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Infenfate; whofe foft limbs the toil decline
That feafonsblifs,and makes enjoymentplease:
Draining the copious bowl ere thirit require;
Frating ere hunger to the feaft invite:
Whte talleless joys anticipate defire,
Whom luxury fupplies with appetite:
Yet nature loaths, and you employ in vain
Variety and art to conquer her disdain.
•Thefparkling nectar cool'dwithfummer fnows,
The dainty board with choiceft viands spread,
To the re taftelefs all! fincere repose
Fa fum thy flow'ry couch and downy bed.
For thou art only tir'd with indolence;

Nor is thy fleep with toil and labour bought, Th' perfect fleep, that lulls thy languid fenfe Idall oblivious interval of thought; Thatkindlyftealsth'inactivehours away [theday, From the long ling ring space, that lengthens out *From bounteous nature's unexhaufted ftores Fws the pure fountain of fincere delights: Averfe to her, you wafte the joyless hours; Seep drowns thy days, and riot rules thy Immoth the thou art, indignant Jove [nights. Hari'd thee from heav'n, th' immortals blifsful place,

For ever bani'd from the realms above,

To dwell on earth with man's depenerate Fitter abode on earth alike difgrac'd; [race. Rejected by the wife, and by the fool embrac'd *Fond wretch, that vainly weeneft all delight To gratify the fenfe, referv'd for thee! Yet the most pleafing object to the fight.

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The own fair action never didst thou fee. Ths' lu'd with fofteft founds thou lieft along, Soft mafic warbling voices,melting lays, [fong Ne'er did thon hear, more fweet than sweetest Charming the foul, thou ne'er didit hear thy No-to thy revels let the fool repair; [praife! To fach go fmooth thy fpeech, and spread thy tempting fnare.

Vat happiness enjoy thy gay allies! A youth of follies, an old age of cares; Yung yet enervate, old yet never wife, [pairs. Fice waftes their vigour, and their mind imFa ide, delicate, in thoughtlefs eafe, [fpend; keving woes for age, their prime they Alvretched, hopeless, in the evil days,

With forrow to the verge of life they tend. Get with the prefent, of the paft afham'd, They Eve and are defpis'd; they die, nor more are nam'd.

"But with the gods, and godlike men I dwell; Me, his fapreme delight, th' Almighty Sire Begards well pleas'd: whatever works excel, A divine or human I inspire. Cocal wth strength, and industry with art, Is una meet conjoin'd with me reside: My dictates arm, inftruct, and mend the heart, The faret policy, the wifeft guide. [bind With me true friendship dwells: fhe deigns to Tule generous fouls alone, whom I before Save join'd.

"Nor need my friends the various coftly feast, Hunger to them th' effects of art supplies; Labour prepares their weary limbs to reif; Sweet is their fleep; light, cheerful, ftrong, they rife. [nown Thro' health, thro' joy, thro' pleasure and reThey tread my paths: and by a foft descent At length to age all gently finking down,

In which no hour flew unimprov'd away; [day. Look back with transport on a life well spent, In which fome gen'rous deed diftinguish'd ev'ry "And when the deftin'd term at lengh's com→

Their afhes reft in peace, eternal fame [plete, Sounds wide their praife: triumphant o'er fate, In facred fong for ever lives their name. This, Hercules, is happiness! obey My voice, and live: let thy celeftial birth Lift and enlarge thy thoughts: behold the way

That leads to fame, and raifes thee from earth, Immortal! Lo, I guide thy fteps, Arife, [fkies." Purfue the glorious path and claim thy native Her words breathe fire celeftial, and impart

The generous flame: with great intent his heart
New vigour to his foul, that fudden caught
Swells full, and labours with exalted thought.
The mist of error from his eyes difpell'd,
Sloth in her native form he now beheld;
Thro' all her fraudful arts, in clearest light,

Unveil'd she stood confeft before his fight: Falfe Siren!-All her vaunted charms,that fhone So fresh erewhile and fair, now wither'd, pale, and gone.

No more the rofy bloom in fweet difguife [grace Masks her diffembled looks; each borrow'd Leaves her wan cheek; pale fickness clouds her Livid and funk,and paffions dim herface.[eyes As when fair Iris has awhile display'd

Her wat'ry arch with gaudy painture gay, While yet we gaze the glorious colours fade, And from our wonder gently steal away: Where thone the beauteous phantom, erft fo bright,

Now low'rs the low-hung cloud, all gloomy tothe fight.

