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Various Subjects.

WHERETO IS PREFIXED

A SHORT ES3AY

ON T H E

STRUCTURE

O F

ENGLISH V E P. S ..

By the Rev. LEMUELABBOTT.

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Prioted for the AtfTaon, by SAMUEL CkESWBLL,

T O

CHARLES JENNENS, ESQj

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, GOPSAL, LEICESTERSHIRE,
THIS BO O K

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A SHORT

[Hi]

CONTENTS.

HAT the Acant determines the ^an^
tity in Englifh Verfe. Section I.

A View ofProfe^ bow accented. IL

T^be moft uniform Kind af Englifh Verfe^ that
wbicb conjijii entirely of Jambic Feet. Ill,

A weaker Kind of Accent difcoverd in Englifli
Verfe J wbicb forms a leffer Jambic Foot. IV.

ne "trochee. V.

The lefjer "trochee. VI.

Anfwer to ObjeSlion againji the UJfer Accents VII.

the Spondee. VIII.

the Amphibrach. IX.

Examples of the Ufc of the feveral Feet from
fome of the beft Poets.

From Shakeipear.

From Milton;

From Pope.

XII.

A 2

Obfervations

6 A Short E S S A T on the

But it is obfervable that in Englijh Verfc the
Quantity and Accent perpetually coincide 3 for
Example^

Beneath | the Shade [ a fpread- | ing Beach | difplays.

Pope's Autumn, V. i.

Where the Feet are all Jjambics, or confift of one
fhort and one long Syllable, and the Accent falls
conftantly on the long Syllable, the fhort one
being always unaccented.

From thefe two Confiderations it feems to fol-
low that the Quantity in Englijh Verfe depends
upon, or is determined by the Accent.

SECTION II.

T> Ecaufe the Accent determines the Quantity in
Englijh Verfe, and forReafons which will ap-
pear hereafter, it will be proper to fee how the
Accents are laid in Profe. Let a few Verfes of
the XCVJIIth Pfalm ferve as a Specimen.

1, O f ing unto the Lord a new Song, for he
bath done marvellous Things : his right Hand,
and his holy arm hath gotten him the Vidtory.

2. The Lord hath made known his Salvation :

his Righteoufnefs hath he openly fhewed in the

Sight of the Heathen.

%. He

StruSiure of ENGL IS H FERSE. 7

3^ He hath remembered his Mercy and his
Truth toward the Houfe of ITrael : all the ends
of the earth have feen the Salvation of God,

The above Paflage Is, I believe, marked as
accented when read with Propriety. And it is
obfervable,

1. That the Accents are irregularly difpofed,
the intervening unaccented Syllables being one,
two, three, or more as it happens; and that
fometimes there is no unaccented Syllable be-
tween two accented ones.

2. That the Voice dwells upon, and gives the
full Sound, to the accented Syllables (which is
indeed a Definition of J^ccent) but moves with
more Rapidity and lefs Diftindnefs through the
intervening unaccented ones.

3. That no more than one Accent is laid on a
•fingle Word, letitconfift of ever fo many Sylla-
bles,

4. That diere are a great Number of Mono-
fyllables, and fome Diflyllables (as the Word
unto in the firft Verfe) that receive no Accent.

5. That it may be determined by their Signi-
fication what (hort Words are, and what are not

accented.

And

$ A Short E & S A r pn the

And it will be found that Nouns, Subftantive
and Adjedive, Verbs, Participles, Adverbs, and
Interjeilions, receive an Accent.

That Pronouns, primitive and pofleffive, Con-
junilions, Prcpofitions, Articles, the Signs of
Cafes in Nouns, and the Signs of the Moods and
Tenfes in Verbs, receive no Accent.

Thefe Rule^are moft of them exemplified In
the above quoted PafTage.

Neverthelefs there are fbme Exceptions, one
or two which more frequently occur, it may not
be amifs to mention.

A Word, which would otherwife be unaccent-
ed, receives an Accent when a particular Strefs
or Emphafis is laid on it, as the Pronouns us and
thy in the following Sentence.

Not unto lis, O Lord, not unto us, but unto
thy N^me give G16ry. Ps. CXV. i.

Some Verbs are not accented ; as the Verbs
to be and to have through all their Mpods and
Tenfes : an Example whereof may be fecn in the
Words is and hath m the following Paflagcs :

The L6rd is my Shepherd. ' Ps. XXIIL i. /j

He that hath clean Hands. Ps. XXIV. 4.

Some

Structure rf ENGLISH VERSE. 9
Some Adverbs, as the Adverb not after a Verb 5

Fret not thyfelf begaufe of evil Doers.

Psalm XXXVII. i.

This brief Survey of Profe was neceflary to be
taken, a6 it v^ill be found a conftant Rule, that
whatever Syllable is accented in Profe, muil be
accented and made long in Verfe, unlcfs in fome
Paflkges in Burlefque Poetry, fuch as the follow-
ing;

When Pul- | pit, Drfim | Ecde- | fiaftxc^

Was beat | with Fid | inflead ( of a, Stick.

HuDi»RAss» Can. i.

V^^here for the Sake of the Rhyme, the Accent
which, in Senfe, fhould lie on the SubftantivQ
Sticky is transferred to the Article iu

SECTION III.

npHE moft uniform and exadl Kind of Englijb
Vcrfe is that wherein, thofe Syllables which
are accented in Profe,^ and thofe which are unac-^
centcd, alternately fucceed \ as in the following
Verfe, which may be divided into Xambic Feet ;

The flaw- f 17 Dae I of Sib- \mz clad | with Vines.

Pae* lost, B, L V. 4i<x

10 A Short E S S A r on the

Here we have (by the above Rules) tie, an
Article, uoacccnted or (hort; fow-y the firft
Syllable of Jlow'ry^ an Adjective, accented or
long ; ry, the unaccented Syllable, fhort : DaUy
a Subftantive, accented, or long : cf^ a Prepofi-
tion, or Sign of the Genitive Cafe, unaccented
or fhort: 5/^-, the firft Syllable of Sibma, a
Subftantive, accented or long; ma^ the unac-
cented. Syllable, ftiort: cladf a Participle, accent-
ed or long : withy a Prepolition, unaccented or
fhort : Vines^ a Subftantive, accented or long.

But, as ia Profe no more thau one Accent is
hid on a Word let it confift of ever fo many
Syllables ; fb no Words of more than two Syl-
bbfes^ or of three whofe Accent lies on the
diddle. Syllable, can. be admitted. into this- Kind
of Verfe. A«d' in this Kind of Verfe, twov un-
accented Monofyllables cannot fucceed each
other.

SECTION IV.

T N order, tlierefore, to introduce into ^Iambics,
Words of three SyJlables with the Accent
on the firft or laft Syllable, and Words of four,
five or more Syllables^ and to ' make two unac-
cepted Monofyllables fucceed each other, Englijh

Verfe

Stru^ure of ENGLISH FERSE. it

Verfe fecms to have invented for itfelf another
Accent, additional to that which it receives from
Profe, (and v^hich, for Diftindtion's Sake, may
be marked thus * ) as in the foUoi^ihg Verfes :

Againft | the Thr6ne | and Mo | narchy f | of Heaven.

Par. lost, B. L V. 42*

Where the Word of three Syllables, Monar^
chy^ hath in Profe an Acctnt only on the firft
Syllable f but in Verfe receives an additional Ac-
cent on the laft Syllable.

With e- I ver biirn- | ing Sul- | phuf dn- \ cohfiunM.

Par. lost B. I. V, 59.

Where the Word unconfum^d is accented profai-
cally on the laft Syllable only, but in Verfe re**
ceives an additional Accent on the firft*

In i- 1 daman- | tine Chains I and pe- | nal Fire,

Who durft [defy J th'omni- | potent | to arms.

Par. lost. B* I* V. 48.

Where the Words adamantine and omnipotent re-
ceive an additional Accent, one on the firft, the

other on the laft Syllable.

.t tS* Thi« Mark is not here to be iinderftood as the (am^
Kin4 of Accent with the Circumflex, which it gcttcrally dcnCtes^
but as an Accute Accent of a lefler Degree.

iz A Short E S S A r on tbs

In dii I bious B£t- | tie on | the Plains | of Heav'n.

Par. lost, B. i. V. 104,

Where the Monofyllable on^ being a Prepofition,
receives no Agcent in Profe, but hath here the
additional Accent.

But then it is to be marked that thefe addi-
tional Accents arc much weaker than the other,
and that the Voice ruflies through the Feet
where they are found with greater Rapidity.
Therefore fuch Feet may be called fhorter or
leffer ^Jambics.

SECTION V.

A Third Kind of Foot is the Trochee, or a

Foot confifting of two Syllables, the firft

accented, and the fecond unaccented ; fuch are

the firft and fourth Feet in the following Verfe :

Thrdnes and | impe- | rial Pow'rs | 6ffspring | of Heav'n.

Par. lost. B. II. V. 310.

SECTION VI.

A Fourth Kind is the leffer Trochee, or a

Foot whofe firft Syllable is accented with

the leffer Accent, and the fecond unaccented :

The

Struaure of ENGLISH VERSE, ij

The firft Foot of the following Verfc is a Icffer
Jambic.

In the 1 begin- 1 ning h6w | the Heaven | and earth.

Par. lost. B.I. V. 9%

For the Monofyllablc /», being a Prepofition,
receives no Accent in Profe, agreeable to the
Rule.

SECTION VII.

XJ U T it may be obje<fted that the lefler Jam-
bic and IclTer Trochee abovementioned may
both be refolved into the Pirrhic Foot, each of
tliem confifting of two profaically unaccented
Syllables, and therefore both fliort -, and as fuch
may be accounted for in Verfe without any new
Invention.

In Anfwer to this, — We fhall find that there
is for the moft Part, if not always, a Preference
in Sound to be given to one of two unaccented!
Monofyllables meeting together, not fo difcern-
able indeed, when we read the whole Sentence
where we find them 5 but pronouncing them
feparately from the reft of the Sentence,, we may
find upon which the additional Accent will fall.

14 Ji Short ESSAY on the

As for Example^ when we read the following
Sentence entire.

In the Beginning <56d created the Heaven and
the earth.

We perceive litdc cfr no DrfFerence between the
unaccented Syllables, the accented ones filling
the Ear, and giving us no Leave to attend to the
reft. But if we take the two Monofyllables, In
the, at the Beginning of the Sentence, or the
two Monofyllables, and the, near the End, and
pronounce them feparately, we may clearly fee
which has the Preference of Sound, and receives
an additional Accent, as we fhall read them, in
the, and the.

ThisDivifion, then, of what might have been
called the Pirrhic Foot, into thefe two other, is
more accurate, and will help us in a nicer Man-
ner to judge of Verfification ; as will be feen by
and by.

A general Rule to determine which of two
unaccented Monofyllables fucceeding each other
will receive the additional Accent, is to confider
which of the two has the moft Weight in the
Sentence, and that is the Word on which the ad-
ditional Accent muft be laid.

SECTION

StruSl:ure of ENG IISH VERS E. 15

SECTION VIII.

A Fifth Kind of Foot made Ufc of in Englijb
Verfe is the Spondee, or a Foot confifting
of two accented Syllables, as the three firft Feet
of the following Verfe,

Rocks, Caves, { Lakes, Fens | Bogs, Dens | and Shades | of Death.

Par. lost. B, IL V. 621.

All the Monofyllables in thefe firft three Feet,
being Subftantives^ are accented, agreeable to
the Rule.

SECTION IX.

\ Sixth Kind is the Amphibrach, or a Foot
^ confifting of three Syllables, the middle
Syllable being accented, and the firft and lafli
unaccented ; as the third Foot in the following
Verfe:

And chief- 1 17 th6a I O Spirit ] that doft | prefer.

Par. lost. B. I. V. 17,

This Foot IS chiefly made Ufeof at the End of
a Verfe^ as in the following Verfes:

Whether

i6 A Short E S S A r $n the

Hamlet, A6t III. Sc. 7»

An Opportunity here oiFers itfclf juft to ob-
ferve that two Syllables^ the iirft ending, and
the fecond beginning with a Vowel, frequently
contraft themfelves into one ; as ge^ousy the two
laft Syllables of the Word outrageous^ are here
founded but as one.

s E c T I o jsr X.

T T feems that in Englijh heroic Verfe we can
difcover the above-mentioned fix Kinds of
Feet : And it may not be amifs to fee how they
are made Ufe of by the beft Poets in fome
Paffages of their Writings.. Aad firft by Shaken,
fpear :

A'y bat | to die | and g6 | we kn6w [ not where :

To lie \ in c61d | Obftrfic- | tion and } to r6t:

This fea- \ fible ] warm M6- | tion to | bec6mc

A knead- | ed C16d, | and the | delight- [ ed Spirit

To bathe [ in fie- | ry F16ods J 6r to | ref idc 5

In thril- ] li«g re- | glons 6f | thick rib-bed ico^;

To b^ I impri- [ fon'd in [ the view- { Icfs Windf,,

StruSlure of ENGL IS H VERSE. 17

And b]6wn | with refl- | lefs Vio- | lence | round ab6ut
The pen- | dent World ; | 6r to | be wdrfe | than w6rft
Of thofe, I that law- | lefs and | incer- | tain Th6ught lO
Ima- I gines howl- | ing ; tis | too h6r- | rible !
The wea- | rieft ind | moil loath- | ed w6rld- { ly Ufe,
, That age, | ache, Pe- | nury, | Impri- | fonment
Can lay | on Na- { ture, is | a Pa- [ radife
To what I we fear | of Death. I j

Measure for Measitre, Ad III. Sc« 2«

la thcfe Verfes, confifting of feventy-thrce
Feet^ it is obfervable,

1. That there are forty-nine greater Iambics^
fourteen Icffer Iambics, one greater Trochee,
three leflcr Trochees, Bve Spondees, and one
Amphibrach.

2. That there is but one entire Verfe (F. 8.)
of Iambics of the greater Sort.

3. That there are five of the Verfes that have
in them four greater Iambics, fix Verfes that
have three, three Verfes that have two, and that
there is no Verfe that has only one.

4. That the greater Trochee is placed at the
Beginning of the Verfe, (F. i.)

C 5. That

i8 A Short E S S A r on the

5. That all the lefler.Trochees are placed im-^
mediately after the * Break in the Verfc, (V. 4,
S> 90

SECTION XI.

Secondly, M I L l! O N.

'TpWd of I far no- | bier Shape | creft. | and tall.

For

• It hath been obferved by fome Writers, that an heroic Verfe
naturally breaks or divides itfelf into two Parts, as may be feen in
Ac following Verfcs.

In that foft Seafon | when defcending Show'rs
Call forth the Greens, | and wake the rlfing Flowers ;
When opening Buds | falute the welcome day.
And Earth relenting | feels the genial Ray.

Pope's Temple of Fame. V. i.

19 StruSiure ff ENGLISH VERSE.

A'bfo- I lute Rule ; | and hy - | acin- | thin L6ck8
Round from j his part* | ed F«re- | Jock man- { Ij hun? ic
Cluil'ring^ | but not j beneath | his Sh6ul- ] dtn broad;
She as I a Veil | down to [ her Hen- | der Waift
s Her un- | adorn- | ed gold- | en Tref- | (t9 wore
Diihe- j veVdy but | in wan- | tjn Ring- | lets wav'J,
A's the I Vine curls | htr Ten- | drils, which j impl'y'd 20
Sabjec- | tiori, biit | requir'd ( with gen- | tic Sway,
And by ( her yield- | ed, by | him bell j received
yielded | with coy | Suomif- | lion, m6- ) deft Pride,
And fweet ( reluc- | tant a- | morous [ Delay. ^a

Par. lost. B, IV. V. a88.

In thefe twenty-four Verfes confifting of one
hundred and twenty Feet, wc may uoiervc,

I . That there are eighty-one greater Iambics^
fifteen ielfer lamoics,. ten greater Trochees, onQ
IclTer Trochee^ and thirteen ii^ondees.

