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POEMS

Several' Occajions.

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Printed for J. Tm/m at Shaif/pear's Hraft',

over-agab« Ktthmne Street in the &««*;.

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THE

OOKSELLER

T O THE

R E A J> E R.

Ain to inform the Reader, that the fbllov«
ing Colledion contains all the Poems
lich have been -vritten by the Right Ho-
lurable George GrannfilU Lord JLanfionun^
ry fev of vhich have been ever bei^re Print-
i and as this Book is PubUihed by his Lord-
ip*s Permiffion, 1 queftion not but it viH
ipear to be very Corre^);, vhich cannot be
d of ibme of the Poems, vhich, as I have been
ld> came formerly into the \^orld vithouc
s Lordfhip's Knowledge and Approbation.
3r this Rew)n, and in Confidetation that th»
abje£b are various and entertaining, I make
3 doubt but this Edition vill meet vith a
.vourablc Reception firom the Publick.

Ax THE

., < 'a: i^'i^v

THE

KC O N T E NT S

1*^ J^ N the Earl ^^/Peterborough' j happy Nego^
\J tiation of the Marriage bet'ween his Rnal

Highnefs and the Trincefs Mary D'Efte <?/

Modena. Page i

Spoken by the Author^ beingthen but Twelve Tears

of Age^ to her Royal Highnefs the Hut chefs of

York, at Trinity-College in Cambridge, p. 6
7o the King; In the Firjl Tear of His Majejtfs

Reign. p. 8

To the King. p. lO

7b, the Kiag. P- ii

Mr. Waller to the Author^ on his foregoing Verjet

to the King. p. ix

7^ Mr. Waller. P* ij

To the Immortal Memory of Mr.WzllQr^ upon his

Heath. P« 14

On the §^eeffs PiSiure^ given in Exchange for a^

not her. p. 18

On the ^een. P- 19

Love. ibid.

The ^rogrefs of Beauty. p. xo

On my Lady Hide, having the Small^?ox. p. 3<>
To Myra. p. 40

2> Myra. Song. p. 4 c

To Myra. The Surrender. p. 4X

To Myra. Song. p. 44

a Ta

c o isr t E N t a

SpHgto Myra. , p. r43

To Flavia. Her Gardens having e/ca^'*d « ^Iwfd

that had dejirqy'd all the Fruits of the Qroiiiid

in her Neighbourhood. ^.' t^

Written in a Novel Entituled Les Malhdiii^ ae

1' Amour. p. 145' '

Prologue to the She Gallants. p. 140, I

JSfilojtue to the /ante. Spoken by Mrs. Braceg(irdl^

hr mens Cloaths. p. 14S

Epilogue to the Jew of Venice. p. 149

Prologue to the }&ni\9A Enchanters, i P* iff
Epilogue dejign^d for the fame. p. \$i

TrologttetoMr. Higgons Excellent Tragedy y calld

The Generous Conqueror. p. i $^

Peleus and Thetis. A Mafqucy Set to Mufick,

p; if7
Written under Mrs. liareV Name u^on a 2)rini'

ing-GlaJs. ..p. 168

Written under the 'JOutchefs ofBoltoiCs-Nar^f^-

on a 'Drinking'Gla/s. ibid»

^ Latin Infer ipt ion on n Medal for Lewis; XIV.

. P- 169
£ngliib*d, and Ap}>ly*dto the ^een. IKd.

A Morning S^n to Her Grace the ^Dutchefi of

Hamilton. P« 170

AnEjfay upon'Vnnatural Flights in Poetry, p. i^z
A'CharaiierofMr. Wycherley. . p. 178

Tl&e Biitifti Enchanters \ or, No Magic k like Love.

ADramiaick Poem. p. 185*

POEMS

^i^^

POEMS

UPON

Several Occafwnsi

b» the Earl if PeterboroUghV hiy>^ Negctie-
tion of the Marriage between his Royal High-
nefs and the Trincefs Mary D'Efti of M<n
dena.

IS 7»»o bairen, in tittftuitfiil joys^ . . ,

, [ploys:

' Our Britijh Joie his Nuptial Hours ia.-,

Sb Fate ordains, tiiat ail out Hopes may bej

And all our Safety) Gallant Torki ia thee;

B gy

CONTENTS.

To Nfyr«. Loving at firjl Sight. p. 4^

To Myra. p. 46

In Tratfe of Myrz. p. 48

My LadyhUditj Sitting for her Picture. p. 51
Written in a Garden in the North. , p. ^3

75? Daphne. P- 54

To a very Learned Toung Lady. P« f 5'

Thirfis tf/?^/ Delia. • ?• f^

2*^ Z/7^ Hyde. p. y8

.^« Apology for an unfeafonable Surfri&e. p. 59
Myra Singing. p. <Jo

Myra /» A^ Riding Habit. p. di

*y^»^ /^ Myra. p: 61.

SongtoMyT2i. p. 61

ToMyrz. p. 64-

Myrz' s Tarrot. p. 6f

To Myra. p. 66

The ^ifcoveryj To the Count efs of ^ p. 68

Myra at a Review. P- 70

75? Myra. ' |). 71

To Myra. P- 7^^

7i?Myra. Song. p. 73

To Myra, The Enchantment. In Imitation of the

Pharmaceutria of Theocritus. P* 74

To Myra. The Vtjion. P- 84

Song. For Myra. P- 91

T>eath. p. 9^

Ay^>!r^ the Author into the Country. Written ' by a

Lady. p. 94

Occafiond by the foregoing. P- 9^

An Imitation of the Second Chorus in the Second

A£t of SenecaV Thyeftes. P- lor

Cloe.

gOf^TEI^TS.

Cloe. p« io6i

Ontbefdme. ibid.

On the fame. , p. 107

Corinna. ibid.

On the/ame. p. 109

Belinda. p« no

Clarinda. p. iJi

The fame. p. iix

Cleor^. ibid.

Macro. P* 117

Phillis 7)r mining. r- ^iS

Celia. p. 119

Chlpris Terfymingher/eff. p. ixo

Her Vow. ibid.

Flaviil. P* i?:i^

JL^z;^., ibidb

Womfn* ibid.

Fancy. p. ixx

XAberality. P- i^3

Writfen in ClarindaV Pr^ay^ J?^^i. p. 1x4

Fulvia. ibid.

To Celia. p. ix5

Celia if mW«^. P* i^/

To my Friend Mr. Dryden, on his Excellent

Tranjlations. p. ix8

^J^on a Hearing in the Houfe of Lords of a Caufi

between her Grace the Hut chefs of Grafton and

the Lord Chief Juftice. P- 131

Tp niy Lord Lanfdowne, upon the bombarding and

burning the Town of Granville /;/ Normandy.

p. 141

To my friend 2)r. Garth in his Sicknefs. p. ij^%

Song

4«

4 Toems upon fiveral Occafions.

WithBalk and Banquets his pleas'd Senfe they baity
And Queens, and Kings, upon his Pleafures wait.

Th' impartial Judge furveys, with yaft Delight,
All that the Sun furrounds of Fair and Bright:
Then, ftriftly Juft, he, with adoring Eyes,
To radiant EJl^ gives the famous Prize*
Of Antique Stock, her high Defcent fhe brings,
Bom to renew the Race of Britain'^ Kings :
Who cou'd deferve, hke Her, in whom we fee
United, all that Tar is found in Three?

O Equal Pair ! when both were fet above
All other Merir, but each other's Love;

[Shore,
Welcome, Bright Princefs, to Great Britam^s

As Berecynthia to high Heav'n, who bore
That fliining Race of Goddeffes and Gods
Who rul'd theWorld, andfijj'd the bleft Abodes:

FrwQ

Toems upon ftveral OccaJions\ i

From tiiee, my Mufe expefts as noble I'heams,
Another Mars and Jovej another James ^
Our future Hopes all from Ay Womb arife.
Our prefent Joy and Safety from your Eyes ;
Thofe charming Eyes that fhine, to reconcile,
To Harmony and Peace, our fhibborn Ifle:
On brazen Memnon^ Thwhus cafls a 5^y^
And the tough Metal fo falutes the Day.

The Britifh Dame, fam'd for refiftlefs Grace,
Contends not now, but for the fecond Place ;
Our Love fufpended, we negleft the Fair
For whom we burn'd, to gaze adoring here :
So fang the Syrens^ with enchanting Sound
Enticing all to'liften and be drownM,
•Till Orpheus ravifh'd in a nobler Strain,

They ceas'd to fing, or iinging charm'd in vain!..

B J ' Tliis

^oems MpM fivtral Occajions.

This blefl: Alliance, Tet&B^rough^ may
Th' in4ehted Nati<m bounteoufly repay ;
Thy Scatiies, for the Gmms of our Lajad>
With Pajm aiiorn'd, on ev'ry ThrcfkolA^iland.

Spoken by the Author i being them but Twelve
Tears of Age^ to ber Jtoyal Highmfs tht
DuTCHBSs of York, at Trinity-College in
Cambridge.

[the Great,

WHEN joiifd mOne, theGopd, the Fair,
Defcend to view theMufeshuo^ble&at,
Tho' inijieaa Lines they their vaft Joys4«:lare,
Yet for Sincerity and Truth, they <kfe
With your own Taffp'^ mighty felf compare.

Then, bright and mereiflil as Heav'n, receive
From ^em fucb Pnuies, as to Heav'o they give*

Their

Their Praffes for that gentle Influence,
Which thofe aiifplciousLights,yourEyes,difpenfe.
Hiofe radiant Eyes^ whofe irrefiiUefs Flame
Strikes Envy dumb, and keeps Sedition tame:
They can to gazing Multitudes give Law,
Convert the Faftious, and the Rebel awe :
TTiey conquer for the Duke ; whcfc-e'ei: you tread
Millions of Prof^es bshiod are led J
Tltfo' Crowds of new>nlAdeC6ny^t$ftillyougo,
Keas'd and triutaphant at the gLq^QUs Show.
Hsppy that Prince, wh6 has by you attained
A greater Congueft than his hxtos e'er gain'd:
With all War's Rage he may abroad o'ercome,
ButT-ove's" a gentler Viftory at ^ome.
Securely here, he on that Fitce rdies.
Lays by his Arms, and conquers Tsdth your Eye? ^^
And aU the glorious Aftions . of his Lif«^
Tljinks well regarded, bleft with fuch a Wife.

B4 TO

p ^Mms $^0H fiuiral OccajSons,.

' . "r ■ \

.• ■ ' t ■ ■ ■ . J « ■

•TO THE

• * *

Jn the Firfi Tear of His Majeftys Reign^

AY all thy. Years, like this, propitious bcji

[Viftory:

And bring thee iGrowns, and Peace, and
Scarce hadft thou Time t'unflieath thy conquering
It did but glitter, ^nd the Rebels fled': - '

ThySword,the Safeguard of thyBrother'sThcone,
Is now become the Bulwark of t\\y own. :

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Aw'd by thyFainq, the trembling Nations fend
Thro'-out the W<Ji:ld, to court fo brave a Friend ;
Thq guilty Senates tl^at refiis'd thy Sway
Repent theiff Crime, and haften to qbey ;

Tnbutc

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Teems ufoh fever m Occafions. f

Tribute they raife, and Vows and OfTringsbrin^
Confefs th.eir Phrenzy, and confirm their King.
Who with their Venom over-fpread thy Soil,
Thqfe Scorpions of the State, prefent their Oy!^.

So the World's Saviour, like a Mort^ ^^
Altho^ by daily Miracles confeft,
Accus'iof Evil-Doftrine by the ^ews.
Their rightful Lord they impio^lly refufe^
But when they faw fuch Terror in the Skies,
T|>e Temple re|it, their King in Glory rife.
Dread, and Amazement fciz'd the trembfing

[Crowd,

"^ybo, cionfcious of their Crime, adoring bow'd.

> «

lo Toems upon feveral Occafims.

TO THE

K I N a

[Arts,
HO' train'd in Arms, and leam*d in Rferdai

[Hearts.

Thou chufeft not to conquer Men, but
Expefting Nations for thy Triumphs wait ;
But thou prefer'ft the Name of Juft to Great.
So Jove fiifpends his fubjeft World to doom.
Which wou'd he pleafe to thunder he'd confume.

or cou'd the Ghofts of mighty Heroes dead
Return oii Earth, and quit th' Elizian Shade,
Prutut to James wou'd truft the Peoples Caufe,
Thy Juflice is a ftronger Guard than Laws :
Marius and Sylla wou'd refign to thee,

■

Nor Cf/2fr, and Great Tampey^ Rivals be.
Or Rivals only who fliou'd beft obey.
And Cato give his Voice for Regal Sway,

< • -

IPeems v^W: fivtral Occajms. xi

t d THE

K I N G.

EROES of bjd, by R^e and by Spoil,
Id Search ofFame didiall the World embroil
llius to their Gods each then ally'd his Name^
This fprang ^om Joyct and That from Titan came,

■ * *

With equal Valeur, and the fame Succefs,
Dread King^ might^ft thou the Univerfe opprefs.
But Chriftian Laws conflrain thy Martial Pride,

r ■ t

Peace is thy CSioice, and Piety thy Guide j
By thy Example, Kings are taught to fway.
Heroes ta fight, and Saints may learn to pray,

The Grecian Leaders were but half Divine j
^<?/^r in Council, and *U/K^j.lhine:

But

Waller the God of Verfe we will pfoclairtt.
Not Thaims now, but fTaller be his Natne \
Of joyful Bards the fweet Seraphick QUire
Acknowledge thee, 'their Oracte and Syre ;
The Spheres do Homage, and the Mufes fing
Waller the God of Verfe, Who W4s the Kiiig.

ON THE

dUEEN's PICTURE,

Given, in Exchange for another i

OF the rude l^ditsy arttef^ ahfl tIhtaugh^,
So brighteft Jewels ire mth Trliffcs bought :
DeceivM Jie/^'i ^^« rercrs'd is lhoW*d,
Imperial Jmo given for a Gloud.

ff^dems i^oH fiverttl Occafimf. t^

ON THE

(^ U E E N.

WHetf iretefled tipoa our charmbgQaeen,
' Her Wit, her Beauty^ her Imperiid Meib ;
Majeftick ^'ivffff^ itt her Air we fii^,

■ ■ *

The Form ofVemtr, vnth Minerva^s Mind:
Who was fo grac'd, ihe, ihe was fit alone
With Roysa James to fiU the Britijh Throne.

< I I III *

L V E.

I I " ^ O Love is to- be dooiA'd> in Life» to- feel
> A What after Death the Tortured ih^et in Hdl,
TTie Vulture dipping in Vromethens Sidt '
His bloody Beak, with his torn LiVcr dy'd,

C % Is

Is Love : The Stone that labours up the Hill,

Mocking the LabVer's Toil, returning fHll,

Is Love: Thofc Streams where TCmtaius is curft

* ■

To fit, and never drink, with endlefs Ttkirft,
Thofe loaden Boughs that with theirBurthen bend
To court his Taftc, and yet efcape his Hand,
All this is Love, that ta diflembled Joys ;;■
Invites vain Meo, with real Griefe deftroys.

'm>mmtmm0mtm^m^m

THE

Progress ^ Beatjty.

THE God of Day, defcendii^ froin above,
Mixt with the $ea,aBd got the ^ee» (^i>t/^.-

Beauty, that fires the World, 'twas fit IhouW rife
From him aloiie, who li^ts the Stars and Skies.

Tbems upon fiver^ Occajkns. %x

hii^frus long, by Men and Gods obey'd.
The Lover's Toil flie gratefully repaid }
Promifcuous Bleffings to her Slaves aflign'd.
And ftiow'd the W orld that Beauty fliould be kind .
Learn by this Pattern, all ye Fair, to charm ;
Bright be yourBeams,but without fcorchingwarm.

iy^/fe» was nexl,froBi Greece to P^^w brought.
With much Expence of BloodandEmpirefought ;

Beauty and Love the nobleft Caufe afford
That can try Valour, or employ the Sword :
Not Men alone, incited by her Charms,
But Heav'ns concem'd,and allthe Gods takeArms.
The happy Trojan^ glorioufly pofleft.
Enjoys, and lets d^fpairing Fools conteft:
** Secure, faid he, of that for which they fight,
** Theirs be the Toil, and mine be the Delight ;

C 3 « Your

24 Toems ufm fefveral Oecajftms.

|lude were their Revels, 4nd pbfeene theif Joys^
Tht Broils of Priml5:ar4s> and |:he L.uft of Boys !
yAfl?^i^j laments, fox Hjacynthus ditzdii
And J^^^Hi? jealous, i|prmsf ^t Ganifped.

Return, myMufc, andclofe that odious Scene,
Nor ftain thy Verfe with Images unclean :
Of Beauty fing, her fluiiing ProgreJfe view,
From Clime to Clime the dazling Light pipfue,'
Tell hoTf the Goddefs fpread, and how in Em-
Let others govern, or defend the State,
Plead at the Bar^ or manage a Debate ;
In lofty Arts and Sciences excell^
Or in prou4 1)pmes employ their bpafted Skilljj
To Marble and to Braf? fuch Features give.
The M^tal find the Sj;pne may feem to live ;
P^pribc the Stars, an4 Planetary \^ay.
And trace the Footfteps of Eternal Day :

IPoems . ttfM fever al Qtcafims, %$

Be this, my Mufe, thy Pleaifiure sgoid thy Care,
h. Slave to Beauty, ^ to recocd the Fair ;
Still wand'ring in Love'&fweet delicious Maze,
To fing the Triumphs of x heav'nly. Face, -
Qf lovely Dames, who with a Smile or Frown
jSubdue the Proud, t|ie ftt|:^liant Lover crown;

From ^^"if^wj down to Afir<? bjring thy Song,
To thee alone fuch, tender Tfasks belong, .

. From Greece tc/J^r/Vit Beauty takes her Flight,
And ripens with her near Approach to Light: .
Frown not, yeF'air, to he^r of fwarthy £bunes .
"With radiant Eyes, that take unerring Aims;
Beauty by no Comple^qOn is defin'd.
Is of all Colours, and to none confin'd.
Jewels that fliine, in Gold or Silver fet.
As fpaf kling and a$ precio^s ar^ in Jer,

Here

%8 IPoemupmfiveratOcoafiMf.

Still as one falls^ another rufh^s jn,

A|id all muft be overcome, or none can win ;

The ViftoTr from the glittering Pamei whofe feyes

Aided his conquering Arm, receives a precious

[Prize.

Thus flourifli'd Love,and Beauty reigh*d in State,
Till the proud Spaniard gave theffi Glories Date ;
Pj(ft is the Gallantry) the Fame remains,
Tranfimtted iafe in ^^den\ lofty Scenes ; ,
Crmada loft, beheld her Pomps reftor'cU*
And Almahide again by ^gs a4or'd. t

rtiOve driven thenpe, to colder Britain i|ies,
An4 with bright Eyes thp diftar^t Sun fupplies ;
Rom^ces, that relate the 4rjeadftil Fights,
ThjC Ljov^s and Prqwefs of adventrous Knights,

' * The CaofipxSt oi Grmada, writUm iy Mr. Dryden.
i. Tk*. f*rf «f AlJBtthitle a^4 fy Nell Gwyn,

4 •

Teems npou fiverok Occapous, 2.9

To animate their Rage, a Kiis, record
From Britai»h faireft Nymph^ was the Rewar<}«
Thus ancient to Love's Empire was the Claim
Of i^riTf^ Beauty, and fo wide the Fame^ '
Which like our Flag upon the Seas giyes Law^
By Right avow'd, and keeps the World in Awe.

Our gallant Kings^ of whom long Annals prove
The mighty Deedsj ftand as renowned for Love;
A Monarch's Rig^t o'er Beauty they may claim.
Lords of that Ocean jfrom whence Beauty came.
T^y Rofimond, GtesX Henrjt on the Stage
Byalate Mufe prefented in our Age»
With aking Hearts and flowing Eyes we view*
While that diflembled Death prefents the true:
In ^r4(fgir</<fo the Perfonsfo agree,
That all feems real the Spe^ators fee*

j6 ^mritp^'JfH/H'dfOca^^^

Of Scofsi and GW«^ defeited, ^d tbeir Kitigs

LiSfe thy htgtt Deeds thynobleLdYeis trc prais'd,
Who hall to Ldvfe thfe nobSeft'TVdphy im'Ai
TIfyStatiieSj r«»/i tho'^by^'y^.^^'Sritad

D6%ii*ditnflwrtaii yet no longer ftaiid;
The Magick of thy fhining Zone is paft,

Bttt'JW/r^«fys Gait&r marr feS gyeif laft,
Wttlcbthto^ IhdW^iid Iff liviii^Monafchs woni>

ti^Sdfe^pt^, tilid decrowns adorn.

■ • » «^i •■

tfrnA then*' Fittn^^ \)i4o gavethefe Rites divine
To facred Ci&tfc, O vAm:Wib6fi6(a^s tmie, '
Foi'getl^i^^eta^ Wh& fev^'dmt bsight Head

Hadilthoubcti^^ilfraMaft^'thdii lutd!ftQOt«rr'd»
Thy Fame ftrai fiv*d, abd Beaky^bccttti^erM.

But

Bii^ali! whftt mighty Ma^ek can afTtrige
A Woman's EiiV^, and it Bigot^ Rage I ■

r ■

Lovetir^datlen^b, L6fi6that-deIigHts^£niIe>
Flying from Scenes of Horror, tq^ts oar lllfe?
Witb X::hM'ks ^t Ot^iii ^d the Gr^i^ jgbbei
In Ejdle live ; for Love and he were One.

With C^^Hhrbe !Aranders»:.i^d ibr (Hmtki he

Butoh ho^ifi^fce the-loy whenii^irJSr^ i«bkn»l
As eager Flaind!s,;with Oppdicioli pent, '■
Break out inlpetuous when they imd a Vent}
As a fierce toirent huiderUin his Racef
Forcing hi¥ Way^-rowts 'with rtdbu^dPisbet
Frotn the lotfd'Folace to dfie fU6nt OiroTtdi '
AU^y^thie Klug^'fixampie livev: and £ove.<. '
1 ne jmrim&wha u^spossc ' vokcs iw^i ■•■'
And aU rejoice^ to pletf<? the GodlUc# iSjig.

' . .'

Then

ite PofMs iifan fiveral Occafioni.

Then Waller in immortal Verfe proclaims
*rhe fliitting.CoHrt, and all the glitt'rmg Dames
Thy Beauty,. Sydney, like Achilles' Sword,*
ReMlefs ftands, upon as fure Record i
The foremoft Hero, and the brightefl Dame^
Both fung alikci ihall have their Fate the farne^

And lioW, iny Mufe, a nobler Sohg pi^epare, ,
And fing it loud j that Heay'n and Earth may heat.
Behold from i#3/y a wandMng Ray
Of moving Light illumihates the Day,
Northward ihci betids, thajeftically btightj
AQd:here Ihe fikes hex Iniperial Light.
j . Be bold j be bdd, my Mufe^ ndr = fear td raife
Thy Voice to her* whb was thy ewlieft Praiifej
What, tho'.the fuUea Fates refufe to fliiiie.
Or frown feverey on thy audacious Line |

* the Ladv Dort)thy Sydney, ccltbraftd undtr the Name of
Sacharifu.

Keep

Fvemt uj>9» fiveral Oceafiont. 33

Keep tby bright Tlieme within thy fteady Sight,
The Clouds ifaall fly before the dazling Light,
And everltfting Day dired; thy lofty Flight;
Thou Who haft netier yet put on Difgiufi?
To flatter Folly, or dfcfcend to VieCi
Let no vain Fear thy gf^'rous Ardor time,
3ut fiand ere^j and found as loud as Fame.

AswhenoUrEye fomeProfped would purfue,
DefcendJuog ftom a Hill, looks round to view»
Pafles o'er Lawns and Meadows, 'till it gains
Some beaui;eous Spot, and fbdng there, remains :
With equal Rapture my tranfported Mufe
.Flies other Objed^s, this bright Theme to chufe.
Queen of our Hearts, and Charmer of our Sight,
A Monar<!h's Pride^ his Glory, and Delight,
Princefs ador'd and lovM, if Verfe can gly«
A deathldfs ]^amt> thine ifaall for ever Hye,

D Itt*

34 Tdtms ufon fiviral Occajms.

Invok'd where-e*er the BritifioXSatL roars.
Extended as the Seas that gird the\Sr*>(^ Shears.
The wife Immortals ift their Seats iabove,
To crown their Labours, (till appointed Love ;
yA<p^j enjoy'd the Goddefs of the Sea,
Alcides had Omfhale^ James has Thee/
O \vzY^y James! Content thy mighty Mind,
Grudge not the World, for (till thy Queen is kind ;
To lye but at'whofe Feet more Glory brmgs.
Than 'tis to tread on Scepters and on Kings :
Secure of Empire in that beauteous Breaft, -
Who ATou'd. not give their Crowns to be fo bleil ?
Was Hellen half fo fair, fo fOrcSM for Joy,
Well chofe the 2ryV?», and well burnt wasTrfly.
But ah! what ftrange Viciflitudes of Fate,
What Chance attends on ev'ry worldly State !
As when theSkies werefackt,the conquerUGods,
Compell'd fromHeav'n,forfook their- bleilAbodes,

Wan-

Toems ufon Jrueral Qacafions. 3 f .

Wand'riug in Woods they fled frpmDentoDen,
Or leading Flocks, turn'd Hirelings to Men; _
Or, as th^;flapely Pine erefting high
Her be^UteiQits Branches, fhooting to the Sky,
If ftruqlcen by. the Thunderbolt of J^ve^
Down feUs at^once the Pride of all the Grove,
Level with lo^yeft Earth lyes the tall Head,

That reared al&ft, as to the Clouds was fpread;

So -^-'*-*

But ceafe, my Mufe, thy Colours are too faint.
Hide with a Veil thofe Griefs that none can paint ;
This Sun is fet — But fee in bright Array
What Hoils of Heavenly Light recruit the Day!
Love in ^ Chining Galaxy appears
Triumphant ftill, and Grafton leads the Stars:
Ten thoufand Loves ten thoufand fev'ral Way$
.Invade the LoQ]i;^rs on, who die to ga^e^

D * Knowing

^6 Toeifts u/on fivtrsl Oecsjfsns.

Knowing our Dooms, as to the Sjrei^s Voice,

[Gboice.

So fweet^s th' Enchantment that our Fate's our
Who mofl refembles her, let next be nam'd,
ViUiers for Wifdom as for Beauty fam'd :
Of a high Race that conqu'ring Beauty brings
To charm the World, and Snbjeds make of King^
Wkh what Delight my Mufe to SAndimch flics>
Whofc Wit is piercing as her fparkliftg Eyes ;
Ah ! how fhe mounts, and fpreads her aery Wings,

And times her Voice, ^enlhe of ^^mi^fili^

■* ft ,

Of radiant Ormend, only fit to be
The Succeffor of beauteous Ojffbry. ' ■'
Richtmnd*s a Title that but nam'd impSes
Majeflick Graces, and vidorions Eyes ;
Some radiant HicHmtmd ev'ty Ags hafr graced,
Still tiling in a Clymax, *till the kft ; • '

Surpaffitig all, is not to b^ furpaft.

Holmes

Toems afm fever al Occafious. 37

H^imeT aad St. Albans rich in Charms appear ;
Hyde Venus is; the Graces are K^ldare:
By Effexj and fair Rutenbergy we find,
That Beauty to no Clymate is confined .
Rupert J of RoyaJLBiood^ with modeft Graee
Blufhes to hear the Triumphs of her FacQ.
Carelefs, but yet fccupe of Conquefl: ftill,
L»7^» unwoiiigf. nev^v fails to kill»*
Guiltlefs of Pride, to captivate> or flune»
Bright without Axt^ Jhe wounds without Defign.
But Wy»4k4m lijke a Tyrant throws the Dart,
And takes a cruel Pleafure is the Smart ;
Proiiid ol the Ravage that her Beauties make.
Delights in Wounds, and kills for killing-fake ;
AiTerting the Dominion of her Eyes,
As tferoes fight, for Glory, not for Prize.
The skilful Mufe's earheft Care has been
The Praife of never-fading Mazarm;

* My Lmfy Gawve. D 3 The

^ t Toems upon Jiveral Occajions.

The Poet, and his Theme, in fpight of Time,
For ever young, enjoy an endlefs Prime.
With Charms fo numerous Mirac^ti furprife.
The Lover knOws not by which Dart he dies ;
So thick the VoUy, and the Wound fo fure^
No Fli^ can fave, no Remedy can cuf e.

Yet dawning in her Infancy of Light, ^ ^
O fee another Brudinel heavenly bright,
Bom to fulfil the Glories of her Line^
And fix Love's Empire in that Race di\ine.
Fain wbuM myMufe to St owe I bend her Sight,
But turns aflonifh'd from the dazling Light,
Nor dares attempt to climb the fteepy Flight.