But Virtue more engaging, all the while [rene. Difclos'd new charms, more lovely, more feBeaming fweet influence, a milder fmile

Soften'd the terrors of her lofty mien. "Lead, goddefs; I am thine!" transported cried Alcides; "O propitious pow'r, thy way Teach me ! poffefs my foul ! be thou my guide.

From thee oh never, never let me ftray!" While ardent thus the youth his vows addrefs'd, With all the goddefs fill'd, already glow'd his

breaft.

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The other dame feem'd even of fairer hue;

But bold her mien, unguarded rov'd her eye,
And her flush'd cheeks confefs'd at nearer view
The borrow'd blushes of an artful dye.
All foft and delicate, with airy swim
Lightly the danc'd along; her robe betray'd
Thro' the clear texture every tender limb,
Height'ningthe charms it only feem'dtofhade:
And as it flow'd adown, fo loofe and thin, [fkin.)
Her ftature fhew'd more tall,more fnowy white her
Oft with a smile fhe view'd herfelf afkance;

Even on her fhade a confcious look the threw
Then all around her caft a careless glance,
To mark what gazing eyes her beauty drew.
As they came near, before that other maid

Approaching decent, eagerly the prefs'd
With hafty ftep; nor of repulfe afraid, [drefs'd;
With freedom bland the wond'ring youth ad-
With winning fondness on his neck the hung;
Sweet as the honey-dew flow'd her enchanting
tongue:

"Dear Hercules, whence this unkind delay?
Dear youth, what doubts can thus distract thy
Securely follow where I lead the way, [mind?
And range thro' wilds of pleasure unconfin'd.
With me retire from noife, and pain, and care,
Embath'd in blifs, and wrapt in endless eafe:
Rough is the road to fame, thro' blood and war;
Smooth is my way, and all my paths are peace.
With me retire, from toils and perils free,
Leave honour to the wretch! pleafures were made

for thee.

"Then will I grant thee all thy foul's defire;
All that may charm thine ear, and pleafe thy
fight;

All that the thought can frame, or with require,
To ftcep thy ravish'd fentes in delight:
The fumptuous feaft, enhanc'd with mufic's
Fitteit to tune the melting foul to love, [found,
Rich odours, breathing choiceft (weets around;
The fragrant bow'r,cool fountain, fhady grove;
Fresh flow'rs to strew thy couch, and crown thy
head:
[thy bed.
Joy fhall attend thy steps, and ease shall fmooth

"Thefe will I freely, conftantly fupply,

Pleasure's not earn'd with toil, nor mix'd with Far from thy rest repining want thall fly, (woe; Nor labour bathe in fweat thy careful brow. Mature the copious harveft fhall be thine,

Let the laborious hind fubdue the foil; Leave the rath foldier spoils of war to win,

Thro' Slander call me Sloth (detraction v
Heed not what Slander, vain detractor,
Slander,ftillprompt true merit to defame,[n
To blot the brightest worth, and blast the

By this arriv'd the fair maje ftic Maid;
She all the while, with the fame modeft
Compos'd advanc'd: "Know, Hercules,"
With manly tone, "thy birth of heavenly
Thy tender age, that lov'd inftruction's v
Promis'd thee generous, patient,brave,an
When manhood fhould confirm thy gl
: Now expectation waits to fee thee rife.[c
Rife, youth! exalt thyfelf and me; appro
Thy high defcent from heaven, and da
worthy Jove.

Won by the foldier thou shalt fhare the spoil: Thefe fofter cares my belt allies employ, New pleasures to invent, to wifh, and to enjoy." Her winning voice the youth attentive caught: He gaz'd impatient on the miling maid; Still gaz'd, and liften'd; then her name be fought: "My name, fair youth, is Happiness," the faid. "Wellen my friends this envied truth maintain; They thare my bifs, they beft can freak my" praile

[dife But what truth prompts, my tongue thall The steep afcent must be with toil fubd Watching and cares muft win the lofty pr Propos'd by Heav'n-true blifs and real g Honour rewards the brave and bold alone

She fpurns the timorous, indolent, and b
Danger and toil ftand ftern before her thre
Who feeks her, muft the mighty coft fuflai
Andguard(foJove commands)the facred p
And pay the price of fame-labour, and
and pain.

