STICK ANNEX 060 H y^ HENRY AND ACASTO. A MORAL TALE. By the Rev. BRIAN HILL, A.M. Late of Queen's College, Oxford ; And Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven. With a PREFACE by Sir RICHARD HILL, Bart. Quis talia fando Tempcret a lachrymis ! VIRG. LONDON: Printed for JOHN STocKDALE,oppofite Burlingtoa Houfe, Piccadilly; Sold by J. MATHEWS, Strand j and T. WOOD, Shrewfbury. MDCCLXXXVI. [ Price One Shilling, J PREFACE. JLT may perhaps be thought, that par- tiality towards a brother, or want of judgment in myfelf, incline me to think more highly of the following poem than I ought to do, when I de- clare 20G1S45 li PREFACE, clare that I don't remember ever to have met with any thing more pleafing in the kind. There is fomething fo iri- terefting in the ftory itfelf, fo delicate in the fentiment, and fo affectionate in the narration, that I am perfuaded it will not be read by many without awakening the moft tender and refined fenfations, and, I truft, not without much improve- ment alfo. To the religious mind it will be a far- ther recommendation to the poem, that it points out true chriftianity as the only thing PREFACE. iii thing worth aiming at in life, and which can afford folid fupport in the hour of death ; and if it tend in any meafure to correft the vitiated tafte of the day for compofitions of a dangerous and licen- tious nature, I Ihall be the more fatisfied with the refolution I came to of making it public. If there be fome ftrong expreffions in favor of virtue, they muft be un- derftood of that virtue only which is the fruit of faith, agreeable to the a- poftle's exhortation, add to your faith iv PREFACE, virtue*: for it is fully evident by the ftriking manner in which the author paints the ftruggles between nature and grace in young Henry's mind, that whilft he (the author) acknowledges the intire depravity of all the children of Adam, he is convinced of the ab- folute inefficacy of the united powers of reafon, fcience, and even of the moft refined leflbns on the beauty of virtue and the deformity of vice, to change and convert the heart, independent of the influences of the divine Spirit. * 2 Pet. i. 5. I now P R E FAG E. -/ I now beg leave to add, that the au- thor of the poem was* totally ignorant of it's being fent abroad into the world. It was by mere accident that I firit got a tranfient fight of it, and not till after re- peated requefts that I obtained a copy of it -, and had I- then intimated the moft diftant wifh of printing it, (particularly with his name annexed,) I- know that his great humility and diffidence would ner- ver have permitted him to let me have it in my poffeflion : but as I feel confciou:?, that, whilft I render a fervice to the pub- lic, I do him no difcredit, I venture ta fend it -out in it's native fimplicity. A 3 B r vi PREFACE. By what I have lately heard the author drop on the fubj eft, I have reafon to believe that he meditates a fecond part, or rather another canto, which will bring the poem down to the death of ACASTO, and con- tain the remaining part of the hiftory of HENRY ; but when that will be finiilied, or whether it will ever be compleated at all, I take not upon me to determine. As to the lines which follow, they were chiefly compofed in fome folitary drolls which the author frequently took among fome pleafingly wild fcenes, not unlike thofe with a defcription of which the poem begins ; but it was not till within thefe PREFACE. vii diefe few weeks that I faw a fingle word of the performance. I had fome intentions of prefixing an introductory argument to the work ; but as the verification is not of that fort as to want continual explanatory notes, in order to come at the author's meaning, (a circumftance not very unfrequent in poetry,) and as a profaic argument would only tend to anticipate what is to follaw> and to prevent it's ftriking the mind with that degree of force which it might do when the ftory is fuffered to unfold itfelf A 4 in vili PREFACE. in the narration, I thought it better not to foreflal the reader's judgment by any- thing of the kind. RICHARD HILU HARLEY-ST.REET, Junti, 1-86. HENRY HENRY AND ACASTO A MORAL TALE. VV HERE nature's fcenes in wild confufion iie> And cloud-capt mountains ftrike th' aftoniih'd eye 3 . Where bulging rocks their lofty fummits fhow, Whilft^roaring torrents from their caverns flow,- And fwift defcending in unceafing foam Glide thro' the. dale to reach their briny home j Whsrs