O Kneller! like thy Piftures were my Song,
Clear like thy Paint, and like thy Pencil flrong,

♦•S^.Evremond, who has ctUbrated Madam Mazarin under the
Name •/ Hortenfe.

• ' i '■<■ I . "^ » V I ■

Thefe

Toems upon fiver al Occafions: 39

Thefe matcblefa Beauties ihould recorded be
In Verfe, Inimortal as thy Galleiy.*

Mria

ON MY

L AD Y H J 1> K

r . . ^ .

Having the, Small-Pox.

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I : ' I

Scarce cou?d|he genera) Joy for Mobun appear,
BuGj^^W/A^tten^tStihow other Dangers near :
Beauty's attacked in her imperial Fort,
Where all her Loves and Graces keep their Court,
In her chief Refidence befiegM at laftj^
Laments to fee her faireft Fields laid wafte.

' • • ■ ■ ■ » . • •

Qn things immortal all Attempts areyaia,
Tyrant IMeafe, 'tis Ipfs of Time and Pain ;

D 4^ Glut

, * The Gallery tf Beattties at FkmpCon-Court^ draw ft by Sir God-
frey Kneller.

4Q ^Mms upm fivtrat Oica/iouf.

Glut thf witdRage, and load dieewidiridiIHize>
Tom ftom her Cheeks,her fragrant Lips and Eyes*
As much Vermilion, as much Luibre take
A$ might a Helleni^ m Venus make ;
Like Thetis, the fliall fruftrate thy vain Rape,

Aiid in variety of Charms efcape.

The twinkling Stars drop numberlefs each Night,

• .... ^

Yet ihines the radiant Firmament as bright ;
So, from the Ocean fhaiild we Rivers drain, .r
Still wou'd enough to drown the World remaifl*

^—

To M r R A.

' Arn'd and made wife by others Flame,
I fled from whence fuchMifchiefs came.

Shunning the Sex that kiHs at Sight,

I fought my Safety in my Flight.

But

But ah! in vaiQ from Ftfr-we % I
For, fiift or lafi, as aU Bjwft di«9
So *ds as nxnclL decreed ikbovc*
Ti3at« fffft or Uift> we all miiftloTe.

My Heart, that fiood fo long the Shock
Of Winds and Waves, like fome firm Rock,
By one bright Spark from l^ra thrown.
Is ipto Fl^me, Uke Powder, Uo^n.

To Jf r/fv* SONG.

FOolifli Liover begone^ faid I,
, Vain are thy Attempts on me.
Thy foft AIl«re»cnts I defie. }
Wpmen^ thofe £iir IWemt^ers, fly;
My He%rt is ]ui>t ifutde for thee.

Love

4% Voemf upmfifveral Occafions.

Love hdaf d> and ftrait prepared ai Dart :

Myray revenge my Caufe, fold he.
Too fure 'twas flic* ; I feel the Smart,
It rends my Brairij and tears my Heart :
O Love ! my Conqueror, pity me.

* J* - . •

Ti Myra. 7T&^ Surrender*

NOW fly, Difcretion, to my Aid,
See haughty Myra^ fair and bright.

In all the Pomp of Love arrayM ;

■ * •

Ah how I tremble.at her Sight !
She comes ! She comes ! Before her all

Mankind do's proflrate fall

Love, a Detff oyer fierce and young, '*■
Adventrous, terrible, and ilreng,
Cruel and rafh, delighting ftill to vex.

Sparing nor Age nor Sex;,

Commands

r'* 1"'. ... ,

. Commands in chief: Well fd^ft^diie lies, '
And from her Lips/ her Cheeks j 'her Eyes, '
All Oppofitioti he (defies. '--■

Reafon, Lovers old inveterate Fofc j
Scarce ever tecbnciPd ^till how^
Reafon aflifts hfer too/ "
A wife Commaridfer he, for Council fit,
' But nice and c6y, nor ha:s b^difeiht to fit
In modern Synods, nor appearM of late '
In Courts, or Camps, or in Affairs of State ;
Reafon proclaims 'em all his Fqes,
Who fuch refiftlefs Charms oppofe.
My very Bofom Friends make Wat ■
Within myBreaft, and in her Int'r efts are;
Efteem and Judgment with flrong Fancy join.

To call the fair Invader in ;
My darling Favourite, Inclination t00j>
All, all confpiring with the Foe !

Ah!

4i )P<wqiK/ 9pM fivernl Oceafms.

Ah ! whither ihaU I fly to hide
M^ Weaknefs from the Conqueror's Pride ^
Now, now, Difcretion be my Guide!
But £ee, this mighty Arebimedex too

Surrenders now ;
Prefuming longer to refiit, ,.
His very Name
, Ij^credon mufl; difcUim,
Folly and NjjidneiisLonly wou'd perfift.

To MTR A SONG.

%L tell her the nejst time, faid I:

In vain! in vain! for when I try ^ ,.

' -. ^ [die.

Upon my timoropis Tongue the trembling Accents

Alas I a thoufand thoufaod Fears

Still over-awe when Ihe appears,

My Breath is fpcnt ill Sighsji nay Eyes are drpwn'd

[ia Tears.

To Myra. Jjyvitig ^tfirjl Sight,

....

No wanung of th'approtchiiig Fkms,
Sve^ly like fudden Beatli it came.

Like Travellers by Lightping kiU'd,
I burnt the Momeirt I beheld.

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n. • :

In whom foTnany Charms are plac'd,
. h with a Mmd fis ii0l;>ly g^s|c*4i ;
The Cafe) fo il^sing to behpldt .
Is iill'd with ridae£t<7eq3$4iul;Gold.

IH« ;
To what my Eyes admir'd before,
I add a thou&od Graces more;
And F^cy blows into a PJame
The Spafkf, Uiat firom hei Jieauty cam^

♦■;■

•• •

IV. The

4^ ^Qems nfon fevenal (hcafions.

IV. ,

The Object thus improv'd by Thought,
By my own Image I am caught :
9*j^maUmio, with fatal Art, >
JPoliih'd the Fonn that ftung his Heart.

To M r R A.

• I

[Heart?
HEN wilt thou bre^, my ftubbom

O Death, how flow to take my part !

Whatever Fpurfue, denies.

Death, Death it felf, Uke Myra flies.

.... ,

• n. '• ■ ■• -

•*■ ■■»

Love and Defp^ii-, like Twins, pofleft
At the fame fatal feh niy Breafl: ;
No Hope'comd be; tier Scorn was all ''
That to my deftin*d Lot couM fall.

CM*

• i t

m. I

I thought) alas ! that Love cou'd dweU
But in warm Climes,' where no Snow fell ;
Like Plants > that kindly Heat require, "
To be mairitflilii*d by conftantFire. "/ '

--■■IV. :•'■••

That without Hope 'twou'd die as fooni

A little Hope ^But I have none:

On Air the poor Camelions thrive,
Deny'd even that, my,Love can live*,

As toughefl: Trees m Storms are bred,
' And growin fpight of Winds, and fprcjiid^
The more the T^nipeii; tears imd' fh^kesll
My Love, the deeper Root it takes,:

.VI. ■ ■;

i. Deipair, that ^r&ff/^edo'sj^ovet ;,
: And certain Death to other^s Love*

48 Toems ttfon fiversiOctn^i.

ThatPoifon, never, yet withftood,
Da*s ii<KirUk mine, and turns to JFood,

Oi ft>r what Qime is my torn Ha&rt
Condemn'd to fufier deatblefs Smart ?
like fad Promefbeus, thus to lye
bi endlefs Fain, and never dye.

f'm

InTraife of Myra.

UN£» time thy Lyre; begin, my Mufe;

[wilt thou chufe?

What Nynq>h, what Queien, wiiatGoddefs
Whofe Pridjfes iing.^ what Charmer's Name
Tranfmit immortal down to Fame ?
Strike,{lrikethyStrij^ ; let Eccho take tfae Sound,
And bear it far^ to all the Mountains round :

Toems uf<m fiver al Occajms. 49

Tyndus again ihall hear, again rejoice,

AndHatnus too, as when th' enchanting Voice

Of tunetni Orpheus charm'd the Grove,

Taught Oaks to dance, and made the Cedars

-, . [move.

Nor Vinus-, nor ^iauaj will we name,
Myra is Venusi and T>iana too ;
All that was feign'd of thcm^compar'd to her , is true :
y'hen fing, iny Mnfe^ Idt ^fyra be oiir Theme.
As when the Shepherds wou'd a Garland

[make,

They fear^ with Pain^ the fragrant Meadows

.[round,

Pluclfittg but here and there, and orfytake
The fweetieft Flowers, with which fome Nymph
la framing J^r^fo divinely fair, *" '

Nature has taken, the fame Care,
All that is lovely, noble, good, we fee.
All, beauteous Myrat all bound up in thee.

E m. Where

f o 'Poems upon feverai Occajions, ^

ffl;

Where Myra is, there is the Queeii of Ldve,
Th'^rf^a5^/i^»Paftures, and the Qi/riaH Groyne :
VJhcnMyr'a walks, fo charming is her Meen,
In ev'ry Motion ev^ry Grace is fcen :
W henMyra fpeaks,fo juft's the Senfe and ftroiig.
So fwect the Voice, 'tis like the Mufes Song.
Place me on Mountains of eternal Snow>
Where all is Ice, all : Winter Winds that blow.
Or caft;me underneath the burning Line

Where everlafting Sun does ihinc,
Wherp all is fcorch'd— Whatever you decree,

Ye Gods ! where-ever I fliall be, . :
Myra^bsXi ftill be lov'd, and ftill ador'd by me.

T'bms npcn fever ai Otcajions. $t

My LADY HIDEi

■Sitting for iHer PICTURE.

. . .• . • • • «

HILE Kneller with inimitable Art

Attempts that I^ace, wnofe Print*s on ev'ry

. 1 1.4. [Hfearti

Tne Poet with a Pencil lefs confined

Shall draw her Virtues^ and defcribe her Mind,

Unlock the Shrine, and to the Sight unfold

The fecret Gems, and all the inward Gold.

Two only Patterns do the Mufes nanie

Of perfeft Beauty, but of guilty Fame ;

A Fenus and a Hellen have been feen.

Both perjured Wives, the Goddefs and the Queeii.

\ . ' • . . • r ■ ,

In this, the Third, are reconciled at laft "
*rhofe jarring Attributes of Faif and Chaft;

This dazling Beauty is a lovely Cafe
Of fhining Virtue^ fpotlefs as her Face^

E X With

^^ Toems ufon fever al (hcafianr.

With Graces that attraft, but not enfnare,

Divinely good, as ihe's divinely fair :

With Beauty nor affcded, vain, nor proud,

With Greatnefs eafie, affable and good.

Others, by guilty Artifice, and Arts

Of promised Kindnefs, praftife on our Hearts,

With Expeftation blow the Pafjion up ;

She fans the Fire without one G^le of Hope :

Like the chafle Moon, ihe Ihines to all Mankindj^

But to Endymion is her Love confinM.

What cruel Deiliny on Beauty waits.

When on one Face depend fo many Fates 1

« »

* « ■ ■

Oblig'd by Honour to. relieve b\it One,
Unhappy Men by Thoufands are. undone.

Written

^oems ufoH fever ^ Outjms. f j

Written in a Garden in the North.

HatCharm is this,that in the midft of Snow,

[do grow ?

Of Storms and Blafts, the nobleft Fruits

Mellons on Beds of Ice are taught to bear.
And Strangers to the Sun, yet ripen here ;
On frozen Ground the fweeteft Flowers arife,
Unfeen by any Light but Flavians Eyes :

■

W here-e'er Ihe treads,beneath the Charmer's Feet
The Rofe, the Jafmin, and the Lillies meet :

• ■ •

Where-e'er ihe looks, behold fome fudden Birth
Adorns the Trees, and fruftifies the Earth : .
In midft of Mountains and unfruitful Ground,
As rich an Eden as the firft is found*
Jn this new Paradice ftie reigns in State
With Sov'reign Pride j difdainful of a Mate,

■ E 3 Like

Toemsi ftfo$i fiver ai Oecafions^^

* Like the firfl: Charmer fair, but not fo frail,
Againfl: whofe Virtue all Temptations fail:
Beneath thofe Beams that fcorch us from l^er Eyes*
Her fnowy Bofom ftill uiimelted lyes ;
Loyp from her Lips fprea4s all his Odours round,
Butbefirspnlce^ and fpringsfiromfrozeA Ground.
So cold theClyme that can fuch Wonders bear.
The Garden feems an Emblem of the Fair.

^••■

To T>ATHNE,

A Roman and a Gre^k our, Praife divide.
Nor can we yet who beft deferv'd, decide :
Behold two mightier Conquerx)rs appear.
Some for yovir Wit, feme for your Eyes declare,
Debates arife which captivates us ipoft.

And nqne can tell th^ pharm by which he's k^ft,

^he

T9ems upon fiver al Occajlons: 55

The Bow and Quiver does ^iana bear,

Cybel thre Lions, Pallas has the Spear,
Poets fuch Emblems to their Gods aflign,
Hearts bleeding by the Dart, and Pen, be thine.

7^ a "very Learned Toting Lady.

LOVE,like a Tyrant whom no Laws conftrain.
Now for fome Ages kept the W orld in Pain ;
Beauty by vaft Dej[lru(9:ions got Renown,
Arid Lovers only by their Rage were known ;
But Delia^ more aufpicious to Mankind,
Conquering the Heart,as much inltrufts the Mind ;
Bleft in the Fate of her viftorious Eyes,
Seeing, we love, and hearing, we grow wife :
So Romcj for Wifdom as for Conqueft fam'd.
Improved with Arts whom ihe by Arms hid tam'd.

E 4 Above

56 ' Toems upon ffvetal Oecdjkns.

Above the Clouds is plac'd this glorious Light,
Nothing lyes hid from her enquiring Si^t ;
Athens and Rome for Arts reftor'd rejoice,
TheirLanguage takes new Mtifick from her Voice,
Learning and Love in the fame Seat we find.
So bright her Form, and fo adom'd*s her Mind,

Long has Minerva govern'd in the Skies,
But now defcends, confeft to human Eyes :
Behold in T>elia. that infpiring Queen
Whom learned Athens fo ador'd unfeen. '

iflihAi

THIRSIS and DELIA.

Thir.'X'^Eliai how long muft I defpair.

And tax you with Difdain,
Stjll to my tender Love fevere,
PntPflch*4 vhep I complain?

'Del. When Men of equal Merit love, us*
And do with equal Arddur fue,

■

Thirjisy you inow but one can move us ;

Can I be yours and StrefhofC% too ?
My Eyes view both witlr* migjbty Pleafure>

Impartial to your high I>efert>
To both a like Efteem I meafure, ,

To one alone can give my Heart.

^hir. Myfterious Guide of Inclination,
Tell me, Tytant, why am I>
With equal Merit, equal Paflion,
Thus the Viftim chofen to die ?
• Why am I

The Vidim chofen to die?.

2>f/. On F^a^e alone depends Succefs,
And Fancy Reafon oyer-ruks.

Or,

fi: Voems upon fiver alOecaJhns'.

Or, why Ihou'd Virtue ever mifs
Reward, fo often given to Fools?

Tis not the Valiant, nor the Witty,
But who alone is bom to pleafe.

Love does predeitinate our Pity ; .
Wjb chufe bijt whom he firft decrees.

Mji Lady Hyde,

WHen fam'd ApeUes fought to frame
Some Image of th'Idalian Dame,
To furnilh Graces for the Piece
He fummon'd all the Nymprfbs of Greece ;
So many Mortals were combined.
To fliow how one Immortal ihin'd.
Had Hyde thus fat by Proxy too.
As Venus thai was faid to do,

Venus

Teems i^m fevtral O^cafimt, f ^

Venuf her felf, $nd all the Train
Oi Goddefles, .had fummpn'd been ;
The Painter muft have fearch'd the Skies,
Tp m^t^h the Luftre of her Ey^s.

Comparing then, while thus we view
The ancient Venus, and the New,
In Her we many Mortals fee.
As many Goddeffes in Thee.

An Apology J6r an mfeafonable

Aireft Zelinda, ceafe to chide, or grieve,
J^or blulh at Joys that only ypi; can give.

Who with bold Eyes furvey'd thofe matchl^s
Is puniih'd, feeing JQ aiioth^r's Arms,

With

6cx Toems ufon fiverai Occafions.

With greedy Looks he views each naked Part,
Joy feeds his Sight, but Envy^tears his Heart.
So Gtfught was Mars^ and Mercury alotid
Proclaim'd his Grief, that he was not the God:
So to be caught was evVy God's Defire ;
Noj? lefs than Venus can Zelinda fire.
Forgive him then, thou more than Heav'nly fair.
Forgive his Rafhnefs, punifli'd by Defpair.
All that wcknow which wretched Mortals feel
In thofe fad Regions where theTortur'd dwelt.
Is that they fee the Raptures of the Bleft,
And view the Joys that they muft never tafte.

,t ^ *

MTRA ?>\ NGING:

THE Syrens, once deluded, vainly charm'd ?
Ty'd to theMaft, Vlyps fail'd un-harm'd :

Had Myra^^ Voice entrc'd his lift*mng Ear,

* «

^T\!L€Greek had ftopt, and wou'd have dy 'd to hear.

Tjoitns u^nfeveral Occafious.^^ 6%,

V^hsnMyra iings, we feek th' enchanting Sounds
And blefs the Notes, that can fo fweetly wound ;
What Mufick needs mufl: dwell upon that Tongue,
Whofe Speech is tuneful as another's Song ?
Such Harmony, fuch Wit, a Face fo fair.
So many poiiited Arrows, who can bear? ;
Who from her Wit, or from her Beauty ^iSi
If with her Voice ihe overtakes him, die?. • t
Like Soldiers, fo in Battel we fucceedj
One Peril fcaping, by another bleed j . /^ ; '
In vain the Dart or glittering Sword we ^un,
Condemn'd to periih by the- llaught'ring Qvti.

* ' ! V V , ' ; I 1 » . '■*' ■ >'■'' . ! n 1 1 . ^4

Myra m her Ridim^ Habit.

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I - • ■ . . . ■

WHEN Myra in Jljer Sex-s Garb vrf^kc.
The Queenof Beauty then fhe feeqaj to be ;
Now, fair Adonis, in this Male-difguife,
Qr Cv^id^ killing with his Mother's Eyes :

No Stile of Empire chang'd by this remove^
Who feem'd the Goddefs, feems the God of Love;

^imU

SONG to MTRA

FOrfaken of my kindly Stars,
Withih this melancholy Grove
1 wdle my Days aiid Nights in Teafs^

A Vi6tim to ungrateful Love,
iThe Happy ftiU untimely end.

Death ^\ts from Grief, or why flioii'd 1
So mihy Hours in Scmtow fpend,
Wifhingj alas ! in vain to die ?
Ye Powers! take Pity of my Pain,

• . ■ • '

This, oJtily this, is my Defire ;
Ah! take from iJ^« her Difdainj
Or let me with this Sigh expird

S ONfe

^^.t^ijtam^mm

Poems ufoH Jivtral Cccajms. 6$

SONG to Mr R A

WHY fliou'd a Heart fo tender break ?
O Myra ! give its Anguifh Eafe :
The Ufe of Bieauty you miftake.

Not meant to vex, but pileafe.
Thofe Lips for fmiling were defighM^

That Bofom to be preft.
Your Eyes to langulfli and look kind.

For am'rous Artns your Wafte i
Each thing has its appointed Right
. E^blifh'd by the Powers above;
The Sun and Stars give Warmth and Li^^

The Fair diftribute Love.

f4 ^mu i^w fivsr^f <3ic9^/hnf.

To M T R J.

NAtOre mdulgent, provident, aadkincl,
la all things thatexcellfonje Ufe defign'd ;
The radiant Suoi of ;€v'ryH€ay'nly Light
The firft, did Myra not difpwJje that Ri^t,
Sends irom 4^y« ten thouf^nd Bkifings down.
Nor is he fet fo higjj for SiioW; alone ;
His Begto6; ref iviing wi^tJ ajtfpicious Firf ,

Freely we tU «^y what aUi?4njire. _.. ,
^ [Night,

The Moon, aSd! Stars, thofe faithM Giaides of

Areplac'd-<»'hel{vnote»tcrt^n, the Sight.
fhjiis, Fiiuiis^' and Fionv'rs^-: the. fertile Fields

[produce,

Not for Vidn Oroamejit, bdtivloifome (Jfe ;

Health they reftore, and Nourilhment they give,
W^e. fee with Pleafure, but we tafte to live.

Then

Thea thiok nob ^4i idiji^ t\y^l^Mv^'W^tms4

, I * ' # •

W0u!d the jiifi: G^» r<»in»)y iGb^unns psjciyid^
Only to gmilie ft. Mort^'e. P»J4f ?
Woij-d they hvr^mfA thfte fo «boy« tfey 60x
Only |«» |»iay tfe? Tf i?A% »n4 (to v^x?

Add B9m$fAm*di»kiaA, ^% wdlMjc^jtrw;

1^;:;^.

MTRA's PARROT.

[indcbVi
N thofe fifil TimpSj when Nymphs. \y«re rude

The Gods, difguis'd, laid Ambuflies for Joy }
From '^9ve in Featbers> b^irnalj^ to .tjlpis B^xti
Jf^^da^ wit^ut ^ BkuQbij acc«^ !D!$)lii^t.
A^r<?, as db^ ^s L^id^^ iWd m9r,e/*ri

Forgave an vsmti^Xim:^^ yatoni<C<re»

F And

66 Teems ufoH fever al Oct'ajlons.

And O take h^fed, for if fuch Tales were true,
The Gods may praflife thefe Diefigns on you ;
Their Heav'n ind all theirBrightnefs they will quit
For any Form, that may to'yoti admit.
See, how the wanton Bird, at ev'ry Glance,

[Trance ;

Spreads his gay Plumes, and feels an amVous

■ ■ ■ • •

Preft by that Hand, he melts at ev'ry Touch ;
Preft by that Hand, whowou^d not melt as much?
The Queen of Beauty fhaU forfake the Dove,
Henceforth the Parrot be the Bird of Love.

To -M :T R A.

• V . , . . *

Since Truth and Conftancy are vain,
' Since neither Love, nor Senfe of Pain,
Nor Force of Reafon, can perfuade.
Then let Example be obey M .

Toe^s upon federal Occafions. 67

In CcMirts, and Cities^ couM you fee
How well the wanton Fools agree.
Were all the Curtains drawn, you'd find
Scarce one, perhaps, but who is kind.

Minerva J naked from above
With Venusy and die Wife of Jovet
E3q)ofing ev'ry Beauty bare,
Dcfcetided to ^t Trojan Heir \
Yet this was ftie whom Poets name
Goddefs of Ch^ty. and Fame.

'Penikpe, her Lord away,
Gave anfrous Audiences all Day ;
Now round the Bowl the Suitors fit.
With Wine provoking Mirth and Wit :
Then down they take the fhibborri Bow j
llieir Strength, it feems, ihe needs muftknow :

F 1 Thus

» «•

Tim V^Tky >dieiiM Wkieis p»&,
She's Y<k "iain^ftilif^d fyf Cfalfte.

. ;. ■ ;, !

And be as much fecuf e of Fime :
By all thofe ffifiiliftld^f^- di@t)fi«oles ^Viy
By my imn fiimlilfe^ LifW laSpir^, .
So will Ifmgs fttlh. W^Midef^ tr^lte^ :
That when )^'^tfto«|fkU WiSttd Jlktdi %bli
A Nyii^li xSi I^Mi^ W'caiih dsord Fauiev
Myra fhall ^ ^^Iffni^rtttl I^^llle. :

^he Discovery, l^o the Com*

tefs cf^

tfpair,

Ith M)iru\ Chanjob^ -and ttxf ettt^m De-

[Ear,

Long has my Mule aaliaz'd rthe £!c£ider*s

MfFdeftds ^thPity%eard'th6 moarnfid Stiundi
Ahd all enquired who^ve the fatal Wound ;

Ne'er ^o be qvi?ncl^t^iifl4 ^qi^;w nqt wheae^ it psme:
^ fc,atter*d Fir^ firan^ l^mrqipg ^n^ flies,
Yet nottv can WU&Qm whence thofffFl^oiesarif*?.

My timoiraus Tongue, ilUl tremWlng to confeft.
Fearful to nainc, wo«'4 fj»jn t^?V? JiJJ<i her guef? j
Slight Paffions with gr«ftt ^^fiP WP (*in ^nfpjd.
Were my Love left, my Tongue ha<J been mw?
But who can live, and endl^fe Torments feel?
Compell'd by Racks* the moft Refolv'd reveal
Thofe SecretSjthat their Prudence wou'd conceal.
My weeping Mufe, oppreft with hopelrfs Vows,
Flies to h^ Feet, and thus for Misrcy bows.

Snrvey your ifelf, «vd then fpfgiv|5 your Silaye,
Think what a PaflioQ fucb a Fortn muA J^ViS ;

Fft Who

70 Toems ufon fever^l Occdfion^.

Who can, unmovM, behold that heav'niy Face,
Thofe radiant Eyes, and that refiftlefs Grace?
My Vows to Myra all were meant to Thee,
The Praife, the Love, the matchlefs Conftancy.
Twas thus of old, when all th' immortal Dames
Were grac'd by Pofcts, each with fev'ral Names ;
VotVenus^ ^/^^r/-^ was invok'd.
Altars for Pallas^ to Athena fmok'd :

Such Names were theirs ; and thou the moflDivine,
]Mofl: lov'd of Heavenly Beauties, Myrows Thine-

Myra at a Jieview.

LET njeaner Beauties conquer fingly ftili.
But haughty Mjira will by thoufands kill.
Thro' armed Ranks triumphantly flie drives.

And with one Glance commands ten thoufand

rLives *
The trembling Heroes nor refift nor fly, '

But at the Head of afl their Squadrons die.

< ; -w

!Pjoems upon fiver al Occajmf. x^

To M T R A.

' » -

SO c^ and fo ferene but now.
What means this Change on i^^^^'s Brow ?
Her aguiih Love now glows and burns.
Then chills and ihakes,and the cpld Fit returns.

Mockt with deluding Looks and Smiles,

When on her Pity I depend.

My aery Hope flic foon beguiles,.

And lan^s, to fee my Torments never end.

in.

So up the fteepy HiU with Pain
The weighty Stone is rowl'd in vain,
Which hayijig tonch'd theTopi rpcpils,
And leaves the Lab'rer tp renjsw hi? Tpils,

F4 ftf

To MY R A,

THougJitful Nights, and refllefs Waking,
O the Pains that we endure !
Broken FUm^ Ufiftkl4 F^mkingi

Holies ddceivih^i, VMifl Eiid^avour^*

What ji Race hits LtiVe m rt^ !
f alfe Protefting, fleeting Favours,

ErVy, • <fty'ry Way, tindone.
Still complaining^ and defendingj

Both 60 i0v«, yet not agree^
f?e«ts toniiejitihgi Pttffion rending,

O the Pangs of Jealoufie!
From fuch ^infW Ways <6f living.

Ah hd^ (Weet^ cdu'd Love be free I
^Ul iH^entitig, itilt remving

.^MMIMflHM^^

fPtms i^o» JivtraiCMsliW'> Ji

To MTRA SONG.

Pl^eparM to rail, refolv'd to part.
When I approach the Pcrjur'd Maid^^

What is it twes my titQoroas Hea^-t f

Why is wy Tongvre afraid?
With the kaft Glance ^ litck .kind.

Such wond*rous Pow^t have Mj^ra^i Chann^
She calms my Doubts^ ^oilaves my K^nd,.

And all my Hdge difams.
forgetful of her btoken Vpw$i

'Whok gazing-on that Form divine
Her injured Vaflal trembling bows.

Nor dires her Save repine* . ;

74 Toems n^mfiverdt QccaJtQtu.

To M Y R A. The Enchantment,

In Imipation of the Pharmaceutria e?/*

THEOCklTUS,

[ftie flies,
IX, mix the Philters — Quick — fhe flics.

Deaf to my Call, xegardlcfs of my Cries.
Are Vows fo vain? Cou'd Oaths fo feeble prove ?
Ah with whatEafe fhe breaks thofe Chains of Love!
Whom Love with all his Arts had bound in vain.
Let Charms compel!, and Magick Rites regain.
Begin, begin, the myllick Spells prepare.
Bring A^tf- back, my perjurM Wanderer.
Queen of the Night, bright Emprefs qf theStarS)
The Friend of Love, affift a Lover's Cares :
And thou. Infernal Hecate j be nigh,
At wbofe Approach fierce Wolves affrighted fly.

