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 The Rev. Mr. CARTWRIGHT, M. A 
 
 AUTHOR OF 
 
 J R MINE and ELVIRA, 
 
 A Legendary Tale, 
 
 Thefe Elegies are humbly infcribed by his 
 
 Mod obedient, 
 
 and mofl: humble Servant, 
 
 The AUTHOR.
 
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 The Rev. Mr. CARTWRIGHT, iM. A. 
 
 AUTHOR OF 
 
 J K MINE and ELVIRA, 
 
 A Legendary Tale. 
 
 ^^AY, gentle Bard, in vvhofe melifluous Strain 
 
 Unlabour'd fpcaks the Language of the Heart, 
 In whofe foft Talc wcfi/ffer Armine's Pain, 
 And feel the Rage his fudden Joys impart ; 
 
 Thou, who fo well canft others PafTion move, 
 
 Sa}', from what Source deriv'd, that magick Power ? 
 
 Swells not thy Bofom with thofc Streams of Love, 
 Which on our Minds in fuch Profufion fliowcr ? 
 
 Thrice
 
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 Thrice happy Fair whofe well-direded Ray 
 Could fingle Merit from the fpecious Kind I 
 
 Thrice happy Youth, who could fo well convey 
 The tend'reft Paflion to the pureft Mind ! 
 
 Can thy large Heart, already running o*er 
 With ev'ry Rapture * Hymen can beftow, 
 
 Expanding ftillj make gen'rous Room for more. 
 And, greatly, with a foreign Tranfport glow ? 
 
 Ah then ! difdain not on our homely Cot 
 
 To caft that Glance which no Diftindlion makes. 
 
 But marks alike the Prince and Peafant's Lot, 
 And ev'ry Joy of ev'ry State partakes. 
 
 Through all the Seafons of Life's happy Year, 
 So may that Blifs to faithful Corin known. 
 Revolving in a more propitious Sphere, 
 
 Exalted and refin'd became thy own I 
 
 London, Feb. i, iJJ^'* 
 
 * The Author of Armine, &c. is, fince the Publication of that Poem, 
 manicd and become a Father.
 
 NUPTIAL ELEGIES. 
 
 ELEGY I. 
 
 FRUITION. 
 
 A R R AY'D in various Hues, the Morning rofe. 
 While frefh'ning Zephyrs fann'd the buxom Air, 
 On ev'ry Bufli the radiant Dew-drop glows, 
 
 And warbUng Songfters charm the Fiend of Care. 
 
 The Hills, the Dales, the Streams, the budding Groves, 
 Rtflcdt the Rays of youthful Phoebus' Smile ; 
 
 Rous'd by young Joy, the Graces and the Loves 
 Weave the fond Dance that foftens ev'ry Toil. 
 
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 In ev'ry Copfc, in ev'ry (lielter'd Vale, 
 
 To Cyprian Venus flovv'ry Altars rife, 
 RL-fponrivc Hills prolong the Lover's Talc, 
 
 Sequefter'd Shades indulge the Lover's Sigiis. 
 
 But not to vent the Murmurs of his Woes, 
 
 Enamour'd Corin tun'd his Matin Lay, 
 From Silvia's Love-encircling Arms he rofe, 
 
 Blythe as from Thetis' Bed the God of Day. 
 
 Forgotten now were all his Tortures pad. 
 
 His refllcfs Nights, and Days of am'rous Paia, 
 
 His jealous Fears committed to the Blaft, 
 
 Or loft amidft the Flow'rs of Hymen's Chain. 
 
 His full Heart fwol'n with Raptures fweet and ftrong, 
 He fought the devious Wild to give it Eafe; 
 
 The devious Wild, as confcious of his Song, 
 With all its Echoes gave it to the Breeze. 
 
 " Hail
 
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 '* Hall fair aufpicious Hours ! hence happy all, 
 
 It matters not if hvitt or flow ye move, 
 Dance as yc lift around this changeful Ball, 
 
 While 1 retain PoiTc/Tion of my Love. 
 