to HENRY AND ACASTO: Where forefts vaft their varied /hade combine, Here th' aged oak> and there the fpiral pine ; Where the dark yew impends the chafni deep> And gentler birches o'er the fountains weep, Whilft many a mofly fragment, fleep'd in dew, Meets the bright ray, and gliftens to the view : Midft fcenes fo grand a lonely vale is found Where fofter beauties deck the turfy ground ; Where banks reclining mow their flow'ry fide, Ajvd peaceful cattle from the tempeft hide. Here good Acafto from the world had fl.d, Wean'd from it's pleafures, to it's follies dead j From error's paths he cautioufly withdrew, And dill more godlike as in years he grew j A MORAL TALE. 11 Whilft all his aftions heav'nly wifdom fhow'd, Unnumber'd graces in his bofom 1 glow'd 5 There love divine, the firft of all the train, And placid peace, their fix'd abode maintain; There meeknefs, patience, gentlenefs and joy, And faith and hope, and deep humility. No longer now among the youths he fhone, No longer now the prize of glory won ; Nor rais'd as eril by mighty deeds his fame, When manly vigor ftrung his nervous frame. Full oft had Phcebus run his yearly way, Since firft Acafto hail'd the light of day. The mark of time his furrow'd vifage fliow'd, And fnowy locks adown his flioulders flow'd. Bui HENTUY AND' A CAST'S: But tho' grave wifdom's characters he bore, No rigid fternnefs on his afpeft wore. Not for himfelf this lone retreat he chofe, Of cares diveft his remnant hours to lofe, To fmk in-leifure's foft lethargic arms, And fill a viflim to her foothing charms. Far nobler motives fway'd his gen'rous brcaftj.- And ftill to al the bufy part he prefs'd. From the vain world he led-a gentle youth^- Here to direft him in the paths of truth *$ . Inftruflive leflbns to his foul impart, Ere fubtle vice had won his eafy heart. Faft'by a rock that from the mountain flood, Whofe tuffy fides were fring'd with brufliy wood, Which Inter fjlvas Academi qutrere rcrum. A MORAL T A'L-E. 13 Which half conceal'd the dewy drop that fell With filent trickle to thecryftal well, A ruftic cottage, rais'd by artift mean, In fweet fimplicity of .ftyle was feen. No grand pslafters rofe in flately pridf, No labor' d cornice graced it's humble fide ; No fculptor's hand had wrought th' upolifli'd ftone, Within it's walls no giWsd cielings fhone. Clofe at the threfliold fragrant woodbines grew. And o'er it's fides luxuriant branches threw, Whilft twifted ivy to the door-pofts clung, And from the roof in glofly curtains hung. Small was the line that o'er th' uneven ground, In form unheeded, mark'd it's utmoft bound. 'Twa 14 HENRY AND ACASTO: 'Twas here Acafto and his lovely boy Securely liv'd in innocence and joy. Nine times had fpring the face of nature chear'd, As oft had fummer's gaudy train appesr'd, Nine times Autumna fpread her golden /lore, And icy fields (tern winter's garment wore, -Since pious Anna felt a mother's threes, And the firft light on Henry's head arofe ; When heav'n, all wife, th' affliflive mandate fpoke, And friends furviving felt the fatal ftroke; That ftroke which Henry of his (ire bereft, And the fwet child an help'.efs orphan left. Then did Acaflo mark him for his own, Wept o'er the fmiJirg bal;e, nnd cried " My for. t" An AMOHALTALE. 15^ An happy lot the tender infant found, Midft friends for worth and piety renown'd ; Friends that might watch his early fteps, and mow Th' unbeaten path in which a child mould go *. Betimes his lifping tongue was taught to frame With rev'rend awe his great Creator's name ; His knees before th' eternal throne to bend, And feek the bleffings that a God could fend. Well did Acafto all his tempers fpy, Trace ev'ry virtue, and each vice defcry ; Deep was he fldll'd in learning's facred page, His words were weighty, and his counfels fage. Young Henry liften'd with attentive ear, And, won by love or aw'd by filial fear, Felt * Prov. xxii, 6, rf HENRY AND ACA'STOj Felt all his leflbns in his inmoft foul, His paflion* foften and his will controul. -Ne'er was the youth to ftudy's drudge confin'd, No tedious precepts pall'd his tender mind ; But charrn'd th' inftruflor's pleafing tale he caught, And while? he learnt ihe more to learn he fought. Soon as Aurora's fmiling face was feen And filver fpangles deck'd the daify'd green; Soon as the larks their early fong begun, And thoufand -cobwebs floated in the fun ; The twain would leave their humble roof and ftray O'er Shepherds tracks their carelefs