1789.* ----- WARNING. WAKEN not Amor from sleep! The beauteous urchin still slumbers; Go, and complete thou the task, that to the day is assign'd! Thus doth the prudent mother with care turn time to her profit, While her babe is asleep, for 'twill awake but too soon. 1785.* ----- SOLITUDE. OH ye kindly nymphs, who dwell 'mongst the rocks and the thickets, Grant unto each whatsoe'er he may in silence desire! Comfort impart to the mourner, and give to the doubter instruction, And let the lover rejoice, finding the bliss that he craves. For from the gods ye received what they ever denied unto mortals, Power to comfort and aid all who in you may confide. 1782. ----- THE CHOSEN CLIFF. HERE in silence the lover fondly mused on his loved one; Gladly he spake to me thus: "Be thou my witness, thou stone! Yet thou must not be vainglorious, thou hast many companions; Unto each rock on the plain, where I, the happy one, dwell, Unto each tree of the wood that I cling to, as onward I ramble, 'Be thou a sign of my bliss!' shout I, and then 'tis ordain'd. Yet to thee only I lend a voice, as a Muse from the people Chooseth one for herself, kissing his lips as a friend." 1782. ----- THE CONSECRATED SPOT. WHEN in the dance of the Nymphs, in the moonlight so holy assembled, Mingle the Graces, down from Olympus in secret descending, Here doth the minstrel hide, and list to their numbers enthralling, Here doth he watch their silent dances' mysterious measure. All that is glorious in Heaven, and all that the earth in her beauty Ever hath brought into life, the dreamer awake sees before him; All he repeats to the Muses, and lest the gods should be anger'd, How to tell of secrets discreetly, the Muses instruct him. 1789.* ----- THE INSTRUCTORS. WHEN Diogenes quietly sunn'd himself in his barrel, When Calanus with joy leapt in the flame-breathing grave, Oh, what noble lessons were those for the rash son of Philip, Were not the lord of the world e'en for instruction too great! 1789.* ----- THE UNEQUAL MARRIAGE, EVEN this heavenly pair were unequally match'd when united: Psyche grew older and wise, Amor remain'd still a child, 1789.* ----- EXCUSE. THOU dost complain of woman for changing from one to another? Censure her not: for she seeks one who will constant remain. 1789.* ----- SAKONTALA. WOULDST thou the blossoms of spring, as well as the fruits of the autumn, Wouldst thou what charms and delights, wouldst thou what plenteously, feeds, Would thou include both Heaven and earth in one designation, All that is needed is done, when I Sakontala name. 1792. ----- THE MUSE'S MIRROR.