THE ROSE-BUD. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY JANE WHARTON.' BY WILLIAM BROOME, LL. D. QUEEN of fragrance, lovely rose, Queen of fragrance, lovely rofe! Thou, beauteous flow'r, a welcome guest, The flow'r most sweet, the nymph most fair And hafte thy beauties to disclose, Queen of fragrance, lovely rofe! * Born 16..; dyed 1745. ; 10 15 20 But thou, fair nymph, thyfelf furvey In this fweet offspring of a day; That miracle of face mult fail, Thy charms are fweet, but charms are frail: 5 At morn they bloom, at evening die : Time must indent that heav'nly brow, And thou must be, what they are' now. This moral to the fair difclofe, Queen of fragrance, lovely rose. 35 ADDRESS TO HIS ELBOW CHAIR, NEW CLOATHED. BY WILLIAM SOMERVILE, ESQ.* My dear companion, and my faithful friend! True thou art fpruce and fine, a very beau; * Born 16..; dyed 17....... Yet grateful then, my conftancy I prov'd; I knew thy worth; my friend in rags I lov'd; With conscious fhame, yet frankly, I confefs, But fage experience taught me how to prize 30} Of factious emmets; pointed where to place 30 My blifs, and lodg'd me in thy foft embrace. Here on thy yielding down I fit fecure ; Not fond of life, but yet content to be: So fafe on fhore the penfion'd failor lies; With ease of body bleft, and peace of mind, While in his cell, he meditates alone On his great voyage, to the world unknown. 35 40 AN ODE, WRITTEN IN 1717, ON OCCASION OF THE DUKE OF MARLBRO'S APOPLEXY. BY LEONARD WELSTED. I. AWFUL hero, Marlbro' rife: Sleepy charms I come to break: II. Well furvey this faithful plan, Which records thy life's great story; 'Tis a fhort, but crowded span, Full of triumphs, full of glory. III. One by one thy deeds review: Former wonders, loft in new, Greatly fill each pompous year. IV. This is Blenheim's crimson field, Wet with gore, with flaughter ftain'd! Here retiring fquadrons yield, And a bloodless wreath is gain'd! • Born 16.; dyed 1749 15 |