Headlong he falls, and on the rugged stone The time fhall come, when his more folid fenfe He praise their wifdoin, they admire his wit, And prompts the memory with injurious words. Methinks Methinks I fee him in his hall appear, THE ECLOGUES. THE BIRTH OF THE SQUIRE. IN IMITATION OF THE POLLIO OF VIRGIL. E fylvan Mufes, loftier ftrains recite: YE Not all in fhades and humble cots delight. Hark! the bells ring; along the diftant grounds The driving gales convey the swelling sounds; Th' attentive fwain, forgetful of his work, With gaping wonder, leans upon his fork. What fudden news alarms the waking morn? To the glad Squire a hopeful heir is born. Mourn, mourn, ye ftags, and all ye beafts of chace; "This hour destruction brings on all your race: See the pleas'd tenants duteous offerings bear, Turkeys and geese and grocers' sweetest ware; With the new health the ponderous tankard flows, And old October reddens every nose. Beagles Beagles and spaniels round his cradle stand, 1.. The bee fhall fip the fragrant dew from flowers, His Sire's exploits he now with wonder hears, He leads the staring infant through the hall, Tells, how this flag through three whole counties fled, Describes the defperate chace, and all his cheats ; He tir'd feven courfers of the fleetest breed ; These ftories, which defcend from son to son, witch! The forward boy fhall one day make his own. *The most common accident to Sportfmen, to hunt a witch in the fhape of a hare. Ah, |