"Erring like them, with appetite deprav'd, "This hour, by thee, I have a fon conceiv'd; "Whom hid beneath my zone, I must conceal, “Till Time his being and my fhame reveal. "Him fhall the nymphs who these fair woods adorn "In their deep bofoms nurse, as foon as born ; "They nor of mortal nor immortal feed "Are faid to fpring, yet on Ambrosia feed, "And long they live, and oft in chorus join "With gods and goddeffes in dance divine. "These the Sileni court; thefe Hermes loves, "And their embraces feeks in fhady groves. "Their origin and birth these nymphs deduce "From common parent earth's prolific juice; "With lofty firs which grace the mountain's brow, "Or ample-spreading oaks at once they grow; "All have their trees allotted to their care, "Whofe growth, duration, and decrease they share. "But holy are these groves by mortals held, "And therefore by the ax are never fell'd. "But when the fate of fome fair tree draws nigh, "It firft appears to droop, and then grows dry; "The bark to crack and perish next is feen, And laft the boughs it fheds, no longer green: "And thus the nymphs expire by like degrees, "And live and die coæval with their trees. "Thefe gentle nymphs, by my perfuafion won, "Shall in their fweet receffes nurfe my fon; "And when his cheeks with youth's first blushes glow, "To thee the facred maids the boy fhall show. "More "More to inftruct thee, when five years shall end, "I will again to vifit thee defcend, Bringing thy beauteous fon to charm thy fight, "Whofe godlike form fhall fill thee with delight; "Him will I leave thenceforward to thy care, "And will that with him thou to Troy repair: "There, if enquiry fhall be made, to know "To whom thou doft fo bright an offspring owe; “Be sure thou nothing.of the truth detect, "But ready answer make as I direct. "Say of a fylvan nymph the fair youth came, "And Calycopis call his mother's name. "For fhould'ft thou boast the truth, and madly own "That thou in blifs hadft Cytherea known, "Jove would his anger pour upon thy head, "And with avenging thunder ftrike thee dead. "Now all is told thee, and just caution given, "Be fecret thou, and dread the wrath of heaven." She faid, and fudden foar'd above his fight, Cutting through liquid air her heavenward flight. All hail, bright Cyprian Queen! thee firft I praise, Then to fome other power transfer my lays. The Mourning Mufe of Alexis. A Pastoral, lamenting the Death of Queen Mary To the King, on the taking of Namur The Birth of the Mufe. To the Right Honour able Charles Lord Halifax On Mrs. Arabella Hunt finging Priam's Lamentation and Petition to Achilles for The Lamentations of Hecuba, Andromache, and Stanzas in Imitation of Horace, Lib. 2. In Imitation of Horace, Ode 9. Lib. 1. The Reconciliation Abfence Song Song in Dialogue, for two Women Song The Petition Ode 5 13 20 29 33 37 44 14. -45 48 51 52 53 ibid. 54 55 ibid. Song Song Song 56 ibid. Occafioned by a Lady's having writ Verfes in Com- Song Hymn to Harmony, in Honour of St. Cecilia's 57 ibid. 58 ibid. Verfes to the Memory of Grace Lady Gethin, occafioned by reading her Book, intituled Reliquiæ Gethinianæ Epitaph upon Robert Huntingdon, of Stanton Har- To Mr. Dryden on his Tranflation of Perfius Prologue to Queen Mary, upon her Majesty's coming Epilogue at the Opening of the Queen's Theatre in Epilogue to Oroonoko Prologue to the Husband his own Cuckold Prologue to the Court, on the Queen's Birth-day, 1704 89 91 The The Tears of Amaryllis for Amyntas. A Pastoral, lamenting the Death of the late Lord Marquis of Blandford 93 To Cynthia, weeping, and not speaking. Elegy. 99 Amoret Lesbia Doris 102 103 ibid. To Sleep. Elegy 106 To Sir Godfrey Kneller, occafioned by L--- Y---'s Of Pleafing; an Epistle to Sir Richard Temple 142 146 On Mifs Temple, afterwards Lady of Sir Thomas A Pindaric Ode, humbly offered to the Queen, on 149 151 To the Right Honourable the Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treafurer of Great Britain. Pindaric Ode 164 An Impoffible Thing. A Tale 169 The Peafant in Search of his Heifer. A Tale, after Mr. De la Fontaine 176 Homer's Hymn to Venus: Tranflated into English Verse 177 |