For aching hearts a fov'reign cure, While thefe ideas warm'd my breast, I fail'd upon a ftormy fea, * Nepenthe is an herb, which being infus'd in wine. difpels grief. It is unknown to the moderns; but fome believe it a kind of opium, and others take it for a species of buglofs. Plin. 21. 21. and 25. 2. While While all our various courfe purfue, A fpacious ifle falutes our view. Two queens, with tempers diff ring wide, This new-difcover'd world divide. A river parts their proper claim, And TRUTH its celebrated name. One fide a beauteous tract of ground Presents, with living verdure crown'd. The feafons temp'rate, foft, and mild, And a kind fun, that always fmil'd. Few ftorms moleft the natives here; COLD is the only ill they fear. This happy clime, and grateful foil, With plenty crowns the lab'rer's toil. A Here FRIENDSHIP's happy kingdomgrew, Her realms were small, her fubjects few. A thousand charms the palace grace, reba A rock of adamant its bafe. Tho' thunders roll, and lightnings fly, This ftructure braves th' inclement sky.I Ev'n TIME, which other piles devoursju And mocks the pride of human pow'rs, Partial to FRIENDSHIP's pile alone, Cements the joints, and binds the stone; Around the throne, in order ftand TEMPORANCE that comely matron's near, Guardian of all the VIRTUES here; Without one wrinkle in her face. But PRUDENCE most attracts the fight, And fines pre-eminently bright. To view her various thoughts that rise, The mirror, faithful to its charge, A VIRTUE, with a fofter air, Was hand-maid to the regal fair. This nymph, indulgent, conftant, kind, Derives from Heav'n her spotlefs mind; When actions wear a dubious face, Puts the best meaning on the cafe ! She fpreads her arms, and bares her breast, Takes in the naked and distress'd ;; Prefers the hungry orphan's cries, And from her queen obtains fupplies. The maid, who acts this lovely part, Grafp'd in her hand a bleeding heart.. Fair CHARITY ! be thou my guest, And be thy constant couch my breast. But virtues of inferior name Croud round the throne with equal claim They hold allegiance to the last. Not Not ancient records e'er can fhow, That one deserted to the foe. The river's other fide display'd Alternate plots of flow'rs and shade, Where poppies fhone with various hue, Where yielding willows plenteous grew; And Humble* plants, by trav'lers thought With flow but certain poifon fraught. Beyond thefe fcenes, the eye defcry'd A pow'rful realm extended wide, Whose bound'ries from north-east begun, And stretch'd to meet the fouth-weft fun. Here FLATT'RY boafts defpotic fway, And bafks in all the warmth of day. Long practis'd in deception's fchool, * The HUMBLE plant bends down before the touch (as the Senfitive plant fhrinks from the touch) and is faid by fome to be the flow poifon of the Indians. And |