HORACE, Book II. Ode 10. I. RECEIVE, dear friend, the truths I teach, Of adverse Fortune's power; II. He, that holds fast the golden mean, The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, III. The tallest pines feel most the power IV. The well-inform'd philosopher And hopes, in spite of pain; Soon the sweet Spring comes dancing forth, V. What if thine heaven be overcast, The dark appearance will not last; Expect a brighter sky. The god that strings the silver bow, Awakes sometimes the muses too, And lays his arrows by. VI. If hindrances obstruct thy way, And let thy strength be seen; But O! if fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvass in. A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all? Can Reason do no more, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. THE LILY AND THE ROSE. I. THE nymph must lose her female friend, 11. Within the garden's peaceful scene III. The Rose soon redden'd into rage, 1V. The Lily's height bespoke command, She seem'd design'd for Flora's hand, V. This civil bickering and debate The goddess chanced to hear, And flew to save, ere yet too late, The pride of the parterre. VI. Yours is, she said, the nobler hue, |