Shall pafs, and she is gone: while I appear, Flush'd with the bloom of youth thro' heav'n's Know, mortals, know; ere first ye sprung, I fhone amid the heav'nly throng. And taught Archangels their triumphant fong. VI. Laft, Man arofe, erect in youthful grace, Thus the Almighty spake: he spake and call'd me TRUTH. O DE ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMSON. BY M R COLLIN S. THE SCENE OF THE FOLLOWING I ZAS IS SUPPOSED то LIE ON THAMES, NEAR I. RICHMOND. N yonder grave a Druid lies Where flowly winds the stealing wave! The year's best fweets fhall duteous rife To deck it's Poet's fylvan grave! II. In yon deep bed of whifp'ring reeds * His airy harp fshall now be laid, That he, whofe heart in forrow bleeds May love thro' life the foothing fhade. STAN THE * The harp of ÆOLUS, of which fee a defcription in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE. III. Then maids and youths fhall linger here, To hear the Woodland Pilgrim's knell. IV. Remembrance oft fhall haunt the shore When Thames in fummer wreaths is dreft, And oft fufpend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit reft! V. And oft as Eafe and Health retire VI. But Thou, who own'ft that earthy bed, Or tears, which Love and Pity shed VII. Yet lives there one, whofe heedlefs eye Shall fcorn thy pale fhrine glimm'ring near? With him, fweet bard, may Fancy die, And Joy defert the blooming year. *RICHMOND Church. VIII. But thou, lorn Stream, whose fullen tide And fee, the fairy valleys fade, Dun Night has veil'd the folemn view! Yet once again, dear parted Shade, Meek Nature's Child, again adieu! X. The genial meads affign'd to bless XI. Long, long, thy stone and pointed clay ་ ON A LADY's PRESENTING A SPRIG OF MYRTLE TO A GENTLEMAN. BY MR. HAMMOND. WHAT fears, what terrors does thy gift create! Ambiguous emblem of uncertain fate! The myrtle, enfign of fupreme command, (Confign'd by VENUS to MELISSA's hand) Not lefs capricious than a reigning fair, ⚫ Oft favours, oft rejects the lover's care. And cure the throbbings of an anxious heart; |