Like new-made glass, set by to cool, A blotted proof-sheet, wet from Bowling. 56 How can a man his anger hold in?"-... Forgotten rimes, and college themes, Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes ;A mass of heterogeneous matter, A chaos dark, nor land nor water; New books, like new-born infants, stand, Their limbs unfashioned all, and rude, A leg began to kick and sprawl 58 FURNITURE IN DR. PRIESTLEY'S STUDY. And all, like controversial writing, Were born with teeth, and sprung up fighting. "But what is this," I hear you cry, A thing unknown, without a name, ON A LADY'S WRITING. HER even lines her steady temper show, Neat as her dress, and polished as her brow; Strong as her judgement, easy as her air; Correct though free, and regular though fair : And the same graces o'er her pen preside, That form her manners and her footsteps guide. ON THE DESERTED VILLAGE. IN vain fair Auburn weeps her desert plains, Now, Auburn, now absolve impartial fate, Which if it made thee wretched, makes thee great: So, unobserved, some humble plant may bloom, So, had thy swains in ease and plenty slept, While one —one Poet yet remains like thee! Nor can the Muse desert our favoured isle, Till thou desert the Muse and scorn her smile. HYMN TO CONTENT. ......................................................................... natura beatis Omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. CLAUDIAN, O THOU, the Nymph with placid eye! O seldom found, yet ever nigh! Receive my temperate vow: Not all the storms that shake the pole And smooth unaltered brow. O come, in simple vest arrayed, To bless my longing sight; Thy mien composed, thy even pace, And chaste subdued delight. |