How happy a state does the Miller possess ! What though he all dusty and whitened does go; The more he 's bepowdered, the more like a Beau! A Clown in this dress may be honester far Than a Courtier who struts in his Garter and Star! Though his hands are so daubed they're not fit to be seen; The hands of his betters are not very clean! A palm more polite may as dirtily deal; Gold, in handling, will stick to the fingers like meal! What if, when a pudding for dinner he lacks, Or should he endeavour to heap an estate; He eats when he 's hungry; he drinks when he's dry; WHY, CELIA! should you so much strive, In vain you strive, in vain, alas! And sparkles in your swimming eyes! Your eyes, those emblems of the heart, 'TELL me, EUNESIA! prithee, tell! (For thou, I fancy, know'st me well!) Tell me, Why I, who was so gay (I laughed, I revelled, all the day!), Who life enjoyed, and feared not Fate, Why am I altered thus of late? Tasteless are grown my former joys! In crowds a solitude I find! While all my friends are joyous seen, From thought to thought for comfort fly; Life is itself a burthen grown! What means all this? Where can it end? Tell me, my Charmer and my friend!' 'What,' said EUNESIA, 'what means this? Are you so dull, you cannot guess? Fly, my AMINTOR! to my arms! (Where you've confessed a thousand charms!) Fly to my arms! You'll quickly find 'Tis absence only stings your mind! Fly to my arms! A kiss I'll give That shall your gaiety revive ; And make you own, you wish to live!' THE MUTUAL SYMPTOMS. 'АH! who, in all those happy plains, A Youth beloved of all the Swains; I think he's free from artful wiles: He fondly looks at me, and smiles. 'He pressed my hand. I blushed and sighed; Yet hope he did not see! And then to speak he vainly tried; But gently sighed, like me! Methinks, this wary breast should know If COLIN feigned the sigh; Yet when he 's named, it flutters so! Say, gentle God! whose mighty laws Say rather, why this heart intreats And why it flutters! why it beats! THE END OF THE POPE ANTHOLOGY. FIRST LINES AND NOTES. Many of these Poems became immediately popular; and appeared in other contemporary editions than those here quoted, often with great variations in the texts. All the Works herein quoted, were published in London; unless otherwise stated. |