Part 80 (1/2)

Since such delights I tasted last, Near eight insipid months have past; Each circling hour a dreary void, Despis'd, neglected, unenjoy'd: But when the heart in transport swims, How light, how active are the limbs!

And fas.h.i.+on's mutable commands Finds business for the head and hands.

Then, Winter, haste thy golden reign, And bring those halcyon days again.

MONIMIA.

THE COMPLAINT.

Oft has the splendour of a court, Where wealth and elegance retort, And bliss ideal reigns; Midst sparkling gems and brilliant toys, Been deem'd inferior to the joys Which sport on rural plains.

But ah! our share of bliss below, Bears no proportion to the woe That rankles in the heart: For all the happiest man can boast, Is but a partial bliss at most-- A happiness in part!

Say, has that G.o.d, whose word from high With orbs unnumber'd gem'd the sky, And bade the waters flow; In mercy, or in wrath, decreed That ev'ry heart by turns must bleed, And taste the cup of woe?

Tho' what we wish attend our pray'rs A something yet the joy impairs, And spreads a dark'ning gloom.

Our fears are ever on alarm, And always point to future harm, Which yet may never come.

Let Casuists inform me why Our bliss is tainted with alloy; Why mingled thus with woes?

For such the fate of all our joys, That what most ardently we prize, We always fear to lose.

ADDRESS TO A FAVOURITE CANARY BIRD.

Sweet Bird! devoid of ev'ry care, You feel no idle rage To wander in the fields of air; You're happy in your cage.

You cheerful hop, and plume your wing, And all your wants a.s.suage, Pick up your food, and drink and sing, And revel in your cage.

Your heart no female charms allure, No vain desires engage; And many evils, I endure, Are strangers to your cage.

Tho' free to rove, I cannot find, On life's disastrous stage, Such calm content and peace of mind, As rest within your cage.

Then well you may your song pursue, With ills no war you wage; And Kings, my Bird! may envy you The blessings of your cage.

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+Vol. II.+] +Wednesday, November 23, 1796.+ [+No. 73.+