The poetical works: of Mr. William Collins. With memoirs of the author; and observations on his genius and writings. By J. Langhorne.
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The poetical works: of Mr. William Collins. With memoirs of the author; and observations on his genius and writings. By J. Langhorne.
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Collins, William, 1721-1759.
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London :: printed for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt,
1765.
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ODE,
ON THE
DEATH OF MR. THOMSON.
The Scene of the following STANZAS is supposed to lie
on the THAMES, near RICHMOND.
I.
IN yonder grave a Druid liesWhere slowly winds the stealing wave!The year's best sweets shall duteous riseTo deck its Poet's sylvan grave!
II.
In yon deep bed of whisp'ring reedsHis airy harp* 1.1 shall now be laid,That he, whose heart in sorrow bleeds,May love thro' life the soothing shade.
III.
Then maids and youths shall linger here,And while its sounds at distance swell,Shall sadly seem in Pity's earTo hear the Woodland Pilgrim's knell.
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IV.
Remembrance oft shall haunt the shoreWhen Thames in summer wreaths is drest,And oft suspend the dashing oarTo bid his gentle spirit rest!
V.
And oft as Ease and Health retireTo breezy lawn, or sorest deep,The friend shall view yon whitening* 1.2 spire,And 'mid the varied landscape weep.
VI.
But Thou, who own'st that earthly bed,Ah! what will every dirge avail!Or tears, which Love and Pity shedThat mourn beneath the gliding sail!
VII.
Yet lives there one, whose heedless eyeShall scorn thy pale shrine glimm'ring near?With him, swect bard, may Fancy die,And Joy desert the blooming year.
VIII.
But thou, lorn stream, whose sullen tideNo sedge-crown'd Sisters now attend,Now waft me from the green hill's sideWhose cold turf hides the buried friend!
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IX.
And see, the fairy valleys fade,Dun Night has veil'd the solemn shade,Yet once again, dear parted shade,Meek Nature's child, again adieu!
X.
* 1.3 The genial meads assign'd to blessThy life, shall mourn thy early doom;Their hinds and shepherd-girls shall dressWith simple hands thy rural tomb.
IX.
Long, long, thy stone, and pointed clayShall melt the musing Briton's eyes,O! vales, and wild woods, shall He say,In yonder grave Your Druid lies!
Notes
* 1.1
The harp of AEOLUS of which see a description in the CASTLE Of INDOLENCE.