Silent and chafte fhe fteals along Far from the world's gay bufy throng, With gentle yet prevailing force Intent upon her deftin'd course, Graceful and useful all she does, Bleffing and bleft where're she goes, VERSES, Jupposed to be written by ALEXANDER SELKIRK, during his folitary Abode in the Island of JUAN FERNANDEZ. I. I AM monarch of all I furvey, My right there is none to difpute, From the center all round to the fea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh folitude! where are the charms That fages have seen in thy face? Than reign in this horrible place. I ana I am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, How foon wou'd I taste you again! My forrows I then might affuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the fallies of youth. 2. Reli 4. Religion! what treasure untold More precious than filver and gold, But the found of the church going bell Ne'er figh'd at the found of a knell, Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this defolate fhore, Anti Some cordial endearing report Of a land I fhall vifit no more. 1 My friends do they now and then fend O tell me I yet have a friend,... 1 T 6. How 6. How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compar'd with the speed of its flight, The tempeft itself lags behind, And the swift winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I feem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to defpair. 7. But the fea fowl is gone to her nest, Ev'n here is a season of rest, And I to my cabbin repair. There is mercy in ev'ry place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. On On the Promotion of EDWARD THURLOW, Efq. te the Lord High Chancellerfhip of ENGLAND. I. ROUND Thurlow's head in early youth, And in his sportive days, Fair science pour'd the light of truth, 2. See! with united wonder, cry'd Th' experienc'd and the fage, Ambition in a boy fupplied With all the skill of age. 3. Difcernment, eloquence and grace, Proclaim him born to sway The balance in th' highest place, And bear the palm away. 4. The praise bestow'd was just and wife, He sprang impetuous forth, Secure of conquest where the prize Attends fuperior worth. |