'Tis gentle, delicate, and kind, TO THE REVEREND MR. NEWTON. AN INVITATION INTO THE COUNTRY. I. THE Swallows in their torpid state And bees in hives as idly wait The call of early spring. II. The keenest frost that binds the stream, Are neither felt nor fear'd by them, III. But man, all feeling and awake, The gloomy scene surveys; With present ills his heart must ache, And pant for brighter days. IV. Old winter, halting o'er the mead, ས་ Then April, with her sister May, Shall chase him from the bow'rs, And weave fresh garlands ev'ry day, To crown the smiling hours. VI. And, if a tear, that speaks regret Of happier times, appear, A glimpse of joy, that we have met, Shall shine, and dry the tear. MERCATOR, vigiles oculos ut fallere possit, Nomine sub ficto trans mare mittit opes; Lene sonat liquidumque meis Euphelia chordis, Sed solam exoptant te, mea vota, Chloe., II. Ad speculum ornabat nitidos Euphelia crines, Cum dixit mea lux, heus, cane, sume lyram. Namque lyram juxta positam cum carmine vidit, Suave quidem carmen dulcisonamque lyram, 'III. Fila lyræ vocemque paro, suspiria surgunt, IV. Subrubet illa pudore, et contrahit altera frontem, Me torquet mea mens conscia, psallo, tremo; Atque Cupidinea dixit Dea cincta corona, Heu! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. BOADICE A. AN ODE. I. WHEN the British warrior queen, Sought, with an indignant mien, II. Sage beneath the spreading oak III. Princess! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. IV. Rome shall perish....write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish, hopeless and abhorr'd, Deep in ruin as in guilt. V. Rome, for empire far renown'd, Tramples on a thousand states; Soon her pride shall kiss the ground.... Hark! the Gaul is at her gates! VI. Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name; Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize.... Harmony the path to fame. VII. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Arm'd with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. |