The Amyntas of Tasso

Ye, who your minds from pageantry withdraw,And love to study nature's simple law;Hither, ye few, your chaste attention bring;Here is the humble cot, the chrystal spring:The shepherd's flock, and fragrant bower are here,And all the beauties of the varied year.Here you may rove o'er vernal hill, and plain;Here the coy nymph you find, and bleeding swain;Here is displayed life's patriarchal hue;Arcadia, here, in London you may view:New Italy it's ancient genius gives,And mighty Maro in his Tasso lives.

Nov. 17, 1769.