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By the EARL ef ROSCOMMON. 



T TAPPY that author whofe correft eflay* 
•*■ ■*• Repairs fo well our old Horatian way : 
And happy you, who (by propitious fate) 
On great Apollo's facred ftandard wait. 
And withftri& difcipline inftru&ed right, 
Have learn'd to ufe your arms before you fight* 
But fince the prefs, the pulpit, and the ftage, 
Confpire tocenfureand expofe our age; 
Provok'd too far, we refoluteiy muft, 
To the few virtues that we have, be juft. 
For who have long'd or who have labour'd more 

To fearch the treafures of the Roman flore, 

Or dig in Grecian mines for purer ore ? 

The nobleil fruits, tranfplanted in our ifle, 

With early hope and fragrant blofToms fmile. 

Familiar Ovid tender thoughts infpires, 

And nature feconds all his foft defires : 

Theocritus does now to us belong ; 

And Albion's rocks repeat his rural fong. 

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* Jfo/m Shejjkld Duke of Buckingham. 

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Who has not heard how Italy was bleft 

Above the Medes, above' the wealthy Eaft ? 

Or G alius' fong, fo tender and fo true, 

As even Lycoris might with pity view! 

When mourning nymphs attend their Daphnis' heaVfe, 

Who does not weep that reads the moving verfe ? 

But hear, oh hear, in what exalted ilrains. 

Sec i Han Mufes through thefe happy 

Proclaim Satumian times — our own Apollo reigns! 

When France hadbreath'd after in teftine broils, 
And peace and conqueft crown'd her foreign toils, 

There (cultivated by a royal hand) 

Learning grew fail, and fpfead, and blefs'd the land ; 

The choice^, books that Rome or Greece have known 1 

Her excellent tranflators made her own ; 

And Europe dill confiderably gains 

Both by their good example and their pains* 

From hence our generous emulation came ; 

We undertook, and weperform'd the fame» 

But now we (hew the world a nobler way, 

And in tranflated verfe do more than they ; 

Serene and clear harmonious Horace flows 

With fweetnefs not to be exprefs'd in profe : 

Degrading profe explains his meaning ill, 

And (hews the fluff, but not the workman's fkill: 

I who have ferv'd him more than twenty years) 

Scarce know my mafter as he there appears. 

Vain are our neighbours hopes, and vain their cares j 

Their fault is more their language's than theirs : 

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*Tis courtly, florid, and abounds in words 

Of fofter found than ours perhaps affords ; 

But who did ever in French authors fee 

The comprehend ve Eaglifh energy ? 

The weighty bullion of one fterling line, 

Drawn to French wire, would thro' whole pages fhine. 

I fpeak my private bujt impartial fenfe, 

With freedom, and I hope without offence ; 

For I'll recant when France can mew me wit 

As ftrong as ours, and as fuccinftly writ* 

'Tis true, compofing is a nobler part ; 

But good tranflation is no eafy art* 

For though materials have long fince been found, 

Yet both your fancy and your hands are bound ; 

And by improving what was writ before, 

Invention labours lefs, but judgment more. 

The foil intended for Pierian feeds 
Muft be well purg'd from rank pidantic wefcds 
Apollo ftarts, and all ParnafTus (hakes, 
At the rude rumbling Baralipton makes. 
For none have been with admiration read, 
But who (befides their learning) were well bred. 

The firft great work (a talk perform'd by few) 
Is, that yourfelf may toyourfelf be true : 
No maik, no tricks, no favour, no refer ve ; 
DifTefts your mind, examine ev'ry nerve. 
Whoever vainly on his ftrength depends, 
Begins like Virgil, but like Msevius ends* 

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That wre&lw'n /pile of his. forgotten rhymes.). , ; f 7 
Condemn'd to live to alf/ucceeding, time**, t _ r T 
With pompous noniesfeanda fccjlp.wi.Dgfound^ . 
Sung lofty Ilium tumbling k|4he^groun^. t 

And (if "mf Mufe.caa through pad age?, fee) . . 
That noify* *au/e^u$flgaping, fool was he : '., 
Exploded, when, with Aniverfal fcorn, 
The mountain^ laboured and a-mouie was born; 
Learn, learn^Cr-otona's tyrawny wreftlcr cries, 

Audacious* mortals, and be timely wife I 

3 Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, 

Wtdg'd in that timber which he drove to rend. 

Each poet with a different talent writes ; 

Onepraifes, one inflrucls, anotherbites. 

Horace did ne'er afpire to Epic bays, 

Nor lofty Maro ltoop to Lyric lays. 

Examine how your humour is inclin'd, 

And which the ruling paffion of your mind ; 

Then, feek a poet who your way does bend, 

And choofe an author as you choofe a friend; 

United by this fympathetic bond, 

You grow familiar, intimate, and fond j 

Your thoughts, your words, your fly les, your fouls agree, 

No longer his interpreter, but he. 

With how much eafe is a young Mufc betray'd ! 

How nice the reputation of the maid ! 

Your early kind, paternal care appears, 

By chafte inftruttion of her tender years, 

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The firfl imprcffion iii he* infant breaft 

Will be the de'epeft, and ftould be the befi. 

Let not aufierity breed fertile fear,. 

No Wanton found offend her virgin ear* « 

Secure from foolifh pride* s affefted flate, 

And fpeciotts flattery's more pernicious baif f 

Habitual innocence adorns her thoughts ; 

But your negleft mufi anfwer for her faults* 

Immodefi words admit of 90 defence ; 
For want of decency is want of fenfe* 
What mod'rate fop would rake the Park or flews, 
Who among troops of faultlefs nymphs may choofc ? 
Variety of fuch is to be found ; 
Take then a fubjeft proper to expound : 
But moral, great, and worth a poet's voice, 
For men of fenfe defpife a trivial choice : 
And fuch applaufe it mull expeft to meet, 
As would fome painter bufy in a flreet, 
To copy bulls and bears, and ev'ry figri 
That calls the daring fats to nafty wine. 

Yet 'tis not all to have a fubje£lgood f 
It muft delight us when 'tis underftcod* 
He that brings fulfome objects to my view 
(As many old have done, and many new) 
With naufeous images my fancy fills, 
And all goes down like oxymel of fquills. 
Inflruft the liftning world how Maro fings 
. Of ufeful obje&s and of lofty things, 

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Theft will fuch true, fuch bright idea* »iftfc 
As merit gratitude as well as praife 2 , . s 

Butfou! defcriptfons are offenfive ftilly 
Either for being like, or being ilL 
For who, without a qualm, hath ever Iook'd - 

On holy garbag, though by Homer cook'd }. 
Whofe railing heroes, and whofe wounded Gods* 
Make fome fufpeft he fnOfles as well as nods. r 

But 1 offend-^Virgii begins to frown, \ 

And Horace looks with indignation ddwn 3 
My blufhing Mule with conicious feac retires* <t , 
And whom thty like implicitly admires 

On fure foundations let your fabric rife* 
And with attractive majefty furprife$ 
Not by affecled meretricious arts, 
But ftricl harmonious fymmetry of parts ; 
Which through the whole infenfibly mufi pafs, 
."With vital heat to animate the mafs : ^ 
A pure, an a&ive,. an aufpicious flame, 
And bright as heaven, from whence the bleffing came £ 
But few, oh few fouls, pre-ordain'd by fete* 
The race of Gods, have reached that envied height*. 
No rebel Tritan's facrilegious crime, 
By heaping hills on hills, can hither climb : 
The grizly ferryman of hell denied 
JEntte entrance, till he knew his guide : 
How jufHy then will impious mortals fall,. 
[Whofe ^ride would fear to hcayen without- a. call ! 
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Pri&»(bf all others the moil dang'rous fault}* " 
Proceeds from want of fenfe or want of thought* 
The men who labour and digeft things raoft,, . 
Will be much apter to defpond than- boaft ; 
For if your author be-profoundly good, 
'Twill ooft you dear before he's underftood*. 
How many ages fihce has Virgil writ ! 
How few are they who underhand him yet t 
Approach his altars with religious fear, 
No vulgar deity inhabits there : 
Heaven makes not more at Jove's imperial nocT t 
Than poets mould before their Mantuan god. 
Hail, mighty Marol may that facred name 
Kindle my breaft with thy celeftial flame ; 
Sublime ideas and apt words infufe r 
The Mufe inftruft my voice, and thouinfptrethe Mufe! 

What I have inftanc'd only in the bcft, 
Is, in proportion, true of all the reft. 
Take pains the genuine meaning to explore, 
There fweat, there (train, tug the laborious oar J 
Search ev*ry comment that your care can find, 
Some here, fome there, may hit the poet's mind* 5 
Yet be not blindly guided by the throng ; 
The multitude is always in the wrong. 
When things appear unnaturahor hard, 
Confult your author, with himfelf compar'd m 9 - 
Who knows what bleffing Phaebus may beflow*. 
And future ages to your labour, owe ? 

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•J I Such fecrets are not eafily found out ; 

I J I But, once difcover'd, leave no room for doubt* 

Troth ftamps convi&ion in your ravifh'd breaft, 
And peace and joy attend the glorious gueft. 

Truth ilill is pae ; truth is divinely bright ; 
No cloudy doubts obfcure her native light ; 
While in your thoughts you find the leafl debat 
You may confound, but never can tranflate. 
Your ftyle will this through all difguifes fhew, 
For none explain more clearly than they know, 
He only proves he understands a text, 
Whofe expofition leaves it unperplex'd. 
They who too faithfully on names infift, 
Rather create than difltpate the mift ; 
And grbw unjuft by being over-nice, 
(For fuperftitious virtue turns to vice). 
Let Craffus' * ghoft and Labienus tell 
How twice in Parthian plains their legions fell 
Since Rome hath been fo jealous of her fame, 
That few know Pacorus' or Monaefes* name* 

Words in one language elegantly us'd, 
Will hardly in another be excused. 
And fome that Rome admired in Caefar's time* 
May neither fuit our genius nor our clime. 
The genuine fenfe, intelligibly told, 
Shews a tranilatox both difcreet and bold. 

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Excurfipns are inexpTabry' bad ; 
And *ps much fafer to leave out thari add*. y *'» j ff. 
Abflrufe ana myrtle thoughts you rmiftexpref* »': 
With painful care, but Teeming eafiaefi* .* » » 4 i 
For truth mines brighteft thro' the plainett«dre(s. 
Th* iEnean'Mufe, when (he appears in ftple, 
Makes all Jove's thunder" on her verfes waits ..'»*.■ . / 
Yet writes fometimes sts foft and moving things .-. ■■. / 
As Venus fpeats; or Philomela fings. : .-, V 

Your author always* will the beft advt^y ■% . < *' 
Fall when he fairs, and when he rifes*ife, .*. 

AfFe£led noife is the mod wretched thing:.. ..'••• 
That to contempt can empty fcribblers bring* 
Vowels and accents, regularly plac'd, 
On even fyllables (and Hill the hill) 
Though grofs innumerable faults abound, 
In fpiteof nonfenfe, never fail of found. 
But this is meant of even verfe alone, 
As being moll harmonious and mod known : 
For if you will unequal numbers try, 
There accents on odd fyllables mufi lie. 
Whatever filler of the learned Nine 
Does to your fuit a willing ear incline, 
Urge your fuccefs, deferve a lafting name, 
She'll crown a grateful and a conftant flame* 
But if a wild uncertainty prevail. 
And turn your veering heart with ev'ry gale, 
You lofe the fruit of all your former care 
for the fad profpeel of a juft defpair. 

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A quack (too fcandaloufly mean to name] 
Had, by man-midwifery, got wealth and fame z 
As if Lucina had forgot her trade, 
The labouring wife invokes his furor aftl. 
Well-feafon'd bowls the goffip's fpirits raife, l 
Who, while ihe guzzles, chats the doctor's praSfe J 
And largely what (he wants in words fupj>ties, 
With maudlin-eloquence of trickling eyei. 
But what a thoughtlefs animal is man ! 
How very active in his own trepan I 
For, greedy of phyfictans frequent foes, 
From female mellow praife he takes degrees ? 
Struts in a new unlicensed gown, and then, 
From faving women, falls to killing men* 
Another fuch had left the nation thin, 
In fpite of all the children he brought in. 
His pills as thick as hand-granadoes flew : 
And where they fell, as certainly they flew ; 
His name ft ruck every where as great a damp 
A^s Archimedes through the Roman camp. 
With this, the doctor's pride began to copl ; * 
For fmarting foundly may convince a fool. 
But now repentance came too late for grace ; 
And meager famine ftar'd him in the face : 
Fain would he to the wives be reconcil'd, 
But found no hufband left to own a child. 
The friends that got the brats were poifon'd too j 
In this fa,d cafe, what could our vermin do? " 

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Worried with debts, and pad all hope of bail, 
Th* unpitied wjetch lies rotting in a jail 2 
And there, with bafleet-alnis £carce kept alive, 
Shews how millaken talents ought to thrive* 

I pity, from my fculy -unhappy mem 
Qojnpejl'd by want to proflitute their pen ; 
Who mud, like lawyers, either (larve or plead, 
And follow, right or wrong, where guineas lead ! 
But you, Pompilian, wealthy pamper 'd heirs, 
Who to your country owe your f words, and cares, 
Let no vain hope your eafy mind feduce, 
For rich ill pott* arewkhout excufe, 
*Tis very, dangerous, tampering, whh amufe ; 
The profit's fmall, and you have much to lofe : 
For though true wit adorns your birth and place^ 
Degenerate lines degrade th' attainted race* 
No poet any paflion can excite 
But what they feel transport them when they write* 
Have you been led through the Cumaean cave, 
And heard the impatient maid divinely rave ? 
I hear her now ! I fee her rolling eyes : 
And panting, Lo ! the god, the gud, fhe cries ; 
With words not hers, and more than human found, 
She makes th* obedient ghofts peep trembling thro* the 

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And man in vain the facred call withflands, 

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Beware what fpirit rages in your bread ; 

For ten infpir'd, ten thoufand are pofleft. 

Thus make the proper ufe of each extreme, 

And write with fury, but correft \*iih phlegm. 

As when the cheerful hours too freely pafs, 

And fparkling wine fmiles in ihe tempting glafs, 

Your pulfe advifes, and begins to beat 

Through ev'ry fwelling vein a loud Tctreat : 

So when a mufe propitioufly invites, 

Improve her favours* and indulge her flights ; 

But when you find that vigorous heat abate, 

Leave off, and for another fummons wait. 

Before the radiant fun a glimmering lamp, 

Adulterate metals to the fterling ftamp, 

Appear not meaner than mere human lines, 

Compar'd with thofe whofe infpiration (hines : 

Thefe nervous, bold ; thofe languid and remifs ; 

There, cold falutes ; but here a lover's kifs. 

Thus have I feen a rapid headlong tide 

With foaming waves the pdflive Soane divide ; 

Whofe lazy waters without motion lay, 

While he, with eager force, urg'd his impetuous wav 

The privilege that ancient poets claim, f 
Now turned to licence by too juft a name,- 
Belongs to none but ap eftablinYd fame, 
Which fcorns to take it 
Abfurd exprefTionsi crude, abortive thoughts, 
All the lewd legion of exploded faults, 

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Safe fugitives, to that afylum fly»« 
And facred laws with inference defy. 
Nor thus our heroes of the former days ^ , 
JDcfofvM and gain'd their never-fading hay si 
Forlmiftake, or far the greateft part 
Of what fome call negleft, was ftudy's art. 
When Virgil fecms to trifle in a line, 
*Tis like a warning-piece, which gives the fig* 
To wake your fancy, and prepare your fight, 
To reach the noble height of fome •unufual flight. 
I lofe my patience when, with faucy pride, 
By untun'd ears I hear his number tried* 
Reverfe of nature : (hall fuch copies theitf 
Arraign th' original, of Mare's pen : 
And the rude notions of pedantic fchoofe 
Blafphenie-the facred founder of our rules ?' 

The delicacy of the niceft ear 
Finds nothing harfh or out of order there* 
Sublime or low, unheeded or in ten fe ; 
The found is'flillia comment to the fenfev 

A ikillful ear m numbers mould prefidc,' 
And all difputes without appeal decide. 
This ancient Rome, and elder Athens fouhtf^ 
Befoce miftaken flops debauched the founds 

When r by impulfe front Heaven, Tyrtacu&fungfc 
In drooping foldiers a new courage fprung ; 
Reviving Sparta now the flight maintained*. 
And wha|plwo gen'rals loft, a poet gain'd* 
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By fecret influence of indulgent fkies, 
Empire and poefy together rife. 
True poets are the guardians of the ftate, 
And, when they fail, portend'approaching fate. 
For that which Rome to conqueft did infpire, . 
Was not the veftal, but the mufe's fire ; 
Heaven joins the bleflings : no declining age 
Ere felt the raptures of poetic rage. 

Of many faults rhyme is perhaps the caufe ; 
Too drift to rhyme, we flight more ufeful laws: 
For that, in Greecfc or Rome, was never known, 
Till by barbarian deluges o'erflown : 
Subdued, undone, they did at laft obey, 
And change their own for their invader's way* 

I grant that, from fome moffy idol oak, 
In double rhymes our Thor and Woden fpoke ; 
And by fucceflibn of unlearned times, 
As bards began, fo monks rung on the chimes. 

But now that Phoebus and the facred Nine 
'" With all their beams on our bleft ifland fhine, 
Why fhould not we, their ancient rites reftbre, 
And be what Rome or Athens were before ? 
« * Have forgot how Raphael's numerous profe 
« Led our exalted fouls thro* heavenly camps, 
*" And mark'd the ground where proud apoftate thro 
« Defied Jehovah ! here, 'twixt hoft and hoft, 
€ (A narrow, but a dreadful interval) 

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.-• Portentous fight ! before the cloudy vai 

* Satan with vaft and haughty (Irides^advancM, 
1 Came tow'ring arm*d in adamant and gold. 

* There bellowing engines, with their fiery tubes,. 
'. Difpers'd aethereal forms, and down they fell 

* By thoufands, angels on archangels roli'd ; 

* Recover'd to the- hills they ran, they flew, 

* Which (with their ponderous load, rocks, waters, 

* woods), ... 
'From their firm feats torn by the fhaggy tops, 
' They bore like/fliields before them through the air, 

* Ti.l more incehs'd they hurlM them at their foes, 

* All waVconfufion, heaven's foundation ihook, 

* Threatening no lefs than univerfal wreck ; 

* For Michael 'ar arm main promontories flung,- 

* And over-prefs'd whole legions weak with fin. : 
< Yet they blafphem'd and ftruggled as they lay, 

* Till the great enfign of Mefliah blaz'd, 

* And* (arm *d with vengeance) God's victorious $*« 
« (Effulgence of paternal deity J) 

* .Grafping ten thou fa nd thunders in his hand, 
« Drove. th 1 original rebels headlong down, 

* And fent them flaming to the vail aby fs/ 
O may I live to hail the glorious day, 

And fing loud paeans through the crowded w ay, 
When in triumphant flate the Britifh Mufe, 
True to herfelf, fliall barbarous aid refufe, 
And in the Roman Majefty appear, 
Which none know better, and none come fo near. 

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Bower of Blifs. , Spensik. 

THENCE palTing forth, they fhortly do arriv* 
Whereas the Bower of Blifs was fituate ; 
A place pick'd o'lt by choice of beft alive, 
That nature's work by art can imitate ; 
Jo which whatever in this worcHy flate 

Is fweet and pleafing unto living fenfe, 
Or that may daintieft fontafie aggrate, 
Was poured forth with plentiful difpenfe, 
And made t litre to abound with lavifti affluence 

Goodly it was enclofed round about,. 
As well their enter'd gueft* to keep within, 

A* thofe unruly beafts to hold without ; 
Yet was ihof<;ooe thereof but weak and ihin: 
K ought fcartd their force that fbntilage to. win, 

&U wisdom's powie and. temperance 't mighty 
By which the mightieft things ©Horded bin ; 

And eio tbefgate was mwxght of fubftance ligba, 

Rather for pleaiUfinlian for battery or fight. 

It framed was of pretious y vory, 
That feem'd a work of admirable wit ; 

And therein all the famous hiftorie 
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Jfer mighty charmes, her furious loving fir, 
His goodly conqueft of the golden fleece, 

His falfed faith, and love to lightly flit, 

The wondred Atgo,. which invent'rous peece 

Firit thro' the Euxian feas bore all the flow'r of Greece* 

Ye might have feer* the frothy billowes fry 
Under the fhip, as thorough them (he went, 

That feemed waves were into yvory, 
Or yvorjr into the waves were fent, 
And other where the (Viowy fufrftance fprent, 

With vermeil- like the boyes-hloud therein Qxc&t 
A piteous fpcclacle did reprefent j 
' And otherwhiles with gold befprinkeled, 
Itfeem'd th* enchanted flame which did Creufa wedl . 

All this. anymore might in this goodly gate 
Be read ; that ever open flood to-all . 

Which thither came ;. but in. the porch there fate* 
A comely perfonageof flature tall,. 
And femblance pleafing more than natural 

That travellers to him feem'd to entice ; 
His loofer garments to the ground did fall, 

And flew about his heels in. wanton wife, 

Not fit for fpeedy pace or manly exercife*. 

The foe of life, that good envies to all, 

That fecretly doth us procure, to fall, 
Through- guileful femblaunxe. which he makes iu fecj, 
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And Pleafure's porter was devis'dJfc be* .. 1 ' 1 l 
Holding a ftaffe in hand for more formalities : ' - 

Thus being entred, they behold ar ound ( x 

A large and fpatious plaine on ev'ry {ide 

Strow'd with pleafaunce, whofe faire graflie ground 
Mantled with green, and goodly beat! fide 
With all the ornaments of Fioraes pride, ". 

Wherewith her mother Art* as half in fcorn* ; 
Of niggard Natare, like a pompous bride,, 

Did deck her, and too laviflily adocne, 

4 Wben forth from virgin bowre fce comes in ik 9 eftrljf 
morne* 

Thereto the heavens alway jovially 
Lookt on them lovely, flill in ftedfaft flate, 

Ne fuSer'd itcrm* nor froft on them to falf^ 
Their tender buds or leaves to violate, 
Nor fcorchiog heat, 'nor coid intemperate, ' 

T' afflitt the creatures which therein did dwell } 
But the rriilde air with feafon moderate 

Gently at temp red and difpos'd fo well, 

That ftill it breathed forth, fweet fpirit and wholefont» 
fmell, 

More fweet and wholefome than the pleafant hill 
Of Rhodope, on which the nymph that bore 
A gianjt-babe, her felfefor/griefe did kill* 
x Qrthe TheffaKanTempe, where of yore 

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Faire Daphne Phaebus' heart with love did go*e*, 

Or Ida, where the Gods lov'd to repaire, 
When-ever they their heavenly bowres forlore ; 

Or fweet Parnafle, the haunt of mufes faire ; 

Or Eden, if that aught with Eden mote compare* 

Till that he came unto another gate, 
No gate, but like one, being goodly dighi 

With boughes and branches, which did broad dilate 

Their clafpiog armes, in wanton wrealhings intricate* 

So fafhioned a porch with tare divife, 
Archt over head with an embracing vine* 

Whofe bunches hanging downe, feem'd to entice 
All paflers by to tafte their lulhious wine, 
And did themfelves into their hands incline* 

As freely offering to be gathered : 
Some deep empurpled as the hyaeinr, 

Some as the rubine, laughing fweetly red, 

Some like faire emerauldes not yet ripened* 

And them amongft, fome were of burniiht gold^ 
So made by art, to beautifie the reft, 

Which did themfelves emongft the leaves enfold* 
As lurking from the view of covetous guett, 
That the weak boughes, with fo rich load oppreft*. 

Did bow adown as over-burthened. ' : 

There the moll dainty paradife on ground* 
It felf doth offer to his fober eye, 

In which all pleafures plentioufly abound 1 , 
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The painted flowres, the trees upfliooting hie. 

The dales for {hade, the hills for breathing place* ( 

The trembling groves, the cry flail running by ; 
And that which all fair works doth moil aggrace. 
The art which wrought it all appeared in no place 

One would hare thought (fo cunningly the rude 
And fcorned parts were mingled with the fine) 

That Nature had for wantohnefs enfude 
Art, and that Art at Nature did repine-; 
So ftriveing each the other to undermine, 

. Each did the other's worke more beautify s 
80 differing both in willes, agreed' in fine :. 

So all agreed through fweet diverfitie,. 

This garden to adorne with all varieties 

And in the midd of all, a fbuntaine floods 
Of richeft fiibftance that on earth might be r 

So pure and fhiny, that the filver flood 
Through every channel running, one might fee ;: 
Moftgobdfy it with pure image ree 

Was over-wrought, and fhapes of naked boyes^ 
Of whichfome feem'd with lively jollitee 

To fly about, playing their wanton toyes, 

Whiles others did themfelves embay in liquid joyeso 

And w over all, of purefl gold, wasfpred 
A trayle of ivie in. its native hew : 

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Would furely deem it to be ivie true : 

Lowe his lafcivious armcs adowne did creeps 

That themfelves dipping in the filver dew, 

Their (leccie flowres they tenderly did fteepe, 
Which drops of cryflail feem'd for wantonnefs *^ 
weepe. ' 

Infinite fireames continually did well 
Out of this fountaine, fweet and fair to to, 

The which into an ample laver fell, 
And fliortly grew to fo great quantitie, 
'That like a little lake it feem'd to bee : 

Whofe depth exceeded not three cubits height. 
That through the waves one might the bottom fce> 

All pav'd beneath with jafper ftuning bright 

That feem'd the fountaine in that feadid fayle uprigbjP 

And all the margent round about was fet 
With fliady lawrell-trees, thence to defend 

Tho funny beames, which on the billows bet, 
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f. QHUT, fhut the door, good John I fatigued I faid, 

^ Tye up the knocker ; fay I'm lick, I'm dead. 
The Dog-ftar rages ! nay 'tis paft a doubt, 
All Bedlam, or Parnaflus is let out : 
Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 
They rave, recite, and madden round the land. 

What walls can guard me, or what fhades can htdd f 
They pierce my thickets, thro* my grot they glide* ; 
By land, by water, they renew the charge ; 
They flop the chariot, and they board the barge. 
No place is facred, not the Church is free, 
. '£'en Sunday fhines no Sabbath-day to me : 
Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyfre^ 
Happy ! to catch me juft at Dinner-time. 

Is there a Parfon, much bemus'd in beer t 
A maudlia Poetefs, a rhyming Peer, 
A Clerk, fbredoom'd his father's foul to crofs, 
Who pens a Stanza when he fhould engrqfs ? 
Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, fcrawls 
With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd wails p' 
Ali fly to Twit'nam, and in humble ftrain 
Apply tome, to ketpthem mad or vain. 
Arthur, whofe giddy fon negle&s the laws,. 
Imputes to me and my damn'd works the caufe : 

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IWrCormis fee* his frantic wife elope $ 
And curfes Wit, and Poetry, and Pope 

Friend to my Life ! (which did not you prolongs 
The world had wanted many an idle fong) 
What Drop or Nojtrum can this plague remove ? 
Or which muft end me, a Fool's wrath or love ; 
A dire dilemma I either way I'm fped ; 
If foes, they Write, if friends, they read me dead. 
Seiz'dand tied down to judge, how wretched II 
Who can't be filcnt, and who will not lye : 
To laugh, were want ofgoodnefs and of grace ; 
And to be grave, exceeds all pow'r of face : 
I fit with fad civility, I read 
With' honeft anguifh, and an aching head ; 
And drop at laft, but in unwilling ears. 
This faving counfel, ' Keep your piece nine years/ 

Nine years! cried he, who high in Drury-lane # 
Lull r d by foft Zephyrs thro* the broken pane, 
P hymes ere he wakes, and prints before Term ends, 
Obliged by hunger, and requeft of friends : 
' The piece, you think, is incorre&P why take it j 

* I'm ail fubmiffion ; what you'd have it, make it.* 
1 Three things another's modeft wlfhes bound, 
My.Friendfliip, and a Prologue, and ten pound. 

Pitholeon fends tome : * You know his Grace : 

* I want a Patron ; afk him for a Place,' 
Pitholeon libellM me — * but here's a letter 

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* Dare you refufe him ? Curl invites to dine ; 

* He'll write a Journal, or he'il turn Divine. 
Blefs me! a packet. — * 'Tis a Granger fuei f 

c A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Mufe.' 

If I diflike.it, ' Furies, death and rage !' 

If I approve, * Commend it to the Stage.' 

There (thank my ftars) my whole commifllon ends, 

The players and I are luckily, no friends. 

Fir'd that the houfe rejeft him, < 'Sdeath I'll print it* 

' And fliame the fools— Your int'reft, Sir, with Lintot** 

Lintot, dull rogue ! will think your price too much ; 

* Not, Sir, if you revife it, and retouch,' 
All my demurs hut double his attacks ; 

At laft he whifpers, c Do ; and we go fnacks.* 
Clad of a quarrel, ilraight I. clap the door • 
Sir, let me fee your works and you no more. 

'Tis fung, when Midas' Ears began tofpring 
(Midas, a facred perfon and a King), 
His very Minifler who fpied them firft 
(Some fay his Queen) wasfore'd to fpeak, orburft. 
And is not mine, my friend, a forer cafe, 
When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my face ? 
A* Good friend, forbear ! you deal in dang'rous things* 
I'd never name Queens, Minifters, or Kings ; 
Keep clofe to Ears, and thofe let afles prick, 
'Tis nothing— P. Nothing, if they bite and kick ? 
Out with it, Dunciad I let the fecret pafs, 
That fecret to each fool, that he's an afs ; 

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The truth once told (and wherefore fliould we lie ? 
The Queen of Midas flept, and, fo may I. 

You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, 
No creature fmarts fo little as a fool. 
Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! rcund thee break, 
Thou unconcern 'd canft hear the mighty crack ; 
Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulfions hurl'd, 
Thou ftand'ft unfhook amidft a burfling world* 
Who fhames a Scribbler ? break one cobweb thro', 
He fpins the flight, felf-pleafing thread ane,w ; 
Deftroy his fib or fophiftry, in vain, 
The creature's at his dirty work again, 
Thron'd on the centre of his thin defigns, 
Proud of a vaft extent of flimfy lines ] 
Whom have I hurt ? has Poet yct } or Peer, 
Loft the arch'd eyebrow, or Parnaffian fneer? 
And has not Colley flill his lord, and whore ? 
His butchers Hcnly, his free-mafons Moor ? 
Does hot one table Bavius flill admit ? • 
Still to one Biftiop Philips feem a wit ? 
Still Sappho— A. Hold, for God's fake— youll offend f 
No names — be calm — learn prudence of a friend : 
I too could write, and I am twice as tall; 
But foes like thefe— P. One Flatt'rcr's worfe than til. 
Of all mad creatures, if the learn'd are right, 
It is the flaver kills, and not the bite. 
A fool quite angry is quite innocent x 
Alas ! 'tis ten times worfe when they repent. 
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One dedicates in high heroic profe, 
And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : 
One from all Grub-llreet will ray fiune defend, 
And more abuiive, Calls himfelf ray friend. 
This prints my Letters? that expects a bribe, 
And others roar aloud, ' Subfcribe, fubferibe ?' * 

There are, who to my perfon pay their Court : 
I cough like Horace, and, tho* lean, am'fhort. •■ '> 
Amnion's great fon one moulder had too high ; 
Such Ovid'* nofe ; and, * Sir ! you have an Ey-e'— f 
Go on, obliging creatures, make me fee 
All that difgrae'd my Betters met in me. 
Say for my Comfort, Ianguifhing in bed, 
* Jull fo immortal Maro held his head ;' 
And when 1 die, be fure you let them know 
Great Homer died three thotifand years ago. 

Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 
Dipt me in ink, my parent's, 6r my own ? 
As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, 
I Hfp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. 
1 left no calling for this idle trade, 
No duty broke, no father drfobey'd ; ' 
The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome Friend, not Wife, 
To help me thro* this long difeafe, my Life ; 
To fecond, Arbuthnot ! tby Art and Care, 
And teach the Being you pi eferv'd to bear. 

But why then publifh ? Granville the polite, 
And knowing Waljh, would tell me I could write 5 

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Well -naturM Garth inflamed with early praife> 
And Congreve lov'd, and$fcrt/tf endur'dmy lay*$ 
The courtly TaWot t Somers 9 Sheffield read ; 
Ev'n mitred Rochijtcr would nod the head ; 
And St. John's felfj (great Drew's friends before} 1 
With open arms- received one Poet more. 
Happy my ftudies, when by thefe approv'd ! 
Happier their Author, when by thefe belov'd ! 
From thefe the world will judge of men and booksj. 
Not from the Burnets, Ohlmixons, and Cooks. 

Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence- 
While pure Defcription held the place of Senfe ?* 
Like gentle Fanny's' was my flow'ry theme, 
A painted miflrefs, or a purling ftream. . 
Yet then did Gildo'n draw his venal quill' ; 
I wifli'd the man a dinner, and fat ft ill. 
Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; 
I never anfwer'd, I was not in debt, 
If want provok'J, or madnefs made them printj, 
I wag'd no war with Bfdltzm or the Mint. 

Did forae more fober Critic come abroad ; 

If wrong, I fmil'd ; if right, I kifs'd the rod. 

Pains, reading, fludy, are their juft- pretence.;. 

And all they want- is faint, tafte,. andfenfe* 

Commas and points they- fet exactly right ; 

And. 'twere a fin to rob them of their mite.- 

Yet ne*er onefprig of -faure! grae'd thefe ribald % 

Froraflafhing Bcntley downtopidliog Tibalds : . 

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Each wigltf who reads not, and but (bans and fpells, 
Each Word-catcher, that lives^pn fyllables, 
Ev'n fuchfmall Critics fome regard may claim, 
Preferv'd in Milton* or in Shake/pear's name. 
Pretty ! in Amber to obferve the forms 
Of hairs, or draws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 
The things we know are neither rich nor rare, 
But wonder how the devil they got there. 

Wefe others angry : I excus'd them too ; 
Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. 
A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find ; 
But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind, 
That calling-weight pride adds to emptinefs, 
This who can gratify ?^ for who can guefs t 
• The Bard whom pilfer'd Paflorals renown, 
Who turns a Perfian Tale for half a crown, 
Juft writes to make his barrennefs appear, 
And flrains, from hard-bound brains, eight lines a year; 
He, whoftill wanting, tho* he lives on theft, 
Steals much, fpends little, yet has nothing left : 
And He, who now to fenfe, now nonfenfe leanings 
Means not, but blunders round about a meaning 5 
And He, whofe fuftian's fo fublimely bad, 
It is not poetry, but profe run mad : 
AH thefe, my modefl Satire bade tranflate^ 
And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tatt x 
How did they fume, and ftamp, and roar and chafe / 
And fwcar, not Addifon himfelf was fafe. 

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Peace to allTuch ! L but were there one whofe fires. 
True* Genius kindles* .and.fair Fame infpjre.s ; 
Bleft with each talent andeacbiart .tppleafe, , 
And born to w.site, converfe, and live with eafe : 
Should fucb< a man& too fond to rule alone, 
Bear, like tie- Tuck* no brother near the throne* 
View, him with fcornful> yet with jealous eyes, 
And hate for:art* that caused himfelf to rife' ; 
Damn with faint rpraife* aflant with civil leer, 
And, without fneering*' teach -the reft»*to.fneer ; ; 
Willing to woundj..andiyet afraid torftrikcj 
Juft hint a fault,, ami hefiiate difltke;; 
Alike referv'd toblanw,.ortO'.couMnjentI^ 
A tim'rous foe, and. a fiifpicious. friend? 
Dreading ev'n Fools j by Flatterers befieg'd,. 
And fo obliging, thai he ne'er, oblig'd ;. 
Like Cato, give his little Senate laws,. 
And 4k attentive to his own applaufe. ; 
While Wits and Templars, ey'ry fenlence raife r 
And wonder withfa foolilE face-jo£:praifer-* 
Who but mull -laugh? iffuch aiman there be ? 
Who would not weep, if Atticus were he.p ; 

What tho* nay nam© ftood -rubric on xhe.wallsj 
Or plafter'd poils, with claps^ in capitals 
Or fmoking forth, a hundred ihawkers load* 
On wings of winds came flying.all abroad ? 
I fought no homage from the race thtat^ write : 
X kept, like Afinn monarch*, from their-fight? 

