Imitated from the FRENCH. STRAYING befide yon wood-fkreen'd river, Dan Cupid met my wond'ring view: His feather'd arrows ftor'd his quiver, Each feather glow'd a diff'rent hue ; 'For him who frames the daring deed, (The little godhead faid and laugh'd) To fly with Mifs beyond the Tweed, 'An eagle's plume adorns the fhaft. "The prattler vain of his address, 'The magpye's feathers never fail And for the youth too fond of dress, "I rob the gaudy peacock's tail. 'Whene'er I mean to roufe the care That lurks within the jealous heart, 'The owl that wings the midnight air Lends his grave plume to load the dart. 'But "But rarely when I would affail "The conftant heart with truth impreft, • Then for the trembling shaft I steal 'A feather from the turtle's breast. Lo! one with that foft plumage crown'd, THE A THE NUNNERY: In Imitation of Mr. GRAY'S ELEGY. Retirement's hour proclaims the tolling bell : In due obfervance of its stern decree, Now throws the western fun a fainter glare, Save that in artless melancholy ftrains, Within Within thofe ancient walls with mofs o'erfpread, Of wantonnefs the pleasure-breathing lay, Shall ne'er allure them from their fober state. For them no more domeftic joys return, Oft do they weave the chaplets pictur'd gay, Let not ambition mock with jeft profane, The humble duties of the cloister'd fair. The |