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CANTO II.

 

In muſefull ſtownd Syr Martyn rews
    His Youthhedes thoughtleſſe ſtage;
But Diſſipation haunts him to
    The bloſſomes of old age.

 

I.

WITH gracefull pauſe awhile the Wizard stood,

Then thus reſumd,—As he whoſe homeward way
    Lies through the windings of ſome verdant wood;
      Through many a mazy turn and arbour gay
      He ſues the flowery ſteps of jollie May,
    While through the openings many a lawnſkepe new
      Burſts on his ſight; yet, never once aſtray,
    Still home he wends: ſo we our theme pursue,
Through many a bank and bowre cloſe following ſtill our cue.