Z. That there is but one Verfe (V. ii.) in
the Twenty-four that connfts entirely of the
greater lanxbics*

1 ^ ^ 3- That

20 A Short ESSAY on the

3. That there are eleven of the Verfes that
have in them four greater Iambics, nine Verfes
that have three ; two that have two ; and that
there is but one Verfe (V. 22,) where only one
greater Iambic is found; and this feems to be
the leaft mufical Verfe in the whole PafTage.

4^ That all the Trochees except one arc pla-
ced at the Beginning of the Verfe.

5. That the Trochee which is In the Middle
of the Verfe, (V. 17,) is placed immediately
after the Break.

SECTION XII.
Thirdly, POPE.

Xr E Ny'mphs | ofSd- | lyma! \ begin [ the Song :

Who touch'd I Ifai- I ah*s hal- | low'd Lips | with Fire !

Th'

StruSiure of ENGLISH VERSE, zi

And m \ fofc Si- I lence flied | the kind- | ly Show'r!

The Sick | and Weak | the heal- | ing Plant | ihall aid, 15

From Storms 1 a Shel- | ter, and [ from Heat | a Shade.

Aai Crimes | fhall ceafe, | and an- | cient Fraud | (hall fail.

Return- I ing Juf- \ tice lift 1 aloft | her Scale ;

Peace o'er | the World | her 6- | live Wand | extend.

And white- 1 rob'd in- 1 nocence ] from Heav'n 1 defcend. 20

Messiah, V. i.

In thefe Verfes confifting of one hundred and
one Feet, we find,

1. That there arc eighty-eight greater Iam-
bics, nine lefler Iambics, two greater Trochees,
and two Spondees.

2. That there are eight Verfes confifting en-
tirely of greater Iambics.

3. That there is one Verfe of fix Feet, having
five greater Iambics ; (V 8.) ten Verfes have
four, and but one Verfe that has only three^

4; That the two Trochees are both placed at
the Beginning of the Verfe.

SECTION

22 ^ Sbort E S S AT on the

SECTION XIII.

T7 R O M thefc Surveys we may perceive that
the greater Iambic is the Standard Foot of
Englip heroic Verfe, (as v\re (hall find it to be
of moft other Kinds of £;7^///Z^ Verfe) and that
the other Feet when introduced have the EfFedt
of taking off that perpetual Monotony which the
conftant Ufe ot the greater Iambic would caufe ;
but, when too thickly placed they deftroy the
mufical Uniformity of the Verfe : And we fee
that Blank Verfe admits of a more frequent Ufe
of them than Rhyme.

Of all other Feet the leffer Iambic feems the
nearell akm to the Standard Foot, and next to
that the Spondee ^ and thcfe, we fee, are made
Ufe of in any Part of a Verfe : But the Trochees
of both Kinds, being the Converfe of the I ambic
Feet, are the moft different from them ; when*
they are placed at the Beginning, or made the
iirfl Foot of the Verfe, they interrupt the flowing
of the foregoing Verfe into it, but yet are no
Blemifh in the Verfe itlelf ^ when they are placed
in the Middle of the Verfe immediately after the
Breaks they make the Break more confpicuous^
and prevent the two Part? of the Verfe from uni-
ting

Struaure of ENGLISH FERSE: 23

ting, and. though upon that Account they arc a
Kind of BIcmifli, yet they hurt not the Parts of
the Verfe feparately confidercd j but if placed
any where elfe they are entirely unharmonious :
As, fuppofe in this Verfe, '

Pervious I to Winds, [ and 6- ] pen cv*- | ly Way.

PopB*» Temple op Famb. V.427.

the firft Foot, being a Trochee, and the fecond
Foot being an Iambic, (hould change Places ;
which may be done without afFcdting the Senie,
it will ftand thus.

To Winds | pervioas, | and 6- | pen cv- \ *ry Way.

and the Injury done to the Verfe by this Change
will manifeftly appear.

The Amphibrach when ufed with the Iambic
has pretty much the fame EfFedl, as the Dadlyl
ufed with the Spondee in Greek and Latin Hex-
ameter.

SECTION XIV.

"D U T let us now fee how thefe feveral Kinds
of Feet may be ufed, fo that

[^ The Sound may feem an Echo to the Senfe/*

I. Verfes

24 ^ Short E S S A r on the

1. Vcrfes made entirely of greater Iambics,
being the moft uniform, are well fitted to exprcfs
any uniform Motion, fuch as the flowing of a
River, the failing of a Ship, the gliding of a
Ghoft, &c. The following Verfe is compofed
of entire Iambics ;

The fi- 1 gur'd Streams | in Waves | of Sil- ] ver rolPd.

Pope's Windsor Forest, V. 333.

2. LeflTcr Iambics and Amphibrachs, moving
with greater Rapidity, when introduced, are well
adapted to exprefs fwift Motion of any Kind -, as
in the following ;

Hafte me \ to know it 1 that I ] with Wings | as fwift
As Me- I dita- | tion or | the Thoughts | of Lovc
May fweep 1 to my ] Revenge.

Hamlet. Aft I. Sc. 8.

In thefe Verfes, we may obferve, there are four
leflfer Iambics and an Amphibrach, to quicken
the Motion ; and not one Spondee to retard it.

3. The Trochee, as it givps a fudden Stop to
the uniform flowing of the Numbers, is very fit
to exprefs interrupted Motion, or any fudden
Starts of Body or Mind : In the following Words

StruSiure (f ENGLIS H VERSE, a^

of the Duke of Gloucejier we have a fuddcri Re-
folution eJcprefled by the Trbchcc 2

l^uck. My Lord, what ihall we doj if we perceive LoM iK,;*,>^^
will not yield to our Complots ?

Glo. Chop off J his Head j M£n

K. Richard III. h&. III. Sc. a,

4. Laftly, the Spondee will exprefs flow Mo-
tion, as.

When A>- I jax ftrives | fome R^k^s ( vaft Wfight J to thrdwr.
The Line j (60 la- \ hours and | the Wdrds | m6Ye fl6w4

PopE^s Essay on Criticism, V. 37a;

Section xv.

tlJltherto we have confidercd £»^///5& Verfifi^
cation only as it depends upon the Quan-
tity, and which was the chief Thing defigned
in this Eflay. Another Part of Verfification re-
gards words as they are compofed of Vowels and
Confonants, and Confonants as they are Mutes
or Liquids. By the Number and Pofition of
Vowels, Mutes, and Liquids in a Word or Syl-
lable vsre determine the Roughnefs or Smoothnefs
of it. And a general Rule th^t good Verfifiers
have obfcrvcd, is to fleer between too great a

D CoUifion

a6 'A Short E S SA r on tbi

Collifion of Confbnants, which makes the Vcrfe
harfh and unmufical, and too great an Opennefs
of the Vowels, which enfeebles, and takes off
Ac Mafculine Force of the Verfc;

The two Verfcs laft quoted are an Inftance of
the two great CoUifion of Confonants ; and, con-
fidered apart from their Senfe, they are very
har(h and unmufical ; but, being meant as aa
Echo to their Senfe, they have great Beauty, not
only becaufe they exprefs flow Motion by having
fo many Spondees, but as they exprefs hard and
rough I^abour by the aforefaid Collifion.

From the fame Writer we have alfo an In-
ftance of the two freqqent Ufe of open Vowels
in the following Vcrfe,

Tho* oft the Ear die open Vowels tfre.

EssAT ON Criticism, V. 347*

which is a very feeble one^ and we fliould coiv
demn it as fuch, did not we fee that it was de^
figned to be fo, in order to exemplify, and by
that Means the better to expofe and ridicule thi»
Pradicc in fomc Verfificrs.

SECTION

Struaure of ENGLISH VERSEi zj
SECTION XVL

A S Motion, uniform and interrupted, quick
and flow, may be fitly expreffed by a pro-
per Ufe of the diiFercnt Feet; fo Sound-, be it
fwect or harfh, loud or gentle, may be exprefled
by Words or Syllables compofed of fuch Letters
as have a Similitude of Sound* The foft mur-»
muring Sound of a gliding Water is beft echoed
by a fufficient ;^umbcr of Liquids (which fecni
to have derived their very Name fron^ that £lc-*
meut) as in the following,

The Ciurent that with gentle Murmur glides.

Two GiNTLBMEN OF VfiRQIfA, ASt II, Sc, lO.

But when the fame Element lofes its gentle Qua^ •
lity by the EiFeift of boifterous Winds, when th«
Sea roars, and daflies againft the Cliffs, we are
not difappointed if we find in the Dcfcriptioa
hereof a conjpetent Number of harlh and noiiy
Syllables j

But when load Surges lafli the foiindlng Shore.

The hoarfe rough Ve^f^ fhould like the Torrent ro^r,

EssAT ON Criticism, V. 570^

Thefe Ohfervations might be carried to a very

great Length were it worth the while. For every

D z Sound

i8 A Short E S S A r on the

Sound in Nature hath fome one Letter in the
Alphabet, or Combination of Letters, to whofe
Sound it is nearer akin than to any other Letters*
But fince it would be very difficult fatisfadorily
to range the feveral Sounds under their kindred
Letters, and Hill more difficult to bring the
Theory which fuch an Arrangement would pro-
duce into Prad:ice in Englijh Verfe, unlefs our
Language approached nearer the Language of
Nature than it doth, fuch Speculations as they
ar? too minute, fo they are qf little Profit.

SECTION XVIL

^^XT" E have all along taken Examples oiEng^

lijh Verfe, only from heroic Meafure.

In the following Stanza of the Ode on St. Cecilia s

Pay, £^re mpft. uf the other Meafures made Vic

The fhrill | echoes re- 1 bound :

While

StruBure of ENGLISH FERS B, 29

While in | m6re length- | en'd Ndtes | and HSw, io

The ift, 2d, 3d, iQth, 14th,. 15th, and i8th
Verfes of this. Stanza confift each of four Feet
of two Syllables, and the Standard Foot is the
greater Iambic. In thefe feven Verfes are two
lefler Iambics, three greater Trochees (all placed
at the Beginning of the Verfe) and three Spon-
dees. Whole Poems are made of Verfes of this
Length.

The 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, and 2ift Verfes
confift each of three Feet of two Syllables, and
the latter Syllable of an Iambic at the Beginning
of the Verfe. The Standard Foot is here alfo
the greater Iambic. In thefe ijye Verfes' there

arc

30 A Short E S S AT M the

are one whole Iambic^ and three half kmbics of
the Icflcr Sort. Entire Poems are likewife made
of Vcrfes of this Meafure.

The 4th Verfe confifts of three Iambic Feet*
Verfes of this Meafure feldom compofe a Poeo)
entirely, but are very frequently uied with
Verfes of four Feet alt^nately, in entire Poems,

The 19th and 20th Verfes confift of two
Iambics (^ach; this Meafure is feldom made U(e
of but in what we call Pindaric Ver^.

The 1 6 th and 17th Verfes coniftfl: each of
three Feet of three Syllables, with a fhort Sylla-
ble at the Beginning of the Verfe and a long one
at the End. In thefe two Verfes are two Dac-
tyls, three Amphimacers, and one Antibacch,
The Standard Foot of this Kind of Verfe is the
Dadyl ; though it does not appear fo from thefe
Verfes, which have but two Padyls in the fix
Feet; yet in the fixth Stanza of. this Ode we
find two Verfes of this Meafur? with Da<Jtyls
only, viz.

W? rpajr obferve in both thefe Verfes that tbo

StruSiuri tf ENGLIS H FERSE. jt

firfl: Syllable is long ; fo that either a (hort or
long Syllable may be made Ufe of at the Begin-
ning, but the Syllable at the End oi the V«rfe
muft always be long.

In this Kind of Meafure we may obfcrve alfo
that the firft Syllable of a Foot is always accented
or long : And therefore the Tribrach, the Ana-
psefl, the Bacchius, and the Amphibrach cannot
be admitted. So that the Feet which may b©
ufed along with the Standard Foot, the Dz&yU
are only the Molofs, the Antibacch, and the
Amphimacer..

The 7th, 8th, and 9th Verfes confill of Feet
of three Syllables, and they run into one another,
the laft Syllable of the 7th Verfe and the two
firft Syllables of the 8th Verfe making a Foot^
^s llfo the laft of the 8th, and two firft of th«
9th. There are in thefe Verfes one Dadlyl^
three Antibacchs, and one Amphimaccr, the
two latter Syllables of a Dadlyl at the Beginning
of the 7th Verfe, and a long Syllable at the End ^
of the 9th Verfe.

The I ith Verfe is of heroic Meafure.

SECTION

32 ^A Sboft E S S A r m ih^

SECTION XVIIL

TUT AVI NG gone through with what was
intended, which is only an imperfeft Eflay
towards treating a Subjed: one would wi(h to fee
completely handled, I fhall conclude with the
following Remarks.

1. There appears an artlefs Simplicity in Eng--
lijh Verfe ; for, the Accent and Quantity perpe-
tually coinciding, good Verfe read with Proprie-
ty as Profe (that is without any Regard to its
being Verfe) will naturally of itfelf fall into Verfe;
and while we are reading it, fcans itfelf.

2. The Quantity being determined by the Ac-
cent, and the Accent by the Senfe and Significa-
tion ; Englijk Verfe ftands upon a rational Foun-
dation ; and has a Grandeur and Dignity which
feem to difdain the having its Feet confined by
literal Rules, or by any but thofe which are

, formed upon the Meaning it is employed to
convey.

POEMS

«• 1

(iu)

CONTENTS.

A Dialogue of Angels^ Page i.

^be Song of Deborah and Barak, . 4
An Hymn to God the Creator, 16

An Ode to Charity^ l8

Jerufalem delivered by the Angel of God, a
f acred Cantata , 21

7be Lord's Prayer parapbrafedj 30

A Morning Hymn^. 33

An Evening' Hymn, 35

A facred Cantata, from Pfalm III. * 37

A Parapbrafe, from Micah vi. V. 6. 40

An Hymn to the Deity ^ 41

Verfes written on the Death of two Friends, 44

the PiSiure of Chrift, an Ode, 47

The Harlot, a Cantata from Prov. vil. 50

Ode to Fancy, 54

Wifdomy the Guide to Love and Marriage, a
Fable, 58

rb(

iv C O N t E N T S.

72r fftb Ode if the ^fi Book of Horace, wU^
tated^ Page 63

"the eleventh Ode tf the firft Bo$k of Horace,
imitated, 65

On Liberty, by Mr. Addifon^ 67

On Tyranny, a Parodie thereon, 6S

Four Degrees of Comparifon, an Epigram, 69

The Author to his Brother Reading and Ang-
Ung, 76

Nuptial Felicity, an Ode, Ji

An Ode to a New-married Friend, 74

A Prologue to a Play, written by Mr. S. for"
the young Gentlemen at an Academy near
Lobdon, 77

(kod-Humour, an. Ode,, 79^

The falfe Shepherdefs, a Paforal Ode, 82

befcription cf the Palace of the Sun, Ovid'ji
Met. Lib. IL 84

Mu^c^ a Cantata^ 87

The Contention ofVcnixs and Minenra, an Ode^ 89

Perjonal and Mental Beauty, an Ode^ 91

The Union of Mirth and B^afon^ a Cantata^ 93

CONTENTS. V

To the jidmirers of Jacob Behmen, Page gy

Abraham's Offering of bis Son Ifaac, a facred
Cantata, 99

Nebuchadnezzar's Confeffton^ Daniel iv. 104

Verfes on the Art of Writing, 114

Jacobus Dreamy a facred Cantata, 1 1 5

TCbe Song if Mofes, when Pharaoh and bis Hoji
were drowned in the R^d Sea, 119

A Birth-Day Tbougbt, 124

Thefxteentb 04e of the fe€ond Book of Horacea^
. imitated, 125

The Song of Mofes before bis Death, Deut.

xxxii, 129

A Tranfiation of the fwenfy^fccond Ode of the
frjt Book of Horace, attempted in the Mea-
fure of the Original, if 3 9

An Epigram, 141

On the PiSlure of a great Orator, ibid.