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Poems I heeded (now berhy m'd fo long) 
No more than thou, great George ! a birthday fong» - 
I ne'er with wits or witlings pafs'd my days, 
To fpread about the iteh of verfe and praife ; 
Nor, like a puppy, dangled thro* the town. 
To fetch and carry fmg-fong up and down ; V* 

Nor at- rehearfals fweat,, and mouthM, and cried*. | 

With handkerchief and orange at my fide : 
But fick'of fops, and poetry, and prate,. 
To Bufo left the whole Cafialian (late. 
Proud, as Apollo on his forked hill, 

Sat full-blown Bufo, pufPd by ev'ry quill ; 

Ifed with foft dedication all day long, 

Horace and he Went hand and hand in fong* 

His library (where bulls of poets dead 

And a true Pindar flood without a head) 

Receiv'd of wits an undiftinguiuVd race, 

Who firft his judgment afk'dj and then a plac« : 

Much they extoll'd his piftures, much his feat, 

Andflatter'xhev'ry day, and fome days eat: 

Till grown more frugal in his riper days, 

He paid fome bards with port, and fome with praife y. 

To feme a dry rehearfal was aflign'd ; 

And others (harder Hill) he paid in kind. 

Dry den ajone (what wonder?) came not nigh ; . 

JDryden alone cfcap'd this judging eye : 

But ftiil the great have kindnefs. in referve ; . 

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May fbme choice patron blefs each grey goofe quilt I 
May ev'ry Bcwius haze his Bufo ftill \ 
So when a ftatefman wants a day's defence^ 
Or envy holds a whole week's War with fenfe,. 
Or fimple pride for flatt'ry makes demands. 
May dunce by dunce be whittled off my hands f 
JBleft be the great forthofe they takeaway,^ /? 
And thofe they left me, for they left me gay ; -/ <"£■ */ 
Left me to fee negle&ed Genius bloom, . / /. ... / ;> , 

Neglefted die, and tell it on his tomb ; 
Of all thy blamelefs life the fole return, 
My Verfe, and Queenfb'ry weeping o'er thy urn$. 

Oh let me live my own, and die fo-too ! 
(To live and die is-all- 1 have to do) : 
Maintain a* Poet's dignity and eafe, 
And fee what friends, and read what books I pleafe £ 
Above a patron, tho' I condefcend. 
Sometimes to call a minifler my friend; 
I was not born foF courts or great affairs : 
I pay my debts, believe, and fay my pray'rsj 
Can fleep without a poem in my head, 
Nor know if Dennis be alive or dead. ' 

Why am- 1 afk'd what next mail fee the light ? 
. Heavens V was I born for nothing but to write ? 
Has life no joys for me ? or {to be grave) 
Have I no friend to fervey no foul, to fave ? 
«* I found him clofe withSwi/i" — c Indeed ? no doubt 
(Cries prating. Balbu?) fomcthing will come out. 

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*Ti's all in -vain, deny it as I will ; 
* No, fuch a Genius never can lie- dill ;'* 
And then for mine obligingly midakes* 
The fi rft lampoon Sir Will or Bubo , makes.. 
Poor guiltlefel! and can. I choofe:but fmile^ 
When ev'ry. coxcomb knows meby ; my ftjUf 
Curd be the verify. how well foe*er it flow,. 
That tend* to make one worthy, man' my foe, 
Give virtue fcandal, .innocence afeaF, 
Or from the foftieyed virgin deal a tear ! 
But he who hunts ai harmlefs neighbour's peace*., 
Infukssfafclen~ worth, or beauty in didrefs ; . 
Who loves a lye, lame dander helps about, 
Who writes a libel, or whocopies out ; 
That fop whofe pride affefts a patron's name,. 
.Yet. abfent wounds an authbr/s honed, faine ^. 
Who can yourmerit/af^y&^y approve, 
And (hew the fenfe of it.withou the love ;. 
Who has the vanity, to.cail- you Friend, 
Yet wants the honour injur'd.todefend ; 
Who tells whate'er you think* whatever you fay; 
And, if he lye notj. mud at leaji betray : 
Who to tbe^tfan and ^Zi/*r btll can fwear, 
And fees. at Cannons what was never there; 
Who reads but with a. lull. to mi f apply,. 
Make fatire a. lampoon ; and fiction lye — 
.A'lafla like mine no honed man dial l dread,. 
£>ut aji fuch babhiin^bbekheadsitt his dead*. ' 

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Let Sporus tremble — A. What ? that thing of fijk ? 
Sporus, that mere white curd of afs's milk ? 
Satire or fenfe, alas ! can Sporus feel ? 
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? t 
P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. 
This painted child of dirt, that ftinks and flings ; 
Whofe buzz the witty and the fair annoys* 
Yet wit ne'er taftes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : 
So well-bred fpaniels civilly delight 
In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. 
Eternal fmiles his emptinefs betray, 
As (hallow flreams run dimpling all the way* 
Whether in florid impotence he fpeaks, 
And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet fqueaks 
Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, 
Half froth, half venom, fpits hunfelf abroad, 
In puns, or politics, or tales, or lyes, 
Or fpite, orfmut, or rhymes or blafphemies. 
His wit all fee-fa w, between that and this ; 
Now high, now low, now matter up, now mifs, 
And hehimfelf one vile antithefis, 
Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, 
The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; 
Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, 
Now trips a lady, and now ftruts a lord. 
Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprefs'd ; 
A cherub's face, a reptile all the reU. 
Beauty that ihocks you, parts that none will trufl, 
Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the duft. 

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Ndt Fortune's worthipper, nor Fafhlon's foof, 
Not Lucre's madman, nor Ambition's tooly 
Nor proud, nor fervile ; be one Pdet's praife* 
That, if he pleasM, he pleas 'd by manly ways t 
That flatt'ry even to Kings he held a fhame, , .*.. 

And thought a Lye in verfe or profe the fame : 
That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long, 
But ftoop'd to Truth, andmorali^'d his fdng t 
That not for Fame, but Virtue's better end, 
He flood the furious fbe, the timid friend, 
The damning critic, half approving wir, 
The coxcomb bit, or fearing to be bk ; 
Laugh'd at the loft of friends he never had; 
The dull, .the proud, the wicked, and the mad £ 
The diflant threats of vengeance on his headfc 
The blow unfelt, the tear he never fhed ; 
The tale reviv'd, the lye fo oft o'ertohrown,, 
Th' imputed tram and dulnefs not his own ; 
The morals "blacken M when the writings 'fcape,. 
The libeH'd perfon, and the'pi&ur'd fhape ; 
Abufeon all he lov'd, or lov'd him, fpread ; 
A friend in exiie r or a father dead. 
The whifper that, to greatnefs ftill too near,. 
Perhaps yet vibrates on his Sov'reign's ear- 
Welcome for thee, fair Virtue! all the paft ? 
For thee, fair Virtue ! welcome even the taft'. 

A. But why infultthe poor, affront the great? 
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AHke my (corn, if he fuccccd or fail, 

Sporus at court, or Japhet in a jail, 

A hireling fcribbler, or a hireling peer, 

Knight of the poft corrupt, or of the flri re % 

If on a Pillory, or near a Throne, 

He gain his Prince's ear, or lofc his own. 

Yet foftby nature, more a dupe than wit, 
Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : 
This dreaded Sat'rHl Dennis will cohfefs ' 
Foe to his pride, but friend to his diftrefs : 
So humble, he has knocked at TibbalcTs door, 
Has drunk with CMer, nay has rhymM for Moor* 
Full ten years flander-d, did he once reply ? 
Three thoufand funs went down On Wel/tedH lye : 
To pleafe a Miftreft, one afper'd his life ; 
He lafh'd him not, but let her be his wife : 
Let Budget charge low Grubfireet on his quili, 
And write whate'er he pleas'd, except his Will : 
Let the two Curls of town and Court abufe 
His father, mother, -body, foul, and mil fc.' 
Yet why ? that Father held it for a rule, 
It was a fin to call our neighbour Fool ? 
That harmlefs Mother thought no wife a whor« : 
Hear this, and fpare his family, James Moor, 
Unfpotted names, and memorable long ! 
If there be" force in Virtue on n Song, 

Of gentle blood ( partlhed in Honour's caufe^ 
While yet in Britain Honour had applaufe) 

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Each parent fprung. — A. What fortune pray ? . 

own: 
And better got than Beftia's from the throne. 
Born to no Pride, inheriting no Strife, 
Nor marrying Difcord in a noble wife : 
Stringer to civil and religious rage, 
The good man walk'd innoxious thro* his age # 
No Courts he faw, no fuits would ever try, 
Nor dar'd an Oath, - nor hazarded a Lye, 
Unlearn'd, he knew no fchoolman's fubtle art, 
No language but the language of the heart. 
Hy Nature honeft, by Experience wife, 
Healthy by temp'rance, and by exercife: 
His life, tho* long, to ficknefs pafs'd unknown* 
His death was inflant, and without a groan. 
O grant me thus to live, and thus to die ; 
Who fprung from Kings (hall know lefs joy thar 
O Friend I may each domeflic blifs be thine I 
Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine z 
Me let the tender office long engage, 
To rock the cradle of repofing Age ; 
With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 
Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of dcatl 
Explore the thought, explain the afking eye, 
And keep awhile one parent from the fky I 
On cares like thefe, if length of days attend, 
<May Hoaven, to blefs thofe days, preferve my 

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And jufl as rich as when he ferv'd a Queen. 
A. Whether that bleffing he denied or given, 
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Epilogue to the Satires. In Two Dialogues. Pots 
DIALOGUE I. 

ir.XjOT twice a twelvemonth you appear in print ; 

•^^ And when it comes, the Court fee nothing in't» 
You grow correft, that once with rapture writ ; 
And are, befides, too moral for a Wit. 
Decay of parts, alas ! we all mufl feel- 
Why now, this moment, don't I fee you ileal ? 
*Tis all from Horace ; Horace, long before ye, 
Said, " Tories cail'd him Whig, and Whigs a Tory ;* 
And taught his Romans, in much better metre, 
" To laugh at Fools who put their tfuft in Peter/* 

But Horace, Sir, was delicate, was nice ; 
Bubo obferves, he lafiVd no fort of Vict ; 
Horace would fay, Sir Billy ftnfd the Crown, 
Blunt could do bufcnefs, H-ggins knew the town 2 
In Sappho touch the Failings of the Sex, 
In rev'rend Biftiops note fome fmall neglecls ,* 
And own the Spaniard did a waggijh thing, 
Who cropt our ears, and fent them to the King. 
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His fly, polite j tnfinuating ftyle, 

Could pleafe at Court, and make Auguflus fmile : 

An artful manager, that crept between 

His friend and fhame, and was a kind offerees 

But 'faith, your very friends will foon be fore ; 

Patriots there are who wifii you'd jell no more— 

And where'* the Glory ? 'twill be only thought 

The great man never offer'd you a groat, 

Co fee Sir Robert— 

P. See Sir Robert ! — hum— 
And never laugh for all my life to come ? 
Seen him I have, but in his happier hour 
Of Social Pleafure, ill exchang'd for Pow'r ; 
Seen hUn, uncumber'd with a venal tribe, 
Smile without art, and win without a bribe. 
Would he oblige me ? let me only find 
He does not think me what he thinks mankind. 
Come, come — at all I laugh he laughs, no doubt J 
The only difference is — I dare laugh out. 

F. Why yes, with Scripture ftill you may be free ; 
A horfe-laugh, if you pleafe, at Honefty ; 
A Joke on Jekyl, or £bme odd Old fVhig, 
Who never charig'd his principle, or wig 5 
A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age, 
Whom all Lord Chamberlains allow the Stage : 
Thefe nothing hurts 5 they keep their fafhion dill, 
And wear their itrangc old virtue, as they will, 

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If any afk you, " Who's the man, fo near 
" His prince, that writes in verfe, and has his ear ?* 
Why anfwer, Lyttleton ; and I'll engage 
The worthy youth fliall ne'er be in a rage : 
But were his verfes vile, his whifpef bafe, 
You'd quickly find him in Lord Fanny's cafe> 
Sejanus, Wolfey, hurt not honefl Fleury ; 
But well may put fome ftatefman in a fury* 

Laugh then at any but at fools or foes j 
Thcfe you but anger, and you mend not thofe* 
Laugh at your friends ; and, if your friends are fore*. 
So much the better, you may laugh the more. 
To vice andfolly to confine the jeft, 
Sets half the world, God knows, againft the reft 
Did not the fneer of more impartial men 
At fenfe and virtue balance all again. 
Judicious wits fpread wide the ridicule, 
And charitably comfort knave and fool. 

P. Dear Sir, forgive the prejudice of youth:: 
Adieu, diftinftion, fatire, warmth, and truth!: 
Come, harmlefs characters that no one hit ; 
Come, Henley's oratory, Ofborne's wit! 
The honey dropping from Eavonio's tonguej 
The flow'rs of Bubo, and tbe flow of Y — ng ! 
The gracious dew of pulpit eloquence, 
And all tbe well-whipp'd cream of courtly, feijfej. < 
The firft was H — vy's, F — 's next, and then 
The S«— te's, and then H — vy's once again. 

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So Latin, yet fb Engliih all the while. -?-.. . r, • il 

As, tho' the pride of Middleton and Bland,: „ ■- ,, ? r i- , 
All boys may read, andgirlsnaay underftandl .t - •,.. ^ v 
Then might liihg, without the leall offence* ; .,} < 
And all I fumg mould he the Nation's Scnje .}, -„ . , : , 
Or teach the melancholy Mufe to mourn, .-.•;-, ... f: 
Hang the fad verfeon Carolina's urn, «>. -j 

And hail her paffage to the Re alms of Reft- • ' ?•. .. 

All parts perforra'd, and all her children h&ft| ti : ; 2 
So Satire is no more— I feel it die— •" i-"- 

No Gazeteer more innocent than I— '•'•.' 

And let, a God's name, ev'ry fool and knave,, 
Be graced thro' life, and flatter'd in his. graven ? 

jp. Why fo ? if Satire knows its time and plaee^ 
You ft ill may lafh the gteateft— ~in difgracej: 
For merit will by turns forfake them #11; 
Would you know when ? exaSly when they fall* 
But let all fatire in all changes {pare . 
Immortal S — k, and grave D — re* ■ 
Silent and foft as Saints remov'-d to Heaven, 
All ties diflblv'd, and ev'ry (in forgiven, 
Thefe may fome gentle minifterial.wing 
Receive, and place for ever near a King ! 
There, where no paflion, pride, or fhame tranfportj 
Lull'd with theiweet Nepenthe of a Court. 
There, where no father's, brother's, friend's difgracQ 
Once break their reft, ox ftir them from their place : 
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Butj pafttTie fenfe of human miferres* 
AH tears are wip'd for ever- from all eyes ;- 
No cheek is known to Mufti, no heart to throb*- 
Save when they lofe aqueftion, or a job.. 

JV Good Heaven forbid that I fhould blaft their glory. 
"Who know how Irke Whig Minifters to Tory, 
An/I when three Sov 're i*ns died, could fcarcebe vcxt,. 

Confid'ring what a gracious" Printt was next.. 

Have I, in (Hent wonder, feen fuch things 
As pride in Slaves,, or avarice in Kings ; 

And at a Peer op Peerefs fliall I fret, 

"Who.ftarves a fitter* 01 forfwears a debt ? 

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boaft ; 

But (hall the dignity of Vice be loft? 

Ye Gods! fhail Cibber*s fon, without rebuke*. 

Swear like a Lord, or Rich outwhore a Duke? • 

A fav'rite's porter with his mafter vie, 

Be bribM as often; and as often lye ? 

Shall Wat d draw contracts with a ftatefman's (kill ?,' 

Or Japhet pocket, like his Grace, a will ? 

Is it for fiond or Peter (pahry things!) 

To pay their debts, or keep their faith, like kings? 

If Blount difpatch'd himfelf, he play'd the man^ 

And fo may 'ft thou-, illuflfious Pafferant • ! 

But fhaU*a Printer, . weary- of his K%. 

Learn from their books to hang himfelf and wife ? ' ••«•'■- 

This, this, my friend,- I cannot, muft not bear ; . 'V 

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This calls the chirrch to deprecate our fin* , , * 

And hurls the thunder of the laws on gin* ■ " 

Let raodefl Fofter, if he will, excel . * ; i i 

Ten Metropolitans in preaching well ; .,. f 

A fimple Quaker* or a Quaker's wife,. , ; .. \ 

Outdo LandaiF in doclrine — -yea in life ; 
Let humble Allen, with an auk ward ihaxne* 
Do good by Health, and blufli to.find it fame.% . 
Virtue may choofe the high or low degree, 
*Tis jufl alike to virtue, and to me ; 
Dwell in a Monk, or light upon a King, 
She's ftill the fame belov'd, contented thing*. 
Vice is undone if fhe forgets, her birth, 
And flroopsfrom angels to the dregs of earth : 
But 'tis the Fall degrades her to a whore ; 
i,et Greatnefs own her, and (he's mean no more ; 
Her birth, her beauty,, crowds and courts confefs, 
Chafte matrons praife her, and grave bifliopsi>lefs J; 
In golden chains the willing world fhedraws* 
And hers the gofpel is, and hers the laws. 
Mounts the tribunal, lifts her fcarlet head^ 
And fees pale virtue carted in her ftead. 
Lo ! at the wheels of her triumphal car, 
Old England's genius,, rough with many a fcaiy 
Dragg'd in the dull ! his arms hang idly round^ 
His flag inverted trails along the ground ! 
Our youth, all liveried o'er with foreign gold,. 
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See throngfegf millions to the Pagod run, 

And offer coantry, parent, wife, or fon j 

Hear her black trumpet thro* the land proclaim. 

That not to be corrupted is tkejhamc. 

In foldier, churchman^ patriot, man in pow*r f 

*Tis av'rice all, ambition is no more 1 

See all our nobles begging to be flaves ! 

See all our fools afpiring to be knaves I 

The wit of cheats, the courage of a whore, 

Are what ten thoufand envy and adore : 

All, all look up, with reverential awe, 

At times that 'fcape or triumph o'er the law ; 

"While truth, worth, wifdom, daily they, decry ; 

*' Nothing is facred now but villany." 

Yet may this verfe (if fuch a verfe remain) 
Shew there was one who held it in difdain. 

DIALOGUE II. 

J. 'TIS all a libeU-Paxton (Sir) will fay, 

P. Not yet, my friend ! to-morrow 'faith it may 
And for that very caufe I print to-day. 
How mould I fret to mangle ev'ry line, 
Jn rev'rence to the fins of Thirty-nine / 
Vice with fuch giant fl rides comes on amain, 
Invention flrives to be before in_vain -; 
Feign what I will, and paint it e'er foitrong, 
Some riling genius fins up to my fong*. 

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F. Yet none but you by name th- guilty lam ; 
Even Guthry faves half Newgate by a dafh. 
Spare then the perfon, and expofe the vice. 

P. How, Sir ! not damn the fharper, but the dice 
Come oirthen, fatire I general, unconfin'd, 
Spread thy broad wing, and foufeon all the kind*. 
Ye ftatefmen, priefts, of one religion all ! 
Ye tradefmen, vile, in army, court, or hall I 
Ye rev'rend Atheffts. F. Scandal ! name them ; who 

P. Why that's the thing you bid me not to do* 
Who ftarv'd a filler, who forfwore a debt, 
1 never nam'd ; the town's enquiring yet* 

F* The pois'ning dame you mean, — P, I don'k- 

F. You do. 

P. See* now I keep the feeret, and not you J 
The bribing ftatefman. — F. Hold, too highyou go» 

P. The brib'd ele&or. — F. There you ftoop too low* 

P. I fain would pleafe you, if I knew with what ;, 
Tell me which knave is lawful game, whtch not : 
Muft great offenders, once efcap'd the Crown, 
Xike royal harts, be never more rundown ? 
Admit your law to fpare the knight requires, 
As beads of nature may we hunt the 'fquires ? % 
Suppofe I cenfure — you know what I mean— *- 
To fave a Bilhop, may I name a Dean ? 

F. A Dean, Sir? no; his fortune is not>naade y, 
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P. If not tfye tradefman who fet up to-day, 
Muchlefs the 'prentice who to-morrow may, 
Down, down, proud /at] re ! tho* a realm be fpoil'dj 
Arraign no mightier thief than wretched Wild', 
Or, if a court or country*s made a job, 
Go drench a.pickpocket, and join the mob. 

But, Sir, I leg you (for the love of vice fj 
The matter's weighty, pray confider twice ; 
Havevou lefs pity' for the needy cheat. 
The poor and'fnendlefs villain, then the great ? 
Alas! tfie hnalldifcredit of a bribe 
Scarce hurts the 1 fcawyer, but undoes the Scribe# 
Then better fure if'-Cnarity becomes 
To tax Directors, wEd, thank God^ have plums,} 
Still better minifters ; or, if the thing 
May pinch even there— wny lay it on a king, 

F. Stop'ffiopf 

P. Muft fatire, then, nor rife nor fall ? 
Speak out, and bid me blame no rogues at all. 

F. Yes, ftrikethat Wild, I-ll juftify the blow. 

P. Strike? why the man washang'd ten years ago|_ 
Who now that obfotcfte example fears ? 
Even Peter trembles only for his ears. 

F. What always Peter?' Peter thinks you mad } 
-You make men defp'rafte, if they once are bad : * 

Elfe might he take to vif tue fome years hence*^» ' 

P. As S— k, if he lives, willlove the Prittce. 

F, Strange fpjeen to S-^-kf " ; ,-/<*:-■. , ; 

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1 * P. Do I wrong the man ? 

God "knows, I praife a Courtier where I can* 
When I confefs, there is who feels for fame, 
And melts to goodncfs, need I Scarb'row name ? 
Pleas*d let me own, in EJhcr's peaceful grove 
(Where Kent and nature vie for Pelham's love)^ 
The fcene, the mailer, op'ning to my view* 
I fit and dream I fee my Craggs anew I 

Even in a Bilhop^I can fpy defert ; 
Seeker is decent, Hundd has a heart : 
Manners with candour are to Ben/on given $ 
To Berkley, ev'ry virtue under Heaven. 

But does the Court a worthy man remove ? 
That inftant, I declare, he has my love ; 
I fliun his zenith, court his mild decline ; 
Thus Scrmers once, and Halifax were mine. . 
Oft, in the clear dill mirrour of retreat, 
I fludied Shrewjbury, the wife and great ; . 
CarUton't calm fenfe, and Stanhopt'i noble flame 
Compar'd, and knew their gen'rous end the fame : 
How pleafing Atterhury's fofter hour ! 
How fhin'd the foul, unconqu'er'd in the Tow'r: 
How can I PuWnty. Chejlerjield forget, 
While Roman fpirit charms, and attic wit ? 
Argyle, the State's whole thunder born to wield, 
And fliake alike the fen ate and the field : 
Or lfyndham, juft to freedom and the throne, 
The miller of our paflions, and his own : 

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Names, wKich I long have lov'd, nor lo?'d in vain, 
Rank'd with their friends, not number'd with their train | 
And if yet higher the proud lift fhould end, 
Still let me fay, No follower, but a friend. 

Yet think not, friendfhip only prompts my lays; 
I follow Virtue ; where me mines, I praife ; 
Point me to Prieft or Elder, Whig or Tory, 
Or round a Quaker's beaver call a glory, 
I never (to my furrow I declare) 
Din'd with the Man of Rofs, or my Lord Mayor 
Some in their choice of friends (nay, look not grave J 
Have ftill a fecret bias to a knave : 
To find an honed man I beat about, 
And love him, court him, praife him, in or out^ 
.F. Then why fo few commended ? 

P. Not fo fierce; 

Find you the virtue, and I'll find the verfe. 

JBut random praife — the talk can ne'er be done J 

Each mother afks it for her booby fon« 

Each widow afks it for the be ft of men ; 

For him lhe weeps, for him (he ,weds again. 

Praife cannot Jioop, like fat ire, to the ground? 

The number may be hang'd, but not be crown'd 

Enough for half the greateft of thefe days ; 

To 'fcape my cenfure, not expeft my praife, 

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And whatyoiMBg Abmbo© ssifitM* but wtfh'4 in v*in ?. tt 

No pow'r the Mute's friewHbip can command » * . 
No pow'r, when virtu* elaunt-ic, can wrtkft*nd4- "*0 
'To Cat*, FtVgtfpayMofte&ontftline-; ** * - C 

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—What are you tbinkingr? F* Faith* theitat4gbt'6«afn; 

1 think you're friends, are oas, *nd wo* lti.be rim j v *, 

J\ If merely to com*. in* Sir* <ke^ S%tW** ■- ' ; /; 
The way they take ts ft range ly round laboafc r -,., , .... , 

F. They too may be corrupted, yon'H aJlowi* t .' 

J\ I only call thofe knaves who are fi> no*, < , 
Is that too little ? Come then, I'll comply-*— - 
Spirit of Arnall ! aid me whilellyei - » 
Cobham's a coward, Pol wart is a ilave>', • 
And Lyttleton a dark, defigning knave ; 
St. John has ever been a wealthy fool-*** " 
But let me add, Sir Roberts mighty duH ; 
Has never made a Friend in private life, 
And was, befides a tyrant to his wife. 

But pray, when others praife hrm, do I blame ? 
Call Verres, Wolfey, any odious name ? 
Why rail they then, if but a 'Wreath of mine, 
O all-accomp'.ifh'd St. John f deck thy flirine ? 

What fball each fpur-gallM hackney of the day, < 
When Paxton gives him double pots and pay : 
Or each new-penfion*d fycophant, pretend 
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But it was my gueft at home they threw the dirt ? 

Sure, if I {pare the Minifter, no rules 

Of honour hind me not to maul his toots ; 

Sure, if they cannot cut, it may he faid 

His faws are tootMefs, and' his hatchets lead* 

Ittnger'd Tnretone, once i upon a day, 
To fee a footman kick*d that took his pay : 
Bat when he heard the affront the fellow gave* 
Knew one a man of honour, one a knave ; 
^he prudent gen'ral turn'd it to a jeft, 
And begg'd he'd take the pains to kick the reft i 
Which not at prefent having time to do— =- 
jP. hold, fir, for God's fake, where's the affront to you ? 
Again your worfhip when had S— k writ ? 
O r P— ge pour'd forth the torrent of his wit ? 
Or grant the Bard whofe diftich all commend 
{In pozu'r afcrvant) one ofpow'r a friend) 
To W~le guilty of fome venial fin ; 
that's that to you, who ne'er.was out nor in ? 
The Prieft whofe flattery bedropt the Crown* 
" How hurt he you ? he only ftain'd the gown* 
And how did, pray, the florid youth offend^ 
Whofe fpeech you took, and gave it to a friend t 

P. Faith, it imports not much from whom it came ; 
Whoever borrow 'd, could not be to blame, 
Since the whole Houfe did afterwards the fame. 
Let courtly wits to wits afford fupply, 
As hog to hog in huts of Wcftphaly ; 

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If one thro' nature's bounty, or his Lord's, 
Has what the frugal, dirty foil afford, 
From him the next receives it, thick or thin, 
As pure a mefs aim oft as it came in ; 
^he blefled benefit, not there confin'd, 
Drops to the third, who nuzzles clofe behind i 
From tail to mouth they feed and they caroufc ; 
The laft full fairly gives it to the Hovjc. ' 

F. This filthy fimile, this beaflly line 
Quite turns my ftomach— * 

i\ So dees flat t'ry mine : 
And all our "courtly Civef*tats can vent, 
Perfume to you, to me is excrement. ' 
But hear me farther — Japhet, 'tis agreed, 
Writ not, and Chart res fcarce could write or read, 
In all the Courts of Pindus guiltlefs quite ; 
But pens can forge, my friend, that cannot write ; 
And muft no egg in Japhet's-face be thrown, 
Becaufe the deed he forgM was not my own ? 
Muft never Patriot then declaim at gin, 
Unlefs, good man 1 he has been fairly in ? 
No zealous paflor blame a failing fpoufe, 
Without a flaring reafon on his brows P 
And each blafphemer quite efcape the rod, 
Becaufe the infult's not on man, but God ? 
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When truth or virtue an affront endures, 

Th' affront is mine, my friend, and fliould be yours. 

Mine, as a foe profefs'd to falfe pretence. 

Who think a Coxcomb's honour like his fenfc ; 

Mine, as a friend to ev'ry worthy mind ; 

And mine as man, who feel for all mankind* 

F* You're ftrangely proud. 

P. So proud, I am no flave ; 1 
So impudent, I own myfelf no knave ; f 

Soodd, my country's ruin makes me grave. •* ' 

Yes, I am proud, I muft bo, proud to fee 
Men not afraid of God afraid of me : 
Safe from the bar, the pulpit) and ihe throne, 
Yet touch'd and iham'd by ridicule alone. 

O facred weapon ! left for truth's defence > 
Sole dread of foiiy* vice, and infolcnce J 
To all but Heaven^ refted hands denied, 
The Mufe may give the** but the Gods mull guide : 
Rev 'rent I touch thee I r, but with honed zeal ; 
To roufe the watchmen. of the public weal, 
To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, 
And goad the Prelate flu mb' ring in his Half* 
Ye tinfel infefts ! whom a court maintains, 
That counts your beauties only by your flains,. 
Spin all your cobwebs o'er the eye of dajr I 
TheMufe's wing fhall brulb you all away :. . 
All his Grace preaches, all his Lordfliip lings,. 
AH that makes faints of queens, and gods of kin ^s, 

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All, all but truth, drops dead-born from the pre&» "\ 
Like the laft Gazette, or the laft addrefs* 

When black ambition ftains a public caufe, 
A monarch's fword when mad vain-glory draws, 
Not Wallers wreath can hide the nation's fear, 
Nor Boileau turn the feather to a liar. 

Not fo, when diadem'd with rays divine, 
Touch'd with the flame that breaks from Virtue's (hrir 
Her prieftefs Mufe forbids the good to die f r t - 

And opes the temple of Etcr n ity* 
There, orher trophies deck the truly brave^ 
Than fuch as Anftis calls into the grave ; 
Far other flars than * and * * wear, 
And may defcendto Mornington from Stair 
(Such as on Hough's unfullied mitre fhine, 
Or beam good Digby, from a heart like thine) ; 
Let Envy howl, while heaven's whole chorus fings,. 
And bark at honour not conferr'd by kings ; 
Let Flattery fick'ning fee the incenfe rife, 
Sweet to the world, and grateful to the Ikies : 
Truth guards the Poet, fancYtfies the line, 
And makes immortal, "verfe as mean as mine. 
Yes, the Lad pen for freedom let me draw, 
When truth Hands trembling on the edge of law ; 
Here laft of Britons ! let your name be read ; 
Are none, none living ? let me praife the dead, 
And, for ihii caufe Which made your fathers fliine, 
FaJJ by the votes of their degen'rate line, 
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F. Alas ! alas I pray end what you began,. 
And write next winter more EJfays on Man* 



The Cotter 's Saturday Night* Burns,. 
Infcribed to R. A****. Efq. 
Let not Ambition mark their vfejul toil, 

Their homely joys and dtftiny obfenre ; 
Nor Grandeur hear, with a di/dainfulfnule* 
Thejhort but fimple annals of the poor* Gray* 

Ti^FY loved, my honor'd, much refpe&ed friend! 

■*•*■*• No mercenary bard his homage pays ; 

With honeft pride, Ifcorn each felfifli end, 

My deareft meed, a friend's efteem and praife t 

To you I ting, in fimple Scotifh lays 

The lowly train in life's fequefter'd fcene ; 

The native feelings flrong, the guilelefs- waysy 

What A**** in a cottage would have been ; 

Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there, I wecix J 

November chill blaws loud wi' angry {ugh ;. 

The fliort'ning winter day is near a clofe ; 

The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh ; 

The blackening trains o' craws to their repofe : 

The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, . 

This night his weekly moil is at an end, 

Coll efts his fpades* his mattocks, and his hoes,. , 

Hoping the worn ineafe and reft tofpend,. 

And weary, o'er the moor, his courfe does hameward bend*. 

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At length his lonely cot appears in view, 

Beneath the Ihelter of an aged, tree ; 

Th' expe&ant wee things, toddling, ftacher through- 

Tc meet their dad, wi' flichtrim noife and glee, 

His wee-bit ingle blinkin bonilie, 

His clean hearth-ilane, his thrifty wijie's (mile^ 

The lifping infant prattling on his knee > 

Does a* his weary carking cares beguile, 

And makes him quite forget his labor and his toil* 

Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in, 
At fervice out, amang the farmers roun' ; 
Some ca' thepleugh, fome herd, fome tentie rin 
Acannie errand to a neebor town : 
Their eldeft hope, their Jenny, woman grown, 
In youthfu' bloom, love fparkling in her e'e, 
Comes hame, perhaps, to fhew a braw new gown,. 
Or depofit her fair-won penny fee, 
• To help her parents dear, if they in hardfliips be». 

With joy unfeign'd, brothers and fillers meet, 
And each for other's welfare kindly fpiers ; 
The focial hours, fwift-wing'd unnoticed fleet ; 
Each tells the unco's that he fees or hears, 
The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years ;. 
Anticipation forward points the view ; 
The mother wi' her needle and her fheers, 
Garsauld claes look almaifl as weel's the new ; 
libe father mixes a* wi' admonition due. 

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Their maflers and their miflrefTes command . 
The youngkers a* are Warned to obey ; 
And mini their labours wi' an eydent hand. 
And ne'er, tho' out of fight, to jank or play : 
And O I be fure to fear the Lord alway ! 
And mind your duty> daily morn and night ! 
Left in temptation's path ye gang aftray, 
Implore his council and affifting might : 
They never fought in vain that fought the Lord arighu 

But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; ;. 

Jenny wha kens the meaning o' the fame, 

Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor,. 

To do fome errands and convoy her hame, 

The wily mother fees the confcious flame, 

Sparkle in Jenny*s e'e, and flufh her cheek, 

With* heart-ftruck anxious care, enquires his name, 

"While Jenny hafflins is afraid to fpeak : 4 

Weel pleafedthe mother hears, it's nae wild worthlefs rak# ' 

With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben j 

A ftrappan youth he takes the mother's eye : 

Blythe Jenny fees the vifn's no ill taen, 

The father cracks of horfes pleughs and kye.. 

The youngfter'sartlefs heart o'erflows wi* joy, 

But blate and baithfu', fcarce can weel behave ; 

The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can fpy, 

What makes the youth fae balhfu', and fae grave : 

Well pjeafed to think her.4airn'*td^&^\^^\«*^ 

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O happy love ! where love like this is found I 

O heart-felt raptures blifs beyond compare J 

I've paced mueh this weary mo rta! round, 

And fage experience bids me this declare — 

If Heaven a draught of heav'nly pleafure fpare, 

One cordial in this melancholy vale, 

'Tis when a youthful, loving, modefl pair 

In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, 

Beneath the milk-white thorn that fcents the evening 

Is there in human form that bears a heart, 
A wretch, a villain I loft to love and truth, 
That can, with fludied, fly, enfnaring art, 
Betray fweet Jtnny*% unfufpe£ting youth ? 
Curfe on. his perjured arts ! difTembling fmqoth !' 
A,re Honour, Virtue, Conference, all* exiled ? 
Is there jio pity, no relenting ruth, 
Points to the parents fondling o'er their child ? 
Then paints the ruin'd maid, and their diftra&ion w 

But now the flipper crowns their Ample board, 
The healfome parritch, chief of Scotia's food ; 
The foupe their only hawkic does afford, 
That yont the halian fnugly chows her cood : 
The dame brings forth, in complimental mood, 
To grace the ladj her weel-hained kebbuck fell, 
And aft he's prefs'd and aft he ca's it guid ; 
The frugal wifie, garrulous will tell, 
Haw. 'twas a.tQwmond auld ; fin' lint was i' the bei!.. 

