Sad, filent, all, fave where the wild winds urge And, floating lifelefs, fee each beauteous form Drives a pale corfe before the ruthless ftorm. Even the ftern mariner whofe doubtful hand Juft grafps the fummit of the wifh'd-for land, While fcarce his thoughts the fenfe of fafety know, Efcap'd from rocks above, and waves below, Amid the conflict keen of hope and fear Hears their laft cries ftill vibrate in his ear, Feels their keen anguifh 'midft his deareft ftrife, And mourns their fufferings while he pants for life, THE WH In flow meanders thro' the winding vale, And fertile CESTRIA's paftures green divide; Deep in the bofom of a fheltering dale By uplands guarded from the wintry gale, In ruftic fite a lowly village ftands, Not laid in form exact with artful fcale, But fcatter'd wide by Chance's careless hands 'Mid woods, and breezy hills, and lawns, and fal low'd lands. 5 II. II. Here by the verdant margin of the flood III. Here erft a fimple fabric might you fee, No splendid portal woo'd the noble guest, Yet from his lowly door the gentle breast Was Was never by unfeeling menace driven, While Charity in robe of ermine drefs'd Beheld her scanty offerings freely given; Nor fhall her fmalleft boon efcape the eye of heaven. IV. Though proud Magnificence with splendid arm Yet Neatness was at hand with fimpler charm, Since all around by Husbandry was dight, For well fuch cultur'd fcenes the placid fenfe de light. V. V. Right to the golden fun's meridian ray Healthful, and gay, the chearful front was placed:" To crown the column of CORINTHIAN tafle; O'er the flop'd roof the vivid fhoots extend, VI. A Garden trim was placed before the door Kept by diurnal toil in neat array, By walls defended from the infults frore.. Qf BOREAS' blat, and EURUS' rude affray; Againft |