Now Sol thick pours his arid ftreams of light
And ev'ry profpect dazzles on the fight:
One fervent flood invades the landskips all;
The herbage fickens, and the flowers fall:
All Nature pants. The herds to fhades
retire,

And filence feizes all the feather'd choir :
In chafms, fee! the parching meads divide,
And languid look the Meadows verdant pride.
No more brifk echoes, from their vocal cell,
Refponfive, on the rural accents dwell.

-All hail! ye streamlets now,——all hail!
ye fhades,

Whofe native coolness ev'ry Zephyr aids ;
Here will I from the fult'ry rays retreat,
Elude the ardor of the noon-tide heat;
Compos'dly calm, contemplatively think,
Or fleep, reclin'd upon the moffy brink
Of gliding streams, that creep their shades be-
tween,

And add cool comfort to th' embower'd fcene:
Thus fhun the raging fever of the day,
And undistress'd by heat, fecurely lay;
Or on the shady ridge of fome fair hill,
Whofe fhrubby fides high-rifing becches fill,
Behold the herds and flocks promifcuous rove,
In rude confufion, thro' the plain and grove :
While fome, incumbent on the verdure lie,
And fome in gambols o'er the verdure fly :
Some feek the ftream, and thirsty, bending
drink,

And others ftand compos'd upon its brink;
Or incompos'd, quick start at infects fting,
And here and there their course with fury wing.
Dart in the flood, or break upon the fhade,
Now burft the copp'ce, and now the wood in-
vade:

'Till free once more from fharp, corroding pain, Once more they venture on the open plain :

-Or by the fide of fome cafcadious fteep,
Whofe copious torrents ceafelefs murmurs keep,
And give a freshness to the ambient air,
I'll fhun the heat by now reforting there,
And hear the founds of foaming waters roar,
As down the rocks anomalous they pour
Their algid ftreams in melancholy wail,
To join the ftill Meanders of the vale.
What means this sudden change! this dark-
nefs drear!

This fullen filence, and this inftant fear!
At once, lo! Sol thick-rifing clouds inveft,
And all the day in fudden twilight's dreft:
The fongfter tribes forget their tuneful loves,
And feek the shelter of the inmost groves:
The conscious beasts the meads and plains for-
fake,

And fudden fanction in the coppice take;
To home the fright'ned cottager repairs,
And heaves his bofom, full of new-born cares,
Affright'ned thus, while all in fear remain,
Quick fhoots the light'ning 'thwart the fad ned
plain:

At diftance now is heard the muttʼring noifej
Of rifing thunder, Panomphao's voice,
Bright, and more bright, the flashing light"-
nings fhow

Loud, and more loud, the peals of thunder

grow!

"Till aggrandiz'd by peal fucceeding peal,
Earth from her center groans, and heaven feems
to feel.

In rapid deluge from the wide-rent fky,
Or fhow'rs of rain, or rain congealed fly;
The livid light'ning's, red with fatal ire,
The forefts tops, or the thatch'd cottage fire:
Here stretch the harmless herds, a lifeless heap,
And blast the lambkins there, and kill the
sheep;

Or, oh! anxif'rous thought! their fatal blow
Diffolves the human frame to shades below:
Appail'd, I cease such awful dread pursue,
The tempeft's o'er, and Nature smiles a-new.
Yet Sol recovers not his potent fway,
But mildly fmiles upon the finking day;
'Till amber eve does to her poft repair,
And takes her station in the midway air:
With fhadowy pomp, and gradual step proceeds,
And gathers o'er the hills, the vales, the plains
and meads;

At first scarce feen, the fweeps the face of things,
And now confpicuous fpreads her raven wings:
With heart at eafe, and mind eftrang'd from

woes,

His flocks in fold, the fhepherd homeward goes;
At whose return, his Offspring, lo! rejoice,
And leap, tranfported at his well-known voice.
By fpoufal love is he fincere carefs'd,
And courts not Morpheus for refective rest.

