Yet, though thou draw a nation's And win a nation's love, Let not thy towering mind despise The village and the grove. eyes, No slander there shall wound thy fame, No ruffian take his deadly aim, No rival weave the secret snare: When winds the mountain oak assail, And lay its glories waste, Content may slumber in the vale, Unconscious of the blast. Through scenes of tumult while we roam, The heart, alas! is ne'er at home; It hopes in time to roam no more: The mariner, not vainly brave, Combats the storm, and rides the wave, To rest, at last, on shore. Ye proud, ye selfish, ye severe, The good alone have joy sincere, ΤΟ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY CHARLOTTE GORDON, DRESSED IN A TARTAN SCOTCH BONNET, WITH FEATHERS, &c. WHY, Lady, wilt thou bind thy lovely brow, With the dread semblance of that warlike helm, That nodding plume, and wreath of various glow, That graced the chiefs of Scotia's antient realm ? Thou knowest that virtue is of power the source, The plumy helmet, and the martial mien, Might dignify Minerva's awful charms; But more resistless far the Idalian queen— Smiles, graces, gentleness, her only arms. THE HERMIT. Ar the close of the day, when the hamlet is still, "Ah! why thus abandoned to darkness and woe? "Why thus, lonely Philomel, flows thy sad strain? "For spring shall return, and a lover bestow, "And thy bosom no trace of misfortune retain. 2 |