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Oн 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.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

A GARDEN SCENE.

LEWELLYN HALL.

ENGRAVED BY MILLER, FROM A DRAWING BY TURNER.

ENGRAVED BY MILLER, FROM A DRAWING BY TURNER.

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

THE RIALTO BY MOONLIGHT.

TURNER.

ENGRAVED BY MILLER, FROM A DRAWING BY

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."

TURNER.

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THE

PLEASURES OF MEMORY.

IN TWO PARTS.

1792.

Hoc est

Vivere bis, vitâ posse priore frui.

MART.

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