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Poems, chiefly dramatic and lyric

by the Revd. H. Boyd ... containing the following dramatic poems: The Helots, a tragedy, The Temple of Vesta, The Rivals, The Royal Message. Prize Poems, &c. &c
Boyd, Henry
  
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c
  
TO THE REV. EDWARD BERWICK,
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THE HELOTS. A TRAGEDY.
  
INTRODUCTION,
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THE TEMPLE OF VESTA, A DRAMATIC POEM.
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THE RIVALS,
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THE ROYAL MESSAGE,
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PRIZE, POEMS, ODES, ELEGIES, &c. &c.
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ELEGIES.

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c

A MUSE, long versant in ideal things,
That us'd to feel her youthful fancy glow,
With scenes, unreal as the gaudy bow,
Wild dreams of glorious deeds which fancy flings
Across her woodland range, with weary wings
Forsakes the fairy world, and loves to gaze
Where virtue charms the view, with genuine grace
Nor, tho' allied to heroes and to kings
Needs the superfluous boon, with borrowed rays
To gain respect, O would she deign to view
These wild-wood flowrets, with a fav'ring eye
Her smile would stamp renown, and wake anew
My feeble voice a loftier pitch to try.
Killiegh, 2d Dec. 1793.
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