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A COMPARISON. Bold Ajax too, and Thetis’ Son, 
: Enraptured fought the Stygian ftreams. 
MARK how, beneath that yeéw-tree’s Thy form Atarneus’ nurfeling won, 
fpreading gloom, : And widow’d of the Sun’s bright beams : 
The budding rofe and lily droop and die:—=  Ne’er fhall the Mufe forget her proudeft 
"There henbane rank, and treacherous night- boat, 
fhade bloom, i The friend fincere, and hofpitable hoft. 
And ravens croak, and murky mildews fly! H. P. ke 
Tis thus beneath the mift-clad feat of Pow’r, a 
No virtues bloom, no {weet affections glow, 
There bloodhounds bark, and ftorms of ruin SEPARATION. 
iow'n, ‘HO?’ feparation is decreed . 
And all the baleful weeds of Falfehood Our fweeteft pleafures to impedes 
grow. And all our blifs deftroy 5 
i We will not think on what is paft, 
But Nature’s angry bolt has ftruck the yew! Nor let the prefent mis’ries blaft 
No longer blight and ranknefs harbour Our hope of future joy. 
there; For hearts were deftin’d to unite 5 
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On the je turf {weet falls the fummer- 03 chide: theron iiSeeliee 
see In this imperfe& ftate, 
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And faireft flowers perfume the balmy air - Fueurity will change abe donee 
There Malice fhall not lurk between, 
So Reafon’s piercing ray fhall chafe the a aah so apna 
gloom } 
Nor leave one trace where Tyranny has © 35 4 change I often view, 
been 5 When Fancy paints with brilliant hues. 
Where Terror reign’d fhall Truth’s bright And bolo tauees ; 
Eden bloom, : When by Imagination’s aid 
And Vice and Mifery fly the blifsful Jn feas oF perfect blifs TI ees 
fcene ! ae And call enjoyment mine. 
Friendfhip fhall there not prove a dreamt, 
An ufelefs or uncertain theme, 
ANOTHER. : For fhall not all partake ? 
ri Yes, there my Spirit, unconfin’d, 
Saw you the Sun obfcur’d at noon, Shall dare avow its kindred-mind, 
Burft through the mift, and fiercer blaze? Nor from the blifs'awake! 
Saw you at eve the clouded Moon 
Shine out, and fhed foul-foothing rays ? Ye hours which hinder my repofe 
Fly faft, nor multiply my woes, 
Oh! thus thall Truth’s eternal beam But let me gently glide 
Confame foul Falfehood’s venom’d fhroud! O’er the chill waves of Death’s dark ftream, 
Thus, thus fhall lovely Virtue gleam Till they are loft in the bright theme 
Thro’ Calumny’s malignant cloud! Of joys fo vaft and wide, 
; A. Ri CLEMENTINA. 
_ Bath, Fan. 1804, 
ON VIRTUE. en 
From the Greek of Ariftotle. z ON CARINA,. 
O VIRTUE, hail ! by toil acquir’d, Written at the Midnight Hour. 
The nobleft prize in life’s career ! : a 
: : eee O me that pillow dear is madey 
Bylihy reste fares enipe Ei Qn which Carina’s head was laid : 
The Sons of Greece, unaw’d by fear, 
With joy, confuming Labour’s frown defy, 
And for their country emuloufly die, 
And as fhe bath’d it with a tear,— iil 
For fo the blufhing lovely Girl confefs’d, 
Infufing facred tranfports in my breaft— 
Thy fruits i’th” mind immortal grow ; O doubly, doubly is that pillow dear! 
Than gold more precious, than defcent + Sweet on that pillow as I reft, 
And Sleep that foothes opprefive woe, My dreams with her loved image ble, 
When Man’s weak frame with care is May 1, if ever I give pain 
fpent. - To dear Carina’s generous heart, 
Alcides great, and Leda’s Twins, proclaim Or caufe a tear unfeelingly to ftart, 
Thy cheering glories, neves-ending fame. Never upon that piliow ref again! 
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