MISCELLANIES. ANNO ETATIS XIX. At a VACATION EXERCISE in the COLLEGE, part Latin, part English. The Latin speeches ended, the English thus began. HAIL, native Language, that by sinews weak That now I use thee in my latter task : Thou need'st not be ambitious to be first, The daintiest dishes shall be serv'd up last. For this same small neglect that I have made : How he before the thunderous throne doth lie, To the touch of golden wires, while Hebe brings Immortal nectar to her kingly sire : Then passing through the spheres of watchful fire, And hills of snow, and lofts of piled thunder, But fie, my wandering Muse, how thou dost stray! Thou know'st it must be now thy only bent |