To the health I'm now proposing, Let's have one full glass at least ; No one here can think't imposing'Tis the founder of the feast. CARE, THOU CANKER. DR. GRANT. Care, thou canker of our joys, Seize the villain, plunge him in, See the hated miscreant dies:Mirth and all thy train come in, Banish sorrow, tears and sighs. O'er our merry midnight bowls, A CHOIR OF BRIGHT BEAUTIES. A choir of bright beauties In spring did appear, VOL. 1. All the nymphs were in white, The garland was given, And Phillis was queen. While Pan and fair Syrinx Has broken his bow, And extinguish'd his fires And vows that himself And his mother will mourn, Till Pan and fair Syrinx Forbear your addresses, What the deity swore: Of deserving our charms, OH! FORBEAR TO BID ME SLIGHT HER. AARON HILL. Born 1685-Died 1750. Oh! forbear to bid me slight her, Life should leap to leave my heart. Strong, though soft, a lover's chain, Though the tender flame were dying, Deaf, I see the fate I shun; LOTHARIA. AARON HILL. Vainly now ye strive to charm me, Go, ye warbling birds, go leave me; AT SETTING DAY. AARON HILL. Since sounding drums, and rising war, I'll ask of every smiling star, To shield my roving ranger. While o'er the field, unfearing wounds, I'll pass whole days in yon sweet grove, On every bank thy side hath press'd, To all our haunts I will repair, And weep o'er each sad fountain. There will I teach the trees to wear THE CONQUEST. WILLIAM THOMPSON. When Phoebus heard Ianthe sing, Smiling, her harpsichord she strung: Yet hold; before your godship go, The fair shall gain another prize: [Thompson is the author of "Sickness," a poem in five books, and a very beautiful " Hymn to May." He is now little read.] DEAR COLIN PREVENT. LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. Born about 1690-Died 1762. Dear Colin prevent my warm blushes, O! can't you their meaning explain? |