The rude fore- | fathers of the | hamlet | sleep.1| 9971991 The breezy | call of | incense | breathing | morn,|| For them no more the | blazing | hearth | shall | burn Nor busy housewife | ply her | evening | care; 17 | No | children | run | to | lisp their | sire's re- | turn Or | climb his knees, the envy'd | kiss to share. ||11| How jocund did they | drive their | team a- | field, 11 How bowed the woods be-neath their | sturdy stroke. 111111 | 1971 Let not Ambition || mock their | useful | toil,| Their homely | joys, and destiny ob- | scure,| Nor Grandeur | hear smile with a dis- | dainful | The short and | simple | annals of the poor. i 771771 The boast of heraldry, the | pomp of | power, | And all that | beauty, all that wealth,! the in- | evitable | hour; The paths of | glory || lead e'er gave, A- | wait, a- | like, but to ye | Proud! | im- pute to these If memory o'er their | tomb | no | trophies | raise Where thro' the | long-drawn | aisle and | fretted vault, The pealing | anthem | swells the | note of praise.| Can honor's | voice | pro- | voke the | si| lent dust? Or flattery | soothe the | dull | cold | ear of | death. 1991 Perhaps in this neg-|lected | spot, | | is | laid, Some heart once | pregnant with celestial | fire; 111 Hands that the | rod of | empire might have | sway'd, Or waked to ecstacy |the | living | lyre. |11|1| But knowledge | to | their | eyes, her | ample | page, Rich with the spoils of | Time, did | ne'er unroll; 1991 Chill Penury re- | press'd their | noble | rage, | And froze the ❘ genial | current of the soul. | 771771 Full many a gem of purest | ray se- | rene, un- | fathom'd | caves of | ocean | The dark bear; Full | many a flower is | born | to | blush un seen, And waste its | sweetness on the desert | air. 71771711 | Some village | Hampden, that with | dauntless breast, The little | tyrant of his | fields with- | stood; Some mute in- glorious | Milton | here may | rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his blood. 171 country's | The applause of | listening | senates to com- | mand; | The threats of pain and ruin to des- | ។ pise; 1111 To scatter plenty And read their | history Their lot for bade: lone o'er a smiling | land,1 in a | nation's | eyes; nor | circum- | scribed a Their growing | virtues, but their | crimes con- | fined; For bade to wade thro' | slaughter | to a ❘ throne,|| And shut the | gates of mercy on man- kind ;|| The struggling | pangs of conscious | Truth to hide; To quench the | blushes of in- genious | shame ; | Or | heap the ❘ shrine of | luxury | and | pride | With incense | kindled at the | Muse's | flame. | With | un- | couth Some frail me- | morial | still, e- | rected | nigh, less sculpture deck'd, ◄| Im-plores the | passing | tribute | of a | sigh. || ཤ-། | ། ། Their names, their years, spelt by the un-letter'd Muse, | | The place of | fame and | elegy | sup- | ply ;|| And many a | holy | texta- | round she strews That teach the | rustic | moralist to die. For who to dumb for- getfulness a | prey, 11 This pleasing | anxious | being | e'er re- | signed, || On | some fond | breast the | parting | soul re- | lies, | Some | pious | drops the closing | eye requires, Even from the | tomb, the voice of | Nature cries; 1971 Even in our | ashes, || live their | wonted | fires. 77717971 For thee who | mindful of the un or'd dead; | hon Dost in these lines, their artless | tale re- | late, Hark! how the sacred | calm breathes a round, that | Bids every fierce tu- | multous | passion | cease; In still small | accents | whispering from the ground, | No more with | Nature and thy- | self||at| strife, Give anxious | cares and endless | wishes | room, But thro' the cool se- | quester'd | vale of | life, 1 Pursue the | noiseless | tenor of thy | doom. 199719971 Writers to show the objects every thing ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER. Goldsmith. of every age that | pleasure offered If the soul be have endeavored is in us, and not in for our amusement. happily dis- | posed, | be- | comes | capable of af- fording } enter- tainment; and dis- tress will almost want a name. | 1| 1| Every oc- cur |