POETRY. 
PRONE 2S ; RE ene era 
i Fase PLEASURE, A FRAGMENT: Ay ‘ 
Dea saeva potentibus herbis. VIRc. 
—Envious of mankind ; 
When blefs’d with equal rule their virtues rise, 
And blofsom and produce the fruits cf love, 
Concord and friendfhip and serene delight; 
By fiends deputed, envious of mankind, : 
‘Th’ offspring of luxury, ‘alse pleasure speeds 
To blast the beautious'scene. In gay attire 
She comes with winning gesture, and her speech 
Flows sweetly musical. O bar your ears 
Against the dire enticement: nor allow’ 
Her thrilling jay to gain and steep your hearts 
Tn the lewd extacy. Whoever yeilds 
To the soft dittied strain, fhall rue, ere long, 
With sore contrition: or, all sense of right 
Raz’d from his soul, fhail glory in a fhape © 
Transform’d to brutal. For the witching song 
Lures the free spirit from her lofty course 
And tow’ring progrefs ’mid aerial tracts, 
Dathes and soils her plumage, that erewhile. 
Shone like th’ Arabian phoenix, in the mire’ 
And tilth of sordid pafsion. Then adieu, 
The lib’ral aim! Corruption, festring deep, 
Grapples.with canc’ring fang, the heart that heaves | 
Reluctant, soon in ev'ry cell and pore ? | 
To gufh with livid venom.—In those days 
The pleading eye of Pity ; Mercy’s smile: 
» Trath’s lofty fore ead chaliengingthe storm, , | 
That on its marble, like the breath of even, 
Sighs ineffectual ; Fortitude that prasps 
A mountainoak, aud marches firm athwart 
The fury of a flood ; th’ ingeriuous bluth 
That tinges with unbitten glow, the cheek 
Of meek eye’d Modesty; and th’ attracteve grace 
Of sprightly Temperance, no longer charm ; 
Th’ empaision’d breast ; nor gain deserv’d applause 
Nor kindle sympathetic fires ; nor wake 
The with to imitate, and win like charms, 
And clothe the soul with honour. All-those arts | 
That tend t’ enoble and refine the mind, 4 | 
Languifh neglected. ‘Thou informing power! ‘i 
Thou genius of affecting song : thou soul 
Of ev’ry gen’rous art! by whom aloné, : | 
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