Written upon leaving a FRIEND'S House in WALES. William Markham 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. T131163 K104099.004 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. IV. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] pp. 302-303. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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Written upon leaving a FRIEND'S House in WALES . By the Rev. Dr. M. THE winds were loud , the clouds deep-hung ; And dragg'd their sweepy trains along The dreary mountain's side ; When , from the hill , one look to throw On Towy's rambling flood below , I turn'd my horse — and sigh'd . But soon the gusts of sleet and hail Flew thick across the darken'd vale , And blurr'd the face of day : Forlorn and sad , I jogg'd along ; And tho' Tom cry'd , " You're going wrong , " Still wander'd from my way . The scenes , which once my fancy took , And my aw'd mind with wonder struck , Pass'd unregarded , all ! Nor black Trecarris' steepy height , Nor waste Trecastle gave delight ; Nor clamorous Hondy's fall . Did the bleak day then give me pain ? The driving snow , or pelting rain , Or sky with tempests fraught ? No ! these unheeded rag'd around : Nought in them so much Mine I found , As claim'd one wandering thought . Far other cares engross'd my mind , Cares for the joys I left behind , In Newton is the name of a seat belonging to Sir John Price . Newton's happy groves ! Yet not because its woods disclose . Or grots or lawns more sweet than those Which Pan at noon-day loves ; But that , beside its social hearth Dwells every joy , which youthful mirth Or serious age can claim : The man too whom my soul first knew , To virtue and to honour true ; And friendship's sacred name . O Newton , could these pensive lays In worthy numbers scan thy praise , Much gratitude would say ; But that the Muse , ingenuous maid , Of flattery seems so much afraid , She'll scarce her duty pay . Brecknock , Oct. 16 , 1749.