onour sinks where commerce long prevails. e every state to one lov'd blessing prone, rms and models life to that alone. to the favourite happiness attends, spurns the plan that aims at other ends; arried to excess in each domain, favourite good begets peculiar pain.

t let us try these truths with closer eyes, trace them through the prospect as it lies: for a while my proper cares resign'd, e let me sit in sorrow for mankind; yon neglected shrub at random cast, shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.

ar to the right where Appennine ascends, ght as the summer, Italy extends; uplands sloping deck the mountain's side, ods over woods in gay theatric pride; 4 ile oft some temple's mouldering tops between th venerable grandeur mark the scene.

Whatever fruits in different climes were found,

year;

That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground;
Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear,
Whose bright succession decks the varied
Whatever sweets salute the northern sky
With vernal lives, that blossom but to die;
These here disporting own the kindred soil,
Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil;
While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand
To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.

But small the bliss that sense alone bestows,
And sensual bliss is all the nation knows.
In florid beauty groves and fields appear,
Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.
Contrasted faults through all his manners reign :
Though poor, luxurious; though submissive,vain;
Though grave, yet trifling; zealous, yet untrue;
And even in penance planning sins anew.
All evils here contaminate the mind,
That opulence departed leaves behind;

For wealth was theirs, not far remov'd the date,
When commerce proudly flourish'd through the

state;

At her command the palace learnt to rise,

Again the long fallen column sought the skies;
The canvass glow'd beyond e'en nature warm,
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
Till, more unsteady than the southern gale,

Commerce on other shores display'd her sail;

nought remain'd of all th

as unmann'd, and lord te the nation found with mer strength was but

still the loss of wealth

rs, the splendid wrecks these the feeble heart a easy compensation seem may be seen, in blood pasteboard triumph a essions form'd for piet stress or a saint in ev sports like these are al sports of children sat nobler aim, represt sinks at last, or fee The low delights, suc happier

meanness OC

d in those domes, whe Jac'd by time and to here in the ruin, hee The shelter-seeking P Its] In short, the st ated with disease, who Fetchedness: their for are impotent. Cit. of Where in the mids cades, Abbes turn she sheep indulge their inn

le nought remain'd of all that riches gave, towns unmann'd, and lords without a slave: late the nation found with fruitless skill former strength was but plethoric ill.

et still the loss of wealth is here supplied arts, the splendid wrecks of former pride; m these the feeble heart and long fallen mind easy compensation seem to find.

-e may be seen, in bloodless pomp array'd, ne pasteboard triumph and the cavalcade; cessions form'd for piety and love,

mistress or a saint in every grove. sports like these are all their cares beguil'd, e sports of children satisfy the child; ch nobler aim, represt by long control, w sinks at last, or feebly mans the soul; hile low delights, succeeding fast behind, happier meanness occupy the mind:

in those domes, where Cæsars once bore sway, efac'd by time and tottering in decay, here in the ruin, heedless of the dead,

he shelter-seeking peasant builds his shed;

5 Its] In short, the state resembled one of those bodies oated with disease, whose bulk is only a symptom of its retchedness: their former opulence only endered them ore impotent.' Cit. of the World, i. 98.

6 Where in the midst of porticos, processions, and cavalades, Abbés turn shepherds; and shepherdesses without eep indulge their innocent divertimenti.'

Pres. State of Learning, p. 39.

And, wondering man could want the larger pile,
Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile.

My soul, turn from them, turn we to survey
Where rougher climes a nobler race display,
Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,
And force a churlish soil for scanty bread;
No product here the barren hills afford,
But man and steel, the soldier and his sword.
No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array,
But winter lingering chills the lap of May;
No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast,
But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.

Yet still, even here, content can spread a charm, Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm. Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts tho' small, He sees his little lot the lot of all;

Sees no contiguous palace rear its head

To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal
To make him loathe his vegetable meal
But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil,
Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.
Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes;
7 With patient angle trolls the finny deep,
Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep;

7 The best manner to draw up the finny prey.'

Cit. of the World, ii. 99.

OF GOLDS

eeks the den where snow
bidrags the struggling
ght returning, every

sts him down the mor
as by his cheerful fire
childrens' looks, that
le his lov'd partner,
lays her cleanly plat
haply too some pilg
Th many a tale repay

Tas every good his
ints the patriot pas
de'en those ills, tha
hance the bliss his s
Dear is that shed to w
nd dear that hill whi
And as a child, when
lings close and close
So the loud torrent,&
But bind him to his

Such are the chan
Their wants but few
Yet let them only s
If few their wants,

Drive the relucta

See Citizen of the

is enlarged on.

eeks the den where snow-tracks mark the way, ad drags the struggling savage into day. night returning, every labour sped,

sits him down the monarch of a shed; les by his cheerful fire, and round surveys childrens' looks, that brighten at the blaze; ile his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard, plays her cleanly platter on the board: haply too some pilgrim, thither led, th many a tale repays the nightly bed.

Thus every good his native wilds impart, prints the patriot passion on his heart;

d e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, hance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. ar is that shed to which his soul conforms, d dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; ad as a child, when scaring sounds molest, ings close and closer to the mother's breast, the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, ut bind him to his native mountains more.

Such are the charms to barren states assign'd; heir wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. et let them only share the praises due, few their wants, their pleasures are but few;9

8' Drive the reluctant savage into the toils.'

Cit. of the World, i. 112. 9 See Citizen of the World, i. lett. xi. where this position

enlarged on.