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MUSESparaphraseC* SOME Lljlls 5Y THE PERSIAN POET SADI.JA ROUND the grove of her I ftill adore -* *■ VljrV how tiic frequent*gale delight! to p'ay; bo* lakes die lpity grove anti toff bower, i o wave fjc graft »*at clothe* thii Hfcwd clay .• ftt'orn awhile, fond gale,-on halmy wmg,And to thcrofy bower my wifheahetr ; iay to each violet that maiks the Spiing,And every painteo tulip blooming there— Vc llov.crs, Jikc me. forfake the garden’* foil,“ In one lets rich, hue tweeter far, to blow. There ihall no impious hand your beauties fpoil, No! Auiiim’v blaft, uor chilling Winter’s fnow.“ Sweet pfnfive JcHam-oe, if e’et you chute To deck an humble fpot, unkuown '.o fame ; And thou of modch blufli, Fair Virgin Rote,*’ If kindieu worth -nd charms thy notice claim,* Oh nrcrweave your branches round yon torab, “ And with united fvect* embalm the air,'* for innocence and truib, and Beauty’s bloom*“ All ,hat the Poet lov'd, is buried there.'*[A Book ft Her at Kewyork, ha* juft advertifed the very elegant iranflarion by the fax-fain d Roscoi, of the “.NURSE, a pathetic and moral poem from the Italian of Tanfulo j from which the following liacs•re copied.]“ AH then, by duty led, ye nuptial fair,Let the fwcct office be yonr ccmlsnt cpre.With peace and health in humbl.fl ftation bleft,Give to the fouling babe the fofteriug hreall ;Noi if by profp’rous fortune plac'd on high,Thijjk ought luperior to the dear employ,Shall the !ov d burthen, that fo loop ye bore,Yuur Alter'd kir.dnds from its bir; h deplore ;Whilft the fair orbs, with healthful nurture fwcll’d Throb for the kind relief by you withheld :Not half a mother, (he whole prde denies,'J he ft: earning beverage to her infant’s cries,Admits anotl er in her rights to (hare.And trails his nurture to a ftrangcr’s care,Bu' j*-, whole hearts with grui c pry warm.Pure juy* can plt-fe, and genuine pkafures charm,C afp you# fair uurfclings to your breaks of (hew* And give the fweet falubr«ous ftxeams to flow,Let k'nd aAions fway without controul.And thro’ the milky ftream pour ou: the feeling foul.”
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Jenks Portland gazette
Portland, Maine, US
Mon, Jul 28, 1800
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
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