky haunts again.",0.0
"Pity my weakness, nor as sin be laid",3.0
As the abiding treasure of my heart ' --,2.0
"Inmates, who rarely from their cell depart,",2.0
May oft within me kindle true devotion;,0.0
"And, moving as a meteor of the night,",2.0
"Be for a passing, glorious moment bright, ' --",2.0
"A moment, uttering in words of fire,",1.0
There Mortimer resigns his darling Care;,1.0
To happy Portland gives the blooming Fair.,0.0
Where had the Parent's Prayer like Favour found?,1.0
"Where soared so high, as from that sacred Ground?",1.0
"At such a Sight superior Beings pleased,",2.0
With lenient arts extend a mother's breath.,0.0
"WHEN blooming beauty in the noon of power,",0.0
"While offered joys demand each sprightly hour,",0.0
With all that pomp of charms and winning mein,0.0
Which sure to conquer needs but to be seen;,1.0
"When she, whose name the softest love inspires,",0.0
"To the hushed chamber of disease retires,",3.0
"To watch and weep beside a parent's bed,",0.0
"Catch the faint voice, and raise the languid head,",3.0
What mixed delight each feeling heart must warm!,0.0
An angel's office suits an angel's form.,0.0
Thus the tall column graceful rears its head,3.0
Whose stately piles and arches yet display,0.0
The venerable graces of decay:,2.0
Thus round the withered trunk fresh shoots are seen,1.0
To shade their parent with a cheerful green.,1.0
"More health, dear maid! thy soothing presence brings",1.0
"Than purest skies, or salutary springs:",0.0
"That voice, those looks such healing virtues bear,",0.0
Thy sweet reviving smiles might cheer despair;,0.0
"On the pale lips detain the parting breath,",2.0
And bid hope blossom in the shades of death.,1.0
"Beauty, like thine, could never reach a charm",0.0
"So powerful to subdue, so sure to warm.",3.0
"On her loved child behold the mother gaze,",2.0
"In weakness pleased, and smiling through decays,",1.0
And leaning on that breast her cares assuage;,1.0
How soft a pillow for declining age!,1.0
"For this, when that fair frame must feel decay,",3.0
You fates protract it to a distant day,1.0
"Nor that commanding glance strike through the heart,",2.0
"When meaner beauties shall have leave to shine,",0.0
"And crowds divide the homage lately thine,",1.0
Not with the transient praise those charms can boast,0.0
Shall thy fair fame and gentle deeds be lost:,3.0
"Some pious hand shall thy weak limbs sustain,",2.0
And pay thee back these generous cares again;,2.0
"Thy name shall flourish by the good approved,",1.0
"Thy memory honoured, and thy dust beloved.",2.0
"SAY, dearest friend, how roll thy hours away?",1.0
What pleasing study cheats the tedious day?,2.0
Dost thou the sacred volumes oft explore,0.0
"Where virtue by the charms of wit refined,",1.0
"How different from our modern guilty art,",1.0
Which pleases only to corrupt the heart;,1.0
"Whose cursed refinements odious Vice adorn,",2.0
And teach to honour what we ought to scorn!,0.0
Dost thou in sage Historians joy to see,2.0
How Roman Greatness rose with Liberty;,1.0
"How the same hands that tyrants durst control,",2.0
Their empire stretched from Atlas to the Pole;,1.0
Till wealth and conquest into slaves refined,0.0
The proud luxurious masters of mankind?,4.0
"Dost thou in lettered Greece each charm admire,",0.0
"Each grace, each virtue Freedom could inspire;",0.0
Yet in her troubled states see all the woes,1.0
And all the crimes that giddy Faction knows;,0.0
"Till rent by parties, by Corruption sold,",1.0
"She sunk beneath a mitigated doom,",0.0
"Does calm Philosophy her aid impart,",1.0
"To guide the passions, and to mend the heart?",1.0
"Taught by her precepts, hast thou learnt the end",1.0
To which alone the wise their studies bend;,0.0
For which alone by nature were designed,1.0
The powers of thought ' --  to benefit mankind?,4.0
"Not like a cloistered drone, to read and doze,",0.0
"In undeserving, undeserved repose;",0.0
But reason's influence to diffuse; to clear,3.0
The enlightened world of every gloomy fear;,1.0
"Those pedant chains that clog the freeborn mind,",0.0
Happy who thus his leisure can employ!,3.0
He knows the purest hours of tranquil joy;,0.0
Nor lost to social Virtue's pleasing care;,0.0
Those who will float on the tempestuous main.,4.0
So Locke the days of studious quiet spent;,2.0
So Boyle in wisdom found divine content;,0.0
The virtuous slave of Louis and of Rome.,3.0
"Good Dr. HOUGH. Wor'ster thus supports his drooping age,",1.0
"He, who in youth a tyrant's frown defied,",2.0
"Her boldest champion then, and now her mildest guide.",1.0
OH generous warmth! OH sanctity divine!,5.0
"To emulate his worth, my friend, be thine:",0.0
Learn from his life the duties of the gown;,1.0
"Learn not to flatter, nor insult the crown;",1.0
Nor raise the Church a rival to the State:,1.0
"To Error mild, to Vice alone severe,",0.0
Seek not to spread the law of Love by Fear.,0.0
"The priest, who plagues the world, can never mend:",0.0
No foe to Man was ever to God a friend:,3.0
"Let reason and let virtue faith maintain,",3.0
"All force but theirs is impious, weak, and vain.",2.0
"Me other cares in other climes engage,",0.0
"Cares that become my birth, and suit my age;",1.0
"In various knowledge to improve my youth,",3.0
"And conquer Prejudice, worst foe to Truth;",2.0
"By foreign arts domestic faults to mend,",0.0
"Enlarge my notions, and my views extend;",1.0
"The useful science of the world to know,",1.0
"Which books can never teach, or pedants show.",0.0
"A nation here I pity, and admire,",1.0
"Whom noblest sentiments of glory fire,",1.0
"Yet taught by custom's force, and bigot fear,",0.0
"To serve with pride, and boast the yoke they bear:",0.0
"Whose Nobles born to cringe, and to command,",1.0
"In courts a mean, in camps a generous band;",2.0
From each low tool of power content receive,3.0
"Those laws, their dreaded arms to Europe give.",0.0
"Whose people vain in want, in bondage blessed,",0.0
"Though plundered, gay; industrious, though oppressed;",3.0
"With happy follies rise above their fate,",0.0
The jest and envy of each wiser state.,1.0
Yet here the Muses deigned awhile to sport,0.0
"Here Boileau strong in sense, and sharp in wit,",1.0
"Who from the ancients, like the ancients writ,",0.0
"Permission gained inferior vice to blame,",2.0
By flattering incense to his Master's fame.,1.0
"Here Moliere, first of comic wits, excelled",3.0
Whatever Athenian theatres beheld;,6.0
"By keen, yet decent satire skilled to please,",1.0
"With morals mirth uniting, strength with ease.",0.0
Now sweet Racine with milder influence move,3.0
The softened heart to Pity and to Love.,1.0
With mingled pain and pleasure I survey,1.0
The pompous works of arbitrary sway;,0.0
"Proud palaces, that drained the subject store,",2.0
Raised on the ruins of the oppressed and poor;,3.0
"Where even mute walls are taught to flatter state,",3.0
"With more delight those pleasing shades I view,",0.0
"Where, sick of glory, faction, power and pride,",2.0
"Sure judge how empty all, who all had tried",1.0
And life's great scene in quiet Virtue closed.,1.0
With shame that other famed retreat I see,0.0
"Adorned by Art, disgraced by Luxury St. Cloud.;",2.0
In the wild riot of unbounded power.,3.0
Stained the mad table and the guilty grove.,4.0
"With these amusements is thy friend detained,",2.0
Pleased and instructed in a foreign land;,2.0
Yet oft a tender wish recalls my mind,0.0
From present joys to dearer left behind:,3.0
"OH native isle, fair Freedom's happiest feat!",4.0
At thought of thee my bounding pulses beat;,1.0
"At thought of thee my heart impatient burns,",1.0
And all my country on my soul returns.,1.0
"When kiss with pious love the sacred earth,",0.0
"That gave a BURLEIGH, or a RUSSEL birth?",1.0
"When, in the shade of laws, that long have stood,",0.0
"Propped by their care, or strengthened by their blood,",1.0
"Of fearless independence wisely vain,",0.0
The proudest slave of Bourbon's race disdain?,0.0
"Yet o! what doubt, what sad presaging voice",4.0
"Whispers within, and bids me not rejoice;",2.0
"Bids me contemplate every state around,",5.0
"Bids their lost rights, their ruined glories see;",3.0
"And tells me, These, like England, once were Free.",1.0
"Awake, My Muse! once more thyself display,",1.0
"Since thou hast lived to See this happy day,",0.0
Great George the Third Adorns the British Throne;,1.0
Whose blooming Youth in Virtue's paths hath Spent,0.0
Presages wonders from his Government:,4.0
"As if the Glories of his Royal line,",2.0
"Auspicious Heaven protect him all his days,",0.0
"And crown his Brows with never fading Bays,",0.0
"Let the Diadem sit easy on his Head,",2.0
His Enemies be filled with fear and dread!,1.0
"If Heaven will bless, none shall his Arms withstand,",1.0
"His floating Fleets by Sea, or Troops by Land.",0.0
"Let my thoughts roam beyond the British flood,",3.0
To trace the Lustre of the Germane Blood.,4.0
Our Annals will in future Ages Shine,1.0
"From whence our Liberty and safety Springs,",1.0
"In the Succession of three Noble Kings,",3.0
"By Heaven sent to save our Native lands,",0.0
"Kind Providence does even further Smile,",2.0
Bringing Fair Charlotte to this happy Isle;,4.0
To join our King and mingle hearts and hands,0.0
"Serene and August Pair, hence may you be,",2.0
"Blessed from above with true felicity,",3.0
"Let length of days attend at your right hand,",2.0
"And at your left, let wealth and honour stand;",2.0
"May you Enlarge the Royal Family,",1.0
And many Children's Children live to See.,0.0
And may we never want one of your line,2.0
"To grace the Throne, while Sun and Moon does shine",0.0
"May you to high and low a pattern be,",1.0
"Of conjugal love and fidelity,",4.0
"And So encourage Virtue all your days,",1.0
That Echoing Fame may sound abroad your Praise,2.0
"In every place where Phoebus darts his rays,",0.0
"And as your Years, so may your joys increase",2.0
Flourish and pass your Days in health and peace;,2.0
And when you have run your race be crowned on high,0.0
In Endless bliss to all Eternity.,1.0
"Blessed be the Man! his Memory at least,",1.0
"Who found the Art, thus to unfold his Breast;",2.0
And taught succeeding Times an easy way,0.0
Their secret Thoughts by Letters to convey;,1.0
"To baffle Absence, and secure Delight,",1.0
"Which, till that Time, was limited to Sight.",1.0
"The parting Farewell spoke, the last Adieu,",1.0
"The lessening Distance past, then loss of View,",2.0
"The Friend was gone, which some kind Moments gave,",1.0
"And Absence separated, like the Grave.",0.0
"The Wings of Love were tender too, till then",0.0
"No Quill, thence pulled, was shaped into a Pen",2.0
"Over such he reigned, whom Neighbourhood had joined,",3.0
"When for a Wife the youthful Patriarch sent,",1.0
"The Camels, Jewels, and the Steward went,",0.0
"But not a Line, that might the Lover show.",0.0
The Rings and Bracelets wooed her Hands and Arms;,0.0
"But had she known of melting Words, the Charms",0.0
"That under secret Seals in Ambush lie,",1.0
"To catch the Soul, when drawn into the Eye,",0.0
"The Fair Assyrian had not took this Guide,",1.0
Nor her soft Heart in Chains of Pearl been tied.,2.0
"Joseph had known his wretched Father's State,",2.0
"Before a Famine, which his Life pursues,",0.0
"Had sent his other Sons, to tell the News.",0.0
"O! might I live to see an Art arise,",0.0
"As this to Thoughts, indulgent to the Eyes;",2.0
"That the dark Powers of distance could subdue,",4.0
"And make me See, as well as Talk to You;",0.0
"That tedious Miles, nor Tracts of Air might prove",2.0
"Bars to my Sight, and shadows to my Love!",2.0
"Yet were it granted, such unbounded Things",1.0
"And ask an Art, to help us to Embrace.",1.0
"And shivering Nature to his Sceptre yields,",3.0
"Dejected Earth is stripped of all her Pride,",0.0
And skulking Flowers in her Bosom hide;,0.0
"Through naked Groves afflicted Warblers fly,",0.0
And Storms of Hail come rattling through the Sky:,2.0
"But when soft April lifts her downy Wing,",1.0
"And calls the blushing Infants of the Spring,",1.0
And laughing Nature paints the gaudy Plain;,0.0
And the fair Primrose drinks the Morning Dew;,4.0
"Again revive their Beauty and their Smell,",1.0
But Man once blasted takes a long Farewell.,2.0
"Ah silly Muse! thy fond Complaints give over,",1.0
"No Charms of Verse can win the heavenly Mind,",3.0
Back to the slighted Case she left behind;,0.0
"Like his grand Numbers, and as sweetly flow.",3.0
"His Name shall last to warm a distant Age,",0.0
"For his bright Lines are by their Lustre known,",2.0
Even Homer shines with Beauties not his own:,0.0
"Filled with Ideas that but dimly shine,",2.0
"Read over the Charms of his instructive Pen,",4.0
And blushing Envy checked her burning Tongue:,0.0
"Happy are those, though Grief their Hours attend,",1.0
Whom once he honoured with the Name of Friend;,0.0
Whose pleasing Thoughts at least may ponder over,0.0
"The smiling Days, that shall return no more:",1.0
"Even we condemned at distance to admire,",2.0
"Ah! who shall now our rustic Thoughts refine,",0.0
And to grave Sense and solid Learning join,2.0
"Wit ever sparkling, and the Sweets of Rhyme?",2.0
"Farewell, you Themes, which none but he can sing,",2.0
And sylvan Scenes that wear eternal Spring;,0.0
"Fair Nymphs, that in his fairer Paintings glow,",1.0
"But hush, sad Muse, thy dull Complaint give over:",2.0
"Hence sigh in secret, and his Loss deplore,",2.0
"Go, humble lines, and tenderly impart",2.0
The dearest wishes of a grateful heart;,1.0
But neither tongue nor pen can ever reveal,2.0
The warm emotions I must ever feel;,1.0
"Then fancy all thy own kind lips would say,",1.0
Think all esteem ' --  love ' --  gratitude can pay.,2.0
"Had I the sweetness of an angel's tongue,",1.0
"The charm of numbers, and the power of song,",3.0
"Harmonious grace should flow in every line,",2.0
When offering gratitude at friendship's shrine,0.0
"But since no muse will deign to aid this lay,",1.0
"Let feeling dictate, and let truth display;",4.0
"O! formed with all that can the heart endear,",0.0
"A temper generous, and a soul sincere,",1.0
"With kind acceptance grace the offered line,",0.0
Where true regard and friendship mildly shine;,0.0
"Then take, my Arthur, from these trembling hands,",1.0
The trifling tribute which thy love demands.,0.0
Auspicious hour! when nature framed thy mind,0.0
To bless and dignify the human kind;,0.0
"Gave thee a heart to feel for others woe,",0.0
A generous tear for worth depressed to flow;,2.0
"Impressed thy soul with virtue's sacred laws,",0.0
"Soft emanation sparkling in thine eyes,",1.0
Like those bright worlds that shine in evening's skies;,3.0
"But what I think thee, cannot be expressed,",0.0
My future conduct will unfold it best;,1.0
"Each rising morning, and each evening's close,",1.0
"I'll ask of Heaven thy undisturbed repose,",0.0
And joy salute thee each returning day.,0.0
"And should again thy country claim thine arm,",0.0
"To guard our rights, or shield our land from harm,",0.0
"Amid the din of war, and martial strife,",0.0
"With all the softness in a female's power,",1.0
"No frown should cloud my brow, I'd happy be,",1.0
"Nay feel it pleasure, being shared with thee;",1.0
Or should which Heaven avert some fated blow,0.0
"Come armed with power to lay my Arthur low,",3.0
"Fate would be kind to guide me to my rest,",1.0
"My dearest home, my soldier's faithful breast,",0.0
"To clasp his fainting form, close his dead eye,",3.0
"Bless his loved name, and breathe my latest sigh:",3.0
"Never even in death my Arthur I'll resign,",3.0
"Be all his sufferings, all his sorrows mine;",1.0
"But should some sweet retirement be thy fate,",1.0
"Far from ambition's path, far from the great,",4.0
"To humble shades contented I'll descend,",1.0
"With thee, my husband, my protecting friend;",2.0
"The cheerful day serenely will I fit,",1.0
"Learn from thy goodness, and admire thy wit;",1.0
"While I delighted in my blessed employ,",1.0
For hours of innocence are hours of joy,1.0
"And when the evening warns thee to thy rest,",1.0
Peaceful repose upon thy faithful breast:,2.0
"Thus rich in innocence, secure from wrong,",2.0
We'll bless the moments as they glide along;,1.0
"The blessed above will view our peaceful fate,",0.0
And smile to see an emblem of their state;,1.0
"We'll live in innocence, in triumph die.",1.0
From perfect bliss O! deign me thy regard;,2.0
"And if such worth can need my humble prayer,",1.0
O! make my Arthur thy distinguished care;,1.0
"Let thy good angels all his steps await,",0.0
And shield his bosom from the storms of fate;,1.0
"Around his couch let nightly guardians' tend,",1.0
And from each unseen ill my love defend!,3.0
"But in this erring, ever varying scene,",2.0
"O! thou great Power, omnipotent and wise!",5.0
And when arrives that last important hour,0.0
"When the last spark of vital spirit fails,",3.0
"And peaceful conscience over death prevails,",0.0
"Thou best of Beings! all our steps uphold,",0.0
"To smooth the passage heavenly scenes unfold,",2.0
"And safely bear our fainted spirits high,",0.0
To some bright mansion in our native sky:,1.0
"Thus may our guiltless pleasures ever bloom,",0.0
And rise superior over the silent tomb.,4.0
"WHAT shall I say to fix thy wavering mind,",2.0
"To chase thy doubts, and force thee to be kind?",1.0
"What weight of argument can turn the scale,",1.0
If intercession from a lover fail?,1.0
By what shall I conjure thee to obey,3.0
"This tender summons, nor prolong thy stay?",1.0
If unabated in this constant breast,0.0
That passion burns which once thy vows professed;,0.0
"If absence has not chilled the languid flame,",0.0
"Indulge those transports, and no more control",2.0
The dictates of thy fond consenting soul;,1.0
"By no vain scruple be thy purpose swayed,",1.0
And only Love implicitly obeyed:,1.0
"Let inclination this debate decide,",2.0
"Nor be thy prudence, but thy heart thy guide:",1.0
"It's virtue to indulge, it's wisdom to improve:",2.0
"For think how few the joys allowed by Fate,",0.0
"How mixed the cup, how short their longest date!",0.0
How onward still the stream of pleasure flows!,0.0
That no reflux the rapid current knows!,3.0
Not even thy charms can bribe the ruthless hand,2.0
"Of rigid Time, to stay his ebbing sand;",0.0
"Fair as thou art, that beauty must decay;",0.0
The night of age succeeds the brightest day:,0.0
"That cheque where Nature's sweetest garden blows,",0.0
"Her whitest lily, and her warmest rose;",1.0
"Those eyes, those meaning ministers of Love,",1.0
"Who, what thy lips can only utter, prove;",0.0
"These must resign their lustre, those their bloom,",1.0
And find with meaner charms one common doom:,0.0
"Pass but a few short years, this change must be;",1.0
Nor one less dreadful shalt thou mourn in me:,2.0
"For though no chance can alienate my flame,",2.0
"While thine to feed the lamp, shall burn the same,",0.0
"Yet shall the stream of years abate that fire,",0.0
And cold esteem succeed to warm desire:,0.0
Nor feel a joy beyond what I can tell.,1.0
And intercept what Time would else allow;,0.0
"If pain should pall my taste to all thy charms,",0.0
Or Death himself should tear me from thy arms;,1.0
The precious squandered hours of health and youth?,0.0
"Come then, my love, nor trust the future day,",0.0
"Live while we can, be happy while we may:",1.0
And what is happiness but mutual love?,3.0
"Our time is wealth no frugal hand can store,",1.0
"All our possession is the present hour,",2.0
"And he who spares to use it, ever poor.",1.0
The golden now is all that we can boast;,0.0
And that like snow at once is grasped and lost.,0.0
"Haste, wing thy passage then, no more delay,",2.0
But to these eyes their sole delight convey.,1.0
"Not thus I languished for thy virgin charms,",1.0
"When first surrendered to these eager arms,",1.0
"When first admitted to that heaven, thy breast,",1.0
To mine I strained that charming foe to rest;,1.0
"How leaps my conscious heart, while I retrace",1.0
The dear idea of that strict embrace?,1.0
"When on thy bosom quite entranced I lay,",0.0
"While half reluctant you, and half resigned,",1.0
"Amid fears, wishes, pain and pleasure joined,",1.0
"Now holding off, now growing to my breast,",4.0
"I pant, I sicken for that scene again;",1.0
"My senses ach, I can no word command,",3.0
"Farewell, thou only joy on earth I know,",1.0
And all that man can taste of heaven below.,0.0
"When every eye that knew no cause to weep,",1.0
"And peaceful minds were hushed in pleasing sleep,",0.0
"Two virgin nymphs, whom Love had left forlorn,",1.0
"Never closed their weeping eyes, from eve to morn:",0.0
"Their sorrows were not to each other known,",2.0
"Alike they mourned, and silent was their moan;",1.0
"Awhile they wept, till one the silence broke;",1.0
"Say, gentle maid, whence spring thy anxious fears?",1.0
What inward sorrows prompt thy gushing tears?,0.0
"True to my trust, and faithful from the heart;",1.0
"My grief, I will suspend awhile to hear",1.0
"Thy tale, and shed a sympathetic tear.",0.0
And will not Daphne then her grief impart?,1.0
"To tell the sorrow, is to ease the heart.",1.0
"The plaintive sounds shall die along the vales,",0.0
And neighbouring hills resound the moving tales.,3.0
"A shepherd's absence I am doomed to mourn,",1.0
While rigid fate forbids him to return;,1.0
"Perhaps, like me, he mourns his forced delay,",1.0
Perhaps some fairer maid may tempt his stay;,0.0
"A while, with flattering gales of hope I steer,",2.0
"Young Collin did my yielding heart subdue,",1.0
"A forester he was, and he was true;",2.0
He vowed his heart from me should never rove;,1.0
"I heard with joy, and gave him love for love:",0.0
"But my dear swain, my Collin's dead, and I",2.0
"Now live, but only to despair, and die.",2.0
"That climb the hills, or traverse over the plains;",2.0
"His radiant eyes beam forth a milder ray,",1.0
"Than the fair star, that leads the dawning day;",2.0
As the dear swain that makes those flocks his care.,2.0
"My forester was comely to behold,",2.0
His looks were pleasing as the tale he told;,1.0
"The frock he wore, was of a fresher green",1.0
"Than the gay forests, where he oft was seen;",2.0
"As the tall fir, that over the forest reigns.",4.0
"How swift the seasons fly throughout the year,",0.0
How oft the spring returns without my dear;,0.0
"One happy hour with him, would far overpay",1.0
All I have suffered by his long delay.,1.0
"No gloomy phantom has my joys overcast,",4.0
My hopes are withered by a deadly blast;,1.0
"See the surrounding woods, how every tree",2.0
"Has dropped its leaves, and seems to mourn with me;",0.0
Yet I can never hope to see my love.,0.0
"And hopes, through thee, instruct a barbarous Land,",3.0
"Where Folly, dressed ten thousand various Ways,",3.0
"The Bar, the Playhouse, and the Pulpit sways;",2.0
Yet to my Verse thy kind Attention lend;,0.0
"Pardon the Poet, and indulge the Friend.",3.0
"From Noise, and Nonsense, and vain Laughter free,",2.0
"I steal a thoughtful Hour, and give to thee;",0.0
"Who taught me first to reverence Sense, and Truth;",2.0
"Virtue to praise; and boldly Vice deride,",2.0
With all the Pomp of Fashion on her Side.,1.0
"Behold the Scene a motley Tribe compose,",0.0
"Wives, Widows, Maids, and intermingled Beaux,",1.0
"All Orders, Ages, in one League unite,",1.0
And to dear Passage consecrate the Night!,2.0
Now the Dice rattle in the sounding Box;,3.0
Now groans the Table with repeated Knocks;,2.0
While every Bosom beats with Hope or Fear.,0.0
"She sweeps the Board ' --  The Fop, with ardent Gaze,",0.0
Admires the Beauty that her Arm displays.,0.0
While Cynthia frets and raves at Fortune's Spite?,2.0
"Fled from her Cheek are every Love and Grace,",0.0
And all the Fury threatens in her Face:,0.0
"Distracted, lost, with Grief and Rage overcome,",3.0
"She quits the Dice, and flies to storm at home.",0.0
"When I a Curse implore, may courteous Fate",2.0
With such a Consort curse the Man I hate!,4.0
"But is there One amongst the Many found,",2.0
"Adorned with Modesty, with Reason crowned;",1.0
"Who treads the slippery Paths of Youth with Care,",0.0
And uninfected breathes in tainted Air?,0.0
"If such there be, kind Heaven, afford thy Aid,",2.0
And soften to my Wish the virtuous Maid!,3.0
See the Belle flutter with the sprightly Beau!,4.0
"They trip it on the light, fantastic Toe:",1.0
"Nor Words, nor Sighs, their amorous Thoughts impart;",2.0
"They dance, and glitter at each other's Heart!",0.0
"With honest Scorn survey yonder various Crowd,",4.0
"Of supple Slaves, or Lords of Titles proud!",0.0
"Yet some there are, with Worth and Wisdom blessed.",1.0
"Who scorn to boast their great Forefather's Rays,",3.0
"Shine of themselves, and mingle Blaze with Blaze.",2.0
"And such is Orrery; whose generous Mind,",4.0
"Still prone to Pity, feels for human Kind.",1.0
"A Zeal for Piety inflames his Breast,",1.0
Grandeur and Ease his every Action guide;,0.0
"Add sprightly Wit, by prudent Laws confined,",1.0
"A Judgement sober, and by Books refined:",1.0
"Add that the Muses every Charm dispense,",0.0
"To tune his Voice, and beautify the Sense.",0.0
"Love of fair Fame, and fan the sacred Fire!",3.0
"Dare to have Taste, and urge thy glorious Toil,",2.0
"To teach the Unknowing, and to please a Boyle.",3.0
"By my abandoned Muse, I'm not inspired,",1.0
"Provoked by Malice, and with Rage I'm fired.",1.0
"Fly, fly, my Muse from my distracted Breast,",2.0
"Who ever has thee, must be with Plagues possessed:",0.0
"Fool that I was, ever to solicit you,",3.0
"Who make not only Poor, but wretched too.",0.0
"Happy I lived, for almost Eight years time,",3.0
"On my then pleased, unwary Innocence,",2.0
I scarce have had one happy Moment since.,0.0
"Cannot enough advance my threatening Mind,",0.0
"Passion, that common Rage, I here refuse,",2.0
"Call Hell itself, to curse my Torturing Muse;",3.0
"Not the calm Author of blessed Poetry,",5.0
"There let her sit, with her Infernal Chime,",1.0
"May their Parnassus, like Vesuvius burn,",4.0
"May Stuff like Hopkin's Rhyme, degrade their Fame,",0.0
"May they despised, sad and neglected sit,",3.0
Be never thought upon by Men of Wit.,0.0
"May all the Ills a fond Imperious Dame,",2.0
"Wishes the Man that dare reject her Flame,",2.0
"Light upon him, that does commit the Crime,",0.0
"Nothing like that, to Dangers can expose,",1.0
"May none be Happy, but what write in Prose.",1.0
"That yielded first, to his Fantastic Rule;",1.0
"With Bells at Feet, and in nice measures Dance.",1.0
"Let pregnant Heads, but think of Poetry,",2.0
"Fancy shall make a Prodigy of Wit,",3.0
"Which soon, as born, shall run upon its Feet:",0.0
"Was all the learnt Ancients Courage dead,",3.0
"That Wit, in Fetters, is tame Captive led?",2.0
"Had Some opposed, when Rhyme at first grew bold,",1.0
"Then her Defeat, not Triumphs had been told?",1.0
"But now the Plague is grown so populous,",1.0
It's hard to stop the universal Curse.,0.0
"Doubtless, they are mistaken who have told",3.0
"Plurality of Plagues, She only hurled",1.0
"Out Verse alone, and that has damned the World.",0.0
"Curses, in vain, on Poets I bestow;",3.0
"I'm sure, the greatest is, that they are so;",2.0
From trifling torturing wretched Poetry.,3.0
"Studious the busy Moments to deceive,",2.0
"That fleet between the Cradle and the Grave,",1.0
When mortal Man resigns his transient Breath;,0.0
The Body only I give over to Death.,4.0
"The Parts dissolved, and broken Frame I mourn:",0.0
"What came from Earth, I see to Earth return.",0.0
"Nor can Change vanquish, nor can Death control.",3.0
Glad I release it from it's Partner's Cares;,3.0
And bid good Angels waft it to the Stars.,1.0
"Then in the flowing Bowl I drown those Sighs,",0.0
"Which, Spite of Wisdom, from our Weakness rise.",1.0
And offer to the now immortal Friend.,1.0
"But if opposed to what my Thoughts approve,",1.0
On it's dark Side if Thou the Prospect take;,2.0
"In total Death suppose the Mortal lie,",0.0
"No new Hereafter, nor a future Sky:",2.0
Yet bear thy Lot content; yet cease to grieve:,0.0
"The little Time Thou hast, betwixt Instant Now",5.0
"And Fate's Approach, is All the Gods allow:",0.0
And of this little hast Thou ought to spare,1.0
"The Moments past, if Thou art wise, retrieve",1.0
With pleasant Memory of the Bliss they gave.,1.0
The present Hours in present Mirth employ;,0.0
And bribe the Future with the Hopes of Joy.,1.0
"The Future few or more, how ever they be",1.0
"Be now cut off, betwixt the Grave and Thee.",3.0
Child of the Sun! illustrious Summer comes,2.0
"In pride of youth, and felt through Nature's depth.",0.0
"He comes, attended by the sultry Hours,",1.0
"While, from his ardent look, the turning Spring",0.0
Where scarce a sunbeam wanders through the gloom;,2.0
Of haunted stream that by the roots of oak,1.0
And sing the glories of the circling year.,1.0
"Come, Inspiration! from thy hermit seat",2.0
"By mortal seldom found: may fancy dare,",0.0
"Shot on surrounding heaven, to steal one look,",2.0
"Creative of the poet, every power",1.0
Exalting to an ecstasy of soul.,2.0
In whom the human graces all unite:,1.0
"Pure light of mind, and tenderness of heart;",2.0
"Genius, and wisdom; the gay social sense,",4.0
"For Britain's glory, Liberty, and Man;",1.0
And teach me to deserve thy best applause.,1.0
Were first the unwieldy planets launched along,2.0
"Amid the flux of many thousand years,",0.0
"That oft has swept the busy race of men,",0.0
"To night and day, with the delightful round",1.0
"Of Seasons, faithful; not eccentric once:",0.0
"So poised, and perfect is the vast machine.",2.0
"When now no more the alternate Twins are fired,",3.0
Short is the doubtful empire of the night;,1.0
"And soon, observant of approaching day,",1.0
"And, from before the lustre of her face,",2.0
"White break the clouds away. With tardy step,",1.0
"Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace,",4.0
"The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top",0.0
"Swell on the eye, and brighten with the dawn.",1.0
Blue through the dusk the smoking currents shine;,0.0
And from the bladed field the fearful hare,1.0
Limps awkward; while along the forest glade,1.0
"The wild deer trip, and often turning gaze",1.0
And thick around the woodland hymns arise.,0.0
"His mossy cottage, where with Peace he dwells;",0.0
And from the crowded fold in order drives,1.0
"Falsely luxurious, will not man awake,",3.0
"And, starting from the bed of sloth, enjoy",1.0
"The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour,",1.0
"To meditation due, and sacred song.",0.0
And is there ought in sleep can charm the wise?,1.0
"To lie in dead oblivion, losing half",2.0
The fleeting moments of too short a life?,2.0
Total extinction of the enlightened soul!,5.0
"Or else to feverish vanity alive,",3.0
"Who would in such a gloomy state remain,",0.0
"Longer than nature craves; when every Muse,",2.0
"And every blooming Pleasure wait without,",0.0
"But yonder comes the powerful king of day,",2.0
"Rejoicing in the east. The lessening cloud,",2.0
"The kindling azure, and the mountain's brim",1.0
He looks in boundless majesty abroad;,1.0
"And sheds the shining day, that burnished plays",0.0
"On rocks, and hills, and towers, and wandering streams,",4.0
"Of all material beings first, and best!",2.0
Efflux divine! Nature's resplendent robe!,7.0
Without whose vesting beauty all were wrapped,0.0
"In whose wide circle worlds of radiance lie,",1.0
"Who would the blessings, first and last, recount,",0.0
"As soon might number, at the height of noon,",0.0
"The rays that radiate from thy cloudless sphere,",0.0
A universal glory darting round.,0.0
"It's by thy secret, strong, attractive force,",1.0
Thy system rolls entire; from the far bourn,2.0
"Of Mercury, lost in excessive blaze.",2.0
Informer of the planetary train!,1.0
"They would be brute, uncomfortable mass,",1.0
How many forms of being wait on thee!,0.0
"Reflected various, various colours rise:",4.0
The freshening mantle of the youthful year;,1.0
The wild embroidery of the watery vale;,3.0
"With all that cheers the sense, and charms the heart.",0.0
"The branching grove thy lusty product stands,",0.0
"Diffused, and deep; to quench the summer noon,",0.0
"And crowd a shade for the retreating swain,",1.0
When on his russet fields you look direct.,0.0
"Fruit is thy bounty too, with Juice replete,",0.0
"Acid, or mild; and from thy ray receives",3.0
"By thee concocted blushes; and, by thee",2.0
"Fully matured, into the verdant lap",2.0
Of Industry the mellow plenty falls.,1.0
Extensive harvests wave at thy command;,1.0
"And the bright ear, consolidate by thee,",2.0
"Even Winter speaks thy power; whose every blast,",2.0
"Overcast with tempest, or severely sharp",1.0
"With breathing frost, is eloquent of thee,",1.0
And makes us languish for thy vernal gleams.,1.0
"Shot to the bowels of the teeming earth,",0.0
The ripening over confesses all thy power.,2.0
Hence Labour draws his tools; hence waving War,2.0
Flames on the day; hence busy Commerce binds,1.0
The round of nations in a golden chain;,0.0
"And hence the sculptured palace, sumptuous, shines",2.0
"In dark retirement, forms the lucid stone;",2.0
"Collected light, compact; that polished bright,",0.0
"And all its native lustre let abroad,",0.0
"At thee the ruby lights his deepening glow,",0.0
"A bleeding radiance, grateful to the view.",1.0
With thy own smile the yellow topaz burns.,2.0
"When first she gives it to the southern gale,",1.0
"Than the green emerald shows. But, all combined,",2.0
Thick through the whitening opal play thy beams;,0.0
"Or, flying several from its surface, form",1.0
"A trembling variance of revolving hues,",3.0
"The very dead creation, from thy touch,",1.0
"Assumes a mimic life. By thee refined,",1.0
"Projecting horror on the blackened flood,",1.0
Softens at thy return. The desert joys,2.0
"Wildly, through all his melancholy bounds.",1.0
"Reflects, from every fluctuating wave,",0.0
"A glance extensive as the day. But these,",1.0
"And all the much transported muse can sing,",0.0
"Are to thy beauty, dignity, and use,",2.0
"Unequal far, great delegated source,",1.0
"Of light, and life, and grace, and joy below!",0.0
"How shall I then attempt to sing of him,",0.0
"Invested deep, dwells awfully retired",2.0
"From mortal eye, or angel's purer ken;",0.0
"Whose single smile has, from the first of time,",1.0
"Filled, overflowing, all those lamps of heaven,",1.0
That beam for ever through the boundless sky:,1.0
"But, should he hide his face, the astonished sun,",2.0
"And all the extinguished stars, would loosening reel,",3.0
"Wide from their spheres, and chaos come again.",0.0
"And yet, was every faltering tongue of man,",2.0
Almighty Poet! silent in thy praise;,0.0
"And all the full harmonic universe,",0.0
"Would vocal, or expressive, thee attest,",2.0
"The cause, the glory, and the end of all!",1.0
To me be nature's volume wide displayed;,1.0
"And to peruse the broad illumined page,",1.0
"Pensive I muse, or with the rising day",3.0
"And morning mists, that hovered round the hills",0.0
"The face of nature shines, from where earth seems,",1.0
"Half in a blush of clustering roses lost,",2.0
"By sharp degrees, his burning influence reigns",2.0
"On man, and beast, and herb, and tepid stream.",0.0
When fevers revel through their azure veins.,1.0
"But one, the follower of the sun, they say,",2.0
Sad when he sets shuts up her yellow leaves.,2.0
"Weeping all night; and, when he warm returns,",2.0
"Home, from his morning task, the swain retreats;",0.0
His flock before him stepping to the fold:,1.0
"The cheerful cottage then expecting food,",0.0
"The food of innocence, and health! The daw,",1.0
"That the calm village, in their verdant arms,",2.0
"Sheltering, embrace direct their lazy flight;",1.0
"All the hot noon, till cooler hours arise.",3.0
"And, in a corner of the buzzing shade,",1.0
"Attacks the nightly thief, and one exults",1.0
"Live in her lay, and flutter through her song,",1.0
"Not mean, though simple; to the sun allied,",1.0
"From him their high descent, direct, they draw.",1.0
"Lighter, and full of life. From every chink,",2.0
"And secret corner, where they slept away",0.0
"Swarming, they pour: green, speckled, yellow, grey,",3.0
"Black, azure, brown; more than the assisted eye",2.0
Of poring virtuoso can discern.,2.0
Ten thousand forms! Ten thousand different tribes!,2.0
People the blaze. To sunny waters some,2.0
By fatal instinct fly; where on the pool,1.0
"Are snatched immediate by the springing Trout,",1.0
Often beguiled. Some through the greenwood glade,4.0
"Delight to stray; there lodged, amused, and fed,",0.0
"In the fresh leaf. Luxurious, others make",5.0
"The meads their choice, and visit every flower,",0.0
And every latent herb; but careful still,0.0
"To shun the mazes of the sounding bee,",1.0
"As over the blooms he sweeps. Some to the house,",3.0
"The fold, and dairy, hungry, bend their flight;",0.0
"Oft, inadvertent, by the boiling stream",2.0
"With powerless wings around them wrapped, expire.",2.0
"A constant death; where, gloomily retired,",1.0
"The villain spider lives, cunning, and fierce,",5.0
Mixture abhorred! Amid a mangled heap,2.0
"Of carcasses, in eager watch he sits,",1.0
Overlooking all his waving snares around.,0.0
"The prey at last ensnared, he dreadful darts,",0.0
"With rapid glide, along the leaning line;",0.0
"And, fixing in the fly his cruel fangs,",0.0
"Strides backward grimly pleased: the fluttering wing,",3.0
"And ask the helping, hospitable hand.",5.0
Echoes the living surface of the ground;,3.0
To him who muses through the woods at noon;,2.0
"Or drowsy shepherd, as he lies reclined,",1.0
"Creative Wisdom, as if ought was formed",1.0
"In vain, or not for admirable ends.",1.0
"Shall little, haughty ignorance pronounce",1.0
His works unwise; of which the smallest part,0.0
Exceeds the narrow vision of his mind?,1.0
"Thus on the concave of a sounding dome,",1.0
"On swelling columns heaved, the pride of art!",0.0
Wanders a critic fly; his feeble ray,2.0
"Extends an inch around, yet blindly bold",0.0
He dares dislike the structure of the whole.,1.0
"And lives the man, whose universal eye",0.0
Has swept at once the unbounded scheme of things;,2.0
"Marked their dependence so, and firm accord,",3.0
"The mighty chain of beings, lessening down",1.0
From Infinite Perfection to the brink,2.0
"Of dreary Nothing, desolate abyss!",0.0
Beheld the glories of the little world?,1.0
"Till then alone let zealous praise ascend,",1.0
"And hymns of heavenly wonder, to that Power,",3.0
"Whole wisdom shines as lovely on our minds,",2.0
"Thick in yonder stream of light, a thousand ways,",0.0
Till Winter sweeps them from the face of day.,1.0
"Which the hard hand of Industry has wrought,",4.0
"The human insects glow; by Hunger fed,",1.0
"And cheered by toiling Thirst, they roll about",0.0
"From toy to trifle, vanity to vice;",1.0
"Till blown away by Death, Oblivion comes",2.0
"Behind, and strikes them from the book of life.",1.0
Now swarms the village over the jovial mead;,5.0
"The rustic youth, brown with meridian toil,",4.0
"Blown by prevailing suns, the blooming maid,",2.0
Her kindled graces burning over her cheek.,2.0
"Trail the long rake, or with the fragrant load",2.0
"Overcharged, amid the soft oppression roll.",0.0
"Advancing broad, or wheeling round the field,",0.0
"They spread the tawny Harvest to the sun,",1.0
"Rises the russet haycock thick behind,",3.0
"In order gay. While heard from dale to dale,",0.0
"Of happy labour, love, and social glee.",0.0
"It's raging noon; and, vertical, the sun",1.0
Shoots through the expanding air a torrid gleam.,1.0
"Over heaven and earth, far as the darted eye",2.0
"Can pierce, a dazzling deluge reigns; and all",0.0
From pole to pole is undistinguished blaze.,0.0
"Down to the dusty earth the sight, overpowered,",4.0
"Stoops for relief; but thence ascending streams,",2.0
And keen reflection pain. Burned to the heart,2.0
Adds a new fever to the sickening soul:,4.0
And over their slippery surface wary treads,2.0
"The foot of thirsty pilgrim, often dipped",0.0
"In a cross rill, presenting to his wish",4.0
Echo no more returns the sandy sound,2.0
"Of sharpening scythe; the mower, sinking, heaps",0.0
"Over him the humid hay, with flowers perfumed;",3.0
And scarce a chirping grasshopper is heard,5.0
"Split to the centre, sweats at every poor.",0.0
The very streams look languid from afar;,2.0
"Or, through the fervid glade, impetuous hurl",1.0
Into the shelter of the crackling grove.,1.0
And on my throbbing temples potent thus,1.0
"Beam not so hard! Incessant still you flow,",0.0
"And still another fervent flood succeeds,",0.0
"Poured on the head profuse. In vain I sigh,",0.0
"And restless turn, and look around for night;",0.0
Night is far off; and hotter hours approach.,0.0
Who can endure! the too resplendent scene,1.0
And double objects dance; unreal sounds,1.0
Sing deep around; a weight of sultry dew,1.0
"Misgiving, horror lays his heavy hand.",0.0
Beneath the whole collected shade reclines:,0.0
"Sits coolly calm; while all the world without,",1.0
"Unsatisfied, and sick, tosses in noon.",4.0
"Emblem instructive of the virtuous man,",5.0
"Amid a jarring world, with vice inflamed.",0.0
"Welcome, you shades! you bowery thickets, hail!",4.0
You lofty pines! you venerable oaks!,1.0
"You ashes wild, resounding over the steep!",2.0
"Delicious is your shelter to the soul,",2.0
"Cold through the nerves, your pleasing comfort glides;",0.0
And life shoots swift through every lightened limb.,1.0
"The vocal grove, now fretting over a rock,",3.0
"Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool,",2.0
"Now starting to a sudden stream, and now",2.0
A various group the herds and flocks compose;,2.0
Rural confusion! On the grassy bank,3.0
"Half in the flood, and often bending sip",0.0
"The strong laborious ox, of honest front,",2.0
"Returning still. Amid his subjects safe,",0.0
Thrown round his head on downy moss sustained;,0.0
Of angry hornets fasten on the herd;,1.0
"In search of lavish stream. Tossing the foam,",5.0
"They scorn the keeper's voice, and scour the plain,",3.0
Through all the bright severity of noon;,1.0
"Oft in this season too the horse provoked,",0.0
"Darts on the gloomy flood, with steady eye,",0.0
"And heart estranged to fear: his nervous chest,",0.0
"Luxuriant, and erect, the seat of strength!",3.0
He takes the river at redoubled draughts;,0.0
Still let me pierce into the midnight depth,2.0
"Of yonder grove, of wildest, largest growth;",0.0
"Nods over the mount beneath. At every step,",3.0
"Solemn, and slow, the shadows blacker fall,",3.0
"And all is awful, silent gloom around.",0.0
"These are the haunts of meditation, these",2.0
"Ecstatic felt, and, from this world retired,",1.0
"Conversed with angels, and immortal forms,",1.0
Of virtue struggling on the brink of vice;,1.0
"In waking whispers, and repeated dreams,",1.0
For future trials fated to prepare;,1.0
"To prompt the Poet, who devoted gives",0.0
"Of dying Saints; and from the Patriot's breast,",3.0
"Backward to mingle in detested war,",2.0
But foremost when engaged to turn the death;,1.0
"Daily, and nightly, zealous to perform.",3.0
"Shook sudden from the bosom of the sky,",3.0
"A thousand shapes or glide athwart the dusk,",0.0
"Or stalk majestic on. Aroused, I feel",1.0
"A sacred terror, and severe delight,",1.0
"Those accents murmured in the abstracted ear,",3.0
"Pronounce distinct. Be not of us afraid,",1.0
"The, same our Lord, and laws, and great pursuit.",0.0
"Once some of us, like thee, through stormy life,",1.0
"This holy calm, this harmony of mind,",1.0
"Then fear us not; but with responsive song,",1.0
"Oft in these dim recesses, undisturbed",5.0
"By noisy folly, and discordant vice,",1.0
"Of nature sing with us, and nature's God.",1.0
"And frequent at the middle waste of night,",0.0
"Or all day long, in deserts still, are heard,",1.0
"Around, or underneath, aerial sounds,",5.0
"Sent from angelic harps, and voices joined.",3.0
"A happiness bestowed by us, alone,",2.0
"On contemplation, or the hallowed ear",1.0
"Thus up the Mount, in visionary muse,",0.0
"I stray, regardless whither; till the stun",1.0
Of a near fall of water every sense,1.0
"I stand aghast, and view the broken scene.",0.0
Smooth to the shaggy brink a spreading flood,0.0
"Rolls fair and placid; till collected all,",2.0
"In one big glut, as sinks the shelving ground,",3.0
"The impetuous torrent, tumbling down the steep,",2.0
Thunders and shakes the astonished country round.,3.0
"Now a blue watery sheet; anon dispersed,",5.0
"A hoary missed; then gathered in again,",0.0
"This way, and that tormented; dashing thick,",1.0
And restless roaring to the humble vale.,1.0
"Darts a green lustre, trembling through the trees;",4.0
"Invited from the rock, to whose dark cliff",2.0
"And, giving full his bosom to the blaze,",1.0
"Gains on the sun; while all the feathery race,",2.0
"Deep in the thicket; or, from bower to bower",3.0
"Responsive, force an interrupted strain.",0.0
Short interval of weary woe! again,2.0
"The sad idea of his murdered mate,",1.0
A louder song of sorrow through the grove.,1.0
"Beside the dewy border let me sit,",0.0
All in the freshness of the humid air;,1.0
By flowering umbrage shaded; where the bee,2.0
"Strays diligent, and with the extracted sweet",3.0
Of honeysuckle loads his little thigh.,0.0
And what a various prospect lies around!,2.0
"Of hills, and vales, and woods, and lawns, and spires,",0.0
"And towns betwixt, and gilded streams; till all",0.0
"Happy Britannia! where the Queen of arts,",3.0
"Walks through the land of Heroes, unconfined",0.0
"Rich is the soil, and merciful the skies;",1.0
Thy streams unfailing in the summer's drought;,0.0
With golden waves; and on thy mountains flocks,1.0
Bellow the blackening herds in lusty droves.,2.0
"Against the mower's scythe. On every hand,",3.0
"Thy villas shine. Thy country teems with wealth,",0.0
"And Property assures it to the swain,",2.0
Full are thy cities with the Sons of art;,1.0
"And trade, and joy, in every busy street,",0.0
"Mingling are heard: even Drudgery himself,",5.0
"As at the car he sweats, or dusty hews",0.0
"Where rising masts an endless prospect yield,",0.0
"With labour burn, and echo to the shouts",1.0
"Of hurried sailor, as he hearty waves",1.0
"His last adieu, and loosening every sheet,",2.0
Resigns the spreading vessel to the wind.,1.0
"Bold, firm, and graceful, are thy generous youth,",4.0
"Scattering the nations where they go; and first,",1.0
"Mild are thy glories too, as over the plans",2.0
Of thriving peace thy thoughtful sires preside;,0.0
"In genius, and substantial learning high;",1.0
"For every virtue, every worth renowned,",0.0
Yet like the mustering thunder when provoked;,2.0
"The dread of tyrants, and the sole resource",4.0
Of such as under grim oppression groan.,1.0
"Thy sons of glory many! thine a More,",1.0
"A Drake, who made thee mistress of the deep,",1.0
And bore thy name in thunder round the world.,0.0
Then flamed thy spirit high; but who can speak,0.0
The numerous worthies of the maiden reign?,3.0
"In Raleigh mark their every glory mixed,",0.0
"Raleigh, the scourge of Spain! whose breast with all",2.0
"The sage, the patriot, and the hero burned.",1.0
"The warrior fettered, and at last resigned,",1.0
To glut the vengeance of a vanquished foe.,1.0
"Then deep through fate his mind retorted saw,",0.0
"Yet found no times, in all the long research,",1.0
"So glorious, or so base, as those he proved,",2.0
"In which he conquered, and in which he bled.",1.0
"Who stemmed the torrent of a downward age,",1.0
"To slavery prone; and bade thee rise again,",2.0
In all thy native pomp of Freedom fierce.,0.0
"Nor can the muse the gallant Sidney pass,",1.0
"The plume of war! with every laurel crowned,",0.0
"The lover's myrtle, and the poet's bay.",1.0
"Nor him of later name, firm to the cause",3.0
"Of Liberty, her rough determined friend,",1.0
The British Brutus; whose united blood,0.0
"With Russel, thine, thou patriot wise, and calm,",3.0
Stained the sad annals of a giddy reign;,4.0
In loose inglorious sloth. High thy renown,4.0
"In Sages too, far as the sacred light",2.0
"Thine is a Bacon formed of happy mould,",1.0
"When Nature smiled, deep, comprehensive, clear,",1.0
"Exact, and elegant; in one rich soul,",2.0
"Who scanned his nature with a brother's eye,",1.0
"His weakness prompt to shade, to raise his aim,",0.0
"To touch the finer movements of the mind,",1.0
And with the moral Beauty charm the heart.,1.0
"What need I name thy Boyle, whose pious search",0.0
"Still sought the great Creator in his works,",1.0
"By sure experience led? And why thy Locke,",2.0
Who made the whole internal world his own?,0.0
"Let comprehensive Newton speak thy fame,",1.0
"In all philosophy. For solemn song,",1.0
And every greatly amiable muse,1.0
Of elder ages in thy Milton met?,0.0
"His was the treasure of two thousand years,",3.0
"Unlimited, and various, as his Theme;",2.0
Astonishing as Chaos; as the bloom,2.0
Of blowing Eden fair; soft as the talk,2.0
"Of our grand Parents, and as Heaven sublime.",3.0
"May my song soften as, thy daughters, I,",4.0
"Britannia, hail! for beauty is their own,",3.0
"The feeling heart simplicity of life,",1.0
"Shaped by the hand of Harmony; the cheek,",1.0
"Where the live crimson, through the native white",3.0
"And every nameless grace; the parted lip,",0.0
"Breathing delight; and, under flowing jet,",2.0
"And by the soul informed, when, dressed in love,",1.0
She sits high smiling in the conscious eye.,1.0
"Island of bliss! amid the subject seas,",2.0
"That thunder round thy rocky coasts, set up,",2.0
"At once the wonder, terror, and delight,",1.0
Of distant nations; whose remotest shore,0.0
Can soon be shaken by thy naval arm;,1.0
"Not to be shook thyself, but all assaults",0.0
OH Thou! by whose almighty Nod the scale,0.0
"Of empire rises, or alternate falls,",3.0
"Send forth the saving Virtues round the land,",1.0
"In bright patrol: white Peace, and social Love;",1.0
"On gentle deeds, and shedding tears through smiles;",0.0
"Undaunted Truth, and Dignity of mind;",1.0
"Courage composed, and keen; sound Temperance,",3.0
"Healthful in heart and look; clear Chastity,",4.0
Disordered at the deep regard she draws;,0.0
"Rough Industry; Activity untried,",3.0
"With copious life informed, and all awake:",2.0
"While, in the radiant front, superior shines",2.0
"That first paternal Virtue, public Zeal,",0.0
"Who casts over all an equal, wide survey,",1.0
To sing her praises in ambitious verse;,0.0
"While, slightly to recount, I simply meant,",1.0
"Kingdoms on which, direct, the flood of day",2.0
"Oppressive falls, and gives the gloomy hue,",0.0
"And feature gross; or worse, to ruthless deeds,",0.0
"Won jealousy, red rage, and fell revenge,",3.0
"Although the treasures of the sun be theirs,",2.0
"Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines;",1.0
"His amber wave; while on his balmy banks,",1.0
"Or in the spicy Abyssinian vales,",1.0
"The citron, orange, and pomegranate, drink",2.0
"Intolerable day, yet in their coats",1.0
"A cooling juice contain. Peaceful beneath,",5.0
Leans the huge elephant; and in his shade,4.0
And birds of bolder note rejoice around.,0.0
"And oft amid their aromatic groves,",0.0
"Touched by the torch of noon, the gummy bark,",0.0
"Instant, so swift the ruddy ruin spreads,",2.0
A cloud of incense shadows all the land;,2.0
"And, over a thousand thundering trees at once,",4.0
Riots with lawless rage the running blaze:,2.0
And doubling blend the circulating waves,0.0
"Of flame tempestuous; or directly on,",5.0
But other views await; where heaven above,0.0
"Glows like an arch of brass; and all below,",0.0
Abandoned by the vanished brook; like one,1.0
Of fading fortune by his treacherous friend.,3.0
"Such are thy horrid deserts, Barca; such",2.0
"Continuous rising often with the blast,",3.0
"Shook by the south into the darkened air,",0.0
Falls in new hilly kingdoms over the waste.,4.0
Hence late exposed if distant fame says true,2.0
A smothered city from the sandy wave,1.0
"Fresh woods, reclining herds, and silent flocks,",1.0
"For by the nitrous penetrating salts,",1.0
"Mixed copious with the sand, pierced, and preserved,",4.0
"The streets, in various attitudes surprised",2.0
"By sudden fate, and live on every face",0.0
"The passions caught, beyond the sculptor's art.",0.0
Delighted even in death; and each for each,2.0
"Feeling alone, with that expressive look,",2.0
Which perfect Nature only knows to give.,1.0
"Fond over his weeping wife, and infant train",3.0
"Aghast, and trembling, though they know not why.",1.0
"The stiffened vulgar stretch their arms to heaven,",0.0
With horror starting; while in council deep,0.0
"As when old Rome, beneath the raging Gaul,",1.0
"Sunk her proud turrets resolute on death,",3.0
Around the Forum sat the grey divan,0.0
"Of Senators, majestic, motionless,",2.0
Dressed like the falling fathers of mankind;,2.0
"Amazed, and shivering, from the solemn sight",1.0
"The red barbarians shrunk, and deemed them Gods.",2.0
It's here that Thirst has fixed his dry domain;,0.0
"And walks his wide, malignant round, in search",0.0
"Triumphant sits, who for a single cruise",1.0
Of unavailing water paid so dear:,0.0
Nor could the gold his hard associate save.,1.0
"Here the green serpent gathers up his train,",3.0
"Progressive, rattles through the withered brake;",1.0
"But mighty mischief, on the unguarded swain",3.0
"And foul misdeed, when the pure day has shut",3.0
"His sacred eye. The rabid tiger then,",0.0
"In dire divan, surround their shaggy King,",0.0
"Majestic, stalking over the burning sand,",2.0
With planted step; while an obsequious crowd,3.0
Of grinning forms at humble distance wait.,0.0
"By supreme hunger smit, and thirst intense,",5.0
At once their mingling voices raise to Heaven;,0.0
"And with imperious and repeated roars,",4.0
"Unhappy he! who from the first of joys,",2.0
"Society, cut off, is left alone",2.0
"Amid this world of death. Ceaseless he sits,",5.0
"Sad on the jutting eminence, and views",1.0
"The rolling main, that ever toils below;",0.0
"Still fondly forming in the farthest verge,",1.0
"At evening, to the setting sun he turns",1.0
"A mournful eye, and down his dying heart",1.0
And hiss continual through the tedious night.,3.0
"And haughty Caesar, Liberty retired,",1.0
And all the green delights of Italy;,1.0
"When for them she must bend the servile knee,",1.0
And fawning take the blessings once her own.,0.0
"What need I mention those inclement skies,",1.0
"Where frequent, over the sickening city, Plague,",2.0
"The fiercest son of Nemesis divine,",1.0
"Collects a close, incumbent night of death;",0.0
"Uninterrupted by the living winds,",3.0
Forbid to blow a wholesome breeze; and stained,0.0
"With many a mixture, by the sun suffused,",3.0
Of angry aspect? Princely Wisdom then,1.0
"Of drooping Justice, ineffectual, falls",2.0
"The sword, and balance. Mute the voice of Joy;",0.0
And hushed the murmur of the busy world.,1.0
"And ranged at open noon by beasts of prey,",0.0
And birds of bloody beak. The sullen door,0.0
"No visit knows, nor hears the wailing voice",1.0
"And relatives endeared for many a year,",3.0
"Savaged by woe, forget the social tie,",2.0
The close engagement of the kindred heart;,1.0
"And, sick in solitude, successive die,",0.0
"The scene of desolation, wide around,",0.0
"Denying all retreat, the grim guards stand,",1.0
And give the flying wretch a better death.,0.0
"Much of the force of foreign Summers still,",0.0
"Of growling hills that shoot the pillared flame,",0.0
"Of earthquake, and pale famine, could I sing;",6.0
But equal scenes of horror call me home.,0.0
"Where sleep the mineral generations, drawn.",0.0
"Steam, and fermenting in yonder baleful cloud,",4.0
"Dread through the dun expanse, save the dull sound,",3.0
"That from the mountain, previous to the storm,",1.0
"Prone, to the lowest vale, the aerial tribes",2.0
Dares wing the dubious dusk. In rueful gaze,3.0
"Cast a deploring eye; by man forsook,",2.0
Or seeks the shelter of the downward cave.,1.0
"It's dumb amaze, and listening terror all;",0.0
When to the quicker eye the livid glance,0.0
"And, by the powerful breath of God inflate,",3.0
The thunder raises his tremendous voice;,1.0
"The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more",0.0
The noise astounds: till over head a sheet,0.0
"Of various flame discloses wide, then shuts",2.0
"And opens wider, shuts and opens still",0.0
"Follows the loosened, aggravated roar,",2.0
"Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal",0.0
"Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail,",4.0
"In the white, heavenly magazines congealed;",4.0
"Ragged, and fierce, or in red whirling balls,",3.0
"And strikes the shepherd, as he shuddering sits,",3.0
"Presaging ruin, mid the rocky clift.",2.0
His live dejected posture still remains;,0.0
"His russet singed, and rent his hanging hat;",0.0
Against his crook his sooty cheek reclined;,0.0
"The talk of future ages; and, below,",1.0
A lifeless group the blasted cattle lie:,0.0
"Here the soft flocks, with that same harmless look,",4.0
The guiltless cottage; and the haughty dome,1.0
"Stoops to the base. In one immediate flash,",3.0
"The forest falls; or, flaming out, displays",1.0
"Scared is the mountain's brow; and from, the cliff",1.0
"Tumbles the smitten rock. The desert shakes,",2.0
"And gleams, and grumbles, through his deepest dens.",1.0
And yet not always on the guilty head,1.0
Falls the devoted flash. Young Celadon,3.0
"With equal virtue formed, and equal grace,",0.0
"The same, distinguished by their sex alone:",1.0
"Hers the mild lustre of the blooming morn,",3.0
And his the radiance of the risen day.,2.0
"They loved. But such their guileless passion was,",2.0
As in the dawn of time alarmed the heart,0.0
"'Twas friendship, heightened by the mutual wish,",4.0
"The enchanting hope, and sympathetic glow,",1.0
"To love, each was to each a dearer self;",2.0
Supremely happy in the awakened power,4.0
"Of given joy. Alone, amid the shades,",0.0
Still in harmonious intercourse they lived,3.0
"The rural day, and talked the flowing heart,",0.0
"Thus passed their life, a clear united stream,",1.0
"The tempest caught them on the tender walk,",1.0
"Of the big gloom, on Celadon her eye",2.0
"Fell tearful, wetting her disordered cheek.",2.0
"In vain assuring love, and confidence",1.0
"In heaven repressed her fear; it grew, and shook",0.0
Her frame near dissolution. He perceived,1.0
"The unequal conflict, and as angels look",2.0
"On dying saints, his eyes compassion shed,",0.0
"With love illumined high. Fear not, he said,",1.0
"And inward storm! He, who yonder skies involves",0.0
"In frowns of darkness, ever smiles on thee,",0.0
With full regard. Over thee the secret shaft,5.0
"Which thunders terror through the conscious heart,",1.0
"It's safety to be near thee sure, and thus",1.0
"To clasp perfection! From his void embrace,",1.0
"Mysterious heaven! that moment, in a heap",2.0
"But who can paint the lover, as he stood,",1.0
"Struck by severe amazement, hating life,",2.0
"Speechless, and fixed in all the death of woe!",2.0
"For ever silent, and for ever sad.",1.0
As from the face of heaven the shattered clouds,1.0
"Tumultuous rove, the interminable blue,",5.0
"Delightful swells into the general arch,",0.0
That copes the nations. Nature from the storm,1.0
Shines out afresh; and through the lightened air,3.0
"A higher lustre and a clearer calm,",1.0
"Of danger past, a glittering robe of joy,",2.0
"Set off abundant by the level ray,",3.0
"It's beauty all, and grateful song around,",0.0
"And shall the hymn be marred by thankless man,",0.0
Should lead the chorus of this lower world?,1.0
"Shall ho, so soon forgetful of the hand",1.0
"That hushed the thunder, and expands the sky,",1.0
"After the tempest puff his idle vows,",2.0
"And a new dance of vanity begin,",3.0
Scarce ever the pant forsake the feeble heart?,3.0
"Cheered by the setting beam, the sprightly youth",0.0
A sandy bottom shows. A while he stands,0.0
To meditate the blue profound below;,0.0
Then plunges headlong down the circling flood.,2.0
"At each short breathing by his lip repelled,",2.0
"With arms and legs according well, he makes,",0.0
"While, from his polished sides, a dewy light",0.0
"Runs out the rambling dale that Damon sat,",0.0
"Thoughtful, and fixed in philosophic muse:",2.0
"Damon, who still amid the savage woods,",2.0
"And lonely lawns, the force of beauty scorned,",0.0
"Firm, and to false philosophy devote.",1.0
"The brook ran babbling by; and sighing weak,",2.0
The breeze among the bending willows played:,1.0
Warm in their cheek the sultry season glowed;,0.0
"And, robbed in loose array, they came to bathe",0.0
Their fervent limbs in the refreshing stream.,1.0
"Another Pallas Musidora seemed,",1.0
A surer conquest of the sliding heart.,1.0
"And all one softness, melted on the sense.",1.0
"Nor Paris panted stronger, when aside",0.0
"Cast unconfined, and gave him all their charms,",1.0
"Than, Damon, thou, the stoic now no more,",2.0
"And slender foot, the inverted silk they drew;",2.0
"And, through the parting robe, the alternate breast,",2.0
"When from their naked limbs of glowing white,",0.0
"And fair exposed they stood, shrunk from themselves;",2.0
With fancy blushing; at the doubtful breeze,0.0
"Aroused, and starting, like the fearful fawn.",0.0
"Her full proportions such, and bashful so",2.0
Bends ineffectual from the roving eye.,2.0
Then to the flood they rushed; the plunging fair,0.0
The parted flood with closing waves received;,0.0
"Flushing afresh, a mellow lustre shed:",2.0
As shines the lily through the crystal mild;,1.0
"Puts on a warmer glow. In various play,",2.0
But ill concealed; and now with streaming locks,0.0
Rising again; the latent Damon drew,2.0
"Such draughts of love and beauty to the soul,",1.0
"As put his harsh philosophy to flight,",1.0
"And Musidora fixing in his heart,",1.0
This is the purest exercise of health.,1.0
Of accident disastrous. Hence the limbs,1.0
"Knit into force; and the same Roman arm,",3.0
"That rose victorious over the conquered earth,",4.0
"First learnt, while tender, to subdue the wave.",2.0
"Receives a secret, sympathetic aid.",0.0
"Low walks the sun, and broadens by degrees,",2.0
"Just over the verge of day. The rising clouds,",2.0
"That shift perpetual in his vivid train,",1.0
Unfold the hidden riches of his ray;,1.0
And chase a change of colours round the sky.,0.0
"It's all one blush from east to west! and now,",0.0
Now half immersed; and now a golden curve,1.0
"Gives one faint glimmer, and then disappears.",4.0
"For ever running an enchanted round,",1.0
"Passes the day, deceitful, tedious, void;",4.0
"This moment hurrying all the impassioned soul,",2.0
"The next in nothing lost. It's so to him,",1.0
A sight of horror to the cruel wretch;,1.0
"Who, rolling in inhuman pleasure deep,",0.0
The whole day long has made the widow pine;,1.0
And snatched the morsel from her orphan's mouth.,1.0
"To give his dogs. But to the tuneful mind,",1.0
"Who makes the hopeless heart to sing for joy,",0.0
"Diffusing kind beneficence around,",1.0
