Above the shadows dim and drear, Where Comus rules the murky maze, Thine is the heaven-distinguish'd boon, Her buried treasures to restore, Or ne'er by mole-ey'd stupor seen; And Elegy's sweet muse once more Wanders with thee thro' vallies green; And paints the varied joys and pains Of life, in cities and in plains *. Sages and Legislators old," Their honours earn'd by toils like thine, Before the learned hand unroll'd The noble tale of Troy divine; His claims to Sparta's regal line Lycurgus left, to cull the stores By Homer given to chance malign, To scatter round on Asia's shores, He brought complete the matchless strains, To harmonize Laconia's swains. Belov'd by Science and the Muse! While others with a partial ray, The light of Helicon diffuse, Thou giv'st the cloudless blaze of day, *Alluding to the Editor's own Poems. And all its genuine stores display; From the sequester'd humble vale; Like thee, O Jessy!* could I sing Our Friend, now sailing on the main, Or emulate thy swelling strain, RATHFRYLAND. * A young Lady of Edinburgh, whose Poems, yet unpublished, possess an uncommon degree of merit. EPIGRAM, ON A MARRIAGE. THAT very day he chose to wed, P. L. C. SONGS. BY ANNA SEWARD. 1. * "DAMON by all the Powers above "Plighted to me eternal love; "And as a rose adorn'd my breast, "He on its leaf the vow imprest; "But, while the winds did round us play, "Vow, leaf, and promise blew away." 2. For this, when Summer mornings glow, 3. Beauty, and Health, have joys that prove Balm for the wounds of slighted Love; The first verse is from an old ballad. And when a faithful Lover gains 4. Celia to Damon then shall say, 5. And till return those hours of prime, II. 1. THE stormy Ocean roving, 2. O! why my locks, so yellow, 3. Ye Nymphs, who feel no anguish, 4. Nor yet the sprays of willow 5. Pale willows suit the sorrow Fierce WAR has wing'd the arrow, That wounds my soul's repose. 6. Sad on the beach I linger, But no cold doubts shall injure, My Love is true to me. 7. Yet, till rest crown my pillow, |