36 HORACE. BOOK II. ODE X. What if thine heaven be overcast? The God that strings the silver bow If hinderances obstruct thy way, And let thy strength be seen; A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all? Can Reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep and dread the shore? The Christian has an art unknown to thee. And trusting in his God, surmounts them all. This elegant Rose had. I shaken it lefs. Might have bloomed with its owner awhile: And the tear, that is wip'd with a little addrefs. May be follow'd perhaps with a smile. MARCH 25. 1825. |