Darls

Toms upon fiver al OccafaMs, jf

Dark Tombs difclofe their Dead, and hoilow Cries
Eccho from under Ground ; Arifc> arife.
Begin, begin, the myftick Spells prepare.
Bring ik^r^i back, my perjur'd Wanderer,
As crackling in the Fire this Lawrel lyes,
•So ftruggling in Love's Flame her Lover dies:
It burfts, and in a Blaze of Light expires ;
So may flie bum, but with more lafling Fires,
Begin, begin, the myftick Spells prepare.
Bring Myra back, my perjur'd Wandefei?>
As the Wax melts that to the Flame I hold.
So may flie melt, but never more grow cold ;
Pliant and warm may ftill her Heart remain.
Soft for the Print, but ne'er turn hard again. ^
Tough Ir'n will yield, and ftubbom Marble run.
And hardeft Hearts by Love are melted down.
Begin, begin, the myftick Spells prepare,
JSring Myra back, my perjur'd Wanderer,

j6 fP*9imf nfon fivirat Occafims<^

As widi impi^iious Motion wbirt'd apace.
This mftgjck W heel ftiU wove j, yet keeps its place.
Ever returning : So may ike come back,
And never more tb' apfioioted Round fwrfak;?,
Begio, be^n, the myiUck Spells prepare,
^iog Myr4 back, my perjur'd Wanderer,
^iaaa, haill all hail! Moft welcome TTiow,
To whonif tb' infernal King and Judges bow ;
O thou wl^) canft the Pow'rs of Hell perfwade.
Now. try thy Charip^ upon a faithlefs Maid.
Hark! the Dogs bark! Sbe comes, the Goddefs

[comes:

Sound, found aloud, and beat our bra2enDnii|i9<
Begin, begin, the myfticjc Spells prepare.
Bring Myrv back, my perjur'd Wanderer.
How calm's the Sky ! bow undiiturb'd the !Peept
Nature is bufli'd, the very Tempefts deep*
The drowzy Winds breath gently thro' the Trees,
And £lent on the Qeach reppib the Seas ;

Love

LoV€ only ^2k.^ : The ^orm that ttars mj Brea^
For t^f^ tdges) aivd diftrft^s my fineft:
Lovel Reletitidt Lote ! Tyrant a^curft!
Ia Defstfti bredk b^ tioi&X TYgers nurft J
B^giAft b^A) t^e idylitick SpeUs prepares
'^vv^^^r^b^mik^ my perjur'd Waodieiasr. .
This Ribbaa that oace botnd iier ]off^ W^&s$
O that my Aros fiMght gir,d ^r. there as £Ull .
Smilisfi &e ^ave i(k ,&nd I f tlz'd it more .
Than the ricb Zoi^ tk- l^lian Qod^!e£smiJ^i
tm IMfcbao, , thi^ toy Vi Ww* «f tire F«ir>.
$d ^'dt and ib pr«i%y'd^ — Thu^ thus Iit^/
OLq^I why doft.t^o«i thus delight to xend .
My Sold with Pain? Ah why totiment thyFriend^
Begui^ 4}e{g^^ the myitick SpeUs pre|>are^ -
Bring il^r« back, any perjur'd Wandqcer.
Thrice have I ixaafyM, and proAoate thoce -
Ador'd : AJM^ jic PowVs* theS^Hoe.

WhcMe'er

ft ToHhs upon fever al Occajidns.

Who-e*er he is, whom how the Fair beguileSf
With guilty Glaiices, and with perjur'd Smiles^

Maligrumt Vapours blaft his impiousHead, .

[dead.

Ye Lightnings fcorch him, Thunder ilrike himi
Horror of Confcience all his Slumbers break,
Diflraft his Reft, as Love keeps me aiwake 5
If marryM, may his Wife a Hellen be^
And curft^ and fcom'd, like Menelaiis^he.
Be^, begin, the myftick Spells prepare^
Bring A(yr<i back, my perjur'd Wanderer.
Thefe powVful Drops thrice on the Threlliold

. . [pour,

And bathe with this enchanted Juice her Door,
That Door yfhere no Admittance now is found,

But where my Soul is ever hovering rouiid.

.• ■ ■ • ...

Hafte, and obey: And binding' be the Spell.
Here endis my Charm: O Love fucceed it well!
By force of Magick flop the flying Fair,
Bring iVfyr* back, my per jur'd Wanderer.

Thou'rt

¥oems upon Jeveral Occdjms. 79

I
' ^

Thou'rt now alone ; and painful is Reftraint:
Eafe thy pf eft Heart, and give-thy Sorrows Vent,
Whence fprang, and how began thefe Griefs, de^

How much thy Love, hew cruel thy Defpair.
Ye Moon and Stars, by whofe auQ>iGi6us Light
I haunt thefe Groves, and wafte the tedious Ni^t,
Tell, for you know the Burthen of my Heart,
Its killing Anguiih, and its fecret Smart.
Too late for Hope, for my Repbfe too foon,
I faw, and lov'd : Her Heart engagM, was gone :
A happier Man poflefs'd whom 1 adore;
O I ihou'd ne'er have feen, or feen before.
Tell, for you know the.Burth«i of my Heart,
Its killing Anguifli, and its fecret Smart.
What fliall I do ? Shall I in Silence bear,
Deftroy my felf, or kill the Raviiher?

Die, wretched Loveri die : But ah beware^
Hnf ( tiot ih$ Ma4 whp is ■IxsU^Vd by Her ;
WaU ior tbetter HcNiii'^ ia\A tru(t thy F^^ ;
tlioa fe^'fi her Love, bi?g0t sot tb«& her HUt^^
Tdi, for 5f*>U knQV ihe ,5»irthev pf mK.H«*tj
itis kiliing 4^giiidi» an4 its i^xeC Smrti
Jity Life cDofiutiifig wilit^terQal C^rk^
-From Heits and ^Ik Ifoek a yalfi ^AWi
ITo eyW uriiiB ftiagjcittBLl reptur*
InYaaai! fin: fiiU I k>vc;$ mod I dieQiairjL
Cirt^i Hed^s^ and tth^.SyHt 30ok«i
Contain nckt half th'lEynchafiutmeitf of h^r Ldc^Sj
Tdi» for yoM. jkmow the Bunthm of my Hmt)
its IdcUiBg Aiftgiu&, and its fecrot ftn^
As ndbted Odd proferves ifis Wdg^it iche £s|Qei
80 burottny Love* opr XFa^d in fhe j^aaif *
And now uuAxte to fitpport die Strife*
A glimmering Hope recalls departing Life ;

Toems ufon fever al Occafions. 8i

My Rival dying> I no longer grieve,

Since I may ask, and ihe with Honour give.

Tell, for you know the Burthen of my Heart,^

■ Its killing \hguiih, and its fecret Smart.

Witnefs ye Hours, with what unweary'd Care,

From Place to Place I fUU purfuM the Fair,

Nor was Occafion to reveal my Flame

Slow to my Succour, for it fwiftly came:

It came, it came, that moment of Delight,

O Gods ! And how I trembled at her Sight !

Tell, for you know the Burthen of my Heart,
Its killing Anguifh, and its fecret Smart.

Difmay'd and motionl(;fs, confus'd* amaz'd,

' Tremdjling I flood, and terrify 'd I gaz^d ;

My falt'ring Tongue in vaiii for Utt'rance try'd,

Faint was my Voice, my Thoughts abortive dy'd,

Or in weak Sounds and broken Accents came

Imperfed, as DiXcourfi^s in a Dream., ...

G Tell,

■ • 1 1 .• f

8 % ^oems kp^n: 'fever at bclajions.

Tell, for'you'lm^w tlie'&urdien'of iiiy fe&h,
Its'killiVfg 'Artguifli, aiid its' feCret Sitil^rt.
Soon (he dlvin'd'\*^kt thy Coi^fafibniiidnt,
AndgtiefsMVitTifeafe" the Caufe oflny e6"rhpiamt :
My Tongue dmbot5riirigf as hei'LodksVefeihild,
At length Itold'hly Griefs— And'Mll'^e'fliiird.
O Syren, Sjren, fair" tJelucIer 'fay
Why would you tem^t to truft, and theriljetray \
So faithlefs now, why "gave you Hopes before ?
Alas ! you IttioVd have been l^fs ki'rid, bf hibre.
Tell, for yod know irhe'Burthen of My Heart, .
Its killing Aiiguilh

>.rt -■.'..

Seture of Innocence, ' t feek to know

•,.,.. ^ : • Lgrow;

From whence this Change, 'and my Misfortimes
Rimour is loud, aiid every' Voice proclaiins
Her vibiated Faith, ind cdhfciousTlames.
Canthis'betfue? Ah flattering Mifchief,lpeak,
Can you rtte VoWs, "itii'in'a^lVronieht'brekk?

And

And can th(&'^tce fo ^ry •iftaA'oW'be
Bdtwixt a WOttati's^Oftthj and >Perjaiy.
O Jeabtlfie ! All 'vsi\m 5H6 '^t «iPft
My L6ve dfey^d, btttithon tut^fute the wofftl
Tell, for you-kiiciw'ibe^WJhen of my'Heai«t»
Its-killlog^tigttiih) fttifltits-feciret -Smart.
Ungrateful ^l^tyra ! -Ui^ge'ftiet hus'iiO-ftiore,
Nor think nie'tiitae, tticit once fo^dngt bore:

Tho' now by Philters I'd-^vei't thy Change,
The Philters failing, -Poifon-lhairi^vettge :
Already ftands prepar'd the deadly Draught,
Of an Ajfyridti was the Secret bought :
For whom thatDraught ? Ahfecfole Rage and vainl
With how fecure a Brow flie mocks my Pain ?
Thy Heart, fond Lover, does thy Thi-eits belie,
' Ganfi thtm hurt her ,for*whom thou yfet wou'dfttiie?
•: Kor dorft Ihe thus thy juft Refentment brave,
'®at that ihekjioti^sbow^irttidi thy SdoPshefSkve.

% Btti^

^4 ^oems upon fever al Occajions.

But fee ! Aurora riling with thq Sun

DifTolves my Charm^and frees th'cnchanted Moon^

My Spells no longer bind at Sight of Day,

And young Endymion calls his Love away.
Love's the Reward of all, on Earth, in Heav'n,
And for a Plague, to me alone, was giv'n.
Evils we cannot ihun we muft endure.
Death and a broken Heart's a ready Cure.
Cynthia farewcl, go reft thy weary Light,
I muft for ever wake —We'll meet again at Night.

To Myra. ^he Vifiom

IN lonely Walks, diftrafted by Defpair,
Shunning Mankmd,and torn with killing Care,
My Eyes o'erflowing, and my frantick Mind

[Wind,

Rackt with wild Thoughts/wellingwithSighs the

Thro'

Toems upon fever al Occafions. %s *

Thro' Paths untrodden,- Day and Night I rove,
Mourning the Fate of my fuccefslefs Love.
Who moft defire to Live, untimely fall ;
But when we beg to die, Death flies our Call.
Adonis dies, and torn is ±e Iov*d Breaft
In midft of Joy, where Venus wont to reft:
The iPate, that cruel feem'd to him, would be
Pity, Relief, and Happinefs to me.
When will my Sorrows end ? In vain, in vain
I call to Heav'n, and tell the Gods my Pain ;
The Gods averfe, like Myra, to my Pray'r,
Confent to doom, whom flie denies to fpare.
Why do I feek for foreign Aids, when I
Bear ready by my Side the Pow'r to die?
Be keen, my Sword, and ferve thy Mafter well.

Heal Womids with Wounds,and Love with Death

[repel.
Strait up I rofe ; and to my aking Breaft,]

My Bofom bare, the pointed Blade I preft,

Q 3 When

S'5 S^MWlr nfontfivwal G^cafif^,

Pierc'd tke thidt:Sba<k)^ ^aeoudjidgrew- bright.

My dazl'd Ey^s a. ii^dUnt PprKi beMl^»

Splendid with Ligtit, li^e l^eams «>f bitfoiBg^Golidi^

Eternal Rays his fhinifi^ Tp^p^s gfap^ji^

Eternal Yotith fctt blQoming cm his Fape ;

Trembling I liften, proftp^te an the Ground,

His Breath perfumes the Grqvet aad IVfcfjpk's l|l

. . . • [the Sound,

Ceafe Lo¥er, ceafe tliy tender H&sut to veu
In fruitlf ft Plaints of an ungrateful %x \
In Fate's eternal Volumes it is writ.
That Women ever lliall be Foes to Wit ;
With propo: Arts thei? fioj^ly Minds command,
And pleaf(9 lem with the Things theyunderftand,
, With noiiie Fopperies il»eir Hearts alTail,
]R,enounc^^S?nf€ ;'how fliou'd thy Songs pre-s'

[vail,'

WhW I, tii^ Q(^ oC Wir, fi9 oft cqi^'d fail?

?V^ u^ctn^/^eral. Q(:(aJions. 8.7

Rememberme ; a;i4 in my Story find
How, vainly Mspx. pleads to Womankind.
I by whom aU, tjiings ll^ne, who tunp the Sphears,
Create t)ie .D^y, and^gild the Night with Star^,
Whofe Youth and Beauty from all Ages pail
Sj^ra^g Tsrith t;he Worlds and with the ^prld Ihall
How oft wi^ fruitlefs Tear? bfiYe I implor'd
Ungrate^ ;NyIIlpl;ls^ And tho'aGod, ador'd?
When cou'd my ^^U my Bjeauty, or my Youth,
Move one hard Heart? Ox mov'd^fecure its Truth?
Here a prpu4 JNj^jP^i vv:itl:| paiuful Steps I chafe,

The WiPjdjS out-flyjing in our nimble Race ;

St^y "Daphne, ftay In vain, in vain I try

To flop her Speed, redoubling at my Cry,

O'er craggy Rocks and rugged Hills jfhe climbs.

And tears on pointed Flints her tender Limbs ;

But caught at length, juft as my Arms I fold,

Turn'd to a Tree, fhe yet efcapes my Hold.

G 4 In

88 Toems upon Jiveral Occajtonf.

In my next Love a different Fate 1 find,

Ah ! which is worfe, the Falfe, or the Unkind ?

Forgetting 'Dafhne, I Cordnis chofei

A kinder Nymph — too kind for my Repofe.

The Joys I give but more enflame her Breafl,

She keeps a private Drudge to 4uench the refl;

How, and with whom, the very Birds proclaim*

Her black Pollution, and reveal my Shame.

Hard Lot of Beauty! fatally beftow'd,

' ^^ •

Or given to the Falfe, or to the Proud ;

By fev'ral Ways they bring us equal Pairi,
The Falfe betray us, and the Proud difdain.
Scorn'd ! and abusM ! from mortal Loves I fly.
To feek more Truth in my own Native Sky ;
Venusy the fairefl: of immortal Loves,
Pright as my Beams, and gentle as her Doves,
With glowing Eyes, confefling hot Defires,
She fummons Heav'n and Earth to quench her

* Difcover*d by a Crow, r^^

T^oems t^on feveral Occajms. 89

Me flie excludes : And I in vain adore

Who neither God nor Man refused before :

Vulcan J the very Monfter of the Skies,

Vulcan Ihe takes, tht God of Wit denies.

Thenceafe to murmur at thy ik^r^'s Pride,

Whimfic, notReafon, is the Female Guide:

The Fate of which their Matter does complain

Is of bad Omen to th^infpired Train. ^

[mourns.

What Vows have fail'd ! Hark how Catullus
How Ovid weeps, and flighted Gallus bums.
In melting Strains fee gentle Waller bleed,
Unmov'd ftie hears, what none unmov'd can read. .
And thou, who oft with fuch ambitious Choice
Haft raised to Myra thy afpiring Voice,
What Profit thy neg^efted Zeal repays?.
Ah what Return ? Ungrateful to thy Praife 1
Change, change thy Stile, with mortal Rage return
ynjuft Difdain, and Pride oppofe to Scorn,

Search all t^S^rgJiSpQfi the Eair and Yojtu^,

[Tongue:

And thp»» pipQl8Jm»: fepfl fl»aU thpy bribe tliy,
The ftiarp UfctBaiftor wif ^Ifc Sjificef? aflSiUs,
Sure to. be, genrie tOi the, IVJ^ tjhai; rj^lj&;
WonjgiiiUlf e Cp^K^rtfe, i;ai».^ to tlje. Revere,.
Are oqly. Fierce* wjl^^ nhey d Ifepy^fi Fear.

Thusfpakcthe Goxl: And upward mounts in Air,
la jufLBefeounent of his. paft Dliefpair,
Proyjok.'d to Yengeani;e, U> my Aid I c.aU
The Furies round, and di|> nay "^m, in Qall;
Not one Ihall 'fcape of all the cox'ning Sex,

Vex'd ihalir they be, wJio fo delight to vex,
Jn vain I t;ry, in vain to Vengeance movcj
My gentle Mufe, fo us'd to fender Love;
Such Magick rules my Heart, whatever I write

Turns all to foft Complaint, and amorous Flight.

Begone,

Toms, u^n, fe^tyfik Op/i^fffinj^ 91

Begone, fondTboughts, Ijpgpjie^rbe^ljpld^jfi^
Satyr's thy Thippie — r- h\ v^flfc agewi I try.
So charming Myra to each Senfe appears.
My Soul adores,, xny R^ge diffolves in Tears;
So the gaul'd \A0ii, jOtnarting wilh his Woun<lf
Threatens his l^oes, and mak^s theForeftfoimd,
With his ftrong T^eth he bi^es the bloody ^^N^rt,
And tears his Side with more provoking Stxi%rt,
n^ill having fpeot his Voice in fruitlefs Cries,
He lays him down,breaks his proudHeart,and dies^

SONG. For MYRA

HEre end my Chains,and Thraldom ceafc,
• If not in Joy, I'll live in Peace.
Since for the Pleafures of an Hour

We muft ej^4ure an Age of P«n,

9t 7oems upon fiver al Occajions.

m be this abjeft Tlimg no more,
Lovfj give me back my Heart again.

Defpair tormented firft my Breaft>

Now Falfhood, a more cruel Gueft.

O, for the Peace of Human-kind,

Make Women longer true, or fooner kind ; *

With Juftice or with Mercy reign,

O Love! or give me back my Heart again.

T> E A T H.

ENough, enough my Soul, of worldly Noife,
Of aery Pomps, and fleeting Joys,
What does this bufie World provide at beft.
But brittle Goods that break like Glafs,

But

Voems upon fever al Occajims. jj

But poifon'd Sweets, a troubled Feaft, ^ ^

[pafs.

And Pleafures like the Winds-that in a Moment
Thy Thoughts to nobler Meditations give.
And ftudy how to die, not how to live.

How frail is Beauty! Ahhow vain
And how Ihort-liv'd thofe Glories are

That vex our Days and Nights with Pain,
And break our Hearts with Gare !

In Duft we no Diftinftion fee.

Such Hellen is, fuch Mjyra thou muft be/

ra.

How fliort is Life ! Why will vain Courtiers toil

And crowd a vainer Monarch for a Smile ?

What is that Monarch but a Mortal Man,
Mis Crown a Pageant, and his Life a Span?

With all his Guards, and his Dominions, he

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Mufl iicken too» ajad die, as well as we.

IV. Thofc

IV.

*rhdfe'b6*siftea Names df Cdnqilefdrs and iCings
Are iwilIoW*<l, and become forgotten things:
One defHn*d 'Period Men In'common h^tve,
The Great,the ViIe,the'Coward,and the Bra ve,v

[Grave.'

Are Food alike for Worms,' Companions in the

The Prince and Parafite together lye.

No Fortune can e2:alt,but Death will climb as high.

Sent the Author into the Country »

Written by a LA'DT.

H Y, ' Grdnvilley is thy Life confih'd
To guides? TTiou, Whom the Gbd?
InPiiMick, to do Credit toMankind ! *

Why'fleeps the noble Ardor of thy Blood,
Which from' thy Ahceftors fo mahyAges paft.

From

"Tims "iifiin fcveHl' Ompms. - "is

From Rytlo d6^ to'B«Ji/-!16Vd,

Anirtften ^'{)ear*a"^^atti at ia^
Wttiee, VH?*tt iWy Vfebribus iitifce* ^ _
Bore the difpute'd't^iiie'frbfe all the Ybttth of
th the'fifft ^alj^'that alfe'iira'de ftr'FMe,

Thofe'to whomTate Succefs denies.
If taking Cdtincil from their Shame

Titey modeftly retreat, are wife :
■ But' why flioiiM you who fcU fucceed
In all ybu do, whether with graceful Art you iead
The fieiy^Barb, or with' as'graceMMotion tread
tn'teihirig Balls, where all agree
- To give* the highetfPfaife and the firftPlace to thee.
S6"1dv*d ahd'pfais'd, whom all admire,
Vrtiy,^hy ihouM^ you from Cburts'ahd Camps re-

'1^ PPp'd is iinkind, if it can he '^*®*

That any Kymph can be unkind to thee,

*Ai* Caroufii at P^auris, in thereat i68(5.

^6 fP^ems upon feveral Ocoafions.

If penfive made by Love you thjis retire,

Awake your Mufe, and ftring your Lyre ; ^

Your tender Song and your melodious Strain

Can never be addreft in vain,

[again.

She needs muft love, and we ihall have you back

Occafiorid by the foregoing.

[Strain, I
Ho-e'er thou art, who tempt'ft in fuch a

Sweet is thy .ITyr^w Song, butfunginvain: i
When the Winds rage, and loud the Billows roar,
What Fool will trull the Sea, and quit theShoar?
Early and Vain i^to the World I came.
Big with falfe Hopes, and eager after Fame,
Till looking round me e'et thie Race began, ,
Madmen, and giddy Fools, were all that ran:
Reclaim'd betimes, I from the Lift retire.
And thank the Gods who my Retreat infpire.

Survey

TodHs upon fiver al Occajions, ^j.

Sunrfey the World, and with impartial Eyes

Confider, andexamine^ all who rife, ^- ,

[Ends,

Weigh well their AQions, aiid theiip treacherous
How Gr^atnefs grows, and by whlt Steps afcends.
What Murders^ TreafonSj Perjuries, Deceit,
How many fall, to make one Monfter great.
Wbu'd you command r Have Fortune in your

[Pow'r ?

Hug whom you ftab, and fhiile when you devour:
Be bloody, falfe, flatter, forfwear, and lie,
Turn Pander, Pathick, Parafite^^ or Spy,
jSuch tbrivrng Arts may your wifh'd Purpofe bring,^
At leafl; a General be, perhaps a King.
Fortune we mbft unjiiftly partial call,
A Mifljrefs free, who bids alike to all.
But on fuch Terms as only fuit the Bafe,
Honour denies, and fhuns the foul Embrace ;
The hopeft Man* who ftarves and is undone.
Not Fortune, but his Virtue, keeps him down.

H Had

^8 ^Poems uf$» pverat Ojecdfidns.

Had Cata beat beneath the conquering Caufe,
He might have liv'd to give new Senates Laws ;
But on vile Terms difdaimng to be great,
He perilh*d by his Choice, aiid not his Fate :
Honours and Life th'Ufurper bids, andiall
That vain tniflaken Men good Farttm^ call,
Virtue forbids, and fets before his Eyeis '
An honeft Death» which h& accepts^ and dies.
O glorious Refolutioh! Noble Pride!
More hpnour?d than the Tyrant liv*d>. he dy'd,
|^ore{>r^s'd^morelov'd,moreenvy^didhisDobl&^
Than Cafar trampling on the Rights ^^f/S^J?. ."
The Virtuous nothing fear, but Life with Shame*
And Death^'sapleafahtRoad, that leads taFam^.
On Bones and Scraps of Dtogs let me be fed.
My Limbs uncover'd, and expos'd my Head
To bleakeft Colds, a Kennel be my Bed,

This,

ihnms t^dfijevtrai (^ecaj^ttnii.^ ^$

^ ThiS) ai»i:fliBJax^er.Mattyii>d0|B, for
Seems glorious aU^tfarice ja^auteots Hoiieily 1
JPorttiae, ohdl Life, odepeodiiin^ate (^oac^
My HbaJDar4<i!uidi myiBdnfcience^ ate niiQrDwtIi

I'^^^^Eorrctrviesefeiinnaturdl/ Joysi
l^or <«^fiaHi?^fl this Saia^i -bjit to flraa .i V •
ThofeThotrgh<»)VithWiiyi^««tddi3eilotbesdone^
As Meii^ii ^liferf » ^JM:«ft vskh Qubc, ' :
Seek indielliige cif WittrtdcdiHSwqiXleipair
Let«9tt^rs S^, and ^ari^eiff Brekdili [fiiood^

Or cringfe Ifi CotutS) depetajdrng-on the J^kfds
Of ftrutt^^^P^I^EiiiK* who i«ri^M'|>a£( oforGods t
For me j os^adk^d in 4ihe CoUftkr^ SdnooU
Who loalih .a Kflayci^ and tt&fthie ttt a Fool)
Who h(kidttr^€»ieroits fl^rii^^«l|ip^^
Pofleft of little, worthy of the beft,

100 2*ip«*/ upon fev&al Otcajiw^fi

Rich in himfelf j in Virtue^ that outiMiie^
All but the Fame of Ms immortal Lines,
More than the woahhieft Lord, who helps to fibaiii
The famifli'd Land, and rowls in impious Gais^
What can I hope in Courts I Or how fucceed ?
Tygers and Wolves ihaU in the Ocean breeds
The Whale and Dolphin fatten aa. die Mead»
And every Elemmt exchange its J^iiid,
When thrimg Honefly in Courts we lind.
Happy the Man, of Mottals hapjjHeft he, .
Whofe quiet Mifid irom vain Defires iis ^eei,
Whom neither Hopet deceive, nor Fears torments
But lives at Peace within himfelf, content.
In Thought, or Ad, accountable to nOne
But to himfelfv and to the Gods alone.
O S\^eetnefs of Content ! Seraphick Joy,
That nothing wanting, nothing can defiroy I

Where

Where dwells thisPeace,thisFreedom of theMind?

Where, but in Shades, remote from Humankind,

]q ^ow'ry Vdies, where Nymphs and Shepherds

But never comes within the Palace-Gate. *

Farewel then Cities, Courts and Camps farewel,

Welcome ye Qrpves, Ijere let me ever dwell.

From Care, fromBufinefs, and Mankind remove.

All but the MoTes, and infpiring Love.

How fweet the Morn i How gentle is tiie Night!

How calm the Evening! And theNoon how bright!

From hence, as from a Hill, I view below ^ _

[mow

Tlie crowded World, that like fome Wood does
Where fcv'ral Wanderers travel Day and Night
Thro' fey'ral Paths, aijd none are in thp right.

H3 An

io% ^ems itpon fiDerat Otcafims,

An Imitation of the .

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Second Ghorm in the Second kik

o F

SENECA'S tHTESTES.

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HEN will rlhfi Gods, prbpitiotfs to our

ConipofeourFac6Hbiasi aiid conctode our

[Wars'
Ye Sons of Inacbuy repent tire Gnilf ' -^ - . '

Of Crowns uftirp'd, arid Bfood of I**rerits ^ft.

For impious Greatneft Vengeance ft' id^brtfj '

Short is the Ihte of jtU rll-gotten Pdw¥.

p m , ^ m •

Give Ear, ambiticnis Princes; zrrdt ht \iinikj ■ -
Liften and learn wherein true Greatnefs lyes :
Place not yourPride in Roofs that Ihine withGems,
Ir^ Purple Hobes, noF fptrkling Diadems,

Nor

Toems upon fiver alOccafions. *03

Nor in Dominion, nor Extent of Land :
He's only Great, who can himfelf command.
Whofe Guard is peaceful Innocence, whofe Guide
Is faithful Reiafon, who is void of Pride,
Checking Ambition, nor is idly vain
Of the falfe Incenfe of a Popular Train.
Who without Strife, or Envy, can behold
His Neighbour's Plenty, and his Heaps of Gold,
Nor covets other Wealth but what we find
In the Poffeffions of a Virtuous Mind.
Feariefs he fees, who is with Virtue crown'd^
, The Tempeft rage, and hears the Thunder found ,
Ever the fame, let Fortune fmile or frown.
Whether upon the Scaffold, or the Throne;
Serenely as he liv'd, refigns his Brejith, ..
Meets DefUny half way^ nor Ihrinks at. Desth. *
Ye fovereign Lords, who fit like Gods in Stat.e^
Awing the World, and buftling ta-b'e greats . '

H 4 Lords

ic54 Toems upn fiver al Occafions.