-The falling evening but precedes the
night,

Which, dark defcending, quite excludes the light;

Yet does the night no horrors rude display,
But timely falls to close the Summer's day.

-This happy feafon does the gardens fill With various things, to crown the careful skil! Of gard'ners, who induftr'ously have watch'd Preceding feafons, and the feafons catch'd:

-

-The garden's thirsty, and the feafon's dry, New planted trees with water now fupply: To feeding herbs now lend a watchful eye, And with due moisture feeding herbs fupply; The full-grown feeds collect without delay; In green-houfe dry them, or in folar ray; To catch voracious wafp, the vials fill With sweet metheglin, or with dulcid ale. With Emmets war. The vermin now you fee,

That haunt the garden, and frequent the tree, Them all deftroy, and with unfparing hand, Let lifeless vermin ftrew the cultur'd land :

So

* Vide Laurence's Invention for destroying of Ants.

H

MENT.

APPY the man, whose country feat
Affords a pleafing, calm retreat,
Beneath its fhady bow'rs:

No heavy cares of public life;
No noify parties clam'rous ftrife,
Disturb his peaceful hours.
Ambition dwells not in his breaft;
No fting of envy break his reft;

No grief corrodes his mind;
No fierce defires of gold controul,
Or fway the dictates of his foul,

To heav'n's decrees refign'd;
With empty titles let the great,
And all the useless pomp of ftate,
Perpetuate their name:
Peace and contentment fills his cot,
And healthy temp'rance crowns his lot,
Tho' unadorn'd by fame.

Let others to preferment climb,
By daring fome atrocious crime,

And rule the fubject state.
Let the bafe traitor heap up gold;
The price of his dear country fold,
By perfidy made great.
He lives beneath his humble home,
More bleft than in the gilded dome,
Where guilt torments the breast.
To him retirement joy affords,
Fair competence fupplies his board,
And virtue makes him bleft,

An ODE, written upon concluding a facred Heroic Poem, entituled DAVIDEIS, in 12 Books.

I,

Thou, the humble Port's friend!
Permit, the Mufe her thanks to blend
In foftly flowing fong;

To Thee, fupreme in heav'n above,
In earth beneath, the God of Love,
Alone, her lays belong.

II,
Without thy great, inspiring aid,
In vain is all our art display'd

To fing exalted things;
'Tis thine to bid each thought to glow,
Each fwelling period fully flow,

And ope the facred springs.
III.

Led by thy pure, celeftial light,
Tranfporting, wonderful, and bright,
With confidence we foar;

To grov'ling bards leave lower themes,
Aionian founts, and Pindus dreams,
Which Heathens us'd of yore.

IV.
Before the Mufes fictious birth,
Before Parnaffus rofe on earth,

Thy mighty pow'r was known;
Mofes, by thee infpir'd of old,
Could truths, fublimely touch'd, unfold
In language not his own.

V.

With what applause, good Job we hear Dwell on thy great, almighty fear,

And fpeak thy wond'rous worth! Now, now, attend thy folemn found, Forth from the whirlwind burft around, And shake the folid earth!

VI. Too long, alas! the fons of fame Have fet at nought thy glorious name, Licentious in their choice; Top long, a vice-pursuing age Applaud the vain, inftructlefs page With bold, unhallow'd voice. VII.

A fpark of thy pervading ray

With David's troubles fraught, And if the verse should merit raife, Thine be the glory, thine the praise, Great Author of each thought! VIII. Not threats, nor conflicts could controul His fteady confidence of foul,

Or quench his martial fire; He patient, faw with faithful eyes, Rewards defcending from the skies, Beyond his fond defire.

IX.

IX.

Suftain'd by thee, the hero rofe
Above the malice of his foes,

With envy'd luftre shone ;
His Guide and God prepar'd the way,
Difpers'd the clouds, reveal'd the day,
And fix'd him on the throne.

X.

If future works demand my care,
Thofe future works, O God prepare,
Productive of thy praise;

Let virtue, Spotless virtue shine,
And shed a luftre all divine,

In thefe degen'rate days.
XI.