 Whether attended by the vernal Qiiires, 
 
 And crown'd with Flowers, ye wing your rapid Wav,. 
 Or fcorch'd in Summer *s fierce meridian Fires, 
 
 Ye labour up the ftecp Afccnt of Day r 
 
 Or, lairghing, rove o'er Autumn's golden Plain?, 
 And dance and pipe and prefs the lufcious Vinej 
 
 Or drag with Languor Winter's icy Chains, 
 And at his long long darkfome Nights repine ;■ 
 
 To me alike - full and complete, my Joys 
 
 Nor Sprijig can raife, nor Summer's Heats deprcfs ; 
 
 PoiTefs'd of Wealth immenfc in Silvia's Eyes, 
 Can Autumn's Stores impro e my Happinet ? 
 
 B 2 Nor
 
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 Nor can tlic daikcft Frov/n of Winter's Gloom 
 The lead Obftrv.<^iP9 *Q ^ny- 3Pfe^i/e5 prove, ^ 
 
 My Silvia's Smiles could gild the dreary Tomb, 
 And all iiis Nights are too too iliort for Love. 
 
 Who could have thought— r~b.yt hold my fwelling Heart, 
 And let the rapl'rous Tumult have its Way, — 
 
 The frozen Fair that caus'd fuch tedious Smart, 
 SJiould all that Smart with warmefl: Love repay ? 
 
 Who could have thought thofe Looks of cruel Scorn, 
 Thofe angry Glances darted from her Eye, 
 
 Were not the Inmates of her Bofom born, 
 But only feign'd her Lover's Faith to try ? 
 
 That in her lovely 'Breaft foft Pity dwelt. 
 
 And Sighs refpondent pled for Corin's Fain, 
 
 That at his Flame her gentle Heart could melt, 
 And the foft Imprcfs of his Love retain ? 
 
 United
 
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 United now in Hymen's facrcd Bands, 
 
 No more flic fecks her inmofl: Soul to hide ; 
 
 Our Hopes, our Fears, our Joys, our Hearts, our Handj, 
 Are all in cverlafting Union tied. 
 
 Ye lofty Sons of mad Ambition, fliy. 
 
 Can Pow'r fuch Raptures on the Mind bcflow ? 
 
 Could yc attain to univcrfal Sway, 
 
 Would e'er your Hearts fuch tender Tranfports know r 
 
 High-rais'd Equality's fair Mounds above. 
 
 Excluded ev'ry focial dear Delight, 
 Can Awe or Flatt'ry do the Work of Love, 
 
 Brighten the Day and make a Heav'n of Night ? 
 
 Ye Shades, ye Streams, that witnefs'd to my Pain, 
 Oft fliall ye now the bleft Rcvcrfe behold, 
 
 As Arm in Arm we range the llow'ry Plain, 
 
 And view the Evening *" clofe in Streaks of Gold. ' 
 
 When 
 * Vide Dr. Langhornc's beautiful Elegies, entitled the I'i^ons of Fancy,
 
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 when by our Side, perhaps, O rapt'rous Hours f 
 The little Pledges of our Love fhall play, 
 
 And from your Borders pilf'ring gawdy Flow'rs, 
 With harmlefs Sports conclude their harmlcfs Day ;. 
 
 What Joy to fee their little Pafiions rife, 
 
 Which, rightly form'd, to ev'ry Virtue lead !■ 
 
 What Joy to point them to the fmiling Skies,. 
 Where ev'ry Virtue meets its proper Meed P 
 
 Can Time, can Cliance, Nature's beft Law controulj^ 
 Or fhake a Paffion fix'd on Reafon's Bafe, 
 
 Root from my Breaft the Charmer of my Sou!',, 
 Or plant another's Image in her Place ? 
 
 Ah, no ! nor can my cJeareft Silvia's HearC, 
 Where Tenderncfs and Truth and Virtue dwell. 
 
 From her fond Vows to Corin e'er depart, 
 
 Or flight her faithful Swain who loves fo well. 
 