Lords but in Title, Vaffals in Effeft,
Whom Luft controuis, and wild Defires direft.
The Reins of Empire but fuch Hands difgrace
Where PafEon, a blind Driver, guides the Race*
What is thisFame,thus crowded round withSlaves?
The Breath of Fools, the Bait of flattering Knaves.
An honefl: Heart, a Confcience free from Blame,
Not of great A<fts, but good, give me the Name.
In vain we plant, we build, our Stores encreafe.
If Confcience roots up all our inward Peace,
What need of Arms, of Inftruments of War,
Or battering Engines, that del^oy frpm far?
The greateft King and Conqueror is he
Who Lord of his own Appetites can be,
Bleft with a Power that nothing can deftroy.
And all have equal Freedom to enjoy.
Whom worldly Luxury and Pomps allure.
They tr^ad on Jcc, and find no Footing fure.

PlaQQ

Toms npon fiver al Occafions. lay

Place me, yePow'rs! in fome obfcure Retreat,
O keep me Imiocent, make others Great ;
In quiet Shades, content with rural Sports,
Give me a Life, remote from guilty Courts,
W here free from Hopes, of Fears, in humWtEafc
Unheard of I may live, and die in Peace.
Happy the Man who thus retir'd from Sight
Studies himfelf, and feeks no other Light;
But nioft unhappy he, who fits on high,
ExposM to ev'ry Tongue, and ev'ry Eye,
Whofe Follies, blaz'd about) tQ all are known.
And are a Secret to himfelf alone :
Worfe is an evil Fame, much worfe than none.

CIO E.

toS . T»emt uptm fiversl Qcutfitfw.

j« •»

\j ■ \Lj-' • \J ■ JZif

\LOE\ the Wonder of her Sex*
^n^ well her Heart is tender ;
How nught fiich kiUing Eyes peifdex*
With Virtue to defend her I

But Nature, grddoufly inciin'd^
Not bent to" f ex bur pkafe us.

Has to her boundlefs Beauty j(»n'd
A boundlefs Will to eafe ais.

On the Same.

* _

Right as thelHiy^ and like the Morning fair.
Such Qhe is and Common as the — ^Air.

Totm v$^. fevirnl Qcft^ttt*. :)k9

On the Same^

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OF ii^dFaj»e,aiid Bttg^^rofigs f gceiv'cl>
Cloe complaiii$,«nd wondf «ui)y*ls oggriev'd:
That, free, and lavifh of a beauteous Face;
The fdreft a^ the Um[t& of her Race,
She's nune, or thine, and Adding up and' down.
Sucks im vfiott FikM than any Sink in Town,
I not deny, Ttus, 1 have ^ud 'tis true j
What Wrong! To ^ve fo bright aNymphherdue!

C R I N N J.

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[Orinna in the Bloom of Ycwth
Was" cby'td ctery^iLovei',
RegardWfr irf ihfe tei»!ftreff Tmth,

Na foft UdApIaiiit cotiM move her.

A^uikind

Mankind was her^s : AH at her Feet

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Lay profti^te and adoring^
Thff Witty, Handfome,. Rich, ajjd Qrf at,
fo vain alike imploring,

But no\y grpwn old, ihe wou*d repair

Her Lofe of Time and Pleafure,
With willing Eyes, and wanton Air,

Inviting every Gazer,

But Love's a Summer Flow'r, that dies
With the firft Weather's changing ;

The Lpv^r, lik^ th^ Swallpw, flips
From Sun to Sun, ftill ranging.

Myrdi Ie(:^^s Example t^oye .

Your fooliih Heart to Reafon;
Youth is the proper time for Love,.

And Age is Virtue's Seafon. On

'Pfentt Mfon fivn^al Otcafiaiis. togr

On the Same.

So well Corama likes the Joy,
She vows flie'll never xnore be coy? .
She drinks eternal Draughts of Pleafibe;
Eterd^ Draughts will ndc filffice*
Ah giv^iifie^ give mi more, ihe cnesj
lis all too little Meafure.
. Thus wifely ihe makes up for Time
Mifpent, while Youth was in its Prime :
So TrayeUers who' wafte the Day
Carefiil and cautious of their Way,
Noting at length the fetting Sun,
They mend their Pace as Night comes on.
Double their ^peed to reach their Inn,
And whip and fpur thro* thick and dun.

BELIN'DA.

B E tf'T^ISt'l) A

Some hii^firGUuice, tk«tfc6itis IDeceii£»

'iff- "^ («-i<T -' v/ ^ • '■ • ; I ■

We fee*^6?»-flfi^'Dffgettfe, 4«-pTi^^

'I f •••».' t ' i - * K ' ■ •■ •* f • » • I -. ■-. V » - ■ . . «■

f ».'

The Smell's too ftrorig for Art.

S«

I
4

So have I feen ra'ave Fools defign
With formal Looks to pals for wife :

But Nature is * Light xmL fWne, ' %

And brdik tftfo' all ifeMfeV

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C L A R I N D A

N vain a thooggiclSlaiteGiihaye try'il: ' ^
To ovQt^s6&)!tX:iskindd% Fdde:

Pkypleadittg,— i^ -i o j; . . • -A

When her icy Heart i& thaw'd; .
Honour cbi46s, «Dd ftrait ihe^Staw^d* .
Foolifli Creature

■ Fotiow Nature, . . X

Wafte not tlwfe your Klfnfr;
YouthY a Treafures,,:
LoVc*s a Pleafuve ,
Both deftroy'd by Time. THE

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^», Sterns ji^mfevigriU: Qcoajtdufi

f >

r ti t S A M E.

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CLtfr/»<^». with a hai^bty Grace,
In fcontfiil Poiliiires fets her Face,
And looks as ihe were bom alone
To give us Love, and take firom none.

Tha* I udore to th^t degilce, ; •
ClarintU', . LwouHd^die for tiiee^ '

If you're too proud,to esde my Fain,
I am too proud ^or^oui? I^dain.

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C L E OR A

T '\ 1 , * •

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CLeora has her Wifli, fkt weds a Peer,
Her weigJityTfain two Plages fcarce can bear,
TerJU and both tthel»^/winuft. provide
To grace her Pompi ind gr^tifieher Pride;

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Tdems ttfon fiver at 6ecajms. 1 1|

Of rich Brocard a Ihining Robe Ihc wears,
And Gems furround her lovely Neck, like Stars ;
Drawn by fix Greys of the proud Belgian kind.
With a long Train of Livery Beaus behind.
She charms the Park, and fets all Hearts onFire j
The Ladies Envy, and the Mens Defire.
Beholding thus, O happy as a Queen !
We cry: But fliift the gaudy flattering Sceiie,
View her at home m her Domeftick Light,
For thither ihe muft come, at leaft at Night.
What has fhe theref A furly^ ill-bred Lord,
That chid6s, ahd fiiaps her up at ev'ry Word ;
A brutal Sot, who, while ihe holds his Head,
With drunken Filth bedawbs the Nuptial Bed:
Sick to the Heart, flie breaths the naufeousFume
Of odious Sterns, that poifon all the Room:
Weeping aU Night the trembling Creature lyes.
And counts thp tediousHourswhen ihe may rife:

I But

114 ?M^ u]^9n fiver^l Oecajions. -

But moft ihe featS) left waking ifae fhou^d find.
To aiiike itmendj^, die Monfler wou'd be kind: '
Thofe matchlefs Beauties» worthy of a God»
Muftjbear^ t^o* moeh ayerfei the loachfome Load;
Whftt then may be the Chance that next enfuesf
Some vile Difeafe* fcdk reeking £rpm the Stewi
The fecret Venom* circUng in h^r Veins* ;* )
Works thrO' her Skin4an4:;buf (Is i2i:blo^ting Stains
HerCheeks theirFre^^s k>fe^nd wontedGf i^^e^
And an.iQii^ud Paknefs Cpreads her Fa£^«
Her Eyes gcoW dim« .'niMlher eoitrapced BteOiW
Tainting tier Gums^ infe^b her Ivory Teeth* r :
Of flttr(>ii63iiamal Angiiifhihe'complaitis, ' ^
And'^Oei^ t>f the Caxlfe, relates her Pains. ,
Th6 Goofi^ioiis Husband* whom like Symptoftis
Chai^USjonher die.Giult of their Difeafc; w^
AflfeftinpFury, adt a Madman's; Part, w

He'll rip tiie latal Seci!^ from her Heart j

Toms upm fffteral fkcafions, \\ |

Bids her coDfefs^ calls her ten tbpuAuul Natqesy'
In vain ihe kneel$> Ihe weeps, prpteft^ exclaimst
Scarce with her Life ihe fc«pes,«]q>p('4 to $Ih>04^^
Ih Body tortur'd, murder'ji iu her P«mei
Rots with a vUe Adiilt^efs!$ Name, .
Abandoned by iter JFrkends^ . 9?ithout Defimce*
And happy only in her Innocencr.

. Sw:h is the V^ngeaec^ the jnftQods provide
For thofe, who barter I4b«:ty for Pride,
Who imjuouily invol^f th^ ]^dw;'r$ ji^«rv« .
To witneifejto falfe yow4 pf wwtiwl JUaw* .

ThouiMf of poor C^vff^V inty b9:foj«nd»

Ye Guardian Pow'rs, the Arbiters of Blifs,
Itodienrfi Clarinda from a Fate like this;

ii6 Tdems ufrnp^ftral Occafions.

You form'd her ^j not iany Grace deay'd,
But giavd) tdas! a Spark too much of Pride ;
Reform that Failittg; ^d proteft her ftill,
6 fave her fit>m the Curfe of chufing iU.
Deem it not Envy, or a jealous Citre,
Tbit moves thefe Wiihes^ ^ or provokes this Pracy V,
Tho^ more than Deatbl dread to fee thofe Charnu
Allotted to fome happier Mortal's Arms ;
Tormet^ing^Thou^ I Y-^cou^dlb^rthatPain,
Or any IH< ' tiut he^tfittgi iitf complain * - i > -
bitent oh her> iny iJove forgets his ow^ • '^^
Nor frames one Wiffiv btiit for her f^e-al(me,' '
Whome>^theGodsllavc deftm'd to|»tfer, ^
They <xm<»^ mdkb'lBe^^etched^ bieiing her;-

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MACRO,

7oems upon fiver nl Ocdtjums. 117

MA C R 0.

[doubt.
Hat Macro's Looks are good, kt no Man

Which I, his Friend and Servant^ thus4|nake
.On his dark Forehead a falfe Fiend is \^it,
Let none condemn the Lig^t that ftjo^s a Pit.
Codes, whofe Face finds Credit for his Heart,
Who can efcape fo fmooth a Villain's Art ?
Adorn'd with ev'ry Grace that can perfwade,
Seeing, we truft ; and truiling, are betray'd !
His Loo]cs are Snares : But Alacro^s Cry beware.
Believe not, tho' ten thoufand Oaths he fwear.
If thou'rt deceived, obferving well t^^ Rule,
Not Macro is the Kna^e, but thou the Fool/
In tliis one Point he and his Looks agree j ^ ; •
As they betray their Mailer,* fo did he.

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I 3 Phil-

1 1 8 ^temi u^(m fever dt Otufiom*

Phil LIS Drinking.

[Alliance,
Hile fhiUis is drinking^Love and W ine in

With Forces united bid rcfiiUefs Defiance;
By thc'i'ouch of her Lips the Wine fparkles higher,
Arid her Eyes by her drliiking redouble their Fire.

[Colour;
Her Cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their

As Flowers by fprihkling revive with frefti Odour \

His Dart dipt in Wine, Love wounds beyond

[curing,

And the Liquor, likeOyl, makes the Flame more

[enduring.

ByCordisl^bfWinc, Love is kept from exjMrihg,
And our Mirth is cnfiven^d by Love and Defiriiig,
Relieving ^ch other^ the Pleafure is foffing^
And we never arc clby'd, yet are ever « tailing.

Then

Toms ufM fivirai Occafitms. yif

Then Fhillis begin, let our Raptures abound.
And a Kifs and a Glafs be ftill going round ;
Our Joys are immortal while thus wc remove
From Love to the Bottle, from the Bottle to Love.

C E LI A

y '

IMpatient with Defire, at laft
I ventured to lay Forms afide :
Twas I was modejft, not fhe chaftj
. • Celiay fo gently prefs'd, comply'd..

With idle Awe, to amorous Fcjol.
'■ I gtRz.'d Upon her Eyes trit^ Fear $
Say Love, husw came your Slar^ ib diHl
To read no better tb^re^

\4, Vm

no 'Foems ufdn Jeveral Occajionf.

TTius to our felves the greateft Foes,
Altho' the Nymph be well enclin'd.

For want of Courage to propofe.
By our own Folly flic's unkind.

Chloris Perfuming her felf.

\Hhrisy this Goftly way to (link give o'er,
'Tis throwing Sweet into a common Shore ;
Thy Care's like his, who wafteful of Perfumes,
Would en^balm Carrion with expenfive Gums.
Not all Arabia would fufficient be,
Thoufmell*ft not of thy Sweets, they ftink of thee.

HER vow.

CHlofls enrag'd, her Face all bath'd in Tears,
Will eat her Smock,or be reveng'd,flie fwears.
Fair filthy Nymph, be ftedfaft to thy Word,
No little Pleafure, Chloris^ 'twill afford
To fee thee fwallow fuch a Feaft of T

^oem. Hfon fiveral Oceans. ixi

F L A F I A.

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P two Reliefs to eafe a Lovtfick Mdid,

Flavin prefcribes Defpair : lurge, bekindy

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Flavia be kind : The Remedy's as fure,
^Tis the moftjpleafaht, and the quickeft Cure.

L Q r'::X'-

LO V E is begot by Fancy, toed
' By Ignorance, by Expeftation fed ;
Deftroy'd by Knowledge, and a beft -
Loft in the Moriient *tis pciflfetf J - ':< '

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J' I

WOmoi to Cards maybe, qonjpar'd : We play
■ ' ' '■ '■' • [away,

A Round or two, when us'd, we throw

Take a frefli Pack, nor is it worth our grieving
Who cuts or ihuffles with our dirty leaving. '

tit Tm^r upiin fiver at Occttfi^nf.

F A .N c r -

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LOVE is by Fancy led about
< • ' . • • • . ■ . . ■

From Hope to Fear, from Joy to D(Kibt ;

Whom we now a Gooddefs call,
Divipely graced in every Feature,
Strait's a deformM, a perjured Creature: .

Love jmd Hate ace Fancy all

Tls but as Fancy ihall prefi^nt
Objedh of Grief, or af.<ik)ntent,

That the Lover's bleft, or dies:
Vifions of mighty IVuns, orl^eafure.
Imagined Want, imagined Treafm-e:

All in pow'rfiil Fancy lyes.

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LIBE-

^pms if on feo«rMl<kt»fi$ut. ci)

LI B ERAL nr.

THO' fafe thou tfaink'ft thy Treafure lyes
Concealed in Chdl$ frpm haman E^,
A Fire may come, , and it .may be

Bury'd, my Friend, as far from tbeip.
Thy Veflel that yon Ocean flems.
Loaded with Golden Duft and Gems,
Purchas'd with fo tnuch Pains and'Coft, ' -,
Yet in a Tempeft may be loft.

Pimps* Whores, and Bawd^ a tiiankiefs<^ew>

" '■ ' ' ' 'y i\ r'
Priefts, Pick-pockets, and Laiiryers top, .

All hdp by feveral Ways to drain, •

iThanking theoifelves for what they gain.

The Liberal are feeiurealpne.

For what we .frankly give^ for ever is our owtk'

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Writfem

1X4 Toems upon fiver al Occafiont.

Written in GlariridaV Prafr Book

rl vain, Clarinda^ Night iand Day
For Mercy to the Gods you pray :
What Arrogance on Heav'n to call
For that, which you deny to AH I

F U L VIA.

[Bride, \
H Y pinesmy Dear ? To FtiPvia, hisyoung '

Who penfive fat, thus agedG?r»«jcry'd.

Alas! faid flie, fuch Vifions break my Reft,

The ftrangeft Thoughts ! I think I am pofleft :

My Symptoms I haive told a Man of Skill,

And— if I wott'd— he fays ^I might— be well.

Take

Teems ufonfevfral Occafions. tt$K

Take his. Ad^^ce, j&dd he, my poior dear Wife,/
ru buy at any rate thy preeiOMtis.Life.
Blttihing flie would ^xcirfe, but dl in yainj r;
A Dbftor muft beietch'd to e^fe>h(er Paift. ,
Hard preftjflie yields: Yvomff^hi0eHi or Jfj|/ipji,.iir
rNo niiUter which, he'^ fununioii^d^ and he ctxtneL
The careful Hiisband? with a^ kind Embrace . :
Entrejtt&his Gare; . then bows, and quits the Pkd^
For little Ailments oft attend the Fair,
Not decent for a Husband's Eye, or Ear.

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Something the Dame tvould fay : The rekdyKnight
Prevents her Sp^ch-rr-HexeJs tl>at>lhgU^^-you
Madam,faid he-^ W itli that the Dddr's mlideSblofc,
He gives, deliciouily> the healing Dofe^ . i
Alas! flie cries« Ah:mel Ah cruel Cure! '
Did ever Woman yet like me endure !
The Work perfprm'd: Uprififigj gay and liglit.
Old Cor»us is call'd io^ to fee the Sight. ~

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ii# « Toenu u^m fever al OccaJwhs.

A fprightly Red yennilions all her. Face,
And her Eyes lahguifh with unufual Grace.
With Tears of Joy, &efh gaflung from her Eyes,
O wond'rous Poiipier of Art! Old Qwnus cries.
Amazing Change! Aftoniihing Succefs!
'Httfce happy IJ What a l»rave Man was this! /%

Maids, Wives,aad Widows, witfalike Whims poir'

rfeiL
May thus find certain Eafe-—Pr0^tf^Mvr/9. '*.

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To C E LI A.

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'Jl*-*- -W'J

HYi <:ruel Creatore, why fo bent-
To vex a tender Hearth
To Gold and Htle you relent.
Love durows in vain his Dart.

•,

Let guttering Foofe in Cocirt^ be great, '■■'
For ftiy let Armies move:

Beftuty

Toems^^ ufou ftvtral OccafioHt» i»/

Beauty fhouVi have no other Bait
But gentk Vows and Love, .,. \

If oh tho!fe'eiidle& Charftis you liiy
The Vato^ that's their JDue,

Kings are t&ixtfelves toa^oor to pay»
A thau£md Worlds liofi &wi.

\ ,

But if a PaiJH>tt'#ithQfttiV«a?, j ;^

. \V ithout Difguife or Art,
Ah Celia ! if true Love's your Price,

"Behold it in my Heart/ •' :•"< vV

''■"€ B I f^'- -SI' W Gi N «.

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• ■"•• : •■'■»• -■!• i .■ ■•■f. ■,:■■' ■: t ■•; Jt .i.

'Hen we behold, her Angel Faceji
Or wjien.fhe fings withiieav'nlyGracei

In what we hear, and what we fee,

jSo raviihing's the Harmoany, The

ipB Toems upon fiveral Ocoajums.

The melting Soul, in Rapture loft,
ISJiows not which Ghann enchants it molt

Sounds that made Hills and Rocks rejoice,
An^hiotC% Lute, the Syrens Voice,
Wonders with Pain receiv'd for true.
At once find Cred^t^ and renew;
No Charms like Cp//Vs Voice furprize.
Except the Magick of her Eyes.

To my Friend Mr. Dryden, on his \
Excellent Tranjlations, i

S Flt^w'f) tr«nff lanted from a Southern Sky '
But hardly bear, or in the Raifing die,
Milling their native Sun, at bed retain

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But a faint Odour, and lurvive with Pain;

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Thui

!f^oems kpm Jfirveral Occajidnr. 129

Thus Ancient Wit, in Modern Numbers taught,"
Wanting the Warmth with which its Auth6r|
Is a dead Image,and a fenfelefs Draught : ^

While we transfufe, the nimble Spirit flies,
Efcapes unfeen, evaporates, and dies.
Who then to copy Roman Wit defire,
Muft imitate with Roman Force and Fire j
j^ Elegance of Stile and Phrafe the fame.
And in the fparkling Genius and the Flame :
Whence Vft conclude from thy tranflatcd Song,
So juft, fo fmooth, fo foft, and yet fo ftrorig,
Celeftial Charifter ! Soul of Harmony !
That ev'ry Genius Was revived in thee.
Thy Trumpet founds,the Dead arerais'd to Light,
Never to die, and take to Heav'n their Flight,
Deckt in thy Verfe, as clad with Rays theyihine,
All Glorify'd, Immortal, and Divine.

K A8

J3^ Toms vfOH fiver al O.ccAjtons.

As Britaitkm rich. Soil ^bpundi^^ wide,
^urnifli'd for U fe, for Luxury, sind Pride,,

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Yet fpreads her wanton Sails on evVy Shore
For foreign Wealth, impatient ftill of more ;
To her own Wool! th? Sjlks of Jfi^ joins.
And to her plenteous H^rveflS; Indian Mines :
So T)ryden^ not contented with. the Fame
Of his own Wp.''Hs> ^o' ^^ immort^ Ngme,,

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To Lands remote fends forth Ms learned Muf&
The nobleft Seeds of foreign Wit to chufe :

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Feafting our Senfe fo many various Ways,
Say, Is't thy Bounty? Or thy Thirft of Praifei
That by comparing Others, All might, fee
Who moft excell,. are yet excell'd.by Thee.

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Toents upon fiveral Occajions. \^t

Upon a Hearing in the Hbufe of
Lords of a Caufe between her
Grace the Dutchefs of Graftoii
and the Lord Chief Jujlice.

HE Princes fate. Beauty and Law contend :

The Queen of Love will her own Caufe de-
Secure Ihe looks, as certain none can fee
Such Beauty plead, and not her Captive be.
What need of Words with fuch commandingEyes !
Miiftl thenfjpeak ? OHeav^ns ! the Charmer cries ;
O barbarous Clime, where Beauty borrows Aid
From Eloquence, to charm, or to perfuade!
Will Difcord never leave with envious Cafe
To raife Debate ? But Difcord goreims here.
To Juno, F alias y Wifdom, Fame'9 and Power,
Long fince prcferr'd,what Trial needs there more?

K * Con-

li^ 7i>€ifis upon fever al Occafwns.

Confeft to Sight, three Goddefles defcend
On Idah Hill, and for a Prize contend.
Nobly they bidy and laviflily purfue
A Gift, that only cou'd be Beauty's Due :
Honours and Wealth the generous Judge denies.
And gives the Triumph to the brighteit Eyes.
Such Precedents are numberlcfs : We draw
Our Right from Cuftom : Cuftom is a Law.
As high as HeaVn, as wide as Seas and Land,
As ancient as the World, is our Command.
It might fufBce that I pronounce it mine.
And right or wrong he fhou'd his Claim refign.
Mars and Alcides would this Plea allow,
Beauty was ever abfolute 'till now.
Not Bears nor Tygers fure fo 'favage are
As thefe ill-manner'd Monfters of the Bar.
Loud Rumour has proclaim'd a Nymph divine,
"W hofe matchlefs Form, to counter-ballance mine.

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TPoems upon /ever a I Occafidns. • 13:3

By dint of Beauty fliall extort your Grace :
Let her appear, this Rival, Face to Face,
Let Eyes to Eyes oppos'd this Strife decide ;
Now when I lighten let her Beams be try'd.
Was^t a vain Pjronjife, and a Gown-Man's Lie?
Or ftands Ae here, unmark'd, when I am by?
So Heav'n was mock'd, and once all Elis round
Another Jupter was faid to found ;
On brazen Floors, the Royal Aftor tries
To ape the Thunder rattling in the Skies ;
A brandifh'd Torch, with emulating Blaze,
AfFefts the forky Lightning's pointed Rays:
Thus born aloft, triumphantly he rode
Thro* Crowds of Worfhippers, and aftstheGod,
The Sire Omnipotent prepares the Brand -
By Vulcan wrought, and arms his potent Haiid,
Then flaming hurls it hilfing from above,
iVpd in the vj^ft Abyfs confoiinds the mimick Jove^

K3 Pre^

134 ^^iws upon fiver dl Occajions.

Prefumptuous Wretch! with Mortal Art to dare
Immortal Power, and brave the Thunderer,

Cajfiojpty preferring with Difdain
Her Daughter to the Nereids -^ they complain :
Tlie Daughter, for the Mother's guilty Scorn,
Is doomed to be devoured ; the Mother's born
Above the Clouds, where by immortal Light
Reverft ike ihines, expos'd to human Sight,
And to a fliamelul Pofture is confin'd,
As an eternal Terror to Mankind.
Did thus the Gpdj fuch private Nymphs proteft,
WhatVengeance might theQueen of Love exped?
But grant fuch arbitrary Pleas are vain :
Wav'jJ-let them be : Meer Juftice ihall obtain :
"Who to a Husband better can fucceed
Tbao his lov'd Wife, the Partner of his Bed ?

"^c^Ms up'dh JhvTerat'Occafims^ iis

Or to a Facer's kigtit iJiy ttrottger Claim,
Trlian the dear Ydiith in whom furviVes hisNaine?
Beliold that Youth, corifider whefice he ipririgs.
And in his Royal Veins refpeft your lyings ;
Immortal Jove upon a Mortal Sde
Begat his Sire : Second from Jove is he.
WcD 4id the 'Father blindly fight your Caufe,
Following the Cry of Liiberty and Laws,

If by thofe Laws, for which he loft his Life,
You fpoil ungratefully the Son and Wife.
What need I niore? Twere Treafori to difpute:
The Grant was kbyal : That decides the Suit :
Shall vulgatf Laws imjperial Power conftrain ?
Kings, and the Gods, can never aft in vairi.
She finirii'^ h6re, the Queefi of ev'r^ Grace,
Difdain vermilioning her heavenly Fac^ ;
Our Hearts take tkc, and all in Tumult rife,

And one \C''ifli fparjies in a thousand' £yes.

K4 O

1^6 Toems upon fiver al Occajions.

O might fome Champion finilh thefe Debates,
MySwordihouMend^j what now my Mufe relates,
Up rofe the Judge, on each Side bending low,
A crafty Smile accompanies his Bow,
^lyJTes-^tj a gentle Paufe he majies.
Then, raiiing by Degrees his Voice, he fpeaks.
In you, my Lords who judge, and all that hear,
Mcthinks I read your Wilhes for the Fair,
Nor can I wonder ; even I contend
With fecret Pain^j unwilling to offend;
Unhappy, thus oblig'd to a Defence
That may difpleafe fuch Heav'nly Excellence,

Might we the Laws on any Terms abufe.
So bright an Influence were the befl Excufe.
Let Nicies jufl Doom, the vile Difgrace
Of the Propetides polluted Race,
Let Death, or Shame, or Lunacy, furprife
\yho 4arf to matcji th? Luflre of her Eyes ;

Aland

I ' *

Toems' uptm fever al Occajions. 1 3 7

Aloud the fairefl; of the Sex complain
Of Captives loft, and Love's invok'd in vain,
At her Appearance all their Brightnefs ends,
Thofe Stars of Beauty fet, when flie afcends.
Where Love prefides, ftill may fhe bear the Prize,
But rigid Law has neither Ears nor Eyes ;
Charms to which Mars and Hercules wou'd bow,
Minos and Rhadamanthus difavo w :
Juftice, by nothing biafs'd or enclinM,
Deaf to Perfwafion, to Temptation blind.
Determines without Favour, gnd the Laws
Overlook the Parties, to decide the Caufe,
What then avails it that a beardlefs Boy
Took a raih Fancy for a Female Toy ?
Th'infulted Ar gives with a numerous Hoft
Purfue Revenge, and feek the Dardan Coaft ; -
Tho' the Gods built, and tho' the Gods defend,
ITiofe lofty Towers the hoftile Greeks afcend.

Nor

t^% TeimsHt/m Jevirhl Oeta^ms.

Nor leave they 'till the ^own in Aflies lies.
And all the Race of Rbyial Priam dies.
The Queen of Tdphosiraxxig in the Ffay
Rallies the Trdojw, arid urges on the Day, .
& JPerfoh in the formoft Ranks fhe flands.
Provokes the Charge, directs, ailifls, commah'ds ;
Stem tDiomed, advanicing hig^ in Air
His feather'd JavTiri, ftrikes the heav'niy Fair *
The vaulted Shies with her loud Shrieks refound.
And high Ofympui trembles at the Wound.
In Caufes juftj fh6u*d ill the Gods oppdfe,
*T«vere honeft to difptite : So Cdto chofe.
IKfinifs that Plea j arid what Ihall Blood avail ?
If Beauty is deny'd,- fhall Birth avail ?
Blood, and high Deedl ih diftant Ages done.
Are our Fore-fathers Merit, not our own.
Might none a jtfft PoffdRon ht allo\^'d
B«* who* cou'd fefirig Defert, of Boaft of Blood,

What

• I

Toms ufdn feviral Qcc^fiMs.^ %yy

What Numbers, everiherc, might be condemned,
Strip'd and defpoil'd of all, revil'd, contemn'd ?
Take a juft View, how many may remark
Who's now a Lord, his Grandfire was a Clei^k:
Then O beware, nor do thefe Hdbes defpife^ .
But honour that, from whence your Honours rife.
How dear to Britain are her darling Laws !
What Blood has ike aot lavifli'd in their Caufe?
Kings are like common Slaves to Slaughter led.
Or wander thro' the WorW to beg their Bread.
Such fatal Prefidents might awe the Throne
From la wlefs Grants : Who give what^s not their
The Gift is void : 'Twere a cheap way to clear
The Crown Accounts, by robbing from the Bar !
That Power which takes from me may force from

[you:

To your own Intcrefts You were ever true:

Ponfider that : I plead but your own Caufe :

Give Sentence then, proteft, maintain the Laws.