To him the long review of ordered life,2.0
"Is inward rapture, only to be felt.",1.0
A thousand Shadows at her beck. First This,3.0
She sends on earth; then That of deeper die,0.0
"Steals soft behind; and then a Deeper still,",1.0
"In circle following circle, gathers round,",2.0
To close the face of things. A fresher breeze,0.0
"Begins to wave the wood, and stir the stream,",0.0
Sweeping with shadowy gust the fields of corn;,4.0
"His folded flock secure, the shepherd home",0.0
"The Beauty, whom perhaps his witless heart,",0.0
"Of cordial glances, and obliging deeds.",1.0
"Onward they pass, over many a panting height,",4.0
"At fall of eve the fairy people throng,",0.0
"In various game, and revelry to pass",3.0
But far about they wander from the grave,1.0
Against himself to lift the hated hand,0.0
"Of violence; by men cast out from life,",3.0
"And after death, to which they drove his hope,",0.0
Into the broad way side. The ruined tower,1.0
"Is also shunned; whose hoary chambers hold,",0.0
"Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge,",0.0
"Twinkles a moving gem. On Evening's heel,",2.0
"In mantle dun. A faint erroneous ray,",2.0
"Glanced from the imperfect surfaces of things,",2.0
Flings half an image on the straining eye.,2.0
"While wavering woods, and villages, and streams,",3.0
"And rocks, and mountain-tops, that long retained",0.0
"The ascending gleam, are all one swimming scene,",1.0
Doubtful if seen: whence sudden Vision turns,2.0
"To heaven; where Venus, in the sterry front,",0.0
"Shines eminent; and from her genial rise,",3.0
"Sheds influence on earth, to love, and life,",2.0
And every form of vegetation kind.,0.0
Across the sky; or horizontal dart,0.0
"Over half the nations, in a minute's space,",0.0
"And silence, ever the various talk begin.",4.0
"The vulgar stare; amazement is their joy,",1.0
"With piercing eye, into the latent cause;",0.0
Nor can she swallow what she does not see.,1.0
"With thee, serene Philosophy! with thee,",2.0
"And thy high praises, let me crown my song!",2.0
"Effusive source of evidence, and truth!",3.0
"A lustre shedding over the ennobled mind,",1.0
New to the dawning of celestial day.,1.0
"Hence through her nourished powers, enlarged by thee,",2.0
"She soaring spurns, with elevated pride,",0.0
"The tangling mass of cares, and low desires,",0.0
"The heights of Science, and of Virtue gains,",1.0
Where all is calm and clear; with Nature round,0.0
"Or in the starry regions, or the abyss,",3.0
"The chain of causes and effects to Him,",1.0
Possesses Being; while the Last receives,0.0
"And every beauty, delicate or bold,",1.0
"Obvious or more remote, with livelier sense,",3.0
"Tutored by thee, hence Poetry exalts",5.0
Her voice to ages; and informs the page,1.0
"With music, image, sentiment, and thought,",1.0
"Never to die! the treasure of mankind,",4.0
Without thee what were unassisted man?,0.0
"A savage roaming through the woods and wilds,",1.0
"And elegance of life. Nor home, nor joy",1.0
"Domestic, mixed of tenderness and care,",1.0
"Nor moral excellence, nor social bliss,",1.0
"Nor law were his; nor property; nor swain,",2.0
To turn the furrow; nor mechanic hand,1.0
"Hardened to toil; nor sailor bold; nor trade,",2.0
Mother severe of infinite delights!,3.0
Whose horrid circle had made human life,1.0
"Ours are the plans of policy, and peace;",1.0
"Ply the tough oar, Philosophy directs,",4.0
"Of urgent heaven, invisible, the sails",1.0
"Swells out, and bears the inferior world along.",4.0
Nor to this evanescent speck of earth,1.0
"Poorly confined, the radiant tracts on high",2.0
Are her exalted range; intent to gaze,1.0
"Creation through; and, from that full complex",2.0
"Of the sole Being right, who spoke the word,",2.0
"And nature moved complete. With inward view,",0.0
Thence on the ideal kingdom swift she turns,5.0
"Her eye; and instant, at her virtual glance,",2.0
The obedient phantoms vanish or appear;,4.0
"Compound, divide, and into order shift,",0.0
"Each to his rank, from plain perception up",1.0
To notion quite abstract; where first begins,0.0
"The world of spirits, action all, and life",0.0
"Immediate, and unmixed. But here the cloud,",3.0
"So wills Eternal Providence, sits deep.",2.0
"Enough for us we know that this dark state,",2.0
"In wayward passions lost, and vain pursuits,",0.0
"This infancy of being, cannot prove",1.0
The final issue of the works of God;,1.0
And ever rising with the rising mind.,1.0
"Has generous Thoughts of Liberty inspired,",3.0
"On You submissive waits, with Hopes assured,",1.0
"By whom the mighty Blessing stands secured,",0.0
"And all the Glories, that our Age adorn,",0.0
Are promised to a People yet unborn.,2.0
No longer shall the widowed Land bemoan,1.0
"A broken Lineage, and a doubtful Throne;",1.0
And count the Pledges of her future Peace.,1.0
OH Born to strengthen and to grace our Isle!,2.0
"While You, fair PRINCESS, in your Offspring smile",3.0
"Supplying Charms to the succeeding Age,",1.0
Each Heavenly Daughter's Triumphs we presage;,4.0
"Already see the Illustrious Youths complain,",4.0
And pity Monarchs doomed to sigh in vain.,1.0
"Thou too, the Darling of our fond Desires,",1.0
"Whom Albion, opening wide her Arms, requires,",4.0
"Shalt quell the Fierce, and captivate the Fair,",1.0
OH England's younger Hope! in whom conspire,1.0
"The Mother's Sweetness, and the Father's Fire!",1.0
"For Thee perhaps, even Now, of Kingly Race",5.0
"Some dawning Beauty bloom's in every Grace,",0.0
"Some CAROLINA, to Heaven's Dictates true,",3.0
"Thy inborn Worth with conscious Eyes shall see,",1.0
And slight the Imperial Diadem for Thee.,4.0
"Pleased with the Prospect of successive Reigns,",1.0
The tuneful Tribe no more in daring Strains,1.0
"Shall vindicate, with pious Fears oppressed,",1.0
"Endangered Rights, and Liberty Distressed:",1.0
"To milder Sounds each Muse shall tune the Lyre,",0.0
"And Gratitude, and Faith to Kings inspire,",0.0
"And Filial Love; bid impious Discord cease,",3.0
"Or rise Ambitious in more lofty Lays,",0.0
"And teach the Nation their new Monarch's Praise,",3.0
"Meanwhile, Bright PRINCESS, who, with graceful Ease",2.0
"And native Majesty, are formed to please,",1.0
"Behold those Arts with a propitious Eye,",1.0
"Then shall they Triumph, and the British Stage",1.0
"Improve her Manners, and refine her Rage,",1.0
"More noble Characters expose to view,",1.0
And draw her finished Heroines from You.,4.0
"Nor You the kind Indulgence will refuse,",2.0
Through distant Times the lovely Dame conveys.,0.0
"The Queen still shines, because the Poet sung.",1.0
"Even all those Graces, in your Frame combined,",0.0
The common Fate of Mortal Charms may find;,0.0
"Content Our short-lived Praises to engage,",2.0
"The Joy and Wonder of a Single Age,",1.0
Unless some Poet in a lasting Song,0.0
"To late Posterity their Fame prolong,",1.0
And see Your Beauty with their Fathers' Eyes.,1.0
"EXPRESSION, child of soul! I fondly trace",0.0
"The painter's pencil, catch thy sacred fire,",0.0
And beauty wakes for thee her touching grace!,1.0
"When horror cheques thy tear, thy struggling sigh,",0.0
"When frenzy rolls in thy impassioned eye,",1.0
Nor ever let my shuddering fancy hear,2.0
"The wasting groan, or view the pallid look",0.0
"Of him Chatterton. the muses loved, when hope forsook",1.0
"His spirit, vainly to the muses dear!",1.0
"For, charmed with heavenly song, this mournful breast",2.0
Laments the power of verse could give despair no rest.,3.0
In double poison ' --  I shall soon arrive,1.0
"At the blessed island, where no tigers spring",3.0
"Thrice in each moon; where rivers smoothly glide,",0.0
Nor thundering torrents whirl the light canoe,2.0
Down to the sea; where my forefathers feast,3.0
"Daily on hearts of Spaniards! ' --  OH my son,",2.0
"I feel the venom busy in my breast,",0.0
"Approach, and bring my crown, decked with the teeth",2.0
"The virgins of the sun; and, dire to tell!",1.0
"I marked the spot where they interred this traitor,",2.0
"And once at midnight stole I to his tomb,",2.0
A prey to poisonous flies. Preserve this crown,2.0
With sacred secrecy: if ever returns,3.0
"Where, as I hunted late; I hapless lost her,",0.0
Cherish her age. Tell her I never have worshipped,4.0
With those that eat their God. And when disease,1.0
"Preys on her languid limbs, then kindly stab her",0.0
"With thine own hands, nor suffer her to linger,",2.0
"Like christian cowards, in a life of pain.",0.0
Tell me you partial Power that wound our Hearts,2.0
"Let Nymph and Swain be warmed with equal Fires,",1.0
Sure you delight to see us fondly crave,2.0
"Those Joys, some other thankless Wretch must have.",0.0
"Thus Love the sacred source of Unions crossed,",1.0
And we perplexed with what should please us most.,1.0
But am too much concerned not to complain.,3.0
"Tis I alone, that can his Joys complete.",3.0
"Yet with proud Scorn his dying Sighs repay,",3.0
Find all my Softness forced another way.,0.0
Nor have a Thought but what's entirely his:,1.0
"Careless of me, he does for Cloe pine,",2.0
Who slights him; and to Damon does resign.,1.0
"Gods! tis too hard all Love yet all must part,",2.0
By some nice Touch turn every other Heart;,2.0
"But if too cruel to redress us all,",2.0
"Grant I may please like her, or else she love like me;",1.0
"For either way will ease my grateful Breast,",0.0
"TRUE Son of Phoebus, Heir to his Tuneful Quill,",1.0
"His murdering Arrows, and his healing Skill:",3.0
"Thy Bills his Medicines are, his Lyre thy Song,",1.0
"Thine Heart his Quiver, and his Bow thy Tongue:",1.0
For Schism prevails no more; we love to see,3.0
Our Words and Lines in Couplings well agree,0.0
Nor do we thus abhor Conformity.,1.0
Hymns may be soft and smooth and comely Dressed,0.0
A Lyric Ode submits to Godly Notes;,1.0
Harmonious Words no more offend our Throats.,3.0
"The Spirit, Freedom flows in tuneful Lines,",0.0
"And Conscience feels the Pleasure, nor complains",1.0
While pure Devotion sings and ANNE the Indulgent Reigns.,2.0
"Then, Sir, Submit with Joy thine Iron Style",0.0
To the soft Polish of a gentle File;,3.0
The Courteous Muse shines brightest; and it's fit,4.0
SPEED to his Lute in Artful Numbers sings,0.0
Melodious; till his Angry Bow he brings,1.0
"Why boast, OH arrogant, imperious man,",4.0
Perfection so exclusive? are thy powers,2.0
"Unknown to woman, if she greatly dares",1.0
"To use the powers assigned her? Active strength,",2.0
"The boast of animals, is clearly thine;",2.0
That female virtues teach; and poor the height,1.0
Which female wit obtains. The theme unfolds,1.0
"Its ample maze, for Montagu befriends",0.0
"The puzzled thought, and, blazing in the eye",0.0
"Of boldest Opposition, strait presents",0.0
"The soul's best energies, her keenest powers,",2.0
"Clear, vigorous, enlightened; with firm wing",4.0
"Swift she overtakes his Muse, which spread afar",3.0
Its brightest glories in the days of yore;,0.0
"Lo! where she, mounting, spurns the steadfast earth,",1.0
"And, failing on the cloud of science, bears",1.0
She swift detects amid their dark retreats;,0.0
"Regains the trophies, bears in triumph back",0.0
The pilfered glories to a wondering world.,5.0
"So Stella boasts, from her the tale I learnt;",1.0
"With pride she told it, I with rapture heard.",1.0
"OH, Montagu! forgive me, if I sing",2.0
Thy wisdom tempered with the milder ray,1.0
"Of soft humanity, and kindness bland:",1.0
"So wide its influence, that the bright beams",2.0
"Reach the low vale where mists of ignorance lodge,",5.0
"Strike on the innate spark which lay immersed,",4.0
Unwelcome is the first bright dawn of light,2.0
"To the dark soul; impatient, she rejects,",3.0
"Confused, afraid of the intruding guest;",1.0
"Disturbed, unwilling to receive the beam,",1.0
Which to herself her native darkness shows.,1.0
The effort rude to quench the cheering flame,0.0
"Was mine, and even on Stella could I gaze",3.0
"With sullen envy, and admiring pride,",1.0
"Till, doubly roused by Montagu, the pair",0.0
"Conspire to clear my dull, imprisoned sense,",2.0
And chase the mists which dimmed my visual beam.,2.0
"Oft as I trod my native wilds alone,",0.0
"Strong gusts of thought would rise, but rise to die;",1.0
"The portals of the swelling soul, never opened",4.0
"By liberal converse, rude ideas strove",0.0
"Awhile for vent, but found it not, and died.",0.0
"Majestic ocean, flowery vales, gay groves,",3.0
To all the transport the rapt sense can bear;,2.0
"But all expired, for want of powers to speak;",2.0
"All perished in the mind as soon as born,",0.0
"Such timid rapture as young See the Minstrel. Edwin seized,",2.0
"When his lone footsteps on the Sage obtrude,",1.0
"Whose noble precept charmed his wondering ear,",3.0
"When the bright Moralist, in softness dressed,",3.0
"Opens all the glories of the mental world,",1.0
"Deigns to direct the infant thought, to prune",2.0
"Of feeble fancy, bid idea live,",0.0
"Woo the abstracted spirit from its cares,",4.0
And gently guide her to the scenes of peace.,1.0
"Mine was that balm, and mine the grateful heart,",2.0
"Which breathes its thanks in rough, but timid strains.",0.0
"O! formed by nature, and refined by art,",1.0
"With charms to win, and sense to fix the heart!",0.0
"Thy crowd of captives, and descend to me?",1.0
"Content in shades obscure to waste thy life,",0.0
"OH! listen while thy summers are my theme,",2.0
"In some small hamlet on the lonely plain,",2.0
"Or where high Windsor, thick with greens arrayed,",1.0
"Waves his old oaks, and spreads his ample shade,",3.0
Fancy has figured out our calm retreat;,3.0
Already round the visionary seat,0.0
"Our limes begin to shoot, our flowers to spring,",1.0
"The brooks to murmur, and the birds to sing.",1.0
"Thou nameless lawn, and village yet unseen?",0.0
"Where sons, contented with their native ground,",1.0
"And the tanned peasant, and his ruddy bride,",3.0
"Were born together, and together died.",1.0
"'Midst gardens here my humble pile shall rise,",1.0
With sweets surrounded of ten thousand dies;,2.0
"All savage where the embroidered gardens end,",2.0
The haunt of echoes shall my woods ascend;,0.0
"And o! if heaven the ambitious thought approve,",2.0
"A rill shall warble cross the gloomy grove,",0.0
"Gush down the steep, and glitter through the glade.",1.0
What cheering scents those bordering banks exhale!,2.0
How loud that heifer lows from yonder vale!,0.0
"That thrush, how shrill! his note so clear, so high,",0.0
He drowns each feathered minstrel of the sky.,1.0
"Or fetch the fluttering partridge from the skies,",3.0
"Nor shall thy hand disdain to crop the vine,",0.0
"Or rob the beehive of its golden hoard,",2.0
"Sometime my books by day shall kill the hours,",1.0
"While from thy needle rise the silken flowers,",0.0
"And, thou by turns to ease my feeble sight,",1.0
"Resume the volume, and deceive the night.",1.0
"O! when I mark thy twinkling eyes oppressed,",0.0
"Soft whispering, let me warn my love to rest;",3.0
"Then watch thee, charmed, while sleep locks every sense,",1.0
And to sweet heaven commend thy innocence.,3.0
"Thus reigned our fathers over the rural fold,",3.0
"Wise, hale, and honest, in the days of old;",1.0
"Till courts arose, where substance pays for show,",0.0
The ear that wears them hears a fool each night:,0.0
"Mark how the embroidered colonel sneaks away,",1.0
To shun the withering dame that made him gay;,2.0
"That knave, to gain a title, lost his fame;",0.0
That raised his credit by a daughter's shame;,1.0
"Fond man, as all his sorrows were too few,",3.0
Acquires strange wants that nature never knew.,3.0
"And sleeps perverse, the cheerful suns away;",0.0
Round his closed sight the gorgeous curtain slide;,3.0
"Fruits, ere their time, to grace his pomp must rise,",1.0
"For this are nature's gentle calls withstood,",1.0
"The voice of conscience, and the bonds of blood;",1.0
"This wisdom thy reward for every pain,",1.0
And this gay glory all thy mighty gain.,2.0
"Fair phantoms wooed and scorned from age to age,",1.0
"And yet, just curse on man's aspiring kind,",0.0
"Prone to ambition, to example blind,",3.0
"Our children's children shall our steps pursue,",0.0
And the same errors be for ever new.,2.0
"Mean while, in hope a guiltless country swain,",0.0
"Hail humble shades, where truth and silence dwell!",1.0
"Farewell ambition, once my darling flame!",1.0
"My days, though numbered, shall be all my own.",0.0
"Here shall they end, OH might they twice begin,",1.0
And all be white the fates intend to spin.,0.0
"Bonds for the Mouse, first who the tiny thief",1.0
"In prison closed vexatious ' --  fatal wiles,",0.0
Inspire the Song; and amongst the Cambrian Hills,4.0
Whom lowly themes and humble verse delight.,0.0
Wherever his lust innate of spoil led on;,4.0
"Felt his fell tooth, while safe in nimble speed",3.0
"Evasive, he in every dainty dish",1.0
"But every feast wailed the domestic foe,",2.0
"Nor doors robust, to save the luscious cates:",0.0
"Through walls, and bars, and doors he eats his way",0.0
"Thus wailed the helpless world the general foe,",1.0
Most stimulate the curious taste of Mouse:,2.0
"The fate of common cheese, he undermines",0.0
And hollows with reiterated tooth,1.0
And raged ' --  Revenge and grief distract their minds ' --,0.0
"What should they do? They foam, they gnash their teeth,",0.0
"And over their pendant rocks in fury rove,",2.0
Restless with rage ' --  for Nature prone to rage,2.0
Burst into sudden flame ' --  that men would deem,1.0
It is decreed ' --  Rage prompts them to revenge,3.0
"What art the cautious felon to ensnare,",1.0
"Nor to the house defence, nor in distress",1.0
Oft had the Cat placed at the cavern's mouth,2.0
Kept wary watch ' --  In vain ' --  The little Mouse,1.0
"In little bulk secure, advantage great",0.0
Over a Giant Foe! if chance he spy,2.0
"Her watching at his door intent on prey,",0.0
"Inward he flies, his serpentine recess",2.0
"Pursues, and caves impervious to Cat:",1.0
"Nor dares again thrust out his head in air,",2.0
"Nor form new sallies, till the siege be raised,",2.0
And danger with the watchful foe withdrawn.,1.0
"We may compare, when Roman JULIUS sought",1.0
"To join the Britons to the world subdued,",1.0
Eluded his vain toil. ' --  To their retreat,3.0
"At once a nation vanished; in their rocks,",0.0
' Mid circling ruin; and of conquest though,3.0
"Their long, unbroken lineage hence they boast,",2.0
"Thus did the Mouse, by custom tutored, oft",0.0
Had hope from their confederate of the war:,1.0
"When strait, on the utmost frontiers of their Land,",2.0
"Of her divided mitre, of whose walls",2.0
Behold a Council summonsed. From each side,1.0
"See Nobles, Fathers, and the vulgar throng",2.0
Whose length of beard oft from his native hills,2.0
"The goat with envy eyed; his hands, his face",0.0
"Broken with years, against a post reclined,",2.0
By Cambrian backs still shaken in the mid,3.0
"Stood visible to all, and with deep tone",3.0
"These words precipitating, guttural spoke.",2.0
"Of open war we treat not, but sly theft ' --",1.0
"No foreign foe, but a too inmate guest",3.0
That heavier evil summons us to meet.,3.0
"The tyrant Mouse? Rouse, awful Fathers, rouse;",1.0
By counsel end these horrors; and if aught,1.0
"Of hope remain, now lend propitious aid:",1.0
"So shall your glory grow, your names be known",0.0
"He spoke, and strait the fragments, mouldy scraps,",0.0
"Now thirst of dire revenge, now lust of fame",2.0
And every brain is hammering on a TRAP.,1.0
"Of TAFFY famed, far more for wit renowned:",1.0
"Cambria never bred his peer, whether at forge,",6.0
Or council; Senator and Blacksmith He.,3.0
"Thus began the Sage ' --  Should Cheese, our Nation's boast,",0.0
"In Cambria be extinct, I fear our hinds",2.0
"Would mourn their whole meals sunk, and Nobles grieve",1.0
"Against the monsters can prevail, we'll try",1.0
"If this mechanic hand, if craft, deceit,",1.0
Can aught advantage: in a foe none asks,1.0
"All fix on TAFFY their expecting eyes,",1.0
"All in glad murmurs speak their promised joy,",1.0
"Wait whence the bliss; question, and burn to know.",5.0
"Scratching his head, as British heads demand,",2.0
"He ghastly smiled, and strait with freer air",0.0
"Proceeded thus ' --  When wearied, at the close",0.0
"Bold and pursuing, as I guess, the trail,",3.0
Which unconnected Cheese recent exhaled,5.0
"From out my viscous jaws, stole down my mouth",3.0
"My very entrails, strait their crude contents",0.0
"When sudden roused from sleep, in his retreat",1.0
"I betwixt my teeth the felon snapped, and bound",1.0
Vainly rebellious in the biting chain.,2.0
"Instructed thus that Mouse might be enthralled,",0.0
"In my revolving mind, and such restraints,",2.0
As the late captive of my jaws suggests.,3.0
The chain of causes acts! the Mouse himself,0.0
And for the wounds he gave himself prescribes.,1.0
Blush not by such a master to improve;,2.0
"These said, homeward he his. The applauding throng",4.0
"Accompany his rout, and to his toil",2.0
Propitious omens beg. Each to his house,1.0
Glad harbinger of this expected birth,3.0
While to the Gods for glad event they bend,0.0
The matron's hand dances the embryo cheese.,6.0
"TAFFY mean while with head, and hand, and heart,",0.0
"Plies his great work, with PALLAS' aid divine",3.0
The MOUSE-TRAP builds. A wonderful machine,2.0
Now stood confessed; and form till then unknown,1.0
The Tragi-comic edifice endued.,1.0
"Now smile, sweet Muse, and to our sight disclose",3.0
The infant fabric; each particular,1.0
"Dilate, and join them in the finished pile.",0.0
Of oblong form twin planks of wood compose,1.0
The base and roof; a wiry palisade,0.0
"Fences each side, on whose small columns raised",3.0
The fabric stands: the insi'dious gate invites,4.0
"Depending from a slender thread, the vast",1.0
"Such is the thread of life, spun by the FATES",3.0
To Mouse and Man ' --  All on a thread depend.,1.0
Amid the level roof shoots up a mast,2.0
"Erect, in whose cleft head a slender beam",1.0
"Transverse inserted plays, and on each side",1.0
Extends its poised arms; whose one extreme,3.0
"Exalts. Within, let through a slender bore,",2.0
A wire depends that fluctuates with a touch;,0.0
"The lower part is cramped into a hook,",0.0
Tenacious of the bait; while the upper gripes,1.0
But soon as ever it feels the foe to have touched,2.0
"The fatal food, the loosened portal strait",0.0
"TAFFY with treason clothes, and turns to death",2.0
"The very food of Mouse: but, that his cheese",0.0
"More fragrant may from far the Foe invite,",1.0
"Toasts the fell bait, and strengthens the perfume.",4.0
"And now appeared the memorable night,",1.0
When on his bed TAFFY his limbs fatigued,5.0
"The frolic Mice, a tribe audacious they",1.0
"Safe in the covert of the silent night,",1.0
"Now sport abroad: when one, a leader Mouse,",2.0
"The hostile ambush seeks, led by the scent",3.0
Of toasted cheese delicious. The Grate resists,2.0
"His swift career, and entrance first denies ' --",0.0
"But he, to suffer such severe repulse",2.0
"Indignant, round the wiry fortress scours,",0.0
"A pass explores; and entered now the lines,",0.0
"Impassable again, of all his wish",1.0
"At length possessed, the deadly bait secures,",0.0
"Feasts on his ruin, and enjoys his fate.",1.0
"TAFFY, whom strait the pendulous door, scarce dropped,",5.0
"Now on his elbow propped, now from his bed",3.0
"Skipping triumphant, fired with thirst to know",4.0
What newcome guest. The Mouse ridiculous,1.0
"Rages within, batters with front and foot,",7.0
"Proves with his head each wiry interval,",1.0
And wears with raging tooth his iron hold.,0.0
"Horrid, and shakes his waving bonds, the sport",2.0
"Of circling dogs; he flings about his foam,",0.0
And on his front erect the bristles stare.,1.0
In every ear the novel tale was rife ' --,0.0
"Nor wonder, for the Ass, his solemn wont",1.0
"Relaxed, nor mindful of his late slow pace,",2.0
The mountain climbs more wanton than the kid:,1.0
"Thence with sonorous din from rusty throat,",2.0
"The Cambrian Herald simulating, thrice",2.0
"And utmost limits wandering wild that night,",3.0
"She scratched the windows with her ominous beak,",3.0
"Grating harsh dissonance, and sung in shrieks",4.0
In swarms condensed rush down; and whom the walls,2.0
"For their prophetic bard, MERLIN; and whom",6.0
"The crowded ring, his raging prey insults.",0.0
"Vain are thy efforts ' --  fixed thy doom of death,",0.0
"On this my altar the first victim thou,",4.0
To die with memorable blood the frame.,1.0
No hope remains: thy flight these wiry posts,1.0
"Inexorable bar ' --  Dread, wicked wight,",3.0
The fate thy merits ask; for these thy bonds,1.0
"Scarce had he spoke, when from the sunny thatch,",1.0
"She basks luxurious, winking in soft ease,",3.0
Down leaped the playful Cat. ' --  Her swift approach,0.0
"The captive eyes, and pricks his ears, and stiff",0.0
"Of freedom only in his prison fixed,",0.0
Tenacious by his feet ' --  At length he drops,1.0
And savage kisses on her struggling foe,1.0
Denotes the Victor's joy; her body moves,0.0
Prone on the earth intent the destined Mouse;,0.0
"To tear him limb from limb. The Mouser thus,",0.0
"Witty in tyranny, with various art",4.0
"Wanton barbarity enjoys: but now,",3.0
"Conceals her rage, but over her trembling prey",2.0
"Like the starved lion hangs, and growling tears",2.0
"His gory entrails, and convulsive limbs.",1.0
"The circling crowd, soon as his hated blood",2.0
"Sprinkled they spy, fill with glad shouts the air;",5.0
"And ECHO, tenant of the Cambrian hills,",3.0
"To the neighbouring stars the loud acclaim ascends,",2.0
"TAFFY, for ever live ' --  Even to this day",6.0
Thy gift the Cambrian celebrates; and Thee,2.0
Commemorates each circling year. The land,0.0
Each joyful head crowns redolent with Leek.,2.0
"THE sons of man, by various passions led,",2.0
The paths of business or of pleasure tread;,1.0
"The florist views his dear carnation rise,",0.0
"The lover sees, unmoved, each gaudy streak,",0.0
"While some grow pale over Newton, Locke, or Boyle,",1.0
"Miss reads romances, and my lady Hoyle;",2.0
"Thus inclination binds her fetters strong,",1.0
"And, just as judgement marks, we're right or wrong.",0.0
"Fair are those hills where sacred laurels grow,",0.0
Ruled by the power who draws the golden bow;,2.0
"But see how few attain the dangerous road,",2.0
How few are born to feel the inspiring god!,2.0
"Yet all, to reach the arduous summit try,",2.0
"Among the rest, your friend attempts to climb,",0.0
"The midnight bard, reciting to his bell,",2.0
"Who breaks our rest, and tolls the muses knell,",0.0
"As he a Raphael, who, on alehouse sign,",2.0
"Seats his bold George in attitude so quaint,",3.0
That none can tell the dragon from a saint.,1.0
"Reckon each sand in wide New-market plain,",3.0
"Mount yonder blue vault, and count the starry train;",4.0
But numbers never can comprehend the throng,2.0
Of retail dealers in the art of song.,1.0
"Like summer flies they blot the solar ray,",0.0
"And, like their brother insects, live a day.",1.0
"To know my wants, yet wage unequal war?",0.0
"I own I am; and dabbling thus in rhyme,",1.0
"Write off the raging fit, and all is well.",0.0
"And yet, perhaps, to lose my time this way",0.0
Is better far than some misspend the day.,0.0
What ward can tax me with a deed unjust?,1.0
"Some few except, whom pride and folly blind,",0.0
"I found them chaff, and give them to the wind",1.0
"Like a poor bird, and one of meanest wing,",2.0
"Around my cage I flutter, hop, and sing.",0.0
"Unlike in this my brothers of the bays,",2.0
"I sue for pardon, and they hope for praise;",1.0
"And when for verse I find my genius warm,",0.0
"Like infants sent to school, I keep from harm.",0.0
"Cleaves the parched earth, and sinks the silver Thames;",3.0
"A poet he, and singing all his trade",1.0
"Tears his small throat, I brave the sultry ray,",3.0
"Thrice blessed the man, who, shielded from the beam,",2.0
Sings lays melodious to the sacred stream;,2.0
"Thrice blessed the stream, who views his banks of flowers,",1.0
"Crowned with the Muse's or imperial towers,",3.0
"Health to my friend, and to his partner, peace,",1.0
"A good long life, and moderate increase;",1.0
"May Dulwich garden double treasures share,",1.0
"Fan the dear innocent; you fairies, keep",4.0
"Nor in the cradle, while your tricks you play,",0.0
"However chance may chalk his future fate,",1.0
"Or doom his manhood to be rich or great,",2.0
"Is not our care; o, let the guiding power",0.0
"Decide that point, who rules the natal hour;",0.0
"Nor shall we seek, for knowledge to enrich,",1.0
"The Delphic tripod, or your Norwood witch.",2.0
"But Tucker doubts, and if not rich, he cries,",1.0
How can the boy reward the good and wife?,1.0
"Give him but gold, and merit never shall freeze,",1.0
But rise from want to affluence and ease:,1.0
The patriot's bust shall speak the sculptor's art;,2.0
"The Muse he may admire, but never reward.",3.0
"All this I grant; but does it follow then,",0.0
That parts have drawn regard from wealthy men?,0.0
Did Gay receive the tribute of the great?,1.0
"No, let his tomb be witness of his fate:",2.0
The rich of all times ever were alike.,2.0
"See him, whose lines in a fine frenzy roll,",2.0
"He comes to tear, to harrow up the soul;",1.0
My eyeballs darken at excess of light;,1.0
"How my heart dances to his magic strain,",3.0
"It's his to rouse, to calm, to cure, to wound;",1.0
"To mould the yielding bosom to his will,",1.0
"Oppressed by fortune, all her ills he bore,",0.0
"Hear this you Muses, and be vain no more.",2.0
"Yet what availed his sweet descriptive power,",0.0
"The fairy warrior, or enchanted bower?",1.0
"Loved by the learnt Sir Walter Raleigh. shepherd of the main,",2.0
"If still you doubt, consult some well known friend,",1.0
"Let Ellis speak, to him you oft attend,",2.0
"Known by the God, by all the Muses known.",0.0
"Where tower his hills, where stretch his lengths of vale,",2.0
"Say, where his heifers load the smoky pail?",0.0
"O may this grateful verse my debt repay,",1.0
"If aught I know, he showed the arduous way;",2.0
"Since then I scribbled, and must scribble still,",1.0
His word was once a sanction to my will;,1.0
"And I'll persist till he resume the pen,",1.0
"Then shrink contented, and never rhyme again.",2.0
"Yet, ere I take my leave, I have to say,",0.0
"That while in sleep my senses wasted lay,",0.0
"Worked on my drowsy lids, and formed a dream;",0.0
"Then to my lines a due attention keep,",0.0
"For oft when poets dream, their readers sleep.",0.0
"On a wide champion, where the surges beat",3.0
Over which a yew her baleful branches spread;,0.0
"No village cur here bayed the cloudless moon,",1.0
"No golden sunshine cheered the hazy noon,",2.0
"But ghosts of men by love of gold betrayed,",0.0
In silence glided through the dreary shade.,1.0
"There sat pale Grief in melancholy state,",1.0
"And brooding Care was trusted with the gate,",1.0
An old man lay in golden fillet bound;,4.0
"His eyes were fiery red, his shoulders bare;",2.0
"Down furrowed cheeks hot tears had worn their way,",1.0
"A weighty ingot in his hand he pressed,",0.0
Nor seemed to feel the viper at his breast.,0.0
"Lay minted coinage, and historic gold; Medals.",5.0
And streams of silver formed a precious flood.,0.0
"On nails, suspended rows of pearls were seen,",0.0
Who joy luxurious swelling all her soul,2.0
Quaffed the vast price of empires in her bowl.,3.0
"As seas voracious swallow up the land,",1.0
"As raging flames eternal food demand,",0.0
"Nor shall we wonder when his name I tell,",0.0
"'Twas Avarice, the eldest born of hell.",2.0
"But, hark! what noise breaks in upon my tale,",1.0
"Be hushed each sound, and whisper every gale;",0.0
"You croaking rooks your noisy flight suspend,",0.0
Guessed I not right how all my toil would end?,0.0
My heavy rhymes have jaded Tucker quite;,0.0
"He yawns ' --  he nods ' --  he snores. Good night, good night.",0.0
"To dream of Dinners, but to feed on Praise;",1.0
"Receive this Counsel, ever your Flights begin,",2.0
From one long practised in the darling Sin.,2.0
"Yet, Friend, be careful; it's a dangerous Sea:",3.0
Where though some few may reach the happy Land,0.0
Numbers are wrecked upon the treacherous Sand:,4.0
Nor once indulge them in a thirst of Praise;,0.0
"For Fame, like Fortune, proud, yet wanton too",0.0
Is pleased to fly and make the Wretch pursue;,0.0
"Frowns on her Slaves, but to the careless Mind",1.0
That slights her Favours she is always kind.,0.0
Would you the Ladies should approve your Song?,0.0
Or blooming Daphne more divinely fair;,0.0
And tag each Stanza with a bleeding Heart:,1.0
"Tell them of Rocks where Tears eternal flow,",0.0
Dissolved to Fountains by a Lover's Woe:,1.0
And Sighs much stronger than a southern Breeze.,1.0
"Perhaps the Fair, whom for a Theme you choose,",1.0
"Sunk down her Cheeks, or drawn her Lips awry?",0.0
"No matter how the twisted Features stand,",2.0
"Though her dim Eyeballs roll within her Head,",4.0
Like two grey Bullets in a Verge of red;,1.0
"Do you the Levee of his Grace attend,",1.0
"And like most Poets should you want a Friend,",0.0
Make not his Worth the Measure of your Song;,1.0
"But learn his Humour, and you can't be wrong:",0.0
Perhaps this Maxim may offend the wise;,1.0
"But you must flatter, if you mean to rise:",2.0
"Observe what Passions in his Bosom roll,",0.0
And watch the secret Motions of his Soul:,1.0
"Mind what false Guard has left a Breach within,",3.0
"For some choice Folly, or some darling Sin:",2.0
"These you must hide ' --  but draw his Virtues nigh,",1.0
Lest the rude Picture shock the gazing Eye.,2.0
And look you find no Pimps nor Tailors there:,2.0
Shut up the Peasants in their mouldy Graves:,0.0
Arthur's round Table will supply your Need.,3.0
No more ' --  for I as many Teachers do,1.0
Show my own Folly by instructing you;,2.0
And you perhaps disdain my wholesome Rules;,1.0
So saucy Pupils count their Masters Fools:,0.0
"But should your Pride the common Track refuse,",0.0
Still you may scribble on; and in the End,1.0
"Be just as rich as ' --  Sir, your humble Friend.",0.0
"NO Cautions of a Matron, Old and Sage",2.0
"But forth the Offspring of her Bed would go,",2.0
"Nor reason gave, but that he would do so.",0.0
"Much Counsel was, at parting, thrown away,",1.0
"Who followed him with utmost reach of Sight,",2.0
"Then, lost in Tears, and in abandoned Plight,",0.0
"Turned to her mournful Cell, and bid the World Good-Night.",0.0
"In little time the Vagrant homeward brought,",0.0
"Raised in his Mind, and mended in his Dress,",0.0
"Who the Bel-air did every way confess,",3.0
"Had learnt to flower his Wigg, nor brushed away",2.0
"The falling Meal, that on his Shoulders lay;",1.0
"Took Snuff, and could the Government reform.",2.0
"The Mother, weeping from Maternal Love,",1.0
"To see him thus prodigiously improve,",1.0
"Expected mighty Changes too, within,",0.0
"And Wisdom to avoid the Cat, and Gin.",1.0
"Whom did you chiefly note, Sweetheart, quoth she,",3.0
Of all the Strangers you abroad did see?,1.0
"Who graced you most, or did your Fancy take?",0.0
"The younger Rat then cursed a noisy Rake,",0.0
That barred the best Acquaintance he could make;,1.0
"And scared him so, he trembled every Part;",1.0
"Nor to describe him, scarce could have the Heart",1.0
"High on his Feet quoth he himself he bore,",2.0
"And terribly, in his own Language, swore;",2.0
"A feathered Arm came out from either Side,",2.0
"Which loud he clapped, and Combatants defied,",4.0
And certainly his Head with Wounds was sore;,1.0
"For That, and both his Cheeks a Sanguine Colour wore.",1.0
"Near Him there lay the Creature I admired,",1.0
And for a Friend by Sympathy desired:,2.0
"His Make, like Ours, as far as Tail and Feet,",0.0
With Coat of Furr in parallel do meet;,0.0
"Yet seeming of a more exalted Race,",1.0
"A purring Sound composed his gentle Mind,",0.0
"Whose soft, contracted Paw lay calmly still,",1.0
"As if unused to prejudice, or kill.",2.0
"I paused a while, to meditate a Speech,",0.0
And now was stepping just within his reach;,0.0
"When that rude Clown began his hectoring Cry,",3.0
"And made me for my Life, and from the Attempt to fly.",2.0
"To scour the Plain, and be of Life afraid.",0.0
"Thou base, degenerate Seed of injured Rats,",2.0
"At this expense of Time, and Travel know?",1.0
"Alas! that swearing, staring, bullying Thing,",2.0
Who serves the early Household for a Clock.,2.0
"And We his Oats, and Barley often steal,",1.0
"Nor sear, he should revenge the pilfered Meal:",1.0
"While that demure, and seeming harmless Puss",0.0
"Be here, my Son, content to Dress and Dine,",0.0
And neighbouring Vermin with false Gloss outshine,5.0
"To learn a paltry Song, or antic Dance;",0.0
"With Mysteries, from Shops and Tailors wrecked",1.0
But what may prejudice their Native Land;,1.0
"Whose Troops are raising, or whose Fleet is manned,",1.0
"Never moves their Thoughts, nor do they understand",0.0
"Might keep at home, and brood on Sloth and Ease:",0.0
"While Others, more adapted to the Age,",1.0
"May vigorously in Warlike Feats engage,",4.0
"And live on foreign Spoils, or dying thin the Stage.",0.0
"YOUR shape, your lips, your eyes are still the same,",0.0
Still the bright object of my constant flame;,0.0
"But where is now the tender glance, that stole",0.0
With gentle sweetness my enchanted soul?,1.0
"Kind fears, impatient wishes, soft desires,",1.0
"Each melting charm that love alone inspires,",0.0
"These, these are lost; and I behold no more",3.0
"The maid, my heart delighted to adore.",1.0
"Yet still unchanged, still doting to excess,",2.0
I ought but dare not try to love you less;,0.0
But not unpunished shall your change remain;,0.0
"For you, cold maid, whom no complaints can move,",2.0
"Were far more blessed, when you like me could love.",0.0
"IN this small work, all nature's wonders see,",3.0
The softened features of philosophy.,2.0
"In truth by easy steps you here advance,",0.0
"Truth is diverting, as the best romance.",3.0
"Long had these arts to sages been confined,",0.0
"None saw their beauty, till by poring blind;",2.0
"By studying spent, like men that cram too full,",3.0
"The gay and airy smiled to see them grave,",0.0
"Justly they thought they might those arts despise,",2.0
"Which made men sullen, ere they could be wise.",1.0
"Brought down to sight, with ease you view them here;",0.0
"Though deep the bottom, yet the stream is clear.",0.0
Your fluttering sex still valued science less;,3.0
Careless of any but the arts of dress.,3.0
Their useless time was idly thrown away,0.0
"On empty novels, or some newborn play;",1.0
"The best, perhaps, a few loose hours might spare",1.0
With mingling blazes shed a flood of light:,0.0
Each nymph with cold indifference saw them rise;,0.0
"None thought the stars were suns so widely sown,",1.0
"None dreamt of other worlds, besides our own.",1.0
"Well might they boast their charms, when every fair",0.0
Thought this world all; and hers the brightest here.,1.0
"Ah! quit not the large thoughts this book inspires,",3.0
For those thin trifles which your sex admires:,2.0
"Assert your claim to sense, and show mankind,",1.0
That reason is not to themselves confined.,2.0
"Who thought so greatly of her eyes before,",1.0
"Bid her read this, and then be vain no more.",1.0
"How poor even you, who reign without control,",3.0
If we except the beauties of your soul!,2.0
"Should all who see you, see you with my eyes;",1.0
Were no sick blasts to make that beauty less;,1.0
"Could you be what I think, what all confess:",0.0
It's but a narrow space those charms engage;,1.0
"The island only, and not half an age!",1.0
"SWEET, placid Spirit! blessed, supremely blessed,",3.0
"Whose life was tranquil, and whose end was rest;",1.0
"It's not for thee our general tears shall flow,",1.0
"Our loss is selfish, selfish is our woe:",1.0
"We mourn a common parent, common friend,",0.0
"Centre, round whom thy children loved to bend:",0.0
"Where hands divided, met again to move",0.0
In one sweet circle of united love:,3.0
"So prompt to aid, and share the sufferer's part;",0.0
"The liberal hand, the kindly patient ear,",0.0
"The graceful form, yet lovely in decay,",0.0
"The lip of tenderness that soothed the sad,",1.0
And loved to bid the innocent be glad;,1.0
"The gently, softening, reconciling word,",0.0
"The ever cheerful, hospitable board:",5.0
"The unassuming wisdom, pious prayers,",0.0
"The still renewed, prolonged, maternal cares:",0.0
"All ' --  all are lost! ' --  of thee, blessed Saint, bereft,",2.0
"We mourn, to whom impoverished life is left:",0.0
"Mourn for ourselves! Secure thy lot must be,",1.0
With those who pure in heart their God shall see.,1.0
"TO me his sighs, to me are all his vows,",2.0
"We burn alike, but o the distant bliss,",1.0
A view of that my greatest torment is;,2.0
Such heated crimes as yet did never rest,0.0
"Within my Soul, must now unjustly keep",0.0
"Me from my Heaven would they may sink as deep,",1.0
"As that black Chaos whence they sprung, and leave",1.0
Those mortals wretched which they now deceive.,0.0
"Return, brave Youth! suspend thy Martial Fire,",1.0
"Nor, like great Berwick, in the Field expire.",1.0
Illustrious Exile! thou art gone at last;,2.0
"Thy Toils, and various Dangers now are past:",2.0
Is now poured out on hostile Germane Plains:,5.0
"But though in Dust thy mortal Part be laid,",1.0
"Though to a foreign Prince's Service tied,",1.0
"You lived with Glory, and with Glory died.",1.0
"MUSE, look not back, nor vainly mourn the Fate,",1.0
Which robbed Britannia of an Arm so great.,1.0
On the sad Scene may Princes turn their Eye;,2.0
And from Oppression's fatal Footsteps fly;,2.0
"Of arbitrary Power the Danger see,",2.0
To British Monarchs the forbidden Tree;,2.0
"Which, like the first, forbid by Power divine,",2.0
"Hurts not themselves alone, but taints their Line.",1.0
Nor yet by War alone exalt thy Name;,0.0
Give Science her hereditary Claim:,2.0
"Return, brave Youth! your longing Country grace;",1.0
"Think what you owe Britannia, and your Race.",1.0
Whoever thou art whom chance or choice may bring,1.0
"To these fair groves of venerable shade,",3.0
"The group of tall elms and the silver spring,",2.0
Blame not the man who these his choice has made.,1.0
"Hast thou not heard, that in a venal age",0.0
Wise Scipio from the walls of Rome retired;,2.0
"And scenes the oftener viewed, the more admired.",2.0
"Silent, like him, oft let me range the wood,",3.0
Winds through delightful meads its crystal way:,2.0
While days of tranquil Solitude are mine!,0.0
"Muse of my Spenser, who so well could sing",0.0
"The passions all, their bearings and their ties;",1.0
"Who could in view those shadowy beings bring,",2.0
"And with bold hand remove each dark disguise,",2.0
"Wherein love, hatred, scorn, or anger lies:",1.0
"Guide him to Fairyland, who now intends",0.0
"That way his flight; assist him as he flies,",1.0
"To mark those passions, Virtue's foes and friends,",0.0
"Yes! they appear, I see the fairy train!",2.0
And who that modest nymph of meek address?,0.0
"Not Vanity, though loved by all the vain;",1.0
"Not Hope, though promising to all success;",1.0
"Not Mirth, nor Joy, though foe to all distress;",0.0
"Thy birth relate, thy soothing arts confess;",0.0
"IT is not in thy mild nature to refuse,",6.0
"Dwelled, in the house of Care, a sturdy swain;",0.0
Looked to the pittance that repaid his toil,0.0
And to a master left the mingled joy,1.0
And anxious care that followed his employ:,1.0
"Sullen and patient he at once appeared,",3.0
"As one who murmured, yet as one who feared;",2.0
"The attire was coarse that clothed his sinewy frame,",5.0
"Rude his address, and Poverty his name.",3.0
"In that same plain a nymph, of curious taste,",3.0
A cottage planned with all her skill had placed;,0.0
"Strange the materials, and for what designed",3.0
"The various parts, no simple man might find;",3.0
"What seemed the door, each entering guest withstood,",2.0
What seemed a window was but painted wood;,1.0
"But by a secret spring the wall would move,",1.0
And daylight drop through glassy door above:,1.0
"IT was all her pride, new traps for praise to lay,",1.0
And all her wisdom was to hide her way;,1.0
"In small attempts incessant were her pains,",1.0
"Now, whether fate decreed this pair should wed,",1.0
And blindly drove them to the marriage bed;,1.0
Or whether love in some soft hour inclined,1.0
But both disposed to wed ' --  and wed they were.,0.0
"Yet, though united in their fortune, still",1.0
Their ways were diverse; varying was their will;,7.0
"Nor long the maid had blessed the simple man,",0.0
"Wretch that I am! since to thy fortune bound,",1.0
"What plan, what project, with success is crowned?",1.0
"I, who a thousand secret arts possess,",0.0
Who every rank approach with right address;,0.0
"Thence gifts and gains collecting, great and small,",1.0
For want like thine ' --  a bog without a base ' --,1.0
"It craves for ever, and is ever void: ' --",1.0
"Wretch that I am! what misery have I found,",2.0
Since my sure craft was to thy calling bound!,2.0
"Scowling contempt, how pitiful this pride!",3.0
"What are these specious gifts, these paltry gains,",0.0
But base rewards for ignominious pains?,2.0
"With all thy tricking, still for bread we strive,",0.0
"Thine is, proud wretch! the care that cannot thrive;",2.0
"By all thy boasted skill and baffled hooks,",0.0
"No more than I for my poor deeds am paid,",3.0
"Whom none can blame, will help, or dare upbraid.",1.0
"Call this our need, a bog that all devours, ' --",0.0
"Gaudy and mean, and serving to betray",3.0
"Who know it not, some useless beauties see, ' --",0.0
But ah! to prove it was reserved for me.,1.0
"Unhappy state! that, in decay of love,",0.0
Permits harsh truth his errors to disprove;,2.0
"While he remains, to wrangle and to jar,",2.0
"Is friendly tournament, not fatal war;",1.0
"Love in his play will borrow arms of hate,",1.0
"And by his power the desperate weapons thrown,",3.0
Become as safe and pleasant as his own;,1.0
"But left by him, their natures they assume,",2.0
"And fatal, in their poisoning force, become.",2.0
"Time fled, and now the swain compelled to see",1.0
New cause for fear ' --  Is this thy thrift? quoth he,3.0
To whom the wife with cheerful voice replied: ' --,0.0
"Thou moody man, lay all thy fears aside,",1.0
"A daughter promise, promise wealth and fame;",0.0
"Born with my features, with my arts, yet she",1.0
"Shall patient, pliant, persevering be,",0.0
And in thy better ways resemble thee.,1.0
"The fairies round shall at her birth attend,",0.0
"The friend of all in all shall find a friend,",0.0
And save that one sad star that hour must gleam,2.0
"On our fair child, how glorious were my dream!",3.0
"This heard the husband, and, in surly smile,",1.0
"Aimed at contempt, but yet he hoped the while:",1.0
"For as, when sinking, wretched men are found",1.0
To catch at rushes rather than be drowned;,1.0
"So on a dream our peasant placed his hope,",1.0
And found that rush as valid as a rope.,1.0
"Swift fled the days, for now in hope they fled,",1.0
When a fair daughter blessed the nuptial bed;,2.0
She looked so pleasing and so softly smiled;,1.0
"Those smiles, those looks, with sweet sensations moved",0.0
"And now the fairies came with gifts, to grace",0.0
"So mild a nature, and so fair a face.",1.0
That holds in easy chains the human heart;,0.0
"They gave her skill to win the stubborn mind,",0.0
"To make the suffering to their sorrows blind,",1.0
"To bring on pensive looks the pleasing smile,",0.0
And Care's stern brow of every frown beguile.,1.0
Whose more enlivening smile the charming gifts repaid.,2.0
"Now Fortune changed, who, were she constant long,",2.0
Would leave us few adventures for our song.,1.0
Envy his name: ' --  his fascinating eye,2.0
From the light bosom drew the sudden sigh;,2.0
"He dwelled with man, that he might curse mankind;",2.0
"Like the first foe, he sought the abode of Joy,",4.0
"Grieved to behold, but eager to destroy;",3.0
"Round blooming beauty, like the wasp, he flew,",0.0
"Soiled the fresh sweet, and changed the rosy hue;",3.0
"The wise, the good, with anxious heart he saw,",0.0
"And here a failing found, and there a flaw;",1.0
"Discord in families iT was his to move,",4.0
"Distrust in friendship, jealousy in love;",1.0
"He told the poor, what joys the great possessed,",0.0
The great ' --  what calm content the cottage blessed;,0.0
Till their slow friendship perished in their pride.,2.0
"Such was the fiend, and so secure of prey,",2.0
"Scornful he smiled, but felt no more than scorn:",3.0
"For why, when Fortune placed her state so low,",0.0
In useless spite his lofty malice show?,0.0
"Why, in a mischief of the meaner kind,",1.0
"To swear, by vows that even the wicked tie,",2.0
"The nymph should weep her varied destiny,",1.0
"That every gift, that now appeared to shine",0.0
"In her fair face, and make her smiles divine,",3.0
"Should all the poison of his magic prove,",1.0
"And they should scorn her, whom she sought for love.",1.0
"His spell prepared, in form an ancient dame,",0.0
"A fiend in spirit, to the cot he came;",1.0
"There gained admittance, and the infant pressed",1.0
Muttering his wicked magic to his breast;,2.0
"And thus he said: ' --  Of all the powers, who wait",1.0
"Was I, alone, despised or worthless, found,",1.0
"Weak to protect, or impotent to wound?",3.0
"See then thy foe, regret the friendship lost,",0.0
"And learn my skill, but learn it at your cost.",0.0
"Know, then, OH child! devote to fates severe",3.0
"The good shall hate thy name, the wise shall fear;",0.0
"Wit shall deride, and no protecting friend",1.0
"Thy shame shall cover, or thy name defend.",1.0
"Thy gentle sex, who, more than ours, should spare",0.0
"A humble foe, will greater scorn declare;",0.0
"The base alone thy advocates shall be,",0.0
Or boast alliance with a wretch like thee.,1.0
"He spoke, and vanished, other prey to find,",0.0
And waste in slow disease the conquered mind.,0.0
"The parents wept, and sought their infant's bed:",0.0
Despair alone the father's soul possessed;,0.0
But hope rose gently in the mother's breast;,1.0
For well she knew that neither grief nor joy,0.0
"Pained without hope, or pleased without alloy;",4.0
"And while these hopes and fears her heart divide,",0.0
A cheerful vision bade the fears subside.,0.0
She saw descending to the world below,1.0
"An ancient form, with solemn pace and slow.",0.0
"Daughter, no more be sad the phantom cried,",0.0
Success is seldom to the wise denied;,1.0
"Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way:",1.0
"Why art thou grieved? Be rather glad, that he,",0.0
"Who hates the happy, aims his darts at thee;",0.0
"Serenely blessed, and shall to joy arise.",0.0
"For, grant that curses on her name shall wait,",1.0
"So Envy wills, and such the voice of Fate,",1.0
"Yet if that name be prudently suppressed,",1.0
"For what are names? and where agree mankind,",1.0
In those to persons or to acts assigned?,1.0
Have they the titles or the praise from all?,1.0
"Not so, but others will the brave disdain",1.0
"As rash, and deem the sons of wisdom vain;",0.0
And the same deed attract contempt and love.,2.0
"So all the powers who move the human soul,",2.0
"With all the passions who the will control,",1.0
"' Have various names ' --  One given by Truth Divine,",4.0
"As Simulation thus was fixed for mine,",0.0
"My secret counsels, now as art despise;",0.0
"One hour, as just, those counsels they embrace,",1.0
"And spurn, the next, as pitiful and base.",1.0
"Thee, too, my child, those fools as Cunning fly,",0.0
Who on thy counsel and thy craft rely;,1.0
"That worthy craft in others they condemn,",1.0
"But iT is their prudence, while conducting them.",2.0
"Be Flattery, then, thy happy infant's name,",1.0
"Let all be true that Envy dooms, yet all,",0.0
"Not on herself, but on her name, shall fall;",2.0
"While she thy fortune and her own shall raise,",1.0
"And decent Truth be called, and loved as, modest Praise.",0.0
"OH happy child! the glorious day shall shine,",3.0
"When every ear shall to thy speech incline,",1.0
Thy words alluring and thy voice divine:,1.0
"The sullen pedant and the sprightly wit,",1.0
To hear thy soothing eloquence shall sit;,1.0
"That Truth inspires, and they must honour thee.",1.0
"Envy himself shall to thy accents bend,",3.0
"When thou shalt call him Virtue's jealous friend,",3.0
Whose bosom glows with generous rage to find,2.0
How fools and knaves are flattered by mankind.,2.0
"The sage retired, who spends alone his days,",0.0
And flies the obstreperous voice of public praise;,2.0
"The vain, the vulgar cry, ' --  shall gladly meet,",0.0
And bid thee welcome to his still retreat;,1.0
"A man to glory dead, to peace consigned.",0.0
"OH Fame! he'll cry for he will call thee Fame,",2.0
"From thee I fly, from thee conceal my name;",2.0
"But thou shalt say, Though Genius takes his flight,",2.0
"He leaves behind a glorious train of light,",2.0
And hides in vain: ' --  yet prudent he that flies,1.0
"Yes, happy child! I mark the approaching day,",3.0
When warring natures will confess thy sway;,1.0
"When thou shalt Saturn's golden reign restore,",2.0
And vice and folly shall be known no more.,1.0
"Pride shall not then in humankind have place,",0.0
"Changed by thy skill, to Dignity and Grace;",1.0
"While Shame, who now betrays the inward sense",0.0
"Avarice shall thenceforth prudent Forecast be,",3.0
"The lavish tongue shall honest truths impart,",0.0
"The lavish hand shall show the generous heart,",2.0
"And Indiscretion be, contempt of art:",0.0
"Folly and Vice shall then, no longer known,",3.0
"Be, this as Virtue, that as Wisdom, shown.",0.0
"Then shall the Robber, as the Hero, rise",1.0
To seize the good that churlish law denies;,0.0
"Throughout the world shall rove the generous band,",2.0
And deal the gifts of Heaven from hand to hand.,0.0
"In thy blessed days no tyrant shall be seen,",4.0
Thy gracious king shall rule contented men;,0.0
"In thy blessed days shall not a rebel be,",1.0
"Such powers are thine, that man by thee shall wrest",2.0
The gainful secret from the cautious breast;,1.0
"Nor then, with all his care, the good retain,",0.0
But yield to thee the secret and the gain.,2.0
In vain shall much experience guard the heart,2.0
Against the charm of thy prevailing art;,1.0
"Admitted once, so soothing is thy strain",1.0
"It comes the sweeter, when it comes again;",0.0
"And when confessed as thine, what mind so strong",1.0
Softener of every ill! of all our woes,1.0
The balmy solace! friend of fiercest foes!,0.0
"Begin thy reign, and like the morning rise!",0.0
"Bring joy, bring beauty, to our eager eyes;",3.0
"Break on the drowsy world like opening day,",2.0
"From thee all prospects shall new beauties take,",2.0
It's thine to seek them and it's thine to make;,2.0
"On the cold fen I see thee turn thine eyes,",2.0
"The enraptured lord the improving ground surveys,",3.0
"And for his Eden asks the traveller's praise,",1.0
"I see thee breathing on the barren moor,",1.0
That seems to bloom although so bleak before;,1.0
"Or the pied daisy smile below the ling,",2.0
"They shall new charms, at thy command, disclose,",2.0
And none shall miss the myrtle or the rose.,1.0
"Gale from the bog shall yield Arabian balm,",2.0
And the grey willow wave a golden palm.,4.0
"I see thee smiling in the pictured room,",0.0
"Now breathing beauty, now reviving bloom;",1.0
"There, each immortal name it's thine to give,",1.0
"To graceless forms, and bid the lumber live.",0.0
"There make for Rubens and for Reynolds place,",1.0
"And all the pride of art shall find, in her, disgrace.",1.0
Delight of either sex! thy reign commence;,0.0
And to the sickening soul thy cheering aid dispense.,1.0
Queen of the mind! thy golden age begin;,0.0
"Let all be fair without, let all be calm within.",1.0
"The vision fled, the happy mother rose,",0.0
"Kissed the fair infant, smiled at all her foes,",3.0
And Flattery made her name: ' --  her reign began:,2.0
"Her own dear sex she ruled, then vanquished man;",1.0
"A smiling friend, to every class she spoke,",0.0
"Assumed their manners, and their habits took;",1.0
"Her, for her humble mien, the modest loved;",1.0
Her cheerful looks the light and gay approved;,0.0
"The just beheld her, firm; the valiant, brave;",0.0
"Her mirth the free, her silence pleased the grave;",0.0
"Zeal heard her voice, and, as he preached aloud,",2.0
"Which some refuse to pay, but none to hear:",0.0
"Shame fled her presence; at her gentle strain,",1.0
"Care softly smiled, and guilt forgot its pain;",1.0
"The wretched thought, the happy found, her true,",0.0
The learnt confessed that she their merits knew;,1.0
The rich ' --  could they a constant friend condemn?,1.0
The poor believed ' --  for who should flatter them?,1.0
"Thus on her name though all disgrace attend,",0.0
OH while along the stream of Time thy Name,1.0
"Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame;",0.0
"Say, shall my little bark attendant sail,",0.0
"Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?",1.0
FATE gave the word; the cruel arrow sped;,1.0
And POPE lies numbered with the mighty dead!,2.0
"Resigned he fell superior to the dart,",1.0
"You mourn: but BRITAIN, lulled in rest profound,",0.0
"Exulting Dullness eyed the setting light,",0.0
"And flapped her wing, impatient for the night:",1.0
"Roused at the signal, Guilt collects her train,",0.0
And counts the triumphs of her growing reign:,1.0
To blast the laurel that surrounds his tomb.,0.0
"But You, OH WARBURTON! whose eye refined",3.0
Can see the greatness of an honest mind;,1.0
"Can see each virtue and each grace unite,",2.0
"You visit oft his awful page with care,",0.0
And view that bright assemblage treasured there;,1.0
"You trace the chain that links his deep design,",0.0
And pour new lustre on the glowing line.,2.0
"Yet deign to hear the efforts of a Muse,",1.0
"Whose eye, not wing, his ardent flight pursues;",0.0
Intent from this great archetype to draw,2.0
"SATIRE'S bright form, and fix her equal law;",3.0
And reverence HIS and SATIRE'S generous end.,3.0
"In every breast there burns an active flame,",0.0
"The love of glory, or the dread of shame:",1.0
"The passion ONE, though various it appear,",4.0
"As brightened into hope, or dimmed by fear.",0.0
"The charms of praise the coy, the modest woo,",0.0
"And only fly, that glory may pursue:",1.0
Bends even reluctant hermits at her feet:,3.0
"Haunts the proud city, and the lowly shade,",4.0
And sways alike the sceptre and the spade.,1.0
"Thus heaven in pity wakes the friendly flame,",1.0
To urge mankind on deeds that merit fame:,1.0
"But man, vain man, in folly only wise,",1.0
Rejects the manna sent him from the skies:,1.0
"With rapture hears corrupted passion's call,",0.0
Still proudly prone to mingle with the stall.,2.0
"As each deceitful shadow tempts his view,",0.0
In quest of glory plunges deep in vice;,0.0
He forfeits every praise he pants to gain.,0.0
Thus still imperious Nature plies her part;,3.0
And still her dictates work in every heart.,1.0
"Each power that sovereign Nature bids enjoy,",2.0
"Man may corrupt, but man can never destroy.",4.0
"The passions rage, obstructed in their course;",0.0
"Swell to new heights, forbidden paths explore,",3.0
And drown those virtues which they fed before.,0.0
"Our worst of evils, is perverted shame.",1.0
"Beneath this load what abject numbers groan,",0.0
The entangled slaves to folly not their own!,1.0
We seek our virtues in each other's breast;,0.0
"Blind to ourselves, adopt each foreign vice,",1.0
"Each fool to low ambition, poorly great,",0.0
"And but for shame, like SYLLA, quit the field:",1.0
"The daemon Shame paints strong the ridicule,",1.0
And whispers close the world will call you fool.,0.0
"Behold, yonder wretch, by impious fashion driven,",8.0
"By weakness strong, and bold through fear alone,",0.0
"Faith, Justice, heaven itself now quit their hold,",2.0
"Hence blind to truth, relentless Cato died:",1.0
Fell by that honour which was meant its aid.,0.0
"When passions born her friends, revolt, her foes.",0.0
Hence SATIRE'S power: it's her corrective part,4.0
To calm the wild disorders of the heart.,1.0
"She points the arduous height where glory lies,",2.0
And teaches mad ambition to be wise:,1.0
"In the dark bosom wakes the fair desire,",2.0
"Draws good from ill, a brighter flame from fire;",0.0
"Strips black Oppression of her gay disguise,",2.0
And bids the hag in native horror rise;,0.0
"Nor boasts the Muse a vain imagined power,",0.0
Though oft she mourn those ills she cannot cure.,0.0
"The worthy court her, and the worthless fear;",1.0
"Who shun her piercing eye, that eye revere.",0.0
"Her awful voice the vain and vile obey,",0.0
And every foe to wisdom feel her sway.,0.0
"Smarts, pedants, as she smiles, no more are vain;",3.0
And Dullness wonders while she drops her quill.,0.0
Alluding to these lines of Mr. Pope;,1.0
"In the nice bee what art so subtly true,",3.0
From poisonous herbs extracts a healing dew.,2.0
From poisonous Vice she draws a healing dew:,2.0
"Weak are the ties that civil arts can find,",0.0
To quell the ferment of the tainted mind:,1.0
"Cunning evades, securely wrapped in wiles;",2.0
"The stream of vice impetuous drives along,",0.0
"Too deep for policy, for power too strong.",3.0
"Even fair Religion, native of the skies,",1.0
"Scorned by the crowd, seeks refuge with the wise;",2.0
"The crowd with laughter spurns her awful train,",0.0
"And Mercy courts, and Justice frowns in vain.",0.0
But SATIRE'S shaft can pierce the hardened breast:,0.0
She plays a ruling passion on the rest:,1.0
"Undaunted mounts the battery of his pride,",1.0
"When fell Corruption, by her vassals crowned,",1.0
Derides fallen Justice prostrate on the ground;,5.0
"Swift to redress an injured people's groan,",2.0
Bold SATIRE shakes the tyrant on her throne;,2.0
"Powerful as death, defies the sordid train,",1.0
"But with the friends of Vice, the foes of SATIRE,",2.0
Well may they dread the Muse's fatal skill;,0.0
Well may they tremble when she draws her quill:,0.0
"Bids Vice and Folly take their natural shapes,",1.0
Till all the daemon starts up from the toad.,1.0
"OH sordid maxim, formed to screen the vile,",1.0
"In frowns arrayed her beauties stronger rise,",0.0
When love of virtue wakes her scorn of vice:,0.0
"Where justice calls, it's cruelty to save;",1.0
Who combats Virtue's foe is Virtue's friend;,6.0
Then judge of SATIRE'S merit by her end:,1.0
"To guilt alone her vengeance stands confined,",0.0
The object of her love is all mankind.,2.0
"Scarce more the friend of man, the wise must own,",0.0
"This to chastise, as that to bless, was given;",1.0
Alike the faithful ministers of heaven.,1.0
Oft on unfeeling hearts the shaft is spent:,2.0
"Though strong the example, weak the punishment.",3.0
"They least are pained, who merit Satire most;",1.0
Of fools and knaves already dead to shame?,0.0
Oft SATIRE acts the faithful surgeon's part;,1.0
"Generous and kind, though painful is her art:",2.0
"With caution bold, she only strikes to heal,",0.0
Though folly raves to break the friendly steel.,0.0
"Then sure no fault impartial SATIRE knows,",2.0
