And scenes of joy and pleasure op’ning round.

XVII.

Yet still methought a certain want appear’d,

Of some to own this spot, so heav’nly fair,

Else were each charming flow’ret vainly rear’d,

“To bloom unnotic’d to the desart air:”

XVIII.

Else, were in vain these soft melodious strains,

Which the whole soul of harmony inspir’d,

Pour’d to the wild woods and the lonely plains,