ABSENCE. A PASTORAL. BY WILLIAM CAREY, ESQ. I WEEP, and I sigh, and I wander alone; My heart is grown sad, and my spirits are flown, How tedious the day! and how chill blows the wind! In the meadows and woodlands no pleasure I find, Since Colin no longer is here. At the sound of his voice, I forgot ev'ry care; So manly his face, and so graceful his air, When with him I danc'd at our last Village Fair, The maidens all envy'd my lot; They frown'd and repin'd, and were fill'd with despair; He smil'd, and I heeded them not. He left me, ah cruel! he left me to mourn ; To my arms, oh ye Pow'rs! may he quickly return ELEGY. No wandering footstep e'er imprest Western sunbeams warm the gale Celestial forms shall hover there And bid the turf its blossoms wear, Tho' ruin blast the dying year. To embalm the verdure of the sod That shrouds the Sufferer's last abode, From an Angel's downcast eye They stole the tear of Sympathy. The sacred gem of lucid ray, Gleam'd on the greensward's mould'ring clay, And wore to the enthusiast's eye, The lustre of eternity. Spirit of the breathing west, Ieave thy cradling cloud of rest; And wake where Nature's darling lies, The golden harp of Paradise. Oft when the dewy hand of Even Go hover o'er yon woodlands dim, Go! but the fairy spell is o'er, EDINBURGH, DEC. 19, 1804. ADELINE. TO LAURA. FROM THE FRENCH. Lo! where the bee, from yonder rose, So, dearest, by my ardent kiss Thy charms unchanged we see ; Then frown not, since my honied bliss R. A. D. LINES Written under a Print of Cupid, engraved by Francis Bartolozzi, Esq. R. A. BY WILLIAM CAREY, ESQ. OH, Sov'reign of the willing heart, "Tis thine to wake the sweet desire, To thee the pencil and the lyre The fairest dreams of Fancy owe. Then grant, oh grant, propitious Boy, But yield to love her virgin charms. For this, a fragrant myrtle wreathe THE INFLUENCE OF AFFECTION. To Nature's wild regions fond Love has assigned The drops which at eve the CARNATION receives, W. P. TO DELIA. WHEN SLEEP upon my brow alights, O DELIA, in the midnight Dream, |