SONNET. OCCASIONED BY LEAVING B—R—N, JULY 1755. THE AUTHOR TELLING THE LADIES “HE LOOKED UPON HIMSELF IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN ADAM BANISH'D PARADISE,” WAS ENJOINED BY THEM TO EXPRESS THE SAME IN RHIME. Thomas Percy 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. T116245 1136 K093079.003 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 p. 281. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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SONNET . BY THE SAME . OCCASIONED BY LEAVING B—R—N , JULY 1755. THE AUTHOR TELLING THE LADIES “ HE LOOKED UPON HIMSELF IN A WORSE SITUATION THAN ADAM BANISH'D PARADISE , ” WAS ENJOINED BY THEM TO EXPRESS THE SAME IN RHIME . WHEN our first Father thro' the dreary waste From Eden's plains an exile sad must go , Oft he recall'd each scene of pleasure past , Felt the dire change , and bade his sorrows flow . Yet still a sweet companion of his woe With soft , assiduous care attended near ; Fond to relieve , and resolute to show The soothing smile , or sympathizing tear . Far happier doom , alas ! attends me here , Who leave of Nymphs so fair a train behind , Nor one is found the tedious way to chear , Or raise with converse sweet the drooping mind : Then tell me , fair ones , can I chuse but grieve , Who quit my Paradise without an EVE ?