"Kind, even in vengeance kind, to Virtue's foes.",3.0
"Whose is the crime, the scandal too be theirs:",0.0
"DARE nobly then: but conscious of your trust,",2.0
"As ever warm and bold, be ever just:",0.0
Nor court applause in these degenerate days:,2.0
The villain's censure is extorted praise.,1.0
"But chief, be steady in a noble end,",0.0
And show mankind that truth has yet a friend.,1.0
"It's mean for empty praise of wit to write,",0.0
"To brand a doubtful folly with a smile,",1.0
"Or madly blaze unknown defects, is vile:",0.0
"It's doubly vile, when but to prove your art,",1.0
You fix an arrow in a blameless heart.,0.0
"Thou fiend accursed, thou murderer of fame!",1.0
"That name, than liberty, than life more dear!",1.0
"Or what repay thy guilt, but endless scorn!",0.0
"And know, immortal truth shall mock thy toil:",0.0
Immortal truth shall bid the shaft recoil;,0.0
"With rage retorted, wing the deadly dart;",0.0
And empty all its poison in thy heart.,0.0
"With caution, next, the dangerous power apply;",4.0
An eagle's talon asks an eagle's eye:,0.0
"Let SATIRE then her proper object know,",1.0
"And ere she strike, be sure she strikes a foe.",0.0
"Before whose altar Virtue oft hath bled,",0.0
And oft a destined victim shall be led:,0.0
And own the idiot guide for once is true;,2.0
"Who therefore smiled, because they saw a fool;",1.0
"We therefore see a fool, because we smile.",1.0
Truth in her gloomy cave why fondly seek?,0.0
And courts the spruce freethinker and the beau.,2.0
But all can read the language of grimace.,2.0
Shall work Herculean wonders through the land:,3.0
"Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain,",2.0
"You, mighty WARBURTON, shall rage in vain,",1.0
And lend the informing clue to erring man:,2.0
"No more shall Reason boast her power divine,",2.0
Truth's sacred fort the exploded laugh shall win;,3.0
"But you, more sage, reject the inverted rule,",3.0
That Truth is ever explored by Ridicule:,2.0
She throws a dazzling glare alike on all;,0.0
"As the gay prism but mocks the flattered eye,",4.0
Beware the mad adventurer: bold and blind,2.0
"She hoists her sail, and drives with every wind;",0.0
"Deaf as the storm to sinking Virtue's groan,",0.0
"Nor heeds a friend's destruction, or her own.",1.0
"Bear to the wind, or stem the furious tide;",2.0
"Then mirth may urge, when reason can explore,",1.0
"This point the way, that waft us glad to shore.",0.0
"Though distant times may rise in SATIRE'S page,",0.0
Yet chief it's hers to draw the present age:,1.0
And judge the reigning manners by the past:,1.0
"Bid Britain's heroes awful shades! arise,",1.0
"Point back to minds ingenuous, actions fair,",3.0
Till the sons blush at what their fathers were:,2.0
Or chastity was carted for the whore;,2.0
"Vice fluttered, in the plumes of freedom dressed;",1.0
Or public spirit was the public jest.,1.0
"Be ever in a just expression bold,",0.0
Yet never degrade fair SATIRE to a scold:,5.0
"Let no unworthy mien her form debase,",1.0
"But let her smile, and let her frown with grace:",0.0
"Nor while she preaches modesty, obscene.",1.0
"Deep let her wound, not rankle to a sore,",2.0
And keener lustre sparkles in her eyes.,0.0
Then be your line with sharp encomiums graced:,0.0
Dart not on Folly an indignant eye:,1.0
Who ever discharged artillery on a fly?,3.0
"Deride not Vice: absurd the thought and vain,",0.0
To bind the tiger in so weak a chain.,0.0
"Nay more: when flagrant crimes your laughter move,",0.0
The knave exults: to smile is to approve.,1.0
"The Muse' labour then success shall crown,",3.0
"When Folly feels her smile, and Vice her frown.",0.0
"Know next what measures to each theme belong,",1.0
And suit your thoughts and numbers to your song:,1.0
"On wing proportioned to your quarry rise,",1.0
"And stoop to earth, or soar among the skies.",0.0
"Free the expression, simple be the verse.",2.0
In strains familiar sing the midnight toil,1.0
Patriots and chiefs whose deep design invades,1.0
And carries off the captive king of ' --  spades!,1.0
And gaily graceful sport along the line;,0.0
And smile each affectation into sense.,0.0
"Not so when Virtue by her guards betrayed,",1.0
"Spurned from her throne, implores the Muse's aid;",0.0
"Indignant Hymen veils his hallowed fires,",0.0
When rank Adultery on the genial bed,1.0
"When private faith and public trust are sold,",0.0
And traitors barter liberty for gold;,1.0
"When fell Corruption dark and deep, like Fate,",0.0
Saps the foundation of a sinking state:,3.0
"Then warmer numbers glow through SATIRE'S page,",0.0
And all her smiles are darkened into rage:,0.0
Not lofty EPIC soars a nobler flight:,1.0
Then keener indignation fires her eye;,0.0
"Then flash her lightnings, and her thunders fly;",1.0
"Wide and more wide her flaming bolts are hurled,",0.0
Till all her wrath involves the guilty world.,0.0
"Yet SATIRE oft assumes a gentler mien,",1.0
And beams on Virtue's friends a look serene:,0.0
"She wounds reluctant, pours her balm and joy,",0.0
Glad to commend where merit strikes her eye.,2.0
"But tread with cautious step this dangerous ground,",2.0
Truth be your guide: disdain Ambition's call;,0.0
"And if you fall with truth, you greatly fall.",1.0
It's Virtue's native lustre that must shine:,0.0
The poet can but set it in his line:,1.0
And who unmoved with laughter can behold,1.0
"Let real merit then adorn your lays,",1.0
"And all your wit, your most distinguished art",0.0
"But makes us grieve, you want an honest heart.",0.0
Nor think the Muse by SATIRE'S law confined:,0.0
"She yields description of the noblest kind,",1.0
And paint the purple evening in the line:,0.0
Her daring thought essays a higher plan;,0.0
"Her hand delineates passion, pictures man.",4.0
"And great the toil, the latent soul to trace,",0.0
"To paint the heart, and catch internal grace;",0.0
"By turns bid vice or virtue strike our eyes,",1.0
Now bid a Wolsey or a Cromwell rise;,2.0
"Now with a touch more sacred and refined,",1.0
"Here sweet or strong may every colour flow,",1.0
"Here let the pencil warm, the canvas glow:",0.0
"Of light and shade provoke the noble strife,",0.0
And wake each striking feature into life.,0.0
"THROUGH ages thus hath SATIRE keenly shined,",1.0
"The friend to truth, to virtue, and mankind:",2.0
"Yet the bright flame from virtue never had sprung,",4.0
And man was guilty ere the poet sung.,0.0
"Truth saw her honest spleen with new delight,",1.0
"And bade her wing her shafts, and urge their flight.",0.0
"First on the sons of Greece she proved her art,",0.0
And conscious villains trembled as he raged.,1.0
For SATIRE'S bow resigned the sounding lyre:,0.0
"Each arrow polished in his hand was seen,",0.0
"And as it grew more polished, grew more keen.",1.0
"His art, concealed in studied negligence",1.0
"Politely sly, cajoled the foes of sense:",0.0
"He seemed to sport and trifle with the dart,",1.0
"But while he sported, drove it to the heart.",1.0
Big with a ripe exuberance of thought:,1.0
And lashed corruption with a calm disdain.,1.0
"More ardent eloquence, and boundless rage",1.0
"His mighty numbers awed corrupted Rome,",0.0
And swept audacious greatness to its doom;,1.0
"The headlong torrent thundering from on high,",2.0
Rent the proud rock that lately braved the sky.,3.0
"But lo! the fatal victor of mankind,",2.0
Swollen Luxury! ' --  Pale Ruin stalks behind!,2.0
"As countless insects from the northeast pour,",3.0
"To blast the spring, and ravage every flower:",0.0
So barbarous millions spread contagious death:,2.0
The sickening laurel withered at their breath.,0.0
Beneath whose baleful dews the poppy sprung.,0.0
"No longer Genius wooed the Nine to love,",1.0
But Dullness nodded in the Muses' grove:,1.0
Nor aught was held so dangerous as sense.,1.0
"At length, again fair Science shot her ray,",1.0
"Dawned in the skies, and spoke returning day.",0.0
"Now SATIRE, triumph over thy flying foe,",3.0
"Now load thy quiver, string thy slackened bow!",1.0
"It's done ' --  See, great ERASMUS breaks the spell,",1.0
And wounds triumphant Folly in her cell!,0.0
"In vain the solemn cowl surrounds her face,",0.0
"Vain all her bigot cant, her sour grimace",0.0
"With shame compelled her leaden throne to quit,",0.0
And own the force of reason urged by wit.,0.0
"'Twas then plain DONNE in honest vengeance rose,",3.0
He mid an age of puns and pedants wrote,0.0
"With genuine sense, and Roman strength of thought.",2.0
"Ere Britain saw the foul revolt commence,",1.0
And treacherous Wit began her war with Sense.,2.0
"Then arose a shameless, mercenary train,",0.0
Whom latest time shall view with just disdain:,0.0
"A race fantastic, in whose gaudy line",0.0
"Wit's shattered mirror lies in fragments bright,",1.0
"Reflects not nature, but confounds the sight.",1.0
'Twas all his praise to say the oddest thing.,0.0
"Proud for a jest obscene, a patron's nod,",0.0
The extremes of wit and meanness joined in thee!,1.0
"Flames that could mount, and gain their kindred skies,",0.0
Low creeping in the putrid sink of vice:,1.0
"A Muse whom Wisdom wooed, but wooed in vain,",0.0
"The pimp of power, the prostitute to gain:",2.0
"Wreaths, that should deck fair Virtue's form alone,",1.0
"And genius rise, a monument of shame!",1.0
More happy France: immortal BOILEAU there,2.0
Supported genius with a sage's care:,1.0
"Him with her love propitious SATIRE blessed,",2.0
And breathed her airs divine into his breast:,0.0
"Fancy and sense to form his line conspire,",2.0
"But see, at length, the British Genius smile,",0.0
And centres every poet's power in one:,0.0
Each Roman's force adorns his various page;,2.0
"Gay smiles, collected strength, and manly rage.",1.0
"Despairing Guilt and Dullness loath the sight,",0.0
In this clear mirror with delight we view,3.0
"Each image justly fine, and boldly true:",0.0
"Here Vice, dragged forth by Truth's supreme decree,",1.0
With modest joy surveys her form divine.,0.0
"But o, what thoughts, what numbers shall I find,",1.0
But faintly to express the poet's mind!,1.0
Unless he dip his pencil in the ray?,0.0
"Who paint a god, unless the god inspire?",0.0
"What catch the lightning, but the speed of fire?",1.0
"So, mighty POPE, to make thy genius known,",0.0
"All power is weak, all numbers ' --  but thy own.",3.0
"Each Muse for thee with kind contention strove,",1.0
"With watchful fondness over thy cradle hung,",2.0
"Attuned thy voice, and formed thy infant tongue.",0.0
"Next, to her bard majestic Wisdom came;",0.0
The bard enraptured caught the heavenly flame:,2.0
"With taste superior scorned the venal tribe,",2.0
"Whom fear can sway, or guilty greatness bribe;",0.0
"Sport with the stream, and trifle in the gale:",0.0
Thy mighty voyage was creation's round;,1.0
"Intent new worlds of wisdom to explore,",2.0
And bless mankind with Virtue's sacred store;,1.0
And pour a moral transport over the heart.,2.0
"Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires,",1.0
"And like a meteor, while we gaze, expires:",1.0
"Like the blue lightning, while it shines, destroys:",2.0
"But genius, fired by truth's eternal ray,",2.0
"Burns clear and constant, like the source of day:",1.0
"Like this, its beam prolific and refined",1.0
And opens all the virtues into bloom.,0.0
"This praise, immortal POPE, to thee be given:",1.0
Thy genius was indeed a gift from heaven.,1.0
Reason and wit with strength collected shine:,2.0
"Lost, nobly lost, in truth's superior blaze.",3.0
Did FRIENDSHIP ever mislead thy wandering Muse?,4.0
That friendship sure may plead the great excuse:,0.0
"That sacred friendship which inspired thy song,",2.0
"Fair in defect, and amiably wrong.",3.0
It's almost virtue when it flows from love.,1.0
Light her pale lamp at your immortal fire?,3.0
"Or if, OH WARBURTON, inspired by YOU,",4.0
"By You inspired, on trembling pinion soar,",3.0
"In her bold numbers chain the tyrant's rage,",4.0
"If such her fate, do thou, fair Truth, descend,",3.0
And watchful guard her in an honest end:,0.0
"Kindly severe, instruct her equal line",2.0
"To court no friend, nor own a foe but thine.",1.0
But if her giddy eye should vainly quit,1.0
"Thy sacred paths, to run the maze of wit;",0.0
If her apostate heart should ever incline,1.0
To offer incense at Corruption's shrine;,2.0
"Urge, urge thy power, the black attempt confound,",3.0
And dash the smoking censer to the ground.,1.0
That guilt is doomed to sink in infamy.,1.0
"O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,",3.0
"Where rumour of oppression and deceit,",2.0
Of unsuccessful or successful war,1.0
"Might never reach me more. My ear is pained,",0.0
My soul is sick with every day's report,0.0
Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.,2.0
"There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart,",2.0
It does not feel for man. The natural bond,0.0
Of brotherhood is severed as the flax,1.0
That falls asunder at the touch of fire.,0.0
He finds his fellow guilty of a skin,1.0
"Not coloured like his own, and having power",0.0
"TO enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause",2.0
Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.,3.0
Lands intersected by a narrow frith,2.0
Make enemies of nations who had else,2.0
Like kindred drops been mingled into one.,1.0
"Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys;",2.0
"And worse than all, and most to be deplored",0.0
"Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat",1.0
"With stripes, that mercy with a bleeding heart",1.0
Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.,1.0
"Then what is man? And what man seeing this,",2.0
"And having human feelings, does not blush",0.0
"And hang his head, to think himself a man?",0.0
"I would not have a slave to till my ground,",1.0
"To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,",1.0
"And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth",0.0
"No: dear as freedom is, and in my heart's",2.0
I had much rather be myself the slave,1.0
"And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him.",1.0
We have no slaves at home. ' --  Then why abroad?,1.0
And they themselves once ferried over the wave,4.0
"That parts us, are emancipate and loosed.",1.0
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs,2.0
"Receive our air, that moment they are free,",1.0
They touch our country and their shackles fall.,1.0
"And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then,",1.0
And let it circulate through every vein,0.0
Of all your empire. That where Britain's power,0.0
"Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.",1.0
"Sure there is need of social intercourse,",0.0
Benevolence and peace and mutual aid,3.0
"Between the nations, in a world that seems",0.0
And by the voice of all its elements,2.0
"Let slip with such a warrant to destroy,",3.0
"Have kindled beacons in the skies, and the old",0.0
And crazy earth has had her shaking fits,0.0
"More frequent, and foregone her usual rest.",6.0
"Is it a time to wrangle, when the props",1.0
"And pillars of our planet seem to fail,",1.0
To wait the close of all? But grant her end,0.0
"More distant, and that prophecy demands",2.0
"Still they are frowning signals, and bespeak",1.0
"Or heals it, makes it languish or rejoice.",1.0
"To what no few have felt, there should be peace,",0.0
And brothers in calamity should love.,1.0
Alas for Sicily! rude fragments now,2.0
Lie scattered where the shapely column stood.,1.0
Her palaces are dust. In all her streets,1.0
The voice of singing and the sprightly chord,1.0
Are silent. Revelry and dance and show,1.0
While God performs upon the trembling stage,0.0
"Of his own works, his dreadful part alone.",1.0
How does the earth receive him? ' --  With what signs,1.0
"Pours she not all her choicest fruits abroad,",0.0
"Her sweetest flowers, her aromatic gums,",2.0
Disclosing paradise wherever he treads?,2.0
She quakes at his approach. Her hollow womb,1.0
And fiery caverns roars beneath his foot.,2.0
"The hills move lightly and the mountains smoke,",2.0
"Of elevation down into the abyss,",3.0
His wrath is busy and his frown is felt.,1.0
"The rocks fall headlong and the valleys rise,",3.0
And mortal nuisance into all the air.,0.0
"What solid was, by transformation strange",1.0
"Grows fluid, and the fixed and rooted earth",2.0
"Tormented into billows heaves and swells,",1.0
Sucks down its prey insatiable. Immense,1.0
"The tumult and the overthrow, the pangs",1.0
And agonies of human and of brute,2.0
"Multitudes, fugitive on every side,",7.0
And fugitive in vain. The sylvan scene,1.0
"Migrates uplifted, and with all its soil",5.0
"A new possessor, and survives the change.",1.0
"To an enormous and overbearing height,",3.0
"Not by a mighty wind, but by that voice",1.0
"Which winds and waves obey, invades the shore",0.0
Possessed an inland scene. Where now the throng,1.0
That pressed the beach and hasty to depart,1.0
"Looked to the sea for safety? They are gone,",1.0
"A prince with half his people. Ancient towers,",0.0
"And roofs embattled high, the gloomy scenes",0.0
Where beauty oft and lettered worth consume,0.0
"Life in the unproductive shades of death,",0.0
"Fall prone; the pale inhabitants come forth,",3.0
And happy in their unforeseen release,0.0
The terrors of the day that sets them free.,1.0
"Who then that has thee, would not hold thee fast",0.0
"Freedom! whom they that lose thee, so regret,",1.0
"That even a judgement making way for thee,",2.0
"Seems in their eyes, a mercy, for thy sake.",1.0
Such evil sin hath wrought; and such a flame,1.0
"Kindled in heaven, that it burns down to earth,",1.0
And in the furious inquest that it makes,2.0
"On God's behalf, lays waste his fairest works.",1.0
"The very elements, though each be meant",1.0
"The minister of man, to serve his wants,",1.0
"Conspire against him. With his breath, he draws",3.0
A plague into his blood. And cannot use,0.0
"Life's necessary means, but he must die.",2.0
Storms rise to overwhelm him: or if stormy winds,2.0
"Rise not, the waters of the deep shall rise,",1.0
"And needing none assistance of the storm,",1.0
"Shall roll themselves ashore, and reach him there.",0.0
"The earth shall shake him out of all his holds,",1.0
"Or make his house his grave. Nor so content,",0.0
"Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood,",1.0
And drown him in her dry and dusty gulfs.,0.0
"What then ' --  were they the wicked above all,",3.0
"Moved not, while their's was rocked like a light skiff,",1.0
"The sport of every wave? No: none are clear,",1.0
And none than we more guilty. But where all,2.0
"Stand chargeable with guilt, and to the shafts",3.0
"Of wrath obnoxious, God may choose his mark.",0.0
"May punish, if he please, the less, to warn",1.0
"The more malignant. If he spared not them,",1.0
Tremble and be amazed at thine escape,3.0
Happy the man who sees a God employed,2.0
Resolving all events with their effects,0.0
"And manifold results, into the will",0.0
And arbitration wise of the Supreme.,1.0
"Did not his eye rule all things, and intend",3.0
The least of our concerns since from the least,2.0
The greatest oft originate could chance,0.0
"Find place in his dominion, or dispose",4.0
"One lawless particle to thwart his plan,",1.0
"Then God might be surprised, and unforeseen",0.0
The smooth and equal course of his affairs.,1.0
"In nature's tendencies, oft overlooks,",2.0
"And having found his instrument, forgets",1.0
"Or disregards, or more presumptuous still",2.0
Denies the power that wields it. God proclaims,2.0
His hot displeasure against foolish men,5.0
That live an atheist life. Involves the heaven,2.0
And gives them all their fury. Bids a plague,0.0
"Kindle a fiery boil upon the skin,",4.0
"And taints the golden ear. He springs his mines,",0.0
"Forth steps the spruce philosopher, and tells",2.0
And principles; of causes how they work,2.0
"By necessary laws their sure effects,",0.0
Of action and reaction. He has found,2.0
"The source of the disease that nature feels,",1.0
And bids the world take heart and banish fear.,1.0
Thou fool! will thy discovery of the cause,2.0
Suspend the effect or heal it? Has not God,2.0
"Still wrought by means since first he made the world,",1.0
And did he not of old employ his means,0.0
To drown it? What is his creation less,1.0
Than a capacious reservoir of means,1.0
"Formed for his use, and ready at his will?",0.0
"Or ask of whomsoever he has taught,",1.0
"And learn, though late, the genuine cause of all.",2.0
"England, with all thy faults, I love thee still",1.0
My country! and while yet a nook is left,1.0
"Where English minds and manners may be found,",1.0
"Be fickle, and thy year, most part, deformed",1.0
"With dripping rains, or withered by a frost,",1.0
I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies,0.0
"And fields without a flower, for warmer France",2.0
"To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime",1.0
Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire,3.0
"Upon thy foes, was never meant my task;",0.0
"But I can feel thy fortunes, and partake",2.0
Thy joys and sorrows with as true a heart,1.0
"Thy follies too, and with a just disdain",1.0
"Should England prosper, when such things, as smooth",0.0
And love when they should fight; when such as these,2.0
Presume to lay their hand upon the ark,0.0
Of her magnificent and awful cause?,2.0
Time was when it was praise and boast enough,0.0
That we were born her children. Praise enough,0.0
"To fill the ambition of a private man,",3.0
The hope of such hereafter. They have fallen,2.0
"Each in his field of glory: One in arms,",1.0
And one in council. Wolfe upon the lap,1.0
"Of smiling victory that moment won,",2.0
They made us many soldiers. Chatham still,0.0
"Consulting England's happiness at home,",1.0
Secured it by an unforgiving frown,2.0
"If any wronged her. Wolf, wherever he fought,",2.0
"Put so much of his heart into his act,",0.0
"That his example had a magnet's force,",1.0
And all were swift to follow whom all loved.,0.0
Those suns are set. O rise some other such!,1.0
"Or all that we have left, is empty talk",0.0
"Of old achievements, and despair of new.",1.0
"Now hoist the sail, and let the streamers float",1.0
Upon the wanton breezes. Strew the deck,0.0
"With lavender, and sprinkle liquid sweets,",1.0
The nose of nice nobility. Breathe soft,2.0
That winds and waters lulled by magic sounds,0.0
May bear us smoothly to the Gallic shore.,1.0
"True, we have lost an empire ' --  let it pass.",0.0
"True, we may thank the perfidy of France",1.0
"That picked the jewel out of England's crown,",0.0
And let that pass ' -- 'twas but a trick of state.,2.0
"A brave man knows no malice, but at once",3.0
"Forgets in peace, the injuries of war,",1.0
And gives his direst foe a friend's embrace.,0.0
"And shamed as we have been, to the very beard",1.0
"Braved and defied, and in our own sea proved",3.0
"Too weak for those decisive blows, that once",2.0
"Insured us mastery there, we yet retain",1.0
"Some small preeminence, we justly boast",1.0
"Go then, well worthy of the praise you seek,",3.0
"And show the shame you might conceal at home,",0.0
"In foreign eyes! ' --  be grooms, and win the plate,",0.0
Where once your nobler fathers won a crown! ' --,3.0
It's generous to communicate your skill,3.0
To those that need it. Folly is soon learnt.,2.0
There is a pleasure in poetic pains,1.0
"Which only poets know. The shifts and turns,",0.0
"To which the mind resorts, in chase of terms",0.0
"Though apt, yet coy, and difficult to win ' --",1.0
TO arrest the fleeting images that fill,2.0
"The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast,",1.0
A faithful likeness of the forms he views;,1.0
"That each may find its most propitious light,",0.0
"And shine by situation, hardly less,",0.0
"Than by the labour and the skill it cost,",2.0
Are occupations of the poet's mind,1.0
"So pleasing, and that steal away the thought",1.0
"With such address, from themes of sad import,",1.0
"That lost in his own musings, happy man!",1.0
"He feels the anxieties of life, denied",3.0
"Such joys has he that sings. But ah! not such,",1.0
"Or seldom such, the hearers of his song.",2.0
"Fastidious, or else listless, or perhaps",5.0
Aware of nothing arduous in a task,1.0
"They never undertook, they little note",0.0
There least amusement where he found the most.,0.0
"But is amusement all? studious of song,",4.0
"And yet ambitious not to sing in vain,",0.0
"I would not trifle merely, though the world",1.0
Be loudest in their praise who do no more.,0.0
"Yet what can satire, whether grave or gay?",1.0
"It may correct a foible, may chastise",2.0
"The freaks of fashion, regulate the dress,",0.0
What vice has it subdued? whose heart reclaimed,1.0
Alas! Leviathan is not so tamed.,1.0
"Laughed at, he laughs again; and stricken hard,",0.0
That fear no discipline of human hands.,2.0
"The pulpit therefore and I name it, filled",2.0
"With solemn awe, that bids me well beware",0.0
With what intent I touch that holy thing,0.0
I say the pulpit in the sober use,0.0
Of its legitimate peculiar powers,2.0
"Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand,",0.0
Support and ornament of virtue's cause.,1.0
There stands the messenger of truth. There stands,1.0
"The legate of the skies. His theme divine,",1.0
"His office sacred, his credentials clear.",1.0
"By him, the violated law speaks out",4.0
"Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet",2.0
"As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.",0.0
And armed himself in panoply complete,1.0
"Of heavenly temper, furnishes with arms",3.0
"Bright as his own, and trains by every rule",0.0
"Of holy discipline, to glorious war,",3.0
The sacramental host of God's elect.,0.0
Are all such teachers? would to heaven all were!,0.0
But hark ' --  the Doctor's voice ' --  fast wedged between,1.0
"Inspires the news, his trumpet. Keener far",0.0
"Than all invective is his bold harangue,",1.0
While through that public organ of report,1.0
"He hails the clergy; and defying shame,",1.0
Announces to the world his own and theirs.,1.0
"He teaches those to read, whom schools dismissed,",1.0
"And emphasis in score, and gives to prayer",1.0
The adagio and andante it demands.,4.0
He grinds divinity of other days,1.0
Down into modern use; transforms old print,1.0
"To zig-zag manuscript, and cheats the eyes",1.0
Of gallery critics by a thousand arts. ' --,3.0
Are there who purchase of the Doctor's ware!,2.0
"O name it not in Gath! ' --  it cannot be,",0.0
That grave and learnt Clerks should need such aid.,1.0
"He doubtless is in sport, and does but droll,",1.0
"Assuming thus a rank unknown before,",0.0
"I venerate the man, whose heart is warm,",0.0
"Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life",1.0
"Coincident, exhibit lucid proof",1.0
That he is honest in the sacred cause.,0.0
"To such I render more than mere respect,",1.0
Whose actions say that they respect themselves.,1.0
"But loose in morals, and in manners vain,",1.0
"In conversation frivolous, in dress",1.0
"Extreme, at once rapacious and profuse,",1.0
"Frequent in park, with lady at his side,",1.0
"Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes,",2.0
"But rare at home, and never at his books",0.0
"And well prepared by ignorance and sloth,",1.0
By infidelity and love oF the world,1.0
To his own pleasures and his patron's pride. ' --,2.0
Preserve the church! and lay not careless hands,0.0
"Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul",2.0
"Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own,",1.0
Paul should himself direct me. I would trace,2.0
"I would express him simple, grave, sincere;",0.0
"And plain in manner. Decent, solemn, chaste,",0.0
And natural in gesture. Much impressed,2.0
"Himself, as conscious of his awful charge,",1.0
And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds,0.0
"May feel it too. Affectionate in look,",1.0
"And tender in address, as well becomes",0.0
A messenger of grace to guilty men.,1.0
Behold the picture! ' --  Is it like? ' --  Like whom?,1.0
The things that mount the rostrum with a skip,1.0
"And then skip down again. Pronounce a text,",2.0
"Cry, hem; and reading what they never wrote",1.0
"Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work,",2.0
And with a well bred whisper close the scene.,2.0
"In man or woman, but far most in man,",2.0
And most of all in man that ministers,1.0
"And serves the altar, in my soul I loath",0.0
All affectation. It's my perfect scorn;,2.0
Object of my implacable disgust.,2.0
What! ' --  will a man play tricks; will he indulge,2.0
A silly fond conceit of his fair form,1.0
"And just proportion, fashionable mien",1.0
And pretty face in presence of his God?,1.0
"As with the di'mond on his lily hand,",2.0
And play his brilliant parts before my eyes,0.0
When I am hungry for the bread of life?,1.0
"He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames",0.0
"His noble office, and instead of truth",1.0
"Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock.",1.0
"And start theatric, practised at the glass.",0.0
I seek divine simplicity in him,1.0
"Who handles things divine; and all beside,",0.0
"Though learnt with labour, and though much admired",1.0
To me is odious as the nasal twang,2.0
"Misled by custom, strain celestial themes",0.0
"Some, decent in demeanour while they preach,",0.0
"That task performed, relapse into themselves,",0.0
"And having spoken wisely, at the close",0.0
"Grow wanton, and give proof to every eye ' --",3.0
Forth comes the pocket mirror. First we stroke,1.0
"Then with an air, most gracefully performed,",1.0
Fall back into our seat; extend an arm,1.0
"And lay it at its ease with gentle care,",0.0
"With handkerchief in hand, depending low.",1.0
"The better hand more busy, gives the nose",0.0
"With opera glass to watch the moving scene,",0.0
Now this is fulsome; and offends me more,1.0
Than in a churchman slovenly neglect,1.0
"May be indifferent to her house of clay,",1.0
And slight the hovel as beneath her care;,1.0
"But how a body so fantastic, trim,",2.0
"And quaint in its deportment and attire,",2.0
Can lodge an heavenly mind ' --  demands a doubt.,2.0
"He that negotiates between God and man,",3.0
"As God's ambassador, the grand concerns",1.0
"Of judgement and of mercy, should beware",1.0
Of lightness in his speech. It's pitiful,1.0
"To court a grin, when you should woo a soul;",1.0
"To break a jest, when pity would inspire",0.0
Pathetic exhortation; and to address,3.0
"The skittish fancy with facetious tales,",1.0
When sent with God's commission to the heart.,1.0
So did not Paul. Direct me to a quip,1.0
"Or merry turn in all he ever wrote,",0.0
"And I consent you take it for your text,",2.0
"Your only one, till sides and benches fail.",1.0
"No: he was serious in a serious cause,",3.0
And understood too well the weighty terms,1.0
That he had taken in charge. He would not stoop,2.0
"To conquer those by jocular exploits,",3.0
"O, popular applause! what heart of man",1.0
Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?,0.0
The wisest and the best feel urgent need,2.0
Of all their caution in thy gentlest gales;,2.0
"But swelled into a gust ' --  who then, alas!",0.0
And craving poverty; and in the bow,1.0
"Is oft too welcome, and may much disturb",2.0
The bias of the purpose. How much more,2.0
"Poured forth by beauty splendid and polite,",2.0
In language soft as adoration breathes?,0.0
Ah spare your idol! think him human still.,0.0
"Charms he may have, but he has frailties too,",1.0
"Dote not too much, nor spoil what you admire.",1.0
"Of light divine. But Egypt, Greece, and Rome",0.0
"Drink, when we choose it, at the fountain head.",0.0
"With hurtful error, prejudice, and dreams",1.0
"Illusive of philosophy, so called,",2.0
But falsely. Sages after sages strove,0.0
"In vain, to filter off a crystal draught",1.0
"Pure from the lees, which often more enhanced",0.0
Intoxication and delirium wild.,3.0
In vain they pushed enquiry to the birth,1.0
"And springtime of the world, asked, whence is man?",3.0
Why formed at all? And wherefore as he is?,1.0
Where must he find his Maker? With what rites,1.0
"Adore him? Will he hear, accept, and bless?",1.0
Or does he sit regardless of his works?,1.0
Has man within him an immortal seed?,1.0
Or does the tomb take all? If he survive,2.0
"Knots worthy of solution, which alone",2.0
A Deity could solve. Their answers vague,1.0
"And all at random, fabulous and dark,",1.0
Left them as dark themselves. Their rules of life,0.0
"Defective and unsanctioned, proved too weak",2.0
"To bind the roving appetite, and lead",0.0
Blind nature to a God not yet revealed.,2.0
"It's Revelation satisfies all doubts,",0.0
"Explains all mysteries, except her own,",1.0
"And so illuminates the path of life,",1.0
"That fools discover it, and stray no more.",2.0
"My man of morals, nurtured in the shades",0.0
"Is Christ the abler teacher, or the schools?",1.0
"If Christ, then why resort at every turn",0.0
"To Athens or to Rome, for wisdom short",1.0
"Of man's occasions, when in him reside",1.0
"How oft when Paul has served us with a text,",1.0
"Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully preached!",0.0
"Men that if now alive, would sit content",0.0
"Preach it who might. Such was their love of truth,",1.0
"And thus it is. The pastor, either vain",1.0
"By nature, or by flattery made so, taught",3.0
"Absurdly, not his office, but himself;",1.0
"Or unenlightened, and too proud to learn,",2.0
"Or vicious, and not therefore apt to teach,",2.0
Perverting often by the stress of lewd,1.0
"And loose example, whom he should instruct,",0.0
Exposes and holds up to broad disgrace,2.0
"The noblest function, and discredits much",1.0
The brightest truths that man has ever seen.,0.0
"For ghostly counsel, if it either fall",1.0
"With show of love, at least with hopeful proof",0.0
Of some sincerity on the giver's part;,2.0
"And mode of its conveyance, by such tricks",2.0
"The pulpit to the level of the stage,",2.0
Drops from the lips a disregarded thing.,0.0
"The weak perhaps are moved, but are not taught;",1.0
While prejudice in men of stronger minds,1.0
"Takes deeper root, confirmed by what they see.",1.0
A relaxation of religions hold,1.0
"Soon follows, and the kerb of conscience snapped,",2.0
The laity run wild. ' --  But do they now?,2.0
"Note their extravagance, and be convinced.",3.0
"As nations ignorant of God, contrive",1.0
"A wooden one, so we, no longer taught",3.0
"By monitors that mother church supplies,",1.0
Now make our own. Posterity will ask,2.0
If ever posterity see verse of mine,4.0
What was a monitor in George's days?,1.0
"My very gentle reader, yet unborn,",1.0
"Of whom I needs must augur better things,",0.0
Since heaven would sure grow weary of a world,2.0
"Productive only of a race like us,",1.0
A monitor is wood. Plank shaven thin.,2.0
We wear it at our backs. There closely braced,0.0
"And neatly fitted, it compresses hard",1.0
"The prominent and most unsightly bones,",1.0
And binds the shoulders flat. We prove its use,0.0
"A form not now gymnastic as of yore,",1.0
"From rickets and distortion, else, our lot.",1.0
"But thus admonished we can walk erect,",1.0
One proof at least of manhood; while the friend,1.0
"Sticks close, a Mentor worthy of his charge.",2.0
"And by caprice as multiplied as his,",1.0
"Just please us while the fashion is at full,",1.0
"That waits to dress us, arbitrates their date,",0.0
Surveys his fair reversion with keen eye;,2.0
"Finds one ill made, another obsolete,",3.0
"This fits not nicely, that is ill conceived,",0.0
With our expenditure defrays his own.,2.0
Through every change that fancy at the loom,0.0
"Exhausted, has had genius to supply,",1.0
"And studious of mutation still, discard",3.0
For monstrous novelty and strange disguise.,1.0
"We sacrifice to dress, till household joys",1.0
"And comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry,",1.0
"And keeps our larder lean. Puts out our fires,",2.0
"And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,",0.0
Where peace and hospitality might reign.,1.0
"What man that lives and that knows how to live,",0.0
Would fail to exhibit at the public shows,2.0
"A form as splendid as the proudest there,",2.0
Though appetite raise outcries at the cost?,2.0
"A man oF the town dines late, but soon enough",1.0
"With reasonable forecast and dispatch,",3.0
"You think perhaps, so delicate his dress,",1.0
His daily fare as delicate. Alas!,1.0
"He picks clean teeth, and busy as he seems",2.0
"With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet.",2.0
"With magic wand. So potent is the spell,",1.0
"Unless by heaven's peculiar grace, escape.",2.0
"There we grow early grey, but never wise.",2.0
"There form connexions, and acquire no friend.",2.0
Solicit pleasure hopeless of success;,1.0
Waste youth in occupations only fit,1.0
"For second childhood, and devote old age",3.0
To sports which only childhood could excuse.,1.0
There they are happiest who dissemble best,3.0
Their weariness; and they the most polite,2.0
Who squander time and treasure with a smile,1.0
Though at their own destruction. She that asks,1.0
"And hates their coming. They, what can they less?",2.0
"Make just reprisals, and with cringe and shrug",2.0
"And bow obsequious, hide their hate of her.",2.0
"All catch the frenzy, downward from her Grace",1.0
"And gild our chamber ceilings as they pass,",1.0
To her who frugal only that her thrift.,1.0
"May feed excesses she can ill afford,",1.0
Finds a cold bed her only comfort left.,3.0
"Wives beggar husbands, husbands starve their wives,",1.0
On fortune's velvet altar offering up,1.0
Their last poor pittance. Fortune most severe,1.0
"Of goddesses yet known, and costlier far",3.0
And it's a fearful spectacle to see,2.0
So many maniacs dancing in their chains.,5.0
They gaze upon the links that hold them fast,0.0
"Then shake them in despair, and dance again.",0.0
Now basket up the family of plagues,3.0
"By forgery, by subterfuge of law,",1.0
By tricks and lies as numerous and as keen,1.0
As the necessities their authors feel;,2.0
"Then cast them closely bundled, every brat",0.0
At the right door. Profusion is its sire.,4.0
"In character, has littered all the land,",1.0
And bred within the memory of no few,1.0
A people such as never was till now.,2.0
It is a hungry vice: ' --  it eats up all,1.0
"That gives society its beauty, strength,",1.0
"Convenience, and security, and use.",2.0
"Makes men mere vermin, worthy to be trapped",3.0
"Of union, and converts the sacred band",1.0
"That holds mankind together, to a scourge.",2.0
"Prepares it for its ruin. Hardens, blinds,",1.0
And warps the consciences of public men,1.0
Till they can laugh at virtue; mock the fools,1.0
"That trust them; and in the end, disclose a face",0.0
That would have shocked credulity herself,1.0
Since all alike are selfish ' --  why not they?,0.0
"This does Profusion, and the accursed cause",4.0
"Of such deep mischief, has itself a cause.",2.0
"In colleges and halls, in ancient days,",1.0
"When learning, virtue, piety and truth",1.0
"Were precious, and inculcated with care,",4.0
There dwelled a sage called Discipline. His head,2.0
"But strong for service still, and unimpaired.",0.0
"His eye was meek and gentle, and a smile",1.0
"Played on his lips, and in his speech was heard",0.0
"Paternal sweetness, dignity, and love.",1.0
The occupation dearest to his heart,1.0
Was to encourage goodness. He would stroke,2.0
The head of modest and ingenuous worth,3.0
"That blushed at its own praise, and press the youth",1.0
Close to his side that pleased him. Learning grew,0.0
"Beneath his care, a thriving vigorous plant;",2.0
"The mind was well informed, the passions held",0.0
"Subordinate, and diligence was choice.",1.0
"If ever it chanced, as sometime chance it must,",3.0
"The limits of control, his gentle eye",1.0
"Grew stern, and darted a severe rebuke;",2.0
"His frown was full of terror, and his voice",1.0
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe,3.0
"But discipline, a faithful servant long,",1.0
Declined at length into the vale of years;,0.0
"A palsy struck his arm, his sparkling eye",0.0
"Grew tremulous, and moved derision more",2.0
"Than reverence, in perverse rebellious youth.",2.0
So colleges and halls neglected much,1.0
"Their good old friend, and Discipline at length",2.0
"Overlooked and unemployed, fell sick and died.",1.0
"Then study languished, emulation slept,",0.0
And virtue fled. The schools became a scene,0.0
"Of solemn farce, where ignorance in stilts,",1.0
"His cap well lined with logic not his own,",1.0
"With parrot tongue performed the scholar's part,",0.0
"Then compromise had place, and scrutiny",1.0
And he was competent whose purse was so.,2.0
"A dissolution of all bonds ensued,",1.0
Of headstrong youth were broken; bars and bolts,1.0
"Forgot their office, opening with a touch;",1.0
Till gowns at length are found mere masquerade;,1.0
A mockery of the world. What need of these,1.0
"With belted waist and pointers at their heels,",0.0
"Than in the bounds of duty? what was learnt,",0.0
"If aught was learnt in childhood, is forgot,",2.0
Is squandered in pursuit of idle sports,0.0
"And vicious pleasures. Buys the boy a name,",0.0
"That sits a stigma on his father's house,",1.0
And cleaves through life inseparably close,1.0
"The lewd vain world that must receive him soon,",1.0
Add to such erudition thus acquired,0.0
Where science and where virtue are professed?,2.0
"They may confirm his habits, rivet fast",1.0
"His folly, but to spoil him is a task",2.0
That bids defiance to the united powers,3.0
"Of fashion, dissipation, taverns, stews.",0.0
The children crooked and twisted and deformed,3.0
"Through want of care, or her whose winking eye",1.0
The nurse no doubt. Regardless of her charge,2.0
She needs herself correction. Needs to learn,0.0
"That it is dangerous sporting with the world,",3.0
"With things so sacred as a nation's trust,",1.0
"The nurture of her youth, her dearest pledge.",1.0
All are not such. I had a brother once. ' --,0.0
Peace to the memory of a man of worth;,1.0
"A man of letters, and of manners too.",1.0
"Of manners sweet as virtue always wears,",0.0
"By more than one, themselves conspicuous there.",2.0
"Some minds are tempered happily, and mixed",1.0
With such ingredients of good sense and taste,2.0
"Of what is excellent in man, they thirst",1.0
"With such a zeal to be what they approve,",2.0
"That no restraints can circumscribe them more,",0.0
Nor can example hurt them. What they see,1.0
Of vice in others but enhancing more,1.0
The charms of virtue in their just esteem.,0.0
"If such escape contagion, and emerge",2.0
"Pure, from so foul a pool, to shine abroad,",0.0
"And give the world their talents and themselves,",1.0
Small thanks to those whose negligence or sloth,3.0
"Exposed their inexperience to the snare,",1.0
See then! the quiver broken and decayed,1.0
In which are kept our arrows. Rusting there,1.0
"In wild disorder and unfit for use,",1.0
What wonder if discharged into the world,1.0
"They shame their shooters with a random flight,",1.0
"Their points obtuse, and feathers drunk with wine.",0.0
Well may the church wage unsuccessful war,1.0
"Have we not tracked the felon home, and found",0.0
"His birthplace and his dam? the country mourns,",2.0
"Mourns, because every plague that can infest",6.0
"Society, and that saps and worms the base",1.0
"Of the edifice that policy has raised,",2.0
"Swarms in all quarters; meets the eye, the ear,",0.0
Profusion breeds them. And the cause itself,1.0
Of that calamitous mischief has been found.,2.0
Stand up unconscious and refute the charge.,4.0
So when the Jewish Leader stretched his arm,0.0
"And waved his rod divine, a race obscene",0.0
"Spawned in the muddy beds of Nile, came forth",1.0
Were covered with the pest. The streets were filled;,1.0
"The croaking nuisance lurked in every nook,",0.0
"Nor palaces nor even chambers escaped,",3.0
"And the land stank, so numerous was the fry.",3.0
"THIS seems a spot to pensive sorrow dear,",0.0
"Gloomy the shade which yields this ancient yew,",2.0
Sacred the seat of Death! soothed while I view,3.0
"Thy hills, OH Malvern, proudly rising near,",1.0
And every stone whose rudely sculptured form,0.0
Hath braved the rage of many a winter's storm.,2.0
"Pleased with the melancholy scene, each loss",0.0
"Once more I weep; and wish this grave were thine,",0.0
"Poor, lost, lamented friend! that over thy clay",3.0
"For once this last, sad tribute I might pay,",2.0
"And, with my tears, to the cold tomb resign",3.0
"Each hope of bliss, each vanity of life,",1.0
Assist me to prepare the sounding lyre!,1.0
"Like her I sing, soft, sensible, and fair,",2.0
Let the smooth numbers warble in the air;,3.0
"Can Beauty, Virtue, Sense, demand the Song;",0.0
"Look then on Clarke, and see them all unite;",1.0
"Rest here, my Muse, not soar above thy sphere,",0.0
"Kings might pay adoration to the fair,",3.0
"Enchanting, full of joy, peerless in face and air.",5.0
"Pleased with the promised Glories which he lost,",0.0
"And in your Form, confess the greater Boast.",0.0
"Had he been blessed but with your soft Address,",1.0
His Love had never known such ill Success;,0.0
"Had half your Charms in the true Borgia been,",2.0
We never his mourning Tragedy had seen.,3.0
Would so much Gallantry and Sweetness spare.,1.0
"In vain Historians and Poets too,",1.0
"A rugged Virtue and the chance of War,",1.0
Did bless their Hero's with that Character;,2.0
"The Antiquated Shade the Poets seize,",0.0
And tune the Soul to what a pitch they please:,0.0
"With artful Notes they grace each noble Line,",0.0
But your soft touch gives it an air Divine.,1.0
"What pains they take for Praise while you with ease,",1.0
Transport with that which they scarce hoped could please?,2.0
"And more than Royal State through Rome they rode,",0.0
"Both praised and feared and thought almost a God,",2.0
"When fettered Kings did grace the Victory,",0.0
Mid all their dazzling Pomp looked less than thee.,1.0
"If Gods their Glories would expose to view,",0.0
"With awe my soul the wreck of Nature views,",0.0
The storm amid the echoing mountain hears;,2.0
"The sighs of Autumn, mingling with my tears,",1.0
Mourn the sad ravages which time pursues.,4.0
"Hear the wild roar of the tempestuous blast,",7.0
Whirling the forest leaves to distant air!,2.0
"See blooming flowers in scattered fragments cast,",3.0
While torrents pouring thunder on the ear!,1.0
"The sun's bright beam in dreary winter lost,",1.0
"My youthful charms fade beneath my burning eyes,",3.0
A raging sorrow sweeps without control,0.0
Those germs of genius which alone inspire:,0.0
"The sensual passions which consumed my soul,",2.0
"Long lightnings glance still from my streaming eyes,",3.0
Though vain around the fiery circles roll;,2.0
Virtue and pleasure vanish from my soul;,3.0
The transient shadow of my glory flies.,1.0
"Impassioned strains my trembling lips rehearse,",0.0
"Echoing my soul the numbers pierce the skies,",1.0
I seem delusions thus my mind impair,0.0
"Bursts into sound, and floats upon the air,",1.0
"Till memory bursts on my deluded heart,",3.0
Mingling discordant strains of deep despair.,1.0
"Distracting thoughts upon my spirit pour,",0.0
Such passions mingle with each bitter shower!,1.0
A father's image meets my troubled breast;,0.0
Ah! wandering heart! how bitterly distressed!,3.0
"Consuming flames will soon thy strength overpower,",3.0
"And thou abandoned die, with guilt oppressed.",1.0
"I Came, great bard, to gaze upon thy shrine,",1.0
And over thy relics wait the inspiring Nine:,4.0
The weeping Muses must their vigils keep:,0.0
And with poetic trophies grace his urn:,1.0
Have placed the shield and martial trumpet here;,0.0
"Fancy had decked the consecrated ground,",2.0
And now my bold romantic thought aspires,0.0
"Then catch some sound to bear delighted home,",0.0
"Or stretched beneath thy myrtle's fragrant shade,",0.0
"With dreams ecstatic hovering over my head,",2.0
"And with thyself, perhaps, the long procession end.",1.0
I came ' --  but soon the phantoms disappeared;,0.0
"Far other scenes, than wanton Hope had reared;",1.0
"No fairy rites, no funeral pomp I found;",4.0
The spot where once thy mausoleum stood:,0.0
Hardly the form remained; a nodding dome,2.0
'Twas such a scene as gave a kind relief,0.0
"No musing, soft complacency of thought:",2.0
"Even the last, mournful graces of decay:",3.0
"Oblivion, hateful goddess, sat before,",2.0
"No silver harps I heard, no Muse's voice,",2.0
But birds obscene in horrid notes rejoice:,0.0
"Fancy recoiled, and with his tinsel train,",3.0
The warm ambitious hopes of airy youth;,0.0
"Severe Reflection came, and frowning Truth:",0.0
"Away each glittering gay idea fled,",2.0
"And bade a melancholy train succeed,",0.0
"That formed, or seemed to form, a mournful call",0.0
In feeble echoes muttering round the wall.,1.0
"Her happy shores, the seats of joy and ease,",0.0
"Their favourite mansions once, no longer please:",1.0
"No longer, as of old, in transport lost,",2.0
The sisters rove along the enchanted coast;,2.0
And loath the fields that were their darling theme:,1.0
The tuneful names themselves once fondly gave,1.0
"To every swelling hill, and mossy cave,",0.0
"So pleasing then, are only heard with sighs;",0.0
And each sad echo bids their sorrow rise.,1.0
"Yet Nature smiles, as when their Virgil sung,",0.0
Nor mid a fairer scene his lyre was strung;,0.0
"Still bloom the sweets of his elysium here,",3.0
And the same charms in every grove appear.,2.0
But ah! in vain indulgent suns prevail;,0.0
Health and delight in every balmy gale,2.0
Are wafted now in vain: small comfort bring,1.0
To weeping eyes the beauties of the spring.,1.0
"To groaning slaves those fragrant meads belong,",0.0
"Where Tully dictated, and Maro sung.",4.0
"Long since, alas! those golden days are flown,",1.0
Where here each Science wore its proper crown;,0.0
"Pale Tyranny had laid their altars low,",2.0
And rent the laurel from the Muse's brow:,1.0
What wonder then mid such a scene to see,2.0
The Arts expire with bleeding Liberty?,1.0
"Pensive and sad, each fair angelic form",3.0
"Far other views the poet's thought engage,",1.0
Can misery bid the imagination glow?,3.0
Or genius brighten mid domestic woe?,0.0
Horace had wept beneath the Alban vine.,2.0
"And sighs, regardless of the wreaths he wears.",1.0
Did ever Want and Famine sweetly sing?,0.0
"Lo! stern Oppression lifts her iron rod,",1.0
"Black Desolation, and destructive War,",2.0
"Rise at the signal, and attend her car.",1.0
Where now are all the nymphs that blessed the plains?,0.0
"The songs of love, of liberty and peace,",1.0
Are heard no more; the dance and tabor cease:,1.0
Dire shapes appear in every opening glade;,2.0
"Is this the queen of realms, for arts renowned?",1.0
"This captive maid, that weeps upon the ground!",0.0
Alas! how changed! ' --  dejected and forlorn!,1.0
The mistress of the world become the scorn!,1.0
"And Ignorance, dark ally of barbarous War:",4.0
"She, at the usurping Vandal's dread command,",3.0
Displays her gloomy banner over the land:,2.0
Beneath its chilling shade neglected lies,0.0
While on some ruined temple's broken wall,0.0
Sad Architecture sits; and sees with shame,1.0
Misshapen piles usurp her injured name:,1.0
"Music and Verse, unhappy twins! belong",2.0
"The gathering deluge swells on every side,",2.0
"Floats every Virtue, from its basis torn:",2.0
"And every laurel fades, and every bay.",0.0
"All is confused, no traces now are seen",2.0
To show what wretched Italy has been.,1.0
"Thus once Vesuvius, crowned with circling wood,",3.0
Perpetual Spring clothed the fair mountain's side;,4.0
"And what is now thy terror, was thy pride.",1.0
Sudden the imprisoned flames burst forth; and laid,2.0
"Now deep in ashes sinks the myrtle bower,",1.0
Who could help laughing at a sight so odd?,1.0
"Just such a monster, Sirs, pray think before you,",1.0
When you behold one man both Whig and Tory.,2.0
"Not more extravagant are drunkards dreams,",1.0
And freeborn Britons may their party choose:,1.0
"For dove and dragon, elephant and fawn?",1.0
"Begin like patriots, and like courtiers end.",3.0
"Some love to roar, the constitution's broke,",0.0
And others on the nation's debts to joke;,1.0
"Some rail, they hate a commonwealth so much,",0.0
"Whatever the subject be, against the Dutch;",3.0
"While others, with more fashionable fury,",2.0
"Begin with turnpikes, and conclude with Fleury.",2.0
Declaimed against importing Irish cattle:,0.0
"But you, from whatever side you take your name,",5.0
"Like Anna's motto, always be the same.",0.0
"Parties from quaint denominations flow,",2.0
"The low are said to rake Fanatics parts,",0.0
Caution and fear to highest faults have run;,2.0
"In pleasing both the parties, you please none.",2.0
"These peep in hats, while those with buttons play,",1.0
And make me think it Repetition day;,0.0
"There knights haranguing hug a neighbouring post,",2.0
And are but quorum orators at most.,2.0
"Sooner than thus my want of sense expose,",2.0
"Take care your subjects artfully to choose,",2.0
"Wrap up your poison well, nor fear to say",0.0
What was a lie last night is truth today.,1.0
Let Abel Roper your ambition raise.,2.0
"To lie fit opportunity observe,",2.0
Saving some double meaning in reserve;,2.0
If you can quibble on Sir Robert's name.,3.0
"New terms let war or traffic introduce,",2.0
"Coin words: in coining never mind common sense,",5.0
Provided the original be French.,2.0
King Edward's words are now no words at all.,2.0
Did aught our predecessors genius cramp?,0.0
Sure every reign may have its proper stamp.,1.0
What alteration does a century make?,2.0
"Kings and comedians are all mortal found,",3.0
What's not destroyed by Time's devouring hand?,2.0
"Pease, cabbages, and turnips once grew, where",3.0
"Such piles of buildings now rise up and down,",2.0
London itself seems going out of town.,4.0
Think we that modern words eternal are?,1.0
"Hereafter will be called, by some plain man,",2.0
"A wig, a watch, a pair of stays, a fan.",0.0
"To things themselves if time such change affords,",0.0
Can there be any trusting to our words?,2.0
"And how with party madness to engage,",2.0
The Jacobite's ridiculous opinion,1.0
"Is still a secret, and the world's in doubt.",1.0
Applied king David's psalms to state affairs.,1.0
"Some certain tunes to politics belong,",0.0
Can I be said the rules oF the House to know?,1.0
Nor ever address his Majesty in rhyme;,3.0
"An Act of Parliament's a serious thing,",3.0
Begins with year of Lord and year of King;,0.0
"Keeps close to form, in every word is strict,",1.0
When it would pains and penalties inflict.,1.0
"Soft words, OH you petitioners of Kent!",4.0
Should send sweet language from a tuneful throat.,2.0
And Roman thoughts by Attic style inspire;,0.0
He knows from tedious wranglings to beguile,3.0
The serious house into a cheerful smile;,2.0
When the great patriot paints his anxious fears,4.0
"For England's safety, I am lost in tears.",1.0
"But when dull speakers strive to move compassion,",1.0
"I pity their poor hearers, not the nation:",2.0
"Unless young members to the purpose keep,",2.0
"I fall a laughing, or I fall asleep.",1.0
Is not the tongue an index to the soul?,1.0
"Laugh not in time of service to your God,",1.0
"Nor bully, when in custody oF the rod;",1.0
"Look grave, and be from jokes and grinning far,",1.0
When brought to sue for pardon at the bar:,0.0
"Their climes are distant, though one cause unites",1.0
Give the two universities a friend;,4.0
"To George the second, give all English hearts.",0.0
And factions yet unheard of introduce;,0.0
"And if you dare attempt a thing so new,",1.0
Make to itself the flying squadron true.,2.0
But funds and national accounts are hard:,1.0
"Safer on common topics to discourse,",4.0
"On these each coffeehouse will lend a hint,",1.0
Besides a thousand things that are in print.,1.0
"But steal not word for word, nor thought for thought,",0.0
"Go not too far, nor follow every length:",3.0
"Leave room for change, turn with a grace about,",3.0
"And swear you left them, when you found them out.",0.0
"And talk like Colonel Titus, not like Lane.",0.0
"Sun, moon, and stars, and dragons, saints, and kings:",1.0
"But Titus said, with his uncommon sense,",1.0
I hear a lion in the lobby roar;,0.0
"Say, Mr. Speaker, shall we shut the door",1.0
"And keep him there, or shall we let him in",1.0
To try if we can turn him out again?,2.0
"And call their private cry, the public voice.",0.0
And the whole balance proves a pound of candles;,2.0
"As if Paul's cupola were brought to bed,",2.0
"After hard labour, of a small pin's head.",2.0
And some from Julius Caesar's days begin.,0.0
"A cunning speaker can command his chops,",1.0
"And when the house is not in humour, stops;",1.0
"In falsehood probability employs,",2.0
Nor his old lies with newer lies destroys.,2.0
"In matters suited to your taste engage,",1.0
Remembering still your quality and age.,1.0
"Thy task be this, young knight, and hear my song,",2.0
What politics to every age belong.,0.0
"Boys should learn Latin for Prince William's sake,",4.0
And girls Louisa their example make.,1.0
"To range the fields, than in the house debate;",0.0
"If in one chase he can two horses kill,",2.0
"Loud in his wine, in women not over nice,",2.0
He damns his uncles if they give advice;,1.0
But had much rather never vote at all.,0.0
And lofty thoughts on some lord's daughter fix;,1.0
"With men in power strict friendship we pursue,",4.0
With some considerable post in view.,1.0
"A man of forty years to change his note,",0.0
"One way to speak, and other way to vote;",0.0
"Careful his tongue in passion to command,",3.0
"Avoids the bar, and speaker's reprimand.",0.0
"Afraid to use it, or the funds to trust;",1.0
"When stocks are low he wants the heart to buy,",0.0
And through much caution sees them rise too high;,2.0
"Tories were Tories then, and Whigs were Whigs.",2.0
"Alas! this is a lamentable truth,",3.0
"We lose in age, as we advance in youth:",1.0
"I laugh when twenty will like eighty talk,",1.0
"When pockets suffer, and when anger burns;",1.0
OH thing surpassing faith! knight strives with knight,2.0
"The bailiff's self is sent for in that case,",0.0
And all the witnesses had face to face.,1.0
"Selected members soon the fraud unfold,",0.0
In full committee of the house it's told;,1.0
"The incredible corruption is destroyed,",3.0
"Should not too often speak, nor speak too long:",2.0
"It's his the young and modest to espouse,",2.0
"And see none draw, or challenge in the house:",1.0
"It's his old hospitality to use,",3.0
And three good printers for the house to choose;,1.0
"To let each representative be heard,",1.0
And take due care the chaplain be preferred;,1.0
"And when he spies his member, make his point.",0.0
"The country trumpet, and perhaps a drum;",1.0
"Now when a burgess new elect appears,",0.0
"Harangues the mob, and is as wise and great,",1.0
As the most mystic oracle of state.,2.0
"His beef was fat, and his october good;",1.0
"Drank to their sons, their wives, their daughters kissed;",0.0
"But when strong beer their freeborn hearts inflames,",1.0
"They sell him bargains, and they call him names.",1.0
Thus it is deemed in English nobles wise,0.0
To stoop for no one reason but to rise.,1.0
OH all you judges learnt in the law;,0.0
"A judge by bribes as much himself degrades,",0.0
"Let not your looks affected words disgrace,",0.0
Nor join with silver tongue a brazen face;,0.0
And the mad rant of tragedy avoid.,3.0
"Just in your thoughts, in your expression clear,",1.0
"Neither too modest, nor too bold appear.",5.0
"He speaks most easy, who has studied most.",0.0
"A vile reflection, or a bawdy joke:",1.0
"Called to the house of lords, of this beware,",1.0
It's what the bishops' bench will never bear.,0.0
"Among the commons is such freedom shown,",1.0
"They lash each other, and attack the throne;",1.0
But what agreed in sound and clashed in sense.,0.0
"Thrice happy he! how great that speaker's praise,",2.0
Whose every period looked an hundred ways.,2.0
What then? we now with just abhorrence shun,0.0
"The trifling quibble, and the schoolboy's pun;",1.0
"Though no great connoisseur, I make a shift",1.0
Just to find out a Durfey from a Swift;,1.0
"I can discern with half an eye, I hope,",1.0
"By mob was pelted half a morning's space,",0.0
"The Censor then improved the listening isle,",0.0
And held both parties in an artful smile.,1.0
"A scribbling crew now pinching winter brings,",1.0
"That spare no earthly nor no heavenly things,",5.0
"Nor church, nor state, nor treasurers, nor kings.",1.0
"And for defying scripture, law, and crown,",1.0
"Woolston should pay his fine, and lose his gown.",2.0
They jar in every article from Spain;,1.0
"A war these threaten, those a peace maintain:",1.0
"Though lie they will, to give them all their due,",1.0
"In foreign matters, and domestic too.",1.0
"Enquire all day, and harken all the night.",2.0
Might soon exceed the intelligence of France:,3.0
"To be outdone old England should refuse,",2.0
"As in her arms, so in her public news:",0.0
"But truth is scarce, the scene of action large,",0.0
And correspondence an excessive charge.,1.0
"Unless for Newgate, or for Bedlam sit;",1.0
"Let pamphleteers abusive satire write,",2.0
To show a genius is to show a spite:,1.0
"That author's work will never be reckoned good,",2.0
"I write, and yet humanity profess:",1.0
"Though nothing can delight a modern judge,",1.0
"I love the king, the queen, and royal race:",0.0
"I like the government, but want no place",2.0
"Too low in life to be a justice I,",2.0
"And for a constable, thank God, too high:",4.0
"Was never in a plot, my brain's not hurt;",0.0
"I politics to poetry convert,",1.0
"Be furnished, in the first place, with a head:",2.0
And stuffed with precedents of former reigns:,0.0
"But acts still wiser, if he speaks by note:",2.0
"Learn well his lesson, and never fear mistakes;",3.0
"He must instructions and credentials draw,",1.0
"Pay well the army, and protect the law:",2.0
"But first help brothers, sons, and cousins too.",1.0
And the twelve judges' salary increase.,3.0
"He must oblige old friends and new allies,",1.0
And find out ways and means for fresh supplies.,0.0
"He must the weavers grievances redress,",1.0
And merchant's wants in merchant's words express.,0.0
Should call our histories for party plays;,1.0
To the earl of Essex or the queen of Scots?,1.0
"Hence was the student forced at Greek to grudge,",0.0
If he would be a bishop or a judge.,1.0
Till promised places of men still alive:,2.0
How old is such a one in such a post?,1.0
The archbishop and the master of the rolls?,4.0
"Neither is young, and one's as old as Paul's.",3.0
"Will men that ask such questions, publish books",0.0
"Like learnt Hooker's, or chief justice Coke's?",3.0
And never say too little or too much.,3.0
"On trivial matters flourishes are wrong,",3.0
Motions for candles never should be long:,2.0
"Or if you move in case of sudden rain,",1.0
"To shut the windows, speak distinct and plain.",0.0
"Unless you talk good English, downright sense,",1.0