Whene'er I tune the moral ftrain,
I fear no confequence of pain,

My foul exults with joy;
My lines mislead no tender youth
Far from the paths of lovely truth,
And fyren-like destroy.
XII.

If to be vain, can raise a name,
O keep me from the dear-bought fame,
Obfcurely let me live;

Contented in a low estate,
I'll fcorn the grandeur of the great,
And all the rich can give.
XIII.

Extend thy banner far and near,
Make millions round thy worth revere,

Thy fayour'd fens inipire;
Aroufe them for the glorious caufe,
To propagate thy facred laws

With true poetic fire.

XIV.

O! may Britannia's favour'd ifle Enhance JEHOVAH's royal fmile,

A

James Stevens

ODE on PEACE.

MIDST a jarring world's alarms,
Whilft the fhrill trump, and din of arms,
Bellona's triumphs tell;

Whilft British heroes dying groans,
And orphans fighs, and widows moans,
Ambition's concert fwell.
Amidft this wreck of human kind,
What fportive numbers can I find

To trim the feftal lay?

My votive lyre muft hang unftrung,
Thy worth, O Weftmoreland! unfung,
'Till peace refumes her fway.
What tho' no hoftile banners meet
On Ifis banks, the mufes feat,

To blast her bards repofe;
Whilft foreign fhores, each foreign flood,
Flows rubric with our country's blood,
What bard but fhares her woes?
To thee, O Fane! tho' thron'd in ftate,
And Phabus' fons around thee wait,

In vain their Pæans rife;
Thy foul, abforb'd in Britain's cause,
But half enjoys the loud applaufe

When Britain bleeding lies.
Let halcyon peace, on downy wing,
Once more her herald olive bring,

Once more, by her inspir'd.
My tuneful fong more blithe fhall be,
Worthy the mufe, and worthy thee,
By every mufe admir’d.

From the LONDON GAZETTE.

Saturday, June 23.

Y Accounts received here this

Hague, B Day, it appears, that Prince June 10. Ferdinand of Brunfwick's Head Quarters were on the 17th Instant at Erdberenberg, and that the Allied Army occupied the Heights of Buren, as the French did thofe of Effen and Meerhoff. From the Situation of the two Armies, which are fo near each other, it is strongly expected that an Action of great Confequence is not far off.

By the laft Account of the 8th Inftant, the King of Pruffia ftill kept his former Pofition, and nothing material had paffed in Silefia.

1

Hague, July 6. By the laft Accounts, which were of the ift Instant, from the Allied Army in Weftphalia, it appears, that his Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick had changed his Pofition from Rittberg, and that his Head. Quarters were on the 30th past at Marienfeld, about which Place the Army was encamped. Marthal de Contades's Camp was between Lipfpring and Oftfchlangen. On the Morning of the 1ft Inftant, a smart Action paffed between the two Regiments of French Huffars, Turpin and Berchiny, and five Squadrons of Pruffian Hufars, in which the French loft about a Hundred and Fifty Men killed and taken, and the Reft were dispersed.

Hague, July 17. The laft Letters we have received from the Allied Army are dated the 12th Instant, and contain among other Particulars, that Prince Ferdinand, whofe Head-Quarters were at Ofnabrug, removed that Day to Boomte, a little Place near the Wezer: That Col. Luckner, with the Hunters under his Command, attacked near Diepnau, a French Detachment of 600

Men, Part of which he cut in Pieces, made about 200 Prisoners, and put the Reft to flight. Thefe Letters add, that in the Night between the 12th and 13th, the French Troops that lie before Munfter attempted to carry the Town by Scalade: that they attacked it in five Places at once, but were repulfed every where with great Lofs.

Extract of a Letter from Louisbourg, June 6.

