41' 1 ~~c~·C:St,ttt~"'~ttt:tt~4·cbcJ~t~w~• · F ·UN8 .RAL ELEGIES I • E. LE G. I. ' A. LLyou whofeeys woui~ learn to weep,draw ne~r, And hear,'\Vh!ft none,wnhout fui tears,can hear; Cotne marble eys,as marble as your beans, . l'Je teach you,how to weep a tear in parts; · · · . And you falfe ey£, that never yet let fall A tear in earneft, come, and now ye fhail Send forth fait fountains ofthe trueft grief, ' That ever fought to language for relief: But you, yoq tender eyes, that cannot bear An Elegy, wept forth-withour a rear, · l warn you hence; or, at the moft, pafsh)', Left while you flay, you foon difiolve; anddie~ ' E. LE G. 2. Blttflay : ( fad Grniu.r) ho~do griefs tranfport Thy exil'd fenfes? Is there no refort To fork'd Parnaffu.r facred Mount? No word, No thought ofHelicon? No Mufe implor'd! · · i did invoke, but there was none r,eply'd ;, The nine were filenr, fince Mec£na.rdy'd: They have forfaken their old fpring, 'tis faid, . They haunt anew one, which their tears have made ~ Should1moleft them with my lofs? 'Tis known~ They find enoug~ to re-lament their own: . I crave no aid~ no Deity to infufe· Newmatter : Ah ! frue forrow needs no Mufe. ,' E Lf rJ.
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