Wouldst thou engage the gods peculiar careiar
O Hercules, th' immortal pow'rs adore!
With a pure heart, with facrifice, and pray'r
Attend their altars, and their aid implore.
Or,wouldst thou gain thycountry'sloud applau
Lov'd as her father, as her god ador'd
Be thou the bold afferter of her caufe;

In peace, in war, purfue thy country's good
Her voice in council, in the fight her fwo
For her, bare thy bold breast, and pour thy
nerous blood.

Wouldftthou,to quelltheproudandlift th'opp
In arts of war and matchlefs ftrength exce
Firit conquer thou thyfelf: to eafe, to reft,
To each foft thought of pleasure, bid fare
The night alternate, due to fweet repofe,

In watches waite; in painful march, the
Congeal'd amidit the rigorous winter's fnow

Scorch'd by the fummer's thirft-inflaming r Thy harden'd limbs fhall boaft fuperior might Vigour thall brace thine arm,refiftless inthefigh

"Hear'ft thou what monsters then thou m [prove

engage?

What dangers, gentle youth, the bids t (Abrupt fays Sloth)" Ill fit thy tender age Tumult and wars, fit age for joy and love. Turn, gentle youth, to me, to love, and joy

To thefe I lead: no monsters here fhall it Thine eafy courfe; no cares thy peace ann I lead to blifs a nearer, fmoother way: Turn gentle youth with me eternal pleas Short is my way, fair, eafy, fimooth, and pla

reign."

[thin

What pleasures, vain mistaken wretch, are (Virtue with (corn replied)"who fleep it in Infcul

" Nor need my friends the various coftly feaft,
Hunger to them th' effects of art fupplies;
Labour prepares their weary limbs to reif;
Sweet is their fleep; light, cheerful, ftrong,
they rife.
[nown
Thro' health, thro' joy, thro' pleasure and re-
They tread my paths: and by a foft descent
At length to age all gently finking down,
which no hour flew unimprov'd away; [day.
Look back with transport on a life well spent,
which fome gen'rous deed diftinguifh'd ev'ry
"And when the deftin'd term at lengh's com
Their ashes reft in peace, eternal fame [plete,
In facred fong for ever lives their name.
Sounds wide their praife: triumphant o'er fate,
This, Hercules, is happiness! obey
My voice, and live: let thy celeftial birth
Lift and enlarge thy thoughts: behold the way

In

Infenfate: whofe foft limbs the toil decline
That asblifs, and makes enjoymentpleafe:
Drising the copious bowl ere thirit require;
Feading ere hunger to the feaft invite:
Whole talteless joys anticipate defire,
Whom luxury fupplies with appetite:
Yet nature loaths, and you employ in vain
Variety and art to conquer her disdain.
"Thesparkling neftercool'dwith summer fnows, In
The dainty board with choiceft viands fpread,
To thee are tiftelefs all! fincere repose
Files from thy flow 'ry couch and downy bed.
For thou art only tir'd with indolence;
Nor is thy feep with toil and labour bought,
Th'imperfect leep, that lulls thy languid fenfe
In dull oblivious interval of thought;
Thatkindly fealth inactivehours away [theday,
From the long ling ring space, that lengthens out
"From bounteous nature's unexhaufted ftores
Flows the pure fountain of fincere delights:
Averie to her, you wafte the joyless hours;
Sleep drowns thy days, and riot rules thy
Immortal the' thouart, indignant Jove [nights.
Har'd thee from heav'n, th' immortals blifs-

That leads to fame, and raises thee from earth,
Immortal! Lo, I guide thy fteps, Arife, [fkies."
Purfue the glorious path and claim thy native
Her words breathe fire celeftial, and impart

The generous flame: with great intent his heart
New vigour to his foul, that fudden caught

Swells full, and labours with exalted thought.
The mift of error from his eyes difpell'd,

Thro' all her fraudful arts, in cleareft light,
Sloth in her native form he now beheld;

Falfe Siren!-All her vaunted charms, that shone
Unveil'd the ftood confeft before his fight:
So fresh erewhile and fair, now wither'd, pale,
and gone.

ful place,
For ever banih'd from the realms above,
To dwell on earth with man's depenerate
Fitter abode! on earth alike difgrac'd; [race.
Rejected by the wife, and by the fool embrac'd
Fond wretch, that vainly weeneft all delight
To gratify the fenfe, referv'd for thee!
Yet the most pleafing object to the fight.
Thine own fair action never didft thou fee.
The hull'd with fofteft founds thou lieft along,
Soft mufc, warblingvoices, melting lays, [fong
Nerdidit thou hear, more fweet than fweetelt
Charming the foul, thou ne'er didft hear thy
Nowto thy revels it the fool repair; [praife!
To fuch go fmooth thy fpeech, and spread thy

tempting inare.

