. Poems: containing The retrospect, odes, elegies, sonnets, &c. nt, and guides him oer the wild. Not so amid those climes where rolls alongThe Oroonoko deep his mighty flood; Where rove amid their woods the savage throng,Nursd up in slaughter, and inurd to blood; [ 54- ] Fierce as their torrents, wily as the snakeThat sharps his venomd tooth in every brake, Aloft the dreadful tomahawk they rear;Patient of hunger, and of pain,Close in their haunts the chiefs remain, And lift in secret stand the deadly spear. Yet, should the unarmd traveller draw near,And proffering forth the friendly hand,Claim

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. Poems: containing The retrospect, odes, elegies, sonnets, &c. nt, and guides him oer the wild. Not so amid those climes where rolls alongThe Oroonoko deep his mighty flood; Where rove amid their woods the savage throng,Nursd up in slaughter, and inurd to blood; [ 54- ] Fierce as their torrents, wily as the snakeThat sharps his venomd tooth in every brake, Aloft the dreadful tomahawk they rear;Patient of hunger, and of pain,Close in their haunts the chiefs remain, And lift in secret stand the deadly spear. Yet, should the unarmd traveller draw near,And proffering forth the friendly hand,Claim their protection from the warrior band; The savage Indians bid their anger cease,Lay down the ponderous spear, and give the pipe ofpeace. Such virtue Nature gives: when man withdrawsTo fashions circle, far from natures laws. How changd, how falln the human breast!Cold Prudence comes, relentless foe!Forbids the pitying tear to flow, And steels the soul of apathy to rest;Mounts in relentless state her stubborn throne,And deems of other bosoms by her own. p, SONNETS.

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