POETRT. 



THE DISAPfOINTMENT. 



Spcm fefellit. Virg, 



I. 



From the long toils of travel I return'd, 



l^'ell ['leas'd jc length to ses my native (hore ; 

 For Betsy still roy faithful bosom burn'd, 

 For Betsy's heart was all her sailor'i store. 

 II. 

 With eager steps I sought the rural cot, 



Where dwelt my love in pe.iceful lowly state, 

 And liv'd contented with her humble lot, 

 Far from the cares and grandeur of the great. 

 III. 

 Silent and leaflefs was the neighb'ring wood, 

 Torn by the fury of the raging winds ; 

 • And the gay spot where once the cottage stood, 

 Lone and forsaken by the rural hinds. 



IV. 



The swelling main urg'd by the boist'rous wind, 

 With wide spread billows swept th' adjacent fhore ; 



No trace of the lov'd cot was left behind, 

 Save the old oak that grew beside the door. 



V. 



As o'er an elm I bent in silent woe, 



And gaz'd with sorrow o'er the dreary scene; 



An ancient fliepherd from the mountain's brow 

 Witli tott'ring footsteps pafs'd along the green. 



VI. 



•' Oh lonely vet'ran of the plain," I cried, 

 " Tell, if thou can'st, — alas! 'tis all I crave, 



" Is Beisy safe?" — his tears alone replied. 



And poinded to the yew that nodded o'er her grave. 



King's collige, Aberdeen. Academicus. 



THOMSON TO MISS YOUNG* WITH A PRESENT" OF THE SEASONS. 

 Ftr the Bee. 



Accept, lov'd nymph! this tribute due 

 To tender frirndlhip love and yoa ; 

 But with it take what breath'd the whole, 

 O ! take to thine the poet's soul. 

 If fancy here her power displays. 

 And if a heart exalts these lays, — 

 Vou fairest in that fancy rtiine, 

 And all that heart is fondly thine. \ 

 • Amanda. 

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