TH

HIS Day the two Admirals, Saunders and Holmes, failed from this Place with 10 Sail of 74 Gun Ships, 4 Frigates, and 4 Firefhips, 3 Bombs, and about 120 Sail of Tranfports, fome with Artillery, Provifions, Horfes, &c. from Bofton'; the Reft with near 3000 Troops on board (the major Part Highlanders) and the Provincials, all for Quebec.

Admiral Durell failed from Halifax with 8 Sail of the Line and 2 Frigates, and we hear has got fafe up the River St. Lawrence. In their Paffage they took and fent into this Place a French Frigate bound to Quebec with Ammunition, &c. This Place is repairing as fast as poffible, being in a most thattered Condition by the late Siege. We hear that two Ships of 74 Guns each are come into Halifax; and that as foon as they have watered, &c. they will proceed

NEWS.

after the Fleet. General Wolfe is on Board Admiral Saunders; and General Amherst is going from New-York, cross the Land, to meet the aforefaid Armament at the Place appointed. Every Body here is in high Spirits, and believes the finishing Blow will be given this Year. There are now upon this land, in the back Parts, many French and Indian Families, who make frequent Incurfions upon the People working in the Coal-mines, of which there are great Plenty, fufficient to ferve all North-America. Last Week this Harbour was choaked up with Ice, and the whole Fleet confined thereby in it. The Fields of Ice are near

Miles out in the Offing; notwithstanding, in the Month of June, it is extremely cold, and fo very foggy, that one can hardly fee a Ship at ten Yards Diftance. I believe there are near forty fmall Veffels, Schooners, and Sloops, from Bofton and New-York, full with all Manner of live Stock, &c. to fell to the Fleet."

A

Edinburg, June 16.

Letter from the South Country men.. tions a very uncommon Sort of In, which, within these few Weeks, has made its Appearance, and done confiderable Damage to the Grafs and Corn in feveral Parts of that Country. They bear a near Appearance to the Caterpillar, or Kailworm, are of a dark Colour, with white Stripes from the Head to the Tail, and about two Inches long: They seem to abound most about the Head of the Tweed, where feveral Farms have been in a Manner

totally destroyed by them. They are so very numerous, that they cover Fields of many Acres of Ground, and in many Places fettle fo clofe together, that an Hundred of them have been found on little more than a square Foot of Ground.-Most People are

of Opinion, that they are caused by the late exceffive Drought, though feveral old Men remember much greater, without any fuch Appearance. It has been observed," that fince the late Rains many of them have been found dead, and fwelled to a confiderable Bignefs.

VOL. III.

COUNTRY

June 21.

AT

Command, failed with a fair Wind, but in the Evening, the Wind coming about, they were obliged to come back to St. Helens. This Morning they failed again, with a fair Wind. At the fame Time failed his Majefty's Ship Gramont, with the Trade for the Streights, Lisbon, and Port, under her Convoy. The Mercury failed this Morning with the Trade for the Downs.

Rickmanfworth, July 15. The Chimnies of Mr. Whitfield were beat down by Thunder and Lightning; as his Sifter was combing her Hair at the Window, the Comb in her Hand was fhivered to Pieces, and the Bed from whence fhe had just arisen, split and rent in a surprising Manner, and yet the Lady did not receive any Hurt.

T

chofen Sheriffs of this City and County of Middlesex for the Year enfuing.

Letters from Rome advise, that a certain Perfon had presented a Supplication to the Penitentiary, for obtaining Abfolution, for the Crime of poisoning a Cardinal.

For 60,000 Seamen, including

14,845 Marines,and Ordnance for Sea Service For 52,343 effective Men for Guards and Garrifons, and other Land Forces in Great Britain, Guernsey and Jersey For the Pay of the Staff-Officers, and Officers of the Hofpital For the Forces and Garrisons in the Plantations and Gibraltar, and for Provifions for the Garrifons in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Providence, Cape Breton and Senegal

For four Regiments of Foot, and one Battalion, on the Irish Eftablishment,ferving in North America and Africa

For the Charge of the Office of Ordnance for Land Service For the Extra-expence of the Ordnance in 1758, not provided for