The Deserted Village. How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot and cultivated farm, The never-failing brook and busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired: The matron's glance that would these looks reprove! Goldsmith. Villa Deserta. AH! quoties illo cessabam lentus in agro Et frutices lætos, aptasque sedentibus umbras, Dulcibus immisti lene placebat onus; Hæc tibi tranquillam spirabant undique pacem; Hæc tibi-sed notos deseruere locos! L. The Palace of Ice. No forest fell When thou would'st build; no quarry sent its stores To enrich thy walls; but thou didst hew the floods, And make thy marble of the glassy wave. In such a palace Aristaus found Cyrene, when he bore the plaintive tale Of his lost bees to her maternal ear: In such a palace poetry might place The armoury of winter, where his troops, Silently as a dream the fabric rose, No sound of hammer or of saw was there; Were soon conjoined, nor other cement asked Lamps gracefully disposed and of all hues Illumined every side; a watery light Gleamed through the clear transparency, that seemed Another moon new-risen, or meteor fallen From heaven to earth, of lambent flame serene. Cowper. Palatium Glaciale. NON tibi, cum tantas auderes tollere moles, Firmavit glaciem, (quid enim cæmenta requirat C. M. Robin and Richard. ROBIN and Richard Were two pretty men: They both lay in bed Till the clock struck ten; Then up starts Robin And looks at the sky; Oh! brother Richard, The sun's very high! You go before With your bottle and bag; And I will come after On little Jack nag.' Gammer Gurton. Enscription on an antique Ring. I'LL heare thy voice of melodie In whispers of the summerre air; I'll see the brightnesse of thine eye In the blue eveninge's shininge starre; In moonlighte beames thy puritie; And look on heavenne, to look on thee! Croly. |