William Shenstone (Уильям Шенстон)

The Landskip

How pleas'd within my native bowers
Erewhile I pass'd the day!
Was ever scene so deck'd with flowers?
Were ever flowers so gay?

How sweetly smil'd the hill, the vale,
And all the landskip round!
The river gliding down the dale!
The hill with beeches crown'd!

But now, when urg'd by tender woes,
I speed to meet my dear,
That hill and stream my zeal oppose,
And check my fond career.

No more, since Daphne was my theme,
Their wonted charms I see:
That verdant hill, and silver stream,
Divide my love and me. 

1. Impromptu to Miss Utrecia Smith
2. The Invidious
3. Epilogue - To the Tragedy of Cleone
4. Elegy 5. He Compares the Turbulence of Love with the Tranquillity of Friendship
5. Elegy 10. To Fortune, Suggesting His Motive for Repining at Her Dispensations

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