William Hamilton Reid

Not to the camp, the court, or hoary cell,
Is pure Felicity's bright meed confin'd;
Nor yet with wealth th' brilliant deigns to dwell,
Nor beat the billows round the gem refin'd:…

Sweet Poesy! when I thy spirit feel
Hov'ring — I hail the blest Arcadian's reign;
And strait away, the sullen passions steal,
And balm dissolves each adamantine chain—…

Avaunt Indifference! with thy heedless air,
And Levity! who tip-toe stands behind;
For this rough waste of all but rank weeds bare,
Speaks other language to a pensive mind.For in these bounds those crosier'd walls beneath,…

Я ночью шёл под бледною луной,
Судьбину поминая с укоризной,
Затем что долго связан был с одной
Красавицей жестокой и капризной.…

In deep oblivion's dreary gloom
A magic name at rest is laid;
The ruthless rigours of the tomb
But half conceals the stately shade.What, if the Muses earth-born name…

MORNING.
The solemn scenery of night withdrawn,
Faint, trembling, springs the harbinger of day;
The blushing genius of the fragrant dawn,…

Oh Thou! whose daedal hand can chear,
Cimmerian vale, or cavern drear;
Or clothe the sandy desart wide
In all the gaudy summer's pride;…

1.Приди на помощь, Мельпомена!
Сказать хочу проникновенно:
Потеря – необыкновенна!
И дик, и злобен,…

As late I walk’d beneath the moon’s pale rays,
Accusing fortune of my scanty share,
How I had spent – mispent, my youthful days,
To gain the favour of a venal fair;…

1.Melpomene, thou mournfu’ muse,
Dinna to aid me now refuse,
My paper mony a tear bedews,
My heart’s like lead,…

'Twas when Nature's darling child,
Flora, fann'd by Zephyrs mild,
The gorgeous canopy outspread
O'er the sun's declining head,…

Come sober Melancholy, come!
Lead me to some impervious gloom.
I love thy tresses, darkly brown,
That flow thy ivory neck a-down;…

Near hoar Secundrie's mass of sculptur'd walls,
That sacred keep Indostan's Royal dead;
Where still the solemn voice of rev'rence calls,
A youthful chief European warriors led,Who call'd to honour to the fields of Fame,…