 | Juvenile poems on various subjects |  |
As thus I onward mov'd with wand'ring pace,
And view'd the varied wonders of the place;
Just heav'n, I cry'd, Oh! give me to restrain
Imagination with a steady rein!
Tho' oft she leads thro' Pleasure's flow'ry ways,
In Error's thorny path she sometimes strays.
Let me my hours with solid Judgment spend,
Nor to Delusion's airy dreams attend;
By Reason guided we shall only know
Those heav'nly joys which Fancy can bestow!
And view'd the varied wonders of the place;
Just heav'n, I cry'd, Oh! give me to restrain
Imagination with a steady rein!
Tho' oft she leads thro' Pleasure's flow'ry ways,
In Error's thorny path she sometimes strays.
Let me my hours with solid Judgment spend,
Nor to Delusion's airy dreams attend;
By Reason guided we shall only know
Those heav'nly joys which Fancy can bestow!
| Juvenile poems on various subjects | |