Vaft happines enjoy thy gay allies!
A youth of follies, an old age of cares;

No more the rofy bloom in fweet difguife [grace
Masks her diffembled looks; each borrow'd
Leaves her wan cheek; pale fickness clouds her
Livid and funk,and paffions dim herface.[eyes
As when fair Iris has awhile difplay'd

Her wat'ry arch with gaudy painture gay,
While yet we gaze the glorious colours fade,

And from our wonder gently steal away: Where hone the beauteous phantom, erft fo bright,

Now low'rs the low-hung cloud, all gloomy to the fight.

Virtue more engaging, all the while [rene. Difclos'd new charms, more lovely, more feBeaming fweet influence, a milder fmile

Young yet enervate, old yet never wife, [pairs.
Van, ie,delicate, in thoughtless eafe, [fpend; |
Fit wittes their vigour, and their mind im-But
Referving
woes for age,
their prime they

All wretched, hopeless, in the eyil days,
With forrow to the verge of life they tend.

Soften'd the terrors of her lofty mien. "Lead, goddefs; I am thine !" transported cried

Grev'd with the prefent, of the past afham'd, Alcides; "O propitious pow'r, thy way !

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with the gods, and godlike men I dwell;

guide:

From thee oh never, never let me ftray!" While ardent thus the youth his vows address'd,

Meis fupreme delight, th' Almighty Sire With all the goddess fill'd, already glow'd his

Regards well pleas'd: whatever works excel,
All, or divine or human I inspire.
Comel with ftrength, and induftry with art,
In unica meet conjoin'd with me refide:
My dictates arm, inftru&t, and mend the heart,
The furet policy, the wifeft guide.
With me true friendship dwells: fhe deigns to
[bind
generous fouls alone, whom I before

Thofe

have join'd.

breaft.

The heav'nly maid with ftrength divine endued

His daring foul; there all her pow'rs com-
Firm conftancy, undaunted fortitude, [bin'd:
Enduring patience, arm'd his mighty mind.
Unmov'd in toils, in dangers undismay'd,
By many a hardy deed and bold emprize,
From fierceft monsters, thro' her powerful aid,
He freed the earth! thro'her he gain'dthefkies.

'Twas

"Twas Virtue plac'd him in the bleft abode; [god.
Crown'd with eternal youth, among the gods a

§ 104. The Hermit. Parnell.
FAR in a wild, unknown to public view,
From youth to age a rev'rend Hermit grew;
The mofs his bed, the cave his humble cell:
His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well:
Remote from man, with God he país'd his days,
Pray`r ali his business, all his pleasure praise.

Á life fo facred, fuch ferene repofe,
Seem'd heav'n itfelf till one fugge lion rofe-
That vice should triumph, virtue vice obey;
This fprung fome doubt of Providence's fway:
His hopes no more a certain prospect boast,
And all the tenour of his foul is loft.
So when a smooth expanfe receives imprest
Calm nature's image on its wat'ry breaft, [grow,
Down bend the banks, the trees depending
And fkies beneath with anfwering colours
But if a ftone the gentle fea divide, [glow:
Swift ruffling circles curl on ev'ry fide,
And glimm ring fragments of a broken fun;
Banks, trees, and fkies in thick diforder run.

At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of
Along the wide canals the Zephyrs play ;
Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes cree
And thake the neighb'ring wood to bai
Up rife the guests obedient to the call; [fl
Au early banquet deck'd the fplendid hall;
Rich lufcions wine a golden goblet grac'd,
Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the po
Which the kind mafter forc'd the guests to ta
they go;

And, but the landlord, none had cause of w
The younger gueft, purloin'd the glittr
His cup was vanish'd; tor in fecret guise
[pri
Glift'ning and basking in the fummer ray,
As one who fpies a ferpent in his way,
Disorder'd stops to fhun the danger near,
Then walks with faintness on, and looks w
So feem'd the fire, when far upon the road [fe
The thining fpoil his wily partner fhow'd.
He ftopp'd with tilence, walk'd with trembli
heart,

And much he wish'd, but durft not ask, to par
Murm'ring he lifts his eyes, and thinks it har
That gen'rous actions meet a base reward.

