Contention for Superiority, VII. Thus, sooth'd and reconcil'd, each seeks The fairest British fair; The seat of empire is her cheeks, They reign united there. IDEM LATINE REDDITUM. I. HEU inimicitias quoties parit æmula forma, Quam raro pulchræ, pulchra placere potest? Sed fines ultrà solitos discordia tendit, Cum flores ipsos bilis et ira movent. II. Hortus ubi dulces præbet tacitosque recessûs, Illic purpureo between the Lily and the Rose. III. Ira Rosam et meritis quæsita superbia tangunt, Multaque ferventi vix cohibenda sinû, Dum sibi fautorum ciet undique nomina vatûm, Jusque suum, multo carmine fulta, probat. IV. Altior emicat illa, et celso vertice nutat, Imperii, sceptrum, Flora quod ipsa gerat. V. Nec Dea non sensit civilis murmura rixæ, VI. Et tibi forma datur procerior omnibus, inquit, Those Christians best deserve the Name, who make Peace a Duty. VII. His ubi sedatus furor est, petit utraque nympham, Qualem inter Veneres Anglia sola parit ; Hanc penés imperium est, nihil optant amplius, hujus Regnant in nitidis, et sine lite, genis. THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOW-WORM. A NIGHTINGALE, that all day long Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet when eventide was ended, And knew the glow-worm by his spark; Those Christians best deserve the Name, who make Peace a Duty. So, stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. You would abhor to do me wrong, Hence jarring sectaries may learn Their real int'rest to discern; That brother should not war with brother, Those Christians best deserve the Name, who make Peace a Duty. But sing and shine by sweet consent, Till life's poor transient night is spent, The gifts of nature and of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name Who studiously make peace their aim; VOTUM. O matutini rores, auræque salubres, O nemora, et lætæ rivis felicibus herbæ, Graminei colles, et amænæ in vallibus umbræ! Fata modò dederint quas olim in rure paterno Delicias, procul arte, procul formidine novi, Quam vellem ignotus, quod mens mea semper avebat, Ante larem proprium placidam expectare senectam, |