COLLECTION

O F

POEMS

IN SIX VOLUMES.

BY

SEVERAL HAND S.

LONDON: Printed by J. HUGHS,

For J. DODSLEY, in PALL-MALL.
MDCCLXVI.

RURAL ELEGANCE:

An ODE to the late Duchefs of SOMERSET.

Written 1750.

By WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Efq;

I.

WHILE orient skies reftore the day,

And dew-drops catch the lucid ray;

Amid the sprightly fcenes of morn,

Will aught the Muse inspire ?
Oh! peace to yonder clamorous hora
That drowns the facred lyre!
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