TO THE REV. MR. NEWTON ON HIS RETURN FROM RAMSGATE.-OCTOBER, 1780. THAT Ocean you have late survey'd You tranquil and serene. You, from the flood-controling steep, To me, the waves that ceaseless broke Your sea of troubles you have pass'd, TO THE REV. W. CAWTHORNE UNWIN. UNWIN, I should but ill repay The kindness of a friend, As ever Friendship penn'd, Thy name omitted in a page That would reclaim a vicious age. A union form'd, as mine with thee, May be as fervent in degree, And may as rich in comfort prove The bud inserted in the rind, Not rich, I render what I may, Lest this should prove the last. 'Tis where it should be-in a plan That holds in view the good of man. The poet's lyre, to fix his fame, TO A YOUNG FRIEND, ON HIS ARRIVING AT CAMBRIDGE WET, WHEN NO RAIN Ir Gideon's fleece, which drench'd with dew he found' ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY, TOGETHER WITH HIS MSS. 4 BY THE MOB, IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1780. So then the vandals of our isle, Sworn foes to sense and law, Than ever Roman saw! And MURRAY sighs o'er Pope and Swift, And many a treasure more, The well judged purchase and the gift, Their pages mangled, burn'd, and torn, The loss was his alone; But ages yet to come shall mourn The burning of his own. ON THE SAME. WHEN Wit and Genius meet their doom, In all devouring flame, And bid us fear the same. O'er MURRAY's loss the Muses wept, They felt the rude alarm, Yet bless'd the guardian care that kept His sacred head from harm. There Memory, like the bee, that's fed From Flora's balmy store, The quintessence of all he read Had treasured up before. The lawless herd, with fury blind, Have done him cruel wrong; The flowers are gone but still we find ON THE PROMOTION OF EDWARD THURLOW, EsQ TO THE LORD HIGH CHANCELLORSHIP OF ENGLAND. ROUND Thurlow's head in early youth, And in his sportive days, Fair Science pour'd the light of truth, See! with united wonder cried Discernment, eloquence, and grace The praise bestow'd was just and wise; So the best courser on the plain What all had deem'd his own. |