A SUMMER'S WISH. MY Guardian, bear me on thy downy Wing To some cool Shade where infant Flow'rs spring; Where on the Trees sweet Hony-suckles blow, And ruddy Daisies paint the Ground below: Where the shrill Linnet charms the solemn Shade, And Zephyrs pant along the cooler Glade, Or shake the Bull-rush by a River Side, While the gay Sun-beams sparkle on the Tide: O for some Grot whose rustick Sides declare, Ease, and not Splendor, was the Builder's Care; Where Roses spread their unaffected Charms, And the curl'd Vine extends her clasping Arms; Where happy Silence lulls the quiet Soul, And makes it calm as Summer Waters roll. Here let me learn to check each growing Ill, And bring to Reason disobedient Will; To watch this incoherent Breast, and find What fav'rite Passions rule the giddy Mind. Here no Reproaches grate the wounded Ear; We see delighted, and transported hear, While the glad Warblers wanton round the Trees, And the still Waters catch the dying Breeze, Grief waits without, and melancholy Gloom: Come, chearful Hope, and fill the vacant Room; Come ev'ry Thought, which Virtue gave to please; Come smiling Health with thy Companion Ease: Let these, and all that Virtue's self attends, Bless the still Hours of my gentle Friends: Peace to my Foes, if any such there be, And gracious Heav'n give Repose to me.