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Show 28 9 0 E M S. Thou (fill d with Joys too great to fee or count) Defcend ft from thence like Mofes from the Mount, And with a candid, yet unqueftion d aw, Reftor ft the Golden Age when Verfe was Law. Inftructing us thou fo fecur'ft thy fame, That nothing can difturb it but m y name |J. Nay, Ihavehopes that ftanding fo near thine Twill lofe its drofs, and by degrees refine Live till the difabufed World confcnt, All Truths of Ufe, or Strength, or Ornament, Are with fuch Harmony by thee difplay'd, As the whole World was firft by Number made ; And from the charming rigour thy Mufe brings, Learn, there's no pleafure but in ferious things. 4 retird Friendfhip. To Ardelia. COme, my Ardelia, to this Bower, Where kindly mingling SpuJs awhile, j^et s innocently fpend an hour, And at all ferious follies fmile. a. Here is no quarrelling for Crowns, Nor fear of changes in our Fate *, N o trembling at the Great Ones frowns, Nor any flavery of State. % 3\ Here's no difguife nor treachery, Nor any deep conceal'd defign; From Blood and Plots this Place is free, And calm as are thofe looks of thine. 4- Here let us fit and blefs our Stars, W h o did fuch happy quiet give, "POEMS. As that remov'd from noife of Wars In one anothers hearts w e live. 5- Why fhould we entertain a fear ? Love cares not how the World is turn d : If crouds of dangers fhould appear, Yet Friendfhip can be uncbncern'd. , 6. We wear about us fuch a charm, N o horrour can be our offence; For mifchief s felf can do no harm T o Friendfhip or to Innocence. 7- Let's mark how foon Apollo's beams Command the flocks to quit their meat, And not entreat the neighbouring ftreams T o quench their thirft, but cool their heat. 8. In fuch a fcorching Age as this, W h o would not ever feek a fhade, Deferve their Happinefs to mifs, As having their o w n peace betray'd. But we (of one anothers mind AfTur'd) the boifterous World difdain 5 With quiet Souls and unconfin'd " Enjoy what Princes wifh in vain. |