Can you be understood by sergeant Spence?,1.0
"Or truth's half sister, probability:",2.0
And swears it is so dull he cannot stay:,1.0
"When rakes begin on blasphemy to border,",1.0
Bromley and Hanmer cry aloud ' --  to order.,2.0
"The point is this, with manly sense and ease",1.0
"TO inform the judgement, and the fancy please.",2.0
"Praise it deserves, nor difficult the thing,",3.0
"At once to serve one's country, and one's king.",1.0
Who never mistook a word in sense or sound?,2.0
"Not blundering, but persisting is the fault;",4.0
"Clerks may mistake; considering who it's from,",4.0
"But let me tell you I'll not take his part,",1.0
If every Thursday he date Die Mart,3.0
"Of sputtering mortals, it's the fatal curse,",3.0
By mending blunders still to make them worse.,0.0
And stare if Wyndham should be nodding caught.,0.0
Should the committee chance to sit till two.,1.0
"Some best at distance, some when we are near.",1.0
My landlord's party from his sign is known:,2.0
"Some Buchanan's, the Pope's head some like best,",2.0
The Devil tavern is a standing jest.,1.0
"Duly returned, and from petition sure,",3.0
Stick to your friends in whatsoever you say;,2.0
But it's in politics no way at all.,2.0
"A Trimmer's what both parties turn to sport,",3.0
"By country hated, and despised at court.",1.0
"Who would in earnest to a party come,",1.0
"Must give his vote not whimsical, but plumb.",1.0
"There is no medium; for the term in vogue,",3.0
"On either side is, honest man, or rogue.",0.0
"Can it be difficult our minds to show,",2.0
"Where all the difference is, yes, or no?",1.0
Without hard study dare physicians kill?,1.0
"Can he that never read statutes or reports,",5.0
"Give chamber counsel, or urge law in courts?",3.0
Nor fears on nicest subjects to debate.,1.0
A knight of eighteen hundred pounds a year ' --,1.0
"Who minds his head, if his estate be clear?",1.0
"Sure he may speak his mind, and tell the house,",0.0
He matters not the government a louse.,1.0
"But in the house, before your tongue runs on,",2.0
"Consult sir James, lord William's dead and gone.",2.0
"Words to recall is in no member's power,",3.0
One single word may send you to the Tower.,1.0
"Thrice every year in ancient Egbert's reign,",2.0
"For impious treason hence no room was left,",3.0
"For murder, for polygamy, or theft:",2.0
Now wholesome laws young senators bring in,4.0
"Against goals, attorneys, bribery, and gin.",4.0
"Since such the nature of the British state,",1.0
"The power of parliament so old and great,",3.0
"You squires and Irish lords, it's worth your care",2.0
"To be returned for city, town, or shire,",0.0
"By sheriff, bailiff, constable, or mayor.",1.0
"A man of substance, or a man of sense:",1.0
"But never any member feats will do,",0.0
"Sense is required the depth of things to reach,",2.0
And money gives authority to speech.,1.0
"From Fig's new theatre he'll miss a night,",2.0
"Though cocks, and bulls, and Irish women fight:",0.0
"Nor sultry sun, nor storms of soaking rain,",0.0
The man of business from the house detain:,1.0
"Nor speaks he for no reason but to say,",3.0
"I am a member, and I spoke today.",2.0
Because some speak that have less sense than I.,1.0
May wonders in a trading borough do:,1.0
"Turn their two former members into sport,",3.0
But at a feast it's difficult to know,1.0
"The man that swears he will the poll secure,",1.0
"And pawns his soul that your election's sure,",1.0
"Suspect that man: beware, all is not right,",1.0
"Would say, I cannot help you, or I can:",1.0
"To spend your money, sir, is all a jest;",0.0
"Matters are settled, set your heart at rest:",2.0
"That sends one member high, and other low.",0.0
"But if his good advice you would not take,",1.0
"Leave you of mighty interest to brag,",1.0
And poll two voices like sir Robert Fag.,2.0
That will too oft unwary knights bewitch.,3.0
"Sat thrice, but spoke not once, in parliament;",2.0
"Men that have votes, and women that have none;",0.0
"Cobblers and smiths extol the ensuing choice,",4.0
"And drunken tailors boast their right of voice,",0.0
"So leeches stick, nor quit the bleeding wound,",0.0
"Who knows what Heavens Decree for Man designed,",2.0
Or what's the certain Doom of human kind?,0.0
"Who knows his former, or his future State,",1.0
And Secrets teeming in the Womb of Fate?,0.0
"While we still judge amiss, and still for nothing toil.",3.0
"He finds his own Defects, who thinks the most;",0.0
"That Reason makes us wretched, which we boast,",0.0
And Men are always prudent to their Cost.,1.0
"The flowery Pastures, and the budding Trees,",3.0
"Is fondly proud, admires his fancied home,",0.0
And thinks that all were made for him alone;,1.0
And gives a sovereign Sway; that all things must,0.0
"Obey his Will, and gratify his Lust.",1.0
"While he forgets the Ocean's watery Mass,",3.0
Whose boundless Depths the scanty Earth surpass;,0.0
Where thousand different kinds of living Forms,0.0
"Lie hid in the Abyss, and brave the distant Storms.",3.0
And thousands more as beautiful as these,1.0
Unknown to us may sport in distant Seas.,1.0
Who then would vainly strive with curious Pride,2.0
"To find what Heaven has to our Search denied,",0.0
When ignorant of our home we cannot guess,1.0
"At half the Store, and Riches we possess?",1.0
Better would humbly we our selves contain,3.0
"Within our reach, and not indulge our Pain.",0.0
"When once the Soul shall quit this earthly Case,",0.0
And naked Forms as in themselves they were,0.0
Nature will then unlock her secret Store:,2.0
The Vail of Sense shall hide her Face no more.,1.0
"Mean while enough we are allowed to enjoy,",4.0
Loose not too much the Reins to wild Desire:,0.0
How Nature sports her self in antic kinds.,0.0
"A thousand different Forms we hourly view,",0.0
And through moist Paths the flying Shoals pursue.,2.0
Who can with all his painful Search declare,0.0
Or how in hardened Shell by shining Streams,1.0
The Shark with pointed Teeth is armed for Prey;,0.0
"He breaks through all, and clears the liquid Way;",0.0
"With fastened Lips supply their daily need,",0.0
And with a Mouth unarmed they clinging feed.,1.0
"Is half so lasting, or so close as his.",1.0
The Urchins are by Nature fenced around;,1.0
"None dares approach; for with a Touch they wound,",2.0
"Wrapped up within themselves they guarded lie,",2.0
And to their own Embrace for Safety fly.,1.0
"He leaves the Hook, and takes the easy Bait.",0.0
"Seizes my Heart, but still secures her own.",2.0
Fish vainly curious will each Year retire,2.0
"To fresher Streams, and novel Floods admire,",0.0
"Fools to exchange their Waves, and native Deep",2.0
For noisy Brooks that over the Pebbles creep.,2.0
"A tasteless River, or a shallow Stream.",1.0
In softer Words they find a surer Fate.,0.0
"Who then will dare approach the Sirens Tongue,",0.0
"Her Voice overtakes him, and in vain he flies.",2.0
"Is always false; and to his Bride unjust,",1.0
"And not content over all the Sea to range,",0.0
"And thus pollute himself with daily Change,",0.0
"They each still fix to one, and seek no other Fair.",3.0
The bearded Prawn's a lively Instance made,0.0
"Of mutual Kindness, and of friendly Aid.",3.0
"He the gay Pearl attends with studious Care,",4.0
And in the common Prey commands a share.,0.0
For Wit but seldom will with Beauty dwell,1.0
"But the sly Prawn can secret Signs convey,",2.0
"And with a Touch forewarns to seize the Prey,",1.0
"While the deceitful Rays, and spangled Sight",1.0
Pleasures indulged repented are too late,4.0
And they like us to Beauty owe their Fate.,0.0
"I see a Nymph, who in the liquid Maze",0.0
"Now sporting dives, and with a Dolphin plays,",2.0
"When she appears, I need no other Theme",2.0
"To make my daily Care, or nightly Dream.",0.0
"To take up every Thought, and fill the Soul.",0.0
"Ah! might these Arms entwine that world of Love,",0.0
In vain Researches I'd no longer rove;,2.0
"Thus pleased, I'd be content to know no more,",2.0
Or to forget even what I knew before.,5.0
Happily ignorant I would despise,3.0
The curious Learning of the vainly Wise.,3.0
"A Thriving Merchant, who no Loss sustained",1.0
In little time a mighty Fortune gained.,0.0
Nor foundering Vessel sunk with its own Weight,3.0
"No Wreck at Sea, nor in the Public Banks.",1.0
"A loft he sails, above the Reach of Chance,",0.0
"And do's in Pride, as fast as Wealth, advance.",0.0
"And rich in Purse, concludes her Person Great.",0.0
"Then it's with Her an undisputed Case,",1.0
The finest Petticoat must take the Place.,0.0
"Her Rooms, anew at every Christening dressed,",0.0
"The best Japan, and clearest China Ware",0.0
"Or cost withheld, though awkwardly employed.",1.0
"How comes this Wealth? a Country Friend demands,",0.0
Who scarce could live on Product of his Lands.,1.0
"How is it that, when Trading is so bad",2.0
"That some are Broke, and some with Fears run Mad,",1.0
"You can in better State yourself maintain,",1.0
And your Effects still unimpaired remain!,3.0
"My Industry, he cries, is all the Cause;",1.0
"And better speed, who better Bargains make.",0.0
And therefore sent no Vessel out that way:,3.0
"My busy Factors prudently I choose,",1.0
And in straight Bonds their Friends and Kindred noose:,1.0
"At Home, I to the Public Sums advance,",1.0
"No more than for the Rocks, and Shelves in Charts:",1.0
"My own sufficiency creates my Gain,",1.0
"Raised, and secured by this unfailing Brain.",3.0
"Some through the want of Skill, and some of Care,",0.0
"Were lost, or back returned without their Fare.",0.0
"From bad to worse, each Day his State declined,",0.0
"Till leaving Town, and Wife, and Debts behind,",0.0
To his Acquaintance at the Rural Seat,1.0
"He Skulks, and humbly sues for a Retreat.",1.0
"Whence comes this Change, has Wisdom left that Head,",0.0
His Friend demands where such right Schemes were bred?,2.0
"What Frenzy, what Delirium mars the Scull,",2.0
"Which filled the Chests, and was it self so full?",1.0
"Here interrupting, sadly he Replied,",1.0
To Providence I attribute my Loss.,1.0
When Prosperous Days around him spread their Beams:,2.0
"But, if revolved to opposite Extremes,",2.0
"Still his own Sense he fondly will prefer,",1.0
"And Providence, not He, in his Affairs must Err!",3.0
"SOON as the Iron Age on Earth began,",0.0
And Vice found easy Entrance into Man;,1.0
"A silken Robe she wore, of various Hue,",2.0
Its Colour changing with each different View:,3.0
"Studious to cheat, and eager to beguile,",2.0
"But mimicked TRUTH in vain; the varying Vest,",2.0
"To every searching Eye, the Fiend confessed.",0.0
AT length she saw celestial TRUTH appear:,0.0
"Serene her Brow, and cheerful was her Air;",1.0
"Her silver Locks with shining Fillets bound,",0.0
With Laurel Wreaths her peaceful Temples crowned:,0.0
"And, over her Arms, a radiant Mantle cast:",2.0
"With decent Negligence, it hung behind;",1.0
"Thus TRUTH advanced, unknowing of Deceit;",2.0
"HAIL, charming Maid, bright as the Morning Star,",3.0
"It's thine to weigh the World in equal Scales,",1.0
"And chide the conscious Soul, when Vice prevails,",0.0
"Dispensing Justice with impartial Hand,",1.0
The mightiest Powers submit to thy Command:,5.0
"Even Gods themselves, though in their Actions free,",0.0
"Consult, resolve, and act, as you decree:",1.0
Advised with thee to form the heavenly Frame:,3.0
"As TRUTH approved, he bad the Fabric rise,",0.0
And spread the azure Mantle of the Skies;,1.0
"Placed every Planet in its proper Sphere,",1.0
"Nor rolls this Orb too wide, nor that too near ' --",1.0
"But why thus walk we, mindless of our Ease,",2.0
Exposed beneath the Sun's meridian Blaze?,2.0
"Better retire, and shun the scorching Ray,",2.0
Till fanning Zephyrs cool our Evening Way.,0.0
And tuneful Birds their sylvan Notes apply;,0.0
"See fragrant Shrubs along the Borders grow,",1.0
And waving Shades beneath the Poplar Bough;,0.0
"All these invite us to the River's Side,",2.0
"To bathe our Limbs, and sport within the Tide:",0.0
"So cool the Stream, the flowery Banks so sweet,",2.0
Nor can a short Diversion cheque your Haste;,1.0
Fresh Strength will soon succeed such welcome Rest:,1.0
"As rapid Currents, held awhile at Bay,",0.0
With swifter Force pursue their liquid Way.,0.0
"So spoke the Phantom; and, with friendly Look",1.0
"Supporting what she said, approached the Brook:",0.0
"And, in an evil Hour, the Voice obeyed.",0.0
"Both, at the crystal Stream arrived, unbound",0.0
Their different Robes; both cast them to the Ground:,2.0
"The Fiend, upon the Margin, lingering stood;",0.0
The naked Goddess leapt into the Flood:,0.0
"Sporting, she swims the liquid Surface over,",2.0
Her own infernal Robe far left behind.,1.0
"Straight she aspires above her former State,",4.0
And gains Admittance to the Rich and Great:,1.0
"Nay, such her daring Pride, that some report,",0.0
"When thus equipped, she boldly went to Court:",0.0
"There spoke and looked with such a graceful Air,",1.0
Mistaken FAME pronounced her Wise and Fair.,0.0
"To deal in Wounds, and Deaths, in Darts, and Flames;",0.0
He prefaced all his lewd Attempts with Love;,0.0
"And Fraud prevailed, where Reason could not move.",0.0
"At length she mingled with the learnt Throng,",2.0
And tuned the Muse's mercenary Song.,0.0
She taught the subtle Reasoner not to yield;,1.0
"Instructed how to puzzle each Dispute,",1.0
"Now, at the Bar, she played the Lawyer's Part;",0.0
And shaped out Right and Wrong by Rules of Art:,0.0
"Now, in the Senate, raised her pompous Tone;",0.0
"Talked much of Public Good, but meant her Own.",0.0
"Oft to the Olympian Field she turned her Eyes,",3.0
"In Schools and Temples too she claimed a Share,",0.0
"DELUDED TRUTH observed the Fraud too late,",1.0
Nor knew she to repair a Loss so great:,1.0
"In vain her heavenly Robes she, sighing, seeks;",2.0
"In vain she tears the Laurel from her Hair,",1.0
"Weep fragrant Dews, and hang their drooping Heads;",1.0
"The sylvan Choirs, as conscious of her Pains,",1.0
Deplore her Loss in melancholy Strains.,0.0
Detested Sight! Nor longer now she mourns;,0.0
"But, Grief to Rage transformed, with Anger burns:",0.0
"Into the Stream, the hellish Robe she tossed;",0.0
"And scorned a Habit, so unlike the lost.",1.0
"None, but the Wise and Virtuous, see her Face:",2.0
"From Cities far she modestly retreats,",1.0
"From busy Scenes of Life, to peaceful Seats;",0.0
"Is chiefly found in lonely Fields and Cells,",0.0
"Where Silence reigns, and Contemplation dwells.",0.0
And seems TRUTH's Self to all unwary Eyes;,1.0
"Triumphs and thrives, in Power, and Wealth, and Fame;",4.0
And builds her Glory on her Rival's Name;,1.0
"WHY, to our Wonder, in this Place is seen,",0.0
"May we demand, what Terrors seize your Breast,",1.0
"Or, why your Steps are to this House addressed,",1.0
Where your unguarded Person stands exposed,1.0
"To secret Foes, within its Walls enclosed?",0.0
Can it be thought that you remit that Hate?,2.0
No more! but Both observe what I relate:,1.0
"Not, that I mean recalling Times of Blood",0.0
"To make you Judges of the Paths I trod,",1.0
"When to the emptied Throne I boldly rose,",0.0
"'Twas Heavens Decree, that I should thus succeed,",4.0
"Whose following Favour justifies the Deed,",2.0
Extending my unlimited Command,2.0
From Sea to Sea over the obedient Land:,6.0
"While your Jerusalem all Peace enjoys,",2.0
"Nor now the encroaching Philistine destroys,",2.0
"Nor wandering Arab his Pavilion spreads,",3.0
"Near Jordan's Banks, nor wastes his flowery Meads.",2.0
"The great Assyrian, Terror of your Kings,",3.0
"Who bought his Friendship with their holiest Things,",3.0
"Yields that a Sister, of his powerful Race,",3.0
"Should sway these Realms, and dignify the Place.",0.0
"Nor need we add the late insulting Foe,",0.0
"And sinks beneath the Load of conscious Fears,",0.0
When in Samaria he my Actions hears.,1.0
"He sees me unmolested, sixed, and pleased;",0.0
"At least, till now thus glorious was my State;",2.0
"But something's threatened from relaxing Fate,",1.0
"And the last Night, which should have brought me Rest,",1.0
Has all these great Ideas dispossessed.,0.0
"A Dream, a Vision, an apparent View",1.0
"Hangs on my pensive Heart, and bears it down",0.0
"More than the weight of an objected Crown,",1.0
My Mother be the Name with Reverence spoke!,2.0
"Ere cheerful Day through horrid Shades had broke,",1.0
"Approached my Bed, magnificent her Dress,",1.0
"Nor seemed her Face to have refused that Art,",0.0
"Which, in despite of Age, does Youth impart,",0.0
Or to be vanquished even in Nature's way.,3.0
"Thus all arrayed, in such defying Pride",2.0
"To me she spoke, these Accents to me came:",2.0
"Thou worthy Daughter of my soaring Fame,",1.0
"Though with a more transcendent Spirit filled,",1.0
"Though struggling Powers attempt thy Life to shield,",2.0
"The Hebrew's God O, tremble at the sound!",0.0
"Shall Thee and Them, and all their Rights confound.",1.0
"A pitying Groan concludes, no Word of Aid.",3.0
My Arms I thought to throw about the Shade,0.0
"Of that loved Parent, but my troubled Sight",2.0
"Nor ought presented, but a heap of Bones,",1.0
"For which fierce Dogs contended on the Stones,",2.0
"With Flakes of mangled Flesh, that quivering still",2.0
Proclaimed the Freshness of the suffered Ill;,1.0
Appeared as in that memorable Fall ' --,1.0
"Sure, Dreams like these, are for Prevention given.",2.0
"SEE, Silvia, see the sparkling Lamp of Day;",3.0
From our fond Eyes he draws the trembling Ray:,2.0
"The curling Clouds pursue his shortening Beams,",0.0
"From marshy Vales unhealthy Fogs arise,",0.0
And drooping Flowers their Evening Incense yield.,3.0
"On every Leaf the pearly Drops appear,",0.0
And Nature weeps an universal Tear.,0.0
"So will it be when those fair Suns of thine,",3.0
"By Fate eclipsed, their cheerful Beams resign:",0.0
But cannot strip the Radiance from thy Soul.,1.0
"Amid the Stars, in spite of Fate or Time,",0.0
The Charms of Silvia shall eternal shine.,2.0
"If worth departed ever deserved a tear,",2.0
"Sacred to merit, pay the tribute here;",2.0
"A tender mother, and a virtuous wife,",3.0
A noble pattern of unsullied life;,1.0
"Honoured in age, loved and admired in youth,",2.0
Here rest in peace thy piety and truth.,1.0
"The Christian virtues in her bosom reigned,",0.0
"The widow blessed her charitable dome,",1.0
And wandering orphans found a sheltering home;,4.0
"More than her little power allowed, she gave,",2.0
Nor ever knew that virtue how to save;,1.0
"The bright example of a virtuous mind,",3.0
Is all the dower this parent left behind;,0.0
"Few were her comforts in this varying state,",2.0
A painful pilgrimage her weary fate;,1.0
"Few were her joys on earth while doomed to dwell,",0.0
"So smiling died, and softly said, I'm well.",0.0
Fair fainted shade! forgive this starting tear;,1.0
"A hapless daughter still would wish thee here,",0.0
"But heaven, more just, more gracious, deemed it hard,",0.0
"That worth like thine should wait a late reward,",1.0
"So gently moved thee to that peaceful shore,",1.0
"Where pleasure reigns, and anguish is no more.",2.0
"Sweet be thy rest, dear venerated clay!",1.0
Whose guardian care once watched my erring way;,3.0
"Ere thy pure spirit gained its native skies,",3.0
"Supremely blessed thy mourning daughter, I,",3.0
"By thee taught how to live, and how to die;",1.0
"And by thine own example, showed the way,",1.0
In that clear path thy shining virtues made;,1.0
"OH thou! so tried in sad affliction's school,",0.0
That made the Christian Leader's life thy rule.,0.0
"By still revering, imitating thee!",1.0
"Serene with kindred saints, in purest air,",0.0
Now smile in triumph at thy late despair.,1.0
"The Royal youth I sing, whose sister's charms",0.0
Inspired his heart with love; a latent love,2.0
"He passed the hapless hours, while in his breast",0.0
"The aspiring passion, yet by virtue swayed,",1.0
"It's proper limits knew. I love, said he,",2.0
Whom do I love? my sister ' --  ah; my sister;,0.0
"Can I my misplaced passion gratify,",5.0
"And bring disgrace on her? No, sweetest maid,",2.0
I am thy brother; it's a brother's part,2.0
Thy honour to protect and not destroy.,2.0
And every citizen a victim fell,1.0
"Shall I forego this high prerogative,",2.0
And plunge myself and sister into ruin?,1.0
An act that even an heathen would degrade.,2.0
"My very blood, and stops my panting breath.",0.0
"Better my loved companions pass my grave,",2.0
"And shed a tear to think I died so young,",0.0
Than shun me living as a vile reproach,1.0
"To nature, royalty, and Israel.",1.0
"Already I perceive my strength to fail,",1.0
"Perhaps death's not far off. ' --  OH welcome guest,",4.0
"OH thou, that hast the powers of life and death,",2.0
A spacious land I see on every side,0.0
Blessed with fertility; the cultured vales,3.0
"It fires not my ambition, all I ask",2.0
Is one small spot of earth to lay me down,2.0
"Beneath the turf, forgetting and forgot,",1.0
"A small request, and yet though small, denied.",0.0
Struggling with life I sigh for death in vain.,1.0
"Again my passions rise, again rebel;",0.0
I still must live and live in misery.,1.0
Doubtless some happy rival will be crowned,3.0
Behold her decked in bridal robes to bless,0.0
A rival; it's too much; ' --  I cannot bear,2.0
"Even to suppose it, I'll from court retire;",2.0
"My gay companions now are irksome grown,",0.0
And all my pleasures are transformed to pains.,1.0
"My sister's cheering smiles, that once conveyed",0.0
As I can scarce endure. Again I feel,1.0
My spirits sink; O! welcome fading sickness!,0.0
"I'll cherish thee and aid thee with my sighs,",2.0
"To still this heart, that now rebellious beats",0.0
Against my reason's strongest argument.,1.0
"Her fairer virtues keep me still in awe,",0.0
Forbidding my aspir'ing love to soar.,4.0
"With sweet simplicity she smiles, secure",1.0
"In innocence, commanding my respect,",2.0
And this command I must ' --  I will obey;,2.0
"But fly her presence, lest some hapless smile",1.0
"Inflame my soul, and I in passions frenzy",1.0
Should act against my final resolution,0.0
Till saddening sorrow sinks me to the grave.,1.0
"Thus, to himself complaining, he resolved,",3.0
Nor sought a confidant to share his grief.,0.0
"To the most base and most ignoble acts,",1.0
"Not even suspecting, that beneath the cloak",2.0
It's serpent head. Yet still the youth from him,0.0
"By forcing smiles to veil his grief; nor knew,",0.0
"How little they resemble those, that spring",2.0
From gentle impulses of hearts at ease.,1.0
"Quickly discerned the grief, he strove to hide.",2.0
"A King's son now, ' --  a King in time may be.",1.0
"Was it in probability, that I",2.0
"Should be a King, the very contemplation",0.0
Would shut my soul to sorrow. O! the thought,1.0
"Aspire as much to greatness, I could plot",1.0
Surprising stratagems. But he poor Prince,2.0
"Has long imbibed such close contracted notions,",0.0
As bar his path to honour. Like a maid.,0.0
"He talks of virtue, weeps at others woes,",0.0
"Yet talks of greatness too; it's in the soul,",0.0
"He says, all greatness dwells; it's not the crown,",0.0
"That makes his father great, but it's his virtues;",1.0
"And those alone he wishes to inherit,",2.0
"Thereby to gain dominion over himself,",3.0
Springs in his soul some change of sentiment;,1.0
"And he his principles, so long retained,",2.0
"Loath to renounce, may want a friend to prompt,",2.0
And urge him to the attainment of his will.,2.0
Then who so fit for such a talk as I?,1.0
"I'm great in his esteem, have free access",2.0
"To him at all times; but, if now I'm slack,",0.0
By some more forward to promote his wish.,1.0
"I'll to him straight, in these cool evening hours",3.0
"Into his private garden he retires,",1.0
"Sighs to the winds, and to the moon complains.",1.0
"But I must him approach with seeming awe,",2.0
"As fearful to disturb his solitude,",1.0
And with a gentle flow of soothing words,1.0
"Insinuate myself into his soul,",2.0
Beneath the thickest solitary shade,0.0
"Was wandering, lost in melancholy mood,",2.0
"So deep in thought, he never perceived the approach",4.0
"Then smiled, as usual, as his friend drew near,",2.0
Who thus the Royal youth addressed ' --  O! why,0.0
"Dost thou, a King's son, pine in discontent?",2.0
"To crown thy soul with peace? Thy father's kind,",0.0
Too fond and too indulgent to refuse,2.0
"A friend, unworthy of thy confidence?",2.0
Have I ever been unfaithful to my trust?,1.0
Or has some jealous whisperer imposed,0.0
"Upon my Royal friend's credulity,",1.0
"Half lost in thought, the Prince made no reply.",2.0
"But, recollecting, took his hand and said;",0.0
Why weeps my Prince? what sorrow wounds thy heart?,0.0
"Then seems returning, then he onward goes",0.0
"Resolved to urge his full confession, lest",1.0
"Some other should be made his confidant,",0.0
"And he discarded, lose the Prince's favour.",1.0
"As he to hear, and thus his speech began.",1.0
"OH friend, I love ' --  I love thee as my friend,",2.0
"And such thou art, the sharer of my joys;",2.0
"All my delights were doubled, shared with thee.",1.0
But now a strange dilemma has befallen me;,1.0
I would not speak it to an ear but thine;,1.0
My reason almost fails to be my guide.,1.0
"This passion, O! this wild rebellious passion,",1.0
"And, if suppressed, still strengthens in the stalk.",2.0
"So let it strengthen, till, too strong for me,",2.0
"Never let the secret pass thy lips, for I",0.0
"So much respect and honour her I love,",0.0
That for the richest diadem on earth,0.0
I would not give her pain; her heart's so prone,0.0
"To pity, it would burst in grief for me,",1.0
Did she but know the half I feel for her.,0.0
"And tears of sympathy replied; kind Prince,",2.0
"Distrust me not, thy confidence I claim;",1.0
Shall David's meanest subjects smile secure,0.0
"Beneath his prudent equitable sway,",1.0
Their least complaints regarded? and his son,1.0
"Discover it my friend, for I despair.",2.0
Love is a flame those waters cannot quench;,0.0
Nor is there any cure short of enjoyment.,3.0
Till the kind earth receive me; for can I?,3.0
I cannot ' --  O! I cannot injure her.,2.0
This timorous tenderness but ill becomes,3.0
"A Royal Prince, the hope of Israel,",0.0
"The son of David; think but who thou art,",0.0
Whose dreaded name through all the nations round,0.0
"Strikes terror to his enemies, and fills",3.0
The grateful hearts of all his friends with joy;,0.0
"Whose tongues with pleasure tell his mighty deeds,",0.0
And virgins celebrate his fame in songs;,0.0
"Like some fair captive maid, snatched from the arms",3.0
"Of her fond lover. OH my Royal friend,",2.0
"Better ten thousand injured virgins mourn,",3.0
Than David's son thus live inglorious.,2.0
The just proportion of ingredients used.,3.0
"A sickness feigned might veil the deep design,",0.0
And put her in thy power; by this excuse,3.0
"Will keep the secret, to preserve her fame.",1.0
"After a little pause the youth replied,",2.0
It shall be so; ' --  but yet I doubt ' --  I fear ' --,0.0
"If I ' --  I'll think no more of consequences,",2.0
"I am determined ' --  yes, it shall be so.",1.0
Thus to himself his Royal friend derides.,2.0
"In time the kingdom will be his, and I,",2.0
"In fact, shall reign, though he the title bears.",1.0
"That time might be anticipated, but",1.0
To seize a tempting crown within his reach;,0.0
"But should it gently fall upon his head,",0.0
"Perhaps he'll wear it, if some bolder hand",1.0
When these precise ones once extend beyond,2.0
"The bounds their narrow minds have circumscribed,",0.0
"With calmness will transact the very things,",1.0
"Which but to mention, ere they launched so far,",0.0
"So saying, he retired to take repose,",1.0
The common blessing graciously diffused,1.0
"Through Nature, to refresh her wearied sons;",1.0
"The rising day, rejoicing in the light.",0.0
"From Ammon's wasted cities, with the crown",1.0
"Whose insolence had caused his overthrow,",1.0
The conquering King of Israel returned,3.0
In glorious triumph to Jerusalem;,4.0
There from exhausting toils of bloody war,1.0
"In safety to repose his wearied soul,",1.0
And taste the sweets of calm domestic bliss.,0.0
"Subsided, and the sacred rites performed",1.0
"Of general praises with the harp and song,",1.0
"A captive now to dangerous sickness lies,",2.0
While life and death dispute their doubtful right.,0.0
"The pious King laid down his harp, the song",2.0
"Unfinished, and with anxious haste repaired",1.0
Quite unsuspected. How could he suspect,3.0
A fraud of such sort in a virtuous son?,2.0
Full oft a partial parent overlooks,1.0
"An obvious fault, or by affection blind",3.0
Discerns it not; but here no cause appeared,1.0
"TO awake suspicion, for his languid eyes",2.0
And pallid cheeks gave signals of disease.,2.0
"While thus the son in feeble tone complained,",0.0
"The tender father stooping low to hear, ' --",0.0
"I'm very sick, and whatsoever food",0.0
"My servants here prepare, gives me disgust.",2.0
Prepares a cake delicious to my taste;,1.0
Was she permitted to attend me here.,2.0
"The King with fond solicitude retired,",0.0
And speedily dispatched a messenger,2.0
"And there administer, with friendly aid,",2.0
Whatever his sickly appetite demands.,3.0
"The hour had passed, at which the royal maid",0.0
"Came from her closet, splendidly attired;",1.0
"Her hair with precious sparkling gems beset,",0.0
Faint mimics of her more illustrious eyes.,4.0
"About her neck a shining golden chain,",0.0
"And over her loosely thrown, in careless folds,",2.0
"A various coloured robe, which, as she moved,",3.0
"Trailed on the ground, or fluttered in the wind.",0.0
Thus all the virgin daughters of the King,1.0
"Soon as the sun had drank the morning dew,",0.0
Into her garden walked the lovely fair;,0.0
"Not like a proud imperious haughty Queen,",2.0
"With tossing head and scornful eyes, that glared",0.0
"Malignant, scattering discontent around,",3.0
And vain in fancied greatness. Greater she,1.0
"In inoffensive modesty, and bright",2.0
"In virtue, as the rays that gild the morn,",1.0
Their various sweets to fill the garden air.,2.0
"Pleased with the grateful smell, she skips about",0.0
"From flower to flower, and cautiously selects",5.0
"Which never yet inflamed by vicious thought,",0.0
"Or by unreasonable rebukes depressed,",2.0
"Had felt a secret pang, or learnt to sigh.",0.0
"But o! how happy for the mortal race,",2.0
That from their eyes the future is obscured;,1.0
Did we but know the secret ills that wait,0.0
"In darkness to surprise us, what would be",1.0
"Our life, but one sad scene of misery?",3.0
All present pleasures would be bitter made,0.0
By aggravating thoughts of ills to come.,0.0
But blind to future things the present bless.,0.0
The heart with sense of Providence impressed,1.0
"Overflows with gratitude, and conscious joy.",0.0
"Such joy now filled the royal fair one's breast,",1.0
"With tidings, that a message had arrived",0.0
"Straight from the King, declaring his desire,",1.0
"Would go, and dress him cakes, for he is sick.",1.0
The King's command she instantly obeyed;,1.0
Her sweeping garments gently brushed the flowers;,0.0
"Whisks over the forest, and some shattering leaves",6.0
Fall gently rustling through the shrubs beneath.,2.0
"Then, gathering up her robe, she onward sprang,",1.0
Or some cursed intervening accident,2.0
"Delays, perhaps prevents her coming. Thus",0.0
"Doubts, fears, and wild impatience in his breast",1.0
With all the feelings of a tender sister;,1.0
But not a thought of vile licentious love,0.0
"But turning, wiped her tears, suppressed her grief,",0.0
"Wisdom has power, like the meridian fun,",6.0
To hide all other brightness in its glare;,0.0
"But virgin modesty, with winning smiles,",1.0
Shines a perpetual morning. So she shone,5.0
"Serenely mild, nor knew her power to please.",2.0
But o! the graceful dignity of virtue,2.0
"The feebly good with emulation fires,",0.0
And strikes the very libertines with awe.,0.0
Staggered his purpose. ' --  First he paused; then thus,2.0
This fairest of the fair? I cannot ' --  no ' --,1.0
I'll let her go untouched. But then must I,0.0
"At last some wine he snatched, and eager drank",0.0
"To drown his scruples, and to fire his soul.",1.0
"Such aid the most abandoned oft require,",0.0
When unsuspecting innocence at once,1.0
"Tempts and forbids, more powerfully forbids,",3.0
Than the persuasive eloquence of speech.,2.0
"But the defence, which innocence can boast",2.0
"With tears and mild entreaties, is but weak,",1.0
"When love and wine unite their frantic powers,",1.0
"And leaving virtue fainting in the rear,",0.0
To lawless outrage falls the unwilling prey.,3.0
"Heaven gave to man superior strength, that he",2.0
"But he that dares pervert this given blessing,",1.0
"To ruin and destroy their innocence,",2.0
"Shall feel pursuing vengeance, nor escape",1.0
"Her rod uplifted, nor avert the stroke.",5.0
"Conviction's sword shall pierce him, and remorse",1.0
"With all the tortures of the mind assail,",1.0
Till he a victim falls to grim despair;,1.0
Except repentance timely to his aid,1.0
"While her attendant hope extends a ray,",1.0
"To point where mercy spreads her healing wings,",0.0
"Nor even with this is vengeance satisfied,",1.0
"She'll still pursue with some external ills,",0.0
"An outcast of society he roams,",3.0
Alike discarded by his friends and foes;,1.0
Perhaps assassination proves his end.,0.0
Inflamed with hatred more than once with love.,0.0
"Frantic with keen remorse and conscious guilt,",2.0
Came to congratulate him; but the Prince,3.0
"Shot from his eyes a keen malignant glance,",0.0
"That spoke displeasure, and with threatening hand",1.0
"Upheld, thus in an angry tone began:",1.0
Nor ever dare approach my presence more.,0.0
"Stepped back, and bowing with respectful awe,",2.0
"Said, ' --  OH my Prince, why am I thus discarded?",2.0
"I still remain thy well affected friend,",0.0
"Ready to ' --  prompt me, interrupts the Prince",2.0
To do some greater crime than I have done.,0.0
"Abandon thy base principles, and learn",3.0
It's virtue only constitutes a friend.,0.0
"I'll hear no more of thee, replied the Prince;",2.0
What were the pains I felt to those I feel?,1.0
"An hell within me burns, and deep remorse,",0.0
"That never dying worm, now gnaws my soul;",1.0
"And thou, my instigator. Villain, flee,",1.0
Lest this my crime I complicate with murder.,1.0
Shall murder crown thy crime young man? ' --  it shall;,1.0
"But thou the murdered, ' --  not the murderer.",2.0
"I'll hence to Absalom, the brother kind",1.0
Of this fair injured maid; he doubtless will,3.0
"Avenge her wrongs, and show himself a brother.",0.0
"He has a noble, calm, undaunted spirit;",0.0
"Deliberately resolute, and fit",1.0
"Shall not be slack to aggravate the crime,",0.0
"And urge him on, or aid him, if required.",2.0
But I must veil my real sentiments,6.0
"With counterfeited sorrow, and observe",1.0
"Each secret movement of his varying soul,",3.0
"Returning from the fields, where he had been",1.0
"In careless attitude, and smiled to see",0.0
"With solitary gait, approached, then turned",0.0
"Aside, as if to shun the Royal youth;",1.0
"Which Absalom perceiving, stopped his mule,",1.0
"And leaning on his neck, with courteous air",3.0
"What mean those solemn looks, that downcast eye?",1.0
Now peace and plenty bless our happy land:,1.0
To every individual; but thou,1.0
At this late hour; the day is in decline;,3.0
"The shepherd's to their folds have led their flocks,",1.0
"And to their peaceful homes are hastening. Come,",1.0
"Return with me, my friend, nor farther go;",1.0
"If ought distress thee, hide it not from me,",0.0
I have an heart to feel for the distressed;,1.0
An hand too ever ready to revenge,2.0
The wrongs imposed by violence and injustice,3.0
"Smile and be happy, said the Royal youth;",0.0
"And rising from his leaning posture, looked",1.0
"So gracefully endearing and so kind,",2.0
"It's not for me to smile, most noble Prince,",1.0
"Name but the villain, vengeance on his head",1.0
Shall instant fall; this hand shall strike the blow.,0.0
"Thy surface, and not groan? Whoever he be,",2.0
The miscreant shall not see tomorrow' sun.,1.0
Recall the fatal sentence; tis too much,1.0
"To raise thine hand against a brother's life,",0.0
"Thine elder brother ' --  Brother, said the Prince,",0.0
And is it possible my brother thus,2.0
"OH virtue, where dost thou reside, if not",2.0
It cancels all the duty that I owe him;,0.0
"Henceforth shall intercourse between us cease,",1.0
"This purpose of my soul; ' --  I'll be thy friend,",1.0
"Said Absalom. ' --  Then, onward as he passed,",3.0
"O! happy I, no sooner have I lost",2.0
"The favour of one Prince, but I have gained",1.0
Another; Absalom is more aspiring;,1.0
But pants to rule; he has a kingly spirit.,0.0
"Once in his garden, as I lay concealed,",1.0
"I heard him in soliloquy, O! to reign ' --",1.0
To wield a sceptre and establish laws;,1.0
"O! did the people seek to me for judgement,",1.0
"And Princes wait for my decisive voice,",1.0
Ere they the cause determined; could I hear,0.0
"The loud applauding multitude exclaim,",0.0
"Assume the kingdom ' --  Be it so, and I",1.0
"Will be his ready agent, if he please,",1.0
"To aid his plots, or form them. O! how sweet",1.0
"The counsel that is framed to please our wills,",0.0
How readily adopted; how despised,2.0
"That which is adverse, be it ever so good.",2.0
"But dear, dear self stands first in the account",3.0
I pay external homage. If to me,1.0
"This Absalom proves too imperious,",3.0
"I'll aid the King, and keep myself secure.",1.0
"All schemes and plots; then smiling as he went,",1.0
With eager pace he hastened to his home.,1.0
Of Absalom; but artfully he hides,2.0
"The struggling passions; a composure feigned,",1.0
Sits on his countenance with placid ease;,1.0
"His servants there in readiness attend,",2.0
Each anxious to receive the first command;,1.0
The unwelcome greetings of imperious Lords.,4.0
"Too oft do masters, void of judgement, cheque,",1.0
"Which otherwise a servant's zeal would mark,",0.0
Nor make distinction between good and bad;,2.0
"But Absalom, with nicest judgement, scans",1.0
"Is slowly cautious, and exactly just;",1.0
"Though affable and courteous, yet he never",2.0
"But with great dignity is nobly kind,",3.0
"Reigns in their hearts, and by enlivening smiles",3.0
"Encouraged, they spontaneously attend,",4.0
"And love completes their servitude with joy,",0.0
"So now, as always at their lord's approach,",0.0
A secret transport thrilled through every heart.,0.0
"The gate one opened, one received the mule,",1.0
Tripped lightly over the pavement; and those eyes,4.0
"Which ever spread serenity around,",1.0
"Sparkled with seeming pleasure till he came,",3.0
In the most striking attitude of woe;,0.0
One trembling hand supported; the other hid,2.0
"Among the fragments of her robe, which she",1.0
In the first agonies of her grief had torn.,3.0
"He stopped, turned pale; then in his changing face",1.0
"Resentment flushed, and sorrow swelled his heart,",0.0
"But like a torrent, which breaks down a bank",2.0
"New raised to stop its course, so burst his grief",1.0
Through all his feigned composure. In his arms,0.0
"He clasped the grieving fair, and mutual tears",2.0
"Proclaimed the anguish of their burdened hearts,",1.0
"But though his sorrow thus had burst its bounds,",1.0
"Revenge in ambush lurked, while thus the Prince",1.0
"With soothing words his sister thus addressed, ' --",0.0
I know the sad occasion of thy woe;,1.0
"At length the power of speech returned, the fair",2.0
"Heaved a deep sigh, and thus her moan began, ' --",3.0
More cruel than the murderers deadly blow!,2.0
Perhaps some years ' --  perhaps a day ' --  an hour:,0.0
"But he that robs a woman of her honour,",2.0
Robs her of more than life; ' --  a brother too,0.0
"Still aggravates the guilt. ' --  OH purity,",3.0
"Thou first of female charms, to thee we owe",2.0
"Of this deprived, our most presumptuous claim",3.0
Is cool compassion. OH dejected state!,0.0
"That humble homage we receive from men,",1.0
"In such proportion as our virtue fails,",2.0
"More precious than fine gold or rubies, ' --  far",2.0
"Which like gay meteors but excite our gaze,",4.0
Then fade away. But this preeminence,2.0
"No more I boast; now stamped with infamy,",2.0
"That due respect, that deference ever paid",0.0
To my exalted state shall hence be changed,1.0
To scorn: though by the dignity of birth,2.0
"Protected from low insult, can I escape",3.0
"Or, the more humbling pity of the proud?",2.0
Such moving strains in Absalom called forth,2.0
"Who thus consoled her grief, ' --  thou never shalt be",0.0
"Abandoned to the scorn of taunting dames,",1.0
Who triumph in the downfall of the fair.,2.0
My home be ever thine; in me behold,2.0
"Thy guardian, brother, friend, companion kind.",2.0
"IT shall be my earliest and my latest care,",1.0
"Expect from me. His sister gave her hand,",1.0
An earnest of conformity ' --  he pressed,2.0
"The given pledge; her grateful heart replied, ' --",0.0
"OH brother, always kind, now doubly so,",3.0
"To open thy friendly arms in this distress,",3.0
And take me to protection: I accept,2.0
"Thy offered boon. Farewell, you courtly scenes;",1.0
But here recluse and tranquil ever' bide;,1.0
The internal calm of an untainted mind.,2.0
"That God which raised my father to the throne,",1.0
"And still protects him with his powerful arm,",3.0
Shall be my all in all. To him I'll pray,1.0
"Shall fire my theme, and fill my heavenly song.",2.0
Now solemn evening drew her silent veil,1.0
"Over smiling nature, and the pious King",1.0
To the great sole dispenser of all good,3.0
"To bless his son, and soon restore his health.",0.0
"He scarce had ended prayer, when tidings came",0.0
"Eager to learn, thus instantly replied,",4.0
Go send him hither; welcome to my soul,2.0
He doubtless comes to bring me news of him.,0.0
"Is well! returned the astonished King, is well!",2.0
"It's but few hours since I myself him saw,",4.0
"Because I know he loves thee; go now to him,",2.0
"Go act a friendly part, go comfort him,",3.0
I can inform thee of the whole device,2.0
"Of his pretended sickness. Then the King, ' --",1.0
"I'll hear thee; ' --  but take heed thou slander not,",2.0
"Nor censure him unjustly, on thy life.",2.0
'Twas but a feint to lure his sister there,1.0
"To his embraces, and he has succeeded.",2.0
What do I hear? replied the King; my son,0.0
With indignation flashing from his eyes;,1.0
Forth from his house he rushed with hasty steps,0.0
"Never ventured once to raise his downcast eyes,",1.0
But speechless and confounded stood to hear,1.0
His sharp rebuke; when thus the King began: ' --,0.0
What hast thou done? Where are thy princely virtues,0.0
Inculcated so long? Now blasted all.,3.0
"The first in virtue, as the first in birth.",1.0
"How can a Prince, himself debased with crimes,",1.0
Aspire to judge and punish wicked men?,0.0
"In which of all my sons can I confide,",1.0
"Thou bitter herb, ' --  thou blemish of my honour;",1.0
How can I brook this foul disgrace? Must I,1.0
"For ever bear confusion in my face,",0.0
"And blush for thee, thou worse than enemy?",2.0
And bursting into tears withdrew. ' --  The King,0.0
"Returned with anger burning in his breast,",0.0
Mingled with sorrow for his daughter's wrongs;,3.0
"My daughter! O! my daughter! he exclaimed,",2.0
I would avenge thy wrongs; but o! if I,1.0
"Avenge my daughter, I destroy my son.",1.0
"Then, all a father's tenderness prevailed,",1.0
"He wept, ' --  his wrath subsided and he paused,",1.0
His own past failings rising in his mind;,1.0
His guilty love for Bathsheba ' --  he sighed,4.0
"Her murdered husband; shuddering at the thought,",1.0
"But suffering and forbearance. ' --  Then the King,",1.0
"As if the stroke came from the hand of Heaven,",3.0
"Fell prostrate to the earth, submitting thus:",2.0
"Righteous art thou, OH Lord, and all thy judgements just,",2.0
"Doubled by the before displeasure of the King,",4.0
"Sat down and wept, while tears supplied their streams.",0.0
"Then rising, walked about with restless steps,",0.0
And thus in bitter agonies complained:,1.0
"What am I now, and where? Of late I pined",0.0
"In hopeless love, yet then I had some stay,",0.0
"An heart-felt innocence, that could support",2.0
And cheer the drooping spirits. But alas!,1.0
"Virtue has left me now, and I'm exposed;",3.0
"Exposed to what? to what, alas! I know not;",0.0
"It's Hell itself bursts in upon my soul,",1.0
And pours forth all its torments. ' --  Terrors! Death!,2.0
Where art thou gone? for ever banished hence.,0.0
"Arise you thickest mists, you darkest clouds",0.0
"Overcast those twinkling stars. OH sable night,",1.0
"Wrap me in deepest shades, nor let a beam",0.0
Of penetrating light expose me more;,0.0
Darkness is fitted to the guilty mind,3.0
That shrinks and starts at every glimmering ray.,2.0
But o! it is not in the power of darkness,3.0
To hide the hated self from self; within,0.0
"A sacred light perpetually shines,",1.0
"That vainly struggles to compose the mind,",1.0
"But peace, the guest of innocence alone,",1.0
"Takes an eternal leave when guilt intrudes,",2.0
And now has took eternal leave of me.,0.0
Ah! wretched me! O! curse on vicious friends!,1.0
"My father still had smiled on me with joy,",1.0
Nor had I trembled at his chiding frowns;,0.0
"Absalom would have called me brother still,",1.0
"But now he'll own me not. ' --  This slight is just,",0.0
And this the least part of my punishment;,4.0
For inward guilt has yet severer pangs.,1.0
"So wandered he, complaining half the night,",1.0
"Then sought for rest in sleep, but sought in vain:",0.0
Terrific dreams invade his wished repose.,0.0
"He sleeps, starts, wakes; ' --  then sleeps and starts again;",1.0
"And rises soon, but not to meet the morn",0.0
The loss of that sweet calm that ever dwells,1.0
Within the guiltless breast; and in the world,0.0
Dwells no one more entitled to the bliss,2.0
He therefore more severely feels the loss,1.0
For having tasted in its first degree,0.0
The peaceful path of virtue to pursue,1.0
"Grasping at shadows of felicity,",4.0
Till overtaken by her evil train,1.0
"Of shame, remorse, confusion, and despair?",1.0
While in the avenging hand of Absalom,2.0
"Death lurking lies. ' --  The ambitious Prince, resolved",3.0
"At once to avenge his sister, and remove",3.0
"An obstacle betwixt him and the crown,",2.0
With unremitting vigilance attends,1.0
"The destined youth, and steal away his life.",0.0
His dreaded presence; not with dread of death;,0.0
"That few can brave, deterred the timid youth.",0.0
Two years within the breast of Absalom,2.0
"Revenge in ambush lurked, while in his face",1.0
The mildest gentleness and sweetness played:,1.0
While on earth's teeming surface gaily smiles,2.0
"Overturn the mountains, and the crumbling mould",1.0
Buries the blooming beauties that it bore:,2.0
So he unable longer to contain,2.0
Determined by some bold and desperate stroke,1.0
"Consulted, who thus readily advised: ' --",2.0
"Assume the friend, ' --  entice him to thine house;",1.0
The credulous youth will never suspect a fraud.,4.0
"Now is the time, now comes the yearly feast",1.0
When shepherd's fleece their flocks: make him thy guest,2.0
With all thy brothers: when with mirth and wine,0.0
"His heart's elate, how easy will it be",1.0
To give the final blow. With lowering brow,2.0
"Adopted, and a sullen gloom overcast",4.0
His lively features. Stern as that grim Lord,1.0
"That through the forest takes his fearless way,",0.0
With high deportment Absalom retired.,1.0
"Returning summer now came smiling on,",2.0
Exciting every peaceful breast to mirth;,0.0
"Awoke his grief, and from his couch he rose",1.0
"Ere yet the approaching day began to dawn,",1.0
While the full moon reigned mistress of the night.,5.0
"Sleep on, you sons of innocence and ease,",1.0
As from his window high he cast a look,1.0
"Over the silent streets, for not a voice",2.0
Disturbed the solemn hour sleep on ' --  sleep on:,0.0
"So was I wont to sleep away the night,",1.0
"Rise with the morn, and in the day rejoice:",0.0
"But now in morn or night, or sleep or' wake,",0.0
I feel no joy. O that I could forget,1.0
"I once was happy! O that this one step,",2.0
"One erring step, should kill my peace for ever.",0.0
"OH moon, I blush beneath thy silver beams;",1.0
"A modest virgin, innocent and fair,",1.0
Strikes terror to my soul: to me she seems,3.0
Exalted high above my fallen state:,0.0
"If such an one I venture to approach,",2.0
"I instantly recoil, and justly pay",1.0
A secret adoration to the breast,1.0
Of innocence; for O! what parity,3.0
Can there subsist betwixt innocence and guilt?,6.0
Harrow the heart and aggravate the sense:,2.0
But yet that aggravation poised against,0.0
"The pangs of guilt, is of but little weight:",1.0
"The world offended may again be won,",1.0
"When the heart, firmly steeled with innocence,",3.0
And smiles at powerless envy. ' --  But alas!,3.0
"To me returns, whether of day or night,",6.0
Aid sharp reflection and new point its spears.,3.0
Now waking birds in cheerful concert join.,1.0
Their every note proclaims them innocent.,1.0
The Prince retires with melancholy steps,0.0
"Into his garden, where recluse and still",0.0
"Beneath the arching boughs of shady trees,",0.0
"With head declined and arms locked round his breast,",1.0
"Till interrupted by a messenger,",2.0
"Who, with due deference approaching near,",3.0
"Thus spoke: OH Prince, I come from Absalom,",3.0
"Thee, with thy Royal brothers, to partake",2.0
"The feast, and spend with him the day in mirth.",1.0
Surprise and pleasure rushed into his heart,0.0
"At such an unexpected invitation,",0.0
"Which he accepted, nor did hesitate",2.0
That fearless trusts itself to every arm,0.0
That opens to receive it. With quick step,2.0
"He paces to and fro; his bosom glows,",1.0
And thus anticipates the expected bliss.,2.0
OH joyful day when I again shall meet,2.0
"My dear offended brother, whom so long",0.0
Greatly exceeds my most adventurous hope:,4.0
"Forgetful of my faults, he kindly now",1.0
"Invites me to his house, without reproach",1.0
Or intimation of my late misdeeds.,1.0
"Yes, my good brother, I will be thy guest ' --",1.0
My grateful heart overflows; I now could fall,3.0
"Down at thy feet, and from thy hand receive",1.0
"In humble strain and true repentant heart,",0.0
"All day and night, till in the morning fair,",0.0
"The foremost of the princely cavalcade,",2.0
Now Absalom with secret pleasure sees,2.0
Assiduously in comely dress arrayed,1.0
"His lovely person, lovely in extreme:",0.0
His peer in beauty; for from head to foot,1.0
"No blemish, no deformity was seen,",2.0
"But well proportioned limbs, and features fair,",0.0
That gives to beauty power. The conscious Prince,2.0
Omitted no external ornament,1.0
"That might, if possible, such gifts improve:",1.0
"But looking at his spotless hands, he said, ' --",0.0
Must these be died in blood? a brother's blood?,0.0
"No, I have servants, they shall give the blow.",1.0
"Then to and fro he through his chamber stalked,",1.0
Revolving in his mind the consequence,1.0
"Of opening his design. He paused, he thought",3.0
"His servants might refuse ' --  or worse, betray.",0.0
"At length he says, ' --  I'm wrong to censure them;",1.0
I'll trust them now. Then called he those he loved:,1.0
"They came. He says, You have done all things well",1.0
"According to my order for this feast,",2.0
"But on your cares I can so well depend,",2.0
That whatsoever is given to your charge,3.0
You true and faithful; therefore I make choice,3.0
Of you for my accomplices this day:,3.0
"It's not intended for a day of mirth,",1.0
"As it appears, and must as yet appear",1.0
"Be you prepared, and when I give the word,",1.0
His servants tremble at the dire command.,0.0
"Why tremble you? said Absalom, fear not,",4.0
It's I command you ' --  all the deed is mine;,1.0
"You are but instruments within my grasp,",2.0
"In taking vengeance for the atrocious crime,",3.0
Let all that guilt be mine: since justice sleeps,1.0
"In his fond father's hand, it's right that I",2.0
"Assume the power, and on his impious head",3.0
Us to evade the storm that will ensue:,2.0
"Soon as the wound is given, we'll mount and flee;",2.0
"Swift as the sweeping winds we'll over the hills,",2.0
"And leave the King to bury him, and mourn.",1.0
"His servants, more by love than duty bound,",0.0
All bowed obedient to his sovereign will.,2.0
And faltering voice thus ventured to address,4.0
"The offended brother: ' --  OH my Absalom,",2.0
"Forgive, he said ' --  and interrupting tears",0.0
"Pleading more powerfully than eloquence,",4.0
And in his feeling soul a conflict raised,0.0
Betwixt his brother's life and sister's fame:,0.0
He silent paused; but in his breast revenge,0.0
Was too deep rooted by a two year's growth,3.0
For one soft moment to eradicate:,3.0
I did not send for thee to weep and mourn;,1.0
Today I have a feast; this prosperous year,2.0
Increasing flocks increase the shepherd's joy:,0.0
"Rejoice with me, my brother, and be glad.",2.0
"Then did he warmly press his hand, and point",0.0
"Then fat him down, forgot his grief and smiled.",1.0
"Wine in profusion sparkled in the bowls,",1.0
Inspiring social mirth; they freely quaffed;,0.0
Lest it relax his stern determination;,1.0
"Pressing on all the intoxicating cup,",2.0
"Till mirth predominates, and every heart",0.0
Expands with social freedom; Absalom,1.0
Then gives the fatal word; his servants plunge,0.0
"The destined dart, and from the Prince's side",1.0
"In consternation those whom vengeance spared,",1.0
Each trembling for his life; confused they fled:,1.0
"Mingling with gore, the wine in currents flowed;",1.0
"While, rolling in the flood, the murdered Prince",0.0
"Alone, in all the agonies of woe,",1.0
"Groaned out his soul, and closed his eyes in death.",0.0
"A Muse expiring, who with earliest voice,",2.0
"Now on her death bed, the last homage pays,",3.0
"OH Queen, to thee; accept her dying lays.",2.0
"To warble one note more, and singing dies.",2.0
"Hail mighty Queen, whose powerful smiles alone",3.0
Command obedience and secure the throne.,3.0
"Contending parties, and Plebeian rage,",1.0
Had puzzled Loyalty for half an age:,1.0
Conquering our hearts you end the long dispute;,1.0
All who have eyes confess you absolute;,0.0
"To Tory doctrines even Whigs resign,",0.0
And in your person own the right divine.,0.0
"Thus sung the Muse, in her last moments fired",3.0
"With CAROLINA'S praise, and then expired.",0.0
Throws a faint gleam upon the troubled waves;,3.0
"Their foaming tops, as they approach the shore",1.0
And the broad surf that never ceasing breaks,2.0
"Of the pale Sun, that with reluctance gives",3.0
"To this cold northern Isle, its shortened day.",2.0
Alas! how few the morning wakes to joy!,0.0
How many murmur at oblivious night,2.0
For leaving them so soon; for bearing thus,1.0
"Their fancied bliss the only bliss they taste!,",0.0
On her black wings away! ' --  Changing the dreams,7.0
"That soothed their sorrows, for calamities",2.0
And every day brings its own sad proportion,2.0
"For doubts, diseases, abject dread of Death,",0.0
"That views the day star, but to curse his beams.",2.0
"Yet He, whose Spirit into being called",0.0
This wondrous World of Waters; He who bids,1.0
"The wild wind lift them till they dash the clouds,",2.0
"And speaks to them in thunder; or whose breath,",2.0
"Low murmuring over the gently heaving tides,",5.0
"When the fair Moon, in summer night serene,",3.0
"Their undulating surface; that great Power,",1.0
"Who, governing the Planets, also knows",1.0
In these incumbent cliffs; He surely means,1.0
"To us, his reasoning Creatures, whom He bids",3.0
"Acknowledge and revere his awful hand,",1.0
"Nothing but good: Yet Man, misguided Man,",1.0
"Mars the fair work that he was bid enjoy,",1.0
And makes himself the evil he deplores.,1.0
"How often, when my weary soul recoils",0.0
"From proud oppression, and from legal crimes",1.0
"For such are in this Land, where the vain boast",2.0
"Of equal Law is mockery, while the cost",1.0
Of seeking for redress is sure to plunge,1.0
The already injured to more certain ruin,2.0
"And the wretch starves, before his Counsel pleads",2.0
Guard from the strong South West; where round their base,1.0
"The Beach wide flourishes, and the light Ash",3.0
There do I wish to hide me; well content,0.0
"If on the short grass, strewn with fairy flowers,",2.0
I might repose thus sheltered; or when Eve,2.0
"In Orient crimson lingers in the west,",6.0
"Gain the high mound, and mark these waves remote",3.0
"Lucid though distant, blushing with the rays",3.0
"For I have thought, that I should then behold",1.0
"And less affected then, by human woes",0.0
I witnessed not; might better learn to bear,0.0
"Those that injustice, and duplicity",2.0
"For never yet could I derive relief,",1.0
"When my swollen heart was bursting with its sorrows,",1.0
"From the sad thought, that others like myself",3.0
Live but to swell affliction's countless tribes!,0.0
' --  Tranquil seclusion I have vainly sought;,3.0
"Peace, who delights in solitary shade,",1.0
"No more will spread for me her downy wings,",1.0
"Was doomed to heave the still rebounding rock,",0.0
"Onward I labour; as the baffled wave,",2.0
"With the next breath of wind, to fail again. ' --",1.0
"That not the Cot sequestered, where the briar",0.0
Scarce seen amid the forest gloom obscure!,1.0
"Or more substantial farm, well fenced and warm,",1.0
"By dark firs shaded, or the aspiring pine,",4.0
Close by the village Church with care concealed,0.0
"By verdant foliage, lest the poor man's grave",2.0
"Should mar the smiling prospect of his Lord,",1.0
"Where offices well ranged, or dovecote stocked,",2.0
"Or any of the buildings, new and trim",1.0
"With windows circling towards the restless Sea,",0.0
"Which ranged in rows, now terminate my walk,",1.0
"Can shut out for an hour the spectre Care,",1.0
"That from the dawn of reason, follows still",0.0
"Unhappy Mortals, till the friendly grave",1.0
"Behold, in witness of this mournful truth,",1.0
"A group approach me, whose dejected looks,",0.0
Sad Heralds of distress! proclaim them Men,2.0
Banished for ever and for conscience sake,3.0
"From their distracted Country, whence the name",1.0
"Of Freedom misapplied, and much abused",0.0
"By lawless Anarchy, has driven them far",3.0
To wander; with the prejudice they learnt,2.0
"That Germane spoilers, through that pleasant land",5.0
"Of War and Vengeance; yet unhappy Men,",0.0
"Whatever your errors, I lament your fate:",4.0
"Upon the barrier of the rock, and seem",1.0
Some fortunate reverse that never comes;,1.0
Who in a moping cloister long consumed,0.0
"This life inactive, to obtain a better,",1.0
"From his hard pallet with the midnight bell,",4.0
"And to renounce God's works, would please that God.",2.0
"And now the poor pale wretch receives, amazed,",1.0
"The pity, strangers give to his distress,",1.0
"Because these strangers are, by his dark creed,",2.0
Condemned as Heretics ' --  and with sick heart,1.0
"Another, of more haughty port, declines",1.0
The aid he needs not; while in mute despair,0.0
"His high indignant thoughts go back to France,",1.0
"Dwelling on all he lost ' --  the Gothic dome,",1.0
"Where, amid clouds of incense, he held forth",3.0
To kneeling crowds the imaginary bones,2.0
And still with more than living Monarchs' pomp,1.0
Surrounded; was believed by mumbling bigots,1.0
"To hold the keys of Heaven, and to admit",1.0
Whom he thought good to share it ' --  Now alas!,0.0
"He, to whose daring soul and high ambition",1.0
"The World seemed circumscribed; who, wont to dream",1.0
"Who trod on Empire, and whose politics",1.0
"Were not beyond the grasp of his vast mind,",1.0
"By disbelief, and rites unorthodox,",0.0
"The object of compassion ' --  At his side,",1.0
"Lighter of heart than these, but heavier far",5.0
"Than he was wont, another victim comes,",1.0
"Which, sanguine as he is, he does not feel,",2.0
And so he cheats the sad and weighty pressure,1.0
"Of evils present; ' --  Still, as Men misled",0.0
"By early prejudice so hard to break,",1.0
I mourn your sorrows; for I too have known,1.0
Involuntary exile; and while yet,2.0
"England had charms for me, have felt how sad",2.0
"It is to look across the dim cold sea,",2.0
Between us and the dear regretted land,1.0
We call our own ' --  as now you pensive wait,0.0
"On this bleak morning, gazing on the waves",3.0
That seem to leave your shore; from whence the wind,0.0
"Is loaded to your ears, with the deep groans",2.0
"Of martyred Saints and suffering Royalty,",1.0
While to your eyes the avenging power of Heaven,4.0
Appears in awful anger to prepare,1.0
"The storm of vengeance, fraught with plagues and death.",0.0
"Even he of milder heart, who was indeed",2.0
"The simple shepherd in a rustic scene,",0.0
"Taught to the barefoot peasant, whose hard hands",2.0
Submission to the Lord for whom he toiled;,1.0
"Enforced religious patience, when, at times,",0.0
On their indignant hearts Power's iron hand,6.0
Too strongly struck; eliciting some sparks,2.0
Of the bold spirit of their native North;,3.0
"Even these Parochial Priests, these humbled men,",3.0
Whose lowly undistinguished cottages,1.0
"Witnessed a life of purest piety,",3.0
"While the meek tenants were, perhaps, unknown",3.0
"Each to the haughty Lord of his domain,",1.0
"The poor and pious Priest, as with slow pace",1.0
He glided through the dim arched avenue,2.0
Which to the Castle led; hoping to cheer,5.0
The last sad hour of some laborious life,3.0
That hastened to its close ' --  even such a Man,5.0
Becomes an exile; staying not to try,1.0
"By temperate zeal to cheque his maddening flock,",0.0
"Who, at the novel sound of Liberty",1.0
"Ah! most intoxicating sound to slaves!,",0.0
"Start into licence ' --  Lo! dejected now,",1.0
"The wandering Pastor mourns, with bleeding heart,",2.0
"His erring people, weeps and prays for them,",0.0
To Heaven for souls entrusted to his care. ' --,1.0
"A softer form reclines; around her run,",0.0
"Her gay unconscious children, soon amused;",1.0
"Who pick the fretted stone, or glossy shell,",0.0
Or crimson plant marine: or they contrive,1.0
"The fairy vessel, with its ribbon sail",1.0
"And gilded paper pennant: in the pool,",0.0
"Left by the salt wave on the yielding sands,",2.0
They launch the mimic navy ' --  Happy age!,0.0
"Alas! too long a victim to distress,",2.0
"Their Mother, lost in melancholy thought,",0.0
Lulled for a moment by the murmurs low,1.0
"Of sullen billows, wearied by the task",1.0
"Of having here, with swollen and aching eyes",2.0
"Fixed on the grey horizon, since the dawn",0.0
"From her dear native land, now yields awhile",3.0
"In waking dreams, that native land again!",0.0
"Versailles appears ' --  its painted galleries,",1.0
"Where, by long mirrors multiplied, the crowd",2.0
"Paid willing homage ' --  and, united there,",3.0
Beauty gave charms to empire ' --  Ah! too soon,4.0
"From the gay visionary pageant roused,",2.0
"See the sad mourner start! ' --  and, drooping, look",3.0
