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Ab! tis, that fhe for whom I lately ftrove 
To wake to thy foft notes my artlefs 
lyre, 
"To raife the train attuned to joy and love, 
No longer fhall the weak effay infpire. 
In filent fadnefs then, my lyre, remain, 
Or only wake with me her lofs to mourn ; 
Telk how in tears I wafte the ling’ring 
day 
And build with trembling hope on her ree 
turn L. M. 

From the GERMAN of GOETHE. 
PLOW.Aill, ye tears of forrow! 
Tears of eternai love ; 
No gay returning morrow 
Shall e’r my grief remove. 
Alas ! view’d by that dim defponding eye, 
From which defpair, not patience, dries the 
tear, 
How dead, how drear, how filent, how for- 
faken, 
Does the wide defart, world appear! 
Flow! flow ! ye tears of forrow, 
Tears of eternal love ; 
Wo gay returning morrow 
Shall e’er my grief remove. 
SS 
THE FOUNTAIN, 
Mn BCLOGUE 3 from the sPANISH of 
GIL POLO. 
DIANA afd ALCIDA,. 
‘ Time—— Neo. 
Alcidam WT OW while the fun pours wide his 
arrowy beams, 
And nature fickens in the blaze of day, 
Faint, and more faint, the labourer plies his 
toil, 
Or wearied fleeps beneath the pine’s tall 
fhade. 
The languid Nymphs within impervious dells 
Seek refuge from the dazzling eye of 
day, 
And, ftretch’d fupine upon their moffy beds, 
Lift the low tinkle of the falling drops, 
That flow diftil! adown the rocky floor. 
- Now,drooping filence penfive reigns around, 
Save where the grafs-hopper’s fharp note is 
heard ; 
Or languid fong of fhepherdefs reclin’d, 
In the cool fhade, befide her fleecy care: 
e—Lead where yon fountain {parkles thro’ the 
glade, 
O’er whofe clear brink the fragile hare-bell 
bends, 
That loves to trace its beauty in the waters : 
There, Zephyr, whifpering thro? the trem- 
bling leaves, 
Dips his light pinions in the current clear, 
And fprinkles frefhnefs oer the languid 
flowers. 
—There fhall our fongs the noon-tide hour 
beguile, 
And each foft gale Diana’s accent bear. 
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Original Poetry. 
[Auguft 7, 
Child of the mountain! dweller of the 
rock! 
Sweet echo! anfwer from thy fecret cell, 
DIAN A—( Sings.) 
Hail to thy waters! gentle fountain, 
That fhedding health and frefhnefs flow ; 
Thy fparkling tide, whofe plaintive murmur 
Might foothe all pain but hopelefs woe. 
Oh! ever on thy turfy margin 
May rofy laughing Spring refide; 
Her frefheft tints, her iweetef odours, 
Enrich the flowers that deck thy fide?» 
And ftill may boift’rous Aufter, pafiing, 
Revere the bright abode of Spring ; 
No wild blaft tear thy willowy bowers, 
Or fweep thy buds with blighting wing ! 
Here may the lily breathe its fragrance 5 
The violet here its perfume fhed, 
And to each paffing frolic Zephyr 
The primrofe bow its lovely head! 
ALCIDA. 
Here ne’er my liftlefs heifer ftraying 
To fhun the fcorching noon-tide hours, 
Difturb thy clear pellucid waters, : 
Or trample on thy new-born flowers ! 
Oh! ne’er may haplefs lover languifh 
Reclin’d along thy willowy fide ; 
No bitter*tear of hopelefs anguifh 
Pollute thy clear thy cryftal tide = 
But ever on thy moffy border 
May love and peace delight to reft 5 
And cherub Innocence gay carol, 
And cull thy flowers to deck her breaft ? 
i ee ’ 
‘LINES writien in the GARDEN of @ FRIEND. 
HERE, amidf this bleft retreat, 
May each fairy fix her feat; 
May they weave their garlands here, 
Ever blooming, ever fair! 
May each Gnome, by whofe kind power 
Buds the rofe and opes the flower, 
Hither, with unceafing fiow, 
- All their varied beauties fhow! 
May the fongfers of the vale 
Warble here their tender tale ; 
Pour the thrilling. cadence fweet, 
Each bleft inhabitant to greet } 
May Pomona, ever gay, 
Her varied fmiling gifts difplay 5 
Charge her Sylphs with care to fling 
The gather’d fragrance of the {pring 5 
Then with autumn’s mellow hoard 
Heap the hofpitable board ! | 
May rofy Health her boons beftow, 
Her firm invigorating glow 5 
And may’ft thou, to crown the whole, 
Brighteft, tyeafure of the foul, 
Contentment, parent of delight, 
Hither on this happy fite 
Thy halcyon {weets with liberal hand dif 
fufe, 
Sweets which forever live, and ne’er their 
odour lofe ! E, R. 
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