winding way, To quaff frefli breezes of the pureft air, And the rich bounties of creation fliarej Whilft A MORAL TALE. 17 "Whilft many a moral wife Acafto drew From each Airrounding object in their view. (As the foul fcul with dunghill vapors gleams, And poifon fips e'en from cceleflial ftreams, The virtuous mind improves from all it meets, And wifdom's honey culls from nature's fweets.) Thus would he mark fome aged tree that floo4 The priftine monarch of the mighty wood, It's rugged arms with foliage thinly fpread, And bow'd by wintry ftorms it's batter'd head 5 See there, my child, the fage inftruftor cried, How mwt a fpace the firmeft things abide ! That ftem, by time's relentlefs hand defac'd, For many a year it's native foil has grac'd : iS HENRY AND ACASTO: Unnumber'd children round the father rofe, And barren foil extended woodland grows ; They flourifli now, but foon themfelves fhall know That vigorous ftrength muft yield to age's blow. 'Tis thus with man now health his frame fuftain*, WhiJft youthful ardor in hi* bcfom reigns j But time attends, foon bows his hoary head, And lays him proftrate with the conquer' d dead : A race fucceeds, no longer fpace is given, They fall cbtdient to the will of heaven. Then prize not that which foon (hall be decay'-d, Nor court the grandeur which muft quickly fade. Or fee yon' flow'r, which feel* the genial ray, A.nd opes it's bofo-m to the beam of day, Lends A MORAL TALE. 19 Lends of it's fragrance to the pafling gale, That gently wafts it thro' the balmy vale, Shrinks at the evening blaft, and, ere the night Flies from the arrows of returning light, In flirivel'd form now kifs the humid ground, And fcarce it's traces in the morn are found. Such may my Henry be ; he lives to- Jay Young, active, healthy, vigorous, and gay j But ere the car of yon' declining fun Shall from the gilded eaft once more have run, His beating pulfe may ceafe, life's vapor fly, And pallid Henry like that flow'ret lie. Say then, my child, fhould foon the fnfiimdiiS come, To call thy foul to it's eternal home , B 2 Couldft . ,o HENRY AND ACASTG: . Couldft thou undaunted (land the (hock, nor dread The gloomy manfions of the grave to tread ? Would no fad prefage of a judgment hour In awful terrors.o'er thy confcience low'r? Well doft thou know with what paternal care For that dread day I charg'd thee to prepare ; Show'd thee the chart that leads to Sion's land, Precifely mark'd by Cod's unerring hand. That way purfue by iufpiration's fide, Nor let vain fancy's meteor be thy guide : By fancy led, advem'rous Adam fell, And bow'd fubje&ion to the prince of hell. His race corrupted in his footfteps trod ; .They fancied wifdo;r>, and they ftray'd from God. "I am A MORAL TA'LF. ta *' / am the ivayS' th' almighty Savior cries *j By thee I go, the faithful foul replies. 'Tis thine my guilty foul from fin to fave, And make thy ranfom'd triumph o'er the grave. ' By thee I mount the glorious realms above, To chaunt the praifes of redeeming love. Tell me, my much-lov'd boy. are fuch thy viewr/ Or what the prize thy lab'ring foul purfues ? Prevent Acafto's feats that Henry's mind To earth's vain joys alone mould be confin'd. Thus truth in many a pleafing garb array'd ' The good inftruftor to his child convey'd : Hnry attentive heard, and whilft he fpoke, Conviction warm thro' all his foul awoke : B 3 Reafoa * John XIY, 6, ,a HENRY AND ACASTO: Reafon enthron'd did all her right maintain, And ftubborn felf confefs'd her high domain. Now counfels pad their former weight acquir'd, And ftrong refolves his yielding bofom fir'd. But theft-, alas ! jutl as the meteor's gleam Pours forth its bright but momentary ftream, Strike on th' affe&ions and commotion raife ; But foon extirguiftTd is the crackling blaze, Q^ench'd by the ftrcams which flow from pleafure's fpring, And frothy trifles in their courfes bring. Acaflo patient, ftill to teach intent, O'er happier times with pleafmg forefight bent, Saw heav'n-born virtue, deck'd with native charms,. Receive his Henry with extended arms 3 Saw A MORAL TALE. 23. Saw vice unmaflc'd, her hideous afpeft fliown, Her dev'lifh wiles, her dire enchantments known,. Defpis'd, abhorr'd, with all her hellifli train Dragg'd to the manfions of eternal pain. Still crafty vice in lurking ambufh lay To fcize in fatal hour th' unwary prey ; Whilft virtue watchful Mood, and gently flrove By foft perfuafives to engage his love. Vain the contention the degen'rate