THE PINEAPPLE AND THE BEE. THE pineapples, in triple row, While Cynthio ogles, as she passes, The nymph between two chariot glasses, She is the pineapple, and he The silly unsuccessful bee. The maid, who views with pensive air The show-glass fraught with glitt'ring ware, THE PINEAPPLE AND THE BEE. 249 Sees watches, bracelets, rings, and lockets, HORACE Book II. Ode X. I. RECEIVE, dear friend, the truths I teach Of adverse Fortune's pow'r ; IL. He, that holds fast the golden mean, The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitt'ring all his state. III. The tallest pines feel most the pow'r The bolts, that spare the mountain's side, IV. The well-inform'd philosopher If Winter bellow from the north, Soon the sweet Spring comes dancing forth, And Nature laughs again. V. What if thine heav'n be overcast, The God that strings the silver bow, VI. If hind'rances obstruct thy way, And let thy strength be seen; But O! if fortune fill thy sail A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all? Can Reason do no more, The Christian has an art unknown to thee. |