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The chearfu/ (upper done, wi* ferious face, 
They round the ingle form a circle wide ; 
The Sire turns o'er the, with patriarchal grace, 
The big ha* Bible, ance his father's pride : 
His bonnet rey'rently is laid afide, 
His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; 
Thofe drains that once did fweet in Zion glide, 
He wales a portion with judicious care : 
' And let us worjkip God,' he fays, with folenjn air # 

They chant their artlefs notes infimple guife ; 
They tune their hearts, by far the nobleft aim : 
Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling meafures rife, 
Or plaintive martyrs, worthy of the name ; 
Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward fl ame 
The fweeteft far of Scotia* % holy lays : 
Compared with thefe, Italian trills are tame ; 
The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures raife } 
Nae unifon hae they,- with our Creator^ praifis ' 

The prieft-like father reads the facred page, 

How Abram was \ fat friend 6f Gtfb on high 5 

Or, Mofes bade eternal warfare wage ! 

With Amatek's ungracious progeny ; 

Or how. the royal Bard did groaning lie, * 

Beneath the flroke 6f Heav'ns avenging ire ; 

Or Job*s pathetic plaint^ and wailing cry ; 

Or rapt Ifaiah's wild fdraphic fire, - "* tf l - '"' 

Or other holy feers that turifc the facre4 tyreT * S ' n 4 

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Perhaps, the Chrtftism Vokane is tbe theme, 
How guiltlefs blood for guilty man* was fted ; 
How he who bore in heav'a the fecond narac r 
Had not on earth, whereon to lay his head* 
How his firft followers and (ervanufped ; 
The precepts fage they wrote to many a land ; 
How he who lone in Patxnos baniflted, 
Saw in the fun a. mighty angel (land : - 

And heard Great Babylon** doom pronounced by Heavea 1 * 
command* 

Then kneeling down to Heav'n's EteAnal Kin#* 

The Saint, the Father, and the Hyfiendprzy* : 

Hope fprings exulting on triumphant Vtf)g> 

That thus they all (hall meet in future rfUys I 

There, ever bafk in uncreated rays^ J,* 

No more to figh or feed the bitter t*ar i 

Together hymning their ^Creator's prole. 

In fuch fociety, yet flill moredw • 

While circling time moves round in an eternal fphere» 

Compared with this how poor religion '& pride, 
In all the pomp of method, and of art 
When men difplay to congregations wide, 
Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! 
The Power incenfed the pageant- will defert, 
The pompous flrain, the facerdotal flole, 
But haply in fome cottage far apart, 
May hear well pleafed the language of the foul ; 
And in hh.fypk of Life the inmates poor enroll. 

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Then homeward all take off their their fever a! way ? ' 1v; 

The youngling cottagers retire to reft, , ' 

The parent pair their fecret homage pays, '" v \ 

And proffer up to Heav'n the-warm requeft, 

That He who Rills the raven's clam'rous neft, 

And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, 

Would in the way his wifdom fees the beft, 

For them, and for their little ones, provide, 

Bu| chiefly iit their hearts with grace divine re fide* 

From fcenes like thefe old, Scotia's grandeur f pringSj 
Thaj makes her loved at home, rever'd abroad ; 
Princes andjordsarcbut the breath of kings, 
** An honeft man's the nobleft work of-GoD V\ 
And certes in fair Virtue's heav'nly road 
The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; 
What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumb'rous load, 
> Difguifing oft the wretch of human kind, 

Studied in arts of hell, in wicked nefs refined. 

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O Scotia I my dear, my native foil ! 
For whom my warmeft wife to Heav'n isferitf •••■»•.' : - 

, Long may thy hardy-fons of ruftic toil, ' "" 

Be blefl with health, and peace,' and fweet content ' 
And, O! may Heav'n their fimple lives prevent* ! V J 
From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! ' ' 

Then, howe'er croxom &ud coronets be rent. ' " ' : rJ ' 
A virtuous populace may rife the tohile ' * 1 ' '' 

' And Hand a wall of fire around their tandiAasr^i "Aa* ^ 

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O thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 

Thatftreamed thro* Wallace's undaunted heart: 

Who dared to nobly flem tyrannic pridey 

Or nobly die, the fecond glorious part, 

(The patriots God, peculiarly^ thou art* 

His friend, infpircr, guardian, and reward !) 

O never, never, Scotia's realm defert, 

But flill the Patriot, and the Patriot Bard, 

In bright fucceflion raife, her ornament and guard f 

■«i> «m» mi w,n ♦ 

The Modern Courtier* 

PRAY fay what's that which fmirking trips this way. 
That powder'd thing, fo neat, fo trim, fo gay ? 
Adorn'd with tambour'd veft, and fpangled fword, 
That fupple fervile thing ? — -O I that's a Lord ! 
You jeft — that thing a Peer ? an Englifli Peer ? 
Who ought (with head, eftate, and confeience clear) 
Either in grave debate, or hardy fight, 
Firmly maintain a free-born people's right : 
Surely thofe lords were of another breed 
Who met their monarch John at Runnemede ; 
And, clad in fteel, therein a glorious hour 
Made the curll tyrant feel the people's pow'r | 
Made him confefs, beneath that awful rod, 
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WINDSOR FOREST. 



By ALEXANDER POPE. 



To the Rt. Hon, George Lord Lanfdows. 

T^HY forefls, Windfor ! and thy green retreat** 

-*• At once the Monarch's and the Mufcs feats, . 
Invite my lays. Be prefent, fylvan maids ! 
Unlock your fpririgs, and open all your (hades* 
Granville commands ; your aid, O Mufes, bring ! 
What Mufe for Granville can refufe to fing? 
The groves of Eden, vaniuVd now fo long, 
Live in description, and look green in fong; 
Thefe, were my breall infpir'd with etjual flame, 
Like them in beauty, (hould be like in fame* 
Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, 
Here earth and water feem to ftrive .again ! 
Not chaos-iike, together crufhM and bruisM, 
fiur, as the world, harmonioufly confus'd J 
Where order in variety we fee, 
And Where, tho' all things differ, all agree. 
Here waving groves a chequer'd fccnc difpfay, 
And part admit, and part exclude the day ; 
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As'fome coy nymph he*r lover's warm addrcfs * * " 

Nor quite indulge*, nor can quite reprefs. 

There, interfpers'd in lawns and op'ning glade?, 

Thin trees arifq that fliun each other's ft ades : . ;,:"> 

Here in full light the ruflet plains extend ; 

There, wrapt in clouds, the blui ft hills. a£eend» . : 

Ev'n the wild heath difplays her purple dyes* 

And 'midft the defart fruitful fields vife, 

That crown'd with tufted trees and fringing* corn, » .* . ', 

Like verdant ifles, the fable wafte adorn. ■ '': 

Let India boail her plants, nor envy we! 

The weeping amber or the balmy .tree, • .>...,).■'. 

Whije by our oaks the precious loads are borne, '■«■•' 

And realms commanded which thofe trees adorn/ - '-' 

Not proud Olympus yields a nobler fight, : ; 

Tho* gods aflembled grace his tow 'ring height, 

Than what more humble mountains offer here, ■ ; 

Where, in their bleflings, all thofe gods appear, . ' . » 

Sec Pan with flocks, with fruits Pomona crown 'd<; • . ' 

Here blufliing Flora paints th'enamcll'd ground ; - • 

Here Ceres' gifts in waving profpe& Hand, 

And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand ; ■■ 

Rich Induftry fits fmiling on the plains, 

And peace and plenty tell, a Stuart reigns. ■-■■■ 

Not thus the land appear'd in ages pad, .'■':■ 

A dreary defart, and a gloomy wafte ; 
To favage beau's and favagc laws a prey ; » 

And kings mors furious and fevere than they ; ' 

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Who claim^i tfrc (kies, dtfpedpled air arid floods, : 

7*he lonely lords of empty wilds and woods: 

Cities lard toafle, they -florin 'd the dens and caves, 

(For wifcr brutes- Were backward to be flaves); 

What could be free, when lawlefs beafts obey *d, 

And ev'n the elements a tyrant fway'd P 

Jn vain kind feafons fweil'd the teeming grain, 

Soft ihpw'rs diiliirdy and funs grew warm in vain ; 

The fwain with tear* his fmftrate labour yields, 

And famifli'd diet amidft his ripen 'd fields. 

What wonder then, a beaft or fubjeft flain 

Were equal crimes foa defpotic reign ? f 

Both down-d alike for fportive tyrants bled ; 

But while the.fubjeclftarv'd, the beaft was fed, 

Proud Nirarod firft the bloody chace began ; * •. ■ 

A mighty honter, and his prey was man ; 

Our haughty Norman boa Its that barb'rous nama, 

And. makes bis trembling flaves the royal game* 

Xbefidds are raviGVd from th* induflriotis fwaint, 

From men theic cities, and from gods their fanes : • 

The levcll'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er ; 

The hollow winds thro* naked temples roar J 

Round broken columns clafping ivy twin'd ; 

O'er heaps of ruin flalk'd the ftately hind ; 

The fox obfeene to gaping tombs retires ; 

And favage howlings fill the fa c red quires* 

A w'd by his nobles, by his commons curft, . . - 

Th* opprettbr rui'd tyrannic where Yve, ixtt'fc. \ 

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SirctclM o'er fhe poor and church his iroh rod, ... 
And fcrv'd alike his vaflTals and his God, 
Whom cv'h the Saxon fpar'd, and bloody Dane* .:. . 
The wanton vi&ims of his fport remain. 
B ut fee, the man who fpacious regions gave ,. f 

A waile for bcafls, himfelf denied a grave ! 
Strctch'd on the lawn his fecond hope furvcy, 
At once the chaccr, and at once the prey ; 
Lo! Rufus, tugging at the deadly dart, 
Bleeds in the foreft like a wounded hart. 
Succeeding monarchs heard the fubjects cries, 
Nor faw difplcas'd the peaceful cottage rife. 
Then gath 'ring flocks on unknown mountains fad \ 
O'er fundy wilds were yellow harvefls fpread ; 
The forcfls wonder'd at th' unufual grain, 
And fecret tranfport touch'd the confeious fwain. 
Fair Liberty, Britannia's Goddcfs, rears 
Her cheerful head, and leads the golden years. 

Ye vig'rous fwains ! while youth ferments your bloody 
And purer fpirits fweU the fprighily flood, 
Now range the hills, the gameful woods befet, 
Wind the ftiriil horn., or fpiead the waving ncU 
When milder autumn fummcr's heat fuccceds. 
And in. the new-fhorn field the partridge feeds, 
Before his lord the ready fpaniel bounds, 
Panting with hope, he tries the furrow'd grounds : 
But when the tainted gales the game betray, 
Cpuch'd ilufc he lies, aud medium dickey : 

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Secure they traft th' uoFaithful field befet, 
Till hov'ring o'er *cm fwecps the fwslling net. 
Thus (if fmall things we may with great compare) 
When Albion fends her eager fons to war, 
Some thoughtlefs town, with cafe and plenty bleft, 
Near, and more near, the clofing lines- inveft ; 
Sudden they feizc fh* amaz'd, defencelefs prize, 
And high in air Britannia's ftandard flics. 

Sec I from. the brake the whirring pheafant fpfings,/*- 
And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : 
Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wouud, 
flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. 

Ah ! what afail his glofTy, varying dyes, 
His>purple : creft and Ycarlet-creiled eyes, 

The vivid green his mining plumes unfold, 

His painted wings, and breaft. that flames with gold ! 
Nor yet, when moid. Ar&urus clouds the fky, v . 

The woods and fields their pleafing toils deny,. 

To plaint with well-breath'd beagles we repair, 

And trace the mazes of the circling hare 

(Beads, urg'd by us, their fellow hearts purfuc, 

And learn of man each other to under): 

With flaught'ring guns th* unwearied fowler roves ; 

When frofts have whiten'd all the naked groves ; 

Where dofees in flocks the Ieaflcfs trees o'erfliade, 

And lonely, woodcocks haunt the wat'ry glade. 

He lifts .the tube, and levels with his eye*; 

Straight a. Ihort thunder breaks the frozen &\ % 

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Oft, as in airy rings they ftim Ac heath, . * 

The clam'rbus lapwings feel the leaden death 5' *? T 
Oft, as t1)e mounting f arks their rroteV prepare, '--''.' 
They fall, and le^ve their little lives in am ■ ■ *: /; 

In genial tyring," beneath the quirVrhg (hade, .• 
Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead; y i 
The patient fifter takes his fifehtrfcandj " ?\ 

Intent, his angle tfenrfcling in his feaifd : ' .!-.. .".."« , l ■ /, 
With looks unmoved he hopes the fcaly breed, : A . 
And eyes the danoir/g cork' arid bending reed. • - 
Our plenteous flreams a various race fupply : : -i.. 
• The bright-eyed'pefch, "with fin* of Tyrkrtdye $ 
The fiiver eel, in ffiininlfVotuttifeS'reHM ; •" 
The yellow' carp? 'in feaWbedropt with gold; 5 ■ 
Swijft trouts 9 diversified with crimfon flatus ; ■ / ■ 
And pykes, the tyrants of the watery plains. ." 
1 '"Now CaViceir glows with Phoebus* fiary car a '■ .. . \ 
The youth ruffi eager to the fylvaii war, 
Swarm offer the lawns) the foreft walks furround, : 
Roufe the fleet hart, and cheer the opening bcaukU •. 
Th* impatient tiourfer pants in every vein, . 
And pawing feemt to beat the diflant plain : 
Hills, vales, and floods appear already cro&'d* 
And ere he ft arts a thoufand fleps are loflr 
See the bold youth flrain up the threatening ftotpt , 
Rufli thro* the thickets, down the valleys fweep> .. 
Hang o'er their courfers heads with eager fpeed* > . ■ * ' 
A ad earth rolls tack beneath ihe ftying fteod. . »• 

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Let old Arcadia : boaft. her ample plair£. ."5S 
Th* immorfal huntrefs, and her virgin-traf n J , . - , 

Nor envy, Windfor ! lince thy inades have fcen 
As bright a Goddefc, and as chafte a Queen : . . ■< ... ., - 
Whofexwrfli J«kf ter>, protefts the fylvaiij reign-; 
The earthy fcuYiight, and r Empref*of the main* H r . 

Here too, 'tis fling t ofolcj Diana ftray'd, . .^ 

And Cynthus? top forfook for Mftndfor-fliade 5 ,*>. , f 
Here was. the feen o'er, airy w^ilea/to r ?v e * 
Seek thc.cjear <j?W£> ■f.*»WJk pa^Wefs grove * , 
Here annM wjth. Wycr *>0W?* in early dawn, . 

Her buUn.'4 V5«l*n* trac'c^ihe dewy ? lawn. V ,, . 

Above the, neft a rural nympj* was fem'dj ^ 
ThyoffspringjiThainesi the^r Lc4ona na*n|d ;- 
( Lodona's (ate* in long ptyiyioa caft, ' .-.-., f \ . Vl ; ■ 
The MufcflwJl fcig> aftd what Ihe fings §>all jft^^ 
Scarce could the Cpd^eft from he.r ny mpk I* £npj«* 
But by the crefceni*. and the gplden .zone, . ^ ; . 
She'tebra^lhc^ai/e^f beauty, and the cve^ . J, 
Abettherwaxft, a^ietbii>*:her>aiT; T - s ,^ 
A pointed qmrer on her. ftoij^j^ 01 ^** . ., , <-;' 
And with hetdaittheJfly*g^r,%w*ttn4j^ ,, . A 
It chanc'^ ** eager ©f *b«f bace*. lhe : matd . 
Beyond theHbretf* **fti*m limits ftray'd, r , 
FanfaWatidJovfd ; iM burning wibdegre,,;, #| ; 
Purfoed her fright; to Jl^jjMivartlkjs ^1(5. fi i.. u 
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Not half fo fwifily theKierec eagle move*, 

When thro* the clouds he drives the trembling doves; «■ 

As from the God fhe flew with furious- pace, : •■ / 

Or as the God more furious urg'd the chace» 

Now fainting, linking, pale the nymph appears %. 

N6w clofe behind his founding fteps (he hears ; 

And now his fhadow reached her as flie run, 

His fhadow lengthened by the fetting fun ;. 

And now his fliorter breath, with fultry air,. / 

Pants on her neck, and fans her parting hate.. 

In vain on father Thames fhe calls for aid,. • 

Nor could Diana help her iajur'd maid* 

Faint, breathlefs, thus flic pray'd, norpray'd in vain— 

" Ah Cynthia ! ah — tho* baniuVd from thy train, 

€i Lctmc, O let me, to the (hades repair. . 

" My native {hades-— there weep, and murmur there," 

She iaid^ and melting as in tears fhe lay,. 

In a foft filver. ftreamdiflblv'daway, 

The filver ftream her. virgin coldnefs kecp^ *' 

For ever murmurs, and for ever weeps ;. 

Sttlj bears the name the haplefs virgin bore, . 

And bathes the forefl where fhe rang'd before, 

In her chafle current oft the Gpddefs- laves, 

And with celefliar tears augments the waves, . 

Oft in her glafs.the muling fhepherd fpies 

The headlong mountains and the downward fkies, . 

The wat'ry landfkip of the pendani woods.. 

&Ad.abfen,t tree's that tremble in. the Roods ; 

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In the clear azure gleam the flocks are icon, 
And floating forefls paint the waves with green ; 
Thro* the fair (cene roll flow the lingering ftream*. . 
Then foaming pour alon<r, and mfh into- the Thames. 

Thou, too, great father of (he Britifli floods ! 
With joyful pricjefurvey 'ft our lofty woods ; 
Where tow'ring oaks their growing honours rear, 
And future navies on thy fliores appear : 
Not Neptune's felf from all her Dreams receives 
A wealthier tribute than to thine he gives. 
No feas forich, fogay no banks appear, 
No lake fo gentle, and no fpring fo clear ; 
Nor Po fo_fwells the fabling Poet's lays, 
While led along the fkies his current drays, 
At thine, which vifits Windfor's fam'd abodes, 
To grace the manfion of our earthly Gods ; 
Nor all his Oars above a luftre fhew 
Like the bright beauties on thy banks below ; 
"Where Jove, fubdued by mortal paflion ftill, 
Might change Olympus for a nobler hill. 

Happy the man whom this bright Court approves, 
His fov'reign favours, and his country loves : 
Happy, next him, who to thefc fliades retires, 
Whom Nature charms, and whom the Mufe infpircs; 
Whom humbler joys of home-felt quiet plcafe, 
Succcfjivc ftudy', exercife, and eafe. 
He gathers health from herbs the fbrcft yields, 
And of Uieir fragrant phyfic fpoils the fields ; 

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With chemic arts exalts the min'ral pow're, ' i 

And draws the aromatic foulf of flow'r* : ■ ■ - '/ 

Now inarks tfcecourfe of rolling orbs, on high; ,->.?' 
O'er hgur'd worlds now travels with his. eye ; 
.Of ancient writ unlocks the learned flora* 
Confults the dead, and lives pad ages o'er 5 ■ 
Or wandering thoughtful in the filest wood) ' - ' ■'' 

Attends, the duties of the wife and good, -'■ -' 

T' obferve a mean, be tohuftfeLfa friend* -.^ _ ;t : (. 
To follow nature, and regard hiaendr t :' ■;;■ '*,fs 

Or looks on heaven with ra$re than mortal eyej, ' .»:'■ *• A 
Bids his free foul expatiate in the Que*, '' u.-y .-u ;. ^ .. . 1 . 
Amid her kindred flaxs faoulUr roan* .- : ( t ,. \\-.l /• 
Survey the region, -and eonfeft her home t% . : v: ?-j 1 w 
Such was the life great Sctpio once admir'd? .■-.-.. T 
ThusAtticus, and Trumbal thus, rcJstr'd* ■■' y-*\- 
Ye facred Nine ! that all my foul poflcfs, : •/ '. . - ^ 
Whofe raptures ire me, and whole vifionsybleis^' .' c * 
Bear me, oh bear me to fequeAer'd fcenes, ■■ , si -. 1 r. A 
The bow'ry mazes, and fur rounding greens ; • . - 
To Thames's banks which fragrant breezes fill, 
Or where ye Mufes fport on Cooper's Hill 
(On Cooper's Hill eternal wreaths (hall grow, 
While lads the mountain, or while Thames {hall flow}. 
I feem thro' confccrated walks to rove, 
• I hear foft mufic die along the grove ; 
Led by the {bund, I roam from made toffisd^ > 
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Here his firft lays maje&ic Denham fung ; 
There the laft numbers flow'd from Copley's tVMgink* • 
O early loft ! what tears the river fhed, ■ '• ! " "■ '• J •' ,A . 
When the fad pomp along his banks was fed ! - :: - ' '" '* 
His drooping fwans on ev'ry noteeftprre, ■■>"''■ * 

And on his willows hong each Mufe's Jyre» : ,; ■ " * •' "' 

Since face xeleotlefc ilopp'd their heavenly voice, 
No more the forelb ring, or groves rejoice ;"■•"' 
Who now flxall charm the {hades where Cowley fining 
His living harp, anifc lofty Denham fung ! 
But hark ! the groves rejoice, ;the foreft rings I 
Are thefc revived ? or bit GrartviHe ftngs ? 
*Tis yours, my Lord, to btefs our foft retreats, 
And call the Mufea to their ancient feats j " ■■'■." 
To paint aiieW the flow'ry fy Ivan fcenes, 
To crown the fomfts with immortal greens, 
Make Windfor hilh in lofty numbers rife* 
And lift her turrets nearer to the Ikies ; 
To fing thofe honours you deferve to wear, 
And add new luftre to her fitver ftar. 
Here noble Surrey felt the {acred rage, 
Surrey, the Granville of a former age : 
Match lefs his pen, victorious was his lance, 
Bold in the lifts, and graceful in the dance : 
In the fame fhades the. Cupids tun'd InVIyre, 
To the fame notes, of love, and foftctefinr; "' 4 * 
Fair Geraldine, bright objefl of his vow, ' • l 

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Oh wouldO thou fing what heroes Windfbj bore» 
What kings firft breath'd upon her winding fhore ; 
Orraife old warriors, whofc ador'd remains , 
In weeping vaults her hallow 'd earth contains : 
With Edward's a&s adorn the mining page, 
Stretch his long triumphs down thro' ev'ry age* 
Draw monarchs chain'd, and Crefli's glorious field, 
The lilies blazing on the regal fhield : 
Then, from her roofs when Verrio's coloun fall, 
And leave inanimate the naked wall* 
Still in thy fong4hould vanquilh'd France appear, 
And bleed for ever under Britain's fpear. 

Let foftcr ftrains ill-fated Hejjry mourn, 
And palms eternal flourifh round his urn* 
Here o'er the Martyr King the marble weeps, 
And, faft befide him, once- fear'd Edward fleeps; 
Whom not th' extended Albion could contain, 
From old Belerium to the northern main, , 
The grave unites ; where e'en the great find reft. 
And blended lie th' oppreflor and th' oppreft | 

Make facred Charles's tomb for ever known, 
f Obfcure the place, and uninferib'd the (lone). 
Oh fall accurs'4 I what tears has Albion fhed ! 
Heavens ! what new wounds ! and how hex old have bled! 
She faw her ions wit^ purple deaths expire, 
Her facred domes involv'd in rolling fire, 
A dreadful feries of in te (line wars, 
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At length great Anna (aid — ' Let d'feord ccafc !' 
She faid, the world obcy'd, and all was peace ! 

In that bleft moment from his oozy bed 
Old father Thames advane'd his rev'rend head; 
His trcfTes dropp'd with dews, and o'er the flream 
His fliininff horns difFusM a golden gleam : 
I' Grav'don his urn appcar'd the moon, that guides 
His fwclling waters and alternate tides ; 
The h'gur'd flreams in waves of filver roli'd, 
f And on their banks Augufta rofe in gold ; 
Around his throne the fea-born brothers flood, 
Who fwell wkh tiibutary urns his flood] 
i Firfl, the fam'd authors of his ancient name, 

The winding Ills, and the fruitful Thame ; /*. 
t , The Kcnnet fwift, for filver eels rcnown'd ; 
I The Loddon* flow, with verdant alders cro\vn*d ; 
Cole, whofe clear flrcaiis his flow'ry iflands lave ; 
And chalky Wcy, that rolls a milky wave : 
The blue, tranfparcnt Vandalis appears ; 
The g"!phy Lee his fed gy t re Acs rears ; 
And fullen Mole, that hides his diving flood ; 
1 And filent Darent, ftain'd with Danifh biood. 
High in the midfl, upon his urn rccliu'd, 
Hisfca-green mantle waving with the wind, 
The God appcar'd : he turn d his azure eyes 
Where Windfor's domes and pompous turrets rife f 
Then bow'd and fpoke ; the winds forget to roar, 
And the hufh/d waves glide foftly to the fhorc. 

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Hail, fa c red Peace ! hail, long-expefted days, N 
T'iat Thames'* glory to the liars (hall raifc ! 
Iho' Tyber's flrcams immortal Rome behold, 

X Tho' foaming Hcrmus fwells with tides of gold, 
From Heaven itfelf tho* fcven-fold Nilus flows, 
And harvefts on a hundred realms bellows ; 
Thcfc now no more fhall be the Mufcs themes, 
Loll in my fame, as in the fea their ft reams. 
Let Volga's banks with iron fquadrons fhine, 
And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine ; 
Ler barb'rons Ganges arm a fcrvile train ; 
Be mine the bleflings of a peaceful reign ! 

/. No more my fons fhall dye wiihTBritifh blood 
"feed lbcr's fancls, or lifter's foaming flood : 
Safe^on my Ihorc each unmolefted fwain 
Shall tend the flocks, or reap the bearded grain ; 
, / The fliady empire fhall retain no trace 
Of war or blood but in the fylvan chace ; 
.The trumpet flccp while cheerful horns are blown) 
And-arms employ'd on birds and beafts alone. 
Behold! th' afcending villas on my fide 
Project long-lhadows o'er the cryftal tide. 
Behold ! Augufta's glitt'ring fpires increafe, 
And temples rife, the beauteous works of peace. 
I fee, I fee, where two fair cities bend ' 

Their ample bow, a new Whitehall afcend ! 
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There kings fhall £ue, and fuppliant ftates be feen 
Once more to-bend before a Britifh queftn. 

Thy trees, fair Windfor ! now fhall leave their woods 
And half thy forefls rufh into my floods, 
Bear Britain's thunder, and her crofs difpla^, ^ - 
To the bright regions of the rifing day .: - 
Tempt Icy leas, where fcarce the waters roll, 
Where clearer flame$ glow round the frozen pole ; 
Orunder fouthem Ikies exalt their fails, 
Led by new flars, and borne by fpicy gales : 
For me the balnrfhall bleed, the ambei flow, 
The coral redden, and the ruby glow ; 
The pearly {Hell its lucid globe infold, 
And Phoebus warm the rip'ning ore to gold, 
The time (hall come when, free as feas or wind, 
Unbounded Thames (hall flow for all mankincT; 
Whole nations enter with each fwelling tide, 
And feas but join the regions they divide ; 
Earth's diftant ends our glory fhall behold, 
And the new world launch forth to feek the old. 
Then fhips of uncouth form fhall flem the tide, 
And feather'd people crowd my wealthy fide ; 
And naked youths and painted chiefs admire 
Ourfpeech, our colour, and our Grange attire ! 
Oh ftretch thy reign, fair Peace ! from fhore to fhore, 
Till Conquefl ceafe, and Slavery be no more ; 
.Till the freed Indians in their naked groves 
Reap their own fruits, and woo their fable loves ; 

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Peru once more a race of kings behold, 
And other Mexicos be roof'd with gold. 
• Exil'd by thee from earth to decpefl hell, 

In brazen bonds flialJ barb'rous Difcord dwell ; 
Gigantic Pride^ pale Terror, gloomy Care, 
And mad Ambition mail attend her there ; 
There purple Vengeance bath'd in gore retires, 
Her weapons blunted, and extinfr her fires; 
There hateful Envy her own fnakes fhall feel, 
And Perfecution mourn her broken wheel : 
There Faction roar, Rebellion bite her chain, 
And gafping furies thirfl for blood in vain. 

Here ceafe thy flight, nor with unhallow'd fays 
Touch the fair fame of Albion's golden days : 
The thoughts of Gods let Granville's verfe recite, 
And bring the fcenes ofop'ning fate to light : 
My humble Mufe, in unambitious ftrains, 
Paints the green forefts and theflow'ry plain, 
Where Peace defcending bids her olives fpn'ng, 
And fcatters bleflings from her dove-like wing, 
Ev'n 1 more fweetly pafs. my carelefs days, 
Pleas'd in the filent {hade with empty praife; 
Enough for me, that to the lift'ning fwains 
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By THOM.iS PARNELL. 



HPHE fleeting joys, which all affords below, 
-*■ Work the fond heart with unperfbrming (how ; 
The wi/h that makes our happier life compleat, 
Nor grafps the wealth nor honours of the great ; 
Nor loofely fails on Pleafure's eafy (beam, 
Nor gathers wreaths from all the- groves of fame ; 
Weak man, whofe charms to thefe alone confine, 
Attend my prayer, and learn to make it thine. 

From thy rich throne, where circling trains of light 
Make day that's endlefs, infinitely bright ; 
Thence, heavenly Father ! thence with mercy dart. 
One beam of brightnefs to my longing heart. 
Dawn through, the mind, drive Error's clouds away* 
And ftill the rage in Paflion's troubled fea ; 
That the poor banim'd foul, ferene and free, 
May rife from earth, to vifit heaven and thee : 

Come, Peace divine t flied gently from above,. • 
Infpire my willing bofom, wond'rous Love ; 
Thy puTpled pinions to my moulders tye, 
And. point the paffage where 1 want to fly.. " 

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But whither, whither now ! what powerful fire* 
- With this bleft influence equal* my defire ? 
I rife (or Love, the kind deluder, reigns, 
And a£h in fancy fuch enchanted fee nes) ; 

. Earth leflening flies, the parting flues retreat* 
The fleecy clouds my waving feathers beat : 
And now the fun and now the flars are gone* 
Yet (till methinks the fpirit bears me on # 
Where tratts of aether purer blue difplay, 
And edge the golden realm of native day, 

Oh, ftrange enjoyment of a blifs unfeen ! 
Oh, ravifliment ! Oh, facred rage within ! 
Tumuluious pleafure, rais'd on peace of mind* 
Sincere, exceflive, from the world refin'd ; 
X fee the light that veils the throne on. high* 
A light unpiere'd by man's impurer eye ; 
X hear the words, that iffuing thence proclaim, 
** Let God's attendants praife his awful name !'*• 
Then heads unnumber'd bend before the flirine, 
Myflcrious feat of Majefly divine ! 
And hands unnumber'd ftrike the filver firing. 
And tongues unnumber'd Hallelujah fing, 
See, where the ihining Seraphims appear, 

. And fink their- decent eyes with holy fear. 
See fl-ghts of angels all their feathers raife* 
And range the orbs, and, as they range, they praii 
IJehold'ihe great Apoftles, fweetly met, 
Ajnd high on pearls of azure aether fet. % 

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Behold' the Prophets, fuh 1 of heavenly fire,* 
Wifch'wandering finger wake the trembling lyre-; 
And hear the Martyrs tune, and all around 
The church triumphant makes the region found.. 
With harps of gold, with bows of ever-green, 
With robes of white, the pious throngs are, feen ; 
Exalted anthems all their hours employ ; 
And all is mufic and excefs of joy, 

Charm'd with the fight, I long to bear, a part i 
The pleafure flutters'at my ravifli'd heart. 
Sweet faints and angels of the heavenly choir, 
If love has warnVd you with celeflial fire,. 
Aflift my words, and, as they move along, 
With Hallelujahs crown the burthen'd fong. 

Father of all above, and all below ! 
O great, and far beyond expreffion fo ! 
No bounds thy knowledge, none thy power confine^ 
For power and knowledge in their fource are thine ; 
Around thee glory fpreads her golden wing ; 
Sing, glittering angels, Hallelujahs fing. 

Son of the Father, firft-begotteri Son ! 
Ere the fliort meafuringline of time begun, 
The world has feen tby works> and joy'd *q fee 
The bright effulgence manifefl,in thee. 
The world muft own thy Love's unfathom'd fpring- ; 
Sing, glittering angels, Hallelujahfing. 
Proceeding Spirit, equally divine, 
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With various graces, comforts unexprefs'd, 
With holy tranfports you refine the breaft ; 
And earth is heavenly where your gifts you brings 
Sing, glittering angels, Hallelujah fing. 

But where's my rapture, where my wond'rous heat 
What interruption makes my bhfs retreat ? 
This world's got in, the thoughts of t 'other's croft, 
And the gay picture's in my fancy loft. 
With what an eager zeal the confcious foul 
Would claim its feat, and, foaring, pafk the pole 1 
But our attempts thefe chains of earth reftrain. 
Deride our toil, and drag us down again. 
So from the ground afpiring meteors go, 
And, rank'd with planets, light the world below, 
But their own bodies fink them in the-iky, 
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TT TH I LE Cam and Ifis their fad tribute bring 

* * Of rival grief, to weep their pious- king* 
The bards of Ifis half had been forgot, 
Had not the fons of Cam in pity wrote ; 
From their learn 'd brothers they took off the curfe* 
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Lconidas's Addrcfi to his Countrymen^ 



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Remains unfhaken. Rifing he difplays 
His godlike prefence. Dignity and grace 
Adorn his frame, and manly beauty, join'd 
With ftrength Herculean. On his afpe£lfliines 
Sublimeil virtue, and defireof fame, 
Where juftice gives the laurel ; in her eye 
The inexpnguifhable fpark, which fires 
The fouls of patriots ; while his brow fupporta 
Undaunted valour, and contempt of death. 
Serene he rofe, and thus addrefs'd the throng : 

Why this aftonifhment on ev'ry face, 
Ye men of Sparta I Does the name of death 
Create this fear and wonder ? O my friends ; 
Why do we labour thro* the arduous paths 
Which lead to virtue ? Fruitlefs were the toil, 
Above the reach of human feet were plac'd 
Thediftant fummit, if the fear of death 
Could intercept our paffage. But in vain 
His blackeft frowns and terrors he affumes. 
To fliake the firmnefs of the mind, which knows 
That, wanting virtue, life is pain and woe; 
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And looks around for happinefs in vain. 
Then fpcak, O Sparta, and demand my life ; 
My heart exulting, anfwer* uxthy call, 
And fmiles on glorious fate. To live with fame 
The gods allow to many ; J>ut to die 
With equal luflre, is a blelling Heaven 
Selects from all thechoicelt boons of fate, 
And with a fparing hand on few beftows. 



Leonidas Anfwer to the Per fan Ambaffador* 

T^ ETURN to Xerxes ; tell him on this rock 
•*•** The Grecians, faithful to their poft, await < 
His chofen myriads ; teH him, thou hall feen t 
How far the luft of empire is below. 
A free-born mind : and tell him, to behold 
A tyrant humbled, and by virtuous death 
Tofeal my country's freedom, is a good 
Surpafling all his boafted pow'r can give. 



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Pathetic Farewell of Leonidas to his Wife and Family* 

I See, I feel thy angu'fh, nor my foul 
Has ever known the prevalence of love, 
.E'er prdv'd a father's fond wefs, as this hour : 
Nor, when mod ardent to aflert my fame, 
Was once my heart infenfible to thee. 

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To hefitate a moment, and fufpend 
My country's fate, to fliameful life preferr'd 
By my inglorious colleague left no choice, 
But what in'me were infamy to Ihun, 
Not virtue to accept ! Then deem no more 
That, of my love regardlefs, or thy tears, 
I haflc uncaird to death. The voice of fate,* 
The gods, my fame, my country, bid me bleed. 

thou dear mourner! wherefore firearm afrefli 
That flood of woe ? Why heaves with fighs renew'd 
That tender bread ? Leonidas muft fall. 