With tearful eyes and heaving bosom round,0.0
"Urged by the rising wind, unheeded foam",0.0
Near her cold rugged seat: ' --  To call her thence,2.0
"Cheques, but conceals not quite, the martial air,",2.0
"And that high consciousness of noble blood,",2.0
Which he has learnt from infancy to think,1.0
Exalts him over the race of common men:,2.0
"Nursed in the velvet lap of luxury,",1.0
"And fed by adulation ' --  could he learn,",0.0
That worth alone is true Nobility?,1.0
"Displays distinguished merit, is a Noble",1.0
"Of Nature's own creation! ' --  If even here,",2.0
"If in this land of highly vaunted Freedom,",0.0
Can it be relished by the sons of France?,2.0
"Men, who derive their boasted ancestry",2.0
"From the fierce leaders of religious wars,",3.0
Accustomed to regard the splendid trophies,1.0
Of Heraldry that with fantastic hand,2.0
"Mingles, like images in feverish dreams,",5.0
"With painted puns, and visionary shapes;,",0.0
"See not the simple dignity of Virtue,",1.0
Has dwelled amid the artificial scenes,0.0
"Of populous City, deems that splendid shows,",2.0
"The Theatre, and pageant pomp of Courts,",1.0
Are only worth regard; forgets all taste,0.0
For Nature's genuine beauty; in the lapse,2.0
"Of gushing waters hears no soothing sound,",1.0
"Nor listens with delight to sighing winds,",1.0
"Nor gazes pleased on Ocean's silver breast,",0.0
While lightly over it sails the summer clouds,2.0
"Reflected in the wave, that, hardly heard,",0.0
"Flows on the yellow sands: so to his mind,",1.0
That long has lived where Despotism hides,0.0
"His features harsh, beneath the diadem",0.0
"Of worldly grandeur, abject Slavery seems,",7.0
"If by that power imposed, slavery no more:",8.0
"And hides the ugly rivets with her flowers,",1.0
"The glitter of the chains, forget their weight.",1.0
"Feel all the horrors of the fatal change,",1.0
"When their ephemeral greatness, marred at once",3.0
As a vain toy that Fortune's childish hand,2.0
Leaves them exposed to universal scorn,2.0
For having nothing else; not even the claim,2.0
"To honour, which respect for Heroes past",2.0
"Allows to ancient titles; Men, like these,",0.0
"Sink even beneath the level, whence base arts",4.0
And know that they deserve the woes they feel.,1.0
"Over these bleak russet downs; where, dimly seen,",2.0
The solitary Shepherd shivering tends,2.0
"Him, whom in song the Poet's fancy crowns",0.0
"Whom no abode receives, no parish owns;",1.0
"Roving, like Nature's commoners, the land",3.0
That boasts such general plenty: if the sight,1.0
"A while, suspend your murmurs! ' --  here behold",0.0
The strange vicissitudes of fate ' --  while thus,1.0
"The exiled Nobles, from their country driven,",2.0
"Whose richest luxuries were their's, must feel",2.0
"More poignant anguish, than the lowest poor,",1.0
"Of base corruption, who, in quick ascent",0.0
"Giddy with pride, and as you rise, forgetting",3.0
"The dust you lately left, with scorn look down",2.0
On those beneath you though your equals once,2.0
"In fortune, and in worth superior still,",3.0
"They view the eminence, on which you stand,",1.0
"With wonder, not with envy; for they know",1.0
"The means, by which you reached it, have been such",0.0
"As, in all honest eyes, degrade you far",0.0
Reluctant pleads for what your pride denies;,0.0
You pampered Parasites! whom Britons pay,0.0
For forging fetters for them; rather here,1.0
Study a lesson that concerns you much;,2.0
"And, trembling, learn, that if oppressed too long,",2.0
"The raging multitude, to madness stung,",0.0
"Will turn on their oppressors'; and, no more",1.0
By sounding titles and parading forms,1.0
"Bound like tame victims, will redress themselves!",3.0
"Not only all your pomp may disappear,",0.0
"But, in the tempest lost, fair Order sink",1.0
"Her decent head, and lawless Anarchy",1.0
Overturn celestial Freedom's radiant throne; ' --,0.0
"As now in Gallia; where Confusion, born",0.0
"Of party rage and selfish love of rule,",0.0
Sully the noblest cause that ever warmed,2.0
"The infernal passions; Vengeance, seeking blood,",1.0
"Pollute the immortal shrine of Liberty,",3.0
"Respect is due to principle; and they,",1.0
"Who suffer for their conscience, have a claim,",1.0
"Whatever that principle may be, to praise.",4.0
To them the bonds of honour; who resigned,3.0
"Their country to preserve them, and now seek",2.0
In England an asylum ' --  well deserve,1.0
"To find that every prejudice forgot,",1.0
"Which pride and ignorance teaches, we for them",3.0
"Feel as our brothers; and that English hearts,",1.0
"Of just compassion ever own the sway,",0.0
"As truly as our element, the deep,",2.0
Obeys the mild dominion of the Moon ' --,1.0
This they have found; and may they find it still!,2.0
"By Reason's generous potency subdued,",3.0
In acts of pure humanity! ' --  May thine,1.0
Be still such bloodless laurels! nobler far,1.0
"Or of more recent growth, those well bestowed",1.0
"Amid the thunder of a warring world,",1.0
Illustrious rather from the crowds he saved,3.0
"From flood and fire, than from the ranks who fell",1.0
"Like incense rising to the Throne of Heaven,",2.0
"Far better justify the pride, that swells",1.0
"Of Victory from a thousand brazen throats,",1.0
Has by our brave Compatriots thinned the world.,2.0
"Lights her pale crescent even at noon, has made",5.0
"Four times her revolution; since with step,",1.0
"Pensive I took my solitary way,",2.0
"Not my own wayward destiny alone,",1.0
"Hard as it is, and difficult to bear!",2.0
But in beholding the unhappy lot,1.0
"Of wild disastrous Anarchy, are thrown,",1.0
"To see, perhaps, no more their native land,",1.0
"Where Desolation riots: They, like me,",1.0
"From fairer hopes and happier prospects driven,",2.0
"Shrink from the future, and regret the past.",1.0
"But on this Upland scene, while April comes,",1.0
"With fragrant airs, to fan my throbbing breast,",0.0
"Fain would I snatch an interval from Care,",1.0
That weighs my wearied spirit down to earth;,1.0
"Courting, once more, the influence of Hope",1.0
For Hope still waits upon the flowery prime,3.0
As here I mark Spring's humid hand unfold,1.0
"The early leaves that fear capricious winds,",0.0
"While, even on sheltered banks, the timid flowers",2.0
"Give, half reluctantly, their warmer hues",2.0
"That, startled, darts across the narrow path;",0.0
"But quickly reassured, resumes his task,",0.0
Or adds his louder notes to those that rise,1.0
From yonder tufted brake; where the white buds,1.0
Of the first thorn are mingled with the leaves,3.0
Of that which blossoms on the brow of May.,1.0
"Since, on my native hills, I learnt to gaze",0.0
On these delightful landscapes; and those years,3.0
"Have taught me so much sorrow, that my soul",1.0
Feels not the joy reviving Nature brings;,0.0
"But, in dark retrospect, dejected dwells",1.0
"On human follies, and on human woes. ' --",1.0
"What is the promise of the infant year,",1.0
"To those, who shrink from horrors such as War",2.0
"Back on the past they throw their mournful looks,",0.0
"And see the Temple, which they fondly hoped",0.0
"Reason would raise to Liberty, destroyed",3.0
"Flushed with hot blood, the Fiend of Discord sits",3.0
In savage triumph; mocking every plea,0.0
"Of policy and justice, as she shows",2.0
"The headless corpse of one, whose only crime",1.0
"Was being born a Monarch ' --  Mercy turns,",0.0
"From spectacle so dire, her swollen eyes;",1.0
"And Liberty, with calm, unruffled brow",1.0
"Magnanimous, as conscious of her strength",2.0
"Her righteous cause with carnage, and resigns",1.0
To Fraud and Anarchy the infuriate crowd. ' --,4.0
What is the promise of the infant year,1.0
"To those, who while the poor but peaceful hind",0.0
"Pens, unmolested, the increasing flock",2.0
"Survey, in neighbouring countries, scenes that make",2.0
"The sick heart shudder; and the Man, who thinks,",2.0
Blush for his species? There the trumpet's voice,1.0
Drowns the soft warbling of the woodland choir;,4.0
"Beneath the flowering thorn, are stained with blood.",2.0
"The hope of cultivation; gives to Fiends,",0.0
"The blasted land ' --  There, taunting in the van",0.0
"Famine, and Sword, and Fire, crouch for employment. ' --",4.0
"Crouch for employment. ' --  Lo! the suffering world,",2.0
"Torn by the fearful conflict, shrinks, amazed,",0.0
"From Freedom's name, usurped and misapplied,",1.0
"And, cowering to the purple Tyrant's rod,",3.0
Deems that the lesser ill ' --  Deluded Men!,0.0
Or catalogue the thousands that have bled,0.0
"Resisting her; or those, who greatly died",2.0
Martyrs to Liberty ' --  revert awhile,3.0
"To the black scroll, that tells of regal crimes",2.0
Committed to destroy her; rather count,1.0
Beneath a single despot; or who gave,1.0
Their wasted lives for some disputed claim,0.0
O! polished perturbation! ' --  golden care!,0.0
So strangely coveted by feeble Man,1.0
"To lift him over his fellows; ' --  Toy, for which",2.0
"Unfortunate his lot, whose luckless head",1.0
"And who, by custom's laws, obtains from thee",0.0
"Hereditary right to rule, unchecked,",0.0
It promised to protect ' --  Unhappy France!,1.0
"If ever thy lilies, trampled now in dust,",2.0
"By voluntary hands; and Freemen, such",2.0
"As England's self might boast, unite to place",1.0
"The guarded diadem on his fair brow,",1.0
Where Loyalty may join with Liberty,2.0
To fix it firmly. ' --  In the rugged school,0.0
"Of stern Adversity so early trained,",1.0
"His future life, perchance, may emulate",5.0
The darling of his people; who revered,1.0
"The Warrior less, than they adored the Man!",1.0
"But never may Party Rage, perverse and blind,",2.0
"And base Venality, prevail to raise",1.0
"To public trust, a wretch, whose private vice",0.0
Makes even the wildest profligate recoil;,3.0
The laws of Nature and Humanity!,2.0
"Wading, beneath the Patriot's specious mask,",4.0
To empire through a stream of kindred blood ' --,1.0
Innocent prisoner! ' --  most unhappy heir,2.0
"Of fatal greatness, who art suffering now",0.0
For all the crimes and follies of thy race;,1.0
"Better for thee, if over thy baby brow",3.0
The regal mischief never had been held:,0.0
"Then, in an humble sphere, perhaps content,",0.0
"Of chestnut, pine, and oak: as on these hills",2.0
"Is yonder little thoughtless shepherd lad,",0.0
"Who, on the slope abrupt of downy turf",0.0
"While, half forgetful of his simple task,",1.0
"Hardly his lengthening shadow, or the bells'",4.0
"To the brown fallows in the vale beneath,",1.0
"Where nightly it is folded, from his sport",2.0
Recall the happy idler. ' --  While I gaze,0.0
"On his gay vacant countenance, my thoughts",3.0
"Compare with his obscure, laborious lot,",3.0
"Thine, most unfortunate, imperial Boy!",3.0
"The savage howl of Murder, as it seeks",1.0
"Thy wretched Mother, petrified with grief,",0.0
"Views thee with stony eyes, and cannot weep! ' --",0.0
"Ah! much I mourn thy sorrows, hapless Queen!",0.0
"For every fault, to which Prosperity",1.0
"Betrayed thee, when it placed thee on a throne",1.0
"Where boundless power was thine, and thou wert raised",2.0
High as it seemed above the envious reach,2.0
"Of destiny! Whatever thy errors were,",5.0
Be they no more remembered; though the rage,3.0
"Of Party swelled them to such crimes, as bade",1.0
Compassion stifle every sigh that rose,0.0
For thy disastrous lot ' --  More than enough,2.0
"Thou hast endured; and every English heart,",0.0
"Even those, that highest beat in Freedom's cause,",1.0
"Disclaim as base, and of that cause unworthy,",1.0
"The Vengeance, or the Fear, that makes thee still",1.0
"From sad experience, more than I, to feel",2.0
More dear to thee than life! But eminence,2.0
"Of misery is thine, as once of joy;",2.0
"And, as we view the strange vicissitude,",3.0
"We ask anew, where happiness is found? ' --",1.0
"Alas! in rural life, where youthful dreams",0.0
"See the Arcadia that Romance describes,",4.0
Not even Content resides! ' --  In yonder low hut,3.0
"Of clay and thatch, where rises the grey smoke",2.0
"From the first dawn of twilight, till the Sun",3.0
"Sinks in the rosy waters of the West,",1.0
Finds that with poverty it cannot dwell;,1.0
"For bread, and scanty bread, is all he earns",0.0
"For him and for his household ' --  Should Disease,",2.0
"And from the Parish the reluctant dole,",2.0
"Dealt by the unfeeling farmer, hardly saves",1.0
The lingering spark of life from cold extinction:,0.0
"Then the bright Sun of Spring, that smiling bids",2.0
"Crept from his pallet, the emaciate wretch",2.0
"Attempt, with feeble effort, to resume",1.0
"Some heavy task, above his wasted strength,",0.0
Turning his wistful looks how much in vain!,2.0
"To the deserted mansion, where no more",2.0
"The owner gone to gayer scenes resides,",0.0
"Who made even luxury, Virtue; while he gave",3.0
The scattered crumbs to honest Poverty. ' --,1.0
"But, though the landscape be too oft deformed",3.0
"By figures such as these, yet Peace is here,",2.0
"And over our valleys, clothed with springing corn,",2.0
"No hostile hoof shall trample, nor fierce flames",3.0
Gradual the laughing May's luxuriant shade;,3.0
"For, by the rude sea guarded, we are safe,",3.0
And feel not evils such as with deep sighs,2.0
"The Emigrants deplore, as they recall",2.0
"The Summer past, when Nature seemed to lose",0.0
"With seasons all reversed, destructive War.",0.0
"Shuddering, I view the pictures they have drawn",2.0
"By famine, and his rider by the sword.",2.0
"The moping clouds sailed heavy charged with rain,",1.0
"And bursting over the mountains misty brow,",2.0
"Where, through the sullen evening's lurid gloom,",0.0
"Rising, like columns of volcanic fire,",3.0
"The waste of water; and the wind, that howled",1.0
"Along its troubled surface, brought the groans",0.0
"Of plundered peasants, and the frantic shrieks",1.0
"Of mothers for their children; while the brave,",1.0
"To pity still alive, listened aghast",5.0
"To these dire echoes, hopeless to prevent",1.0
"The evils they beheld, or cheque the rage,",1.0
"Which ever, as the people of one land",2.0
"Meet in contention, fires the human heart",1.0
"With savage thirst of kindred blood, and makes",0.0
Man lose his nature; rendering him more fierce,2.0
Than the gaunt monsters of the howling waste.,3.0
"Oft have I heard the melancholy tale,",0.0
"These Exiles tell ' --  How Hope impelled them on,",1.0
"Reckless of tempest, hunger, or the sword,",3.0
"Till ordered to retreat, they knew not why,",1.0
"From all their flattering prospects, they became",3.0
Of gallant Loyalty ' --  At every turn,1.0
"Shame and disgrace appeared, and seemed to mock",2.0
"Their scattered squadrons; which the warlike youth,",1.0
"As the last act of friendship, from the hand",3.0
"Of some brave comrade, to receive the blow",3.0
That freed the indignant spirit from its pain.,3.0
"To a wild mountain, whose bare summit hides",3.0
Are dark with woods; where the receding rocks,1.0
"Are worn by torrents of dissolving snow,",1.0
"A wretched Woman, pale and breathless, flies!",0.0
"And, gazing round her, listens to the sound",1.0
Of hostile footsteps ' --  No! it dies away:,1.0
"Nor noise remains, but of the cataract,",2.0
"Or surly breeze of night, that mutters low",0.0
"Among the thickets, where she trembling seeks",0.0
All she could rescue of the innocent group,3.0
That yesterday surrounded her ' --  Escaped,1.0
"Almost by miracle! Fear, frantic Fear,",3.0
"Winged her weak feet: yet, half repentant now",3.0
"Her headlong haste, she wishes she had stayed",2.0
The lawless soldier's victims ' --  Hark! again,0.0
"The driving tempest bears the cry of Death,",0.0
"And, with deep sullen thunder, the dread sound",4.0
Of cannon vibrates on the tremulous earth;,3.0
"While, bursting in the air, the murderous bomb",2.0
"Glares over her mansion. Where the splinters fall,",4.0
"Like scattered comets, its destructive path",1.0
"Is marked by wreaths of flame! ' --  Then, overwhelmed",0.0
"Beneath accumulated horror, sinks",0.0
"The desolate mourner; yet, in Death itself,",2.0
"True to maternal tenderness, she tries",3.0
To save the unconscious infant from the storm,4.0
This last dear object of her ruined hopes,2.0
"From prowling monsters, that from other hills,",0.0
"More inaccessible, and wilder wastes,",1.0
"Lured by the scent of slaughter, follow fierce",0.0
"Contending hosts, and to polluted fields",1.0
Add dire increase of horrors ' --  But alas!,2.0
The Mother and the Infant perish both! ' --,1.0
"The feudal Chief, whose Gothic battlements",1.0
"Frown on the plain beneath, returning home",0.0
"From distant lands, alone and in disguise,",0.0
"Gains at the fall of night his Castle walls,",0.0
"But, at the vacant gate, no Porter sits",1.0
To wait his Lord's admittance! ' --  In the courts,0.0
"The fatal truth, he shudders as he goes",1.0
"Through the mute hall; where, by the blunted light",1.0
He sees that devastation has been there:,0.0
"Then, while each hideous image to his mind",3.0
"Rises terrific, over a bleeding corpse",4.0
Stumbling he falls; another interrupts,1.0
"His staggering feet ' --  all, all who used to rush",2.0
With joy to meet him ' --  all his family,0.0
Lie murdered in his way! ' --  And the day dawns,2.0
"On a wild raving Maniac, whom a fate",2.0
So sudden and calamitous has robbed,2.0
Of reason; and who round his vacant walls,1.0
"Such are thy dreadful trophies, savage War!",1.0
"And evils such as these, or yet more dire,",2.0
"Which the pained mind recoils from, all are thine ' --",3.0
"The purple Pestilence, that to the grave",2.0
"Sends whom the sword has spared, is thine; and thine",1.0
The Widow's anguish and the Orphan's tears! ' --,1.0
Woes such as these does Man inflict on Man;,1.0
"And by the closet murderers, whom we style",2.0
"Wise Politicians, are the schemes prepared,",2.0
"Depopulate her kingdoms, and consign",1.0
To tears and anguish half a bleeding world! ' --,0.0
"O! could the time return, when thoughts like these",0.0
"Illuminating hills, and woods, and fields,",0.0
Gave to my infant spirits ' --  Memory come!,2.0
"And from distracting cares, that now deprive",1.0
"Such scenes of all their beauty, kindly bear",0.0
"My fancy to those hours of simple joy,",1.0
I played; unconscious then of future ill!,1.0
"The birch with silver rind, and fairy leaf,",0.0
"Into the shallow current, to procure",1.0
"The willow herb of glowing purple spikes,",1.0
"Or flags, whose swordlike leaves concealed the tide,",1.0
"Such as, collected by the shepherd girls,",2.0
And mark the arrival of propitious May. ' --,4.0
"How little dreamt I then the time would come,",0.0
When the bright Sun of that delicious month,3.0
"Should, from disturbed and artificial sleep,",1.0
"To terror and to tears! ' --  Attempting still,",1.0
"To save my children from the overwhelming wrongs,",1.0
That have for ten long years been heaped on me! ' --,1.0
"As the Law lent its plausible disguise,",3.0
Pursuing my faint steps; and I have seen,3.0
"Friendship's sweet bonds which were so early formed,",1.0
And once I fondly thought of amaranth,0.0
And fail; as these green fan-like leaves of fern,2.0
"Yet there are those, whose patient pity still",1.0
With lenient hands to bind up every wound,0.0
"My wearied spirit feels, and bid me go",0.0
"To conscious rectitude the rugged path,",0.0
"That leads at length to Peace! ' --  Ah! yes, my friends",0.0
Peace will at last be mine; for in the Grave,1.0
"Is Peace ' --  and pass a few short years, perchance",0.0
"A few short months, and all the various pain",3.0
"I now endure shall be forgotten there,",1.0
"And no memorial shall remain of me,",2.0
"Shall lose its poignancy, as you reflect",2.0
What complicated woes that grave conceals!,0.0
"But, if the little praise, that may await",2.0
"The Mother's efforts, should provoke the spleen",0.0
The dust that cannot hear them; be it yours,0.0
"To vindicate my humble fame; to say,",1.0
"That, not in selfish sufferings absorbed,",1.0
"I gave to misery all I had, my tears.",1.0
"And if, where regulated sanctity",2.0
"Was seldom heard, that yet my prayer was made",0.0
To him who hears even silence; not in domes,1.0
"Of human architecture, filled with crowds,",0.0
"But on these hills, where boundless, yet distinct,",1.0
"Even as a map, beneath are spread the fields",1.0
"His bounty clothes; divided here by woods,",0.0
"And there by commons rude, or winding brooks,",1.0
"While I might breathe the air perfumed with flowers,",0.0
"And gaze on clouds above me, as they sailed",1.0
When bickering arrows of electric fire,3.0
Flash on the evening sky ' --  I made my prayer,0.0
In unison with murmuring waves that now,3.0
As the bright arch above; for all to me,2.0
Declare omniscient goodness; nor need I,1.0
"My wonder or my praise, when every leaf",1.0
"That Spring unfolds, and every simple bud,",0.0
More forcibly impresses on my heart,2.0
His power and wisdom ' --  Ah! while I adore,3.0
"That goodness, which designed to all that lives",0.0
"Some taste of happiness, my soul is pained",1.0
By the variety of woes that Man,2.0
For Man creates ' --  his blessings often turned,0.0
"Misled by Superstition, has destroyed",0.0
More than Ambition; and the sacred flame,2.0
"Of Liberty becomes a raging fire,",1.0
When Licence and Confusion bid it blaze.,1.0
"From thy high throne, above yonder radiant stars,",6.0
OH Power Omnipotent! with mercy view,4.0
"This suffering globe, and cause thy creatures cease,",0.0
"With savage fangs, to tear her bleeding breast:",0.0
"Restrain that rage for power, that bids a Man,",2.0
"Himself a worm, desire unbounded rule",0.0
Over beings like himself: Teach the hard hearts,3.0
"Of rulers, that the poorest hind, who dies",0.0
"Is equal to the imperious Lord, that leads",5.0
His disciplined destroyers to the field. ' --,2.0
"May lovely Freedom, in her genuine charms,",2.0
"Aided by stern but equal Justice, drive",2.0
"Of Pride, Oppression, Avarice, and Revenge,",3.0
That ruin what thy mercy made so fair!,0.0
"These desultory lines lament, regain",0.0
Their native country; private vengeance then,0.0
"To public virtue yield; and the fierce feuds,",1.0
"May even as storms, that agitate the air,",2.0
"Serve, all tremendous as they are, to fix",3.0
"The reign of Reason, Liberty, and Peace!",1.0
"Out from the injured Canvas, Kneller, strike",1.0
These Lines too faint: the Picture is not like.,2.0
"Exalt thy Thought, and try thy Toil again:",0.0
"Wherever it points, denouncing Death: below",2.0
"Draw routed Squadrons, and the numerous Foe",4.0
"Falling beneath, or flying from His Blow:",3.0
"Till weak with Wounds, and covered over with Blood,",2.0
"Which from the Patriot's Breast in Torrents flowed,",2.0
"But stumbles over the Heap, His Hand had slain.",2.0
"And now exhausted, bleeding, pale He lies;",0.0
"Stern Vengeance yet, and Hostile Terror stand:",1.0
His Front yet threatens; and His Frowns command:,1.0
The Gallic Chiefs their Troops around Him call;,0.0
"Fear to approach Him, though they see Him fall. ' --",3.0
"OH Kneller, could Thy Shades and Lights express",1.0
The perfect Hero in that glorious Dress;,3.0
And Palms for Thee beneath His Laurels grow:,1.0
In spite of Time Thy Work might ever shine;,0.0
"Matures my present, and shall bound my last!",1.0
Why will you break the Sabbath of my days?,1.0
Now sick alike of Envy and of Praise.,2.0
"Public too long, ah let me hide my Age!",3.0
"Our Generals now, retired to their Estates,",1.0
"Hang their old Trophies over the Garden gates,",5.0
"A Voice there is, that whispers in my ear,",1.0
"It's Reason's voice, which sometime one can hear",2.0
"Friend Pope! be prudent, let your Muse take breath,",2.0
And never gallop Pegasus to death;,1.0
"Lest stiff, and stately, void of fire, and force,",0.0
"You limp, like Blackmore, on a Lord Mayor's horse.'",4.0
"Farewell then Verse, and Love, and every Toy,",1.0
The rhymes and rattles of the Man or Boy:,1.0
"What right, what true, what fit, we justly call,",0.0
"To lay this harvest up, and hoard with haste",1.0
"What every day will want, and most, the last.",0.0
"But ask not, to what Doctors I apply?",2.0
"Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I:",5.0
"As drives the storm, at any door I knock,",0.0
"And house with Montagne now, or now with Lock.",5.0
"Sometime a Patriot, active in debate,",3.0
"Mix with the World, and battle for the State,",1.0
"Still true to Virtue, and as warm as true:",2.0
"Back to my native Moderation slide,",0.0
And win my way by yielding to the tIED.,1.0
"Long, as to him who works for debt, the Day,",1.0
Long as the Night to her whose love's away;,1.0
"Long as the Year's dull circle seems to run,",1.0
"So slow the unprofitable Moments roll,",3.0
That lock up all the Functions of my soul;,1.0
That keep me from Myself; and still delay,2.0
Life's instant business to a future day:,2.0
"That task, which as we follow, or despise,",2.0
"The eldest is a fool, the youngest wise;",1.0
"Which done, the poorest can no wants endure,",2.0
"And which not done, the richest must be poor.",0.0
"Late as it is, I put my self to school,",1.0
"And feel some comfort, not to be a fool.",0.0
"Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight,",1.0
"Far from a Lynx, and not a Giant quite,",0.0
"To keep these limbs, and to preserve these eyes.",1.0
"Not to go back, is somewhat to advance,",5.0
And Men must walk at least before they dance.,0.0
"Say, does thy blood rebel, thy bosom move",0.0
"With wretched Avarice, or as wretched Love?",1.0
"Know, there are Words, and Spells, which can control",1.0
Between the Fits this Fever of the soul:,1.0
"Know, there are Rhymes, which fresh and fresh applied",0.0
"Slave to a Wife or Vassal to a Punk,",1.0
All that we ask is but a patient Ear.,1.0
"It's the first Virtue, Vices to abhor;",3.0
And the first Wisdom to be Fool no more.,4.0
"As want of figure, and a small Estate.",1.0
"To either India see the Merchant fly,",2.0
Scared at the spectre of pale Poverty!,3.0
"See him, with pains of body, pangs of soul,",0.0
"Burn through the Tropic, freeze beneath the Pole!",0.0
"Wilt thou do nothing for a nobler end,",2.0
"Nothing, to make Philosophy thy friend?",3.0
"To stop thy foolish views, thy long desires,",0.0
And ease thy heart of all that it admires?,1.0
"Here, Wisdom calls: Seek Virtue first! be bold!",1.0
"As Gold to Silver, Virtue is to Gold.",1.0
"And then let Virtue follow, if she will.",2.0
"This, this the saving doctrine, preached to all,",1.0
To him who notches Sticks at Westminster.,4.0
"BARNARD in spirit, sense, and truth abounds.",0.0
"A Pension, or such Harness for a slave",2.0
"BARNARD, thou art a Cit, with all thy worth;",0.0
"Yet every child another song will sing,",0.0
"Virtue, brave boys! it's Virtue makes a King.",3.0
"Be this thy Screen, and this thy Wall of Brass;",1.0
"Compared to this, a Minister's an Ass.",2.0
"And say, to which shall our applause belong,",1.0
"This new Court jargon, or the good old song?",3.0
"The modern language of corrupted Peers,",1.0
"Who counsels best? who whispers, Be but Great,",0.0
"With Praise or Infamy, leave that to fate;",2.0
"Get Place and Wealth, if possible, with Grace;",2.0
"If not, by any means get Wealth and Place.",1.0
And foremost in the Circle eye a King.,1.0
"Or he, who bids thee face with steady view",1.0
"Proud Fortune, and look shallow Greatness through:",4.0
"And, while he bids thee, sets the Example too?",2.0
That less admires the Palace than the Park;,1.0
"Faith I shall give the answer Reynard gave,",0.0
"I cannot like, Dread Sir! your Royal Cave;",1.0
"Because I see by all the Tracks about,",0.0
"Full many a Beast goes in, but none comes out.",5.0
"Send her to Court, you send her to her Grave.",1.0
"Well, if a King's a Lion, at the least",0.0
"Can they direct what measures to pursue,",2.0
Who know themselves so little what to do?,0.0
"Alike in nothing but one Lust of Gold,",1.0
"Just half the land would buy, and half be sold:",0.0
"Or cross, to plunder Provinces, the Main:",1.0
"Some keep Assemblies, and would keep the Stews;",1.0
"While with the silent growth of ten per Cent,",0.0
In Dirt and darkness hundreds stink content.,0.0
"Of all these ways, if each pursues his own,",0.0
"Satire be kind, and let the wretch alone.",1.0
"But show me one, who has it in his power",0.0
To act consistent with himself an hour.,1.0
"Sir Job sailed forth, the evening bright and still,",2.0
No place on earth he cried like Greenwich hill!,1.0
"Up starts a Palace, lo! the obedient base",4.0
"Slopes at its foot, the woods its sides embrace,",0.0
The silver Thames reflects its marble face.,0.0
"Now let some whimsy, or that Devil within",4.0
Which guides all those who know not what they mean,1.0
But give the Knight or give his Lady spleen;,0.0
"Away, away! take all your scaffolds down,",2.0
At amorous Flavio is the Stocking thrown?,3.0
That very night he longs to lie alone.,0.0
"The Fool whose Wife elopes some thrice a quarter,",0.0
For matrimonial Solace dies a martyr.,2.0
Transform themselves so strangely as the Rich?,1.0
"Well, but the Poor ' --  the Poor have the same itch:",1.0
"They change their weekly Barber, weekly News,",0.0
"Discharge their Garrets, move their Beds, and run",0.0
They know not whither in a Chaise and one;,0.0
"Grow sick, and damn the Climate ' --  like a Lord,",1.0
"My Wig all powder, and all snuff my Band;",1.0
"You laugh, if Coat and Breeches strangely vary,",3.0
"White Gloves, and Linen worthy Lady Mary!",1.0
"Is half so incoherent as my Mind,",2.0
"When each Opinion with the next at strife,",1.0
One ebb and flow of follies all my Life,0.0
"I plant, root up, I build, and then confound,",2.0
"Turn round to square, and square again to round;",0.0
"You never change one muscle of your face,",1.0
"You think this Madness but a common case,",1.0
"Nor once to Chancery, nor to The Doctor of Bedlam. Hales apply;",4.0
"Yet hang your lip, to see a Seam awry!",0.0
Careless how ill I with myself agree;,4.0
"Kind to my dress, my figure, not to Me.",0.0
"Is this my Guide, Philosopher, and Friend?",2.0
"This, He who loves me, and who ought to mend?",1.0
"Who ought to make me what he can, or none,",1.0
"That Man divine whom Wisdom calls her own,",0.0
"Great without Title, without Fortune blessed,",11.0
"Rich even when plundered, honoured while oppressed,",5.0
"Loved without youth, and followed without power,",8.0
"At home though exiled, free, though in the Tower.",1.0
"In short, that reasoning, high, immortal Thing,",2.0
Nay half in Heaven ' --  except what's mighty odd,1.0
"While some affect the Sun, and some the Shade,",0.0
"Some flee the City, some the Hermitage;",1.0
"Their Aims as various, as the Roads they take",1.0
In Journeying through Life; the Task be mine,1.0
To paint the gloomy Horrors of the Tomb;,1.0
"Appointed Place of Rendezvous, where all",0.0
Eternal King! whose potent Arm sustains,0.0
"The Keys of Hell and Death. The Grave, dread Thing!",1.0
"Dark as was Chaos, before the Infant Sun",2.0
"Was rolled together, or had tried his Beams",1.0
Athwart the Gloom profound! The sickly Taper,0.0
And only serves to make thy Night more irksome.,0.0
"Well do I know thee by thy trusty Yew,",1.0
Beneath the won cold Moon as Fame reports,1.0
"Embodied thick, perform their mystic Rounds.",0.0
See yonder Hallowed Fane! the pious Work,1.0
"Of Names once famed, now dubious or forgot,",5.0
And buried mid the Wreck of things which were:,0.0
There lie interred the more illustrious Dead.,3.0
"Till now, I never heard a sound so dreary:",0.0
"Doors creak, and Windows clap, and Night's foul Bird",2.0
"And tattered Coats of Arms, send back the Sound",1.0
"Laden with heavier Airs, from the low Vaults",5.0
"Pass and repass, hushed as the Foot of Night.",4.0
"I'll hear no more, it makes one's Blood run chill.",2.0
"Quite round the Pile, a Row of Reverend Elms,",0.0
Long lashed by the rude Winds: Some rift half down,3.0
That scarce two Crows could lodge in the same Tree.,2.0
"Strange Things, the Neighbours say, have happened here:",4.0
"Wild Shrieks have issued from the hollow Tombs,",2.0
"Dead Men have come again, and walked about,",1.0
When it draws near to Witching Time of Night.,0.0
"Whistling aloud to bear his Courage up,",3.0
And lightly tripping over the long flat Stones,3.0
"With Nettles skirted, and with moss overgrown,",4.0
That tell in homely Phrase who lie below;,0.0
"Sudden! he starts, and hears, or thinks he hears",2.0
The Sound of something purring at his Heels:,0.0
"Full fast he flies, and dares not look behind him,",1.0
Till out of Breath he overtakes his Fellows;,4.0
"Who gather round, and wonder at the Tale",0.0
"Of horrid Apparition, tall and ghastly,",0.0
"That walks at Dead of Night, or takes his Stand",0.0
Sad Sight! slow moving over the prostrate Dead:,4.0
"Listless, she crawls along in doleful Black,",2.0
"While Bursts of Sorrow gush from either Eye,",0.0
Prone on the lowly Grave of the Dear Man,1.0
"In barbarous Succession, musters up",2.0
"Tenacious of its Theme. Still, still she thinks",2.0
"She sees him, and indulging the fond Thought,",3.0
"Clings yet more closely to the senseless Turf,",1.0
Nor heeds the Passenger who looks that Way.,1.0
"Whom Love has knit, and Sympathy made one;",2.0
A Tie more stubborn far than Nature's Band!,0.0
Friendship! Mysterious Cement of the Soul!,3.0
Sweetener of Life! and Solder of Society!,3.0
"I owe thee much. Thou hast deserved from me,",0.0
"Far, far beyond what I can ever pay.",2.0
And the warm Efforts of the gentle Heart,3.0
Anxious to please. O! when my Friend and I,2.0
Hid from the vulgar Eye; and sat us down,0.0
In grateful Errors through the Underwood,1.0
Mended his Song of Love; the sooty Blackbird,2.0
"Mellowed his Pipe, and softened every Note:",2.0
"The Eglantine smelled sweeter, and the Rose",2.0
Assumed a Die more deep; while every Flower,0.0
Of Dress. O! then the longest Summer's Day,0.0
"Seemed too, too much in Haste: Still the full Heart",3.0
Too exquisite to last. Of Joys departed,2.0
"Not to return, how painful the Remembrance!",2.0
And every smirking Feature from the Face;,1.0
Branding our Laughter with the Name of Madness.,3.0
Where are the Jesters now? the Men of Health,3.0
Whose every Look and Gesture was a Joke,1.0
To gather up her Face into a Smile,1.0
"Before she was aware? Ah! Sullen now,",1.0
"And Dumb, as the green Turf that covers them!",3.0
Who the Tiara at his Pleasure tore,1.0
From Kings of all the then discovered Globe;,0.0
And had not Room enough to do it's Work?,0.0
And crammed into a Space we blush to name.,0.0
Proud Royalty! how altered in thy Looks?,2.0
"How blank thy Features, and how won thy Hue?",1.0
Son of the Morning! whither art thou gone?,0.0
And the majestic Menace of thine Eyes,2.0
"Felt from afar? Pliant and powerless now,",9.0
"Or Victim tumbled flat upon its Back,",0.0
"Mute, must thou bear the Strife of little Tongues,",0.0
"But only hoped for in the peaceful Grave,",0.0
Of being unmolested and alone.,1.0
"In Mode and Form, even to a very Scruple;",4.0
O cruel Irony! These come too late;,2.0
"And only mock, whom they were meant to honour.",1.0
"But lies as soft, and sleeps as sound as He.",0.0
Sorry Preeminence of high Descent,3.0
Stately and slow; and properly attended,3.0
"By the whole Sable Tribe, that painful watch",2.0
"The sick Man's Door, and live upon the Dead,",1.0
By letting out their Persons by the Hour,2.0
"To mimic Sorrow, when the Heart's not sad.",0.0
In Glory scarce exceed. Great Gluts of People,1.0
"Midst all the gorgeous Figures you exhibit,",1.0
"Why is the Principal concealed, for which",1.0
You make this mighty Stir? It's wisely done:,0.0
What would offend the Eye in a good Picture,1.0
The Painter casts discreetly into Shades.,0.0
Below the Envy of the Private Man!,1.0
Pursues thee even to Death; nor there stops short.,3.0
Strange Persecution! when the Grave itself,1.0
"Absurd! to think to overreach the Grave,",0.0
And from the Wreck of Names to rescue ours!,1.0
The best concerted Schemes Men lay for Fame,1.0
Die fast away: Only themselves die faster.,7.0
Supply their little feeble Aids in vain.,0.0
"The tapering Pyramid! the Egyptian's Pride,",5.0
And Wonder of the World! whose spiky Top,1.0
"Has wounded the thick Cloud, and long outlived",3.0
The angry Shaking of the Winter's Storm;,1.0
"Shattered with Age, and furrowed over with Years,",3.0
"The mystic Cone, with Hieroglyphics crusted,",0.0
Gives Way. O! lamentable Sight! at once,4.0
With calm deliberate Malice wastes them:,0.0
"Worn on the Edge of Days, the Brass consumes,",0.0
"Unsteady to the Steel, gives up its Charge.",3.0
"Ambition! half convicted of her Folly,",1.0
Who swam to Sovereign Rule through Seas of Blood;,0.0
"Who ravaged Kingdoms, and laid Empires Waste;",2.0
"Thinned States of half their People, and gave up",3.0
"Vain Thought! to hide them from the general Scorn,",2.0
That haunts and dogs them like an injured Ghost,0.0
Implacable. Here too the petty Tyrant,1.0
"Of scant Domains Geographer never noticed,",2.0
"And well for neighbouring Grounds, of Arm as short;",2.0
"Who fixed his Iron Talons on the Poor,",1.0
And griped them like some Lordly Beast of Prey;,0.0
"Deaf to the forceful Cries of gnawing Hunger,",0.0
"As if a Slave was not a Shred of Nature,",1.0
Of the same common Nature with his Lord:,3.0
"Shakes Hands with Dust, and calls the Worm his Kinsman;",2.0
Nor pleads his Rank and Birthright. Under Ground,1.0
"Grossly familiar, Side by Side consume.",2.0
Above the common Level of our Kind;,1.0
Beauty! thou pretty Plaything! dear Deceit!,3.0
"And gives it a new Pulse, unknown before!",2.0
"The Grave discredits thee: Thy Charms expunged,",1.0
"Thy Roses faded, and thy Lilies soiled;",1.0
What hast thou more to boast of? Will thy Lovers,1.0
"Flock round thee now, to gaze and do thee Homage?",0.0
"Coarse Fare and Carrion please thee full as well,",3.0
And leave as keen a Relish on the Sense.,1.0
Look! how the Fair One weeps! the conscious Tears,0.0
Works hard to put a Gloss on its Distress.,2.0
"Strength too! thou surly, and less gentle Boast",3.0
A Fit of common Sickness pulls thee down,0.0
What Groan was that I heard? Deep Groan indeed!,1.0
"From yonder Bed it comes, where the strong Man,",1.0
Beats thick! his roomy Chest by far too scant,2.0
To give the Lungs full Play! What now avail,1.0
"See! how he tugs for Life, and lays about him,",0.0
Mad with his Pain! Eager he catches hold,4.0
"Of what comes next to Hand, and grasps it hard,",0.0
Just like a Creature drowning! Hideous Sight!,2.0
"O! how his Eyes stand out, and stare full ghastly!",4.0
"Shoots like a burning Arrow cross his Bowels,",0.0
And drinks his Marrow up. Heard you that Groan?,2.0
"Unconscious of his Strength, to play the Coward,",2.0
And flee before a feeble Thing like Man;,0.0
"That knowing well the Slackness of his Arm,",1.0
"With Study pale, and Midnight Vigils spent,",1.0
And travelling through the boundless Length of Space,1.0
"That roll with regular Confusion there,",2.0
In Ecstasy of Thought. But Ah! proud Man!,2.0
Great Heights are hazardous to the weak Head:,3.0
"Soon, very soon, thy firmest Footing fails;",1.0
"Where nor Device, nor Knowledge ever came.",1.0
And cannot tell his Ail to Passers by.,1.0
Great Man of Language! whence this mighty Change?,1.0
"This dumb Despair, and drooping of the Head?",1.0
"Though strong Persuasion hung upon thy Lip,",0.0
And sly Insinuation's softer Arts,0.0
In Ambush lay about thy flowing Tongue;,1.0
"Rest, like a weary Cloud, upon thy Breast",0.0
"Unceasing. Ah! Where is the lifted Arm,",1.0
"The Strength of Action, and the Force of Words,",1.0
With all the lesser Ornaments of Phrase?,1.0
"Ah! fled for ever, as they never had been!",1.0
"Razed from the Book of Fame: Or more provoking,",0.0
"Insults thy Memory, and blots thy Tomb",1.0
"Enough to rouse a Dead Man into Rage,",1.0
And warm with red Resentment the won Cheek.,2.0
"Here! the great Masters of the healing Art,",3.0
"Where are thy boasted Implements of Art,",1.0
"Nor Hill, nor Vale, as far as Ship could go,",0.0
Escaped thy rifling Hand: From stubborn Shrubs,0.0
"And vexed them in the Fire: Nor Fly, nor Insect,",1.0
But why this Apparatus? Why this Cost?,0.0
"Tell us, thou doughty Keeper from the Grave!",1.0
"Where are thy Recipe's and Cordials now,",2.0
With the long List of Vouchers for thy Cures?,3.0
Looks not more silly when the Cheat's found out.,2.0
"From Back and Belly too, their proper Cheer;",0.0
"Eased of a Tax, it irked the Wretch to pay",0.0
Nor tedious Bills of Charges and Repairs.,3.0
"But Ah! Where are his Rents, his Comings in?",0.0
"Robbed of his Gods, what has he left behind!",0.0
O! Cursed Lust of Gold! when for thy Sake,3.0
"The Fool throws up his Interest in both Worlds,",3.0
"First starved in this, then damned in that to come.",1.0
"How shocking must thy Summons be, OH Death!",1.0
To him that is at Ease in his Possessions;,1.0
"Who counting on long Years of Pleasure here,",2.0
"In that dread Moment, how the frantic Soul",2.0
"Raves round the Walls of her Clay Tenement,",4.0
"Runs to each Avenue, and shrieks for Help,",0.0
But shrieks in vain! How wishfully she looks,1.0
"A little longer, yet a little longer,",0.0
"O! might she stay, to wash away her Stains,",0.0
And fit her for her Passage! Mournful Sight!,1.0
Her very Eyes weep Blood; and every Groan,1.0
"She heaves is big with Horror: But the Foe,",1.0
"Like a staunch Murderer steady to his Purpose,",5.0
"Pursues her close through every Lane of Life,",0.0
"Nor misses once the Track, but presses on;",1.0
"Till forced at last to the tremendous Verge,",1.0
At once she sinks to everlasting Ruin.,0.0
Sure! it's a serious Thing to Die! My Soul!,2.0
"What a strange Moment must it be, when near",2.0
"Thy Journey's End, thou hast the Gulf in View!",0.0
To tell what's doing on the other Side!,1.0
"Nature runs back, and shudders at the Sight,",3.0
For part they must: Body and Soul must part;,2.0
Fond Couple! linked more close than wedded Pair.,1.0
"This wings its Way to its Almighty Source,",1.0
"The Witness of its Actions, now its Judge:",1.0
Like a disabled Pitcher of no Use.,3.0
"If when Men died, at once they ceased to Be,",1.0
Returning to the barren Womb of Nothing,1.0
"Reel over his full Bowl, and when it's drained,",3.0
"Fill up another to the Brim, and laugh",3.0
"By stealing out of Being, when he pleased,",1.0
"And by what Way; whether by Hemp, or Steel:",3.0
Death's thousand Doors stand open. Who could force,2.0
Or blame him if he goes? Sure! he does well,2.0
"That helps himself as timely as he can,",1.0
"When able. But if there is an Hereafter,",3.0
"And suffered to speak out, tells every Man;",4.0
Then must it be an awful Thing to die:,0.0
"More horrid yet, to die by one's own Hand.",1.0
That makes her the Reproach of neighbouring States.,3.0
Forbid it Heaven! Let not upon Disgust,2.0
With Blood of its own Lord. Dreadful Attempt!,3.0
To rush into the Presence of our Judge!,1.0
"As if we challenged him to do his worst,",2.0
And mattered not his Wrath. Unheard of Tortures,0.0
Must be reserved for such: These herd together;,1.0
"The Common Damned shun their Society,",3.0
And look upon themselves as Fiends less foul.,1.0
"Our Time is fixed, and all our Days are numbered;",0.0
"How long, how short, we know not: This we know,",1.0
"Duty requires we calmly wait the Summons,",2.0
Nor dare to stir till Heaven shall give Permission:,0.0
"Those only are the Brave, that keep their Ground,",1.0
And keep it to the last. To run away,1.0
Is but a Coward's Trick: To run away,1.0
"From this World's Ills, that at the very worst",1.0
"Will soon blow over, thinking to mend ourselves",3.0
"By boldly venturing on a World unknown,",1.0
And plunging headlong in the dark; it's Mad:,1.0
No Frenzy half so desperate as this.,2.0
"Tell us! you Dead! Will none of you, in Pity",1.0
"To those you left behind, disclose the Secret?",1.0
O! that some courteous Ghost would blab it out!,2.0
"What it's You are, and We must shortly be.",2.0
That does its Work by Halves. Why might you not,0.0
Tell us what it's to Die? Do the strict Laws,1.0
Of your Society forbid your speaking,2.0
Upon a Point so nice? I'll ask no more;,1.0
"Enlightens but yourselves: Well, ' --  it's no Matter;",4.0
"A very little Time will clear up all,",0.0
"And make us learnt as you are, and as close.",1.0
"Death's Shafts fly thick! Here falls the Village Swain,",2.0
And there his pampered Lord! The Cup goes round;,2.0
And who so artful as to put it by?,1.0
It's long since Death had the Majority;,2.0
Yet strange! the Living lay it not to Heart.,0.0
"See! yonder Maker of the Dead Man's Bed,",3.0
"Digs through whole Rows of Kindred and Acquaintance,",4.0
"But well he knew its Owner, and can tell",1.0
Some Passage of his Life. Thus Hand in Hand,2.0
The Sot has walked with Death twice Twenty Years;,1.0
"And yet never Younker on the Green laughs louder,",2.0
"None sings a merrier Catch, or lends a Hand",3.0
"More willing to his Cup. Poor Wretch! he minds not,",2.0
That soon some trusty Brother of the Trade,1.0
Shall do for him what he has done for Thousands.,0.0
"On this Side, and on that, Men see their Friends",1.0
"Drop off, like Leaves in Autumn; yet launch out",2.0
"Into fantastic Schemes, which the long Livers,",2.0
Could scarce have Leisure for! Fools that we are!,2.0
"Never to think of Death, and of Ourselves",3.0
At the same Time! As if to learn to Die,2.0
The very first swollen Surge shall sweep us in.,3.0
"Think we, or think we not, Time hurries on",2.0
"Yet treads more soft than ever did Midnight Thief,",2.0
"That slides his Hand under the Miser's Pillow,",5.0
"Savage and Tame, and full of Dead Men's Bones?",3.0
"The very Turf on which we tread, once lived;",1.0
To cover our own Offspring: In their Turns,2.0
They too must cover theirs. It's here all meet!,1.0
"Men of all Climes, that never met before;",0.0
"And of all Creeds, the Jew, the Turk, and Christian.",1.0
"Here the proud Prince, and Favourite yet prouder,",5.0
"His Sovereign's Keeper, and the People's Scourge,",2.0
Are huddled out of Sight. Here lie abashed,1.0
"The great Negotiators of the Earth,",1.0
"And celebrated Masters of the Ballance,",1.0
"Deep read in Stratagems, and Wiles of Courts:",2.0
Here the overloaded Slave flings down his Burden,2.0
"With all his Guards and Tools of Power about him,",2.0
"Mocks his short Arm, and quick as Thought escapes",3.0
"Where Tyrants vex not, and the Weary rest.",1.0
"Here the warm Lover leaving the cool Shade,",4.0
"The Telltale Echo, and the babbling Stream,",2.0
"Time out of Mind the favourite Seats of Love,",0.0
Fast by his gentle Mistress lay him down,0.0
"Ever while that stood aloof, as shy to meet,",0.0
"Of a Span long, that never saw the Sun,",2.0
"Nor pressed the Nipple, strangled in Life's Porch.",1.0
Here is the Mother with her Sons and Daughters;,1.0
"The barren Wife; and long demurring Maid,",0.0
Not to be come at by the willing Hand.,1.0
"The sober Widow, and the young green Virgin,",2.0
"Cropped like a Rose, before it's fully blown,",0.0
Or half its Worth disclosed. Strange Medley here!,1.0
Here garrulous Old Age winds up his Tale;,3.0
"Whose every Day was made of Melody,",1.0
"Here are the Wise, the Generous, and the Brave;",1.0
"The Just, the Good, the Worthless, the Profane,",1.0
"The supple Statesman, and the Patriot stern;",3.0
"The Wrecks of Nations, and the Spoils of Time,",1.0
With all the Lumber of Six Thousand Years.,2.0
Poor Man! how happy once in thy first State!,2.0
"When yet but warm from thy great Maker's Hand,",2.0
"He stamped thee with his Image, and well pleased",3.0
Smiled on his last fair Work. Then all was well.,1.0
"Sound was the Body, and the Soul serene;",1.0
"Like two sweet Instruments never out of Tune,",4.0
"That play their several Parts. Nor Head, nor Heart,",0.0
Offered to ache: Nor was there Cause they should;,3.0
"For all was pure within: No fell Remorse,",1.0
"Nor anxious Castings up of what might be,",1.0
Alarmed his peaceful Bosom: Summer Seas,0.0
"Show not more smooth, when kissed by Southern Winds",0.0
The generous Soil with a luxuriant Hand,5.0
"Offered the various Produce of the Year,",3.0
And every Thing most perfect in its Kind.,1.0
Blessed as the pleasing Dreams of Holy Men;,0.0
"But fugitive like those, and quickly gone.",2.0
O! slippery State of Things! What sudden Turns?,0.0
"What strange Vicissitudes, in the first Leaf",2.0
"Of Man's sad History? Today most Happy,",2.0
How scant the Space between these vast Extremes!,0.0
Thus fared it with our Sire: Not long he enjoyed,4.0
His Paradise! Scarce had the happy Tenant,1.0
"Of the fair Spot due Time to prove its Sweets,",4.0
Or sum them up; when strait he must be gone,1.0
Never to return again. And must he go?,1.0
Of erring Man? Like one that is condemned,2.0
"Fain would he trifle Time with idle Talk,",0.0
And parley with his Fate. But it's in vain.,2.0
Not all the lavish Odours of the Place,0.0
"Offered in Incense can procure his Pardon,",2.0
Or mitigate his Doom. A mighty Angel,0.0
"With flaming Sword forbids his longer Stay,",0.0
One last and farewell Round. At once he lost,1.0
"His Glory and his God. If mortal now,",1.0
"And sorely maimed, No Wonder! Man has sinned.",1.0
"Sick of his Bliss, and bent on new Adventures,",0.0
Evil he would needs try: Nor tried in vain.,3.0
Dreadful Experiment! Destructive Measure!,3.0
"Where the worst Thing could happen, is Success.",4.0
Alas! too well he sped: The Good he scorned,1.0
"Not to return; or if it did, its Visits",2.0
"Like those of Angels short, and far between:",0.0
"Admitted once into its better Room,",0.0
"Grew loud and mutinous, nor would be gone;",2.0
"Saw the rash Error, which he could not mend:",3.0
"An Error fatal not to him alone,",1.0
"But to his future Sons, his Fortune's Heirs.",1.0
Inglorious Bondage! Human Nature groans,2.0
And its vast Body bleeds through every Vein.,2.0
What Havoc hast thou made? Foul Monster Sin!,1.0
Greatest and first of Ills! The fruitful Parent,2.0
Of Woes of all Dimensions! But for thee,1.0
Sorrow had never been. All noxious Thing!,2.0
Are kindly circumscribed and have their Bounds.,0.0
"The fierce Volcano, from its burning Entrails",1.0
"Marrs the adjacent Fields for some Leagues round,",2.0
"Buries whole Tracts of Country, threatening more;",3.0
But that too has its Shore it cannot pass.,0.0
More dreadful far than these! Sin has laid waste,1.0
"Not here and there a Country, but a World:",2.0
Dispatching at a wide extended Blow,0.0
Entire Mankind; and for their Sakes defacing,2.0
A whole Creation's Beauty with rude Hands;,2.0
And marking all along its Way with Ruin.,0.0
"Accursed Thing! O, where shall Fancy find",2.0
"A proper Name to call thee by, expressive",1.0
Of all thy Horrors? Pregnant Womb of Ills!,0.0
That Toads and Serpents of most deadly Kind,1.0
"Of every Size and Symptom, racking Pains,",0.0
"And bluest Plagues, are thine! See! how the Fiend",0.0
"Shapes out new Work of great uncommon Daring,",3.0
"Here let me pause! and drop an honest Tear,",0.0
"One Burst of filial Duty, and Condolence,",3.0
"Over all those ample Deserts Death hath spread,",0.0
Unheard of Epicure! without a Fellow!,0.0
Some Intervals of Abstinence are sought,2.0
"This, less than this, might gorge thee to the full!",2.0
"Like One, whole Days defrauded of his Meals,",4.0
"On whom lank Hunger lays her skinny Hand,",1.0
"Famine, and War, were not thy Caterers!",3.0
"But know! that Thou must render up thy Dead,",2.0
And with high Interest too? They are not thine;,2.0
"But only in thy Keeping for a Season,",1.0
Till the Great promised Day of Restitution;,2.0
"And rouse the long, long Sleepers into Life,",1.0
"Then must thy Gates fly open, and reveal",2.0
"The Mines, that lay long forming under Ground,",1.0
"And pure as Silver from the Crucible,",2.0
"That twice has stood the Torture of the Fire,",1.0
"And Inquisition of the Forge. We know,",1.0
"The Son of God, thee foiled. Him in thy power",0.0
"And, shaking off thy Fetters, soon retook",1.0
"Those Spoils, his voluntary Yielding lent.",1.0
And showed himself alive to chosen Witnesses,1.0
"Had not a Scruple left. This having done,",0.0
"Climb the Aerial Heights, and glide along",2.0
Athwart the severing Clouds: But the faint Eye,3.0
"Flung backwards in the Chase, soon drops its Hold;",2.0
"Disabled quite, and jaded with pursuing.",1.0
Heaven's Portals wide expand to let him in;,0.0
Nor are his Friends shut out: As some great Prince,4.0
"But for his Train: It was his Royal Will,",3.0
"That where He is, there should his Followers be.",2.0
Death only lies between! A gloomy Path!,1.0
Made yet more gloomy by our Coward Fears!,1.0
"Start we at transient Hardships, in the Way",0.0
"That leads to purer Air, and softer Skies,",0.0
And a never Setting Sun? Fools that we are!,1.0
"But strait our Wish revoke, and will not go.",1.0
"So have I seen upon a Summer's Even,",0.0
How wishfully he looks! To stem the Tide,1.0
"This Moment resolute, next unresolved:",1.0
"At last! he dips his Foot; but as he dips,",1.0
"His Fears redouble, and he runs away",1.0
"Of all the Flowers, that paint the further Bank,",2.0
And smiled so sweet of late. Thrice welcome Death!,1.0
That after many a painful bleeding Step,2.0
"Conducts us to our Home, and lands us safe",1.0
Our Bane turned to a Blessing! Death disarmed,2.0
Loses her Fullness quite: All Thanks to him,2.0
Who scourged the Venom out. Sure! the last End,3.0
Of the Good Man is Peace. How calm his Exit!,1.0
Yet like the Sun seems larger at his Setting!,1.0
"High in his Faith and Hopes, look! how he reaches",2.0
While the glad Gates of Sight are wide expanded,3.0
"To let new Glories in, the first fair Fruits",2.0
"To have has Passport signed, and be dismissed!",1.0
Rests too in Hope of meeting once again,1.0
"Its better Half, never to sunder more.",5.0
Nor shall it hope in vain: The Time draws on,2.0
"Whether on Land, or in the spacious Sea,",2.0
Inviolate: And faithfully shall these,2.0
Make up the full Account; not the least Atom,2.0
"Embezzled, or mislaid, of the whole Tale.",2.0
Each Soul shall have a Body ready furnished;,0.0
And each shall have his own. Hence you Profane!,2.0
"Ask not, how this can be? Sure the same Power",4.0
"That reared the Piece at first, and took it down,",0.0
"Can reassemble the loose scattered Parts,",2.0
And put them as they were. Almighty God,2.0
Has done much more; nor is his Arm impaired,1.0
"Through Length of Days: And what he can, he will:",1.0
His Faithfulness stands bound to see it done.,3.0
"When the dread Trumpet sounds, the slumbering Dust,",4.0
"And every Joint possess it's proper Place,",0.0
"With a new Elegance of Form, unknown",3.0
To its first State. Nor shall the conscious Soul,2.0
Mistake its Partner; but amid the Crowd,1.0
"Singling its other Half, into its Arms",1.0
"With Haste runs over every different Room,",1.0
In Pain to see the whole. Thrice happy Meeting!,1.0
"Nor Time, nor Death, shall ever part them more.",0.0
"We make the Grave our Bed, and then are gone.",0.0
"Thus at the Shut of Even, the weary Bird",2.0
"Leaves the wide Air, and in some lonely Brake",2.0
OH MY lamented TALBOT! while with Thee,2.0
And drew the inspiring Breath of Ancient Arts;,2.0
Ah! little thought she her returning Verse,1.0
Should sing our Darling Subject to thy Shade.,1.0
"And does the Mystic Veil, from mortal Beam,",0.0
"Involve those Eyes where every Virtue smiled,",0.0
And all the FATHER'S candid Spirit shone?,0.0
"The Light of Reason, pure, without a Cloud;",0.0
"Full of the generous Heart, the mild Regard;",2.0
But to the Death of mighty Nations turned,1.0
"My Strain, be there absorbed the Private Tear.",1.0
"MUSING, I lay; warm from the sacred Walks,",2.0
Where at each step Imagination burns:,0.0
"Ten thousand Wonders rolling in my thought,",1.0
"Tread the blessed Ground by more than mortals trod,",2.0
And see those Skies that breathed the Roman Soul.,0.0
"Lies a vast Monument once glorious Rome,",7.0
The Tomb of Empire! Ruins! that efface,0.0
"Whatever, of finished, modern Pomp can boast.",3.0
"Led me anew over all the solemn Scene,",7.0
Still in the Mind's pure eye more solemn dressed.,1.0
"When strait, methought, the fair majestic POWER",3.0
"Of LIBERTY appeared. Not, as of old,",2.0
"Extended in her hand the Cap, and Rod,",0.0
"But her bright Temples bound with British Oak,",2.0
Sublime her Port. Loose over her Shoulder flowed,3.0
An Island Goddess now; and her high care,1.0
"The Queen of Isles, the Mistress of the Main.",1.0
My heart beat filial transport at the sight;,2.0
"And, as she moved to speak, the awakened Muse",3.0
"Listened intense. A while she looked around,",2.0
"And then, her Sighs repressing, thus began.",0.0
But ah how changed! the falling poor Remains,0.0
"Look back through time; and from the gloom disclosed,",2.0
"Painting my words, behold the scattered Scene.",2.0
The Great Republic see! that glowed sublime,0.0
With the mixed Freedom of a thousand States;,3.0
"See busy Millions swarming all the Land,",1.0
"With Cities thronged, and teeming Culture high:",0.0
"For on her freeborn Sons then Nature smiled,",1.0
And poured the Plenty that belongs to Men.,0.0
"Behold, the Country cheering, Villas rise,",0.0
In lively Prospect; by the secret lapse,1.0
"Of Brooks now lost, and Streams renowned in Song:",1.0
Of her brown Hills that breathe the scented gale:,2.0
Or in the spacious Neighbourhood of Rome;,3.0
"Or downwards spreading to the sunny shore,",1.0
"Waved from the main, where Alba draws the Breeze.",0.0
"See distant Mountains leave their Valleys dry,",1.0
"And over the proud Arcade their Tribute pour,",2.0
To lave Imperial Rome. For ages laid,2.0
"From sea to sea, her Public Roads behold:",0.0
"With Legions flaming, or with Triumph green.",1.0
"Full in the Centre of these wondrous Works,",1.0
"While Tombs of Heroes consecrate the way,",0.0
The Pride of Earth! Rome in her Glory see!,1.0
"All Head to counsel, and all Heart to act:",1.0
Ere low Corruption taught the Servile Herd,1.0
"To know a Master's voice. Astonished, mark",0.0
"Her Forum, earnest, popular, and loud,",1.0
"As they the Private Father greatly quelled,",1.0
Stood up the Public Fathers of the State.,1.0
See Justice judging there in Human Shape.,2.0
"Hark how with Freedom's voice it thunders high,",0.0
"Her Tribes, her Census see; her Generous Troops,",2.0
"Whose Pay was Glory, and whose best Reward",1.0
Free for their Country and for ME to die;,2.0
Ere Mercenary Murder grew a Trade.,1.0
"Mark, as the purple Triumph waves along,",0.0
The highest Pomp and lowest Fall of Life.,0.0
"Her Festive Games, the School of Heroes, see;",0.0
"Her Circus, ardent with contending Youth;",1.0
"Her Streets, her Temples, Palaces, and Baths,",1.0
And of a Race by Plastic Virtue marked.,1.0
"While Sculpture lives around, and Asian Hills",0.0
Lend their best Stores to heave the pillared Dome:,3.0
All that to Roman Grandeur the soft Touch,3.0
"To paint this Sun, this Centre of Mankind;",2.0
"Where every Virtue, Glory, Treasure, Art,",0.0
"Attracted strong, in heightened lustre met.",0.0
"A Land in all, in Government, and Arts,",1.0
"In Virtue, Genius, Heaven and Earth reversed.",0.0
"Proofs of a People, whose heroic Aims",0.0
Soared far above the little selfish sphere,1.0
Of doubting modern Life; who but inflamed,1.0
"With Classic Zeal, the consecrated Scenes",0.0
"Of Men and Deeds to trace, the Wonder, Theme,",0.0
And Model of Mankind; unhappy Land!,2.0
"Would trust thy Wilds, and Cities loose of sway?",0.0
"Are these the Vales, that once exulting States",1.0
"In their warm bosom fed? The Mountains these,",3.0
"I bred to Glory? These dejected Towns,",1.0
"Sordid, and mean, where Life can scarce subsist,",2.0
"The Scenes of Ancient Opulence, and Pomp?",1.0
"Come! by whatever Sacred Name disguised,",3.0
"OPPRESSION, come! and in thy works rejoice!",0.0
"See razed the enlivening Village, Farm, and Seat.",4.0
"First Rural Toil, by thy rapacious hand",2.0
"Robbed of his poor Reward, resigned the Plough;",0.0
"It's thine entire. The lonely Swain himself,",3.0
Who loves at large along the grassy Downs,0.0
"His flocks to pasture, Thine abhorrent flies.",1.0
"Far as the sickening Eye can sweep around,",0.0
"It's all one Desert, desolate, and grey,",0.0
Of rotting Ages taints the passing Gale.,0.0
"Beneath the baleful Blast the City pines,",0.0
"Beneath it mourns the solitary Road,",0.0
Rolled in rude Mazes over the abandoned Waste;,3.0
"While Ancient Ways, engulfed, are seen no more.",1.0
"To Humankind! Thy Mountains too, profuse",0.0
"There on the breezy Brow, where thriving States,",1.0
"And famous Cities once, to the pleased Sun,",1.0
"Far other Scenes of rising Culture spread,",1.0
"Pale shine thy ragged Towns. Neglected round,",1.0
"Each Harvest pines; the livid, lean Produce",0.0
"Of heartless Labour: while thy hated Joys,",0.0
"Not proper Pleasure, lift the lazy hand.",0.0
"Better to sink in Sloth the Woes of life,",2.0
Than wake their rage with unavailing Toil.,0.0
Hence drooping Art almost to Nature leaves,2.0
"Of yellow Crees, thin the radiant Blush",3.0
"To weedy wildness run, no Rural Wealth,",1.0
Such as Dictators fed the Garden pours.,1.0
"Crude the wild Olive flows, and foul the Vine;",3.0
"Streams Life, and Joy, save in the Muse's bowl.",2.0
"Draw the bright thread in vain, and idly toil.",3.0
"In vain, forlorn in wilds, the Citron blows;",0.0
And flowering Plants perfume the desert gale.,2.0
And long a stranger to the Hero's brow.,1.0
Nor half thy Triumph this: cast from brute Fields,3.0
Into the Haunts of Men thy ruthless eye.,0.0
There buxom Plenty never turns her horn;,0.0
"The Grace and Virtue of exterior Life,",3.0
"No clean Convenience reigns; even Sleep itself,",5.0
"Least delicate of Powers, reluctant there",5.0
Lays on the Bed impure his heavy head.,0.0
"Thy horrid Walk! dead, empty, unadorned,",1.0
See Streets whose Echos never know the voice,1.0
And Art mechanic at his various task,2.0
"Of Occupation void, as void of Hope;",0.0
"Hope the glad Ray, glanced from ETERNAL GOOD,",3.0
"That Life enlivens, and exalts it's Powers,",1.0
With views of Fortune ' --  Madness all to them!,0.0
"By Thee relentless seized their better Joys,",1.0
"To the soft aid of cordial Airs they fly,",2.0
"A kind Oblivion breathing over their Woes,",4.0
And Love and Music melt their Souls away.,0.0
"From feeble Justice see how rash Revenge,",0.0
"Trembling, the Ballance snatches; and her Sword,",2.0
"See where GOD'S Altar nursing Murder stands,",2.0
With the red touch of dark Assassins stained.,2.0
"But chief let Rome, the mighty City! speak",1.0
"Behold Her rise amid the lifeless Waste,",0.0
Expiring Nature all corrupted round;,0.0
"Winds his waste stores, and sullen sweeps along.",3.0
"Mark how the Temple glares; and, artful dressed,",0.0
"Mark how the Palace lifts a lying front,",0.0
"Of Misery, whose melancholy walls",1.0
Seem its voracious Grandeur to reproach.,6.0
"Within the City Bounds, the Desert see.",0.0
"See the rank Vine over subterranean roofs,",4.0
"Indecent, spread; beneath whose fretted gold",0.0
"It once exulting flowed. The People mark,",0.0
"Inexorably firm, just, generous, brave,",3.0
"Afraid of nothing but unworthy Life,",1.0
"Elate with Glory, an Heroic Soul",1.0