On a Sceptic, 143

POEMS

ERRATA in the V OEMS,

Occafiwii by the Author^$ Diftana from the Prefix

Page I. in the note, line i. for MarellPs read MoreUio* P. c, I.
4> this ye;tk fhoulci end with the word found, and the verfe follow-
ing fhould begin with Jebo^ab. P. 7, L laft, r. lead thy capti*vity.
P. 12, 1. II, under XVI. r. Barak* P. 15, 1. 8, r. inwrought.
P. 49, 1. laft, r. gi'ue* P. 50, 1. 7, r. pencil drops, P. 54^ 1. 9^
r. torturing. P. 67, 1. 5, r. pleafures in thy* P« 75» 1* 2, r.
pfimaevaL P. 86, 1. 6, r. her avheaten. P. 103, 1. 8, r. heaven-
defcended. P. 1 1 4, 1. z,x, unparalleled* P. 127,*!. lO, r. /?/. P.
131, 1. 8. r. «/iy. Some few of the flops, and initial letters of
words are alfo falfely chara£lerized, which the fenfe of the paiTage^,
where thefe errors occur, will correfi*

3fl( )K JJ( ^ JMf^T"! )JC )(( )JC .

POEMS.

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< l > » »»»»»»#

A D.IALOGUB

O F

A N G B L S.»

*— — ^^/Vii& Things the jStgels defire io look into;,

1 Pet. i. 12*

i^V/y^ A N E L.

WH O is yon lovely Babe ? O tell me thou !
In comely Attitude his Limbs rcclin'di
Sweet Innocence fits fmihng on his Brow^
His beauteous Eye-lids peaceful Slumbers bind.
C Second

• ThefeVerfes were fuggefted by a Painting of Jlf<?r^//r"/, ad-
inirably ejtecuted, iathe Colledlion pi Charles Jennensy Efqj where-
in Chrifty as a Babe, is reprefented afleep in a moil beaatiful Atti-
tude, leaning on a Skull, with a Crofs behind him ; while twd
Angels appear hovering over him, full of Inquifitivenels; Delight,
Wonder, and Adoration. To this fine Piece the Proprietor thought
no Motto fo fuitable as that which is given to thefe Veries, and
which was accordingly infcribed at the top of the Pifture. This

J dialogue (the Reader need not be informed) is fuppofcd to paft
ctween the two Angels while viewing die Babe.

t 4 I

The SONG

O F

DEBORAH and BARAK;

I.
DEBORAH,

JE H O V A H's Praife refound.
Who with Revenge and Conqueft Israel
crown'd.

When willing Hofls obey'd the martial trumpet's
Sound.

Ye Monarchs of the Earth,

Illudrious Princes, hear !

Jehovah's Name, in Songs of facred Mirth,

Jehovah's Name I laud, whom Israel's Sons

revere. •

II.
BARAK.

Great God, when thou from 5«rdidft march along.
When Edom's Field feh thy majcftic Tread,

Trembled

( j i

Trembled the Earth, the Heav'ns with Cloudi
o'er^-hung,
Diflblv'd, aod forth their liquid Burthen flied^

The Mountains melted when they found Jeho-
vah near,

Ev'n lofty Sinai's confecrated Ground

Did melt before the God >yhom Israel's Sons
revere.

III.

DEBORAH.
Record *the Days of Shamg^ar, Anath's Hdr,

Let Jael'8 Days recorded ftand.

When deep Defpair

And heavy Shame opprefs'd^the groaning I^andt

No Villagers were feen

Upon the turfy Green ;

The fearful Travellers forfook

The public Roads j

More fecret Paths they took.

And ikulk'd in lone Abodes,

Then I, I Deborah arofc

Mother iQ Israel, doona'd^to fcourge their Foc^i

C 3 JY.

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IV.
BARAK.
When Israel bow'd new Gods t' adore,
Jehovah was their Friend no more.

And War approach'd their Gates ;
Their Hands forget the Spear, and Shield,
And forty Thoufand tamely yield,
Bafe Cowards ! to their Fates.

But fudden Joys my tieart furprize i
Lo ! Israel's Governours arifc !
Refolv'd, they come.
To fall a Sacrifice ;
Or, gaining Conqueft's Prize,
Return triumphant home.

VI.
DEBORAH.
O ! blefs Jehovah's Name !
Ye that on milk-white Affes ride.
Forget your Pride,
And celebrate his. Fame.

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Ye rev'rend Judges join the Song,
In humble Zeal join with the vulgar Throng,
Ye that draw Water from the Springy
No more the Noife of Archers fear f
Jehovah's Name fecurely fing.
For there's no Danger near.
The Villages his righteous Afts (hall praife j
While in Proceffion flow,
With folemn State,
Forth to the City-gate,
Jehovah's conquering Troops fhall go.
And in loud Hynins Jbihovah's Triumphs raife,

VIL
BARAK.

Awake, awake, bright Dsborah, awake \

Lift up thy tuneful Voice,
And with thy lofty Strains, O make

Each lift'ning Ear rejoice.

DEBORAH.

Great Barak, arife ! who the Battle haft won,
And lead Captivity captive^^ O valiant Abinoam's
Son, VIII,

f 8 ]

VIII.
BARAK.
Thq God of Hosts, with his protcdting Arm,
Defended Barak's Life from Harm,
Amidft the Rage of War,
And led him back a Conqueror.
Jehovah, Source of Pow*r, Dominion's Stay^
Jehovah bade, and lo ! the Nobles bow^^
With Homage, low.
And own exalted Barak's Sway.

DEBORAH.

prom Ephraim*s Rpot 9, Branch arofe.

To puni(h Amalek's proud Race;
And Benjamin agaioft the furjy Fogs,

Cou^ageo^s turji'd his Face.
From Machir Governoiirs cao^e do\yij.

And Zebulun's fwift Writers leave the Pen,^
With polifh'd Swords begirt, to court Renown,

Upon th* embattled Plain.

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X. k

BARAK.

To pious Deb* RAH, Prophetefs of GOD;

Lo ! Issachar's brave Princes flow^
Joyful they obey her Nod,

And where (he leads, to Death or Conqueft goi
She fpake, and Barak trod the humble Vale^
To roufe the ftraggling Troops of Israel,

Againft th' iQveterate Foe.

3^1.

D E.B O R A H.

Reuben, unftable as the Tide,
Whofe Peace domeftic Feuds deftroy.

And all thy Soul divide
From evVy public Care, from ev'ry public Joy>

Thy folded Flocks why didft thou keep.
And guard with watchful Eye from Harms,

Still lift'ning to the bleating of thy Sheep ?
When Israel's Safety call'd, with loud Alarms,
?* To Arms, away, to Arnas I

XII;

[ lO]

XII.
BARAK.

Ah ! why fhould Jordan's rolling Stream

Part us, GiLEAD, from thy Aid ?
And why hath Merchandize with golden Dream^

Thee, Dan, in Ships detain'd ?
Could Avarice from glorious War diffuade ?
Jn Breaches on the Shore,
Where frothy Billows roar,
AsHER in carelefs Sloth remained;
Nor heard the Trc.mpet, call with loud Alarms,
** To Arms^ away, to Arms,"
XIII.
DEBORAH.
Bu( Ze^ulun's high Deeds be told

To all that draw the vital Air ;
And Naphtali, be thou enroll'd^
In Fame's eternal Annals, fair.
In Israel's glorious Caufe,
They bravely/ought.
And undifmay'd the hotteft Battle foiight.

[ " 1

To guard Jehovah's facred Laws,
They jeoparded their Lives to Death,
Nor gr.udg'd to yield their fleeting Brcatb>
Secure in great Jehovah's high Applaufe,

XIV.
B A R A K.
Dire is the Tale of fierce contending Spears,
Of cruel Swords that glut with human Blood j
'Till pure Megiddo*s Spring appears,
Ting'd with the crimfon Flood
That ran from gaping Wounds 5
While ftill th' unfated Trumpet founds.
And now lo ! Israel's Armies rage.

They ftrike no venal Blows,
But with determined Wrath engage
Their death-devoted Foes.
XV.-
DEBORAH.
They fought from Heav'n I
The Stars from Heaven in their Courfes fought !
And Sis'ra's Armies, planet-ftruck, were driv'm

[ »3

To fwift Dcftru6tIon, and a total Rout;
They fly, to Kispow's Streams they fly !
From Israelis Fury and th' inccnfed Sky

. They fly appall'd !

And feek a calmer End,

Where Kishon's Banks defcend ;
^^ O KiSHON, fave !'' aloud they call'd ;

Then headlong dowp they leap j

Away the Billows fwecp.
And lodge them buried in thp briny deep*

XVI.
Rejoice, O my Soul, thou haft trodden tliem dpwn,

The Mighty, the Mighty are crufli'd !

Their Pride and their vaunting, tplnfolence grown.

In Silence eternal arc hufh'd.

DEBORAH.

To the mighty Ones, Oh ! the dire Stroke!

In vain wefe their vaunting and Pride ;

The Hoofs of their Horfes with prancing; were
broke.

Together they fell and they died,

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XVII.

BARAK.

Curfe ye (GOD*s Angel faid)
Let bitter Curfes on falfe Meroz light 1

Who came not to Jehovah's Aid,
Againft proud Warriors glorying in their Might.

DEBORAH.

But bleft above Women let Jael remain,
Hcr's, her's is the Prize of the beft of the Slain.
XVIII.
BARAK.

Ah ! lucklefs Sis'ra ! when thy Eye beheld.

Thy numerous Army vanquifli'd in the Field,

Forth from thy Chariot leaping.

Away on Foot.efcaping,

'Twas Jael that met thee, and into her Tent,

'Twas Jael invited, and Sisera went.

DEBORAH.

Athirft he alk'd the cooling Brook :

Jael with lufcious Milk furpafs'd his Wifh j

For him the dainty Butter Jael took.

And decent ferv'd it in a coftly Difh.

XIX.

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XIX.
BARAK.
Her left Hand feiz'd a Nail of wond'rous Size,
* And to his Temples ftrait the Point applies,
She heav'd a pond'rous Hammer in her Right ;
And, arm'd with more than Female Might,
She ftruck the well-aim'd Weapon to the Head,
Down at her Feet he fell — ^he fell down dead.
Pierc'd with the mortal Ir*n he fell, he funk ;
His Head fhe fevers from the lifelefs Trunk.

DEBORAH.

At Jael's Feet he bow'd his Head,

There, where he bo w'd, he funk — he fell down

dead !

XX.

Lo ! Sisera's Mother ! fhe waits his Return,
From the Window her Eyes pore in vain ;

With fondeft Itaipatience they fparkle, they burn.
To welcome her Son back again.

Ah ! ignorant what Fortunes to Sis'ra betide.
Nor divining fo fatal a Blow,

.. Why

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Why fo long IS his Chariot incoming? (he cry 'd,

" Why move on the Wheels of his Chariot Co *
flow?

Her flattering Ladies foon an Anfwer find.

And fpeak the Didlates of their Miftrefs* Mind.

** Have th^y not fpcd and divided the Prey ?

** The beautiful Captives, the Needle- v^ork gay ?

** For Sis'ra a Prize upon both Sides unwrought,

^^ Meet their Necks to adorn who with Valour
have fought,

xxr.

CHORUS.

So let thy Enemies, Jehovah, fall.
So let them periflh from thy Sight,
Deep funk, forgotten, all.
But ye that love Jehovah's facrcd Name,
O fhine for ever lovely, ever bright !
And, as the Sun forth-marching in his Might,'
Poflefs th' unclouded Regions of eternal Fame.

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AN HYMN

T O

GOD the CREATOR.

JE H O VAH ! Lord of Heav'n and Earth/
From whom all Being took its Birth>
Good, wise, and I>ow'rpul thou \
My abjedl Thoughts refine and raife,
While Homage kindling into Praife^
\^ng as low I bow.

With humble Tranfport I admird
Thy Love, that J(ff/Wi genial Fire^

Prompt to creatCi and blefs :
This wiird, in whatfoe*er fliould bc/
The grea'-eft poflible Degree
Of general Happinefs/

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III.

Thy Wisdom look'd all Syftcms thro'.
Of all the 6eJ thy Wifdom drew,

To gain the glorious End ;
This faw, from Evi/, Goo J proceed^
And Fice, and Folly, thence decreed

To nobleft Ufe fliould tend.

IV.

Thus planned, in Nature's quickening Hour;
Majeftic GOD ! thy wondVous Pow'r

Fulfilled the great Defign 5
This bade the Spheres in Order roll.
This Hill fuftains th' amazing Whole,
All perfedt ! all divine !
V.
Since Reafons dazzled Eye can find.
Love, JFifdom, Pow'r, in thee combin'd,

By Reafon 'tis confefs'd.
That all thy boundlefs Goodnefs wills.
Thy Wifdom points, thy Pow'r fulfils ;
. And thus tvhat- is, is best,

D VT.

fig J

Yet what' thou dofi who knows to'pfaife?
Who rightly what thou art difplays ?

Or counts thy Glories o*er ?
Before thee. Father, Lord, of all.
Let Men and Angels proftratc fall,

Aiidjilently adore.

nfet*%5[^^ sJf*^ C«A«5 ^^. M 52»4<*

.^•3f5 3f« %^^ «w»» •fe.^ 5e« 5e«»-%

^« ODE /^ CHARITY,
I Cor. xiiL

TH O' loftier Strains adorn my Tongue,^
Than ever raptur'd Seraph fung.
Were I in deepeft Myft'ries fkilFdy
Or with prophetic Spirit fill'd,
Or had I F aith, whofe pow'rful Call
The trembling Hills would hear, and fall t
Tho* proudly lavifli of my Store,
I gave my All to feed the Poor ;.

Or tho* bright Zeal my Breaft infpircj

To dare the Pangs of tort'ring Fire :

In vain thefe mighty Gifts poffefti

If Charity defert my Breaft.

Fair Charity, meek, patient, kind;

To fweet Forgivenefs tunes the Mind ;
Nor Pride, nor Envy check her Love;

To thefe below, to thofe above.

She, humbly chearful, and content.

Enjoys that Good which Heav'n hath fent.

Her courteous Mien, and kind Addrefs,

Her focial t^urpofes exprefs 5

In bleffing bleil, ihe fecks alone

In others Happinefs her own 5

Sufpicious Jealoufies' of ill^ ■•^,

Nbr Wrath her peiicefiil Bofom fill.

To her from Vice no Pleafure flows,

A purer Stream her Joy beftows ;

Tho' fcorn*d by all th' unthinking Gayj

Unmpv^i ihe keeps in Virtue's Way j
Tho* there the Thorn to wound has PowV,
From ev'ry Thorn fhe plucks a Flow'r 5

D z While

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While fmiling Patience fmooths the Road^
And Hope points out the blejl Abode ;
^bere partial L ight fhall fade away
Before the Beam of peVfedt Day i
Faitb*s Optic we (hall need no more.
But tread the Courts we view'd before ;
Nor Hope her Aid fhall longer boaft.
At length in full Fruition loft :
But Charity's feraphic Flame
Real, ins to endlefs Age the fame ;
In Realms above her Charms divine.
Shall ftill with brighter Luftre (hine j
Enraptured we fhall there confefa

Her Smiles our greateft Happinefs.

Come, Charity, all-lovely Gueft \
Oh ! come, pofTefs, and fill my Breaft !
Wide, wide difFufc thy genial Rays,
Abforb all Nature in thy BLze :
All ravifh'd Nature then fhall prove
God-like Delights, for GOD is Love !

Jerusalem

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JERUSALEM Delivered

B y

rbe A IJ G E L of G O Ti,

A Sacred C A N T A 'T A,

Re citati ve.