Alas! far heavier mifery impends 

O'er thee and thefe, if foften'd by thy tears 

1 fhamefully refufe to yield that breath, 
Which juftice, glory, liberty, and Heaven 
Claim for my country, for my fons, and thee. 
Think on my longunalter'd love. Reflect 

- On my paternal fondnefs. Has my heart 
E'er known a paufe of love, or pious care ? 
Now lhall that care, that tendernefs, be prov'd 
Moil warmarjd faithful. When thy hufband dies 
For Lacedaemon's fafety, thou wilt mare, 
Thou and thy children, the diflufive good. 
Should I, thus fingled from the reft of men, 
• Alone entrufted by th' immortal gods 
' With pow'r to fave a people, fliould my foul 
Defer t that facred caufe, thec too I yield 

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To forrow and ipCbame ; for thou muft weep 

With Laced acmon, muft with her fuftain 

Thy painful portion of oppreflion 's weight. 

Thy fons behold now worthy of their names, 

And Spartan birth, Their growing bloom muft prae 

In fliame and boadage, and their youthful hearts 

Beat at the fouud of liberty no more, 

On tlieir own virtue, and their father's fame, 

When he the Spartan freedom hath cbnfirm'd. 

Before the world illuftrious (hail ih&y rife, 

Their country's bulwark, and theip mother's joy, 

Here paus'd the patriot. With religious awe 
Grief heard the voice of virtue. No complaint 
The folemn fiience broke. Tears ceas'd to flow : 
Ceas'd for a moment ; foon again to ftream. 
For now, in arms before the palace ranged, 
His brave companions of the war demand 
Their leader's prefence \ then her griefs renew'd, 
Too great for un'-^'^e, intercept herfi'ghs, 
And free-' eacn accent on her fault' ring tongue. ' 
j n ^ .chiefs anguifli on the hero's bread 
ae finks. On ev'ry fide his children prefis, 
Hang on his knees, and kifs his honoured handc 
His foul no longer ftruggles to confine 
Its ftrong compunction. Down the hero's cheek, 
Downilows the manly forrow. Great in woe, 
Amid his children, who inclofe him roundj 
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Addrefs'd to Heaven :. Thou ever-living Pow'r, 
Look down propitioas, fire of gods and men J 
And to this faithful woman, Whofe defert 
May claim thy favour, grant the hours of peace* 
And thou, my great forefather, fon of Jove, 
O Herculus, negleft not thefe thy race ! 
But fince that fpirit 1 from thee derive, 
Now bears me from them to refiftlefs fate, 
Do thou fupport their virtue ! Be they taught # 
Like thee, with glorious labour life to grace, 
And from their father let them learn to die* 



CharaBcrs of Ttribazus and Ariana* 

AMID -the van of Perfia was a youth 
•** *** Nam'd Tetibazua, not for golden (lores, * 
Not for wide pafture* traven'd o'er with herds, 
With bleating thousands, or with bounding fleeds, 
Nor yet for pow'r, nor fplcndid honours fam'd. 
Rich was his mind in ev'ry art divine, 
And thro* the paths of fcience had he walk'd 
The votary of wifdom. In the years 
When tender down invells the ruddy cheek f 
He with the Magi turn'd the hallow'd page 
Of Zoroafler ; then his tow' ring foul 
High on the plumes of contemplation foar'd, 
And from the lofty Babylonian fane 
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With Icarn'd Cbaldieans trac'd the my flic fphere ; 

There number'd o'er ihc vivid fires that gleam 

Upon the duJky bofom of the night. 

Nor on the fands of Ganges were unheard 

The Indian fages from fequeller'd pow'rs, 

While, as attention wonder'd, they difclos'd 

The pow'rs of nature ; whether in the woods, 

The fruitful glebe or fiow'r, or healing planU 

The limpid waters, or the ambient air, 

Or in the purer element of fire. 

The fertile plains where great Sefoftns reign'd, 

Myflefious Egypt, next the youth furvey'd, 

From Elephantis, where impetuous Nile 

Precipitates his waters to the fea, 

Which far below, receives the fevenfold flream. 

Thence o'er th' Ionic coafl he ftray'd ; nor pafs'd 

Miletus by, which once enraptur'd heard, 

The tongue of Thalcs ; nor Priene's walls, 

Where wifdom dwelt with Bias ; nor the feat 

OfPittacus, along the Lefbian more. 

Here too melodious numbers charm *d his ears. 

Which flow'd from Orpheus, and Mufseus old, 

And thee, O father of immortal verfc 1 

Mzeonides, whofe flrains thro* ev'ry age 

Time with his own eternal lip mall (ing. 

Back to his native Sufa then he turn'd 

His wand'ring fteps. His merit foon was dear 

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And Ariana, from Darius, fprung- 
With Hyperanthes, of th* imperial race 
Which ful'd thl extent of Afia, in difdain 
Of all her greatne fs oft, ^n humble ear 
To him would bend, and liften to his voice. 
Her charms, her mind, her virtue he cxplor'd 
Admiring. Soon was admiration chang'd 
To love, nor lov'd he fooncr than dcfpair'd, 
But unreveal'd and filent was his pain ; 
Nor yet in folitary (hades he roam'dj 
Nor fhunn'd re fort : but o'er his forrows caft 
A fickiy dawn of gladnefs, and in fmiles 
Conceal 'd his anguifli ; while the fecret flame 
Rag'din his bofom, and its peace confuin'd. 

Ariana and Poljdorus come by Night into the Per/tan 
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The night aflum'd her throne. Recall'd from war, 
Her long-protracled labours Greece forgets. 
Diflblv'd in filent (lumber ; all but thofe, 
Who watch'd th* uncertain perils of the dark, 
An hundred warriors i Agis was their chief. 
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Along its undulating breaft the wind 
The various din of Afia's hoft convey M, 
In one deep murmur fweilin-g in his ear ; 
When, by the found of footfteps down jhe pais . 
, A larm'd, he calls aloud : What feet are thofe, 
Which beat the echoing pavement of the rock ? , 
With fpeed reply, nor tempi your inilant fate. 

He faid, and thus return'd a voice unknown ; 
Not with the feet of enemies we come, > 
But crave admittance with a friendly tongue. . 

The Spartan anfwers : Thro* the midnight fhade. . 
What purpofe draws your wand'ring fteps abroad ? 

To whom the ftranger : We are friends to Greece, 
And to the prcfence ofth£ Spartan king . . 
Admilfion we implore. Theca\itious chief 
Of Lacedaemon hefitates again ; 
* When thus, with accents mufically fweet, 
A tender voice his wond'ring ears allur'd : 
O gen'fous Grecian, li(len to the pray'r 
Of one diftrefs'd ! whom grief alone hath led 
In (his dark hour to thefe victorious tents, 
A wretched woman, innocent of fraud. 

The Greek defcending thro* th' unfolded gates 
Upheld a flaming brand. One firft appeared ' 
In fervile garb attir'd ; but near his fide 
A woman graceful .and majettic flood. : 
Not with an afpect. rivalling the povv'r 
Of fatal Helen, or the wan An charms 

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Of love's foft queen ; but fuch as far cxcell'd 

Whate'er the lily blending with the rofe 

Paints on the cheek of beauty, foon to fade ; 

Such as exprefsM a mind which wifdom, 

And fweetnefs temper'd.. virtue's pureft light 

Illumining the countenance divine : 

Yet could ftot foothe remorfelefs fate, nor teach 

Malignant fortane to revere the good ; 

Which oft with anguifh rends the fpotlefs heart, 

And oft aflbciates wifdom with defpair. 

In courteous phrafe began the chief humane : 

Exalted fair, who thus adorn* fl the night, 
Forbear to "blame the vigilance of war, 
And to the laws of rigid Mars impute, 
That I thus long unwilling have delay *d 
Before the great Leonidas to place 
This your apparent digni ty and worth* 

He fpake, and gently to the lofty tent 
Of Sparta's king the lovely ftranger guides* 
At Agis* fummons, with a mantle broad 
His mighty limbs Leonidas infolds, 
And quits his couch. In wonder he: furveys 
Th* illuftrious virgin, whom* his prefence aw'd ; 
Her eye fubmifTive to the ground inclined. 
With veneration of the god-like man, 
But fopn his voice her anxious dread difpell'd*. 
Benevolent and hofpitable thus ; 

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Thy form alone, thus amiable and great,. 
Thy mind delineates, and from all commands 
Supreme regard-. Relate, thou noble dame, 
JBy what rclentlefs deftiny compell'd, 
Thy tender feet the paths of darknefs tread ; 
Rehearfe th' afrliclions whence thy virtue mourns. 

On her wan check a fuddcnblufh arofe,. 
Like day's firfl dawn upon the twilight pale, 
And, wrapt in grief, thefe words a paflage broke : 

If to be mod unhappy, and to know 
That hope is irrecoverably fled ; 
If to be great and wretched, may deferve 
Commi Aeration from the good, behold, 
Thou glorious leader of unconquer'd bands,. 
Behold, defcended from Darius' loins, 
Th' afflifted Arlana, and my pray'r 
Accept with pity, nor my tears difdain ! 
Firfl, thar I lov'd the bed of human race, 
By nature':, hand with ev'ry virtue form'dj. 
Heroic, wife, adorn 'd with ev'ry art, 
Of .{hame unconfeious does my heart reveal, 
This day in Grecian arms confpicuousclad 
lie fought, he fell. A paffion long conceal 1 ! 
For me, alas i within my brother's arms 
His dying breath refining, he difclos'd. 

^ Oh I will Hay my furrows ! will forbid 

My eyes to ft ream before tficc, and my heart, 
Thus full, of anguilh, will from iighs relfrain! 

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Fpr why fliould thy humanity be griev'd 
With my dillrefs, and learn from inc to mourn 
The lot of nature, doom'd lo care and pain! 
Hear then, O king, and grant my fole.requeft* 
To feek his body in the heaps of flain. 

Thus to the Spartan fued the regal maid, 
Refembling Ceres in majeflic woe, 
When fupplicaot at Jove's refplendent throne, 
From dreary Pluto, and th* infernal gloom, 
Her lov'd and loft Proferpina flie fought. 
Fix'd on the weeping queen with fled fall eyes. 
Laconia's chief thefe tender thoughts rccall'd : 

Such are thy forrows, O for ever dear ! 
Who now at La^cedzmon doft deplore 
My everlafting abfence ! then inclin'd 
His head, and figh'd ; nor yet forgot to charge 
His friend, the gentle Agis, thro' the ftraift 
The Perlian princefs to attend. and aid* 
With careful fteps tlwiy feek her lover's corfe. 
The Greeks rcmcinber'd, where by fate reprefs'd 
His arm Brit ceas'd to mow their legions down > 
And from beneath a.mafs of Peru* an flain 
Soon drew the hero, by his armour known* 
To AgU' high pavilion they refort. 
Now, Ariana, what tranfeending pangs 
Thy foulinvolv'd ! what horror clafp'd thy heart J 
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Bends down the Head with imitated woz : 
So paus'd the princefs o'er the breathiefe clay, 
Intranc'd in forrow. On the dreary wound* 
Where'Dithryrambus' fword wasdeepeft plungM, 
Mute for a fpace and motionlefs fh:? gaz'd ; 
Then wilh a look unchang'd, nor trembling hand, 
Drew forth a poniard, which her garment veil'd, 
And fheathing in her heart th' abhorred fteel, 
On her^flain lover fiiem finks in death. 



On Liberty, and in Praifc of Mr. Howard 

COW PER. 

OH could I worfliip aught beneath th? fkies, 
That earth hatbieen or fancy could devife, 
Thine altar, facred Liberty, fhould ftand, 
Built by no mercenary vulgar hand, 
With fragrant turf, and fiow'rs as wild aod fair, 
As ever drefs'd a bank, or fcontcd fumaaerair. . 
Duly as ever on the mountain's height 
The peep of morning Ihed a dawning light : 
Again, when evening in her fobsr veft 
Drew the grey curtain of the fading Weft ; 
My foul fhould yield thee willing thanks and praifc 
For the chief bicIUags of my fiircii days ; 
.But that were facrilcge — praiCe is not thine, 
But his who gave thee, and proferves thee mine :. 

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Elfe I would fay, and as I fpake bid fly 

A captive bird into the boundlcfs fky, 

This triple realm adores thee — thou art come 

From Sparta hither, and art here at home ; 

We feel thy force ftill a&ive, at this hour 

Enjoy immunity from prieftly pow'r ; 

While confeience, happier than in ancient years$ 

Owns no fuperior but the God flie fears, 

Propitious Spirit ! yet expunge a wrong 

Thy rites have fufFer'd, and our land, too long ; 

Teach mercy to ten thoufand hearts that (bar* 

The fears and hopes of a commercial care : 

Prifons expeft the wicked, and were built 

To bind the lawlefs and to punifii guilt, 

But fhipwreck, earthquake, battle, fire, and floo^ 

Are mighty mifchiefs not to be withflood ; 

And honcft merit flands ort flipp'ry ground, 

Where cover guile and artifice abound : 

Let juft reftraint, for public peace defign'd, 

Chain up the wolves and tigers of mankind ; 

The foe of virtue has no claim to thee, 

But let infolvent innocence go free, 

Patron of elfe the molt defpis'd of men, 
Accept the tribute of a granger's pen ; 
Verfe, like the laurel its immortal meed, 
Should be the guerdon of a noble deed : 
I may alarm thee, but I fear the (ha me "j 

(Charity chofen as my theme and aim) J» . 

I mull incur, forgetting Howard's name. * 

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BIcft with all weakh can give thee — to refign 
Joys doubly fweet to feeiijigs quick as thine ; 
To quit the biifs thy rural licenes beftow, 
To feefc a nobler amid ft fcenes of woe ; 
To travcrfe feas, range kingdoms, and bring home, 
Not the proud monumcuts of Greece or Rome, 
But knowledge fuch, as only dungeons teach, j 
And only fympathy like thine could reach y 
That grief, fequefter'd fronvthe public A age, 
Might fmooth her feathers, and enjoy her cage- 
Speaks a divine ambition, and a zeal 
The boldefl patriot might be proud to feel* 
Oh that the voice of clamour and debate, 
That pleads for peace till it difturbs the ftate, 
Were hufn'd in favour of thy gen'rous plea, 
The poor thy clients, and Heaven's (mile thy fee ] 



Epijlolary Vtrfts to George Caiman, Efq. written in 
the Year, 1756. 
' By Mr. Robert Lloyd. 

YOU know, dear George, I'm none of thofe 
That condefcend to write in profe : 
Infpir'd with pathos and fublirae, 
I always foar — in doggrel rhyme ; 
And fcarce can afk you how you do, 

Wi h >ut a jingling line or two. 

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Bcfidcs, I always took delight in 

What bears the nan)e of eafy writing; ;, 

Perhaps the reafon makes it pleafe 

Is, that I find 'tis writ with eafei 
I vent a notion here in private, 

Which public 'rafle can ne'er connive ar,- 

Which thinks no wit or judgment greater 

Than Addifon and his Spectator ; 

Wh« fays (it is no matter where, 

But that he fays it I can fwear) 

With eafy verfe moft bards are- fmitten, 

Becaufe they think it's eafy written ; 

Whereas the eafier it appears, 

The greater marks of care it wears ; 

Of which to give an explanation, 

Take this by way of illuflration, 

The fam'd Mat* Prior, it is faid, 

Oft bit his nails, and fcratch'd his head, 

And chamg'd a thought a hundred tiroes, 

Becaufe he did not like the rhymes : 

To make my meaning clear, and pleafe ye, 

In fliort, he labour'd to write eafy. 

And yet no Critic e'er defines 

His poems into laboured lines. 

I have a fimile will hit him ; 

His verfe, like clothes, was made to fit him; 

Which (as notaylor e'er denied) 

The better fit the more they're tried. 

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Though I have mentioned Prior's name, 
Think not I aim at Prior's fame. 
'Tis the refult of admiration 
To fpend itfelf in imitation 
If imitation may be faid, 
Which is in me by nature bred, 
' And you have better proofs than thefe, 
That I'm idolater of Eafe. 

Who but a madman would engage 

A Poet in the pre Cent age ? 

Write what we will, oijr works befpeak us 

Imitatores, /ervum Ftcuu 

Tale, Elegy, or lofty Ode, 

We travel in the beaten road. 

The proverb flill flicks clofely by us, 

Nil ditfum, quod non dittum prius. 

The only comfort that I know 

Is, that 'twas faid an age ago, 

Ere Milton foar'd in thought fublime, 

Ere Pope refin'd the chink of rhyme, 

Ere Colman wrote in ftyle fo pure, 

Or the great Two the Connoifffeur ; 

Ere I burlefqu'd the rural cit, 

Proud to hedge in my fcrapsof wit ; 

And, happy in the clofe connexion, 

T' acquire fome name from their re fle&km ; 

So (the fimilitude is trite) 

The moon ftill mines with borrow 'd Ught ; 

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And, like the race of modern beaux, 
Ticks with the fun for her lae'd clothes. 

Mcthinks there is no better time 
Tofhew the ufe I make of rhyme, 
Than now, -when I, who from beginning 
Was always fond of couplet-finning. 
Pre fuming on good-nature's fcore, 
Thus lay my bantling at your door. 

The finl advantage which I fee, 
Is, that I ramble loofe and free : 
Tne bard indeed full oft complains 
That rhymes are fetters, links, and chains ; 
And, when he warns to leap the fence, 
Still keeps him pris'ner to the fenfe. 
Howe'er in common-place he rage, 
Rhyme's like your fetters on the fiage, 
Which when the player once hath wore, 
It makes him only ftrut the more, 
While, raving in pathetic ftrains, 
He makes his legs to clank his chains. 

From rhyme, as from a handfome face, 
Nonfenfe acquires a kind of grace ; 
I therefore give it all its fcope, 
That fenfe may unperceiv'd elope. 

So M« — rs of bafefl tricks 

(I love a Ring at politics) 
Amufe the nation, court, and king, 
With- breaking F — kes, and : hanging8y«g; . 

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And make each puny rogue a prey, 
While they, the greater^ (link away. 
This fimile perhaps would ftrike, 
If match'd with fomething more alike ; 
N Then take ildreft'Aa fecond time 
In Prior's F.afe, and my. Sublime, 
Say, did you never chance to meet 
A mob of people in the ftreet. 
Ready to give the robb'd relief. 
And all in hafte to catch a thief ; 
While the fly rogue, who fiich'd the prey, 
Too clofe be&t to am away, 
Stop thief ! flop thief! exclaim* aloud, 
And fo efcapes among the crowd ? 
So Minifters, &c. 

O England, how I mourn thy fete f 
For fure thy loITes now are great ; 
Two fuch what Briton can endure, 
Minorca, or the Con noi dear I 

To-day*, or e'er the fbta goes down, 
Will die the Cc»fov> M r. Town ! 

Da - He 

* September 30* A, 1756, when Mr. Taaw, author 
of the Connoiffeur, a periodic »l Ejfay ffnet pubtifhed 
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He dies, whoe'er takes pains to coo hiu 
With blufhing honours thick upon him ; 
O may his name thefe verfes fave, 
Be thefe inferib'd upon his grave I 

" Know, Reader, that on Thurfda) 
i; The ConnoifTeur, a Suicide ! 
" Yet think not that his foul is fled, 
c * Nor rank him 'mongft. the vulgar dcu 
'* Howe'cr defuncl you fet him down, 
«* He's only goingout of Town.** 

-~*z,<£*:~ 

ON CONTENT. 
TT is not youth can give content, 
^ Nor is it wealth's decree ; 
It is a gift from Heaven fent, 
Tho' not to thee or me. 

It is not in the Monarch's crown, 
Tho' he'd give millions for't : 

It dwells not in his LordftVp's frown 
Qr waits on him to court. 

It is not in a coach aud fix, 

It is not in a garter ; 
*Tis not in love or politics, 

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Vcni Creator Spiritus, paraphrafed. 

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/"CREATOR Spirit, by whofe aid 

v ~" y The world's foundations firft were laid, 

Come vifit ev'ry pious mind ; 

Corne pour thy joys on human kind ; 

From fin and forrow fet us free, 

And make thy temples worthy thee, 

O fourco of Uncreated light, 
The father's promis'd Paraclete ! 
Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire,. 
Our hearts with heavenly love infpire ; 
Come, and thy facred un£tion bring 
To fanctify us, while we Hug- 

Plenteous of grace, defcend from high,.. 
Rich in thy fevenfold energy ! 
Thou flrength of his Almighty hand, 
Whofe pow'r does heaven and earth command. 
Proceeding Spirit, our defence 
Who dofl the gift of tongues difpenfej I 

And crown'fl thy gift with eloquence! J, 

Refine and purge your earthly parts ; 
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Our fraikies help, our vice controul, '• 
Submit the feafes to the foul ; 
And when rebellious they are grown, 
Then lay thy hand, and hold them down* 

Chaje from our minds th* infernal foe*. 
And peace the fruit of love, bellow i 
And left our feet mould ftep aftray, 
Proteft ana' guide us in the way. 

Make us eternal truths receive* 
And pra&ice all that we believe : 
{Jive us thyfelf, that we may fee 
The Father and the Son, by thee, 

Immortal honour, endlefs fame, 
* Attend the Almighty Father's name £ 
The Saviour Son,be glorified, 
Who for loft man's redemption died, fc 
And equal adoration be, 
Eternal Paraclete, to tbee ! 



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jpifcord's Hfiufe* 

HARD by the gates of hell her dwelling fs^ 
There whereas all plagues and harmes abounds 
Wfeich punifti wicked men, that w&lkamUs : 
Jt is adarkfora* delve ferre under ground, 
With thornes and barwa-braMs epvirond rounds 

That none the fame way may out-win^; 
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For d if cord harder is to end than to begm. 

And, all witKin the nven walles were hung 
With rugged monuments of times fore-paft, 

Of which, the fad effeft of difcord fung : 
There were rent robes, and broken fcepters placet ; 
Altars defil'd, and holy things defac't 

Difhevered fpears, and (hields ytorne in twaine. 
Great cittys ranfackt, and ftrong c a Hies ras'r, 

Nations capttved, and huge armies flaine : 

Of all which, ruines there fome reliques did remained 

There was the figne of antique Babylon, 
Of fataM'hehes,. of Rome thatraigned long, 

Of facred Salem, and fad I lion, 
For memory of w hie b, on high there Ijong 
The golden apple (caufe pf all their wrong) 

For which the three fairc goddefles did ftrive : 
There alfp was the name of Nimrpd flrong, 

Qf Alexander^ and the princes Jive, 
Which Jhar'd to them cbefpoiles wjn'ch he had got alive* 

And the*e the reliques of the drunken fray, 
The which araongft the Lapithees befell, 

Anil of the bloody feaft, which Cent away 
So-many centaurs drunken fouls to hell, 
That under. great Alcidcs' furie fell : 

And of the .dreadful difcord, which di4 drive 
The. noble Argonauts to out-i^c' fell, 



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That each of life fought other to deprive, . 
Ail mindlcfsof the golden-fleece which made them flrive 

And eke of private perfons many moc, 
That were too long a worke to count them all ; f 

Some of fworne friends, that did their faith forgoe ; 
Some of borne brethren, prov'd unnatural; 
Some of deare lovers, foes perpetual ; . 

\Vitnefs their broken bands there to be feen, 
Their girlonds rent, their bow res difpoiled all ; 

The monuments whereof there bvdinjr been, 
As plalne as at the firfl, when they were frcfli and green.. 

Such was the houfe within »; but all without 
The barren ground was full of wicked weeds, 

Which (he hcrfelf had fowen all about,. 
Now growen great, at firfl of little feedes, 
The feeds of evil words, and factious decdes ; 

Which when toripenefs due they growen are, 
Bring forth an infinite increafe, that brecdes 

Tumultuous trouble, and contentious jarrc, 

The which moll often end. in blooa-fhed and in warrc* 

And thofc fame curfed feeds do alfo ferve 
To hqr for bread, and yield a living food : 

For life it is to her, when others flerve 
Through mifchievous debate, and deadly feood, 
That flie may fuck their life, and drink their blood, 

With which fte from her childhood had been fe4$ 
For fte at firfl was born- of heUifh brood) 

And by infernal furies nou rimed, 

Tbaj by her monflrous fhape might cafily be read; 
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Her face moll foule and filthy was to fee, 

With fquinted eyes contrary ways extended, 
And loathly mouth, unmeet a mouth to be ; 

That nought tut gall and venim comprehended, ' 

And wicked words that God and man offended : 
Her lyingtongue was in two parts divided, 

And both the parts did fpeak, and both contended 5 
And as her tongue, fo was her heart decided, 
That never thought one thing, but doubly ftill was 
guided* 

Als as {he double fpeake, fo heard (he double, 
With matchlefs eares deformed and diflort, 

Fii'd with falfe rumours, and feditious trouble* 
Bred in aflembiies of the vulgar fort, 
That ftill are led with every light report. 

And as her eares, fo eke her feete were odde, 
And much unlike ; th* one long, the other (hort, 

And both mifplac't ; that when th* one forward gode# 

"the other back retired, and contrary trode, 

Likewife unequal were her handes twaine :. 
That one did reach, the other pufht away : 

The one did make, the other mar'd againe, 
And fought to bring alljhings unto decay ; 
Whereby great riches, 'gathered many a day, 

She in foft fpace did often bring to nought, 
And their pofle {fours often did difmay. 

For all her fludy was, and all her thought, 

How fhe could ovcrUirowe the thing that concord 
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So much her malic* Ad her might furpaitv 
That even tb' Almighty feif flic did maligoc* 

Becaufe to nun f© merciful he was* 
And onto alihti creattim.fo benigne, 
Sith flic her felCwa* of his grace iodtgne; ? 

For ail this woc4d's fere wockmanifcip (he tndc^ 
Unxo his lad confufon to bring 

And that great golden chain quite to divide* 

Wick which it hk&d concord hath together tide* 

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tk* &*Qks. Co w ft » ft> 

BETWEEN Nofe and eyes a Grange coateft arofe, 
The fpecsacles fct them unhappily wrong, \ 
The point in difpute was as all the world knows ; 
To which the fa id fpe£lacles ought to belong. 

So the tongue was the lawyer, and argued the eauft 

- With a great deal of fliiU, and a wig full of teaming ; 
While chief baron Ear fat to balance the laws,. 
So fam'd tor his talent in nicely dtfeerning. 

In behalf of the Nofe, it will quickly appear, 

And your lordfhip, he faid> will undoubtedly find, 

That the Nofe has had fpe&acles always in wear, 
Which amounts to poflelBon time out of mind. 

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Then holding the fpe&acles up to the court— 

Your lordfhip obferves they are made with a ftraddle, 

As wide as the ridge of the Nofe is ; in fliort, 
Defign'd to fitrciofe to it, jmft like a fatkUe. 

Again would yonr lordthip a moment fuppofe 

('Tis a cafe that has happened, and may be again) 

That' the vifage or countenance had not a Nofe, 

Pray who would or who could wear fpeftacle* then ? t 

On the whole it appears, and my argument fhews, 
With areafoning the court will never condemn, 

That the fpeftacles plainly were made for the Nofe, 
And the Nop: was as plainly intended forthenu 

Then ihifting his fide, as a lawyer knows how. 

He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes ; 
But what were his arguments few people know, 

For the court did not think they were equally wife* 

So his lordfhip decreed, with a grave foiexnn tone, 
Decifive and clear, without one if or but~~ 

That whenever the Nofe p*u his;fpB&acks on, 

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The Revenge of America Waetok. 

HEN Cortez' furious legions flew 



O'er ravag'd fields of rich Peru, 
Struck with his bleeding people's woes, 
Old India's awful genius rofe : 
He fat on Andes' topmoft Hone, 
And, heard a thou fan 4 nations groan ; 
For grief his feathery crown he tpre. 
To fee huge Plata foam with gore ; 
He broke his arrows, ftamp'd the ground, 
To view his cities fmoaking round. 

What woes, he cried, hath lull of gold 
O'er my poor country widely roll'd ! 
Plund'rers proceed ! my bowels tear, 
But ye mall meet deftru£lion there. 
From the deep-vaulted mine fliall rife 
Th* infatiate fiend, pale Avarice ; 
Whofe fteps (hall trembling Juflice fly, 
Peace, Order, Law, and Amity ! 
1 fee all Europe's children curfi 
With lucre's univerfai thirft : 
The rage thatfweeps my fonsaway 
My baneful gold {hall well repay. 



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From the Greek o/Prodicus* 



By BISHOP LOWTH. 



NOW had the fon of Jove, matiire, attain'd 
. The joyful prime ; when youth, elate and gay, 
Steps into life, and follows unreftrain'd 

Where paflion leads, or prudence points the way. 
In the pure mind, at thofc ambiguous years, 

Or vice, rank weed, flrft ftrikes hcrpois'nous root ; 
Or haply virtue's op'ning bud appears 

Byjuft degrees, fair bloom of faireft fruit ! 
For, if on youth's untainted thought imprcft, 
The gen'rous purpofc Hill fliall warm the manly brcafh 

As on a day, relieving on his age 

For highefl deeds now ripe, Alcides fought 
Retirement, nurfe of contemplation fage, 

Step following ftep, and thought fucceeding thought • 
Mufing, with flcady pace the youth purfucd 

His walk, and loft in meditation ftray'd 
Far in a lonely vale, with folitude 

Converfing ; while intent his mind furvey'd 
The dubious path of life : before him lay, 
Here virtue's rough afcenc, there pleafure's Cow'ry way. 

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Much did tlie view divide his wav'ring mind : 

Now glow'd his b re a ft with.gen'rous thirft of fame 
New love of eaTe to fofter thoughts inclin'd 

His yielding .foul, and quench'd the rifing flame : 
When, lo ! far off two female forms he *fpies ; 
Dire£l to him their fleps they feem to bear ; 
Both large and tall, exceeding human fize ; 
Both, far exceeding human beauty, fair. 
Graceful, yet each with diflP rent grace they move ;' 
This linking facred awe'; that, fofter winning Ibve« 

The firft in native dignity furpafs'd ; 

Artlefs and irnadorn'd Ihe pleas'd the'more ; 
Health o'er her looks a genuine luflre caft ; 

A veil more white than new-fallen friow flie wore 
Auguft Ihe trod, yet modeft was her air ; 

Serene her eye, yet darting heavenfy fire. 
Still flie drew near ; and nearer ftill more fair, 

More mild, appear'd : yet fuch as might ihfpire 
Pleafure correfted with an awful fear ; 
Majeftically fweet, and amiably fevere. 

The other dame feem'd even of fairer hue; 

But bold her mien, unguarded rov'd her eye, 
And her flufiVd cheeks confefs'd at nearer view 

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All foft and delicate, with airy fwim 

Lightly &£ 4*Q<;'4. 4ong : her. robe betray 'd. 

Thro/ the. clear texture every tender limb, 

Heightening the charms it only fcem'd to (hade : 

And as, U flpw'd adpwn, fo loofe and thin, 

Her ftature fhew'd more tall, more fnowy white her ILirt t 

Oft with a fmile flic vicw'd herfelf afkancc ; 

Even on her (hade a confcious look Ihe threw : 
Then aW around her cad a careiefs glance, 

To mark what gazing eyes her beauty drew* 
As they came near, before that other maid 

Approaching decent, eagerly Ihe prefs'd 
"With hafty ftep ; nor of rcpulfe afraid, 

With freedom bland the wohd'ring youth addrefs'd 5 
With winning fondhefs on his neck ihe hung ; 
Sweet as the honey-dew fiow'dher enchanting tongue l 

** Dear Hercules, whence this unk ind delay ? 

Dear youth* what doubts can thus diltract tby mind ? 
Securely. follow where I lead the way, 

And range thro* wilds of plcafure unconfin'd* 
With me retire from noife, and pain, and care, 

Embath'd in blifs, and wrapt in endlefs cafe : 
Rough is the road to fame, thro' blood and war : 

Smooth is my way, and all my paths are peace. 
With me retire, from toils and perils free, 
Leave honour to. the wretch ! pleafures were made for thee. 
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All that may charm thine ear, *n<i pteafe ^fey fight £1 
All that the thought can frame, or wiflti^uire^ooH 

Tofteep thy raviGYd fenfesin delight: > jj.n c 

The fumptuous. feaft, enhanced with ratrftc's found, ; 

Fitted to tune the melting foul to \o\e, 
Rich odours, breathing choiceft fweets around ; 

The fragrant baw*r, cool fountain, fhady grove \ 
Frefii flow'rs to ft re w thy couch, and crown thy head? 
Joy mall attend thy fteps, and eafe fnall fmooth thy bed* 

Thefe will I freely, conftantfy (bppfy, 

Pleafures not earn'd with toil, nor tnix'd with woe 5 
Far from thy reft repining want fhall fly, 

Nor labour bathe in fweat thy careftl brdwv 
Mature the copious harveft fhall be thine, * 

Let the laborious hind fubduc the foil ; 
Leave the rafh foldier fpoils of war to win, 

Won by the foldier thou flialt fhare the fpoil ; 
Thefe fofter cares my bed allies employ, 

New pleafures toinvent, to wifh, and to enjoy J* 

Her winning voice the youth attentive caught ; 

He gaz'd impatient on the foiilingmaid ; 
Still gaz'd and hften'd ; then heir name b e fought : ' 

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They {hare my blifs, they beft cart fpeak my praife : 
Tho' Slander call me Skwfo( detraction vain !) 

Heed not what Slander, vain detra&er, fays ; 
Slander, flill prompt true merit to defame, 
To blot the brightcft worth, and.blaft the faircft name/* 

By this arriv'd the fair majeftic maid ; 

She all the while, with the fame inodeft pace, 
Gompos'd advane'd : " Know, Hercules," flic Caid. 

With manly tone, " thy birth ofc heavenly race : 
Thy tender age, that lov'd inflru&ion's voice, 

Promts 'd ihcc generous, patient, brave, and wife; 
When manhood flfcould confirm thy glorious choice, 

Now cxpe&atioa waits to fee thee rife. 
Rife, ypath I exaJt thyfelf and me; approve 
Thy high defcent from heaven, and dare be worthy Jove, 

But what truth prompts, my tongue fhall not difguiic ; 

The fteep afcent mufl be with toil fubdued ; 
Watching and cares mufl win the lofty prize 

Proposal by Heaven — true blifs and real good. 
Honour rewards the brave and bold alone ; 

She fpurns the timorous, indolent, and bafe ;. 
Sanger and toil (land flern before her throne, 

And guard (fo Jove commands) the facred place :. 
Who feeks her mufl the mighty cofl fuflain, . 
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Wouldft thoS .engage the gods peculiar care ? 

O Hercules, th* immortal pow'rs adore 1 i 

With a pare heart, with facrifice, and psay'r 

Attend their altars, and the4r aid implore. . \. 

Or^ would'ft thou gain thy country's loud applaufe> 

Lov'd as her father, as her god ador'd? 
Be thou the bold afferter of her caufe ; 

Her voice in council, jn the fight her fword : 
In peace, in war, purfue thy country's good ; 
for her bare thy bold breaft, and pour thy generous blood. 

Wouhfft thou, to quell the proud and lift th* oppreft^ 

In arts of war and matchlefs ftrength excel ? 
Firtt conquer thou thy felf: toeafe, to reft, 

To each foft thought ©f pleafure, bid fareweh. 
The night alternate, due to fweet repofe, 

In watches wafle : in painful march, the day: . 
Congcal'd amidil the rigorous winder's fnows, 

Scorch'd by the fummer's thirft-inflaming ray.. 
Thy hardeu'd limbs mall boaft fuperior might :, 
Vigour fhall brace thine arm, refiftlcfs in the fight/' 

" Hear'il thou what monfters then thou mirft engage ? 

