Whene'er I go, or whatsoe'er befalls Me in mine age, or foreign funerals, This blessing I will leave thee, ere I go: Prosper thy basket and therein thy dough. Feed on the paste of filberts, or else knead And bake the flour of amber for thy bread. Balm may thy trees drop, and thy springs run oil, And everlasting harvest crown thy soil! These I but wish for; but thyself shall see The blessing fall in mellow times on thee. 819. THE TRANSFIGURATION. Immortal clothing I put on So soon as, Julia, I am gone To mine eternal mansion. Thou, thou art here, to human sight Cloth'd all with incorrupted light; But yet how more admir'dly bright Wilt thou appear, when thou art set In thy refulgent thronelet, That shin'st thus in thy counterfeit! 820. SUFFER THAT THOU CANST NOT SHIFT. Does fortune rend thee? Bear with thy hard fate: _Virtuous instructions ne'er are delicate_. Say, does she frown? still countermand her threats: _Virtue best loves those children that she beats_. 821. TO THE PASSENGER. If I lie unburied, sir, These my relics pray inter: 'Tis religion's part to see Stones or turfs to cover me. One word more I had to say: But it skills not; go your way; He that wants a burial room _For a stone, has Heaven his tomb_. _Religion's_, orig. ed. _religious_. 823. TO THE KING, UPON HIS TAKING OF LEICESTER. This day is yours, great Charles! and in this war Your fate, and ours, alike victorious are. In her white stole now Victory does rest _Ensphered with palm on your triumphant crest_. Fortune is now your captive; other Kings _Hold but her hands; you hold both hands and wings_. 824. TO JULIA, IN HER DAWN, OR DAYBREAK. By the next kindling of the day, My Julia, thou shalt see, Ere Ave-Mary thou canst say I'll come and visit thee. Yet ere thou counsel'st with thy glass, Appear thou to mine eyes As smooth, and nak'd, as she that was The prime of paradise. If blush thou must, then blush thou through A lawn, that thou mayst look As purest pearls, or pebbles do When peeping through a brook. As lilies shrin'd in crystal, so Do thou to me appear; Or damask roses when they grow To sweet acquaintance there. 825. COUNSEL. 'Twas Cæsar's saying: _Kings no less conquerors are By their wise counsel, than they be by war._ 826. BAD PRINCES PILL THE PEOPLE. Like those infernal deities which eat The best of all the sacrificed meat; And leave their servants but the smoke and sweat: So many kings, and primates too there are, Who claim the fat and fleshy for their share And leave their subjects but the starved ware. 827. MOST WORDS, LESS WORKS. In desp'rate cases all, or most, are known Commanders, few for execution. 828. TO DIANEME.