WHEN Rabshakeh th* Assyriah
Forces led,]
Againfl Jerusalem's defended Walls,
He call'd for Audience in his Monarch's Name j
And thus in pompous Phrafe the Gen'ral fpake,

A I R L

Why, daring, bar ye faft your Gates
Againft Assyria's mighty King,
Unaw'd amidft our hoftile Threats ?
When can fach Confidence and Boldnefs fpring f

Ye boaft, hut empty is the Boaftj^
Sufficient Pplicjy and Pow'^^ \

What are your Hopes, and where your Truft,
That ye rebel againft your Conqueror ?

III.

Shall Egypt's Arm prevent your Fate ?'
Will Pharaoh help you in your Need ?

In trufting him you'll find too late

Th' Egyptian Monarch but a broken Reed.

IV.

pr fay ye, " to our God we flee,
** Jehovah ihall his Aid command )"

Is not your God the Deity
Whofe Shrines were robb*d by He z eki ah's Hand ?

Truft not your King's deluding Words,
Who bids you, " Judah's God invoke,

** His Arm fhall fhield you from our Swords,

" And free your Shoulders from th' Assyrian
"Yoke."

Survey around each conquer'd Land^
And all the Gods that they adore j

* • . <-.

Could

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Could all their Gods our Force withftand.

Or hold Defence againft Sennacherib's PonvV ?

VII,

Where are the Gods of Hamath ? Say-
Did Arpad's bear their Suppliant's Pray'r?

Is not Samarja fall'n our Prey ?
Sepharvaim's, IJei^^h'^, Ivahs Idols, where f

VIIL

What Pow'r, to whom they bent the Knee,
In their Diftrefs could Succour bring ?

Who is Jehovah then, that he
Should fave yc ur City from our conqu Ving King ?

Recitative,
This braving Speech in Hezekiah*s Ear
Repeated, all abafh'd, he rent his Clothes ^
And covcr'd o'er with humble Sack-cloth, fought
The Houfe of God ; where kneeling, thus he pray '4i

A I R I,

great Jehovah, Israel's LORD,

By tjofts of Cherubim ador'd.

Who ctQM^d thy glorious Throne \
^^ AU

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All Kingdoms ftand by thy Decree j

Both Heav-n and Earth were made by thee ;

Thou, thou art God alone.
11.
Almighty Ruler, bow thine Ears ;
In kind Compaflion to our Tears,

Look from thy high Abode;
Judge thou Sennacherib's proud Words,
Reproachful of the Lord of Lords,

The ever-living GOD.

Tistrue, th' Assyrians have o*erturn*d
The Nations, and their Gods have^burn^d;

Such Gods might be deflroy'd ;
Dumb Idols, formed of Wood and Stone,
The Carver's Workmanfhip alone.

Of Life and Motion void.
IV.
But now, O God, whom we adore.
Defend us from Sennacherib's Pow'r,

Prevent, prevent our Fall ;

That

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That all the Realms on Earth may know.
Thou art the God, and only thou,
The King and Lord of all.
Recitative.
Jehovah heard the Monarch's fervent PrayV $
And by his Prophet fpeedy Anfwer fends.

A I R I.

Thus to the proud Sennacherib fay^
Jehovah will thy Scorn repay.
My Daughter, Zion, fhall deipife.
And laugh at all thy Blafphemies.

II.
Whom has thy daring Tongue revil'd.
With threatening Voice, and Speeches wild ?
'Gainft whom haft thou this Inflence (hewn?
E'en Israel's high and holy one.

III..

With vain Prefumption haft thou faid,
•* I will Jerusalem invade;
^^ Girt with my numVous Chariots round,
•^* The Siege ftiall with Succefs be crown'd*

IV.

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IV.

Haft thou not heard from antient Days ?

'Tis I who wealthy Cities raife ;
I too am he who make them ceafe.
And fall in Ruins, when Ipleaf?.

V.
Th* Indwellers of each fplendid Town^

Difmay'd, confounded, at my Frown,

Their fleeting Pow'r in Silence mourn^^

As withering Grafs, or blaftcd Corn.

For thee— ^my all-furveying Eye,

Thy deep, thy bafe Defigns can Ipy j;
Thy Path, thy Dwelling I invcft,
And read tlie Rancour in thy Breaft,

VII.
Ragp on, 'tin thou haft found thy Fate,

And felt beneath Ambition's Bait,
The Hook fqre-faft'ning on my Prcy^j
My Bridle dragging thee away.

VIII.
For, hear thou this, my firm Decree^,

This City thine ftiall never be ;

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To flee aiFrighted, is thy Doom,
And meet untimely Death at Home*

Recitative
Soon as bright Day his drowfy Eye had clos'd.
And Night awak d to keep her iilent Watch,
God fends his Angel to th' Assy.rian Camp.
An hundred thoufand at the firft Effay
He fmbte to Death : a fecpnd Stroke he aim'd.
And nearly equall'd what he flew at firft.
Appaird, the coward Remnant fcour away,
Lefl: a third Onfet fhould deftroy them all.
Their King, amaz'd, to Nineveh repairs.
And haftens to the Dome where Nisroch dwells.
His Idol ; but hq worfliips him in vain.
His Rebel Sons behind purfue their Sire,
And flied his Life, in Prefence of his God.
While Hezek;iah tunes his joyful Song?
To dread Jehovah who Deliv'rance wrought,

A I R L

Not unto us belongs t\\^ Praife,

The Glory, Lord, is thine i

Thro'

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Thro' all thy great and wondVous Ways,

Thy Truth and Mercy fhine.
II.
Why fhould the Heathen mock, and fay^

" Where, where is now their God ?**
In Heav'n he rules, and wretched they

Have felt his awful Rod.

nr.

What are their Idols ? Silver, Gold,

The Work of mortal Hands :
Ours is the God well known of old.

Who Heav'n and Earth commands^

IV.

O IsrXel, in your God confide.

Nor to the Heathen yield ;
He fhall confound their impious Pride,

And prove your Help and Shield.

Fear ye his Name, and he (hall fhow'r
Perpetual Bleflings down }

Encreafing

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Encreafing ftill your plenteous Store;

And lifting your Renown.

VI.

Thofe whom the filent Vaults of Death

In Gloom imprifon roimd,
y^ith lifelefs Tongues, and faded Breath,

Can ne'er thy Praife refound.

VII.

But we who live to tafte and fee.
Thy rich, abundant Grace —

Our lengthen'd Lives, O let them be
One ceafelefs Bong of Praife I

THE

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THE

LORD'S PRAYER Parapbraftdi

ETERNAL, univerfal Sire,
Enthron'd in Happinefs entire j
Immenfeiy good and great I
Thy Children /orwW, and blefs'd by thee;
With filial Love and Homage, we
Fall proftrate at thy Feet.

Thy Name in hallow'd Strains be fung j
Let ev'ry Heart, and ev'ry Tongue

The folemn Concert join.
In loving, ferving, praifing thee,
We prove our chief Felicity,

But cannot add to thinc^

thy

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HI.

Thy righteous, mild, and fovVeign Reign;

Throughout Creation's vaft Domain^

Let every Being own :
And in our Brcafts, where Paffions glow,
Which Caufe, unruVd by thee, our Woe,

Eredt thy peaceful Throne.
IV-
As Angels, round thy Seat above.
With chearful Diligence and Love,

Thy juft Commands fulfil j
So may thy Offspring here below.
As far as thou haft giv'n to know^

Perform thy facred Will.

On thee we ev'ry Day depend 5
Out Btiv\g% Author y Keeper^ End!

Our daily Wants fupply :
With healthful Meat our Bodies fed.
Our Souls fuflain'd with heav'nly Bread,

Lije^ Immortality^

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VI.
Extend thy Mercy to our Faults ;
Our evil Aftions, Words, and Thoughts,

Oh ! let thy Love forgive ;
For thou haft bid our Bofoms feel
Forgivenefs, and Forgivenefs ftill.

Nor let Refcntment live.
VII.
Where tempting Snares beftrew the Way,
And lead unwary Minds aftray.

Ne'er fufFer us to tread ;
Unlefs thy gracious Aid ^pcar.
To keep the III, that threatens near.

From our unguarded Head.
VIII.
Thy facred Name we thus adore,
And thus thy choiceft Gifts implore ; .

With ravijh'd, bumble Mind :
For, Oh ! thy Power and Glory prove
Thy Kingdom, built, on Wifdom^ Love^

Unceqfing^ unconfind !

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A MORNING HTMN

GREAT God, whofe Name I love, I dread.
My Morning Thanks receive :
Deatii's Image, Sleep, again is fled.
Again I wake> I live.

li.

Wrapt up in Slumbers of the Nighty

A helplefs Mafs I lay.
Till God pronounc'd, « let there be -Light,"

And Darknefs turn'd to Day.

lit.
From nothing thdu at firft didft warn

This aflive Form to rife.
Which, frefh in Vigour, cv'ry Morn,

From thcc receives Supplies.

IV^

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IV.

Author, Rcncwer of my Life,

Thy bounteous Hand I fee ;
Be all my Labour, all my Str^Cy

To live alone to thee.

V;
So when in Death, that won'drous Sleep^

My Body (hall remain^
The Grave its Charge (hall fafely keep,

And render up again.

VI.

Then, with unceafing Hymns, (hall I

Thy Pow'r and Love adore,
Quickcn'd by thee, no more to die.

And wak'd, to deep no more.^

^^^

>«i{!»^

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A ^ •■ ■•■ .A A A ■•■ A A -^ A A A Ml * ^ A .«L » ^ » f t lil itl A -*• * -*- ^ ^ ^ * A .^ ■»- ■•. .^ A. ^. ^ ^ A ^

W V» '»'•»' • *■ P ■§■ T V • •' 'V 'V Vf*r 'W 'W ▼▼ W '•' '•' W '#' *' T W ▼ V V W •' W W '4^ 'F W W

E r E 1^ 1 N G H r M i^,

INdulgent GOD, whofe bounteous Caref
O'er all thy Works is (hewn,
Q grateful let my Praife and PrayV
Afcend before thy Throne.

!!•

What Merciefs has this Day beflow'dl

How largely haft thou blcfs'd !
My Cup with Plenty overflowed.

And with Content my Breaft.

Safe 'mldft a thoufand latent Snares

thy careful Hand has led,
And now exempt frbni anxious Carcsy

I prefs the peaceful Bed,

E 2 W,

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IV.

i fall this Night into thy Arms^

Which I have prov'd fo kind >
O keep my Body from all Harms,.

And from all Sin my Mind.
V,
Let balmy Slumbers clofe my Eyea

From Pain and Sicknefs free ^
And let my waking Fancy rife.

To meditate on thee.
VI.
So- blefs, ea^h future Day and Night,.

'Till Life's fond Scene is o'er ;
And then to Realms of endlefs Light,.

Oh ! aid my Soul to foar*

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A Sacred CANTATA.
Trom Psalm !«•

Recitative.

WHEN Absalom, rebellious Son !
Againft his Royaji Father's Thronp
Confederacy with Traitors ipade.
Sharp Woes the Parent's Bofom Aung j
Yet, trwfting in jEHoyAH*s Aid,
Thus the pious Monarch fung,

A I R J.

How fwift the Rebel-band cncreafe !

O God, what Multitudes arife !
Perverfe Difturbers of njy Peace,

BlaipbeniEers of my Pray'rs and Cries |
No Help, they fay, can God afford.
So great oifr Pow'r, ib ilrong our Sword*

? 3 Sttt

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But thou, Jehovah, art a Shield,
Shall fcrcen mc from the daring Foe ;

Thy ^nii ftiall, in the dreadful Field,

Their proud, ppcfumptupus Hofts overthrow ;

Thou flialt exalt my drooping Head,

And round thy Beams of Qlory fpread.
A I R II.

I.
To God I call for 5uccQur ftill.

Whene'er opprefs'd with Grief j

He liftens from his holy Hill,

And brings me wifli'd Relief

Secure in his protedtirig Arms,

I calmly clofe my Eyes j
And, unappaird by rude Alarms,

From quiet Slumbers rife.

3-
What tho' ten thoufand murd'rous Hands,

Befet on ev'ry Side,

I banifli Fear, Jehovah ftands.

My Guardian, Strength, and Guide.

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A I R III.

O Great Jehovah, rife.

Thy wonted Succour bring.
Hear, hear thy Suppliant's Cries,

And fave, O favc the King.

Recitative.
So pray'd the Monarch, whofe firm Truft in God^
Forefaw the Stroke of l)is avenging Rod i
And thuS; exulting in th' AjPMightv's Care,
In tuneful Strains of Praife fonpjudes his Pray >♦

AIR IV,
If
Thy Ears, O GOD^ attend my Call,
Smote by thy Hand, the Rebels fall ;
With bruifed Jaws ^d brokeij Teetbj
They fink into the Pit b?npath»

Salvation, I^ord, to thee belongs.
To thee I tune my grateful Songs jf

And all who truft in thee ihall iin4

jEif0YA?f eyer goo4 and kind,

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Mi c a h, Ch. vit V. 6.
I.

W Herewith (hall I approach thy Throne
Impartial Judge, tremendous King ?
How for my num'rous Faults atone.
Or what to gain thy Favour bring ?
II.
With flaughter*d Beads fhall Altars glow ?

Will Calves or Rams th* Almighty pleafe ?
Shall Oil in coftly Rivers flow.
Offended Deity t" appeafe.
III.
Wilt thou the dear Firft-born receive I

A richer OfF'ring for my Sin ;
Alas ! not all that I can give
Will Wrath divine to Mercy win;

Vain are mere Forms to plead Defert,'
Mere outward Mades of Worfhip vain,

An bone/l, gen'rous, pious Heart,

Can only, thy Acceptance gain. An

A n

HYMN ft tie DEITY.

AL L lovely^ pure^ and perfed MinDj^
In whom, all Graces are combin'dt
And Source of ev'ry Grace!
My Souly from thee an a&ive Ray^ ^

Tho' darken'd by furrdunding Clay,
Was form'd to view thy Face.

Faint Rays'from thee, th' immenfely bright.
In thefe thy Works, as Lunar Light,

Refleded, here I fee ;
But chiefly in this confcious JPow'r,
That tells me I extji, and more,

That I exift from tbee.

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V iE R 8 E S

WRITTEN ON

fMe DEATH cf Two FRIENDS.

■i^ y'^ Death, thou awful Paflage into Life,

\<^ Goal of our Doubts, and Period of our

. Strife,
For whom we often wifli, yet ever fly»
Still tir'd of living, though afraid to 4ic !
With curious Thought we afk, and prying Mind^
Oh ! vs^hat art thou, fo dreadful, yet fo kind ?
What ftrangp Einotion pains the throbbing H^rt,
Whci^ Soul and Body are about to part ?
And when th' exhaufted Heart can throb no more.
And from the Clay the Iqofen'd Soul fhall foar.
What World then, opens to her won'dring Eyes,
And what new Change of State th' Immortal tries?
In vain our Hearts with fond Impatience glow.
In vain we afk what vye qiuft die fo kiiow.

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When Multitudes, on ev'ry Side we vl^Wi
Tread the dark Vale, as we 'ere long mnft do^
Our Souls the diftant Touch may flightly feel.
And Sighs may fomctimes from our Bofoms ileal ;
But when the Stroke, commiilioa'd from above.
Comes nearer Home, and vifits what wCtJoYe,
When a dear Relative, or Friend expires,
Qur pallid Cheeks forget their ufual Fires,
A fudden Trembling fciws all dur Frame,
And, bath'd in Tears, the dear Deceased we naniei^

What felt my aching Heart whenFLo r io dy'd I
To me by Nature's, Friendfhip's Band ally'd :
All Joy feem'd gafping out its lateft Breath,
And ev'ry Thought, and evVy Wiih was Death.

Delius, thy Brother too is falVn afleep—
And can the tender Delius choofe but weep ?
Weep then, and let me too in Concert join.
Divide thy Woes, and mingle Tears with thine.
Ah ! loft he is ! — but not for ever loft—
Fled only to fome fair celeftial Coaft,

Where

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Where, when this narrow Span of Life fhall ceafc.
Our Souls fhall meet him, and again epibrace.

