V. Now by swifteft Zephyrs drawn, Nor let one figh for his own fuff'rings rife; VI. Venus from Æneas' fide/ To extract th' envenom'd dart, That baffled wife lapis' art, If thus, HYGEIA, thou couldst prove Now on thy favour'd HEBERDEN bestow Thy choiceft healing pow'rs, for Pallas asks them now. VII. What tho', banish'd from the fight, To the hero's troubled fight, Ranks on ranks tumultuous rofe Of flying friends and conqu'ring foes; He only panted to obtain A laurel wreath for thoufands flain; On nobler views intent, the SAGE's mind Pants to delight, inftruct, and humanife mankind. A VERNAL O D E. Sent to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of CANTERBURY, March 12, 1754. E By FRANCIS FAWKES, A. M. B I. RIGHT God of day, whofe genial power That spreads with foliage every bower, With verdure every mead, Bid all thy vernal breezes fly, C Diffufing mildness thro' the sky; Give the foft season to our drooping plains, Sprinkled with rofy dews, and falutary rains. II. Enough has Winter's hand fevere Hurl'd all his terrors round, The frozen fcenes will melt away; And, mix in fprightly dance, the blooming Hours Will 'wake the drowsy Spring, and Spring awake the flowers. III. Let Let Health, gay daughter of the skies, Where Surry's downs extend; There HERRING wooes her friendly power, To heal that shepherd all her balms employ, So will she footh our fears, and give a nation joy. IV. Ah me! that Virtue's godlike friends When will fair Truth his equal find Among the best of human kind ? Long be the fatal day with mourning kept! AUGUSTUS figh'd fincere, and all the worthy wept. V. Thy delegate, kind heaven, reftore No more the worthy weep: And ftill upon the royal head The riches of thy bleffings fhed: Eftablish'd with his counsellors around, Long be his profp'rous reign, and all with glory crown'd. *The Right Honourable Henry Pelham, Efq; died on the 6th of March 1754. An * An AUTUMNAL ODE. By the Same. I. ET once more, glorious God of day, YET O let me warbling court thy ftay Bright Summer to perfection bring, The cold, inclement days of Winter cheer, And make th' Autumnal months the mildeft of the year. II. Ere yet the ruffet foliage fall, I'll climb the mountain's brow, My friend, my Hayman, at thy call, To view the scene below: How sweetly pleafing to behold Forefts of vegetable gold! How mix'd the many-chequer'd shades between The tawny mellowing hue, and the gay vivid green! VOL. IV. S III. How III. How fplendid all the sky! how still! It seems the Sabbath of the year; As if, the Summer's Labour past, she chofe Such is of well-fpent life the time, Man verging gradual from his prime, Meets facred Peace at last : His flowery Spring of pleasures o'er, He gains pacific Autumn, meek and bland, And dauntless braves the stroke of Winter's palfy'd hand. For yet awhile, a little while, And lo! another Spring fhall fmile, In the bright mansions of the bleft, Where due rewards on Virtue are bestow'd, And reap the golden fruits of what his Autumn fow'd. A SONG. |