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THE CHARMS OF MELODY.
Aileen a Roon.
■ 7 he filicrotng -very elegant paraphrafe on the Cilc-
hrattd Jong of Ailee7i a Roon, by the late Rt. Hon.
']6hi Hely Hutchinfon, Provoft of Trinity College,
Dublin, and firjl Secretary of'State,isnouipuhliJhed,
for the frfi time, from the original manufcript,
VJH! welcome, my Aileen ; the moment Isbleft
That tjiings thee to foothe ev'ry care of my Breaft ;
-Thefe eyes that behold thee,
Thefe arms that enfold thee ;
This faithful heart beating,
In joy of our meeting.
Welcome, a thouland times, Aileen a Roon.
My faithful companion* who walk'd by my fide,
Flew away like the wind when my Aiken he fpy'd ;
With mufic he greets thee,
In raptures he meets thee,
Now to thy fide clinging ;
Now up thy lap fpringing,
He welcomes, a thoufand ways, Aileen a Roon.
My flocks ga^e and bleat as my Aileen draws nigh,
And my little ftream flows more melodioufly by ;
At her feet the flow'rs fpringing,
The birds round her finging;
In her prefence delighting,
All nature uniting.
Proclaims a glad welcome to Aileen a Roon.
Thy prefence my garden rejoices to hail,
And gives thee her welcome perfum'd in the gale,
Amid' thy charms ftraying,
Fond zephyrs are playing,
Now on thy cheek lying,
Soft breathing and fighing.
With whifpers they welcome thee, Aileen a Roon.
The bloffoms are cluft'ring, more verdant the grove,
And myfieldsfmile with gladnefstowelcomemy love,
To thee all is owing,
In thee pleafure fliowing ;
All objefts appearing \
More foft and endearing.
What wonder we welcome thee, Aileen a Roon.
In their gayeft apparel the fhepherds appear,
And are thronging to fee and to welcome thee here ;
Thy dear name refounding,
From hill to hill bounding ;
Fond echo conveying,
And joyfully faying
Welcome, a thoufand times, Aileen a Roon.
It to welcome thee all things In nature unite.
In what ftrainslhall thy Donald exprefs his delight?
At fight of his treafure,
Tranfported with pleafure ;
Thus gazing and preifing
To his bofom his bleffing —
He has fcarce breath to welcome thee, Aileen aRoon
* A favourite Spaniel.
Still in Hopes.
STILL in hopes to get the better
Of my ftubborn flame I try;
Sv/ear this moment to forget her,
And the next my oath deny.
Now prepar'd with fcorn to treat her,
Ev'ry charm in thought I brave ;
Then relapfing, fly to meet her,
And <;onfefs myfelf her flave.
Love in a Fit.
What wakes this new Pain.
'HAT. wakes this new pain in my breaft.
This fenfe that lay dormant before?
Ue flill, bufy flutl'rer, and reft;
The peace of \ny bofom reflore.
Why trickles in filence the tear ?
This fighing, ah! what does it mean?
This mixture of hope and of fear,
Where, once, all was mild and ferene.
Some pleaCngly anxious alarm
Now warms, and then freezes my heart;
Some foft, irrefiflible charm.
By turns gives me pleafure and fmart.
Ye fair married Dames.
YE fair married dames, who fo often deplore
That a lover once blefs'd is a lover no more, ,'
Attend to my counfel, nor blufn to be taught.
That prudence mufi cherifli what beauty has caught
The bloom of your cheek and the glance of your eye.
Your roies and lilies, may make the men figh.;
But rofes, and lilies, and fighs pafs away,
And paflion will die as your beauties decay.
Ufe the man that you wed like your fav'rite guitar
Though mufic in both, they are both apt to jar ;
Now tuneful and foft from a delicate touch,
Not handled too roughly, nor play'd on too much.
The fparrow and linnet will feed from your hand,
Grow tame by your kindnefj, and come at command,
Exert with your huiband the fame happy flrill.
For hearts, likeyour birds.may be tam'd to your will
Be gay and good humour'd, complying and kind.
Turn the chief of your care from your face to you-
mind ;
'Tis there that a wife may her conquefts Improve,
And Hymen fhall rivet the fetters of love.
Cirrick,
The happy Miller.
HOW happy a ftate does the miller pofiefs,
Who would be no greater, nor fears to be !eff.
On his mill and himfelf be depends for fupport,'
Which is better than fervilely cringing at court,
Which is better than fervilely cringing at court.
What tho' he all dufty and pov;der'd does go.
The more he is powder'd the more like a beau;
A clown in his drefs may be honeller far
Than a courtier who iltuts in his garter and flat.
Than a courtier, fee.
Tho' his hands are fo daub'd they're not fit to be feen
The hands of his betters are not very clean ;
A palm more polite may as dirtily deal ;
Gold in handling may flick to the fingers like meal.
Gold in handling, ISc.
What if, when a pudding for dinner he lacks.
He cribs, without fcruple, from other mens' facks ;
In this a right noble example he brags.
Who borrows as freely from other mens' bags.
Who borrows, (Sc.
Or fhould he endeavour to heap an ellate.
In this too he'd mimic the tools of the ftate,
Whofe aim is alone their own coffers to fill,
And all his concern's to bring grift to his mill.
And all his concerns, ^i^
He eats wheii he's hungry, he drinks when he's dry,
And down when he's weary contented does lie ;
Then raif£;s up cheerful to work and to fing.
If fo happy a miller, then who'd bea king?
If fo happy a miller, then who'd be a king?
R. Dodf.ey.