 | Poems on several occasions |  |
The Lady, walking in the grove, then view'd
The num'rous ills of anger unsubdu'd,
While sad Confusion, Folly to upbraid,
Withdrew, and left her in Grief's lonesome shade.
Thus pensive and afflicted, Reason came
And thus address'd her: Hear, O much-wrong'd dame!
Let Prudence be your guide, recall in haste
The banish'd chaunters to their native place.
She paus'd; when those deputed, who had seen,
From walnut-tree, her agitated mein,
Flew down, and with submission did present
The charge: she read, and soon appear'd content.
With pleasing rays, while Mercy ever kind,
To those in charge beam'd forth her godlike mind.
Go forth, said she, and bring the warbling train,
Tell them that Nature's rights shall e'er remain;
Yea, tell them, Justice most severe shall fall
On her offenders, be they great or small.
In haste they flew unto the feather'd state,
With glowing breasts and happiness complete!
The num'rous ills of anger unsubdu'd,
While sad Confusion, Folly to upbraid,
Withdrew, and left her in Grief's lonesome shade.
Thus pensive and afflicted, Reason came
And thus address'd her: Hear, O much-wrong'd dame!
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The banish'd chaunters to their native place.
She paus'd; when those deputed, who had seen,
From walnut-tree, her agitated mein,
Flew down, and with submission did present
The charge: she read, and soon appear'd content.
With pleasing rays, while Mercy ever kind,
To those in charge beam'd forth her godlike mind.
Go forth, said she, and bring the warbling train,
Tell them that Nature's rights shall e'er remain;
Yea, tell them, Justice most severe shall fall
On her offenders, be they great or small.
In haste they flew unto the feather'd state,
With glowing breasts and happiness complete!
| Poems on several occasions | |