A I. LL attendants apart I examin'd my heart, Laft night when I lay'd me to reft; And methinks I'm inclin'd To a change of my mind, For, you know, fecond thoughts are the best. II. To retire from the crowd, And make ourselves good, By avoiding of every temptation, Is in truth to reveal What we'd better conceal, That our paffions want fome regulation. III. It III. It will much more redound In a world fo abounding with evil, Unfpotted and pure; Though not fo demure, As to wage open war with the devil. Nancy, wilt thou go with me, Nor figh to leave the flaunting town: No longer deck'd with jewels rare, a O Nancy! when thou'rt far away, Extremes of hardship learn to bear, O Nancy! O Nancy! can'ft thou love so true, Wilt thou affume the nurfe's care, And when at laft thy love fhall die, Strew flow'rs, and drop the tender tear, 2 Nor then regret thofe fcenes fo gay, Where thou wert faireft of the fair? +80:0:0:03 CYNTHIA, an Elegiac POEM. By the Same. Libeat tibi Cynthia mecum Rofcida mufcofis antra tenere jugis. PROPERT. BENEATH an aged oak's embow'ring fhade, Whose spreading arms with gray mofs fringed were, Around whofe trunk the clasping ivy ftray'd; Faft by, a Naïd taught her stream to glide, The filver willow deck'd its verdant fide, Here oft, when Morn peep'd o'er the dusky hill; And pour'd in ftrains like these his artless tale. |