With mutual ardour join'd,

No turtles e'er-fo kind,

So conftant, and so true.

'They hopp'd from fpray to fpray,
They bill'd, they chirp'd all day,
They cuddled close all night;
To blifs they wak'd each morn,
In every bush and thorn,

Gay scenes of new delight.

At length the fowler came,
(The knave was much to blame)
And this dear pair trepann'd;
confin'd,

Both in one cage

Why, faith and troth, 'twas kind;
Nay, hold-that must be fcann'd.

Fair liberty thus gone,

And one coop'd up with one,

· 'Twas aukward, new, and strange;

For better and for worse,

O difmal, fatal curfe!

No more abroad to range.

No carols now they fing,
Each droops his little wing,
And mourns his cruel fate:
Clouds on each brow appear,
My honey, and my dear,
Is now quite out of date.

They

They pine, lament, and moan,
'Twould melt an heart of ftone,
To hear their fad complaint:
Nor he supply'd her wants,
Nor the refrain'd from taunts,
That might provoke a faint.

Hard words improve to blows,
For now, grown mortal foes,

They peck, they fcratch, they scream;

The cage lies on the floor,

The wires are ftain'd with gore,

It fwells into a stream.

Errat longè meâ quidem fententiâ

"Qui imperium credat gravius effe aut ftabilius

"Vi quod fit, quàm illud quod amicitiâ adjungitur.”

WO fifter fprings, from the fame parent hill,
Born on the fame propitious day,

Through the cleft rock distil :
Adown the reverend mountain's fide,
Through groves of myrtle glide,

Or through the violet beds obliquely stray.
The laurel, each proud victor's crown,
From them receives her high renown,
From them the curling vine

Her clusters big with racy wine,
To them her oil the peaceful olive owes,
And her vermilion blush the rose.

The gracious ftreams in smooth meanders flow,
To every thirsty root dispense

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

"Sister (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 nurse each fhrub, your daily care, "While, pouring down from this my lofty fource, "I deluge all the plain, "No dams fhall ftop 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 pass in sign of homage bow. "To me each tributary spring

"Its fupplemental stores shall bring,
"With me the rivers shall 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 safe, nor in their temples they."

Away the haughty boaster flew

Scarce bade her fifter ftream a cool adieu,
Her waves grow turbulent and bold,

Not gently murmuring as of old,

But

But roughly dash against the shore,

And tofs their fpumy heads, and proudly roar.
The careful farmer with furprize,

Sees the tumultuous torrent rife;

With bufy looks the ruftic band appear,

To guard their growing hopes, the promife of the year.
All hands unite, with dams they bound

The rafh rebellious ftream around;
In vain the foams, in vain fhe raves,
In vain fhe curls her feeble waves,
Befieg'd at laft on every side,

Her fource exhausted and her channel dry'd,
(Such is the fate of impotence and pride !)

A fhallow pond she stands confin'd,
The refuge of the croaking kind.
Rushes and fags, an inbred foe,
Choak

up the muddy pool below;
The tyrant fun on high

Exacts his ufual fubfidy;

And the poor pittance that remains,

Each gaping cranny drains.

Too late the fool repents her haughty boaft,
A nameless nothing, in oblivion loft.

Her fifter fpring, benevolent and kind,
With joy fees all around her bleft,
The good he does, into her generous mind
Returns again with interest.

The farmer oft invokes her aid

When Sirius nips the tender blade;

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