Presumptuous maid! with looks intent
Again fhe stretch'd, again fhe bent,
Nor knew the gulph between:
(Malignant Fate fat by, and fmil'd)
The flipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd,
She tumbled headlong in.

Eight times emerging from the flood
She mew'd to ev'ry wat❜ry God,
Some speedy aid to send.

No Dolphin came, no Nereid ftirr❜d.
Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard,

A fav'rite has no friend!

From hence, ye beauties, undeceiv'd,
Know, one false step is ne'er retriev❜d,

And be with caution bold.

Not

Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes,

And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
Nor all that glifters, gold.

ODE

O DE E

ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF

ETON COLLEGE.

YE

E diftant fpires, ye antique towers,
That crown the watʼry glade,

Where grateful Science ftill adores

Her HENRY's holy shade;

And

ye, that from the stately brow

Of WINDSOR's heights th' expanse below

Of grove, of lawn, of mead furvey,

Whofe turf, whofe fhade, whofe flowers among

Wanders the hoary Thames along

His filver-winding way.

Ah