What dangers, gentle youth, ihe bids thee.prov.e ?>* 
(Abrupt fays Sloth) — 4t 111 fit thy tender age , 

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Turn, gentle youth, tome, to love, and joy f 

To thefe I lead : nomonders here fhall flay 
Thine eafy courfe ; no cares thy peace annoy ; 

I lead to blift a nearer, fmoother way : 
Short is my way, v fair, eafy, fmooth, and pfain : 
Turn, gentle youth — with me eternal pleafures reign/* 

** What pleasures, vain miflaken wretch, are thine?** 

-(Virtue with fcorn replied) " whoflcep'd in cafe 
In fen late ; nchoie foft limbs the toil decline 

That feafons Mifs, and makes enjoyment pleafc ; 
Draining the copious bowl ere third require : 

Feailingere hunger to the feaft invite ; 
Whofe tallelefs joys anticipate defire, 

Whom luxury fupplies wirh appetite ; 
Yet nature loaths, and you employ in vain 
Variety and art to conquer her difdain. 

The fpaclding ne£lar, cool'd with fummer fnows. 

The dainty board with choiceft viands fpread. 
To thee are tallelefs all ! fin cere repofe 

Flies from thy flow'ry couch and downy bed. 
For thou art only tir'd with indolence : 

Nor is thy deep wkh toil and labour bought, 
Th' impcrfeft deep, that lulls thy languid fenfe 

In dull oblivious interval- of thought ; 
That kindly deals th* inactive hours away 
J[wa\ the long ling'ring fpace, that lengthens out the day # 

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From bounteous nature's amexhaufted ftores. ! | 

Flows the pure fountain of finccre deligfrfc : 
Averfe to her, you wafte the joylefs hours- % 

Sleep drowns thy days, and riot rules Ay n*gfce*i ' 
Immortal tbo* thou art, indignant Jove 

Hurl'd thee from heaven, &* munortttis blikfai pfeeeV 
For ever banifh'd from the realms above. 

To dwell on earth with man's degenrate race ; 
Fitter abode I on eartn alike difgrac'd ; 
Reje&ed by therwife, and by the fool embrac'd,. 

Fond wretch, that vainly weeneft aU delig^tt 

To gratify the fertfe, referv'd for thee ! 
Yet the moft pleafing ot>je£ to the %h*,> 

Thine own fair aftion, never didft th6tf fee*. 
Tho' lull'd with fofter founds thou iieft along; 

Soft mufic, warbling voices* melting lays ; 
Ne'er didft thou hear, more fweet than fweeteft fong 

Charnwwgthe foul, thou ne'er didft hear thy praife !. 
No — to thy revels let the fool repair ; 
To fuch go fmooth thy fpeech* and fpread thy tempting; 
fnare. 

Vaft happinefs enjoy thy gay allies: V 

A youth of follies, an old age of cares ; 
Young yet enervate, old-yet never wif$, 

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Vain, idle,, delicate* in xhoughtlefs eafe# 

Referviqgiwoef for age, their prime they fpend; 
All wretched,.. Jiopelefs, in the evil days, 

Wktafarrow to the verge of life they tend. 
Griev'd with the prefeat, of the pail a&am'd, 
They live and aredefpis'ds they die, nor more axe nam'd # 

But with the gods, and godlike men, I dwell ; 

Me, his fupreme delight, th'Aimighty Sire 
Regards wellpleas'd : whatever works excel, 

AH, or divine or human, I infpire, 
Counfel with Arengih, and induftry with art, 
\ In union meet conjoin'd, with me refide : 
My dilates arm, inftrucl, and mend the heart, 

The furefl policy, the wifeft guide. 
With me true friendftvp dwells ; fhe deigns to hind 
Thofe generous fouls alone, whom I before have joiti'dU 

Nor need my friends the various coflly feaft ; 

Hunger to them th' effects of art fupplies ; 
Labour prepares their weary limbs to reft ; 

Sweet is their fbep ; light, chearful, firong they rife. 
Thro' health, thro* joy, thro' pleafure, and renown 

They tread my paths, ; and by a foft defcent - 
At length to age all gently finking down, 

Look back with tranfport on a life well fpent; 
In which no hour flew unimprov' d away ; 

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And when, the deftin'd term at lengths complete, 

Their afhes reft in peace, eternal fame 
Sounds wide their praife : triumphant over fate,. 

In facred fong for ever lives their name* 
This, Herculus, ishappinefs! obey 

My voice, and live: let thy celeftial birth 
Lift and enlarge thy thoughts : behold the way '. 

That leads, to fame, and raifss thee from earth 
Immortal I Lo, I guidp thy fteps. Arife, 
Purfuc the glorious path, and claim thy native flues/* 

Her words breathe fire celeftal, and impart . 

New vigour to his foul» that fudden caught 
The generous flame : with great intent his heart 

Swells full, and labours with exalted thought. 
The mift of error fronj his eyes difpell'd, 

Thro* all her fraudfcil arts, in cleaccfl light x 
Sloth in her native form he now beheld ; 

Unveil'd fhe flood confef&'d. before his fight : 
Falfe Siren ! — VII her vaunted charms, that fljone 
So frefh erewhile and fair, now withered, pale, and gom 

No more the rofy bloom in fweetdifguifc 

Mafks Iter diffembled looks ; each borrow'd grace 

Leaves her wan cheek; pale ficknefs clouds her eyes 
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As when feir Iris has awhile difpla^d 

Her wat'ry arch, with gaudy paintiire gayv 

"While yet we gaze the glorious colours fade, * 
And from our wonder.genily Ileal away : 

Where {hone the beauteous phantom ; eHl fo : bright, 

Now low'rs the low -hung cloud, all glctomy to the* fight» 

But Virtue, more engaging, all the while 

Difcios'd new charms, more lovely, more ferene* 
Beaming fweet influence : a milder fmile 

Soften'd the terrors of her lofty mien, 
** Lead, goddefs; I am thine T* tranfported cried 

Ale ides ; " O propitious pow'r, thy way 
Teach me I poflefs my foul ! be thou my* guide: 

From thee oh never, never let me ftiray !" 
"While ardent thus the youth his vows addfefsM, 
With all the goddefs hi I'd, already glow'd his breafi* 

The heavenly mard with flrength divine endued 

His daring foul ; where all her pow'rs combinM : 
Firm conftancy, undaunted fortitude. 

Enduring patience, artnM his nrighty'mind, 
Unmov'd in toils, in dangers utidifmay'd, 

By many a hardy deed and bold emprize, . ■ • • 
From fierceft monfters, thro* her pow'rful aid, 

He freed the earth ! thro* her he gain'd the ikies. 
'Twas virtue plac'd him in the bleft abode ; 
Crown'd with eternal youth, among the gods a god. 

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Cowphr. 

TIME was when I was free as air, 
The thittle's downy feed my faie, 
My drink the morning dew ; 
I perch'd at will on ev'ry fpray, 
My form genteel, my plumage gay, 
My drains for ever new. 

But gaudy plumage, fprightly ft rain, 
And form genteel, were all in vain, 

And of a tranfient date : 
For caught and cag'd, and (larv'd to death, 
In dying fighs my little breath 

Soon pafs'd the wiry grate. 

Thanks, gentle fwain, for all my woes, 
And thanks for this effectual ciofe 

And cure of ev'ry ill I 
More cruelty could none exprefs ; 
And I, if you had fhewn me lefs, 

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CANTO I. 

The CaftU high of Indolence ', 
And itsfalff luxury, 
Wfierefor a little time, alas t 
We liv*d right jollity. 

I. 

O MORTAL Man I who liveft here by toil* 
Do not complain of this thy hard eftate 5 
That like an emmet thou muft ever moil, 
Is a fad fentence of an ancient date : 
And, certes, there is for it reafon great ; 
For tho* fometimes it makes thee weep and waif} 
And curfe thy ftar, and early drudge and late, 
Withouten that would come an heavyer bale, 
Loofe life, unruly paflions, and difeafes pale* 

II. 
In lowly dale, fall by a river's fide, 
With woody hill o'er hill encompafs'd round* 
A moft enchanting wizard did abide, 
Than whom a fiend more fell is no where found* 
It was, I ween, a lovely fpot of ground ; 

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And there a fcafon aLwecn June and May, 
HalFprankt with fpring, with fummer half imbrown'd, 
A liflle is climate mad?, where, footh to fay, 
No living wight could work, ne cared even for play. 

III. 

Was nought around but images of reft, 
Sleep- footh ing groves, and quiet lawns between, 
And flowery beds that flumbrous influence keft 
From poppies brcath'd, and beds of pleafant green, 
Where never yet was creeping creature feen. 
Mean time uoqumber'd glittering ftrcamlets play'd, 
And hurled eve*y where their waters fheen, 
That, as they bicker'd thro* the funny glade, 
TW refllefs itill thcmfelves, a lulling murmur made. 

IV. 

Join'd to the prattle of the purling rills, 
Were heard the lowing herds along the vale, 
And flocks loud-bleating from the diflant hills, 
And vacant (hepherds piping in the dale ; 
And now and then fweet Philomel would wail, 
Or ftock- doves plain amid the forcft deep, 
That drowfy ruftled to the fighing gale ; 
And flill a coil the gra (hopper did keep ; 
Yet all thefc founds yblent inclined all to fleep. 

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Full in the paftage of the vale, above, 

A fable, filent, folcmn, forcfi flood, 

Where nought but fhadowy forms was fccn to move, 

As Idlefs fancy 'd in her dreaming mood ; 

And up the hills, on either fide, a wood 

Of blackening pines, ay waving to and fro, 

Sent forth a fleepy horror thro' the blood ; 

And where this valley winded out, below, * 

The murmuring main was heard, and fcarcely heard to flow 

VI. ^^ 

A pleafing land of drowfy-hcad it was, rf"J 

Of Dream* that wave before the half-fhut eye, ^* 

And of gay Caflles in the cloud that pafs, 

For ever flufhing round a Himoier fky ^ 

There eke the foft Delights, that witchingly 

Inflil a wanton fweetnefs thro' the breaft, 

And the calm Pleafurcs, always hover'd nigh ; 

But whate'er finack'd of noyance or uoreft 

Was far, far. offexpell'd from this delicious ncfL 

VII. 

The landfcape fuch, infpiring perfect eafe^ 
Where Indolence (for fo the wizard hight) 
Clofe-hid his Caftle mid embowering trees, 
That half fhut out the beams of Phoebus bright, 
And made a kind of checker 'd day and night ; 

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Mean While. unceafingat the mafly gate, 

B-Ti-iaLh a fjidiious p^Im, the wicked wight 

\V*« riac'd, and to his lute, of cruel fate, 

An J idbour /.irui, complain'd, lamenting mans' eflate. 

VIII. 

Thither conrinu jI. pilgrims crowded dill, 

From all the roads of earth that pafs there by ; 

For as they chaune'd to breathe on neighbouring hilly 

The frefhnefs of this valley fmote their eye, 

And drew them ever and anon more nigh ; 

Till cluttering round th' enchanter falfe they hung, 

V molten with his fy re n melody, 

While o'er th' enfeebling lute his hand he flung, 

And to the trembling chords thefe tempting verfes fung : 

IX, 

" Behold, ye Pilgrims of this earth ! behold, 
" Sec all but man with unearn'd plcafure gay ; 
« Sec her bright robes the butterfly unfold, 
«« Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May f 
« What youthful bride can equal her Array ? 
« Who can with her for eafy pleafure vie ? 
" From mead to mead with gentle wing to ftray> 
« From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly, 
" Is all flic has to do beneath the radiant fky. . 

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" Behold the merry minftrels of the Morn, 

« { The fwarming fongfters of the carelefs grove, 

" Ten thoufand throats, that, from the flowering thorny 

*' Hymn their good God, and carol fweet of love, 

" Such grateful kindly raptures ihem emove : 

" They neither plough nor fow ; ne, fit for flail, 

'*• E'er to the barn the nodded fheaves they drove,. 

" Yet theirs each harveft dancing in the gale, 

•<• Whatever crowns the hill, orfmiles along the vale*. 

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a Oiitcaft of Nature, Man I the wretched thrall 

« Of bitter dropping fweat, of fweltry pain, 

" Of cares that eat away thy heart with gall, 

" And pf the vices an inhuman train, 

" That all proceed from favage thirft of gain ;♦ 

" For when hard-hearted Intereft firil began 

" To poifon earth, A'ftrsea left the plain ; 

••.Guile, Violence, and Murder, feiz'd on man, 

"And, forfeit milky ftreams, with blood the rivers ran*. 

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14 Come,- ye ! who ftill the cumVrous load of life 

« Puflihard up hill,, but as the fartheft deep 

« You truft to gain, and put an end toflrife, 

" Qown thunders back the Hone with mighty fweep,. 

** Ami hurls your labou* to the valley dtt^ 

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46 For ever vain ; come, and, withouten fee> 

€C I in oblivion will your forrows deep, 

* { Your cares, your toils ; will deep you in a fea 

w Of full delight : O come, ye weary Wights ! to m£* 

XIII. 

« With me you need not rife at early dawn, 

w To pafs the joylefs day in various Hounds j 

ct Or, touting low, on upftart fortune fawn, 

•* And fell fair honour for fome paltry pounds: 

u Or thro' the city take your dirty rounds, 

sc To cheat, and dun^ and lye, and vifit pay, 

<4 Now flattering bale, now giving fecret wounds.; 

" Or prowl in courts of law for human prey, 

^ In venal fenatc thieve, or rob on broad highway* 

XIV. 

ct No cocks, with me, to ruflic labour call, 

< : From village on to village founding clear ; 

<; To tardy fwainnoflirill-voic'd matrons fquall $ 

• <; No.dogs, no babes, no wives, to.ftun your ear J 

" No hammers thump ; no horrid blackfmith fear,. 

" Ne noify tradefman your fweet (lumbers flart 

*» With founds that are a mifery to hear ; 

v But all is calm, as would delight the heart 

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*' Here nought but Candour reigns, indulgent Eafe, 
" Good^natur'd -Lounging, faunteringup and down ; 
" They who are pleas'd themfelves mud always pleafe ; 
" On others' ways they never f<juint a frown, 
" Nor heed what haps in hamlet or in town : 
" Thus, from the fource of tender Indolence, 
4C With milky blood the heart is overflown, 
" Is footh'd and fweeten'd by the fecial fenfe ; 
i ** Fair intereft, envy, pride, and ftrife, are banifh'dhence 

XVL 

" What* what Is virtue, but tepofe of mind, 

" A pure ethereal calm, that knows no florin, 

" Above the reach of wild Ambition's wind, 

|{ Above thofe paflions that this world deform. 

" And torture man, a proud malignant worm, 

« But here, inftead, foft gales of paflion play* 

w And gently ftir the heart, thereby to form 

" A quicker fenfe of joy : as breezes ftray. 

* { Acrofs th' eniiven'd fkies, and make them ftill more 

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w The beftof men have lov'd repofe : 
** They hate to mingle in the filthy fray, 
'* Where the foul fours, and gradual rancour grows, 
'* Imbitter'd more from peevifh day to day, 
«• Ey'n thofe whom.Faoiei has lent her fairefl ray* 

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44 The moll renown'd of worthy wights of yore, * 
w From a bafe world at lail have ftol'n away : 
u So Scipio, to the foft Cumseen (hore 
u Retiring, tailed joy. he never knew before*. 

XVIII.. 

*' But if a little exercife you chufe. 
u Some zeft for eafe, 'tis- not forbidden here :• 
" Amid the groves you may indulge the Mufe,. 
"Or tend the blooms, and deck the vernal year :: 
" Or, foftly Healing, with your watry gear, 
" Along the brooks, the crimfon fpotted fry. 
' « You may delude ; the whilft, amus'd, you hear 
" Now the hoarfe ftream, and now the zephyr's Ggb*. 
** Attuned to the birds and woodland melody. 

XIX,. 

u O grievous folly ! to heap up eftate,-. 
M Lofing the days you fee beneath. the fun ; 
" When, fudden, comes blind unrelenting Fate,. 
'* And gives th' un tailed portion you hav* won* 
" With ruthlefs toil, and many, a wretch undone, -^ 
44 To thofe who mock you gone to Pluto's reign,. 
44 There with fad ghofls to pine- and fhadows dim : . 
44 But fure it is of vanities moil vain, 
«• To tell for what you here untoiling may obtain." • 

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He ceas'd : but ftfll their trembling ears retain'd 
The deep vibrations of his witching fong, 
That, by a kind of magic power, conftrain'd 
To enter in, pell-mell, the hftening throng. 
Heaps pour'd on heaps, and yet they dipt along 
In filent eafe ; as when beneath the beam 
Of fummer-moons, the diflant woods among, 
- Or by fome flood all filver'd with the gleam, 
The foft-embodied fays thro' airy portal ftream. 

XXI. 

By the fmooth demon fo it ordcr'd was, 

And here his baneful bounty fir ft began ; 

Tho' fome there were who would not farther pafsj 

And his alluring baits fufpe&ed han. 

The wifediftrutt the too fair-fpoken man. ' 

Yet thro' the gate they caft a wifliful eye : 

Not to move on, perdie, is all they can ; 

Fordo their very beft they cannot fly, 

But often each way look, and often forely figh* 

XXII. 

When this the watchful wicked wizard faw, 
With iudden fpring he leap'd upon them ftrait, 
And foon as touch'd by his unhal|owed paw, 
They found themfelves within the curfed gate, 
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Not llronger were of old the giant crew, 
Who fought to pull high Jove from regal flate ; 
Tho* feeble wretch he feem'd, of fallow hue, 
Certes, who bides his grafp will that encounter rue. 

XXIII. 

For whom foe *er the villain takes in hand, 

Their joints unknit, their finews melt apace, 

As lithe they grow as any willow wand. 

And of their vanifh'd force remains no trace i 

So when a maiden fair, of modefl grace, 

In all her buxom blooming May of charms, 

Is feized in fome lofel's hot embrace. 

She waxeth ver»y ^yeakly as (he warms, 

Then, fighing, yields her up to love's delicious harm*. 

XXIV. 

Wak'd by the crowd, flow from his hench arofc 
A comely full-fpread porter, fwoln with deep, 
His calm, broad, thoughtlefs, afpeft breath'd repofia, 
And in fweet torpor he was plungeddeep, 
Ne could himfelf from ccafc.'efs yawning keep ; 
While o'er his eyes the drowfy liquor ran, 
Thro* which his half-wak'd foul would faintly peep, 
Then taking his black ftaff he call'd his man, 
And runs 'd himfelf a£ much as roufc himfelf. he can* 
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ad leaped lightly at' his matter's call : 

is, to weet, a little roguifh page, s 

leep and play who minded nought at all, 

noil the untaught ftriplings of his age, 

K>y he kept each band to difengagc, 

rsand buckles, talk for him unfit, 

l-becoming his grave perfonage, 

yhich his portly paunch would not. permit, 

s fame limber page to all performed it. 

XXVI. 

time the mafter-porter wide difplay'd 
(lore of caps, of flippers, and of gowns, 
ewith he thofe who enter'd in array 'd, 
as the breeze that plays along the downs, 
raves the fummer-woods when evening frowns* 
undrefs ! beft drefs ! it checks no vein, 
/ery flowing limb in pleafure drowns, 
eightens eafc with grace. This done, right fain, 
rter fat him down, and turn'd to fleep again, 

XXVII. 

afy rob'd, they to. the fountain fped, 

a the middle of the court up-tbrew 

im, high fpouting from its liquid bed, 

illing back again in drizzly de,w ; 

each deep draughts, as deep he thirfled, drew* 

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Whence, as Dan Homer fings, huge pleafaunce grew 

And fweet oblivion of vile earthly care : 

Fair gladfome waking thoughts, and joyous dream? m< 

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This rite perform'd, all inly pleas'd and ftill, ' 
Withouten tromp, was proclamation made ;' 
" Ye fons of Indolence ! do what you will, 
" And wander where you lift, thro' hall or ! glide ; 
" Be no man's pleafure for another ftaid ; 
" Let each likes him beft his hours employ, 
<c And curs'd be he who minds his neighbour's trade 
<e Here dwells kind eafe and unreproving joy : 
f* He little merits blifs who others can annoy .'•• * 

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Strait of thefe endl«fs numbers, fwarming round, 
* As thick as idle motes in funny rajr, * * 

Not one eftfoons in view was" to be found, 
But every man ftroll'd offhis own glad way ; 
Wide o'er this ample court's blank area, 
With all the lodges that thereto pertain'd, 
No living creature could be feen to flray, 
While folitude land perfeft filence reign'd, 
So that to think yoir dreamt ybti artmoft was eonflraiu'd, 

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As when a fbepherd of the Hebrid-ifles, 

Plac'd far amid the melancholy main, *• 

(Whether it be Tone fancy him beguiles, 

Or that aerial beings fometimes deign 

To (land embodied to our fenfes plain) 

Sees on the naked hill or valley low, 

The whilft in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, 

A vail aflembly moving to and fro, 

Then all at once in air di Solves the wondrous fhow. 

XXXI. 

Ye Cods of Quietj and of Sleep profound! 
Whofe foft dominion o'er this Cattle fways, 
And all tfce widely-filent places round, 
Forgive me, if my trembling pen difplays 
"What never yet was fung in mortal lays. 
But how (hall I attempt fuch arduous firing, 
I who/ have fpent my nights and nightly days 
In this foul-deadening place, loofe-loitering? 
Ah 2 how fhall I for this uprear my moulted wing P 

XXXII. 

Come on, my Mufe ! nor floop to low defpair, j 

Thou imp of Jove ! to^cVd by ceie&iai fire. 
Thou yet {bait fing of war and anions fciiy 
Which the bold fons of Britain will infpire ; 
Of ancient bards thou yet (halt fweep the lyre, 
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Thou yet fhilt tread in Tragic pall the Wage, 
Paint line's enchanting woes, the hero's ire, 
T\.c face's cilm, the pji riot's noble rage, 

Dallrng coiruption down tliro' ever)- worthlefs age. 

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XXXIII. ': 

Tlie doois, that knew no fhrill alarmirg bell, 

Nc curfjd knocker ply'd by villain's hand, . 

Self-open "d into hails, where who can tell 

What elegance and grandeur wide expand, 

The pride of Turkey and of Perfia land ? 

Soft quilts on quilts, on carpets carpets fpread, 

And couches ftretch'd around in feemly band, 

And eudlefs pillows rife to prop the head ; 

So that each fpacious room was one full-fwelling bed^ i 

XXXIV. 

And every where huge covered tables flood, 
W'nh wines high flavour'd and rich viands crown'd ; 
Whatever fprightly juice or tafteful food 
On the ffreer» bofum of this earth arc found, 
And all old Occau genders in his round; 
Som? blind unfecn thefe filently difplay'd, 
LVn undemindf*d by a lign 6r found ; 
You nrcd but wifh, and, inRantly obcy'd, 
Fair rang'd the dunes rofe, And thick the glaflesplay'cL 

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Here Freedom reign'd without the lead alloy ; 
Nor goflip*s tale, nor ancient maiden's gall, 
Nor faintly Spleen, durft murmur at our joy, 
And with envenom'd tongue our pleafures pall. 
For why ? there was but one great rule fbr all ; 
To wit, that each mould work his own deiire, 
And eat, drink, ftuJy, fteep, as it may fall. 
Or melt the tune in love, or wake the lyre, 
And, carol what, unhid, the Mufes might infpire. 

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The rooms with coftly tapeftry were hung, x - 

Where was inwoven many a gentte tale, 
Such as of old the rural -poets^fung, 
Or of Arcadian or ficilian vale ; 
Reclining lovers, in the lonely dale, 
Pour'd forth at large the fwcetly-tortur'd heart, 
Or, fighing tender paflion, fwell'd the gale, 
And taught charm'd Echo to re found their fmart, 
While flocks, woods, ftreams, around, repofe ami peace 

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xxxvn; 

Thofe pleased the moft where, by a cunning hand, 
JQepainted was the Patriarchal age, 
What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land, 
And pallur'd on from verdant flage to ftage, 
Where fields and fountains frelh could beft engage, 

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But with wild bcalis the fylvan war to wage, 
And o'er vaft plains their herds and flocks to feed : 
Bicll fons of Nature they ! true Golden Age indeed { 

XXX VIII. 

S .^mcrimfs the pencil, in cool airy halls, ,. ,,- ? 

Kadc the gay bloom of vernal landscapes rife, . ,.-... 
Or autumn's varied fhades imbrown ihe walls : • / 
W»v the black tenipcit flrikes tlic afloniih-'d eye* ; . . 
Now down the Jl.u-p the flafliing torrent flies ; 
The trembling fun now plays o'er ocean blue. 
And now rude mountains frown amid the flues, : . 
Whatc'or I.orrain light-touch'd with foftcnmg hue,., ;/ 
Or lavage Rofa dafli'd, or learned Pouflin drcjv. .. -. 

XXXIX. 

Each found, too, here to languifliment inclin'd, 
Lull'd the weak bofom s and induced eafe-; 
Aerial muflc in the warbling wind, 
At diftancc rifing oft', by fmail degrees, 
Nearer and nearer came, till o'er the trees 
It hung, and breath 'd fuch foul-diflbiving airs 
As did, alas ! with foft perdition pleafc ; 
Entangled deep in its enchanting fnarcs, 
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A certain mufic, never known before^ 

Here lull'd the penfive melancholy mind ;-. 

Full eafily obtain'd. Behoves no more, 

But fidelong, to. the gently-waving wind, 

To lay the wcll-tun'd inftrument re.clin'd, x 

From which, with airy-flying fingers light,. 

Beyond each mortal touch the moft refin'd, 

The god of Winds drew founds of deep delight, 

Whence, with jutt caufe, the harp of JLolus it hight.. 

XLI. . 

Ah me f what hand can touch the firing fo fine. ? 

Who up the lofty diapafan roll 

Such fweet, fuch fad, fuch folemn airs divine, 

Then let them down again intothe foul ? 

Now rifing love they fann'd.; now pleafing tjole 

Tiey breath'd, in tender. mufings, thro' the heart ;. 

And now a graver facrcdftrain they flole,. 

As when feraphic hands an hymn impart ; 

Wild- warbling Nature" all, above the reach of Art J' 

XLII. 

Such the gay. fplendour, the luxurious flate. 
Of Caliphs old, who on the Tigris' more, 
In mighty Bagdat, populous and great : * 

Held their bright court, where was of ladies (lore 
And.vcrfq, love, mufic, ftill the garland wore :. 

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Cheer'd the lone midnight with the Mufe's lore, 
Compofing mufic bade his dreams be fair, 
And mafic lent new gladnefs to the morning aiiv 

XLIII. 

Near the pavilions where we flepr, Hill ran 
Soft- tinkling dreams, and dafhing waters feR,. 
And fobbing freezes figh'd, and oft' began 
{So work'd the wizard) wintry dorms to fwell, 
As heaven and earth they would together rtiell ; 
At doors and windows, threat' ning feem'd to call 
The demons of the temped,, growling fell, 
Yet the lead entrance found fhey none at aH, 
"Whence fw.ceter grew our deep, fecurj in raaffy 1&& ' 

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And* hither Morpheus fent his kindeft dreams,. : ^ 

Raifing a world of gayer tinft and grace, 

O'er which was diadowy cad EJytian gleams, 

That play'd, in waving lights,, from place 4o <piM6*. ' 

And died a rofeat fmile on Nature's face,. 

Not Titian's pencil e'er could fo array, 

So deece with clouds the pure ethereal fpace ; : 

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No, fair Iflufions ! artful Phantoms, no f 

My Mujfe will not attempt your Fairy-land: 

She has no colours that like you can glow ; l 

To catch your vivid fcenes too grofs her hand. 

But fure it is, was ne'er a fubtlcr band 

Than thefc fame guileful angeL-feeming fprights* 

Who thus in dreams, voluptuous, foft, andtland, 

Pour'd all th' Arabian heaven upon our nights, 

And blefs'd them oft' be/ides with more rehVd delights*.. 

XLVU 

They iwece in fboth a moil enchanting train, 

E'e,n ; feigning virtue ; fkilful to Unite- 

W*th*evil good, and ftrew with pleafure pain ; 

But for thofe fiends whom blood and broils del ighf,. 

Who hurlthe^wjeitch, as if to hell outright, 

Down, down black- gulfs, where fullen waters fleep, 

Or hold him, clambering all the fearful night 

On beetling cliffs, or pent in ruins deep, 

They, till dueiime mould ferve, were bid far hence to keep* 

XJLVII.. 

*Ye guardian Spirits! to whom man is dear* 
From thefe foul 'demons fliidld the midnight gloom*: 
Angels of Fancy and of liove-J be rtear^; . 
AridVer the blank of fleep diffufe a bloom : 
£yoke the fac red (hades of Greece and Rome, 

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And let them virtue with a look impart ; 
But chief a while, O! Ien4 us £ com. the tomb*. 
Thofe long-loft friends for whom in love we fmart. 
And fill with pious awe ahd joy-mixt woe the hearts 

xtvm. ' 

©T are youfportive ? — bid the morn of youth 

Rife to new light, and beam afrefli the days. 

Of innocence, fimplicity, and truth* 

To cares eftrang'd, and manhood's- thorny way s^. 

What tranfport, to -retrace our boyifh plays, 

Our eafy blifsj when each thing joy fupply'd, 

The woods,, the mountains, and the warbling maze- /; 

Of the wild brooks! — But, fondly wandering wtde^ ,. 

My Mufe ! re fume the talk that yet doth, thee abide,, , 

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In a huge cryllal magic globe to fpy 5 
Still as you turn'd it^ all things that. do pafs. 
Upon this ant-hill earth ; 'where conilantly, 
Of idly-bufy men the refllefs fry 
Run buftling to and fro with.foolifh hafte, 
In fearch of pleafures vain that from them fly§ . 
Or which obtain'd the caitiffs dare not tafte : 
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Of Vanity 4he Mir* our this was call'd, 
Here ydu a muckworm of the town might fee, 
At bit dull deflfi, amid his legers ft all' J, 
Ate up with carking care and penurie. 
Moll like to carcafe parch'd on gallow-tree. 
*• A penny. &ved is a penny got ;" . 

Firm to this fcoumdrel maxim keepcth he, 
Ne of its rigour will he bate a jot, 
Till it hat guench'd his fire and haniflied his pot* 

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Strait jTrdtri the fihb of this low grub, behold ! 

Cofneir fluttering forth a gaudy fpendthrifc heir, 

AUglbfly g'ay, ehamell'd all with gold, 

The filly tenant of the fummer-air, 

Jn folly loft, of nothing takes be care ; 

Pimps, lawyers, fleward*, harlots, flatterers vile, 

And thieving tradefincm, him among them (hare : 

His father's ghoft from Limbo-lake, the while, 

Sees this, which more damnation doth upon him pile* 

LII. 

This globe pour t ray 'd the race of learned men 
Still at their books, and turning o'er the page 
Backwards and forwards : off they fnatchM the fen, 
As if infpir'd, and in a Thcfpian rage, 
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To lofc the prefent, gain the future age, 

Praiied to be when you can hear no more. 

And much enrich'd'wiih fame when ufelefs worldly ftore?, 

Lllk 

Then would a fplendid city rife to view. . ' "' 
With carts, and cars, and coaches, roaring all': 
Wide pourM abroad behold the giddy crew, 
See How they dam along from wall to wall ! 
At every door, hark how they thundering call ! 
Good Lord ! what can this giddy rout excite ? 
Why, on each other with fell tooth to fall, 
A neighbour's fortune, fame, or peace, ta blight, 
And make new tirefome parties for the coming night. 

LIV. 

The puzzling fon$ of Party next appear'd. 
In dark cabals and nightly- juntos met, 
And now they whifper'd clofe, now (h rugging rearM 
Th' important moulder : then, as if to get 
New light, their twinkling eyes were inward fet. 
No fooner Lucifer recalls affairs, 
Than forth they various rufh in mighty fret ; 
When, la! pufli'd up to power, and crown'd their carw, 
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But what mod fhcw'd the vanity of life, 

Was to behold the nations all on fire, 

In cruel broils engag'd, and deadly ftrife, 

Moll Chriftian kings, inflaih'd by black defire, 

With honourable ruffians in" their hire, 

Caufe war to rage, and blood around to pour : 

Of this fad work when each begins to tire, 

They fit them down juft where they were hefore. 

Till for new fceires of woe peace {hall their force reftore, 

LVI. 

To number up the thoufand* dwelling here. 

An ufelefs.were, and eke an eadlefs talk ; 

From kings, and thofe who at (he he4m appear, 

To gipfies brown in fummer-glades who bafk. 

Yea many a man, perdie, I could unmalk, 

Whofe deflc andiable make a folemn fcow, 

With tape-ty'd traCb, and fuits of foob that.aflc 

Forplftce,or pepfion laid in decent row: . .. 

But thefe I paflen by, with nainelefc numbers moev .. * 

Of all the gentle tenant/* of die place, . 
There was a L rnaA of fpscial gray e rqmajrk : , 
A certain; teu4cr.glopm. o'exfptcad hb» face, .. ■ > 
Penfiye, not fad, in thought involv'd, not dark ; 
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And teach the nobleft morals of the heart ; 

But thefe his talents were yburicd (lark ; 

Of the fine llores he nothing would impart, 

Which or boon Nature gave, or nature-painted Art. 

LVIII. 
To nooatide (hades incontinent he ran, 
Where purls the brook with fleep-inviting found, 
Or when Dan 5oI to flope his wheels began, 
Amid the broom he bafk'd him on the ground, 
Where the wild thyme and camomoil are found; 
There would he linger, til! the Tateft ray 
Of light fate trembling on the welkin's bound, 
Then homeward thro' the twilight fhadows ftray. 
Sauntering and flow : fo had he pafled many a day* 

LIX. 
Yet not in though tlefs fl umber were they pan*'; 
For oft' the heavenly fire, that lay conceal'd 
Beneath the fleeping embers, mounted faft, 
And all its native light anew reveal'd : 
Oft' as he travers'd the cerulean field, 
And markt the clouds that drove before the wind, 
Ten thoufand glorious fyftems would he build, 
Ten thoufand great ideas fill'd bii mind ; 
But with the clouds they^fled, and left no trace behind, 

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Oft' flung by fpleen, at once away he broke, 
Xo groves of pine and broad o'erihadowing oak ; 
Therjtrtly thrill'd,.. he wander'd all alone, ■ 

And on himfelf his penfive fury wroke, 
Nc ever utter'd word, fave when firft ihone 

The glittering liar of eve— " Thank Heaven ! the day is 
LXI, ' [done*" 

Here lurk'd a wretch who bad not crept abroad 

For forty years, no face of "mortal feen* 

Jn chamber brooding like a loathly toad, 

And fure hit linen was not very clean. 

Through fee ret loop-holes, that had pra&ic'd been 

Near to his bed, his diqncr vile he took ; 

Unkempt, and rough, of fgualid face and mien, 

Our Cattle's Jhame 1 whence from his filthy nook, 

We drove the villain -out for fitter lair to look. 
LXII. 

One day there chaune'd into thefe halls to rove 

A joyous youth, who took .you at firft fight ; 

Him the wild wave of pieafure hither drove, 

Before the fprighfly tempeft t offing light : 

Certes, he was a moil engaging wight, 
Of focialglee, and wit humane tho' keen* 
Turning the night to day and day to night ; 
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JBut not cv'n pleafure to excefs is good : 

What moll elates then finks the foul as low */ 

When fpring-tide joy pours in with copious flood, 

The higher ftill th* exulting billows flow, 

The farther back again they flagging go, 

And leave us grovelling on the dreary Chore. 

Taught i)y this fon of Joy we found it fo, 

Who, whilft he ftaid, kept in a gay uproar 

Our madden'd Caftk all,, the abode of Sleep no more. 

LXIV. 
As when in prime of June a burniuVd fly, 
Sprung from the meadsj o'er which he fweeps along, 
Cheer'd by the breathing bloom and vital fky, / 

Tunes up amid thefe airy halls his fong, 
Soothing at firft the gay repofing throng ; 
And oft* he fips their bowl; or, nearly drown'd, 
He, thence recovering, drives their beds among, 
And fcares their tender deep, with trump profound, 
Then out again he flies, to wing his mazy round. 