To that bleft Region let thy Fancy rife.
And follow him above yon azure Skies;
There view him feated on a Throne of Gem,
With fcepter'd Hand, and golden Diadem ;
Or roving thro* frefli Meads, and (hady Bow'rs,
Where ceafelefs Zephyrs fan unfading FlowVs ;
There with my Florio met, lo ! he appears.
They mingle Joys, as we are mingling Tears*

The

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ne PICTURE ?/• C H R I S T.
An O D E.

I-

OThou whofc mimic Skill can give
To colour'd Canvafs powV to live,
O Painter, if thou haft the Art,
To draw the Prince that wins my Heart,
Come, with thy richeft Tints combined,
Difplay the Saviour of Mankind.

II.

But in thy Portrait, nor the Gem

Shall deck the gorgeous Diadem,

Nor purple Robes befring'd with Gold,

Th' admiring Gazer (hall behold.

No Gewgaws mortal Princes wear

Shall have their 'Semblance piiftur'd there.

III.

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III.

tie unadorned moft Ibvely fccms,
Cloath'd with his own tranfcendent Beams ^
For who would drcfs the glorious Sun
In any Radiance but his own ?
More glorious than the Sun thou artj
C^ftial Emp'ror of my Heart !

IV.
JBut, fince his Beauties blaze too bright^
When full difplay'd, for mortal Sights
Behind a Veil thofe Beauties fhade,
A Veil of Flefh, for Sinners. made;
Let Heav'n, enflirin'd in Earthy appear^
And God an human Likenefs wean

Majestically meeki his Face

With glowing Smiles of Gpodnefs grace i

Or, if a Smile be deem'd too gay

For Majefty's fublinier Ray;

Let Tears his mournful Cheek o*erflo#

In Pity fhed for human Woe*

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VI.

tlis piercing Eye, O Painter, draw^
At once infpiring Love and Awe,
With dreadful Flafhes chiding Sin,
And fearching all the Stains within j
Yet fweet with mild perfuafive Charms^
Inviting Sinners to his Arms. gj^

VIL
One fpread, rejefting Hand fhall fheW^
^Tis vain to feek for Blifs below;
The other, lifted, pointing, tell.
In Heav'n alon^ true Pleafurcs dwell *
While both /hall wide extend, t' embrace/
And thither bear, the fallen Race;

VIII.

'Tis well — but ah ! thy utmoft Art
Can ne'er defcribe his gracious Heart,
That 'Fountain whence his Life-blood flows
In Streams of Mercy to his Foes,
That Heart that bids his Murd'rers live.
And faves them by the Wounds they give.^

F 1%.

isoi

IX.

Vain are thy Efforts, vain are minef.
To reach th' Extent of Love divine j
To ihew the unexlbaufted Stores
Of Bleffings that his Bounty pours :
What can fet forth the mighty Sum ?—
The Pencil- dropi— the Mufe is dumb!

The harlot.

ji C A N r A r A.

From Prov. vii.

Recitative.

WHEN dulky-winged Night had chas'd
the t)ay,

Forth iffued from her Chamber, blithe and gay,

A Tubtile j^arldt in loole Habit dreft.

With wanton eye, and half- uncovered Breaft. J

Clofe in her wonted Corner hid, to ipy

What Votary to Lewdnefs paffes by,

A lovely Form before her View appears^
In Underftanding young, as young in Years i
Quick from her hiding Place the Harlot fprings^
And round his Iv*ry Neck, embracing, clings j
And preffing ardent Kifles on his Checks,
She thus with flatt'ring Words the Boy bcfpeaksi

A I R I.

Sweet Youth, dear Objedl of my Care,
'Twas thee with eager Hafte I fought.

With thee a Night of Blifs to fliare^
And now my beft Delight is caught.

For thee bright Idol of my Heart,

My richeft Tapcftry is fpread.
For thee the curious Carver's Art,

And Egypt's Linen deck- my Bed,

III.

Frcfh Odours, cuU'd from fpicy Groves^
Perfume the Scene of am'rous Play i

Come let us take our Fill of Loves,
And folace till the Break of Day.

F 2 ^ Recitativb,

kEClTATIVfi*

Won by her Honey Tongue, and Vitching lay^
She captive leads th' imprudent Youth away.
60 goes th' unconfcicus Ox for Slaughter fed.
So is the Fool to due Correction led.
Swift as a Bird that flies to feize the Bait,
And finds, and feels the fettering Snare too late>
So haftes he on, 'till fharp Deftruftions Dart
Invades his Breafl, and pierces thro' his Hearty

AIR I.

Ye yet-unfullied Youth, attend.

For whom thefe Strains are fung ; , .

Lift to an old experienced Friend, .
Th« Guardian of the Young.

O let your cautious Hearts beware

The Wanton's tempting Smiles %
Avoid her Paths with jealous Care,

And flee from all her Wiles.

III.

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III.

Vain are the Joys her Charms afford.

Sincere th' Attendant Pain ;
By her the Wife have been o'erpow'r'd,

By her the Mighty flain.

IV.

Her Flatt'ries are a magic Spell,

Infe(5lious is her Breath,
Her Dwelling is the Road to Hell,

Her Chambers lead to Death.

X3L

F 3 ODE

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sec )J( ^ )B( F^"*l )K )J( )8( 39S

ODE /I? FANCY.

LO. V E L Y Nymph of varying Form,
Varying ftill nay Breaft to warm ;
Ever new, and ever bright.
Source perpetual of Delight !
Come with all thy radiant Charms,
And fold thy Votary in thy Arms.

At thy Embrace I feel no more '
The tott'ring Care I felt before :
From thy beamy, chearing Eye
Night and all her Shadows fly :
Sun, I need not now thy Ray,
Fancy's Smiles can give me Day.
'Midft ftormy Blafts, and freezing Cold,
Let Winter his rough Enipire hold ;
My Breaft his Influence defies.
While Summer beams froni Fancy's Eyes.

Faft

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Paft Delight and future Blii's,
We, prefent, tafle in Fancy's Kifs |
Raptures in our Bofoms glow.
Felt, Days, Months, and Years ago j
Airy Scenes of wiih'd-for Joys
In her Arms we realize.

• By my Goddefs gayly led.
O'er verdant Meads furpriz'd I tread i
JLio! at her Touch the.Flow'rs renevy
Their fragrant Smell, and lovely Hue |
Sec the long-fince faded Rofe,
All its former Charms difclofe !
Sweet Jeffanunes luxuriant twine,
And purple Fruit adorns the Vine,

I a(k ; and Fancy ipreads her Wings^
And foars above terreftrial Things j
Wafts me, in a Thought, away
To Orbs beyonds the Solar Ray i ' .
Seated there, new Of bs I fee,
An4 thither by h?r Aid I flee \

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Still fucceffive World's Delight,
Attract my Wifli, nor fhun my Flight.

Unconfin'd to Nature's Laws,
Fairy Profpects Fancy draws;
Fields for ever green and gay,
Bleft with never ceafing Day :
Beings all divine appear,
Blefs my Sight, and charm my Ear s
Virtues in Perfection flow,
Pleafures unallay'd with Woe,
Defires uncheck'd by Want of Pow'r,
And Raptures heightening ev'ry Hour,

Goddefs, change — and, changing, ftiU
With all thy Joys my Bofom fill.
But, from all Frowns thy Vifage> clear.
Ne'er in a Fury's Form appear :
Nor let thy Eye with wanton Glance,
My Soul in Fully's Dreams entrance j
Thy Cheek with no immodeft Smile,
My Heart from Virtue's Path beguile :

Let

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3Let all be innocent and gay.

And change a thoufand Timds a Day.

Airy Phantom though thou art.
Thou canft real Joy impart;
Joy is real when 'tis f elf ,
Every Senfe 'tis thine to melt !
All thy varied Joys beftow,
Joys, which, as they vary, grow.
Wide unfold each charming Scene,
Lucid all, and all ferene ;
Pow'r^ without diftraaing Fear,
Pomp unjlatter'd, Praife Jincere,
Wealth without Anxiety,
Love irom jealous Torture free.
Lo ! the fair Ideas rife,
Flufli my Cheeks, and fire my Eyes ^
Raptures fill my fwelling Heart,
Such as Words can ne'er. impart —
To you, who Fancy's Pow'r confefs.
Let Fancy all my Blifs exprefs.

WISDOM

3bCa a

W I S D O M

THE

GUIDES LOVE and MARRIAGE.

A FABLE.

TH E God of I^ove, thfit »ftiFe Boy,
Aim'd f afc his Duts, «nd fk-vr with Joy,
Each wounded Bofom yield.
Whole Troops of love-fick Nymphs and Swains,
Sat gently fighing on th? Piwns,

And ftrew'd thp yafi(i\xi(h'4 JFieW.

IL -i--'

But Cupid fenon perceiv'd wijth Grief
They fled to Hymew for i^eJief,

And oiFer'd liii» their Vows i
Oar Archer mou^-ft'd his ,Conqu€!{ls ci^oft^
And the deferting Lover loft,

In that fad Name, a Spoufg,

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III.
Away to Hitmen's Bow'r he flies i
With Indignation in his Eyes,

He views the fatal Scene,
Where wretched Souls arc bound for Life,
And doom'd, the Hufidnd and the Wife^

'Tijl Death fhall part between.
IV.
Are then my Conquefts come to this ?
And muft the haplefs Lover's Blifs,

Be fhort-liv'd as his Pains ?
Ah ! Hymen, Villain-god, forbear.
Nor link th' Admirer and the Fair

In thy detefted Chains.
V.
A Villain !— K:ry you Mercy, Love,
As true as aay God above ;

(Aftonifti'd Hymen cries)
And what ?— The Subjefts you have wjan,'
1 make more faithfully your own.

And bind in,ftrongcr Tics,

yi'

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You bind them ftronger ! yes, tis you
That all my gentle Wreaths undo,

And place your Irons on ;
Or if you fufFer mine to ftay.
Yours wear thofe fofter Bands away,

In one poor Honey-Moon^

VII.

Thus Cupid urg'd — but Hymen, ho
Abafh'd gave up his weaker Plea ;

'Twas Truth that Cupid fpolce, —
When lo ! Minerva (Wonder rare !)
Led up a virtuous, loving Pair,

To fue for Hymen's Yoke.

VIII.

Well may you be furpriz'd, (he faid, .
That I fliould prompt to love or wed,

I, Goddefs of the Wife ;
Is Loij^ttx taught, in Wisdom's Schools?
Or Marriage^ Paradife of Fools ?-»-, .

But fee, and truft your Eyes.

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THE

FIFTH ODE

O F T H E

FIRST BOOK e/^HORACE,
Imitated.

WHAT lovely Youth, fair Pyrrha, fay.
With odVous Oils bedtiw'd.
Haft thou allur'd to aHiVous Play,
In yon kind Grot that hides the Day^
With Heaps ofRofcs ftrew'd?
11.
For whom thofe golden Locks of thine

In decent Fillets botind ?
O thou, whofe artful Hand can place
The fimpleft Ornaments to grace

And make thy Beauties wound.

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III.
Alas ! how often fliall the Swain

Thy perjur'd Vows deplore !,
Unus'd to Storms of Love's Difdain,
Affrighted fee the boift'rous Main,

And hear the Billows roar.

IV.

He thinks, fond Boy ! while thus carefs'dy

To prove thee always kind ;
Nor knows, that foft and fnowy Breaft >
Whereon he lulls the Soul to Reft,

Is wav'ring as the Wind.

Unhappy \ who in thee confide [

Driv'n on by Paflion's Blaft,
I once the dangerous Ocean try'd.
And, fliipwreck'd, from the raging Tide

Am fcarce efcap'd at laft.

THE

T ii s
ELEVENTH ODE

OF THE

FIRST BOOKeTHORACE,
Imitated.

SEARCH hot, my dear Leuconoe^
Forbidden *tis to know.
What Term of Life, on youj ormci
The Pqv'rs above beftow.

II.

No more perplex yourfelf to iind>

What Fates the Stars foretell 3
Much better is a patient Mind^

That takes all Fortunes well.

O IIL

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III.

—I .

What if you Winter out more Storms,

Or this fhall be your laft^
Which now the Tujcan Sea deforms 1

With its impetuous Blail? ; 1

IV.

Life is at moft a narrow Space ;

Let Wifdom rule thy Mind ;
All anxious Hopes for lengthened Days

Deliver to die Wind.

See, while we talk, th* invidious Hour

Steals haflily away !
The Prefent feize, 'tis in your Paw'r,

Nor truft the coming Day,

i«7li

Oh LIBERTY*
By Mr. AB B IB O Ni

O Liberty, thoiiGoddefs heavnly bright^
Profufe of Blifs, and pregnant with Delight^
Eternal Pleafiire in the Pr6fcnce tdgti.
Arid fmiling Plenty leads thy wanton Train,
Eas'd of her Load, Siibjedlidn grows liiore lights
Arid Poverty looks chearfiil in thy Sight*
Thou Inak'ft the blooming Face of Naturd gay,
^iv'ft Beauty to the Siiii and Pleafiire to the Day;

G i Oa

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0/1 . T Y R A N N ¥•
ji Parodie on the Foregoing.

O Tyranny, thou Fury, black and fell.
Thy Womb engenders ^all the Plaguet .
of Hell
Slaughter and Blood thy Iron Rule n^aintain.
And ftern Oppreffion drives thy fetter'd Train^
Added thy Lo^d, the Subjedl grows a Slave,
And Poverty finks pining to- the Grave i .
Thy Glopm robs Nature's Face of gay Delight^
Darkens the beauteous Sun, and turns the Day
to Night.

Four

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Four DEGREES

O F

CpMPARISON,

^Epigram.

HAPPY the Man by Fortune blefs'd.
To wed a Bride of Wealth poffefs'd |
3till happier who within his Arms
Enjoys fkir Bemitfs lovelier Charms !
Happieft whom Heav'n directs to fin4
A Maid ofwriuous^ gentle Mind I
But happier than the happieft he
"VV^ho in one Nymph enjoys all three |

T«S

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The author

T O HIS

BROTHER Reaping and Angling.

Ik-. 1 • ■

WHILE in this Stream and Helkori
You learn to fifti at once.
You'll be expert in ncithearonc.
But be in both a Dunce.
IL
Your Author'^ Senfc, by Hook or Crook

You juft had taken in 3 |

Now bites a Carp — ^you mifs your Stroke;^ i

Nor Senfc, nor Fiih, youwiq. I

Then lay afide or Book or Line,

For either hinders other :] j

One Thing at once^ if you would fliine, "

So counfels you your Brother* .

NUPTIAL

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NUPTIAL F ip: L I C I T Y,
Jn D Ef

WHEN Hymen yokes the fordid Pair,
Whofe Hearts are bought and fol4?
A Chain he gives the Slaves to wear
Of radiant, maff^ Gold.

II,

JProud to be glorioufly undone.

They figh in cumb'rous State,
Poom'd, tho' the Chain's a golden one,

To feel its galling Weigh?,

Ill,
But thofe, from fordid Avarice free,

Who own l^iQVE's foftefl Pow'rs,
Kejoice to lofe their Liberty,

Join'ci in a Wreath of Flow'rs,

IV.

The welUov'd Chain, that binds them faft^

Is fwcet and full of Eafe ;
Nor all the Storms of Life can blaft

Their ever-blooming Peace;

V.
^ To them what does the World appear^

Its Titles, Wealth, Efteem ?

Who in each other clafp whatever

Their Souls can lovely deem.

VI.

At length, their Happinefs t* improve,

A fmiling Offspring rife,
Thofe fweet Remembrancers of Love,

Arid paft endearing Joys.

VII.

As down the Vale of Life they tread.

Still nearer to its End, .
Calm Virtue lifts their drooping Head^

Their never-failing Friend.

VIII.

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VIII.

Fair Pidures of what once they were,
They leave a lovely Race^

Adorned, by their fiiccefsful Care,
Witl> evVy mental Grace.

