ΤΟ ROBERT, EARL OF HOLDERNESSE, `BARON D'ARCY, MENIL AND CONYERS, LORD WARDEN OF HIS MAJESTY'S CINQUE Ports, and goVERNONOF DOVER CASTLE. SONNET. D'ARCY, to thee, whate'er of happier vein, I weave the bower, around the tufted mead In careless flow the simple pathway lead, And strew with many a rose the shaven green. So, to deceive my solitary days, With rural toils ingenuous arts I blend, Secure from envy, negligent of praise, Yet not unknown to fame, if D'ARCY lend His wonted smile to dignify my lays, The Muse's patron, but the Poet's friend. W. MASON. May 12, 1763. |