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IV.

While innocence without difguife,
And conftancy fincere,

Shail fill the circles of thofe eyes,

And mine can read them there.

V.

Thofe ills that wait on all below,

Shall ne'er be felt by me,

Or gently felt, and only fo,
As being fhar'd with thee.

VI.

When lightnings fafh among the trees, Or kites are hov'ring near,

I fear left thee alone they seize,

And know no other fear.

VII.

"Tis then I feel myself a wife, And prefs thy wedded fide,

Refolv'd an union form'd for life,

Death never shall divide.

VIII.

But oh! if fickle and unchafte,

(Forgive a tranfient thought)

Thou couldst become unkind at last,
And fcorn thy prefent lot,

IX.

No need of lightnings from on high,
Or kites with cruel beak,
Denied th' endearments of thine eye
This widow'd heart would break.

X.

Thus fang the sweet sequester'd bird,
Soft as the paffing wind,

And I recorded what I heard,

A leffon for mankind.

A F A BL E.

A raven while with gloffy breaft,
Her new-laid eggs fhe fondly prefs'd,
And on her wicker-work high mounted
Her chickens prematurely counted,
(A fault philofophers might blame
If quite exempted from the fame)
Enjoy'd at ease the genial day,
'Twas April as the bumkins fay,
The legislature call'd it May.
But fuddenly a wind as high
As ever swept a winter sky,

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II.

See with united wonder, cry'd
Th' experienc'd and the fage,
Ambition in a boy fupplied
With all the skill of age.

III.

Difcernment, eloquence and grace,
Proclaim him born to fway
The balance in the highest place,
And bear the palm away.

IV.

The praise bestow'd was just and wife,

He fprang impetuous forth,

Secure of conqueft where the prize
Attends fuperior worth.

V.

So the best courfer on the plain
Ere yet he starts is known,
And does but at the goal obtain
What all had deem'd his own.

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COME, peace of mind, delightful gueft!

Return and make thy downy neft

Once more in this fad heart: Nor riches I, nor pow'r pursue, Nor hold forbidden joys in view, We therefore need not part.

II.

Where wilt thou dwell if not with me,,

From av'rice and ambition free,

And pleasure's fatal wiles?

For whom, alas ! doft thou prepare

The fweets that I was wont to share,,

The banquet of thy fmiles?

III..

The great, the gay, fhall they partake
The heav'n that thou alone canft make,,
And wilt thou quit the ftream

That murmurs through the dewy mead,,
The grove and the fequefter'd shed,

To be a guest with them?

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IV.

For thee I panted, thee I priz❜d,
For thee I gladly facrific'd
Whate'er I lov'd before,

And fhall I fee thee ftart away,
And helpless, hopeless, hear thee fay-
Farewell! we meet no more?

HUMAN FRAILTY.

I.

WEAK and irrefolute is man;

The purpose of to day, Woven with pains into his plan,

To-morrow rends away.

II.

The bow well bent and smart the fpring,

Vice feems already flain,

But paffion rudely fnaps the string,
And it revives again.

III. Some

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