340 Have in their crimfon Croffes glow'd;quout But, on juft Lawgivers beftow'd;T gaivil bratuors T Thefe Emblems Cecil did invest, And gleam'd on wife Godolphin's Breaft. V. So Grevenere Arts began to rife, Befpangled with a thousand Stars; dro Till letter'd 4t Made gentler Conftellations roll, In the blue Heavens the Lyre fhe ftrung, bu And near the Maid the Balance hung. 196 dous essì baA VICE Then, Spenfer, mount amid the Band, esma Where Knights and Kings promifcuous ftand.vang 2 What though the Hero's Flame reprefs'd show th Burns calmly in thy generous Breaft! Yet who more dauntless to oppofe In doubtful Days our home-bred Foes! Who rais'd his Country's Wealth fo high, on ons N Or view'd with lefs defiring Eye! The Sage who large of Soul furveys enano? The Globe, and all its Empires weighs, or emasiɔ Watchful the various Climes to guide, in A nobler Name on Windfor Which Seas, and Tongues, and Faiths divide, mo} 7 Why praife we, prodigal of Fame, and mo The Rage that fets the World on Flame ? noben 10 My guiltless Mule his Brow fhall bind to son A Whofe godlike Bounty fpares Mankind, to ansɔ0 542 Names of Conftellations. For For thofe, whom bloody Garlands crown, The Brafs may breathe, the Marble frown, To him, through; ev'ry refcu'd Land, mimo vlada ni ul KENSINGTON GARDEN, OG Campos, ubi Troja fuit, Virg. WHERE Kensington high o'er the neighb'ring Lande 'Midft Greens and Sweets, a regal Fabric, ftands, And fees each Spring, luxuriant in her Bowers, n er A Snow of Bloffoms, and a Wild of Flowers, 1890 A The Dames of Britain oft in Crowds repair To gravel Walks, and unpolluted Air. Here, while the Town in Damps and Darkness lies, Form'd to gain Hearts, that Brunfvick's Caufe deny'd, Long have thefe Groyes to royal Guefts been known, Nor Nassau firft prefer'd them to a Throne, Ere Norman Banners wav'd in British AirT" Ere lorelly Habari Way' in Ere lordly Hubba with the golden Hair Pour'd in his Danes; ere elder Julius came; The Scene of Wars, and ftain'd with Lovers' BloodM P 3 You, who through gazing Crowds, your Captive throng? Throw Pangs and Paffions, as you move alongs sri as: I Turn on the left, ye Fair, your radiant Eyes, MT Where all unlevell'd the gay Garden lies:onnes) 3 If generous Anguish for another's Pains at MetA I 8 In happier Years a crowded Street was feen; ent' pa Nor all thofe Leaves that now the Profpect grace, Ch Could match the Numbers of its Pygmy Race. alo What urg'd this mighty Empire to its Fates to 70% A Tale of Woe and Wonder, I relate, smo) ital brA When Albion rul'd the Land, whofe Lineage came From Neptune mingling with a mortal Dame, sflot W Their midnight Pranks the sprightly Fairies play'damm On ev'ry Hill, and danc'd in ev'ry Shade. But, Foes to Sun-fhine, moft they took Delighted th In Dells and Dales conceal'd from human Sight áldo There hew'd their Houses in the arching Rock ni Or fcoop'd the Bofom of the blasted Oaksi stof brÅ Or heard, o'erfhadow'd by fome fhelving Hill, on W The diftant Murmurs of the falling Rilk badasTW NA They, rich in pilfer'd Spoils, indulg'd their Mirth, adT And pity'd the huge wretched Sons of Earth and SAT Ev'n now, 'tis faid, the Hinds o'erhear their Strain,dr And ftrive to view their airy Forms in vain all br They They to their Cells at Man's Approach repair wo Y Like the fhy Leveret, or the Mother-Hare, wordT The whilft poor Mortals ftartle at the Sound mur Of unfeen Footsteps on the haunted Ground. Its rsd W Amid this Garden, then with Woods o'ergrown Stood the lov'd Seat of royal Oberon. Xi'woy b'yend w'a From ev'ry Region to his Palace-gaterinas nwob doo Came Peers and Princes of the Fairy State, refil baA Who, rank'd in Council round the facred Shade, T Their Monarch's Will and great Behefts obey ads sni From Thames fair Banks, by lofty Tow'rs adorn'd, W With Loads of Plunder oft his Chiefs return'demos A Hence in proud Robes, and Colours bright and gay, Shone ev'ry Knight and ev'ry lovely Fay & Whoe'er on Powell's dazling Stage difplay'dieow? 167 Hath fam'd King Pepin and his Court furvey'dist dow May guefs, if old by modern Things we trace, sed W The Pomp and Splendor of the Fairy-race. ads sɔf By Magic fenc'd, by Spells encompase'd round, 10H No Mortal touch'd this interdicted Ground; Diggal ul No Mortal enter'd, thofe alone who came W T A W Stolen from the Couch of fome terreftrial Dame: blua 2 -P 4 ༡༣ T He He who adorns thy House, the lovely Boyqit no asa # Who now adorns it, fhall at length destroy 10 Two hundred Moons in their pale Courfe had feen The gay-rob'd Fairies glimmer on the Green, art b And Albion now had reach'd in youthful Prime:9: To Time A) Cars, as Mortals meafure Flufh'd with refiftlefs Charms he fir'd fir'd to love TO 207 Each For skil little Dryad of the Grove swo¶ ise T confefta Her utmost Art to rear the princely Boys a dew EnÀ Each fupple Limb the fwath'd, and tender Bone, And to the Elfin Standard kept him down; lan Standard kept him down pass? She robb'd Dwarf elders of their fragrant Fruit, And fed him water And fed him early with the Daify's Root, Whence through his Veins the powerful Juices ran, 12 Qhing and And form'd in beauteous Miniature the Man. obidi16 Yet ftill, two Inches taller than the reft, His lofty Port his human Birth confeft; A Foot in height, how ftately did he fhow! How look fuperior on the Crowd below! What Knight like him could tofs the ruthy Lance! Who move fo graceful in the mazy Dance! A Shape fo nice, or Features half fo fair, What Elf could boaft! or fuch a Flow of Hair! Bright Kenna faw, a Princess born to reign, And felt the Charmer burn in ev'ry Vein. She, Heiress to this Empire's potent Lord, Prais'd like the Stars, and next the Moon ador'd, She, whom at diftance Thrones and Princedoms view'das To whom proud Oriel and Azuriel fu'd, In her high Palace languifh'd, void of Joy And pin'd in fecret for mortal Boy. He too was mitten, and difcreetly frove gain By courtly Deeds toeft gin's Lovegodt is wiT For her he cull'd the faireft Flowers that grew, Ere Morning Suns had drain'd their fragrant Dewy · He chas'd the Hornet in his mid-day Flight, And brought her Glow worms in the Noon of Night: When |