The birth and triumph of love A poem . THE BIRTH AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE. 41 XXVIII. To Heaven his warm thankfgiving duly paid,For a6lion Love prepared. Afcending highWith rapid pinion, thro each winding glade,And oer the fpreading plain he turned his eye,Searching if there the wandering Hearts might doubtful glances long in vain he caft,Long heaved his bofom with an anxious figh;At length, far diftant and receding faft,He fpied their flitting forms, as oer the mead they pafled. XXIX. Towards them with eager hafte his flight he fondly hopes to feize his new-found prey;But when, a
The birth and triumph of love A poem . THE BIRTH AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE. 41 XXVIII. To Heaven his warm thankfgiving duly paid,For a6lion Love prepared. Afcending highWith rapid pinion, thro each winding glade,And oer the fpreading plain he turned his eye,Searching if there the wandering Hearts might doubtful glances long in vain he caft,Long heaved his bofom with an anxious figh;At length, far diftant and receding faft,He fpied their flitting forms, as oer the mead they pafled. XXIX. Towards them with eager hafte his flight he fondly hopes to feize his new-found prey;But when, as near approaching them he tends,Mocking his toils, the Hearts in wanton playWith flill fuperior fwiftnefs glide if refolved his purpofe to nought avails his fixed purfuit to flay;Boldly he ftill expands his pinions fleet,T oerpafs their airy courfe, and flop their coy retreat. G Long 42 THE BIRTH AND TRIUMPH OF LOVE. XXX. Long doubtful was the ftrife—for many a mile,Oer hill, oer dale, the Boy maintains the chace
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