The scene of the following stanzas is fuppofed to lie on the Thames near Richmond.

I.

yonder grave a Druid lies

IN where fowly winds the ftealing wave!

The year's best sweets shall duteous rife
To deck its Poet's fylvan grave!

II.

In yon deep bed of whisp'ring reeds
His airy harp * shall now be laid,
That he, whose heart in forrow bleeds,
May love thro' life the foothing shade.

The harp of ÆOLUS, of which fee a defcription in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE.

Then

III.

Then maids and youths fhall linger here,
And while its founds at diftance fwell,
Shall fadly feem in Pity's ear,

To hear the Woodland Pilgrim's knell.

IV.

Remembrance oft fhall haunt the thore

When Thames in fummer wreaths is dreft,

And oft fufpend the dashing oar

To bid his gentle fpirit reft!

V.

And oft as Eafe and Health retire
To breezy lawn, or forest deep,
The friend shall view yon whitening * fpire,
And 'mid the varied landscape weep.

VI.

But Thou, who own't that earthy bed,,
Ah! what will every dirge avail ?...
Or tears, which Love and Pity fhed
That mourn beneath the gliding fail!

RICHMOND Church.

Yet

VII.

Yet lives there one, whofe heedlefs eye

Shall fcorn thy pale fhrine glimm'ring near?
With him, fweet bard, may Fancy die,
And Joy defert the blooming year.

VIII.

But thou, lorn ftream, whofe fullen tide
No fedge-crown'd Sifters now attend,
Now waft me from the green hill's fide
Whofe cold turf hides the buried friend!

IX.

And fee, the fairy valleys fade,

Dun Night has veil'd the folemn view!

Yet once again, dear parted fhade,
Meek Nature's Child; again adieu !

X.

The genial meads affign'd to blefs

Thy life, fhall mourn thy early doom, Their hinds, and fhepherd-girls fhall drefs With fimple hands thy rural tomb.

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Long,

XI.

Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clay,
Shall melt the mufing Briton's eyes,
O! vales, and wild woods, fhall He fay,
In yonder grave Your Druid lies!

THE

ISAAC NEWTON.

BRITANNIA, a Poem.

Antient and Modern ITALY compared:
Being the first Part of LIBERTY, a

Poem.

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