IX.
Then, ravilh'd at th* imaiortal Blifs

That waits them in the Sky,
With a laft, tender, parting Kifs,

They bid adieu, and die.

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An Q V ^ n

T O A .

NewtMarrieq friend.

WHEN Eva, matcKlefs Fair, wasgiv^n.
The lovelieft Boon of bounteous Heav'n|
To blefs her Adam's Arms,
No Honours but intrinfic Worth, *

Gave that firft Lover's Paffion Birth^
No Portion but her Charnis.

She, undifguis'd, as unattir'd.
Appeared ; and, raptur'd, he admir'd

Each naked, real Grace :
Her Cheeks with genuine Blufhes glow'd,
pnartful Smiles her Cheeks beftow'd.

And all was Natures Face,

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IIL

^ut fiiice that pure, primceval Sut^,
Jndulg'd with Happinefs too great

For our degcnVatc Age,
No more in native Charms divine.
The lovely, fpotlefs Females fhine,

Our ravifli'd Hearts t* ?ngagc^

IV.

With pilfer'd Beauties now the Fair
Bedecks her Bofbm, Neck, and Haifj

And glows with borrowed Red ;
And, Ikill'd in numerous Wiles of Art,
Deceives, ^nd captivates the Heart,

To Love by Error led.

But thefe alas ! can ill fupply

True Beauty's Abfence, when the Eyci

Deteds the vain Deceit ;
And under Smiles when Fraud appears,
pr drops in foft, diflembling Tears^

We loath the fruitlefs Cheat.

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tic fees, exulting, thro' fond Fancy's Glafs^
Each future mimic Author, as they pafs—
With proftrate Homage to his Plan they fall.
And copy him, their gfeat OriginaL

But, to be ferious*^— what he deign'd to write,
Was done both for Inftrudtion and Delight :
From Vice lis ufeful Aftors to reftrairi,-
And fhew that Idlenefs muft be our Bane ;
That Diligence fhall all her Votaries blefs.
And Virtue bring us lafting Happinefs.
Next you to pleafe, fond Parents, you who love
To fee, by any Means, yottr Sons improve ;
Arid moft by thofe which give to each Part Joyy
Th' indulgent Father, and th' obedient Boy.
Secure in your Good-will he takes a Pride,
Nor cares if peevifh Pedants (hould deride.
His Aim is good, if numerous Faults you find^
Gcnlider that^ arid then you wilt be kind.

GOOD

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GOOD HUMOUR.
Jin ODE,

ABOVE when PbaBus gilds the Skies,
And Zephyrs gently breathe :
When Flow'rs in varied Colours rife
To pMnt the Scene beneath :

11.

When artlefs Notes, infpir'd by Love,

Refbund from ev'ry Spray,
And, hid within th' enchanted Grove,

Fond Echo mocks the Lay >

III.

Gay Pleafures in our Looks appear.

And all our Mind poiTefs ;

With Joy we fee, with Tranfport hear.

And lovely "Nature blefs.

' IV.

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IV.
JBlut when black Clouds with Tcmpefts louf^

And Sol denies his Rays ;
When ShowVs defcend, and TThunders roar^

And livid Light'nings blaze :

AflTrighted at the gloomy Show^

Each Comfort flies the Breaft ;
And reftlefs Spleen, and anxious Wotf

The fadden d Heart infcft.

VI.

Thus can, fair Nymph, thy powerful Elyilj

Or Joy, or Grief impart ;
And, varying as th' inconftant Skies,

Deprefs, and chear the Heart*

Vlf;

When o'er thy Brow the Clouds impend.
And Frowns thy Charms conceal.

My Scenes of Blifs in Darknefs end.
And wint'ry Damps I feeL

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VIIL
fiut when the tranfient Glooms are o'ef^

And Smiles thy Charms display.
Grief lords it in my Soul no more>

And Joy refumes her Sway.

IX.

Let Smiles then always gild thy Face^
Good-humour fway thy Breaft ;

So ih^t thou flill improve each Gracci
And I ihall ftill be bleft.

So fhall I Winter's Storms defy,
New Charms fhall Summer bring.

And all the Seefons as they fly.
Shall yield the Joys of Spring,

H THE

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THE

FALSE SHEPHERDESS.
ji Pajioral ODE.

AS Chloe the fair fat with Colin the bicft,
By the Side of a calm-flowing Stream,
She fung, while reclining her Head on his Breaft,
And Colin and Love were her Theme.
IL
To Damon who fat on the oppofite Shore^

Her Mufic the River convey'd ;
The Voice and the Words he. had heard oft before.
And, fighing, thus blam'd the falfe Maid.

Be Witnefs how oft thofe foft Accents, he cry'd.

Ye Waters that filently roll.

When Damon for Colin her Numbers fupply*d,

. Have luird my too credulous SouL

IV.

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IV.

How oft with a Kifs, of her Vows the dear Seal^
Has flie fworn to be true to her Swain !

To her fweet perjured Lij!lfe, and the Woes that!

feel.
Ye Waters, be Witnefs again,
V.
Alas ! that a Breaft, as unfpotted as Snow>

Should inclofe fo deceitful a Heart ;
Or a Boibm fo faithful as Damon fhould know
To be pierced with fo cruel a Dart !
VL
Ere I faw the falfe Creature how calm Was my Mind

But now I am racked with Defpair ;
If faithful as mine, the fad Fate thatf find>
Poor Colin thy Bofom fhall fhare.

VII.
Believe not, fond Shepherd, her flattering Tongue,

O truft not the Smiles of her Eye^
Fly, fly the Deceiver, tho' beauteoiis and youngs
Ot be as unhappy as L

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DESCRIPTION

' O P T H E

PALACE of the SUN.
Ov. Met. LiL XL

THE Sun's high Palace, proud in lofty
Columns,
Glow'd with bright Gold, and Flame-refembling

Gem;
Of Ivory well-polifh'd was the Roof,
Silver the Gates, whofe burnifh'd Valves pour'd

Light.
Nor yet the rich Materials of the Dome
Vied with the Artift's Skill j for Vulcan's Hand
Had there engrav'd the Earth-lurrounding Sea,
The folid Globe, and vaft o*erpcndent Heaven^ I
Green Gods poflefs the Wave: Here Triton blows

His

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His founding Shell ; and Proteus, mimic God,
With thoufand Shapes deceives the Gamer's Sights
In his long Arms the huge /Eg^on grafps
Th' enormous Body of fome Monfter- Whale*
While I>0RTS and her Nerieds ply the Wave,
Or ride the Fifh, or on fome craggy Rock
From fquaUid Moiffure dry their grafly Hain
A Silter's Likcnefs flionc in ev'ry Face,
The Earth impidlur'd Men in Cities bore.
Woods with their Beafts, and Rivers with their

Nymphs,
And ev'ry lovely Goddefs of the Groves,
O'er thefe the bright celeftial Structure rofe ;
The circled Zodiac, with its twice fix Signs,
In equal Number grav'd on either Gate.
Hither by fteep afcent, arriv'd the Son
Of Clymene, and reached the fplendid Court
Of his difputed Sire ; then with Impatience fought
The Prefence j but, bedimm^, he flood afar^
Unable to fupport the nearer Blaze.
Clad m 2k Robe of Purple, fat the God,

His

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His Throne with fparkliijg Emeralds adorn'd.
On each Side ftoqd the Days, the Months, tlic

Y^ars,
THe Ages, and the meafur'd Hours of TimQ*
Qay recent Spring, bedeck'd with flowery Wreath,
The naked Summei^, with the Wheaten Crown,
Autumn ys, fullied with the trodden Grape,
And icy Winter, rough with fiiow- white Haif,
Wait his Commands. — —

:i^S:

MUSIC.

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MUSIC-
A CANTATA.

Recitative,

AMIDST the various Ills of Life,
The wafting Cares, the Toil and Strife,
Amufement claims her rightful Part,
To cure the Spleen that wounds the Heart,

A I R L

Hither, Sons of Earth, repair,
Mufic's Pow'r can free from Care j
Mufic's Pow'r, in Various Ways,
Shall the finking Spirits raiie;

11.

The fprightly, well-tun*d Violin,
Shall bid our Joys begin ;
While Sounds, with foft melodious Swell^
On the trembling String fhall dwell,

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III.
Let the well-fill'd traverfe Flute
Warble forth its mellow Note j
Or the leffer Tube.jnore flirill.
Utter forth its pleafing Trill.

The Trumpet's martial Sound,
Join'd with the Horn, fhall {hake the Ground.

IV.
Solemn is the Viol's Tone,
And the grumbling grave Baflbon ;
The Organ's complicated Force,
Of Harmony the Life and Source.
Recitative.
Thus we difpel the no:s;ipus Gloow*
That robs the Face of all Its Bloom j
Thus Joy (hall flufh the genVous. Soul^
And Rapture every Care controul.

CHORUS.
Let us then our Voices join.
Mine with yours, and yours with niine ;
All your Inftruments employ.

Wake the drowfy Heart to Joy.

THE

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the CONTENTION

o F

VENUS and MINERVA.

MODE.

IN forming Celia's Face and Mind,
Fair Venus and Minerva, join'd.
Their choiceft Gifts impart :
Each careful Goddefs ftrove t' excel;
The Pow'rs fucceeded both fo well.
They wonder'd at theii Art.

And now a mutual Conteft rofe ;

► The friendly Nymphs, transform'd to Foes,

Each claim'd the higheft Praife ;

To Strephon the Diipute referr'd.

With patient Ear the Shepherd heard

Their altercating Lays,

III.

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*♦ See, Swain, that lovely Shape and Face,
«f Thofe tender Eyes, that winning Grace,

** My Gifts !" fair Venus cries :—
** See, and adore, admiring Youth,
« Good Senfe, good Nature, Virtue, Truth^
The Rival-Pow'r replies.
IV.
« Since, bpth combin'd, the Shepherd faid,
«* Thus to adorn your fav'rite Maid,

*• And captivate my Soul j
«* Your needlefs Arguments ^ive o'er j
*» At both your Altvs I adore, ,

«* And own your joint Controul.

«« To charm at Sight is Beauty's Part,
«* Thine, Pallas, to fecure the Heart,

" And fix th' approving Will ;
*' Be mine, tranfporting Happinefs !
V That Mind, tliat Perfon, to poffefs,

^' Your Mafter-piece of Skill,

]PERSQNAI,

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PERSONAL and MENTAL

BEAUTY.

^n ODE.

WHAT Sweets the blooming Spring
difplays !
What ripen'd Joys the Summer yields !
What glowing Colours, varied, grace

The fragrant Gardens, Groves and Fields !
IL
Yet Winter rifles all their Charms f .
The Lilly fair, and blufhing Rofe,
Claip'd in his cold and withering Arms,
No more their lovely Hues difclofe.
IIL
Thy Beauties bloom, fweet Maid, more bright.

And grow tp bear a longer Date ;
But tho' for Years they charm the Sight,

They rnuft at length fubmit to Fate,

IV;

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^ IV.

Thofe lovelier Lillics on thy Neck,
Thy Cheek where lovelier Rofes blow.

Life's gloomy Winter, Age, fhall check.
And o'er thy youthful Locks ihed Snow*

Eot thcfe dear Charms that grace the Mind,
Unhurt by Time, (hall never fade;

But rife more brighten'd, more fefin'd.
When Wrmkles that fair Skm invade.

Thefe Charms pofleft,* each tranfient Day
Shall bring encreafing Pleafures on;

Immortal Love ffiall own your Sway,

When Beauty, Voufh, arid Life are gone*

%.^

th^

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The UNION

MIRTH and REASON*
j{ Cantata.

Recitative.

TH E Goddefs Mirth appeared, by
Fashion drefs'd
In Folly's Bells^ and motly-palnted Veft :
Leering her Eye, and difcompos'd her Hair^
As o'er the Plain (he reel'd with frantic Air.
A numerous Train fucceed of Nymphs and Swains,
Held willing Captives in her filken Chains :
Shewav'dherHand> andhufli'd the noifyThrong>
The Croud attentive liften to her Song*
A I R I.
Ye Followers of Mirth,

Still my Footfteps purfue ;

No Mortals on Earth

Are fo happy as you j

All

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All Care ihall be Treafon,

Gay Smiles are your own j
Then laugh at dull Reason,

Nor value her Frown.
II.
Your wife Men are Fools,

Why ? — becaufe they are fad :
Defpifc the grave Owls,

*Tis our Joy to be mad :
Dear Bacchus and Cupid

Our Life fhall befriend j
And he that looks ftupid

To Pluto we'll fend-

IIL

Then fill the brifk Bowl,

And embrace the gay Lafs >
*Twill enliven the Soul,

And make Life fwcetly pafs :
Time quick let us fcize on.

While Time is our own 5
And laugh at dull Reason

Who values her Frown ?

D-

Recitative

i9S]

Recitative.'
Thus rav*d the wanton Dame in fenfclefs Strains^
And with wild Melody fill'd all the Plains.
Fair Reason heard, and from her own bright Skie«;
Griev'datthe Scene, toMiRTH's Domain (he flies :
With Air and Mein that Dignity exprefs'd.
The ever-fmiling Nymph (he thus addrefs'd.

A I R I.
Sweet Native of celeftial Bow'rs,
Where Gods in Tranfport fpend their Hours,
So low how could'ft thou condefccnd ?
A Pimp to Vice, and FpLLv's Friend !
Thy Footfteps let my Words reclaim
From future Woe, and prefent Shame.

II.

Away with that fantaftic Veft,

And in this fpotlefs Robe be drefs'd;

'Twas wove by Wit, and (hap'd by Sense,

And whiten'd by fair Innocence ;

In this all like yourfelf you'll fhine.

Ail lovely-bright, and all divine.

RfiCITATIVE^

t9^J

RECltATlVJE*

Con/ci0us of inward Shame, with downcaft Eyci

She blufli*d and took the Robe without Reply.

Thus deck'd, fair Reason gralp'd her yielding
Hand,

And Friendship joined them in a mutual Band,

A I R I.
Now lift to the Moral my Fable implies—
True Pleafure is never confiftent with Vice :
And, tho* Folly may charm with her Grin for a Day^
Like a Meteor fhe fades, as fhe leads us aftray.

II.

Then in Mirth take at all Times good Senfe for
your Guide,

And be fure to keep Innocence clofe by your Side*
Wit with Virtue fhall Smiles uhdecaying fupply, '
And Wifdom give Pleafures that never can die.

IIL
Thusfrec ff am their Dregs your delights fhall refine
Kor level you low with the Goat or the Swine :
In juft Moderation the Goiit of Joy lies ;
And this Maxim's a good one, Be merry and wife.

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T d

"The ADMIRERS

JACOB BEliMEN.

YE virljo in decromantic Skill delight^
And my ftic Wonders^ drizzling to the Sigbti
Who wifli the Depths of Akheqiy ypur own^
And all fuch Knowledge as was never known :
Would find how cv'ry Form began at firft.
How Being from its Infancy was nurs'd ;
How Nothing, weary of its Nothingncfs,
Quick into Something did itfelf comprefs ;
How Souls are made of Salt arid Sulphur mixt.
Some Grains of Mercury fqueez'd in betwixt j
How hungry Herbs devour the ambient Air>
And long to fee the radiant Sun appear :

I Would

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Would yc be told of ftrange unheard of Whims^
Romantic Vifions, wild amazing Dreams^
(But fuch as you muft deem all Infpiration,
You have his ipfe diiiit *gainft a Nation)
Of wrathful Flints, and Eartli that Anguifh feels.
And fiery Trigons, with their whirling Wheels ?
Unveil'd, and ftripp'd, and robb'd of all her Glory^
Would you fee naked Nature pafs before ye ?
O'er Science' utmoft Top your Flight advance.
And look thro* more than all things at a Glanee ?
Ye Conjurers, ftrait a maigic Circle drav^.
Where burn at once the Go/pel and the Law-;
This done, take Jacob Behmen from theShdfy
Read hini— and wifer be than God himfelfi«

Abraham's

[99]

ABRAHAM^s OFFERING

O F H I S

Son ISAAC.
ji Sacred Cantata.

