[Page 62]
A Pastoral on the QUEEN.
(Phillis.)
1 WHy (Philomela) sleep those chearful Strains,
2 With which so much you gratify'd the Plains?
3 When every murmuring stream and pretty spring
4 Of some soft Tale would stop to hear thee Sing
5 In Notes, that all the Nymphs and Shepherds mov'd;
6 And Theron too, had he been by, had Lov'd.
7 But ah! unwellcome Alteration, now
8 No pleasant Smile, or Wreath, adorns thy Brow:
9 About the Plains thy Flocks neglected, stray;
10 And thou, as careless and forlorn as they:
11 In hollow Rocks, and Cypress Shades, alone,
12 Dost Teach the Mournful Dove a sadder Mone.
13 For, all I heard from thee, when listning by,
14 Were broken Notes, of some sad Elegy:
[Page 63]15 But such a great and unaffected Air
16 Thy Solitary Lamentations were,
17 I find, no selfish Grief, or Interest
18 Cou'd draw those Generous Murmurs from thy Breast.
19 'Tis sure, the Publick Loss thou dost condole;
20 'Tis that which yet lies pressing on thy Soul.
(Philomela.)
21 'Tis that indeed, our common loss and care,
22 Which, in my Breast, claims this unvulgar share;
23 Too sadly claims it: Oh! the Queen, the Queen
24 Has left the World: but Heaven! How black a Scene
25 Her Exit makes it? — Oh Illustrious Saint!
26 (By Death, from our most warm Caresses rent;
27 Could I but speak thy Worth: But that's a Theme
28 Too mighty for my boldest Thoughts to Stem:
29 Ev'n my own Grief, I have no words to Paint,
30 Nor find my Love an Elegant Complaint.
[Page 64]31 My Lyre it self no more can give me ease,
32 (Nor the strong Tumults of my Soul appease;
33 No more can give my swelling Breast relief,)
34 Then Fate reverse the Subject of my Grief:
35 'Tis all in vain —
36 Alass! the Royal Shepherdess is gone;
37 And, with her, the Whole Sex's Glory flown.
38 Oh! Could not all those Heavenly Virtues Save
39 Divine Maria from th' Insatiate Grave?
40 Nor her's, and our Dear Hero's Moving Tears?
41 Nor all the poor Lamenting Nations Fears?
42 No, no; they could not — She resigns Her Breath;
43 The Charming QUEEN a Trophy falls to Death.
About this text
Author: Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer)
Themes:
grief; sadness; death
Genres:
heroic couplet; pastoral
Text view / Document view
Source edition
Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. Poems on several occasions. Written by Philomela. London: Printed for John Dunton at the Raven in Jewen-street, 1696, pp. 62-64. [24],72,69,[11]p.; 8⁰ (ESTC R7317; OTA A57734)
Editorial principles
The text has been typographically modernized, but without any silent modernization
of spelling, capitalization, or punctuation. The source of the text is given and all
editorial interventions have been recorded in textual notes. Based on the electronic
text originally produced by the TCP project, this
ECPA text has been edited to conform to the recommendations found in Level 5 of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries version 4.0.0.
Other works by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer)
- And, though after my Skin, Worms destroy this Body, yet in my Flesh shall I see God, Job 19. 26. ()
- The ATHENIANS ()
- The Athenians Answer, to the Foregoing Poem. ()
- The Athenians Answer. ()
- The Athenians Answer. ()
- The Athenians Answer. ()
- By Dispair. ()
- THE Expostulation. ()
- THE FABLE of PHAETON Paraphrased From OVID's METAMORPHOSIS. ()
- A Farewel to LOVE. ()
- THE Female Passion, ()
- THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH: A POEM ()
- HUMANE LOVE: ()
- LOVE and FRIENDSHIP: A PASTORAL. ()
- On Mrs. Rebecka. ()
- PARAPHRASE ()
- Paraphrase on Cant. 5. 6. &c. ()
- Paraphrase on Canticles, 7. 11. ()
- Paraphrase on Malachy 3. 14. ()
- Paraphrase on Micha. 6. 6, 7. ()
- Paraphrase on Revel. chap. 1. from v. 13. to v. 18. ()
- A Paraphrase on the CANTICLES. ()
- Parthenea, an ELEGY. ()
- A Pastoral Elegy. ()
- A PASTORAL. ()
- Pharaphrase on John 21. 17. ()
- A Pindarick POEM on HABBAKUK. ()
- A Pindarick, to the Athenian Society. ()
- Platonick Love. ()
- A POEM Occasioned by the report of the Queens Death. ()
- A Poetical Question concerning the Jacobites, sent to the Athenians. ()
- The RAPTURE. ()
- The Reflection. ()
- The Reply to Mr. — ()
- A SONG. ()
- Thoughts on Death. ()
- To a very Young Gentleman at a Dancing-School. ()
- TO CELINDA. ()
- To Madam S— at the Court. ()
- To Mr. — — on his POEM. ()
- TO Mrs. MARY FRIEND; Knowing her but by Report. ()
- To my Lady CARTERET. ()
- To one that perswades me to leave the Muses. ()
- TO ORESTES. ()
- TO Sir CHAREES SEDLEY. ()
- TO STREPHON. ()
- To the Honourable Mrs. E— Stretchy. ()
- To the same Gentleman. ()
- Upon King William's passing the Boyn, &c. ()
- The Vanity of the World, In a Poem to the Athenians. ()
- Verses written by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, on her drawing the Lord Boyle's Picture. ()
- The Vision. To Theron. ()
- THE WISH, IN A POEM TO THE ATHENIANS. ()