Davideis, lib. i. ad finem.
"All earth-bred fears and sorrows take their flight;
In rushes joy divine, and hope, and rest;
A sacred calm shines through his peaceful breast."
Davideis, lib. ii. ad finem.
Again, does not Mr. Gray's Ode to Spring—
"Methinks I hear," &c.
remind one a little of Cowley's "Anacreontic to the Grasshopper?"
"To thee of all things upon earth,
Life is no longer than thy mirth.