Recitative*

Abraham's great Faith was to his God
well-known,
But Faith hath ftill in Trials brighteft fhone :
TV Almighty in the Man whom beft he lov'd
This Grace divine ev'n to the utmoft prov'd :
To him, 'ere dawn of Day, Jehovah ipoke;
His Voice like Thunder o'er the Patriarch broke^
A I R.
Hear, Abr'ham, hear ! from Slumber rife.
To me devote a Sacrifice ;
Isaac, that darling Son of thine.
Thy only Son to God refign *,

I z Strait

Sffaif to MoRlAH's Hills repair.
And flay, and burn the Vidkim there.

Recitative.
6oD faid-^K(eav'n ti^mbled at the ftern Decree^
And wondering Angels figh'd, and hctut the Ki^e :
Up Abraham rofe, and at the dread Command,
Led forth the lovely OfF'ring in his Hand.
From Isaac's Loins his nHm^ousSeed {houldiifc^
So promised GoD^ yet Isaac childleis dies :
This ftagger'd not th* obedient Patriarch's Faith,
' Whoknew that GoD-could raife him up fromDeatbir
They journey : to the deftin d Place they codk >
Biit Isaac yet was ign'rant of his -Doom :
The Altar built, the Wood in order laid.
The mufing Son thus to the Father feid.

A I R,

Dear Father, lo ! the Wood, the Fire,
The flbarpen'd Knife, prcpar'd to kill I

But where's the Hoft that muft expire ?
The hallow'd Lamb is wanting ftill.

Recitative,

[ lOI ]

Recitative;
The tendqr Sire fupprefs'd his fwelling SighS|
And thus, o*crwhelm*d with inward Grief trplics^
A I R I.
The Sacrifice will God provide,

A dearer ne'er was known :
He aiks who cannot be deny'd.
And claims but what's his own.

To hin^ who iknows, and judges beft.
With Refignation bow :
Thy Father is the duteous Prieft,
The Lamb, my Child, art thou.
Recitative.
Sweet Isaac wept, but fmiling thro' the Tears,
pis moving Wofds falute the Parent's Ears,
A I R.
And pauft ^e loving Father flay

His dear, his only Son ?
\Vhen GpjD cominan4s, we muft obey-?^
Jebeovah's Will be done.

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Recitative.
Tears gufliing from the ^Sire's averted Face,
He wip'd ; and turned to give the laft Embrace :
A fecond Stream burft forth, while clofe he preft
The trembling Vid:im to his throbbing Breaft,.
Then bid adieu, and ftretch'd him on the Wood,
And raised his Knife to fhed his Isaac's Blood.
Whenlo! 'a Voict from Heavn, with timely

Speed,
Arrefts his Arm, and flops the cruel Deed.

AIR I.

Abr'ham, defiil; nor flay the Youth-^
Thy God applauds thy Faith and Truth :
Well hafl thou flood this awful Teft,
An^ (hewn the Firmnefs of thy Breaft,

Since, pious, thou this Thing haft doric^
And not with-held thy only Son ;
O Abr'ham, by myfelf I fwear.
My richeft Bleffings thou fhalt (hare.

IIL

III.

Thy profpVous Seed fhall multiply,
As lupid Stars that deck the Sky ;
Their Number may be told no more
Than countlefs Sands upon (he Shore*

IV-

From thee, belov'd of God, fhall fpring
The matchlefs, Heav*n-defcending King^
Great Saviour ! whofe av^fpicious Birth
Shall glad all Nations round the Earthy

V.
His reign, which will o'er all extend.
Immortal Prince I ihall never end ;
And all his Servants, faithful found.
Shall with eternal Joys be crown'd^

•'^jrfk.J^a

1 4 Neay-

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N E' B U C H A D N E 2 ^ A R's
CONFESSION.

Daniei iy.

ONE great Almiglity GbiJi who fitt oh high.
Far o'er tfie Summit df yort azure Sky,
WithMajefty tiniJttterdWc croWdj

Moves the bright Wheeli of Beauteous Natajrb
rouAd :

Th' immenfe Madiihe hfe tiii^t at fitft to pky.

He bade the Flanets march thdr wond^rcjus Way,

The glorious TeXfure of thte Heav'ns he ^fought.

And hung thi^ pottdVodsi mafly Grb on nought i

And ftill his pow'rful Arm the Whole [fuftains,

... • V

Governs fupreme, and felf-diredted reigns ;
His Kingdom firm from Age to Age extends.
And built on Props eterjnal, never ends.
By him infpir'd, v^hile I aloud proclaim
The Wonders fhewn by that tremendous Name^

His

[105] .
jHis Wonders fliewn on me, ye Nations, hear,
Confefs his Godhead, and his Throne revere.
Impious, I ottce deny*d his fov'reign Rule,
Untaught and unchaftis'd in Wifdom's School ;
In gorgeous Gems and purple Robes arfay'd.
The regal Circle glowing round my Head,
While, low bteneath my Feet, the Suppliant croud
In cringing Mddcs of Adoration bow'd,
Myfelf a God I deem'd, and, fwoln with Pride^
Madly dildain'd a Deity beiide.
My >)srild Defires, and arbitrary Will,
With boundlefs Scope determined to fulfil,
Th' impatient Wi(h conceiv'd, I fpake the Word,
And trembling Abjefts fly t* obey their* Lord :
Or dar'd the Slaves difpute the ra(h Command,
What might fccure them from my 'vengeful

Hand ?
Who, who, Ifaid, what God, whom they adore,
ShaH fbalch the^vile Offenders from my PowV ?
Gayly I revel'd in luxurious Eafe,
Still footh'd by thofe who knew the Art to pleafc.

Unloosed

[io8 1

The feathcr'd Tribe th^t wing the buxom Air^
Perch on its Twigs, and find a Covert there :
A fafe Recefs, and Life-fuftaining Food,
Free for all Flefh, th* amazing Tree beftow'd.'

While on this Tree I gaz'd with ftrange Delight,
Behold a heav'nly Shape all dazzling bright !
Forth from the Sky the princely Form defceads $
His Flight a duteous Minifter attends ;
To him the god^Hkc yifibii (ternly fpokei,
(His loud m^jeftic Voice thp Moqntsuns (kgok)
Hew down the Tree, away the Brajiches parc^
Shake off his Leaves^ fcatter his Fruit in Air 5
Let Beafts no longer reft beneath his Shade,
Nor feathered Fowl his lofty Boughs invade :
Yet leave the Stump unhurt, but clofely ro]an<|
With weighty Bands of Brafs and IroQ bound ^
Moift with Heav'n's Dewt, with Beafts his Por^.

. itionbe,
* Till fcv*Ti Times pafs—This is liiefixij Decree;
He ceas'd — The Hew«r heav'-d a pond'rous Ax,
He fmotethe Tree ; itsTi"ui?k enormous cracks;

Stunn<|

t lop J

IStann*d with the Sound of fo imrticn(c a Stroke^
And chill with Horror^ fadden I awoke.
This the ftupendous Vifion*~Biit thy Art
Its deq) Interpretation can unpart.

One Hour aftoni{h'd> and in fpeechlefs Moo^^
At the portentous Dream the Prophet flood ;
Till I enjoin'd ; no longer Speech with-hold.
Nor fear the hidden Secret to unfold.

Great King, faid Daniel, be the Dream to
thofc
That hate thee, and its Meaning to thy Foes,
Thou art the Tree fo ftrong and lofty grown ;
All Nations bow to thy Imperial Throne;
Thro' all the Earth thy Fame unbounded flies,
•O'ertops the Clouds, and foars above the Skies,
But as a Form celeftial met thy View,
And gave Command the ftately Tree to hew j
This ftill in myftic Colours paints thy Fate ^ .
Great is thy Povv'r, lo fhall thy Fall be great ;
Of Reafon, that high Gift from Heavn receivM,-
Mifus'd by thee, thy Soul (hall be bereav'd;

Thy

Thy Nature change, as with thy Anions fuitSi
Brutal thy Deeds, thy Heart fihall be a Brute's ;
And, driv'n from Man's Society away^
Amongft the Herd of Cattle fhalc thou ftray,
With horned Oxen crop the verdant Graft,
And feel the chilling Dew, till feven Times paft.
By righteous Heav'n chaftis'd, then fhalt thou

know.
One lives above, whofe Pow'r extends below >
Who rules with Juftice o'er all earthly Things,
And, as he wills, puts down, or fets up Kings*

And as the Stump of that majeftic Tree,
Was left unhurt, fo fhall it fare with thee.
The Throne, the Kingdom, fliall again be thine
When thou haft own'd the Government divine*
And now, O King, my timely Counfel take.
Reform thy Errors, and thy Sins forfake ;
Let Truth and Juftice all thy Adions fquare.
And to the Poor extend thy bounteous Care :
Haply God's Mercy, for his Mercy's great.
Thy Crimes may pirdon, and avert thy Fate.

Thus

[ III ]

Thus fpake the Prophet ; while each folemn
Word
Struck me with awe of his tremendous Lord 2
Now Confcience with accufing Face ftepp'd in.
And fhew'd a lively Record of my Sin ;
Urg*d me to liften while fhe might perfuade.
And call devout Repentance to my Aid ;
To bend the ftubborn Hinges of my Knees,
And ftrive by Pray'r Almighty Wrath t' appeafe.
But foon curft Pride refum'd her wonted Sway,
And ftern tho' friendly Confcience chid away :
Back to my Sins with eager Hafte I Aew,
And bade th* alarming Monitor adieu.

Since that dire Vifiori, and my (hort Remorfc,
The Sun's bright Orb had made one annual Courfe,
When, walking forth, my Palace t furvey'd.
And, glorying in my Grandeur, proudly faid.
Is not this Babylon, the rich, the great,
Built by my Might, my Houfe of Royal State ?
Scarce had I fpoke the Word, when from on high
A niighty Voice fell thund'ring thro' the Sky i

O King, it faid, this is the deftin'd Houfi
The Kingdom is departed froni thy PowV ;
Thee from their Sight thy Subjects (hall expel>
Among the Beafts that range the Field to dwells
The Dew (hall wet thee; Grafs fhall be thy

Meat ;
Until the Time appointed be complete :
From God most high alone, then flialt ihx)\i

know.
Ail Honour, Majcfty, Dominion flow.

The Voice ceas'd fpeaking—— and, the fatal
Doom
Jnftant inflidled, forth fj-om Men I roam.
Deprived of Reafon, 'mongfl the. Cattle driv'n.
Fed with the Grafs, and wet with Dew fromc

Heav'n ;
As Eagles' Feathers grew my copious Hair,
,And like Birds' Claws my crooked Nails appear.

Thus abjedliv'd Earth's Monarch j till at lafi.
The number'd Days of my Diflbonour paft.

t"3l

My Reaibfl catoC3 to Heaven I lift my Eyc^
An4 proftrate fall before the God most high )
Low in the Da&i I blefs his awful Name^
Who lives thfo* all Eternity the fame j
Whoic wide Dominion »^hes great and fhiall>
And with teflftlcfs Glory^ fpreads o*er all :
To him, as *midft his brighter Works forgot^
Hits peopled Globe appears a Thing of nought i
Vaft courttlefs Worlds^ all fa(hion'd by his Skilly
Confefs him Sovereign, and obey his Will 2
Of all their Armies none can flay his Hand>
Or queftion when he gives the dread Commands

While thus I great Jehovah's Name ador'd ,
Who had once more my reas ning Pow'rs reftor'd,
To me my Lords and Counfellors refort^
And ufual iPomp and Splendor grace my Court j
Again cflablifh'd in my powerful Throne,
With more illuflrious Majefly I fhone*

And now all Glory, Blefling, Worfhip, Praife^
To thee, immortal King of Heav'n, I raife j

K Thro'

In4l

Thro* all thefeWond'rousWorksandWaysoftklfltf;
Unparrallell'd, thy Truth and Juftice (hine i
And that vain portal who fefifts thy WiU«
Whofe Bofom Pride and Arrogancy fill,
Tho' feated firm in Honour's higheft Plac^
Thy nughty Arm is able to abafe.

V E R S fi S

ON THE

ARTeTWRITING*
T X THEN. Pallas had infpir^d each gloriou*

To warm with Joys divine the humln Heaf t»
At once, a Spoil to Death, abafli'd (he fav^
Fair Science with its Matters hepce withdraw :
To fave it harmlefs from the Tyrant's Spite
Sh^ponder'd long then taught the World to

WRITE*

Jacor'^

["5]

J A C O B'8 DREAM.
ji Sacred Cantata;

Recitative.

Bfinighted oii the Plain, when Isaac's fedft
Made iSarth his fied, andpillow'dbn a Stonei
To him in SlcdJ) a wona rous Dream was giv*n^
He faw a Ladder reaching up to Heav'n ;
Angels afccnding and defcending, (how
*rhat Gob concerns himfelf with Things beloW i
Above the Top Jehovah^s Prefence fhonei-
Who thus to Jacob's Ear himfelf made knowtia

A I R i;

Supreme in Pow*r and Majefty^
The God of Abraham, Isaac, I,
And thou O Jacob too fhalt fhara
My kind, my providential Care.

K 2 ih

[11(5]
II.
The Land whereon now ftrctch'd in Sleeps
Thee my prote&ing Angels keep»
This fertile Land to thee and thine
1 give, a worthy Gift divine.

in.

Thick as the Duft thy numerous Seed,
Far forth from Eaft to Weft fhali fpread^
And high in Opulence and Pow'r,
On all the Earth ftiall BlefTmgs fhow'r^

And lo ! a watchful, conftant Friend^
Thy wandering Steps I ftill attend.
With my all*pow'rfuI circling Arn>j
Defending thee from ev'ry Harm.

This Promife firm to thee I make.
Ne'er will I leave thee or forfakc.
Till, led by my fuftaining Hand,
Thpu fhalt poflcfs this goodly Land*

Recitative.

["7 1

R E C I T AT I V B.

Strait Jacob woke from Slumber, fore afraid.
And flruck with Awe, the trembling Patriarch faidf

AIR.

How dreadful is this hallow'd Place,
Where op'ning Heaven difclos'd that Face,

Which Angels view with Fear ;
Sure, *tis the facred Houfe of God,
Which my unconfcious Feet have trod j

The Gate of Heav n is here !

Recitative.
This faid, he took the Stone on which he leant,
And rear'd it up, a pious Monument ;
Oil pour'd thereon, the Place he Bethel nam'd.
And, kneeling there, a Vow to Heav n he framed,

A I R I.

If God (as fure the Almighty will

Be to his Promife true)
Pefend me and protefl: me ftill

411 this my Journey thvq\

^i Hi

["8]

IX.
If needful Food and Raiment ho

With bounteous Hand fupply,
^d be my Safe-guard till | fee

My Fatl^p^r's Hioufe with Joy,

^hen, wltnefs this i^nointe4 Stone,

^im only I'll adore,
^nd offer up before his Throng
^ Tenth of all my Stor^,

Ifi

thb;

["9]

THE
SONG opMOSES,

When Pharaoh and bit Host were drowned
in the Rep Sea.

TO Israel's Goo I fing,
Supreme, eternal King !
For he hath triumph'd glorioufly !
His omnipotent Hand,
Which none can withftand,
the Hp^fe ^d his lUder h»th thrown in the Sea.

He is my Strength, f^nd he my Song ihall be ;
*Tis he who hrings Salvation, Vidory,

79 him be gb'n the Praife |
My Qoo is he, my Father's Gop,
To him ni buUd a fanc^ify'd Abode,

And there his Triumphs raife*

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III.

God is*a Man of War!
Jehovah is his wond^rous Name !
Who can aright his lofty Afts declare.
Or fStraJiis forth-utter equal to his Eame?
Lo ! Pharaoh's Chariots with his Hoft^rouiuJ,
Plung'd in the Billows raging high !
There in the furious Red-Sea drown'd^
His chofen Captains lie !
His numerous Army arc flain ev'ry one.
Swift down to the Bottoni they funk like a Stone.

