For done it is-the cause is tried! Who soothly ask'd stern Demonstration's aid, Is shown to be of equal side; And now our weary steed to rest in fine, "Tis raised upon A. B. the straight, the given line. THE NOSE YE souls unus'd to lofty verse, Who sweep the earth with lowly wing, As erst Prometheus stole from heaven the fire Light of this once all darksome spot Where now their glad course mortals run, First-born of Sirius begot Upon the focus of the sun I'll call thee ! for such thy earthly name What name so high, but what too low must be? Comets, when most they drink the solar flame I saw when from the turtle feast The thick dark smoke in volumes rose ! I saw the darkness of the mist Encircle thee, O Nose! Shorn of thy rays thou shott'st a fearful gleam (The turtle quiver'd with prophetic fright) Gloomy and sullen thro' the night of steam :— So Satan's Nose when Dunstan urg'd to flight, Glowing from gripe of red hot pincers dread Athwart the smokes of Hell disastrous twilight shed! The furies to madness my brain devote In robes of ice my body wrap! On billowy flames of fire I float, Hear ye, my entrails how they snap? Some power unseen forbids my lungs to breathe! What fire-clad meteors round me whizzing fly! I vitrify thy torrid zone beneath Proboscis fierce! I am calcin'd! I die! Thus, like great Pliny, in Vesuvius' fire, I perish in the blaze while I the blaze admire. 1789. MONODY ON A TEA-KETTLE. O MUSE who sangest late another's pain, your I heard the Water issuing from the WoundNo more the Tea shall pour its flagrant steams around! O Goddess best beloved, delightful Tea! [vine? And the pure joy prolong to midmost night! Enfolded close in grief thy form I see No more wilt thou extend thy willing arms, Receive the fervent Jove and yield him all thy charms! How sink the mighty low by Fate opprest!- May'st rust obscure midst heaps of vulgar tin ;– As if no joy had ever seiz'd my breast [fly,When from thy spout the streams did arching As if infus'd thou ne'er hadst known t' inspire All the warm raptures of poetic fire! But hark! or do I fancy the glad voice-"What tho' the swain did wondrous charms dis close (Not such did Memnon's sister sable drest) 1790. ABSENCE. A FAREWELL ODE ON QUITTING SCHOOL FOR JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. WHERE graced with many a classic spoil When peace, and Cheerfulness, and Health Enriched me with the best of wealth. Ah fair Delights! that o'er my soul But cease, fond Heart! this bootless moan: The Sun who ne'er remits his fires What though she leave the sky unblest SONNET. ON THE SAME. FAREWELL parental scenes! a sad farewell! |