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Show [ I 38 ] His watery way with waving volutes wins, Or lifiening librates on untnoving fins. ~ 8o The Nymph emerging tnounts her fcaly feat, Hangs o'er _his gloify fides her filver feet, With fnow-white hands her arching veil detains, Gives. to his £lin1y lips the ilacken' d reins, Lifts to the fiar of Eve her eye ferene, 2 8 5 And chaunts the birth of Beauty's radiant ~een.O'er her fair brow her pearly comb unfurls Her beryl locks, and parts the waving curls, Each tangled braid with glifiening teeth unbinds, And with the floating treafure mufks the winds.- 290 Thrill' d by the dulcet accents, as il1e :Gngs, The rippling wave in widening circ...es rings ; Night's fh.adowy fonns along the tnarg~n gleam With pointed ears, or dance upon the fi ·ean1 ; The Moon tranfported flays her ;.·<zht ca s~ r, 295 And maddening Stars !hoot hc?.d!nrg fc:;m the (:t~c :: -:: . [ 139 ] VIII. " NYMPhs I whofe fair eyes with vivid lufires glow For human weal, and melt at human woe;. Late as you floated on your filver ihells, Sorrowing and flow by DERWENT's willowy dells; 300 Where by tall groves his foamy flood he fleers Through ponderous arches o'er impetuous wears, By DERBY's ihadowy towers refleCl:ive fwecps, And gothic grandeur chills his du!ky deeps ; You pearl' d with Pity's drops his velvet fides, Sigh' d in his gales, and murmur' d in his tides, Waved o'er his fringed brink a deeper gloom, And bow' d his alders o'er MrLCEN A's totnb. " Oft with fweet voice She led her infant-train, Printing with graceful :llep his fpangled plain, Explored his twinkling fwanns, that fwim or fly, And mark' d his florets with botanic eye.- 310 O'a Milcena's tomb. I. 308. In memory of Mrs. French, a lady who to many ~ther elegant accomplifhmcnts added a proficiency in botany and natural hifl.ory. T2 |
