CONTENT S. A VARO and Amanda. A Tale. By I 30 The Teft of Love. To a Friend who fancied The Catterpillar and Butterfly. A Fable Snaith Marfh. A Yorkshire Paftoral 39 4I 53 To his By Mr. 59 67 A Fa 72 ble The Turtle and Sparrow. A Tale. By Mr. 75 Prior Felix and Conftance. A Tale. By Mr. Stephen Duck ville 90 The Experiment. A Tale. By Mr. Gre 115 119 133 The Eloifa to Abelard. By Mr. Pope Corefus and Callirrhoe. A Tale W A TAL E. By Mr. STEPHEN DUCK. HAT Ills from Want of Education flow, From Avarice what cruel Scenes of I mean to fing; except the tuneful Maid A foreign Clime, and quit his native Shore ? Say too, how on the barb'rous Ifle he came; What mov'd the Kindness of the Negro Dame? B What What cou'd provoke a faithless Youth to fell A Friend, whofe only Crime was loving well? Now had Avaro twenty Winters pafs'd, His blooming Features ev'ry Beauty grac'd; In filver Rings, his loosely flowing Hair Hung o'er his Shoulders with a comely Air; Robust his Limbs, and daring was his Soul, And Vigour crown'd the well-proportion'd Whole : . His graceful Charms the Ladies oft survey'd, No Mysteries of Faith disturb'd his Head; "Wou'd you, my Son, to Happiness aspire, "Know, Gold alone can Happiness acquire; "He that has Gold, is pow'rful as a King, "Has Valour, Virtue, Wisdom, ev'ry Thing! "This to obtain, your utmoft Skill beftow; "And if you gain it, be not careful how: "If in the Court, or Camp, you take Delight, "Then dare to flatter there, or here to fight; |