Fragment of a Tragedy, on the subject of the Death of Agrippina Lines addressed to Mr. West, from Genoa Hymn to Ignorance The Alliance of Education and Government Stanzas to Mr. Bentley Sketch of his own character 103 104 106 Impromptu, suggested by a View of the Seat and Ruins of a deceased Nobleman The Candidate; or, the Cambridge Courtship Amatory Lines ODES. ON THE SPRING. Lo! where the rosy-bosom'd Hours, The untaught harmony of Spring: While, whispering pleasure as they fly, Cool Zephyrs through the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling. Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch Beside some water's rushy brink With me the muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclined in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the crowd, How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great! B Still is the toiling hand of Care; To Contemplation's sober eye But flutter through life's little day, In Fortune's varying colours dress'd: Methinks I hear, in accents low, Poor moralist! and what art thou? Thy joys no glittering female meets, ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 'Twas on a lofty vase's side, Her conscious tail her joy declared; Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Still had she gazed; but 'midst the tide Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue |