Dyer. Each greedy wretch for tardy rifing wealth Which comes too late, that courts the tafte in vain, „Or naufeates with diftempers. Yes, ye Rich! „Still, ftill be rich, if thus ye fashion life; And piping, carelefs, filly fhepherds we, We filly fhepherds, all intent to feed t ,,Our fnowy flocks, and wind the fleeky Fleece." ,,Deem not, however, our occupation mean," Damon reply d,,, while the fupreme accounts Well of the faithful fhepherd, rank'd alike With king and prieft: they alfo fhepherds are; „For fo th' All-feeing ftyles them, to remind Elated man, forgetful of his charge." " دو وو But hafte, begin the rites: fee purple Eve Stretches her fhadows: all ye Nymphs and. Swains, Hither affemble! Pleas'd with honours due, „Sabrina, guardian of the crystal flood, Shall blefs our cares, when she by moonlight clear Skims o'er the dales, and eyes our fleeping folds; ,, Or in hoar caves around Plynlynimon's brow, Where precious minerals dart their gleams ,,Among her fifters fhe reclines; the lov'd In the divided torrents, ere they burst „Thro' the dark clouds, and down the mountain roll. ,,Nor taint-worm fhall infect the yeaning herds, „Nor * Vaga, Ryddol, Ytwith, and Clevedoc, rivers, the fprings of which rife in the fides of Plynlym nnon. Nor penny-grafs, nor spearwort's pois'nous leaf." He faid: with light fantastic toe the nymphs Mix'd with the greens of burnet, mint, and thy me, And trefoil, fprinkled with their sportive arms. Such custom holds along th' irriguous vales The fearch of Guendolen, her ftepdame proud, Difpers'd in copious measure: early fruits And thofe of frugal ftore, in hufk or rind; cream Soft temper'd, in full merriment they quaff, Of pipe, sheep, kine, and birds, and liquid brooks, Dyer. *) Delvoryn, a ruinous caftle in Montgomeryfhire, on the banks of the Severn, Dyer. Unite their echoes: near at hand the wide Arm Armstrong. Dr. John Armstrong war ein einsichtvoller und geschickter Arzt, der zu Anfange dieses Jahrhunderts im Kirchspiel Caffleton geboren wurde, und im J. 1779 in London ftarb. Sein erftes Lehrgedicht, The Oeconomy of Love hatte zu viel freie Stellen, die er in einer umgeänderten Ausgabe vom J. 1768 größtentheils wegließ; indeß fand er doch dieß Gedicht einer Aufnahme in die Sammlung seiner wißigen Schriften nicht würdig, die er im J. 1770 unter dem Titel, Mifcellanies, in zwei Bånden herausgab. An der Spize dieser Sammlung steht sein besseres, und von Seiten des Juhalts fowohl als der Ausführung überaus sch&zbares Lehrgedicht: The Art of preferving Health, in vier Büchern, worin Vorschriften der Lebensordnung in vierfacher Rücksicht, auf Luft, Nahrung, Bewegung und Gemüthszustand, ertheilt werden. Zur Probe gebe ich hier nur eine kurze Stelle des legten Buchs, weil das ganze Gedicht neulich im zweiten Bande von Hrn. Benzler's Poetical Library, einer sehr empfehlungswerthen Sammlung der besten euglischen didaktis schen und beschreibenden Gedichte abgedruckt ist. - - Vergl. Dusch's Briefe, Th. II. Br. 15. THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH, ⚫ B. IV. v. 220-303. Armstrong. How to live happieft; how avoid the pains, Armstrong., A graceful loofenefs, when he pleas'd, put on, And laughing could inftruct. Much had heread, Much more had feen; he ftudied from the life And in th' original perus'd mankind. Vers'd in the woes and vanities of life, He pitied man: and much he pitied, thofe means To diffipate their days in queft of joy. Invites us ftill, but fhifts as we pursue. For, not to name the pains that Pleasure brings. Forbids that we thro' gay voluptuous wilds kind more Our narrow luxuries would foon be ftale. fick, And cloy'd with pleasure, fqueamishly complain That all was vanity, and life a dream. Let nature reft; be bufy for yourself, |