Or Hemus cool, reads what the muse, of these Or what she dictates writes and oft, an eye : Shot round, rejoices in the vigorous year. The mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Pour every lustre on th' exalted eye. A friend, a book the stealing hours secure, Or truth, divinely breaking on his mind, Of prattling children, twin'd his neck, And emulous to please him, calling forth re of the social still, and smiling kind. This is the life which those who fret in guilt, When angels dwelt, and God himself, with man Enrich me with the knowledge of thy works! A search, the flight of time can ne'er exhaust! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid And whisper to my dreams. From thee begin, AUTUMN'S END. THE subject proposed. Address to the earl of Wilmington. First approach of Winter. According to the natural course of the season, various storms described. Rain. Wind. Snow. The driving of the snows: A man perishing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life. The wolves descending from the Alps and Apennines. A Winter-evening described as spent by philosophers; by the country people; in the city. Frost. A view of Winter within the polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. |