CONTENTS. "Whilst some affect the sun, and some the shade." ELEGY, On the Death of Lady Coventry.-Mason. OR, The Progress of Genius. BOOK I. АH! who can tell how hard it is to climb And wag'd with Fortune an eternal war; In life's low vale remote hath pin'd alone, And yet the languor of inglorious days Not equally oppressive is to all: Him, who ne'er listen'd to the voice of praise, The silence of neglect can ne'er appal. There are, who, deaf to mad Ambition's call, Would shrink to hear the obstreperous trump of Fame Supremely blest, if to their portion fall Health, competence, and peace. Nor higher aim Had He, whose simple tale these artless lines proclaim. The rolls of fame I will not now explore; Nor need I here describe in learned lay, |