H.Singleton pinx? PALEMON & LAVINIA. J.Corner jeulp? London. Published Sept 1st 1992. by A. Hamilton, near Gray's Inn Gate. Now sun-burnt reapers seek the corn-clad field, CROWN'D with the sickle and the wheaten sheaf, While AUTUMN, nodding o'er the yellow plain, Comes jovial on; the Doric reed once more, Well pleas'd, I tune. Whate'er the Wintry frost R ΙΟ Nitrous prepar'd; the various-blossom'd Spring 5 But she too pants for public virtue; she, Tho' weak of power, yet strong in ardent will, Assumes a bolder note; and fondly tries To mix the patriot's with the poet's flame. 15 20 WHEN the bright Virgin gives the beauteous days, And Libra weighs in equal scales the year; From heaven's high cope the fierce effulgence shook Of parting Summer, a serener blue, With golden light enliven'd, wide invests The happy world. Attemper'd suns arise, Sweet-beam'd, and shedding oft thro' lucid clouds 26 A pleafing calm; while broad, and brown, below 30 Extensive harvests hang the heavy head. |