IV.
Thy light Hand, O Lord,
So glorious in Power ! be ever ador'd ;
Thy right fiand in Pieces hath daj(h*d the proud

Foe ;
The Rebels who rofe
Thy Will to oppofe.
Thou didft in thine excellent greatnefs overthrow i

The Breath of thine Ire
Confum'd them like Stubble devoured' by the Fire.

' V.

[Ml 1

Driv n by thy Noftrir* powerful Blaft,
Together were the Waters caft.
The Floods upftanding in an Hea|:t;
Congeal'd, their wondVous Station ke^
Reared in fti^pendous Pomp and Pride,
Like Walls of tow'ring Gem on cither Side I

The Foe exulting faid.

Swift we'll purfue, and take the SpoiL
Draw forth the bxjght revengeful Bladci
And with their trait'rous Blood diflain the bar-
ren Soil.
But thou, O Gqj>, didft blow.
With the fierce Wind (thy mighty Breath !)
Back to their Place the roaring Waters flow ^
0'er-whelm*d, like Lead the AbjeSs fink below.
All in aMomentfiUthiB greedy Jaws of Death!

VIL

'Mongft all the Gods the Heathen Lands adore^

Who with Jehovah can compare
For glorious Holinefs, for wondVous PowV,
AndMajefty that fills the Soul with Fear ?

*-t

[l2t ]
Vill.

Thy right Hand thou didfl: ftretch abroad.
The Earth thy Motion underftood.

And fwallow'd up the Foe :
While thy protedling Goodnefs led
Thy People fafely thro* the Sea's deep Bed

Towards the Land where Milk and Honey flow<

IX.

Amazement (hall confound

The Nations round,
When they thy mighty Adts (hall hcarj

On Palestina Sorrow {hall lay hold.

The Dukes of Edom bold.
Shall, droop, appalPd with fudden Fear )
Terror fliall Moab's warlike Son difinay.
And frighted Canaan's Hofts ^(hall melt away^

The Greatpefs of thy Arm

Shall all thy Foes to Marble Statues charm^
* When thou in dread Array

Shalt march bj^re the chofen Seed,
And guide them on their Way

Tp ?heir I«herit^ncQ deQr?(?d ;

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Then (halt thou bring them in and plant them there^
There fliall they ftand, ev'n on thy holy Hill,
And fafe protected by Jehovah ftill,

JLikc goodly Trees fhall grow and flourifti fajpt

To cndlcfs Ages fljall Jehovah reign.

For none but he
Could the ungovernable Waves fubduc.

And bring his chofen People thro".
While Pharaoh with his Chariots, IJorfes, Nfen^
Sunk all at once beneath th' p'erwhelnung Sea*

XII.

Chorus of Miriam the Propbetefs^ and ttc
JFomen, with TUmbreh and Dances ^

Jehovah's Praifcs ling.

Supreme, eternal King !

"'^or he hath triumphed glorioufly \

His omnipotent Hand,

Which none can withftand.

^he Horfe and his Rider hath thrown in the Sea,

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A BIRTH-DAY THOt3r<JHT.

- ' ^ I. .. •■ . - •

AGAIN the Year, nevdving roiwd.
Has brtJught my natal Day,
When gone how fliort each Period's found !
How fwift Life fleets away !

IL^ ,

To Its urtceftain final Goal *

We move with rapid Pace; ^^ '

O think, my ^never-dying Soul,
fh* importance of thy Race^

III. :

On this (hort Terpa of Life depend^
Thy eadlefs Weal or Woe;

The gloomy Grave thy Labour erids^

i» . . - - • ...

Whereto all Fleih muft go.
\ IV.

Then evVy Day, as on it flies.

With zealous Care imjprovej^
That when Death makes thy Clay his VtIzqj,

Thou may'ft to Heav'n remove.

THE

SS^38S^

T rf E

SiXTEfcNTit OD B

O F t H E

Second BOOK of HORACE,

IMITATED.

FOR calm Repofe the Merchant cries.
When Storms his loaded Ship furprizcj
Upon the foaming Sea,
While thickening Clouds the Moon obfcure,
Nor well-known Star$ the Courfe fccure
From Error and Delay.

And, wearied on the hoftile Plain^

The haughty Qen'ral fighs in vain

For undifturb'd Repofe i

A Blifs which not the Purple Robe,

Nor all the Riches round the Globe,

On haplefs Man beftows*

IIL

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III.

Ndt coilnticis Heaps of golden Ore^
Nor all the Charms of F^oirip and PowV^

Can iiiak6 our Wdes fubfide ;
fiut Care will ftill the Breaft confound/
And Ay the gilded Gieling round

Of Wealth and gaudy Pride, '

IV.
The poor Man*s Smiles become his Facd/
When his long-us'd p&ternal Vafe

Adorns his frugal Board ;
lie flumbers fafe, his quiet rcfl:>
No anxious Fears of Lofs molefl:^

Or greedy wifh to hoard.

Ah ! why fhould ftiort-liv*d humaln Kind,
in deep-laid Schemes employ the Mind,

And roam from Pole to Pole ?
In vain we different Climates try,-
Since from ourfelves we me cr can fly/

Nor innate Grkfs cdntrouL

VI.

I£ he, whom baleful Vice attends^
The Veffel or the Steed afcends.

Fell Care will ftill intrude ;
No fearful, hunted Stag can flee.
Or rapid Cloud Co f aft, as he

la by the Fiend purfu d#

VII.
He who his prefent Good can fee^
And bear his Lofs of Mifciy^

With Patience and Content^
Will fmile at ev'ry coming Woe^
Since pcrfcdl Happinefs below, •

For Man, Heav n never meant#

viii.

Achillas met untimely Fate^
TiTHONUS fainted with the Weight

Of long and wafting Eld ;
Time may perhaps on me bcftow
A Length of tirefome Years, from you^

From happivr you with-held.

[w8]

IX.

You, Grosphus, drefs in fomptuous Lace^
Six neighing Steeds your Chariot, grace.

Your Wealth can bear the Coft ;
A fmall Eftate, a rhyming Vein^
For Knaves and Fools a fix'd DifiJain,

Is all that I can boaft.

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SONGttB M O S E i

BEFORE HIS

Death:

i)etif. 3l;xxii.

O Heaven, give Ear f
And thou, O Earth, my Sayings Heiil
As drops the mild, refrefhing Rain
Upon the dry and thirfty Plain, ^
As the foft, diftilling Dew
Makes the Herbage bloom anewj
So let my melting Words defcend,'

Widi kindly Art,

Upon th* inftrufted Heart :
AstXand ye Heav'ne, O Earth attend I

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II.

Jehovah's (acred Name
Aloud will I proclaim ;
His fov'reigii Majefty and Pow'r
Let all the kneeling World adore !
Firm "ftablifli'd is his Throne,
He is the during Rock alone j
His Works arc all with full Perfeftion crown'd i
Truth fix'd and fure.
And Juflice purd
Through all his Ways abound*

But Man's rebellious Race

Themfelvesj God's Workmanfliip^ deface^

His Offspring their high Birth deprave,

Mark'd with foul Blots,

Corrupt, urifeemly SpotSy

Their heav'nly Parent never gave j

Perverfe and erook'd, whom God had fornfi'd
upright.

Odious and loathfome in th' All-Holy's Sight*

IV;

b foolifli Generation, O unwifc I

Requite ye thus Jehovah's Care f
He into Being bad you rifej
He ftill your vital Breath fupplies^

And gives the Food on which ye fare i
Who thus hath bought a Father's tender Nariie
Way well your Love and your Obedience elairfli

Look t6 the Years far fled^
Recall the Days of old,

Alk of the hoary Head,
And thbii fhalt fooh be told.
How God the ancient Bdunds decreed

To ev'ry Nation uhder Heav'ri,
And made referve for Israi^l's' Seedj

To fhem a rich Inheritance is giV'tt i
Israel's a People chofen for his own^'
And happy jACtfB is his favour'd Soiii

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VI.

j^im in a defart Land he found,
A wafte and howling Wildernefs j
And watchM his Steps around.

To guard from threatning Mifchief and Diftrefs )
God led and guided him, for ever nigh.
And kept him as the Apple of his Eye.

vii. i

The Parent-Eagle ftirs her Ncft,
And o'er her Young her fluttering Feathers f^readf

Beneath the Covert luU'd to reft^
The Brood no Danger dre^s ;

When difappear the Shades of Night,
Forth from her Neft flie fprings,
High o'er the Clouds diredls her tow nng Flighty

And bears them fafc on her expanded Wings j
So did Jehovah tend his chofen Care,
No other God, no other Guardian near.

vm.

To fertile Lands he led^

And with the richeft Dainties fed ;

Smooth

Smooth Oil md Honey gave his Flock,
Out of the flinty Rock ;
Sweet Milk and Butter, Fat of Lambs,
The Flefli of Goats, and Bashan's Rams,
And Wheat's white Kidneys were thy Food :
Thy lulcious Drink the Grape's pure Bloods

But high-fed Jes'run, waxing fat.
Their kind and bounteous God forgat.

And kick'd againfl his Laws ;
Strange Gods their wanton Fancies fough^ji
To Devils Sacrifice they brought,
Andc^ue to God, to Fiends they gave th' Applaixfe.

X,
Jehovah faw, proyok'd; andfaid,^
" From them 1% hide my Face,^
V No more my Arm fliall be djiplay'di
" To help the faithlefs Race ;♦
" Then mark their End,
^^ When I, no more their Friend,^
^^ Shall ceafe to fuccaur and defcAd*^

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H As they have mov'd my Wrath and Jealouly,

V And dafd vain Idols to their Gop oppofc ;
^^ So mov'd with jealous Anger (hall they be,

" When they, confounded, fee
*^ Jehovah fiding with their m^aneft Foes,

XI.

^' For lo ! now kindled is the wrathful Fire,

** That to the loweft Hell (hall burn,

M Earth (hall with herlncreafe in Flames expire^

*' And Hills from their Foundations overturn y

" Repcate4 Mifchiefs (hall be fent,

" And all my Arrows on them fpent j^

^' Fierce Hi.nger*s raging^ Heat

" Shall their tormented Bowels eat,

•* The Teeth of Beafts their FIe(h (hall gnaw,

** And Roifon wound them from the Serpent's Jaw,

** The Sword without, within Difmay and Dread,

** The Youth and Virgin (liall annoy;

^* Alike the Suckling, and the hoary Head,

" My Vengeance diall'dedroy :

*f To Corners (hall the fcatter'd Remnant ftray,

" Wip'd from the Memory of Man away."

XII.

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XII.
Thus threatcn'd God, but for his Honour's Sake
Supprefs'd his Fury's rifing Flame,
Left Heathen Nations fhould defame

His awful Name,
And to themfelves the Glory take :
Left they fliould boaft, ** Our mighty Hand,
And not Jehovah, fcourg'd the Hebrew Band/'
For void of Senfe
And Knowledge they,
UnikilVd in Heav n*s Almighty Sway^,
Untutor'd in the Ways of Providence !
^h ! how fl^ouId one their Thoufands chafer
And two, ten Thoufand put to Flight, .
pid not their God difmay*d withdraw his Face^
And pur refifllefs God againft ^h?m fi^ht J

XIII,
The Rock on whom they truft^

Themfelves fhall own> is not as ours i
Our Rock Jehovah is the true and juft,^

Wl^q w\x,(^s Mercy with his awful Pow'rs^

1*4 %hsk

TheirYinc, from Sodom and Gomorrah's Fields,
Harfh Grapes of Gall, aad bitter clafters yields ;
Of Dragon's Poifon is the Cap they drink.
And A^'s fell Venom mantles o'er the Brink,

XIV.
<* In Store, faith God, for thefe my Enemies,
/* Seal'd up my treafur'd Vengeance lies,
[^ Which in due time (hall break forth and furprize,
" The Day of their Calamity

" Approaches nigh,
•* When all the deftin'd Woes
\[ Shall fall on Israel's impious Foes/.*

XV.

For God (hall judge his People's Caufc
Againft the vile Contemners of his Laws.
*' Where are the Idols fliall he fav,
^* On whom ye place your Confidence^
" For whom the Sacrifice ye flay,
^* And vain Oblations on the Altar lay ?
** Let them rife up, and come ta jour Defence,

XVI.

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XVf.

<f In vain yc call, ycsor Oods riieir Httpdeny,
f < No Qods arc thej, the only God am 1 1

" For as I will>

** Imake airve; I kill;

^* I wound ; I heal ;

** I captive lead aAvay,
f * And none out of my Grafp can fn atch the Prey.
** I lift my Hand, and Heav'n to witnefs call,
^* I LIVE FOR EVER, KiNG and Lord of all !

XVII.
^* My glitt'ring Sword of Judgment when I whetj^
^* To punifli thofe who at Defiance fet
'* Th* eternal God,
" And on their Head my Fqry pour,
*^ The hungry Weapon (hall their Flefli devour,
\\ And all my Arrows fhall be drunl^ with Blood."

AXlII.

Rejoice, rejoice, ye chofen Race,
PiftinguiQi'd by peculia^: Grace I

For,

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For, to his Promife true,
Jehovah will your Foes fubdue.
On them his threaten'd Wrath ihall haften down,.

While happy you
HisLoving-KincJnc/fes ajid tender Mercies crown,

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A
TRANSLATION

O P T H E
T ^ E N T Y-S E C O N U ODE

O F T H E

First BOOK of HORACE,

Attempted in the JVIeasure of the Original.

HE, whof^ Life's upright, and with Crimes
unfpotted.
Needs not the Weapons of the Moorish Savagq,
Quivers full-loaded with impoifon'd Arrows,
Fuscus, he needs not,
II.
Whether thro* Syrtes lies his fultry Journey,
Whether he toils thro' Caucasus unpeopled,
Or thro' the Regions, prodigy 'd in Story,

Wafh'd by Hydaspes.

Ill,

[ HO ]

III.
While I was finging Lalage my Charmer,
While thro' the Woods, infcnfible of Danger,
Mufing I rov'd, a Wolf appear'd^ and fled tiic^
Fled me unarmed^

IV.
Such an huge Monfter, in her fpacious Foreftsji

Daunia's warlike Country never fofter'd.
Nor the hot Climate, where the Land of Juba
Breeds up her Lions;

Let me be plac'd whereon the barren Mountain
No Tree is cherifli'd with the Warmth of Summer,
Whofe cloudy Country with an Air unwholfonic
Jupiter curfes,

Place me where Phoebus' Chariot rolls the neareft,^
Lands unfrequented, unadorn'd wiih Houfes,
Pleafantly fmiling, Lalage, Til love th^e,^
Pleafantly prattling.

[Hil

An epigram,

OF Matter and of Spirit, Roiertpcnnd
A ponderous Volume, and to Jackhls Friend
Is pleas'd for his Opinion to refer it :
yack thus with Spirit judges of the Matter;
The Book's a weighty Piece, and, not to flatter,
I find much Matter here, but little SpVit.

ON THE

PICTURE

O F A

Great ORATOR;

TH E Life !-— his meaning Face exprefs'd !
His Motion, Attitude,
When, rifing, he to fpeak, addrefs'd.

And for Attention fu'd I

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11.

l^eld mute, t lifi'nihg ftand to heai"^

With Expe<aation pleas'd ;
But difappointcd, think my Ear

With fudden Dcafnets fciz'd.

IIL
O thou of Orators the Chief

Who can thy Praifes fum ?
Now, dead, thy Pid-ure ftrikes us deaf/

Who, living, ftruck us dumb.-

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On a sceptic

WHEN ScEPTA, funk with Sicknefs low,
Wail'd his approaching Fate,
His Friend enquired, what think'ft thou now ?
Is there no future State ?

I doubt it flill, faid he, and %h'd—

Then yielded up his Breath. —
Now art thou fure, his Friend reply'd.

For there's no Doubt in Death.

FINIS.

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