140 Toems upon /everal Occajions.

He fpoke. The Princes differ and divide.
Some follow Law, and fome with Beauty fide/ '
So once th' Apoflate Angels bravM the Pow'r

Whom they were wont to worfliip and implore:
Like impipus is their Rage, who have in Chace
A new Omnipotence in Grafton^ Face.
Bold Rochejiery undaunted, jufl, and wife,
Aflerts the Goddefs with the charming Eyes :
Beauty her Orders, like th' Almighty, fends.
And Roche fiery like Michael^ cleaves the Fiends:
And O may Beauty never want reward
For thee, her noble Champion, and her Guarc[.
Beauty triumphs, and Law fubmitting lyes.
The Tyrant tam'd, aloud for Mercy cries :
Conq^ueft can never fail in radiant Qraftotf^-^t^ ^

Toems upnfeveral Occafions, . i^\ ;

To my Lard Lanfdowne, upon the
bombarding and burning the Town
of Granville in Normandy.

[Flame
H O' built by Gods, confum'd by hoftile

Troy hmy'd lyes, yqt lives the 7ry'/^» Name,
And fo ihall fliine, tho' with thefe Walls were loft
All the Records thy Anceftors cou'd boaft.
For Latium conquer'd, and for Turnus flain,
Mneas lives, tho* not one Stone remain
Where he arofe: Nor art thou lefs renown'd
For thy loud Triumphs oa Hungarian Ground.
Thofe Arms which for nine Centuries had brav'd *
The Wrath of Time, on antick Stone engraved.
Now torn by Mortars, ftand yet undefac'd
On nobler Trophies by thy Valour rais'd :

♦ Die Arms of bis Family at that time fhiU remaining on one of
the Gates of the Town.

3afe

I4:|r Toems u/m feveral Occajions.

Safe on thy Eagle's Wings they foar *, above
The Rage of War, or Thunder to remove.
Born by the Bird oiCafar, and of Jove.

9o my Friend Dr, Garth in

his Sicknefs.

MAchaoH fick, in ev'ry Face we find
His Danger is the Danger of Mankind,
"Whofe Art protefting, Nature cou'd expire
But by a Deluge, or the general Fire.
More. Lives he faves than periih in our Wars,
And fatter than a Plague dcftroys, repairs:
The bold Carowfer, and adventuring Dame,
Nor fear the Fever, nor refufe the Flame,

* Created a CoMHi cftbe Roman Empirey with Privilege to qnm^
ter bis Arms on the Imperial Spread Eagle j in Acknowledgment
if bis Bravery of the Relief of Vienna, and feveral other Occa-
fionsy in the tv^ of Hungary, where his Lordjhip fervid a Vo-
innteer.

Safe

Toeittf uf,m ftveir-Ai Qcca/tatfs. 143

Safe in his Skill, from all Refteaiat fet free
But confcious Shame, Remorife, and Piety.
Sire of all Arts, defenfi thy darling Son,
O fave the Man, whpfe Life's fo much our own.
On whom, like j^t/asy the whole World's reclin'd.
And by reftoring Gartbj preferve Mankind.

SONG. To MTRA.

TJt^E happieit |iflprtal$ ,oQcp w^e we>.
,1 lov'd Mjufa, Myrajpp^ .
Each defiro^ of the BleiIiQg»-
Npthing wanting butPoflqiOnjf

Thebappieft Mortals once were we.

But fince cruel. Fajtes.diiTever,
Tom from Love, and torn for ever.

144 Toms upon jeverat Ocoajions.

Tortures end me.

Death befriend me j
Of all Pains the greatefl: Pain
Is to love and love in vain.

To Flavia. Her Gardens ha-
"Dtng efcafd a Flood that had de-
ftr&v'd all the Fruits of the Ground
in her Nei^bourhood.

[tea,
Hat Hands Divine have planted, and pro-

The Torrent fpares^ and Deluges f efpeft ;
So when the Waters o'er the World were fpread,
Covering each Oak, and evVy Mountain's Head,
The chofen Noah failed within his Ark,
Nor might the Waves o'erwhelm the facred Bark.
The charming Flavia is no lefs, we find.

The Favourite of Heav*n, than of Mankind ;

The

Poems upon fevtral Occafims. t4f

The Gods> like Rivals, imitate our Care,
And vie with Mortals, to oblige the Fair ;
Thefe Favours, thus beftow'd on her alone^
Arc but the Homage that they fend her dowii.
O Flaviaj may thy Virtue from above
Be crown'd with Bleffings endlefs as my Lbve«

Written in a Navel Entitukd Les
Malheurs de TAmour.

HASTE to Clarinddj and reveal
Whatever Pains poor Lovers feel i
When that is done, then tell the Fair
That i endure much more for her,
WhoM truly know Love's Pow'r, or Smarts
Nf uft view her Eyes, and read my Heart.

PRO-

1j^6 Poems upo» fiver al Occafions.

Prologue to the She Gallants.

S quiet Monarchs,that on peaceful Thrones

[Drones,

In Sports and Revels long had reign'd like
Roufing at length, refled: with Guilt and Shame
That not one Stroke had yet been giv'n for Fame,
Wars they denounce, and to redeem the pall,
To bold Attempts and rugged Labours h^fte.
Our Poet fo with like Concern reviews
The youthful Follies of his Love-fick Mufe,
To amorous Toils, and to the iilent Grove,
To Beauty's Snares, and to deceitful Love,
He bids Farewel ; His Shield and Lance prepares,
And mounts the Stage to bid Immortal Wars.
Vice like fome Monfler, fufTring none t'efcape,
Has feiz'd the Town, and varies flail her Shape.
Here, like k General flie flruts in State,
While Crowds in Red and Blue her Orders wait.

There,

Toems upon Jeveral Occajims. 147

There,like fome penfive Statefman,walks demure,
And fmiles, and hugs, to make Deftruftion fure ;
Now., under high Commodes, with Loojks ereft^
BarefacM devours, in gaudy Colours deckM f
Then, in a Vizard, to avoid Grimace,
Mows ail Freedom, but to fee the Face.
In Pulpits, and at Bar, fhe wears a Gown,
In Camps a Sword, in Palaces a Crown.
Refolv'd to combat with this motley Beaft,
Our Poet comes to ftrike one Stroke at leaft,
His Qafs he means not for this Jilt or Beau,
Some Features of you all he hopes to ihow.
On chofen Heads nor lets the Thunder fall.
But fcatters his Artillery at All.
Yet to the Fair he fain wou'd Quarter fliow,
His tender Heart recoils at ev'ry Kaw;
If unawares he give too fmart a Stroke,
{^e means but to corred, and not provoke.

148 Toems uf$n fevtral Occafions.

Epilogue to the fame.

Sfoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle in Mens Clodths,

I Who have been the Poet's Spark to Day,
Will now become ±e Champion of his Play.
Know all, whowou'd pretend to mygoodGracCi
I mortally diflike a damning Face,
Pleas'd or difpleasM, no matter now 'tis paft ;
The firft who dares be angry breathes his laft :
Who fliallprefimie to doubt my Will and PleafurCy
Him I dcfic to fend his Weapon's Meafure:^
tf War you chufe, and Blood muft needs be fpik
By Jovei let me alone to match your Tilter, '

I'll give you Satisfaftion if I can ;
*Sdeath, 'tis not the firft time I've kill'd my Man.
Oil Pain of being pofted to your Sorrow,
Fail tiQt,< at Ppujif, to meet me }iere to Morrow.

E PI-

Vaems uptm fiveral Occafms. 149

Epilogue to the Jew of Venice.

Ach in his turn, the Poet*, and thePrieftf,
Wave viewed the Stage,but like falfe Prophets
The Man of Zeal, in his Religious Rage
Wou'd filence Poets, and reduce the Stage.
The Poet, rafhly to get clear, retorts
On Kings the Scandal, and befpatters Courts.
Both err : For, without mincing, to be plain.
The Guilt's your own, of every odious Scene.
The prefent Time flill gives the Stage its Mode ;
The Vices that you praftife, we explode:
We hold the Glafs, and but refleft your Shame,
l^ike S/artansy by expofing, to reclaim.
The Scribler,pinch'd with Hunger , writes to dine,.
And to your Genius muft conform his Line ;

*ilBr.Dlrydfcn, «r Us Probgxe to the Pilgrim.
t ilfr. Collier, in bis View of the Stare.

L 3 Not

I ^o Toems ufon /ever si Occajlons.

Not lewd by Choice, but meerly to fubmit ;
^Wou'd you encourage Senfe, Senfc would be writ

Gd6d Plays we try, which after the firfl: Day
Unfeen we aft, and to bare Benches play ;
Plain Senfe, which pleas'd your Sires an Age ago,
Is loft, without the Garniture of Show.
At vaft Expence, we labour to our Ruin,
And court your Favour, with our own Undoing;
A War of Profit mitigates the Evil,

But to be tax'd and beaten is the Devil.

How was the Scene forlorn, and how defpisM,
When Titnouj without Mufick, moralised ;
Shakejpear\ Sublime in vain enticM the Throng,
Without ±e Aid of PurcilPs Syren Song !

[wrought,
in the fame antique Loom thefe Scenes were

Embelliih'd with good Morals and juft Thought,

True

Toems upon fiver al Occajums. t$\

True Nature in her nobleft Light you fee,
E'er yet debauchM by modern Gallantry
To trifling Jefts, and fulfom Ribaldry:
What Ruft remains upon the Ihining Mafs,
Antiquity muft privilege to pafs.
'Tis Shake Jpear\ Play,and if thefe Scenes mifcarryj
Let "^Gorman take the Stage — or ^hadjMary.

Prologue to the Britifli Enchanters.

GETS by Obfervation find it true,

[you :
•Tis harder much to pleafe themfelves, than

To weave a Plot, to work and to refine

A labourM Scene, to polifli ev'ry Line,

Judgment muft f weat, and feel a Mother's Pains ;

Vain Fools ! thus to difturb and rack their Brains,

* A famous Prize -Ftghter.
f A famous Rope-Dancer.

L 4 When

15* Voms upn fiveral O^cajions.

When more indulgent to the Writer's Eafe,
You are too good, to be fo hard to pleafe :
No fuch convulfive Pang^ it will require
To write — the pretty Things that you admire,
Our Author then, to pleafe you in your Way,
Pr?fents you now a Bawble of a Play,
In gingling Rhyme, well fortify'd and ftrong.
He fights entrench'd, o'er Head and Ears, in Song^
If here and there fome evil-fated Line
Shou'd chance, thro' Inadvertency, to Ihine,
Forgive him Beaus, he means you no Offence,,
But begs you, for the Love of Song and Dance,^
To pardon —. — AU the Poetry and Senfe,

El^-

Toems ufim fever al Qfcsfins, if 3

Epilogue dej^d for the fame.

WIT once,Uke Beauty , without Ait or Drefs^
Naked and unadom'd, cou'd find Succefs,
Tijil by Fruition Novelty deftroy'd.
The Nymph muft find newChantis to be enjoy'd.
As by his Equipage the Man you |^ize.
And Ladies muft have Gems, befide their Eyes \
So fares it too vnth Plays, in vain we write,
Unlefs the Mqfick or the Show invite.
Not Hamlet clears the Charges of the Night.
Wou'd you but fix fome Standard how to move.
We wou'd transform to any thing you love :
Judge our Defu-e by our Coft and Pains j
Sure in Expence, uncertain in oiir Gains.
But tho^ we fetch from Ifaiy and France
Our Fopperies of Tuiie, and Mode of Dance,
Our fturdy Brilpns fcorn to borrow Seiife :

Toems upon fiver al Occafims. ijj

And therefore, to atone for paft Abufes,
And gain the Church Indulgence for theMufes*]
He gives his Thirds to charitable Ufes.

Prologue to Mr. Higgons Excellent
7ragedy^ caltd The Generous
Conquetor.

YOUR Comick Writer is a common Foe,
None can intrigue in Peace^ or be a Beau»
Nor wanton Wife nor Widow can be fped.
Not even Ruffel can inter the Dead,
But ftrait this Cenfor, in his Whym of Wit
Strips, and prefents you naked to the Pit.
Thus Criticks ftiou'd, like thefe, be branded Foes,
Who for the Poifon only fuck the Rofe,

Rejeding

,1^6 Votms upon fevtral Occafions.

Rejefting what is fweet, like Vultures they
Feed only on the Carrion of a Play,
Snarling and carping without Wit or Senfe,
Impeach Miftakes, overlooking Excellence,
As if to evVy Fop it might belong
Like Senators to cenfure, right or wrong.
But generous Wits have more heroick Yiqws^
And Love and Honour are the Theams they chufc
From yon bright Heav'n* our Author fetchM his

[Fire, .

And paints the Paflions that your Eyes infpire; ^
Full of that Flame, his tender Scenes he warms*
And frames hisGoddefs by your matchlefs Charms.

* To the Ladies,

TELE-

!Poems uP9» fiver al OcCAfions. 157 .

PELEUS md THETIS.

^ MASQUE, Sep to MUSICK.,
The ARGUMENT.

Peleus, in Love with Thetis, kythe Affiftanci of
Proteus obtains her Favour ; but Jupiter inter-
fofing^ Peleus in 'T>tjpair conjfultif Pfometheus^
famous for his Skill in Ajlrology ; upon whofe
Frofhecyj that the Son born of Thetis jhould
prove greater th^ his Father y Jupiter dejifts.
The Vrofhecy was afterward verify* d in the
Birth ^Achilles, the Son (?/ Thetis by Peleus:

Persons in the Masque.
Jupiter. > C Prometheus.
Peleus. J c Thetis.

Prometheus appears upon Mount CaiicafUs chained
to a Rocky with the Vulture at his Breaft. Pe-
Icus enters^ addrejfmg himfelf to Prometheus.

P<^/iX^Ondeinn'<i on Caucajks to lye,
V--» Still to be dying, not to die.
With certain Pain, uncertain of Relief,
True Emblem of a wretched I^ver*s Grief I

1 jiS Toems ufm fevet^al Occafions.

To whofe infpeftk^ Eye 'tis given
To view the Planetary Way,
To penetrate Eternal Day,
And to revolve the Starry Heav'n,
To thee, Trometheusy I complain.
And bring a Heart as full of Pain.

Trom. From Jufiter fpring all our Woes,
Thetis is J(yue% who once was thine ; *
'Tis vain, O Teleus^ to oppofe

Thy Torturer and mine.

Contented with Defpair,
O wretched Man ! refign
Whom you adore, or elfe prepare
For Change of Torments, great as mine.
: 'TIS vain, O Tekusj to oppofe.
Thy Torturer and mine.

Taems ufon fiver aI Occajions. 159

Tel. In change of Torment wou'd be Eafe ;

Cou'd you divine what Loviers bear.
Even you, Tromethem^ ivoii'd confefs

There is no Vulture like Defpair.

Trom. Ceafe, cruel Vulture, to devour.

Tel. Ceafe, cruel TA^^/j-, to difdain.

Thetis enters.
Th\ Teleusy unjuftly you complain.
Trom. Ceafe, cr-uel Vulture, to devour.
Tel. Ceafe, cruel Thetisy to difdain.
The. Teleuxy unjuflly you complain.
The Gods, alas! no Refuge find
From Ills refifUefs Fates ordain :
Iftill am true — And wouM be kind.
Tel. To love and to languiiby

To figh and complain.
How killing's the Anguiih,
Jipw tprmenting the Paiijl

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i6q 'Poems n^ou pviral Ocodjhust

Suing,
Purfuing,
Flyingj
Denying,
O the Curfe of Difdain,

How tormenting's the Pain !

To lovey &c.
The. Accurfed Jealoufie^
Thou Jaundice in the Lover's Eye,
Thro' which all Objefts falfe we fee<
Accurfed Jealoufie!
Thy Rival* Tekusi rules the Sky*

Yet I fo prize thy Love,
With *Peleus \ wou'd cbufe to die,'
Rather than live with Jove.

.Jupiter afftars defien^ng.
But fee, the mighty Thunderer's here ;
Tremble, 'Peieus, tremble, fly;

Teems v^ott fiveral Oecajims. tM,

The Thunderer ! the mighty Thunderer!
Tremble, 'Peleusy tremble, fly.:

A full Chorus of all the Voices and Infiruments

while Jupiter is defcending.

CHORUS.

But fee, the mighty Thunderer's here.
Tremble, Teleus, tremble, fly j

The Thunderer! the mighty Thunderer!
Tremble, Tekus, tremble, fly.

[Jupiter being de/cended:']
Ju^. Prefumptuous Slave, Rival to Jove,
How dar'fl: thou. Mortal, thusdefie

A Goddefs with audacious Love,

' And irritate a God with Jealoufie?
Prefumptuous Mortal, hence
Tremble at Omnipotence.

._. .-d

M V?ei,

%4x Toems upon fever al Oecajums.

Tel. Arm'd with Love, and Thetis by,

I fear no Odds

Of Men or Gods,
But Jove himfelf defie.

Jove, lay thy Tliunder down;
Arm'd with Love, and Thetis by.

There is more Terror in her Frown,
And fiercer Lightning in her Eye :

I fear no Odds

Of Men or Gk)ds,
But y^ve himfelf defie.

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Jup. Bring ihe Lightnings ^ve me Thunder;
Hafle, ye ^fUfps, with, your forked Rodsi
This Reti^.Love braves all the

And every Hour by Love is made
Some Heav'n-defying Encelade.
Bring me Lightning, give me Thunder.

■ Jlfcl<l«Mlll II

Toems i^m fiver al Oceajms, x^i

TeL&Thet. Jove may kill, but ne'er Ihall funder.
Ji^. Bring me Lightning, ^ve me Thunder.
Tel&Thef. Jovemiy kiU, but ne'er (hall funder«

Thet. Thy Lore ftiU arm'd with Fate
Is dreadful as thy Hate :

O might it prove to me,
So gentle Teleus were but free>

O might it prove to me
As fatal as to loft ccmfuming Semel^f
Thy Love (till arm'd with Fate
Is dreadful as thy Hate.

Trom. Son of Satumi take Advice
From one, whom thy fevere Decree

Has fumifli'd Leifure to grow wi|b:
Thou rql'ft the Gods : But Fate rules thee.

U% Who-

I ^4 ^P cents upon fever al Occafions.

Whoe'er th' Immortal Maid comprelling
Shall tafte the Joy, and reap the BlefRng,

Thus th' unerring Stars advife:
From that aufpicious Night an Heir fhall rife
Paternal Glories to out-lhine.

And be the Greatell of his Line.

y///. Shall then the. Son of Saturn be undone,

Like Saturn^ by an impious Son !
Juftly thMmpartial Fates confpire.
Dooming that Soft to be the Sire
Of fuch another Son.
Confcious of Ills that I have done.
My Fears to Prudence fliall advife.
And Guilt,that made me great,fhall make me wife.

The fatal Blelfing I refigij i. [Giving her to

Peleus
Teleusy take the Maid Divine ;

^fove cohfenting, flie is thine ;

The fatal Bleffijig I refign. Tel

Toems upon fiver al Occajtons. i6s

Tel Heav'n had been loft, had I been Jove ;
There is no Heav'n like mutual Love.

J up. to Trom. And thou, the Stars Interpreter,
• *Tis juft I fet thee free

•

Who giv'ft me Liberty:

Arife, and be thy felf a Star.

'Tis juft I fet thee free.

Who giv'ft me Liberty.

[The Vulture drops dead at the Feet of Prome-
theus, his Chains fall ojfj and he is born
up to Heaven with Jupiter, to a loud Flou-
rijh of all the Mujick.

Tel. Fly, fly to my Arms, to my Arms,
Goddefs of Immortal CharmS !
To my Arms, to my Arms, fly, fly,
Goddefs of tranfporting Joy !

But to gaze

On thy Face,

•Ms Thy

1 66 *Poems i^m fiver al Occafons,

Thy gentle Hand thus prdO&iig,
Is beav'nly heav'nly Bleifing.

O my Soul!
WMther, whither art thou flying^
laoR. in fweet tumultuous dying.
Whither, whither art thou flying,

O my Soul!

Thet. You tremble, Teleus — So do I:
Abft*y» and we'll together die.
Immortal, and of Race Divine,
My Soul fhall take her Flight with thine:

Life diflblving in Delight,
Heaving Breafk, and fwimming Sight^^
Falt'ring Speech, and gafping Breath,
Symptoms of delicious Death,
Life diffolvjng in Delight,
My Soul is ready for the Flight.

Toems nfon fiver al Occafms. 1 67

O my Soul!

Whither, whither art thou flying?
Loft in fweet tumultuous dying,

Whither, whither art thou flying,

O my Soul!

Pel.«»iThet.T ^ «,. «^
repeat together) O my Soul, ^c.

CHORUS <7/tf// the Inftruments and Voicet

Singing and dancing.

When the Storm is blown over

How bleft is the Swain,
Who begins to difcover

An end End of his Pain.

When the Stormy &c.

'^hcT'

M 4 Writt0

1 68 Toems u{m fever al Occajions.

Written under Mrs. HareV Name
upon a Drinking-Glafs.

[prepare
HE Gods of Wine, and Wit, and Love,

With chearful Bowls to celebrate the Fair,
Love is enjoinM to name his Fav'rite Toafl,
And Harems the Goddefs that delights him moft;
Thwbus approves, and bids the Trumpets found,

And Bacchusy in ^ Bumper, fends it round.

Written under the Dutchefs of Bolton V
Nanie upon a Drinhing-Glafs.

[Care,
OVE's keenefl Darts are ch^rmmg Boltons

[fpair;

Which the bright Goddefs poifons withDe-
The God of Wine the dire Effeft forefees.
And fends the Juice that gives the Lover Eafe,

..A

^A-«tl. '. Am.. . .. '

Toems ufon fiver al Occafions,- i.6^

A Latin Infcription on a Medal
for LEWIS XIV.

PRoximus ^ fimilts regnas Ludovke Tonanth
Vim Jummami Jumma cum f let ate geris:
Magnus es expanfis Alis^ fedmaximas Armis^

Trotegis hinc Anglos j Teutones inde fefis.
^in coeant totOy Titania fader a Rheno^
Ilia Asi uilam tantum^ Gallia Fuhnen habet.

and Apply d to the

Q^U E E N

Ext to the Thunderer let ANNjiiknd,
In Piety Supream, as in Command,
FamM for Viftorious Arms and Generous Aid,

[Dread :

Young Aujlrids Refuge, and fierce Bourbon^s
Titanian Leagues in vain Ihall brave the Rhine ^
When to the Eagle YOU the Thunder join.

ty% IPoems upon yeveral OccaJioHs.

Awake, difclofe thy charming Eyes,
And ihow the Sun a brighter Ray :
Thcebus in vain calls forth the blufhing Morn,
He but creates the 'Day, which you adorn.

II- - I - • _

An ESSAY upon Unnatural

Flights in Poetry.

As when fome Image of a charimng Face,
In living Paint, an Artift tries to trace.
He carefully confults each beauteous Line,
Adjufling to his Objeft, hisDefign;
We praife the Piece, and give the Painter Fame,
But as the bright Refemblance fpeaks the Dame.

Poets are Limners of another kind.

To copy out Idaeas in the Mind,

Words are the Paint by which their Thoughts are

And Nature is their Objeft to be drawn ;

The

Poems uf on fever al Occafions. 173

The written Pifture we applaud, or bkme,
But as the jufl: Proportions are the fame.
Who, driven with ungovernable Fire,
Or void of Art, beyond thefe Bounds afpire,
Gigantick Forms and monllrous Births alone
Produce, which Nature fliock'd difdains to own^
By true Refledion I wou'd fee my Face,
Why brings the Fool a magnifying Glafs ?

* But Poetry in Fiftion takes Delight,
^ And mounting in bold Figures out of Sight,'

* Leaves Truth behind^n her audacious Flight :

* Fables and Metaphors, that always lie, '

* And ralh Hyperbole's, that foar fo high,
^ And ev'ry Ornament of Verfe, muft die,

Miftake me not : No Figures I exclude.
And but forbid Intemperance, not Food.
Who wou'd with Care fome happy Fiftion frame,

■

So mimicks Truth, it looks the very fame.

Not

174 ' ^ofms itfon fever al Occajtons,

Not rais'd to force, or feign'd in Nature's Sconi)
But meant to grace, illuftrate, and adorn :
faiportant Truths flill let your Fables hold.
And Moral Myfteries with Art unfold ;
Ladies and Beaus, to pleafe, is all the Task,
But the fliarp Critick will InflruAion ask.
As Veils tranfparent cover, but not hide.
Such Metaphors appear, when right apply'd j
When, thro* the Phrafe, we plainly fee theSenfe,
Truth with fuch obvious Meanings will difpenfe.
The Reader what in Reafon's due believes.
Nor can we call that falfe which not deceives.
Hyperbole's fo daring and fo bold,
Difdaining Bounds, are yet by Rules control'dj
Above the Clouds, but yet Wi±in our Sight,
They mount with Truth, and make a towering
Prefenting Thii^ impolfible to View, • '
They wander thro* Incredible, to True :

Falihoods

T0ems ufon ftvtral Oceafims* i/y

FaUhoods thus mix'd, like Metals are refin'd.
And Truth, like Silver, leaves the Dr(^s behind.
Thus Poetry has ample Space to foar,
Nor needs forbidden Regions to explore ;
Such Vaunts as his who can with l^tience read»
Who thus defcribes his Hdro when he's dead?
«*InHeatof Adtionflain, yet fcoms to fal)»
* < But Hill maintains the W ar , and fights at — AIL
The noifie Culverin, o'er-charg*d, lets fly.
And burfls, unaiming, in the rended Sky ;
Such irantick Flights are like a Madman's Dreams
And Nature fufFers in the wild Extream.
The Captive Canibal, oppreft with Chains^
Yet braves his Foes, reviles, provokes, difdainsj
Of Nature fierce, untameable, and proud.
He bids Defiance to the gaping Croud,
And fpent at laft, and fpeechlefs as he lies.
With fiery Glances mocks their Rage, and dies.

1^6 Toems ufon fever al Ocoafions.

This is the utmoft Stretch that Nature can.
And all beyond is fulfome, falfe, and vain.
The Rwnan Wit, who impioufly divides
His Hero, and his Gods, to different Sides,

■

I wou'd condemn, but that, in fpight of Senfe,
Th* admiring World ftill Hands in his Defence:
The Gfods, permitting Traitors to fucceed.
Become not Parties in an impious Deed,
And,, by the T3nrant's Murder, we may find
That CatQ and the Gods were of a Mind.
.Thus forcing Truth with fuchprepoftrousPraife,
Our Charafters we lelTen, when we'd raife ;
Like? Caflles bmit by Magick Art in Air,
That vaniih at Approach, fuch Thoughts appear;
But raised on Truth, by fome judicious Hand,
As on a Rock, they fliall for Ages (land.
Our King return'd, and baniih'd Peace reftor'd.
The Mufe ran mad, to fee her exil'd Lord ;

Toems uj>on Jeveral Occafions. viy

On the crack'd Stage the Bedlam Heroes roar'd,
And fcarce cou'd fpeak one reafonable Word :
^ryden himfelf, to pleafe a frantick Age,
Wias forc'd to let his Judgjnent ftoop to Rage,
To a wild Audience he conformed his Voice,
Comply'd to Cuftom, but not errM thro' Choice^
Deem then the People's, not the Writer's Sin,
Almanfir^s Rage, and Rants of Maximim
That Fury fpent, in each elaborate Piece,
He vies for Fame with ancient Rome and Greece.
Rofcdtnmm firft, then Mulgrave rqfe, lijte Light,
To clear our Darknefs, and to guide our Flight ;
With fteady Judgment, and in lofty Sqund^,
They gave us Patterns, and they fet us Bounds.
The Stagyritey and Horace, laid afide,
Inform'd by them, we need no Foreign Guide.
Who feek from Poetry a lafting Name,
May from their LelTons learn the Road to Fame;

N - But

Totms upon fiveral Occajions. 1 79

But Wycherley earns hard whatever he gains,
He w^ts no Judgment,and he fpares no Pains, ^c.

Ld, RocheftfcrV Poems.

