ON ELEANOR FREEMAN, WHO DIED 1650, AGED TWENTY-ONE. A VIRGIN blossom in her May Of youth and virtues, turn'd to clay; From the Church of Tewkesbury, ON A FAVOURITE DOG. NEAR to this eglantine Enclosed lies the milk-white Armeline ; Once Chloris' only joy, Now only her annoy; Who envied was of the most happy swains That keep their flocks on mountains, dales, or plains: For oft she bore the wanton in her arm, And oft her bed and bosom did him warm ; With tears for him that Chloris wet her face. Drummond's Poems, p. 203, 8vo. 80 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. ΤΟ THE QUEEN, ENTERTAINED AT NIGHT BY THE COUNTESS OF ANGLESEY. FAIR as unshaded light; or as the day Than in their sleeps forgiven hermits are*; * It were difficult to produce, from the whole mass of Davenant's poetry, fourteen successive lines of such ease and uninterrupted sweetness of flow. Pope seems to have been fully sensible of their merit: Smooth as the face of waters first appear'd, &c. Thus Pope: Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiven. Davenant seems to have been fond of this idea; he his Gondibert: Calm as forgiven saints at their last hour. POPE. DAVENANT. Eloisa. has it again in Cant. viii. You that are more than our discreeter fear Dares praise with such full art, what make you here? That leaves (her cheapest wealth) scarce reach at green. Misled awhile from her much-injur'd sphere, Sir W. Davenant's Works, p. 218, LOVE. LOVE'S sooner felt than seen; his substance thin But if he lurk between the ruddy lips, Oft in a voice he creeps down through the ear, Oft in a soft smooth skin doth close retire: * Oft shrouds his golden flame in likest hair.] Randolph, in some Oft in a smile, oft in a silent tear, And if all fail, yet Virtue's self he'll hire: Himself's a dart, when nothing else can move. Who then the captive soul can well reprove, When Love, and Virtue's self become the darts of Love? Piscatory Eclogues, by P. Fletcher, Ecl. vi. stan. 12, 13, Edit. 1633. JEALOUSY. O JEALOUSY! daughter of Envy and Love, Most wayward issue of a gentle sire; Foster'd with fears, thy father's joys t' improve; Feeding upon suspect, that doth renew thee; Thou hast a thousand gates thou enterest by, humorous verses inscribed "To his well-timb'red Mistresse," gives the following directions: Then place the garret of her head above, P. 126, Edit. 1643. Suspicious, fearful, gazing still about thee; O would to God that love could be without thee! Complaint of Rosamond, by S. Daniel, Poetical Works, Vol. I. p. 51, A VOW TO LOVE FAITHFULLY, HOWSOEVER HE BE REWARDED. SET me whereas the sun doth parch the green, EARL OF SURREY. |