On fands, and fhores, and defert wildernesses. I see ye vifibly, and now believe 215 That he, the Supreme Good, t' whom all things ill Would fend a glist'ring guardian if need were SWE SONG. 220 225 WEET Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'ft unseen Within thy aery fhell, By flow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroider'd vale, Where the love-lorn nightingale F f 231 Nightly Nightly to thee her fad fong mourneth well; 235 Canft thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likeft thy Narcissus are? O if thou have Hid them in fome flow'ry cave, Tell me but where, 240 Sweet queen of parly, daughter of the sphere, So may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give refounding grace to all Heav'n's harmo(nies. Com. Can any mortal mixture of earth's mold Breathe fuch divine inchanting ravishment? 245 Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To teftify his hidden refidence : How sweetly did they flote upon the wings Of filence, through the empty-vaulted night, 250 My mother Circe with the Sirens three, Culling their potent herbs, and baleful drugs, 255 And chid her barking waves into attention, But But fuch a facred, and home-felt delight, Such fober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. I'll speak to her, 264 And she shall be my queen. Hail foreign wonder, Whom certain these rough shades did never breed, Unless the Goddess that in rural fhrine Dwell'ft here with Pan, or Silvan, by blest song Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog 269 275 To touch the prosp'rous growth of this tall wood. Lady. They left me weary on a graffy turf. 280 Lady. To feek i' th' valley fome cool friendly spring. Com. And left your fair fide all unguarded, Lady? Lady. Theywere but twain, and purpos'dquick return. Com. Perhaps fore-ftalling night prevented them. Lady. How eafy my misfortune is to hit! 286 Com. Imports their loss, beside the present need? Lady. No lefs than if I fhould my Brothers lofe. Com. Were they of manly prime, or youthful bloom? Lady. As fmooth as Hebe's their unrazor'dlips. 290 Com. Two fuch I faw, what time the labor'd ox In his loose traces from the furrow came, And the swinkt hedger at his fupper fat; I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the fide of yon fmall hill, 295 Of fome gay creatures of the element, 300 And play i' th' plighted clouds. I was aw-struck, 315 Ere Ere morrow wake, or the low-roofted lark But loyal cottage, where you may be safe 320 Till further queft. La. Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honeft offer'd courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds I cannot be, that I should fear to change it. The two Brothers. El. Bro. Unmuffle ye faint Stars, and thou fair Moon, In double night of darkness, and of shades; 335 With thy long levell'd rule of ftreaming light, 340 And thou shalt be our star of Arcady, Or Tyrian Cynosure. 2. Bro. Or if our eyes Be |