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Horatio, too, by well-born fate refin'd,

Shone out, white-rob'd with faints, a fpotlefs mind!

• What once below ambition made him mifs,

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Humility here gain'd, a life of bliss!

Tho' late, let finners, then, from fin depart;
'Heav'n never yet defpis'd the contrite heart.
Laft fhone, with fweet exalted luftre grac'd,
‹ The seraph-bard, in highest order plac'd!
Seers, lovers, legislators, prelates, kings,
All raptur'd liften, as he raptur'd fings;

Sweetness and ftrength his look and lays employ,
• Greet fmiles with fmiles, and ev'ry joy with joy.
Charmful he rofe; his ever-charmful tongue
Joy to our fecond hymeneals fung:

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Still as we pafs'd, the bright celestial throng

Hail'd us in focial love, and heav'nly fong.

Of that no more! my deathlefs friendship fee! 'I come an angel to the Muse and thee.

These lights that vibrate, and promifcuous shine, 'Are emanations all of forms divine.

And here the Mufe, tho' melted from thy gaze,
⚫ Stands among spirits, mingling rays with rays.
• If thou wouldst peace attain, my words attend,
< The laft fond words of thy departed friend!

True joy's a feraph, that to heav'n aspires;
Unhurt, it triumphs midft celeftial choirs :
But fhould no cares a mortal state moleft,
• Life were a state of ignorance at best.

Know, then, if ills oblige thee to retire,
• Thofe ills folemnity of thought inspire.
'Did not the foul abroad for objects roam,
• Whence could fhe learn to call ideas home?
Juftly to know thyfelf, perufe mankind;
To know thy God, paint nature on thỳ mind:
Without fuch fcience of the worldly fcene,
• What is retirement?-Empty pride, or spleen;

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SYLVIA..

'ry fhepherd I would mine proclaim,
ir Aminta is my fofteft theme:

ger to the loofe delights of love,

ughts the nobler warmth of friendship prove;
hile it's pure and facred fire I sing,
goddess of the groves, thy fuccour bring.

AMARYLLIS.

itious god of love! my breaft inspire all thy charms, with all thy pleafing fire. Lious god of love! thy fuccour bring, it I thy darling, thy Alexis fing; is, as the op'ning blossoms fair, ly as light, and foft as yielding air. him each virgin fighs, and on the plains happy youth above each rival reigns; th fuch an air, and fuch a graceful mien, thepherd dances on the flow'ry green: or to the echoing groves and whifp'ring springs, fweeter ftrains the tuneful Conon fings; hen loud applaufes fill the crouded groves, nd Phoebus the superior fong approves.

SYLVIA.

Beauteous Aminta is as early light, Breaking the melancholy fhades of night. When she is near, all anxious trouble flies; And our reviving hearts confefs her eyes.

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ve, and blooming joy, and gay defires, eaft the beauteous nymph inspires: plain when the no more appears, a dark and gloomy profpect wears. he ftreams roll on; the eastern breeze' in vain among the trembling trees. in the birds begin their ev'ning fong, 4 to the filent night their notes prolong:

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But with it wifdom. There shall cares refine,
Render'd by contemplation half divine.
Truft not the frantick or myfterious guide,
Nor ftoop a captive to the schoolman's pride.
On Nature's wonders fix alone thy zeal;

They dim not reafon when they truth reveal:

So fhall religion in thy heart endure,

From all traditionary falfhood pure;

So life make death familiar to thy eye;
So fhalt thou live as thou may'ft learn to die;
And tho' thou view't thy worft oppreffor thrive,
From tranfient woe immortal bliss derive.
Farewel!Nay, ftop the parting tear-I go,
But leave the Mufe thy comforter below.'
He said: inftant his pinions upward foar;
He lefs'ning as they rife, till feen no more.
While Contemplation weigh'd the myftick view,
The lights all vanish'd, and the Vifion flew.

LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.

A PASTORAL.

BY MRS. ROWE.

W

AMARYLLIS.

HILE from the fkies the ruddy fun defcends,
And rifing night the ev'ning fhade extends;
While pearly dews o'erfpread the fruitful field,
And clofing flowers reviving odours yield;
Let us, beneath these spreading trees, recite
What from our hearts our mufes may indite.
Nor need we, in this clofe retirement, fear
Left any fwain our am'rous fecrets hear.

SYLVIA.

SYLVIA.

To ev'ry fhepherd I would mine proclaim, Since fair Aminta is my fofteft theme:

A stranger to the loofe delights of love,

My thoughts the nobler warmth of friendship prove;
And, while it's pure and facred fire I fing,
Chafte goddess of the groves, thy fuccour bring.

AMARYLLIS.

Propitious god of love! my breast inspire
With all thy charms, with all thy pleafing fire.
Propitious god of love! thy fuccour bring,
Whilst I thy darling, thy Alexis fing;
Alexis, as the op'ning blossoms fair,
Lovely as light, and soft as yielding air.
For him each virgin fighs, and on the plains
The happy youth above each rival reigns;
With fuch an air, and fuch a graceful mien,
No fhepherd dances on the flow'ry green:
Nor to the echoing groves and whisp'ring springs,
In fweeter ftrains the tuneful Conon fings;
When loud applaufes fill the crouded groves,
And Phoebus the fuperior fong approves.

SYLVIA.

Beauteous Aminta is as early light,
Breaking the melancholy fhades of night..
When she is near, all anxious trouble flies;
And our reviving hearts confefs her e

eyes.
Young love, and blooming joy, and gay defires,
In ev'ry breast the beauteous nymph inspires:
But on the plain when the no more appears,
The plain a dark and gloomy profpect wears.
In vain the streams roll on; the eastern breeze'
Dances in vain among the trembling trees.
In vain the birds begin their ev'ning fong,
And to the filent night their notes prolong :

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