With mutual ardour join'd, No turtles e'er fo kind, So conftant, and fo true. They hopp'd from spray to spray, Gay scenes of new delight. At length the fowler came, Why, faith and troth, 'twas kind; Fair liberty thus gone, And one coop'd up with one, Twas aukward, new, and ftrange; For better and for worse, O difmal, fatal curfe! No more abroad to range. No carols now they fing, They They pine, lament, and moan, Hard words improve to blows, They peck, they fcratch, they scream; The cage lies on the floor, The wires are ftain'd with gore, It fwells into a stream. Dear Kitty, would you know 'Tis Choice alone can blefs. When both no more are free, charms; And you lofe all your Then let us love, my fair, Let Let free-born fouls difdain To wear a tyrant's chain, And act a nobler part. FAB THE TWO L E XII. SPRING S. Errat longè meâ quidem fententiâ "Qui imperium credat gravius effe aut stabilius "Vi quod fit, quàm illud quod amicitiâ adjungitur." T WO fifter fprings, from the fame parent hill, Adown the reverend mountain's fide, Her clusters big with racy wine, The gracious streams in smooth meanders flow, Their kindly cooling influence, And Paradife adorns the mountain's brow. But oh! the fad effect of pride! TER. These happy twins at last divide. ** Sifter "Sifter (exclaims th' ambitious spring) "What profit do these labours bring ? "Always to give, and never to enjoy, "A fruitless and a mean employ ! "Stay here inglorious if you please, "And loiter out a life of indolence and ease: "Go, humble drudge, each thistle rear, "And nurfe each fhrub, your daily care, "While, pouring down from this my lofty fource, "I deluge all the plain, “ No dams shall stop my course, "And rocks oppose in vain. "See where my foaming billows flow, “Above the hills my waves aspire, "The fhepherds and their flocks retire, "And tallest cedars as they pafs in fign of homage bow. "To me each tributary spring "Its fupplemental stores shall bring, "With me the rivers fhall unite, "The lakes beneath my banners fight, "Till the proud Danube and the Rhine "Shall own their fame eclips'd by mine ; "Both Gods and men shall dread my watery sway, "Nor these in cities fafe, nor in their temples they." Away the haughty boaster flew Scarce bade her fifter ftream a cool adieu, Not gently murmuring as of old, But But roughly dash against the shore, And tofs their fpumy heads, and proudly roar. Sees the tumultuous torrent rife; With bufy looks the ruftic band appear, To guard their growing hopes, the promise of the year. All hands unite, with dams they bound The rafh rebellious ftream around; In vain the foams, in vain fhe raves, Her fource exhausted and her channel dry'd, Choak up the muddy pool below; Exacts his usual subsidy ; And the poor pittance that remains, Too late the fool repents her haughty boast, Her fifter fpring, benevolent and kind, The farmer oft invokes her aid When Sirius nips the tender blade; Her |