But if to that unequal; if the blood, In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid That best ambition; under closing shades, Inglorious, lay me by the lowly brook, And whisper to my dreams. From thee begin, Dwell all on thee, with thee conclude my song; 1 And let me never never stray from thee! AUTUMN'S END. THE ARGUMENT. Tar subject proposed. Address to the earl of Wilmington. First approach of Winter. According to the natural course of the season, various storms described. Rain. Wind. Snow. The driving of the snows: A man perishing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life. The wolves descending from the Alps and Apennines. A Winter-evening described as spent by philosophers; by the country-people; in the city. Frost. A view of Winter within the polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. WINTER. Szz, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, EE Sullen and sad, with all his rising train; Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme, Look'd out the joyous spring, look'd out, and smil’d. The Muse, o Wilmington! renews her song. Skim'd the gay Spring; on eagle-pinions borne, ; ; Attempted through the Summer-blaze to rise These, each exalting each, the statesman light Now when the chearless empire of the sky |