LXV. 
Another gueft there was, of fenfe refin'd, 
Who felt each worth, for every Worth he had : 
Serene, yet warm ; humane, yet firm his mind ; 
As little touch'd as any man's with bad : 
Him thro* their inmofl walks the Mufes lad, 
To him the facred love of nature lent, 
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When as we found he would not here be pent, 
To him the better fort this friendly meffage fent : 
LXVI. 
" Come, dwell with us, true fon of Virtue ! come : 
" But if, alas ! we cannot thee perfuade \ 

" To lie content beneath our peaceful dome, 
" Ne ever more to quit our quiet glade, 
" Yet when at Jafl ihy toils, but ill apaid, 
" Shall dead thy fire, and damp its heavenly fpark, 
" Thou wilt be glad to feek the rural fhade, 
~" There to indulge the Mufe, and Nature mark ; 
" We then a lodge for thee will rear in Hagley-Park." 
LXVII. 
Here whilqm ligg'd th' Efopus of the age, 
But cali'd by Fame, in foul ypricked deep, 
A noble pride reftor'd him to the flage, 
And rous'd him like a giant from his fleep. 
E'en from his {lumbers we advantage reap : 
With double force th' enliven'd fcene he wakes, 
Yet quits not Nature's bounds. He knows to keep' 
Each due decorum. Now the heart he makes, 
And now with well-urg'd fenfe th' enlighten'd judgment 
LXVIII. [takes*. 

A bard here dwelt,, more fat than bard befeems, % ' 

Who, void of envy, guile, and lull of gain, 
On virtue dill, and Nature's pleafing themes, 
Pour'd forth his unpremeditated flrain : 
The world forfeiting with a calm difdaln, 

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Here laugh'd he carelefs in hiseafy feat ; 
HerequafPd, encircled with the joyous train, 
Oft* moralizing fage ; his ditty fweet 
He loathed much to write, ne cared to repeat. 

LXIX. 
Full oft' by holy feet our ground was trod, 
Of clerks good plenty here you mote efpy ; 
A little, round, fatj oily man of God, 
Was one I chiefly mark'd among the fry : 
He had a roguifli twinkle in his eye, 
And (hone all glittering with ungodly dew, 
J fa tight domfel chaune'd to trippe by 5 
Which when obferv'd, he flirunk into his mew, 
And firaight would recollect his piety anew. 

LXX. 
Nor be forgot a tribe who minded nought 
(Old inmates of the place) but ftate-affairs ; 
They look'd, perdie, as if they deeply thought, 
And on their brow fat every nation's cares. 
The world by them is parceled out in ihares, 
When in the Hall of fmoak they congrefs hold, 
And the Sage berry fun-burnl Mocha bears 
Has clear'd their inward eye,: then, fmoke-enroll'd^ 
Their oracles break forth my ft e nous as of old. 

lxxi. 

Here languid Beauty kept her pale fae'd court : 
Bevies of ancient dames, of high degree, 
Ifrom every quarter hither made refort, 
Where, from grofs mortal care aji&\>\tfu\fc^ £ttt, 
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Or fhould.ihey'avain fhew of work aflame, 

Alas I * and well-a-day ! what can it be ? 

To .knot, to twift, to range the vernal bloom, 

But far is caft the diftafty fpinning-wheeJ, and loomr. 

LXX1L. . 
Their only labour was to kill the time ; . 
And labour dire it is, and weary woe : 
They fit, they loll, turn o'er fome idle rhyme, v 
Then, rifing fudden, to the glafs they go,. 
Or faunter forth, with tottering flep and flow : 
This foon too rude an exercife they find j 
Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, 
Where hours on hours they fighing lie reclin'd, 
And court the vapoury god foft-breathing in the wind^', 

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Now muft I mark the villainy we found. ; • 
But, ah ! too late, as (hall eftfoons be fliewn # 
A place here was, deep, dreary, underground,. 
"W here flill our inmates, when unp leafing growir, 
Difeas'd, and loathfome, privily where thrown. 
Far from the light of heaven, they languifli'd .there, 
Unpity'd uttering many a bitter grown ; 
For of thefe wretches taken was no care ; 

2rce fiends and hags of hell their only nurfes Were*. 
LXXIV, 
is! the change ! from fcenes of joy and reft, 
To this dark den, where Sicknefs tofs'd alway. 
Here Lethargy, with deadly fleep pppreft, 
Stretch'd on his back, a mighty lub bard, lay 

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^nd his half-open^dieyne he Quit.ftraitway ; 
l$e led, I wot, ; the fofteft way tp.death, 
Anitaught. wkhoutenj)ain and ftrife to yield the bree 

LXXV. 
Of limbs enormous, but withal unbound. 
Soft-fwoln and pate, here lay the Hydropfy :. 
Unwieldy man ! with belly monftrods round, 
For ever fed with watery fopply : 
For ftill he drank, and yet he flill was dry* 
And. moping here did Hypochondria fit,. 
Mother of Spleen, in robes of various dye* 
Who vexed was full oft' with ugly fit, 
And fome her frantic deem'd/aod fome hef deem'd a-v 

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A' lady proud me was, * of Ancient blood j 
Yet oft' her fear herpride made crduchen low ; 
Shefeit, or fancy'd, in her flu uering. mood. 
All the difeafes which* the fpittles know, 
And fought all phyfic which, the fliops beftowy. 
And flill n.ew leaches and new drugs would try, 
Her humour ever wavering to and fro ; 
For fome times {he woukt.laugh, and fometimes cry,. 
Then Jjiddea waxed wroth,, and all flie .knew; ngt why 

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Fall by her fids a- lijllefs maiden pi n'd, 
With aching head, and fqueamifh. heart-burnings-; - 
Pale,, bloated, cold, fhe feem'dloJiate mankind, 
Yet Jov.'d in fecret alLforbidden things. . 
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A wolf now gnaws him, now a ferpent flings ; 
While Apoplexy cramm'd Intemperance knocks : 
Down to- the ground at once, as butcher felleth ox, 

THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE. 
CANTO II. 

The Knight of Arts and lndujlry % 
And his ate hicvements fair, 
That by his CafiJc's overthrow 
Secur'd and ewztmed were. 
I. 

ESCAP'D the Cattle of the fire of Sin, 
Ah ! where (hall I fo fweet a dwelling find ? 
For all around, without,, and all within, 
Nothing fave what delightful was and kind, . 
Ofgoodnefs favouring and a tender mi ad. 
E'er rofe to view : but now another flrain, 
Of doleful note, alas ! remains behind : 
Imuft now fing of pleafure turn'd to' pain,. 
And of the falfe enchanter Indolence complain. 

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lt there no patron to protctt the Mufe, 

And fence for her Parnaflus* barren foil ? 

To every labour its reward accrues, 

And they are fu re of bread who fwink and moil J 

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As ruthlefs wafps'oft' rob the painful bee : 
Thus while the laws not guard that nob left toil. 
Ne for the Mufes other meed decree, 
They praifedare alone, and ftarve right merrily, 

III. 
I care not, Fortune! what you me deny ; 
You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; 
You cannot fhut the .windows' of the fky, 
Thro' which Aurora (hews her brightening, face : 
You cannot bar my qonftant feet to trace. . 
The woods and lawns, by. living ft ream* at eve : 
Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, 
And I their toys to the great, children leave : 
Of fancy, reafon, . vir,tue, y .nopght can me. bereave.. . . 

IV. 
Come then, myMufe J and rajfe afeoltjex-iong *; ... 
Come, lig no more, upon the bed of flqtlj, 
Dragging the lazy languid, line.. along, . . -- 
Fond to begin, but ftill fiofinifli lpath, , .- 
Thy half-writ fcrolls all eaten by the moth ; : 
Arife, and .fing that generous imp of fame, 
Who with the fons of Softnefs jiobly wroth, . 
To fweep away this human lumber came, , 

Or in a chofen few to roufe the .(lumbering flame* , 

V.. ." 
In Fairy-land there liv'd a knigljt.of old. . 
Of feature ftern, Salvaggio, well, yclep'd, . 
A rough unpolifh'd man, robuft and bold,. 
But wond'rous poor.: he neither fow'd norrcap'd, 
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In hunting all his days away he wore ; 
Now fcorch'd by June, now ih November fleep'dj 
Now pinch'd by biting January fore, 
He ftill in woods purfu'd the libbard and the boar. 

VI. 
As he one morning, long before the dawn, 
Prick'd thro' the for eft to diflodge his prey, 
Deep in the winding bofom of a lawn, 
With wood wild-fHng'd, he mark'd a taper's ray, 
That from the heating rain and wintry fray 
Did to a lonely cot his fteps decoy ; 
There, up to earn the needments of the day, 
He found Dame Poverty, nor fair nor coy \ 
Her be comprefs'd, and iill'd her with a lufly boy* # 

VII. 
Amid the green-wood (hade this boy was bred, 
And grew at lafl a knight of rmickel fame, 
Of aftive mind and vigorous luftyhed, 
The Knight of Arts and Induftry by name, . 
Earth was his bed, the boughs his roof did frame ; 
He knew no beverage but the flowing ft ream \ 
His tafteful well-earn 'd food the fylvan game, 
Or the brown fruit with which the woodlands teem : 
The fame to him glad fummer or the winter breme. 

VIII. 
So pafs'd his youthly morning, void of care, 
Wild as the colts that through the commons run; 
For him no tender parents troubled were, 
He of the fbreft feem'd to be the fon, 
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But that Minerva pity of him took, 
With all the gods that love the rural wonne, 
That teach to tame jthe foil and rule the crook ; 
Ne did the facred Nine cjjfdain a gentle look. 

Of fertile genius, bim they nurtur'd well, 

In ever^ &ience and in every art. 

By which mankind the thoughtlefs brutes excel^ 

That can or ufe, or joy, or grace, impart, 

Difclofing all the powers of heaji and heart : 

Ne were the goodly exercifes fpar'd, 

That brace the nerves, or make the limbs alert, „ 

And mix elaftic force with firmnefs hard : » 

Was never knight on ground mote be with himcomparM, 

X. 
Sometimes, with early mom, he mounted gay 
The hunter.fleed, exulting o'er the dale, 
. And drew the rofeate breath ©f orient day ; 
Sometimes,, retiring to the fecret vale, 
Yclad in fteel, and bright witb burnife'd mail, 
He ftram'd the bow, or tofs'd the founding fpear 5 
Or darting on the goal, outilripp'd the gale ; 

Or wheel'd the chariot in its mid-career ; 

Or flrenuous wreftled hard with many a tough cotnpecr# 

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At other times hepry'd thro* Nature's {lore, 

Whate'er fhe in th' ethereal round contain?, 
Whate'er fhe hides beneath her verdant floor, 
The vegetable and the mineral reigns; 
Or elfe he fcann'd the globe, thofe fmall domains, 

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Where reftlefs mortals fuch a turmoil keep, 
Its Teas, in floods, its mountains, and its plains ; - 
But more he fearch'd the mind, and rous'd from fleep 
Thofe mortal feeds whence we heroic actions reap, 

XII. 
Nor would he fcorn to Hoop from high purfuits 
Of heavenly Truth, and praftife what {he taught. 
Vain is the tree of Knowledge without fruits. 
Sometimes in hand the fpade or plough he caught, 
Forth-calling all with which boon earth is fraught ; 
Sometimes he ply'd the flrong mechanic tool, 
Or rear'd the fabric from the fincft draught ; 
And oft' he put himfelf to Neptune's fchool. 
Fighting with winds and waves on the vext ocean pool, 

XIII. 
Tofolace then thefe tougher toils, he try'd 
To touch the kindling canvafs into life ; 
With nature his creating pencil vy'd, 
With Nature, joyous at the mimic ftrife ; 
Or, to fuch ihapes as grac'd Pygmalion's wife 
He hew'd the marble; or, with varied fire, 
He rous'd the trumpet and the martial fife ; 
Or bade the lute fweet tendernefs infpire ; 
Orverfes fram'd that well might wake Apollo's lyre. 

XIV. 
Accomplifh'd thus, he from the woods iffu'd, 
Full of great aims, and bent on bold emprizc; 
The work which long he in his breafl had brew'd 
Now to perform he ardent did devife. 
To wit, a barbarous world to civilize. 

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Earth was fill then a boundlefs foreft wild, 
Nought to be feen but favage wood and ikies'; 
No cities nourifti'd arts, no culture fmii'd» . 
No government^ no laws, no gentle manners mild, 

XV. 
A rugged wight, the worft ef brutes, was man ; 
On his own wretched kind he, ruthlefs, prey'd; 
The ftrongeft Hill the weakeft over-ran ; 
In every country mighty robbers fway'd, 
And guile and ruffian force were all their trade* 
Life was a fcene of rapine, want, and woe. 
Which this brave knight, in nobl e anger, made 
To fwear he would' the rafcalrout o'ertbrow, 
For, by the -powers Divine, itfhould no more be fo J 

XVI. 
It would exceed the purport of my fong, 
To fay how this bed fun, from orient climes 
Came beaming life and beauty all along, 
Before him chafing Indolence and crimes, 
Still as he pafs'd, the nations he fublimes, 
And calls forth Arts and Virtues with his ray : 
Then Egypt, Greece, and Rome, their golden time 5 
Succeflive had ; but now in ruins gray 
They lie, to flavifh floth and tyranny a prey, 

XVII. 
To crown his toils, Sir In dull ry then fpread 
The fwelling fail, and made for Britain's coafl, 
A fy Ivan life till then the natives led, 
In the brown {hades and green-wood foreft loft 
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ey lodg'd aj large, and liv'd at Nature's caft ; 
Save; fpear andbwfy witboutcn other aid, 
F Yet not &e Roman fteel their naked bread dtfmay *d. 
XVHI. 
He itje'd thefoH, he-ttk'd the dement ikies, 
He lik'd the verdsmf hrlls afld flowery *pr*im. 
Be thi* my great, foychofeiJ Itfe, (he cries) 
"This, whilft my labours Liberty Tuft at ns, * 
This Queen of Ocean all affault difrfams. 
Nor lik'd he Ie'fs the' genius of fftVland, 
To freedom apt and perfevering pains, 
Mild to obsy, and generous to command, 
Temper'd by forming Heaven with Tdndeft, firmeft hand. 

Here, by degrees, his matter- work arofe, ' 
"Whatever Arts and Induttry can frame ; 
Whatever finifh'd Agriculture knows, 
Fair Queen of Arts!* from Beaven itfelf who came 
When Eden flouriuVd in unfpotted fame : 
And dill with her fweet Innocence we find, 
And tender Peace, and joys* without a name, 
That, while they ravifh, franquih'ze'the mind ; 
Nature and Art at once, delight and ufe combined, 

XX. 
Then towns he quicken'd by mechanic arts, 
And bade the fervent city glow with toil $ 
Bade focial Commerce raife renowned marts, 
Join land to land, and marry foiL to foil, 
Unite the poles, and without bloody fpoil 
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Bring home of either Ind the gorgeous flares ; 

Or, fliould defpotic rage the world embroil, 

Bade tyrants tremble. on rcmotefl (bores, ^Jjl 

While o'er the encircling deep Britannia's thunder roars£ j 

XXI. 
The drooping Mufes then he weftward cali'd, 
From the fam'd City by Piopontic fea, 
What time the Turk th' enfeebled Grecian thrall'd, 
Thence from their elolfler'd walks he fet them free, x 

And brought them to another Callalie, 
Where Ills many a ferrous nourfling breeds ; - , . 

Or where old Cam foft paces o'er the lea . ; 

In penfive mood, and tunes his Doric reeds, „ 

The whilft his flocks at large the lonely" fliepherd feeds. rf 

xxn. * : * --""\ 

Yet the fine arts, were what he finifiYd leaf!, 

For why ? they are the quinteflenceof all, 

The growth of labouring time, and flow increaft;' 

Unlefs. as feldom chances, it fhould fall, 

That mighty patrons the coy Sifters catl 

Up to the fun-fliine of uncumber'd eafe, 

Where no rude care the mounting thought may thrall, 

And where they nothing have to do but pleafe : 

Ah I gracious God ! thou know'il they afk.no other fees. , 

XXIII. -\ 

But now, alas I we live too late in time : 
Our patrons now e'en grudge that-littlq cj^m», . ; ., /. 

Except to fuch as fleck the Toothing rhyme,; ^ . , 
And yet, forfooth, they wear Mscgna's. nftipe,,, 
Poor fbns of puft-up Vanity, not Fame,, 

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Unbroken fpirits, cheer! flill, Jlill remains 

Th' eternal Patron, Liberty j whofe flame, 
While fhe protects, infpires live nob le ft ft rains, 
The beft, and fweeteft far, are toiKcieated gains, 

XXIV. 
When as. the knight had fram'd, in Britain land, 
A matchleis form of glorious government, 
In which the fovereign laws alone command, 
Laws ftabliih'd by the public free con feat* 
Whofe majefty is to the fceptre lent ; 
When this great plan, wuh each dependent art, 
Was fettled firm, and to his heart's content, 
Then fought he from the toilfome fcene to part, 
And let life's vacant eve breathetjuiet thro' the heart- 

XXV. 
For this he chofe a farm in Deva's vale, 
Where his long allies peep'd upon the main ; 
In this calm feat he drew the healthful gale ; 
Here mix'd the chief, the patriot, and, the fwain, 
The happy monarch of his fylvan trajn ; * 

Here, fided by the guardians of the fold* 
He walk'd his rounds, and cheer'dhis bleft domain : 
His days,, the days of unftain'd Nature, roll'd, 
Replete with peace and joy, like patriarchs of old. 

XXVI. 

Witnefs, ye lowing Herds! who gave him milk ; 

Witnefs, ye Flocks ! whofe woolly veftments far 
Exceeds fofr India's Cotton or her filk ; 
Witnefs, with autumn charg'd, the nodding car,. 
That homeward, ca*me beneath fweet. evening's ftar.. 

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Or of September moons the radiance mijd : , 
O hide ihy head, abominable War] (1 , ^ ♦ *, A 
Of crimes and ruffian idlenefs the child : - ; ,J 
From heaven thi* life y fprung, fromheJL thy g* ?^ v iW* 

XXVII. 
Nor from this deep retirement baaifli'd wa* 
TV amufing care of rural Indiiftry : , ,, 

Still, as with gmfceifui change the%ifoni jpapfc .. 
Ncwfcenes arife, new landfcapet ilrike thecye, 
And all th' enliven'd country beautify : 
Gay plains extend, where raaxike* flept before ; 
O'er recent meads th' exulting ftre$mlec* fly ; 
Dark frowning heaths gspw bright with Cere** flare, 
And wood* jmbrown tht ftecp, ©v wave along *be &aic* 

XXVIII. 
As nearer to his farm you made approach, 
He poliuS'd Nature with a finer hand , 
Yet on her beauues durft not A*t encroach ; J , ' 

• 'Tis Art/s alone thefe beauties to expand. 
In graceful dance immingled o'er the land, 
Pan, Pales, Flora, and Pomona play 'd : 

Here, too, brifk gales the rude wild common fann'd, 

An happy place ; where free and unafraid, 

Amid the flowering brakes each coyer creature ftray/d« 

XXIX. 
But in prime vigour what can laft for aye ? 

That foul-enfeebling wizard Indolence, 

* I whilom fung, wrought in his works decay, 

Spread far and wide was his curs'd influence ; 

Of public virtue much he 4ul\'& the fenfe, 

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E'en mucH'-of ptivate ; ate our fpiritout; 

And fed our rank luxurious vices ; whence " 

The land was overlaid with many a lout ; 

Not^as 6ld Faille reports, wife, generous, bold, and flout* 
1 XXX. 

A rage of pleafuremadden'd every breafl ;* 

Down to the lowefl lees the ferment ran ; 

To his Uo&ntious wiftr each mutt be bleft. 

With joj? be fever'd, fnafch it as he can. 

Thus vice the ftandard rear'd : her arrier-ban 

Corruption caH'd, andioud fhe gave the word, 
" Mind, ^mindyourfelves ! why fhould the vulgar man, 
a The lacquey be more virtuous than his lord ? 
^ Enjoy this fpan of life ! 'tis all the gods afford." 
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The tidings reached' to where r rh quiet hall, 

The good old Knight enjoy'd weli-earn'd repofe, 
" Come, come, Sir Knight ! thy children on thee call}: 
*' Come fave us yet, ere ruin round us clofe ! 
" The demon Indolence thy toils o'erthrows." 

On this the noble colour ftain'd his cheeks,. 

Indignant, glowing through the whitening fhbws 

Of venerable eld ; his eye fall fpeaks 

Tiis* ardent foul, and from his coach at once he breaks*. 

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i will (he cry'd) fo help me, God ! deftroy 

That villain Archimage,-^His page then flralt 

Ht tohimcalPd, a hery-fdoted boy, " ' J ' 

$enempt Difpatch. . « My fteed be at the' gate ; \ 

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This net was twilled by the Sifters three* 

Which when once call o'er hardened wretch, too late 

Repentance comes ; replevy cannot be 

prom the flrong iron grafp of vengeful Deflhiy* 

xxxni. 

lie came, the bard, a little Druid- wight, 
Of withered afpeft ; but his eye was keen* 
With fweetnefs mix 'd. In ruflet1>town bedight^ 
As is his fillers of the copfes green, 
He crept along, unpromifing oTmien. 
Grofs he who judges fo. His foul was fair, 
9 tight as the children of yon* azure fheen. 
True comelinefs, which nothing can impair, 
Pwetis in the mind : all elfe is vanity and glare. 

XXXIV. 
Come (quoth the Knight) a voice has reach'd mine ea/^ 
The demon Indolence threats overthrow 
To all that to mankind is good and dear : 
Come,. Philomelus ! let us inflant go, 
O'erturn his bowers, and lay his Caftle low, 
Thofemen, tbofe wretched men ! who will bQ (taxes,. 

Mull, drink a bitter wrathful cup of woe ; 

But fome there be thy fong, as from their graves, 

Shall raife, Thrice happy he! who without rigour fane**, 
XXXV,. 

Iffuing forth,' the- Knight beft rode his fteed,. 

Of ardent ba^, and on whofe front a fkr 

Shone blazing bright ; fprung from the geierous breeds 

That whirl of,a£tive day "the rapid car, 

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Meantime the bawl on milk-white palfrey rode ;. 
ArtJaontb fpb.er b*a4l, that did doc mar 
His meditations, but full foftlytrode ; 
And much they, moral iz'd. as thus yfcre they yo&, 

XXXVI. 
They talk'd of virtue, arid of human blifs y - 
What elfe fo fit for man to fettle well ? 
And Hill their lon& refearches met in this, 
TJiis truth of truths, whjcji nothing can refel ; 
" From virtue's fuunt the pujrejl joys .out- well, 
w Sweet riljs y f thought that cheer the confeious foul ; 
" While vice pours forth the prou^led ftreams of hell, 
** The which, Jiowe'er difguis'd, at laft with dole 
« Will^thrq^hetoxtur'dbreaft, their fiery torreqt roll.'*' 
XXXVII. 
At length, it; dawfl'd, that fatal valley gay. 
O'er which high wood- crow n'd hills their fummets r,ev • 
On the cool height awhile our palmers flay, 
And, fpite e'en of Uumfcives, their fenfes cheer ;. 
Then tothe vizard's wonne their fteps they fteer : 
Like a green iflerit broad beneath them fpred, 
With gardens round, and wandering currents clears 
And tufted groves to fhade the meadow-bed, . 
. Sweet airs and ibng ; and without hurry all feem'd glad. 

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«' (The half qnraptur'd Philpmelus cry'dj 
'* The frajl good man,, deluded, heretohve,. 
** And in the fe groves his muling fancy hide,. 
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" That virtue flill fome tincture has of vice, 
ts And vice of virtue. What mould then betide, 
" But that our charity be m.*t too nice ? 
<c Come, lei us thofe we can to real blifs entice. 

XXXIX. 
<c Ay, ficker, (quoth the Knight) all flefli is frail 
" To-pleafant fin and joyous dalliance bent; 
" But let not brutifh vice of this avail, 
" And think to 'fcape deferved punifhment.. 
4< Juftice were cruel, weakly to relent :. 
** From Mercy's felf flic got her facred glaive ; 
" Grace be to thofe who can and wilf repent, 
" But penance, long and dreary, to the flave, 
** Who inuft in floods of fire liis grofs foul fp-irit I 
XL. 
Thus holding high difcourfe, they came to where 
The curfed carle .was it his wonted trade, 
Still tempting heedlefs men into his fnare, 
In witching wife, as I before have faid : 
But when he faw in goodly geer array *d, 
The grave majeflic Knight approaching nigh, 
And by his fide, the bard fo fage and Raid, 
His countenance fell; yet oft' his anxious eye 
Mark'd them, like wily fox who Toofled cock dolh 

tXLI. 
Nathlefs, with feign'd.refpeft he bade give back 

The rabble-rout;, and welconrd them full kind ; 

Struck with the noble twain, they wete not flack. 

His orders to obey, and fait behind, 

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Pour'd all his mufic, ran thro' all hi? fl rings $ 

With magic duft (heir eyne hys tries to blind, 

And virtue's tender airs o'er weaknefs flings* • 

What pity bafe hisfong who fo divinely lings! 

XJLII. 

Elate in thought, he counted them his own, 

They liften'd fo intent with fix'd delight; 

But they inftead, as if tranfmew'd to ftone, 

Marvell'd he could witji fuch fweet art unite ' 

The lights and fhades of manners, wrong and right, 

Meantime the filly crowd the charm devour, 

Wide prelfing to the gate. Swift, on the Knight 

He darte4 farce, to drag him to his bower, 

Who, back'oing fi)unn'd his touch, for well he knew iti 

XLUIi [power. 

As in throng'd amphitheatre,, of old, 

The wary Retiarius trapp'd his foe, 

E'en fo the K-nigbt, returning on hio* bold, 

At once involv*d him in the Net of Woe, 

Whereof I mention made not long ago, 

Enrag'dat firft, hefcorn'd fo w^aka jail. 

And leapt, and flew, and flounced to and fro ; 

But when he found that nothing could avail. 

He fat him felly down, and gnaw'd his bitter nail* 

XLIV. 
Alarm'd, th* inferior demons of the place 

Rais'd rueful fhrieks and hideous yells around \ 

Black llormy clouds deftroy'd the welkin's face, 

And from beneath was heard a wailing found, 

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A folemn fadnefs every creature (hook, 
And lightnings flafh'd, and horror rock'd the groiincf: 
Huge crowds on crowds dutpour'd with blemifli'd look, 
As if on time's laft verge this frame of things had ihook. 

XLV. 
Soon as the fhort-iiv'd tempeft was yfpent, 
£team'd from the jaws of vext Avernus* hole, 
And huuVd the hubbub of the rabblement, 
Sir Induftry the firfl calm moment flole, 
" There muft (he cry'd) arr.id fo vaft a fhoal, 
"Be fome who are not tainted at the heart, 
■«« Not poifon'd quite by this fame villain** bowl ; 
" Come then, my Bard ! thy heavenly fire impart i 
it louch foul with foul, till forth the latent fpirit flarr." 
XLVI. 
The bard obey'd, and taking from his fide, 
Where it in feemly fort depending hung, 
His Britifh harp, its fpeaking firings he try'd, 
The which with fkillful touch he deffly fining, 
Till tinkling in clear fymphony they rung : 
Then as he felt the Mufes come* along. 
Light o'er the chords his raptur'd hand he flung, 
And play Mil prelude to hjsrifiug fong ; 
The whilft, like midnight mute, ten thoufands round him 
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Thus ardent, burfl his {train — " Ye haplefs Race ! 
-** Dire-labouring here to {mother Reafpn's ray, 
" That lights our Maker's image in our face, 
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" Almighty power, and all-dire£ling day, 

" By whom each atom ftirs, the planets roll ; 

14 Who .fills, furrounds, informs, and agitates the whole, 

XLVIII. 
" Come, to the beaming God your hearts unfold I 
". Draw from its fountain life I 'Tis thence, alone, 
,J We can excel. Up from unfeeling mold, 
" To feraphs burning round th' Almighty's throne, 
" Life rifing flill on life, in higher tone, 
<c Perfection forms, and with perfection blifs. 
" In univerfal Nature this clear fhewn, 
11 Nor needeth proof: to prove it were, I wis, 
n To prove the beauteous world excels the brute abyfsg 

XLIX, 
" Is not the field, with lively culture green, 
A fight more joyous then the dead morafs ? 
Do not the fkies, with active ether clean, 
* And fann'd by fprightly Zephyrs, far furpafs 
The fourNovember-fogs, and flumb'rous mafs, 
With which fad Nature veils her drooping face ? 
Does not the mountain-dream, as clear as glafs, 
<{ Gay dancing on, the putrid pool difgrace ? 
** The fame in all holds true, bat chief in human race, 
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It was not by vile loitering in eafe, 
That Greece obtain 'd the brighter palm of art, 
That fofit yet ardent Athens learn'd to pleafe, 
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" It was not thaucc majeftic Rome arofc," 
" And o'er the nations fliook her conquering dart : 
" For Sluggard's brow the laurel never grows; . <r 
91 rRcnown 'is not the child of indolent Rcpofe. 

" Had tHiambitieus mortals minded nought 

" But in loofe joy rheir time to, wear- away. 

" Had, they alone the lap of. Dalliance fought. 

" Plcas'd on her-pillow their-dull heads to lay, 

" Rude Nature's ftate had been pur /late, to-day ; . 

<{ N6 cities e'er their towery fronts Jiad rais'd," 

" No arts had made ns opulent an4gay , .'"."". 

" With brother-bmtesthe human race hadgraz'd'; 

<* None e'er had foar 'd 'to jfame> -aone honour'd ^cn. 

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LII V . " [none prais'd* 

" Great Homer's fon» had never fcVd the breaft . 

" To third of glory and hei-oic deeds. J ..... . t - . , 

" Sweet* Maro's Mufe,' funk iu ingiqriou^reft,. . 

" Had filcnt flept'atnid die Mincien.reetjs : , » 

" The wttVdf modern time had toJfoheir beads^ . ,„ 

• M And Moiltifli legends been thebr only flrrains ; .. 

" Our Mihdh'i Edert had Iain wrapt in weeds,. 

" Our Shakcfpeare flroli'd and laugh^- with Warwick 

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< 8 Nc had my matter SpenCercharm'd his Mulla/s plains. 

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" And perifh'd aUthc-foin of ancient fame ;. 
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" Had all been \oH with fuch as haveno name, 

u Who then had fcotn'd his eafc for others' good ? 

u Who then had toil'd rapacious men to tame ? 

lt Who in the public breach devoted flood, 

" And for his country's caufe been prodigal of blood ? 

Liy, 

u But mould to fame your hearts unfeeling be, 

" If right I read, 'you pleafure all require ; 

11 Then hear how bed may be obtain'd this fee, 

" How beft enjoy'd this Nature's wide deire. 

! * Toil, and be glad ! let Induftry infpire 

!( Into your quicken'd limbs her buoyant breath! . 

51 Who does not aft is dead : abforpt entire 

"la miry floth, no pride, no joy he hath : 

" O leaden-hearted Men, to be in love with death t 

LV. 

14 Ah !- what avail the largeft gifts of Heaven, 

41 When drooping health and fpirits go amifs ? 

" How taftelefs then whatever can be given ? 

" Health is the vital principle of blift, 

" And exercife of health. In proof of this» 

u Behold the wretch who flugs his life away 

« Soon fwallow'd in Difeafe's fad abyis, 

" While he whom Toil has brae'd, or manly play, 

'< As light as air each limb, each thought as clear a* day • 

LVI» 

*< O who can fpeaklhe vigorous joys of health ! 

« Unclogg'd the body, unobfeur'd the mind : 

*« The morning rife* gay* with pleaiing flecp, 

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" In health thewifcr brutes truegladnefs find. 
** See ! how the younglings frifk along the meads, 
cc As May comes on and Wakes the balmy wind j 
•* Rampant with life, their joy all joy exceeds ; 
*' Yet what but high- ft rung health this dancing plea* 
LVI1. [fauncc breeds? 

<< But here, inflead, is foftcr'd every ill, 
" Which or diftemper'd minds or bodies know, 
" Come then, my kindred Spirits J do not fpiil ' 
«« Your talents here. This place is. but a (how, 
" Whofe charms delude you to the den of Woe r 
" Come, follow me, I will di reft you right, 
«« Where Pleafure's rofes, void of Terpen ts, groW^ 
« c Sincere as fweet ; come, follow this -good Knight, - 
" And you will blefs the day that brought him to your 
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« Some he will lead to courts, and fome to camps, 
" To fenate fome, and public fagc debates, 
* c Where, by the folemn gleam of midnight-lamps, 
" The world is pois'd, and manag'd mighty ftatCJ S 
" To high difcovery fome, that new-creates 
«' The face of earth ; fome to the thriving mart J , 
•< Some to the rural reign and fofter fates ; 
" To the fweet Mufes fome, who raife the heart : 
V All glory fiiall be yours, all Nature, and all Art* 
LIX. ;,. ,.-. . 

«* There are, I fee, who liften to my lay. 
« Who wretched flgh for virme, bu^ofpaiiy . 
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«* ATI, but for thofe who to thcfe powers re pair, 

«* Their every power difTolv'd in luxury, 

" To quit of torpid fluggilhnefs the lair, 

** "And from the powerful arms of Sloth get free, 

'€* J Tisrifingfroin the dead— Alas ! — it cannot be ! 
LX. 
*« Would you then learn todiffrpatc ihe band 
€t Of thefe huge threat'ning difliculties dire, 
*• That in the weak man's way like lions Hand, 

* " His foul appall, and damp his riling fire r* 
" Refolve, refolve, and to be men afpirc. 
*'* JSsfett that nobleft privilege, alone, 
•''■Here' to mankind indulg'd ; controul defire ; 
•'•Let godlike. Reafon, from her fovcrcign throne, 
''Speak the commanding word— I will !— and it is doae# 

LXI. 
«*. Heavens ! can you then thus waflc, infliameful wife, 
« -Yout few important days of trial here ? 
" Heirs of eternity J yborn to rife 
" Through endlefs Gates of being, Hill more near 
" To blifs approaching, and perfection clear, 
*• Can you renounce a fortune fo fublime ? 
" Such glorious hopes, your backward fteps to Aeer, 
" And roll, with vilctt brutes, through mud and flimc? 
« No J no I — your heaven-touch'd hearts difdain the 
LXIL [fordid crime !'» 

" Enough! enough J" they cry 'd. — Strait, from the 
The better fori on wings of f ranfport fly ; (jcrowd^ 

As when amid the lifeleis futnnuls ^tov\& 

Of Alpine cliffs, where to the gelid ikv«. 



Snows pil'd on fcews in wintry torpor lie/ '"' ■'" 
The rays divine of vernal Phoebus pl'ayV "' "'" ' ,,IM 1 )d - r 
Th* awaken'd heaps, iri ftreamlets from tin HigfiJ *' " ■ ^ 
Rous'd into a&ion, lively leap away, v •" - 1 ' ' i)nA 
Glad-warbling through the vales, in 'theiY new lieiri^gay.. 

LXltl. 
Not lefs the life, the vivid joy ferenei jl u ''^- 

That lighted up thefe new created men, - 1 -' : ' ! : 

Than that which wings th' cxulting'fpirit clean, ! • ' ' 
When, juft dcliver'd from this fleflily deifj"" " ' 
It foaring feeks its native fkies agen ; ; .■'■•■ 

Plow light its eflcrice ! how unclogg'd its powers/ 
Eeyond the blazon of my mortal pen ! : ' 

Even To we glad forfook thefe finful bowers, 
Even fuch enraptur'd life, fuch energy was ours. 

Lxrv. 

But far the greater part, with rage inflam'd, 
Dire-mutter'd curfes, and blafphem'd high Jove. 
" Ye fons of Hate ! (they bitterly exclaim'd) " 
" What brought you to this feat of peace and love? 
«< While with kind Nature, here amid the groVe, ' 
** We pafs'd the harmlefs fabbath of bur time, 
•* What to difturb it could, fell men, cmove 
•« Your barbarous hearts ? is happinefs'a crime ? ° 
« Then do the fiends of hell rule in y on'- heitrai fubfime. 

