PALINODIA. BRITONS, forgive the forward muse When Anna sunk in western skies, Streaking the heavens with crimson gloom, Emblems of tyranny and Rome, And crown the work that Anne forsook. 10 TO JOHN LOCKE, ESQ. RETIRED FROM BUSINESS. ANGELS are made of heavenly things, And light and love our souls compose, Their bliss within their bosom springs, Within their bosom flows. But narrow minds still make pretence And claim a share with worms. He that has treasures of his own, Locke hath a soul wide as the sea, Nor feel a thought confin'd. TO JOHN SHUTE, ESQ. AFTERWARDS LORD BARRINGTON. ON MR. LOCKE'S DANGEROUS SICKNESS, SOME TIME AFTER HE HAD RETIRED TO STUDY THE SCRIPTURES. AND must the man of wondrous mind, Reason at length submits to wear The wings of faith; and lo, they rear Go, friend, and wait the prophet's flight, And seize it for thy own; Shute is the darling of his years, Young Shute his better likeness bears; All but his wrinkles and his hairs Thus when our follies, or our faults, Thy pen shall make us wise: The sallies of whose youthful wit Could pierce the British fogs with light, FRIENDSHIP. TO MR. WILLIAM NOKES. FRIENDSHIP, thou charmer of the mind, Thou sweet deluding ill, The brightest minute mortals find, Fate has divided all our shares But whilst in floods our sorrow rolls, This dear delight of mingling souls 1 The "Interest of England," written by Mr. Shute. Oh! why should bliss depart in haste, Why the fond passion cling so fast, Yet never let our hearts divide, TO NATHANIEL GOULD, ESQ. AFTERWARDS SIR NATHANIEL GOULD. "Tis not by splendor, nor by state, A more majestic thing. Frown on me, friend, if e'er I boast And wear a bigger load of earth than they. My thoughts look inward and forget |