This CharadCf, however juft in other Particu-
lars, yet'is injurious in one, Mr. Wycherley being
fcprefented as a laborious Writer, which every

Man who has the leaft Perfonal Knowledge of
him can contradid:.

Thdfe indeed who form their Judgment only
from his Writings, may be apt to imagine fo ma-
ny admirable Rfefleftions, fiich Diverfity of Ima-
ges and Charafters, fuch ftrift Enquiries into
Nature, fuch clbfe Obfervatioiis on the feveral
Hutnours, Manners and AfFeAioiis of all Ranks
and Degrees of Men, and, as it were, fo true*
and fo per fed a DilTeftioh of Humankind, deli-
vered with fo much pointed Wit and Force of
Exprefiion, could be no other than the Work of
extraordinary Diligence and Application : Where-
as others, who have theHappinefs to be acquain-
ted with the Author, as well as his Writings,
are able to aBBrm thefe happy Performances were
due to his infinite Genius and natural Penetrati-
on. We owe the Pleafure arid Advantage of

N 2 b^ving

ito Toems upon fever al Occafions.

having been fo well entertained and inftruded by
him, to his Facility of doing it : For, if I miftake
him not extremely, had it been a Trouble to
him to write, he would have fpar'd himfelf that
Trouble: What he has performed would indeed
have been difficult for another ; but the Club
which a Man of ordinary Size could not lift,
was but a Walking-ftafF for Hercules.

Mr. Wycherley^ in his Writings, has been the
fliarpefl Satyrift of his Time ; but, in his Nature,
he has all the Softnefs of the tendereft Difpofiti-
ons : In his Writings he is Severe, Bold, Under-
taking ; in his Nature Gentle, Modefl, Inoffen-
five : He makes ufe of his Satyr, as a Man truly
brave of his Courage, only upon Publick Occa-
fions, and for Publick Good: He compaflionates
the Wounds he is under a Neccflity to probe,
or, like a good-natur'd Conqueror, grieves at
the Occafions that provoke him to make Tuch
Havock.

There are who objeft to his Verfification : But
a Diamond is not lefs a Diamond for not being
polilh'd. Verfification is in Poetry, what Co-
louring is in Painting, a beautiful Ornaniept :
But if the Proportions W'e juft, the Pofture true,

the

Toemr u^m Jeveral Occajions. tZt

the Figure bold, and the Refemblance according
to Nature, tho* the Colours ihould happen to be
rough, or carelefly laid on, yet may the Piece be
of inefUmable Value: Whereas the fineft and the*
niceft Colouring Art can invent is but Labour in
vain, where the reft is wanting. Our prefent
Writers indeed, for the moft part, feem to lay
the whole Strefs of their Endeavours upon the
Harmony of Words ; but then, like Eunuchs,
they facrifice their Manhood for a Voice, and
reduce our Poetry to be like Echo, Nothing but
Sound.

InMx.fVycherley every thing is Mafculine:
His Mufe is not led forth as to a Review, but as
ta a Battel; not adorn'd for Parade, but Execu-
tion : He would be try 'd by the Sharpnefs of his
Blade, and not by the Finery: Like your He-
roes of Antiquity, he charges in Iron, and feems

to defpife all Ornament, but intrinfick Merit:
And like thofe Heroes has therefore added ano-
ther Name to his own, and by the unanimous
Confent of his Cotemporaries, is diftinguifliM
by the juft Appellation of Manly fFycherley.

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No Magick Ijke Love.

DRAMATICK POEM.

As it is Afted at the

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Her MAJESTY'S Servants.

Printed ia the Year 1710.

Advertifement to the Reader.

UPON the Separation of the
Houfes, when Mufical Per-
formances were confined to one
Theatre, and Dramatick to the
other, it became neceflary to leng-
then the Reprefentation of the
enfuing Poem with feveral Alte-
rations and Additions, and fome
entire new Scenes, to fill up the
Spaces occafion'd by the Neceffi-
ty of leaving out the Mixture of
Mufical Entertainment. Which
Addition^ are herewith Printed,
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P R O L O G U E.

POetSy by Ob/ervation^ find it truej
^s harder much to pie a fe them/elves^ than Tou :
To Weave a ^kty to Warky or to Refine
A labour'* d Scene y to ^olijh ev*ry Line^

JudgmeMt mufijweaty and feel a Mother^ s Gainst
Vain Too Is! thus to difiurb and rack their Brains t
When^ more indulgent to the Writer* s Eafe^
Tou are too good to be fo hard to fleafe :
No Juch convulfive Tangs it will require
To fVrite the fretty Things that you admire.

Our Author then^ to pleafe you in your Way^
Trejents ypu now a Bawble of a Tlay^
In jingling^ Rhime^ well fortify* d andftrong^
He fights entrehcVdy d* er Head and Ears ^ in Song*
Jf here and thfre fome evil-fated Line
Sbou'd cb^nce^ , thro^ Inadvertency y to Jhiney ^
Forgive him^ Beaux, he means you no Offence j
But begs:y<m^fir the Love of Song and^ance^
To pardon all the Toetry and Senfe,

Dra-

Dramatis Perfonse.

MEN.

Caliusy King oiBritMn^ Father to Oriana. Mr. Bettertin^
Conjlantiusy Emperor of Rome ^ in Loyc with? jl*^ n^^u

Anudisy a &moa$ Knight-Adventurer, in Love? «;r, rr^i^„„^
with Or/«««, and belov'd by her. i """ ♦''^*"^«5B«»-

Fhrefiany Companion to AmaJisy in Love with 7 j^^ Husbands.
Confanda. i

Luciwy a Roman,

Arcakusy an Enchanter, Enemy to Amadi. Mr. Bo^mMn^

W O ME N.

ArcaboHy an finchantrcfs, Sifter to Arcalaus. Mrs. B^iiry.

Orsana. Mrs. BracegiriU.

Cortfands. Mrs. Porper.

UrgMtday a good Enchantrefs. Mrs. Bowman.

D^/^Vf, her x\ttendant. ^ Mrs. Bit^rr.

Officers and Guards attending CW/air/ ; Romans attending Ctf»>
ftantim; Ladies attending dri^^ ; Attendants to the icveal
Xncbanters ; Knights and Ladies Captives ; Singers and Dai^

^ cers. .

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The Curtain rifes to a Flourijh of all Sorts of loud
Mufick. The SCEKK is a Grove ieautrfy'd
with FountaittSy Statues^ &c. Urganda is
difcoveri as in the midji of feme Ceremony of
Enchantment. Thunder during the Mufick.

Urganda, Delia, and Attendants.

R G A N D A.

I Ound, found ye Winds, the rended
Clouds divide.
Fright back the Prieft, and fave a
trembling Bride ;
Affift an injur*d Lover*s faithful I-ove :
An injurM Lover*sCaufe is worthy Joi^f.

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©^/.Succcfsful is ourCharm : TheTemple fhakes^

The Altar nods, th' aftonifli'd Prieft forfakes

The hoUowM Shrine, ftarts from the Bride-

grooni's Side,

Breaks off the Rites, and leaves the Knot untyM.

\Thunder again and Mupck. Urganda walks
down the Scene j waving her incbtmted Rud
during the following Incantation.

Te fuupet Mujlcians of the Sky^
Hither^ hither^ flyy fly^
And with enchantingNotes all Magic k elfe fU^ply.
Stnmd the Trumfety touch the Lute^
Strike the Lyrcy and tune the Flute;

In Harmony y
Celeftial Harmony y
All Magick Charms are found i
Sound the Trumpet y found.

A Single Voice.

Jafon thus to Orpheus fhidy
Take thy Harfy and melt the Maid'^^
Vows are vainy with Mufick i£)/irm her^
"Playy my Friendy and charm the Charmer.

Hark!

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Hark ! hark f His Orphfeus flays^
The Cedars dance ^ the Grove obeys.

Hark J hark again !
Medea meks like Proferpine.
Lift^ning Jhe turns: how foft^ Jhe cries!
How five et! ah howjweet each String replies^

'^Till on the warbling Note Jhe dies.
Ahhow Jweetj and how divine!
O! His nFlea/ure
Beyond MeaJUrey
Take the Treajurcy
Greek, His thine.

C H O R U S.

Sound the Trumpet y touch the LutCy
Strike the Lyrcy and tune the Flute i
In Harmony y
Celefiial Harmony y
All Magick Charms are found \
Sound the Trumpet y found.

Firft Dance of Statues.

A Single Vqice.

When with ad&ring Looks- we gasiCy
On bright OxvxsiTLS heavenly Faccy

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Jn every Ki lance y and every Grace^
What is that we fee y

But Harmony \
Celefiial Harmony.
JOur raviftjd Hearts leap up to meet
The Mufick of her Eyes yand dance aroundher feet.

^rg. This Care for Amadisy ye Gods, approve ;
For what's a Soldier's Recompence but Love ?
When forc'd from Britain^ call'd to diftant War,
His vanquifh'd Heart remained a Captive here ;
Oriand's Eyes that glorious Conqucft made^
Nor was his Love ungratefully repaid.

^el. By Arcabonj like hoftile JunOy croft.
And lifee jEneas driven from Coaft to Coaft,
The wandring Hero wou'd return too late.
Charged by Oriana with the Crimes of Fate;
Who, anxious of Negleft, fufpefting Change,
Confults her Pride, and meditates Revenge.

Vrg.]u{k, in the Moment,when Refentment fires,
A charming Rival tempts, a rugged King requires;
Love yields at laft, thus combated by Pride,
And fhe fubmits to be the Romans Bride.

©^/.Did not your Art,with timely Aids,provide,
Oriana were his W ife^ and not his Bride.

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^rgXn Jincient Times,e'er Chivalry was known j
The Infant World with Monflers overgrown.
Centaurs and Giants, nurfl: with human Bldoci j
And dire Magicians, an infernal Brood,
Vex'd Men and Gods ; but moft the Fair comphin^
Of violated Loves, and Lovers flain.
To fhelter Innocence, and injured Rights
The Nations all eleft fome Patron-Knight,
Sworn to be true to Love, and Slaves to Faitie^
And many a valiant Chief enrols his Nlame i
By ihining Marks diftinguiih'd they appear^
And various Orders various Enfigns bear.
Bound by ftrift Oaths, to ferve the brighteft Eyesi
Not more they ftrive for Glory than the Prize ;
While, to invite the Toil, the faireft Dame
Of Britain is the boldeft Champion's Claim.

23^/. Of all who in this Race of Fame delight^
Brave Amadis is own'd the hardy'fl Knight,
Nor Thefeusy nor Alcides^ ventured more, ^
Nor he fo fam'd, who, bath'd inMonfter's Gore, ^
Upon his creftedHelm the trampl'dDfagon bore. ^

Vrg. O mighty Amadis ! what Thanks are du^
To thy viftorious Sword, that Ardan flew?
Ardan^ that black Enchanter, whofe dire Ajfts
Enflav'd ourKnights,and broke our VirginsHearts^

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Met Spear to Spear, thy great delivering Hand
Slew the Deftroyer and redeemed the Land ;
Far from thy Breaft all Care and Grief remove,
Oriana\ thine^ by Conqueft as by Love.

l^eL The haughty Arcaboth of Ardanf% Blood,
And Arcaldusj Foes alike to Good,
Gluttons in Murder, wanton to dellroy.
Their fatal Arts as impioufly employ :
Heirs to their Brother's Hatred, and fworn Foes
To AtnaSsj their Magick they oppofe
Againil his Love and Life*

Vrg. With equal Care '

Their Vengeance ta prevent, we now prepare* ^ |
Behold the Time, when tender Love Ihall be
Nor vext with Doubt, nor preft with Tyranny,
The Love-fick Hero fhall from Camps remove,
To reap Reward : The Hero's Pay is Love.
The Tasks of Glory painful are and hard.
But oh! how bleft, how fweet is the Reward!

Urganda retires down the Scene as continuing the

Ceremony of Enchantment \ Mufick ^ layings and

• her Attendants repeating the Chorus of the

fjpregoing Incantation 'till out of Sight. The

Scene changes to an Apartment in King CeliusV

Talace.

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Palace. Enter a numerous Train of Britons
and Romans preceding Conftantius ^nd Cori-^
fanda, followed by other Attendant Si Men and
Women ; the Britons in a fainted T)refs aftet
the Ancient Manner.

CONSTANTIUS, OrIANA, CoRISANPAi

C(9».Lovers confnltnot Stars^nor watch the Skies^
But feek their Sentence in their Charmer's Eyesj
Carelefs of Thunder, from the Clouds that breaks
My only Omens from your Looks I take ;
When my Or tana fmiles, from thence I date
My future Hope, and when fhe frowns, my Fatef;
Ori. If from my Looks your Sentence you wou'd
Behold, and be inftrufted to Defpair. [hear^
Con. Loft in a Labyrinth of Doubts aftd Joys,
Whom now her Smiles reviv'd,her Scorn deftroysj
She wiU, and fhe will not, flie grants^ denies,
Confents, retrafts, advances j and then flies^
Apprpving and rejefting in a Breath,
Now proffering Mercy, now prefetitiiig Death \
Thus Hoping, thus Defpairing^ never fure.
How various are the Torments I endure !
Cruel Eftate of Doubt! ah! I*rincefs, try
Once to refolve, or let me live, or die*

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Or/.Ceafe,Prince,the Anger of the Gods to move,
'Tis now become a Crime to mention Love ;
Our holy Men, interpreting the Voice
Of Heav'n inWrath,forewarn th'iil-omen'dChoice

Con. Strange Rules for Conftancy your Priefts
devife,
If Love and Hate muft vary with your Skies,
From fuch vile Servitude fet Reafon free ;
The Gods in ev'ry Circumftance agree ;
To fuit our Union, pointing out to me.
In this right Hand, the Scepter that they place
For me to hold, was meant for you to grace.
Thou bed and fair eft of the beauteous Kind,
Accept that Empire which the Gods defign'd,
And be the charming Miftrefs of Mankind.
Ambition, Love, whatever can infpire
A mutual Flame, Glory, and young Defire,
To guide and to adorn the deftin'd Choice con-

fpire.

If Greatnefs then with Beauty may compare.
And fure the Great are formed but for the Fair,
Then 'tis moft plain, that all the Gods decree
That I was born for you, and you for me.

Cor. Nuptials of Form, of Int'reft, or of Stat^,
Thofe Seeds of Pride, are fruitful in Debate ;

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Let happy Men for generous Love declare,
And chufe the needy Virgin, Chafte and Fair ;
Let Women to fuperior Fortune born.
For naked Virtue all Temptations fcorn.
The Charm's immortal to a gallant Mind,
If Gratitude cement whom Love has join'd.
And Providence, not niggardly, but wife.
Here laviflily bellows, and there denies.
That by each other's Virtue we may rife :
Weak the bare Tye of Man and Wife we find ;
. But Friend and Benefaftor always bind.

Ent€r King Celius with a Guard of Britons.

Cel. Our Priefls recover, 'twas a holy Cheat,
Lead back the Bride, the Ceremonies wait.

Ori. W hat Heav'n forbids •

Cel. 'Twas Ignorance of my Will,
Our Priefls have better learnt: What now is ill.
Can, whcnipleafe, be good ; and none fhall dare
Preach or expound ,but what theirKing wou'd hear.
E'er they interpret let 'em mark my Nod,
My Voice theirThunder ,this right Arm their God.
Prince, take your Bride.

Or/.'Twere impious now to fuffer him myHand.

\Refufing to Conftantius, who offers to take
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Cel. How dar'fl: thou difobey , when I command ?
Mind, mind her jiot, nor be difturb'd at Tears,

\To Con.
A counterfeited Qualm of Bridal Fears;
All feign'd and falfe ; while her Defires are more
A real Fire, but a diffembled Show'r :
You'd fee, cou'd you her inward Motions watch,
Feigning Delay, fhe wiihes for Difpatch ;
Into a Woman's Meaning wouM you look,
Then read her backward, like a Wizard's Book.
On to the Temple lead.

Ort. Obedience is your Due, whichlmuftpay;
But as a Lover I command you, — -Stay.

{Again rejeBing his Hand.
Obeying him, PU be obey'd by you.

Con. Not Saints to Heav'n with more Submif-
fion bow :
I have no Will but what your Eyes ordain ^
Deftitfd to Love, as they are doom'd to Reign.

Cel. IjffideJ] Into what Hands, ye Gods ! have
you refign^d
Yotir World ? Are thefe the Matters of Mankind ?
Thefe fupple Romans teach our Women Scorn j
I thank you Gods, that I'm a Briton born.

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Agree thefe Trifles in a fliort Debate.
Woman \To her.'] no more of this, but foUo^

ftrait :
And you \To him.'] bequickJamnotusMtowait.

[Exit Celius.

Or I A N A jlands fiknt and weefing a-whiley Con-
STANTius looking concerned. After a Jhort
Tau/e O R I A N A freaks.

Ori. Your Stars and mine have chofen you> to
pi'ove
The nobleft Wayhow gen'rousMen (houM love;
All boafl their Flames, but yet no Woman fofiiid
A Paffioil, wh^re Self-Love was not the Ground,
Now we're ador'd, and the next Hour difpleafe,
At firft your Cure, and after, yotir Dlfeafe,
Slaves we are made, by falfe Pretences caught ;
The Briton in my Soul difdains the Thought.

Con. So much, fo tenderly, your Slave adotes;^
He has no Thought of Happinefs, but youris.

Ori. Vows may be feign'd, nor Ihall meer
Words prevail,
I muft have Proofs ; but Proofs that cannot fail
By Arms, by Honour, and by all that's dear
To Heroes or expefting Lovers, fw«ar.

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Con. Needs there an Oath? and can Ori/i/^^^ fay,
Thus I command, and doubt if I'll obey ?

Ori. Then to be fliort, and pyt you out of Pain,
Leave me, and never fee my Face again.
Start not, nor look furpriz'd, nor paufmg ftand,
Be your Obedience brief, as my Command.

Con. Your ftrange Command you give with
fuch an Air,
Well may I paufe, who tremble but to hear.
Love is a Plant of the moft tender Kind,
That fhrinks and fhakes with ev'ry ruffling Wind;
Such Words in j eft, fear ce can my Heart fupport,
In PHy? ah ! forbear fuch cruel Sport.

Or/.Our ferious Fates no Hours for Mirth allow,
And one fliort Truth is all my Refuge now.
Prepare then. Prince, to hear a Secret told, >
That Shame wou'd fliun, and blufliing I unfold, C
But Dangers prefling, Cowards will grow Bold. )
Know then, I Love

Con. Can jou command Defpair, yet Love
confefs ;
And curfe with the fame Breath with which you
blefs ?

Ori. Miflake me not — That I do love, is true ;
But flatter not your felf, it is not you*

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Con. Forbid it, Gods ! Strike any where but ^
there : * C

Let but thofe Frowns, and that difdainfulAir,C
Be the accuftom'd Nicenefs of the Fair ;
Then I might hope, that Time, affiduous Love,
Vows, Tears, and Pray'rs fuch Coynefs might re*
But if engag'd - Recal the fatal Breath [move:
That fpoke that Word — the Sound is inftantDeath*

Ori. Too late to be recall'd, or to deny,
I own the fatal Truth ; if one muft die,
You are the Judge, fay, is it you, or I?

Enter hafiily a Briton.

^r/>.The King is much difpleas'd at thisDelay . ^
G;«. And let him wait,while ^tis my Will to ilay. C
Ori.Bear back a gentler Anfwer, —We'll obey, i
G?;r.Hence ev'ry Sound that's either foft or kind;
O for a War like that within my Mind :
Yes, by the Gods ! I cou'd to Atoms tear.
Confound Mankind, and all the World — but her.
Say Flatterer, fay, ah ! fair Deluder fpeak,
Anfwer me this, e'er yet my Heart do's break ;
Since thus engag'd, you never cou'd intend
Your Love, why was I flatter'd with your Hand?
Ori. To what a Father, and a King thinks fit,
A Daughter and a Subjeft muft fubmit.

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Think not from Tyranny that Love can grow ;
I am a Slave, and you have made me fo.
Thofe Chains that Duty have put on, remove ;
Slaves may obey, but they can never love.

Cw.Cruel Ori/^if i^,much you wrong'd my Flame,
To think that I could lay fo harfli a Claim.
Love is a Subjeft to himfelf alone,
And knows no other Empire than his own ;
No Ties can bind, that from Conttraint arife.
Where cither's forc'd, all Obligation dies ;
Curft be the Man, who ufes other Art
But only Love, to captivate a Heart.

fatal Law ! requiring to refign

The Objefl; lov'd ; or hated, keep her mine.
OrL Accufe me not of Hate ; with equal Eyes

1 judge your Merit, and your Virtue prize j
Frieadlliip, Efteem be yours : Bereft before
Of all my Love, what can I offer more ?
Your Rival's Image in your Worth I view.
And what I lov'd in him, efteem in you ;

Had your Complaint been firft, it might have

mov'd ;
He then had been efteemM, and you belov'd :
'^Hien blame not me, fince nothing bars your Fate,
But that you pleaded laft, and came too late.
[Conftantius Jfa^s in a thoughtful Tofture^

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Cor. Thus Merit's ufelefs^ Fortune holds the
Scale,
Andftill throws in the Weight that mull pre vaiU
Your Rival is not of more Charms pofleft,
A Grain of better Luck has made him blefL

Con. To love, and have the Power to polTefe^
And yet refign, can Flefli and Blood do this ?
Shall Nature, erring from her firft Conmiand>
Self-Prefervation, fall by her own Hand ?
By her own Ad, the Springs of Life deftroy>
The Principles, and Being of her Joy ?
Senfual and bafe — Can Nature then approve
Bleffings obtained, by curfing whom we Love?
Poflelfing, flie is loft ; renouncing, I ;
Where then's the Doubt ? Die, die Conftantiusy^^
Honour and Love, ye Tyrants, I obey,
Where-e'er your cruel Call direfts my Way,
To Shame, to Chains, or to a certain Grave,
Lead on, unpitying Guides, behold ytrar Slave.

OrL Lovers an ignoble Joy, below your Care,
Glory fliall make amends with Fame in War,
Honour's the nobleft Chafe, purfue that Game,
And recompence the Lofs of Lovo with Fame:
If ftill againft fuch Aids your Love prevails,
Yet Abfence is a Cure that feldom fails.

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Con. Tyrannick Honour ! what Amends canft
thou
E'er make my Heart, by flattering my Brow?
Vain Race of Fame ! unlefs the Conqueft: prove
In fearch of Beauty, to conclude in Love.
Frail Hope of Aids! for Time or Chance to give
That Love, which fpite of Cruelty can live !
From your Difdain, fince no Relief I find,
I muft love Abfent, whom I love Unkind ;
Tho' Seas divide us, and tho' Mountains part,
That fatal Form will ever haunt my Heart.
O! dire Reverfe of Hope, that iendure.
From fure Pofleffion, to Defpair as fure 1
Fai'ewel, Or tana ; yet, e'er I remove.
Can you refufe one Tear to bleeding Love ?
Ah no, take heed, turn, turn thofe Eyes away,
The Charm's fo ftrong, I fhall for ever ftay.
Princefs rejoyce, for your next News fliall be
Qmftantius dies to fet Oriana free.

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scene:, a thick-wooded Foreft.

Enter Arc abon feeming Tenjive^ and Arc alaus,

Arcab. IWTO Warning of th' approaching Flame,
X^ Swiftly like fudden Death it came ;
Like Travellers by Lightening kill'd,
I burnt the Moment I beheld.

In whom fo many Charms are placed.
Is with a Mind as nobly grac'd ;
The Cafe, fo fliining to behold.
Is fiU'd with richeft Gems and Gold.

To what my Eyes admir'd before,
I add a thoufand Graces more.
And Fancy blows into a Flame
The Spark, that from his Beauty came.

The Objeft, thus improved by Thought,
By my own Image I am caught.

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Pygmalion fo with fatal Art

FoUfht the Form, that ftung his Heart.

Arcal. Enchantrefs fay, whence fuch Replies
as thefe ?
Thou anfwer'ft Love, I fpeak of Amadis.

Arcab. Swiftly he paft, and as in Sport purfu'd
The favage Herd, and hunted round the Wood;

[Seeming not to mind him*
Tygers ani Wolves in vain his Stroke withftand,
Cut down, like Poppies by the Reaper's Hand;
Like Mars he look'd, as terrible and ftrong.
Like Jove majeftick, like Apollo young ;
With all their Attributes divinely gracM,
And fure their Thunder in his Arm was plac'd.

Arcal. Who pafs'd? who look'd?

Arcab. Ah ! there's the fatal Wound,
That tears myHeartftrings —But he ftiall be found:
Yes, ye Infernals, if there's Pow'r in Art,
My Arms fhall hold him, as he grafps my Heart.
Shall I, who can draw down the Moon, and keep
The Stars confin'd, enchant the boift'rous Deep,
Bid Boreas halt, make Hills and Forefts move,
Shall I be baffled by this Tritler, Love ? [mount

Arcal. Sufpend thefe Follies, and let Rage fur-
A Brother's Death requires a ftrift Account ;

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To Day, to Day, perhaps this very Hour,
This Moment, now, the Murth'rer 's in our EoW'i\
Leave Love in Cottages and Cells to reign,
With Nymphs obfcure, and with the lowly Swain,
Who walle their Days and Strength in fuch fliort

Joys,
Are Fools, that barter precious Life for Toys.
Arcab. They're Fools who preach we wst^b
our Days and Strength ;
What is a Life whofe only Charm is Length?
Give me a Life that's fliort, and wing'd with Joy^
A Life of Love, whofe Minutes never cloy i
What is an Age in dull Renown drudg'd o'er?
One little fmgle Hour of Love is more.

An Attendant enters haft'dyy and whij^tti

Arcalaus.

Arcdl. See it perform'd — And thou Ihalt bCi
Dire Inflrument of Hell, a God to me.

{Exit Attend4n$,
He comes, he comes, juft ready to be caught.
Here Ardan fell, here on this fatal Spot
Our Brother dy'd ; here flow'd that precious Gore
The purple Flood, that cries fo loud for more :
Think on that Image, fee him on the Ground,
His Life and Fame both bury 'd in one Wound.

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Think on the Murderer, with infulting Pride
Tearing the Weapon from his bleeding Side,

Oh think

Arcab?^ hat need thefe bloody Images to move?
Revenge I will — And wou'd fecure my Love*
Why fhou'd I of a Frailty fliameful be.
From which no Mortal yet was ever free?
Not fierce Medeuj Miftrefs of our Art,
Nor Circe J nor Calipfi Tcap'd the Smart.
If Hell has Pow'r, both Paffions I will pleafe^
My Anger and my Lov6 fliall both have Eafe.
Lead on. Magician, make Revenge fecure,
My Hand's as ready, and fliall ttrike as fure.

\They go off.

Oriana ajid CoRis ANDA appear entring from

the lower Tart of the Scene,

Oru Thrice happy they, who thus in Woods and
Groves,
From Courts retir'd, poflefs their peaceful Loves ;
Of royal Maids, how wretched is the Fate,
Born only to be Viftims of the State, •
Our Hopes, our Wifliess, all our Paflions ty'd
For publick Ufe; the Slaves of others Pride.
Here let us wait th' Event, on which alone
Depends my Peace, I tremble 'till 'tis known.

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C?r.So generous this Emperoir^s Love does feem,
Twou'd juflifie a Change, to change for Jhim.

' XJFhurijh of Mujick as in the Foreft.

Ori.Oft we have heard fucbairy Sounds as thefe.
Which in foft Mufick murmuring thro' the Trees
Salute us as we pafs — —

Cor. The Air we breath fure is inchanted Air.
I. [They Itfien^ looking ahut as fkrfrii^d.

Enter fever al af \.kcalavs^j^ Ma^imt, te-^
prefenting She f herds and Shtfherdeps^ fiH*^i
and dancing, >

A Shepheroess.

¥<^low ye Nymphs and Sbefberdi ail.
Come celebrate this Feftival,

^nd merrily Jing, a»d Jp^rty and play.
For "'tis OrianaV Nuptial 'Day.

To Oriana.'] ^een o/feritaiti, and of Love,
Be happy, as the B left above \

■^ Joy fi*l Day is in thy 'Power,
Seize, Q feize thepiUingBattr,
Graces numberlefs attend thee.
The Gods as many Blefpngs fend thte:

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Be bapfy as the Bleft above^
^lueen of Britain, and of hove.

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VoUow ye Nymfhs^ &c.

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Ori. Prepoftrous Nuptials, that fill evVy Breaft
With Joy, but only hers, who fliou'd be bleft.

Cor^ Sure fomc Magician keeps his Revels here ^
Prjnccfs, retire, there may be Danger near.