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« Ye impious Wretches!" (quoth the Knight in wrath), 
«' Youf happinefs behold !"— Tfteh flnfif >' rkniS* "" 
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Sadden the laudfcaps (inks on every hand' J > 
The pure quick it reams are marfhy puddles found ;■ 
On baleful heaths the groves all blacken'd ftand, 
And o'er the weedy, foul, abhorred ground, 
Snakes* &<jfcr s » loa d s > eac ^ jpa^hfome creature crawls 

,LXVI.. [around^ 

And here and there, pn trees by lightning feath'd, 
Unhappy wights who loathed life yhung, 
Or in frclh. gore and recent murder bath'd, 
They welt 'ring lay ; orelfc, infuriate flung 
Into the gloomy flood, while ravens fung. 
The funeral dirge, they down the torrent row I'd : 
Thcfc by diftemper'd J)iood to madnefs flung, 
Had doora'd thcmfelves; whence oft', when night con- 

tFoul'd 
The world, returning hither their fad fpirits howl'd, 

LXVII. 
Mean time a moving fcene was open laid ; 
That iaaur-houlc 1 whilom in my lay 
Depainted have, its horrors deep-difplay'd, 
And gave unnumberM wretches to the day, 
Who tolling there in, iqualid roifery lay. 
Soon as of facred light tb' unwonted fmile 
Pour'4 on* thefc. living catacombs its ray, 
Through the drear caverns stretching many a milc f 
The fick upnuVd their heads, and dropp'd their woes, 

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•« Are we from noifome damps of pefl-houfe free/? ■ 

*' And drink our fpuls the fwect ethereal air ? ■;-:"•' * 

< c O thou ! or Koightor God! whoholdeft thejr» v »- 

" That fiend, oh.! keep him in eternal chain*! ■.-!-«* ** 

«« But what for us, the children of Defpaivjr '• y.A 

« Brought to the brink of hell, what hope remains ? ■•_ 

" Repentance does itfeif hujt aggravate ourpaioi^ «■' 

LXJX, 

The gentle Knight, whofcw their ruefuWfe,; X>»\ ■ ..'i 

Let fall adown his tyver .heard fome tears** ■ i ■? ' *■ .- i ■ : : -• ;i 1 

«« Certes (quoth he) is it not e'qn in Grace> ; •. irt 3 :i ! '» 

« T* undo the. pall, and eke your hroken yearly 1 "-/'- 

'« Nathlefs, toiwbkr woridsRepftnijanjae ^ehr^i . t< L- • 

« With humble hope, Iter eye j to hen itimtedn , <>.- i A 

«< A power the truly contrite bear.! that cheers j :. •. f i , # 

« She qucHs the brand fcywtotfube rocks ajtdvimtai ■■■* 

«« She, more than merely fofteiut foe rejwecs Hewotft j ] 

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" Then patient bear the fuffenflgf you have ear^'d^ r T 

«« And by thefe fujferings. purify the mind r • ■.»« rr '* 

" Let wildom be hy paft mtfeondftft learn- d,' .-*•:« .1.- ■ 

< s Or pious die, with penitence: refiga'd l - ■■*> • ■•' 

«« And to a life mo*4 happy add refin'eV .., ■■«-... 

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" Tiltrfxen,- yoamay4apeftMi>aM.t0!£kul .-; " - ■«;?■'■ 

« < One who will .wipe your farrow* from, your eye*,. ' 

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" Whoftfrfard dry hearts ih' obdurate demon fears, 
« That villaihV gifts will coft you many a groan ; 
" In dolorous irianfion long you muft bemoan 
11 His fata! charms, and weep your ftainsaway ; 
<c Till, foft and pore as infant good nefs grown. 
" You feet a'perfett change ; then who can fay 
M What -grace may yet mine forth in Heaven's eternal 
LXXII. [day?'* 

This faid, frrt poWerfbl wand he wav'd anew : 
Inflant, a glorious angdl trairi'de&ends* 
The Charities,'' <<Vwity ; erf rofy hue, ." 
Sweet Love their looks a gentle radiance lends, " 
And with; foraphic dame companion blends. 
At once, i delighted, 1 to 'the it charge they fly ; 
When, loi * goodly hofpital afcendi, 
In which .they bade each lenient aid be nigh, 
Thaiteeuld the fidtbed fmWthe of that fad company* 

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It was'arwonhy edifying' fight, ' 
And gives to humankind peculiar grace, 
To fee kind hands. attending day and nighty ' 
With tender mi niftry,. from place to place r '■-..■ 
Some prop the head-; foma from, the pallid face 
Wipe oft^ the, feint eolA dew* vwaajc Naxuxe.lheds ; 
Some reach the healing draught ; . the whilit, to chafe < 
The fear fupreme,, around their foftcn'd beds 
Some holy, ma* by prayerjaU qponing 'heaved d^tpreds, 

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Soft-pacing, tfought of Peace dt<t &*>% ^5 v -,jj .j ,.p 
Yet down *iU i cfcettks>4hp ) ge^a.irfipk|fi&W i , ,„. r> , i )r ,/ ( 
To fceihe-hdl^A!#r««*^r^a^^iw4 , i4; J «» 1 A>r. l <i -F 
There Ieit/thr9u^*l^iaflidffo»^tfq^ejl jjfc,,^ 
Amaz'd, ti«Woc^*n^^ 

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For (horti\tetoV&fya &&&>*$$ ^ .„ >rr>r - ,j, (> >hH 
Beforotheo* ftrctc&d^i^rW^49k ^y*^, ./;$ 
With gibhc«, biomi *«4 <mw^%^%^/ : : J : ,_ ^ 
There nor trim^kicKir lively oA^e^^U^ , ,K^/ 
Nor waving fta4ewas < fee» > , noc;foun^q.|Mr £ >: A 
But fa^ds $bxupt on fand* lay Jppfelej p^d, . , \ r 

Through which they floundering. totttd whhj)ajnfttLca*e» 
Wl^^haA^^tethemlofe, \j&i^fa£mii& 

Then, varying to a joylcfs Ja^d. o£bog$> , - 
The fadden'd co^mtr^r a gray wfle appeared, v ^ 

Where naught #ui p«rtrid;*fteaBis aid; aoBfonie $cig& :> ' x 
Forever huag 0* 4riariy ^u4er> Jbea*^ $' ' • ' : '" ! : ~ *. 
Or elfe^^otpwKfcy Pacing C«iru^(cia?di > . J 
Was jaggM wi^ ?rp^ or heaped w^ gjtaed foow*;' 4 ^ 
Through thefe j^tffedie^ a ce^efcTsrr^uoid thiev fiebV<£/ 
By cruel fcn&jft# *"* 

Gaunt Beggary^ apdiScor ri, with niany heJMiounds moe» 

The firft was with bafe dungWfl tags ycfiflt,* A 

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Of morbid k liQ€ 'his* features j funk, and. fad; 

His holloweyne (tibolt forth a fitWy KgHtj l - 

And o'er his lwiktj*w«bttnc, to piteoij* flight, .., 

His black rough beard was raar^ sank and wile $ j 

Direful toffee J an heart ^appaJing. fight J. . , . 

Meantime four ft ilifahd Notches him dettei : „ 

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Hell holds none forfeit) baiofui fowkubeJaife; t *..\ 
By pride 7 , : and wir, arid rage* a*d fwctmrt-ketilfd, 
Of man alike-, rf gtfod or bad, ; the fo^ t>r , \ 
With noft lip-turri'd, he always made a'fbow 
As if he fmelt fome naufeous fcent ; his eye, , i, * 

Was cold, and' keen. . Wee biaft froni boreal JEuotow - * ; 
tTii'j li.tr. f\ ,!\ i\V • • = ' . '- ' . • ' * 

^Vnd taunts.'he cafteri forth inoft bitterly. ' 

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Such were the twain tha t t off drove this ungodly fry. 

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Even fo through* Brentford town, a town of taiud^ i 
An herd of briify fwirie is prfek'cf Song.' * A, ' u ~-* : '- ■ 
The filthy beaft*/ 'tfii? never cWthW cudf < ' f " -^ v 
Still grunr, and fcjueak^ ^ancf fiTfg"{he?r ! lto\l l Bfe(Ui r 'feh^ * 
And oft* they plunge theihfelves the mife 1 'among » - " ' ^ 
But ay the ruthlefs driver goach 5 fnem on/* '. b - 
And ay * of taking 'dogi'lffe* frftteY-'thVotig '•** «•'* - - '■ 
Makes flieih renew' their tinlrhelodfous inoan V 1 x *- 
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■*^ By Nature** kindeft bounty fpread 

Along the vale of (Ibw'xsl 
Ah! what avails the darkening grove, 
Or Philomel's mekxKous love, . 

That glads the midnight hours! 

Forme, alas I the god of day 
Ne'er glitters on the hawthorn (pray, 

Nor night her comfort brings; 
I have no pleafure in the rofe ; 
Forme no vernal beauty blows* 

Nor Philomela fings. 

See how theiluaiy pea&nts firi|}e 
Adown yon^Upck,^ rf rjj ant fide. ^ 
„ Jn cheerful ignorance bfeft j 
Allies to them the rofe or thorn, 
Alike arifeseyery n)oro f 
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Or gives fpontaneous, or denies, 

Her choice divinely free : 
She viftts oft the ITamlct cor, 
When Want di\d Sorfdw &rt tie lot 

Of Avarice and me. . 

Butfcc-^or is it Fancy's dream? - .; . 

Me thought a bright celeftiaJ gfeam 

Shot fudden thro' ihe giroVes \ 
Behold, behold, in looie''ar4ay, 
Euphrofyne, more bright tHan day, 

More mild than- Saphian doves'! 

Welcome, oh welcome, Pleafiira's queen'I 
And fee, along the velvet green 

The jocund train aoYadce : 
With fcatter'd (loirs' they 6l! the air ; 
The wood-nymph** dew-fcefpangled hair 

Plays in the fportive'dance.' 

Ah ! baneful grant ofangty Helvenj 

When to the Jfecli rig Wretch is given ■■ - 1 * 

A foul alive to joy !.-..« / :■■■•■•*-• 
Joys fly with evevy hour aWayy" ■:*■.. A 

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And fee, with vifionary hide . 
(Too foon the gay dclufion pall) 

Reality remains ! 
Defpair has feiz'd my captive foul ; 
And horror drives without controul, 

And flackens flill the reins. * 

Ten thoufand beauties round me throng ; 
What beauties, fay, ye nymphs/ belong. 

To the diftemper'd foul ? 
I fee the lawn of hideous dye ; 
The towering elm nods mifcry ; 

With groans the waters roll* 

Ye gilded roofs, Palladtan domes, 
Ye vivid tints of Perfia's looms, 

Ye were for mifery made.— ■ 
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THE CHOICE. 

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"TF youthful fancy might its choice purfue* 

*■ And aft as natural reafon prompts it to $ 

If incHnation could difpofc ourftate, 

And human will might govern future fate | 

Remote from grandeur, Pd be humbly wife* 

And all the glitter of a court defpife : 

tJnfkill'd the proud, or vicious to comment 

To cringe to inference, or fools attend * 

Within myfelf contented and fecure, 

Above what mean ambition can endure : 

Nor yet fo anxious to obtain a name, 

To bleed for honour in the fields of fame $ / 

-Empty parade, is all that heroes know, 

iJnlefs fair Virtue hovers in the (how. 

But in thefe walls, where Heav'n has fix'd ttiy fttfi 
<5ne half of life, IM-wilh to breath away : 
The fall and winter of each future year. 
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'Mid the fierce ravage of a wintry florm, 
Kind friends to cheer me, moderate wine to warm 
Securely, happy we'd delude the day, 
And fmile the feafons chearfully away. 

No needlefs (how my modeft dome fhould claim, 
Neat and genteel without, within the fame ; 
Decently furnifh'd to content and pleafe, 
Sufficient for.neceflity, and eafe ; 
Vain is the pomp of prodigal expence, 
Frugality denotes the man of fepfe ; 
My doors the needy ftranger (hould befriend, 
And hofpitality my board attend ; 
With frugal plenty be my table fpread, 
Thofe, and thofe only whom I love be fed : 
The meek and indigent my banquet (hare, 
Who love the matter, and approve the fare ; 
Thy mellow vintage Lijbon I mould abound. 
Pouring a mirthful infpiration round ; 
While laughing Bacchus bathes within the bowl, 
Love, mirth, and friendlhip fw allow up the foul* 

I'd have few friends, and thofe by nature true^ 
Sacred to friendmip, and to virtue too; 
Tho' but to few an intimate profeit, 
I'd be no foe, nor ufelefs to the reft : 
Each friend belov'd requires a friendly care f 
His griefs, dejeclions, and his fate to fliare ; 
-For this my choice mould be to bounds confia'd f 
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Above the reft, one dearfele&ed friend, 
Kind toadvife, and cautious to offend ; 
To malice, envy, and to pride unknown,' * 

Nor apt to cenfure foibles, but his own ; 
Firm in religion, in his morals juft, 
"Wile in difcerning, and advifing beft ; 
Learn* d without pedantry, in temper kind, 
Soft in his manners, happy in.lu's mind ; 
Is there in whom, thefe focial virtues blend, 
The Mtife lifps PoUio, and (he calls him friend : 
To him, whenfluftVd with tranfport I'd repair, 
His faithful bofooi ihould my folace (hare ; 
To him I'd fly when forrows prove too great, 
To him difcover air the flings of fate : 
His focial foul, ihould all my pangs allay, 
Tune every nerve, and charm my griefs away. 

O, now I wiflrto join the friendly throng, 
Xlude the hours, and harmonize the fong ; 
Each generous foul ftill fedulous to pleafe, 
With calm good temper, and with mutual eafej 
Glad to receive and give, the keen replj^ 
>Jor approbation to the jeft deny, 

But at a decent hour with focial heart, 
In love, • and humour ihould my friends depart : 
Then to my (ludy, eager I'd repair, 
And feaft my mind witlrnew refrefhment there ; 
There plung'd in thought, my a£live mind fliould tread. 
Through all the labours of the learned dead ; 

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Homer, ptu parent of heroic {trains, 
Virgil, whofe genius was improved with- patm f 
Horace, in whom die wit and courtier jom^ 
IfozV, the tender, amorous, and refinM * 
Keen Juvenal, whole ali-coFre&ing page* 
JLafliM daring vree, and ftamM an impious age*t 
Expreffive Ztfcan who politely fung 
With hum'rous Martial tickling as tie ftttrig $ 
Elaborate Terence, ftudrou*. where he fimi'd^ 
Familiar Plautus, regularly wild ; 
Withfrecjueftt vifit thefe 1 would fiirvey* % 
And read, and meditate the hours away t 

Nor theft atone, fljould on my uVelves sectine£ 
But awful Pope / roajefticaUy feine> 
UnequalM Bard I Whodusft thy piaife engage $" 
Not yet gtown'reverend with? the ruft of age i 
Sure tteav'n alone thy art unrival'd; taught,. 
To think fo well, fb well exprefs the thought $ 
What villain hears thee, but regrets. the' fmart ? 
And tears the lurking demon, ftom his. hfcan f 
Virtue attends thee, with? the beft appkuCd 
Conkious.defert } great vi&ox in her caufe, 
She faithful to thy worthy thy name mail gorace^ 
JSeyondall period, and beyond all fpace ; 
Go, fhine aferaph and thy notes prolong 
Jor angels only merit fucb a £bng f 

Hail Britain's ge-niuv Milton ! deaihkft mune t 
Jkfl; with, a, full fkrqt)? of fame 1 

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Who durft attempt impertinence of praise ?, 
Or fap infiduous thy eternal bays ? 
For greater fong, or more exalted f^gie, 
Expeeds humanity to make, or claim* 
Thefe to ferufe, I'd oft forget to dine, 
And fuck reflexion from each mighty line, 
Next A£difon y s great labours mould be join'd - 
•Prais'd by all tongues and known to all mankind'; 
With Littleton the tender, and correct, 
And copious Dryden, glorious in defeft ; 
Nor woujd I leave, the great and pious Young r 
Divinely fired, and fublime in fong.. 
Next would I add: the unaffected Gay, ■ 
And gentle Waller, with his flowing lay ; 
Haft nafure»limning Thomfon fhould appear,. 
Who link'derernity within his year. 
Thefe for diver lion, with the comic throngs 
Should raife my fancy, and improve my fong 5 
Extend my view, 'till opening vifions roll, 
.And all Pia?ria burfts upon my foul* 

IJut to' inform- the mind, and mend the hearty 
Great Tillotfon, and Sutler 9 light impart; 
Sagacious Newtor), with all fciencebleft, 
And Locke,, who always thought and rQafon'dbcft* 

But lo ! for real worth, and true defer*, "* 
Exhauftlefs. fcience, andJextenfive art, 4 
Roerhaave fuperior Hands ; in whom we find* 
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Whqfe fkilful hand could almoft life create, 
And make us leap the very bounds of fate ; 
Death, tyrant Death, beholding his decline, 
That Bocrkaavt would his kingdom undermine^ 
Arm'd with his fureft (hafts attack'djiis foe, 
Who long eluded the repeated throw, 
At length fatigu'd with life* he bravely fell, x 
And heakh with Boerhaavt bade the world fareweB* 

Thus 'till the year recedes, I'd be employ 'd, 
Eafe, health and friendflup happily enjoy 'd ; 
But when the vernal (era revolves its- ray, 
Melting hoar winter with -her rage away. 
When vocal* groves a gay perfpeftive yield, 
And a new verdure fprings from field to field ; 
With Ae firft larks I'd to the plains retire, 
For rural pleafures are my chief defire. 

Ah doubly blfeft } on native^verdure laid, 
^Wkofe fields fupport hinr, and whofe arbburs fhade J 
In his «wn hermitage in peace refrdes. 
Fann'd by hisbreeze, and flumVring by his tides^ 
Who* drink* a fragrance From paternal.groves> 
Nor lives ungrateful for the life*heloves>. 

I'd have a Iwndibme feat not:far from^own* 
The profpeci beauteous, and the tafte my own** 
The fabric modern, faultleis the defign, 
Not large, *or yet immoderately fine ; * 

-But neat oeconomy my manfion boaft, 
Nor fliould convenience be in beauty loll z - 

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Each part fliould fpeak fuperior Ikill and care, 
And all the artift be diftinguifli'd there. 

On fome fmall elevation fhould it {land, 
And a free profpeft to the foufh command ; 
Where fafe from damps I'd fnuff the wholefome gale^ 
And life and vigour thro' the lungs inhale ; 
Eallward my moderate fields fliould wave with grain, 
Southward the verdure of a broad champaign • j 
Where gamefome flocks, and rampant herds might play* 
To the warm funfhine of the vernal day.; 
Northward, a garden on a Hope mould lye. 
Finely adjufted to the niceft eye ; 
In midft of this fliould Hand a cherry grove, ' 
A breezy, blooming canopy of love ! 
Whofe bJoffom'd boughs the tuneful.choir fliould cheetj. 
And pour regalement on the eye and ear : 
A gay parterre the vivid box fliould bound. 
To waft a fragrance thro' the fields around 5 
Where blufhing fruits might tenlpt another Ev?i 
Without another ferpent to deceive. 
Weft ward, I'd have a thick-fet foreft grow, • 
Thro* which the bounded fight fliould fcarcely go % 
{Jonfus'dly rude,- the fcenery ftould impart, 
A view of nature unimprov'd by art^ n 

Rapt, in the foft retreat my anxious bteafl,, 
Pants eager ftill.forfomething unpoffefs'd ; 
Whence fprings this fudden hope, this warm defixe I! 
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Tis love f extends my wifhes, and my carej 
4<len was taftcJefs Lilian Evt was there : : 
Almighty Love! I own thy powcprui fway, 
' Rcfiga my foul, and willingly obey. 

Grant me kind Heaven ! the nymph ftttl form'd to 
Impaffionate as infants when at eafe ; [pleaTer 

Fair as the op'ning rofe ;• her perfon finally 
Artlefs as parent Evx before her fall ; 
Courteous as angels, unreferv'dly kind. 
Of modeft carriage, andthe chafteft mind'?. 
Her temper fweet r her. converfation keeny 
Nor wildly gay, but foberly ferene ; 
Not talkative, nor apt to take offence, 
With female fbftnefs join'd to manly fenfe^ 
Her dreft and language elegantly plairi, 
Not fluttifh, forward, prodigal or vain ; * 

Not proud of beauty, nor elate with praife^. 
Not fond to govern* but by choice obeys;. 
True to my arms in body and in foul, 
As the touch'd needle to th* attraflive Pole* 
Caution, oppos'd to charms- like thefe were vat&i» 
And man would glory in the filken chain ; 
Unlike the fenfual wifh that burns and ftains^. 
But where the pureft admiration reigns ; 
Give me, Ogive me! fueh fupcrior love*. 
Before the ne&ar of the gods above ; ; 

Then time on downy wings would ftealawayy 
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While fporting flocks, in ibnct rotations cottft* 
And to the thicket pair by pair re fort ; 
While <ntoeful birds in tender murmurings plead, 
Chanting their amorous carofe thro 9 the mead ; 
Link'd arm in arm we'd (birch the twilight grove; 
Where all infpires with harmony and love : 
Ve houghs, your friendly umbrage wide extend ! 
Guard from N rude eyes, and from the fan defend g 
Ye wanton gates ! pant gencly on my fair, . 
Thou love-hrfpi ring goddess meet us there! 

1 While fofY-invited, and with joy obey 'd, 
We pre fs the herbage, and improve thie lhade* 

But is tV Almighty ever bound to pleafe ? 
Rul'd by my wifb, or ftudious of my eafe ? ♦ 
Shall I' determine where his frowns &ali fall ft 
And fence my grotto from the lot of all J 
Proftrate, his fovereign wifdom I adore* 
Intreat his mercy, but I dare no more t 
No conftant joys mortality attend, - 
But forrows violate, and cares offend ; 
Heav*n wifely mixt our pleafureswith alloys . 
And gild* our forrows; with a ray of joy ; 
Life without florins a ftagnant pool appears* 
And grows offensive with unruffled years £ 
An a&ive {hue, is virtue's proper fphere^ 
To do, and fufler is our duty^iere^ 
Foes to encounter, vices todifdain, 

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To fly temptation V open, flbw'ry road, 
And labour to be obflinately good* 

.Then, bleft is be who takes a calm furvey> 
Of all th' events that paint the checquer'd day \ 
Content, that bleffirig makes, the balance even, 
And poizes fortune, by the fcale of Heav'n, 

'I'll let no future ill my peace deftroy, 
Or cloud the afpe& of a prefent joy ; 
He who directed and difpene'd the pail; 
O'er-rules the prefent, and Ihall guide-the lafl 5 - \ 
If Providence a prefent good has giv'n, 
' 1 clafp the boon in gratitude to Heav'a : 
May refignation Ibrtify my mind* 
He cannot be unhappy that's refign'd. 

Cuardmy repofc thou lord of all within f 
An equal temper, and a. foul ferene ; 
O ! teach me patience when oppos'd to wrongs 
Reft'rain the madd'ning heart, and curb the tongue £ 
May prudence govern, piety controul, 
All flander,* rage and bitternefs of foul ; * 
Peacf, plenty, Health and innocence be made, 
The blifsful tenants of my tranquil £hade« 

O let me not malicioufly comply, 
To that curft aftion that ihall raife a figh ; 
Or caufe the wretched orphan to complain; 
Or fee the widows tears, and fee in vain : . 
From a remorfelefs foul O fet me free, 
And prompt a pang for every wretch I fee. 

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Whatever (lation be for me defign'd, 
May virtue be the miftrefs of my mind % 
May I defpife lh' abandon'd and the bafe, 
Tho' opulent, or dignified with place ; 
And fpurn the wretch who meanly loft to (name* 
Thinks wealth or place, a fubftitute for fame : 
Ifwifdom, wealth or honour, Heav'n lend, 
Teach me thofe talents happily to fpend ; 
Nor make fo blefi, as I would wifh to live, 
Beyond thofe moments Heav'n is pleas'd to give; 
. Then when life-trembles, on the verge of reft, 
And brings expended minutes to jhe tell ; 
Abfolve me confcience, ihou imperial Power J 
© blefs me with a felf-approving hour, 

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ON GOD'S OMNIPOTENCE. 

WHEN Egypt's hoft God's chofen tribe purfueJ, 
in cryftal walls th' admiring waters flood; 
When thro' the dreary waftes they took their way, r 
The rocks relented, and pour'd forth a fea I 
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"Mdrcjcd t» Ththt and Kitty Cat Boarding* fkkn 

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By Dr. COTTQNV 

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MY dears, ^is faidirtdaysafdld, • -, 
That beads coirid ulkj and bird* wuHrfcoi 
But now, it fccms the human face r ' '• ■ l ■ 
Alone engrofs the fptfaker*s place* ' ' • »« * 

■■ Yet lately, if report be true, 
(And much the tale relates td you) ' • "'. ^ 

There met a Sparrow^ Ant, 'aradBeej 

Which re afon'd and con vers 'd as we* • ■< 

Who reads my page will doubtlefs grant 
That Phe's the wife induftriou* Ab^ j. 
And all with half an eye may fee 
That Kitty is the bufy Bee. > *.:* 

Here then art two-*but where's the third ? 
G6 Search the fchool, you'll find the bird* 
Your fchool ! I afk your pardon, Fair | 
I'm fuTe you'll find no fparrow there* 

Now to my tale— -One fummer*s mont 
A Bee rangM o'er the verdant lawn ; 
Studious to hufband ev'ryhour, 
&®& m*kc the moft of ev'ry flow'r, 

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And loads with yellow wax her thighs i 
With which the artift builds her comb, 
And keeps all tight aad warm at home: 
Or from the cowflip's golden bells 
Sucks honey, to enrich her cells : 
Or ev'ry tempting rofe purfues^ 
Or fips the lily's fragrant dews ; 
Yet never rojbs the feining bloom 
Or of its beauty or perfume* 
Thus file difcharg'<d m ev'ry way 
The various duties of Ae day* 

It chancHl a frugal Ant was near, 
Whofe brow was wrinkled o'er by care : 
A great ceconomift was (he, 
Nor lefs laborious than the Bee 5 
By penfive parents often taught 
What ills arife from want of thought j 
That poverty an doth depends $ 
On poverty the Jofs of friends* 
Hence ey'ry day the Arit is found 
With anxious fteps to tread the ground ; 
With curious fearch to trace the grain, 
And drag the heavy load with pain* 
The a&ive Bee with pleafure faw 
The Ant fulfil her parent's law* 
Ahi fifter labourer fays (he, 
How very fortunate are we I ' 

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Who, taught rn infancy to know 

The comforts which from labour flow, 

Are independant of the great, 

Nor know the wants of -pride and fitter 

Why is our food fo very fweeti** •■ 

Becaufe we earn before we'eat^ »• '■- ,;_-..!; :•- 

Why are our want* fo vefy fbw ? * <:: - * 1 ' A? 

Becaufe we nature's c&Us purfuei *' " ■ •> n ■• j 

Whence our complacency dfmintf ?* '* Vv * ; 

Becaufe we aft our parts affignM^'"' l • ^ 

Have we inceffant tafks to do? - * ; ' " ' : «- ' 

Is not all nature bufy too : ? • -. . j 

Doth not the fun, with conflanrlpaa^ 

Perfift to- run his annual race ? Ji ' • > r * ' y '- u 

Do not the ftars, which- flyne f<* bright^, * 

Renew their courfes ev*tj night ? " 

Doth not the ox obedient bow 

His patient neck, and draw the plough ? 

Or when did e r er the gen*raua 9eed ; ' 

Withhold his labour or his fpeed ? 

If y«u all nature's fy&em fcan, 

The only idle tiling is man* • !i 

A wanton Sparrow long'd to hear ' " : 
Their fage difcourfc? and Alight drew* neaft 
The biFd was talkative andkfflby ' " ' ll " ' ■ % ~ 
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She found, as on a fpray {he &t, 
- The little friends were deep in chat ; 
That virtue was their fav'rite theme, 
And toil ami probity their fcheme, : 
Such talk, was hateful to her breajr ; 
She thought them arrant prudes at beH. 

When to difplay her naughty mind § 
hunger with cruelty combin'd, . 
.She view'A the Ant with iavagevejres, 
And hopt and hopt to fnatch her prize. . 
'The Bee, who watch'd her op'ning bill, 
And guefs'd her fell dejign to kill, 
Alk'd her from what her anger rofe, 
And why flie treated Ants as foes ? 

The fparrow her reply began, 
And thus the converfation ran ; 
- Whenever I'Hidifpos'd to dine, 
I think the whole creation mine 
That I'm a bird of hign degree, 
And ev'ry infe£l made for me. 
Hence oft I fearch the emmet-brood 
(For emmets are delicious food) 
And oft, in wantonnefs and play, 
I flay ten thoufand in a day. 
For truth it is, without difguife, 
That I love mifchief as my eyes* 

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Oh ! fie, the honeft Bee replied,* 
1 fear you make bafe 'man your guide ; 
Of cv'ry creature fiire the worft, 
Though in creation's fcale the firft ! 
Ungrateful man ! 'tis ft range he thrives, 
• Who burns the Bees to rob their hive* I 
I lute his vile adrainift ration, 
And fo do all the emmet nation* 
"What fatal foes to birds-are men, - 
Quite to the Eagle from the Wren ! 

! do not men's example take, 
Who mifchief do formifchiePs feke ; 
But fpare the Ant — her Worth demands 
Efteem and friendfhip at your hands, 
A mind with ev'ry virtue bleft, 

Muft raife companion in your breaft. 
Virtue ! rejoinM the fneering bird, 
Where did you learn that Gothic word ? 
Since I was hatch'd, I never heard 
That virtue was at all rever'd. 
But fay it was the ancieVits claim, 
Yet moderns difavow the name ; 
Unlefs, my dear, you read romances, 

1 cannpt reconcile your fancies. - 
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But whatff a.gueen wifhoat the.pow'r ? 
Or beauty, cbila^withqut.a dow'r ? 
Yet this isi^^trvijtufs brags, , 

Suchyh^^Tyjr^^Jieart^CTide*: 4 , , , 
Indeed you make m^ljurft my fide$, - , > , 
Truft me, Miftjj^ff^a {peak the tfttth, i ^ 
I've copied m^Q^q^ e^rtjeftyoiidi 9, . \ •,,- ^ 
The fame ouMafte^ the fajne, out fchool, m 
Paflion and appetite pur rule ; 
And call me^rd, of call, me finder* 
I'll ne'er forego my fport or dinner I . 

A prowling oat the mifcreant ipies, t 
And wide expands her amber eyes : 
Near and mpje ppax Grimalkin draws : 
She wags her tail, portends her paws ; 
Then, fpringiffg on her -thoughtlef* prey* 
She bore tB? vicious bird away. 

Thus, in her cruelty and pride, ,. • 

The wicked wantpn Sparrow died, J 

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ESSAY UPON SATIRE 



DRYDEN and BUCKINGHAM, 



HOW dull and how inienfibk a b«*ft 
Is man, who yet would lord it o'er the reft f . 
Philosophers and poets vainJy ftrove 
In ev'ry age the lumpish mfs to move : 
But thofe were pedants, whea cowpar'd with thefe* 
Who know not only ta i»ftru£l Uit plea&* 
Poets alone found the dejigbtful way. 
Myllerious morals gently ta convey __ 
In charming numbers ; fo thai as men grew 
Pleased with their poems, they grew wife* too* 
Satire has always (hone, among thexeft* 
And is the boldeft way, if not tbe he$» 
Ta tell men freely of their fottleft folks ; ' ., 

To laugh at their vain deeds, and vainer thoughts* 
In, fatire too the wife-took different wa/Sj, 
Ta each deserving its peculiar praife* 
Some did all folly with jufi fharpnefs blame,. 
Whilfl others, laugh'dY and fcorn'd them into thane* 
But, of thefe two, the lad fucceeded beir> 
A& mea aim righteft when they fhoot in jeft; 

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And cenfure thofe who cenfarc all befides* 
In other things they juftly are preferr'd 5 
In this alone methinks the ancients err'd- 
A gain ft the groffeft follies they declaim ; 
Hard they purfue, but hunt ignoble game* 
Nothing is eafier than fuck blots to hit, 
And 'tit the talent of each vulgar wit : 
Befi4es, 'tis labour loft ; for who would preacl* 
Morals to Armftrong, or duU Alton teach ? 
*Tis peing devout at pl*y 9 wife at a ball, 
Or bringing wit and friendship to Whitehall* 

. But with {harp eyes thofe nicer faults to fin& 
Which lie obfcurelj in the wifeft mind'; 
That litttle fpeck which ail the veB does fnoilj 
To wafh off that, would be a noble toil ', 
Beyond the lopfe- wit libels of this age, 
Or the forc'd fccnes of our declining ilajge * 

'Above all cenfiwe too, each little wi* 
Will be fo glad to fee the greater hit ; 
Who judging better, though concern'd the ne&$ •. 
Of fuch correction will have caufc to btaft* 
In fuch a fatise all would feek a fixate* 
And ev'ry fool will fencjr keti there* 
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Like her, whomifs'd her name in a lampoxjny . 

And griev'd to find herfelf decay 'd fo foon, 

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Not the dull train of dancing fparks appear i . ,, , , , . 

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Nor flutt'ring officers who never fight : . , i ^ ,q 

Of fuch a wretched rabble wjio woulft write ? ^ ^ (/i . t .^ 
Much lefs half wits •; that's more agajnft P^ur^ule^, _, . ^ y 
For they are fops, tlje other are but fools. t . ..,.-. 
Who would not be as filly as Dunbar ? . .,.«,?• 
As dull as Monmouth, rather than Sir Carr ? , . . x 
The cunning courtier mould be flighte4 too* , ^ , * 

Who with dull knav'ry makej fo much ado ; " C 

^Till the flirewd fool, by thriving too, toofafL 
Like jE fop's fox, becomes a prey at laft. 

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Nor (hall the royal mifirefles be nam'd, ., . 

Too ugly, or too eafy to be blam'd ; .' 

With whom each rhyming fool keeps fuch a pother. 

They are as common that way as the other : 

Yet faunt 'ring Charles, between his beaftly brace* *% .,' 
Meets with diflemblirig ftill in either place,, r 

Affe&ed humour, or a painted face. J. 

In Joyal libels we have often told him, 
How one has jilted him, the other fold him"! 
How that afFe&s to laugh, how this to weep : " 
But who can rail fo long as he can fleep r\ ...;.... 
Was ever prince by two at once' mifledy 
Jalfe^ibbfiih, old, ill-natur'd, and ill-bred ? 



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Eafnely and Ayleftury, with aH that raee 

Of bufy blockheads, lhall have here no place ; 

At council fet as foils on Dorfet's fcore, 

To make that great falfe jewel flxine the more 5 

Who all that while was thought exceeding wife, 

Only for taking pains and telling lies, 

But there's no meddling with fuch naufeous men ; 

Their very* names have tir'd my lazy pen : 

'Tis time to quit their company, and choofe 

Some fitter fubjeft for a (harper Mufe« 

Firft, let's behold the merriefl man alive 
Again ft his carelefs genius vainly ftrive ; 
Quit his dear eafe, fome deep Hefign to lay, 
'GainhV a fet time ; and then forget the day : 
Yet he will laugh at his bell friends ; and be t 
Juil as good company as Nokes and Lee* 
But when he aims at reafon or at rule, * 
He turns himfelf at beft to ridicule, 
Let him at bus'nefs ne'er fo earneft fit, 
S^ew him but mirth, and bah that mirth with wit. 
That fhadow of a jeft fhall be enjoy'd, 
Though he left al( mankind to be deftroy'd, 
So cat transform'd fat gravely and demure, 
Till modfe appeared, and thought himfelf fecure* 
But feon the lady had him in her eye, 
And from her friend did juft as oddly fly. 

