For in a stream fo wonderous clear, Will not the furtive spoils be found? Too foon they were; and every dart, Then farewel ye Pierian quire; For who will now your altars throng? From love we learn to fwell the lyre; And echo asks no sweeter song. ODE. O D E. Written 1739. Urit fpes animi credula mutui. HOR. WAS not by beauty's aid alone, TW That love ufurp'd his airy throne, His boasted pow'r display'd: 'Tis kindness that fecures his aim, 'Tis hope that feeds the kindling flame, Which beauty first convey'd. In CLARA's eyes, the lightnings view; Have all its fweets combin'd; Yet vain the blush, and faint the fire, 'Till lips at once, and eyes confpire To prove the charmer kind Tho' wit might gild the tempting snare, By envy's felf admir'd; If LESBIA'S wit betray'd her fcorn, VOL. I. L Thus Thus airy STREPHON tun'd his lyre- Refolv'd to brave the keeneft dart; But ah! how false these maxims prove, Experience hourly fhows! Love can imagin'd fimiles fupply, In vain we truft the fair-one's eyes; As partial to their words we prove; Then took the field--and dy'd. The The DYING KID. Optima quæque dies miferis mortalibus ævi A Tear bedews my DELIA'S eye, VIRG. To think yon playful kid must die; From crystal spring, and flowery mead, Muft, in his prime of life, recede! Erewhile, in fportive circles round She faw him wheel, and frisk, and bound; And, on the fearful margin, play. Pleas'd on his various freaks to dwell, She tells, with what delight he ftood, She tells me how with eager fpeed His every frolic, light as air, But knows my DELIA, timely wife, While violence and craft fucceed; Unfair defign, and ruthlefs deed! Soon would the vine his wounds deplore, Were DELIA's name, and STREPHON'S love. No more thofe bow'rs might STREPHON fee, Each wayward paffion foon would tear Then mourn not the decrees of fate, SONGS, |