Known to the Vulgar Breast: behold them now,0.0
"A thin despairing Number, all subdued,",0.0
"The Slaves of Slaves, by Superstition fooled,",0.0
"By Vice unmanned and a licentious Rule,",1.0
"In Guile ingenious, and in Murder brave.",1.0
"Thy Sons, OPPRESSION, are; and such were MINE.",2.0
And by the Tempest of two thousand Years,3.0
"Continual shaken, let my Ruins vie.",2.0
"These Roads that yet the Roman hand assert,",0.0
Beyond the weak repair of modern Toil;,0.0
"These fractured Arches, that the chiding Stream",0.0
No more delighted hear; these rich Remains,1.0
"Of Marbles now unknown, where shines imbibed",0.0
Mysterious marked with dark Egyptian Lore;,2.0
These endless Wonders that this Via Sacra. Sacred Way,0.0
"From these too drawn, mine is thy every Boast:",2.0
Over the live canvas emanating breathed.,2.0
"What would you say, you Conquerors of Earth!",1.0
"Could you the Country see, with Seas of blood,",0.0
"And the dread Toil of ages, won so dear;",2.0
"Your Pride, your Triumph, your supreme Delight!",1.0
"For whose Defence oft, in the doubtful hour,",1.0
"You rushed with rapture down the gulf of Fate,",1.0
"Of Death ambitious! till by awful Deeds,",1.0
"Virtues, and Courage, that amaze Mankind,",3.0
The Queen of Nations rose; possessed of all,0.0
"That Nature, Art, and Glory could bestow:",0.0
"What would you say, deep in the last Abyss",1.0
"Thus to behold her sunk? Your crowded Plains,",2.0
Void of their Cities; unadorned your Hills;,0.0
"Your lawless Floods, and your abandoned Streams;",1.0
These could you know? these could you love again?,0.0
"Content, Poetic Ease, and Rural Joy,",0.0
Soon bursting into Song: while through the Groves,2.0
"In many a tortured Stream, you mused along?",2.0
"And could you deem yonder naked Hills, that form,",3.0
On the gay Land to lavish all their Stores;,2.0
"How changed, how vacant, VIRGIL, wide around,",0.0
"By black Vesuvius thundering over the Coast,",6.0
"His midnight Earthquakes, and his mining Fires,",3.0
"Than by Despotic Rage: that inward gnaws,",1.0
"A native Foe; a foreign, tears without.",0.0
First from your flattered CAESARS This begun;,1.0
That the dire Soul of HANNIBAL disarmed;,1.0
Her banks all beaming with the Pride of Rome:,1.0
"No generous Vines now bask along the Hills,",4.0
"With Baths and Temples mixed, no Villas rise;",1.0
Draw the cool murmurs of the breathing Deep:,4.0
No spreading Ports their sacred Arms extend:,1.0
"No mighty Moles the big intrusive Storm,",1.0
"From the calm Station, roll resounding back.",2.0
"An almost total Desolation sits,",1.0
"A dreary Stillness, saddening over the Coast;",2.0
Rejoicing Crowds inhaled the balm of Peace;,0.0
"And where, with Crees, Bacchus wont to hold",3.0
"A genial Strife: Her youthful Form, robust,",0.0
"Even Nature yields; by Fire, and Earthquake rent:",1.0
Whole stately Cities in the dark Abrupt,1.0
"Swallowed at once, or vile in rubbish laid,",2.0
A nest for Serpents; from the red Abyss,1.0
"The Sea recovering his usurped Domain,",4.0
And poured triumphant over the buried Dome.,2.0
"And more than GREECE, or ROME, my steady Reign;",0.0
"The Land where, King and People equal bound",0.0
"By guardian Laws, my fullest Blessings flow;",2.0
The dread of Tyrants! burns in every breast:,0.0
"Learn hence, if such the miserable fate",3.0
"Of an heroic Race, the Masters once",1.0
"Of Humankind; what, when deprived of ME,",0.0
"How grievous must be thine? In spite of Climes,",1.0
"To higher Powers; in spite of happy Soils,",2.0
"And sustenance of life: could Life itself,",1.0
"Subsist with thee? Against depressing Skies,",1.0
"Or every Harvest storing in thy Ports,",0.0
"Profuse of all, to plough the dreadful Wave?",0.0
"Here paused the GODDESS. By the Pause assured,",1.0
In trembling accents thus I moved my Prayer.,0.0
"O first, and most benevolent of Powers!",1.0
"Against despotic Pride, and Rage, and Lust,",0.0
To shield Mankind; to raise them to assert,2.0
"Teach me thy lowest Subject, but in Zeal",1.0
"Yielding to none, the PROGRESS OF THY REIGN,",3.0
And with a Strain from THEE enrich the Muse.,2.0
"For thy proud Slave, alone; her Patron Thou,",3.0
"Though narrow Life her Lot, and Private Shade:",0.0
Or to thy open or thy secret Foes;,2.0
Sink in oblivion with the nameless Crew!,2.0
Vermin of State! to thy overflowing Light,2.0
"That owe their Being, yet betray thy Cause.",0.0
"Then, condescending kind, the HEAVENLY POWER",2.0
"Returned. ' --  What here, suggested by the Scene,",1.0
"I slight unfold, record, and sing at home,",0.0
"In that blessed Isle, where so we Spirits move",1.0
With one quick effort of my Will I am.,4.0
"There Truth, unlicensed, walks; even Kings themselves",3.0
"Invite her forth, the Monarchs of the Free!",2.0
"That gay Security, that Pride of Rule;",1.0
"Fixed on my Rock, there an Indulgent Race",1.0
Over BRITONS wield the Sceptre of the Heart:,1.0
"And, mixing Worth with Worth, the ROYAL PAIR",0.0
To steady Justice yielding Goodness join.,0.0
Nor sets the Prospect in this pleasing view;,0.0
"While there, to finish what his Sires began,",0.0
"A PRINCE behold! for ME who burns sincere,",1.0
Even with a Subject's Zeal. He my great Work,2.0
"The Touch, the Graces and the Muses owe.",1.0
For BRITAIN'S Glory swells his panting Breast;,0.0
"His Pride to let the smiling Heart abroad,",0.0
"Through Clouds of Pomp, that but conceal the Man;",1.0
To please his Pleasure; Bounty his Delight;,1.0
And all the Soul of TITUS dwells in Him.,0.0
"Hail glorious Theme! But how alas! shall Verse,",4.0
"From the crude Stores of mortal Language drawn,",2.0
"How faint and tedious, sing, what, piercing deep,",2.0
The GODDESS flashed at once upon my Soul.,0.0
"For, clear Precision all, the Tongue of Gods",0.0
Is Harmony itself; to every Ear,1.0
"Familiar known, like Light to every Eye.",0.0
"Mean time disclosing Ages, as She spoke,",2.0
In dread Succession poured their Empires forth;,0.0
"Scene after Scene, the Human Drama spread;",1.0
And still embodied Picture rushed to sight.,0.0
O THOU! to whom the Muses owe their flame;,1.0
"The striking Force, the Lightning of thy Thought,",1.0
"While I, to nobler than Poetic Fame",2.0
"Aspiring, thy Commands to BRITONS bear.",1.0
THe Artful hand of Nature never displayed,2.0
"More skill, then when your Charming Self was made:",0.0
Think you her boasted Masterpiece to be;,0.0
"While that Bright Soul that Heaven has placed within,",1.0
"But since I on my Lyre can touch no String,",2.0
"Equal to those great Merits, I would Sing,",5.0
"Hopeless, to give such mighty Charms their due,",2.0
I'll leave the World to Brighter Thoughts of you.,0.0
"All praise is foreign, but of true desert,",1.0
"Yet may a maid for love of praise contend,",0.0
May not she strive around her sacred shrine,0.0
"To strew the path with many a fragrant flower,",2.0
And sweetly decorate the playful hour?,0.0
"To tempt even Time to loiter on his way,",3.0
And feel a wish to lengthen out the day?,1.0
"Could we not Worth and Pleasure reconcile,",0.0
Why wears the sun that universal smile?,0.0
Fountain of life! to him all power is given,5.0
To gild and ornament the works of heaven;,1.0
"Its various gems to tinge with varying dies,",4.0
"And with new beauty strike the admiring eyes,",4.0
While deeper shadows gently fall behind,1.0
To heighten objects that draw near the mind.,1.0
To draw the curtain of a future sky;,1.0
Nor see the cloud that some sad hour may shed,1.0
In floods of sorrow over the drooping head;,2.0
"The present hour is all that man can boast,",0.0
And happy they who love the stranger most.,1.0
"In future prospects let fond hearts rejoice,",1.0
Hear then the present hour's small whispering voice.,5.0
When soft Persuasion winds the ear around;,0.0
Hark! how she sings: ' --  Trust not the coming day;,1.0
The flowers of Autumn meet not those of May;,3.0
"The present hour in present mirth employ,",0.0
And bribe the future with the hope of joy!,1.0
"Hope still can please mid scenes of deep distress,",2.0
"Can change the mourning to a fancy dress,",1.0
"Can tread through brake, through thicket, and through thorn,",1.0
"Without a mantle, or a garment torn.",1.0
What though the Palace in our distant view,0.0
The erring guide may never conduct us to;,1.0
The potent spell shall shed its mists around,0.0
And mimic views swim over the fairy ground;,3.0
"Stealing from thought the disappointment past,",2.0
By prospects opening fairer than the last;,3.0
And teach this heart most firmly to believe!,1.0
"The ills of life spring up wherever we tread,",4.0
Wherever we walk the Gorgon rears her head;,2.0
"With spells surrounded should the traveller go,",2.0
And wear a charm for every sting of woe;,0.0
"Hope, Love, and Friendship furnish not a few,",1.0
"Friendship, with cordials in her hands and eyes,",2.0
"The want of health, the want of ease supplies;",0.0
"The want of all things firmly may be born,",2.0
If from the foot she draws the rankling thorn;,1.0
"If she supplies the balm the wound shall close,",1.0
And weary eyelids sink in calm repose.,1.0
"Sacred to her the ills of life bow down,",3.0
Kneel at her shrine and her mild empire own;,3.0
"Then to the heart in different forms are sent,",0.0
"First seem Submission, and next grow Content,",2.0
All tend to strengthen and restore the mind:,1.0
"The mind restored can see the change of things,",0.0
In equal fetters bind the throne of kings;,0.0
"All nature find submitted to one law, ' --",1.0
A certain portion of predestined woe.,2.0
"But to give ease to man's distracted frame,",2.0
The healing goddess watchful Friendship came;,0.0
"To feel the sudden downcast of an eye,",2.0
And long before anticipate a sigh;,0.0
"To see what would the present calm destroy,",0.0
When fond Remembrance paints some long lost joy.,1.0
"The long lost joy, if never to return,",2.0
Asks the sad heart to cling around its urn;,3.0
"But listening Friendship hears the low request,",0.0
And silent guards the inroad of the breast;,2.0
"By slow degrees draws back the present scene,",1.0
"Till gayer thoughts come gliding in between,",1.0
"Till Hope again her flattering tints lets fall,",3.0
"That lend some comfort, and that promise all.",1.0
Such was the cordial that kind heaven bestowed,2.0
"When the dire cup with every ill overflowed,",3.0
"One drop of hope clung to the poisoned side,",2.0
"Or man had bowed his languid head, and died.",0.0
"Those cordial drops to stay the trembling hand,",0.0
"Shall we against heaven essay an impious skill,",5.0
If by some other means we cure the ill?,1.0
If love of praise should tempt us to endure,1.0
With patient calm those ills we cannot cure; ' --,0.0
"Should prove the stimulus, and lead the way",1.0
"To noble actions, ' --  should the Censor say",0.0
No merit follows ' --  though great good ensue?,3.0
"If you are served, sure it is good to you!",3.0
"And actions guarded by the sense of shame,",1.0
Will struggle hard to bear an honest name.,0.0
"For me, I own, that hope of praise can charm",1.0
"This little heart, and all its feelings warm;",0.0
"Can bid me throw the selfish wish aside,",0.0
And for a weaker frame than mine provide:,2.0
"Not but compassion may, to me unknown,",3.0
Give praise that merit which was all her own.,1.0
"If custom is to man the foster nurse,",1.0
"Strengthens good habits, and makes bad men worse,",5.0
"May I not hope, whatever is the cause,",3.0
Custom may teach me to deserve applause!,3.0
"Grafted on stocks inferior to the fruit,",3.0
The apple tasted we forget the root.,1.0
"The love of praise this privilege may claim,",1.0
And rank as equal with the fear of shame.,1.0
"Both have their use; ' --  the one is to impel,",2.0
"The other to restrain, or cheque, or quell,",1.0
"The rising Passions as they grow too loud,",2.0
"To raise the humble, and depress the proud.",1.0
"If then to good or ill our passions tend,",0.0
Why not conduct them to their proper end?,1.0
"Virtue, too plain to strike voluptuous sight,",5.0
"Barely can touch the heart with true delight,",2.0
"Were man but perfect, and his judgement true;",2.0
"But as it is, even she herself must bend,",2.0
And ask assistance from a humble friend.,1.0
"If man, proud man! although the lord of all,",2.0
"Now on his fellows, now his creatures call, ' --",0.0
"Assistance wants, however high his sphere,",1.0
"So Virtue found, when she forsook the sky,",1.0
Passions must oft her better aid supply;,2.0
"And Love of Praise the foremost passion came,",1.0
"And claimed, and won, the loudest trump of Fame;",0.0
"If not for this our virtuous deeds might tyre, ' --",3.0
Praise fans the flames of the celestial fire;,2.0
"And watchful keeps it glowing in the breast,",0.0
At once to melt and purify the rest.,0.0
"Her everlasting glow of blushing red,",0.0
"The conscious tinge steals over the crimson cheek,",3.0
And leaves a blush for every wish to speak;,0.0
"The mind thus checked grows dubious of its powers,",3.0
"If cold despair the rising genius quell,",0.0
"The wish to please will soon forsake the heart,",0.0
And one by one the talents all depart;,1.0
"Had this blessed wish stood foremost of the throng,",2.0
"OH! had sweet Praise but met them on their way,",4.0
"Each thorny path revealed the blushing rose,",0.0
"By Reason hated, and by Fancy feared;",1.0
"A flattering painter, that with nicest art",2.0
Hides each defect of judgement and of heart;,3.0
"Sees little virtues swell before his eye,",1.0
As man through glasses sees the smallest fly!,0.0
"As foes to Virtue, nearly are allied;",1.0
"I mean, when each extreme affects our end,",0.0
And to one purpose both the feelings tend.,1.0
"What matters it, if Virtue droop her head,",1.0
From what contagion the dire sickness spread;,2.0
"Whether from Pride the malady first sprung,",4.0
"For me, may fate, propitious to my prayer,",2.0
"Still give a friend to see things as they are,",3.0
"To chide my errors, and my worth approve,",1.0
With all the encouragement of partial love;,2.0
"So shall this wish rise warmest in my breast,",1.0
"To bless another as myself am blessed, ' --",2.0
"To please ' --  to serve ' --  to animate, and cheer,",0.0
And prove that Praise can turn reformer here!,0.0
"See, the bright Sun renews his annual Course,",5.0
"OH might the Fates thy vital Thread prolong,",0.0
"And make thy Life immortal, as thy Song!",1.0
"Less Lustre waits the God, when he refines",2.0
The ripening Metal in Peruvian Mines;,2.0
"Brightens the Crystal with transparent Day,",3.0
Or points the Di'mond with its sparkling Ray;,1.0
"Than when, delighted, he thy Soul inspires,",1.0
"Informs thy Judgement, and thy Fancy fires;",1.0
"Assists thee striking out some bold Design,",1.0
"In common as His Rays on all descend,",1.0
"So You the Great delight, the Poor befriend:",1.0
"As Heat productive His bright Beams bestow,",2.0
"So, warm with Life, your powerful Numbers flow:",2.0
"As He from Clouds bursts forth divinely bright,",2.0
So Envy sets You in a fairer Light:,0.0
One Thing disturbs the wondrous Harmony;,1.0
"With faded Light the Winter Sun appears,",0.0
While You shine brighter in Decline of Years.,2.0
And for the raven's glossy black assumes,1.0
"Loose scattered hairs around my temples stray,",1.0
And spread the mournful shade of sickly grey:,0.0
"I bend beneath the weight of broken years,",0.0
The season now invites me to retire,1.0
"To homely scenes of calm domestic peace,",0.0
"A poet's leisure, and an old man's ease;",2.0
To wear the remnant of uncertain life,1.0
In the fond bosom of a faithful wife;,3.0
"In safe repose my last few hours to spend,",0.0
Nor fearful nor impatient of their end.,2.0
Nor tempt again the dangers of the main;,1.0
"Thus the proud steed, when youthful glory fades,",3.0
"And creeping age his stiffening limbs invades,",0.0
"Lies stretched at ease on the luxuriant plain,",4.0
And dreams his morning triumphs over again:,2.0
"The hardly veteran from the camp retires,",1.0
And sees his stormy day serenely close.,0.0
My shattered bark must plough an unknown sea.,3.0
"Forced from my native seats and sacred home,",0.0
"With trembling knees over unknown hills I go,",8.0
Stiff with blue ice and heaped with drifted snow:,3.0
"Pale suns there strike their feeble rays in vain,",1.0
Which faintly glance against the marble plain;,0.0
"His idle urn sealed up, forgets to roar;",2.0
"Stern winter in eternal triumph reigns,",1.0
"My failing eyes the weary waste explore,",0.0
"The savage mountains and the dreary shore,",1.0
And vainly look for scenes of old delight;,0.0
No loved familiar objects meet my sight;,1.0
"No long remembered streams, or conscious bowers,",1.0
Wake the gay memory of youthful hours.,4.0
"I fondly hoped, content with learnt ease,",1.0
"In every scene some favourite spot to trace,",0.0
And meet in all some kind domestic face;,0.0
"To stretch my limbs upon my native soil,",0.0
"Resign my breath where first that breath I drew,",0.0
And sink into the spot from whence I grew.,0.0
But if my feeble age is doomed to try,1.0
"Unusual seasons and a foreign sky,",1.0
And taste the healing balm of milder air;,0.0
And pitch my tent beneath the eye of day.,0.0
"Could not the winter in my veins suffice,",0.0
Without the added rage of Scythian skies?,2.0
"The snow of time my vital heat exhaust,",0.0
"And hoary age, without Sarmatian frost?",0.0
"You tuneful maids! who once, in happier days,",2.0
"Beneath the myrtle grove inspired my lays,",2.0
"Where seek your footsteps on this savage shore,",2.0
Whose ruder echoes never were taught to bear,2.0
The poet's numbers or the lover's care?,1.0
Yet storm and tempest are of ills the least,1.0
Which this inhospitable land infest:,3.0
"Society than solitude is worse,",1.0
And man to man is still the greatest curse.,0.0
"A savage race my fearful steps surround,",0.0
Practised in blood and disciplined to wound;,3.0
"Unknown alike to pity as to fear,",1.0
"Hard as their soil, and as their skies severe.",1.0
"Skilled in each mystery of direst art,",1.0
They arm with double death the poisoned dart:,0.0
"The lurking dagger at their side hung low,",1.0
Leaps in quick vengeance on the hapless foe:,3.0
"No steadfast faith is here, no sure repose;",3.0
An armed truce is all this nation knows:,2.0
"The rage of battle works, when battles cease;",0.0
And wars are brooding in the lap of peace.,0.0
"Since CAESAR wills, and I a wretch must be,",1.0
Let me be safe at least in misery!,1.0
"To my sad grave in calm oblivion steal,",4.0
Nor add the woes I fear to all I feel!,0.0
"Yet here, forever here, your bard must dwell,",0.0
Who sung of sports and tender loves so well.,0.0
Here must he live: but when he yields his breath,0.0
OH let him not be exiled even in death!,3.0
"Lest mixed with Scythian shades, a Roman ghost",2.0
Wander on this inhospitable coast.,4.0
"To thee, dear wife, some friend with pious care",2.0
"Then wilt thou weep to see me so return,",1.0
And with fond passion clasp my silent urn.,2.0
"OH cheque thy grief, that tender bosom spare,",1.0
"Hurt not thy cheeks, nor soil thy flowing hair.",0.0
"Press the pale marble with thy lips, and give",4.0
"One precious tear, and bid my memory live:",2.0
"The silent dust shall glow at thy command,",1.0
And the warm ashes feel thy pious hand.,2.0
"Mid the dread sound of groans and clank of chains,",3.0
"Where life is death, and day perpetual night,",2.0
Say! Shall a wretch like me presume to write?,1.0
"A wretch cut off from every social tie,",2.0
"Expelled from life, yet not allowed to die,",0.0
"At once, from wife, from children torn away",0.0
"By those, who make calamity their prey;",2.0
Can such a wretch with trembling hand assay,4.0
"His mansion and companions to portray,",2.0
"Which mock all sorrow, and make language faint,",2.0
"Where murderers dire lie shackled to the ground,",6.0
And innocence and guilt alike are bound!,1.0
Yet could I to my sad companions gain,1.0
"O were my lines in Heaven's own language dressed,",3.0
"Expand each heart, and make each eye overflow,",3.0
"Yet though no poet's fire inspires my pen,",2.0
"I write to Christians and I write to Men,",1.0
I write to those if Heaven direct it so,1.0
"Whose hearts dilate at every human woe,",0.0
To those whose charity with healing hand,2.0
"Diffuses health and blessings over the land,",2.0
"Who condescend to search the hidden cells,",0.0
"Where pining want in silent anguish dwells,",0.0
"There, in obedience to their Lord divine,",1.0
"They bind the wound, and pour in oil and wine!",0.0
"What joys they feel, who follow such a guide!",1.0
"Joys! which exceed all human worldly pride,",1.0
"Joys! which even death itself cannot destroy,",0.0
For then they enter on their Master's joy!,1.0
O did the proud and selfish but believe,1.0
"How far more blessed to give, than to receive!",1.0
Did but the slaves of pomp and grandeur know,3.0
What streams of comfort from their wealth might flow!,1.0
"Waters! as pure as morning dews, which rise",2.0
"From lofty mountains till they reach the skies,",1.0
"Descending thence, as tender drops of rain,",0.0
"They cheer each valley, and each thirsty plain;",1.0
"So when in gratitude the widow's prayer,",0.0
"To Heaven ascend, an offering pure and neat,",0.0
"A blessed memorial and an odour sweet,",2.0
"Recorded stands, from thence they tenfold pour",1.0
"Their precious ointment, as the grateful shower!",1.0
"Ah me! what means that shriek, that horrid yell,",0.0
"Those bitter oaths, which sink the soul to hell?",0.0
"Say, lost companions, in this dread abode",1.0
Do you never think of an offended God?,1.0
"TO obtain that pardon, which the world denies?",1.0
"Ah! sue for mercy with your latest breath,",1.0
And trembling ask for pardon after death.,0.0
"No, No, I'll curse not even that fatal morn,",3.0
Which saw me to this loathsome prison born;,1.0
"Snatched from my homely bed, where long I'd lain",0.0
"Struggling with sickness, poverty and pain,",2.0
Did frequent comfort with my sorrows blend;,1.0
For near my couch the partner of my care,1.0
"Would anxious watch, and bid me not despair,",0.0
"While she with life and strength, by Heaven supplied,",0.0
"Could yield that help, sickness to me denied,",6.0
By which our helpless children long were fed:,0.0
"She bade me hope by industry set free,",2.0
"No gripping landlord need we dread to see,",2.0
"She taught me to suppress the rising sigh,",1.0
And checked the tear when starting from mine eye;,1.0
"And with her infants clothes sustained my head,",1.0
"While at my feet those infants playful smiled,",0.0
And by their prattle oft my pains beguiled! ' --,1.0
"Ah! helpless babes, ah! wretched, dearest wife!",0.0
"More loved by me than liberty, or life,",2.0
"No more thy soothing voice now charms mine ear,",1.0
"And gently whispers that no danger's near,",1.0
"No more my playful infants cheer my sight,",0.0
Here all is horror and perpetual night!,3.0
"Hope can no longer now suppress my sighs,",3.0
Or cheque the tears when streaming from mine eyes.,1.0
"Still, still I feel that pang, which rent my heart,",1.0
"Still do I hear thy screams when forced apart,",0.0
"Still view thy pallid face, all bathed in tears,",1.0
"My children's cries still vibrate in mine ears,",1.0
"Still feel them cling around my trembling knees,",1.0
"While on their helpless parent bailiffs seize,",0.0
"Still, still I hear my wife, my children call ' --",1.0
"Have patience, patience, and we'll pay thee all!",1.0
"Nor tears, nor prayers, nor innocence could plead!",1.0
"O! had thine heart one spark of pity known,",0.0
"Come! see thy captive! view his wretched state,",1.0
And show some mercy ere it be too late;,1.0
His feeble frame to strength and health restore?,0.0
"O could he liberty and strength regain,",1.0
To pay thy debt he every nerve would strain!,0.0
Will grief and anguish aid the wretched wife,0.0
In earning food to save each infant's life?,0.0
Ah! rather will not frenzy and despair,2.0
Deprive those infants of a mother's care?,1.0
I hear her vent her agony of soul.,1.0
"Yet let not thoughts like these distract my brain,",1.0
"Thoughts, which heap woe on woe, and pain on pain;",3.0
"No! rather let me, with imploring eye,",2.0
"To Him, who calls the weary and oppressed,",2.0
"Who, though forlorn and helpless here I lie,",1.0
"Without one pitying friend or comfort nigh,",2.0
"Some heart, replete with love, to whom it's given",0.0
"Those bounties to dispense, which flow from Heaven!",1.0
IT is not from his form in which we trace,0.0
"Strength joined with beauty, dignity with grace,",2.0
"That man, the master of this globe, derives",1.0
His right of empire over all that lives.,0.0
"That form indeed, the associate of a mind",2.0
"Vast in its powers, ethereal in its kind,",3.0
"That form, the labour of almighty skill,",1.0
"Framed for the service of a freeborn will,",2.0
"Asserts precedence, and bespeaks control,",6.0
But borrows all its grandeur from the soul.,2.0
"An intellectual kingdom, all her own.",2.0
"For her, the memory fills her ample page",3.0
"With truths poured down from every distant age,",2.0
"The wisdom of great nations, now no more,",3.0
"Though laden, not encumbered with her spoil,",1.0
"Laborious, yet unconscious of her toil,",4.0
"When copiously supplied, then most enlarged,",1.0
"For her, the fancy roving unconfined,",1.0
"The present muse of every pensive mind,",0.0
"Works magic wonders, adds a brighter hue",1.0
"To nature's scenes, than nature ever knew,",0.0
"At her command, winds rise and waters roar,",2.0
"Again she lays them slumbering on the shore,",1.0
"With flower and fruit the wilderness supplies,",3.0
Or bids the rocks in ruder pomp arise.,0.0
"For her, the judgement, umpire in the strife,",4.0
"That grace and nature have to wage through life,",0.0
"Condemns, approves, and with a faithful voice",1.0
Guides the decision of a doubtful choice.,3.0
Why did the fiat of a God give birth,2.0
"To yonder fair sun and his attendant earth,",4.0
"And when descending he resigns the skies,",1.0
"Why takes the gent'ler moon her turn to rise,",3.0
"Whom ocean feels through all his countless waves,",0.0
"Why do the seasons still enrich the year,",0.0
Fruitful and young as in their first career?,2.0
"Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees,",2.0
"Rocked in the cradle of the western breeze,",1.0
Summer in haste the thriving charge receives,2.0
"Beneath the shade of her expanded leaves,",1.0
Die them at last in all their glowing hues ' --,0.0
"Had not its author dignified the plan,",0.0
And crowned it with the majesty of man.,2.0
"Thus formed, thus placed, intelligent, and taught",3.0
"Look where he will, the wonders God has wrought",1.0
"Finds in a sober moment time to pause,",0.0
"To press the important question on his heart,",3.0
"Why formed at all, and wherefore as thou art?",1.0
"If man be what he seems, this hour a slave,",0.0
"The next mere dust and ashes in the grave,",1.0
Endued with reason only to descry,1.0
"His crimes and follies with an aching eye,",1.0
"With passions, just that he may prove with pain",1.0
"The force he spends against their fury, vain,",0.0
And if soon after having burned by turns,2.0
"With every lust with which frail nature burns,",1.0
"His being end where death dissolves the bond,",0.0
"The tomb take all, and all be blank beyond,",1.0
"Then he, of all that nature has brought forth",1.0
"And useless while he lives, and when he dies,",0.0
Brings into doubt the wisdom of the skies.,2.0
"Truths that the learnt pursue with eager thought,",0.0
"Proving at last, though told in pompous strains,",2.0
A childish waste of philosophic pains;,0.0
"But truths on which depends our main concern,",0.0
"That it's our shame and misery not to learn,",1.0
Shine by the side of every path we tread,0.0
"With such a lustre, he that runs may read.",2.0
"It's true, that if to trifle life away",1.0
"Down to the sunset of their latest day,",3.0
"Were all that heaven required of human kind,",0.0
"And all the plan their destiny designed,",1.0
"What none could reverence all might justly blame,",1.0
And man would breathe but for his Maker's shame.,1.0
"But reason heard, and nature well perused,",0.0
At once the dreaming mind is disabused.,1.0
"If all we find possessing earth, sea, air,",1.0
"Reflect his attributes who placed them there,",0.0
"Fulfil the purpose, and appear designed",1.0
"It's plain, the creature whom he chose to invest",2.0
"With kingship and dominion over the rest,",3.0
"Fit for the power in which he stands arrayed,",0.0
"That first or last, hereafter if not here,",1.0
"He too might make his author's wisdom clear,",0.0
Suffer his justice in a world to come.,2.0
"To prove a consequence by none denied,",1.0
That we are bound to cast the minds of youth,0.0
"That taught of God they may indeed be wise,",1.0
In early days the conscience has in most,0.0
"A quickness, which in later life is lost,",0.0
"Preserved from guilt by salutary fears,",0.0
"Or, guilty, soon relenting into tears.",0.0
"Too careless often as our years proceed,",2.0
"What friends we sort with, or what books we read,",1.0
Our parents yet exert a prudent care,0.0
"To feed our infant minds with proper fare,",0.0
And wisely store the nursery by degrees,3.0
"With wholesome learning, yet acquired with ease.",2.0
Neatly secured from being soiled or torn,2.0
"Beneath a pane of thin translucent horn,",0.0
A book to please us at a tender age,0.0
"It's called a book, though but a single page",1.0
"Which children use, and parsons ' --  when they preach.",0.0
"Through moral narrative, or sacred text,",1.0
"And learn with wonder how this world began,",1.0
"Points, which unless the Scripture made them plain,",1.0
The wisest heads might agitate in vain.,0.0
"Back to the season of life's happy spring,",2.0
"I pleased remember, and while memory yet",2.0
"Holds fast her office here, can never forget,",3.0
"Sweet fiction and sweet truth alike prevail,",3.0
"Whose humorous vein, strong sense, and simple style,",3.0
"Speaking in parables his slighted word,",3.0
"I name thee not, lest so despised a name",1.0
"Should move a sneer at thy deserved fame,",2.0
Yet even in transitory life's late day,3.0
"That mingles all my brown with sober grey,",0.0
"Revere the man, whose Pilgrim marks the road",0.0
And guides the Progress of the soul to God.,2.0
"The man approving what had charmed the boy,",0.0
"Would die at last in comfort, peace, and joy,",0.0
And not with curses on his art who stole,1.0
The gem of truth from his unguarded soul.,1.0
"By kind tuition on his yielding breast,",1.0
"The youth now bearded, and yet pert and raw,",2.0
"Regards with scorn, though once received with awe,",0.0
And warped into the labyrinth of lies,0.0
"That babblers, called philosophers, devise,",1.0
"Replete with dreams, unworthy of a man.",1.0
"Touch but his nature in its ailing part,",0.0
"Assert the native evil of his heart,",1.0
"Rise in his forehead, and seem rank enough;",2.0
"As God's expedient to retrieve his loss,",3.0
And hates it with the malice of a Jew.,2.0
How weak the barrier of mere nature proves,4.0
Opposed against the pleasures nature loves!,0.0
"She longs to yield, no sooner wooed than won.",1.0
Try now the merits of this blessed exchange,2.0
Of modest truth for wits eccentric range.,0.0
"' Time was, he closed as he began the day",1.0
"With decent duty, not ashamed to pray.",0.0
"The practise was a bond upon his heart,",1.0
"A pledge he gave for a consistent part,",1.0
A power confessed so lately on his knees.,3.0
"But now, farewell all legendary tales,",1.0
"The shadows fly, philosophy prevails,",2.0
"Prayer to the winds and caution to the waves,",1.0
"Religion makes the free by nature slaves,",0.0
"Priests have invented, and the world admired",2.0
"Resumes her powers, and spurns the clumsy fraud,",2.0
The meteor of the gospel dies away.,1.0
"Whose only care, might truth presume to speak,",0.0
"A mother's lectures and a nurse's care,",1.0
"But sound religion sparingly enough,",1.0
Our early notices of truth disgraced,1.0
"Lascivious, headstrong, or all these at once,",2.0
"For loose expense and fashionable waste,",1.0
"Should prove your ruin, and his own at last,",1.0
"Train him in public with a mob of boys,",1.0
"Childish in mischief only and in noise,",3.0
"There shall he learn before sixteen winter's old,",3.0
"That authors are most useful, pawned or sold,",1.0
"That pedantry is all that schools impart,",1.0
"But taverns teach the knowledge of the heart,",1.0
"Shall win his heart and have his drunken praise,",0.0
"Schools, unless discipline where doubly strong,",5.0
Detain their adolescent charge too long.,1.0
The management of Tiro's of eighteen,3.0
"Is difficult, their punishment obscene.",2.0
"The stout tall Captain, whose superior size",3.0
"The minor heroes view with envious eyes,",2.0
"Becomes their pattern, upon whom they fix",2.0
"Their whole attention, and ape all his tricks.",2.0
"His pride that scorns to obey or to submit,",3.0
"With them is courage, his effrontery wit.",4.0
"Robbery of gardens, quarrels in the streets,",1.0
"Transport them, and are made their favourite themes.",1.0
"A kindred spark, they burn to do the like.",0.0
"Thus half accomplished, before he yet begin",3.0
"To show the peeping down upon his chin,",1.0
And as maturity of years comes on,2.0
"Made just the adept that you designed your son,",2.0
"TO insure the perseverance of his course,",2.0
"And give your monstrous project all its force,",0.0
"Send him to college. If he there be tamed,",2.0
"Or in one article of vice reclaimed,",1.0
Where no regard of ordinances is shown,3.0
"Or looked for now, the fault must be his own.",0.0
"Some sneaking virtue lurks in him no doubt,",1.0
Nor gambling practises can find it out.,2.0
"Such youths of spirit, and that spirit too",1.0
"You nurseries of our boys, we owe to you.",1.0
"Though from ourselves the mischief more proceeds,",1.0
For public schools it's public folly feeds.,0.0
"The slaves of custom and established mode,",1.0
"To follow foolish precedents, and wink",0.0
"With both our eyes, is easier than to think,",1.0
And such an age as ours balks no expense,4.0
"Except of caution and of commonsense,",1.0
"Else sure, notorious fact and proof so plain",3.0
Would turn our steps into a wiser train.,0.0
I blame not those who with what care they can,0.0
"Or if I blame, it's only that they dare",1.0
Promise a work of which they must despair.,2.0
"Went with him, and saw all the game he played?",1.0
Yes ' --  you are conscious; and on all the shelves,1.0
"Your pupils strike upon, have struck yourselves.",0.0
"Or if by nature sober, you had then",2.0
"Boys as you were, the gravity of men,",2.0
"You knew at least, by constant proofs addressed",0.0
"To ears and eyes, the vices of the rest.",1.0
"But you connive at what you cannot cure,",1.0
"And evils not to be endured, endure,",0.0
"Lest power exerted, but without success,",3.0
Should make the little you retain still less.,2.0
You once were justly famed for bringing forth,0.0
"Undoubted scholarship and genuine worth,",2.0
A glory bright as that of all the signs,0.0
"Peace to them all, those brilliant times are fled,",0.0
And no such lights are kindling in their stead.,0.0
"As set the midnight riot in a blaze,",1.0
"And seem, if judged by their expressive looks,",1.0
Deeper in none than in their surgeons books.,2.0
"Say muse for education made the song,",1.0
No muse can hesitate or linger long,1.0
"What causes move us, knowing as we must",1.0
"To send our sons to scout and scamper there,",1.0
While colts and puppies cost us so much care?,1.0
"Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise,",1.0
"The scene is touching, and the heart is stone",1.0
"That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.",0.0
"The little ones unbuttoned, glowing hot,",0.0
"Playing our games, and on the very spot,",3.0
"As happy as we once, to kneel and draw",1.0
"To pitch the ball into the grounded hat,",0.0
"Or drive it devious with a dex'trous pat,",1.0
The pleasing spectacle at once excites,1.0
"Such recollection of our own delights,",1.0
"That viewing it, we seem almost to obtain",4.0
Our innocent sweet simple years again.,2.0
"Whence first we started into life's long race,",1.0
"Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway,",1.0
"We feel it even in age, and at our latest day.",2.0
Hark! how the sire of chits whose future share,2.0
"Of classic food begins to be his care,",0.0
"With his own likeness placed on either knee,",1.0
"Indulges all a father's heart-felt glee,",1.0
"And tells them as he strokes their silver locks,",1.0
That they must soon learn Latin and to box;,2.0
"Then turning, he regales his listening wife",1.0
"With all the adventures of his early life,",2.0
"In bilking tavern bills and spouting plays,",0.0
"What shifts he used detected in a scrape,",0.0
"What sums he lost at play, and how he sold",1.0
"Watch, seals, and all, till all his pranks are told.",1.0
"He gives the local bias all its sway,",0.0
"Resolves that where he played his sons shall play,",0.0
And destinies their bright genius to be shown,5.0
Just in the scene where he displayed his own.,1.0
The meek and bashful boy will soon be taught,0.0
"To be as bold and forward as he ought,",1.0
"The rude will scuffle through with ease enough,",1.0
Great schools suit best the sturdy and the rough.,3.0
"Ah happy designation, prudent choice,",0.0
"The event is sure, expect it and rejoice!",2.0
"Soon see your wish fulfilled in either child,",1.0
"The great indeed, by titles, riches, birth,",0.0
"Are best disposed of, where with most success",0.0
"They may acquire that confident address,",4.0
"Those habits of profuse and lewd expense,",1.0
"That scorn of all delights but those of sense,",1.0
"Which though in plain plebeians we condemn,",1.0
With so much reason all expect from them.,1.0
"But families of less illustrious fame,",3.0
"Whose chief distinction is their spotless name,",1.0
"Must shine by true desert, or not at all,",0.0
"What dream they of, that with so little care",0.0
"They risk their hopes, their dearest treasure there?",1.0
They dream of little Charles or William graced,0.0
"They see the attentive crowds his talents draw,",2.0
They hear him speak ' --  the oracle of law.,1.0
"The father who designs his babe a priest,",0.0
And while the playful jockey scours the room,2.0
"Briskly, astride upon the parlour broom,",2.0
In fancy sees him more superbly ride,2.0
"Events improbable and strange as these,",1.0
"Which only a parental eye foresees,",1.0
A public school shall bring to pass with ease.,0.0
But how? resides such virtue in that air,1.0
As must create an appetite for prayer?,0.0
And will it breathe into him all the zeal,1.0
To take the lead and be the foremost still,1.0
In all true worth and literary skill?,1.0
"The knowledge of the world, and dull of thought!",1.0
Not to be found by poring on a book.,1.0
"Small skill in Latin, and still less in Greek,",3.0
"Is more than adequate to all I seek,",0.0
"Let erudition grace him or not grace,",2.0
"I give the bauble but the second place,",1.0
Subsist and centre in one point ' --  a friend.,0.0
"A friend, whatever he studies or neglects,",4.0
"Shall give him consequence, heal all defects,",2.0
"His intercourse with peers, and sons of peers ' --",0.0
In that bright quarter his propitious skies,2.0
"Your Lordship and your Grace, what school can teach",1.0
A rhetoric equal to those parts of speech?,3.0
Sweet interjections! if he learn but those?,2.0
The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. ' --,0.0
"In barbarous prostitution of your son,",3.0
Pressed on his part by means that would disgrace,0.0
"And ending, if at last its end be gained,",1.0
It may succeed; and if his sins should call,2.0
"For more than common punishment, it shall.",1.0
"The wretch shall rise, and be the thing on earth",0.0
"Least qualified in honour, learning, worth,",4.0
"To occupy a sacred, awful post,",0.0
In which the best and worthiest tremble most.,2.0
"The royal letters, are a thing of course,",1.0
"A king that would, might recommend his horse,",0.0
"And Deans no doubt and Chapters, with one voice",2.0
"As bound in duty, would confirm the choice.",0.0
"Behold your Bishop! well he plays his part,",0.0
"Christian in name, and Infidel in heart,",2.0
"Ghostly in office, earthly in his plan,",2.0
"Dumb as a senator, and as a priest",2.0
"To live estranged from God his total scope,",0.0
"And his end sure, without one glimpse of hope.",2.0
"But fair although and feasible it seem,",2.0
Depend not much upon your golden dream;,0.0
For Providence that seems concerned to exempt,3.0
"The hallowed bench from absolute contempt,",0.0
"Still keeps a seat or two for worth and grace,",1.0
"And therefore it's, that, though the sight be rare,",2.0
"Though fair in promise, permanent and sound.",1.0
New situations give a different cast,1.0
"Of habit, inclination, temper, taste,",0.0
"And he that seemed our counterpart at first,",1.0
"Young heads are giddy, and young hearts are warm,",3.0
And make mistakes for manhood to reform.,2.0
Whose scent and hues are rather guessed than known.,0.0
"Each dreams that each is just what he appears,",1.0
When disposition like a sail unfurled,0.0
Shows all its rents and patches to the world.,1.0
"If therefore, even when honest in design,",3.0
"A boyish friendship may so soon decline,",1.0
"With just abhorrence of so mean a part,",1.0
Than set your son to work at a vile trade,1.0
For wages so unlikely to be paid.,2.0
"That are of chief and most approved report,",0.0
To such base hopes in many a sordid soul,4.0
"Owe their repute in part, but not the whole.",2.0
"Unquestioned, though the jewel be but glass,",1.0
"Ranks as a virtue, and is yet a vice,",1.0
"Or rather a gross compound, justly tried,",2.0
"Of envy, hatred, jealousy, and pride,",1.0
And Emulation is its specious name.,1.0
Boys once on fire with that contentious zeal,1.0
"Feel all the rage that female rivals feel,",1.0
The spirit of that competition burns,1.0
"With all varieties of ill by turns,",1.0
"Each vainly magnifies his own success,",0.0
"Resents his fellows, wishes it were less,",1.0
"Exults in his miscarriage if he fail,",2.0
"Deems his reward too great if he prevail,",4.0
"Less for improvement, than to tickle spite.",3.0
"The spur is powerful, and I grant its force,",1.0
"It pricks the genius forward in its course,",0.0
"Allows short time for play, and none for sloth,",1.0
"And felt alike by each, advances both,",0.0
"But judge where so much evil intervenes,",1.0
"The end, though plausible, not worth the means.",1.0
"Weigh, for a moment, classical desert",1.0
"Against an heart depraved and temper hurt,",0.0
"Hurt too perhaps for life, for early wrong",1.0
"Done to the nobler part, affects it long,",3.0
If you can crown a discipline that draws,2.0
"Connection formed for interest, and endeared",1.0
"By selfish views, thus censured and cashiered,",2.0
"Doomed to a no less ignominious fate,",3.0
"The props of such proud seminaries fall,",2.0
"Great schools rejected then, as those that swell",2.0
"Beyond a size that can be managed well,",1.0
"Shall royal institutions miss the bays,",0.0
And small academies win all the praise?,2.0
"Force not my drift beyond its just intent,",0.0
I praise a school as Pope a government;,1.0
"So take my judgement in his language dressed,",0.0
"Whatever is best administered, is best.",4.0
"Few boys are born with talents that excel,",0.0
But all are capable of living well.,1.0
"Then ask not, whether limited or large,",1.0
"But, watch they strictly, or neglect their charge?",1.0
"If anxious only that their boys may learn,",0.0
"While Morals languish, a despised concern,",1.0
"The great and small deserve one common blame,",0.0
"Different in size, but in effect the same.",1.0
"Much zeal in virtue's cause all teachers boast,",0.0
"Therefore in towns and cities they abound,",2.0
"For there, the game they seek is easiest found,",3.0
"Though there, in spite of all that care can do,",1.0
Traps to catch youth are most abundant too.,3.0
"Keen in pursuit, and vigorous to retain,",4.0
"Your son come forth a prodigy of skill,",2.0
Claims more than half the praise as his due share;,1.0
"But if with all his genius he betray,",2.0
"Not more intelligent, than loose and gay,",1.0
"Such vicious habits as disgrace his name,",1.0
"Threaten his health, his fortune, and his fame,",3.0
Though want of due restraint alone have bred,0.0
"The symptoms that you see with so much dread,",1.0
"The whole reproach, the fault was all his own.",0.0
O it's a sight to be with joy perused,1.0
"By all whom sentiment has not abused,",1.0
"Newfangled sentiment, the boasted grace",2.0
"Of those who never feel in the right place,",2.0
"A sight surpassed by none that we can show,",1.0
"A father blessed with an ingenuous son,",3.0
Father and friend and tutor all in one.,2.0
"How? turn again to tales long since forgot,",1.0
"He will not blush that has a father's heart,",1.0
"To take in childish plays a childish part,",0.0
But bends his sturdy back to any toy,0.0
"That youth takes pleasure in, to please his boy;",1.0
Then why resign into a stranger's hand,0.0
"A task as much within your own command,",0.0
That God and nature and your interest too,1.0
Seem with one voice to delegate to you?,0.0
Why hire a lodging in a house unknown,0.0
"This second weaning, needless as it is,",1.0
How does it lacerate both your heart and his!,3.0
"Notch after notch, till all are smoothed away,",1.0
With what intense desire he wants his home.,0.0
But though the joys he hopes beneath your roof,1.0
Bid fair enough to answer in the proof,1.0
"Harmless and safe and natural as they are,",3.0
A disappointment waits him even there:,1.0
"Arrived, he feels an unexpected change,",0.0
"He blushes, hangs his head, is shy and strange,",0.0
"No longer takes, as once, with fearless ease",1.0
"His favourite stand between his father's knees,",0.0
"But seeks the corner of some distant seat,",1.0
"And eyes the door, and watches a retreat,",1.0
"And least familiar where he should be most,",0.0
Feels all his happiest privileges lost.,3.0
Alas poor boy! ' --  the natural effect,1.0
Of love by absence chilled into respect.,0.0
"Say, what accomplishments at school acquired",2.0
Unless thy conscious heart acknowledge ' --  none.,0.0
"None that in thy domestic snug recess,",1.0
"He had not made his own with more address,",0.0
"Though some perhaps that shock thy feeling mind,",0.0
"And better never learnt, or left behind.",0.0
"By no kind arts his confidence again,",2.0
That here begins with most that long complaint,0.0
"Of filial frankness lost, and love grown faint,",3.0
"Which, oft neglected in life's waning years,",1.0
A parent pours into regardless ears.,0.0
Like caterpillars dangling under trees,0.0
"By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze,",0.0
"The boughs in which are bred the unseemly race,",2.0
So numerous are the follies that annoy,1.0
"' The mind and heart of every sprightly boy,",0.0
"Imaginations noxious and perverse,",1.0
Which admonition can alone disperse.,1.0
"The encroaching nuisance asks a faithful hand,",1.0
"Patient, affectionate, of high command,",3.0
To cheque the procreation of a breed,1.0
Sure to exhaust the plant on which they feed.,2.0
It's not enough that Greek or Roman page,0.0
Even in his pastimes he requires a friend,2.0
"To warn, and teach him safely to unbend,",2.0
"Over all his pleasures gently to preside,",1.0
"Watch his emotions and control their tide,",3.0
"And levying thus, and with an easy sway,",3.0
"A tax of profit from his very play,",1.0
TO impress a value not to be erased,1.0
"On moments squandered else, and running all to waste.",0.0
And seems it nothing in a father's eye,0.0
That unimproved those many moments fly?,0.0
"And is he well content, his son should find",1.0
No nourishment to feed his growing mind,2.0
"But conjugated verbs, and nouns declined?",0.0
For such is all the mental food purveyed,4.0
Who feed a pupils intellect with store,0.0
"Of syntax truly, but with little more,",2.0
"Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock,",1.0
"Machines themselves, and governed by a clock.",1.0
Perhaps a father blessed with any brains,0.0
"Would deem it no abuse or waste of pains,",0.0
"TO improve this diet at no great expense,",2.0
To lead his son for prospects of delight,1.0
"To some not steep, though philosophic height,",0.0
Thence to exhibit to his wondering eyes,5.0
"Yonder circling worlds, their distance, and their size,",1.0
And the harmonious order of them all;,4.0
"To show him in an insect or a flower,",2.0
"Such microscopic proofs of skill and power,",0.0
"As hid from ages passed, God now displays",1.0
To combat Atheists with in modern days;,1.0
"To spread the earth before him, and commend",1.0
With designation of the fingers end,1.0
"Its various parts to his attentive note,",3.0
Thus bringing home to him the most remote;,2.0
To teach his heart to glow with generous flame,2.0
"Caught from the deeds of men of ancient fame,",0.0
"And more than all, with commendation due",0.0
"To set some living worthy in his view,",0.0
Whose fair example may at once inspire,1.0
A wish to copy what he must admire.,0.0
"Though solid, not too weighty for his years,",2.0
"Sweet in itself, and not forbidding sport,",1.0
"When health demands it, of athletic sort,",1.0
"Would make him what some lovely boys have been,",0.0
"And more than one perhaps that I have seen,",2.0
Of the mere schoolboy's lean and tardy growth.,2.0
"Art thou a man professionally tied,",1.0
"With all thy faculties elsewhere applied,",2.0
Too busy to intend a meaner care,2.0
"Than how to enrich thyself, and next, thine heir;",1.0
"Or art thou as though rich, perhaps thou art",1.0
"But poor in knowledge, having none to impart ' --",2.0
"Behold that figure, neat, though plainly clad,",0.0
"His sprightly mingled with a shade of sad,",1.0
"Not of a nimble tongue, though now and then",0.0
"Heard to articulate like other men,",2.0
"No jester, and yet lively in discourse,",4.0
"His phrase well chosen, clear, and full of force,",1.0
"And his address, if not quite French in ease,",2.0
"Not English stiff, but frank and formed to please,",0.0
"Low in the world because he scorns its arts,",0.0
"A man of letters, manners, morals, parts,",0.0
"Wise for himself and his few friends alone,",3.0
"In him, thy well appointed proxy see,",0.0
"Armed for a work too difficult for thee,",2.0
"Prepared by taste, by learning, and true worth,",2.0
"To form thy son, to strike his genius forth,",0.0
"Beneath thy roof, beneath thine eye to prove",0.0
"The force of discipline when backed by love,",1.0
"To double all thy pleasure in thy child,",0.0
"Safe under such a wing, the boy shall show",2.0
"No spots contracted among grooms below,",6.0
By footman Tom for witty and refined.,1.0
There ' --  in his commerce with the liveried herd,1.0
Lurks the contagion chiefly to be feared.,3.0
For since so fashion dictates all who claim,1.0
"An higher than a mere plebeian fame,",1.0
"Find it expedient, come what mischief may,",5.0
"To entertain a thief or two in pay,",0.0
"And they that can afford the expense of more,",4.0
"Some half a dozen, and some half a score,",1.0
Great cause occurs to save him from a band,2.0
"So sure to spoil him, and so near at hand,",1.0
"A point secured, if once he be supplied",0.0
With some such Mentor always at his side.,0.0
Are such men rare? perhaps they would abound,2.0
"Were occupation easier to be found,",1.0
"Were education, else so sure to fail,",0.0
"Conducted on a manageable scale,",2.0
"And schools that have outlived all just esteem,",1.0
"But having found him, be thou duke or earl,",0.0
"In all good faculties beneath his care,",1.0
"Respect, as is but rational and just,",2.0
A man deemed worthy of so dear a trust.,2.0
"Despised by thee, what more can he expect",1.0
"From youthful folly, than the same neglect?",1.0
A flat and fatal negative obtains,1.0
"That instant, upon all his future pains;",2.0
"His lessons tyre, his mild rebukes offend,",0.0
And all the instructions of thy son's best friend,3.0
"Are a stream choked, or trickling to no end.",4.0
"Doom him not then to solitary meals,",0.0
"But recollect that he has sense, and feels.",1.0
"And, that possessor of a soul refined,",1.0
"An upright heart and cultivated mind,",1.0
"His post not mean, his talents not unknown,",0.0
He deems it hard to vegetate alone.,0.0
"And if admitted at thy board he sit,",1.0
"Account him no just mark for idle wit,",0.0
Offend not him whom modesty restrains,2.0
"From repartee, with jokes that he disdains,",1.0
"Much less transfix his feelings with an oath,",1.0
"Nor frown, unless he vanish with the cloth. ' --",1.0
"And trust me, his utility may reach",2.0
"To more than he is hired or bound to teach,",3.0
Through reverence of the censor of thy son.,2.0
"But if thy table be indeed unclean,",1.0
"Foul with excess, and with discourse obscene,",4.0
"And thou a wretch, whom, following her old plan",3.0
"And stood the test, perhaps on the wrong side,",1.0
That any thing but vice could win thy love;,0.0
"Who, just when industry begins to snore,",1.0
And thrice in every winter throngs thine own,0.0
"With half the chariots and sedans in town,",3.0
"Not very sober though, nor very chaste;",1.0
"Or is thine house, though less superb thy rank,",1.0
"If not a scene of pleasure, a mere blank,",2.0
"Hear nature plead, show mercy to thy son.",3.0
"Saved from his home, where every day brings forth",1.0
"Some mischief fatal to his future worth,",1.0
"Find him a better in a distant spot,",0.0
"Within some pious pastor's humble cot,",0.0
"Where vile example your's I chiefly mean,",1.0
May never more be stamped upon his breast,0.0
"Where early rest makes early rising sure,",1.0
"Disease or comes not, or finds easy cure,",2.0
"Prevented much by diet neat and plain,",0.0
"Or if it enter, soon starved out again.",3.0
Where all the attention of his faithful host,2.0
"Discreetly limited to two at most,",1.0
"May raise such fruits as shall reward his care,",0.0
And not at last evaporate in air.,0.0
"Where stillness aiding study, and his mind",1.0
"Serene, and to his duties much inclined,",1.0
"Not occupied in day-dreams, as at home,",2.0
"Of pleasures past or follies yet to come,",0.0
His virtuous toil may terminate at last,2.0
In settled habit and decided taste.,1.0
Whom care and cool deliberation suit,0.0
"Not better much, than spectacles a brute,",1.0
"Who if their sons some slight tuition share,",0.0
"Deem it of no great moment, whose, or where,",1.0
"Too proud to adopt the thoughts of one unknown,",3.0
And much too gay to have any of their own.,2.0
"But courage man! methought the muse replied,",5.0
"Mankind are various, and the world is wide;",2.0
"The ostrich, silliest of the feathered kind,",1.0
"And formed of God without a parent's mind,",0.0
Forgetful that the foot may crush the trust;,0.0
"And while on public nurseries they rely,",3.0
"Not knowing, and too oft not caring why,",2.0
"Irrational in what they thus prefer,",1.0
"No few, that would seem wise, resemble her.",2.0
But all are not alike. Thy warning voice,0.0
"May here and there prevent erroneous choice,",3.0
"And some perhaps, who, busy as they are,",1.0
"Yet make their progeny their dearest care,",1.0
Whose hearts will ache once told what ills may reach,1.0
"Their offspring left upon so wild a beach,",1.0
Will need no stress of argument to enforce,4.0
The expedience of a less adventurous course.,4.0
"The rest will slight thy counsel, or condemn,",1.0
But they have human feelings. Turn to them.,1.0
"To you then, tenants of life's middle state,",3.0
"Securely placed between the small and great,",0.0
"Two thirds of all the virtue that remains,",1.0
"Who wise yourselves, desire your sons should learn",0.0
Your wisdom and your ways ' --  to you I turn.,2.0
"Look round you on a world perversely blind,",1.0
"See what contempt is fallen on human kind,",3.0
"Great titles, offices, and trusts disgraced,",2.0
"Long lines of ancestry renowned of old,",2.0
"Surpassed in frenzy by the mad at large,",1.0
"See great commanders making war a trade,",1.0
"Great lawyers, lawyers without study made,",6.0
"Churchmen, in whose esteem their blessed employ",2.0
"Is odious, and their wages all their joy,",1.0
Who far enough from furnishing their shelves,1.0
"With gospel lore, turn infidels themselves,",2.0
"See womanhood despised, and manhood shamed",2.0
"With infamy too nauseous to be named,",3.0
"Else coarse and rude in manners, and their tongue",2.0
"On fire with curses and with nonsense hung,",1.0
"Their breath a sample of last night's regale,",2.0
"All these, and more like these, were bred at schools.",1.0
"And if it chance, as sometime chance it will,",2.0
"Such rare exceptions shining in the dark,",0.0
"Prove rather than impeach the just remark,",2.0
Serves but to show how black is all beside.,0.0
Now look on him whose very voice in tone,2.0
"Just echos thine, whose features are thine own,",2.0
"And stroke his polished cheek of purest red,",0.0
"And say, my boy, the unwelcome hour is come,",2.0
"When thou, transplanted from thy genial home",2.0
"Must find a colder soil and bleaker air,",0.0
And trust for safety to a stranger's care;,1.0
"What character, what turn thou wilt assume",1.0
"From constant converse with I know not whom,",1.0
"Who there will court thy friendship, with what views,",1.0
"Though much depends on what thy choice shall be,",0.0
"And while the dreadful risque foreseen, forbids,",4.0
"Free too, and under no constraining force,",1.0
"Unless the sway of custom warp thy course,",0.0
"Lay such a stake upon the losing side,",0.0
Merely to gratify so blind a guide?,2.0
"Turn him adrift upon a rolling sea,",2.0
"Nor say, go thither, conscious that there lay",4.0
"Of natural pity, send him not to school.",0.0
"No ' --  Guard him better; Is he not thine own,",2.0
"Thyself in miniature, thy flesh, thy bone?",0.0
That since thy strength must with thy years elope;,1.0
And thou wilt need some comfort to assuage,1.0
"That then, in recompense of all thy cares,",0.0
"Thy child shall show respect to thy grey hairs,",1.0
"Befriend thee of all other friends bereft,",1.0
And give thy life its only cordial left?,0.0
"Aware then how much danger intervenes,",1.0
"To compass that good end, forecast the means.",1.0
"His heart, now passive, yields to thy command;",2.0
Secure it thine. Its key is in thine hand.,1.0
"If thou desert thy charge and throw it wide,",1.0
"Nor heed what guests there enter and abide,",1.0
Complain not if attachments lewd and base,1.0
"Supplant thee in it, and usurp thy place.",2.0
But if thou guard its sacred chambers sure,1.0
"From vicious inmates and delights impure,",2.0
"Either his gratitude shall hold him fast,",2.0
"And keep him warm and filial to the last,",1.0
"Or if he prove unkind, as who can say",1.0
"But being man, and therefore frail, he may",1.0
"One comfort yet shall cheer thine aged heart,",0.0
"However he slight thee, thou hast done thy part.",3.0
Pull down the schools ' --  what! ' --  all the schools in the land?,0.0
"Deserves an answer similar, or none.",1.0
"And feed him well and give him handsome pay,",0.0
"Merely to sleep, and let them run astray?",2.0
"Survey our schools and colleges, and see",1.0
"From education, as the leading cause,",1.0
"Thence the prevailing manners take their cast,",2.0
"Extravagant or sober, loose or chaste.",1.0
"And though I would not advertise them yet,",1.0
"Nor write on each ' --  This Building to be Let,",1.0
Unless the world were all prepared to embrace,2.0
"Yet backward as they are, and long have been,",2.0
"To cultivate and keep the MORALS clean,",0.0
"Forgive the crime I wish them, I confess,",1.0
"Or better managed, or encouraged less.",1.0
"Ladies, your servant, this indeed is kind",3.0
To come to one so much distressed in mind;,1.0
"Since Friday last, the day poor Pompey died,",1.0
"Well, dearest Madam, talk no more of that,",2.0
"Nothing is like a game at cards, and chat,",1.0
To ease the mind; I'm sure I found it so,0.0
When poor Sir Simon died; you all well know,2.0
How very much relieved I was by play;,1.0
When morn was over I began the day.,1.0
"Come ladies, then it's best to lose no time,",2.0
"Pray, ladies, take your places as you choose;",2.0
In every seat I know I'm sure to lose.,0.0
"To lose! dear Ma'am, I think to leave off play,",1.0
"Such cards I sat with all the other day,",0.0
"Ladies, your stakes, We play our usual rate.",4.0
"Sir, you have passed, I now may show my cards;",0.0
"Indeed! this way the cards are sure to go,",0.0
"Whatever game I play, or high or low.",1.0
The other night I lost at Lady Vole's,0.0
This night I'm like to lose three times that sum;,1.0
I take a king if no one plays alone.,0.0
"Madam, I do; I'll not sit like a drone",2.0
"Might I have took a king I'd had it clear,",0.0
But some folks cards will always play severe.,1.0
"Severe indeed! Sure mine the hardest case is,",2.0
"And now, the first time I could take a king,",2.0
"I sometime get a hand, but never play;",1.0
"I'll mark you up, dear Ma'am, the usual way.",4.0
"And if you all give leave, my trump I'll name;",2.0
One hand without a trump! now hard they lie.,1.0
"Madam, you have your game, no trump is in.",2.0
"Yes, Ma'am, because this hand of course must win.",1.0
"But one poor hand, and now six fish have paid.",3.0
I wonder how your next door neighbour does;,2.0
"I heard last week he lost his only son,",1.0
"Yes, and his wife is dying. What is done?",0.0
Upon my life my cards get worse and worse.,1.0
"I'm quite surprise, I'm really called this time.",0.0
For is not called I'd been a bitter foe.,1.0
"Let's see those cards, I know not how they go.",2.0
"Ladies, I think the vole's at your command,",3.0
At least I can't prevent it by my hand.,1.0
"My dearest Ma'am, I fear it's all in vain,",0.0
Can you forgive me? May I now declare.,2.0
"Madam, proceed; this is not quite so fair.",3.0
"How could it ever be won, and you to lead?",2.0
My Lady Poole did well to bid us play.,0.0
"Indeed, I think so too; she drew me in;",0.0
Yet sure the chance was great that we should win.,1.0
"By no means, Ma'am; your play I can't excuse;",1.0
"I'm sadly wronged, for I could not refuse.",1.0
"Well, Ladies, please to lay your money down,",2.0
"The pool's my constant care, it's always known;",0.0
"Now this may turn my luck, and I may thrive.",1.0
"Poor Mr. Carder was without a fish,",2.0
"I know not who is rich, I'm sure I'm poor,",0.0
"Indeed, dear Ma'am, you see I'm quite undone;",1.0
This fine lone hand some of my debts will settle;,2.0
It's but my due to ride on my own cattle.,2.0
"It's very lucky, Mrs. Fret, for you,",0.0
But with these losses what am I to do?,2.0
"I wish with all my heart the pool was out,",0.0
For I'm engaged to Lady Racket's rout.,1.0
"The pool is out, upon my word I win.",1.0
"O no, I took that out an hour ago;",1.0
"I'm sure, Sir, you will witness it was so.",3.0
I just have lost three guineas by the night.,2.0
Our only man ' -- 'twas an unlucky seat.,2.0
The cards tonight have not run very high.,1.0
"Ladies, your humble servant, Sir, good bye.",2.0
"Dissolved in Sleep near a complaining Stream,",1.0
My Fancy strove with an important Dream.,1.0
