Thou canst stroke great Æolus,
And from him the grace obtain,
To bind him in an iron chain.
Thomas Carew, 1600.
RETURN OF SPRING.
FROM THE FRENCH.
God shield ye, heralds of the spring,
Ye faithful swallows, fleet of wing,
Houps, cuckoos, nightingales,
Turtles, and every wilder bird,