Let other fwains attend the rural care, 41 Feed fairer flocks, or richer fleeces fheer: And yet my numbers please the rural throng, REMARKS. VER. 39. Colin] The name taken by Spenfer in his Eclogues, where his miftrefs is celebrated under that of Rofalinda. P. IMITATIONS. VER. 40. bequeath'd in death; etc.] Virg. Ecl. ii. For you the fwains the faireft flow'rs defign, 55 See what delights in fylvan scenes appear! When weary reapers quit the fultry field, 65 And crown'd with corn their thanks to Ceres yield. This harmlefs grove no lurking viper hides, But Alexis knows no fweets but you. Oh deign to vifit our forfaken feats, The moffy fountains, and the green retreats! 70 Where'er you walk, cool gales fhall fan the glade, IMITATIONS. VEE, 60. Defcending Gods have found Elyftum here.] Virg. Habitarunt Di quoque fylvas Where'er you tread, the blushing flow'rs fhall rife, But fee, the shepherds fhun the noon-day heat, The lowing herds to murm'ring brooks retreat, 86 To closer shades the panting flocks remove; Ye Gods! and is there no relief for Love? VER. 79, 80. VARIATIONS. Your praise the tuneful birds to heav'n fhall bear, So the verses were originally written. But the author, young as he was, foon found the abfurdity which Spenfer himself overlooked, of introducing wolves into England. P. IMITATIONS. Ver. 80. And winds fhall waft, etc.] Partem aliquam, venti, divûm referatis ad aures! VER. 88. Ye Gods! etc.] Virg. P. Idem. P. Me tamen urit amor, quis enim modus adfit amori? But foon the fun with milder rays defcends To the cool ocean, where his journey ends: 90 VARIATIONS. VER. QI. Me love inflames, nor will his fires allay. P. Where'er you tread, the 1 And all things flourish w Oh! how I long with y Invoke the Muses, and re Your praise the birds fha And winds fhall waft it But would you fing, an The wond'ring forefts f The moving mountains And headlong streams h But fee, the shepherd The lowing herds to mu To closer shades the par Ye Gods! and is there VARI VER. 79, 80. Your praise the tuneful So the verses were originally w he was, foon found the abfur looked, of introducing wolves IMIT Ver. 80. And winds shall r VER. 88. Ye Gods! etc.] |