 How
 
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 How fwcct henceforth fhall be my daily Toi^ 
 WMicn Silvia's Happincfs that Toil requites; 
 
 For hcr^ I tend the Flock and till the Soil^ 
 
 That Thought lliall change my Labours to Delights. 
 
 But while I thus indulge the pleadng Song, 
 Perhaps my anxious Fair-one chides my Stay, 
 
 Perhaps her fvveet Affedion thinks too long 
 JZach Moment that her Shepherd is away ; 
 
 Quick ! let me fly — the World would be too poor 
 
 To bribe her Corix to an At^ unkind, 
 Sooner an Age of Pain would he endure, 
 
 Than give one Moment's Anguilli to her Mind. 
 
 ELEGY
 
 ELEGY JL 
 
 The Difappointmcnt of P A S S I O N. 
 
 C^ ACRED to Love and Peace, mild beaming Eve, 
 With Myrtle crovvn'd, and fwectly-clofing Flovv'rs, 
 Chaplets which Summer's liberal Hand did weave, 
 Approach'd, attended by the filent Hours. 
 
 The verdant Corn, the Meadows golden Pride, 
 
 The Stream unwrinkled (hone with Radiance brieht. 
 
 The chequer'd Grove pour'd forth a warbling Tide 
 Of various Mufick from its glitt'ring Pleight. 
 
 Through the ftill Air ambrofial Odours fpread, 
 The new-fhorn Field its Fragrance wide conveys, 
 
 The Vales fweet Lilly Hfts its modefl: Head, 
 Nor longer fears the Sun's oppreffive Blaze. 
 
 C But
 
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 But ah ! in vain, with Joys ferene and mild, 
 Indulgent Eve the peaceful Bofom fills. 
 
 Not all her Charms can footh the Breaft, beguil'd 
 By fancied Sorrows into real Ills. 
 
 Beneath a Bow'ret of fweet-bloffom'd May, 
 
 In carelefs Pofture ftretch'd along the Ground, 
 
 An am'rous Shepherd all-complaining lay. 
 And fadden'd Echo with a woeful Sound. 
 
 Yet on his Love no cruel Miflrefs frovvn'd, 
 No happy Rival jealous Pangs excites, 
 
 His faithful PalTion Hymen's Sandion crown'd. 
 And tender Pledges bind the facred Rites. 
 
 " Ah me ! he cried, ye dear delightful Hours, 
 By Tranfports wing'd, Ah ! wliither are ye fled ? 
 
 Tliat danc'd deh'ghted round our nuptial Bowers, 
 And ftrew'd your clufl'ring Rofcs on my Head ? 
 
 Ye
 
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 Yc golden Joys, that fir'd my raptui'd Brcafl:, 
 When Silvia's Eyes the mutual Pleafurc caught, 
 
 When, to her lov'd and loving Bofom preft, 
 We mingled ev'ry Soul-diflolving Thought ; 
 
 Wliere are ye fled ? — ah ! never to return, 
 
 Though my true Heart its priftine Paillon warms, 
 
 1 hough in my Veins the fame fierce Ardors burn, 
 Nor Icflen'd arc my Silvia's povv'rful Charms : 
 
 Still in her Eyes the pointed Light'nings play. 
 Still on her Check the living Rofes blow, 
 
 In fprightly Youth's unfaded Prime ftill gay. 
 
 And flill unmatch'd her Bofom's unfoil'd Snow ; 
 
 But cold, alls ! to Lo\e's engaging Arts, 
 
 Each glowing Spark cxtinguidi'd in her Bread:, 
 
 No more our Meeting mutual Fires imparts, 
 Our Days are lifelefs, and our Nights unbleil:. 
 
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 Lefs curO: the Swain whom Hatred's baleful Povyer 
 Has drove, injurious from Affection's Seat ; 
 
 Infultcd Love will fuffer but his Hour, 
 And, aided by Revenge, at laft retreat : 
 
 Far happier He, who droops beneath the Frown 
 Of fcornful Beauty's well-affeded Pride, 
 
 Hope may befriend, and Time his Wiflies crown, 
 To me^ Revenge and Hope are both denied : 
 
 For Love, like Youth, its tender Moments paH:, 
 No force, no Art, no Accidents reflore. 
 
