raids thy stay, n'd May. and thy aid; fade: THE DEATH OF Me quoque Musarum studium ENOUGH of fabling, and Of Dian' and of Delia, nam So future bards perhaps shall sing of Thames, 'Twas there of old where mus'd illustrious Gray By Isis' banks his tuneful lays would suit To Pindar's lofty lyre, or Sappho's Lesbian lute. Oft would he sing, when the still Eve came on Till sable Night resum❜d her ebon throne, And taught us, in his melancholic mood, To scorn the great, and love the wise and good; And to what ills frail mankind open lies; n the still Eve came 00, er ebon throne, ncholic mood, ve the wise and good; dies, stuous sea to steer, The musky gale, in rosy vale, And gilded clouds on azure hills, The fragrant bow'rs, and painted And tinklings of the silver rills; The very insects, that in sun-bea Turn useful monitors in his grav But, ah! sad Melancholy inter And draws a cloud o'er all these 'Tis her, alas! we often find, The troubler of each great unbo And leagu'd with her associate F Will tremble lest the turning sp And sinking earth, and reeling p In dire disorder with the falling Hymning their God, while seraphs strike the Safe with them in those radiant climes of bliss Thou now enjoy'st eternal happiness. av'nly choir, e radiant climes of bliss, rnal happiness. * DEATH OF MR. G * * * * * * Fair are the gardens of the A And sweet those bloomi Which paint the Maide And clear the waters of the go Swift they wind through cl Huddling down to th' oper Where the quick ripple in th Turning to endless forms each g blaze. O'er the gay scene th' enamou And gather fresh ideas as they From Nature's manifold supp Alas! for whom? |