SB> THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS. 
l^repare a dream, in figure and in form 
Resembling him who perished in the storm : 
This form before Alcyone present, 
To make her certain of the sad event/' 
Indued with robes of various hue she flies, 
And flying, draws an arch, (a segment of the skies;) 
Then leaves her bending bow, and from the steep 
Descends, to search the silent house of sleep. 
The virgin, entering bright, indulged the day 
To the brown Cave, and brushed the Dreams away : 
The God, disturb'd with this new glare of light 
Cast sudden on his face, unseal'd his sight. 
And raised his tardy head, which sunk again, 
And sinking, on his bosom knock M his chin ; 
At length shook off' himself, and ask^d the Dame, 
(And asking, yawnM) for what intent she came. 
To whom the Goddess thus : " O sacred Rest, 
Sweet pleasing Sleep, of all the Pow'rs the best ! 
O Peace of Mind, repairer of decay, 
Whose balms renew the limbs to labours of the 
day. 
Care shuns thy soft approach, and sullen flies away ! 
Adorn a dream, expressing human form. 
The shape of him who suffered in the storm, 
