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He first fair Learning's and Britannia's cause
Adorn'd with manners, and advanc'd with laws;
He bade relent the Briton's favage heart,

And form'd his foul to focial scenes of art,
Wifest and best of kings!. --with ravifh'd gaze
Elate the long proceffion he furveys:
Joyful he fmiles to find, that not in vain
He plan'd the rudiments of Learning's reign:
Himself he marks in each ingenuous breast,
With all the founder in the race exprest:
With rapture views, fair Freedom still survive
In yon bright domes (ill-fated fugitive)

(Such feen, as when the Goddess pour'd the beam Unfullied on his ancient diadem)

Well pleas'd that in his own Pierian feat

She plumes her wings, and refts her weary feet; That here at last she takes her fav'rite stand, "Here deigns to linger, ere fhe leave the land."

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LOVE ELE G Y.

BY MR. HAMMOND.

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1.

ET others boaft their heaps of shining gold, And view their fields with waving plenty crown'd, Whom neighb'ring foes in constant terror hold, And trumpets break their slumbers, never found:

II.

While calmly poor, I trifle life away,
Enjoy sweet leifure by my chearful fire,
No wanton hope my quiet fhall betray,
But cheaply blefs'd I'll fcorn each vain defire.
III.

With timely care I'll fow my little field,
And plant my orchard with it's master's hand,
Nor blush to spread the hay, the hook to weild,
Or range the fheaves along the funny land.

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IV.

If late at dusk, while carelessly I roam,
I meet a strolling kid, or bleating lamb,
Under my arm I'll bring the wand'rer home,
And not a little chide it's thoughtless dam.

V.

What joy to hear the tempeft howl in vain,
And clasp a fearful mistress to my breast?
Or lull'd to flumber by the beating rain,
Secure and happy fink at last to rest!

VI.

Or if the fun in flaming Leo ride,

By fhady rivers indolently stray,

And with my DELIA walking fide by fide,

Hear how they murmur, as they glide away.

VII.

What joy to wind along the cool retreat,
To stop and gaze on DELIA as I go!
To mingle fweet difcourfe with kiffes fweet,
And teach my lovely scholar all I know!

VIII.

Thus pleas'd at heart, and not with fancy's dream

In filent happiness I reft unknown;

Content with what I am, not what I feem,

I live for DELIA, and myself alone.

IX.

Ah foolish man! who thus of her poffefs'd,
Could float and wander with ambition's wind,
And if his outward trappings fpoke him bleft,
Not heed the fickness of his conscious mind.

X.

With her I fcorn the idle breath of praise,
Nor trust to happiness that's not our own,
The smile of fortune might fufpicion raise,
But here, I know, that I am lov'd alone.

XI.

STANHOPE, in wisdom as in wit divine,
May rife, and plead Britannia's glorious caufe,
With steady rein his eager wit confine,
While manly sense the deep attention draws:

XII.

Let STANHOPE fpeak his lift'ning country's wrong, My humble voice shall please one partial maid; For her alone, I pen my tender fong,

Securely fitting in his friendly fhade.

XIII,

STANHOPE fhall come, and grace his rural friend,
DELIA fhall wonder at her noble guest,

With blushing awe the riper fruit commend,
And for her husband's Patron cull the best.

XIV.

Her's be the care of all my little train,
While I with tender Indolence am bleft,
The favourite fubject of her gentle reign,
By love alone diftinguifh'd from the rest.
XV.

For her I'll yoke my oxen to the plow,
In gloomy forefts tend my lonely flock,
For her a goat-herd climb the mountain's brow,
And fleep extended on the naked rock.

XVI.

Ah! what avails to prefs the ftately bed,
And far from her 'midst tasteless grandeur weep,
By marble fountains lay the penfive head,
And, while they murmur, ftrive in vain to sleep!
XVII.

DELIA alone can please, and never tire,
Exceed the paint of thought in true delight,
With her, enjoyment wakens new defire,
And equal rapture glows thro' every night,

XVIII.

Beauty and worth, alone in her, contend
To charm the fancy, and to fix the mind:
In her, my wife, my miftrefs, and my friend,
I tafte the joys of sense, and reafon join'd.

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