of 1772, that In Miltonum, p. 46, was written by Peter Keith, who acted Dorothea in Ignoramus, at Westminster in 1730. Rationes Boni et Mali, &c. p. 209, were by Hill, probably Joshua Hill, elected to Oxford in 1738, with Abp. Markham. Ad Tempus, p. 224, by Jortin. know nothing more. George, of whom I Laterna Megalographica, p. 270, by Walter Titley, who afterwards left exhibitions to the school. Sonus propagatur per Aera, p. 274, by Dr. Caleb Hardinge, younger brother of Nicholas Hardinge, of whom see Nichols, Lit. Anec. V. p. 338. In obitum Decani Aldrich, p. 286, by John Wigan, elected to Oxford in 1714; the same year that V. Bourne went to Cambridge. Votum, p. 314, by Jortin. Yours, &c. The two poems mentioned above are added to this edition on Mr. Nares's authority. What various readings occur in the different editions are given for the first time; and the translations by Cowper will be considered as an acceptable addition to the work. It would appear by the signature that Vincent Bourne was the Editor of the fifth edition of the Musa Angli canæ. "Præmonendus es, Lector Quintæ hujusce Editionis, priorum Quatuor retineri omnia, locis transponi quædam, mutari verò perpauca. Adjici Cantabrigiensium invenies multa novi pleraque, nec ingrati fortasse, Argumenti; exercitationes scilicet Academicas, de Quæstionibus præcipue Philosophicis; Juvenilium Studiorum Testimonia simul et Ornamenta. V. B." D COLIN'S COMPLAINT. ESPAIRING beside a clear stream, A shepherd forsaken was laid; And while a false nymph was his theme, A willow supported his head. The winds that blew over the plain, To his sighs with a sigh did reply; And the brook, in return to his pain, Ran mournfully murmuring by. Alas! silly swain that I was! Thus sadly complaining, he cried; When she smiled, 'twas a pleasure too great: I listen'd, and cried, when she sung, Was nightingale ever so sweet! * See another Latin version of this poem, by C. Brockwell, in Musæ Anglicana, Vol. 2, p. 272. ED. D' CORYDON QUERENS.* ECEPTOS pastor secum meditatus amores Ad ripam jacuit prætereuntis aquæ ; Dumque recensebat falsæ perjuria nymphæ, Lassatum salices sustinuere caput. Audierant zephyri vocem gemitusque dolentis, Et mœstis venti congemuere sonis: Audierat rivus; resonumque ad murmura mur mur, Et questum ad questus ingeminavit aqua. Ah miserum Corydonem! et durum ante omnia fatum! Tristibus his lachrymans ingemit ille modis; Adspexi vultum, lethoque (heu sidera iniqua!) Ex illo intuitu quot graviora tuli! Nusquam tutus eram; Daphnæ mihi dulcis imago Ridentis, dulcis sermo loquentis erat: Seu caneret, blando captus modulamine, quando Tam suave, exclamo, tu, philomela, canes! COLIN'S COMPLAINT. How foolish was I to believe She could dote on so lowly a clown; Or, that her fond heart would not grieve, To forsake the fine folk of the town: To think that a beauty so gay Or So kind and so constant would prove; Or live in a cottage on love. What though I have skill to complain! Though the muses my temples have crown'd! What though, when they hear my soft strain, The virgins sit weeping around! Ah, Colin! thy hopes are in vain, Thy pipe and thy laurel resign; Thy false one inclines to a swain Whose music is sweeter than thine. And you, my companions so dear, Forbear to accuse the false maid. Tho' through the wide world I should range, "Tis in vain from my fortune to fly : ' mihi, Ed. 1721, 1728. habitusque, Ed. 1721. 2 insanus, Ed. 1721. lauru, Ed. 1721, 1728. 5 Dulcior heu! longe quam tibi musa sonat, Ed. 1721 |