Ori. W hat Danger in fuch gentle Notes can be ?
Thou Friend to Love, thrice- powerful Harmony,

111 follow thee— — ^Play on

Mufick!s the Balm of Love, it charms Defpair,
Sufpends the Smart, and foftens evVy Care.

[^Exeunt^ following the Mufick.

Arcalaus enters j with an Attendant j ohfer^

ving them.

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Arcal. Finifli the reft, and then be free as Air:
My Eyes ne'er yet beheld a Form fo fair.
Happy beyond my Wifli, I go to prove
At once, the Joys.of IWeet Revenge and Love.

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Enter Amadis and Florestan.

Amad. Miflakeme not — No^ Amadis ihall diej
If flie is pleased, but not dillurb her Joy.
Nice Honour flill engages to requite
FalfeMiftrdTes, and proud, with Slight for Slight*
But if, like mine, the fhibborn Heart retain
A wilful Tendernefs, the Brave muft feign,
In private grieve, but with a carelefs Scorn
In publick, feem to triumph, not to mourn.
• F/(?r .Hard is the Task,in Love or Grief to feign,
When Paffion is fincere, it will complain :
Doubts that fromRumour rofe,you ihou'd fufpend ,
From evil Tongues what Virtue can defend ?
In Love, who injures by a rafh Diftruft
Is the Aggreflbr, and the firft unjuft.

Amad. If Ihe is true, why all this Nuptial Noife
Still ecchoing as we pafs her guilty Joys ?
Who to a Woman trufts his Peace of Mind>
Trufts a frail Bark, with a tempeftuous Wind.
Thus to Vlyfesy on the Stygian Coaft
His Fate enquiring, fpake Atrides Ghoft ;
Of all the Plagues with which the World is curll,
Of ev'ry III, a Woman is the worfl,
Truft not a Wothan. — Well might he advife,
Who perifliM by his Wife's Adulteries.

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Flor. Thus in Defpair, what moll we love, we
wrong ;
Not Heaven efcapes the impious Aihdft's Tongue.

Amadi Enticing Crocodiles^ wbofe Tears are
Death ;
Syrens ythsx, murder with enchanting Breath:
Like Bgypt\ Tempies, dazling to the Sight,
Pompoufly deckM, all gaudy, gay, and bright,
With gKtt*ringGold and fparklingGcm^ theyihinc,
But Apes and Monkeys are the Gods within.

Flor My Love attends with Pain, while you pur-
This angry Theme: I have a Miftrefs too: [^
The faultlefs Form tio fecret Stains difgrace,
A beauteous Mind unblemilh'd as her Face,
Not painted and adorned to varnifh Sin,
Without all Goddefs, all Divine within,
By Truth maintaining what by Love Ihe got,
A Heav'n without a Cloudy a Sun without a Spot

Amad. Forgive the V ifions of my frantick Brainy
Far from the Man I love, be all fuch Pain :
By the immortal Gods I fwear, my Friend ^ ^
The Fates to me no greater Joy eouM ietaSi^ >
Than that your Labours meet a prof parous End^ ^
After fo many glorious Toils, that you
Have found a Miftrefs, beautiful and true.

Ori-

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Okiana i^WCorisakda without.
Ori. and C<?r. Help, help, oh ! Heav'ns,help— - —
. AiMi. What Cries are thefe ?
Flor. It.fcemM the Call of Women ^Diftrcfs.
Of favage Beafts and Men a monftrous Brood
I^o0ef$ this Land

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Or/, and C<^r. Help, help
Amad. Again the Cry's renewed.
Draw both our Swords, and fly with Spfted tofavfr;
Th^oppeft have a fure Refuge in the Brave.

\Exeunt drawing their Swords.
[Oriana and Corifanda crop the Stage j^urjud

by a Tarty belenging to Arcalaus.
Ori. and Cor. Help, help.
Tarty. Piirfue, purfue-

[Flor. croffes the Stage fb flowing the Pur/kit.

A&galaus enters fight ingj and retreating be^

fore Amadis,

-^rix/.Forbear,rafh Mortal,give thy Frenzy o'er.
For know thou temptHl a more than mortal Pow'r,
Amad. Think not my Sword fhall give the leaft
Reprieve,
^Twere Cruelty to let fuch Monfters live.
[Floreftan re-enters retreating befort another
Party J is /eiz^^d^ difarm^d andcarry^d ojf.

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Areal. Yet paufe, and be advisM ; Avoid thy
Fate;
Without thy Life, my Vengeance is compleat :
Behold thy Friend bom to eternal Chains,
Remefiiber Ardan now, ^nd count thy Gains.

Amad. Like ^r^<^»'s be thy Fate, unpity'd fall,
Hius FU at once revenge, and free 'em all.

Fight again^ Arcalaus ftill retreating Hill off the
Stage. Inftruments of Horror are heard under
Ground^ and in the Air, Monfiers and Damons
rife from under the Stage j whtlfi others flj
down from above ^ cr offing to and fro in Confujh
on : Clajhing of Swords behind the Scenes :
Thunder and Lightningj during which Time the
Stage is darkened. On the fudden a Flour ijh of
all the Mujick fucceeds^ the Sl^ clears y and the
Scene changes to a fkafant Trojpeefy Amadis
af fears leaning on his Swordy Jurrounded by
Shepherds and Shefherdeffesy who with Songs y
Mufick and Trances perform the following En^
fhantment,

A Shepherd.

I^ovcy Creator Lovcy apfear^
Attend and hear ;

Appear. A

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A Shepherdess.

Love^ Creator Love^

Tarent of Hedifnand Earthy
"Delight of Gods abovej

To thee all Nature owes her Birth',
Love^ Creator Love.

CHORUS. .

Apfearj appear^
Attend and hear^
Appear.

Shepherd.

All that in ambient Air does move^
Or teems on fertile Fields be low j

Or Jparkks in the Skies above j
Or does in rowling Waters flowj
Spring from the Seeds that thou doftjbwy
Lovfy Creator Love.

C H O RUS.

Appear J appear^

Attend and hear^

Appear.

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SHEPHi;RDESS.

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fThen Love is away^
Or is -not aursy

How dull is the SD^y,
How Jlaw the Hours!
When Lave is awi^ there^s no delight ;

How dull is the T^ay^

When Love's away^

How dull is the l^ay^

How flow the Hours ;
But win^dwith Lave^ how Jwift is the Flight*

CHORUS.

Better in Lave a Slave to be^
Tkan with the wide ft Empires free.

[Symphony far Difcord.

ODE for DISCORD.

When Lovers away^ then T>iJcord reigns :
The Furies he unchains ^
Bids i^okis unbind
The Northern Wind^
That fettered l^ in Cavesy
And root up Trees^ and plough the Tlains.

Old Ocean frets and raves ^
From their deep Roots the Rocks he tears j

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Ji^hole Detugej lets fiyr
That dajh againjf the Sky^
And feem to drown the Stars.
Tb'affauited Ckuds return the Shocks

Blue Lightnings Jingo the W^mes^
And Thunder rends the RocL
Then Jove ufiisff^ bis Father^ s Qrown^

InftmBting Mortals to affirei
The father would dejiroy the Son^
The Son dethrones the Syre.
The Titans, to regain their Rights
T rep are to try a ficond Fights
hvv9iXt\i& arms his hundred If auds^
And marches forth the hold Gygantick Bands.
Pclion nj^on Ofla throtsin
Steef Olympus they inrndoy
Gods and Giants tumkh dovm^
And Mars is foiPd by EnceUdc-
Horror J, Cotrfufiouy vengefkl Ire^
^ agger Sy Voifin^ Swordf andFire^
To e$cecute the deft in' d IVr^h conjpire:
The furies toofe their fnaky Rods^
And lajh both Men and Gods.

Chorus of Inftnunental Mufick for Difcord.

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SYMPHONY for LOVE.

Shepherdess.

But when Love bids ^ijcord ceafej
The jarring Seeds unite in Veace ;
O theTleaJkres faft exprejjtng!
All is Joy J and all is^Bleffing.
Hail to Love^ and welcome Joy^
Hail to the delicious Bey !
In Cyprus firft the God was known;

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TbencMfti^totheMamj^
In ^ntXRy he fix' d his Reigtt,
And in OriahaV Eyes his Throne.

C HOR U S.

HailtoLovCj and Welcome Joy^

Hail to the delicious Boy !
See the Sun fr^m Love returning^
Lovers the Flame in which he'^s burning.
See the Zephyrs kiffing clo/e^

OnY\oT^s Br eaft their Wings repofe.
Hail to Love! the fofteji Tkajure;
Lave and Beauty reign for ever.

DANCE.

^€nce of Shepherds, and Shepherdefes.

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Shepherdess to Amadis,

Now Mortal prepare i

For thy Tate is at hand\
Now Mortal prepare

And jurrender. .
For Love Jhsll arifij

Whom no TowV can withfiandj
Who rules from the Skies

To the Center.
Now Mortal prepare^

For thy Fate is at Handi
Now Mortal prepare
And farrender.

R I A N A rifis enchant edy repofing on a Bed of

Flowers. AmzAis /eeing her^ throws away his

Swordf and offers to run to her^ but is feiz^d

in the fame Infant.

[ArtnSt

Amad. I'll break thro^ all Enchantment to thofe

1 am all Love, and thou all over Charms.

[Here he is fei^d: Oriana wakes and rifes.
Ori. In what enchanted Regions am I loft ?
Am I alive? Or wander here a Ghoft?
Art thou too dead r

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Amsd. Where-e/eryouare, the Realms of Blifs
muft be ;
I fee my Goddefs, and 'tis Heav*ntafee!
Stand off — and give me way — r—

Ori. No — keep him there,
Th' ungrateful Traitor, kt him not come near :
Convey the Wretch where Sify^hus atones
For Crimes enornious, and where Tityus groans,
With Robbers and with Murderers let him prove
Immortal Pains — for he has murderM Love,

Amad. Have I done this \

Ori. Bafe and perfidious Man,
Let me be heard, and anfwer if you can.
Was it your Love, when trembling by your Side
I. wept, and I implor'd, and almoft dy'd.
Urging your Stay— Was it yeurLove that bore
Your faithlefs Veflel, from th&BritiJh Shore?
What faid I not, upon the fatal Night ,
When you avow'd your meditated FUght?
Was it your Love, that prompted you to part
To leave me dying, and to break my Heart?
See whom you fled. Inhuman and Ingrate,
Repent your Folly, but repent too late.

jimad. Miftaken Princefs ! By the Stars above.

The Pow'rs below, and by Immortal jBve,

Unwilling and compell'd

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Ori. Unwilling and compelled! Vain, vain Pre-
tence,
For bafe Negled, and cdld Indifference.
Was it your Love, when by thofe Stars above, .
Thofe Powers below, and that Inimortal Jmje^
You vow'd, before the firft revolving Moon
You wou'd return— Did you return? The Sua
Thrice round the circled Globe was feen to move^
You neither came,nor fent —Was this your Love ?

jhnad. Thrice has that Sun beheld me on your
Coaft,
By Tempefts beaten, and in Shipwrecks loft.

Ori. And yet you chofe thofe Perils of the Sea,
Of Rocks, and Storms, or any thing, but me.
The raging Ocean, and the Winter Wind,
Touch'd at my Paflion, with my Wiflies joined.
No Image, but of certain Fate appeared,
Lcfs 1 your Abfence, than your Danger fearM ;
In vain they threatened, and I fii'd in vain.
More deaf than St6rms,morc cruel than the Main,
No Pray V, nor gentle Meflage cou'd prevail.
To wait a calmer Sky, or fofter Gale ;
You brav'd the Danger, and defpisM the Love,
Nor Death couM fright, nor Tendemcfs cou'd
mov€.

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jhkui. Of our paii: Lives, the Pleafure^ and
the Pain,
Fixt in my Soul, for ever fhall remain:
Recall more gently my unhappy State,
And charge my Crime,not on my Choice,butFate:
In Mortal Bread, fure, Honour never wag'd
So dire a War, nor Love more fiercely rag'd ;
You faw my Torment, and you knew my Heart,
^was Infamy to ftay, ^twas Death to part.

Ori.ln vain you'd cover , with the Thirft of Fame,
And Honour's Call, an odious Traitor's Name i
Cou'd Honour fuch vile Perfidy approve?
Is it no Honour, to be true to Love ?
O Venus! Parent of the Trojan Rzcty
In Britain too, fome Remnants found a Place ;
Frona Brute defcending in a Line direft.
Within thefe Veins, thy fav'rite Blood refpeft.
Mother of Love, by Men and Gods revered.
Confirm thefe Vows, and let thisPray'r be heard.
The Briton to the Gaul henceforth fhall bear
Immortal Hati'ed, and Eternal War;
NorLeague,nor Commerce,let the Nations know,.
Rut Seeds of everlafting Difcord grow ;
With Fire and Sword the faithlefs Race purfue.
This Vengeance to my injured Love is due :

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Rife from our Aflies fome avenging Hand,
To curb their Tyrants, and invade their Land^
Waves fight with Waves, and Shores with Shores

engage,
And let our Sons inherit the fame Rage.
jimad. Might I be heard one Word in my De-
fence

Ori. No, not a Word. What fpecious forc'd
Pretence
Wou'd you invent, to gild a weak Defence?
To falfe JEneasy when 'twas given by Fate
To tread the Paths of Death, and view the Sty^

gtan State,
Forfaken Dido was the firfl: that flood

To ftrike his Eve, her Bofom bath'd in Blood
Frefti from her Wound: Pale Horror andAfFri^t
Seized the falfe Man, confounded at the Sight,
Trembling he gaz'd,^ and fome faint Words he

fpoke.
Some Tears he flied; which, with difdainftil Look,
Unmov'd Ihe heard, and faw, nor heeded more,
Than the firm Rock, when faithlefs Tempells roar,
W ith one laft Glance, his Falfhood fhe upbraids.
Then fuUenly retires, and feeks eternal Shades.
Lead me, O lead me, where the bleeding Queen,
With juft Reproaches, loads perfidious Men,

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Baniih*d from Joy, from £mpire,and fromLig^t,
In Death involve me, and in endfefs Night,
Butkecp— that odionsObjeft— from iny Sight.

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Enter Akc Ah A VS.

Arcal With her laft Words ihe fign'd his dying
Breath;
Convey him ftrait to Tortures, and to Death.

.4mad. Let menot periih with a Traitor's Nimae!
Naked, unarmM, and iingle as I am,
Loofe this right Hand, I challenge all thy Odds
Of Heav'n, or Hell, of Demons, or of Gods.
j&calJrlcnct to his Fate the valiant Boafler bear.

IThey force bim Qjf,
For him, let our infernal Priefts prepare -
TharKnives,their Cords,and Altars— But fbrhen
Soft Beds, and flow?ry Banks, and fragant Bow^s,
Mufick and Songs, and all thofe melting Powers
With which Love fteals on Hearts, and tunes the

Mind
To tendernefs and yielding —
Superior Charms, enchant us to be kind.

[ExBunt.

ACT

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ACT III. SCENE I

Arcalaus ^/r^ Arcabon meeting.

ArcaLXJtTlLlcome as after Darknefs chearftd

VV Light,
Or to the weary Wanderer downy Night :
Smile, fmile, O Arcabon^ for ever fmile.
And with thy gay eft Looks reward my Toil:
That fullen Air but ill becomes thee now,
See'ft thou not glorious Conqueft on my Broft^?
Amadisj Amadh

Arcab. Dead, or in Chains ? Be quick in thy
Reply.

ArcaL He live?> my Arcabou, but lives to die.
The gnawing Vulture* and the reftlefs Wheel,
Shill be Delight to what the Wretch fhall feel. .

Arcab. Gbddefs of dire Revenge, Ermms rife,
WithPleafure grace thy Lips* with Joy thy Eyes;
Smile like the Queen of Love* and fh-ip the Rocks
Of Pearls and Gems> to deck thy jetty Locks>
With chearful Tidies difguife thy hollow Throat,
And emulate tli6 Lark and Linnet's Note ;

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Rage rules all other Faffions in my Breaft»
And fwellhig like a Torrent, drowns the reft.
Should this curft Wmcb, whom moft my Soul

abhors,
iProye the dear Man whom mod: my Soul adores,
Love ihbu'd in vain defend him with his Dart,
Thro* ail his Charms Fd ftab him to the Heart. "

[Exeunt,

• S C E N E n.

Enter CoNstANTiuSj Celius, Lucius a
Roman, ami Guard of Britons.

Ci?».Refus'd a Safeguard, menac'd and confin'd!
Do Royal GUefts no better Ufage find?
Are thefe the Cuftoms of the Britijh Court ?
Here only then let Beafts, not Men, refort;
This Treatment, Britout from another Man —

Cel. It is my Will, and help it as you can.
From Contracts fign'd, and Articles agreed.
With Britiflj Faith it fuits not to recede :
How may the World interpret fuch Negled:,
And on her Beauty, or her Fame refleft j
RcmaMt cpnfider well what Courfe you ruft,
Refolve to be my Prifoner J or my Son*

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If this founds rude^ then know, we BritouslMght y
Tliefupple Arts tfiat Foreigners delight, >
Nor fland on Forms to vindicate our Right. ^

lExit King Cclius.

L«c> Happy Extremity ! iiow ft-ince be blefty
Of all you love and all you wiih jpofleft ;
No Cfenfure you incure^ conftrain'd to chufe^
PdTeft at once of Pleafure and Excufe.

Con. If for my felf alone I Wou'd ^offefs^
Twere fenfual Joy, and brutai Happinefs :
When moft we love, embracing and embrat'd.
The Particle fublime 6f Blifs, is placed
InRaptures that we feel the ravifli'dCharmer taft

Orianay no tho' certain Death it be,

111 keep my Word — m die, or fet thee free.
Hafte /r«^/W,hafle, found loud oiir Tf-umpets, call
Our Guard to Arms, tho'few, tlitf re Romans all
Now tremble favage King, a Roman Hand
Shall ne^er be bound, that can a Sword command.

As thejf go offi reenter Celius hajiily^ at^

tended as before.

Cp/.Not to be found ! ifce muft,(h'e ihall be found—
Difperfe out Parties, fcarch our Kingdoms round,
Follow CW/?«2»^/«j-, ' fieze him, torture,* kiH,'

Traitor! what Vengeance I can have, I will.

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Wellhave thy Gods, OiJew^, fecurM thy Peace,
Plan ted behind fo^ many L^ands and Seas,
Or thou fhou'dfl: feel me^ City, in thy Fall,
More dreadful* than the Samnite or the Gauli
But to fupply and recompence this Want,
Hear, O ye Guardians of our Ifle, and grant
That Wrath may rife, and Strife, immortal cofiide
Betwixt the Gods of Britain^znd of Rome. [Exja*

The Scene changes to a Scene of Toi^bs and l^un-
geons% Men and Women chained in Rows ofpo^
Jite to each other ; in the Front of the Captives
Floreflan and Coriianda. A Guard of Dae-
mons. TlaifaiveMufick.

To be fung by ^ Captive King,

Look down ye Tow'^rsy took downy

And4:afi a pitying Eye

Upon a Monarches Mijery.
Look downy look down.
I who but now y on Thrones of Goldy
pave Laws to Kingdoms uncontrouPd^

To Empire boruy

From Empire torn^

A wretched Slavey

A wretched Slavey
Am now of Slaves the Scorn. Alas I

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Alas! the Smiles df Fortune fr^e
As vdriahle aJf Hymens Leve^

L6$k down ye Taw'rSy kok d^n^
Jbd Mfi d pitying Eye
%)jf>tm a Monareh^s M^/ety^
-' i Leokdrwn^ lookdowny^

jtvenge affronted Mofefty^
Avenge^ t^mge^ avenge
Affronted Maj^fiy.

Bty 4 Captive Lovfcir.

Tbt ki^J^'^Jf Idokt^ once ^$;ere i^e^^

li(f9^d Myt'a:^ Myra me^

Each dejirous if the BleffUfg^
Nothing wanting but Teffefflng \

I Uytfd Myfa, Myra vne^

The h^ffy^fi h/Bsrtals once were we.

But Jince cruel F^tes diffevery
Torn from Lo^% and torn for ever^^

Tortures e$fd ^y

VDeath kisfr^nd me :
Of all Tains T^ the greateft^T^in
Is to lovcj and fovf in vai)t^

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By a Captive Libertine,.

I-

Tlague us notJwith idle Storki^
Whining Ltyves^ and fenfel fs Glories^
What are Lover s^, what are Kings ^
What At befi but flavijh Things.

Free I liv^d as Nature made fne$
Love nor Beauty durfi invade tm^
No rebellious Sldves betray" d me ^
Free I liv'^d as Nature made me.

HL
Each by Turns ^ as Senfe in/pir''d me^

Bacchiis> Ceres, Venus /rV me\

I alone have loft true Tleajure^

Freedom is the only Tteafure.

Chorus of Daemons exprcfling Hoffbi* in4

Defpair.

Ceaje^ ye Slave Sy your fruit tep Gfieving^

NOy nOy

The lowers below
No "Pity kfUWy
Cea/e^ ye Slaves^ your fruit lefs Grieving:

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Noj noy
The Towers below
No Tity know J
Ceafcy ye S laves ^ your fruit lefs Grieving.

Fourth Dance of Devils.

F lor. to Cor. 1 To tafte of Pain, and yet to gaze
on thee.
To meet, and yet to mourn, but ill agree.
Well may the Brave contend, the Wife contrive,
In vain againft their Stars the deftin'd ftrive.

G^r .So to th'appointed Grove,the feather^ Pair
Fly chirping on, unwatchful of the Snare,
Purfuing L-.6ve,and wing'd with am'rous Thought,
The wanton Couple iii one Toil are caught.
In the fame Cage in mournful Notes complain.
Of the fame Fate, and curfe perfidious Men.

Qapives. O Heav'ns, take Pity of our Pains,
Let Death give F reedom from bur Chains.

Flourijh of Injlruments of Horror. Enter Ar-
c A B o N with a Dagger ifi her Handy attended
hy infernal Spirits.

Arcab. Your Vows have reach'd the Gods;
your Chains and Breath

Have the fame Date

Prepare for Freedom, for I bring you Death.

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Hie who fo oft has TcapUth'Aflaults of HeU, ^
Whom yet rip Spells could bind, no Force cou'd >
By whom fo many bold Enchanters fell, [quell, J^
jimadisj Amadi^^ this joyful Day,
Your Guardian Deity himfelf 's our Prey.
From all their Dungeons let bur Captives come,
Idle Speftators of their Hero's Doom.

[Other T^ungeons oj^en^iand difiover piore Capr
fives in Chains.

Cor. On me, on me, let ev'ry Vengeanc? fall.
Make me the Viftim to attone for all.

Flor. Rather on me let all your Fuf y bend,
JJut fave, O fave my Miflxefs and my Friend.

Arcab. AsfoontheLionefsfhallftarve, tofpare
Her Prey Behold the Sacrifice appear.

\A Traverje is drawn difiovering Amadis in
Chains. Arcabon advancing hafiily tojlab
him^ ft arts and ftofs.

Thou dy'ft What ftrange and what refiftlefe

Charm,
With fecret Force, arrefts my lifted Arm .^
What art thou, who with more than Magick Art
Doft make my Hand unfaithful to my Heart ?

Amad. One, who difdaining Mercy, fues to die ;
I asli: not L^ife, for Life were Cruelty.

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Of alt the wrerehed, ftarch the World airoiitid,
A more unhappy never can be found.
Let loofe thy lUge, like an avenging God>
Fain wou'd my Soul encumber'd call her Load.

jircab. In cv'ry Feature of that charming Fac^
The dear Enchanter of my Soul I trace :

{AJide obferving him.
My Brother! had my Father too been kiU'd,
Nay,my whole Racc,his Blood fhould not be fpiU'd.
The Tyes of Nature do but weakly move.
The ilrongefl Tye qf Nature, isinLqvc.

[Stands gazing upon him,

AmaS, O Fiorejianl I fee thofe Chains witl|
Shame,
Which I cou*d not prevent — Stain to Fame!
O Honour loft for ever ! Thejhts fell.
But Hercules remain'd unconqi^er'd ftill.
And freed his Friend —V^hat Mancou'ddo, Idid,

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Nor was I overpower*d, but befray*d. ':

O my lov'd Friend ! with better Grace we ftoqcl
In Arms repelling Death,- wading in Blood
ToViftories; the manly Limb ^hat trod
Firm and ereft> beneath a treble Load
t>f pond'rousMail, thefefitattteful Bonds difdains.
And fmks beneath th^nglorious Weight of Chains.

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Fhr. Where fliall the Brave and GoQd for Re-
fuge run 9
When to be virtuous is to be undone?
Sure Jupiter^s deposed, fome Giant rules
An impious Worl,d,contriV'd for Knaves and Fools,

Arcab. He fpokc, and evYy Accent to my Heart
Gave a frefh Wound, and was another Dart:
He weeps — but reddens at the Tears that fall —
Is it for thefe? Be quick> and free ^em all.

[T^^w^jr Mo ay her dagger.
Let ev'ry Captive be released from Chains :
How is it that Move, if he complains ? .
Hence ev'ry Grief, and evVy anxious Care,
Mix with the Seas and Winds,raifeTempefl:s there:
Strike all your Strings, to joyful Meafures move.
And evVy Voice found Liberty and Love,

Ftourijh of all the Mufick. TbeC^tives are fit
at Liberty. Aix:ibon frees Amzdh her fiifl

s o N a

Liberty! Liberty!
Ah how fiveet is Liberty !
Arm^ arm J the generous Britons cry^
Let us ftve free^ er let ms die^
Trumfets fiunding^ Binners flyings
graving Tyrants^ Chains defying^

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ArWi army the generous Britons fry,
faCt us live free, or let us die^
l,fberty! Liberty!

Another Voice.

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Hdpl>y Ipj all Joys foffeffing^ ^ ^

Clime refembling *Heav'n above j
Freedom Yis that crowns thy Blejfmg^

hand of Liberty y and Love!
When thy Nymphs-, to cure Complainings

Set themfelves and Lovers free^
fn the Bleffing of Obtaining^

Ah f how fiveet is Liberty ?

Fifth Dance of jC^pt jvc?.

JFloreftan and Corifanda run intJD each others An^ms,

Flor. In this enchanting Circle let me be.
For ever and for ever bound with thee.

Or, Life of my Life, and Charmer of my Heart,
From thefe Embraces Jet us. never part.

Flor. Never, O never — In fome fafe Retreat^
Far from the Noife and Tumults of the Qreati
Secure and happy on each others Breafl,
Within each others Arms we'll ever reft?

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ThofeEyes Ihall make my Days ferene and bright j
*rhefeArms,thus circling roundme,blefs theNight.

•

Arcabon advances with Amadis, the refifiandtn
Rows J bowing as they advance.

Arcab. When Rage like mine makes fuch a

fudden Paufe,
Methinks 'twere eafie to divine the Caufe :
Soldiers^ tho' roughs may in a Lady's Face
The fecret Meaning of her Bluflies trace,
W hen Ihort-breath'd Sighs, and catching Glances,

fent

From dying Eyes, reveal the kind Intent.
All Day in Wars rude Hazards take Delight,
But Love and gentler Pleafures rule the Night.

Amad. The Lords of Fate, who all our Lots
decree.
Have deftin'd Fame no other Joy for me.
My fuUen Stars in that one Circle move.
The h^py only are ordain'd for Love.

Jrcab. The Stars that you reproach, my Art
can force,
I can direft 'em to a kinder Courfc.
What conquered Nations, driven from the Field,
Can pleafe your Pride,like tenderMaids that yield?

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What Sound fo fwcct or ravifliing, can mdvc^
Like the foft Whifper of ponfenting Love ?
Wliat Spoils of Fame^ what Trophies have the

Charms
Of Love, triumphant in a Virgin's Arms ?
Freely as Nature madft the Treafure mine j
And boldly rifle all, each Gem is thkie ;
Unguarded fee the Maiden Casket fland.
Glad of the Theft, to court the Robber's Hand}
Honour his wonted Watch no longer kc^ips^
Seize quickly, Soldier, while the Dragon flecps.

Amad. Enchanting are your Looks, lefsMagick
lyes
In your myfterioUs Art, than in your Eyes j
Such meltmg Language claims a foft Return ;
l^ity the hopelefs Love with which I burn :
Faft bound ahready, and not free to chufe,
I prize the Blefling which I muft rcfufe.

Arc ah, Thofe form^ Lovers be for ever curft>
Who fettered free-born Love with Honour firft^

\Tuming angrily afide.
Who thro' fantaflick Laws are Virtue's Fools,
Ani againfl Nature will be Slaves to Rules.
How cold he (lands J unkindling at my Charms!

[Obferving^ him.
Thou Rock of Ice, Til melt thee in my Arm's.

