Deep in a gloomy grot remote from day, Where fmiling Comfort never fhew'd her face, Where light ne'er enter'd, fave one rueful ray Discov❜ring all the terrors of the place, They held damn'd myft'ries with infernal state, No human footstep cheer'd the dread abode, The murky floor had foil'd with venom green. Sudden I heard the whirlwind's hollow found, e Now a dire yell of fpirits underground Thro' troubled Earth's wide yawning furface broke ; When lo! each injur'd apparition rofe; Aghaft the murd'rer started from his bed; Guilt's trembling breath his heart's red current froze, More had I feen-but now the God of day O'er earth's broad breaft his flood of light had fpread, When Morpheus call'd his fickle dreams away, And on their wings each bright illufion fled. Yet ftill the dear ENCHANTRESS of the brain My waking eyes with wifhful wand'rings fought, Sweet pow'r, I faid, for others gild the ray To grafp at air-blown bubbles of renown. Me (humbler lot!) let blameless blifs engage, If frailties there (for who from them is free ?) And my heart plead the pardon of my head. Let not my reafon impiously require What heav'n has plac'd beyond its narrow span, Teach me, what all believe, but few poffefs, And happiest he who feels another's woe. Thus Thus cheaply wife, and innocently great, Nor rafhly break, nor wish to ftop the glass. And when in death my peaceful ashes lie, If e'er fome tongue congenial speaks my name, INDEX to the Fifth Volume. R URAL Elegance: An Ode, 1750 Infcription near a Sheep-cote Nancy of the Vale. A Ballad Ode to Indolence, 1750 Ode to Health, 1730 To a Lady of Quality, fitting up her Library, 1738 Upon a Vifit to the fame in Winter, 1748 An irregular Ode after Sickness, 1749 Anacreontic, 1738 Ode. Written 1739 The Dying Kid 39 40 ib. A Simile The Ceremonial The Beau to the Virtuofos Verfes to a Friend Written at an Inn on a particular Occafion The Price of an Equipage A Ballad The Extent of Cookery Slender's Ghoft The Progrefs of Advice. A common Cafe Upon Riddles 57 Verfes to a Writer of Riddles 58 To Lady Fane on her Grotto at Bafilden, 1746 62 The Invifible Written near Bath, 1755. The Pepper-box and Salt-feller. A Fable Verfes to William Shentone, Efq; on receiving a Gilt Pocket Book, 1751 ib. 63 .67 Hamlet's Soliloquy, imitated 78 82 Tranfcrib'd from the Rev. Mr. Pixel's Parfonage Garden Malvern Spa, 1757;, Infcribed to Dr. Wall 83 84 Some Reflections upon hearing the Bell toll for the Death of a The Robin: An Elegy. Written at the close of Autumn, 1756 An Epitaph Ut Pictura Poefis Vacuna On J. W. ranging Pamphlets Epithalamium To a Gentleman, on the Birth-day of his firft Son On two Friends born on the fame Day A Winter Thought Song Verfes Spoken at Westminster School A Letter to Sir Robert Walpole 87 ༡༠ 92 93 95 98 102 104 105 107 110 III 117 An Epifle from the Elector of Bavaria to the French King, after the Battle of Ramillies To the Duke of Marlborough 119 130 132 An Ode on Mifs Harriet Hanbury at fix Years old Mr. Birt 134 To Mr. Garnier and Mr. Pearce of Bath. A grateful Ode, 136 Ode to Death. Tranflated from the French of the King of 138 143 The Hymns of Dionyfius: Tranflated from the Greek 147 |