Natures Law—A Poem（1 / 2）

  nature's law—a poem
  humbly inscribed to gavin hamilton, esq.
  great nature spoke: observant man obey'd—pope.
  let other heroes boast their scars,
  the marks of sturt and strife:
  and other poets sing of wars,
  the plagues of human life:
  shame fa' the fun, wi' sword and gun
  to slap mankind like lumber!
  i sing his name, and nobler fame,
  wha multiplies our number.
  great nature spoke, with air benign,
  “go on, ye human race;
  this lower world i you resign;
  be fruitful and increase.
  the liquid fire of strong desire
  i've pour'd it in each bosom;
  here, on this had, does mankind stand,
  and there is beauty's blossom.”
  the hero of these artless strains,
  a lowly bard was he,
  who sung his rhymes in coila's plains,
  with meikle mirth an'glee;
  kind nature's care had given his share
  large, of the flaming current;
  and, all devout, he never sought
  to stem the sacred torrent.
  he felt the powerful, high behest
  thrill, vital, thro' and thro';
  and sought a correspondent breast, ↑返回顶部↑