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Nor thine, unseen in cavern depths to dwell, 
The Hermit_fountain of some dripping cell !— 
Pride of the vale, thy useful streams supply 
The scatter’d cots and peaceful hamlet nigh. 
The Elfin tribe around thy friendly banks, 
With infant uproar, and soul-scothing pranks, 
Releas’d from school, théir little hearts at rest, 
Launch paper navies on thy waveless breast. 
The rustic here ateve, with pensive look 
Whistling lorn ditties, leans upon his crook, 
Oz, starting, pauses with hope-mingled dread, 
To list the much-lov’d maid’s accustom’d tread ; 
She, vainly mindful of her dame’s command, 
Loiters—the long-fill’d pitcher in her hand. 
Unboastful stream, thy font with pebbled falls 
The faded ferm of past delight recalls, 
What time the morning sun of Hope arose, 
And all was Joy, save when another’s woes 
A transient gloom upon my soul imprest— 
Like passing clouds impictur’d on thy breast ? 
Life’s current then ran sparkling to the noon, : 
Or, silv’ry stole beneath the pensive moon. 
Ah now it works rude brakes and thorns among— 
Or o’er the rough rock bursts, and foams along! 
To Mes. Bisuor, with a Pocket Locking-Glass. Written by the late Rew. 
Mr. Bisuoe, Master of Merchaut-Tailors’ School. 
O you, dear Wife {and all must grant 
A wife no common confidante), 
I dare my secret soul reveal, 
Whate’er I think, whate’er I feel; 
This verse, for instance, I design 
Yo mark a female friend of mine, 
Whom long with passion’s warmest glee, 
I’ve seen, and could for ever see. 
But hear me first describe the dame ; 
If candour then can blame me—blame. 
I’ve seen her charm, at forty, more 
Than half her sex at twenty-four; 
Seen her, with equal power aud ease, 
Draw right to rule, from will to please; 
Seen her so frankly give, and spare 
At once, with so discreet a care, | 
As if her sense, and her’s alone, . 
Could limit bounty like her own; 
Seen her, in Nature’s simplest guise, 
‘Above arts, airs, and fashions, rise: 
“And, when her peers she had surpass’d, 
Improve upon herself at last 3 
Seen 
