Oh could my mind, unfolded in my page,
Enlighten climes and mould a future age;
There as it glowed, with noblest frenzy fraught,
Dispense the treasures of exalted thought;
To Virtue wake the pulses of the heart,
And bid the tear of emulation start !
Oh could it still, thro' each succeeding year,
My life, my manners, and my name endear;
And, when the poet sleeps in silent dust,
Still hold communion with the wise and just ! -
Yet should this Verse, my leisure's best resource,
When thro' the world it steals its secret course,
Revive but once a generous wish supprest,
Chase but a sigh, or charm a care to rest;
In one good deed a fleeting hour employ,
Or flush one faded cheek with honest joy ;
Blest were my lines, tho' limited their sphere,
Tho’ short their date, as his who traced them here.

1793.

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

A GARDEN SCENE. ENGRAVED BY MILLER, FROM A DRAWING BY TURNER.

LEWELLYN HALL. ENGRAVED BY MILLER, FROM A DRAWING BY TURNER.

SUNRISE ON TORNARO. ENGRAVED BY WALLIS, FROM A DRAWING BY TURNER.

THE RIALTO BY MOONLIGHT. ENGRAVED BY MILLER, FROM A DRAWING BY

TURNER.

THE WOODLAND FOUNTAIN. ENGRAVED BY FINDEN, FROM A DRAWING BY

STOTHARD.

THE CHAPEL OF STE. JULIENNE. ENGRAVED BY GOODALL, FROM A DRAWING

BY TURNER.

THE CHAMOIS-HUNT AMONG THE ALPS. ENGRAVED BY GOODALL, FROM A

DRAWING BY TURNER.

COLUMBUS DISCOVERING LAND. ENGRAVED BY GOODALL, FROM A DRAWING

BY TURNER.

CORTES AND PIZARRO IN THE CHAPEL OF LA RABIDA. ENGRAVED BY GOOD

ALL, FROM A DRAWING BY TURNER. “ DATUR HORA QUIETI." ENGRAVED BY GOODALL, FROM A DRAWING BY

TURNER.

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To ... ON TIIE DEATH OF JER SISTER . . . . . . . . 208

TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIACE . . . . . . . . .

TO THIE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF LADY ..... ...

THE ALPS AT DAYBREAK

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WRITTEN AT MIDNIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

TO .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

TO TIE TORSO.

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A WISH . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TO THE GNAT . . . . . . . . .

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