mind, By fad prcpenfity to vice inclined, Full oft the brittle cords of fcience broke, And fnapp'd the feebler twigs of reason's yoke : The feeds of inbred fin, awhile concealed, WarrrTd by temptation's fun, began to yield B-j. Their 24 HENRY AND ACASTO: Their copious fruits, whence baneful cdors (hoi, Fatal contagion all around them fpread. But good Acafto, who at wifdom's gate Would oft in frame devout a fuppliant wait*. And tafte communion fweet, whilft love divine Did o'er his foul with rays icfulgent fliine, Implor'd th* Almighty by his pow'r to break The barren foil of Henry's heart; then fpeak Fertility, and make the fall j^v'd ground f , By fliow'rs of grace, in heav'nly fruits abound. Once as the twain their wonted rambles took. In carelefs rovings by the pebbly brook, The fweetj collefling that of faireft hue In rich profufion on it's margin grew* With Prov, \iii, 34. f Jcr. iy, 3. Hof. !* A MORAL T ALB. , s With nice diftin&ion of botanic art Minutely viewing each component part, The fleecy tribe, by blithfcme fhepherds led, Around them fearlefs on the verdure fed : The fportive lambkin, from it's mother ftray'd, It's fellows found, and thoufand gambols play'd i The bleating dam, with tend'relt care opprefs'd, Recall'd her darling to the milky breaft j Her darling heard and friik'd with bounding pa*e To tafte on bended knee the warm folace. The pleaiing fcene the youth's attention drewy And ftrong amazement on his features grew : Unmov'd he flood, in deep rtfle6lion loft, With anxious thought his lab'ring bofom toft. Tht t HENRY AND ACAS TO: The flow'rs no more his grafping hand adorn, JJut drop neglefhd on the grarty lawn : Some fighs efcap'd j at length lie filence broke, And thus inquiring to Acafto fpoke : Whence does it come, my kind prote&or, own, Maternal care was ne'er to Henry known ? Bach lambkin vies with fond delight to prove The foft endearments of a mother's love : Thoughtlefs they feed beneath her watchful ey, Nor fear they danger e'en when danger's nigh. So the fweet thrufh, that fits on yonder fpray, And charms my ears with her melodious lay, Oft have I fien her downy neftlings brood, And wing her way to fcek their diftant fuod j But A MORAL TALE. 27 fiut quick returning with far nobler (lore Than richeft (hip which fails from India's fhcre, An infecl p'rhaps or worm, the trophy fpoil Of all her warlike feats and bufy toil, With beaks all ope her half fledg'd young cnes foon Receive with chirps of joy the captive boon. So too the boys, that from the village come, And oft in parties thro' cur valley roam, Will fpeak with tranfport of a mother's care,. And haften back htr tend'reft love to fiiare. Ah ! why am I of fuch delights bereft ? To footh my childhood why no mother left ? Could I in infancy negU&ed live, Or would net heav'n the needful bleffing give ? Say, *S HENRY ANI> A-CASTO: Say, gen'rous fire, for thou wilt not difchun Such myft'ries great to Henry's mind t' explain, Mov'd was Acafto's foul, in deepeft thought* Aghaft he flood ; for painful mem'ry brought Paft for rows back, and forc'd the tear to flart That fpcke the feelings of a wounded heart} Yet foon his force refum'd, he filence broke And thus to eager- looking Henry fpoke : Know, my dear child, fmce thou canft wifely glea InftrucYion fweet from yon* expreflive fcene, Know heav'n's myfterious ways, and patient wait Whilit I from times remote my tale relate. Bleft was the feafon of my youthful years, By cares unclouded, unappali'd by fears ; My -A MORAL TALE. 2, My quiet breaft no piercing forrows tore, No keen affli&ion fway defpotic bore. All was ferene. Thefe hands by bufy toil The fruits cclle&ed of my fertile foil ; And tho' no bags o'erflow'd with golden ore, Yet was my table grac'd with plenteous ftore. Kind heav'n was pleas'd a partner fair to fend, A dear companion and a faithful friend j In her all virtues met, and tho' in vain We feek perfection in this world to gain, In her no fpot appeared, but richly giv'n Was ev'ry grace, and " in her eye r wat heaven ." One lovely babe engag'd our anxious care, Whofe weal we daily fought in focial pray'r : Beneath 3 HENRY AND ACASTO: Beneath a mother's watchful eye (he grew, And fliining virtues from her precepts drew. As time roll'd on we faw fair Anna rife In matchlefs worth to crown our earthly joys. Such was our lot, 'mid fweets domeftic fix'd, Nor feem'd with human woes our portion mix'J. No change I fought 5 when, ah ! my chaft'ning God To me