Methought I was with Violence born away,3.0
"Through a dark Vault, whose Cavern did convey",2.0
"To Death's sad Courts; the brazen Gates I past,",1.0
Which on my entrance were again made fast.,2.0
"The dismal Cell with horror I surveyed,",1.0
"For dead men's Bones in Piles were round me laid,",1.0
And Skulls of largest size the Pavement made.,0.0
"The Sun to this dark Mansion darts no Ray,",3.0
But glimmering Lamps make an imperfect Day:,4.0
"By their faint Light I searched the Cave around,",2.0
And in each Nook amazing Objects found.,0.0
"In a long Row stood Glasses stored with Sand,",4.0
Which of some Mortals years the Tale contained:,0.0
The Number of whose years the Hourglass held.,2.0
And cut the slender Thread of Life in Twain;,0.0
"Then down the Tablet dropped t'a stream below,",2.0
"A while it floated till born Underground,",2.0
'Twas in the Abyss of deep Oblivion drowned.,3.0
But o the Pangs and Agonies that rent,2.0
My panting Breast to find my Glass near spent!,0.0
The Tragic Scene begins Forgive me Fate,0.0
That thy occult Proceedings I Relate.,2.0
"Strait was I summoned to receive my Doom,",1.0
For Death with horrid Grace approached the Room,0.0
"Arrayed majestic in a mourning Robe,",0.0
"A Dart his Sceptre, and a Skull his Globe.",1.0
"He sat, the Attendants on his Person stood,",3.0
"Diseases next were placed a numerous Train,",2.0
"No sooner were my scattered Thoughts restored,",2.0
But I with mental Prayers Heavens Aid implored;,1.0
Then thus with hollow Voice the Tyrant spoke ' --,0.0
"Thy Charge is deep, but for thy self Reply,",1.0
O I am Guilty and deserve to Die!,2.0
"Too oft Transgressed, too rarely did Repent;",2.0
"Some Vices Heaven Assisting I suppressed,",1.0
And lasting War proclaimed with all the Rest;,0.0
By Passions oft surprised and Captive led.,0.0
"But are this Courts Proceedings so severe,",2.0
That Youth can Challenge no Indulgence Here?,0.0
Perhaps my Skill and Courage had improved:,0.0
"Mortal thy Doom already is decreed,",3.0
The Judge replied and Sentence must proceed!,0.0
This Court's Records with Instances abound,1.0
"Of Younger Brows than Thine with Laurel crowned,",1.0
"Approach you Ministers of Fate, and bear",1.0
"In Liquid Flames of Sulphur let him roll,",0.0
"Thus let him howl Eternity Away,",2.0
Refreshed with no short Glimpse of Heavenly Day.,3.0
Confusion now my Tortured Bosom filled;,0.0
"Monstrous of Shape, of Size, Prodigious Tall.",2.0
"In this Distress behold a Heavenly Ray,",3.0
Around me did his cheerful Light display.,0.0
"The Lamps grew pale and shrunk into their Case,",1.0
The haughty Tyrant's Self confused appeared;,2.0
"Amongst the dead Bones a rattling Noise was heard,",3.0
"As Summoned to the Universal Doom,",1.0
Not daring yet to hope Relief I spied,0.0
While Thus in Charming Language He began.,1.0
"Rejoice my charge, for from Heavens Court I come",0.0
With gracious Orders to Revoke thy Doom.,1.0
Thy Virtue's Race imperfectly begun.,1.0
"But Heaven in Pity to thy sickly Pace,",1.0
Or on my Wing thy lingering Spirit convey,3.0
To Blissful Mansions of Eternal Day.,1.0
"To Heaven and Him my Humblest Thanks I paid,",3.0
And begged to be to those glad Seats conveyed;,2.0
But first admit the Lot of all Mankind,1.0
"And Leave said He that Load of Earth behind,",2.0
"Prisoners Absolved, less gladly quit their Chain",2.0
Than I this Flesh that did my Spirit detain.,3.0
"But when my Soul her naked Self Surveyed,",0.0
"She Blushed and sought to cover her Disgrace,",1.0
Retreating back into her Fleshy case.,0.0
"And straight with Hyssop dipped in Sacred Blood,",0.0
Those Blemishes that stained my Soul before:,1.0
"Thought of New Worlds my Mind had so engrossed,",4.0
That all Remembrance of the Old it Lost:,1.0
That Body too which once I fondly thought,0.0
Could never be from my Remembrance wrought,1.0
"Had now quite escaped my Memory, till I spied",2.0
The pale and Lifeless Engine by my side.,1.0
Bless me said I what ghastly thing lies there?,2.0
"Was this the Mansion where so many a year,",3.0
I lingered betwixt successive Hope and Fear?,2.0
"Taught it to Cringe, and in just measures move?",0.0
"The thing that lately did in Business sweat,",0.0
That talked so much of being Rich and Great!,0.0
"That sought with Verse to make its Love renowned,",0.0
And hoped ere long to see its Passion Crowned;,1.0
"Behold where the designing Machine lies,",4.0
Prey to those Insects it did once Despise.,2.0
Suppose that Body now lay covered over,1.0
"To Curl those Locks, or Kiss that ghastly Face?",0.0
"Why is the Corpse so long detained from Ground,",0.0
Tis more than Time those Hands and Feet were bound;,0.0
"Close the dull Eyes, support the falling Chin,",3.0
"Go, let the Funeral Peal be Rung aloud,",3.0
And in some Nook the Useless Lumber crowed.,0.0
"Insulting Thus I spoke, and more had said,",0.0
But was by my Assistant Angel stayed;,2.0
"My Charge, said he, these gloomy shades withdrawn",2.0
Behold of Everlasting Day the Dawn:,0.0
Conferred on Souls when first they arrive the Place,2.0
The Blissful Throng are met to welcome Thee,1.0
To their fair World of Immortality.,3.0
"Such was the Blow given by the Hebrew Guide,",6.0
"The Waters there Congealed and stood in Walls,",1.0
The Building here like breaking Water falls.,0.0
"But now the parting Stones brought Heaven in View,",1.0
When Fatal Chance! my rapturous Dream withdrew,2.0
"The grateful slumber from my Temples fell,",1.0
"Round me I viewed the Grove, and thought it Hell;",0.0
Aloud I called my Guide! Obligingly,1.0
But the false Vision fled without Reply.,2.0
"SPIRIT of strength! to whom in wrath it's given,",2.0
"Behold the somber robes whose gathering folds,",2.0
Thy secret majesty conceal. Their skirts,1.0
"Spread on mid air move slow and silently,",5.0
"Advancing clouds from every point of heaven,",0.0
"Grandly dilated, cloth the fields of air,",2.0
Spirit of strength! it is thy awful hour;,3.0
"The wind of every hill is laid to rest,",0.0
And far over sea and land deep silence reigns.,3.0
"Wild creatures of the forest homeward high,",2.0
"Pride in the lordly palace is put down,",2.0
While in his humble cot the poor man sits,1.0
"With all his family round him hushed and still,",0.0
In awful expectation. On his way,1.0
The traveller stands aghast and looks to heaven.,2.0
"On the horizon's verge thy lightning gleams,",1.0
And the first utterance of thy deep voice,4.0
Is heard in reverence and holy fear.,1.0
"From nearer clouds bright burst more vivid gleams,",1.0
As instantly in closing darkness lost;,1.0
"A streaming cataract of flame appears,",1.0
"To meet a neither fire from earth cast up,",2.0
Commingling terribly; appalling gloom,1.0
"A general blaze, and from the war of clouds,",1.0
"Red, writhing falls the embodied bolt of heaven.",3.0
"Then swells the roiling peal, full, deepening, grand,",1.0
"And in its strength lifts the tremendous roar,",2.0
"With mingled discord, rattling, hissing, growling;",0.0
"Crashing like rocky fragments downward hurled,",2.0
In awful majesty the explosion bursts,3.0
Wide and astounding over the trembling land.,4.0
"Mountain, and cliff, repeat the dread turmoil,",3.0
"And all to man's distinctive senses known,",0.0
"Peal after peal, succeeds with waning strength,",1.0
And hushed and deep each solemn pause between.,0.0
And round the stricken corpse shrill shrieks of horror rise.,1.0
"Now rattling hailstones, bounding as they fall",3.0
"To earth, spread motley winter over the plain,",3.0
And roll their distant grumbling far away:,0.0
"Who from a Race of noble Heroes came,",0.0
And added Lustre to its ancient Fame:,1.0
But with inferior Brightness to her own;,4.0
"Which she refined to that sublime Degree,",1.0
The greatest Mortal could not greater be.,0.0
"Her tender Years with Innocence were clad,",1.0
In the Retinue of her Virtues stood:,0.0
"And at the final Period of her Breath,",1.0
She crowned her Life with a propitious Death;,1.0
That no Occasion might be wanting here,0.0
"To make her Virtues famed, or Joys sincere.",0.0
"Two noble Lords her Genial Bed possessed,",1.0
"A Wife to both, the dearest, and the best.",1.0
"Oxford submitted in one Year to Fate,",2.0
For whom her Passion was exceeding great.,1.0
"And him she loved with so intense a Mind,",2.0
"That living, like a Father she obeyed,",1.0
"Dying, as to a Son, left all she had.",2.0
"When a Step-Mother, she soon soared above",4.0
"The common Height, even of Maternal Love.",4.0
She did her numerous Family command,3.0
"With such a tender Care, so wise a Hand,",1.0
She seemed no otherwise a Mistress there,2.0
"But when to all she had Example showed,",0.0
"How to be Great, and Humble, Chaste and Good,",1.0
"Her Soul for Earth too excellent, too high,",3.0
"Flew to its Peers, the Princes of the Sky.",1.0
"WHERE heavenly precept bright example taught,",3.0
"And truths divine, a clear conviction wrought;",0.0
"Aided by that persuasive eloquence,",3.0
"The charm of language, and the force of sense.",1.0
"When death has silenced that instructive speech,",0.0
Nor more that tongue important truths shall teach;,0.0
In characters no time or change erase.,2.0
"The muse her mournful tribute humbly pays,",0.0
For ever true to friends of former days:,0.0
"Returning health seemed lighting up his eye,",2.0
And raised his drooping friends to transient joy;,0.0
To fair humanity he gave his name.,1.0
"' If this, the latest act from me required,",2.0
"' The last is good,' he said, and ' --  he expired.",1.0
"So set the Christian, so his glories rise,",1.0
As summers suns descend in azure skies.,0.0
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame;,3.0
Yet not to birth alone did HOMER owe,0.0
"His wondrous worth; what EGYPT could bestow,",0.0
"With all the schools of GREECE and ASIA joined,",0.0
Enlarged the immense expansion of his mind.,3.0
"Tower equal heights. But happier STRATFORD, thou",3.0
"More than all EGYPT, GREECE, or ASIA taught.",0.0
"WHAT ken mine eyes, enchanted? man of ease,",0.0
"In elbow chair, and under brow of thought",1.0
"Intense, on some great matter fixed, no doubt:",2.0
What mean the myrmidons on either hand,1.0
"Spread far and wide, on table, desk, and stool,",1.0
"Variety of troops, white, purple, pied,",2.0
"And grey, and blue's battalion trim; and who",0.0
"Gay edged with gold; of various garb, and tongue,",3.0
"Of Turk and Nadir, nodding opposite",0.0
"With sable shield, and arms opaque, advance",0.0
"Divinity polemic, sober rage,",1.0
Yet deadly! and can rage in minds divine,1.0
"Cowl beats off cowl, and mitre mitre knocks.",1.0
Vengeance demure; and there devoutly fierce,3.0
Not far behind with her divided troops,1.0
"Comes Policy, with democratic shouts",2.0
"On one hand, on the other loud acclaim",0.0
"For power hereditary, and right divine:",4.0
"Brutus and Nimrod, libertines, and slaves,",2.0
Who next with aspect sage and parchment waved,1.0
Voluminous come on? I know their beards,2.0
"Historic, see the style acute, with which",0.0
"And as he cleaves the pyramid, apply",2.0
"Their puny prop. Hence annals, journals hence,",1.0
"And memoirs, doubtful truth, and certain lies,",1.0
"And tales, and all the magazines of war.",0.0
"What Muse, OH Poetry, can pass unsung",2.0
"Thy flowing banners, and gay tent, adorned",2.0
With airy trophies? or would leave thy name,1.0
"All these, and more came flocking; ' --  but await",2.0
"The dread commander's voice, and dare no more",1.0
"The sedentary chief, in studious mood,",2.0
"And deep revolve, darts his experienced eye.",4.0
The posture of the field; from rank to rank,1.0
"Posting succinct. He gives the word, which way",2.0
"The squadrons to advance, where wheel their course.",1.0
"Vanguard to right and left. Forthwith the bands,",2.0
"As at the sound of trump, obedient move",2.0
In perfect phalanx. Each their station knows,1.0
"First to its place spontaneous Verse repairs,",2.0
"Knowing the call, and practised to obey",3.0
"Her claws, contracted to make room for Scot",2.0
"And Tom. Aquinas, slumbering side by side;",2.0
"All, all, in order due and silence, look",0.0
A modern convocation. History lies,0.0
"Which when the marshal, from his easy chair",1.0
"Thoughtful, and thus the assembled leaves bespoke.",3.0
"Hear me, you listening books. First I direct",2.0
Submission to your lord and faith entire.,1.0
On parchment? See the volume; look at me.,0.0
Did I not mark you as the Prussian late,1.0
His subjects badge of service when required?,0.0
"It's well, ' --  and let me next, you flimsy peers,",0.0
"Live peaceful, as by me together tied",3.0
In bands of strictest amity: should then,1.0
Your master lend you to some neighbouring state,3.0
"Your first allegiance pure, and cheerful home",0.0
"Return, when summoned by your natural prince.",1.0
"And dust inglorious; know your birth and end,",2.0
"For rags you were, and must to rags return.",1.0
"BY Rufus' hall, where Thames polluted flows,",0.0
"Provoked, the Genius of the river rose,",1.0
"Given herds, and flocks, and villages increase,",1.0
And fed a richer than the Golden Fleece?,1.0
"Have I, you merchant's, with each swelling tide,",1.0
Lent you the fruit of every nation's toil?,0.0
"Made every climate your's, and every soil?",2.0
"Yet pilfered from the poor, by gaming base,",0.0
Yet must a Wooden Bridge my waves disgrace?,0.0
"Tell not to foreign streams the shameful tale,",0.0
And be it published in no Gallic vale.,1.0
"He said; ' --  and plunging to his crystal dome,",1.0
White over his head the circling waters foam.,3.0
WHY quits Miranda thus life's busy scene?,1.0
Why seeks she now the Convent's gloom serene?,0.0
"Can, then, this giddy world no pleasure give,",1.0
That here the fair Miranda scorns to live?,0.0
Prefer the gloomy Convent's hallowed walls?,0.0
"Ah, stay! and let mankind adore these charms,",1.0
"While now she smiling reads my uncouth lay,",1.0
"Though vulgar souls may wonder at my choice,",0.0
May dare to censure with a common voice;,1.0
"Yet I'm resolved, since in those shades no fools",2.0
It's only in the dear sequestered cell,0.0
"Where peace is found, and where the virtues dwell;",0.0
"Contented there my future days I'll spend,",1.0
"There taught, in hope and triumph meet my end:",0.0
"While some pale trembling lamp shall ever burn,",1.0
"Thus speaks in accents soft the pensive maid,",1.0
"Who to the blaze of day prefers the shade,",0.0
"Who wisely shuns what Folly pleasure calls,",0.0
And flies for refuge to a Convent's walls.,1.0
"Reluctant, I must own it's Nature's voice,",1.0
That calls Miranda to so sad a choice:,1.0
"For, oft at eve I have seen the pensive maid",0.0
"Hanging enraptured over some moving tale,",4.0
While pleased she heard the plaintive warbler's wail.,1.0
"If then, Miranda, you the Veil assume;",1.0
If you will seek the Convent's mournful gloom;,1.0
"And the sad tale no abler Bard inspire,",4.0
"Be mine the task to tune the plaintive lyre,",0.0
"If verse like mine eternal fame could give,",1.0
"Thy name, Miranda, should for ever live.",0.0
"THESE Lines I send, impatient of your Stay,",1.0
"To you, my Lord, who kill me with Delay;",2.0
"Yet crave not any Answer back, beside",0.0
"Yourself, the best of Answers to your Bride.",1.0
"Is ruined now, with dire, consuming Flames;",0.0
"Though scarcely Troy, nor all her King could boast,",0.0
"Was worth the Trouble, which her Ruin cost.",0.0
"OH! had lewd PARIS sunk beneath the Tide,",2.0
"When, over the Seas, he sought the Spartan Bride;",2.0
"I had not then accused the lingering Day,",0.0
"Nor weaved, to charm the tedious Night away;",2.0
"Nor in the Bed, deserted and forlorn,",1.0
"WHENEVER of Dangers in your Camp I heard,",2.0
"Those Dangers threatened you, I always feared:",1.0
"For Love, like mine, no cold Indifference bears;",2.0
"It feeds on timorous Thoughts, and anxious Cares.",2.0
"I fancied, furious Trojans round thee came;",2.0
"I wept, because his Craft no better sped:",1.0
"My fearful Heart, like frigid Ice, was chilled;",0.0
"Lest flattering Fame my doubtful Ears should cheat,",2.0
"But Heaven, propitious to my chaste Desire,",1.0
"Preserved you safe, and Troy consumed with Fire.",0.0
And on their smoking Altars Offerings burn;,1.0
"Their useless Arms they consecrate to Peace,",0.0
"Each youthful Bride some pleasing Gift affords,",0.0
Resound the vanquished Fates of ruined Troy:,1.0
"The wondering Sages crowd around to hear,",2.0
The trembling Girls admire the Tales of War:,0.0
"The Wives stand listening, while their Husbands tell,",1.0
"One stains a Table with the purple Draught,",1.0
"And shows the furious Battles, which you fought;",2.0
"Paints, with the Wine, which from the Glass he pours,",1.0
"Camps, Rivers, Hills, and all the Trojan Towers:",1.0
"ACHILLES pitched his Tent, ULYSSES there:",1.0
"Here mangled HECTOR, dreadful in his Fall,",0.0
"To seek his Father, brought me this Report",1.0
"In Sleep, became a Victim to your Sword;",1.0
"But, OH! ULYSSES, you too boldly dare;",2.0
"Too fearless, through the Camp of Foes you rove,",2.0
"Mindful of Wiles, forgetful of your Love;",3.0
"Slaying so many in the gloomy Night,",2.0
"One Friend alone, to aid you in the Fight.",0.0
Among the midnight Terrors of the Foe;,2.0
"Fondly of me you formerly have thought,",2.0
"With Prudence acted, and with Caution fought.",1.0
"Heaven knows, with Fear my trembling Bosom beat,",0.0
To hear my Son your daring Deeds relate;,0.0
"As when they stood, if I am robbed of thee,",1.0
"To others, who, with captive Oxen, toil",0.0
"While Phrygian Fields, grown fat with native Blood,",3.0
"While verdant Harvests hide their ruined Wall,",0.0
"I mourn my absent Lord, who wrought its Fall;",0.0
"Nor can I know the Land, where you reside,",2.0
"WHATEVER Sailors on our Coast appear,",2.0
Hopeful to find some Tidings of my Dear,3.0
"I fly to them, and ask them over and over,",3.0
If ever they saw you on some foreign Shore?,3.0
"Then to their Hands a Letter I impart,",1.0
"To give it you, the Partner of my Heart;",2.0
"If Chance, or Destiny should ever prove",1.0
So kind to lead them to my absent Love.,1.0
"But sought in vain, we heard no true Report:",1.0
We sent to ask the Spartans too; but they,0.0
"Knew not the Climate, where you, lingering, stay.",0.0
OH! had APOLLO saved his sacred Town ' --,1.0
You Gods! why did I ever wish it down?,0.0
"If that were standing, and ULYSSES there,",2.0
"I nothing, but the Chance of War, should fear:",1.0
I should not then be singly cursed to cry;,0.0
"Others would fear the War, no less than I.",3.0
"Nor know I what to hope, or what to fear;",0.0
"Yet fearing all, that Fancy can suggest,",1.0
"Upon the Land whatever Dangers reign,",1.0
I fear those Dangers make you there remain;,1.0
"Upon the Seas whatever Storms increase,",1.0
I fear those Storms detain you on the Seas.,1.0
"While thus my foolish Thoughts uncertain rove,",0.0
Perhaps you revel with a foreign Love;,1.0
"Perhaps you ridicule your Bride at home,",0.0
"Suspicious Thoughts! that vex my jealous Mind,",0.0
"If cruel Fate did not obstruct the Way,",0.0
My Lord would never make so long Delay.,0.0
"Your long Delay my Father often blames,",0.0
And often chides me for my constant Flames:,1.0
My constant Flames shall ever true remain;,0.0
"Let Fathers chide, and Suitors court in vain.",1.0
"At length my Sire, who finds he can't remove",2.0
"My Faith from you, nor shake my settled Love,",1.0
Yet still a Crowd of Suitors tease my Ears;,0.0
"From various Realms they come to seek your Crown,",2.0
"And feast, and reign securely in your Throne:",0.0
"All bent on Love, and Robbers of the State,",1.0
"And All, by your pernicious Absence, great!",1.0
"Slaughters your Lambs, to grace the Suitor's Board:",2.0
For how can Three resist so many Foes?,1.0
"Your feeble Wife, your Father worn with Age,",0.0
"Your tender Son, too weak to cheque their Rage;",1.0
"For whom they lately crafty Ambush laid,",1.0
And menaced Death on his devoted Head;,1.0
"When, mocking all their Stratagems, he crossed",1.0
"OH! may the Gods extend his vital Date,",0.0
"And guard his Life, till ours submit to Fate:",0.0
So may he close our Eyes with decent Care;,1.0
"Such is your Servant's, such his Nurse's Prayer.",2.0
"SINCE then your aged Father, feeble grown,",0.0
"Amid your Foes, cannot defend your Crown;",0.0
"Your Wife, too weak to chase the Foes away,",1.0
"Your Son, too young to bear the Regal Sway;",1.0
"Haste, haste, ULYSSES, to your Royal Seat;",2.0
For you alone can cure our troubled State:,1.0
"Think of your Son, who wants you to inspire",1.0
His Soul with all the Virtues of his Sire:,1.0
"Think, on the Brink of Fate your Father lies:",0.0
"Return, my Lord, return and close his Eyes:",0.0
"Think of your faithful Wife, whose youthful Face,",0.0
"At your Departure, blushed with blooming Grace:",1.0
But now I blush with blooming Grace no more;,1.0
"Tears, for your Absence, cloud my Beauty over.",0.0
"OH! may you soon return, before I prove",0.0
"An ancient Dame, unworthy of your Love.",1.0
"WHEN Envy saw yonder Gothic structure rise,",3.0
She viewed the fabric with malignant eyes:,1.0
"With grief she gazes on the antique wall,",4.0
"Gloomy, not dark, and cheerful, though not gay;",3.0
"Where to the whole, each part proportion bears,",0.0
"And all around, a pleasing aspect wears.",1.0
"Towards the study then her footsteps tend,",1.0
"Where columns rise, and sculptured arches bend:",0.0
"Here soothing Melancholy holds her seat,",0.0
And Contemplation seeks the loved retreat.,0.0
The garden next displays a magic scene,0.0
"Each various season, various gifts bestows,",4.0
"Woods, hills, and streams, in sweet confusion lie.",1.0
"The silver Thames, as he pursues his way,",1.0
"Seems here to loiter, and prolong his stay.",1.0
She weeps to find she cannot but approve:,1.0
Thus the cursed fiend her impious woes expressed:,3.0
Am I in vain the foe to all thy race?,1.0
'Twas I that wrought thy patriot sire's disgrace;,2.0
"In vain I strove to blot his honoured name,",1.0
"Brighter it shines, restored by endless fame:",2.0
"And must another Walpole break my rest,",1.0
"And must thy praises, my repose molest?",1.0
"It's thine, by various talents, still to please,",3.0
"To plan with judgement, execute with ease;",0.0
"With equal skill, to build, converse and write,",0.0
"To charm the mind, and gratify the sight.",0.0
"Ah! could I but these battlements overthrow,",3.0
And lay this monument of genius low?,1.0
"But vain the wish, for art and nature join",0.0
To add perfection to the fair design:,1.0
"It must proceed, for so the fates decree,",1.0
"Thousands that view it shall the work despise,",2.0
And thousands more shall view it with my eyes;,1.0
The candid and the wise alone shall give:,1.0
"Taste, though much talked of, is confined to few,",1.0
IMPRIMIS ' --  My departed Shade I trust,1.0
To Heaven ' --  My Body to the silent Dust;,1.0
"My Name to public Censure I submit,",1.0
To be disposed of as the World thinks fit;,2.0
"My Vice and Folly let Oblivion close,",2.0
The World already is overstocked with those;,2.0
To those who think they had enough before.,1.0
Bestow my Patience to compose the Lives,1.0
Of slighted Virgins and neglected Wives;,1.0
My cool Reflection to unthinking Youth;,1.0
"To surly Husbands, as their Needs require;",1.0
And first discharge my Funeral ' --  and then,1.0
Of blasted Laurel on my Hearse recline;,1.0
"Let some grave Wight, that struggles for Renown,",4.0
With gentle Step precede the solemn Train;,0.0
A broken Flute upon his Arm shall lean.,0.0
"Six comic Poets may the Corpse surround,",2.0
"And All Freeholders, if they can be found:",3.0
"Then follow next the melancholy Throng,",0.0
"As shrewd Instructors, who themselves are wrong.",0.0
"The Politician, whom no Mortal heeds,",1.0
"The silent Lawyer, chambered all the Day,",0.0
And the stern Soldier that receives no Pay.,3.0
"But stay ' --  the Mourners should be first our Care,",0.0
And widowed Husbands over their Garlick cry.,2.0
"All this let my Executors fulfil,",3.0
"Who was, when she these Legacies designed,",1.0
"In Body healthy, and composed in Mind.",1.0
Thy various Seasons in their author's mind.,2.0
"Spring opens her blossoms, various as thy Muse,",4.0
"And, like thy soft compassion, sheds her dews.",0.0
"Summer's hot drought in thy expression glows,",3.0
Who tastes the meaning purpose of thy strains.,1.0
Winter ' --  but that no semblance takes from thee:,3.0
That hoary season yields a type of me.,0.0
"Shattered by time's bleak storms I withering lay,",5.0
"Leafless, and whitening in a cold decay!",2.0
Bless the short sunshine which thy pity lent.,1.0
"Let other Ministers, Great Anne, require;",3.0
And partial fall Thy Gift to their Desire.,1.0
"To the fair Portrait of my Sovereign Dame,",3.0
"To That alone, eternal be my Claim.",0.0
"My bright Defender, and my dread Delight,",1.0
If ever I found Favour in Thy Sight;,2.0
If all the Pains that for Thy Britain's Sake,1.0
"My past has took, or future Life may take,",0.0
"Be grateful to my Queen; permit my Prayer,",1.0
And with This Gift reward my total Care.,1.0
"Will Thy indulgent Hand, fair Saint, allow",2.0
The Boon? and will Thy Ear accept the Vow?,1.0
"That in despite of Age, of impious Flame,",3.0
"And eating Time, Thy Picture like Thy Fame",0.0
Entire may last; that as their Eyes survey,2.0
"Her Brow thus smooth, Her Look was thus serene;",1.0
"When to a Low, but to a Loyal Hand",1.0
"The mighty Empress gave Her high Command,",0.0
"That He to Hostile Camps, and Kings should haste,",0.0
To speak Her Vengeance as Their Danger past;,1.0
"To say, She Wills detested Wars to cease;",0.0
"She cheques Her Conquest, for Her Subjects Ease;",1.0
And bids the World attend Her Terms of Peace.,0.0
"Thee, Gracious Anne, Thee present I adore,",1.0
"Thee, Queen of Peace ' --  If Time and Fate have Power",0.0
Higher to raise the Glories of thy Reign;,3.0
From his dire food the grisly felon raised,0.0
"Beget the traitor's infamy, whom thus",4.0
At once give loose to utterance and to tears.,2.0
' I know not who thou art nor on what errand,1.0
"Sent hither; but a Florentine my ear,",2.0
My wrongs and from them judge of my revenge.,2.0
"' That I did trust him, that I was betrayed",1.0
That I advise thee; that which yet remains,1.0
"To thee and all unknown a horrid tale,",1.0
"The bitterness of death, I shall unfold.",1.0
"Attend, and say if he have injured me.",2.0
"' Through a small crevice opening, what scant light",4.0
That grim and antique tower admitted since,7.0
"Of me the Tower of Famine hight, and known",3.0
To many a wretch already began the dawn,4.0
"To send. The while I slumbering lay, a sleep",2.0
Opened the dark veil of fate. I saw methought,5.0
"The deadliest: he their chief, the foremost he",3.0
Flashed to pursue and cheer the eager cry.,2.0
"Nor long endured the chase: the panting sire,",0.0
"Of strength bereft, his helpless offspring soon",1.0
"Overtaken beheld, and in their trembling flanks",2.0
' The morn had scarce commenced when I awoke:,1.0
My children they were with me sleep as yet,2.0
"Gave not to know their sum of misery,",1.0
But yet in low and uncompleted sounds,0.0
"I heard them wail for bread. O! thou art cruel,",1.0
Or thou dost mourn to think what my poor heart,2.0
"Where are thy tears? Too soon they had aroused them,",1.0
"Sad with the fears of sleep, and now the hour",0.0
"Of timely food approached; when, at the gate",0.0
"Below, I heard the dreadful clank of bars",0.0
And fastening bolts. Then on my children's eyes,1.0
"Speechless my sight I fixed, nor wept, for all",2.0
"Within was stone. They wept, unhappy boys,",0.0
They wept; and first my little dear Anselmo,0.0
"Cried,' Father, why do you gaze so sternly?",1.0
What would you have?' Yet wept I not or answered,0.0
"All that whole day or the succeeding night,",2.0
Till a new sun arose with weakly gleam,2.0
"And won, such as might entrance find within",1.0
That house of woe. But o! when I beheld,2.0
"My sons, and in four faces saw my own",1.0
"Despair reflected, either hand I gnawed",0.0
"For anguish, which they construed hunger. Straight",5.0
"Arising all they cried,' Far less shall be",1.0
"Our sufferings, sir, if you resume your gift;",0.0
These miserable limbs with flesh you clothed;,1.0
Take back what once was yours.' I swallowed down,3.0
"My struggling sorrow, nor to heighten theirs.",2.0
"That day and yet another, mute we sat",0.0
"Quick to devour me? Yet a fourth day came,",4.0
"In vain my help, expired; ere the sixth morn",3.0
"Had dawned, my other three before my eyes",0.0
Died one by one. I saw them fall; I heard,1.0
Their doleful cries. For three days more I groped,1.0
About among their cold remains for then,0.0
"On their dear names, that heard me now no more;",3.0
"The fourth, what sorrow could not, famine did.'",0.0
He finished; then with unrelenting eye,0.0
"Askance he turned him, hasty to renew",1.0
"The hellish feast, and rent his trembling prey.",0.0
"IN vain you Murmur, we have served the Lord,",1.0
"As vainly listened to his flattering word,",3.0
"He has forgot, or spoke not as he meant;",1.0
Else why are we thus Idly penitent?,8.0
"You call the haughty blessed, erecting those",1.0
"And own, nay, almost boast themselves my foes,",2.0
Whose crimes would were I not a God command,1.0
The scarlet bolts from my unwilling hand;,1.0
"Then they that feared my great and awful name,",0.0
"The only sew that dared oppose the stream,",0.0
"Unmoved against the vulgar torrent stood,",0.0
"In spite of numbers resolutely good,",0.0
"But saw me still illustrious through the same,",1.0
"And loved and spoke, spoke often of my name,",2.0
"As oft I closely listened, nor shall they",1.0
"When all their pious services I'll own,",1.0
"For in my records I shall find them down,",1.0
Their brows I'll Crown with wreaths of victory;,0.0
While Mon and Angels stand spectators by;,4.0
"A loud I'll then, aloud proclaim them mine,",0.0
And amongst my brightest treasures they shall shine,2.0
"Their frailty with more tenderness, than before",3.0
"A father did his only son's I'll spare,",0.0
"Who were the wise, the only thinking men;",0.0
"Then you shall nothing but derision meet,",1.0
"And leave the restless Waves for constant Hills,",0.0
The wanton Muse the meaner Thorn prefers,0.0
"To Coral Twigs, and Amber's costly Tears;",0.0
"Haste to the Sea, and court the rolling Floods.",0.0
"No loved Amusements here but soon will cloy,",1.0
"The dearest Bliss becomes a worthless Toy,",0.0
And we must shift our Pleasures to enjoy.,2.0
"Sick of the Town, I left the busy Place,",0.0
Are whispering Nothing in attentive Ear;,2.0
"Where Knaves strange Lies invent, and Fools retail,",2.0
And home-made Treason find in Foreign Mail:,1.0
"And Scandals, oft disproved, are still revived;",0.0
"Imagined Ills in frightful Shapes appear,",0.0
While present Evils we with Patience bear;,1.0
"Phantoms, and empty Forms are feared the most,",2.0
"As those who scorned the Man, yet dread the Ghost.",1.0
"No longer plagued with Faction, Spleen and Noise,",1.0
"How happy, when I viewed the calm Retreat,",0.0
"In wanton Rounds the lingering Waters play,",0.0
And by their circling Streams prolong the grateful Stay.,1.0
"Bright was the Moon, and her reflected Beams",1.0
Spangled the dewy Leaves with trembling Gleams;,2.0
What waking Lovers acted here below.,0.0
"Careless I walked, where prowling Beasts had made",2.0
"A Path, that led through a lone silent Glade.",2.0
"The Moon, with doubtful Rays, deceived the Sight,",0.0
And waving Boughs gave an uncertain Light.,2.0
"When my chilled Spirits sunk with sudden Fear,",2.0
"A Central void amid surrounding Shade,",0.0
"With hollow vaulted Cells, and rising Heaps",0.0
In which by Day the wearied Badger sleeps.,0.0
"Thick thorny Brakes grew round the lonesome Place,",2.0
And twining Boughs enclosed the middle Space.,0.0
And here I saw blessed with a kinder Fate,2.0
Down pensive leaned her Head; no ruddy Streaks,1.0
"Cast on the Ground her withered Garland lay,",0.0
"The rural Powers confessed their meaner Lays,",2.0
"To strain rich Must, and press the racy Draught;",1.0
"Since he is gone, the Trees are all decayed,",0.0
"The pensive Owner mourns the tedious Weeks,",2.0
"And wants the generous Bowl, that paints the flushing Cheeks.",2.0
"Men led by Sense, and partial to themselves,",2.0
"But who can know intelligible Race,",1.0
When Fairies ride fixed in his twisted Mane.,1.0
"And I, you Gods, have wondrous Circles seen,",1.0
"And friendly Powers, that human Arts improve,",2.0
"Direct their Counsels, and their Actions guide;",1.0
"The grateful Muse shall your Assistance own,",1.0
"And tell of heavenly Forms, as yet unknown;",2.0
"Blessed Beings, whom no earthly Fetters bind,",2.0
Nor to the pressing Weight of Clay confined!,1.0
"No pale Disease, nor Change of coming Years.",1.0
Clad like Autumnal Leaves in yellowish Green.,3.0
"Her round plump Cheeks a deeper Purple died,",1.0
Such as ripe Fruits boast on their Sunny Side.,1.0
"Cheerful she smiled, and thus the Elfin said:",2.0
And buzzing round the Leaves incessant move;,0.0
"While the Day lasts, the worthless Creatures play,",3.0
"And mourn the Evening Dusk, and wing their silent Way.",0.0
"But Forrest Nymphs prefer the peaceful Night,",0.0
"When solemn Gloom, and dewy Seats invite.",0.0
"Not half so happy as the watchful Beasts,",1.0
"Who silent leave their Dens, and secret Home,",0.0
And on the Prey intent through all the Forrest roam.,1.0
"The raging Sun with his too scorching Beams,",2.0
"Burns up the Herb, and lessens all the Streams;",0.0
"But the kind Moon reflects a milder Ray,",2.0
And makes a Night more lovely than the Day;,1.0
"Nor darts fierce Flames, but innocently Bright",2.0
"Leaves all the Fire, and gives the purer Light;",0.0
"But gentle Drops, fresh Dews, and pleasing Gales.",1.0
"So Woman is but rougher Man refined,",1.0
"Now falling Drops like shining Pearls are seen,",1.0
"Refreshing Moisture cools the thirsty Mead,",0.0
"Day always is the same, but wanton Night",1.0
Boasts a more grateful Change of harmless Light.,0.0
That stud with burnished Gold the shaded Green.,0.0
These little wandering Comets never shed,2.0
"Their shining Tails foretell no falling State,",1.0
"Nor future Dearth, nor sad Disease create.",0.0
"Sweep glaring through the Dusk, and strike the wondering Eyes.",4.0
"In oblique Tracks the Meteors blaze around,",5.0
"And skim the Surface of the marshy Ground,",1.0
"The liquid Drops, that ooze from weeping Trees,",0.0
And sparkling Stones with Starlike Lustre please;,1.0
"And what it wants in Moisture, gains in Light.",0.0
"While ripened Fruits, and milder Seasons last,",0.0
"And only empty Clouds the Skies overcast,",3.0
"Nymphs in lone Deserts chant the rural Lay,",3.0
Till the winged Hours bring on returning Day.,3.0
"And rattling Hail, or fleecy Snows descend;",0.0
"When conscious Birds, who know succeeding Times,",0.0
"Haste from the Cold, and seek for milder Climes.",0.0
The Elfin Powers who can at Pleasure leave,0.0
"Aerial Bodies, and new Forms receive",4.0
"Cast off their Vehicles, and freed from Sense,",1.0
"Nor dread the Storms, nor Cold, when too intense.",0.0
"The earthy Gnomes, and Fairy Elves are seen",0.0
Digging in lowest Mines with busy Men;,2.0
"There labour on the fruitless Work intent,",1.0
"Nature, as yet, is but imperfect seen,",2.0
"The Flowers look gay, but lovely Autumn treats",3.0
"With ripened Beauties, and substantial Sweets;",1.0
"Nor wants its Flowers, while Poppies grace the Corn,",2.0
And azure Cups the waving Fields adorn.,0.0
"Fruits loved by rustic Tastes, of pleasing Show,",1.0
"On the wild Hedge, and scented Briar grow.",2.0
"Fly with the Wind, and on the Ground are spread.",1.0
"Ripe mellow Heaps from every Tree are shook,",1.0
And bending Corn expects the sharpened Hook;,0.0
"Soon will the nodding Sheaves be born away,",0.0
"But oft cursed Fiends quit their infernal Home,",3.0
"And hated Guests in gloomy Forests roam,",0.0
And little Birds shrink closer in their Nests.,1.0
"Earth would be Heaven, if we might here enjoy",1.0
"Pleasures unmixed, and leave the base Alloy.",3.0
"The greatest Good has its attending Ill,",1.0
"So teeming Autumn boasts her luscious Fruits,",0.0
"And Plants of grateful Taste, and healing Roots.",0.0
"With shining Berries, and with spreading Leaves;",1.0
"Too well you know, that Beauty often kills:",1.0
"Swift through the Bones the spreading Venom flies,",0.0
"A deadly Sleep hangs on the closing Eyes,",2.0
And the lost Wretch at length in raging Frenzy dies.,2.0
"To Bacchus Sacred all, and prone to Love,",0.0
They show what Fuel must the Flame improve;,0.0
"Love, blind himself, the Mark would hardly know,",1.0
"But Bacchus takes the Aim, and sets the Bow.",0.0
"Autumnal Days a constant Medium boast,",2.0
"Nor chap the Ground with Heat, nor dry with Frost.",0.0
"Nature on all her finished Labour smiles,",1.0
And the glad Peasant reaps the grateful Spoils;,2.0
"Winds shake the ripened Seeds on Parent Earth,",1.0
And thus impregnate for succeeding Birth.,1.0
"The tufted God with future Harvest swells,",0.0
"While weighty Seeds fall from their native Cells,",2.0
Far from their Homes are born by sweeping Winds;,0.0
"The Atoms fly, wafted on every Breeze,",5.0
"Herbs of strange Forms on highest Rocks are found,",3.0
And spreading Fern runs over the barren Ground.,3.0
"Nor love as once to see the handed Bowls,",0.0
Shall teach the Swain enrich the barren Field;,0.0
"The Prophets Inspiration never ends,",0.0
But with a double Portion still descends.,1.0
"Poets, like rightful Kings, can never die,",2.0
"Heavens Sacred Ointment will the Throne supply,",1.0
"So tuneful Insects fed by Morning Dew,",1.0
Who in warm Meads the daily Song renew;,1.0
"True Poets they laugh at approaching Want,",3.0
"But soon bleak Colds the wanton Throng surprise,",1.0
"And yet returning Heat, and sultry Days,",0.0
"The Goddess will not long forget her Care,",1.0
No more shall blasting Winds the Harvest grieve,0.0
Or blighted Buds autumnal Hopes deceive.,0.0
While loaded Branches groan beneath their Weight.,0.0
"As from salt Waves are drawn the sweeter Rains,",2.0
"And cheerful Streams, that swell the fattened Plains,",0.0
Grafted on Crabs the fairest Apples grow.,2.0
"Bitters and Sweets in the same Cup are thrown,",4.0
"She Nature aids, and is the Sylvan Power,",1.0
"That shapes the Leaf, and paints the woody Flower.",0.0
And drowsy Poppies are in Scarlet clad:,1.0
And the drained Subject can afford no more.,3.0
"Nor Cuddy now, nor Colin would engage;",0.0
"In ancient Times the Shepherd's Song would please,",0.0
"When pious Kings enjoyed the Shepherd's Ease,",0.0
And Monarchs sat beneath the shadowing Trees.,3.0
But cursed Ambition still increased with Power;,0.0
And craving Passions a new Life began;,2.0
"The peaceful Woods were not so soon forgot,",0.0
"Reason, when free, and undisturbed, approves",2.0
The pleasing Pensiveness of thoughtful Groves:,1.0
"To imitate, at least, the rural Shade.",0.0
"All that is calm, and inoffensive hate;",1.0
"Guilt must prevail, and Bloodshed never cease;",2.0
Nations are said to be undone by Peace.,2.0
"Too well you know, who oft unseen repair",1.0
"In Closets sit, and unsuspected hear",0.0
"What the great Vulgar feign, and little fear.",2.0
"The yawning Peasant, and disturbs the Beast,",1.0
"Through Streets, and noisy Crowds they range unknown,",0.0
When Serpents Teeth were sown in furrowed Earth;,0.0
"Inflamed with Rage, and prone to mutual Hate,",2.0
War now commences in itself a Good;,1.0
"Quacks know no other Cure but letting Blood,",2.0
"And not a Lancet, but a Cordial wants.",1.0
"Those who could wish all Temples shut beside,",0.0
"Never think the Gates of Janus set too wide,",1.0
"For endless Slaughter, as a Blessing pray,",1.0
"Farewell the humble Muse, and Shepherd's peaceful Lay.",1.0
"She said, and all the Nymphs with Sorrow heard,",0.0
"When clad in shining Robes, an heavenly Form appeared.",2.0
"A leavy Crown adorned her radiant Head,",0.0
"Majestic were her Looks, and thus the Elfin said:",1.0
"Observe their Steps, and watch the hated Fiend.",0.0
When wearied Damon lies in thoughtless Sleep;,0.0
"The same, whose Influence aids unsettled State,",2.0
And gladly hastens on the Work of Fate.,1.0
"Rome's second King enjoyed a Fairy Dame,",1.0
To lonely Woods the Royal Pupil came;,0.0
"Rome all her Grandeur owed, and future Pride.",4.0
"Blessed Powers, and Beings of the highest Rank,",4.0
"Nor love the flowing Stream, nor flowery Bank.",2.0
"Scorns the base Earth, and was for Heaven designed.",2.0
"And here in Wilds, and woody Mazes roam.",0.0
"Mysteries disclose, and tell the secret Art.",1.0
"Sung with the Nymphs, and danced the pleasing Round.",0.0
But vulgar Thoughts confound celestial Forms,0.0
"With envious Fiends, who raise destructive Storms;",2.0
"And harmless Elves that scuttle over the Plain,",2.0
"Mortals to Earth, and mean Delights inclined,",2.0
No Pleasure in abstracted Notions find.,2.0
Unused to higher Truths will not believe,0.0
"Ought can exist, but what their Eyes perceive;",1.0
"Few are the Happy those, who their blessed Guardians know.",6.0
I know the lasting Joys of coming Years.,0.0
"The Loyal Patriot, and his Schemes direct.",1.0
"All do not hate the Plain, nor fly the Woods;",0.0
"Fields have their Lovers, and the Groves their Gods.",1.0
"Reward the Song, nor scorn the meaner Style;",0.0
"Each bleeding Tree shall tell the Shepherd's Flame,",0.0
And in its Wounds preserve the growing Name.,0.0
"The Birds on every Bough will listening throng,",0.0
"And noisy, strive to drown the envied Song.",0.0
"Echo to distant Rocks shall waft the Tale,",2.0
And reach with borrowed Sounds the lowest Vale;,1.0
"While the glad Lambs pursue the circling Round,",3.0
"Frisk wanton, and over grassy Ridges bound.",3.0
"Would He again the better Choice approve,",1.0
"Would he a grateful Guest to Woods repair,",0.0
And private Ease prefer to public Care;,0.0
"The Nymphs would learn his Song, their own forget,",0.0
"Peace from neglected Pipes will wipe the Dust,",2.0
When useless Arms are doomed to eating Rust.,0.0
Or fright the Triton from his loved Embrace.,1.0
And Nymphs frequent the long deserted Woods.,1.0
"All to their Streams, or to their Shades return.",1.0
"When Civil Wars disturbed the Roman State,",0.0
And Brutus hastened on his juster Fate;,1.0
"The Swain was injured, and his Song forgot,",1.0
"But when Octavius had the Nations freed,",1.0
And every Realm its rightful Lord obeyed;,0.0
"The God looked down on the neglected Groves,",3.0
"And deigned to hear of Peace, and softer Loves;",0.0
"Fields and their Owners were with Leisure blessed,",1.0
"So first the Mountain Tops are touched with Light,",0.0
And from the gloomy Vales the Swain invite;,1.0
"While Mists below, and intervening Clouds",0.0
Cast a deep Dusk on all the frowning Woods.,2.0
"The shaded Meadows view, with Envy, round",1.0
"But soon the spreading Rays expanded move,",0.0
"And streaming like a Deluge from above,",1.0
"By foreign Wars intestine Factions thrive,",0.0
Tumultuous Hurry an Advantage gives,4.0
"Both to the little, and the greater Thieves.",1.0
"A guilty Act is in Confusion hid,",0.0
When busy Times a nicer Search forbid;,0.0
"So crafty Fish are of clear Streams afraid,",2.0
"And hide in Eddies, which themselves have made.",0.0
"Touched with the Rose the jetty Beetle dies,",0.0
Whose private Gains by public Loss increase.,0.0
"When noisy Storms pour on the dropping Leaves,",2.0
"The pensive Lark retires, and silent grieves;",0.0
"For then a grateful Prey the horned Snail,",1.0
"Designing Men the public Welfare hate,",1.0
Who cannot rise but on a ruined State.,1.0
"Base Souls will always keep their native Stain,",1.0
"The Worm, when once become a spotted Fly,",0.0
And feeds with Pleasure on its native Dung.,1.0
"But steady Patriots will just Schemes pursue,",1.0
Nor fear the Rage of a discarded Few.,1.0
"Old Crimes repeat, and baffled Plots revive.",1.0
"Eternal Infamy rewards their Pains,",1.0
"And though the Flames put out, the Stench remains.",3.0
"What specious coloured Fraud, or secret Snare",0.0
"Can St. John's Prudence escape, or Oxford's Care?",3.0
"Diseases oft prove fatal, when concealed,",1.0
"Try to pull down, what they could never rebuild;",2.0
"But when intent to spring the sudden Mine,",1.0
One Cicero can blast the great Design.,0.0
"So when black Storms cast up the boiling Deep,",1.0
"The Shepherd, who the watery Conflict hears",2.0
"Shuddering at distance, for his Pasture fears;",2.0
"Thinks with himself, when will the Tumult cease,",3.0
Or what kind Power can warring Floods appease?,3.0
"The Trident grasp, and nod their reedy Heads;",0.0
"The Waves rebuked, fear to approach the Shore,",2.0
"And all is hushed, and Winds are heard no more.",1.0
"Peace guides her Steps, as St. John leads the Way,",2.0
And all her little Loves around him play:,0.0
"When he arrived, France the first time confessed",4.0
"Unwilling owned Britannia has her Charms,",1.0
"And is as strong in Eloquence, as Arms.",2.0
"When St. John speaks, Who would refuse to hear?",1.0
"Mars smooths his Brow, and Pallas drops her Spear.",1.0
"A thousand Graces on his Lips are hung,",1.0
"When wild Suspicions cause distracting Hate,",0.0
"Like falling Drops it softens, and it cools;",1.0
And to unwilling Breast a Passage finds;,1.0
"Nervous, yet smooth, the Heart it gently steals,",2.0
"Like Wine it sparkles, but like Oil it heals.",1.0
"He with his Country shares one common Fate,",1.0
"All St. John love, but who Britannia hate.",3.0
"Not Gallus once in Woods was so beloved,",1.0
Whose luckless Flame the Nymphs to pity moved.,0.0
With partial Hand its doubled Gifts bestows:,0.0
"While common Souls, like coarser Stuffs laid by,",2.0
Are not prepared to take the brighter Die.,0.0
Whose viscous Sweets the meaner Shrub refuse;,0.0
"And every neighbouring Tree neglected grieves,",2.0
But willing spreads in vain its tasteless Leaves.,0.0
"St. John the Woods, and breezy Forrest loves,",1.0
"New Beauties show themselves to nearer Views,",1.0
"Thousands escape hid in the pressing Throng,",3.0
"Whose fading Beauties pass without Regard,",0.0
"What learnt Song will Nature's Care impart,",1.0
The numerous Natives of the sheltering Wood,5.0
"Avoid their Dangers, or procure their Food?",1.0
"What Verse has told, how smaller Rivals wage",0.0
"Unequal War, and with the Toad engage?",1.0
"And hung on silken Threads, the Foe surprise;",0.0
"Spit on the poisonous Wretch more deadly Bane,",2.0
"Who deeply wounded, feels the raging Pain.",0.0
While he scarce trails along his tortured Limbs;,3.0
"But careful will the healing Plantain find,",1.0
Plantain to undeserving Creatures kind,2.0
And now the bloated Wretch with innate Poison swells.,5.0
"Or how the speckled Snakes their Prey surprise,",1.0
And with hot Fennel rub their weaker Eyes;,2.0
"They, when the Bloom of warmer Spring begins,",0.0
"Brandish the Tongue, and raise the azure Crest.",2.0
"Ants prudent bite the Ends of hoarded Wheat,",1.0
Lest growing Seeds their future Hopes defeat;,0.0
"And when they conscious scent the gathering Rains,",2.0
The deepest Caverns of their puny Hill;,1.0
"There lie secure, and hug their treasured Goods,",0.0
"A thousand Kinds unknown in Forests breed,",0.0
"And bite the Leaves, and notch the growing Weed;",0.0
"Have each their several Laws, and settled States,",0.0
"And constant Sympathies, and constant Hates;",1.0
"Their changing Forms no artful Verse describes,",1.0
Or how fierce War destroys the wandering Tribes.,4.0
"How prudent Nature feeds her various Young,",2.0
Has been if not untold at least unsung.,0.0
While prouder Men the little Ant despise.,0.0
"But though the Bulky Kinds are easy known,",1.0
Yet Nature's Skill is most in Little shown;,0.0
"Whose borrowed Sight the curious Searcher aid,",3.0
"And show, what Heaven to common View denies",0.0
"Strange puny Shapes, unknown to vulgar Eyes.",1.0
"Wafted on Winds, and not perceived when nigh;",2.0
"Unseen they sweep along the grassy Plains,",0.0
"But to those Seers in Northern Isles confined,",1.0
"Inured to Cold, and hardened by the Wind,",1.0
"No flitting Elf the subtle Eye escapes,",1.0
"Men Nature in her secret Work behold,",1.0
"With Pleasure trace the Threads of stringy Roots,",0.0
The various Textures of the ripening Fruits;,3.0
"And Animals, that careless live at ease,",1.0
"To whom the Leaves are Worlds, the Drops are Seas.",0.0
"If to the finished Whole so little goes,",1.0
"How small the Parts, that must that Whole compose!",0.0
"Matter is infinite, and still descends:",3.0
Man cannot know where lessening Nature ends.,3.0
"The azure Die, which Plums in Autumn boast,",0.0
"That handled fades, and at a Touch is lost,",0.0
Of fairest Show is all a living Heap;,0.0
And round their little World the lovely Monsters creep.,0.0
"Who would on Colour dote, or pleasing Forms,",3.0
"If Beauty, when discovered, is but Worms?",1.0
"When the warm Spring puts forth the opening Bud,",3.0
"But when the Summer Days dilate the Gem,",0.0
"Stretch out the Leaves, and fix the growing Stem,",0.0
"They die unknown, and numerous Kinds succeed,",2.0
"That bask in Flowers, or eat the ranker Weed;",2.0
"Wanton in sultry Heat, and keep their Place,",2.0
"But though a thousand Themes invite the Muse,",1.0
Yet Greater Subjects will from Mean excuse;,1.0
"They claim the grateful Song, whose prudent Care",0.0
"One civil Rage alarmed the trembling Woods,",0.0
"Wars felled the Trees, and spreading Havoc made;",1.0
The Nymphs could hardly find a sheltering Shade.,2.0
"Now, with less frightful Sounds the Fields are blessed;",3.0
"Faction that Hydra is no longer feared,",4.0
"Her Heads are lopped, and all the Wounds are seared;",0.0
"When innovating Schemes successful prove,",0.0
"They do but fasten, what they would remove.",0.0
"So restless Winds would fly without Restraint,",0.0
"Sweep down the Corn, and bend the growing Plant;",0.0
"But taller Trees withstand their giddy Haste,",0.0
And break the Fury of the coming Blast;,1.0
"They angry tear the Leaves, and blight the Fruit,",0.0
"But strengthen while they shake, and fix the spreading Root.",0.0
"Be still, you Aspen Boughs, nor restless scare,",0.0
"With busy trembling Leaves, the listening Hare;",0.0
"And cease, you Insects, who, to Plants unkind,",1.0
"Or gnaw the Root, or bite the softer Rind;",0.0
"Silent attend, while I Britannia bless,",5.0
And sing the future Joys of lasting Peace.,0.0
Victoria long her fruitless Labour mourned;,2.0
Without Effect her annual Work returned.,2.0
Philippi made the Roman Power his own.,1.0
"Swift as a Ray shot from the Rising Sun,",2.0
But Conquest now is stopped by every Fort;,0.0
"Bloodshed is cheap, and War becomes a Sport;",1.0
"In vain the Captains fall, the Heroes bleed;",0.0
Fresh Victims to the Sacrifice succeed.,2.0
"So doubtful Hills the wearied Pilgrim sees,",0.0
And flattering Prospects give a fancied Ease;,2.0
"That Summit gained, far distant Mountains rise,",1.0
"Ten Years could Hector coming Fate retard,",0.0
Yet waving Heaps as ancient Ballads tell,0.0
The doubtful Ruins of Old Troy conceal;,2.0
"Transfer no Kingdom, and no King dethrone.",3.0
"But pitying ANNA ends the fruitless Toil,",2.0
From Her the injured States expect Redress;,1.0
"She, who maintained the War, must make the Peace.",0.0
"She gives the Power, whatever Side prevails,",3.0
"Wherever the Balance is, She holds the Scales.",3.0
"To Her they all commit their Common Cause,",1.0
"She sets their Limits, and confirms their Laws;",1.0
"Portions divides, and gives to each his Share,",2.0
"The Right of Birth, or the Reward of War.",1.0
"All must the just impartial Hand acquit,",0.0
Made the rude Chaos own a greater God;,3.0
"The blended Elements, that long had strove,",1.0
Would not so ready join in mutual Love:,2.0
"But, first, the purer Parts their Places took,",0.0
And subtle Fire the meaner Mass forsook.,0.0
"While Seas were loath to be by Shores confined,",0.0
Or Earth to have the lowest Place assigned.,0.0
"ANNA has long enriched the Powers allied,",3.0
"Their Want of Treasure, and of Troops supplied;",1.0
"Yet they, as wronged, with awkward State complain,",0.0
"So wanton Children sport in careless Play,",0.0
"And slumbering lie, or toy the Hours away;",2.0
"Yet cry, and murmur, if they are not fed.",2.0
"But swollen with bloated Pride, and Mighty grown,",2.0
"New Conquests seek, and deem the Worlds their own.",2.0
"Content their Wishes, or suffice their Wants.",1.0
"So when fierce Rains wash down the lessened Hills,",1.0
"The swift united Streams haste to the Plain,",2.0
And swampy Meads the gathering Waters drain:,2.0
"Each neighbouring Hill, and every rising Mound",2.0
Barrens itself enrich the lower Ground.,2.0
Sunk in their Slime the marshy Vales below,0.0
"Their subject State they confident deny,",1.0
"Cease, you unthinking Hills, and strive no more",3.0
To swell ungrateful Bogs with a too lavish Store.,2.0
"The Foreign Realms, whom Anna's Arms sustained,",0.0
"Now boast of Power, as they before complained.",4.0
In softer Words conceals the guilty Flame;,0.0
And adds to moving Words more moving Tears.,0.0
But if the Fair refuse with juster Pride,1.0
"And prudent Scorn, what ought to be denied;",0.0
"And rudely threatens, whom he once adored.",0.0
"But none will long the offered Peace refuse,",0.0
"Lest what was conquered, they as certain lose.",1.0
Victoria sees not there her favourite Host.,2.0
"The Germane Chief retired, nor could pursue",4.0
"None can the Rise or Fall of Empires know,",0.0
"Where Power now ebbs, it may as sudden flow.",2.0
"Gallia has oft, and oft has haughty Spain,",2.0
"Indulged their Hopes of universal Reign,",0.0
And in revolving Years may oft again.,0.0
"The Gods awhile seem to design no less,",3.0
"And smiling, flatter Princes with Success.",1.0
"By wondrous Turns the heavenly Powers are known,",4.0
And baffled Schemes superior Guidance own.,2.0
"Heaven has set Bounds to every rising State,",1.0
And Kingdoms have their Barriers fixed by Fate.,2.0
"An Infant will the Gallic Prince succeed,",1.0
The Sword is sheathed; No more the Nations bleed.,1.0
"That Kingdom hardly can itself defend,",1.0
"Though lengthened Wars may a Distrust create,",1.0
And sow the spreading Seeds of vulgar Hate;,0.0
"Again they may a stricter Union prove,",1.0
"And join in mutual Aid, and mutual Love.",4.0
"Nor shall the British Line Insurance need,",0.0
"For Monarchy is Heaven's peculiar Care,",3.0
But Foreign Aid is worse than Civil War.,0.0
And a pretended Reason to invade;,2.0
"The easy Britains the false Friend believed,",2.0
And with fond Joy the hostile Troops received.,2.0
"And now the British Fleets in Southern Seas,",0.0
"Tossed with fresh Gales the wanton Streamers flow,",3.0
"Nor dread the Storms above, nor Rocks below.",0.0
"The Powers protect, who rule the restless Sea,",2.0
"The Nymphs shall hide no more from human Sight,",1.0
"The harmless Elves, in every Meadow seen,",1.0
Will dance at Midday on the public Green.,2.0
"Beneath one Tree, and sport in rustic Wit;",0.0
"In the same Shade alternate Songs repeat,",3.0
"But now the Huntsman takes his usual Round,",1.0
While listening Foxes hear unwelcome Sound;,0.0
"And early Peasants, who prevent the Day,",0.0
"For see ' --  the grayish Edge of Dawn appears,",0.0
Night her Departure mourns in dewy Tears.,2.0
"The Goblins vanish, and the Elfin Queen",1.0
"Nature's unwilling to be roused so soon,",3.0
And Earth looks Pale on the declining Moon;,2.0
"The Bats a doubtful Kind begin their Sleep,",0.0
"The coming Day the conscious Insects grieve,",1.0
Streaking with viscous Slime the shining Dew;,2.0
"In some close Shade a friendly Covert find,",1.0
And Parent Earth receives the reptile Kind.,0.0
"Guilt, and the Day disturb the wily Snakes,",0.0
And Urchins hide their Theft in thorny Brakes.,0.0
"All fly the Sun, and seek a cool Retreat,",0.0
"Nor envy buzzing Swarms, who joy in scorching Heat.",0.0
"She said, and sudden all the Elfin Fair",0.0
"But thou, OH Wyndham, who dost not disdain",2.0
"The Shepherd's Gift, nor scorn the rural Strain;",0.0
"Though to no pompous Sound the Ear inclines,",2.0
While the mean Sense is propped by stronger Lines,3.0
With pleasing Look the fearful Bard receive;,0.0
You bad him first the humble Cottage leave;,0.0
"Ready to praise, and willing to excuse,",3.0
You gave Assurance to the bashful Muse.,1.0
How would I now describe a generous Mind,2.0
"Improved by Study, and by Courts refined?",1.0
But you ah! too resolved will not allow,1.0
"The Verse to tell, what Men already know;",0.0
"Envy itself their Conduct must approve,",2.0
Though you in this unkind deny the Bard,2.0
"The only Subject can his Pains reward,",1.0
For Goddesses will sing of whom they please;,1.0
"Long will the grateful Woods your Name repeat,",0.0
"O blessed BRITANNIA! in THY Presence blessed,",1.0
"THOU Guardian of Mankind! whence spring, alone,",2.0
"All human Grandeur, Happiness and Fame:",6.0
"For Toil, by THEE protected, feels no Pain;",2.0
The poor Man's Lot with Milk and Honey flows;,1.0
"And, gilded with Thy Rays, even Death looks gay.",5.0
Let other Lands the potent Blessings boast,1.0
"On higher Life intent, it's silken Tomb.",0.0
"Let wondering Rocks, in radiant Birth, disclose,",3.0
From the prone Beam let more delicious Fruits,3.0
Bids each combine. Let Gallic Vineyards burst,3.0
"With Floods of Joy, with mild balsamic Juice",0.0
The Tuscan Olive. Let Arabia breathe,2.0
"Her spicy Gales, her vital Gums distil.",0.0
"Turbid with Gold, let southern Rivers flow;",3.0
"And orient Floods draw soft, over Pearls, their Maze.",2.0
"Deep in her Bowels her own Ruin breed,",0.0
"The yellow Traitor that her Bliss betrayed, ' --",0.0
"Yet nor the gorgeous East, nor golden South,",0.0
"Where flames the falling Day, in Wealth and Praise,",0.0
"Shall with BRITANNIA vie, while, GODDESS, she",4.0
Her hearty Fruits the Hand of Freedom own;,0.0
Her Meads; her Gardens smile eternal Spring.,0.0
"Ardent, to rush into the rapid Chase:",2.0
"That wraps the Nations: She, to lusty Droves,",1.0
Autumnal Seas of pleasing Plenty round.,0.0
"No darting Tiger, no grim Lion's Glare,",2.0
"In Spires immense progressive over the Land,",2.0
"Disturbed. Enlivening These, add Cities, full",4.0
"Of Wealth, of Trade, of cheerful toiling Crowds:",0.0
"Add thriving Towns: add Villages and Farms,",3.0
"Add ancient Seats, with venerable Oaks",2.0
"Wind through the Mead; and Those of modern Hand,",1.0
"More pompous, add, that splendid shine afar:",0.0
"On whose each Tide, glad with returning Sails,",2.0
Flows in the mingled Harvest of Mankind?,2.0
"And thee, thou Severn, whose prodigious Swell,",1.0
"And Waves, resounding, imitate the Main?",0.0
"Why need I name her deep capacious Ports,",0.0
That point around the World? And why her Seas?,0.0
"All Ocean is her own, and every Land",1.0
To whom her ruling Thunder Ocean bears.,0.0
"She too the Mineral feeds: the obedient Lead,",4.0
Not dreaming then of BRITAIN's brighter Fame.,0.0
She rears to Freedom an undaunted Race:,1.0
"Compatriot zealous, hospitable, kind,",7.0
"Hers the warm CAMBRIAN: Hers the lofty SCOT,",3.0
"To Hardship tamed, active in Arts and Arms,",5.0
"Fired with a restless an impatient Flame,",2.0
"And ENGLISH MERIT Hers; where meet, combined,",1.0
"Whatever high Fancy, sound judicious Thought,",4.0
"Great Nurse of Fruits, of Flocks, of Commerce, SHE!",2.0
"Great Nurse of Men! by THEE, OH GODDESS, taught,",3.0
"Her old Renown I trace, disclose her Source",0.0
"Of Wealth, of Grandeur, and to BRITONS sing",2.0
A Strain the Muses never touched before.,0.0
But how shall this THY mighty KINGDOM stand?,0.0
On what unyielding Base? how finished shine?,0.0
"At this HER Eye, collecting all it's Fire,",0.0
"Beamed more than human; and HER awful Voice,",1.0
"Majestic, thus SHE raised ' --  To BRITONS bear",0.0
Loud let it sound in their awakened Ear.,2.0
"On VIRTUE can alone MY KINGDOM stand,",1.0
"On PUBLIC VIRTUE, EVERY VIRTUE JOINED.",0.0
"For, lost this social Cement of Mankind,",3.0
"Will moulder soft away; till, tottering loose,",2.0
They prone at last to total Ruin rush.,0.0
To rob by Law; Religion mild a Yoke,0.0
"To tame the stooping Soul, a Trick of State",0.0
"Of Consultation deep and Reason free,",0.0
While the determined Voice and Heart are sold?,1.0
"What boasted Freedom, save a sounding Name?",0.0
"And what Election, but a Market vile",1.0
"There is no ruling Eye, no Nerve, in States;",3.0
"Even Justice warps to Party, Laws oppress,",0.0
"Wide through the Land their weak Protection fails,",0.0
"First broke the Ballance, and then scorned the Sword.",2.0
"Thus Nations sink, Society dissolves;",2.0
"Man hates the Face of Man, and Indian Woods",3.0
"By those THREE VIRTUES be the Frame sustained,",2.0
Of BRITISH FREEDOM: INDEPENDENT LIFE;,0.0
"INTEGRITY IN OFFICE; and, over all",3.0
To that of Life and an immortal Soul!,1.0
The Life of Life! that to the Banquet high,1.0
And sober Meal gives taste; to the bowed Roof,2.0
"Of public Freedom, hail, thou secret Source!",0.0
"Whose Streams, from every Quarter confluent, form",2.0
"MY better Nile, that nurses human Life.",0.0
"The private Field looks gay, with Nature's Wealth",1.0
"Abundant flows, and blooms with each Delight",0.0
"That Nature craves. It's happy Master there,",1.0
"The ONLY FREE-MAN, walks his pleasing Round:",1.0
"Firm Resolution; Goodness, blessing all",1.0
"That can rejoice; Contentment, surest Friend;",1.0
"And, still fresh Stores from Nature's Book derived,",1.0
"These cheer his rural, and sustain or fire,",1.0
"When into Action called, his busy Hours.",0.0
"Economy and Taste, combined, direct",1.0
Secure his little Kingdom. Nor can Those,1.0
"Whom Fortune heaps, without these Virtues, reach",0.0
"That Truce with Pain, that animated Ease,",0.0
Which make the soundest Bliss of Man below:,0.0
"But, lost beneath the Rubbish of their Means,",1.0
"And drained by Wants to Nature all unknown,",0.0
"Though rich, are Beggars, and, though noble, Slaves.",1.0
"Lo! damned to Wealth, at what a gross Expense,",1.0
"They purchase Disappointment, Pain and Shame.",0.0
"Instead of hearty hospitable Cheer,",5.0
See! how the Hall with brutal Riot flows;,0.0
"While in the foaming Flood, fermenting, steeped,",0.0
Mark! those disgraceful Piles of Wood and Stone;,2.0
"And Nature by presumptuous Art oppressed,",3.0
The woodland Genius mourns. See! the full Board,3.0
"That steams Disgust, and Bowls that give no Joy:",1.0
"No Truth invited there, to feed the Mind;",2.0
With those retained by Vanity to scare,2.0
Repose and Friends. To tyrant Fashion mark!,0.0
"Led an eternal Round of lying Hope,",2.0
"Dashed over the Town, a miserable Wreck!",4.0
"Then to adore some warbling Eunuch turned,",1.0
With Midas' Ears they crowd; or to the Buzz,1.0
"Their Scorn of Nature, at the Tragic Scene",0.0
"But, chief, behold! around the rattling Board,",0.0
"The civil Robbers ranged; and even the Fair,",2.0
"The tender Fair, each Sweetness laid aside,",0.0
"At some sacked City. Thus dissolved their Wealth,",1.0
"Without one generous Luxury dissolved,",3.0
At the thronged Leave bends the venal Tribe:,1.0
"Each smooth as Those that mutually deceive,",4.0