 Age and Lidiff'rence will for ever laft, 
 
 While vainly we their frigid Pow'rs deplore. 
 
 Ungrateful Fair ! — yet, let me not complain. 
 Or with Unkindnefs wound her tender Mind ; 
 
 'Tis not her gentle Will to give mc Pain, 
 'Tis Nature, not my Silvia, is unkind. 
 
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 O, could my Heart unfociul Pa/Tioa bear, 
 
 Content alone the Blcfllng to receive, 
 Could it tafte Joy my Silvia did not fhare, 
 
 Her Beauties ftill might envied Pleafures give ! 
 
 But ah ! when Tranfport rifes in my Face, 
 AA'hen eager Fondnefs rufhes to her Arms, 
 
 To meet — th' unmeanins: Glance — the cold Embrace — 
 And bare Permilllon to approach her Charms, 
 
 It is not to be borne — whence can it be, 
 
 That Bread where once each fuft Scnfation dwelt. 
 
 That once could fwell with mutual Extafy, 
 And with its Lover's tender Ardors melt, 
 
 Should thus be changed ? O fay, my mu Ji lov'd Fair, 
 
 Has any cruel Word or A<51 of mine 
 Implanted in your Soul Tome latent Care ? 
 
 Tell mc Mjf Fault — it never can be //^//.v. 
 
 Perchance
 
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 Perchance, our Lot, by envious Fate reftraia'd 
 
 In narrow Bounds, your anxious Thought employs, 
 
 And now, too late, you grieve that e'er you deign'd 
 To give up Wealth for lefs fabftantial Joys. 
 
 Not fo you thought, when Corin had the Povv'r 
 To make your Heart the mighty Rapture prove, 
 
 Then Happinefs you own'd the richeft Dow'r, 
 
 And Pleafures, Wealth, and Honours poor to Love. 
 
 Of fliining Heaps pofTefs'd, the Mifer craves, 
 
 Enjoying Power, Ambition pants for all. 
 The Drunkard thirds as with full Bowls he laves. 
 
 In Love alone — why fliould Poffcffion pall ? 
 
 Thus CoRiN 'plain'd, till, unpercciv'd, the Night 
 With more than common Darknefs veil'd the Sky, 
 
 Deep threat'ning Clouds obfcur'd each ftarry Light, 
 And dillant Light'nings darted on his Eye. 
 
 With
 
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 With eager Step, th' approaching Storm he fled, 
 And when the Shelter of his Cot he gain'd. 
 
 He found his Silvia's Eyes with Weeping red, 
 And from her Love Reproaches foft fuftain'd. 
 
 Her tender Pain gave Tranfport to his Heart, 
 He kifs'd the Tear that trembled in her Eye, 
 
 Forgat in her Embrace his former Sm.art, 
 
 And blam'd himfelf for each impatient Sigh. 
 
 E L E G \'
 
 ELEGY III. 
 
 The Triumph of REASON. 
 
 IT? A S'D of its bearded Wealth, the ruiTet Plain 
 
 Now vocal feem'd with merry Flouiids and Horn 
 Ah ! ccafe your cruel Triumph, ruthlcfs Swain, 
 Nor the fwect Lay of harmlefs Pleafurc fcorn. 
 
 Now milder fmiles the placid God of Day, 
 Now jocund Plenty fpreads her ample Stores, 
 
 Now mellower breathes each Songfter of the Spray, 
 And ufeful Fruits facceed to gawdy Flowers. 
 
 No more, with rapid Tide, the heated Blood 
 Tumultuous rolls through ev'ry fwelling Vein, 
 
 The PaiTions rage by Reafons Force withftood. 
 Divine Philofophy afl'erts her Reign. 
 
