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III.

Then maids and youths fhall linger here,

And while its founds at diftance fwell, Shall fadly feem in Pity's ear,

To hear the Woodland Pilgrim's knell.

IV.

Remembrance oft fhall haunt the shore

When Thames in fummer wreaths is dreft,

And oft fufpend the dashing oar

To bid his gentle spirit rest!

V.

And oft as Eafe and Health retire

To breezy lawn, or foreft deep,

The friend shall view yon whitening * spire,
And 'mid the varied landscape weep.

VI.

But Thou, who own'ft that earthly bed,
Ah! what will every dirge avail ?

Or tears, which Love and Pity shed

That mourn beneath the gliding fail!

RICHMOND Church.

VII.

VII.

Yet lives there one, whofe heedless eye

Shall fcorn thy pale fhrine glimm'ring near; With him, fweet bard, may Fancy die,

And Joy defert the blooming year.

VIII.

But thou, lorn stream, whose sullen tide
No fedge-crown'd Sifters now attend,
Now waft me from the green hill's fide
Whofe cold turf hides the buried friend!
IX.

And fee, the fairy valleys fade,

Dun Night has veil'd the folemn view!

Yet once again, dear parted fhade,

Meek Nature's Child, again adieu!

X.

*The genial meads affign'd to blefs

Thy life, fhall mourn thy early doom! Their hinds, and shepherd girls shall dress With fimple hands thy rural tomb.

* Mr. Thomson refided in the neighbourhood of Richmond fome time before his death.

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XI.

Long, long, thy ftone, and pointed clay
Shall melt the mufing Briton's eyes,
O vales, and wild woods, fhall He fay,
In yonder grave Your Druid lies!

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