ON THE BENEFIT RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY FROM SEA-BATHING, IN THE YEAR 1789. O SOVEREIGN of an isle renown'd For undisputed sway Wherever o'er yon gulf profound Her navies wing their way; With juster claim she builds at length Her empire on the sea, And well may boast the waves her strength Which strength restored to Thee. TO MRS. THROCKMORTON, ON HER BEAUTIFUL TRANSCRIPT OF HORACE'S ODE AD LIBRUM SUUM. FEBRUARY, 1790. MARIA, Could Horace have guess'd What honour awaited his ode To his own little volume address'd, The honour which you have bestow'd,— Who have traced it in characters here, So elegant, even, and neat, He had laugh'd at the critical sneer Which he seems to have trembled to meet And sneer, if you please, he had said, Although but a mere bagatelle; Nothing ever was written so well. INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE ERECTED AT THE SOWING OF A GROVE OF OAKS AT CHILLINGTON, THE SEAT OF T. GIFFARD, ESQ. 1790. JUNE, 1790. OTHER stones the era tell, When some feeble mortal fell; I stand here to date the birth Of these hardy sons of Earth. Which shall longest brave the sky, I must moulder and decay; But the years that crumble me Cherish honour, virtue, truth, Man be fix'd, and form'd to last, Stone at heart, and cannot grow. ANOTHER, FOR A STONE ERECTED ON A SIMILAR OCCASION AT THE SAME PLACE IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. JUNE, 1790. READER! Behold a monument ANNO 1791. HYMN FOR THE USE OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AT OLNEY. JULY, 1790. HEAR, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, And taught to seek thy face! Thanks for thy Word and for thy Day; And grant us, we implore, Never to waste in sinful play Thy holy Sabbaths more. Thanks that we hear,-but oh! impart To each desires sincere, That we may listen with our heart, For if vain thoughts the minds engage What hope that at our heedless age Our minds should e'er be free? Much hope, if thou our spirits take Wisdom and bliss thy word bestows, And be thy mercies shower'd on those STANZAS ON THE LATE INDECENT LIBERTIES TAKEN WITH THE REMAINS OF THE GREAT MILTON,-ANNO 1790. AUGUST, 1790. "ME too, perchance, in future days, "But I, or ere that season come, This Hymn was written at the request of the Rev. James Bean, then Vicar of Olney, to be sung by the children of the Sunday Schools of that town, after a Charity Sermon, preached at the parish church for their benefit, on Sunday, July 31, 1790.-J. 2 Forsitan et nostros ducat de marmore vultus Milton in Manso. So sang, in Roman tone and style, Who then but must conceive disdain, Of wretches who have dared profane Ill fare the hands that heaved the stones That trembled not to grasp his bones O ill-requited bard! neglect TO MRS. KING, ON HER KIND PRESENT TO THE AUTHOR, A PATCHWORK COUNTERPANE OF HER OWN MAKING. AUGUST 14, 1790. THE Bard, if e'er he feel at all, Must sure be quicken'd by a call Who deigns to deck his bed. A bed like this, in ancient time, |