 D Screcn'd
 
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 Screen'd from the Mid-day Beam, that gently flied 
 Its rip'ning Influence o'er th' embow'ring Vine, 
 
 His Silvia's Arm fuftain'd her Corin's Head, 
 
 While round his Knees their fportive Infants twine. 
 
 Blefl: to Content — with calm and fober Joy, 
 Which Reafon warrants as Affedion's Right, 
 
 To Heav'n he lifts his Pleafure-fwimming Eye, 
 And thus attun'd the Sonnet of Delight. 
 
 ** All-gracious Powers ! and were thofe radiant Fires 
 Which Meteor-like could lead the Soul aftray, 
 
 Thofe burning Extafies and fierce Deiires, 
 But the bright Prelude to a brighter Day ? 
 
 Fool that I was, when young in nuptial Lore, 
 And all immers'd in Beauty's rnad'ning Charm, 
 
 I dream' d not there could be a Blii's in Store 
 Beyond the kindling Eye and folding Arm j
 
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 And when thofc /i:)nnging Bloflbms of Delight 
 Began their rofy fragrant Leaves to Hied, 
 
 In wiJd Impatience I confuni'd the Night, 
 
 And dccm'd my Joys were then for ever fled. 
 
 • Why read I not wife Nature's ample Page, 
 
 Or foiijrht for Knowledoje from tiic vernal Bloom ? 
 Soon had I tlicn fupprefs'd my idle Rage, 
 And Icarn'd the Caufc of Rapture's early Doom. 
 
 Had tlic fair Peach, that to the funny Ray 
 
 His Arms, with clufl'ring Flow'rets fill'd, difplay'd, 
 
 Borne the light Burden through the Summer's Day, 
 At beft he had been found a pleafing Shade ; 
 
 But when, to Folly's Eye, his Beauties loft, 
 Soon from their Ruins nobleft Fruitage fprang, 
 
 Which mellowing Suns with ruddy Down embofs'd, 
 Till Food for Gods tJie glowing Tempters hang. 
 
 D 2 Such,
 
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 Such, facred Hymen, are thy Fruits divine. 
 Which to the Soul high-flavour'd Joys convey, 
 
 Joys which expand, enoble and refine. 
 
 And fill the Breafl to Life's remoteft Day. 
 
 How fi-ail the Friendfhips built on cafual Ties, 
 Where Fortune^'s Frowns or Smiles alike divide, 
 
 Where jarring Int'refts, jarring Paflions rife, 
 And draw the Cords of focial Love afide ! 
 
 But kindred Souls in holy Union join'd, 
 
 One Hope, one Joy, one faithful Paffion fiiare : 
 
 No fep'rate Fortunes can afFed the Mind, 
 No fingle Good, or undivided Care. 
 
 Their mutual Wants to mutual Pleafures tend. 
 To aid each other, O, what pure Delight ! 
 
 Exhauftlefs Source of Joy, our Hours to fpcnd 
 In mutual Proofs of Love's fublimefl Height ! 
 
 Who
 
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 Who can difclofc the Bofom's fccret Folds, 
 
 Or paint the Smile that marks the Parent's Face, 
 
 When he, with trembling Extafy, beholds 
 The lovely Bleflings of the chafte Embrace ? 
 
 And fees thofe Charms which firft his Soul did move, 
 Rekindling in his blooming Infant's Cheek, 
 
 And fees thofc \^irtucs Heav'n and Earth approve. 
 Already in ingenuous Blufhes fpeak ? 
 
 How fliort the Tranfport guilty Joy infpires, 
 Tho' Beauty all its magick Powers difplav ! 
 
 When free PoffefTion fatiates fierce Dcfires, 
 Her Air-built Schemes of Plcafurc melt away. 
 
 Nor in their Place fuccecds the blift,tul Tvc 
 Of cordial Friendship, held lor ever dear. 
 
 No tender Pledge of Love delights her Eye ; 
 The fhunn'd Memorial draws a biu-Iiing Tear. 
 