While thus they pafs, the fun his glorythrou To clear this doubt, to know the world by The changing skies hang out their fable cloud: To find if books or fwains report it right,[fight, A found in air prefag'd approaching rain, (For yet by fwains alone the world he knew, And beafts to covert fcud across the plain. Whole feet came wand'ring o'er the nightly dew) Warn'd by the figns, the wand'ring pair retre He quits his cell; the pilgrim ftaff he bore, To feek for thelter at a neighb'ring feat: And fix'd the fcallop in his hat before! 'Twas built with turrets on a rifing ground, Then with the fun a rifing journey went, And ftrong, and large, and unimprov'd around Sedate to think, and watching each event. Its owner's temper, tim'rous and severe, The morn was wafted in the pathlefs grafs, Unkind and griping caus'd a defert there. And long and lonefome was the wild to pals; As near the mifer's heavy doors they drew, But when the fouthern fun had warm'd the day, Fierce rifing gutts with fudden fury blew; A youth came pofting o'er a croffing way; The nimble lightning mix'd with show'rsbegan His raiment decent, his complexion fair, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran And foft in graceful ringlets wav'd his hair: Here long they knock, but knock or call invair Then near approaching, "Father, hail" hecried: Driv'n by the wind and batter'd by the rain. And "Hail, my fon!" the rev'rend fire replied: At length fome pity warm'd the matter's brea Words follow'd words, from question answer(Twas then his threthold first receiv'd a guest

fow'd,

Slow creaking turns the door with jealous care,
And half he welcomes in th' thiv'ring pair;
One frugal faggot lights the naked walls, [calls
And nature's fervour through their limbs re
Bread of the coarfer fort with meagre wine,
(Each hardly granted) ferv'd them both to dine
And when the tempeft first appear'd to cease,
A ready warning bid them part in peace.

And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road;
Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part,
While in their age they differ, join in heart.
Thus ftands an aged elm in ivy bound,
Thus youthful ivy clafps an elm around.
Now funk the fun; the clofing hour of day
Came onward, mantled o'er with fober grey;
Nature in filence bid the world repofe:
When near the road a stately palace rofe. [pafs,
There, by the moon, through ranks of trees they
Whofe verdure crown'd their floping fides of
It chanc'd the noble mafter of the dome [grafs.
Stillmadehishoufethewand'ringftranger's home; In ev'ry fettling feature of his face,

Yet ftill the kindnefs, from a thirit of praife,
Prov'd the vain flourth of expenfive ease.
The pair arrive: the liveried fervants wait;
Their lord receives them at the pompous gate.
The table groans with coftly piles of food,
And all is more than hofpitably good. [drown,
Then, led to reft, the day's long toil they
Deep funk in neep, and filk, and heaps of down.

With ftill remarkthepond'ring Hermit view'd,
In one fo rich a life fo poor and rude;
And why fhould fuch (within himself he cried)
Lock the loft wealth a thousand want befide?
But what new marks of wonder foon took place

When from his veft the young companion bore
That cup the gen'rous landlord own'd before.
And paid profufely with the precious bowl
The tinted kindness of this churlish foul!

But now the clouds in airy tumult fly;
The fun emerging opes an azure fky;
A fresher green the fmelling leaves difplay,
And, glitt ring as they tremble, cheer the day:

The water courts them from the poor retreat,
Anthead master bolts the wary gate.
Wale hence they walk the Pilgrim's bofom
wrought

With all the travail of uncertain thought;
Has partner's acts without their caufe appear;
Tw there a vice; and feem'd a madness here:
Dething that, and pitying this, he goes,
Let confounded with the various fhows.
Now night'sdimfhadesagain involvethe sky;
Agra de wand'rers want a place to lie:
Amy earch, and find a lodging nigh.
The improv'd around, the mantion neat,
And nether poorly low nor idly great,
It fea'd to fpeak its mafter's turn of mind,
Content, and not for praife but virtue kind.
Hither the walkers turn with weary feet,
The bless the manfion, and the mafter greet.
Ther greeting fair, beftow'd with modeft guife,
The courteous mafter hears and thus replies:
Wehout a vain, without a grudging heart,
To him who gives us all, I yield a part;
From him you come, for him accept it here,
A fack and fober, more than coftly cheer."
He spoke, and bid the welcome table spread,
The ad of virtue till the time of hed;
When the grave household round his hall repair,
Wandbell, and close the hours withpray'r.
At length the world renew'd by calm repofe,
Was frong for toil; the dappled morn arofe
Before the Pilgrims part, the younger crept,
Near the clos'd cradle, where an infant flept,
And with'd his neck: the landlord's littlepride,
trange return! grew black, and gafp'd, and
Honor of horrors! what! his only fon? [died,
How look deur Hermit when the fact was done?
Not hell, tho' teil's black jaws in funder part,
And breathe bluefire,could more affault hisheart.
Confes'd and truck with filence at the deed,
Hees; but, trembling fails to fly with fpeed.
His feps the youth purfues: the country lay
Perplex'd with roads; a fervant fhew'd the way:
A ver crofs'd the path; the paffage o'er
Was nice to find; the fervant trod before:
Langarmsofoak san open bridge fupplied, [glide.
haideepthe wavesbeneaththe bending branches
The youth, who feem'd to watch a time to fin,
Aach'd the careless guide,and thrust him in:
Paging he falls; and rifing lifts his head ;

