IV. While innocence without difguife, Shail fill the circles of thofe eyes, And mine can read them there. V. Thofe ills that wait on all below, Shall ne'er be felt by me, Or gently felt, and only fo, VI. When lightnings fafh among the trees, Or kites are hov'ring near, I fear left thee alone they seize, And know no other fear. VII. "Tis then I feel myself a wife, And prefs thy wedded fide, Refolv'd an union form'd for life, Death never shall divide. VIII. But oh! if fickle and unchafte, (Forgive a tranfient thought) Thou couldst become unkind at last, IX. No need of lightnings from on high, X. Thus fang the sweet sequester'd bird, And I recorded what I heard, A leffon for mankind. A F A BL E. A raven while with gloffy breaft, } VOL. I. II. See with united wonder, cry'd III. Difcernment, eloquence and grace, IV. The praise bestow'd was just and wife, He fprang impetuous forth, Secure of conqueft where the prize V. So the best courfer on the plain ODE COME, peace of mind, delightful gueft! Return and make thy downy neft Once more in this fad heart: Nor riches I, nor pow'r pursue, Nor hold forbidden joys in view, We therefore need not part. II. Where wilt thou dwell if not with me,, From av'rice and ambition free, And pleasure's fatal wiles? For whom, alas ! doft thou prepare The fweets that I was wont to share,, The banquet of thy fmiles? III.. The great, the gay, fhall they partake That murmurs through the dewy mead,, To be a guest with them? IV. For thee I panted, thee I priz❜d, And fhall I fee thee ftart away, HUMAN FRAILTY. I. WEAK and irrefolute is man; The purpose of to day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. II. The bow well bent and smart the fpring, Vice feems already flain, But paffion rudely fnaps the string, III. Some |