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 Siill prone to range, the Heart that beats alone 
 For Raptures which no virtuous Sandion chiim, 
 
 With ev'ry Wind of rcftlefs PaiTion blown, 
 No faithful Glafs colleds the fcatter'd Flame. 
 
 No cl.cering Comforts, in Afflidion's Day, 
 
 Shall thence arife to foothe his throbbinn; Bread ; 
 
 When languid Sicknefs fheds her baleful Ray, 
 Nc^ tender Bofom lull his Pains to Reft. 
 
 Ev'n Fortune's Smiles on him but half defcend, 
 
 Who uncommunicated Pleafure knows, 
 Joy, focial Joy, ftill feeks a faithful Friend, 
 
 To fhare the Blifs that in her Bofom glows. 
 
 Thefe arc thy genuine Offspring, Wedded-Love, 
 Chafte Blifs, true Faith, each Sorrow-foothing Art, 
 
 Cares that dcliglit, and Pleafures that improve, 
 And confcious Peace, and fair Renown impart. 
 
 And
 
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 And do I to my lovely Silvia owe 
 
 Each Blcfling that can happy Life endear ? 
 
 Then let my Heart with grateful Love o'erflow, 
 And let me hold her ever, ever, licre. 
 
 ELEGY
 
 ELEGY IV. 
 The WINTER of LOVE. 
 
 IT) LEAK o'er the Mountains whifiring Eddies drove, 
 And filPd the Vale with fcattcr'd Rifts of Snow ; 
 No limpid Streams thro' verdant Meadows rove, 
 No bluOiing Flow'rcts on their Borders glow. 
 
 Mute arc tlie feather'd Choir ; forlorn and drear. 
 They feek the Shelter of the leaflefs Shade, 
 
 By Hunger pain'd, purfued by trembling Fear, 
 Left cruel Man their fecret Haunts invade : 
 
 Soon, vagrant Phoebus drives his diftant Car 
 
 To hapj)icr Plains, where gayer Landfcapes Imilc, 
 
 And Raven Night afiaults the harrafs'd Ear 
 
 Witli hoarfc Complaints, and bodes of cruel Spoil, 
 
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 Ah haplefs Wretch 1 whom pinching Wants compel; 
 
 Unfed, uncloth'd, the horrid Gloom to brave,. 
 Or, fcreen'd within fome damp and dafmal Cell, 
 
 To weary Heaven for a friendly Grave. 
 
 Not lefs unhappy, in his hoary Age, 
 
 When Youth, and Health, and ev'ry Charm is fkd^ 
 The Wretch vvhofe Cares no focial Joys afluage,. 
 
 No friendly Bofom props his drooping Head :. 
 
 Within, Without, 'tis dreadful Darknefs all> 
 
 The Spring, the Summer now return no more,. 
 
 The wintry Storms, the Fears of Death appall. 
 And He, unpitied, muft in vain deplore. 
 
 But not to him, who juft to Nature^s Law, 
 
 In Love's chafle Blifs the Spring of Life employs,, 
 
 Shall its laft Stage approach with fearful Awe,. 
 Or rob his Bofom of its pureft Joys* 
 
 Unheeded
 
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 Unheecied pafl the Tenors of the Night, 
 
 Unfclt the pointed Arrows of the Eaft, 
 The blazing Hearth affords a clicering Light, 
 
 And circling Goblets crown the bridal Fcafti 
 
 The Song, the Dance, the Laughter-moving Tale; 
 
 And merry Sports, by Innocence approved, 
 O'er Winter's fharp Inclemencies prevail, 
 
 When CoRiN thus addrelVd his bcft-bclov'd. 
 
 *' O Source of endlcfs Rapture to my Soul, 
 How the full ftrcams of Blcding pour along, 
 
 Through Life's progreflive Seafons as they roll, 
 They feed my Paflion, and infpirc my Song ! 
 