And for their Falsehood each despising each;,2.0
"Wide flies the withered Shower, and leaves him bare.",3.0
Is he who can his Virtue boast alone!,0.0
BRITONS! be firm! ' --  nor let Corruption sly,2.0
The Steel of BRUTUS burst the grosser Bonds,0.0
By Caesar cast over ROME; but still remained,3.0
"The soft enchanting Fetters of the Mind,",1.0
"Unfounded, FREEDOM is a Morning Dream,",1.0
Forbid it HEAVEN! that ever I need urge,1.0
INTEGRITY IN OFFICE on MY Sons;,2.0
Inculcate common Honour ' --  not to rob. ' --,4.0
"And whom? ' --  the gracious the confiding Hand,",1.0
"That lavishly rewards; the toiling Poor,",1.0
Whose Cup with many a bitter Drop is mixed;,2.0
"The Guardian Public; every Face they see,",2.0
"And every Friend; nay, in Effect, themselves.",1.0
"As, in familiar Life, the Villain's Fate",0.0
"Admits no Cure; so, when a desperate Age",1.0
"At This arrives, I the devoted Race",2.0
"Indignant spurn, and hopeless soar away.",0.0
"But, ah too little known to modern Times!",1.0
Be not the noblest Passion past unsung;,0.0
"That Ray peculiar, from UNBOUNDED LOVE",1.0
DEVOTION TO THE PUBLIC. Glorious Flame!,3.0
"Profusely scattered through the blue Immense,",1.0
"From Thee their Lustre drew? since, taught by Thee,",1.0
"Pain grew luxurious, and even Death Delight?",2.0
"OH wilt Thou never, in thy long Period, look,",5.0
"With Blaze direct, on this MY last Retreat?",1.0
"It's not enough, from Self right understood",1.0
"Reflected, that thy Rays inflame the Heart:",0.0
"Though VIRTUE not disdains Appeals to Self,",0.0
"Dreads not the Trial; all her Joys are true,",0.0
"Foes to Corruption, to it's Wages Friends,",3.0
"Or those whom private Passions, for a while,",2.0
"Beneath MY Standard list, can they suffice",1.0
To raise and fix the Glory of MY REIGN?,1.0
An active Flood of universal Love,0.0
And seizes every Being: Stronger then,0.0
"It tends to Life, whatever the kindred Search",3.0
"Of Bliss allys: then, more collected still,",4.0
"It urges Humankind: a Passion grown,,",0.0
"The Comely, Grand and Tender. Without This,",2.0
"This moral Gravitation, rushing prone",0.0
"To press the public Good, MY System soon,",0.0
"Traverse, to several selfish Centres drawn,",0.0
Will reel to Ruin: while for ever shut,0.0
"From sordid Self shoot up no shining Deeds,",3.0
"None of those ancient Lights, that gladden Earth,",0.0
"To just Ambition, VIRTUE's quickening Fire!",2.0
"Filled up with Actions animal and mean,",1.0
A dull Gazette! The impatient Reader scorns,2.0
The poor historic Page; till kindly comes,0.0
"Oblivion, and redeems a People's Shame.",3.0
"GREECE shone in Genius, Science, and in Arts,",2.0
And ROME in Virtues dreadful to be told!,1.0
"To live was Glory then! and charmed Mankind,",1.0
"True, a corrupted State, with every Vice",2.0
"And every Meanness foul, this Passion damps.",0.0
"The Wretch abandoned to relentless Self,",1.0
Equally vile if Miser or Profuse?,3.0
"Powers not of GOD, assiduous to corrupt?",1.0
Delirious Faction bellowing loud MY Name?,4.0
"A Race resolved on Bondage, fierce for Chains,",0.0
MY sacred Rights a Merchandise alone,0.0
"By Deeds, a Horror to Mankind, prepared,",2.0
As were the Dregs of Romulus of old?,2.0
A People struggling with their Fate must rouse,1.0
"The Hero's Throb. Nor can a Land, at once,",1.0
Be lost to Virtue quite. How glorious then!,1.0
"Fit Luxury for Gods! to save the Good,",2.0
"Protect the Feeble, dash bold Vice aside,",1.0
"Depress the Wicked, and restore the Frail.",1.0
"Posterity, besides, the Young are pure,",1.0
And Sons may tinge their Father's Cheek with Shame.,0.0
Should then the Times arrive which HEAVEN avert!,0.0
"That BRITONS bend unnerved, not by the Force",1.0
"Of Arms, more generous, and more manly, quelled,",1.0
"In Part bestowed, to bribe them to give All.",0.0
"With Party raging, or immersed in Sloth,",1.0
"By such as tremble at the stiffening Gale,",1.0
Or darker Prospect! scarce one Gleam behind,0.0
Disclosing should the broad corruptive Plague,0.0
"Breathe from the City to the farthest Hut,",1.0
"The severed People fire, inflame their Wants,",0.0
"And their luxurious Thirst, so gathering Rage,",5.0
"That, were a Buyer found, they stand prepared",0.0
To sell their Birthright for a cooling Draught.,2.0
Should shameless Pens for plain Corruption plead;,0.0
"Should Public Virtue grow the Public Scoff,",0.0
"Till Private, failing, staggers through the Land:",1.0
"Till round the City loose mechanic Want,",0.0
Nor from it's Fury sleeps the Vale in Peace;,1.0
"Nay, till to lowest Deeds the Highest stoop;",0.0
"And those, on whom the vernal Showers of HEAVEN",3.0
"A Power to live to Nature and Themselves,",3.0
"In sick Attendance wear their anxious Days,",0.0
"Meantime, perhaps, Profusion flows around,",1.0
"The Waste of War, without the Works of Peace;",0.0
No Mark of Millions in the Gulf absorbed,1.0
Of roused Corruption still demanding more.,0.0
"That very Portion, which by faithful Skill",0.0
Employed might make the smiling Public rear,0.0
"Her ornamented Head, drilled through the Hands",2.0
"Of mercenary Tools, serves but to nurse",2.0
Leaves starved each Work of Dignity and Use.,2.0
"I paint the worst. But should these Times arrive,",0.0
"If any nobler Passion yet remain,",3.0
"Let all MY Sons all Parties fling aside,",0.0
"Despise their Nonsense, and together join;",1.0
"Exerted full, from every Quarter shine,",0.0
"Moral, or Intellectual, more intense",4.0
"By giving glows. As on pure Winter's Eve,",2.0
"In thick Profusion poured, shine out immense,",2.0
"Each casting vivid Influence on each,",1.0
"From Pole to Pole a glittering Deluge plays,",2.0
"And Worlds above rejoice, and Men below.",0.0
But why to BRITONS this superfluous Strain? ' --,3.0
"And ready Bounty, wont to dwell with them. ' --",0.0
"Nor only wont ' --  Wide over the Land diffused,",3.0
In many a blessed Retirement still they dwell.,4.0
"To softer Prospect turn we now the View,",0.0
"That lend MY FINISHED FABRIC comely Pride,",0.0
Grandeur and Grace. Of sullen Genius he!,1.0
Cursed by the Muses! by the Graces loathed!,1.0
Who deems beneath the Public's high Regard,0.0
These last enlivening Touches of MY Reign.,3.0
"A Nation be; let Trade enormous rise,",1.0
"Let East and South their mingled Treasure pour,",1.0
"Till, swelled impetuous, the corrupting Flood",1.0
Burst over the City and devour the Land:,6.0
"Yet These neglected, These recording Arts,",2.0
"Wealth rots, a Nuisance; and, oblivious, sunk,",4.0
That Nation must another Carthage lie.,0.0
"If not by Them, on monumental Brass,",1.0
"Impressed, Renown had left no Trace behind:",1.0
"In vain, to future Times, the Sage had thought,",0.0
"The Legislator planned, the Hero found",0.0
"They rouse Ambition, they the Mind exalt,",1.0
"Give great Ideas, lovely Forms infuse,",1.0
"Delight the general Eye, and, dressed by Them,",0.0
The moral Venus glows with double Charms.,0.0
"SCIENCE, MY close Associate, still attends",4.0
"Wherever I go. Sometime, in simple Guise,",3.0
"Direct; or, sometime, in the pompous Robe",1.0
"Of Fancy dressed, She charms Athenian Wits,",2.0
"With XENOPHON, sometime, in dire Extremes,",2.0
Nor on the treacherous Seas of giddy State,3.0
"And the Gale tempts to new Pursuits of Fame,",2.0
"Sometime, with SCIPIO, She collects her Sail,",4.0
"And seeks the blissful Shore of rural Ease,",0.0
And saves awhile from Caesar sinking ROME.,0.0
"Such the kind POWER, whose piercing Eye dissolves",4.0
"Each mental Fetter, and sets Reason free;",2.0
"For ME inspiring an enlightened Zeal,",2.0
The more tenacious as the more convinced,1.0
"How happy Freemen, and how wretched Slaves.",1.0
"To BRITONS not unknown, to BRITONS full",0.0
"The GODDESS spreads her Stores, the secret Soul",0.0
To them the Treasures of a balanced World.,2.0
"But FINER ARTS save what the MUSE has sung,",1.0
"In daring Flight, above all modern Wing",0.0
"Neglected droop the Head; and PUBLIC WORKS,",0.0
"Broke by Corruption into private Gain,",2.0
"Not ornament, disgrace, not serve, destroy.",1.0
"Shall BRITONS, by their own JOINT WISDOM ruled",2.0
"Beneath one ROYAL HEAD, whose vital Power",0.0
"Connects, enlivens and exerts the WHOLE;",1.0
"In FINER ARTS, and PUBLIC WORKS, shall They",0.0
"To Gallia yield? ' --  yield to a Land that bends,",2.0
"Depressed, and broke, beneath the Will of One?",1.0
"Or tyrant Passions, or Ambition, prompt,",1.0
"Drains from it's thirsty Bounds the Springs of Wealth,",0.0
"Or into Dungeons Arts, when They, their Chains,",1.0
All other Licence scorn but TRUTH's and MINE.,0.0
"O shame to think! shall BRITONS, in the Field",0.0
"By giddy Power, betrayed, and flattered Pride,",2.0
"To grasp unbounded Sway; while, swarming round,",0.0
His Armies dared all Europe to the Field;,1.0
"To hostile Hands while Treasure flowed profuse,",0.0
"And, that great Source of Treasure, Subjects' Blood,",1.0
"Inhuman squandered, sickened every Land;",0.0
"From BRITAIN, chief, while MY superior Sons,",3.0
"In Vengeance rushing, dashed his idle Hopes,",0.0
"Even then, as in the golden Calm of Peace,",0.0
"What PUBLIC WORKS, at home, what ARTS arose!",0.0
What various SCIENCE shone! what GENIUS glowed!,2.0
"Through Mountains piercing, and uniting Seas;",1.0
"The Land where social Pleasure loves to dwell,",0.0
"Of the fierce Demon, Gothic Duel, freed;",2.0
The Robber from his farthest Forest chased;,1.0
"The turbid City cleared, and, by Degrees,",1.0
"Into sure Peace the best Police refined,",1.0
"And SCIENCE, by despotic Bounty blessed,",1.0
"Restoring ancient Taste, how BOILEAU rose.",1.0
"The trembling Stage. In elegant RACINE,",1.0
How the more powerful though more humble Voice,2.0
"Not scattered wild, and native Humour, graced,",1.0
"And, more for Glory than the small Reward,",1.0
How Emulation strove. How their pure Tongue,1.0
Almost obtained what was denied their Arms.,2.0
"From Rome, awhile, how PAINTING, courted long,",0.0
"With POUSSIN came; Ancient Design, that lifts",5.0
"A fairer Front, and looks another Soul.",0.0
"The famed and only Picture, easy, gives,",0.0
"Refined her Touch, and, through the shadowed Piece,",1.0
All the live Spirit of the Painter poured.,3.0
"How lavish Grandeur blazed; the barren Waste,",5.0
"Astonished, saw the sudden Palace swell,",0.0
And Fountains spout amid it's arid Shades.,0.0
"For Leagues, bright Vistas opening to the View,",2.0
How Forests in majestic Gardens smiled.,0.0
"How menial Arts, by their gay Sisters taught,",4.0
"Wove the deep Flower, the blooming Foliage trained",5.0
"In joyous Figures over the silky Lawn,",2.0
"These Laurels, LOUIS, by the Droppings raised",1.0
"And, green through future Times, shall bind thy Brow;",0.0
"Wither abhorred, or in Oblivion lost.",4.0
"And stole a deeper Root, by the full Tide",1.0
"How had they branched luxuriant to the Skies,",1.0
"In BRITAIN planted, by the potent Juice",1.0
"Of Freedom swelled? Forced is the Bloom of ARTS,",2.0
"A false uncertain Spring, when Bounty gives,",0.0
"Weak without ME, a transitory Gleam.",0.0
"Fair shine the slippery Days, enticing Skies",1.0
"Till ARTS, betrayed, trust to the flattering Air",4.0
Their tender Blossom: ' --  then malignant rise,0.0
"That, blasting Merit, often cover Courts:",0.0
Diffuse his warm Beneficence around;,1.0
"But when with ME IMPERIAL BOUNTY joins,",3.0
Wide over the Public blows eternal Spring;,3.0
While mingled Autumn every Harvest pours,0.0
"Of every Land; whatever Invention, Art,",3.0
Creating Toil and Nature can produce.,1.0
"Here ceased the GODDESS; and HER ardent Wings,",1.0
"Dipped in the Colours of the heavenly Bow,",2.0
"Stood waving Radiance round, for sudden Flight",1.0
"Prepared, when thus, impatient, burst my Prayer.",0.0
O forming Light of Life! O better Sun!,0.0
"Sun of Mankind! by whom the cloudy North,",2.0
When shall we call these ancient Laurels Ours?,0.0
"And when THY WORK complete? Strait with HER Hand,",2.0
"Celestial red, SHE touched my darkened Eyes.",0.0
"As at the Touch of Day the Shades dissolve,",0.0
"So quick, methought, the misty Circle cleared,",4.0
That dims the Dawn of Being here below:,0.0
"The Future shone disclosed, and, in long View,",1.0
THEY come! GREAT GODDESS! I the TIMES behold!,2.0
"The TIMES our Fathers, in the bloody Field,",0.0
"Have earned so dear, and, not with less Renown,",0.0
"The TIMES I see! whose Glory to supply,",1.0
"For toiling Ages, Commerce round the World",0.0
"Might vie our Grandeur, and with GREECE our Art.",2.0
And still conducting firm some brave Design;,0.0
"Burst the Blockade of false designing Men,",3.0
"Of treacherous Smiles, of Adulation fell,",2.0
And of the blinding Clouds around them thrown:,1.0
"Their Court rejoicing Millions; Worth, alone,",0.0
"And Virtue dear to them; their best Delight,",1.0
"In just Proportion, to give general Joy;",2.0
Their jealous Care THY KINGDOM to maintain;,1.0
The public Glory Theirs; unsparing Love,1.0
Their endless Treasure; and their Deeds their Praise.,1.0
Life feels it quickening in her dark Retreats:,2.0
"Strong spread the Blooms of Genius, Science, Art;",1.0
His bashful Bounds disclosing Merit breaks;,0.0
"And, big with Fruits of Glory, Virtue blows",0.0
Expansive over the Land. Another Race,2.0
Not those vain Insects fluttering in the Blaze,5.0
"Of Court and Ball and Play; those venal Souls,",0.0
"Corruption's veteran unrelenting Bands,",0.0
"That, to their Vices Slaves, can never be free.",1.0
I see the FOUNTAIN's purged! whence Life derives,0.0
A clear or turbid Flow; see the young Mind.,3.0
"Not fed impure by Chance, by Flattery fooled,",2.0
"Or by scholastic Jargon bloated proud,",1.0
But filled and nourished by the Light of Truth.,1.0
"Then beamed through Fancy the refining Ray,",1.0
"And pouring on the Heart, the Passions feel",1.0
At once informing Light and moving Flame;,0.0
"' Till moral, public, graceful Action crowns",0.0
"The Whole. Behold! the fair Contention glows,",0.0
"In all that Mind or Body can adorn,",1.0
"And form to Life. Instead of barren Heads,",0.0
"Barbarian Pedants, wrangling Sons of Pride,",2.0
"Men, Patriots, Chiefs and Citizens are formed.",4.0
"Lo! JUSTICE, like the liberal Light of Heaven,",1.0
"Appalling Guilt, retire the savage Crew,",0.0
That prowl amid the Darkness they themselves,1.0
"Have thrown around the Laws. Oppression grieves,",0.0
"While YORKS and TALBOTS their deep Snares detect,",2.0
And seize swift Justice through the Clouds they raise.,2.0
"See! social LABOUR lifts his guarded Head,",1.0
And Men not yield to Government in vain.,1.0
"And, the lewd Nurse of Villains, idle Waste;",2.0
"Lo! razed their Haunts, down dashed their maddening Bowl,",1.0
"Trade without Guile, Civility that marks",4.0
"From the foul Herd of brutal Slaves THY Sons,",2.0
And fearless Peace. Or should affronting War,0.0
"To slow but dreadful Vengeance rouse the Just,",0.0
Unfailing Fields of Freemen I behold!,1.0
"That know, with their own proper Arm, to guard",1.0
"Despairing Gaul her boiling Youth restrains,",0.0
Dissolved her Dream of Universal Sway:,0.0
The Winds and Seas are BRITAIN's wide Domain;,0.0
"And not a Sail, but by Permission, spreads.",1.0
"Lo! swarming southward on rejoicing Suns,",2.0
Gay COLONIES extend; the calm Retreat,2.0
"Of undeserved Distress, the better Home",0.0
Of Those whom Bigots chase from foreign Lands.,1.0
"And, in their turn, some petty Tyrant's Prey;",2.0
"But, bound by social Freedom, firm they rise;",0.0
"Such as, of late, an OGLETHORPE has formed,",1.0
"And, crowding round, the charmed Savannah fees.",0.0
"Horrid with Want and Misery, no more",4.0
Our Streets the tender Passenger afflict.,1.0
"Nor shivering Age, nor Sickness without Friend,",5.0
"Or Home, or Bed to bear his burning Load,",0.0
"It's guiltless Pangs, I see! The Stores, profuse,",0.0
"Which British Bounty has to These assigned,",1.0
No more the sacrilegious Riot swell,0.0
No starving Wretch the Land of Freedom stains:,1.0
"If poor, Employment finds; if old demands,",0.0
"If sick, if maimed, his miserable Due;",1.0
"And will, if young, repay the fondest Care.",1.0
"Sweet sets the Sun of stormy Life, and sweet",1.0
Lo! how they rise! THESE FAMILIES OF HEAVEN!,1.0
Where blooms and warbles glad a rising Age:,0.0
"What Smiles of Praise! And, while their Song ascends,",0.0
"With active Nature, warm impassioned Truth,",0.0
"Engaging Fable, lucid Order, Notes",0.0
"Of various String, and heart-felt Image filled.",3.0
Behold! I see the dread delightful School,0.0
"Of tempered Passions, and of polished Life,",1.0
"Calls from embellished Eyes the lovely Tear,",2.0
Or lights up Mirth in modest Cheeks again.,0.0
"Their wild Creation scattered, where a World",0.0
"Unknown to Nature, Chaos more confused,",0.0
"Detested Forms! that, on the Mind impressed,",1.0
"Thy Graces They, knit in harmonious Dance.",4.0
"Nursed by the Treasure, from a Nation drained",1.0
"Of pompous Tyrants, and of dreaming Monks,",1.0
"The gaudy Tools, and Prisoners, no more.",0.0
Lo! Numerous DOMES a BURLINGTON confess:,4.0
The Temple breathing a religious Awe;,1.0
"Even framed with Elegance the plain Retreat,",1.0
"The private Dwelling. Certain in his Aim,",0.0
"Taste, never idly working, saves Expense.",1.0
"See! SYLVAN SCENES, where Art, alone, pretends",1.0
"To dress her Mistress, and disclose her Charms:",1.0
Such as a POPE in Miniature has shown;,1.0
"And such as form a RICHMOND, CHISWICK, STOWE.",1.0
"August, around, what PUBLIC WORKS I see!",2.0
"Lo! stately Streets, lo! Squares that court the Breeze.",2.0
"In spite of Those to whom pertains the Care,",1.0
"Engulfing more than founded Roman Ways,",0.0
"Lo! rayed from Cities over the brightened Land,",3.0
"Connecting Sea to Sea, the Solid Road.",0.0
"See! long Canals, and deepened Rivers join",1.0
"Each Part with each, and with the circling Main",1.0
"The whole enlivened Isle. Lo! Ports expand,",1.0
"Free as the Winds and Waves, their sheltering Arms.",2.0
"Lo! streaming Comfort over the troubled Deep,",3.0
On every pointed Coast the Light-house towers;,1.0
"And, by the broad imperious Mole repelled,",3.0
Hark! how the baffled Storm indignant roars.,0.0
"As thick to View THESE VARIED WONDERS rose,",0.0
"The VISION broke; And, on my waking Eye,",1.0
Rushed the still RUINS of dejected ROME.,4.0
"Remote from Strife, from urban Throngs, and Noise.",0.0
Here dwells my Soul amid domestic Joys:,0.0
No rattling Coaches serious Thoughts annoy;,3.0
"Wrapped up in all the Sweets of rural Ease,",0.0
"The Mind, in peaceful Solitude, has Room",0.0
"To range in Thought, and ramble far from home,",0.0
"Others may court the Joys which Princes give,",2.0
"While I, in sacred Silence, truly live.",0.0
"And from the bosom of yonder dropping cloud,",3.0
"While music wakes around, veiled in a shower",1.0
"Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend.",3.0
"With unaffected grace; or walk the plain,",0.0
With INNOCENCE and MEDITATION joined,1.0
"In soft assemblage, listen to my song,",1.0
That thy own Season paints; when NATURE all,0.0
"Is blooming, and benevolent like thee.",2.0
"AND see where surly WINTER passes off,",1.0
"His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill,",0.0
"The shattered forest, and the ravaged vale:",1.0
"While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch,",1.0
"Dissolving snows in livid torrents lost,",0.0
The mountains lift their green heads to the sky.,2.0
"As yet the trembling year is unconfirmed,",0.0
"And WINTER oft at eve resumes the breeze,",0.0
To shake the sounding marsh; or from the shore,1.0
"The Plovers theirs, to scatter over the heath,",3.0
And sing their wild notes to the listening waste.,2.0
And the bright BULL receives him. Then no more,2.0
"The expansive atmosphere is cramped with cold,",1.0
"Lifts the light clouds sublime, and spreads them thin,",3.0
FORTH fly the tepid airs; and unconfined,1.0
"Relenting nature, and his lusty steers,",1.0
Lies in the furrow loosened from the frost.,1.0
"They lend their shoulder, and begin their toil,",1.0
"Cheered by the simple song, and soaring lark.",0.0
Meanwhile incumbent over the shining share,3.0
"The master leans, removes the obstructing clay,",2.0
WHITE through the neighbouring fields the sour stalks,2.0
"With measured step, and liberal throws the grain",0.0
Into the faithful bosom of the Ground.,1.0
"The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene.",0.0
"BE gracious, HEAVEN! for now laborious man",2.0
"Has done his due. You fostering breezes, blow!",2.0
"You softening dews, you tender showers, descend!",2.0
"Into the perfect year! Nor, you who live",2.0
"In luxury and ease, in pomp and pride,",1.0
Think these lost themes unworthy of your ear.,4.0
"'Twas such as these the rural MARO sung,",1.0
"To the full ROMAN court, in all its height",2.0
Of elegance and taste. The sacred plough,1.0
"Employed the kings and fathers of mankind,",2.0
"In ancient times. And some, with whom compared",0.0
"Have held the scale of justice, shook the lance",0.0
"Of mighty war, then with descending hand,",1.0
"Unused to little delicacies, seized",1.0
"The plough, and greatly independent lived.",0.0
"YOU generous BRITONS, cultivate the plough!",2.0
"And over your hills, and long withdrawing vales,",2.0
"Let AUTUMN spread his treasures to the sun,",2.0
"Luxuriant, and unbounded. As the sea,",4.0
"Far through his azure, turbulent extent,",1.0
"Your empire owns, and from a thousand shores",1.0
"So with superior boon may your rich soil,",4.0
"Exuberant, nature's better blessings pour",2.0
"Over every land, the naked nations cloth,",0.0
"NOR through the lenient air alone, this change",1.0
His force deep darting to the dark retreat,2.0
"Of vegetation, sets the steaming power",0.0
"At large, to wander over the verdant earth,",2.0
"In various hues, but chiefly thee, gay GREEN!",4.0
Thou smiling NATURE's universal robe!,0.0
United light and shade! where the sight dwells,1.0
"And swells, and deepens to the cherished eye.",1.0
"Put forth their buds, unfolding by degrees,",2.0
"Till the whole leafy forest stands displayed,",2.0
"While the deer rustle through the twining brake,",3.0
And the birds sing concealed. At once arrayed,2.0
"In all the colours of the flushing year,",0.0
"The garden glows, and fills the liberal air",0.0
With lavish fragrance; while the promised fruit,0.0
Within its crimson folds. Now from the town,2.0
"Oft let me wander over the dewy fields,",3.0
"Where freshness breathes, and dash the lucid drops",0.0
"From the bent bush, as through the fuming maze",2.0
Or taste the smell of dairy; or ascend,1.0
"Some eminence, AUGUSTA, in thy plains,",1.0
And see the country far diffused around,0.0
"Travels from joy to joy, and hid beneath",2.0
"The fair profusion, yellow AUTUMN spies.",0.0
IF brushed from RUSSIAN wilds a cutting gale,0.0
"Rise not, and scatter from his foggy wings",1.0
"Untimely frost; before whose baleful blast,",0.0
"For oft engendered by the hazy north,",1.0
Keen in the poisoned breeze; and wasteful eat,0.0
"Through buds, and bark, into the blackened Core,",0.0
"Their eager way. A feeble race! scarce seen,",1.0
Save by the prying eye? yet famine waits,0.0
"On their corrosive course, and kills the year.",1.0
"Sometime over cities as they steer their flight,",2.0
"Gazed by the astonished crowd, the horrid shower",1.0
And blazing straw before his orchard burns;,0.0
"Till, all involved in smoke, the latent foe",0.0
From every cranny suffocated falls;,0.0
"Or onions, steaming hot, beneath his trees",0.0
"Exposes, fatal to the frosty tribe:",1.0
"Nor, from their friendly task, the busy bill",1.0
Of little trooping birds instinctive scares.,0.0
"THESE are not idle philosophic dreams,",1.0
Full NATURE swarms with life. The unfaithful fen,3.0
In putrid steams emits the livid cloud,0.0
"Of Pestilence. Through subterranean Cells,",4.0
Earth animated heaves. The flowery leaf,3.0
"Wants not its soft inhabitants. The stone,",1.0
"Hard as it is, in every winding poor",1.0
"The downy orchard, and the melting pulp",1.0
Of mellow fruit the nameless nations feed,0.0
Of evanescent Insects. Where the pool,1.0
"Each liquid too, whether of acid taste,",5.0
"Potent, or mild, with various forms abounds.",4.0
"Nor is the lucid stream, nor the pure air,",2.0
"Though one transparent vacancy they seem,",2.0
Devoid of theirs. Even animals subsist,1.0
"On animals, in infinite descent;",2.0
"And all so fine adjusted, that the loss",0.0
Of the least species would disturb the whole.,2.0
And to the curious gives the amazing scenes,4.0
Of lessening life; by WISDOM kindly hid,2.0
"From eye, and ear of man: for if at once",1.0
"The worlds in worlds enclosed were pushed to light,",0.0
"Seen by his sharpened eye, and by his ear",1.0
"When silence sleeps over all, be stunned with noise.",3.0
"THE Northeast spends his rage, and now shut up",3.0
"Within his iron caves, the effusive South",2.0
"Warms the wide air, and over the void of heaven",5.0
Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distended.,5.0
"Along the loaded sky, and mingling thick",0.0
Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom.,1.0
"Oppressing life, but lovely, gentle, kind,",0.0
"And full of every hope, and every joy,",0.0
The wish of nature. Gradual sinks the breeze,2.0
"Is heard to quiver through the closing woods,",1.0
"Forgetful of their course. It's silence all,",1.0
And pleasing expectation. Herds and flocks,0.0
And wait the approaching sign to strike at once,2.0
"And forests seem, expansive, to demand",1.0
The promised sweetness. Man superior walks,2.0
"Amid the glad creation, musing praise,",0.0
And looking lively gratitude. At last,0.0
"The clouds consign their treasures to the fields,",1.0
"It's scarce to patter heard, the stealing shower,",0.0
"But who can hold the shade, while HEAVEN descends",0.0
"In universal bounty, shedding herbs,",0.0
"And fruits, and flowers, on NATURE's ample lap?",2.0
"Imagination fired prevents their growth,",2.0
Looks out illustrious from amid the flush,5.0
The rapid radiance instantaneous strikes,2.0
"The illumined mountain through the forest streams,",2.0
"Shakes on the floods, and in a yellow missed,",0.0
"Far smoking over the interminable plain,",3.0
"Full swell the woods; their every music wakes,",1.0
Mixed in wild consort with the warbling brooks,0.0
"The hollow lows responsive from the vales,",1.0
Whence blending all the sweetened zephyr springs.,0.0
"Shoots up immense! and every hue unfolds,",2.0
"In fair proportion running from the red,",1.0
"Here, mighty NEWTON, the dissolving clouds",1.0
"Are, as they scatter round, thy numerous prism,",3.0
"The various twine of light, by thee pursued",3.0
"Through the white mingling maze. Not so the swain,",3.0
"He wondering views the bright enchantment bend,",2.0
"Delightful, over the radiant fields, and runs",2.0
To catch the falling glory; but amazed,1.0
"Then vanish quite away. Still night succeeds,",1.0
"A softened shade, and saturated earth",0.0
"Awaits the morning beam, to give again,",0.0
The blooming blessings of the former day.,1.0
"THEN spring the living herbs, profusely wild,",0.0
Of BOTANIST to number up their tribes;,2.0
Whether he steals along the lonely dale,2.0
"In silent search; or through the forest, rank",1.0
"Bursts his blind way; or climbs the mountain rock,",3.0
With such a liberal hand has NATURE flung,1.0
"Their seeds abroad, blown them about in winds,",2.0
BUT who their virtues can declare? Who pierce,1.0
With vision pure into these secret stores,0.0
"Of life, and health, and joy? The food of man",0.0
"While yet he lived in innocence, and told",1.0
"A stranger to the savage arts of life,",1.0
"The lord, and not the tyrant of the world.",1.0
"And up they rose as vigorous as the sun,",2.0
"Mean time the song went round; and dance, and sport,",2.0
Wisdom; and friendly talk successive stole,2.0
Their hours away. While in the rosy vale,0.0
"Love breathed his infant sighs, from anguish free,",1.0
"Replete with bliss, and only wept for joy.",0.0
"Nor yet injurious act, nor surly deed",2.0
Was known among these happy sons of heaven;,0.0
For reason and benevolence were law.,2.0
Harmonious nature too looked smiling on.,4.0
"Clean shone the skies, cooled with eternal gales,",3.0
And balmy spirit all. The youthful sun,0.0
Shot his best rays; and still the gracious clouds,3.0
"Which when, emergent from the gloomy wood,",1.0
"The glaring lion saw, his horrid heart",0.0
For music held the whole in perfect peace:,1.0
"Soft sighed the flute; the tender voice was heard,",1.0
Warbling the joyous heart; the woodlands round,1.0
Applied their quire; and winds and waters flowed,0.0
THIS to the POETS gave the golden age;,1.0
"When, as they sung in elevated phrase,",0.0
"With every thing. Spontaneous harvests waved,",2.0
Still in a sea of yellow plenty round.,0.0
Burst into floods of wine. The knotted oak,1.0
Shook from his boughs the long transparent streams,0.0
"In blooming ease, and from brown labour free,",2.0
"Save what the copious gathering, grateful gave.",4.0
"Silent, and soft, the milky maze devolved.",2.0
"Shone through the mead, in native purple clad,",0.0
Or milder saffron; and the dancing lamb,1.0
The vivid crimson to the sun disclosed.,1.0
"Nothing had power to hurt the savage soul,",4.0
Drove on the fleecy partners of his play:,1.0
While from the flowery brake the serpent rolled,2.0
"His fairer spires, and played his pointless tongue.",0.0
"BUT now whatever these gaudy fables meant,",3.0
"And the white minutes which they shadowed out,",3.0
"Are found no more amid those iron times,",1.0
Those dregs of life! in which the human mind,0.0
"Has lost that harmony ineffable,",2.0
Which warms the soul of happiness; and all,1.0
Is off the poise within; the passions all,1.0
"Have burst their bounds; and reason half extinct,",0.0
"Or impotent, or else approving, sees",1.0
"The foul disorder. Anger storms at large,",0.0
Without an equal cause; and fell revenge,0.0
Supports the falling rage. Close envy bites,1.0
"Full of frail fancies, loosens every power.",3.0
"Even love itself is bitterness of soul,",1.0
A pleasing anguish pining at the heart.,0.0
"Of life impatient, into madness swells;",0.0
Or in dead silence wastes the weeping hours.,1.0
"These, and a thousand mixed emotions more,",1.0
"Formed infinitely various, vex the mind",4.0
"Cold, and averting from our neighbour's good;",3.0
"Then dark disgust, and malice, winding wiles,",0.0
"Convulsive wrath, and thoughtless fury, quick",0.0
"Is deemed, vindictive, to have changed her course.",1.0
"HENCE in old time, they say, a deluge came;",3.0
"The imprisoned deep around, impetuous rushed,",1.0
"With ruin inconceivable, at once",1.0
"Into the gulf, and over the highest hills",2.0
"Till, from the centre to the streaming clouds,",2.0
"THE SEASONS since, as hoar TRADITION tells,",0.0
Have kept their constant chase; the WINTER keen,0.0
Poured out his waste of snows; and SUMMER shot,0.0
Greened all the year; and fruits and blossoms blushed,0.0
Clear was the temperate air; an even calm,0.0
"Perpetual reigned, save what the zephyrs bland",2.0
Breathed over the blue expanse; for then nor storms,3.0
"Were taught to blow, nor hurricanes to rage;",0.0
"Swelled in the sky, and sent the lightning forth:",0.0
"While sickly damps, and cold autumnal fogs,",0.0
Sat not pernicious on the springs of life.,2.0
"But now, from clear to cloudy, moist to dry,",0.0
"And hot to cold, in restless change revolved,",0.0
The fleeting shadow of a winter's sun.,1.0
AND yet the wholesome herb neglected dies,0.0
"Although the pure, exhilarating soul",1.0
"By HEAVEN infused, along its secret tubes.",0.0
"Is now become the lion of the plain,",1.0
"And worse. The wolf, who from the nightly fold",1.0
"Nor wore her warming fleece: nor has the steer,",0.0
"At whose strong chest the deadly tiger hangs,",1.0
"Ever ploughed for him. They too are tempered high,",1.0
"With hunger stung, and wild necessity,",1.0
Nor lodges pity in their shaggy breasts.,0.0
"But MAN, whom NATURE formed of milder clay,",0.0
"With every kind emotion in his heart,",0.0
And taught alone to weep; while from her lap,1.0
"She pours ten thousand delicacies, herbs,",2.0
"And fruits, as numerous as the drops of rain,",1.0
"And beams that gave them birth: shall he, fair form!",1.0
"Who wears sweet smiles, and looks erect on heaven,",1.0
"Ever stoop to mingle with the prowling herd,",1.0
"And dip his tongue in blood? The beast of prey,",0.0
"It's true, deserves the fate in which he deals.",0.0
"Him, from the thicket, let the hardy youth",1.0
"Provoke, and foaming through the awakened woods",3.0
"With every nerve pursue. But you, you flocks,",1.0
"What have you done? You peaceful people, what,",0.0
"To merit death? You, who have given us milk",2.0
"In luscious streams, and lent us your own coat",1.0
Against the winter's cold? Whose usefulness,1.0
"In living only lies? And the plain ox,",1.0
"That harmless, honest, guileless animal,",1.0
"In what has he offended? He, whose toil,",3.0
"With all the pomp of harvest; shall he bleed,",0.0
And wrestling groan beneath the cruel hands,0.0
Even of the clowns he feeds? And that perhaps,1.0
"To swell the riot of the gathering feast,",3.0
Won by his labour? Thus the feeling heart,0.0
"Would tenderly suggest: but it's enough,",2.0
"In this late age, adventurous to have touched,",4.0
"High HEAVEN beside forbids the daring strain,",1.0
"Whose wisest will has fixed us in a state,",1.0
That must not yet to pure perfection rise.,0.0
BUT yonder breathing prospect bids the muse,0.0
Will be to what I gaze; for who can paint,0.0
"Like NATURE? Can IMAGINATION boast,",1.0
"Amid his gay creation, hues like hers?",0.0
"And lay them on so delicately fine,",2.0
"And lose them in each other, as appears",1.0
In every bud that blows? If fancy then,0.0
Unequal fails beneath the lovely task;,0.0
Ah what shall language do? Ah where find words,1.0
Tinged with so many colours? And whose power,0.0
"To life approaching, may perfume my lays",1.0
"With that fine oil, these aromatic gales,",1.0
"Come then, you virgins, and you youths, whose hearts",1.0
"Steals blushing on, together let us walk",2.0
"The morning dews, and gather in their prime",0.0
And the white bosom that improves their sweets.,2.0
"SEE, where the winding vale her lavish stores,",0.0
"The latent rill, scarce oozing through the grass",2.0
Of growth luxuriant; or the humid bank,1.0
"The gummy moisture shines; new lustre lends,",1.0
"Refreshes ail the dale. Long let us walk,",1.0
Where the breeze blows from yonder extended field,5.0
Of blossomed beans: ARABIA cannot boast,2.0
"A fuller gale of joy than, liberal, thence",0.0
"Nor is the meadow worthless of our foot,",3.0
"The negligence of NATURE, wide, and wild;",1.0
"Where undisguised by mimic ART, she spreads",0.0
Unbounded beauty to the boundless eye.,1.0
"It's here that their delicious task the bees,",1.0
"In swarming millions, tend. Around, athwart,",0.0
"This way, and that, the busy nations fly,",0.0
"Cling to the bud, and with inserted tube,",1.0
"Its soul, its sweetness, and its manna suck.",1.0
"Has taught: and oft, of bolder wing, he dares",0.0
And yellow loads him with the luscious spoil.,1.0
AT length the finished garden to the view,1.0
"Its vistas opens, and its alleys green.",1.0
"Snatched through the verdant maze, the hurried eye",0.0
Distracted wanders; now the bowery walk,2.0
"Of covert close, where scarce a speck of day",0.0
"Falls on the lengthened gloom, protracted darts;",0.0
"Now meets the bending sky, the river now",1.0
"The forest running round, the rising spire,",0.0
"And in yonder mingled wilderness of flowers,",1.0
"The daily, primrose, violet darkly blue,",1.0
"Peculiar powdered with a shining sand,",1.0
The varied colours run; and while they BREAK,2.0
"On the charmed FLORIST's eye, he curious stands,",4.0
"Of potent fragrance, nor narcissus white,",1.0
"Infinite numbers, delicacies, smells,",3.0
"With hues on hues expression cannot paint,",0.0
"The breath of NATURE, and her endless bloom.",1.0
"HAIL, MIGHTY BEING! UNIVERSAL SOUL",1.0
"Of heaven and earth! ESSENTIAL PRESENCE, hail!",0.0
To THEE I bend the knee; to THEE my thoughts,2.0
Hast the great whole into perfection touched.,3.0
"By THEE, the various vegetative tribes,",3.0
"By THEE disposed into congenial soils,",1.0
"Stands each attractive plant, and sucks, and swells",1.0
The juicy tide; a twining mass of tubes.,0.0
"And lively fermentation, mounting, spreads",0.0
"To higher life, with equal wing ascend,",0.0
"My panting Muse; and hark, how loud the woods",0.0
"Into my varied verse! while I deduce,",1.0
"From the first note the hollow cuckoo sings,",3.0
"The symphony of SPRING, and touch a theme",1.0
"Unknown to fame, THE PASSION OF THE GROVES.",1.0
"JUST as the spirit of love is sent abroad,",2.0
"Warm through the vital air, and on their hearts",1.0
"Harmonious seizes, the gay troops begin,",4.0
"In gallant thought, to plume the painted wing;",0.0
"The soft infusion prevalent, and wide,",1.0
"Than, all alive, at once their joy overflows",3.0
"Ever yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings",1.0
"Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts",1.0
"Bending with dewy moisture, over the heads",4.0
Are prodigal of harmony. The thrush,2.0
"Superior heard, run through the sweetest length",2.0
Of notes; when listening PHILOMELA deigns,0.0
"To let them joy, and purposes, in thought",1.0
"Elate, to make her night excel their day.",0.0
The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake;,1.0
"Poured out profusely, silent. Joined to these",2.0
"Thousands beside, thick as the covering leaves",4.0
"And each harsh pipe, discordant heard alone,",1.0
A melancholy murmur through the whole.,1.0
This waste of music is the voice of love;,1.0
"Which even to birds, and beasts, the tender arts",2.0
Of pleasing teaches. Hence the glossy kind,0.0
Try every winning way inventive love,1.0
"Can dictate, and in fluttering courtship pour",4.0
"Their little souls before her. Wide around,",0.0
"Respectful, first in airy rings they rove,",0.0
Of their regardless charmer. Should she seem,1.0
"Their colours burnish, and by hope inspired",3.0
They brisk advance; then on a sudden struck,1.0
Retire disordered; then again approach;,0.0
"And throwing out the last efforts of love,",6.0
"In fond rotation spread the spotted wing,",0.0
And shiver every feather with desire.,1.0
"They haste away, each as their fancy leads,",1.0
"Pleasure, or food, or secret safety prompts;",2.0
"That NATURE's great command may be obeyed,",0.0
Nor all the sweet sensations they perceive,1.0
"Nestling repair, and to the thicket some;",3.0
Some to the rude protection of the thorn,1.0
"Offers its kind concealment to a few,",3.0
"Their food its insects, and its moss their nests.",2.0
Others apart far in the grassy dale,3.0
Their humble texture weave. But most delight,0.0
"Steep, and divided by a babbling brook,",3.0
When for a season fixed. Among the roots,0.0
"Of hazel, pendant over the plaintive stream,",2.0
"They frame the first foundation of their domes,",1.0
"But hurry hurry through the busy air,",1.0
"The slimy pool, to build his hanging house",0.0
Ingeniously intent. Oft from the back,3.0
Of herds and flocks a thousand tugging bills,0.0
"Steal from the barn the straw; till soft, and warm,",0.0
"Clean, and complete, their habitation grows.",2.0
"As thus the patient dam assiduous sits,",0.0
"Not to be tempted from her tender task,",1.0
"Or by sharp hunger, or by smooth delight,",3.0
"Though the whole loosened Spring around her blows,",2.0
"High on opponent bank, and ceaseless sings",2.0
The tedious time away; or else supplies,2.0
To pick the scanty meal. The appointed time,2.0
"With pious toil fulfilled, the callow young",0.0
"Warmed, and expanded into perfect life,",3.0
"Their brittle bondage break, and come to light,",0.0
"A helpless family, demanding food",1.0
"With constant clamour. O what passions then,",0.0
What melting sentiments of kindly care,1.0
Seize the new parents' hearts? Away they fly,3.0
"The most delicious morsel to their young,",1.0
"Which equally distributed, again",2.0
"The search begins. So pitiful, and poor,",1.0
A gentle pair on providential HEAVEN,0.0
"Cheque their own appetites, and give them all.",0.0
"NOR is the courage of the fearful kind,",2.0
"Nor is their cunning less, should some rude foot",2.0
Their woody haunts molest; stealthy aside,5.0
Into the centre of a neighbouring bush,3.0
"They drop, and whirring thence alarmed, deceive",0.0
The rambling schoolboy. Hence around the head,1.0
"Her sounding flight, and then directly on",1.0
The hot pursuing spaniel far astray.,0.0
"BE not the muse ashamed, here to bemoan",1.0
"Her brothers of the grove, by tyrant man",1.0
"Inhuman caught, and in the narrow cage",0.0
"From liberty confined, and boundless air.",1.0
"Dull are the pretty slaves, their plumage dull,",0.0
"Ragged, and all its brightening lustre lost;",1.0
Nor is that luscious wildness in their notes,1.0
"That warbles from the beech. O then desist,",1.0
You friends of harmony! this barbarous art,2.0
"Win on your hearts, or piety persuade.",1.0
BUT let not chief the nightingale lament,1.0
"Her ruined care, too delicately framed",2.0
To brook the harsh confinement of the cage.,1.0
"Oft when returning with her loaded bill,",2.0
"The astonished mother finds a vacant nest,",1.0
By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns,2.0
"Robbed, to the ground the vain provision falls;",0.0
Can bear the mourner to the poplar shade;,1.0
"Where, all abandoned to despair, she sings",1.0
"Her sorrows through the night; and, on the bough",2.0
Takes up again her lamentable strain,6.0
"Of winding woe, till wide around the woods",0.0
"Sigh with her song, and with her wail resound.",2.0
AND now the feathered youth their former bounds,0.0
"Ardent disdain, and weighing oft their wings,",2.0
Demand the free possession of the sky.,1.0
"But this glad office more, and then dissolves",2.0
"Parental love at once; for needless grown,",0.0
"It's on some evening, sunny, grateful, mild,",1.0
"With yellow lustre bright, that the new tribes",1.0
"Visit the spacious heavens, and look abroad",4.0
"On NATURE's common, far as they can see,",1.0
"Or wing, their range, and pasture. Over the boughs",2.0
"Dancing about, still at the giddy verge",3.0
"In loose libration stretched, the void abrupt",0.0
Trembling refuse: till down before them fly,2.0
Or push them off. The surging air receives,1.0
Winnow the waving element. On ground,2.0
Farther and farther on the lengthening flight;,5.0
"Till vanished every fear, and every power",0.0
"Roused into life, and action in the void",1.0
And once rejoicing never know them more.,0.0
"HIGH from the summit of a craggy cliff,",1.0
"Hung over the green sea, grudging at its base,",4.0
"The royal eagle draws his young, resolved",0.0
"As burnished day, they up the blue sky wind,",2.0
"Leaving dull sight below, and with fixed gaze",4.0
"AND should I wander to the rural fear,",1.0
"Whose aged oaks, and venerable gloom,",1.0
"Invite the noisy rook; with pleasure there,",1.0
I might the various polity survey,3.0
Of the mixed household kind. The careful hen,4.0
"Calls all her chirping family around,",1.0
"Fed, and defended by the fearless cock,",3.0
"Graceful, and crows defiance. In the pond,",2.0
"Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale,",1.0
"Bears forward fierce, and beats you from the bank,",2.0
"Protective of his young. The turkey nigh,",1.0
And swims in floating majesty along.,1.0
"Over the whole homely scene, the cooing dove",2.0
"Flies thick in amorous chase, and wanton rolls",3.0
WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade,1.0
"Indulge their purer loves, the rougher world",0.0
And fierce desire. Through all his lusty veins,0.0
"Of pasture sick, and negligent of food,",1.0
"Scarce seen, he wades among the yellow broom,",1.0
While over his brawny back the rambling sprays,2.0
"Dejected wanders, nor the enticing bud",3.0
"Crops, though it presses on his careless sense:",1.0
"For, wrapped in mad imagination, he",1.0
A rival gored in every knotty trunk.,0.0
"Such should he meet, the bellowing war begins;",2.0
"Their eyes flash fury; to the hollowed earth,",2.0
"Whence the sand flies, they mutter bloody deeds,",3.0
And groaning vast the impetuous battle mix:,2.0
"While the fair heifer, redolent, in view",3.0
"Stands kindling up their rage. The trembling steed,",2.0
"With this hot impulse seized in every nerve,",3.0
"Nor hears the rein, nor heeds the sounding whip;",0.0
"Blows are not felt; but tossing high his head,",0.0
"Attracted strong, all wild, he bursts away;",0.0
"Over rocks, and woods, and craggy mountains flies,",0.0
"The headlong torrents foaming down the hills,",2.0
Turns in black eddies round: Such is the force,3.0
Are the broad monsters of the boiling deep:,3.0
"They flounce, and tumble in unwieldy joy.",0.0
"Dire were the strain, and dissonant, to sing",1.0
Amid the thoughtless fury of her heart;,1.0
"And all the terrors of the LIBYAN swain,",3.0
"Roam the resounding waste in fiercer bands,",2.0
And growl their horrid loves. But this the theme,1.0
"I sing, transported, to the BRITISH fair,",1.0
"Where sits the shepherd on the grassy turf,",1.0
"Inhaling, healthful, the descending sun.",1.0
"Invites them forth; when swift the signal given,",0.0
That runs around the hill; the rampart once,0.0
"Of iron war, in ancient barbarous times,",2.0
Lost in eternal broil; ever yet she grew,5.0
"Where WEALTH and COMMERCE lift their golden head,",0.0
"Illustrious watch, the wonder of a world!",3.0
"WHAT is this MIGHTY BREATH, you curious say,",2.0
"Which, in a language rather felt than heard,",0.0
"These arts of love diffuses? What, but GOD?",0.0
"Inspiring GOD! who boundless spirit all,",0.0
"And unremitted energy pervades,",2.0
"He ceaseless works alone, and yet alone",0.0
"Seems not to work, with such perfection framed",1.0
"Is this complex, amazing scheme of things.",1.0
"But though concealed, to every purer eye",1.0
The informing author in his work appears;,1.0
"His grandeur in the heavens: the sun, and moon,",3.0
"Whether that fires the day, or falling, this",3.0
"Pours out a lucid softness over the night,",2.0
"Are but a beam from him. The glittering stars,",4.0
"By the deep ear of meditation heard,",2.0
Still in their midnight watches sing of him.,1.0
"He nods a calm. The tempest blows his wrath,",0.0
Roots up the forest and overturns the main.,2.0
The thunder is his voice; and the red flash,2.0
His speedy sword of justice. At his touch,0.0
"The mountains flame. He takes the solid earth,",0.0
"And rocks the nations. Nor in these alone,",2.0
In every common instance GOD is seen;,0.0
And to the man who casts his mental eye,1.0
Abroad unnoticed wonders rise. But chief,0.0
"In thee, boon SPRING, and in thy softer scenes,",0.0
"The SMILING GOD appears; while water, earth,",0.0
"Profusely thus in tenderness, and joy.",1.0
"When heaven and earth, as if contending, vie",1.0
"To raise his being, and serene his soul,",1.0
"The stormy passions in his bosom roll,",0.0
"While every gale is peace, and every grove",0.0
"Of flowing SPRING, you sordid sons of earth,",0.0
Or only lavish to yourselves; away.,1.0
"But come, you generous breasts, in whose wide thought,",3.0
"Of all his works, CREATIVE BOUNTY, most,",0.0
"Divinely burns; and on your open front,",1.0
"And liberal eye, sits, from his dark retreat",2.0
"Inviting modest want. Nor only fair,",0.0
And easy of approach; your active search,1.0
The lonely heart with unexpected good.,0.0
For you the roving spirit of the wind,2.0
Blows SPRING abroad; for you the teaming clouds,1.0
Descend in buxom plenty over the world;,2.0
"And the sun spreads his genial blaze for you,",2.0
"You flower of human race! In these green days,",3.0
The whole creation round. Contentment walks,0.0
"The sunny glade, and feels an inward bliss",0.0
"Spring over his mind, beyond the power of kings",5.0
To purchase. Pure serenity apace,1.0
"Induces thought, and contemplation still.",0.0
"By small degrees the love of nature works,",0.0
And warms the bosom; till at last arrived,1.0
"To rapture, and enthusiastic heat,",1.0
"We feel the present DEITY, and taste",1.0
"The joy of GOD, to see a happy world.",0.0
"By which all beings are adjusted, each",1.0
"In endless circulation, that inspires",0.0
"This universal smile. Thus the glad skies,",3.0
"The wide rejoicing earth, the woods, the streams,",0.0
"With every LIFE they hold, down to the flower",1.0
"Waved over the shepherd's slumber, touch the mind",3.0
The glittering spirits in a flood of day.,2.0
"HENCE from the virgin's cheque, a fresher bloom",0.0
"Shoots, less and less, the live carnation round;",1.0
Her lips blush deeper sweets; she breathes of youth;,1.0
"The shining moisture swells into her eyes,",0.0
In brighter flow; her wishing bosom heaves,0.0
"Her veins, and all her yielding soul is love.",0.0
"From the keen gaze her lover turns away,",2.0
"Full of the dear ecstatic power, and sick",2.0
Be greatly cautious of your sliding hearts;,1.0
"Dare not the infectious sigh; the pleading eye,",1.0
"In meek submission dressed, deject, and low,",0.0
"But full of tempting guile. Let not the tongue,",1.0
"Prompt to deceive, with adulation smooth,",2.0
"While evening draws her crimson curtains round,",0.0
Trust your soft minutes with betraying man.,4.0
"AND let the aspiring youth beware of love,",2.0
"Of the smooth glance beware; for it's too late,",3.0
When on his heart the torrent softness pours.,0.0
Then wisdom prostrate lies; and fading fame,0.0
Dissolves in air away: while the fond soul,1.0
"Is wrapped in dreams of ecstasy, and bliss;",1.0
Still paints the illusive form; the kindling grace;,2.0
EVEN present in the very lap of love,0.0
"Inglorious laid; while music flows around,",2.0
"Perfumes, and oils, and wine, and wanton hours,",0.0
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears,0.0
"Shoots through the conscious heart; where honour still,",1.0
And great design against the oppressive load,2.0
"Of luxury, by fits, impatient heave.",1.0
"BUT absent, what fantastic pangs aroused,",0.0
"Rage in each thought, by restless musing fed,",0.0
"Chill the warm cheek, and blast the bloom of life?",3.0
"Neglected fortune flies; and sliding swift,",0.0
"Prone into ruin, fall his scorned affairs.",1.0
To weeping fancy pines; and yonder bright arch,1.0
All nature fades extinct; and she alone,1.0
"Heard, felt, and seen, possesses every thought,",1.0
"Fills every sense, and pants in every vein.",1.0
"Books are but formal dullness, tedious Friends,",2.0
"And sad amid the social band he sits,",0.0
Lonely and inattentive. From the tongue,3.0
"The unfinished period falls: while, born away",3.0
"On swelling thought, his wafted spirit flies",0.0
To the vain bosom of his distant fair;,3.0
"And leaves the semblance of a lover, fixed",1.0
"In melancholy site, with head declined,",0.0
"Shook from his tender trance, and restless runs",0.0
Where the dun umbrage over the falling stream,4.0
Romantic hangs; there through the pensive dusk,1.0
Indulging all to love: or on the bank,1.0
"Thrown, amid drooping lilies, swells the breeze",4.0
"With sighs unceasing, and the brook with tears.",1.0
"Thus in soft anguish he consumes the day,",3.0
"Nor quits his deep retirement, till the moon",1.0
"Peeps through the chambers of the fleecy east,",1.0
"Enlightened by degrees, and in her train",1.0
"Leads on the gentle hours; then forth he walks,",0.0
"Beneath the trembling languish of her beams,",1.0
"To mingle woes with his: or while the world,",1.0
"And all the sons of care, lie hushed in sleep,",1.0
"And, sighing to the lonely taper, pours",1.0
Meant for the moving messenger of love;,1.0
"Where rapture burns on rapture, every line",0.0
With rising frenzy fired. But if on bed,1.0
"Delirious flung, sleep from his pillow flies.",2.0
"All night he tosses, nor the balmy power",1.0
In any posture finds; till the grey morn,1.0
"Exhausted nature sinks a while to rest,",0.0
"Still interrupted by distracted dreams,",2.0
"That over the sick imagination rise,",2.0
And in black colours paint the mimic scene.,1.0
"Just as he, credulous, his thousand cares",1.0
"Begins to lose in blind oblivious love,",2.0
"Snatched from her yielded hand, he knows not how,",0.0
"With desolation brown, he wanders waste,",0.0
"In night and tempest wrapped; or shrinks aghast,",0.0
"Back, from the bending precipice; or wades",1.0
"The turbid stream below, and strives to reach",0.0
"Wild as a Bacchanal she spreads her arms,",1.0
"But strives in vain, born by the outrageous flood",4.0
"Then a weak, wailing lamentable cry",6.0
"Is heard, and all in tears he wakes, again",0.0
To tread the circle of revolving woe.,1.0
"These are the charming agonies of love,",2.0
Whose misery delights. But through the heart,2.0
"Should jealousy its venom once diffuse,",1.0
"It's then delightful misery no more,",2.0
"But agony unmixed, incessant rage,",1.0
Love's paradise. You fairy prospects then,1.0
"You beds of roses, and you bowers of joy,",3.0
"Internal vision taints, and in a night",0.0
Of livid gloom imagination wraps.,0.0
"Of funny features, and of ardent eyes",1.0
"A clouded aspect, and a burning cheek,",2.0
"Where the whole poisoned soul, malignant, sits,",2.0
And frightens love away. Ten thousand fears,1.0
"Invented wild, ten thousand frantic views",1.0
"Of horrid rivals, hanging on the charms",1.0
"For which he melts in fondness, eat him up",0.0
"With fervent anguish, and consuming pine.",1.0
"Deceitful pride, and resolution frail,",0.0
"Giving a moment's ease. Reflection pours,",2.0
"Afresh, her beauties on his busy thought,",1.0
"Strait the fierce storm involves his mind anew,",3.0
"Flames through the nerves, and boils along the veins;",0.0
While anxious doubt distracts the tortured heart;,0.0
For even the sad assurance of his fears,3.0
"Were peace to what he feels. Thus the warm youth,",3.0
"Whom love deludes into his thorny wilds,",0.0
"His brightest aims extinguished all, and all",0.0
His lively moments running down to waste.,1.0
BUT happy they! the happiest of their kind!,2.0
"Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate",1.0
"Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend.",1.0
"It's not the coarser tie of human laws,",0.0
"Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind,",3.0
"That binds their peace, but harmony itself,",1.0
Perfect esteem enlivened by desire,1.0
"Ineffable, and sympathy of soul,",2.0
"Thought meeting thought, and will preventing will,",3.0
"Can answer love, and render bliss secure.",0.0
"To bless himself, from sordid parents buys",0.0
"The loathing virgin, in eternal care,",0.0
"Let barbarous nations, whose inhuman love",3.0
"Is wild desire, fierce as the suns they feel;",0.0
Let eastern tyrants from the light of heaven,2.0
"Of a mere, lifeless, violated form:",3.0
"And equal transport, free as nature, live,",0.0
"Disdaining fear; for what's the world to them,",0.0
"Its pomp, its pleasure, and its nonsense all!",1.0
Who in each other clasp whatever fair,1.0
"High fancy forms, and lavish hearts can wish,",1.0
"Something than beauty dearer, should they look",2.0
The richest bounty of indulgent HEAVEN.,1.0
"Meantime a smiling Offspring rises round,",2.0
"And mingles both their graces. By degrees,",1.0
"The human blossom blows; and every day,",0.0
"Soft as it rolls along, shows some new charm,",2.0
"The father's lustre, and the mother's bloom.",1.0
"Then infant reason grows apace, and calls",0.0
For the kind hand of an assiduous care:,3.0
"Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,",0.0
"To teach the young idea how to shoot,",1.0
"To pour the fresh instruction over the mind,",2.0
"To breathe the inspiring spirit, and to plant",3.0
The generous purpose in the glowing breast.,2.0
O speak the joy! you whom the sudden tear,0.0
"Surprises often, while you look around,",0.0
"And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss,",0.0
"All various nature pressing on the heart,",3.0
"Obedient fortune, and approving HEAVEN.",3.0
"And thus their moments fly. The seasons thus,",0.0
Still find them happy; and consenting SPRING,2.0
Sheds her own rosy garland on their head:,1.0
"Till evening comes at last, cool, gentle, calm;",1.0
"When after the long vernal day of life,",2.0
"Together, down they sink in social sleep.",1.0
"AH, Love! ere yet I knew thy fatal power,",1.0
"As on the sultry zone the torrid rays,",1.0
"Calm was my bosom as this silent hour,",1.0
"When over the deep, scarce heard, the zephyr strays,",3.0
Nor from the orange shakes its odorous flower: ' --,3.0
"But ah! since Love has all my heart possessed,",0.0
"Disturbed, and wild as ocean's troubled breast,",0.0
When the hoarse tempest of the night is there!,3.0
"Yet my complaining spirit asks no rest,",2.0
This bleeding bosom cherishes despair.,1.0
"Nature! thou active Principle, whose depths",3.0
The curious mind would willingly explore;,3.0
The jarring atoms of a various world!,3.0
"Never reached, by Faith, thy first stupendous cause.",0.0
Immediate emanation of a God!,3.0
"Thou shalt aspire, when Gratitude assists,",0.0
And bid it live beyond the wreck of worlds.,0.0
"For her let Fancy pierce the deep abyss,",2.0
"Dart through the liquid element, and tread",1.0
"The shelly pavement, dazzling with the glare",1.0
"Of varied hues; the lively coral here,",0.0
Here the pale pearl; the lovely vivid green,3.0
"Of brilliant onyx, and the sapphire's blue.",1.0
"Norwegian toils, and, stung by Fear, descends",1.0
"More swift than eagles mount meridian heights,",2.0
"Feels rapture added to the joy of life,",2.0
"While Neptune, from his floating couch, thus speaks:",2.0
"Portland my deep dominions dares explore,",2.0
Nor here alone the Naturalist pursues,1.0
For her the bold adventurer shall dare,2.0
"The golden serpent in Arabian wilds,",2.0
Has filled with sulphur; tread once hallowed earth,1.0
"First hailed with grateful joy, and fearless press",1.0
The Caspian wave: for her the rover seeks,3.0
The scattered remnants of a ruined world.,1.0
"But that the surge yonder planet would overwhelm,",5.0
"The roots of Ocean would I throw to land,",0.0
And all my gems should meet her generous eye;,2.0
Would shrink each coward wave beneath his fellow.,0.0
"In sweet exchange; magnificently good,",1.0
And bid each future minute fly in peace.,0.0
"Thus spoke the God, the listening surges catch",1.0
"And, since his absence, Melody has mourned.",1.0
"PROUD of her ancient Race, Britannia shows",2.0
"Where, in her Wales, another Eden glows,",0.0
"And all her Sons, to Truth, and Honour dear,",1.0
Prove they deserve the Paradise they share.,2.0
"Fair as its meads, and liberal as its streams;",1.0
With half the youth of Cambria at her feet;,1.0
"Stream over her form, and lighten in her face;",3.0
While Sense and Virtue's blended influence dart,2.0
"Boast the fair Virtues, and the radiant Loves,",4.0
"Floats through thy vales, thy mansions, and thy bowers;",1.0
"Her hallowed temple there Religion shows,",1.0
"In ancient days, when Gothic Art displayed",0.0
"Whose nameless charms the Dorian claims efface,",2.0
"Then plied, with curious skill, now rarely shown,",3.0
"The adorning chisel, over the yielding stone.",3.0
But as those Graces which alone delight,1.0
"With their fine forms the captivated sight,",2.0
Must not aspire to emulate the Art,0.0
"That, while it charms the eye, pervades the heart,",0.0
"See Gothic Elegance the palm resigns,",2.0
When Art in intellectual greatness shines.,2.0
"Within these holy Walls, she lives, she reigns.",0.0
"Hears the LAST TRUMPET thrill its murky gloom,",3.0
"With smile triumphant over DEATH, and Time,",0.0
"Lifts the rapt eye, and rears the form sublime.",3.0
Fair modern Science over the Arts of yore;,3.0
"As SCULPTURE speaks, and heavenly MUSIC breathes,",2.0
"SAY, dearest Stella, why this pensive Air?",1.0
"Tell me, OH tell thy Sorrows and thy Care;",4.0
"Why thy Lips tremble, and thy Cheeks are pale?",3.0
Why heaves thy Bosom with a mournful Gale?,1.0
"Let not thy Eyes for distant Evils flow,",0.0
Nor rack thy Bosom with prophetic Woe:,1.0
"Imagined Ills deceive our aching Eyes,",0.0
"As lengthened Shades appear of monstrous Size,",0.0
"Though pictured Joy deludes our panting Souls,",0.0
When round the Heart its smiling Phantom rolls;,0.0
The gay Impostor mocks our reaching Arms;,0.0
"Yet while it lasts, the pleasing Vision charms:",0.0
"Not so Distrust, her gloomy Forehead rears;",1.0
She brings cold Anguish and a crowd of Fears:,2.0
Expel this Fury from your guiltless Breast.,1.0
"The wise and mighty Guardian of Mankind,",2.0
"And though no Pearls should in our Potion fall,",1.0
Let us be cheerful while he spares the Gall:,0.0
Yet Peace alone can bless your equal Days.,0.0
"But coldly viewed or quickly thrown aside,",0.0
See cringing Merit at the Gates of Pride;,1.0
In Youth neglected as in Age despised:,1.0
"Behold the Scorn, as late the Dread of all",0.0
The Politician from his Glory fall:,1.0
"He whose sly Genius could a Kingdom rule,",1.0
Shall have his Exit hissed by every Fool:,0.0
With aching Bosom and a streaming Eye,1.0
"Who in his Age must to Oppression bow,",1.0
And yield his Laurels to a younger Brow:,1.0
Those Laurels shall the proud Successor wear,0.0
A while; then strip and leave them to his Heir.,1.0
Whose meaner Talents never were made to shine:,2.0
"Our Good and Ill, our Vice and Virtue falls",0.0
Within the compass of domestic Walls:,1.0
"To those small Limits be thy Views confined,",2.0
And bless thy Cottage with an humble Mind.,1.0
"Look not at Joys that dazzle from afar,",1.0
"For all Degrees their Days of Anguish know,",0.0
And the most happy have a taste of Woe:,1.0
He swells the Load who murmurs and complains:,1.0
For all things vary: And who sits to day,2.0
Her grateful tribute of harsh numbers brings,2.0
Nor all the beauties of the world's vast round,2.0
"United, will as sweet as her be found.",2.0
Her worth alone will deify my days.,0.0
Enchanting creature! Charms so great as thine,0.0
May all the beauties of the day outshine.,2.0
Thy taking graces captivate the heart.,0.0
"OH for a Muse that shall ascend the skies,",0.0
"To sing the sparkling eye, the portly grace,",0.0
The thousand beauties that adorn the face,0.0
Might court the world to rush at once to arms.,0.0
"While the fair Goddess, native of the skies,",3.0
"OH now, whilst yet I sound the tuneful lyre,",1.0
I feel the thrilling joy her hands inspire;,0.0
And rolls my passions with the purple flood.,1.0
My pulse beat high: my throbbing breast's on fire,1.0
In sad variety of wild desire.,1.0
Words are too weak thy mighty worth to paint;,3.0
"Thou art my substance, and I am thy shade.",2.0
"Possessed of thee, I joyfully would go",2.0
"Through the loud tempest, and the depth of woe.",3.0
"From thee alone my being I derive,",2.0
"Since hired for Life, thy Servile Muse must sing",2.0
"Successive Conquests, and a glorious King;",4.0
Must of a Man Immortal vainly boast;,0.0
"And bring him Laurels, whatsoever they cost:",2.0
"What Turn wilt Thou employ, what Colours lay",2.0
"On the Event of that Superior Day,",3.0
In which one English Subject's prosperous Hand,2.0