268 SELECT POETRY

Erewhile,! in sportive circles, round

She saw him wheel, and frisk, and bound ;
From rock to rock pursue his way,

And on the fearful margin play.

Pleased on his various freaks to dwell,
She saw him climb my rustic cell ;
Thence eye my lawns with verdure bright,
And seem all ravished at the sight.

She tells with what delight he stood

To trace his features in the flood :
Then skipped aloof with quaint amaze ;
And then drew near again to gaze.

‘She tells me how, with eager speed,
He fiew to hear my vocal reed ;

And how, with critic face profound,
And steadfast ear, devoured the sound.

His every frolic, light as air,
Deserves the gentle Delia's care;
And tears bedew her tender eye
To think the playful kid must die.
Shenstone.

DAY-BREAK.

Sxz the day begins to break,

And the light shoots like a streak
Of subtle fire; the wind blows cold
While the morning doth unfold ;

1 Frewhile—a little while ago.