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Thro' Sunbury's low vale the ftrains rebound,
E'en neighbouring Chertsey hears the chearful found,
And wondering fees her Cowley's laurel'd fhade
Transported listen to the tuneful maid.

O may thofe nymphs, whofe pleafing power fhe fings,
Still o'er their fuppliant wave their fostering wings!
O long may Health, and foft-ey'd Peace, impart
Bloom to her cheek, and rapture to her heart!
Beneath her roof the red-breaft fhall prolong,
Unchill'd by frofts, his tributary fong;
For her the lark fhall wake the dappled morn,
And linnet twitter from the bloffom'd thorn.
Sing on, fweet maid! thy Spenfer fmiles to fee
Kind Fancy fhed her choiceft gifts on thee,
And bids his Edwards, on the laurel spray
That fhades his tomb, infcribe thy rural lay.

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With lovely mien Eugenia now appears,
The mufe's pupil from her tendereft years;
Improving tasks her peaceful hours beguile,
The fifter arts on all her labours smile,

And while the Nine their votary inspire,
One dips the pencil, and one strings the lyre.',
O may her life's clear current fmoothly glide,
Unruffled by misfortune's boift'rous tide!
So while the charmer leads her blameless days
With that content which fhe fo well displays,
Her own Honoria we in her shall view,
And think her allegorick vifion true.

Thus wandering wild among the golden grain
That fruitful floats on Banftead's airy plain,
Careless I fung, while fummer's western gale
Breath'd health and fragrance thro' the dufky vale;
When from a neighbouring hawthorn, in whofe fhade
Conceal'd fhe lay, uprofe th' Aonian maid:

* This lady has fuccefsfully applied herself to the fifler arts of drawing and poetry, and has written an ingenious allegory, wherein two pilgrims, Fidelio and Honoria, after a fru'tlefs fearch for the palace of Happiness, are at laft conducted to the houfe of Content.

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Pleas'd had the liften'd; and, with fmiles, fhe cry'd,
Ceafe, friendly fwain! be this thy praife and pride,
That thou, of all the numerous tuneful throng,
• First in our caufe haft fram'd thy gen'rous fong.
And ye, our fifter choir! proceed to tread
The flowery paths of Fame, by Science led!
Employ by turns the needle and the pen,

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And in their favourite ftudies rival men!

May all our fex your glorious tract pursue,
And keep your bright example still in view!
Thefe lafting beauties will in youth engage,
And fmooth the wrinkles of declining age,
Secure to bloom, unconfcious of decay,
• When all Corinna's rofes fade away.

For e'en when love's fhort triumph fhall be o'er,
When youth fhall pleafe, and beauty charm no more,
When man fhall ceafe to flatter; when the eye
Shall ceafe to sparkle, and the heart to figh,
In that dread hour, when parent dust shall claim
The lifeless tribute of each kindred frame,
← E'en then fhall Wisdom, for her chofen fair,
The fragrant wreaths of virtuous fame prepare;
Thofe wreaths which flourish in a happier clime,

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Beyond the reach of envy and of time;

While here, th' immortalizing muse shall fave
Your darling names from dark Oblivion's grave;
< Those names the praise and wonder fhall engage
Of every polish'd, wife, and virtuous age;
To latest times our annals fhall adorn,
And fave from folly thousands yet unborn.'

END OF THE FOURTH VOLUME,

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