LINES WRITTEN NEAR RICHMOND...
LINES RIttEN NEAR RIC EVENING.
, imprest
its summer hues,
,
t path pursues!
And see ream!
A little moment past, so smiling!
And still, perhless gleam,
Some oterer beguiling.
Suchful bard allure,
But, he following gloom,
heir colours shall endure
till peace go o tomb.
--And let ,
And w if die in sorrow!
c,
to-morrow?
Glide gently, thus for ever glide,
O t other bards may see,
As lovely visions by thy side
As noo me.
Oream! for ever so;
t soul on all bestowing,
till all our minds for ever ?ow,
As ters now are ?owing.
Vain t! yet be as no,
t in ters may be seen
ts ,
, how solemn, how serene!
Suc did once t bless,
er_ ditty,
Could ?nd no refuge from distress,
But in ty.
Remembrance! as we glide along,
For he dashing oar,
And pray t never child of Song
May know his freezing sorrows more.
ill! the only sound,
the oar suspended!
--thers round
By virtues potended.
[3] Collinss Ode on t ten, Ibelieve, of time. to in t stanza.