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Your Captive Friends have Freedom from this

Hour,
Rejoyce for tbem> but for thy fclf much more :
Sublimer Bleffings are referv'd for thee.
Whom Glory calls to be jiofleft of me.
The Shipwrackt Greeks^ caft on Maals Shore,
With trembling Steps the dubious Coaft explore;
Who firft arrive, unworthy of Regard,
In vain lament, unpity *d and unheard ;
But when Vlyfes with MajeiUck Mien [Queen^
Approached the Throne J where fat th'Encbantrefs
Pleased with a Pref«ice that invades her Charms,
She takes the bold Adv^nt'rer iji her Arms,
Up to her Bed flie leads the ConquVor on.
Where he enjoys the Daughter of the Sun.
[She leads Amadis out. Floreflan and CoinS^vi^
da go off together^ looking back with Concern ,
after Amadis. The remaining Captives ex^^
frefs their Joy for Liberty^ with Songs and
^ances^ with which the ASt concludes.

CHORUS,

To Fortune give immortal Trai/e^
Fortune defofes^ and can raife ;

Fortune

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Fffrftme the Csptives Chains does breaki
j^ brings dejpairing Exiles back %
However kw this Hour we faU^
One iuekjf Moment may mend all.

il.

*?Vj Fortune governs all belov) :

The StateJhum^sWilesr theGamefier'sThrowi

The Soldier*s Famet the Merchanfs Gainst

The Lover's Joy, the ^rijbner's Chainsi

Are but as Fortune Jhall befiow ;

Tm Fortune governs all below.

Sixth Dance of Captives to the ChoriiS;

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ACT IV. SCENE L

SCENE, j4 Grove, Sec.

Enter Arcabon and Arcalaus.

Arcab. T T IS firfl: Excufes I to Forms allowM,

XTX And deem'd 'em Policy before th&

Croud ;

But when alone, in Shades where Lovers hide,

Death ! Hell ! and Furies ! then to be denyM !

Arcal. Of Women Tyrants 'tis the common

Doom,

Each haughtily fets out in Beauty's Bloom, *

'Till late repenting, to redeem the pad.

You turn abandon'd Proftitutes at laft.

Arcab?^\iO Hate declares,is fure of Hate again r

Rage begets Rage, Difdain provokes Difdain :

Why, why alas Ihou'd Love lefs equal prove?

Why is not Love returned with mutual Love?

ArcaL Bleffings when cheap, or certain, we
defpife ;

From fure Poflelfion what Defire can rife?

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Love, like Ambition, dies as 'tis enjoy 'd^
By Doubt provoked, by Certainty deftroy'd.

jfrcal^.To govern Love,alas ! what Woman can ?
Yet 'tis an eafie Province to a Man.
Why am I then of Hope abandoned quite ?
There is a Cure — Pd ask it — if 1 might.
Forgive mc, Brother, if I pry too far ;

Pve learnt my Rival is your Prisoner here,

If that be true ^

J^cal. What thence wou'd you infer?

^rr^^. What but her Death When Amadis

is free
From Hi^es of her, there may be Hope for me*
^cal Thou Cloud to his bright Juw ;, Fod,
Ihallhe
Who has lov'd her, ever defcend to thee?
Arcahk Much vainer Fool art thou ; whei-e are
thofe Charms
That are to tempt a Princefs to thy Arms ?
Thou Vnlcan to OriaHa\ Mars. .

Arcal. But yet,
• This Vnkdn has that Mars within his Net.
Ybur Council comes t6o late, for 'tis decreed
To oake the Woman fure, the Man fhall bleed,

l^Exit Arcalaus fitrlily^

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Jrcab. Firftperiflithou, Earthy Air, and Seas,
and Sky,
Confounded in one Heap of Chaos lie^
And evVy other living Creature die.
I buril, I burn, the Storm that's in my Mind
Kindles my Heart, like Fires provok'd by Wind:
Love and Refentment, Wifhes and Difdain
Blow all at once, like Winds that plough the Maiit*
Furies, Aledio^ aid my juftDefign:
But if, averfe to Mercy, you decline
The pious Task ; AiEft me. Powers divine ;
Juft Gods, and thou their King, Imperial Jove^
Strike whom you pleafe^ but favc the Man I love*

The SCE>tE changes to d pleafdnt Garden^ O-*
riana fitting in a Bower at the lower Tart of
the Scene lifining to foft Mufick. Arcalaus en^
ters bowing reffe 61 fully ; floe rifes i they ad^
vance flowly toisdards the Stage in mute DiJ^
courfe '^till the Mufick ceajis.

ArcaL Of Freedom loll, unjuflly ydii complain,
Born to command,where-e'er you come,you reign^
No Fetters here you wear^ but others bind.
And not a Forifon but an £mpire find^

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Who can behold thofe Lips, that Neck, this Wafte,
That Form divine, and not be mad to tafte ?
Ori. Pluck out thefe Eyes, revenge thee on
my Face,
Tear off my Cheeks, and root up ev'ry Grace,
Disfigure, kill me, kill me inftantly.
Thus may'ft thou free thy felf at once, and me.
ArcaL Such ftrangc Commands 'twere impious
to obey,
I wou'd revenge my felf a gentler Way.

\Takes her by the Handy Jhe /hatches it away
difdainfutly y he turns Jurlily upon her.
Some Hope there is that you may change your

Mind ;
Madam, you have not always been unkind.
Ori. Some Whirlwind bear me from this odious
Place,
Earth open wide, and bury my Difgrace;
Save me, ye Powers, from Violence and Shame,
Aflift my Virtue, and protect my Fame.

ArcaL Love, with Submillion firfl: begins in
Courfe,
But when that fails,a fure Referve is Force : {Afide.
The nicefl Dames, who our Embraces (hun.
Wait only a Pretence, and Force is one:

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She who thro' Frailty yields, Difhondur gains,
But fhe that's forc'd, her Innocence retains:
Debtors and Slaves for Favours they beftow,
Invading, we are free, and nothing owe.
Nq Tyes of Love or Gratitude conftrain.
But as we like, we leave, or come again.

It ftiall be fo

Since fofter Arguments have proved fo vain^
Force is the laft — Refift it if you can.

{^Seizes her^ Jhe Jlruggles and breaks from him .
Ori. Help, help, ye Gods !
Arc ah W ho with fuch Courage can refift Defire>
With what a Rage flie^l love when Raptures fire!
Behold in Chains your vanquifh'd Minion lies.
And if for nothing but this Scorn, he dies.
[Amadis faft bound in Chains. Oriana and A-
madis at Sight of each other ft art and look a-
tnaz^d. Arcalaus advances to ftab him^ hx-
cabon in the Inftant enter Sj fezes Oriana,
holding a T)agger at her Breaft, AVcalaus
with-holds his Blow.
Araab. Strike boldly, MurdVer, ftrike him to
the Ground,
While thus my Dagger anfwers ev'ry Wound ;
Drink deep the Blood from the moft mortalPart,
ru do thee reafon in Oriana's Heart.

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By what newMagick is thy Vengeance chafm-d?
Trembles thy Hand, before a Man unarm'd?
When by Oriand% Death, debarred of Blifs,
Then triumph in the Fate of Amadis.

Ori. Strike, my Deliv'rer, 'tis a friendly Stroke,
I fliun thee not, but rather wou'd provoke :
Death to the wretehed is an end of Care,
But yet, methinks he might that Vidim fpare.

{Tainting to Amadis/
Amad. Burft, burft thefe Fetters, that like
Terfius I
May to the Succour of the Charmer fly ;
My Soul, 'till now, no Dangers cou'd affright,
But trembles, like a Coward's, at this Sight.
Arcab. So paflionate ! But Fll revenge it here.
Arcal. Hold Fury, or I fbrike as home; forbear.
\She offering at Oriana, he offers at Amadis,
both with-hold their Blow.
Had I enjoy'd — A Curfe on the Reprieve !
Thou might'ft have ftnjck, and had the Lover's

Leave.
Trumpets founds enter haftily U r g a n d a with
a numerous Train of Attendants.
Vrg. To Arms, to Arms, ye Spirits of the Air,
Ye Guardians of the Brave, and of the Fair,
Leave your bright Manfions,and in Arms appear-

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[Thunder^ Trumpets^ Kettle-drums and other
warlike Inftruments. Spirits defiend in
Clouds^, fome continue in the Air^ f^^y^^g
upon Injiruments of War. Others remain
ran^d as for Battel. Others defiend ufon
the Stage and draw up in Or^er of Battel by
Amadis, whom Urganda frees^ frefinting
him a Sword Arcabon and Arcalaus look
afionifh^dy and retire to the oppofite Side of
the Stage. Oriana goes over to Prganda.
'Arcab. Fly quick, ye Damons^ from your black
Abodes,
Ajid try another Combat with the Gods,
Blue Fires and peftilential Fumes arife,
And flaming Fountains fpout againft the Skies,
From their broad Roots thefe Oaks and Cedars

tear.
Burn like my Love, and rage like my Defpair.
^Trumpets found on ArcabonV Side^ which are
anfooer'^d on UrgandaV. The Grove appears
in an Infiant all in a Flame. Fountains from
helow cafi up fire as in Spouts \ a Rain of
Fire from above. TToe Sky darkened the while.
Thunder and Lightning. Damons range
themfelves on the Stage by Arcalaus ; other
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Damons face UrgandaV Spirits in the Air.
Arcalaus advances before his Tarty with his
Sword drawn to Amadis.
Arcal. Let Heav'n and Hell iland neuter,
while we try.
On equal Terms, which of us two Ihall die.
[Arcalaus and Amadis engage at the Head of
their Parties: A fight at the fame time in
the Air J and upon the Stage: Martial Mu-
Jick the while mixt with Inftruments of Har--
ror : Thunder and Lightning. The ^^mons^
are overcome ; Arcalaus falls.
Amad. Thou might'ft have leamt more Policy
from Hell^
Than tempt the Sword by which thy Brother feU.

\To Arcalaus falling.
^rg. Sound Tunes of Triumph all ye Winds,
and bear
Your Notes aloft ,that Heav'n and Earth may hear ;
And tbqu, O Sun, fliine out ferene and gay,
And bright, as when the Giants loft the Day.
[The Sky clears J and Tunes of Triumph refimd
from all Tarts of the Theatre. Amadis ap^
preaches Oriana bowing reJpeSffully. Area-
bon the while ftands fuUen and obferving.

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Amai. While Amadis Oriana's Love poflcft.
Secure of Empire in that beauteous Breaft,
Not Jovcy the King of Gods, like Amadis was
bleft.

OrL While to Oriana Amadis was true.
Nor wand'ring Flames to diftant Climates drew,
NoHeav'n, but only Love, the pleas- d Orw-i
na knew.

Amad. That Heaven of Love, alas ! is mine
no more.
Braving thofe PowVs by whom Ihe falfly fwore.
She to Conjiantius wou'd thofe Charms refign.
If Oaths cou'd bind, that Ihou'd be only mine.

Ori. With a feign'd Falihood you'd evade your
Part
Of Guilt, and tax a tender faithful Heart :
While by fuch Ways you'd hide a confcious Fl»me,
The only Virtue you have left, is Shame.

\Turning difdalnfully from him.

Amad. But IhouM this injured Vaflal you rejeft
Prove true, ah what Return might he expeft ?
• ' ' [Approaching tenderly.

pri. Tho* brave Conjiantius charms, with ev'ry

' Art,
That can entice a tender Virgin'^ Heart,

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Whether he ihines for Glory or Delight,
To tempt Ambition, or enchant the Sight,
Were Amadis reftor'd to my Eft^^eni)
I wou'd rejeft a Deity for him.

Amad. Tho' falfe as watry Bubbles blown by
Fix'd in my Soul,and rpoted in my ]Vlind,[Win(i,
I love Oriana^ faithlefs and unkind :
Oh were Ihe kind, and faithful as ihe's fair.
For her alone Fd live, and die for her.

Vrg. Adjourn thefe Murmurs of unquiet Love>
And from this Scene of Rage and Fate remove.
Thy Empire, Arcabon^ concludes this Hour,
Short is the Date of all flagitious Pow'r ;
Spared be thy Life, that thou may'ft living bear
The Torments of the Damn'd in thy Defpair.
Where Zephirs only breath, in Myrtle Groves>
There will I lead you to debate your Loves.

[Urganda takes OrianaV Hand leading her out^
As Amadis is folkwingy Aroabon takes him
by the Robe.

Arcab. What, not one Look! not one diflem-
bling Smile
To thank me for your Life ! Or to beguile
Defpair ? Cold and ungrateful as thou art.
Hence from my Sight for ever, and my Heart.
{Lets go her hold with an Air of Contempt.

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Back, Soldier, to the Camp, thy proper Sphere,
Stick to thy Trade, dull Hero, follow War,
Ufelefs to Women ; thou meer Image, meant
To raife Defire, and then to difappoint.

[A.madis goes out.

So ready to be gone, Barbarian ftay

He's gone, and Love returns, and Pride gives way.
Oh flay, cpme back — Horror and Heli! I bum!
I rage ! I rave ! I die ! — Return, return.
Eternal Racks my tortured Bofom tear, ->

Vultures with endlefs Pangs are gnawing there, ^
Fury! Diftraftion! I am all Defpair. ^

Burning with Love, may'ft thou ne'er aim at Blifs,
But Thunder fhake thy Limbs, and Lightning

blaft thy Kifs,
While pale, aghaft, a Speftre I (land by,
Plcas'd at the Terrors that diftraft thy Joy :
Plague of my Life ! thy want of Pow'r fhall be
• A Curfe to her, worfe than thy Scorn to me.

CHORUS.

The Battels done^

Our Wars are over^
The BattePs done^
Let Lawrels crown
The Heads that rugged Steel did cover.

Let

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Let Myrtles too

Bring "Peace for ever^
Let Myrtles too
Adorn the Brow
That bent beneath the warlike Beaver.
Let Kijfesy Embraces^

Trying Eyesj and kind Glances^
Let Kiffes^ Embraces^
And tender Carejfes
Give Warmth to our amorous Trances.
Let Trumpets and Tymbals^
Let Atabals and Cymbals ^
Let Thrums and Hautboys give over ;
But let Flutes
And let Lutes
Our Pajpons excite
To gentler ^e lights
And every Mars be a Lover.

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ACT V. SCENE I.

SCENE, UrgandaV Bowir nfBUfs: B£ing a
Re^rejentatkm 9f Woodflock-Park.

Enter O r i a n a and A m a d i s*

Ort. TN my E^em he weli deferves a Part,
A He Ihares my Praife> but you have all mjT
Heart :
When equal Virtues in the Scales are tryM,
And Juftice againft neither can decide,
When Judgment thus perplexM fufpends the

Choice,
Fancy muft fpeak, and give the calling Voice:
Much to his Love, much to his Merit's due.
But powerful Inclination is fof you.

Amad. Thou haft no Equal, a fuperior Ray
tJnrivard as the Light that rules the Day,
Shou'd Fame foUicit me with all her Charms,
Nor blooming Laurels, nor viftorious Arms
ShouM purchafe but a Grain of the Delight^

A Moment from the Raptures of this Night.
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Ori. Wrong not my Virtue, to fuppofe that I
Can grant to Love» what Duty muft deny \ .
A Father's Will is wanting, and my Breaft
Is ruPd by Glory, tho' by Love poffeft: ,
Rather than be another's I won'd die.
Nor can be yours, 'till Duty can comply,

jimad. Curfl Rules i that thus the nobleit Lover

' engage.
To wait the peeviih Humours of old Age !
Think not the Lawfulnefs of Love conMs
In Parents Wills, or in the Forms of Priefts^
Such are but licensed Rapes, t^t Vengeancedraw
From Heav'n^ howe'er approved by human LaW/
Marriage the happy'fl: Bond of Love might bet
If Hands were only join'd when Hearts agree.

Enter Urganda and Corisanda, Flor*«^

STAN and Attendants.

Vrg. Here faithful Lovers to fafe Joysremove^
The foft Retreat of Glory and of Love,
By Fate prepared, to crown the happy Hours,
Of mighty Kings, and famous Conquer ours :
The Bower of Blifs 'tis call'd, and is the fame ,
Which Mortals Ihall hereafter Blenheim name,. :

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DeUcious Seat, ordain'd a fweet Recefs
For thee, and for a future Amadis.

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Here, Amadis^ let all your SufPririgs end ;
Before I brought a Miftrcfs, now a Friend,
The greateftBleifings that the Gods can fend.

\TreJenting Floreftan.

Amad. O, Floreftan! there wanted but this more,
This ftrift Embrace, to make my Joys run o*er:
The Sight of thee does fuch vaft Tranfports breed.
That fcarce the Extafies of Love exceed.

Flor. If beyond Love or Glory, is aTafle
Of Pleafure, it is fure in Friendihip plac'd. '

Ori. My Corijanda too !
Not Floreftan cou'd fly with greater hafte
To take thee in his Arms : O welcome to my Breafl>
iks to thy Lover's

Cor. O Joy compleat !
Bleft Day !
Wherein fo many Friends and Lovers meet.

flor. The Storm blown over, fo the wanton

Doves [Groves,!

Shake from their Plumes the Rain, and feek th(
Pair then- glad Mates, and cooe eternal Loves.

Jmad, O Floreftan ! bleft as thou doft deferve.
To thee the Fates are kind, without Referve.
My Joys are not fo full ; tho* Love wou*d yield.
Fierce Honour ftauds his Ground, and keeps the

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Nature within fcducM, in Vain befriends^
While Honoiiri with his Gaard of Pride, defends :
O Nature frail, and faulty in thy Frame,
Fomenting Wifhes, Honour muft condemn ;
Or O! too rigid Honour thus no bind^
When Nature prompts, and when Defire is kind:

Enter Arcabon cmdUSting CoNStANTiiJSi
her Garments loojemd HairdeJhehieFd^ feem-
ingfraHtick.

^eaB. This, Rmam is the Place .- 'Tls Magick

Grounds

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Hid by Enchantment, by Enchantment fotind.
Behold 'em at our View diflblv'd in Fear ;
^wo Armies, are two Lovers in Defpair.
Proceed, be bold, and fcorning to entreat ;
Think all herStruglingsfeign'd, her Cries Deceit;
Not creeping like a Cur that fawns to pleafe.
Nor whine, nor beg but like a Lyon feize :
Kill him, and ravifh her : For fo wou'd I,
Were t a Man : dr rather Jet both die;
The Rape mav pleafe ' ■
Each was difaainM ; to equal Rage refigd
*i*hy Heart, and let it burn and bUafr like. mine.
Tis fweet to love; but when with Scorn We meet.
Revenge Supplies the Lofs, with Joys as great.

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[^ Chariot defcends fwiftfy drawn i^'Drsgims^
into which Jhe enters dt the following Lines*

Up to th* etherial Hcav'tts where Gods inifi^e,
Lo! thus I fly to thunder on thy Side.

\Thunder. The Charhi inounts in the ^Sr^ Jatd
vanijhes with her.

Con. Fly where thou wilt, but not to blefi A*
bodes.
For know, where-e'er thou art there arc no Gods.
{Approaches Oriana bowing reJpeStJully.
I come not here an Objef): to aSright,
Or to moled, but add to your Pelight.
Behold a Prince expiring in your View,
Whofe Life*s a Burthen to himfelf, ihd you.
Fate and the King all other Me^ins "dehy
To fet you free, but that Conftaktius die:
A Roman Arm had play*d a Rimarlt Parr,
But 'tis prevented by my breaking Heart:
I thank you Gods, nor think my Doottfevere,
Refigning Life, onanyTetms, fbrher.'

Vrg. What cruel Dcftiny'on Bcatity iiraits.
When on one Face depend fo many Fates 7
Confined by Honour to relieve but (Ittie,
Unhappy Men by Thoufands are undotte.

Con. Make Room, ye 'Deciit wb6fe 4^^^^
Breath
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I come a Sacrifice no Ids renown'd.
The. Ca^^e as glorious, and as fure the Wound.
[,Kneils at OrianaV Feett Jhe feems concerned.
Oh Love! with all thy Sweets let her be bleft.
Thy Reign be gentle in that beauteous Bre^ft
Tho* thy malignant Beams, with deadly Force,
Have fcorch'd my Joys,and in their banefiilCouife*
Wither'd each Plant, and dry'd upev*rySourfe;]
Ah ! to Oriana ihine lefs fatal bright,
Cheriih her Heart, and nouriih her Delight,
Reftrain each cruel Influence that deilroys,
Blcls all her Days, and ripen all her Joys.

[Amadis addrejfmg to Conftantiu$.

Amad. Were Fortune us'd to ihine upon Defert,
Love had been yours; to die, had been my Part:
Thus Fate divides the Prize ; tho' Beauty's mine.
Yet Fame, our other Miftrefs, is more thine.

[Conftantius rifes, looking fiernly upon him.
Difdain not, gallant Prince, a Rival's Praife,
Whom your high Worth has humbled to^onfeftj
In every thing, but Love, he merits lefs.

Con. Art (hou that Rival then ? O killing Shame!
And has he view'4 me. thus, fo weak, fo tame?
Like a fcorn'd Captive proflrate at his Side,,
Togra^e hisTrimpph, and delight his Pride ?

■

%6o The British Enchantbrs,'

O 'tis too much ! and Nature in Difd wi
Turns back from Death, and firing ev'rf Vein,
Reddens with Rage, and kindles Life again.
Be firm my Soul, quick from this Scene remove,
pr Madnefs elfe may be too ftrong for Love.

[T)r4ws a dagger ^ andjfands between Amadis
and Oriana, facing Amadis.
Spent as I am, and weary*d with the Weight

Qf burthening Life 1 cou'd reverfe my Fatej

^Thus planted, ftand thy everlafting Bar;

[Seizing Amadis, holding the dagger at bis
Throat I Amzdis Jfruggles for his Sword.
put for Oriana's fake 'tis better here.

. [Looking back ufon Oriana, fiabs himfeif\ all
run tofkpport him^

Ori. Live, gen'rpus Prince, fuch Virtue ne*^
fliou'd die.

Qon. Pve liv^d enough, of all I wilh pofifeft^
|f dying, I may leave Oriana bleft:

Nor can I now recall my Fate

Th' Invader has too fure a Footing foimd.
He fpreads his Troops, and covering all around^
He marches unopposed : In every Vein
Feayers aflault, and Phrenfies burn my Brainy
The laft warm Drop forfakcs my bleeding Heart 2
ph Love! how fure a Murderer thou art. \Tiies.

Ori.

The British Enchanters. *6i

^ Ori. There breaks the nobleft Heart that ever

born'd
In Flames of Love, for ever to be mourn'd.

AnuU. Lavifli to him,you wrong an equal Flame;
Had he been lovM, my Heart had done the fame.

Fkr. Oh Emperor, all Ages (hall agree.
Such, but more happy, fhou'd all Lovers be.
Vrg. No Lover now throughout the World
remains
But Antadisf deferving of your Chains.
Remove that mournful ObjeS: from the Sight.

[Carry off the Body.
Ere yon* bright Beam is ihadow'd o'er withNighr,
The ftubbom King ihall licence your Delight ;
The Torch, already bright with nuptial Fire,
Shall bring you to the Bridegroom you defire;
And Honour, that fo long has kept in doubt.
Be better pleas'd to yield, than to hold out. .
[Here an Entertainment ofMufick and 'Dancing.

To be fung.
Make Ro§m for the Combat y make Room,

Sound the Trumpet and ^rum^
A fairer than Venus/re^ares
To encounter a greater than Mars.
Makt Room for the Combat j make Room^

Sound the Trumpet and "Drunh

S3 The

f fo The British EMCHANtBRS.

The Gods of^ijtre take fart m the Fr0f 9 ^
And Love Jits like Jove, ' to decide the gtut^7)ay.

For the tionour of Brit^
This Thel is fought !
^ Give the Word to begm^
Let the Combat 4mts mi
The ChaUenger enters all glorious i
But Love has decreed^
Tho^ Beauty may. hked^
Tet Beauty fhallji ill be viBorions.

CHORUS.

Make Room for the Combat^ make Roomy

Sound the Trumpet and 7)rum :
A fairer than YemiS prepares
To encounter a greater than Mars.

SONG.

Helf ! help ! tV unpraSiis'^d Conquerour cries ;
He faint Sy he falls y helpj help! Ahmel he dies.
Gently fhe tries td raife his Heady
AndweepSj alas! to find him dead.

Soundy found a Charge j ^tis War aga^n^
Again he fight Sy ^gain is flam i

Agaiuy

Jtgaiit, agahf bei^f belief fife friett
ffefiuttfStbefaUx^kel^yhrl^i jihmeH^4f'f'

» • ■ . . . ^

Another.

Hap}!y Tsir,

Frsefram Csre^
Enjoy the Biefing
Offweet 'Boffeffing

Freefrom Care,

Haj^fy Tdir,

Love inviting.

Souls uniting,
Dejiring,

Expiri^,
Enjoy the Blejj/mg

Offweet Toffe fling

Freefrom Care,

Haffy Fair,

Chorus Siog^ and Dandog.

Be true, all ye Lovers, whatever you^ndure %
Tbo^ cruel the Pain is, bowjweet is the Curt\

So divine is the Bkf^ng,

IntboHourofToffe^tg^

^ <f T^b§t

p^4 ?%r British Enchant Exs:

That one, Momenfs tbtdinimg
Vays an Age of Complaining.

Be true, all ye Lovers, whatever you endure ;

Thd cruel the Tain is, bowjweet is the Cure!
Here enter two Parties from the oppofite Sides
of the Theater, with Lances in their Hands,
inarching to a Warlike Meafure of Trum,
pets, CSff. Then run a Tilt, and having bro-
ken or quitted their Lances, form divers
Combats with Sword and Buckler, The
Conquerors dance a MealUre, c^rtiGag
their Joy for Viftory.

CHORUS to the Dance.
Amadis is the Hero's Glory,
OfendUfs fame a lafiing Story i
Amadis is the Heroes Qhry.

Oriana is the ^een ofPleaJure,
ALightofLove, to Jhine for ever :
Oriana is the ^fteen ofPleaJitre,

[The Entertainment concludes with variety
of Songs and Dances, after which the Com-
pany rife and come forward.

Amad. So *Phoihus mounts triumphant in the
Skies,
The Clouds dirperfe,and gloomy Horror flies ;

Dark-

The Brwish Enchansters. itfy

Darknefs gives place to the viftorious Light,
And all around is gay, and all around is bright:
Ori. Our prefent Joys ate fweeter for paft

Pain;
To Heav'n, and Love, by SuflPring we attain,
Vrg. Prophetick Fury rowls within my
Bieail,
And as at 7)elphos, when the foaming Prieft
FulV of his God, proclaims the diftant Doom
Of Kings- unborn, and Nations yet to come ;
My labouring 'Mind fo ftniggles to unfold.
On Britijh Qround, 9 future A ge of Gold :
But leaft incredulous you hear - — Behold.

Here tf SCENE refrefentsthe ^een^ and all the
Triumphs of her Majefifs Reign^

High on a Throne, appears thp Martial Queen,
With Grace fublime, and with Imperial Mien,
Surveying round her with impartial Eyes
Whom to protect, or whom fhe fhall chaftife.
In ev'ry Line of that aufpicious Face
Soft Mercy fmiles, adorn'd with ev'ry Grace.
So Angels look, and fo, when Heav'n decrees.
They fcourge the World to Piety and Peace.

£m-

%66 ^^ British Et(o«AN^mt$.

Emprefs, and Conqueror^ h^\ Thee« f ^^
ordain
O'er all the Subjeft World, fote Ar^tte|& to

Reign .•
To no One People are thy Lawi cpn^'dy
Grei^ Britain's Queen, but GuardiaQ of Nfio-.

kind.
Sure Hope of all who dire OppreiEon bear.
For all thX)ppreft become thy inftant Care.
Nations of Conquei^ proud,.ThQu ttm'fl,to|ree>
Denouncing War, Prefentin^ i/ib«r*yj
The Viaor to the Vanquifli'd yields a Prize,
For in thy Triumph, their Redemption lyes ;
Freedom and Peace, for ravilh'd Fame you give;
Invade to blefs, and Conqvi^r to relieve.
So the Sun fcorches, and revives by turns.
Requiting with rich Metals, where he burns.

Taught by this gr^at topipk tp bp jijft.

Succeeding Kings fliall weUfiiJl^iheirTruftj
Difcord and War and TyratROy ^11 qeafe.
And jarring Nations be coQip<9ir4 to Feac^ {
PriiA;es and States, like Subje.d$, ij^Uf^rjBf
To tmft Her Power, Safe in Her Pj^ety.

!V Bkitish Encbamstbks. %tj
U curious to infpea the Book of Fate,
You'd farther learn the deilin'd Time and Date .
OfBritamH Glory, know, this Royal Dame
From AiMrf's Race ihall rife, ANNASialXbe
Her Name.

FINIS.

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