THE
POWER
OF
SOLITUDE.
A
POEM.
IN TWO PARTS.
BY JOSEPH STORY.
There let the classic page thy fancy lead,Thro rural scenes; such as the Mantuan swainPaints in the matchless harmony of song;Or catch thyself the landscape gliding swiftAthwart imagination's vivid eye;Or by the vocal woods and. waters lulledAnd lost in lonely musing, in the dreamConfused of careless SOLITUDE, where mixTen thousand wandering images of things,Sooth every gust of passion into peace:All but the swellings of the softened heart,That-waken, not disturb, the tranquil mind.THOMSON.
A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION.
SALEM:
PUBLISHED BY BARNARD P. MACANULTY.
1804.