direfted his afflifting rod. My dear Selina (fcarce that name I fpcak, But tears afrefli bedew my aged check) My dear Selina droop'd beneath the pow'r Of pale difeafe; to her in welccm'd hour Death aim'd his blow, and gave the kind releafe From fin and pain, and brought eternal peace- Ne'er A MORAL TALE. 3 t Ne'er ftiall my foul forget her look ferene, My nobleft folace in that awful fcene : Then with a fmile (lie bid the world adieu, Clos'd her fix'd eyes, and to her Savior flew. Her fate I mourn not, but I mourn her lof*j The firft my comfort, and the laft my crofs. Much did my Anna feel, and vainly tried With ftudy'd care her ftruggling grief to hide ; Loud fpoke the heaving fob, the flifled figh j The tear, that trembled in her cryftal'd eye, Trac'd it's lone fource from quick fenfation's bed, And wid'ning rofe by fpring* of forrow fed, Burft it's fair banks by one o'erflowing fwell, Swt.pt her fweet cheek, and on her bofom fell, Till, 3 HENRY AND ACASTO: Till, drown'd in floods, around ray neck me flung Her fnowy arms, and on Acafto hung. I can no more Time's hand at length afTuagY, The troub'Ious florm that in our bofoms rag'd. Compofure mild, frm heav'n infpir'd, arofe In fweet fucceflion to our keener woes. Anna her blooming prime had fcarce attained, When thus on me the weighty charge remained. Mov'd by the love which tender parents feel, A thoufand fears my tranquil hours would fteal 5 Fears left my child in fin's dark maze mould ftray, Tread pleafure's path, and mifs the narrow way *-. Ere long I faw a numerous crowd attend j At Anna's feet fubmiflive fuitors bend. The * Mat. vii, 13, 14. A MO RAX TAI/fe. SJ The titled peer, for fplendor only fam'd, In vain the ardor of his love proclaim'd : The fop, of nought but empty found poflefl, Declar'd with fruitlefs -prate his aching breaft ; Of beauteous Venus talk'd, of Cupid's darts, Of fleeplefs, love-Tick, nights, and wounded hearts. At length th' admiring throng Horatio join'd, Of perfon plea fin g, and of parts renVd. From early youth inur'd to war's campaign's, He boldly ventur'd on the martial plains ; Charg'd the dread foe, an " I fee my love with ftains of purple dy'd. " Heav'ns, what a fight ! Let vengeance aft her part, " And arm thefe hands to tear the murd'rer's heart. " Hark ! hark ! his well-known voice my ear aflails-^- He callsbut ah ! fome potent charm prevails-^ f* Horatio's fled his wretched Anna left" She fcreoin'd and funk again of fenfe bereft. Life's ,+ HENRY AND ACASTO: Life's quiv'ring light once more it's force refum'd, And with a tranfitnt blaze her breaft illum'd ; Reafon her feat regainM, while, thus exprcft, She gave with fault'ring voice her laft requsft : " Thanks be to Gcd, my forrow's nearly done, " The faith isfinijb'd, andtbe battle iuon *. Soon (hall I reach the beav'uly Canaan's fhore, " My lov'd Horatio meet, and part no mere.. " Father ! protefl my babe with guardian care, " His early fteps direft, bis heart prepare /' To fcek thy face, that, when life's thread fliall ceafit, " Good Simeon like, he may depart in peace f . " I afk no more My Savior, now," flie cried, " Receive my foul I" then fweetly fmil'd, and died. Such * * Tim, iv, 7. t Luke, ii, y. A M O R A L T A L E. 43, Such was thy parent's fate ; 'twas God's decree Maternal care fliould ne'er be fliewn to thee. Horatio's part I bear, t* inftruft be mine With love of truth thy heart to learn be thine. Acafto ceas'd fufceptive Henry flood In fix'd amazement, whilft a briny flood His vifage bath'd, and well his mind exprefs'd, Tho' paflions flrong the pow'rs of fpeech fupprefc'd, But e'er Acafto clos'd the plaintive tale, A folemn gloom befpread the fertile vale j Blithe day with all her bufy train was fled. And Phoebus haften'd to his weftern bed. Night o'er the land her fable curtain drew, And duflcy tints on all creation threw. 41 HENRY AND ACASTO;&c, The meadows, late in brighteft hue array'd, Lofe all their gladnefs in the gen'ral (hide ; And, as with fj-mpathetic feeling* wrung, A tearydrop on ev'ry bloffom hung. The pallid lifTning moon, with quiv'ring light; But half unveils her waning watVy fight j Salutes with filver'd ray the mournful wood,' And meets her image on the trembling flood ; Hears the fad tale, and, ftruck with forrow deep-, Behind fome friendly cloud retires to weep : Whilft the fair ftars, attendant on their queen, The concert join, and twinkle o'er the green. 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