thing turns and finks among the dead.
Wad parklingrage inflames the father's eyes;
Fabards the bands of fear, and madly cries,
*tedwretch!"--Butfcarcehis fpeech began,
Was the ftrange partner feem'dno longer man.
Ha yorul face grew more ferenely fweet;
Hearn'd white, and flow'd upon hisfeet;
Far rounds of radiant points inveft his hair;
Cricfal tours breathe through purpled air;
And way whofe colours glitter'd on the day,
With a back their gradual plumes difplay.
The form ethereal bursts upon his fight,
And moves in all the majesty of light.

The loud at first the Pilgrim's paffion grew,
Sudden he gazed and wilt not what to do;

Surprise in fecret chains his words fufpends,
And in a calm his fettling temper ends.
But filence here the beauteous angel broke
(The voice of mufic ravifh'd as he spoke):
"Thypray'r,thypraife,thylifeto vice unknown,
In fweet memorial rife before the throne:
Thefe charms fuccefs in our bright region find,
And force an angel down to calm thy mind;
For this commiffion'd, I forfook the sky-
Nay, ceafe to kneel!-thy fellow-fervant I.
"Then know the truth of government divine,
And let thefe fcruples be no longer thine.
"The Maker jufflyclaims that world he made,
In this the right of Providence is laid;
Its facred majefty through all depends
On ufing fecond means to work his ends;
'Tis thus withdrawn in ftate from human eye,
The Pow'r exerts his attributes on high;
Your actions ufes, nor controuls your will,
And bids the doubting fons of men be still.prife,
"What strange eventscan ftrike with more fur-
Thanthofewhichlatelyftruckthy wond'ringeyes?
Yet, taught by thefe, confefs th' Almighty just;
And, where you can't unriddle, learn to truft.
"The great vain man,whofar'd on coitly food,
Whofe life was too luxurious to be good;
Who made his iv'ry ftands with goblets fhine,
Andforc'dhisgueftsto morningdraughtsof wine;
Has with the cup, the graceless custom loft,
And ftill he welcomes, but with lefs of coft.
"Themeanfufpicious wretch,whofebolteddoor
Ne'er mov'd in pity to the wand'ring poor,
With him I left the cup, to teach his mind
That Heaven can blefs, if mortals will be kind.
Confcious of wanting worth, he views the bowl,
And feels compaffion touch his grateful foul.
Thus artifts melt the fullen ore of lead,
With heaping coals of fire upon its head;
In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow,
And loofe from drofs, the filver runs below.

"Long had our pious friend in virtue trod,
But nowthe childhalf-wean'dhis heart from God;
(Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain,
And meafur'd back his steps to earth again.
To what exceffes had his dotage run!
But God, to fave the father, took the fon.
To all but thee in fits he feem'd to go;
And 'twas my miniftry to deal the blow.
The poor fond parent, humbled in the dust,
Now owns in tears the punishment was juft.

"But how had all his fortunes felt a wrack,
Had that falfe fervant fped in fafety back!
This night his treafur'd heaps he meant to steal,
And what a fund of charity would fail!
Thus Heaven inftructs thy mind: this trial o'er,
Depart in peace, refign, and fin no more."

On founding pinionsherethe youth withdrew;
The fage ftood wond'ring as the feraph flew.
Thus look'd Elifha, when, to mount on high,
His mafter took the chariot of the sky:
The fiery pomp afcending left the view;
The prophet gaz'd, and wifh'd to follow too.

The bending Hermit here a pray'r begun :
Lord! as in heaven, on earth thy will be done.

Then,

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