ON A GROTTO near the THAMES, at TWICKENHAM, Compofed of Marbles, Spars, and Minerals. By Mr. POPE. HOU who fhalt ftop, where Thames' translɩ cent wave THO Shines a broad mirrour through the fhadowy cave, Where lingering drops from mineral roofs distill, And Approach. Great NATURE ftudiously behold! А Approach: Approach: But aweful! Lo th' Egerian grött, And the bright flame was fhot thro' MARCHMONT's foul, Who dare to love their country, and be poor. **** HYMN on SOLITUDE. By the late JAMES THOMSON, Efq; Author of the Seasons. H AIL, ever-pleafing Solitude! Companion of the wife and good! Oh! how I love with thee to walk! A thoufand fhapes you wear with ease, A fhepherd A fhepherd next you haunt the plain, Just as the dew-bent rofe is born; Defcending angels bless thy train, Oh, let me pierce thy fecret cell! Æ Who hymn your God amid the secret grove; Ye unfeen beings to my harp repair, And raise majestic strains, or melt in love. II. Those tender notes, how kindly they upbraid! Sure from the hand of fome unhappy maid Who dy'd of love, these sweet complainings part, olus's Harp is a mufical inftrument, which plays with the wind, invented by Mr, Ofwald; its properties are fully described in the Castle of Indolence. III. But |