SENSE, VIRTUE, WIT, and PRUDENCE, all combin'd, No more fhall win the reverence of mankind, COURAGE, and WORTH, no longer honor boast, But GLORY follow whom you favor most : • O'er BEAUTY, PAM fhall reign defpotic still, • CUPID refign his arrows to SPADILLE, And all who bow to FASHION's dread awards, Confefs the univerfal power of CARDS.' SHOOT, SHOOT IN G. P A E M. -VOLANS LIQUIDIS IN NUBIBUS ARSIT,- VIRGIL. E fylvan mufes! as my ftep invades YE Say will The deep receffes of your hallow'd fhades, ye bid your echoing caves prolong The harsher cadence of your votary's song? Not anxious now to ftrike the trembling wire, Or from the treafur'd ftores of earth to bring And And all the variegated woods appear The peaceful fabbath of your rural reign; 'Mid the wild tempeft, and the feafon frore; "Twas thine, immortal SOMERVILLE! to trace The livelier raptures of the joyful chace, O'er hills and dales to urge, with eager speed, The hound fagacious, and the panting fteed; And guide the labors of the enthufiaft throng Severer care these calmer lays demand, And Fancy curb'd by fage Inftruction's hand: Yet, Yet, for the Mufe fome fcatter'd charms fhall gleam 'Mid the rich chaos of this copious theme; Yet, here fhall Glory view with generous aim, The rifing elements of martial fame. As from the chace BRITANNIA's youth fhall learn Whose limbs unwearied keep the conftant way, With hardy frames the fhining phalanx grace; *This gallant Officer, who was killed in one of the defcents on the coaft of France, during the war before last, was very inftrumental in first forming the Light Horfe of this country. With With fteps, by labor unfubdu'd, fhall know Inceffant to purfue the fainting foe; Shall, 'midst the rocks and woods, with active toil Hang o'er his march, and all his movements foil; Their close platoons, with cool and certain aim, Shall fend deftruction forth in vollied flame: Or o'er the field difpers'd, each fhot they pour Of old, ere man with imitative fkill, Taught mimic thunders to obey his will, Protected by the foftering hand of law; Attentive* fenates watch'd, with anxious zeal, This martial bulwark of the general weal; * See 33 Hen. VIII. ch. 9. The |