With all of nature, all of art, O teach a young, unpractised heart, The very thought of change I hate, Nor ever covet to be great, 'Tis true, the passion in my mind Is mixed with soft distress; Yet while the fair I love is kind, I cannot wish it less. CXX. POLYPHEME'S SONG. O JOHN GAY, 1688-1732. RUDDIER than the cherry! O sweeter than the berry! O nymph more bright Than moonshine night, Like kidlings, blithe and merry! Ripe as the melting cluster, No lily has such lustre ; Yet hard to tame As raging flame, And fierce as storms that bluster. CXXI. ALEXANDER Pope, 1688-1744. H ODE ON SOLITUDE. APPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground: Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire: Blest, who can unconcernedly find Hours, days and years slide soft away; In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day: Sound sleep by night, study and ease, Together mixed; sweet recreation; And innocence, which most does please, With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus, unlamented, let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. CXXII. THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL. VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh! quit this mortal frame: Hark! they whisper; angels say, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, The world recedes; it disappears! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Death! where is thy Sting? CXXIII. HENRY CAREY, 1693-1743 SALLY IN OUR ALLEY. OF F all the girls that are so smart And she lives in our alley. Her father he makes cabbage-nets, And through the streets does cry 'em ; Her mother she sells laces long To such as please to buy 'em : But sure such folks could ne'er beget She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. When she is by, I leave my work, N |