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We mud fall back to our oid flefli -and blood ; 
As by our littte Machiavcl, we find 
That nimbleft creature of the bufy kind* 
His limbs are crippled, and'ftiVbody ihafces ; 
Yet his hard mind, which all this buftie makes, ' 
No pity of its poor companion takes. " ~ 

What gravity can hold from laughing dulj fi +-. -;f 

To fee him drag his feeble legs about, l ~"" '" '' 
Like hounds ill-coupled? jowler lugs htm f&t 1 ' ,4 "" l 
Thro' hedges, ditches, and ttofo* ill that's ill. ~ - ll > 
•Twere crime in -any man but him alone, ! : ^ 

Toufeabody fo, tho' 'tis one's own : ..*.-.<_- { 

Yet this falfe comfort never gives him o'er, _.' ■" ^ ' * 
That whilft he creeps his vigorous thoughts can" foaf? ; 
Alas ! that foarmg, to thofe few that know, / H!\ 
Is but a bufy grov'iing here below. - ■■■»:* \ 

So men in rapture think they mount the flcy, 
Whilft on the ground tk* entranced wretches Ke I 'j ** 
So modern fops have fancied they could fly. )- 

As the new earl with parts deferring praife, ^ 

And wit enough to laugh at his own ways ; ' :\ 

Yet lofes all foft days and fenfual nights, ^ 

Kind naturechecks, and kinder fortune flights ; 
Striving agamft his quiet all he can, 
TExat the fine notion of a bufy ma g» 

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And what is that, at beft, but one whofe mind 
Is made to tire himfelf and all mankind P 
For Ireland he would go ;, faith, let him reign ; 
For if feme odd fanftailic lord w ould fain 
Carry in trudev and, all wydrudg'eydo, 
I'll not only p«£ him,, but admire him too* 
But is there any other feta£.fthat Jiycv - 
Who his own harra>fo. wkjungjy contrives? 
Will any dog, that has hi* teeth and ilonev - 
Refin'dly leave ^is baqhes aod^htfi "bones : 
To turn a wheel ? and bark- to be. employ 'd* 
While Venus is by v rival dogs enjoy'd ?, . 
Yet this fond man, . to .get a ftatefman's name, 
Forfeits his friends, fcs freedonv and hi* fame* 

Though ,fau'i;e nicely* wrji, ,no humour flings 
But thofe who^merit pr^ife ia other things ; . r 

Yet we mull needs this one exception make, v . , / 
And break our rules. |br t folly Tropes fake* .■••'■ 

Who was too nwefed^ffis-'d to be accus'd^ ■• ' ." ■-* 

And therefore fca*ced»lef vesta be afcus'd;. - ■-■£ 

RaisM only by his-mercenary tongue, ■■.-.:■'*% 

For railing fmoothly, and for reasoning wrong* ' . /> 

As boys on holidays leUoofe to play? .-..*? 

Lay waggifh traps for gjds. (hat pais that. wjay^r ■...*;■ 

Then fhout to fee in dire t and. deep d'^fefr • ■ •■■=> .♦ ' '• 
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So have I mighty fatisfeftwn found, » ■;■ •*■■•* \? ; 
To fee his tinfe} reafon on the gro\md : ^ '■■•! '<■" '* v . i* 
To fee the florid 'fool defpis'd, and knonHty ^ v! >i. 
By fome who feare'e have words' ■ enough* to fhe*t it'fM' 
For fenfe.fits C lent,' and" coritamris for' weafcei 1 "-'-•' ^ 
The finer, nay fometitoes fhew^rfeft fp^akm ' \i-n 
But^isprodigftMstomuch^lo^dehce' ! ' »*"• m; ;. 
Should be acquired by fucfc little ferifet *' ■■ '■■ n« ; 

For words and wit did artciently agree; ' v' ■ * 

And Tully was no fool, though this man he i ♦ ■■' ' 
At bar abufive 1 , on the bendh unaMr, "■-■■■- ? .. 
Knave on the woolfack, fop at council-table. * ■-• . . 
Thcfe are the grievances offuch fools as would 
Be rather wife than honed, great than good. ' 

Some other kinds of wits muft be made knownj 
Whofc harmlefs errors hurt themfelves aloae y 
Excefs of luxury they think can pleafe, 
And lazinefs call loving of their eafe ;, 
To live diffolv'd in pleafures ftill they feign* 
Though their whole life's but intermitting pain T 
So much of forfeits, head-achs, claps are fcen, 
We fcarce perceive the little time between r 
Well-meaning men who make this grofs mifiake* * 
And pleafure lofe only for pleafure's fake ; 
Each pleafure has its price ; and when we pay 
Too mucjj of pain, we fquander life away, 

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Tint Dedet, purring like a tboughtfiit eat, . 
Married ; Jmt wifer pufs nt'er thought of that* 
And firft be worried her with railing rhyme, 
Like Pefettfoke'fl maftiffs at his kindeft times -. 
Then for one «ight ibid alt his flavilh life, 
A teeming widows km a Jbarrtn , wife ; 
S woH'd by confab of fit<$ a fulfomc toad, 
He lugg'd ibout the matrimonial load} 
TiU fortune, blindly ty)d a* well as hc 9 
Has ill reftor'd hiouefci* liberty I 
Which he would ufo in Jus old fneaking way, 
Drinking all n<g)tf f add dozing all the day ; 
Dull as N*d (toward, whom his brfiker times, _ 
Had fam'd fbrdttllnekia malicious rhymer. 

Mulgra^e hadmach ado to fcape the fnare, 
ThoJ learn'd in alfethoff art* thatcheat the fair J 
For, after all his vulg*r«marriag*-<ixtocks, 
With beauty dazzled, Numps wa* in the flocks | 
Deluded parent* dried tbeir weeping eyes, 
To fee Jiim catch a tartar lor his prite J 

Th' impatient JbwnWiHed the wift'd-forohangev 

And cuckolds foul'din hopes of fwcet revenge | 

Till Petworlh plot made us with forrow fee* 

As his eftate, his perfon too xv*s free : 

Him no foft thoughts, no gratitude could move % 

To gold he led from beauty and from love $ 

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Forc'dto live happily againft hi* will? * x - ti)f ~ c ~ vv 
Tis not bis fault, if loo much wcakh.atedfQjr'^ . ud . *i 
Break not his boafied^itt-eVry hoar* ^h a\ j,\ o: t -» ^ *> 

And little Sid^fcir fimifo Mtnaqrn'd* ;iM.fp ; , v j 
Pleafure has always fought, butraer fbtuxbtf; r -sjt . ,.,# 
Tliough all his thought* M'wftreamdfaraaeftJaUp. . ,»-»Jji 
His are fo bad, he fat* w'er think* «t'*H*ntti; ^sim^Ivu 
The flefli he lives upon itra*k and ftroagf fn; W^ A. 
His meat and miftreffes arv kept! to* U»f^ .ii)ivi5/ •%> 
JBnt fure we a)l miftake t*» jiuwa man, :t >>: b M ilw - c ^ 
"Who mortifies his per&m all became . r -;/.». K . ;n .% 
What we uncharitably take far #O t - . * • ■ - > >n > \ . 
Are only rules.of this -odd capoehk ; * . ^ ...■ hu. * t . J 
for never hermit, tinder grate pretence* *J-;i ' 1 \l ; ;> 
HashVd more con trary to common &afe$ •* ur£f 

And 'tis a miracle, we -may Aippofe* < v»>v t ; •* : _ 
No naftinefsioSendf his iUlfiri^ofe ; : ; w ; v t .< * i ; i 
Which from all ftink can iwtth pocnliat art n t ?j^?. 
Extract perfume, and eflfencd f&ra.* £—4 J . • • - * if \ 
Exnefrng/upper is his great delight j ■--*.'. : /. b ;\ 
He toils all day-bat to be drunk a« night * * ;*.:.. W) * . 
Then o'er his cups this night-bird chirping^^ 
Till he takes Hewet and Jack Hall for wji*. -.^/i 

Rocheller I tyfpXt for want of wit, » * -. > ; _ 

Though thought to have a tail a^nd cloven feet % r > 
For, while he mifchief means to all mankind, . 
Himfelf alone the ill efFe&s does find : 

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And fo like witcherjuftiy fuffewfibamey »■'. r * 
Wnofe harmlefs malice it fo much the fame* 
Falfe are mY Wcfrds^aiie&ed bhis wit ; 
So often he does ahr^fqfMdom hit;; 
To ev'ry face he cringe*- while -fee fpfcaks, x 

But when the back iaturn'dithe heAd he breaks. £ 
Mean iq icach a&ion, lewct in ev'ry limji, 
Manners themfeh/es are aai&hievoua in hinxj 
A proof that usance alone makes ev'ry creature 
A very Killigrew,- without good-nature* 
For what a BefTus has he always liv'd, 
And his own kicking* notably eontriv'd ! 
For there's the folly that's ftiUmix'd with fear f 
Cowards more blows that* any hero bear i 
Of fighting fpaxks fooe, may their, pleafures lay, 
But 'tis a bolder thing to runaway : 
The world may yet fprglvp him all his ill, 
For ev'ry fault does .prove his penance (kM t 
. Jaifely he falls into fome dang'r&us noofe, 
And then as meanly labours to get loofc : 
And life fo infamous is better quitting, 
Spent in bafe injury and- low fubmitting, ■ 
I'd like to have left out his poetry ; 
Forgot by all almoft as well as me. 
Sometimes he has fome humour, never wit : 
And if it rarely, very rarely, hit, 

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*Ti5 under fo much nafly rubbifh laid, , - 

To find it fliitV the cinderwoman's trade ; 
"Who, for the wr^tghcAi Fpninanf* of^pfog, 
Mult toil all day. jn ajhep, and. in njire-. . v £ 
So lewdly dull his idle works appear, 
The wretched texts deferve no comments here; » ^ 
Where one po«ir thought ^fonfeVimes, kft^lfafofej, 
For a whole page of dtfthtfs'mufl atone. ' . 

How vain a thinM rs*ttat£" a*n) how unwife ; 
Ev'nhe, who wo>iki( ftimftlf tW nk^ ^ 

j, who fo wife <atuita^e^&eift tone, 
Now my own vanit$*a*dpritft cah'fc fee, v ^ >y 
While the worldVnattfenfe rs'ft 'ffiairply fl*ewn* '■„ 
We pull down other* fetft to ffcife 6'ir owii : 
That we may angebsftem, Ve pihrttlfej» elycV 
And are but fatires ta^*t^jjLC*trfc1v*s. "* ' ■' •' • ■ '** " 
I (who have all tfm while Itaro finilmg fauff, 
Ev'n with my mailer,, whofirft fatirfc taught 5 
And did by that iefewbe the talk fo hard, ^ . 
It feems ftupendous and above reward) "" 
Now labour with twequal forte to elimi> 
That lofty hill, unreached £y former time ; 
*Tis juft that I fhouJd to the bottom fall; \ 

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By JAMES ■'THOteSO^. ' " ' 



TT AIL, .mildly-pleafing Solitude, 
^-^ Companion of the; wife and good r ■•■ . 
But from whofe holy piercing eye, - 
The herd of fools and yrlUw fiy* 

Oh! how I love wi^h thee to Walk, 
And liften to thy whifper'dtalk, 
Which innocence and truth imparts, 
And 1 melts the mod obdurate hearts* # 

A thoufand fliapes you wear with eafe v 
And iliil fn ev'ry fljape yo* pleafe. 
Now wrapt in fome myfleriout dream, 
A lone philofophcr you feem ; 
Now quick from hill to vale you fly, 
And now you fweep the vaulted {ky% 
A fhepherd next you j^aunt the plain* t » 
And warfatle forth your oaten ftraia j. 
A lover now, witl^all the grace 
Of that fweetpafliop in your ficc ? 
Then, calm'd to friendship, youaflume 
T& gentle-looking Hartford's bloom, 

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As*, with ner Mulidofa, flic 

(Her Mufi^ra fond of thee) 
Amid tl*e long withdrawing valc f . 
Awakes the^aPd nightiggle^ 

Thine is the balmy breath of morn> 
Juft as the dew-bent rofe is torn J 
And whjkineridi»4fCTW»4«W> 
. . Tfaiueijtlisw^ofl^ <T 

Bat cjiief, wj^exeju>g^i^ <fctfV>*-* 
And the faint la^lfcage ^wiij^aj^j-y Q 
Thine is the^4wh^fe£f4qdiii4^tav. c^/v 
' And that befi hour of ; pwifing ? |b^ R(f;: v/ 

The virtues of the fage and fwain ; , 
Plain innocence, vx while • awy^ ^ ; x> ; : 
Before inee-Iift* fet&ttlrtJttarff*'!-" ' T 
Religion?* beams acound thee ftlne^* • * ' 
And cheer thy glooms with- light <tf VinjB^ 
About thoe fooYte fweet Liberty? *■'' •"•-' 
And rapi Urania fings. to thee»^ * •< 

Ob, letine pierce thy fecret.celU 
And in thy faji&c&i dwell. . \ "*"„•♦ 
Perba^tffc^Noi^^ '"' 

When roeditafion^ias'ncrlKl^ 
Ijuiiroay ;catt my carefelveyp . , 
Wbetfe'£oa&ny^^^ '""■ 

>■ VThinfe ^tfWmei;' ifs earesV Wfeaiiy * % 
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£y THOMAS WAgtONl 



T> ENBATH«*h*beed* ^ofe bran<3*s*bai<» 
-*-* Smit irith > ri» i Bgntrilng*s vifid glare* 

O'erfu^ the Wrag^y 'road, ' 
And whiftte hctf lew » they wav* ; : 
Within kfbiiuiiy gratfe, 
A wretched*$txitfiie farfdi to acotrs^ tb^fe* '• 

Lowr'd tbegrwuaom, in ourty dies, \ 

Damp miftft imtoVi <Jte*«^ng$S»*?: • v: 

And dimA'd A<i attfg§Iiog^; - 

As by thfe brook that lingering lave* 

Yon ruft-gfown moor*wid»fatole wave^ 

Full of the dark *efoW*be totfc^firikftwa£» : 

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I marked his defultofy.^^^^ ... ?r -*.-■• 

His geftuf estrange, ^ .-• 

With* inabx^a^ycjr'd fowxki ., 

And ah I too kte^aghaftj viqw'dt . r . j v . ■*• 

The reeking i^ -»■ 

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Full many a. melancholy night v ,\ ,. ] 

He watch'd the flow return oft.igntV I 

And fought the powrs offleep^ t -^ » 

To fpreada momentary' calm ' \ '.'.//. ] 

O'er his fad couch, and in the balm , I 

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Of bland oblivion's dews liis burning eVes to ftcep, 
* . .■*■, v . j. *■■.•.;.* ;.*t . ..i •>.. si- .„• *»" i.O' r:A 
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i Full oft, uoluwwing aftdvhfcnoii^.v^ -.vjo- ; 

He wore hit eudleftjWKHi^atawfci;-' ' - - \.A 

Amid th' autumnal wopdt. - : -<> /-.-;-. ... V» 

( 0^ was, he wont, ip hafty .JSt f •,. . -, h~ v fV --. r J-4 

Abrupt the focial board to <|ult, - x » V: / ; . .■« ' V 

And gaze with eager glance upon tfc r t*in>frg&pfc 

Beck'ning th^wireteh &ttiMdl&^ifafj , * iia/ ; ' 
Defpair, forever fnhts 'view, : ■ A sr - l i ll; - ■'*' 

A fpe&re pale, appeared m 9 IJ "" ' ' " : " "' ' 
While, as the fliades of eve arofe ' ' " 
And brought the day's unwelcome cfofe,' 
More horrible and huge her giant-fhape Ate rear*&» " 

" Is this, " miftaken §corn will cry 9 .,.../ 
«« lathis the jouth, whofe genius Ji>gb . *■ 

«« Could build the genuine rh^me. ? ;' . ; ... •« 
«« Whofe bofom mild the iav'ring Mule c , ■ 
" Hai ftor'd with all her ample views, J; .... . .<.;■ 

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By treach'rous ma^fc was beguij'd^ 

To flrike the deathful blow : , A 

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Sho fill'd his foft ingenious mind . , 

a>h;J s."^" ; .»*'«/. i *•'.•■• :.'.-r ■-»■•** .>• 
With many a feeling too refinM. 

A*ra rbus'd to livelier pangs his wakeful fenfe of woe) 

Though doopfti tiiMrd-'ptntety Jo- prove* . - • *" - " 
And the marptei^of'^peifcisvldVei •■ 

To griefs conge ntaHproi**} - ' - 

More wounds than Watiire gave lie knewy 
While MiferyW#m1ii$ fancy drew ' 

lil^rklde^Pl^es/ tndhorroTi nc*it» o\vn. . 

Then wifli i)ot Quests eartfi^ipmJb, , .-.-?.". 
The baleful night%d|e> ^f^ tk^m, - l; . j. 

To-drop its deadly^dfy^jL r .y.^- , . .-. 

Nor, oh! forbjd^h^twifterftiqrn^, .. . , ■■ 

That rudely binds his tu/f/orfpfi^ \ .. v , . ., s 

With fpring's ^reen^fwelling bu^s.jo vege^ajp an^fjj 

What though no marble-piled'buft 

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Adorn his defolated duiflL 

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With IJreafcmg fcalptnrd wrought ? 
Pity (hall wot* the weeping Nine 
To builcJtevHitoary tonne, 
Hung with unfading flow'rs, fr&mfalr/ regions Brpujjht 

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What though refus'd each dbsntecMte ?*J t " 
Hdre vifcwlefi mourners frail delight- - - // - 

To touch the fhadWy ftell ; . .\ . , . «■. • . . 

And Petrarch's harp, that jwtfg. the ifaoJnr^ ' 

Of Laura, lott in early bloom, r ' L - r T '• 

In melancholy tones ihall .ring bis peniive lu»U fk A :i , 

To foothe a lone, unhallow'd fhade, 
This votive tJirge Tad ^utj jaid t 

Within an ivy'd nook :. 
Sudden the half-Sink, orb of day - f , :■ . 
More radiant (hot its parting ray, 
And thus a cherub-voice my charm'd attention tcjpk Jt 

u Forbear, fond bard, thy partial praife; 
u Nor thus for guilt in fpecious lays . 

" The wreath of glory-twiner 
** In vain with hues of gorgeous glow 
41 Gay Fancy gives her vefc to flow,' 
'*' Uniefs truth's matron-hand the floating folds cofcittj 

<c Jufl Heaven, man's fortitude to prove, 
4< Permits through life at large to rove 
" The tribes of hell-bom wofe ; ■ 
44 Yet the lame Pow'r that wifely fend* 
" Life's fierceft ills, indulgent lends 
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« Yon foul WfrtauT&ete' s throbbing bt&R, * 

" And flay 'dnhe riling flonri: 
" H*&kbtf*heifthVhopeVppeW' * 

" To gild the dttkw\*hemi<phere, l 
« A^nSgtvtf die 'wonted lloom to natures Blafled form* 

f * Vain man 1 •'tis heaven's 'prerogative 
-_" To take, what Brft ft delgn'd to givc^ 
" Thy tributary breath : 
*« In awful expectation placM, 
, ** Await thy doom, nor impious hafle 
rTopiick from God's right hand his Inftrumenfa 1 of 
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rtRERyetrs in London Bobadil had b«eft t v 
Yet nqt the (ions nor the tombshad feen } . , 
I cannot telltbe caufc without a fmjle— . 
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HAIL, queen of thdugjEt fuWime f ptopkioul powV, 
Who o'er tb* unbounded wafle art joy'dto4r©a«a, 
Le<! by the moon, when at the midnight hour 
Her pale rays tremble thro' the duflyr gloom* , 

Ot»eai me, goddefs, to thy peaceful feat ! 

Whether to Hecla's cloud-wrapt brow convey 'd*, 
Or lodg'd where mountains fcreen thy deep retreat, 

Or wand'ring wild thro' Chili's boundlcft made. 

Say, rove thy fteps^o'er J,ybia's naked wafte ? 

Or feek fome diftant folitary ihore ? 
Or, on the Andes' topmoft mountain plac'd* 

Doil fit, and near the folemn thunder roar ? 

Fix'd on fome hanging rock's projected brow, 

Hear'ft thou low murmurs from the diftant dome ? 

Or dray thy feet where pale deje&ed Woe 
Fours her long wail from fome lamented tomb P 

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you gWWr€qywrtlBW*ttic #i^PBw i w yi(aitai>i,^p 

. . See mghfojfa.tQnup wwpi ttedaxklbme pole] 

O'er heaven's blue arch yon rolling worlds appear, 

And route lb fofcmh fhdught th J ufpiring fouL 

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O lead my : fteps beneath the moon's dim ray, 

Where Tadtnor Bands all defert ,tnd alone ! 

WUe from hen timc4hook .sow'rs the bird of prey . 

nSeunds thro', the njght her long-jrefoupdlng.moan^ 

Or bear me far to yon dark' difmal placn, 
WhcreYeltayedtygers'arH atMrft'fbr l?lood> 

Howiioahe'defart ; while the horrid train 

RoamWer the wild where once great Babel ftdof ) 

ThatqueenofWRipWsl whofofuperior call , «T- 
Rous'd the (Mad Eaft, and bid her Aim deftroy t 

When warm'd ro mirth, let judgment mark her fall, 
•And deep reflexion <U*h the tip of jpyv 

Short is Ambition's gay deceitfukdream l 
Though wreaths of blooming laurel bind her brow ; 

Calm thought difpels the vifionary fcheme, 
And Time'V'eoId breath diflblVc* the withering hough* 

Slow as fome miner faps th' afpiring tbw'r, 
When working fecret with deftruaive aim, 

Unfeen, unheard, thus moves the dealing houry 
But works the fall of empire, pomp, and name. 
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Fdl in the draught be keen-eyed i^««^^» 
Let flon'ppg Cupid^ crowd the gr^ng^n:' 
Then-give one touch," and dalh.it deep with ttade. 

Beneath the pin* d* Ife*. «d &£M rmj T// 
Be Cafe's deep engines on the foul n&preOr<l $ 

Beneath die heimet> Keen refitigenfolaae ^ 
Let Grief £t punng in the- cankera DfeaS. 

Let Love's g*y fons, aj^ing tram. ipTOff, 

With Beautypier^^ 
. While,, clo% couch'a/pa!e fit^ffi^^Mf ^ 

Whetiher *eH ding, aad^intiitil tfeWi A 

Fcrch'd like a raven on feme Wafted yewv '.'' ^, \^ ' 
Le^GuiU revolvethetfionght-dilii^ngfii^ v . / 

Sca/'d-rjwhile her eyes furvey th* ethwal%luei [' ; 
Left heavens ftrong lightning hurft' the dart witluiu 

Then^aint irnpend^ ^ 

That !mkj^t«hem-afa€kSa^p% wnlybiwi 
Stood firm of fouU-then from the 4i^y ttf*P A 

Impetuous fprung, and daftt'd tae boiling wav^ 

Here wrapt in ftudiou* thought let fancy tov<tj ^ ' 
Still prompt to mark SulpicWs ..tenet Tnare i 
N To fee where Anguifti nips the bloom of LoVe^ '- * 
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Should e'er. Ambition's tow'nng hopes inflame, . 

h& judging Rejajori idraw the" veil alidel "'" x :?; 
Or; hr'd with envjr at feme mighty* nme, V " ~ k u • 

Readier tftc monurilcnt jthaj ^Ils^He dtei;*"-- J *- r 

What. are the enfigns of Imperial fway 

Wha^ftlf that Fortune's libera! Iiand'haVbVou^ift' ? ' ' 
Teach they the voice to pour a lweetef lay ? ** 

Or tcru^tbo fpjjltq more exalted thought? 

When bleeds. {he heart as Genius blqoms unknown, 
Whe/vmeU* the ^eo'er'VIrtuVsmVAhfulWeri* 

^°tdB?"4 l )?f ^^ J*y? ^?l* s ^e/burftingiroan': 

No^ngw'/y ou; wjiifp.'ring Nature, prompts thcte*x» 

Say, gentle mourner^, in yon mouldy vault, 
Where, the. worm fattens on fome fcepter'd brow, 

Ben eath that roof wi th fculptur'd' marble fraught, 
Why deeps unmov'd the breathless diift beiow'P' 

Sleeps it more fweetly than the fimple fwain, 
Beneath tome molly turf that refls his head -A 

Where the lone widow tells tKe night* her pain',' 

And eve" with dewy tears embalms the dead t K 

The Illy^ fcreeo'4 from ev'ry ruder gale, 

Courts noj.the cultur'i fppt where rofes fpring : 

But blows acgle&ed in. the peaceful vale. 
Aftd flcents^the zephyr's balmy breathing wing. 
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The bufts of grandeur and the pomp of pow'r, 
Can thefe bid Sorrow's gu(hing tears fabfide ? 

Can thefe avail ia that tremendous hour, 
When Death's cold; hand congeals the ptrple tide ? 

Ah no ! the mighty names are heard nomtfre : 

Pride's thought fublime, and Beauty'* kindling bloom, 

£enre but to fport one flying moment o'er, 

And fwclj with pompous verfe th' efcutcKeon'd tonij^r 

For inc—m^y-PajIion ne'er my foul invade,- .* .... *\ ■•• 

N;or be tlte .whims, of tow 'ring Phrcnzy grv'u ; 
Let Wealth ne'er court me from the peaceful {bade, 
Where Contemplation wings the foul to Heaven 1 

Oh guard me fafe from Joy's enticing fna.re J .. -.' 

With each extreme that Plcafure tries to hide, . : 

The poifo'n'd breath of flow-con fuming Care, 
The 'noifecif Folly, and the dreams o/. Pride. .. . * 

Bit oft, when midnight's fadly folemri knell 
Sounds long-and difiant from the fky-topt towY,' 

Calm let me fit in Profper's lonely cell*, ' • ! 

Or waft with Milton thro' tl>e =dark obfcure. '■■ ' % 

Thus, when the tranfient dream of life is fled, . .- - 
May fome fad friend recal the former years ; .-' ■ « ■ • 

Then, ftretch'd in filence o'er my. dully bed, . 
Pour the warm gum of fympatbetic, tears I 

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*>B)*PETER PINDAR. ? ■ •"* 

._cr:.i.*ld ■y::;lu;>i ...' y ;■■„'>.•?■ ...'. "i x .\ i • }. ■_■ * ' •'. 

L BRACE) of finner^, for no,£oodi 

\nrqi L .lo-.'ii >;*> «i> j^ :' : «■ v ^ • ■ "* . ■ . ■•'■• " ■ "> 
-*• Were order'd to. the. Virgin, Mary's Urine,, 

Who at Lorettd,dx*eIty iri watf, ffcbae, wood, ■" 

And in a four white Wig look'o* wond'rows fine, 

Fifty long miles had thefe lad rogues to travel 

"With fomething in their {hoes much worfe than gravelf. 

In ft or t, their toe i fo gentle to tfmirjfr, 

The pried l»d ordered pew into their fbbes ! 

A nofirum famous in old Popifh times 

Jor purifying fouls that ftunk with crimes ; 

A fort of apoftolic fait, „ « 

* That Popifli parfons for its pow'rs exalt 
For keeping fouls of finpers fweet 9 
Juf! as our kitchen fak keeps meat. 

The knaves fe* off on the facie diy. 
Peat in their finJes, -to go and pray ; 

But very different was their fpeed» I wot : 
One ©f *he firmer* gafiop'd oa 
(igtit.ata buAkt from a gun £ 
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On« faw the V i R g x n foon — peceavi cried— 

Had his foul whitewafli'd all fo clever ; 
Than.home; again; he nimbly hied, "^ : i ■ N 

Made fit with faints above to Yivtfor'tvtr* 
In coming back, however, let'meTay, 
He met his bmthfcr rogue about half way, 
Hobbling with outftrttcl^'ft ImqMIIsLkendinjr knees, ■• 
Damning the fouls and bodies of the peas ; 
His tyt% in tears, his cheeks and brows in fweafc/ . 
Deep fymgathiping with his .groaning feet. 
<c How now, the light-toed, whi{ewafli v d pilgrim d role 
. « You lazy lubber ?**—'" ' " '"" 

; « Odds curfc it I" cried the other, '« 'tii no joke : 
u My feet, once hard as any rock, 
«' Are now as Toft as Mutter, 
" Exeufe xne, Virgin Mary, that 1 fwear— ' 
" As for Loretto, I mall hot get "there V 
4 * No! to the JDeyil my finfulfoul mud go, ' 
11 Forjlamme if IJba'nt loftev'ry toe. " ' • 
•* But, brother firmer, v do explain 
** How 'tis that you are not in pain ; ■ 

« What Pow ! r hath wbrk'd a wonJer tot your toes; ' 
" Whillt / juft like a fhail am craSvling, 
•« Now fwearing, now on faints devoutly bawling, 

" Whilft not a rafcal cbqacs to eafe my woes ? 
** How is 't that^wi can like a greyhound go\ '"" 
«• Merry, as if that nought had happen'd, burn ye ?"~ 
'*• Why,"' cried the other, grinning, « you miift kniv, 
* That juft before I ventured on my journey, 
<" To walk a little more at eafe. r 
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VOLUME I. 

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Evening Reflexions, &c. » ^*0» t 

Night Thoughts among the Tombs Moore 9 

The Rich Man's Dream, -&c. - 4non. 16 

Yhe Grave - - • -. Blair ij 

An Elegy, &c. - Gray 53 

The Epitaph - t&'rf. 6^ 
No. 2» The Pleafures and Purfuits of Human 

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The Traveller, &c. , - . -^ 
Solitude - - - • - 
Evening Contemplations, &c. 
Rural Amufements, &c. 
Ode t6 Evening - 

The Deferted Village * • 
An Addrefs to the Ceity. 
The Bexar's Petition 
The Hermit - - . -** 

The Peafant's Lamentation, 6Vc; 
Ab A4drefs to Mediation 
Hope - j '- - - 

Eloifa to Abelard ; - 
The^apftves, or tte Bird's tittt 
AdMtiicrihc"B&t? * '' i ' 
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Goldfoiith 18 

- t&d. 25 

y^ung 41 

Dun'combe 42 

v4«0tr. 48 

Ogilvie 52 

Gobdfmith * 

Thomfon t*j 

. Anon. 18 

ParneU 21 

AnonS 31 

Mrs. Carter- 37 

Yfong-jsfr 

Pope 40, 

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Prior 49 



Tht Triumph* of Owen 
N#*4« The Hermit of Warkwoiih, &c 
Henry and Emma 

VOLUME II. 

No. J. An Effay on Man - - - . Pope t 
The Univfcffai Prayer - - , *&</. 53^ 

Alexander's Feaft - - Dry den 55 

No. 6. -Owen of Carron , - - - Lartghornt 1 
Time - - - . - Young t$ 

The Four Seafons - - Johnfon 26 

Earthly Happinefs, - - Young 32 

The Temple of Fame * - Pope 33 

Grongar Hill - - - % Dyer 54 

The Soul in Sorrow - ParneU 58 

. Piety - - - • - .Young 6m 

No. 7. Sir Efdred of the Bower - . Mid More x 
The Bleeding Rock - - tf&fc" 26 

Bhfs - Young 33 

The Splendid Shilling - - Phillips 34 
Scenes of iny Youth - - Ronnie 40* 

Damon and Alfreda - - . Uid. 42 

TheBaftard - - - ,- Savage 44 
Faith and Reafon - - x / Young 48 

Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomfon Collins 4^ 
The Progrefc of Poefy * - " - .Gray 51 
The Tears of Scotland *■ - SmoUet 56 
Ode to Mjrth • - Hid. 58 

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Sappho to Phaon \< * ■ . ;- . ;\ 3- 


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* V V* Reflexions on a Future State - J 


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r. "■* ' ^' A Winter Piece *.* v -— 1 ~+ 


• . - Anon. 59 


Self-love - 


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No. 9. The Rape of the Lock 


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Rural Sports, a Georgic - 


- Cay 34 


Paflions 


K(ww£ 50 


The Book Worm . - 


Pamell 51 


"The Fire Side - - - 


Ctff0* 55 


Ode to Leven Water ' - * 


SmolUt 59 


Pleafures of Meditation 


YtfK&g 60 


Ko.'ip.TheMinftrel - - , - 


Mtattic a 


*« The toft come* in, &c. 


Copper 5 a 


Feeling - . - * * 


JKwij 56 


On Mr.' Abraham Cowley's,. &c. 


DcnJiam 57 


Jf 0. it. An Eflay on Criticifm 


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Palemon and Lavinia - - 


Thomfon 28 


.The*VanitjNofHumaa Wilhes 


JbAi^ta 33: 


?.. vPhllofophv " . - >v . -, : 
-j** In&e aftdYarico - . • 


Jtf ifa* 46 
^?fdn. 47 


iFtenferofo - r * 


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No. 12. Mdfcnitig, or the Complaint 
' • Meditation and Beauty 

Evening, or the Fugitive 

On Shakefpeare 

L'Allegro - 

JLove - 

Cymon'and Iphigenia 

Worth - - 

The Negro Boy 

Virtue and Evil 

To Mr Skinner, &c. 

The Cit's Country Box 

On vifiting the Grave of Sterne 

Spirits - 

The Firil of April 

VOLUME IV. 
Mo. i3.ftetaliation - 
; ^ The School Miflrefs 

Ode to Wjfdom • . * 

Dean Swift's Curate . 
. Ad Amicos - - - 



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Milton j 

Gregory 8 

Milton 14 

ibid. 15 

Young 20 

Dry den 21 

Young 44 

Samzvell 45 

. Milton 47 

Samzvell 48 

Lloyd 50 

Samzvell 55 

Hilton 56 

War ton 57 



Goldfmith 1 

Shenjone 8 

Mifs.Cfrfer 20 

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Wejt~% 5 



An Ode, written in the y«ar 1746 

Oriental Eclogues 

Thanks to the Deity - -. ..#•'. 

A Paftoral Ballad - - 

Sonnet to Expreflion 

The Pafllons 

Human Life 



C^/ztzs 28 

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4 .Sh&tjione 42 

Mifs Williams 51 

Collins 52 

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VOLUME VI. 
23 o. 21. An Effay on Translated Verfe 
Bower of Blifs * - 
Prologue to the Satires - ,«* 
Epilogue to the Satires - <* 
The Cotter's Saturday Night 
The Modern Courtier 
No. 22. Wmdfor Foreft - 

Ecftacy - . - * 
. The Friendly Conteft 
LAonidas' Addrefs, Ac - , 

(Leonidas' Anfwer, &c. 
Pathetic Farewell of Leonidas, &c. 
Characters of Teribazus and Ariana 
Ariana and PoJydorus, &c« 
Vt . . <j)n Liberty, &c. •■»/'" 

Epiftolary Verfes, &£• - •• 
\ On Content .-,•-* 

Veni CJreator Spvritttsy Ac. 
Difcord's Houfe 
Report of an^ adjudged Cafe 
The Revenge of America 
The Choice of Hercules 
On a Goldfinch, &c. 
fclo. 23. The Cattle of IndolencQ 
The Man of Sorrow 



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Pope 23 

tW. 37 

Burns 53 

-4/»0/i 60 

Parnell 17 
\^?io* 20 

, GlovtT 21 

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iiid, 25 

i&d. 27 

Cotoper 35 

Lloyd $5 

'Anorl. 40 

Dryden 41 

Spenfir 4a 

Cowpcr 46 

Warton 48 

Lowth 49 

Cowpcr 60 

Thomfon 1 

Grtvilk 58 



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No, 24. Tic Choice 

On God's Omnipotence 
The Bee, the Ant, &c. 
An Eflay on Satire tX*$in 
Hymn on Sohtude 
The Suicide 
The" Incuriou* 
Ode to Melancholy* 
The Pilgrims and the Peas 
. The Officious *Meffenger 



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Church 1 

Anon, it 

Cotton 12 

& Buckingham 1S 

Tkomfon 29 

Warton 31 

Anon. 35 

Ogihit 36 

Pd*r Pindar 41 

SomcrviUt 49 



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