Her confcious tail her joy declar'd; The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, The coat that with the tortoise vies, She saw, and purr'd applaufe. JII. Still had she gaz'd; but midst the tide The Genii of the stream; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue, Betray'd a golden gleam. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT. IV. The hapless nymph, with wonder saw: A whisker first, and then a claw, With many an ardent wish, She stretch'd, in vain, to reach the prize. What cat's averse to fish? V. Presumptuous maid! with looks intent VI. Eight times emerging from the flood, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stir'd, A favourite has no friend. VII. From hence, ye beauties, undeceiv'd, Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd, And be with caution bold. Not all that tempts your wandering eyes OD E ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON-COLLEGE. ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ ΙΚΑΝΗ ΠΡΟΦΑΣΙΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΙΝ. MENANDER. I. YE distant spires, ye antique towers, His silver-winding way. II. Ah happy hills! ah pleasing shade! Ah fields, belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd A stranger yet to pain! * King Henry VI. founder of the College. I feel the gales, that from ye blow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, Ш. Say, father Thames, for thou hast seen Disporting on thy margent green, Who foremost now delight to cleave, IV. While some, on carnest business bent, 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions dare descry; * And bees their honey redolent of spring. Dryd. Fab. on the Pyth. Phil. from Ovid. V. Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Theirs buxom Health of rofy hue, Wild Wit, Invention ever new, And lively Chear of Vigour born; 1 That fly th' approach of morn. VI. Alas! regardless of their doom, No sense have they of ills to come, Yet see, how all around them wait VII. These shall the fury passions tear, |