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, VI. But Thou, who own'ft that earthly bed, 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 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. |