A
SUMMER'S
WISH
.
MY
Guardian
,
bear
me
on
thy
downy
Wing
To
some
cool
Shade
where
infant
Flow'rs
spring
;
Where
on
the
Trees
sweet
Hony-suckles
blow
,
And
ruddy
Daisies
paint
the
Ground
below
:
Where
the
shrill
Linnet
charms
the
solemn
Shade
,
And
Zephyrs
pant
along
the
cooler
Glade
,
Or
shake
the
Bull-rush
by
a
River
Side
,
While
the
gay
Sun-beams
sparkle
on
the
Tide
:
O
for
some
Grot
whose
rustick
Sides
declare
,
Ease
,
and
not
Splendor
,
was
the
Builder's
Care
;
Where
Roses
spread
their
unaffected
Charms
,
And
the
curl'd
Vine
extends
her
clasping
Arms
;
Where
happy
Silence
lulls
the
quiet
Soul
,
And
makes
it
calm
as
Summer
Waters
roll
.
Here
let
me
learn
to
check
each
growing
Ill
,
And
bring
to
Reason
disobedient
Will
;
To
watch
this
incoherent
Breast
,
and
find
What
fav'rite
Passions
rule
the
giddy
Mind
.
Here
no
Reproaches
grate
the
wounded
Ear
;
We
see
delighted
,
and
transported
hear
,
While
the
glad
Warblers
wanton
round
the
Trees
,
And
the
still
Waters
catch
the
dying
Breeze
,
Grief
waits
without
,
and
melancholy
Gloom
:
Come
,
chearful
Hope
,
and
fill
the
vacant
Room
;
Come
ev'ry
Thought
,
which
Virtue
gave
to
please
;
Come
smiling
Health
with
thy
Companion
Ease
:
Let
these
,
and
all
that
Virtue's
self
attends
,
Bless
the
still
Hours
of
my
gentle
Friends
:
Peace
to
my
Foes
,
if
any
such
there
be
,
And
gracious
Heav'n
give
Repose
to
me
.