L'ALLEGRO. H' ENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus, and blackest Mid-night born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongft horrid shapes, and fhrieks, and fights unholy, Find out fome uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, There under ebon fhades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian defart ever dwell. But come thou Goddess fair and free, The frolick wind, that breathes the spring, IQ. 15 Zephyr 3 ROCUL hinc, O'procul efto informis Agrimonia, Quam janitori Obfcuritas nigerrima Desertam in cavea Stygis profundâ, Horribiles inter formas, vifufque profanos,, Obfcænofque ululatus, Incultam licet invenire fedem, Nox ubi parturiens Zelotypis furtim nido fuperincubat alis Queriturque triftis noctua, Sub denfis illic ebenis fcopulifque cavatis, Æternùm maneas Cimmeriâ in domo. Sed huc propinquet comis et pulcherrima, 5 10 15 20 Zephyrus Zephyr with Aurora playing, And fresh blown rofes wafh'd in dew, 20 So buxom, blith, and debonair; Hafte thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed fmiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek; Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And in thy right hand lead with thee To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; And finging startle the dull night, From his watch-tow'r in the fkies, Till the dappled dawn doth rife; 30 35 40 Then Zephyrus puellam amplexus eft Tithoniam 25 Oreadum palantium fuaviffima; Et, fi tuis honoribus non defui, Me fcribe veftræ, læta Virgo, familiæ, Liberrimâ juvenemur innocentiâ; Ut cum volatus aufpicatur concitos,. Stupidamque alauda voce noctem territat; 40 Priùfque gilvum quam rubet crepufculum. 45 Tunc Then to come in fpight of forrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Or the twifted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin; And to the ftack, or the barn-dcor, Stoutly ftruts his dames before. Oft lift'ning how the hounds and horn By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green, Strait mine eye hath caught new pleafures, 45 50 55 60 65 70 Ruffet |