THE SHRUBBERY, Written in a Time of Affliction. William Cowper Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T14895 K027775.000 Cowper, William, 1731-1800. Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London printed for J. Johnson 1782 pp. 344-345. [4],367,[1]p. ; 8⁰.

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THE SHRUBBERY , Written in a Time of Affliction . 1. OH happy shades ! to me unblest , Friendly to peace , but not to me , How ill the scene that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! 2. This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quiv'ring to the breeze , Might sooth a soul less hurt than mine , And please , if any thing could please . 3. But fixt unalterable care Foregoes not what she feels within , Shows the same sadness ev'ry where , And slights the season and the scene . 4. For all that pleas'd in wood or lawn , While peace possess'd these silent bow'rs , Her animating smile withdrawn , Has lost its beauties and its pow'rs . 5. The saint or moralist should tread This moss-grown alley , musing slow , They seek like me the secret shade , But not like me , to nourish woe . 6. Me fruitful scenes and prospects waste , Alike admonish not to roam , These tell me of enjoyments past , And those of sorrows yet to come .