 But for my Silvia's Love, had Youth in vain, 
 
 Its glowing Hopes and exquifite Dclires, 
 Been buried in the gloomy Shades o{ Pain, 
 
 Or led aftray by Lull's delufive Fires : 
 
 E 2 Her
 
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 Her fweet Society, her radiant Charms, 
 
 With more than Sunihine gilt the vernal Grove, 
 
 And, O ! I found a Temple in her Arms, 
 Sacred to Peace,. Felicity and Love. 
 
 As Life advanc'd, the ardent Bleffings grew. 
 The lovely Offspring fpread the Flame of Joy, 
 
 The Smile maternal gave a Rapture new, 
 
 Mcrn'ry ftill holds, and Time fhall ne'er deftroy. 
 
 When Rofeate Beauty Hied its fragrant Bloom, 
 And Age had ting'd the Whitenefs of its Snow, 
 
 Full-ripen'd Friendfhip iffued from its Womb, 
 And well fupplied the Graces of i.ts Brow. 
 
 Long-tried Affedlions, like thofe rolling Balls, 
 
 Form'd of the Down that drops from wintry Skies, 
 
 Gath'ring the candid Plumage as it falls. 
 In ftill-encreafino; Bulk and Firmnefs rife. 
 
 Vainly 
 
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 Vainly do Life's declining Years eflliy 
 
 Of cv'ry Charm to rob my Silvia's Face ; 
 
 Good-nature's SunHiine yields a Iniiling, I^ay, 
 Not Death itfelf iLall prefently difplacc. 
 
 How oft when rude Misfortune picrc'd my Brcaft, 
 Or Pain, infflided many a deep-felt Blow, 
 
 Her tender Prudence footh'd my Cares to reft, 
 Her foft Affedion charm'd the Sting of Woe I 
 
 But when I cad my raptur'd Eyes around. 
 And view this Triumph of maternal Care, 
 
 Youths, with firm Health and manly Virtues crown'd. 
 And Virgins, like their Mother, good and fair ; 
 
 When I behold, array'd in fnowy Veil:, 
 My fiireft Hope, my BlofTom ol Delight, 
 
 Yielding a Hand untorc'd to render bleii 
 A Youth, deferving well a Boon fo bright : 
 
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 And fee the happy Lover view his Bride 
 
 With Eyes which utter what no Words could tell, 
 Who can withhold the fond parental Pride, 
 
 Or ftrive the burning Tranfport to repel ? 
 
 Yes — let me give it Way — 'tis honefl Joy, 
 
 Virtue itfelf can never difapprove ; 
 'Tis Happinefs fupreme, without Alloy, 
 
 The Boaft of Nature and the Crown of Love. 
 
 How blcfl: my Fate ! when howling Tempefrs rage, 
 And wearied Nature flirinks at painful Toil, 
 
 My duteous Striplings fave their Father's Age, 
 And gladly fhare the Labours of the Soil. 
 
 No venal Hands my decent Board fiipply, 
 My faithful Silvia and her lovely Train, 
 
 With quick Affedion watch my fpeaking Eye, 
 And ftrive who firft my Favour fhall obtain. 
 
 No
 
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 No tedious Moments clogg my Wheel of Life, 
 Dear Tocial Pleafurcs quicken cv'ry Round, 
 
 Beneath my Roof, unheard the Voice of Strife, 
 Beneath my Roof, blefl Concord's Sweets abound. 
 
 Rack'd by no Pains, of youthiul Follies bred. 
 No fecret Vulture preying on my Mind, 
 
 Sott Slumbers play around my peaceful Head, 
 On the fond Bofom of true Love reclin'd l 
 
 But ah ! I fee in Damon*s Love-fick Glance 
 A Wirh to biirft the Flood-gates of his Soul ; 
 
 Taflclefs to liim the Song, the Sports, the Dance, 
 The feftive Viands and the fparkling Bowl, 
 
 Go, (rentle Pair. — I will not wrong thy Truth, 
 Nor, in thy Breafl:, the foft Impatience chide : 
 
 Co — and a Parent's Bleflings crown your Youth, 
 His Elifs and Honours rev'rcnd Age betide I 
 
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