Where well known shades their pleasing branches bend,

Shed the soft poison from thy speaking eye,

And look those raptures lifeless words deny;

Still be, though late, reheard what ne’er could tire,

But, told each eve, fresh pleasures would inspire;

Still hope those scenes which love and fancy drew;

But, drawn a thousand times, were ever new.

“Can fancy paint, can words express;

Can aught on earth my woes redress;

E’en thy soft smiles can ceaseless prove