TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM COWPER, AUTHOR OF THE TASK AND OTHER POEMS, OCCASIONED BY THE PERUSAL OF HIS WORKS, AND HAYLEY'S By I. T. S. Attachment strong Springs from delight bestow'd. To me delight But if unhappily deceiv'd, I dream, And prove too weak for so sublime a theme; That zeal, not vanity, has chanc'd to make, Cowper's Charity. IPSWICH Printed and Sold by J. Raw; AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, DARTON 1808. OCCASIONAL STANZAS. A Muse, unskill'd to touch th' harmonious string, And ye, who well the happier secret know, At once t' instruct, to soothe and charm mankind, Forgive, if here, no polish'd numbers flow; If here, no cultivated flowers ye find. But, if her desultory strain convey One just, one genuine lesson to the heart; If Truth and Virtue own her rude essay; She asks no higher praise for these impart To her more pure delight, than wreaths supplied From fam'd Castalia's spring, or Pindus' flowery side. 9.8197 |