Formed with materials neat and soft, Four ivory eggs soon pave its floor, The mother bird is gone to sea, As she had changed her kind; But goes the mate? Far wiser, he No!-Soon as from ashore he saw He flew to reach it, by a law Of never failing-love! Then perching at his consort's side, The billows and the blasts defied, The seaman, with sincere delight, For seamen much believe in signs, Each some approaching good divines, Hail, honoured land! a desert, where Not even birds can hide, Yet parent of this loving pair, Whom nothing can divide. And ye, who rather than resign Were not afraid to plough the brine To whose lean country, much disdain But wantonness and woe. Be it your fortune, year by year, The same resource to prove; TO THE REV. W. CAWTHORNE UNWIN. I. UNWIN, I should but ill repay The kindness of a friend, Whose worth deserves as warm a lay As ever friendship penned, Thy name omitted in a page, That would reclaim a vicious age. II. An union formed, as mine with thee, May be as fervent in degree, And may as rich in comfort prove, 111. The bud inserted in the rind, With flower as sweet, or fruit as fair, IV. Not rich, I render what I may, Lest it should prove the last. 'Tis where it should be-in a plan, That holds in view the good of man. V. The poet's lyre, to fix his fame, Should be the poet's heart; Affection lights a brighter flame STANZAS Addressed to lady HESKETH, by a lady, in returning a Poem of Mr. CowPER's, lent to the Writer on Condition she should neither show it, nor take a Copy, WHAT Wonder! if my wavering hand When Hesketh gave a harsh command, And Cowper led astray? Then take this tempting gift of thine, Or teach me to forget? More lasting than the touch of art Her characters remain ; When written by a feeling heart VOL. III. |