IV. 1130 The king's army.-T. IV. 1143 Pleased to yield. By the Bill of Rights and the Act of Succession.-T. IV. 1144 William III.-T. PART V, line 69 that the Tyrian merchant sought of old. Tin. -T. V. 285 The poor and weak. Lord Molesworth, in his account of Denmark, says, 'It is observed, that in limited monarchies and commonwealths, a neighbourhood to the seat of the government is advantageous to the subjects; whilst the distant provinces are less thriving, and more liable to oppression.'-T. V. 409 The famous Retreat of the Ten Thousand was chiefly conducted by Xenophon.-T. V. 411 Epaminondas, after having beat the Lacedemonians and their allies, in the battle of Leuctra, made an incursion at the head of a powerful army into Laconia. It was now six hundred years since the Dorians had possessed this country, and in all that time the face of an enemy had not been seen within their territories. Plutarch in Agesilaus.—T. V. 458 Louis XIV.-T. V. 473 the long canal. The canal of Languedoc.-T. V. 475, 477 The Hospitals for Foundlings and Invalids.-T. V. 496 warm seminaries. The Academies of Sciences, the Belles Lettres, and Painting.-T. V. 503 the kind art of unvalued price. Engraving.—T. V. 518 the glowing loom. The tapestry of the Gobelins.-T. The Gobelins were originally a family of dyers, who (in the sixteenth century) added to their business as dyers the manufacture of tapestry, with which their name has ever since been associated. V. 645 The reference is to the colonization of the State of Georgia. V. 662 A Hospital for Foundlings.-T. V. 680 ouran-outangs. Creatures which, of all brutes, most resemble man. See Dr. Tyson's Treatise on this animal.-T. V. 690 Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, architect of Chiswick House, Burlington House, &c. V. 698 At Twickenham. V. 699 Okely Woods, near Cirencester.-T. LYRICAL PIECES RULE, BRITANNIA! [This famous ode, which appeared in the last scene (Act II, Sc. v) of Alfred: A Masque, a dramatic piece in which Mallet collaborated with Thomson, was published in 1740. It has sometimes been attributed to Mallet. The evidence is in favour of Thomson's authorship.] WHEN Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, The nations, not so blest as thee, Must in their turns to tyrants fall; 'Rule,' &c. Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke; As the loud blast that tears the skies Serves but to root thy native oak. Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame; All their attempts to bend thee down But work their woe and thy renown. To thee belongs the rural reign; Thy cities shall with commerce shine; The Muses, still with freedom found, 30 ODE TELL me, thou soul of her I love, Or dost thou free at pleasure roam, Oh! if thou hoverest round my walk, I to thy fancied shadow talk, And every tear is full of thee— Should then the weary eye of grief In slumber find a short relief, 1Ο COME, GENTLE GOD [Published in The Gentleman's Magazine, February, 1736.] COME, gentle god of soft desire, Come and possess my happy breast; But come in friendship's angel-guise; More sweet emotions at the heart. O, come with goodness in thy train, [For Amanda, see note on line 483 of Spring.] IO SONG ONE day the god of fond desire, The shepherd marked his treacherous art, 'The slave in private only bears Your bondage, who his love conceals; But, when his passion he declares, You drag him at your chariot-wheels.' IC SONG HARD is the fate of him who loves But to the lonely listening plain. Oh! when she blesses next your shade, In fresher mazes o'er the green, Ye gentle spirits of the vale, To whom the tears of love are dear, From dying lilies waft a gale And sigh my sorrows in her ear. Oh! tell her what she cannot blame, Not her own guardian angel eyes Not purer her own wishes rise, Not holier her own sighs in prayer. But, if at first her virgin fear Should start at love's suspected name, With that of friendship soothe her ear— True love and friendship are the same. TO AMANDA COME, dear Amanda, quit the town, |